Nebraska Newspapers

    The Daily Nebraskan
OuXXV. NO 56.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 1 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1925.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
HAY SCHEDULE
MORE CLASSES
ON SATURDAYS
Comes As Result of Motion
Passed At meeting m
University Senate
NOTHING NEW IN STEP
Committee Will Meet Todr to Dis-
cass Ways and Means of
Effecting Chang
The schedule committee of the
iTn.'trrsitv will meet this afternoon
at 2 o'clock to discuss ways and
moans of establishing: more I ucsaay,
Thursday and Saturday classes on
the schedule next semester. This
meeting comes as the result of a
motion passed at the meeting of the
University Senate Saturday when
the Senate passed a motion directing
the committee to take such action.
Executive Dean Carl C. Engberg,
chnirmnn of the schedule committee,
said last night, "This will be no
novelty as there are a number of
Saturday classes on the present sche
dule. We will merely try to arrange
more at that time."
Dean Engberg pointed out that all
freshmen in the College of Engineer
ing, most Pre-Medic students, all
Dental students, and students in the
Colleges of Law and Agriculture
have classes Saturday now and have
had for some time. Thus the ones
to be effected by this new ruling
would be students in the Teachers
College and in the Colleges of Arts
and Sciences and Business Adminis
tration. Effects New Claases
The Executive Dean expressed
doubt that classes started at the be
ginning of the year and running all
year could be changed. He expects
however, that the committee will be
able to schedule some of the classes
which start next semester for Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday.
At the present time some classes
1n English, Mathematics, chemistry
and one in economics meet on Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday; the ae
tion of the University Senate will
force the schedule committee to ar
range more three-hour clasps on
those days.
This change in the schedule was
made necessary when all classes
which met in University Hall had to
be put elsewhere after the building
had been condemned. Classes are
now being held in many-out-of-the-way
places and this change is expect
ed to give some relief to the situa
tion. Although the schedule for next
semester's classes is now in the
hands of the printer, it is not too
late to make changes, according to
Dean Engberg.
Washington Dispatch
Orders Rolled Collars
On All Army Uniforms
"The roll collar was ordered for
all army uniforms" reads a short dis
patch from Washington.
That may not seem much to some
students, but it is music in the ears
for over a thousand cadets in the
basic course of the University R. 0.
T. C. who each week have to wrestle
with stiff, tight-fitting coat collars,
and then perhaps, if the fit is more
than tight, suffer discomfort for sev
eral hours until they can slip out of
aTm7 togs and back into civies.
Along with those thousand and
more cadets on the Nebraska campus
hundred and thirty-five thousand
soldiers in the army and twelve
thousand officers are rejoicing over
the change to comfortable collars
which have been agitated since the
close of the world war.
The change will not be made for
at least two or three years, as far as
the cadets are concerned, for old
stocks of uniforms must be used up,
and till then it means stand-up col
lars. The new collars will be cut on lines
similar to those of the junior and
senior cadet officers' uniforms.
There will be a period of about two
years in which the change will be
nade. After that the new style will
m mandatory.
Program Given For
Copper Kettle Club
The members of Chi Delta Phi gave
Program before the member of the
CoPPer Kettle Club on Monday af
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Jahn
DTg&n on Sheridan boulevard. Hel
n Rummons and Margaret Lawrence
Pitzer read poems, Emily Ross read
a story, and Ruth Moore read a short
Py. The officers of Chi Delta Phi
WIS year am Pnfli nro.nnf
Alice Dougan, secretary, and Norma
arpenter, treasurer. The Copper
Kettle is a social-literary club of Lin
coln women. The program was ar
ranged by Miss Louise Pound.
Section of University Hall Was Once
Suspended in Air for Several Hours
When the wreckers last week took
down piece by piece the' walls of the
north wing of University Hall, they
removed a major part of a section of
the west wall of the north wing that
was at one time suspended in mid-air
for several hours when tha fnnnlfl.
tion underneath caved in. That was
back in 1877 during tho process of
replacing the old defective sandstone
foundation with the
base.
