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Vol. 45, No. 33.
500 Students Sing
'Messiah' Sunday
Over 500 students will take part
In the 50th annual presentation
of Handel's Oratorio "The Mes
siah" Sunday at 3 p. m. in the
university coliseum.
The University Choral Union
will present the oratorio assisted
by the university orchestra with
Wilbur Price as director. The
choral union is composed of the
ago college chorus, Lincoln male
chorus, university singers, uni
versity chorus I and university
Chorus II.
in addition to the choruses, a
brass quintette and 10 soloists will
participate in the "Messiah." The
USA Group
Holds Party
Saturday Nite
Featuring such skits as "Little
Nell" and "I'm Going Back," the
Unaffiliated Student association
party will be in full swing in the
ag activities building, Saturday
evening from 7:30 to 11:00.
With many still asking for tick
ets, 500 have been sold, according
to Jackie Eagleton, U.S.A. treas
urer in charge of ticket selling.
Dancing, mixers, card games, re
freshments and a full hour of skits
make up the evening's entertain
ment. Specialty Numbers.
Unaffiliated organized houses
and organizations have submitted
specialty numbers for the pro
gram. They will be judged by
the U.S.A. sponsors, Mr. and Mrs.
(See USA GROUP, Fare 8)
Churches Announce Weekend
Program of Talks, Songfests
Songfests and speakers are in
cluded in the Lincoln churches'
plans for this week end. They
have announced their programs as
follows:
The Lutheran Chapel service of
worship will be held at 10:45 Sun
day morning in room 315 of the
Union. The Rev. H. Erck, uni
versity Lutheran pastor, will con
duct the service and speak on
"As It Was in the Days of Noah."
Miss Elaine Otto will accompany
the hymns. Sunday at 5 p.m.
Dr. Alexis will speak on "Christ
mas Customs" at the city campus
Lutheran students' association
meeting at the Lutheran student
center. Ag college Lutheran stu
dents will meet to discuss racial
problems at 6:30 p.m. at 1200
No. 37th street
Tifereth Israel will hold their
regular services Friday night
Early services will be held at
the Episcopalian church at 8:30
and at 11 a.m. Tuesday evening
at 7 p. m. the confirmation class
will meet.
Christmas Story.
Rev. Sam Maier will read "The
Second Christmas," by John
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quintette is composed of Margaret
Modlin, Vestley Bethel, Maxine
Stone, Leota Sneed and Lee Kjel-
son.
Soprano soloists are Barbara
Olson, Jean Thompson and Fana
bel Tripp; altos, Marion Bradden
and Helen Laird; tenors, Burl
Beam and Jack Buffington; bari
tones, Leonard Blinde, Richard
Bush and Frederic Teller.
Earnest Harrison at the piano
and Myron Roberts at the organ
(See "MESSIAH," Pace 8)
Orchesis Xmas
Recital Offers
Dance-Drama
Highlighting the annual Christ
mas dance program given by
Orchesis will be the dance-drama,
The Juggler of Notre Dame."
The program will be presented
Wednesday night at 7:30 in Grant
Memorial Hall and is open to the
public. Orchesis is sponsored by
WAA and the physical education
department. Dr. Aileene Lockhart
is directing the program.
Other Numbers
Other numbers on the program
include interpretation of familiar
Christmas carols.
The story of "The Juggler of
Notre Dame" is taken from an old
French folk-legend. According to
the legend, in the Cathedral of
Notre Dame stands a wooden
statue of the Madonna. Every year
the gray-robed monks lay their
most precious gifts at her. feet, for
should anyone lay there the per
fect gift she would raise her hand
(See ORCHESIS, Pare 3).
Haines Holmes, at the Presby
terian program at 5:30. Christmas
carols will be sung and luncheon
will be served at 6:30. Shirley
Sabin and John Street are in
charge of the worship service.
A community Christmas singfest
at St. Paul Methodist church will
feature music from the university
school of music from 8 to 9 p. m.
The program is sponsored by the
Lincoln Ministerial association
and women's division of the
chamber of commerce. Mr. David
(See CHURCHES, Pare 7)
Senior Degrees
University seniors who ex
pect to graduate in January or
May should check their credits
and apply for degrees or cer
tificates In the Office of Ad
missions, Room 7, administra
tion buildinr. not later than
December 7, according to Dr.
G. W. Rosenlof, director of ad
missions. Seniors in the college of ag
riculture may check credits and
apply on the city campus also,
Dr. .Rosenlof stated.
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LT. COMDR.
BERNIE MASTERSON.
Phi U, Omicron
NTu Rate Highest
In Scholarship
Highest ranking groups in last
semester's schedule of scholastic
averages are three professional so
cieties and two cooperative houses
The top organizations are, in or
der, Phi Upsilon Omicron, Omi
cron Nu, Delta Sigma Delta, Wil
son hall, and International house
Top Greek organizations are, re
spectively. Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Chi
Omega, Phi Kappa Psi, and Alpha
Omicron Pi. Leading unaffialiated
houses are Wilson halL Interna
tional house, Love Memorial and
Howard hall.
