E I e e ft i m SDifte Released;
Coeds ft Polls. TEiyrsdcoy
The slate for all-women's elections, which will
be held Thursday from 9 to 6 p. m. in Ellen
Smith Hall and from 9 to 5 p. m. in the Ag
Union, was announced Tuesday by Mary Esther
Anderson, Mortar Board In charge.
Candidates for president of the AWS Board
will be Marian Crook and Phyllis Harris. Miss
Crook, an Arts and Science Junior from Nebraska
City, has been an AWS Board member for three
years. Miss Harris served as secretary of the
board last year and is a Lincoln Junior in Teach
ers College.
Name Prexy Candidates
Vying for president on the BABW slate are
Dace Boylan, member of Tassels, Nu-Med, and
YWCA, and Donna McAuley, member of Delta
Phi Delta, Kappa Phi and Varsity Band.
Running for president of the Coed Counselor
board are Marian McElhaney and Jackie Wight
man. Miss McElhaney was treasurer and Miss
Wightman served as publicity chairman of the
board last year.
Candidates for May Queen include JoAnne
Ackerman, Jean Compton, Mary Dye, Wilma
Elson, June Gast, Jackie Gordon, Joan Frank
hauser, Priscilla Flagg, Catherine Hamm, Dorothy
Ichinaga, Charlotte Kelly, Dorothy Meshier, Mar
cia Mockett, Rodala Nelson, Shirley Schnittker,
Marion Weeth, Bernice Young and Lorraine Zahn.
AWS
Five senior AWS board members will be
( chosen from Nadine Anderson, Helen Jean Dins
more, Pat Hamburg, Carolyn Jones, Verneal
Lundquist, Mary Mattox, Jane McArthur, Mary
O'Connor, Margaret Stewart and Ann Whitham.
Similarly, five Junior will be chosen from
candidates Lee Best, .Suzanne. .Bockes, .Nancy
Glynn, Donna Lou Johnson, Katherine Rapp,
Mary Ellen Schroeder, Norma Shalla, Janet Strat
ton, Marcia Tepperman and Wanda Young:.
The Sophomore candidates of which five will
be picked are Joel Bailey, Joyce Buck, Clare Dal
ton, Virginia Guhin, Sally Holmes, Nancy Jensen,
Margaret Judd, Jane Linn, Laura Lyman, and
Charlotte Richards.
BABW
The two BABW senior board members will
be chosen from Mary Ann Graff, Claudia Neuens
wander, and Marion McElhaney.
Four junior candidates will be selected from
Wanda Buell, Jean Howe, JoAnn Learning, Edith
Roesler, Pat (Delores) Rolfsmeier, and Evelyn
Wolph.
Peggy Judd, Gladys Mae Lord, Marjory Mc
Elhaney, Donna Jean Saum, Jean Walker, Jean
Wielage are the sophomore candidates for four
posts.
Coed Counselors
Senior candidates for the Coed Counselor
Board are as follows: affiliated, Nancy Gish and
Peggy Lawrie. Unaffiliated, Virginia Lange and
Shirley Sabin. Two will be chosen.
Junior candidates are: Affiliated, Dorothy
Borgens, Myra Hauge, Jean Ann McLaughlin,
Mary Helen Mallory, Pat Nordin, Eloise Paustian;
unaffiliated, Jean Blaha, Marjorie (Fritzie) Clark,
Janice Cochran, Jeanne Malone, Jeanette Sielaff,
and Marjorie Wilburn. Six will be selected.
Sophomore candidates are: Affiliated, Marilyn
Campfield, Mary Gaines, Rosemary Motter, and
Audrey Rosenbaum; unaffiliated, Kathleen Burt,
Claire Dalton, Marilyn Dawson, and Marilyn
Weidenbach. Four will be named.
Vol. 48 No. 102 Lincoln 8. Nebraska. Wednesday. March 17. 1948
Frosh Lawyers to Begin
First Proceedings Today
Today marks the beginning of
the Freshman Law Competition,
the first actual contest among the
freshman Law School students.
The first case, which is to be
heard at 1:30 today in Room 204
of the Law School, will be Dru
liner & Dahlgren vs. McAneny
Sc Starrett, with the former the
appellant. "Moot court' will be
held at 1:30, 3:30 and 7:30 every
weekday until March 25 and is
open to the public without charge.