Artemus Roberts, an nrehitort.
saw tho wall, and directed tho
of putting in tho foundation under
neath the hanging wall of brick and
describes the incident in a letter hn
has written to Albert Wntkins.
torian of the Nebraska Historical So
ciety, and now on file in their rec
ords. Passersby mny have noticed some
time that tho west wall of the north
wing had two distinct cracks in it
just between the first and second
windows. It happened when tho
foundation sunk a short while after
MAKE BANQUET
PROGRAM PLANS
Governor McMuIIen and Chan
cellor Avery Will Head
List of Speakers
JOYCE IS TOASTMASTER
Governor Adam McMullen and
Chancellor Samuel Avery will head
the list of speakers at the annual
Cornhuskcr banquet, December 11,
which will formally conclude the 1925
football season at the University of
Nebraska. Coach E. E. Bearg, Cap
tain Ed Weir, and the captain-elect
of the 192G team will also talk. R.
M. Joyce, Lincoln alumnus, who was
toastmaster of the banquet last year,
will be toastmaster again this year.
Former Nebraska football players at
tending probably will be called on to
talk.
An especial effort is being made
this year to have the banquet attend
ed by all men students possible. Tic
kets are on sale at the Y. M. C. A.,
the student activities office in the
Armory, at all fraternity houses, and
by student salesmen on the campus.
It is emphasized that the affair is for
all students, non-fraternity men as
well as fraternity. Fraternities have
been asked to close their tables.
The program is being planned so
that it will not interfere with later
engagements.
Will Show Picturei of Game
Moving pictures of one of the fall
games will be shown. Music will te
furnished by two orchestras, and by
a men's quartette.
Letters have been sent out to all
former Nebraska football players re
questing their presence at the ban
quet. That Ed Weir will be present was
made practically certain when the
conference ruled out his western trip
It will be Weir's last appearance as
captain of the team. The new cap
tain will probably be announced at
the banquet.
CHINESE TEA WILL
BE HELD THURSDAY
Members of Grace Coppock Staff to
Be Featured in Associated
Women's Event
a rnoBo to will be featured by
the members of the Grace Coppock
staff in the weekly tea at Ellen Smith
Hall Thursday afternoon from 4 to
r .'.wir nnHor the auspices of the
Associated Women's Students Organi
zation.
Eloise MacAhan is general chair
man of the tea. "A Flower of Ved
do", by Victor Mapes, a fantasy in
verse, will be presented by four mem
i . Tinivprsitv Players, El-
sie Frederickson, Mary Tidball, Cleo
Slagel and Arville Hanson, Macnu.
Show will sing a group of Chinese
songs.
Agnes Ilentzen, assisted by fcioise
ir. k.uii fliarce of the dec-
jv.eej.er, wi" .. .
orations which will be carried out m
orange and black with various Chi
nese decorations loanea io
mittee by Miss Olfve Hartley. The
refreshments, in charge of Geraldine
: .iii r.rr nut the general
theme of the tea. The members of
the Grace Coppock stall oreu
Chinese costumes will serve.
Only
y& VSC Shopping
Day Left Until
CHRISTMAS
tho men quit work for tho day in re
placing the old sandstone base. The
architect relates that Professor Augh
ey was in the building at the time and
was interrupted in his study by a loud
cracking sound in the north wing.
Rushing to that part, he found the
foundation sinking and tho wall sus
pended in mid-air. He hurried to the
homo of Chancellor Benton and to
gether th y went to tho home of the
architect to get his aid.
On the way to the campus they
recruited a group of laborers and
armed with a lantern, for it was in
the evening and raining, they pro
ceded on the task of saving the build
ing. Adjoining bricks were still holding
tho walls suspended, but that it was
slowly sinking down was evident from
the occasional chunks of plaster that
fell inside. The wall had stood in
tho air for an hour, and tho question
was whether it would stay up long
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WRECKING WORK
IN LAST STAGES
Brick and Mortar Peeled Off
Of University Hall With
Slight Effort
ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
Wrecking of University Hall enter
ed the last stages yesterday when the
workmen began razing the walls on
the second floor. All of the third
floor as a roof for the first story,
the tar roof laid over the second story
floor as a roof for the first story,
was finished Saturday. The work of
tearing down the remaining walls will
take only a short time, and the ab
breviated stump of a building will be
ready for use after the Holidays, as
the contractor is well ahead of his
schedule.
