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PRETTY GIRLS IN CHORUS
Scenes of Show Are Laid in
- China-Play Will Be Staged
in Omaha Monday
at Brandeis.
A Chinese setting, a theme of in
ternational intrigue, pretty music an.l
scores of fascinating girls featured
"The Yellow Lantern", a musical ex
travaganza presented Friday evening
at the Orphcum theater by the Kos
met Klub, dramatic organization of
university. The production was an
all-university affair. Cyril Coombs,
Law '23 wrote and directed the play.
The Klub will take the play to
Omaha Monday where it will be
staged in the Brandeis theater.
The scenes were all laid in China,
and the plot revolved around a treaty
for the opening of some mines in
China, which at the opening of the
story was held by the United States
but was coveted by Japan. The open
ing scene shows the American con
sulate, where the consul, Henry Os
borne, and his assistant, Robert Kin
caid, reside. It is the morning of a
great feast day. The feast of the yel
low lanterns will be held in the even
ing, and it is thought that some of
the Chinese under the pay of Japanese
officials would start trouble. They
did, and the remainder of the story
tells of what happened on Yellow
Lantern night the conspiracy of Li
Chan, cook at the consulate, with an
American, to get the treaty for the
Japanese, the killing of Li Chan and
drugging of Robert Kincaid, who dur
ing his opium sleep, has many unusual
experiences, going through lovely gar
dens, meeting pretty maidens, and
finally falling in love with the prin
cess, which he finds upon waking was
his nurse at the hospital where he had
been taken.
Hawley plays the leading role, that
of Robert Kincaid, and does some very
effective work. He has a very pleas
ing stage presence, and a personality
that wins his audience from the be
ginning. Jasper Calendar Jones
Another especially interesting char
acter who enters in the first act is
Jasper Calendar Jones from Missis
sippi, a black face comedy part, en
acted to perfection by Orville An
drews. One of the song hits of the
show was Mr. Andrews' "Missin' Mis
sissippi," and the audience demanded
that it be repeated several times. An
other chorus number in the first act,
which was very attractive and which
was recalled several times, was
"Underneath the ' Chinese Moon,"
sang by Miss DeMaris Stout and her
group of Passersby.
Princesr Su San Yee, who finally
turned out to bt Susan Lee, an Amer
ican g'rl, was played by Miss Dorothy
Sprague. She sang, "I am the Prin
ts Sj San Yee." The costumes
ere lovely and the setting unique.
Pleasing Musical Numbers.
One of the best, if not the very best,
numbers of the show was "Happy
Hoppy Land," sung by Miss Spraguc
the hoppy chorus and Su San Y'ee
followers.
In this scene also. Miss Donna
Gustin, representing the spirit of the
Poppies, gave a solo dance. "My
Dreams'' which was very effective.
A pretty setting and a pretty song
number with the chorus singing off
age, was "In the Garden of My
Dream?," sung by Lewellyn Hawley
in his scene with Miss Sprague.
Hart Jenks, as "Opium" was splen
did. His characterization of the demon
pium and his song number. "Maker
f breams," was received enthusias
tically by the audience and it was nec
essary 10 repeat t several times.
Then came the Sen Sen chorus, &
typical high-class musical comedy
ehorus that won the hearts of every
one, The third act of the play was the
finale, bringing in all of the chorus
numbers and principals.
ANNUAL
Hcppcrlys Announce
Marriage of Daughter
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hepporly an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Hattie, to Halsey E. Dewey of
Ames, Iowa, on May 5, in Darjceling,
India. The ceremony was performed
by Bishop Fisher in the presence of a
few intimate friends.
Mr. Dewey attended Ames College
and received n B. Sc. degree in 1920.
Miss Hepporly attended Weslcyan two
years and graduated from Nebraska
University in 1921, where she was a
member of Phi Mu sorority, Mortar
board, Omicron Nu, president of
Home Ec Club, and a Student Volun
teer. She is now in the Isabella
Thornburn College, of Lucknow,
India. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey will
spend their honeymoon in the
Himalayan mountains.
