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Vol. 47 No. .119
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Friday, April 18, 1947
annus Approval
Wiseman-Andrews Show
Features All Male Cast
By Norm Leger.
Reviving the spirit of Kosmet
Klub spring reviews which were
absent from campus during the
war years, "Aksarben Nights"
provided the audience with
enough laughs and rollicking en
tertainment to prove that the men
on campus are as capable now as
before of putting on a good mu
sical comedy.
The credit for the script and
music goes to Dave Andrews and
Bill Wisemen, co-authors of the
show. They succeeded in injecting
a good deal of humor into the
story of Horace Biskett, a veteran
student, who suffers trial and
tribulation while attending Aksar
ben U.
The musical numbers were all
enjoyable, with two or three of
rather high caliber.
John Carson, as Newsie, the
paper boy who pops up in the
show every few minutes, kept
thirds moving at a rapid and hi
larious pace whenever he ap
peared, most times, unexpectedly.
Bruce Coffman played the part
f Horace Biskett, the vet who is
believed to have been disloyal to
his alma mater by writing a let
ter, in a moment of longing to be
back in school, which condemned
Aksarben U. The plot thickens
when two southern espionage
agents, set on demoralizing the
A. U. student body, get hold of the
letter and see to it that it is pub
lished in A,U.'s campus paper.
18 Men Picked
By Sigma Delta
Eighteen university Journalisim
majors have been selected for
membership in Sigma Delta Chi,
Scott Greenwood, president of the
professional honorary, announced
Thursday.
The pledges met with active
members Thursday night in Uni
versity hall.
Forum discussion on 'Oppor
tunities in the Hometown News
paper Field" was. led by Parke
Keays, editor of the Custer Coun
ty Chief; Stanley A. Matzke, farm
editor of the Lincoln Journal;
Glenn Buck, editor of Nebraska
Farmer, and Harry Purcell of the
Beatrice Sun.
Undergrad Wives
Hear Discussion
On Public Health
Wives of undergraduate stu
dents of the Teachers College met
Tuesday evening in the Union.
Miss Sylvia Bryson, chief nurse
o fthe city health department,
spoke on "Public Health Nursing,
a Community Service." Hostesses
were Mesdames V. R. Kailey, F. J.
Kleager, and D. K. Maine.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. C. L Jen
nings, 2620 No. 45th St. Mrs.
J. A. Varney and Mrs. V. W.
Arnold will be co-hostesses.
Weather Report
Regardless of your per
sonal opinion, It is now part
ly cloudy.- Highest tempera
tures near 65 decreet today
so take off that top coal!
What cha trytn' to do, start a
revolution? Aside from tho
small talk, the weather fore
cast for today, direct from the
weather bureau. Is "Partly
eloudy with highest tempera
tures near 5 decrees." So
If yon look wot and see It
nowinc It win Just f
prove that yon don't know
your weather from Count
Fleet!
These tipsy old gents. Yorklick
and Schultz, were played by Lynn
Reed and Douglas Peters. Head
of A.U- Chancellor Distaffson,
was convincingly portrayed with
an effective amount of pomp by
John Doyle. Al Sage played the
part of Professor Meek, giving an
excellent characterization of what
passed for the typical college prof.
Doane Keichel had the role of
Lenore, the beautiful blonde but
apparently speechless coed, who is
won by Horace. Bill Beergarden,
editor of the A. U. campus paper.
was played by Paul Weltchek.
Cosmo, a campus "intellect,''
was played by Bill Campbell The
part of Ama Love, an aging but
amorous spinster, was carried by
Harold Marer. John Andresen
appeared as the president of Chi
Iota Omega (CIO), who happens
to lose his pants and shirt in the
fracas of a fraternity meeting.
The o u t s t a nding production
number was "Horace Is Taboo,
which featured the singing of
Willis Jahde and the South Amer
ican styled dancing of the pony
chorus. Probably the most tune
ful numbers were "Pacific Moon
and "Love Comes Thru," and the
funniest, "It's Been Hell Without
the Boys" and "Biskett's Bad, But
We Need His Dough."
The show was conducted by
Max Whittaker, with Av Bondarin
and Bill Palmer as assistant direc
tors.
