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i: 1 1 The Daily. Nebraskan WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy and somewhat un Jled Tuesday, warmer Tuesday.. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1927. PRICE 5 CENTS pfll BETA KAPPA ANNOUNCEMENT W1LLBET0DAY Names of New Member. To Be Made Public This Morning At Convocation . MANY ELECTED LAST YEAR Forty-Five Were Given Honor Year Ago With Lowest Average at 88.94 The names of the newly elected ambers of Phi Beta Kappa honor ary scholastic fraternity of the Arte ,nd Sciences college, will be an nounced at convocation this morning ,t 11 o'clock in the Temple. The election was held at a meeting of members of the organization Mon day noon. The names of the success ful candidates will be withheld, how ever, until the convocation this morning. The members of Phi Beta Kappa who do the voting do not know the names of the persons they are considering. They decide upon two details before the voting actually takes place, first, the number to be elected, and second, the lowest aver age grade that will secure the coveted honor. Many Eligible for Honor Lost year forty-five persons were elected to the fraternity. The lowest average of this group was 88.94 per cent, while the highest was 94.5 per cent Students graduating last July, August, January, or the coming June are eligible for election. About three or four hundred of the eight or nine hundred graduates are eligible. 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 thf 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 of shorthand, typewriting, and re quired work in physical education and military science. Must Hare Sixty-four Hoar 3. No student shall bo eligible who Las less than sixty-four hours credit 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 twenty-four hours of these credits being in the group requirements. 4. No student who is considered for membership at the time of the annual election, being eligible under the foregoing rules, shall again be considered for membership except as! an alumnus. Seeks to Promote Scholarship Phi Beta Kappa, founded at Wil-J liam and Mary College in 1776, has for its object the promotion of schol arship among the students and gradu ates of American colleges. The Al pha of Nebraska chapter was founded in 1896. The Chapter elects from one-tenth to one-sixth of those eligi ble whose scholarship average is the (Continued Dn Page Two.) MISS STEPHENSON TO SPEAK Representative f New York Finn Will Talk on Color ana Design An illustrated talk will be given by Miss Marion Stephenson of Cheney Brothers, New York, Thursday eve ning at 7:30 o'clock in Gallery B, Morrill Hall. The lecture will be on color and design in modern silks and will be accompanied by the various Pictures of the fabrics from this sea son's collections. Merchants, solcs People, artists, and others interested in beautiful textile fabrics will find this talk very interesting and helpful. Miss Stephenson will speak to uni versity students in the Home Econo mics building on the College of Agri culture campus Thursday afternoon k 6 O plnclr University Glee Club Has Plans Made for Annual Tour ,Jth the addition of David City, jaelby, and Utica, the itinerary for the University of Nebraska Glee Club Pnng trip is complete. The Club eaves Lincoln Sunday afternoon, and sing its first engagement at "avid City Sunday evening, April 2. a he trip this year is three days horter than last year. There will be jo Saturday dates and Sunday, April W en ,eft 0Pen in order to al ow members to rehearse Easier ut m VarioU3 organizations to n(cb .they belong. . W oyage of Columbus," a 52 antata by Dudley Buck, is the 8TVUmber 0 th Club's pro S? er- Pul Pence, baritone, 1W i " f Columl"S William solo'u88' does some excellent ErowTr M th6 pleot; nd Jt,ean There ' ,lng8 8010 number- WfcW,"! BiVhor' iwnbwi in tW ty the 'Ma CMS, Lindsay To Arrive Here Thursday For Talks Kenneth Lindsay, a prominent labor speaker and author, who was expected to arrive on the campus Tuesday, is ill and unable to come until Thursday, according to a telegram received by C. D. Hayes, general secretary of the Univer sity Y. M. C. A. Mr. Lindsay was being brought to the University by the Federation of Church Work ers, and the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. WOMEN ELECT A.W.S. BOARD Annual Vote for Members Held in Social Science Building March 29 and 30 ALL CO-EDS CAN BALLOT The annual elections of the Asso ciated Womn Student Board will be held in Social Science from 9 to 5 o'clock, today and tomorrow. March 29 and 30. Every woman in the University is entitled to vote since -she became a member of the association on her registration. The A. W. S. board is the leader and director of all women's activities and sponsors such activities as the Girls Cornhusker Tarty and the Co-Ed Follies. A program of per sonal work is carried out in the spring and a scholarship prize