Friday, March 24, 1944
DAILY NEBRASfCAN
'Pursuit of Happiness 9 Registers
Opening Night Success in Theater
BY PHYLISS TEAGARDTEN.
Receiving at least s'm curtain
calls on opening; night Wednesday,
"The Pursuit mt Happiness" added
another stage success to the Uni
versity Theatre record with the
entire cast turning' in excellent
performance.
Amid deep sighs and thumping
hearts, Jim Sandall, cast as Max
Chnstmaon, a young Hessian offi
cer, made his appearance on the
stage, and the reaction was a bad
case of butterflies in the stomach
for most every female in attend
ance. Sandall turned in a superb
performance, includiiig fine char
arter acting and a realistic Aus
trian accent.
Gives Flawless Performance.
Playing opposite Sandill was
Dorothy James as Prudence Kirk-
land, the sweet, demure, but flir
tatious young mistress, who dis
played all of her feminine charms
in bewitching the somewhat be
wildered Max. Miss James added
another notch to her steadily
growing career. A perfect per
formance is seldom .seen "but she
should receive laurels for a seem
ingly flawless anpearance.
Aaron and Comfort Kirkland,
parents ef Prwdence, (ave fine
characterizations of a doting,
rather eccentric father and a
staunch religious mother. These
two created an atmosphere about
which the entire-story rotated, and
the real persons couldn't have
done better.
Vic Ferris played the role of
Colonel Sherwood, a rather fero
cious army officer, much given to
ihe bottle and Meg, ttoe house
maid. Vic has already made a
name for himself as a fine charac
ter actor, and this abearance
adds another notch to his drama
tic career.
Major Causes Wot.
To put it iwildly, BHl Major
caused a riot when he appeared
on the stage in "knee breeches,
shapely black-stockinged legs, and
folded hands. Needless to say, he
tu-ned in an excellent perform
ance as the PurKanistic parson,
giving proof that no character is
impossible aa far as Major is con
cerned. Seeing bright red wigs and huge
swirling huts in your sleep may be.
attributed to Bean Neill as Thad-'
Karl M. Arndt
Moderates Air
Forum on Tax
Karl M. Arndt, associate pro
fessor of economics will be moder
ator for the fourth time on the
university "Forum of The Air"
broadcast this Saturday over
KFAB at 5 o'clock.
The panel will discuss, "How
High Should Federal Taxes Go?"
This will be the fifteenth broad
cast of the forum series.
Other participants will be: Mr.
John C. Whttten from the Lincoln
First Trust Co.; Clarence E. Mc
Neill, professor ef economics, and
Carl Nelson, assistant professor
of business organization. Leo A.
Martin of the speech department
is the director of the "broadcast
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Blanche Duckworth, Dorothy James, Jim Sandall and Art Beindorff
carry on in University Theaters hilarious comedy, "Pursuit of
Happiness."
deus Jennings, the town sheriff.
Truly a charac ter, Neill stole sev
eral scenes with his characteriza
tion of the conceited suitor of the
popular Prudence.
Jean Rasp, a new-comer to the
theater, proved the most consist
ent scene-stealer by her interpre
tation of the very attractive, if
somewhat questionable, house
maid, Meg. Mose, the colored ser
vant, played by Bob Hastert, com
pleted the picture by playing the
traditional negro role, complete
with superstitious spirit and all.
A Second Story Man.
The custom of bundling purely
a means of keeping warm on cold
winter nights was clearly demon
strated in an extremely interest
ing scene between Max and Pru
denec during the second act. The
faithful candle burned in the win
dow and Max neglected to use the
door to obtain entrance on such
occasions.
Another highlight of the play
was the ranting, raving speech
made by Reverend Banks concern
ing the horrible custom of bund
ling. Poetry even enters y to
make things interesting.
Lighting and stage settings were
some of the best of the season,
and costumes were excellent.
The play will be presented to
night for the public and tomorrow
night for military trainees.
Proclaiming April 6 as Army
day, to honor the nation's soldiers,
President Roosevelt Thursday
asked civilians to keep working.
Seven Debators Attend
Missouri Valley Tourney
Seven speech and debate stu
dents of the university are taking
part in the annual Missouri Valley
Forensic League meeting being
Brighten Old
Costumes With
Accessories
In these days of making clothes
last as long as possible, a variety
of accessories is an essential part
of every coed's wardrobe. To
brighten a tailored black or navy
blue dress, a bright colored belt is
recommended. For evening, a gold
kid belt with imitation topaz
stones is good. More sporty is
the wide leather belt with brass
eyelets.
White accessories are especially
good with navy blue for spring.
Also the use of red lends a dash
of color. A knapsack bag, hat and
gloves of either of these colors
completes a smart outfit for days
ahead when the snow has melted.
I m porta nt Shoes !
Shoes are a pertinent if touchy
subject, and with a new coupon
coming up, coeds should start
thinking what type of shoe they
will get the most wear and sat
isfaction from. In the line of date
shoes, black patent leather pumps
with hand-painted baroque buckles
are the latest thing. For campus
wear, nothing, to date, has re
placed the popular and comfort
able loafers. There are also many
smart, durable non-rationed shoes
on the market now. However, the
latter are more practical in date
shoes than in sport shoes, since
they do not suffer the abuse given
the latter by most coeds.
held this week at the University
of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan.
Representing the university are
Mary Ann Mattoon and Jean Kin
nie, women's affirmative debate;
Bob Gillan and Bill Miller, men's
negative debate; and Jean Frea
coln and Ann Wellensiek, extem
poraneous speaking. Miss Kinnie
is also entering in the oratory divi
sion. The topic for debate is: Re
solved: That the federal govern
ment should adopt a permanent
policy of price control.
A representative debate between
the University of Nebraska and
the University of Texas will be
transcribed and reproduced in the
debator's annual, published by the
H. W, Wilson & Co. of New York.
Thus is the third consecutive year
that Nebraska has been invited to
enter in this outstanding debate.
Other schools in the Missouri
Valley League are: University of
Texas, University of Oklahoma,
Louisiana State university. Univer
sity of Arkansas, University of
Missouri, University of Kansas,
Kansas State college, Wichita uni
versity, Iowa State college, and
University of South Dakota.
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