The Daily Nebrask an THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, ' FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1926. li VOL. XXV. NO. 91. PRICE 5 CENTS. ALPHA DELTA THETA LEADS SCHOLARSHIP Loving Cup Presented at Pan Hellenic Banquet for Highest Average ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS Alpha CM Omega, Alpha, Phi, "J Sigma Kappa Are Net In Rank Alpha Delta Theta, Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Phi, and Sigma Kappa sororities won the silver loving cups .warded by Mrs. Ernest C. Ames on the basis of highest scholastic aver age for the past year, at the first .nnual Lincoln Pan-Hellenic banquet asl evening at the Scottish Rite Temple. The cup for the highest scholarship will become the property of Alpha Delta Theta. The other three cups will rotate from year to year to the sororities with the sec ond, third, and fourth scholastic averages. About one thousand sor ority women attended. An unusual program, kept secret until the eve of the banquet, was presented: Song: "The Cornhuskers." Song: "Nebraska's Here to Do or Die." Dance: "The Marouchka." Eve ' lyn Brown, Maurine Champ, Grace Hall, Isabelle Myers. Solo dance: "Hongroise." Flavia Waters Champe. Sons: "U N Rah." - "The Four Decades," as history of University of Nebraska sororities was presented by Representatives from each: Kappa Kappa Gamma, 1884, Inez Evans. Kappa Alpha Theta, 1887, Mary Elizabeth Sproule. Delta Gamma, 1888, Dorothy Pierce. Delta Delta Delta, 1894, Elsie Neely. Pi Beta Phi, 1895, Lois Butler. Chi Omega, 1903, Thelma King. Alpha Omicron Pi, 1903, Alice Weise. Alpha Phi, 1905, Blantche Martz. Alpha Chi Omega, 1907, Elsie Vandenburg. Phi Omega Pi, 1910, Helen Cowan. Delta Zeta, 1910,. Constance Ste vens. Alpha Xi Delta, 1912, Grace Hol lingsworth. Gamma Phi Beta, 1914, Charlene Cooper. Alpha Delta Pi, 1915, Lillian Lightner. Phi Mu, 1920, Alda Kierly. Kanna Delta. 1920. Alice Leslie. Alpha Delta Theta, 1923, Celia motz. Sigma Kappa, 1923, Nellie Daly. Theta Phi Alpha, 1924, Katherine Costin. Roll Call of "The Greeks." Greeting: Dean Amanda Heppner. Presentation of Awards: Mrs. Ernest C. Ames, president 1925 1926. Song: "There is No Place Like Nebraska." The committees of the banquet ere as follows: Program, Miss Blanche Garten, Mrs. Howard Kirk Patrick, Mrs. Warren Ogden, Mrs. vnce Traphagen, Mrs. Flavia (Continued to Page 3). BARBOUR WILL TALK AT HEET1HG EIONDAY Mrrill H.I1, Planned a, the Next Campus Addition, is Pro fessor'a Topic Prof. E. H. Barbour, chairman of wology and Geopraphy department, speak Monday evening at 7:30 'J in the Mechanical Arts wilding 206, on the new Morrill Ha'l- This building, named for the Onerous contributor to the support i Phaleonology at the University, j responsible for many museum flections, Hon. Charles If. Morrill, he" finished will occupy ground w Fourteenth Street from S to U. The set of drawings of the new Bunding has been recently com j V Davis and Wilson, archi r' A. Davis, of the architec ts! firm working on .the building, l exhlb!t in connection with the cture a number of slides showing "e various plans of the building. fan new Matures will be explained iu thi ,, hal1 wiU be a museum for collections of the University that th! ,catterei over the buildings of campus. ft U the present plan to have the Fine Arts ln " "cond den.!?' floors of the building. T'ae Partment, occupying this space nd 0t apPlied music, theory ' Paint;, 17 of music' drawing and toS .'J mode,inS. design, art his Tki dramati5 literature. lecture on the new building De open to tLe pullic. 1 ! The "Co-Ed Follies9', New Feature For Amusement, Planned by A. W. S. WEATHER FORECAST Friday: Fair with rising tem perature. Weather Conditions Rain, turning to sleet and snow, fell yesterday and last night in Kansas, Southern Nebraska and Southern and Eastern Iowa ,and rain in the Ohio and lower Mis iBsippi valleys. The snow was heavy in central Kansas and Southern Iowa. The storm is now centered over Missouri, where rain continues, and is extending slowly eastward. It is followed by clearing and colder weather in the upper Missouri valley and the Rocky Mountain states, but tem peratures are still moderate for the season. THOMAS A. BLAIR, Meteorologist PLAYERS GIVE 'AREN'T WE ALL' Packed House Greet First Showing of Comedy at Temple Theater TO BE REPEATED TONIGHT "Aren't We All," presented by the