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Due April 24.
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pue April 24.
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FLOATS APPEAR IN
ENGINEERS MARCH
fifteen Clowns, Two Bands,
and Four Hundred Stu
dents Start at Noon.
SEVEN DEPARTMENTS
TAKE PART IN PARADE
Eight floats, fifteen clowns, two
lands, and about 400 students and
Acuity members will take part in
the College of Engineering parade
fcjch will form at 11:45 this morn
ing on the west of the Mechanical
Engineering building, to march down
0 street
jhe Geology department will be
included in the parade this year
along with the mechanical, electrical,
evil, architectural, chemical and ag
ricultural engineering departments,
each of which has a float in the pro
ton. Behind each float will
Bach the faculty and students of
tbe department represented.
The engineers will leave the Me
chanical Engineering building about
11:45 and march to R street, then
east to Fourteenth, south to Q, east
ti Sixteenth, south to O, west to
Tenth, and back on Tenth to the Uni
versity where they will disband.
Hold Tep" Rally.
About 350 students and faculty
-omKprs attended the "Den" rally
held at the Temple theater Tuesday
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Bornine and joined in songs and yells
lead by Francis Millson and the en
gineering college orchestra, after
irtuch they listened to talks by Coach
H. F. Schulte and "Professor Jokey."
Coach Schulte spoke on "Enthu
Eism," and stated that he was prou 1
sf Nebraska, not because of her fine
athletic field but because of the men
and women who attend. He said
they were worthy successors to the
pioneers who made the university
possible,
"Professor Jokey," whose identity
v&i kept secret, talked on "College
Spirit in the Old Days." His state
Bait that Noah was the first engi
neer was greeted with cheers by the
students. It is rumored that the pro
fessor was Lowell Miller.
Slajmaker I Best Liar.
ProL P. K. Slaymaker took the
first prize in the much-advertised
hinr contest. The prize was a
kmc duck. The second prize of a
fire shovel was presented to "Pro
fessor Jokey," the mysterious.
Thursday morning a special con
vocation will be held at the Temple
at 11 o'clock when R. E. Campbell
ef Miller and Paine's, a graduate of
the College of Engineering, will
speak, and Chancellor S. Avery will
present the Sigma Tau medal and
n civil engineer's handbook given
ly Professor Mickey. The Sigma
Tta medal is given to the member of
hit years freshman class who bad
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Advertise Annual
by Seven Downtown
lundow displays prepared by the
Enrneerii,g students of Nebraska
on now be seen in seven of the
domtown stores. They were com
pleted Monday and have since been
"Ejects of much discussion by stu
dents and citizens of Lincoln- These
Jnge exhibits may be found at
31er and Paine's, Maydr Broth
farquhars, Magees, Meier Drug
arapany, II off mans and Tucker
Stan's. The Department of Geology dis
PT U jn the window of the Huff
man supply house. Here is shown a
ftigraphic map of Nebraska, show
the oil sands of the state and
ft number of wells that have been
frilled. Here may be seen a model
Teapot Dome, a modern well
"ifling machine and a vertical cross
jfrtion of a mine. Interesting sta
tics are given concerning Teapot
Pm and the pumice and oil depos-
Nebraska.
Skow Modern Implements.
. A odel farm is being displayed
afee'n window by the Agricul
j1 Engineers. This rhoirs the
of modern farm improvements
o ideas of farm management. In
window one can we ruth im
Jmest a an ox yoke a Mp ye,
1 walerns, and a wooden pitch
wrk and v ,
ellent drawings by the archi
. er-Shean'a window; drawings
"odern homes, chmbes, power
UNIVERSITY
Speaks on "India" at
Easter Vesper Service
Vespers at Ellen Smith hall Tues
day evening at 5 o'clock were in the
form of Easter services. Choir music
and the scripture readings were both
of the Resurrection. Amy Martin.
accompanied by Gladys Mickle, violin,
and Marshall Neely, piano, sang "Ave
Maria."
