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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
VOL 92, NO. 73
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A group of fifth year architecture
Itudents are involved in a unique
(bourse of study planning a redevelop
ment of an; area including and sur
rounding the Malone area.
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Engineering and Architecture, will
make plang for redesigning the a r e a
with . the environmental point ' of
view.
Ferguson said Monday that the area
in question is not limited to only the
Malone Center. He said that they had
to quit calling the area of concern
the Malone area because people nar
rowed it down too much, when in
fact it was much larger.
THE AREA extends north of 0 St.
between 27th St. and the yet to be
constructed Northeast Radial.
Ferguson said, "highway engineers
that I have met have tended to solve
engineering problems and not en
vironmental ones," referring to the
effect the new northeast radial would
have on this area.
"This area is isolated now,1' he said,
"and by putting the radial through,
and with proposals to make 27th and
33rd Streets wider yet, the area would
be even more isolated."
The main problem in the area,
Ferguson said, is that it is lower socio
economic in nature, and that it is
being cut up into isolation by thesa
major reaiways.
He said that the project is providing
a new experience for the students in
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"THE STUDENT will have to turn
his attention away from ceiling
heights and window sizes to how peo
ple do live.
"Environment has an effect on
people and their sense of well-being,"
Ferguson said. "A good environment
is worthwhile and we (the country)
don't have a good environment. We
are Hiving up too much to plastic,
to automobiles, to metal and to effi
ciency." For the architecture students, he
said, this project means that they are
not dealing with only one building but
a whole group. He said that this ts
an important stage in their educa
tion. Ferguson said that the project
started last fall when he sat down
with his students and asked what
would be beneficial for the communi
ty, putting the student in a situation
where he would be aware of the real
world as well as the academic
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THE STUDENTS then gathered in
formation relating to population,
transportation and economics of the
whole city, he said.
After gathering such information
from the County Welfare office and
the City Planning Office, he said, the
itudents then went into the area
themselves to try and understand the
thing from a physical envoronmeHtal
point of view.
transform Pershing Auditorium into
presentation March 28 and 29.
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The students themselves made a
photographic survey of the area.
Ferguson said that the area is very
deficient in parks and is cordoned-off
by major roadways.
He said that the students are now
in the process of exploring various
ideas ' in the development of the
area.
THE PROJECT is actually pro
ceeding on two levels, Ferguson said.
The one is in effect a plan for the
complete renovation of the area in
the context of an urban renewal pro
ject. As it stands now, he said, it
is more of a question of what could
be done with the area.
The other level at which the project
is proceeding is on the level of the
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VISTA program, of what could be
done today, he said.
One student put together a booklet
which would inform the residents of
the area on the problems and costs
of remodeling "at a real grass roots
level" he said.
Some students, Ferguson said, have
designed a ramp for a crippled man
so he may get up the steps of his
house. He said that the ramp would
be built by the students this
spring.
FERGUSON emphasized, "we have
been in constant touch with the
Malone Center and the Lincoln Action
Program people in trying to unders
tand their programs and get ac
quainted with the residents in this
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Nebraskan Staff Writer
Far "one brief, shinning moment,"
500 boards, 200 yards of r.iuslin and
$600 worth of paint and varnish will
turn Pershing Auditorium's stage into
the "spot . . . that was known as
Camelot."
A jousting ground, complete with
canopies and rows of banners, a
snow-covered forest and the grand
'hall where King Arthur's knights will
revive the legendary kingdom when
Kosmet Klub presents the Broadway
musical March 28 and 29.
"One of the main elements in Came
lot is spectacle. And the sets we're
designed with spectacle in mind," said
Dean Tschetter, director and set de
signer for the production.
The most spectacular set is the
grand hall which includes four rows
of massive wooden arches, two 14-foot
balconies and a 25-foot stained glass
window.
THE SPECTACULAR is also ex
pensive. Tschetter estimated the cost
of this set at $1200. Another $2800 was
spent for the other sets in the pro
duction, he added.
"Kosmet Klub operates on a $17,000
budget. But this figure was raised
about $4,000 for Camelot. Though the
show could be done for less, as long
as we are doing Camelot, which is
one of Broadway's best musicals, we
may as well do a bang-up job," he
said.
In designing the sets, Tschetter con
centrated on creating a "romantic,
fantasy type of atmosphere." But the
sets will provide only part of the allusion.
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way to find out what they themselves
want."
Because the Lincoln voters turned
down the minimum housing
ordinance, Ferguson said, they
eliminated a good many governmental
programs that could have financed
housing in Lincoln of the type that
is necessary in the area.
He said that the projected popula
tion studies of the area indicate that
the type of housing in the Malone
area now won't be able to contain
all the people.
As this area becomes more and
more populated it is creeping north
and east, he said. "We feel the only
way to stop the creeping deterioration
is to make an investment in the area
to build better housing."
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There is the 60-member cast. All
of the leading parts are played by
persons who have professional ex
perience. Andy Backer, who has had roles
in over 150 plays and is well-known
on the Howell Theater stage, plays
King Arthur. His Guinevere is Sandy
Phillips, a junior music major. Lan
celot, the bravest and most cele
brated of the Round Table Knights,
is played by Jeff Sayre, a senior in
music. King Arthur's treacherous
nephew, Mordred, is played by Skip
Lundby, a senior speech major.