University Players Thursday even ing, was greeted by a house literally packed. The three-act comedy by Frederick Lonsdale was particularly amusing to the Temple theater first nighters. The play will be repeated Friday and Saturday evenings and at a Saturday matinee. Miss Howell's excellently assem bled cast welded a harmonious whole of the theme of the play. Harold Sumption as Lord Gren ham, a free and untrammeled English widower, was the central character, and sharpened the point of each sally, upon the "strangeness" of life with a humorous sympathy that continually drew applause from the audience. - As Margot Tatham, Lord Gren ham's daughter-in-law, Frances Mc Chesney entered vividly into the characterization. Her anger at finding her husband "making love" to an ex-actress upon her sudden re turn from a several month's vaca tion was genuine. Her interpreta tion of the part was a refreshing bit of the play. The erring husband Willie Tatham, was portrayed by Harold Felton ac curately, from his consternation upon the sudden arrival home of his wife to his delight at her final forgive ness. His stage personality again won the sympathy of his audience. Ray Ramsay, as Rev. Ernest Lyn ton, a thoroughly hypocritical "holier-than-thou," and Ruth Jamison as his wife, were well presented. Ida Mae Flader, as Lady Frinton, the desperate, angler for Lord Grenham, and Florence Surber, as Kitty' Lake, the woman in the case, carried their parts with unusual ability. Herbert Yenne as Willocke, an Australian, who threatened to break into the happiness of the Tathams, was emphatically different from all other roles in which he has appear ed with the Players. The musical theme accompanying the play added much to the atmos phere. The settings, done by Dwight Kirsch and his students, were rich, and the color added to the bright ness of the action. The cast is as follows: Margot Tatham Frances McChesney Lady Frinton ...Ida Mae Flader Hon. Angela Lynton ....Ruth Jamison Kittie Lake Florence Surber Hon. Willie Tatham ....Harold Felton Lord Grenham Harold Sumption Rev. Ernest Lynton Ray Ramsay Willocke Herbert Yenne Roberts Henry Ley Morton Edward Taylor Arthur Sells .Thad Cone Martin Steele ...Jack Rank "What the Woman's Club Needs Is Discussion," "There are finishing schools and finishing clubs, which certainly do finish you; but the most finishing thing in the world is the average women's club. I am afraid of them: their members all have 'clubites,' by which I mean they want to meet and be BDoken to. or read to, when wnai they need is discussion." Although Miss Gertrude fciy, na tional chairman of the New Voters the Leaene of Women Vo- tres, had only one short day to spend in Lincoln, she was willing to crowu an interview in between a luncheon and a tea with a Daily NebrasKan re porter. Miss Ely was very Indignant about what she called the "lack of demo Presentation March 26 in Armory I Decided) Associated Women Stu dents Organisation Gets the Idea From Other Colleges "Co-ed Follies" put on by various oranizations of the campus, is being planned by the Associated Women Students for March 26. This sort of entertainment has been a part of the school life of many universities, but till now has never been attempted at Nebraska. At Minnesota and Oregon, under the name of "Co-ed Vaudeville," an an nual show has proved highly success ful. So with this in mind, A. W. S. is instituting a similar affair at Ne braska. The Armory has been secured for the evening of March 26, and the en tertainment will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Any group of girls or or ganization may compete by entering a skit, a musical comedy, or any en tertainment which a group of girls could present successfully. Any number of girls over two may enter. The Associated Women Students hope to promote closer association between different organizations and groups, and if this initial attempt is successful, they plan to work it out to such a degree that the girls will have acts and entertainments such as are found in Road Shows. Univer- stiy Night is composed mainly of boys, and working on the theory that girls have as much talent, there is no doubt that the "Co-ed Follies" will be just as amusing and success ful. A small sized stage, with curtains and regulation stage equipment, is to be erected in the Armory. Try outs for the Follies will be announced and any girls