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Bogen Announces Cast of Uni
Theatre's Play, 'Prologue to Glory'
Members of the cast of Prologue
to Glory, the university theatre's
forthcoming production, were an
nounced Saturday by Paul Bogan,
director, to include many veterans.
Clarence Flick will play the lead
as Abe Lincoln and Dorothy Fil
ley will portray Ann Rutledge in
this historical drama.
Others in the cast of 29 are Ro
mulo Soldevilla as the florily flu
ent town orator; Richard Putney
as the blowhard promotor who
gives Abe his start; and Bob Gel
wick, Bettie Cox, Robert Black,
and Max Whittacker. Holdovers
from the East Lynn cast are Rob
ert Hyde, Bill McBride, Martha
Ann Reed, Charles Hohenseed and
Robert Veach.
The play is really an all Ne
braska production. The author,
E. P. Conklen, is a Nebraska grad
uate. The story is about "the
great emancipator" for whom the
capitol city was named. The New
York Daily News stated in an
editorial review of the drama
'Prologue to Glory is one of the
best historical plays we have ever
seen."
The cast for the play follows:
Abe Lincoln Clarence Flick
Ann Rutledge ....Dorothy Filley
Sarah Lincoln
Martha Ann Bengston
Tom Lincoln Darrell Peters
Denny Jack Donley
Denton Offut ....Richard Putney
Squire Green ...... Robert Black
Aunt Polly Green. .Betty Newman
Granny Rutledge ..Robert Veach
David Rutledge ..Dale Burleigh
Dr. Allen Jack Hendrix
Jack Armstrong ....Robert Hyde
Henry Onstot.t .Romulo Soldevilla
Mrs. "Hankins Bettie Cox
Carrie Hankins
Mabel Jean Schmer
Judge Higgins .... Robert Gelwick
Dave Vance Donald Farley
Stranger Bill McBride
Mentor Graham Don Bowers
Emory Potter Richard Nash
Matty Sparrow Lucille Miller
Clary George Blackstone
Hoheimer Kurt Porjes
Vorhess Robert Aldrich
Sattler Warren Mathis
Mary Cameron ....Midge Beasley
Lou Cameron .... Norma Johnson
Jack Kelso Max Whittaker
Connover Frank O'Neil
Dates of the play have been set
for Dec. 10, 11 and 12.
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Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Vol. 41, No. 41
Lincoln, Nebraska
Sunday, November 16, 1941
Pi-tt 514-7 Win
By Bob Miller.
MEMORIAL STADIUM, Nov. !.". WV'r unhappy!
Delayed by a defense program of the Nebraska variety for
'three quarters'and a half. Kdgar Jones, a truly great back, fi
nally rot a chance to mail thru a "special delivery" touchdown
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Band Shows
Off Colorful
Formations
Centering around an Armistice
Day theme, the university band
and Pershing Rifles, honorary mil
itary fraternity for basic ROTC
students in the university, com
bined yesterday afternoon to pro
vide entertainment between halves
at the Husker-Pitt game.
The band marched onto the field
playing "Cincinnatus" and fol
lowed this with the formation of a
huge outline map of the United
States into the center of which
marched the color guard of the
Pershing Rifles. In this formation
the band, in a kneeling position,
sang and played "I Am An Amer
ican." Rising, the band struck up the
(See BAND'S SHOW, page 2)
remaining, and he led his Pitts
burgh mates to a 14 to 7 victory
over Nebraska's Huskers here
yesterday.
A crowd of 35,000, confident of
a Husker victory at the half, sat
stunned at the game's end, almost
refusing to believe that they had
seen correctly.
That Jones Boy!
What they saw was well dis
guised in a Purple and Gold uni
form with the number 15 on the
back. The name was Edgar Jones.
For nearly the entire game the
Huskers had been outiushing and
outdoing every Panther on the
field.
Tr e Huskers scored in the sec
ond period on a 72 yard march
down the field. Sindt and Bradley
combined to take the ball down to
the three yard line where, on sec
ond down, Bradley hit off his own
left side for the score. Schleich
converted.
