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n Backstage, 'Dream Girl" . Revolving Stage Added To Theatre Equipment By Frank Jacobs Theater-goers at "Dream Girl," first University Theatre produc tion of the year are assured of no long waits for scene changes this season. An eighteen foot revolving stage, rotating on a giant turn table, is in the process of being installed on the Temple stage, thus providing facilities for showing three entirely different scenes in a matter of seconds. "Through the utilization of this new stage," related Robert Black, technical director of "Dream Girl", the running time of the production is cut from one-third to one-half. Even though thero are 27 scenes and 18 separate scene sets in "Dream Girl", one intermission will be the only noticeable break in the show." Stage is Flexible and Portable To add flexibility to stage set tings, the revolving stage has three movable frameworks which can divide the stage into the de sired depth. This means that the audience could see various pro portions of a scene; from one fourth to one-third to over half of the entire stage, stated Mr. Black. "We shall be constantly busy back stage during the entire pro duction," he added, "while one scene is being shown, the back stage crews will be preparing the two to follow." One handy feature of the ro tary addition is that the outside section can be removed leaving a compast 12 foot interior for either experimental theatre work or various other staging tech- Psi Chi Meets Monday All Tsi Chi members and as sociate members are urjed to atttend an organizational meet ing for this school year at 5 p. m. Monday, Oct. 11. In Room 218 Social Science building. Tryouts Begin Oct, 8 for Three One-Act Plays Tryouts for three Experimental Theatre one-act productions will start at 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 8 in 201 Temple, announced Experi mental Theatre General Director, Max Whittaker, today. The three plays have parts for a tota; of six males and four fe male characters. Directing the in dividual productions will be Abe Katz and Margaret Dutton. The first play is "The Twelve Tound Look," a comedy by James M. Barry. Two men and two women are needed in casting. George M. Kaufman's satire, If Men riayed Cards as Women Do," is the second play. The com edy calls for four men. The third play is the intense drama, "No Exit." Two male and two female characters will com plete the cast. All freshmen are eligible for Experimental Theatre productions. Tryouts will continue until Mon day and Tuesday, Oct. 11 and 12. Nov. 4 is the performance date. rr rr n n mm fi?ee ft CTSSS or the migration "con test to show school spirit" will be gin rolling next Monday when the student migration ticket sales be gin in the Union. CTSSS will offer competition between all organized houses in two sections: men's and womens. The house in each group buying the most migration tickets at $13 per person will win the prize set up by the sponsoring Student Council Migration committee. Award Different Harvey Davis, Rex Hoffmeister, Tat Black, and Dorothy Borgens, committee members, have termed the award different and suitable. Details of the prize for CTSSS will be given in tomorrow's Daily Ne braskan. The migration, which students have been warned will be the last if it does not run smoothly, will Speeds Scene Changes niques. The sturdily-constructed stage is hinged together in 12 easily-handled sections for con venient storage and moving pur poses. Stage lias Great Future We shall use our new port able, flexible, revolving stage at least three times during this sea son," said Director Black, "and by its use we definitely shall have a smoother, better-co-ordi nated production each time." VoL 49 No. 17 Lincoln 8. Nebraska. Thursday. October 7. 1948 Administration to Handle Student Traffic Violations Student Council President Dale Ball announced Wednesday in the council's regular meeting that no student court will be set to handle campus traffic violations. Ball said that any problems which arise will be taken care of by the administration and the Lincoln police. However, he did Sorrell Hits Republican Management Repeatedly charging the pre sent administration with poor management, Frank Sorrell, dem ocratic candidate for governor, spoke before an open meeting at the University YMCA Wednesday night. A former stale senator for eight years, Sorrell disappointed those who came to hear his views on such controversial subjects as FEPC and civil rights. He stated both were "fine pieces of legisla tion" but failed to