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.fiKjL Vc;. 45, No. 80 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Thursday, April 4, 1946 Fritz Daly To Address Journalists Fritz Daly, new alumni secre tary, will mnke one of his first appearances before a student group Thursday night, April 11 at the annual Theta Sigma Phi journalism banquet. Scheduled for the ballroom of the Cornhusker hotel at 6:30, the I I rTir ni-mrnilntKiiiiin-wiiMiiiiMiiMffifii - wwwmmmmmm Lincoln Journal FRITZ DALY dinner will again center around the fourth estate, using university magazines as its theme, according to Ruth Korb, president of the honorary, journalism sorority. All journalism majors, or those interested in journalism, are in vited to attend the fun frolic. Tickets are $1.75. Daly, who succeeded Ellsworth DuTeau at the alumni post, was a member of Sigma Delta Chi, hon orary journalism fraternity, when an undergraduate at Nebraska. Included in the program, which will be highlighted by an Awgwan staff skit, is the announcement of the new Theta Sig president and the delegate to the group's national convention, set for Chi cago next June. Tickets may be purchased from any member of Theta Sigma Phi or in the Union office, according to Miss Kerb. Hollis, Hanway Hansen Receive Miller Awards Recipients of three Donald W. Miller scholarships and three Franklin E. and Orlinda M. John son fellowships have been named by Dean Robert W. Goss of the Graduate college. The Miller scholarships, each worth $750 yearly, were awarded to three World war II veterans. They are: Merle Frederick Han sen, to complete a doctor's de gree in zoology; Donald Grant Hanway, to complete a master's degree in agronomy; John P. Mol lis, to complete a doctor's degree In botany. Johnson Awards. Recipients of the Johnson fel lowship are: Donald R. Cornelius, $375 for one semester to complete a doctor's degree in agronomy; Louis Hartwcll Douglas, $375 for one semester to complete a doc tor's degree in political science; Henry James Sallach, $750 for one year to complete a master's degree in chemistry. Funds for the awards are es tablished with the university foundation. Kosmet Klub Kosmet Klub will meet in room 316 of the Union today at 5 p. ni. All actives and workers are urged to attend, according to Dick Folda, president. Presentation Of Prom Girl HighlitesBall Music by Sonny Dunham's na tionally famous orchestra and pre sentation of the 1946 Prom Girl will highlite the Junior-Senior Prom Friday nite in the coliseum. Maestro Dunham has been con tracted to play for four hours, from 8 to 12 p. m., according to the Prom committee. His 16-piece orchestra features Louise Douglas and Pete Hanley, soloists. Thirteen coeds have been an nounced by the committee as can didates for Prom Girl. They are: Frances Baker, Mary Cox, Pa tricia Curry Deppe, Ann Doudna, Doris Easterbrook, Sallie Emerson, Betty Jean Latta, Kathy Legge, Margaret Munson, Frances Pou lous, Katharine Reese, Jackie Scott and Jean Shinkle. Couples Vote. The coed who will reign as Prom Girl will be chosen by the couples attending the dance. Their choice will be written on the back of the ticket on entrance to the event. Tickets for the affair are on sale in the Union main office and in the Student Activities office in the coliseum. They may also be obtained from any N club mem ber, whose organization is spon soring the Prom. The price per couple is $2.50 plus 50c tax. Freshmen and sophomores, as well as upperclassmen, may at tend the Prom. Coeds' attire will be forma.1, while men may dress as they prefer. Dr. J. Becker Joins Faculty At University Dr, John P. Becker has been appointed assistant professor of botany at the university, Chan cellor C. S. Boucher announced Tuesday. Receiving his AB degree from the University of Idaho in 1938, and his masters degree in 1940, and doctors degree in 1943, both from Duke university, Dr. Becker will direct teaching and research work in plant physiology. He entered the army in 1943 and during the war became as sistant chief and project officer of the physiological section of the Army Air Forces. Dr. Becker's appointment becomes effective September 1. MirairiieGipollis Appirs Dimitri Mitropoulos . . . will lead Minneapolis Symphony in its appearance at the university coliseum April 9. ml 1 v.. Y Cabinets Hold Party This Week By Ruth Ann Finkle. Spring, as everyone knows, is the time for picnics, so mark Saturday, April 6, in your date book as the time for the picnic planned by the YWCA and the YMCA of both the ag and city campuses, which will be held on the ag campus at the outside fire place near Love dorro. A dance will be held in the ac tivities hall after the picnic. Ag, City Campuses. All YWCA and YMCA members and all other students from both ag and city campuses are invited to attend both the picnic and the dance and may bring dates, ac cording to Libby Curley. Jeans and plaid shirts are the order of the day, and the after noon will be spent informally. Tickets may be purchased from YWCA cabinet members, YMCA cabinet members or at either the YWCA or the YMCA offices. The price of the tickets will be 50 cents, and will include both the picnic and the dance. Ten Frat Skits Receive Approv.nl Of Kosmcl Klub Ten skits received the judges nod of approval for admittance to the Kosmet Klub Spring Re vue program April 13. Acts accepted for presentation, ac cording to Dick Folda, presi dent, will represent the fol lowing organized men's houses: Beta Sigma Psi, Sigma Phi Ep silon. Delta Tau Delta, Alpha Tau Omega. Sigma Chi, Beta Theta Pi. Kappa Sigma, Sigma Nu. Phi Kappa Psi, and Phi Gamma Delta. The revue is scheduled for the Union ballroom at 2 p. m. Saturday. It was also announced by the organization that there will be a worker's meeting Thursday at 5 p. m. in the Union. IHlere "Fuses BY SAM WARREN. The Minneapolis Symphony or chestra, under the direction of Di mitri Mitropoulos, will appear in Lincoln at the coliseum on Tues day April 