The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, November 12, 1947, Image 1

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VoL 48 No. 35 Lincoln, Nebraska, Wednesday. Not. 12, 1947
Four Main Events Close
Religion In Life Activities
Harti Will Address Final Convo Wednesday
In Temple; Family Life Group To Hold Panel
Four main events, highlighted
by the closing convocation Wed
nesday at 8:00 p.m. in the Temple
theater auditorium close the three
day period of activity in Religion
In Life week. This program in
cluded special convocations, dis
cussion groups, special confer
ences with the leaders, denomina
tional group meetings, faculty
luncheons and classroom appoint
ments. Dr. Julian Hartt, the main
speaker of the week who has ap
peared before student seminars,
faculty groups, and on the radio
forum, will be the speaker at the
8:00 pan. convocation.
In the first convocation, Hartt
expressed the thought that a great
precentage of the confusion of to
day is caused by a fear of our
selves. "We who are finite cannot
comprehend an infinite God and
as we are imprefect have great
barrirs in responding to the per
fect love which can be ours."
Dr. Hartt has led the seminar
on "Faith and the Individual"
and spoke to the "V discussion
group Tuesday noon.
The Family Life Institute con
vocation will be held at 2: p.m.
today in the Student Union ball
room in conjunction with Religion
In Life week. The seminar, "Mar
riage and Happiness," led by Dr.
Patton on Monday and Tuesday
and by Mrs. Raymond Benson, di
rector of student work in the Ne
braska Christian Foundation, have
led up to this convocation and the
last seminar summarize the after
noon convocation. The "Inter
faith Understanding" seminar will
be held in room 313 of the. Stu
dent Union an will be led by
Rev. Nichols, Rabbi Kestenbaum
and Msgr. Shuster, continuing
the practice of having leaders of
the three faiths at each meeting.
Dr. Hartt will speak at the
faculty luncheon at 12:00 today.
The faculty has had the oppor
tunity of hearing some of the
speakers at these luncheons. By
intergrating the faculty into Re
ligion In Life week program it
gains greater scope.
Thursday morning the commit
tee will valuate the weeks pro
gram of the year and changes in
Varsity Dairy
Holds Annual
Honors Fete
The annual Honors Banquet of
the Varsity Dairy Club will be
held in the Student Union Thurs
day Nov. 13, at 7:30 p.m. The
dairy products, team and the dairy
cattle judging team will be recog-
Professor H. P. Davis of the
animal husbandry department will
serve as toastmaster for the ban
quet Speakers for the evening
include; Robert Fossland, coach
of the cattle judging team; Robert
Koehler, high man in the contest
at .Waterloo; Professor P. A.
Downs, dairy products coach;
and Don Christensen high team
member at the Miami, Fla. con
test. The speakers will discuss their
experiences on judging trips from
the coach's angle and the students
impression.
Tickets for the banquet may be
purchased from any Dairy Club
member and are priced at $1.10
per plate.
Tassels
KVbraBkatt
the next Religion In Life week
will be based upon the decisions
made at this time.
Dr. Cronback is professor of so
cial sciences at Hebrew Union
College, Cinncinatti, Ohio and net
professor of philosophy at Hebrew
Seminary as was previously an
nounced in The Daily Nebraskan.
Two Sopranos,
Pianist Appear
In Recital
Presented in senior recital to
day at 4:00 p. m. in the Temple
Theater will be two sopranos,
Jean Lock and Mary Ann Camp
bell, and pianist, Ruth Norman.
Opening the program with "Care
Selve" by Handel, Miss Lock will
sing a variety of selections ranging
from the lullaby, "O Bimba, Bim
betta," by Sibella, to Mitchell's
lovely melody, "Love Is the
Wind." Two other numbers by
Tyson and Giannini will be in
cluded in her program. Miss Lock
will be accompanied by Dorothy
Taylor.
For her first number, Miss Nor
man has chosen the Andantino
and Scherzo movements of Schu
mann's "Sonata in g minor." Her
next selection, "Prelude," is by the
modern Russian composer Pro
kofieff, and will be followed by
Debussy's impressionistic "Gar
dens in the Rain."
Miss Campbell, accompanied by
Dorothy Schnieder. will close the
program by singing four selec
tions, the first of which is "Wohin"
by Schubert. She has also chosen
to sing the aria, "Connais-tu le
pays," from the opera "Mignon"
by the Frenchman, Thomas. Also
included in Miss Campbell's pro
gram are the two numbers "Se
crecy" by Wolf, and "Holiday" by
Curran. Miss Aleta Snell will play
the violin obligate to one of these
numbers.
LSA Open House
Draws Attendance
Of 200 Sunday
Two hundred - guests attended
the open house held Sunday, Nov.
10 at the new Lutheran Student
House, 1440 Q street Students will
make this their center for socials,
fellowship. Bible hour and discus
sion groups.
