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THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1937.
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STEAK FRY TUESDAY
Record Attendance Expected
At Varied Entertainment
Festivities.
Whether or not the ladies, jeal
ous creatures, believe it, the climax
in the men's summer recreational
program is scheduled for next
Tuesday when the men's annual
steak fry will be held at Pioneer
Park. Festivities are to start at 5
p. m. with nearly 100 percent at
tendance expected.
Those interested may well be,
for a glance at the program re
veals such treats as acrobatic
dancing, a marimba player and an
actual bonafide blues singer. All of
the plans are not being exposed so
soon, however, and a surprise ap
pearance of a prominent figure on
the Nebraska campus is antici
pated. Featured, of course, will be Supt.
Allan Burkhardt of Norfolk, not as
a tight wire or rope artist, nor for
any .intellectual flights into the
realm of science, but because of
his far unsurpassed ability at
steak frying. This mastery he has
kindly consented to demonstrate.
Committees are at work in prep
aration for the occasion. At his
post as general overseer, one he
has held many years, Prof. E. W.
Lantz will take all' precautions to
insure the same enjoyment for all
concerned as past "frys" have pro
vided. For the program committee,
Supt. I. J. Montgomery of Blair,
the chairman promises not a dull
moment and offers the brief pre
view of the entertainment as proof.
Ticket sales are in charge of Supt.
Frank Seivers of Hebron, while
Howard Hill is assisting in the gen
eral preparations and Lee Knolle
is handling publicity.
Tickets will be on sale on the
first floor of Teachers College. No
sales will be made after Tuesday
noon. The price will be 40 cents
for the entire evening's program.
F.
ESVIOLI
Musician Plays Tuesday in
Temple for University
Students.
Carl Steckelberg, violin instru
tor at the school of music, pre
sented an educational and enter
taining program of violin music
at a convocation in the Temple
theater Tuesday morning.
With the aid of various com
positions, he demonstrated how the
essential qualities of the bass, con
tralto, or soprano voice may be
incorporated in the tone of the
violin, putting in the hands of the
artist a means for fuller expres
sion. In a "Madrigale," by Simo
netti, the suppleness of the so
prano voice was illustrated. Han
del's "Largo" was used to show
how the round, full contralto qual
ity may be adapted. The bass
quality was effectively demon
strated in Bach's "Air Celebre"
for the G string.
Voices were combined in the
"double stop" passages of a "Bal
let" on a theme by Cluck. Mr.
Steckelberg stressed the idea that,
in such duets, one of the two
voices, either the higher or the
lower, must dominate.
Most pretentious offering of
the recital was an authoritative
performance of the first move
ment of DeBeriot's Seventh Con
certo. Other selections were Men
delssohn's "On. Wings of Song'
and a "Hungarian Dance," by
Josenh Jnnchim. Mm Steckolbwe
assisted at the piano.
MEN TO HOLD ANNUA
AT 5 IN PIONEER PARK
STECKELBERG
N RECITAL
VIRGINIA AMOS GIVES
MODERN BRITISH PLAY
Speech Student to Present
Comedy on Program
Tuesday Evening.
As the summer session rapidly
draws to a close, the department
of speech has announced its final
"Tuesday Evening" program. July
20th at 7:15 in the Temple theater,
Miss Virginia Amos '37, will pre
sent a dramatic recital, reading a
well known modern British
comedy. All members of the sum
mer session and their friends are
invited to attend these informal
programs. No admission is
charged. The popularity of the re
citals has been proved by the
necessity of moving the group
from the small studio theater to
the larger theater in Temple.
On July 28 and 29 the Depart
ment presents its second summer
theater production Shakespeare's
"The Merchant of Venice," and on
August 3rd its "studio-fun-night"
when each class in the summer
session appears in a short number,
either a play, sketch, or reading.
Attendance will be restricted to
department members and their few
guests.
642 GRADUATES WORK
E
School Administration Is
Most Popular Course,
Selected by 132.
A group of 642 individuals, in
cluding 409 men and 233 women,
are registered in the graduate
college of the University of Ne
braska for the summer session this
year. The summer school registra
tion is made up of not only stu
dents who are working for their
advanced degrees but also a good
many educators from Nebraska
and near-by states.
According to a recent bulletin
issued from the office of Dr. F. W.
Upson, Dean of the graduate col
lege, school administration is by
far the most popular course of
study during the summer. A total
of 132 individuals are registered
for this subject, including 109 who
are working for their masters
degrees and . 23 Ph.D candidates
who are making this their major.
