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TRADITIONS OF FEB. 14
Valentine Day History Includes
Riding Whips, Caps, Oranges
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Today Is for young men and
women whose Interests are senti
mentally directed toward mem
bers of the opposite sex. It is
Valentine's day.
To young lovers, who need
not be reminded, to Kirls who
hinted and emerged the victor,
and to the dashing hero who
finally forked over, this article
Is affectionately dedicated.
Valentine's day has a long,
elaborate history, but evidently
neither Webster nor the Encyclo
pedia Brittancia have heard about
It or else they are extremely dull
romanticists, weosier aaja
that
'Fcb. 14. Was observed as a fCS-i
tival in honor of St. Valentine. ItSjty Theatre's production, "Street
was a very old notion that on this .Scene," are open to all students,
day birds begin to mate. The cus- regardless of former dramatic ex
tern ot sending love tokens at this'perence or speech instruction.
time has no actual connection wim
the saint, whose name was intro
duced through mistake.
Valentine's day customs have
varied with the age and the coun
try. Arabian girls tie knots in their
lovers' riding whips, and young
Dutchmen once began a courtship
by snatching off their lady's rain
cap.
In Elizabethan England, val
entines attached to an apple or
an orange were tossed through a
woman's window. One of the
earliest known valentines was
created by the Duke of Orleans
vrhen he was taken prisoner at
Atincourt during the fifteenth
century It Is now in the British
museum.
Today's valentines, sometimes
augmented by flowers or candy,
are essentially the same as those
of centuries pgo the question is
still, "Will ou be my valentine?"
If you rece.ve in today's mail,
a card reading:
Even though it may not look It,
This valentine was inspired by
cupid.
Although it only says, "Hi
Stupid!"
Don't give It another thought. .
it is just a way of saying he loves
you. On the other hand, a gentle-;
man may receive a card reading
AU by her ownsome a girl gets
lonesome
But Td gladly take it on the chin
If you would care to fence me in.
Since it is leap year, the single
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eliminate doubts by declaring,
"It's Leap Year, mister, and in
cast you're look in'
I Just want to mention I'm not
tooken."
There is the matter-of-fact type
stating simply:
-It's true, Valentine, you make
Schrickcl To Load
Dalian-Union Talks
Individualists vs. Conform
ists" is the subject to be discussed
in the Delian-Union meeting, 303
Temple, Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 7:30
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TYPICAL NEBRASKA COED
n3 ONALIST3 . One of the above girls has been chosen as the Typical Nebraska Coed. She will
b f-rtrnv-U-A at a style show presented at Coed Follies Feb. 26 at the Nebraska theater. Finalists
are (L te r, front row) Joan Uolden, Tina Wos-ter, Marilyn Irwin, Neala O'Dell. (second row)
lra Ai Harden, Jane Calhoun, Joan Hanson, Sne Relnhardt, Elisabeth Gass, (third row) Terry
I riira, Mary Ann Kellogg, Marilyn Cook, Syvla Krasne, Artie Westcott, (fourth row) Mary Jean
? . " vim, Nancy Whitmore, Sue Gorton, Connie Clark and Georgia Ilulac. Not In picture, Harriette
V.'iuie. (Daily Kebraskan Photo.). ....
IT'S LEAP YEAR . . . Mickey McKie is taking advantage of this
Valentine's Day by using Cupid's traditional bow and arrow in
aiming for Val Hammond.
chills run up and down my
spine
But, golly, so does Frankenstein.
There is at least one comforting
aspect for modern man. There are
Tryouts For
Of Rice's 'Street Scene' To End Friday
Director Dallas Williams has an-'
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University Theatre is hoping
to use "new blood" in its last
production of the season. Wil
liams also remarked that the
majority of the actors In former
plays were not speech majors.
All students who wish to try
out will be given equal consid
eration in casting the play.
Tryouts are to be from 3 to 5
p.m. Thursday and 7 to 9 p.m.
Friday in Room 201, Temple. The
play requires 16 men and 11
women for speaking parts and
numerous extras.
"Street Scene," a Pulitzer
Priie winner from the pen of
Foreign Film
Shows Nazi
Persecutions
"Distant Journey," a CzechoslO'
vakian film of wartime Jewish
persecution in Nazi prison camps.
will be shown in Love library
auditorium at 2:30 and 8 p.m.
Saturday.
