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The Daily Nebraskan VOL. XXIV NO. 139. OPEN ANNUAL JOINT SESSION Academy of Science Ameri can Chemical Society Sig ma Xi Started Convention Thursday. DOBY GIVES LECTURE Opening Meetings Are Well Attended by Member of Various Societies Program Lasts Till Saturday Night. The thirty-fifth annual meeting of the Nebraska Academy of Science, held jointly with the Nebraska sec tion of the American Chemical Soci ety, the Nebraska section of the Mathematical Association of Ameri ca and Sigma Xi, opened Thursday iftcrnoon with thirty-five members registered at the desk in the lobby of the Temple Building. The sectional meetings began at two o'clock. Biology and Medicine section met in Bessey Hall, the Chem istry section met In Chemistry Hall and the Earth Science section met in Nebraska Hall. These meetings were well attended. The interesting lecture on "En lymes and Plant Diseases" given by Professor Geza Doby, University of Budapest, Hungary, Thursday eve ning, was well attended. Professor Doby was sent to the Michigan Ag ricultural College by the American Hungarian Foundation. The meeting opens today at 8:30 with a short business session at Bes sey hall. At 9:30 President Sears will preside at a general meeting. F. G. Collins, F. G. S., preparator of the University Museum will give an ad dress on "The Museum and the Edu cation of Nebraska." An open dis cussion on "The Place of Science in Education" will follow the address. The leaders are W. L. Locke, Nebras ka State Journal; Rabbi S. E. Stai rels, Temple B'Nai Jeshurun; Presi dent J. F. McCormiek, Creighton University. Friday Afternoon, May 8 2:15 P. M. Sectional Prorram (See in lirtf au-c). Ilioloirical and Medical Bemey Hall. Chi-miirtry Chemistry Lecture Room. F,rth fine net Nvtaaaka Hall 210. Mathe- " (Continued on Page Three.) mm CONTEST BEGINS TODAY Many High Schools Send Rep resentatives to Second Annual Affair. The Second Annuel Nebraska State High School music contert. will open today at 9 o'clock in the Lin coln High School Auditorium. The concert is under the direction of H. 0. Ferguson, representing the Music Department of the State Teacher's Association. Arrangements have been made to broadcast part or all of the program as a part of National Music Week. The schedule for Friday includes oiario. sonrano. flui. violin. con tralto, baritone, base, cornet, and tenor solos. The program for Satur day consists of mixed quartet, band, orchestra, boy's and girls' glee clubs, and mixed choruses, and includes such popular concert pieces as "Las sie O Mine." by Ed Wa'.t, and "Lis ten to the Lambs," the old negro spiritual. All music supervisors and School authorities are to be entertained at luncheon Saturday, followed by the yearlv buninefui mpetinc The mass glee clubs and choruses will sing the contest numbers at 4:30 o'clock Sat urday, and the awarding of cups, medals, and scholarnips will com plete the program. Contestants have been registered from Arlington, Albion, Adams, Alexandria, Bethany, Blue Hill, Ben son, Blair, Beatrice, Coleridge, Crete Dodge, David City, Fremont, Hast ings, Hardy, Hebron, Kearney, Lin coln, Lotp City, McCook, Milford, Mead, Norfolk, North Bend, Omaha (South), Osceola, Omaha Tech, Ord, Omaha Central, Peru, Shelton, So. Sioux City, Sprague, Sutton, Stan ton, Tecumseh, TJni Place, Wahoo, Wauneta, Weeping Water, and York. 1926. CORNHUSKER APPOINTMENTS Applications for the following Positions on the staff of the 1926 Cornhusker will be received until Saturday noon, May 9: Editor, junior managing editor, business manager, and two assistant bus iness managers. - Application blanks may be got t the office of the chairman and f Secretary J. K. Sellock. . " M.M.FOGG, Chairman, Student Publication Board. Way i, U2S. ?. O. T. C. Unit Fires Over Half Ton Over a half ton of gun powder is exploded every year by the Univer sity R. O. T. C. unit here in the fir ing of over one-fourth of a million rounds of cartridges. This isn't very much however, when one considers that the whole amount could be used in a fraction of a second in a modern depth bomb or a "Big Bertha." All of the powder used here at Ne braska for practice purposes in a year is only one-ninth-thousandth of the amount used by French "seventy fives" in the Meuse-Argonne offen sive. Two hundred and thirty thousand rounds of small ammunition are shot every year in the gallery in Nebras ka Hall. These cartridges comprise FINISH FIRST ROUND DEBATES