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rfkt, lM.YlEMASKM 2406 Vol. 41, No. 72 Tlfeafre if 'Ladies dod l$etireoroein.1t Show Uses Six Women To One Man Selected Thursday night as the cast for the University Theatre's show "Ladies in Retirement" starting Feb. 18 were: - Phyllis Welch, Marie Anderson, Joyce Burke, Josephine Weaver, Maribel Hilchcock, Martha Ann Bengtson, Max Whittaker, and Romulo Solde villa. The only male part in the pro duction, Albert Feathers, will be played on alternate nights by Whittaker and Soldevilla. These two will alternate also as student directors of the play. Both Solde villa and Whittaker have appeared in most of the Theatre's shows for the last two years and Solde villa, was the co-author of Kos mct Klub's 1941 spring show. Of the "Ladies in Retirement," Phyllis Welch plays the role of Leonora Fiske. A senior in the speech department, Miss Welch was the student director of "East Lynn." Marie Anderson will ap pear as Ellen Creed. Miss Ander son was student director of Dick en's "Christmas Carol" presented by the Theatre for the Union Christmas party. Other Sisters. Playing the other Creed sisters are Joyce Burke and Josephine Weaver. Miss Burke portrays Louisa; Miss Weaver, Emily. The part of Lucy, the maid, will be played by Maribel Hitchcock. She had the lead female role in "East Llynn." Appearing as Sister Theresa will be Martha Ann Bengston. Miss Bengston has pre viously played in the Player's sum mer production of "Pennywise." Substiuted for "Androcles and (See THEATRE, page 2) Soph Cabinet Plans Dance After Exams Plans for an afternoon dance to be held sometime after exams were submitted at the first formal meeting of sophomore cabinet Friday night. Cene Reece, presi dent of the cabinet, stated that all sophomores will be asked to serve on committees for the program outlined for the coming semester so that class spirit will be sol id i fled. The dance will be held in the Union ballroom and will feature a "surprise angle" to be revealed the week preceding the party. Of ficers elected at the meeting were George Abbott, publicity chair man; Roland Findley. dance chairman, and June Jamieson, secretray. UN Finals Now Are Near; Time to Go and Get a Bier . . . Death Where Is Thy Sting? With finals rearing their ugly heads and students beginning to use their heads for something more material than an end fo the neck, time marches on... lis ten. . .and to its measured beat the Associated Pants Press of Amer ica brings you this week by week review of the average students ap titudes and attitudes beginning us usual at the beginning. 1st week: Present opportunitiu are not to be neglected. This year I shall make the most of them. 2nd week: Just a few more dates with that cute freshman won't hurt my studies. 3rd week: I can learn more of living from night life than I can Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students Lincoln, Nebraska Amiinioiuiiraces Cast! YW Groups Elect Officers On Monday Officers for the YWCA will be elected tomorrow in Ellen Smith on city campus and in the home ec parlors on ag campus. Members must present their blue membership cards and their iden tification cards to be eligible to vote. Candidates on city campus are: president, Helen Kelley; vice presi dent, Jean Christie and Jean Cof fee; secretary, Janet Curley and Janice Cook; and treasurer, Syl via Katzman. Ag candidates are: president, Leah Jane Howell and Dorothy Schudel; secretary, Phyllis Lyness and Berdena Rosenow. Members of the city YW may vote only for city campus candi dates and members on ag campus may vote for both city and ag candidates. Staff leaders and other cabinet members will be chosen by the elected presidents sometime before the beginning of the second semes ter. Old and Hew YWCA cabinet members will meet together for supper Sunday, Feb. 1 in Ellen Smith at 6 p. m. All members of both cabinets are invited and the evening will be spent informally. Hertzler Announces Schedule For America at War Course Complete schedule of lectures for the university's new series, "America and World War II" has been announced by Prof. J. O. Hertzler, chairman of the commit tee in charge of the new course. Lectures will be held Monday aft ernoons at 5 with one hour credit to those who attend all the lec tures. The course is open to the public as well as the student body. The time for the course on Mondays was chosen since the university committee felt that this would be Receipts of Ag Mixer Will Go To Red Cross Door receipts of the ag mixer Jan. 24 will be turned over to the defense committee when ag college students turn out for, the event sponsored by the Ag Social Committee. The money will be placed in the Red Cross War Re lief Fund. "All expenses for the party will be paid by the social committee," Betty Ann Tisthammer, chairman, said. All students are urged to attend. from dull books. After all that's what colleges are for. Fourth week: These two week tests don't mean much anyway. 