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CAMPUS
STUDENT COUNCIL DE
BATED a motion which rec
ommended that the regular
school year calendar be
moved up to allow classes to
be dismissed earlier in the
spring. The motion will go
University officials for their
consideration.
PUBLIC OPINION POLL
was held by Student Council
this week in order to give
students an oppoutunity to
give their opinion on the
drinking habits of University
students. A random sample
of students concerning the
same questions will be taken
after the general poll to act
as a validity check on the
results.
AG RESEARCH WORK
WILL BE DISCONTINUED
because of a lack of federal
funds. The government is
withholding $89,000 as of July
1, 1964. Until that date, fi
nancial aid will continue.
CITY
LINCOLN JUNIOR
LEAGUE voted $5,000 for a
project which would provide
guided discussions at Sheldon
Art Gallery. It would include
a salaried art educator and
volunteers from the Junior
League.
BOTTLE CLUBS GAINED
restraining order from en
forcement of law provisions
regarding separation of club
and public restaurant facili
tilites. A law of the 1963 spe
cial legislative s e s s i o n re
quires that a bottle club keep
its club facitilites and public
restaurant physically sepa
rated. CITY COUNCIL OKAYED
an ordinance which estab
lishes new hours for bowling
alleys, pool halls and billiard
parlors from 7 a.m. to 12 mid
nigt weekdays and Sundays.
The old ordinance prohibited
Sunday hours for pool halls
and set only 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.
hours for bowling alleys.
STATE
EDUCATION, LABOR OF
FICIALS differed on a chang
ing concept in the Manpower
Development Training Act to
provide some programs on a
regional development. The
differences were brought out
when it was learned that the
State Board of Education had
been asked to set up a train
ing program for rural youths
from a seven-state area. State
Labor Commissioner Lam
bert Eitel reported he saw
the program as one which
would also train adults who
are being forced off of farms.
THREE ETV STATIONS
will receive action imme
diately following a vote by
the State Educational Tele
vision Commission. Apian
was reviewed which will ac
tivate the Lexington station
at low power saving $95,000
which will be used to immedi
ately activate the Omaha
channel.
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS,
GOVERNOR will meet to dis
cuss the new federal Higher
Education Facilties Act. Ne
braska is slated to receive
about $2 million in federal
funds from the recently en
acted college construction aid
bill. Gov. Frank Morrison said
the purpose of the meeting
is to get ideas about what
kinds of commission might
be set up to administer the
new act.
NATION
TWO U.S. PROPOSALS to
increase information among
the Russians about Western
affairs hit Soviet opposition
at the beginning of talks on
the extension of the U.S.
Soviet cultural exchange pro
gram. The U.S. wants to
establish a chain or American-sponsored
reading rooms
in Russian and to increase to
at Jeast 100,000 the copies of
the State Department picture
magazines sold there. The
present Russian limit is
60,000.
PRESIDENT JOHNS O N
TOLD Congress of his ad
ministrative plans which In
cluded a slash in uranium
production, a $97.9 billion
budget, a billion dollar offen
sive against poverty, and a
promise to keep the full
strength of U.S. combat de
fenses. RAILROAD ARBITRATION
PANEL that could eventually
eliminate 90 per cent of the
firemen from diesel freight
and yard service was upheld
by a federal judge. He over
ruled a challenge by four op
erating brotherhoods.
Vol. 77, No. 46
Class Presents 'Oedipus'
In Sheldon's
By AL BRANDT
Junior Staff Writer
"Oedipus", one of the original Greek tragedies, will
be presented by the advanced directing class in connection
with the University Theater Jan. 16 and 17 in Sheldon Art
Gallery.
The play is under the 'lirection of Barry Bengtsen,
graduate assistant, who rec jived his AB at Yankton Col
lege in South Dakota.
