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Page 2 The Nebraskan Friday, March 17, 1961 EDITORIAL OPINION Cold War GI Bill Would Benefit Many The Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1961, commonly referred to as the "Cold War GI Bill" was ini tiated in January by Sen. R. W. Yarborough of Texas. The purpose of the bill is to provide educational and vocational training assistance to all military men who have served in active duty after January 31, 1955. The bill calls for the continuation of educational assistance until July 1, 1963. It would provide educational assistance for a 36-month maximum period. Broken down, the assistance would be; with no de pendents, $110 per month; with one dependent, $135; with more than one dependent, $165. Since the original GI Bill expired many veterans have called for federal educational aid. Other groups have shown interest in a proposal like Sen. Yarborough's. Many military-conscious college students have also joined the backers of this idea. If a measure such as this was passed, college grad uates this year would become eligible for assistance. The eligibility would be conditioned upon six months or more active duty or discharge for service-connected disability. The period of assistance is calculated by mul- . - to,- V Jt P A.1 J-- tlplying one ana a nau times eacn aay or acuve uiuy. For the college graduate who plans to re-enter school, I either on the professional or graduate level, the program under this bill would aid considerably. s We urge all students who would be affected by this 1 bill to make a special effort to contact their senator and get behind the uoia war m sm. - Around Our Campus "The University's Agri culture Extension Depart ment has more contact with the people of Nebraska than any other department of the University.- It extends the usefulness of the University to people In the state not ' formally enrolled in class work and serves as a re fresher course for college graduates or experienced farmers and homemakers," says E. W. Janike, director of the Agriculture College Extension service. There are 260 people on the ex tension staff; 175 of these are outstate and are what we commonly know as county agents. The rest are specialists and administra tors located on the Ag Cam pus. ' Financed by Federal, state and county funds, the Ag extension's responsibility is to carry the results of re search and teaching relat ing tn atrricuKure and home o o economics to those not en rolled in college through a cooperative extension serv ice. The residents ef the state choose what they want to learn, and information is prepared at the University and relayed to them through the University per onel located in the coun ties. Because the University is a land grant college, Ag extension handles much of the educational program for the United States Depart ment of Agriculture. Ag ex tension also works with in dustry because industry wants to sell products that are desirable to the c e n lumer. "The extension service is continually being brought up to date by in-service training conferences, and work with research." says Bill Lutes. "More is being done in states in extending educa tion and recreation to young married men and women in the 17-30 age group," re lates John Orr, associate state leader of 4-H and young men and women's group. County agents devote ap proximately 1-3 of their time to 4-H work. One of the most outstanding accom plishments of 4-H in Ne braska is their leadership training programs'. Anew camp especially for older youth is being established at Halsey State Park. The r n r a 1 development program is now in its third year. This project is de Daily Nebraskan Member Aweclited CoIletUte Press, International Press Representative: National Advertising Service, Incorporated Published at: Room 51, Student Union, Lincoln, Nebraska. SEVENTY-ONE YEARS OLD 14th A R Telephone HE 2-7631, ext. 4225, 4226, 4227 BnkKrlpUoa rete are per semester n U lor tae arsdemle year. Eater M ceeoni (kn mutter at the pout efflee In Lincoln, Nebraska, wain the exit ef Ansast 4, 111. The Dall; Xbrai:n I ssMlsisol Mania?, Tuesday, KeStmimy ao4 Frl nr atarlm the eehoel (rear, exeept eurln vacation aid (tun