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Tuesday, June 12, 1962 Summer Nebraskan Page 4 Mari Sandoz Tells Of the 'Good Old After a day-long session on the history and appraisal of the Homestead Act, the na tion's scholars and authorities on land policy leaned back in their chairs Monday evening to hear first-hand about the "good old days." And the authority in this field was Novelist Mari San doz, who spent her childhood on a homestead in Sheridan County, Nebraska. "No matter how eager we were to get away to larger fields, our hearts are with the old government claim," she reminisced before the Home stead Centennial Symposium at the University of Nebras ka. The transplanted Nebraskan who now lives in New York City recalled: "Those first years on a gov ernment claim were a trial, a hardship for the parents, particularly the women, but the men too. Usually only one in four entrymen remained to patent the claim ... A large percentage of those into any new region were maladjusted in their home community, were misfits. "Many of tbise, unsettled by the hardships and isolation, ended in institutions or suicide if they did not drift on or flee back to relatives or in laws. Those who stayed might be faced by drought, grass hoppers and ten-cent corn, sometimes followed by the banker's topbuggy come to at tach the mortgaged team, the children's milk cow. The men gathered at the sales and at political meetings, with many women too, speaking for re forms, for a better shake for the sparsely settled, sparsely represented regions. Children Worked Hard "None of these things could be kept from the children. They saw the gambles of life and the size of the stakes. They shared in the privation and the hard work. All of us Jlossdomy A ward Winner I wmmmmmmommmmmmmmmm Yi m STANLEY m aPltfH lift, J WW till, 357 Exclusive Special Engagement! O EISEEYED SEATS! DAILY! y knew children who put in 12-, 14-hour days from March to November. We knew seven eight-year-old boys who drove four-horse teams to tne nar row. who shocked grain be hind the binder all day in heat and dust and rattle snakes, who cultivated, hoed and weeded corn, and finally husked it out before they could go to school in Novem ber. And even then there were the chores morning and eve ning, the stock to feed, the cows to milk by lantern light. Other recollections of Miss Sandoz included: Decrepit Sod Honses Sod House "Although I never lived in a sod house I went to school in one and taught school in two others, both pretty decrepit at the time, with mouse holes in the walls, one with a friendly bullsnake living there. Some times the snake was fooled by the glowing stove on a chilly fall day and came wandering out and down the aisle during school hours. A snickering among the boys always warned me, and the snake too. Licking out his black forked tonque speculatively, the autumn-logey snake turned slowly around and moved back to his hole in the wall." Sod Busting "It seemed to me there was something like a spiritual excitement about a man guiding a break er bottom through virgin earth, with the snap and crackle of the tough roots as they were cut, the sod roll ing on flat from tne plow, a gull or two following for the worms, and tne DiacKmras chattering around." Scalded Hog i Food "No butchered ani mal looks finer than a well scalded and scraped hog pink and plump and appetiz ing. Afterward the rest of the family had fresh liver for KRAMER'S Bo Office Opens 12 45 P.M. Adults $1 .00 Till pm Than SI. 25 ChHdrm SO I pjm. I 1:10-4: :00 PyrcSiase VHulS Tales Days' supper, and the frothing brain cooked in a frying pan. I liked pork tenderloin with the animal heat and sweetness still in it. I fried this for my self, and never tasted a finer dish. Meat still animal warm was credited with helping to cure many of the bleeding stomaches sent west in the homestead period. Whole communities of stomach suf ferers came west, and usual ly died of other complaints, including old age." Summer Calendar Tuesday, June 12 CLASSES BEGIN 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., All-State Registration, Union Ballroom. 3 p.m., documentary films on art, Union Auditorium. 7:15 p.m., All-State faculty reading hour, Howell Memor ial Theater. 7:30 p.m., All-State Faculty Recital, Union Ballroom. Wednesday, Jane 13 3 p.m., documentary films on art, Union Auditorium. 8 p.m., Union Artist Series, Dr. Thomas Fritz, pianist in concert, Union Ballroom. Thursday, June 14 3 p.m., documentary films on art, Union Auditorium. 4 p.m. Art Speaker: Vreeland Awards, Union Art Gallery. 7 p.m., Film Classic, "Ballad of a Soldier," (Russian), Love Library Auditorium. Friday, June 15 7:30 p.m., All-State Organ Recital, Professor Myron Roberts, Koly Trinity Church, 60th and A. (Open to the pub lic.) Monday, June 18 12 noon, Elementary Education Grad Club Luncheon, Union Indian Suite. 4 p.m., duplicate bridge. Union Indian Suite. 6 and 8 p.m., Cinema '62, Union Auditorium. 