elaborate on Lis stand. Sorrell hit t Governor Val Peterson for signing a bill author izing a salary increase for himself. He continued by saying he would ask that the salary be lowered to its previous rate of 7500 dollars per year, if elected. The present salary is 10,000 dollars. "Too much administrative cost in the governor's office and not enough money for state institu tions" was another of the candi date's charges against the present republican governor. In a discussion period Sorrell went on record that with the right management all the expenses of the state could be met without an increase in taxes. He offered as part of his platform the placing of much untaxed property on the tax rolls. Z'uQFS or (EMJ Smfoift - be held on a chartered train. The trip will begin Saturday morning, Oct. 23, at 6 a. m. Arrival in Law rence, Kansas, is set at 11:30 a. m., and a parade will be held there about that time. Return Early Saturday The return trip will start at 9 p. m. and end at about 2:30 Sun day morning. Cabs will meet stu dents at the Lincoln depot to carry them to their houses, remarked Miss Black. A snack coach, songs, bridge, cheers, and special entertainments have been planned to fill travel time, said Hoffmeister. Mis Borgens emphasized that the $13 payment covers the round trip railroad are and the football game ticket price. This is the chance of every stu dent to show his school spirit, re YWCA Fights Candy Inflation YWCA is fighting inflation; at least they have lowered the price of one item, candy bars, by one cent. The candy bars are being sold in all interested women's houses for 5 cents as compared with last year's price of 6 cents. Chewing gum is also being sold. All houses that wish to par ticipate should send a representa tive to the Conference Co-op com mittee meeting at 5 p.m. on Mon days in Ellen Smith Hall. Money made on these sales is used to send representatives to the district conferences and to the summer conference at Estes, Colorado. appoint a council committee to investigate the problem from time to time and make any necessary recommendations. Members of that committee are: George Coupe, chairman, Byron Hooper, Rex Hoffmeister, Paul Weltcheck and Louise McDill. Migration committee Chairman Harvey Davis announced that 500 train tickets and 38Q football tickets have been acquired for I the migration, Oct. 23. Ticket sales will start Monday in the Student Union from 10 to 4 o'clock. Bill Schenck, constitutions com mittee chairman, presented three constitutions for council approval. All three were passed. They were: Kappa Alpha Mu, honorary pictorial fraternity; Society for the Advancement of Colored People and Residence Halls for Men. The Independent Students' As sociation constitution was ap proved Wednesday, Sept. 29. Harvey Davis, treasurer, pre sented the year's budget which was approved by the council. r Meredith Chosen National ABVJA Officer for 1948-49 Miss Mamie Meredith, depart ment of English, has been re elected vice president mid-west of the American Business Writing Association. Organized in 1937 in Chicago, the ABWA issues a bulletin six times yearly for its several hun dred members throughout the United States. Miss Meredith also represents the mid-west on the editorial slaff of this bulletin. The purpose of the ABWA is to help teachers of business writ ing in their work. This is accom plished by means of the bulletin, which contains reviews of new texts and magazine articles, articles contributed by business and school executives, and re ports and surveys concerning ftudemfts u minded Davis, by following the team to Kansas and helping to really i r them to victory. Spirit has bee a great factor for our winning teams in the past, he added. For Permits See: Senior members of the AWS board who have the authority to sign special permission slips of all firls with the excep tion of those in their own bouses are as follows: Jane Mc Arthur. 3-74!6. Marian Crook, 2-7371. Vermel Lundquist, 2-737 L Phyllis Harris. 