period), by student ef the Cnlrerelty ef Nebraska under antherltatlna ef the Committee aa Student Affairs a aa expression ef student opinion, rablltatlon ander the Jnrledletioa of the Subcommittee oa atudeat Publlratloae ehsll be free from editorial eenenmhlp on the part af the Subcommittee or on the part ef mm peraea outside the miTerettr. The members af the Dally Kebraskia staff are personally responsible fa erkas they say, or do, ar eaas to bt printed. rebroaiT t, 1M. DITOKIAL Kdlta Maaachif EaJtar .... Mew Editor ., Uports Kdltor At New Mltor Copy editors wte.fl Writer Waaler Staff Writs KlfM New Ealtar , . BtBIXCSS STAFF Beslness Manase glen Kalmaa 3 Assistant BiMlneat Mnnaier . Doe frrruson. Rill Gunllrks. Jnkn ftehroeder S (Irealattsa Maaarrr ... (;irnn Krensrher f 6VSSNC88 OFHCE HOURS: 3-5 P.M. Monday through Fridays signed to help communities where resources haven't been developed, according to Philip S. Sutton, associ ate state leader in Farm and Home development. Some of the accomplish ments, in and around Sher man County (the pilot coun ty) are: a cooperative ele vator and grain storage pro ject, two rural fire districts, a sewage disposal system; a credit union, the begin ning of school reorganiza tion and the development for conservation and proper land use. - The agriculture extension services work with the de partments of Agronomy and Horticulture in their inves tigation and testing to see if vegetables and other crops can be grown com mercially. Specific crops being observed are castor beans, tomatoes, green beans and safflower. Another project of exten-. sion this year was the Farm Policy workshops, conducted by Dr. Everett E. Peterson and Ted R. Nelson of the Agricultural economics division. This was highly planned and carefully executed by t h e extension service for key farmers and those who service farmers. The work shops aimed to raise the understanding of problems and presented possible so lutions to problems of man agement, accounting and marketing. It was designed to raise the economic lit eracy in farming communi ties by setting up criteria for evaluating farm policy. Performance testing of farm animals is also being done. Designed to aid the producer in improving his herd or flock, it gives the opportunity to collect data beneficial in developing the program in Nebraska. The feeders want faster growing animals, and breeders want ftock that will transmit these good qualities to off spring. This performance testing will meet the de mands quicker by getting performance records on paper. Through the guid ance of Dr. Paul Q. Guyer, Dr. Ted H. Doane and Dr. Leo Lucas, specialists in Animal Husbandry, and the county agents, breeders and feeders . learn how to keep the records which help in selecting the animals they chose to keep in their herd or flock. 8TAFF Dave ralnoim 5 Grrtehea tthHIberi Norm Bratty S ..Hal rlrawa . 41m Fomst ...Fat Drsn, IVealse flnlhert. deny Mmbersoa Ann Moyer, Dirk ftturkey, Nanry Whltford 3 V Wohlfarta, Jan Bark, loji) Dark x Eleanor Rllllnss Fat Deaa I ' Tl FUTURE . 1 ' Jfjfcp By Phil Boroff I "Lady of Eternal Spring I time," the Fred Ballard Playwriting Contest prize play, will be presented by the Department of Speech I and Dramatic Art in How- ell Memorial Theater on March 15, 16, 17 and 18. In reference to Helen of Troy, one of the verbose characters in "Lady of 1 Eternal Springtime" says that 'one cannot resist Hel- en.' Actually, it's very easy to resist the Spartan queen, and should be just as easy to resist this poor attempt at playwriting and play pro- duction. 1 "Lady of Eternal Spring- time" is supposedly the best play submitted to the na s tional Fred Ballard Play- writing Contest. If this is the best, I would hate to imagine what the worst would be like. Author Bernard Sabath's idea is very clever, but the 1 development of the idea is I incomplete and undramatic. I At the end of the Trojan I War, Helen finds herself bored when she returns to I Sparta. She wants to repeat the War, and begins by se- ducing an island grape mer I chant called Lukas, who will i take the place of Paris, i However, Menelaus, Helen's Ihusband and avenger, 1 doesn't want to fight again 1 for the woman with the 'face that