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UNP layers Join Horror and Humor LastMurclersiorr un i 1 i 1 i 0. ;' J L RIGOR MORTIS IN A WINDOW SEAT: Janice Marx and Martha Bengtson as Martha and Abby Brewster smile happily as they observe corpse No, 13 reposing- in the depths of the win dow seat of the very homelike Brewster living- room. This happy scene is tAjrn from "Arsenic and Old Lace, opening- tonight at the Temple Ag Convo Rewards Top Scholarships I.oua Haskins, Hill Burr, Willis Krviu Gel Special Honors; Rosenlof Speaks l.onn Haskins and Bill Burr wore awarded top honors of a Inst year's freshmen class at the an niiiil ag college honors activities convocation yesterday morning. Miss Haskins was presented the Omicron Nu cup for the highest scholastic average of the girls in her class. Burr was presented the A I p h a Zeta freshman medal awarded each year to the top ranking ag college freshman man. Farm House fraternity was awarded the interfraternity schol arship cup for the fifth consecu tive year. This cup is presented to the fraternity which lends in scholarship by the Interfraternity Council. Deviating from the usual policy the top ten men and women in each class instead of just last years' freshman class, were presented this year. The leading ten sophomore women who were honored were; Harriet Bentz, Joan Kby, Phyllis Kllenhergei. Marjorie Giltrey, Luna Haskins. Frances Jane How ell. Klanor Larson, Margie Ruth Pollaid, Blanche Beid and Virginia Smith. The top ten sophomore men were: l.eo Bedke, William W, Burr. Charles Donahue, Howard Fuehring. Wayne Keim, Clyde See AG SCHOLARSHIP, Page 6 hejfterTVV carry out iheso nine .x y.w : : In Arsenic, Old Lace BY JANET MASON. Within llie space of two hours last niglil, a ".rami conulom eratioii of murders, proposals, operations, burials ninl every other inconceivable event mifohle.l. or shouhl I say disintegrat ed, before my eyes. Having witnessed Joe Zim rman's ama.- ing prodiK-tion of "Arsenic and Old l.aee," in dress rehearsal, it was easy to understand why this play is fast becoming one of the most popular plays in the country this season. The opciiinu of the plav 1oiii-.-b1 al the Temple Theater will brill"' first nieliters to the c.lc of their seats ill terror and cause them to collapse in laughter almost simultaneously. The ,ii i i ...it... antics of the two sweet old maid sisters, .hi.y um ...... ..m I'.rewster. who have a collect ion f corpus in their bascnciit, provide merriment for any audience. Charity, Vft,.r witnessing the death of an old man sufferiii'- from heart trouble. Abby and Martha brouuht their I wish'. i ii, , Insion that thev would be doing a kindly ice ii i . il,., !,,.i,., .I'ul 1'inl Thevr onelv oiu man io n- muin r. ...... - . ... .. i . .. i . char lies' bv means ol a nome-maue recipe brains Iced by bringing every carrv out these Vol. 42, No. 59 Lincoln Nebraska. Wednesday, December 16, 1942 Frankforter, Schultz Show Wardens Danger of Bombs i 1 ' 1 WW X roiiiie-iy Lincoln Journal. C. J. FRANKFORTER . demonstrates explosives. Court eay Lincoln Journal. C. B. SCHULTZ get out of the way!" Seven Groups Go 100 Percent In Red Hot and Blue Ticket Sales . . . Watch Code Graph Seven organized houses have al ready gone out 100 percent for the War Council's all-student tal ent show, "Bed Hot and Blue," to be given next Tuesday at 7:30 p. in. in the Union ballroom in conjunction with the annual Union Christmas party. Those houses which have already announced 100 percent ticket sales are Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Chi Omega, SiRina Chi. Alpha Phi and Delta Delta Delta. The Morse code V graph printed in today's Daily has been designed to record the number of tickets sold for the war show. Each dot, when filled in, will represent 200 tickets sold, and the dash will stand for 400 sales. When the goal of 1,000 tickets is surpassed another graph will be a ided to show the excellent co-op 'Mon of the student body. 'Red Hot and Blue' Ticket Sales 200 200 200 400 December 16, 1912 The student talent show includes 13 numbers ranging from specialty singing to individualistic dancing. The east will represent Sigma Chi, Alpha Phi, Gamma Phi Betta, Alpha Chi Omega, Pi Beta Phi, Chi Omega, Delta Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Delta Upsilon, Beta Theta Pi and Phi Gamma Delta. Proceeds from "Red Hot and Blue" will go to the War Council treasury to be used to handle surgical dressings and war stamp See RED HOT, Page 7. Included among the various types of hiph and low explosive bombs Col. C. .). Frankforter of the chemistry department demon strated at the second class meet ing of university auxiliary air raid wardens held last night were a 250-pound aircraft demolition bomb, an 81 mm. bomb, a 1.2 chem ical warfare bomb, a small land mine, and a parachute flare for signaling. Colonel Frankforter classed bombs as incendiary, gas, frag mentation and demolition, and went on to say that by far the incendiary caused the most civilian damage. The United States would be still more susceptible to attack by incendiary bombings than is England, since most of the homes here arc of wood frame, while masonry prevails in England. Destructive power hy bombs are by impact, penetration, blast, frag See BOMBS, Page 6. of elderberry wine and arsenic. Adding to the farcical enter- tainment is another mcmner oi the mad Brewster family known as Teddy. Earlier in his life Teddy Brewster had gotten himself con fused with Teddy Roosevelt and from that day forth proclaimed the Brewster residence the white house, with the exception of the basement, which was the Panama canal. The basement served very adequately as the cemetery for Abby's and Martha's victims. Another member of the Brew ster family was Jonathan, whose eccentric ambition was to be a surgeon. Jonathan's operations See MURDER, Page 7. Radio Reports Probable Call For ERC Men (Editor's note: The following story concerning the status of the enlisted reserve is taken from a radio report yesterday afternoon crediting the report to Associated Press. No additional official in formation to confirm this release had been received when the Daily Nebraskan went to press at 1:30 a. m. today.) "College students who are mem bers of the enlisted reserve corps probably will be called to active duty within a few weeks. This was disclosed Tuesday by a war department spokesman who said the orders taking those youths into service probably would be is sued shortly after the first of the year. No prediction was made as to the date the enlisted reserves would be directed to report. Mem bers of basic reserve officer train ing corps who are not members of the enlisted reserve are subject to induction, the department said." Ill Ballroom . . . Union-War Coniicil Movies Show Life in Soviet Russia . . . And RAF In Action War movies depicting life in Russia and England at the present time will be shown in the Union ballroom next Sunday at 8 p. m. Co-sponsored by the Union and the War Council, these movies are be ing shown because it is felt that the student body would be inter ested in knowing the story behind the news. The first film, "One Day in So viet Russia," was written and nar rated by Quentin Reynolds, ace reporter and American Press at tache at the Three-Power Moscow Conference. The picture was film ed simultaneously on one day by 97 top-notch cameramen over the vast area of the Republics that make up the U.S.S.R. Film Shows Life. The most complete picture of life in the Soviet Union ever, made, this flim shows the Russian life, economy, culture, agriculture, transportation, towns and ports. One of the best films on the present war is "Target for To night." This movie gives the com plete action story of an RAF mis sion over Nazi Germany. Run be fore the State Teacher's Conven tion when it met at the university last fall, this film received much enthusiastic comment. Sell War Stamps. As a supplement to the movie program, a war stamp sales booth will be located just inside the door to the ballroom where students may purchase war stamps to be contributed to the war scholarship fund sponsored by the Student Foundation. Identification cards will be quested for admission. re