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Tuesday, July 25, 1967 University of Nebraska No 7 NU Theatre Institute Presents Comedy M Ul Dr Marian Callaway Piano Artist Featured At Institute Guy Duckworth will be the guest artist on Wednesday, July 26, at 2:30 p.m. in West brook Music Building for the Music Centennial Institute. Known as an author, schol ar, educator and performer, Duckworth earned degrees at the University of California and Columbia. He is the au thor of a children's new piano series based upon an impro visation - and - concept-development program of learning. Before going to Northwest ern University, Duckworth was associate professor of music at the University of Minnesota where he became nationally recognized as an authority on piano methods. As a performing artist, be has given concerts through out the United States, Can ada and Mexico. Presently he is professor of piano, chairman of the De partment of Preparatory Pi ano at Northwestern Univer sity and is serving his second term as National Chairman of the Piano Instruction Com mittee of the Music Educa tors National Conference. Ceremonies Held Today Ground-breaking ceremonies marking the start of construc tion of the $5 million Cliff S. Hamilton chemistry building will be held at 3 p.m. today on the University of Nebraska city campus at 12th and T Sts. Gov. Norbert Tiemann, members of the Board of Regents, Chancellor Clifford M. Hardin, and other Univer sity officials will take part. The building, financed with state and federal funds, will be eight stories high and will accommodate the University's expanding undergraduate, graduate and research pro grams in chemistry. The National Science Foun dation is contributing $830,000 to assist with the program de velopment. Total cost of the banding and its equipment is estimated at $8 million, con struction time at two yean. Farm Seminar A farm management sem inar discussing such topics as future changes in agriculture, tax pointers and capital man agement will be held at the University of Nebraska Aug. 13-16. iiimnNiimimi!iiimiiiiHmmiMii!iiiinHiiiiiiiiiiiini i i I Inside You Will Find 1 E at i i I LATHAM Judge Henry J. Latham discussed "American I Cities Aflame" in the second half of the World News ' and Views summer series Page 2 g WELFARE Welfare chiseling common in Lancaster County research done on the Aid Children program COLOMBIA Why Nebraska was chosen to advise Columbia In matters of agricultural development is the question answered In a depth report Page 3 niiiiii:iiiHiHiiMiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiuiuiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiHiiiiiiiiimiim!iiiuiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiS "Loosebough the First," a fantastic comedy about a mistaken landing on the moon and its hilarious conse quences, will play in Howel Theatre, University of Ne braska, Monday July 31 arid Tuesday, Aug. 1, at 8:00 p.m. The stage of Howell Thea tre will represent a cartoon version of a portion of the moon's surface in this come dy about First Lieutenant Lawrence Loosebough, who hopes to gain a promotion to the rank of Captain by being the first man on the moon. However, he learns that he and his crew cannot be brought back from the moon, and must stay and found a colony. This and his further adventures is the story of the play, which was written by Joseph Baldwin, University of Nebraska faculty member. The play is being directed by Dr. Harold C. Crain, pro fessor of drama at San Jose State College, visiting profes sor of speech and dramatic art at Nebraska this summer. Eckert Design Scenery is being designed by Royal W. Eckert, gradu ate student in theatre, who has been scene designer for the Omaha Community Play house for some years. Tech nical production is under fhe supervision of Charles How ard, assistant professor of speech and dramatic art. An offering of the Theatre Centennial Institute, "Loose bough the First" will be the subject of a critique Wednes day morning, Aug. 2, at 9:30 in Room 201 Temple Building. Serving as critic will be Dr. Marian Gallaway, director of University Theatre, Universi ty of Alabama, visiting lec turer for the theatre institute. Dr. Gallaway, distinguished in the field of experimental theatre, received her M.A. degree from the Goucher Col lege, ber A.B. degree from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. degree from the University of Iowa. She h a s taught in Illinois, Arizona, Iowa and since 1948 has been associated with the Hardinson At English "Catharsis in the Renais sance as illustrated in Three Shakespearian Plays" was the topic of Dr. O. B. Hard inson's address yesterday morning. Hardinson, keynote speaker for the English Cen tennial Institute, also spoke this morning for a question answer period. Hardinson explained cath arsis as the effect of tragedy and named three practical theories of catharsis which were all utilized by Shakes peare. Tbey are moral, religi ous, and literal. Dealing chiefly with the moral, he recalled some de tails from Thomas Haywood's "Apology for Actors." Throughout the address, the scholar explained catharsis as it related to "Hamlet". Hardinson taught at the Universities of Wis consin, Tennessee and Prince ton before joining the Uni versity of North Carolina staff. His interest is in the broad scope of English includ ing the History of rhetoric, the English