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Vol. 48 No. 144
Lincoln, Nebraska,
Thursday, May 20, 1948
Lab Presents 2nd Drama Tonight;
Marr to Direct 'As the Eagle Grows
"As the Eagle Grows," a new
play by Elizabeth Wetzel and sec
ond in a series of four Actors'
Lab productions, will be presented
tonight at 8 o'clock in the Ex
perimental Theater, second floor,
Temple building.
Directed by Gaylord Marr, Miss
Wetzel's manuscript is the prize
winner in the 1947-48 national
playwriting contest sponsored by
the University Masquers, campus
honorary dramatic fraternity.
This poetic-prose drama, se
lected because of its literary, as
well as theatrical, merit tells the
story of a woman's uncompromis
ing determination which culmi
nates in her eventual ruin.
Has Symbolic Implication.
"The play also has symbolic
implication," writes Miss Wetzel
to the director. "I am trying to
say that when a person or a
nation tries to live independent
ly, without the necessary com
promise and concern for others,
that person or nation is destined
to a tragic end."
Stating that her use of poetic
prose was motivated by a desire
to transmit the inner thoughts and
emotions of 'characters, the play
wright declares that verse proves
more appropriate in this play than
prose.
"In a modern verse play with
modern characters moving in a
contemporary locale," pointed out
Marr, "one encounters dialogue
colored, despite its meter, with
the tang and flavor of the col
loquial speech of the United
States."
Away from "Company Manners."
For this reason, the director ob
serves, the actors have been di
rected away from the sort of
"company manners" often em
ployed when performers read
poetry. The actors, instead, have
Fifteen Coeds
Named to Final
Cheer Tryouts
Fifteen women finalists were
chosen last night at the tryouts
held to select the 1948 - '49 Yell
Squad. Only twelve men re
ported to tryout.
The decision of the judging
committee was to hold a second
tryout session Thursday night at
7 p.m. in the Coliseum to re
judge the women finalists and to
give a second rail for men. The
committee urges all men interes
ted in cheerleading to report at
tonight's session.
The fifteen women finalists
are: Laverna Acker, Cherie Viete,
Andy Tilly, Betty Aasen, Chereie
Ann Bengston, Betty Green, Jo
Lisher, Jody Loder, Mardelle
Buss, Mary Alice Dosek, Marge
Cherny, Shirley Allen, Marian
Hamilton, Dorothy Brown and
Arlene Gohde.
Dale Ball Appoints Chairmen,
Members of Council Groups
New chairmen and members of
standing committees of the Stu
dent Council were announced at
Council meeting Wednesday by
Dale Ball, president.
Chairmen and members are:
constitutions: Chuck Thoene,
chairman, Beverly Sievers ' and
Bill Meuller; rally, Nancy Gish,
chairman, Jack Dewulf, Pat Black
and Bob Wallace; migrations,
Harvey Davis, chairman, and
Dorothy Borgens; city elections,
M. J. Walker, chairman. Bob Ax
tell, Pat Larson and Rod Franklin.
Others Appointed.
Ag elections, Lloyd Warth,
chairman, and Jack Dewulf; elec
tions publicity, Fritz Simpson,
chairman, and Louise McDill;
campus improvements, Dick Srb,
chairman, Fred Chael, Jan Strat
ton, Don Cochran and Roswell
Howard; campus investigations,
George Coupe, chairman, By
Hooper, Rex Hoffmeister, Louise
McDill and Paul Weltchck.
President Dale Ball explained
the system of committees and gov
ernment of the Student Union to
attempted to acquire and project
the sensitivity inherent in the
lines of the play.
The key role of Nila, who so
dominates her twin sons that she
drives them to murder, is por
trayed by Maggie Huff, whose
Katherine in last week's Univer
sity Theater production of "The
Taming of the Shrew" won the
mutual acclaim of campus and
local theater-goers.
Conflict Bares Differences.
Cast as Damon and John, her
sons who seem similar personali
ties until conflict bares their in
dividual differences, are Jack
Norman and Eddie McCullough.
Both appeared in "The Petrified
Forest," while McCullough had
roles in "Joan of Lorraine," "The
Man Who Came to Dinner" and
"The Taming of the Shrew."
The ingenue role, Nadine, who
makes her initial appearance on
the Experimental Theater stage.
Albert Lang, former associate
of Nila's dead husband and a
friend of the family, is portrayed
by Paul Harrington. Particulary
active in University radio shows,
Harrington's last stage appearance
was in the role of Bert Jefferson
in "The Man Who Came to Din
ner." Secord Plays Corfield.
Corfield, foreman of the har
vesting crew, is played by Doc
Secord. His colorful characteriza
tion of the cowboy, Herb, in "The
Petrified Forest," evoked nightly
ovations.
The setting for the show is par
ticularly interesting. Designed to
suggest the spareness of a farm
enviroment and its hard-earned
prosperity, a color scheme of clay
yellow, browns and blue-gray has
been used to recall the colors of
earth and sky and harvest.