launched a thou g sand ships.' Helen decides I not to run away with Lukas. i She sends her young imita- tor, Melirfa, as a pretended I Helen with Lukas, and the i real Helen remains in Spar s ta with Menelaus. I Sabath's script empha I sizes the fact that the au I thor is a short story and fic i tion writer rather than a I dramatist. He relies heavily i on exposition, flowery and 1 prosy language, and episod 1 ic, two character conversa 1 tion structure. I The author becomes the i actor since he forces his 1 o w n exposition into the I character. There are hu I merous and continuous ref 1 erences to things happening I or having happened o t f I stage. Things are talked 1 about rather than shown i Helen tells us abot Troy, I Althra tells us Menelaus' reaction when told Helen I has fled with Lukas, Melina tells us her family life. I Menelaus opens the play I with an expository speech, i a gimmick characteristic of many Shakespearean plays I to establish a location and-or attitude. However, in "Lady of Eternal Springtime," the exposition never ceases from one French scene to the next. The over-used adjective dominates Sabath's writing. Stylistic devices are often humorous "Stars are strewn like pedals of a flow er to show the path to take," "(Q:) Tell me how beautifully you will die for me? (A:) That is a speech I had not planned to pre pare," "Say it plainly. Say you love flattery. (Reply) I love flattery," "(Q:) ... to seek immortality with a SWLE AS A&C Inside View grape merchant? (A:) It's the immortality, not the ve hicle." The most humorous sen tence occurs when Helen tells Melina that the young imitator also wants to see his name inscrobed up there in 'poppy colored fire.' This, I would guess, is neon! The most enjoyable se quence occurs in Act Two in an exchange between Helen and Menelaus. They discuss the recent Trojan en counter and its effect on each. Here the audience chuckled. At other times the audience chuckles, but they never laugh. I would guess the play is a comedy with serious undertones. In addition to this poor attempt at playwriting, the production is also hindered by the incomplete direction of Dr. Joseph Baldwin. He has directed the performers to move and to recite and interpret their talky lines, but the performers do noth ing. There is little or no business created for the characters. The first act, in a Spartan market place, is full of con fusion. Salesmen and buy ers in the market place are constantly moving and do ing something. However, these movements are not set and exact, but tele scoped and suggested. Al though the major actors talk, the many extras' crowding the small stage as sellers, buyers and enter tainers make no noise. It GRAVES PRINTING CO. Social Stationery Party Invitations Graduation Announcements j Hove Graves Print It , j South of Temple BIdg. HE 2-2957 ( WORSHIP SERVICES ON CAMPUS BAPTIST STUDENT FELLOWSHIP Royee L. June A H. Meryl Burner Dimeters of atadeot Work 9:30 a.m. Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Fellowihip Hour 10:45 a.m. Morning Worthlp 7:00 Evening Worship 5:30 p.m. Supper 8:00 After-Church Fellowship Group Meeting at Frtt Baptist Church 14th and K Street Second Boptst Church 28th and S Street DISCIPLES STUDENT FELLOWSHIP (Christian Churches) 1:37 R Mreet Keith Mlepheasoa, Caoipes M leister 10:45 o.m. Worship (Cooperotvely with U.C.C.F. at 333 No. 14th) 5:30 p.m. Supper, Worship I Forum (Cooperatively with U C.C.F. at 333 No 14th) LUTHERAN STUDENT CHAPEL (National Lutheran Council) 53.1 North 18th , Atvte M. Petrrsea, Faster 9:30 o.m. Bible Study 10:15 a.m. Coffee Hour 10:45 a.m. Worship 5:30 p.m Lutheran 5ludnt Association SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS CHURCH (Catholic Student Center) ' lilt Ntreet 0. I. Kernes, paster R. F. Bherhy, 1. R. Myers, associate Sunday Mattes at 8:00, 9:30, 11:00, 12:30 Confessions on Saturday: 4:30-5:30 p.m. and 7:30-8:30 p.m. Business Meeting and Sociol Hour 7:30 p.m. UNITED CAMPUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (Presbyterian, Conrrerational, E.F.B, E. R.) 333 North tela mreet Alan t. Plrkrrlni, Minister 10:15 CommrJhion Served at UCCF Student House 10:45 o.m. Corporate Worship S 30 n.m. Forum Fellowship UNIVERSITY EPISCOPAL CHAPEL Serrlees at Otner while prrseat eiilldlni selag re bet It Gilbert H. A matrons;, ChaplaJa , 9:00 o.m. Holy Communion II 00 o.m. Morning Prover 5:30 o m Evening Prover UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL (Missouri Synod; A. 4. Nordra, Pastor 19th aad t Streets' 9:30 a.m. Bible Study 5:30 o.m Gamma Delta Supper 10.45 a.m. Worship WESLEY FOUNDATION (Methodist) Wllllsm II. (iould 4. Hentaa While, Pastors 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion (Wesley House. 