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VoL 48 No. 138 Lincoln 8. Nebraska, Wednesday, May 12, 1948
'Shrew' Begins Run Tonite;
To Climax Theatre Season
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".THE ART OF WHIPPING IS A SNAP!" So says Petruchio, Jack
Wenstrand, to Grumio, Dale Wisser in a scene from "Taming of the
Shrew," Shapespearean comedy.
Rounding out a full year
of
University Theater entertainment,
Shakespeare's farce, Taming of the
Shrew, begins its five-performance
run tonight at the Temple theater.
Curtain time is eight p. m. for
the comedy. There are still a
few seventy-five cent reserved
seats remaining for each perform
ance. The play will be shown
nightly through Saturday with a
matinee Saturday afternoon.
Audience to Intermission Once.
Audiences are asked to remem
ber that there is only one inter
mission in the fast-moving play,
between the first and second acts.
Margaret Ann Huff is cast in
the title role as the vixenous
Shrew and Jack Wenstrand plays
Petruchio, the tamer. Dewey Gan
zel portrays Hortensio, a dis
heartened, but comical lover.
Grumio, Petruchio's happy but
simple companion, is enacted by
Dale Wisser,
Lucentio Seeks Bianca.
Lucentio, seeking the love of
Bianca, played by Mary Wen
strand, is played by Jack Max
well. Gay Marr takes the part of
Baptista, patient, tolerant father
of the shrew.
Other characters are Christo-
pher Sly, Rex Coslor; hostess and
Biondello, Bill Reuter; lord and
pedant, Don Johannes; huntsman,
Norman Leger; Tranio, Merle
Staldr; Vincntio, Darrel Peter;
Gremio, Eddie McCollough; Cur
tis, Clare Denton; Nathanial, Bill
Line; Sugarsop, Leo Pachman;
Joseph, Bob Baum; a widow, Mil
lie Hodt walker; servants, Herb
Spense, Dean Welles, Jack Asbyll,
Dick Toof, and Frank Jacobs; and
Mabel, played by her equine self.
Institutional Merit
Award Given Ag
College Cafeteria
The university agriculture col
lege cafeteria received Wednes
day an award of merit in a na
tional contest for the best kitchens
and dining rooms among hos
pitals, industrial plants, schools,
colleges and other mass feeding
establishments.
The competition is sponsored
annually by Institutions magazine
of Chicago. The cafeteria director
is Miss Florence Smith and the
food service director is Miss
Marie Harris. Thirty-seven insti
tutions received the award this
year.
Contest objectives are (1)
greater efficiency in handling,
storage preparation and serving
of food; and (2) improved sani
tation In mass feeding establishments.
Sfehraskatt
Corn Cobs to Hold Smoker
For Prospective Members
Com Cobs, men's pep organiza
tion, will hold a smoker for all
men interested in working in the
national pep fraternity during the
'48-'49 seasons. The smoker be
gins at 7:15 p. m., May 13, in Par
lors YZ of the Union.
Bob Hamilton, president of the
group, has explained that to be
eligible for Cobs, students must
have a weighted average of 75
(4.5) for each semester of school
work taken; must carry a mini
mum of 12 hours and have car
ried 12 hours for each previous
semester, with a total of 24 having
been completed on entrance into
the organization.
All organized men's houses may
select two or more men to attend
the smoker, from which two will
be chosen for Cob workers.
Unaffiliated students are not
limited in the organization, and
any number are urged to attend.
Purposes and functions of the
Corn Cobs, which include the fur
therance of school spirit, selling of
tickets for campus functions, work
Naval Air Corps
To Accept Grads
For Flight School
College graduates are eligible
for entry into flight training as
Ensigns commencing July 1, 1948,
Capt. M. D. Mathews, professor
of naval science, announced to
day. Those appointed will enter into
about 18 months flight training
after an indoctrination course at
Pensacola, Fla. Officers appointed
will be required to sign a contract
agreeing not to resign from the
naval service for two years after
the completion of flight training.
Detailed information may be
obtained from the. Office of Naval
Officer Procurement, Kansas City,
Mo.
Amikita Spring
Tea Held Sunday
The Amikitas, girls social or
ganization on Ag campus, held
their annual Spring Tea Sunday,
May 6, at the Lutheran Student
house.
Faculty members Miss Margaret
Fedde, Dr. Josephine Brooks, Mrs.
Angeline Anderson and Miss Mar
garet Cannel assisted with the
pouring. Receiving the guests
were Amikita sponsors Miss Mary
Hosier and Miss Mary Graham,
President Eiaine Quigley and So
cial Chairman Betty Eeckner.
