The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, October 06, 1940, Image 1

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    Minnesota turns back Muskers 13-7
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Dr. Fishbein
to open convo
series Oct. 10
Arndt announces year's
program; Van Doren
Sarett among speakers
Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of
the Journal of the American Med
ical Association, will open this
year's series o university convo
cations on Oct. 10, with a lecture
on "Fads and Quackery in Heal
ing," in the Union ballroom at 11
a. m., as announced by Karl
Arndt, convocations committee
chairman.
Following his lecture, Dr. Fish
bein will be guest of -honor at a
luncheon given by Theta No, hou
orary medical fraternity. He will
also conduct a forum at 3 p. m.
Five to speak at convos.
Saturday, Professor Arndt,
chairman of the convocations com
mittee, announced the schedule for
this season's convocations, which
are sponsored jointly by the com
mittee and the Union. Noted men
who will lecture are Carl van
Doren, critic and biographer;
Thomas Benton, Missouri artist;
S. K. Ratcliffe, English journalist
and lecturer; Lew SaVett, "woodsman-poet,"
and Dr. John A. Wil
son, director of the Oriental Insti
tute at the University of Chicago.
Ratcliffe will speak Oct. 28 on
"What Next in Europe ? " Dr. Wil
son will appear Dec. 12 and will
discuss "Modern Spades in Ancient
Egypt" Van Doren will talk Feb.
11 on "Benjamin Franklin," sub
ject of one of bis biographies.
Sarett, who is professor of speech
at Northwestern university, la
scheduled for March 10, when he
will give readings from his volume
of poetry. "Slow Smoke." "Mod
ern Art" will be the subject of
Benton's lecture on March 23.
AAUP to hear
national head
Dr. Frederick S. Deibler will ad
dress the Nebraska chapter of the
American Association of Univer
sity Professors Friday, Oct. 18, in
the Union. Dr. Deibler is the na
tional president of this organiza
tion. v-
Delegates from the North Da
kota, South Dakota and Kansas
chapters have been invited by Dr.
Worcester, president of the Ne
braska chapter and regional rep
resentative, to attend the dinner
meeting. Chancellor C. 8. Boucher
will give a welcoming address at
the dinner.
Effect of draft
on student aired
in raclio program
To answer specific questions of
students and faculty members re
garding the selective service act
and potential military training the
nationwide network of the Colum
bia Broadcasting system will pre
sent at 9:20 p. m. Tuesday, Oct. 8,
"A Student in Selective Service"
over station KFAB.
Questions will be asked by Dr.
Harry Woodburn Chase, chancellor
of New York university, and Dr.
C. C. Williams, president of Lehigh
university. Answering their queries
will be Lieut Col. I-ewls B. Her
shey, executive officer at national
selective service headquarters,
Washington, D. C, and Dr. Fred
erick Osborn, chairman of the ad
visory committee on selective serv
ice, Washington, D. C.
lAttYlEBRASIM
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Students
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Vol. 40, No. 13 ()isnn mkrancoln Nebraska Sunday, October 6, 1940
Meet the team at the
station; 10 a. m. foday
Members of the UN football
squad returning from Minne
sota will arrive at the Burling
ton station, seventh and P, at
10 a. m. today. A reception la
being planned and all students
are urged to turn out for the
rally. All Corn Cobs are re
quired to attend. Workers will
be given credit for attendance.
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Uni Theater opens with 'SeeMyLawyerf
Broadway hit is ready for three night run
AH set for the rising curtain
in the University Theater season
are the principals in the cast of
"See My Lawyer." They are pic
tured above: top row, Josephine
Gold, Max Whittacker, iiaryeiien
Robinson; bottom row, Stan Klein,
Clarence Flick, and Walter Kiechel.
' "See My Lawyer" will Initiate
the new season in University
theater when it is presented Oct
0 to 1L
The play, written by Richard
Malbaum and Harry Clork, was
a George Abbott production on
Broadway where It ran for eight
months last year. "On Broadway,"
Bouchers receive
faculty Saturday
Chancellor and Mrs. C S. Bou
cher received university faculty
and administrative staff members
and their wives Saturday evening
at the chancellor's annual recep
tion in Carrie Belle Raymond hall.
Approximately 90 people at
tended the reception. The group
was received in the hall reception
room, and moved to the din'n
room. The dining room wu deco
rated with fall flower. A string
quartet played several elections
during the evening.-
said Arm and Hunter, theater di
rector, " 'See My Lawyer' was di
rected by Ezra Stone, young
comedian star of the radio show
The Aldrich Family.' The play Is
a hilarious comedy of the jack-in-'Jie-box
type, meant only for
entertainment, with no thought of
teaching a moral lesson."
