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Vol. 86, No. 110
THE NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, April 5, 1944
Mystery Pervades Final
University Theater Play
Fifth and final production of the
University theater for this year
will be "The Lady Who Came to
Stay," to be presented the 26, 27,
and 28 of April, under the direc
tion of Berne Enslin.
A psychological mystery taking
place at the turn of the 19th cen
tury, the plot centers around three
old maid sisters living In an an
cient Victorian mansion. A sister-in-law
coming from the concert
stage is forced by poverty and ill
ness to seek refuge with these
aunts. She brings her young
daughter with her. leaving her
Army Dances
Open to All
UN Students
Announcement was made yes
terday by Union officials that the
former Union-Army dances open
only to military trainees on the
campus will now be open to the
entire student body, civilian and
military alike,
Two orchestra dances per month
will be held during April and May
with no charge to those having
student identification cards or
military membership cards. One of
these dances each month will be
accompanied by a free buffet sup
per. Dances in April have been
scheduled for the 22 and 29. May
dances will be held May 6, the
Ivy Day dance, and May 13. Russ
Gibson, Dave Haun, and Francis
Ellsworth have been engaged as
orchestras.
Authorities Approve.
This new plan of dances is be
ing inaugurated with the approval
of military authorities as a ges
ture of good will to the entire
campus. Stags, both men and
women, are encouraged to attend
University Lincolnettes, under the
direction of Dean Boyles, will con
tinue to act as hostesses.
Saturday, April 8, Easter week
end, the Union will sponsor a
dance with Eddie Garner's band.
Admission will be 44c per person,
an increase of 4c over previous
rates due to the new tax assess
ment. Omicron Nu
Pledges Five
Home Ec Coeds
Five junior ag college coeds
will be pledged to Omicron Nu,
honorary home economics profes
sional fraternity, at 5 o'clock to
morrow afternoon, Jane Johnston,
president of the group, announced
yesterday.
Members of the honorary are
chosen on the basis of scholarship,
leadership, and for showing prom
ise as professional home econom
ists. An 85 average is required.
The five pledges will be initiated
one week after being pledged.
Girls elected to membership are:
Francis Jane Howell, Lona Has
kins, Margaret Gregg, Blanche
Reid, and Marjorie Ruth Pollard.
Kappa Phi Holds Easier
Worship Service Tonight;
Elections Proceed Ritual
Zelm. chapter of Kappa Phi,
Methodist girls' club, is holding an
Easter worship service this eve-i
ning in Ellen Smith hall. Mrs.
P. C. Swift will give the medita
tion. The service is planned by
patronesses of Kappa Phi.
Elections for the organization
Will be held at 7 o'clock, and the
worship service is at 7:30. Mrs.
Arthur Medler is in charge of the
arrangements. Mrs. A. J. Whit
will read the scripture, and Mrs
EL A. Baker wiU give the prayer.
son in the care of friends. Each
of the three sisters has a differ
ent opinion of their younger sis
ter by marriage, and none of them
are pleasant in their relations.
Daughter Falls in Love.
The health of the concert singer
grows worse instead of better, and
soon she dies, leaving her daugh
ter in the hands of the conniving
aunts. The only bright spot in the
daughter's otherwise dull and un
eventful life is her interest in a
young man who shows her the
love and attention she so much
desires. One of her aunts takes an
unseemly interest in this love af
fair, so Katherine comes back to
haunt her for interfering in her
daughter's life.
Two of the sisters die, leaving
the third to be surrounded by
ghosts of the family. She decides
to put an end to all the evil and
unhappiness of the old mansion,
and bums the house, barely es
caping with her life.
Select Tentative Cast.
A tentative cast has been se
lected with the roles of the three
old maid sisters Emma, Phoebe,
. (See MYSTERY, page 4.)
