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PAl'L HARRINGTON as Esdras and Dona Jean Suum as Miramne (left) watch in surprised emotions
as Shadow, played by Don Johannes (center) wounded and river-drenched, seeks the evil-doer of
his plight. Garth, Dewey Ganzell (right) watches in horror. The scene is from "Winterset," opening
at the temple tonight at 8 p. m. The Maxwell Anderson gangster-drama will run through Saturday
night.
Aggies to Present
Choral Program
Candlelight and greenery will set the mood for the annual
Ag college Christmas program tonight at 8 p. m. in the College
Activities building.
Traditional choral music by the Ag chorus will add to the
festive spirit. Excerpts from Handel's Messiah will be presented,
including two solos by Ag students. Oryl Lee Fischer and Pat
Ilanlon will sing several parts
from the oratorio and another
solo, a soprana obligate to Van de
Water's "The Penitent," will be
sung by Helen Ochsner, another
Ag student.
Carols Sung:
Several other Christmas selec
tions will be presented by the
chorus and Christmas carols will
be sung by the chorus and au
dience. Garrett McDonald, a student
from the School of Music, will
play the Hammond organ thruout.
Miss Miriam Bratt will accom
pany the chorus on the piano.
Knowles to Speak
The Christmas message will be
presented by Rev. Rex Knowles,
resident pastor from the Univer
sity Prcsby house. The invocation
will be said by Rev. Virgil Ander
son and Rev. John Wichelt will
bring the benediction. These min
isters were selected by the Ag
Exec Board, the sponsors of the
annual program. Betty Becker and
weai Jiaxier arc co-cnairmen
charge of the program.
Christmas
Tonight
in
Y's,
Cosmo Club
Hold Parly Dee. 15
Members of YM, YW and Cos
mopolitan club will celebrate
Christmas with a "surprise" party
Wednesday, Dec. 15, at 7 p. m.
in Ellen Smith hall.
According to co-chairmen Jo
Fredrickson and Dave Keene, en
tertainment for the party will be
kept secret until everyone ar
rives. All they would reveal was
that refreshments will be served.
All members of the YM, YW
or Comsopolitan club have been
invited to the Christmas surprise
party, which will last from 7
p.m. to 8:30. The price is 15
cents.
Piano Duo Wins
TalenlCompelition
Three winners of the Talent
Show held Saturday night in the
Union have been announced. This
show was held in conjunction
with the juke box dance spon
sored by the Union general en
tertainment committee.
Fiist prize of $10 was awarded
to Terry Gaines an Neil Atkin
son with their double piano duet.
John McEvoy's dramatic reading
of "The Button" won second
prize of S7. Sue Kent, blues sing
er, won third place and a cash
prize of $3.
Magic Show
Heads Union
Open House
A magic show, bingo games, and
dancing will be just a few of the
many different kinds of entertain
ment which will be olfered at the
Union open house, Friday, Dec. 17.
Beginning at 8 p. m. ,the Union
will provide a full evening's en
tertainment. This parly is spon
sored by the Union Special Activ
ities committee headed by Herb
Rocse.
Caroling in the Union lounge
will start the party. Jess Thomas
will lead the singing of Christmas
carols and Jav Norris will be the
organist.
Bingo, Movies rianned
Bingo, with priz.es for every
one, will be held upstairs in par
lors A, B and C from 8:30 to 10:30
and from 11 to 12. Movie shorts,
about 50 minutes in length, will
be shown in Room 315. There will
be two shows: One at 8:30 and
another at 9:30. Those attending
the party can dance to Johnny
Cox's orchestra thruout the eve
ning. In the ballroom at 10:30, a floor
show with university talent will be
held. Appearing in the show will
be Dave Raznick, impersonating
Jimmy Durante; Neil Atkinson
and Terry Gaines, double piano;
John McEvoy, dramatic reading;
Winne Davidson, tap dancer; Mar
garet Musceittus, singer; Phil
Sprague and his group of tum
blers; and Gary Hahn (5 years
old) will sing.
Magic Shows Given
Highlight of the party will be
the Morton Wonder Shows in
Parlors X, Y and Z. This magic
show is nationally known and
has tourned the country several
times. Two shows will be given
at 9 and 10.
Other facilities in the Union
will be open including the music
room, the game room and the
ping pong tables.
ASME to Hear
NY Engineer
Otto de Lorenze, Director of Ed
ucation for Combustion Engineer
ing Company of New York City,
will be guest speaker at a joint
meeting of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers and the!
Nebraska student branch Wednes
day, Dec. 15. The meeting will be
held in Love Memorial library at
7:30 p. m.
A graduate Mechanical Engineer
from Cornell university, Mr. de
Lorenze has had an impressive
career with the Combustion Engi
neering Company He has served
in the following capacities with
the company:
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Saum, MocDonald Take
Leads in Gangster Ploy
The curtain will rise on the initial performance of the
University Theatre's production of "Winterset," at 8 p m ,
this evening on the Temple Theatre stage.
The Maxwell Anderson dramatization of revenue and
gangster ideology will run through Saturday night
Portraying the leading roles of Mio and Miriamne in
Winterset are Jack MacDonald and Dona Jean Saum.
Miriamne, a young sincere girl of the tenements, finds her
self involved in the center of the aftermath of a vicious
murder trial. Mio is out to avenge the questioned fairness
ot his fathers execution for supposedly slayinjr a pay
master in a payroll robbery. 1
Main characters in the supporting cast consist of Abe
Katz as Trock, a notorious gunman, Don Johannes as Sha
dow, his henchman, Jack Wenstrand as Judge Gaunt, Dewey
Ganzell as Garth, a witness to the crime, Paul Harrington
as Esdras, his father, and Joe Moore as Mio's friend, Carr.
