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1 CI v J Vol. 44, No. 90 Lincoln 8, Nebraska Friday, April 27, 1945 Beauty Queen Presentation Highlights Dance Tonight The six Cornhusker beauty queens will be announced Friday night at the Inter-Fraternity ball, it was announced today by Myra Colberg, editor of the Cornhusker. In previous years the queens' identities have been kept a secret until the yearbook came out, but this year the presentation of the coeds at intermission will be the highlight of the evening. In choos ing the queens, the presidents of organized men's houses selected 2 out of 35 contestants last No vember and then 12 faculty mem bers chose the six final beauties. Altho this year's ball will not be like those of past years, it is being sponsored by the frater nities in an attempt to get stu dent activities back on the social calendar. Dance in Coliseum. The dancing will be held in the coliseum Friday nignt from 8 to 11:45 and unlike other years it will not be closed to all but fra ternity men. The dance commit tee stresses the fact that service, unaffiliated, and all other men are invited. An equal feature of the eve ning will be the music supplied by Bobby Sherwood's band. "Sherwood has been associated with such celebrities as Bing Crosby and Lily Pons, and just recently was rated fourth best among national bands, being out ranked only by Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Mil- War Stamp Sales Emphasize Slump In UN Purchases War stamp sales this week in dicate a big slump in the pur chase of stamps by students, ac cording to Mary Lou Weaver, Tas sel War Stamp chairman. Total sales this week amounted to only $51.20 from the city cam pus and $33.50 from Ag. . The Union booth led the sales with $22.10. Sosh followed with $17.55 and Andrews' with $11.55. This total is small compared to the $200 sold in one week last se mester. To reach the $3,000 goal, over $450 in stamps must be sold in each of the three remaining weeks of school. Besides selling at booths in Sosh. Andrews, and the Union, each Wednesday, Tassels will visit all organized houses on Monday rights at 6:00 p. m. until school closes. "We went over the lop in last semester's goal.-Let's do it again," Mary Lou urged. Digest Magazine Reprints Article From 'Schooner' An article printed in the Win ter of 1944 edition of Prairie Schooner, the literary magazine of the university, "I Talked With the Dead," by Sara S. Wert, has been reprinted by Digest and Review, in the May issue and is now on he news stands all over the United States. The article, which is based on true happenings, is written by the wife of the former state super intendent of schools in Nebraska, Mrs. A. L. Taylor, who appeared for the first time in the pages of the magazine, under the nom de plume, Sara Wert. "Digest and Review," one of the popular pocket magazines, has followed the example of many other publications who reprinted stories first published in the literary quarterly of the univer sity. Magazine Digest and the famous Reader's Digest have re printed Prairie Schooner contri butions at other times. ler," said Woodie Woodhull of the planning committee. ' Tickets. Tickets will be sold for a dol lar per person and may be se cured at the Union, Sosh and Rosewell's. Woodhull says the profit from the affair will be put in the Inter-Fraternity council fund and will be used in future years for more balls of the pre war style. The committees for the affair are men representing the various fraternities. Boyd Hecht, Woodie Woodhull and Martin Pesek com pose the planning committee; Gordy Ehlers and Harold Ander son are in charge of publicity; and decorations are being handled by Gene Merchant, Don Chapin, Don Hansen and Clarence Reef. Orchcsis Gives Annual Recital Friday, May 4 Members of Orchesis, honorary dance group, in their annual Or chesis recital Friday, May 4, at 8:15 p. m., in Grant Memorial hall will again give expression to their ideas and moods by original dances and costumes. Those participating in the dance will be 20 members of Orchesis, 12 members of pre-orchesis and seven senior physical education majors. In the dance "Salute to Victory,'' which is a dance repre senting the Chinese, English, Americans and Russians, the seven seniors will represent the English. This is the only dance in which they will appear. The program is directed by Dr. Aileen Lockhart, head of modern dance at the university and Mary Ann Knox, student president of Orchesis. War Council Calls For Volunteers On New Project Arrangements for War Coun cil's newest project, humorous scrap books for servicemen, have been complete, according to Chair man Beth Montgomery. and work will be started immediately. Each organized house is being asked to send a certain number of volunteers to room 315 of the Union Saturday afternoon from 1 to 5 p. m. to work on them. All equipment will be furnished with the exception of scissors. Fine Acting Features BY WALLY BECKER The University Players swept their highly successful season to a dramatic climax last night when Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte walked out of the moors of Yorkshire into Temple Theatre, in Dan Totheroh's trag edy, 'Moor Born.' An enraptured, sell-out audi ence saw the Brontes frail girls, bitten with the germs of tuber culosis, brilliant all struggle against poverty that shrouded their home and strive to lift their gifted brother from his sin. 