5th week: This week I'll rest. It's a long time until mid-semesters and besides I have to get ready for the six weeks tests. Well, Well! 6th week: Starting right now I am going to study a ten hour day regardless of the CIO and Mr. Lewis. 7th week : A little love life will do me good. It's so relaxing. . 8th week: I've got such a good start with her now there'B no (See FINALS, page 2) Sunday, January 18, 1942 9 Coeds Allowed Late Night For Paralysis Drive Ball . . . Thursday, Jan. 29 Special midnight permission ar rangements for women attending the president's birthday ball, on Thursday, Jan. 29, were announced Saturday by dean of women, Mrs. Verna Boyles. Women attending the dance, who are up in their studies, and are prepared for their exams the Dean Holds Summer Job Registration Dean T. J. Thompson, chairman of the committee on occupational placement, asks all students in terested in summer employment to register for positions in the office of the Dean of Student Affairs. To date, Dean Thompson has had letters from a packing firm and a summer camp wishing to employ students of the university. All students subject to military call during the summer are not eligible for these positions. the best time for students, busi ness and professional people. The complete schedule is: Ken. 9: "War Comes to America." Prof. I.. W. Lancaster, chairman, political sci ence department. Keb. 16: "The Clash of Occident and Orient in the Pacific." Prof. C. D. Harm, geography department. Feb. 23: "The Washington Conference and Naval Power in the Pacific," Prof. J. L. Sellera, history department. March 2: "The Treaty of Versailles and World War II," Piof. H. C. Vedeler, his tory department. March : "Nazi Germany and the War," Professor Vedeler. M.-h 16: "The British Empire and the War, ' Prof. G. W. Gray, history depart ment. March 23: "Dictatorship and Totalita rianism in Kurope,'' Prof. David Pellman, political sdence department. March 30: "Russia: Its Human. Eco nomic, and Military Resources," Denn J D. Clark, college of business administra tion. April 6: "Latin America and Hemisphere Defense." Prot. N. A. Benatson, chairman, geography - department. April 13: "American Objectives," J. E. Lawrenre. editor, the Lincoln t:ir. April 20: "American War Economics," economics department. April 27: "Marshalling Science for War," Prot. W. L. DeBaufre, chairman, engineer ing mechanics department, (engineering science); prof. H. U. Denting, chemistry department, (physical science i. May 4: "Nebraska Molillir.es." Gov Dwight P. Griswold has been Invited to lecture on this subject. May 11: "Preparedness for the Peact," C. Petrus Peterson, Lincoln attorney. UN Stages Opera in Fu 11 Color With Costumes for First Time The Ktaging of "Cavalleria Rus ticana" on Feb. 4 and 5 will mark an innovation In cpera production at Nebraska U when the perform ance is given in the full color of costumes and stage settings and the artistic development of music and drama. In producing this opera, the bright costumes of peasant dress, regular stage settings, a chorus, an outstanding cast and the sym phony orchestra in the pit will be used to create atmosphere. This is the first time an opera has ever been presented in such a manner on the campus with the participa tion of college students. Written in one act, the scene of the opera is laid in a Sicilian town in Italy at Easter time. The plot concerns the love affairs of four characters, Turridu, Santuz za, Alfio and Lola against the religious but joyful backgorund of simple peasant life. As church bells summon them to church, men and women celebrate the po Muskers SI -32 By Bob Miller Basket-mad Kansas U. did a modern Caesar act Saturday night as they came, they saw and they conquered. And how Going into the last minute and a half of play, the adept invaders sported an 11 point lead but at that point in the proceedings, they decided that they had enough of playing around and immediately dropped thru four high speed buckets to win, 51-32. The game itself was a thriller from start to finish and not one of the estimated crowd of 5,000 left the coliseum with any other idea. There were 29 personal fouls during the 40 minutes of playing time. next day, may get the special mid-week permission, according to the announcement. Jack Stewart, president of the senior class, and Marv Kerrigan, Nebraskan editor, are in charge of campus activities in the drive to stamp out infantile paraysls, Bruce Shurtleff, state chairman of the