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Only Daily Publication for 9000 University of Nebraska Students OfJm TTP R fol P fol Vol. 50 No. 34 LINCOLN 8. NEBRASKA Tuesday, November 1, 1949 VS. DELEGATES MAKE CONVENTION FLANS Representatives of five states look over plans for the Red Cross convention held on this campus Saturday. They are, seated left to right, Miss Elizabeth Hunter, college activities specialist of midwestern area; Audrey Rosenbaum, Nebraska unit chairman; and Harry Shade, first aid and water safety chairman of the Denver, Colo., Red Cross chapter. Standing, left to right, are: Floyd Price, Friends university, Wichita, Kas.; Mildred Brctnall, Iowa State college activities chairman; and John Forbes, water safety chairman of University of Missouri unit. Red Cross Hosts Delegates From 19 Midwest Colleges Nineteen schools in a six-state area were represented at the Red Cross midwest convention on this campus Saturday. Seventy-three persons attended the one-day meeting held in the Union parlors and meeting rooms. Colleges Represented Students, chapter representa tives or faculty sponsors came from University of Missouri, Har ris Teachers college of St. Louis, Iowa State college, Drury college of Missouri, Wichita university, Friends university of Kansas South West Missouri State Teach ers college. St. Joseph college of Missouri, Luther college of Ne braska. Central college of Kansas, Mcrherson college of Kansas, Bethany college of Kansas, Kan sas Stale university, Creighton university of Omaha, Duchesne university of Omaha, Omaha uni versity, Kearney State Teachers college of Nebraska. Drake uni versity, and the University of Ne braska. In addition a chapter represent- Love Hall, YM Acts Win at A' Skit Night Love Hall's skit, "Exam Week," and the YMCA curtain act, "Pro fessor raddy-pusher and His Periaphone" were declared the winners of the 18th annual Coll-Ac'T'i-Fun skit night. Over 400 people watched the H ill's portrayal of a girl studying for two final exams on her birth day and the renowned musician's rendition of "Dance of the Hour" announced the winners. ACR's skit, "Mission Bait," placed second in skit competition, and "The Three Old Maids," cur tain act by the VWCA, was judged scond best of that group. Seven skits and seven curtain nets were entei'd in the ail-Ag College ronlcst. They were judged on the basis of originality, audi ence reception, stage properties and time. Miss Ruth Jones and Miss Dor etta Schlaphoff of the home eco nomics department and D. G. Hanway of the agronomy depart ment were judges. A traveling plaque for the win ning skit was presented to Alice Boswell, director of the Love Hall group, and a $10 cash award to the YMCA as curtain act winner, by Jack Wilson, manager of the , Dhow. Rex Messersmith acted as mas ter of ceremonies and Neal Bax ter was stage manager for the production. 17 s .- i -. Hi 1 r ative from Denver, Colorado, act ed as an observer at the confer ence. Delegates arrived in Lincoln Friday night for the convention. -Organized houses on the campus opened their doors to provide con venient housing. Groups nousing Delegates Fraternities and sororities hous ing delegates included: Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Delta Tau, 'i'au Kappa Epsilon, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Delta. Others who had extended a welcome to dele gates included: Delta Delta Delta, Chi Omega, Pi Beta Phi, Delta Upsilon, Sigma Alpha Mu, Kap pa Sigma, Phi Gamma Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Xi Delta, Beta Theta Pi and Alpha Phi. The program for the Red Cross convention included greetings by Audrey Rosenbaum, college unit chairman; Dr. T. J. Thompson. Dean of Student Affairs; G. I. Noble, assistant chairman of the Lancaster County Red Cross; and Miss Elizabeth Hunter, college ac tivities specialist, midwestern area Red Cross. The morning sessions of the conference were devoted to dis cussions of the national blood pro gram and service to local institu tions Floyd Price, Friends uni versity, and Miss Ruth Frederick, blood program field representa tive of Omaha, led the discussion. Mildred Eretnall, Iowa State col lege unit chairman, and Miss Jean Fitzsimmons, field director of the Lincoln YA hospital, chaired the See Red Cross, Pace 2 Pes IT'S' APF ConSribEsftioiis From students, Nebraska. USA, to students, Karachi, Pakistan, will be the route of the money given to the AUF drive. The entire World Student Serv ice Fund portion of Nebraska's AUF fund, approximately $3,000, will go to build a hostel for the students in the University of Sind, Karachi, Pakistan. Accord ing to Ted Gunderson, fund drive chairman, the money is being ear marked in this way so that stu dents will know exactly where their money is going. Students Destitute Of the student body of 5.000 in Karachi, the capital of Pakistan, 2,000 are homeless. These refugee students, many of whom are com pletely destitute, simply wander Wiiias Applause otf Producers' Revealed by Uni Theater Theater royalty for the coming year will be Virginia Seacrest and Tom Donohoe. They were re vealed last night as the 1949-'50 Honorary Producers. Representing Kappa Delta so rority and Sigma Chi fraternity, Miss Seacrest and Donohoe were selected on the basis of Univer sity Theater ticket sales. The two Producers were intro duced last night for the first time at the premiere presentation of the Theater's version of "Faust, Part I." Their identity was a se cret until curtain time. After the fourth, third and sec ond place winners in the contest had been revealed, Master of Ceremonies Clare Denton, presi dent of Nebraska Masquers, called Miss Seacrest and Donohoe to the stage. They were presented with gifts, the traveling Producer See Producer, Page 4 KK Sweetheart, Prince Entries Due hy Nov. 8 Deadline for Nebraska Sweet heart and Prince Kosmet candi date entries is Tuesday, Nov. 8, Bob Sim, president of Kosmet Klub, announced today. Entries may be turned in at the Kosmet Klub office, 307 Union. The Kosmet Klub annual