Actual Practice.
This competition is designed by
instructors to give opportunity for
actual practice by law students
before courts in writing briefs
and in meeting situations that
arise in court. Thirty-two fresh
man law teams will compete, the
sixteen cases being presented be
fore and judged by local attor
neys and judges.
Third Round Cases.
The Junior Allen competition
third round cases will be heard
March 22 at 3:30 and 7:30 and
March 24 at 7:30. Those remain
ing in the competition and the
pairings include Kratt & Sheaff
vs. Harper & Moore. Jorgenson
& Curry vs. Rundle & Strong, and
Jeffrey & O'Leary vs. Haggart
& Binning.
Grad Club Fetes
Irishmen Tonight
St. Patrick, the patron saint of
Ireland, will become the party
saint of the Graduate Club to
night in Parlor X of the Union
at 7:30. A bit of Irish laughter,
Irish tunes and Erin games will
inaugurate the evening. Modern
Irish blarney on juke boxe rec
ords will provide the background
for dancing which will conclude
the evening.
Convocation
Will Climax
Holy Week
Holy Week, March 21 through
March 24, will present three main
features to the students of the
campus.
In conjunction with Holy Week,
the Religious Welfare Council,
sponsors of Holy Week, urge at
tendance t Brahms' Requiem
which is to be presented by the
University Singers at 5:00, March
21, at Plymouth Congregational
church.
Services on Ag.
There will be daily, early morn
ing worship services at Cotner
House, Methodist Student House,
Presby House and Room 22-A of
the Temple building. On Ag cam
pus services will be held in the
Ag Student Union, Room 2.
The final climax of the week
will be the campus-wide convo
cation to be held at 5:00 in the
auditorium of Love Library on
March 24. The speaker will be
the Rev. C. Vin White, pastor of
First Presbyterian church. Rev.
White has chosen as his
Current Theatre Play
Slated to Open Tonight
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SCENE FROM CURRENT THEATRE PRODUCTION Shown above
are Dale Wisser, Dick Nichols, Millie Hodtwalker and Dean Graunke
in a scene from "The Playboy of the Western World" which opens
tonight as part of the university theatre's regularly scheduled pro
duction program.
Sparkling Irish wit coupled with a touch of the old
blarney, adds up to an unexcellable combination in J. M.
Synge's "Playboy of the Western World," opening in the
Temple tonight at 8.
Today being St. Patrick's Day, a more suitable time
could scarcely be found to open
the renowned Irish comedy. Lab
eled "just for fun" by its director,
Robert Black, "Playboy of the
Western World," will have five
performances running nightly
thru Saturday with a matinee on
Saturday afternoon.
Irish Village.
Action of the play takes place
near a small Irish village on the
coast of Mayo. In the leading role
of Christy Mahon, a shy, but pro
vacative young man of the world,
is Rex Coslor.
Pat King portrays his young
colleen, Pegeen Mike. Christy's
cruel father is played by Dean
Graunke. Abe Katz enacts the
part of Michael James Flaherty,
Pegeen Mike's father.
Mildred Hodtwalker plays the
strong-willed Widow Quin. Her
cousin, Shawn Keogh is por
trayed by Dick French. Donald
Nichols and Dale Wisser take the
parts of Philly Cullen and Jimmy
Farrell, small farmers, while
Mary Lou Thompson, Shirlee
Wallace, and Mary Graunke com
plete the cast as three village
girls.
NSA Election
University student opinion
voiced an emphatic NO to the
National Student Association's
proposed entry to the Nebraska
campus.
1,749 students or eighty
three percent of those who
voted on the Question at both
city and as campuses came out
against the University affiliat
ing with the organization.
Contrary to the expectations
of the Student Council, 2,111
students took part in the elec
tion, many more than have
participated in such an elec
tion in recent years, according
to Harold Moser, president of
the council. The voting, how
ever, does not mean final dis
position of the case. The de
cision rests with the council
which is expected to take up the
question at their regular meet
ing tonight. The compromise,
using the student election as
only a guide to the council's
decision, was effected at last
weeks meeting.
theme, "The Cross Speaks Out.
