'I The . Daily Nebraskan WEATIIEH FORECAST ror Lincoln and vicinity: Mostly J?rB0 decided change in temper- ture. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1027. PRICE 5 CENTS VOL. JOHNSON NAMED CADET MAJOR TO FILLVACANCY New Major Will Lead Second Battalion Through Second Semeter OTHER PROMOTOINS MADE fjeW Officer Will Anume Their Respective Appoint ments Immediately Ted Johnson, '27, Lincoln, is the new cadet major of the second bat talion, ton former lieutenants are now captains, five former second lieutennnts are now first lieutenants ind three men nave Deen proniuieu to the position of second lieutenant, according to an order puDiisnea yes i.Av hv Col. F. F. Jewett, Com mandant of R. 0. T. C. cadets. As- gignments to organizations were not made in the order, but they will be announced at an early date. Ted Johnson, chosen to lead the hhttalion through the coming qi;imm - semester, taken the place of former Major Edwin McGrew, who the de partment has lost through gradua tion. Johnson is a senior in the Col lege of Engineering, a member of Scabbard and Blade, and of Phi Gamma Delta. He is promoted from the captaincy of Company D. The new cadet officers will assume their appointed commands immedia tely. The complete list of promo tions follows: Cadet Major: Captain Ted John son. Cadet Captains: Jesse Donald Bell, George W. Fitzsimmons, David F. Foster, Pnrul R. Frink, Edward B. Hiltner, Donald W. Ingralls, Miles W. Johnston, Maurice C. Lee, Russell J. McMichael, Max V. Neuman. Cadet First Lieutenants: Neil D. Adams, Elmer A. Crane, Earl W. Dayton, Don C. Mattison, Bernard Maxey. Cadet Second Lieutenants: Verne Gibson, rainier McGrew, George Wilder. MAY QUEEN WILL BE ELECTED THIS WEEK Maid Of Honor And Nomination For Mortarboard Will Alio Be Voted Upon Senior women will cast their votes for May Queen, Maid of Honor, and nominate between five and fifteen junior women for membership in Mortarboard, Wednesday and Thurs day, at the polls in Social Science which will be tfpen from 9 to 5 o'clock. Three members of the active chapter of Mortarboard will be in charge of the polls. A list of junior women will be posted from which voters may make their selection. The thirty women re ceiving the highest number of votes will be considered as the list of nom inees, which will be presented to a faculty committee. Any name will be automatically dropped if the scholar ship standings are unsatisfactory. The membership of Mortar Board may vary from five to fifteen at the discretion of the active chapter. The new members of the organization are publicly masked on Ivy Day. Viola Forsettr chairman of the election committee, expressed the wish of Mortarboard that senior women should make a special effort to cast their ballot as a representa tive vote. It is hoped that they w'l! take advantage of the opportunity given them to express their desires in the selection of May Queen, Maid of Honor, and the members of Mor tarboard for the coming year. Postponed Hobo Party For Junior Girls Will Take Place Thursday The hobo party, for junior girls, which was to have been given Thurs day, February 3, and was postponed because of conflicting campus activ 'ties, will be held Thursday, Febru ary 10, from 6 to 8 o'clock in Ellen Smith Hall. This wanderer's banquet, sponsored, by the Silver Serpents, Pves every indication of being a unique and thoroughly entertaining social event from arrival to depar ture. "Bum" costumes is the fashion de creed for the occasion and much riv alry should result in regard to varied wlors and raggedness of attire. En tertainment and refreshments will be w accord with the spirit of the party, " Cleo Slagle's Red Jacket Orches- will furnish a program of dance "nmberg. Tickets can be obtained from mem D of Silver Serpent or at the Col 686 Bot Store until Tuesday after noA, February 8, at 5 o'clock. Inter-Frat Basketball Starts Again Monday Intcr-fratcrnity basketball will be renewed Monday evening with five games scheduled at the Colis eum. The schedule is: 7:00 Class A, Kappa Sigma vs. Tau Kappa Epsilon ; Class B, Kap pa Sigma vs. Farm House. 7:30 Class A, Acacia vs. Pi Kappa Phi, Alpha Sigma Phi vs. Pi Kappa Alpha. 