fall revue will be presented Friday, Nov. 18, at the University Coli seum. Selected on basis of attractive ness, poise, personality and scholarship, six finalists are se lected from applications to be voted upon by Innocents and Mor tar Board. The women's honorary group will select the male final ists and the male honorary group will select the Sweetheart final ists. The night of the fall revue the Nebraska Sweetheart and Prince Kosmet will be selected by a popular vote at the door from the finalists. Selected by the two honorary groups resulting in one of Nebraska's great traditions. Founded in 1911, Kosmet Klub has annually produced a fall and spring show. Always the highlight of the fall revue is the presentation of the Nebraska Sweetheart and Prince Kosmet. Last year Louise McDill and Dick "Ajax" O'Meara stepped through a large, red cellophane heart to become the 1948 Sweet heart and Prince Kosmet. around in the streets, and some cannot afford to have meals, even once a day. The hostel would pro vide shelter and food at a low cost to those students. Students living in the hostels are required, besides their other studies, -to learn some trade so that ' J ; they may be- i , s.j come inde- f i. f pendent by do- ing part-time work. The land for the hostel has been donated and the Uni versity of Ka rachi can ee- GwndersoB n an rs A Union to Show Frosh Ball Game Movies of the Nebraska freshman-Kansas State freshman foot ball game will be shown Wed nesday at 4 p.m. in the Union lounge. The frosh game, which was won by Nebraska 14-0 Oct. 21, will be narrated play-by-play by Husker swimmer Marv Grimm. The movie is sponsored by the general entertainment committee. Sponsor of the group is Bob Mo sher; chairman is Chuck Wid-maier. Classes Out For Gustavson Convo, Speech All classes will be dismissed at 11 a. m. today when Chancellor R. G. Gustavson addresses the R. G. GUSTAVSON. only all-university convocation of the semester. As part of the University ob servance of the Goethe Bicenten nal1, Gustavson will interpret the German philosophei and author on the "every day" level. His subject will be "Goethe, Human ist and Scientist." Dr. Gustavson, who has re cently returned from meetings in Washington, D. C, on the United Nations, is an authority on the human aspects of Goethe. The convocation is only one part of the University observ ance of the death of Johann Goethe in 1749. The Bicenten nial is being celebrated all over the world this year. Other programs which will honor the German are being held See Convo. Page 4 cure the rest of the money for the Karachi hostel if they have help from tne students here. Hostel Adopted The Karachi hostel was adopted by the Nebraska AUF as their special project at the suggestion of Gunderson. At the Interna tional Student Service conference which Gunderson attended as the University's delegate, he heard Naseem Beg, one of the speakers from Pakistan, tell of the needs of students there. Later he be came better acquainted with Beg and decided that he would like to try to help the refugee stu dents who flooded Pakistan after partition. He is now correspond ing with Beg. Anidieinee Play Termed 'Spectacle Of Color' By Walter Willi and Frank Jacobs The University Theater came up with an entirely new produc tion of "Faust" Monday evening. The Geothe tradegy, combining a colorful blaze of lights, costumes, and vivid stylized imagery, gave a large and appreciative audience a different and unusual interpre tation of the usually more con ventional classic drama. Generally, "Faust" is the di lemma of a man at the absolute limit of learning, having studied every great field offered by education. This causes him to lose his desire for any further intellectual accomplishment. Me phistopholes, the devil personfied, opens a new door to Faust, lead ing bark to emotional young man hood. On this journey to rejuve nation, he meets Gretchen, a pure, true child of nature; but being a mere instrument of Mephisto pholes, he only brings her ulti mate destruction. Although presenting the play in extravaganza style, the cast com petently succeeded in bringing the entire conflict to light. At times, especially during the Walpurgis Night scene with dozens of scantily-clad witches and wizards lewdly circulating around the stage, the production was a bit reminiscent of an excerpt from Dante's "Inferno." In the title role, Jack Wen strand found himself in the po sition of portraying both an ol der, doubting Faust and subse quently an emotional, virile char acter". Of the two, Wenstrand was more convincing as the near senile doctor. Fromthe tone of his voice to the mode of his walk, he remained perfect in his char acterization. The dominating power of this first phase. how See FAUST, Page 2 40 Houses File Homecoming Display Entries Late entries, turned in before last Fridaj-'s deadline, swelled the organized house total to 40 for Homecoming decoration com petition. Expense accounts of each house must be turned in not later than Thursday, Nov. 3. The accounts are to be given to Innocent Paul Weltchek, chairman of the Homecoming committee, and cannot exceed $50. Weltchek may be contacted at 1345 R. Will Give two Trophies. A traveling cup will be given to the winners of the men's and women's divisions, to be kept until next year. Plaques will be awarded to the houses placing first, second and third in each section, for their permanent pos session. Houses are reminded that their decorations must be completed by C:30 p. m. Friday, and that their lights may not be turned on between 6:30 and 7:45. The Mueller Carillon tower is to be dedicated between 7 and 8 and it was feared that the decora tions would have detracted from the ceremonies. Judging Friday Night Judging will be done Friday night. The judges will be accom panied about the campus by five members of the Society of Inno cents, but they alone will judge the entries. The judges are: Prof. Walijani of the Architecture de partment, Gail Butt of the Art department, and Col. Frank furter of the Chemistry department.