'Skin of Our Teeth' Opens
To Enthusiastic Audience
BY STAFF MEMBER.
Overflowing with comedy, color
and philosophy, and booked solid
for three nights, "The Skin of Our
Teeth" was acclaimed by an
enthusiastic' audleneejast night a
roaring triumph.
Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer
prize-winning play, a moral tale
of man and his nature, was sue
cessfully put across by the novelty
of the play and the excellent
stagecraft which shielded from
the totally absorbed audience the
somewhat ragged acting.
Act II, the carnival scene, open
Ing with an electric air of
suppressed excitement rises in
pitch and fervor to culminate in
an exhilarating orgy of wild emo
tion, and was the act most enthu
siastically received by the au
dience. The carnival scene is
played with passion and abandon
ment, and the lightning, thunder,
the crashing of ocean wavejs,
screaming sirens and collapsing
carnival exhibits combines with
frenzied revelers to ring down
the curtain to a crashing climax.
Zenith Reached.
Act I reaches its -dramatic
zenith at its close, when refugees,
representing the arts and the
sciences, huddle with the Antro
bus (human) family about the
last fire left in the world. When
Sabina calls for ushers to pass up
theater seats to keep the fire go
ing, the lights dim to a dull, dark
Vol. 44, No. 58
Teachers Meet
To Plan Unity
In Departments
A Teachers college meeting was
held last Tuesday night to make
plans for the organization of un
dergraduates into a group that
would unite all different depart
ments in teachers college.
The students viewpoint was
expressed by Jo Ann Witt. The
professional opinion of the plan
was presented by Dr. C. W. Scott
and Dean F. E. Henzlik.
Members Favor Organization.
Members at the meeting were in
favor of organizing an undergrad
uate association and a temporary
chairman was appointed in addi
tion to eight advisory members
who will draw up the constitution
and aims for the group which will
be presented to the general group
for acceptance at a later meeting
The charfman of the committee
is Lorene Novotony and represen
tatives from the different classes
are: Jeanne Rotton and Jo Ann
Witt, seniors; Suzanne Pope and
Mary Ann Mattoon, juniors; Clar
ice Marshall and Helen Laird,
sophomores; and Mary Jo Schmale
and Aubrey Knoll, freshmen.
Freshmen Vie
For Long Cup
In Debate Meet
To the outstanding freshman
debalor in the forthcoming junior
varsity debate and discussion con
ference Feb. 16 and 17 will go the
coveted Long cup given annually
to the Nebraska freshman mak
ing the best showing in debate.
Last year the cup was won by
Bill Miller and the previous year
it went to Don Patterson. Those
freshmen and upperclassmen rep-
resenting UN at the junior varsity,
conference will be Ardyth Smith,
Gladys Grothe, Marthella Hol
comb, Betty Jean Holcomb, Don
Klein, Bob Wilkins, Bob Coonley,
and Bill Roberts.
Attending the Rocky Mountain
debate and discussion conference
at Denver during the same week
end will be Betty Lou Horton
and Mauiine Evnen.
blue, and the audience was grip
ped with intense emotion.
Drama reaches Its acme In
Act III when Don Kline en
counters Avium IJondarin in a
powerful, intense scene of hunter
and hunted. Bondarin's portrayal
of Henry the Biblical Cain is
impassioned and sustained, per
haps the outstanding acting of the
play.
Kline Acts Maturely.
Donald Kline plays Mr. Antro-
bus with vigor and mature inter
pretation, ranking near the per
formance of Mr. Bondann. Kline s
posture, gesture and vocal expres
sion are realistic ana at several
places held the play together.
Probably the most difficult of
the roles is that of Mrs. Antro-
bus, portrayed by Jean Kinnie
Swanson Cast Well.
Arlis Swanson was admirably
cast as Sabina, and the husky
voice of Margaret Huff sketched
vividly and effectively the role
of the fortune teller.
Van Westover is amusing as the
messenger boy, and Dewey Ganzel
makes the most of the role of Fitz
Patrick, the stage manager. The
supporting cast play their parts
well, yet impression was given
that all the actors needed more
rehearsal, . and that the action
could move more smoothly.
In The Skin of Our Teeth,
play's the thing.
the
Friday, February 16, 1945
ROTC Symphony
Band Gives First
Concert Sunday
The university ROTC Sym
phonic band will present its first
concert of the season Sunday aft
ernoon at 3:00 in the coliseum.
Band activities previous to this
concert have included playing for
football and basketball games,
and with the AST units at, the
University.
