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.J UNIVERSITY OP NEBR. LIBRARY r t- r JAN 16 1962 .At'iCWIVt: the mm r v V i u rV iff . 1 X. f: h' . O I (y V' Vol. 75, No. 56 The Nebraskan Tuesday, January 16, 1962 Cast of 34 In KK's Guys, Dolls Cast members for Kosmet Klub's fiftieth anniversary Spring Show, "Guys and Dolls," have been announced. Leading a talented cast of thirty-four is Beverly Ruck as Adelaide, the night club dan cer with a rather large so cial problem. She's been en gaged for fourteen years. The object of her pro longed passion is Nathan De troit, played by Jim Trester, owner and manager of "The Oldest Established Perman cnt Floating Crap Game in New York." Sky Masterson (Thomas Schwenke) who comes by the name "Skv ." because that's how his?h he bets, meets Nathan nnd before he knows it, has fallen into a "sucker hot Nathan bets Sky one thousand dollars that he can't get Sergeant Safah Brown tho Invplv ' mission doll . . er . . . lady, to go to Havana for dinner. Sky not only takes Sarah (Claire Roehrkasse) to Havana and wins the bet, but ' wins . Sarah as well. Nicely-Nlcely A generous sprinkling of Damon Runyan characters is led by Al Epstein as Nicely Nicely Johnson, Don Thomp son as Bennv Southstreet, Sam Thomas as Rusty Char lie, Gene Tice as Big Juie, and Elizabeth Ruck as The Doll. , Trying to keep tabs on this motley crew is Jim Little as Lt. Brannigan, who never gives up trying to locate the crap games, but finds he's fighting an infallible grape vine alert system. The member! of the Salva tion Army Mission have their hands full trying to lead all these characters from the wicked ways of sin. Along with Sarah, there is Arvlde, her doting grandfather (Tom Hutson), Calvin (Scott Ry nearson), Martha (Sue Keria kedes) and Agatha (Pat Kin ney). General Matilda B. Cart wright, the domineering head of the mission, and in charge of this hopeless cause will be played by Sharon Binfield. The general can see a little sin in everybody. Win, Lose But when Sky rolls the hoods for one thousand dollars each if he loses, or they all go to the mission and put up a good impression for Miss Sarah if he wins, General Cartwright has more sin than in her wild est dreams. Taking the parts of the as sorted Damon Runyan hoods oos Campus By Sue Hovik A total of 1,452 students voted in the recent political poll taken by the Survey com mittee of Young Republicans. Larry Roos, chairman of the committee, said that the purpose of the poll was to determine the political atti tudes of students' at the Uni versity. The following four questions were used during the poll: 1) What Is your party preference? 2) Whom do you want to be governor of Nebraska In 1962? 3) Whom do you want to be president of the United States In 1964? 4) What do you think will be the major political issue in the 1964 presidential race. Of those who voted, .942 students, or 64.8 per cent of the total number of votes cast on party preference were in favor of the Republican party. The Democrat party rated 419, or 28.8 per cent of the votes. Ninety-one or 6.4 per cent of the students had no party preference. Kennedy Ahead In the presidential race, 1,281 students voted. Presi dent Kennedy led with 566 votes or 39.1 per cent Of the total. The next four largest number of votes were re Will Play are Ron Stevenson Rifharrf Lee Primm, Rod Johnson, Jer ry DeFrance, Larry Barron, Bob Ayres, Brad Williams, Fred Waltemade, Max Dean, William Lewis, Richard Kearns, Elijah Powell and JimChildtf. Featured dancern at the Hot Box Night Club, who entertain nightly with Adelaide, the star, will be Barbara Schu man. Kittv Sue Troxezl. Janie Thompson, and Terry David. Guvs and Dolls has the fine songs of Frank Loesser, "Luck Be a Lady," "If I Were A Bell, Tve Never. Been in Love Before," "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat," "A Bushel and a Peck," "Fuge for Tinhorns," and, naturally, the title song, "Guys and Dolls," plus some exciting dance numbers and a sizzling strip numoer "lake cacK Your Mink." The entire show will be de signed and directed by James Baker, with' musical di rection hv Jovce Johnson and choreography by Judy Grazi First Reading The first read-through for cast members