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Foundation to Play Host
To High School Students
High school students here for
the state high school basketball
tournament will be guests of the
Student Foundation at a party
Thursday. Foundation workers
will supervise a dance .and va
riety show in the Union from 4
to 6 that afternoon for team mem
bers and supporters.
Party Is Annual.
The "high school party" of the
Foundation is held annually in
conjunction with the tournament,
according to Bonnie Voss, chair
man. It serves to give the Ne
braska students a chance to be
come acquainted with each other,
besides with the University, she
emphasized.
The ballroom will be decorated
with pennants from a great num
ber ot the high schools, especial
ly those in the class tournaments
here. Free cokes will be served
by the Foundation to guests.
"In past years," Bonnie said,
"the party has been a great suc
cess with the high school visitors.
We anticipate another large, en
thusiastic turnout this year."
Special Entertainment.
Music for the dance will be sup-
Radio Comedy
. Will Be Aired
By UN Students
Radio department shows sched
uled for tomorrow and for the
following Thursday are adapta
tions of Weldon Kees "Three
Pretty Nify Green Suits" and
Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of
Being Ernest."
Adapted by Van Westover, "The
Importance of Being Ernest" will
be heard on the 30 minute "Au
thors of the Ages" show Thurs
day at 9:30 over KFOR.
A comedy of confused identity,
with two women thinking the
same man their fiancee, the play
includes in its cast Leroy Nol
cott. John Goettsche, Don Jo-
hannes, Cedric Hartman, Helen
Prince, Beverly Spangler, Gay
lord Marr and Mary Dunnel. The
show directed by William Demp
sey. Featured on the Mid Country"
fifteen minute show wich will
be broadcast at 2:30 p. m. over
KOLN one week from Thursday,
"Three Pretty Nify Green Suits''
was adopted by Gaylord Marr and
includes in the cast: Bob Baum,
Frank Jacobs, Max Lee, Genene
Mitchell, Bill Behrends and Da
mon Shouse. Ken Greenwood is
the director.
The story concerns the con
sequence of three identical bright
green suits being sold in a small
town at the same time.
P.E. Class Plans
St Pat's Dance
A St Patrick's Day dance will
be sponsored by P. E. 102 class
Thursday, from 4:30 to -6 p. m.
in the Ag Activities building.
Dancing and mixers will be fea
tured. Everyone is invited, Dnna
Runty, chairman of the dance
said.
Miss Marge Kuplic teaches P. E.
102. Students in the class are in
structed in leadership in com
munity entertainment The course
wase established last year.
B.T.O. Firing dub to Discuss
Pirns for TCU Air Meet
Plans for an air meet at Texas
Christian university, Fort Worth,
Tex., will be discussed by the
B.TO. Fly'ng club at a meeting
to be held tday at. 7:30 in the
Y.M.C-A.
'Flight training films will be
shown after the discussion.
plied by a Union jukebox. Variety
show cast members and special
skears have not yet been an
nounced. Student Foundation
workers will manage the show,
and serve refreshments.
Genene Mitchell, Student
Foundation president remarked,
"This is another of the services
of our student group to accom
plish the Foundation purpose:
Selling the University of Nebraska
to all Nebraska high school stu
dents. I'm not sure who gets the
most fun out of the party, the
student-guests or the Foundation-hosts."
Bizad Frat Takes
12 Pledges; Holds
CharterDayDiimer
Delta Sigma Pi, professional
Bizad fraternity, held its Charter
Day dinner Monday, March 8.
The Delta Sigs, founded March
4, 1924, have been an active or
ganization on the UN Campus for
24 years with the exception of
one war year.
The dinner was followed by
discussion, "The Western Electric
Personnel Policy" by Mr. Joines
of the Western Electric Branch
in Lincoln.
Delta Sigma Pi, recently
pledged twelve men from Jthe
Bizad college. Those pledged
were: Bates B. Barber, Ed Chi
coine, Merle Fie, Melvin Forshoe,
Robert Freeman, Wilson Kasik,
Leonard Olney, Arnold Pierson,
Gerald Roberts, Dallas Schrader,
John Sommers, and Lawrence
Wilson.
Theatre Seeks
Stagecrafters
For May Jobs
Students interested in stagecraft
and similar- aspects of play pro
duction are urged to contact Bob
Black, technical director of the
University Theater, Room 153,
Temple building.
Thirty students will be given an
opportunity to work on set con
struction, costuming, lighting, and
make-up for the four three-act
plays to be presented in May by
the Experimental theater.
The four plays scheduled are
"Of Mice and Men," by John
Steinbeck; "As the Eagle Grows,"
by Elizabeth Wetzel, winner of
the Nebraska Masquer-sponsored
national playwriting contest;
"Servant in the House," by
Charles Rann Kennedy; and "Am
phitryon "38," by S. N. Behrman.
