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Thursday, February 12, 1942 4 DAILY NEBRASKAN (pinL Raq, $h. One of the hot spots in the Theta crazy quilt popped in on us yestiday afternoon. A blonde babe by the name of Gerry An derson, she tossed chatter at us to the effect that she was here to aid in this writing orgy. We opened the portals and welcomed her with open arms. The arms are still open and the blonde babe is done. Fiji squeege Al O'Connor passes his time trying to lay the ground work for play with dorm cute child Loretta Bauer. His "under standing," you know, with Aline Hosman is about as hot as an ice cube since he stood her up so bad last weekend that there was doubt in some circfes as to whether she would ever be able to stoop again.. . . Add masterpieces in brushoffs: Sig Ep John Green's snub dub of AOPi Helen Rood who breaks a wing to wave to him and gets only a weak hello in exchange. Shades of Li l Abner! ...Emil Spilker takes over the prexy reins at the Delta Sig domicle this week. . . And lodge brother Jack Nisley takes over Alpha Xi Betty Kingle what with their sweets and stoggie deal a thing of the past now. .. It Takes the Prize. Prize deal of the week hap pened the other morn when some befuddled pledge telewackicd Jn terfraternity Secretary Ren Buka cek to query "I'm not a Greek and I wondered if there was any chance of me getting to go to the Greek Ball Friday night?" Ren queried back, "Are you affiliated?" "Yes," came the answer, "but I've been told that you have to be a "Greek to get in!!" . . . Big blowup came the other night in the Sig New hut when industrious brothers planted a screech bomb under the bed of prexy Kenny Holm. There was plenty of noise, a nice fire afterwards, and Holm streaking down to the parlor in the nice time of two seconds. By the shades of Ed Weir! . . . From Turner Field in Georgia comes a publicity release on ZBT's Hub Monsky being commissioned in the air corps. We quote, "Lieu tenant Monsky is a graduate of Omaha Central High school, and Nebraska University at Lincoln. He is a member of Zeta Bet Tau fraternity and Theta Nu Epsilon (TNE) fraternity. . . That's cov erage A plus. . . We're done now. What happens when a two gun gangster meets a one girl gestapo? Give up? Then hustle your bustle down to the Stuart and catch Humphrey Bogurt in ALL THRU THE NIGHT. But hurry!- Adv. War-paint . . . (Continued from Page 1.) give up their lives, it isn't much to ask of the girls." Along the same point of view was Ed Faytinger's comment "If it would really help national defense, it is O. K." More personal in their opinions but still pulling for future natural ness were Jim Nicola, who hope fully believes "They will probably look just as good; and Dick Geesa man with his cryptic answer "It would be convenient to say the Sinkey thinks "Boys should know what they are getting any way," and "It would depend on the girl" was Art Lincoln's sentiment. Summing up all the answers of those who like the idea was How ard Debus' slow but thoughtful "It would sure save on hankies." And so the boys disagree, but for the girls, we say "NO DEAL." Ag College to Hold Matinee Danee Thursday Ag college will hold its regular Thursday matinee dance sponsored by the Student Union today at 5 p. m. in the ag activities build ing. Students are admitted by Identification card. YOUR DRUG STORE Dramatic Critic Puts Some War Plays on Casualty List By Pat Chamberlin. "The United States is spoken of as the arsenal of democracy. But it is more than an arsenal for arms for democracy; it is the last stronghold of arts the world has today." John Mason Brown, dramatic critic for the New York World Telegram, and author of the recent "Unaccustomed As I Am," made this assertion last night in present ing "Broadway on Review." Mr. Brown's talk was the third in the Town Hall series of lectures spon sored each winter by the Junior League of Lincoln. The duty of the theater today as seen by Mr. Brown is to sus tain, amuse, and assist the people during and between present-day world crisis. From the moment of Pearl Harbor on, the theater suf fered as complete and as radical a change as did the whole coun try. Before we were forced to war, the only certainties were "death and taxes," but after Pearl Harbor Americans realized a deep, fundamntal desire for freedom. This theme has been played up and often over-played in all the so-called "war dramas" of today. The Telegram dramatic critic ex presssed the hope that all war plays written before Pearl Harbor will find themselves "among the pitiful war casualties," because playwrights before our entrance into the war seemed unaware of the "ugly facts of nazism." To this day the best war play in Mr. Brown's opinion is Robert N. Sherwood's "There Shall Be No Night," which recently closed on the road for international reasons that is, because of the tragedy of Finland. "The Wookey" and "The Man New York, and "Candle in the With Bloond Hair," now playing in Wind" on tour with Helen Hayes, all wartime dramas, received scant praise from the critic who classed them among the should-be war casualties. . Shhh! Quiet Please! "LADIES in RETIREMENT" UNIVERSITY THEATRE Dept. of Speech School of Fine Arts Febr. 18, 19, 20 Curtain 8:00 P. M. (irn. Vim tic 1 03r Total TKMPI.K THKATRK lith It K Ml. RrvH Tax . .. . ToUl licit Simon Ben Simons Ben Simon 3 -day prenmiScr sprung slnwSnag inneeHQMfflIke..Aimnii IFjiIcr fiirclks Thursday, Friday, Saturday ? I . . t-pUc drat ar mil. long (ackatad. dim, x 1 1 W i d HIH pra-ihrunk , . lint It la 20 C . . pat ( ipring ward. robaa . . Ualf print is Shaa lord rayon . . F i datail . . Uai M to 20 . 5.93 mm l Hi ii i 11 U A . laalf tuxahlt print, crown tailod tajom is Uuo. grata, halo lad fray aiaaa It ta 20. 3.S8 v 3 gala days of informal modeling! See these smart new luxables modeled on our fourth floor Thursday. 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