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tfurs&ccy. February 6, 1947 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Page 3 Haun to Play at Union Open House Saturday At its first mid-year open house npxt Saturday, uur Ldlinc the music of Dave Haun's orchestra which will play from 8 30 to 11:30 in the ballroom. For th?e who prefer more se date music, Jay Norris will play the oi can in the lounge from 8:30 until 10:0, and punch and cake will he served during the eve- ""Thc il-.ncc is free, the refresh ments arc free, and the only re quirement for admission is an identification card. A card will admit one other person, stu dent or non-student. Revive Dance Classes. Keeping activities moving at a f.;st p 11 e, Pat Lahr has announced tir.it the popular dancing classes of l.ir-t semester nave occn rc- ivivl. vith Donna McLandless m- The classes being at 5tm 'i! 7:30 next Tucsdav. and will con tinue for six successive, Tuesdays. Donna McCandless will also in struct six dancing classes, spon sored by the Ag Union, starting Thursday, Feb. 13. All dancing classes are free. Bridge Lessons. Initial lessons in contract bridge for beginners and advanced stu dents will be Thursday, Feb. 13 and six successive Thursdays, di rected by Dale Ball. At the Ag Union, bridge classes, for beginners only, start at 5 p. m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Robert Young and Dorothy Mc Guire will star in "Claudia," flick er show at the Union Sunday. The movie will begin at 3 p. m. and move to the Ag Union at 8 p. m. Coffee hour at both Unions will be from 5 to 6. Junior Ak-Sar-Ben Show Planned for March 14-15 Ak-S (.imp M:i;ii ew-M set ! J J! !',. i u i ; ! tu hold the 13th Junior -P.cn in mid-March on Ag were announced today by manager Willard Visck. .ii.ictions of the two day uill be a ball, tentatively 1-i nlay, March 14, and a vi'.unlay, March 15. : Ak-Sar-Hei. gives Ag ; a:i opportunity to dem r showmanship ability in :ion for the title of grand !"ii student showman of the -ity. Sheep, beef cattle, ittle, hogs and hoist's will ute the divisions this year. !i;j Mid (are given the ani- : ie the date of the show ! scored and considered !i the contestant s animy ling. Visek explained. will bo gnen to divi- v. mners who will compete e grand championship. Regular Classes. i '.u events will be inter 'I with the regular classes ut the evening program . r tip tation of the cup to the grand champion showman. Junior Ak-Sar-Ccn is sponsored i hy the Nebraska chapter of the National Mock and Hridlc Club. This club, composed of students interested in animal husbandry, has a membership of 45 men this ivear. In audition to junior .-k- Sar-P.en, its sponsorships include: ! Honors banquet, Feeders day bar-j hecue, Stuudent Livestock judging contest and Senior r.ivcsiocK judging team. Chairman. Committee chairmen this year are: Merle Prir.cgar, ball manager; Frank Ieffel. tickets; Ned Haun, ringmaster; Charles P.rim and Dale Landgren, publicity; Wilbur niuhm and Dick Johnson, special events; I'.ob Hamilton, custodian; Clvdc Maddocks, uniforms. Men interested in showing will register from Thursday, Feb. 6 through Wednesday. Feb. 12, at the animal husbandry office. Numbers of animals will be posted YM-YW Install New Officers For Semester Ag YM-YW officers for 1947 48 were installed this week at an impressive candlelight service held at the First Evangelical church. The new officers were previously chosen at a student election. Lighted candles, symbolizing their respective duties and re sponsibilities, were presented to the new officers by their prede cessors. Gordon Lippitt, execu tive secretary of the University YMCA, gave a talk on the neces sity of enlarging the scope of the organizations. New YW officers include: Bcrnice Young, president; Flor ence Armold, vice president; Lil lian Lock, secretary; Lois Thor finnson, treasurer; and Marilyn Lyncss, district representative. YM officers are: Don Meaders, president; Keith Fredcriekson, vice president; Virgil Ganzcl, sec retary; Dale Stauffer, treasurer; and Ralph Johnson, district rep resentative. The new officers will be sup plemented bv appointees to form YM-YW cabinets which will di rect the activities of the asso ciations for the coming year. Organized Agriculture Meetings End Today will !( lmiuxcd by prcscn-j Thursday, Feb. 13. Home Ec Style Varsity Dairy Slum Plnnnpil Club Sponsors ; . . 