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Production boss wants
extras for 'Miss Bishop'
Fifty costumed students to appear
in background scenes of film
Headed by Val Paul, veteran
production boss and father of De
anna Durbin's fiance, the crew
will shoot color background shots
for the film adaptation, of Bess
Streeter AldriclVs latest book,
'Miss Bishop."
Star of the film will be Martha
Scott of 'Our Town" and "Howards
of Virginia." No actors arc with
the company as only background
shots are bring made hero.
Plot of the story concerns the
am4 D&ArtfiAn f a nrAman
who as a student and a teacher
saw a fictional school grow from
a one room building to a huge
campus.
Authoress Aldrich, whose son is
a news editor of the DAILY, is
now in Hollywood conferring with
the picture production heads.
Fifty university students dressed
in costumes of the nineteenth cen
tury will be used, with the ad
ministration's permission, in film
ing of hack-ground shots for the
movie, "Cheers for Miss Bishop."
Approximately 75 students met
the train of the Hollywood crew
of 12 which arrived at 11:40 last
night. World premiere of the pic
ture will probably he held in Lin
coln, Val Paul, crew head, said.
Besides campus scenes, shots of
prairie, an old farm house, an an
ciet plow and drouth swept land
are needed.
As the film opens, after credit
ing the scene and much of the
Reporter visits office set
for fSee My Lawyer'
By Don Bower.
Visiting an office on the 22nd
tory of a New York skyscraper
without leaving the campus may
seem incredible, but this pheno
menon took place in the Temple
theatre yesterday on the set of
"See My Lawyer," the University
Theatre production to open Wed
nesday evening.
' Student stagehands and building
crews have constructed the entire
set, consisting of four-inch walls,
wall-papering, solid doors that
open and close, windows, through
which can be seen the New York
skyline (the windows also open)
an intricate buzzer system, with
different rings for the three tele
phones, inter-office buzzers, and
door buzzers, and a wall-library.
Light for comecty.
When asked about the light-col
ored walls, Armand Hunter, direc
tor ' of University Theatre, said
that when a play is a comedy, it
is essential to have a lot of light,
few shadows, and cheerfulness in
the entire set. If a melodrama is
to be presented, there should be
darkness and shadow to convey
the gravity of the situations.
All lighting is arranged by stu
dents who have to study the play
Camp craft niecl
opens Wednesday
All students, both men and
women, who are interested in thi
camp craft and leadership courses
which Barbara Ellen Joy will con
duct on the city and ag campuses
the week of Oct. 14-19 should at
tend one of the meetings Wednes
day at which registration, time re
quirements and equipment neces
sary for the course will be dis
cussed. 4 Meetings will be held on the
ag campus at 12:30 and 5 p. m.,
in the gym upstairs in the activi
ties building and on the city
campus at 12:30 and 5 p. m. in the
gym of Grant Memorial.
Final yell squad tryouU
Ralph Worden, yell king, an
nounced last night that there
will be final tryouts for posi
tions on this year's cheering
squad at 5 p. m. today in the
stadium. The trials are for all
thsse who hav triod out previously.
inspiration for the story to the
University of Nebraska, the presi
dent of "Midwestern college" is
telling of the opening of the west
and as he speaks the camera pic
tures what he describes.
Stadium sports
new concrete
weather coat
New fall topcoat will
protect building from
rain with hanl cover
Memorial stadium will greet In
diana game spectators with a
shining new coat of concrete.
Workmen last week completed the
$150,000 job.
Concrete blown thru hoses un
der high pressure has been sprayed
from one half to two inches thick
over the old surface. Prior to this
time, water had permeated the
concrete and rusted some of the
reinforcing rods. The stadium's
new fall topcoat is a hard, water
proof covering. Said John K. Scl
leck, business manager of the ath
letic department, "From now on
Memorial stadium will be weather
conditioned." Besides the surfacing, WPA la
borers have installed new seats in
the entire stadium.
and moods so that the right shade
of light will be directed on the
principal ctor at the correct time.
Many improvements have been,
and are being, made in the Temple
to help the Theatre. The design
room has been improved and
Hunter stated that it may .be
changed into the costume room.