8:00 Class "X, Sigma Alpha Ep silon vs. XI Psi Phi. x Entries for the inter-fraternity bowling meet should be made at the athletic office by Wednesday. TRI-COLOR MEET WILLBETUESDAY Selections For Competitors In Indoor Conference Meet To Be Made Tryouts to select the Cornhusker track men for the indoor meet with the Nebraska college conference win ners will be held Tuesday at the sta dium starting at 4 o'clock. The first of the season's tri-color meets will be held in conjunction with the try outs. Nine letter-men will vie with the best of the three hundred men out for varsity track in the tryouts. All men who have not yet made varsity track loiters will be eligible for the first tri-color meet. After men have made the varsity team, they will not be eligible for the tri-color meets. Captains of the tri-color teams will be chosen Monday at the sta dium at 4:15. The teams will be formed as follows: Reds, Ags and Biz Ads; Whites, Arts and Science, Dentists, Pharmacists, and Laws; and Blues, Teachers and Engineers. Five places will count in the tri-color meets. Medals for the best perform ances in each event for the season will be awarded at the close of the season. Journalism Day Celebrated At South Dakota Vermillion, S. D. Arrangements were completed today to provide a larce motor coach to transport news papermen from the closing session of the South Dakota tress associa tion at Sioux Falls, February 18, to the University of South Dakota at Vermillion where they will be enter tained at the second annual Gridiron banquet of Sigma Delta Chi, profes sional journalistic fraternity. The banquet is the chief feature of Jour nalism day, inaugurated at the uni versity last year by the department of journalism. Prof. J. A. Wrieht, head of the de partment of journalism, said today that the program for Journalism day thin vpnr would be curtailed neces sarily, on account of lack of funds but indications at present lead him to believe that the attendance will be larger than last year. Following the banquet the news nnnermen will be entertained at the basketball game between State col lege and the university, a sports Avpnt which can always be counted upon as a major event in South Da kota. The editors will be asKea to otow over until Saturday morning for an informal meeting and an inspec tion of the exhibits and the worK that is being done in training stu dents in journalism. BAND FRATERNITY PLEDGES SIXTEEN Gamma Lambda Function At Group To Promote Welfare And Activities ef Band Sixteen men were pledged by .i..nf r,f Gamma Lambda, Aipua nioi"- - men's national honorary band frater nity, at formal pledging exercises held this week in Faculty Hall of the Temple building. l 1 n inetollpn flt Uamma wimuua - the University of Nebraska about ten years ago and has functioned since .hen as an organization within the R. O. T. C. nana, us pi"io i. oolf ir of the band, to wura. iui i."' " . , a iHona and activi- promoLe mm ties which help to make the band a useful organization on in . ii . .mam rT TrlP Following are me uiu - - men pledged: ' a . T in.nln! Fred Beck, ioyce -- Cheyenne, Wyo.; Lawrence Brock way, Wichita, Kansas; Walter Byers, Osceola; Feter uomguo, Ti.i-jor Lincoln: Irwin lion eiiuou-"- - Hember, Saronville; Robert Lang, Alliance; Leon Larimer, Lincoln; Hu bert Leeper, Hastings; Louis, Legg, Bethany; Paul Phillipi, Lincoln; Les- ter Schick, sewara; Foi-wv- Cedric Yoder, Narka, Kan sas; Fred Wiren, Lincoln. Over One Hundred Sponsored By About one hundred and fifteen stu dents and faculty members attended the Student Friendship Banquet Fri day evening. This international din ner was a unique occasion, and was such an outstanding success that it is hoped that it will become an an nual event. It was sponsored by the Cosmopolitan Club and the Univer sity Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., and students of many nations and races, many American students and a num ber of the faculty gathered there to promote international friendship and to support the Student Friandship - .id. 'he menu was made up of dishes .tpiesenting various nations and the tables were decorated with flags of the different countries. Following the dinner a Cosmopolitan program was given. Some selections of Fili pino music were given by Jose An cheta and Nicanor Ruelos, two Fili pino students. Then Dr. E. L. Ilin man, National Vice President of the Cosmopolitan Club, gave an address. "This is one of the most gracious and appealing scenes I have seen in many yenrs," Baid Dr. Hinman, "and it speaks also in terms of promise for the years to come." He urged Amer ican students, particularly, to think of the true meaning and spirit of the Cosmopolitan Club and! to realize that they could actually be better Americans if they were fully aware of and responsive to the vital some thing which each nation and race has to contribute to the rational or Y.M.C.A. Aids Students To Obtain Work The