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Friday, September 20, 1946
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Student Sale
Of Tickets
Starts Today
Sale of student season activity
tickets open today in the coliseum
and will continue thru Tuesday
morning, according to A. J. Lew
andowski, director of intercollegi
ate athletics. Each ticket is a re
served seat to all home football
games and assignment will be
made under a new system.
Price of the student tickets is
$6.60, including tax, and admits
t.hA holder to all home football
and basketball games, track meets
and other athletic contests.
Under the new system, or
ranlzations, including fraternities,
sororities. Tassels. Corn Cobs. In
nocents, Mortar Board, Veterans
Coeds Needed
Four co-eds are needed to
work in the athletic director's
office taking applications for
student activities season tickets.
Applicants should report to A.
J. Lewandowski at the colise
um today. The days of work
will be today, Saturday, Mon
day and Tuesday morning.
organization, and other groups of
students desiring to obtain a block
of seats together, send one mem
ber to the coliseum ticket office
with the exact amount of money
and the student identification card
for each member of the group.
The representatir secures the
tickets for the group and leaves
the name of the group and the
number of seats desired.
Individual students who do not
wish to sit with the group can
purchase tickets in the same man
ner at the coliseum.
Tuesday afternoon, drawing of
blocks for groups and individual
eats will be made. Each group
will then have a block of seats in
the stadium assigned to it for all
the horns football games and indi
viduals will have reserved seats
for each game. The Daily Nebras
kan will publish the block assign
ment numbers.
"In order to place your appli
See TICKETS, Fage 4.
University Theater Officially
Opens Season With Ticket Drive
With Broadway hits featured as
coming attractions the Nebraska
University Theater officially
opened its doors last Monday, be
ginning its sale of season tickets.
Billed for the 1946-47 season
are such plays as "My Sister Ei
leen," by Fields and Chodorov, a
comedy about two sisters who
brave the terrors of New York
City; "The Girl of the Golden
West," by Belasco, a western
melodrama; "Angel Street" by
Hamilton, which appeared in
movie form with Charles Boyer
and Ingrid Bergman as "Gas
light;" "Macbeth," Shakespeare's
great tragedy; and "Pygmalion,"
the drama by George Bernard
STUDENTS . . .
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CHANCELLOR R.
Novotny Announces
New Foundation
Board Positions
Appointment of four new mem
bers to the executive board of the
Student Foundation- was an
nounced by Foundation President
Lorene Novotny foiling the first
formal meeting of the board Wed
nesday. Voss, as chairman of district 3;
Barbara Turk, chairman of dis
trict 5, publicity chairman, Jean
H ickey and bulletin editor, Von
Johnson.
Miss Novotny urged all students
who have worked on the Founda-
See FOUNDATION, Page 4.
Shaw which captured audiences
on Broadway in 1945.
Choice at Plays.
This choice of plays for the
coming season was made after
careful consideration to diversify
ing entertainment and audience
capacity here at the university ac
cording to Dallas S. Williams, di
rector of the University theater.
"We attempt to achieve profes
sional perfection in our produc
tions; the University theater does
not expect inferior shows to be
excused on the basis that the
theater is a non-professional
See THEATRE, Page 2.
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all Nebraska football, basketball
and all athletic contests.
G. GUSTAVSON
Corn Cobs Will
Hold Annual
Stag Smoker
The annual smoker for pros
pective Corn Cob pledges will be
held in the Union at 7:30 p. m. on
Tuesday, according to Don Kline,
Corn Cob president.
All students attending who are
interested in Corn Cobs and are
eligible for pledgeship will be in
terviewed ,and from this group the
pledges for the loiiowing year
will be chosen.
Eligibility rules for Corn Cob
nlpHeeshiD state that the candi
date must be o sophomore, having
satisfactorily completed nours
of university work in his past two
semesters of enrollment, and that
he be carrying at least 12 hours
during the present term.
Selection of pledges is made by
ti active members, and from
the group selected, approximately
See CORN COBS, Page 4.
Reporters!