Lighting: Reinforces Mood.
Lighting, too, reinforces the
'48 Cornhusker
Will Be Ready
By Next Week
The 1948 Cornhusker will be
ready for distribution sometime
next week, according to the staff
of the annual publication.
In order to avoid confusion, stu
dents have been asked to have
their receipt stubs and identifica
tion cards with them when they
come to get their books. If ihe
stub has been lost, students can
insure getting their book on time
by leaving their names in the
Cornhusker office previous to dis
tribution. Those who have not completed
their partial payments for Corn
huskers can do so Friday after
noon between 2 and 5 p. m.
Distribution of the books will
be done in The Daily Nebraskan
office in the basement of the
Union.
the group. Holdover member will
be head of a committee.
The Interfraternity Pledge
Council constitution was pre
sented for approval after an in
vestigation of it by a committee
this last week. The committee
was headed by Dick Schleusener,
judiciary chairman. Schleusener
moved to approve the constitution
and the motion was passed.
Observe NSA Convo.
After a report presented by
Schleusener and Miss Mary Mie
lenz, faculty advisor, concerning
further information about the
workings of the National Student
Asociation, it was moved and
passed to send Dale Ball as an
official observer to the NSA na
tional convention in August. He
will have his expenses paid by the
University if possible. The matter
of sending other delegates, with
part of their expenses paid, is be
ing investigated.
Ball and other delegates will
investigate the activities and the
goals that have been accomplished
by the NSA and report their find
ings to the university next fall.
play's mood and action. In the
first act, the stage is vibrant with
the brutality of summer heat and
emotions rubbed raw by the
weather. As the play reaches its
climax at the end of Act Two,
its tragic outcome is implied in
the cool moonlight which floods
the windows and balances the
warmth of the lamp on the table
around which all family disputes
are discussed and settled. In the
last act, the lighting enhances the
stark tragedy of the murder of
brother-by - brother and the
mother's acute remorse as she
realizes his death is the result
of her self-willed determination.
Theater-goers, are reminded that
the curtain rises promptly at 8
p. m. and late-comers are not
seated until intermission between
acts.
Two other performances are
scheduled on the current Actors'
Lab program: "Of Mice and Men,"
directed by Dale Wisser, Saturday,
May 22, and "Amphitryon '38,"
directed by Abe Katz, Tuesday,
May 25.
Summer Prep
Band School
Slated at Ag
A summer band school for Ne
braska high school musicians will
be held at the University School
of Agriculture here June 12-20,
Supt. H. K. Douthit announced
Tuesday.
This is the first band camp
since their suspension because of
the war. The week combines in
tensive instructions in band
music and a recreation program.
The final concert will be held
the afternoon of June 20.
Robert Ellsworth, university
graduate student in music, will
direct the camp. He will be as
sisted by S. Kenneth Lotspeich,
instrumental music director of the
Kearney schools; and Howard M.
Van Sickle, instrumental music
supervisor of the North Platte
schools.
The camp fee including food,
lodging, health service and music
instruction is $20.
Annual Morrill Hall Exhibit Features
Painting, Photography by Students
BY GENE BERG
There's a world of art on the
second floor of Morrill hall. It's
a student world of art, too, for
until graduation, the annual ex
position of student ,work is being
held there.
Under the direction of Dr. F.
D. Kirsch, jr., professor of art and
director of University art galler
ies, the show contains every as
pect of art work being done on
this campus by students. Creations
range from an abstract drawing
of "tired feet" to designs made
from toothpicks, cellophane, and
pipe cleaners.
Divided into Sections
The show is divided into sec
tions of first, second, third, and
fourth year classes, in subjects
such as logic, design, illustration,
interior decoration, watercolors,
sculpture, photography, oil paint
ing, weaving, and many, many
more. The visitor stars his tour
of the galleries with the design
and logic beginning classes. Be
ginning with black and white
drawings, and then branching out
into colors and material, the stu
dent works on ideas and form in
his art work. An especially good
example of the logic . work was
a picture with a piece of cake, a
napkin, Ice cream, and a party
hat, suggesting to all a children's
party.
A larger section that the visitor
approaches next is the anatomy
and figure group. Such names as
Jo Davidson, Bill Moomey, and
W. Farmer stood out in this col
lection. Shirley Seright's contour
drawing in the detail section was
striking. Also in this section, were
Moline to Assist With Plans
For Annual Ag Celebration
Don Smith was elected manager of the Farmer's Fair
Board for 'next year at a meeting of both old and rw;
members Tuesday. He replaces Rick Wahlstrom, manager
of this year's Fair board. Other officers elected are Harriet
Moline, assistant manager; Eunice Jensen, secretary; and
Jack Baird, treasurer.
Smith was head of the barbe-
que plans for this year's Farm
ers Fair. He is president of the
Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity,
and a member of Tri-K, Block
and Bridle and Alpha Zeta, all
agricultural honoraries. He was
hailed grand champion at the Jr.
