WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1940
Tlie DAILY NERIUSKAN
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Entertainment . . .
Broadway
Collegian
Joe Whitley
Gamma goings on.
Marjorie Conrad, former glam
our gal of the University of Ne
braska, and pride of the Delta
Gammas, furnishes the best story
of the week.
It happened in Florence, Italy,
where the comely co-ed who gave
up college for a stage and movie
career was scheduled to appear for
an engagement with her ballet
troup that was touring Europe.
There was tumult and shouting,
Italian style, by the theater man
ager, who was unimpressed by the
fact that they had left their cos
tumes in Rome, and Marjorie saw
the Italian clink staring her in
the face.
"A Gamma," she allowed "never
gives up."
So with the jail yawning on one
side and the theater audience
yawning on the other they gave
the Italians such ballet as they
had never seen before in street
clothes. Piourettes were done in
oxfords, and there was not even
one tomato thrown. What's more
they liked it.
Marjorie has had enough of Eu
rope, however, and has retired to
the comparative safety of teach
ing dancing to Manhattan's junior
leaguers and the ex-collegians at
the Bulgakov Studio of Theater
Art at 135 East 40th street
Paternal note.
If any of you have been con
templating striking from your rig
urative ankles the not-quite-so fig
urative fetters that are society's
conventions, be guided, good
friends, by the example of brave
Rhoda Shafter.
Just before the Christmas holi
days, Miss Shafter, irked at the
jibes of her philosophy professor
at New York university on tne
theme that women were a hope
less lot who wore silly hats, cried
"Allah" to Emily Post, and were
stereotyped conformists because
they lacked the courage to be in
dividualists.
What our Rhoda did if you
didn t hear was to show up at the
next class meeting in a lordly fur
coat which she nonchalantly shed,
revealing a fabulously trim torso
in a bathing suit.
The professor sent her forth,
calling her venture ' infantile."
Rhoda is still attending class
She expects, however, to be
hailed up before the school fathers,
and says that she will plead pla
tonic platitudes.
Happy New Year.
About all there is left over from
1939 are the rumors as to the
identity of the gal in the white
satin evening dress, who so loved
the world, that she did an unoffi
cial Gypsy Rose Lee for the $15
customers at the Rainbow Room
who were seeing the old year ex
pire.
So very unofficial it was, that
it snocKea the orchestra into si
lence, but, so charmed was she by
her own performance, that she
eluded her embarrassed escort, and
did a repeat performance for the
kitchen staff, just to show that
ene was democratic.
We report with much pain that
she is a former college gal who
uuenuea a very zilphy eastern
NU faculty members
write for PDK journal
Several members of the univer
sity faculty have leading articles
in the December number of the
Phi Delta KaDnnn. official mihiixn.
tion.of the professional education
iraiernuy.
Dr. Knute O. Broadv of thA Hp
partment of school administration
has an article 'on "Equalizing
cAiucauonai opportunity." Mere
dith W. Darlington. fxfrpnnlnn rli
vision, and Ruth Wendell, director
or me Arizona state department
oi social security and welfare
have written on "Crippled and Iso
latcd Children."
Earl T. Piatt of the extennlnn a.
vision discusses national problems
in connection with supervised cor
respondence study. Fred 1. VVil
helms, extension division, writes on
uood Education." Dean F. E.
Henzlik of teachers college and
Harold Etter. snnrptn rv rtf tho nnp.
ond international conference on
correspondence study, have writ-
Movies ...
Balalaika
Andy Hardy
hold film spot
llona Massey, Nelson
Eddy carry leads in
story of old Russia
Most striking feature about the
local cinema front to students re
turning after the holidays is the
absence of two of the local show
houses which closed since the end
of November. Tho remaining
houses have the pick of the pic
tures, choice of film entertainment
has become very limited.
Percentages on the ten best pic
tures of the year in the Christmas
edition of the DAILY before vaca
tion were good with the first five
of the ten films chosen, appearing
on every authoritative list printed
so far. The other five were printed
Balalaika stars
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Love make llona Massey, as
the revolutionist's daughter, and
Nelson Eddy, at the Colonel of the
Cossacks, forget their political
differences In "Balalaika," which
opens at the Stuart today.
in three out of five lists submitted
by the news services, trade papers,
and critic's societies.
