The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XXIV NO. 52.
THE UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1924
PRICE 5 CENTS
DYER TO SPEAK
IN CONVOCATION
Subject of Speech Will
'Sound Economic! and
Americanism."
Be
WILL MAKE APDRESS
IN TEMPLE AT 11:00
rr G. W. Dyer, at the present
time on a year's leave of absence
from Vanderbilt University of Nash
ville Tennessee, and now touring the
r under the auspices of the
CUU""J
National Industrial Council, will
Deak in the Temple Theater at 11
-vwk today at a general convoca
in His subject will be "Sound
Economics and Americanism.
"I have heard Dr. Dyer speak sev-
times and I never tire of hear
ing him. He is a wonderful speaker
and I intend to hear him again." was
the remark recently made about Vr,
Dver.
Dr. Dyer is well qualified to speak
on this subject, for the last twenty
years being professor of political
economy at the Vanderbilt Univer
sity and later head of the depart
ment of social sciences there.
He is owner of a small farm near
Nashville and is interested in agri
culture and the people who are fol
lowing agricultural pursuits for a
livelihood. He is a strong advocate
of the principle of the open shop. No
closed shop has an excuse for exist
ence, according to Dr. Dyer's theory.
He condemns as un-American any
institution which employs men sim
nlv because they are members of
some union organization.
He is a firm believer in the public
schools, but he believes in a more
practical education than children are
getting today. He deplores the so
called modern legislation which is
prohibiting1 children from working
until they are eighteen years of age.
DRAMATIC CLUB
SPONSORS PLAY
Bess Gearhart Morrison Will
Take Leading Role in
"The Fool."
Bess Gearhart Morrison will be
presented in "The Fool," by Chan
ning Pollock, at the Temple Theater
next Tuesday evening. Pollock's
play, said to be one of the greatest
of the season, will be sponsored by
the Dramatic Club, members of which
are selling tickets at fifty cents each.
Mrs. Morrison, well known here,
is a native of Nebraska, She began
her career by reading at church so
cials and country literary societies.
The play in which she is appearing is
playing in America this year in five
different companies. It was recently
voted the most important play of
the season by the Massachusetts
State Federation of Women's Clubs.
PALLADIAN HOLDS
INITIATION FOR 17
List of New Members Is
nounced by Literary
Society.
An-
Seventeen students were initiated
by the Palladian Literary society last
Friday evenig. Those initiated are:
Kathryn Meier, '26, Lincoln; Merrill
Flood, '28, University Place; Mary
Kinney, '28, Woodbine. Iowa; Elwin
Sherrard, '27, Lincoln; Charles Olm-
stead, '28, Roca; Esther Garner, '28,
Lincoln; Walter Lundy. '28, Beth
any; Mansel Lundy, '28, Bethany;
Martha Glantz. '27. Harvard; Ellis
McCartney, '26, University Place;
Helen Rohwer, '26, Lincoln; John
Taylor, 27, Lincoln; Rose Schmidt,
'26, Eustis; Arthur Dunmire, '27,
Lowell; Fred Bussemer, '25, Suther
land; Alton Pardee, '28, Lincoln; and
Carl Rosenquist, Holdrege.
PREPARE FOR SHORT TERM
Special Coarsea to Be Offered at Af
ricaltaral Collefe.
Preparations for the winter agri
cultural courses to be given this year
at the Agricultural college are now
being made and many farmers of the
tate are expected to attend the short
term this winter.
Letters have been sent to editors
in all sections of Nebraska, asking
them for names of farmers who
would be interested The winter
courses wiU include the livestock in
dustry, production of crops, enesies
f iie farmer, and marketing prob
lems. Special courses will be offered
fa auto tractor mechanics, farm shop
ork, the poultry industry, and ice
crra tta king.
Eighteen Scholarships and Two
Fellowships Offered by College
Two Fellowships of $1,000 each
and eighteen scholarships are being
offered to graduate students by Wel-
lesley College. The first is the Hor
ton-Howell Fellowship of $J,000 for
1925-26. This fellowship is open to
graduate students who hold a degree
of Master of Arts or of Doctor of
Philosophy or their equivalent in in
dependent research. The applica
tions must be made by personal letter
to the chairman of the committee and
be accompanied by specimens of lit
erary or scientific work.
