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WEATHER FORECAST
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1927.
PRICE 5 CENTS
PLAYERS' FINAL
OFFERINGRAHKS
AS ONEOFBEST
Shakespeare'. "Merchant ' of
5 Venice" Being Produced
By University Players
LEADS ARE WELL PLAYED
Eleanor FoggWhitam and Har-
old Sumption Play Lead.
Exceptionally Well.
The Merchant of Venice," . final
offering of the University Players
produced for the first time Thurs
day evening in the Temple, more than
fulfilled the high hopes placed in it,
both by the realistic acting and the
rich and effective setting of both
stage and house. Harold Sumption,
portraying a marvelously forceful
Shylock, formed a realistic backbone
of Shakespeare's -great comedy. Mr.
Sumption's performance was even
finer than had been expected. His
Shylock was a piece of the finest
.v.ptpr actine yet offered; his
voice, gestures, and genuine feeling
of the part carried the eneci oi o
solute mastery of the famous role
and sympathy with the character, to
the audience. Eleanor Fogg Whitam,
who took the part of Portia, the bril
liant young heiress who saves the life
of Antonio, carried her part with
grace and skill, and performed her
important role in the " court room
sceie with admirable credit.
Setting I Effective
Tka whole setting was richly car
ried out to represent a typical setting
of Venice, which was achieved by
draperies, gondolas, colored pen
nants, and a new type oi production,
which carried part of the action into
the aisles of the house Itself. In
parts, the action seemed a little pon
derous, but the general effect of the
nlnv was hie-hlv creditable.
Paul Miller, in the difficult role of
the pathetically queer Launcelot
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MNTE PRESENTED
FOR CONVOCATION
Caerat, Soloist, and Orchestra Join
In Giving Cantata MUx R;ye
Takes Sop rant Laad
The University chorus, soloists and
the University orchestra presented
Dante's "The New Lite" at a Univer
sity convocation in Memorial Hall at
11:00 o'clock.
Because of illness Harriet Cruise
Eemmer was not able to sing the so
prano part of the Divine Beatrice. At
the last minute Miss Grace Rogge,
11, was called upon to take the part.
Even though Miss Rogge had not had
much time to prepare for the part
the successfully carried it through.
The love of Dante for Eeatrice was
beautifully brought out by the chor
us. Much praise is Anm Mrs, Rsrmcnd
for the production of such a cantata
which all music lovers appreciated.
The orchestra had a distinct part
in the concert and . the three flute
solos and the piano solos were espec
ially well done.
Those who played in the orchestra
were as follows:
Violin E. J. Walt; C. B. Righter,
Jr.J Earnest Harrison; Mrs. Oscar
Bennett.
Viola William T. Quick.
'Cello Miss Lillian Eiche.
Bass Mark Pierce.
Flute Louis Babst; Francis Mor
ley; Lawrence Tyler.
ClarinetH. E. Warfel.
Trumpet Don Berry.
Piano Fleda Graham.
COLLINS ADDRESS
IS CONTEST TOPIC
Material I. Available for Essays on
Convocation Speech to Compete
For High Honor
Tie essay contest annonnced in the
avocation held at the Ag campus
yesterday morning, will be officially
nnounced in pamphlet form with
fcSV B' CoUin' dress the
"rat of next week, according to Prof,
E. Bradford, chairman of the con
vocation committee.
The subjects of the contest cover
oM arUl which Mr- Collin" "Poke
4n Ulk nd in bBtance are:
Wr!!"1!0"8 of Helpfulness to Col
tofli " lent" Sparing for a Com
Career," 'Diversified Farm-
llkrt!ngPr0dUCe Production and
SedTmittee f de" b
wr RlnM!etinsr tomorrow Pr
thseL rd 8aid- Th lnS&
slvea3? "I th moMr! f 9
detll." heir PreParation will also
WriTlmed In thi" weetw The
b Ttk0n contBt wQ1 avail-
" Agriculture.
