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HEAVY TRAFFIC on R street will be relieved as a result of the
city council's action in moving the arterial street at 14th pnd R to
14th and Q as announced in The Daily Nebraskan Tuesday. Dick
Schleusener has been acting for the Student Council and has made
the counts indicated on the graph shown above.
Moot Court Finals
The finals of the Allen Moot
Court competition will be held
Wednesday evening at 7:30, in
the Nebraska Supreme Court
chambers in the Capitol. Sen
ior finalists are: Robert C
Guenzel and Richard D. Wil
son vs. Ralph B. Nelson and
William T. Schwartz. The main
Issue 6f the case will be com
munity property. The trial is
open to tne public.
BABW Plans
Activity Honors
The annual Recognition cere
mony sponsored by the BABW
will be held Thursday, May 6,
from 5:00 to 5:30 p. jn. in Ellen
Smith hall, Dace Bolyan, presi
dent, announced today.
Outstanding unaffiliated wom
en who have earned 100 or more
activity points during the past
term will be honored. They will
be awarded gold pins in recogni
tion of their achievement. All co
eds are invited to attend the cere
mony. Miss Bolyan, a pre-med junior
from Cobol, Alaska, was elected
president of BABW at the spring
elections. She is also a member
of Tassels, Religious Welfare
Council, YWCA Cabinet, past
member of Coed Counselors,
member of Nu-Meds, and presi
dent of Gamma Mu Theta, pre
medical women's honorary.
There will be a Kosmet Klub
initiation for new members at
6 p. m. this afternoon in the
KK room. All old and new
members are urged to attend.
(information on Examinations
For (Diplomatic Posts Available
Mew AeftiviWy Plcafi
Fir Mcofle roups
Scholarship, Activity Competition
Featured in New Awards Plan
A men's scholarship-activity program, designed to en
courage participation in extracurricular activities ana
at the same time to emphasize the need for better scholar
ship has been formulated by the Innocents Society, senior
men s honorary.
Examinations for appointment
as Foreign Service Officers have
been announced by the Depart
ment of State. Written, oral, and
physical exams must be passed in
order to qualify for positions
abroad as diplomatic and consu
lar officers.
Complete information may be
obtained at the office of the Dean
of Student Affairs, 104 Adminis
tration. In normal times the United
States has foreign service repre
sentatives in every country of the
world. An officer has the op
portunity to serve in many places
during his career.
Ages 21-31.
To be eligible to take the ex
aminations, a candidate must be
between 21 and 31 years of age,
have been a citizen of the United
States for at least 10 years, and,
if married, be married
American citizen.
to an
The program will be put into
effect this spring, according to
Stanley Johnson, president of the
retiring Innocents. Johnson an
nounced the completed plan for
the first time on Tuesday.
Competition among organiza
tions will be the basic feature in
the plan which will recognize
scholarship, individual activities
and group activities.
Toints Awarded.
Administration of the program
will be similar to that of the Jack
Best intramural sports plan. Points
will be awarded for men in various
individual activitiesras well as for
scholarship and group projects.
The winning organization will re
ceive a first plaoe trophy which
will be presented by the Innocents.
Present plans call for award
ing of two additional trophies,
also to be furnished by the Inno
cents. Ihe first place organiza
tion on the city campus will win
an award, as will the first place
organization on the Ag campus
The trophies will be awarded an
nually.
The 1947-48 Innocents group
has drawn up the point schedule
to be followed in determining the
winners. The point program is
entirely separate from the men's
point board.
Total Divided.
Points will be awarded on the
basis of an overall total of 1,000
Of this amount 400 points are al
lotted to individual activities and
300 each to scholarship and group
activities.
The complete schedule of points
will be published in Thursday's
Daily Nebraskan. Organizations
will be then asked to figure their
own point totals. A validating
See INNOCENTS, Pag 4
Applications
For Denmark
Study Accepted
G. W. Rosenlof, registrar, an
nounced last week that graduate
students can make application for
admission to graduate study in
Denmark for 1948-49.
