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Vol. 49 No. 66
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Thursday, December 16, 1948
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POLICEMAN, BILL LINE, confronts an unwilling crowd in the
streets in a scene from Maxwell Anderson's "Winterset." The Uni
versity Theatre drama opened last night and will run through
Saturday.
Gripping Moments Found
In Tragedy 'Winterset'
BY NORM LEGER AND CED
IIARTMAN
University Theatre first night
ers saw a thrilling performance of
Maxwell Anderson's flaming in
dictment of the perversion of jus
tice, "Winterset," Wednesday
night.
Aided by skillfully designed
sets and well executed sound and
lighting effects, the play created
an overpowering mood and
brought to the stage moments of
high intensity as the forces of
good and evil reached their in
evitable clash.
Murder Involved
The story of "Winterset" deals
with the son of a laborer electro
cuted for a murder which it was
believed he did not commit. The
son's quest for the evidence which
he believes will in one stroke
clear his father's name and put
his own soul at rest is half of
the story. The other half is con-
cerned with the lives of those who
hold the exonerating evidence. !
and the daughter, in particular, I
who falls in love with the un
fortunate son.
Jack MacDonald. in the role of
Mio, the son, showed a clear un
derstanding of the role and
played it with restraint which
counter-balanced some of the too
emotional, over eloquent per
formances on the part of other
actors. His character was consist
ent throughout the play, reach
ing its highest point in the second
act where he comes face to face
with the man guilty of the crime
for which Mio's father died.
Katz Plays Killer
Dona Jean Saum as Miriamme,
sister of the man who holds
the incriminating evidence, showed
a great deal of sensitivity in her
relations with both Mio and her
father and brother, but did not
Ritter Named to Publications
Board by Student Council
Rodger S. Ritter was elected to
fill the sophomore vacancy on the
Publications Board by the Student
Council in their meeting Wednes
day. lie is in AIEE and on the
NROTC rifle team. He has been
active in football and varsity
track. Ritter i 3 sophomore in the
College of Electrical Engineering.
Other people applying for the
position were: Ben Wall, Audrey
Rosenbaum, Congdon Paulson,
Marylou Luther, Sally Holmes,
and Jean Dill.
McDill Elected to Office
Louise McDill was elected the
Student Council member to as
sume the duties of corresponding
secretary for the Council. It was
pointed out in the meeting that
this job will relieve some of the
work of the secretary. The job
will consist of carrying on all
clearly delineate the character
she played.
Abe Katz, playing the killer
Trock, reached his peak in the
second and third act, winning the
auddience's hatred with his ob
vious lack of any feelings for
humanity. Kill or be killed. This
culmination was in much 'con
trast to the opening scene where
for reasons not evident he speaks
his lines with great eloquence
rather than with the bitterness
and cynicism of a man just re
leased from prison on a "six
months to live" note.
Dies for a Cause
Paul Harrington, playing an
aged father, did an adequate job
of establishing character, offer
ing a few moments of poignacy
where he realizes that to die for
a cause is better than to live and
sacrifice an ideal.
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A series of old fashioned flicker
films will be shown in the Student
Union Ballroom Sunday night,
Dec. 19, at 7:30 p. m.
The pictures will feature such
old time favorites as William S.
Hart, Mary Pickford, and Charlie
Chaplin.
Musical background will be fur-
j nished by Bonnie Compton Toden-
hoft, who will also accompany the
audience in an old fashion sing
during the show.
The show is sponsored by the
General entertainment committee.
During the show members of this
committee will pass through the
audience with popcorn and pea
nuts. An open invitation is extended
to tiie student body to come and
have some fun.
correspondence and maintaining a
file system for letters written to
the Council.
A motion was passed that a
letter be written to the Chairman
of Student Affairs and Social
Functions requesting that the
Council be allowed to examine
budgets of all organizations. Pres
ident Dale Ball said that this ac
tion would start the research
which according to Ball will "Set
up a long range program for ap
proving budgets which is com
prehensive and intelligent."
Letter to be Written
Other letters to be written by
the Council include notifying O.
W. Rosenlof that the council is in
favor of allowing two free days
before final examinations start, j
This would start with the coming
finals and be a permanent policy. !
