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Volume 54, No. 54
FlfOIIFS
University Theater To Present
'The Man Who Came To Dinner1
Tryouts for the fourth major
University Theater production,
"The Man Who Came to Din
tier." are beine held Monday
through Thursday from 3 to 5
p.m. in Room 210, Temple
j Buliding.
Dallas Williams, director of
the University Theater, an
nounced that a cast of nine
women and 15 men will be se
lected for the Kaufman and
Hart comedy.
' "The play has good leading
parts, and there are innumer
able small parts which are de
lightful characterizations," Wil
liams said.
1 WOULD like to have all
regularly-enrolled students try
cut for the play," he added. He
emphasized the fact that expe
rience in acting was not neces
sary. "We select the best per
son for the part," Williams
stated, "regardless of past ex
perience in acting."
According to Williams, "The
Man Who Came to Dinner" is
one . of the "few hilariously
funny plays in America.
The play is a parody on the
character of Alexander Wooll
r cott. In the play, Whiteside,
like Woollcott, is a radio per
sonality and a "literary" man
who has come to a small Mis
souri town to lecture. He is en
tertained at the Stanley resi
Tryouts Set Friday, Saturday
For Laboratory
Tryouts for University Thea
ter Laboratory plays will be held
Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. and Sat
urday from 9 to 12 a.m.
Max Whittaker, director of the
Laboratory Theater, has an
nounced that any interested Uni
versity student may try out.
Tryouts for "Conversation
With A Ghost," a comedy by
Hugh Ross Williamson, will be
held in Room 201, Temple. , A
cast of two men and one woman
will be selected. Dick Mars is the
director of the play and Kay
Barton will serve as production
manager.
HELLO OUT There," a
tragedy by William Saroyan, will
have a cast of two women and
four men. Carol Jones will di
rect the play and Joyce Fangman
will be production manager.
Tryouts will be held in Room
312, Temple.
Tryouts for "The Old Lady
Shows Her Medals," a farce by
James Barrie, will be held in
Room 210, Temple. Morse Weis
gurt is director and Pat Hahn is
production manager. The cast in
cludes parts for four women and
two men.
Alpha Kappa Psi Plans
Wednesday Meeting
Alpha Kappa Psi, professional
commerce fraternity, will meet
in Union Room 316 Wednesday
St 7:30 p.m.
Rex Knowles, Presbyterian
Congregational student pastor,
will speak on "Ethics in Busi
ness." The meeting is the first of
the second semester's program
series. It is open to all students.
Sakai To Discuss China
At Cosmopolitan Club
Robert K. Sakai, instructor in
history at the University, will
speak before the Cosmopolitan
Club on aspects of Chinese Com
munism at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
in Union Room 315.
The Cosmopolitan Club ex
tends a standing invitation to the
public to this or any of their
semi-weekly meetings.
The Outside World
By WILLIE DESCII
Staff Writer
Commie Strike Quelled
ROME Communist general strike in Rome was quelled by
armed riot police and at least 60 demonstrators were taken into
custody. The aims of the Red-led walkout were to boost wages
and to harass the new government of Premier Mario Scelba.
Traffic was partially tied up because of the confusion in the
streets.
The demonstration was mostly made by students as they
marched through the streets carrying banners demanding higher
pay and work for the unemployed. Ringleaders of the demonstra
tion were Communists, a police lieutenant said.
The non-Communist Free Federation of Labor, the country's
second largest union did not participate in the violence. Mounted
officers appeared at strategic centers to guard against trouble for
,the first time in five or six years.
Governor Named
WASHINGTON Archie A. Alexander, a Negro, has been
named by President Eisenhower as the new governor of m the Virgin
Islands. Alexander is from Des Moines, Iowa.
At the present time, Alexander is a trustee of Tuskegee Insti
tute in Alabama and is a director of the Supreme Liberty Life
Insurance Co. of Chicago.
Lincoln Attorney Joseph Wishart and Arthur McCaw of
Omaha, state budget supervisor, had also been considered for the
position.
