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Vol. 77, No. 36
The Daily Nebraskan
Monday, December 9, 1963
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FAMILY SCENE Karma Isben, in the part of Mary Tyrone, kneels, as the
Uy looks on, background, from left, Jerry Mayer, Andy Becker, and Gary Gue.
O'Neill Tragedy Will Run
Wednesday To Saturday
Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical trag
edy, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" will
be presented by the University Theater
under the direction ofDr. William Mor
gan at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Satur
day. The play shows O'Neill facing his bit
terest memories. Its action passes through
the space of one day and night in the life
of the Tyrone family.
The characters and their respective
miseries are; O'Neill's father, niggardli
ness; mother, dope addiction; eider
brother, alcoholism; and himself, con
sumption. ''
O'Neill said that "Long Day's Journey
Into Night" was written in "tears and
blood."
The playright had requested that the
play be withheld from production and pub
lication until 25 years after his death. His
widow, the former stage and screen ac
tress Carlotta Monterey, announced that
she would disregard this request because
of the many requests that the work be
shown.
in 1955 the Yale University Press pub
lished tjie play and one year later it was
produced by the Royal Dramatic Theater
of Stockholm, Sweden. The production of
the play in Sweden had been another of
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"LONG DAY'S JOURNEY" Jerry Mayer, fritting) por
traying James Jr., and Andy Backer, playing the father,
Jamei Tyron, will be teen In the University Theater's pro
duction of Eugene O'Neill's play "Long Day's Journey Into
Night." It will be presented at Howell Theater at 8 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday.
Tinstman Speaks
Here Wednesday
Dale C. Tinstman, executive
vice president of First Nebras
ka Securities Inc. of Lincoln,
will be the featured speaker
at the Delta Sigma Pi All
University conclave Wednes
day Dec. 11, at 7:00 p.m.
All interested students and
faculty are encouraged to at
tend the meeting, which is a
part of the professional frater
nity's programs to bring lead
ers of the business world to
the University.
Mr. Tinstman's speech will
deal with investment banking
and its opportunities.
A question and answer peri
od will follow the seminar,
which will be held at the Delta
Sigma Pi Fraternity House lo
cated at 1141 II Street.
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College Budget Upped
University Gains Appropriations
Nebraska legislature appro
priations to the University
were 12.8 per cent greater for
the 1963-65 biennium than in
1961-63.
The present appropriation is
for $31 million, $571 thousand;
the 1961-63 appropriation was
only $28 million.
The University gain is a lit:
lie less than half the national
gain of 26 per cent over the
same two year period.
State legislatures across the
country appropriated close to
$2.1 billion in state tax funds
for higher education In 1963-64.
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O'Neill's requests. He considered this
Swedish theater more faithful to his plays
and was aware that they produced them
more regularly than any other country.
In New York, Mrs. O'Neill gave the
rights of the play to the young director of
an off-Broadway theater, Jose Quintero,
who had not even asked for the rights. She
had seen another play he had produced
and thought it superior to the original
Broadway production of it.
Late in 1956, the play was produced in
the United States. It was chosen to repre
sent this country at the International The
ater Festival of 1957 in Paris. It achieved
a record of 389 performances on Broadway
to become the second longest running of
O'Neill's plays.
In the University cast Andy Backer will
play the skinflint father, James Tyrone,
and Karma Ibsen will portray the play
wright's mother Mary Tyrone.
Jerry Mayer will portray James, Jr.;
and Gary Gue will be seen as the elder
brother and the playwright himself. San
dra Watkins will play the only other char
acter in the play, an Irish maid by the
name of Cathleen.
The setting of a New England summer
house in the year 1912 is being designed
by Charles Howard.
Frosh Hours Set
Later Thursday
Freshmen women will have
an extension of hours for the
Louis Armstrong appearance
on Thursday.
Helen Snyder, dean of wom
en, announced that freshmen
women will have until fifteen
minutes after the end of the
last performance which begins
at 9 p.m.
