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Vol. 47 No. 75
World Premiere Will
Show Here March 4
BY NORM LEGER.
For the second time in six years
Lincoln will be the scene of a
motion picture world premiere,
and once again university students
will play a part in the glittering
spectacle of a grand opening.
MGM's "The Sea of Grass,"
starring Spencer Tracy and Kath
erine Hepburn, will have its ini
tial showing at the Stuart theater
on the evening of March 4. The
scene of the movie is set in New
Mexico. The story is centered
around the ranchers who first set
tled in the plains of the great
southwest. Since the producers
were unable to find the grass
lands best suitable for photogra
phy in the southwestern states, the
scenes showing the "sea of grass"
were photographed on location at
the "By-the-Way" ranch in west
ern Nebraska. The ranch is owned
by S. R. McKelvie, former gov
ernor of Nebraska.
Students Picked.
Like the usual Hollywood open
ing, the premiere will feature
State's School
Svstcms Rank
Nation's Fourth
Nebraska's educational standing
has risen to the nation's fourth
, place, according to a recent chart
published in Look magazine.
Middle-western and western
schools outrank the previously
top-rated eastern schools in the
first one-third. Utah, Kansas and
Oregon hold the places immedi
ately above Nebraska. Of the 22
states west of the Mississippi, 16
rank in the upper half of the list.
In contrast to this, only 8 states
ot the 26 east of the Mississippi
"stand above the midpoint in the
rankings.
Schools in the Big Six confer
ence are all in the top one-third
with the exception of Missouri
which is in thirtieth place.
Schools rating the top one-third
category are Utah, Kansas, Ore
gon, Nebraska, Iowa, Washington,
California, Idaho, New Hamp
shire, Colorado, North Dakota,
Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota,
Massachusetts and Montana.
The poll was taken from "Edu
cation, America's Magic," by
Raymond M. Hughes and William
H, Lancelot of Iowa State College.
Ak-Sar-Ben Show
Men interested in showing
stock at the Junior Ak-Sar-Ben
show must register at the Ani
mal Husbandry office before
Wednesday, Feb, 12.
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a radio broadcast and interviews
with celebrities, amidst blazing
lights and smartly dressed spec
tators. Since the two leading
stars, Hepburn and Tracy, will be
working on other pictures and will
be unable to attend the premiere,
a contest is being held to select
two university students to act as
their proxies at the opening. The
selections wtfl be made on the ba
sis of facial resemblance to the
picture's stars.
The winners will be special
guests at the premiere along with
the governor, senators, the city
mayor, and Lincoln civic leaders,
and will be brought to the stage to
be presented with plaques and
telegrams -from Hepburn and
Tracy. Governor Feterson will
make the presentation.
Each student who wishes to
submit an entry should leave his
name, address, and telephone
number in the Daily Nebraskan
mail box as soon as possible. The
mail box is located by the door
of the Daily Nebraskan office in
the basement of the Union.
Univets Form
New Bureau
To Boost UN
The Univets Educational Facili
ties Committee has announced
that extensive plans have been
laid for the formation of a special
University Boosters Speakers bu
reau.
The Bureau, comprised of UN
students, male and female, vet
eran and non-veteran, will be sent
on mtra-state speaking trips, all
expenses paid, to appear before
prominent and influential civic or
ganizations to speak in behalf of
the university and its budget re
quirements.
First Meeting Tuesday.
All students interested in ac
tive participation in the Univer
sity Boosters Speakers bureau are
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asicea to meei in room zm lem
ple, at 4 p. m., Tuesday, Feb. 11.
Those unable to attend the ini
tial meeting are asked to contact
Carl Booton at 3-1873, or notify
the Univet office at 209 Nebraska
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To Tour Stale.