Intercollege
Group Plans
Trip Abroad
An opportunity for students to
study abroad has manifested it
self in the form of the American
Council on College Study in
Switzerland.
The council, an intercollegiate
organization, is composed of per
sons interested tn providing, su
pervising, and managing a pro
gram of study and living for
students of American colleges and
universities, who go abroad as
members of groups under the di
rection of the counciL
Although plans had been made
for the establishment of the pro
gram in 1939, the war intervened.
The first group that went to
Switzerland under the council's
guidance was for the 1946-47 aca
demi'c year. This group went to
Zurich. Because of an anticipated
increase in enrollment, both Zur
ich and Basel will be open to
American students in September.
The school year will be from
Sept 15, 1947 to July 15, 1948.
Two years of German or its
equivalent and the completion of
the sophomore year are required.
A high scholastic standing is es
sential.
Requirements.
Students are required to take
some courses in German, but lib
eral arts courses in art, history,
economics, German literature,
government, and history are of
fered. Tuition is fixed at $550 for the
year, and round-trip transporta
tion is estimated at $500. Board
and room should run from 60 to
$100 a month. Scheduled trips to
Florence, Rome, Munich, Salz
burg, Vienna, and a tour of
Switzerland are optional and at
extra cost-
Persons interested In attending
school in Switzerland may write
for information - and application
blanks to Dr. Edmund E. Miller,
1123 N. Eutaw St, Baltimore, Md.
University German teachers also
have information, .
Jr.-Sr. Men
To Nominate
'47 Innocents
With Ivy Day and Innocent
tappings not far off, the Inno
cents Society will give junior and
senior men an opportunity to
nominate juniors for society mc n
bership next Tuesday at nomina
ticn polls to be operated by mem
bers of the Student Council, who
supervise all campus elections.
According to Bill Thornburg,
Innocents president, over 50
pointed junior men are eligible.
Pointed activities and a specified
average are qualifications. A list
of the pointed men will appear
before Tuesday in the Daily Ne
braskan. From the total number, 25 nom
inations will be compiled in that
way. From the list of 25, the ac
tive members will choose 13 to
wear the scarlet baldric next
year.
Polls will be open from noon
until 6 p.m., Tuesday. They will
not be open during the forenoon
because of Honors Convocation.
T. R. Pansing
Tells of Vet
Civic Apathy
"Veterans talked a great deal
about politics while overseas, but
now that they are home they are
surprisingly apathetic about as
suming responsibility in civic af
fairs," Thomas R. Pansing told
members of the Lincoln and Uni
versity chapters of the American
Veterans Committee at their Tues
day evening meeting at the
Y.M.C.A,
Pansmg, wounded at Salerno,
Italy, while with the navy, ais
approved the "blarings of profes
sional veteranism," and stated
that "A veteran should be a
force for the good of the com
munity and not for the good of
himself.
While a member of the Lincoln
Veterans Service Center, Pansing
organized the center's Veterans
Legal Aid Service.
Pansing is presently associated
with the Lincoln law firm of
Peterson and Devoe and is also a
candidate for the Lincoln city
council.
Col. Thompson
To Be Honored
At Banquet
Plans were announced today by
the Block and Bridle club for
their annual honors banquet to
be held at 6:30 p. m. Thursday,
April 24 at the Union.
The banquet sponsored annu
ally by the club since 1938. hon
ors a prominent livestock man in
Nebraska. Col. Arthur W. Thomp
son, nationally known auctioneer
of Hereford cattle sales, will be
honored this year. Past honorees
have been Samuel R. McKelvie;
Bruce McCulloch; Sam Hudson;
Edgar A, Burnett; Elmer E.
Youngs; Ashton C. Shallenberger
and Everett Buckingham.
Tickets may be secured any
time in room 201, animal hus
bandry hall, or at a booth In Ag
Union on Friday, April 28. Tick
ets are $1.50 each.
Harold Vagtborg to Speak
At Traditional Convocation
Univef-sity engineers will hold their first Engineers
Week since 1941, complete with open house, convocation
and field day, for 1600 engineering students May 1 and 2.
