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DAILY NEBRASKAN Tuesday, April 22, mi QommsmL Honors convocation spotlights April 22 will not soon be forgotten. For it's a day of excitement, of action, of varied entertainment with three first class sideshows bidding for attention. In the Student Union, politicos will hold the spot light. Impromptu faction meetings will organize loyal groups and send them to the polls in the name of party ideals, vague as they may be. Even unorganized voters will fill in the ballots, checking names on the basis of popularity and leadership; and the candidates will wait nervously thru the day for the mandate of the student body. The polls will get a crowd; the organizations de mand it, democracy favors it, and the excitement of elec tion day insures it Further down R street that same day premiers "Torso del Torro," the first dual cast Kosmet Klub mu siccomedy in 15 years. With more songs than ever be fore, with a cast of the campus's best dancers and with the ultimate in comedy in such parts as Pancho, San cho and Benito the Bull, the show will have no trouble drawing a crowd. A student's sense of entertainment dictates that choice. But the sideshow that will hold its place longest in the minds of the fortunate and sizable number given rec ognition, will open in the coliseum this morning at 10, when the faculty and Chancellor of the university pay tribute to outstanding Nebraska scholars; and when Rabbi Wise, famous leader of the Free Synagogue in New York City and brilliant speaker, charges the assembled stu dents and guests with the university's responsibility in maintaining American democracy. It's not hard to arouse interest in an election. Kos met Klub will have no trouble selling its tickets. But de spite the first class entertainment, despite the recogni- Three ring circus tion of large groups, and despite the fact that classes themselves are always dismissed for the occasion, there have always been and will be today large groups head ing toward the Union or homeward at 10 a. m. So many people forget that this is a university pledg ed first of all to the advancement of learning, and that accordingly the day set aside to recognize those proficient in this field should hold enough respect to draw one to the convocation ceremony. For today's gathering is in ef fect a toast to education, to the freedom Americans alone possess to think and speak what they please, and to those who have achieved high goals in their studies. But to those who have no respect for education, and to that large group who see little importance in applaud ing scholarly recognition, the program offers one of the nations first rate convocation speakers addressing the au Qience on a topic which every student should be vitally concerned today. Democracy is being destroyed all over the world. And education is being curtailed. If we as the last strong hold of democracy are to protect that democ racy it is well we open our minds to lectures of this kind. There will be plenty of chairs In the coliseum. The university always hopes more and more students will show an interest in the Honors day program. With a headliner for a speaker today would be a fine day to start. Those who have never attended a convocation be fore but who hold in the depths of their hearts a cer tain admiration for the educational features of this uni versity, place this program with the Kosmet Klub show and the general election as "must" activities. That the seats will be filled, that the program will be a success and that April 22 will really be a never to be forgotten day. To deliver the goods BY OLSON AND ORDAL An issue which the American people soon will have to face in their program of aiding the countries resisting nazi aggression is the problem of making sure that United States supplies reach those countries. The issue will come to a head in the Senate April 30 when Senator Tobey's resolution prohibiting the use of American naval vessels in the protection of merchant men comes up for discussion. Accompanying this resolu tion are several similar ones in the House. Thought a group of 75 congressmen is forming un der the leadership of Senator Wheeler to fight convoys, there seems little chance that Senator Tobey'a resolution will receive favorabe consideration. An informal poll of the Senate foreign reations committee found only eight of the 23 members for it. A similar resolution was defeated at the time the lease-lend bill was originally up for. discussion. The rea son advanced by congressional leaders then was that the problem was primarily one for the president, and the majority still appears to hold this view. The president has not yet indicated that he favors convoying the merchantmen across the Atlantic. He has, however, made it plain that it is his duty, as commander-in-chief of the army and navy, to see to it that American ships, outside the combat zone, receive adequate protec tion. Acting on this determination it might be possible to assure safe-passage of the ships across the Atlantic with out engaging in convoy duty in the technical and all-out sense of the word. This could be done simply by extend