Those speaker chosen as having
the required ability will be sent,
all expenses paid, to such com
munity organizations and meet
ings thruout Nebraska as are con
sidered advisable in promoting the
objective of support of the univer
sity budget request for the bien
nium, Vi million dollars, plus 14
new buildings to be constructed
on the various UN campuses. j
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Rey Booked in
Ballroom For
Awgwnn Refunds
Refunds (or 6econd semester
subscriptions to the AWGWAN
magazine will be made the
week of February 10-14, In
clusive. Checks will be mailed
to treasurers of houses which
have five or more members en
titled to refunds. Call, dormi
tory, or other miscellaneous
subscribers should call In per
son at the AWGWAN office in
the Student Union basement
during the following hours:
Monday, February 10, 3-4 p. m.
Tuesday, February 11, 1-2 p. m.
Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2-3 p. m.
Thursday, Feb. 13, 5-6 p. m.
Friday, February 14, 4-5 p. m.
Students should bring iheir
receipts, if possible. Identifi
cation cards must be presented.
No further refunds will be
made after February 14, 1947.
Any further information may
be obtained from Eldon E.
Donnelly in the AWGWAN of
fice during the above hours.
Courtesv Lincoln Journal
CHANCELLOR GUSTAVSON.
Chancellor R. G. Gustavson will
address the first convocation of
the second semester Tuesday at
11 a. m. in the union ballroom.
"Science and Religion" will be
the topic of the chancellor's
speech. This will be the univer
sity student's first opportunity
to hear Mr. Gustavson speak in
a student convocation.
Plan Presented
ror mnriiiarv
By Gustavson
"Schools should practice good
medicine as well as teach the
latest techniques," stated Chan
cellor R. G. Gustavson in his ad
dress at the Rural Health Institute
of Organized Agriculture held at
the Student Activities building
Thursday afternoon.
Admitting that the university
student health service has not
been adequate, he presented the
plan of the university to build an
infirmary capable of giving stu
dents the best medical care pos
sible. He advised that in setting
up an adequate system of medical
care, "authority and responsibility
should go hand in hand."
Other speakers at the Institute
were Dr. D. M, Alderson of the
State Department of Health and
Dr. H. C. Lueth, dean of the col
lege of medicine.
All-University Convo
"Instructors may dismiss
their classes for the All-University
convocation at the dis
cretion of the instructor with
the approval of the head of the
department," according to Dr.
Rosenlof, Registrar.
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Alvino Rey, America's number
one guitarist, has been booked to
play in the Union ballroom, Fri
day, March 7, according to Miss
Patricia Lahr, Union director.
In order to have ample room
to dance, couples will be limited
to 425, and tickets will be five
dollars per couple.
As a twelve year old Cleve
land high school boy, Alvino Pey
invented the electric guitar. He
originally played with Horace
Heidt and then organized his own
band featuring the King sisters.
War Duties.
During the war he served as
a seaman first class, reorganizing
TNC Prelim
Selections
Made Today
Girls who have been nominated
as Typical Nebraska Coed candi
dates will appear in the Faculty
Lounge of the Union at 2 p. m.
today for preliminary judging.
Of the candidates being judged
today, 20 will be selected to ap
pear in the style show for the
Coed Follies revue Feb. 25. The
Typical Nebraska Coed will be
chosen from the 20 finalists, and
her name will nM be revealed un
til the night of the Follies when
she is presented in the Union ball
room.
Judges.
The judges who are to select
the 20 participants for the style
show are the three faculty advis
ors of the AWS Board, Miss Mary
Guthrie, Miss Aileene Lockhart
and Miss Gertrude Knie and the
following board members. Ann
Whitham, Tibby Curley, Mary
Cox, Phyllis Sorenson, Jean Chil
quist, Mimi Ann Johnson and
Jean Compton. The three faculty
advisors will name the Typical
Nebraska Coed.
All persons who have been
named by their houses to try out
should appear this afternoon
dressed in a date dress or suit
with appropriate accessories, hat,
gloves and, if desired, a purse.
Mary Alice Cawood has been
selected to be Dame Fashion and
accompanist for the style show
will be Roma Johnson.
YW Semester
Club Meetings
Begin Monday
At the rendezvous of the Y. W.
C. A. last Thursday, the meetings
of the various commission groups
for this semester were announced,
These meetings will start tomor
row. The following is a list of the
groups, and their time of meet
ing.