New make-up rooms have been
greatly improved over the old, with
three lights arranged around the
mirrors to completely eliminate
shadows and reproduce exactly
conditions on the stage.
A former engineering classroom
has been converted into a class
room for speech pathology and
speech science, with a partition to
divide this from the speech clinic.
In the clinic, those students who
have difficulty with speech are
given individual attention. There
are six small rooms equipped with
a table and a chair so that the stu
dent and instructor may have pri
vacy. Gophers rate
anions: nation
By Bill Flory.
In the words of Dick Cullum,
sports editor of the Minneapolis
Tribune, Nebraska has speed in
every position, balanced strength
thru the whole array of reserves
and an attack that was the most
versatile and 6 mtferous a Nebras
ka team has ever shown on the
field.
Coming from such an expert as
Dick Cullum these worda should
serve as a tonic to those Husker
fans who have been wondering just
how much the Nebraska team put
forth on the Gopher lot.
Going on to single out individ
uals who looked well to those Cul
lum eyes, we find that the Tri
bune writer had this to say, "The
defensive play of Alfaon and
Schwartrkopf In the line and
Francis, Meier, and Petsch in the
secondary was truly brilliant. It
was hard going against their alert
ness and their deadly tackling."
A membx of the Star Journal
staff had this to say of the deter
mined, ever-trying Huskers, "The
Gophers hit their hardest after Ne
braska tied the score, and every
time ft .Cornhusker went down
from then on it was a case of
two to four Gophers on him."
Then there is also the matter
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Vol. 40, No. 14
New 'Flash' to light up
all campus activities
Frischer, Spahn head staff
collegiate
With an electrifying FLASH throwing lisjlit on every phase oC .student activity, the very
latest in collegiate publications will hit the Nebraska campus within the next two weeks.
!eor?o Friseher, editor of the new publication, announced that by the middle of October
the old Awgwan will ha ecn succeeded by the AV(iVAN FLASH, humor, picture, feature
and news magazine all rolled up into one gigant ie bolt.
Union to offer
variety shows
First event to feature
movie, vaudeville aets
First of the Union variety-
shows, featuring a vaudeville show
composed of student talent and a
full length movie, "Sailing Along,
will be held Oct. 12 in the Union
ballroom at 8 p.m. Mortoni the
Magician will act as master of
ceremonies and will also head a
series of acts picked from the
Union talent search conducted
early this fall.
The vaudeville acts will include
Raymond Barker and Nyel Moss,
duet in guitar and accordian; Jean
Oowden, tap dancer; and Bob
Ellsworth, pianist.
"Sailing Along" is a light musi
cal comedy, starring the popular
British comedienne. Jessie Mat
thews.
All variety shows will be sched
uled for Saturday evenings this
year as the Union Sunday dates
are filled with concerts, lectures
or guest artists.
'Blitzkrieg? pup
vamp vanishes
"Blitzkrieg." canine souvenir of
the Phi Psi Dledre class's sneak
nitfit. has been mysteriously miss
ing since last Friday night. "Blitz"
was a small, femsle terrier, pre
dominantly wire-haired, black with
white markings, had long ears and
a complete tail assembly.
Anyone seeing her or knowing
her whereabouts is asked to call
the Phi Psi house at 2-6693.
Huskers
s leaders
ir
;. V;?
V. 1 '
Bernie Bierman.
He praises Huskers.
of which team wf.s in the bet
ter condition for as rugged a gam
as this turned out to be. A type
of condition that only another
rugged game such as this can put
a team in. such as Minnesota had
with Washington last week and
(See HUSKEItS, on page 2.)
Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000
Lincoln, Nebraska
magazines,
plans after Life
Patterned after Life magazine,
the new magazine will contain the
most recent innovations in pic
torial pullications. No other col
lege in the nation has been able
to publish an extensive a maga
zine as plans now call for.
"Pictures will replace the words
of last year's but on a pictorial
angle. Students will actually see
campus important personalities
and functions on the pages of
Flash."
Complete coverage.
