he Daily 'Nebraskan
Keep Off the Grass.
Stay on the Walks.
Keep Off the Grass.
Stay on the WalkJ.
VOL. XXIII NO. 149
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1924.
PRICE 5 CENTS
TO OPEN DEBATE
TOURNEYTONIGHT
Ten Teams Will Compete in
Seventeenth Annual High
School Contest.
FORENSIC MEET WILL
LAST FOR THljEE DAYS
Five simultaneous debates will
open the three-day tournament of the
geventeenth state debate of the Ne
braska high school debating league
of ninety-two members Thursday eve-
nine on the question, ''Resolved,
That the United States should further
nMct immigration." All debates
are free to the public.
The ten district championship
schools which will compete Thursday
evening will be: Lincoln, east-cen
tral district; Omaha Central, east
ern; Albion, north-central; Wayne,
northeastern; Superior, southern;
Pawnee City, southeastern; Nebraska
School of Agriculture, southwestern;
Comstock, west-central; Elm Creek,
western; and Perkins County High
School, Grant, Western District No. 2
The five winners Thursday evening
and Geneva, central district, will
draw lots Thursday evening for the
three debates Friday morning at 10
o'clock.
The teams, through long study of
the question, come prepared to put
up the case for either side of. the sub'
ject as lot-drawing may direct.
One debate will be held Friday
evening, and the state championship
honors will be decided Saturday
morning in Memorial hall. x
Results will be broadcast by the
University radio station, WFAV, at
10 o'clock Thursday evening, noon
Friday, 10 o'clock Friday evening,
and noon Saturday.
Members of Nebraskas intercolle
giate debate seminaries will act as
judges, presiding officers, and time
keepers. The program for Thursday
evening will be as follows (schools
named first maintaining the affirma
tive) :
AiDion-iirant, J-.aw xui.
Superior-Comstock, Social Science
107.
Omaha Central-Pawnee City, So
cial Science auditorium.
Wayne-Nebraska School of Agri
culture, Curtis, Social Science 101.
Elm Creek-Lincoln, Memorial hall
Announce First Semester Scholarship Ratings of Greeks
FRATERNITIES.
WILL HOLD WOMENS
MEET BY TELEGRAPH
Swimming Team Will Compete
With Three University
Squads Tonight.
A telegraphic swimming meet for
women, with the Oregon State and
Agricultural colleges and Iowa Ag
ricultural College, is being sponsored
by the Womans Athletic Association
at the Lincoln high school pool at 8
o'clock tonight.
The meet will consist of a 20-yard
free-style race, a 40-yard breast
stroke race, a 20-yard back-stroke
race, free "style, 80-yard relay race,
four members on each team, and a
plunge for distance.
' Eight contestants will be picked
for the contest from the fastest
swimmers in ; the school irrespective
of their class. Each team member
will be limited to three events includ
ing the relay. The probable lineup
for the team is as follows: Pearl
Safford, Bernice Johnson, Ella Nu
ernberger, Elizabeth Armstrong, Mar
guerite Eastham, Louise Brandstad,
Luella Reckmeyer and Anna Hines.
The individual winners in the meet
held Tuesday night were Alice Pf eif
fer, side stroke; Anna Hines, back
stroke and stunts; Freda Barker,
breast stroke and . crawl; Mildred
Armstrong, plunge for distance and
under water .swimming; and . Ella
Nuernberger, novelty race. The rec
ord for the plunge for distance was
38 feet and for the under water
swimming 63 feet.
KEEP OFF THE GRASS.
Spring i. oera all right and with
t the deiir to gambol on the
. Each- student houlci do
rerytking possible to make the
Ps a bnn beautiful pl
"'P tk. UniTerwty.
Per Cent
Index Delinquence
1. Farm House ... , 249.6 2.8
2. Silver Lynx 235.6 8.8
3. Alpha Delta 233.4 6.4
4. Pi Kappa Alpha 215,2 8.0
6. Alpha Chi Sigma 213.6 9.4
6. Acacia 212.8 , 6.2
7. Alpha Gamma Rho 201.0 5.2
8. Alpha Sigma Phi ... 198.4 6.3
9. Phi Tau Epsiloi- 187.0 8.2
10. Kappa Psi 184.8 6.4
11. Beta Theta Pi 184.7 6.0
12. Phi Delta Chi 183.6 5.7
13. Zeta Beta Tau 179.3 9.2
14. Sigma Alpha Epsilon 177.9 . 8.8
15. Alpha Tau Omega 177.7 8.0
16. Lambda Chi Alpha 171.4 10.2
17. Kappa Sigma 170.6 7.8
18. Xi Psi Phi 167.2 . 5.8
19. Delta Upsilon 161.8 12.7
20. Delta Tau Delta 155.2 , 11.6
21. Sigma Phi Epsilon 155.1 11.3
22. Alpha Theta. Chi 155.0 14.3
23. Pi Kappa Phi , 153.0 13.9
24. Sigma Nu 146.4 11.6
25. Phi Kappa Psi 141.5 14.5
26. Phi Gamma Delta 137.1, 15.5
27. Delta Sigma Delta J 136.8 13.3
28. Phi Alpha Delta 135.2 17.8
29. Phi Delta Theta 136.6 16.0
Per Cent
30.