Seven Named To Take
Union Governing Duties
Federal Unit
Plans ROTC
Review Tour
The annual federal inspection
of the University of Nebraska
ROTC opened Monday and will
climax Thursday with a regimen
tal review on the parade ground
west of the Coliseum.
Col. Howard J. John. Profes
sor of military science and tactics,
said an inspection team of four
officers will judge the Nebraska
unit on enrollment, administra
tion, training and facilities. Last
year Nebraska received a rating
of excellent.
Highlight of the event will be
the parade, scheduled for 3 p.m.
Wednesday. The review is open
to the public.
'Officers who will conduct the
inspection are: Col. Hans C. Mi
nuth, Lt. Col. Martin Dunklau,
formerly of Omaha; Maj. Hertzel
B. Richards, and an officer from
the Second Air Force. An ex
amination of advanced course
students will be held Thursday.
Contrary to the anounce
ment in Tuesday's Daily Ne
braskan, Maj. Gen. Lewis A.
Pick will speak at Ag college
Monday May 17 instead of
May 18. The convocation will
be held in the College Activi
ties building at 10:10 a.m.
on rallies and other projects for
sports events, managing details of
homecoming, in conjunction with
the Tassels, will be outlined fully
at the smoker.
Phalanx Elects
Jack Median
To Presidency
The Phalanx military frater
nity elected officers for the com
ing year at a meeting in the
Armory last week. Jack Meehan,
sophomore in Biz-Ad college will
replace Ed Zorinsky as Com
mander. Other officers are
Charles Youngston, Lieutenant
Commander; Robert Willey, sec
retary; Robert Olson, treasurer,
and Bernard Wolps, warden his
torian. After election of officers, Maj.
Sorrell, ROTC PMS&T, showed a
film on the operations of the var
ious branches of service co-ordinating
their efforts for efficient
service.
An informal dance to the music
of Johnny Cox will be held in
the Georgian room in the Corn
husker hotel Friday, May 21. The
dance is an annual affair, but is
the first in several years, since
Phalanx has just been reactivated
on the campus this year. Prior to
the dance, Phalanx pledges will be
initiated in the Georgian room.
Col. Howard John and Maj. Sor
rell will be made honorary members.
Journalists Schedule Banquet
lo Observe 25th Anniversar
The school of journalism will
celebrate its 25th anniversary
with a banquet for University
journalism students and represen
tatives from neighboring schools
of journalism and professional
groups, at 6:30 p. m. at the Corn
husker hotel.
Preced'ng the banquet Sigma
Delta C journalism honorary,
will hold business meeting and
initiation lor undergraduate mem
bers in University hall at 4 p. m.
Initiation of graduate members
will be held at 5 p. m. and will
be conducted by professor Ken
neth Marvin, national vice presi
dent of Sigma Delta Chi.
Institute to Open
The banquet this year will open
an institute on education for jour-
Four From City Campus, 2 Ag
Students to Serve Next Year
Six juniors, two from the Ag campus, and one senior
were elected by the '47-'48 Student Union governing board
to serve for the coming year. They are Bob Easter, senior,
Marge Cherny, Byron Hooper, Mary Ellen Schroeder, Paul
Weltchek, juniors, and Jack DeWulf and Sue Bjorkland,
junior Ag campus representatives.
f oundation
Plans Union
Party May 14
A student Foundation party for
high school track men and pep
clubs will be held Friday, May 14,
from 5 until 7 p. m. at the Union.
The Student Foundation is plan
ning entertainment for those stu
dents who will be there for the
track meet Friday and Saturday,
May 14 and 15. Movies on indi
vidual track events and a movie
composite on Nebraska athletics
will be shown in room 315.
"N" Club members will be pres
ent at the party to talk to the high
school students and to acquaint
them with the University and Uni
versity athletics.
Cokes and brownies will be
served in parlors ABC during the
afternoon.
The party is under the direction
of Sally Holmes.
$2000 Gifts Boost
Scholarship Fund
Two new gifts of $1,000 each
were announced Tuesday by the
University of Nebraska Founda
tion. Arthur W. Thompson, Lincoln
auctioneer, added $1,000 to pre
vious contributions he has made
for establishment of a scholarship
fund in the department of animal
husbandry. The new donation
boosts the fund's total to $3,500.
For the third consecutive year
the Scottish Rite Educational Wel
fare association presented the
Foundation with a $1,000 gift. The
money helps finance student
scholarships open to students in
all colleges.
