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The Daily Nebraskan WEATHER FORECAST Var Lincoln and vicinity: Unsettled Sunday Probably showers. scyyvTnO. 134 SIDES ANNOUNCE 'SLATE' TO BE ON TUESDAYBALLOT 0ily Six" and "Slippery Sev- en", Rival P1ItIcal Part'e List Candidates LARGE VOTE EXPECTED Thirty-Nine File For Offices; Council Strives For Fair Election on Tuesday By The Rag Man The campus and students may be .11 wet from the rain. But what's more important to candidates for the ,tudent council and publication board ,nd their supporting politicians, is whether the candidates will be con sidered "all wet" by the voters Tues day. At any rate the campus air is surcharged with political muttenngs, band-shakings, and vote-gathering Candidates of the "Oily Six" and "Slippery Seven," rival political fac tions of the University which control six and seven Innocents respectively, are set for the contest. Independent candidates have filed for several of fices to enliven the race. Thirty-nine candidates filed for the Tuesday elec tion which will be held in the lobby of the Temple. Two who filed were found to be ineligible through failure to meet the scholastic requirements. One candidate filed for the wrong cnlleee. Three Try For Senior Pud Board True to predictions made before the filings were announced, a girl is running for senior member of the publication board. Dorothy Nott, run ning not as a "barb" candidate but with the support of Theta Sigma Phi, women's journalistic fraternity, is on the ticket opposed by Ralph Bergsten, business 'manager of the Cornhusker, candidate of the "Slip pery Seven", and Tom Elliott, captain-elect of the basketball team, "Oily Six" nominee. The closest race of the day in predicted: for this con test All three candidates bring new fea tures. Miss Nott's candidacy marks the first attempt of the co-eds to gain representation on the publication board. Her supporters are reported to have revived the slumbering "League of Women Voters" ft the campus and are expecting to wage an active campaign led by the mem bers of Theta Sigma Phi. Cerftten U Journalism Student Ralph Bergsten is one of the first School of Journalism students ever to file for membership on the publi cations board. Publication board members are not eligible to apply for positions on the student publications. This ruling has automatically kept out the class of students most inter ested in that work in the past. Berg sten is business manager of the Corn, husker this year, thus campleting his work as an appointee of the board, so is eligible to make the race. Tom Elliott is the first athlete to file for the publications board in sev eral years. R'imors that his candi dacy was an attempt of the "N" Club ti dominate student affairs were strongly denied by politicians of the "Oily Six" who are backing him. Name similarity caused several con fusing reports Saturday. Tom Elliott is not Jack Elliott Jack Elliott is a sophomore who has been writing an (Continued on Page Three. ANNUAL CELEBRATES 20TH ADVERSARY Distribution From Off ice is of Many Improvement Mane Ia 18Z7 Cornnuiker "The 1927 Cornhusker," which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the book, will be distributed from the Cornhusker office this year for the first time, according to an an nouncement made Saturday by Ralph Bergsten, business manager of the year-book. Previously the Cornhuskers have wn distributed from the basement the administration bidding. All py for the book is in the hands of 7 Pinter, according to Mr. Berg Ken. "Every cent taken In is being PM on the Cornhusker," he declared. We are trying to make it better and more beautiful." Explaining some of the new fea tures this year on the business side of book, he pointed out that the ornhuBker offices iiad been estab "s&ed in their own separate quarters, j" a new boolc-keeplng system had Put nto operation and thct a w morgue had been installed. All in been "ved Bnd put ,wy uie morgue under Mr. Bergsten's Jwction. Saving, under the busi er I manager have been used on the Iul? ?, e"ort 10 Vroduce an an thTJ I e ot first prize in W nat,onl collegiate annual con- . R. O. T. C. Parade Set At 5 O'clock Monday The Military Science Depart ment has set the date for the mil itary parade in honor of the hon orary colonel for Monday after noon, first call at four-fourty, assembly at five o'clock. The parade was announced for Tuesday afternoon, but this has been changed to Monday. In clement weather has caused the re view to be postponed several times and it is hoped that it will not have to