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"TpD HD fn nP P rip) u X1 LonJ ai) U UiX Vol. 45, No. 46 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Sunday, February 3, 1946 ( Cavalier iaRus ticana Tickets Now On Sale Seat" for Wednesday's and Fri day's performances of "Cavalleria Rusticana" will go on reserve in the Temple box office at noon Monday, Fred Teller, business manager, announced Sunday. Tickets for Mascagni's tale of a tragic love affair, first student opera since 1943's "Robin Hood," are now being sold at 75 cents each, by members of the Univer sity Singers or at Walts Music store, as well as at the Temple box office. Selection of seats will be better the first few days, so that stu dents were urged by Teller to take the exchange receipts which they have purchased to the box office as soon as possible. Emanuel Wishnow, music school instructor who recently returned to the campus after an army tour of duty in which he played with the late Capt. Glenn Miller's serv ice band, is preparing the small orchestra which will play for the Ambassador Addresses UN Convo Lord Halifax. British ambas sador to the United States, will address a student-faculty convo cation at the Union Thursday, Feb. 21, Prior to the convocation Lord and Iady Halifax and six others in their party will be guests at a luncheon at the Union to be at tended by members of the uni versity convocation committee, Prof. Arndt, R. W. Devoe, Vin cent Hascall, members of the Board of Regents, Gov. and Mrs. Dwight Griswold and Chancellor and Mrs. C. S. Boucher. When arrangements for the am bassador's visit .were being made it was suggested by university of ficials that the address be made at the coliseum and open to the public, but Lord Halifax's secre tary said the talk would be given informally to a student-faculty group. Follies Schedule The following is a list of the tryout schedules for Coed Fol lies skits. Wednesday evening, Feb. 6, Paladian, 7:00; Towne Club. 7:10; International House, 7:20; Gamma Phi Beta, 7:30; Howard Hall, 7:40; Delta Delta Delta, 7:50; Alpha Xi Delta, 8:00; Sigma Kappa, 8:10; Delta Gamma, 8:20; and Carl Hall, 8:30. Thursday, Feb. 7, the tryouts schedule is, Alpha Phi, 7:00 p. m.; Alpha Oricron Pi, 7:10; Kappa Alpha Theta, 7:20; Pi Beta Phi. 7:30; Chi Omega 7:40; Residence Hall for Women, 7:50; Kappa Kappa Gamma, 8; Sigma Delta Tan, 8:10; and Al pha Chi Omega, 8:20. 'Ttvelfth Night9 Tryouts Meet; One-Act Play Casts Released Additional tryouts for "Twelfth Night," next major production of the University Theatre, will be held Monday and Tuesday from 3 till 6 in Temple 201, according to Dallas S. Williams, director. Casts for two one-act plays, for which tryouts were held in con junction with previous ones for "Twelfth Night," were released today by Clarence Flick, director of the experimental theatre. They will be presented in the Studio theatre February 14. Family Album. Characters in Noel Coward's "Family Album" wiil be Pat Hey- two performances. Dr. Arthur Westbrook, director of the school of music, will direct the orchestra on show nights; The curtain will go up at 8 p. m. on Wednesday and Friday nights, with a different cast of principals for each show. Dallas S. Williams, director of the University Theatre, is serving as dramatic director for the tw performances. Max Whittaker and Gloria Beaumont have done the stage settings. John Kirsch, head of the university art department. managed the student scene paint ers from the art department. Ann Proper will direct the light crew Herbert Spence and Betty Zum hingst. Doris Easterbrook is prop erty manager. Make-up crew members under Gay Marr, man ager, are Kathryn Anderson, Betty Russell, Rex Coslor, Virginia Buckingham, Blanche Duckworth, Betty Jeanne Holcomb and Bar bara lierggren. Jack Donley is stage manager. Coeds Honor New Freshmen At Annual Fest Freshmen women who enrolled at the university second semester but were not here in September, will be honored at a get-acquainted party sponsored by the Coed Counselors at 7 o'clock Tues day night in Ellen Smith hall. Suzanne Pope, president, and Pnscilla Flagg, party chairman, in outlining plans for the party. revealed that Betty Jeanne Hoi comb will lead the songfest sec tion of the program. A skit writ ten by Marthella Holcomb, and presented at the fall get-ac quainted party for September freshmen, will be repeated for new students. Main characters are