It is also necessary that testimon
ials be sent in by instructors as to
ability and achievement in the lines
of study proposed. , The committee
retains the right to withhold the
award of this fellowship in case that
the applicants are not qualified for
the work. Applications must be
made to Miss Mable B. Young, chair
man, at Welleslcy College, Wellesley,
Mass., before February 15.
The second fellowship offered is
the Alice Freeman Palmer Fellowship
Professor Speaks
At Omaha School
Miss Margaret Fedde, professor of
home economi s and chairman of the
department, spoke before two hun
dred mothers at the Minna Lusa
school in Omaha Tuesday. Miss
Fedde reports she found a large num
ber of women who are graduates of,
or who had attended Nebraska. Col
lege women in this district are or
ganizing a club for the study of pre
school children.
MAKE READY FOR
ANNUAL FORMAL
All Tickets for Opening Affair
of Formal Season
Are Sold.
Three hundred cadet officers and
students an 1 patrons and patronness-
es including Governor and Mrs.
Charles W. Bryan, Major Gneral
and Mrs. George B. Duncan, and
Chancellor and Mrs. Samuel Avery
will attend the annual Military Ball
tomorrow evening at the city audi
torium.
Plans are practically complete for
the opening of the formal season and
senior officers arranging for the
event say it will probably surpass all
others of its kind. Bedecked with
flags and scarlet and cream stream
ers the auditorium will carry out
the military effect with gun stacks
and crossed swords.
The grand march, event of the eve-
..a . . n n a 711 V I
ning, will start at :ju, ana win ue
followed by the officers' dance. Miss
Dorothy Brown, honorary colonel of I
the regiment, will make her first ap-j
pearanee in her uniform at a military
event.
All tickets have been sold for the
Ball. Three hundred were put on
sale, half of those being reserved for
cadet officers. The remaining num
ber were put on sale to the general
student body.
TO NAME WINNER
OF CONTEST SOON
Kosmet Klub Considers Five
Manuscripts in Awarding
Prize of $100.
Announcement of the winner of
the competition for the flOO prize
offered by the Kosmet Klub for the
best original manuscript submitted
to the Klub, will be made within
three weeks, according to Artnur
Latta. president of the organization
Two plays have been read and three
more will be considered before the
selection is made.
A three-act musical comedy entitl
ed "ThA Globe Trotters" was sud-
mitted by Judd Crocker, '27, Omaha.
The play is a clever production call
ing for a large chorus and several
principal parts.
Cyril Coombs, a former member
of the club, and writer of the 196
and 1924 Kosmet productions, has
submitted a play entitled, "Tut-tut."
The scenes of the comedy are laid
in America and Egypt and a number
of clever song number are features
in it
Prepare For 1,300 at
Cornhusker Banquet
The annual Cornhusker Banquet,
given for football men, will be held
at the Scottish Rite Temple on Dec
ember 12 at 6 o'clock. Arrange
ments are being made for 1,300
eoDle. The tickets for the meal
and an elaborate entertainment sell
for one dollar.
yielding an income of about $1,000
a year. This is open to graduates of
any American college of approved
standing. The young woman must
be less than 26 years of age, in good
health and she must be unmarried.
This fellowship may be used for
study abroad, for study in some
American college or university. It
may also be used for independent re
sea! c h if desired.
The same person may not hold
this fellowship for more than two
years. During the time oVer which
this fellowship extends reports must
be made to the president of Welles
ley and in the case of independent
research, a thesis on the subject be
ing studied must be presented within
three years time.
Eighteen scholarships are also of
fered by the trustees of Wellesley
College for graduate students resi
dent at Wellesley. These scholar
ships amount to about $300 and cov
er the tuition charges. Applicants
should send credentials and scholastic
reports to the college recorder.
CAST OF PLAY
IS ANNOUNCED
University Players to Present
"Loyalties" on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
SEVENTEEN TO TAKE
PART IN PRODUCTION
The University Players' third pres
entation of the year, "Loyalties,"
will be given at the Temple Theater
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, De
cember 4-6. The cast of thirteen
men and four women, in the order of
their appearance is:
Charles Winsor Sutton Morris.
