'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.
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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."
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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-
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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,
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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.
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