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Vol. 50 No. 89
LINCOLN 8, NEBRASKA
Tuesday, February 21, 1950
VA Tuition Funds
ate;
IT WAS A GOOD YEAR Twelve calendar girls as they appeared at the Union Saturday night. The
twelve coeds were sponsored by the U of N Builders, in connection with the annual calendar sale.
One of these beauties was picked as "girl of the year." She will be presented in the next issue of
Corn Shucks. Left to right: Standing: Pat O'Brien, Dorothy Elliot, Marjorie Jensen, Gladys Bygland
nd Jo Chase; Seated: Clo Ann Kaul, Mary Fitter man, Adele Coryell and Lois Forsythe; Kneeling:
Ruthe Jewett, Pat G addis and Mary Chace.
Lenten Season
Op
ens Feb. 22
Tomorrow is the beginning of
Lent.
Lenten Tuesday, the day pre
teding the beginning of Lent,
ceveloped from the old English
tradition. It was their custom
to use up all fats and greases
In preparation for Lent. Span
ish pre-Lenten ceremonies for
marly were held on Tuesdays
but are now observed two
weeks before Lent in Mardi
Jack Rank
To Portray
Entire Play
Jack Rank, the only actor in
America who represents an en
tire play, himself portraying all
the parts, will give his version
of the well known, Shakespear
ean farce comedy "The Taming
of the Shrew," at the Union ball
room Thursday at 8 p. m.
Rank, who is a 1927 graduate
from the University, will portray
10 characters in the comedy. Not
only does he take the role of all
characters in his productions,
but he designs his own costumes
and stage settings, executes them
all, and invents his own lighting
effects.
In the past 16 years the actor,
who more or less stumbled onto
presenting mono-dramas, has
presented more than 5,000 per
formances. Quick Chance
Rank claims his greatest diffi
culty during his first perfor
mances was to change to cos
tumes quick enough to make en
trances on time. He has since
overcome this. Today his changes
never take more than a minute.
During the changes no break
occurs in the dialogue. In Mac
Beth, he enters from one door as
MacBeth, in full costume both
times. Forty seconds after the
next exit, he appears as an el
derly lady-in-waiting.
The secret of the quick
changes is the arrangement of
his costumes hanging in perfect
rotation on a tall rack. One at a
time they are taken down by his
assistant. The women's dresses
are spread out on the floor in
a circle so all that Hank has to
do is step into them and be zip
ped up.
NU Speech Instructor
Rank, who also was in instruc
tor of speech at the Univcristy 15
years ago, put himself through
the University by appearing each
summer in a different play as
leading man in dramatic groups
on Chautauqua tours.
As juvenile leading man he
was seen with the North Bro
thers of Kansas City, Mo.; Maude
Henderson at the West Theater
In Billings, Mont.; Otis Oliver at
Oswego, N. Y.; and Julius Lev
enthal of New York City. The
latter producer used him in three
different companies, and Rank's
parts ranged from the count in
"Lulu Bell," to a crook in "Tenth
Avenue."
Rank appeared at the Univer
sity last summer performing
"MacBeth." "The Taming of the
Shrew," is his fifth production.
Portrayals
Parts Rank will play , in his
Thursday appearance are: Bap
tista, a rich gentleman of Pa
dua; Bianca, youngest daughter
to Baptista; Katharina, the
shrew, oldest daughter to Bap
tista; Lucentio, a student in love
with Bianca; Petruchio, in love
with Katharina; Grumio, servant
to Petruchio; and a duke, a citi
zen, a sister and a tramp.
The play is in three acts, t h e
first two taking place in Padua,
and the third in Petruchio's
house in the country.
Rank's appearance is spon
sored by the Union special ac
tivities committee.
Ticketsfor the proqram arc
sold in te Union activities of
Xka Xor CO' f cut.
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Gras celebratfons.
Lent opens on Ash Wednes
day. On that day many denom
inations burn palms to be used
the next year on Palm Sunday.
On that Palm Sunday it is
the custom to mark a cross on
one's forehead with ashes from
the burned palms, repeating
the words, "Remember, O man,
that thou art dust. To dust thou
shalt return." This ceremony
symbolizes eternal life.
