HE 0 AIL r N E BRASKAN
VOL. XXIV NO. 77.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1925.
PRICE 5 CENTS
APPOINT FAIR
COMMITTEES
M.n.rar Culbertson Names
Chairmen for Annual
Farmers' Fair.
PREPARATIONS START
FOR AFFAIR ON MAY 2
Farmers' Fair committees have
been announced by Joseph Culbert
son, '2!), Sioux City, Nebraska, man
age'r. Preparations will be started at
for the affair to be held May 2.
Tha Fair Board members are: Nat
Tolman, '25, Lincoln, assistant man
ager; Loyal Rulla, '25, Lincoln, sec
retary; Raymond Swallow, '25, Lin
coln, treasurer; Leona Davis, '25,
Lincoln, Betty Bosserman, '26, Lin
coln, Alice Slama, 27, Paxton, Home
Economics. The general committee
to arrange for exhibits is: Chaun
cey Smith, T. H. Gooding, E. B. En
gle, C. W. Ackerson, R. A. Braun,
Don Whelan, L. V. Skidmore, Mason
Verkes, William Fox.
Committee chairmen are: Hugh
McLaughlin, parade; Glen Buckt pub
licity; Frank Hunton, guide book;
Nathaniel Foote, purchasing; Dan
Siebold and Genevieve Freeman, ma
terials; Jay Hepperly, construction;
Walter Tolman, transportation; Or
lando Bare, police; Dick Rogers, tick
ets; Amos Gramlich and Frances
Weintr, concessions; George Beadle,
signs; Alfred Engle, Snorpheum;
James Barnes, dance; Russell Ken
dall, wild west; Glen Dunlap, Yellow
Dog; Dorsey Barnes, Monte Carlo;
John Pospisil and Delia Caster, bar
becue and doughnuts; Ester Eisen
barth, -pageant; Honor Oschsner,
band.
Other committees will be an
nounced later.
WILLIAMS EXTENDS
THANKS FOR GAVEL
Engineers Give Silver-mounted
Walnut Token to Lieutenant-governor.
Lieutenant-governor Geo. A. Wil
liams extends appreciation in a let
ter to Dean O. J. Ferguson of the
College of Engineering for a silver
mounted walnut gavel produced in
the woodwork division of the depart
ment of mechanical engineering.
This gavel is one of three presented
to the president pro tern of the Sen
ate, the lieutenant-governor, and the
speaker of the House of Representa
tives in accordance with the biennial
custom of the College pf Engineer
ing. The letter follows:
January 21, 1925.
To the Engineering Department
of the State University,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
I desire to extend to yon this
morning my sincere gratitude for
the expression so kindly extended by
your department to me through State
Senator Clark Jeary in the gift of a
gavel, for use as president of the
Senate of Nebraska.
I ant reminded again how inade
quate are words to express the sen
timents and emotions of the heart,
but I desire to assure you of my sin
cere appreciation of your very
thoughtful kindness and I hope you
will believe that this gavel presented
to me shall be used for no other pur
pose than to carry out the principle
ef justice and fair dealing.
I shall be very pleased to have any
of your department call upon me at
any time.
Sincerely yours,
GEORGE A. WILLIAMS,
Lieutenant-Governor.
INSTALL AMPLIFYING DEYICE
V
Nebraska Mea Comet Aeoastie
Properties at State Hnm.
University men and materials were
utilized by the House of Represen
tatives of the State Legislature to
correct the acoustic properties of
Representative HalL Prof. T. T.
Smith of the department of physics
assisted in planning the improve
ments which were carried out, under
the direction of L. F. Seaton, opera
ting superintendent and purchasing
agent, by O. A. Ellis, superintendent
of buildings, R. R. Saxson, assistant
purchasing agent, and John Gunnar
son, foreman of the woodworking de
partment. Large curtains were
strung below the west balcony and a
deflector was placed above the
speaker's desk. R. A. Cushman of
the University's broadcasting station
installed electrical amplifying devices.
