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Vol. 45, No. 91
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Friday, April 19, 1946
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BY JERRY COHN.
Glenn Miller's orchestra, under the direction of Tex
Beneke, sax player and vocalist, will play at the university
coliseum on May 3, A. J. Lewandowski, acting director of
atnieucs. announced today.
Under the sponsorship of
Miiier-ceneKe orcnestra will play from 9 to 12 p. m., bring
ing to a climax the parade of name bands appearing at the
university cms past semester.
The orchestra features
iour iromoones, iour trumpets, a JbYench horn, four ryhthm,
plus a string section which Miller added tn his AAF hand
consisting of nine violins, two
group, ine rew unieis.
Orchestra
Of the personnel now
were memDers oi Miner s Air Force Training Detachment
band, while the balance are main sidemen who played with
Miller prior to the war. Featured with thp nrr.hpstra nr
Artie Malvin, taking singer
uiuan Liane, iormeny witn uiaude Tnornhilrs band. Red
headed Bobby Nichols, 21 year old trumpeter who gained
fame with Vaughn Monroe, is also with the band.
Tickets for the dance go on sale Monday at the coliseum
and at Schmoller & Mueller's music store. Advance tickets
are $2.00 per person, and $2.50 at the door.
Emanuel Wishnow, director of the University Orches
(See MILLER, Page 2)
University
Broadcast
A special Good Friday broad
cast by the University Singers and
a speaking cast will be aired by
radio station KFOR at 4 p. m. to
day. Music from DuBois' passion
cantata, "The Seven Last Words"
will be featured in the dramatic
presentation.
One of the two most widely
performed musical works for the
Easter season, "The Seven Last
Words" retells the story of the
crucifixion. Soloists with the
chorus are Morris Hays, baritone,
and Jacquelyn Kasmussen, so
prano Dr. Arthur Westbrook will
direct the University Singers who
opened Holy Week last Sunday
with the performance of Faure's
"Requiem."
Speaking: Cast.
The speaking cast, prepared by
Romulo Soldevilla of the speech
department staff, includes Lester
Today Marks
Deadline Date
For Ag Filings
Ag college students may file not
later than today for four types of
positions, according to John Cro
mer, president of the Ag exec
Doard.
Positions to be filled are: Ag
exec board three men and three
women including two freshmen,
two sophomores and two juniors;
btudent Council two sopho
mores or juniors; Farmer's Fair
Board six juniors, three men and
three women; and Coll-Agri-Fun
-three juniors, two men and one
woman. The filings are to be
made in Dean Burr's office.
Ag exec board president John
Cromer has announced that if
enough student interest is not
shown by filings made for Ag
Farmer's Fair board and Coll-Agri-Fun,
these two organizations
will not be reactivated.
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the university coliseum, the
35 artists, including six saxes,
violas, a cello and a vocal
Personnel.
with the orchestra. 90 percent
Johnny Desmond's place, and
Singers
Friday
Holtzen, Russell Krueger, Bill
Lucas, Avrum Bondarin, Al Sage,
Lester Reutter, Keith Meininger,
Frank Barber and Bill Weisman;
Betty Jo Packard, Pearl Brick,
Margaret Huff and Marilyn Davis.
Scenes portrayed in the drama
include those in the hills of Gol
gatha, before the palace of Pontius
Pilate, and during the march to
Calvary. DuBois, composer of the
cantata, has succeeded in captur
ing the spirit of the frenzied mob,
of the heart-broken followers of
Christ, of the terror in the cruci
fixion hour when the veil of the
temple was rent, and of the glory
of the coming ressurection.
Church
eekend
Special Easter, Holy Saturday
and Good Friday services are be
ing sponsored by campus church
groups this week end.
Virginia Long, one of the four
Traveling Fellows from the Board
of Christian Education of the
Presbyterian church, will spend
Friday, Saturday and Sunday at
the Presbyterian Student House,
where she will hold personal in
terviews and informal chats with
students who are interested in
mission work, the ministry, or the
field of Christian education.
On Saturday afternoon at 4 she
will go on a picnic with the Pres
byterian students, and on Sunday
at 5:30 Miss Long will be guest
speaker at the Student Forum
held at the Student House. The
forum will be followed by a sup
per.
Special Easter services will be
held at 9:30 and 11 o'clock Sunday
morning at Westminster and First
Presbyterian churches.
A joint meeting of the ag and I
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Happy Easterl
Student Party
Lists Aims In
Constitution
The platform of the Student
Party for Democratic Government
was proposed and accepted, after
open discussion, at the regular
caucus meeting held last night
in the Sosh auditorium. The party
platform is as follows:
The Student Partv for Dpirin.
cratic Government stands for in
dividual voting- in fairly conduct
ed student elections; for the clari
fication and extension of the
powers of the student government;
and for the encourarement of a
greater feeling of unity among
the students of the university.
Therefore, the Student Partv
candidates for Student Council
membership will:
(1) Propose and suDDort a reso
lution making it illegal for any
organization to fine or otherwise
punish or threaten to punish any
of its members in an effort to in
fluence the member's vote or party
registration. The Student Council
(See PLATFORM, Page 2) I
Groups
Easter
VIRGINIA LONG.
city campus LSA groups will be
held at the Student Center on the
city campus, under the direction
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Party Chooses
Foirdl0 L. Nlovotiiray
As Co-ClhaQirinniein)
Dake Novotny, Betty Lou Horton, Bill Miller and Lorene
Novotny were nominated for seniors-at-large on the Stu
dent Council by the Student party at its caucus last night.
