Vol. 30, No. 13
Honorary:
Chard, Carstenson
Named Producers
Phyllis Chard of the Alpha Xi
Delta sorority and Larry Carsten
son of Theta Xi fraternity were
named Honorary Producers for the
1956-57 University Theater season
Presented at the opening night
ceremonies of "The Desperate
Hours," Carstenson and Miss Chard
represent the two organized houses
on campus which sold the most
season tickets to the seven-play
teason.
Jim Copp, president of Nebraska
Masquers, the local chapter of the
National Collegiate Players, pre
sented the two winners and the
second and third place houses be
fore the first curtain.
Vic Berniklau of Pi Kappa Phi
was runner-up in the men's di
vision and Mary Thompson of
Chi Omega received second-place
award in the women s competition
Copp also introduced Jim Pike of
Hitchcock House in Selleck Quad
rangle who was the third place
winner and Barbara Millnitz of
Kappa Delta who represented third
place Kappa Delta in the women's
division.
Miss Chard and Carstenson re
ceived trophies for their houses.
The Honorary Producer tradition
was U.gun in 1948 with the idea
that if the theater art was to be
come a vital part of the cultural
growth of the University, the active
support of faculty aiid students
must accompany all theater ac
tivities. Homecoming:
Queen
Election
Friday
Candidates for the Homecoming
Queen will be announced during
the pep rally this Friday. The elec
tion will take place immediately
after the rally is over, according
to Larry Epstein, assistant yell
king.
The election will be held in the
Union until 7:30 p.m.
' After Penny Carnival begins the
balloting will resume and continue
until 10:30 p.m.
The five candidates will' be cho
sen from the junior active Tassels,
the women's pep organization.
The winner of the title "Homecom
ing Queen" will be judged on her
contributions to the University,
spirit and personality.
The Queen will make her grand
entrance and be presented to the
students attending the Nebraska
Missouri homecoming game. The
Queen will be presented at half
time, during the marching and
entertainment of the Nebraska
band.
Fine Arts:
Musicians
To Present
Symposium
Blythe, Merrill, Hinshaw, and
Parson will present the first con
temporary music symposium of
the school year according to Rob
ert BradeU, instructor of theory
aH composition at the University
Schc J of Music.
The symposium will be held Fri
day at 4 p.m. in the Social Science
Auditorium. All interested are in
riled to attend.
Blythe will perform "Ce Que
Vu le Vent D'Ouest" by Debussy,
Miss Parson will present "Sonata
for Cello and Piano" by Debussy,
Merrill will play "Sonata for Vio
lin and Piano" by Ravel, and Hin
haw will perform "Alborada Del
Cracioso" by Ravel.
This will be the first of six such
symposiums. They are designed to
better acquaint people with twen
tieth century music. The second of
the series throughout the school
year will be presented November
30 by Sigma Alpha lota, women's
national professional music sor
ority. Indian Summer
Continues Here
Indian Summer weather con
tinues In Lancolnland today, with
l:Ule change from Tuesday s tem
peratures. . '
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tures are fore
cast for Wed
nesday and
W e d n e sday
evening with
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expected to hit
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LINCOLN,
Dr. Dallas Williams, director
of the University Theater, said that
the sale of season tickets this year
was "above that of past years."
He attributed the interest students.
faculty and residents of Lincoln
were giving the theater to the im
proved bill of plays and the lower
season ticket price.
Twenty-four houses competed for
the Honorary Producers title.
They were: Acacia, Alpha Chi
Omega, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha
Phi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega,
Delta Delta Delta.
Delta Gamma, Delta Sigma Phi,
Gamma Phi Beta, Hitchcock
House, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa
Gamma, Kappa Sigma, Pioneer
House, Pi Beta Phi, Pi Kappa Phi.
Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Chi, Sig
ma Delta Tau, Sigma Phi Epsilon,
Theta Xi, Zeta Beta Tau and Zeta
Tau Alpha.
Home Ec Day:
Colorado
Educator
To Speak
One of the principal speakers at
Home Economics Day for Home-
makers, Wednesday, will be Mrs.
Anna Petteys of Brush, Colo.
Mrs. Petteys is co-publisher of a
newspaper, co-owner of a radio
station, and is active in educa
tional programs and in the United
Nations.
She will speak on "Responsi
bility of Citizenship" at the annual
event for all Nebraska homemak-
ers on the College of Agriculture
campus.
