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Fine Arts Presents 48th Messiah
Uni Musicians
Give Handel's
Epoch Today
School of fine arts will present
for the 48th time Handel's oratorio
The Messiah" at 3 p. m. this
afternoon at the coliseum. The per
formance will feature 12 soloists,
400 voices in the chorus and a 40
piece orchestra. .
Ag college chorus, under the
direction of Mrs. Altinas Tullis, the
Lincoln male chorus under Donald
Glattly, university singers and
chorus under direction of Dr.
Westbrook, and selected members
of Army Specialized Training Unit
will form the University Choral
Union to sing "The Messiah."
Miles Dresskell will direct the
orchestra assisted by Earnest Har
rison at the piano and Myron Rob
erts at the organ. Christmas car
ols will be played by a brass sex
tette before the performance.
Twelve soloists
featured are:
who will be
Sopranos.
Lois Baker,
Lincoln,
"Rejoice
Greatly."
Marv Helen Bush, Lincoln, "I
Know That My Redeemer Liveth."
Charlotte Filter, Bloomfiekl.
(See MESSIAH, page 3.)
UnitedNation
Policy Good,
jys Forum
For the United Nations to re-ni-i:
united there are many prob
lems involved but there are way;
of overcoming these, was the d
ciFlon of the University of Ne
braska Forum of the Air, in its
inaugural discussion on the topic,
"Can the United Nations Remain
United," yesterday at 5 p. m. over
KFAB. The forum included Dr.
naviH PViiman who served as
moderator; Dr. J. L. Sellers, Dr.
J. O. Hertzler, and Dr. N. L. Hill.
Fellman explained first that the
union was formally begun on jan
1. 1942, with 26 nations signing
a'ioint document at Washington.
r V Th sie-ners have now grown
to 33 nations. The .president se
im tPit the term United Nations
moMnimr to itrmlv that it was a
union of people, not of political
powers.
The difference between the ide-
nnov of democracy and the con-
rlt'i.n hplri of communism, the
disagreement in trade areas which
(See FORUM, page 2.)
Journal Editor -Gives
Report from England
' From TtM Lincoln Journal
RAYMOND A, McCONNELL, Jr.
Vol. 85, No. 69
Wjyd&hxDiiA, Bahon. dialog 3hd
(pmikA lX7l W4 with Zsdfa
. . .
"Who is the mysterious Baron Roloff III??? Nebraska coeds
are knitting their brows in common perplexity over the wire
vealed identity o the unknown soldier whose letter appears be
low.
To All thr Pretty (ilrls of the Csnipiu
. ' CampiM SurorHira
I'nivrnity of Nrbranka
Lincoln, Nebrk
V. S. A.
UR MU!;JlS .! tMM W- II
My vicr
KtW'iU Bi IP
On the beam, fellow coeds, and
never let it be said that a "pretty,
Coed Counselor Board
Sponsors Tea Thursday
Thursday, December 16, the
Coed Counselor board is spon
soring a tea in Ellen Smith hall
from 3 to 5 p. m. All freshman
girls, coed-counselors, presi
dents of houses and of all cam
pus clubs, and house mothers
are invited to attend.
Raymond McConnell, jr., man
tielne editor of The Nebraska
State Journal, will "Report from
England" at a convocation to be
held Tuesday, Dec. 14 ai 4 p
in the Union ballroom.
m.
"Renort from England" Is a talk
based on a recent trip Mr. McCon-
nell and other selected newspaper
man marfo thruout Eneland as
iruests of the British government,
They visited various air bases, war
factories, and government agen
cles, and viewed every phase of
life in England during wartime.
Aside from the war aspect, Mr
McConnell attended a rherby game,
tho pouivalcnt of our Rose Bowl
rime emnhasizine the spirit in
which English youth ia carrying
on its activities in time or war.
. Duriner their stay In London, the
group experienced a bombing In
one of the capital city's ports. The
return trip was made via Lisbon,
Dakar, Natal, and Trinidad.
