jj-iiyERSITY OF NSIK
D$fjbii Seeks To Put
Brotherhood To Work;
Addresses SAM Dinner
Governor Frank Morrison
emphasized that students at
the University as well as all
' residents of Nebraska must
stand ready to improve man's
relationship with man and put
the concept of brotherhood to
work through increased edu
cation. Speaking to a Sigma Alpha
Mu parent-son dinner in Oma
ha Sunday night, the Gov
ernor noted that while Ne
braska has always ranked in
the upper half of the states
in percentage of high school
graduates, it ranks in the low
er half in percentage of col
lege graduates.
- lie asked the entire state to
Join him in combating this
situation. "Our future is em
inently tied up in the de
velopment of the maximum
skills of all our people, Mor
rison explained. The reward
of education is not only i n
personal development but will
be evident in the collective
progress of the state.
The furthering of man's re
lationship with man can pro
duce solutions to both the po
litical and social problems to'
day. Only education can com
bat the problems which ig'
norance has brought about,
he explained.
He challenged the leaders
of fraternities and the U n i
versity to aid him in attack
ing the problems incurred by
Ignorance and superstition.
It is not easy to study, the
Governor noted, but if secur
ity is our only goal, we could
stay in bed all day, he
quipped. "I do not believe
that is all we are interested
in," he added.
Morrison challenged young
Nebraskans to write as bnl
liant a chapter of history for
the state as they could. The
only limitation the people of
the Heartland of America will
incur in their efforts is their
own limitations of ambition.
"We have given leaders to
business, science, industry,
politics and education," he
Union Taps
New Council
New appointments to the
Union program council were
announced this week by Maa
rine Frolik, retiring president
of the Nebraska Union.
The new council is: Suzie
Walburn, president; Mary
Morrow, vice president; Tom
Schwenke, secretary - treas'
urer; Bonnie Knudsen, educa
tion area director; Shirley
Voss, culture area director;
Diane Michel, recreation area
director; Peggy Stenten, so
cial area director; and Bill
Harding, image area director.
The Union will hold ; inter
views for chairmen and as
sistants Saturday. Interested
and qualified students may
sign up for interviews in the
Union program office.
One semester of Union work
and a 5.5 average are required.
Tryouts To Be Held
Practice and tryouts for
Orchesis, University modern
dance club, will be held to
night at 7 p.m. in Grant Me
morial. Anyone interested
may try out They need have
no previous experience.
elaborated. Morrison added
that it is his ambition to see
Nebraska forge ahead in the
area of accelerated education
and become leaders in every
area 01 human endeavor.
Education has three funda
mental goals according to
Morrison:
The first task is learning
atout ourselves.
Next, education serves to
offer students a deeper and
deeper explanation of their
own environment and the so
ciety around them.
The final and most import
ant step in education is learn
ing how to use this know
ledge. "All the rest loses its
significance unless we learn
how to use this knowledge to
create greater human ac
complishments," Morrison
said.
In a charge to high school
seniors, Morrison noted that
he would be very happy just
to see them go to college
"But I would be particularly
happy to see you go to the
University of Nebraska," he
concluded.
Jackson
Will Speak
Thursday
Colin Jackson, an internationally-known
journalist and
British Broadcasting Compa
ny (BBC) news analyst, will
speak on "Trends and Prob
lems in the New Africa" at
8 p.m. Thursday in Love Li
brary. Jackson will be the keynote
speaker at a Friday public
affairs seminar "Mao vs. Ni
kita" at the Nebraska Center.
His address will deal with
an overview of the differences
between Russia and Commu
nist China. He is expected to
discuss the thaw in the cold
war, a possible masked build
up of power, differences in
ideology and the economic
power struggle between Rus
sian and Red China.
Other speakers at the sem
inar include Dr. Wallace Pe
terson, professor of econom
ics; Dr. Robert Bowman, pro
fessor of geography; Dr. Ed
ward Megay, associate pro
fessor of political science; and
Dr. Willard Hogan, professor
of political science.
