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Volume 54, No. 57
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Wednesday, February 24, 1954
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46 University Coeds To Model Original Creations;
KOLN Television To Broadcast Event On March 2
The Home Economics Club
Style Show will be held Wed
nesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Union
Ballroom.
Norma Westcott, general
chairman, announced that
dresses to be modeled have been
made by the girls either in
classes or at home. Many of them
are original designs.
Garments of the following
groups will be modeled: sports
wear, fnsual dresses, skirts and
blouses, formal, tailored dresses,
suits and coats.
Marine ROTC Officer
Duty Period Extended
Policy To Affect
All newly enrolled Marine of
ficer candidates will be required
to serve an extended period of
active duty after being commis
sioned, according to Major J. S.
Nordling, USMCR, associate pro
lessor of naval science.
Major Nordling said that the
extended period would not af
fect members of the University
Naval ROTC.
CURRENT and future of
ficer requirements of the Ma
rine Corps, as presently indi
cated, make longer periods of ac
tive service desirable for all
newly-commissioned reserve of
ficers, Major Nordling said this
week.
A college man who enrolls in
the Marine platoon leaders class
after July 1, will be required to
serve three years of active com
missioned service, instead of the
present two-year tour.
OFFICER CANDIDATE course
candidates enrolled subsequent
to Feb. 1, 1954, are subject to
the new policy change. The ex
tended period of obligated active
duty does not apply to OCC and
NU Registration
Reaches 6,480
Registration for second semes
ter totaled 6,480, an increase of
126 students over a year ago;
Floyd W. Hoover, director of
registration and records, re
vealed Wednesday.
Hoover said he believed that
last year the registration hit a
low point. Secoond semester reg
istration totaled 6,354 in 1953,
6,376 in 1952 and 7,079 in 1951.
The breakdown of this semes
ter's registration is non-veterans,
5,298; non-veteran grad
uates, 512; veterans, 128; veteran
graduates, 52; College of Medi
cine, 371, and School of Nursing,
119.
Moorehead Shows
y Versatility In Voice, Selections
Humor, Suspense
By CLARK GIBBS
Staff Writer
A near-capacity crowd filed
Into the Nebraska Theater Tues
day night to view the first per
formance of Agnes Moorehead's
'Redhead1 Defines Profession;
Discloses Ambition To Teach
Td almost like to try my hand
at school teaching," Agnes
Moorehead told admiring on
lookers after her stage presenta
tion of "phantasy and folklore"
Tuesday evening.
Speaking of her profession in
an interview to the Nebraskan,
Miss Moorehead said that it was
-certainly a strange one all
right" and added, philosophically,
that sometimes it made one "feel
so good" but at other times the
stage could be "terribly discon
certing." WITH THIS in mind Miss
Moorehead thought she some
time might like to put her doc
tor's degree from the University
of Wisconsin into operation, be
"come a professor and "feel good
all the time."
After her portrayal of "Sorry,
Vi . ong Number," a terrifying in
fight into the imminence of
death. Miss Moorehead said that
Charles Laughton thought it best
to read something "of a lighter
nature" and let the audience
leave with a "pleasant taste in
their mouths." She ended with
excerpts from Shaw's "Don Juan
in Hell."
THE PURPOSE behind her
presentations, explained Miss
Moorehead was to "revive in
terest in interpretive reading"
and give people a new insight
into someone else's life and per
haps "get them to thinking a
little bit."
Miss Moorehead said that she
used only her favorite selections
and had quite a store to draw
from. Most frequently used in
recent performances have been
stories from Marcel Proust,
James Thurber, Rupert Brooke,
Ring Lardner the Bible and, of
course, her "meal ticket" by Lu
OTHER COMMITTEE chair?
man are: Shirley Flanagin,
models chairman; Marilyn An
derson, music chairman; Betty
Sisson, decorations chairman;
Elaine Millen, script chairman;
Carolyn Lawritson, ushers chair
man; Helen Lomax, accessories
chairman; Patricia Pauley, pub
licity chairman; Martha Heuer
mann, dressing room chairman;
Chloryce Ode, program chair
man and Miss Mary Ellen Mich
ard, faculty advisor.
