e Daily Nebraskan
"The success of most things
depends upon knowing how
long it will take to succeed."
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vmTxXVL NO. 14.
COMMITTEES
FOR VARSITY
DANCE NAMED
Large Numbers Appointed for
Second Party of Year
In Coliseum
PLAN INTERMISSION SKIT
Entertainment Feature Will
Welcome Guests from
Missouri Game
rvtno Urea committees have been
appointed to handle the phases of
the next Varsity Dance, Saturday
night in the Coliseum. 'An unusual
attendance is expected due to the
action of most of the fraternity and
sororities in declaring themselves
solidly behind the parties and the
fact that there will be a great num
ber of Missouri students in Lincoln
for the party.
The decoration committee has
been at work for the past two weeks
drawing plans for the Welcome Mis
souri decorations which will predom
inate in the design scheme. The en
tertainment committee is planning
a skit to be given during intermission
especially for Missouri.
Committee!
The committees chosen for the
party include:
Robert V. Hoagland, general chair
man. Ruth Palmer, secretary.
Refreshments, Jessie Kerr and
Oscar Norling, joint chairmen, Har
riett Vette, Bess Wilson, Katherine
Arnesberg, Dorothy Howard, Mary
Parkins, Mildred Wright, Louise
Bize, Florence Lee Hobbs, Janice
Foote, Mary Frances Hush, Harry
Hansen, Jimmie Musgrave, George
Ilrdlicka, Jesse Fetterman, Bryan
Baily, Gordon Larsen, Harold Cur
tis, Johnnie Moore, Paul Stauffer,
Lauerence Smith.
Publicity
The publicity committee includes:
Eloise MacAhan, and Arch Eddy,
joint chairmen, Julia Gerber, Bernice
Trimble, Lee Vance, Emmett Settle,
Torgny Knudson, Elva Erickson and
Eloise Keefer.
Those appointed on the decoration
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TRTOBLE HEADS
GREEN GOBLINS
Beechner is Vice-President and
Winkler Secretary! Initiate
Newly Elected Men
Harold Trumble, Cambridge, was
elected president of Green Goblins,
freshmen honorary, at a meeting held
Tuesday evening. Ralph Beechner,
Lincoln, was elected vice-president,
Cyril Winkler, secretary, and Paul
Wray, treasurer. Trumble is a mem
ber of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and
was prominent in State High School
athletic circles. Winkler belongs to
Phi Kappa fraternity.
The following were elected into the
organization at initiation last week:
Ralph Beechner, Raymond Lepi
cier, Harold Trumble, Al Wadleigh,
Lowell Lyele, Wilbur Lock wood, Bob
Bell, Dick Piatt, Dutch Witte, Neal
Bailey, John Hedge, Fred Davis,
Sandy MacPherson, John Pagels,
Sherman Welpton, Harold Linquist,
Lester Shepard, Wilbur H. Teeple,
David Vets, Edward Brodky, James
Musgrave, Tom Cowger, Dan Hokan
son, Dwight Andersen, La Monte
Lundstrom, Bob French, E. Sams,
Cyril Winkler, Lyman IL Heine,
Chauncey Hager, Harold Mario'tt,
Ray L. Okan, Geo. W. Holt, Paul
Wray, Lawrence Brock, Leon Lari
mer, and Robert NiccoIIs.
Mis3 Gray Recommends Samoa for
Interesting People and Scenery
One of the most remarkable vaca
tion trips taken by Nebraskans this
'summer was that enjoyed by Miss
Greta Gray, research worker in home
economics at the College of Agricul
ture, who has just returned home
from the Fiji Islands, American
Samoa, Hawaii, and Australia. She
was accompanied by her sister Miss
Isabel Gray of California.
Miss Gray considers Samoa the
best for the tourist to see since they
have beautiful scenery and interest
ing people.
The naval station, Miss Gray says,
is the one and only government of
American Samoa. This station hand
les all of the foreign trade and all
other matters that happen to irise.