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Officer of Pi
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Miss Gertrude Johnson, National Grand Secretary of Pi
Epsilon Delta, who will arrive in Lincoln Saturday morning
to spend four days with the local chapter. Miss Johnson is
now associate professor of Speech at the University of Wis
consin. At 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon she will read the
play, "The White-Headed Boy" at the Temple Theater.
PLAYERS EXPECT
WEEK-END GUEST
National Secretary of Pi Epsi
lon Delta Will Visit Local
Organization Four Days
Miss Gertrude Johnson, National
Grand Secretary of Pi Epsilon Delta
known as the National Collegiate
Players, will arrive in Lincoln Satur
day to spend four days with the local
chapter. Miss Johnson is visiting all
chapters of Pi Epsilon Delta, while
on a tour of the United States.
Miss Johnson will be entertained
by the University Players during her
visit here, and also by Mrs. J. 0.
Hertzler, who is a personal friend of
Miss Johnson. The guest will see
the University Players in their last
performance of . the season, "The
Merchant of Venice", on ' Saturday
afternoon. On Tuesday , afternoon
Miss Johnson will read the play, "The
White-Headed Boy" at the Temple
at 4 o'clock, in a performance which
will' be open to the general public.
The admission price will be twenty
five cents. ,
Besides being general secretary of
Pi Epsilon Delta, Miss Johnson is
also serving as associate professor
f Speech at the University of Wis
consin, at the present time. She will
end her cisit in Lincoln sometime
Tuesday afternoon.
HOLD FIRST MEETING
Child Labor Amendment Discussed at
Campna League Roand-Table
The first round-table discussion
meeting of the Campus League of
Women Voters was held on Thursday
afternoon at five o'clock at EUen
Smith Hall. The discussion centered
around the truth and the falsity of
the many different bits of propagan
da that have been circulated con
cerning the proposed child labor
amendment. Topics were assigned to
several of those present and discus
sion in round-table followed each pre
sentation of opinion.
The next meeting, on April 8, will
be the occasion for discussion of the
facts concerning the development of
the child labor problem and facts on
the legislation regarding it. The four
meetings following will discuss the
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Professor Lackey Is Co-Author of
Modern Method Geography Textbook
Geography was an important ad
junct to the famous three R's in the
days when many modern ccr-eds were
pig-tailed school-girls carrying lunch
boxes and books down the winding
road that led to the country school.
Today the importance of this subject
is doubly accentuated by the new
outlook on the world and its business.
That opinion is held by most prom
inent educators as well as by careful
students of educational problems, as
they are encountered in the elemen
tary and the Junior high schools of
this country.
Earl E. Lackey, Professor of Geog
raphy, with Richard Elwood Dodge,
has written an unusual new text on
Elementary Geography which has ex
cited a good deal of comment since
its p-blicatfcn recently by Fnnd, Mc
Nally and Co. o t Chicago. This vol
ume will be followed soon by a more
advanced geography for the Junior
high schools,
Home interests are always the
Epsilon Delta
Kansas University
Debaters Declared
Valley Champions
Lawrence, Kan., March 24. Uni
versity of Kansas debating teams
have been officially declared rham
pions of the Missouri Valley, follow-"
ing a meeting of the directors of the
association at St. Louis. Five schools
tied for second place, these being Col
orado, Drake, South Dakota, Okla
homa, and Texas.
The Kansas negative teams won
the vote of 26 judges and the affirma
tive teams vote of 12 judges. The
McNary-Haugen proposition was de
bated.
R. 0:1 C. WILL BE
INSPECTED IN MAY
Two Army Officer Will Vi.it Ne
braska Campna May 14 to 16
On Inspection Tour
According to a letter received re
cently by Acting-Chancellor E. A.
Burnett from the office of the Ad
jutant General in Washington, two
officers will make an inspection visit
to this campus from May 14 to 16 in
order to determine whether Nebraska
Unit, R. O. T. C, will be designated
as one of the Distinguished Colleges
for the coming school year. Nebraska
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State Champ Require
Two Extra Periods to Win
After battling through two ex
tra five minute periods the Lincoln
high school team emerged victor
ious over a team composed of Lin
coln high alumni, by a 37 to 33
score. The high school quintet was
trailing the alumni five toward
the end of the first period but
managed to sneak up and tie the
scare.
