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Vol. 45, No. 35.
THE NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, December 12, 19.45
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Orchesis and Pre-Orchesis
groups, composed of 41 girls, will
present their anual Christmas re
cital tonight at 7:30 in Grant Me
morial hall.
Directed by Dr. Aileene Lock
hart, the dance groups will open
with a group of five Christwas
carols: "Hark the Herald Angels
Sing," "Deck the Halls," "Med
itation," "We Three Kings," and
"O Holy Night."
Choral Group
Part II will be songs by the
teachers college high school
choral group. Singing two Czech
carols and "Jesu Bambino," the
group will be directed by Mar
jorie Hosstman.
"The Juggler of Notre Dame,"
taken from an old French folk
legend, will be presented in part
Student Health
Service Staff
Adds Technicians
Added to the Student Health
Service staff during November
were two technicians, Leo A.
Hrnicek and Gene Mayborn, who
will take care of all laboratory
and X-ray work, announced Di
rector Louis Means, in the No
vember report of the health serv
ice. Receive Treatment.
Receiving clinical treatment
during the month of November,
said the report, were a total of
566 men and 355 women. Other
treatments given during the
month included electrotherapy
treatments, laboratory tests, X
rays, diagnosis by specialists, and
personal health conferences.
The current influenza epidemic
on the campus is now well in
hand, stated Mr. Means in the
report.
YWCA Groups Join Tonight
In First Membership Meeting
A skit, discussion, and business
meeting will be included in the
first all-membership YWCA meet
ing to be held tonight at 7:30
in the Sosh auditorium, according
The YWCA mass meeting
will begin at 7 p. m. Instead of
7:30 p. m., as previously
planned, in order that coeds
may attend both the mass
meeting and the Orchesis pre
sentation. . The YV meeting
will be over in time to attend
the Orchesis recital, according
to Mary Ann Mat toon and
Mary Jo Gish, YWCA and
WAA presidents, respectively.
to Mary Ann Mattoon, club presi
dent. Of special importance Is the
bui-iness meeting, stated Miss Mat
toon. A new constitutional amend
ment will be presented to be voted
on by the entire group. If passed,
the amendment will be added to
the election article. The proposed
revision is that "the candidate for
Union Bookstores Ag Finance Office 50c
III of the program. "Joy to the
World," and "Adeste Fidelis" are
the two carols that will climax the
recital.
Members of the WAA council
will usher and the program is
open to the public. June Mott is
in oharffe of the costumes. Mary
Jo Gish, Phyllis Freed, Joanne
Rapp and Jeanne Bowers are in
charge of lights and stage. The
program covers were designed Dy
Elizabeth Lamb.
Debaters Clash
OnConscriptioii
Issue Tonight
Members of the University of
Kansas debate team will discuss
the question of military conscrip
tion with members of Nebraska's
debate team at an open forum at
7:30 tonight in the Temple build
ing. Sponsored by the YMCA, the
forum is open to all students on
the campus, according to Bill
Miller, president of YMCA. The
Kansas debators will take the af
firmative stand against Bob Gil
Ian and Tom Sorensen of UN.
Following the debate, thee will
be an open period with oppor
tunity for the audience to discuss
the matter. The forum will fol
low the all-university forum pat
tern and is sponsored by the po
litica1 effectiveness commission of
the YM.
Members of the political ef
fectiveness commission planning
this meeting are Tom Sorensen,
chairman; George Shestak, Bob
Gillan, Bernard Dow, Gene
Haugse, Bob Pfeiler, Dean Palmer,
Stewart Minnick, Glenn Laymon,
Donald Ringstmeyer and John
Ellis.
president, receiving the second
highest number of votes, will be
come vice president.
A skit given by YW members,
and staff and commission group
discussions will conclude the pro
gram. Members of the conference com
mittee are Margaret Neumann,
Maurine Evnen, Mary Esther
Dunkin, Shirley Hinds, Betty Lou
Horton, Phyllis Teagarden, Gerry
McKinsey, Madeline Holtzscherer,
and Mary Louise Weidemann.
Miss Mattoon urges all city
and ag campus members to attend
this meeting.
Directory Corrections
Corrections on telephone
numbers and addresses in the
1945-46 Student Directory are
to be submitted to the Student
Foundation office, room 305 of
the Union, by Saturday noon,
Dec. 15, according to Margaret
Neumann, Foundation director.
Bizad Dinner
Awards Gold
Prize Keys
Students and faculty of bizad
college will attend the annual
bizad banquet tomorrow night at 6
p. m. in the Union ballroom. Pre
sentation of the 10 Gold prize keys
will highlight the dinner.
Representatives of each class
have planned the program for the
banquet aided by Delta Sigma Pi,
professional men's fraternity, and
Phi Chi Theta, national business
honorary sorority.
Gold keys are awarded an
nually to the ten freshmen hav
ing the highest scholarship. The
keys are given by Nathan Gold,
local businessman, in honor of
his father, William Gold.
Also to be announced at the
banquet are the new members of
Beta Gamma Sigma, honorary so
ciety of the college, and names
of bizad students in the upper
ten percent of their class, which
will be placed on the Beta Gamma
Sigma plaque of 1945.