ing the activities of the American neutrality patrol so as to shorten the distance which the British convoys would have to cover. Ey and large, the most important factor is that the American public is convinced that there is no point in producing huge quantities of costly war materials such as tanks, airplanes, bombs and machine guns only to have them sent to the bottom of the Atlantic. Show- i (Continued from Page 1.) this year's show will feature fem inine beauty, clever lines, good music and first class entertain ment. Girls again. It'll be the first time in 15 years that girls have been in a Kosmet Klub show; so even the oldest stu dents in grad college will be see ing something new. Every phase of show business was thrown open to every student for this year's production and the result is anticipation of the best show in years. Among . talent discovered are Clarence Flick and Romulo Solde rilla, authors of the play who also furnished half a dozen songs; Mary Rosborough, composer of the song sung in the bull fighting in terlude; Dorothy Jordon, who wSie a romantic song for the show; and Dale Kreps and Leon ard Peltier, contributors of a South American tune. Versatile cast. And that doesn't include a cast which, because of the play's va riety, has had to display more ver satility than any other previous cast. Besides singing and dancing, acting, both humorous and dra matic is demanded and secured, according to everyone connected with the production including Klub members, workers, directors and onlookers, who watched dress rehearsal last night. Gloom was thick around Kos met Klub offices yesterday aftei noon as costumes were missing, and a bull wanted for publicity purposes couldn't be secured. The costumes came. The bull didn't chiefly because it was sold by its owners before Leo Cook.sley. presi dent of Kosmet Klub, had time to Iick It up. However, after rehearsal every fcody was happy-satisfied, among ether things, that the combination of Ed Muier as the head and Leon ard Goldstein aa the other end, was a pretty good imitation of a bull, and besides they could dance. "Best yet" Cooksley. Cooksley, who has been in three ether Kosmet Klub shows, was ure that "Torso del Torro" is the best yet "This year's show is way ahead of any previous play. Our rehearsal Sunday was more pol ished than last year! show on opening night." Armand Hunter, director, and Irving Kuklin, musical impres eario. are enthusiastic. Both agreed that for aheer entertainment, it can't be beat Hunter attributes a lot of the credit to the girls "who made everybody work harder." Coop eration is the secret, according to lYUKun wno raa developed unusual fiance routines with two separate choruses. Singing is far superior to other shows, said klub members, and the arrangements by Russ Gibson, who came back after two years of retirement, to aid Johnny Cox and his orchestra, are tops. The plot is involved around the attempts of a rich playboy, Glenn Nelson, aided by his fiancee, Mary Adelaide Hanson, a Broadway chorine and a group of her friends, to settle the trouble between his father, president of a rubber com pany, played by John Mason and a South American plantation owner, Carl Harnsberger. Love making. By the time the play is over, Harnsberger is making love to Kay Tunison, taking the part of a na tive girl; Bob McNutt and Betty Newman, as a "happy couple" from the Bronx, put everybody in hysterics; and everybody is sing ing, dancing and giving the au dience a big time. One of the first to reserve tick ets was the mother of Adelaide Hanson. Mrs. Hanson had the leading role in the first three Kos met Klub shows; while her daugh ter takes the lead in the first show in 15 years that includes girls. Ticket sale is progressing en couragingly lor Friday and Satur day night, according to Carl Harnsberger, business manager. Seats can still be reserved from 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. and from 7 a. m. to 10 p. m. at the Temple or by telephone. Here is the complete cast for "Torso del Torro:" Carmfllta Fran,. 11-.. Kr Turns..!, r i :'1 rl'" ''"l,,,n - Mary Ac'-lcid .,ru,n Ir,a TWr. . n,rmlr,Kha.. . I'r McNutt l""''' Bet.y N,wm, " J .". B',h AWrnh Vol e- (Continued from Page 1.) publicity ban contained in Article IV of the constitution and inter preted by the judiciary committee last week. Dorms classified. The judiciary committee also de cided that the university iesidence halls for women will be listed in the same category as sorority houses, fraternities, barb, and pri vate homes in considering elec tion publicity. The phrase "No printed, mimeographed material" will thus mean: No handbills, posters, papers newspaper, or any other type of materials or advertising on which appears any writing, typing, print ing, cartoons, drawings, photo graphs, or any other type of pic torial representation of thought, which material is transmitted to any voter by any means whatever or is posted in any place except the inside of a private home, boarding house, rooming house, fraternity house, sorority house, or university residence halls for women except the official posters of the elections committee of the Student