The whites on the island encourage
the natives to keep the old customs,
and because of -ibis, one sees many
unique things on the Island.
Miss Gray saw only a few cars in
Samoa.
"If you travel in Samoa," explains
Miss Gray, "you have to get used to
walking and the walking is none too
good for the roads are very poor."
Waite Will Lecture
To Civil Engineers
The American Society of Civil
Engineers is to be entertained by an
illustrated lecture Wednesday eve
ning given by Prof. H. ,H. Waite.
The title of the lecture is: "Some
Problems of Sanitation." The meet
ing is at 7:30 o'clock in Mechanical
Arts, 10G.
PLAYERS' TICKET !'
SALE IS HEAVY
But Seat for All Performance
Still Arailable; Unusually
Large Advance Buying
"I am tremendously interested in
the work of the University Players,
particularly their reviving of old
Dlavs. alone with the presentation of
the new plays," said Prof. J. A. Rice,
when questioned today concerning
his Dpinion of the value of the Tem
ple Stock Company. "I have seen
many shows during the summer but
I enjoyed none of them more than I
did those I saw given by the Players
last winter."
The heavy ticket sale for all per
formances is an evidence that the ap
preciation of the Players' produc
tions have grown. Ticket sellers re
ported that nearly all people ap
proached upon the campus had either
Durchased tickets or were willing
buyers. The city sales have also been
very large in advance.
Coupons at Booths
The exchange coupons will still be
sold at booths in University Hall, Li
brary, the Temple and Social Science
Wednesday, the last day of the cam
paign. Students purchasing the cou
pons are asked to turn them in im
mediately for reserved seats in Tem
ple 153.
Bv Tuesday evening over two-
thirds of the Friday matinee seats
had been sold out and many tickets
hnH not heen checked in. It is the
hope of the business management
that the house will be sold out by
Wednesday evening.
Seven Plays
Th season coupon entitles the
holder to the scheduled seven plays
which are being offered on the Play
ers' program this year. The season
oDena with Austin Strong's "Seventh
Heaver," the intensely interesting
nlAv in which Helen Mencken starred
Following this will be "The Auction
eer," which was David Warfield's
favorite vehicle and a play with a
universal appeal. "The Swan " in De
pmlr. will be followed by "The
Music Master" and "White Collars."
"Craig's Wife," the Pulitzer Prize
play of 1926 will be the February
production and the Shakespeare play
will be "The Merchant of Venice."
One-Act Plays Not Given
For the past several years one eve
ning of the Players' has been given
t n act nlavs. but this will be
discontinued, each number consisting
of a complete dramatic production.
The price of the student matinee
is $2.75 and is open only to students.
The rate for the Saturday matinee
t.4 and all evening performances
are $5. Seats for all performances
are still available.
Modern Competition
Needs Sober Heads
"With our high speed competition
we must have clear, sober heads to
get there. We mint either support
prohibition or go bicic to buggies. A
drunken man can't twist the reins
about the dashboard of ar. automo
bile and expect to g"t home as he
did with old Dobbin." This was the
statement of Badr Clark, ctwboy
poet of the old weir, to the s'.udenU
at Colorado Agricntaral College at
Fort Collins, recently
There are many missionaries in the
Samoas and the Fijis, representing
both Catholics and Protestants. The
missionaries seem to be doing much
good, for the natives are all very
religious.
The SamoaA costume which Miss
Gray described is a dress made of
the inner bark of trees pounded
together. ,
"The peculiar nature of this bark,
remarked Miss Gray, "makes the gar
ment tear-proof, for as soon as a
rent is made in the cloth, the native
presses the two torn edges together
and the dress is as good as new."
"Although one would never sus
pect it," she said, "some cf the
Samoan chiefs are very wealthy and
they send their children to Honolulu
educated. They
are given every advantage the Amer-
icans give their children.
child must go through the fourth
grade in Samoa.
