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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1915.
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VOL. XIV. NO. 147.'
HERS III FINALS
NEBRASKA MAKES GOOD SHOW
ING tN MEET
ELLIS PROVES GREAT PLAYER
Goe to the Finals in Singlet and
With Gardiner Contests
Final Honors in the
i Doubles
Nebraska, although forced to take
second place in the Annual Missouri
Valley Tennis Tournament, which
closed Saturday night, made a great
fight against obstacles.
Ellis was easily the star player of
the tournament, going to the finals in
both singles and doubles. Roland
Hoerr, of Washington University, won
the singles championship and, to
gether with Huett. copped the doubles
cup from the Nebraska men. The
finals in both were played Saturday
afternoon on the Country Club courts.
Hoerr holds many state and club
championships throughout the country
and was picked as an easy winner be
fore the tournament started, but fol
lowers of the game had not counted
on Ellis to play as he did. The. Ne
braska captain worked -his way into
the finals in the single events by ad
ministering a defeat to Huett of Wash
ington University in the semi-finals
Saturday morning.
Huett showed remarkable brilliancy
in flashes during the play, but was
rather erratic, while Ellis was sure in
placing the ball, playing a close net
game. The winning of this match" put
him in the finals with Hoerr, the 1914
champion. Hoerr played a wonderful
game in the finals and Ellis, after
winning four close matches during the
day, was unable to withstand his hard
driving and Hoerr won, 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 and
6-2. The match was even closer than
the score would Indicate and the Ne
braska man may be congratulated on
his excellent showing.
Ellis and Gardiner in the doubles
won from Drake Saturday morning in
straight sets and met Hoerr and Huett
in the afternoon for the championship.
The match was very close, almost
every game being a deuce. The final
score was 7-5, 0)-6, 6-4, and 6-3. Gardi
ner played a strong, driving game and
won many points by his superior net
work. He threw his shoulder out of
place in the third set and was unable
to serve effectively afterwards, which
accounts for Nebraska's defeat.
Hoerr. although carrying off indi
vidual playing honors, left but few
friends among the tennis enthusiasts
of Lincoln. His frequent unsports
manlike arguments with players and
officials cost him the respect of the
audience and he was often hissed and
laughed at.
The wind was blowing almost a gale
during the matches Saturday, which
hindered the real flashy work that was
expected to feature the different
matches.
Easy When He's Older
Father and son were walking the
streets and passed a large park In
which there were many statues. One
of them, the largest of all, was that of
a woman.
-Father, what is that?" asked the
son. pointing to this particular one
Inscribed "Woman."
"That is not a statue, my son." an
swered the father, "that is a figure of
speech." University Mlssourian.
Helmet and Quill
At a meeting of the Helmet and
Quill, the organization which controls
the publication of the Awgwan, the
following staff was elected for next
year: Editor, Leslie E. Slack; man
aging editor, Albert Ward Greer;
business manager, Albert Dryson.
Awgwan is the humorous publication
of the University. It was started
about three years ago and has been
remarkably successful. Mr. Slack has
been editor of the Awgwan for the
past year. Mr. Bryson succeeds Hugh
Agor as business manager. .
NEBRASKA STUDENT
ONTHE LUSITANIA
Indu Prakat Banerji Sinks With Ill
fated Boat Received Scholar
ship at Princeton
It has now been practically assured
that Indu Prakas Banerji, a former
Lincoln man and a graduate of the
State University, is among those lost
on the Lusitanii Rev. Dean It. Ice
land received a letter Friday from
Rev. Paul Martin, registrar of the Di
vinitv Schools at Princeton Univer
sity, stating that the Cunard officials
informed him that Mr. Banerji had
taken .passage on the boat Mr. Ba
nerji's name was also published in
the New York newspapers as one of
the passengers. His name has not
been published in the lists of those
rescued, and Lincoln friends have
practically given up all hope he is
alive. Doctor Martin wrote that he
had informed Mrs. Banerji In Baniban,
India, of the probable fate of her hus
band.
Mr. Banerji was an examiner in the
University of Calcutta and came to
the United States to complete his edu
cation. He arrived in Lincoln at the
beginning of the University year in
1913. At the following mid-winter
commencement he received his bach
elor of arts degree and last June was
awarded his master's degree in polit
ical economy. Mr. Banerji received a
scholarship at Princeton University
last fall through the efforts of Rev
Dean R. Leland.
