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Vol. 45, No. 6
Whiteman, Russell
Win Theatre Leads
Winning the leading feminine
roles for "Blithe Spirit," first uni
versity theater production, are
Sally Whiteman and Betty Rus
sell. The coeds were named by
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BETTY RUSSELL.
Dallas Williams, theater director
for the play, which will run No
vember 1, 2 and 3.
Marthella Holcomb, has been
cast as the third feminine lead in
the play. Her role will be that
of Madame Arcati. Miss White
man was chosen for the role of
Ruth, the second wife, and Miss
Russell will portray Elvira, the
departed first wife who appears
as a protoplasmic manifestation.
More than 50 women tried out
for the roles but after five try-
out sessions, Mr. Williams as
signed the leading parts to the
three coeds, who have never be
fore appeared in Nebraska shows.
Character Farts.
Before entering the university,
Miss Whiteman did character
parts in Hastings high school pro
ductions, and during her two
NuMeds Hear
Dr. C. Poynter
At First Dinner
All premedical studei.U and ad
visers are invited to hear Dr.
C. W.M. Poynter, M.D., dean of
the college of medicine who will
be the speaker at the first dinner
meeting of the Numed Society.
The dinner will be held Wednes
day at 6:15 in parlors XY in the
Union, according to Grace Heins,
society president.
Purpose of the first meeting is
to give all those who expect to
study medicine, medical techno
logy, or nursing, and opportunity
to get acquainted with the activ
ities of the Numed Society. Those
interested in becoming a member
may join at this time. The so
ciety usually meets the first Wed-
nesday of each month. Following
a dinner there is a short program,
including a talk by a Lincoln phy
sician.
Reservations for the dinner are
to be made by signing the list by
the door of Room 308, Bessey Hall
not later than Tuesday evening.
Those not able to come to the din
ner may come to the program
which will start at 7:15.
Juilliard Awards
Barbara Payne
Music Fellowship
Juilliard School of Music
in
New York City has recently
granted a graduate fellowship to
Barbara Payne, who received her
master of music degree at the
university.
While studying here, Miss
Payne appeared as a piano soloist
with the Lincoln Symphony or
. chestra in the spring of 1944, and
last year she served as an in
structor of piano in the school
of muiic.
in .1 i i mm-m-f
years in Stephens college, Colum
bia, Mo., she specialized in stage
craft, makeup and lighting. She
is a member of Delta Delta Delta
Miss Russell played the title
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SALLY WHITEMAN.
role in "Claudia" and a part in
"The Man Who Came to Dinner"
while attending Kansas State col
lege at Manhattan. She is affili
ated with the Kansas chapter of
Kappa Kappa Gamma.
A pledge of Nebraska Mas
(See WHITEMAN, page 2.)
1
Debate and Discussion Season
Opens with Meeting Tuesday
Issuing an invitation to all in
terested students, the new UN
debate coach, Donald Olson, an
nounced yesterday a full program
of intercollegiate debate and dis
cussion for the 1945-46 season.
. "All interested persons are
urged to come to the organization
al meeting Thursday, Oct. 4, at
7 o'clock in Temple 203. Lack of
previous- experience will handicap
no one," stated Mr. Olson, "be
cause we have a special program
planned to enable inexperienced
participants to gain practice in
debating."
Free Trade.
Question for debate will be
Resolved: That the policy of
the U. S. should be directed to
ward the establishment of free
trade among the nations of the
world."
Some of the conferences at
tended will be the University of
Iowa invitational at Iowa City
the Northwestern University In
vitational at Evanston, 111.; the
Rocky Mountain Speech Confer-
YEARBOOK SCHEDULE.
Cornhusker picture schedule
at Miller & Paine photo studio,
sixth floor from 9:30 to 4:30
p. m. on Oct. 1, 2, S, is as fol
lows: cm Onn
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AParty Plans
Include Social,
Square Dances
Folk dancing, social dancing,
mixers, singing and refreshments
are included in the program of
tne "All Ag Party" to be held
Friday, October 5, at 8:30 p.m.
in the student activities building.
The party, which" is sponsored
jointly by the faculty and stu
dents at ag college, is planned for
all students having classes on that
campus. Taking the place of the
faculty reception and the Farm
ers' Formal of prewar days, the
"All Ag Party" is designed to
help students become better ac
quainted as well as promote
student-faculty relations.
