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'Threepenny Opera9 Will Premiere Tonight By SUE HOVIK Nebraskan Staff Writer Veteran performers will open the curtain on the first production of the University Theater at 8 p.m. tonight, with the "Threepenny Opera." One of the fiercest artistic indictments against society ever written, the opera is a joint production of the depart ment of music and speech and dramatic arts. Sharron Purbaugh who plays Jenny is a senior speech major. A member of Masquers, she has appeared in "Six Characters in Search of an Author," "Light up the Sky" and "J. B." She received the Best Actress award for her portrayal of Anne in "The Diary of Anne Frank," and Best Supporting Actress award for her per formance in "The Sea Gull." For the past three summers, Miss Purbaugh has worked in summer stock in Estes Park, Colo. Director of Ag College Cho rus and Choristers and a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, Gene Dybdahl plays Mr. Peachum in the op era. He has been in the op eras "Die Fledermaus," "Sweetwater Affair" and "Cose Fan Tutte." Sharon Binfield, a senior in music education, is cast in the opera as Mrs. Peachum. She has appeared in "The Diary of Anne Frank," "Six Characters inSearchofan Author," "Cosi Fan Tutte," and "J.B." Secretary of Mas quers, Miss Binfield was the 1961 soloist for the "Messi ah." She was in this sum mer's Pinewood Bowl produc tion of "Carousel." Macbeath will be portrayed by Don Sobolik, a graduate student in speech. Having ap peared in "Three Men on a Horse," School for Scandal," Dark of the Moon," and "J. B." Sobolik received the Best Actor award for his role in "J. B." Receiver of the 1960 Pur ple Masque, Sobolik appeared in the "Twelfth Night" and Music Man" at the Tangle wood Barn Summer Stock Theater. Christy Johnson, a sopho more in music, will play the part of Polly Peachum. She has appeared in "Annie Get Your Gun," "Oklahoma," "Down in the Valley," "Night Must Fall," and the Pinewood Bowl's productions of "South Pacific" and "Carousel." She was a winner of the 1961-62 talent show. The opera is based on John Gay's "Beggar's Opera" which was written in 1728. The opera points out that men are so base that they have forgotten their humani ty. The music is a great con trast to the theme of the sto ry because at times it is light and airy, but it is also set to strange and mocking lyrics such as "TLd Ballad of Mack the Knife." The character of Mack, played by Sobolik, is woven in the play as an evil, cruel, but sophisticated man who leads the London underground, a civilized" killer who would do anything for money. The play is directed by Dr. Dallas Williams, associate professor of speech and dra matic art. The music is un der the direction of John Moran, assistant professor of music. Honorary Producers will be announced tonight at the op era. This award is for the persons and houses who give the greatest support to the University Theater. An innovation at the Theat er that evening will be an exhibition of student and staff oil and watercolors on display in the lobbies. $150 Prize Money . Deadline Tomorrow For Yell Contest By TOM McGINNIS Nebraskan Staff Writer Thursday is the last day to enter the New Yell contest which includes $150 in prizes donated by the Lincoln Pro motion Council. Students submitting win ning yells have a chance to Finalists To Dine At Selleck Campaign Rules Are Announced The ten homecoming final ists will have dinner with the men of Selleck tonight from 5-7 and will be introduced in the main lobby afterwards. The candidates will be es corted by the 10 house presi dents. Elections for the queen will be held Oct. 31 in conjunc tion with a mock guberna torial election sponsored by j Student Council. It is very important to re member to vote for three candidates this year, said Marty Elliot, Homecoming chairman. If three names are not marked on the ballot, the ballot will be considered in valid. Campaign rules for Home coming finalists must be abided by, or the candidate will be disqualified, said Miss Elliot. These rules are neces sary to regulate the cam paign, she continued. The rules are: 1. Campaigning must be re stricted to skits, posters and fliers of any size, without pic tures. The cost of this cam paign must not be in excess of (15. This includes the cost of a single picture, which will appear in the Union. 2. No voting official is to wear any type of campaign material. 3. All campaigning must be done in good taste and in a manner appropriate to col lege women. AWS Alters Overnights Overnights in Lincoln dur ing migration weekend will not be counted on the se mester quota of three over nights, according to an As sociated Women Students (AWS) decision. Due to the small amount of girls staying in houses this weekend, many may want to stay at a Lincoln girl's house. This will not count on their quota of overnights. In other business it was emphasized that AWS campus notices are to be signed by the housemother and AWS representative at the time the campus is taken. The notice slips must be turned into the AWS box at the main desk in tne Student Union by Tues day noon. Penalty for failure to re turn the slip is a Sunday night campus. Pat Spilker men tioned that while the rule has been in effect since last spring, it has been repeatedly violated. Daily Nebraskan Coffee Is Tonight Students interested in re porting, sports writing or business office work are in vited to attend a coffee hour at 7:30 p.m., tonight in the Daily Nebraskan office in the Student Union. Members of the editorial, sports and business staffs will be on hand to explain the entire newspaper operation and answer any questions. You Still Hove Time to win $100, first prize