Plans call for complete cover
age of all angles in campus life.
A cross-section of all the students
unaffiliated and Greeks alike-
will be included. Social, scholastic
and athletic aspects will also be
pictorially presented.
Only hold-over from the old
Awgwan will be an 8-page humor
section made up of Jokes, cartoons
and special features. Photographs
are to make up the rest of the
magazine.
A special process, known as
photo-offset, will be used for
printing Flash. This is in direct
contrast to the letter press used
by other colleges.
"Circulation has been increasing
steadily since Corn Cobs took over
the drive," Ger1d Spahn, busi
ness manager, declared. "We want
this to be a student publication
and all ideas, interesting stories or
criticism are welcome."
Sigma Delta Chi, men's profes
(See FLASH, on page 4.)
Pre-med frosh brings own home
lo nniin form of r mobile home
If you -can't go to school in your
home then the next best thing
is to bring your home to school
with you. And that is what Roy
Sides, pre-med frosh from Cib
bons, Neb., did.
There is a huge, blue "twenty-
fifth century" looking affair
parked on 17th and Q streets. But
it is not an Orson Welles night
mare, only Mr. Sides' mobile
house. Its creator, designer and
builder is Roy himscV.
"Starting about the middle of
June and for two and a half
months, 1 worked from morning
until 10 at night," said Roy. Built
on a truck chassis, the mooile-
house is modeled after a Burling
ton bus, bullet shaped thruout
with a blunt front. It is not a
trailer and it is not a bus. but an
ingenious combination of the two.
Interior decorating was' done by
Roy's mother. Every bit of stor
age space is utilized, i ne gas
Pre-med students
take test today
An aptitude test will be given
today, by the association of
American Medical colleges for
those expecting to apply for en
trance into nodical school by the
fall of 1941. All students should
make application to Professor Otis
Wade, pre-medic adviser, in room
308 of Bessey hall.
The test will be given in the
auditorium of Bessey at 2 p. m. of
this date only. A fee of one dol
lar is required of every student
taking the test.
BASIffl
Student
October 8, 1940
of newest
pattern
Directory out
next month
Allgood thanks students
for help; charges falsity
The new student directory for
the school year 1940-41 will be
ready for distribution Nov. 1, ac
cording to Dick Allgood, editor.
Publication of this book is spon
sored by the university YMCA.
Checking of names, addresses
and phone numbers for accuracy
by the students was finished yes
terday, and the list is now in the
process of being checked by the
telephone company. Errors are
bound to arise, said Allgood, due
to the fact that handwriting is
often difficult to read, and some
students persist in disregarding
pleas to check their names.
Stressing the aid given to th
staff by the large majority of
students, Allgood said, "Co-operation
is extremely helpful and most
students have assisted us by
prompt and careful checking of
their names." Fraternities, on the
other hand, have often misrepre
sented their actual enrollment in
an effort to obtain desirable pub
licity, Allgood stated. Several
cases of fraternities including the
names of alumni and nonmembera
in their rolls have been discov
ered. stove on which Roy prepares all
of his meals is directly above the
engine. Hot shower facilities add
to the convenience. A kerosene
stove is used to heat the house
in the winter. A leather-upholstered
couch in the rear of the
room folds out into a double bed.
Total cost of the outfit was
$450. Surprisingly enough, the
huge house on wheels travels at
an average speed of 50 miles per
hour and makes 14 miles to the
gallon of gas. To economize even
(See HOMC, on page 2.)
Political chihs
plan debate
Willkie-ites to meet
Thutxlay in Union
Meeting Thursday at 7:30 p. m.
in room 312 of the Union, the
"Willkie for President" club will
formulate plans for a republican
and democratic debate between
university teams. The non-decision
dcba.'e will be held Sunday in the
Union ballroom.
Also on the Sunday program
will be a county officer of Lan
caster county who will discuss and
explain the absentee ballot.
Other business to be taken up
Thursday evening will be the ap
pointment of an executive com
mittee to write a permanent con
stitution for the newly-organtjsedl
group. Members are also asked to
bring their membership sheet to
Uiis meeting.