THE NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, February 6, 1945
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Munaiilii Editor '.....' riiyIHa Teaitarden, Shirley JrnMn
New Editor Mary Alice iimom, rnyin .Mornora, mm
Marilyn Meyer. Murthrlia llolromb
Hn..r. Friitor Ueorre Miller
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Biiatnea Manager
Assistant Ruxinrs Manager
Iniihition MaiiHuer
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Lorraine Abraniaow
Dorothea Rosenberr, Donna Frti'mnn
Ktllh Junes, 1'hone
Cooperative Culture
The Student opera, "Cavalleria Rusticanna", to be
staged tonight in the Temple is the result of one of the
finest pieces of departmental co-operation the campus has
seen in recent years. The school of music, the art depart
ment and the speech department have worked together the
past few weeks to give the campus and townspeople a
chance to see student opera in its revival from pre-war days.
The opera originated as a class project of the univer
sity singers but its preparation has been aided by almost
the entire school of music personnel.
The speech and art departments have made it possible
to present the musical drama in the traditional setting and
costumes. Before 1942 the annual presentations were given
in connect form and lacked the color and atmosphere which
will be present tonight on the Temple stage. The speech
department has been responsible for all stage and light
crews, props, fitting of costumes and the direction of the
acting, handling the work as if the opera were one of the
department's own productions. The painting of the scenery
and advertising posters and the preparation of an exhibit
for the theater lobby have been completed by the fine arts
students and faculty.
The students who have participated in staging the
opera received valuable new experiences in working with
their fellow students from other departments. Because of
this co-operation, the audience will be able to enjoy a more
nearly professional performance than would have been pos
sible otherwise. The sold out houses for both nights are
tributes to their success. It is to be regretted that seating
facilities of the Temple limit attendance at the opera to
about 500 individuals for each of the two performances.
Well Done S.C
Last winter the Student Council said, "Let there be
light on S street, between 14th and 16th." The council then
staged a campaign to supplement the lone street light in
the two blocks with other street lights and relieve the minds
of coeds who either dashed down S street at top speed or
took the long way home, around the block.
Since that time the matter was referred to city author
ities, committees met and recently temporary, but efficient,
street lights were placed on S street. In fact, it seems that
the lights were the only improvement to come out the city
planning project which was defeated earlier this year.
Several individuals have brought the successful com
pletion of the lighting project to our attention and stated
that the Student Council should have a pat on the back.
Said Council may now consider itself patted on its respec
tive backs.
(P. S. That was last year. What has this year's Coun
cil done? We have stored one hearty congratulatory pat in
the top drawer of our files for future use. The dust is
gathering.)
Five Nebraska
Scientists Aid
Bacteria War
Active parts in the war depart
ment's preparation against bio
logical warfare were played by
five university scientists, Dr.
George L. Peltier, chairman of the
department of bacteiiology, dis
closed today.
Altho the exact nature of their
work remains a" top secret, Dr.
Peltier said that the Nebraskans
had been working at Camp Det
rick, Maryland, in a program to
counterattack the use of bacteria,
fungi, viruses and toxic agents
which the Japs and Germans were
known to have been studying.
Five Men.
The five men are: Capt. Keith
H. Lewis, former assistant profes
sor of bacteriology at the univer
sity, who will remain with the
project; Capt. Robert West, grad
uate assistant who obtained his
master's degree in 1940 and who
plans to enter the medical college
next fall; Capt. George Young,
who graduated from the univer
sity in 1939; Wayne Jensen, who
was doing graduate work at Ne
braska when called to the service
in 1943; and Ensign Ardon Sherf,
now working on his doctor's de
gree in plant pathology and bac
teriology at the university.
Dramatic Group
Awards Prizes
For Play Scripts
A one-act play-writing contest,
open to all qualified students in
the university, and offering cash
awards to the two authors sub
milting the best play scripts, will
be sponsored by the Masquers,
dramatic organization in the uni
versity department of speech.
The contest will begin Feb. 5
and end March 6, according to
Don Kline, Masquer president.
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The winning scripts, determined
Dy me judges of the contest, will
be produced and presented at the
First Annual All-State Speech
and Dramatics Festival on April
5, 1946 in the University Temple
Theatre. The subject matter of
the plays will be of the author's
own choosing, and further de
tails may be secured at the Tem
ple Theatre, room 153, according
to Kline.
Italian Opera . . .
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school instructor who recently re
turned to the campus after an
army tour of duty in which he
played with the late Capt. Glenn
Miller's service band, prepared
the small orchestra which will
play for the two performances.
Dr. Westbrook will direct the or
chestra on show nights.
Tick-'--' " s who have not
reserved tliir s-u.s at the Temple
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A reet greet to all of you brave enough to
chance another reading. And a special wolf-call
to the three kind souls who admitted understand
ing the title. Plus a sympathetic inclination of
the noggin toward the young pledges who aren't
allowed in the place.
That meteorological change from a sunny 8:45
a. m. Tuesday to a still sunny albeit rainy 8:50
a. m. taught those of us who were caught minus
raincoats and scarves a valuable lesson. Moral:
Never go out without your sunglasses. Who knows,
it might rain.
Freddie (it walks, it talks, it must not be rac
coon) Hamlin salaamed in the aisle of the Crib
Saturday morning as atonement lor a false accusa
tion of plagiarism lodged against the Ash Can.
Seems he was sure he was the only true student
of Sanskrit on the campus. All is now serene on
the pastoral Harvard scene.
Ah, futility! Those thousands of students (I
use the word advisedly) standing in line at the Re
gents, Co-op and Nebraska book stores. Vain
searching of minds for titles and authors, scraping
together of pennjes, waiting in line at other stores.