Lady Adela Helen Bonner.
Ferdinand De Levis Darrell
Starnes.
Treisure Henry Ley.
General Ganynge E. Evans Sty-
skal.
Margaret Orme Edna Leming.
Capt. Ronald Dancy Hart Jents.
Mabel Ruth Jamison.
Inspector Dede E. Campbell.
Robert Harold Hildreth.
A Constable Ira Gilliland.
Augustus Borring Edward Tay
lor. Lord St Erth R. R. McGregor.
Footman Jack Rank.
Major Colford Harry Moore.
Edward Graviter M. Mann.
Clerk Bernard Mxley.
Gilman Dwight Trferriam.
Jacob Twisden Harold Sumption.
Mr. Ricardus Barney Olansky.
Explain Plot.
The plot deals with the robbery of
some money irom ferainana ue
Levis, a
wealthy Jew, while visiting
friends outside of London.
He be-
lieves the thief to be Dancy, a young
war hero, whom he charges with the
theft.
The movement of the play grows
out of the bitter clash between Jew
and aristocrats, and introduces a sit
uation which gives an opportunity
for all of the London classes to voice
an opinion. The idea of the aristoc
racy, prevalent in London, is ex
pressed in the refusal of Dancy to
put the matter open to investigation.
The play has been said by some
critics to be one of the best of John
Galsworthy's plays, and that it stands
near the top of the better plays of
recent years. The well developed plot
provides entertainment that is not
surpassed by the "Bat" according to
some of the best critics. "It is an
inspirational creation that moves
with the swiftness of an arrow and
the certainity of time," says Mr.
Hornblow of the Theater Magazine.
" "Rollo's Wild Oats" and "Whis
pering Wires," the first two produc
tions of the year, were declared by
many as unusual successes, and much
is expected of the third production
of the year, "Loyalties."
FOUR GAIIES ON
SCHEDULE TODAY
No Interfraternity Matcbes
Played Yesterday Due to
Varsity Practice.
I
There were no interfraternity bas
ketball games yesterday as the Var
sity cagers were using the court. The
following games will be played this
afternoon :
Phi Delta Chi vs. Lambda Chi Al
pha at 4 o'clock.
Xi Psi Phi vs. Kappa Psi at 4:20.
Alpha Gamma Rho vs. Delta Chi at
5 o'clock, v
This list completes the first brack
et of the tournament. The second
will be run off on Friday and Saturday.
HEAR RICE AT
WORLD FORUM
Speaks on the View of Life of
Average, Thinking, An
cient Greek.
JORGENSEN WILL BE
SPEAKER NEXT WEEK
"The Greek believed that he must
make the most out of life here; he
had no hopes of a happy life in the
hereafter," said Prof J. A. Rice, Jr.,
acting head of the department of an
cient languages, in speaking at the
World Forum luncheon at the Grand
Hotel Wednesday noon on what he
considered to be the view of life of
the average, thinking Greek. '
The discussion was the first of a
series in which the views of life of
different peoples are being consider
ed. Next week the Oriental philoso
phy of life will be discussed by
Arthur Jorgensen, general secretary
of the University Y. M. C. A. who
was connected with the Japanese Y.
M. C. A. for twelve years and be
came thoroughly familiar with Ori
ental views.
Freedom of thought, Professor
Rice explained, was the one great
principle governing the Greek mind.
No Greek "must believe" anything,
but every thinking Greek did believe
in certain ideals and knew why he
believed what he did. "The one
great crime in the eyes of the Greek
was complacent ignorance," said the
speaker.
Professor Rice explained at the
beginning of his remarks that he was
not presenting the views of all the
Greeks, but of the thinking Greek
who thought things out for himself
and had formulated definite beliefs.
"Life an Adventure."
"Life becomes an adventure, not
a preparation for something else,
and one's aspect of life changes,
when one does away with the belief
in a happy immortality," he declar
ed. As a basis for this preparation,
Christians have the Bible, supposedly
the word of God governing man's ac
tions, and the Church which was
built up on the nefcessjfv for belief
in the Scriptures. The Greek would
have condemned such a system for
he believed that no man nor god
could lay down rules which should
govern life for all time.