Tickets for the Armstrong
appearance have not been sell
ing as well as expected, ac
cording to Rich Scott, assist
ant program manager for the
Union. "But," Scott added,
"sales did pick up on Friday
and Saturday, and we expect
them to continue to increase."
Tickets are on sale now at
the Student Union main desk
for $1.50 general admission
and $1.75 reserved seats.
Cornhusker 'Retakes"
Taken On Wednesday
Any student who has not
had his picture taken or needs
a retake for the 1964 Corn
husker should plan to have it
taken Wednesday, according
to Bette Schnabel, Cornhusker
panel editor.
Students may have pictures
taken any time Wednesday
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. without
a previous appointment.
If there are any questions,
contact Miss Schnabel at
477-8711, extension 2586.
According to a report pre
pared by Dr. M. M. Cham
bers of Indiana University for
the Joint Office of Institution
al Research, this is .an in
crease of $425.5 million over
the total of $1,646.4 billion ap
propriated in 1961-62.
Percentage Increases
In state tax appropriations
have moved up steadily from
the 22.7 per cent Increase for
the two-year period ending
1961-62, to 24.5 per cent for
the period ending 19C2-43, to
26 per cent for the period end
ing 19G344.
In terms of dollars, appro
priations increased from the
CsisCn;
By Sue Hovfk
News Editor
University students anxious
to get extra cash for Christ
mas presents or the trip to
the Orange Bowl were re
portedly ouick to take ad
vantage of the "320 Club"
chain letter which spread
across campus like wildfire.
Rumors accompanying the
chain letter supposedly testi
fied to the "get-quick-rich"
ability of the scheme.
These reports assured pro
spective buyers that students
in all living units were buy
ing them and that the seller
had heard of several people
who had made $320, $240 and
$80 already and others were
getting it fast. Further as
surances were given to the
effect that because the letter
wrs not going through the
mails it was not illegal.
After the letters lasted'
about one week on the Uni- j
versity campus, some stu
dents still have letters and
have lost $5 or $10. Others
are beginning to cash $5
checks from other students j
who have received the letters, i
According to information I
the Daily Nebraskan could ob- j
tain, not as many students
bought letters as rumors had
led people to believe. At the
time of publication, the larg
est amount of money receive
by any student from the chain
letter was not over $100.
Many students reportedly had
thus far received amounts
ranging from $5 to $50.
The chain letter first origi
nated at Tulane University
and some reports say' that
the letter arrived at the Uni
versity from Wyoming.
Vice Chancellor G. Robert
Ross, dean of Student Af
fairs, said the University
would follow a policy of sup
porting state and federal
laws. He said it was an un
wise thing, but he did not
believe that the University
could act on this matter.
He said that a person needs
to make up his owi mind
and to see the potent al dam
age involved in such a letter.
Dean Ross added that stu
dents should realize that they
cannot get something for
nothing.
Nebraska Attorney General
Clarence Meyers said that the
state does not have specific
state laws on chain letters,
but prosecution can begin In
connection with them if it can
be established that fraud is
being done.
The people who buy the let
ter do okay at first, but the
ones at the tail end of it are
Spring Semester In Paris
Applications Due Tomorrow
Applications for a special
spring-semester-in-Parls pro
gram to be conducted in 1964
by the Institute of European
Studies are due tomorrow.
The Institute, a Chicago
based nonprofit group special
izing in overseas programs for
American college undergard
uates, developed the program
in response to inquiries about
a shorter program incorporat-
$1.3 billion appropriated in
1959-60 to almost $2.1 billion
for 1963-64, an increase of 61.5
per cent over the four year
period.
State by state gains ranged
from a high of Alaska's 59.3
per cent increase to a low of
Mississippi's 8 per cent rise.
For the first time in several
years, no state showed a de
cline in appropriations.