'fat t$&T (rem
Sunday December 12, 1943
Tuesday in Union
From
Karon Rolnff III, 8. Hftt. AC
Hq'ii.. S4I Bomb Group (M
APO 4SS. w York, N. V.
Hrllo Evrryonf
v.r two rr I've bwn In the JunKlm
of lnilla. and 1- am prviiy urea oi iook
inir aft lunfflA ul and would kIvp ft
uh..i i,, to look at a nrplty "corn-fed
Xhrbit vlrl -avMln. How aDOIlt It. do
hi a nhntfl lor t;iincma7 ur navr
yon farm Kl nr flflh on me mnee
Love and kle.
BAIION..
1
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corn-fed, Nebraska lassie" ever
lpr rlnwn homesick soldier!! If
our fiehtine man In India is tired
of lookine: at lunerie gais ana
(See BARON, page2.)
Preview 'May Fever at Air Base
Hospital, Name Complete Cast
Precedin? Dresentation at the
University Theater, the University
piavpra will e-ive their first per
formance of "Hay Fever," by Noel
. . . , . t- i : . 1
Coward, at tne Air case uuspnai
next Tuesday. .
Plavingr on a make-shift set,
"consisting mostly of doorways
and furniture," the atmosphere for
the play will be left largely up to
the soldiers' imagination, Bays
business manager Dorothy James.
Mac Decorates
Daily Xmas Tree
There are Christmas trees and
Christmas trees, but for the Daily
staff and reporters there is oniy
one whose lights burn in ineir
hearts.
Four feet of everereen beauty
decorates the Daily office, and all
of it Is due to Mac, head union
janitor. It was he who found a
knur and set it un. It was he who
spent hours splicing wire so that
the tree could be decorated witn
lights. And it was he who "found"
thfl twin red and blue lights that
complete the other decorations
which he 'found" on the Union's
four other phrlatmaa trees! j ) ; ;
Mac hai the true Christmas
spirit.
Solicitors
Saturday marked the close of
the AUF, All University tund,
drive with $2,080 of their $2,300
goal reached. Pledges amounting
to $627 wilt be collected Dec. 20
and Jan. 15.
Blanche Reid, solicitor for Ag,
announced total sum collected
from ag campus was $350. Ag
campus held a juke box dnce
last night and all proceeds went
to the AUF. They also sponsored
a convocation at which Carrol M.
Moon, regional field secretary,
spoke in behalf of the WSSF,
World Student Service Fund.
Average amount collected or
pledged from each person was
two dollars.
All co-ops, boarding houses, and
sororities gave 100' r. Every fiat
except Eetas, ATO, Phi Psi. and
Sigma Chi contributed 100',.
AWS Contributes First
AWS became the first campus
organization to contribute to the
drive with $25 donations, but
YWCA, 25, city war council, 25.
Whitney Talks
To Sigma Xi
Meet Tuesday
Affect of environment and
hprprfitv on nhvsical traits in man
is the tneme ror tne iiiustraieu
lecture of Dr. David D. Whitney,
rhairman of the department of
zoology, to be given next Tuesday
at 7:30 p. m. in Morrill Hall audi
torium A-ll students are invited to
the meeting sponsored by Sigma
Xi, honorary scientific traternity.
Dr. Whitney will show in his
lertnre the influence of environ
ment nf man the eaual influence
of heredity and environmet when
the two are acting together, and
the cases in which heredity has a
greater influence than environ
ment. As the author of a number of
articles pertaining to genetics
i ui-'cii (JIH.OUU..I, c" America ana wnai ciouies are ue
which have been published in theC0lningr obsolete under the influ
TA...nnl ? UapoHitv" an A i n I - c . i. -
Journal of Heredity" and in
"Genetics" and as the author of
the book "Family Treasures"
which is a study of inheritance of
normal characteristics of man, Dr.
Whitney is a qualified speaker on
his subject.
The gay and humorous nature of
"Hay Fever deems it an appro
priate play for the holiday season
and it should be a treat for the
soldiers.