who would like to ap pear in it can start composing a short skit. A. W. S. is sponsoring and inaug urating this event, which is an essen tial part of school life in other Uni versities, but which so far has been lacking here. It will appeal to all Individuals, class organizations, study clubs, literary societies, sororities and even intersorority groups. It should prove an excellent opportun ity to display any hidden dramatic ability, and all acts will be judged If the Follies prove successful this year, in the future the vaudeville will probably be presented at the Or pheum for outside audiences, al though the school showing will be for girls only. Prizes for the winning skits will be worth any effort the actors may put forth, as it will be money. The definite amounts have not yet been decided. Doris Pinkerton is in charge of the general supervision of plans, and will appoint sub-committees later. IIUSKER MATHEN MEET MISSOURI Tiger Match Is Last oa Home Floor; Minnesota and Iowa, Yet on the Schedule The Wrestling team will meet Missouri in the last home match of the season Saturday evening, after the basketball game. It will be the fourth dual meet. Nebraska has won from Kansas and the Kansas Aggies, and lost to Ames. Next week the wrestlers will meet Minnesota at Minneapolis on Satur day. March 6 they will wrestle at Ames in a return meet They will wind up the season in the Missouri Valley tournament which will be held at Oklahoma A. M. March 12 and 13. Missouri has not sent in their line up as yet. Nebraska will be repre sented by: Blore in the 115-pound class, Webber in the 125-pound class Kellogg in the 135-pound class, Skin ner in the 145-pound class, Branni gan in the 158-pound class, Captain Highley in the 175-pound class, and Tuning in the heavy-weights. Urges Gertrude Ely cracy'' in this country, due, she be lieves, to a need for educated poli tics. She told of how the soldiers of other nations expressed wonder and interest in life in a "wonderful demo cracy." Upon returning she was so full of these discussions on demo cracy, that she started to find out how to use-the vote, which had been handed to her in the meantime. "This vote had been given to me, but there was nothing with it; there was nobody to tell me how to use it, and nobody was willing to do any thing about it I went to one man who had been in office for thirty (Continued cn Tag'e Three.) UNIVERSITY NIGHT ACTS ARE CHOSEN All Seven Skits for Annual Show Accepted by The Committee REHEARSALS UNDER WAY fire Full-Length Presentations and Two Short Numbers Com plete Program The acceptance of another curtain skit by the University Night Commit tee, Thursday, completed the list of the seven acts for the annual show February 27 at the Orpheum Theater. There will be five full length acts and two curtain skits. Rehearsals for most of the acts have been held this week. The ticket sale will start Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the Or pheum Theater box office. The sale will continue until the house is com pletely sold out. Tickets will be sold at one- place only, and no reserva tions may be made before the sale starts. The amount of tickets one person may buy is not limited. The priee is one dollar for any seat A large variety will be seen in the skits this year. There will be an abundance of music, dancing, and singing, with the usual amount of wit and satire. A chalk-talk by Rob ert Barr will be an unusual feature of the show this year. The main act of the evening will be presented by the National Collegi ate Players, Pi Epsilon Delta. This will be a presentation of the skit written by Sigma Delta Chi, which won the prize offered by the Univer sity Night Committee. Thirty peo ple will take part in this skit. The Corn Cobs will present a full- length act in which Karl Nelson and Merle Jones take the leading roles. The act includes a cast of thirty, featuring the Corn Cob chorus. The Tassels are also preparing a skit in which Ruth Clendenin, Mar garet Long, and Harriet Cruise take the leading roles. The rest of the Tassels will comprise a chorus. Harriet Cruise and Edward Elling- son, both well-known singers, will present a skit They will have a two-piano accompaniment played by Russel Townsend and Edward Walt. Judd Crocker, Allen Gardner and Wallace Weeks will be seen in a curtain skit The other full length act will be given by the Dramatic