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VOL. XXIV NO. 44.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1924
SALES CONTEST
IS VERY CLOSE
Thetas Leading Alpha O's by
Eight Subscriptions in
Cornhusker Campaign.
PRICE OF BOOK TO BE
RAISED AFTER FRIDAY
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority was
leading Alpha Omicron Pi by only
eight sales at the end of the third
t the Cornhusker sales cam
paign yesterday. In the individual!
. . r vr rt'Khon was leading
contest w - - -
with Verona Hall and Freida Lemke
in second and third positions.
Three sororities are tied for third
place in the organization contest
which is said to be one of the clos
est in all Cornhusker campaigns.
They are Delta Delta Delta, Gamma
phi Beta, ana Alpha Delta Theta.
Individuals who stand highest by
the check of the third day of sales
made last night are as follows: Dor
othy O'Shea, Verona Hall, Freida
Lemke, Joyce Adair, Frances Harri
son, Irene Lovely, Adeline Howland,
M. Wright, and Mary Kathermol. "As
uncertain as the organization con
test" is the report on the women's
campaign.
The contest will close at 4 o clock
tomorrow. All orders for the 1925
book must be given by that time. Ac
cording to Robert Lang, business
manager, it will be impossible to buy
Cornhuskers after this week. Small
orders for books placed later in the
season means higher cost of material.
This year the initial cost of the book
makes it impossible to incur any ad
ditional expenses. Because of this
the price of the book to anyone or
dering after the contest closes Friday
will be much higher.
Two dollars and a half will reserve
a Cornhusker for anyone if the order
is given before 4 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon.
OMAHA ENGINEER
VISITS UNIVERSITY
Prince of Prince-Nixon Engin
eering Company Calls at
Ferguson's Office.
George T. Prince of the Prince
Nixon Engineering Company, Oma
ha, is among the recent visitors at
the office of Dean O. J. Ferguson of
the College of Engineering.
Mr. Prince is a graduate of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy, anc has a wide experience in
engii:ciing work, especially along
the lines of hydraulic, water supply
and sanitary engineering. At the be
ginning of the war, he resigned from
the Water Board of the Metropolitan
Utilities District, Omaha, and was in
government construction service in
New England.
Harry S. Nixon, Civil Engineering,
'10, is now Mr. Prince's professional
associate.
STANLEY DELEGATE
OF SIGMA DELTA CHI
Attends National Convention
of Journalistic Fraternity
in Indiana.
Marion E. Stanley, '25, Aurora, is
Nebraska's delegate to the national
convention of Sigma Delta Chi, hon
orary journalistic fraternity, at the
University of Indiana, Bloomington,
Novpmher 16-17-1 S, Mr. Stanley is
president of the Nebraska chapter.
The convention is being addressed
by prominent editors and teachers of
journalism.
Walt Horan, editor of The Ever
HTeen, University of Washington
daily, stopped at The Daily Nebras
kan office last week on bis way to
the convention.
SIGMA TAD HEARS
NEBRASKA ALUHNDS
Norton Ware la Founder of En
gineering Fraternity; For
merly an Innocent.
Norton Ware, '04, chief engineer
of the Sutter Butte Canal company
of Gridley, California, was the guest
of honor at a banquet at the Grand
Hotel, followed by a meeting of Sig
n's Tan, honorary engineering fra
ternity, in Faculty hall Tuesday eve
ning. Mr. Ware Is one of the founders
of Sigma Tan. The initiation of four
few members was held at last eve
ning's meeting, to demonstrate the
ritual He is also a member of the
American Society of Civil Engineers.
While at the University of Nebras
ka, Mr. Ware was an Innocent and
a .member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity.
Neva Jones and Hart Jenks to Take
Leading Roles in " Whispering Wires' "
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Neva Jones and Hart Jenks take the parts of Doris and Montgomery
Stockbridge, respectively, in "Whispering Wires," the next University pro
duction. Neva Jones, who has the feminine lead, plays the role of the
young daughter of the wealthy Mr. Stockbridge. Hart. Jenks, the leading
man, takes the part of Mr. Stockbridge, and incidentally, is the victim of
the plot.
