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LT XXIII NO. 141
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1924
PRICE 5 CENTS
ENGINEERS WEEK
COMES TO CLOSE
E. Howard of Kansas City Is
Principle Speaker at An
nual Banquet.
FESTIVITIES CONCLUDE
WITH DANCE; K. C. HALL
Engineering week closed last night
with a dance at tfte nan. ine
innual engineering banquet was held
t the Lincoln hotel Friday night
a m 1 1 TT . X
with E. E. Howard oi me uarnngion,
Howard, and Ash company of Kansas
City as principal speaker.
the dance Saturday night was
ttended by about 125 couples,
vne was furnished by Fowler's
jeven'-picce orchestra. Dean and
jlrs. 0. J. Ferguson and professors
of the engineering college were chap-
trons.
The banquet at the Lincoln hotel
was attended by about 200 students.
E, Grant Lantz presided and E. E.
Howard of the Harrington, Howard,
and Ash company of Kansas City
was main speaker with Dean 0. J.
Fenjuson and R. L, Cochran giving
short addresses.
Mr. Howard based the greater part
of his address on an ancient engi
neering text called "Vitreous Archi
tecture", which contains engineering
principles and problems that are very
similar to present day principles. He
read from this book interesting
stories of the experiences of the
worlds first engineers. Mr. Howard
also outlined to the student engineers
several factors which enter into the
realization of success.
"In order to succeed one must first
lave a thorough knowledge of his
job. Another element of success is
the ability to. influence men. It
makes no difference how good
scheme you may design, if you don't
influence someone to carry it out for
you it will not become a reality.
Steinmetz was a man of such surpass
ing: genius that, in his later years he
didn't have to push forth his ideas."
" Courtesy To Neglected "
The prevailing factor in the cause
of numerous failures today, Mr. How
ird attributed to lack of courtesy
aore than to any other cause.
ny men", he said, "do not reach
the places they should because they
lave a habit of putting a sting into
everything they do."
Tou must have the good will of
the men around you in order to get
tlong in engineering," said Grant
Untz. "You may go from school
into a laboratory. But where will
you go from there?
"We have shown the public our
equipment," he continued," and de
monstrated to them what is useful in
the line of engineering. We have
lso shown the need of a new engi
ring building."
Dean 0. J. Ferguson of the Col
lege of Engineering gave a brief ad
dress and R. L. Cochran spoke on the
Powth of engineering and engineer
H problems. "The highways are
branch of engineering work that
fos rapidly opened up in recent years
foe to the growth of the automobile
tttffic. Taking care of the motor
in this country is getting to be
tremendous problem. Within the
fest nineteen years, expenditures for
rtor vehicles have increased 100
es, while expenditures on the
&ways have increased but sixteen
to" in the same period."
Field Day Abandoned
Jhe engineers field-day program
uch included a ball game, chain
JJ level races, had to be abandoned
USe of the inclemPTit weather
instead the engineers attended
Liberty theater after having
"J t the Grace church,
rrof. c. E. Mickey awarded blue
Jons to several model engineering
' "jects through the awards commib-
consisting of: Ralph Tracy, H.
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t Denver, Colo., constructed
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Prii t was awaraea iirsi
J!' T' D- Ellermeier's model of a
Iorced concrete building took
odd Pri2e .and 0tto J- Gurber's
irjj f reilforced concrete in
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w- M receiving honorable
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Rogers.
Weather Forecast
Sunday Fair with rising temper
ature.
MANY ARE PRESENT AT
GLEE CLUB CONCERTS
Humorous Scene from "Robin
Hood " Is Feature of Both
Programs
An appreciative audience received
the program of the University Glee
Club at the Temple Theatre Friday
and Saturday nights. A scene from
the musical comedy, "Robin Hood"
featured the performance along with
quartet and solo numbers. The
sketch from " Robin Hood " was clev
erly costumed by local talent and
brought much laughter from the
audience.
A specialty of the home concert
was a group of two solos by Prof.
Parvin Witte, who sang them with
pleasing tone and expression.
After the program on Saturday, a
dance was given by the club at the
Pi Kappa Phi house to celebrate the
completion of a successful season.
INTERFRAT COUNCIL
TO HOLD LUNCHEON
THIRD PAYMENTS
ON STADIUM DUE
Rain Interferes with Collection
of Installment on
Pledges.
PLACE BOOTHS ON BOTH
CAMPUSES FOR STUDENTS
Final Preparations for Banquet
To Be Made at Mon
day Meeting
An interfraternity council lunch
eon will be held at the Chamber of
Commerce Monday at 12 o'clock for
alumni and student members of the
council to make final preparations for
the coming banquet and to organize
in order to insure the success of the
event.
