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Vol. 88, No. 118
Lincoln 8, Nebraska
Wednesday, April 26, 1944
I-M Victory
Speakers Vie
For Gavel
Second rounds of the Intramural
victory speaking: contest will bo
held Thursday at 7 p. m. in the
Temple building, Dr. Leroy T.
Laase, head of the speech depart
ment, announced. First round of
the five minute speeches were
given Tuesday evening.
The contestants will engage in
two rounds, after which eight
speakers from four houses whose
sum total rating is the highest,
will be chosen to speak in the
finals to be held Tuesday, May 2
at 7:30 p. m. in the Temple build
ing. The intramural gavel will be
given to the winning organiza
tion. Towne Club and Kappa Al
pha Theta were last year's win
ners.
Judges for the contest will be:
Dr. C. H. Patterson, state victory
speakers' committee; Gale McGee
Nebraska Wesleyan university;
Jeanette Frasier. supervisor of
speech improvement laboratories:
Leo Martin, head of radio depart
ment, and Lucile Cypreansen
Wartburg college.
Anne Wellensiek, manager of
the contest, announces that the
following organizations are taking
part in the intramural: Kappa
Kappa Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta.
Alph Phi, Sigma Delta Tau, Pi
Beta Phi, Delta Gamma, Alpha
Omicron Pi, Love hall, Raymond
hall, Northeast hall, Beta Theta
Pi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Towne
Club.
Quiz Contest
Filings Close
Today in Union
Deadline for filling entries of
teams to participate in the fourth
annual quiz contest sponsored by
the Union is 5 p. m. today at the
Union office.
The contest, which will be held
Sunday at 4 p. m. in the Union
ballroom, may be entered by teams
of three persons, either civilian
or military. Preliminaries for the
contest will be held in the ball
room Saturday at 4 p. m.
The quiz will cover questions on
current events, music, literature
and the arts. Any member of a
team may answer a question for
the entire team. One minute will
be allowed for each answer.
Each member of the winning
team will receive $5 in war stamps
and each member of the runner-up
team will receive a prize of $2.50
in war stamps.
'Carrnen' in Concert Form
Receives Audience Praise
BY PHYLLIS TEAGARDEN.
Among the 1,500 people who
heard the university Choral Un
ion present Bizet's opera, "Car
men," in concert form Saturday
night at the coliseum, there might
have been those who were disap
pointed that the production was
not staged, but judging from the
enthusiasm of the audience thru-
out the concert, and comments aft
erwards, the opera was successful
The familiar tunes of the Torea
dor song, the Habanera, and the
Scguidilla brought especially en
thusiastic applause.
A new plan of seating was tried
In the coliseum for the purpose of
improving the accoustics. - Reac
tion to this plan of the audience
was varied, with some favoring
the new idea and others preferring
.the old seating arrangement.
Chorus Is Well Received.
The university orchestra was as
sisted by severa members of the)
Spring Is Just
A round Which
Corner Was It?
"Is it, or is it ain't?" is what
drenched students want to know
these days. Officially, spring ar
rived on March 21. Hopeful co
eds dragged out picnic blankets
and the fellows put the overcoat
in the mothballs. But obviously,
the weatherman doesn't own a
calendar or maybe daylight
saving time confused him.
Anyway, in the month since
March 21, Nebraska has had
rain no more than three times a
day, hail no less then three times
a week, a few blizzards, sub
zero temperatures, and the sun
made a vague sort of debut only
a couple of times. Spring, ap
parently, is the stuff dreams are
made of.
Latin America
To Be Subject
Of Convo Talk
. . . Friday
Hubert Herring, student of Latin
American affairs, will give a se
ries of four talks Friday and Sat
urday, including an appearance at
a university convocation at 11
a. m. rTiday.
He will also
address the
chamber of
com merce at
noon that day
and will speak
Saturday before
Lincoln teach
ers and discuss
"Mexico's Rev
olution" at the
annual meeting
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ka Teachers Hubert Hri-ring.
Association at the YWCA.
Traveled Widely.