The last phase of wretking the
upper stories is proving to be the
easiest. The brick and mortar peel
off with only slight effort, and the
iron hooks of the workmen are only
ocasionally necessary when good sec
tions of the walls are reached.
Second Story Wall Bad
The condition of the walls and the
cross walls of the second story is
fully as bad as that found on the
third floor. In places the bricks are
cracked and crumbled in all direc
tions from the great weight of the
wall above. The brick were all lo
cally made in the first brick kiln in
Lancaster county and were too soft
to stand safely the load of the build
ing. There had been some suggestion by
alumni to stop the wrecking of the
building after the third floor was
torn down, and to leave the second
floor standing as well as the first
floor and basement as planned. The
bad shape of the second floor walls
has borne out the judgement of the
architects who recommended the con
demnation of the building down to
the first story.
The iron braces which stick up and
surround the space formerly occupied
by the third floor, will be removed
in two or three days as work pro
gresses in tearing down the walls.
They will be taken off in pairs as
they are tied together that way with
iron rods.
WILL DISTRIBUTE .
AWGWAH MONDAY
"The Formal Number" It the Title
Given to the Third Issue f
Comic Magazine
The December issue of the Awg
wan will be ready for distribution the
last of the week. The copies, how
eer, will not be distributed from
Station A until next Monday. The
Formal Number features a short story
by Setlj Mayne and the book review
by Roman Becker. The cover for the
Formal Number was designed by Phil
Fent. Considerable pen drawing by
Kenetha Thomas gives much color to
the art work.
Awgwan contributors were well re
paid for their work when the College
Humor published four bits of Art
Work from the opening number.
They were published in the January
issue. The artists receiving recog
nition included Phil Fent, Macklin
Thomas, V. M. Carlson and Meriam
Likty. .
The January issue of the Awgwan
called the Burlesque Number will ap
nonr in January following vacation.
j Contributors are urged to get their
(copy in now for the fourth book of
the school before Christmas.
Says Free Verse Is "Sloppy
Alfred Noyes, noted English poet,
characterized free verse as "sloppy"
in a recent address at Noi thwestern
University.
VALLEY MEET
WILL BE HELD
AT NEBRASKA
.
Second Time in Three Year
That Contest Has Been
Held in Lincoln
COMES MAY 21 AND 22
Should th Event be a Financial Suc
cess It May be Permanently
Held Here
For the second time in the past
three years, Nebraska has been
awarded the Missouri Valley outdoor
track meet, which will bo held at
Lincoln in the Memorial Stadium on
May 21 and 22. Two years ago, the
best athletes of the Valley competed
before the largest crowd which ever
gathered to see a Missouri Valley
track meet, while the meet last year
was held at Norman, Okla., under the
invitation of the University of Okla
homa. At the meeting of the Valley coach
es at St. Louis last Saturday, discon
tinuing the Missouri Valley indoor
meet was considered, but after some
discussion the meet was given to Iowa
State college at Ames. The objection
for the holding of the meet was based
on the fact that there was no suitable
place. According to Coach Henry
F. Schulte, the new location of the
meet is very adequate and suitable.
Heretofore the meet was held under
very unsatisfactory conditions in the
Convention Hall at Kansas City, a
poor temporary track being used.
Meet Paid at Lincoln
For the first time in several years,
the track meet held at Lincoln in
1923 was able to pay for itself and
almost half of the expense money of
the competing teams. Previous years
the schools were compelled to aid in
the payment of the expenses of hold
ing the meet.
In speaking of the possibilities of
retaining the outdoor meet as an an
nual classic at Nebraska, Coach Hen
ry F. Schulte ' stated that the meet
had been awarded for only this year.
However he intimated that, should it
be successful, Nebraska would prob
ably be considered by the Valley
authorities as the permanent home of
the struggle.
