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Vol. 47 No. 140
Sigma Xi To Initiate 48
At Anniversary Banquet
Eleven new members and 37
associate members will be in
itiated at the annual banquet of
Sigma Xi in the Union ballroom
Wednesday at 6:30 p. m.
In addition to the initiation
ceremonies, the Nebraska chapter
will celebrate its semi-centennial.
It was organized June 5, 1897.
Dr. 11. G. O. Hoick, university
pharmacologist, will be the prin
cipal speaker.
Arrangement Committee
A committee composed of Dr.
Emma N. Anderson, assistant pro
fessor of botany, chairman; Dr.
N. A. Bcngtson, junior division
dean; Dr. D. D. Whitney, profes
sor of zoology, and Ferris W.
Norris, professor of electrical en
gineering, is making arrangements
to commemorate the anniversary.
Dr. R. J. Pool, chairman of the
botany department, and Dr. C. B.
Schultz, director of the museum,
are in charge of a special exhibit
to be placed on the stage.
Chancellor and Mrs. Gustavson
will be honored guests.
Introduction
Dr. W. E. Militzer, associate
professor of chemistry, will intro
duce the newly elected members,
and I. L. Hathaway, associate pro
fessor of dairy husbandry, will in
troduce the society to the initiates.
The presidential address to be
given by Dr. H. G. O. Hoick is en
titled "Selected Aspects of a Quar
ter Century of Research in
AER To Hold
Second Annual
Radio Banquet
The second annual radio ban
quet, sponsored by Alpha Epsilon
Rho, national radio honorary, will
be held Saturday, in Union par
lors XYZ, at 6 p. m.
Romulo Soldevilla. instructor in
the radio section of the speech
department, will serve as toast
master. Entertainment includes
Magician John Carson and stu
dent skits.
Radio Men.
Representatives of commercial
radio stations in Lincoln and de
partmental heads have been in
'vited to attend.
Tickets are priced at $1.25 and
may be purchased from any mem
ber of AER or at the radio studio
office. Tickets are to be bought
by 5 p. m., Thursday.
Over 75 people attended the
first radio banquet last spring
at which Paul L. Bogcn, director
of radio, was featured speaker.
Mr. Bogen is faculty adviser and
sponsor of AER.
Alpha Epsilon Rho, Mu chapter,
was established on the Nebraska
campus in September, 1946. Mem
bership includes 21 actives, seven
pledges and two associate members.
Laird, Anderson to
In the first concert of its kind
this year, contralto Helen Laird
and baritone Robert Anderson
will present a joint song recital
at 4 p. m. in Temple Theater
today. Longer than the relatively
short senior recitals required of
graduating music majors in Teach
ers college, today's program will
give the two singers an oppor
tunity to display a wider range
of vocal performance.
Miss Laird, who will graduate
in June, will enter Columbia Uni
versity next fall for an advanced
degree, studying at the univer
sity's Julliard school of Music.
Elected recently to Pi Kappa
Lambda, music scholastic honor
ary, she was presented last week
with the sword of honor of Sigma
Alpha Iota music sorority.
Awarded Sword.
The award, presented by the na
tional sorority, is not given to
ariy one chapter more than once
in three years, and is awarded to
the woman nominated by her
chapter who has attained high
scholarship and prominence In
campus activities. President this
year of Student Council, Miss
Laird is past-secretary of YWCA,
a member of Pi Lambda Theta
Physiology and Pharmacology."
New Members
This year's eleven new mem
bers and 37 associate members
are in addition to the 21 associate
members from the senior class
which were announced at the
Sigma Xi-Phi Beta Kappa joint
banquet this spring. There are
now approximately 145 members
of Sigma Xi on the staff of the
university.
Dress for the meeting will be
formal for past presidents and
their wives. Members of the so
ciety, "their families and friends
may attend.
Cobs to Elect
New Pledges
At Smoker
Prospective workers for Coin
Cobs will be entertained by the
actives at the annual pledge
smoker tonight at 7 p. m., in room
313 of the Union, according to
Duane Muntcr, president.
Workers for the next year will
be selected from those attending
the smoker. Candidates will repre
sent organized houses, fraternities,
co-ops and students at large.
Students at Large.
Any man not living in an or
ganized house who is interested
in being considered for the pledge
ship should place his name in a
letter and leave it in the Corn
Cobs' mail box in the Union base
ment, according to Sam Warren,
secretary. Since the organization is
typical of the university, it is nec
essary that the membership con
sist of representative students.
Qualifications.
