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SEPTEMBER 17, 1951 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN PAG2 a New Student Submits k - imymmmmtmim!m nuiim ..mi I,..ayriirinm mii mtem 1 rx'N K A d I A pi ' S fe'H Campus Tradition to Return With Opening of NU Theatre Pepsfers Ready For Action DENTISTRY DEMONS . . . Kathryn Huston, newcomer to the trials and tribulations of Nebraska campus procedures, seems to be en joying: part of the physical required for all University freshmen. Dr. Herb Nelson, left, and Dr. Ed Hoskin, right, are making sure that Miss Huston is in good physical condition to begin her first year of Nebraska University life. v Handbook University Copies of the 1951-52 Husker Handbook, which contain campus information about everything from maps to money, were given to about 1,500 new students last week. ., i The handbook was published for the first time this year under the sponsorship of the Student Council. It is tr. take the pacel of several booklets which have been printed by various campus organizations in past years. Editor; of the handbook was Leonard -Bush and managing edi tor was Jackie Sorensen. Shirley ; Murphy "and Gerry Felman were copy editors and photography edi tor was Bob Sherwood. Six University organizations fi anced the publication They were Associated Women Students, Coed Counselors, ' Religious Welfare council, Student Publication board, Student Union and University Publication board. Aids Freshmen; Life Featured of the Student Council, and Chan celor 71. G. Gustavson. A list of campus executives and a story about "Husker Heritage" are also included in the first section Nancy Pumphrey was in charge of the second division on "Beau tiful Beginning," which contains a resume an schedule of New Student Week. "Husker Homes," the third sec tion, includes information about residence halls, fraternities, sorori ties and men's co-op houses. It was edited by Mary Lou Flaherty. A section on "Money Matters," planned by Terry Barnes, con tains explanations of University expenses, student employment, banking, loans, scholarships and grants. Hester Morrison edited a division on "College Classes," which ex plains credit hours, student con duct, add and drop rocedures, col lege transfers, grading systems, Maps of the city and Ag college class times and exams. Student Campuses are printed in the front eligibility and dismissals are also of the booklet and the year's cal-l discussed in this section. By Sally Adams News Edjtor With the reopening of the Uni versity Theatre, students will have the opportunity to become familiar with the Theatre and its work in the field of dramatic art- Plans, pending for three years, have been made for the renova tion of the Temple Theater. Con struction will begin as soon as the government allots the steel. This season, however, the University has leased the Nebraska Theater for the presentation of its plays. The last production given at the Temple Theatre was in December, 1948. It was then closed down on the orders of the State Fire Mar shall and further use of the Tem ple stage was impossible. Wes leyan University offered its stage and facilities permitting the Uni versity Theatre to complete its season. The following year, five shows were staged and pre sented at the Nebraska Theater. Productions given on that stage Included "Faust" and "The Glass Menagerie." It was a dif ficult feat since the cast of each show was allowed ony one dress rehearsal on the Nebraska stage. Stage crews had to work most of the night before the show, and actors had to become ac customed to a new stage. Last year, as hopes of a new University Theatre were raised, it was decided that the season must be utilized for organizing and re grouping. "Antigone" and "Caesar and Cleopatra" were given on the experimental stage at the Tem ple building but no play series was offered. , The contest for Honorary Pro ducers will also be revived this year. The office of Honorary Pro- Campus activities are explained in a devision entitled "Activities Array." It was edited by Connie Gordon. endar is in the back. The re mainder is divided into ten sec tions of University life. -The first division, "Hello Hus- kers," was carted by Anne Jane "Social Sessions," a xraii. ii contains welcoming iet-, section which discusses dances, ters from George Cobel, president music and dramatic programs, --r :- -r I convocations and Union- movies, t ' -v .vas planned by Ruthann Lavine. , t CW r OSltlOllS Open Jane Randall was in charge of " ' f t i s- i . a division on "Husker Highlights." Ill JailU, UrClieStra It explains University traditions, , sucn as vy uay, Homecoming, Tryouts Underway For Musical Groups Tryouts for University Singers and Madrigal Singers will be held between 4 and 5 p.m. today and Tuesday at the Music building, Dr. Arthur E. Westbrook an nounced. University Singers tryouts will be held in Dr. Westbrook's office in Room 104 of the Music build ing. The group, directed by Dr. Wpsthronk includes about 100 students who are mostly upper-1 ducer for the University Theatre was created several years ago by the Theatre to show its apprecia tion for the support given it by campus organizations. After a close race the first year, 1948, Margy Zellers of Sigma Kappa and Byron