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Vol. 47 No. 104 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Thursday, March 20, 1947
Filings for Elections
Open for One Week
Campus Ballots Will Include
Student Council, Ivy Day Orator
With 12 days remaining before spring elections, Student Council
announces that filings for all elective positions open today at the
Student Activities, office in the coliseum. Open for one week, filings
will close Wednesday, March 26, at
When the student body goes to
the" polls April -1st, it will elect
over 30 members to its Student
Council, three members to its
Publications Board, its Ivy Day
Orator, and the personnel of the
Ag Exec Board, Farmer s rair
Board and College Agriculture
Fun Board. Proposed revisions in
the Student Council constitution
headline this year's election. The
Council is now considering other
possible propositions to include on
the ballot.
Filings have customarily closed
the Friday before the Tuesday
election, but the Council has de
cided that this year Wednesday
will be the closing date, anticpat
ing a double amount of pre-election
routine resulting from the
all-time enrollment record.
Candidates' names may be filed
either independently or by polit
ical party, in the first-floor Stu
dent Activities office at the coli
seum. Student Council constitu
tion provisions covering student
election filings by political parties
end with this sentence: "Noth
ing in this constitution shall be
so construed as to deprive any
student of the right to file as an
Independent candidate."
GRADES
Grade cards for the first se
nester will be distributed from
the office of admissions in the
administration building be
tween 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. as
follows:
" II lot N Inclusive Thursday,
March 20; O to Z Inclusive
Friday, March 21.
Students must present their
identification cards when call
ins' for trades.
'Henry V Opens Today
For One Week Showing
"Fantastic," is the description
Hollywood film-makers have ap
plied to boxoffice reports on
"Henry V," the technicolor screen
version of the Shakespearean
drama which begins a one-week
engagement at the Nebraska the
ater today. Contrary to predic
tions of all film magnates, when
the film was first brought over
from England, all engagements
thus far have been overwhelming
financial successes.
Shakespearean Trials.
The American film makers had
good reason for their pessimism.
No Shakespearean film before
"Henry V has had financial suc
cess. And the Bard has been
given a fair trial. Back in 1924
Cecil B. DeMille interpolated the
balcony scene from "Romeo and
Juliet," without dialogue, into a
spectacle film entitled "Triumph,'
with Rod La Rocque and Leatrice
Joy. Later Mary Pickford and
Douglas Fairbanks picked up the
gauntlet with "Taming of the
"Shrew," an evept remembered
only because of the classic credit
line on the screen and in the ad
vertising: "By William Shake
SATURDAY NITE 8-12
5 p. m.
Dot Meshier
To Become
WAA Prexy
Dot Meshier was elected presi
dent of the WAA in an election
held yesterday.
Kathryn Rapp will assume the
office of secretary and Cleo
Schmoldt will take over as treas
urer. Mims Weeth will become
vice president.
Ballots Cast
Seventy ballots were cast
in
the election by participants whose
qualifications were set up by the
WAA. Voters had to be members
of the concession board of the
physical education department,
members of the sports board,
members of the board of repres
entatives from organized houses,
intramural group heads, or par
ticipants in a required number of
intramural tournaments.
Former Officers.
Officers for the preceding year
were Isaaore Brown, president,
Joanne Rapp, vice president,
Ruth Ann O'Hanlon, secretary,
and Billie Steelman, treasurer.
Plans are being made for the
installation of the new officers.
speare, with additional dialogue
by Sam Taylor.
Next came Warner's "A Mid
summer Night's Dream," with a
star-studded cast There was a
difference of critical opinion as to
whether it was a good film. All
critics agreed that it was not good
Shakespeare.
Alterations for Appeal.
Then came MGM's "Romeo and
Juliet" this time with dialogue,
followed by 20th Century Fox'
"As You Like It " the latter star
ring Laurence Olivier who also
plays the title role in "Henry V."