Qualifications make it necessary
that any pledge have a minimum
of 24 hours credit by the end of
the current semester and must be
carrying at least 12 hours. Initia
tion requirements for the 16 work
ers chosen to be actives at the end
of the year are that the candidate
must have a weighted average of
75.
The requirements also state that
it is preferable that a pledge have
Saturday mornings free from
classes next fall so that he may
devote time to Saturday work
projects during the football season.
Federalists Elect Officers
Election of officers for the uni
versity chapter of United World
Federalists was held recently,
with Kermit Rohde replacing
Herman Turk.
Other newly elected offivers in
clude Chuck Bergoffen, vice
president; Dorothy Lasher, treas
urer; Eileen McClay, recording
secretary, and Eugene Berman,
corresponding secretary.
teachers honorary, and of Alpha
Chi Omega sorority.
"Messiah" soloist, she appear-
ROBERT ANDERSON.
Courtesy Lincoln Journal.
ed last year as Mama Lucia in
the opera "Cavalleria Rusticana."
Li B J
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Psychiatrist
Tells Parley
Of Problems
Prof. James Reinhardt, social
psychiatrist, told pressmen at the
regional conference of UNESCO
that the organization has been try
ing to educate the wrong type of
people.
"We have been trying to edu
cate the common people to want
peace," Reinhardt said, "when it
is the upper crust, the vested in
terests, that we should aim much
of our literature at. They are the
war-makers."
Art Proposals.
The Creative Arts sections made
the proposal that an international
"lending library" of art works be
created. Art works would be
contributed by great artists from
various countries and for recipro
cal circulation of recordings.
Conference sections also dis
cussed the expansion of the pre
war international exchange of
students to include international
exchange of civic leaders, work
ers, artists and professional men.
The need af parental education as
a means of influencing coming
generations was stressed by li
brarians attending the three-day
conference.
Twelve Attend.
Twelve members of the univer
sity staff attended the regional
conference which was called by
Chancellor R. G. Gustavson, Pres.
Milton Eisenhower of Kansas
State college and Dr. Ben M.
Cherrington of Denver university,
members of the national commis
sion of UNESCO.
Martin Pesek
Sets Final Date
For Try-outs
Yell squad try-outs will be held
for the last time Wednesday in
the Daily Nebraskan office at
7:30 p. m., it has been announced
by Martin Pesek, advisor.
Twelve finalists were selected
Saturday by the committee in
charge which was composed of
Stan Johnson, president of the
Innocents society; Joan Ackerman,
vice president of Mortar Board;
Harriet Quinn, president of Tas
sels, and Duane Munter, president
of Corn Cobs.
Eligibility.
Because only seven men tried
out for positions on the squad, the
committee announced that a final
date would be set for other inter
ested candidates. To be eligible
for participation a student should
be of sophomore standing by next
fall and should be taking at least
See PESEK, page 4.
Present
She was one of five seniors elected
by the school of music seniors to
appear with the university or
chestra earlier this semester. She
has soloed twice in SAI spring
concerts, and was an alternate
winner in the Lincoln Symphony
auditions this year.
Today she will sing German art
songs by Schumann, Brahms and
Grieg; an aria from Tschaikow
sky's opera "Joan of Arc;" and a
group of American songs.
Audition Winner.
Robert Anderson, winner this
year of the symphony audition,
was a soloist in the "Messiah" and
in "The Creation" while at the
university before the war. He sang
the role of Will Scarlet in the
university's production of DeKo
ven's opera, "Robin Hood." Now
a junior, he is a member of Phi
Mu Alpha-Sinfonia, music fra
ternity, and of Kappa Sigma.
He is a member of the Sin
fonia quartet which broadcasts
on the "Your University Speaks"
show over the Nebraska Network
each Sunday at 12:30. Serving in
the navy three years, Mr. Ander
son was one of the "Eight Men
of Note," a double quartet coach
NROTC to Hold
Summer Cruise
Capt. Matthews Reports
First Post-War Voyage
Twenty-two university naval science students will take
a two-month cruise this summer on the battleship, the
U.S.S. Iowa, Capt. M. D. Matthews. USN, head of the de
partment, announced Monday. It will be the first cruise for
UN students since the beginning of World war II.
Actor's Lab
Pleases In
Flavin Play
BY DON JOHANNES.
The University Theatre's Cav
alcade of Drama opened Monday
night with a well-balanced, en
tertaining production of Martin
Flavin's "Children of the Moon."
Directed by Dean Graunke and
David Andrews, the play was
prepared and presented by the
Actor's Lab. The cast was made
up principally of students en
rolled in classes of Acting and
Directing in the department of
Speech and Dramatic Art.