Condra Speaks Before
State Fair Association
Dr. George E. Condra, director of
tae conservation and survey division,
Poke before the State Fair Associa
tion Wednesday evening, showed pic
tures of the Fair, and explained the
Fair's relation to state development.
RETURNS FROM WASHINGTON
DeBaufra Discusies Arrangement!
For New Helium Plant.
Professor W. L. DeBaufre, chair
man of the department of mechani
cal engineering, returned last week
from a short trip to New York and
Washington. The purpose of his
trip was to discuss arrangements for
the installation of a helium-producing
plant at Fort Worth.
The larger pieces of enuimnent
have been contracted for and a few
have already been delivered. In
stallation is tj be begun at once. The
purpose of the plant is to reduce the
cost of producing helium for the
army and navy.
SCHECDLE TIME TO
PAY SEMESTER FEES
Bursar Will Receive Money at
Armory; Sets Late Fee
of Three Dollars.
Following is the schedule by which
students will pay their fees for the
second semester: ,
Monday and Tuesday.
Students in the Colleges of Agri
culture, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Engin
eering, Law, and Teacher's.
Wednesday and Thursday.
Students in the Colleges of Bus
iness Administration and Arts and
Sciences, including those in the
Schools of Fine Arts and Journalism
and Pre-Medical, Pre-Dental, and
Pre-Law students.
Friday and Saturday.
New students.
All fees will be paid in the Armory
which will be open for that purpose
from 9 to 4 o'clock each day except
Saturday when it will be open from
9 to 12 o'clock.
A late fee of three dollars will be
charged all students who do not pay
their fees at the specified time.
Graduate students will pay their
fees in Administration 102.
Examinations Will
Consume One Week
Semester examinations at the
University of Nebraska in all the
colleges will consume Monday-Friday
of this week. Tho examina
tions in the College of Law (four
hours instead of two) started Fri
day. Within ten days after the close
of the examination period, the in
structors will report the students'
standing. ' 'hose students who are
"Failed," "Conditioned" or "In
complete" will bo referred to the
scholarship committee.
PLANS NEW
LABORATORY
Course Allows Option of Sub
stituting Assignments on
Daily Nebraskan.
PROF. FOGG ANNOUNCES
ADVERTISING ADDITION
Practical experience in advertis
ing in advertisement writing and
selling for Journalism, Business
Administration, and other students
on the business staff of The Daily
Nebraskan will be offered beginning
the second semester in connection
with the course in Advertisement
Writing (Economics 132) conducted
by Prof. A. G. Hinman, according
to announcement on the Student
Publication bulletin board Saturday
by Prof. M. M. Fogg, director of the
School of Journalism and chairman
of the Student Publication Board.
Students in that course will have
the option of substituting assign
ments on The Daily Nebraskan for
other written assignments given the
class. Carbon copies of the adver
tisements they write for sale to Lin
coln merchants will be submitted to
Professor Hinman for criticism and
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350 AT ANNUAL
BIZAD BANQUET
Dean LeRossignol Acts as
Toastmaster at Dinner in
Chamber of Commerce.
LeROSSIGNOL, SEARSON,
AVERY, RHODES SPEAK
Nearly 350 students in the College
of Business Administration attended
the third annual banquet of the col
lego at the Chamber of Commerce
Friday evening. "It is a good eve
ning . I am glad to have been here.
There is a fine representation from
the College. It is the most success
ful banquet we have ever had," de
clared J. E. LeRossignol, Dean of the
College, just before it closed.
' "The products of the College will
make or mar its reputation," de
clared Chancellor Avery, in respond
ing to his toast, "The College of Bu
iness Administration from the Top."
"You are early products of one of
the newer colleges of the University.
There is a special challenge co'nfront
nig you, not only from your friends
and personal pride, but from the Col
lege, to try to make good to the ut
most when you are graduated and
enter the business world."