The church says you must believe
this and that. No Greek acknowl
edged the right of anyone to say he
must believe anything. He was free
to determine what his ideals should
be.
"Knew Thy.elf."
'Instead of a group of prohibitory
Thou-shall-not commands, the Greek
had only one commandment," Pro
fessor Rice said. This was 'Know
thyself Know what you believe and
why.' The Greek had his own ideal
of justice and resented any attempts
of anyone to command him to do or
not certain things."
The Greek would also have found
fault with the one Christian com
mandment which is not prohibitory
"Love thy neighbor as thyself."
He felt that one should not TViste
any thought on one's neighbor, for
when one begins to worry about the
neighbors he forgets about himself.
"The Greeks felt that he was re
sponsible only to his own conception
of justice not to any person or
diety," said Professor Rice in con
clusion. Y.W.C.A. BAZAAR
WELL PATRONIZED
Booths to Remain Open Until
8 O'clock Tonight; Sale
Ends Tomorrow.
The Y. W. C. A. bazaar which
opened yesterday proved to be a de
cided success, according to Betty
Raymond, '25, Lincoln, chairman of
the conference committee. The ba
zaar is under the direction of this
committee and the money from the
salfs will be put in the conference
fund to send representatives to the
Y. W. C. A. annual convention.
Red and green are usedto decor
ate the booths selling candy, novel
ties and linens. The baby booth has
a pink and blue color scheme. Many
things to give for Christmas gifts
may be found for sale, and prices
have been made more reasonable
than ever before. The articles for
sale were donated by members of the
Y. W. C A.
The bazaar will remain open this
evening until 8 o'clock. The com
mittee expect that everything will be
sold by Friday, at 5 o'clock.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
British life was expressed in dec
oration and entertainment at a regu
lar Friday tea. The Prince of Wales,
impersonated by a student, received
the guests.'
Professor Dyer
To Speak Today
Dr. G. W. Dyer, Professor of
Economics at Vanderbilt University,
who will speak at the Temple Thea
ter this morning on "Sound Econom
ics and Americanism."
DNIVERSITYWINS
PRIZES AT SHOW
Cattle Entered at Internation
al Livestock Exposition
Given Ribbons.
TAKE EVERY AWARD
IN GALLOWAY CLASS
Kenyon the First, an Aberdeen
Angus entered by the University,
was the reserve champion calf of the
year at the International Livestock
Exposition. This animal was only a
few points behind Beacon, the grand
champion of this class.
The University's entries swept the
board in the Galloway breed of cat
tle, winning ribbons for the grand
champion steer, reserve grand cham
pion, champion herd, champion sen
ior yearlings, champion junior year
lings, champion junior calf, and
champion senior calf. There were
no other awards in the class. Stock
men at the show were unable to re
call so complete a victory for any
one exhibitor in previous years.
Kenyon Buff, also entered by the
University, was grand champion
steer in the Aberdeen Angus class
in which Crusader, from Purdue
University was reserve champion.
A white Shorthorn animal exhibit
ed by the Prince of Wales, was beat
en by an entry from a Missouri
farm. This was the first time the
heir to England's throne has exhibit
ed at the International Livestock
Exposition. His prize winning
Shorthorn had been champion at all
of the shows in Canada.
To Hold Fine Arts
Convocation Today
A Fine Arts convocation will take
place in the art gallery of the Li
brary at 11 o'clock this morning.
Classical music numbers will be
given by several students in the
School of Music including Mabel
Ludlam, violinist, Marian Yoder,
soprano, and Mildred Freas, pianist.
All students of Fine Arts college
and others interested are invited.
OHIO STATE Two-thirds of the
mystery stories sold at Ohio State
University were bought by profes
sors, while the best seller among
students was a small volume on etti
quette. National President
Will Be Guest
Professor J. B. Davidson, Grand
President of Sigma Tau, Nebraska
alumnus, and head of the depart
ments of agricultural and mechanical
engineering at Iowa State College at
Ames, will speak on "Reconnaissance
in Engineering" as honor guest of
the local chapter of Sigma Tau at its
banquet at 6:30 o'clock Saturday
evening at Hotel Lincoln.
