The Daily Nebraskan
XV1H. NO. 105.
VOL.
LINCOLN, FK1DAY, MARCH 7, 1919.
VIUCK FIVE CENTS
SEMICENTENNIAL
PLANS COMPLETED
tj,t Celebration Begins May 23
and Lasts Four Days Prior
to Commencement.
University Pageant, Ivy Day,
Class Reunions Feature 50th
Anniversary Plans.
The semi-centennial celebration will
begin Friday. May 23. and will last for
four days until after commencement
which wil be held the following Mon
day. U is to be the homecoming day
for the alumni and a large crowd is
expected.
On the first day of the celebration
there wil be exhibits by the various
onartments of the university. In the
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afternoon there will be moving pic
tures. under the direction of Professor
G. It. Condra, showing university life
The Ivy Day exercises wil take place
nn the campus. The alumni classes
will hold their reunions and lunch
eons. In the evening the pageant will
be given at the City Auditorium un
der the direction of Professor R. D,
Scott. The libretto of the pageant has
been written by Professor H. B. Alex
ander.
Athletic Meet
There wil be an athletic meel held
at the state-farm the following Satur
day morning, which will be followed
bv a ceneral alumni luncheon with
speeches by several prominent men
In the evening the pageant will be re
peated at the Auditorium.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
given in Memorial Hall Sunday morn
ing. In the evening the university
chorus, under the direction of Mrs. C
B. Raymond, will present the oratorio
of "Elijah."
Monday morning the commence
ment exercises with the usual proces
sion will be held. Major General
Leonard Wood will give the com
mencement address. Other arrange
ments will be announced later. At one
o'clock there will be a luncheon at the
Comercial Club. In the afternoon
military exhibition by the university
regiment will be given.
Officers Appointed
The following jnen are in charge of
the celebration exercises and are mak
ing the arrangements:
Chancellor Avery, chairman.
Prof. Sanford, secretary.
Committee of Regents
E. P. Brown.
J. E. Miller.
Frank W. Judson, Omaha.
Harry Landis, Seward.
The following are chairmen of gen
eral committees which make up the
large committee:
Dean C. C. Enberg.
Prof. G. R. Chatburn.
Prof. Edwin Barbour.
George Burgert.
Miss Annls Chaiken.
Prof. James T. Lees.
Dean Amanda Heppner.
Prof. George Condra.
Prof. H. B. Alexander.
Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond.
Prof. James E. L Rossignol.
Prof. LouiBe Pound.
Max Westerman.
John J. Ledwith.
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OPEN FORUM MEETING
AT ORPHEUM SUNDAY
The Open Forum Committee wishes
to announce that the meeting that
was postponed last Sunday will be
hld next Sunday, March 9th, at 2:45
P. ni., at the Orpheum theater.
Covernor McKelvle will speak on
'State Government." Miss Shanefelt
harpist, will furnish the musical pre
lude, accompanied by other musicians
of the University and city.
The pictures to be shown will pop
tray graphically numerous state In
stitutions, their location, their man
agement and purpose of existence,
Thrre will be a question period follow
ins the address.
BUSINESS MEN TO FEAST
OH DOUGHNUTS AND CIDER
Two Hundred Omaha High Schoo
of Commerce Students anr
Guests of University
Nearly two hundred students of the
Omaha High School of Commerce, di
rected by Professor B. A. Polzin, head
of the history department in that
school, will be guests of the Univer
sity Commercial Club, Friday evening,
March 7th, at seven o'clock in the
Temple. The program has been
worked out by Fred N. Hellner, presi
dent of the club, assisted by the other
officers, and Professor Polzin will pre.
side.
Lieutenant D. F. Cole of the com
mercial department at the University
will tell of his many vivid experiences
while In Europe with the artillery, and
Professor L.e Rossignol or the eco
nomics department and school of com
merce, will also address the students
A clever skit, entitled A" Few Min
utes of Nonsense," has been prepared
by Eli Fogelson and Harold Banta, and
will be presented during the evening
for the approval of the Omaha guests
Old-fashioned refreshments, consist
ing of pie, doughnuts and cider, will
be served at the conclusion of the pro
gram. All members of the Commer
mial Club at the University, and all
persons who intend becoming mem
bers at some future time, are urged to
be present to help entertain the high
school students, many of whom will
attend the university next year and
enroll in the school of commerce.