be delayed again. List of Candidates Student Council Senior At Large Men (Two to be elected) R. Dwight Wallace. Robert Davenport. Donald M. Campbell. Archibald W. Storms. Senior At Large Women (Two to be elected) Ruth French. Grace Elizabeth Evans. Florence E. Swihart. Elva G. Erickson. Junior Men (One to be elected from each college) College of Busineic Administration Eldred Larson. College of Dentistry Roland R. Downing. College of Art and Science Charles O. Bruce. Perry W. Morton. George H. Gesman. Dewey D. Nemets. College of Agriculture Gordon Hedges. College of Law George Healey. Bernard M. Spencer. School of JournalUm Munro Kezer. William C. Mentzer Jr. College of Pharmacy Eugene Bach. College of Engineering Karl Schminke. Fred E. Lange. Maxwell Hamilton. Junior Women (One to be elected from each college) College of Agriculture Zeta Tate Allingham. Ruth Davis. College of Art and Science Marjorie Sturdevant. College of Fine Art Mildred Orr. Teachers College Faith McManua. Esther Heyne. Student Publication Board Members Senior Member Ralph Bergsten. Dorothy Nott. Tom Elliott Junior Member Reginald C. Miller. Allan Reiff. Sophomore Member Ralph Jefferies. John Hedge. "CYRANO" TICKETS FOR SALE EIOHDAY Practice and Scenery Progressing for Play Presented at Temple Thi Week by Dramatic Club Reserved tickets for "Cyrano de Bergerac," which will be given by the Dramatic club in the Temple theater April 28 and 29, will go on sale Monday at Ross P. Curtis Company. The designing and building of the scenery has already been started by Stanley Reiff, stage manager, and Leonard Thiesen, scenic artist. Prac tices are being held each night end the managers are hoping to have this be one of the most unique and ex ceptional plays yet put on by the Players this year. William Prawl has the title role. "Cyrano de Gergerac" will be given as a part of the annual Fine Arts week, which will close with a carnival on Saturday night ' i LAST YEAR'S FAIR Getting ready for the 1926 Farmers' Fair. The large tent iii the foreground was used for the dance which will be held n the Student Activities Building this year. The loca tion of the midway will also be changed for the 1927 Fair. With the Activities Building as a center, the various conces 8ions and tnU will be arranged near it Th eJteabon exhibits will also be more centralized than in previous years. THEUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. Will He Stay? ml tsmmm -'v i . -h L Dr. Hartley Burr Alexander, who was granted a leave of absence for one year by the Board of Regents yesterday at his request. The Board hopes that he may be induced to re turn at the termination of the tenta tive absence. BOOSTER GROUP GOES TO OMAHA Five Members of Farmers' Fair Committee Entertained by Chamber of Commerce GRAY LEADS DISCUSSION The Agricultural Committee of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce enlei tained a Farmers' Fair Booster dele gation at luncheon in their club rooms on Friday noon. L. L. Wilson, '27, manager of the 1927 Farmers' Fair Board; Florence Brinton, '27, secre tary of the board; Gladys Martin, '27, member; James Jensen, '28, chairman of the parade executive committee; and James Rosse, '29, chairman of the publicity committee were the representatives present. Carl R. Gray, president of the Union Pacific Railroad, presided at the meeting and called upon each member of the group for a short talk on the Fair. Florence Brinton ex- plained the part of the home econom ics department in the fair and told them of the pageant which was writ ten by Edna Benson, member of the home economics faculty and is being (Continued on Page Two.) May Breakfast Scheduled For First of Month The annual Y. W. C. A. May Morn ing breakfast will be held May 1, one week from today, at eight o'clock. All old and new members of staff and any girls who are interested in the Y. W. C. A. work are urged to attend the breakfast. This breakfast is one of the tradi tions of the Y. W. C. A. It is the one time during thei year when all of the girls who have been working for the past year and those who are to work together for the next year may meet to discuss their work. The advisory committee of the Y. W. C, A. and the former presidents of the organization are to be the guests at the breakfast. Cyrena Smith, the outgoing president, will lead the de votions. There will be special mu sic between courses, and Miss Ap- pleby and Mrs. Senning will speak. The membership committee of the Y. W. C. A will be the hostesses. The members of the committee are: Ruth Barger, chairman; Rachel Parham, Eddie Schrick, Maurine Drayton, Margaret Peterron, Marjorie Sturde vant, Vivian Fleetwood, Vera Ste phenson, Margaret Anderson, Elva ErVkr-on. Tho oiai comm'tee wiU have charge cf the breakfast. Th-y f.rf. Mary Ball, fhairman: Lucile Ruff-il-Hgtie, Kvi-lun Man' field, Y.'i'rn Strrblf. Mi.ry Caldell, Helen Bo shult, Alvma Olson, Ruth Stewart, Helen Regor, Nellie Marie Howe, Margaret Finch. ''"r lili 11 1 'jit.