Then the struggles back and forth across campus,
arms piled to the double chins with so-called pre
coius volumes. With the current shortages, we
feel as much like a hoarder as the gal with two
matching nylons. All to small avail, we stack them
in the closet and there they remain until three
days before finals. Alas, none of them have
pages large enough to wrap Triphammer's lunch.
Mr. Six-foot-five had a most appreciative. au
dience in the Union lounge the other noon as he
philosophized on Love, et al. Quoth Sir Selden,
"It's not finding someone you can live with, but
someone you can't live without.' Whereupon even
the least susceptible gave with the Sinatra swoon,
and some square in the social circle mumbled,
"Does anyone here wanna fight?"
Lincolns Lost Weekend . . . Spring fever Sun
day . . . was it the high cost of Kenton or the
downtown "smoking in the outer lobby only" that
brought such a large crowd to the Union Sunday
afternoon . . . Lulu Huston making like "Life Goes
to a Trackmeet," with the camera . . . Tassels
squealing at Friday's wrestling matches . . . Les
Glotfelty standing idly by while date Robert Coon
ley pounded Buzz Abramson over the head with
a Pike chair. No loyalty to the staff . . . Bernie
Masterson supplementing his flu-depleted protein
with Village steak . . . Dorothy and George Wright,
Ruth Korb and Paul Speier wearing paths thru
the Village . . . Marilyn Meyer lamenting because
even with a Kur-lash she "can't look like Donna
Lou Peterson." . . . Charles Ashton making Beulah
go . . . Meno Wilhelms sitting in the back of the
church while Betty Lee auguments the choir . . .
News in a
Nutshell
BY BOB BEASON
INDIA Far across the world, unrestful India
is again seething with groups of revolting people.
The latest uprising took place in Bombay, where
14 people were killed by insurgent Indians.
MANILA In Manila the war criminal trials
continue, with Lt. General Masaharu Homma be
ing tried this week. Herman Goering and his
partners-in-crime are still on trial at Nuernberg,
Germany."
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WASHINGTON i' i nt Truman has
planned a number of conferences with people not
connected with the government. Mr. Truman and
these experts will try to determine how much the
ceiling price on steel products can be raised in
order to grant striking workers their wage in
crease. MARSH ALLS About 100 U. S. operated
ships are now steaming to the Marshall Islands,
where the effects of the atomic bomb on sea power
will be studied. Early in May an A-bomb will be
dropped on the fleet of ships while they are an
chored near Bikini Atoll. The ships include sev
eral old-type American battleships as well as some
German and Japanese ships.
JAPAN The Japanese, imitating their captor
nation, have begun to form unions and walk out
of their shops in fake strikes. Most of Japan's
workers do not actually know what their wages
are; but, in good imitations of striking U. S.
workers, they paint Japanese characters on signs
and march down the streets of Tokyo, singing
monosyllabic verses. However, the fake strike is
over within one day, and the workers go back to
their jobs, feeling they have accomplished wonders
for the working class of Japan.
KANSAS CITY Id Kansas City, Mrs. J. P.
Murphy died last week when she drank what was
believed to be poison lemonade. Police are in
vestigating this suspected murder case. The prob
lem now confronting the cops is: Who put the
hand grenade in Mrs. Murphy's lemonade?
the girls eating lunch in the Campusline with
their home-again .husbands.
Then there are Ithe basketball accounts on b he
local sports pages. Makes you wonder if the
scribblers were watching a different game than
the one you saw. At least, after the sodakstate
tiff we agreed there were 12 men on the floor, ex
cept when McCrady was making a poor 13th.
Along the same vein in the problem which has
been worrying us since the season opener. How
can Joe Brown play such good ball with his fists
clenched?
Best comment of the week for our money
was the rueful remark Tuesday noon: "Guess
1946 will go on record as having the shortest
spring in history, Feb. 1 to Feb. 5, and not in
clusive. . ."
College Students
Enter Fiction
Magazine Contest
Announcement of. "This Month,"
fiction magazine's first contest was
made by Ada Siegal, editor-in-chief
of the publication for col
lege students in journalism and
creative writing classes.
Deadlines on submission is Mar.
1, 1946, and required length is
about 3,000 words.
Three prizes are being offered
and all three prize-winning stories
will be published. In addition to
the purchase price on each story,
a $500 Victory bond and two $100
Victory bonds will be given. No
entry blanks are necessary, ac
cording to the editor of "This
Month."
box office, are urged to do so im
mediately by Fred Teller, busi
ness manager. A sellout crowd is
expected on both nights, accord
ing to Teller.
Committees . . .
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served daily for veterans and their
families. Period of stay to be
limited to 15 days, and rates, both
for room and meals, to be cut
in half. He made this proposal
declaring that hotels had made
plenty of money during the war.
The council introduced an ordi
nance which relieves the house
mover and householder from part
of the proesnt required liability I
and expressed hope that it would
induce the moving of houses in
this emergency where otherwise
they might be torn down.
Bulletin
ORCHESTRA It Ell EARS A I..
The flint rehearta! for the entire I'nl
vendty Mymhfny nrrhewtra. andrr Chi di
re rt ion of Mr. Kmanori Wnihnow, will
Iw held Tueoday rvrnlnv. Feb. 12, In th
IVmnle hnlldlin. Room SOfl. Thl nrmrntrt
the orchestra will rehi-aroe Tneiiday eve
ning from 1 In I and Thumday afternoon
front 4 n g,
KIIHNti (MR.
Killing club will have IU last meet
In Mi-rinewfay at 5 n'rkx-k In tirnnt Hall,
as-onlln to Ella Hiirltrtt. president.
Thin merlin will hi devoted to voting
410 award to be made to various riders.
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