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tSmflinni rui ini VoL 48 No. 86 Lincoln 8. Nebraska, Sunday, February 22. 1948 Two Concerts Scheduled On Union Slate This Week Carnegie Hall Hopefuls Here Two concerts of special inter est will be presented in the Union this week, with eight state final ists in a nation-wide contest to appear at Carnegie Hall perform ing Tuesday, and a professional quartet staging scenes from the operas "Faust" and "Samson and Delilah" on Thursday. Both con certs will take place in the ball room. The eight finalists in the Car negie Hall auditions were chosen from 28 Nebraskans who partici pated in the preliminary contest at Temple Theater a month ago. Under the sponsorship of the As sociated Concert Bureau of New Annual Drive For Red Cross Begins Feb. 25 Drive to raise funds for the American Red Cross will begin Wednesday, Feb. 25, under the sponsorship of the All Univer sity Fund. The annual drive will be car ried on through solicitations from organizations and organ ized houses. Booths wiif be set up in Love Library and the Un ion where students who are not contacted otherwise may make contributions. The drive will last for a'peilod of one week. Goal. No goal has been set, but AUF co-chairman oi the drive, Marcia Mockett and Joan Far rar, have expressed the hope that "we can raise more for the Red Cross this year than we ever have before." The goal for the drive last year was $1,800. Miss Mockett and Miss Farrar, both members of the AUF advis ory board, are acting as co chairmen of the drive in the absence of Beth Noercnberg, AUF director, who is presently attending a home ec chool in Detroit, Mich. A meeting -lor all house solici tors will be held in the Union Tuesday at 5 p. m., headed by Bob Easter, AUr neaa solicitor. Joint "Y" Meet To Discuss April Estes Conference YWCA and YMCA cabinets will hold a joint meeting Wednesday Feb. 27 at 7:15 in Ellen Smith hall to discuss the Estes Confer ence slated for Apr. 23-24 in Lin coln. Loueva Phluger, Midland Col lege, and Alan Carlson, Kearney State Teachcers' College, are co chairmen of the district confer ence. Eileen Hepperly will be Ne braska's official delegate. At this joint meeting next year's calendar will also be drawn up for publication in the "N" book. A special conference "of YW and YM officers has been announced for Monday from 12-2 to discuss special business. May 'Queen Filings Open To Barb Senior Women Any unaffiliated senior wom en who are not living in organ ized houses may file now for May Queen in the office of tle Union. Applicants have until five p. m., March 2, to file. All organized houses may turn in names of their 'candidates to Mary Anderson. Candidates for May Queen must have senior standing and a 5.5 average. The May Queen reigns over the traditional Ivy Day ceremo nies slated for May 1 this year. She will be chosen at an all women's election March 10,, but her identity .will remain a secret until Ivy Day. York City, the project is designed to offer public appearance experi ence and objective criticism to young artists. Anton Schubel of the concert bureau who judged the prelimin aries will return Tuesday to choose winners from the state fi nalists, who include five univer sity aspirants, two Nebraska Wes leyan students, andNme Wayne State contestant. The national winners will perform in a series of concerts in Carnegie Hall this spring to compete for 16 cash awards totaling $6,000. Instructors Mary Louise Boehm, pianist, and Richard Koupal, ten or, and students Jeanette Hause, Jean Thompson and Robert An derson are the University of Ne braska participants. Geraldyne Kelley and Leland Finecy from Wesleyan and William Byers, jr., from Wayne State complete the list. Price of tickets is 60 cents, tax included. The program of vocal, piano and violin music will be: L Reve ("Manon") Massenet La donna e mnlille ("Rlicolelto") . .Verdi Iceland Kinecy, tenor. Spanish Hance No. 8 Sarnsate Der Zophir Hufoay Jeani'tte Hause, violinist. None But th Lonely Heart. .Tchalkowsky Honor and Arms Handel William Hycrs, Jr., baritone. Allegro Molto Appasslonate (Concerto In K minor) Mendelssohn Geraldyne Kelley, violinist. Bri-il uber mein Haunt Strauss K lticevnn le siellc C'Tosca" ..Puccini Richard Koupal. tenor. Vol lo gapcte ("Cavalleria Rustlcana") Rachmaninoff Jean Thompson, soprano. Per Wanderer Schubert Il'lacerato spirlto ("Simon Boccanegra" ) Verdi Robert Anderson, bass-baritone. Romance In F sharp Schumann Fantaale Op. 49 Chopin Mary Lotil.se Boehrn, pianist. United Nations Observer Talks AtConvoToilay Miss Mabel Head, official ob server for the United Council of Churcli Women at the United Nations, will speak at an all campus convocation in the Stu dent Union ballroom at 3:00 p.m. Sunday. Miss Head is a former presi dent of the Ohio Council of Church Women and worked 11 years with church educational and mission boards. She also worked with the YWCA for 