will be tonight at 7 p.m. in the Union. Re hearsals will begin on Feb. 19th. The Kosmet Klub soring mu sical will be presented March 31 at Pershing auditorium. Cast members are as fol lows: Adelaide. Beverly Ruck: Sa rah. Claire Roehrkasse: Nath an Detroit, Jim Trester; Sky Masterson. Thomas Schwenk; and Benny Southstreet, Don Thompson. Micelv-Nicelv Johnson. Al Epstein; Arvide Abernathy, Tom Hutson: Rusty Charlie, Sam Thomas; Calvin, Scott Rynearson; Big Juie, uene Tice; and Lt. Brannigan, Jim Little. Martha. Sue Keriakedes; Agatha, Pat Kinney; General Cartwright. Sharon Binfield; Allison, Barbara Schuman; and Ferguson, Kitty Sue Troxel. Mimi. Terry David; A Doll, Elizabeth Ruck; Scranton Slim, Ron Stevenson; The Greek, Richard Primm; and Brandy Bottle Bates, Rod Johnson. Boston Beanv. Jerrv De- France; Joey Biltmore, Larry Barron: Cuban Dancer: Glenn Ayres, Judy Grazier; Angie the Ox, Brad Williams; and Liver Laps Louis, Fred Waltemade. Guide, Max Dean; Blind Man, William Lewis; Pick pocket, Richard KearnS; Har ry the Horse, Elijah Powell; Society Max, Jim Childe; and Drunk, James Baker. Student Poll Highly ceived by Berry Goldwater, 264 votes for 18.2 per cent; Richard Nixon, 245 votes for 16.9 per cent; Nelson Rocke feller, 115 votes for 8 per cent; and John Cabot Lodge, 70 votes for 4.8 per cent. Adlai Stevenson received 9 votes for 6 per cerit and Lyn don Johnson received 5 votes for .3 per cent. Other poli ticians receiving mention by students were George Rom ney, Stuart Symington, Gov. Goodwin McKnight, Fred Sea ton, and Sen. Harry Byrd. A total of 1,294 votes were cast on the question of whom the students want to be the next governor of Nebraska. Fred Seaton led the race with a total of 815 votes for 56.1 per cent. The next high re ceiver of votes was Gov. Morrison with 3S6 votes for 25.2 per cent of the total. Terry Carpenter received 20 votes for 1.5 per cent; Vic Anderson, 19 votes for 1.5 per cent; John Cooper, 17 votes for 1.3 per cent; Mrs. Ralph Brooks, 13 votes for 1.2 per cent; Del Linnman, 10 votes for .7 per cent and Charlie Thone, 10 votes for .7 per cent. Numberous other politi cal figures were mentioned. Top Topic International relations is go ing to be the big issue in the opinions of Nebraska stu r-.. . - 1 ;s'':;iiiw ?w:ix?.;m i i.te!ti. Ahmad JamaVs Jazz Comes to Nebraska Ahmad Jamal will appear at the Student Union auditorium, Thursday, Febr. 8, at ..two performances at 7 and 9. Tickets are $1.50 apiece. The program will be spon sored by the Union special events committee. Jamal, a serious convert to Mohammedanism, appeared in a joint jam session with Art Tatum at the age of four teen. He became a featured pianist at the age of eighteen when he played with George Hudson's band at the Uub Harlem In Atlantic City. He toured the country with the Hudson band in 1948, when his fine solo work be came recognized by the na tion's top music critics. In 1951 he formed his own group, The Three Strings. With the unusual instrumen tation of his group piano, bass violin and guitar, his talent ripened and the result was a sparkling, delicate, modern jazz. 1952 was a big year for Ahmad Jamal. He was fea tured at he Blue Note in Chi cago and , the Embers in New York, where he once walked off the stage because of ex cessive conversation from the audience. In that same year he received an invitation to participate in Carnegie Hall concert honoring Duke Elling ton. Ellington hailed him as "one of the truly bright stars in the world of jazz." . He has recorded such successful, albums as "Ah mad Jamal," "But Not for Me," "Chamber Music of the New Jazz" and "Count 'Em." In 1960 he broke ' all stand dent. This topic is followed by i civil rights, welfare, and taxes. . Roos said that the statistics of the poll show that the cam pus is strongly Republican. He also noticed that the voter does not vote by party prefer-1 ence when voting for his can diate. There was very little straight party voting, he said. President Kennedy's popu larity on campus has gone up said Roos. In 1960, the stu dents voted overwhelmingly for the Nixon-Lodge ticket. He added that Kennedy had a clear majority of votes, but his total was less than the total of the four leading