Monday.
12 noon Advanced social service. 2nd
Mon. each month.
3 p. ro. F inane committee.
4 p. m. N Book. Estes Co-op.
Tuesday.
12 noon Publicity.
3 p. m. World' community.
4 p. m. Comparative Religions, Old Test
ament, Tiny "Y." Vesper Choir Practice.
5 p. m. Music leaders. Knitting. Bal
cony. Social Committee, 1st Tuesday in
month. Kitchen.
7 p. m. Ag Y.W.C.A. Cabinet.
Wednesday.
12 noon Upper-class Leadership.
3 p. m. Office Staff.
4 p. m. Labor. Youth Group Leader
ship. 5 p. m. Leadership Cabinet.
7 p. m. Administrative Cabinet
Thursday.
IS Boon Christians at Work, Inter-cultural.
4 p. m. Beginning Poclal Service, New
Testament, Pe.-sonal Relations.
, Friday.
4 p. m. "Coke" Hour. i
Sunday, February 9, 1947
Union
March
his band in the winter of 1946.
His new Victor recordings tea
turing the Blue Reys are 'Ce
ment Mixer," "Save Your Sor
row," "Scpulveda," and the Gui
tar Boogie."
Securing a band is not a new
problem to Miss Lahr. Sonny
Dunham was replaced by Charlie
Spivak of the Mortar Board Ball
and the same problem was faced
at the Military Ball.
Tickets.
Tickets for Alvino Rey will be
placed on sale two weeks be
fore the band date, Friday, Feb.
21. The increasing problem of
booking bands makes it impos
sible to begin ticket sales until
then.
Broken Contract.
Previously, Miss Lahr ' had
booked Ray McKinley for Friday,
Feb. 21. McKinley, formerly a
drummer with" Glen Miller's
band, signed a contract with the
Union for that date, received a
fifty percent deposit. Miss Lahr
then learned that the band route
had been changed, and the con
tract was broken.
Slack's Doggie.
Freddie Slack, famous for his
"Cow Cow Boogie" and "Mr. Five
by Five," was also contracted to
play on Friday, Feb. 21. Miss Lahr
was notified that the Slack ag
gregation had disbanded so his
contract was broken.
Tea Dance
To Feature
'47 Beauties
BY BONNIE VOSS.
A great many strange things
take place in that famous old
building affectionately called
Sosh.
It was there, (during one of
those breath-taking 15-minute
between-class journeys) as I was
gently guiding my roommate
through the stately hall, (she's
only a Sophomore and finds these
situations a trifle puzzling) that I
stumbled over a forlorn little old
white-bearded gentleman in a
rabbit coat who was inconspicu
ously crawling from the janitor's
broom closet.
Lucky.
Finding a square foot of open
space (the luck of the Irish) he
was soon caught in the tide and
slowly drifted out of the door
but not until he had inquired as to
the general location of ye olde
Studente Union.
My curiosity aroused, I asked
him meekly if he were a new
Freshman. Replying in a firm
voice, he asked, "My dear, do you
know who I am?"
St. Valentine.
Suddenly, the brutal truth was
staring me in the face (nice fel
low Truth, if brutal,) This was
none other than St. Valentine
himself.
Realizing my embarrassment, he
said, "Oh, that's all right; it's
been a while since I visited old
UN. Not much changed, though!
Heard they're holding a big cele
bration in my honor come next
Friday the 14th. A Valentine Tea
Dance, they call it, with dancing
from 4 to 6 to the music of Dave
Haun and his orchestra in the
Union ballroom.
Beauty Queens.
"Not only that, but they're pre
senting the cream of Nebraska's
coeds (sigh) and eight eligible
Huskers. (Here I sighed.)
"And that isn't all free coke3
and brownies, all for the slight
fee of 50 cents. Sounds great, eh?
Well, gotta be going now; must
be there in time for the party.
See ya there!"
And with those words we parted
ah, yes, the wonders of Sosh.
WhatH they think of next?
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