NEW EVENTS
IN OLYMPICS
Annual Freshman-Sophomore
Clash Scheduled for Sat
urday, Nov. 29.
OUTCOME IS BELIEVED
TO BE VERY UNDECIDED
Several new events will be run off
Saturday morning, November 29, at
9 o'clock when the freshmen will
meet the sophomores on the field in
the Stadium in order to decide the
fate of the green caps now worn by
the freshmen. "The outcome of the
Olympics is very doubtful this year.
Spirit in the freshman class has been
very poor and the sophomore class,
on the contrary, is strong and is con
fident of winning the battle," accord
ing to Willard Usher, '24, chairman
of the committee in charge of the
Olympics.
There will be seven events in the
Olvmoics: three divisions of wrest
ling, three of boxing, a tug-o-war, a
440-vard relay, cane rush, a bull pen,
and finally the big event the pole
rush. Out of a possible hundred
points the class must have a majority
of the total number in order to win.
Five ooints will be given in each of
the boxing and wrestling events, ten
points each in the relay race and the
tuir-o-war. fifteen points for tlie cane
rush and the bull pen, and twenty for
the pole rush.
There will be three divisions in the
boxing and wrestling: 145-pound
class, 158-pound class, and the 175-
pound class. The relay teams will
consist of four men, each man run
ning 110 yards.
The object of the cane rush is for
one class to get as many hands as
possible on the cane; the one hav
ing the most hands on the cane at the
end of five minutes will be declared
iht winner. At the start of the
game, ten men from each class are
allowed to get firm holds on the cane
then when the whistle blows twenty
five additional men, who have been
an equal distance from the cane, rush
n it and trv to dislodge their oppon
ents' hold. In the bull pen teams of
vpntv-f ive men are placed at an
equal distance from the dead-line, at
a given signal both teams rush to the
line and attempt to pull the men on
thm other team across the line. The
class having the greatest number of
mon on its side of the line at we
end of ten minutes is the winner.
Th Innocents will be in charge of
the field events. Dr. Clapp will ref
eree the wrestling matches.
Girls' Commercial
Club Holds Meeting
Tha monthly dinner of the Girls'
1 Club was held Wednes
day evening at Ellen Smith Hall.
Following the dinner a program was
given and short business session held
with Grace Dobesh, the presiaenv m
the club, presiding.
A program by the new memoem
nolo bv Mis Lila
McCoy, a reading by Miss Hazel
Wolfenden, and a p.ano soio
w:. rvnallpron. Eight new
jntas w vw w -
members were taken into the club
at this meeting, making a total oi
thirty-six new members this year.
500 Teachers Attend
Exhibit of Geography
nt i:vu rAAcrrftTihv lTlftteri-
els put on display by the department
of geograpny aunng we "' "T
. - :.- i f th State Teach
ing OI tinu iv. i. - .
ers Association was attended tf
about 600 visitors, i nis oifj
teachers an opportunity of Mine
much valuable illustrative material to
their geography equipment
Team Leaves Tonight
For Manhattan Game
The Cornhusker football squad
will leave for Manhattan from the
Rock Island station, 20th and O
streets, at 6:55 tonight. No or
ganized rally has been planned,
but the students are asked to go
to the station and give the team
a sendoff when it leaves for its
game with the Kansas Aggies.
CHORUS TO GIVE
"ST. JOHN'S EVE"
Elsie Neely, Dwight Merriam,
Margaret Gettys, Hubert
Davis in Leads.
WILL BE DIRECTED BY
MRS. CARRIE RAYMOND
The members of the chorus and
orchestra will be excused from
their 11 o'clock classes on Tues
day, November 25. Dean C. C.
Engberg.
"St John's Eve." a light operetta,
will be presented by the University
Chorus at a convocation Tuesday at
11 o'clock in Memorial Hall. Elsie
Neelv. Dwight Merriam, Margaret
Gettys, and Hubert Davis will take
the solo parts. The production is di
rected bv Mrs. Came B. Raymond
and will be accompanied by the Uni
versity Orchestra.