Re publican candidates. Goldwater was the strong e s t Republican candidate with a slight edge over Nixon. Roos said that there is a def inite conservative element on campus. "Nixon is still very strong and Rockefeller and Lodge were strong min or candidates," he added. Roos said that "George Romney was the surprise." He was mentioned as a can didate for president. Present ly he is the president of Am erican Motors and is seriously considering running for gov ernor of Michigan as a Re publican candidate. ; "The campus seems t5 be ready for a Republican gov- ft:: ing records at the Blackhawk in San. Francisco and the Blue Note in Chicago. Ahmad Jamal has been able to cross the bridge be tween good popular music and excellent jazz via the path of understanding and sincerity. He believes that a solid foundation of musical knowledge can uphold good popular music as well as good jazz. All Students Must Pick Up Fee Cards - All University students .who have pre-registered are once again reminded by Student Council committee members that they must pick up their appointment cards for paying fees on Wednesday, Thurs day or Friday of this week. According to the system es tablished, a student may choose any half hour period to pay his fees on either Jan. 29, 30 or 31. However, there will be only a specified num ber of appointment cards available for each half hour period. Students should have several appointment times in mind when he comes to pick up his card in case there are no more cards available for his first preference time. . Council members will be on duty in the art gallery lounge of the Student Union between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. including the noon hour. Reveals epublican ernor," said Roos. "Seaton ran ahead of his competition. Gov. Morrison was second, but far behind." "The question about the ma jor issue in the 1964 presi dential race was very am biguous. It was intended to find the student's opinion on national politics. International relations, the Communist threat, and world war were by far the most important," said Roos. Concerning the actual votes cast, many voters could not determine their political pref erences. Roos said that quite a few of these did not feel qualified to 'vote. Many peo ple also did not have any idea for governor of Nebraska in 1962 and for the president in 1964, he added. The total number of ' stu dents voting in this poll (1,452) compared to 1,190 whd voted in. the mock general election held on campus in Nov. 1960. In that election Nixon received 60 per cent of the votes for president and Kennedy received the rest. In the governor's race, Mor rison received 58.5 per cent of the votes and Cooper re ceived .41.5 per cent. Roos claimed the poll a success since it definitely showed the political attitudes and changes on campus. Four Faculty Members, One Student Nominated For1 Outstanding Award By Jim Steinman Letters have been received by the Daily Nebraskan nom inating Jeanne Garner, Dean J. P. Colbert, Captain Charles J. Svoboda and Dr. Charles H. Patterson for "Outstanding Nebraskan." The four faculty members who have been nominated are Dean Colbert, Captain Svo boda, Dr. Patterson, and Dr. Charles W. Colman, chairman of the Department of Ro mance Languages. Five students who have been nominated are Pat Clare, Steve Gage, Jeanne Garrffer, John Schroeder, and Dick Shugrue. One student and one fac ulty member will be chosen by the Nebraskan staff as 1962's "Outstanding NebraS' kan." The staff's decision will be announced this Friday, be announced Friday, at which time the student and fa culty member chosen will be honored at a luncheon. The letter nominating Dr. Charles Patterson stated the following: Dr. Patterson "From 1921, to the present, a total of 40 years, Dr. Pat terson has served his Univer sity and Ms state as both an illuminating educator as pro' fessor of Philosophy, and as an active participant in civic affairs on both the local and national levels. "Having received his Bach elor of Arts at Washington Missionary uouege in iar, ne received his M. a. ana rn. D. at the University of Ne braska where he has re mained and advanced to full professorship in 1946. "As a member of West