With Nebraska winning four titles
in succession, following the coming
of "Indian" Schulte as a coach here,
and increased interest among high
schools in the state in track sport,
the people of Nebraska have become
educated in the sport, according to
Schulte, and in bringing the meet
here' again this spring there will be
presented to the track fans of the
middle west the best contest possible.
DISCDSS PROBLEMS
OF RACE AT FORUM
Miss Juliette Derricotte Will Speak
At Weekly Meeting Wed
nesday Noon
Miss Juliette Derricotte of New
York City, colored secretary of the
national Y. W. C. A. staff, will dis-,
cuss race problems at the meeting
of the "World Forum discussion group
at the Grand Hotel Wednesday noon.
She will place special emphasis on
the college aspect of the race prob
lem. Tickets for the luncheon which will
precede Miss Derricotte's discussion
are on sale at the Y. W. C. A. office
in Ellen Smith Hall and at the Y. M.
C.A. office on the first floor of The
Temple. They will also be sold at
the Vesper service this evening. The
tickets are twenty-five cents.
Because of the necessity of those
in charge knowing almost exactly
the number of students who will at
tend the luncheon, no tickets will be
sold after six o'clock this evening.
Students who do not buy tickets will
be charged thirty-five cents at the
door Wednesday noon.
Works For Colored Students
Miss Derricotte is a graduate of the
University of Talledga in Alabama
and for a number of years has been
traveling over the United States in
the interests of the welfare of col
ored students. Most of her work,
naturally, has been done in the South.
Last summer Miss Derricotte was a
representative of the negro students
of the United States at the Estes
Park joint Y. W. C. A.-Y. II. C. A.
conference. Delegates from the Uni
versity of Nebraska met her at this
conference and invited her to visit
the University. f
In addition to speaking before the
World Forum Miss Derricotte has a
nu'nber of other engagements in
Lincoln. At five o'clock this- even-
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Weather Forecast
Tuesday: Partly cloudy and some
what colder.
The Proposals
The following are the proposals to be considered
in the student poll on the World Court to be taken in
classes Thursday and Friday:
1. For U' S. participation in the World Court under the
"Harding-Hughes-Coolidge" terms
(The U. S. not to be connected with the League of
Nations or bound to any obligations under the League
covenant; not to be bound by advisory opinions of the
Court on questions not voluntarily submitted by the
U.S.).
2. For U- S. participation under the "Harmony Pirn" of
thirty peace leaders
(The U. S. to join the Court under the "Harding-Hughes-Coolidge"
terms, but to withdraw after five
years unless a code of international law has been adopt
ed outlawing war and the Court given jurisdiction).
3. For U. S. participation under the Borah terms
(The U. S. not to join the World Court until inter
national law has been codified outlawing war and the
Court given jurisdiction; the U. S. not to be connected
thereby with the League of Nations-
4. Against U. S. participation in the World Court.
EXPECT CLOSE
TITLE BATTLE
Will Make Big Effort to Take
Basketball from Jay
Hawks MANY VETERANS BACK
The Missouri Valley schools have
put away the football for another sea
son and are now turning their efforts
to basketball. This indoor sport has
always been popular in the Valley and
concentrated efforts are being made
to dethrone the University of Kansas
from the position it has held as the
leader in the cage sport for the past
three seasons. Several of the schools
have fine prospects this season and
the race for the championship is ex
pected to be close and hard fought.
The University of Kansas, who tied
Missouri fori the championship in
1922 and who for the past three years
has held the undisputed title, will
again be in the field with a good
team. Six letter men reported to
the Jayhawk coach for the initial
workout of the season. They were
Belgard, captain, Gordon, Peterson,
all-Valley forward last season, Camp
bell, Schmidt and Zuber- Besides
these six letter men, nine other play
ers of last year's squad have reported
for practice. Undoubtedly Kansas
will have a team in the field that will
defend its 1925 title.
Prospects at the University of Mis
souri are brighter than for a number
of years, according to Coach Bond of
the Tiger institution. Six letter
men are included in the squad of
fourteen that are working out under
Coach Bond. The lettermen back in
school are McMillan, Buchner, O'Sul
livan, Bacchus, Joyner and Laughlin.
