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'he Daily N: AS KAN iTmTxxll-NO. 132. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 1923 r GIVE OUT PROGRAM FOR CORNIIUSKER ROUND-UP IN JUNE University Alumni Association Announces Plans for Fun- fcst and Commence ment Exercises. IVY DAY WILL BE MAY 31 Laying of the Cornerstone of the Memorial Stadium to lie Feature of Big Celebration. (University Publicity Office). The program for the second annual Cornhusker Round-Up and commence ment exercises covering a period of five days from Thursday, May 31. to Monday, June 4 has been an nounccd by the Alumni Association of the University of Nebraska. The first three days constitute the alumni three-day funfest. Thursdaf will be Ivy Pay, when the traditional oxer clses will be observed on the city campus. The May Dance and tin crowning of the May Queen will tak place in the morning, while the tap ping of the Innocents and the mask ing of the Mortarboards will be held in the afternoon. A University sing has been scheduled for the evening. The annual competitive military drill of the R. O. T. C. starts the Friday morning program. An alumni council meeting for accreditted alum ni club and class delegates will be held in the Law buiding at 10 oVock. College reunions follow the meeting Perhaps the greatest event of the round-up will be the laying of the Memorial Stadium cornerstone a: 3:30 Friday afternoon. The detailed program for these exercises has noi been announced. t Fraternities anc sororities will Jiohl their annua' reunion banquets Frfday evening. Saturday morning will include the Class of l!i3 reunion, alumnae meet ing at Kllerr Smith Hall at 9:30 class reunions on "The Midway" ai 10 o'clock, the alumni parade through the streets of Lincoln, and the lunch eon at Memorial Hall at 12:15. The afternoon program Is as follows: An nual alumni business meeting and alumni address, class stunts and award of Alumni Day class trophy and the Kansas-Nebraska annual commencement baseball game at 3:10 on the parade grounds. A dance will be held at the Armory Saturday eve ning. Rev. Herbert Gray of Scotland will deliver the baccalaureate sermon Sunday morning, and Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond, directing the University Chorus, will present a sacred con cert. Rev. Timothy Stone of Chicago will deliver the commencement addrest Monday morning at St. Paul M. K. church. SERVICE TESTS 10 BE HELD HI JUNE Several Laboratory Positions Open to Students with Sixty Credit Hours. Laboratorians, laboratory assistants. Junior engineers, junior physicists, and junior technologists are needed by the Civil Service Commission. As sembled examinations will bo held fr the first named position on June 20 21- Examinations for the other Positions will bo held on June 6-7. The salaries to be paid the sue tessiul applicants vary according to ability. Either men or women stu dents who are in their senior year may tryout for the three last-named Positions. The laboratory assistant ttist have ninety credit hours; any one applying for the laboratorian ra,inS must have at least sixty credit fct'Urs. Tie applicant must have had con iderable mathematics and' general V'jska in order to pass the exaniina-t!on- Education, training, and ex perience count from twenty-five to forty pPr cont 'T-is uuieau of Standards offers a i-io field of work in physics cneniu-y, engineering, and Industrial technology," 8tates a circular sent out by the commission, and offers valuable experience to those prepar es for tbse professions. Tho anees for advancement are good, rerience in the Bureau is consid ?red admirable training for scientific Author of "The Yellow Lantern" Cyril Coombs, Has Splendid Record An actor, a playwright nnd a dra matic coach ot recognized ability and a student in the University of Nebraska. Such . la the record ol Cyril L. Coombs, author and director of the 1923 Kosmct Klub play, "The Yellow Lantern." CYRIL L. COOMBS. Author and director of the 1023 Kosmet Klub play, "The Yellow Lantern" which will be shown at the Orpheum in Lincoln on May 4 and at the Brandcis in Omaha on May 7 