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Daily Iebbasm r!eS 2P 2-409 Vol. 40, No. 79 Workers unearth Herbarium collected by Dr. Charles Bessey v . V.M mf 1 PICTURED ABOVE are Glenda Cornett, Maxine Johnson and University workers discovered a huge store of scientific material six years ago when they began to sort out the old Herbarium of Dr. Charles Bessey .The Herbar iuma collection of plant life, Uni Theatre There are five men on the cam- pus of the university who are tired of mountain climbing! Five very, very tired veterans of the Spanish civil war, and they're tired of mountain climbing! Yes, these five gentlemen are tired of climbing the mountain on the stage of the University Thea tre which has been constructed for use in the forthcoming pro duction of Maxwell Anderson's "Key Largo," opening in the Royer talks on 'Prelude to Glamour9 "Prelude to Glamour" will be the title of the talk to be given by Royer, 20th Century dress designer and former Nebraska student, Thursday, February 20, at 11 o'clock in the Student Union ball room. The A.W. S. and Student Union are sponsoring the ad dress. Students may arrange for individual conferences through the office of the Dean of Women. Royer, whose real name is Lewis Royer Hastings, is a mem ber of Beta Theta ri. He left Ne braska in his junior year to study in New York City. From there he went to Paris where he specialized In interior architecture and design ing. Coming back to America, Royer worked at Lord and Tay lor In New York City. For nine years he has been under contract to 20th Century. He recently completed work on costumes for the Belles Artes Ballet in Mexico City and Is now working on cos tumes for the Ballet Russe. While here, Royer will lecture at 10 a. m. before the art depart ment, 11 a. m. at the Union, and will attend n luncheon sposored by the Fine Arts department. In the afternoon, he will give ft demon stration in the art Jepartmcnt and from three to five will have indi vidual conferences. Official Newspaper Of More Than 7,000 Lincoln, Nebraska Wednesday, February 12, 1941 T. J. Fitzpatrick who are work- i ing on the reclassification of pressed and mounted on sheets of paper has been stored with al most no usage except to catch dust and dirt for a third of a cen tury, but now after being as sembled and filed it is available opens 4Key Largo' tonight Theatre tonight, The prologue of the piny, which has for a background the Span ish civil war, calls for a setting which represents a mountain pass where five members of the Loy alist army have been left to slow down the advance of Franco's army, at the same time to cover the retreat of the Loyalist army. Armand Hunter, director of the Theatre, selected Walter Keichcl, Max Whittaker, Glenn Ne'son, Kenneth Miller and William Green to ennct the parts of these five soldiers, and since then, they swear, "we've climbed that moun tain at least a million times." The' "mountain," which really looks like just that, is approximately nine feet in height and 16 by 17 feet at the base. This masterpiece, which is made of wood, not soil or rock, was de signed by Delford Brummer, a member of the faculty and stage technician for the production. Aided by the class in stagecraft, the play's building and painting crew, Millard Carlson, John Al- Kosmct Kluh skit deadline is Friday Skits for the Kosmct Klub's spring show must be in the Klub's office on the third floor of the Union by Friday February 14. All scripts should be given to either Leo Cooksley or Carl Harnsburger. Women will participate in the former all-men show. The inclu sion of coeds will give them a chance to display their singing and dancing abilities. The show will be on for two days less than in previous years as plans are being made to cut the show's scedule on either the Monday night presentation or both the Monday and Tuesday perform ances. Dairy club hliows film The first Nebraska showing of "Fossil Finding," a motion pic ture of the 1940 University archeological expenditions, will be presented by the Varsity Dairy Club this evening, at 7:15, room 301, in the dairy industry build- ing. Students the Bessey collection. for important botanical reserach. The collection includes over half a million sheets. Shown above are students assembling the material. The collection was started (See BESSEY, page 2.) stot, Earl Elgonger, and Gordon Broeck, constructed the "moun tain." The use of the mountain in the setting for the prologue is in keep ing with the symbolic and expres sionists style of interpretation followed in the theater's produc tion of Anderson's play, written and first produced employing a realistic style. Curtain for up at 7:30. the first act goes Fodor tells students Hitler may stage invasion VclicarsaF Germany may stage a "re hearsal" on England in the next few weeks, but will not try an actual invasion in the immediate future, predicted M. W. Fodor, noted European correspondent, be fore the convocation in the Union yesterday. The speaker explained that the nazis must use flat-bottomed boats to transport troops and supplies across the English channel for such an Invasion and these boats are difficult to handle in bad weather. During the winter the channel Is partic ularly rough so the invasion may have to be put off until condi tions permit. The "rehearsal" invasion will follow the German blitzkrieg pat tern, stated Fodor. "It was used against Belgium and Holland and enables the nazis to learn the moves of the enemy before the actual assault. If the enemy proves unpre pared, added Fodor, the re hearsal may become the real thing, but