The Daily Nebraskan TSTXXVT NO. 63. HUSKERS SET FOR FRIDAY CAGE BATTLE South Dakota-Nebraska Game Will Be nrsi Has Seen Here UNEUP AS YET UNKNOWN Sit Man Fighting For Position. A. Goardt Forty-Three Candidate. Are on Squad University of Nebraska cagesters will go into action for the first time this season when they meet the Uni versity of South Dakota five on the Armory floor Friday night. This viil be the first time that Coach Ernest Bears has had an opportunity of seeing the Husker tossers in battle against another team. The Friday evening tilt will be in the nature of a practice warmup for both teams, the Huskcrs getting a pre-season brush before the opening of the Missouri Valley race and the Coyotes getting practice before the formal opening of the North Cen tral conference schedule. Just what sort of a team the Vermillion outfit will present is not known. Leading candidates for forward positions on the Nebraska squad as evidenced by workouts so far this leason include, Smaha, Beerkle, Black and Brown. Brown is the .only member of the quartet who is not a letter man. Just which two of these four men will start the game has not yet been announced by Coach Bearg. Three In Race For Center Three men stand out prominently in the race for the center position. They are Captain Fred Ekstrom, Tom Elliott and Ted Page. Ekstrom play ed sub-center and forward on the 1925 team and is a two-year letter- man. He plays the floor well and has a good eye for "the basket. Elli itt has looked good in practice scrim mage and Page, with his six feet seven inches of height, is playing a good game. Competition is keen for the guard positions, with six men fighting for the two places. Andreson, a letter man of last year, is playing a bang Bp game, while Lawson, Gerclick, Mielcnz, Presnell and Sprague are likely looking candidates. Roster of candidates for the team are: Roy Andreson, Bloomfield. Milton Anderson, Lyons. Wilmer Beerkle, Omaha. Leo Black, Grand Island. John Brawn, Lincoln - " H. R. Campbell, Columbus. L P. Cass, Ravenna. Leo Chaikin, Omaha. H. L. Dana, Fremont. H. A. Dwyer, Plattsmouth. G. R. Decker, Valley. Thomas Elliott, West Point Fred Ekstrom, Newman Grove. L. P. Fisher, Dewitt. Homer Farrar, Bennet. Phil Gerelick, Omaha. 0. P. Holesovsky, Brainard. R. P. Hyatt, Aurora. Archie Hecht, Havelock. McOrew Harris, Omaha. 1 J. R. Hunter, Winnebago. Monte Kiffin, Lincoln. Vint Lawson, Omaha. Don J. Lindell, Wakamsa, Kas. R. J. Maaske, Bertrand. Dorsey Mclntyre, Lincoln. Frank Mielenz, Stanton. M. D. Mills, Lincoln. Arnold Oehlrich, Columbus. Glen Presnell, Dewitt. Ted Page, Crete. R. A. Filler, David City. J. L. Roth, Plymouth. John Rhodes, Ansley. Don Reese, San Bernardino, Cal. G. 0. Shaner, North Platte. Alonzo Stiner, Hastings. Leon Sprague, York. . W. W. Schrum, Lincoln. Clark Smaha, Ravenna. Rudolph Tomes, Clarkson. Gerald J. Wirsig, Sargent Joe Wostoupal, West Point. EITENSION DIVISION MEETS Monthly Loncheon Held at Grand Hotel Tuesday Noon The Extension Division of the University held its monthly luncheon the Grand Hotel, Tuesday noon, December 15. The room was decor- ed ln red and green, and the tables Were attractively arranged, the same 'o'ors being used in the scheme of favors. The entertainment, furnished by members of the staff, differed from ? usual program. Miss Bernice accompanied by Miss Free- ti j ave violin solo. Miss Helen noimberg favored the members with " P'ano solo. Herbert Yenne ended v" "Ung with a selection, "The Yo"ng Man Waited." There were forty-five members of division prent, including in ctors of the evening classes, "aera, and office employees. Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond Directs f ft Messiah" 30 As a charming, silver haired lady in a blue tailored suit, Mrs. Car rie B. Raymond, direc tor of music, related in a pleasant voice the milestones for thirty one years at the Uni versity of Nebraska. "This Is the thirti eth annual presenta tion of the "Messiah" by the University chorus. The presenta tion has improved greatly. This is partly due to the increase in the size of the cast. The first few years, there were forty in tho cast; this year there are 239 voices in the chorus. "I remember that at first people com plained when we pre sented the same ora