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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Thursday, July 10, 195Z
Former Delegates
Featured In Today's
Political Discussion
Anderson, Van Peltl
To Discuss Picking
Platform, Nominee
A. Clifford Anderson and Rob
ert Van Pelt, delegates respec
tively to the Democratic and Re
publican National Conventions in
1948, will discuss "Nailing Down
the Man and the Platform" at
Thursday's political discussion in
the Battle of the Ballots series.
The main objective of the dis
cussion will be to clarify the ways
in which candidates are chosen
and party platforms are drafted.
Van Pelt and Anderson will give
some of the behind the scenes
color of the conventions.
A special convention handbook,
published by TIME magazine and
CBS Radio will be given out at
the discussion. Marilyn Moomey,
Union activities director, described
the handbook as a "useful guide to
an event of major national and
personal importance." The book
let will review the history, high
lights and high jinks of the cur
rent conventions.
The topic of the final discussion
in the series, July 17, will be
"After and Before."
The panel- composed of Charles
Thone, a delegate to the current
Republican National Convention;
Mrs. Arthur Smith, a member of
the Lincoln Chapter of the League
of Women Voters and an active
member of the Nebraska Kefauver
for President Committee; and
Carl Schneider, a staff member of
the University political science
department will discuss the ef
fects of the Republican conven
tion on the ' Democratic convention.
The discussions are held at 4
p.m. in Parlors ABC. Union,
Mark Van Voorhis is modera
tor of the series.
Union Movies
This week's sports shorts will
feature swimming, Union Active
ties Director Marilyn Moomey
has announced.
The films, scheduled for the
Union Lounge Thursday at 11:45
a.m., are "Aquatic Artistry,"
"Swimming and Diving Aces,"
and "Water Sports." If the con
vention is being shown at that
time, Miss Moomey said, the sports
shorts for this week will be can
celed, for, "we ieel that there is
greater interest in the conven
tion." Sunday night's film feature will
be "Gentleman's Agreement,"
starring Gregory Peck and Doro
thy McGuire. An Academy Award
winner, it is the story of a gentile
Air Line Education
Superintendent To
Address Workshop
R. G. Mertes, superintendent of
school and college services for
United Air Lines, will be on cam
pus today and Friday to address
a summer workshop on elemen
tary education.
The workshop, which is beine
held throughout the eight-week
session for graduate students only,
is entitled "Kesearch Materials
For the Elementary School." Held
at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily, it is
now emphasizing the elementary
curriculum in the age of air power
and atomic energy, Marilyn Link,
elementary education staff mem
ber, announced.
Miss Link said the workshoD
will be open to other students
who are interested if they con
tact one of the instructors in the
Nebraska Air Education Division
of the elementary education department.
Miss Link said that Mertes is a
well known authority in the field
of aviation education, and that he
will discuss the impact of avia
tion and the air transport indus
try on teaching methods and
course selection in colleges.
A graduate of Milwaukee Stafe
Teachers College and Columbia
University, Mertes is affiliated
with various aviation and educa
tional associations. He was re
cently named a member of the
National Advisory Council for
Aviation Education of the. Civil
Air Patrol.
New Theater
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'Theater As You Like It,' 6thlin2. wsn
In Artist Series, To Combine
Comedy, Sorrow And Drama
Teitel And Higgins Will
Present Own Production
By MARILYN MOOMEY
(Union Activities Director)
"Theater as you Like It," a
production of Carol Teitel and
Michael Higgins, will be presented
Wednesday night as the sixth in
the free Summer Artist Series.
Both stars of the show have an
impressive background in show
business.
Miss Teitel made appearances
with Ethel Barrymore, Ina Claire
and Grace George previous to
World War II. During the war she
toured a number of hospitals and
appeared with Edward E. Horton
and Talullah Bankhead. Since the
war she has made frequent radio
appearances with "Stella Dallas,"
"Cavalcade of America," "Theater
Guild on the Air," and many oth
ers. On television she has played
leads in such shows as -the Kraft
Theater and Academy Theater.