R. Bhatodekar. an Indian stud .
addressed the audience on the sub
ject of "India." He outlined India's
history for many centuries past, and
explained th-3 British rule of India
to the present day. He told of the
part which India played in the re
cent war, and graphically described
conditions in that country today.
TEAMS DRAW FOR
DIAMOND TOURNEY
Twenty-seven Fraternities Sign
Up for Annual Baseball
Competition.
PAIRINGS WILL BE
MADE TODAY NOON
Twenty-seven . fraternities have
entered teams in the annual inter-
f raternity baseball tournament which
will get under way next week. Draw-
f or g&mes in the first round will
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be made at noon today.
entries the tournament will have
to ba played in five rounds. The
schedule will be arranged so that no
teams will play on successive days.
Take All Fields.
All available diamonds including
those at the high school and at An-
Itelope park will be used. No games
will be played at Rock Island park
during the afternoon because of var
sity practice there, but a few teams
will probably meet there in the eve
ning.
Practice games during the last
few weeks have disclosed some strong
teams and the title is anyone s at
the present time. It is certain that
some close contests will be played.
Skins will be awarded for first and
second places in the tournament.
Twenty-seven Enter.
Following are the fraternities en
tered in the tourney:
Phi Kappa Psi, Delta Upsilon, Sig
ma Chi, Phi Alpha Delta, Beta Theta
Pi, Silver Lynx, Pi Kappa Alpha,
Sigma Nu, Alpha Tau Omega, Lamb
da Chi Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, Delta
Chi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Nu Alpha,
Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Chi, Delta Sig
ma Delta, Kappa Sigma, Alpha Gam
ma Rho, Farm House, Phi Gamma
Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Phi
Epsilon, Delta Tau Delta, Xi Psi Phi,
Acacia, Phi Tau Epsilon.
Engineers Week
Window Exhibits
plants, railway terminals, cafeterias
and community baths.
A D2w development by Engineers
i the transmission of power by
radio. This experiment is on dis
play at Miller and Paine's. It gives
power enough to light two light
globes and run a small motor. This
experiment may mislead some since
it may not generally be known that
the transmission of power by radio
is not yet possible. In fact the trans
mission of power by high tension
lines i; but a recent achievement of
scientists. A display of liquid air
is also shown in this window.
Have Monkey Bridge.
The first suspension bridge, say
Engineers, ras made by monkeys
hanging to each other by their tails
and swinging from the tops it tree.
This is displayed in Mayor Brothers'
window along side a modern bridge.
One can also see there a working
model of a concrete mixing plant; a
compression test of stone; a tension
test of mild steel bar, and a trans
verse test of a cast iron bar.
Andy Gump has been placed in the
Meier Drug company window by tbe
electrical department He seems to
have trouble with his collar lor u
slides up and down his neck at reg
ular intervals.
A "vTred liquid, generated when
. ;.!.-. .trike in the
;7r and TbaU uJpended in mid-air
"5 . . the ex-
wiuout J rSr: ZZa': ulrd in the laree aspects of
t.;K ti of tne cnemicju
Farquhar's window.
OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN,
GLEE CLUB STAGES
CONCERT PROGRAM
Solos Will Be Features of Ap
pearance Friday and Sat
urday at Temple..
UNIVERSITY QUARTET ,
TO GIVE SELECTIONS
Solos by Dietrich Dirks, Wyant
Hunter and Prof. Parvin Witte, di
rector, will be the features of the
home concert to be given by the Uni
versity Glee club Friday and Satur
day evenings, April 25 and 26, in the
Temple Theater. -
The University male quartet will
rive several selections and together
with the Glee club will present a
scene taken irom Koom nooa. ine
concert will start promptly at 8:15
and will be over in time that stu
dents may attend parties.
The Glee club is made up entirely
of University talent. Following is
the program:
Part One. .
"Chorus of Bacchantes," by
Charles Francis Gounod, and "Lo,
How a flose E'er Blooming," by
Michael Praetorius Glee club.
Bass solo, "Song of Hybrias, the
Cretan " by J. W. Elliot Dietrich
Dirks.