The question that arises is what
accounts for the public response
to "Henry V," one of Shake
speare's lesser-known plays.
which was not enjoyed by its pre
decessors.
The answer may be found in
the precept which Olivier, who
also produced and directed the
film, borrowed from an 18th cen
tury critic, named Fielding, and
stuck to while every foot of
"Henry V" was being "shot"
Said Fielding, "Shakespeare is
already good enough for people of
taste. He must not be altered to
the palates of those who have
none."
' RAYMOND SCOTT.
AND HIS
KCMESTRA
ALL-UNIVERISTY FORMAL SEASON FINALE
AT COLISEUM
Ticket
Now It's My Turn!
Oh, I'll sneak a meek tweak on
a freak Greek cheek
And seek to pique that wee pip
squeak But if I shriek and squeak when I
seek to speak,
You'll know my clique's with the
antique Sikhs.
Eddie McCullough.
(If you can say this aloud, cor
rectly, four times in one minute,
you're crazier than I thought you
were.)
AVC Elects
New Prexy .
Tuesday Nite
Morris Broduin, electrical engi
neering senior, was chosen chair
man of the newly organized
American Veterans committee
chapter at the second organiza
tional meeting held Tuesday eve
ning in the Union.
Frank Foote, ag college junior
was elected treasurer and Peter P,
Beelak will act as secretary.
During the meeting AVC decid
ed not to support Representative
Leo E. Allen (r.. 111.) on his pro
posal to allow immediate termi
nal leave bond redemption be
cause AVC felt it would Xe detri
mental to the passage c4 HR 870
which would raise subsistence al
lowances for college students.
Thirty-five personal distress
letters, asking Nebraska Congres
sional representatives to support
H.R. 870. were written by AVC
members during the meeting.
Easter Service
Will Feature
Choral Music
Arniella choral music will -be
featured at the Ag pre-Easter
breakfast service which is to be
held Sunday, March 30 at 7:45
a. m. in the ag college student
activities building.
The chorus, composed of 20
male voices, will sing a Silesian
folk song entitled, "Beautiful Sa
viour" and a benediction response.
James A. Sears, ag junior, will di
rect the chorus.
Dr. C. P. HalL pastor of the
First Lutheran church, will give
the invocation and benediction.
Tickets for the breakfast will
go on sale this week, according
to Don Meaders, chairman of the
pre-Easter service. Priced at 50
cents each, the tickets will be
limited to 350 persons.
The breakfast which has been
an annual event since 1927, is
sponsored by the Ae Religious
Council.
Theatre Holds
Tryouts Today
Try outs for "Claudia," "Thun
der Rock," and "Children of the
Moon" will be held today from 3
to 5 p. m. in the Temple. These
plays will be produced by the
experimental theatre in May.
All students are eligible to try
out but they must have the hour
of 3 to 5 p. m. on Tuesdays and
Thursdays open for rehearsals and
production work. Rose Franken's
"Claudia" has a cast of five wom
en and three men; "Children of
the Moon," by Martin Flavin, five
men and three women: and
"Thunder Rock," by Robert Ar
drey, six men and three women.
from Corn Cob or Union
Juniors, Seniors
Will Meet Today
Classes Will Elect Prom
Queen in Temple at 5 P. M.
Today at 5 p. m. members of the junior and senior
classes will meet in the Temple Theatre to elect the coed
who will be presented as Prom Queen at the annual Junior
Senior Prom.
Dake Novotny and Don Chapin, presidents of the two
classes, will preside at the joint
meeting. Final arrangements for
the election were announced Wed
nesday after members of the Prom
committee had consulted with
faculty representative.
Secret Ballot
Junior and senior students from
the city and ag campuses will
elect the 1947 Queen by secret
ballot. Ballot counting is to be
supervised by appointed faculty
members. Identity of the girl se
lected will not be revealed until
the night of the dance.