In 1904 Professor Davidson was
graduated from the University of
Nebraska. Since that time he has
been employed as expert by the In
ternational Harvester Company, and
as an assistant in the experiment de
partment of Deere and Company.
Professor Davidson was the origin
ator and first chairman of the de
partment of agricultural engineering
at the University of Nebraska. He
was assistant professor of that de
partment at Ames in 1905, and pro
fessor in 1907. The years 1915-19
were spent at the University of Cal
ifornia at Berkeley, where he was
chairman of the department of agri
cultural engineering. He then re
turned to Iowa State College, where
both the agricultural and mechanical
engineering departments are in his
charge.
Membership in numerous national
honorary societies has been won by
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NINE FILE FOR MANAGERSHIP
Sophomore May Still Apply for Bai
ketball Manager.
Nine sophomores have registered
at the Athletic offices to try out for
basketball manager this year. While
there has been no time set as a limit
for registering, any others who wish
to enter the competition should have
their names at the office by the end
of this week.
Those trying out are: Lloyd Mou
sel, Cambridge; Paul Stauffer, Oma
ha; Floyd Stryker, Omaha; Gordon
Luikhart, Riverton, Wyoming; Theo
dore King, Ord; Worthy B. Mann;
Paul C. Larsen, St. Paul; and Judd
W. Crocker, Omaha.
MUST CONTINUE
TO WEAR CAPS
Iron Sphinx Issue Statement
That New Ruling Will
Be Enforced.
TO WEAR HEADGEAR
UNTIL DECEMBER 19
"There has been some misunder
standing among organizations and
among the freshmen as to the rule
requiring the first year men to wear
their green caps until Christmas,"
according to the Iron Sphinx, sopho
more men's society. "The rule,
passed this fall by the Innocents, will
be enforced by the Iron Sphinx, and
all freshmen must wear their green
caps until the beginning of Christ
mas vacation December 19."
Freshmen of several organizations
as well as others have discarded their
caps. These men will be dealt with
by the Iron Sphinx and all fraterni
ties are asked to cooperate with the
society by requiring their first year
men to abide by the rule. Non-fraternity
freshmen must also wear
their caps. J
The rule for the wearing of the
headgear was changed this year. In
previous years, freshmen were re
quired to wear the caps only until
Olympics, when they were burned if
the freshmen emerged victorious.
The rule was changed so that if the
freshman won the Olympics, they
must wear the caps until Christmas,
and if they lose they must wear them
all year.
INITIATE ELEYEN
INTO AG SOCIETY
American Society of Agricul
tural Engineers Takes in
New Members.
The following eleven men were in
itiated into the American Society of
Agricultural Engineers, Tuesday
night at the College of Agriculture:
Herman Wahl, Western; Leo Kallett,
Scottsbluff; Hugh J. McLaughlin,
Doniphan; Homer Farrar, Fairmont;
Henry Engle, Central City; Russell
Kendall, Lincoln; Claude Thurber,
Edgar; Theodore Classen, Beatrice;
Joe Tuning, Central City; and Rich
ard Parsons, Lincoln.
Men majoring in the agricultural
engineering department are eligible
to this society. The society puts on
demonstrations at small towns near
Lincoln and they will give a series of
demonstrations at the Organized Ag
riculture Week, during the first of
the year. Orve K. Hedden, Shickley,
is president of the society.
of Sigma Tau
of Local Chapter
Professor Davidson. He belongs to
Sigma Xi, scientific, Sigma Tau, en
gineering, of which he is Grand Pres
ident, Alpha Zeta, agricultural, Tau
Beta Pi, engineering, and Phi Kappa
Phi, scientific. He is a member and
past president of the American So
ciety of Agricultural Engineers, the
Society of Automotive Engineers, the
National Committee on the Relation
of Electricity to Agriculture, and the
Iowa Committee on the Relation of
Agriculture to Electricity.