Council. Two orator candidates. Two candidates, Eugene 'Curtis, Un:on, and Bob Simmons, barb are running for the Ivy Day Ora tor, who will deliver a spech on Ivy Day, May 1. Both art seniors in law school. Counselors rJi today extend filings t li r mi o- Filings for the 1941 Coed Coun selors have been extended thruogh today, according to Harriet Tal bot, Coed Counselor president. All university women who will be up pcrclassmen at the beginning of next semester are urged to leave their names in Ellen Smith or at the home economcis building on ag campus between 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. Froni the list of names sub mitted, the Counselor board will select approximately 150 as the 1941 Coed Counselors. The only re quirement is that women have an average of 75 to accept the re sponsibility of the position for which they file. Seniors top juniors in quiz finals Receiving five dollars each, the senior team composed of Currin Shield?, Emory Burnett, and James Jed Sunday night defeated the junior team and won the Junior Senior quiz contest. Members cf the junior team which include J. B. Johnson, Grove Nelson, and John Kerl were given 52.50 each. The three seniors will be inter viewed on the Book Nook broad cast Friday, 25 at 4:15 p. m. J. B. Johnson of the junior team will be the special guest. rray receives Convo- l"n ran Matjwlor ....... Picador Hn.ri!lo I'anfho 'y' fr'ar.rho Bu!l M'Mi'jjr' Carl Harnib,.., Krinni UnKman Lynn Mvtn I"n Mary Boti Oloirk ... John Thinwn ...Max Wtjiital-er If;nard :!it m FranrM K.,r. Iv.rolhy u,ri, . rZyiZ Jan Jordan. " Mni.an ci.orun: Vlrclr.ta Thl, Bar 7" I 'frothy Jran Jlomnrrt. Miry narfn A"'r P-"h W-VmufcVr! Funds- (Continued from rage 1.) serum fund held in the cash fund be used toward paying the cost of construction of the home eco nomics building. It is recommended that $75,800 likewise held in the university's cash fund which represents ac cumulated earnings of the college of engineering's highway testing laboratory, be used for the pur chase of the Bancroft school build ing, no wa part of the Lincoln school system. This building, eaa ily adaptable to the needs of the engineering college, would serve as a unit building in that college. Representatives to the Council will be voted on Ly colleges, with the exception of seniors at large, for which all students vote. Voting will be held in the Union on the city campus and in ag hall on ag campus, Burton Thiel, elec tions committee co-chairman, an nounced yesterday. Polls will open at 8 a. m. and will close at 5:30 p. m. on ag campus and 8 p. m. on the city campus. Polls will also be closed from 10 to 12 a. m. during Honors Convo cation. Ident card rule enforced. Due to appeals made at last fall's election, the Council ruled that identification cards could not be taken up for any purpose of forcing people to vote. This rule will be strictly enforced at the election today, Thiel stated. To be voted on by all Junior and senior men, possible Innocents candidates will be posted at the polls in a list drawn up by publi cations editors. Students must present their identification cards in order to vote. Booths will be in the base ment of the Union and members of the elections committee will have charge of the balloting. (Continued from Pege 1.) group will be seated on the etage with presiding officers, deans and directors and will receive leather bound certificates. Eighteen student organizations will also be recognized for achie ve ments of high scholarship by their members. Forty-four prizes awards, medals, keys, and schol arnhips will be presented to 83 individuals. Zionist founder. The speaker. Dr Wise uaa of the founders of the Zionist movement and has been president of the Zionist Orpjini:.Hr,n ,.t America. During the first World war ne served on tne labor com mittee of the Council of National Defense, and France made him a chevalier in the Legion of Honor for his services. Invocation will be pronounced by Rev. Ross S. McCown of the First Presbyterian church in Be atrice, and the university sym phony orchestra will play several numbers orf the program. Chan cellor C. S. Boucher will preside. assistant's award Recipient of a graduate assist antship at the University of aCli fornia for 1941-42 is Ray Murray, at present a graduate in the physics department of the uni ver ity. Murray received the award for his work in the field of physics and will work on his Ph.D. degree while attending California. He received his B.Sc. degree, with distinction, from the univer sity in 1940, and will receive his M.A. in June. Murray is a mem ber of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Pi Mn Kpnilon, and the Student Council. The Daily Ncbraskan rOKTICTH rEAB. lT!plo Ulr u, gl.M r Smc. mLiS i!J" Coll,,. rr. tl.M MailH. Htetl mpf, la. XaUn a l.4oU Mrfarmaka, BWfer Art f CaT Z?L.r"tL.U1' Ptal Mi iirsi.- A,twu4 CLASSIFIED . . 10c Per Use . . . WAN1KI-Girl to work in home for room, bonrd. and carfare. Inquire at 8tiilrnt Union Ofirv LOSILK.AT vurkliiM HiUhl cock. Hri,rd. KtNl CARS Ut all hours. We can a note you Ihe lowest rates for thort or on trips. 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