Union Show
To Feature
Student Acts
Gophers Hand
Nebraska 2nd
Straight Defeat
Vol. 48 No. 55
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Sunday, December 14, 1947
UN Absorbs
63-59 Defeat
At Minnesota
Late Rally Short;
Relhcrford Pots 11
(Special to Pally Nebraskan.)
Big Jim Mclntyre's 27 points
led Minnesota to a 63 to 59 vic
tory over the Cornhuskers in
Minneapolis Saturday night in a
game marred by 59 fouls and
some extremely ragged play by
both teams.
Without their elongated center
the Gophers played ineffectual
ball against the persistent Ne
braska squad which never quit
trying. All in all it was a disap
pointing debut for Minnesota as
8,563 fans got their first look at
Coach Dave MacMillan's cagers.
who are ranked as favorites in
the Big Nine title race.
Brown Opens Scoring
Nebraska opened the scoring
on a free throw by husky Joe
Brown, but Minnesota came back
quickly with two baskets and a
pair of charity shots and never
was headed the rest of the way.
The determined Cornhuskers
did manage to narrow the mar
gin to one point at 60-59 with
two minutes left when Brown
sank a fielder, but Mclntyre was
equal to the occasion as he closed
out the scoring with another tip
in and a gift toss.
At various stages of the game
Nebraska was behind 14 points,
but never gave the Gophers more
margin than that.
Claude Retherford led the
Huskers in scoring as he sunk
four field goals and three free
throws. Joe Brown was close be
See GAME, Page 3.
Ddta-ThetaPhi
AnnouncesNew
Law Members
Delta Theta Phi, national law
fraternity, initiated 10 men and
pledged 16 at a meeting Friday
night in the Nebraska Supreme
Court chambers in the Capitol
building, according to John Jacob
son, publicity chairman of the
group.
Judge E. B. Chappell of the
state Supreme Court was also
inducted into the fraternity as an
honorary member. Ralph Nelson,
Dean of Delta Theta Phi, con
ducted the meeting.
Those initiated include: Roy
Anderson, Robert Conrad, Ken
neth Elson, John Higgins, John
Jacobson, Ward Olney, Robert
Price, William Rundle, John
Stong, William Trekell.
Those pledged include: Don By
kerk, J. R. Castner, David Ells,
F. Neil Fugate, Dick Gruver, Jack
Hazen, Stan Hathaway, Tom
Koerber, Russ Lockwood, Ronald
Luedtke, Donald Morrow, John
O'Brien, Ralph Reed, Dick Rice,
Cecil Rothrock, Robert Wilson.
Georgi Traces
Drug's History
A speech by Dr. Carl Georgi
of the University Bacteriology de
partment on "The Production of
Penicillin" highlighted the meet
ing Wednesday evening of the
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers on this campus.
Georgi's talk gave the history
of the discovery and production
of penicillin, telling of the early
methods of producing it and the
comparative ease with which it
can now be manufactured.
The speaker emphasized the
various advantages and disad
vantages of penicillin. Its non
toxic action makes it safer than
the sulfa drugs, while it fails
to attack gram-n e g a t i v e
bacteria, which often cause tuber
culosis, typhoid, and food poison
ing. Penicillin attacks menengitis
and other infections of various
sorts. ,
Morris Gaiter a senior in chem
ical engineering, gave a "Survey
of the Chemical Engineering
field," following Georgi's speech.
caehelor
MB's Name
8 Eligibles
"Twas the 12th of December at
the Mortar Board Ball
The gals and their dates had
crowded the hall
The Eligible Bachelors were all
hidden from view
And their names were a secret
that nobody knew ..."
The Eight Eligible Bachelors
were not long in hiding, however
once the nresentation got under
way at the Friday night Mortar
Board Ball held in the Coliseum,
Eligible Bachelor No. 1 was Al
Potter, sophomore in the Bizad
college. Appearing on the stage
decorated with snow and ice cov
ered evergreens, Potter stepped
out between two center trees
which lit up each time an Eligi
ble Bachelor was presented Pot
ter, a member of Phi Delta Theta
fraternity, was escorted to the side
of the stage my Mortar Board
president Joyce Geddes. Each
Bachelor had a Mortar Board for
an escort.
Bachelor No. 2
Irv Dana was called forth by
Arlis Swanson Patterson, narra
tor for the presentation, as Bach
elor No. 2. A sophomore in the
Engineering college and member
of Alpha Tau Omega, Dana was
escorted by Jean Compton.
Th third F.lieihle Bachelor, de
scribed by the narrative poem as
"More handsome than Clark, more
snarklp than Van." was Jim
Swanson, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
This Bizad senior naa Mims weetn
for his escort.
"A fellow that campus coed
would pick" was LeBaron Good
win, fourth Eligible Bachelor.