Lincoln, OmahaiCentral, Brock, Superior and Tekamah Are Winners. BROKEN BOW DRAWS BYE ON OPENING NIGHT The first round of the eighteenth state-debate tournament resulted in victory for the championship debate teams from Lincoln (East-Central District), Omaha Central High School (Eastern District), Brock (South eastern), Superior (Southern), and Tekamah (Northeastern) Thursday evening, ine question debated was the League question for the year, "Resolved, that the United States Should Eenter the League of Na tions." Lincoln won unanimously from Al bion, Brock unanimously from David City, and Omaha Central unani mously from Alliance. Superior won from Holdredge and Tekamah from Cozad by 2-to-l decisions. Lot-drawing Thursday evening de cided the following pairing and sides for the five winners and for Broken Bow (West-Central District) for the three debates Friday morning begin ning at 10 o'clock: Lincoln (Affirmative) . Omaha Central (Negative), in Memorial Hall. Brock (Affirmative). Tekamah Social Science 202. Broken Bow (Affirmative). Superior (Negative), in Law 101. The Thursday evening results were broadcasted at 10 o'clock from the University radio station (WFAV) by Prof. M. M. Fogg, organizer of the League in 1908 and its president. The order of speaking and the judges at the five debates follow: ALLIANCE, Northwestern dis trict (Eoline Sweet, Raymond Wy rens, Ruth Schill) Omaha Central, Eastern .(David Fellman, Byron JJun ham, Sam Minkin). Judges: Frank A. Peterson, '05, Law '10, attorney rNebraska debating team against Iowa 1905); Robert Van Pelt, '20 fDoane). Law. '22, attorney (Ne braska against Iowa 1921); Prof. G. O. Virtue, Department of Economics. Presiding, Volta Torrey, '26, Aurora (Nebraska against South Dakota 1924 and 1925). Decision: Omaha Central, unanimous. DAVID CITY, Central District (Murray Roper, Ival Howard, Frank Myers)-Brock, Southeastern (Ed gar Chard, Byron Reeve, Edgar New man). Judges: Prof. J. E. Lawrence, School of Journalism (Editor, The Lincoln Star; Nebraska debate serai- (Continued on Page lhree.j First Organized R. O. A rinrrrKsa aorahllRhed u.u . lnd erant, whereby the UI ci institution would teach military sci ence and tactics, and, in return, it . . nrxAor the nrovis- wo uia pe enuuocu " " . ions of the Morrell Land urani of 1862. Lieutenant E. S. Dudley, of the cavalry was assigned to the Univer sity as the first commandant, liwo 1879. He formed Company A, com posed of fifty men. These men found it so disagreeaDie wiuium ...-. s that, thev burn- or proper equipu.. . - . ed an effigy of the department the campus.. The first office of the military de partment was in the basement of University Hall and in 1877 the of fice was moved to the second floor of viUino- with the limited .lnment of a hundred stands of old 50-caliber rifles, pany flsg snd a desk. small com- - . , M. f T. Webster of the I lAlUPTlHni ' artillery. became the secona i m.ndant in 1879. He organiiea two f XTlt the University of Ne- The parade ground was in the north- j of the College of fcngineenng at He tablished at tne univemi"- , . , ,mnii near i braska. THE UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, of Powder Yearly about thirteen hundred pounds of lead and one hundred and fifty pounds of powder and could be ex ploded in fifty rounds from a "seventy-five." The rest of the six million grains of powder is used on the field in pis tols, revolvers, army rifles, machine guns, one-pounders and trench mor tars. A certain amount of ammuni tion is allotted for each piece by the government every year. The Nebraska unit has one thous and three hundred and ninety-six 30 caliber army rifles, forty-eight pis tols, twelve revolvers, sixteen auto matic rifles, three machine guns, one 37-millimcter gun and one trench mortar. Shoemaker Gives Illustrated Talk The changing principles which gov ern carburetion were the subject matter of an illustrated lecture on "The Carburetion of Fuels," given by J. H. Shoemaker, carburetion expert for the Swann Carburetor Company, Cleveland, Ohio, in Mechanical En gineering 204 at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. BOARD MARES APPOINTMENTS New Positions of Contributing Editors Filied by McKie, Torrey, Trott, and West. (University News Service) The first appointees to the new position of contributing editor (edi torial writer) on The Daily Nebras kan, recently created by the Publica tion Board, were announced yester day. They are: Alexander McKie, '24, Law, '26, Omaha. Volta Torrey, '26, (Journalism), Aurora. ' Doris