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e Daily Nebraskan
VOIaXIX. NO. 113.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1920.
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(HUE MEMBERS
OF HONOR UNIT
Pontine! of Pershing Rifles
Best Drilled Men in Cadet
Regiment.
Trce Number of Men Qualify
for uiaesi wiuiwiry or
ganization. Th Membership Board of the Tor
jhing Kifles yesterday announced the
names of new men admitted to mem
Krshin in the Rifles. The list Is com
posed for the most part, of the names
0f men who have had previous mili
tary training, either in other colleges,
In mi'itary academies or in the army.
Some names appear, however, of men
nho have had no military experience
previous to entering the University,
but who have shown up especially
veil in drill.
Mrribership in 'he Pershing Rifles
is on? of the highest honors given in
the military department and selection
i made from among the most sol
dierly men in the Cadet Regiment.
The Riflles," besides being a crack
drill company, also form a military
dull and the organization is active in
!l military affairs In the University.
Th-1 Pershing Rifles is one of the
oldff organizations of the campus,
bavin? been organized as the Varsity
Rifles by General Pershing when he
was a first lieutenant and command
ant of the Cadets at this school. The
General still iuaintains an interest in
the Rifles and awards a medal each
year ie the best military man in the
Cadet Regiment, with the provision
tfat he must belong to the Pershing
R!fles.
The organization is larger this year
than usual since the new A. E. F.
drill regulations demand longer com
panies for drills. Besides the new
nirmbers just selected there are a
number of men who have been mem
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BRYAN SCHEDULED FOR
SI-EECIIE3 IN LINCOLN
Wiriam Jennings Bryan, formerly
Lincoln, and one of the conspicuous
figures in party politics, will visit the
city this weekend where he is sched
uled to give a number of addresses,
This evening at the city auditorium
he will speak on "Woman and the
Iwlot." This meeting is for women
only and all University girls are
urged to attend.
Arrangements have been made for
University men for admission to Mr
Bryan's address Sunday at the Lib
erty theatre, Sunday at four o'clock.
V limited number of tickets can be
secured Friday and Saturday free of
charge at the Y. M. C. A. office in
the Temple.
Mr. Bryan's statement regarding his
position on presidertial possibilities
may be defended at this time.
KEEN COMPETITION
III BOVLlliG FEST
Sigma Nu and Farm House
Conquer Sig Alph and
Beta Teams.
OWENS ROLLS HIGH SCORE
CREDIT ASSOCIATION
TO ESTABLISH CHAPTER
le Rossignol Asked to Assist
in Forming Branch in
Lincoln.
iVan I,e Rissignol and, the College
it Business Administration have been
m;pc1 to co-operate with the National
Affocintion of Creiit Men in estab
'filing local chapters of the associa
tion r Lincoln. Eighteen chapters
u'e rieen established this year and
l'lans are be'ng made for forming a
Cil branch at L'ncoln.
The edueaticnal work is carried out
o some extent thr ugh the national
ffiee and by correspondence classes.
iu; the major rart of it is done
bough local associations which act
-.-SM'rr with a college of commerce
ji a Y. M. C. A. giving commercial
.r; us of a collegiate grade. By in
fitPd'g the College of Business Ad
r, nis'.ration in the movement, classes
:L,iU- to the classes in salesmanship
nd economics can be taught for the
upiffir of the bus ness men of the
!'T.
K-q 'i-fmfnts for certificates of the
;itiie of credit are as follows:
1- a. Principles of Business
(half cour.ip) 30 hours
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SENIORS SHOULD ORDER
INVITATIONS AT ONCE
Sc-niors who wish to have their
fmii;-s an(i friends present at the
cieat event of graduation, should give
'heir orders for Senior invitations on
Friday or the first two days of next
. either at the College Book
Stare, or to some member of the
Invitation Committee, which consists
of Marian Wyman, Julia Mockett.
Eertha Helzer and Don Spencer.
Tuesday of next week is absolutely
the lan chance to order invitations.
Friers are as follows:
Leaflet invitations f 0.15 each
rJ"T booklet invitations .30 each
u -ath-r booklet invitations.. .55 each
Mgma Nu and Farm House bow lers
easily defeated the Sig Alphs and
Betas Thursday tfternoon in the
semi-finals of the nter-fraternity ten-
pi i tournament. Ihe total scores
registered Thursday were far below
the pace set in the opening rounds
last Monday. The teams remaining
in the pursuit of the pennant claim
they will reach the 2600 mark con
sidered in University circles to be
b;g league stuff."
Owens of the Sigma Nu smashers
chalked up the highest tally of the
to'trney with a totai of 613. He was
laigely responsible tor the slaughter
of the Sig Alphs. Samuelson and
CampbeV rolling tor the Sig Alph
g.mg were high men.
The Farm House quintet had little
trouble in downing the Beta five at
tiie city runways with a 126 margin.
Lieber lead the field with a total of
4S6 maples while plan tallied with
a 461 count for thf Betas.
