Council Reveals Book Profits
Vol. 49 No. 22
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G3iniEry IProdnoeer Tollies
Margie Zellers of Sigma Kappa
and Byron Krasne of Zeta Beta
Tau are the first Honorary Pro
ducers of the University Theatre.
Announcement of the awards
and presentation of the trophies
were made Wednesday evening
preceding the opening perform
ance of "Dream Girl," initial Uni
versity Theatre production of the
season. Max Whittaker, Experi
mental Theater director, made the
presentations.
The stage was in semi-darkness
as the spotlight picked out the
fourth, third, second, and finally
the first place winners. The win
ners were determined on the basis
of University Theatre season tick
ets sold in percentage with house
membership.
"happy, thrilled and" excited"
Miss Zellers, whose home is At
lantic, la., is in Arts and Sciences
and a major in speech. After the
performance, when asked to com
ment on the award, she exclaimed,
"I'm very happy, thrilled, and ex
cited about the honor. It was
wonderful."
Krasne, whose home is in Fre
mont, said, "It's a terrific feeling
being Honorary Producer. I was
very surprised and happy." He is
an Arts and Science junior ma
joring in speech-radio work.
As a token of appreciation,
each winner was presented a gift
by the University Theater; a com
pact for Miss Zellers and a cig
arette lighter for Krasne. Miss
Zellers was also rewarded with
a bouquet of American Beauty
roses.
Winners to Get Publicity
The two Honorary Producers
will have their photographs dis
played in retail establishments
Music Faculty
Will Present
Recital Sunday
Members of the faculty of the
school of music will present a
recital at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17
in the Union ballroom.
Scheduled to appear are Miss
Kathryn Dean, contralto; Miss
Charma Davies, pianist; J.' Dayton
Smith, tenor; John D. Blyth, pian
ist; James Price, violinist; and
Earnest Harrison, pianist.
The complete program is as fol
lows: Two Songs for Contralto, VioIh and Piano
Brahms
1. Orstlltte Sohnsurhr
2. ;eiHllicheB WicKf'nlird
Mtn Denn, Mr. I'rlre, Mr. Harrison
O Minor KiiKiir Bmh
Sonata Kb, K. 2HJ, Kirst Movement
Mozart
Bonata Eb, Op. 31, No. 3, Presto Confunco
Beethoven
The Joyous le Debunny
Mms navies
SunllKht. Op. 1.'.. No. 1 Alni.es
NiKht. Op. 43, No. 2 Lund
Autumn Beyer
Fain Would I Sartille Lie
Mr. Smith. Mr. Blth
Praehidium (Partiln Vi Barh
Nocturne. Op. 72. No. 1 Chopin
Ktude. Op. 2:,, No. 10 Chopin
AIIIWHIItt llfl UMiniwii
Mr. Blvthe
C
Ravel
Phi) Examination
Times Announced
PhD reading examinations in
foreign languages will be ad
ministered four times each year,
in order to accomodate the large
number of students wishing to
take them.
Examinations this year will be
held at 10 a.m. in Room 320 on
Oct. 30, 1948; Feb. 19, May 14,
Attention Independents!
Tour pictures for the 1949
Cornhusker should be sched
uled now. This is necessary in
order to avoid the holiday sea
son rush. Make your appoint
ments in the Cornhusker of
fice, basement of the Union,
any afternoon from 2 to 5.
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA Thursday, October 14, 1948
around town and in the Temple
lobby and on all programs during
the remaining plays of the Uni
versity Theater season.
They and their dates will have
permanent first-row balcony seats
for the rest of the year's per
formances. The trophies will re
main in the respective houses for
the remainder of the school year,
the names of each year's winning
houses engraved on them.
'Dream GirP Wins Acclaim
Of Opening Night Crowd
BY ABE KATZ
The refrain of "the play's the
thing," echoed sharply through the
unanimously enthusiastic reception
accorded the University Theater's
initial season offering, Elmer
Rice's "Dream Girl."
The high whimsy of Mr. Rice's
kept intact as the day dreaming
Georgina Allerton flits from the
drabness of reality into the deeper
confusion and romance of a nebu
lous dream world. Within the
space of a day Georgina managed
to run the gammut of reality and
dreams to a satisfactory solution
of her charming disease, without
so much as the aid of a licensed
psychiatrist. She learns with the
aid of Mr. Kipling and the effi
cient newspaperman Clark Red
field, "to dream, and not let
dreams be your master." With
equal wisdom Georgina throws
aside the focal point of her dream
world, the pseudo-idealistic, Jim
Lucas. However no such solution
is imminent until Georgie has al
lowed her dreams to carry her
through murder, street walking
and to the moment of decision.
And therein lies the play.