University Y. M. C. A. em ployment bureau has placed 372 stu dents in permanent or temporary part-time . positions since the begin ning of the school year in September, according to the report which Wil liam S. Trumbull, employment secre tary, issued Saturday. Of these placements, 180 were permanent jobs which have paid the student holders approximately $18, 355.25 and 192 were odd jobs paying a total of a little over $1000. Only a small proportion of the students who are working part-time while at tending the University secured their (Continued on Page Two.) PLANS DISCUSSED BY FARMERS FAIR BOARD Major Committee Will Be Named Soon; New Ideas For Parade Suggested The appointment of committees and discussion of new plans were considered at the last Farmers' Fair Board meeting at the College of Ag riculture campus. Some of the major committees were named but their membership has not been made public. This work will take some time because careful consideration of each committee member must be made, according to a statement by L. L. Wilson, '27 manaerer of the board. A new idea has been approved for the parade. The plan is to feature a central idea instead of representing as many ideas as there are floats as htm heen the case in the past. The board also plans to feature the edu cational part of the Fair this year and is workine on plans to use the new activities building to the best ad vantage in this. The Farmers Fair is staged by the students of the college of agriculture for the purpose of advertising the College, the University of Nebraska, and to develop leadership among the students. It is actively managed by a board of six members elected by the student body from the junior class. The present board consists of L. L. Wilson, '27, Lincoln, manager; (Continued on Page Two.) Phi Beta Pi Fraternity Zoning Ordinance Case To The District Court A brief, filed Friday with the clerk f the. Rnnreme court, by attorneys for Alpha Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Pi fraternity, of the University Mecn ooi f!oin-re at Omaha, with reference to a zoning ordinance, will be argued in Rnnreme Court Tuesday. The case has been appealed from the District rnr Th fraternity asserts that the attempt to exclude the members of the fraternity from their home at Thirtv-sixth and Dewey streets, Oma ha, is without lawful support. The chapter further claims that any attempt to eject them from their j home would be encroaching on their ..natihiitinnal ritrhts of real property ownership, and that any injured "aesthetic" sense of the neighbors is not sufficient reason to exclude the fraternity from its home. I Attend Banquet Cosmopolitan Club der of human civilization, and he be lieves that one can best become this by meeting the culture nnd outlook of those of other races and nntions in an effective contact. A Czech dance was given by Clara Schuebol and Agnes Pospisil, Chen Shih Yuan read several Chinese poems, and a group of popular Rus sian songs were given by Anatole Mozer and Joseph Sorkin which were especially pleasing. One of the most popular features of the progrnm was a number of negro spirituals sung by Cleopatra Ross and Thclma Ham mond. Kenneth Ilattori, a Japanese student, gave a short talk pointing out somo of the ways in which stu dents can come to understand each other better, and live as truer cos mopolitans. Dorothy Thomas talked on "Student Friendship", telling something of the Student Friendship Fund and the activities it sponsors. The program closed with a group of Cosmopolitan Club songs, by four students representing different na tions; Chen-Shih Yuan, Sylvia Stiast ny, Cleopatra Ross and Nicanor Ruelos. Dorothy Thomas was head of the general arrangement committee for the dinner, Alma Sclk arranged and presided over the program, members of the Cosmopolitan Club prepared the dinner, which was served by a committee headed by Mabel Dore mus, and Dorothy Nott had charge of the ticket sales. VARSITY PARTY BACK TO ARMORY Basketball Games And Tourna ment Cause Shift In Build ing Used For Mixer VALENTINE PARTY NEXT The Varsity party Saturday night will be held in the Armory, as in past years, due to the inability of the com mittee in charge to secure the Coli seum, where the later dances have been held. Two games on the basketball schedule take place shortly, before and after the scheduled date of the mixer. University authorities were unwilling to make the large expendi ture necessary to clear the floor for the party to replace the seats for the following game and get the floor in