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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
TuesHoy, Tuly 15, I960
NU Students Conduct
Vets Radio Program
Bill Hemke and Joan Hanson,
radio students at the University of
Nebraska, put on a semiweekly
radio show at the VA hospital in
Lincoln, under the supervision of
the VA staff. The following are
excerpts from Bill's term paper
in which he describes the show,
which goes out over the bedside
network at the hospital. This ar
ticle was taken from the spring
issue of the American Red Cross
College Activities Magazine, 'The
Record."
"On Tuesday and Thursday of
each week Joan Hanson and I ar
rive at the veterans hospital short
ly after the noon hour, about
12:S0. Upon arriving at the hospi
tal we make our way, notebook
in hand, to one of the four floors
of the hospital and then into one
of the many wards. Here I an
nounce that Joan and I have a
musical request program and that
if they the patients) have any
favorite tunes we'd be glad to
play them.
"We usually get more Requests
than we can handle on one pro
gram. Some of the veteran patients
get the titles twisted and we must
try to untwist them. Some know
only the melody of a tune and we
try to solve these melody mys
teries. If we do not have the rec
ord or transcription that the vet
eran patient wants to hear, Joan
and 1 put our heads together and
try to pick a tune that we think
he or she will like. This, some
times, is a very difficult task.
Most Popular Tune
""Strange as it seems, the most
popular tune in the hospital is one
that is not listed on the Hit Pa
rade "Don't Fence Me In." One
patient, who has an apparatus
hung over his bed, repeatedly re
quests "The Man on the Flying
Trapeze."
"After getting 15 to 20 requests
for the program, Joan and I visit
the other wards and rooms telling
the veteran patients about our pro
gram and getting their opinions
concerning it.
"Time flits by as we talk with
the patients, and we suddenly
realize-that we'll have to hustle to
pull the requests and get the mu
sic for our program in order. So
back to the studio we go, where
we busily prepare our show.
"The radio system at the veter
ans hospital is a very interesting
setup. The broadcasting end is
comparable to that of a 250 watt
radio station. The Red Cross vol
unteer is his own engineer. The
equipment consists of the "Board,"
two dual speed turntables, and a
makeshift transmitter that re
ceives and transmits to the pa
tients and to various parts of the
hospital.
Strictly Ad-lib
"As we pull our chairs up in
front of the board and in between
the two turntables, the large clock
on the wall shows 2 o'clock. For
Clara Bow NU
'Extension Coca?
Remember Clara . Bow, the
glamor girl of the 20's?
She recently completed a course
of study thru the University of
Nebraska. She was registered in
a course of remedial English with
the extension division here.
A Hollywood columnist said
Miss Bow passed the study "with
all A's." Miss Virginia Hutt who
graded her papers, said that the
former motion-picture "It girl"
did very well.
In. the jazz-age of the 20's Clara
Bow was the idol of the Ameri
can women who patterned their
conduct, fashions and hair-do's
after the actress.
Miss Bow retired from the
screen in 1930 to live with her
husband, author Rex Bell, on their
ranch m San Fernando
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the next 45 minutes Joan and
Bill's Vets Jamboree" is far from
a formal musical program. It is
strictly an ad-lib show except for
a written opening and closing. We
make lots of "flubs" but this
seems to add rather than detract
from our program.
"Records have been played at
33 13 RPM, transcriptions just
the opposite. Needles have skipped
grooves because someone jarred a
turntable. WeVe talked into a dead
mike on various occasions. But as
we become more familiar with the
equipment these incidents are
gradually decreasing.
'Our show comes equipped with
a few gimmicks. Two of the most
common are the applause record
that we play after what we think
is a humorous anecdote, and the
time signal, which is a loud Chi
nese gong.
"So from 2 o'clock to 2:45 on
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons,
Joan and I parade our music and
foolishness before the microphone
on a program that we like to call
"Joan and Bills Vets Jamboree."
Seniors Plan
Mnsic Recital
For Thursday
Three seniors in the School of
Music will present a Tecital in
the Union ballroom, Thursday,
July 20 at 4 p. m.
Students taking part in the re
pital are Alice Harms, soprano;
Russell Norman, pianist, and Ed
Wells, tenor. They fill be accom
naned bv Kathleen Burt and
Margaret Shelley.
