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I n LnJL Vol. 45, No. 19 THE NEBRASKAN Wednesday, October 31, 1945 i ' '.: s, f v t Qajykouvli x&ariwn elecfis. 12 Sem-PlBiialQSlts at Kansas State's Jayhawk is scheduled for death by hanging and burning by students Friday afternoon and evening as pre lude to the Homecoming football game Saturday afternoon. At 4 p. m. Friday, students will witness the hanging of the Jay hawk in front of the Union. The bird will hang there until 7:30 that night when his body will be cut down and burned at the rally. Parade Marches. Starting from the Union, the torch-light rally parade will march down fraternity and soror ity row accompanied by the band in full uniform. In addition to the marching students, the pa rade will have a special float carrying Jackie Scott, 1944-45 pep queen, and a mascot. A con vertible with the five candidates for this year's pep queen title will be escorted to the bonfire. During the course of the pa rade the Victory Bell will toll for another Homecoming victory. Incinerate Jayhawk. When the parade reaches the mall, the jayhawk will be thrown into the flames and cheerleaders will lead yells and songs. On hand to increase student spirit will be Lew Lewandowski, athletic di rector, Ellsworth DuTeau, alumni secretary, Fred Lorenz, game captain, and the Cornhusker foot Phi Beta Kappa Tells '45 Members Tomorrow Nile Newly elected members will be announced and Mr. Paul Good, former attorney general of Ne braska, will speak on "Judicial Determination of International Disputes," at a dinner meeting of Phi Beta Kappa, Thursday, at 6:15 p. m. in the Union. Candidates for Phi Beta Kappa are chosen from those persons eli gible in the summer session and those now qualified who are com pleting their, senior year. The candidates chosen in the election this fall will be guests of honor at the dinner. Presiding at the meeting will be Prof. M. A. Ba- soco, president of the local chap ter. 200 Active Members. Over ZOO active members in Lincoln and members of the uni versity chapter have been issued this year s program which will be gin with the dinner Thursday. In December the organization will hear Prof. H. H. Marvin discuss, "Atomic Energy," a field in which he has worked for a num ber of years. The regular meeting with the Nebraska Art association will be held in March when a review will be given by Prof. Dwight Kirsch followed by a panel discussion of some of the chief features in the exhibit. The joint meeting of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma XI for the announcement of new members and for a visiting speaker is scheduled for April. The general May reception of new members will follow in May when the chapter will hold a sup per and reception .for the new members elected in the year. The officers for the year are Prof. M. A. Basoco, president, Pa tricia Lahr, vice president; Prof. Clifford M. Hicks, secretary; Prof. G. M. Darlington, treasurer, and Miss Lenore Layman, historian. Coeds Hear Talk On Employment Miss Elizabeth Buch, repre sentative of the Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in Chicago, will spe&k to all interested coeds on "Employment Today and To morr6w," Wednesday at 5 o'clock in the Union. Sponsored by A.W.S., Miss Buch will remain on campus for a week. Appointments for personal con su'tations with the visitor may be made in the office of Dean Boyles. ball squad. The speakers and team will witness the ral'y from a specially-erected platform. After the jayhawk has been burned, the rally will march down O street with nine conver tibles carrying the team. Return ing to the Union, students will dance to the newly-organized Navy band in the ballroom, from 9 to 11:30 p. m. Vote for Pep Queen. Polls for pep queen voting will be open from 3 to 10 p. m. Fri day in the Union basement. All students are eligible to vote. Can didates are Dodee Easterbrook, Mary Cox, Virginia Demel, Jackie Tooin and Les Metheny. Bumper cards will be distrib uted to students by Tassels and Corn Cobs. Red and white print ing on the cards will advertise the Nebraska-Kansas State game Saturday, according to Lew Lew andowski. Keeping school spirit up dur ing the week, cheerleaders have been holding between-class ral lies in several of the buildings and in the Unton. One or two yells are given in the halls be tween classes to remind students that this is Homecoming week. Parade Begins Day. The opening event of Home coming day will be the parade (See HOMECOMING, Pate 4) Theatre Stages Formal Prevue OpeningTonite University theatre will be host Wednesday night to townspeople, faculty members and student leaders at the formal prevue op ening of the theatre sason. Admis sion is by invitation only. "Blithe Spirit." which will be given