Trott, '26, (Journalism), Blair. V. Royce West, '27, (Journalism) Cozad. "The purpose of the Board In cre ating these new positions," stated Prof. M. M. Fogg, the chairman, in the bulletin announcing the appoint ments from the list of eleven appli cants, "are to give students more op portunity to practice this type of writing and to strengthen the editor ial page of the University's news paper. "Staff conferences will be held regularly once or twice a week starting promptly, for the discussion of editorial problems and policies. "All editorial copy is to be stamp ed and kept filed, in chronological order, by authors." THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Applications for the following positions on the staff of The Daily Nebraskan beginning next Sep tember will be received until noon Saturday, May 9: editor, contrib uting editor, managing editor, news editor, assistant news editor, business manager, assistant bus iness manager, circulation manag er. Application blanks may be got at the office of the chairman and of Secretary J. K. Selleck. M. M. FOGG, Chairman, Student Publication Board. May 1, 1925. nA nA a rnHpt hand was lormea. uuicu uu - West porLiun i "U" Hall Two posts were auowea by the War Department in the area composed of Nebraska, lowa, ana Minnesota, and Nebraska was left out with the recall of Lieutenant Webster in 1882. Congressmen from this state ap plied to the navy for a man to fill the vancacy and Lieutenant R. H. Tounley was sent here as the third commandant, 1882-1884. He had the platoons marching to port and starboard, and before he could get the correct terms used in the drill regulations into use, he had the companies destroying the campus shrubbery. He established a rifle range in the northern part of the city. Lieuterai:t Dudley was reappoint ed in 1884 and in four years he had put a strong competition into the nartment and had an interested I . a . I rrrrtllTl OI men. XlC aiUCU III cvut4 ' . t0 buiid Grant -7- was OFFICERS HERE FOR INSPECTION Rating for University R. O. T. C. Unit for Coming Year Will Be Determined To day. PROGRAM LASTS ALL DAY Colonel Muller Corps Officer Accompanies Army In spection Board on Its Trip Here. Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Potts and Major John C. H. Lee of the United States War Department ar rived this morning at 8 o'clock to inspect the R. O. T. C. unit of the University, and to determine its rat ing for the year 1925-20. Colonel C. II. Muller, corps area E. O. T. C. of ficor, will acompany the War Depart ment inspection board on a semi-annual inspection tour. The program of the day will open with a conference with the Chancel lor at 9 o'clock, followed by inspec tion of the theory sections until noon. The Scabbard and Blade will entertain the officers at lunch at the Chamber of Commerce, after which they will inspect classroom work and demonstrations of all practical work. Inspection and review of the entire R. O. T. C. unit will be followed by inspection of facilities at 5 o'clock. A conference with the executive dean will complete the day's pro gram. The inspection trip is being made to determine the ratings of all of the R. O. T. C. units throughout the country. Nebraska was awarded the Gold Star last year, the highest rat ing given. Plan for Big Crowd at May Day Breakfast Bleachers are to be erected north of the Administration building and arrangements completed to take care of a thousand students at the May morning breakfast tomorrow. This i sto be the last all-University social afair this year and the breakfast committee is expecting a good at tendance. A special invitation is extended to all men to attend and mothers of University students are invited to at tend as the guests of the W.. S.-G. A. Xi Deltas, Silver Serpents, and Tas sels are to serve and act as hostesses. An excellent menu has been planned and entertainment has been provided for every minute. The W. S.