Curtain Rises at 8 Tonight for Theatre
Presentation of 'Ladies in Retirement'
After milliner thp cnst thin
last night, University Thoator director Paul Bogen
declared "everything is all set" for the opening
night production of "Ladies in Retirement" by the
Theater on the boards of the Temple stage at 8
o'clock tonight.
Representing the first work of the current so
mester by the Iheater, "Ladies in Retirement" is a,
psychological mystery drama which has as its set
ting a remote farmhouse on the banks of the
Thames marshes in England.
The story centers around Leonora Fiske, an
ex-chorus girl, who lives in the pre-Tudor farmhouse
in a deserted section of the marsh country with her
friend and companion, Ellen Creed.
Simple-minded Ladies.
Kllen, who has devoted her life to the care of
her sisters, Louisa and Emily (a pair of rather sim-pie-minded
elderly maiden ladies), invites Ihem,
with Leonora's permission, to visit her.
These amusing but eccentric persons make
themselves entirely at home, so much so that when
Miss Fiske reminds Ellen that it is time for them
to go hack, they are unwilling to do so.
Following a quarrel between Leonora and El
len, the housemaid prepares to send her sisters back
to London. A short time laler, the sisters return
from a drive when they left Leonora thought they
were on their way back to London for good they
find Miss Fiske gone, "on a trip" according 1
Ellen.
Enter the Villain.
In the meantime, the attractive and unscrupu
lous young Albert Feather, a nephew of the Creed
sisters who paid an earlier secret visit to the house
and obtained money from Leonora, turns up again.
He has robbed a bank and determines to hide away
with his aunts,
Learning of Miss Fiske 's absence, Albert be
comes suspicious of the situation, and in scenes of
mounting tension, he pieces together certain strango
circumstances, and with the help of the maid Lucy,
(See THEATER PLAY, Page 4.)
PoangBass Heads
Mew Foundation
John J. Douglass, UN junior, was named general chairman
of the Nebraska Foundation yesterday as the Student Coun
cil's latest '"brain-child'' took another step toward realization.
Douglass, a member of Corn Cobs. Student Union board
and a leader in the recent Creek Week activities, and members
of a Council committee will meet later this week to name six
members of an executive commiltee consisting of representa
tives from each of the six regents' districts.
Douglass was chosen from a field of four other candidates
who filed platforms and ideas with Ihe Council committee.
Approval of his appointment by. the Council as a whole will
probably be mere formality, committee members declared
last night.
Purpose of the. foundation, ac
cording to Student Council plans,
are "To serve as a medium for
the promotion of good "will toward
the university on the part of the
public; to promote school spirit
among the student body; to relieve
the strain of the limited financial
budgets; to maintain the present
high status of the university, while
at the same time, fostering greater
progress by the institution in the
field of education."
Once the foundation gets organ
ized, the board will cooperate with
the alumni association and the
university publicity department in
the dissemination of information
concerning the university thru the
regents districts.
None of the foundation positions
will be pointed this year, but they
will in all probability carry heavy
points next year, Thiel said.
Under the original plans, the
foundation was to consist of a
number of committees including
Foundation Ball, College Days,
Student Statewide Activities com
mittees. Entrance of the U. S.
in the war, however, resulted in
the dropping of all committees ex
cept the Student Statewide Activi
ties body which this year will be
synonymous to the Nebraska
foundation.
Select Local
Conference
Candidates
Winners in the local tryouts for
the discussion contest sponsored
by the office of emergency man
agement's Inter-American affairs
discussion contest ' were selected
last night after a meeting in Tern
pie 205. '
Out of fourteen candidates who
entered the contest the following
eight were chosen to represent
Nebraska in the district contest to
be held here February 27 and 28:
Dorothy Jean Bryan, Bert Smith,
Yale Gottsdiner, Hugh Wilkins.
Bill Rist, Frank Mattoon, Art
Rivin and Betty Newman.
Candidates were required to
participate in a round table dis
cussion on Pan-American coopera
tion and to give five minute sum
mary speeches. The regional con
test will include a total of 34 rep
resentatives from Nebraska's col
leges and universities determined
individually by their enrollment.
C. A. Davidson Announces . . .
NYA Allotment for This
Semester Falls Due to War
Altho the NYA allotment for this semester amounts to 25
percent less than the first semester appropriation because of
the war, director C. A. Donaldson declared yesterday that no
students already doing NYA work wil be discharged nor will
salaries be cut.
With $58,305 set aside for the school ye;a- 194142, this
original grant was cut again in January so that the total amount
alloted for the current school period is $48,521. This is almost
$:i(,000 less than the department received in 1940-41.
Hope to Save Money.
Donaldson stated that the cut will be met by employing no
more people than are now receiving aid. Since a number of stu
detns already in that way.' Also, the cut has been accomodated
f r by shortening of the semester. Thus is eliminated the neces
sity for a June pay period. ,
The director, also' indicated that some pressure will be
taken off of the NYA department because there are more jobs
available from other sources this year.