torio year after year. However, this oratorio is the work most uni versally done. For example the Apollo Club in Chicago gives it twice annually, and does it year after year. "I was trained for chorus work by William Tommins, director of the Apollo Club for twenty-five years. I received my musical education in New York and Chicago." Mrs. Raymond is not of a musical family. As a small child, however, she remembers that "I used to drum on the window panes, and that is the first indication of having any latent musical ability that I can re member." NEBRASKA TEACHER RECEIVES ATTENTION Professor Browne!!, Co-Author of Book, Honored by Editor Of Magazine In the Book Reviews of the Decem ber number of School Science And Mathematics, Chicago, and over the initials of its editor, Chas. H. Smith, appeared the following concerning "The Teaching of Science, And The Science Teacher." Prof. Herbert Browsell of the Teachers College was co-author of this book. "This is a book for which there will be a great demand. It has been written by two well known science teachers each of whom has made a name' for himself before attempting the compilation of this text. "One happy thought of the auth ors has been to keep the human ele ment constantly before the reader. If one judges from what the pupils of these two gentlemen have accom plished since leaving their class rooms, one cannot help but be cer tain that their methods of presenting the study of science have been filled with the human element These men have as large a .constituency of suc cessful pupils as any two science teachers that may be named. "This book has been prepared very largely and primarily for beginners in science teaching who are anxious at the start to present to their pupils the right methods and plans. It is a remarkably good book from all phases of attack. It is written in a clear, concise way. The diction is splendid. It is a text that all begin ning teachers or teachers who are be ginning. the study of science should read, and teachers of experience will do well to study the book." Begin Second Year Aviation Course The second year of the aviation course offered bythe naval reserve to male students in me university of Wisconsin and to its citizens of Madison, was begun this week. The course includes instruction in aerol oirv. theory of flight, navigation, aviation engines and naval history. Business Training Paramount, Says President of University of Chicago In view of the widespread move ment in the United States and othei cbuntries in the way of university training for business, the recent ad dress of President Max Mason of the University of Chicago before the In stitute of American Meat Packers is interesting and timely. President Mason, formerly Professor of Phy sics in the University of Wisconsin and a distinguished scientist, takes a broad and philosophical view of the whole subject, as will be seen in the following article: "The great modern, industrial sys- i. .hnrapterized by the respon sibility for human' happiness which han been forced upon ths adminis trators of the great industries. "The responsibility has Deen met. Business consists no longer of the exploitation of public necessity for THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, ' THURSDAY, DECEMBER Times at Nebraska Postmaster Instructs Public in the Art of Wrapping and Mailing Postmaster W. L. McClay has giv en the following wrapping and mailing instructions for Christmas packages to the public: All parcels must be securely wrapped and packed. Use strong paper and heavy twine. Articles easily broken or crushed must be crated or securely wrapped Use a liberal amount of excelsior in and around the article and between the article and the container. Such packages must be marked "fragile." Articles likely to spoil should be marked "Perishable." Use special delivery stamps to expedite delivery. . Addresses should be complete,- with house number, name of street, post office box or rural route number. Addresses should be written in ink Place return cards with your name and address in the upper left hand corner. Postage must be fully prepaid. Do not paste Christmas stickers on the address side of the package. Insure or register all- valuable mail. Give the package the "once-over" before