Coombs, who is well known nroun-' Lincoln for his distinct successes with the University Players, is do voting his entire time to the produc Y FORT SHELLING CAMP 160 Members of University R. O. T. C. Regiment to Take Course in July. Over 160 members of the Univer sity It O. T. C. unit are expected to attend the summer training camp at Fo.t Snelling, Minn.. June 14 to July 26, according to Major Sidney Erick on, commandant. Of these, fifty will do adanced-course students who will be paid 70 cents a day w hile in camp. All the men who go-are paid 5 cents a mile railroad fare, there "and back. Their subsistence, laundry and uni forms are furnished free. Attendance at one summer camp is required of all advanced-course students. A dinner was held at the Grand Hotel Thursday for the purpose of organizing the men who have signed to attend the camp this year. Chaun tey Nelson was elected president and Howard Hunter vice president of the camp organization. Major Sidney Erickson, acting commandant, and Captain Hagan spoke to the stu dents explaining the benefits and purpose of the camp. In 1920 the first year of the P.. O. T. C. camp five Nebraska men at tended; thirty-five went in 1921, and fifty-four were present last year. Ne braska's quota at present for this year is 110 but it is expected that this will be increased. The Nebraska men won second place a silver cup in general efficiency at last year's camp. A dinner was held at the Grand Hotel Thursday for the pur pose of organizing the men who have signed to attend the camp this year. It is planned that one night at camp will be Nebraska Night when alumni of the Twin Cities will be invited to camp, where the Cornhuskers will put on a show. The Minneapolis and St. Paul alumni have promised to hold a smoker or dinner for the Ne braska men some evening. A great deal of enjoyment is secured by the men in. camp from the athletic con tests, the trips to the cities and into the country, the invitations to homes in the cities, and from the work. Wyer Attends Annual Library Convention (University Publicity Office). Librarian Malcolm G. Wyer left Saturday for the American Library Association annual convention at Hot Springs. Arkansas, April 23 to 23. Mr. Wyer is second vice president and a member of the executive board of the association. He will report for a special committee, of which he Is a member, that has been study ing lrary training. Mr. Wyer is a member of the committee on con stitutional revision, and also of the council which is composed of fifty numbers of the association. c Mi.::- . 3 if ; tion of tho Kosmet musical extrava ganza. All the musical hits of the play, including "Underneath the Chinese Moon," "Yellow Lantern Night," "Ahm Mlssin' Mississippi," and "The Maker of Dreams," were written by Coombs. The cast and choruses of U. of N. men and co eds are practicing under his direction each night. His suc cess as a ocach has been demon Hi ated to Lincoln audiences in the production of "The Bells,". "Within the Law," and "The Meanest Man in the World." During the seasons of 1916 and 1917, Coombs played with the Ida Root-Gordon flayers touring W'scon fwi Minnesota and North Dakota. Here he played in several well-known slows Including, "Bought and Paid Fcr," "Easiest Way," and "It Pays to Advertise." "Sig," as the Kosmet coach is known to University students, is a senior in the Law College. He is a member of Pi Kappa Phi and of Thi Delta Phi legal fraternity. He has recently severed his connections with the University Players in order to devote full time to the coaching of "The Yellow Lantern." Coomb? will be Initiated Into the Kosmet Klub this week. Not content with success as actor and director, Coombs entered , Intc action "behind scenes" and served for three years as stage manager for the University Players. His intimate (Continued on Page Four). COMMERCIAL CLUB PICKS NEW OFFICERS Announce Nominations for Elec tion to Be Held at Meeting Wednesday. The nominations for officers for the 1923-24 Girls Commercial Club an organization ol the women in the College of Business Administration, were i announced today by the