PLAYERS SCORE HIT
IN SEASON'S OPENER
'Thornton Wilder's 'Our Town', minus stage
properties, arouses imagination of first nighters
Mum
Z 409
Vol." 39, No. 2'
NEWS COMMENT
Nazi planes
bornbBritish
Iron Duke
By Woerner and Steele.
The opinions xpro.wd In thin column re
olHy those of Its writers nd rto not npoc.
nrily reflect the attitude of the DAILY.
This rmpor Invites comment on these and
Mil siihjerM. They miiNt be signed and
are not to exceed 300 words. Ed.
The 21.000 ton British training
ship, the Iron Duke, was damaged
by Gorman planes this afternoon,
and more than 50 casualties were
reported aa the German air corps
followed up its raid on the Firth
of Forth and the Scottish coast
last night. Air raid sirens were
sounded at Hull and Grimsby in
anticipation of extensive German
air activity.
While Britain was still mourn
ing the deaths of the remaining
800 members of the Royal Oak's
crew; German U boats struck
again, this time at the heavy Brit
ish destroyer, Repulse. Tho British
quarters denied the report, nazi
centers were jubilant tonight, tak
ing the action as an omen of a
methodic driving of the English
from the seas. Commander Prien,
the daring leader of the subma
rine that sunk the Royal Oak, was
awarded on his return today, an
iron cross.
Land forces move.
At the same time, on land, Ger
man forces moved forward, regain
ing all the territory that the
French had gained thus far, and
capturing several French border
villages. Germans sustained more
than 2,000 casualties overnight.
More than a million German sol
diers remained massed along the
border as intense fighting contin
ued thruout.
. While, from a purely military
standpoint, there is nothing signi
ficant aobut the developments thus
far, nevertheless, these actions are
very important so far as efforts
to end the war are concerned. For
up to this time, there have been
relatively few casualties on either
aide. Till now there has been little
territory gained or lost, and little
property damaged. (The 40 odd
ships lost by the British so far are
nothing more than a drop in the
. (See COMMENT on page 2.)
Tassels to vary
orthodox outfit
Tassels will vary their uniforms
on Rally days and informal occa
sions this year by wearing open
colored shirts, it was decided at
the Monday meeting of the girls
pep organization.
At football games or other for
mal events the regular stiff col
lars and black tics will be their
Costumes.
The committee in charge of the
balloons for homecoming, will be
composed of Elaine Jordan, Jean
Burr, and Ann Hustead. Shirley
Russell and Meriam Rubnitz, co
chairmen, will head this commit
tee. All girls who sold thirty or
more University Players tickets
will be sent to the Manhattan
football game, with all expenses
paid. Those who sold between
twenty-five and thirty wi.l have
pail of the costs paid.
Big bonfire rally
scheduled Friday
First bonfire rally in more than
two years will be held Friday night
when Cornhusker rooters rally
"round the victory bell to cheer the
team on to victory over the Bay
lor Bears.
The rally will start from the
Union at 7 p. m. Rooters will pa
rade from the Union to 16th and
R. down 16th to S, and then up S
to the mall where game captain.
Sam Schwartzkopf, will light the
bonfire.
Students must stay beyond the
safety line which will be formed
by Corn Cobs and Tassels. The
nlly committee has requested that
all cars parked around the mall
be moved during the afternoon, be
fore the rally;
The rally will be preceeded by
a speaking tour of organized
house conducted by Corn Cobs
and Tasscla at 6 p. m.
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
Lincoln, Nebraska Wednesday, October 18, 1939
Star Former
award goes
to ag student
Norman Kruse receives
high honor at American
Royal livestock show
The highest award that an
American far boy can attain was
given yesterday to Norman Kruse,
Lincoln Journal and Star.
NORMAN KRUSE.
...Cornhusker deluxe.
ag freshman, at the American
Royal livestock show in Kansas
City. Kruse received the coveted
(See STAR FARMER on page 2.)
Fellman talks
on Russia
Reviews Stalin's acts
at fourth Union forum
Dr. David Fellman. of the polit
ical science department, will ad
dress the fourth Union War forum
on the question of "Russia and
the War."
In his discussion Dr. Fellman
intends to draw a comparison be
tween the actions of Stalin today
and the policy to which the Com
munist party has subscribed. He
will also attempt an answer to
the question, "Are Russia and
Germany really natural enemies?"
From a historical point of view,
Dr. Fellman s answer will be "No
Finally, he plans to examine the
interests of Russia in the Baltic
states and what expansion may
be expected with regard to them
Following Dr. Fellman's talk the
usual roundtable discussion will
be held.
The war forums are sponsored
by the College of Arts and Scien
ces and the Union. The DAILY at
tempts to kep students informed
on the latest developments of the
war through its bulletin board in
the Union lobby, where last minute
developments are posted.