Krasne of Zeta Beta Tau became Honorary Pro ducers. Theye were formally pre sented on the stage of the Temple Theater. Virginia Seacrest of Kappa Delta and Tom Donohoe of Sigma Chi were victorious in the race for Honorary Producer in 1949. Since plays were being given at the Nebraska Theater, the opening night of Faust was marked by their presentation to the audience. Since then, the idea of an Hon orary Producer has become known all over the United States. Not wishing to give up the idea merely because The University Theatre has no stage of its own, the per sons involved have again decided to have Honorary Producers. The organizations have now begun their ticket campaigns and the race is on. The Honorary Producers for 1951 will be presented at the opening of the first play, "Othello." Shakespeare's great tragedy will be given at the Ne braska Theater on Oct. 30 and 31. In December, the University Theatre will present "Idiot's Delight" by Robert Sherwood. The play is light and frothy on the surface, yet it contains a strain ' of melancholy which makes it one of the finest works by Sherwood, author of "The Petrified Forest." The last production of the sea son will be Elmer Rice's powerful and dramatic "Street Scene." The Pulitzer Prize winner will be given by the University Theatre in March. 1 4 III !' ' i L)MtlwiiiiiiMillltlolDiWMia ! I l4 '8lft, . iIMT I'" iT"1 r 1 Is tVTilnTiimnnn ll '-""-i 1 HOT FOR HUSKER HUSTLE . . . Caught in a rare moment of inactivity are NUs 1951-52 cheers- leaders. Co-eds absent from last year's sauad will soark Cornhusker snorts fans during an e pected glorious gridiron season. Pictured are: standing, 1. to r., Dick Claussen, Jane Calhoun (I ternate). Marshall Kushner (alternate). Ira Epstein. Judv Wiebe. Jack Chedester. Jo Berry md1 Jerry Tubbs; seated, Don Devries, yell king. Nt pictured: George Hancock, assistant yell kimj and Stuart Reynolds (alternate). Yell Squad Pans New Cheers For Season a Members of the 1951-52 yell squad, headed by Yell King Don Devries, are working on several new cheers for the football sea son. They will be used at the Texas Christian game Sept. 29 if they can be taught to the students in time. This year's squad includes two coeds, Jo Berry and Judy Wiebe. They were chosen last spring from about 75 applicants by an advisory board composed of six students and three faculty mem bers. Last year's cheerleaders were all males. Besides Devries and Misses Berry and Wiebe, the squad in cludes Georce Hancock, assistant I yell king, Jerry Tubbs, Ira Ep stein, Jack Chedester and Dick Claussen. Alternates are Jane Cai houn, Stuart Reynolds and Mar shall Kushner. Jake Geier, sponsor of the cheerleaders, declares that the three alternates should be given as much experience at leading yells as possible. "I anticipate terrific spirit for football this fall," Geier said, "and if so, the alternates will help lead cheers at the games." New red and cream uniforms will be worn by the coed cheer leaders and most of the boys' out fits will be new. Yell leaders will wear cream - colored skirts or trousers and red sweaters. A large white "N" will be on Rush Week May Seem Like Fun, But Wait Look What's Coming Can You Jake It? Positions are open for a num-;Militar in(j Mortar Board balls ber of selected oboe players lnoed Follies and pinning cere- ine umveiijiLj synipnony uicnes- monies classmen The Madrigal group is directed by David Foltz and includes about 20 singers. Tryouts will be held section I at Foltz's office in Room 112 of tne music Dunaing. Results of the tryouts will be posted on the Music building bul letin board sometime during this week Any student may try out for the music groups but the directors prefer upper-classmen. Freshmen are asked to spend a year in one of the University chorus groups. 4 tra and in the band. String bass players, also, are need for the or chestra. Persons interested should make direct application to Emanuel Wishnijw, orchestra- director, 210 Music building, or to Donald "Husker Helpers," a section on University services, was edited by Adele Coryell. A division on "Sports Spotlights" was planned by Ira Epstein. A limited number of handbooks are available at the junior dr Lentz, band director, 201 Music i vision for new students who have building. I not received their copies. W J. L IJw it f Lf - s J J " -fei - 'I it i .ff' University Alumni Receive Awards Five University alumni received Distinguished Service awards at commencement exercises last June. The recipients were hon ored for service to the University and in professional and public life. Persons honored were L .R. BlRnchard, Rochester, New York, executive editor of the Gennett Group of papers; Percy C. Spencer, New York City, presi dent of Sinclair Oil Company; Mary Ann Dokahr, Washington, D. C., home economist for the United States Department of Ag riculture. Daniel Gutleben, San Francisco, j engineer for the Pennsylvania Sugar compan; and Samuel C. Waugh, Lincoln, past chairman of the alumni finance committee. debate debate JUNIOR GESTAPO . . . West Berlin police arrest some 31 members of the "Junior Gestapo" of the Communist youth festival in Berlin who were seizing other Communist youthi returning from forbidden visits to the western sector. The young informers, shown in