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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-
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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
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-n-riiri spread as a symuu! ui
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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
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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.