A group of 106 are taking second
ary education. Of this number 99
are working for their masters de
gree and 7 Ph.D candidates are
majoring in this field. History is In
third place with a total registra
tion of 45. Registration of candi
dates for advanced degrees ac
cording to courses follows:
Anatomy 1
Business Org 4
Botany 10
Chemistry 19
Classics .'. 7
Kconomics IS
Kduratkon
Educ. Psych 11
School Adm 132
8ec. Educ 108
Knglnn-iing
Civil Kngr , 1
English 29
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FOR HIGH
R DEGREES
WERKMEISTER DESCRIBES
Back from a year's study and
teaching in Germany, Dr. W. H.
Werkmeister, of the philosophy de
partment, is fully cognizant of the
fact that while the Hitler govern
ment has done much for the coun
try as a whole, particularly for
the German workman, there are
nevertheless features of the Nazi
program to which good American
citizens cannot subscribe. Whi'id
abroad, Dr. Werkmeister presented
a two hour lecture course or.
American philosophy and con
ducted a seminar on Emerson a)
the University of Berlin. He also
attended advanced classes con
ducted by internationally famous
German scholars and at the re
quest of the dean of the philosophy
department at Berlin university,
Dr. Werkmeister accepted the
guest professorship for the .sum
mer session at which time he con
tinued his lectures and led a
icminar in the discussion of prag
matism and realism.
"Germany is a land of contra-
MUSICIANS
PRESENT
2
AT
Record Crowds Attend Final
Programs Thursday,
Friday Nights.
BY GEORGE KIMBALL.
The fifth season of the univer
sity School of Music's all-state high
school course was concluded with
two concerts, given on Thursday
and Friday evenings of last week,
indicating an astonishing amount
of progress. In the short time of
four weeks, George Howerton and
Forrest Buchtel were able to pre
pare the all-state chorus, band,
and orchestra for some very ac
ceptable performances. Both con
certs enjoyed the largest attend
ance in the history of the course.
The Thursday concert was given
by the band, directed by Mr.
Buchtel, on the plaza at the east
side of Memorial Stadium. The
program featured numerous spe
cial arrangements and novelties,
several of which were composi
tions of Mr. Buchtel himself.
Among the latter were "So This is
Dvorak" and "Peer Gynfs Night
mare" which are "swing time" set
tings of the music of two classi
cal composers. Climax of the eve
ning came with "Old MacDonald,"
an arrangement by Paul Yoder of
the well known "e-i-e-i-o" song in
which members of various sec
tions of the band, pretending to
get tired of the theme, would stand
up in unison and break in with
"Turkey in the Straw," "London
Bridge is Falling Down," or
"Three Blind Mice."
A joint concert was given Fri
day evening by the orchestra and
chorus in Grant Memorial Hall.
Mr. Howerton directed the chorus
while Mr. Buchtel appeared again
to conduct the orchestra.
Precision c?.aracterized the en
tire performance fcy the chorus.
Mr. Howerton's command of the
attentions of these youngsters was
complete and effective at all
times. Heights in the program
were reached in Mendelssohn's
"Cast Thy Burden," from Elijah,
and "My Love, if But Within
Thee," by Durant of the 17th cen
tury, which is a song of flowing,
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Students Asked to File
Applications for Degrees
All students who are candidates
for degrees this summer should
file their applications in the regis
trar's office, Room 9 of the ad
ministration building, before July
15, unless they have done so pre
viously. Office hours are from
8:00 a. m. and 4:00 p. m.
Candidates for junior certifi
cates or for the teacher's certifi
cate issued by the State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction
should file their applications also,
according to announcement by
f Jorence I. McGahey, registrar.
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From The Lincoln Journal.
dictions," Dr. Werkmeister states.
"On the one hand one can't over
look the fact that something fine
CONCERTS
END
OF 4-WEEKS
SENNING ADDRESSES
TEXAS CONVOCATION
Unicameral System Topic
Of Talk by Nebraska
Professor.
Dr. John P. Sennine. chairman
of the department of political
science, spoke before University
of Texas students at a recent con
vocation on "The Unicameral Sys
tem in Nebraska." Dr. Senning is
teaching a course in constitutional
law in the summer session at the
southern univerity.
The same subject was the one
chosen by Dr. Senning to write
about in the professor's column of
the Summer Texan, student news
paper. In his article he describes
the operation of the first uni
cameral legislature, stating in con
clusion that to date it has fulfilled
the arguments advanced for its
adoption.
L
LOIR THAN IN APRIL
Survey Division Check Shows
Some Wells Lowest for
Several Years.
The ground water level as found
in wells over Nebraska, which re
cently have been checked by the
Conservation and Survey division
of the university, is somewhat
lower at this time than it was
when an earlier spring reading
was taken in April. Several of the
wells are even lower than they
have been for several years, a con
dition which is due probably to in
sufficient rainfall in the state and
possibly to the fact that Nebraska
is just now beginning to feel the
effects of the past several years
of drouth.