mailing. Mail early! There will be no de livery on Christmas Day except of special delivery packages and per ishable articles. VALKYRIE TO BE HOSTESS AT TEA Entertainment Planned For Weekly Tea at Ellen Smith Hall This Afternoon Members of Valkyrie, junior-sen ior honorary organization for wo men, will be the hostesses at the weekly tea given for all University women at Ellen Smith Hall from 4 to 6 o'clock on Thursday. Burdette Taylor and Mary Lou Parker are in charge of the enter tainment and on the refreshment committee are Blenda Olsen, Mildred Wilkinson and Vivian Varney. The decorations will be carried out in a color scheme of lavender with Blanche Burt and Helen Bredenberg in charge. Arthella Gadd, an alum nae member of the organization, will preside at the tea table. Omicron Nu Alumni Entertain The Omicron Nu Alumnae gave a Christmas party at the home of Mary Guthrie, 206 South 27th street, on Tuesday, Dec. 15. The committee in charge was Mrs. True Colbert, Mary Ellen Brown, Miriam Wil liams, Alice Dee and, Mildred Holtz. private gain, although business re mains both competitive and cooper ative. The shift of emphasis to co operation, within the industries, and with the public, has been complete. The spirit of modern industry is ser vice, and the great business execu tives of today are leaders in the eco nomic and social progress of the race. s clear that the happiness and Wf .. of the people depend upon the v.cgree of the people depend upon modern business performs its tasks. It is equally clear that th degree of efficiency witth which modern busi ness performs its taks depends upon the competence, training, and vision of the individual participants in the large cooperative undertaking of (Continued on Page Three.) ? r " i i v ! . i I i i i i ... WORLD FORUM GROUP HEARS RABBI SPEAK Rabbi S. Starrels Explains "Universalism" in Talk Wednesday Noon UPHOLDS ALL RELIGIONS Says Future Welfare of the World la Dependant Upon Science And Religion Declaring that the hope of the fu ture lies in science and religion, Rab bi S. Strrels yesterday addressed a large student audience at the World Forum at the Grand Hotel on tho subject of "What is Univer salism?" Rabbi Starrels challenged his audi ence, declaring, "If we claim any one religion as the true faith, we immediately rule out the over whelming majority of mankind, no matter which faith is selected. The Jewish conception of universialism is that humanity is one humanity just as it is conceived that there is only one God." The arrival of the Jewish people to such a universalism, he pointed out as having been completed by the time the Old Testament was completed. He likened the univer salism of Judaism to a triangle in which God stood at the apex, the Jews at one corner, and the rest of the stream of life at the other. Ori ginally he pointed out that the Jews saw only one line extending from Gow to them but with the coming of prophets a revolution of thought completed the triangle. Say Prophet Were Revolutionary "The prophets," said Rabbi Star rels, "preached a revolutionary doc trine when they declared that God did not bring the Jews out of Egypt because they were favored but be cause they were held in unjust bond age and that God was a just God The purpose of the Book of Jonah is to complete the triangle of univer salism, to bring the realization that all peoples have one God." With this conception of the uni versalism of Judaism impressed on his listeners, Rabbi Starrels proceed ed to a discussion of the slight mis sionary activities of the Jews. "The first aim of Judaism," he said, "is to attempt to dissuade those who wish to join us. We don't want them unless that is their real aim. For we never have felt missionary work necessary because we never felt that Judaism is the exclusive religion." Gandhi Great Religious Leader "Bishop Starreis stated that he wouldn't hesitate a minute to name the Hindu, Gandhi, as the greatest religious leader of today, pointing to Gandhi's life as evidence. "In fact," he stated, "I doubt if any re ligious leader in the history of man kind has exerted as beneficient an influence as Gandhi." Charging that the superiority complex possess ing us makes intolerance, he stat ed that it was not justified by im partial