The secretary, with the help of
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1400 Pupils
Registered
In First Day
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Approximately 1,400 students
had completed second semester
registration yesterday in Tempo
rary B when procedures came
to a close. Dr. Floyd w. noover,
assistant registrar, announced.
Students holding cards up to that
number will begin registering this
morning.
Dr. Hoover stated that students
were being registered at a rate
of 200 an hour, but that the rate
would be slowed down during the
week.
Schedule Changed
Several changes have been
made in the schedule. New
courses which have been added
are:
Eron. 178, Kron. Hist.. 1IW, 207B.
Kdur. 283, Mur. Mens, Eval. UMWF,
113And.
Educ. 380, Trsls A MrM., SMWr,
31Tt .
E, M. 2, En. Drawing. 9 Lab 8-10,
MWK, 302B.
M. E. 2(0, Automotive Eng., UMWF,
201KL.
M. I.. 301, Romance rhilology. 10MWF,
20.tHurn.
Physiol 2.18. Physiological, Action of
Vitamins, 8MWF, 122Rurn.
The following courses have been can
celled: Educ. 260. Problems In Human De
velopment and Outdance.
Ed or. 287, Problems of Tot Construc
tion. losed sections include:
M. E. 211. Sec. 1, 2. 3.
Engr. Mech. 243, Sec. 1.
Ku. org. 22, 161-1. 172-VI. 20.
K. E. 198-See, 1, 240-Lab. B, 237-See.
4, 209-l-ab A.
fcevn. 2S, 107-Hee. I, 211. 212.
CORRECTIONS MADE
The following corrections have been made
in the schedule;
C lassics 74, Nee. 2. meets 1 T TV 212
And.
See REGISTRATION, page 2
Hannezio, Willi
Speak lo Grads
Claude Hannezio and Walter
Willi will be the main speakers
at the December meeting of the
Teachers College Graduate club
Friday evening, Dec. 17, at 7:30
p. m. Don Vestal, chairman of
the meeting committee, announced
that Hannezio and Willi, graduate
students from France and Swit
zerland will discuss hte educa
tional problems of their coun
tries. A reading "Why the Chimes
Rang," by Cedric Harlman will
be included in the program and
Christmas carols will be led by
Jack Snider.
President Willard H. Nelson en
courages all members to hear this
discussion and he reports that a
social hour will follow which will
include a gift exchange among
members and refreshemnts.
! Betty Aasen, was delegated to
write to the administration in re
gard to the changing of senior
checking to a later date. The
Council believed that this action
would aid seniors in getting their
checking done earlier and avoid
ing any conflicts.
Constitution Delegated
The constitution of the Arnold
Society of Air Cadets was given
to the Constitutions Committee
for immediate action. This honor
ary society is for the men in the
advanced corps of the Air Force
ROTC. The purpose of the organ
ization is to further education in
the air corps by having guest
speakers, etc. Members are se
lected on the basis of their inter
est in the Air Corps. Their grades
must correspond with the univer- i
sity average for other such organ
izations. I
Winners to
Juniors End
The senior competition of
ceedings is scheduled tonight at 7 :30. W. A. Rundell and
J. M. Stong will argue against R. J. Haggert and J. H. Bin
ning, The winning team will meet D. Kratz and R. Sheef
in the finals before the Nebraska Supreme Court next
spring. The proceedings will take place in the Moot Court
Two Writer's
Groups to Hold
Joint Meeting
Sigma Delta Chi, men's profes
sional journalism fraternity, and
Theta Sigma Phi, woman's pro
fessional journalism fraternity
will hold a joint dinner, Thurs
day at 7:30 p. m. Leo Geier, SDX
president announced yesterday.
"We are holding this function,"
Geier said, "to build better rela
tions between members of the un
dergraduate chapters and profes
sional men and women in journal
ism." Prior to the luncheon, Sigma
Delta Chi will initiate 12 new
members at 5 p. m. An incomplete
list of those to be initiated is:
LeRoy Klein, Jack Schirmer, Daan
Terrill, Myron Gustafson, Willard
Hohnstein. George Peter, Peter
Bielak, Kenneth Schmidt, Earl
Dyer, Francis Flaherty,
The complete list of initiates
will be announced in Friday's is
sue of The Daily Nebraskan.