"The only safe harbor in thai part
.M-M u Ppo Paeo Harbor of
Samoa," she cont'vjed. "Many ships
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,
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Here is a picture of Nebraska's
Leo Sherer, Ed Weir,' Coach Bearg,
MILITARY CARNIVAL
TO BE NOVEMBER 13
Scabbard and Blade Committee
For Annual Party Are
Made Public
. Active preparations for the Mili
tary Carnival, which is to be spon
sored again this year by Scabbard
and Blade, military society, were,
made at a meeting of the society held
last evening.
John A. Boyer, Pawnee City is
chairman of the committees. The date
of the carnival this year-is November
13, the evening of the Homecoming
game with Kansas State.
The committees are:
Publicity: Horace Gomon, Edward
Morrow, William Cejnar.
General Committee: August Holm
quist, chairman, Watin Foster, Neill
Adams.
Confetti: John Welpton, chairman,
Fred Chase, Phil Sidles.
Check Room: Gordon Luikart,
chairman, Toohey, Ira BrinkerhofT,
Phillip Scoular.
Decorations: Arthur Breyer, chair
man, John Murchison, Major, Harold
Zapp.
Gambling: Ted Johnson, chairman,
Donald Mattison, Horace Noland,
Leslie Brinkworth.
Police: Judd Crocker, chairman,
Simson Morton, Eddy, Rogers.
PERSHING RIFLES
ELECTS NEW MEN
Thirty-Five Pledged at Meeting
Last Week; Harding Is
New Sponsor
At a meeting of Pershing Rifles
held in Nebraska Hall last week thir
ty-five candidates for membership in
the organization were voted upon and
accepted as pledges. The men to re
ceive Pershing Rifle ribbons are
anion? those of the 100 men who
tried out last week who had the least
number of mistakes in drill checked
against them.
Cant. Floyd C. Harding, newly
chosen sponsor of Pershing Rifles,
was introduced to the company by
Capt. August Holmquist, and he
made a short talk on future plans
and possibilities of the organization.
It was decided at the meeting that
Pershine Rifle drill would be tenta
tively held from 5 to 6 o'clock on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings, al
lowing the participant academif
credit for two of the three hours ol
compulsory weekly R. O. T. C. drill.
First Drill Thursday
The first drill of the year will be
held on Thursday of this week at 5
I'clock, when both initiated men and
pledges to the company will be pre
sent. The list of men who were selec
ted to pledgeship are:
Julian King, Claude .Mason, Jamer
Mason, Dale Weese, Richard Jewett,
C. R. Kirkpatrick, Ted Sherdeman,
Traber Bell, Harold Eklund, Ted
Scroeeins. Tromas Harris, Lolla Han
sen, D. B. James, Perry Marton, Ray
mond Prohaska, Charles Martin, C.
E. Harris. L. C. Davis, C. Kelley,
Alfred Wadleigh, Kenneth Young
Dean Hokanson, James Hamilton,
Sherman Walpton. Elmer Coates
Vercil Swift, H. Chase, McCleafjr,
Van Metre, Gould, Beachell, and
Hansen.
Madison Reporters
Ninety-six student reporters at the
University of Wisconsin wrote 7,284
column inches of news for Madison
and other Wisconsin newspapers last
semester.
In Charge of Husker
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coaching squad for the 192G season. Reading left to right they are:
Coach Black, and Coach "Bunny" Oakes.
Ag Engineers Will
Meet Next Thursday
The American Society of Agricul
tural Engineers of Nebraska is mak
ing plans for the year. The first
regular meeting will be Thursday
evening at 7:30 o'clock in Agricul
tural Engineering building, 211.
Any student interested in engi
neering is welcome.
MASKED FIGURE
AGAIN APPEARS
Walks to and from Campus Buildings
Between Three Classes;
Still a Mystery
The masked figure walked again
yesterday. He walked three times be
tween classes, it is reported, although
a Daily Nebraskan reporter was un
able to locate him. Before 9 o clock
classes he was seen near the Temple
and his path led to Chemistry Hall.