Covering over 400 colleges
and universities in the 50
states, the report is based on
appropriations of state tax
funds for operating expenses
only and does not include re
appropriated income from tui
tions, dormitories, athletic
events and other auxiliary enterprises.
Spread
the students who get stuck
for losses, Meyers said.
If the mails are not used
in any way to send the money,
check, or in some cases
bonds, then the Post Office
is not concerned, explained
Jack Bradley, postal
inspector. '
However, if bonds or mon
ey, or checks are mailed,
then there is violation of fed
eral lottery and fraud sta
tutes, said Bradley. He said
that fraud is established after
the first enthusiasm wears
off. The first ones get the
money, hat fraud enters when
the last ones are promised
money and do not get it, he
added.
If people refused to buy
such a chain letter, the issue
would die of its own weight,
he added.
Bradley said that the lot-
Letter's Form
"Welcome to the No. 320 Club.
This is chain letter that origin
ated at Tulane U. on Oct. 3. 1963.
By the time it reaches you it may
have gone through several univer
sities. This chain. If not broken will
yield 320 dollars for each person
on the list within a few days. Please
pass this letter on to a responsible
party who can be sure to continue
It. The rules are as follows:
"1. You give ten dollars to the
Person giving you this list of names
and rules. He gives you a check for
five dollars in the name of the per
son whose name is first on the list
you purchase.
"2. The name on the check is the
same as the name on the top of
the list that you have received. Mail
this check to the person named on
the check immediately.
"3. Type two copies of this list
of rules and names, eliminating the
top name and address and adding
your name and address at the bottom
of the list. Thus the number two
becomes one. Your name will move
up on the list each time.
"4. Make two checks out to the
person who comes first on the list
you have typed then sell each one
of your lists for the person who Is
number one on the list.
"5. You are bow a member (new)
of the 320 club.
6. When your name reaches the
top of the list, which can be done
in a few days you will receive 320
dollars. This crsUa is, sure firs
since each person will hasten to
get his money back.
NOTE" THIS IS NOT VALID
UNLESS A CHECK IS ATTACHED
PAYABLE TO THE PERSON ON
THE TOP OF THE USTM!!!
Big Eight Council Defeats
Resolution On Civil Rights
A resolution which called
for a stand on Civil Rights by
the Big Eight Student Govern
ment Association (BESGA)
was defeated at the BESGA
convention in Stillwater,
Okla., tiig weekend. The res
olution called for a letter to
Congress urging speedy action
on the Civil Rights Bills.
Some schools felt that the
BESGA had no jurisdiction in
this area. They felt that to
pass the resolution would be
to assume the responsibility of
speaking for all students on all
campuses and that they had
no right to do this.
ing most of the characteristics
of the Institute's present two
semester program in Paris.
The new program will
stress French language study
and other courses taught in
French by French university
professors. The fee for the
program will be $1230 or
$1590 including transatlantic
passage.
Applicants must be sopho
mores with three semesters of
college French or juniors with
five semesters in that langu
age. All must have a B aver
age. Courses will be offered in
contemporary European his
tory, politics and economics,
in art history, the European
novel and modern European
poetry. Language instruction
will emphasize ear and speech
training in small classes and
will be suppumented by language-laboratory
drill.
Students aocepted for the
program will sail Feb. 1, 1964,
and will return after the pro
gram late next June.
Further information may
be obtained from the Institute
of European Studies, 35 E
Wacker Drive, Chicago, 111.
The Institute also conducts
full-year and spring-semester
programs at the University of
Vienna and the University of
Freiburg, West Germany.
tery and fraud laws carry a
maximum punishment of five
years in the penetentiary and
$10,000 fine.
According to reports re
ceived by the Daily Nebras
kan, letters have gone to
Creighton, Wayne State, Wy-
Savings Bond Plot Mils
Valparaiso, Moke Dame
(ACP) A get-rich-quick (or lose everything) schem
involving U.S. savings bond chain letters is spreading from
campus to campus.