THE NEBRASKAN
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AUF Opens
$3,000 Goal
Drive Oct. 1
Tomorrow is the opening day of
the drive for the $3,000 goal of
the all university fund. The drive
will continue through SaWrday.
Each organized house on the
campus has a representative who
will contact each member of the
house sometime during the week,
Nine coeds have been assigned to
the dormitory.
Students may pay cash at the
time they are asked to donate or
may sign a pledge blank. The
amount of the pledge will be
counted in on that day's receipts
but the money does not have to
be paid immediately.
Speaking: Tours.
Speaking groups will tour the
campus Monday night to start the
drive. Each organized house on
the campus will be contacted by
the speakers.
Unaffiliated Lincoln students
are being given a chance to con
tribute at booths located in the
Union, in Sosh and on Ag campus
AUF workers will call each Lin
coln student but if not contacted
the student may donate at any of
the three booths.
An addition to the AUF staff
has been announced by Jan Engle,
(See AUF, page 2.)
ence, Denver, Colo.; and the Uni
versity of Nebraska Debate and
Discussion Conference, Lincoln.
Mr. Olson stated that the end
of the war has made it possible
to plan for an expanded pro
gram be:ond that of previous
war years. A n-;w feature will
be numerous exhibition debates
given before high school convo
cations over the state.
CORRECTION.
Postwar Council is giving
dance next Friday evening for all
UN veterans as well as NROTC
men, and not only for NRO train
ees, as previously stated in The
Nebraskan.
Literary Society
Claims Oldest UN
Social Position
Organized in 1871, Palladian
Literary society for women was
the first social group on the cam
pus, according to Janet tiutcnin-
son, Palladian president.
All members must be unaffili
ated and are asked to join by se
cret ballot of the active members
Answering to queries about
Hesperia, newly organized coed
group, Miss Hutchinson stated
that it is in no way related to
Palladian nor to the Hesperian
Student, predecessor of The Ne
braskan. The Hesperian Student
was published by the Palladians
shortly after the founding of the
university.
"We don't know whether the
name 'Hesperia' was intentionally
adapted from The Hesperian Stu
dent or not," Miss Hutchinson ex
plained, "but there is absolutely
no connection between the two."
Business meetings of the Pal
ladian society are held every
Monday night in Palladian Hall
on the third floor of the Temple
building.
Tassel Vacancy
Coeds interested in filing for
barb-at-laree vacancy in Tas
sels should make application
now at the Union office. All
names should be in no later
than Monday, Oct. I, accord
ing to Gerry McKinsey, president.
Driving Sooners Bounce UN
In Season's First Home Game
Too many hard-driving Oklahoma backs operating
from the T spelled a 20 to 0 defeat for Nebraska, as the
Cornhuskers opened their '45 football campaign Saturday
against the Sooners in a Big Six battle.
"Potsy" Clark's lads put up a strong fight against the
more experienced Sooners, but wilted in the second half
and allowed the visitors to push across two touchdowns.
After "Sadie" Hawkins and company had finished their
scoring scurrys, the Huskers opened up with a passing
attack that had the Sooners reeling.
Foundation
Announces
W.Day Fund
Second memorial scholarship
fund in honor of a Nebraskan
killed in World war II -has been
set up at the university under the
name of Warren B. Day Memorial
Fund. Captain Day was killed in
Belgium in December of 1944.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Day have
established the scholarship fund
on behalf of themselves and their
children, Dr. and Mrs. A. Price
Heusner, Miss Margaret Day, Lt.
(jg) George Day, Pfc. and Mrs.
Lewis R. Day and Mrs. Warren B.
Day.
Engineering Recipients.
The gift of $5,000 was an
nounced today by the university
foundation through director Perry
W. Branch. Recipients of the
awards may be students registered
in any department in the college
oi engineering at the university
Preference is to be eiven to stu
dents in civil engineering and the
recipients must have demonstrate
ability to do satisfactory work. The
numoer and amount of the awards
will be determined by the gen
eral scholarship committee at the
university.