L BANQUET OF
BIZADSJSJTHURSDAY
Dean J. E. LeRossignol Will Be
Toastmaster Chancellor
Avery Will Speak.
Dean J. E. I.eRossignol will be the
toastmaster at the annual banquet of
the College of Business Administra
tion to be held at the Miller and Paine
tea rooms next Thursday evening at
6:15. Raymond Eller is the chairman
of the banquet committee. The ban
quet is being held under the auspices
of the University Commercial Club,
and is for the men of the college only.
Tickets for the banquet are now on
sale by a committee of ticket sellers,
members of the Commercial Club.
Roland Easterbrook has charge of the
ticket sales, and according to his re
port made Saturday afternoon, the
indications are for a big banquet next
Thursday evening.
R. V. Koufal, graduate of the
"Bizad"' college with the class of 1921,
will" be the speaker representing the
alumni of the college.
Kenneth Cozier, '24, president of
the University Commercial Club, will
give an address in behalf of the or
ganization. Harry LaTowsky, formerly presi
dent of the University Commercial
Club, will give the address for the
present student body of the college.
Chancellor S. Avery will be the
speaker for the University and stu
dent body at large.
William L. Bates, '12, University
regent at large, a member of the
firm of J. H. Markel Automobile Com
pany, of Lincoln, is expected to rep
resent the board of regents at the
banquet. Mr. Bates is a clever speak
er, and a firm backer of the Univer
sity in all its parti
The "Bizad" college banquet will be
the last big gathering of that college
during this school year. The "Bizad"
picnic last fall, and the monthly din
ners of the University Commercial
Club, have kept the college spirit at
high pitch throughout the school
year. Fully four hundred students of
the college are expected to attend the
banquet Thursday night
Tickets for the banquet sell at one
dollar, and may be secured from mem
bers of the ticket sale committee, or
any member of the banquet commit
tee.
GLEE CLUB ELECTS
Plans for Concert to Be Given at
Second Baptist Church on
May 8 Are Made.
Deitrich Dierks was elected presi
dent of the University Glee Club at
its meeting last Wednesday. Plans
for a concert to be given May 8 at
the Second Baptist Church, Twenty
eighth and S streets, were made.
Other officers elected were: John
Anderson, vice-president; Henry El
ler, librarian; Arthur Latta, secretary-treasurer;
and Kenneth Cozier,
business manager.
For next year, the club will prob
ably have a membership of fory
members, choosing the men to make
the annual trip by competition among
the active members. The men plan
to continue the use of high grade
music, according to members- of the
club.
ANNUA
PRESIDENT
UNIVERSITY GETS
LESS MONEY FOR
NEXT TWO YEARS
Almost Half Million Dollar De
crease in Budget Provided
bv State Legislature
for 1923-2.1.
MANY LARGE CUTS MADE
Only Increase in Appropriations
Is Doubling Amount Given
to Agricultural Ex
tension Bureau.
With the adjournment of the Ne
braska legislature, it is possible, to
make comparisons of the appropria
tions for the University in the past
few years. A decrease of $410,434.34
is reported in a statement from L. E.
Gunderson, bursar of the University.
The 1921-23 budget provided for
$1 00,000.00 for a nurses' home, an
amount which was not appropriated
in the 1923-25 budget, like the $7,500
checking land sales item. Another de
partment which was cut off is the
$3,354.34 appropriation for the sani
tary sewer.
The only increase made in appro
priations from any department goes
to the Agricultural work, which re
ceives in the next two years $100,000
instead of the $50,000 which it was
given in the 1921-23 schedule.
A cut of $2,500 is made in the con
servation and survey department,
leaving an acmount of $20,000. The
trade school appropriation is station
ary at $67,000. It is the only amount
not affected by the drastic reductions
of the legislature.
Union Society Admits
Many New Members
Union Society took in fourteen new
members at a business meeting May 1.
