Vol. 48 No. 54
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Friday, December 12," 1947
NU Students
Hold 15 Seats
In Symphony
Five Eaculty Members
Numbered in Group
Fifteen university students and
live faculty members will periorm
with the Lincoln Symphony or
chestra when the orchestra makes
its first appearance of the season
Dec. 16 at the Stuart theater, as
the third event of its concert se
ries. Robert Fellner, the associa
tion's new conductor, will con
duct. Sectional first chairs are held
by four professors and by three
students, with second chairs in
the sections being the posts of
four students and one instructor,
according to Robert Molzer, per
sonnel manager. Professors and
instructors included are Emanuel
Wishnow, concert master and
head of the first violin section;
Earnest Harrison, first chair,
second violins; Miss Carol Puck
ett, first cello; Curtis Elliott, first
clarinet; and Miss Gretchen
Burnham, second cello.
Student members, by section
are:
Violins: Tom McManus, Ted
Brunson, Aleta Snell and Shirley,
Compton. j
Viola: James Price (first chair)
and Roma Johnson.
Cellos: Lester Harris.
String bass: Bonnie Compton.
Flue: John B. Thompson.
Oboe: Eugene Tedd.
Bassoon: Darwin Fredrickson
(first chair).
Horns: Don Kelley, Jack Snider
(second and third chairs).
Trombones: Robert Slemmons
(first chair), and Carroll Brown
(second chair).
Musicians Play
String Concert
Pupils of Emanual, Wishnow
and Miss Carol Pucket, School of
Music string instructors, will pre
sent an all-string studio recital at
11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 13, in
Room 17 of the Music School. The
concert will include string works
by composers from the time of
Tartini and Bach to the modernist
Ravel.
There are 20 violin majors at
the university, one of the largest
number of string majors at any
Midwest institution of comparable
size. The University of Illinois, for
example, had only eight such ma
jors last year
The complete program is as fol
lows: Third Movement D Major
Concerto (Mozart), Shirley Laflin.
Adagio and Allegro from E Ma
jor Sonata (Handel), Joan Fred
rickson. Piece Enforme de Habanera
(Ravel), Ted Brunson.
Sonata in G Minor. (Tartini),
Katherine Forbes.
Siciliana and Presto from Un
accompanied Sonata (Bach), Aleta
Snell.
Four Cello Duets, Op. 31 (Se
bastian Lee), Kathleen Burt and
Dorothy Major.
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A GIFT MUMMY CASE, one of several zany Christmas presents
shipped to wheel chair-ridden columnist Sheridan Whiteside (Gay
lor Marr, left) in "The Man Who Came to Dinner," is given the
once-over by unpredictable movie director Banjo (Richard Proud,
center). In the University Theatre production, which today enters
its last three performances including a Saturday matinee, the mum
my case becomes the last resort for deporting affected actress Lor
raine Sheldon (Margaret Ann Huff, right) from a difficult situa
tion in which Whiteside's impulsive and mischievous pranks tangle
him during course of the laugh-filled comedy by Kaufman and Hart.
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Debaters Plan
Labor Meet
A one-day institute on labor
problems for Nebraska high
school students of social studies
and debate will be held Satur
day, Dec. 13, under the sponsor
ship of the department of speech.
The program will open at 9:30
a. m. at the Temple theater, with
a discussion of the history of la
bor disputes and legislation by
Dr. Curtis Elliott of the depart
ment of economics. Dr. Leroy T.
Laase of the speech department
will make an analysis of the la
bor problems question and the
morning session will close with a
talk on discussion and debate
techniques by Donald Olson, di
rector of debate.
The afternoon session will be
devoted to a series of discussions
by the high school students, the
first round dealing with goals and
problems in settling labor disputes
and the second dealing with solu
tions to the problem of labor dis
putes. The discussions are to be fol
lowed by a debate between Kan
sas and Nebraska university de
bate teams on the subject of
compulsory arbitration of labor
disputes.
Music Group Has
Founding Banquet
Mrs. Louis E. Hoch, Cuyahoga
Falls, O., national president of
Delta Omicron music sorority, will
be honored by the Lincoln chap
ter at the organization's annual
founders day banquet, 7 p.m.,
Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Univer
sity club.
Another honored guest is Mrs.
Paul Kolachov' of Louisville, Ky.,
former resident of Lincoln and
patroness of the Lincoln chapter
of Delta Omicron.