Jackie Gordon, Margaret Huff and Betty Jeanne Holcomb. The play let deals with the work of the group, and the relationship be tween Coed Counselors and their little sisters. Games, sonss and food will be featured from 7 to 8:30 p. m, Berlita Harding, Novelist, Speaks At Convocation Bertita Harding, well known novelist whose stories deal with the romantic background of her aristocratic ancestors and the Mexican emperor, Maxmilian, will speak at a student convocation at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Union ballroom. Mrs. Harding, who recently re turned to this country after col leeting material for a forthcoming lecture tour on inter-American cultural activities, will speak on the subject, "The Power of the Pen." ) nen as Lavinia; Lorma Bullock as Jane; Dede Meyer, Jasper; Van Westover, Richard; Eleanor Dent, Harriet; Don Stevens, Charles; Barbara Hochenberger, Emily; and Herb Spence, Edward. Gloria Beaumont will be the student director. Paul Green's "The Last of the Lowries" will be played by Blanche Duckworth, Cumba; Betty Russell, Jane; June Cast, Mayno; and Gaylord Marr, Henry Berry. Barbara Berggren will be student director. Tryouts for University Theatre and Experimental Theatre produc tions are open to all students of the university. Fritz Daly Fills Alum Office Post Firtz Daly, state editor of the Omaha World-Herald, has been appointed Alumni association sec retary, it was announced Saturday by Clarence E. Swanson, associa tion president. Daly, 38, who graduated from the university in 1929, was active FRITZ DALY. in student affairs and served as president of the Innocents society during the senior year. After grad uation he was associated with the Hastings Tribune and was secre tary of the Hastings chamber of commerce from 1932 to 1935. Position. In 1936 he took the position of assistant secretary of the Central Nebraska public power and irriga tion district. Mr. Daly joined the editorial staff of the World-Herald in 1937 and has been state editor since 1944. "We feel fortunate in getting a man of Mr. Daly's ability," Mr. Swanson said. "His complete knowledge and background of uni versity affairs will make him well qualified for the job." Mr. Daly served the past three years as vice president of the Omaha alumni association chapter. Talks, iames. Movies Hinhlite YM Reception Movies, short talks, games, and an introduction of the year's pro gram will highlight the mid-year VMCA reception for all men Wednesday at 7:15 in the YM rooms in Temple. The reception program, under the direction of Phil Fransdon, vice president, will include the movie shorts, "Thrill a Second," Sports Spellbinder, and "Ride em Cowboy." Welcome will be extended to the group by Presi dent Bill Miller. Explains Commissions. Also included in the meeting will be a brief statement of the YMCA's purpose by Secretary Gordon Lippitt and an explana tion of the revised commission system that will form the core of the Y's activities through the spring semester. Refreshments will be served. Four commissions are planned for the new semester and more will be created if interest war rants, said President Miller. Titles of present commissions are Personal Effectiveness," "Po litical Effectiveness," "Faith for Life," and "World Relatedness." Plans for the commissions call for three weekly meetings per month in the homes of faculty members. One all-membership meeting will be held each month in the YM lounge. ! A v. i ' i i ii in mi ii mfci. I..,. yiniversWy Closes Enrollment problems at the university reached their peak today with the announcement from Dr. George W. Ro senlof, director of admissions, that freshmen registrations had been closed in the college of business administration and the college of engineering. At the same time, Rosenlof advised late registrants they might experience great difficulty in trying to work out class schedules for any of the Intcr-Frat Ball Returns for UN Formal Season First Inter-fraternity ball since the 25th annual dance in 1942, will be held Friday, March 8, ac cording to Gene Merchant, Inter- fraternity council president. Feature of the evening in the Cornhusker ballroom will be the crowning of a queen, chosen from candidates selected by each men's organized house on the campus. Last queen was Toni McQuistan, chosen at the ball in 1942. First Closed Tarty. First closed party on the cam pus since that year, the Inter-fra- ternity ball, which