7:30 p.m., All-State Student Recital, Union Ballroom. NASA Display, space vehicles, Union main lounge. Nebraska Regents Approve Five Leaves of Absence Leaves of absence for five University of Nebraska pro fessors and staff members were approved by the Board of Regents Saturday (June 9). They are: Dr. Paul A, Ol son, associate proiessor or English; Dr. Howard W. Otto son, professor and chairman of the department of agricul tural economics; Arlen E. Lutz, assistant professor of agricultural extension; Dr. Robert M. Sandstedt, assis tant professor of plant patho logy; and Robert E. Stepp, head of the Bureau of Audio Visual Instruction. Dr. Olson will leave for the academic year 1962-63 for Lon don, where he will continue studies on Chaucer. Dr. Ol son is the recipient of a Su w Located in Vreeland Awards Shown in Union The Vreeland Art Award paintings and pottery are being displayed in tne iseDrasKa un ion Art Gallery June 1-30 Artwork in the exhibit will be discussed Thursday at 4 p.m. in the Union Pan American Gallerv bv Gail Butt and Thomas P. Sheffield: asso ciate professors. The Vreeland Awards are a series of scholarships awarded by Francis Vreeland in the areas of art, music and creative writing on the basis of creative excellence Vreeland was a painter from Nebraska. Woods Faculty and Gug genheim fellowships. Dr. Oottson will take a one month assignment with the Agency for International De velopment in South America. Professor Lutz will study the first semester of the school year 1962-63 at the University of Wisconsin where he is working toward a Ph. D. de gree. Professor Sandstedt will at tend a National Science Foun dation Workshop on Nema todes during the month of July. Robert Stepp will spend the first two weeks of July on a summer teaching assignment at the University of Southern California. mimer Sfydeoits ei n cs the Nebraska Union KUON-TV Nebraska's only ooet laur eat, 81-year old Dr. John G. Neihardt returns to the Channel 12 screen tonight at 9 p.m. as he talks about his poetry with Dr. Robert Knoll, NU professor of English. "Poetry of the West" is a three-part series in which Dr. Neihardt reads several of his lyric poems including Hymn Before Birth, Easter, and A Cycle of the West. A second oroeram of inter est tonight is The Changing rears: ine communist Par ty in Japan, which explores the development of commu nism in Japan and its growth aunng world War II. The late Lord Norman Birkett, former British Jus tice of Appeals and judge at uie iNuremDurg Trials discuss es his reactions to some of the German war criminals and to the men and vnmon he had to defend on Face To Face tomorrow at 9:30 p.m. A complete list of KUON TV, Channel 12, programm ing for the week follows: Tuesday. Jim 3:50 Background 5:40 Evening Prelude :30Artand Artists: "The Wallace Col lection." Art at Hs best is seen to- tn one of the world's finest art collections. The works seem to com to life as the guide leads view ers on r memorable tour through decades f nutstandinf art and re markable perception and delicacy. 7:00 Platform: " National Cultural Cen ter." The late Frank Lloyd Wright Is presented in a stimulating inter view and one of his last public ap pearances In Washington. The truly (Teat American architect Is seen an swering questions concerning the pro posal for a National Cultural Cen ter, a building to house the per forming arts in the nation's capital. As always, Mr. Wright's remarks were provocative in delivery as well as content, evoking much laughter from his Washington audience. 7:30 Reading Out Loud: "Archibald Mae- Leish." The natural and superna tural, rommonplace and mysterious, charm old and young viewers to night as the famoous Pulitzer Prise winning poet reads select English verse. 8.00 Japan The Changing Years: "The Communist Party in Japan. Ten percent of Japan's voting power lies in the hands of Communists. The development of communism tn Ja pan and its growth during World War II are explored. Also told is the increasing number of Intellec tuals and artists attracted to the party the activities of women and children within the party, and the trained leadership of the party. :30 Survival in the Sea: "Self-Defense." Armor, light, speed, acuity, aggres sion, and poison are among the means of defense used by marine animals. The over-all balance of na ture is maintained by the balance between attack and defense, explains program narrator Dr. John F. Storr. 9:O0 Neihardt: "Poetry of the West." Ne braska's poet laureate, John G. Nei hardt, returns to project wit, wis dom, charm, and genuine personal ity to Channel 12 viewers tonight, in his quiet, yet dramatic way of speak ing, the 87-year-old poet speaks with sincerity anJ showmanship about his poetry and his native state his "intellectual and spiritual mother." 9 30 Meet the Professor: From one cam pus to another, the camera seejes out eminent college and univeriity pro fessors across the nation. The inter views reveal to viewers the personal and occupational traits of these men. Wednesday, Jna 11 5:30 Background 5-40 Evening Prelude 6:30 Alex Schreiner at the Tabernacle Organ: Tonight the skillful organist presents to the audience a balanced yet varied re pet oi re of relaxing, en tertaining organ music. 7:00 Paraproprieta) Society: Our society is changing into one beyond property and requiring sew definitions, ac cording to the theory of leading economist Rev. Paul P. Harbrecht, S. J Forty-eight million dollars in atns' Summer Programming POET LAUREATE Dr. John G. Neihardt will discuss his poetry on "Poetry of the West" on KUON-TV, Chan nel 12. our economy is not owned by any one This large sum includes pen sion plans of many large compa nies in the U.S. Rev. Harbrecht an swers the Question, Who does this money belong to? and explains fur ther his theory. 