PRE-MEDICS HOLD
AIIHUAL FIELD DAY
Sixty Spend Afternoon at the Beach
Ball Games Afford Interesting
Entertainment
The Pre-medics. sixty Btrong. 6pent
Thursday afternoon at Capital Beach
in the observance of their annual field
day. The afternoon was spent in all
kinds of games and in swimming and
boat riding, aDd in the evening a
lunch was served.
The first thing on the program was
the ball game between the Freshmen
and Sophomores. Professor Frankfor
ter umpired, and Nolan and Wiedman
composed the Sophomore battery,
while Wilson and Lanyon served the
Freshmen. The game was well played
and interesting, and although the
Freshmen put up a good fight, the
Sophomores won. 12 to 4.
Later in the afternoon the Pharmics
invaded the picnic grounds and hcal
lenged the doctors to a ball game.
The Medics responded nobly and in a
fast, eleven-inning game defeated the
pill artists 12 to 11. Reed and Razzle
were the Pharmics battery and Ne
ville and Nolan officiated for the Pre
.r. "dies.
OR GASTGKOSEN
WILL BE GIVEN AT OLIVER JUNE
FOURTH
PRODUCE "THE SUNKEN BELL'
Rehearsals for the Play Are Being
Held Regularly Snyder and
Williams Have the
Leads
The cast for the Senior play, "The
Sunken Bell," which is to be given at
the Oliver Theatre on June 4. has
been chosen. It is as follows:
Heinrich, a bell founder
Leon H. Snyder, Alma
Magda, his wife
...Eva McNamara, Nebraska City
Two Children
The Vicar J. C. Beard, Lincoln
The Schoolmaster
Llndon Lynch, Lincoln
The Barber J. W. Ferris, Lincoln
Old Wittikin
Nettie LeGrange, Fullerton
Rautendelen, an elf en creature...
Ella Williams, Buffalo, Wyo.
The Nickelmann, an elemental spirit
. Harold Campbell, Osceola
The Wood Sprite
Ford Bates, Springfield
The Neighbor
Leonora Fitzgerald, Omaha
Four Elves
Trolds and Dwarfs
Villagers
The play, "The Sunken Bell," is a
departure from the usual run of plays
produced by colleges and universities
and the audience this year will have
an opportunity to see a different kind
of work by the members of the Senior
class than in past years. .The play
is written by Gerald Hauptman, the
celebrated German playwright. It has
never been played In the local theatre,
although E. H. Sothern and Julia Mar
lowe included this play in their reper
toire several seasons" ago. Many of
the students in the German depart
ment in the University will be par
ticularly interested in this play, as it
has been translated from the German
in the advanced classes for the past
seven or eight years. Professor Grum
mann has been a great student of the
works of Hauptman and has contrib
uted to several of the dramatic mag
azines criticisms of his work. Profes
sor Grummann is Assisting in the work
of coaching the indivdual members of
the cast
The story is an allegory and Is
rather vague and mystical to be de
tailed, but a story in outline follows:
Henrich, the bell-founder, has made a
great bell, which he would set upon
a great height In hauling the bell to
the mountain he lost it and it rolled
down the cliff and into a lake, where
it sunk. The bell-founder fell into a
glen where, seriously Injured, he en
counters the sprites and is charmed
with the elfin creature. Rautendelein.
The bell-founder is carried to his
home, and there, as he lay sick to
death, the elfin appears and brings
him back to health.
He follows her to the glen, and here
ensues the strongest scene in the play,
in which the vicar seeks to arouse
in the charmed bell-founder a sense
of duty to his family. The bell-founder
is rearing a temple in the mountain
and cannot return.
The fourth act shows him at work,
but with things going wrong. The
evil sprites of the glen trouble him.
(Continued on page 3)
Just for Fun
"Now, Tommy,'' reprimanded his
mother, "don't let me catch you throw
ing any more stones."
"Well, what will I do when the other
fellers throw "em?" asked Tommy.
"Just come and tell me," his mother
replied.
"Tell you!" he exclaimed in aston
ishment. "Why, you couldn't hit the
broad side of a bam!" Lipplncott's
"Pray, let me kiss your hand," said he,
With looks of burning love.
"I can remove my veil." said she
"Much easier than my glove."
Cornell Widow.
HIGH SCHOOL EDITORS
HOLD PRESS MEETING
Elect M. M. Fogg President of New
Organization Medal .to Be
Awarded Next Year
Representatives of different high
schools over the state who were edi
tors of various high school publica
tions, met in the Law Building, Satur
day, at 1 p. m. and formed the Ne
braska Interscholastic Press Associa
tion. The purpose of this association
is to further the efficiency and stand
ard of high school publications over
the state.