is semi-formal, will be open only to affiliated men and their dates. Tickets will be $1.50 plus tax per couple. The 1942 ball had Al Donahue's "lowndown music with a top hat," and for the first time in the his tory of the event, was held in the Student Union ballroom. Tables were arranged on the balcony, and photographers from the Chicago Tribune took shots of the affair. Marvin C. Plock Receives Navy's Silver Star Medal Marvin C. Plock, Cornhusker varsity halfback in 1936-37-38, was awarded the navy's silver star for "conspicuous gallantry in ac tion," by Com. Wiiliam W. Fitts, executive officer of the NROTC unit, at ceremonies held on the campus yesterday. Former Lieutenant. The citation, which was read by Capt. W. S. Bartley, USMC, cited Plock, a former first lieutenant in the marines, for successfully lead ing an attack on Japanese posi tions on the Ryukyu islands May 21, 1945, during which he was wounded, and then repelling a heavy Jap counter-offensive. Organized Ag Features Aviation Display Exhibition of eight light model airplanes, suitable for agricultural use, will feature the "flying farm ers and ranchers of Nebraska meeting to be held at the uni versity on Monday, Feb. 4, as a part of the annual Organized Ag riculture convention. W. T. Piper, president of the Piper Aircraft of Lockhaven, Pa., and one of the leading national figures in the light aircraft in dustry, will address the morning session in the Union. Another headline speaker will be Forrest Watson of Thomas, Okla., a mem ber of the board of directors for the National Flying . Farmers as sociation and president of the na tionally known "Oklahoma Flying Farmers." Exhibition at Airports. Aircraft on exhibition will be located at both the Union and Arrow airports in Lincoln. Two models of Piper planes will be at undergraduate colleges. "First and second year classes in English, business organization, chemistry, mathematics and phys ics have all reached the maximum that can be taken care of without too seriously affecting the quality of instruction," Rosenlof said. Some Colleges Open. "All new undergraduate stu dents who had expected to enroll for the current semester, and who for one reason or another have not yet arrived on the campus, are strongly urged to communi cate with the office of admissions to ascertain whether or not the courses for which they had in tended to register will still be open to them," Rosenlof said. Registration continued - on the campus at a steady rate Saturday, boosting the total figure to 5,065 students. With graduate and col lege of medicine enrollments con tinuing, it is expected the total enrollment will reach 6,000, ac cording to Rosenlof. Of the total registrations, 1,800 were veterans, bringing the current ex-GI total in the university with first semes ter carryovers to 2,200. Shortage of Books, Rooms. The sudden increase in enroll ment, Rosenlof said, had precipi tated a shortage of textbooks and supplies and "seriously taxed" laboratory facilities. Professors are faced with a mounting teach ing load, and classroom space is at a premium, he added. Foundation Gives Dance, Presents Beauty Queens Nebraska's official sweethearts, the 1946 Cornhusker Beauty Queen, will share the Valentine spotlight with each fellow's own sweetheart Thursday afternoon at ' the Student Foundation annual tea dance in the Union ballroom. Besides the gala presentation of the beauty queens, students will have two hours of dancing, from 4 to 6, to the newest and hottest records from the Union supply including "Just a Sittin and A Rockin' " and other Stan Kenton recordings. Convention the Union airport. The Swift all metal job will be exhibited there along with the Ercoupe, Taylor craft and a Luscomb model. There will be a new voyager 150 Stinson, recently released from the Detroit factory for the first time, at the Arrow airport. Also on exhibition will be a 1946 Aeronica and a Cessna two-place plane. Dealers will probably give demonstration rides in their air craft Monday afternoon. Committee Chairman. Keith Carter, associate editor of the Nebraska Farmer, is chairman of the committee that has formu lated the plans for the day's ac tivities. Reports from over the state indicate that a large turnout of farmers and ranchers, now flying or planning to do so, will be in attendance. It is expected that a "Nebraska flying farmer and rancher club" will be formed during the meeting. I.