The interfraternity banquet to be
held May 7 will have Chancellor Sam
uel E. Avery and Prof. R. D. Scott
as speakers. The principal speaker
of the banquet has not been secured
but he is certain to be a nationally
known figure, Prof. R. D. Scott said
yesterday.
COMMISSION SPONSORS
FRESHMAN KID PARTY
Rain during the first few days of
the campaign for third installment
payments on stadium pledges has in
terfered with the work of collection.
Pledges may be paid at the booth on
Twelfth and R streets and at the fi
nance office at the Agricultural cam
pus. The stadium headquarters re
ports a brisk collection business dur
ing the past two days.
Third installments were due Thurs
day, April 24, and the booths on the
two campuses have been open since
then. No estimate of the number of
students who paid their installments
during the opening days has been
made. The stadium headquarters ex
pects that the percentage of pay
ments made by the end of this week
will be high.
One-fifth of the total amount
pledged is due at this collection. Two
more installments are yet to be paid
on the pledges made a year and a
half ago.
Headquarters of the stadium are
now maintained in the northeast cor
ner of the Temple building. Stu.
dents are urged to make their pay
ments at the booth at the headquart
ers at once. A part of the principle
borrowed on the strength of student
pledges must be paid off now to save
interest charges against the stadium
fund, so that more money can be ex
pended in equipment for the struc
ture, according to stadium head
quarters. The value of the stadium ' as an
athletic field was demonstrated last
fall, those in charge of the campaign
say, and will again be demonstrated
when the Missouri Valley track meet
is held May 24. But the stadium is
valuable for a community center
meeting place also, according to the
manager of collections. The use to'
which it will be put when the Min
neapolis Symphony Orchestra and
the University Chorus puts on a
grand open-air concert there May 14,
demonstrates its value for other than
athletic purposes.
Farmers Fair Announces New Features
The farmers fair board promises
a number of novel forms of amuse
ment for this year. The sixth annual
frolic will open with a parade on Sat
urday morning and will continue un
til in the late evening.
GIVE ZOOLOGY SOCIETY
CHAPTER OF PHI SIGMA
Evelyn Shumway and Mable
Utter Win Prizes for
Best Costumes.
Little girls in gingham dresses,
half-socks, and hair ribbons with lit
tle boys in knickers and Jackie
Coogan caps took in the kid party
given by the Freshman commission
Saturday at Ellen Smith hall. Prizes
for the best costumes were given to
Evelyn Shumway for the best little
boy and Mable Utter for the little
girl.
London bridge, farmer in the dell,
drop the handkerchief, and dancing
entertained the " kids " all afternoon.
A playlet, "Mrs. Stone and All Her
Little Bebbles," was given; Louise
Van Sickle whistled; Laura Whelpley
and Florilla Nye sang " Little Sister
Blues"; and Margaret Dunlap spoke
a piece.
Lclly pops dressed up like little
girls, pop corn, and ice cream cones
were served. The party broke up
with many a " Good-bye " and " Wish
I could stay longer" at 5 o'clock.
Over 100 girls attended. Ellen
Smith hall was decorated with red
balloons. The committee in charge
was Marie Bowden, chahunan, Editha
Reid, and Laura Whelpley. Olive
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CHOOSE PATRONESSES
FOR KOSMET COMEDY
Klub Completes Plans for Two
Performances of " The
Wishing Ring."
Patronesses were announced Sat
urday for " The Wishing Ring," 1924
Kosmet Klub production, to be given
at the Orpheum, May 2. Those
chosen are Mrs. Samuel Avery, Mrs.
C. C. Engberg, Miss Amanda Hepp
ner, Mrs. Perry W. Branch, Mrs.
W. I. Aitken, Mrs. L. R, Doyle, Mrs.
L. A. Sherman, Mrs. R. H. Talbot,
Mrs. M. L. Poteet, Mrs. O. L. Eller-
brock, Mrs. Pace Woods, Mrs. J. C.
Chapin.
There are a few tickets left for the
Lincoln performance. The College
Club, an organization of former Ne
braska students, will sponsor its pre
sentation at the Gayety in Omaha,
May 3. The Club, aided by students
in the Medical College and alumni,
expects to give the cast a royal re
ception.
A party will be given in their
honor by P'J Rho Sigma, medical
fraternity of the University, at their
chapter house in Omaha immediately
after the show.