Cobs will usher
at dance, movies
All members and workers of
Corn Cobs have been asked to
report to the Union ballroom in
uniform this afternoon at 4:45 to
usher and check identification
cards at the matinee dance. This
evening at 7, Cobs will meet in
the ballroom to usher for the foot
ball movies. Identification cards
must be complete with pictures
before Btudents will be allowed to
come to the dance.
Following the football movies a
meeting of all members and work
ers will be held in room 313 of
the Union.
Four houses offer
room for Boylorites
Four fraternities have volun
teered accommodations for visit
ing Baylor rooters who are com
ing for the game, and the four
houses can handle from between
22 and 27 men.
Sigma Nu has offered room for
10 or 15, Sigma Chi can take 4,
Zeta Beta Tau 3, and Sigma Alpha
EpsiJon4 4.
Over 300
will attend
news parley
Werkmeister, Pike to
speak at twelfth
NHSPA convention
The university and the union
will be hosts to the 12th annual
convention of the Nebraska High
School Press association, which
convenes in Lincoln Friday and
Saturday. More than 300 Ne
braska high school journalists are
expected to attend.
A varied program has been
planned, with the university rep
resented by Dr. W. H. Werkmeis
ter of the department of philos
phy, who will review his current
number of Ethics, and Lawrence
L. Pike, instructor in the school
of journalism. Other important
outside speakers will include Paul
Engle, Iowa poet, and W. Emer
son Reck of Midland college.
Football game
The highlight of the Saturday
session will be attendance at the
Baylor-Nebraska football game.
Purpose of the annual meeting
is to present demonstrations which
will lead to better high school pub
lications. The Friday meeting will
get under way with the Sigma
Delta Chi news writing contest at
9, and will end with the presenta
tion of the 1939 newspaper awards
by W'ilbur H. Rice. On Saturday,
from 9 to 10 the NHSPA's critical
service will be given by Emerson
Reck of Midland college. With an
nouncement of the results of the
news writing contest, selection of
the 1940 convention city, and elec
tion of officers, the meeting will
adjourn.
NewAwgwan
due Monday
Humor mag to come
out in 'moral' cover
This month's Awewan, univer
sity humor magazine, will come
out Monday featuring a icotDaii
theme and a number of new con
tributors.
"We See the Game," an article
by a new writer, Betty Jo Byllesby,
follows the theme of the issue. The
cover presents a more serious note
with a moral that will appeal to
thinkers. Added to the art staff
are Ralph Combes, who has drawn
most of the cartoons, and fc.nz
abeth Callawav. cover artist.
Other features of the issue are:
"Welcome...," a story about a
wealthy alum, by George Fnscher;
a natre of pictures taken in the
nnrnhusker Tastv Pastry Shoo by
Bob Hunt; and particularly gorey
Gore.
Phi Beta Kappa
meets Monday
First meetine of Phi Beta
Kappa will be held Monday, Oct
23, at a dinner in tne union, ansa
Helen Hosp, new dean of women,
will be truest tneaker. the topic
of her address being "A View of
Education in Penal institutions.
The vear's tiro cram has just
been announced. On Dec. 5, Mr.
C. B. Schulti will speak on "Fossil-Hunting
in the Great Plains
and the Southwest"; eD. iz, itoi
D C Cabeen will annear. speak'
iriF on the tonic. "The French and
the American Revolution"; in
March the Joint meeting of Phi
Beta Kappa and Sigma XI will be
held. Exact date is not set yet.
The initiation banquet of P. B. K.
has been set tor April au.
Kosmet Klub issues
call for workers
The first call for workers was
issued at the meeting of Kosmet
Klub last night. Work in prepa
ration for the fall show will be
gin at 2 p. m. today. Roy Pro
f itt, president of the Klub urges
that every house have represent
atives among those working for
membership. Prospective work
ers should report to the Kosmet
Klub office on the third floor of
the Union for work this after
, noon.
Band trip set
for K-State,
not Missouri
It was officially confirmed to
day that' the university band will
attend the Kansas State game at
Manhattan Oct. 28, instead of the
Missouri game, as was rumored.
The possibility that the band
would make the student migration
trip to Missouri was denounced as
never having existed both by John
K. Sclleck, athletic business man
ager, and T. J. Thompson, dean
of student affairs.
Didn't even consider Columbia trip.
Mr. Selleck said that as far as
he knew the question of the band
making the trip to Missouri was
never considered by the faculty
committee in charge of student so
cial affairs or by the subcommittee
in charge of migrations. It was
decided long ago by this commit
tee, Mr. Selleck stated, that both
the band and the freshman football
team would make the Kansas
State trip.
According to Dean Thompson, it
is a matter of custom for the band
to make the trip to Kansas State.
Any planned trip to Missouri for
this organization had never come
to his attention, he said.