"The men of commerce and trade
rate the training you receive in the
college very highly, placing more
value on it than on any other such
training in the United States," be
gan James Searson, of the University
Publishing Company, in his toast
upon lThe Bizad College from the
Outside."
He cited instances of the practic
ing of the Golden Rule in business,
as evidenced by the numerous civci
clubs which are internationally or
ganized. After telling of the experi
ences of men seeking to establish
such organizations in cities in the
Old World, where the motto "Let
Purchasers Beware" prevails, he
urged the students of the college to
play the game fairly and squarely in
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Twenty-Four File For
Nebraskan Positions
Twenty-four students have filed
as candidates for appointment for
the second semester to the editor
ial and the business staffs of The
Daily Nebraskan an unusually
large number. The Student Pub
lication Board will meet this week
to consider the evidence as to the
qualifications of the applicants for
the various positions editor,
managing editor, news editor, as
sistant news editors, business
manager, assistant business man
ager, and circulation manager.
TO ORGANIZE
FOUNDATION
Presbyterian Students Meet to
Consider Establishment
at Nebraska.
OFFERS OPPORTUNITY
FOR RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY
A representative group of seven
teen Presbyterian students who are
active in campus activities and young
people's organizations in the churches
of the city met Thursday noon at the
Grand hotel at the invitation of Dr.
Dean R. Leland, University student
pastor, to consider the establishment
of the Westminster Foundation at
the University of Nebraska. John
Allison, '26, Lincoln, president of the
Pan-Presbyterian club, presided at
the meeting.
The idea of the Westminster Foun
dation is to give opportunities for
religious instruction and activity for
students through co-operation with
the religious organizations of the
University and the local churches. It
is a representative body of the Pres
byterian churches of the state, work
ing in co-operation with the Board of
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LEAGUE ELECTS OFFICERS
Lutheran Bible Members Meet to
Adopt Constitution.
The Lutheran Bible League of the
University of Nebraska Vnet Wed
nesday evening to adopt a new con
stitution and elect officers for the
new semester. The constitution
which was necessary to suit the fast
growing league, was drawn up by
Ervin'A. Jones.
Tho following officers wero elect
ed: Ervin A. Jones, president; Sel
ma Vahl, vice president; Alene
Finke, secretary; and Ruth Schrank,
treasurer.
The League is sponsored by Rev
erend H. Erek, the Lutheran Univer
sity pastor.
PLANS FOR CHARTER
DAY ARE UNDER WAY
To Give Annual Program Feb
ruary 16 Consisting of
Speeches and Music.
Plans for the annual Charter day
program of the University, Monday,
February 16, are well under way, ac
cording to officials of the Alumni
Association. The program will con
sist of selections by the University
band and orchestra and the women's
octette and men's quartet; speeches
by Chancellor Samuel Avery, Direct
or of Athletics Fred Dawson, Coach
Henry F. Schulte, and a number of
"old-timers" on the faculty.
All local clubs of Nebraska alum
ni are planning to meet that night to
"listen in" on the program which will
be sent by long distance telephone to
Hastings where it will be broadcast
from the Westinghouse station. Lo
cal alumni clubs will also hold bus
iness meetings and elections of new
officers that night. The University
Charter day actually comes Sunday,
February 15, but the program was
changed to February 16 to avoid ex
ercises on Sunday.
SPONSOR LIST
"IS ANNOUNCED
Seventeen Women Selected by
Lieutenant-colonel, Maj
ors and Captains.
Sponsors for University of Nebraska Reserve Officers9 Training Corps
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m ' vil.i.rAi Ruby Teaters; Mary Lous Walsh j Edith Cook- (Third row) Florence Counce; Gra
KnSKeirt (Fourth row) -Katherine Johnson; Alice PurceC, Edna Kent.
(Second row) Vera Jorgensen;
Grace Lavely; Blossom Hilton; Neva
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
NAMES HONOR WOMEN
The list of sponsors for the Uni
versity of Nebraska R. 0. T. C. is
sued yesterday by Lieutenant-Colonel
Emmet V. Maun, '25, Laurel.