Abbott's Will Filed
HYANNIS, NEBRASKA The will of Chris J. Abbott was filed
for probate in Grant County, and it was disclosed that his widow
will receive one-half of all real and personal property,
The wealthiest man in Nebraska and reportedly a multi
millionaire, Abbott was killed last Jan. 10 in an airplane crash
while hunting in Louisiana.
A request made in the will was that the executors of the
estate erect a monument for Mr. Abbott.
Gubernatorial Candidate
LINCOLN Victor E. Anderson, former Lincoln mayor, filed
for governor on the Republican ticket Monday, causing considerable
speculation. However he offered no comment.
Gov. Robert Crosby, who defeated Anderson two years ago
declined comment also. Crosby said he would announce his deci
sion on whether to run again sometime after the current tax
assessing season ends April 20.
Cosf
Set
dence but as he leaves, he slips
on the front doorstep and breaks
his leg.
THE PEACEFUL Stanley
household is thrown into chaos
by the arrival of Whiteside's
weird friends and an even
weirder assortment of gifts.
Whiteside places an octupus in
the basement, entertains pen
guins in the dining room and
turns 10,000 cockroaches loose
in the kitchen.
After weeks of domestic tur
moil, Whiteside finally recuper
ates. As he departs trium
phantly from the Stanley resi
dence, he slips, falls and breaks
his leg.
"The Man Who Came to
Dinner" will be presented for
eight performances beginning
Wednesday, Macrh 31.
Production Crew
Filings To Open .
All persons interested in work
ing on the production staff of
"The Man Who Came to Dinner"
may apply' Monday through
Thursday in Room 312, Temple
Building.
Approximately 15 crew mem
bers, will be needed to work on
stage properties, hand properties,
make-up, costuming and lighting
committees.
Play Roles
PrnHurtinn dates for the clavs
will be Thursday and Friday,
March 11 and 12, in the Labora
tory Theater, Room 201, Temple.
Filings Opened
For Three RC
Board Posts
Filings for three Red Cross
board positions have beer ex
tended through Wednesday at 6
p.m. Applications may be ob
tained in Union Room 306.
Positions are available on the
special activities, handicrafts
and leadership committees.
Special activities committee
handles all special events, in
cluding the Homecoming float,
teas and other Red Cross events.
HANDICRAFTS COMMITTEE
makes favors, scrapbooks and
toys for children at the Ortho
pedic Hospital and orphanages.
Leadership committee works
with Brownie and Girl Scout
groups in Lincoln.
Interviews will be held from
to 5 p.m. Thursday in Union
Room 306.
Union Directors
Meet In Kansas
The University of Kansas was
host to the regional conference
of the Association of College
Unions Feb. 12 and 14. Dr. Earl
E. Harper of the University of
Iowa gave the keynote address.
Duane E. Lake. Union director,
presided at the meeting.
Those attending from the Uni
versity included: Duane Lake,
Delmer Heyne, Kathryn Peters,
and Shirley Chapman, staff
members; and Joy WachaL De
lores Carag, Nancy Hemphill,
Marilyn Hamer, Caroline Ross,
Ralph Knobel and Ernest Bebb,
members of the Union Board
of managers.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
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AGNES MOOREHEAD
Breslow
Wins First
In Exfemp
Acacia Takes
House Trophy
Marvin Breslow, Sigma Alpha
Mu won the Delta Sigma Rho
extemporaneous speaking con
test. Don Overholt, Kappa Sig
ma, and Don Cole, Acacia, tied
for second place.
Breslow received an individ
ual trophy. Acacia, represented
by Cole and Jim Colins, won
the travelling house trophy giv
en to the fraternity or sorority
whose speakers had the highest
cumulative ratings. The final re
sults were from cumulative
scorings taken not only from
the final contest but from the
previous rounds of speeches.
Wayne Johnson, the chairman
for Tuesday evening's final judg
ing, said that the contest was
"one of the best he had ever
seen" and reported that the five
judges thought the speakers
were "top notch and their taiKs
well presented."
THE OTHER competing
speakers, winners of two pre
liminary rounds, were: Jim Col
lins, Acacia; Vivian Lemmer,
Delta Delta Delta; Bruce Brug
mann, Alpha Tau Omega, and
Barbara Rystrom, Kappa Kappa
Gamma.