-G. A. Board is offering a prize for the best original University song which is sung at that time. Harriet Cruise and Ruth Haberly will sing several numbers and Katherine King is to give a dance. The intersorority sing is to be another attraction of the breakfast Last year Gamma Phi Beta won the silver loving cup which is offered as a trophy. This cup is to be the permanent possession of the sorority which wins it three times in succession. Methodist Student Council Elects The Methodist student council composed of representatives of the various students in different Metho dist churches of Lincoln elected the following for the coming year: Clara Johnson, '26, Lincoln, president and Beatrice Huntington, '28, secretary-treasurer. Lincoln, T. C. Here In 1876 Lieutenani iuuicy wo uic iwuuuci - . . braska, After Lieutenant Dudley, came Lieutenant T. W. Griffith of the in fantry. Lieutenant John J. Persh ing, of the cavalry, succeeded Lieu tenant Griffith, 1891-1895. A writer of time wrote that Pershing was the striy.est of disciplinarians and he taught the men to keep step, some thing that no other commandant had succeeded in doing. In the National Competitive drills of 1892 at Omaha, the Nebraska Battalion won a cash pri.ee of $1,500 and the Maiden Cup, the award to the winning company in competitive drill held every spring. When the Spanish-American W-r was declared a company of student soldiers went into active service with their commandant, Lieutenant John J. Stotsenburg, who was killed in an engagement in the Philippines. Military work at the University con tinued with the usual force. Cadet Majors Weeks and Brown were in charge from 1898 to 1900. Credit was given for military work and Interest began to revive. The FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1925. Must Remove Track Equipment All Varsity and freshman track men are requested to remove all their track equipment from the lockers in the south end of the stadium, tie them into a bundle, tag, and give them to Mr. Cook at the storeroom. As this is to make room for the high school athletes who will be here Saturday it is necessary that it should be done today. HENRY F. SCHULTE, Track coach. ENGINEER WEEK IN FULL SWING Big Crowd Attends Mechanical Exhibition Presented Thursday Night. BUT THREE EVENTS REMAIN ON PROGRAM Three more events remain in the celebration of the annual Engineers' Week at the University of Nebraska. These are the convocation in the Temple at'll o'clock this morning, the dance at the Rosewilde this eve ning, and the banquet at Hotel Lin coln tomorrow at 6:00. Following will be the convocation program: Scholarship awards Chancellor Samuel Avery; Professor C. E. Mic key, chairman of the department of civil engineering. Presentation of "Hall of Fame" picture H. B. Kinsinger, '26, presi dent of Sigma Tau, honorary engi neering fraternity. . Acceptance Dean O. J. Ferguson of the College of Engineering. "A Geologist's View of Engineer ing" Dr. E. H. Barbour, chairman of the department of geology. The bronze medal which Chancel lor Aevery will present in behalf of Sigma Tau will be awarded the soph omore in the College of Engineering who has made the highest scholastic record in his freshman year. He must have completed at least thirty two hours of college work. The award is made entirely upon schol arship, with no consideration of the qualifications which govern the se lection of Sigma Tau members. To the civil engineering student who has raised his scholastic stand ing most in the past year, Professor Mickey will award the American So ciety of Civil Engineers' medal. The late Benjamin Garner Lammc has been chosen as the subject of the picture which Homer B.. Kin singer, in the name of Sigma Tau, will present to the "Hall of Fame" in the first-floor hall of the Mechan ical Engineering building, according to a custom established ten years ago. A prominent engineer is al ways chosen for the annual addi tion to the gallery. Mr. Lamme was chief engineer for the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Com pany for thirty-five years. He re ceived the Edison medal awarded by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers for his contributions to electrical knowledge. As one of two representatives of the Naval Con sulting Board, Mr. Lamme rendered noteworthy services to his govern ment. A number of University of Nebraska engineering graduates have come in contact with Mr. Lam me, and it was largely through their instigation that this portrait was chosen for the "Hall of Fame." " Glenn F. Sudman is chairman of I the convocation. This evening the I (Continued Page Two.) cadet officers were considered eli gible for a regular army commission. Captain J. B. Workizer, of the infantry, 1905-1909, introduced new forms of field work and a more developed military department in the University. Tne annual "com pet" was started in 1905. Company E, in charge of Cadet Captain Bowl by won first place. In 1916 the Reserve Offficers' Training Corps was organized at the University, but was displaced by the Students