"Oedipus" is the story of a man who unknowinglv ful
fills the prophecy of an oracle that said he would kill his
father and marry his mother. In order to avoid fulfilling
this prophecy he is supposedly killed as a baby. By an act
of fate Oedipus is not killed and returns to Thebes, the
city of his parents.
On the way to Thebes he unknowingly meets and kills
his father. When he arrives in Thebes the city is suffer
ing from a plague caused by the sphinx, Oedipus solves
the sphinx's riddle and frees the city from the plague.
As a reward Oedipus is made king of Thebes, which re
quires him to marry the queen, who is his mother. Thus,
Oedipus unwittingly fulfills the prophecy of the oracle.
In his quest for knowledge Oedipus finds the truth.
Upon learning this, the queen hangs herself and Oedipus
gouges out his eyes with the broaches from the queens
dress. As in the original Greek play, all of the blood curdl
ing scenes will take place off stage. The sphinx, too, is
merely heard and spoken of but, never seen.
When asked about the use of Sheldon Art Gallery as
a setting Bengtsen said, "I think that it is the ideal set
ting for a Greek tragedy because of the background."
According to the director the cast is very experienced,
even though the majority of the' members are under
graduates.
The major cast and their roles are as follows: Oedi
pus, Tom Crowly; Iocaste, Mary -Meckel; Creaon, John
jessup; Teiresias, Gary Gue and Charages, Joan Shields.
The play begins at 8 p.m. in the Great Hall of Sheldon
Art Gallery. All seats are reserved, however, there i no
admission price. Reservations can be made at the Uni
versity Theater ticket office in 202 Temple building.
The next lab play will be Ingram Bergman's "T h e
Seventh Seal."
SHELDON GALLERY
will be presented with the
will be 8 p.m. Jan. 18-17.
Merit Exams
To Be Held
The Nebraska Merit Sys
tem examinations will be giv
en at convenient centers
throughout the state on Jan.
25 for the purpose of filling
techinical and professional
positions in the Department of
Health, Division of Employ
ment, and in the Nebraska
Civil Defense Agency.
Positions for many typist
clerks and stenographer
clerks in all Merit System
agencies are available, ac
cording to M. L. Christensen,
director of the Nebraska Merit
System.
Announcements of open
positions are posted in all post
offices and on college placer
ment board bulletin boards.
Additional information may
be obtained from any county
welfare office or the M e r i t
System, 11th floor, State Capi
tol. Additional examinations will
be given each Wednesday
morning in the event all the
positions are not filled in' the
Jan. 25 examination.
Applications for the Jan. 25
test must be postmarked no
later than Jan. 1L
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SETTING "Oedipus," one. of the original Greek tragedies,
Sheldon Art Gallery as the getting. Curtain-time for the play
Artwork of six University
graduates of the department
of art, are being shown in
Sheldon Art Gallery through
Feb. 2.
Known nationally and in a
few instances international
ly, these artists inHude Rob
ert Hansen, Tom V. Schmidt,
William Lyberis, Bruce Con
ner, Michael Smith, and Lar
ry Johnson. Their paintings
can be found in galleries D,
E, and F.
Sheldon Art Gallery offi
cials said, "In the present
exhibition we have attempted
to bring together the work of
six graduates simply to show
the general education pro
vided by the department of
art within the University
structure. Some artists of
Individuality and power have
begun here as well."
They said that the special
environment of the Univer
sity may have influenced
what these artists have accomplished.
The Daily
Six Gain
Bruce Conner's displays In
the gallery consist of three
assemblages and one college,
most of which have religious
bearings.
Conner received his Bache
lor of Fine Arts degree from
the University in 1956. He has
won five awards, including
the Nealie Sullivan Award at
the San Francisco Art Insti
tute in 19G3.
His assemblashes, colleges,
sculptures, and paintings
have been exhibited in 16 one
man shows, some of which
were in Milan, Italy. He has
his works in the permanent
collections of three United
States museums.