uniform, were arrested when the truck In which they were returning to their quarter was driven by mistake into the C.8. sector of Berlin. They had been stationed along the boundary pointing out wandering comrades.' First Debate Squad Meeting Scheduled Students interested in should attend the first squad meeting Thursday, Sept. 30. The meeting will start at 7:30 p. m. in the Temple building, ac cording to Donald Olson, director of debate. Previous experience is not necessary. The University debate team is divided into two sections, the freshman squad and the varsity. Both participate in an active pro gram in inter-collegiate debates. Coaches are Olson and Bruce Kendall. "I'm so glad to meet you ah Mary!" Does this phrase have a familiar ring to anyone? No doubt it does, if any of you can remember back as far as rush week. The pause, of course, de notes an active straining for a peep at the rushee's name tag. Then the barrage of questions starts. "What did you do this sum mer?" "You went on a vacation?" "Where did you go?" "Have a good time?" "Well, that's good." After answering these queries until both rushee and active are blue in the face, the old home town business starts. "Do you know?" That makes anyone hold his breath and think, "Here comes the third degree!" Usually it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack remembering the individual in question. One can give up by saying the name sounds famih'ar, that they "know of the person and leave it at that. Or, if the subject under discussion is familiar, it is sometimes possible to strike up an interesting discussion and come out of it with a life-long buddy. After rushing is over, pledges are usually in a fog as to which active is which or what. Of course the actives, having learned the names beforehand, don't think of introducing themselves., During the lapse between in formal pledging and the begin ning of school the actives most generally make a point of show ing the new pledges a perfectly wonderful time. They also seem to be very handy at any time for help or advice. They encour age the new additions to come over to the house anytime. But wait there are methods at work behind this! Read on! When the pledge meetings con vene and reassemble with marked regularity, the picture changes entirely. It is then that the pledge realizes why he or she has been treated so cordially. Before school begins, house and freshman pledges alike find great sport in answering the phone, receiving callers and buzzing the buzzers. However, when it comes out that there is a penalty tacked on when these tasks are overlooked, enthusi asm wanes. The little "you'll see" whis pers and the pledge-trainer tac tics are confirmed completely at that first pledge meeting. To say the least, it satisfies the wonderings of many a new pledge's mind. When rules are publicized standing for actives, opening doors for them, speaking to them on campus, lighting their cigarets at dinner, keeping study hours, mak ing activity points, abiding by house regulations, earning honor points, getting acquainted with the demerit or black mark system and coming over for house duties the Door pledge feels swamped and somewhat depressed. Who wouldn't, after all that and then some? However, it takes them scarcely a week to get adjusted and into the house routine. It may seem like work at the time. It may be an enormous pill to swallow at first. But by the time the fra ternity' or sorority average is made and pledge tests aver and done with, the pledge really feels primed for initiation. But hold it! The story isn't over yet! After all this there are "work days." Some frater nities and sororities have their own names for these occasions, but for all general purposes, this title will suffice. Sometimes these little "gems" are mixed in with early pledg ing days. Sometimes they come after all the other preliminaries are over. At last, when initiation time comes up after what seems like a century to most pledges there seems to be a lot more attached to that active pin than a gold chain and a guard. The pin may startle its new wearer at first. But when the new initiate looks down at it, many memories will come to mind. i Then he'll think about the fra-l ternity or sorority he's joined, of an me wonderful mends he's made. Smiling triumphantly, hell think, "Gee I'm sure glad I'm one of that swell bunch!" .SfiQBfft the front of each sweater find-a, large white "U" and megapkcJw will be on the back. ReeL,asd white satin reversible jaclceaii complete the cheerleaders' ,H4f$srt The first rally of the season was held at the CornhsKw .y. Night barbecue Tuesday, W, 11, at Ag college. Yell lM?Wl taught cheers and songs t6 j large group of freshmen 4fl other new students. 0 j2'J The squad also planned 8' rally for the football team wliM,, they returned from Curtis SuhA day. 'Ja Cheerleaders have made plan's to attend the Kansas State game at Manhattan Oct. 6. 1 1 SN- v J4 - , H 1 v U . t , 1 4 , ' K " t If Ml' M : DEFENDS RFC . . . 1. Staart Symington, new administrator f the RFC, tells senate banking com mittee of reforms he has instituted In lending agency. He says 99.9 per cent of the organisation consists C honest, conscientious, capable Americans. 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