Vol. 47 No. 114 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Entry Deadline Announced
For Ivy Sing Competition
All organized groups planning to compete in the tradi
tional Ivy Day Sing May 3 should submit the name of the
director, the names of the singers, the song and a state
ment of expected help from alumni to the office in Ellen
Smith by 5 p. m. today.
The sing competition will pre
cede the May Day ceremonies.
Governing Rales.
Rules governing competition are
as follows:
All organized groups of the
university may participate in the
sing, except honorary groups. Not
more than 25 may represent the
group from any one house. This
is including the director. The
groups must be larger than an
octet.
No medley of songs may be
sung, nor the same song used for
two consecutive years. Alumni
may not take part in the singing,
but they may assist in the prepa
ration with the provisions that
they have not been connected
professionally with music. No
other assistance may be had.
Qualifications.
The director must be active in
the group and must be regularly
enrolled in the university. All
members of the group must be
carrying 12 hours this present se
mester and can have no failures
from last semester. All groups
must remain after their participa
tion for recall if necessary.
Each group will be assessed a
one dollar fee to cover the cost
of the judging. This sum is to be
paid to Georgianne Rediger, AWS
treasurer, between Apru 14-18
Audio-Visual
Applications
Due May 1
Teachers and school educators
of Nebraska interested in obtain
ing Encyclopedia Britannica Films
summer session tuition scholar
ships in audio-visual education,
may send applications before May
1 to Frank E. Sorenson of the um
versity teachers' college.
Announcement of this deadline
was made by Dr. Stephen M,
Corey of the University of Chi
cago, chairman of the scholarship
committee which selected II uni
versities where the awards will
be granted.
To be eligible for the awards,
applicants must be teachers or
school administrators who have
especial responsibility for audio
visual instruction in their schools
and who wish to make more ef
fective use of classroom motion
pictures, Corey said.
More than 100 educators will re
ceive scholarships at 11 colleges
and universities from Syracuse,
N. Y., to California, and from
Minnesota to Louisiana.
Final Selections.
Selection of applicants will be
made by administrators at the
universities concerned, and re
quests for application blanks for
the awards should be mailed di
rectly to the university adminis
trators before the May 15 dead
line. This Is the third year the En
cyclopedia Britannica Films has
warded tuition scholarships for
summer study of audio-visual ed
ucational techniques. Last year
34 teachers and administrators
were granted scholarships at Chi
cago, Wisconsin and Indiana universities.
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EVENING 8 P. M.
APRIL 17, 18, 19
ALL SEATS RESERVED
Honoraries
To Hear Ise
Speak Tonite
Members of Phi Beta Kappa
and Sigma Xi will hear Prof
John Ise, University of Kansas
economist, author and lecturer,
discuss "Homo Sapiens in the
Modern World" today at 6:15 in
the Union.
Books by Ise include "U. S
Forest Policy," "U. S. Oil Policy,'
"Sod and Stubble: The Story of
a Kansas Homestead." He has ed
ited and published a text, "Eco
nomics," now on reserve at Love
library.
New Phi Beta Kappa and Sig
ma Xi members will be intro
duced to the organizations.
'Silver Cord' Production Stars
Lorene Novotny in Lead Role
BY NORM LEGER.
(New Editor)
Sidney Howard's "The Silver
Cord" will be presented tonight
by the Experimental Theater in
the studio theater at 7:15 p. m.
Directed by Miss Margaret Ser-
vine. the play unfolds the drama
tic story of a dominating mother
who is unwilling to give up her
two sons even after they have
reached adulthood.
Domination of Mother.
An independent career-minded
woman, wife of one of the sons,
succeeds in winning her husband
away from the binding tie with
his selfish mother, but the other
son. too long under maternal in
fluence, is forced to break his
engagement to the girl he loves,
Lorene Novotny plays Mrs.
Phelps, the mother. David, the
older son, is played by Herb
S pence. Betty Schultz has the
part of his wife, Christina. Don
Johannes plays the part of Robert,
the younger son. Pat Boyd has
the part of Hester, the girl to
whom Robert Is engaged.
Declaration of Stand.
It is only through the strength
of Christina that David is able to
break away from his intensely
selfish mother. She attempts to
show Robert, too, the wrongness
in being so completely dominated.
"You give such good reason,
Robert, such awfully good rea
son! Because you re not really
bad, you know. You're just
wrong, all wrong, terribly, piti
fully, all of you and you're
trapped," she declares. And later,
"It's a question a great many
young wives leave unsettled, Mrs.
Phelps. I'm not going to make
that mistake."
Gertrude Page is the student
A MUSICAL
Thursday, April 3, 1947
Swim Group
Announces
Pageant Plan
A water pageant centered
around a calendar theme .with
each month of the year being
represented by a swimming num
ber will be presented by the
Swimming Club on April 25 and
26 in the coliseum.
