The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, January 19, 1907, Image 1
ZTbe SDailp Iftebraehan Vol. VI. No. 72. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, SATURDAY, JANUARY J9, J907. Price 5 Cents. SV h ANNOUNCES PLAY 8ENIOR8 TO PRODUCE THE "TAM ING OF THE SHREW." Committee Decides Shakespearean Comedy Offers Best Opportunity for Annual Class Play. The Senior class will produce Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" on the evening of June 11, 1907, at the Oliver Theater. This was the de cision reached hy the Senior play com mittee which met yesterday morning. A thoro canvas by the committee of all plays available for amateur produc tion In the time which is at the dis posal of the fourth year class had ro solved the possibilities down to a classical play and a final selection fa vored that most sparkling of all Shakespearean comedies, "The Tam ing of the Shrew." It was felt by the committee In Its deliberations that a Senior play at the University should embody something more than a mere spectacle. It waa believed that It should be a product of advanced study and that It should qffor to the students who are fortunate enough to "make good" In a part, a real recompense for the amount of time they will be compelled to devote to rehearsal. The play itself is fairly well known in a very general way. The brilliancy of the comedy contained within it and the exceedingly popular treatment of the subject matter, however, are not so familiar to the great majority of theater-goers. It is the hope of the Seniors that they may prove to the University and to its friends that the classical may still bo exceptionally at tractive. Professor Losey, who is to coach the play, 1b a Shakespearean student of . ability and has produced a number of S.hakospearean plays in IiIb capacity as Instructor it Syracuse University. The "Taming of the Shrew" was one of thqse and it is expected that the experience of the former production will go far toward making the effort of the Seniors this year an unquali fied success. Tryouts for parts will be held with in two weeks after the final examina tions for ' the first semester, and all Seniors wishing to try out are request ed to hand in their names to some member of the play committee at once. All candidates for places are further requested by the committee to meet in U. 106 next Tuesday evening to talk over with Professor Losey the selec tions from the play which are best fitted for tryout purposes and to get some idea of the requirements of each part. The meeting will be held at 7:30 o'clock and will not last for more than an hour. It is expected that Professor Losey will read sections of the play in the course of hiB talk. The selection of candidates for parts In the cast will be made by the play committee acting in conjunction with three members of the University facultywho have been asked to assist tile committee. The final. assignment of parts will be left. largely in the hands of the coach and It Is felt that (Continued on page 3.) 00DOK0)IOKOKK3 BASKET BALL INFORMAL IOWA vs. NEBRASKA MONDAY NIGHT ARMORY K3TOKKCfcC0CK0 PROSPECTS GOOD. Is Every Evidence That Y. M. C. A. Supper Will Be Success. From all Indications the Y. M. C. A. supper for University men this even ing is due to bo a very successful step In their campaign for the promotion of a college patriotism thru the bring ing of as many as possible of the male students together in a social manner. When It was announced that the cooking would bo co-educational the managers of the supper were be selged with offers of help. The cook ing will, of course, be excellent. Sing ing, "stunts," and all manners of amusements will be on hand. The tickets are selling well and there will probably be from 200 to 300 present. All who are going must pos itively purchase tickets before noon today. The Y. M. C. A. desire to know just how many will bo present and for this reason none will be sold after 12 m. ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. Closes Its Seventeenth Annual Meet ing. Tho Nebraska Academy of Science Friday night closed Its seventeenth annual meeting In room 301, Mechanic Arts Hall. During the two dayB' meeting twen ty-one lectures wore delivered on various scientific subjects that are of interest to all investigators. Seventeen eminent scientists, among them many of our instructors, took part in tho program. There were three lantern slide lectures: One by F. D. Heald on 'New or Little Known Plant Diseases in Nebraska;" one by A. E. Sheldo on, "The Father of Improved Agricul ture In Nebraska," and one by Pro fessor Condra op, "Tho Opening of In dian Territory." The president's ad dress closed the program. Among the