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Opinion by Lacy Lien
Don't miss "Little " Mary
Sunshine" at Howell Theater.
This production is probably one
of the finest entertainment
events in Lincoln.
It is definitely David Bell's
best job of directing, perhaps a
light comedy is more suited to
his talents. In the past I have
not been pleased with Bell's
directing, especially for last
season's play, "Dark of the
Moon". But don't let past
performances influence you in
this case, because he has done
an excellent job of directing
"Mary Sunshine."
This play, a satire on old
musicals, is very, very funny.
Jean Thomsen as Little Mary
does a great job of playing the
inane, but sweet heroine of the
old times. David Landis as
Captain "Big Jim" Warington,
the hero, has just the right
touch of strong masculinity
needed to mock the old, brave,
good-hearted heroes.
George Hansen as Chief
Brown Bear also does a fine job
of playing the stoic Indian. And
Cindy Wallis, playing Nancy
Twinkle, as usual, captures the
audience with her dominating
and talented performance.
Bell has added just the right
touches to this play to bring it
off as a very funny, very
enjoyable satire. The cast is
suitably melodramatic about
their actions to mock the
musical, but professional
enough to raise it above
melodrama and into good
comedy.
This play moves faster than
most I've been to, and it's over
far too soon. I know many who
have already seen it plan to go
again, so be sure you see it at
least once.
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The young ladies of the "Eastchester Finishing School" pose in a scene from "Mary Sunshine." They are-starting in the
top row: Jean Thomsen (left), Cindy Wallis; 2nd row: Kris Abart (from left), Jann Simpson, Dee Amerio; 3rd row:
(from left) Holly DeBuse, Missy Critchfield and Judy Zimmermann. ,
Fellowship awarded to student
planning to teach dentistry
Roger E. Jurgens, D.D.S.
and a graduate student in
orthodontics in the College of
Dentistry at the' University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, is one of 14
dentists from throughout the
country awarded teacher train
ing fellowships for the 1974-75
academic vear by the American
Fund for Dental Health.
For Jurgens, the fellowship
is a renewal of a similar
fellowship awarded last year.
The fellowship includes a
stipend of $6,000, a $500
allowance for each dependent,
and full tuition costs. The
fellowship is for one-year of
study at the graduate level and
may be renewed for a second
year if the recipient is engaged
in a two-year course.
All recipients must certify
that they intend to teach a
minimum of 2 12 days per
week for five consecutive years
at an institution conducting a
program of undergraduate pro
fessional education in dentistry
accredited by the American
Dental Association.
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Daily of !:!5, 3:05, 5HJ0,
7.-03 onJ 9.0 P.M.
Political shows programmed for 4 th Wmj'-!
An old-fashioned Fourth of
July celebration is in store for
Nebraska ETV viewers.
The sailing ship "Eagle"
rings with the sound of John
Philip Sousa marches when it
becomes the site of a U.S.
Coast Guard band concert at 3
p.m. Now in America, the
three-masted ship which was
launched in Germany under
Adolf Hitler is used as a
training vessel for cadets at the
U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Founded by Sousa in 1925,
the famous military band will
play such niarches as "Wash
ington Post," "El Capitan" and
"The Stars and Stripes For
ever" on the NETV program
entitled "Eagle."
At 7 p.m., a children's
interpretation of the American
Revolution is related on "A
Birthday Story." Narrated in
story book form, the program
uses animated drawings by
children as well 83 a children's
chorus to tell of the British
occupation, the taxes levied
against the Americans and the
rebellions. Other historical
events included in the program
are the First Continental
Congress, the origin of the flag
and the signing of the Declar
ation of Independence.
In January of 1907, while
flying a combat mission over
North Vietnam, Naval Com
mander Richard A. Striton
was .forced to eject from his
aircraft. He was captured by
the North Vietnamese and held
prisoner for six-and-a-half
years. "2,251 Days," the story
of Stratton's years in a Hanoi
prison camp and his home
coming will be broadcast at 7:30
p,m. on the Nebraska E)TV
Network.
Fifty-seven Nebraskans who,
have won America's highest
military award, the Congres
sional Medal of Honor, were
recently inducted into the
Nebraska Hall of Fame during a
special ceremony;' Broadcast
live when it took place in May,
the event will be broadcast
again on the Nebraska ETV
Network, July 4 at 10 p.m. on a
program entitled "The Bravest
of the Brave."
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