The fresh and vibrant talent of
Miss Margaret Dutton, a new face
on the Temple stage, creates a
charming, energetic and at times
even magnetic Georgina. Miss Dut
ton moves "with a grace that well
behooves the difcm girl. Her de
livery is easy, appropriately sharp
and completely conversational.
Miss Dutton's portrayal made for
easy and desirable identification
by the audience of themselves with
the highly imaginative Georgiana.
Cedric Hartman's portrayal of
the sharp tongued, realistic Clark
Rcdfield, though smooth and high
ly ingratiating, seemed somewhat
immature and therefore without
the subtlety which maturity
brings.
Contributing an outstanding bit
of work to the production was
Joe Moore as the obvious seducer
George Hand. There was techni
que in his work, both physically
and mentally.
Appearing in four roles, as oc
casioned by Georgina's dreams,
John Wenstrand contrived some
ROTC Urges Doodlers to Design
New Honorary Colonel Costume
Have you felt that "urge to
create" lately? If you have, the
ROTC is giving you the chance of
your life to prove to everybody
that your doodling in class isn't
just the result of a boring lecture,
but that YOU have something on
the ball!
Design May Bring Reward
It's time to stop making poor
imitations of. your favorite profs
for doodling passtime, too, because
as soon as you start working on
that dreamy outfit for the Hon
orary Colonel to wear at the Mil
itary Ball, youi will have taken
the first step to win the Gruen
wrist watch that is to be presented
to the winning creator of a start
ling new costume lor the queen
of the night.
January Gratis
January graduates who have
not already made application
for degrees and certificates
should do so in Room B9, Ad
ministration building not later
than Monday, November 1. The
office hours are 40 to 3, Mon
day through Friday, and 10 to
12 on Saturday.
excellent characterization, espe
cially as the typically rural justfve
of the peace and as the judge who
advises Georgina "not to use fire
arms." In the directorially miscon
ceived role of Jim Lucas, which
had Dewey Ganzel playing a com
plete oaf, rather than a confused
individual, Dewey created a de
lightful big city bumpkin.
To be commended for solid sup
port in minor roles are: Jeanne
Pierce as Georgian's coldly prac
tical sister; Joan Lewis as Georg
iana's caustic bookshop partner;
Elizabeth Fullaway as the highly
unantiseptic, long suffering Mrs.
Allerton and Millie Hodtwalker as
tthe ever-searching vicarious
book-browser.
Aided by the "little marvel," the
revolving stage, ' .uream uirl ' is
good and funny fare. If the pro
duction misses anywhere, it is in
the lack of subtlety and the down
right charm with which the author
so richly imbued his play.
Union Jamboree
To Follow Game
A football jamboree, sponsored
by the Union, will feature Lee
Knight and his Double Daters
Saturday after the Notre Dame
game.
Tassels and Corncobs will lead
the student body to the Union
immediately following the game.
A broadcast beginning at 5:15
p. m, over KFOR will take place
in the ballroom to highlight the
jamboree. Lee Knight will fur
nish music interspersed by cam
pus chatter: The informal dance
is free to the student body and
will last until approximately
6 p. m.
Kappa Phi to Hold Banquet
The Kappa Phi "Big and Little
Sister" banquet will be held at
6:30 p. m. Thursday, Oct. 14, in
Parlors AB of the Union. A 5:30
p. m. pledge service at the
Methodist Student house will
precede the banquet and all girls
who are planning to pledge are
asked to be at the house by 5:15.
If you're one of the student
body you're eligible unless you
happen to be a member of ROTC
or the wife of a member.
Maybe some of you prospective
designers wonder just exactly
what the contest is all about. WelL
here it is. If you don't know what
the usual costume has been, just
sit down and with a little imagi
nation, conceive a picture of how
you would like to see her dressed.
The next thing is to put your idea
down on papti' with all the de
tails. ROTC Sets Up Rules
Of course, there are rules to
follow, but the cadet officers as
sociation has made these few and
simple. You may get copies of the
Report Claims Regents
Gleans $20,000 Profits
Reports to the Student Council Wednesday evening on the profit
of the Regents Bookstore showed a great discrepancy between the
administration's claim of $10,000 net and the student manager's
opinion of $20,000 take in the previous fiscal year.
According to the student manager, Jim Cusick, all books sold
Naval Tests
To Determine
Scholarships
College training program apti
tude examinations, first step in
determining the recipients of
NROTC scholarships, will be
given Dec. 11, Capt. W. L. Mess
mer, professor of naval sciences,
announced Tuesday.
Men between the ages of 17
and 21 are eligible for the schol
arships, worth about $4500 each.
Applicants will be in competition
only with candidates from the
same state. Nebraska's quota is
30 scholarships.
Successful candidates will be
appointed midshipmen in the
U. S. Naval Reserve and may at
tend any school having NROTC
units. All tuitions, fees, text
books and uniforms are furnished
by the navy. Students also re
ceive an annual living allowance
of $600 for each of the four
years.