Vol. 11, No. 60
The Daily Nebraskan
Wednesday, February 19, 1964
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'DARKNESS' PRESENTED-
Hi io
Pose
By Mike Keedy
Junior Staff Writer
"The Darkness Preceding,"
by Larry Dobbins, will be
performed in the arena thea
ter, 303 Temple Building, this
weekend. Curtain time is 8
p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
There is no admission charge.
Laboratory and experi
mental productions in drama
tic art at the University com
pose a large portion of the
speech department's theatric
efforts.
The plays, usually per
formed in the Temple Build
ing's "theater In the round,"
or in the laboratory theater,
afford drama students the
opportunity to practice act
ing, directing, and playwrit-
ing techniques.
Dr. Joseph Baldwin, pro
fessor of speech and dram
atic art, said "Mr. Dobbins
has sympathetically explored
the problem of rebellious
youth, and has done so with
taste and sincerity."
Baldwin, supervisor of Dob
bins' thesis, went on to say
that, " . . ..this is not to im
ply that the play is a docu
mentary or case study; it is
highly personalized fiction."
The production, a drama of
modern life, was written by
Dobbins, as a graduate stu
dent, and is presented in par-
ysses
tlal fulfillment of the require
ments for his thesis in speech
and dramatic art. Mr. Dob
bins is the first student to be
allowed to do this at the Uni
versity.
Members of the cast are:
Leanne Jensen (Mrs
Fiske), Terry March (Mr.
Fiske), Gerald Egan (Mr.
Hoagland), Mike Dobbins
(Julian Fiske), Mike Keedy
(Charlie Conners), Diane
Johnson (Bonnie Fiske).
Claire Cooley (Wilbur
Scott), Mary Meckle (Mrs.
Bragg), Carla Rethwisch
(waitress), Mike Karel (Mor
ton Carter), and Mike Brad
ley (doctor).
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SEWER'S EYE VIEW
CONSTRUCTION SEEN TUROUGII A PIPE A glimpse of the construction activity at the site of the new men's
dormitory on 17th street can be seen through a section of pipe for the new building's sewer system. The pile of earth
in the background is from the excavations for the basement and foundations. The picture was taken by Sue Leonard
for a Journalism Photography class.
The production staff in
cludes Larry Dobbins (dir
ector), Richard Mahood (de
signer and technical director),
Judy Griess (production
manager), Stuart Spatz
(lighting), joe Tunnicliff
(sound), and Ray Stanek
(properties).
Negro Play
Repeat Set
For Weekend
The laboratory theater will
present a special repeat per
formance of "A Raisin in the
Sun" at 8 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday in 201 Temple build
ing. The play, starring Curtiss
Greene and Lenore Letcher,
was directed by Brockford
Gordon, film director of photo
productions, as a proj
ect for a graduate drama
course, it was so suc
cessful that after the first
performance Gordon was
asked to produce it again.
The play, says Gordon, is
a Negro play, the first all Ne
gro production given at the
University. "In spite of the
fact that there is a racial
problem involved," he said,
"this play holds a great deal
more for its audience."
Activities Mart
Is Held Today
The second Associated Wom
en Students (AWS) activities
mart will be held in the Union
conference rooms today from
2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Any student
with the required average
may sign up as a worker in
any organization in which
they are interested.
Twelve organizations wui
participate in the mart. Ta
bles will be provided for each
participating activity and a
representative of that activity
will be on hand to answer any
questions concerning the ac
tivity. 1
Blasts Southerners
On Civil Rights Bill
By MICK ROOD
Senior Staff Writer
After frolicking through a series of political jibes,
Illinois Senator Paul Douglas solemnly endorsed Johnson
Administration at a news forum in the Student Union
ballroom Monday.
Douglas' favorite target of the morning forum was
the American press whom he glibly accused of "probing
man's soul" in news accounts. Douglas, a member of the
Senate since 1949, asserted that only the highly regarded
New York Times was "reliable."
Other targets of the Democratic leader's political axe
were former President Eisenhower, gas and oil interests,
and Southern Democrats.
An overflow crowd listened to Douglas joke about the
now infamous Bobby Baker Case. He said he never ac
cepted presents worth more than $2.50 and that Baker's
gift to the then Senator Johnson was small compared
with the gift harvest of Eisenhower.