It is the custom for the University
Chorus to present four or five of
these programs for the student body
during the year. The Messiah will
be given before the Christmas holi
days. '
"St John's Eve" is a ballad ro
mance of a century or so ago. The
scene is set in a village street where
the people are celebrating the least
of St John. Margaret, venerable old
woman of the town, predicts the
manner in which each maiden will
discover the identity of her future
husband. Robert, a young man of
the villace. overhears that he who
dares to pluck the rose which Nancy
wears will win her on Christmas eve.
He resolves to venture it and appar
ently succeeds. The appearance of
Nancy's true lover with the original
rose brings the tale to a happy end
ing.
The cast:
Robert (A Young Villager) bari
tone Dwight Merriam.
Nancy (A Village Maiden) so
pranoElsie Neely.
Margaret (An Ancient Dame) con
tralto Margaret Gettys.
The Young Squire, tenor MuDerc
Davis.
Former Lincoln High
Debaters Will Meet
There will be an alumni meeting
of the Forum, debating society of
Lincoln high school, this evening at
7:30 in the high school. Alumni of
th organization who are attending
the University are especially urged
to attend. Several musical numbers
and a debate are on the program.
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA.
Military rites and oratory marked
the laying of the corner stone of the
Indiana Memorial Stadium. The pro
gram began with a salute from the
R. O. T. C. firing squad. The formal
opening and dedication of the sta
dium will take place next season.
xnRTH WESTERN UNIVERSITY
Invitatirus for homecoming were
given over the radio this year. The
.naarh was 18 minutes long and gave
reasons why the trip at homecoming
was worth while. I
MANY SIGN UP
FOR CARAVAN
Hundred Cars Almost Assured
Even Though Special
Train Is Planned.
TICKETS NOW SELLING
FOR NEBRASKA SECTION
Although the special train that is
being run to Manhattan Saturday
will cut down the number of cars
somewhat, it is nearly assured that
one hundred automobiles will take
part in the automobile caravan. Po
sitions in the line were being given
out yesterday, and the cars and their
positions are being designated by
Scarlet and Cream stickers on front
and rear. All who plan to go are
urged to register at the Athletic Of
fices and receive their positions as
soon as possible.
A pathfinder car will lead the pro
cession and set a pace that will be
convenient for all of its followers.
An ambulance will bring up the rear
and take care of all difficulties that
mav arise. It will be impressed upon
drivers before they start on the trip
that they must drive with care and
stay in their proper places in line.
It has been announced that several
stops will be made on the journey.
Cars will receive the best positions
in the line if they apply at the Stu
dent Activities office at once. Stick
ers will be given out in numerical or
der. A large passenger truck will be
part of the caravan.
Tickets for the game are on sale
at Latsch Brothers, and out of a
block of four hundred, one hundred
and twenty-five have already been
sold. It is thought that the tickets
will be completely sold out scon, and
those who wish to sit in the Nebras
ka section will have to get their seats
in Lincoln.
The members of the caravan will
meet at the drill field north of Social
Science Building, and it is thought
that they will be on the road at 5
a. m. They will follow the Corn
husker highway for the entire dis
tance.
APPOINT COMMITTEE
FOR ALL-DHI PARTY
Third University Party Will Be
Carried Out in Thanks
giving Idea.
The following committees have
been appointed for the third All-University
Party which will be held Sat
urday night at 8:15 in the armory:
General chairman: Latimer Hub-
ka.
Refreshment committee: chair
man : Charles Warren, Dick Peterson,
Harold Parker, Leroy Jourgeson.
Publicity committee: Marie
Wenthworth and Harold Palmer,
chairmen; Ed Hayes, Russell Hunter,
Joe Brown, Fred Vette, Al Holmes.
Decoration committee: Mary Gu-
ham and Oliver Sautter, chairmen;
Jean Hall, Dorothy Howe, Erma
Guhl, Grace Hollingsworth, Fern
Staats. Jesse Fetterman, Keith Hick
man, Joe Van Bushkirk, Delbert
Judd, Richard Vette.
