FRIDAY, APRIL 28. 1939
DAILY NEBRASKAN
FIVE
Legs, lights, ladders, lasses
feature Orchesis rehearsal
Field day for photography fiends, 1
lovers of the dance and connois
seurs of beautiful legs!
Dancing and dancing, from a
pointless surrealist act called the
"Lobster at Midnight" to lilting
Strauss waltzes, the modern dan
cers of Orchesis covered ten hours
of grueling practice Wedensday
and Thursday night, and put on an
excellent leg show while they were
at it.
The 7 o'clock till midnight prac
tice sessions were in preparation
for Orchesis' annual dance recital
to be held Saturday night in Grant
Memorial, under the direction of
Miss Shirley Bennett, modern
dance instructor.
Elusive shadows.
Grant Memorial gym at night
is empty and mysterious in the
dark. The bright lights of the
locker rooms below make stars of
the "air holes" in the gym's floor.
Flusive shadows pad about the
broad floor. "Hey, where's the
safety pin?" yells one. Another
voice calls for spotlights red and
blue on the stage. That must be
Miss Bennett.
Weird light reveals a desolate
screen, and two Tarzan ladies
come loping and circling from be
hind. This is "Lobster at Mid
night." The lights shift to a high
stepladder, with writhing figures
below it and Tess Casady seated
at the ladder's top, draped in black
chiffon. Mendelssohn's Wedding
March booms out as Tess starts
down. Blackout, and the spotlights
flash to three one armed bell boys
in black and white, jitterbugging
to "Hold Tight." As they fade,
Dorothy Cook whirls on the scene
to the strains of "Ase's Death,"
swathed in red and purple scarves
and representing Nothing, called
Flit for short. Blackout, and in the
bilious green which lights the
.screen, the Tarzan girls lope out
again.
Serious work.
But the Orchesis recital is only
one tenth slapstick and farce.
Overhead lights flooded the gym
and serious work began. A group
of serious silent dancers from the
intermediate class in modern dance
moved thru variations composed in
class, a languorous dance among
the shadows, with an occasional
upward swish of arms or legs and
sober downward flops.
To an accompaniment of drums,
gourds and a gong, groups of ad
vanced dancers move into the
"Prelude" number, heralded by
four solemn drum beats. The
movements of three of the danc
ers counterpoint the movements
of the others and the dancers are
cut off into blackness as they leap
high and fall limply back on the
floor. But the blackouts weren't
timed right, the whole proccedure
is gone over and over.
To show that modern dance
isn't all stiff and soulful drama,
the advanced group swayed into a
seductive Strauss waltz, swinging
and lightly pirouetting the mod
ern dance gone ballet.
Symbolizing "Labor," Orchesis
members repeated a dance that
has been done in former years,
dressed in flimsy robes of rust col
ored pongee, and using their arms
to express the wheels of industry
The first movement was "WPA,"
decided the spectators.
Call to war.
Climaxing the program will be
the "Crisis," choreographed by
Miss Bennett, which shows the
command of a dictator, the call
to war, and the reactions of three
groups, the indifferent ones, who
indolently shrug their shoulders.
those who take it seriously and
struggle to do something about it
and the profiteers w-ho take ad
vantage of tho war and dance a
rhapsody of selfish sensuality.
reautre of the solo dances s
"Black Shadows," in which Betty
Groth and Betty Mueller express
the emotion of the primitive Ne
gro, the deep south, and "Pick
aninny." Three other soloists who
will appear in the recital appeared
on the stage and went thru the
dances composed by themselves
Idle dancers milled around; the
spotlights wavered and glared
And so on into the night.
Gamma Lambda stages
annual all-band banquet
The annual all-band banquet
sponsored by Gamma Lambda,
honorary band fraternity, was
held Wednesday night in the
Union.
