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1 Th Daily Nebra VOL. XV. NO. HO. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1916. PRICE 5 CENTS. I LOYD FOSTER VIIIS W, C. T J. CONTEST ORATION, "NATIONAL PREPARED NESS," BRINGS $25 Leonard Kline Finished Seconti and Robert Warlna Third Among Other Orator Llord Foster, '16, Lincoln, speaking on -National Preparedness," won the J C T U. first prize of $25 for 1 b;Rt oration on the liquor prob km at the university prohibition ora torical contest held at the Temple Sturday night. Leonard W. Kline. IS Blue Springs, whose subject was lie New Ally," was awarded the eoond prize of $15; and Robert War ing '17, of Geneva, won the third prize of $10 with the subject, "Effi ciency and Alcohol." The contest was attended by at least 200 people, who seemed to en oy the attacks on booze delivered ith so much vigor by the seven con testants. At the close of the orations, Mayor Bryan, who presided, made the suggestion that met with hearty ap plause, that the seven students be Induced to stump the state during the flry campaign this summer and fall, under the auspices of the Nebraska Dry Federation. Foster will represent Nebraska uni versity at the state prohibition ora toricalxontest to be held at Bellevue April 13. There he will meet the first place winner in similar contests at the other Nebraska colleges. In addition to the three winners, these students took part In the con test: Roy Bradley, '18, Ulysses; Wal lace Gerrie, 'IS, Omaha; Harry Gayer, ' 17, Lincoln, and John Loder, '18, TTaverly. FREMONT SIGNS FOR UNIVERSITY WEEK FIFTH TOWN TO GET THE FIVE ATTRACTIONS Circuit for 1916 Complete with Fre mont, David City, Seward, Schuy ler and North Bend Fremont will be the fifth town on the University Week program this coming spring vacation, Business Manager Jack Lane having received from the Dodge county seat an ac ceptance of the contract for the five shows. The circuit of towns for 1916 k now complete, with Fremont, David City, Seward, Schuyler and North Bend. Tro hundred season tickets for the Performances in Fremont have al- Teady been sold. An Influential citi- en of the town has promised to guar- utee all expenses if 250 additional jkketa are sold. This number will disposed of without difficulty. In jhe opinion of Fremont alumni. If tt sale does fill short of the 250 there are other backers for the WWmity Week program, so that ' 10,11 111 be Included in the itin erary. For the five towns to entertain the J"1, the Glee club, the University yerg, the debating teams and Prof. Jtoger, who comprise the show un this year, old Nebraska alum ;Hhigb. schoolg and the commer- ( Con tinned on page t) i SENIOR INVITATIONS PLACED ON SALE Prices the Same at Last YearOne Week Sale Senior class invitations were put on display at the College Dook store this morning. Orders for the invitations can be placed at once, and the sale will last all of this week. All invi tations must be ordered by the end of the week, according to the com mittee. The seniors in the different colleges will be canvassed by commit tee members. The prices for the invitations are the same as last year 26 cents for the leather invitations, 13 cents for cardboard, and 5 cents for the an nouncements. The committee consid ers the class fortunate in being able to secure the leather invitations for the same price as last yearn" in view of the higher cost of leather low. COMMITTEE PLANS FOR ALUMNI DAY The executive committee of the Alumni association met Saturday eve ning for a preliminary discussion of the plans for the annual alumni homecoming, June 6. An automobile trip, that will include a visit to both farm and city campuses with a view of the new buildings, is one of the features that has not been a part of previous Alumni day programs. The board of directors of the as sociation will meet April 6 for a fur ther consideration of plans and the outlining more definitely of the pro gram REGENTS AUTHORIZE NEWJUILDINGS ORDER ADVERTISING FOR FARM BUILDING BIDS PLAYS OF "OULD ERIN" BY CATHOLIC CLUB Discus the Single Tax with Epper ion Will Adopt It if It Is Right and Legal The board of regents, meeting Fri day with Architect Hodgdou, author ized him to go ahead with the tenta tive plans for the social science build ing. This structure will be placed at Twelfth and It streets, and will house many of the departments which now find cramped quarters iu the library or in University hall. The regents also ordered Secretary Dales to advertise for bids on the agri cultural