Entertainment committee: vVilhel-
mine Schellak and Bob Hoagland,
chairmen; Isabel O'Halloran, Kath
leen Calbreath, Corrine Anderson,
Tom Gardner, Clarence Wright, Ken
neth Wilson.
Reception committee: Marcel
Stinger and Duane Anderson, chair
men; Ida Prime, Edith Sadler, Louise
Gardner, Judd Crocker, Reed Coats
worth, Harold Cone.
Checking committee: Willus Ne
gus, chairman ; Dave Foster, Dick Mc-
Grew, Arlie Fisher.
A meeting of the chairmen of the
committees will be held at 5 o'clock
Thursday in Ellen Smith Hall.
MEETING HELD BY
LOCAL SIGMA XI
Dean Ferguson and Professor
Evmger Address Or
ganization. The local chapter of Sigma Xi,
honorary organization of students
specializing in science, held its regu
lar meeting at 8 o'clock Wednesday
evening in the Mechanical Engineer
ing Building. The meeting was open
and non-members of the society
were invited to attend.
The program included talks by
Dean O. J. Ferguson of the College
of Engineering on the subject, "The
Objective of the University Experi
ment Station." Prof. M. I. Evinger
spoke about the tests that have been
oonducted showing the co-efficient of
retardation in fifty-one inch re-in-forced
lock joint iipa and the
strength tests on fifty-four inch seg
ment clay blocks for sewers. Prof.
W. L. DeBaufre told about the pro
ject that is under way for the United
States Bureau of Mines and heat
transfer and beat insulation at very
low temperatures.
Kansas Aggies Hope to Beat Nebraska
As Part of Homecoming Celebration
Manhattan, Kansas Extensive
preparations are being made here
this week for the Nebraska-Kansas
Aggie football game Saturday which
will be the main attraction of the
Aggie Homecoming day. Fraternity
and sorority houses are decorated in
Kaggie and Nebraska colors welcom
ing returning alumni and the Ne
braska squad.
rresident W. M. Jardine will wel
come the visitors at 10 o'clock Satur
day morning at the meeting which
will be perhaps the only event in the
way of a formal program for the
visitors. It is said that the purpose
ie to leave the guests free to be with
AU Classes Excused
Thanksgiving Day
All classes will be excused on
Thursday, November 27, Thanks
giving Day. Friday classes will be
held as usual, according to the of
fice of Executive Dean Carl C.
Engberg. According to a report
from the office of Dean Heppner,
"Wednesday evening, November
26, will be an open night" On
Thanksgiving day, the Oregon Ag
gies will meet vhe Cornhuskers in
the final game V s football
season.
DIRECTORY IS
NOW ON SALE
Booths Are Located at Twelfth
and R Streets and in Ag
ricultural Hall.
SALE WILL LAST ONLY
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
The 1924-1925 Student Directory
is on sale today. Copies may be
bought at a booth on the corner
of Twelfth and R streets on the
Main Campus; and at the table in the
main corridor rf Agricultural Hall on
the Agricultural College Campus.
Only a limited number of the
books are being printed, making it
necessary for students to get their
copies early. Fifty cents is being
charged for each copy.
A few remaining "N" Books not
called for at the beginning of the
year are on sale at the booths, for
twenty-five cents.
The sale will last during Thursday
and Friday only. The address book
is the same size as last year's, four
and one-half by six inches, with one
hundred and thirty pages. The cov
er is dark brown, printed on cream
colored heavy bond.
The contents and order of the
books are as follws: index and ad
vertising; organizations and presi
dents; University pastors; Christian
association secretaries; abbrevia
tions; alphabetical list of faculty,
with department, office, home ad
dress, home telephone; alphabetical
list of students, with class and col
lege, fraternity, sorority or literary
society affiliation, home town, Lin
coln address, and Lincoln telephone;
fraternity and sorority house direct
ory, with address and telephone num
bers; names of members of fraterni
ties, sororities and literary societies
arranged with the group to which
they belong; the section devoted to
the Medical College at Omaha, in
cluding the faculty of the college,
with office telephone and address,
the students, alphabetically by class
es, end the fraternities associated
with the college.