Club. RELAY TRYODTS FOR TRACK MEN Coach Schulte Holds the First Elimination Before the Illinois Contest Track fans will have an oppor tunity to witness almost a track meet this afternoon under the Sta dium when preliminary try-outs for the Illinois relays will be held. Coach Schulte predicts close competition in some of the events and invites all track enthusiasts if they wish to see some exciting races. Especially in the 440-yard dash and half-mile run will there be strong rivalry. In each of these ra ces there will be entered about five men, and as they are all about equal the races should be close. Wyatt. Davenport, and Dailey, in the 440, have each made about the same time while in the half-mile it is a toss-up between Roberts, Johnson, Ross and Lewis. The other everts of the af ternoon will be the hurdles, pole vault, shot-put and dashes. A numeral meet will also be held in connection with the Varsity try- outs. Men who have not yet won their numeral will have a chance at this time to compete for it. Many men won their numerals in the inter fraternity meet, but from time to time meets will be held for those men who have not yet qualified. The ev ents will start at 4 o'clock and will be run on their regular schedule. The list of men who have already won their numerals are: Ballah, Davenport, Reneau, Roberts, Huls ker, Johnson, Krause, Leffler, Lee, Lemly, Marrow, Mulloy, and Wyatt Sergeant Chrysler Leaves University Sergeant H. O. Chrysler, of the non-commissioned officers detach ment in the University of Nebraska R. O. T. C, left Lincoln Wednesday at the expiration of his term of en listment. A sergeant from Fort Crook will take his place. Deciding to Walk on Dates, Sorority Girls Come to Men's Aid in Rate War One Rent-a-Ford Dealer Weakens As More Than One Hundred Women Refuse To Ride to Parties More than a hundred girls, mem bers of four sororities, have come to the aid of their boy friends and an nounced that they will refuse to go on dates with any men who rent cars. The action of the sororities came today as the result of a fight started yesterday by individual students of the University to secure a reduction in the price of renting cars. The car-renting agencies in Lincoln last week announced a substantial in crease in the price of rentinr their automobiles ,and daters at thv Jni versity decided it was unfair. The sororities which today an nounced they would not date boys who rent cars were: Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Phi and Delta Zeta. The action was ta ken by the girls voluntarily in an ef fort to help the male students se cure the reduction in car renting charges which they ask. Miss Priscilla Towle, Lincoln. president of Kappa Kappa Gamma, said her sisters would go the limit in helping the boys secure the price reduction. She was backed in her statement by Margaret Nelson, Lin coln, and Elice Holovitchiner, Oma ha, her sorority sisters, who helped' enlist the members of that organi zation in the movement Miss Charlotte Baker, Buffalo, Wyo., president of Alpha Phi, and Gwenn Lambert, Wray, Colo, a sister, enlisted the girls of that sorority in the project. When asked if they should go into the movement, the members of the sorority cried, "Sure." Miss Frances McChesney, Omaha, president of the Delta Delta Delta, and Miss Helen Schwager, Omaha, enlisted the members of their soror ity in the movement All of the girls saying they would do anything to help out. Miss Blanche Stevens, Beaver City, president of Delta Zeta, and Miss Florence Surber, Sioux City, an nounced the girls of that organiza tion had today decided to join the boys of the University in their ef forts to seucre lower rates. The movement was started early this week when individual men stu dents decided that they would not pay the new prices, which call for an hour charge from 6 p. m. to 6 a. m., and a charge for gasoline and oil in addition to a mileage charge of fourteen cents a mile. Their ex ample was followed by hundreds of other boys, and by last night almost every member of every fraternity on the campus had decided they would refuse to rent cars until the price was lowered. The new rates, they say, mean a charge of approximately a dollar an evening above the old. Renting of cars at Nebraska has increased .among men students for b number of years. Five years ago one company operated in Lincoln, while today there are a