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Friday, April 4, 1947
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'The Silver Cord" ... A Domineerinff Mother, Two Grown Sons,
v A Bond Between . . .
'Silver Cord' Cast
Receives Ovation
By Norm Leffer
The ovation and curtain calls given the cast of "The
Silver Cord" last night were wholly justified, and indicate
the quality of performances turned in by some talented and
skillful actors and actresses. They had just brought a com
mendable piece of theatre to the boards of the Experimental
Theatre.
Lorene Novotny, as Mrs. Phelps,
the mother who is so completely
attached to her two grown sons
that she can not give them up,
vividly portrayed a selfish and
domineering mother by effective
use of voice, facial expression,
and gestures. Her performance
gave evidence that she had a
thorough understanding of the
role, and had the means to carry
this understanding across the
footlights.
Don Johannes, who has ap
peared in several productions this
year, gave his finest performance
to date. No audience member
could be left with any doubt as
to what kind of character the
younger son, Robert, was: a spine
less youth, under a constant
binding maternal influence, who
could only resent, but not actively
rebel at, his mother's control. Jo
hannes never dropped character,
and by carefully releasing his
emotional feelings and then sub
dueing them again he artfully
built his climax where he almost
is able to break away but finally
relents to his mother's will.
Betty Schultz, the wife of David,
the older son, who succeeds in
winning her husband away from
his mother, played her role of the
biologist with the restraint be
fitting the rational mind of such
a career woman. Never did she
let her feelings become so intense
as to make one doubt the con
' sistency of her scientific mind.
Yet her Jove scenes were played
with warmth and tenderness.
Herb Spence, as David, the son
who has been away from his
mother long enough to gain some
semblance of independency, cap
ably effected the conflict that still
raged in his mind, but did not
show the maturity and self-real
ization that enabled him, in the
end, to make the decision that he
would stick by his wife and not
his mother.
Hester, the girl to whom Rob
ert was engaged before his moth
er's influence brings him to break
the engagement, was played by
Pat Boyd. Miss Boyd's best scene
was her last when she renounces
See THEATER, Fe 4.
Union Sends
5 Delegates
To Parley
Dale Novotny, Neil Miller,
Nancy Garey, Mrs. Richard Hiatt
and Miss Pat Lahr will be dele
gates to the Association of College
Unions convention to be held at
Urbana, Illinois, on April 10, 11,
12.
Novotny is president of the Stu
dent Union Board, Miller is head
of the Ag Union activities com'
mittee. and Miss Garey is a mem'
ber of the board. Miss Lahr and
Mrs. Hiatt are directors of the city
campus Union and Ag Union re
spectively.
Fifty Colleges.
The University of Illinois will
be host to over 150 'delegates from
50 colleges unions at the confer
ence.
Delegates will attend all sem
inars and discussion groups. Chief
sessions will deal with manage
ment and student programming.
Groups will also discuss building
programs by expansion and
braching such as this university
has done on Ag campus.
PBKs, Sigma Xis Hear
Kansas Economist Speak
Top Chess Player
To Give Exhibition
It was announced during the
April 1 meeting of the University
Chess Club, that Magee (one of
the top Midwestern players) will
give a simultaneous chess exhibi
tion during the next regular Tues
day (April 15) meeting of the
Chess Club. He will accept the
challenge of any number of play
ers, playing them all simultan
eously. The U. C. C. president, Bud
Levinger, said that in order to
make this tournament a success
and tax Lee Magee's ability as
much as possible, all chess players,
whether members of the U. C. C.
or not, are cordially invited to
participate in the tournament and
become acquainted with the Uni
versity Chess Club's activities.
High Ranking
Home Ec Grad
To Get Prize
The University of Nebraska has
been chosen as one of a select list
of universities and colleges to par
ticipate in the fourth annual
Philip W. Pillsbury Shelf of Home
Economics Books award.
The award will be presented to
the highest ranking student in the
1947 graduating class in home
economics. The winner will be se
lected by a faculty committee on
the basis of outstanding work in
domestic science.
Flour King's Prize
rillsbury, president of the 77-year-old
Minneapolis flour milling
firm, established the award in
1 944 to recognize scholastic
achievements of students major
ing in home economics.
Recipient of the award last year
was Miss Edith Pumphrey who
was graduated with a bachelor of
science degree last May.
Men's Rules
For Ivy Day
Sing Issued
Fred Teller, Kosmet Klub presi
dent, has issued the rules which
are to govern men's participation
in the Ivy Day Sing.
All men's organized groups, ex
cept honoraries, may participate
in the sing. Each group may have
more than 30 members, but not
less than 15. This number includes
the director.
Choice of Son?.
No medley of songs may be
used, and the same song may not
be used for two consecutive years.
Alumni may not take part in the
singing but they may assist in the
preparation with the provisions
that they have not been connected
professionally with music. No
other assistance may be had.
The director must be active in
the group and must be regularly
enrolled in the university. All
members of the group must be
carrying 12 hours this present se
mester. All groups must remain
after their participation for recall
if necessary. The winning oigani
zation will be presented the tra
ditional cup by the Kosmet Klub.
Each group will be assessed a
one dollar fee to cover the cost of
the judging. This fee and the list
bf members must be submitted to
Fred Teller, 1345 R street, by 5
p. m. Wednesday, April 16.
Any changes in personnel or in
songs must be reported by April
23.
Easter Events
Planned at Ag
The college of agriculture's an
nual Easter open bouse, cancelled
during the war yean, will be re
instated Sunday when ag students
hold a public exhibition of live
stock and poultry between 2 and
4 p. m.