Army Training Corps in in 1917. In the spring of 1919 the R. O. T. C. was reorganized and an artillery unit wbj incluJ d in the department. The University was unable to provide satisfactory stables for the horses and suitable quarters for the guns and caissons. The unit was withdrawn in the following spring. In the spring of 1920 the military department moved from Grant Mem orial Hall to Nebraska Hall. New grounds were purchased by the Uni versity east of Nebraska. Hall, the ground was filled and leveled, and (Continued on Pis Twd.), APPOiST W. A. A. OFFICERS Aiioclation Plant la Hold Alumni Banquet May 29 Kathro Kidwcll, Kathryn Kricg, and Ershal Freeman were appointed by the president of the Women's Athletic 'Association to fill the ap pointive offices of the board at a meeting of the association held Wed nesday evening in the Social Science auditorium. The office of conces sion manager will be filled by Kath ro Kidwcll, of social chairman by Kathryn Krieg, and of publicity chair man by Ershal Freeman. The association decided to hold its annual alumni banquet on Friday, May 29. "N" sweaters, class letters and other honors will be awarded at this banquet. It was decided almost unanimously to continue the custom of giving sweaters to thoso members winning twelve hundred W. A. A. points. A point system for horse back riding was voted upon. Will Present "The Imaginary Invalid" Today The Imaginary Invalid," will be presented by the University Players this afternoon and evening. The cast which will present the play to day is using the traditional Moliere stage business. In the Saturday mat inee and evening shows the other cast will use original pantomine. Darrell Starnes and Lillian Shim mick will carry heavy parts in the Friday presentations and Ray Ram sey and Pauline Gellately in the Sat urday performances. The comedy satirizes the medical profession of the seventeenth cen tury, during the reign of Louis XIV. The play is unusual in that one part Moliere mentions himself. Moliere died when playing the title role of "The Imaginary Invalid." Dramatic students are making the costumes and wigs for the play. This is the first time in the history of the department that the students have madi their own costumes. The materials are purchased in the white and then dyed the desired colors. Stage tricks for getting elaborate ef fects with inexpensive materials are being tried out. The work is under the direction of Rose Bogdanoff, Rus sian stage-craft instructor. The Players presented the play Wednesday evening at the Reforma tory and Thursday evening at Clin ton Center, 28th and Dudley streets. 5000 PEOPLE SEE EXHIBITS A. Trively Wins First Prize Offered for Best Mechan ical Model Shown. A crowd estimated at 5000 people swarmed through the College of En gineering buildings from 7 to 11 o'clock last evening, viewing the ex hibits of the annual Engineers' night. In the Mechanic Arts building the equipment, drawings and models of the departments of civil engineering, architecture arid mechanic arts were shown. Prizes for models were won as follows: first prize, model of Bear Mountain suspension bridge, built by I. A. Trively, '28; second prize, pile driver constructed by Don Roberts, '25, and Dale Skinner, '25. Model truss bridges were tested to destruction in the civil engineer ing building, under the supervision of A. W. Johnson, '26. In the guess inc contest conducted as to the weigh;, supported by the bridges, W 1 R. Barnes and Keith Funk tied on a guess of 8,500 pounds supported by the Warren Truss, winning prizes of $1.50. Mary Louise Freeman made the successful euess of 10,500 pounds on the Pratt truss. Cement blocks were also broken, by the Riehle apparatus, crumbling at an average pressure of 1500 pounds. Souvenir coins were distributed among visitors. Experiments were conducted in the various laboratories of the Chemistry building, including the dangerous thermite experiments and other tests regarding the safety of explosives. The entire Museum was thrown open to visitors, with geology stu dents on every floor for explanation and guidance. '. Here the model oil derrick was one of the principle at tractions, with display-;, of the vari ous mineral collections. In the electrical engineering build ing, the new commu.iications labor atory, the WFAV broadcasting room and stunts setting forth such phenom ena as the passage of sparks to the human body due to the extreme high frequency of the electrical current, and the "transmission of power by