Again in the third quarter, the
Huskers fought down to the Pan
ther three yard line where the lat-
(See HUSKERS, page 3)
Arndt Presides as Master
Of Ceremonies at Kosniet
Klub Fall Revue Thursday
Laughs, good music, and an en
tertaining show is the way Kos
met Klub members are describing
their Fall Revue which will fea
ture Prof. Karl Arndt, witty pro
fessor of economics, as the master
of ceremonies, skits by ten houses
and music by Johnny Cox's band.
The revue will be presented
Thursday night at 7 p. m. at the
Nebraska theatre.
"Tickets for the show should be
purchased NOW," .said business
manager Bert Smith, "for, we are
very apt to have a sell-out, and
then no more tickets will be avail
able." Tickets may be purchased
from any of the fifteen Kosmet
Klub workers or their assistants,
at the Kosmet Klub office in the
Union, or at the boxoffice Thurs
day night.
The ten acts for the show go
into rehearsal at the Temple Uni
versity theatre tomorrow night at
7 p. m. Delta Gamma and Alpha
Omicron Pi will be the first to re
hearse their acts.
Judging of the show will be
scientific and will be done by a
machine, the , Applause-O-Graph,
which indicates on a circular dial
the volume of claps or razzberries
that go to each act. Making up In
accuracy what it lacks in physical
form, the instrument will record
applause in a newly invented
sound unit which records twenty
mmm
Lincoln Journal
claps as one and thus simplifies
mathematical compilation.
The Applause-O-Graph is built
(See KOSMET KLUB, page 3)
CEiaunceltoir to Enievtmn
enlm Council aft iiioier
Group Plans
Closer Unity
Of Students
Ag Boarding
Club Wins Coll
Ag Cup Again
For the third consecutive year
Ag College Boarding club won the
Coil-Agri-Fun night revue. Their
winning skit this year was "Bun
dles for Britain," a comedy con
cerning an imaginary meeting of
the axis dictators.
"Darkest Africa," 4-H club skit,
and "Susie and the Seven Suck
ers," Farm House skit, tied for
second and third. The 4-H skit was
put on by women and took place
in Africa featuring women cani
bals eating a white captive. The
Farm House skit told the story of
Susie ana her daughter and their
experiences in the university.
Florence Hamer, manager of the
student committee of the Coll-Agri-Fun
board presented the sil
ver loving cup to the winning skit
master. The cup must be won
three vears in succession for pos
session and it now belongs to the
Ag College Boarding club, judges
for the skits were H. C. "Doc"
Hull, Joe Iverson and Miss Rutha
lee Halloway.
UN Grads Attend Dental Homecoming
Elect F. W. Albrecht President
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Lincoln Journal
UN Red Cross
Sets $1,000
As Final Goal
With the end of the drive only
five days away, the Student Coun
cil Red Cross committee an
nounced Saturday that $1,000 was
its goal in the campus campaign
for membership.
Mary Rosborough said Saturday
(See RED CROSS, page 2)
Chancellor Boucher will enter
tain members of the Senior Coun
cil at a dinner at the Union Wed
nesday night to launch its pro
gram for this year and to assure
the group of his personal interest
and support.
Senior presidents of all organ
ized groups, Mortar Boards, In
nocents, and 12 members to be
elected by the barbs later in the
week will be invited.
The Council, which was organ
ized last year, comprises over
100 senior class leaders and was
created to organize the senior
class in a spirit of loyalty to the
university, to promote the greater
unity of the student body, and to
contribute to the general welfare
of the university.
Following the dinner Wednes
day, Chancellor Boucher, Alumni
Secretary Ellsworth DuTeau, and
Student Union Director Bill Marsh
will give brief speeches.
This is the second year that the
Senior Council has been in exist
ence. Because of its success last
year in unifying the senior class
it was decided to continue the or
ganization this year.