Higgins played for four years
previous to the war with the
Shakespeare Fellowship of Amer
ica. After three years in the army
during the war. he returned to
New York to join the Katherine
Cornell company for two Broad
way hits, then went on tour as
Baptist Addresses
IVCF Meet Today
Rev. Elwood Anderson, pastor
of the Polk Baptist Church, will
speak to the Inter-Varsity Chris
tian Fellowship this evening.
The meeting will be held at 7:30
p.m. in Room 315, Union.
Rev. Anderson is a graduate of
Bethel Theological Seminary, St.
Paul, Minnesota. He had served as
pastor at Hutchinson, Minn., be
fore accepting the call at Polk.
The topic of the meeting is
"Yielded to the Will of God."
Permits Needed
To Take Foreign
Language Exams
Students who expect to take
reading examinations in any of
the foreign languages must se
cure a permit before Wednes
day, July 16, Harold E. Wise,
assistant dean of the Graduate
College, has announced.
The exams will be given Sat
urday morning, July . 19.
Wise emphasized that the
permits will be necessary be
fore the exams may be taken.
They may be acquired in the
Graduate Office, Room 111, So
cial Science Hall.
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tiie comedy lead in "Brigadoon."
Last season he returned to Broad
way as Benvolio in Olivia de
Haviland's "Romeo and Juliet."
He has also appeared on major
television shows such as "Theater
Guild on the Air" and "I Love a
Mystery."
Hfggins and Miss Teitel met
while working at the American
Theater Wing. They joined forces
and worked out a varied reper
toire for "Theater As You Like
It," which is now delighting audi
ences all over the nation.
Some of their numbers include
a scene from Thorton Wilders'
"Our Town," "Romeo and Juliet,"
a comedy scene from "June Moon"
by Ring Lardner and George
Kaufman.
As a team, Carol Teitel and
Michael Higgins combine laugh
ter, tears and excitement, in a real
theater as YOU will like it.
The show will begin at 8 p.m
in the Union ballroom, and is open
to the public.
Petty Larceny
She (as he steals a kiss): "Why
I'll have you arrested for larceny!"
He (kissing her once more): "If
you make that complaint against
me I'll charge you with receiving
stolen goods, knowing it to be
such."
Bloodmobile To Be In Lincoln July 28 and 29;
Red Cross Expresses Need For More Donors
By CONNIE GORDON
(Guest Writer)
ascertain at first hand the inequf-
ties of racial prejudice. It will be
shown in the ballroom at 7:30 p.m.
Summer Theater
Ticke ts A vailable
Tickets for the University
Summer Theater production,
"Out of the Frying Pan," will
be available beginning Tues
day. Although admission to the
play is free, tickets will be is
sued to theater patrons in or
der to control the audience dur
ing the July 21, 22, and 23
performances.
Tickets may be obtained in
the Union Activities office un
til 5 p.m. each day and after
that time in the main office of
the Union.
i Cross is also stock-piling blood I hours of free parking.
for use in case of sudden attack Giving blood is a painless, and
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i i t i 7 "'f"'"""" " ""Tl great national emergencies, such en a physical examination before
he is allowed to give blood; and
there is always a physician stand
ing by at the blood donations
headquarters. The Red Cross
makes sure that only the persons
who are able to give blood do
give blood.
Any University Student may do
nate blood if he meets the follow
ing Red Cross requirements:
1. ihe student must be in good
health.
2. He must be between the ages
of 21 and 60. If he is younger, he
must obtain his parent's consent.
3. The student must weigh . 110
pounds or more.
4. If he has given blood previ-
Construction Will
Begin Very Soon
Director Praises Plans
"The new University Theater
will be ready for use in the fall
of 1953."
These are the words of the Uni
versity's comptroller, John K. Sel
leck. He said further that all con
tractors have been notified of the
acceptance of their bids and that
construction will begin almost
immediately.