Vagtborg to Speak
Harold Vagtborg, president and director of the newly
E. Wislmow
Will Conduct
Orchestra
A program of contemporary
American compositions will be
performed by the University
Symphony orchestra Sunday at
4 p. m. in the Union ballroom.
Conducted by Emanuel Wish
now, the concert is open free to
the public.
Earlier in the year, Profesor
Wishnow told the press that he
hoped to include more current
music, particularly American, in
orchestra programs. Sunday's
concert marks the orchestra's
first ail-American concert.
American Symphony.
Howard Hanson's "Symphony
No. 2" is the longer work pro
grammed, and is characteristic
of recent music of this country.
A staunch supporter of Ameri
can music, he was one of the
early American winners of the
coveted Prix de Rome which
took him to Italy for study. He
returned to become director of
the Eastman School of Music at
Rochester, N. Y.
Miss Mary Louise Boehm,
piano instructor, will appear
with the orchestra in Harry
Harter's tone poem for orches
tra and piano, "Paisajes de
Monterey." Showing pronounced
Latin-American rhythms, it is
based on folk melodies of Cata
lan origin. Harter is a graduate
student here majoring in music.
Burnet Tuthill's pastoral de
scription, "B e t h 1 e hem," com
pletes the program. Dr. Tuthill
heads the school of music at
Southwestern College, Memphis,
Term.
Anderson, Kelley Will Play
In City Symphony Concert
Bass-baritone Robert Ander
son, university junior, and vio
linist Geraldyne Kelley, Ne
braska Wesleyan sophomore,
will perform with the Lincoln
Symphony orchestra as audition
winners in its final concert of
the season, next Wednesday,
'April 23. Selected by competi
tion, they will be the fifth pair
of winners to appear in the or
chestra's annual auditions con
cert. Worked Under MitchelL
During his three year's serv
ice in the navy, Mr. Anderson
was a member of the "Eight
Men of Note," a double quartet
whose coach and arranger was
Robert Mitchell, founder of Hol
lywood's famous Mitchell Boy-
choir. The group broadcast a
nine-week series over NBC, em
anating from a Spokane station,
and Anderson was featured so
loist several times.
When radio station KECA,
Los Angeles, conducted the At-
water-Kent auditions for young
talent, Anderson was among the
final 16 out of 1,500 applicants,
and finally rated ninth. Theo
dore Paxton, who played for his
auditions, is Nelson Eddy's ac
companist. At the time, An
derson was studying with Dr.
founded Midwest Research In-
stitute in Kansas City, will speak
at the convocation Friday morn
ing, it has been announced. The
Institute, which operates on a
non-profit basis, was organized
two years ago to aid develop
ment of industries in the middle
west through research.
Vagtborg was director of Arm
our Research Foundation in Chi
cago for seven years and at one
time director and organizer of
the Institute of Gas Technology.
He will speak to the engineers
on "The Beaten Path for the
Beaten Man," according to con
vocation chairman Charles Haas.
Beginning with the open house
Thursday night, May 1, tours of
the engineering campus build
ings will be made. Tours will
be open to the public, and have
been attended previously by as
many as 5,000 people. Robert
Bevine will direct arrangements
for window displays in down
town stores.
Field Day
Starting at 1:30 in Pioneer's
Park, the field day Friday aft
ernoon will include a faculty
conference, baseball tournament
and other athletic events. Art
Stutheig is directing the affair.
Climaxing the week will be a
combination banquet-dance at
Cotner Terrace Friday night, the
first university function scheduled
at the club. All engineering stu
dents and their dates may attend.
Lewis Kremer will be in charge
of the evening.
Tickets
Tickets for the banquet are now
on sale and may be bought from
representatives in each engineer
ing department. Limited to 250
couples, tickets are $2.10 each,
and may be purchased singly. Fol
lowing the banquet, Don Pur
viance's band will play for danc
ing. 4
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Courtesy Lincoln Juurnii.
EOBEET AXDEESOX.
Franz Hoffman, school of rmisle
director at the University of
Southern California.
Pre-War Career.
While at UN before the was,
he was a soloist in productions
of "The Messiah" and The Cre-
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