he does not believe this Is the situation with the British. On the other hand, if the rehearsal Indicates that any successful Invasion Is practically Impossible, the idea may be abandoned except as a threat in a "war of nerves." The speaker stated that Ger many's two major promises in the present war have been to avoid war on two fronts and to avoid weak allies. "The nazis only let Italy enter the war after they By Bill Leininger. L. E. Gunderson, finance secretary, disclosed yesterday that al though there were 329 fewer students enrolled in the university last semester than there were a year ago, cost of operating the school the same period, remained exactly the same. If these students had all dropped from the same college, that college would have had to be discontinued," Gunderson said. "How ever, since only a scattered few left each school, the small de creases did not warrant any changes and the same classes were maintained thruout." Interesting statistical data was given out by the finance secre tary, for the six month period beginning July 1, and ending Dec. 31 of the year 1940. During this period $7,588 was paid to the school by students for registration; $12,086 for medical fees; $204,098 for gen eral tuition fees; $10,882 for matriculation; and $13,852 for nonresi dent fees. These figures represent income on the city and ag campus. The college of medicine and school of nursing cost students a total $37,327 for the six month period in tuition fees separate from the Lincoln colleges. Gunderson pointed out that the tuition paid by medical students was used only for the operation of the student health service and in firmary. The student activity fee of $3 a student, which totaled $18, 030 during the last six month period is used to retire the debt on the Student Union and provide for its maintenance. Outside of the above specified fees and uses, all other fees are used to help pay for the operation and maintenance of the uni versity. In closing, Mr. Gunderson again wanted to point out that al though, because of the loss of 329 students in the six months period, the revenue had dropped approximately $12,000, the cost of opera tion could not be lowered and the same standards had to be ob served in all colleges. Wendell Berge speaker at Charter Day convo Wendell Berge, United States' assistant attorney general and Ne braska alumnus, will be the prin cipal speaker in two observances Saturday, Charter Day and the seventy-second anniversary of the founding of the university. At a student convocation Sat urday morning at 10:30 Berge will speak concerning the function of the university in strengthening democracy. Saturday night he will give an address, "Today in Wash ington," as principal speaker for the banquet given by the Lincoln alumni club. Berge, a member of the tem porary national economic com mittee which investigated mo noply, is responsible for most of the anti-trust activities of the jus tice department. He has argued for the department cases involving the constitutionality of many new deal acts and the application of the NRA, and other regulatory were sure yield with this they badly." thnt England would France's collapse. In miscalculated rather "Germany is at least as anxi ous not to have the United States in the war as this coun try is anxious to keep out. How ever, this would not hold if Brit ain should fall, for then Ger many could oppose the United States without having to defend two fronts." Union inaugurates main dining room luncheon service Latest development in the move ment to extend the services of the Student Union building to all mem bers of the university public be came a reality this week, when the Union opened its main dining room on the second floor to students, faculty, alumni and their guests. Formerly operated as a fac ulty dining room, the dining room will feature both hot and cold lunches with special Sunday dinners by reservation if there Is enough demand. Appointments, service and menu of the room will typify the type of main dining room an institution such as the Union should have. The room will be open to the public from 11:45 a. m. to 1 p. m., Mon days through Fridays, and for spe cial private parties in th evening. The room will scat 151. Gundcrson rcvcate measures such as the packers and stockyards act, the grain futures act and the security exchange act. Reservations for the banquet, to be held in the Union, are open to all alumni and their friends, and must be made by tomorrow. Only 500 reservations will be taken. Other speakers will be Chancellor C. S. Boucher, who will speak on "Alumni Organization;" John, Ridell '20 of York, national presi dent of the Nebraska alumni as sociation, speaking on "Alumni Service;" and John A gee '10 of Lincoln, president of the univer sity foundation. Capitol Personalities 9 Journal and Star. JOHN CALLAN. Senator John Callan occupies what is easily one of the most im portant positions in the senate, chairman of the appropriations committee. Serving his fourth term, the senator is Gage county's representative. He is a hardware and implement dealer in Odcll. Of the measures which he has introduced, Senator Callan con siders L.B. 459 the most vital. The bill provides for tax exemp tion on gasoline used for farm (See CALLAN, page 4.) Continue parking plan Officers will be on campus again today to direct diago nal parking on the west side of 12th street and on both sides of the "Quad." These directors will help students acquaint themselves with the new diagonal park ing system because funds are insufficient for the painting of lines. LVv