Latest fHm to open in the local
theatres is "Balalaika," starring
Nelson Eddy and llona Massey.
Miss Massey, billed by the studio
as a Hungarian find, appears op
posite Eddy in a romantic operetta
set in a background of old Russia.
Based on the London musical stage
success by Eric Maschwitz, the
film tells the story of a romance
between a Colonel of Cossacks,
played by Eddy, and the daughter
of a revolutionist leader, played by
Miss Massey.
The film has nine numbers sung
by Eddy and Miss Massey. One of
the most dramatic of these is a
Dance spots . . .
Lawson,Mills,
Sternberg
play this week
Doc Lawson and his orchestra
are scheduled to make their first
Lincoln appearance at the Turn
pike Casino this week end. The
Lawson orchestra will play Friday
thru Sunday.
Next Friday evening Sternie
Sternberg's orchestra will play at
King's Ballroom. For Saturday,
King's have engaged Dick Mills
whose dance band features Earl
Roberts.
Friday evening in the Union
ballroom the barbs will hold a
regular barb dance using recorded
music. Leo Beck plays Saturday
night at the Union.
ten a brief summary of the impor
tant developments in this field of
education from its early beginnings
to the present.
C. W. Scott writes
for education journal
"Nebraska Studies Teacher Ten
ure" is the title of an article by
Dr. C. W. Scott of the department
of school administration which ap
pears in the current issue of the
Nebraska Educational Journal,
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poultry husbandry, speaks every day at 12:15 p. m. over KFAB. If
fan mail is any indication, Trofes-sor Mussehl is one of the most
popular commentators. His talks are devoted to poultry raising.
reenactment of an incident in the
World war when Russian and Aus
trian soldiers faced each other
across No Man's Land on Christ
mas night and sang "Holy Night."
The picture opens at the Stuart
today.
Opening at the Liberty this
week is "Raffles," the story of a
successful amateur thief who suc
cessfully baffles Scotland Yard
until he finally falls in love and
gives up his life of crime. Star
ring David Niven and Olivia de
Havilland, the film is one of the
best comedies released this month.
The film was produced by Samuel
Goldwyn and directed by Sam
Wood. It is based cm the book,
"The Amateur Cracksman" by E.
W. Hornung.
The 7gruesome
is coming-prepare! prepare!
Soon silence will reign undis
puted over the campus, broken
only by deep sighs, and lights will
burn not in night spots but in
study rooms, as students moan to
themselves, "Why, oh why, does
this have to be." No, you don't
have to see the dean yet, but you
soon may, for exam week, far,
far worse than the Spanish inquisi
tion, approaches on winged feet.
All exams may be dividea into
two trite classes, those that one
passes, and those that one doesn't.
More generally they may all be
lumped together in those that you
have to take.
The smart guys
Of course there is that ever
growing group who selects courses
in that ever-diminishing classifica
tion of courses which do not have
finals. And, to the people who
have the ingenuity to ferret out
those courses in such things as
music appreciation, and the history
of the ceramic industry belongs
the heartfelt envy of all. (How
ever, it is best during exam week
to be quiet about such courses, as
officials frown on mob violence.)
But 9 o'clock comes on the
fatal morning as you walk the last
mile, usually accompanied by a
few hundred others, for misery
loves company.
Precautions
Once inside the door when you
are quietly settled by what thru
semester-long observation you
have found to be the most intel
ligent person in the class, and
have any available crib notes ready
to use without observation, the
prof proceeds to get even.
Two types of exam questiona
prevail: (1) Discuss the growth of
English parliament from the Celtic
invasions to the time of Oliver
Cromwell. Discuss folk migration
from Adam to Franklin Roosevelt.
Discuss Greek poetry. Need we go
on?