Lou and Lee Lindgren will be
Only New Enrollees
FUu candidates who are cur
rently enrolled or whose appli
cations are awaiting approval,
nor to reserve officers now on
active duty.
Major Nordling also declared
that this additional service re
quirement for reserve officers
does not apply to college women
who apply for the corps women
officers training course. The
next WOTC course is scheduled
for June at the Marine Corps
Schools, Quantico, Virginia.
Cosmopolitan Club Schedules
Annual Carnival For March 6
"Coelum Diavoli" or "The
Devil's Paradise" is the theme
for the Cosmopolitan Club's an
nual carnival to be held in the
Union Ballroom Saturday,
March 6 from 8 to 12 p.m.
This is the club's big event of
the year and according to John
Zacharia, president of the or
ganization, "It will be the great
est ever."
"We have," continued Zach
aria, "worked out such an ex
tensive program of various en
tertainment that we dare be op
timistic enough to say that the
evening will hold entertainment
for just about everyone no mat
ter what their taste."
The feature of the evening
will be an hour long floor show
which will bring nearly all of
the more than 150 University for
eign students onto the stage. The
floor show will be divided into
various skits, dances and songs
of the countries represented.
"Besides music and songs from
Germany and the Philippines,
dances from Hawaii and Latvia,
skits from Iran and other forms
of comopolitan entertainment,
the American members of the
club will represent the US in
their own skit," said zacharia.
Carnival dress is informal
Included In Readings From Proust,
Show, sponsored by the Union.
Miss Moorehead's superb pre
sentation drew rave notices from
the critical looking audience and
it's no wonder. Starting with a
cille Fletcher, "Sorry Wrong
Number."
IN THE latter number Miss
Moorehead works herself into an
emotional frenzy and seems to
metamorphose from Miss Moore
head to a nervous, frightened in
valid to a pathetically hysterical
figure in a matter of minutes.
"It's extremely difficult to do,"
said Miss Moorehead and added
that she "hated to do it twice
in one evening."
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Bridge fans (1. to r.) Eileen
Mullarky, David Olson, Bill
Weber and Dave Weber start
pthe bidding at the Intercol
"visible" stage crew members
the night of the style show.
The following models are en
tered in the style show:
JANICE BAKER, Janet Burk
hardt, Imogene Barry, Wanda
Wood, Virginia Reeves, Ardath
Young, Ruth Vollmer, Shirley
Slagle, Jeanne Hrabak, Carol
Beattie, Janet Kuska, Nancy
Draper, Joyce Splittgerber.
Marion Sullivan, Carolyn
Conkling, Martha Glock, Mary
Keys, Norma Westcott, Connie
Von Essei), Marilyn Lingo, Ella
Matzke, Shirley Flanagin, Donna
Borgaard, Dixie Borgaard,
Madeline Watson, Jeanette Selk,
Nancy Hemphill.
JANET LINDQITST. Joan
Heilmann, Helen Lomax, Mari
lyn Batie, Ann Kokjer, Sharie
Otto, Bonnie Lindau, Phyllis
Colbert, Marilyn Pelikan, Jean
JRippe, Adeline Dubas, Elaine
Millen, Jane Depper, Eleanor
Chapman, Betty Hrabik, Marta
Trautrimas, Connie L i n d 1 y,
Alene Ochsner and Chloryce
Ode.
The style show, sponsored by
the home economics club, is open
to the public and no admission
will be charged.
A condensed version of the
show will be presented on a tele
vision show over channel 10,
KOLN on March 2.
with costumes optional. A prize
for the most unusual costume
will be given as well as a door
prize. Al Holbert's band will
furnish music for dancing.
Admission is $1.20 and tickets
can be purchased from the
speech department office in
Temple Building, Dietze Music
Store or from any Cosmopolitan
Club member.