Renaissance, does not appear to be i according to results of to Families of Dependent Page 2 1 University of Alabama where she is a professor of Speech and director of the University Theatre. A member of American Ed ucational Theatre Conference, Dr. Gallaway was for two years the chairman of South eastern Theatre Conference (SETC) New Play Project. From 1965-66 she was chair man of the college and uni versity division of SETC, and is currently president of SETC. In addition Dr. Galla way is the author of several books. Verse Play Award The author of "Loosebough the First," Joseph Baldwin is professor of speech and dramatic art, University of Nebraska, whose play "T h e Pool-Hall of the Heart" re cently won the E. Oscar Tha linger Verse Play Award for 1967, and was produced at the St. Louis Poetry Center. Another of his plays tied for first place inacontest sponsored by the New York City Writers' Conference, and was produced on Staten Is land, N.Y., in the summer of 1964. His plays have been pro duced in universities and col leges in Iowa, Kansas, Illi nois, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Missouri, South Dakota and Nebraska. He is the author of a drama tization of "The Wind in t h e Willows," Kenneth Grahame's well-loved children's novel. The play version written by Baldwin was produced in Goodman Memorial Theatre, Chicago, last year, and pub lished by Dramatic Publish ing Company, Chicago. His one-act plays have been published by Samuel French-, Inc., New York; Dramatic Publishing Co., Chicago; and Heuer Publishing Co., Cedar Rapids Iowa. These and oth er unpublished one-act plays have been produced in high schools in Nebraska, New York, Montana and many oth er states. Speaks Institute Dr. O. B. nardlnson Shakespeare, Eliza beathan drama, history of criticism and contemporary aesthetic criticism. Many professional maga zine articles and books are to his credit. Included in Hardlnson's list of books are "English Literary Criticism: The Renaissance," "The En cyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics", "Christian Rite and Christian Drama in the Mid dle Ages" and "Medieval and Renaissance Studies." He is currently working on a commentary on Aristotle's "Poetics" and an anthology of medieval criticism. Commencement To Be Outside Summer commencement at the University of Nebraska will return to an out-of-doors setting this year, with cere monies scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, on the mall at 12th and Vine Sts. east of Memorial Stadium. In case of rain, the program will be moved into the Univer sity Coliseum. For the past several years, the commencement was held in Pershing Auditorium. A record summer gradua tion of more than 650 is ex pected. The previous high was the summer of 1966. when 582 degrees were awarded. m Library Mobile Unit A mobile unit for in-service activities in library-media op erations will be on display in the parking lot north of the Teachers College on Wednes day and Thursday. Designed for teachers, li brarians, media specialists, administrators and school boards, the mobile unit con tains equipment, materials and space for self instruction in several areas. The services include audio visual equipment operation, instructional materials pro duction such as overhead transparencies, dry mount ing, lettering, etc. and inde pendent study and analysis in new developments in the field of library media. Book Exhibit A complete 16th Annual Books on Exhibit for the ele mentary school level includes 900 of the latest books for li braries for examination by any interested person. Indivi dual catalogs with descrip tions, classifications, etc. are on file. There is also a large selec tion of catalogs of sources for non-print materials such as filmstrips, films and ' re cordings. Financed by Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the unit throughout the year is sent to any Nebraska school re questing its services. Lester W. Harvey, who is in charge of the mobile unit, or his secretary will be with the unit during its display on campus to answer any ques tions visitors may have. Last year Harvey had more demands than he could meet and still traveled over 7,000 miles. During that time 2,380 persons utilized the Units ser vices, i "This is not meant to re place an instructional center in the schools, it's more of an appetizer to encourage schools to develop their own centers," Harvey explained. Workshops Harvey often attends pre school workshops in August to help teachers order sup plies for the coming year. "Most schools I have visited have become more interested in building their own centers and the teachers have become more knowledgable about available materials," Harvey said. Instead of telling adminis trators and librarians what is available, now Harvey can show them. There is space at the back of the unit for three people to review films and reports on the latest educational de velopments. Elementary teachers who do not have access to a li brarian are given an oppor tunity to review books be fore ordering them. Other services offered through the mobile unit are demonstrations In production, utilization, and operation of Instructional materials and workshops for faculties in pro duction, utilization and opera tion of these Instructional materials. The unit itself is 80 inches wide, carpeted, electrically heated and air conditioned, has fluorescent