Members of the committee who
have planned the banquet include
Professor R. M. Bourne, faculty
advisor; Sylvia Bernstein and
Bernard Urich, seniors; Shirley
Hinds and Carl Guenzel, juniors;
Joyce Keckley and Dean Skokan,
sophomores; and Joan Farrar and
Elden Coffey, freshmen.
Tickets are now on sale in the
bizad office, room 310B in social
science or from any member of
Phi Chi Theta, for 75c.
Christmas Spirit
Invades Union
Social Activities
Christmas activities are under
way in the Union with daily carol
ing in the lounge from 12:20 to
12:50 p. m. and 5 to 5:30 p. m.
Organ music is furnished by My
ron Roberts and Bonnie Compton.
The Union will present its an
nual Christmas party Tuesday,
December 18. The Smith-Warren
Orchestra will play from 7:30 to
10:15 p. m. and there will be carols
in the lounge from 8 to 10 p. m.,
led by University Singers. Free
cokes and brownies will be served.
Matinee Dance.
Today in the Union ballroom
there will be a matinee dance
from 5 to 6 p. m., Friday a free
juke-box dance from 9 to 11:30
p. m. and Saturday evening John
ny Cox and his orchestra will
play from 9 to 12. Admission is
44c.
Thursday, December 20, the ex
perimental theatre will present a
play based on Charles Dicken's
"Christmas Carol," with Paul
Bogen directing. The University
Singers will furnish music.
BY THEATRE STAFF.
"Juno and Paycock," the University Theatres second pro
duction of the year, will be presented at the Temple theatre Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday evenings, under the direction of Paul
Bogan.
Mary Paulson, who was cast originally as "Juno," is back on the
job and will play the part opening night and for the Saturday performance.
Friers Shows
Mexican Film
At Assembly
Robert Friers, adventurer and
motion picture producer, will
show his all-color travelogue,
"Mexican Holiday," and tell of
his experiences at a convocation
in the Union ballroom at 3:30
p. m. Sunday.
"Mexican Holiday" was photo
graphed in Mexico featuring Pari
cutin Volcano, bullfights, mariachi
musicians, the' mummies at Gua
najuato, and the native beauties
of Tehuantepec. Several Mexican
celebrities including Dolores Del
Rio and Diego Rivera are shown.
Began Travels at 12.
When Friers was 12 he began
his travels and in the next 12
years visited 36 different countries
and covered over 130,000 miles.
Although he has been all over
the world, he has devoted most of
his time to Latin American coun
tries which he specialized in at the
University of Michigan.
In 1939 he took a hitch-hiking
trip completely around the world
on $82, as a result of a $5 bet
with his roommate.
Home Ec Club
Assembles Recipe
Folders for Sale
Because of their success last
year, the Home Economics club
has again edited and assembled
recipe folders, according to
Monica Alberty, club president.
Recipes are on sale at the desk,
second floor of the home ec
building.
Each 3" by 5" folder contains
approximately 30 recipes, which
have been contributed by home
ec students and faculty. The con
tributor's name will be printed
beside each recipe. Helen Wulf,
chairman of the project an
nounced that a revised edition is
also being compiled and will be
sold second semester.
Also on sale are Eetty Lamps:
the symbol of home economics.
They are pottery candle holders
and may be purchased either in
pairs or singly.
Comluisker Proofs
All Cornhusker proofs must
be returned to Miller & Paine
studio by 3 p. m. Monday,
Dec. 17, according to Joyce
Crosbie. editor. After that date,
the Miller laboratory will
choose the best pose to be used
in the yearbook.
June Gast, who has been carry
ing the part of "Juno" during
Miss Paulson's illness, will play
the role for the Friday night per
formance. Rex Coslor and Gaylord Marr
as Captain Boyle and "Joxer," re
spectively, a couple of "old but
ties," will add innumerable bits
or Irish humor to the produc
tion. Other Members.
Other members of the cast are:
Richard Ingwerson as Johnny
Boyle, Janet Johnson as Mary
Boyle, Robert Baum as Jerry De
vine, Larry Gilling as Mr. Bent
ham and Gloria Beaumont as
Mazie Madigan. Dorothy Duxbury
plays Mrs. Tancred, Maurice
Johnson, Mrs. Manning and Van
Westover, "N e e d 1 e" Nungent.
Other parts are taken by Jim
Frans, Bernard Suits, Richard
Freethy, Dick O'Meara and John
Kormos.
The O'Casey drama has a mag
nificent mingling of tradedy,
drama, romance and humor. The
curtain will go up at 8 p. m.
Student Grade
Averages Show
Improvements
A generally steady improvement
in the past decade has been shown
in the student scholarship at the
university, W. C. Harper, assist
ant dean of student affairs, an
nounced. Grade averages for the second
semester during the past ten
years reveal that the all-student
scholarship grade average has
climbed from 2.349 for the 1935
36 school year, compared with
2.512 for the same term last year.
The all-women average was 2.604
compared to 2.251 for men. The
figures represent grade points
for all students attending the uni
versity. Present day students apparently
are more scholastically inclined
(See AVERAGES, page 2.)
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