7:M University Artist Series: (See Mon day, June 11. 0 p.m. for details.) 8:00 Freedom to Learn: "Out of the Briar Patch." How a nniversity can contribute culturally, agriculturally, and educationally is seen tonight in a brief history of Eatonton, Ga.. since 1900. In 00 years the Univer sity has curbed disaster and eredteu stability and security is this small town of 7,798. 9:00 Traveling with Jackson: British com mentator Colin Jackson gives a wit ty, complete picture of trouble spots in today's world. Jackson hat trav eled in all parts of the globe, from South America to the Middle East. 9:30 Face to Face: "Norman Birkett." The late Lord Birkett, known as a great British trial advocate, was a former Justice of Appeals, judge at the Nuremburg Trials, and one of Britain's wittiest speakers and ne gotiators. This prerecorded interview brings out his youth, education, re ligious beliefs, and unfulfilled ambi tions, and career fn law. He also discusses frankly his reactions to some of the German war criminals and to he men and women whom be has had to defend. Thursday, June 14 5:30 Background 5:40 Evening Prelude 6:30 British Calendar 6:45 Contemporary Crafts 7:00 Dancer's World: Martha Graham, distinguished modem dancer, leads her dance company in displaying beautiful choreography and preci sioned performances. Her dance teams have won international fame and are highly acclaimed by the critics. 7:30 Dr. Posin's Giants: "Isaac Newton." Newton, one of the world's most fa mous scientist, contributed his re markable theories on light and pris ims, motion and bodjes in space. His discoveries have become tne basis of jet propulsion. He was the first to realiTe the implications of gravity and that an object propelled away from the earth at a sufficient velocity would become a satellite. 1:00 History with Herb Hake: "The Old Northwest." The beginning of New England influence, which was des tined to be of great importance in the cultural development of the Mid dle West, originated with the found ing of Marietta, Ohio, m 1788. Herb Hake discusses the original found ing of Marietta, its development and contributions. 1:30 Freedom To Learn: "Out of the Briar Patch - (See KUON-TV, Wed nesday. June 13, 8:30 p.m. for de tails.) 1:00 Net Drama Festival: "A Midsum mer Night's Dream." A potent magical spell causes the characcters j to fall in love with mistaken mates I and confusion and hilarity result. In Shakespearean manner, the situation supplies i Ik ill l V j &v f 11 ! A3 nfi mini, i i rJ Is reverted, each finds his true Inve, I and a triple wedding ceremony takes Place as the curtain falls. (90 mm.) Friday, June 15 5 30 Background 5:40 Evening Prelude 6:30 University News: Featuring Bob Van Neste. 6:45 Canada Outdoors 7:00 Appalachian Spring: A folk tale of I young pioneer and his bnde. a wan dering preacher and his followers, is told through a ballet by Martha Graham set to Aaron Copland'! mu sic n the Appalachian wilderness of Pennsylvania. The story is about the couple's wedding day and the new life they begin together. 7:30 Face to Face- "Norman Birkett " (See KUON-TV. Wednesday, June 13, 9:30 p.m. for details.) 1:00 Neihardt: "Poetry of the West." (See KUON-TV, Tuesday, June 12, 9 p m for details.) 8:30 Net Drama Festival: "Le Malade Imaginaire," Molaire's s a ti r involves a hypochondriac and apothe cary father who wants his daughter to marry a physician so that there will always be a doctor in the house. The daughter "efuses and, after her father is persuaded hut he knows enough about doctoring himsel to be a doctor, she is allowed to mar ry the man of her choice. She does, and the father takes up doctorhood, Monday. June II 6:00 Evening Prelude 6:30 Past, Present, and Future: "Marl Sandoz." Favorite Nebraskan author and authority on the Old West re turns to Channel 12 tonight to chat with viewers about her life, career, novels, and future ambitions. 7:00 English: A special course, geared to prepare freshmen for college Eng lish courses, is offered to viewers. 7:30 Troubled Lives: "Back to Society." Skilled, professional help is needed to help a person adjust to a normal life after be has had treatment in a mental institution. The individ ual's family must also make certain adjustments which are approached is tonight's program. 1.00 Backyard Farmer: Gardeners no longer need to be bothered by trou blesome plants and pesty weeds. Tonight the experts devote a full hour to answering questions from viewers and helping them to solva their backyard problems. S:00 Prospects of Mankind: "What Status for Women?" President Kennedy ap pears with Eleanor Roosevelt in a penetrating discussion on the status of American women today. Tne re cently created Commission on the Status of Women is defined as to its purpose, future recommendations, and dealings with problems lacing women in our society. These include labor, educationcal, and social prob lems. Appearing with the distin guished pair are Arthur J. Gold berg, U.S. Secretary of Labor; Acda U.N. 4; Thomas Menuenhall, presi dent of Smith College: and M.rra Komarovsky, head oi the Depart ment of Sociology at Barnard Col lege, Columbia University.