engineering building. Com pleted plans for which have been in the construction department for some time. This building will be placed on the farm camnus. and work on it should be well under way by the be ginning of next school year Editor-in-Chief Epperson, of The Daily Nebraskan, conferred with the regents upon the proposed Single Tax for the university students. Mem bers of the board expressed them selves as willing to adopt the tax if it could be demonstrated that it was right in principle, and if it is legal. The sponsors of the tax believe that both of these points can be shown to the satisfaction of the regents. The Catholic Students' club is pre pared to entertain the public on Fri day evening, March 17, at the Temple theatre with the dramatic productions, "Kerry," "The Littlest Girl" and "The Obstinate Family." The cast, under the direction of Bernard Townscnd, has the work well in hand. Flenty of good orchestral music wil be provided. Anyone who has a warm spot in his heart for "Ould Erin" and wishes to give observance to some thing In keeping with St. Patrick's day, ,WUl find something given to suit his tastes. Many reservations for seats have already been made. Seats go on sale at the College Book store today. NEBRASKA AND IOWA WRESTIUO DRAW EACH SCHOOL WINS HALF OF ITS MAT BATTLES FLORENCE WOODBURN GLEE CLUB SOLOIST rinrpnoA Woftdhum has been se lected as the Glee club soloist, ac cording to an announcement made by Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond Saturday aft ernoon. Miss Woodburn was one of six competitors for the place. She will accompany the Glee club on its trip University Week, and will have a number of solos on the program, in addition to assisting in the work. Otoupalik Competes In Two Divisions, Winning In One and Losing In the Other JOHN L. KENNEDY TO SPEAK The Young Men's club of the First Presbyterian church will give a ban quet Tuesday evening at 6:45 o'clock. John L. Kennedy of Omaha will speak on "What a Young Man Should Know About Politics." University students are Invited. Reservations may be tel ephoned to B-2137 Now for the Second Annual M o - --- r Pageant, The Uate Lity, oiuen in oune Nebraska tied Iowa in the wrestling match at the Armory Saturday after noon, each of the teams winning three matches. The feature of the whole Beries of bouts was the heavyweight wrestle between Otoupalik and Bar ron, which was awarded to the latter by decision. Nebraska won the first bout, Pas cale, special class 125 pounds, win ning from Parrott on decision. Iowa came back strong in the next wres tle, and Brian lost to Austin. Time, 25 minutes and 27 4-5 seconds. Otounalik won easily in the light heavyweight contest, throwing Gilli- land in 9 minutes and 8 seconds. In this bout Nebraska had everything her own way. Nebraska added to her lead by win ning the next event, Dick Rutherford, middleweight class, putting Hemming- son on his back in 3 minutes ana 27 3-5 seconds. Dick was in a class by himself. The welterweight contest came next. It was marked by mucn reini- ine and little clinching. Cockshoot was awarded the decision over Gut- berlet after 26 minutes. The last match was a "real treat for the wrestling fans. Captain Otou palik went in against Barron in the heavyweight division. The welgnt of the Iowan was all in his favor and Otoupalik appeared rather slim beside his fleshv ODDonent. The first halt of the match wa splainly Otoupalik's. Repeatedly he slung his heavier op- "The Gate City," the second annual pageant of Lincoln, will be presented June 5 and 6, 1916. The first pageant dealt' with the capital city of the state; the second will be con cerned with; the state's metropolis and once territorial capital, Omaha. In everr particular the pageant for 1916 will surpass that of 1915. Gor geous and beautiful effects for the two evening performances are plan ned, playing about the. conception of the rainbow, as the Gate of Promise, chosen as a symbol for Omaha, the Gate City of Nebraska. Music, drama and dancing will add to the spectacle in which about 300 performers, most ly students, are to participate. Miss Charlotte Wheedon, who di rected the dances last year, will again appear in the aesthetic dances. Prof. R. D. Scott will direct the per formance. Prof. H. B. Alexander is the author of the book. Henry Pur mort Eames. formerly a resident of Lincoln and later of Omaha, composed the music for the occasion. He is now director of the Cosmopolitan Schol of Music, Chicago, and presi dent of the Society of American Mu