Latin-American affairs have
been a lifetime study for Herring
tie has made more than 40 trips
to the southern republics and has
been the director of 25 interna
tional conference in Mexico, Guata
mala and the countries of the
Caribbean.
Author of two books, "And So
to War," "Good Neighbors, ABC,
and numerous articles on Latin-
American problems, he is at pres
ent director of the committee on
cultural relations with Latin-
America, Inc., Claremont, Calif.
Barbara Arnold Speaks
Before Relations Group
Barbara Arnold, YWCA secre
tary, will speak on "A Student's
Personal Philosophy ' at the final
informal meeting of the Personal
Relations group. The meeting,
sponsored by the YWCA, will be
held in the faculty lounge of the
Union at 4 p. m. Thursday.
school of music faculty. The cho
rus, tho lacking in balance be
cause of the shortage of men's
voices, was especially well re
ceived. The choral work was
marked by the rhythmic move
ment, peculiar to this opera, and
the precise attacks and brilliant
climaxes showed study and careful
training.
The eight soloists displayed ad
mirable technique in the singing of
their various ro'es. Soloists were
Dorothy Huffman, as Carmen;
Delbert Pinkerton as Don Jose;
Roy Johnson as Escamillo, a to
reador; Robert Calkins as II Dan
cairo and II Remendado; Carlos
Atkison as Zuniga and Morales;
Mary Helen Bush as Micaela;
Anne Crosby, as Frasquita; and
Dorothy Strasheim as Mercedes.
The concert ,was sponsored by
the three music sororities, Delta
Omicron, Mu Phi Epsilon and Sig
ma Alpha Iota, and the money will
be used for war funds in agree-
(See 'CARMEN', page 3)
Theater-goers Witness Season's
Mystery Production TonigEit at 8
Biochemist
Speaks at UN
Chem Meet
Dr. Fred C. Koch, director of
biochemical research for Armour
and company, will speak to the
Nebraska section of the American
Chemical Society at its 224th
meeting to be held April 27 In
the Avery laboratory of chem
istry.
Dr. Koch's topic is "Recent Bio
chemical Studies on Male Sex Hor
mones."
From 1900 to 1902, Dr. Koch
served as instructor in chemistry
at Illinois university; the next
seven years were occupied with re
search at the University of Chi
cago and after obtaining his doc
torate, he was made a member
of the staff as assistant professor
of biochemistry. This rank he held
until 1919 at which time he was
successively promoted to associate
professor, professor (1923), and
chairman of the department of
biochemistry (1926-1943).
In 1941 he was made Hixon
Distinguished Service Professor
Emeritus of biochemistry. The
same year he became research
biochemist for Armour and com
pany and two years later (1943!
was made director of biochemical
research for the same company.
Dr. Koch holds memberships in
many professional societies in
eluding the A. C. S., American
Society of Biological Chemists,
Society of Experimental Biology
and Medicine, American Institute
of Nutrition and the American
Medical Association.
Ruth Seabury
Talks for Ag
Convocation
Dr. Ruth Isabel Seabury. of
the American board of foreign
missions of the Congregational
Christian churches in a talk be
fore ag students Monday after
noon at an ag college convocation,
urged that college students partici
pate fully in "campus, community,
and world" activities, saying: "We
can never enter fully into life un
!ess we give ourselves in life!"
Dr. Seabury is the author of sev
eral religious books and has been
recognized as one of the outsttna
ing Christian leaders of her time,
according to the Congregational
press bureau. The special convo
cation was sponsored by the ag
religious council.
During the course of her speech,
(See SEABURY, page 3)
Coeds May Enlist
In WAC Reserve
On Inactive Status
Women attending a college or
business school who enlist in the
Women's Army Corps, while stu
dents, may have up to 120 days
to finish the school term or se
mester before their call to active
duty in the corps, it was an
nounced in Omaha yesterday.
Mai. Frank V. Kent, command
ing officer of army recruiting in
Nebraska and South Dakota, said
the new order from the adjutant
general permits the women stu
dents, upon their request, to be
transferred to the Enlisted Re
serve Corps and remain on an in
active status for a period not to
exceed 120 days.