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Banquet Follows Installation
By Officer of National
Fraternity
The Nebraska Zoological society
was installed Saturday night as Xi
Chapter of Phi Sigma, the national
honorary biological fraternity. The
installation was conducted by the na
tional secretary, Prof. C. F. Reed of
the University of Kansas, imme
diately following a banquet at the
Lincoln hotel.
Phi Sigma was founded .March
16, 1915, at Ohio State University,
and now has thirteen chapters. The
aims as set forth in its constitution
are "to advance the biological
sciences and their allied interests,
and to create and foster a fraternal
spirit among its members." The Bio
logist, the official journal of the fra
ternity, is published monthly.
The Nebraska Zoological Society
was organized at the University of
Nebraska in 1919 to unite those stu
dents of special distinction in the
field of zoology. Within the last year
a few students of botany have been
admitted.
Following the banquet and instal
lation, toasts were given by Prof.
Donald C. Whelan, on behalf of the
resident alumni; Prof. Robert H.
Wolcott of the zoological depart
ment; Prof. Raymond Pool of the
botany department; Prof. C. F. Reed,
of Kansas, on behalf of the central
governing body; and Miss Elizabeth
Schoeppel on behalf of Xi Chapter.
John A. Cameron presided as toast-master.
Officers cf the new chapter are to
be elected on May 15. Following
are the charter members of Phi
Sigma, Xi chapter:
Prof. Robert H. Wolcott, Prof.
Raymond F. Pool, Prof. David D.
Whitney Prof. Franklin D. Barker,,
Prof. Homer B. Latimer, Lawrence F.
Lindgren.
Rita Atkinson, Elizabeth Schoep
pel, Katherine Wolfe, Adelheit Dett
man, Harlow C. A. Walker, John A.
Cameron, C. T. Feelhaver, Roland
Loder, Raymond Swallow, Julia
Joyce Harper, William Bennett, John
Kleven, Dagmar Peterson, Eloise
Whitmer, Foster Matchett, Orene
Nelson, A. R. Everett, Howard Tur
ner, James McNab, Bernice Brenke,
Louise Lineman, Julia Stephens,
Weston Benjamin, William Hay,
Milton Landwer, Dorothy Duff,;
Ethelwyn Gulick, Milan Kopac, Wal
lace Buck, Lois Pedersen.
.s
The Breezeniikers quartet will be
headliners at the Snorpheum show,
which will give both afternoon and
evening performances. This quartet
has been gaining a reputation in the
community for its singing, and ap
peared at several Ag College convo
cation and rallies.
The quartet will undoubtedly ap
pear in a radio concert sometime dur
ing the coming week and broadcast
a few of the selections they will pre
sent at the Snorpheum show.
Movies of past farmers fair pa
rades and activities have been shown
to audiences of Ag students at vari
ous convocations recently. The main
purpose has been to acquaint the
freshmen with the magnitude of the
Fair.
The Home Economics designing
class has been making quaint posters
for the fair during the past week.
Many of these posters will be seen
in downtown windows, along with
window displays which will be shown
in several of the large stores. Most
of these posters represent a certain
act or stunt which will be given the
day of the fair.
Jal Olsens minstrels on the Mid
way will feature a "prevaricating
minstrel boy who can stretch the
truth farther than Baron Munchau
sen could throw a brass cannon."
Sambo Johnson, of the "Foot and
Mouth" artists is also a member of
the minstrel company. .
HUSKERS MAKE
GOOD SHOWING
440 Relay Team Composed of
Hatch, Blood good, Hein and
Locke Cops First
CHARLES PADDOCK SETS
NEW WORLDS RECORD
RAIN INTERFERES WITH
DASEBALL TOURNAMENT
First Round of Interfraternity
Games To Be Finished
By Tuesday Night
Rain Friday and Saturday held up
the interfraternity baseball tourna
ment. Twelve first-round games, still
to be played, will be run off by Tues
day night. Five games were played
Thursday. v
In the games Thursday, Sigma Phi
Epsilon, Alpha Theta Chi, Delta Chi,
Phi Alpha Delta and Sigma Alpha
Epsilon advanced to the second
round. Phi Alpha Delta, 1923 cham
pions, and Sigma Phi Epsilon showed
up well, winning their games by large
scores.
Games are being played at the
Rock Island park, College of Agri
culture, State Hospital, Lincoln high
school and Municipal park diamonds.
Games of the first three rounds are
seven innings but semi-final and final
contests will go nine innings.
PHI BETA KAPPA HOLDS
INITIATION EXERCISES
Berge New President
of Delta Sigma RL
Forty-One Seniors Made Mem
'bers of Honorary Schol-Fraternity.