Four battalion sponsors and all com
pany sponsors complete the list, in
cluding the Regimental sponsor se
lected by the Lieutenant-Colonel.
All sponsors selected will take an
active part in the annual "compet,"
and are presented to their units on
that day. Their pictures will ap
pear in the Cornhusker with those
of their companies.
The following University women
were selected by the Lieutenant-Colonel,
Majors, and Captains: -
Regimental sponsor Marjorie
Bell, '25, Lincoln.
First battalion Virginia Cornish,
'27, Lincoln.
Second battalion Frances Ruth
Hawkins, '28, St. Joseph, Mo.
Third battalion Helen Simpson,
27, Casper.
Headquarters company Vera Jor
genson, '26, Lincoln.
Company A Katherine Johnson,
'27, Fremont
Company B Neva Jones, '25,
Neola, Iowa.
Company C Alice Purcell, ' '28,
Broken Bow.
Company D Florence Enyeart,
'26, Hay Center.
Company E Blossom Hilton, '28,
Lincoln.
Company F Grave Lavely, '26,
Corning, Iowa.
Company G Florence Counce,
'28, Hayes Center.
Company H Edith Cook. '25, Lo
well.
Company I Mary Louise Walsh,
'27, Lead, So. Dak.
Company K Ruby Teaters, '27,
Hyannis.
Company L Edna Kent, '26, Mc-
Cook. .
Company M Nancy Haggard,
'26, Cheyenne, Wyo.
WEDNESDAY IS LAST
DAY FOR PICTURES
Seniors in Lists Given Below
and Those Omitted Should
Meet Appointments.
Wednesday just three days in the
future is the last day on which sen
iors can be photographed for the
Cornhusker at either Townsend's or
Haurk's studio.
In addition to those whose names
begin with W, Y, and Z, any seniors
whose names have been omitted
from the assignment lists published
daily in The Laily Nebraskan, or who
have for any reason been unable to
keep their appointments, should re
port at Hauck's or Townsend's if they
wish their pictures to appear in the'
Cornhusker.
Following is the list for Monday:
Townsand Studio.
Whittier, Lamont; Whitworth, Ar
thur; Webbles, Harold; Weideburg,
William; Weigund, Eunice; Wiggen-
horn, Barbara; Wild, Ethel; Weid,
Dorothy; Wilkins, Margaret; Wilkie,
Mabelle; Williams, Edwin; Williams,
Martin; Williams, Rosanna; Wilson,
John: Wilson. Wendell: Winkle. Ver
non; Wing, Merle; Wtshart, Donald;
Witte, Ernest; Wochner, Violet;
Wood, George; Woodard, Darleen;
Wrav. Ward: Wright, William; Wy
the, Besse; Yates, Ray; Yoder,
Marion; York, Nina; Yost, Charles;
Yort, Bessie; Young, Goldie; Yo
Lian. Woo: Zellers, George; Ziegen-
bien, Rudolph; Zimmerman, P-ul;
Zimmerman, Otto; Zust, Dorothy;
Zutter, LaVada.
SPONSORS ANNUAL FETE DAY
University to Dtrmina High School
Scholastic Leaders.
Examinations in twenty-seven sub
jects of high-school curricula will de
termine the scholastic leslers of Ne
braska in the third annual contests
sponsored by the University on Hijrh
School Fete Day, May 9. Prelimi
nary contests will be held Saturday,
April 26, in each district of the Ne
braska State Teachers Association at
the discretion of the participating
schools to choose not to exceed five
students who shall represent that dis
trict in esch subject, with the pro
vision that no more than two stu
dents may represent each high school
in a particular subject. Uniform
questions will be furnished by the
University for these preliminary ex
aminations. Complete Kfan&itlon
may be got from the office of Prof.
A. A. Reed, director of the Unhrsr
sity Extension Division.