"Winter Song," by Dudley Buck,
and "The Rosary," by E'helburt Ne-
vin--University male quartet.
and "Hallalujah, Amen," by George
Friederick Handel Glee club.
Part Two
'Dontheim," (King Olaf's Christ
mas) by Daniel Protheroe Glee
club.
Tenor sclo, "Ah, Moon of My De-
light," Liza Lehmann W. Wyatt
Hunter.
Piano solo,
All M U'Wl J 1
by Chopin Harold Avery.
Scene from "Robin Hood, ly
DeKoven Glee club.
"Song of Love," by Schubert
orchestra.
"Lamp in the West," by Horatio
Parker, "In Vocal Combat," by Dud
ley Buck, and selected University
songs Glee club.
TOM WISE SPEAKS AT
SPECIAL CONVOCATION
University Players Secure Star
of "The Old SoSak" for
Lecture Thursday.
The University Players have se
cured Tom Wise to deliver a spe
cial convocation lecture on plays and
the theater on Thursday afternoon
of this week at 3 o'clock at the Tem
ple theater.
Mr. Wise ranks today as a great
character-comedian. In his forty
years on the stage bs has been in
fifty plays, has has repeatedly
starred in noteworthy successes, and
he has written "A Gentleman from
Mississippi," "An Old New Yorker,"
and "Mr. Barnum" thew in collab
oration with Harrison Rhodes. Mr.
Wise is now playing the leading role
in Don Marquis' new play, "The Old
Soak."
Tom Wise is appearing at the Or
pheum theater Thursday evening. He
has givn his whole life to the stage
and is an interesting and forceful
speaker. All students are invited to
hear him at the Temple at 3 o'clock,
April 24.
Chancellor Leaves for
Midland College Today
Chacellor Samuel W. Avery will
leave this afternoon to attend and
address the "Greater Midland" con
ference at Midland college, April 23
and 24. The conference Is being
held by Midland college to promote
the interests of the institution and to
give the people of the state a more
thorough understanding of tbe pur
poses of the college. The chancellor
will express the good will of the Uni
versity of NcLiaM toward other
state institutions, he said yesterday.
BOSTON A commercial educa-
tiowl tour of Great Britain will be
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ness Administration I Boston
versity. The tour ha. been arranged
for business men and opperclassmen
business.
NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1924.
Iron Sphinx Chooses
Jones for President
Francis Jones, a member of Delta
Upsilon, was elected president of the
Iron Sphinx for next year at a meet
ing at the Kappa Sigma house last
night. The other officers elected
were: Vies president, Maynard Ar-
not: secretary, Robert Hoagland;
treasurer, Clarence Miller; historian,
Glen Buck; sergeants-at-arms, Judd
Crocker and Paul Kamm.
Plans were discussed for mseting
the visiting Missouri Valley athletes,
who will be here for the Valley track
meet on May 24.
PUBLISH PROGRAM FOR
ANNUAL FARMERS FAIR
Print "Co Boss" for Free Dis-
tribution to Students and
Visitors.
"Co Boss." a twenty-page com
plete program for the annual Far
mers Fair to be held May 3, will be
distributed free of charge on the city
and farm campuses the latter part of
the week. A program of events, direc
tions to all the events, a list of the
prizes for the various events, and
the lists of committees will be pub
lished. '
Plans are practically complete for
the fair, according to the announce
ment of the board. The O street
parade is to be described , in the "Co
Boss" as will the Wild West show,
the pageant, the baseball game be
tween Kansas and Nebraska agricul
tural colleges, the minstrel show and
the midway.
For the Wild West show, several
bad" horses from further west have
been imported. Purses will be of-
iere lor ,
mounts. "Fire Eater" is one of
I these, of whom it is said that he has
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successfully unseaieu au tuiuua w
diite. The Lonirhoru
exas steers
for show riding and bull-dogging con
tests are to arrive soon. Fancy rid
ing and trick roping will figure in
the show according to the program.
Three of the most popular orches
tras will play from 3 until 11:30 for
dancing. Two floors, one under a
big tent and one inside the Engineer
ing building will accommodate the
dancers.