minster Presbyterian Church, he has nrobablv one of the most outstanding records of anyone in the congregation. Continually, on the Board of Elders, he rarely, if ever, has missed a Sunday through the years. Because of his educa tion in religious philosophy and his talent and popularity at public speaking, many have been the times when Dr. Pat terson has conducted the serv ice, given the sermon, or pre sided at a funeral in West minster. His excellence in his field and his ability as a speaker have made him a favorite at the University and the sur rounding Lincoln area. Throughout the years he has spoken at innumerable occu pations, convocations, ban quets and meetings of various clubs and groups. Popularity His noDularitv took him to Boston University as a visit ing professor in the summer nf 1935. to the Iliff School of Theology in the summer of 1952, and finally to tne uni versity of Southern California in the summer of 1957. It can also be noted that Dr. Pat terson was chairman of the Iliff School of Theology from 1943 to 1945, and acting cnair man from 1950 to 1951. Perhaps the most profound accomplishments of this indi vidual, however, are a result of his powerful literary skill. I feel that the following list of his books and articles need no further explanation. "Problems in Logic," Mac Millan Co., 1926; Principles of Correct Thinking, Longman, Green & Co., 1936; Moral Standards, Ronald Press Co., 1Q4Q- The Philosonhv of the Old Testament, Ronald Press Co., 1953; Moral Standards, (2nd edition) Ronald Press Co. 1957. "A list of the civic organ izations to which this person helnncn will cive one an idea of the sweep and magnitude of his Intellect: American Philosophical Society; Nation al Association of Biblical In structors; Interprofessional Club; The Open Forum; Board of Directors of Local YMCA; National Council of YMCA; Westminster Pres byterian Church; Mountain: Plains Philosophical Associa tion; (Member of the Execu tive Council, 1951) ; (Chairman of the Executive Council 1956-1957) ; American Associa tion of University Professors Nebraska Chapter (Presi dent, 1957-1958). "A teacher's greatest attri bute can be found in his rep utation among his students. His kindly consideration, coun seling, and individual assist ance is willingly given to any student who might come to his office. In the eyes of the people enrolled here, it is traits like these that warrant Dr. Patterson the most cov eted honor a professor can receive frotn his students namely, a pupil's simple state ment of 'He's a Great Guy!' " Captain Svoboda Captain Svoboda's nominat ing letter included the follow ing: "In the three years that Captain Svoboda has been with this University he has founded and organized the Nominations to Close Nominations for the fac ulty and student "Outstand ing Nebraskan" awards will close at 5 p.m. today. Any nominations received after that time will not be con sidered by the selection committee. Nominating let ters should be sent to the editor or brought to the Daily Nebraskan office, 51 Student Union. nationally recognized girls drill team known as The Ca dence Countesses. Many long and tedious non-class hours were devoted by Captain Svo boda in teaching the girls the fundamentals of precision drill and organizing them into the fine unit they now are. Due to his efforts this group is a recognized organization on campus with thirty girls rep resenting most of the activi ties of the University. "He is also responsible for the re-building of Company A-2 Pershing Rifles on this campus. The company under his personal guidance and su pervision has grown in three years from an organization of less than thirty to nearly one hundred members. Due to the world situation Company A-2 found Itself without military transportation for the two out-state drill meets it nor mally attends; but thanks to Captain Svoboda's advice and assistance, money was raised by the company to the tune of $1,700 to finance the trips. "In order to gain an oppor tunity for military training for members of Company A-2 he formed the Military Police Platoon which now assists the Campus Police and the Lin coln City Police in controlling traffic at athletic events. This platoon numbers forty