Three law grade.
"See My Lawyer" is the story
of three young graduates of a law
college who hang out their
shingles in the hope that business
will come their way, but It doesn't
Fortunately Arthur Lec, played
by Clarence Flick, is engaged to
Fay Frankel, portrayed by Jos
ephine Gold, the daughter of a
delicatessen proprietor, therefore
saving the law firm from starva
tlon.The other partners are Peter
Russo and Joseph O'Rourke
played by Max Whittacker and
Walter Kiechel.
As the going begins to really
get tough, a millionaire playboy,
Robert Carl in, played by Glenn
Nelson, walks Into the office and
agrees to hire the firm to defend
him exclusively for 123,000 a year.
Robert goes in for quite amazing
escapades such as kidnapping
chorus girls, speMinf weekends
in morgues, tying milk wagons to
fireplugs and so on.
After many trials and tribula
tions, the lawyers finally win
some cases and establish them
selves, and, as the curtain falls,
everyone is happy.
Other members of the cast are
Morris Schneerer ...Louis Meyer
Sydonia Tyler. Maryellen Robinson
(See THEATER, page 4.)
Social workers
to hear Perkins
"Democracy Begins at Home" is
the theme of the 44th annual meet
Ing of the Nebraska Conference
for Social Work which will be held
at Norfolk on Oct 6-9. The Hon
orable Francis E. Perkins, secre
tary of labor, will speak at the
conference dinner Wednesday
night
Members of the faculty who will
speak at the conference are Miss
Nan L Gerry, Miss Anna Zaloha,
Dr. Frank Z. Click, director of the
graduate school. Dr. Stein, Miss
Regina Mendel, Miss Alice Taylor.
Miss Eda Houwink. and Miss
Agnes Donaldson.
Students who will accompany
the faculty are Patrica Lanegen
and Marion Horn, Francis David
son, Georgetta Kimsey, Henritta
Hans, Gaines Bradford, Fred Delli
Quadra.
UN to set up
draft bureaus
on campus
Non-residents may
register through uni;
Rosenlof will supervise
The university will cooperate
with the Federal Government in
providing adequate facilities for
the registration of all male stu
dents, members of the faculty, and
administrative officers, aged 21
to 35 years inclusive, whose resi
dence is not Lincoln and who pre
fer to take care of their registra
tion in Lincoln rather than to go
to their homes for that purpose,
Dr. G. W. Rosenlof, registrar, an
nounced Today.
The law provides that:
'"Except as otherwise provided
in this Act it shall be the duty
of every male citizen of the United
States, and of every male alien
residing in the United States, who,
on the day or days fixed for the
first or subsequent registration, is
between the ages of 21 and 36 to
(See DRAFT, page 2.)
Radio edition
of Daily hits
air tomorrow
Campus news, society ,
sports program begins
year at 7 o'clock
First broadcast of the DAILY
NEBRASKAN of the air Is sched
uled for Monday night at 7 p.m,
instead of 7:15 as formerly an
nounced, Daily Editor Harris
stated yesterday.
When the DAILY goes on the
air, general university news, so
ciety and sports scoops will be re
ported by announcers who were
selected last week at Hry-outs in
the KFOR studios. Last year, cam
pus news was aired at 11 p.m., but
to accommodate a larger radio
audience of out-state and non-stu
dent listeners, the time was
moved up to 7 p. m.
Student announcers for the
DAILY broadcast will be: News
announcers: Chuck Cheney and
Gene Bradley, John Mason, alter
nate.
Sports announcer: Phil Weaver,
John McDermott alternate.
Society announcer: Mary Jane
McCarthy, Frances Haberman,
alternate.
Film crew shoots
'Bishop' scenes
here Monday
Hollywood camera crews arrive
here tomorrow night (Monday) to
start photographing background
material on the campus for the
movie, "Cheers for Miss Bishop"
a story of a midwestern school in
early days.
The main school building used
in the picture will be called "Old
Central" and Is a replica of the old
University hall.
Bess Streeter Aldrich, author of
the book "Miss Bisop" upon which
the picture is based, Is now In
Hollywood attending conferences
and advising on the production.
Her son Bob works as news editor
on the staff of the DAILY.
Aden calls workers
AM freshman workers are
asked to report to the Corn
hutker office In the Union at 2
p. m. Monday, Editor Bob Aden
announced yesterday. Work will
begin on the direct mail cam
paign to Juniors and seniors
who are to have their photo
graphs taken for the annual.
Plans are under way for a
new method of choosing the
university beauty queens which
will be more fair than methods
used In tSe past, according te
Bob Aden, Cornhusker editor.
Details will be released later
when everything la completed