Class Averages
The 'all-university average rat
ing, as expressed in the special
form used by the Dean of Student
Affairs office, is 2.512. Average
for all coeds is 2.604, for men
2.251. Affiliated coeds average is
2.693 as compared to 2.0515 for
affiliated men. Unaffiliated men
had an average of 2.381 and un
affiliated coeds earned a rating of
2.535.
Ratings of the organizations are
(See PHI U, Page 8)
Executive Board
Plans Christmas
Program for Ag
Plans for the annual ag college
Christmas program, to be held
December 19, are now being made
by the Ag Executive Board.
The tentative plans include mu
sic to be furnished by the Ag
College chorus, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Altina Tullis. The
complete plans, however, will in
clude special Christmas music and
a speaker. The program, it is an
nounced, is opn to the public as
well as to the students.
Heading the committees for the
program are the general co-chairmen,
Geraldine Gowen and Wil
bur Bluhm; program, Julia Crom;
decorations, John Cromer, and
publicity, Margaret Alma.
'Bernie' Masterson Starts
Training: Job in January
Lt. Com. Bernard "Bernie"
Masterson will coach the Husker
football team for the next five
years according to an announce
ment from the chairman of the
Corn Cobs
Sell "Prairie
Schooners"
Responsibility for this years
subscription drive for the "Prairie
Schooner," widely known literary
magazine of the University of
Nebraska, will be entrusted to
the Corn Cobs, revived men's pep
organization.
Instituted three years ago to
acquaint students with the quar
terly, the annual drive will em
phasize the little known fact of
the unusually high regard in
which the magazine is held by
critics, literary analysts and
writers' agents in the east and on
the west coast.
Selections frbm "Schooner."
During the past year, selections
from the "Prairie Schooner" have
appeared in' Readers' Digest, Sci
ence Digest, Digest and Review,
and even in the Sunflower, spirit
ualist journal.
This year again a story from
the .quarterly is included in Best
Short Stories, annual collection of
the best stories to appear in
American magazines. The title of
the piece is "A Ship to Tarshish"
by William Zuckerman.
Two books by old "Prairie
Schooner" writers have reached
best-seller lists this year. They
are: I Ask You Ladies and
Gentlemen," by Leon Surmelian,
and "The Happy Time," by Robert
Fontaine.
Next Class Schedule Applies
Two-Fifths Rule to Freshmen
Freshman may plan on bavins
Saturday classes and labs, and
on having two-fifths of their
classes in the afternoons andor
on Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
urday, as of second semester this
year, according to the recent
statement issued by G. W. Rosen
lof, Director of Admissions.
This rule applied to students at
the university prior to the war,
but was revoked during the. war
years due to the relatively small
enrollment on the campus. Rosen
lof stated that the two-fifths rule
had been put back in force, for
IT'S NOT TOO LATE!
Students can still buy Stu
dent Directories for fifty cents
at the Union, bookstores, or Ag
Finance Office, according to
Margaret Neumann, president
of Student Foundation.
Friday, December 7, 1945
Board of Intercollegiate Athletics,
Dr. ti. u. scon.
The appointment, made with the
approval of the Board of Regents,
begins in January. Masterson will
be in charge of spring football
practice and will announce his
complete staff prior to spring
drills.
UN Graduate.
A graduate of the university,
Masterson was an athletic star
thru high school, college and after
graduation. When he finished Lin
coln high in 1930, he had earned
10 athletic letters three in foot
ball, two in basketball, two in
(See COACH, Page 7)
Wage, Labor
Forum Vote
Ends in Tie
BY GEORGE T. SIIESTAK
Taking sharp issue with each
other, members of the first All
University Forum presented last
night both the favorable and un
favorable sides of the question,
"Are Labor's Demands For Wage
Increases Justified?"
Opening the discussion for the
affirmative, Prof. Richard Bourne
of the economics department
brought out the fact that indus
try was well able to absorb a 30
percent wage increase without a
raise in price ceilings.
Depression, Socialism.
Prof. Curtis Elliott of the eco
nomics department, speaking for
the negative, stated that a
blanket wage increase would re
sult in one of two things, depres
sion because of the bankruptcy
(See WAGE, LABOR, Page 4)
freshman, so that more equitable
use of the physical plant of the
university might be made. Ex
ceptions to the rule will be made
to students with outside employ
ment, with university permission.
For the past several years, most
classes have been scheduled on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
mornings or early afternoons, with
practically no classes being held
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays. This schedule worked
fairly well during the days of
small enrollment, but with the
increased registration at the uni
versity this year, the concentra
tion of classes on Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday mornings has
made it difficult for students to
get in the classes they wished to
register for, and it has also tended
toward only partial utilization of
the physical plant of the uni
versity. (See CLASS SCHEDULE, Page 8)
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