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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.
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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
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