dozen. This, the students say, shows that they are making a large profit, and do not need the increase. They contend they wil hold out on the plan until they secure a Fubstantia) reduction, probably to as low as ten or twelve cents a mile with no hour charge. One Rent-a-Ford company an nounced today it was willing to go to eight cents a mile if other com panies would join suit. This, the students contend, shows that the present charge of fourteen cents, plus gasoline, oil charge, and hour charge, is too much. For the first time in many months. students at the University will walk their dates to parties this week-end, and, if the price is not lowered, for many week-ends to come. The movement was started by E. F. DuTeau, Merrill, Wis. Lowell Observatory Astronomers Say Life on Mars Is a Possibility Conditions upon Mars are such as to make it reasonable to suppose that life, as we know, exists on the planet. This statement was made by Dr. E. B. Flipher and Dr. C. O. Lamp- land of Lowell conservatory. Flag staff, in papers presented recently before the convention of the South west section of the American Associ ation for the advancement of science. Many astronomers, notably those of Mount Wilson observatory, Pasa dena, CaL, do not think that Mars has conditions to support life. Flagstaff astronomers, however, gave the following reasons to support their beliefs 1. There is evidence that Mars has an atmosphere which contains axy gen and water vapors The admitted, however, in this connection, that the atmosphere on Mars is probably less than that on the high mountains of our continent; but they insisted tV f Benson Made President Of Freshman Law Class Merritt E. Benson, Sheldon, la., member of Phi Sigma Kappa and former student in the School of Journalism, was choBen president of the freshman law class at sec ond semester elections held on Thursday morning. Ivan Wilson, Shenandoah, la., was elected Vice-president He is a member of Delta Upsilon. Mil ton IT. Tnrpan, Sioux City, la., Phi Gamma Delta, was re-elected secretary, and Charles R. Hrd licka, Omaha, Alpha Sigma Phi, was chosen treasurer. GERTRUDE ELY VISITS LINCOLN Representative of National League of Women Voters Lectures IS HONORED AT TEA "The test of an office-holder is whether he is interested in benefit ting the country and the people, or just in holding office," declared Miss Gertrude Ely, national repre sentative of th National League of Women Voters, speaking at a con vocation for University women, in the Temple Theater yesterday morn ing at 11 o'clock. Miss Ely met many of the University women personally, at a tea from 4 to 6 o'clock in Ellen Smith Hall. Miss Ely has undertaken to "in terest all young women in the United States in citizenship,- voting and in democracy," at the request of the na tional league of whfeh. she is one of the directors, and chairman of the section on the "New Voters." "We are fond of talking about our rights in this country, 'she declared, "but few of us know what they are." It is to help young women who have just become, or about to become, voters, to understand what this new power means and is worth. Miss Ely is travelling through the colleges and the universities of the Middle West. Her first experience in a National party convention she described. It was the time to nominate the presi dent of the Unite dStates, "who has the whole United States in the palm of his hand." Attending were hun dreds of the best lawyers, doctors and politicians of the country. "I heard nothing intelligent spoken there," she asserted. "For three days they had nominating speeches for men they knew would not be el ected." Miss Ely suggested several things that the new voters might do, among which was a "Get Out the Vote Campaign." Miss Laura B. Pfeiffer presided at the serving table for the tea given in honor of Miss Ely in the after noon. Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Deitrich, members of the local league, were also guests of the University branch of the League of Women Voters. Re ceiving were Ida Mae Flader, Ruth Clendenin, Helen Aach, Mary Louise Freeman, Gwendolyn Templin, and Grace Elizabeth Evans. there is much larger amount of it on the planet than most astronomers think. 2. Clouds of mist are observed in the Martian atmosphere. 3. Polar caps on Mars, which are white, behave just as they would if formed of ice and snow. 4. Observations of the planet's surface, both by visual and photo graphic means, show a fine network of the so-called canals. 