is awarded each year. The board is also respon sible for the functioning of the point system. Members of the board are elected by all women. Those who have been nominated for positions on the board are as fol lows: For President Helen Anderson, of Lincoln, is a member of Silver Serpent, junior member of A. W. S. board, chairman of the Point System committee, and served on the Junior-Senior Prom committee. Orrel Rose Jack, of Teksmah, is s, member cf Cilvtr Gerpeat, juaiuf member of the A. W. S. board, Kin' dergarten Club, and chairman of the Stamp committee. For Senior Member Helen Van Gilder, of Hasting", is a member, ol buver, berpent, secre tary of the A, W. S. Board, and is on a i. W. U. A. staff. Eloise Keefer, of Lincoln, is Theta Sigma Phi, Junior member of A. W. S. board, chairman of the pub licity committee, and a member of the Y. W. C. A. cabinet Bernice Welch, of Omaha, is member of Dramatic Club, Tassels, Y. W. C. A. staff and Vesper Choir, Elva Erickson, of Virginia, is (Continued on Page Three.) SMITH ADDRESSES ENGINEER'S GLDB Professor T. T. Smith la Speaker on Subject of "Optical Engineering" Prof. T. T. Smith, instructor of Physics at the University gave an il lustrated lecture on "Optical Engin eering," at the Engineer's Club meet ing Monday evening at the Grand Hotel. Professor Smith drew a definite line between artisan engineering and scientific engineering. Optical engin eerlng first started as far back as the sevsnteenth century. The instruments that optical en gineers have to deal with are such lens instruments as microscopes, per iscopes, telescopes, camera lens, and the common spectacles. "The optician has to work with the designing and construction of all the lens instru ments," said Professor Smith. Mr. Smith followed up his lecture by a number of lantern slides illus trating the mechanism of optica and the science involved in optical engin eenng. Through Nebraska University students will be given an opportunity to hear the cantata when it will be presented Friday mor ning at 10:60 o'clock for the Teach ers college convocation at the Tem ple. ' Numbers by the Cluu, a grou by the Varsity Quartet, a group of solos by Prof. Herman T. Decker, director of the Club, and a short skit, make up the remainder of one of the mt varied programs the Glee Club has ever presented. The trip will be made by automo bile. Twenty-two members will make the trip accompanied by Professor and Mrs. Decker. Mrs. Decker. is pianist for the Club. Clarence Schultx has been selected to take the place of Paul Morrow on the Varsity quartet, and Charles White, a second tenor, has been added ta ths !bt of men who will May Be Captain K it 0m TT Phil Gerelick, '28, Omaha, has been selected as a possible leader of the 1928 Nebraska basketball team be cause of his outstanding work on the court during the past season. Gere lick played in every game of the sea son and was a tower of strength at the guard position. Musical Convocation And Announcement Of Phi Beta Kappa Today A musical convocation will be given by Maude Fender Gutzmer and Herbert Gray at the Temple Theater this morning at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Gutzmer's accompanist will be Fleda Graham while Mrs. Earnest Harrison will accompany Mr. Gray. The announcement of the Phi Beta Kappa members will be made at this time. One-tenth to one-sixth of tfie students who are eligible and whose scholarship averages are highest are elected to membership of this chapter which was started in Nebraska in 1896. ART STUDENTS GIYE RECITAL Sylria Colo and Velma Wood Will Giro Graduation Recital Tonirht The graduation recital for the de grees of Bachelor of Fine Arts will be given this evening at the Temple Theater at 8:16 o'clock by Sylvia Cole, contralto, class of Homer Compton, and Velma Wood, piano, class of Lura Schuler Smith. Orchestral parts on the second piano are to be played by Lura Schuler Smith. Marjorie Little is the accompanist. The following program will be given: Monteverde Lasciatemi Morire. Rose Star Vicino. Meyerbeer Oh! Mon fils (Le Pro phete). Sylvia Cole Bach Parita, B flat, Prelude, Al lemande, Courante, Sarabande, Min uet I and II. Velma Wood Von Fielitz Stilles Leid. Schumann Liu bist wie eine Blume, Marienwurmchien. . Wolf Gesang Weyla's. Brahms Wiegenlied. Schubert Hark I Hark the Lark. Sylria Cole Debussy Reverie, Arabesque, No Chopin Nocturne, E Minor. Wagner-Liszt Spinning Song. from "Flying Dutchman. Velma Wood Landon Ronald A Little Winding Road. MacDowell The Swan Bent Low Maid Sings Light. Rachmaninoff At Night Cyril Scott A Roundel of Rest Rogers The Last Song. Sylvia Cole Mendelssohn Concerto, G minor, Andante, Presto. Velma Wood Rank of Instructors Rises At Okla. A. & M. Four years ago the fwvlty at Okla homa A. and M. college contained only 39 men with degrees above the bachelor's degree. Today there are 90 men and women in the faculty with degrees above a bachelor's degree. In 