1 , hvT , i r i tor February j Dai r y la ml Ca 1 c U auonai , nam Announces Air :e F.c Club's annual style mII l-e held Thursday evc Kcb. 13, in the Student ac hm'iding. according to 1'. ,'l,i Kl.i:'u chili i (resident. ':al chdnnan of the show 'U-ita Faes and Phyllis Koss intiiig the Home Economics and ,I,me Little, Virginia and Elsie Damesbei gcr, of !"'.hing department. - from the clothing classes i:.'"!cl the clothes they have The show will be ((pen to Officers Elected or Gamma Delia ina Delta, national a-soci.i-' :or Lutheran students spon ' ' hy the Missouri Snod, has i officers for 1947. i' ; Sch' uscner has teplacod ' i Koesler as president. Other -is are Roland Groteluschen, e piesident; Elsie Damesbergcr, 'tary, and Shirley Wendt, ner. t meeting of the group will a Cible study and discussion ;ht at 7:1a in the YMCA room Temple. Table Tennis Tourney Starts In Tivo Weeks Ag College table tennis tourna ment will begin on Feb. 17 at the College activities building. Pro fessor E. C. Higginbotham, Ag Intermural director, announced today. Tournament will include men's singles and doubles, womens singles and doub'cs and mixed doubles. Entries can be made at the athletic office or the Ag Union office before Feb. 14. Two new basketball leagues will begin play F'eb. 17. As the result of first semester playoffs, the first league will consist of the Cardinals, Pla-Mors, Farm House "A," Casinos, Lutheran Students, AGR "A." and the Rustics. In the second league will be Ag Men's Social "A," Farm House "U," YMCA, AGR "B," Ag Men's So cial "15," and the Coffee Kids. The accent was on the prob able trends of livestock prices and new textiles for the homemaker, as the Organized Agriculture meetings opened Tuesday at the Ag college. It was predicted that livestock prices will go down while textile prices will rise. Prof. Frank Miller, rural econ omist at the University of Ne braska, told the livestock men that it appears that livestock Roberts Named As Instructor On Ag Faculty Lvle Roberts has been named instructor of animal husbandy re placing Oscar Tegtmcier who left the university to operate a farm. An animal husbandry major, Mr. Roberts, received his Bachelor of Science degree from the univer-' sity in 1910. Mr. Roberts was a vocational education instructor at Laurel, Nebraska, before entering the navy. Commissioned as a navi gator in 1942 he spent next three years flying N. A. T. S. routes in the South Pacific. After separa tion he was employed "by the Omaha Journal Stockman. As a member of the senior live stock and meats judging teams, Roberts received national recogni tion by placing first in all classes at the International livestock ex position. His student activities in cluded president of Block and Bridle, animal husbandry club, and membership in Farm House Fraternity. prices will recede from present levels as 1947 progresses. Press ure, he' said, will be heaviest on cattle prices. The drop may be as much as 20 percent but it "is not likely to be precipitous unless we have a sharp business depression and widespread unemployment." Five Factors. The economist said at least five factors will influence livestock prices in the future. They were listed as: Number of slaughter grade animals offered for sale; level of employment; government expenditures to supply our armed forces; foreign loans and com petition of other products. Miss Mary Guthrie, member of the University home eco nomic staff, forecast that most cottons will be plentiful in the future, except combed broadcloth for shirts. She forecast a favor able outlook for rayon and said that it will continue to gain in importance at the expense of nat ural fibers. "Raw silk will remain a luxury item," Miss Guthrie added. Three foreign students at the University of Nebraska presented greetings to the Home Economics association this morning. They were Miss Moi Yu Chen of China; Miss Margarida Davis of Brazil, and Miss Georgette Thouri of Lebanon. STUDENT HOUSE. Emphasizing the need of food in other countries, the Presby terian student house will hold a sacrificial supper Sunday, Feb. 9. An UNURA movie will be shown. THIF will give a valentine parly Friday, Feb. 7. Vi r; : r Dann. new French impor- !