Sunday, December 17, 1939
EDITORS
Movie t .. Morion Margolin
Dram Eiitahelh Clark
RmAio Mary Kerrigan
Mutie Hugh Wilkin
bntertainment
The DAILY NEBRASKAN
RADIO ...
Swarthout
sings on Ford
Hour tonight
Orson Welles brings
comedienne Wilson
in detective story at 9
By Mary Kerrigan.
With the Detroit Symphony on
the Ford Sunday Evening Hour
tonight is Gladys Swarthout, who
made her debut as Carmen this
season when Bizet's opera was
given in Chicago . . . She will sing
the famous Habanera . . . Fritz
Reiner will conduct opening the
concert with the prelude to "Car
men" . . . KFAB at 8 p. m,
Playhouse director-star Orjon
Welles brings screen star Marie
Wilson before the mike at 7 to
night to. "There's Always a Wom
an' . . . This engaging detective
story comedy, which was a motion
picture hit with Joan Blondell and
fAivvn TWhu. will be enacted
with Miss Wilson and Welles as
Bill and Sally Reardon . . . KFAB
t 9 p. xn.
t
Emanuel Feuermann, eminent
but with the New York Philhar-
xnonic-Symphony in 1934, is soloist
during the orchestra's regular Sun-
dav broadcast over KFAB at 2
today ... He plays the Haydn
Cello Concerto in D major in its
original edition.
Gertrude Lawrence and Burgess
Meredith in Charles Tazewell's
radio play, "J. Smith and Wife"
. . . Joan Edwards singing the cur-
rent song hit, "El Rancho Grando"
. . . Philip Loeb portraying Hyman
Kaplan ... the Juanita Hall Sing-
ers in a popular demand return
engagement . . . and Carl Carmer
from "somewhere in America!" . . .
That is the roster for the "Pur-
suit of Happiness" program at 3:30
today over KFAB.
Christmas is the theme for many
Dr. J. Leon Lazarowitz,
Hobo King ranks university
library equal to Harvard's,
carries his own with him
By Betty KHngel.
,r?r; J' f 0WDH;?i
(Doctor of Hobo-ology), National
Hobo President and also Official
Chief Justice of the U. S. A. Su-
preme Hobo Kangaroo Court gal-
oped into Lincoln this week end
sity library an unexpected but der
initely interesting visit Naming
Amityville, N. Y., as his home
town, this by-now legendary fig
ure of the roaring highways cre
ated very much of a sensation at
Library hall when the news was
noised around of his presence.
Lincoln doesn't rate very high.
Before I had a chance to ask
any questions, he proceeded to ac
quaint me with his various ere-
dentials. and before I knew it, I
was a member of the Ramblinir
Hobo Fellowship of America.
Lincoln ranks only third among
Nebraska cities in hospitality.
We Lincolnites, according to
hobo standards of courtesy and
hospitality take a back seat to
Omaha and North Platte, ranking
first and second respectively.
Dr. Lazarowitz is so extremely
well versed in the art of talking
(and by talking I don't mean con-
versation, since I've been told that is here that the voluminous busl
conversation is that In which two' ness of the organization is con-
people iaxe pari, inat i naa a
cnance 10 as mm dui one quea-
tion. That question was "How
Ha vmi HU nr llhrnrv?" "T'm
do you like our library?" "I'm
glad you asked that," he replied.
"You asked me and I'll tell you. I
think your library rank3 right
along with Harvard and Prince
ton. The assistants are ready to
help you find exactly what you
want no matter how much time
It takes."
Here for Kangaroo Court.
The much-publicized gentleman-
hitch-hiker garbed in a black, ex-
ceedingly shiny suit, a rather home state, that he has been tnree norary a copy or my list oc now
dubious-colored shirt and a wine months on the road without paying towns in Nebraska rank in hos
tie explained that he was in Lin- for transportation, tnat he has no pitality.''
Movie Grad
M
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Elizabeth Russell plays the part
of "Page Hazeltine" In the serial
drama, "By Kathleen Norrls,"
heard five days weekly over radio
networks. Before coming to the
radio, she was a movie actress.
pro?ramfl from now on . . . Blondie
n,,, o,rrfmM
ponders over Dagwood s Christmas
gift at 9:30 p. m. tomorrow over
KFAB ... She also tries to keep
Baby Dumpling from discovering
the real Santa Claus.
Curtis Institute students will
play Handel's Sonata in E major
and a group of songs ending
in a Christmas melody at 9:30
tomorrow night over CBS hookups
. . . For those interested, tips on
the care of Christmas trees in the
home, including means of pre
serving the needles, are offered by
G. H. Collingwood, of the Amerl-
can Forestry association, when he
is guest speaker on "Adventures in
Science" at 3:30 tomorrow over
the cbs.
