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Vol. 45, No. 83
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Tuesday, April 9, 1946
lUBUUM
Honor Day
Convo Set
On April 16
Honoring over 400 students, the
university's annual Honors Day
convocation will be held at the
coliseum Tuesday, April 16, Prof.
Linus Burr Smith, Honors Day
convocation committee chairman,
announced today.
In addition to students ranking
scholastically in the upper ten
per cent of their class, members
of various honorary scholastic
organizations on the campus and
winners of scholarship awards
will be announced, Professor
Smith added.
Classes CUsed.
All classes, laboratories and
university offices will be closed
Tuesday morning, April 16, for
the convocation, which is the only
formal campus-wide recognition
of high scholarship during the
year.
The convocation speaker this
year will be Alvin Saunders
Johnson, until recently director
of the New School of Social Re
search in New York City. He is
a native Nebraskan and graduated
from the university in 1897 with
an AB degree. He obtained an
MA in 1898. Mr. Johnson re
ceived an honorary degree from
the university at the 1940 com
mencement exercises.
The convo speaker was a pro
fessor of economics at Nebraska
from 1906 to 1908. He has taught
at the University of Texas, Uni
versity of Chicago, Lei and Stan
ford university and at Cornell.
Mr. Johnson was editor of the
New Republic from 1917 to 1923
and became director of the New
School of Social Research in 1923.
C.D.Lantz Wilis
Annual Award
Of Sigma Taus
Charles D. Lantz, senior in the
electrical engineering college, was
announced Thursday night at the
Sigma Tau dinner in the Union as
this year's winner of the honorary
engineering fraternity's (50 schol
arship. Given annually to the senior
engineering student considered by
the awarding committee to be
best qualified on the basis of
scholastic f bility, outstanding per
sonality, practicality and need, the
recipient of the award does not
need to be a member of Sigma
Tau.
Installation
Dean Roy N. Green of the en
gineering college made the pre
sentation, and retired Dean O. J.
Ferguson presided over the instal
lation of officers which followed
the dinner.
Dale Schrader replaced Edwin
Busch as president of Sigma Tau.
Vice-president is Harry Bane;
treasurer, E. W. Bollmeier; and
historian, James B. Barbour. Nor
val B. Barker was re-elected sec
retary. Kosmet Klub
Kosmet Khab announces that
there will to a mediae im nwa
316 of the student inWn today
at 5:00 for wurkers and actives
alike.
THURSDAY, APRIL 11
$1.75
Kosmet's Back
And Just Guess
Who's Got Him
By Bob Dkkenman, Sam Warren.
"Kosmet's back and UN's got
him" (or will have a week from
tomorrow.) This chant plagues us
from every quarter. Whispered
from a far corner, the cry breaks
the pin-drop silence of Love Li
brary. Warbled in a shrill color
atura, it is heard above the school
of music's composite din. Blurted
blithely throughout a crowded
Union lobby, the words, "Kos
met's back. . .April 13th . . .Kos
met men . . . .April" resound again
and again.
Can't Get Away!
There's no escaping it. Chatter
about "spring show," "pony chor
us," "blonde wigs" and "Prince"
and "Sweetheart" and "hairy hi
larity" and "hey, Fo-o-olda"
Fo-o-olda" are driving us stark,
raving, and mad. Determined at
last that we, too, could be inside
dopes, we summoned up courage
to ask someone "Elmer . . . . h
Elmer," be approached timidly,
"do you know anything about a
blonde pony or a wig chorus?"
we stammered.
"You're insane, man, insane.
Unless . . ."
"Yes"
Unless . .
"Yes?"
"Unless you mean pony chorus
and blonde wigs and all the rest
of the roaring fun that goes with
(See KOSMET, pre 4.)
Vets May Apply
For Art Position
The Veterans Organization re
quests that any veteran qualified
to instruct freshman drawing con
tact Prof. W. L. De Baufre in
room 207 Bancroft hall.
A graduate who can accept a
full time instructing job or an
undergraduate who desires sup
plement subsists nee will be con
sidered for the position.
Mitropoulos Forsakes
Priesthood for Music
BY SAM WARREN.
Dimitri Mitropoulos, famed con
ductor of the Minneapolis Sym
phony Orchestra, which will be
heard here at the coliseum to
night, is a man who really
wanted something and then set
out with all his energy to get it!
Music was his goal and music
his career, despite the obstacle of
family opposition. And as great
symphony conductors go, he at
tained his goal at a compara
tively young age. The trouble
was that his family, stout mem
bers of the Greek Orthodox
church, had decided for young
Dimitri that he should be a priest.
The fact that two uncles were
monks, his grandfather a priest,
and his granduncle an archbishop
didn't elevate Dimitri'i hopes
much! Religion, as practiced in
the Greek church, and music
simply could not mix.
Pcrsistanee.
By the time he was 1. however,
his persistance had convinced his
Sponsored
Scholarship
Money Given
To University
Five thousand dollars in schol
arship funds will be given to the
University Foundation by the Ne
braska Scottish Rite, it was
learned by university officials
Sunday following the annual
meeting of the Rite's educational
committee.
The money will be used for
general scholarships ina-11 fields
of university activities, including
those outstate. All students of
sophomore standing or above will
be eligible. The foundation will
receive $1,000 each year for five
years.
Helps Education.
Howard Wilson, president of
the University Foundation, ex
pressed the foundation's pleasure
in receiving the funds. "It is fine,"
said Wilson, "for both the uni
versity students and the Scottish
Rite. After all," he added, "the
Scottish Rite has always been in
terested in good education, and
the granting of this scholarship is
right in line with this principle."
