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Vol. 85, No. 13 LINCOLN NEBRASKA Sunday, October 17, 1943 0 LorJ have mercy on m& ' JJL Brush drawings in black and white, illustrating the Negro spirituals, are an outstanding fea ture of the new contemporary art exhibit in the Morrill art galleries. The drawings are by Allan Rohan Cnte, 28-year-old artist of Bos ton, Mass. In explanation of the illustration Mr. Ciite said, "I have endeavored to instill into these brush draw ings that strong sense of vitality and vibrant reality one feels with ing the .spirituals themselves." "Steal Away to Jesus," and "Go Down Moses," are the two spirit uals now on exhibition. Mr. Crite also has on exhibition a number of water-color paintings of Boston and the locality where he lives. His water-colors have a I reality and detail which makes his depicted scenes seem almost alive. He has studied for seven and a half years in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. His pictures will be on exhibi tion until November 5 in Gal lery B. AST Give Consent To Union Plan; Buy 597 Books Twelve hundred Nebraska AST dates. students gavei unanimous assent to a service men Student Union membership plan outlined by Pat Lahr, Union director, at the first mass meeting of all AST stu dents in the stadium yesterday afternoon. The same plan will be offered the aviation students at a meeting tomorrow. Lincolnettes and other coeds will also be present at the dances to act as hostesses and partners for those men without dates. Navy Dental Students Don Blue Uniforms Miss Lahr as a representative of the Union Managers Board of fered the men two orchestra dances a month in the coliseum, a juke box matinee dance every Saturday afternoon in the Union ballroom, an intensified Sunday entertainment oroerram. plus in clusion of representatives from among the men to work with the board in arranging Union enter tainment which would include the ASTP, all for fifty cents a month. Solely for Army. The coliseum dances will be solely for the army men and their Ifs come Reproduction of a drawing depicting the spirituals, by Allan Rohan Crite, now on exhibit in UN art galleries. YW Finance Drive Ends October 20 YW finance drive ends Wednes day, Oct. 20. All upperclass women are being contacted to contribute and to pledge membership to the YWCA, according to Joyce Junge, chairman of the finance drive. The purpose of the drive is to carry on the work of the YW here and to tie their work up with national YW. Cost of membership has been $2 in past years: this year it has been changed to (1 Girls are urged to contribute any amount they can afford; there is no set amount. Freshman membership and fi nance drive will 6tart after the first six weeks at which time the freshmen will be given a tea. YWCA Members Entertain Army Men in Lounge Due to the large numbers of soldiers who have been using the newly redecorated YM lounge, YWCA members will act as host esses four evenings a week. Acting as hostesses to the uni versity soldiers from 6:30 to 7:30 Is a new project with the iw Monday through Thursday are the nights YW members will be found at the lounge dancing, playing cards, reading, listening to the radio and talking with the soldiers Home Ec Club Has Picnic The Home Economics club will sponsor a picnic Wednesday at 5:30 at the lower campus of Ag for all new Home Economic tu dents. Freshmen will pay 20c and upperclassmcn 30o. School Needs Cheerleaders And Yell King Cheerleaders are needed! With Rod Shindo resigning from yell king and with only three tempo rary cheerleaders who know the yells, the homecoming game is in danger of lacking organized cheer ing this year. All boys who are interested In leading cheers are urged to meet at the Nebraskan office at 5 p. m. Monday for tryouts committee of the student council will select cheerleaders and name the new yell king. Unless the boys on the campus respond to this call, Nebraska school spirit will fall by the wayside. the Navy blue that has to the Nebraska campus now! Tiaay aiternoon oraers came informing the 23 dental students attending the univer sity dental college that they were to don their midshipman's uniforms. These men are in the navy's V-12 specialized service unit and are considered cadets. Prior to being in uniform they retained their civilian dress, but went to school under the navy. They will not be stationed in barracks as are the army dental students, nor do they have a commanding officer here. They will live as they did before they went into uniform and receive an allotment from the govern ment to cover their expenses. Surgical Dressings Total ijJ m o uours wont With only 23 girls wrapping surgical dressings Saturday morn The judiciary ln. 7? bandages were rolled in kin v c Jivii a. iiiantiib vitg ut viuk1- number 30 i. The juke box matinee dances to be held every Saturday will be open to both civilian and mili tary trainees, and the Sunday en tertainment in the Union will be keyed to the