r
-V Si
i
, K
, i
i
- ?
K
V.'
I
j3
11
p
r'
V
'0.
-A
3
i,
I
PAGE 4
Pao'S-SigEi
By Joan Lewis
Tor most of us, it it difficult
to imagine the America of
thirty, forty or fifty years ago.
Grandpa was a young man
when the century turned, but
me cnanges have come so grad
GAYLORD MARK
ually that perhaps they've been
almost unnoticed. The middle
aged of today were infants then;
much of this American way of
life was shaped by them. It is
theirs and only just beginning to
lip into younger hands.
To the young men and women
of America the thirties were
long ago, and the twenties al
most never were. Yet, a group
of students at the University
have captured an echo of those
-gooa old days," an era of
American life which they never
knew, in their musical revue
"Footlight Frolics of 1950."
These young people have se
cured a backer for their produc
tion. "Footlight Frolics of 1950"
will be presented Friday and
Saturday, Nov. 10 and 11, at
Lincoln high school auditorium
under the sponsorship of the
women's division of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
This is the first time in Uni
versity history that students
have undertaken the writing, re
hearsal and presentation of a
musical revue on a professional
basis.
"Footlight Frolics of 1950"
originated as a 30-minute skit
written by Gaylord Marr. This
brief edition was presented in
March by Alpha Epsilon Kho,
national honorary radio frater
nity, at its annual banquet. In
May of last year, Marr and his
group of performers were asked
to present their show at the
Union.
Feeling that a 30-minute show
was too short to have wide ap
peal, Marr rewrote the show and
made many additions. The ex
panded production ran two and
one-half hours and was received
enthusiastically by a capacity
student and faculty audience on
Sunday, May 7, under the title
of "I Can Almost Hear It Now."
The versatility and wit of the
show brought a demand from
the students for a repeat per
formance. When presented a
week later, another capacity
crowd of over 1,200 was at
tracted. There were many re
quests for another repeat at that
time, but conflicting schedules of
the participants made it impos
sible. In July Marr and some of the
principals of the cast began to
dream of presenting "their
show" again. They began to
dream of securing a sponsor for
the show.
They prepared a brochure de
scribing the show, its history
and pertinent facts about the
cast. Drawings were made of
costumes that captured the spirit
of American show business for
the past 50 years. Then came the
day when they met with Mary
Jo Latsch, president of the
women's division of the Cham
ber of Commerce, and offered
the show to them.
The plan was greeted with en
thusiasm. Financial arrange
ments had to be worked out and
then the black cloud the wom
en's division decided that rental
of a downtown movie theatre
was too great there'd be no
show. But they hadn't reckoned
with the faith of these kids.
The young entertainers found
that the high school auditorium
could be rented at a more rea
sonable rate. This time when
they approached the women's
division they came out with a
contract.
Now, the wonder and en
chantment of their big chance
has not faded. There's a lot of
work to be done to get the show
In shape. Rehearsals are in full
Religious Week
Offers Books
"Atom Bombs and You," and
"Human Ventures in Sex, Love
and Marriage" are two of the
pamphlets available in the He-Jigion-ln-Llfe
Week book selec
tions. Bo ok I on display include
'Primer for Protestants" by
Nichols; "When You Marry," by
Duvall; "Prayer and Worship,"
by Steere; and "The Negro in
America" by Stewart. A book by
Elton Trueblood is also in the
display.
Nebraska Book store carries
the selections. These books per
tain to questions being discussed
at the convocations and seminars.
They include problems personal
to students and problems about
the world situation.
A book display committee
headed by Eleanore Wiberg se
lected the books. A committee
member is on hand approxi
mately four hours each day to
help students choose the book
they want. The display is open
at all times.
A large supply of books and
pamphlets are available, accord
ing to Miss Wiberg. Pamphlets
range from one to 50 cents.
Many of the books were rec
emmended by the Federal Coun
cil of Churches and some were
recommended by the University
Christian missions.
1
" if
, . I V
1" 7
Frolics
swing and the "Frolics" cast
talks of nothing else but their
November presentation. Once
again they'll be capturing mem
ory for an audience.
Memories like these the echo
of hisses and cheers for the old
time melodramas the . corny
gags and robust enthusiasm of
the old vaudevillians an Amer
ica which kept singing when it
went "Over There" then the si
lent movies, the "chestless" girls
of the 1920's hip flasks and a
toe-tingling dance called the
Charleston people like W. C.
Fields and Mae West who added
glitter to the depression-torn
thirties a day of infamy Pearl
Harbor."