OHIO STATE An Ohio State
college alumnus is en route from
Singapore to see the Ohio State
Mirhirran football came in the Ohio
stadium. By the time he arrives he
will have traveled 12,000 miles.
Rockne Says Society Section Will Be
Place for Football
"Football in 1935 may be a great
deal different from what it is now,"
says Knute Rockne, Notre Dame
coach, in an article in the Boston
Post "If the present attitude about
athletics in college is kept up the re
ports of games ten years from now
will not be on the sports page but in
the society section."
The Notre Dame mentor has come
out with a statement on what he
thinks of the criticism some schools
have made of Notre Dame's system
of playing football so strongly. Most
of the criticism comes, he says, from
schools having an enrollment of five
or six thousand, but only about thirty
men on the football squad. They
cannot compete with a school which
has four hundred men playing foot
ball every day, according to Rockne.
"I would suggest that our critics
do mora about getting men out for
friends and to inspect the college at
will.
A monster rally is planned for
Friday evening. Spirit at Manhattan
is on the increase and is expected to
reach its climax then. The Aggies
are cherishing bright hopes for vic
tory over the Cornhuskers. The
Kansas Industrialist says, "The Corn
huskers will be the piece de resist
ance of the Homecoming feast and
every Aggie believes it will be a real
Wildcat meal."
Reduced rates are being offered
on all railroads from any point in
Kansas and from Kansas City, Mis
souri. Round trip tickets are being
solid at the price of one and one third
fare.
FORUM HEARS
DR. W. AITKEN
Says Germany Should Not Be
Held Solely Guilty of Start
ing World War.
SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS
IN EUROPE LAST SUMMER
"That Germany should not be held
solely guilty of starting the World
War and that every effort should be
made to help get European countries
back on their feet was the conclusion
reached by the World Fellowship
Group, which spent three and one
half months in Europe last summer,"
said Dr. Walter Aitken, pastor of the
St Paul M. E. church of this city,
who was a member of the Group, in
speaking to the World Forum at the
Grand Hotel Wednesday noon.
The World Fellowship Group was
composed of college presidents and
professors, ministers, social workers
and industrial leaders and was head
ed by Sherwood Eddy and Kirby
Page. Its purpose was to make a
careful and unbiased investigation of
conditions in Europe.
"We found that liberals in all
parts of Europe agreed that the war
was the result of the strenuous eco
nomic competition, secret diplomacy.
and the militaristic system," said Dr.
Aitken.
"It was also the opinion of the
Group that because Germany was not
alone responsible for the War the
terms of the Versailles treaty were
too severe," continued the speaker.
"If Germany alone had been respon
sible, the case would have been dif
ferent."
"While the decline in the value of
the mark has proved of benefit to
some, it has caused a great deal of
misery and made poverty rule
throughout Germany," said Dr. Ait
ken. 'The wealth now is not in the
hands of the cultured Germans who
formerly held it."
Dr. Aitken told of conditions in
Germany this winter. There were
over 250,000 unemployed when his
party visited Germany.
Relations between England and
France, which were very strained last
year, were found to have been great
ly improved through the work ot
Prime Minister Mac Donald of Eng
land and Premier Herriot of France.
"France's financial condition is
exceedingly dangerous," said the
speaker. "Her debt at the present
time is actually greater than her en
tire national wealth. No interest on
the huge loans she secured from
Great Britain and the United States
has been paid."
"There is still a monarchist group
in Germany which hopes to see an
other Kaiser on the throne some
day," continued Dr. Aitken. "The
former crown prince's seventeen-
year-old son is the- one whom this
faction is looking forward to placing
on the throne."
Writeups in WJb
football and cease giving honors to
the chairman of the prom committee
and the decorating committee. Also
that they cease allowing fraternities
to run their football teams, and that
they stop allowing social activities to
overshadow athletics," he declares.