Seventh Book Published
By Poli Sci Professor
Information Gathered At NU-Hill
"Contemporary World Politics"
is the title of Norman L. Hill's
seventh book on international
relations. Hill is a member of
the University political science
department and professor of in
ternational law and relations.
Since the book is of a current
nature, Hill said that "it will be
lucky if its popular use lasts
five or six years." He wrote
the text-book, which is being
used in political science classes
this semester, over an 18-month
period in his spare time.
HILL HAS gathered the in
formation for the book since he
began teaching international re
lations at the University in 1926.
Additional research was under
taken, however, he said.
Hill stated that "at first I was
not inclined to write the book
for Harper Brothers, publishers,
who published another work of
mine two years ago. After much
urging, I decided to work on
it."
"ALTHOUGH WRITING
books is always hard work, the
more you write, the easier it
becomes," Hill said.
Books Hill has written previ
ously are: "Public International
Conferences," "International Ad
ministration," "Claims to Ter
ritory in International Law and
Relations," . "International Re
lations Documents and Read
ings" and "International Organ
ization." In collaboration with Harold
Stoke of the University of Wash-
Scholarships
Offered Coeds
By AAUW
The Lincoln branch of the
American Association of Univer
sity Women is offering annual
scholarships to undergraduate
women. Each year the chapter of
fers two scholarships to girls at
tending either the University or
Nebraska Wesleyan University.
Any girl with a high scholastic
average, who. expects to grad
uate in June or August of 1955,
1956 or 1957 and who can show
evidence of financial need, is
eligible to apply.
.
APPLICANTS MAY obtain
a blank from the office of the
Deanrff Women in Ellen Smith
Hall, or the office of the Dean
of Women at Nebraska Wesleyan
University.
Application blanks will be
available Feb. 17 thru March 1
and must be submitted by March
6. The Scholarship Committee of
the AAUW will interview, can
didates Saturday afternoon,
March 13.
Student Ticket Sales
Continue For 'Redhead'
Two Performances Scheduled
For Agnes Moorehead Show
Tickets for the Agnes Moore
head show are still on sale at
the Union office.
"That Fabulous Redhead" will
be presented in two perform
ances at the Nebraska Theater
Tuesday evening. The 7 p.m.
performance will be primarily
for students. The 9 p.m. show is
expected to attract mostly non
students. Seating for the first show will
include a large .student section,
which will accomodate about
850 persons. Main, floor area
tickets are being sold for $1
per person. Other prices for the
7 p.m. performance include: loge,
$2 and back balcony $1. Seats
will be reserved by price sec
tion. AT 9 P.M. there will be no
special student section. Orchestra
seats will sell for $2.50, main
floor seats for $2 and loge seats
for $2.50. Seats will be individ
ually reserved by seat number.
General admission in the back
balcony will be $1.50.
Tickets, both student and re
served, are available at the Un
ion office and Walt's Music
Store, 1140 "O" St.
Miss Moorehead has been ac
claimed for her gallery of char
acters ranging from the hyster
ical, fear-ridden protagonist of
"Sorry, Wrong Number" to the
grandmother in James Thurber's
"Lavender With a Difference."
THE FABULOUS Redhead'
will present, with Robert Gist,
interpretations from works by
James Thurber, Ring Lardner,
Guy de Maupassant, Shakespeare
and. a portion from the Bible.
Miss Moorehead's interpretation
of "Sorry Wrong Number," an
emotional sketch, will climax
the program.
The Moorehead show is a Paul
Gregory production. Other Greg-
Korean Vet Appointed
To Army ROTC Staff
Master Sgt. Qharles R. Trol
linger of Livington, Texas, has
been assigned to the University
staff of the Army ROTC detach
ment where he will be in charge
of the training aids section.
Trollinger, a veteran of Ko
rean service, was awarded the
Army Commendation Ribbon
with metal pendant for his work
as a personnel specialist in the
headquarters of the Eighth
Army.
ington and Carl Schneider of the
University, he wrote "Back
ground of European Govern
ments." n AH
nd Year At 0 mversifv
First Student-Ed
Dates Back 82 Years; J.S. Dales, First Editor
By HAROLD ROSELIUS
Staff Writer
February ushers in another
famous birthday as "The Ne
braskan" celebrates its 52nd year
on the University campus.
