Tuesday, August 3, 1965
The Summer Nebraskan
Page 3
Minerva Climbs Walls; Doesn't Catch Mice
By Sandra Andersen
The only permanent res
ident at the, Sheldon Memor
ial Art Gallery Is Minerva,
the large, black-and-white
haired cat given to the gal
lery by Mrs. A. B. Sheldon,
donor of the gallery.
According to Norman Ges
ke, director of the gallery,
Minerva has lived most of
his 1 i f e in the packing room
in the basement, but for the
past two or three months he
has been allowed in the great
hall on the main floor for
an hour or so each day.
Director of extension serv
ices for the gallery, Dwlght
Stark, the unofficial cat feed-
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Gold's college fashion show will be August 3, 1965,
at 8:00 p.m. in GOLD'S fourth floor auditorium. All
of the newest fashion looks will be modeled by
Gold's College Board Members. Door prizes will
be presented, and refreshments served immediately
after the show. Plan to attend.
ox,;
er, said that Minerva usual
ly sits on the glass topped
desk to the right of the entry-way,
and watches the peo
ple go by. "Occasionally he
likes to chase birds, as long
as he gets to stay on the in
side of the glass," according
to Ted James, a University
student who is working at
Sheldon this summer.
James said that Minerva
does go outside reluctantly if
someone goes with him, but
prefers to stay indoors. Of
ficer Paul Hulfish, gallery
guard, said, "It seems as
though as soon as you put
the cat outside, it comes right
in again through the revolv
ing doors."
Geske said that the idea of
a gallery cat originated when
he and Mrs. Sheldon were
touring the National Gallery
of Art in London in the fall
of 1962. "While there, we no
ticed a big, black, long-tiair-ed
cat asleep on one of the
benches," Geske said. "We
both'admired it."
One day during the summer
of 1963, according to Geske,
Mrs. Sheldon brought a black
kitten in a basket to Lincoln
to be Sheldon's gallery cat.
Stark explained that the
purpose of the cat in the
London Gallery is to catch
mice. He said that Minerva
supposedly lives at Sheldon
on the same pretense. B u t
Stark said there are no mice
at Sheldon. "Maybe after
we've been here for 50 years
we'll have some, Stark said,
"but by then we'll need a
new cat."
Minerva has no pedigree,
but he said he thinks that he
must be largely persian.
After an incident last week,
James said he watches the
cat more closely. According
to Geske, Minerva climbed
one of the carpeted walls
clear to the ceiling. "But he's !
not ordinarily, that rambunc
tious," Geske explained.
j The name Minerva was
I given to the cat by Geske.
i He said that when the ani
; mal sits quietly, it looks more
! like an owl than a cat. The
jowl is the symbol for Miner
jva, the Greek Goddess of
wisdom.
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything,
but still I can do somethiag; and because 1 cannot do every
thing I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
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according to John Schrekin
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Coordinating Committee).
The group is currently spon
soring a summer fund-raising
drive to continue the support
of the Gulfport Freedom
School in North Gulfport, Mis
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