Sophomore Bizad student and
member of Delta Upsilon, Good
win was met by Joan Fankhauser,
Sweep and a bow
With a sweep and a bow, Dou
gie Doyle entered as Bachelor No,
See BACHELORS, page 2.
Union To Have
Holiday Party
"Everywh ere, everywhere
Christmas tonight," will describe
the Union at its annual open
house and Christmas party Dec.
16 from 7:30 to 10:30 p. m.
Union doors will be closed at
7:00 and will reopen at 7:15. ID
cards will be checked at the door,
each student being allowed one
guest. This will be an official
10:30 night for all University
girls, including freshmen and de
linquents.
An array of entertainment has
been scheduled by the activities
committee, sponsors of the party,
including dancing to the music of
Johnny Cox -end his orchestra in
the ballroom. A floor show of
acts by the Variety Talent Show
winners will be a main feature.
Short subject movies with a
holiday ring will be shown at
7:30, 8:30 and 9:30 on the third
floor, while spreading good cheer
in the main lounge will be a
carols fest with Jay Norris at the
organ. Preceding the singing
which will begin at 8:00, Norris
will play a selection of carols.
Refreshments of doughnuts and
cider will be served in the main
lounge and in Parlors ABC.
And of course to make the
evening complete, honorary guest
and king of the ball will be Santa
Claus, open house official wel
comes The Christmas fun party has
been arranged by the Union Ac
tivities general enteftainment
and publicity; hospitality commit-,
tees, under the direction of Donna
Alfrey. Bob Easter, Jeanne Kerri
gan and Elizabeth Schneider. -
PiresefirUwu'DO&i Highlights
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THE EIGHT 1947-48 Eligible Bachelors line up on the Coliseum
stage where they were presented at the Mortar Board Ball. Irving
Dana, Lee Goodwin, John Ayres, Bob Wenke, Dougan Doyle,
Byron Hooper, Jim Swanson and Al Potter.
600 Voices Present "Messiah"
Chorus at Coliseum Sunday
Sunday's presentation of Han
del's "Messiah," which a 600 voice
chorus will present at the Coli
seum at 3 p.m., is a far cry from
the handful of singers under the
direction of Mrs. Carrie Belle
Raymond who established the
now 40-year-old tradition in the
old Library building.
Dr. Arthur Westbrook, director
of the School of Fine Arts, will
direct music of a 70-piece uni
versity orchestra and a brass en
semble is under the direction of
Robert Stepp.
Four professional soloists, J.
Dayton Smith, Miss Jean Thomp
son, Mrs. Pauline Smith Ander
son, all of Lincoln, and Donald
Ellis of Bloomfngton, 111., will
take part.
The choral union which makes
up the chorus consists of five
choral groups, the Ag college
chorus under the direction of Al-
tinas groups, the University Sin
gers and University Chorus I both
directed by Dr. Westbrook, Uni
University Chorus II directed by
David Foltz and the Grieg Male
chorus directed by Marvin Wad
ley.
The orchestra is under the di
rection of Emanuel Wishnow with
Coriishucks Sales
Begin Thursday
Sale of the December issue of
the Corn Shucks will start Thurs
day afternoon in the Union.
All subscribers who live in any
organized houses, including wom
en s dorms, will receive their copy
at their respective houses.
Copies will be on sale in the
Union for 20 cents.
All copy for the February issue
must be in to the Corn Shucks
office by Jan. 5. according to Edi
tor Joan Fankhouser. Anyone in
terested in writing for the maga
zine may contact the Corn Shucks
staff or turn in articles at the
office.
Foundation Receives Gift
Ralph S. Mueller. Cleveland. O..
has made another gift to the Uni
versity of Nebraska Foundation in
the form of 200 shares of com
mon stock in the Kennecott Cop
per Company, it was announced
today.
The value of this gift is "some
what over $9,000." Previously,
Mr. Mueller has made donations
to the Foundation which have a
market value at this time of about
$37,000, Perry Branch, director-
secretary of the Foundation, said.
Earnest Harrison at the piano and
Myron Roberts at the piano. Stu
dent accompanists for the per
formance are Jeannette Dolezal
and Miriam Bratt. The brass choir
under Mr. Stepp will play Christ
mas carols for a half hour preced
ing the oratio.
The traditional "Messiah" pre
sentation is an event welcomed by
people of Lincoln and Nebraska
generally as one of the highlights
of the Christmas season.
Recitative Tenor Comfort ye my peo
ple. Air Tenor Every Valley shall b e
exalted.
Chorus And the glory of the Lord.
Recitative Baritone Thui saith t he
Lord.
. Air Baritone But who may abide the
day of Hla coming?
Recitative Alto Behold, a virgin shall
conceive.