Others in a cast of varied characters are Clare Denton
as Lucia, Millie Hodtwalker as Piny, Sanford Levy as a
sailor. Bill Line as the policeman, Bill Klamm as the serge
ant, Leonard Pachman as a street-urchean, Don Veta as
Herman, Kirk Sorensen and Milt Hoffman as two men in
blue serge suits, Joan Lewis and Nanci Harrison as two
girls, and Frank Jacobs as a radical.
There are still good seats left at the theatre box-office.
Lincoln Man Stabbed Near
Campus Tuesday Morning
Ted Drew. 60 year old Negro horn Lincoln was found carlv
Tuesday morning in front of the Ecta Si.uma Psi house at 14th and
R suffering from a fatal stub wound. Ho died .,tw t,, ,
Hospital.
ing at Lincoln General
County Attorney Frederick H
that he will file a second degree
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Assistant .inirul MaimK.r:
mill IMS.
Dlivrtur of duration: I'lCl-to dutf.
Mr. de Lorenze has developed
and patented various nulverizeH
fuel and stoker furnace designs,
air heaters, sleam generators, and
economizers. He has also devel
oped a technique for producing
colored motion pictures that record
actual furnace operating condi
tions with various types of equip
ment and several kinds of fuel.
He has had many technical papers
published and edited the "Com
bustion Engineering" handbook.
Union Closes
The Union will be closed
Wednesday night at 7 for the
annual employes Christmas
party. All I'nion facilities us
ually available to students will
be turned over to Union workers.
Student Council
Will Fill Pub
Board Vacancy
An election to fill the sopho
more vacancy on the Publications
board will take place at today's
Student Council meeting. All stu
dents who-have filed for the po
sition are requested to be present
at the meeting at 5 p. m. for in
terviews, Elections Chairman Jack
Selzer announced.
Eight students who filed will
compete. Candidates, besides be
ing a sophomore, were required
to have a weighted 75 average.
Filings closed Dec. 3, and all ap
plications were checked by the
registrar.
Four students were declared in
eligible by the registrar because
they were transfer students and
consequently did not have an av
erage on file at the registrar's of
fice. These four are Paul Iteiter,
Neva Jean Huttner, Pat Lannan
and Mary Ann Randall.
The vacancy occurred when the
student who was elected at spring
elections last year did not return
to school. The constitution of the
Student Council states that the
Council will fill all vacancies in
the Pub Board by a Council election.
'Little Sister
Tea Planned
The annual Coed Counselor
Christmas tea will be held Fri
day afternoon from 3 to 5 at
Ellen Smith hail, P:;i Nordm.
publicity chairman, has, an
nounced. Given by the Coed Counselors
for their 'little sisters," the tea
is open to all women students.
Highlight of the tea each year
is the presentation of awards to
the outstanding Counselor of the
year. To be eligible for these
awards, members must obtain
points for helping with registra
tion, the yearly freshman party,
Friendship dinner and Charm
School and Book Review spon
sored by the organization.
President Jackie Wightman
will present the awards at 4 p. m.
Last year 18 out of the 130 mem-
Ders were honored.
Winners were Elaine Arenson,
Jean Blaha, Dorothy Brown, !
Margy Cherny, Marjorie Clark, 1
Pat Guhin, Esther Horst, Peggie j
Lawrie. Marv Helen Mallorv. lo I
MastaJir, Marguerite Nootz, Janet
Nutzmann. Peggy O'Donell, Katv
Rapp, Pat Rolismier, Jeanet Sief
off. Ruth Troxell and Marianna
Ward.
Mary Ann Graff and Kathy
Burt are co-chairmen of the tea
which will climax the groups
first semester activities. School
clothes will be worn.
Fri.sIuY Funeral
C las-.es will not be dismissed
for the L. I. Frlsbie funeral to
day, but Dean Lambert has in
dicated that all students who
wish to attend will be excused
from their 10:20 classes.
Funeral services will be con
ducted this morning: at 10:30
from the Grace Methodist
church at 401 No. 27th street.
Wagoner said Tuesday afternoon
murder charge against Isiah Mc
Keny for the fatal stabbing. Mc
Kcny signed a statement in which
he admitted stabbing Drew and
then attempted to hide from the
police.
MrKeny said lie and Drew got
out ot a car at 14th and R follow
ing an argument in which McKeiu
accuscd the victim of '-getting him
ayed oft" at the Yankee Hill
brickyard. The two were on their
way home from a Ninth street
tavern with four other passer. "rs
in a car driven by Jesse Gibson
In the course of the argument
IvIcKeny pulled out a knife and
opened it in the car. Driver Gib
son ordered him to "get out" of
the car. MoKcny said he strurlc
Drew and stabbed him with th
open knife.
Several univeixitv ci,.ini.
the Beta Sigma Psi house notice
the commotion outside and heard
the sound of lonH fu.-;. ti,...
said that they were unaware that
anyone had been hurt until the
ambulance arrived, summoned by
W. E. Sherman. Shormon u'j
miuii lidu
stopped his car at the stop light
ana k and saw Drew
stagger onto the parking and fall
after the car in which he had been
riding pulled away.
Santa to Crash
Delian Party
' Santa Claus is comin' to town"
uraay night at 8 p. m. j0r
Delian Union Christmas partv
Santa won't be the only one
handing out the gifts, for each
member of the Union is asked to
bring some article of canned food
to help make up a food basket
which will be given to a needv
Lincoln family.
The program will consist of a
short play on a Biblical theme
and exchange of Christmas gifts
according to David Mnnro r,,,.
chairman. The evening wil'l wind
up with refreshments and danc
ing. The Christmas parly and char
ity basket project is a traditional
part of the Delian Union's pro
gram said John Wisner, Union
president.