Sponsored by J. P. Murphy,
military commandant, the pro
gram will be:
Overture In Spring Time GoMmarfc
Srlfgrlrd' Rhine Journey Wagner
March I'anlnmlne lnli
Triplet of the Mneat Heaneber
The Fear Kreednms GoJdmaa
Malacurna Ieeuona
Aadaleacia Iraona
iiavoltee from tiaaolral Hympbonle
Prnkafleff
Italian Polka Rarhmanloff-Hrnnett
Clarinet Polka Pol I ilk Folk Tane
Hemnrr lldrll 8oasa
Col. J. P. Murphy . Cives
Silver Slar Posthumously
Col. J. P. Murphy, infantry
commandant of the university, as
representative of the commanding
general, Seventh service com
mand, will present the Silver Star
medal to Mrs. Mary Forney, wife
of Sgt. Forney of Falls City, at a
ceremony sponsored by the War
Mothers club on Feb. 20 in F.B.A.
hall in Falls City. The Silver
Star decoration, ranking next to
the Legion of Merit, was awarded
posthumously to Tech. Sgt. For
ney.
Pictures of Experimental Peace Conference
Groups Appear in National Publications Soon
Pictures of conference commit
tee meetings of the experimental
peace conference which will soon
be released to national publica
tions will be taken by the. Visual
Education department of the uni
versity Saturday afternoon in the
committee meetings.
The visual education depart
ment will take the pictures be
tween 3 and 5 p. m. Saturday.
The pictures will be released
when needed to newspapers in
Nebraska, newspapers in large
cities over the United States and
national magazines. Barbara
Stahl, member cf the planning
H A
M. Lee Attends
WAC Advisory
Board Meeting
Miss Mabel Lee, director of
physical education for women at
the university, is attending a
meeting of Gen. George C. Mar
shall's national civilian advisory
committee for the WAC at Fort
Des Moines Friday and Saturday
Miss Lee left the campus Thurs
day to meet Gen. C. H. Danielson,
had of the Seventh service com
mand, who is host to the group
meeting in Fort Does Moines.
According to Miss Lee, the first
meeting which she attended was
held in September. ia44, in
Washington, D. C. At this time
the crouo was organized into
committees. Definite recom
mendations were made to the
army by the civilian groups rep
resented there. At this meeting
in Fort Des Moines, the commit
tees are to report and hear what
progress has been made on these
recommendations. Civilian reac
tion to WAC is one problem to
be discussed.
Represent Outstanding Personnel
Miss Lee further stated that the
following outstanding army and
civilian personnel will be repre
sented there: National heads of
Negro, Jewish, Catholic, Protest
ant girls; Genevieve Herrick, pro
minent newspaper woman and
journalist; Dr. Lillian Gilbreth
famous woman industrial en
gineer; Col. Oveta Hobby and
other top ranking WAC officers.
Lieutenant Colonel Wilson, who
has come directly from overseas.
is to report on the condition of
the WAC as it is there.
Army experts want civilians to
investigate the WAC and see if
each group of WAC is giving
good service and that their needs
are being met, according to Miss
Lee. Since the creation of the
WAC, their jobs have increased
from four to 250.
'45 War Show
Features New
Songs,Talent
BY ANN CONVERSE
Three Original Songs! You did
sav three original songs for the
1945 War Show, didn't you, Lucy
Ann? Talent is really afloatin' at
ole UN. according to Lucy Ann
Hapeman, student director of the
1945 War Show as she raved about
the three songs which have been
written bv two students on
campus and one faculty member.
"That Night in December",
m-m-m- and sigh. And that's the
way the song written and com
posed by Ginnie Eberly will affect
all Nebraska coeds when they
hear the low melodious voice of
Russ Ledger sing it. It's positive
ly out of tihs world! Ginnie's
song is first on the list of the
songs for the War Show, "Till
Johnny Comes Marching Home."
Foster Writes Ballad.
Bob Foster's love ballad, "Indif
ferent to Me," makes one anything
but indifferent as we can promise
you when you hear it, especially
when sung by "Petsey Baby" An
derson and accompanied by "tick
ler of the ivories" Bob Foster.
The fun fun number of the ori
ginal songs is Mr. Donald Glatt
ly's song, "I Don't Care." This is
the attitude created when sung by
Jim Yanney, as a G. I., with the
chorus in this number.
committee, urges that attendance
at these meetings be as great orJ
greater than the splendid attend
ance at the first sessions of the
conference committees.
Changes in rooms where com
mittees will meet were necessary
and the new rooms for meetings
are:
Committee No.
Union.
Committee No.
Union.
Committee No.
Union.
Committee No.
I: Music room,
2: Parlor X.
3: Parlor T,
4: Room 316,
fiaUe
Move Toward
From Peace Conference
Russia today threatened to
withdraw from the university ex
perimental peace conference un
less her demands in regard to the
Baltic states, Finland, Bessarabia,
northern Bukovina and control ot
the Dardanelles are met.
The text of the statement issued
by the Soviet Union is:
UNITED SOVIET SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC.
Official.
United Soviet Socialist Repub
lic will withdraw from the peace
conference unless an approved
agenda is made up in commit
tee five. The question of the,
Baltic states, Finland, Bessarabia
and northern Bukovina has been
settled to the satisfaction of all
directly involved. Consequently,
there is no need for further dis
cussion. United Soviet Socialist Repub
lic asks that the question con
cerning the control of the Dar
danelles be opened.