its first performance before a group including prominent Lin coln residents, faculty members, sorority and 'fraetrnity presidents and their housemothers, will give three public performances, Thurs day, Friday and Saturday nights. New Plan at V. N. Dallas S. Williams, director of the university theatre, told the Ncbraskan Tuesday that the plan, which has met wfth enthusiastic approval in other schools, has not been tried at Nebraska before. Coffee will be served to the guests in the Temple lobby be tween acts. Those who will pre side over the table, pour, and aid in the service are: Mrs. Arthur Westbrook, Mrs. Leroy T. Laase, Mrs. Dwight Kirsh, jr., Mrs. Perry Branch, Dean Verna Boyles, Miss Lucille Cypreansen, Mrs. William S. Morgan, Mrsr Dallas S. Wil liams and Mrs. Paul L. Bogen. Cast members for "Blithe Spirit," which is directed by Mr. Williams, include Betty Russell, Sally Whiteman, Howard Henry, Lawrence Gilling, Marthella Hol comb, Mildred McAdams and Blanche Duckworth. Season tickets, and tickets for rvember 1, 2 and 3 are on sale at the Temple box office daily from 12 to 6 p. m. Students Apply Today For Ncbraskan Position The position of circulation manager on the Nebraskan is open and anyone wishing to apply for this position should see Lorraine Abramson, busi ness manager, at The Nebras kan office between 1 and 3 p. m. Wednesday. According to Miss Abram son, solicitors are also needed and are urged to apply at this time. BY PHYLLIS TEAGARDEN David Rubinoff, nationally and internationally known musician, will lay aside his violin for a few moments November 16 and take over the responsibility of choosing 12 semi-finalists from the list of 46 beauty queen candidates. His acceptance of the task was an nounced today by Cornhusker edi tor Joyce Crosbie. Mr. Rubinoff, of "Rubinoff and his violin" fame., will judge the 46 candidates at 4 p. m. Friday af ternoon, November 16. The 12 semi-finalists will, in turn, be re duced to six finalists, whose pic tures will appear in the 1945-46 Cornhusker as beauty queens. "Beloved by millions through his radio and concert appear ances," Mr. Rubinoff has been as sociated with such celebrated ar tists as Victor Herbert, John Philip Sousa and Will Rogers. Appear in Program He and his Stradivarius violin will make an appearance at St. Paul's church the evening of Nov ember 16 in a program of classic and popular numbers. The beauty queen candidates, Unaffiliated Students Form Social Group All unaffiliated students will soon have the opportunity to participate in the activities of the newly formed Unaffiliated Stu dents Association, according to Jackie Eagleton, temporary chair man of the U.S.A. council. Organized by a group of dele gates representing each unaffili ated organized house and organi zation, the club is strictly social and non-political. The purpose of the club is to encourage more participation in social activities and to bring unaffiliated students on both the ag and city campuses closer together. Central Planning Committee. Serving as the central planning committee is a council composed of one representative elected by each organization. Besides Miss Eagleton, chairman; other tempor ary officers are Theoren Thaden, vice chairman, and Virginia Green, secretary-treasurer. The council has been meeting at Carl Hall and International House but the next meeting will be Nov. 1 at 7 p. m. in Palladian Hall at the Temple building. Permanent of. ficers will be elected at this time. Faculty Sponsors. Faculty sponsors are Clarence E. McNeill, professor of economics, Kady Faulkner, professor of painting and T. H. Goodding, pro fessor of agronomy. The group has already held one social event, a picnic and treasure hunt at Antelope Park, attended by approximately 400 students. Nebraskan Staff Swaps Praise With Footballers When The Nebraskan staff came to work Tuesday after noon a little message was re posing on the news 4 A. It read: "Coach "Potsy" Clark called to thank The Nebraskan editor and staff on behalf of the foot ball squad and coaching per sonnel for the support of the paper in the rally and Home coming plans." Miracles never cease! At last somebody read The Nebraskan without first making a paper hat or sail boat out of it. The staff would like to re taliate by saying that the coaching personnel and foot ball team are deserving of all the praise and support they re ceive, and more. -s v ! ' M . -i i.