CoriiiiusKer Prints Co
On Sale for Students
Betty Hohf, editor of the
Cornhusker, has announced that
prints of all pictures appearing
in the forthcoming edition of
the year book are on sale in
the Cornhusker office. Other
pictures not appearing in this
edition will also be sold. Small
pictures will vary in price,
while group pictures will be
50c
Annual Journalism
Features Mystery
Official communiques, inside
dope and the low down on all
are promised the 75 guests who
have made reservations for the
journalism banquet tonight at 6:30,
according to Theta Sigma Phi,
honorary journalism sorority,
sponsorer of the yearly banquet.
Contrary to the usual procedure,
the speaker will not be announced
until presented at the banquet.
Harold Hamil, director of the
school of journalism, who was in
strumental in obtaining the serv
ices of the speaker said that he
Uiii Book Nook
Interviews Paul
Kwei Thursday
Dr. Paul Kwei, dean of the sci
ence college and professor of
physics at the National Wuhan
university in Kiating, China will
be interviewed by Betty Ann
Rhodes on the weekly Book Nook
broadcast at 3:45 tomorrow after
noon over KFOR.
Dr. Kwei spoke at a student
convocation at the Student Union
yesterday on the subject "China
in Resistance and Reconstruction."
He is one of a series of visitors to
the campus who have been inter
viewed on the Book Nook pro
grams this semester.
Studied at Yale.
Dr. Kwei is a member of a Chi
nese professors group sent out by
the Chinese government to study
postwar problems. He has spent
several years in this country as a
student at Yale. Cornell. Pnnceton,
and the University of Chicago.
At present he is on leave of ab
sence from his position as dean at
Wuhan university, one of the four
leading government universities in
China. 1
War Not Yet
Over-Raise
Stamp Sales!
War stamp sales for the last
several weeks have been pro
gressively decreasing. The war
is not over yet. Help bring the
boys home sooner. Students
buy stamps today from Tassels
stationed in the Union, Sosh,
Andrews and Ag Hall.
Last week's total sales
amounted to $96.15. $21.20
worth of stamps were sold at
the Union, $9.85 at Sosh, $6.60
at Andrews, and $58.50 on the
ag campus.
Tassels Rush
Candidates
On April 22
Tassels, honorary girl's pep or
ganization, will hold a rush tea
April 22 at the Alpha Xi Delta
house in order to choose new mem
bers for next year.
Distribution of Tasels is as fol
lows; two from each sorority
house; seven from the Residence
Halls, this number being appor
tioned as the dorm decides; seven
from ag, one being chosen from
Loomis Hall and two from Love
Dorm; one from each of the co
operative houses, Howard, Wilson,
and Rosa Bouton Hall; and seven
barb Tassels at large.
Two candidates must be sent to
the tea for every one chosen from
each of these houses and groups.
All barbs at large intere-ted in
Tassels should file at Ellen Smith
with Miss Piper by Friday, April
(See TASSELS, page 4.)
ca.i guarntee that the speaker will
be interesting and unusual.
Theme Is News Room.
The general theme of the ban
quet is the news room with June
Jamieson serving as mistress of
From Linco'D Journal.
HAROLD HAMIL
promises unusual speaker.
Aikanc Members Meet
With Barbara Arnold
Members of Aikane, the YM
YW inter-racial group, will meet
Thursday evening at the Union at
7 and then go to 3S48 Dudley
street Barbara Arnold, YWCA
secretary, will be hostess to the
club.
The group will discuss plans for
the next year, and Miss Arnold
and others will Introduce a new
policy and plans for a different
kind of purpose for Aikane.
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Campus spring political season
gets under way today with the
opening of filings for the annual
Student Council spring elections.
Jean Cowden, chairman of the
Student Council elections commit
tee, announced today that students
will have a week and a half, or
until Friday April 14 at 5 o'clock,
in which to file for any of the
13 vacant Student Council offices,
for ag executive board or for pub
lication board positions which will
be voted upon April 14.
Candidates must have at least
a 75 averague and must be carry
ing 12 hours. Those wishing to
file should go to the activities of
fice in the coliseum.
One for Five Hundred.
Student council members are
elected by colleges with one rep
resentative for every 500 students
or portion thereof. If fewer than
500 are enrolled in any one college,
the porportion of men to women
decides whether the one represent
ative shall be a man or woman.