The first memorial fund was
established by Dean and Mrs. Roy
Green and children in memory of
wimam in. ureen.
Campus Cops
1 our Buildings
In Wee Hours
Need a new method for hieher
grades? Albert Strayer, night
campus cop, explained one he had
discovered while conducting his
mgnuy Dunamg tour. Said he
"I caught two fellows break
ing into the math buildine last
year, heard them running in the
hall. But it was just kid stuff.
They were trying to get into their
prois ollice and chanee some
60's to 90's." Cop Strayer laughed
auu aajusiea ms time clock which
hung over his shoulder on a
strap. "I'd do the same myself,"
he chuckled.
Albert Strayer. whose hours are
irom 8 to 4 in the morninc to
gether with two other night cops,
rwDerx oievens and Joe Sharp
neck, tours the starlit walks and
the empty corridors of 28 build
ings and the field house every
night. Does he get lonesome? No.
after four years he's used to it.
"My usual job is to turn off
lights, shut windows, look for
lire and burglary, cover manholes
and shoo out any sleeping per
sons. According to Strayer, the
number of persons found study
ing in the early morning hours
increases as exam time draws
near. Most of these energetic
students have permission to be in
the buildings. "If they fall
asleep, I bawl them out good.
That scares them, you know, and
they won't do it again. I wish
you'd tell them that thev shouldn't
be on the campus after 11:30.
After all, this isn't a park," con
cluded cop Strayer as he un
locked the door of administration,
grabbed his lunch pail off the
radiator and clattered upstairs. 1
Sunday, September 30, 1945
The
stout right arm o Mack
Robinson produced six completed
passes lale in the fourth quarter,
as Bob Korte and Bill Kinna
mon, favorite targets of the Nor
folk flash, eluded the Sooner sec
ondary to gather in the tosses.
Oklahoma threatened in the
first quarter when Johnny West,
Oklahoma City scatback, broke
loose through the Husker line on
a crossbuck and dashed 63 yards
to the Nebraska 18-yard line be
fore Game Capt. Fred Lorenz
and Robinson knocked him out
of bounds. A pass from Venable
to West moved the ball to the
(See HUSKERS. page 3.)
A. Rubinstein
Gives Piano
Concert Oct. 8
Artur Rubinstein, famous Po
lish pianist, will make his first
and only appearance in Nebraska,
when he presents a concert at the
University Coliseum on Mondav,
October 8, at 8:15. One of the
greatest pianists of the time, Ru
binstein is appearing in Lincoln
under the auspices of the Lin
coln Journal and the Star.
Tickets for the concert may be
purchased by reserved section
only at $1.20, $1.80, $2.40 or $3.00,
tax included. Students and mem
bers of the armed forces may be
seated in a special section at 50
cents each, tax included. Tickets
are on sale at Walt's Music
Store, 1140 O St.
Rubinstein began his career at
the age of eight when he became
the protege of the venerated
music master, Joseph Joachim. At
fifteen, the boy had acquired a
dazzling European reputation.
Since his American debut in
1906, he has journeyed more than
a million miles, playing every
where in the world, except Tibet.
Sales of his recordings have ex
ceeded $500,000 in a single year.
He is making his ninth consecu
tive coast-to-coast tour of the
United States. His concert season
this year includes fifty cities and
sixteen dates with maior sym
phony orchestras, with five ap
pearances in Carnegie Hall.
last summer he filled engage
ments in New York, Cuba, Mex
ico and Hollywood, where he
completed his second motion pic
ture performance in Republic's
'Concerto."
Social, Square
Dance' Classes
Meet October 4
"Swing your partner, twirl lik
thunder," will be the call sound
ing forth from the Student Activi
ties building on Ag campus as the
square and social dancing classes
meet each Thursday evening,
from 7:30 to 8:30 p. m.
Instructed by Dave Sander.
classes will start Oct. 4 and are
free of charge.
At the end of the six weeks
time, the Union will sponsor free
square dances on the Ag campus
on the first Friday evening of
each month from 8:30 to 11:30.
Six free social dancing classes
for beginners will meet every
Tuesday evening, beginning Oct.
9, in the Union ballroom from
7:30 to 8:30. Instructed by Irv
Kuklin, the class is expected to
contain approximately 200 stu
dents.