(2) These are the bugbear of all
those who do not have minds like
EDITORS
Mvit . . . Mortitn Marpolin
Drain Eliaabetk Clark
Radio . . . . Mary Kerrigan
Mutic Hutk Wilkin
Newest of the Hardy family se
ries will open at the Nebraska
on Friday when "Judge Hardy and
Son" is offered to the week-end
trade. Cast of the film is essen
tially the same as the cast of
former films in the series. Mickey
Rooney's real father, Joe Yule,
and three new 'girl friends,' Ann
Rutherford, Martha O'Driscoll and
Margaret Early play in the new
film. An outstanding performance
is given by Maria Ouspenskaya,
Russian actress, who played the
part of the mother in "Love Af
fair."
Still showing at the Varsity is
"Music in my Heart," starring
Tony Martin and Rita Hayworth
Companion picture is "Star at
Midnight"
inquisition7
cameras On what date did
Charles Pinckney suggest his plan
to the constitutional convention?
Who invented the safety pin?
Bugaboos
But beat of all are the questions
such as:
lit what yar did the war of 1812
begin?
Who wrote Kaat's "Critique of
Pure Reason?"
Regrettably these are few and
far between, and may be missed
in the general maze and recalled
hours after struggling out of the
snowstorm of exam papers.
So, keep your wits and bright
friends near, study hard, and go
to church.
Morton to appear before
Fairbury Rotary Club
Dr. W. H. S. Morton, chairman
of the department of secondary
education, will address the twen
tieth anniversary dinner of the
Fairbury Rotary club Jan. 12. The
university educator was the first
president of the club. Jan. 18 he
will appear on the program of the
Omaha principals and supervisors
at Omaha South high school.
Eight students of Little Rock
Junior college are earning their
college expenses operating a pea
nut butter plant.
Movie Clock
Nebraska: "The Housekeep
er's Daughter" 1 :32, 3:37, 5:42,
7:47, 9:52.
Stuart: "Balalaika" 1:00,
3:03, 5:16, 7:29, 9:42.
Varsity: "Music In My Heart"
1:00, 3:15, 5:25, 7:40, . 9:50.
"Flight at Midnight" 2:05,
4:20, 6:30, 8:45.
Liberty: "Four Wives" 1:00,
3:10, 5:10, 7:20, 9:30.
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Radio . : .
Gracie
to introduce
'mystery man7
CBS will air Saroyan
play; Texaco theatre
brings Dr. Clitterhouse
Gracie Allen has a new boy
friend! He'll be introduced to
Burns and Allen listennin when
the laugh-makers broadcast over
KFAB at 6:30 tonlftM. . . . Not
even George Burns teuowns th
stranger, and Gracie insists on
holding out on his natno till the
night of her big party, when she'll
introduce Mr. Romance ItimHelf..
Sir Cedric Hardwicke, who sent
tingles down the spinwt of thou
sands of Broadway playgoers in
his characterization of Dr. Clitter
house, brings the aame role to
Texaco Star theater over KFAB
at 8 tonight. . . ."The Amazing Dr.
CHtterhouse" is the utory of a.
physician who leans to the theory
that criminals undergo biological
changes in the pursuance of their
chosen profession. .. .To prove
this, the doctor decides to Income
a criminal and carries off his
"experiment" with amazing suc
cess ....
How to use leap year.
Arlene "Chatterbox" Harrin ia
taking 1940 and leap year seri
ously and tries to many off her
husband's sister in an hilarious
episode. .. .Elmer Blurt becomes
a singing waiter with Artie Auer
back as an auctioneer. .. .It's all
merriment and mu3ic with "AI
Pearce and His Gang" at 7 over
KFAB....
William Saroyan's Mage play.
"My Heart's in the Highlands."
which almost started a civil war
among Broadway drama critics
last April, is to be presented in
radio form by "Columbia Work
shop" tomorrow even at 9:15 over
the CBS network. . . .The play wan
given as a Group theater produc
tion at New York's Guild theater
and stirred critics into varied com
ments which practically divided
them into two camps neither of
which was quite certain of why it
liked or disliked the play. . . .
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