GIVE MEMBERSHIP OF
HEW LOCAL SORORITY
Theta Phi, Catholic Organiza
tion, Petitions National
Theta Phi Alpha.
Theta Phi, local sorority for Cath
olic girls, announces eighteen mem
bers. The chapter entertained Miss
Francis Kelly, delegate of Theta Phi
Alpha, national sorority which Theta
Phi is petitioning at a luncheon,
April 21.
The following are members: Mary
Ellen Lydon, Anne Davey, Loretta
Booth, Betty Dee, Angie Armhus
ter, Lucy Kelly, Jessi-s Cripe, Marie
McGeer, Violet Donlon, Marie Kap
era, Isabel O'Hallaran, Irene Fog
arty, Agnes Kelly, Pearl Cosgrave,
Nelle Whalen, Gertrude Goering,
Blanche Lyman.
Patrons and patronesses of Theta
Phi are as follows: Mr. and Mrs.
John J. Ledwith, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Hershey, Mr. Sv F. McGinn and
Chief Justice A. M. Morrissey.
Baseball Practice for
Women to Stop Friday
Lillian Story, baseball leader, an
nounced yesterday that the time for
baseball practices would be extended
to Friday, April 25, at 5 o'clock. The
class tournament will start the be
ginning of next week. Tbe follow
ing girls were chosen for class lead
ers of the sport: Freshman, Helen
West; sophomore, Florence Steffes;
junior, Luella Beckmeyer; senior,
Lois Pntney.
A committee is at work on the
standardization of the physics ap
paratus used in the United States.
It is thought that this will elimin
ate many of the errors in comput
ing scientific data.
CALIFORNIA Fencing clasi3S at
the University of California demon
strated their ability before the no
tionu picture camera. A Fox Films
eamerman took the pictures.
Weather Forecast
Wednesday Fair and warmer.
GROUPS MUST APPLY
NOW FOR DRIVE DAYS
Organizations Have Until May
16 to Submit Choices of
Dates to Council.
Organizations expecting to carry
on drives for funds next year must
submit an application to the student
council by 5 o'clock May 16 designat
ing first and second choice of dates
and the purpose for which the money
will be used.
A schedule will be prepared by the
council and printed in the "N" book.
This schedule will be made binding
on the organizations so that unneces
sary drives will be eliminated and
conflicts will not arise.
ARRANGE NEW DISPLAY
FOR ENGINEERS NIGHT
Geology Students Exhibit Mod
els and Specimens Thurs
day in Museum.
Special exhibits will hi displayed
in the Museum on Engineers night
Thursday, April 24, by the depart
ment of geology, which is acting in
co-operation with the College of
Engineering. Several objects which
have been secured recently for per
manent exhibits will be shown for
the first time.
Geology stud-3'nts have prepared a
derrick and drill which will be in
operation to show drilling methods.
A relief map and geologic section of
Teapot Dome, and a model of a vein
of ore with shafts, drifts and stopes
will also be displayed.
A six-foot, diamond-backd rattler
of Arizona type, a two-foot Helo
derma lizard, and several species of
fish are among the new exhibits. Sev
eral hundred dollars worth of new
minerals bought for the occasion will
bs displayed on the third floor.
Three large electric microscopes
will be in operation on the second
floor. Guides will be stationed on
the third floor to demonstrate min-
fral exhibits. Special demonstra
tions of diamond-working will be
carried on, and models of famous dia
monds will be shown.
Exhibits of birds, reptiles, frogs
and fish on the fourth floor will be
explained to visitors. The Peruvian
mummies will appear in a new case.
JVell-drilling, and mining operations
will be demonstrated in the labora
tory of this floor.
ALEXANDER SPEAKS ON
NEW CAPITOL BUILDING
Illustrates Lecture to Fresh
man Students with Pho
tographs. The new capitol building was tbe
subject of an illustrated lecture by
Dr. H. B. Alexander, chairman of the
department of philosophy, before the
freshman lecture students of the Col
leee of Arts' and Sciences, Monday
evening and Tuesday morning. Pho
tographs of the work on the new
buildine already completed and
drawings of the proposed work were
used.