free time given the trainees. UN Theater Tickets Still Being Sold Tassels are again selling season tickets to the University Theatre productions. They will be selling the $2.20 tickets until Monday night after which time tickets can be purchased at the Temple Theatre. Five big features will be pre sented this year, the first being "Letters to Lucerne" by Fritz Rot ter and Allen Vincent which will be given Nov. 10, 11, 12. Other plays will be presented in Decem ber, February, March and April. The season ticket gives its holder five reserved seats. Any number of these reservations may be used for any evening of any production. This will be predominantuly a season of comedy, according to Berne W. Enslin, director of the theatre. "The selection of plays depends on the manpower situa tion. We are in such a state of flux, we cannot make definite plans as it makes casting cliff i cult," he explained. Miss Lahr emphasized, "Unani mous consent of all you men will be necessary before we can offer you this extensive entertainment program." The men, by a show ing of hands, gave that unanimous consent. Cornhusker Subscriptions. Betty Hohf, editor of the Corn husker, asked for subscriptions to the 1944 yearbook in an informal speech punctuated by much army horseplay. In her talk Betty outlined a plan for having fifty pages of the Cornhusker devoted to the pic tures and activities of the army See AST, Page 2. Varsity Debate Squad Tryouts Begin Tuesday This year brings greatest op portunity for freshmen to get on the varsity team and women to participate in debate activities, ac cording to Dr. L. T. Laase, head of the speech department. All students interested in trying out for the squad are asked lo report to Temple 203 at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, to select sides and draw for speaking order. Try outs will begin Thursday, Oct. 21, and the speeches will be six min utes in length, three minutes to be spent on constructive argument and three minutes on rebuttal. First debate conference will be held at the University of Iowa, Nov. 10 to 12. Other tournaments will be held at the Universities of Omaha, South Dakota and Denver. The Missouri Valley league will be held at Kansas university. .. i . - n n m n n Myron Roberts b mPeBvmeen w emescuav Appears rirsi Faculty Recital Myron J. Roberts, oragnist, will be presented by the fine arts school and the First Plymouth Congrega tional Church in the first of a ser ies of faculty recitals at the church this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Wednesday is the day for trie pep queen election, jusi to Keep the record -straight. It has so far been mentioned as being Monday and Tuesday both, but Wednesday is the right and final date, accord ing to Lila Howell, Tassel president. City campus students may cast their votes for the pep queen in the Union building, and ag cam pus students will vote in the ag Activities building. The five can didates for pep queen are all Tas sels and are as follows: Included in the program will,b "Trumpet Tune and Air" by Pur- cell; "Scene from the Elysian Fields Orpheus" by Cluck: "Fu gue in E flat St. Anne" by Bach; "Toccata" by Le Froid de Mere- aux; "Legend" by Kargmann; "Twill erht at Flesole Harmonies secretary of Tassels, of Florence" toy Seth Bingham; Peggy Larson, unaffiliated, and "Variations de Concert" by Towne Club member, and ag Joseph Bonnet. IY.W.C.A. secretary, Jean Guenzcl, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Marv Jo Kobes. Trt veil ana Coed Counselor, Jean Larscn, Alpha Chi Omega, Ann Seacrest, Kappa Alpha Theta, member of the Coed Coun selor Board. Ident Cards. Students who wish to vote on these candidates must have their student identification cards in or der to cast a ballot. Saturday night, the newly elected pep queen will be pre sented at the annual Homecoming dance. The dance will be 'i.he cli max to the Homecoming weekend festivities. All organized houses on the campus under sponsorship of the War Council, will be dec orated for the occasion. At the homecoming game, Nebraska vs Kansas University, last year's pep queen. Polly Petty will be pre sented. She will also help in the presentation of the new queen at the dance. Trophies for best aec orated organized house, one each for men awarded and women, at the dacne, will bo Dance in Union Ballroom. The Homecoming dance is the first all-university dance this year, It will be held in the Union ball room, which Tassels are decora ting. Lloyd Hunter and his orches tra from Omaha will furnish the music and tickets may be pur chased from Tassels (or $1.10 per couple. Col. J. P. Murphy requested that all soldiers stationed on the campus buy tickets from their commanding officer. Since the dance will be in the Union ball room, only a limited number of tickets (an be sold to civilian stu dents. There are 135 tickets in the hands of Tassels for civilian use, and it is recommended that civil ians get their tjekets as soon aa possible.