The new members are:
George Bowers, Rachel Wilkinson,
Lorraine Kuse, Edith Gramlich, Elsie
Gramlich, Houston Carlson, Edna
Anstine, Flora Anstine, William
Hinze, Francis Wells, Leslie Fisher,
Donald McBride, Claire Smalley and
Robert Shields.
Charles H. Compton, '01, assistant
librarian of the St. Louis public li
brary, was elected to the executive
board of the American Librarian As
sociation at its recent annual meet
ing at Hot Springs, Ark. Joy Mor
gan, a former student, addressed one
of the sessions. Mr. Morgan is editor
of the National Educational associa
tion publications.
University Students Are Sadly
Lacking in Biblical Education
Forty-four per cent of the students
in sociology class were able to name
ten books of the Bible in an off-hand
test given in class last Wednesday.
Mrs. Hattie Plum Williams, in order
to verify figures printed in the Lit
erary Digest on April 21 regarding
the Biblical knowledge of students in
state universities gave the test to two
of her classes.
In one of the classes, thirty six per
cent could name ten books of the New
Testament, while forty-four per cent,
were sufficiently well-versed on the
Old Testament. Mrs. Williams attrib
utes the difference in the knowledge
of the two testaments to the fact that
the students were rushed for time.
"Perhaps it is because the Old Tes
tament is more historical and less
religious." suggested Chancellor Avery
yesterday when he was informed of
the approximate statistics.
In tlie one section of the class, four
per cent of the students could not
name a single book. Two of the fifty
students named four of the divisions.
The same number of students could
name two of the New Testament
books.
Moses was variously identified as
"The Father of Cain and Abel" the
"man who wrote the ten command
ments on a rock" and the "baby found
in the bullrushes," Most of the stu
dents thought that he became a king
of the Hebrews, while many of them
were under the delusion that Moses
was the founder of one of the twelve
original tribes of Israel.
Isaiah was spelled in five different
FARMERS' FAIR
IS RIOT OF FUN
FORjVERYONE
Annual Ag Jubilee Is Full of
Excitement from Morning
Parade to Curfew
at 11:30.
DANCE FLOOR IS CROWDED
Wild West Show and Nebraska
Missouri Baseball Game Are
Main Features of
Big Joyfest.
The fifth annual Fanners' Fair on
the campus of the College of Agri
culture, from the morning parade
until the curfew at 11:30 was full of
excitement and enthusiasm which
kept the ball rolling until the "last
dog was dead."
The morning parade was larger
than the ones in the past have been,
according to members of the com
mittee in charge of the affair, and
contained many clown stunts as well
as the educational floats representing
the different departments on the cam
pus. Early in the afternoon the Mid
way opened, with side-shows and all
sorts of opportunities for the exer
cise of skill. It was patterned after
the county fairs of the rural districts,
and there was never a dull moment
on the Way.
The Wild West show at two o'clock
included the broncho-riding contest,
and the spectators were treated to
an exhibition of the Buffalo Bill type
: f riding.
The coliseum floor was brought
into the campus, pud a tent top put
over it. A twelve-piece orchestra
furnished the music for the dancing,
and the floor was crowded from
the time it was opened until the
closing; time of the fair.
The Nebraska-Missouri baseball
game at 3:30 was played on the
campus of the Ags. in order not to
detract from the crowd, and because
of the number of people who did not
wish to miss the game.
At four o'clock the doors were
thrown open on the educational exhib
its in the different buildings on the
campus. At the 6ame time the
Snorpehuni began its performances,
putting one on every hour until
eleven o'clock, with one intermission
at the dinner hour. The barbecue
was scheduled for 5:15.
The evening hours were occupied
bv performances of the Snorpheum, a
re-opening of the Mid-way, and more
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days, none of which were propounce
able. "Israel" was also the victim
of much transposition of letters.
The Old Testament seer was called
a "profit" by at least half a dozen of
the students. One student said that
Isaiah was but another name for
Jesus.
