The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 25, 1945, Image 1

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Vol. 44, No. 62
UN Students
Take Honors
In Debating
Taking top honors in the UN
Senior Varsity Debate and Dis
cussion Conference Friday and
Saturday were the University of
Nebraska and the University of
Iowa.
With five out
f ratings awarded
discussion, UN
Closely following
versity with four
and Coe college
periors.
of 16 superior
in debate and
led the field.'
were Iowa uni
superior ratings
with three su
Only undefeated debate team
was the UN combination of Tom
Sorensen and Bill Miller, also
recipients of superior team ratings
in debate. Other teams receiving
superior ratings in debate were
Enid Rudd and Jean O'Connell
of Nebraska Wesleyan, Jean Col
lier and Velma Martin of Iowa
university, and Doris Glantz and
John Yager of Coe college
Superior Ratings.
Debaters receiving superior
ratings as individuals were Mary
Ann Mattoon, UN; Dorothy Kotte
mann, Iowa U; Velma Martin,
Iowa U; Jean Collier, Iowa U.;
(See UN STUDENTS, pare 2.)
Lt. Fred Metheny
Gels Nebraskan
On Belgium Front
Lt. Fred Metheny, Innocent, Phi
Delt and former football -quarter-'
back, on campus in 1939 to 1943,
wrote this letter to the Nebras
kan: VJuat a note to let you
know how much I have appre
ciated receiving the paper. During
the time we were holding down
the "Krauts" surrounding us at
Bastogne, the Daily Nebraskan
was the only mail I received, and
it was dropped with supplies and
ammunition from planes. 'Kraut'
G-2 would have played hell fig
uring out that gossip column of
yours should that particular bun
dle have been captured.
"Lt. William J. Robinson and
Lt. John R. Thompson were also
enjoying a gay holiday season in
the Belgium bulge. All of us
are with the 101 AIB division. Lt
Robert E. Bramson was also pres
ent with an airborne outfit.
Humor Magazine
Calls for Writers
The Awtwin is tending out
a call for feature 'writers, car
toonists and ad solicitors, ac
cording to temporary editor
Phyllis Johnson. All those who
are interested are asked to re
port immediately to The Ne
braskan office.
War Show Plays to Capacity Crowd; Receives Enthusiastic Ovation
s . w i a v - -i....j.lha cVinu was an audience favc
BY LES GLOTFELTY.
Playing Friday and Saturday
nights to a 700-capacity audience,
the War Council-sponsored 1945
war show, " 'Till Johnny Cornes
Marching Home," received a noisy
and enthusiastic ovation. Work
ing 53 cast members and over
twenty acts into a fast kaleido
scope of the ridiculous, the sub
lime and all shades in between.
Student Director Luc Ann Hape
man produces a show that wag an
assured success. Last performance
3 UJ-IB
Mortar Boards
Clarify Award
Requirements
Mortar Boards corrected the
the statement in Wednesday's Ne
braskan concerning the honor
scholarship awards. Any coed who
will be in school next year may
apply for the scholarships, pro
vided they fulfill the require
ments, including an 85 average
and unusual ability in some spe
cific field.
Each award Is worth $75 and
half of the amount will be pre
sented each semester. A coed
must not be delinquent in any
subject at the time of application
and must have carried at least
twelve hours every semester.
Application blanks may be ob
tained at Dean Boyle's office and
must be returned by February 28.
The four awards will be an
nounced at the Scholarship tea
held March 4.
Theatre Nixes
'Shrew9: Takes
'Room Service9
BY WALLY BECKER.
Shakespeare's Taming of the
Shrew will itot be presented by
the University Players, Director
Dallas S. Williams announced Fri
day. "Justice could not be given
Shakespeare in the scant 2'j
weeks between casting and pro
duction, he stated.
The light, fast-moving comedy,
Room Service, will instead be
given, Williams revealed. Room
Service roared through two smash
seasons on Broadway, is high
comedy, and is designed purely
for entertainment.
Lugh Success.
The "great laughter success of
recent years," Room Service has
a cast of 12 men and 2 women.