Easter Sunday
Forty days of Lent precede
Easter Sunday. They represent
Christ's fasting in the wilder
ness for 40 days before He en
tered Jerusalem. Lent is the
spring period of fasting in prep
aration for Easter.
Passion Sunday commemor
ates Christ's decision on whether
he should enter the Garden of
Gethsemane.
Palm Sunday is the Sunday
preceding Easter. It commem
orates Christ's entry into Jeru
salem. The people of Jerusalem
threw palms in the path of the
Lord as He entered the city,
honoring him as an earthly king
The last week in Lent is
known as Holy Week. In sev
eral churches the "Passion of
Our Lord," portions from va
rious books in the Bible, are
read each day.
Maundy Thursday
"Maundy Thursday is cele
brated in commemoration of the
Last Supper, when Christ broke
bread with His disciples.
Good Friday symbolizes the
crucifixion. Christ remained on
the cross from noon until 3 p.m.
The evening preceding Easter
Sunday is known as Easter
evening. It is the custom that
many baptisms take place on
that evening.
Christ's resurrection is com
memorated on Easter Sunday
The word "Easter" comes from
"Eastre," the name of the God
ess of Spring. It is because Eas
ter was always observed on
Sunday that Christians adopted
that day of the week for attend
ing church instead of attending
on Saturday as designated in the
Bible. The date ot Easter is fig
ured from the equinox of the
first spring moon.
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Plans for the traction of a
$130,000 Luheran Student house
on the University campus have
been announced by Hev. Henry
Erck, Missouri Synod Lutheran
student pastor.
Groundbreaking ceremonies for
the structure, which will be lo
cated on the northeast corner of
15th and Q streets, will be held
March 19. The one and a half
story 40 by l.'!5 foot building will
be in early Lutheran style de
signed to blend with the Ameri
can collegiate classic design of
the buildings surrounding it.
It will be fared with vari
colored red brick, trimmed with
Bedford limestone, and will have
a slate roof.
To Cost $100,000
The building, which is fi
nanced by the two Nebraska dis
tricts of the Missouri Synod Lu
theran church, will cost approxi
matley $100,000, with another
$25,000 for furnishings. A pipe
organ, costing $5,000 has teen
donated by the Lutheran Wo
men's Missionary society of the
southern Nebraska district. Rev.
Kick estimated that 75 to 80 per
cent of the total cost has been
rail ed.
The chape will seat 200 people
with additional space available
for Sunday service.
Social events will be held in
the basement, which will include
fellowship hall, a stage, game
room, and a kitchen. Present
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Flesher Offers
Reorganization
Plan for ISA
A plan for re-organization of
the Independent Students asso
ciation was presented by Don
Flesher, president, in a speech
before the Palladian Literary
society Friday night.
The plan presented by Flesher
is currently being discussed by
the ISA council. He proposed
that all independent students on
the campus be considered mem
bers of ISA. Active member
ships could be obtained by the
purchase of an activity ticket.
"My idea is to make the ISA
a service organization for all in
dependent ... students," .Flesher,
said.
Under Flesher's plan, activity
cards would be sold instead of
the present membership cards.
The activity cards, which would
cost one dollar per semester
would entitle the holder to go
to three orchestra dances, the
Christmas party or spring pic
nic and an undetermined num
ber of hour dances.
All Barbs to Vote
A 1 1 independent students
would be entitled to vote in
ISA elections. Any independent
wishing to participate on group
committees or in sports would
be eligible.
At present, Flesher said, the
ISA council is planning to set
up a committee of 10 men to
initiate and back an intramural
sports program.
"Our aim is to help unorgan
ized independents whose only
campus activities are through
classrooms," Flesher said.
"There are at present 5200 inde
pendents on the campus, most of
whom are unorganized." .
If Flesher's plan is adopted,
activity cards would be sold
each May and January for the
succeeding semester. A letter
would be sent to all incoming
freshmen stating the advantages
of joining the independent organization.
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ARCHITECTS SKETCH of the new $130,000 Lutheran Student house
corner of 15th and Q streets.
plans call for Sunday night sup
pers in the basement followed
by a cliscu.ssi-.in and social hours.
The idea for a chapel began
shortly alter the Lutherans be
gan holding services. The two
districts of the Lutheran Synod
agreed to finance the project.
