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DAILY NEBRASfCAN Sunday, December 7, 1941 1 Society; I WO, fed (hsL The big event is over, the mili tary department has a new honor ary colonel, and a lot of students had lots of fun at the Ball Friday night. Congratulations to Millard Cluck who staged the march and to Teedee Talbot, new ruler of the ranks . . . Having fun were Sigma Nu Bill Stuht who imported Pat Guilfoyle from Duchesne and Beta Joe Sonneland who danced with Omaha's Zibby Bruington . . . Con trary to reports in Petersen's sheet Alpha Phi Barb Morehouse really did go with her ATO from Iowa . . . And Sig Ep Ivan May stopped briefly at the house Friday eve on his way to the Deegee house and Sarah Day , . . And now to Satur day night ... At the Sigma Nu Pigge dinner: Roy Allen and Kathryn Sloan, Marly Wolf and Kay Detweiler . . . Helen Matz, Delta Gamma, and Max Weiland, DU, have cinched things with a diamond . . . Con grats to Ted Anderson and Barton Bakef who are wearing the Sig Ep pledge button . . . The Daily Drac ulas murdered the weak Year bookie team in an unequal contest, which gives the Nebraskan com plete and uncontestable possession of the traditional hatchet . . . Betty Jo Kious, graduate of last year, was at the dorm visiting old friends Saturday before leaving for Panama where she'll meet her husband, Art Newburg, Sigma Tau . . . Break-up of the week: Alpha Phi Barb Jones and Beta John Edwards . . . That was the couple we predicted would be pinned, but it's all over now . . . That is, all over except for the Mortar Board Mary Muffet Jr. Frocks Usual 12.95 to 16.95 styles 77 A special purchase Just in time for holiday parties and for sifts! One and two piece styles in wool crepe, rayon faille and rayon crepe. A lovely array of colors. Come early! Sizes 9 to 17. GOLD'S. ..Third Floor. 7 J I; If Lutherans Hold Christmas Party Rev. H. Erck will speak on the topic, "The Days When the Son of Man Is Reveled" at the Lutheran Chapel service Sunday at 10:45 a. m. in parlors YZ of the Union. Miss Margaret Austin will ac company the singing. From 7:30 to 9:30 p. m. the en tire group will meet for a Christ mas party in parlors Y and Z. and the Alpha Phi formal last night . . . Theta Jean York is on the Bill McKerney dating list now . . . Those' Sig Chis like her au burn locks, but we thought Mc Kerney was all sewed up with Al pha Phis Marcy Bauer and Mary Bird and Alpha Chi Mary Thorley . . . The Betas are curious about pledge John Anderson ... He strolled into the house at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon wearing his tux (still) and a pair of dark glasses . . . All's well that prints well . . . Uni Theatre Play 'Prologue To Glory Opens Wednesday The University Theater will pre sent "Prologue to Glory" on the stage of the Temple Theater open ing Wednesday night, Dec. 10, and running for three days. The play, the second in the regular theater series, is the story of the younger days of Abraham Lincoln. In two acts and eight scenes "Prologue to Glory" takes Lincoln from his father's Illinois farm to the village of New Salem and the events surrounding this change in his life portray some of the most interesting and moving times in his eventful career. No play based on Lincoln's life would be complete without touches of the dry humor that character ized the man. "Prologue to Glory" Awgwan Uses Ident Pictures In Next Issue A little horror will be combined with the humor element of this month's Awgwan which will come out Dec. 15, manned by a com plete staff announced yesterday by Jim Lipsey, editor. The horror angle comes in the "Refined Rogues' Gallery" which has something to do with identifi cation pictures of prominent cam pus men and women. Plenty of thievery was required for this fea ture, staff editors said. Revised staff heads are Shiiley Kyhn and Joan Metcalf, assistant editors; Val Anderson, photog raphy editor; Norris Anderson, copy editor; Julius Cohn, exchange editor; Dennis Brunner, art edi tor. Something new in the next issue will bo an article a serious one by a member of the faculty. If students like the idea, it will be come a monthly fixture. Norris Anderson has a feature story; scattered picture show shots of the Kosmfct Klub show and around campus scenes. There will be an unusual cover picture. And, of course, the magazine will include the same old jokes, gore and cartoons. ATTEND LINCOLN'S LEADING THEATRES Now Showing Hud I'lll ABBOTT COSTKI.LO "KEEP 'EM FLYING" Extra! Cartoon, Brevity and News LINCOLN fow Showing l (iUKAT HITS! Robrrt Kulh YOUNG HUSSEY "MARRIED BACHELOR" 'lu Thin 2nd Hill LYNN BARI "WE GO FAST" NEBRASKA l Society Editors June Jamieson Joann Emerson First-Plymouth Church To Hold Youth Supper December Youth Supper of the Sunday Evening Club of First Plymouth church will be held next Sunday evening at 6 o'clock when the ladies of the church serve a 25 cent supper for a dime to all Congregational students and their friends. Following the supper the vespers will be held at which Mrs. Herbert C. Hanson of Palmer, Alaska will be the guest speaker. She will show colored pictures taken in Alaska where Mr. Hanson is the manager of the Rural Rehabilita tion Corporation. Transportation will be furnished. Those wishing it should meet in the west end of the Union lounge at 5:45 Sunday. Reservations are necessary for the supper, and should be made by calling the church. is packed with the