Andre Kostelanetz pays musical
tribute to two friends who rate
with the outstanding composer
lyricist teams of the times, when
he features hit songs by Lorenz
Hart and Richard Rodgers on
"Tune Up Time" over KFAB at
7 p. m. tomorrow.
coin for the quarterly meeting of
Court at which meeting, naughty
. . . . K.T,f t
for thdr mlsdemean06rs T as
j CQuld the DoctQr wouldn.t tell
me where the meetings would u
held becau he sa the rea3 ls
not allowed to be present at these
gatherings.
Dr. Lazarowitz is a veritable
storehouse of information. He
knows his organization from top to
f
bottom. And I do mean organiza- police record, and he must be able
tlon, for there are at least 20 of- to fork over the sum of 50c annu
flcers of this fellowship with the ally. But hia word is not enough
above mentioned gentleman at the proof in this matter, because two
peak in his various official capaci- hoboes from another state are del-
ties. Not accusing the hoboes of
being copycats, nevertheless, their
organization is modeled after the
United States government. As the
Doctor of Hobo-ology expresses it,
"Our organization is divided Into
districts and we have 047 repre-
sentatlves and 7Z senators, the
number from each district being
based on the total number of ho-
boes in it."
The hoboes don't make a half-
hearted attempt to establish head-
quarters cither. No, Indeed, they
only have a whole fair grounds at
their disposal in Brltt, la., and it
ul Zl
irciucu avc an uim.c m wic jjh..
Tribune from which publicity for
the hoboes SSUeS.
the hoboes issues.
No bums or tramps allowed.
To quote the doctor "We're par
ticular who we take in our or
ganization. We don't want any
bums or tramps in our group!"
And that i9 that!
Qualifications for membership in
this group are, like everything else
in the outfit, unusual. An appll-
cant must be able to prove that he
1s at least 1,000 miles from his
MOVIES...
Film editor names striking
pictures of past
B .. i
By Morton Margolin.
This time of year with an-
nouncements of academy award
winners only a short time away,
movie fans from coast to coast are
venturing guesses as to who will
win the little Oscars. Today, we
select a group of pictures, not nec-
essarily the best of the year, but
those which will be remembered
for a particular presentation.
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of a schoolmaster done by Robert
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Christmas
party nears
Refreshments, carols
feature open house
The old adage, it is more blessed
to give than to receive, will be
demonstrated in more than a
spiritual manifestation Tuesday
night when the Union holds an
open house and Christmas party
from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
While the Union gives the party,
students attending will have an
opportunity to help give some Lin
coln youngster a merry Christmas
by bringing a toy for the Alpha
Phi Omega toy pile, which will be
built from" toys collected that
night. The toy pile will be turned
over to a local social agency for
distribution.
The party, scheduled by the
Union administration as the big
gest even of the year outside of
the opening night celebration, will
feature caroling, entertainment by
a German band and free refresh
ments. Thruout the evening, a German
band will play in the lounge, and
ballroom under the direction of
William Tempel.
For admittance to the Union,
students must present identifica
tion cards at the door. Tickets to
be exchanged for free refresh
ments distributed at the door.
Tomorrow night the Union will
close at 9, and students employed
there will have a Christmas party
of their own. Kenneth Van Sant,
Union director, and his staff, will
be host to all Union employees,
who from 9 to 12 will frolic in
the building where they spend
their extra time working. On
Tuesday and Wednesday the
Union will be open regular hours.
The building will be closed dur
ing vacation. It will close Wed
nesday night at 10:30 and reopen
at 8 a. m. Wednesday morning,
January 3, 1940.
egated to investigate the matter
and woe to him if he hasn't been a
George Washington.
The doctor, who got his degree
from Pennsylvania State colleere
last May and has documents to
prove it, has his opinions on cur
rent political trends. According to
him, Roosevelt will be re-elected if
he runs again. And as for the
present European situation, the
hoboes not only dislike it. but thev
have severed "diplomatic" rela-
tions with hoboes from Russia,
Germany, Italy and Japan.
He's writing a book.
The doctor is writing a book en
titled "The 1939-40 Hobo Direc-
tory," content of which is known
, - . . .
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write down the title.
He carries with him his own pri
vate library which contains a 1939
World Almanac, a book of syno'
nyms, "Ethics of the Fathers," an
atlas, an encyclopaedia and three
ten cent dictionaries.
