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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1947)
rrwwmtsjwwssHB-rrw- or i n KOSMET KLUB ACTIVES Stoat 4SX. LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Friday, May 9, 1947 TAMES .FT" i ? ILast Theatre Pygmalion to One of George Bernard Shaw's best known plays, "Pyg malion," win be presented by the University Theatre May 14, 15, 16 and 17 as its last production of the current season. A romantic comedy, the play was written in 1912 and first pre sented in New York in 1914. MRS! BIGGINS, PLAYED BY by to see that Eliza Doolittle (Margaret Huff), Cockney flower girl who has been coached by her son, Henry Higgins, a phonetics pro fessor, to be a proper English lady, pulls no boners while being courted by Freddy Eynsford-Hill (Robert Cappel) who believed Eliza to be a real duchess. These three will appear in the Univer sity Theatre's last production of the year, "Pygmalion." cient legend of Pygmalion, a sculp tor king of Cyprus, who fashioned a beautiful statue from marble, fell in love with it, and pined away for his love until Aphrodite, goddess of love, brought the sta tue to life. RtsulU of Bet Shaw's story is of a Cockney flower girl who, as a result of a wager made by a phonetics pro fessor, is given enough social training to be passed off at a gar den party as a duchess. In six months' time Henry Higgins shows he can transform the "draggle-tailed gutter-snipe" into a proper lady. After the bet is won the problem arises of what Eliza will do for a living now that she has acquired the qualities of a member of the highest social class. The University Theatre box qf- Varsity Dairy Club Releases Judging Plans Final plans for the Varsity Dairy Club's spring Judging con test which is to be held Friday and Saturday were announced to day. The dairy products contest which will include three classes of products will be held Friday at 4 p. m. in the dairy building. All breeds of dairy cattle will be judged Saturday at 8 a. m. in the judging pavillion of the dairy barn. All ag students are eligible to enter. Basis for .'tide inf. Results of the contest will serve as a basis for choosing judging teams next fall. The team will compete in the National Dairy Judging contest which is to be held at Miami, Fla. Dr. P. A. Downs and Robert Fossland of the dairy department will act as official judges for the contest. High Individuals will be pre sented awards at a chili feed Sat urday at 6:30 p. m. Tickets are 50 cents per person and may be ob tained at the door. ' Production, Open May 14 Shaw's play is based on an an- BARBARA JEAN OLSON, stands fice will open Monday at 12:30 and will remain open every aft ernoon during the week of pro duction. A matinee performance will be given Saturday at 2 p. m. Tri-K Elects Next Year's Club Prexy Virgil Johnson was elected president of the university Tri-K club at a meeting of club members last night in the A g Union. O.her officers elected were: Wil lis Erwin, vice president; Raun Anderson, secretary; and Norman Kuhlman, treasurer. Bob Osier, outgoing president, announced plans for the annual crop judging contest which is to be held Saturday, May 17. This years' contest will be held in the Ag college activities building and will be open to all students in the university. Contest. The contest is based on the ma terial listed on the Tri-K identi fication list and will consist of eight classes f judging and two classes of identification. Material listed on the Tri-K list is avail able for study in the lower hall of the Crops Lab at any time during the day. Students competing will be di vided into Freshman, Junior and Senior divisions. The ten highest men In each di vision will receive ribbons and the top three men in each division will receive gold, silver and bronze medals. In addition, the high idividuals in each division will have their names engraved on the Tri-K honor plaques that are on display in the Crops Lab. Awards will be presented at the annual banquet which will be held in the Ag cafeteria Saturday, at 6:30 p. m. Tickets for the ban quet are priced at one dollar per person and can be purchased from members of the Tri-K club. X" Y , Delia Sigma Rho Names Final Entries Nine of 21 semi-finalists were selected as winners Thursday night in round two of the Delta Sigma Rho sponsored extempor aneous speech contest. Finalists will compete Satur day morning in the last round of competition when individual and house trophies will be awarded. Finalists. Students who were named for the final round and the topic each will discuss are: Paul Harring ton, "Should the sales tax be used as a method of raising rev enue for Nebraska schools?"; Rosalie Weatherfield, "Should the President's term of office be lim ited to eight years?"; Don Far ber, "Should the U. S. govern ment outlaw strikes against pub lic utilities?"; Gene Conley, "Should the U. S. government outlaw strikes in government controlled industry?" John Wenstrand, "Should po litical parties on the University of Nebraska campus be abol ished?"; Jackie Gordon, "Should the U. S. adopt a permanent pol icy of compulsory military train ing?"; Catherine Ham, "Shoulfl Hawaii and Alaska be admitted to statehood?"; Bud Hertzler, topic to be drawn; and Dick Berkheimer, "Should the U. S. grant military aid to Greece?" Two Groups Remain. The two organized houses re maining in the race for the house trophy are Alpha Tau Omega and Gamma Phi Beta. Seven groups were in the running. Trophies will be awarded im mediately after announcement of winners Saturday morning by B. J. Holcolmb, president of Delta Sig ma Rho. Competition