cadets and has received commenda tions from many sources for the professional way in which it performs. It has only one counterpart in College ROTC. "To Captain Svoboda be longs the privilege of com manding the army leadership school for some 55 junior cadets. Under his supervision these cadets are trained to become the fine officers and gentlemen that our armed forces require. Foamy, Gleam at Union Desk Fill Bristly Brushers' Needs The New Year has brought changes to the. Student Union which include a communter lunch room and a drug serv ice counter.at the main desk. According to Union assist andt director Bob Barnes, the two services were Inaugurated at the request of the students to better serve them. The commuter Luncheon Lounge is located in what was the north party room in the northeast corner of the Union basement. The capacity of the lunch room is approximately 50. The hours set for the room are from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily. A television set has been moved into the room for the convenience of the lunchers. . i The room may still be en "Captain S v o b o d a is the type of man who always has time to discuss a problem. Due to this attitude many fine young men on the cam pus have found the solution to personal as well as aca demic difficulties. "In the truest sense of the word Captain Svoboda ex emplifies an officer and a. gentlemen. We strongly be lieve that this man is the best example of the Nebraska school spirit and should be designated "Outstanding Ne braskan." Dean Colbert The letter nominating Dean Colbert read as follows: "Dean Colbert came to the University in 1925 as a mem ber of the engineering fac ulty. He became director of the veterans affairs in 1944 and has been in charge of problems involving students and the Selective Service. In 1953 he was named the first dean of the division of Stu dent Affairs. "Prior to coming to t h e University, he was employed by the Nebraska State De partment of Public Works for four years. "Dean Colbert's service and devotion to the University and his discretion concerning the handling of student situations shows a sincere interest in the student and confidence in the students' ability to make de cisions in the best interest in his college community. "An impressive list of or ganizations and affiliations help to endorse the capabili ties and service interest of this man. They include: Amer ican Society for Engineering Education; Lincoln Engineers Club; Nebraska Engineering Society; Lincoln Chamber of Commerce; Tau Beta Pi (en gineering); Sigma Tau (engi neering) ; Pi Kappa Alpha (social); American Legion; Nebraska State Historical So ciety; Westminster Presbyte rian Church". Jeanne Garner The letter nominating Jean ne Garner read as follows: "An exceptionally poised girl, Jeanne has served as a leader and as an example for women students on this cam ous as president of Associated Women Students (AWS). "Last year she was mis tress of ceremonies for the AWS Coed Follies show. She was also a member of the 1961 Ivv Dav court. She has been a finalist for Cornhusker Beautv Oueen and for the 1961 Honorary, Commandant title and as a sophomore was named the best dressed Ne braska Coed. Jeanne is also past pledge trainer and present vice presi dent of Delta" Gamma. She has shown a keen interest in her activities but has also dis played true leadership by en couraging other individuals with whom she works and helping them develop their potentials. Aquaquettes Picture The Aquaquettes group picture will be retaken for the Cornhusker at 6:30 p.m. today at the Coliseum. gaged for use as a party or meeting room, however, as the area may be cleared in a short while since luncheon fixtures are not permanent. The second new service is the offering of drug items for. sale at the main desk. One side of the display case has been devoted to the display of the items offered for sale which include razor blades, Kleenex, toothpaste, tooth brushes, after shave lotion, soap, shaving cream and oth ers. , The Crib also has a new offering for the new year. Pizza may now be purchased. Four different kinds s are of fered including tomato and cheese, hamburger, pepper- I oni and Italian sausage. ill ...