Presently he is an experi
mental film maker. His films
have been shown at important
North American film fest
ivals. Larry Johnson, a 19C1 grad
uate of the University, has
been a magician, bar tender,
farmer, and gallery assistant.
Nebraskan
AWS
Fir
The beautiful but dumb
girl is out and the beautiful
intelligent girl is what is
needed in today's world ac
cording to Mrs. Frank Morri
son, wife of the Governor.
Speaking at the Associated
Women Student's dessert last
night, Mrs. Morrison used
Helen Keller's words "those
who have eyes fail to u s e
them" to indicate that many
women and girls don't realize
that it is not enough to be
beautiful any more, the world
moves so rapidly today that
women will be taxed to the
limit of their ability in order
to keep up with it.
Mrs. Morrison recalled sev
eral of her experiences while
on the judging panels of the
Miss Nebraska, Miss Kansas,
and Miss Texas contests for
Miss America. She said that
she would ask some of the
girls if they had read any
books lately and was d i s
couraged to find that some
of them had not.
She also asked them to
name something they had
read in the morning paper
and was disappointed to find
that some of the girls never
read the paper. Mrs. Morri
son reaffirmed that all wom
en should have an interest
in the world other than their
social life or their clothes.
While visiting Cape Ken
nedy recently she saw the
capsule that John Glenn used
on his trip into space and
noted, "I was impressed with
the challenge of the world."
"MrsrMorrison " "told the
AWS members that the world
looks to them, and others like
them for leadership and they
must contribute to their com
munity and state.
Helen Snyder, dean of wom
en, echoed Mrs. Morrison
when she defined the word
"standard"' as a word that
means a way of measuring
quantity, quality, and value.
Dean Synder also said that
"standard" means a model
or an example. She said that
standards apply to all areas
including sexual morality, a
sense of responsibility, ap
propriateness of dress and
many others.
The Dean noted that we
draw our standards from ac
cepted Christian morality,
and that there are various
Closed Class Notices
Due Tomorrow Noon
All students who have been
called by the registration of
fice concerning classes that
are already filled must go to
111 Administration building
by tomorrow noon, said Mrs.
Irma Laase, assistant Regis
trar. The office will be open to
morrow from 8 a.m. until
noon to assist these students,
she said.
National Prominence
HjJ u Id)
He is now painting in San
Francisco.
His exhibitions are in three
museums in this country and
numerous private collections.
Tom V. Schmitt has studied
in Mexico after graduating
NAACP's Youth
Ask Recognition
Lincoln's National Associa
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP)
Youth's Council is completing
preparation for recognition by
the National Chapter.
The Lincoln Council plans
to make its slate of officers
public at their meeting Sun
day afternoon.
Members of the nominating
committee from the Universi
ty are Terry Tice and Huey
Rowe-Anderson. Wesleyan has
two members and Union Col
lege one on the committee.
Hears Mrs. Morrison
iris
obstacles, such as human
frailty, sub-cultures (beatnik,
some campus cultures etc.)
and radical cultures, which
sometimes get in the way of
high standards.
"The woman's role has al
ways been that of standard
bearer," said the Dean, "and
just because she has been
granted other roles doesn't
mean that she sould abandon
this role."
She said that learning and
standards go hand in hand
and that, "learning is noth
ing without cultivated man
ners but when the two are
AUFul Night To Host
'Gamblers, Criminals'
The big Nevada gamblers
may well come to the Uni
versity campus tonight for a
casino will be among the at
tractions of AUFul Night,
sponsored by All University
Fund (AUF).
A balloon chase, jail and
fortune teller will be among
the other booths at the event
which is being held from 8 to
12 p.m. in the Union B a 1 1
room. Mr. AUFul Ugly and the
Activities Queen will be an
nounced and will reign over
the dance.
Candidates for Mr. AUFul
Ugly are Tom Ready, Al
Menke, Charles Anders, Ken
Dinklage, Louis Scholz and
Larry Anderson.