TSCHETTER has only praise for his
cast and the chorus, which, he says,
is the "best group of people he has
ever worked with."
"We are emphasizing the human
elements in the musical and trying to
make these legendary characters be
lieveable for the three hours that
they are on the stage," he said.
With the professionally of the cast
and chorus, the sets, costuming and
lighting effects, Tschetter is confident
that this Kosmet Klub production will
be "one of the major theatrical events
that has been seen in Lincoln for. a
long time."
Camelot is a "labor of love for all
In the Legislature . .
Committee
Regents
The Legislature's Education Com
mittee Monday rejected an amend
ment offered by the University Board
of Regents and advanced to General
File a bill to redistrict the Board and
enlarge its membership.
Regent Ed Schwartzkopf of Lincoln
had appeared before the committee
at the original hearing of LB188, urg
ing the Legislature to enlarge the
Board to an "uneven number" of
seven rather than the proposed ex
pansion to eight members.
The present six-member Board of
Regents is districted according to 1920
census figures. It is the major re
maining elective body that is not
elected, according to the Supreme
Court's mandatory "one man-one
vote" ruling.
THE PROPOSAL as recommended
by the Education Committee provides
Douglas County with two districts and
reduces Lincoln's present seven
county district to a district containing
Lancaster and Saunders Counties.
The Committee also sent to General
File LB178 which would require
Nebraska schools to te'jh students
about contributions made by all ethnic
groups to the development of
American society.
Omaha Sen. Edward Danner's bill
Prof, economist to speak
Dr. Fritz Machlup, Walker professor
of economics and director of the in
ternational finance section at
Princeton University will speak at
Love Library at 4 p.m.. Wed., Mar. 5:
Dr. George Z. F. Bereday, professor
Dr. Fritz
Machlup
of comparative education at Columbia
University, will speak at 4 p.m. on
Mar. 6. A question and answer period
will follow the talks.
This program is scheduled as a part
of the Centennial Symposium on
Education and Economic Growth.
Machlup, a native of Austria,
directs the international finance sec
tion at Princeton which is concerned
with studying problems relating to
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Bereday
international monetary affairs and
policies. His department publishes
essays and papers, embodying the
research findings of its staff members
and of other authorities in the field.
Machlup has taught at more than a
dozen universities including Harvard,
Cornell Stanford and California. His
book on "The Production and
Distribution of Knowledge in the
United St&tef" has been considered
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of us." This "us" includes Ross
Iverson, the technical director, who is
supervising set construction; Paul
Surface, the musical director; Jan
Tice, the choreographer, as well as
Tschetter, the cast and the Kosmet
Klub workers.
As director, Tschetter finds that
the only difficulty with the production
is how to minimize the inevitable cuts
and bruises which result when re
hearsing duel scenes. Everything else
"is goiag beautifully."
CAMELOT IS Tschetter's favorite
musical and he has always wanted to
design the sets and direct the pro
duction. In the summer of 1964, he worked
as a stage hand with the National
Touring Company in New Hampshire.
Its repertoire included Camelot.
Besides seeing the musical 14 times
that summer, Tschetter saw the movie
six times and has listened to the rec
ord every day for six months.
Perhaps all of the exposure to that
legendary place is the reason that
Tschetter does not, want to . . .
"Let it be forgot
That once there was a spot
For one brief, shinning moment
That was known as Camelot."
rejects
facelift
had originally proposed that schools
specifically teach about Negro con
tributions, but this provision was
deleted.
Also removed from the bill with
Danner's approval was a ban on "any
classroom reading material,
literature, classics, fiction, or novels
which use any racial epithet con
sidered degrading or derogatory to
any ethnic student." -
SPECIFICALLY FORBIDDEN were
Emperor Jones, Little Black Joe, Lit
tle Black Sambo and Huckleberry
Finn. This section was deleted.
In further business, the Committee
held for consideration two bills
creating a system establishing
statewide community college
districts.
The bills. LB573 and LB979, were
presented by Scottsbluff Sen. Terry
Carpenter and Lincoln Sen. John
Knight.
A compromise proposal, supported
in general by the large audience ak
tending the hearing, would divide the
state into eight community college
districts. Each would be operated by
a local board which would govern ail
existing public junior colleges and
area vocational technical schools in
the district.
a pioneering attempt to analyze the
costs and effects of what he calls "the
output of the knowledge industries."
Bereday holds degrees from the
University of London, Oxford and
Harvard. The general editor of the
Columbia Comparative Education
Studies, he has served as joint editor
of several texts on various aspects of
education and numerous technical
articles.
HEWofficial
to visit NU
James Farmer, assistant secretary
of Health. Education, and Welfare
HEW), will speak at the University
Wednesday, March 19, according to
Carol Madson, area director for the
Nebraska Union talks and topics
committee.
Farmer is former chairman of the
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
and is the first black to be appointed
to a major position in the Nixon ad
ministration. Union program director Hal Smith
said that Farmer will arrive at noon
March 19 and will speak at 1:30 p.m.
in the Centennial Room of the
Nebraska Union.
Smith said plans are being made
to arrange a question-answer period
with Farmer for students, as well as
a press conference some time during
the afternoon.
Wednesday night Farmer will ad
dress a meeting of the University
Afro-American Collegiate Society and
guests of the group.
Farmer's visit is sponsored by the
Afro-American Collegiate Society and
the Union talks and topics committee.
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