Do your fingers itch to pound
a typewriter? Are you eager
to burst into print? Are you a
journalism major? Are you
slightly insane? Then come to
The Daily Nebraskan office on
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock
for the first meeting of the year
for reporters. No, you don't
have to be a journalism major
(or minor), but the insanity
well, it helps!
AT COLISEUM TICKET OFFICE
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Due to the heavv increase in
at the university, classes will not begin until Monday, allowing two
extra days for students to complete registration, it was announced by
Dr. G. W. Rosenlof, registrar.
In preparation for the Monday
ROTC Adds
M. P., Air Units
To Proqram
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Lt Col. Merle J. Senn an
nounced the addition of military
nolice training and an air corps
training unit to the curriculum of
the university Army KU1L. pro
gram, in a statement Monday.
Rnth courses will be ooen to ad
vanced students in the program,
according to Senn, commanding
officer of the unit.
Michigan Grad.
Howard graduated from Michi
gan State College in 1941 and en
tered the armv in the same year.
He was assistant provost marshal
of the Antilles department in Pu
erto Rico for 27 months and also
saw Hiitv with the Second Ar
mored division at Camp Hood,
Texas, and ort bneinng, iviinne
sota.
Sullivan graduated from the
University of Kentucky in 1940
and entered the air forces in iai
as a second lieutenant and pilot.
He served with the ATC for three
years and was then attached to the
20th Air Force in India. After duty
flying the "hump" he returned to
the United States and served with
the military airlines until his
present assignment.
Orchestra Dance
Opens Full Year
Union Activities
Jean Mover's orchestra will
play for dancing tonight in the
Union ballroom from 9 to 12, to
open this year's Union activities.
Admission is 44 cents and each
student must present an identifi
cation card.
Saturday night there will be a
juke box dance in the ballroom
from 9 to 11:30. There is no ad
mission charge.
Sunday afternoon at 3:00 the
variety show, presented in the
ballroom, will feature Merle Obe
ron, George Sanders and Laird
Cregar in "The Lodger."
Peggy Shelley will play organ
music in the lounge during coiiee
hour from 5 to 6 p. m. Sunday.
All students are cordially invited
to attend the Union's weekend ac
tivities, according to Pat Lahr,
union director.
Miss Lahr also announced that
the main dining room on the first
floor of the Union will be open
from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. for res
taurant service Monday through
Friday, and will feature three
plate luncheons each day, soup,
sandwiches, salads and desserts.
the number of students registering
opening students may alter their
class schedules on l nday ana Sat
urday at the coliseum. On Mon
day, registration for all late stu
dents will be handled at Grant
Memorial Hall. Setting a precedent
lor tne university, omciais nave
scheduled noon sessions in both
Knelish and mathmetics because
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of the increased demand for more
sections in these courses.
Law Classes Friday
Classes in the law college will
start on Friday as scheduled with
the largest number of incoming
law students admitted to the law
course for many years, stated
Dean Frederick Beutal.
Total enrollment at the uni
versity this year is expected to
exceed 8,000 by a considerable
figure, according to Dr. G. W.
Rosenlof, registrar. By Tuesday
evening more than 4,000 students
had already completed registra
tion with the men students in the
majority at a five to three ratio.
Sixty-five percent of the uni
See REGISTRATION, Page 2.
ywyvn (plan
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YWCA and YMCA groups will
sponsor a picnic Sunday for all
students, at 4 p. m., at the ag
college picnic grounds, according
to Shirley Hinds, JW president.
Carol Bridenbaugh, ag college
YW president, and Francis Wagg
ner, ag college YM president, will
be co-chairmen of this affair.
Festivities.
The afternoon's festivities will
include a picnic supper, baseball
and volleyball games, and an
early evening Vesper service un
der the direction of Warren
Thomas.
Special guests attending this af
fair will be Chancellor and Mrs.
R. G. Gustavson and Mrs. W. W.
Burr.
Faculty Dinner
The faculty homecoming din
ner scheduled for Sept. 26, has
been temporarily postponed ac
cording to an announcement
released from Chancelor R. G.
Gustavson's office. A date for
the dinner will be announced
at a later time.
FACULTY SEASON TICKET $7.20
Must Have
Identification Card