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Near 2400 Students
Finish Registration
. . . Expect Slower Pace
Dr. Floyd W. Hoover, assistant
registrar announced Thursday
afternoon that approximately
2,400 students have registered for
the second semester. Students
holding tickets up to that number
will begin registering this morn
ing.
Thus far the registration pro
cedure has allowed an average
of 1,200 students to register each
day. The pace is expected to be
slowed down as classes begin to
fill and more students are forced
to rearrange schedules.
Several changes have been
made in the schedule and many
classes arc already closed. The
closed sections:
CLOSED SECTION
Home Ec, 191 women.
Astronomy, 90.
Bus. Org. 226, 161-1, 290, 147,
171-1, 172-1, II, 111, IV, VI.
Pharm. Chem. 102 lab-. A.
Chem., 256-A, B.
Chem, 220-C, B.
Chem., 232-A.
Econ 203, 107-1, II, 211, 22,
103-1, 222, 115 labs A, B, C.
EE 198 sec. I, 240, lab. B; 237,
sec. 4-2; 209 lab. A, B.
Em 243, sec., I, II.
Me 211 sec. I, 212 sec. II, 211
sec. 3, 211 sec. 5, 214, 228, 235.
MS 2 sec. 3, 4, 8, 13.
Pharm. Chem., 102 lab A.
Prac. Arts 42 labs., I.
Prac. Arts 50 sec, 2, 3, 5, 6.
Zoo 112 lab. A.
Zoo 102 lab. B.
Corrections in the Schedule.
Classics 74, sec. 2 meets 1 T-Th.,
212 Aud.
Ed. 266 take both lab. 11, F and
9-11 p. m.
English 74, sec. II meets T Th.,
212 And.
Em 244 Lab., 2-5 W, 9-12 S.
NEW SECTIONS
EE 198 Sec, 3, 1-5 S.
EE 240 Lab. C, 1-5 Friday.
Omaha Man Fills
Advancement Post
Paul H. Stewart, Omaha, will
fill the vacancy on the Univer
sity Advancement committee re
sulting from the recent death of
E. T. Robinson, Waterloo.
Announcement of the appoint
ment was made Thursday by Mor
ton Steinhart, Nebraska City,
president of the University's
Alumni association.
James H. Anderson, Scottsbluff,
is chairman of the committee
which circulates information
about the University in an effort
to advance its general welfare.
'Winter set' Presents Challenge
To Other Temple Productions
BY NORM LEGER.
Maxwell Anderson's poetic
tragedy, "Winterset," played to
its second University Theater
audience last night and offered
further challenge to previous
productions as being the best
drdama brought to the Temple
stage for quite some time.
'The play itself offered a chal
lenge to both the actors and the
was ably met.
"Winterset" calls for two
scenes: One, a pier under the
shadow of an East River bridge
adjacent to a tenement district;
the other, a basement apartment
room in a crumbling tenement
house.
Tlay Opens on Tier
It is on the pier where the
play opens and the plot begins
to develop. Here Trock, the gun
man whose murder sent an in
nocent man to the electric chair,
sets out to subdue any incrimi
nating forces that might arise
against him. Here in the bridge's
shadow, which extends from one
side of the nightblue background
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Dr. Floyd Y. Hoover
Ag Union Plans
Student Party
Friday Night
Keeping in step with their city
cousins, the Ag Union will pre
sent a Christmas party for stu
dents Friday, Dec. 17. The affair
will follow the order of the simi
lar party offered at the main
Union.
Russ Krueger and his UN's are
scheduled to provide music for
dancing in the auditorium up
stairs from 8:30 to 11.00 .This
will be the second appearance of
the student aggregation on Ag
campus.
Participation music will also be
offered in the varied program.
Stan Lambert, chairman of the
Music committee has announced
that dancing will be interspersed
with caroling. A special intermis
sion program is planned .
For those who abstain from
dancing, the competitive games
committee is holding bridge and
pinochle tournaments in the rec
reation room. Prizes wiH- be
awarded to the winners in the
competition which is scheduled to
begin at 8:30.
Pre-Mel Test
Applications for the Fre
Med aptitude test for Feb.,
1949, are now available in Dr.
Powell's office. Room 306, Bes
sey Hall. These applications
must be completed before Jan.
14, 1949.
to infinity on the other, Mio,
whose life purpose is to clear his
father's name, and Mariamne
meet, fall in love and die at the
hands of Trock's henchmen.
