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Climaxing a season of hit plays by the University Plnyers
will be "Claudia" by Rose Franken. Dorothy James, in the
title role, heads the most experienced cast to appear behind
the footlights this year.
The cast whose average performance is five shows, include:
Mariorie Christensen as Mrs. Brown, mother of Claudia: Robert
Black as David Naughton. Claudia's husband; Joe Weaver
Kline in the role of Bertha, the
the hired man; David Andrews takes the part of Jerry Sey
moure. an author: Bobbette Burke, the only newcomer to the
Temple Theater stage, as Madame
Mabel Jean Schmer as Julia Naughton.
Characters 'Click
Trv outs for this play were
usual two because as Director
first time the charaolers fit together so well. There was no need
for further tryouts. They really
click.'
April 28. 29, and 30 are the
dntes of this modern show. It has
been arranged that a performance
will be given at the Lincoln air
base. The first act will be pre
sented before
the Faculty
Women's club,
April 14.
"Unpredicta
ble as a June
morning and
twice as rare,"
as one of the
critics said,
Claudia is mar
ried to David, a
promising
young archi
tect. Although
Claudia is
physically of
aee. she is
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Joe Zimmerman.
mentally still a little girl, with an
attachment to her mother which
has prevented her full emergence
into womanhood.
In the space of twenty-four
hours, Claudia passes three im
portant milestones. First, she
tries to arouse jealousy in her hus
band by practicing her sex appeal
on a British author. Second, she
discovers that she is going to have
a child, and hard on the heels of
this revelation is her finding out
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Social Life Saturday
Coeds will dance with the air
corps men newly stationed on the
campus at the first official uni
versity welcome for the soldiers
this Saturday night from 9 until
12 in the Union ballroom.
Sponsored jointly by the War
Council and the Religious Welfare
Council for the campus, the dance
will be open to all soldiers sta
tioned in the new library and to
all university Lincolnettes.
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housekeeper; Hank Lee as Fritz,
Daruchka, opera singer; and
held one night instead of the,
Joe Zimmerman said. "It is the
that her mother has a short time
to live.
The story of the play deals with
Claudia's meeting of life and her
acceptance to the demands that
living makes upon her. The final
curtain finds her still the same
engaging young woman, but she
has achieved a spiritual stature
which promises a rich and happy
fulfillment of her marriage.
Home Gives
Fourth Sosh
Service Talk
Fourth lecture In the scries on
"Social Services in Wartime" will
be given today at 4 :30 p. m. in the
Faculty Lounge of the Student
onion by Mr. Louis Home of the
Lincoln Council of Social Agencies.
In his address on "Community
Chests and Councils in Time of
War," Mr. Home will explain the
activities of the Lincoln Council
of Social Agencies and the future
(See TALK, Page 4.)
As 300 men are expected at the
dance, Lincolnettes who intend to
leave their names at their cap
tains before Friday noon, so that
the number of men and coeds may
be approximately the same. Lin
colnettes will be called by tele
phone by their Lincolnette cap
tains as they are for the regular
dances scheduled down town.
Refreshment thruout the eve
(See TRAINEES, Page 2.)
Is What Man Makes It
Professor W. E. Militzer, in
structor of chemistry, in his ad
dress "Promise of Sciences" at the
fifth Powarp forum series yester
day expressed the belief that sci
ence hasn't done much to change
the fundamental principles of the
American people and will not do
so in the future.
He explained this belief by stat
ing that the type of government
we have, our four principle free
doms, plus a host of other rights
we considered ours have not been
changed by inventions or scientific
research to any great extent.
Must Use Inventions.
Militzer continued, "We develop
inventions, but they can't do any
thing until we put them to work.
But how we put them to use de
pends on our own philosophy." He
contended that the Inventions can
be made to fit the philosophy of
a nation, whether for destruction
or social betterment.
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BY NORRIS ANDERSON.
Dispatches ticked off our tele
type with rapid fire velocity this
wind-blown morn as we greeted
April 1, advent of April Fools day
and a million pranks.
Social Science, April 1. Karl
Arndt, smiling sadistically,
whipped a young freshman at the
post until his arm became tired
today. Arndt, head of tribunal
and hosiery magnate, claimed that
the youngster had worn a red bow
tie instead of a black one. It is
a well-known fact that Arndt is
color-blind.
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Acting on a resolution passed at
the last meting, the student coun
cil elected six holdover members
who will most likely be in school
next fall at a meeting Wednesday
afternoon.
The members who will form the
nucleus of next year's council are
Dave Simonson, Lois Christie,
Dorothy Mae Anderson, Jean Cow
den, Herb WiUjams, and Jane Fen
ton. Council president, Dick
Harnesberger, named Jean Cow
den and Lois Christie as co-chair-
Sigma Alpha Iola
Presents Concert
In Temple Sunday
Kappa chapter of Sigma Alpha
Iota, national professional music
sorority, will present a concert
Sunday at 3 p. m. in the Temple
theater.