The program:
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A Piper, Head
Dream, Horsmnn
Kinsam in Truben Tagen, lohortKrin-
Wagner
Alice Harms, soprano
Kathleen Burt, Accompanlts
Sonata op. 2 No. 1
First movement, Beethoven
Fantastic, Dances No. and 2, Shostako
vich
Dr. Gradus ad Parnnssum. TebUfssy ,
Russell Norman, Pianist
Flower Song, Bizet
Abnaniono, Respighi
Widmung, Schumann
The Green Cornfield. Head
Night, McArthur
Ed Wells, Tenor
Margaret Shelley, Accompanist
TC Sets Date
For Workshop
Friday, July 20, the third in
the series of ' Teachers College
Workshop Clinics will be held.
Theme for the day session is
'Essentials in a Modern School
Plant Hnw to Renovate the Old
Building. How to Build the New
Building."
Afternoon session is from 2 to
& nm in the Love Library Audi
torium and Dr. N. E. Viles, Spe
cialist of School Want manage
ment, U.S. Office of Education,
will give the address centering
around the theme of the clinic.
Dinner session begins at 6 p.m.,
at the YMCA and features Dr.
Roger Allbright, Director of
Educational services of the Amer
ican Film Industry, who will talk
on "Adapting of the Schools to
Audio Visual Instruction." A
panel discussion will follow, par
ticipants are: Dr. Viles; Dr. K. O.
Broady, Director of University
Extension Division; Floyd Parker,
Director of Schools.
The next clinic will be held
July 24 and 25. Principal speaker:
Dr. E. T. McSwain, Dean, Uni
versity College, Northwestern
University. Topic of this session
is "A Unified Program of Educa
tion for Parents ana xeacners.
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NU Scientists
Win $16, ISO
For Research
Two University of Nebrasla
scientists have received research
grants for $16,480, Dean R. W.
Goss of the Graduate college an
nounced riaay.
A $10,000 srant has been made ;
by the Atomic Energy Commis
sion to Dr. Theodore Jorgen
sen, jr., chairman of the Univer
sity's Department of Physics. His
research is concerned with the
"range-energy relations of slow
ions." The A.E.C made a similar
grant to Dr. Jorgensen during the
last fiscal year.
Dr. Carl Olson, - jr chairman
of the University's Department of
Animal Pathology -and Hygiene,
is the recipient of a grant of
$6,480 from the U.S. Public
Health Service for the year start
ing Aug. 1. Dr. Olson's research
is concerned with the reactions
of animals to Papilloma viruses,
tiny organisms which cause
warty conditions on livestock.
Tennis Courts Open
For Two More Weeks
The tennis courts between the
coliseum and the armory will be
open to all summer school stu
dents lor general play until the
closing of the summer session.
Night play will continue until
9:30 p.m. every week day. The
only stitpulation for using the
courts is that at all players must
use regulation smooth sole tennis
shoes.
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Lincoln Must Build Auditorium
At 15th and N Site, Court Rules
The proposed Lincoln municipal
auditorium must be built on the
15th and N street site according
to a Nebraska supreme court rul
ing. The decision reversed a Lan
caster county district court de
cision in a suit brought by six
Lincoln residents. The opinion
prohibits another vote.
Legal procedure permits an
other heading, however. Should
the supreme court grant a re
hearing, it could reverse itself.
Petitions for a charter amend
ment vote barring the issue from
going on the ballot were found
sufficient by Election Commis
sioner Ray Frohn. The unanimous,
opinion said that it is a general
rule that the courts will not in
quire into the validity or constitu
tionality of an election in advance. ;
Nor said the court will it prohibit 1
it at the suit of -a taxpayer unless
it appears that the passage or en-;
actment thereof would destroy or
irreparably damage special prop
erty rights peculiar to the tax
payer and not enjoyed by the peo
ple at large.
There would be irreparable
damage if the amendment were
passed," said the court, because
the real estate at 15th and N
would have no value for the pur
poses for which it was purchased,
the fee funds expended for the
architect's fees would be lost and
the funds expended on the ice
rink contract would be lost.
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The suit, filed s a test case,
began last December, when At
torney Clarence Davis, represent
ing six of the original backers
of the auditorium, asked the Lan
caster county district court for
a declaratory judgment that would
bar further elections on the site,
and that would definitely locate
the auditorium at 15th and N."
The suit came on the heels of
several weeks discussion over the
auditorium plans and site. Dis
satisfaction was expressed over
the fact that the city had come
into possession of a tract at 55 rd
and O.
Famous last words I don't
have to study for his final; I have
his test from last semester, '
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