-:, & REGENTS GRANT ALEXANDER ONE YEAR'S ABSENCE Leave of Absence is Given at His Request ;' Hopes That He Will Return IS CONSIDERING OFFERS Present Situation Causes Delay In Making Change; Hinges On New Chancellor Dr. Hartley Burr Alexander's fu ture connection with the University of Nebraska was considered at a meeting of the regents from 11 until 5 o'clock yesterday. As a result the following resolution was passed by the Board of Regents: "Due to the fact that the Board of Regents is now engaged in searching for a Chancellor of the University to succeed Chancellor Avery and the fact that it is not as yet ready to make such selection, the Board does not desire to determine now questions involving general University policy, or to make promotions or adjust ments of positions or titles which necessarily are connected with gen eral' University policy. It is the be lief of the Board that it should have the counsel and know the wishes of the new Chancellor respecting these matters. Mutt Have Immediate Anther "The Board, therefore, grants to Dr. Hartley B. Alexander, at his re quest, and because he must give an immediate answer to an offer of a position elsewhere for next year, a leave of absence for one year during which time the matter above referred to will have been determined. "The Board acknowledges its ap preciation of the high degree of the service rendered by Dr. Alexander to the University and the State and hopes he may be induced to remain at the University." Granted Semecter Leave Dr. Alexander was granted a se mester leave of absence by the Board last February when he left to teach at the University of Wisconsin. He has been considering offers from other universities, and because he is to give an immediate answer to an opportunity elsewhere for next year, the Board of Regents has, at his re quest, extended his leave of absence for one year. Hartley Burr Alexander, professor of Philosophy, was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on April 9, 1873. He re ceived his A. B. degree at the Uni versity ot Nebraska in 1897. From 1898 to 1900, he was a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, and from 1900 to 1901, at Columbia Univer- (Continued on Page Two.) GOSSARD TO SPEAK AT FORUM Wyoming Professor Will Talk at Last Meeting of Year Prof. William Gossard of the Uni versity of Wyoming will speak on "Thinking In Terms Of Modern Science" at the next World Forum meeting Wednesday noon at the Grand Hotel. Mr. Gossard is a pro fessor of mathematics at the Univer sity of Wyoming and is on authority on the theory of relativity. This World Forum meeting is the last which will be held this year, but the meetings will be resumed early next fall. Plans are now being made for general arrangements for World Forum next year. Tickets for World Forum may be obtained at the Y. M. C. A. office in the Temple, or from the Y. W. C. A. office in Ellen Smith HalL nrrt Crnwd Visils Program Given to The lareest and most enthusiastic crowd of livestock breeders that ever visited the Collegre of Agriculture participated, in the Feeders' Day pro gram on the Agricultural campus yes terday, as announced by the Animal Husbandry department, which spons ored the program. The actual count was over 600 at 1 o'clock, with ap proximately 400 being served at the barbecue lunch at the Student Activ ities building. The prosram opened at 9:15 a. m. with the weight guessing contest of the barnyard menagerie. Ten an imals were brought in one at a time, the weight of each one being esti mated. The contest was won by Alva Anderson, Lexington, who es tablished the tcp on lambs in Omaha this season at $18.25. One talk during the morning of great Interest to livestock feeders was that of Prof. Jay L. Lush, of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Sta tion, on the preparation and manu facture of cottonseed meaL Samples nf cottonseed and cottonseed meal were exhibited, rtof. Lush discount ed the common insinuation that there cd products to livestock when fed SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1927. $500,000 Given By Legislature For Buildings The amount of $500,000 was ap propriated