During the Christmas holidays the
team will take an eastern jaunt, meet
ing besides other teams, Michigan and
Purdue.
Kaggies Have Four Veterans
The Kansas Aggies, who finished
well up in. the race last year, have
four letter men, Koch, Wedle, Tebow,
and Byers, out for the 1926 team.
Besides these men Coach Corsaut has
a number of players on last squad
back again. The Aggies got the jump
on the majority of Valley teams in
starting the practice. The men at
that institution have been working
out since late September.
Iowa State enters the title race
with more than fair prospects. The
team from Ames had its first scrim
mage of the year last week with a
likely looking freshmen outfit as op
ponents. The Varsity won the first
eame with apparent ease, 44 to 4.
Just what to expect of thern during
the season is an uncertainty, but it
is an assured fact that the Cyclones
will offer stiff competition to the
other Valley teams.
Sooners May Upset Dope
Just what Oklahoma will maintain
in the conference is hard to say. A
laree sauad of candidates which in
clude a number of letter men are out
for the team at the Sooner institution
and Coach MrDe.rmott states that no
one is assured of a place on the team.
Reserve strength is especially strong
at Oklahoma this year and the Soon
ers are liable to upset the dope be
fore the title race closes.
Prospecbs at other valley schools
namely, Oklahoma A. & M., Grinnell,
Drake and Washington, are not
known, although it is expected that
they will all be in the race for the
championship with fast teams.
Familiarize Students With Music
Noon concerts are given three
times a week by the university or
chestra of the University of Cali
fornia, Southern Branch, under the
sponsorship of Sigma Alpha Iota,
professional music sorority, in order
to familiarize the students with dif
ferent types of misic.
WILL PRESENT
SHORT PLAYS
Each Act Will Receive Care
ful Attention from the
University Players
GIVE SIX DURING WEEK
A program of six short plays will
be presented this week-end in the
Temple Theater by the University
Players for their monthly produc
tion. Every play will be given as
much care in the costuming, stage
effects, and presentation as if it
were a three-at drama.
The three interludes to be given
are "All on a Summer's Day," "The
Noble Lord," and "Thirty Minutes in
the Street" .
"All on a Summer's Day" is a
little individualistic fantasy regard
ing love in which three girls desire
and get what they want in love and
wealth.
"The Noble Lord," a comedy by
Percival Wilde, depicts the plans and
schemes of a young girl who has set
her hopes on a lord who has stopped
at the town hotel. She succeeds in
her scheme to the point where the
lord supposedly saves her life. The
lord then becomes wise to the scheme
and cleverly makes his escape.
Scene From Real Life
"Thirty Minutes in the Street" by
Beatrice Mayor, is just a scene that
could easily be taken from real life.
The theme is that an old man who is
blind spends thirty minutes trying
to find out a street number which
passer-bys are to busy to tell hinw
The three one-act plays are "Poor
Aubrey," "Why the Chimes Rang,"
and " 'Op-o'-Me-Thumb."
The cast for the interludes is as
follows:
The Noble Lord
He Harold Felton.
She Katherine Costin.
Valet Donald Helmdoerfer.
All On a Summer's Day
Number One Pauline Gellatly.
Number Two Ida Mae Fisher.
Number Three Ruth Jamison.
Mammay Dora Smith.
Thirty Minutes in The Street
Man Don Helmdoerfer.
Rich Lady Colita Aitken.
Curat Thad Cone.
Actor Irvin Campbell.
French woman Pauline Barber.
Child Alyee Connell.
First charwoman Vetura Cace.
Second charwoman Dora Smith.
A Girl Joyce Adair.
First servant Evelyn Norton.
Second servant Eloise MacAhan.
Visitor Ruth Lang.
Hostess Blanche Greene.
Young man Russell Lindskog.
Professor Charles Youngblut.
Student Paul Pence.
First shop girl Katherin Costin.
Second shop girl Florence Flo
deen. ,
Old Lady Elizabeth Tracy.
Elderly gentleman Werner Mall.
Musician Henry Ley.
JOE HUNT HEAD OF COUNCIL
Cl.arles Bruce Elected Secretary
Treasurer of Organization
At a meeting of the Freshman
Council Thursday evening at the Y.