But America could still sing
about "When the Lights Come
On Again." And then somebody
flicked the switch ... the lights
came on and suddenly you had a
vaudeville stage in the living
room ana you called it television.
These and many more memories
will live again when "Footlight
Frolics of 1950" hits the boards
on Nov. 10 and 11.
The most versatile and talent
ed person in "Footlight Frolics"
is undoubtedly Gaylord Marr,
author, producer and director of
the show. Marr's writing expe
nence includes two one-act
plays which were produced in
the University Experimental
Theatre.
In addition to his musical re
vue, "I Can Almost Hear It
Now," Marr also enjoyed a sue
cessful showing of another re
vue, "Skyline Scandals." He was
the author of a series of clra
matic radio shows on the KOLN
program, "Mid Country," which
played for 36 weeks.
He wrote the first educational
TV script to be videoed in this
area by WOW. He wrote "San
Francisco," which appeared in
the Prairie Schooner.
In the area of acting, Marr
had several seasons with the Pi
per Players, a professional stock
company. In his acting career he
has created over 50 leading or
supporting land roles in famous
shows. These roles range from
comedy to heavy tragedy and
are only further evidence of his
versatility. Marr also is profi
cient in the areas of set design,
costuming and stage make-up.
The theme of the entire pro
duction is the history of show
business from the days of the
melodrama to present-day tele
vision. There is a mixture of
satire, comedy and drama that
evokes the nostalgia that always
accompanies memories. The old
er members of the audience will
recall faraway and almost for
gotten days and the younger
generation will set the things
they've heard mom and dad talk
about.
Marr said: "We feel that
through research, the advice of
older and wiser heads, a consid
eration of past popular songs
and a fond backward look at the
footlight favorites of yesterday,
we have captured an echo of
those good old days, an era of
America which we never knew."
When you see "Footlight Frol
ics" you're sure to walk out say
ing "I remember when . . ."
Mexican Study
Grants Offered
To US Students
Twenty-five grants to Amer
icen students for study in Mex
ica are now available. The
United States-Mexican commis
sion on cultural cooperation is
offering these awards to grad
uates and undergraduates.
The undergraduate level in
cludes physical anthropology,
archaeology, ethnology, Mexican
history, architecture and philos
ophy and letters.
The graduate level contains
physical anthopology, archeaol
ogy, ethnology Mexican history,
musegraphy, painting, biological
sciences, pediatrics, tropical
medicine and cardiology.
Requirements for eligibility
are: American citizenship; suffi
cient knowledge of Spanish to
follow a full course of study or
training; good academic record
and (good professional record if
the applicant is not a recent
graduate); good moral character,
personality and adaptability;
broad knowledge of the culture
of the United States, and good
health.
Application forms can be se
cured from the U.S. student pro
gram of the Institute of Inter
national Education.. The appli
cations and supporting docu
ments must be filed by Nov. 20.
Ten undergraduate scholar
ships include tuition and a main
tenance grant of 600 pesos per
month. Five undergraduate fel
lowships pay tuition and a grant
of 800 pesos per month. Ten
scholarships offer round-trip
transportation and 350 pesos,
All applicants, except those in
museography painting, pediatrics
and cardiology, must be prepared
to begin studies by the end of
Feb., 1951.
Meeting Planned
For College Days
University students and faculty
will have a chance to hear an
explanation of plans and pur
poses of College Days Thursday
at a mass meeting.
1 The meeting will be Thursday,
Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. Parlors
ABC, Union. Explaning College
Days will be the chairman and
assistant chairmun of the com
mittee, Gene Berg and Nancy
Porter.
The all-Unlvesrity project is
sponsored by Builders and will
take place April 25 to 27.
Students will be given a
chance to ask questions about
the project at the mass meeting
and will be given opportunity to
decide . which committee or
phases they would liki to work
on.
rSjj 7mmmismmm immmmmss.
ft " f. Ill
" i "jL 1
imiiiiirinwiiiiitiiiiM
uRLanuiHA:-Aipna tpsilon Rho players Sue Kent and Ed
Bender recapture the warmth of the great stage favorite "Okla
homa! in the homey scene with farm gal (Kent) churning butter.
The scene is from "Footlight Frolics of 1950."
Itfs the Cats! Campus Felines
Celebrate Their Oivn Week
By Don Ballard
This week, in spite of some
campus opposition, has been oro-
claimed National Cat Week. It the "latest dirt" was not re
is sponsored by the American quired, they pointed out that
Feline society and is supported,
as the name suggests, by several
sororities. As one leading coed
put it, "It's the cats!"