study. "After all," he said, "what should be' the criterion of e great religion? It should be the life of the people it influences." And again he pointed to the beneficienl effects of Gandhi's leadership. Rabbi Starrels concluded by point ing out two important tenets of Jud aism, the first: that the righteous of ill people shall have a share in the' world to come, and the second: tha the Gentile who leads a model life is as pleasing to God as the highest Hebrew in the Temple of Jerusalem. "I do not believe that Judaism if the greatest thing in the world," said Rabbi Starrels, "nor Christian ity, nor Mohammedanism, nor any of the other great religions. But the greatest thing is religion and by religion 1 mean the science of liv ing. Hope in science and Religion "Our hope of the future lies in science and religion. When in doubt go to the man who knows. If you want to know the truth about the earth, consult the geologist not the uninformed theologian. The men who can point out the shortcomings of the world may be able to suggest a remedy." "But," declared the Rabbi, "sci ence itself is not moral, is not im moral but is unmoral. The purpose of religion is to make the right use of the raw materials of science. Re ligion must turn it into high and worthy channels." In closing his address Rabbi Starrels reiterated that "Religion is the greatest thing (Continued on Page Two) Only DfrMF 7 CHRISTMAS First Few Days of Zero Weather Will Put Skating Rink in Readiness FINALS IN MAT TOURNEY TODAY . Interfraternity Wrestlers to Clash for Honors in All Weights TO DECIDE THIRD PLACES Finals of the interfraternity wrestling meet will be held today after two days of elimination bduts. The final bouts will be held in com bination with the third place con tests, which will begin at 4 o'clock. The list of fraternities represent ed in the finals is as follows: in the 108 pound class Rummelhart, Theta Chi will wrestle with A. W. Storms, Tau Kappa Epsilon. In the finals of 115 pound class Kellogg, Pi Kappa Alpha, will meet Karrer, Theta Chi. The finalists of the 125 pounders are Hudson, Tau Kappa Epsilon and Weber, Phi Delta Theta. Of the 135 pound class contestants there re mains Buck, Alpha Gamma Pi, and Smith, Thi Kappa. In the 145 pound class Baldwin, a Pi Kappa Alpha will wrestle Po tadle, Alpha Theta Chi. Lee and Moulten are the finalists in the 158 class, the former of Pi Kappa Alpha, the lat,ter, Alpha Theta Chi. Bless ing and Waldo, in the 175 pound class, of Theta Chi and an Alpha Sigma Rho will contest for the hon ors. The heavy weight champion ship is between Molzen, Kappa Sig ma and Randels, Pi Kappa Alpha. A first place in the meet counts eight points if won by a fall; if won by a time decision, five points. Sec ond place counts 3, while a third place 2 or 1. The admission to the finals will be ten cents. A list of the men to report today for a decision for third .places in the various classes is as follows; Herroh, Neff, Kelley, King, Treadwell, Mal lette, Townsend, Abbott, Kendall. Lang, Powell, Reller, Jackson, Crawl, Pospisil and Tuning. These men will report at 4 o'clock today. MUST MAKE CAMPUS LIKE OUTER WORLD Students Should Enliven Curriculum With Outside Activities, Says Jerome Davis Something must be done, writes Jerome Davis, of the Yale Divinity School in the December Century, to increase the interest of the college body in the live problems of the day to make the intellectual campus as real as the world of out side activities. Northwestern University students have found a way to enliven their curriculum by talk fests with the wobblies, hoboes, migratory work ers from the wheatfields of the west and the ore boats of the Great Lakes. On Northwestern night at the Ho boes College, West Washington Street, Chicago, they crowd into- one room, Hobo College, voice their opin ions, and listen to the philosophy, the varied experiences of the migratory workers. At the last meeting crime was the subject for discussion. Men who had served jail sentences told why they had been arrested, what the penalty had been and the treatment they had received while in custody. Students Arouse Antagonism Students who enter the industrial world often arouse the antagonism of organized labor. At the Univer sity of Denver there has long been enmity between the local Window Cleaners Union and a student or ganization of Window Cleaners. The union men complained because they were the heads of families and could not meet the student wage scale. Finally the matter was arbitrated. Handel, Composer One of World's Most Prolific Authors "The Messiah", which will be pre sented by the University Chorus at 10 o'clock this morning was written in twenty-four days by George Handel. . While lie oratorio is by Handel, the Libretto is f.