In case of unfavorable weather,
the event will be postponed until
a future date.
Open for inspection will be the
Names of 17 students elected to Phi Beta Kappa and
of 21 elected as associate members of Sigma Xi were an
nounced at the honoraries' annual joint banquet meeting
in the Union ballroom last night.
Prof. John Ise, Kansas University economist and
author, spoke on "Homo Sapiens and the New World."
New members of Phi Beta Kap
pa are Mrs. Betty Jean Latta Cat
lett, Raymond Leon Francis, Mrs
Ruth Sherburn Hazelrigg, Betty
Lou Horton, Robert Boston Hurl
bert, Mimi Anne Johnson, Bar
bara Kiechel, Guy Clinton Mc
Donald, jr., Mary Ellen Marshall,
Mrs. Marjorie Benson Matson,
William Miller, Thad H. Pittengeis,
jr., Alaska Reed, Betty Stanton,
Richard Sundermann, Tom Soren
sen, and Robert Wilkins.
Sigma XI Members.
Students elected to Sigma XI
are Waco Albert, Emil Bollmeier,
William Burr, jr., Augustus Dou
vas, Charlotte Cox, Clifford
Fricke, John Goodding, Leslie
Guildner, Robert Hurlbert, Morris
Jennison, Robert Johnson, Wayne
Keim, Henry Howard Marvin, jr.,
Robert Osier, Earl Patterson, Neal
Shafer, Richard Silver, Andrew
Smith, John Thompson, Willard
Visek and Samuel Wiggans.
Prof. Clifford Hicks, secretary of
Phi Beta Kappa, introduced the
new members of the organization,
and Prof. Ferris 'W. Norris, sec
retary of Sigma Xi, announced the
group's recently elected associate
members.
Announced as Phi Beta Kappa
members last November were
Gretchen Burnham, Kathleen
Hayes, Betty Hubka, Eleanor
Knoll, Mary Lee McCord, Jean
Shapland and Barbara Smiley.
Phi Beta Kappa members are
selected from a group comprising
one-eighth to one-tenth of the
graduating class. Members are
chosen for having maintained high
scholarship and good character
thruout their entire college course.
Within recent years, the scholastic
average of the group has not
fallen below 88 percent. Members
must comply with group require
ments of arts "'id sciences college
whethei the degrees are to be
granted by that college or by any
other college.
Officer Vets
Eligible For
Commissions
Student veterans who were com
missioned officers during the war
are eligible to apply for commis
sions in the regular army, Col.
Howard J. John, professor of mili
tary science and tactics, has been
informed by the War department.
Veterans currently in school
who will complete their education
for a degree before July 15, and
who held commissions during the
war, may file application with Col.
John up to April 15.
"Successful applicants will be
integrated with the regular army
sometime later this year," Col.
John said. "This plan offers an
opportunity to those who left the
service in order to complete their
education."
Qualified students are asked to
apply for complete information
from the department of military
science, room 205, Nebraska hall.
I-M Softball.
Team entries fo rthe I-M spring
Softball tournament are due Sat
urday noon, April 5, according to
I-M director Lou Means.
poultry plant, the sheep barns and
the dairy barns. An exhibition of
the Lincoln Bantam Roosters club
will be featured. In addition, more
than 150 lambs of four breeds and
the 1946 grand champion South
down ewe will be on display."
Special Easter music is to be
played over a public address sys
tem, according to Prof. M. A.
Alexander, who is arranging that
part of the open house.
Declartion of War!
It is hereby declared on this
3rd day of April nineteen hun
dred and forty-seven that a
state of war exists between the
CORNIIUSKER and the RAG.
The CORNIIUSKER, how
ever, admits its collective lesser
intelligence and humbly re
quests that the most esteemed
members of THE DAILY NE
BRASKAN everlook our con
sumate stupidity in all matters
and treat us kindly.
Ballads, Boogie-Woogie, Dances Spice
"Aksarben Nights" Variety Production
Kosmet Members
Schedule Three
Performances
Performance of "Aksarben
Nights" in the Temple the even
ings of April 17, 18 and 19 will
be the first original musical com
edy presented by the Kosmet
Klub since 1042. World war II
caused disruption of the club and
its shows, as did the first world
conflict.
This year's show, written by
Bill Wiseman and Dave Andrews,
includes a variety of songs, dances
and types of comedy. The music
includes a bolero, ballads, boogie
woogie, comedy songs and one in
the manner of Gilbert and Sulli
van. Featured production num
ber of the show will be the bolero
to be sung by Willis Jahde of the
school of music.
Danrps in addition to the bolero
in Spanish costume include the
traditional pony chorus kicking,
plus the "bump and grind" tech
nique of the burlesque circuit.
In addition to comedy of situ
aiton, the play has comedy of
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character. Newsie, a wise-crack
ing interloper who wanders in
and out of the show, will be
played by John Carson. Carson,
a radio major, has performed sev
eral times with a ventriloquist
act before university audiences.
Yorlik and Schultz, two mint
julep gulping Southerners, are
played by Lynn Reed and Doug
Peters. Between toasts to Rob
ert E, Lee and "you-alls," the
pair plot for the downfall oi
Aksarben U.
Tickets for the Klub show are
75 cents each and are being sold
by Kosmet Klub workers. They
must be exchanged for reserved
seat tickets at the Temple box
office beginning Monday after
noon, April 14.
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