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0icia( Newspaper 0 More Tiaa 7,000 Students
Vol. 39, No. 62.
Lincoln, Nebraska
Sunday, December 17, 1939
Christmas musec reaches climax
in TJiesseaEi' presentation today
Prof of the week
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By Bob Aldrlch. don their statutes to join In song
Relationship between students between classes, and Foster sings
and professor should be more vital, with 6m loudlv- There a nS
in the opinion of Henry Hubbard aut nim, "
Foster, Dean of the College of . t t uwyPt oet
to feeling mighty high,
"So they all went up to Mont
real to tap a keg of rye . .
He recalls with laughter the
"murder" that was committed in
Law.
"It is a common Idea among un
dergraduates," Dean Foster re
marked, "that a student shouldn't
talk to his teacher to become well
acquainted with him. They call it
"apple polishing." Thia is one of the law building courtroom during
the worst fallacies a student could a daaa several years ago. The
nave in u.c xv - d , Bon"the litUe rascal"-
professor and, in the second place, threw ketchup on his shlrtfront to
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uahu rnmnanlnruihin.- er" ran from the room. The idea
was to show how little witnesses
sminr to tulk about himself, remember in a murder trial. Foa
TVon Vntr intead aooke en- ter'a sister-in-law in New York
thusiastically of hia students, his read of the "murder," saw the
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college, the men whom he admires,
and some of the beliefs that he has
name of Foster's son, and fainted.
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"?': "v fire men on the wall above his
Harvard.
Hla reputation.
Short, portly, gray-haired and'
partially bald, with keen, black
browed eyes and a striking manner
of speech, Dean Foster has a
reputation among his students as
a colorful and stimulating char
acter. He is not without eccentricities.
One of his favorite tricks is to
seize a pencil, or any other object
within reach, and heave it over
the heads of the students. He then
w charges down the aisle, demanding
to know to whom the pencil
belongs. It has to do with Foster's
property course. The lawyers-in-embryo
are hopefully awaiting the
day when he will seize his watch
and hurl it beyond all hope of
identification.
Foster is well-liked. Hia good
nature seldom turns to wrath,
though it has been known to do so
on occasion. He is quite generally
known as "Shimmy" on account
of a shaking tendency when he
laughs.
. . . health
Growing deafness caused his
doctor to forbid cigars. On Decem
ber 22. 1938. he stood on the
eleventh floor of the Sharp build
ing and threw a pocketful of cigars
earthward. On December 22,
at ten o'clock, he Is going to smoke
a cigar. (He made a bet with the
doctor he could hold out a year
without the weed.)
Once a student sat in class
wearing in his hatband a large
blotter on which was a drawing by
cartoonist Georee Petty. March
ing down the aisle, Foster held the
blotter aloft, declaring, "I may be
a good teacher, but I cant com
pete with thl!"
The lawyers occasionally abaft
(See FOSTER, on page 3)
Council faces
big agenda for
next session
Group to pass on rally
plan, Colonel dispute,
Woerner resignation
Action on the resignation of
Otto Woerner, decision as to whom
the ballots for Honorary Colonel
belong, and the plan for a model
rally to be held before the spring
election, all will face the Student
Council in its first meeting after
the Christmas vacation. The meet
ing will be held Jan. 3, in room
313 of the Union.
Woerner offered his resignation
to the council at the last meeting
after denouncing council members
as "heels" and accusing them or
trying to "fill their stomachs with
political plums." Marian Kidd,
Council Dresident. appointed a
commitee to "investigate" the res
ignation.
Will past on Colonel dispute.
Furore over the election of the
Honorary Colonel and rumors con
cerning the election have caused
a dispute as to whom the ballots
for the Colonel belong, which the
Council will attempt to decide.
. The model political rally plan,
drawn up by Lowell Michael's po
litical rally committee, provides
for a mass rally, at which all fac
tions will present their candidates
and give their platforms. Plana
also call for speeches and band
music The council must approve
or disapprove the plan which is an
outgrowth of the wild rallying of
this fall when Charles Harris was
injured.
