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WfflKSGD mm ft THrnr Vol. 47 No. 94 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Thursday, March 6, 1947 Art Department Schedules Series of Gallery Lectures Announcement of a series of gallery talks, art lectures and panel discussions in connection with the annual art exhibit cur rently showing in Morrill hall was made yesterday by Miss Kady Faulkner, professor of art. Mrs. Clara Allen, instructor of art, will initiate the series when she speaks to the Central council of PTA at noon today. This aft ernoon at 2 p. m. Mrs. Allen will address art classes of Doane col lege, who journey to Lincoln an nually for the exhibit. Kingman Talks Sunday. Director of the Jackson Memo rial art galleries in Omaha, Mr. Eugene Kingman, is scheduled to give a gallery talk at 3:30 p. m. Sunday. Bethany Women's club will hear a gallery talk Tuesday, March 11, at 2:30 p. m., and at 8 p. m. a panel discussion is slated for the Lincoln Artists Guild. The uni versity Faculty Women's club will be conducted through the exhibit and hear a gallery talk Wednes day, March 12, at 2:30 p. m. Freda Stuff Spaulding, instruc tor of art, will address the Lincoln AAUW club at the galleries Sat urday, March 15, at 3 p. m. Dwight Kirsch, chairman of the art department, will talk to the Lincol nlnterprofessional Institute at the Lincoln hotel at a dinner meeting Saturday evening. His MB's Present Senior Awards At Sunday Tea Presentation of scholarships valued at $75 will be made to five outstanding senior women at the Mortar ' Board Scholarship tea Sunday at 4 p. m. in Ellen Smith hall. Will Serve. Dean of women Marjorie Johnston, Mrs. R. G. Gustavson, Miss Elsie Piper, Mrs. W. E. Mil Itzer, Miss Kate Field, Miss Lou ise Pound, Mrs. Verna Boyles and Miss Margaret Fedde will pour. Members of Pi Lambda Theta, Psi Chi, and Alpha Lambda Delta will serve, from 3 to 5 p. m. . Winners. The five scholarship winners must carry a minimum of 12 hours per semester and must have filed applications for scholarships with Miss Marian Priest before March 1. Applicants were also to have filed recommendations from a per son not connected with the uni versity, relating her ability and need, and another from an in structor who knows og her schol arship and aptitude. An annual affair, the Mortar Board tea honors women students Who have averages of 85 or above for the first semester. Dance to C P. M .-Midnight subject will be "American Art in the Making." To Choose Panel Speakers. A panel discussion, speakers yet not chosen, will discuss the current exhibition Sunday, March 16, at 3 p. m. Tuesday, March 18, members of the Pi Beta Phi alum ni club will be conducted on a tour of the galleries. "Students and patrons of the arts will be interested in knowing that Mr. Howard Devree, art critic of the New York Times, will be in our galleries Saturday, March 22, at 3 p. m.," declared Miss Faulk ner. "Mr. Devree is one of Amer ica's distinguished art critics, and this should be a most important talk." Henry Hope, chairman of the Indiana University art depart ment, is scheduled to make a gal lery talk Sunday, March 23, at 3 p. m. Last scheduled gallery talk will be Miss Faulkner's to the Chamber of Commerce women's division, Wednesday at 7:30 p. m., March 25. YW Freshman Cabinet Chosen Fourteen freshman girls have been selected from every YW commission group to become mem bers of the Freshman Cabinet. The girls who were elected for this year's catbinet are: Dorothy Borgens, Phyllis Cadwallader, Marjorie Clark, Ruth Earle, Jean Eckvall, Barbara Faw, Nancy Nancy Glynn, Lois Leihty, Shirley Mengshol, Janet Nutzman, Mary O'Dell, Elizabeth Schneider, Ann J. Smith and Wanda Young. Functions. The main functions of the Freshman Cabinet are planning the second semester Freshman Rendezvous and the May morn ing Breakfast. The girls will serve as aides in the program next fall of freshman commission groups. There will be only one of these groups this semester. Sioux City Co-Op Establishes Fund With Foundation The Siouux Honey Association Co-operative of Sioux City, la., has established a $1,000 fellow ship with the University Foun dation, Perry W. Branch, direc tor, announced this week. The fellowship will be used to "stimulate research in the investi gation of nectar producing, vola tile oil bearing plants of possible commercial value" to the honey producing industry. Recipients will be graduate students of the university seek ing advanced degrees in pharma ceutical sciences. It will be awarded annually by a commit tee composed of the chairman of the department of pharmacognosy, the director of chemurgic re search, and the dean of the gradu ate college. L.S.A. Lenten Vespers Pastor Alvin M. Petersen will speak tonight at the L.S.A. Lenten Vespers, 7:00 p. m., at Parlors XY of the Student Union. His theme will be: "Christ, the Essence of the Cross." The L.S.A. choir will sing "Adoramus Te," by Pales trina. This service is open to all students. AUF Report Shows Total $50 Collected Returns of the first day of the Red Cross drive show that an ap proximate sum of $50 has been solicited for the 1947 American Red Cross drive, and pledges amounting to $85 have been re ceived from three women's organ izations, according to Beth Noren berg, AUF treasurer. A total of $38 was collected on the Ag campus, with the city campus reporting an amount less than $10 Pledges of $25 each have been made by Mortar Board and Tassels, with an amount of $35 pledged by Coed Counselors. The booth in the Union is open all afternoon and through the din ner hour. Lincoln students and students not living in organized