Alice Uptcgraft
New President
Mrs. Alice Uptegraft of Lincoln
Central high school is the new
president of the Nebraska His
tory Teachers' association which
concluded its annual spring meet
ing with a luncheon meeting Sat
urday noon at the Union.
She succeeds Miss Mary L.
Browtr of Hastings. Miss Dorothy
Cathers of Omaha Central was
named vice president. Miss Eliza
beth Shaver of Lincoln Northeast,
continues as secretary-treasurer.
At-a breakfast meeting, associa
tion members heard a talk on
Greece by Ken R. Keller, Uni
versity public relations depart
ment, and a discussion of the
United Nations by Miss Florence
Jenkins, Lincoln Central high
school teacher who returned re
cently from Lake Success, N. Y.
V
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nalism. It will also constitute the
last of . a series of meetings for
professional observance of its an
niversary. Dr. Frank Luther Mott, dean
of the University of Missouri
school of journalism and Pulitzer
prize winner, will be the prin
ciple speaker at the banquet. Dr.
Mott, a former newspaperman,
won the Pulitzer prize in 1939 for
his exhaustive history of Ameri
can magazines. Since that time
he has been director of the school
of journalism at the University of
Iowa and the GI University at
Biarritz, France, as well as at
Missouri. He is currently the au
thor of "Golden Multitudes," a
history of American best-sellers. ;
Chosen through recommenda
tions by committee chairmen and
board members, the seven were
named on the basis of their in
terest in the Union, the quality of
their past work, originality of
ideas, and time spent on their
committees.
Marge Cherny, a student in
Teacher's College, is a Coed Coun
selor, 1948 cheerleader, chairman
of the Hobby Interest committee,
and a member of Alpha Chi
Omega.
Publication Worker.
Past chairman of the Dance
committee, Byron Hooper has also
been a Cornhusker and Daily Ne
braskan worker, and is a member
of Sigma Nu.
Mary Ellen Schroeder, a mem
ber of Alpha Omicron Pi, has
served as secretary of the gen
eral entertainment committee for
the past year. She is also a mem
ber of the Student Foundation,
Coed Counselors, and Newman
club.
Paul Weltchek, fourth city cam
pus member, is a member of Corn
Cobs, Zeta Beta Tau, 1948 Kos
met Klub Revue, and served on
the general entertainment com
mittee. Ag member Sue Bjorklund is a
newly elected member of Tassels,
Home Ec club, and YWCA. Her
work on the Ag Union board has
been with the general entertain
ment committee.
Jack DeWulf, Corn Cob work
er, is a member of Farmers Fair
board, Farm House, and chairman
of the Ag donee committee.
Only Senior.
Bob Easter, elected to the only
senior position, was recently
elected to Innocents, is a Corn
Cob officer, AUF board member,
chairman of general entertain
ment committee, and a member
of Beta Theta Pi.
Committee members chosen for
the slate were Bob Axtell, Lee
Best, Pat Bussey, Margy Cherny,
Bud Gerhart, Byron Hooper, Mary
Schroeder, and Paul Weltchek,
city campus juniors.
Constance Crosbie, Sue Bjork
lund, Jack DeWulf, Keith Fred
erickson, and Louise McDill ran
for Ag campus positions.
Members on the slate for the
senior position were Irwin Ches
en, Harvey L. Davis, Bob Easter,
and Bob Metrakos.
Rho Chi Names
Initiates, Officers
Rho Chi, national pharmacy
honorary, hfcld its annual initia
tion banquet on Tuesday, May
4, at the Student Union. Dr. Ralph
J. Ireland, of the College of Den
tistry, addressed the group on the
subject of dental care for chil
dren. Following the initiation service
a business meeting was held to
elect officers for the coming year.
They are: President, Ben McCash
land; vice president, Rex Higley;
secretary-treasurer, Mary O'Con
nor; historian, Dale Dicknite. Wal
lis W. Wimberly, past president
of the group, was elected faculty
advisor.
Those initiated into Rho Chi
were: Rex Higley, Dale Dicknite,
Paul McLaughlin, Mary O'Connor,
Carl Geln, Donald Ediger, Varro
Tyler, and Leon Prokop.
University Crass Choir
To Hold Debut May 13
The first concert of the Uni
versity's brass choir will be pre
sented Thursday, May 13, at 8
p.m. in the Union ballroom.
Conductor Robert Stepp has ar
ranged a special number featur
ing a drum sextette. Individual
soloists will be Kent Tiller and
Paul Austin, trombonist.
A meeting: of all old and new
members of Corn Cobs will be
held Friday, 4 p. m., at the
Phi Gamma Delta fraternity
house, according to Bob Hamil
ton, Cob president.