Wendell Berge, 25', was elected
president and Hugh B. Cox, '26, sec
retary of Delta Sigma Rho, national
honorary society for intercollegiate
debators, at a meeting held Friday
noon at the Grand hotel. It was
decided not to send a delegate to the
national convention of the organiza
tion at Ann Arbor, Michigan, the first
week in May. The Nebraska chapter
will vote by proxy at the meeting.
KANSAS A wooden larynx of a
size as would be found in a man
forty-five feet tall is a part of the
special equipment used by the stu
dents of musical acoustics at the
Kansas State Agricultural College.
Over 100 attended the Phi Beta
Kappa initiation Friday at Ellen
Smith hall. Forty-one new members
were initiated.
Prof. Kenneth Forward was toast
master. Harlan Coy, speaker for the
men had as his subject, "Hidden
Springs ". Mr. Coy touched upon
Nebraska's pre-eminence as compared
to other schools. Emily Ross, speaker
for the newly initiated women, spoke
upon Ihe Key ". Her subject mat
ter was related closely to an ancient
poem, " This is the Key of the King
dom, which promises a great reward
after the labor.
Miss Louise Pound talked about
" The Infernal Feminine ", and very
humorously discussed newspaper quo
tations showing the wit, or lack of
wit, in modern publications.
(Special to the Daily Nebraskan.)
Des Moines, la., April 26. Husker
athletes, facing a field of the best
track and field men in the' middle
west, emerged well near the top of
the lists in the fifteenth annual Drake
relays with one first place, four sec
ond places, two third places, one
fourth place, and two fifth places
tucked away under Nebraska ban
ners. A new worlds record of 12 sec
onds flat was set up for the 125-yard
dash by Charles Paddock, California
sprint wonder, who clipped four-fifths
of a second from the old record of
12:4 established in 1889 by Scherri
of Yale.
Friday was the banner day for the
Husker track men who won the only
two university events completed that
day. The quarter-mile relay team
composed of Hatch, Bloodgood, Hein,
and Locke, running in the order
named, won first place for Nebraska
for the third consecutive year in
this event, doing the 440 this time
in 43 and 2-5 seconds, one-fifth of a
second faster than the time made by
the Notre Dame team which ran in
another section.
Red Layton, Nebraska sprinter and
hurdler, running unattached in the
meet on account of scholastic diffi
culties, won first place in the 440-
meter low hurdles, the other univer
sity meet decided Friday. His time
was 59 and 5-10 seconds. Ed Weir
of Nebraska was second in this event;
and Patterson, Drake negro, who had
been touted to win, was third as a
result of his failure to pick himself
up after stumbling over the last
hurdle.
Ced Hartman, Nebraska shot put
ter, who led the field in the prelim
inaries Friday with a heave of 43
feet one-half inch, establishing a new
Drake record, came out second in the
finals. Purma of Kansas State Teach
ers college was first in the finals
with 43 feet 8 inches. Hartman made
43 feet and 3 1-2 inches.
The other second won under Ne
braska colors was in the half-mile
relays which the Husker quartet
composed of Hatch, Whipperman,
Hein and Locke ran in 1 minute 28
and 5-10 seconds. Illinois was first
with 1:27:9.
Charles Paddock, world champion
sprinter, did not compete in the reg
ular 100-yard races and ran only in
a special 125-yard dash in which he
established a new worlds record of
12 seconds flat, and a special 100
yard race which he finished in 9:9,
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WORKING STUDENTS TO
HOLD ANNUAL BANQUET
Employers and Employees to
Be Brought Together by
University Y. M. C. A.
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The working-student banquet will
be held at the Grand hotel at 6
o'clock on Thursday evening. May 1.
This banquet is an annual affair held
under the auspices of the employ
ment secretary of the Y. M. C. A.
The toast list includes Welch
Pogue, toastmaster; J. W. Searson
of the Nebraska School Supply; and
Lew Skinner, of the Agricultural Ex
tension Department The banquet
was such a success last year that the
business men of Lincoln asked that
it be made an annual affair.
The main object and purpose of
the meeting is to bring about a bet
ter feeling between the employer and
the working student. The banquet
will also bring back successful busi
ness men who worked their wav
through school. It is estimated that
about forty to fifty per cent of the
students in school are working their
way and a good turnout is expected.
Ihe committee in charge of the
banquet consists of Bennet S. Mar
tin, employment secretary of the
Y. M. C. A., Audley Sullivan, Thomas
V. Garrett, and Wm. G. Aldstadt
Tickets may be secured from either
Bennet Martin m the Temple build
ing, or from Thomas Gamjtt at the
Registrar's office. They are fiftv
cents each.