9th. The orchestra, one of the foremost of its kind, is composed of 90 musicians. Dimitri Mitropoulos, the or chestra's permanent conductor since 1938, was born in Athens, Greece, and had an enviable rep utation as a conductor in Europe before he made his debut in Amer ica with the Boston Symphony or chestra in 1936. He was so well received that he was invited to return for a series of concerts the following year, a thing unheard of among staid Bostonians. Ten Years Later. Now, ten years later, Mitropou los is the rumored choice to head the Boston symphony when its renowned conductor. Serge Kous sevitzky, retires. Since his affilia tion with the Minneapolis sym The university will be host to over 350 high school students and their teachers, who have enrolled for the uni versity's first annual all-state speech and dramatics festival to be held on the campus April 5 and 6, it was announced today by Leroy T. Laase, speech department chairman. The festival will include one-act plays, debate and the established declamatory events, dramatic reading, humorous reading, interpretative oratory, original oratory and ex temporaneous speaking. All participants except those in debate have already Alumni Plan Annual Round Up Luncheon The University's Alumni Asso ciation Round Up luncheon, an annual feature of the commence ment weekend program, will be held Saturday, May 25, at the Union, according to C. E. Swan son, association president. Mr. Swanson also announced the appoinement of Elsworth F. DuTeau, secretary of the associa tion for seven years until his resignation last January 1, as gen eral chairman of the Round Up committee. Mr. DuTeau. who left the alumni association post to enter private business, will be assisted by representatives of the honor classes of 1896. 1906, 1916, 1926 and 1936. Vice Chairman. Max Meyer has been named vice chairman of the general com mittee and co-chairman with C. W. Roberts, of the class of 1906. Mrs. E. C. Folsom will head the Round Up program for the class of 1896; Guy Chambers and Mike Poteet, class of 1916, and Milton Anderson, class of 1926. Other members of the commit tee are Mrs. Woodrow ivlafee, Mrs. Giles C. Henkle, J. Stewart Elliott. Mrs. Ruth Palmer Schmel kin, Winslow Van Brunt, Joyce Ayres, Bob McNutt, Dr. G. W. Rosenlof and Dr. W. H. Morton of the University faculty; George Round, Director of Public Rela tions at the university and Fritz Daly, Alumni Association secre tary. Mr. McNutt, a student, will See ALUMNI, Pase 4. !fiS phony, Mitropoulos has appeared as guest conductor with major orchestras ranging from the New York Philharmonic to the Na tional Orchestra of Mexico. Widely-Travelled. One of the most widely-traveled orchestras in America, the Minneapolis group will perform a program of appeal to all concert goers. This was partly assured when Conductor Mitropoulos re cently polled the Lincoln public's taste, thru Lincoln newspapers, as to the symphony they desired most to hear. Their choice was Beethoven's Seventh symphony, which has been programmed. The other selections are Handel's "Water Music Suite," DSbussy's "Afternoon of a Faun," and Stra vinsky's "Firebird Suite." Tickets for the special student section available at 50c, and re served seats may be purchased at Walt's Music house or by mail order thru the Lincoln news papers, who sponsor the concert. M earned superior ratings in district competition. Every debate team in the state was eligible since there were no district debate contests in Nebraska this year. The events will be held in the Temple Theater and will start at 8:20 Friday morning. They are open to the public with no admis sion charged. An all - state radio forum, "Should There Be One Year of Compulsory Military Training for All Able-bodied Male Citizens." will be given by four debaters selected on the basis of achieve ment at 1 1 Saturday morning over radio stations KOIL and KFAB. The conference awards lunch eon will be held Saturday noon in rooms XYZ of the Student Union. Announcement of superior win ners in all events and presenta tion of awards will be made by Dr. Laase. The festival closes Sat urday afternoon. The conference events will be: 25 one act plays, 11 class A and 14 class B; 26 humorous readers, 8 class A and 18 class B; 34 dra matic readers, 11 class A and 23 class B; 22 interpretative orators, 8 class A and 14 class B; 22 orig inal orators, 8 class A and 14 class B; 11 extemporaneous speakers, 5 class A and 6 class B; 22 debate teams, 16 class A and 6 class B. The two classes refer to the size of enrollment in the respective schools. Regular staff members of the speech and dramatics department will serve as critics for the de clamatory and one - act play events. University varsity debat ers will serve as critics for debate. After each event, the participants will receive constructive criti cism and suggestions from the critic. Dental Instruction To Revert to Old Status Next Fall The war time program of ac celerated instruction by the Col lege of Dentistry will be dis continued next fall, Dean Bert L. Hooper announced Saturday. The emergency course of study made it possible for students to complete the regular four year course in three years by con tinuous year around attendance. The reconversion plans mean that the present senior class will graduate next January instead of this summer. The period of in struction of sophomores and juniors will also be lengthened accordingly. Freshmen students are already participating in the peacetime course of study. Although the program of ac celeration was adopted in 1941, the two-yer pre-professional training course remained unchanged and will thereby be unaffected by the change. The entire course there fore reverts back to the peace time curricula, prescribed length of which is six years. Awgwan Copy Copy for the April issue of Awgwan, campus humor maga zine, must be submitted at the Awgwan office in the Union basement by Monday non, April 8, according te Ruth Korb, editor.