Setting of the 3-act psycho
logical drama was the Atherton
residence on the English sea
coast. Plot structure was built
upon the fatal mental abberra
tion of the Atherton clan, the
self-titled "children of the moon."
Members of the family ranged
from the old judge who lost his
reasoning power during the full
of the moon to the young daugh
ter who sought to escape the
curse with the man she loved,
Barbara Jean Olson.
Outstanding for her portrayal
of the scheming, selfish mother
was Barbara Jean Olson, seen re
cenUy as the charming, gracious
Mrs. Higgins in "Pygmalion."
Showing a marked versatility, she
maintained a steady grasp on the
emotions of the audience.
Arlis Swanson was consistently
convincing as the daughter whose
life had been sheltered from
knowledge of the family weakness.
(Particularly well done was her
transition from a normal young
girl to a crazed and frightened
woman.) Playing opposite Miss
Swanson, Dewey Ganzel was be
lievable and understanding as the
young flyer who stumbled into
the household by way of an air
plane accident.
Mad Grandfather.
Somewhat slow in beginning,
the story gained momentum as it
unfolded. Avrum Bondarin as the
See ACTORS, page 4.
Joint Recital Today
ed by Robert Mitchell. The en
semble sang together nine months,
broadcasting for nine weeks over
HELEN LAIRD.
a Spokane, Wash., station. Coach
Mitchell is founder and director
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Tuesday, May 20, 1947.
Itinerary Plans.
The itinerary, beginning Juno
28, includes Vancouver, B. C: San
Clcmente Island. Calif.; Pearl
Harbor and Hilo, Hawaii. It will
end at San Francisco on Aug. 22.
Sophomore students will take the
entire cruise, while two seniors,
Jack Lovell and Douglas Peterson,
will disembark at San Francisco
on July 18.
The practical training cruise is
a part of the new NROTC program
offered in 52 universities through
out the nation for the develop
ment of regular and reserve com
missioned officers.
Cruisers.
Students making t'.iC cruise are:
Jerry A. Althouse, Donald L.
Bauer, Robert H. Berkshire, Rob
ert P. Chancy, Walter D. Chancy,
Lawrence E. Donegan, jr., Don A.
Finstrom, Harold L. Gerhart, jr.,
James T. Godfrey, Robert W.
Hackbart. Robert W. Jensen,
Bruce M. Johnson. Douglas T.
Kielty, Lovell, Milton A. Ochsncr,
Gordon L. Pauley, Peterson, Fritz
P. Picard, Normand E. Hoffman.
Richard R. Schlciger, Arthur J.
Tirro and Giles H. Warren.
AluniRound-up
Reservations
Now Available
Tickets are available and reser
vations for the alumni association
roundup luncheon, to be held Sat
urday,, June 7, in the Union, may
be made now at the alumni of
fice. Reservations may be made by
mail or phone, according to Chair
man Max Meyer. Tickets are $1.50
per person, including registration.
Chancellor R. G. Gustavson will
report at the luncheon on future
plans and hopes of the university.
Honor classes of 1897 and 1907
are planning special reunion gath
erings. The classes of 1898, 1899
and 1910 and the Palladjan society
and Teachers college alumni as
sociation will also have special re
unions. Innocents alumni will hold their
annual roundup banquet Saturday
evening. This will be preceded by
initiation of the first postwar
members to be tapped last Ivy
day.
of t! e Mitchell Boychoir that ap
pears in many motion pictures.
Complete Program.
Anderson will sing two well
known Schubert songs; an aria
from Mozart's opera, "Marriage
of Figaro;" and a group of Eng
lish and American songs. Open to
the public, the complete program
includes:
Mit einer Primula veris, Grieg;
Wic Melodien Zieht es Mir,
Brahms; Die Lotosblume, Schu
mann; Fruhlingsnacht, Schumann;
Miss Laird.
The Wanderer, Schubert; The
Erl King, Schubert; Mr. Anderson.
Aria: Farewell Forests from
"Joan of Arc," Tschaikowsky; Miss
Laird.
Aria: Non Pui Andrai from "Le
Nozze di Figaro," Mozart, Mr. An
derson. Music I Heard With You, Hage
man; If Love Hath Entered Your
Heart, Marx; The Years at the
Spring, Beach; Miss Laird.
Sailormen, Wolfe; Nocturne,
Curran; Do Not Go My Love, .
Ilageman; Journey's End, Fajr Fos
ter; Mr. Anderson.