Th game was a benefit game
and was played in order to enable
the Lincoln high school team to
raise enough money to complete
the necessary amount needed in
order to attend the national high
school' basketball tournament,
which will be held in Chicago.
Coach Browne and his squad will
leave the 28th of this month for
the annual high school tourney.
greatest to an individual whether he
be a child in grade school or a home
sick globe-trotter. That is why Pro
fessor Lackey's text opens with a sec
tion devoted to home geography. The
child is provided with a Vocabulary of
geography, and with a standard of
reference . that is purely objective.
When, for example, he studies about
a river, in the home ;region, he de
velopes a concept which is made to
serve when he studies in his text a
little later about the inaccessible
Volga. '
The problems of international and
inter-racial understanding are closely
allied to the problems of world peace.
The young student cannot readily
conceive of the relationships that na
tions are involved in until he has a
rOuptin of the nature of the phys
ical environment with which the peo
ple are involved. Some of these re
lationships are discusced in Part I of
the volume, and it ii '.herein that the
(ContInsd on Three.)
PHI BETA KAPPA
TO CHOOSE NEW
MEMBERS SOON
Announcement of Successful
Candidates to be Made at
Convocation Tuesday
MEMBERS VOTE MONDAY
Identity of Candidates Being
Voted On Is Unknown to
Those Casting Ballots
Announcement wilP be made of
the names of the newly elected mem
bers of Phi Beta Kappa at the last
convocation preceding the spring re
cess, Tuesday, March 29, at 11
o'clock, in the Temple.
Elections will be made 'by the
members of Phi Beta Kappa holding
faculty positions' on the campus, at
their meeting Monday noon. The
members do not , know the names of
the persons they, are voting upon.
They have two things to decide. They
discuss the number of members they
wish to take in and the lowest grade
average they will allow. This is de
termined to a :'ubt extent by the
record of previous years. When the
members decide these two things no
one ever knows the name of the per
son who got in on the lowest grade
average or the one who was excluded
because the line, wa3 drawn at 88.94
rather than at 88.84.
Last year forty-five members were
elected. The lowest average was
88.94 and the highest was 94.5.
Those elected are chosen from four
groups, those graduating last July,
August, January, and the coming
June. From about eight or nine hun
dred 'graduates about three or four
hundred are eligible.
Rule Governing Election
The following rules govern elec
tion to the fraternity.
1. Candidates for graduation from
any college in the University of Ne
braska are eligible providing the
group requirements for graduation
from the College of Arts and Sciences
have been fulfilled.
2. All grades made in the univer
sity previous to the date of election
shall be averaged with the exception
oi shorthand, typewriting, and re
quired work in physical education
and military science.
3. No student shall be eligible who
has less than sUty-four Lour uedit
in this university, exclusive of the
above named subjects, recorded ' in
grade per cent in the office of the
Registrar on March 5, at least twen
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AG COLLEGE PLANS
DINNER FOR GUEST
Prof. H. W. Vaughn, Invited Here
To Judge Contest, Will Be
Honor Guest Tonight
Prof. H. W. Vaughn, professor of
animal Luobaiiiky of the University
of Minnesota, who has been secured
to judge the Annual Block and Bridle
Student Livestock Judging Contest to
be held tomorrow will be entertained
at a dinner at the Ag College cafe
teria this evening by the members
of the Block and Bridle Club and the
faculty of the animal husbandry de
partment of the college.
Professor Vaughn has been visiting
the classes in animal husbandry telN
ing the students something about the
advantages of farm life. He is an au
thority on animal husbandry and has
written a textbook on the subject,
"Types and Market Classes of Live
stock" which is in use in the fresh
man classes in anfmal husbandry of
the College of Agriculture and in
general use throughout the country.
Open to Sophomores and Juniors
The contest which he will judge
tomorrow is open to sophomores and
juniors in the College of Agriculture.
