Vol. 48-No. 79
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HANDBOOK COVER DESIGN The revised Student Council
handbook of student government, republished just this week un
der the chairmanship of Councilwoman Betty Aasen, carries this
abstract cover design in black and white by Owen Scott, also a
junior Council representative from the School of Fine Arts. The
handbook contains the constitution as revised in last years spring
election, lists standing committees, explains the .workings the
governing body, and reviews Council history. The booklet will
be distributed to Council members and organization presidents.
The design symbolizes the Council as executive administrator, con
ductor of elections, and voice of student petition.
Violinist Stern
Here Feb. 19 "
Isaac Stern, the only major
violinist whose training is ex
clusively American, will play to
an audience of students and
towns-people when the Lincoln
Fine Art concert series presents
the 27-year-old artist Thursday,
Feb. 19, at St. Paul Methodist
church.
Beginning his musical studies at
six with the piano, Stern turned
to the violin at eight, making his
San Francisco debut at the age
of 11. A Cloumbia recording ar
tists, Stern recorded the sound
track for the Warner Brothers'
production "Humoresque" last
year.
Currently on his sixth nation
wide concert tour. Stern made
his first commercial circuit of
the Pacific area, setting a record
of 125 performances in ten
months.
Stern's Lincoln recital will
mark the first time that the series
has offered a special price to
students. Student tickets, on sale
at the door, are priced 90 cents.
Heretofore, students payed gen
eral admission prices.
Student Tickets
Today for "Petrified Forest"
Ticket sales for th next Uni
versity Theater production will
open to students only on Thurs
day and Friday from 12:30 to 5
p. m. in the Temple box office.
The play, Robert Sherwood's
"The Petrified Forest," will open
Wednesday, February 18,. at 8
p. m.
Leads.
The three lead players and
their respective roles are Betty
Schultz as Gabby, Dewey Ganzel
as Alan Squire, and Jack Wend
ftrand, Duke Mantee.
Bob Baum will play the part
of Boze Hertzlinger, replacing
Gordon Winter who is not in
school this semester. Only other
cast change from the original is
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA " Thursday, February 12, 1948
World Problems
Program Offered
A program of instruction in in
ternational affairs will be offered
at the university next fall, Dean
C. H. Oldfather, Arts and Sciences
college, announced yesterday.
Many requests from students
prompted planning of the course,
Dean Oldfather said. Its objec
tive will be to provide students
with understanding of the fac
tual background and dynamics of
world affairs. It is hoped that it
will promote an intelligent inter
est in modern world problems.
The course will not be a pro
fessional training course, but will
provide a background for foreign
service careers or advanced
study. The program of instruction
will be offered cooperatively by
the departments of economics,
geography, history, political sci
ence, sociology, and anthropology.
Dr. Kennedy to Address
23rd Bizad Honor Banquet
Dr. Gerald Kennedy will address
the twenty-third annual Bizad
honor recognition banquet Thurs
day at 6:30 p.m. in the Union
ballroom.
The William Gold prize keys
will be awarded after the address
to the ten sophomores ranked
highest in Bizad College last year.
to Go on Sale
in the part of Mrs. Chrisholm.
Maggie Huff held the part but
gave it up after breaking her arm
in an accidental fall. June Gast
will carry the role.
Second Production.
"The Petrified Forest," a Broad
way play of the middle thirties,
is being produced on the Univer
sity Theater stage for a second
time. It was first given on March
2, 1936. Armand Hunter, now
prominent in educational theater
work, played the part of Alan
Squires and was highly praised
for his performance in a Daily
Nebraskan review.
The 1948 production will run
for four nights, with a matinee
performance on Saturday.
Students Will
Learn of NS A
Plans Feb. 19
Student Council committee on
NSA has called a discussion meet
ing for representatives of all or
ganizations and organized houses.
Purposes and plans of lhe Na
tional Student Association will be
explained Thursday Feb. 19, at
7:30 p. m. in Love Library audi
torium, Rod Lindwall and Norm
Leger, co-chairman of the com
mittee, have announced.
Brief Talks.