Officers of Sigma Alpha Iota
are: President, Mary Ellen Mon
nich; vice president, Elaine Wie
and; secretary, Dorothy Hen
dricks; treasurer, Wilma Vail Mil
ler. Faculty advisors are Miss
Marjorie DeLange and Miss Mar
guerite Klinker.
Continuing his discussion, Mili
tizer told of many of the revolu
tionary uses and designs of prod
ucts which would" become common
place after the war.
New Automobile.
In describing the post-war auto
mobile, he discussed the new tear
drop design, a small compact en
gine, and the duxurious comfort
of the interior. In the radio field
frequency modulation, a develop
ment which clears all static and
produces the original tone quality
of the broadcasting performers,
will become the universal thing.
Television will also appear on the
market for widespread use imme
diately following the war, says
Militzer.
Science has done much In the
trend to increase food production
per acreage, Militzer continued.
Gas treatment of potatoes and
some fruits has speeded up pro
duction of these goods almost
' Student Union, April 1. Elec
tion board convened here last
night to pass judgment on pen
alties for violation of the voting
code. Evidence from 800 voters
who claimed to have their votes
bought and from 30 taxi-drivers
who swore that they were hired
to bring fraternities to the polls
was checked. "Campus politics
are on the up and up," wickedly
grinned J. J. Douglass, a by
stander. Coliseum, April 1. "Football
may have its football, baseball
may have its baseball and basket
.
Lincoln Nebraska
men of the elections committee
for next fall.
On the recommendation of Polly
(See COUNCIL, Page 2.)
Jean Etennie,
Rist Enter
US Contest
Bill Rist and Jean Kennie will
represent Nebraska in the na
tional discussion contest of Inter
American Affairs, announced L. T.
Lasse, head of the debate depart
ment, yesterday.
The two students, winners of the
local contest, will write out man
uscripts which will be sent to the
office of Co-ordinators of Inter
American Affairs, Washington D.
C. Out of the manuscripts re
ceived, two students will be se
lected from each of the eight
regions in the United States to
participate in the national finals.
Those selected as winners will
be given a tour of Mexico, financed
by the government, or a five hun
dred dollar scholarship at some
U. S. college or university
Militzer
100. The large scale dchydra
tion industry will grow even bigger
after the war according to Miiit
zer.
New Type Plumbing.
In the shelter and housing field
the professor expressed the belief
that prefabricated houses will be
come the commoon thing for
permanent cheap houses. Another
revolutionary improvement in this
field will be the use of plastic ma
terials which will bend under hand
pressure and can be united by a
simple melting and cooling process
tor plumbing.
Militzer stated that plastics
could be used for innumerable pur
poses both in the housing field and
other important industries. Shat
ter-proof plastic glass, such as is
used in the nose of bombers, will
be one of those uses.
Nylon will almost completely
displace the use of silk in this
(See science, Page 4.)
ball may have its basketball, but
pool has its eight ball. This fact
was firmly established by "Tut'
McKee, Cornhusker pool coach, to
day as he prepared his cueballs
for the match with Happydale
Memorial insane asylum Friday at
2:00.
Administration Bldg., April 1.
Board of Regents convened here
today to determine university air
raid rules. After a three hour
session, interspersed by 19 games
of stud, the boys agreed on these
air raid precautions for use when
(See FLASH, Page 2.)
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Thursday, April 1, 1943
British War
Relief Needs
OldClothing
Students and faculty are asked
through the British War Relief
Society to contribute any winter
clothing which they are planning
to discard to the war relief com
mittee. Refugees in Great Britain ar
in need of warm clothing and con
tributions of used garments are
greatly appreciated. Now that
spring has come many warm ar
ticles of clothing are being thrown
away. These can be used by the
relief society to distribute to
needy refugees.
Local Headquarters.
Wearing apparel should be
taken to the local British War Re
lief headquarters, northeast comer
of 13th and O streets, second floor.
AH clothing from Lincoln is
sent to the headquarters in New
York City from whence it is dis
tributed. Dean J, E. RossignoJ is chair
man of the local committee.
Show Spanish
Films in Union
On April 6
Talking pictures in Spanish will
be shown at the Union Tuesday
afternoon and evening, April 6.
There will be three showings, at
4:30, 7::15 and 9 o clock.
"Buenos Dias, Carmelita," a
short story, charming and pictur
esque, will be the first film shown.
It is interesting and fascinating
and was created especially for
students.
Main Feature.
"Don Mujeres Y Un Don Juan,"
is the main feature. It is an in
teresting picture produced in Spain
just before the revolution. When
shown in New York, it was favor
ably reviewed by the American as
well as the Spanish press. Many
of Spain's most popular artists ap
pear in this film. Conseulo Cue
vas, Mapy Cortes, Carique Palmo,
and many others.
Tickets may be obtained from
any student taking university
Spanish or from the modem
language department. They are
25 cents each.
The pictures are being brought
to the campus by the department
of modern languages.