The following are the Student
Council candidates to be voted
upon:
Art and Science: One junior dim and
ne junior woman.
Houses Turn in Stage
Crew Names Thursday
All organized houses are
asked to turn in the names of
girls who have signed up for
stage crews in the University
theater, to Janet Mason at the
Nebraskan office, Thursday
afternoon. Anyone else wishing
to work on crews may give
their names to Mr. Enslin at
the Temple.
Banquet
Speaker
ceremonies and Mary Louise Babst
as toastmistress.
The annual journalism banquet
takes the place of Journalism Day
which was abandoned in 1941.
Journalism Day consisted of
speakers and forums on journal
ism and related subjects to which
students from the local high
schools were invited. The Theta
Sigma Phi banquet climaxed the
day.
Committee in charge of th?
banquet arrangements are Mar
jorie MengshoL Helen Hemphill.
Jo Martz, Marylouise Babst and
Marylouise Goodwin.
Cily Dermatologist
Speaks at Nu Med
Meet Tonight; 7:15
Dr. L. J. Owen. Lincoln derma
tologist, will speak on the im
portance of vitamins in dermatol
ogy, at the Nu Med meeting this
evening at 7:15 in Bessey hall
auditorium.
The scholarship award, which is
a key; will be presented to the
outstanding freshman pre-medical
student of the past year.
Chi Omega Awards
25 Scholarship
To Miss D. Lemon
Chi Omega presented a scholar
ship award of $25 to Miss Dor
othea Lemon, junior in the college
of business administration, at one
of the regular Monday night din
ners of the sorority.
The scholarship was awarded in
the field of economics, and was
based on high scholarship, activi
ties, character, and participation
in work of the specific college.
College: One junior woman.
Biminrm
administration: One junior
woman.
DmiLmI College:
One aounomore or
junior man.
As College; Otir junior woman.
Enitineerimt: On junior man.
Graduate College: One man.
Pharmacy: One ophomore or junior
man.
Klne arte One Junior woman.
Senium at large: Two men and two
women.
There are three vacancies on
publications board with places for
one sophomore, one junior and one
senior member.
David Sanders, president of ag
exec, board, announced that new
exec, board members wil be elected
in the coming election and that
the board will meet tongiht to de
cide which positions are open.
Honoraries
Tell Members
ThursdayNite
New members of Phi Beta Kap
pa and Sigma Xi, honorary schol
astic societies, will be announced
at a joint meeting of the Ne
braska chapters at 7 p. m., April 6.
Dr. Walter R. Miles, professor of
psychology at Yale university, will
address the annual meeting.
Dr. Miles has been a member
of a committee of the National
Research Council on Aviation Psy
chology for several years. In his
address, he will point out that
"Man's mind has wings, but his
body lacks them. If he takes to
the air it must be in a highly
artificial contrivance. He must
learn to fly with less natural ad
vantages than a child has in learn
ing to walk." Under these condi
tions, psychology is called upon to
aid in the pre-selection of military
fliers and to assist in the organ
ization of their training.
Is Author.
Dr. Miles is the author of many
articles pertaining to psychology.
He has invented several instru
ments for use in psychology and
in particular, pursuit co-ordinations.
Main floor dining room of the
home ec building on the ag cam
pus will serve as the meeting place
for this affair.
YW Hostesses
Close Temple
Trainee Room
Hostessing at the YMCA room
at the Temple building has been
brought to a close due to removal
of the ASTP unit according to
Mary Lou Holtz. chairman of the
hostessing project.
The room which was trans
formed into a recreation and re
laxation room for university stu
dents and soldiers by the Religious
Welfare council and the YWCA
will remain open for campus use.
' Coeds who worked to bring jun
ior hostesses to the room nightly
from 6:15 to 7 were Hazel Stearn,
Mary Ellen Beachley, Lu Ann Wil
liams, Mary Alden and La Verne
Klein.
Miss Kate Field. Mrs. Jean
Hiatt, Miss Ethel Ellia and Mrs.
R. Hawkins were the senior host
esses. In Today's jNebratkan
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