The students will place ten classes of
hogs, horses, cattle, and sheep, and
give oral reasons for the placings on
half of these classes. The contest will
include both market and breeding
clasces.
The names of the winner of first
and second place in the entire con
test and the winners of first place in
hogs, cattle, horses, and sheep will
have their names engraved on plaques
for that purpose which are kept in
the Block and Bridle Club room. The
winners of the 1926 contest were:
Clay Westcott '27, first and Thome
Johnson '27, second; Fratk Reece
'27, first in cattle; Thome Johnson,
first in hogs; and Clay Westcott first
in horses and sheep.
Freshman Contest Later
The freshmen will be a given a
chance to show their judging ability
in a contest of their own which will
be held about the middle of May. The
name of the winner in this contest
will have his name engraved on a cup
given by the Nebrsnka Improved
Livestock Breeders' Association for
that' purpose in 1925. Cecil Means
'23, and Harold Fulacher '29, have
won the right to have thoir names on
the cup.
Conditions in China Subject of
Next Pan-Pacific Group Meeting
Fraternity Pledging "
Bill Is Slowly Dying
The bill that has been before
the legislature, providing second
year pledging for -all sororities
ind fraternities ' is slowly dying
because of too much opposition.
TheY bill was referred to the
jommictee on miscellaneous sub
jects over a month ago, and now is
practically dead. Senator Banning
f Union, who introduced it, has
decided not to push the bill at the
present time because he is con
vinced that it is impractical under
the conditions that exist now.
However, the senator warns the
fraternities and sororities that a
bill of similar nature will appear
at the next session.
NINE CAGEMEN
GIVEN LETTERS
Ccsan&iltee on Athletic Awards
Grants Letters to Bas
ketball Players
WRESTLERS ARE INCLUDED
The committee on athletic awards
met yesterday morning and decided
upon those men who were eligible
to receive awards in Varsity basket
ball, wrestling and freshman basket
ball. Dean Chatburn, Professor Scott
and H. D. Gish were the members
present at the meeting.
In order to receive the Varsity let
ter and sweater in basketball it is
necessary to play a minimum of 90
minutes in-at least seven games. The
following men, having fulfilled the
requirements and in accordance with
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PRIZES GIVEN AT- AG MIXER
Lucky Numbers Will Draw Awards
Donated by Lincoln Fir&s
Several prizes for both men and
women will be given away during
the Ag College mixer sponsored by
the athletic committee, according to
Prof. C. W. Smith, chairman of the
committee. The mixer will be held to
night in the new Student Activities
building on the Ag Campus.
The following prizes, offered by
representative Lincoln firms, will be
given away to holders of lucky num
bers at different times during the
evening between dances: One pair
ladies' hose, by Mayer Bros., an order
for one pair of ladies' hose from
Speiers; an assortment of ladies hand
kerchiefs or a pair of ladies' hose,
by Magee's; one box of Mrs. Stover's
Bungalow Candies, by Mrs. Stover;
an official baseball, from Lawlors; a
baseball glove from Lincoln Sporting
Goods Co.; three men's ties, by Ben
Simon & Sons. Nnmhers will be given
at the door, and drawings will be
made throughout the evening.
The Ruffians, an eight-piece or
chestra, will furnish the music. Re
freshments will be served during the
party. Arrangements are being made
for entertainment, aside from the
drawing of numbers, at the time of
intermission.
The mixer is being given to pay off
deficits incurred by the committee
during the past season in furnishing
athletic facilities on the Ag College
campus.
Creighton "Formal
Prom" Held April 21
"The Creighton 19 2 7 Formal
Prom" is to be held April 21 in the
new Knights of Columbus building,
the first social function in the new
Spanish ballroom.
Robert A. McGinnis of Cedar Rap
ids, la., manager of the Creighton
Student Union is in complete charge
of the arrangements. The Creighton
Prom King and Queen whose identity
will be kept secret until the corona
tion night of the Prom are to be
chosen soon.