or $50, second prize in the Corn Cobs' contest. Wes Grady, Corn Cob pres ident and a judge for the con test, reported that response so far has been good, but that many more yells needl to be sent in. Students may enter the contest as often as they wish. Entry blanks, which can be found each day in the Daily Nebraskan, should be sent to Wes Grady at 3601 Apple Street. The New Yell contest is the idea of Louis Shackelford, a member of the Lincoln Pro motion Council. Shackelford once mentioned that Nebras ka does not have a short, dis tinctive yell for old and young alike and then proposed a yell contest. He pointed out that most schools have simple, distinc tive yells which aU fans en joy. He cited as an example the Razorback team from the University of Arkansas. He pointed out that students and alums alike from Arkansas look forward to "calling the hogs" during football games. Shackelford pointed out that another result of a "strictly Nebraska" yell would be the cheering participation from the West Stadium as well as from the East side. He added that the yell prob ably should contain the words "Husker" or "Cornhusker" or some other word which is as sociated only with the Uni versity of Nebraska. The judges for the contest are Jim Forrest, Daily Ne braskan Editor; Louie Burkel, Yell King; Wes Grady, presi dent of Corn Cobs; Nancy Sorensen president of Tas sels; Jake Geier, pep coach; Louis Shackelford of the Lin coln Promotion Council, and Doug Busskohl, assistant Yell King. The winners of the contest will be announced at the Homecoming game Rally and in the Daily Nebraskan. Fire Department Note Sets Fires The Lincoln Fire Depart ment is using the old North western Metal Company buildings across the street from the west stadium for fire fighting practice. The buildings, which were constructed in the 1880's, are on University Property. The University has given the de partment permission to start fires in the buildings in their attempt to train a recent in flux of new men. University officials plan to raze the buildings after Thanksgiving. Classes Not Dismissed Migration to Colorado Is Considered 'Unofficial' By KAREN GUNLICKS Nebraskan Staff Writer Classes will not be called off for migration Friday by the University, according to Miss Helen Snyder, dean of women. The only authority who could dismiss classes is the Faculty Senate, and as there are a certain number of re quired school days and the calendar has already been made, this would be impossible, she continued. 'The reason we required all women students to have permission from their parents to attend migration was to insure that the parents know that they going and where they are staying and so the parents will share the responsi bility," Miss Snyder explained. Also, the parents will know that this is not a University sponsored trip. "I don't know what channels you would have to go through to make migration official," she said. "In order to do so, it would have to be conducted in conformity with the standards of other University activi ties which are approved," she declared. This would mean observing University, Board of Regents and state rules. "I don't think that the students would go along with this," Miss Snyder added.. All absences, including those for migration, must be arranged with the instructor. Missing classes or labs is done so with the disapproval of the University, she emphasized. Moke a Soving Buy Season Tickets NowBox Office HE 27631 Ext. 3263 Vdf The Doily Nebraskan Wednesday, October 24, 1962 ii wwvesH ri v 11 tt if II .1 r ii i ii I -A GERDES GOP Nadasy Emphasizes U.S. Apathy National Young Republican (YR) Chairman Leon Nadasy told the members of the campus YR group Monday that to many Americans "pohtics is something else." Nadasy said that Ameri cans are very interested in the World Series or the out come of the big game Satur day, but "politics is some thing else." He was in the room when President Kennedy's speech concerning the Cuban crisis was beamed in over the in tercom system. Afterward Nadasy noted that it would put many Democratic can didates who have called such a move impossible in a highly embarrassing light After touring the country and sizing up many state races, Nadasy says that he predicts a good Republican year. He said that the race between Richard Nixon and Pat Brown in California now stands 50-50. Reapportionment Chosen as Topic By SUE HOVIK Nebraskan Staff Writer 'Lincoln Mayor Pat Boyles and Sen. George Gerdes will present "pros and cons" of the reapportionment amendment at 4 p.m. today in the Pan American room of the Student Union. Sponsored by the Student Council as part of the public issues program to inform students on campus of issues relevant to their future, the debate will follow prescribed rules. Each debator will speak fifteen minutes. The order will be determined before the debate by the contest ants, explained Tom Kotouc, Student Council member of the reapportionment committee. Questions will be re ceived from the floor and directed to the moderator. Kotouc said that four points for discussion were suggested by students. The first of these questions is: How will the reap portionment amendment change the number of senators who will support the University? The second question area was: Will a 20-30 per cent weight given to area change the present reapportion ment of the legislative districts significantly? Another point: If the amendment fails to pass, will federal district court force the Legislature of Nebraska to reapportion the state on the basis of population.? Concluding the questions: If the amendment passes, what is to guarantee the people that the Legislature will act to reapportion the state? "The debate is conducted