However, the University has
had a student-edited publication
which dates back 82 years ago
to February, 1872.
This publication, "Hesperian
Student," was published by the
Palladian Society. The first edi
tor was J. S. Dales, who was one
of two students in the first grad
uation class.
A FOUR-PAGE paper, the
Hesperian's back page was de
voted to advertising while the
other three pages contained news
and editorials.
Typical news concerned prin
cipally the southwestern part of
the United States. Items included
the slaying of Mexican hepards
by Apache Indians and the mur
der of man in the plaza at Las
Vegas.
An ad run by the University
in the first edition was of par
ticular interest: "The Univer
sity of the State was opened last
September under favorable con
ditions, and thus far has been
prospering and successful." Of
the faculty, the ad says, "The
faculty, at the present, is com
posed of five professors, skilled
in their several departments of
instruction. To these there will
be added two more at the open
ing of the next college year."
And in reference to equipment,
the ad states, "The institution
is liberally supplied with apara
tus, cabinet, library and all
needed faculties taught. The
philosophical and chemical apa
ratus is especially large and val
uable." MOTTO OF the paper was
"Qui non Proficit, Deficit," which
means, "He who does, not profit,
loses." .
The monthly publication ex
isted for 30 years until it was re
named "Daily Nebraskan."
Recently the magazine, "Ne
braska Alumnus," printed hhort
statements by past editors of the
Daily Nebraskan.
Wednesday, February 17, 1954
ory productions familiar to Uni
versity students' include The
First Drama Quartet playing
"Don Juan in Hell" and "The
Caine Mutiny Court Martial."
University To Observe
World Wide Prayer Day
Interdenominational. Service Set
TJie University will observe
the Universal Day of Prayer for
Students in an All-Campus serv
ice Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the
University Episcopal Chapel.
The Universal Day of Prayer
for Students is being held in 56
countries in which 25 different
languages will be spoken. The
day of prayer is sponsored by the
World's Student Christian Fed
eration. THE WSCF is an international
and inter-denominational move
ment of students committed to a
"substantial endeavor to enable
Christ to come alive to students
so that He may lay claim to their
souls." It was founded in 1895
in a medieval castle in Vadstena,
Sweden.
The Religious Welfare Council
is directing the service for the
Observance at the University.
The Council is trying a new ex
periment this year. Instead of
presenting a speaker from off the
campus, it has planned to have
three students speak on the vari
ous aspects of prayer.
DON HOGG will speak on
"The Purpose of Prayer." Hogg,
a senior, is a philosophy major
and a member of the Methodist
Church. Marie Lindgren will
speak on "The Nature of Prayer."
Miss Lindgren, a graduate stu
dent in social work, is a member
of the Lutheran Church. Dale
Johnson will speak on "The
Power of Prayer." Johnson, a
senior majoring in history, is a
member of the Baptist Church.
The order of worship will be
gin with an invocation and a
hymn of praise, followed by the
Litany of Confession and the
Prayer of Thanksgiving.
'
THE SCRIPTURE reading is
taken from Luke 11 1:13. Prayers
of intercession will "bring be
fore God the needs of the stu
dents of the world." A benedic
tion asking that the fellowship
of the Holy Ghost be with the
NU Graduate Addresses
Delta Sigma Pi Banquet
Sid Bradley, assistant chief of
Nebraska Resources, was guest
speaker at the Delta Sigma Pi,
bizad fraternity, dinner Monday.
Bradley is a 1948 graduate of
the University. He discussed
"Bringing Industry into Ne
braska." H M
ired Publication, 'Hesperian Student',
Richard V. KoupaL 1916 edi
tor and present executive direc
tor of Better Business Bureau of
Lincoln, remembers the Daily
Nebraskan as an enthusiastic
promoter of footbalL
EDITOR IN 1923 was Belle
Bell Farmon, director of the Eng
lish department in Lincoln High
School. She states that she was
the first woman managing editor
and that reporters were paid for
the number of inches they had
published, at the rate of 2 cents
per inch.