shape. It is possible, also, that no further varsity dances will be held until after March 15, because of the conflicts with basket ball games and the state tournament. A Valentine's Day motive will be featured in all plans for the coming dance. Simple decorations are being planned using hearts in carrying out the theme. Hearts will also be used in all publicity for the party, as well as in the entertainment during inter mission at the mixer. Refreshments will be served throughout the eve ning, and according to present plans, punch and wafer will be served. Clyde Davis and his Seranaders, from the Cornhusker hotel will fur nish the music for the party. An orchestra stand, profusely decorated with hearts, will be placed at the n.iddle of the north side of the floor. Westwater Will Speak At Chemists Meeting The 132nd regular meeting of the Nebraska section of the American Chemical Society will be held Tues day evening, February 8, at 8 o'clock in Chemistry Hall 208. Dr. Waldo Westwater will speak on .the subject of Internal Pressure of Liquids and Liquid Mixtures, and is a subject per tainine to the work Dr. Westwater did at the University of California towards his doctor's degree. Dr. Westwater has been an in structor in the Chemistry Depart ment at the University for two years. All interested are invited to attend. Fling Will Conduct t Afternoon Readings "The Private Papers of Henry Rvecroft." will be read by Prof. F. M. Fling this afternoon beginning at 4 o'clock at the University Club, 1124 N Street. All young men interested in literature are invited to attend thid meeting,. These papers include the autobiographical sketch of the writer. Georcre R. Gissine. who is celebrated for his work. The reading will be preceded by a discussion by Professor Fling on several volumes from his personal library. Rev. Mr. Levers, rector of the (Ihiireh of the Holy Trinity, will read selections from the Writing of G. K. Chesterton the following Sunday. Mr. H. L Kirkpatrkk of the Univer sity School of Music will be in charge of the vocal numbers. KAPPA SIGS WIN INDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP Acacia And Theta CM Run Second And Third in Fifth Annual Inter-frat Meet ELKINS LEADS IN SCORING Five Records Fall ; Two Broken By Freshmen; T rumble and Keiss Tie For Mark Kappa Sigma with 1(5,815 points, Acacia with 16.354, and Theta Chi with 15,876, finished first, second, and third in the fifth annual Univer sity of Nebraska indoor track and field meet which was brought to a close on the stadium indoor track Saturday afternoon after a week's competition Five records were broken in the meet in which more than 350 non varsity track and field athletes took part, the largest number yet run ning in the meet. Henry F. Schulte, head track coach, expressed himself Saturday as well pleased with the meet both in respect to qualify and number of men competing. High point honors went to "Chief" Elkins, Theta Chi, whose 5,631 points Were a big factor in putting Theta Chi into third place. Joe Weir, Aca cia, nosed out Harold Trumble, Beta hurdler, for second high score, 4,655 to 4640, a bare margin of fifteen pointj. Kappa Sigma took the lead for the first time Friday when Lowe and Easter took first and second in the 440. They trailed the leaders the first part of the week, running along in fourth and fifth until Thursday when they swept into a close second. They were never headed thenceforth, eas ily holding their Friday lead through Saturday's competition. Sigma Nu, which led the first half of the week fell to fifth place in the finfcl stand ings with Farm House moving into fourth place. Two of the five records broken were shattered by freshmen. Keiss and Trumble, former high school competitors and state high school re cord holders, shared a joint triumph Saturday when they tied for a new 50 yard high hurdle mark of 6.7 seconds. The old record was 6.8 sec onds. Snethen, Phi Delt freshman, not only won both the 660 and the 880 but set a new 660 record of 1:29. Dexter, Theta Chi, also finished ahead of the old speed mark of 1:30. New records were also set by Chadderdon, Lowe, and Ashburn. (Continued on Page Four.) CHILDREN'S THEATRE PRESENTS ROBINHOOD Cast Includes Fifteen and Is Under The Direction of Leon Hill Connell The Children's Theater presented the three-act play, "Robinhood," at the Temple Theater for two perform ances Saturday afternoon and eve ning. The play was under the direc tion of Leon Hill Connell, instructor in the dramatic department. The cast for the play was as fol lows: Robinhood