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PAGE 4' THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Tuesday, October 21, 1947 Radio, Metropolitan Baritone To Open Music Scries Tonight BY SAM WARREN Robert Merrill, young Ameri can baritone, will initiate the 1947-48 series of the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra association tonight at 8:30 p. m. in the Stuart Theater as the first of six concert attractions. Star of the Mctropoli tan Opera, Merrill has become widely known through his "RCA Victor Show" broadcasts over the NBC network. Born into a so-called "average" American family, Merrill rose to operatic stardom Via a strictly American procedure being coaxed by a wise mother from ad miring Bing Crosby into deciding on studying serious music, earn ing money for lessons by pitch' n..,. ...,..,. him i i ii ii r - . , lll . -v.: IT K J " W 1 ROBERT MER RILL For him, baseball dollars bought voice lessons. ing with a semi-pro baseball club, entering the professional enter tainment circuit for experience, gradually drawing attention that led to broadcasting and minor opera contracts, and finally win ning the Metropolitan Auditions of the Air that brought a coveted Met debut in 1945. Last Ticket Sales Today Season tickets for the series Merrill opens, selling at a special student price of $5, were made available yesterday at the Union office, as well as the school of music office where sales have continued for two weeks. In re sponse to last year's Lincoln stu dent sales, symphony manager led Butterheld allocated an in creased proportion of tickets to the University of Nebraska. The sizeable remainder of student seats will be on sale today only. No general admission tickets will be sold to any of the six concerts, since admission is by sesaon tick et only. Following his Met and radio successes. Merrill was chosen by Carnegie Pops to open their summer series at Carnegie Hall on May 4. 1846. He was so well re ceived that he was signed to open the series every season for the next ten years! Other recent hon ors include beink selected by Ar- turo Toscanim to sing in the two week NIJC performance of "La Traviata," voted by critics the outstanding musical broadcost of last season. In addition, his re cording of arias from that role was selected for the Recorded An nual Music Award as the out standing single operatic record of the year. Since Merrill has taken over the Sunday RCA Victor Show," it has attained the high est Hooper rating for any net- worK snow aired at that hour. Songs, Anas Comprise Recital For his Stuart Theater recital tonight, Merrill has chosen a va ried program that includes Eng lish, French, and American songs as well as Italian and Mozart opera arias. The complete list of numbers and composers: invmntloa or Orfoo, I'rri; Drfa viral all fK-nMra -na OlovMini" . Mncari; x- to m'ami, I'rrgolrHi; La rnu, Ros sini. Kndish folk snne arruirvmrat: Come I-M's Be Merry, WilMa; My lively rlia. WIlM.n: A Kallynnrp Hall1. HtiKhr: Mary of Alli-ndalr, Wilson; Oliver Cromwell, Kritten. It'ane Prison, Rrynalnn Hahn: I Ta tMa. Alvarer: Nana, and I'olo, Manuel de rftlla: Nemleo alia palria ("Ondrra. 'hrnlerl, Giordano, Four American none: The Rich Man, Hareman; To My Mother, Sweet I.lttle em Hoy, and Jonah and the Whale, all by IColx-rt MacGlimtey. HuskerTeams Ranked High In KC Meet Nehraska judging teams ranked high in the judging at the Amer ican Royal Livestock show in Kansas City last weekend, cop ping a second place in the wool competition and a fifth in cattle juriring. Nebraska finished be hind Texas Tech in the wool con test, and trailed Iowa State, Kan sas State, Wisconsin, and Mis souri in the cattle department. Nebraskans also walked off v-ith high individual honors. Ned Raun and Richard Wahjstrom placed one-two respectively for high individual of all classes in the livestock judging. Wahlstrom was second in judging breeding classes of cattle and tied with Raun for fifth place in judging commercial classes of cattle. Raun was fifth in judging breeding classes and Dillard Huffaker was sixth in that department. Tn the wool judging contest, Wahlstrom placed second high it 'dividual, Raun was fifth, and Huffaker sixth. Huffaker was hich individual in all classes of wool competition and sixth in grad'ng wool. Raun placed sec ond in grading wool and Wahl strnm was fourth. Other miscellaneous individual awards include; third in sheep and sixth in horses to Raun; lourth in sheep and sixth in hogs to Wahlstrom; and fifth in horses to Huffaker. Judging