Using a single family for the
story, the film reveals the horrors
of concentration camps where
Czechoslovakian Jews were tor
tured during World war II, ac
icording to a review by Joe Pihod
critic,
Actual pictures of Hitler, Goer
ing and other Nazi leaders have
been inserted into the movie from
news reels. Nazi troops are shown
herding thoustnds of prisoners
into camps whore most of them
met death via the gas chamber.
Blanks Waleska stars in the
film as a young Jewish woman
doctor whose parents are first to
get a "transport"
Tickets may be obtained at the
door for 65 cents. The YMCA is
sponsoring the showings.
The Czechoslovakian language
is used throughout English sub-
titles interpret the story.
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Thursday, February 14, 1952
no mnr( laws like the one nassed
in Scotland in 1288 A.D. levying a
fin ncainst the man who refused
a woman's proposal during Leap
Year.
NU Theatre
Elmer Rice is well known, both
here and abroad. It is a strongly
realistia work laid in New York.
The characters are of various
nationalities and professions, but
no single character is of pri-
Gibson Tried Out
"Never been in a play. Don't
know anyone in the dramatics de
partment Have a slight stutter."
These were the qualifications
of Henry Gibson, Engineering
college junior, when he tried
out for a part in the University
Theatre's production of "Othel
lo" last fall. Within a week he
had been selected to play Iago,
"one of the hardest parts ever
written," according to Director
Dallas Williams.
Gibson likes Shakespeare, and
when he read about "Othello" try
outs, he "thought it would be fun"
to tryout. He said he hoped to getj
a good part, but "never expected
the wonderful part i got.
A complete stranger in the
speech department, Gibson said he
walked rather hesitantly into the
tryout room where about three
dozen people were reading parts
of "Othello." "We took turns,"
Cibson explained, "so that every
one got a chance to read."
Gibson said he and the stu
dents playing Othello and Des
demona rehearsed almost every
night, but added that "smaller
parts require much less rehear
sal time."
The role of Iago was hard, Gib-
NU Debater Places
Fourth In Omaha
Charles Klasek, University
sophomore, received fourth place
rating among debaters attending
an invitational debate conference
at Omaha university Tuesday.
Five Nebraska colleges were
represented at the conference. Two
teams ' from the University at'
tended,
Joyce Laase and Doris Biller-t.
beck. freshmen, won two out of;
four debates,
Klasek and James Ward, junior,
won one out of four decisions.
The question debated at the
meet was "Resolved: The United
States should adopt a permanent
program of wage and price con-
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College Deferments
A tfrand total of fiftv-four ner!
cent of college students polled by
the Associated Collegiate Press
are In favor of "only the better i
students" being deferred from the
draft ,
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polV the ACP asked undergradu
ate students "Should students be
deferred?" and, If so, "Which
ones?"
Twenty-two per cent of the
nolled segment of the nation's
collegiate population replied that
all students should be deferred.
Nearly half this number, 12 per
cent, are in favor of no defer
ments for students.
Six per cent of this collegiate
group had no opinion on the sub
ject of draft deferments and an
other six ner cent had comments
'other than those presented in the
poll.
Graduate student replies dif
fered, in tabulation, from the un
dergraduate feelings about the
draft. Twenty-six per cent of the j
graduate students are in lavor 01
no deferment, while fifteen per
cent advocated total student de
ferment. Many of the students polled
said that deferments should be
rationed out to those enrolled in
technical courses. A senior in
liberal arts commented, "Only
students training for special and
needed social positions in the pro
fessional field should be deferred
-to guarantee a fair supply in the
future."
In contrast to this student opin
ion, others think that the basis
for deferment should be scholas
tic sincerity.
A sophomore In engineering
backed up this contention by say
ing, "If he's trying, let him stay."
And a New York toed, majoring
in costume design replied, to sup
port her views, that "Those most
interested in their work snouia oe
deferred."
A midwest student took a dim
and rather long-range view of the
deferment problem in his com
ments to the ACP pollster.
"America's future will soon oe
in the hands of us students. Sadly
enouch. we will sooner or later
'get our share of the fighting, but
I let us get an education first,'
Production
mary importance. The stress Is
laid upon the representation of
a social class as a whole.
The play will be presented
March 25 and 26 at the Nebraska
theater.
son admits, but "it was made con
siderably easier by the excellent
direction of Dallas Williams." uin
son added that "Williams could
have sold the part to almost any
one and I'm sure anyone even
mildlv interested in dramatics
would enjoy acting under him."
Ensemble To Perform Tonight
The Fine Arts Ensemble con-. The ensemble includes Eman
.ort at a nm. Thursday in the ual Wishnow. first violin: Truman
Union ballroom will feature works
of Vivaldi, Beethoven and Debus-
- ls second 0f
three chamber music concerts
sponsored by the Friends of
Chamber Music.