H. B. Collins Talks
Future at Ag College Convocation
"A college graduate enjoys an ad
vantage, but he is also burdened with
handicap when he goes to work,
because he lacks commercial exper
ience." In these words Herbert B.
Collins, general manager of the pro
duce department of Swift and Com
pany of Chicago, summed up tie dif
ficulties of getting started h.- the bus
iness world after college. He spoke
at 11 o'clock convocation in the Stu
dent Activities building on the Agri
cultural College campus Thursday
morning. The title of his address w?
"A Business Man's Suggestions- tft
College Students."
Dean E. A. Burnett introduced the
speaker after Miss Blanch Laramie
had given two violin solos. Professor
"Should the United States Recognize
The Nationalist Government In
China?" One of Discussion Topics
For Meeting at Temple Sunday
Afternooil.
"Should the United States Recog
nize the Nationalist Government In
China?" and. "Is the United States
Justified in I Landing Troops- in
China?" are the two subjects which
will be considered at the Pan-Pacific
discussion group which will meet
Sunday, March 27, at 4 o'clock in
the Y. M. C. A. room in the Temple.
This discussion group was organized
as a follow-up of the Pan-Pacific
Conference held here early this
month, and is considering pertinent
questions and problems which have
arisen in the Pan-Pacific regions.
This discussion groupjs sponsored
by the University Y. M. and Y. W. C.
A. and the Cosmopolitan club. Rep
resentatives of these organizations,
Ethel Hartley, C. S. Yuan, Y. M. Lin,
and R. T. Prescott have made up the
committee which has arranged the
meeting. C. D. Hayes, general secre
tary of the Y. M. C; A., who has spent
unitifl tim in China, will preside. A
number of books and pamphlets per
taining to China and her problems
have been placed on reserve in the
office of Mr. Hayes in the Temple,
and many others have been put on re
serve at the city library so that those
who are interested may read helpful
material on the subject.
In previous meetings there have
been livery discussions and a wide
divergence of opinion on many of the
more controversial subjects and prob
lems so it is expected that this meet
ing will be very interesting.
There "are a number of Chinese stu
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FINAL SERVICE OF
SERIES IS SUNDAY
University Lutheran Club Sponsors
Services at Danish Lutheran
Church Next Sanday
The Lutheran Club of the Univer
sity will sponsor the third and the
last of a series of services in Luther
an churches of the city, next Sunday
evening, March 27, at Our Saviour's
Danish Lutheran Church, 23 and N
Streets. The. program wHl consist of
musical numbers and an address. All
Lutheran students and friends are re
minded of this meeting.
The fifth in a series of six Lenten
meditations will be given Monday
evening, March 28, at 7:UU o clock
in Temple 204. The subject will be
the "Challenge of the Cross." The
attention of all Lutheran students is
directed to this lecture.
Seals Are Available
Lent and Easter seals are avail
able to all Lutheran students at the
nominal price of a penny a seal. They
may be obtained from Herbert Glynn,
at Temple 101, or from Re'nhold
Hofferber, treasurer of the Lutheran
Club. ,
Preliminary announcement is now
made that the Rev. C. A. Wendell,
Lutheran Student Pastor at the Uni
versity of Minnesota, will be the
speaker at the spring dinner and get-to-gether
for an all Lincoln Lutheran
gathering, Saturday evening, May 7.
He has been in Lincoln several timet
before in the interest of Lutheran
student work, and is well acquainted
and informed with regard to that
field. Further announcement will be
made shortly as to place and other
details for his appearance here.
Intramural Handball
Toumey Begins Tuesday
Intramural handball will hold the
floor at the coliseum next week. The
athletic office announced yesterday
an intramural handball tournament
starting next Tuesday.
The tournament is open to all stu
dents and faculty members. Entries
must be made at the athletic office
by Monday noon. Drawings will be
mado Monday evening and the tour
nament will get under way Tuesday.
Singles, only, will be held.
on Students
Bradford, who was in charge of the
convocation, announced the condi
tions and qualifications of the prizes
to be given to the three stud mts
writing the best essays on Mr. Col
lins' speech. The prizes total one hun
dred dollars.
