Tuesday, July 13, 1965
The Summer Nebraskan
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Nebraska's Capitol Building stands towering over a statne of William Jennings Bryan and the American flag,
located at the north end of the Capitol.
Historical Society Tells
Story of Nebraskans
By Sandra Andersen
The basic function of the
Nebraska State Historical So
ciety is to preserve the rec
ord and tell the story of Ne
braska people, according to
Marvin Kvett, Director of the
Society.
"Many people think of the !
Historical Society as part of,
the University, but it isn't," photographs related the Park and Recreation De
Kivett said. "It is a state to the history of Nebraska ; Dartments of the Qtv of Lin-
egency oprating independent
y, but in co-operation with
the University," he explained.
The Nebraska State Histor- published since 1850 is on file ! cjty. They range in size from
leal Society was founded as on microfilm for permanent the relatively small neigtibor
the State Historical Society j storage. "There may be a bood pools to the new Woods
and Library Association in few gaps in the earlier parts j pool, hich is built to Olvm
1867, the year Nebraska was; of the collection," he said, pc specifications, and is "the
admitted to the onion. ! "but we are always on the cit- r manv swim mi? meets.
The Society operates in !
three different areas, Kivett
museum and arcbeological re-
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This magazine is a "must" for every Nebraskan. Produced by the
School of Journalism Depth Reporting Project it tells the story of
Nebraska's beauty. Fifteen pages of full color. Twelve exciting
stories about the magnificent beauty of Nebraska. A treasure chest
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Another area, the State!
archives, preserves all the,
state and county records that
have become obsolete.
ine reierence imrary, me
third area, contains books, j
manuscripts, archieves, news-;
papers, geneological mater-1
and the est.
Kivett said that almost ev-'
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ery issue 01 every aauy orj
i weekly Nebraska newspaper
look-out for missing issues
Kivett said that some peo-
!Pie hit Mirpi m-B iu-H uic
toncal Society is interested
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noi oniy in aruiacis. dui in
documents of any kind belong-
ing to earl? Nebraska fami
lies. He added that the State
Historical Society w orks close
ly with about 60 county his
torical societies in gathering
information, documents, and
display materials.
More than one-half of the
Society's collection is in stor
age at any given time. Kevitt
explained that this helps
when changing the displays.
Displays are changed period-
iically depending on the sea
I son, on the interest of the dis
play, or various other factors.
I About 100,000 people tour
i the museum at loOO R
St.
annually. There are approxi
mately 12.000 visitors every
month during the summer, visitors a year has a collec-
according to Kivett. "Lastjtion of larger animals "which
month we had our one-mil- j can stand being outdoors dur-
lionth visitor in the new build-1 ing our winters," Ager said.
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The Nebraska State Histor-
ical Society is open 8 a.m. to j
5:30 p.m., Monday through
Saturday, and from 2 p.m. to
5 p.m. on Sundays. Admis-l
sion is free at all times. 1
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Lincoln's Parks
Offer Relaxation
Bt Wavne Carlson
Pinewood Bowl in Pioneer
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park spotlights "My Fair;
jLady" every evening from
July 16 through 19 at 8:00 in
the evening. In addition toi
the opera there are events j
there most Wednesday and '
aunaay evenings. cuy tennis courxs are o-!Dast Or as Bartenshaw said,
The summer opera is onlv.caled at: CoUege View PartlJ; - ..th' HoiftT,mnf f nri.
one 0f the many opportuni-1
ties for recreation offered by
tDrn. aecordin e to James Acer.
director.
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There are six swimming
Twia in Hiffprni nart r th
according to Ager.
If tennis is more lo your
liking, there are tennis courts
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South are open
to the pub -
uc, Ager saia.
The Park Department op-1 Park. 5 acres. 44th and Pres
erates two golf courses at : Cott; Cooper Park. 11.57 acres.
Pioneers Park and Holmes '6th and D; Eden Park, 10
Park. Ager said there a re j acres, 44th and Antelope Creek
events every weekend at one! Road ; Haveloek Park, .98 ac
golf course or the other. jre) 63rd and Morrill: Holmes
The .zoos at Antelope Park Park, 65th and Normal; Irv
and Pioneers Park are a great ingdale Park, 21.9 acres, 17th
attraction. The zoo at Ante- and Judson.
lope Park has over 100,000 lis-, M ,d , PlavgrouD(l, 22od
itors every year, according to 1 u 'Z t, i. .
Ager. In addition to ot i Te r ! ' Northeast Park, 2.58
animals Ager said, "We have j res, 67th and Baldwin; Oak
a fine collection of monkeys , Lake, 259 acres, 1st and Y;
and a fair collection of birds.
Pioneers Park, which has
between 400,000 and 500,000
me annum jc uca, uaiiia.
water buffalo and several otb-
ers.
Swimming Facilities
Swimming is available at:
Ballard Park, 66th and Kear-
ney; Eden Park, 46Ui and
FfW innmrHaiP loth and
Van Dorn; Municipal Pool,
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22nd andM; Umversitj-Place,
49th and Lexington; and Wood
i Park, 33rd and J.
Tennis Facilities
45th and Prescott; Cooper j
Park, 8th. and F, Lincoln!
High. 22nd and J; Lincoln
Northeast, 2635 No. 63rd; Lin
coln Southeast, 2930 So. 37th;
Lincoln Tennis Club, 37th and
South; Peter Pan Park, 32nd
and W; Roberts Park. 56th
and A; University Place
Park. 49th and Francis; and
Woods Park. 33rd and J.
Park Facilities
Lincoln City Parks are:
American Legion Playground,
1.05 acres. 26th and Randolph;
Antelope Parle 177 acres, 27th
and D; Ballard Field, 4 acres.