John Bentley, sports columnist
for the Lincoln Journal, spoke,
and colored motion pictures of the
band formations from the football
season were shown. Recordings
made of the band broadcast over
the Farm and Home hour pro
gram were also played, and Bob
Ellsworth contributed selections
on the accordion. Glenn Graham
was toastmaster of the evening.
Guests attending the banquet
were John Bentley, Dean Thomp
son, John Shildneck, Emmett Gil
laspie, Professor Hagenaw, for
mer band director, Billy Quick
and Don Lentz.
Psychologists
after his death succeeded him as
director of the university labora
tory. Dinner is Friday evening.
Development of the university
laboratory and its program of re
search will be recalled at the as
sociation's annual dinner program
Friday evening, May 5, in the
Union.
Dr. A. G. Eills of the Univer
sity of Cincinnati will be toast
master and will introduce Dean
J. E. LeRossignol of the business
administration college, who will
welcome the delegates. Dr. Pills
bury will recount the eventful past
and will give the anniversary ad
dress on "The Nebraska Psycho
logical Laboratory." His address
will be followed by the discussion
of the president, Dr. Edmund S.
Conklin of Indiana university, on
the "Status of Academic Tsychol-
For many years 'he laboratory,
which has continued to receive tia
tional recognition, occupied quar
ters in the basement of the li
brary. When situated there, a
psychological clinic was developed
in connection with the laboratory.
The clinic, which w,s designed for
providing psychological examina
tion of children, has been in al
most continuous operation and is
now under the direction of Dr.
D. W. Dysinger.
Walton plans program.
The program committee, com
posed of Dr. W. E. Walton, rhair
man; Dr. Fred McKinney of the
University of Missouri, and Dr.
Guilford, an ex-officio member,
has arranged that most of the
sessions of the organization will
le held in the Union although a
few of the symposiums have Ix-en
scheduled for social sciences. The
convention of the Nebraska Acad
emy of Sciences will be held at
the same time as the psychologist
meet.
Dr. D. W. Dysinger. instructor
in psychology, is chairman of the
committee on local arrangements.
Other members are Dr. G. R,
Thornton, assistant instructor in
psychology; Dr. W. R. Bailer, as
sociate professor of odurational
psychology and measurements,
housing; Dr. Lc land 11. Ftott, as
sociate professor of home ceo
nomics research, travel and enter
tainment; Dr. W. S. Gregory. )n
struct or in psychology, loom ts
signmcnt; Dr. Winona Perry, pro
fessor of educational psychology
and measurements, banquet; and
Kdmund R. Dudek, graduate ilu
dent, demonstrations and displays.
N. U. debaters close season
of more than 30 contests
Trips taken to Chicago,
Denver, Topeka, Kans.
During the debate season just
closed, Coach White's varsity de
baters participated in more than
30 intercollegiate contests with
other Nebraska colleges and with
some out of state schools. No de
cisions were given in any of these
debates. The longer trips took the
squad to Topeka, Kas., Denver,
Colo, and Chicago. During the en
tire season the debaters traveled
over 3,000 miles.
The following men were on the
squad. Milton Gustafson, Don
Nenietz, Sam Kirshenbaum, Har
old Turkel, David Davis, C'.iUies
Mourn for the Chief!
Raq turtle mascot dies
Chief is dead!
The corpse of the DAILY NE
BRASKAN turtle mascot lies in
state on the desk of the editor
awaiting the completion of ar
rangements for the funeral.
Chief was the favorite of visi
tors to the editor's office and his
distinguished manner made him
symbolic of the "Rag" staff. He
won the hearts of spectators at
the "Rag" Cornhusker turtle
steeplechase a couple of weeks
ago. Chief's lively sprints and un
dying spirit pulled the "Rag"
team to the front and the 10-6
win was largely due to his efforts.
Started hatcherie.