Coel Counselors
Women who served this year
as Coed Counselors were re
minded Monday by MartneTIa
Holeumb, president, that they
must file Tuesday or Wednes
day at Ellen Smitk Hall if they
would like t serve in that ca
pacity arain next year.
Registration hours for any
tip per class woman whu would
like to serve as Big Sister to
entering freshmen women next
fall will be from 19 to 6 on
Tuesday and 11 to C on Wed
nesday in Miss Fipers office.
Personal interviews with ap
plicants will be held Thursday
and Friday of this week, and
those chosen will be initiated
Sunday, April 28.
parents, and had already broken
off with schooling as such and
had dedicated his life to music.
His talents as a pianist and as
a composer developed so rapidly
fro mthat time on that today he
is well known as a concert pian
ist and a symphonic composer, as
well as a conductor. While he
studied composition at the Paris
Conservatory as a scholarship stu
dent, he found himself from time
to time with a baton in his hand,
leading an orchestra, and gradual
ly he became recognized as a
promising conductor. Thru the
next years his conducting experi
ence with major European or
chestras gained him such a repu
tation that it brought him to the
U.S.A. and to the Minneapolis
Symphony, of which he is now
permanent conductor.
Typical remarks about his con
ducting genius was that of a New
York Philharmonic player who
said of him, "Our orchestra is a
hundred years old and Maestro
Mitropoulos is teaching us things
that are new."
by Theta Sigma Phi
Td!y for IPrtiies
From 9 a. m. till 6 p. m. today students will have opportunity to
register for the political party of their choice as a preliminary tt
choosing candidates for spring elections.
Polls will be placed in the Union basement and in the ag activ
ities building with members of Student Council in charge of registra
Vets Sponsor
DanceAprill3;
Band Selected
"Jug" Brown and his orchestra
have been named by the Veterans'
Organization to play for a dance
Saturday, April 13, in the College
Activities building on the ag
campus.
The dance will be open to all
university students, according to
the Veterans' party committee.
The price per couple will be $1.50
with a special price of $1.00 for
organization members.
Versatile.
Biown will play for three hours,
from 9 to 12 p. m.
A talented musician, Brown fea
tures himself on bass fiddle, clari
net and saxophone, and is well
known for his vocal ability. Pick
ing special tunes and selecting the
right tempo have featured strong
ly in his mid western success, ac
cording to the committee.
Originally from the East, Brown
was popular at the Woodriff
Hotel, Joliet, 111.; the Moonlite
Gardens, Springfield, 111.: and the
Randolph Hotel, Des Moines,
Iowa. His most recent record was
a two-year stay at Peony Park in
Omaha.
BanqnetTJieme
Is Announced
By Journalists
University magazines have been
chosen as the theme for the an
nual Theta Sigma Phi journalism
banquet Thursday night, accord
ing to Ruth Korb, president of
the women's honorary journalism
sorority.
With Fritz Daly, new alumni
secretary, as the speaker ot the
evening, the banquet will begin at
6:30 in the Cornhusker ballroom.
In addition to the talk by Mr.
Daly, members of the Awgwan
staff will entertain the journalists
with a skit.
New President
Another highlight of the eve
ning, according to Miss Korb, will
be the announcement of the new
Theta Sig president and the dele
gate to trie national convention
in Chicago next June.
Miss Korb stressed that any stu
dents interested in journalism are
invited. Members of the staffs of
any of the publications and jour
nalism majors are especially urged
to attend this annual banquet
honoring the newspapers and
their future reporters, editors aa:d
owners, she stated.
Tickets are $1.75 and may be
purchased from any member of
Theta Sigma Phi or in the Union
office, according to Miss Korb.
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HOTEL CORNHUSKER BALLROOM
6:30
tion. Identification cards
are
necessary in order to register.
Two parties have been set up
on the campus, the Student Party
for Democratic Government,
holdover from last year, and the
Union Independent party, a new
ly organized group.
In order to explain the func
tioning and platforms of the two
parties, the Daily Nebraskan has
published statements, letters from
the leaders, and the method of
voting in party conventions.
Student Party Executive.
The Student Party is directed
by a committee composed of Mary
Ann Mattoon, Don Kline, Shirley
Hinds, Gerry McKinsey, Betty
Lou Horton, Suzanne Pope, Bar
bara Griswold, Audrey Ernst,
Edith Pumphrey, Bill Miller, Helen
Laird and Bob Gillan. These
members were elected last fall,
together with eight seniors who
have since graduated. New mem
bers of the committee will be
elected at the next party caucus,
according to Miller.
Miller stated that the platform
of the Student Party will be
adopted by the party members in
an open caucus of all members.
To nominate students for posi
tions, any member can nominate
from the floor and final candi
dates are determined by secret
ballot of all the members, he
added.
First Registration.
In the first party registration
of the year, 167 students regis
tered for the Student party and
480 for the Union Independent
party.
Last year the Student and Prog
ressive parties contested for posi
tions on Student Council, Pub
lications Board and Ivy Day Ora
tor. The two parties had almost
equal membership but in the gen
eral spring election. Student
Party candidates were elected to
fill a majority of the offices.
The complete organization of
the Union Independent Party is
as follows:
"The Union Independent Party
is a campus political organization
consisting of students whose pur
pose is to set forth worthy prin
ciples which will unite Univer
sity of Nebraska students, regard
less of social affiliations into a
forward movement for the bet
terment of the University of Ne
braska; to nominate a slate of
(See ELECTIONS, pace 4.)
Veteran's Organization
The regular meeting of the
Veterans' Organization wttl be
h4d Wednesday niffut. April
10, sad not April 12, as was
previously announced, accord
ing: to Chairman Marion
Mitchell.
The neeting: will be ktU in
the Studi theatre in the Tem
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