1923-24 there were only seven men with doctor's degrees, and at the pre sent time there are 19 men holding doctor degrees, 60 with master's degree, nnd H with profosiionsl d- W 6 ! . COUNSELS ARE NAMED IN SUIT Elster and Vette To Represent Journalists; Craig and Marti Are Defendants COUNCIL TO HEAR CASE Further developments in the action of Sigma Delta Chi against the Uni versity Night Committee and the University Y. M. C. A. were made Monday when the counsels for both the plaintiff and the defendants were named. Richard Elster and Fred Vette will represent the plaintiff while Robert F. Craig and Lloyd Marti Will rep resent the defendants. All of these men are seniors in the Law College. The action is being brought by Sigma Delta Chi against the Univer sity Night Committee and tiie Y. M. C. A. for the $20 prize offered for the best skit submitted for University Night and which members of the pro fessional Journalistic fraternity aver that they won. It will probably be heard by the Student Council. A petition is being drawn up by the counsel for the plaintiff- and will be submitted to the Student Council at its meeting Wednesday night. It is probable that the case will be heard a few days after spring vaca tio. Agree to Abide by Decision Although there is some doubt as to whether the Student Council could force the University Night Commit tee to pay the money in case the suit was decided in favor of Sigma Delta Chi, yet it is understood that both sides are willing to abide by the de cision of the student representative body rather than take the case before any outside authority. - Possibility of suing V. Royce West, chairman of the University Night Committee and John Allison, presi dent of the Y. M. C. A. at the time the prize was offered was brought up Tuesday but no decision was reached by the plaintiff. It is understood that Sigma Delta Chi intends to substantiate its pre vious statement that the Committee was afraid to put on the skit with evidence showing that the Committee did not ask the National Collegiate Players to put on the skit contrary to their previous statement. Copy Disappears Another complication was encoun tered Monday when no copy of the skit "Durham Time" could be lo cated. None of the members of the University Night Committee were able to tell of its whereabouts and the possibility of its being hidden or destroyed was voiced by several. An exhaustive search will be made Tuesday, after University Night is over and the Committee is straight ened around, in an attempt to locate (Continued on Page Two.) Debaters Are The Guests Of Lmcoln Club Four members of the University of Nebraska debate team; Reginald C. Miller, '29, Lincoln; William Mat schullat, '28, Plattsmouth; Kenneth Smith, '28, Lexington; and Robert Nelson, '28; were guests of the Lin coln Knife and Fork club at dinner last week. The debaters gave a dis cussion, in the form of a debate, on the question relating to the proposed change in city government for the city of Lincoln. The question of the day was; "Re solved: That the city of Lincoln should adopt the proposed charter amendment." The men upholding the present system, the mayor and coun cil system, were Smith and Nelson. Those of the opposing side, arguing for the simple commission system, were Miller and Matscnuuat iTo- posals have been considered to give this assistance to other professional cliiV and to th? University Place Community club. The debate was sponsored by H. A. White, professor at the University. Bengston Will Speak At Men s Convention Prof. Nels A. Bengston, now on leave of absence from the University of Nebraska, will address a meeting of the School Men, in their four teenth annual convention on March 31, at the University of Pennsylvania. The subject of Professor Bengston's address will be "Central America: Its Geographic Background." The occas ion is the joint meeting of the north eastern district of the various state educational associations with the as sociations of the history teachers from the middle states and from Maryland. Professor Bengston is now working for his Doctor's degree at Clark uni-. veruity in Worchester, Massachusetts. He expects to return to hi post as Professor of Geography at the Uni versity of Nebraska et tha cloic oi Captain? I I 1 j I III!- "mil i I J j I Mils:: i I lip p : k - - 1 ' I I I ? 