The Lutheran pastor, Rev. Al
vin M. Petersen has his office in
the Student House and students
are urged Ao visit him there.
Dr. Ruth Wick, associate execu
tive secretary of the student serv
ice commission of the National
Lutheran council, here as a
speaker in Religion in Life week
f-was among the guests at open
house Sunday and can be found
there at various times of the day
during Religion in Life week.
Upperclass Filings
Close Thursday
Filings for junior and senior
class president will close Thurs
day, Nov. 13, at S p. m., according
to Stanley Ahrends, Student Coun
cil vice-president.
Any junior or senior with a 75
weighted average who will be in
school next spring Is eligible. Fil
ings may be made at the student
activities office on the second floor
of the Administration building.
1700 Students lave Purchased
Their 1048 Cornhusher
Buy Yours Now
Student Union Basement
Supply Is Limited
Theafire
Residence Hall Ready
All men who have been as
signed space in building C,
Men's Residence Halls, may
move In Friday evening or Sat
urday morning, Nov. It or 15.
AH rents must be paid before
occupaney begins. Sometime
during the day Thursday, Nov.
13, stop in at room 209, admin
istration building, to check on
room assignments (some assign
ments have been changed since
the original assignments were
made) and check on rentals due
and refunds to those who have
overpaid.
E. B. BROWN.
Band Contest
Will Offer
Second Prize
A second prize, consisting of a
year's season pass to the Varsity
and State theatres, good for two
people, has been offered as sec
ond prize in the Military Depart
ment's "Name the Band Contest"
The pass will be good from Dec.
5, 1947 to Dec. 5, 1948, and wiU
be awarded to the couple whose
entry is rated second best
First prize will give the win
ning couple a formal from Hov-land-Swanson
and a tuxedo from
Magee's.
Contestants must pick the name
of the band from the clues which
are given in The Daily Nebraskan
during this week, and the dance
slogan from the key slogans which
will also appear daily.
Today's clue, the third in a se
ries of five, is: A MASTER
TRUMPETER, HE HAS BEEN
KNOWN TO HOLD A NOTE FOR
OVER A MINUTE AND A HALF
Today's key slogan: THE FIN
ES IN MILITARY AFFAIRS.
Bizad Honorary
Pledges Fifteen
At a dinner held Monday eve
ning at the Union, fifteen bizad
college students were announced
as pledges of Delta Sigma Pi, pro
fessional commerce fraternity.
New pledges are:
Wendal Busboom. Don Carey,
Bob Franke, Bill Fuhr, John
George, Warren Hinrichs, Eldon
Huff, Gordon Humbert, Roger
Larson, George Polski, Bill Rob
erts, John Schaller, Bill Spikes,
Bob Stillinger arid Dick Windrum.
Mr. Clive ' Hickenlively, state
agent for the New Hampshire
group, fire -insurance underwrit
ers, addressed the group of fac
ulty and student members and
pledges. The subject of his talk
was "Insurance: Yesterday, To-
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Resuming a pre-war practice,
the Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship
Key will be awarded by the fac
ulty of the bizad college to that
male senior who upon graduation
ranks highest in scholarship for
the entire course in business ad
ministration. Affiliation with an
organization is not a requirement.
Fralim Will Speak
To AmVcts Group
AVC Chairman Paul Rogers,
Jr., announced today that John E.
Frahm of the Lincoln Central La
bor Union will be guest speaker
at the Thursday meeting of the
University chapter of the Ameri
can Veterans committee.
Mr. Fraham will outline the
functions and purposes of the
newly created Educational and
Non-Partisan Political league of
Lincoln.
University veterans are invited
to attend the meeting which will
be held at 7:15 Thursday evening
in the Colonial room of the Lin
coln YMCA.
Lisfs Comedy isfl
Mart, Cast, Harrington,
Huff Take Play Leads
Sheridan Whiteside, .The Man Who Came to Dinner"
in the Kaufman and Hart comedy of the same name, will
be portrayed in the University Theatre's December produc
tion by Gaylord Marr, veteran theater player. Playing lead
ing roles with him will be June Gast, Margaret Huff and
Paul Harrington. Miss Huff was cast in the role of the af
fected actress Lorraine after additional tryouts were held
Monday to find a suitable person for the part.
Characterizes Woollcott r " "
The Kaufman and Hart play is
a stage characterization of theater
critic, author and celebrated wit
Alexander Woollcott, close friend
of the playwright team. Set in
the small town of Mesalie, Ohio,
the play tell the rollicking story
of the confusion and mixups that
befall the Stanley family when
their noted dinner guest breaks
his hip upon leaving their house.
Hospitalized for three months in
the Stanley home, he invites
myriads of his friends and col
leagues to visit him there.