The episode of the sacrificial offer
ing by Abraham was connected with
the patriarch by the majority of the
students, although one student called
him the "husband of the salt woman."
In quoting verses from the scrip
tures, the favorite was the first verse
of the twenty-third psalm, but the
shortest verse in the Bible: "Jesus
wept" was also popular. All the ten
commandments were mentioned, the
most popular one of them being
"Thou shalt not commit adultery."
Among those which were quoted but
once were "Let love be without dis
simulation" and "Eat, drink, and be
merry."
"Spare the rod and spoil the child"
was the one chosen for quotation by
a number of -students whose parents
had evidently believed-Tii the Biblical
precept. One of the writers changed
the second verb to "save."
The list of questions as it was given
the students was as follows:
1. Name ten books of the Old
Testament.
2. Name ten books of the New
Testament '
3. Identify the following: Isaiah,
Paul. Abraham, Luke, and Moses.
4. Give five quotations from the
Bible.
Hike to Take Place
of Tuesday Vespers
A conference hike picnic will take
the place of the regular Tuesday Ves
per services of the University Y. W.
C. A. The girls will meet at five
o'clock in the afternoon at Ellen
Smith Hall, and will hike to Antelope
park. A cafeteria lunch will be served
and there will be a camp fire.
Grace Spacht will lead in the devo
tionals, and Dorothy Williams and
Ruth Small will give short talks about
the Estes Park Conference in August.
The Vesper choir will furnish music,
and all the girls will sing the confer
ence songs.
All girls who wish to go on the
hike may do so by signing up on the
poster on the bulletin board in Eilen
Smith Hail.
ENGINEERING SOCIETY
Subject Is "Pedagogy in Engi
neering" Lida Earmart
Leads Discussion.
The University of Nebraska mem
bers of the Society for the Promotion
of Engineering Education at a meet
ing Tuesday considered the subject of
"Pedagogy in .Engineering Teaching"
The discussion was led by Dr. Lida B.
Earhart of the Teachers' College. Out
lining the major headings of the work
of the engineering teacher, Dr. Ear
hart pointed out that the inspirational
ideals of the profession must be
taught as a part of the college train-'
ing; that the student must acquire a
foundation knowledge that is abso
lutely reliable; that manipulative skill
must reach the point of elegance. The
most difficult step in the acquisition
of knowledge and skill is that of an
alysis and the selection of the neces
sary parts of the composition. The
association of ideas and the conse
quent building-up process is more nat
ural and is carried out continually.
Analytical reasoning must be devel
oped and is promoted by carefully
connecting present problems with pre
vious knowledge.
The discussion following Dr. Ear
hart's talk centered around methods
of handling laboratory subjects and
the effects produced by different
methods of grouping students in class
and laboratory sections. Good results
were reported as coming from group
ing on the basis of ability both in va
rious high schools and in colleges.
The meeting was one of three held
simultaneously by groups constituting
the Kansas-Nebraska section cf the
Society for the Promotion of Engi
neering Education. The other two
groups are at Kansas State Agricul
tural College and the University of
Kansas. Reports of the three individ
ual meetings will be transmitted to
the other groups, and thus all wiil
have the benefit of the three meetings.
The Nebraska group will probably
meet again before the end of the col
lege year to receive these reports. The
Kansas-Nebraska section's annual
meeting will be held at Nebraska next
fall. Last fall the meeting was at
Manhattan; Nebraska was represented
by about fifteen faculty members.
Faculty Women Will
Hold Annual Picnic
The annual picnic of the Faculty
Women's Club will be held at the Ag
ricultural Engineering building at the
University College of Agriculture
Wednesday, May 9, at 6:15 p. m. All
members of the faculty and their fam
ilies are invited. Those attending will
provide themselves with lunches,
dishes, silver and sugar. The commit
tee will serve ice-cream and coffee.
Persons desiring to buy lunches can
make arrangements by telephoning
B1775, B9190 or F2558, before .Mon
day evening.
The University Players will give a
short play. The hostesses are Mrs. J.
P. Senning, chairman; Mrs. P. II.
Stewart, Mis. R. E. Holland, Mrs.
Owen Frank, Mrs. G. L. Peltier, Mrs.
E. L. Hinman. Mrs. L. E. Aylsworth,
Mrs. R. H. Wolcott. Mrs. P. H. Grum
mann, Mrs. W. C. Brenke, Mrs. E. S.
Fullbrook, Mrs. E. W. Norris and Mrs.
E. H. HopperU-
DISCUSSES
PEDAGOGY
HUSKERS UPSET
DOPE AND WIN
BY BIO MARGIN
Scarlet and Cream Scores Heav
ily in All Track and Field
Events Crites Breaks
Hurdles Record.
FINAL COUNT IS S3 TO 48
Fisher, K. U. Sprinter, Is Indi
vidual Star of Meet Nor
ton Makes Points in
Six Events.
Neb. Kan.
100-yard dash 4 5
Mile run 4
120-yard high hurdles 5 4
Two-mile run 9 0
220-yard dash 4 5
220-yard low hurdles 9 0
440-yard run 8 1
880-yard run 8 1
Mile relay 0 3
Broad jump 1 5 4
High jump 4 5
Pole vault 1 8
Shotput 7 2
Discus throw 6 3
Javelin 8 1
Totals 83 48
The University of Nebraska track
team cleared another hurdle in the
path toward the Missouri Valley
championship yesterday when the
Kansas Indoor Valley championship
track team bowed in defeat to the
Huskers by the wide margin of 83 to
48. Coach Schulte's tracksters upset
the dope, which had given them but
a fighting chance of winning, and
practically ran away with the meet,
scoring heavily in the middle distance
and distance runs, the hurdles races,
and five of the field events. Fisher
of the Jayhawkers took individual
honors of the contest, the K. U. speed
marvel winning first in the century
and 220 clashes, and running anchor
man on the victorious Kansas mile
relay team. Norton of Kansas scored
in six events.
The feature of the meet was the
lean-up performance of the Husker
athletes in the low hurdles and the
two-mile run. Crites ran the 220-yard
low hurdles in 24 4-5 seconds, a new
Nebraska record. Lear and Kenner,
Omaha Medic Husker, took second
and third, respectively. In the two-
nile, Ted Slemmons, another Omaha
Medic, captured the two-mile run in
10 minutes and 10 seconds. Two other
Nebraska runners finished second and
third, making a clean sweep of the
two-mile for Nebraska.
The century dash, which opened the
meet, was won by Fisher of Kansas
in 10 seconds. Lloyd and Noble fin
ished second and third. These three
sprinters finished in the same order
in the 220-yard dash.
Nebraska sprung a surprise in the
quarter by taking the first two places;
when "Red" Layton stepped out and
showed a clean pair of heels to the
other runners. Ted Smith nosed Fire
baugh, who was doped to win second
place.
"Mud" Gardner performed up to ex
pectations by winning the 880-yard
run, after leading the last quarter.
Coats of Nebraska finished a good
second. In the mile run, Captain Ed
Allen performed in a stellar fashion,
winning handily in 4:39 3-5. Captain
Allen showed his great staying power
by coming back later in the meet and
copping third place in the two-mile
run.
As was expected, Sed Hartman won
the shotput, while Myers and Norton
tied for second. Myers jolted the dope
bucket badly by taking first honors
in the discus a few minutes later. Ne
braska sprung two other surprises in
the field events when Turner tied with
Poor of K. U. for first in the high
jump, and Hatch won the broad jump.
Nebraska won the meet by beating
the Jayhawkers at their own game,
the field events. The Huskers scored
four firsts in the field events and tied
for another. In the field, Nebraska
scored 31 points, Kansas 23 points.
Norton of Kansas, western conference
decathelon champion, competed in
seven events, including both hurdle
races and all but the javelin throw
of the field events.
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