Sigma Nu
1st 2nd
Taylor 118
Dinsmore 1L2
Rod well ISO
Pollock 165
Oiens 199
TKuENTS LEAVE
ON TRIP SUNDAY
University Week Visitors to Start
on Annual Excursion Be
fore Vacation.
CHANCELLOR SPEAKS TODAY
University students who will
participate In University Week
are requested to assemble at
Law 101 this afternoon at five
o'clock. Chancellor Avery will
address the students at this
hour. This meeting was origi
nally planned to be held at
11:30. It is imperative that all
students attend.
Plans for the annual University
Week trip are now fully completed
Everything is in readiness for the
largest trip ever attempted by the
school. The personnel for the two
circuits incluaes 105 students about
thirty-five more than last year. Hiram
Studley will be chief executive for
both the Western and Northern cir
cuits. Clarence Haley will be man
ager of the Western circuit and Earl
Coryell is director of the Northern
group
The towns out in the state which
will receive the University talent in
clude Gothenburg. North Platte, Sid
ney, Kimball, Lexington, Chappell in
the Western route, and Fremont,
Hooper, Creston, Newman Grove,
Stanton and Elgin are included in
the Northern route. The advance
goard will leave Lincoln Sunday
morning and the remainder of the
talent expect to depart Monday.
190
131
106
164
225
3rd Total
137 445
131
113
207
1S9
394
369
536
613
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PROFESSOR FRANKFORTER
TO SPEAK ON EXPLOSIVES
Prof. C. J. Frankfurter will lecture
in the general lecture room of Chem
istry Hall at five o'clock Friday, on
explosives. During the recent war he
was a captain In the ordnance depart
ment, chemical warfare service. He
will show a series of slides illustrat
im; the manufacture of the Spring
field rifle, and will also explain the
peace-time uses of explosives as well
as the war time uses. This Is the
third lecture in the Chemistry Club
course. Students will have an oppor
tunity of hearing for nothing an ad
dress well worth while. Lectures will
be given In the future by Dr. Lyman,
Dr. Condra and Professors Barbour
and Sherman on these subjects. As
this is a very important matter it is
hoped that students will take advan
tage of these lectures and attend.
MISS BENNETT TO
SPEAK ON SCIENCE
Will Address Girls at Luncheon
to be Held at Grand Hotel
Today.
GIVES VOCATIONAL TALKS
814
77 2351
Totals 796
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
1st 2nd 3rd Total
Samuelson 159 168 181 508
Campbell 150 170 180
Hopkins 11 0 139 127
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500
382
AMHERST COLLEGE WILL
AWARD TWO FELLOWSHIPS
JOHN PICKETT
1920 Baseball Captain
Announcement of "The Amherst
Meruoria. Fellowships, two fellow
6hips of two thousand dollars eaen.
given for the study of social, economic
ar.d political institutions, has been re
ceived by Dean I.e Rossignol fron
Walton H. Hamilton of that institu
tion.
The purpose of these fellowships is
thus expressed in 'he deed of gut:
I.ealizing the need for better under
anding and more complete adjust
ment between man and existing so
ciiil. economic and political institu-
ti.ns, it is my aesire 10 e&iaunn
fellowship for a study of the prin
ciples underlring these human re
lationships."
Any university or college graduate
who has the nectssary cnaracier
Qualifications and evidence of interest
in the social sciences is eligible.
There are to be two fellows appointed
each year for two years; but when
conditions warrant the appointment
may te exienaeu iur uue vi i " " 1
y.irs. The first appointment will be
made some time in May for the years
1920-21. 1921-22.
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-AFTER COLLEGE WHAT?"
rriday. March 26
9:C0 to 11:00 a. m. Confer
.nce, Woman's Hall Helen
3ennett.
11:00 a. m. Conference of
physical education girls, Arm
ory. He'en Bennett.
12:00 m. Luncheon for scien
tific girls, Grand Hotel, aurpices
ef lota Sigma Pi; "Oppo tuni
ties for Women in Science,"
Helen Bennett.
4:00 p. m. "The Independent
Worker," Temple Theatre, Helen
Bennett
Helen Bennett, the last of the
After College What" speakers, ar
rived in Lincoln Thursday morning
and in a number of address and in
formal talks has been giving the
women of the University first-hand in
formation on vocational subjects. In
every instance she has drawn a large
audience. Interviews with Miss Ben
neit are in great demand. This is
her last day here.
Speeches and interviews fill her
program today. More tnan seventy
women of the faculty attended the
luncheon in her honor Thursday. The
main floor of the Temple Theatre was
a'.most filled with women twice Thurs
day when she spok At the first of
toese meetings. Convocation, she
spokf on "Efficient Efficiency."
' New Occupations for Women" was
thy" subject of her address Thursday
evening. She described the oppor
tuiiities in advertising, publicity,
newspaper work, public health, nurs
ing, occupational theropy, salesman
ship, special work in industry and-
er-.ployment. In sneaking of the sol
diers disabled in the war she made
the statement that more people are
injured in occupations in the United
Slates every year tian were injured
in the American Arn y in the war.