Girls of the active chapter will
provide the program. Jeanne
Wood will sing Richard Strauss'
'Serenade," Helen Anderson ac
companying. Wanda Buell will
play Mozart's "Sonata In T" for
piano, and a trio will sing three
numbers: "Far and Wide" by
Brahms, "A Bird Flew" by Clo
key, and "Balloons In the Sky"
by Boyd. Members are Margaret
flnldsmith Marv Lu Sommer and
Mary Barton. Accompanist is Vir
ginia Bennington .
Notre Dame Prof
Will Speak Tonite
To Chem Group
Dr. Milton Burton of the Uni
versity of Notre Dame will speak
before the Nebraska section of the
American Chemical Society to
night at 7:30 in Avery laboratory.
The speech will follow a dinner
of the Chemical Society at the
Union.
Burton will speak on "Primary
Processes in Photo-chemistry,"
according to Raymond Borchers,
secretary of the Nebraska section.
A well known authority in his
field, Dr. Burton has been asso
ciated with the atomic energy
project since 1942. His associa
tion was first through the Uni
versity of Chicago, later through
the Monsanto Chemical Company
at Oak Ridge and at present as a
consultant.
In 1945 he was appointed presi
dent of chemistry at the Univer
sity of Notre Dame.
Navy to Hold
Job Interviews
Dr. A. H. Hausrath. of the U.S.
Office of Na.nl Research, will be
on campus MrJ.ay to interview
seniors for prospective jobs,
according io word from Dean
Thompson of the Placement Bu
reau. Dr. Hausrath desires to talk to
January, June, and August gradu
ates in the fields of chemistry,
physics, e lgineering, mathematics,
and psychology, and to librarians.
In order to facilitate matters
the meetings will be segregated as
to the various fields. Meetings
scheduled include:
11:00 Engineers meet in Rich
ards Laboratory, room
206.
2:00 Chemists, Physicists, and
mathemeticians meet in
209 Avery Laboratory,
3:00 Psychologists and librari
ans meet in 218, Social
Sciences.
3:00 All those unable to make
previous meetings will be
interviewed in 107b So
cial Sciences.
The naval representative ar
ranged to visit the campus at the
request of the Placement Bureau
and all persons interested in work
with the navy should attend their
respective conference.
March Issue to Feature Photo
Spread of Tonight's MB Ball
Women's Home Companion has
sent a photographer, John Pepper,
of New York City, to cover the
annual Mortar Board vice-versa
ball which starts at 8 p.m. in the
coliseum tonight.
Pepper, who arrived in Lincoln
Thursday, is a free lance photog
rapher who is associated with Pix
Incorporated, an agency which
supplies photos and photographers
to all the leading magazines in
the world. His offices are in New
York City.
A feature-photo spread about
the ball and all the activities lead-
Union Lists
Variety Show
Contestants
Variety Talent Show contest
ants to perform Sunday, Dec. 14,
at 7:30 p. m., in the Union ball
room we're announced Thursday
by Donna Alfrey and Bob Easter,
Union general entertainment com
mittee chairmen. The talent show,
replacing the weekly movie which
is regularly the main feature of
the Variety Show, is open to all
students.
Students who registered for the
first talent bureau ever formed on
the campus were auditioned
selected for Sunday's show by the
Wednesday evening and acts were
talent bureau committee.
Musical numbers, the acts
ranging from comedy and novel
ty to classical, include: Violinist,
Ted Brunson; blues singer, JoAnn
Pokorski; pianist, Beverly Shu
man; Latin American dance team
doing a tango fantasy, Juan Illu
eca and Marilyn Mayo; vocalists,
Bob Wittstruck, Elaine Carroll
and Earl Collum; piano novelties,
backwards and boogie woogie,
Roma Johnson; accordion novel
ties, Howard Doerr, and Latin
American rhythm number, Juan
Illueca. Master of ceremonies is
to be Stanley Haworth.
Winners Get Cash.
Cash awards will be given the
selected winners by the Talent
Bureau Committee $10.00, first
prize; $5.00, second; $2.00, third.
Winners will also appear on the
Union Christmas open house pro
gram Tuesday evening. Judges
have not been announced but the
three will be appointed from im
partial faculty members.
Featured in the show, but not
participating in the contest, is
Lee Knight's Debonnaires, intro
duced to the student audience at
the first Variety Matinee a week
ago.