sicians. - Three Performances Three performances of "The Gate City" will be given, twqjn the eve nings and one in the afternoon, on the athletic field, or in case of rain, in the Lincoln auditorium. T, first nareant of Lincoln was given June 5, 1915. on the athletic field. The performance aroused such Instant and general enthusiasm that the Lincoln Commercial club, which stood sponsor for it, decided that the pageant should be an annual fete in Lincoln, to be held at the time of the university commence ment. The pageant is a musical-dramatic outdoor representation of some event in the history of Nebraska or of some ideal of the people of the state. Ne braska talent is employed in creating the pageant, thus developing a senti ment of state pride and patriotism. The subject of the pageant for 1915 was "The Founding of Lincoln." This event, perhaps more than any other in Nebraska's history, represented the activities of the united people of the state. Lincoln is the state capi tal as a result of the deliberate choice of the state's first citizens. "The Founding of Lincoln" was therefore, particularly suited for such idealiza tion as the pageant aimes to give. It portrayed the history of Lincoln from the days when the Indians came to thA salt basin for their yearly supply of salt to the time of the dedication nf the. state capital The World-Herald said: "The dom inant spirit of the recent pageant at Lincoln was not lusty and laugnaoie hilarity. It was beauty. It was charm. It was something deliciously memor able." Omaha Indian Ritual Tha citv of Omaha by its name, preserves the name of one of the most of the first part of the pageant for 1916. This -part is "The Sacred Tree of the Omaha Tribe" and will repre sent the Omaha tribal legend of the finding of a miraculously illuminated - 1 . 3 -n-riiri spread as a symuu! ui 11 W Tl il'V" - " peace when the tribe was threatened with disruption and war. The second part of the pageant is the journey of Coronado, far back in civtnth rpntnrv "The Vision l XI V, kfftA of Coronado" begins with a dramatic portrayal of his search for the Golden Citv of Quivera a great and beauti ful city beside a broad river, as the Tndiana Tin d rpDorted it to him. He failed in his search, but in the pag eant his dream is represented as pro phetic of the city of Omaha, whicb is revealed to him in a vision of pns matic splendor. NorthruD's Conception The conception of "Coronado's Vis ion" first came to Ralph Northrup, 15. who died in the autumn of 1915 He had hoped to produce a pageant on this theme in his native city, and it seemed therefore particularly ap- nroDriate to the writer of "The Gate rsw a friend and former teacher nf Mr. Northrup that the fine con ception in the imagination of this young Nebraskan should be brought to realization, both as a tribute to him j sYmo.a fit which he was a I1I1U IU wiuuii", nt the, cast for "The A tiumtr- . i Vrnrn hpn chosen and ponent over his back for a distance of several yards. The Nebraskan dis played a nimbleness of foot that was catlike. Much amusement was caused the (Continued on page 4.) W. W. BURR HEADS NEW AGRONOMY DEPT. REGENTS ELECT WASHINGTON EXPERT TO NEW POST Instructional and Experimental Apron omy Are Combined for the New Department famous of fl.J Barnes will be announced In a most important one in the state it in Ppliearsa3 -m start in M J.H a flicriTirilVK I BUKJl l . i"" IS EUing, iucreiui, - and beautiful ritual of this triDe one which is in a sense symbolic or of the present inhabitants of the state should form the subject about a week. Professor Scott de clares that the costuming and the scenery will be much more elaborate than last year. W. W. Burr, a graduate of the uni versity in 1906, and for the past four years connected with the office of dry land agriculture of the United States department of agriculture, has been elected to the position of head of the combined department of experimental and instructional agronomy. He will come to the university July 1. Professor Burr is an agronomist of note. After he graduated from the university he went to the North Platte substation, and worked in the land re searches and investigations there un til 1912. Then he went to Washing ton to take the place in the depart ment of agriculture that he is leav ing now in order to come to Lincoln. With the coming of Professor tsurr, the work in the agronomy department will be enlarged and extended. There will be no other change in the staff, and all of the men at present on the force will be retained.