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PAGE 4 DAILY NEBRASKAN FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1951 Hayloft Presents Benefit For Circlet Building Fund By Bea Beutel Tuesday night, with a gracious heart backing a fine performance,! the Hayloft Summer Theatre pre sented "The Philadelphia Story," a pleasant comedy written by the late Philip Bary. Playing to an over capacity crowd of Circlet Community Theatre benefiters, the Hayloft cast succeeded in pleasing each patron with smart and polished dialogue, and a final "cinder" in the eye. The company generously donated all proceeds of the Tues day night performance to the Christine Graham Memorial Building Fund for Circlet. David Andrews, co-manager of the Theatre, speaking after the per formance, stated that any concern in community theatre is one of Interest to professional players. Leading the cast of excellent actors this week is Paulle Clerke playing "Tracy Lord," a highbrow Philadelphia "main-line" heiress once married but divorced for her lack of kindly understanding. Miss Clark portrays the gradual breaking down of the confident young man as plans for her mar riage to "George Kittredge; played by John Darley. bring her surprising character sketches of herself from interested friends. Sure of her new love, Tracy is disgusted when a reporter and photographer come to write up the wedding for a magazine, seemingly using the "once mar ried, high society" angle as a rea son. Her anger becomes aroused when her ex-husband "Dexter Haven," played by Arthur Howe, hangs around making cracks about their unsuccessful mar riage. In various talks, Tracy is first told by Dexter in explanation of their trouble, that she is charm ing yet has always had the down fall of hating weakness. He ex plains to her that men find her as like to a "goddess," who arouses their ego to be able to conquer. She thinks this an nouncement silly until her fiance later states that he considers her something great and above grasp ing, as a goddess. When finally her father, known to be dissatis fied with his home life, and whom she hates for his disloyalty, in forms her that hers is a heart of steel and that she, lacking sweetness, might be partly to blame for his wanderings, she be comes half confused, yet mad. In a well played drunken scene between herself and Mike the re porter, played by David Andrews in wise-cracking wit and humor, Tracy joins a two party midnight swim and aftermath witnessed by her fiance and ex-husband. Turn ing human after all. she sees her confused former viewpoint and dashes about in a morning hang over, reformed by Mike's slant on life and love, finding a good and loving substitute at the altar for her disgusted fiance. Miss Clarke brings out handkerchiefs when she and her father are reconciled in the closing minutes, as they proceed to the wedding ceremony Tlorence Anguish Joins with a Lincoln actor, Leo Hill, in playing Tracy's mother and father, fciiza beth Caldwell, in her best per formance this season, plays with understanding the tom-boy loving sister worried at her sister's es capades. Completing the family circle are Rich Miller as a jour nalistic brother who manages the news angle of the wedding, and Lew, Girard playing kind, weep-on-my-shoulder Uncle Willy. Alexandra Jack portrays the protographer who lends a sweet bit of advice and manages to fin' ish with her true love. Three lo cal persons. Twila Walker, Leon Porter and Walter Willi complete the cast as maid, watchman ana butler. 20 Instructors Added to NU Summer Staff Twenty teachers have been added to the Nebraska summer session faculty. The first cellist of the Univer sity of Kansas Symphony Or chestra, Maruice E. Pollom, will be guest instructor at the Uni versity of Nebraska summer ses sion. Dr. Arthur E. Westbrook, di rector of the School of Fine Arts, announced that Pollom will take charge of private cello instruc tion during the term. Pollom served in the army as part of an entertainment unit that played for GX shows. He has studied at the Nancy Con servetoire de Musique in Nancy, France, besides completing re quirements for a degree at the University of Kansas. Aaron Schmidt, Omaha, ana John Hardy, Wilber, are also teaching in the School of Fine Arts during the summer session. Hardy was graduated from Ne braska this spring, and Schmidt will receive his degree at the summer session commencement. There will be 17 instructors in Teachers college this summer. They are: Elementary education: unaries Turner, Helen Steele, Evelyn Pothast, Margaret Dooley, Flor ence Holfman, Mary Anderson, and Loretta Keller. Secondary education: William Bogar, Lincoln Public Schools, and M. G. Farrow. Fremont. School administration: Earle Wiltse, Grand Island, and Floyd Miller, State Department of Pub lic Instruction. Education services: Florence Jenkins, Lincoln high school teacher, and Harland Taylor, principal, Hastings high school. Others arc: Margaret O'Rourke, Teachers college high school K Barton Kline, school administra tion and secondary education; Vernon Larsen, Salt Lake City, educational psychology; E. G. Lightbody, Nebraska City, school administration and educational services. 