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mwatfmMM "tr,,--r'rTiT:ri'7iifrT7r m -tin Vol. 47 No. 54 LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Wednesday, December 11, 1946 Orchesis Clubs Offer. Dance Festival To note Tonight members of Orchesis and Pre-Orchesis groups, honor ary modern dance clubs, will pre sent their annual Christmas dance festival at 7:30 in Grant Memorial Hall. The program, which consists of four parts, is under the direction of Dr. Aileene LocKhart and Mrs Monty Geiss'inger. To open the program, Orchesis members will perform to Men delssohn's "Hark the Herald An gels Sing" and "Deck the Halls. This will be followed by a dance "Jingle Bells" by the Pre-Orchesis group. "We Three Kings and Holy Night" will be the two final numbers of the first section of the presentation. Intramural Winners. Winners of the WAA sponsored dance intramurals. held for the first time this year, will give their dances in the following order VNight Before Christmas," "Alpha Omicron Pi: "Silent Night " Chi Omega; and "A Toy Fantasy," Kappa Alpha Theta, who placed first in the contest. Selections from "The Nutcrack er Suite" will be included in the third section. They are "Dance of the Flowers," "The Sugar Plum Fairy" and "Trepak." The fea tured dance, "The Juggler of Notre Dame," by Ochsner, will be Debaters Rate 'Tie for First At Ioica State Two University debate teams made good showings at the Iowa university discussion and debate conference at Ames Decern ber 6 and 7, debate coach Donald Olson reported yesterday. In competition with universities and colleges in the midwest, the Nebraska debaters tied for first honors on the basis of wins and losses with Kansas, Iowa, North western, Wisconsin State Teach ers and Oklahoma. A tie with Northwestern is con sidered good in debate circles, Ol son indicated. ' 5 Rate Higli. Five Nebraska debaters carried off individual superior ratings: Don Kline in debate; Kline, Ted Sorenson and Albert Johnston in discussion; and extemporary speaking. Ted Sorenson won one out of the four superior ratings awarded. Affirmative teams of Don Kline and Ted Sorensen, teachers col lege senior from Beatrice and arts and sciences sophomore from Lin coln, won three debates, and dropped only one, to Iowa. Nebraska's negative team. Rod ney undwalJ, Omaha engineer irig freshman, and Richard Schlu esner, engineering , sophomore from Oxford, defeated Coe college and the universities of Minnesota and Wisconsin, and lost to Wheaton, Illinois College. Awpwan Anyone now contributing it Interested in contributing art work to the AWGWAN should drop by the Awgwan office Friday afternoon. Dcrpmber 13, according to Editor Walt Simon. Univerttitn Theatre Vrenentn urn Evening S p. M. Dev. 13. 12, 13, 11 Malincc December 112 P. M. Box Office lies. in the final quarter of the festi val. The "Recessional" will be given by the Orchesis club. Production Staff. Miss Jane Mott is in charge of costuming, and Mrs. H. H. Flood will be the accompanist. Lighting and staging is under the direction of Shirley Bacon, Delores Black stone, Lois Cooper, Phyllis Freed Adele Mulliken, Mary Jean Mul vaney, Jo Ann Rapp and Beverly Secord. Other members of the production staff are Elizabeth Lamb, program cover; the WAA council will serve as ushers and members of Orchesis are in charge of choreography. Group Personnel. Members of the Orchesis group are: Anna Aasen, Amy Jo Bergh, Marilyn Davis, Marilyn Duffack, Marian Falloon, Irma Lou Fisher, Jo Grasmick, Nacy Howey, Eliz abeth Lamb, Jean Leinberger, Dorothy Meshier, Pat Meier, Jo Moss, Doris Olson, Winifred Pet erson, Myrtis Rider, Marian Spli chal, Billie Steelman, Marge Sturm, Pat Toof, Donnie Wagner, Jeanne Wood worth and Jo Vo- tava. I he Fre-Orchesis group in cludes Selma Bernstein, Kathrwn Copple, Arlene Fischer, Lois Fritz, Kathyn Geist, Phyllis Hoke, Ruth Alice Johnson, Shirley Klingel, Jo Kramer, Joan Landwerkamp, Donna Marsh, Velma Miller, Bar bara Mohler, Margaretta O'Con- nell, Virginia Pester, Norma Jean Peterson, Darlene Pothast, Caro lyn Prokop, Helen Rodin, Jean Shafenberg, Eldonna Swan and Marian Wolf. Zionists Form New Chapter On UN Campus The Intercollegiate Zionist Fed eration of America, an organiza tion to promote the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Pales tine, formed a chapter on the Uni versity of Nebraska campus last Friday. IZFA was . first conceived at a convention in Chicago in Decem ber, 1945, wh ena need was fell for a Zionist organization in the American colleges. There are 70 chapters of IZFA thruout the country at the present time, under the sponsorship of the American Zionist Youth Commission. Raymond Susman, a resident of Palestine, wa3 in Lincoln to help organize the new chapter. Bernie Pacrny is the tempo rary president. A meeting will be held Thurs ay, Deo. 12. at 7:00 in Room 316 of the Student Union. All those nlerested are invited to attend. Second Semester Advanced ROTC Courses. Closed New enrollments for the sec ond serrester advanced R. O. T. C. couise at the university will not' be accepted. Capt. Janus B. Kelly annouiu't-d Wednesday. Only students currently tak i; g advanced R. O. T. C." train ing or those who completed one ttemeMer of the advanced course Uiit spring will be permitted to enro!'