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r I k 8 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Wednesday, April 17', 1940 Student plans new speech, arts building for N U campus A new speech-arts building with five theatres of the very latest de sign is in the planning at leRst as a project of David Leavitt, stu dent of architecture. While as yet such a new build ing has not been proposed and in all probability there will be no such structure here for a consid erable time, the plans of it, never theless, will hold the interest, at least, of all associated with speech and drama. This "palace of speech and drama" is to be located, according to the plan., across the street east of Andrews and Morrill. It would be two stories high and made of brick such as the Union is. 3 in 1 stage. Three theatres use the same large stfge the large theatre using the center, the two others using the tnds. Sound proof doors can be dropped to divide the stage into the three divisions. The stage is at the north end of the large theater which can seat about 1,300 people. The lobby and entrance of the building is to the south of the large thestre. Check stands, man aging offices, and ticket booths surround the lobby. A studio theatre to seat 200 peo ple uses the west portion of the large stfige. The Greek theatre, seating 1.300, makes use of the east por tion. No footlights. No foot-lights will be used on the stage. Lighting effects will be projected down from above the balcony. The controlling engineer sits back there in complete charge of all technical aspects of the pro ductions on the stage. Movies can be shown from the projection booth. The orchestra pit In front of the stage may be covered with steps making the orchestra invisible, but allowing the music to be heard. Above the pit and over the stage is an organ chamber. Scenery would be built on small trucks with rubber tires and wheeled into and out of place. There would be no aisles in the large theatre; entrance would be from the sides. Outdoor theatre. The outdoor theatre is built to resemble a Greek amphitheatre, and it would be used largely for such plays best adapted to this sort of stage, such as the old Graecian and Roman productions. The large balcony occupies much of the second story. The rest is the grid above the stage, class rooms, offices, and an intimate theatre. In an intimate theatre the spectators sit around on all sides of the players. The radio theatre is to the left in the basement as are two radio classrooms. Men's and women's dressing rooms are on opposite sides of this theatre. A costume lab and storage rooms for props are here and there is a hydraulic lift to take props up to the stage. The air conditioning units are also here. Allen- Travelling art display now on exhibit here A traveling exhibit from the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design of New York City is now on display in the halls of the department of architecture. The public may view the drawings each day in the basement of the temple. Problems featuring the collec tion are those which have been submitted In Beaux-Arts compe titions and which have received national recognition. Thirty-eight drawings are included in the ex hibit, representing sixteen schools over the country. Of special interest are the ar chitectural studies of a coast guard station, an airplane beacon, a gate through a garden wall, a commons room in a college; a tray and dishes for an airliner; a shore restaurant, a newspart, and a movie theater lounge. GRTC presents model meeting A model meeting will be pre sented at this afternoon's section of the Girl Reserve Training Course by some of the Lincoln high school Girl Reserves. Tea will be served before the meeting which will begin at 3:30 in Ellen Smith hall. Ball- (Continued from Page 7). AnKclo Oaalno, Omaha, pitch. Bill Perry, Lincoln, outflow. Jew Ryan, TMilfn, outflcM. Ijiwrence 8chmn1ek, Newman Orovt, pitch. Hon fitanKel, Howi-lln, oiitNHd. Jim Stacker, Falrbtiry, outflelil, R Don Stout, Clrnnt, outflelil. Pill Stroh. third bnae. Bob Bauer, Lincoln, first baa. Marlon Taylor, Fremont, Infield, out field. Malcolm Torgerson, Aurora, outfield. Jamea Voi?l, Bancroft, out field. Merlin White, Omaha, Infield. Lowell Walker, Columhua, third hane. George. Whitman, Omaha, ahortalop, second haae. Bill Yoachlm, Alberta, Canada, outfield. Students apply for $100 Simon 1 scholarship University students interested In the Joseph Simon scholarship to be awarded next year may now obtain application blanks from Dean C. H. Oldfather of the col. lege of arts and sciences. Blanks must be filed with the dean not later than May 1. The $100 award, which has been provided by relatives of the late Mr. Simon, former Lincoln busi nessman, is granted to an out standing male student in this year's freshman class who has demonstrated fine qualities of manhood, moral force, scholastic and athletic ability. Henry Rohn of Fremont, a mem ber of the varsity football team, is attending school this year on the scholarship. A committee com posed of Dean Oldfather, Major Lawrence "Biff" Jones, and Dr.. letic Doard, win interview appli cants and announce the new win ner within a few weeks. (Continued from page 1.) of America