There amid the swirling fog,
most of the supporting actors of
the play give their performances.
They afford the play a melan
choly gaiety in their street danc
ing and in their powerless pro
tests against laws which they
have no part in making but must
obey.
Marr Tortrays Hobo
Gay Marr, in the role of the
hobo, gave both a humorous and
realistic touch to the Anderson
tragedy. His make-up, his
stature, authentic gestures and
aged voice could hardly have been
more convincing. It was the light
moments brought to the stage by
the hobo that offered a welcome
relief from the somberness which
pervaded the entire play.
Others whose roles enabled
fhem to lighten the play were
Clare Dcr.ton as the street piano
man and Mildred Hodwalker the
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Union Opens
Students'Gift
Friday Night
The Union's Christmas gift to
the student body will be present
ed in the form of an Open House
Friday starting at 8 p.m.
Prize package will be the Mor
ton Wonder shows in Parlors
XYZ at 9 and 10 p. m. This show
has toured the country and is
widely known.
The biggest present will be
dancing in the ballroom through
out the evening to the music of
Johnny Cox's orchestra. Intermis
sion entertainment given by uni
versity talent will be at 10:30.
Appearing on the program are
Winnie Davidson, tap dance; John
McEvoy, "The Christmas Story;"
Dave Raznick, impersonation of
Jimmy Durante; Neil Atkinson
and Terry Gaines, double piano
numbers; Phil Sprague and his
Tumblers; and five-year-old
Gloria Hahn's songs.
Another package, found in Par
lors ABC from 8:30 to 10:30 and
from 11 to 2, will be bingo with
prizes for everybody. Contents of
the package in Room 315 will be
movie shorts. Included in the 50
minute program is "Sinbad the
Sailor," "Emperor Norton," "Get
ting An Eye Full" and others.
One showing begins at 8:30 and
the other at 9:30.
Other Union facilities will also
be open. Cider and doughnuts will
be served.
At 8 p. m. Jess Thomas will
lead Christmas carols with Jay
Norris at the organ.
This Open House is sponsored
by the Union Special Activities
committee headed by Herb
Breese.
Dr. Bales Elected
Chem CI ul Prcxy
Dr. Herbert Bates, chemical en
gineer at the University, is the
newly elected president of the Ne
braska section of the American
Chemical Society.
B. D. Hites of the University
Agricultural Experiment Station
is the new vice president and Dr.
H. F. "Holtzelaw, University chem
ist, is the new secretary-treasurer.
Over 50 chemists representing in
dustry, trade and a half dozen
Nebraska colleges and universities
are members of the state section.
apple woman. Joan Lewis and
Nanci Harrison, cast as two street
walkers, played their roles with
enough restraint to add humor,
not distaste, to their scenes.
Joe Moore as Carr, a friend
of Mio, gave a naturalness and
spontaneity to a play which could
easily draw over-rehearsed per
formances from its actors.
Wenstrand Outstanding
Outstanding among major per
formances was that of Jack Wen
strand, cast igain as a judge, who
had the difficult job of enacting
an old and partially insane man.
Judge Gaunt was a major force
in bringing the verdict of guilty
against the jjnnocent Romagna 13
years before. Wenstrand was espe
cially effecth'e in his oscillation
between the torturing moments of
sanity when he rationalizes the
conviction of Romagna and the
times that h'r mind seeks escape
in insanity.
Dewey Ganzel played the part
cf Garth E lras, the cowardly j
brother of Miriamne, with earnest, ;
motivated intensity. He reached a '
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Coed Counselors
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Block-Bridle
Club Initiates
32 Members
Thirty-two new pledges were
initiated into the Block and Bridle
Club at the monthly meeting last
Tuesday. Among the new mem
bers Maria Leipelt claims the role
as the first girl to become a mem
ber of Nebraska's chapter of the
animal husbandry honorary.
New members are:
Arlen Beam, Thomas Brown,
Donald Clement, Richard Crom,
William Derrick, James Doyle,
Marvin Eden, Robert Eggert, Rob
ert Epp, Robert Gibson, Joseph
Havelka, Eugene Kamprath, Fred
erick Kinghorn, Richard Kuska,
Donald Lawson, Eugene Heuer
man, Maria Leipeld, James Mona
han, Warren Monson, Roland
Monteith, Findrew Nelson, Wayne
Nielsen, Lavern Popken, Paul
Pumphrey, Robert Raun, Lyman
Rehmeier, George Reichenbach,
Arthur Strumpler, Norman Swan
son, James Williams, Jack Wilson,
Talmadge Wimer.