Ak-Sar-Ben stock judging con
test last week.
Other members of the- 1948-49
DON SMITH.
Fair board are Bob Eggert and
Phyllis Ross. All members were
elected in the spring election and
will serve as senior members next
year. Next fall they will choose
the junior members of the Board.
Retiring officers are Wahlstrom,
manager; Lucy Maninng, assistant
manager; LaRayne Wahlstrom,
secretary; and Charles Brim,
treasurer.
The Farmer's Fair Board plans
and sponsors the annual Farmer's
Fair on Ag campus. This year's
Fair' was the first since before
the war, but from now on the
Fair will be an annual event.
.Each Fair board member has
charge of a particular phase of
the Fair, including the rodeo,
open house, rally and dance, pub-
shown results of muscle and hu
man skeleton study.
Practice on Lettering
In one of the galleries the
lettering exhibit was being held.
Beginning students practice on
actual lettering, and advance
courses include lettering and lay
out, illustration, and perspective.
In the illustration section, Anne
Whitham's ad work was eye
catching, while again we found
the name of Bill Moomey on the
perspective drawings that ap
pealed most strongly. Two of his
best were a train in the night, and
a picture of two small boys raid
ing the cookie jar with their little
dog watching them from the door
way. Hobart Hays' drawing of the
coliseum and the football players
recalled familiar sights.
Highly interesting was the ex
hibit of Public school art. There
we found examples of work being
done to acquaint the art teacher
with her duties. The exhibit in
cluded puppets, masks, stuffed
toys, and paintings.
Three Dimensional Work Included
Three-dimensional figure work,
pottery and ceramics, roms fash
ioned for interior decoration and
perspective all were included
in the gallery exhibits. Paintings
done with black, white, and grey,
such as W. Crossgrove's poignant
aftermath-of-war scene, lined the
hall. Rae Lugn used two. colors
and the previous three to create a
portrait of a woman with a gay
hat and a droll expression. M.
Woodbridge painted a very real
istic flood scene with the same
number of colors. Also included
in this section were class draw
Advancement
Council Makes
Appointments
The University Advancement
Committee, designed to advance
the general welfare of the Uni
versity has announced the re-appointment
of its entire roster.
Each member is chairman of
one of the 20 districts in the state
estabilshed under the alumni as
sociation's state-wide plan in co
operation with the University
Foundation.
The committee and its present
officers are: Morton Steinhart,
chairman; James H. Anderson,
Scottsbluff, vice chairman; Fritz
Daly, secretary of the alumni as
sociation, secretary; Ellsworth Mo
ser, Omaha; J. Stewart Elliott,
Beatrice; Otto Kotouc, Sr., Hum
boldt; Robert R. Moodie, West
Point; W. B. Sadilek, Schuyler;
John Riddell, York; Arthur J.
Denney, Fairbury; Earl Moyer,
Madison; H. A. Prince, Grand Is
land; Ray Hall, Petersburg; James
D. Conway, Hastings; Barlow Nye,
Kearney; Thomas T. Varney,
Broken Bow; Mrs. Guy Cole, Em
met; Roland Larmon, IcCook;
Gerald Gentleman, North Platte;
Dr. George Racely, Valentine and
R. O. Reddish, Alliance.
Four agricultural advisors to
the committee re-appointed are:
Harry Minor, Hyannis; Neal Bar
bour, Scottsbluff; Harry Pumph
rey, Wisner,.and E. T. Robinson,
Waterloo.
Daily Staff
Filings for positions on The
Daily Nebraskan staff must be
turned in to the office of the
School of Journalism -Ay noon,
Friday, May 21. The Pub Board
will meet Saturday in the
Union Faculty lounge for per
sonal interviews.
licity, midway, and the women's
program.
ings on the subject, "The Haunted
House," most of which were very
spine-tingling.
Original projects of advanced
students highlighted the show.
George Greger's exceptional pho
tography of ballet dancers was
included in this group. Other orig
inal projects were advertising
copy, record album covers, illus
trations for nursery rhymes, and
work in previously named classes.
Photography work of Inez Paus
tian and Imogene Kahn also de
manded attention.
Fashions Corner Filled
There was, of course, a fashions
corner, filled in quantity and
quality by W. Lowe and others.
Magazine illustrations were done
by John Kirsch, who drew a pair
of old-fashioned lovers, and Jody
Wolcott, whose work came under
the heading "fitting composition
to variety of sizes and shapes."
Oil paintings, watercolors, by such
people as Anne Whitham, and
paintings by Betty Aasen and
Robert Hansen followed these
sections. Sculpture work by Lu
cille Myers and others ended the
tour of the show.
These were just some of the
lasting impressions of the student
show. There are countless others
in this overwhelming display of
University talent. The show is
free, is open to everyone, and will
be open until graduation. As I
said before, there's a world of art
on the second floor of Morrill
hall, and it's ' a new world, of
youthful vitality and interest.. Its
also a show you wouldn't want to
miss.
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