At 10 he walked back and into
Social Sciences Building before an
amused crowd of students who took
his antics as a joke and were not un
willing to poke fun at him.
Before 11 o'clock meetings a group
of students stopped him, surrounded
him. and asked his identity and his
purpose in the wanderings. He an
swered in several different ways,
none of which gave the posse much
satisfaction.
One person reported to the Ne
braskan office that he, with three
other inquisitive students, stopped
him near Administration Building
and refused to let him go his way un
til he gave them some account cf
his doings. He did not, however, give
them a satisfactory answer, and re
pulsed their attempts to take the
mask from his face. He told them
that it was none of their business and
that maybe sometime they would
know.
Rumor now has it that the figure
may be part of an experiment carried
on by the psychology -department, as
he has been seen near that depart
ment's offices in Social Sciences.
Others advocate various theories as
to the meaning of the whole thing.
Meanwhile the person remains the
masked man of mystery.
Graduate Chemists
The University of Wisconsin is
graduating more chemists with the
dceree of doctor of philosophy than
any other institution in the country
except Columbia University.
WEATHER FORECAST
For Lincoln and vicinity: Fair
tonight and Wednesday; not much
change in temperature; possibly
light frost tonight in low places.
For Nebraska: Fair to'night and
Wednesday; not much changj in
temperature; probably light frost
tonight.
Pressure continues high over
the Rocky mountains and the
northwest but the storm area has
moved eastward to the northern
Great Lakes. Cloudy and unsettled
weather prevails in most of the
Missouri and Mississippi Valley
area, and light rain has fallen in
many places, and heavy rain in
Louisiana and parts of the Ohio
Valley. Temperatures are below
normal in southwestern Nebraska
and somewhat above in the rest of
the state. It is coorover the Moun
tain region and warm in most of
the country east of the Mississippi
river.
Thomas A. Blair, Meteorologist.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1926.
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300 DAD'S DAY
' PAPERS MAILED
Viking's Plan of Sending Copies
Of Special Edition Out in
State Is Successful
More than three" hundred copies
of The Daily Nebraskan were sent
to the dads of University students
yesterday in preparation for Dad's
Day to be held on Saturday, October
9. The fraternities are being urged
to cooperate by closing their tables
for the banquet Saturday noon at the
Chamber of Commerce.
All students who wish to secure
seats with their dads for the game
may do so by going to the Student
Activities office in the Coliseum. Stu
dent tickets will be exchanged for
other tickets at no extra charge. Stu
dents wishing to exchange their stu
dent tickets to get two tickets so
tht they may be with their dads dur
ing the game should make the ex
change at once as the best seats left
are being given on the exchange. At
the same time that tickets are ex
changed, reservation should be made
for the banquet at the Chamber of
Commerce.
Lively Program
A lively program is planned for
the noon banquet with short talks by
Governor McMullen, Chancellor
Avery, Verne Hedge, and others. The
program, however, will be short sc
that the dads and sons will have
plenty of time to get to the Nebraska-Missouri
game.
Booths in front of Social Science
Building, Library, and Mechanical
Arts Building were established yes
terday morning by the Vikings
! where all students desiring to have
I The Daily Nebraskan sent to their
dads could have a free copy sent by
signing their dad's name and address
on the lists.
AG SCHOOL STARTS
FALL ENROLLMENT
Ten Per Cent Increase' of Boys Is
Estimated This Year; Number
Of Girls Decreases
The School of Agriculture has
started registration for the fall term.
Although the final statistics are not
available to-date, it is estimated that
the attendance of the boys will in
crease at least ten per cent. However,
it has been noticed that the regis
tration of girls has decreased so. far
this year. Over one hundred students
had enrolled up to noon Tuesday.
The first convocation of the year
for the School was held on Tuesday
morning. A good crowd attended, and
from all indications the school of
'Agriculture will be a success.