Weseen 'slightly better'
Condition of Mr. M. H. Weseen,
associate professor of business
English, was described as "slightly
better" yesterday, according to his
physician. Dr. Sidney Reese. Mr.
Weseen underwent an operation at
Bryan Memorial hospital last
week.
Soloists . .
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Handel oratorio features
seven student soloists
in coliseum at 2:30
A musical revelation of the life
of Christ, "The Messiah," will be
presented in traditional form on
the stage of the university coliseum
this afternoon at 2:30.
Seven students will take the solo
roles in this annual presentation of
Handel's famous oratorio. The uni
versity choral union and the uni
versity symphony, a combination
of the four largest musical groups
will be under the direction of Dr.
A. E. Westbrook, director of the
new fine arts college. Before his
baton will be a 400 voice choir and
a symphony of 70 pieces.
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The weather
It hum ben Juno in January and
is likely to remain so for a few
days with the weather prediction
for the week fair and mild tem
peratures. No change is expected
until Tuesday or Wednesday.
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When John Miller and Bob Hageman say that they have led a dog's life, they know what they
are talking about. Here It a picture taken before last night's Mortar Board party, when the tw-i
were forced not only to respond to a leash, but were forced to wear a muzzle as well as huge ropes
of bologna around their necks. Tne party goers trom left to right are: Elinor Winslowf John Mil
ler, Pat Prime, and Bob Hageman.
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my people
A1K Tmxw Krery ralley thai! be
exaltrd
HOKI S And the nrlory of the Ixrd
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the 1 -nr1
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(HOKIS O thou that teilest rood
tldinM
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hold, darkneng
A1K itarltone l'he people that
walked In darkness
IHUK18-or onto M Child Is
born
OKOAN I'antoral Hvniithonf
WllAHH!S soprano There
were rhepherd
And lot the anjrel of the T-ord
And the amrrl said onto them
And auddpnly
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AIK Soprano Kejotee freaUy, O
dauirhter of Zlon
KfAll AIIVIl Alio Then dJmII the
yea of the blind
AIK Alto He Khan feed His flock
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AIK imor tVrtxXd, aad M If
there be any sorrow
CHOKUtr iferely He bask bora Msr
Srlefs
I HOKI H-AB we Uke sheep
CHORIIH 8lnos hy maa eanw death
My maa came aim the reaarreeiloa
for as ia Adam all die
Kvea m la Christ
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deenier llveth
CHUKl S llalMaiah
Largest of four participating
groups la the ag college chorus
under the direction of Mm. Al
tinaa Tullis. The ensemble, or
ganized 11 years ago as a hobby
activity for farm students, has in
creased in membership until it now
includes more than 130 voices. The
ag chorus will present its own
Christum program Dec. 19 in the
student activities building on ag
campus.
Three new eololste.
Three of the seven soloists In
this afternoon, production will ap
pear for the first time before a
Lincoln audience In one of the uni
versity's Christmas programs. They
are: Glenn
Clark, baritone;
Jack Donovan,
tenor; and Nina
Armstrong, con
tralto. Louise Staple
ton, Martha Mc
O e e , sopranos,
and Dale Ganz,
baritone, took
leads in the last
year's presenta
tion. Nate Hol
man, tenor solo
ist, was featur
ed in the choral
Journal and Star, festival p r O
J ark ivtaovaa. gram last win
ter. All soloists have been chosen
for the quality of their voices and
their ability to carry the roles.
Most of them have been heard in
recitals of their own, and have
achieved fame and recognition in
high school performances.
The adult campus chorus, com
posed of men and women of the
university staff, the Grieg mole
chorus, and the university singers
have parts in the production. The
Grieg male chorus is directed by
Hermann T. Decker of the school
of music and the university sing
ers by W. G. Tempel. The univer
sity symphony is to accompany
and is lead by Don A. Lcntz.
A brass quartet, composed of
Robert Buddenberg, Robert Krejci,
cornets; Edward Edison, French
horn; and Herbert Cecil, trombone,
will supplement the orchestra.
Frank Cunkle will be at the or-
(See MESSIAH, on page 5)
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