Directors To Aid
In Art Selection
Dr. Grace McCann Morley, di
rector of San Francisco Museum
of Art, and H. Harvard Arna
son, director of Walker Art Cen
ter in Minneapolis, will serve as
consultants in the selection of
additions to the F. H. Hall Col
lection. Both consultants will partici
pate in an informal discussion of
art at the Nebraska Art Associa
tion show March 21 in Morrill
HalL
The Hall collection was be
queathed to the University in
1928. The endowment provides
for yearly additions to the collection.
Herself 'Fabulous'
rather lackadasical introduction
and going into some rather use
less household hints, she pro
ceeded to prove why she is
called "The Fabulous Bedhead."
HER READING of a Ring
Lardner's masterpiece, "Some
Like 'em Hot, Some Like 'em
Cold," also showed why she has
been lauded for her ability to
change her voice beyond recog
nition. The letters written back
and forth by a man-hungry wo
man and a seemingly nonsensical
man were very humorous and
entertaining, especially when the
male side of the story told of a
marriage much to the forlorn
woman's distraught.
"Sorry, Wrrong Number," was
the climax. It drew a few
chuckles at first, but by the time
she neared the finish most of the
audience was convinced that it
was a little nerve-shattering.
MISS MOOREHEAD'S inter
legiate Bridge Tournament
held at the Union Saturday.
Every bid, trick and play was
recorded and sent to the Na
tional Tournament Committee
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Sullivan, Berry Star In Comic Romance
"The Hasty Heart." a comedy
play by John Patrick, opens at 8
p.m. Wednesday at the Arena
Theater in Temple Building.
Action of the play centers
around the antics of a small
group of convalescents in a Brit
ish military hospital. The comedy
is heightened by the author's
skillful exploitation of each man's
particular characteirstics.
THE COMRADESHIP of the
patients is suddenly shattered
upon the arrival or a young
Scotch bov named Lackie, who
fails to warm up to the friendly
overtures of his co-patients. To
further complicate motters, the
patients have been asked by
Veek Observed
For Promotion
Of Brotherhood
This week is the 18th annual
National Brotherhood Week,
sponsored by the National Con
ference of Christians and Jews
Brotherhood Week, always
held during the week in which
Washington's birthday falls, was
established to emphasize the
year-round program of the Na
tional Conference. The object
of the National Conference is to
promote "justice, amity, under
standing and co-operation among
Protestants, Catholics and Jews."
During Brotherhood Week, a
Brotherhood Award has been
given annually since 1949, "for
holding high the torch of under
standing and lighting the way
for men of all races and all
creeds." Harvey S. Firestone
received the award in 1953 for
work in the field of religious
understanding.
Lardner, Shaw
pretation of an invalid woman
who hears over the telephone
that a woman is scheduled to be
killed later in the night was just
as it should be. When the invalid
found out that she was the wo
man in question, the story came
to a screaming halt. The entire
performance came to an end
soon after her reading, concern
ing artistry, from Bernard
Shaw's, "Don Juan In Hell."
MISS MOOREHEAD was
helped now and then by Robert
Gist, who was billed as co-star
but didn't do a thing except
murmur. The fabulous redhead
took the applause in stride and
she deserved it.
It must be said that Miss
Moorehead, whatever she does
in the future, will probably be
come a success in any field she
chooses if she continues as she
did here in Lincoln Tueday
night.
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where they will be scored by
Geoffrey Mott-Smith, contract
bridge authority. Smith will
then determine campus, re
gional and national winners.
their commanding officer to help
the dying man enjoy the last six
weeks of his life.
With the aid of the nurse in
their ward, played by Glenna
Berry, the men finally devise a
means of reaching through the
Scot's barrier. He soon learns the
true meaning of friendship with
society.
A MAJOR crises occurs when
men become concerned with the
question of what a Scotchman
wears under kilt. Lachie, played
by John Sullivan, refused to give
away the carefully guarded se
cret The play has been shown at
Fairbury and will run here from
Febr. 24 to 27 and March 3 to 6.