"All male parts are exceptionally
fine," Williams declared in urg
ing men to try out, "with lines di
vided between the twelve male
parts evenly." Tryouts are the
same as those announced by The
Nebraskan for Taming of the
Shrew: Monday, 4-6 and 7-10, and
(See "THEATRE NIXES, page 2.)
Rutledge Reviews
'I Wauled to See'
Miss Margaret F,. Rutledge, Di
rector of University Library, will'
review the book, "I Wanted to
See," Tuesday at 7 o'clock in
Ellen Smith Hall, for the weekly
coed counselor-sponsored book re
view. This book Is a biography written
by Borghill Dahl about a practi
cally blind girl who wanted to
take her place in the world of
sight. She struggles to become a
teacher and an author.
of the show is scheduled lor this
afternoon.
Three CI's.
The plot of the show concerns
three CI's, Johnny, Brooklyn, and
Hypy. R u s Leger portrayed
Johnny and Jim Yanney was the
typically aggressive boy from
Brooklyn. Acting, honors go to
Nat Goodwin, the only Nebraska
AST man in the show, who
played Hypy, the hypochondriac
littlt GI who guzzled vitamin pill
S Dfi II
Lincoln 8, Nebraska
Conference
For March
Sessions Set
Scheduled dates and times for
meetings of peace conference
committees, house delegations and
Dlenarv sessions have been an
nounced by the planning commit
tee of the experimental peace
conference.
The schedule is as follows;
Thursday, March 1, 3 to 5 p. m.
Final meeting of the 12 confer
ence committees.
Friday, March 2, 1 p. m. Dead
line for submission of final com
mittee proposals. These proposals
should be left at the main office
of the Union.
Friday. March 2 Planning
committee will publish and circu
larize the proposals of the 12 com
mittees.
Friday, March
2 to
Friday,
(See CONFERENCE,
pare 2.)
A WS Announces
Activity System
Change, Additions
The AWS board announces sev
eral additions and changes to the
Cocurricular Activity System, ac
cording to Natalie Neumann,
chairman of the Activity System.
The position of Panhellenic
president has been moved from a
"C" activity to a "B." This was
a typographical error in the
printing of the systems.
Additions to the
are as follows:
"C" activities
"Nebraskan" circulation man
ager. University band member.
Student Foundation county
chairman.
Student Union board vice
president and members.
The Ae Y. W. C. A. has been
listed as a ''B" activity.
DuTeau Speaks
To Mass Meeting
Thursday at 7:00
"Your Nebraska" Is
DuTeau's subject for
Ellsworth
discussion
Thursday, March 1, at 7 p. m. the experimental peace conference
in the Union faculty lounge, at!on March 5. Both sessions arc
the mass meeting of the Student
Foundation. Mr. Dulcau is sec
retary
tion.
ol the Nebraska Founda-
Any suggestions or questions
about the Foundation will be wel
comed, according tp Margaret
Neumann, president. The meet
ing is open to anyone interested
in the Foundation.
thruout the performance.
The
three CI's are traced from a can
teen to Italy to Paris and to the
south Pacific thru Johnny's let
ters to. Mary, played by Arlis
Swanson.
Highlights of the canteen scene
was the deadpan singing of the
fatigue-dressed "misfits" Helen
Vennum and Dorothea Dux bury,
the hot piano boogie of Cecil
Smith and Fred Teller's deep
voice singing of "Ole Man River."
Doing a quick substitute for Peg
IB
irnnns week
Awgwan Launches
Subscription Drive
Beginning tomorrow, Feb. 26,
and lasting through Saturday,
March 3, the Awgwan subscrip
tion drive will be conducted by
mernbefs of Theta Sigma Phi,
honorary journalism fraternity,
according to Ruth Kosb, circula
tion manager in charge of the
drive.
Four issues will be printed this
year, the total subscription
amounting to one dollar. Sub
scriptions may be sent to service
men for the same price. The first
four organized houses having 100
percent subscription will get a
H. G. Brownell
Talks March 9
At Conference
Herbert G. Brownell, Nebraska
graduate and chairman of the
republican national committee,
will sneak at the second and last
plelnary session of the experi
mental peace conference on Fri
day. March 9. at 7 p. m. in the
coliseum.