nominating-committee. The election will be held at the regular meeting of the Club on Wednesday at 5 o'clock ir Social Science 305, and the new of ficers will begin their work immed iately. The following are the nom lnees: President. Janet McClelland. Grace Dobish. Vice Presldent. Josephine Shramek. Mary Lococo. Secretary. Lucille Powell. Myrtle Powell. Treasurer. Mildred. Marlon. Alice Kaufman. Reporter. Mildred Armstrong. Doris Loeffel. PLANS FOR SUMMER Courses in All Departments of University Work Will . Be Offered. The summer session of the Uni versity of Nebraska will run f ion June I to August 17, according to the official bulletin of the Univer sity Extension Division issued this week. The first term will be from June 1 to July 11. The second term will be from July 10 to August 17. The Instruction in nearly all the courses is -planned so that work be gun in the first term can be con tinued in the second. No additional fees are required for the second term. All courses are carried at the City Campus with the exception of those in Agriculture and Home Ec onomics. Because of superior facll ities, the laboratory work in those courses will be given at the Agricul tural Campus. For many years the summer ses sion offered but six weeks of work. This was increased to eight weeks. In response to a demand for an op portunity to use more of the summer In student work, the summer ses sion was lengthened to two terms of six weeks each. The purpose of the summer session, according to the bul letin of the extension division. Is "tc offer opportunities to the teachers of (Continued on Page Four). ANNOUNCED CONVENTION OF FRATERNITY TO BE HELD HERE Alpha Gamma Rho Will Convene in Lincoln for Three Days Grand President Will Attend. 100 DELEGATES EXPECTED Was Founded at Ohio State in 1904 Has Twenty Chap ters at Leading Agri cultural Schools. The annual convention of Alpha Gamma Rho will be held in Lincoln, April 26, 27 and 28. Business sos sions and social events will occupy the time of the delegates. Glenn H. Cambell, grand president of the fnit ernlty will attend the convention. This Is the first national convention of a social fraternity ever held on the Nebraska campus. Alpha Gamma Rho is a national so clal fraternity whose membership is restricted to students in agricultur al colleges. The fraternity was founded at Ohio State University in the fall of 1904 and at present has twenty chapters In the leading ngii cultural colleges of the country. The total membership of the fraternity now numbers over three thousand men. The organ of the fraternity is the Sickle and Sheaf published quar terly. In 1919 Alpha Gamma Rho was admitted to membership in the national Greek Inter-Fraternity Con Xerence. Members of the Executive Council who will attend the convention are, Grand President Glenn H. Campbell, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Grand Vice President H. E. Allanson, Washington, D. C; Grand Secretary Prof. Sleeter Bull, Urbana, 111.; Grand Treasurer Prof. H. F. Wilson, Madison, Wis.; Editor Dudley Allenman, Augusta, Me., and Past Grand President T. D. ITarman J;-., Pittsburgh, Pa. Delegates will attend from the chapters which are located at tho following colleges and universities: University of Illinois, Ohio State College, Pennsylvania State College, Purdue University, North Dakota Agricultural College, Cornell University, Iowa State Col lege, University of Missouri, Univer sity of Wisconsin, University ot Minnesota, Massachusetts Agricul tural College, North Carolina Col. lege of A. & E., Alabama Polytechnic Institute, University of- Kentucky, Oklahoma A. & M. College, State Agricultural College j of Colorado, State College of Washington, Michi gan Agricultural College and Con necticut Agricultural College. There are aso alumni chapters in eight states, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, New York, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and South Dakota. Each active chapter may send two student and one alumni delegates, and each alumni chapter may seat one dele gate in the convention. At least one hundred men are expected to conu to Lincoln for this event. The business sessions of the con vention will be held each day in the Lincoln Hotel. Thursday night a smoker will be held at the chapter house for the guests. Friday eve ning the fifteenth Annual Conven tlon Banquet will be held in the main dining room of the Lincoln Hotel. An auto trip is planned for Saturday afternoon to acquaint the visitors with Lincoln and vicinity. The closing event will bo the con vention dance in the ballroom of the Lincoln Hotel. Kappa Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho was established at the Univer sity of Nebraska on April 11. 