Paul Pence Little John John W. Prawl Allan-a-Dale Werner Mall Friar Tuck Don Helmsdoerfer Will Scarlet - Don K. Ayres David Joy Storm Sheriff Elwood Ramey Gur Howard Cottle Hugh Cecil Schmitt Bischop : Coral Dubrey Marion Eloise MacAhan Lady Jane Elizabeth Coolidge Dorothy Esther Zinnecker Ruth Ruth Clendennin Nan Margaret Nichols Bible League Elects Semester Officers Officers recently elected at the first business meeting of the Luth eran Bible League of the university for the second semester are: presi dent. Alfred Harms, '29, Utica; vice- president, Roland Wunderlich, '29, Waco; secretary, Carl Kolterman, '29. Blair, and treasurer. Elizabeth Gohde. '28. Lincoln. This organiza tion, with an average membership of thirty-five members, meets every first, third, and fifth Wednesday eve ning of each month, to study Bible teaching, under the leadership of the Reverend Henry Erck, Lutheran stu dent pastor. Social eatherings, which are open to all members an dtheir friends, are held once a month in the parish home of the Trinity Lutheran Church, 13 and H Street. All Lutheran students are cordially invited to attend these meetings, and the heT?tend Erck, in Temple 101, will be glad to answer any questions regarding the league, to those interested. William Prawl Hurt In Accident Saturday John William Prawl, '29, Lin coln, was injured Saturduy after noon at the Temple Theater when a drop became loosened from the loft and fell to the Temple stage during the shifting of scenes in the play Robinhood which was Wing given for the Children's Theater. Prawl was acting as a property man when the drop fell, striking him at the base of his skull. lie was unconscious for ten minutes but recovered sufficiently to por tray the role of Little John in the third act of the play. According to Mr. Sumption, stage manager for the University Players, the rope holding the drop had been fastened to a nail which became loosened during the hoist ing of drapes used for the second act. ELECTION DAY TO BE TUESDAY Class Presidents And Ivy Day Orator Will Be Selected At Regular Election NAMES MUST BE FILED The presidents of the four classes and the Ivy Day orator will be selec ted at the regular second semester election to be held Tuesday February 15 in the Temple Lobby. Each candidate must file his name in the Student Activities office, Coli seum, not later than 5 o'clock Friday, February 11, and the complete list of filings will be announced in the columns of the Daily Nebraskan the following Sunday. For voting and holding of office in student activities any student having the full number of entrance credits properly distributed as required by the University shall be classified as follows: Any student with less than 24 semester hours shall be a freshman; any student with from 24 to 52 In clusive, semester hours shall be a sophomore; any student with from -53 to 88. inclusive, semester hours shall be considered a junior; any student with 89 semester hours or more so long as he is a candidate for gradua tion shall be a senior. Each candidate must have attained a scholastic average of at least 75 per cent for the preceding semester and have no standing delinquencies; This last statement refers directly to any condition, failure or incomplete that the student may have at the present time; in other words he must have a clear record now. Candidates filing for the positions should check with the registrar in regard to this matter before filing. The complete list of filinirs will be referred to the registrar's office for indorsement on Saturday. February 19 and no op portunities after that time will be given anyone, as was formerly tne custom, to remove conditions, fail ures or incompletes before election on the following Tuesday. Members of the Student Council will supervise the election and have charge of the polls. No vote will be solicited by cars or otherwise at the polls or in the bulldine in which the election is be- ine held durinjr the election day. Nor sholl any money be spent on behalf of any candidate. Any candidate vio lating this rule either in person or through his supporters shall thereby become ineligible. Every effort will be made on the part of the Council to enforce the above rule, according to announce- (Continued on Page Two.) NEBRASKA CADETS . MAY GO TO OMAHA War Department Orders Provide For Training Camp At Fort Crook Ddring the Summer Possibilities of Nebraska's R. O. T. C. juniors being sent to Fort Crook, Omaha, instead of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, for their summer