Formal applications may be se
cured from the American Scandi
navian Foundation, 116 East 64th
St., New York 21, N. Y. Applica
tions should be submitted immed
iately. Successful applicants will
be notified about May 15. Further
information may be obtained in
the office of the Director of Ad
missions, Administration Hall, 103.
Holiday Courses for Foreign
Students and Danes Abroad in
Copenhagen, Denmark, are of
fered during the month of August.
There is one four week course,
August 2-27 in Danish Language,
Life, Literature and Thought.
Four short courses are also of
fered August 2-7, August 9-14,
August 16-21 and August 23-28.
An announcement concerning
these courses is posted on the bul
letin board in Social Science Hall.
Additional information may be
procured . by writing to the
American Scandinavian Founda
tion. '
Applications can be obtained
from the Board of Examiners for
Foreign Service, Department of
State, Washington 25, D. C. and
must be returned by July 1, 1948.
Duties of a foreign service of
ficer include carrying out the for
eign policy of the president, main
taining friendly relations with
other, countries, and keeping the
U.S. government informed of de
velopments abroad.
Written Exams.
Salary levels range from $3,300
to $4,400 per annum, according
to age,' experience, and qualifica
tions. Promotions are made on the
basis of rnerit and retirement is
compulsory at the age of 60.
Written exams in English.simple
mathematics, factual information,
world history and government,
economics, and one or more mod
ern languages will be held in
cities all over the country from
September 27 to -28, 1948. For
those who pass these, oral ex
aminations .will be held in Wash
ington, D.C. ,
National Photography Society
Establishes New Chapter Here
Kappa Alpha Mu, national
honorary fraternity for students
of photography, has established a
chapter at the University of Ne
braska school of journalism, it
was announced at the fraternity's
third annual convention at Co
lumbia, Mo., this week.
KAM, which was founded in
1945, now has chapters in sixteen
colleges and universities and
sponsors an annual photographic
exhibit of students and student
newspapers. Plans for formal in
stallation of the chapter and ini
tiation of new members on the
Nebraska campus will be an
nounced in a few days.
In announcing the formation of
the photographic group, Dr. Wil
liam F. Swindler, director of the
school of journalism, pointed out
that the school has not wished to
encourage addition of honorary
societies "merly to increase the
number of such socities. How
ever," he added, "the inclusion of
a chapter of Kappa Alpha Mu
seems justifiable for two reasons:
"In the first place, its member
ship will be broad enough to in
clude certain non-journalism
students who are duly qualified
thru courses in photography; and
in the second place, it is an ap
propriate recognition of the out
standing work in pictorial jour
nalism which is being developed
here."
In connection with' the an
nouncement of the new KAM
chapter, the school of journalism
also announced that it will spon
sor a short course in photography
for working newspapermen of
Nebraska this weekend. At the
same time it has arranged for an
exhibit, in Morrill Hall, of the 600
entries in the 1948 news picture
contest sponsored by Editor &
Publisher magazine. This exhibit
represents the professional work
of the leading news photograph
ers of the United States.
Scenery Will Portray Carnival
Spirit in Final Uni Theatre Play
BY FRANK 4C0BS.
Bright and gay colors will be
dominant when the curtain rises
on the final University theatre
production of the year, "Taming
of the Shrew," by William Shake
speare, May 12 through 15.
According to Robert Black,
technical director of the play, the
settings display the carnival
spirit, with the ornate and ec
centric accentuated.
"The scenery has personality of
its own," explained Mr. Black,
"and so captures the mood of the
Play."
Perspective Used.
The main feature of "Taming of
the Shrew" is the bold use of
perspective. Every scene uses
fantastic, odd backdrops and
furniture in a different way.
The theme, that of gay Italy,
is the same throughout the com
edy. Each scene, however, has an
air of its own.
For instance, one scene, de
picting an Italian postroad, has
the unusual qualities of a Salva
dor Dali mural. Six cacti are ar
ranged in such a way as to give
a strange effect. Each cactus is
constructed so as to show modern
design.
