DAILY NEBRASKAN
3
First U. S. Solo Show of Cecil
Bell Art Opens At Morrill
Announces Wedding . . .
" t.' ;:T:;
4
I
. . . Four Week Run
Friday. February 5, 1943
First solo showing of art work
by Cecil Bell, nationally-known
New York City artist, la being
featured In the University Art
Galleries in Morrill, for a period
of four weeks beginning last Sun
day to lead up to the big 53rd An
nual Exhibition of the Nebraska
Art Association in March.
Cecil Bell was born in Seattle,
Washington and studied art for a
time at the Art Institute of Chi
cago, and for a longer period at
the Art Students' League of New
York. Bell's work follows the ap-
E roach used in the literary world
y O. Henry, whose many short
stories of the life of "The Four
Million" in New York showed what
a tremendously interesting field
of picturesque matenal there was
in the life of the common people
of the streets, the shops and the
waterfront of New York.
The title of the show is "Life in
New York" and includes 51 paint
ings and sketches of typical New
York City scenes drawn by the
artist from 1934 to 1942.
New York City Life.
The artist's drawings in the
Morrill Hall exhibition show the
vividly human scenes of teeming
New York City life. The work is
arranged chronologically starting
with the year 1934. The proces
sion of events starts appropriately
with a parade of workers down
Broadway to Union Square. Evi
dences of social changes in the big
city through the years of the
Roosevelt administrations and
other records of passing phases of
New York life are shown.
The coming of the wartime prep
arations is seen gradually in
Alcove
(Continued from Page 1.)
John L. Champe and include such
interesting titles as, "Digging in
Yucatan- by Ann Morris, "Black
Elk Speaks" by John Neihardt and
the "Navajo Creation Nuth" by
Haslteen Klah.
The "Nebraska" books include
books written about Nebraska and
by Ncbraskans in both fiction and
non-fiction. Such titles as "Song
of Year" by Boss Streeter Aldrich,
"Kagawa" by William Axling,
"Lucy Gayheart" by Willa Cather,
and "The Arkansas" by Clyde
Davis.
"Should American youth sup
port the re-establishment after the
war of competitive enterprise as
our dominant economic system?"
is the question of the annual na
tional intercollegiate radio debate.
uotac use
MI ILK
,
' mmwm mm i wm ..ww .v.., . , . ,
sketches done during the years
1941 and 1942. Although Mr. Bell
does not include details which
would give military information,
he has done rough sketches and
impressions of shipping and har
bor scenes. The climax of these
is the Btunning watercolor of the
"Burning of the Normandie." As
Bell states in his descriptive notes,
"This was a dramatic sight. The
smoke enveloped the city and peo
ple seemed to realize for the first
time that we are in the war!' "
Reveals 'Big City.'
There are also unique subjects
that no one but Bell would have
discovered as picture material in
New York. Among these are a
blacksmith shop on West' 30th
street (one of the three or four
left in New York), auction scenes
including a rug auction and a
horse auction, the celebrations of
various national groups including
the Chinese and the Italians. The
political scene has not been over
looked either. For instance, among
the most striking paintings are
the Election Night Bonfires, one
in oil showing the celebration of a
Roosevelt election, and another
done in water color commemorat-
Class Cuts Cost
Money, Muscles
At Creighton I.
OMAHA, Neb. (ACP). Some
thing new has been added to
Creighton university's accelerated
war time study program.
It's a disciplinary measure which
punishes each unexcused absence
from an academic or military
class with two hours of physical
exercise or campus work. In the
case of undergraduate coeds, each
unexcused absence brings a $1
fine, which may be worked out in
library or office work.
Plan Is Unique.
Explaining the new measure, be'
lieved to be unique among Amer
ican universities, the Very Rev.
Joseph P. Zuercher, president,
commented:
"In these war years there is no
room in college for loafers. The
armed forces have been cooper
ative in the matter of permitting
senous-mmded young men to re
main in college, with the single
view in mind of preparing them
selves adequately for future serv
ice as officers. We intend, on our
part, to see that the students
make such preparations as ade
quately and as speedily as pos
sible."
Get them the natural way In
the foods you eat Be turt
to include milk in the diet
every day, either by drink
ing it or combining it with
other foods.
Milk contains Vitamins
B1 (Thiamin), G (Riboflarin
BJ) in liberal amounts and
tome C, and D.
' I A will kalanciJ I
J BT Till I
fij x iL. I
1 r-n
1
ing LaGuardia's election for mayor
or New York City.
Bell's work has achieved a con
siderable amount of recognition.
His work has been invited to be
shown annually for several years
at the Whitney Museum of Amer
ican Art, and he is represented in
the Whitney's permanent collec
tion. One of his most recent
watercolors, titled "Rainy Day," is
in the Artists For Victory Show
at present in the Metropolitan
Museum.