Chorus O thou that tellest good tid
ings to Zlon.
Recitative Baritone For, hehold, dark
ness shall cover the earth.
Air Baritone The people that walked
in darkness.
Chorus For unto us a Child Is born.
Orzan Pastoral Svmnhony.
Recitatives Soprano There were shep
herds. And lo! the angel of the Lord,
And the angel said unto them, And sud
denly there was with tne angel.
rhnnn ninrv to God in the hlchest.
Recitative Alto Tnen shall the eyes of
the blind. Air Alto He shall feed His
flock.
Air Snnrflnn Onme unto Him.
Chorus His yoke is easy, and His bur
den Is light.
Chorus Behold the- Lamb of God.
Air Alto He was despised.
Chorus Surely He hath borne our griefs,
Chorus Worthy is the Lamb.
Recitative Tenor He that dwelleth.
Air Tenor Thou shalt break them.
Chorus Lift uo vour heads. O ye gates.
Chorus Since by man came death, By
man came also the resurrection of the
dead. For as In Adam all die. Even so in
Christ shall all be made alive.
Air Soprano I know that my Redeem
er llveth.
rhnnn TTAllellllfth.
There will be no applause until the end
if th urogram.
The custom of the audience's standing
during the singing of the Hallelujah Chorus
was establ snea in tneiana ana is
revered tradition.
Watson To Speak
To Hearing Labs
The Speech and Hearing Labo
ratories at the University of Ne
braska will have Leland A. Wat
son, president of the Maico Com
pany, as a special speaker on
Wednesday, Dec. 17, it was an
nounced today.
Watson is regarded as an out
standing authority on problems of
the deaf and hard of hearing and
in the field of audiometric test
ing and hearing aids. He is a
member of the Acoustical Society
of America, of the National Com
mittee of Standards on Hearing
and Hearing Instruments and a
former American Rhodes scholar
at Oxford.
He will sneak about the new
methods in audio"-t'fc testing,
and fitting of hearing aids. j
Coed Ingenuity
Feature of Ball
By Norm Leger.
The 1947 Mortar Board Ball
held Friday night in the Coliseum
gave sufficient proof that femi
nine ingenuity and imagination
have not lessened in the span of
years that the Mortar Boards
have sponsored this annual turn
about affair.
Novel corsages, varying Irom
the ludicrous to the weird, were
probably the most spectacular as
pect of the affair. Means of trans
portation ran from the ridiculous
wheelbarrows, carts, ambu
lances, pogo sticks to the sub
lime taxis, limousines and coed
driven autos.
It was strictly a night for the
women to howl either at the ri
diculous corsages they gave their
dates or the bills they footed for
"expenses incurred" during the
evening.
No one corsage could be cited
as outdoing the rest. Two men
were compelled to come looking
like the very devil literally
translated while another bore a
close resemblance to a familiar
animal by wearing two huge
donkey ears, a halter and blinders.
With not one trace of canary
feathers about him, one girl's
"date" aroused suspicion as to
who really did get the bird by
wearing a wire canary cage over
his head. Gas-filled balloons, an
chored to a man's lapel, which
floated in the upper regions of
the coliseum, also served as a
corsage.
Sam Donahue's band played for
the dancing, rendering a few nov
elty numbers which featured the
drummer, an attractive vocalist
and, in one, the whole band in
fast action, removing their coats
to achieve complete freedom.
Union Variety
Show Tonight
Tonight at 7:30 the first Va
riety Talent Show on the cam
pus will be given in the Union
ballroom.
Selected by audition, the cast
presented will be judged by a
committee of three faculty mem
bers, and cash prizes of $10, $5
and $2 will be awarded the three
first-place winners. Winners will
also be featured on the Union
open house program Tuesday.
Lee Knight's Debonnaires will
be a part of the show but are not
included in the contest. Acts par
ticipating in the contest are: Ted
Brunson, violinist; Jo Ann Pokor
ski, blues singer; Beverly Shuman,
pianist; Juan Illueca and Marilyn
Mayo, Latin American dance team
doing a tango fantsy; Bob Witt
struck, Elaine Carroll and Earl
Collum, vocalists; Roma Johnson,
piano novelties; Howard Doerr,
accordion novelties; Juan Illueca,
Latin American rhythm number,
and a comedy act by three un
announced comedians. MC'ing the
program will be Stanley Haworth.
Admission to the talent show,
sponsored by the Union Talent
Bureau, which is headed by
Donna Alfrey and Bob Easter, will
be free to the student body.
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 office.
INITIATE 20 LETTERMEN
Football players will domi
nate the N Club Initiation
Monday night at the N Club
rooms, in the Coliseum, at
which time 20 new members
will be taken Into the nlTer
sity lettermen's club.