He will interpret the meaning of
the cross in our lives today. The
Sinfonia Glee Club will present
the musical portion of the serv
ice.
Pmfs Cast for II lllub I&evievj
John Herrington, Gordon Gealey and Paul Walcheck have been
chosen to play the leading roles in the Spring Kosmet Klub show
"Get Your Kicks" announced Dick Lahr, President of Kosmet Klub.
Herrington, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, will play the role of Bertram
Bellingham's double. Gealey, Phi Kappa Psi, will play the part
of Miss Burt, while Faul Welcheck, Zeta Beta Tau, was cast in the
role of Eustace.
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TRYING OUT FOR THE KOSMET Klub Show, hopefuls gather
round Bill Wisman co-author of "Get Your Kicks," prize winning
play in the recent K Klub contest Written by Wisman and Ken
Greenwood the play is to be produced and presented by the Kosmet
Klub April 15, 16, 17, in the Temple Theatre.
Others in the cast are Bertram Bellingham, Bert Baum; Miss
Oglesby, Walt Stevenseon; Southern Gentlemen, Keith Meininger;
Head Waiter, Jack MacDonald; Dean Newhouser, Herb Jackman;
Coach Phisterson, Alan Tulley; Blerry, Dwight Byers; Truman,
Frank Jacobs; French Chef, Ed Weisenrader; and the Gambler, Bob
Reidy.
Rounding out the cast as the men of the chorus and assorted
students adding local color are Sandy Crawford, Bob Yarwood,
Fred Pheifer, Charles Dugan, Dick Carson, John Peck, Carter
Idings, A. Jon Farber, John Anderson, Kirk Lee, Leonard Kehl,
Bill Olson, Jim Jerner, Eddie McCullough and Doc Secord.
Meeting Wednesday
All those participating in the spring show are to meet in the
Student Union Ballroom, at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday. Bill Wiseman
and Kenny Greenwood, co-authors of this year's winning Kosmet
Klub play, stressed the importance of all the actors to be there
promptly.
Dick Lahr, and Av Bondarin will assist in the production of
the play.
Previous Winner
Wiseman, who wrote the story, is a repeat winner of the
Kosmet Klub prize. Greenwood wrote the music and lyrics.
The story centers around the meek and frustrated Professor
Bellingham, who is not getting his kicks out of life. Bellingham
is a reproduction of the famed Walter Mitty, and he dreams of
even more than he had ever hoped to be.
Second Since '42 .
"Get Your Kicks" will be the second Kosmet Klub Spring Re
view since 1942. Last years show was written by Bill Wiseman and
Dave Andrewa and directed by Max Whittaker, assisted by Av
Bondarin and Bill Palmer.
Tickets for the play will go on sale after spring vacation at
the usual pric of seventy-five cents.
Jr. Ak-Sar-Ben
Ball Will Open
Ag Stock Show
Featuring the musfb of Johnny
Cox, the Jr. Ak-Sar-Ben Ball will
officially open the stock show
festivities this week-end at Ag
college. The Ball will be held
Friday from 9 to 12 in the Col
lege Activities building.
The Ball, as well as the stock
show Saturday, is under the spon
sorship of the Block and Bridle
Club, honorary animal husbandry
organization on Ag campus.
According to Duane Foote, Ball
chaiiman, the most novel floor
show of the year is planned for
Friday's dance. Pens of spring
lambs and other livestock to be
featured in the stock show will
be located in various parts of the
room to lend atmosphere to the
dance. Trophies to be awarded to
the stock show winners Saturday
will also be on display.
Foote stressed that the Ball is
an informal affair. Tickets are on
sale now by Block and Bridle
members and pledges.
University of Hawaii
Offers Ag Scholarships
The University of Hawaii is
offering scholarships to one of
two men who are now finishing
their sophomore year in agricul
ture. Mea should be interested in
tropical agriculture but there is
nothing in the scholarships which
requires them to stay In Hawaii.
The grants are worth $750 for
each year, in addition to $150 to
help defray travel expenses to
Hawaii.
Anyone interested should see
Dean Burr in Ag hall.
At the present time Mr. Noel
Hanson of the Agronomy De
partment U in Hawaii.