The speaker recently took part
I in the Whit 2 House Conference on
Educate in Washington, D. C.
She attended the United Nations
charter convention, General As
sembly meetings, and the 1948 ses
sion in Paris. As a member of its
Speakers Research committee she
has attended meetings in Denmark,
New Zealand, and Ceylon.
Mrs. Petteys has served 10 years
as a member of the Board of Trus
tees for Colorado's colleges, and
has been chairman of the state
board of education.
She was born in Iowa, and was
graduated from Grinnell College.
She holds a master's degree from
Colorado State College of Educa
tion, and an honorary doctorate
from Colorado State College.
Activities:
AWS Mart
Scheduled
Wednesday
The Activities Mart being spon
sored by AWS will be held today
in the main ballroom of the Un
ion, from 2 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., ac
cording to Nancy Copeland,
chairman.
The theme for the mart is
"Aim for Action" and most of
the women's organizations will
be represented. All women are
being encouraged to sign up for
not more than three different
activities. These organizations in
turn will contact those that have
shown an interest.
AWS has announced that only
two women from every organ
ized house are allowed to sign
up as AWS workers. Any num
ber of independent women are
welcome to join the organiza
tions. Anyone may apply in the
spring for AWS Board, however,
according to Barbara Brittin,
AWS Board member. The AWS
members and House representa
tives will serve as guides for the
freshmen.
NU Student:
ewerson
A University sophomore, Jim
Peterson,, will appear on tonight's
Arthur Godfrey coast-to-coast col
ored television show.
Peterson is a member of the
"Jt Da Quartet," of Greeley, Col
orado, This same group won God
frey's Talent Scout's Show during
Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyo
ming during the summer.
The quartet, which features Pe
Urtua, consists of Gurdou Ellin g
or idt the drums, Don Royer on the
piano, and Peterson's sister, Mar
garet, as the vocalist.
They have appeared la numer
ous nightclubs in Estes Park dur
ing the past two summers. .
While still in highschool the
members of the "Ja-Da Quartet"
wju an all-expense trip to Miami
in an American Legion Youth Cm-
So HJlay
On TV
test.
NEBRASKA
Panhell Trophies:
Marial Wright, Kappa Kappa
Gamma president, Barbara Jel
gerhuis, Delta Delta Delta presi
dent, Elsie Ford Piper and Dr.
Half-Time Ceremony:
Annual NU Band Day
To Feature 66 Groups
In a half-time show Saturday aft
ernoon the University will spon
sor Band Day, an assembly of
high school bands from over the
state.
The massed formation of 66 high
school bands will form the let
ters "U.S.A." and sing "America
the Eeautiful," accompanied by
the University Band.
This is the first year that such
a design has been planned.
Prof. Donald Lentz, conductor
of the University Band and co
ordinator of Band Day, said the
3,685 musicians also will pi a y:
"The Star Spangled Banner,";
"Sky Pilot," "Manhattan Beach,"
by Sousa; and "Hail Varsity" and
"Dear Old Nebraska U," the lat
ter two while forming the letter
"N".
Professor Lentz said that last
year the bands formed on the field
in one minute and three seconds.
He hopes to waste less time this
year.
During the show, more than 300
high-stepping baton twirlers will
ring the field, performing figure
eights, wrist and finger twirls,
cartwheels and body passes.
Band Day will begin officially
at 9.15 a.m. Saturday, when the
bands move out of the Stadium for
the annual parade through down
town Lincoln.
The parade route will be: south
on 10th to O street; east to 14tb;
north to R; west to 12tb; and
north to the East Stadium. The
reviewing stand will be on Pen
ney 's marquee, located on the
northeast corner of 13th and O.
streets.
From 10:30 a.m. to noon, a
massed rehearsal for the Nebraska-Indiana
game will be held at
the Stadium.
The Lincoln Promotion Council
will provide the bands with a snack
'Biz Ad Blast7
Ticket Sales
Begin Today
Tickets for the "Biz Ad Blast"
are on sale Wednesday, and can
be purchased from members of
the Biz Ad executive council. Del
ta Sigma Pi, Alpha Kappa Phi and
Phi Chi Theta. Tickets can also
be purchased in the Eiz Ad of
fice inthe Social Sciences Building,
Room 210.
The Biz Ad Banquet, the theme
of which this year is "Biz Ad
Blast" is scheduled to be held
Oct. 30 in the Union.
