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Thursday, April 3, 1947 Post- Vacation Concert Brings Noted Singer BY SAM WARREN. .Altho Marian Anderson is to day a universally acclaimed art ist, success did not come to her quickly, but was achieved over a period of ten years that saw her I studying earnestly in America and Europe. Miss Anderson, who will sing in the coliseum on Tues day, April 15, is now on her 11th consecutive tour. First step in Marian Ander son's concert career came 20 years ago when she won the right to appear with the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orches tra in a competition with 300 other aspirants. Her appearance in Lewishone stadium, led to an engagement with the Philadelphia Symphony orchestra. This prom ising beginning, however, was fol lowed by "a great calm." Feeling that she was not yet ready to pursue her concert work, she went to Europe in 1935 on a Rosenwald fellowship with which she was able to continue her study. After modest successes in Berlin, she began a Scandinavian tour that established her European aiuc x Hunan vuuiiJUDci ictii Si belius was particularly impressed with her singing. Concerts in Moscow and Salz burg followed. -At the second one, Arturo Toscanini proclaimed to her, "A voice like yours is heard only once in a hundred years!" Not until a recital in Paris, when the self-styled American impres sario, Sol Hurok heard her, did Marian Anderson's career lunge forward. Hearing her for the first time, Hurok- immediately gave her a contract for appear ances in America, in much the same way that he more recently assured the success of another young singers, .Patrice Munsel. Coming home for her "second debut," Miss Anderson gave a re cital at New York's Town Hall that revealed her voice to her native country as a truly great one. The critics that raved about her in their columns the next morning probably didn't suspect that the singer before them stood with one foot in a cast, concealed t beneath her long gown. She had Nehraskan Shows Collection Of European Art in Exhibition No sooner has the Nebraska Art association's annual exhibit closed at Morrill hall, than another art exhibit comes on display, with a third one, scheduled to open im mediately following! Currently on exhibit until April 17th (the Thursday following va cation) is a one-man show by Myra Biggerstaff, Nebraska artist prominent in American and Swedish art circles. After an ex tended stay in Europe, a collec tion of her tempera, water color, etching and drawing pieces has arrived for exhibition in this country. Similar shows have appeared recently at the Joslyn galleries in Omaha and at a museum in Wich ita. Especially selected for the showing here, the present exhibit includes 40 pieces, all but two of which are for sale. Miss Biggerstaff received her degree in painting at Bethany col lege, Lindsborg, Kas., later study ing at the Chicago Art institute and the University of Kansas. She did travel studies in seven European countries and was a student at the Eeole Technique de Peinture in Paris. But it was in Sweden that she Council Corner The Student Council elected eight of its members, four men and four women, to remain on the council for next year, at the final meeting of the present Council Wednesday night. Each year the retiring council chooses eight of its own members ' to remain on the next year's coun cil. These council members have come to be known as holdovers, t-, Women elected are Joanne Ack erman, Jean Compton, Ruth Peters and Arlis Swanson. Men who will be held over are Sam Warren, Harold Mozer, Ned Raun and Stanley Ahrends. The next council meeting will be called by Helen Laird. At that time both newly elected and for mer council members will elect officers for the coming year. ! - ? y i III ii 1 f fr " Vw L. Courtesy Lincoln Journal. MARIAN ANDERSON. broken a foot bone the night be fore landing in New York. Testaments to her success are three honorary college degrees, a $10,000. Bok award, the Spring arn medal, two appearances at the Whi'.-? House (one for King George and Queen Elizabeth), and the fact that thousands flock to as many concerts as she is able to give. Mail orders for her Lin coln recital may be addressed to Walt's Music Store, 1140 "O" where tickets are also on sale,' from 50 cents for students, to as high as $3.60 for seats reserved by section. became best known. A resident there for 12 years, she was a pupil of two well-known etchers at the Graphic School of the Royal Academy of Art in Stockholm. Both private and group showings in leading Stockholm galleries brought her prominence and crit ical acclaim. Dr. Philip Sandblem, buyer for the General Society of Sweden said her works "are very fine ex amples of the Anglo-Saxon water color art at its best. In addition to technical mastery, her paint ings show a personal feeling for nature and a fine sense of values and colors. Miss Biggerstaff, whose parents live in Auburn, Neb., returned to the United States last May on the first civilian trip of the Gripsholm since the end of the war. Hefty hundred and fifty pounder 38" bust, 40" hips earnestly explaining at dinner table how to reduce th eesy way Geology student, ' mimicking professor, only ono of class un aware that same professor had just walked into room. Crib coed wiggling ears as boy friend tosses lettuce into her mouth. Journalism student adding shaky "sir" to "I don't know" answer. Eager fraternity member, stand ing after striving three minutes for recognition from the chair, gulpingly realizing he has forgot ten what he was going to say. taiCt.. s Over 200,000 disabled veterans of World War II were in educa tional institutions or job training on Jan. 31 under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act administered Jy Veterans Administration. Cross Campus THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Cut Classes, Become Gay, Pass Candy Spring always seems to hit Ne braska about this time of year, and complicate life no end for every one. Studying falls by the way side, picnics have a regular daily attendance (never cut a picnic; you might flunk botany), and ev eryone falls in love. Falling in love always results in Pinnings, Poverty and Poetry. Studying always results in Ignor ance, Insignificance