1 Dr. Johannes Reumert, lec turer from Denmark, will instruct in the geography department, and Chritoski Yanaga of Yale University will be on the staff of the political science department. The final list of summer ses sion instructors has not yet been completed. 25 N.R.O.T.C. Midshipmen v Commissioned Twenty-five University Navy R.O.T.C. Midshipment were com missioned at formal exercises fol lowing the University's recent commencement. The midshipmen were commis sioned as insigns in the U. S. Navy as ensigns in the U. S. Naval Re serve, or as second lieutenants in the U. S. Marine Corps. All have been ordered to active duty stations. Capt. T. A. Donovan, professor of Naval Science at the University, got the midshipmen started off the top of the ladder. In addition to their service commissions, he presented each with a commission as Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska. Those commissioned are: Aronld O. Allen, Malcolm. Richard T. Bick, Grand Island. Kenneth J. Brown, Columbus. Neil V. Campbell, Rochester, N. Y. Harry U. Carpenter, Cloux City, la. Edward J. Condon, O'Neill. John W. GergeJ, Cleveland Heights, O. James T. Godfrey. Tuthill, S. D. Burton E. Holthus, Bertrand. Carter Iddings, Hammond, Ind. Robert W. Jensen, Fremont. Edwin G. Joaelyn, Randolph. Edward C. Lebeau, Marshall, Minn. Jimmia G. Peterson. Centerville, 8. D. Robert D. Phelps, Lincoln. Robert O. Rogers, Jr., Cloux City, la. Robert P. Rogers, Albuquerque, N. M. Richard ft. Bchlelger, Omaha. Paul L. Siegmund. White 'River, 8. D. David L. Slusher, Kansas City, Mo. Harvey S. Smith, Missouri Valley, la. Robert E. Stake, Adams. Norman A. Strand, Centerville, 8. D. Richard T. Thomas, Custer, 8. D. Robert L. Zwart, Omaha. AT miLLER S 0:30 a.m. THURSDAY . . . Miller's STOREWIDE JULY CLEARANCE TIME , . . brine 70a early bird th cream of the LOW, LOW priced crop! EXCEPTIONAL BARGAINS in noma Fur niahinga, Silver, Jewelry, Accessories, Fashionable Ready-to-wear, Carpets, Fabrics EVERY DE PARTMENT, EVERY FLOOR! WAKE P and see your dollar. S-T-Il-E-T-C-II! Miller', impressive SEMI-ANNUAL CLEAR ANCE Starting Thursday, July 5! fil.LLER 1 PAiflE Business Education Subject Of Teachers' Conference "Mid-Century Problemsinj Business Education" was the sub ject of the Business Teachers' Conference at the University. The conference was sponsored by the department of commercial' arts in Teachers college. Among the guest speakers par ticipating were Clyde Blanchard, Miss Dorothy Travis, Cortez Met ers, Miss Clara Kaufman and Ed ward Newton. Mr. Blanchard, chairman of the department of business education, at the University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla., was formerly an editor of the Gregg Publishing company and is the author of typewriting and shorthand texts. He is the author of "Twenty Shortcuts to Shorthand Speed." Miss Travis, assistant profes sor in the department of busi ness education, at the University of North Dakota, is the author of numerous articles in the field of business education. She is a mem ber of the editorial staff, type writing issue, "UBEA Forum." Mr. Peters, international fam ous speed typist, has captured the World's Amateur Typist title, the World's Accuracy Trophy, and the World's Portable Typewriter Speed Championship. He gave demonstrations for members of the conference. Miss Kaufman demonstrated mimeographing. Mr. Newton, dealer district manager for the North Central States, demonstrated the Clary Speed-o-lectric adding machine. : On Friday, Miss Travis lectured on "Individual Goals in Typewrit ing Speed and Accuracy." At 11 a.m. the experts gave their demonstrations Mr. Blanch ard demonstrated in Social Science, Room 205 and Miss Kauf mann in Room 103, Love Library. At. 1 p.m. Miss Louise Scott, educational director for Thomas Shorthand gave an analysis of Thomas Natural Shorthand in Room 225, Burnett hall. Miss Travis lectured on "Stand ards and Grading in Typewrit ing." The experts repeated their dem onstrations at 4 p.m. Miss Kauf mann again gave her demonstra tion in Room 103, Love Library. Mr. Blanchard moved his demon stration to Room 120, Burnett haU. On Wednesday the attendants of the conference heard Miss Lu vicy Hill, chairman of the com mercial department at the Uni versity, speak on "What are the Signs of Progress in Business Ed ucation?" 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