SUN30NNETS AND APRONS
AT "HARD TIMES" PARTY
A "hard times" party will be held
for all university girls Saturday after
noon at the Woman's Hall. Every girl
is expected to wear her oldest clothes
or a sunbonnet and an apron and be
prepared for a general good time. The
party will begin at 3 o'clock and the
following program will be given:
Bernice Allen Violin Solo
Corrine Rogers riano
Ruby Swenson Dancing
Alice O'Laughlin Whistling Solo
Leslie Wethers Reading
After the program refshments will
be served and the girls will dance to
heir heart's content. The invitation
is extended to faculty and all the uni-
ersity girls.
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BULLETIN
Special to the Star.
Nebraska 29
Kansas .". - 2
HUSKERS VICTORS 111
SECOND KANSAS GAME
Nebraskans Turn Tables on Jay
hawk Quintet in Very
Close Contest.
Still Have Bare Chance for Val
ley Championship Meet
Aggies Tonight.
The Cornhuskers turned the ta
bles on the Jayhawkers by winning
the second game of the series 29 to 24
Last night's victory again brings Ne
tiraska to second place with a fighting
chance for the penant. If the Aggies
win either tonight or tomorrow the
championship is lost.
Standing of the leaders:
Kansas Aggies 7
Nebraska 9
Grinnell 3
Missouri 7
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ART EXHIBIT CONTAINS
DISTINCTIVE PAINTINGS
Pictures of All Types and Hues
On Display in University
Gallery
The annual exhibit of the Nebraska
Art Association is now being held in
the university Art Gallery, and will
continue for three weeks. The ex
hibit is a very fine one, and by pro
curing a season ticket for fifty cents,
half the regulation price, a student
may have the privilege of seeing the
pictures at any time. The university
orchestra plays Tuesday and Thurs
day evenings and Sunday afternoons
at three o'clock.
The exhibit includes canvases by
the well-known American artist, Ben
son, whose eminence is shown by the
fact that the regular collection belong
ing to the university contains repro
ductions of Benson, Sir William
Beechey, English portrait artist of the
older style, is represented, and also
Ralph Blaelock, now insane, and
whose pictures sell as high as $40,'
000. The largest picture in the collec
tion, "Sky and Sea," by Charles Carl-
sen, occupied the commanding space
in the Omaha exhibit. The pivotal
canvas in this exhibit is "Mother and
Children," by De Hoog of the Dutch
school. One of the most beautiful pic
tures, especially in coloring, is Dupre's
Le Soliel Couchant." Ennicking's
'Pasture at Sunset" is another beau
tiful work in color. Fuller has a for
est interior.
Garber, who has jus won first prize
in the Philadelphia exhibit, one of the
most notable in the country, is repre
sented in the collection. Hallowell's
'War Logs" shows a scene of war
work ta night. Henri, in his portraits
of an Irish girl and village boy, dis
plays broad rbush work and unusual
charcter delineation. InnesB, the
greatest American landscape painter
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COMPLIMENTARY DINNER
FOR FACULTY ENGINEERS
A dinner will be given Saturday
evening. March 8th, at the Lincoln
hotel, by the faculty men of the en
glneerlng department, In honor of the
former members of the engineering
staff who have returned recently from
military service. The dinner will be
held from six until eight o'clock on
account of university night. The
guests of honor will be Major Avery,
Major O. V. P. Stout, Major L. W
Chase. Captain C. J. Frankfort er, Lieu
tenant E. E. Brackett, Lieutenant I. D.
Wood, and R. W. Carpenter. Imme
diately after dinner short Informal
speeches will be made by the guests.
PUSH THE CAMPAIGNING
ON LAST DAY OF SALE
Verna Buchta Still Leads List of
Girls in Subscription Contest
Big Drive Today.
Everyone who calls himself a real
Cornhusker is expected to prove his
right to his title by placing his name
on the subscription list of the "Vic
tory Annual before six o'clock to
night.