"The spirit of the building is a
series of rectangular planes," de
clared the speaker. "As planned, it
is a cross within a square. The
tower will be the center of the cross.
This arrangement will provide for
four inner courts or gardens."
The desiens on the outside of Ahe
building will not be lavish, the speak
er said. Such designs will be sym
bolic of the buffalo, the pioneer, jus
tice, democracy and freedom.
The inside of the building, as
planned, will be beautifully decor
ated with mural paintings and fine
tile inlay work. The governors re
ception room, the, library, the sen
ate and representative chambers will
be especially beautiful, he said.
Dr. Alexander also showed the
proposed new state seal, designed by
the artists who planned the decora
tions of the new capitoL This has
not as yet been adopted by' the state
legislature at the official seal of the
state.
PRICE 5 CENTS
MAY FILE NAMES
FOR COUNCIL NOV
Students May Apply for Nomi
nation in Student Activi
ties Office.
FILINGS WILL CLOSE
MAY 2 AT 5 O'CLOCK
Nominations . he student coun
cil for next.yer . be filed by stu
dents in the student activities office
from today to 5 o'clock Friday, May
2. The nominations will be posted
from day to day, and withdrawals will
be allowed until 5 o'clock, Saturday,
May 3. The election will be held
Tuesday, May 6. Nomincs must file
their names and colleges in a sealed
envelope.
One man from next years junior
class, a sophomore at the present
time, in each of the following col
leges will be elected: Agriculture,
Arts and Sciences, Business Adminis
tration, Dentistry, Engineering, Law
and Pharmacy. One woman, who
will be a junior next year, will be
elected from each of these colleges:
Agriculture, Arts and Sciences,
School of Fin Arts, and Teachers.
In addition to these, two men and
two women will be elected at large
from the senior class of next year by
the present junior class. The stu
dent council will also elect two sen
ior men and two senior women from
its own membership to form a nucleus .
for the conncil.
Students will vote only for the
candidates from their own college
with the exception of juniors who
will also elect four members from
the class at large.
The changes in the nomination
system are in accordance with a
recent amendment passed by the
student body. Nominations were
formerly made by acclamation.
FIRST FORMAL PARADE
COMES AT 5 O'CLOCK
Staff Officers to Judge Lines
Today at Parade for Hon
orary ColoneL
The first formal parade and re
view of the year by the Nebraska
R.O.T.C. will be held this evening at
5 o'clock on the regimental parade
grounds in honor of Rosalie Plat-
ner, honorary colonel of the regi
ment. Regimental staff officers will
iudee company lines in the parade
this evening and announce first, sec
ond and third place winners. Com
pany H. Marion Woodard captain,
winner of first place in the parade
last week, will be color company for
the parade. The company winning
first place today will be color com
pany next Tuesday in the parade
and review in honor of Chancellor
Avery, Cadet Colonel CrxCg1 an
nounced yesterday.
Will Carry Sabers.
Company commanders and staff
officers of rank of captain and high
er will carry sabers in the parades
beginning next week. The company
commanders are carrying sabers at
the regular drill periods now.
The gold star inspection by army
officers from Washington will take
place Friday and Saturday ' next
week. The companies drilling those
days will be inspected by the offi
cers. A parade and review by the
entire reeiment will also be held.
Nebraska's chance of obtaining the
rating of a distinguished R.O.T.C.
school will depend on the success of
the gold star inspection.
Prepare for Com pet.
Discipline in the regiment is tight
ening up as the company command
ers prepare their companies for the
competitive drill which takes place
the latter part of May. There are
only five or six more weeks of drill,
and the cadets are putting all they
have into the work. Company C,
winners of the compet last year and
Company H, look like strong contend
ers for first place at present. The
other companies are right on their
heels thoueh. and the drilling of the
next few weeks probably will be the
deciding factor in winning the com
pet.
ILLINOIS A model of a minia
ture farm showing the effects of soil
corrosion and its prevention has been
prepared by the department of farm
mechanics fotf exhibition purposes
throughout the state.
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