-om "Holy Scrip tures" by Charles Jenncns. In 1742, during Handel's sojourn in Ireland, "The Messiah" was first presented. "No other musical work has had such long, continuous 'and endur ing popularity as "The Messiah." "The veneration with which "The Messiah" is regarded is doubtless partly due to the subject but to a great extent it must be attributed to the splendid music, some of which the stirring "Glory to God," the stupenduous "Hallelujah", and the magnificent "Amen," is not for an age but for all time. 17, 1925. Workmen Busy Erecting Toboggan And Leveling Field) Students to Enjoy Night Skating Under Bat tery of Electric Lights. Work on the skating rink has been started, workmen are leveling the field, and as soon as there arc four or five days of zero weather the rink will be opened. It is to be on the field east of Social Science, and the toboggan is to be erected at one end of the rink. Electric lights arc being made for evening skating. There is to be a fee of ten cents charged for after noon skating from three to six, and the same fee for evening skating from seven to ten. There will be colored tags dated and printed in different colors for the afternoon and evening. The Women's Athletic Association has three toboggans ready for use and work on thp slide has been started. The season should be opened by the end of the holidays, January 4, and if the weather permits the rink may be ready for use during the holiday season for those who are staying or live in Lincoln. It is the hope of the organization that every thing will be ready by January 4, and that all the men and women on the campus join in and enjoy win ter sport here at Nebraska for the first time. 32 INITIATED TO , PERSHING RIFLES First Class of Year Taken Into the Military Organization Last Night Thirty-two pledges were initiated into Pershing Rifles, honorary mili tary organization for basic R. 0. T. C. men, at an initiation held in Ne braska Hall last night. The initi ation was the first one held this year. Paul Stauffer, captain of the or ganization, was in charge of the ceremony. Pershing Rifles, started at the University of Nebraska, is now a national organization and promises to expand to schools in this coun try which have R. O. T. C. units. ENGINEERS TEST CDLYERTS Experiments Made to Learn Effect of Reinforcements A series of tests on the strength of reinforced culvert pipes are be ing made in the laboratory of the applied mechanics department The object is to learn the effect of re inforcing the pipes and to find the position of the fractures when they occur in the pipes as these are placed under tremendous pressure. The pipes used range in size from eigh teen inches to forty-eight inches. A number of companies have submitted the pipes to the department for the test. The civil engineering department has taken a few feet of moving pic tures showing the test. Now the students have agreed to work under union wages and hours. "Joining hands of students who earn their school expenses by wash ing windows with members of tho lo cal union means a victory for an idea, a principle and a social creed that is of far reaching importance" observes the Denver Clarion. "Education, no matter how erud ite it is in process, no matter how high it claims to be in theoretical ideas, is but ephenereal veneer and worthless mockery, if it does not in spire its recipients to strive for a social order which will permit every man .to .give full expression to his individuality " of "Messiah" is During the first performance of "The Messiah" in London in 1743, the audience was so effected by the music that when the Hallelujah began "For the Lord God omnipo tent reigneth" the entire audience stood up. This is the origination of the sustom of rising during