Thursday, April 5, 1962
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Student Earns Money
By Painting Portraits
By RUTHIE CHUBBICK
Special to Daily Nebraskan
Kent Broadhurst is a Uni
versity of Nebraska student.
Like many college students,
he earns his own money to fi
nance his schooling. But his
work is not like that of the
ordinary student.
He is an artist. His educa
tional costs are financed by
commissions he receives
from portrait painting.
In addition, he has acted in
several theater productions,
designed theater costumes
and sets, and done interior
decorating.
Broadhurst paints for com
mission mostly during the
summer months when he
earns enough to finance a
year's schooling. He has
painted over 500 portraits and
received $900 for one portrait
a portraitAof six children,
which took him two weeks
to paint.
Gum JJrops
The children ranged from
two to ten years of age,
Broadhurst recalled. "The lit
tle two-year old was a prob
lem I fed him gum drops to
keep him still," he said.
Broadhurst paints from 30
to 50 portraits in a summer,
and also does charcoal
sketches which sell for $35
each.
He has done over 300 of his
portraits in his hometown,
Kansas City, Mo.
"I rarely have any trouble
getting a portrait the work
snowballs," he said. He ex
plained that the people he
paints usually have circles of
friends who see the artwork
and want him to do a por
trait for them. Then they
have other friends who see
that portrait, and so it goes.
Summer Showing
Each summer Broadhurst
has an art showing at the
Plaza Bank in Kansas City.
He gets many new clients
from people who view his art
work at the exhibit, he said.
Broadhurst, who is now a
university senior, first began
portrait painting the summer
before his senior year in high
school. He studied in art in
stitutes in grade school and
high school, and occasionally
studied under private instruc
tors, one of whom was
Student Composers
Present Symposium
Works by student compos
ers of music at the Univer
sity will be presented today
at 8 p.m. in the Student Un
ion. Contemporary music sym
posiums are held at periodic
intervals at the University to
give the students an idea of
how they are progressing.
Robert Beadell, associate
professor of music at the Uni
versity and a professional
composer, will review the stu
dents' works and discuss
them. "
Students whose composi
tions will be heard are Robert
Nelson, Dewey Wiens, Allen
Epstein, Joyce Johnson and
Walter Ross.
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portrait artist in Kansas City.
Although his college educa
tion has been financed solely
from portrait painting, Broad
hurst said he enjoys abstract
painting equally as well.
Painting Secondary
"The reason people like
portraits is because they like
the physical appearance of
the person in the portrait.
The painting is secondary,
which is a shame," he said.
"That's what I like about
abstract painting it must be
enjoyed for the painting it
self. Art has to be a fresh ex
perience, and it has to be
creative. It takes an artist to
see something in life, inter
pret that, and create some
thing which may not look like
life, but may tell us some
thing more about life," he
said.
"With portraits," he said,
"it is not easy to do that
you can get in a rut." He ex
plained that people, know his
style of realistic, gracious
and, in most cases, flattering
portraits, and expect that.
"This is not really good art,"
he said.
"Occasionally peopk ' ave
wanted a painting and a
photographic - image and
those have been my better
portraits," he said.
Flattering Portrait
Most of Broadhurst's por
traits are of women. He said
that women are torn between
wanting a flattering portrait
and yet not wanting one about
which their friends will say,
"Well! He certainly flattered
you!" ,
"A portrait, said Broad
hurst, "should show people as
Campus
AG UNION ENTERTAIN
MENT COMMITTEE will
meet 4-5 p.m. today.
AG UNION PUBLIC RELA-
Jazz Portraits
Concert Feature
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, pro
fessional music fraternity will
present its annual jazz con
cert April 13 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Student Union ballroom.
This year's concert is "Por
traits in Jazz TV" and will
feature the 18-piece Sinfonia
Laboratory Jazz Band and the
Jerry Coleman Quintet.
The winner of the jazz vo
calist audition c o n t es t will
also be featured on the con
cert. Funds raised with the sale
of tickets, which are $1.00 per
person, will go for providing
scholarships for incoming
freshman music majors.
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they look at their very best
and in the type of clothes
they look best in, but it
should not be so flattering
that people will realize the
subiect is being flattered.
"You can't experiment in
portrait painting when you're
doing it for commission," he
said. "Sometimes I run into
grandmothers who want me
to paint their granddaughters
to look like little cherubs,
when actually they're not. If
there wasn't money involved,
I might paint them a little
differently."
Broadhurst has done some
original dress designs for
women whose , portraits he
has painted. He explained
that he makes several
sketches of dresses that
would look good on the worn
an and then lets her select
the one she likes best. Sever
al women have had the
dresses made that he de
signed for the portrait.
Water Colors
Broadhurst also does sculp
turing and water color paint
ings. But painting is not his, only
interest. He enjoys theatrical
work equally as well, and
won the Dallas Award for
Acting for a lab production
at University Theater. He
has appeared in several uni
versity play productions and
is currently working with the
Community Playhouse pro
duction of Tennessee Wil
liams' "Glass Menagerie."
A member of Phi Kappa
Psi fraternity, Broadhurst di
rected the Phi Psi winning
Kosmct Club skits in 1959 and
1960.
Calendar
TIONS COMMITTEE
will
meej 5 p.m. today.
HOSPITALITY DAYS at ag
Campus today and tomorrow
SPANISH CLUB is sponsor
ing the reading of Lope de
Vega, the third act of the
play "Fuente de Ovejuna." at
7 p.m. in the Indian Suite.
PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
COLLOQUIUM TEA will be
held today in 211 Brace Lab
oratory, 3:45-4:15. Saul Ep
stein will lecture on "The
New Particles."
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
(AAUW) will sponsor a cof
fee in honor of senior girls at
the University, Wesleyan and
Doane Saturday, 9:30 to 11:30,
at the Governor's Mansion.
BLOCK AND BRIDLE will
hold a judging contest Satur
day. h-v
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Institutes
Failed
Greeks
All Criticisms
Need Analysis
"The school administrations
are partly to blame, they cre
ated the situation for which
they now blame the fraterni
ties," said Harold A n g e 1 o,
dean of Men nt Colorado Uni
versity in a special interview.
"They completely ignored
the fraternities while they
made great changes them
selves and they now expect
fraternities to make funda
mental changes overnight,"
he continued.
"Fraternities in the mid
west have retained the social
immaturity that was evident
in the 20's without realizing
until recently the importance
of Intellectual achievement."
"When asked for the rea
son for this, Dean A n g e 1 o
replied, "the, institutions
themselves are only beginning
to achieve intellectual matur
ity. The institutions have not
encouraged this in the fra
ternities; they are beginning
to now. The fraternties have
been ignored for so long, how
ever, that there is resistance
to change."
He stated that, the same
could be said for the far
West; that the fraternities
have not matured along with
western education. He said
that the public image is the
same as in the 20's.
Dean Angelo feels that the
fraternities in the East are
returning to stressing intel
lectual achievement.
"In the South, fraternities
are stronger, more mature
social institutions than in any
other area."
When he was asked about
changes in pledge training
programs, he said "fraternity
leaders are aware of the need
for changes and are taking
steps to institute ,these chan
ges." He also said that he is in
favor of Greek Weeks if they
present to the public a true
image of what the Greek
system is and what they can
accomplish.
Also,, he feels that Greek
Week is a time for fraterni
ties to sit down and take a
realistic and honest look at
themselves and decide where
change is necessary and then
institute changes to this ef
fect. "I feel that Greeks should
subject all criticism to analy
sis; where it is valid they
should make changes and
where it is not valid they
should have the strength and
guts not to change," he concluded.
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LT. GEN. HERSHEY
General Hershey
Speaks on Draft
In Student Union
Lt. General Lewis Hershey,
Director of Selective Service,
will speak in the Student Un
ion ballroom, April 13.
The Selective Service Sys
tem, which General Hershey
heads is composed of 4,005 lo
cal boards, 119 appeal boards
and State headquarters in
each of the 50 states, Canal
Zone, District of Columbia,
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the
Virgin Islands.
Hershey entered the service
under theage of 18 and after
two years" he was selected as
second lieutenant by his com
pany. He was promoted to
first lieutenant in 1916 and
Captain In 1918.
Hershey attended a French
artillery school, and after the
Armistice remained in Brest
to assist in arranging return
transportation of American
troops.
He was awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Medal by
President Truman in 1946. At
the 1946 National Convention
of the American Legion, he
was awarded the American
Legion Distinguished Service
Medal.
General Hershey's visit is
sponsored by the Union talks
and topics committee.
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Heart Strain of Athletes
Studied by Researchers
By KAREN GUNLICKS
Observations of the heart strain of
trained versus untrained athletes who are en
gaged in strenuous activity are being con
ducted by a research group at the University.
The investigators are attempting to find
out what reactions are normal for the heart
during and after strenuous activity, the re
covery time, the distribution and extent of a
reserve energy and the benefits of training for
an individual. i :
Previously, electrocardio
grams, devices which meas
ure heart beats, could be given
only wiien the patient was ly
ing down and was at complete
rest. However, this condition
is not normal. The research
ers want to find out the ef
fects of exercising on the
heart.
Consequently, a transistor
radio was devised which can
be attached to the body of a
runner and transmit the heart
impulses to an electrocardio
gram on the edge of the field.
Track men are used for
these experiments because
they really put the heart to a
test, said Dr. Kenneth Rose,
promoter of the project.
Other, members of the re
search team are Dr. Jack
Stemper, Student Health Staff
member and Dr. Lowell
Dunn, from the College of
Medicine, who will interpret
the results; Roger Long and
George Sullivan from the
physical therapy department
of Student Health who are
doing the technical work; Dr.
Samuel Fuenning, director of
Student Health, Frank
Sevigne, head track coach,
and Ed Weir, assistant to the
athletic director, are consult
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ants. Clyde Hyde is in charge
of the equipment and Ray
mond Lock, the electronics.
The University Research
Council began the project; it
is being continued through a
grant from the National Heart
Institute of Health.
Omaha Tour Set
For Foreigners
A tour of Omaha directed
primarily for the foreign stu
dent, but including both
American and international
students, will be sponsored
jointly by Mortar Board and
People to People (PTP) on
April 14.
The tour, which will elimi
nate a double function of the
organizations, will include the
facilities of the University of
Nebraska College of Medicine,
Boys Town, the Crossroads
shopping center and Joselyn
Art Museum. The evening's
activities will be highlighted
by the Todd-AO production of
"Oklahoma."
All those interested in going
are asked to sign up on the
sheet placed on the interna
tional student bulletin board
in the south hall of the Stu
dent Union. The deadline for
signing is, Tuesday.
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