31.
32.
33.
Delta Chi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
'7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
Averages 169.2
SORORITIES.
Index
Alpha Delta Theta 320.3
Gamma Phi Beta 298.5
Alpha Phi 291.4
Sigma Kappa 284.0
Phi Omega Pi 272.6
Alpha Delta Pi ,..J 268.5
, Delta Zeta 267.1
Delta Gamma 264.0
Pi Beta Phi .' 263.7
Kappa Delta 262.2
Phi Mu 262.1
Delta Delta Delta 260.0
Chi Omega 259.9
Alpha Chi Omega 257.6
Alpha Omicron Pi 256.1
Kappa Kappa Gamma 255.5
Kappa Alpha Theta 242.7
Alpha Xi Delta 241.9
Averages , 268.0
Index Delinquence
121.5 18.1
116.7 17.2
96.3 22.4
66.4 24.8
169.2 10.6
Per Cent
Delinquence
0.0
1.1
1.3
1.7
1.7
.6
3.8
2.6
4.6
3.6
3.4
1.9
1.5
5.2
3.8
, 4.8
4.7
5.5
2.9
JOHNSON TO ADDRESS
HISTORY ASSOCIATION
Professor from Columbia to
Give Four Lectures Be
fore Meetings.
Professor Henry Johnson of the
Teachers College of Columbia Uni
versity will give four lectures at the
annual meeting of the Nebraska his
tory teachers asociation, May 8 to 10.
Professor Johnson is a recognized
speaker on the teaching of history
and is well recommended by faculty
members of the University. Rev.
Walter Aitkin of Lincoln also re
commends him as a "substantial and
very fine man, a good speaker, and
one of the best history teachers in
this country."
The first lecture will be given on
"Webster's Reply to Haynes," by
Professor Johnson in the Temple
theater at 11 o'clock Friday, May 9.
At 3:30 he will speak at the Whittier
junior high school auditorium on
"A Course in History for American
Schools."
"Old and New Conceptions of
History for Schools," will be the sub
ject of his address at the annual din
ner of Ihe association at Ellen Smith
hall, at 6 o'clock. His last lecture
will be given Saturday at 10 o'clock
in the Social Science auditorium, on
the "Literature of American History
for the High School."
Miss L. B. Pf eiffer of the history
department advises that all history
students who expect to become his
tory teachers attend the addresses
as they will find Professor Johnson
"an inspired speaker."
CADETS TO PARADE IN
HONOR OF CHANCELLOR
Company Sponsors Will Make
Their First Official
Visit to Men.
I Company sponsors will see tneir
companies officially for the first time
this evening at 5:00 at the parade
and review in honor of Chancellor
Avery. The regimental, battalion,
and company sponsors will each have
a cadet lieutenant detailed to them
as escort of honor, and will be at the
reviewing stand with the Chancellor.
The company sponsors will distri
bute booklets containing the story of
the flag and the national anthem to
the men in their companies just be
fore the command, "pass in review" is
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given by the cadet colonel. The
booklets are the gift of E. H. Long
of the college book store. About
1200' copies will be given to the regi
ment. Cadet staff officers and company
commanders will carry sabers for the
first time, this year in the review.
The sabers have been carried for sev
eral weeks in regular drill periods.
The parade this evening is the next
to the last before the final review at
compet on May 24. The next parade
will be Wednesday May 14, in honor
of the deans of the various colleges.
The companies have been drilling
on lines especially hard this week in
preparation for the compet which is
only two weeks off, and the competi
tion for first, second and third places
in lines in the parade today will be
keen. Company A, Harold Spencer,
captain, was the first in the parade
last time, and will be color company
this evening.
Postpone Cadet Track
Contest Until May 17
Major Sidney Erickson announced
yesterday that . the intercompany
track m-set which had been scheduled
to begin at 3:30 p. m. would be
postponed until May 17, at 9 o'clock
because of the cold weather, follow
ing a Suggestion by Coach Schulte.
Weather Forecast
Thursday Fair and warmer.
ANNUAL TOURNEY
CQMESMTURDAY
Coach Schulte Expects High
School Men to Break
Many Records.
TRACK WILL BE IN
PERFECT CONDITION
"Nebraska will witness the great
est high school track meet in its
history Saturday," said Coach H. F.
Schulte, late yesterday. "The number
of contestants is greater than ever
before and they are faster. The
track, although new will be one of
the fastest in America on that day.
It is in perfect shape and there will
be many records broken."
The entry list is larger than last
year by eight schools. Forty-eight
teams composed of several hundred
athletes will compete in the stadium
Saturday morning and afternoon.
Several more towns are expected to
enter before the meet.
The new track which has been in
preparation for Several weeks will
be used for the tournament. The
cinders are in perfect shape and
will be ready for record-breaking if
the weather is good.