M. C. A., Joe Hunt Scottsbluff,
was elected president, harles Bruce
of Lincoln, ' was elected secretary
treasurer. The council meets every Thursday
evening at 7 o'clock at the University
Y. M. C. A., and any freshman inter
ested may attend the meetings. On
Thursday of next week the topic for
discussion is the race question, and
next week a debate will be held on
the abolition of fraternities.
Women More Brilliant Than Men
Statistics compiled at Stanford
University shov that women are 2.6
per cent more brilliant than men.
TAKE CAMPUS
VOTE ON THE
WORLD COURT
Student Poll Will Be Taken in
AI1 Classes on Thursday
day and Friday
TO CREATE INFLUENCE
Balloting at Nebraska Part of Na-tion-Wide
Campaign Now
Being Carried on
A student poll on the World Court
will bo held in all classes Thursday
and Friday under the sponsorship of
the local committee working in co
operation with the Council of Chris
tian Associations. The poll will be
j conducted by a student appointed by
inc instructor 01 eacn class ana tne
votes will all be handed in at a cen
tral office preparatory to sending
them in.
The ballot in the University of Ne
braska iy'only a part of a nation
wide baflot which is being taken at
this time. 650 colleges and univer
sities are to have a chance in this
ballot. Two hundred sixty-three
of those have already decided to take
the vote and many more are expect
ed to soon. The students are entirely
in charge of all the ballots taken in
their respective schools. A joint
committee of Y. W. C. A. and Y. M.
C. A. representatives will sponsor the
balloting here. Those who make up
this committee are: Miss Irma Apple
by, Elsie Gramlich, Cyrena Smith,
Wendell Berge, Arthur Jorgenson,
and Douglass Orr.
To Crystalize Opinion
The purpose of this nation-wide
student ballot is to let the students
of the country have some part in in
fluencing the foreign policy of the
United States in a definite way at
this crucial time, when the United
States must decide whether or not to
take the next step in international
cooperation by joining the World
Court. It is to "Crystalize the stu
dent oginion of th councy on the
subjetr W Thr Ww4(lwi t;wnd to
provide for a permanent organiza
tion to consider such questions aris
ing in the future."
Message of commendation are now
pouring into President John Grier
Hibben of Princeton ; among the en
dorsers are Elihu Root and Charles
Evans Hughes.
On Friday, December 11, delegates
from fifty-seven colleges and univer
sities will meet at Princeton for a
national collegiate World Court con
ference. Nineteen states will be
represented at this meeting. No rep
resentative will be sent from Ne
braska. Thirty-Six Miles Per
Hour Wind Made Last
Week-End Seem Cold
The cold wave, which visited this
part of the state last Friday and Sat
urday, was not so cold as it felt. The
lowest temperature recorded during
the cold spell, according to the local
United States Weather Bureau, was
seventeen degrees Farenheit above
zero. The cold weather was accom
panied by a thirty-six mile wind.
The temperature, however, was
warmer yesterday, the lowest being
thirty-five degrees.
No zero weather has been reported
this year as yet, the coldest weather
having been in the latter part of Oct
ober. CHRISTMAS PARTY SATURDAY
Hastonians Will Furnish Music for
All-University Mixer
Plans for the annual Christmas
party to be held next Saturday eve
ning in the Armory , were made yes
terday by all-University Party Com
mittee. Special features are being
planned to make this mixer the most
enjoyable all-University party of the
year.
The Hastonians will furnish music
for the evening. Special Christmas
decorations will be used for the oc
casion. Yuletide spirit will feature
the entertainment during the inter
mission period. Refreshments will
be served throughout the evening.
The admission fee is twenty-five
'.ents.
National Secretary to
Give Vespers Address
Miss Juliette Derricotte, nation
al secretary for colored students
in the Ui.ited States will be the
speaker at Vespers, Tuesday at
5 o'clock in Ellen S-siith Hall The
Eubject of her talk will be "Tbe
World Student Christian Society."
The leader will be Marguerite For
sell and a special mu"Tcal number
will be given by theTesper choir.