Administrative Assistant to the
Chancellor, Bruce Nicoll, recalls
HESPERIAN STUDENT
Odum. "Qui sen Prwfte. CMkA." ttr
SSrSSs S5 w -arvSt-S- Daily Nebraskan
tsiss.--. gJ&siB Sf'1 ii'iiS changed from a
ISSHSsr five-d a y to a
Hesperian Student
The first student publication of University
students, the Hesperian Student, celebrates its
eighty second birthday this month. The publi
cation was the "grand-dad" of The Daily
Nebraskan, which came into being thirty
years later.
20 Coeds To
Twenty finalists for the Typi
cal Nebraska Coed, sponsored by
the AWS, were chosen Tuesday
evening.
Final judging of the candi
dates, one of whom will be pre
sented at Coed Follies March 1,
will be held Feb. 22.
The following candidates were
announced:
Marilyn Beideck and Carol
Thompson, Alpha Chi Omega;
Kay Burcum, Kappa Delta;
Janice Carman and Cynthia
Henderson, Kappa Kappa Gam
ma; Phyllis Colbert and Helen
Ann Skold, Kappa Alpha Theta.
Constance Gordon, Sigma
students
will end the worship
service.
The entire service will be di
rected and conducted by stu
dents of the University. Other
students assisting Hogg, John
son and Miss Lindgren are: Joyce
Laase, Don Rosenberg, Forest
Stitch, Hans Steffen, Sandra
Reimers, Norman Francis and
Darrell Degraw. Jack Rogers,
chairman of the Religious Wel
fare Council's Universial Day of
Prayer committee, will preside
over the service.
Fine Arts Ensemble Concert
To Feature University Faculty
The second fine arts ensemble
concert will be held Thursday at
8 p.m. in the Union Ballroom.
Artists presenting the concert
will be Emanuel Wishnow, violin;
Helena Bell, cello; Gladys May,
piano; Truman Morsman, violin
and Max Gilbert, viola.
The first selection will be a
String Quartet by Carl von Dit
tersdorf, a contemporary of Mo
zart. Allegro, Andante, Menuetto
and Finale are the four move
ments of the piece.
The second selection will be a
string quartet playing Beethov
en's Op. 59, No. 1. The three
movements of this piece are Al
legro, Allegretto vivace e sem
pre scherzando and Adajiomolto
e mesto-Allegro (theme russe).
It was written as a dedication to
one of his patrons and a close
friend, Count Rasoumoffsky.
The final selection will be a
Piano Quintet, Op. 1, by Ernst
Dohnanyi. The four movements
of this piece include Allegro,
Scherzo (allegro vivace), Adagio
quasi andante and Finale (al-
Meeting Planned
By Home Ec Club
Home Economics club will
meet Thursday at 4 p.m., in
Home Economics Building.
Three-fourths majority of the
members must be present to
approve the proposed new state
constitution, according to Joyce
Taylor, publicity chairman.
At the meeting Norma West
cott will report on the style
show and Jean Rippe will report
on the state convention.
the effect of the depression on
the paper and students during
his 1934 editorship.
J. Edward Murray, 1938 edi
tor and present managing edjtor
of the Los Angeles Mirror, re
members being called before the
Board of Student Publications to
be lectured because of an edi
torial which he had written in
a rash and undignified manner.
"THE DAILY Nebraskan ex
isted as a 5 column tabloid un
til the 2nd semester of the 1949
50 school year when it was
changed to the present larger 7
column publication.
Only once has
"The Daily Ne
braskan" won an
All-A meri can
rating. The rat
ing was received
in 1952 when
Joan Krueger
was editor.
During the
" J second semester
:'of the 1952-53
school year The
week publication.
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"J-';yx:j nuwevei, 1 ace
lifting operations
vrstS were not com-
p 1 e t e d on the
paper until the
first semester of
this school year.
i when the name
was changed to
the present "The
Nebraskan," and
four-day publi
cation c h a nged
to three days a
week. This
change was the
result of finan
cial difficulties.