'Moor Born' does not point out any moral, cloak deep meaning un der frivolity, or grnd any axe whatever. It does not even tell a tale. 'Moor Born' is a very short time in the lives and struggles of three of England's great novelists. In that time novels are written, personalities clash, two Brontes die. The play comes out of no where and fades back again into the gloomy moors. Yet it is fine drama, excellently acted. Lucy Ann Hapeman, Gloria Beaumont and Margaret Hunter caught last night the spirits of the , Cco&unpus Students Open Pitiless Battle On Dandelion Zones have been assigned; butcher knives have been sharpened and every student of each organized house has donned gloves and has gone to war against the dandelion, in the cam paign which lasts Friday thru Tuesday. When the students have cleaned their own yard and zone, they can move in on anyone else. The house having the highest number 'of pounds will be entitled to the king and queen which are to be presented Tuesday night at the dandelion dance in the Union. Names of candidates for king and queen should be turned in to Mary Jo Gish, chairman, by Tues day noon. Fraternities will turn in their candidate for king and sororities for queen. The frater nity and sorority having cut the most dandelions will receive the king and queen. Chart in Front of Union. A chart will be placed in front of the Union along with scales and a truck for dumping the dandelions. The scales may be used Friday from 1 to 5 p. m.. Saturday from 5 to 12 a. m. and 1 to 5 p. m., and Monday and Tuesday from 1 to 5 p. m. Each house is allowed one bushel basket and ore dandelion digger which can be obtained from the store room in the west stadium. These are to be returned by Wed nesday at 3 p. m. Dean Verna Boyles has an- (See DANDELION, pare 3) YWCA Requests Copies of Paper The university YWCA is in need of more copies of the Ne braskan to complete their scrap books of the recent peace con ference, according: to Mildred Tayor, YW secretary. . Copies of the following: is sues are needed: November 17, 22, 26; December 8, 15, 17, 19; February 2, 9. 16, 18. 21, 25, 28 and March 2, 4 and 11. Miss Taylor requests that any students having: copies of these bring them to the YW office at Ellen Smith, as soon as possible. 'three sisters; their characteriza tions were living portraits of the Brontes. Misses Hapeman and Beaumont brought out sharply the clashing temperaments of Charlotte and Emily. Miss Hape man's Charlotte was courageous, and her common sense' kept the home going. Miss Beaumont's Emily was sullen and stoic; she was a daughter of the moors. Miss Hunter's Anne was sweet and gentle. Gene Haugse, as the dissolute Bran well, was superb. The sole newcomer among a cast of vet erans, Haugse painted Branwell as a whining, weak neurotic; a genius too weak in character to develop his talent for painting and for writing. "It was a great poem a-borning in me, Emily, a great poem," he gasps, near death. "But I lost it." It was a great talent a-borning in Branwell Bronte, yet he lost it by drink, drug and ne glect. Dark, wasted, sallow cheeked, Haugse looked like a Branwell, and he made, with his quavering voice, a vivid etching of Branwell. The part of "Bran well" is one of the choicest of the year; Haugse exploits it to the fullest. Vves imi Student Party Candidates Take 12 Elective Offices 300 Students Join in Annual Spring Concert More than 300 people will par ticipate in the annual spring choral conceit Sunday afternoon at the coliseum presented by the school of fine arts. Starting promptly at 3 p. m.. the concert w-ill feature several university musical organizations. Dr. Arthur E. Westbrook will di rect the entire production. Heard on the program will be the agri cultural college chorus, directed by Mrs. Allinas Tullis; the Uni versity Singers, directed by Mrs. Westbrook; the University chorus, directed by Donald Glattly; and the University orchestras, directed by Miles Dresskell. Piano, Organ. Ernest Harrison will be at the piano. Myron Roberts will be at the organ. Soloists include Miss Frances Delo, Miss Kathryn Dean, Delbert Pinkerton and Hugh Rangeler. Student accompanists will be Miss Gwendolyn Taylor and