for new buildings and equipment at the University for the next two years by the state legisla ture Friday evening. This appropria tion is in addition to the ?3,500,000 Drovided for in the budget for gen eral running expenses of the Univer sity. The half-million dollars includes $75,000 to $100,000 to eouio the hos pital at the College of Medicine in Omaha, to be spent before October 1, 1927, and $50,000 for a new dorm itory at Curtis.' The total of $500,000 is the same amount that the senate fixed, and $25,000 less than the house! provided for. The appropriation two years ago was $900,000, from which fund Morrill Hall, the Student Activities buildines at Omaha and Curtisbuild- buildings at Omaha and Curtis were paid for. The legislative reference bureau and maintenance, and $3,000 was al received $19,000 for salaries, wages lowed for printing and editing the Blue Book, legislative Indexes and manuals. FINE ARTS PROGRAM STAGED THIS WEEK Firtt Event of it Kind Starts Tomorrow; Will Be Held In Morrill Hall Morrill Hall will 'be the scene of Fine Art Week to be held this week, starting tomorrow and lasting until next Sunday. This is the first of this sort staged by the School of Fine Arts, and it promises to be well worth while. The program Monday night in Gal lery A of Morrill Hall at 8:20 o'clock will open the week. The program is as follows: Carl Frederic Steckelberg, violin ist, with Mrs. Steckelberg at the piano, playing: Bach The Celebrated G String solo. Francouer Siciliano, Rigaudon. Hubay Hejeri Kati. Lillian Helms Polley, soprano, sing ine a eroup of Kentucky Mountain ballads, in costume. These numbers will be announced later. Floyd Bobbins, pianist, playing: Mozart Variations. Cui Causerie. Herbert Gray, cellist, with' Earnest Harrison at the piano, playing: Strauss Sonata in F minor allegro con brio, andante ma non troppe, allegro vivo. Walter Wheatley, tenor, with Mar garet Colby at the piano, singing: Henschel Morning Hymn. Schumann Die Lotus Blume. Puccini Donna non vidi mai from "Manon Lescaut." Program For Tuesday Evening - Tuesday evening a recital will be given by the bludenU of the School of Fine Arts in Gallery A of Morrill HalL Mary P. Thayer, acting director of the Art Institute of Omaha, will speak on "Essential Qualities n Art" at a special Fine Arts convocation Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock in the Temple theater. Dance Held Saturday The initiation and banquet for the newly elected members of Alpha Rho Tau, honorary scholastic society of the School of Fine Arts will be held at the Lincoln Hotel Wednesday eve ning. The University Players will present a group of one-act plays at 8:20 (Continued on Page Two.) Ae CcllcSC For Livestock Breeders with silage and green pasture. No unfavorable effects have been expe rienced at his station where cotton seed meal comprised not over 15 per cent of total weight of the ration fed. McCullough Give Address Mr. Bruce McCullough, editor of the Omaha Daily Journal Stockman, gave a scholarly address in empha sizing the importance of terminal markets to livestock breeders, and urged livestock men to protect these markets, stating that markets are one of their greatest assets. An inspection trip was made to the experimental feed lots at the Col lege Farm south of Havelock. Here the various lots were appraised by representatives of South Omaha com mission firms and packing companies. The appraisers made comments and told the feeders what margin of prof it could be expected from the stock at that time. The 140 calves in the experiment were from the Shockley Bros., ranch in Cherry County. De tails of the experiment were explaned by Prof. H. J. Gramlich, chairman of the Animal Husbandry department. Co&ip&fiaoiis tre mad between (Continued on Page Three.) Pledging Bill Killed In Sifting Committee The bill for second year pledg ing, which was passed by the Sen ate about two weeks ago, and has been in the House since that time, was reported killed in the Sifting Committee yesterday. The bill, introduced by Senator W. B. Banning, forbade the pledg ing of freshmen by fraternities and sororities on the campus. The bill has caused much discussion throughout the state, and espe cially at the University. If passed, the bill would have taken effect in March, 1929, but now no such bill can affect the social organizations before the next term of the legislature, and perhaps by that time different housing arrangements will be made by the University. The chief objection to the bill was that such a ruling would make it diffi cult to house the