5 ! Thomas M. Elliott, '28, West Point, played as reserve center and forward all season, and although Tom didn't get into all the games, he played enough to win his letter and is a possible candidate to lead the Scarlet and Cream basketeers in 1928. Members Of Art Club Serve Tea at Nebraska Instructors' Meeting The members of the Art Club served tea for the Nebraska Art Teachers Association Saturday after noon at Morrill Hall. The Nebraska Art Teachers Asso ciation has been having its annual convention in Lincoln. Saturday there was a Round Table discussion, then a luncheon, and after visiting around the city they were invited over to Morrill Hall. Sigma .Lambda women were in charge of the tea and served tea, wafers, and candies. The decorations carried out the Nebraska colors of scarlet and cream. Professor Grum- mann, head of the Fine Arts College, gave an informal talk. JUNIOR RECITALS WEDNDSDAY Kathcrine Dean and Antonine Conig lio Give Programs in Temple Katherine Dean and Antonine Con iglio, students from the class of Alma Wagner, will give their junior recital Wednesday night, March 30, at .the Temple Theater at 8 o'clock. The program will be as follows: Ba"h My Heart Ever Faithful. Schubert Woiiin. Grieg Ein Schwan. Grieg Ich liebe dich. Katherine Dean Handel Oh Had I Jubal's Lyre' Bishop Love Has Eyes. Brahms Wicgcnlk'-J , Chaminade L'Ete. Antonine Coniglio Sante Saens My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice, from "Samson and De lilah." Katherine Dean Donizetti Mad Scene, from "Lu cia Di Lammermoor." Antonine Coniglio Flute Obbligato Louis Babst. Rybnei- Pierrot Homei" Sheep and Lambs. SproBS The Awakening. Katharine Dean Novello The Little Damozel. Johnson I Told My LoVe to the Roses. Scott Holiday. Antonine Coniglio Verdi Quartet from "Rigoletto." Antonine Coniglio, Katherine Dean, Paul Toren, Martin Seidel, Ida Lustgarten at the piano. High School Debate .. Judged By Uni Men Reginald C. Miller, '29, Lincoln; Perry Morton, '29; and William Matschullat, 28; members of the Uni versity of Nebraska debate squad, were judges rf a debate between the Havelock and the College View high school teams Friday. The debate was one of contests sponsored by the Ne braska high school debating league. The question was; "Resnlved: Thart congretu should pass the Curtis-Reed educational bill, constitutionality wtived." The result of the contest was a win for the CoUss Viow team trSesorce of. Unc-iin sr. tk p?t in u uniauitoua VOU, S to 0. Miss Johnson Will Read At 4 O'clock In Temple Miss Gertrude Johnson, asso ciate professor of Speech at the University of Wisconsin, will read "The White-Haired" in the Temple Theater this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Admission is twenty-five cents. DEBATE TEAM TO BATTLE KANSANS Husker Affirmative Team Will Close Season Tonight At Beatrice FARM RELIEF IS SUBJECT Nebraska's affirmative team debat ing, on farm relief is all set for its encounter this evening with the Kan sas University team at Beatrice, de bating the question,-"Resolved: That the essentials of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill should be enacted into Federal law." David A. Fellman, '29, Omaha; Lloyd A. Speer, '30, Superior; and Evert M." Hunt, '28, Lincoln, are the Husker representatives in tonight's debate. John P. Jensen, '28, Blair, is the alternate. The team is coached by Prof. H. Adelbert White. Kansas Ranks High Kansas University won the cham pionship of the Missouri Valley de bate conference and one of the hot test debates of the season is expected at Beatrice. The debate will be held in the high school auditorium under the auspices of the Beatrice public schools. A large attendance of towns people, students, and farmers from the vicinity are expected to attend the debate. The debate is to be held at Beatrice because it was thought that a larger crowd would be in at tendance at the debate if it were held at some point mid-way between the two schools than on either campus. No decision will be given, follow ing the custom followed by Nebraska for several years in intercollegiate debating. An open forum discussion will be held following the formal de bate. This meet concludes the season for Nebraska's affirmative team on farm relief. They debated the Kansas Ag gie, team here and part of the team participated in the split team debates with Grinnell. Nebraska's negative team will close its season with a de bate with Iowa State at Ames April 9. SOCIAL WORKERS CONVENE IN MAY Rural Social Problems Is Topic Of Discussion at ConTention Held at Des Moines Rural social problems, especially the influence on social conditions of such economic factors as low prices of farm products, will be considered at the National Conference of Social Work in Des Moines, la., May 11 to 18, according to Miss Anna M. Cam eron, social welfare expert with the extension division of the University of Nebraska. Part of each meeting will be de voted to discussions of rural ques tions and the entire conference will be given a distinctly rural tone. "This is not so much because the confer ence is being held in Iowa as because thinking people throughout the coun try have sensed the social as well as the political importance of the ques tion. ' Miss Cameron said. Miss Grace Abbott, former student in the University of Nebraska, now director of the U. S. children's bur eau, will be one of the principal speakers. She was born and reared at Grand Island, Nebr., and has a typic ally middle-western point of view. Miss Abbott will discus? the child labor situation in the