5-6732. Mary O'Conner, 2-4120. Ann Whitman, 2-7875. Donna Lu Johnson, 6-5046. Nadine Anderson, 2-5332. fundi eimits Plant H usher Squad to Receive Spirited Send-Off Tonight Campus spirit will blaze Thurs day evening when students gather for the first big bonfire rally of the year. Complete with "N" feathers, the Victory Bell, and Cornhusker spir- Cobs! Tassels! Corncobs and Tassels are re quested to turn in Cornhusker salesbooks at the business of fice of the Cornhusker before Friday, Oct. 8. at 5 p. m. Sales will be discontinued. , Sales are breaking records set last year, and the sales books are being: checked to estimate the total number of sales that will be made. Several hundred 1948 Corn huskers have not yet been picked up at the Cornhusker of fice. These must be claimed before the deadline. Bizari Frat Meets On Founders' Day Founders' Day was commemor ated by Alpha Kappa Psi. College of Business Administration pro fessional fraternity, Tuesday. Dr. Ray C. Kien. professor of accounting at the university, dis cussed the program of activities at the Alpha Kappa Psi chapter in Wisconsin. Dr. Kien was a deputy councilor of the chapter there. Earl Dunning, former under graduate student in the chapter at Washington University, outlined the activities of the Washington chapter. He also emphasized the suunort given by the alumni organization at Seattle. Dunning is now a student at Nebraska. A movie of the 1941 Nebraska Stanford Rose Bowl game ended the program. The Intramural Office has announced that all tennis sin gles matches must be played before Friday evening, October 8. or be forfeited. courses of member schools. Annual ABWA conventions are held during Christmas vacations. Last year the convention was at New York" City, with Columbia and New York universities acting as hosts. The next one will prob ably be in New Orleans. There are also several regional meet ings every year. Other ABWA members from this University are Frank Hall gren, assistant dean of student af fairs. Miss Marjorie Leafdale, Prof. R. P. Crawford, and Mr. Richard All good, executive secre tary of the Nebraska State Asso ciation of Insurmce Agents and instructor of English correspon dence courses at the University. Members are especially benefited in that they are on the mailing list of many business firms and publishers. National Girl Scout Advisor To Speak at Women's Convo r n - Mxs. Donald Van iiet Rally it, ralliers will start from the Un ion at 7:15. The procession will march through sorority row, gather all loyal Husker fans, and proceed to the Coliseum. The bonfire site will be the northwest corner of the practice field. Campus spirit will combine with the bonfire to send the Scar let and Cream squad off to the Colorado-Nebraska game at Boul der. Yell King Bill Mickle urges all the student body to turn out in force for the rally. Past rallies have been successful and a con tinuation of enthusiastic rallies speaks well for school spirit. Speakers have not yet been named for the rally, but the pro gram will include representatives from the team and coaching staff. DenverAIums Stir Rivalry With Trophy Added incentive will be given the Cornhuskers with the intro duction of a Nebraska-Colorado football trophy which will go to the winner of the Cornhusker Buffalo game at Boulder next Sat urday. The Denver alumni clubs of the Universities of Nebraska and Col orado conceived the idea to stim ulate a pleasant rivalry between the Big Seven conference foes. The trophy, purchased by the Denver almuni clubs of the two schools, will be retained each year by the winner of the game be tween the schools. It will become the permanent possession of the school to first win it three times. The Denver alumni club has al so planned a big pre-game noon luncheon rally Saturday at Wayne's cafe in Boulder and all Nebraskans are invited to attend. About 300 members of the Denver alumni clubs of the two schools are expected to attend in full force. ISA Launches Member Drive A membership drive by the Nebraska Chapter of the ISA will mark the opening of this week's campus-wide observation of Na t i o n a 1 Independent Student's Week, Esther Schoen. acting sec retary of the ISA, said Tuesday. A booth will be opened in the Union this week where member ship cards and application blanks may be obtained. A mixer at 8:30 Saturday even ing will be the highlight of the week. Any independent student is invited to attend and to learn of the functions and activities of the ISA. These mixers will be held frequently during the year. Mrs. Donald Van Vliet, national Girl Scout advisor, will speak at an all-women's convocation Tues day, Oct. 19, at 5 p.m. in the Love Memorial library auditorium. The topic of her lecture will be "Ca reers for Women." Mrs. Van Vliet, whose home is New York City, has traveled all over the United States giving lec tures on this subject to similar groups. Her appearance here is sponsored by A.W.S. Any university woman will find Mrs. Van Vliet's talk interesting and helpful to her in deciding upon a profession. Nebraska Wes leyan girls and Union College girls are also invited to attend this convocation.