the Hallelujah chorus. Handel, the author, was "one of the greatest composers that the world has ever seen." Although an infant prodigy, Han del became a musician over bis fath er's objections. The father of Han del was a surgeon in Saxony, and was 63 years old at the time of the birth of his famous son. He was a prolific composer. Of his other oratorios the most famous are "Saul," "Israel in Egypt," and "Solomon." PRICE 5 CENTS. "MESSIAH" TO BE GIVEN IN ARMORY TODAY Musical Production to be P re lented Here for Thir tieth Time EXCUSES WILL BE GIVEN Students May Be Excused from Classes by Arrangement With Instructors WILL GRANT EXCUSES Students who desire to attend the thirtieth annual Christmas production of Handel's "Messiah" will be allowed to do so and will be excused from conflicting classes. In order to avoid misunder standing concerning the work missed, students should make ar rangements with the professors of conflicting classes before the re cital. "The University, as a whole, will not be dismissed for the annual pro duction of the 'Messiah,' " Execu tive Dean Carl C. Engberg announc ed yesterday. "Individual students who desire to attend will be excused from conflicting classes." The thirtieth annual Christmas production of the "Messiah," world famous oratorio by George Handel, will be given this morning at 10 o'clock in Memorial Hall by the Uni versity chorus under the direction of Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond. Request No Applause Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond, chorus director, has requested that there be no applause during the production because of the serious nature of the oratorio. The University orchestra under the direction of William T. Quick will assist in the production. Soloists who have parts in the ora torio are: Harriet Cruise, soprano; Edward Ellingson, tenor; Katherine Dean, contralto; Herman Decker, bass. Soloists with the orchestra will be: Edward Walt, first violin; Ernest Harrison, second violin; William T. Quick, viola; Lillian Eiche, volinj cello; Mark Pierce, bass; Don Berry, trumpet; Fleda Graham, piano; Edith Burlington, organ. The members of the chorus are: sopranos Bernice Angle, Virgie Bass, Ethel Basseet, Estelle Beall, Frances Beers, Edna Blore, Lois Brandhorst, Madeline Btennahj Gret- ta Brown, Bernadette Cahill, Siena Cotlett, Lisle Clayton, Antonine Con- iglio, Vera Coupe, Nell Daly, Pearl Diller, Vivian Delman, Ruth Dimick, Lily Doll, Mignon Dort Lilian Ed strom, Ollie Etting, Adaline Finley, Stelbe Fenster, Janite Fredrickson, Lela Gravatt, Fleda Gisham, Bernice Grunwald, Emily Guggs, Loretta Granzer, P. Heckelman, Addin Hermsmeier, Zouzie "Hill, Helen Holmberg, Edith Hronoc, Lois Jack man, Margaret Jackson, Clara John son, Lillian Johnson, Phyllis Keck, Carmen King, Dora King, Eva Krogh, Anna Krula, Mazie Lawlen, Marian Tobbins, Thelma Longman, Abie Line, Mable Ludlem, Dorothy Mc- Cenley, La Verne MacCoy, Elizaf beth McPherson, Muriel McLaren, Blanche Mortz, Genevieve Mason, Ruth May, Doris Minney, Frances Monahan, . Ruth Muirhead, Helen Mueller, Elice Melcy, Mildred Nef- ky, B. L. Naikel, Dorothy Norris, Jeannctte Olson, Beth Taffenrath, Marcia Perry, Beatrice Pickett, Dor othy Pound, Nellie Puice, Margaret Raffan, Sarah Richmund, Alice Rior dan, Grace Rogge, Cleopatra Ross, Dina Rossean, Margaret Rutlidge, Mildred Rychman, Hazci Rusell, Joy Schaeffer, Grace Schmicl, Melvina Schure, Helen Shearer, Cleo Shild neck, Janet Smith, Dorothy Struble, Ferns Stoze, Edith Stander, Mar- jorie Stuff, Opal Turner, Helen Tal cott, Helen Tilden, Ruth Tappan, L. Von Volkenburgh, Edna Wood, Vanita Lewis, Harriett Cruise, Lula (Continued on Page Four.) THREE TAKEN INTO SOCIETY Theta Sigma Phi, Women's Journal istic Society Take New Members Theta Sigma Phi. professional journalistic society for women pledg ed the following women or? Wednes day, Drcember 16: Neola Skala, '27, Lincoln; Ellen GaUaeher. '27. Heart- well; Pearl Collett '27, Lincoln. Initiation will take place some time after the Christmas holidays. Members for this organization art chosen from the women in the junior and senior classes on scholarship merit and general ability in journal ism. Weather Forecast Thursday: Fair with rot much change in temperature.