at the Kansas City show will conclude with the meats judging contest on Monday pnd Tuesday of this week. Rudy Tomek, Don Jensen and Dillard Huffaker will represent the Ne braska delegation in this depart ment. Members of the Nebraska squad included: Harold CleaL Aains worth; Dillard Huffaker. Broken P.ow; Don Jensen, Newman Orove: Rudy Tomek, Table Rock; Richard Wahlstrom, Craig; and Ned Raun, Minden, Cornhusker Schedules More Group Pictures The following groups are sched uled to have their pictures taken for the Cornhusker at the War-ner-Medlin studios in the Federal Securities building: Oct. 20-25: Housemothers, Hes peria, Towne Club. Oct. 27 to Nov. 1 : Women's Res idence" Halls, Terrace HalL Inter national House. Commentator a Senior In the Thursday, Oct. 16, edi tion of the Daily Nebraskan, George Careker was incorrectly referred to as a graduate student. Mr. Careker, a foreign affairs commentator for station KOLN, is a senior in the university. ATTENTION! TODAY IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO PURCHASE $5.00 STUDENT SEASON TICKETS By Ilac Lilly and Susan Reed Liz Schneider and Tom Me Heahen have the Pi Phis wot ned as to whether it's a steady deal or not. Sorority sister Raula Woody and Jerry Druliner could call it a match too. The Notre Dame game took a large group of the eligibles this weekend. Fijis Jack Bryant, Jim Goll and Jerry Johnston made quite a week end of things. "Chicago here we come was the DU motto last Friday. Bill Wenk, Le Baron Goodwin, Bill Vleek and Chuck Hemingsenhad "huge plans." Tell me fellas. "Did you see the game?" A proud wearer of Gene Rai- neys Beta pin is Kappa Joe George. Nice going Gene! Loses Race Phi Delt Al Potter seems to have lost out as far as Janice Ry- man. Kappa, is concerned. Sis Alph Jack Campbell has taken over in full force. BMOC Rus Gustavson been giving quite a thrill to three Kappas, and one Theta. Hut! Hut! Let's come up with something. KUS! Mary Sue Holland. DG. and Bruce Bergquist have pfttt! Soooo Bruce is taking Jo Bauer. Alpha Phi, to Kansas State game next weekend. Sig Alphs Migrate Other Sig Alphs migrating to the Kansas game are Harry Gal loway, and Bill Wenke, with Alpha Phi dates Marge Dixon, and Ellie Lykke. A TO Bob Bartlett and Gintrer Taylor, DG pledge have decided to call off steady deal after eoinc about three rounds Sat. aft. Tom Ludwig had a party last weekend. Dick Means, Beta, and Olive Gettman. Alpha Chi. verify the fact that it was a good one. couples that bear watchinsare Sue Sutton, Theta. and Gene Mc- Kenna SAE along with Shirley Eskilsen, Alpha Phi, and Bill Moomey, DU. Bill Ballew, Delt is really sing ing the blues over Marge Amend, Chi Omega. How about it Marge? Jane Eickelmeier has turned her attention to Frank Roth after two dates with Frank's G.I. buddy Bill Kasselman. After all those years, Frank. 1 ASMS's Hear Enjiinecr Deau Roy M. Green Over one hundred members at tending the recent meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers heard Dean Roy M. Green of the College of Engineer ing speak on the subject, "Co-operation in Industry." In his address. Dean Green told how our educational principles are based on the philosophy of how to get ahead of the other fel low, instead of how to get along with him. "This is as true in the United States as it is in the rest of the world, and is followed by mosst of our preent day indus tries," he stated. Dean Green stressed that he was not against competition or free enterprise, but that industry should strive for the development of the individual not only in the technical aspect, but in all other social and cultural aspects. Officiating at the meeting were Chairman Jim Jenson, Co-Chairman Keith Newhouse and Hon orable Chairman J. K. Ludwick son. The association told of plans for a tour throughout Omaha, and a dinner to be given in conjunction with the Omaha Chapter of ASME anS the Omaha Junior Chamber of Commerce, to be held Wednesday, Nov. 19. Tickets will be sold at the next meeting, Nov. 12. Max Bailey and Irv Reis were chosen to represent ASME on the Engineers Week committee and will be among the group from which the chairman and co-chairman for Engineers' Week will be chosen. Members were urged to enter essay contests on engineering sub jects, and a number of essay con tests, including otic sjoiiSrOi'ed by the Lincoln Arc Welding Co. r UK - jffir? QZBD "I'll read the last line first It says Dentjme Chewing: Gum. ,My eyesight nay be weak, bat I cam always Dentyne. 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