5. While Mars in farther from the sun that the earth is and therefore receives less light and heat from it, yet indications tend to prove that it receives a sufficiency of both. Meas urements indicate that Mars absorbs more of the energy it gets from the sun than does the earth, and deflects much less of it than does the earth. 6. Measurements cf the heat radi ation given out by Ma"8 indicate that the temperature rh."' at times from 10 tl ff rffxrnrl. HUSKER CAGE TEAM READY FOR TIGERS Meet Missouri Five for Second Contest of the Week In Field House OPPONENTS ARE STRONG Now Playing Fast Game After Poor Start at Beginning of Conference The University cf Nebraska bas ketball tosscrs will play their second game of the week tonight in the Field House at 7:30 o'clock. The Missouri Tigers will be the Huskers oppon ents. Saturday night the Nebraska five will meet Washington on the Field House floor. The Tigers, after a poor start at the beginning of the conference schedule, have found themselves and are now playing a fast game of bas ketball. Although Nebraska ranks considerably higher in Valley stand ings than does Missouri, the game will be hard fought and the Huskers can expect no easy victory. Coach Bearg has been working his men hard since the Kansas Aggie game in an endeavor to bring the team out of the slump they have been in for the past two weeks. The Huskers have lost four games in a row. The five that started the Aggie game Tuesday night: Smaha and Beerkle, forwards, Page, center, and Brown and Gerelick, guards, looked like the best combination that has been seen on the" Nebraska floor this season. This quintet outplayed the Aggies the majority of the opening period. Page, with his towering heighth, easily got the tip-off, and played a nice game on both defense and offense. Beerkle, starting his first game at forward this year, aided his team mates in carrying the ball within shooting distance of the basket Smaha and Brown have been the mainstays of the team all year, and Gerelick has been in several en counters. It is surmised that the Husker mentor will start this five against Missouri tonight, holding Captain Eckstrom, Lawson and Elliott in re serve. NAVY DEPARTMENT WANTS R.O.T.O. MEN Adjutant-General Asks Help in Securing Material for U. S. Marine Corps A letter from the Adjutant-General, Washington, has been received by Chancellor Samuel Avery asking R. O. T. C. to cooperate with the Navy Department in procurring about twenty Second Lieutenants, for the U. S. Marine Corps, to be selected from the Military colleges having advanced R. O. T. C. work. There will be on hundred vacancies in the regular army. The offices of Second Lieutenant will be filled wholly, or in part, from successful candidates taking the competitive examinations to be held in June, 1926. Following are the requirements: 1. Application blanks have been forwarded the institution and must be carefully filled out and executed as directed thereon. 2. The applicant must be unmar ried. 3. The applicant must be over twenty and less than twenty-five years of age on date commissioned. 4. Only applications upon which appear favorable comment of the president of the institution will re ceive consideration. 5. It is desired that all applica tions be received in the office of the Major General Commandant, Headquarters Marine Corps, Wash ington, D. C, not later than April 1, 1926. 6. The selection of the candidates to fill the vacancies will be made as soon after April 1 as practicable, and those selected will be notified immediately. Prior to the date of graduation a letter authorizing the candidate to appear before an ex amining board will be mailed. 7. Several examining boards will be convened throughout the United States at stations as conveniently located to the colleges as practicable. All expenses incident to travel of the candidate to and from the point where the examination is to be held, must be borne by the applicant 8. As soon as possible after the receipt of the report from the exam ining boards, there will be mailed to each successful candidate the oath of office and such other papers as are necessary. Upon the return of these papers, properly executed, or ders will be i.iRUod to the officer loroeeed to a Marine Corja f k lion 5 ! ; t, f 4 S ! t :