During his college training the
student may earn a degree in the
field of his choice. Students will
be deferred from the draft for the
period while enrolled in the
NROTC.
Deadline for submitting ap
plications to take this test is Nov.
15. Information pamphlets and
application forms are available
at the office of G. W. Rosenlof,
registrar
Palmer Elected
GraduatePrexy
Erward Palmer was elected
president of the Graduate club by
the 60 graduates from every de
partment of the college who met
Wednesday, Oct. 6 to launch the
year's program.
Other officers elected include:
Linda Ahrens, vice president; Ro
sanne Svoboda, secretary; George
Boliez, treasurer and Marilyn
Markussen, publicity chairman.
George Peters, instructor in
speech and radio, presided over
the election which followed a
mixer under the direction of Ro
sanne Svoboda.
Next meeting of the Graduate
club will be a Hallowe'en party
on Oct. 29.
Migration Ticket Sales Contest
U nderway in OrganizedHouses
CTSSS the migration "contest
to show school spirit" is now in
progress for organized men's and
women's houses.
rules and additional information
concerning the contest along with
an entry blank from Room 108 in
the Military Science building pr
from any advanced ROTC offi
cer. There will also be copies of
the information circulated in the
houses on the campus.
So, you can't miss, if you want
to jump on the bandwagon in
competition for that watch! The
winner will also receive a one
couple ticket to the Military Ball,
which will relieve one headache
all by itself.
Contest to Close Oct. 29
This is the second week in the
contest and you have just until
4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, to get that
"chance of a lifetime" sketch in.
by the Regents Bookstore could
be reduced ten percent and the
store could still show enough
profit to offset possible losses.
Since investigation has shown that
the Regents has handled about a
third of the entire student busi
ness, this 10 percent cut would
mean that each student who would
buy his books at this reduction
would be saved $5 each semester.
Committee Confers .With Faculty.
A special Council committee,
composed of Dick Schleusener,
Fred Chael, Paul Weltchek, Bob
Wallace, Dick Srb and Jeanne
Kerrigan met with representa
tives of the administration this
week and conferred on changing
the Regent Bookstore to a non
profit business, and presented
their report to the Council at
their regular meeting Wednesday
evening. Members of the admin
istration present at the meeting
were John K. Selleck, comptroller,
Carl Borgmann, dean of the fa
culties, and William Harper, as
sistant dean of student affairs.
Under the present bookstore
plan, new books are sold at pub
lisher's list price which allows
20 percent profit on the wholesale
price. Used books that will be
needed the following semester are
bought from students at half the
original cost and are resold at 75
percent list price, allowing the
book stores 25 percent profit.
Books Sold Cheaper.
Investigation showed that last
year The Nebraska Book Store
received about 60 percent of the
student trade and Regents, 30 per
cent. The remainder of the busi
ness went to the Co-op Book
Store. It was pointed out that a
non-profit bookstore would at
tract more trade and onsequent
ly books could be solu even more
cheaply in subsequent years be
cause of increased income from
the larger business.
The committee also considered
the possibility of the non-profit
Regents Bookstore handling sup
plies as well as textbooks. A list
of 20 typical supplies is being
compiled from all colleges. The
items on this list will be priced
from several suppliers and they
will be compared with retail
prices now being charged by local
stores.
Bookstore to Stock Supplies
If it is found that unfair prices
are being charged for them the
non-profit bookstore will try to
stock with supplies for students
to buy at fair prices. However,
if this is done, the bookstore will
need more space in which to oper
ate than in it's present location
in the Temple.
Eight principles by which the
non-profit bookstore would oper-
(See Council. Pafp 9. Oil ?
Harvey Davis, migration com
mittee chairman, explained that
the contest is to see which house
in each group buys the most tick
ets to the migration. The per
centage of tickets purchased ac
cording to the number of mem
bers in a house will be tabulated.
Band to Play Sweetheart Song.
The prize awarded to the two
winners will be the playing of
their ' sweetheart song" at the
Homecoming game. The full
school orchestra will play the
song.
"The migration planners con
sider this a real 'contest to show
school spirit'," said Davis, "for it
will surely present to the public
the organized houses most behind
the team. Those who accompany
the team to Lawrence will give
evidence of that real victory
spirit."
Train to Leave 6 a. m., Oct. 23.
The chartered migration tra.n
will leave the Union Pacific de
pot at 6 a. m., Saturday, Oct.
23, and will arrive in Lawrence
about 11 o'clock that morning. A
parade through Lawrence will oe
held upon arrival. The return
trip will begin at 9 p. m. Saturday
and end in Lincoln at 2:30 Sunday
morning. Cabi will be on band at
the depot.