Temporary Change
A temporary change in the teach
ing staff has been made necessary
due to the sickness of Miss Wittwer.
Miss Morse will take her place until
such time as her health will enable
her to take up her occupation of
teaching again.
The student activities are already
in progression at the school. A num
ber of men are reporting for football
practice and there first football game
is scheduled for next week. A chorus
is being formed Tuesday evening and
indications are that a good turnout
can be expected. The School of Agri
culture orchestra will be organized
within a few days, however, this will
be withheld until the classes and
other activities have been started.
Come from Other Places
. naif the students in the University
of Wisconsin summer session come
from other states than Wisconsin.
New Supply of Green
Caps to Arrive Soon
Freshmen who have been unable
to procure green caps have only a
few more days of grace until they
have to don the freshman millinery.
The supply of caps was exhausted
earlv the second day of selling. Ma-
gees immediately sent in a rush
order that is being filled by the man
ufacturers at the present time. The
order will be shipped the latter part
of this week, and the caps will be
on sale Monday morning. After this
shipment arrives each freshman must
wear a cap at all times, under pen
alty of punishment by the sopho
mores. '
MEN TRY OUT FOR
GLEE CLUB TODAY
First Competition from 3 to 5:30
O'clock in Library 301;
Also 7 to 8 P. M.
All candidates for theMens' Glee
Club will try out today from 3 to
5:30 o'clock and from 7 to 8 p. m.
in Library 301. According to Paul
Morrow, secretary, there are only
about fifteen old members returning
to school this year and there is a
splendid opportunity for new mem
bers.
Herman Decker, recently appoint
ed director of the club, will be judge
of the tryouts. He stated that all
candidates will be judged on a basis
of voice ouality, musical ability, and
appearance. Members of the club may
obtain an hour of credit for their
work, which comes under the super
vision of the School of Fine Arts.
Announce Thursday
It is hoDed that the new members
chosen can be announced Thursday
and the first rehearsal held Friday at
the regular class period. One of the
first acts of the club will be the for
mation of a Varsity quartet for the
comincr season. Activities of the Glee
Club included in the past have been
sine-iner at convocations, at banquets,
in joint recitals with other musical
organizations, presentation of a local
program, appearing at theaters, and
making a ten-day trip through the
state during the spring holidays.
With every prospect for an excel
lent organization this year it is joped
that several activities not heretofore
included in the roster of the clubs
entertainment may be added to the
programs to be presented.
FRATERNITY SECTION
EDITORS ARE NAMED
Elice Holovtchiner and Harvey
Whitaker Added to Staff
Of 1927 Cornhusker
Elice Holovtchiner, '27, Omaha,
will hold the position of sorority edi
tor, and Harvey Whitaker, '28, Falls
City, will edit the fraternity section
of the 1927 Cornhusker, according to
an announcement made Tuesday by
W. F. Jones, Jr., editor-in-chief of
the annual publication.
Miss Holovtchiner is a member of
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Theta Sigma
Phi. and Valkyrie. She held the posi
tion of sorority editor on the 1926
annual, and News Editor of The
Daily Nebraskan.
Whitaker is a member of Phi
Gamma Delta and Vikings. He work
ed on the fraternity section of the
1925 and 1926 Cornhuskers, and H
well qualified for his appointment.
Fraternity and sorority pictures
are already being taken and the work
of the two staffs will begin imme
diately.
Care of University Signs and Keys
Is One of P. J. Harrison's Tasks
Do you ever wonder how the signs
around the campus go up and down
with such promptitude1 Or where
the seals which appear on University
publications come from? Or who
takes oharge of the thousands ol
keys that lock the doors and drawers
nil desks of the University? Ihese
are all phases of the work of Mr.
P. J. Harrison, whose office is in the
Administration Building.
Most of the drawings seen about
the campus come by way of Mr. Har
rison's ink-well and facile pen. He
makes all of the toachers' certifi
cates and some special . diplomas.