(Signed) J. STALIN.
By representatives of the U.S.S.R.
for the miniature peace confer
ence. The Question of disposition of
the Baltic states, Finland, Bess
YWCA Invites
University Coeds
To Attend Tea
The annual YWCA tea, for all
university women will be held
Friday afternoon in Ellen Smith
Hall from 3 until 5.
Miss Eleanor French, National
Student YWCA secretary from the
headquarters in New York, will
be the guest of the Nebraska
chapter for the day.
The tea, which will be informal,
is in charge of Alice Abel, Mary
Louise Weidman, and Myrlea
Holler.
Dean John Clark
Reviews Russian
Theory, Policies
Dean John D. Clark gave a re
view of Russian foreign policy,
Russian economic and political
thought and the idealism which
motivates Russian ideology, and
also presented the sharp contrast
between this idealism in theory
and practice, in his lecture "Rus
sia Looks Towards Nationalism,"
Wednesday, in sosh auditorium.
Dean Clark's lecture was a part
of the university's series on "In
ternational Problems . Ahead
Miss Emily Schossberger, univer
sity editor, will speak on "Austria
and Italy: Testing Grounds of Fu
ture Europe" in the next lecture
in the series to be held Feb. Zl.
Political Science Class
Hears Peterson Monday
Mr. C. Petrus Peterson, one of
the writers of the state constitu
tion and a member of Nebraska's
first state Vislature, is to speak
to R. V. Shumate's Political Sci
ence 4 class, Monday.
Mr. Peterson will give high
lights on Nebraska's Unicameral
legislature, according to Mr. Shu
mate.
Union.
Committee No. 5: Room 313,
Union.
Committee No. 6: Faculty
Lounge, Union.
Committee No. 7:: Parlor Z,
Union.
Committee No. 8: Card room,
Union.
Committee No. 9: Room 201,
Temple.
Committee No. 10: Room 203,
Temple.
Committee No. 11: Room 154,
Temple.
Committee No. 12: Room 205,
Temple.
emroairodls
Withdrawal
arabia and northern Bukovina
was opened in the meeting of con
ference committee five Friday
afternoon. Delegates of the Soviet
Union stated that separate treat
ies with the Baltic states, Fin
land and Rumania have been
signed and that these countries
are now part ot the boviet union.
Russia Calls Meeting.
A meeting of all speaking
delegates representing Great
Britain and the United States
on peace conference commit
tees has been requested by
Russia. The meeting will be
held from 1 p. m. to 3 p. m.
Saturday in the faculty lounge
at the Union.
Policies will be formulated
concerning Russia's stand on
certain questions. The Crimean
declaration will be reiterated
by Russia and additions will
be made to that charter, ac
cording to the Russian delega
tion, late Thursday night.
Nine countries at the committee
meeting approved of the Soviet
Union's acquisition of the Baltic
states but discussion of Bessarabia
was postponed.
The question of control of the
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Prof. Wilson
Receives First
New Fellowship
Harold S. Wilson, assistant pro
fessor of English at the university,
is the first recipient of a recently
instituted fellowship for the fac
ulty of the university. The fellow
ship was established by Franklin
S. and Grinda M. Johnson to en
able faculty members to continue
their studies outside the univer
sity and thus better their scholarly
and professional standing.
Professor Wilson, who will be
on leave of absence for the aca
demic year 1945-46, expects to
leave soon after the summer
school session to further his
studies in the life education and
reading of Gabriel Harvey, early
university professor ot camonage,
contemporary of Spenser ana
Shakespeare.
Professor Wilson will go to Har
vard University and Columbia
University, besides continuing his
research in the Folge Shakespeare
library of Washington, D. C. and
at the Chicago University. Profes
sor Wilson has been engaged in
studies on this subject during the
last three years.
Valentine Royalty
Highlights Frolic
Tonight at 8:30
High point of the Ag Valentine
frolic tonight will be the presenta
tion of a King and Queen of
Hearts. The party, sponsored by
the Ag Executive Board will be
gin at 8:30 in the student activities
building.
Candidates for king are Allen
Klingman, Wilbur Bluhm, Bed
Damkroeger, John Oslev, and Dick
Steffer. Candidates for queen are
Sue Fishwood, Monica Ann Al
berty, Lois Oppen, Ginny Bobbit,
and Frances Jonc Howell. A stage
show will also be a part of the
evening entertainment.
Bobbitt Presides
Over Ag Council
For Coming Year
Virginia Bobbitt has been
elected the new president of the
ag Student-Faculty Council, which
co-ordin.ites student and faculty
relations in the home economics
department, according to Madeline
Holtzscherer, retiring president.
Marolyn Hartsook is the new sec
retary. Misses Mary Gutheris, Florence
Smith and Bess Steele will be
the faculty advisers. Pat Gillitpie
and Geraldine Gowan a'-e new
council members