-"n who makes his Hollywood hut in Paramount's 36-star "Va- ' '' Girl," once toured France as ' hading man to Josephine er, long one of the most pop- ;'i actresses in that country. C'"e of the largest wheat stands California, the huge 30,000-acre J -HI Griffin ranch in the San "'juin Valley, was used for loca- "II si'Cnpt in Prirnmoiinf's "Wild est. new Alaft Ladd-Dorolnv Lnnour-Robert Preston starrer. Kosmct Klub. There will be a meeting of Kosmet Klub members in room 307 of the Union at 5 p. m. today. For the past two days the n .irvl ind G.i l.-tct ia snonsoicd and operated by the Varsity Dairy; Clubyhas helped to relieve the j rush on ag college eating places hy serving lunch to the partici pants in Organized Agriculture. The Dairyland Cafeteria has he come a traditional feature of Or ganized Agriculture through its successful operation for many years by the club. Nearly all the out-stale visitors patronized the cafeteria as did a number of the speakers, faculty members, and students. I.arse Crowd. In spite oi the nV agreeable weather, a large crowd was in attendance tor the meltings and more than a hundred people were served the first day and twice that number the second. Cafe teria manager Fred Turner re ports that a nice profit was made for the club alter purchasing a Sicable amount OI ci inao.-in equipment. The Dairy Club members in operating the cafeteria, served sandwiches, pie. ice cream, milk, coffee and doughnuts through the noon hours. Opera . . . (Ctmtinurd friint IVr J.) Praise," and "Seven Last Words of Christ" as guest soloist at a state teachers college in Fort Hays, Kansas. Now a senior, he served 44 months in the USNR as a member of military bands at his prc-flight school and aboard the aircraft carrier "U. S. S. Intrepid" in the south Pacific and Japan areas. Experience. Mr. Ganz spent 52 months in the army, attaining the rank of captain. Now working toward his masters in rr asic, he has sung in four "Messiah" presentations, in the university men's glee club, octet and madrigal group. In Training Plans Veterans and non-veterans alike are eligible for enlistment and pay under the National Guard air training program initiated at the Lincoln Air Base, according to Edward Muell- r. campus repre .scntative of the 173rd fighter squadron. A special program has been es tablished to train enlistees in the specialty of their choosing. Those Abo qualify will be required to itiend a minimum of one drill pe riod a week. Free transportation from the Lincoln po.stofiice and pay for ach drill period is authorized, 'ji.ivcrsity students with experi ence in radio, radar, engineering, mmament. ordnance, weather or administrative specialties are needed for the 22nd Air Serv ice group, Mueller said. Further information may be ob tained from Captain Davis at the Lincoln Air Base. Those inter ested may .inquire at one of the regular Monday night drill periods. Home Ke Officers Installed; Plan Ureakfasl Sunday Priscilla Flagg, president: Ma rianne Srb, vice president; Lillian Lock, secretary; Donna Gorham, treasurer, and Donna Lu Johnson, historian, new officers of the Home Economics Club, were in stalled this week. The new and old Home Econo mics Club council members have been invited to a breakfast Sun day at the home of Miss Margaret Fedde, chairman of the Home I F.cnnnmic"! Denart ment. Eulletisa KiiKliifrr", who hav nn( yet rircivfd cojilr of Ihr Bluf I'Hnt. should notify the ufflrr, TKMJ I nion. hnjtinrrr' fthmihj notify thr uliive If thr hair not r-rJttd ! thr Orlohrr, Nowftihcr, or DiTrmhi-r lur. ANNE BIRDSALL Instructor in Piano Juvcnilf and Adult nVcinncrs and Advanced Students 138 No. 12 Suite 3 Phone 2-2521 1940 he was baritone soloist in the oratorio "The Creation" and in a concert version of "Carmen." Margaret Shelley, who has the lone feminine role in the opera, is best known on campus for the incidental piano music she plays during the coffee hour in the Union lounge each Sunday. She served as accompanist for the chorus directed byRobert Shaw at the Nebraska Music Educator's Clinic this fall. A senior, she di rects a girls' choir at Grace Methodist church. Mr. Rouch, also a "Messiah" soloist, was a member of the army medical corps for two and a half years, serving in New Guinea's Port Jungle hospitaL He is vice president of Phi Mu Alpha Sm fonia musical fraternity. Our Forty-Second Year! Fiji's Best Wishes On Your Spring Formal! , & co Men's Clothing, Second Floor