Eight y-two
years of publica
tions on the Uni
versity cam pus
have resulted in
varied changes
and who knows
what the future
holds!
Vie For Title
Delta Tau; Marilyn Hammer and
Jo Ann Meyers, Delta Gamma;
Betty Hrabik and Janet Lind
quist, Love Memorial; Jo Ann
Johnson, Alpha Xi Delta.
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JOAN JOYNER, Town Club;
Kathleen Kelley, Chi Omega;
Norma Lothrop, Alpha Phi;
Nancy Odum and Jean Steffen,
Gamma Phi Beta, and Muriel
Pickett and Marian Scott. PI
Beta Thi.
Judging Tuesday evening were
Rex Knowles, student pastor at
the Congregational-Presbyterian
Student House; Dr. Royce H.
Knapp, director of the Nebraska
Citizenship Project; Virginia
Totter, assistant professor of
home economics, and nine mem
bers of AWS.
Judges who will cast the final
ballot for the TNC are: Robert
Knoll assistant professor of Eng
lish; Dr. Willian Swindler, pro
fessor of journalism, and Dr.
David Foltz, director of tht
School of Music.
Yearbook Queens
Still Unrevealed
Finalists for Cornhusker
Beauty Queen will not be noti
fied until a week before Coed
Follies, Barbara Adams, Corn
husker editor, announced today.
Miss Adams reported that
someone had been falsely notify
ing, candidates and requesting
them to report for pictures at a
downtown studio.
legro animato). Dohnanyi wrote
this when he was 18 years old.
It is still one of the best known
of his chamber group. Now in
his late 80's, Dahnanyi is teach
ing at the University of Florida.
Student tickets are 75 cents
and public admission is $1.50.
Ag Baby Photo
Competition
Deadline Set
The Baby Photo Recognition
Contest will end Saturday at 12
p.m. .
Entries of the contest include
21 pictures of Ag students 11
boys and 10 girls. A list of the
names corresponding to the pic
tures have been placed in the
bulletin board of the Ag Union.
Any student may guess -the
identities of the pictured infants
and a prize will be awarded to
the student identifying the
greatest number of pictures.
Voting for the "Cutest Baby"
will take place at the Sno-BalL
and the winner will be presented
at intermission.
NU Air Force
Cadets Travel
To Las Vegas
Nineteen Air Force ROTC ca
dents flew to Las Vegas, Nev,
last weekend.
The nineteen cadets left for
Nellis Air Force Base Friday
and returned to Lincoln Sun
day. The group was under the
supervision of Captain Edward
S. Nyland.
WHILE IN Nevada, they
toured Nellis AFB, Hoover Dam
and Las Vegas., Most of the
men were impressed with the
luxurious hotels and motels the
gambling capital of the world
had to offer. The highlight of
the base tour was a jet aircraft
exhibition.
New Arnold Air Society offi
cers for the coming year are:
COMMANDER, Don L. Tad
ken, secretary of the Men'i
Dorm council.
Executive officer, Donald W.
Oden, Kappa Sigma.
Ad j utant - recorder, Robert
Amick.
Treasurer, Thomas Tobin,
Newman Club and Phi Gamma
Delta.
OPERATIONS, Charles Mar
shall, Sigma Chi.
Ernest Bebb of Omaha has
been appointed to the AFROTC
cadet wing staff as public infor
mation officer.
Drops And Adds
No registrations, adds or pay
ment of fees will be accepted
after Saturday noon. Floyd W.
Hoover, director of registration
and records, warned that this is
the final deadline. Students may
continue to drop courses, how
ever. .
Cannon To Give Sixth
Love, Marriage Lecture
"Love Is. The Fulfillment of
Needs," and "Is The Mate You
Want The One You Need?" will
be discussed by Dr. Kenneth L.
Cannon, home economics direc
tor, Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in
Love Memorial Library Audi
torium. .
The lecture is the sixth in
the series on marriage and re
ligion sponsored by the Student
Council.
Alpha Zeta To Meet
Alpha Zetahonorary will meet
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the
Agronomy building.
Block, Bridle Meet
The Block and Bridle Club
jfrill meet at 8:30 p.m. Thursday
in Animal Husbandry HalL
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