The meet will be speeded up by a
program of events formed by Coach
Schulte. All preliminary field events
will be run off Saturday morning,
narrowing the number of contest
ants in these events to five who will
compete in the afternoon when the
track events are held. A large num
ber of officials will be on the field
to help the handling of the affair.
Seventeen teams, are entered in
Group III, including Omaha Central,
Hastings, Lincoln, Omaha Tech., Fre
mont, Scottsbluff, Grand Island and
Kearney. All of these teams are
well balanced and will offer strong
strong competition. . Several teams
&eem to be outstanding in Group II,
Cambridge, Wilbe, Geneva, Gothen
burg, and Aurora appear as favorites
in this class although some dark
horse may spring a surprise. In
Group I the race for first place will
be close with Arlington, Dewitt, Su
perior and Arnold appearing as pro
bable winners.
The teams entered in the meet
up to date Thursday were:
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follow:'
Geneva (Central District)
Roland C. Probst, '24, valedictor-
ian oi nis ciass, iu ma .v.
debating has token part in thirty
three debates, representing Geneva
last year at the state-debate tourna
ment. He is president of his class,
captain of the '. football team, and
takes part in the senior play. He is
editor of the school paper and is mem
ber of the annual staff. He is going
to Hastings College.
John C. Gewacke,' 24, has taken
part in eighteen debates in fs one
year of debating. He is an honor
roll student (and is in the senior
play. He is going into agricultur
al work.
Howard. W. Hamilton, '25, has had
three years of debating, taking part
in thirty-five debates. He was mem
ber of the Geneva team at the state
-debate tournament last year. He is
an honor-roll student, is vice-president
of his class, business manager
of the school paper. . member of the
quartet, member of the football team.
He won the district-extemporaneous
speaking, conntest
(Continued on Page 4.)
FIRST INTERFRAT
BANQUET IS HELD
' '-. . .
Fifteen Plaques Awarded to
Fraternities , of ' Fewest
uencies. '
BALLARD DUNN MAKES
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS
Eight hundred fraternity men as
sembled at the Scottish Rite Temple
last night for the first annual inter
fraternity banquqet. Fifteen plaques
were awarded to the fraternities hav
ing a percentage of delinquent hours
in .the last two semesters less than
the average per cent for all frater
nities. Ballard Dunn, editor of the
Omaha Bee, gave the main address of
the evening.
The following is the 'alphabetical
list of the fraternities' which carried
home plaques:
. Acacia .
Alpha Gamma Rho
Alpha Sigma Phi ;
Alpha Tau Omega
'Alpha Theta Chi
Beta Theta Pi
. Delta Tau Delta
Farm House
Kappa Sigma
Lambda Chi Alpha
Phi Delta Chi
Pi Kappa Alpha
' Sigma Nu
Silver Lynx
Zeta Beta Tau
Mr. Dunn gave several of the great
problems of the day which the com
ing generation will have to solve in
his address to the assemblage. In
the introduction of Mr. Dunn, Chan
cellor Avery told of his great success
in Omaha in connection with the
Omaha Bee. ,
Address Has Two Parts.
The main address of the evening
was started with two quotations,
"I will study and prepare myself, and
some day my chance will come," The
other was found in the losr-book of
Columbus's flag ship. It was, "To
day we sailed westward because that
was our course."
After telling of the completeness
and rapidity of the development of
our country, Mr. Dunn said, "From
1828 to 1870 the people suddenly
spread out over the country because
of the development of transporta
tion." He told of .the growth of indus
try and the responsibility of its prob
lems which rest on the shoulders of
the coming generation.
"The question of politics as well
must be solved," continued the edi
tor of the Bee. "There have arisen
problems in both industry and poli
tics, and they cannot be solved thru
the glasses of old age."
Explains Ccredit System.
He then told of the complex mo
dern system of credit and industry
and traced the work of salesmen
showing that our whole system is bas
ed on credit. He said, "The fellow
who is the keystone to this whole
arch is the least informed.
He makes a mistake he cannot
sell his goods, and the long system
of credit behind him is crushed. This
too is one of the great problems of
the day. From somewhefre (there
musf come the brains and the men
to solve this. Is the business cycle
absolutely necessary or can it be
straightened out?"
"With the development of industry
came the development of machinery
and finally the automatic machines
which do all the artistry of industry,
the love of labor. The tendency of
those runing th'e machines is toward
radicalism," declared Mr. Dunn.
Considers 'Labor Problem.
"The laborer has now leisure time
and we have nothing for him to do.
That is a problem for education to
solve," he said. Taking up the quo
tation? which he gave early in his
address, he said, "The chance al
ways comes to the fellow who is pre
pared. When you , have left school
here, you have just really begun.
Keep always on the course, for if
you change your course, you will not
accomplish much."
Mr. Dunn closed his address with
the following quotation: "One ship-'
sails east and another west, with
self -same winds that blow; it's the
set of the sails, 'and not the gales,,
that determines the way they go."
' Woodward's Candy Kids and Clyde
Davis furnished some excellent en
tertainment for the affair. Prof. IL
Dt Scott was toaetmaster, while Dr.
Adams awarded the plaques.