A variety of theater techniques
are offered by the choice of plays:
realism, poetic prose, sophisticated
comedy, and a dramatic treatment
of a religious theme.
"Each play chosen for produc
tion offers opportunity for exper
iment and novel artistic treat
ment," pointed out Mr. Black.
"Each offers interested students a
chance to learn ' much about the
externals of play production as
exemplified in our American the
ater of today."
Home Ec Group
Plans 'Silver Tea'
The annual Silver Tea, spon
sored by the Home Ec club will
be held Sunday at Love - Me
morial Hall from 3 to S p. m.
Purpose of the tea is to raise
money for the foreign fellow
ship fund. It is used to bring
foreign students to the campus.
Six foreign students are in vari
ous schools in the United States
this year, including Nebraska.
Maria Cons tan tinides from
Athens, Greece, is a junior in
home economics. Miss Constan
tinides will speak at the Silver
Tea on her, home land.
Statement ot Board
Of Student Publications
Last week the board was ad
vised by Dean T. J. Thompson
that the incumbent editor of
the Daily Nebraskan, Mr. Jack
Hill, was Ineligible to take part
in student activities. A copy of
this advice was sent direct to
Mr. Hill, who upon receipt of
it cave formal notice to this
board of his resignation.
Dean Thompson's letter is as
follows:
"It is a matter of much re
rret to me that I find Mr. Jack
Alan Hill Inelitlble to take part
in student activities. He should
therefore be replaced as editor
of the Nebraskan at once."
Mr. Hill's letter said in part:
"A copy of Dean Thompson's
letter just reached me so I
wanted to contact you right
away and express my rerret
that this matter has come up
at such an unfortunate time.
Believe me, I would not have
applied for the editorship of
the Daily Nebraskan if I had
thought that I would be ineli
gible. I realise the' Inconven
ence it will cause . . . the board."
The board of student publi
cations regrets that this devel
opment has necessitated the
unprecedented action of ap
pointing an editor for the Daily
Nebraskan in midterm. It ex
presses the hope that the entire
staff will co-operate in seeking
to continue the newspaper
without serious disruption to
the general news policies which
have been evolved during the
year.
Dry-Night Club
Slated to Open
Friday Night
Would you like to hold hands
over a candlelight table, sip a
cocktail or two and listen to the
strains of Latin American music
. . .or are you rowdy type &nd
would like to be thrown out by a
genuine bouncer?
Cornhusker students will enjoy
this realistic atmosphere when
Juan Illeuca and his Pan-Americans
will spotlight the floorshow
of the Dry-Night Club in the ball
room of the Student Union Fri
day evening.
"Cocktails."
According to By Hooper, chair
man of the student union dance
committe, the "cocktails" will
consist of soft drinks that will be
featured as "old fashioneds," "pink
ladies" "martinis," etc.
Johnny Cox and his band will
provide dance music for Husker
rouples while Illueca and en
semble will be the floor show.
Head waiters, cigarette girls
and special menus will also add
to the general atmosphere of a
night club, where only parties of
four or more will be admitted to
the tables.
Tickets Going.
Tickets, selling at $1.50 per
couple are going fast and sales
will soon reach the 150 couple
limit of the night club, according
to the chairman of the dance com
mittee. Ed Trumble, student . union
board member and sponsor of the
dance committee is in charge of
the "Dry-Night Club" dance.
Other members of the committees
are: Entertainment, Ed Trumble,
Bob Easter; Publicity, Pat Busey,
Don Cook, Don Franklin; Food
and Menus: Archie Dillman, Mil
ton Belzer; Decorations, Byron
Hooper, Betty Buchfinik, Bobby
Kennedy, Bill McKee, Gaylon
King.
The Student Union dance com
mittee is considering plans for a
future series .of Dry-Night GJpb
dances with new entertainment
Geology Frat Establishes
New Scholarship Fund
Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Geology
professional, has established a
fund for scholarships in Geology,
is was announced this week.
A campaign to raise the funds
is now in progress according to
Sherod' Harris, Scribe.
The amount and number of
scholarships will be variable each
semester as voted by the active
members. None were voted this
semester.
Leger Appointed
Managing Editor
Nordin Named News Editor,
Schirmer to Magazine Post
George Miller was chosen editor of The Daily Nebras
kan by the Publications Board at a special meeting in Uni
versity hall Tuesday evening.
Miller replaces Jack Hill, who resigned late last week
because of academic reasons. The appointment will go into
effect immediately.
GEORGE MILLER.