The plan for a two night per
formance has been initiated this
year because of the large number
of people turned away when the
Club gave their annual pageant
before a capacity crowd last
year, according to Miss Jane
Mott, sponsor.
Highlights.
With all swimming club mem
bers participating, the pageant
will start with the month of May
and continue through the year
featuring an outstanding hilite of
each month. Each number will
be centered around a holiday from
the respective month or will be in
keeping with the season of year.
Dorothy Meshier and Jane
Eickmeier will swim as a duet in
the September number which will
feature the music of "September
Song." The rest of the program
will be presented by larger
groups.
All members of the cast will
See SWIM GROUP, page 2.
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LORENE NOVOTNY, senior, who will take her first major role
in a University Theatre production tonite. Herb Spence, Betty
Shultz, Don Johannes and Pat Boyd will also be seen in Howard's
"Silver Cord."
director of "The Silver Cord." All
holders of University Theater
season tickets will be admitted
IZOS3IET KLUB PRESENTS
COMEDY WITH AN ALL
TICKETS 75c
Lawyers
Hearings
Juniors Will Argue Cases
For Thomas S. Allen Prize
BY WALLY BECKER.
Newi Editor)
First case in the Thomas S. Allen appllate court com
petition this spring will be argued tonite at 7:30 in th
Law college courtroom.
Robert Guenzel and Richard Wilson, attorneys for the
plaintiff and appellees, will argue against Jack Knicely and
Gayle Cummings, who represent the defendant and appel
lant in the cast of the State of Allen vs. Ivan Smiley. The
Position Maps
Made by Young
Sky Scientists
The Collins method of position
location by celestial navigation
will be studied by 15 Nebraska
high school science clubs at the
2 and 3, according to Prof. O. C.
Nebraska Junior Academy of Sci
ences convention in Lincoln May
Collins, originator of the system.
Special sky maps have been
given participating clubs, which
include those from Boy's Town
in eastern Nebraska and Big
Springs in the west. Consella-
tions will be marked and the
North circumpolar sky shown on
the maps.
PS1 CHI.
Psi Chi will meet today at 4:40
in room 224 of Social Science, ac
cording to Shirley Compton.
without charge. The price of ad
mission for non-holders is forty
cents.
MALE CAST
BOX OFFICE HOURS
-6 P.M. DAILY
APRIL 14, 15, 16, 17
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Tonite
case concerns enforcement or a
sales tax by a regulatory body in
the State of Allen.
Local Justices to Decide.
Harry Spencer, Lancaster
county judge; Harry Ankeny, Ne
braska district court judge; and
Prof. David Dew, of the law col
lege faculty, will judge the case.
The Thomas S. Allen competi
tion was set up last year from a
fund willed to the law college
by the late Mr. Allen, a member
of the first graduating class of the
law college. Last year's winners,
who were also the first winners,
were F. Blaine Sloan and John W.
Stewart.
Moot Court Set-up.
As the moot court competition
is set up, all law college fresh
men must enter competition their
first semester. Competition in the
moot court trials in the spring,
however, is voluntary, and is a
part of the Allen competition.
Only those lawyer teams which
win their cases in the spring com
petition may argue in the. follow
ing year. Lawyers are thus elimi
nated until, in their senior year,
only two teams are left in the
competition. The winning team is
given gold keys and winners
names are inscribed on the me
morial placque which hangs in
law college.
Moot court competition is su
pervised by an advisory board of
three seniors and six juniors,
which fixes times of hearings and
sets up cases which the compet
ing teams argue. When given a
case, one that a lawyer is likely
to encounter in actual practice,
the lawyer team must do exten
sive research and file a brief with
the moot court. Later, lawyers for
both sides appear in open court
and argue the case orally. Deci
sions are based on the merit of
both the written briefs and oral
presentation. One adverse deci
sion throws a team out of the
Allen competition.
See LAWYERS, page 8.
Engineers Will
Hold Ball, Stag
Banquet May 2
Combining for the first tim
the features of their stag ban
quet and their once annual ball,
the Engineering College this year
will hold a dance following the
annual Engineers' Banquet, May
2. It will be the first university
party to be held at Cotner Ter
race, new Lincoln dinner and
dance club.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow,
and may be purchased from rep
resentatives in each of .the engi
neering . departments. An ex
clusive banquet for engineers and
their dates, the affair will be lim
ited to 250 couples, according to
Lewis Kremer. However, single
tickets will be sold. Price, includ
ing tax, is $2.10, or obviously;
$4.20 per couple.
Announcement of banquet
speaker is not ready for release,
Kremer said, although an out
standing speaker is promised. Don
Purviance and his band will pro
vide dance music following the
banquet