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LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Tuesday, November 12, 1946
Vol.
Organized Groups to Submit
Plans for WAA Dance Fete
Organized houses and groups
must submit plans for a Christmas
or winter scene dance to Miss
Aileen Lockhart or Mrs. Ruthann
Geissinger by Wednesday if they
wish to participate in the Decem
ber dance intramural program, a
new activity which will be spon
sored by the WAA.
All ideas, which will be kept
secret, should be original. If two
or more groups present similar
plans, the one turned in first will
be given preference. Plans sub
mitted should contain a descrip
tion of the theme, suggested music,
costumes to be worn, names of
girls taking part and chairman
of the group. The maximum time
limit for each group will be five
minutes.
Judging:.
Dances will be judged on theme,
suitability of music, suitability
and originality of costume, danc
ing technique and dance composi
tion. Groups will be judged Nov.
26 at 7:30 p. m. in the dance
studio of Grant Memorial hall,
Dr.Lindstrom
Speaks at Ag
Convo Today
"Opportunities for Christian
Service in Rural Areas" will "be
Dr. David Lindstrom's topic when
he speaks at the ag campus 'Re
ligion in Life' convocation, today
at 4 p. m. in the Activities Build
ing. At 6:00 the YW will serve a
spaghetti supper. Tickets for the
supper were to have been pur
chased yesterday, according to
Irene Wellensiek, publicity chair
man. Dr. Lindstrom will speak on
"The Rural Church in a Chris
tian Nation," at the regular
YM-YW weekly meeting tongiht
at 7:30.
Gamma Sigma Delta, honorary
agricultural fraternity, of which
Dr. Lindstrom is a member, will
sponsor a luncheon in his honor
this noon.
Students may confer with Dr.
Lindstrom today between the
hours of 11 and 12, and 1:30 and
3:30 in Room 110 of the Plant
Industry Building.
Professor of rural sociology at
the University of Illinois, Dr.
Lindstrom is a graduate of the
university college of agriculture.
He is president of the American
Country Life Association, and
was chairman of the conference
between theological seminaries
and college of agriculture.
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and the three winning dances will
be presented at the Orchesis an
nual festival Dec. 11. Costumes are
not to be worn for the try-outs.
Any number of girls may par
ticipate in the dance, including
members of pre-Orchesis. How
ever, Orchesis members may not
participate or direct a group.
Directors' Meeting-.
Directors of each organization
will meet this afternoon at 5 in
the dance studio to clarify any
questions concerning the program.
Ideas which have been sug
gested for competition are dances
to a carol, predominately religious
in character, exemplification of
traditional customs or portrayal of
some portion of the Christmas
story.
Sponsors of the dance intra
murals have requested that par
ticipants do not use the following
music: "O Come All Ye Faithful,"
"We Three Kings," "Deck the
Halls," "Jingle Bells," and "Hark
the Herald Angels Sing."
Charm School
Meets Tonight
At mien amitn
The year's first meeting of
Charm School will he tonight at
7 p. m. in Ellen Smith hall, with
Mrs. Harold Stebbins, guest
speaker, discussing the definition
of charm and the attributes of
charm. Mrs. Stebbins, a former
university student, is currently
president of the Lincoln Junior
League.
The purpose of Charm School
is to aid coeds in improving their
appearance, etiquette ,and study
ing the newest styles and fash
ions. In recent years, the pro
gram has been di-ected toward
topics such as care and types of
furs, perfumes and other inter
esting subjects.. The presenta
tion of the annual spring style
show is another outstanding event
of Charm School.
Charm School meetings will be
held every other Tuesday evening
until early SDrine. On alternate
Tuesdays book reviews will be
given with Joan Fankhouser as
director.
A special invitation is extended
to all freshman girls
Vespers Choir
Vespers Choir will rehearse
today at 4 p. m. in the Union.
The room number will be
posted on the Union bulletin
board. All who have previous
ly sung in the choir and those
interested in doing so are urged
to attend, according to Beverly
Sievers, choir chairman.
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Shaw's Teen-Age Dancers
Orchestra,
Pianist Will
Play Sunday
A capacity audience will hear
the Union-sponsored concert of
pianist Mario Braggiotti and the
university orchestra in the ball
room next Sunday, Union director
Patricia Lahr has announced.
The last of 1,000 admission
cards for the event were issued
at the Union office yesterday,
Miss Lahr revealed. Attendance
will be limited to this number by
the seating capacity of the ball
room. Interest in the concert has been
high since it was first announced
that the internationally-known
pianist Braggiotti would appear
as guest artist with the orchestra,
under the direction of Emanuel
Wishnow.
Education.
Braggiotti, who has studied at
the Boston Conservatory of Music
and the Conservatoire in Paris,
has become celebrated as a pian
ist, composer and musical humor
ist. All these talents will be given
See ORCHESTRA, page 4.
Vets Sponsor
Radio Program
Tomorrow Nite
"Veteran's Views,", weekly radio
broadcast sponsored by the Vet
eran's Organization, will be held
from 6:30 to 7 p. m. next Wednes
day evening in Room 201 of the
Temple building, instead of the
usual meeting time of 7:30.
The question discussed on this
week's broadcast, "Is organized
Religion Accepting its Challenge?"
ties into the spirit of Religious
Emphasis week. Speakers on the
broadcast are Father Obrist, pas
tor of the Holy Family church;
Dr. John O. Nelson, director of
the Tifereth Israel Synagogue;
and Dr. Rhinehardt, chairman of
the Sociology department at the
university.