Contractors are now in the
process of assembling their mate
rials for the renovation of the
Temple building.
A complete picture of the new
section was painted by the direc
tor i of the University Theater,
Dallas Williams, who said, "The
new theater will be one of the
most functional and modern small
legitimate theaters in any college
in the country."
The theater will have a capacity
of 376 persons and will include a
small balcony. It will be built in
side the existing walls of the
southern portion of Temple. The
north half of the building will not
be touched.
The new stage will be consider
ably larger than the old Temple
stage and will have completely
new equipment. A light and
sound control booth will be lo
cated in the rear of the theater
above the balcony, enabling per
sonnel to observe the action on
the stage.
The entrance to the theater will
be on 12th street through what is
now the band and orchestra room.
Beneath the lobby in the base
ment will be design and work
shop space for building model
stages and scenery. Beneath the
stage will be classrooms, stage
property workshops, showers, rest
rooms, lociccr space and light
workshops.
There will be an elevator in the
stage which will go from the base
ment level to three feet above the
stage level.
The entire theater, which in
cludes the auditorium, lobby,
worxsnops ana tneater instruc
tor's offices will be furnished
with new furniture.
The theater will be completely
soundproofed, with 12 inches of
space between the existing walls
and the new walls to be con
structed. The space will be used
for conduits and ventilating ducts.
reporter who poses as a Jew to' coin that is out for blood, but as fi0OJ or fire, the Red Cross sup-
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ai an. iiiai organization is me quickly. It is for this reason that
Lancaster County Red Cross. a ready supply of blood must al-
ine j-incasier uouniy tea wrossWayg be on hand,
office is again sending out a call Blood is one substance for which
for more volunteer blood donors, science has found nn substitute.
The blood donation goal set for The curative powers of the so
University students during the called "miracle drugs" cannot be
summer school session is 25 pints, overlooked or minimized; but, ac
This 25 pint goal is two-thirds cording to -the Red Cross, when
under that of the quota set for blood is needed and cannot be
for the University during the reg- supplied, the miracle drugs are of
little or no use,
There is still a great need for
blood; and this need must be met
through volunteer blood dona
tions.
ular nine months school session
Though the blood quota is low
ered during the summer, the need
for blood . during these summer
months is as great as ever. Blood
and blood plasma are still greatly Students who: give Mood "this ously, he must wait a period of
neeueu on me Daiueiieia. ine summer wiu De a Die. to ao so in three months before donating
xiea uoss points out inai one piniair-conamonea comiort in me again.
of blood has meant the difference (ballroom of the.Cornhusker hotel.) The Red Cross bloodmobile will
between life and death in manyiBlood donors will also be free of :be in Lincoln Monday, July 28 and
cases for men injured on the bat-, parking worries. Though the en- Tuesday, July 29. Students who
tlefront. jtire blood donation process takes wish to donate blood on one of J
However, the need for blood Isjless than 45 minutes, the Car these two days mav call th T?d'
not limited to the warfront, ac-1 Park at 13th and M Streets is pro-Cross office, 2-5988, to make an!
cording to the Red Cross. The Redlviding each blood donor with two appointment.
Union Calendar
Thursday, July 10
SPORTS SHORTS, Lounge,
ii:90 a.m.
CRAFT SHOP open, 4 to 6
p.m.
BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS
political discussion, "Nailing
Down the Man and the Plat
form," Parlors ABC, 4 p.m.
Sunday, July 13
FILM FEATURE, "Gentle
man's Agreement," Ballroom,
7:30 p.m.
Monday, July 14
ALL UNIVERSITY CLINIC,
"The Struggle for the Health of
Men," Ballroom, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 15
HANDICRAFT INSTRUC
TION, 7 p.m.
CHAMBER MUSIC CON
CERT, 8 p.m,
Wednesday, July 18
BRIDGE INSTRUCTION, 4
p.m.
SUMMER ARTIST SERIES.
"Theater As You Like It," Ball
room, 8 p.m.