Tickets will be sold at the Uni
versity Theater box office for
$1.25.
BESIDES MISS Berry and John
Sullivan, the cast consists of Mor
rel Clute as Yank, Hank Gibson
as Tommy, Jack Parris as Kiwi,
Gene Dinsmore as Digger, For
rest Stith as Blossom. Bui Wal
ton, as the Colonel and Larry
Hanson as the orderly.
Members of the production
crew are: Bill Walton, production
manager; Ron Becker, manager
of sound; Harriet Greenlee, as
sistant manager of sound; Jean
Ann Weddle. manager of lights;
George Hunker, Tom Brozek and
Ron Green, crew on lignts; Mar
got Hunt, manager of hand prop
erties, and Carol Anderson and
Karen Peterson, crew on props.
Others . are: Barbara Leigh,
Joyce Stratton, stage properties
NU Debate
Conference
Scheduled
Nine States
To Participate
The University's 14th annual
Intercollegiate Debate and Dis
cussion Conference will be held
Friday and Saturday in Temple
Building.
The tournament is considered
to be one of the largest in the
US, with 45 universities and col
leges representing nine states
participating.
Debate, discussion, original
oratory, extemporaneous speak
ing and radio-newsca sting are in
cluded in the two-day tournament,
QUESTION FOR debate will
be: "Resolved: That the United
States should adopt a policy of
free trade." Topic for discussion
will be: "How can present pro
cedures and practices of Con
gressional investigating commits
tees be improved?"
Donald Olson, director of de
bate and Bruce Kendall, direc
tor of forensics, will conduct the
conference.
Nine states represented will in
clude Minnesota, South Dakota,
Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Mis
souri, Kansas, Texas and Illinois.
Table Tennis
Tourney Set
For Monday
The All - University Table
Tennis Tournament, sponsored
by the physical education intra
mural department, will begin
Monday.
Each organization's team will
consist of two single players and
one doubles team. Players can
not play both singles and dou
bles. No substitution of play
ers may be made after entry.
There will be separate flights
for fraternity, denominational,
dormitory and independent en
tries. Winners will play for the
All-University championship.
TABLES AND paddles will be
furnished by the intramural de
partment but each player should
provide his own tabH? tennis
balls. Matches will be played
in the Coliseum Basement.
Result of the singles tourna
ment will be added to the re
sults of the team tournament
for the Intramural Champion
ship Trophy. Medals will be
awarded to team champions.
managers; Katy Kelley, managertumes; Jean Carol DeLong, man
of costumes; Shirley Holcomb, ager of make-up, and Peggy Lar
Gloria Kollmorgan and Mary Mor-son, assistant manager of make
rison, crew in charge of cos-up.
Filings For Whisker
King To End Friday
Clean Shaven Face Necessary
For Registration
Contestants for this year's
Whisker King will be able to
register in Ag and city campus
Unions Thursday and Friday
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. All regis-
t-ants must be clean shaven and
enrolled in the University.
The contest which begins
March 1, has been one of the
traditions of Farmers Fair since
1916, according to Sharon Reed,
contest chairman.
WHISKER KING will be pre
sented at the annual Cotton and
Denim dance which will climax
the major events of the fair. The
dance will be held May 1 in the
Ag Union.
All entrants who remain in the
contest and present their beards
at the dance will be presented
with a free ticket to it, the
Farmer Fair board committee
decided Tuesday. The winner of
the contest will be presented
with a large, personalized shav
ing cup.
PRESENTED AT intermission,
the Whisker King will dance the
first dance after intermission
with the Goddess of Agricul
ture. The goddess is chosen by
Funeral Services
Held For Crook
Funeral services were held
Tuesday for a former Univer
sity student, William "Ben"
Crook, 19, of Ainsworth, who
was fatally injured late Satur
day night in an automobile acci
dent. While at the University,
Crook was an engineering stu
dent and a member of Delta
Tau Delta.