Third Play at Base.
This will be the third university
play to be presented at the Lin
coln Air Base, the other two be
ing "Claudia" and "Arsenic and
Old Lace, which were produced
under Joe Zimmerman's direction
last year. It is the second play to
be tun for five consecutive nights.
Special Soldier Performance. .
"Hay Fever" will be given for
students and townspeople Wed-
A ii ii ou nee Final
Casting of War
Show This Week
Announcement of the final cast
ing of the war council's 1944 war
show will be made during the com
ing week. It is estimated that 150
civilians and soldiers have par
ticipated in the try-outs. These
try-outs were for both individual
numbers and choruses. : i
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Although the theme of the show
(See WAR SHOW, page 2.)
Collect
rive
and ag war council, 10, soon fol
lowed. Other organizations are
also contributing, but will vote
next week on the amount.
Solicitors for the drive were:
Blanche Reid. aer campus: Selma
Pfingston, organizations: Marjorie
Marlette, military; Marjorie Jean
Raecke, religious groups; oerry
Lyon, dorm; Eldon Mathouse, co
op houses; Hazel Steam, boarding
houses; Ann Seacrest, sororities.
These same people will collect
pledges Dec. 20 and Jan. 15. Con
tributions will he taken in room
310 of the Union, Monday at 5
p. m.
Proceeds of the drive will b
eiven to aid the vv-oh, worm
Student Service Fund and
Rag
See AUF, page 3.)
Charm School
Reviews Coeds
In Style Show
"Dream Clothes in a College
Girl's Wardrobe" will be the
theme of the charm school's
Christmas review which will be
held Tuesday at 7 p. m. in Ellen
Smith hall.
Models representing each house
will be: Iva Foreman, Kappa;
Janet Sloss. Aloha Chi: Betty
Kuklin, Sigma Delta Tau; Janet
Matcha, AOPi; Esther Blanchard,
Alpha Phi; Mary Claire Phillips,
Theta; Rozella Widows, Gamma
Phi; Jean Rasp, Chi O; Eleanor
Erickson, Pi Phi; Merle Schutt,
Tri Delt; Helen Maser, Alpha Xi;
Doris Frahm,' Sigma Kappa; Ar
lene Shaneyfelt, Dorm; Doran
Larenz, Wilson; Catherine Eberly,
Rosa Bouton; Joan Damewood
and Joyce Edwards, Lincoln girls.
Delta Gamma and Howard hall
have as yet not been named.
War Affects Fashion.
Mrs. Hugh Atkinson, head buyer
of Miller & Paine, will speak on
war trends in fashions. Her talk
will concern the latest styles in
America and what clothes are be-
ence of the war.
The newly appointed directors
of the charm school, Jean Guenzel
and Mary Bonebright, are in
charge of the arrangements for
the program.
nesday, Thursday and Friday of
next week, and a special perform
ance will be given for campus sol
diers Saturday night. Regular ad
mission is 55 cents but soldiers
and their dates will be admitted
Saturday for 25 cents apiece.
Tickets may be reserved for any
night, except Saturday, at Temple
this week and next. Curtain will
rise at 8:00.
The cast for the play is as fol
lows: Janice Marx as Judith Bliss,
Pat King as Sorel Bliss, Vic Ferris
as David Bliss, Don Keough as
Simon Bliss, Blanch Duckworth
as Clara, Randall Salisbury as
Sandy Tyrell, Becky Silver en
Myra Arundel, Bill Major as Rich
ard Grcatham and Bettie Gross
man as Jackie Caryton.
Camera Club Exhibit
Opens Totlay in Morrill
Today marks the opening of the
photography exhibit of the Lin
coln camera club. The exhibits are
being shown in the second floor
corridor of Morrill hall. The clos
ing date of the showing haj not
yet been announced.
Mr. Stan Anderson and Miss
Elizabeth Trone are two of the
outstanding ccbJbitorg of the club.