"President Eisenhower is a gentle, kind, nice man,
but his whole farm was outfitted by admiring million
aires," said Douglas.
Douglas lambasted depletion allowances on gas and
oil interest taxes as "unfair." He said the excessive al
lowances violated his belief that the "tax system should
have equal taxation to equal income."
"The southerners are trying to prevent a meaningful
civil rights bill from passing," said Douglas.
The only way a "meaningful" civil rights bill can be
adopted, is if states west of the Mississippi make their
"moral concern" known to their senators, he said.
When asked if the southern minority blocking civil
rights measures was the responsibility of the Democratic
Party, Douglas quipped, "Yes, well, I have no control over
them."
In between the running battle with three news cor
respondents interviewing him, Senator Douglas backed
Johnson's policies on every measure.
Lucian Warren, of the Euffalo Courier-Journal, asked
if Douglas had not previously opposed Johnson in the Sen
ate. Douglas said he did "oppose Johnson on civil rights
and gas and oil tax favoritism." The other newsmen were
Neal Stanford, of the Christian Science Monitor and John
Metcalfe, a syndicated columnist.
Douglas continued that he then felt that Johnson wasn't
a "suitable candidate to represent the North." According
to Douglas, he had reflected Texas interests adequately
but he didn't seem capable of reflecting national inter
ests. He was, Douglas said, "tied to gas and oil interests."
"Since he has become President, he has not been tied
to those interests and has conscientiously and ably car
ried out the Kennedy Administration policies," said Doug
las. Douglas added that "as long as he does the things
he is doing now, I will support him."
Turning to the Republican presidential nomination,
Douglas predicted that the convention would probably pass
up Arizona's Barry Goldwater and New York's Nelson
Rockefeller. Rather, he said, it will turn toward the center,
possibly to Richard Nixon.
Henry Cabot Lodge would be the Republican's strong
est candidate according to Douglas.
When asked about Margaret Chase Smith's candidacy,
Douglas joked that he was elected on a case of mistaken
identity. "My wife was a Congress woman-at-large at that
time."
His choices for Johnson's running mate in November
were Sargent Shriver, director of Peace Corps, Bobby
Kennedy, Attorney General, Adlai Stevenson, Ambassador
to United Nations, and Hubert Humphrey, Senator from
Minnesota.
"We can't expect a tranquil world. We haven't got the
control over world affairs we had fifteen years ago,"
Douglas said of foreign affairs.
Of Johnson's action In the latest Cuban affair, Douglas
said, "I'm glad we have a man who kept his shirt on."
Douglas remarked that Johnson's response to the
Guantanamo water incident was "better than to follow
the advice of Barry Goldwater and send in the Marines."
Douglas answered audience questions after the forum.
He attended an afternoon coffee hour on campus.
YG's Hear Talk
On Communism
Peter Taurins, vice chair
man of Mid-West Captive Na
tions association will speak on
"Communism" at a meeting
of Nebraska Youth Goldwater
meeting Thursday at 7 p.m.
in the Union south party room.
The meeting will be the first
of a series dealing with prob
lems facing this nation, ac
cording to Robert Vlasek,
president of the group. These
meetings will attempt to show
that the present "soft policy"
is not winning the cold war
and that a hard line is needed
to prevent the spread of Communism.
Taurins was born in Latvia
and entered the Latvian army
at 16, when he was taken pri
soner by the Russians and put
in a slave camp. His father,
who was a Lativian army of
ficer, and his mother were
put to death by the Russians.
He came to the U.S. in 1951
and is now a naturalized citi
zen. ' ,
Taurins is a dedicated anti
Communist and feels that by
fighting Communism he can
best help his countrymen. He
will explain the methods used
by the communists in their
ambition for world conquest
at the meeting.
Lusk Presents Recital
Larry Lusk, assistant pro
fessor of piano and music his
tory at the University, pre
sented a piano recital in the
Student Union Ballroom last
night.
Sonatas by Brahms and
Beethoven and short works by
Chopin and Liszt were pre
sented. Professor Lusk is choir di
rector at Our Savior's Luth
eran Church and is a mem
ber of the board of directors
of the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra.