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    The Daily Nebrasec an
Engineers Week
Starts April 21.
Engineer Week
Starts April 21.
TXXHI-NO. 83
ENGINEERS WEEK
STARTSAPRIL 21
Begin Preparations for Win
dow Displays for Annual
Festival.
MEIER APPOINTS SIX
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
Engineers Week, the annual festi
val and show week of the College of
Engineering, will be held this year
from April 21 to 26, inclusive. This
date was announced yesterday by
judson Meier, general chairman.
Preparations for the exhibits for
engineers night and for the window
displays in Lincoln business houses
will be started immediately. General
Chairman Meier has appointed the
following chairmen of committees:
Convocation, James Marshall; field
day, Willard Turnbull; dance, A. F.
Burns; banquet, A. L. Hyde; parade,
Milburn Bengston; engineers night,
Roy Randolph.
A meeting of all committee chair
men will be held at 5 o'clock Tues
day, February 5, in M. A. 105.
Engineers Week is the largest af
fair staged by the College of Engi
neering. A convocation is held and
R medal is presented by Sigma Tau
to the freshman who has proved him
self to be the best all around stu
dent. The field day is one of the
biggest events of the week. Ath
letic events of all kinds are staged,
also races to pick the engineer most
proficient with the slide rule and
level. On engineers night the labora
tories are open to the public and
everyoue is invited to inspect the col
lege and the work it is doing.
INVITE STUDENTS TO
DISCUSSION GROUPS
Y. M. and Y. W. Arrange Open
Forum Conferences on
Problems of Interest.
The University Y. M. C. A. and
Y. W. C. A. are sponsoring a six
weeks' series of discussion groups on
three major world problems. The
idea came from the Christmas con
vention of Student Volunteers at
Indianapolis and from the sugges
tions of interested students.
The meetings will be in the nature
of open forum discussions on the
chosen topics lead by students. It is
planned to have University profes
sors assist in unraveling the prob
lems which will come before the stu
dents.
"The Christian Ideal and Racial
Relations" will be the. first subject
Groups discussing this topic will meet
at the following hours: Mondays at
3 o'clock in the Temple conference
room, Edith Olds, student leader;
Wednesdays at 4 in the Temple, Earl
Smith, leader; Thursday noon, lunch
eon in the Grand hotel, Gertrude
Tomson, leader.
The second subject will be "The
Christian Ideal and War." The four
sections of this group will meet at
11 o clock on Tuesdays in the Tern
pie conference room under the lead
ership of Roy Youngman; at noon on
Tuesdays at the Grand hotel with
Wendell Berge as leader; at 3 p.
on Tuesdays in the conference
room, Josephine Schramek, leader;
and at 12:20 p. m. Wednesdays at
the Ag hall on the farm campus with
wl Rosenquist leading.
The third subject, "The Christian
. Ideal and Economic Problems," will
be discussed at 7 p. m. on Thursdays
'n the conference room under the
leadership of Norman Cramb.
Students who are interested in any
one of the questions can get appli
cation blanks to enter one of the
aiscussion groups at the Y. M. C. A.
oice m the Temple or the Y. W
a. office in Ellen Smith hall. The
ourses start the week of February 3.
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UNIVERSITY OF
Excuse No Classes for
Convocation Febr. 6
No classes will be excused for the
convocation February 6 at 11 o'clock
at which Prof. Oscar Jaszi of Hun
gary is to Bpeak, according to an an
nouncement made last night by Ex
ecutive Dean C. C. Engberg. The
announcement in Tuesday's Nebras
kan that all classes would be ex
cused for the convocation was incor
rect. ARTS COLLEGE MEN
WILL HAVE SMOKER
Centurions Announce Get-to-
gether for Students and
Faculty Tuesday.
An Arts and Sciences smoker, to
which all men students and faculty
members are invited, will be held at
the University club next Tuesday,
February 5. The Centurions, hon
orary men's organization of the col
lege, is in charge of the smoker and
is making all arrangements. This af
fair will be the first gathering of
the men on the college this year, and
a large turnout is expected.
Plans for the smoker are rapidly
being completed, and the program for
the evening will be announced in
Fridays Nebraskan. The affair will
begin at 7 o'clock and will last until
8 o'clock. A number of good speak
ers and several clever acts will prob
ably be on the program. An excel
lent opportunity for all men in the
college to get acquainted with each
other and with the faculty of the
college will be given by the mixer.
Two hundred Arts students at
tended the annual banquet of the
college which was held in May of last
year. While the affair next week
will not be in the nature of a ban
quet, the committee in charge an
nounces that light refreshments and
smokes will be provided. A nominal
admission fee will be charged in order
to cover the expenses of the event.
MUST SIGN UP FOR
GAMP BY MARCH 1
Cadets Have Month to Register
for Fort Snelling Basic
Course.
All men who intend to enter the
basic camp at Fort Snelling for the
period of summer training must turn
their names in at the military de
partment before March 1, according
to Major Sidney Erickson. Provisions
will have to be made at the camp for
the number of cadets registering for
the work. Consequently it will be
necessary for the commandant to
know how many are going.
Students who must wait for word
from their parents are advised to
write home at once. Men in the de
partment are working hard to take
a good representation to Fort Snell-
intr this summer. Missouri, in the
lead at the camp for several years,
is working for the same end, accord
ing to word received from the neigh
bors on the south.
Although the officers state that
the nrinciple object in going' to camp
is to work, men who have spent a
summer in training at Fort Snelling
ndd that there is plenty of pleasure
and plenty of companionship. One
cadet stated enthusiastically alter
rpfumine' from camp last summer, "I
made more friends there in six weeks
than I made in school in two years.
Cadet,officers are urging the men
to sign up for the training that can
be enjoyed at the expense of the gov
ernment. Railroad fare, clothing,
food, and lodging are provided every
man who attends. Practical prob
lems encountered by the officer and
the enlisted man are worked out on
the field. Opportunity is given for
the marksmen to win medals both
with rifle and pistol.
73 Students Vote in
Bok Plan Referendum
Lack of inerest in the Bok peace
plan seems to prevail, since the total
number of votes cast was wM)
three The number in favor of the
plan was 66, with 7 against it. Ti
student council gave the ballots to
the instructors in the University who
distributed hem to the students.
NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY,
SEND QUESTIONNAIRES
TO 200 DIG SISTERS
Senior Advisory Board Re
minds Girls of Duties to
Freshmen.
Of 200 questionnaires Bent out by
the senior advisory-board to big sis
ters, only twenty-one have been re
turned. The questionnaires, in the
form of reminders, are very import
ant, and the matter of answering
and returning them should be at
tended to at once, according to board
members.
Miss Amanda Heppner, dean of
women, says that lonesome freshman
girls often come into her office for
advice, and to learn about their big
sisters. The files show that every
freshman girl has a big sister, but in
many instances the upperclasswomen
who have signified their willingness
to serve as big sisters to the fresh
man girls, have not even taken the
trouble to phone the girls, according
to Dean Heppner.
New girls who entered school this
semester are being assigned big sis
ters. The questionnaires were sent out
in an effort to find how well the big
sisters have been performing their
duties.
LEAGUE IS SUBJECT
OF ESSAY CONTEST
All University Students May
Enter Nation-wide Com
petition. "Why the United States should
join the league of nations," is the
subject of an essay contest sponsored
by the committee of university and
college students of the league of na
tions non-partisan association. Thr
contest is open to all undergraduates
of universities and colleges of the
United States. A first prize of $100
will be given the writer of the best
essay; the second prize will be $76,
and third prize $50.
All manuscripts submitted should
be addressed to the office of the
League of Nations Non-partisan As
sociation, 15 West 37 Street, New
York City. Manuscripts must be re
ceived by the office by 12 o'clock,
noon, March 1, 1924. Manuscripts
received after that time will not be
considered. The submission of any
manuscript, whether or not it re
ceives an award, shall give to the as
sociation full rights to publish all or
any part of it in such a manner as
it shall choose.
To Have Membership Campaign.
An intensive membership campaign
will be staged by the committee of
university and college students of the
league of nations non-partisan asso
ciation. The main object of the com
mittee is to form branches of the as
sociation in universities and colleges
throughout the United States in an
effort to unite and organize the sup
porters of the world court, the league
of nations, and American participa
tion in world affairs.
The fee for membership in college
and university branches will be one
dollar. Fifty cents of this amount
will be sent to the national office as
a subscription to the League of Na
tions Herald, the semi-monthly pub
lication of the association. The re
maining 50 cents will be kept by the
branch for its own expenses.
Factions Will Debate.
Meetings of the college and uni
versity branches will be addressed by
qualified speakers either obtained
by local branches or through applica
tions to the national office. Debates
between the various factions will be
staged at the meetings of the local
branches and in public.
Literature furnished by the na
tional office will be distributed on
the campus of each university and
college, and articles will be furnished
for publication in the college and uni
versity publications, in order to stim
ulate interest in the association and
to aid in its membership campaign.
Straw votes will be taken on the
world court and also on the league
of nations, to be followed in March,
April and May of the same year, in
o-opration with the national office,
In securing petitions addressed to the
national conventions of all parties re
questing them to make platform dec
larations in favor of American mem
bership in the league of nations.
University Studio
Equipped for
Through the efforts of several
prominent persons in the civic edu
cational and political life of Ne
braska, the University has recently
been equipped with the most com
plete motion and still picture studio
which ranks among the best of any
college in the country. Group pic
tures of organizations may be done
at cost and films of Cornhuskerland
are being saved lin large files in Ne
braska hall for future use.
"The campus studio is now in a po
sition to do work of any kind prompt
ly. The photographic department is
able to meet the demand of the state
and university for titles, for field
work and for studio work," stated
SKITS FOR UNIVERSITY
NIGHT COME SLOWLY
Tomorrow Is Deadline for
Stunts; Will Start Selec
tion Immediately.
Skits for University Night are
being turned in slowly, according to
an announcement made yesterday by
Welch Pogue, chairman of the com
iniltee. "Organizations should realize that
Friday, February 1, is the deadline
for these stunts. The committee
wants to get them in so that it may
read them, select the best one for
presentation and hand them back to
the organizations for rehearsal," said
Pogue.
Immediately following their re
ceipt, the committee will begin this
work of reading and selecting, in
order that it tnay be completed soon
enough to give the organizations time
to fully rehearse their skits. They
will probably be returned by Febru
ary 12, so that there will be ample
time for rehearsal before University
Night, February 24.
TAKE FIFTY SENIOR
PICTURES EACH DAY
Four Hundred Have Had Pho
tographs Made; Publish
List for Tomorrow.
About 400 seniors have had their
pictures taken for the 1924 Corn
husker. The yearbok staff has called
about one-half the list on the phone.
At present the seniors are having
pictures taken at the rate of fifty
a day. Present indications are that
about 800 seniors will have their
photographs in the senior section of
the annual, according to Ernest
Zchau, senior editor.
The following seniors are scheduled
to have their pictures taken Friday,
February 1, at Doles studio. Ap
pointments are to be made at the
Cornhusker office either in person
or by phone.
Francel Lauritson, Edwin Lay,
Nellie Laymon Luttie Leavitt, C. L.
Lee, A. J. Lrisy, Vern Lewellen, John
Lewis, Ray Lewis, Ed Ley, Henry Ley
Ray Linderman, Thed Livinghouse,
Edwin Loewenstein, Arthur Lof,
John Long, Fern Loop, Glen Loren
zen, Keturah Lowe, Irene Lundberg,
Hulda Lundquist, Frederick Lune
Berg, Robert Lunner, Dan Lynch,
Cecil Lyon, Robert McCandless,
Helen McCarthy, William McDermot,
Louise McGerr, Ross McGlasson, D.
McGregor, Margaret McGregor , Erma
Madden, John Madden, Erma Lad
dux, Winifred Main, Leta Markwell,
Mildred Marley, Kenneth Martyn, W.
Mast, Louise Matchett, Amy Matchet,
Amy Matteson, Stanley Matzke, Hu
bert Maun, Oliver Maxwell, Herbert
Mayer, Corwin Mead, Allen Meek,
Sophia Melcher, Bryan Metzger, Al
wine Meyer, Russel Milham, Ruth
Miller, Bruce Mitchell, Charles
Mitchell, Clarence Mohr, Al Moo
berry, Floyd Moore, Pauline Moore,
Gertrude Moran, George Moyer, Ern
est Mulligan, Marguerite Munger,
Henry Murray, William Meyers, G.
Nakagawa, C. N. Nath, Ruth Need
ham, Nels Nelson, Irene Nelson,
Pauline Nelson, Ailene Nester, Mar
tha Newell, Greydon Nichols, Ruth
Nickum, G. L. Nimoeks, Dave Noble,
Hazel Nohaves, Clara Noyes, Mildred
Nuerberger, Herbert Oschner, Edith
Olds, Robert Olney, Clarence Olson,
John Opp, Charles Ortman, Gene
vieve Ortman, Wayne Packard, By
ron Parker, John Parker, Alfred
Parks, Mabel Partington, Harry Paul,
Ralph Payne.
JANUARY 31, 1924
is Now Fully
All Kinds of Work
Dr. George E. Condra, director of the
conservation and survey department
of the University.
The campus studio is located just
south of the Mechanical Arts hall.
Glass sky-lights in the studio admit
light for motion pictures and cloth
curtains on the south side may be
adjusted for still photos. Three
Cooper-Hewitt mercury lamps of
2000 watts each, six 15,000 watt
bulbs with reflectors blue in color
to meet the requirements for best
photographic results, and two power
ful arc lights furnish sufficient arti
ficial illumination.
Have Flashlight and Equipment.
There is also flashlight equipment.
Three movie cameras are owned by
the department. For still work most
of the "shooting" is done with an
11x14 studio camera with the best
lens available. This camera is able
to take group pictures up to 100 per
sons. Separate rooms have also been set
aside for making lantern slides, en
largements, retouching, tinting, and
copv work. The studio is doing most
of the work for the Cornhusker and
is Saving the students considerable
money.
A large variety of cameras, both
for still and motion work have been
secured to meet the demand for any
tvpe of outdoor picture work. An
airplane camera was recently pur
chased from the government.
AGCEPT CHALLENGE
TO PISTOL CONTESTS
University Team Will Shoot
Against West Point and
California College.
A university pistol team will be a
new branch of military athletics at
Nebraska this year. The military de
partment has accepted two challenges
for pistol meets this spring. , One of
them is with the United States mili
tary academy at West Point, and the
other is with Pomona college at Fair
mont, Cal. The department will also
extend a challenge to Missouri for
a match this spring.
The meet with West Point will take
place in the week ending May 10,
and will include a team of fifteen
men at both schools. The meet with
Pomona will be conducted during the
month of April. A five man team
will represent Nebraska.
All cadets in the R. O. T. C. who
satisfy conference eligibility rules
will be elicrible for the pistol team
Snecial emphasis will be given to
juniors and seniors in the advanced
courses, and sophomores who intend
to take advanced course. Captain
Eggers will start training work for
the pistol team immediately, and any
man wishing to try out for the team
should see him as soon as possible.
To Have New Range.
A new pistol firing range will be
secured by the military department
in time for outdoor practice as soon
as the weather permits. The pres
ent range for rifle shooting is located
at Bennett and is not fitted for pistol
shooting. The department hopes to
get a pistol range within easy reach
of the campus.
The course fired in the pistol
matches will be the regulation pistol
course A, and the firing will be done
with 45 calibre automatics. The au
tomatics are all new and in good con
dition. For practice indoors the men
will use the 22 calibre gallery pistols.
The standard pistol course consists
of three classes of shooting. The
first is at a distance of 25 and 50
yards, at a stationary target and slow
time. The second is at 15 and 25
yards rapid fire at a stationary ob
ject. The third is quick-firing at a
disappearing target which is 25 and
50 yards distant.
Ag Club Chooses Hobb
Turner for President
Hobb Turner was elected president
of the Ag Club at second semester
election held yesterday. It resulted
in a tie of three men for the vice
presidency. Thomas Koontz, Glen
Springfield, and J. Hepperly are
running neck and neck for this of
ice. Clyde Walker was elected sec
retary of the farm fair board. Jos
eph Culbertson was elected secretary
of the club. Carl Rosenquist won the
treasurers office.
PRICE 5 CENTS
ALPHA SIGS WIN
FAST CAGE FRAY
Delts Win Over Omega Beta
Pi 9-5; Sigma Chi Beats
Alpha Theta Chi.
ACACIAS LOSE 10 TO 11
TO ALPHA SIG TOSSERS
Three fast, hard-fought games
were played yesterday afternoon in
the interfraternity basketball tourna
ment. The Alpha Sigma Phi tarn
beat the Acacias, the Delta Tau Delta
team defeated the Omega Beta Pi
quintet, and the Sigma Chi team beat
the Alpha Theta Chis. .
The last game, which the Alpha
Sigs won by an 11 to 10 score, was
the fastest and most exciting of the
tournament so far. The half ended
with the Acacia team in the lead, 6
to 8. In the last frame the Alpha
Sigs staged a rally, tied the score,
and finally won by making a free
throw.
The second round of the tourna
ment will be all played off Saturday,
according to Herbert Gish. Four
teams making up the first division
will play in the morning, while the
other four will play in the afternoon.
Play Four Gaines Today.
The games today are as follows:
Xi Psi Phi vs. Lambda Chi Alpha,
4:00; Kappa Sigma vs. Silver Lynx,
4:20; Phi Alpha Delta vs. Pi Kappa
rhi, 5:20; Phi Gamma Delta vs. Zeta
Beta Tau, 5:40 (original game not
considered because of ineligibility of
Phi Gam player). No games will be
played Friday because of the Creigh-ton-Nebraska
game in Omaha.
The Delt team won over Omega
Beta Pi in the second game with a
score of 9 to 5. This was another
exciting game. At one time in the
second half it looked as though the
losers would tie the score, but an
other basket put the Delts out of dan
ger. The Sigma Chi team beat the Alpha
Theta Chis to the tune of 9 to 6.
The outcome of this game was also
very doubtful until the very last of
the game. The Alpha Theta Chi
team made all but one point in the
last half, although they threatened
to score several times.
LABOR MOVEMENT IS
DISCUSSED IN FORUM
Dr. Alva Taylor Speaks on Its
Fundamentals 150 At
tend Luncheon.
"Fundamentals of the Labor Move
ment" was the subject of an address
to the World Forum luncheon group
by Dr. Alva W. Taylor Wednesday
noon. Over 150 students and mem
bers of the faculty attended the meet
ing and muny took part in the dis
cussion which followed the speech.
As a preface to his address Dr.
Taylor remarked that he was well
pleased to find such a large number
of forums and discussion clubs in the
various universities. Lack of think
ing, acceptance of text books and
professors' statements without ques'
tion, and a tendency to regard activi
ties and outside interests as the prime
factors in college life, are the ten
dencies of the age.
The question of the labor move
ment is vitally interesting just now
because of the unprecedented turn
of affairs in England, Dr. Taylor re
marked in opening his discussion. It
is the first time in the world's his
tory that the labor element in a ma
jor country has gained the control of
the government through the ballot.
All other examples were gained by
revolution or force.
No Junior-Senior Prom
to Be Held This Year
That there will be no junior-senior
prom this year was definitely decided
by the chairmen and the general com
mittee at a meeting held in the Corn
husker office at 3 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. The general committee
and 'the chairmen of the sub-committees
voted against the prom be
cause no satisfactory date could be
found.
There have been two big formals
this year the military bail and the
Pan-Hellenic formal and it was not
thought advisable to run ',he classes
into further debt in order to stage
the junior-senior prom.