In announcing the 21-member
cast, Dallas Williams, theater di
rector, remarked that "This play
is just plain funny from begin
ning to end. The cracks in it are
among the best Fve ever heard
in a play!"
Supporters Listed
The supporting cast includes
Bill Line (Mr. Stanley), Phyllis
Baldridge (Mrs. Stanley), Pat
Boyd (June Stanley), Richard
Toof (Richard Stanley), Frances
Nelson (Stanley's sister Harriet),
Betty Schultz (Miss Preen, the
nurse), Richard Proud (Banjo;
screwball movie actor), Dean
Graunke (Beverly Carlton), Wal
ter Simon (Dr. Bradley); Bill
Reuter (John, the servant), Em
my Lou Hill (Sarah, the cook)
Charles Bergoffen (Professor
Metz), Charlotte Wilson (Mrs.
Dexter), Gladys Jackson (Mrs.
McCuthceon), Jack Macdonald
(radio announcer), Dewey Gan
zell (Sandy) and Homer Haupt
man (Baker, the prison guard).
Union Concert
Lists Concerto,
Modern Music
BY SAM WARREN.
Wrten the Student Union in- co
operation with the University
Symphony Orchestra brings a
guest soloist to the Union ball
room for the second consecutive
year Thusrday at 8 p. m., students
will have'an opportunity to hear
both a promising artist on the
American concert scene and an
unusual program of predominant
ly contemporary music.
Tossy Spivakovsky, Russian
born violinist who in five Amer
ican concert seasons has estab
lished himself as a leading young
violinist according to critical re
ports from the country over, will
perform the Mendlessohn violin
concerto with the orchestra under
the baton of Conductor Emmanuel
Wishnow.
Modern Numbers Chosen
As for the remainder of the
program, Mr. Wishnow has chosen
five selections from the modern
repertory ranging from a roman
tic nujnber for string choir by the
Finnish composer Jean Sibelius to
an ironic overture by the English
composer Arthur Benjamin, who
is perhaps best known to concert
audiences for his transcritions for
viola of native tunes from Cuba
and Jamaica.
Other selections are the sub
dued, impressionistic "Walk to
the Paradise Garden," by another
Englishman, Frederick Delius; the
Rimsky - Korsakov orchestration
of the prelude to the opera, "Kho-
vantchina" by Modest Moussorg
sky; and the "Polka and Fugue"
from Weinberger s opera.
"Schwanda."
Premier Boosts Career.
Embarking for an Australian
MJ n w on
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To Discuss
Marriage
Dr. Evelyn Duvall. Dr. Henry
A. Bowman, and Dr. Reuben Hill
will conduct a panel discussion
on the subject "To Marry or Not
to Many While in College" at
an university convocation, Wed
nesday, Nov. 12 at 2 p. m. in
the Union ballroom.
Sponsored by the Family Life
Institute of Lincoln, the convo
cation is one of a three-day se
ries. All the guest speakers have
done extensive work in the field
of marriage and family relations.
After receiving her B. S. degree
at Syracuse university and M.S.
degree at Vanderbilt university,
Dr. Duvall did graduate work at
the Unniversity of Chicago. She
is now the executive secretary of
the National Counsel on Family
Relations at Chicago.
Dr. Bowman, professor of so
ciology at Stephens college, has
conferred with hundreds of young'
people on premarital and marital
problems. His book entitled "Mar
riage for Moderns" will be used
as a text for the course on Mar
riage and Home Relations to be
offered at the University of Ne
braska next semester, open to
men and women students of
sophomore standing and above.
An associate professor of soci
ology at Iowa State College, Dr.
Hill is a regional consultant for
the American Institute of Family
Relations. He and Dr. Duvall re
cently published the book "When
You Marry.
Home Economic
Club to Install
New Officers
Home Ec club will hold installa
tion of officers at their regular
meeting on Thursday night.
Everyone is requested to be pres
ent at the affair which will be ob
served with a candlelight service.
In the meeting to be held after
the installation, members will dis
cuss various workshops offered
and choose one for their study.
Also due for discussion will be
the annual Ellen H. Richards din
ner which will be held next Wed
nesday, Nov. 21 in the Ag College
cafeteria at 6:30. Mrs. Harold
Prince has been obtained as
speaker for the event and tickets
will go on sale this week.
tour when the nazis came to
power; Tossy Spivakovsky re
mained concertizing there and in
New Zealand until 1941 when he
came to America. An invitation
from Artur Rodzinski to give the
American premier of the violin
concerto of the late Hungarian
composer, Bela Bartok, won Spiv
akovsky wide acclaim since, he
has been engaged by 15 of the
nation's major symphony orches
tras. , r''
Students and faculty members
may obtain admission cards from
the Union office. According to
Duane Lake, Union manager, a
sizeable portion of the 800 admis
sion tickets have already been dis
tributed and students are urged to
call for their cards immediately.
Corn Cobs