Talents featured on this show,
and others listed with the talent
bureau, are available for campus
and downtown programs upon in
quiry at the Union offices. These
students will also perform at the
bi-weekly Friday Matinee in the
Union ballroom.
Tri-K Initiates
18 Agronomy Men
Eighteen men were initiated into
Tri-K, national agronomy club,
in ceremonies held Thursday night
in Crops Laboratories. New mem
bers include:
Jack Balrd, Lewli BergKren, Forreat
Binder, Bcrl Damkrorer, Roy Gllkeaon,
Clay Kennedy, Bob Hamilton, Donald Lehr,
Frank Lotffel. Fran Lawry, A Won Niel
aon. Bob Perry, John Oaler, Gent Solomon.
Don Smith, Raymond Btratman, Dale
Btauffer, and Archla WhIU.
After the initiation. Virgil John
son, club president, introduced the
officers of the organization to the
new members and discussed the
activities sponsored by the group.
Other officers are: Willis Ervin,
vice president; Roy Anderson, sec
retary; and Norman Kuhlman,
treasurer.
Tri-K, Kernels. Kobs, and Klods,
sponsors the student crop judging
contest on campus every spring
and, in the past, sponsored teams
to national contests. Next year
the club plants to enter competi
tion again, according to Dave San
ders, team coach.
ing up to and concerning it will
appear in the March issue of the
Woman's Home Companion.
Inquiry.
Earlier this year, the magazine
sent the UN Mortar Boards an
inquiry on the ball as staff mem
bers had heard of the unique
theme of the ball in requiring the
coeds to foot the bills, provide
transportation and corsages and,
in general, act as escorts for the
evening. Pepper will take all the
pictures for the March spread and
the ball will be written up by a
Companion feature writer.
Photographer Pepper, who has
done work for Time, Esquire, Har
per's Bazaar, American, Fortune,
Life, McCalls. was managing edi
tor, in 1945, of the Far East edi
tion of Yank published in Manila.
He will photograph any unusual
observances such as outstanding
methods of transportation, cor
sages, items given a girl to carry
for her date, or unusual dinner
parties.
The Unusual.
If there are any coeds that know
of unusual circumstances regard
ing Mortar Board Ball dates that
would make good photographs,
they are asked to contact Jean
Compton at 2-7875. Pepper will
also cover the ball thoroughly
taking pictures of the dancers with
their corsages, decorations, and
eligible bachelor presentation
which is scheduled for 10:30. He
will be assisted by a UN student
photographer.
Tickets for the ball may be se
cured all day Friday at a booth
in the Union and at the door.
Spectator tickets, which are fifty
cents, may be purchased at the
door. Sam Donahue, well-known
saxaphone player and arranger,
will play for the dance from 8-12
tonight.
Barb Story
Competition
Announced
A short story contest is being
sponsored by the active and alum
nus groups of the Delian-Union
literary society. First prize will
be $30, second prize, $20, and
third prize, $10.
The contest is open only to un
affiliated students, and entries
must be submitted before March
1, 1948. Each story is restricted
to 5,000 words, must be double
spaced, typed in black typewriter
ribbon, and should be original and
previously unpublished. Manu
scripts should be submitted to the
Delian-Union Literary Society,
Clark Gustin, 2233 D St., in
Lincoln. Stories will be returned
to authors after judging only if
a stamped, self-addressed envel
ope is enclosed.
In addition to the cash prizes,
the society will attempt to secure
magazine publication for the three
winning manuscripts.
Judges Include: Jo Ann Cos
grove, Mrs. Franz Radke, and Dr.
Kenneth Forward, with Shirley
Russel as an alternate.
Last year's prize-winning stories
can be seen in the Delian-Union's
hall. Room 303, Temple, 12th and
R Sts., between 1-5 every after
noon, Monday thru Friday.
Sigma Tau Picks
Award Winner
At a regular business meeting
on Thursday, Dec. 11, Sigma Tau,
honorary engineering fraternity,
chose the recipient of the Sigma
Tau senior scholarship award to
be presented next Tuesday, Dec.
16. The meeting was under the
chairmanship of President Carl
Leonard.
The winner of the scholarship,
awarded annually to a student in
the upper 10 percent of the senior
class on the basis of scholarship,
sociability, practicality .and need,
will be announced at the annual
fall initiation banquet, Dec. 16.
TONIGHT! THE FUN BALL OF THE YEAIt
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Presentation of the 8 Eligible Bachelors First semi-formal dance of the season
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