Bell has written full descriptive
material especially for this show
on pictures in this exhibition,
which will help to answer some of
the many questions which gallery
visitors usually ask. Morrill Hall
galleries are open to the public
free of charge, from 8:30 a. m.
to 6:00 p. m. on week days (until
9 p. m. on Tuesdays) and from
2:00 p. m. to 6:00 p. m. Sundays.
Opera
(Continued from Page 1.)
generously from the audience at
the comic antics of Roy Emory
Johnson, who convincingly played
the simpleton, and Roy Edward
Johnson, the pompous and haughty
sheriff. Both sang very well.
Dorothy Strasheim, as Allan-a-Dale,
and Roma Biba, as Annabel,
played their roles outstandingly
and provided some fine singing as
well.
Jack Rokahr and Robert Ander
son were all that their colorful
parts called for. Each made a
character live. Especially easy to
listen to was Bob's deep bass.
To be sincerely and greatly
complimented is Prof. Dwight
Kirsch. His sets were practical
as regards the stage facilities and
unbelievably beautiful. The mood
of Sherwood forrest he epptured
magically in the second act set. as
the audience's reaction showed.
Also deserving of mention are
the stunning costumes, which were
in Miss Katherine Schwake's
charge, and the dialogue, written
by Mr. Joe Zimmerman and well
narrated by Romulo Soldevilla.
In view of the many requests
for tickets which were not to be
had, the participants voted to give
a matinee performance Saturday.
It would be disappointing if they
had not, for the opera is not only
a popular one but is very ex
cellently presented under the gen
eral direction of Dr. Arthur West
brook. Tickets for the matinee
may be obtained from members of
the casts and choruses as well as
from members of the musical sor
orities and fraternity, and should
be purchased as soon as possible.
Friday's cast is as follows:
Robin Hood Earl Jenkins
Sheriff of Nottingham
Preston Hayes
Sir Guy of Gisborne
Thomas Pierson
Little John ...Cleve Genzlinger
Will Scarlet Aubrey Pettit
Allan-a-Date .Dorothy Huffman
Lady Marian
lEizabeth Farquhar
Annabel Shirley Smith
Ably supporting the main char
acters of the opera were and will
be the following:
Business manager, D a v i.d
Kinsman, assisted by Ruth Way.
ml to
We Still Have Thousands of
USEE)
V
ir ""
Miss Betty "Toni" McQuistian recently announced her
engagement and approaching- marriage to Lt. Jerry King.
Toni is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.
New Library Booh Reveals
China After 5-Year War
Among the new books coming
into the university library is an
unusual book, China After Five
years of War. The extraordinary
feature of the book is that the
Robert Hyde, the stage man
ager, and directing the dance
numbers, Jo Weaver Kline, and
Jean Cowden.
Members of the chorus of 16,
are: "Villagers" Jean Mur
ray, Betty Hohf, Charlotte Fil
ter, Janet Hemphill, Gertrude
Lj'on, Joy Miller, Ann Jacobs,
Ruth Ferguson.
"Outlaws" Stanley B o y e r,
Howard Stacy, Glen Eloe, Er
nest Ulmer, Dave Kinsman, Ted
Thompson, Bob Jones, Jack
Wisman.
Members of the university
orchestra which will accompany
the opera, are:
Johnson Beam, Mary Zeigler,
Stanley Wiles, Olive Lehmer,
Sidney Timmerman. Mildred
Huttenmaier, Evelyn Nerud.
Louise Lehmer, Dorothy Hend
ricks, Katherine Rice, George
Walton, Barbara Miller. Mar
vella Werner, Bronte Brodrick.
Marian Maple, Ava Bromwich,
Albert Reddish, Bob Thatcher,
Robert Weekly, Roland Frickc,
Walter Goodbred, Lyman Lor
ensen, Barney Heeney.
TO
mm
J
contents of the book have been
transmitted to this country by
short-wave radio.
The material was prepared in
Chungking under the auspices of
the Ministry of Information. After
the manuscript was completed, it
was sent by short-wave radio,
picked up in China's official listen
ing post in California and trans
scribed from spoken into written
form. The material was published
in New York by the Chinese News
Service.
Third of Series.
The book is the third of a series
of books that have been published
annually since 1940. The first of
a series was Madame Chiang Kai
shek's China Shall Rise Again.
The second of its series was China
After Four Years of War, which
was published in Hong Kong. This
year war conditions made it im
possible to publish such a book
there.
The three books are China's an
nual reports and messages to her
friends abroad. The book was writ
ten by various Chinese authors. As
an appendix the book contains a
chronology of China's five years
of war which lists all the import
ant dates in connection with the
war. After beinf bound, the book
will be placed on file in the library.
man
SUES BTGHI3E