Thursday
YW Noon Discussion group,
Ellen Smith dining room at noon,
Neala O'Dell, leader.
"Street Scene" tryouts, 201
Temple, from 3 to 5 p.m.
YW Worship Workshop, Ellen
Smith dining room, 4 p.m., leader,
Phvllis Knerl.
Red Cross board filings close at
4 p.m.
YW Community Tours, 4 p.m.,
meet in Southeast room, Jane
Jackson, leader.
Search Week executive commit
tee meeting, 4:30 p.m., Wesley
Student house.
YW Student-Faculty Coffee
Hour, Union faculty lounge, 4:30,
Barbara Bredthauer, leader.
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YW office staff, Ellen Smith
dining room, 5 p.nu, 'leader, Bar
bara Hershberger. ,
YW Christianity and Social
Problems commission, 5 p.m., El
len Smith northeast room, leader,
Nancy Weir,
Tri-IX meets in Crop laboratory
at 7 p.m.
Junior and Senior class council
officers meet in faculty lounge at
7 p.m.
. Block and Bridle club, 7:15 p.m.,
Room 208, Animal Husbandry
building.
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellow
ship, 7:30 p.m. Union, Room 315,
discussion subject, "The Attributes
of God."
NUCWA, business meeting at
7:15, speaker at 7:30.
Phalanx meeting, 7:30 p.m.,
Room 206, Armory; all members
requested to be present; uorn
husker pictures to be taken..
tine Arts ensemoie concert, z
p.m Union ballroom.
Friday
"Street Scene" tryouts, 201
Temple, from 7 to 9 p.m.
Valentine box social, 7:30 p.m.,
Ag Union lounge. Proceeds for
March of Dimes.
All University Square Dance,
8:30 to 11:30, College Activities
building, Dan Schlatter's or
chestra. Saturday
Leadership conference, 9 a.m. to
3:30 pjtl, Union. Open to all stu
dents. -
Coed Counselor filings deadline
at noon in Ellen Smith Hall.
"Distant Journey," foreign film,
shown at 2:30 and 8:30 p.m. at
Love Library" auditorium.
Sunday
Pot Luck With the Profs," 5
to 7 p.m., Ag Union lounge.
Universal Day of Prayer, 5:30
p.m. at the University Episcopal
chapel. Dr. T. Z. Koo is speaker.
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epitomized this conservation stu-
dent's attitude. '
The matter of principle involved
In the draft issue flavored a coed'F
views on the subject. This woman,
majoring in music, emphasized,
"Since I don't feel that universal
military training has any consti
tutional or moral basis, I cannot
suggest that one group of people
bespared from an unconstitutional
and immoral law."
The Associated Collegiate Press
conducts nation-wide polls of
student opinion on campuses in all
parts of the country. The Univer
sity is one of the subject colleges
polled at Various intervals.
Hal Hasselbalch, Daily Nebras-
kan news editor, conducted the
poll among university students
which resulted In these facts and
figures on collegiate opinion.
YW Worker
Expl
ains East's Plight
"In China they are experiencing!
100 years of social revolution a
revolution which is still basically
good."
After spending six years as a
Y.W.O.A. advisor in the Far
East, Miss Ruth L. Packard
grasped the Chinese movement
toward "seeking a modern na
tion by organizing themselves
economically and socially so that
hundreds of millions of people
.can quickly enjoy a high stan
dard of living."
In reference to the present
American Asian policy Miss Pack
ard firmly believes that increased
understanding of China's history,
art and social organization would
help us know their national as'
pirations and economic and poli
tical needs.
"The Chinese have, through
the ages, developed a way of
life for themselves," she said,
"knowledge and understanding
of their culture explains why
some aspects are not satisfac
tory in the West's viewpoints."
Working in China before and
during the China-Japan war and
during part of World war II Miss
Packard established a training de
partment for young professional
Chinese women. She was also as
sociated with a summer Y.W.C.A.
training school staff.
This life of moving from city
to city to train future Y.W.C.A.
leaders was suddenly halted when
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3:00 "Interlude"
3:15 "Readings For All'
3:30 "Radio Workshop Players"
3:45 "AG Notes"
4:00 "Something For The Girls"
4:15 "Holiday Inn"
4:30 "Your Top Ten"
5:00 Sign Off
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Clark, violin; Max Gilbert, viola;
and Gladys May, piano, tveiyn
Backhaus, flute; and Dewey
Crouch, bassoon; will also appear
with the ensemble.