s ten most distinguish ed wnmer.. Judge Allen will speak on her favorite interest, "The Constitu tion, an Instrument of Freedom." Luncheon for officials. Immediately after the lecture there will be a faculty luncheon in the Union's faculty dining room to which officials of the bar asso ciation and judges of the courts are invited. Mortar Boards and Innocents are to usher at the convocation. W. G. Tunnel, school of music, will dinct the chorus and music. According to information from the register's office, the grades of 1.767 students with an average of 80 percent or more were aver aged and checked and from this group 571 from the various col leges who had the highest grades and who were eligible were select ed. The remainder were selected by the heauS of medical, law and nursing departments. Eligible. Rlie-lhiMv demands that a stu dent have carried a minimum of 12 hours a semester for the last two semesters which he has at tended school. There must be no incomplete, condition, failure, or "D" hours against the students record for these semesters. New sophomores without two preced ing semesters work at Nebraska are barred. Students who meet these eligibility requirements and wnose grades are among ine up per 10 percent of their college are selected for honors. Sixty-two senior students will sit on the stage and receive cer tificates of high scholarship from the chancellor. Special honors are to go to those who have been on the honor roll four times or who are in the upper 3 percent of the senior class. Smith in charge. In charge of the convocation Is Prof. Linus Burr Smith, chairman of the department of architecture. Other members of the committee are Professors Irving Blake, zool ogy; William Loeffel, animal hus bandry; C. S. Hamilton, chemistry; Dwight Kirsch, art; W. H. Morton, secondary education; Mabel Lee, physical education; C. O. Swayzce, business organization and man agement, and Dean T. J. Thomp son. Three students on the commit tee are Miss Ruth Clark, junior in the bizad college; Robert Drewes. dentistry college junior, and Adna Dobson, arts and sci ence senior. ow wo answer th uld you ese questions? Who is the most advertised doctor in the U.S.? And how, banned from the air, does he still sell his attractively priced "operations" over XERA, "the world's most powerful broadcasting station"? Here's the story of the goat-gland medico the authorities are finally after, and how he has made a fabu lous fortune by methods the FCC and the American. Medical Association would give their collectiverightarmtostop.ReadCoHn try Doctor Goes to Town, by J. C. Furnas. TO m. How would you get even with a sarcastic boss? Say you were on a newspaper where three city editors and two managing editors had quit because they couldn't stand the sarcastic old goat who owned the paper . . . Could you get even in prinlf Read Merrily We Go to Press, by Fhil R. Sheridan. What are Europe's newest stunts in war propaganda? Why did German loudspeakers blast out the Marseillaise to greet the French President when he visited the front? Why did the British bomb the Nazis with tiny bags of coffee? Whose trick is it to send forged or anonymous letters to sol diers, giving them false news about their families? Edmond Taylor, in this week's Post, tells you how warring nations use lies . . . and truth 1 ... to fool some of the people all the .time. Turn to Propaganda Changes Poisons page 27. If you found a diamond ring and knew if you gave it back you'd be accused of stealing it, what would you do? That was the dilemma facing Big Joe and Uncle Pete, those positive geniuses at doing the wrong thing at the right time! Read Your Mom Was a Lady. A new "Uncle Pete" story by R. Ross Annett in this week's Tost, Who made Baseball the "National Game"? With strictly phony innocence, who foxed a U. S. President into tossing out the first ball of the season, thereby establish ing "the great American game"? Who has the greatest repu tation in baseball for collecting eccentric players and actually thinks he can lick the Yanks? Read The Old Fox Turns Mag note, by Bob Considine and Shirley Povich. You have almost learned to fly and... in the air you're a wizard chandelles are a cinch with an instructor along. But the way you make landings is shoer suicide. Should they let you try a solo flight? Or make you quit? A story of a flying by Sparks Hausman. Suppose you were slowly starving to death . . . in a lonely ramshackle store, and your only friend was a kid who worshiped you because he thought you really had killed Indians would you disillusion the boy or invent more stories? Turn to page 9 of your Post for the curious story of a man with too many memories. Mister Ears, by Eddy OrcutL How far can birds travel without stopping to eat or sleep? IIow can birds navigate with mathematical accuracy? What bird commutes each year 11,000 miles from North to South Pole ? And which one hops the Atlantic twice a year ? Read odd facts about bird flights by Raymond S. Deck, Pageant in Hie Sky, AND. . . SHARPSHOOTING AT INSURANCE by Raymond Moley; serials, editorials, poems, cartoons aU in this week's issue of The Saturday Evening Post Now on sale. " I II 1.111,1 I -.,-.. ,-,,,,,.... ,. ,... I r, ., .., , ,,., ,,,,.,..