lights, electri cal outlets for 6500 watts and can seat ten persons with room to work. McBride Appointed ' Jack McBride, director of television, University of Ne braska and general manager of the Nebraska ETV Net work, has been appointed as a representative In the newly formed Central Educational Network, Inc. (CEN). Purpose of the CEN is to provide eventual live intercori nection among 21 midwestern educational television stations in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ne braska and North and South Dakota. The new network will begin operations in September with a program exchange service, and will present intercon nected programs as soon as is technically feasible, Edward L. Morris, prognam director of the Chicago Edu cational TV station WTTW, is president of the CEN. i-- mtmm -Mv- ' I -wwe, .f-'A ; The mobile unit (above) for in-service activities in library-media operation traveled 7,000 miles throughout Nebraska last year taking materials to schools. Below, three teach ers utilize the book exhibit and media equipment contained in the mobile unit. NU Professor Searches For Amazon Jungle Colony Being a professor at the University of Nebraska isn't just lecturing and teaching. For the past nine months it has meant wading in hip-deep mud, swatting insects and fighting jungie diseases 'tor Dr. Norman R. Stewart, NU geographer. Dr. Stewart has just re turned from a nine-month research trip to Ecuador, where he has been studying the pioneer colonization along the edge of the Amazon jungle. His research trip was fi nanced by a Woods Fellow ship from the University and by the Social Science Re search Council. Dr. Stewart's objective was to follow the recent move ment of population from the Andes area of Ecuador into the Amazon valley, to find out who these pioneers are and why they are colonizing the lowlands, carving a home out of the wilderness. Followed Rumors "To find the colonists, we followed the roads to their end and then followed ru mors, traveling over trails and paths, often through deep mud and sometimes by ca noe. "I found that most of the colonists are not Andean In dians, as 1 had suspected, but were of Spanish-Indian descent and very poor. Al though warm and friendly, they were somewhat suspi cious when I began asking questions. "They are fearful of losing the land they have worked so hard to clear because many have no property title. They are people who have been forced to cut strong home ties because of desperate con ditions," Stewart said. Dr. Stewart noted that one area he visited near Puyo is fast becoming a cattle raising zone. He said that the hold ings of between 75 and 125 acres are being provided Operations On Display .m ' - if f " VI V to.- , it U' ' t ' i tmJ W t through a "homesteading" program. Poor Conditions "But living conditions re main marginal because of primitive farming methods, poor transportation, and growing problems of absen tee ownership of land," Dr. Stewart said. The University professor did some of his traveling by plane and some by local bus but most was tramping over jungle trails, often through deep mud. "Before wading across a stream one time 1 started to take off my boots but there was a man on the bank that advised against it, telling me that the river was full of poisonous snakes. "The trip gave me a chance Psychology Awarded 7 The University of Nebras ka's Department of Psychol ogy has been awarded a seven-year federal grant of more than $540,000 to assist its program of training clinical psychologists. fhe grant for 1967 to 1974 icts yearlv assistance at 169,778. It provides sti pends for graduate students of psychology and will help defray the cost of operating the community psychological clinic, at which students get practical experience under Regents Meet The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet at 3:30 p.m. today in the admin istration building. The Board is expected to consider rebidding proposals for the mechanical contracts on the new chemistry building. V 1 to test out some ideas on the existence of a universal pio neer spirit. Although the con ditions and reasons that brought pioneers to Nebraska may have been different, there seems to be a group of people who have the general same willingness to sacrifice and the spirit of adventure," he said. Dr, Stewart has been a member of the University faculty for five years. He is a graduate of UCLA and has made other trips to South America. For one year he was a Fulbright lecturer at a university in Peru. He stud ied Japanese colonization in Paraguay for his doctoral thesis, which will be pub lished this summer. Department Year Grant the close supervision of fac ulty members. Dr. David Levine. director of the clinical psychology training program, noted that the federal government is "very interested" in the train ing of psychologists to relieve a serious shortage in the pro fession. "The clinic, which serves 150 to 200 clients each year, gives the students valuable practical experience and fur niches the faculty and s t u dents with an opportunity for applied and theoretical re search, while making a con tribution to meeting commun ity mental health needs," he said. Dr. Levine added that the clinic needs private gifts. "Although fees are charged clients, they are based on ability to pay and additional funds are needed to operate and improve the clinic. Tin-.,.,. .iw.WM v : T I 4 h r V""f ft . i