The speaker opened his talk by ex
plaining that it was an honor and a
responsibility to speak before such a
large body of students. "It is a re
sponsibility because of the many
types of work that the various listen-
em way be interested In, and a gen
eralizing taiK snca as i muse givs may
not apply to individnals." In order to
say sU that he viahsd to say In
few niinutes time Mr. Collins chose
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PERFECT PLANS
FOR UNIVERSITY
NIGHT PROGRAM
Committee Makes Final Ar
rangements for Presenta- -tion
of Program
SLIDES ARE INSPECTED
Best of Number Submitted
Chosen for Use. Dress
Rehearsal Monday
Final arrangements for the Univer
sity Night program were made by
the committee at a meeting held at
the Beta house, last night. All slides
were inspected by the committee and
the best ones were accepted. Final
program arrangements were made,
and everything is ready for the dress
rehearsal at the Orpheum Theater,
Monday afternoon at 2:30.
The program as arranged by the
committee is as follows:
1. Committee Prologue skit to be
produced by ti e Ua'vorsity Players.
2. Tassels skit.
3. Duffy Arnesburg skit.
4. Magician skit.
5. George Hooper skit.
6. "Fraturiority."
7. Silver Serpent skit.
8. "Virginia Lee."
9. Apache Dance.
10. Corn Cob skit.
11. Joyce Ayre's and orchestra skit.
Slides will be shown between acts
throughout the program.
There may be a few more tickets
turned in and, if so, they will be
available at the Orpheum box office
Monday morning.
The show will bein at 8:20, Mon
day evening and will last approxi
mately two hours and twenty min
utes. There will be only one perform
ance as the length of the program
prevents more than one presentation
Monday night, and, due to the large
number of students taking part in
the program, it is impossible to pro
Hnoe the show at another time.
All organizations producing skits
are urg.i l to have as many rehearsals
as possible over the week-end, in or
der to hae their acts in presentable
condition before the dress rehearsal
Monday pfternoon The committee
will make final decision at that time
whether or not the skits arc in con
dition to be presented at the prr( fin
ance Monday night.
"Chet" Wynne Offers
. Defense of Shift Play
In Published Article
Omaha, Nebr., March 24. In the
"Spring Fever Number" of Shadows,
the Creighton University students'
literary quarterly magazine, head
football coach Chester A. Wynne, an
ail-American fullback in his days at
Notre Dame, attack "tb? few selfish
coaches" who are fighting the shift
play.
"The criticism of the shift,"
Wynne says in his article, "started
over the Notre Dame backfield shift
in about 1920, and the following year
when Notre Dame met the Army,
Major Daly, cobch at West Point
then and a member of the National
Rules Committee, claimed the shift
was illegal and brought such pressure
to bear.on the officials that we were
not permitted to use the shift during
the second half. So it is that humil
iation rather than illegality caused
the first real tampering with the rules
pertaining to the shift.
The Big Ten Conference has placed
a two second stop on all shift plays,
while the Missouri Valley has stated
that the shifting players shall stop
one full second and that three men
in the backfield must have at least
one hand on the ground, thus doing
away with all opportunity for decep
tion. I think that such ruling by any
conference is entirely out of its jur
isdiction, and if a single member of
the conference objects I do not see
how it could be embodied in the rules
since we have a National Rules Com
mittee for that purpose. If the var
ious conferences continue to make
their ovn specific rulings as they
have the past few years, the game
will be different in each locality and
even more inunderstandable to the
average spectator than it is now."
English Astronomer
Visits at Creighton
Professor H. H. Turner of Oxford
University, one of the foremost Eng
lish astronomers, visited the Rev, Wil
liam F. Rigge, S. J., Creighton Uni
versity astronomer, recently, on his
way to California for a series of lec
tures.
Creighioa to Hare Fieid Day
Orfsteon University's r C. T. C.
unit is to engage la Its annual ".3li
day May 8.