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Pentzer Playground, 3.65 ac
res, 26th and Fair; Peter
Pan Playground, 11.3 acres,
30th and W; Piedmont Park,
1 .61 acres, 50th and C.
Pioneer Park, 600 acres.
Van Dorn and Burlington Ave.,
Rtberts Park 16 acres 5
and A; Rudge Memorial Park,
4.5 acres, 14tb and Lake; Saw
yer Snell Park, 86.3 acres,
1st and Harrison; Seacrest
Park, 50 acres, 70th and A;
j University Place Park, 13.5
'acres, 48th and Garland; Van
Dorn Park, 19 6 acres. 30th
, and Van Dorn; Woods Park,
; 47 acres, 33rd and O.
nev! Eden Park. 46th and
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By Beth Bobbins
The Nebraska State Capitol
Building refuses to be over
looked. Dwarfing the Lincoln
skyline, its tower soars 400
feet into the sky, making it
the tallest building in Nebras
ka. Its base rests solidly on
four city blocks.
Neither is it ignored. About
'700 people visit the building
daily, according to tour guide
John Bartenshaw. "It'll jump
in August, though," he said.
Nebraskans notorious
ly brag about their Capitol
building, and rightfully so.
More than native pride backs
Its reputation for beauty. In
1948 poll. America's top
architects listed the world's
5 best buildings. The Ne
braska Capitol was fourth.
Built from 1922 to 1932 at a
cost exceeding $10 million,
the Capitol would cost five
to six times that amount if
built today.
Much of the beauty of the
building comes from its un
derlying unity unity with the
surrounding plain and unity
of the parts with the whole
structure. The tower rises
J from the square base just as
the Nebraskan's dreams and
aspirations drive him upward
ifrom his prairie origin.
n,, c. afim Aamt! ls
i. .
j shell ' of an inch thick. In
13 ieeL ui?n. a no now oronze
BilCU S VI dU 1IH.U k K. ill , ,
lt personified the hope pre-j
I witD everT spr and'"1?
j every sera nine.
j This, then, is the theme ba-
sic to the entire building, that
of the future rising from the
man aCTicultur-
, .,
Symbols of our agricultural,
pioneer, mythological and In
dian heritage are carried
from room to room. Both the
mosaic ceiling of the rotunda
and the front tapestry in the
Senate chamber are of Indian
maiATic TVi hracc railintrc in
the chamber were designed
from original Indian beadwork
Its ceiling has scenes from
Indian life inlaid in tile. The
Indian tree of life is repre
sented on the 750-pound cham
ber doors of Honduras mahog
any. On the exterior of the Cap
itol, flanking the steps to the
Campus Has Variety;
Astronomy To Picnics
By Dorothy Bush
With one-half of the sum
mer school session past,
there are still many activi
ties in which the student may
participate.
The Teacher's College Con
vocation and Elementary Ed-
ncation Forum today will fea -
lure Anna EsDenschade. Miss
Espenschade is chairwoman
of the Department of Educa
tion at the University of Cali
fornia In Berkley.
Tomorrow two seminars
will be in progress. The semi
nar for graduate students of
Physical Education will be in
the Nebraska Union and the
seminar for graduate stu
dents of Educational Psychol
ogy win be in Burnett Hall.
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And Heritage
main entrance are two bias
relief buffalo. Indian chants
are engraved on their sides.
"In Beauty I walk," says
one, "With Beauty before me
I walk; With Beauty above
and about me I walk; I walk
in Beauty."
The theme of mythology is
found in the entrance ceiling
mosaic of the 12 signs of the
zodiac. The largest floor mo-;
saic is that of Mother Nature
in the center of the rotunda i
floor. Surrounding her a r e I
smaller mosaics of the fourj
elements basic of the an
cients fire, water, earth!
and air. Each is encircled by i
reptiles, fish, birds or mam-
mels. All are native to Ne-j
braska. i
Everywhere the visitor en
counters the words "nam
to Nebraska" the wood!
paneling in the Governor's of- i
fice, the animals in the ceil- j
ing murals of the entrance.!
the walnut of the Senators':
desks.
Much of this is symbolic.
The building basically is of
Indiana limestone. Most of
the marble columns, some of,
the largest blocks of solid!
marble in the world, are from '
Italy. The mosaic tile came
from New York state. Nebras
ka has no materials strong ,
? u.-.
: canensnaw saia.
Nebraska acknow ledges her
debt to ancient cultures
a series of bias-relief
and sculptured works on the
upper corners and over the
ntranret of thp hasp of thp '
01. Here "The Spirit of
the Law in History' is re-'
counted from ancient times to i
modern. No ornaments have
been tacked on the building.
Everything was built or sculp
tured together as a s i n g 1 e
unit.
As the Capitol tower rises.)
its design simplifies, culmi
nating in the simplicity of
pure color the red, blue
i S0,d of the dome
This successful design is
greatly due to the close coop
eration of its architect Ber-
a IT
i r a m urosvenor uoouaue.
sculptor Lee Lawrie. muralist
Hildreth Meiere and PhDoso
pher Hartley Burr Alexander.
The work of each blends with
that of the others.
In addition to the seminars
will be the Artist Series.
"Llords International." in the
Nebraska Union Ballroom.
Daniel Llords will present a
modern approach to the art
of puppetry.
Clair Callan. congressman
from Nebraska's First D i s -trict.
will appear at the Ne
braska Union Ballroom
1 Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Callan
' m g've a rerort from the
j Nation's Capitol. In the eve
j n i n g Cinema International
Fingerman will be shown
in the ballroom.
During the sixth week of
summer school activities,
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