He was the embryo from which
the NEBRASKAN "fish hatcheries
grew. When he was presented to
the editor by a reporter, the Union
donated a big aquarium, and Pat
Lahr of the Cornhusker turtle
farm contributed another turtle,
Tarzan, to keep Chief company
(Tarzan is still alive and well in
the editor's office.) Soon goldfish
were purchased to fill the aquar
ium, equipment was added until
the hatcheries reached their pres
ent size.
Nothing Trivial.
The exact cause of death was
not known, but it was certain that
his death could not be attributed
to any trivial reason, for shortly
after he was acquired by the NE
BRASKAN. Chief escaped and for
two days tramped the corridors of
the Union seeking shelter and
food. After two days and nights
without food, he was returned
home where he was nursed to
health, and lived among those he
loved until his untimely death yes
terday. His death may have been due to
some dreadful malady contracted
from the Cornhusker turtles dur
ing the steeplechase, but this is
only assumption.
Carraher, Charles Spann, Ernest
Wintroub, Eugene Curtiss, Ewald
Warnsholz, Paul Bstandig, Wen
dell Basye and Otto Woerner.
Most of this year's squad will be
back next year butProfessor White
is anxious to have new men join
the squad next fall.
Two Questions.
Two questions were debated dur
ing the season, Resolved: The
United States should cease to use
public- iunds for the stimulation of
business, and Resolved: The
democracies of the world should
unite on a program of collective
action to insure their survival.
In addition to the varsity squad,
the university sponsors an intra
mura'. tournament each spring. Six
teams participated in the debates
this year which were on the ques
tion, Resolved: The president
should be given a six year term
and not be eligible for re-election.
In the finals, held April 20th, the
Delta Theta Phi debaters defeated
the Sigma Alpha Mu team.
50 Palladians to give
nine plays tonight at 9
Sixty of the Palladian members
will stage nine one act plays for
the entertainment of the rest of
the society this evening at 9
o'clock.
Music between acts will be pro
vided by Bert Anderson, Elizabeth
Hanson, Will Reedy and Malcolm
Hayes.
Joy Pestal, social chairman,
says the plays and members in
charg? are: More China, Alberta
Hallam; At the Switch, Jim Har
rison: Byrd Life, Faith Medlar;
At the Examiners, Harriet Lewis;
Theater Guild Production, Marie
Piazza: Tobacco Alley, James
Hush: Progressive Education, Ar
lene Kellenbr.rger; Little Old Gal?,
Lois Giles, an 1 Academic Bally
hoo, Warren Lewis.
Phi Upsilon Omicron
sponsors mixer Saturday
A Pal-Nite Mixer for all univer
sity students is being sponsored
by Phi Upsilon Omicron, honorary
home economics organization, Sat
urday at 9 p. m. in the eg activi
ties building.
Jane Brackett and Helen
Scheve, Phi U members, are
chairmen of the affair, for Which
tickets may be purchased at 25c
for two people.
Tour
Credit Men goes as representative
to the Nebraska City meet.
With representatives coming
from local credit associations over
the state, a group of 40-50 busi
ness men will assemble to present
data and discuss collection prob
lems. An invitation has been ex
tended to all business men in Ne
braska City to be present for the
association banquet Monday eve
ning. To sketch ideal business man.
Speaking before the "Bizad day
banquet at K, U. on "The Com
plete Business Man," the dean
plans to paint an oral sketch or
the well trained business man,
suggesting the traits which a suc
cessful graduate must have.
It is his belief that graduating
men are just raw material from
which the business personality
must be moulded. "Certain traits
are inherited, and education is ac
quired," LeRossignol suggests,
"but before an individual is fitted
into the business world he must
have practical business experience."
Sjeal;ing with LeRossignol on
trie dav's program will be Chan
c-fcllor Lindley. the retiring head of
the Kansas school.
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JOUGJI STKAWS, LINENS, ami
FELTS in youthful j-ijJes that please
and flatter the college miss. Some sljles
have dark ribbon trim. Sailor, hifj
brims and pill box variations.
PASTELS in linens and fells, hrimmed
fljlee with high crowns.
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