Plans for the program are al
most complete and ready for re
lease, according to Betty Bianck,
chairman of the program commit
tee. The guest speaker of the eve
ning wiil be Captain Walter Ken
nedy of the Salvation Army, who
will deliver the main address,
"SmHcs and Songs." For added
entertainment the Council will pre
sent short skits and specialty acts.
Colonial Apts.
Elect Officers
The fci'U living in tint Colonial
Terr nee Ai&rtni&t oif the Ag
campus on Si an St. ntt lit Mon
day night to organize as a group
ft i id elect officers.
The foikwiig officers were elect
ed: President, Alice Youi, sec
retary, Donna Eohiing, treasurer,
Carol Meyers, social chairman,
Irene lAorrism, scholarship chair
man, Etty Candor and BABW rep
resentative, Janice Reedcr.
Wednesday, October 17, 1956
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Nebraska Phot
Glen Nygreen admire the
trophies awarded Tuesday night
at the annual Panhellenic ban
quet. lunch, served by members of the
University Builders, a student serv
ice organization.
The originator of the Band-Day
idea is John K. Selleck, comptrol
ler and former chancellor of the
University. In 1934, Mr. Selleck,
then business manager of the ath
letic department, invited 15 com
munity bands to participate. Each
year city bands attended until
1939, when Professor Lentz restrict
ed attendances to high school
bands.
Mr. Lentz said that since World
War n, attendance, has swelled
from 30 bands to the present 66.
Because of the demand, Nebraska
bands now are allowed to appear
only once every three years.
And over the past 19 years, col
leges and universities across the
nation have written to the Univer
sity for information on staging the
colorful spectacle.
'Desperate Hours':
University Suspense Drama
afed Grade XA' Production
By DICK SHUGRUE
Copy Editor
Joseph Hayes, the author of "The
Desperate Hours," wanted his
novel and subsequently his play
to be the picture of an event as it
actually happened.
But in order to achieve this
effect he had to make the realism
in the story almost border on the
indecent for this was the way it
actually happened.
The University Theater opened
its 1956-57 season Tuesday night
with Hayes' play and followed the
author's ideas up to the tense
conclusion.
Max Wbittaker, the director of
the opening show, did a remark
able Job in moulding his students
into replicas of the Milliard family
as they must have spent their des
perate hours.
Any complaint that the play
moved too slowly at times or that
the language was too violent for
the stage; that it was over done,
would have to be dismissed . . ,
the realistic effect demanded by
the lines demands, in turn, of the
actors, a complete and sympa
thetic throwing of themselves into
the lives of the family, the con
victs, and the police officers.
The play involves the reactions
of three people to the same situa
tion cn!y in completely different
lights. Glenn Griffin, the criminal
with the warped mind who bas
masterminded an escape from a
federal prison and who seeks re
venge on a police officer who broke
his jaw many years before, was
played by Charles (Skip) Weather
ford. He is remembered particu
larly for his excellent portrayal in
"Sialag 17," last season's opener.
And he does an even finer job in
this vehicle than be did as the
soldier last year. i
John Crowell, who played the
father whose bouse is entered by
the fleeing criminals, developed
a pace in the first scene which be
dkhi't hold true to throughout the
drama. But he redeemed him&tU
by some wonderful reading in the
last scene,
Tiie third man w!io must "fuJ"
himself was Jesse Bard, the depu
ty sheriff who had broken Griffin's
jaw. Don Montgomery made him
tough and sympathetic, realistic
and enjoyable.
If Joe llilf who played the stu
Delta Delta Delta was an
nounced the winner of the Elsie
Ford Piper Achievement Award,
and Kappa Kappa Gamma was
presented the Panhellenic Scholar
ship Award at the annual Panhel
lenic Banquet in the Union Ball
room Tuesday evening.
The Elsie Ford Piper Award has
been presented annually by Miss
Piper for eight years to a deserv
ing sorority. The winner of the
award must excell in scholarship,
Talks Scheduled
Peyton Short spoke to an AUF
Board luncheon Tuesday noon,
and at a meeting at' Cotner Stu
dent House Tuesday afternoon.
He will speak before two YWCA
commission groups Wednesday
afternoon at 4 p.m. in Rosa Bou
ton Hall. We will speak at Pres-by-H
o u s e vespers Wednesday
evening.
co-operation with the Panhellenic
Council, be well versed in the so
cial graces, and carry on good
public relations, Miss Piper said.