The organization was affected
through the untiring efforts of Prof.
M. M. Fogg, who was accordingly
elected president of the association.
An executive board was chosen of five
members, being the editors of the
high school papers at Hastings, South
Omaha, Lincoln, Wayne, and Colum
bus. This committee will have charge
of the blue penciling of the work
which will be turned in from the vari
ous high schools in the association.
and will form a clearing house of
high school publications. Each month
this committee will forward sugges
tions pertinent to the improvement of
the papers.
Mr. C. A. Sorensen announced that
a medal would be given each year to
the school publishing the best paper.-
Mr. Sorensen said he was not at lib
erty to disclose the name of the donor.
KANSAS PROFESSOR
OVERCOME DY FUMES
Brother of Former Nebraska Professor
Recovers After Pulmotor
Is Applied
Lawrence, Kas., May 8 Fumes
from paint containing gasoline over
came Prof. W. J. Baumgartner of the
University of Kansas, while he was
painting a cistern at his home. Pro
fessor Baumgartner had been working
in the cistern about twenty minutes
when he became unconscious." The
Rev. Stanton dinger heard the cries
of a small girl who had found the
prostrate man in the cistern. He went
into the well and tied a rope about
him, but on trying to pull him out the
rope broke. Reverend dinger went
down into the cistern to retie the rope
and he, too. was overcome. A pul
motor was applied to Professor Baum
gartner. Both men recovered.
Professor Baumgartner is a brother
of Prof. M. D. Baumgartner, who left
Nebraska University to accept a posi
tion in the German department of
Butler University, Indianapolis, Ind.,
last fall. Prof, W. J. Baumgartner had
visited his brother frequently and has
a large circle of friends In Lincoln.
KLEIN IIS FIRST
BLUE SPRINGS ORATOR TAKES
FIRST HONORS
DEBATES NEGATIVE OF ISSUE
The Eighth Annual State High School
Debate Closed Saturday Dr.
Maxey Entertains the
Audience
Leonard W. Klein, of Blue Springs,
was awarded first place in the eighth
annual championship contest of the
Nebraska High School Debating
League; Aaron S, Speier, of Lincoln,
second place, and Donald G. Moore, of
Geneva, third. The question was:
Resolved. That the United States
should adopt government ownership
and operation of the railroads." The
judges were William G. Hastings, dean
of the College of Law; Prof. George
N. Foster, of the Law faculty, and
Mr. Albert Watkins, of the Nebraska
State Historical Society. Prof. M. M.
Fogg, president of the league, pre
sided.
The affirmative was represented by
R. G. Van Brunt, Beatrice; D. D. El
liott, West Point; A, S. Speier, Lin
coln; D. G. Moore. Geneva; W. E.
Christenson, Oakland; Ralph Brooks,
Sargent, and Frank Faux, South Oma
ha. The speakers on the negative
were L. W. Klein, Blue Springs;
Frank Harrington, O'Neill; Dal Lantt,
Kearney; Raymond Wertz. Trenton.
Miss Nell Tash, of Alliance, who was
to have been the first speaker on the
negative, was unable to attend.
The debate started at ten o'clock
and continued, each speaker being al
lowed seven minutes' argument and
four rebuttal, nearly every moment
rife with burning oratory, until the
noon hour was almost passed. The
decision of the judges was given at 1
o'clock. During the consultation of
the judges. Miss Edith Wharton en
tertained the audience with a violin
solo. Thereupon Doctor Maxey was
called to the platform, and gave a
rambling discussion on subjects rang
ing from the war to the possible win
ners in the debate.
The arguments of the affirmative
were aimed at the present "inherent
evils" of the railroads, such as
watered stocks, rebates, illegal dis
crimination, high-finance, consolida
tion of too much power in the nands
of a favored few. high rates, and th
substitution of profit for service. The
negative contended that government
ownership of the railroads was un
necessary, since the railroads no
longer use unfair discriminations.
Government -ownership, it was de
clared, would stifle industry, and re
sult in political corruption. The nega
tive asked for more regulation, to
which the affirmative replied that
complete regulation of the railroads
by the government would be the same
as government ownership aside from,
the fact that the title would still re
main in the hands of private indi
viduals. Miss Anna Jelen, 16, has been elect
ed to a position In the Wilber Higa
School, where she will teach Bohe
mian. The Komensky Club held its annual
picnic at Crete, Saturday. The an
nual banquet In honor of the club's
graduate students will be held at the
Lincoln Hotel, May 28.
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