Lindwall will act as chairman
for the meeting, and a series of
brief informative talks will be
given. B. J. -Holcomb will tell
the history of the NSA, and give
a report on the national confer
ence. Bob Coonley, vice-chairman of
the regional NSA, will report on
the regional conference. Jack
Hill will outline the purposes and
future plans of national and in
ternational NSA. Harriet Quinn
will discuss the organization's
activity within the state.
Miss Holcomb, Miss Quinn,
Coonley, Hill, and Leger acted
as delegates last fall to, the re
gional NSA conference.
Attendance Urged.
Any student interested in NSA
activity is urged to attend this
meeting, emphasized Leger. All
organizations and houses have
been sent cards inviting them
to send several representatives.
These cards, containing the names
of delegates to the meetings,
should be mailed to the commit
tee immediately, Leger added.
iVU Exhibitors
WinTopPlaces
In 'Look' Poll
riAVPn artists, whose work has
been shown in the University Art
Galleries over the years, took top
places in a natfon-wide pon, spon
sered by "Look" magazine.
TWioht Kirsh. Director of the
University Art Galleries, was one
of hundreds of museum aireciors,
curators and art critics solicited
to vote on the question, "Are
These Men the Best Painters To
day?"
Winner of first place was John
Marin, modern artist of water
color, with the runners-up in this
order: Max Weber, Yasuo Kuniy
Ron Shahn. Ed-
ward Hopper, Charles Burchfield,
George Crosz, Franklin wauuns,
nnH T.vnnel Feinineer and Jack
Levine tied for tenth place.
All eleven artists have had work
exhibited in Lincoln in the annual
exhibitions of the Nebraska Art
Association, and all but two of
these artist's work has been shown
in the Hall Collection at Morrill
Hall, some with two or more
paintings. Paintings by Weber,
Davis, Kuniyoshi and six other
artists have been bought by the
university for the collection.
All of the twenty-two listed in
honorable mention by the poll
have been represented fn former
exhibitions of the Nebraska Art
Association except Beckman and
Tamayo, whose work will be seen
for the first time in Lincoln in
the 1948 exhibit.
'Beyond Our Own'
At Union Tonight
The initial and only showing
at the university of the film "Be
yond Our Own" will be held to
night at 7:45 in parlors XYZ of
the Union.
This film is snonsored bv the
University Religious Welfare
Council as a part or tne councils
continuing program of religious
education on the camDUS. There
will be no admission charge.
"Beyond Our own" is a mod
ern film, produced in Hollywood
nnH starring orofessional actors.
It has a plot which can be ap
plied to the me oi anyone loaay
anH shows common conflicts in
th lives of college students, busi
nessmen and professional people
and the solution oi tne prooiems
by the discovery that there is a
power which is "Beyond Our
Own."
Interfrat Dance
Set For Saturday
Warren Durrett's Orchestra
Will Play at Annual Formal
The annual Interfraternity Ball
will be held Saturday, Feb. 14.
Warren Durrett's orchestra will
play for the formal dance in the
Coliseum.
Durrett's orchestra comes from
Kansas City, and was featured at
Estes Park the last two summers.
The band is made of young mu
sicians, including college students.
Coeds Ride
In Ag Show
A riding contest for coeds will
be a special feature of this
year's Junior Ak-Sar-Ben show
to be held March 20 in the 4-H
Club arena on the State Fair
grounds.
The contest is a part of plans
that are being made by the Block
and Bridle club for the 14th an
nual show. Coeds may use their
own horses, or they may use those
that will be supplied by Lincoln
owners. The horses must be
three gaited, since the contest
will include walking, trotting,
and cantering. Practice will be
gin as soon as horses are avail
able. Girls that are interested
may leave their names at the
Animal Husbandry department
or phone 7151.
Plans for the show indicate a
greatly expanded affair this year,
commented Rick Wahlstrom,
president. Another special fea
ture will be an exhibition of
sheep dog driving. Lincoln resi
dents who own horses will com
pete in a jumping contest.
Friendship Train
Money Still Taken
Fuel continued to be added to
the Abraham Lincoln Friendship
Train yesterday by University
students, groups, and friends. Jack
Hill. Rag editor, announced that
contributions would be accepted
today, also and expressed hope
that all would share in the drive.
Contributions amounting to
$126.34 were brought to the Rag
office yesterday, making a total
of $241.60 collected by 5 p. m.