The management has planned to
make this last day of the sale bigger
than any of the others and has offered
a special extra prize of five dollars to
the girl who sells the largest number
of subscriptions in this single day.
While the campaign up to the present
time has ben fairly succesful, there
are still a large number or studnts
who have not yet subscribed and who
will probably want to get their names
in the list before the campangn closes.
Today is positively the last day that
it will be posible to order a volume
and more books wil lprobably be sold
today than during any of the previous
days. The management calls atten
tion to the fact that Cornhuskers can
not be secured unles ordered now.
The competition has continued close
throughout the entire campaign and
this last day may show some remark
able changes in the standing of the
various contestants. Their standing
when the campaign closed Thursday
night was as follows:
Verna Buchta.
Betty Riddell.
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ENGINEERS MAKE PLANS
FOR A ROAD INSTITUTE
The arrangements for the second
Nebraska Road Institute, which will
be held in the Mechanical Engineer
ing building, March 10th to 14th, have
all been completed, and the commit
tee in charge has received a large
number of compliments in regard to
the proposed program. Professor
Clark E. Mickey, chairman of the com
mittee, states that the institute has
been unusually fortunate in securing
good talent for these sessions. Espe
cially noteworthy is the program for
Friday, March 14th. In the morning
Mr. F. W. Parrott, auditor of the Iowa
State Highway Commission, will
speak on "Records and Reports of
Township, County and State Highway
nd Bridge Construction and Mainte
nance, tie will discuss ana present
cost and maintenance data. Mr. Par
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Closes Today
PREPARATIONS FOR
FUNFEST COMPLETE
Doors Will Swing Open Tomorrow
Night on Program of Spirited
Productions
Record Attendance Predicted for
Ninth Annual University
Night. Seats Sell Fast
With the successmul termination of
the ticket sale, and with the assurance
of a program well balanced, represent
ative and full of pep and fun, the doors
of the city auditorium will swing open
tomorrow night upon a University
Night of unusual merit. Organizations
are adding the finishing touches to
skits and sketches, the arrangements
committee is making final prepara
tions for handling all details, and the
staff of the "Evening Shun" is en
gaged in the collection of the brightest
bit sof campus scandal ever published.
The management, in making prepa
rations, has overlooked no details. Ar
rangements for handling the biggest
university crowd of the year and for
conducting the performance smoothly
are complete. The production will be
made more attractive than usual, with
special orchestral music and the per
fection of stage equipment.
The doors of the auditorium will
open at 7:30 tomorrow night and the
program will start promptly at 8
o'clock. Not a dull moment wil elapse
after the curtain rolls up for a special
fifteen-piece or chestra will provide
music between the acts.
The sale of seats indicates a record
attendance. More than 1600 had been
sold yesterday and the remainder were
going fast. Persons who have not yet
purchased tickets may get them at the
College Book Store before tomorrow
night, as it is possible that none will
be sold at the door.
Stunts Are of High Order
In the selection of skits, the man
agement has endeavored to raise the
plane of productions and yet rob the
night of none of its merriment. Under
the supervision of the committee, the
stunts have been prepared with care
and each of the ten acts on the pro
gram will be bubbling over with genu
ine fun.
The engineers will 6tart the pro
gram and if their stunt savors too
much of overalled workmen and throb
bing machinery, it will be counteract
ed by the artistic production of the
Art Club which follows. The reorgan
ized University Band will make its
first public appearance and Oz Black,
king of local cartoonists, will give an
animated chalk-talk.
Theta Sigma Phi, women's journal
istic fraternity, will present their in
dispensable sketch, entitled "'Twas
As." The Laws will be ther to show
the rest of the university what is do
ing from their poitn of view, and the
Ag Club wil present the attractive
features of the farm. The Pre-Medics
wil lair the attractive features of their
profession in a typical blood-curdling
stunt. Novel and original ideas
something wholly out of the ordinary
are being worked out by the Univer
sity Players and they will be presented
with all the ardor of which the uni
versity dramatists are capable. The
Palladians with some screaming hits
will close the bill.
"The Evening Shun"
"The Evening Shun, long estab
lished as the greatest feature of Unl
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