The scholarship award is given
to the sorority with the highest
scholarship over the previous
school year. Chi Omega was high
first semester, and Kappa Kappa
Gamma second semester over the
whole year.
Miss Barbara Jelgerhuis, Delta
Delta Delta president, received the
Piper Award for her sorority. Miss
Marial Wright, president, received
the scholarship trophy for Kappa
Kappa Gamma, presented by Miss
Helen Snyder, Dean of Women.
Toast mistress Dorothy Novot-
ney presented Dr. Glen Nygreen,
Dean of Men at Kent State Uni
versity, as the guest speaker. In
addition to his administrative po
sition at Kent State, Dr. Nygreen
serves as national scholarship com
missioner of Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon. Dr. Nygreen, in his first ex
perience with the University
praised it for "exporting trained
minds" from its graduate school,
the first west of the Mississippi
River.
"An educator or an administra
Last Academy
Test Dates Set
Civil Service Examinations for
appointment to the United States
Military, Naval and Air Force
Academies will be held Nov. 20,
according to Phil Weaver, Con
gressman from the First District,
Nebraska.
Young men from Nebraska's
First Congressional District who
are interested in qualifying for an
academy appointment should write
to Congressman Weaver at his
Washington address.
pid, tough guy, Robish, keeps on
playing as well as he did opening
night, he might never get out of
the "tough guy" character types.
The three men, who are explored
very thoroughly by Hayes, each
find an answer to his problem.
For Griffin, it is the loss of his
mind, already too warped to be re
paired by any sympathy. The Fa
ther, Dan Milliard, learns that to
be a hero is much more than to be
able to shoot a gun. He learns that
the duty to his family is to be
logical rather than heroic.
Jesse Bard finds out that the
responsibilities of a policeman ex
tends farther than any personal
grudge for vengeance,
Bonna Tebo, who plays the
mother, does a commendable job
of tying the pieces together.
Steve Schultz, as the poetic FBI
mh, helps a lot in bringing Bard
to the resolution of his problem.
Others in the cast were Trudy
Scriven who played Cindy, Ronnie
Pfeifer who played Ralphie,
Charles Richards as Hank, Robert
.,;
NU Theater Opener:
The holding of a family In its
own botise by three desperate
criminal is the theme of "The
Desperate Hours." The family
Nygreen Addresses Panhell Banquet
tor must work with vo 1 u n t a r y
groups, using them as tools for
learning," he added. "A fraterni
ty or sorority is a part of an ed
ucational institution, and should
not separate its role from its part
in education.
Dr. Nygreen continued that these
groups are purely native Ameri
can.
In stressing an organized house's
dependence upon the institution he
stated, "the main problem fratern
ities and sororities are faced with
is giving their primary loyalty to
their group and not to the univer
sity."
Dr. Nygreen cited several par
ticular examples that he had ex
perienced as a result of the com
mon problems of organized hous
es and the pressure exerted upon
them by the public. He emphasized
public relations are private re
lations turned inside out."
Individualism in the group struc
ture was stressed, as he stated "to
be different from one another is
our birthright."
Sororities and fraternities can
Mitchell Case:
Privilege
Committee
Men Named
David Dow, professor of law, and
Dr. Ralph Ireland, professor of
pedodontics, have been elected
members of the Committee on
Academic Privilege, according to
results of an election held by the
University Faculty Senate.
The results were announced to
day by James S. Blackman, asso
ciate professor of engineering me
chanics and secretary of the Sen
ate.
Also elected to the Committee
on Committees were Charles J.
Kennedy, associate professor of
economics, and LaVerne D. Small,
professor of pharmacy and phar
maceutical chemistry.
The newly elected members of
the Committee on Academic Priv-
ilege replace Prof. Julius Cohen,
former chairman who is on aca
demic have from the University,
and Prof. Roscoe Hill, acting chair
man. The Committee is charged with
handling the investigation of the
facts in the removal of Dr. C.
Clyde Mitchell, Jr., as chairman of
the department of agricultural eco
nomics. Dr. Mitchell resigned last
month to join the Foreign Opera
tions Administration.
Further investigation of the
Mitchell case awaits appointment
of a new chairman of the commit
tee. Griffin as Winston, Clarence Croft
as Wright, Robert Morrison as
Fredericks, Mary Thompson as
Miss Swift and John Thompson
who played Mr. Patterson.