Rumors to the effect that the
student migration has been
changed by the Student Council
from the Missouri to the Kansas
State game are unfounded. No ac
tion will be taken by this body
until its meeting a week from to
day.
Adamic talks
at first convo
Noted immigrant
author here Thursday
Louis Adamic, "Unofficial spokes
man for immigrants in America,"
will be the speaker at the first
convocation of the year tomorrow
morning at 11 m Temple auditor
ium. His subject will be, "A New
American Looks at His Adopted
Country."
Adamic, a noted lecturer and
author, came to America as an
immigrant several years ago. First
he worked as assistant to the
mailer on a Slovenian newspaper
in New York. He held jobs in
various parts of the country before
H. L. Mencken accepted nis nrsi
article for the American Mercury
in 1928. At this time Adamic was
a dock laborer in San Pedro.
FYind and advisor to millions
of American immigrants, his bet
tor known books are "My Amer
ica." "The Native's Return" and
"Laughter in the Jungle."
Uni stock takes
two blue ribbons
The University of Nebraska car
ried off two blue ribbons in early
competition at the American Roy
al livestock show at Kansas City
this week.
Fat lamb entries In the Shorp-
shire and Cheviot classes were
iude-ed best in their divisions. The
Nebraska prizes were won on pens
of three fat lambs. Last year Ne
braska's pen of fat lambs was the
lude-ed rrand champion entry.
The Nebraska meats team was
entered in the intercollegiate
meats judging contest yesterday,
rtoamifa VinvA not vpt heen an
nounced. The livestock judging
team placed sixth in tne saf.uraay
Rosenquist discusses
moral action at forum
Dr. C E. Rosenquist led a dis
cussion on the scientific basis for
moral action as sex era! ag in
structors met in their weekly
forum. The group, which holds
weekly noon luncheons at which
topics of the day are discussed
has scheduled speakers on such
subjects as peace councils, Biblical
literature, and religion for future
meetings. Dr. M. S. Peterson of
the English department has acted
fcj chairman of the group.
By Fern Steuteville.
First-night audience of the Uni
versity Players "Our Town" ar
rived to snicker at comic panto
mine but remained to shed a few
tears as they forgot the lack of
properties and listened to the nar
ration of Thornton Wilders un
usual play in the Temple theater
last night.
Bareness greeted the eyes of
the audience as they entered the
tneater. un tne stage in tun view
already, lounged the narrator, a
part well-done by Verne Geissin
ger, who waited for the people to
come so that he could tell his
story. Slowly he brought in the
properties, consisting of a piano
bench, two tables, and straight-
backed chairs. Two trellises deco
rated the set, "a concession to
those of us who must have scen
ery," Sharpens audience s wits.
With this auspicious start, the
Players' opened their season. What
the play lacked in making a first
impression it gained in sharpening
its audience's wits and arousing
their imaginations. Although they
couldn t quite make out Mrs.
Gibb's process of frying bacon aa
pantomimed by Grace Elizabeth
Hill in the' first few minutes of
the play, they could follow every
motion of the druggist concocting
a strawberry ice-cream soda an
act later.
Although Barbara Birk and Ed
gar Cooper were touted as the
leads as the characters Emily
Webb and George Gibbs, they
seemed to carry little more im
portance than the other personali
ties of the little New Hampshire
town.
Surprises please.
The element of surprise kept the
listeners on edge. They jumped
when voices asked questions irom
the audience. They were delighted
when the Grover's Corner Congre
gational choir held discordant
choir practice in the orchestra pit
They were amused when the bridal
procession arrived down tne center
aisles and exited the same way.
They were stunned when the final
act revealed the inhabitants of the
cemetery, arrayed in their shrouds,
sitting in rows on tne stage wan
ing to greet newcomers.
To Verne Geissinger, tne narra
tor, goes the credit of gaining and
keeping the interest of the au
dience. He had a good story to
tell and he told it well. Evelyn
Elias and Grace Elizabeth Hill
gave good performances as middle-aged
mothers.
On the whole, "Our Town" con
vinced its audience, gave them
something to think about on the
way home, and was minus most of
the first night breaks and blem
ishes. Fiye given army
lieutenant posts
Kenneth Pavey, John Bishop,
nn a Rrhrt Beaver, eraduates of
the class of '38, have received com
missions as second lieutenant in
the United States army under the
Thomason act These men were
selected along with 50 others for
commissions after a year's inten
sive training.
Martin Oelrich and Lyman D.
Spurlock, graduates of the class
of '39, have been commissioned
a. necond lieutenants in the Marine
corps. Selected last year becaus
of high scholastic ana mmtary
standing, they passed tests as the
Great Lakes Naval Training sta
tion to receive their commissions.
Pavey and Bishop are stationed
at Foit Crook as infantry officers,
and Beaver is stationed at Fort
Riley with the field artillery.
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