Man's place in universe
Play explores Sartre s pnilos
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Sue Cruett stars as Electra m "The Flies'
staged at Sheldon Art Gallery at 8:30 p.m. March
18, 19 and 21. Reservations can be made at 318
Burnett, 472-2430.
Curtis strikes blow
for equality, justice
by JAN PARKS
Nebratkan Staff Writer
U.S. Senator Carl Curtis
(Rep.-Neb.) said over the
weekend that he voted against
lowering the voting ae to 18
because "the Senate should not
take such action without sub
m i 1 1 i n g a constitutional
amendment to the s t a t e s for
ratification."
The Senate voted Thursday
(64-17) in favor of lowering the
voting age in action taken on
an amendment by Democratic
leader Mike Mansfield of Mon
tana. The amendment was
made to a bill to extend the
1965 Voting Rights Act for five
years.
Curtis said he favored the
principle of lowering the voting
age, but "I objected to the
manner in which it was proposed."
"The original Constitution
provided for the qualifications
for .electors," Curtis said,
noting that suffrage was ex
tended ti Negroes Dy the 15th
amendment and to women by
the 19th amendment.
"I believe that this is the way
voting ages should be chang
ed," he said.
Curtis was uncertain whether
the amendment to lower the
voting age to 18 would be
passed by the House of
Representatives, but he said,
"I understand Emanuel Cellar,
chairman of the Judiciary
Committee has said that it is
unconstitutional and won't pass
or if it does pass, the courts
won't hold it up," Curtis said.
U.S. Sen. Roman Hruska
(Rep.-Neb.) also voted against
the 18-year-old vote amend
ment on Thursday. He could
not be reached for comment.
Regent candidate
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"The Regents are wasting
money on things that are not
needed," she said. "They keep
tripping over themselves. One
thing is done poorly and then
has to be done again very
soon."
She said the Regents need
more adequate planning in
University programs as well as
a comprehensive plan of
priorities. "Now the Regents
have a long-range plan that
seems to change every two
yeprs," she said.
She emphasized that the
changes she proposes would not
cost the taxpayers more
money. They only involve bet
ter allocation of money the
University already has.
"A student on the Board
would know what the students
are thinking and if they have
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legitimate problems," Miss
Lauridsen said. "I also think
there should be a woman on the
Board to represent women
students and the women of the
state."
If elected the 23-year-old law
student said she would work to
conduct all Board meetings in
public as is called for by state
law.
She added that if students are
really interested in getting a
student Regent, her candidacy
is their chance to show they are
serious.
Miss Lauridsen called for
student support and said she
would need a good deal of help
to win the primary election.
She said there would be a
meeting of students interested
in helping Thursday evening.
The time and place are to be
announced early this week.
Exactly what is Man's proper
place in the Universe? Is he a
nondescript insect crawling
under a wet piece of
cardboard? Is he a
Zarathustra, raising his arms
to the Sun and ascending the
firmament?
Exactly what is the place of
the University in relation to the
Universe? Should it spew out
graduates well-versed in the
Eighteenth-Century picaresque
tradition or students cram
med with the knowledge of a
microscopic world, yet out of
touch with life?
Have the creators become
the servants to a system too
large and inflexible for their
feeble minds to grasp?
On March 18, 19, and 21, a
play will be presented in the
form of an answer or, perhaps,
an alternative. The Flies, by
Jean-Paul Sartre, is to be pro
duced in the main hall of
Sheldon Art Gallery on these
dates, under the direction of M.
Jean-Paul Racodon, a visiting
instructor from France.
The Flies was written shortly
before the German occupation
of France and the establishment
of the Vichy Government.
Sartre and his colleagues would
present the play above ground,
with the knowledge and
permission of the Nazi-controlled
government. Little did
the Germans realize that they
were allowing a play that was
very detrimental to their
beliefs and that cemented the
hatred that the French Un
derground felt for Uie Nazis.
"The Flies will be in both
French and English transla
tion, attempting to seek a
compromise between the power
of the original language and
communication. The parts that
More filings
in primary
Last minute filings for the
1970 Nebraska primary elec
tions Included several
surprises.
At one minute before the
deadline, former three-term
Gov. Frank B. Morrison, 64,
joined the -race for the
Democratic nomination to the
U.S. Senate.
Morrison will oppose can
didates Wallace C. Peterson,
University of Nebraska Pro
fessor of Economics, and David
J. Thomas in the Democratic
race.
Stanley A. Matzke Jr.,
Assistant Director of Resident
Instruction on the University of
Nebraska staff, filed for the
Democratic nomination for
secretary of state, apparently
unopposed.
Matzke had been discussed
as a possible candidate for
Congress from the first district
The last person filing in the
38th district for the Unicameral
was Cloyd E. Clark Jr.,
University of Nebraska law
student.
Also among the last minute
filers was Ernest Chambers,
well-known black activist who
announced himself in the race
for the eleventh legislative
district seat.
Chambers is the third man to
file for the remainder of the
term of the late Sen. Edward
R. Danner.
are in French will be sup
plemented with music, dance,
and technical innovations that
will make the speaking more
communicable. It is assured
that the non-French speaking
audience will understand the
action and meaning of the
play.
Sartre choose a mythological
situation known to almost
everyone as a vehicle for his
action. The myth was a subject
for three plays by the Greek
tragedian Aeshylus, often call
ed the Orestian Trilogy.
Agamemnon returns from the
Trojan War and is killed by his
wife, the Queen Clytemnestra
and her lover, Aegisthus. The
city of Argos is punished by the
Gods, until Orestes and Elec
tra, the children of Agamem
non return to avenge his
murder. The Furies then leave
Argos to chase Orestes until his
death.
Sartre's version of the myth
stays very close to the original,
but is set with a more modem
flavor and adapted to the Ex
istentialist philosophy.
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