One of the big problems in the
original script, that of the rapidly
changing scenes and the need for
a swift pace was pretty well
solved by the two set scenery
design. Not more than once was
the timing really slowed up by
sluggish shifts.
The play suffered through the
usual opening night kinks. This is
to be expected. But outside of the
lags in timing which, I repeat,
were infrequent and the shock
ingly stark realism demanded by
the author, which showed too often
in the four letter words, the Uni
versity Players did themselves
proud.
Our rating system gives "Des
perate Hours" a top grade. And
the overall crowd reaction was
that the theater is off on a good
season.
Is forced to live a "normal" We
while undergoing the agonizing
thought Ibst nny minute they
may bs mm tb target of
provide a service which no other
group can give, according to Dr.
Nygreen. The aim of such a group
should be "To create an intellec
tual atmosphere around the chap
ter house" and thus clarify their
position with the institution.
He concluded that personality
building aspects in terms of peo
ple should be placed on an indi
vidual basis as the individual is
fundamentally the organized
group's treasure. "Where your
treasure is, your interest will be,
Dr. Nygreen summed up.
Coed Counselors:
Carnival
Announces
Procedures
Penny Carnival, scheduled for
Friday and sponsored by Coed
Counselors, has a new arrange
ment in ticket sales this year, ac
cording to Joanne Bender, chair
man. Tickets are sold for two
periods, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and 8:30
to 9:15 p.m. The new arrangement
was effected in order to spread
the crowd more evenly over the
two hour period, Miss Bender ex
plained. Voting procedures were also an
nounced. Participants will vote
from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Spectators
may vote until 9:15 p.m. In order
to vote, students must present
their identification card and their
ticket stub which must ba
punched by six different booths.
Those who leave the ballroom to
vote will not be allowed to re
enter. Final decision of the winner will
be based 60 per cent on judges
votes and 40 per cent on student
vote. The winners will be an
nounced at 9:30 p.m. The winners
will receive a trophy. Second and
third place winners and two hon
orable mentions will also be giv
en. A committee of faculty members
will judge booths on originality, at
tractiveness and audience appeal.
Members of the committee are
Miss Helen Snyder, Mrs. Frieda
Spaulding and Mr. Bruce Ken
dall. Penny Carnival is sponsored an
nually by Coed Counselors. The
ballroom will be decked in carni
val decorations as pledge classes
of organized houses present car
nival concession booths.
Organizations, themes and booth
masters to compete in Penny Car
nival are: Alph Chi Omega, "Join
the Penny Parade", Alyce Fritch
man and Kay Turney; Alpha Xi
Delta, "Join the Xi's and Throw
a Shoe", Sara Jones and Ruth
Cartee; Alpha Omicron Pi,
"Space" Joyce Mason and Terry
Michal; Chi Omega, "Chi O Con
struction Co.", Gretchen Lecron
and Sherry Armstrong; Delta Del
ta Delta, "Rope Your Gal -In the
Delta Corral", Nancy Murrell and
Mary Metcalfe
Delta Gamma, "Hit the Head
lines", Carol Vingers and Mary
Lou Lucke; Gamma Phi Beta,
"Clown", Jo Wyrens and Anne Ol
son; Kappa Delta, "Heaven and
Hades", Georgenn Humphrey and
Jane Simmons; Kappa Kappa
Gamma, K.G. Mouse", Nan Carl
son and Kay Margreat; Kappa
Alpha Theta, "Mad Hat Kats",
Helen Hockabout and Mary Lynn
Stafford,
Pi Beta Phi, "Miss Penny Pi
Phi", Connie S c h o c k and Jan
Chatfield; Sigma Kappa, "Pick
Your Party", Lou Forney, and
Reida Gatterbuck; Terrace Hall,
"Mirrors of Madness", Carolyn
Bulter; Towne Club, "Monkey
Business", Kathryn Knowles and
Mary Otto; Zeta Tau Alpha,
"Nightclub", Eunice McCosh and
Caroline Boswell.
Kosmet Klub Workers
A meeting for all Kosmet Klub
workers will be held Thursday at
p.m. in the Union, Sam Van
Pelt, vice-president, announced.
All men interested in working in
Kosmet Klub who have not yet
signed up may attend this meet
ing, Van Pelt said.
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