18 years and with the Cleveland Peace Committee for ten years. She has spoken at several civic affairs during her appearance in in Lincoln and in addition to this afternoon's convocation, will ad-, dress a mass meeting at St. Paul's church at 8:00 p.m. The Lincoln Council of Church Women is sponsoring Miss Head's appearance in the city and the religious welfare council, through its sDocial events committee, is sponsoring her appearance on the campus Dr. Hall to Speak At Lincoln Town Discussion Alar. 3 Dr. William E. Hall of the de Dartment of educational psychol ogy will discuss "Where Does Peace Begin?" when the Lincoln Y.W.C.A. starts its second season of local Town Meetings Wednes day, March 3. at 8 p. m. The Y.W.C.A wil make an auditorium of its cafeteria at 1432 N St for the meeting. The panel of which Hall is a member will discuss "Can We Wage Peace?" Other members will be Dr. Gerald Kennedy, pas tor of St. Paul Methodist church who will speak on "Fear and Safety," and Arthur Emerson of the Soil Concervation Service, who will sum up "Economic Ways to Peace." No admission will be charged and is open to the public. k -it-, x " Courtesy Lincoln Journal. rOTSY CLARK. State Home Ec Meet to Have UNESCO Text "UNESCO Appeals to the Home," will be the theme of the 1948 annual meeting of the Ne braska Home Economics associa tion which will be held here in Lincoln Feb. 27 and 28. Chancellor R. G. Gustavson will be one of the guest speakers slated for the convention. Miss Anna Dee Weaver, Home Eco nomics editor of The Nebraska Farmer, will speak on "Oppor tunities in Home Economics." Other Speakers Other speakers will be Miss Miriam Cunliffe, an exchange teacher of Homo Economics from England; Mrs. R. G. Gustavson; Dr. Martha Kramer, Assistant Dean of Home Economics from Manhattan. Kas.; Miss Julia Kiene of the Westinghouse corporation; and Miss Maria Constantinides, a university student formerly from Greece. Miss Constantinides is studying through a scholarship given by the American Home Economics Association. Five such scholarships are granted to for eign students each year. High School Group Over five hundred Nebraska junior and senior high school students will meet Friday after noon as a part of the convention. They will become acquainted with Ag campus through speak ers, films, and a tour. The purpose of this meeting is to interest future college girls in Home Economics as a profession, said Rodola Nelson, who is gen eral chairman of the program. Open house will be held at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Foods and Nutrition building. Ex hibits will also be displayed at Consumers Public Light and Power company, 1401 O street. Witches, Ghouls Vied for Prizes At Beaux Arts Weird and "outlandish costumes were seen at the Beaux Arts Ball, in the Morrill Hall galleries Fri day night, sponsored by Dellfe Phi Delta, art honorary. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith won the prize for the most "hor rible" costume. The Ball theme was "Nightmare." John Kirsh, in a costume with four legs and arms and two heads, won the prize for "fantastic" outfits. The prize for the "ridiculous" costumes went to Pat Benson. Also at the ball were the three witches from "Macbeth" unearthed mummies, ghouls and Draculas. Paintings, on the "Nightmare" theme painted by advanced com position classes, were given as prizes in a game of musical chairs. The corridors of Morrill Hall were decorated with paintings out of their frames, and bodies of torn draperies, overshoes, and old umbrellas. In the gallery was a large frieze . depicting possible nightmares. Virginia Pm-dham was general chairman of the Beaux Arts com mittee, and Jerry Johnston, en tertainment chairman. John Mal comb had charge of decorations and Betty Aasen handled publicity. Contract Calls for $7,500; No Athletic Director Named George (Potsy) Clark will take over the head coaching duties of the 1948 Nebraska one-year contract calling for This announcement was Board of Regents meeting Saturday morning in Omaha. The appointment will be on an interim basis. The Univer sity of Nebraska Athletic Board met Friday night and sent its recommendation for solving the University's football coaching problem to the Board of Regents. Radio S tut en t s Plan Area's First Television Show Television will have its first major test in the Lincoln area Monday evening. Engineered by WOW television expert Joe Herold and directed by university radio instructor Paul L. Bogen, a 15-minute docu mentary telecast will be presented at 7:15 and 8:15 p.m. Title of the script, written by Gaylord Marr, is "Menace in Milk," which relates the bene fits of pasturization and tells of different types of diseases in the milk industry. Arnold E. Baragar, university associate home econ omist, served as consultant. A special afternoon dress re hearsal at 4 p. m. will be shown only to students of the speech de partment. The invitational