First Services
The Lutheran church was the
first church to hold services on
tile University campus. Since
1939, Sunday services have been
held in the Union.
Due Since
AUF Board
Filings Open
Wednesday
Filings for All University
Fund board positions will ppen
in the Union Feb. 22 and 23.
Interviews will be held Feb.
25 and March 4.
Hours for filing are 10 a.m. to
12, and 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday
and Thursday. Applicants may
sign up for interviews for di
rector and divisions board on
Saturday, Feb. 25. Solicitations
board interviews will be held
March 4, from 9 a.m. to 12 and
1 to 3 p.m. The Advisory board
and the director of AUF will be
in charge of filings and inter
views. i Division Heads
According to advisory board
chairman, all division heads of
last year should file for Direc
tor. The remainder of the group
will become Advisory Board
members. A chairman will be
selected from these members
later in the year.
Any sophomore with at least
one year of experience should
file for a position on the divi
sions board. The following po
sitions will be open: Head so
licitor, ag college solicitor, pub
licity chairman, assistant pub
licity chairman, secretary, trea
surer, clerical head, special
events chairman, and speakers
bureau chairman.
Solicitations Board
Any freshman or upperclass
man may file for a position on
the solicitations board. This
board includes the following
positions: Heads of sororities,
fraternities, organizations,
organized houses, unorgan
ized students, faculty,
denominations, honoraries and
booths.
'Glass Menagerie 9
Rated 'One of Best'
BY FRANK JACOBS I tling monologues provided an
The two Williams, Tennessee oft-times humerous link to the
and Dallas, combined their the- rest of the characters. Equally
atrical talents, Monday evening, I good in a variety of emotions.
to give an attentive audience a
very entertaining and well-done
presentation of "The Glass Me
nagerie." Unlike the usual type of play
seen on the Nebraska Theatre
stage, the University Theatre
production, through superior
characterization, effective light
ing and an extremely well
chosen selection of background
music, did full justice to the
drama's theme of "truth in the
pleasant disguise of illusion."
"The Glass Menagerie" though
not a plotty play, derives its
energy and constant movement,
through a set of four well-delineated
characters and a near
literary style of dialogue that is
not without a goodly share of
wit and irony. Best showing this
wit and irony is the character
of Tom, portrayed by Joe Moore.
Moore, in the role of "a poet
with a job in a warehouse,"
proved himself to be a perfect
choice for the choice part, sur
passing any of his many pre
vious parts.
As Amanda, a disillusioned
woman who "failed to establish
contact with reality," Marjorie
Miller well became the nagging
mother of the unsure family.
Constant, but not tiring, her rat-
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There are presently between 300
and 400 Missouri Synod Luther
ans attending the University.
Beta Sigma Psi fraternity
is sponsored by the Missouri
Synod Lutheran church. The fra
ternity house was purchased in
1944. Members of the fraternity
are lequired to, be communi
cants in the Lutheran church.
Camma Delta
Gamma Delta, a counterpart of
i the Walthcr League is a Univer
l sity group also sponsored by the
Plan
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ICollecc Handbook
Seeking Articles
! The publishers of the Going-
to-College handbook, an annual
publication for college prepara
tory students, are seeking articles,
features, cartoons, advice on col
lege behavior, and counsel for
future freshman. Students, pro
fessors and others are invited to
submit articles to Outlook Pub
lishers. 1 North Sixth Street,
Richmond 19, Va.
Payments for acceptable ma
terial will be $1 to $5. No item
will be returned without accom
panying stamped return envelope.
Student Count
To Increase
Lincoln Census
The student populations of all
colleges will be credited to the
college towns rather than the
residence towns of the students.
The change will be made in this
years' census.
The ruling by the Census bu
reau will provide a realistic
count as students usually spend
six more months out of the year
in college than at home. The
population of college towns will
slump little because of the heavy
summer session enrollment.
The change in the student cen
sus population will affect busi
ness planning in its advertising,
sales quotas, and buying.
The government ran headlong
into the problem during the
wartime OPA days. Allocations
and statistics had to be revised
to fit the actual needs of the
college students and towns.
The residence towns, it is cal
culated, will not suffer as only a
few students are lost in each
town.
College towns have favored
such a rule for a number of
years.
she still maintained the hope of
better times that was needed.