Rockne predicts that if the present
svstem continues, the colleges now
criticizing Notre Dame rill want the
rules changed about ten years from
now. "We can look for the Notre
Dame-Nebraska game of 1935 to be
ouita different from the present
game," he says. "The report of the
game in the society section will read
something like this:
'On a nice, crisp autumn day. just
nice-enough to allow the socially
elect to appear in their latest fall
garb, Notre Dame met Nebraska in
(Continued on Pare Four.)
PLAN SPECIAL
TO MANHATTAN
Union Pacific Officials An
nounce Train to Leave
Saturday Morning.
ROUND TRIP FARE IS
$6.44; BAND WILL GO
A special Union Pacific train to
the Kansas Aggies-Nebraska foot
ball game, at Manhattan, will leave
Lincoln at 6:50 a. m. Saturday, it
was announced yesterday. Round
trip tickets may be purchased for
$6.44. The decision to send the train
was made by U. P. officials and the
Athletic Board of the University yes
terday afternoon.
The train will leave so that it will
get out ahead of the regular passen
ger south. It will leave Manhattan
for Lincoln at 7:30 p. m. No pull
mans will be used. It was scheduled
to leave early in the evening be
cause University authorities do not
approve of students riding all night
in day coaches. The trip takes ap
proximately four and one-half hours.
The Athletic Board decided to
send the University band of 40
pieces, and their going assures the
students of a special train. The team
will not go down with the students,
but will return with them on the spe
cial Saturday night
The time schedule: Leave Lincoln
at 6:50 a. m.; arrive at Manhattan at
11:30 a. m.; leave Manhattan at
7:30 p. m.; and arrive at Lincoln at
12 midnight
METHODISTS HOLD
SECOND BANQUET
Ninety-eight Members Attend
Meeting and Dinner at
Grand Hotel Tuesday.
Ninety-eight members of the Meth
odist Student Council were present at
the second All-Methodist student
banquet held Tuesday evening at the
Grand Hotel. Miss Clara Johnson,
chairman of the program committee,
who presided at the dinner, was in
troduced by Miss Ida Fry, president
cf the council.
The program was in keeping with
the "Win My Chum" week and
"Church Affiliation" Sunday that is
to be held next Sunday. Robert
Shields addressed the meeting on the
subject "Christ and My University;"
Perry Tollman snoke about "Christ
and Myself;" while Miss Irma Apple
by took "Christ and My Friends" as
her subject. College and church songs
were sung and two flute solos were
given by Miss Charlene Cooper.
Mrs. Harry F. Huntington extend
ed an invitation to all Methodist stu
dents to call at the parsonage
Thanksgiving evening when an open
house will be held.
PLAN FIRST FINE
ARTS CONVOCATION
College Meets This Morning at
11 O'clock in the Art
Gallery.
The first Fine Arts Convocation
of the year will be held this morning
at 11 o'clock in the Art Gallery.
From now on the convocations will
be held every Thursday morning, ac
cording to the Fine Arts Department
All programs will be furnished by
local talent mostly upperclassmen.
Totady's program includes: 1.
Waltz Song (Romeo and Juliet),
Blanche Martz, Dr. Marjorie Little,
accompanist; 2. Tempest and Song
Furies (The Alpine Ranger, Schu
bert), Elegy (Massanet), Earl Wat
son, Gladys Tipton, pianist Dorothy
Rich, violinist 3. May Night and Pin
Wheel (Palmgren); Jcanette Olson.
LAW COLLEGE HOLDS SMOKER
Deam W. A. Saavay u DUbarrml ia
Mock Trial.
The annual Law College smoker
was held at the Elks Club Tuesday
evening and about one hundred and
nirtv attended the event It was
given by the juniors and seniors for
the freshmen of of law school.
11. H. Foster was toast master. A
mock trial was held at which the sen
ior acted as the faculty of the
school. In the trial, Bill Wright was
convicted cn a charge of vagrancy.
and sentenced to four years at nara
Inhor in the Business Administration
school. Prof. C A. Robbins disbar
red Dean W. A. Seavey, because be
introduced smoking into the school.
The orchestra was tried and convict
ed because the court declared it dis
turbed the peace. '
Refreshments were served, and
cigars were passed. An orchestra
made up of members of the law col
lege furnished the music