1417 R Street) 9:30 a.m Morning Worship (at LSC, 535 North loth St.) 10:30 a.m Coffee Hour and Discussion (Wesley House) i 5:00 p.m. Cost Supper (Wesley House) 6:00 p.m. Vespers 6:15 p.m. Forum (Student Union, Room 234) MAULNtt is like a silent movie with j viuy uic uiaui iiiaiai:ieia making any sounds. I can't understand why this is done since Lukas later refers to this he says that his 12 women relatives have a 'shout louder than Spartan j market place in the morn- i nig One extra, playing a lute, strums the instrument's strings which look more like ropes in both Acts One and Three. However, no music is produced! There are many other faults that the director should have checked and then changed or improved. The action of the major per formers in Act Three is bloaked entirely upstage. A 'shadow show' by unspspect ing actors offstage left on the wavy cyclorama had just as much or more ac tion than was happening on stage. Entrances and exits are unlabelled. Blocking of ten seems without motiva tion and purpose. Technically, the produc tion is also greatly lacking. The settings are cartoonish and gaudy. The first set in cludes an oriental Neptune, the base of winch covers a bottom border while the top is covered by a higher bor der. The second set includes a crude painting of a man, a warrior who, I would guess, is hiding behind a shield because he is nude. Significance? Or misunder standing? The arch in the first set (Continued to page 4) Flowerpot Today is a day of re joicing in the garden. It's green time spring and St. Pat, too! And we of the green A 1 1- i n um as u ' would fr que to sa- i Into nun nf I if i ' .H.V JVM V. the green t o n g ues But re nt e m ber, that Pad die's day ' V i g e r o leaves t e 1 I-tale Shellberg mouth!!! Oh, shades of 21. Now let us move on to the latest bulletin from the College of Agriculture's News Service: "Lincoln W hen should you prune fruit trees? "That's a question many backyard gardners are ask ing with spring around the corner. "Wayne Whitney, exten sion horticulturalist at the College of Agriculture, says 'fruit trees may be pruned when it is warm enough to do the job comfortably. The earlier you prune trees, the better.' " "The only exception is raspberries which should not be pruned until the buds start to break,' Whit ney adds." And so, dear friends, on these balmy comfortable days after your tongues turn pink again and you Part time employment at the Nebraska Union has the following advantages: 1. Located close to classes 2. Schedules to accommodate your closses , 3. Good pay and working conditions Apply at Union Office 8-5 M-F i 4 n 'to Ttr"9li. v i jm Jtm s am a, , t r ( Q I - : .rcrvcsixi Wlr $ wimvivn toscftn . t MS uui " ,tt StHSSM. ci .. Efe. 1 Ikk Sctiorrt" '' . 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Is that I can't maintain his tradition Because I don't suffer from over-ambition. McCalla Heads Science Society Dr. Thomas McCalla, profes sor of agronomy, is the new president of the Nebraska chapter of Sigma Xi, national honorary science society.' Other chapter officers elected recently are : Dr. Dwight Miller, .zoology, vice president; and Prof. David Cook, engineering mechanics, treasurer. Dr. Thomas Thor son, zoology, was re-elected secretary. Dr. Robert Bow man, geography, continues as associate secretary, and Prof. Ferris Norris, electrical en gineering, as counselor. Community Sovings Stamps arne LOCLSO-6007 Sola Prica 2.60 3.3S 4.10 4.85 6.65 8.1S Stock Reduced and Hi-Fi! Jazz Classical Best Sellers .m. 4 9 ' 1 " -ustsufllMtniMsnJ fit A "I Ilk.- : Tni IIS - I LMLSC-2252 LMLSC-2339 J ev Mnta aassrai.i . j iimietiuiMsii!i'!:?,i?'l t't J w a me. . I ' 2 i' Ill r T -.1 1