The car in which he was rid
ing crashed through a guard rail
at an intersection of Highways
20 and 25 near Long Pine.
The Outside World
Five Indictments Revealed
WASHINGTON Five additional indictments charging 18 indi
viduals and seven corporations with diverse offenses in connection
with the disposal of surplus ships from World War II have been
returned by a federal grand jury, announced Attorney General
Brownell. Former Rep. Joseph Casey (D-Mass) was among those
indicted.
The indictments were approved by a grand jury last April 23
but were kept secret until the government decided that some of
the defendants living abroad are likely never to return to the
United States.
This is the second time Casey has been named in an indictment
case. He has been accused of conspiracy to breach a purchase
contract with the government by sale of stock in the purchasing
company to others without approval of the Maritime Commission.
That 'Oe Black Magic
NEVADA Western oil men are paying close attention to an
apparent discovery 55 miles southwest of Ely in Nye County. The
well is 245 miles southwest of Salt Lake City and 370 miles north
east of Los Angeles. Shell Oil's No. 1 unit well "is Nevada's first
commercial encouragement,? said Petroleum Information which
surveys the industry in all s'tates.
Forboding Future For Asia
WASHINGTON Liquidations and government-ignored starva
tion have been blamed for the death of about 15 million Chinese
Reds in 1949 by Assistant Secretary of State Walter Robertson,
whose province is Far Eastern affairs. Robertson told Congress
that this is about the bloodiest pattern that communists have
followed in any country in the world.
Robertson said the department anticipates in Asia's future
"emergencies, crisis and problems of the greatest importance and
magnitude."
A Dip Or A Depression?
WASHINGTON Former President Herbert Hoover said he
does not forsee an inevitable depression but he blames the present
trouble on a mixture of surplus production and "dehydrated
optimism." This is only a passing dip, a slump, a readjustment,
or a recession, not a great depression, Hoover declared.
The former President proposed a remedy along, lines suggested
by President Eisenhower reducing taxes, if necessary, to increase
the buying power of all the people so they can absorb surplus
production and raise the standard of living.
World-Wide Coffee Controversy
NEW YORK If Americans think coffee is expensive in this
country they would probably really complain if they lived
behind the Iron Curtain. In Russia a pound of coffee costs $4.78;
in Romania, $6.47; in Hungary, $13.54; in Czechoslovakia, $18.85;
in Bulgaria $21.39, and in Poland $45.45.
Prices are even higher on the black market, which is the only
place coffee can be purchased after store supplies are exhausted,
since the supply is governed by the government.
Since workers behind the Iron Curtain earn lower wages
than those in capitalist countries, coffee is a luxury. The Com
munist elite are the only ones who can afford the beverage.
In Contest
popular vote prior to the dance.
Candidates are senior girls.
Beard growth is one of th
first evidences of Ag support for
the Farmers Fair. The them
chosen by the Farmers Fair
Board is "Huskers Haydays,"
which was submitted by Af
Union.
Waters, Burma
To Lead Seminar
"What is History?" will b
the topic of discussion at a semi
nar sponsored by the Union con
vocations committee, Wednesday
at 4 p.m. in the Union Faculty
Lounge.
Discussion leaders will be Dr.
Bruce Waters of the philosophy
department and Dr. Benjamin
H. Burma of the geology depart
ment. Faculty and students alike
may present their views on the
topic of the day.
US Nematologist
To Lecture Friday
Gerald Thome, senior nema
tologist with the U S Department
of Agriculture, will give the sec
ond in a series of lectures Fri
day at 3:30 p.m. in Room 244,
Agronomy Building, on Ag Cam
pus. HIS SUBJECT will be Plant
Parasitic Nematodes in our Ag
riculture Economy."
Concluding his lecture series,
Thorne will hold a seminar,
"Miscellaneous Ectoparasitic Ne
matodes," Saturday at 9 a.m. in
Room 305, Plant Industry Build
ing, on Ag Campus.
His appearance is sponsored
by the departments of plant path
ology and zoology and the Uni
versity research council.