Miss Bennett will speak at a
lu: cheon for scient'fic girls to be held
at the Grand Hotel rooay. uean
Heppner announced 'hat if any of the
g;.-ls who wish to attend have one
o'clock classes she would be glad to
exjuse them.
CHOOSE PICKETT
BASKETBALL HEAD
Otily Husker With Letter in the
Spring Sport at University
Well Qualified.
Nine Will Give Real Competition
to Opponents in Early
Spring Games.
Joh-i Pickett is the captain-elect of
the 1320 Cornhuske'- baseball team.
s the diamond sport has not pre-
ailed at Nebraska tor several years
ro leader had been provided to head
'his spring's nine and the choice of
!hc present candidates was Pickett
John is the only man on the squad
who has won a letter in baseball.
No be ter leader for the Husker team
cculd have been found, as the results
if the season will doubtless show.
Pickett has had extensive experi
ence in the national pastime. His
home :s at Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and
ho hps always bpen prominent in
basebill circles in that section of the
ownt:y. In 1917 he was one of the
dependables of the Husker aggrega
tion and is the only man of that team
who is still in schoo He has played
on vaiious city league teams In Lin
ro'n and is considered one of the
rst mound performers that has ap
peared in the capital city since the
days of the Western League An
telopes His athletic ability is well
known at the Husker school as he
''as played two ye:rs of varsity bas-
! etball.
Together with Leonard Kline.
Pickett will form the backbone of
Coach Schisalcr's pitching staff this
pring He will probably be used in
the hardest games as his experience
on the diamond warrants his facing
my college or University team in the
ountiy The haughty Californians
!"ay bump into a big surprise when
i.hey swing their trusty willows at
Mime of John' puzzling twisters.
STOCK-JUDGING CONTEST
TO BE HELD MARCH 27
ENGINEERS' WEEK SET
At a mttinr of the executive com
mitter of the American Association
of Engineers, the date fr Engineer's
Week was set for May ;-S. This an
nual celebra''on of th Engineers
dates from th beginning of the En
gineering Co.lege. Dur g the war
period, it was not so sx'.ensive an
affair as before. Howver, this year
Engineer's Week will stag? a spec
tacular come-back.
One Convocation di ring .his week
will be turned over exclusively to the
Fng ineers, one day the "Rag" will be
the Engineers own paper, and for
ore day the rtogineers will meet all
comes who ua'e to dispute with them
fh title of "The Class of the School"
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UNIVERSITY TO PREPARE
FOUR NEW TENNIS COURTS
Immediate ftens wll be taken to
i.rrr.are four tennis courts on the
University grounds, according to in
oiina'ion received at the office of the
;'lil-i;e department yesterday. The
vo courts which are already built
will be put into playing condition at
tcc and two more will be construct
ed as soon as 'possible. This an-Tduncf-ment
will be hailed with joy
I'V Iovts of 'ennis at the University
f Nebraska. The lack of proper
.nnid facilities has always been a
drawback at the Husker institution
ir.d it is the intention of the athletic
department tc remedy this defect at
ce.
Whether or not Nebraska will be
. presented hy a tennis team or
hethT representatives will be sent
to the Missouri Valley tournament de
pends upon the interest manifested
ii th game by Cornhusker students.
1 hf Scarlet and Cream has not been
epresented In these meets for a
lumber of years pnd it Is doubtful If
arrangements will be made to par
:'c'pate this year. The four courts
w'H at least afford opportunity for
lovers of the game to exhibit their
rki'l at home in practice.
Seventy Students Will Participate
in Sixth Annual Meet at
State Farm Campus. '
The Sixth Annual Stock Judging
Contest, under the direction of the
Department of Animal Husbandry and
the Block and Brid'e Club, with about
seventy students competing, will be
staged at the University Farm, Satur
day, March 27, at eight a. m.
Teams from the college will be
chosen this wec-r. The class in
Animal Husbandry 2 will be repre
sented by two teams, and those in
10 and 10a, by six, each having three
teams. The School of Agriculture
will enter four regular teams and one
special team.
Cups and trophies will be given to
the winners of the contests. The Ne
braska Live Stock Breeders' Associa
tion will give a cip to the high man
in all classes of stock. This must be
won two years in succession for per
manent possession The present hold
er of this cup is K. A. Clark, '23.
The judges selected for the contest
are: Prof. A. M. Patterson, of Kan
sas Agricultural College; L. Boyd
Rist, agricultural agent of Gage
cou!ity; D. H. Propps and John Dal
ton. of Lincoln.
PROFESSORS DISCUSS AN
ENGINEERING ASSEMBLY
Trof. Raya A E. Davis, associate
professor of Civil Engineering, and
Prof. C. E. Mickey, went to Omaha,
Wednesday, to meet the represen
atives of the Omaha Chapter of the
American Association of Engineers to
organize a State Assemoiy. inis
.Assembly will be made up of the
representatives of all the local chap
ters of the A. A. E. in the 6tate. The
purpose of this Assembly is to handle
all problems of state-wide Importance
in which Engineers are interested.
The preliminary steps for this or
ganization wee taken several weeks
ago.
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