drive revealed earlier last week. Tickets, selling for $1.10, go on sale this week. Corn Cobs will handle campus sales. Six Bands Play Six orchestras are donating their services for the entire evening's dancing to help mak the party, to be held in the university coli seum, one of the biggest social events of the season for Lincoln and the surrounding territory. The orchestras playing for the party are: Johnny Cox, Dave Haun, Henry Mattison, Mel Pes ter, Gay Fiester, Eddie Sheffert. To do their part several of the orchestras cancelled former en gagements to give the ball prefer ence. Bulk of the funds raised in the drive goes toward the work of the group to stamp out infantile paral ysis. This year a greater propor tion of the funds will go toward the work than ever before, for all expense incurring items in con nection with the party with the exception of less than 5 percent are being donated by the organi zations, which normally rent those facilities to party promoters. Money Divided Half the money collected is turned over to local agencies to help in their drive against the dis (See LATE NIGHT, page 2) Sinfonia Cives Last Harmony Hour Monday Sinfonia will present its last Harmony Hour of the semester at 4 p. m. tomorrow in the music room. The program is intended as an hour of pleasant listening and everyone is invited. On the program are Moussorg sky's "A Night on Bald Moun tain;" Tschaikovsky's famous "Nutcracker Suite;" and "The White Knight" by Deems Taylor, an American composer. etry of the universe in unre strained merriment. She Married Another. Briefly, the story of "Cavalleria Rustlcana" is this: Turiddu has been a soldier and has returned to his home town to work in his mother's wine shop. Before leav ing for the army, he had courted Lola, but upon his return, he found her married to Alfio. In his grief he turned to Santuzza. who fell desperately in love with him. How ever the old ties between Lola and Alum Graduates From Randolph Richard L. McClymont, former Btudent of the University of Ne braska, graduated from Randolph Field, Jan. 9. One hundred thirty three universities and colleges were represented by the graduat ing cluss. KU from Opening Tip It started out as all Nebraska- Kansas games always start out, with the Jayhawks surging into an early lead. Toward the end of the first haif the Huskers started SID HELD BOB HEINZELMAN Lincoln Journal. finding the hoop to leave the floor with an 8 point deficit. 25-17. The first part of the second canto was slow from the scoring standpoint until five minutes had elapsed. At that point it was 30-21 in the Kansans' favor. Huskers Spurn Nets The Huskers, showing through out a definite indifference to the basket, managed to climb within 8 points of the leaders due in main to Sid Held's efforts. The minutes ticked by and the wily Jays were rolling up points while Nebraska was hopelessly watching. Fifteen and a half minutes were gone and the Mt. Orend exponents of the cage sport could brag about a 38-28 lead. Ralph Miller, high scoring oppo sition forward, dropped through a gratis shot and then Bob Heinzel man, sophomore guard, broke through to pot one from close in. Charley Black, an educated offen sive wizard, contributed a flashy (Continued on page 3) Patriotism Is Concert Theme Today Appearing in concert this after noon, the university 60-piece sym phony orchestra will present a program selected for its patriotic portent at 3 p. m. in the Union ballroom. Thi program includes Overture to "Libuse," a brilliant martial selection by Smetana; Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, recently chris tened the "V for Victory" nym phony; Rhumba, by McDonald; Pop! Goes the Weasel, by Cailliet; and Jubile Overture by von Weber. The latter has been selected to close the program since its finale includes a stirring patriotic trib ute. Turiddu are not broken, for they secretly meet each other. When Santuzza learns of this disloyalty and tells Alfio, the hus band of Lola, Alfio vows revenge. A duel between Alfio and Turiddu ends the opera. To see who wins, you must see the production. Mascagni, the author, won the Sozonto contest for the best opera in one act with "Cavalleria Rustl cana," and was brought from ob scurity to fame over night because of it. Intermezzo the classical, not the popular version is prob ably the best known part of the opera. Much of the music is used in churches throughout the United States on Easter Sunday. WestbroW Directs Opera. Dr. Westbrook, head of the school of music, is in charge or the production, assisted by Paul Bogan and Delford Brummer of the speech department, Kathertne Schwake from the art department (See OPERA, page 2) W X r i I i--im. I: -tit i " ' y " I $ 1 vf K A !