But before I left, Dr. Lazarowitz
said "I don't want you ever to say
that a hobo never gives nothing
away. I am giving to the refer-
ence department of your university
year
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i - iuion, auuior ui ioai nuiuun
and "We Are Not Alone", two plc-
tures which, with Mr. Chips, defi-
nltcl established Hilton as 'good
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Three pictures which will be re-
membered because they started
new cycles are "Captain Fury",
"Dodee City", and the "Story of
Vernon and Irene Castle". "Cap-
tain Fury" started a cycle which
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StrfH in sel
..tw. niftr" hr,,o.r n
seasons
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series of American historical films,
and "The Castle" picture started a
series of biographical films.
'
"Mr. Smith Goes To Washing
ton" will be remembered for ex
cellent all-round entertainment,
and for its similarity to Ander
son's "Both Your Houses" which
took Broadway by storm a few
seasons ago. The "Wizard of Oz"
and the "Mikado" will be remem
bered for the excellent presenta
tion of a favorite theme. Both
stories, familiar to most of the
American public, were presented in
such a manner that no one came
away from the pictures disap
pointed. "Stage Coach" and "Juarez" will
be remembered for the presenta
tion of character study. Very few
films can do as good a job of char
acter study and still make good
entertainment. Other pictures
which presented outstanding char
acterizations were The Old Maid
and the "Beachcomber".
The picture of the year which
we nominate for the title of 'the
most different' is "Wuthering
Heights." Undoubtedly one of the
best films of the year, the picture
used a method of presentation so
different from the method used by
other films that movie goers had
to be cautioned to come only at
the beginning of the picture lest
they fail to understand it.
These pictures were picked from
a list of releases which came out
between Oct. 31, 1938 and Nov. 1,
1940. As to which pictures and
actors will win the honors at the
academy dinner, your guess is as
good as the experts.
How to be a good
escort in ten
easy lessons
How to be the perfect escort
will be the problem which will
face, not the men, but the coeds
Saturday night, as they take their
dates to the annual Mortar Board
party for which Frankie Trum
bauer and his orchestra will play.
First of all, the girls must ask
the men to attend, and inciden
tally, it is considered very im
polite for a man to ask a girl for
a aaie on mat night.
After the girl has asked the
man, she must of course buy the
ticket.
Saturday night, the girl must
call for her date, and must chat
graciously with his housemother
or parents. And, for once, the girl
who has kept her date waitine for
long minutes, will be sorry, for
this ls hia chance to get even.
Of course, the plrl must nrovlde
the transportation, and far be it
from the man who ls being the
perfect date to object to any form
oi conveyance, irom a milk wagon
to a hearse.
Well, after all. men, It won't
be so bad. Look who's paylne
the bill.
Doori Open
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nIIehl Orern
2nd BIG WEEK
Thonunds demanded
knot her rhanre to w It !
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MR. SMITH
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Genevieve Rowe's glorious so
prano voice is heard on the radio
program, "Johnny Presents" on
Friday nights, and on Saturday
nights on the "Gay Nineties Re
vue." Present- holiday
harmony hour
Built around the theme of
"Christmas Spirit," a special holi
day harmony hour, sponsored by
Sinfoma, will be given In room
209 of the Union Tuesday at
4 p. m.
The program, arranged by Prof.
Frank Cunkle, of the school of
music, will be composed of num
bers traditionally played at this
season of the year. Selections for
the program were all taken from
the Carnegie grant, received by
the Union last week.
The program includes : A
"Christmas Concerto" by Corelll;
biegrned Idyll" by Wagner;
"Carnival des Animeaux" by Saint
Saens; the "Gowcr Wassail Song;
and "Good News," sung by the
Hall Johnson choir.
Engineers
reorganize
Executive board adopts
revised body of rules
The Engineering Executive
board has adopted a new constitu
tion providing for a faculty ad
visor and a different governing
organization for Engineers' Week.
At its last meeting the board,
composed of 16 students in engi
neering college representing each
of the six departmental societies,
th Nebraska Blue Print, and the
Student Council, drew up and ap
proved the new constitution in
tended to lead to more efficient
performance of the duties of the
board, such as arranging convo
cations, general meetings, general
social activities, special elections
and planning Engineers' Week.
The advisor will be In charge
of the first meeting of the year
and in general charge for the re
mainder of the year.
VARSITY:
Now Showlagl
JOEL
McCREA
(Mlar of I'nloa
Pacific)
"ESPIONAGE
AGENT"
with
Brrnda Martha!!
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Balcony
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Main n.
2 Ac
All Daf'
Ind FratnFT! : :
"FIVE LITTLE
PEPPERS AND
How They GREW"
$ $ $ $ hTAms itiiitbUAi i ( t
: 10,000,000 :
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printed on I
DONALD RFC AN ,
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