Smiling Faces.
Another feature of "Taming of
the Shrew" is the utilization of
giant tulips with smiling faces
painted on them. According to
Mr. Black, they seem to wink at
the audience.
Although the lines are entirely
Shakespeare's, the scenery, adds a
through its
the
all
welcome "new look
modern design.
In the theatre workshop,
construction crew members
had words for the scenery.
Said Crew Manager Dean
Welles, sweating over a hot buzz
saw, "Should I say? Well, it's
fabulously fantastic."
Hard-working Bill R e u t e r,
struggling with a stubborn rusty
nail, exclaimed, "It's screwy, but
fun!"
Lifting a piece of lumber big
ger than her, Joyce Viehmeyer
stated that the construction work
was "a fascinating experiment in
stagecraft"
And Janet Kepner, perhaps
summing up the feelings of the
entire group, explained, "It's very
unusual."
Opening Round
Of IM Speech
Contests Ends
The annual Intramural Extem
poraneous Speaking contest
opened last night, with forty-seven
students entering the initial elim
ination round. The contest, spon
sored by Delta Sigma Rho, For
ensic honorary fraternity, is open
to all university students. Those
surviving the first round are:
Doug Peters, Dale Ball, Jim
Welch, Maria Leipelt, Dorothy Og
den, Joris Devereaux, Polly Ann
Rickly, Wallace Swanson, Marcia
Tepperman, Joyce Buck, Arnold
Falk, Melbert Grummert, Joel
Bailey, Don Farber, Marvin Ma
lone, Derald May, Ruth Spurgeon,
Richard Bailey, Ted Gunderson,
Jane MacCuaig, Jackie Gordon,
Jean Dunbar, Cay Worcester,
Dawn Daggett, M. J. Melick and
Elaine Lamphear.
Houses still in competition are
Sigma Delta Tau, Chi Omega, Pi
Beta Phi, Sigma Alpha Mu and
Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Subjects Drawn.
Participants drew subjects Mon
day afternoon for Tuesday's com
petition. Topics dealt with national
problems of student interest. Con
test director is Donald Olson, di
rector of debate and faculty spon
sor of Delta Sigma Rho. Over fif
teen judges were used in Tuesday
night's round. Participants were
rated on information, speech or
ganizations, speech delivery, and
effectiveness.
The second round of the intra
mural competition will be held
Thursday night at 7:00 in the
Temple. Contestants who survived
the first elimination round will
draw topics from 2:00 to 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday at Mr. Olson's office
in the Temple.
Friday's Daily Nebraskan will
carry a list of the entrants who
will participate in the finals Sat
urday morning at 10:00.
The Nebraska chapter of Delta
Sigma Rho will present a cup to
the house whose team has the
highest number of points. The
high ranking individual will be
awarded a silver gavel. Winners in
1947 were Gamma Phi Beta, and
Alpha Tau Omega was runner up;
Paul Harrington, and Katherine
Ham, runner up. Awards will be
presented Saturday morning after
the finals.
SwimmingClub
Readies Circus
Water Pageant
The Sea Circus, a water pageant
centered around the acts found
in a typical circus, will be pre
sented by the swimming club on
May 14 and 15, at 8:15 in the
coliseum.
With 45 members participating.
the show will begin with a Grand
Opening parade followed by a
rhythmic swimming number
called "Popcorn and Cotton
Candy," a merry-go-round, cow
boys equipped with lassos and
horses, poodles, clowns, and other
colorful acts. Trapeze artists will
perform from the low and high
boards, and the program will be
completed by the "Grand Fi
nale."
Miss Marie Collins, president of
Aquaquettes, is general chairman
of the production, and Miss Jane
Mott of the women's physical ed
ucation department, is faculty ad
visor.
A limited number of tickets will
be available at the W.A.A. office
in Grant Memorial, from W.A.A.
house representatives, and from
members of the swim club.