typical dry wit of America's hero. Among the thrilling moments of the play are the fight with Jack Armstrong, the village bully; Lincoln's first stump speech when he campaigns for the Illinois legislature; and his historic debate on the subject "Re solved that Bees Are More Valu able Than Ants." In the play, E. P. Conkle, a na tive Nebraska playwright and a university alumnus, has written a drama that has been rated moving and effective in its sheer simplic ity. Clarence Flick, teacher's college senior will play the part of Young Abe, while a junior in the same college, Dorothy Filley, will be seen as Ann Rutledge. Others in the cast include: Mar tha Ann Bengston as Abe's mother Sarah Lincoln; Max Whittaker as her husband; Richard Putney as Denton Offut, the merchant who gives Lincoln his start; Martha Ann Reed as Granny Rutledge; Jack Donley as Abe's cousin, Den ny Hanks; Robert Black and Betty Newman as Squire and Aunt Indiana Professor Uses Article by Void in Book Prof. Lawrence Void of the col lege of law has had a law review article on assault and battery reprinted in a two volume set of "Readings in Torts" compiled by Prof. Fowler V. Harper of Indiana university and recently published by the Bobbs-Merril Co. The ar ticle originally appeared in the Nebraska Law Review. Don't Be a Deuce! You'll Be Ace High if you're the King of Hearts To Be Presented at The Black Masque Ball SAT., DEC. 13th Filings Close Monday at 5:00 p. m. File at Activi ties Office In Coliseum Remember the "Best Lines" Contest Contest closes Wed. at 5:00 p. m. File entries in Corn husker Office University . Fine Arts School Observes Messiah's 200th . . The school of fine arts will ob serve the 200th anniversary of the creation of Handel's masterpiece, "The Messiah," when it presents the oratorio for the 46th time Sun day, Dec. 14, in the coliseum. "The Messiah" is the only work in musical literature which has re mained in continuous popular fa vor for such a long period. It was written in 24 days by Handel of which one biographer has said, "Considering the immensity of the work and the time involved, it will remain, perhaps forever, the great est feat in the whole history of musical composition." Depressed by a long series of opera failures in -London, Handel had no idea of presenting "The Messiah" after he finished it. An invitation from Dublin, however, changed hi3 mind, and there the first performance was given on April 13, 1742. Because of the small size of the theater, the Dublin papers request ed "The favour of the ladies not Polly Green; Jack Hendrix as Doc tor Allen; Robert Hyde plays Jack Armstrong, and Bill McBride por trays Dave Vance. Delford Brummer, technical di rector of the Theater has staged the play in a semi-realistic man ner. The costumes used are of the 1831 period and will help to create the mood' of the production. The play is under the direction of Theater Director Paul L. Bo gen, while Jack Hendrix is stu dent director of the drama. Curtain time will be at 8 p. m. with tickets going on sale tomor row. The sale will continue each afternoon of the week from 2 to 5 p. m. at the Temple box office. THE CRITICS SAY 'P attern of American folklore" Rich in tenderness and beauty" ne of our finest biographical dramas" Lincoln in his early 20 's beautifully written" One of finest things Federal Theatre has produced" Given Four Stars by Burns Mantle U unequaled worthy of its fine title." Eloquent in its simplicity" Touching' and dramatic" One of the most satisfying1 of a wprktime lif 3 devoted to professional playgoing" Great-moving in its sincerity" Lincoln as one of the "folks" One of the best historical plays we ever saw" Rises to heights thaf stire the most blase observer" Young Lincoln skillfully characterized." "Vo RedUlooded American Should Miss It!" at The University Theatre Dept. of Speech, School of Fine Arts WED., THUR., FRL, DEC. 10, 11, and 12 Temple Theatre, 1 2th & R 8 :00 P. M. Birthday . Sunday, December 11 to come with hoops this day to the Musick Hall in Fishamble Street. The gentlemen are desired to come without their swords." Seven hundred persons heard this first performance which was billed as a "Grand Oratorio." An uncut version of "The Mes siah" takes considerably more than two hours for performance, but the version to be presented by the university is less than hslf this length. Cuts are necessitated' by time rather than because of any inferiority of the rest of the ora torio. The custom of the audi ence's standing during the Halle lujah chorus originated not be cause of the overwhelming gran deur of that chorus but because royalty had become tired of sit ting! UN Grad Wins JL lclIlClUI 1 1181 Prize in Contest Richard Niver, graduate of the University of Nebraska from Oma ha, was notified Friday night that he was the weekly winner of an airplane in a nationwide radio contest conducted on the program, "Wings of Destiny." Now that Niver has an airplane he says he is confronted with the problem of learning how to fly. He was very much surprised that his slogan was picked for the first prize. Officials of the contest notified Niver that the plane would be de livered at t'.ie Omaha airport. Along with the plane, the officials will give Niver eight hours of, flight instruction. French Club Meets The French club will the Union Tuesday at 4 room 316. meet p. m. in in 1 W'laaj' Res. Seats 50c plus tax, 5c TOTAL 55c Balcony 27c plus tax, 3c TOTAL 30c