Formerly, before the University at
tained its present size, he also
nrinted the names and dates on the
regular diplomas, but that task Las
now been relegated to the printer
Another of his jobs in past years
has been to make the bulletins so
striking that the student will stop to
rpad them. It has taken quite a time
to train the student to read a bulletin
when he sees one, but this result has
flnftllv been achieved to a certain de
gree. Special testimonials also form
part of Mr. Harrison's work, and
often blue prints of these are kept.
PRICE 5 CENTS
STUDENTS POLL
LARGE VOTE IN
FALL ELECTIONS
Joe Weir Heads Senior Class
With Big Lead; Davenport
Is Junior Leader
SEVERAL CLOSE RACES
Winner of Honorary Colonel
Title Gets Majority of
Sixty-Seven
More than fifteen hundred votes
were polled yesterday at the first
semester elections for the four class
presidents, Student Council members
and tKe Honorary- Colonel. The
complete results are:
Senior Class President
Joe Weir 198
Scattered 17
Junior Class President
Robert Davenport 163
Donald Campbell 160
Ernestine McNeill 32
Sopohomore Class President
Ramsay Chapman 260
Scattered - 12
Freshman Class President
John Hedge 191
John Trenery 165
Virginia Randall 65
Paul Copley 51
Leila Eastman 39
In the Student Council College of
Engineering
Emerson Meade 78
Charles Wills (Written in) 46
College of Business Administration
Richard Vette 175
Scattered 25
College of Arts and Science
Thomas Eliott 293
Oscar Norling -224
Senior Women at large (Two)
Mildred Sweet 103
Esther Zinnecker 113
Scattered - 7
The Student Council had charge
of the election, and effort was made
to enforce every election rule. No'
one was alio d to solicit votes in
side of the Temple building where
the election was being held.
The votes for Honorary Colonel
were counted by Col. F. F. Jewett of
the- military department, and Prof.
E. W. Lantz, Student Council faculty
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WORLD FORUM
MEETS TODAY
Good Ticket Sale Reported for
Opening Luncheon at
Grand Hotel
Lincoln Frost, Jr., Y. M. C. A.
chairman of the World Forum com
mittee, reports a successful ticket
sale for the opening program this
noon. World Forum will begin
promptly at 12 o'clock at the Grand
Hotel at 12th and Q streets.
"Follow the Man From Cook's" is
the title of the lecture to be deliver
ed by C. D. Hayes, new University
Y. M. C. A. secretary. All who failed
to purchase tickets yesterday may
get them at the door today. Ihe
price for those purchased today will
be 35 cents instead of twenty-five
cents.
Tickets may also be purchased un
til noon from members of the com
mittee' for 35 cents. All ftudents are
invited to attend the nitetings. Announcement-!
of coming programs
will be nvido at the Ff.ru m this noon.
The programs are prepared and the
meetings conducted ly e joint com
mittee cf Y. M. C A and Y. W. C. A.
mpmbers.
Many signs about the campus are
made by Mr. Harrison, and his of
fice has charge of putting them up
and taking them down at the proper
time. He makes all the drawings for
the Nebraska seal. Prints of this are
used on the covers of catalogues and
bulletins of the University; the seal
ie used as a water-mark on official
paper. The design for a water mark
Requires very simple lines, for it
must be constructed of wire. Mr.
Harrison has recently spent a great
deal of time on a drawing for the
seal to be used in the stadium. It
called for a drawing ten inches in
diameter, and much of thf work had
to be done under a microscope.
Another aspect of the work is the
care of the keys for all the Univer
sity. This is, in fact, about the larg
est key business in the city. Frc"
twelve to fifteen thousand keys are
handled in the departmt-nt and are
systematically checked in and out.
The keys are under the direct charge
of an expert locksmith, who works
with many small machines of his own
manufacture. Keys are capable of an
infinite number of combinations, eo
that there is never a possibility of
a duplicate.