Christine Phillips as Laura,
the crippled daughter who lived
in a dream world all her own,
gave an extremely clear perfor
mance. Existing in a kind of
void, with her main interest a
menagerie miniature, glass ani
mals, she properly remained in
a coma-like background until
the appearance of "her gentle
man caller," played by Ced
Hartman.
Having a small cast of four,
the characterizations are well
defined in the script and, for
tunately, were even more so in
Monday evening's performance.
Moore, as a discontented dream
er, Miss Miller, as a nagging
"widow," Miss Phillips, as a shy
introvert, and Hartman as an
average American young man
provided four characters that
perfectly balanced and co-ordinated
each other.
This, combined with the
afore-mentioned technical
prowess, labels "The Glass Me
nagerie" as one of the best Uni
versity Theater productions of
recent years, if not the best.
Performances will be given
Tuesday and Wednesday eve
nings at 8 p.m.
to Bu
anipus
A:
Courtedv of The Lincoln Jnurnnl
to be erected at the northeast
Missouri Synod Lutherans. Mem
bership is open to both men and
women. The Nebraska chapter
has a membership of 50, with
Bob Scheeve as president.
Rev. F.rtk will officiate at the
groundbreaking ceremony, with
the student choir singing. The
annual business meeting of Lu
theran alumni will follow the
ceremony. Cov. Val Peterson will
address the annual banquet
which will be held at 6 p. m. in
the Union.
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NU Finance Threat
Eased by Settlement
A "bottleneck" which seriously threatened University
finances was broken by an agreement between the Uni
versity of Nebraska and the Veterans Administration on
tuition of G.I. students.
John K. Sellcck, University Business Manager, said
ii . n"llilte Monday that the V. A. has
camion to UU1
First Vesper
Service Today
Dr. Frank E. Court will be
the speaker at the first vesper
service to be held today Tues
day. Feb. 21, at 5 p. m. in Love
Library auditorium. His topic
will be, "What Is Religion?"
Dave Keene will be the stu
dent leader at this first service
of the Lenten season.
Sponsored by the Religious
Welfare council, the services will
be held on Tuesdays between the
Courtesy il Trie Lincoln Journal
Dr. Court
dates of Feb. 21 and March 28.
Joan Fickling heads the commit
tee which includes Jack Lepke,
Sharon Fritzler and Dave Keene.
The order of service is pre
lude, call to worship, invocation,
hymn, scripture reading, anthem,
special speaker, hymn, benedic
tion and postlude.
Delta Omicron
Music for today's service wil
be provided by members of
Delta Omicron music sorority.
Oiher music groups will provide
music for the future services.
The topics under discussion
for the respective meetings with
the special speakers and student
leaders are as follows: "Why
Lent?," Frank E. Court. Dave
Keene; "What Is Religion?," Dr.
J. Jorgenson, Roz Howard; "Why
Be Religious?," Curtis Elliot, Sue
Allen; "Need We Sacrifice to Be
Religious?," Rev. Barnes, Keith
Stevenson; "How Do You Bal
ance?," Rex Knowles, Jean Ma
lone: and "What's Your Direc
tion?," Charles H. Patterson,
Vladimir Lavko.
The Carillon tower will be
used as a call to vespers with
.'elections played by Prof. My
ron Roberts of the music department.
Kenton Concert! Delegates to the Mississippi
1 Valley southern region confer
wItI" ence of international relations
ll.lVd dubs will assemble at the Uni-
hales to Llose
There's only one day left for
students to gel reduced price
tickets of $1.20 for the Kenton
Concert Wednesday.
Booth sales on rampus will
close Tuesday afternoon. Feb. 21,
and reduced price tickets will
only be on sale in the Union
business office until 4 p. m. Wed
nesday, Feb. 22.
All tickets purcnasen ai ine
door the nicht of the concert,
Wednesday, Feb. 22. will be $1.80,
general admission price.
This 80-cenl saving on student
tickets has been given to students
as a service of the Union, and
Wendy Gauger, campus ticket
sales chairman, urges all students
to purchase their tickets previous
to the concert.
The Kenton ticket contest,
sponsored by the Union in con
junction with the reduced student
nriee. closed Monday ni;ht. and
the winning organization will be
announced Wednesday.