According to authorities, the
cat has long been subiected to
all sorts of indignities. Not only
have they lost their coats but,
adding insult to injury, the said
coats have been hideously dis
colored and paraded about cam
pus uner tne tines or coney,
mink, and even leopard. Said
one Lincoln furrier, "It's getting
so a respectable cat can t even
recognize his own brother when
he sees him keeping some coed
warm."
Multipication
a common complaint regis
tered by one cat-owner, a
faculty mathematician, was that
mathematically speaking, "cats
multiply." The Feline society,
mathematically answering, sug
gested, "Sum way to end this
multiplication problem is to
divide the males from the fe
males by leaving the cat in the
house all night."
Several campus kittens, roused
from their afternoon snoozes
cat naps, as they're called, said
that they resent being called
rodent-insurance. To quote one
kit, "Some - of the most active
students on this campus are rats."
Another admitted that some of
his best friends lived in "lit
erally holes." Yet a third insisted
that he was trying to date a
"cute little mouse." Several de
clared that their pals named "a
dump" when asked for their Lin
coln residences.
Upon hearing their use in
stores, warehouses, and on farms
was encouraged, several sweet
young tabbies purred into the
reporter's ear that they much
preferred life in a 16th street
Honoraries
To Present
Music Recital
The University School of Fine
Arts will present Delta Omicron,
Mu Phi Epsilon, Sigma Alpha
Iota, and Phi Mu Alpha Sin
fonia in a concert directed by
Dale Ganz on Thursday, Nov. 9,
at 8 p.m., in the Union Ball
room. The program will consist of
the following:
Ballad for Americans .Robinson
Lloyd Lotspeich and chorus
Trio No. 2 in C Minor
Mendelssohn
Scherzo
Finale
James Stevenson, violinist
James Christioasen, cellist
Lewis Forney, accompanist
Kye Song of St. Bridge. . .Clokcy
Blow, Gabriel, Blow
Peter Warnick
Charlottown Bryon
Old Woman Davis
From Grief to Glory
Christionsen
Accompanists will be Barbara
Gilmore and Lewis Forney.
Crowe to Speak
At Math Meeting
Donald W. Crowe, who was an
exchange student at the Univer- i
slty of Zurich in Switzerland last i
year, will speak Wednesday,
Nov. 8, at a Phi, Mu Epsilon
meeting. The meeting of the
mathematics honorary will he
held at 7:30 p.m., in Room 225
Burnett.
Crowe is a former University
student and is now a graduate
assistant in the mathematics de
partment. He will speak about
his experiences in Switzerland
and show colored slides.
The meeting will be open to
the public and will be followed
by a business meeting conducted
by John Adams, president of Phi
Mu Epsilon.
KNU Schedule
Wdnesduy
p.m. Sweet and Low
lHwn
p.m. Modern Composer
p.m. One Nite Stand
p.m. Campus Roundup
ism. fitudeut Union Ac
ilvJUen p.m. UNESCO Program
p.m Platter Chatter
p.m. Sign Off
3:00
3:15
3:45
4:00
4:13
4:30
4:45
6:H0
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
I pent-house asking only a soft
soia and a box of fresh dirt. Kv-
nlainine that -fnr th Pi r Tti irnncoc
while wolves could invite girls
up to see their etchings, it was
considered much beter taste for
a lady man-hunter to offer some
"cute kittens" as a lure to her
apartment, liquor, and personal
ity. ;
The Feline society, in issuing
their annual Cat-Week state
ment, suggested that cats could
just as well replace all the pigs
that University men rave about.
After they're gone
. . . they're GONE!
Unfortunately, the
price has Increased
since we purchased
these special tux
edos . . . therefore,
we cannot accept
any additional
orders ' after otir
present supply
exhausted.
II S rw
j
III fV
You Name It, Bessey Hall
Animal Plant Life of AH
Name it any size, any color,
from minute to monstrous,
ghastly green to passionate pur
ple Bessey hall has it all in its
diverse collection of fauna, ani
mal life, and flora, the plant pic
ture 'to say nothing of housing
the botany, zoology and biology
departments as well.
Yes, Bessey hall has every
thing .from anemic leaves that
are dificient in chlorophyll to
lacy purple fans called Coelenter
ates. It's animal, if there's any
doubt about it.
Then there are the forest green
sponges and their buff eolored
relatives. Their Bizarre shapes
range all the way from the
gnarled tree trunk variety to the
enlarged index finger rendition.
Among these, the commdn kitchen
sponge, a prominent component
of this group, is not to be forgot
ten. Bleached Coral
When coral is mentioned, a vi
sion of orangy-red usually flash
es in the mind. A big disappoint
ment is in store for you here kid
dies. All 'the prize specimines
from Florida . must have taken a
peroxide bath at , sometime or
other. That's right, they like to
conform with bleaching crazes
too!