E. C. Reed, assistant state geo
logist at the University, is not
at all alarmed over the general
lowering of the water table in
asmuch as it may only be due
to local conditions. A return to
normal rainfall will bring it back
to its previous level. Further ob
servation will have to be made,
he said, before the true trend can
be determined. To date there have
been no reports in the Conserva
tion and Survey division office of
wells over the state going dry.
Hydrologists of the department
will make another check of sev
eral hundred wells in the state
the first part of August.
Reed pointed out that quite a
few of the wells in the central part
of the state, extending from the
sandhill region on down to the
Platte valley and on to the Re
publican, are the ones probably
showing a more consistant de
crease. In spite of this, a good
many wells in this area as well
as in other parts of the state in
dicate that the water level has
risen, particularly in those sec
tions where rainfall has been more
pronounced.
The lowering of the ground
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NAZI SET-UP
and constructive has been accom
plished, while on the other hand
there are conditions and principles
which we cannot approve.
"There is no question that Hit
ler has abolished unemployment.
Factories are humming and the
building industry is in a boom
stage. Labor is a scarcity. The
huge building program of the gov
ernment includes the construction
of new labor settlements on the
outskirts of the larger cities. Here
in attractive brick homes with tile
roofs and plenty of garden space
the German working classes now
live. .
"Furthermore, the utilization
and organization of the leisure
time of the German workman has
been solved In an ideal way thru
the establishment of an institution
known as 'Kraftdurch Freude'
which when translated means
"strength thru joy."
Dr. Werkmeister pointed out
that the government has concluded
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GROUND
WATER LEVE
LINCOLN, NED.
SPEECH STUDENTS TO
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OF
E' JULY 28, 29
Margaret Straub to Play
Role of 'Portia' in
Presentation.
With Shakespeare as the popu
lar playwright from coast to
coast this summer, the depart
ment of speech joins the national
movement when it -presents "The
Merchant of Venice," Wednesday
and Thursday, July 28 and 29, in
the Temple Theater.
Columbia Broadcasting inaugu
rated its eight week Shakespear
ian cycle last Monday evening.
John Barrymore has been reciting
"Hamlet," "Lear," and "The Tem
pest" for NBC during June and will
continue to do so during July.
Summer theaters from Maine to
Mexico have announced a wide
variety of Bard productions, with
the result that Shakespeare is
suddenly becoming a household
word, and the entertainment
world i3 smugly congratulating it
self on having discovered some
thing new.
"The Merchant of Venice" has
not been announced for showing
either on the air or in the play
houses, so the university is unique
in having the field to itself on
that play.
"Rehearsals are shaping up
nicely," said Mr. Hart Jenks, di
rector and star of the coming pro
duction. "We will have a strong
cast and will be ready on July
28 to present this very popular
play. I have found in playing Shy
lock that audiences enjoy "The
Merchant" more than any other f
Sheakespeare's plays. Perhaps the
reason is that the play is more
familiar since most people have
studied this in high school, or at
least can quote 'The Quality of
Mercy speech."
Margaret Straub Returns.
"Portia" for the coming play
will be Miss Margaret Straub, a
graduate of the department and
a former University Player. Miss
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Students Invited to Listen
To Presentations of -Famous
Pieces.
Attention of the English and
dramatic teachers is called to the
summer radio presentations of
many of William Shakespeare's
plays. Both Columbia and the Na
tional Broadcasting companies
have a Monday evening program,
beginning at 7 p. m.
John Barrymore is the star oi
the National network, while Co
lumbia has widened its choice of
actors to include many of the big
gest names of the screen and
stage. On July 12th Burgess Mere
dith, star of "Winterset" and
"High Tor," was heard in "Ham
let" with Grace George, William
Brady, Montague Lowe and Wal
ter Able in supporting roles. Les
lie Howard is the leading actor
for July 19th with Rosalind Rus
sell ns co-star in "Much Ado About
Nothing." This comedy, though
less well known, offers much de
lightful entertainment. The re
maining plays will be: July 26,
"King Lear"; Aug. 2, "The Tam
ing of the Shrew" with Edward
G. Robinson; Aug. 0th, "As You
Like It"; Aug. 16th. "Macbeth";
Aug. 23, "Henry IV," Aug. 30th,
"Twelfth Night."
If there are any summer Ne
braskans who do not have radios
and who would like to hear the
Columbia program, the depart
ment of speech extends an invi
tation to them. The programs are
received on the main stage of the
Temple Theater beginning at 7
p. m.
MERCHANT
VENIC
SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS
NOW BEING BROADCAST