In the business meeting which
followed, Ned S. Raun of Min
den was presented the Merit Tro
phy Award of the National Block
and Bridle Club. Prof. M. A. Alex
ander made the presentation.
Raun graduated from the univer
sity last year.
The Jr. Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock
Show was scheduled for March
26. Gene Gard was selected ring
master and various committees
were assigned for the 1949 show.
The next Block and Bridle Club
meeting will be Jan. 10.
Rural Conference
To Meet at NU
The University of Nebraska
campus has been selected as the
site for the seventh annual meet
ing of the Midwest Conference on
Rural Life and Education, March
31 to April 2. Participating states
include Nebraska, Minnesota,
high emotional level in the second
scene of the first act which left
him little room to build toward
the final climax. Ganzel was very
successful in portraying the vacil
lating brother in spite of several
weak, over-dramatic moments.
Jacobs Tortrays Radical
Frank Jacobs as the radical
proved to be a successful instru
ment for the expression of the
philosophy of the play, bringing
the expected amount of vocifera
tion to the part of the soap box
orator.
Shadow, Trock's closest hench
man, brings some gripping mo
ments of ugly reality to the stage
in his final, fatal appearance.
Soaked with water from the river
and blood from the throe bullet
wounds inflicted at the order of
Trock, he stumbles back to get
revenge but hasn't enough phys
ical strength left to accomplish
his mission.
Credit for the direction goes to
Dallas Williams, University The
ater director.
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UUUUL
Friday, December 17, 1948
The annual Christmas Tea
sponsored by the Coed Counsel
ors will be hold this afternoon
from 3 to 5 in Ellen Smith hall.
Given by the University's "big
sister" organization for all new
students, freshmen and friends,
the tea climaxes Coed Counselor
activities for the first semester.
To Present Awards
It is the occasion for the pre
sentation of awards to the out
standing Counselors of the year.
This year 17 girls will receive
awards with five honorable men
tions presented. They will be
given at 4 p. m. by President
Jackie Wightman. Last year 18
out of the 130 members were hon
ored. Awards are earned on the basis
of the groups point system, co-operation
and contribution.
Serve at Tea Table
Serving at the tea table will
be Mrs. R. G. Gustavson, Miss
Marjorie Johnston, and Miss
Mary Mielenz and Mrs. Elvera
Christiansen, sponsors of the
group.
Mary Ann Graff and Kathleen
Burt are co-chairmen of the tea,
and board members will art as
hostesses. School clothes will be
worn.
Adelphi Plans
Gift Exchange
An exchange of gifts will be
the main attraction at the annual
Adelphi Christmas party Monday
night, Dec. 20. Members will also
bring a gift for one of the chil
dren at St. Thomas' orphanage.
Gifts were given to the children
at Tabitha home last year for the
first time. The gifts were re
ceived with such success that
members have decided to make
the donations an annual project
Drawings for the exchange of
gifts between members was made
at a breakfast last Sunday morn
ing at the Continental cafe.
The new pledge class will also
present a skit at the party Mon
day. Newly elected members of
the organization are Alta Beach,
Donna Brittcll, Ruth Fasteneau,
Grace Jones, Anita Neilson, Janet
Ringler, Janice Skillstad and Bea
Smailes.
Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota and
Kansas.
Dr. Merle Stoneman, associate
professor of school administration
and elementary education at the
University of Nebraska, is chair
man of the regional conference
committee. He said the conference
will be sponsored by many groups
including farmer's organizations,
rural ministers, PTA associations,
school boards, conservation dis
tricts, state rural press associa
tion, as well as universities and
colleges.
DG's, French Club
Plan Parly Dec. 17
Delta Gamma in conjunction
with Le Cercle Francais is spon
soring a French Christmas party
on Friday, Dec. 17, at the Delta
Gamma house from 8:30 to 12
a .m.
Everyone interested in France is
invited. A program consisting of
dances, French carols and French
national customs will be pre
sented. The Delta Gamma's found the
project especially appropriate as
their UNESCO project is France,
while Le Cercle Trancais is in
terested in all phases of the study
of French and of France.