An unusually large audience is
expected at this broadcast, for
letters were sent to 88 pastors in
Lincoln and read in churches last
Sunday. These letters invited in
terested people to attend the
broadcast to take part in veterans'
discussion of important issues.
Courteiy Lincoln Journal
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High Schools
Experiment
With Movies
Twenty-nine Nebraska high
schools were selected Monday to
participate with the university,
Omaha Uuniversity, and four state
teachers colleges n an experiment
designed to develop standards for
educational movies used in public
school classrooms.
Dr. Wesley C. Meierhenry, proj
ect director of the university ex
tension division, said two types
of films would be shown in these
high schools beginning early next
year. One, to aid classroom in
structors, will cover such subjects
as general science, biology, phys
ics, world geography, world his
tory, and American history. Films
for student assemblies, on such
subjects as international relations,
music and art will also be pre
sented. Carnegie Grant
The project is being financed by
a $15,400 grant from the Carnegie
Corporation of New York City.
Films worth $10,000 came from
Teaching Film Custodians, Inc.,
with $5,000 from the same cor
poration to purchase or rent other
films. Encyclopedia Brittanica
Films, Inc., furnishes 600 films on
a "cost-of-production" basis for
the duration of the projects.
The Nebraska experiment is de
signed to determine the extent to
which teaching in small high
schools can be improved and ex
panded through the use of high
standard educational films, Dr.
Meierhenry said. The project, the
only one of its kind, has aroused
national attention and interest
among educators and film pro
ducers. The high schools were selected
by the project's executive com
mittee, composed of Dean Frank
E. Henzlik of the university's
Teacher's College; Dr. K. O.
Broady, director of the Universi
ty's Extension Division; Wayne
O. Reed, state superintendent of
public instruction; and Dr. Frank
Sorenson, project executive secre
tary for the University.
Nu-Meds
The Nu-Med picture for the
Cornhusker will be taken to
day at 4:45 p. m. in the west
stadium, not at Rinehart-Mars-den
Studio as previously an
nounced. Men are to wear
coats and ties, according to
Stanley Johnston, president.
'Shaw's Gangj
Dance Group,
"Shaw's Gang," a group of
Cheyenne Mountain High school
students from Colorado Springs
under the direction of Dr. Lloyd
Shaw, will present a program of
mountain square dancing in the
Coliseum Saturday, Nov. 16, at 8
p. m.
Dr. Shaw, who has conducted
his group of 16 boys and girls on
tours throughout the United
States, has been given credit for
popularizing the cowboy square.
A school superintendent and col
lege trustee, he has written a
book on the subject and lectured
extensively.
He served as dance director
and "caller" of the old-time
dances in the Selznick production,
"Duel in the Sun," which will
soon be released. The Decca Re
cording Company will also have a
Shaw square dance album avail
able toward the end of the year.
Each summer Dr. Shaw con-1
The Rev. Harry V. Richardson,
chaplain and director of religious
activities at Tuskegee Institute in
Alabama, will speak at the "Re
ligion in Life" convocation this
morning at 10 o'clock in the Union
ballroom.
Mr. Richardson attended West
ern Reserve university, Cleveland,
O.; the divinity school of Harvard
university, and received a Ph.D.
degree in sociology and religion
at Drew University.
In Alabama, he founded, and is
now executive secretary of a
state-wide interracial ministers'
alliance. He serves on committees
and organizations which are seek
ing to achieve better race rela
tions in the south. He was vice
president of Tuskegee Institute
for three years, and is active in
the effort to improve conditions
among Negroes in rural areas.
For 12 years he was religious
advisor and intimate friend of the
late George Washington Carver,
and was with the famous scientist
at the time of his death. Mary Es
ther Dunkin will preside at the
convocation.
Religion in Life Week began
Sunday when students heard vis
iting religious leaders in Lincoln
church services, at seminars on
the campus, and at the first Re
ligion in Life convocation in the
coliseum.
According to estimates made by
church leaders on the campus,
approximately 2,500 students, fac
ulty members, and their friends
See TUSKEGEE, page 4.
D. A. DeVoto
To Speak At
Convocation
"The Maturity of American
Literature" will be Bernard A.
DeVoto's topic when he will ad
dress students at an all-university
convocation to be held in the
Union ballroom Wednesday at
3 p.m.
DeVoto, a noted writer and lec
turer, received his A.B. degree
from Harvard university in 1920.
He is now the editor of the Har
vard graduates' magazine and has
contributed literary articles, his
torical essays and reviews to na
tional magazines.
A former instructor and assist
ant professor of English" at North
western university, DeVoto is the
author of "The Year of Decision,"
"The Taming of the Frontier," and
"The Crooked Mile."
High School
Gives Recital
ducts a short Intensive master
class in western dancing in Colo
rado Springs for "caller" and
dance teachers, but the enroll
ment is limited to 90 persons and
applications from all over the
country have to be refused.
Foremost of his interests, how
ever, are his 'teen-age mountain
dancers. The team tours the West
Coast each autumn, the central
West or the Atlantic seaboard
each spring. The fee that is
charged just about covers ex
penses. Although Dr. Shaw could eas
ily keep his first team filling
engagements during the year, he
rejects many invitations so that
the students may continue their
schooling. He arranges the itin
erary with disregard for the con
venience of those who wish to see
his dancers. Considering only the
opportunity to provide new ex
periences for his team.
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