and Imagina tion. So where does it get you? Clever Method. Someone devised a clever little TMotVinH nf nvniHinff books and all their unpleasant associations that has proved very successiui. iij Rum nart nf them: (2) Lock the rest in cold storage; (3) Never go to class and you'll never De un- hannv nnH hnw much VOU have r j - to catch up on because you won t know and you won t care. Be like the little boy who fell in love one fine spring day with one of the better-looking six lecrfrori hpasts on camous and - fc - - spent his time writing love poems to her. His eltorts were noi al ways professional, but at least he tried. Finally one day he came across a charming little verse in the library, and when he nad sent it to her, she accepted his pin immediately. It went like this: "Little Willie wrote a book; Woman was the theme he took; Woman was his only text. Ain't he cute? He's oversexed." The whole point of this, if there is one, is that spring is the time to enjoy yourself.. If you can't have fun in the spring of the year, when can you? And if you must be a square and study and go to classes all the time, have your head examined over at Stu dent Health. They're sure to find something wrong with you, and will probably put you right to work sewing buttons on squash pies. Spring Comes At Long Last, But We Study By Don Shepherd. Just as you get accustomed to tramping through the rain, snow, and various pitfalls of nature to meet your classes and study like a little beaver to try and get ahead and make something of yourself, along comes some de cent weather and puts the skids to all your noble aims. What kind of weather is this to go to school and study? To gain what small comfort as can be gained in a classroom you have to open the windows. At this point all of the birds in the state have to perch in a nearby tree and flaunt their freedom in your face, the lucky guys with no classes decide to rest on the grass in full view of you and nocha lantly puff away on cigarettes, the male squirrels chase the fe male snuirrels about the foliage with utter abandon, and nature's voice keeps ringing through the constant drone of your poli-sci instructor's oratory. Comes the end of the dismal school day and your tennis racket grabs you by the ears in a vain attempt to lure you away from the dictatorship of your trig book. At 6:30 you labor over books and themes as the Lone Ranger romps over the western plains of yesterday enjoying the fresh cool freedom of the dust from Silver's hooves. Night falls with a dismal thud and comple tion of your homework finds you and tha bed ready for each other. Morning dawns with a spider-to-the-fly look and showers you with spring as you prepare to meet another day of long classes. So it goes, through the week, day in, day out, with spring throwing beauty at the repulsive walls of Avery Lab and the other torture chambers about the cam pus. The week end finally ar rives, you waste Saturday night on a blind date and try to study Sunday as your car sits out in front yelling. "Let's drive to Den ver and get away from it all." This weather is getting me down, I think I'll quit school and make a million dollars selling blank parking ticket book9 to Of ficer Donovan. It Says BY TOTTIE FIDDOCK. Hello, kiddies, it's another week and to quote the .too-often sung ditty, "Oone more day 'till vacation" . . . with the epidemic of spring fever, one more day is none too many. 4 With spring, the inventive genius seems to crop out in every body... the Phi's have christened Nancy Mines "Baldy" for un printable reasons . . . Buck Barger is now officially known as "Con nie," since he had the misfor tune to be born with Connally at tached as a middle name. . and Margie Sturm is being called "Sterno" by her intimates. . . Tut McKee has cut out a new career for himself... it all came as a result of the ATO Storybook Ball last Saturday. . .dressed as an English bobby, Tut wandered down to O street where he spent a busy 15 minutes directing traffic. . after three light changes things were so confused that McKee gave up in despair, but he planned to make another sojourn down to his new job later in the evening. Stinkweed for the most insult ing remark of the week goes to a coy little gentleman who, with his date, was involved in one of those Sunday-night-before-10:30 vestibule sessions . . . after bidding miLL HOSIERY (phSLbJU(iu?U - -SCmerica lit AHiAN ANDERSON unETebe. coliseum Tues., April 15th at 8:15 p. Tickets by reserved section at $3.60, $3.00, $2.10, $1.80, $1.20 tax incl. Student and Armed Forces section at 50c ea. tax incl. x ON SALE NOW AT WALT MUSIC STORE 1140 O St. WILL THE PERSON WHO PICKED UP THE BLACK PIGSKIN TRAVELING KIT ON THURS., MARCH 27 AT THE UNION CHECKSTAND PLEASE RETURN IT TO UNION OFFICE? KIT IS LABELED WITH NAME HOWARD LOREISZE Reword Will Be Given and No Questions Asked Page 5 Here his girl In affectionate good night, he looked around at the other four couples present and re marked, "I'm tired of this one. When do we rotate?" Since Sarah Murray is back in town on a visit from Calfornia, DU brothers don't see much of Jim Pettis, day or night. . of course he does go back to the house occasionally to borrow wheels from someone, but that's about all. The tabels were turned on some playful Fiji's the other night... disgusted because Bobby Jo Far mer went to bed early ,they for tified themselves in his room with several large black ciga . . when the smoke was po ig satisfactorily from under the door, a conspirator awakened Farmer, who remarked, "Well, it must be pretty well burnt by now, so what good will it do me to get up?" and went back to sleep ... knowing that his buddies were expecting something, said conspirator rounded up some re cruits, opened the door, and doused the smokers thoroughly. .. and that's what jokes are for. Question of the day... Who stole all the lawn chairs? Yes, it's a good question . . have a nice vacation, but don't forget to come back ... n e HOSIERY SECTIOV FIRST FLOOR f US IE Significant Susit is up on all 'trends.' She's conscious of .social decay, f She's even more conscious that these magic words j Sltan beautiful stockings today s Qreatest Contralto III. tmi imcouf I s: S n H .i. 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