"The date on which the enlisted
woman (student) will be called to
active duty will be determined at
the time of the enlistment," read
the directive sent to Nebraska Re-'
cruitinff District headquarters. ,
Last pioduction of the univer
sity theater this yeap, "The Lady
Who Came to Stay," will be pre
sented for the first time tonight at
the Temple theater at 8:00. The
play will also be presented tomor
row and Friday night.
A mystery production centering
around three sisters who live in
an old Victorian mansion, the play
is based on psychological thinking.
When their sister-in-law and her
daughter come to ive at the
gkxmy residence, the sisters be
gin to mistreat the mother. They
succeed in driving her to her death
by their persecution. The young
daughter is left alone to face the
terror of being with her aunts.
The oldest sister dies and the girl
escapes, but her little brother is
forced to replace her in the house
of hate.
Cast of Characters.
Cast of characters includes Joan
McCague as Katherine, Betty
Rhodes as Emma and Blanche
Duckworth and Jean Kinnie as
Sadie. Millie will be played by
Barbara Berggren and Jo Weaver
Kline takes the part of Phoebe.
Dorothy James will appear as
Ann, Jeanne Racine as Roger and
Bill Major has the doub'e role of
the doctor and Roy.
The play is under the direction
Coed Counselors
File for Positions
As Group Heads
Filings for coeds who wish to
become leaders in the Coed Coun
selors' book review and charm
school groups will be open any
time today, Thursday and Friday
in Ellen Smith hall and in the
home ec building on ag from 9
a. m. to 5 p. m.
Gloria Mardis, president of Coed
Counselors, suggested that those
who file be juniors next fall. All
applicants will be interviewed by
the Coed Counselor board who will
elect two or three coeds as leaders.
Orchesis Gives Annual
Spring Recital Friday
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With accent on interpreting
emotion, the 22 members of Or
chesis, modern dance club, will
present their annual spring re
cital Friday at 8 p. m. in Grant
Memorial Hall.
Highlights on the program in
clude a satirical take-off on the
popular fable of a donkey and two
men, who couldn't decide how to
ride ths animal. Opening dance of
the evening will be in the form of
a greeting to past, present, and
future presidents of the club. Dvv
Aileen Lockhart, sponsor of the
club, will take part in this dance, j
A dance entitled "Moonshine' is
an interpretation of "things poo-j
of Berne W. Enslin. It was writ
ten by Kenneth White.
This is the fifth production the
university has put on this year.
The series has included both come
dies and dramas.
Day of Events
Is Tradition
Of Engineers
Revived after an absence of two
years because of the war, is En
gineers' Day complete with its
traditional festivities which will
include a field day held Friday
afternoon and a banquet which
will take place that evening at 7
in the ag activities building.
This will be the 50th Engineers'
Day here at Nebraska. According
to the Nebraska Blue Print, en
gineering college publication, the
old Electrical Engineering society,
in 1894, decided that it should have
a birthday celebration. The mem
bers of the organization, feeling
that some day electricity would be
universally used, decided to show
the public what they knew about
this mysterious "stuff." An elec
trical show was held the evening
of Charter Day, Feb. 15.
Form Engineers' Week.
In 1913, other departments of
the college joined in putting on
the exhibition, the publication in
forms. As laboratory equipment
became more plentiful, the scope
widened, and to the open house
were added the annual engineers
banquet, convocation and field
day. This made up Engineers'
Week.
Levi Arehart, president of the
engineers' executive board, which
is sponsoring the annual affair,
announced the committees in
charge of activities. Chairman of
(See ENGINEERS, page 4)
From Lincoln Journal.
pie have always wanted to do, but
never had the courage to do
them."
Expresses Mood.
Modern dance differs from for
mal types of dance such as the
ballet and polka by embodying the
dancer's own idea and mood. The
modern dance 'club on this cam
pus was organized 17 years ago.
Membership is based on try-outs
and knowledge of modern dance
techniques. Club membership at
present totals about 25, according
to Miss Lockhart, Dorothy Jean
Brown is president of the group,
and president Tor next year will
be Mary Ann Knox,