wireless" were featured The machinery in the Mechanical Engineering building was in the full (Continued on Page Three.) . TRICE 5 CENTS KOSMET KLUB IS SUSPENDED Use of Ineligible Students in Production of "Tut Tut" Is Reason for Action of ' Com mittee on Organizations. WAS ORGANIZED IN 1910 Suspension Will Not Take Ef fect Until After Interfratern ity Sing on Ivy Day Which Is Sponsored by Kosmet. Announcement was made yester day of the suspension of Kosmet Klub by the committee on student or ganizations. The action was taken as a result of the use by the Klub of four ineligible students in its recent musical production, "Tut Tut." Executive Dean Carl C. Engberg said yesterday that it had been er roneously stated that the suspension of the Klub was due to objections to certain scenes in the latest produc tion of the organization. The action was taken solely because of the use of ineligible students, according to Dean Engberg, who added t at ho felt that the show was of higher tvpe than the average professional per formance although there were parts which were objectionable when .1 wo considered that more should be ex pected of University performances than of professional. The action will take effect follow ing the interfraternity sing on - Ivy ' Day, which is sponsored yearly by Kosmet, as the committee will allow the Klub to finish out this year's ac tivities. New members and officers of the Klub will not be elected this spring and it will officially cease ex istence after Ivy Day. The ruling of the organization committee does not prohibit a petitioning for reinstate ment of the Klub at a future time, however. By rules of the University, stu dents engaged in activities are re quired to maintain a certain stand ard of. scholarship. They must have successfully completed twelve hours uring the preceding semester to their participation in activities and must be successfully carrying twelve ours at the time that they are en gaged in the activity. Four students who appeared in "Tut Tut" were not o qualified. An attempt was made by the Klub members to secure special permission to use the ineligible students before the production was staged as they felt that it was necessary for the ueccss of the show that the students ppear since preparations had reach- d an advanced stage. The permis- ion could not be granted under the ules of the University Senate and of the Board of Regents but under the iicumlaiices the Klub felt that it would have to go ahead with its plans nd bear the consequences. Arthur Latta, president of the Klub, said last evening, "The Klub failed in its attempt to observe the ligibility ruling and will accept the decision of the committee on student organizations without protest. I re gret that certain newspapers have ast reflections on the type of play presented this year by Kosmet by tating that the suspension is due to other causes than that of eligibility. "In the fifteen years of its exist ence, Kosmet nas always maae a conscientious effort to produce plays in accordance with the rules of the University." The Kosmet Klub was organized in 1910 and has enjoyed fifteen years of existence on the Nebraska campus. In the winter of 1910-11 a committee of students who presented the Junior play banded together and became charter members of the Klub. The first play was produced in 1912 un der the direction of Professor R. D. Scott who is an honorary member of the Klub. Eleven plays were the out come of the Klub's work since its founding. Plays which have been presented are: "the MatcnmaKers Dy rroi. R. D. Scott with music by Dorothy Watkins Reid, 1913; "El Presidente," by Earnest Graves with music by Ag nes Bartlett, 1914; "The Ejisy Mark," by RaElph Northrup with music by Clifford B. Scott, 1915; "The Knight of the Nymphs," by Maurice Clark with music by LeRoy Meisinger, Jean Burroughs and Paul Raver, 1916; The Diplomat," by Prof. Scott, re vised with music by Le Roy Meising er, 1917; "The Most Prime Minister," by Klub members, 1921; "The Yel low Lantern," by Cyril L. Coombc, 1923; "The Wishing Ring." by Cyril L. Coombs, li!4; and "Tut Tut," bf Cyril L. Coombs, 1925. Kappa Alpha, Sigma Phi, and Delta Phi were all founded at Union College. Kappa Alpha claims to be the oldest of all national fraterni ties, being founded in 1825. Sigma Phi and Dielta Phi were founded two years later. These three fraterni ties will erect a memorial gate at . the north entrance to the campus to . commemorate the founding of the 'fraternity system. Saffi - W W-