1917 with fifteen charter members. The membership of the chapter now num bers over one hundred. The past presidents of this chapter are, F. B. Campbell, practicing law at Osceola. Neb.: J. D. McKelvey, manager of Marsh's Dairy Farm, Waterloo, la.; C. W. Jones, assistant state club leader, University of Nebraska; H N. Lawritson, dairy extension spe cialist, Lincoln; A. D. Zollars, stock salesman. San Bernardo, Calif.; W. A. Metzgar, New England Mutual Life Ins. Co., Lincoln; L. W. Ingham, professor of dairy husbandry, College. Park, Maryland; R. E. Fortna, live stock advertising department of The Nebraska Farmer, Lincoln; O. M Krueger, Omaha Trust Co., Omaha; G.- E. Scheldt, student, and F. K. Warren is now president of the local chapter. The delegates to the convention held at Madison. Wis., last year were, (Continued on Page Four). University Pastor to Give Talk at Vespers The Rev. Harry Huntington, etht odist student pastor of the Univer sity, will speak at the regular Vesper service of the University Y. W. C. A. at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. His subject will bo "The Christian Attitude Toward War." Amy Martin will lead the meeting, and De Marls Stout will sing a solo. SIGMA DELTA CRI LEC1S NEW MEN Professional Journalistic Frater nity to Have Alumni Ban quet Thursday Night. Thirteen men were elected to Sig ma Delta Chi, men's professional journalistic fraternity, at a meeting held Thursday evening at the Delta Upsilon house. The new men are: Howard Buffett, Omaha. Emmett Maun, Laurel. Knox Burnett, Lincoln. Wilbur Peterson, Lincoln. rhillp Lewis, Sutton. James Marshall, Fremont. Marion Stanley, Aurora. Raymond Eller, Clay Center. Donald Reynolds, North Platte. Clifford M. Hicks, Lincoln. Ronald Button, Lincoln. Charles Massey, Lincoln. Charles F. Sperry, Omaha. All of the newly elected men are active in some branch of Journalism in the University. Plans have been completed for one of the biggest banquets eyer held in the history of the fraternity. Cards have been sent to all of the alumni, who are scattered all over the world Two of the-former members are In London, three in South America, twe in Hawaii and one in China. There are a large number in Lincoln and the other towns near here who are expected to attend the banquet. The initiation ceremony will be Lheld at 5 o'clock for the newly elect ed members and the banquet wil' follow at 6:30. Both will be held at the Grand Hotel. I I1 HONORS AT LAWERENGE Husker Two-mile Relay Team WinsNebraska Is Second in Sorint Races. The Husker tracksters won one first, four second, and three fourth places at the first annual Kansas Re lays at Lawrence Saturday. The. per formance of the Jayhawker track team was the feature of the meet. Summary: Two mile University relay: Won by Nebraska (Higgms, Allen, Coats, Gardner); Minnesota, second, Wiscon sin, third. Time, 8 minutes, 8 5-10 seconds. 120-yard high hurdle..: Won by Crawford, Iowa; Kipp, Haskell, .sec ond; Rilley, Kansas Aggies, third; Frazier, Baylor, fourth. Time, 15' i seconds. 