Authorship is also included in Pro
fessor Davidson's varied achieve
ments. He has written a text on
"Agricultural Engineering," and,
with Professor L. W. Chase, "Tarm
Machinery and Farm Motors," and a
scientific book, "The Influence of
Speed on the Draft of a Plow." He
has been a frequent contributor to
the Iowa Agricultural Experiment
Station Bulletins and to Editor
Wiley's Agricultural Engineering
Series.
Professor Davidson has designed
several pieces of agricultural engin
eering apparatus, including the Iowa
disintegrating traction dynanometer.
Professor Davidson will arrive in
Lincoln Satp-dii and remain over
the week-end; as the guest of Sigma
Tau.
BOARD WILL
TAKE ACTION
Decision on Charge that Poli
tics Entered Into Capt !n
cy Election to Be Reached.
MAY BAR ELECTIONS
BY TEAM MEMBERS
Definite decision as to what action
the Board of Athletic Control will
take as a result of its investigation
yesterday of charges that politics and
jealousies had entered into the elec
tion of the University of Nebraska
football captain for the 1925 season
will probably be reached this morn
ing.
It is understood that the Board
concluded taking evidence yesterday
and will reach a final decision at a
short meeting ths morning. The
opinion of the Board will be handed
down in a formal written statement
by Prof. R. D. Scott, chairman.
The Athletic Board began its in
vestigation at 8 o'clock yesterday
morning and continued nearly all
day. All football letter men were in
terviewed and evidence secured in
an effort to discover the facts under
lying the mass of rumors and allega
tions which have been rampant since
the election of the captain by letter
men after the Nebraska-Oregon Ag
gie game, Thanksgiving day.
"In the best interests of the Uni
versity, the Board has been trying
to get at the bottom of the rumors
and find out just what the actual
facts are," said a member of the
Board yesterday. "Captaincy elec
tions at Nebraska must be free from
politics."
May Nullify Election.
Indications that the election of the
captain may be nullified and that fu
ture captains may be appointed, not
elected, are found in another state
ment by a Board member:
The evidence gleaned from our
investigation may disclose that most
of the charges are mere hearsay and
altogether unreliable, but if the testi
mony sustains the allegations, the
Board will undoubtedly meet the is
sue squarely by nullifying the elec
tion and giving notice to University
athletes and students that henceforth
politics is taboo in Cornhusker athlet
ics that it must be put down and
kept down for all time. In fact, the
Board may be compelled to go so far
as to forbid the election of athletic
captains by the athletes themselves.
This later plan, if accepted by the
Board, means that future team cap
tains will be appointed, not elected."
It is known that certain groups of
alumni have long been urging that
captains be appointed. Rumors have
been flying thick and fast since the
election Thanksgiving day. A more
serious charge was that politics had
interfered with the playing of the
team all season and had especially
hindered the Huskers during the last
game of the season the Thanksgiv
ing clash with the Oregon Aggies.
PLAN BANQUET
FOR STUDENTS
Dr. F. W. Bible Will Be Honor
Guest at Presbyterian
Dinner.
The Student Volunteers will join
the Presbyterian students and their
friends Friday evening at a dinner
at the Grand Hotel at 6 o'clock. The
dinner is to be given in honor of Dr.
Frank W. Bible formerly of China
and now of New York. The guest of
honor will make a brief talk on "The
Problems of China" and "The Far
East." After the talk stnd'.nts will
be given an opportunity to ask ques
tions on the problems of the Far
East. The dinner will close at 7:30
o'clock.
Reservations may be made with
any of the following: Dorothy Thom
as at L-5988, Roy Youngman at
L-8268, D. R. Leland at B-6891 or in
Room 101 of the Temple.
TO HOLD FUNERAL
OF HELEN KUIIUER
Services for Former Student to
Be Held This Afternoon
at Columbus.
The funeral of Helen Summer,
'24, who died Tuesday following an
operation for appendicitis, will take
place at 2:30 this afternoon at the
Otto Kummer home in Columbus.
Miss Kummer was chosen by the
senior class as one of the five repre
sentative Nebraska women when she
was graduated in June from the
School of Journalism. . She bad held
editorial positions on both the Corn
husker and The Daily Nebraskan.
She was a member of Gamma Phi
Beta, Theta Sigma Phi, Mortar Board
and the T.W.C.A. cabinet