Miss Ruth Way. The complete program was an nounced today and at the same time Lincoln people were extend ed a special invitation to attend the concert. The program: rH i. Kymn of Praise: M-nt-lnihfi. horn: All ntfn ml thincv Air: Soprano and Women' Churn: Praise Thou the l.ord. KeeitaMve and Air: Tenor Sin ye praiie. (honix: All y thai wied ano the Inrd. Soprano anl Alto Jiw-i ami (horn: I waited for the l-ord. Air: Tenor Xhr Morrow of death. horw: The night it, departing. Chorale: l-et ail men praine the Ijord. ChoniK: O .ive Thank. I'an II. St aha Mater: Rowini. (See CONCERT, page 4) AG TASSEL FILINGS OPEN. Filings for Ag; Tassels will be open until 5 p. m. today in Dean Burr's office in Ag; Hall, according- to Gerry McKinsey, president. Coeds must have completed 12 hours in the uni versity, have no delinquencies, and an 80 average to be eligi ble. The time limit was ex tended because no applications for the Tassel vacancies have been received from ag; coeds. Final Play The aged Reverend Bronte's first entrance was ghastly; a tall man, stooped and feeble, his face overrun with beard and nearly blind, he struck a chair, grasped out piteously, eyes staring stark wild ahead. It was one of the most frightening and chilling mo ments ot the play. Rey. Bronte was very old. very domineering and very well played by Dewey Ganzel. Blanche Duckworth could well have stepped fresh out of a New England Puritan home, in her gray, flowing garments. She ac quitted herself well as the Bron tes' domestic servant. Something about Bob Samardick's reading of the lines of the Yorkshire lad seemed to give them a lyric qual ity. His Yorkshire brogue, rising and swelling, was almost melo dious. Arlis Swanson, a little withered lady in black, hobbled painfully about the parlor, har angued the maid and doted on the three sisters. Her pale skin was parchment thin and white; she ap peared ancient and delicate. Arlis Swanson is definitely a character actress. (See FINE ACTING, page 3) dleettoiiis Student Party candidates cap tured 12 out of 15 offices in the annuHl campus elections Thurs day. Only one Progressive mem ber was elected to a position on the Student Council, and one to the Publications Board. After last minute changes in the ballots of both parties were made, no candidate for pharmacy college representative on the Council was found. Russell Leger, progressive candidate, was the only aspirant for the Ivy Day Orator and will give the annual speech on May 5. Results of the elections are: Student Council: Seniors at large. Bob Gillan, student party; Lowell Anderson, student party; Catherine Curley, student party; Joyce Crosbie, student party; teachers college, Virginia Buck ingham, student party; fine arts, Pat Raun, progressive; ag college, Marie Abraham, student party; bizad, Shirley Hinds, student par ty; engineering, Bob Coonley, stu dent party: arts and sciences, Dorothy Mastin. student party; dentistry, Gene Merchant, student party. Publications Board: senior, Jane McElhaney, student party: junior, Betty Lou Horton, student party; sophomore, Bill Lehr, progressive. Election results on ag campus for the Ag Exec Board are as follows: seniors, Margaret Alma, Jean Potadle; juniors, Wilbur Bluhm, Conine Cost in; soph omores, Francis Switzer, Mary Ann Serb. Holdover members elected by the board are: Edith Pumphrey, Helen Mortensen, Julia Crom, Geraldine Gowan, John Cromer, and Marie Abraham. Union Cancels J like Box Dances During Weekend Because of the Inter-fraternity ball tonight, there will be no dance in the Union ballroom. There-will be a juke box dance in the afternoon from 4-6. Again Saturday night there will be nothing doing in the Union due to the closed Towne Club dance. The variety show will be held at 8 p. m. on Sunday instead of the regular time of 3 due to the conflict between the concert in the coliseum that afternoon. At 5 p. m. the usual coffee hour will be held in the lounge. "Diamond Jim" starring Edward Arnold will be the feature of the variety show. The union will not open until 10 o'clock after May 1 according to Pat Lahr, director. This move is again due to the acute labor shortage. Sigma Xi Elects Dr. II. G. O. Hoik To Presidency Dr. H. G. O. Hoik, associate professor of pharmocology, has been elected president of the uni versity chapter of Sigma Xi, for the next academic year. Otter officers are: Dr. F. D. Keim, professor of agronomy, vice president; Dr. T. A. Kiesselback, professor of agronomy, councelor; F. E. Mussehl, professor of poul try husbandry, treasurer; and F. W. Norris, associate professor of electrical engineering, secretary. Dr. E. H. Barbour, research professor of paleontology, and Dr. A. L. Candy, professor of mathe matics, were elected to life mem hprshin. New members will be initiated at a banquet Wednesday, May 9 at the union.