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mml mm, AU 7L n n rui AEirends Nmed Nrfiraskan fed jj Vol. 47 No. 118 Hlosmnief IltlMlb Show Q peons Tomifle for Thiree-IDay i?? (4 'L fr O '''Wjttt ' BY GENE JENSEN. "Aksarben Nights," the first original music comedy presented by the Kosmet Klub since 1942, opens for its scheduled three-day run tonite at 8 p. m. in the Temple. Performances will be given at the same hour Friday and Satur day. This year's production, written by Bill Wiseman and Dave An drews, was directed by Speech In structor Max Whittaker. Bill Pal mer and Av Bondarin, Kosmet Klub members, assisted in di recting the show. Donna McCand less was in charge of the dances used in the musicttl. Horace Biskett played by Bruce Coffman is a discouraged veteran who fought the war stationed on the isle of Catalina and has re turned to his pre-war Alma Mater, Aksarben U, and to his sweet heart, Lenore, played by Doane Keichel. None of the students at Aksar ben are happy to see Horace he is branded as a victim of war hysteria by Dugie Doyle as Chan Convocation to In Lecture on Today at 3 p. m. Dr. C. Paul Butler, book editor of the New York Mirror, will discuss "Book Magic" at the university convoca tion to be held in the Union ball room. Author of "Best Sermons of 1943-44", "Best Sermons, 1946 Edition", and "Modern College Readings", Dr. Butler has pre sented more than 600 lectures in the past seven years. He received his education at Lawrence College, Drew Seminary and Columbia University, and he has conducted research abroad in libraries in Paris, Heidelberg, Ox ford, the British museum, the Vatican and Geneva. Reading List Several times each year, Dr. Butler issues reading lists of worthwhile current literature. His list for this spring, will be handed each person as he enters the ball room. Current novels, mysteries and westerns are listed under fic tion, and non-fiction entries in clude travel and adventure, homes and gardens, religious and juve nile books. Preceding the lecturer-there will be a musical prelude of orches tra recordings of the classical level. Dr. Karl Arndt, convocation chairman, has announced that Dr. Butler attempts to interest people in books with his discussions, I LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA cellor Distaffson, but who decides, nevertheless, that Horcae will be kept in the university since it is the matriculation that will save the institution from bankruptcy. Saboteurs and spies sent to un dermine the morale of the school are two Southern gentlemen Yor lick and Schultz enacted by Lynn Reed and Doug Peters. Newsie, interpreter of the show who wanders in and out through out the entire production, will be played by John Carson. Al Sage as Professor Meek, instructor of classes in Life, and Harold Marer as Ama Love, proprietress of a very essential boarding house, are other main characters. A bolero, ballads, boggie woo gie, comedy songs and a fea ture in Gilbert and Sullivan style are the types of music included in the show. Leg-art and the traditional kicking of the pony chorus which is composed of 20 men will be seen during the production. Fea tured production number of the show will be the bolero to be sung by Willis Jahde of the school of music. Feature Butler Value of Books Three University P. E. Staff Men Attend Meetings Three members of the univer sity department of physical educa tion are attending the central dis trict convention of the American Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation in Minneapolis, Minn., this week. Lou Means, head of the depart ment of student physical welfare, Dr. Vernon Lapp and Ed Higgln botham, staff members, are the Nebraska representatives at the Minneapolis conference. Means will serve as head of the resolu tions committee for the district meeting:. From the Minneapolis meeting Means and Lapp will go on to Seattle, Wash., for the national convention of the same organiza tion which begin next week. Pf eiler Elected Language Head Dr. William K. Pfeiler was elected president of the Nebraska section of the Modern Language Teacher Association of America at its annual meeting in Omaha last weekend. Dr. Pfeiler is a professor of Germanic languages. Other ofifcers of the association: Prof. William A. McCall, Hastings College, vice president; and Mrs. Paul Sutton, Omaha, secretary-treasurer. Thursday, April 17, 1947 Legislators Give Amvet Poll Replies Nebraska's Reps Get Vet Petition Three of Nebraska's congres sional representatives have acknowledged receipt of the American Veterans committee stu dent expenditure results, accord ing to the executive council of the university chapter of AVC. Each representative was furnished with approximately twenty per sonal expenditure blanks . and complete tabulations of the 912 results received during the AVC poll. Carl T. Curtis, (1st district), wrote, "I am glad to know how the allowance made for educa tional expenses for the veterans is really working out." Howard Buffet, (2nd district), mentioned, "I have made this material a part of my file . , so that I can study it in con junction with other data on the subject." Third district representative Karl Stefan replied, "Whenever the bill (MR870) does come to us for direct action in the House, I shall be aided by the informa tion that you have caused to come into my possession." No reply was received from the fourth district representative, A. L. Miller. Status of HR 870. AVC was informed by its na tional legislative representative, Chat Patterson, that HR 870 is in a special House Veterans sub committee with bitter opposition being voiced against the measure by Rep. John Rankin (r., Miss.), Rep. Robert T. Ross (r., N. Y.), and Rep. W. M. Wheeler (d., Ga.). Sub-committee chairman Ramey expects a vote on the measure within a week, Patterson added The poll was taken on campus before spring vacation. Nebraska Rifle Team To Make Final Start The University of Nebraska Army ROTC rifle team will com pete in a shoulder-to-shoulder match against Iowa State and Creighton University marksmen on the university's rifle range Saturday morning. The match ends the Nebraska team's season Chancellor Will Address '47 Honors Convocation The annual honors convocation will be held Tuesday, April 22, at the Coliseum. The convocation will start at 10:15 a. m. and all classes and labs will be dismissed at 20 in order that all students may attend. Chanceller Gustavson will be the convocation's speaker. His ad dress will be "Civilization's Chal lenge to Your Generation." This will be the second time that all students will hear the chancellor. Orchestra. The university orchestra under