Mr. Brownell will speak on
"The Role of America in Peace
Settlements" at the final .session
of the university-wide peace
conference. Plans for holding the
session for 1,500 or more stu
dents are going forward with Mr.
Brownell's acceptance to speak.
Honor Student.
Receiving his A. B. degree
from the university in 1925 and
his L.L.D. from Yale in 1927,
Brownell had been an honor stu
dent, member of Ph Beta Kappa
and Delta Upsilon. He is a life
member of the .Alumni associa
tion, a member of the University
Foundation board of trustees, and
a member of the legal firm of
Lord, Day and Lord in New York
City.
In 1941. Brownell returned to
the campus to receive the dis
tinguished service award given
by the board of regents and
Alumni association. He was the
Charter Day speaker in 1940
Mrs. Ruth Brvan Rohde. also
a former Nebraskan, will speak
'at the first plenary session of
open tQ he public.
Grades Arc Out!
Students may obtain trades
for the first semester In room
B-7' or Administration Hall, G.
W. Rosenlof, registrar, an
nounced today.
Larson who was to have playedjthe show, was an audience favor-
-, . . , .,, 4, j., Urt
fore opening night, Arlis iwanson
escorted the audience into an
Italian courtyard for the second
act where a whirl of dancers, ac
cordion players, a marimba player
and the soft-voiced singing of
Betty Jean Holcomb provided at
mosphere. In this act Ernie Lar
son as the Italian fruit peddler
made his first appearance, singing
"Yes, We Have No Bananas To
day." Larson, who figured promi
nently thruout the remainder of
Sunday, February 25, 1945
cover
azine.
girl for the humor mag-
Booths in Sosh, Union.
Booths will be set up in both
Sosh and Union, and each organ
ized house will have a representa
tive . selling subscriptions. All
money from subscriptions must be
turned in to Ruth Korb.
With the first issue scheduled
to come out within two weeks, all
subscriptions must be in by Sat
urday in order to notify printers
of the number of copies needed.
Members of Theta Sigma Phi
who may be contacted in connec
tion with the drive are: Ruth
Korb, Phyllis Johnson, Marion
Priest, Margaret Neumann, Jean
Rogers, Pat Chamberlain, Marge
Mengshell, Jo Martz, Betty King,
Myra Colberg, Helen Hemphill,
Floy Eberle, Les Glotfelty, Mary
Louise Goodwin and Mary War
ing. Bryan Displays
Chile Pictures
Thursday at 4
Julien Bryan, movie camera
man, will give his motion picture
lecture on "Chile" Thursday at 4
p. m. in tne union Daiiroom.
Mr. Bryan has spent the past
12 years traveling extensively
with his cameras in the countries
of Europe, Asia and South Amer
ica. The past three ;ears he has
been in' South America to make
documentary films of countries
there.
Wherever vital social changes
attract world attention, Julien
Bryan goes with his camera. He
was among the first Americans to
film the social experiment of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Repub
lics. He scooped the world in 1939
with the only pictures of Warsaw
under the terrific Nazi bombard
ment. He has photographed the
front page countries of the past
decade.
Started at Ten.
Bryan has been taking pictures
ever since his tenth birthday when
he received a small camera. After
he graduated from high school,
he went to France as an ambu
lance driver in the World war of
1914. He was a second lieutenant
in the infantry with the American
forces when he was mustered out.
Bryan has written numerous
magazine articles and has pre
pared a number of short film sub
jects for major companies and
newsreel firms, appeared on many
network radio programs and has
given several series of experi
mental news commentary and mo
tion picture shows over the NBC
television station. ,
lie Hum IMC llini inviiicm
foot on the stage.
The intermission between acts
two and three was well filled by
a faculty forum featuring Moder
ator Karl M. Arndi, C. E. Elliott.
L. B. Smith, and N. H. Cromwell,
who considered the problem ot
"Nebraska's Postwar Rabbit
Aims." The forum came to the
decision that "use of control
would reduce the rabbit problem
(See WAR SHOW, page .)