The opening selection on the
program will be three concertos
from "The Four Seasons" by
Antonio Vivaldi. A Beethoven
trio for flute, bassoon and pi
anoand a Debussy quartet
complete the evening's program.
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Esquire: "Manon," 7:24, 9:06.
Varsity: "Man In the Saddle,"
1:35, 3:37, 5:39, 7:41, 9:43.
State: "Fort Osage," 2:13, 4:49,
7:25, 10:01; "Steel Fist," 1:00, 3:36,
6:12, 8:48.
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Presidential Candidates
The American Collpgiate Press
recently announced the results of
a nation-wide survey of college
students to determine the student
preference among candidates in
the Presidential race.
The ACP makes a number of
such polls "to find out what col
lege students think about im
portant problems of the day"
In this case the statistics indi
cated a marked trend of thought.
Dwight Elsenhower led with 36
per cent of the vote. His closest
competitor, Earl Warren, received
only 17 per cent, primarily from
his home state of California and
other sections of the far west.
Eisenhower was weakest in these
areas, but gained strong backing
in the east and southwest.
Earl Stassen and Robert Taft
both received 10 per cent of the
From China
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RUTH PACKARD
the Japanese bombed Pearl Har
bor. Miss Packard was interned
as a civilian prisoner by the Japa
nese. Her life in a Japanese con
centration carnp lasted seven
months until she' was exchanged
for American-Japanese.
An around-the-world ocean
voyage to the United States
added 70 days to her torturing
experience.
"Young women interested in
Y.W.C.A. service abroad need pre
vious experience or specific skills
to work with trained professional
staffs in other countries to de
velop associations in meeting new
social demands, she said.
Miss Packard, staff member
of the national board of the
Young Women's Christian as
sociation, Is in Lincoln to re
cruit Y.W.C.A. workers.
"The Y.W.C.A. has opportuni.
ties for jobs in health education,
teenage, young adult and student
programs" Miss Packard says,
"We are seeking young women
who wish to follow a career in
social group work."
Interviews are being con
ducted today at Ellen Smith hall.
Appointments for interviews
may be made by calling Miss Ma
bel Lee, University extension
7183.
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student vote. Taft apparently had
wider national backing, while
Stassen support was concentrated
in the small colleges of the mid
west. In contrast, Paul Douglas was
supported in large universities to
tie with MacArthur at 6 per cent.
Harry Truman polled 7 per
cent and Estes Kefauver, 4 per
cent. The other two candidates
listed, Paul Hoffman and Fred
Vinson, received 1 and 2 per cent
of the voting, respectively.
One per cent of the students
interviewed would volunteer no
opinion on the survey.
Table Tennis
The first round of the table
tennis tournament must be
played off by Friday, according
to Jean Loudon, Union recre
ation committee chairman.
Pairings are posted in the
activities office in the Union.
It is up to each individual en
tered to check the list and, con
tact his partner. Friday is the
absolute deadline, and those
not complying With this rule
will automatically be elimin
ated from competition.
RC Filings
Deadline Set
For Feb. 14
Application blanks for Red Cross
College unit board positions must
be filed by Thursday in Room 306,
Union, by all students interested
in filing.
Appointments for personal in
terviews may also be made at that
time. Interviews will be held from
2 to 4 on Sunday afternoon' and
will be conducted by Harold Hill,
Lancaster county Red Cross chair
man; Mrs. Patricia Wahl, Red
Cross instructor, and Joan Hanson,
president of the unit.
The RCCU executive board,
consisting of Joan Hanson, Bill
Adams, Nancy Whitmore and
new members to be elected
Thursday, will make the final
appointments of new board
members.
Filings will close Thursday at
4 p.m. Questions concerning filings
or interviews should be referred
to Nancy Whitmore, board secre
tary, 2-7938.
All students must have had pre
vious experience in RCCU work
with boys having a 4.5, and girls
a 5.0 average. Applicants will be
judged on experience, ideas,
amount of work done, and co
worker's evaluations. Present
board members may refile.
im is board positions open
for filing are grey ladies, Blue
birds, motor corps, civil defense,
special entertainment, peniten
tiary, water safety, blood pro
tram, assistant handicraft, vets
entertainment, vets assistant,
publicity, orphanages and ortho
pedic. George Laffertv. Don Strwt anri
Dan Pippin all former Univprsitv
of Missouri basketball players-
are memoirs or the Peoria Cater
pillar cage squad.
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