The following gave money yes
terday. International House,
$12.50; Bob Gruber, $1; Daily Ne
braskan, $25; Love Memorial Hall,
$15; Rosa Bouton Hall, $10.50;
YM-YW Noon Hour Lunch Group,
$6 20; Zeta Beta Tau, $40; Anony
mous, $3.50; Kappa Delta, $15;
Morrill Hall, $1.64; and Alpha Xi
Delta, $5.
The Friendship Train, of which
Cancellor Gustavson is chairman,
will leave Lincoln today on this
anniversary of Lincoln s birth.
UMT Subject
Of Fourth Poll
In an effort to ascertain the
feelings of university students on
the matter of Universal Military
Training, The Daily Nebraskan is
inaugurating its fourth in a series
of polls of UN student opinion.
Students are asked to fill out the
accompanying form and bring wQr
mail it to The Daily Nebraskan
office. Reporters will also be sent
out to poll as many students as
possible.
The results will be published
next week.
The second question is asked to
determine whether students feel
that passage of the bill would re
sult in a more militaristic form
of government, and direct the
United States toward Fascism.
UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING POLL
1. DO YOU FAVOR UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING?
Yes No Don't know
2. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT UMT, IF ENACTED, COULD
ALTER AMERICAN DEMOCRACY?
Yea No Don't know
3. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE USSR MIGHT CON
SIDER SUCH LEGISLATION AS AN OVERT ACT?
Yea No Don't know
Vet Non-Vet Male Female
(Note to all polltakers: Keep separate record of veterans
and non-veterans, also men and women. Try to keep this
sampling: as widespread as possible. Avoid duplication.)
It plays novelty numbers, accord
ing to Don Draeger, dance com
mittee member, and was "wel re
ceived" at previous engagements.
Rod Franklin, interfraternity
Council president, announced that
all house mothers, alumni advis
ers, and college deans will be in
vited to the Ball.
The Coliseum will be decorated
with the Greek letters and crests
of all campus fraternities. A spe
cail feature of the program will
be a spotlight presentation of the
1948 Beauty Queens, who will be
introduced for the first time this
year at the Valentine Tea Dance,
Friday.
Admission to the ball will bo
$2.40 per couple, including tax.
It will be held from 8:30 to 12
p.m.
TwoDay Study
Period Asked
Before Finals
Two free days before finals and
a three day vacation between se
mesters was asked of the adminis
tration by the Student Council
meeting Wednesday.
The council unanimously ap
proved two proposals directing
that letters be sent to those Uni
versity Senate officers concerned.
The original motion for a study
period before exams was intro
duced by Sam Warren, senior
holdover member. Warren said
that faculty officials informally as
sured him they would consider
sich a proposal.
Use Questioned
. Discussion centered on the uses
students would make of such a
study period.
Stan Johnson, president of In
nocents, suggested that a vacation
period .after exams would be a
boon to both students and readers.
Jo Fankhouser, senior at large, in
troduced the plan for three days
between semesters at the conclu
sion of the meeting.
Miss Fankhouser reported as
chairman of the senior week com
mittee that certain faculty mem
bers are receptive to a revised
senior week program of only three
days. Conferences will continue in
an attempt to exempt graduating
seniors from final exams.
Exam Leaks Condemed
Criticism was directed at the
faculty's failure to keep final
exams secret. The council asked
Dale Ball to take the matter be
mann in an, interview Thursday.
Thirty-five dollars made avail
able to bring an NSA national
officer to the campus to speak at
one of the scheduled forums on
the association.
Follies Tryouts
Continue Tonight
Tryouts for Co-ed Follies finals
will be completed tonight. Judges
Jackie Gordon, Janet Straton,
Nickie Nikelson, Norma Long,
Jean Compton, and Marion Crook
will be on hand to witness the
skits performed by the following
organizations:
7:00 Alpha Omicron Pi
7:15 Kappa Alpha Theta
7:30 Gamma Phi Beta
7:45 Delta Delta Delta
8:00 Alpha Xi Delta
8:15 Delta Gamma
8:30 Towne Club
8:45 Kernels
9:00 Alpha Chi Omega
9:15 Alpha Phi
From this group of skits and
those made last night, five skits
and four curtain acts will be se
lected to compete in the Co-ed
Follies, Tuesday, March 2.