Moore Elected
To ISA Office
At Conference
Bill Moore, university student,
was elected treasurer of the In
dependent Student Association's
Western Conference which as
sembled March 5 at Boulder,
Colo.
Moore is a member of Ag Men's
Social Club and treasurer of
United Student Association on
this campus. Other officers elected
by the convention were: Jerry
Stapp, Denver university, presi
dent; Cliff Bishop, Colorado A.
and M.; Bob Foster, Colorado
State College; Betty Stenmark,
Denver university, members of
the executive board.
A resolution proposed by a com
mittee on independent publica
tions was adopted providing for
a bi-monthly newsletter. The
May 5 edition of this publica
tion will be put out by Nebraska.
The convention drew up a com
pact for all schools participating
in its program. The compact was
presented to the USA Council
Monday night for ratification.
Nebraska delegates to the con
vention were: Eloise Schott,
USA; Marion Collins, Adelphi;
John Davis, Palladian; Ben Wall;
and Carl Froendt
Denver university extended an
invitation to the group to hold
their fall convention in Denver.
ASCE Hears Geologist
Speak on Sediment
Mr. Benedict of the United
States Geological Survey spoke
before the ASCE student branch
Wednesday night in the Union on
"Sediment Invesigation in Rivers
and Streams." Colored slides of
equipment, floods and erosion
were also shown.
Eighty men attended the meet
ing, including 20 new members.
The new group is the first of an
ASCE membership drive.
Teachers' Mixer
Opens '400 Club'
The "400 Club" dance, spon
sored by teachers college is to be
held in the Union ballroom, Tues
day, March 16, from 8 to 10 p. m.
Not to be confused with the
socially elite of New York, the
"400 Club" is a society where
the first 400 students to come to
the ballroom, will attend the
dance. It is a chance for teach
ers -college students to become
is being planned,
with a combo for dancing. Re
freshments will be served. Tickets
are priced at 35 cents person, 70
cents a cuple.
The board also named Norm
Leger as managing editor, re
placing Miller. Pat Nordin was
appointed news editor, taking the
pake of Wally Becker, whose
resignation as news editor went
into effect Feb. 29.
Cornshuck Vacancy
Acting on the vacancy in the
Cornshucks staff, the board chose
Jack A. Schirmer to fill the posi
tion of managing editor.
Miller is a member of Beta
Theta Pi, an Innocent, and presi
dent of Sigma Delta Chi, profes
sional journalism fraternity. He is
a senior-in the School of Journal
ism. He was formerly sports editor
and managing editor of the Daily
Nebraskan.
Leger is a member of Kappa
Sigma, a Corn Cob, Cheer Leader,
and AUFHe is a junior and was
news editor of The Daily Ne
braskan until the, present semes
ter. New News Editor.
Miss Nordin is a member of
Alpha Omicron Pi and a sopho
more in the School of Journalism.
She was society editor of The
Daily Nebraskan formerly
Schirmer is a member of Phi
Gamma Delta and a junior in the
Journalism school. He worked for .
the Cornhuskers staff previous to
his appointment.
As yet the Publications Board,
headed by Dr. W. F. Swindler,
director of the School of Journal
ism, has made no announcement
as to a new sociey editor, a post
left vacant by the promotion of
Miss Nordin.
Federalist Group
To Sponsor World
Problems Panel
"World Law or War?" will be
the alternative placed before a
discussion panel in the auditorium
of Love Library at 7:30 p. m.
Thursday night in a United World
Federalist sponsored discussion.
Members of the panel will be
Rev. Philip SJiug of the Unitarian
church in Lincoln; Dr. Paul Mead
ows, associate professor of Soci
ology; Ted Sorenson, Law College
student and member of the uni
versity debate team, and Milo
Price, Political Science graduate
student and instructor. Dr. L. T.
Laase, Chairman of the Depart
ment of Speech will moderate the
meeting.
The discussion will consist of
introductory speeches by the
speakers and followed by ques
tions and discussion from the
floor. . ,
All interested students and
members of the faculty are in
vited to attend and to participate
in the discussion, according to
Ken Purcell, UWF program chair
man. Nebraska Univels
Clotbing Drive
Opens Marcb 14
The Nebraska Univets will open
a clothing drive for needy fami
lies abroad starting March 14
ending March 19, President John
B. Rigg announced "today.
The . sogan "Ask the man
who owns none" will be used as
the theme of the collection.
The drive is intended mainly
to collect "G. I." clothing that
student veterans may see fit to
contribute. All types of clothing,
however, will be accepted.
Booths in the Union will opea
March 14 and will also be set up
on the Ag college campus.
Mr. Rigg urged that everyone
make a sincere effort to con
tribute to this worthwhile cause.