War emergency probably accounts for ihe reduction in
allotment this year; yet it is true that there has been much
variation in previous 'years. The chart below shows this fact:
"VMi Feb. to July) -;54
34.3-, '.. 71,938
37-38 74'46r)
,39-40 i 78,105
40- 41 .... : H4.375
41- 42 ! 48,521
7Ae S)ai&
Vol. 41, No. 85
Lincoln. Nebraska
Wednesday, February 18, 1942
! You Have to Mind These
Rulings to Be a BDOCf
0
4k.
Hides for the UDOC contest have been an
nounced by the Daily Xebraskan and Esquire.
Candidates will be chosen by a committee and
names added to this list must be submitted to
Ihe nominating committee. Rules are as fol
lows :
1. No employees of any stores concerned
or anyone connected with the Daily Nebraskati
may enter the contest.
2. Names will be placed on the ballot only
by the nominating committee and may be add
ed only after a petition signed by 25 enrolled
students has been presented to the committee.
3. All students, men and women may vote
for BDOO.
4. The winner of the contest will receive
. . . And to Get Prizes t
the total of clothes given by si ores participat
ing and a gold pocket watch from Ksquire.
5. Second and third place winners will
receive a year's subscription to Ksquire.
Typical College.
Nebraska was selected by Esquire as the
scene of one of the contests being sponsored
this year in 11 colleges in the country as typ
ical of Ihe middle west. The schools chosen
must be typical of the district where they ar
located. A similar contest is now being carried
out at Northwestern.
The winner of the BDOO contest will re
ceive not only the clothes given by local stores
(See BDOC, page 3)
Symphony Unit
Of Band Gives
Sunday Show
Program Features Two
Soloists with Music
From Many Countries
Next Sunday's symphonic band
concert at 3 p. m. in the coliseum
will include works by German,
French, Italian, Dutch. Bohemian,
Hungarian, Russian and American
composers.
Featured in the program will
be two soloists. Harold Larmon,
trombonist, will play "Atlantic
Zephyrs" with band accompani
ment. Secretary-treasurer of the
band and baritone horn soloist last
year, Bob Slemmons will play
"Concert Waltz." A flute sextet,
"Finale" will feature Don Hart
man, Barbara Miller, Louise Ide,
Virginia Kent, Idella Johnson, and
Marvella Woerner.
Artists for the concert will be
the symphonic unit of the regular
varsity marching band which ap
pears at football games. No ad
mission fee is charged.
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Ag Semi-Formal -Opens
Spring
Social Season
The Ag Spring Formal, an an
nua l semi-formal affair, sponsored
by the ag executive board, will be
held Saturday, March 14, and will
mark the beginning of the spring
social season at the College of Ag
riculture.
With Dick Mill's orchestra, a
popular favorite with university
students, furnishing the music,
Penny Carnh
Tickets Are
On Sale Now
Tickets for the annual Penny
Carnival to be held Feb. 21 in
Grant Memorial hall, may be se
cured from any member of the
organization, Coed
ival Council, Union
sponsoring
Counselors.
Activities will include dancing,
fortunes and booths erected by
women's organized houses on the
campus. Organizations will com
pete in a contest for the winning
booth prize. Alpha Chi Omega
has been winner of the cup for
the past four years.
The carnival, which will be open
from 2:30 to 5 Saturday afternoon,
will admit men as well as
women.
Plan Regular
Coffee Hours
Different Department
Honored at Each Time
Discussion Group Meets
To improve student-faculty rela
tions is the idea of the Coffee Hour
to be sponsored -jointly by the Stu
dent Union and the Student
Council every other Thursday from
5 to 6 p. m. in the faculty lounge
of the Union.
Each time some department of
the university will be honored, fac
ulty members, graduate students,
See COFFEE HOUR, Page 2.)
Oru Gq, QampiiL . . .
Agronomy Group Offers
Prizes for Best Essays
.'Plants as Indicators of Soil De
ficiencies and Crop Adaptation,"
is -the title for the annual essay
contest sponsored each year by
the National Agronomy society.
According to en announcement
from the committee on student
sections of the society, students
presenting the best papers in the
student essay contest for 1942
will receive awards as follows:
The first three winners' receive
expense money to enable them to
attend the International Grain
show in Chicago. The total allotr
ment for the three will not ex
ceed $150.00.
The amounts granted will vary
with the distance the winners are
from Chicago. For example, if a
Wisconsin student won first, and
a Nebraska student second, it
(See AGRONOMY, Page 2.)
Prom Dote
Correction
The date for the Junior
Senior Prom is March 6 in
stead of Feb. 27 as stated in
yesterday's Nebraskan. BDOC
will be presented at this time
as a new feature of that party
and Junior-Senior Prom Girl
will be presented again.
(See au b ukmal, rage i.) '