As a prize for the organization
selling the most tickets to the
con-'ert. the winning group will
be host to Kenton's featured vo
calist. June Christy, the night of
the concert.
Herb Reese, general chairman
of the Kenton concert r '"""otion.
Ins announced t'nt the " will
opnn at the Coliseum at p. m.
Wednesday for the 8 p. n. con
cert. A cpacity crowd of 8,000
is expected, according to Reese.
Country Dangers
To IVoiimuule
Swing your pai liKv at the All
University smnre dance!
The Ag College country danc
ers will prc.ent air all-univerrity
sqna-.e dance at the Colle"e
A"tivit'cs building on S'Utirday,
Feb. 25. The prj:nenadin; will
last from 8:30 to 11:30 p. in.
agreed to the University's cost-of-instruction
figures after
lengthy negotiations which be
gan last fall.
The withholding of tuition
funds, amounting to about $1,
000,000, due the University since
early in September, resulted
from the negotiations. Also the
University has been forced to
honor more than $200,000 worth
of purchases of supplies and
books by the student veterans
normally paid by the VA.
Selleck commented that sal
aries of instructors, usually taken
from tuition funds, have been
paid from the tax funds, and re
serves, normally used for other
purposes.
Formal Contract
"The lack of tuition funds
from the VA has left us on the
ragged edge financially and the
University could not have car
ried along much farther without
the VA money," Selleck said.
Selleck expects the VA to sign
a formal contract with the Uni
versity within the next two
weeks and payments to start
coming in late in March.
Nebraska, along with nearly
all other state tax supported uni
versities, has been charging the
VA normal tuition charges since
the start of the GI education
program. These charges included
the out-of-state fee, regardless of
the student veteran's legal resi
dence. By this means, Selleck ex
plained, the University helped to
defray 'the staggering costs of
providing adequate instructional
facilities for the large number of
ex-GI's.
Ultimatum
A Veterans Administration ul
timatum last summer told the
University it would not honor
the out-of-state fee principle if
the sum charged $150 at Ne
braska was not equal to the ac
tual cost of instruction as deter
mined by a VA formula.
Under the formula. University
officials found that the cost of
teaching per credit hour is $9.65.
An average load of 15 hours by
the vet will give the University
$144.77 per semester.
A study is now being carried
on to determine the average load
of ex-GI's attending Nebraska.
The University will suffeij some
loss in revenue for the current
year if the average load is 15
hours. If it is above, however,
income estimates lor the year
will be fulfilled, Selleck said.
According to Selleck, all fu
ture VA payments will be based
on annual cost of instruction es
timates made by the University.
World Affairs
Groups Plan
; ft-i .m
versity of Wichita, Kas., on
March 17 for a two-day session
of panels and speeches.
Members of international rela
tions clubs in Nebraska, Kansas
and Missouri huve been invited
to hear such speakers as Samuel
Johnson, executive director of
the St. Louis council on world
affairs. Dr. Johnson's topic will
be "The World Today." A news
analyist over radio station
KMOX in St. Louis, Dr. John
son is a professor of history on
eave 0f absence from Harris
Teachers college and St. Louis
university.
The international relations
clubs meet also will include a
talk by a Carnegie endowment
representative, who will discuss
club work and problems.
Topics which will be discussed
in the conference panels include:
"Challenge in China"; Challenge
in the Orient"; "Aid to Economic
ally Backward Countries" (Point
4 of President Truman's Fair
Deal); "Tito: Communism or Na
tionalism' and "Which Way Ger
many?" The last meeting of the con
ference will be devoted to re
ports of the round tables and to
the election of regional officers
for the following year.
Other conference activities
will include a luncheon on Fri
day, March 17, and a banquet
and dance that night.
A registration fee of $4.50 will
be necessary for the Wichita
meet. This fee includes a lunch
eon ticket for Friday noon, a
banquet ticket for Friday night,
a ticket to the dance and inci
dental fees. Hotel reservations
may be made, and rooms will
l also be provided in private
homes.
The Wichita conference will
be held lit the same time as Ne
braska's own model UN general
Es-embly. However, any students
winning to ;t?3id the regional
meet tan obtain more informa
tion from Irene Hunter, 2-2120.