corn-growing states. Law As A Vocation Is Discussed By Regent Earl Cline In Radio Talk Using as his subject, "The Law as a Vocation," Mr. Earl Cline, Regent of the University of Nebraska, and member of the law firm of HH, Cline, & Williams, spoke to radio fans yesterday afternoon at 1:05 o'clock over the University broadcasting sta tion through KFAB. This was the sixth of a series of vocational guidance talks by leading professional and business men of Ne braska, as arranged by the' Junior Di vision of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, for the benefit of high school students throughout the' state. Following in the o'lJrcss us pxe- sented by Mr. Cline: "Young Lsidies and Gentlemen: ' It has been a great many years ince I have epoken to high school students and I am glad therefore to accept the invitation of the Junior Division cf'the Chamber of Com jona X thtlr icfctUr vckiy pcgraiuib. ANNUAL FROLIC IS ATTENDED BY LARGE CROWD Seventeenth University- Night Program Is Presented To Full House . PROGRAM WELL RECEIVED Varied Bill of Skits and Slides Made Up Frolic Which Lasted Over 2 Hours The Seventeenth University Night program was presented to a full house at the Orpheum Theater last night. All seats were filled and a number of persons took advantage of the offer made by the Orpheum Theater management allowing a limited number of students to stand behind the last row of seats on the lower floor. The program was well received by the audience, and the applause was generous both for the skits and the slides. The show was one which pro duced two and one half hours of merriment for those present A prologue, written by the Com mittee and presented by the Univer sity Players, was the first skit on the program. It was a mc-eting of the Gods who had been called upon to sponsor the University Night pro gram. "That Certain Party", presented by the Tassels, was a portrayal of life at a sorority house, featuring scandal, song, dances, and parties. The songs and the dance received much applause, and the act was well approved by the audience. Alpha Chi Well Received "Alpha Chi," presented by Alice Duffy and Katherine Arnesberg, was a vocal number. Their songs sugges ted interesting affairs of college boys and girls, and the act received a large amount of applause. "White Bottom," produced by Mar tin, MacMahon, . and Wells, was a magics.! act featuring modern and ancient sleight of hand tricks; tricks at which the performers were adept. To prove that the act was not a fake, persons in the audience were asked to examine certain of the apparatus. "One Night in Spring," a curtain skit by George Hooper, received a hearty response. Mr. Hooper certain ly demonstrated his ability to play feminine roles. "Frateriority," a song and dance number, was presented by Edith Mae Johnson and Hilda Ulstrom at the pianos, and Judd Crocker and George Gregory, singers and dancers. Be tween dances the men pulled a "few wise-cracks" which added variety to the act. Virginia Lee, accompanied by Hel en Taylor on the piano, presented a song and dance number which was heartily approved by the audience. Silver Serpent Skit Unique "The Stewed Prince of Idleberg," a skit constructed on the theme of the popular musical comedy, "The Student Prince at Heidelberg," was presented by the Silver Serpents. Miss Kate Goldstein, as the Stewed Prince of Omaha, played the leading role, in which she portrayed the part of a suppressed "rag" editor who la mented the fact that "free Bpeech'" was not permitted, and bemoaned her fate in being forced by the Privy Council at Omaha to give up her con templated marriage to her college playmate, and return to Omaha and marry the Aksarben Queen as a mat ter of policy. "The Varsity Dance", by Albro Lundy and Elizabeth Gilbertson, was an Apache dance number in' which they gave their interpretation of a Varsity dance. "Russian," put on by the Corn Cobs, was a picturization of rush week at the Pi Epsilon Pi house. The purpose of the act was to prove that the Corn Cobs do not "sweat" men into their organization. The scene was laid at the Pi Epsilon Pi house, (f!o?t?!i!d Pr.j Three ) You have previously heard from the Governor of the state of Nebraska, and from a well known representa tivs q tlic jiTic I interests the state, and from representatives of other businesses and professions. I am requested to speak for the law yers, and upon-the subject of "The Law." "Lawyer? and The Law are and have been for years the victims of many jokes, much criticism, and often violent abuse some of which is de served, but most of which is not mer ited. In the last election campaign I read an editorial in one cf our we'l known dailies .which seriously urged people to vote against the candidates of one ticket because they were law yers. And perhaps you hare read the statement accredited to VoIt'Jre, the eminent French philosopher, who said that he had only been ruiin .1 j (Continued on F Tlr rfls.)