eve ning broadcasts are for university faculty members and local radio and newspaper officials. Cast for the telecasts includes: Ken Greenwood, Dorothy Ogden, Leonard Pachman, Lynn Reed, John Carson, Betty Laird, Bill Wiseman and Mr. Baragar. Uni Players Set To Cast Twelve FartsFeb.24-26 Tryouts for the University Theater's fourth production of the year, "Playboy of the Western World," by J. M. Synge, will be held 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., Tues day, Feb. 24; 3 to 5 p.m., Wednes day, Feb. 25; 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26. To be directed by Robert Black, the play is a romantic comedy, embodying broad humor in a ro mantic style. "Even though it is very poetic," states Mr. Black, " 'Playboy of the Western World is essentially a comedy play. It's just good fun." Twelve Tarts Open. There are parts for six male and six female characters. Anyone with sophomore standing or above is eligible for tryouts. Perform ances of the play are scheduled for the evenings of Mar. 17, 18, 19, and 20, with a matinee on the 20th. The setting of the play is an Irish inn. The story revolves around a young man who is a colossal liar. Romantic Angle. . He holds to the belief that he has killed his cruel, hated, father with a spade. At the inn, he is so boastful that he is lionized and is taken in by the townspeople there. Complications, however, set in when the supposedly slain father makes his appearance. The romantic angle of the play is develoDed through the rivalry between a strong-willed widow, known for her husbind-Kunng, and the young daughter of the innkeeper. Cosmopolitan Club Holds Memorial Service for Gandhi At a Wednesday evenine meet ing of the Cosmopolitan Club, for foreign and American students, there was a commemoration service held in the Union for Mo handas Gandhi. Mr Rambnran Ramdin sooke at the meeting, emphasizing Ganc'hfs achievements in tne ed ucation and the help of the In dion peoples. football team by terms of a a salary of $7,500. released following a Nebraska Mr. Clark's appointment was made possible by the recent res ignation of Bernie Masterson. Chancellor R. G. Gustavson, who is now in the east, is understood to have given his approval by phone. Chancellor Gustavson left Sunday and is not expected back in Nebraska until early next week. It is understood, too, that Dr. Gustavson talked to Clark, who lives at Grand Rapids, Mich. The position of athletic director will remain temporarily open. A. J. Lewandowski recently re signed as athletic director to de vote full time to the job of ath letic business manager. Potsy will not be a newcomer to Cornhusker football coacning circles. He piloted the Huskers through the 1945 season. He was on a short-term contract and de parted as soon as the 1945 season ended. During that season, Potsy's team won four games, finishing fourth in the Big Six race. The team lost its first live games and then fin ished the season with four straight victories. Huskers' 1945 Record. Oklahoma, Minnesota, Indiana, Iowa State and Missouri were the five teams to down the Huskers. The Huskers then upset Kansas, and downed Kansas State, South Dakota and the University of Iowa. The Husker win over Iowa University came a week after the Hawkeyes had defeated Minne sota. Several members of Potsy's 1945 team are expected to be ready for spring practice. These men include Guards Rex Hoy and John Sedlarek, Fullback Phil Young, Halfback Clctus Fischer and Center Bobby Costello. Totsy's Coaching Experience. Clark was a University of Il linois football star in the days be fore World war I. He coached the University of Kansas teams in 1916 and 1917, and again in 1926 and 1927. He also has served as assistant football and head base ball coach at the University of Il linois, head coach at Michigan State and head of the Kansas Uni versity athletic department. Potsy was associated with The Minnesota athletic staff for two years. He has had eight years' experience as a professional football coach. Engineers Tab Full Committee Organization of the full Engin eers' Week committee for 1948 was announced Saturday by R. M. "Mike" Green and Max H. Bailey, co-chairman for the event, which will be held April 29 and 30. Departmental chairman are: 1'aul Extrom, Ag. 1.; Robert Brown and Marshall Baker, Arch. E.; Otto Krai, Chem. E; Arnold I. Johnson, Charles Talbqrt, and Clarence Lewis, C. E.; Herbert Temme and Dick Stonesifer, E. E.; Jack White, Eng. Mech.; Ger ald Pipher and Irwin Reis, M. E.; Neil Kennedy, Mil. Eng.; and Hen ry Schleuter, Naval Eng. The special chairmen are: Paul Ruhter, banquet; Wilbur Lehnert, contest; Eldon Clapham, convoca tion; Charles Corke, field day; Wayne Scott, inquiries; Joseph Rogers, photographer; Al Henry, programs; Bruce Clausen, ribbon sales; Warren oKenig, sledge; Jay Funk, traffic; Stan Liedtke, Win dow Displays; Donald McCarthy, Blue Print; and Fred Pelton, publicity.