prominent visitors at the Historical Society yesterday wero Chancellor W. P. Ailsworth of Cotner University and Professor M. P. Gil more, head of the science department of the same institution. SATURDAY, 6 P. M. YM.C.A. CO-ED. COOKING 0000))K 8WEDES PLEASE. Dancers Entertained a Large Audience Last Night. The Swedish Dancers gavo a high ly Interesting entertainment In Me morial Hall last night. Thoro was a largo audience in which thcro were many of tho nationality of tho dancers. Tho dancers, twelve in number, with two fiddlers, came from tho Skansen at Stockholm. Tho Skansen Is an Institution which Is similar to some of our historical soclotles In many of its aspects. Tho dancers each wore tho costume that was formerly typical to some province or country, and tho dancers wore extremely graceful and in some cases dainty. They were especially refreshing to behold after tho forms of stage and society dancing that pre vail now. There was a freedom about the movements of tho dancers that seemed to resomblotho play of light hearted children; there wore no crudi ties nor stilted motions, but all the swing and breeze of an ideal pastoral llfo. One of tho dances called tho Ox Dance, was done by four men, who woro long capes, and the peculiar steps and the motions it called for, were almost weird, and seemed to sug gest that the dance might bo a sur vival of some ceremonial that had come down from tho days of the Druids. This band of twelve dancers in their quaint and picturesque peasant cos tumes, is one of tho most entertaining troupes of the kind ever seen in the city. Chemistry Club to Meet. Tho Chemistry Glub will meet Satur day evening at seven-thirty in tho Classical Lecture room. The following program will bo rendered: Quartz Glass J. B. Whelan A Method for tho Determination of Sulphates ..E. L. Ross Tickets for the Iowa-Nebraska bas ketball game are on sale at the Uni versity and Co-Oporatlve Book Stores, You will be satisfied with Cameron's Lunch Counter. tu: ST. PAUL'S CHURCH SUPPER sk PRICE 5 CENTS NRST CONTEST INITIAL BASKET-BALL GAME ON MONDAY NIGHT. Iowa and Nebraska Will Open tho Local 8eason Both Teams Are 8trong and In Shape. Tho Iowa-Nebraska basket-ball ganio noxt Monday night promises to bo tho most interesting and exciting Inter collegiate contest held In Lincoln slnco tho Cornhuskors dofoated Wisconsin In a hard-fought and spectacular game year boforo last. Double Interest at taches to our mooting with tho Hawk eyes, for It Is tho first tlmo In tho his tory of tho two institutions, notwith standing tho fact that they aro nat ural rivals, that they have contended against each other in basket-ball and It Is tho first big gamo for either team this season. Add to this tho fact that both teams are unusually fast and ap pear, on papor, to bo very ovonly matched, and tho basket-ball enthusi asts may expect a real treat. Iowa's team this year Is made up largely of now men, but two of last year's team being back. However, those men,, form a strong nucleus around which to build a now toam. Tho team last year was one of tho strongest Iowa over had. They bare ly lost to Chicago and woro decisively defeated only by Minnesota's cham pionship team. This year's team has started out excellently, defeating Iowa State Normal, 75-17, and Coe Collego, 49-35. Their gamo with Nebraska is the third on a trip which includes games with Des Moines Y. M. C. A., Friday, January 18; Highland Park (Des Moines), Saturday; Nebraska, Monday, and the Kansas City Athlotio Club Tuesday. The team will arrive at 10:29 p. m., Sunday ovenlng over the Rock Island. Nebraska's team is not -in as good condition as boforo the Wesleyan gamo. Tho men were not furnished with proper bath accommodations and caught cold after the game, several of them contracting a mild form of the grip. However, they are rounding in to shape again and may bo depended on to play a fast, nejvy gamo. The team showed up unusually well in the Wesleyan gamo, defeating them by the largest score a University team has ever made in a game against tho Methodists in tho lattor's gymnasium. It is undoubtedly one of the fastest teams the University has ever had. Below is given, tho line-up and the student affiliations of the men of the two teams: Iowa. Left Forward Barton (Capt.), Sig ma Nu. Right Forward Penln. Center Buckner. Right Guard Brown. Left Guard Burkheimor, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Substitute Harwood, Phi Delta Theta. Substitute Norton, Sigma Nu. ' Substitute Heath, Sigma Nu. Coach L. Rule, Sigma Alpha Epsi lon. Nebraska. Forward Burruss, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Forward Walsn. Center Mosor (Capt.),. Delta Up: silon. (Continued on Page 3) .'. ! . i. ,