The annual dental homecoming,
held last Friday and yesterday,
drew almost 150 graduates from
ten states. A series of dental clin
ics was featured in the program
and a banquet was held Friday
evening at the Union to which the
wives were, invited..
Friday morning five clinics were
presented by faculty members. Dr.
Ormond F. Cross presented "Man
dibular Impression Technic;" Dr.
Donald A. Keys, "Operative Tech
nic;" Dr. Paul G. Ludwick, "Or
thodontics;" Dr. Ferdinand Frless,
"Removal of Impacted Third Mo
lar;" and Dr. G. W. Ferguson,
"Amalgam Restorations."
Friday afternoon "Clinical Prac
tice" was demonstrated by the
dental staff and students in the
Infirmary.
More Talks on Saturday
Saturday morning's clinics in-
eluded "Practical Demonstration,"
Dr. Knapp; "Balancing Articula
tion," Dr. T. A. Trumble; "Inlay
Technic," Dr. Keys; "Radiogra
phy," Dr.' William I. Rotton; "An
Invisible Class III Gold Foil Res
toration," Dr. L. E. Myers; "Pedo
dontics," Dr. Ralph L. Ireland,
and Drs. Griess and Ferguson re
peated their Friday morning
clinics.
Dr. L. O. Arnot, president of the
Young Advocates
Hear Sterling
Mulz Tuesday
Speaking at the meeting of the
Young Advocates Tuesday in SS
201 at 7:30 p. m. will be Sterling
F. Mutz, official hearer for the De
partment of Justice in this dis
trict n regard to enforcement of
the draft law.
Mutz, who was formerly the
president of the Lancaster Bar as
sociation, will discuss the general
problem of the conscientious objec
tor as it concerns enforcement of
the selective service act. All pre
law students are urged to attend.
alumni association, presided over
Friday evening's banquet. Dr.
Clyde Davis, Lincoln, founder of
the dental college, was present at
the banquet, as were Dr. G. A.
Brubb, the second dean of the
school, and Dr. B. L. Hooper, pres
ent dean.
Albrecht Alum Prexy
The Alumni association elected
Dr. F. W. Albrecht president, Dr.
B. H. Weeth, vice president; and
re-elected Dr. R. L. Ireland, secretary-treasurer
of the association
for the coming year. Plans to raise
sufficient funds for expanding the
dental library were maae the main
project of the association for the
following year.
At least one graduate from each
class beginning with the class of
1909 attended the homecoming
Two brothers, Dr. Henry O. Weeth
of Seattle, Wash., and Dr. Byron
H. Weeth, New York City, trav
eled the longest distance to attend
the meetings. Both flew, Dr. B. H.
Weeth and his wife flying In their
own plane.
At Flickers Show ...
Union Presents Two Mystery
Thrillers Tonight in Ballroom
If you're afraid of the dark,
please stay away from the Union
Crete Artists
Exhibit Work
In UN Galleries
Morrill hall houses a state ex
hibit of paintings in connection
with national art week, Nov. 16 to
23. Mrs. Zadie C. Booth, Doane
art instructor, has a water color
painting, an oil painting, a wood
block and two carved pieces.
Others exhibiting are B. L.
Booth, Dr. F. K. Richter, former
Doane instructor, and Mrs. Bryan
S. Stoffer
No Place for 'Frahly-cals
flickers show tonight. Because
from 8 p. m. until about 10, the
camera in the ballroom will be re
vealing two of the early century's
best mystery thrillers, "Tatters"
and "The Cat and the Canary."
"Tatters, a Tale of the Slums,"
tells the story of the kidnaping of
a little rich boy and it doesn't
spare the terror.
Recently remade by Paulette
Goddard and Bob Hope, "The Cat
and the Canary," shown tonight
will be the original silent version.
Directed by Leni, a German fa
mous for his camera technique,
the picture is full of eerie lighting
and weird camera effects.
To ease the tension of the eve
ning, Beatrice Kay, songstress for
"The Gay Nineties Review" radio
(See FLICKERS, page 2)