houses are urged to make their lOUSfSGCJE contributions at the booth, or to the AUF representatives assigned to collect from thjem. Basil O'Connor, chairman of the A. R. C, announced that more than 161,000 veterans received fi nancial assistance from the Amer ican Red Cross chapters during the past year to tide them over difficult periods. . Through the vast program of Home Service conducted by chap ters throughout the country, Red Cross workers help veterans file disability claims with the govern ment and help them obtain factual evidence needed to complete claims. If the veteran designates the Red Cross as his claims rep resentative, Home Service pro vides further aid by enlisting the help of Red Cross field directors in Veterans Administration of fices. An average of 30,000 vet erans a month give the Red Cross their power of attorney. H t The King of the Guitar Featuring the Blue Reys IFri.9 March 7 Curley, Dye, Campbell Named AWS, Counselor, Barb Prexys Casting the largest number of votes in the history or univer sity women's elections, 900 coeds went to the polls yesterday to elect members to AWS, BABW, and Coed Counselor boards. Elizabeth Curley was elected president of AWS. A former member of the AWS board, Miss Curley is on the student union board and participates in YWCA. Jean Compton, elected vice presi dent, is also a former board mem ber, and was Coed Follies chair man this year. Miss Compton is also on the Cornhusker staff and Student Council. Mary Ann Campbell is the new president of BABW. Miss Camp- Rey Appears With Guitar, Band Friday America's number one guitarist, Alvino Rey, and his orchestra will play in the Union ballroom for an informal dance Friday night from 8 until midnight. Tickets for the affair are on sale at both the ag and city campus Union ofices at $5.00 per couple Saes have been limited to 425 couples to assure those attending of ample space to dance. Accord ing to Miss Patricia Lahr, direc tor of the Union, the price of the ticket will cover the evening's ex penses. No additional charges are to be made for tipping, cover charges or checking. Arrangements have made to sell cokes, brownies and popcorn in the main dining room thruout the evening. Risers to be Constructed. Special risers will be construc ted on the stage of the ballroom so that dancers may see the or chestra to best advantage. Rey's orchestra features the singing voices of Jo Ann Ryan, Jimmy Joyce and the Blue Reys. Rocky Coluccio, pianist, and Luise King, harpist will also be spot lighted during the evening. Miss Ryan made her singing de but with Gay Claridge's orches tra at the Hollywood Palladium in 1945. Since that time, she has See REY, see page 3. Garner To Play For Annual Barb Dance Sautrday The Barb Ball, sponsored by the B. A. B. W. and the U. S. A., will be held Saturday night from 9:00 to 12:00 in the Union ball room. Eddie Garner and his orchestra will furnish the music for the evening. Tickets are on sale in the Union and cost $1.80. The decorations committee is headed by Glendine Leonard and Donna McAuley. Other commit tees are: posters, Lois Rockwell and Jean Allaway; tickets, Mary Ann Graff; publicity, Virgene Ko varik, Mary Ann Campbell, Har riet Moline, and Pat Neely. UMLEi u bell is vice president of Towne Club and has been a member of the BABW board for three years. Mary Dye will head Coed Coun selors for- the coming year. Miss Dye has served on the Coed Counselor board and is a member of varsity debate. New senior board members of AWS are Jean Chilquist, Jackie Gordon, Harriet Quinn, and Mims Weeth. Junior members include Phyl Harris, who will take the post of secretary, Jane McArthur and Anne Whitham. Sophomores who will serve on the board are Georgianne Rediger, treasurer, Nancy Glynn, Juanita Hanger, and Janet Stratton. The two new senior board members of BABW are Lois Bamesberger and Janice ChappeL Junior board members elected are Mary Lou Ferguson, Marian McElhaney, Mildred Quick, and Shirley Sabin. Sophomore board members include Elaine Lauer, Joan Learning, Mary Travis and Irene Wellensick. Senior board members for Coed Counselors are Joan Fankhauser and Marcia Mockett. Jeanne Branch, Nancy Gish, Jacqueline Wightman, Lois Gillete, Marian McElhaney, and Shirley Sabin serve as junior members. Sophomore members include Dorothy Borgens, Nancy Lowry, Janice Cochran, and Jeanne Ma lone. Junior and senior women voted for May Queen from a list of seven candidates. The identity of May Queen will not be revealed until Ivy day. Grad Student Attends Class In Airplane Miss Mary Barstler, University faculty member, goes to class in an airplane. The class is an off-campus speech correction clinic held once a week in Ogallala. Twenty Keith county teachers who have pupils with speech deficiencies attend the meetings. Miss Barstler, a graduate as sistant in the department of speech, also teaches at two other clinics, St. Paul and Omaha. Dur ing the current semester, the uni versity is operating three similar clinics at Hastings, Grand Island and Fairbury. Speech Aids. All are designed primarily to help public school teachers in diagnosing and aiding children with such speech deficiencies as stuttering, according to Dr. L. T. Laase, speech department chair man. The clinics are sponsored by the university's extension division in cooperation with local agen cies, the county superintendents office and by the Nebraska So ciety for Crippled Children. The university also sponsors a speech correction clinic for adults and children during the regular school year, and a special sum mer clinic on the campus for chil dren. & HIS L ORCHESTRA Union Ballroom it il t'. r V