Dake Notvotny is a member of the Daily Nebraskan
staff, and spoke eloquently at the" caucus on behalf of co
operation between affiliated and unaffiliated students to
defeat faction tactics.
Betty Lou Horton is vice president of the YWCA, and
has served the past year as a student member of the Pub
lications Board.
Bill Miller presided at the meeting and retired as party
Don Kline Gets
Prexy Position
For Corn Cobs
Don Kline was elected president
of Corn Cobs, Art Beindorff, vice
president and Dean Skogan, secre
tary-treasurer at a recent meeting
of the organization.
Kline is a member of Nebraska
Masquers, varsity debate, Delta
Sigma Rho, Beta Theta Pi, and
was participant in the steering
committee of the peace confer
ence and University Theater pro
ductions.
Beindorff is a Kosmet Klub
worker and a member of Ne
braska Masquers and Kappa Sig
ma. Pledges.
New pledges, announced by
organization members, are: John
Donald ' Ashford, John Adams,
Sam Warren, Harold Mozer, and
Herman Christanson.
Eligibility requirements for a
pledge, are set up by the office
of the dean of student affairs. A
student must carry 12 hours in
good standing and have completed
24 hours in the university to main
tain pledge status.
Law College Rep
Law college may have one
representative on Student
Council, according to an an
nouncement made by Roberta
Collins, Council member. Union
and Student parties will be
notified by the Council.
chedule
Services
of Pastor Alvin Peterson, Lu
theran student pastor, Sunday at
5 p. m. The meeting will consist
of discussion, recreation and a
fellowship supper.
Lutheran students and their
friends will meet for a Good Fri
day service of worship in the
chapel, room 315 of the Union,
at 7:30 p. m. Friday. Holy com
munion will also be celebrated in
this service. The Rev. H. Erck,
university Lutheran pastor, will
conduct the service and speak on
the topic, "The Language of God
Concerning the Death of His Son."
Miss Elaine Putensen will accom
pany the hymns.
The regular chapel service will
be held at 10:45 a. m. Easter Sun
day in room 315 of the Student
Union. Easter hymns will be sung
and the sermon topic will be, "The
Lord Is Risen Indeed." Miss June
Gast will accompany the hymns.
Students are requested to at
tend the Good Friday service at
(See CHURCHES, Page 6.)
j chairman, turning me chairman
ship over to the new co-chairmen,
Robert Ford and Lorene Novotny.
Lorene Novotny is president of
the Student Foundation and staff
member of the Cornhusker.
Spirited throughout, the caucus
came to an effective conclusion as
Eleanor Knoll delivered a speech
for unity within the party.
Early in the caucus there was
heated debate over the question of
dual chairmanship. The 300 dele
gates at the caucis, however,
joined to amend and adopt the
See SLATE, Page 6.)
Col. Murphy
NamesROTC
Unit Officers
Henry E. Swartz, of Lincoln, has
received the appointment of cadet
lieutenant colonel of the univer
sity's advanced army R.O.T.C. unit
according to Col. James P. Mur
phy, director of military training
activities.
The announcement of cadet offi
cers was made Wednesday, April
17, at the annual banquet of the
university's Cadet Officers asso
ciation, held at the Union.
Leonard T. Wibbels, Wolbach,
was named to the rank of Cadet
Major. Other appointments in
clude Cadet Captains Robert B.
Avner, Sam S. Avner, Dallas W.
Cotton, Eugene Lingenfelder, Wil
liam M. Hammond,. James L. Olm
stead, all of Lincoln, and John D.
Cooper, Omaha.
Cadet First Lieutenants are Jo
seph R. Bolker, George T. Burr,
John A. Steinbacher of Omaha;
Roy W. DeBolt, Blair; Loyal A.
Mehrhoff, Carrollton, 111.; and Ra
mey E. Beachley, Lincoln.
Cadet Second Lieutenants as
named are W. J. Wood, Seward;
Harold G. Haldeman, Gretna; Wil
liam H. Norton, Osceola; Gerard
F. Mulraney, Forest City, Pa.;
Donald L. Bieber, Lincoln; Ber
nard G. Nealy, Seward; Thomas
J. Herd, Lincoln; Charles W. Tal
bert, Thayer,; Doyle R. Nieman,
Grand Island; Carl H. Campbell,
Lincoln; Robert W. Kieffe, Long
Beach, Calif.; Jack A. Zimmer,
Lincoln; William A .Finkle, Lin
coln; Karl D. Kelly, Omaha; Owen
L. Lovan, Salina, Kas.; Vernon S.
Robeson, Blair; Blaine O. Young,
North Platte; Earl M. Monroe,
Adams.
University Party
The University party will
meet in Parlor Y of the Union
at 3 p. m. today, according to
Margaret Neumann, temporary
chairman. All students Inter
ested in the newly formed
party are invited to attend, and
anyone not able to come may
sign op in the Union office.
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