-f ; 1 ;;' V f -k IV t . ' l j. : . - ' x RUBINOFF . . . selected by each women's organ ized house, are as follows: Jane Aid, Evelyn Ainsworth, Donna Alfrey, Jeanne Anderson, Dorothy Modern Dance Clubs Announce New Members Orchesis and Pre-Orchesis, the honorary modern dance clubs of the university, today announced new members. Over seventy-five girls participated in try outs, and from these, 38 girls were invited to become members. The new members of Orchesis are the following: Elizabeth Lamb, Jean Leinberger, Adrienne Wag goner, Elaine Asmussen, Pat Toof, Pat Meyer, Barbar Mohler, Maion Falloon, Myrtis Rider, Evelyn Garton, Beverly Ramer, Doris Ol son, Dorothy Meshier and Marilyn Duffack. Meets Wednesdays Orchesis meets each Wednesday night from 7:00 to 9:00 in the dance studio at Grant Memorial hall. Following tryouts for Pre-Orchesis, twenty-four girls were in vited to become members. These girls are: Lucille Stryson, Patricia Lee, Mary Lou Van Burg. Marge Ericson, Shirley Smith, Winifred Wolf, Darlena Barta, Ann Proper, Kay Geist, Lois Umber ger, Jeanne Douglas, Margie Sturm, Sherry Leeka, Wanda Timblin, Barbara Rowland, Ila Bailey, J. Lorraine Kinney, Shirtee Wallace, Maxine Lingafelter, Marilyn Moss, Ruth Norman, Claire Dudley, Car olyn Prokop and Joan Crittendon. Pre-Orchesis meetings are held every Wednesday afternoon from 5:00 to 6:00 in Wie dance studio. Plans are underway and rehear sals are being scheduled for a Christmas program. The club's chief project of the year is the an nual" dance recital given each spring, according to Dr. Aileene Lockhart, sponser of the dance group. Dr. A. L. Miller Presents Review On 'The Brother' At the Y.W.C.A.'s first Book Review group meeting of the year, Dr. Arthur L. Miller, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will re view "The Brother," by Dorothy Piatt Wilson. The meeting, which is open to all students, will be held Thursday at 5 p. m. in room 313 of the Union. Stimulate Interest. The purpose of the book re views, according to Helen Laird, chairman of the group, is to stim ulate interest in religious, social, and economic problems. After each review, the group will spend several meetings discussing the book reviewed and the problem with which it deals. "The Broth er" is concerned with the race ' problem. Barnes, Sylvia Bernstein, Barbara Blackburn, Jean Bogan, Janice Campbell, Maxine Campbell, Betty Chipman, Alice Christian sen, Sue Anne Cochran, Jean Deering, Christine Dcines, Maii lyn Dennison, Marilyn Duffack, Mary Esther Dunkin, Barbara Dunn, Donna Eilers, Betty Gom pert, Barbara Goodding, Lauiine Hansen. Katherine Henderson, Barbara Hockenbergor, Patti Holmes, Jan Hoover, Lujane Johnson, Colleen Kahoa, Betty Jean Latta, Eliza beth Learn, Betty Lou Mauch, De loris Nielsen, Frances Poulous, Marcie Reich, Ann Robinson, Louise Rowley, Phyllis Salisbury, Marcille Schmid, Lillian Soder berg, Shirley Staats, Joyce Stuve, Dorothy Thompson, Marian Wink ler, Patricia Winter and Claire Wodder: Band Plans Unusual Drill At Game Half Formation of the pins of the two fraternity and two sorority winners of last year's Homecom ing decorations, presentation of last year's pep queen and the card drills will entertain spectators be tween the halves of the Nebraska -Kanstate State football game Sat urday, according to Tassels. The university band will march on the field and form the pins of Chi Omega and Sigma Nu, top winners, and Alpha Xi Delta and Phi Gamma Delta, second-place winners. While standing in for mation, the band will play the fraternity song. '45 Pep Queen Presentation. Jackie Scott, 1944-45 pep queen, will be presented to the crowd by Chancellor C. S. Boucher. While she is being presented, members of Mortar Board ana Tassel will be standing on the field. Students will present four card drills during the half-time inter mission. Organized groups will sit together in blocks and cheer leaders will direct the card drills. At the Homecoming Dance the newly elected 1945-4C pep queen will be introduced to students by Bernie Urich, yell king, and Jackie Scott. Starts at 9 p. m. The dance, which starts at 9 p. m. in the coliseum, will feature music by Eddy Hadded and his orchestra. In addition to the pep queen presentation, winners of the Homecoming decorations and parade floats will be announced and presented with placques. Tickets are now on sale at the Union office and are also avail able from Tassels. The admission price is $1.50 per couple. Students may obtain tickets Saturday night at the coliseum for $1.75 per couple. Cornhu&Ker Frat Pictures The following fraternities will have their pictures taken for the Cornhusker on Wednesday and Thursday at the Cornhusker Studio, sixth floor of Miller and Paine. These pictures will be taken from 9:00 to 4:30. ! Tan .H Ocltrn I pillnn Kappa Sigma I'M Delia Tlwta Students Must Get "45 Cornhuskers Today Today is the last day stu dents may pick up their 1945 Cornhuskers. Marilyn Adler, business manager, announced yesterday that the books will not be held any longer. Anyone fvh wants his book must pick it up at the Cornhusker office by 5 p. m. today. V