100-yard dash: Won by Erwiu, Kan sas Aggies; Stennett, Texas, second; Williams, Kansas State Normal, third; McNutt, Marquette, fourth. Time, 10 1-10 seconds. Broad jump: Won by Graham, Kansas; Hatch, Nebraska, second; El kins, Haskell, third; Norton, Kansas, fourth. Distance, 22 feet lis inches. Pole vault: Won by McKowen, Kansas State Normal; Rogers, Kan sas, second; Norton, Kansas, third; Wiesner, Marquette, and Dillenbeck, Kansas, tiel for fourth. Height, 12 feet, 9 inches. Four mile University relay: Won by Illinois (Hall, Scott, Marselo, Wells); Kansas Aggies, second; Kan sas, third. Time 18 minutes, 46 3-10 seconds. High jump: Won by Poor, Kan sas; Turner, Nebraska, second; S. Campbell, Minnesota, third. Height, 6 feet, 1-4 inch. 220-yard low hurdles: Won by Riley, Kansas Aggies; Fraiser, Bay lor, second; Vogle. Oklahoma, third; Towler, Minnesota, fourth. Time, 25 5-10 seconds. Half-mile University relay: Won by Kansas (Woestemeyer, Griffin, Firebaugh, Fisher) ; Nebraska, second; Iowa, third. Time 1 minute, 29 5-10 seconds. Iowa third but disqualifieL Quarter-mile University relay: Won by Kansas (Norton, Firebaugh, Woestemeyer, Fisher) ; Nebraska, Continued on Page 3) RAGKSTERb TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE MONDAY NOON AT ORPHEUM Reserved Seats for Kosmet Klub Play "The Yellow Lan tern" Can Be Obtained Tomorrow. ALL BOXES ARE ENGAGED Big Production Will Be Pre sen ted at Brandeis Theater in Omaha Monday May 7. Exactly at noon Monday the Or pheum box office will begin to sell reserved seats to the Kosmet Klub play, "The Yellow Lantern," to be presented at the Orpheum Friday night. May 4. "First come, first served" is the motto of the Klub in handling the ticket sale and there will be no special reservation for the faculty or the students. The box of flee will sell reserved seats to those In the line at noon, according to the announcement. Box seats will not bo for sale as they have already been engaged. The Orpheum will be able to ac commodate only twelve hundred people at the Friday night perform ance. No further engagement of the Orpheum has been made by the Klub and it is probable that the May 4th performance will be the only appear ance of the show in Lincoln. "The Yellow Lantern" will be presented at the Brandeis Theatre in Omaha on Monday night the 7th of May. Four song hits and several other spicy musical numbers are the feat ures of "The Yellow Lantern." More than forty co-eds take chorus parts in the play. An Oriental atmosphere pervades all the scenes. The plot deals with the problems of the United States government in China and con tains mirthful episodes built around the experiences of the main comedy lead, Jasper Calander Jones, the black boy from Mississippi who has been left in the land of yellow men through strange circumstances. The last scene of "The Yellow Lantern" will be a novel feature in the scenic effects. Special drops are being constructed under the super vision of the director, who is exper ienced in stage settings, to produce a series of shifting scenes for the events toward the end of the show which will occur in rapid fire suc cession. An Omaha artist has been engaged to paint the drops to achieve th effect desired. I.ewellen llawky, the leading man of the play, has been hard at work for the past few weeks perfecting his role. In the part of Robert Kin caid, Hawley carries a heavy part. Playing with him as Osburne, i3 Dwight Merriam in the role of an American consul. Dorothy Sprague, De Maris Stout, and Phyllis Easterday are playing the leading co-ed parts. Complete arrangement for produc ing the show in Omaha has been put iu the hands of a special com mittee of the Klub to act in co-operation with an alumni Kosmet Klub committee in Omaha. A special so ciety event will probably follow the show in Omaha. Alumni and others interested in the University of Ne braska assure the success of the play in Omaha, according to the members of the Klub. Tho cast will probably go to Omaha iu a special section of tho afternoon train and return after the show. PRE-MEDIC SOCIETY f Theta Nu, Honorary Society for Pre-Medics Holds Initiation. Theta Nu, honorary society for pre-medic students, held an initiation at the Phi Gamma Delta house, Thursday night. The men initiated were: Earl Frazier, Arthur Miller, R. B. Sanderson, Donald Burdick, Leonard Mangold. Charles Mutzman. Floyd Smith, S. Cook. Alfred Greiss, C. H. Johuson. E. D. Crecelius, Charles Green, J. W. Graham, and David Unset. The difference between an empire and an umpire is that an umpire sticks to what he says. " ... -t . U -v - -