Did you know that there are
warts on leaves as Well as on
people's hands? Of Course you
did. These deformations are used
in the study of a parasite, black
stem rust, in relation to wheat
and barberry bushes.
Rings, but not the finger kind
are found on osage wange and
white pine trunk cross sections.
They are indicators of age, not
engagement, marriage or gradua
tion! Roots of Knowledge
The roots of knowledge as well
CLASSIFIED
KXPHRT pipe itnd llrhti-r repairing. Quirk
nervier. Scmvartzmairfl, 1.14. ti m
LOST KftE slide-rule between 14th &
U nnd Bancroft Hall. Call 2-7741.
WANTED tutor Chemistry 1. Call 3-3803
after 6.
Lost In Andrews, 2 text books. Keith
Nelson, phone SO-6792.
Visit us at our
new location,
iin.
Ayers
Clothinp. 136 So.
.1 sn9ib-
1 )
yy i r i
as those of the morning glory and
oak tree leaf have been discov
ered here.
Models? This building- has
them of those exotic structures
flowers. To add to the ingenu
ity of these displays, there is the
little detail of detachable parts.
If, however, after hearing about
all these still life studies, you
wish to see some honest-to-good-ness
plant life, try the herbarium
on third floor. You may gain ad
mittance if you are one of the
privileged few who "knows Joe."
Stepping from the plant king
dom into the animalian domain,
Bessey hall appeals to the hunter
population. Ducks, pheasants,
quail and geese are plentiful, to
sav nothing of the wide fish as
sortment. There's one catch
you'll have to be satisfied to take
your birds home stuffed and your
fish pickled in formaldehyde. Re
volting development!
Formaldehyde
Speaking of formaldehyde, the
biology department also has
Union to Sponsor
Dance Friday
"Autumn Daze" is the dance to
take place in the ballroom
of the Union this Friday evening
from 9 to 12 o'clock. Music will
be furnished by Ken Duram and
a combo With both regular and
square dancing numbers being
played. Everyone is urged to
wear cotton and jeans for the
party.
If you don't know how to
square dance, come anyway, be-
1 cause, according to information
received, there will be special
teaching classes where other "un
learned" persons will also receive
training in the gentle art of
"swing your partner."
Tickets will be on sale for 44
cents and may be bought at the
door or from any ISA member.
A specit.1 invitation to all uni
versity students has been issued
with special emphasis for all
"Greek's" to come and get ac
quainted with their Independent j
fellow student. '
tailored and priced to
student-approved specifications
SIMON'S
college-board
TUXED O
Our College Board gave us
the word . . . "THIS YEAR,
the men want the uual high
styled tux . . . but AT A
PRICE!" And, trut us, you
get what you want at Simon'!
We rail it the College Hoard
Tuxedo, a handsome mid
night blue, double-breasted
model with distinctive gros
grain long-roll lapels. All this
at a wallet-si7 39.50.
Regulars, Short, Lonn, Exlru-Umn
Tuxedo Junction,
Fk Come Fim al Simon's!
Wednesday, November 8, 195.0
Has It;
Varieties
pickled frogs, crawdads, earth
worms and nicotine-s c e n t e d
grasshoppers to offer any eager
lab friend.
Another sweet "perfume" is
the ether used by advanced zool
ogy classes to knock out Droso
phila melanogaster, that familiar
little fruit fly.
Remember the parasite! This
division includes a little creation
called Nematode, a sheep para
site. Of course there is that good
old tape worm, better known to
the biologist as taenia sagmata.
Preserved specimens of these cute
little things may be seen, quietly
sitting in the display case in their
tightly capped bottles.
Eagrer Over Esro?
If you're eager over ego
namely yourself there is a var
ied array of foot bones, hand
structures and skull fragments.
Secticnalized summies of the
brain are also helpful in efforts
to uncover the secret of what
makes someone "tick."
The curiosity of the phrase of
"see yourself as others see you"
may lead you to wonder about
those cadavers in captivity over
there. Curiosity may win out, for
only those are allowed who are
lucky enough to receive an en
graved invitation from some pre
med. Yes, Bessey hall has all those
things and then some. When that
new greenhouse goes into full
operation, there'll be even more!
-caSwa
DANDEE DIAPER
SERVICE
"DOUBLt PROTECTION"
Baby talk magazine free
each month. For informa
tion call the "Double Pro
tection" cliaper service,
1920 So. 12th St. Ph. 3-8853
Simon's Second Fl
oor
5
P
r
. ' '".3 -