Playing for the event, the uni
versity's final formal function,
will be Raymond Scott, composer
and band leader. Dancing will
be from 8 p. m. until midnight
in the coliseum.
, Compositions.
Among Scott's compositions are
"The Tov TrumDet." "In An
Eighteenth Century Drawing
Room," "Twilight in Turkey," and
".Birdseed bpecial."
His orchestra features the sins
ing voice of Dorothy Collins. The
Scott aggregation has recently
completed a 17-week engagement
at the Hotel bherman College Inn
in Chicaso.
Tickets. $3.00 oer counle. mav
be purchased from Corn Cobs,
Masquers or at a booth in the
union.
Corn Cobs
Close Major
Activity List
As their last major activity of
the year, Corn Cobs, men s pep
organization will join with the
university speech department and
Student Council in selling tickets
lor the Junior-Senior prom.
Corn Cob workers will be sun-
plied with prom tickets starting
today and will continue sales un
til Saturday. Dean Skokan, Cob
secretary, has announced that the
speech department salesmen and
Corn Cob salesmen will hold an
impromptu competition today and
tomorrow to decide which group
can sell more of the rapidly mov
ing tickets.
Selling for $3.00 per couple,
tickets to the prom, scheduled for
Saturday night in the coliseum, are
available to all university stu
dents, regardless of class. Ray
mond Scott and his orchestra will
play at the prom which is semi-
formal and marks the official close
of the university formal season.
Coalition Party
Schedules Meet
Members and students interest
ed in becoming members of the
Cornhusker party, only political
organization in existence on the
university campus, will meet to
night at 7:30 in the auditorium of
the Social Science building.
Students will submit names of
candidates to enter the spring
election race. After the names
have been submitted, they will be
turned over to the merit commit
tee for investigation. Nomina
tions for the election will be veri
fied at next week's meet.
Booth
Countryman
First Issue
Now Ready
Copies of the first postwar is
sue of the Cornhusker Country
man, ag college student publi
cation, will be available today,
according to Marianne Srb, ed
itor. Students who have purchased
subscriptions may obtained the
magazine in Ag Hall. Sales booths
will be set up on the campus for
those who do not have subscrip
tions. Priced at 50 cents for three
copies, the number of available
subscriptions is limited. Two more
issues will be published this se
mester.
Among the features of this
month's issue is a short history of
the Countryman written by the
editor, an account of the Ag Stu
dent Union by Berle Damkroger,
and a character sketch of Yuen
Chiu, graduate student in Plant
Pathology, by Phil Raynard.
Alumni activities will be included
as another special feature. ,
The Countryman staff is head
ed by Marianne Srb, editor and
James Sears, managing editor.
Other members of the staff are:
Paul Eveland. business manager;
Lois Thorfinnson, home econom
ics editor, and Duane Munter,
circulation manager.
UN Graduate
Meets Truman
Thru Surprise
An otherwise unfortunate Texas
rain brought a pleasant surprise
recently to UN graduate Roy Ed
ward Johnson, instructor in voice
since September at Baylor Uni
versity in Waco, Texas.
Exercises at which President
Truman received an honorary de
gree and delivered an address, or
iginally planned for the campus
lawn, were forced inside Waco
Hall, the school of music build
ing, by a prolonged rain.
Hasty arrangements by radio
technicians to set up the ABC,
CBS and NBC editorial room in
Mr. Johnson's voice studio pushed
him into the college president's
office to be-deck himself in cap
and gown for the faculty pro
cession.
And with whom did he happen
to rub robes? Why, the Presi
dent of the United States, of
course. Truman had joined Dr.
Ness, Baylor president, there to
dress for the ceremony, when out
side plans changed.
Graduated in '45 with a music-
in-education degree, Johnson has
been invited to teach during sum
mer school and to return for the
fall term. While an undergradu
ate, he was heard in a number of
university musicals, including a
concert performance of "Carmen,"
and as a "Messiah" soloist. He
was president of Sinfonia.
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