training developed yesterday. Orders establishing a military training camp from June 15 to Sep tember 1 of each year at Fort Crook have been issued by the War Depart ment. Thirteen hundred men are be trained this summer, this number representing R. O. T. C. and Citi zens Military Training Corps. Early reports from Captain J. B. Harvey of Fort Crook were that the Creighton and Nebraska R. O. T. C. units would not holcl their summer camps there but no definite an nouncement has been made. Captain Harvey stated that the unit at the University of Missouri would prob ably be trained at Fort Crook. Decreased appropriations have been responsible for rumors current throughout the year to the effect that IL O. T. C. juniors would be trained in their home states hereafter. CORNHUSKERS BREAK EVEN ON SERIES IN SOUTH Charlie Black's Kuskers Win From Sooners But Drop Game to Aggies PAGE FIGURES IN PLAY Aggies Intercept Many of Tips And Gain Offensive; Ne braska on Defense In the Cornhusker invasion of Oklahoma, Coach Charlie Black's Ilusker cagers took the count of the Sooners at Norman on Friday 39 to 27 and on Saturday night the Nebras ka basketeers journeyed to Stillwater where they dropped a conference game to the Oklahoma Aggies 27 to 24. Both games will be counted in the official Missouri Valley standing which leaves the Nebraskans in the 500 class with three wins and three defeats. Stillwater, Oklahoma, February 6. (Special to the Daily Nebraskan). Formly establishing their role as a thorn in the sides of erstwhile Mis souri Valley cage champions, Okla homa A. & M. College Farmer quin tet overcame the University of Ne braska's powerful five here tonight after an intense and bitter fight to win 27 to 24. The game marked the second start ling upset in Missouri Valley basket ball circles by the Oklahoma Aggies. Friday night the previously unde feated Kansas Aggies bowed to the Farmers from Stillwater for their first taste of defeat in the race for Valley honors. On Friday night the Oklahoma Sooners also received their first set back for the Valley flag at the hands of Coach Charlie Black's Husker cagers. The success of the game was that the Stillwater Aggies found Page, the elongated Nebraska center could tip the ball into their hands as well as the hands of the waiting Nebraska forwards. Success in combatting the tall Husker center who lead the Corn husker's attack in Nebraska's victory over the University of Oklahoma Fri day was the key to the Aggie victory. Although Page easily outjumped Collins, Aggie center the Aggie play ers intercepted many of the tips to gain the offensive and keep the Ne braska tea.m on the defense. Page, who snagged six field goals at Nor man the night before was able to annex one lone tally from the field. Captain Gordon Perry, Aggie ace led his teammates for high point man of the evening with 12 points scored on six field goals and one gift shot for a total of 13 points. The remarkable floor work as in the Kansas Aggie game Friday was the heart of the Aggie play. Statton, Orange and Black guard played a spectacular brand of ball for the vic torious Aggie aggregation. Page Stars Norman, Okla., Feb. 4. (Special to The Daily Nebraskan) Ted Page, six feet four inches tall and every one of those inches real basketball player, almost single-handed dropped Oklahoma out of the Missouri Valley cage leadership, this afternoon, Ne- (Continued on Page Four.) NEXT AWGWAN WILL HAVE NEW FEATURES "Take Off" Number Will Be Ready For Distribution About Fifteenth of Month The February issue of the Aw- gwan, the "Take Off" number, will be ready for distribution by the fif teenth of the month. Several feature pages and articles have been added along with the usual material and the magazine has been increased in size. The cover, drawn by Robert Barr, is done in three colors and presents a striking example of the "Take Off" number. Several other full page car toons are included in the material along with some drawings by Fill Fent. Any contributers who have mater ial to turn in may do so during next week at the Awgwan office at any time in the afternoon. Material should be remitted not later than Thursday so as to enable the maga zine to go to press by Saturday. 1 Book Exchange Handled Over Five Hundred Texts Over five hundred books were taken in at the end of the first semester by the "student book ex change operated by the University Y. M. C. A., and about three hun dred of these books have - been sold. The exchange is operated by a student committee headed ly Joe M. Hunt, '29, Scottsbluff.