Activities Queen finalists
are Judy Bucklin, Jean Holm
quist, Karen Johnson, Jean
ette Coufal, Linda Schlechte,
Vicki Dowling and Shirley
Voss. Activities Queen and
Mr. AUFul Ugly will dance
the first dance.
The combination Carnival
Dance Is the major event of
the AUF drive which is
headed by Honorary Chair
man, Coach Bob Devaney.
Tickets that were pur-
Chicago Meeting
To Consider Act
Vice Chancellor Adam
Breckenridge will represent
the University at a regional
meeting in Chicago Jan. 16
where details of the higher ed
ucation facilities act will be
explained.
The act was passed by the
past session of Congress. The
Office of Education has been
given the "administrative re
sponsibility for the act by the
Department of Health, Educa
tion and Welfare.
Questions relating to alloca
tion of funds are expected to
be answered at the Chicago
meeting.
from the University. He has
instructed art classes in sev
eral colleges, including the
University.
He has had exhibitions in
the Library of Congress from
1957 to 1959. Some are in
permanent collections of
United States embassies ov
erseas. He is represented in
many other large museums
in this country.
After graduating from the
University, William Lyberus
received a Fulbright Grant
for two year's study in
France. He taught art at In
diana University for three
years and is now painting in
Paris.
His paintings are in two
art museums and in five
private collections.
Michael Smith received his
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
from the University In 1959.
He taught at Seattle Univer
sity for one year, spent one
year in Rome painting, and
Friday, January 10, 1964
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combined, the result is an
exquisite product of civiliza
tion." Sally Larson, president of
AWS, told the girls to look
at the larger concept of stand
ards rather than just the
rules imposed. She said that
people today look to the col
lege women to shpulder re
sponsibility and to uphold
high standards. She suggested
three ways to do this: first
by exercising free will to do
the right thing, secondly by
dressing in good taste and
thirdly by using the intellect
The AWS dessert was held
to" preview Standards Week
which is to be held Jan. 13-16.
chased for the once-postponed
AUFul Night are valid. Tick
ets may also be purchased
at the door for 50 cents per
person.
IFC Accepts
Nominations
For Officers
Interfraternity Council
(IFC) accepted nominations
from houses Wednesday night
for executive officers for next
week's elections,
ea A d dition-
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ai nomina
tions will be
from the
floor at next
week's meet
ing. The nom
inations were: Tom
Brews ter,
Siema C h i .
and Bob Weaver. Siema Al
pha Epsilon, for president;
Doug Thorn, Phi Delta Theta
lor vice president; Jim De
mars, Theta Xi; Mick Sum
nick, Phi Gamma Delta;
and Brent Scott, Delta Upsi
Ion, for secretary; and Mike
Wiseman, Phi Kappa Psi, for
treasurer.
In other action IFC passed
a motion waiving section III
of the constitution which for-
Dias a man to
serve on the
exec utive it
committee if i
he is from V.Zrf
house as a
member of
the previous
committee.
"This mo
tion, accord
ing to discus- Weaver
sion which followed, prevent
the exclusion of qualified in
dividuals merely on the rea
son that someone from their
house served on the commit
tee the year before.
is now teaching at Rosary
College in Buffalo, New York.
His paintings are widely ex
hibited in this area. He was
invited to participate in the
Walker Art Center Biennial
Exhibition in 1961.
Robert Hansen's paintings
revolve around his "Man
Men" theme, in which his
laquer paintings show dis
torted figures of people on
a dark background.
Hansen graduated from the
University in 1948 and re
ceived his Master of Fine
Arts' in a college in Mexico
City.
He has taught art at various
colleges and is presently
teaching at Occidental Col
lege in Los Angeles.
Through Fulbright grants
he has painted in India and
Southeast Asia.
He has received six awards
for his works, including the
Kossmoor Annual award in
1963. His paintings have been
exhibited in ten galleries in
this country.
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Brewster
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