the direction of Emanuel Wish now wili furnish music for the event. Top students and student or ganizations will receive recogni tion for high scholastic standings along with the presentation of prizes, awards and certificates for superior scholars. The invocation will be given by the Rev. Leland 1L Lesher of the Harold Mozer, junior in Engineering college, was elected presi dent of Student Council at a joint meeting of old and new council members yesterday. Stanley Ahrends, Engineering college junior, takes the position of vice president. The new secretary of the Council is Jeanne Ackerman, an Arts and 35 th Feeders Day Program Held Friday With the weatherman indicating no moisture for Friday, plans for holding the outdoor portion of the 35th annual Feeders' Day on Ag campus were being completed Bleachers will go up in the feedlots at the beef barns on the campus early Thursday. They will hold several thousand visitors who will get a glimpse of some 200 head of experimental cattle which will be moved into the campus from the University farms, east of Lincoln, where the feeding ex periments are done. Prof. Wm. J. Loeffel, chairman of the animal husbandry depart ment, said that the exhibition of the cattle at 11 a. m., wil fea ture work done on feeding prairie hay cut at various times, Milking Shorthorns and work done on feeding different protein levels, a. m., and closes at 3:30. Separate The day's program opens at 9:15 programs for men and women are planned. HawaiianSugar Planters Offer 6 Scholarships The Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association has established six undergraduate scholarships in J Buckingham were each given the Tropical Crop Production at theifloor to state the qualifications of University of Hawaii for men who have completed two years of col- lege work in agriculture, according to an announcement made by Dean Burr today. Each of these scholarships car ries a stipend of $750 per year and each will normally be re newed for a second year. Holders of these scholarships will be ex empt from registration, tuition, and laboratory fees in the Uni- versity. Purpose of the scholarships is to train men for positions of re sponsibility in the Hawaiian sugar industry; however, the usefulness of a graduate from this curriculum is not circumscribed by the local pattern of employment. Nebraska Masquers An important meeting of Ne braska Masquers will be -held at 5 p. m. today in room 154, Tem ple, according: to Blanche Duck worth, president. All pledges and actives should be present for the election of officers for the com ing year. Grace English Lutheran church of Lincoln. "Extensive work and planning have gone into the plans for pre sentation of the convocation," said Prof. Linus Burr Smith, chairman of the convocations committee, "as it is the only means the university takes to honor students who excel in education, the major purpose of the university. While much at tention is given to sports, music, and other activities of the univer sity," he continued, "the convoca tion is the only means that is used to bestow honor to the students who have done well in their courses. Other members of the convoca tions committee are: Miss Mabel Lee, Prof. C. S. Hamilton, Prof. C. M. Hicks, Prof. Dwight Kirsch, Prof. W. J. Loeffel, Prof. W. H. Morton, Prof. J. M. Reinhardt, Dean T. J. Thompson, and three student members: Mr. Ned Raun, Miss Mary Claire Phillips, and Mr. Harold Mozer. Science college representative. Arlis Swanson of Teachers col lege was elected to the position of treasurer. Judiciary Committee. Ned Raun, representative from Ag college, heads the judiciary committee, with Jean Compton, Ruth Peters and Sam Warren as committee members. Before the election procedure began, Helen Laird, presiding as past president of the Council, wel comed the new members to the council, explained its purpose and activities, and urged them to put their political alignments behind them. "It is necessary that you think only as the representative of your college whose students elected you to the council," she stated. "Act with the sincerity and logic which you would expect from others." Qualifications. In view of the fact that new members as well as old members would elect the new officers, Miss Laird suggested that before voting -the new members be informed of the qualifications of the members nominated for offices. This was done after the nominations were made and the nominees had left the room. For the topmost council office; the presidency, three hold-over members were nominated. Fred Teller, senior representative from Bus Ad, nominated Harold Mozer. Owen Scott, newly elected mem ber from Arts and Science, nom inated Sam Warren. Ned Raun was nominated by Doris Easter- brook, Teachers college senior representative. Recommendations. Ruth Peters, Mary Claire Phil lips, Doris Easterbrook and Dina -nominee Raun. Fred Teller gave recommendations for Mozer, and Arlis Swanson spoke for Sam Warren. Miss Ackerman and Mr. Raun were the only nominees for the t3spective positions of secretary and judiciary committee head and hvere elected unanimously. Mr. Mozer, a past member of fae Constitution Revisions Com- mittee, is business manager of the Nebraska Blue Print, a member or the engineering exec board and Corn Cobs. He is a member of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. YW Schedules May Breakfast The May morning breakfast, a traditional affair which has been sponsored by the YWCA for about 30 years, will be held Sun day morning, May 4 at 9 o'clock, in the Union Ballroom. The breakfast is held the Sun day after Ivy Day on the sup position that more mothers will be in Lincoln on that weekend than on any other during the year. It is for mothers in par ticular, but girls whose mothers are not in town are invited to come. It is an all-campus breakfast, and is not restricted to YW mem bers and their mothers. A worship service will be held at 8 p. m., and everybody is en couraged to come. It will be held in the faculty lounge of the Union. Tickets will be put on sale to morrow. They can be obtained at the YW office in Ellen Smith and from members of the Freshman Cabinet. They will be 60 cent each. Weather Report The weather for today is "fair and warmer". Tuesday It snowed and was very cold, yesterday it was "fair and warmer", for to day it is "fair and warmer", and if it keeps on retting: fairer and warmerer every day, by Sun-, day you'll step out the door and be served for supper on the half shell. But, all kidding- aside, the weather for today is "fair and warmer with highest tempera tures near 58 degrees" courtesy of UN weather bureau.