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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1947)
PAGF 4 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Wednesday, December 1Q, 1933 Campus News Iii Brief Traditional "Messiah" Enjoys Lengthy History t'OSMOl'OLITAN-CLl B. There will be no regular meet ing of the Cosmopolitan Club Wednesday, December 12. The party for Friday has also been called off. CHAT 'N NIBBLE. A Chat 'n Nibble hour for all unaffiliated .women will be given by the Junior Panhcllenic Thurs day afternoon from 4:45 to 6:00 at tho Alpha Xi Delta house. All unaffiliated coeds are invited to this informal get-to.7,etho FRATERNITY PICTl'RE. All members of fraternities whose pictures will not run in the re.iular fraternity section of the 1!M3 C'ornhu.sker due to lack of spare, may have their pictures taken lor the class section during the daytime, Delphi ne Avers, business manager, said Tuesday. Day Institute Sponsored by Gmd School Psychosomatic diseases were the subject of the Saturday morning and afternoon sessions of the special institute conducted by Miss Helen Ross of Chicago under the sponsorship of the Graduate School of Social Work. University of Nebraska, which v as held at the Student Union building and attended by per sons engaged in social work in four states, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. The lec tures, technical in character, dealt in great detail with the various aspects of those diseases in which the mind is affected by purely body ailments. Determin ing the relationship between such diseas.es and the state of the mind is important to the case worker intent upon aiding an individual in his efforts to hchi himself. The afternoon session con cluded the two day institute. Miss Ross, in charge of instruc tion is a former visiting lec turer at the university and is from the Institute psychoanaly sis, Chicago. A dinner commemorating the tenth anniversary of the found ing of the Graduate School for Social Work was held Saturday evening, which was attended by institute personnel, alumni and students of the school. Dr. Ernest F. Witte, first director of the school, made the principal address. Big Six Teams Show Promise The seven-member Big Six conference Tuesday held a .900 average for its first ten basketball games, with one of the members yet to show. The Kansas University Jay hawks are scheduled to open their campaign against Emporia State at Emporia, Kas., Saturday night. Two of the Big Sixers, Colordo ana iowa Mate, scored wins Mon day night, but the Nebraska Lnrn. huskers were topped by Purdue, du-od, on a last minute rally by the invading Big Nine members. Colorado bounced Colorado A. & M., 60-40, at Fort Collins. The Iowa State Cyclones won their first start for their new Coach Chick Sutherland, 43 to 29, over Simpson (la.) College. Iowa State Forward Ray Wehde found the range for 12 points. The next activity by a league team will match the Missouri Ti gers and Washington University of St. Louis at Columbia Wednesday Con vo (Continued from page 1) scientists, and educational lead ers in the country. "Reuben Gustavson. the great uju-cnemisi wno is also chancel lor of the University of Nebraska, presented the view of the scien tific group (which includes him self) on the subject of grants-in-aid ata the Mexico City confer ence, Minon Eisenhower, presi dent of Kansas State university, told the campus newspaper last weeK. Chancellor Gustavson served on several important committees at the international conference, which delegates from 38 countries The annual presetation of Han del's famed oratorio, "The Mes siah," which will be presented Sunday at 3 p. m. in the coliseum, is a Christmas-time tradition at the University that began in the early 1909's, outgrowing several campus buildings in its more than 40-year performance history. The oratorio, itself more than 200 hun dred years old, has been directed by four conductors during that time. "The Messiah" was first organ ized for performance by Mrs. Car rie Belle Raymond who in 1907 became director of what was then the music conservatory, not yet a department of the university, and for whom Raymond Hall was named, when the women's dormi tory was erected. Since there was no official university orchestra at that time, the first orchestra to accompany the "Messiah" chorus was composed of musicians from over the city of Lincoln. Shifting Locale. The oratorio was first performed in the old Library Hall (now Ar chitectural Hall) under Mrs. Ray mond's direction, but as the pre sentation became an established annual event and the audience, chorus and orchestra grew in size with an expanding university, it was necessary to hold the per formances in larger buildings. Mrs. Raymond continued to con duct "The Messiah" until 1927 when Prof. Howard KirkDatriek became acting director of vocal ensembles, serving until 1939 when Dr. Arthur Westbrook became di rector of the School of Fine Arts and head of the school of music. During his tenure, Kirkpatrick conducted all Derformanees of thp popular oratorio, using Former Museum as locale for the nrodnc- tion. By the time Westbrook came to the university, "The Messiah" had moved to the Coliseum to ac commodate the annual audience that crowded to hear it. In 1946 Prof. David Foltz was guest con ductor. For a period of years students were selected to sing the solos in the "Messiah." Recently, however, professional soloists have been chosen. Popularity Told. The popularity of the "Messiah" has been accounted for by Miss 1 v 1 " v J 1 1U1QM1 Ul Theory, "because of its beauty and rp i fim ic onmnfinnAnni) uuu upjivji laiLiitaa both in music and intext, and also because of its appealling associa tion with the Christmas season. Dr. Westbrook, who will con duct Sunday, expressed his fond ness, particularly, for the four so prano recitatives from Luke: "There were shepherds," "And lo! the angel of the Lord," "And the angel said unto them." "And sud denly there was with the angel;" and for the two choruses "His Yoke is easy, and His Burden is light," and "Surely He hath borne our griefs." INTERVIEW CANDIDATES. Student couocH applicants candidates must appear before the council Wednesday a S p.m. in room 316 of th Union. One representative is needed for each of the following positions: Junior woman from Artj & Scien ces, Junior man from Dental, aod woman from Graduate coHege. AW Tim Late for XlilAS CARDS to be pertonolixctl Goldenrod Stationery Store 215 North 14th Street IB 1 W iV i" Wii H 1 II HOTEL CORNHUSKER ANNOUNCES . . . Mortar Board Dinner FRIDAY, DEC. 12, 1947 6:00 TO 8:30 ... in the beautiful Georgian Room. $2.00 per person and up. Dinner music. Call Mrs. Scott at 2-6971 for reservations. Re servations acceptable but not necessary. HOTEL CORNHUSKER V ' .' indib tcqtMMii. Pctm - miller & paine sportswear . . . second floor has leen whispering lots of ideas into the ears of shopping Santas. Be a good sport, they say . . . give warm sports togs for snow wear or Iy-the-fireside wear. BERMUDA ANGORAS . . . baby soft and always a longed for gift by high school and college girls. Boxy long and short sleeve CARDIGANS, long sleeve PULLOVERS, in White, Baby Pink, Baby Blue, Maise. 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