is scheduled to begin at 10 a. m. in Room 201 See DELTA SIGMA, Page 4 Compton Plays Junior Piano Recital Today Bonnie Compton will be pre sented in the first junior recital of the year this afternoon at 4 p. m. in the Temple, playing a piano program of Bach, Beethoven, Cho pin and Scriabin. The junior re cital is a requirement for all arts and science candidates for Bache lor of Music degrees. Miss Compton was heard erlier this season as piano soloist with the ROTC varsity symphonic band, playing the opening move ment from the Grieg piano con certo. A member of the band, she is also a member of the string bass section of the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra. She 4s heard regu larly at the console of the Union's Hammond organ, and as accom panist for a number of student re citals. Her program will feature a group of numbers by the Russian composer and pianist, Alexander Scriabin. The group includes two etudes, two mazurkas and "Album Leaf." The complete program, open to the public, includes: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, Bach. Sonata Op. 54, Beethoven; In Tempo d'un Minuetto; Allegretto. See COMPTON PLAYS, Pare 4 Old-Time Flicker Shows to Be Held At Union Sunday Union activities for the weekend will include a Sunday afternoon flicker show, according to Mrs. Pat Lahr Smith, director. The three flicks will feature Charlie Chase in "The Caretaker's Daughter," Laurel and Hardy in "Hop To It" and an unidentified cast in "Stupid But Brave." Jay Norris, organist, will pro vide background music for the movies and popcorn will be sold. The same flickers will be shown at the Ag Union at 8 p. m: There will be a tegular Sunday afternoon coffee hour at 5 p. m. NewKosmetKlub Actives Selected Lahr Lists Nine Workers Eligible for Membership Nine Kosmet Klub workers have been selected to serve as active members of the organization for next year, Dick Lahr, president announced Thursday. New active members of the Klub will be Fig Flagf. Phil Keeney, Dick Johnson, Warren Howard, Rog Stewart, Harry High School Experimental Meet Opens Seventy-five outstanding high school seniors from Nebraska communities will be on campus this weekend attending an ex perimental conference dedicated to the future of public school ed ucation. Seniors were selected by local superintendents on the basis of scholastic ability and "dynamic personality as a leader." Each student is sponsored by a local service organization, such as the Lions, Rotary, Community club or American Legion. Experiment. "This is an experiment,' Walter K. Beggs, Teachers' lege professor, explained. Dr. See HIGH SCHOOL, Page 4 Orchesis Modern Dance Concert Slated Tonight Celebrating its 20th year on this campus, Orchesis modern dance club will present its annual spring concert tonight and Saturday at 8:15 p.m. in Grant Memorial. The program has been divided into two parts: Part I Invitation to the Dance von Weber Pre-Classic Dance Forms Freda Miller iU.o sr----- ..r I 0 MEMBERS OF ORCHESIS who will present the annual spring re cital tonight and Saturday night. ravane. .. .' "Ceremonious and dignified" Courante "Rapid and eootlnuoua" Minuet ...."Mincing and dainty" Qlgtte "Hot and hasty" Bourse ...."Hearty and rigorous" Saraband "Noble and stately" Galliard "Blithe and brtsk" Garotte.... "Lively and sparkling" Part II The Daily Newspaper Fugitive Escapes Freda Miller Foreign Affairs Freda Miller Bargain Bale Freda Miller Advice to the Lovelorn Freda Miller Street Scenes Sidewalk Glances Newman (Pre -Orchesis) Pick Up Meyer-HVImund Club 67 Arranged Sponsors. Sponsored by the women's physical education department and the WAA, Orchesis is headed by Irma Lou Fisher, president, and Billie Steelman, secretary. Because of the interest displayed in modern dance, Pre-Orchesis was organized in 1945 with Mrs. Monty Geissinger as Faculty spon sor. Mrs. H. 11 Flood is accom panist. Background. Orchesis was started In 1919 at the University of Wisconsin. To- Knudscn, Cap Thciscn, Bill Schenck and Noibcrt Tiemann. The nine carry over members of the group are Dick Lahr, pres ident: Av Bondarin, business manager; Jack Wilson, Bill Wal die, Kayo Lauden, Bill Palmer, John Slothowcr, Arlcigh Batson and Walt Dorothv. - "Fig" Hair. Flagg, the pledge who was list ed as the worker receiving the largest number of work points, will become secretary of the Klub. Actives were selected by the members of the organization from the list of those who were pledged during the past year. Kosmet Klub, founded in 1911 by six junior men, was originated with the purpose of producing an annual musical comedy written by students. Continued Activities. Lahr has announced that the Klub will continue to sponsor the Interfraternity Sing, the spring musical comedy and the fall re vue at which the Nebraska Sweet heart and Prince Kosmet are pre sented. At f TV day, all of the larger colleges and universities have some kind of Orchesis, according to Dr. Aileene Lockhart, faculty director of the Nebraska club. It is estimated that 75,000 col lege men and women have now enrolled in modern classes in this country. Romberg Directs Musical Concei t Sigmund Romberg, the composer of ''Blossom Time.' "May Time," "The Deseit Song." "Sweetheart," "Stouthearted Men" and "The Drinking Song." will direct his 52 piece orchestra in a concert tonight at 8:30 p. in. at the university coliseum. Mr. Romberg hold3 the un equalled record of having 80 mu sical shows and over 2,000 re cordings to his credit. This Is the third Romberg concert tour ot the country. - r J V "-,T t ft 0'' at 5 . 1 r't. '-. - f 'I v I r: t ,1 f.'V . v .!