. ,-'-oiding to Capt. Kelly. u "Girl of The Golden West," the second University Theater production of the season, will open tonight at 8 p. m. in the Temple Theater for a four night run with a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Set in the days of the '49 gold rush, David Belasco's play unfolds the story of The Girl, proprietress of a saloon in a mining town, who rejects the love of the local miners and a persistent sheriff, but meets a dashing stranger who kindles a flame in her sup posedly impervious heart. The local sheriff is embittered by the stranger's attraction to The Girl, and the climax of the play resolves the conflict between them. Ann Proper Plays Lead. Ann Proper will play the part of The Girl. Taking the role of Dick Johnson, the attrac tive stranger, is Dave Andrews. Bill Reese is cast as Jack Ranee, the sheriff. The rest of the cast is comprised of a colorful variety of miners and two Indians who inhabit Cloudy Ridge, the mining town. Under the supervision of Dallas Williams, the play has as its student director, Henry Lee. Max Whittaker is the technical director, and Rex Coslor is the student technical di rector. . V University Theater patrons are reminded that the curtain goes up promptly at 8 p. m.f and no one will be seated after that time until the end of the first act. Reservations for the performances may be made at the Box office in the Temple Building during the remainder of the week. Veterans Cast Votes Today For Officers Veterans will go to the polls today at 7:30 p. m. in the Union ballroom to elect new officers for the coming year. Candidates are: President, Bob McNannay and Carl Boo ton; vice president, Duncan Fraser and Er- win Hauield; secretary, uia Mae Schall and Helen Rulla; treasurer, Harry Fike and Bill Brown; hous ing committee chairman. Arch johnston and Jerry Mulraney; athletic committee chairman, Rob ert T. Johnson and Raphael E. Sodergren; social committee chair man Betty Larsen, Marjorie L. Dewey, Kay Kelly and Bill Thorn ton; public relations secretary, Harvey J. Podoll; Ag representa tive, Joe Pappas, Velma Bernholtz and George Schmid. The new officers will assume their positions soon after the first of the year and will make up the executive council which directs the policies of the organization. Grad Students Plan Outline Of New Club uraduate students of the uni versity will meet Thursday night at 7:30, in the Faculty Lounge of the Union, to organize a Grad uate Club on the campus. The purpose of the meeting Thursday is to plan activities whkh will interest al! graduate students. Bill GaineS of the his tory department will lead an open discussion, and a temporary executive committee will ' be se lected, representatives of the va rious graduate departments. Coffee and cake will be served, and the wives and husbands of married graduates are invited to attend the meeting. Opening Tonight . 12:30-6 P. M. Daily Dec. 9 r Notice To Vets The following notice ap peared in the Nov. 30 issue of Army Times: "Income Tax Deadline: Any veteran who paid federal in come taxes for either 1941 or 1942 . . . and who thinks he has a claim for refund because of overpayment . . . (no en listed man was required to pay any Federal income tax on his service pay after Jan. 1. 1941) . . . should hurry and get his claim into the hands of the government. The deadline for such claims is Jan. 1, 1947 . . . claim should be filed with the Office of the Collector of Internal Revenue in the dis trict where the income tax re turn was filed." Further information can be obtained at the Office of the Collection of Internal Revenue, 243 Post Office Building, Lin coln. Nebraska. J. P. Colbert, Director Veterans Consultation Board Carmer Traces American Lore AtUnionConvo Tracing the growth of American folklore. Carl Carmer, author of Listen for a Lonesome Drum" and "Stars Fell on Alabama," spoke at yesterday's convocation on the the subject of "Cavalcade of American Legend." Co-editor of "River of Amer ica series, Carmer stated that only recently have we discovered the folklore of America. Pointing out that much of our folklore has a European heritage, he stated, "If a folk 'adopt' a folklore they also 'adapt' it, and it becomes unique ly theirs. The folklore that has come to us we have made pe culiarly our own." Folklore Not Apparent. Explaining why American folk lore is not apparent to the people of the nation as it once was, he said, "Civilization has stultified imaginers.In the early days, peo- See CARMER. page 4. ' (SDH General Admission 60c Reserve Seats 75c Thru Dec. 14 Tirai Dr. J. Nelson Will Address Convocation "Why Education for Marriage and Parenthood?" will be Dr. Janet Fowler Nelson's topic when she addresses an all-university convocation at 7 p. m. Thursday in the Union ballroom. Dr. Nelson, New York marital relations counselor and graduate of Vassar college, received her PhD degree in psychology from Columbia university. She is a for mer member of the teaching staff of New York university and the Child Development Institute, New York. In 1940 she became consultant on personal and family relation ships of the US division of the National Eoard of YWCA. She is also the author of "Marriages Are Not Made in Heaven," and editor and co-author of "Boy Meets Girl in Wartime." She is a member of the advisory board of the Association for Fam ily Living, and is a member of the American Association of Marriage Counselors, the National Educa tion Committee of the American Social Hygiene Association, Dr. Cannon's Medical Advisory Com mittee (Mass.), and is chairman of the youth committee of the Na tional Conference on Family Rela tions. Chancellor Will Speak to Crippled Children Society Chancellor R. G. Gustavson of the University of Nebraska will be guest speaker Tuesday eve ning at ' the silver anniversary banquet of the National Society for Crippled Children In Chi cago. He will discuss the uses of atomic energy for peace with em phasis upon medical uses. About 350 people, representing educational, medical, social serv ices and business groups from all over the nation, are expected to attend the banquet at the Palmer House. Four Da if s Only s,