Now it's at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana.
The campus newspaper, THE TORCH, says the chain letter
arrived after huge volumes of bond sales forced South
Bend, Indiana, banks to halt sales of $25 bonds to students
of Notre Dame University. Earlier, the scheme had mush
roomed at Kansas universities.
Several thousand dollars worth of savings bonds were
sold to students by two Valparaiso banks in a few hours,
after which the banks refused to make further sales.
Now, says THE TORCH, several students reportedly
have left to take the letter to the University at Madison.
How many other schools will be affected cannot be de
termined. Chain letter schemes are illegal under the laws of many
states. And federal fraud laws also may be involved.
Post Office authorities told THE TORCH that even
though the lists of participants are not circulated in the
mails, this does not alter the illegality of the operation since
usually the bonds or other evidence of participation in the
scheme are mailed.
A Treasury Department spokesman told THE TORCH
that such schemes do a distinct disservice to the savings
bond program. "Rather than encouraging persons to make
genuine investments," the source said, "they create the
illusion that participants are both aiding their government
and themselves. ., .
"Even in those rare cases where an individual receives
a large return, it is likely that he would quickly redeem the
bonds, thereby placing a further burden on the Treasury,"
the source said.
A resolcticn was passed call
ing for each of the student
governments to be concerned
about national and interna
tional issues and to act on
them. Each school will then
inform other schools of issues
upon which resolutions will be
made.
Ray Edwards, Kansas Uni
versity junior, was elected
president of BESGA. Don
Stout, Oklahoma State Uni
versity senior, is vice presi
dent. Sharon Carlson of Kan
sas State University will be
secretary for the coming year.
Dr. Frank McFarlans, OSU
dean of student affairs, said
that one of the main chal
lenges in student government
is dealing in the area of is
sues, not areas of personali
ties. He spoke to the group
on "Why Student Govern
ment?" He pointed out that rights of
students are not rights but
privileges granted by the In
stitution. "A college is not a
democratic institution, we are
not equal," he said. "The re
sponsibility lies with deans,
presidents, trustees."
He pointed out some of the
problems of student govern
ment. "The staff feels that the
primary problem is lacK ot
continuity from year to year.
An efficient set of files will
ease this situation."
He said that the administra
tion also feels it is not neces
sary to review policy over and
over each year and that many
students push for this.
"Students like to see quick
easy solutions to difficult prob
lems," said the dean. "Also
they often don't use the author
ity they do have.
Chemistry Professor
Improving In Hospital
Dr. E, R. Washburn, chair
man of the chemistry depart
ment, is listed as improving
at Lincoln General Hospital
and appears 'to be in good
condition.
He was admitted on Nov. 23
when he was stricken with a
heart attack.
oming, Colorado, and Kanssa
State.
Bradley said that either the
receiver or the sender of
money, check or bond in con
nection with a chain letter is
subject to prosecution by fed
eral authorities.
Delegates from the Univer
sity of Nebraska were Tom
Kort, Glenn Korff, John Ly
dick, Doug Thorn and Ann
Wahl.
Big 8 Seeks
Lower Cost
Air Travel
A resolution to furnish low
cost air transportation for
travel to foreign countries for
students from the Big Eight
schools was passed by the Big
Eight Student Government As
sociation at their convention
Saturday.
The resolution calls for a
Big Eight Student Travel Di
rector who will investigate
possible means of travel and
particular carriers engaged in
international travel and will
negotiate with carriers re
garding price and services.
The director will be aided
by a coordinator selected from
each campus. He will be in
charge of making arrange
ments to relieve BESGA of li
ability from students, of mak
ing formal application to car
riers for travel. He will co
ordinate and supervise the
flight program of publicity
and orientation and arrange
the final booking of seats.
Any arrangement for travel
must be with an IATA car
rier. The director will receive
compensation of one ticket if
the flight is operated.
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