so students can in form themselves of the pros and cons of the reappor tionment amendment before they vote on it in the mock election Oct. 31," Kotouc commented. "The turnout of students at this debate of so vital an issue as reapportionment of voters in our Legislature will not only show the senator and mayor of our in terest in the state's future, but it will also show all Nebraska whether we as students can and will take an interest in seeing our state grow," said Kotouc. He added that attempts were made to contact the lawyers who tried the reapportionment suit before the district court, but each declined because of improper legal discretion to express themselves on a case which may be brought up again before the courts. Reinhardt Achieves International Stature as Criminology Expert By JIM LOUSE Daily Nebraskan Reporter "This book does not propose a theory of murder." The opening sentence in the preface of The Psychology of Strange Killers lays a modest foundation for Dr. James M. Reinhardt's most recent book. Internationally renowned psychiatrist Dr. M e 1 i 1 1 a Schmideberg, to whom the book was dedicated, wrote to Dr. Reinhardt: "Fascinated. It Is extreme ly well written and so honest. Yon do not claim that we know more than we do and we know very little indeed a is exemplified by your book. None of as knows really what makes him (the killer) tick bat still you understand him better than most and you have invaluable experience." Since Dr. Reinhardt came to the University in 1931, he has authored or co-authored nine books and more than 70 major articles. He presently is writing a study of youthful murderers. International Stature Through his studies, lec tures and interest, the short, gentle ex-Kentuckian has gained international stature as an authority on criminol ogy. Looking back to the begin ning of a fascinating profes sion, Dr. Reinhardt recol lected, "I think I first got in terested in criminology while I vss managing editor of the Berea Citizen. Through the Kentucky newspaper, Rein hardt would visit courts and interview accused criminals at Richmond and Lexington. "These criminals made good subjects for college themes," laughed Dr. Rein hardt. "Then I got to won dering why they behaved the way they did. They seemed to invite trouble." Visits Prisons In his effort to gain a more thorough understanding in his field, Dr. Reinhardt continu ally visits prisons throughout the United States. "The thing that surprises me is that you run into many decent peo ple."he observed. Nevertheless, his studies disclose that 65-70 per cent of all inmates defy all known forms of reformative and pu nitive measures. "The over whelming majority simply acquire a habit of life, in course of time they lose con tact with the outside world," Dr. Reinhardt concluded. Dr. Reinhardt considers the Starkweather case the most interesting for its strangeness and incomprehensible behavi or of reactions and emotions. "Not only were his (Charles Starkweather's) killings ut terly senseless, but they fol lowed no specific channel of bate," Dr. Reinhardt said. - "Secondly." Dr. Reinhardt continued, "while he exhib ited no remorse for his kill ings, be could exhibit the most lender feelings for non human forms of life trees, animals." Before writing his book The 0 BOYLES Broady To Speak On UN Tonight Dr. Knute O. Broady, di rector of the Extension Di vision of the University, will speak on the Untied Nations at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Lincoln chapter of the Asso ciation for the UN. Speaking at the Nebraska Center for Continuing Educa tion he will also discuss the United N a t i o ns Education, Scientific and Cultural Or ganization (UNESCO). The speech is open to the public. Dr. Broady is member of the United States Commission for UNESCO, serving on the education committee. Murderous Trail of Charles Starkweather, Dr. Reinhardt spent 30 hours with the con demned man. The gruesome cases have no effect on the happy dis- I ' f " . I ' "4' "fi ' ' I ' - -to1"'?'" J INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITY Dr. James Reinhardt, internationally renowned authority on criminology, re cently published "The Psychology of Strange Killers." Another book written by Reinhardt was "The Murderous Trail of Charles Starkweather," which was written after 39 hours of consultation with Starkweather. HOWELL OCT. 24, oaay Students Protesting Dismissal 500. CU Students Gather in Protest Boulder, Colo. The firing of Gary Althen, Colorado Daily editor, last week touched off a volley of stu dent protests. Students carried signs pro testing the move; an ad hoc committee drew a crowd of 500 and the Student Senate put before the student body a resolution "deploring the manner" in which Althen was fired. University President Quigg Newton fired Althen for a "pattern of editorial irrespon sibility." Althen has been un der attack in recent weeks for publishing articles attack ing Sen. Barry Goldwater and . Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Over 500 students moved into a smoke-filled room amid flashing picket signs (used in front of Newton's home all day) and angry murmurings to pass unanimously a resolu tion calling for a referendum criticizing President Newton. The remaining members of the Daily staff have asked the Board of Publications to abolish the position of editor for the interum period. Mem bers expressed a strong de sire to continue without an editor until the question of Althen's firing could be cleared up. position of Dr. Reinhardt. "I study these criminals with the curious eye of surprise. The morbidity takes a back seat," explained the cheerful, gray-haired psychologist. s f ' 1 0 n4g THEATRE 25, 26, 27 Curtain 8:00 P.M. .1