E E Building
To Be Named
Ferguson Hall
"Ferguson Hall' will be the
name of the new $600,000 Elec
trical Engineering classroom and
laboratory building now under
construction. The building was
named in honor of O. J. Ferguson
chairman of the Department o
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Electrical Engineering of the Uni
versity.
Prof. Ferguson received his B.
Sc. in E. E. in 1903 from the Uni
versity, and an M.E.E. from Union
University, Schnectady, NY. in
1909.
He joined the University staff
as professor and Chairman of the
Department of Electrical Engin
eering. He was Dean of the Col
lege of Engineering from 1921 to
1946 when he resigned.
Prof. Ferguson is a former na
tional president of two organiza
tions, the Society for Promotion
of Engineering Education, and
the American Interprofessional
Institute. Also a former national
vice president of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineering,
he has been active in work of nine
other professional societies. He
was a member of the Executive
Committee of the Association of
Land Grant Colleges and Univer
sities. Two text books on electrical
engineering have been written by
him.
Othello Tryouls
TryouU for Shakespeare's
"Othello," fourth University
Theatre production of the year,
will begin Thursday. Specific
tryout times are 3 to 5 p.m. on
Thursday, 3 to 5p.m. on Friday
and 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. on
Monday.
Stated director Robert Black
"Othello" continues the Uni
versity Theatre's tradition of
bringing- to campus audiences
a Shakespearian play each
year. This play has many ex
cellent character roles."
Enter Finals:
Competition
the Allen Moot Court pro
room in the Law School building.
A group of prominent Lincoln
Lawyers will decide the case.
5 Junior Teams Left
Five junior teams have survived
their arguments this week and are
eligible for further competition
next spring. The teams: Boyd and
Fiebig, Simmons and Abbott,
Berkheimer and Fugate, Kratz
and Calkins and Wilson and
Coyne. One team will draw a bye
in the spring competition and the
other four will argue leaving three
for the senior competition the
following year.
46 Frosh Teams
Last year's winners of the se
nior Allen competition were Ralph
Nelson and William Schwartz.
This year 46 freshmen teams
were paired for Moot Court act
ion. The final freshmen case will
be argued Dec. 20. The 23 win
ning teams are eligible to enter
the competition next spring.
All law school freshmen are re
quired to enter the first round of
competition, but may withdraw
after the initial round whether
they win or lose.
Students Judge
In the freshmen competition
students from Law Schools serve
as judges. Usually three judges
rule each case. The junior rounds
are decided by Lincoln lawyers
as are the initial senior rounds.
The final argument is held in the
Nebraska Supreme Court and
judged by Supreme Court judges.
Freshmen teams have been ar
guing cases the past week and
will finish Dec. 20. When the
freshmen competition is completed
a list of the winning teams will
be published in the Daily Ne
braska n.
A7 Peak Hit
By Enrollment
The Nation's college and uni
versity enrollments have climbed
to a new peak for the third suc
cessive year, the U. S. office of
education has revealed.
These enrollments increased by
72,000 students over last fall's
enrollment, despite a drop of
100,000 in number of vetreans en
rolled. According to the survey the
rate of student drop-out is slow
ing down. This is indicated by
the greater holding power of col
leges in spite of fewer freshmen
students and a scaled-down vet
eran enrollment.' Veterans, who
formed about half of the ration's
college student body in 1947 ac
count for only 42 percent of the
total enrollment now.
Men still outnumber women al
most 3 to 1 in the nation's col
leges, the survey revealed. The
proportion of women students
has changed little this fall over
last year.
Ag Colleens Plan
Christmas Parly
Ag Collenes will hold their
Christmas party Friday. Dec. 17,
in the first floor lounge of Fool
and Nutrition building at 6 p. m.
All membeis and their families
are invited.
Dinner is planned for the fami
lies, and a gift exchange for the
children will be held. Parents
bringing children should bring
toys for the exchange, according
to Ruth TeeL president of the
club.