freshmen the first year. FOSSLER LEADS LANGUAGE GROUP Chairman of Department Elec ted President of State Lan guage Association LUNCHEON CLOSES EVENT Prof. Laurence Fossler, chairman of the Germanic language depart ment, was elected president of the Modern Language Association of Ne braska at the second sesion Saturday morning, in the Faculty Hall of Ahe Temple theater. Miss Valeria Bon nell, Spanish teacher in Lincoln high school, was chosen secretary and treasurer. The first session was devoted to the readings and discussion of papers and was closed by a dinner at Ellen Smith Hall at 6 o'clock. Professor Fossler served as toastmaster and the remainder of the evening was given over to an informal program of read ing and speaking. A group of Uni versity students gave "Blanchette" in French. A luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce closed the session Satur day noon. ENGLISH DRAMATIST SPEAKS AT TEMPLE Skeyhill Takes "Unknown Soldier" as Example for Advice Given to Dramatic Department "The Unknown," his own play to be produced in September in New York, formed a concrete example for the pointed advice given by Thomas Skeyhill, Erglish dramatist, on Fri day at 11 o'clock in the Dramatic Club room in the Temple to the dra matic department on the writing of plays. "Know I.if," was his tere begin ning. "How you do it is your own business, but if you don't you can't hope to write plays. Dip your pen in soul stuff." Spiritualism as encountered in the trenches during the war is the theme and background for his drama, the first act of which he read. Accord ing to Mr. Skeyhill the underlying thought must be decided upon at first. "Don't write plays unless you have a terrific capacity for work," he warned. "Plays are not written they are rewritten. The Unknown Soldier has been rewritten fifty-four times ten in Italy and the rest in America after it was sold. "Purge your play of all save what motivates action," he advised. "The soliloquy has no pine in the mrr play, and the action should unfold the story. If you have twenty differ ent groupings of characters in one act, you can be sure you have enough action." Kealistic atmosphere is essential, he believes. "Before I wrote The Unknown Soldier, I read so many books on spiritualism I p t the hebe- gebies'. I was even afraid," he added, "to go up to my room alone." Painting in words, in his drama, the misery of the trenches, the irre pressible humor of the doughboy, the grim proximity of death, and the (Continued on Page Three.) Three School Win Home Relays, May Go to Drake Coach Henry Schulte announces that Lincoln, Tecumseh, and Oma ha Central high schools are the three winners of the Nebraska Home Course Relay Championship, ne has wired their entrance to the Drake Relays Committee. The Home course relay cham pionship was established some few years ago when Mr. E. IL "Red" Long, of the College Book Store, volunteered to pay the expenses of the best relay team in Nebraska to De Moines and return. PRICE 5 CENTS NEBRASKA WINS THREE PLACES IN KANSAS RELAYS Medley Team is Second, Wirsig Ties for Second, Durisch Is Fourth in Discus FOUR RECORDS BROKEN Notre Dame Ties World Record In Quarter Relay; Ten Thousand Present Lawrence, Kans., April 23. (Spe cial to the Daily Nebraskan). Corn husker athletes copped three places in the annual Kansas Relays held here today. Nebraska runners pushed Iowa State's great medley relay team, finishing second behind the Cyclones. Frank Wirsig, who tied for first in the pole vault last year, was only able to get a tie for second this year. Durisch placed fourth in the discus throw for Nebraska's other place. Durisch's place came as a surprise to the Nebraskans. Hurd, another Cornhusker weight man, had beaten him in all tryouts in the last two weeks and was chosen by Coach Henry F. Schulte to make the trip. Durisch paid his own way down to compete in the meet, placing fourth. Rinefort of Grinnell set a new relay record for the discus throw. White of Illinois, favored to in the pole vault after his soaring at the Rice and Texas Relays, won at 12 feet 10 inches. Wrisig went into a tie with Glaser of Marquette Univer sity and Boyles of Iowa. Four Records Are Broken One world record was equalled and four Kansas relay records were broken before a crowd of 10,000 per sons. The day was cold and cloudy. Nearly a thousand athletes com peted in the relays of 1927, besides the famous Tarahuraara Indian run ners which made the distance run from Kansas City and Topeka during the day. Torres, from Kansas City, finished first, time for 51.2 miles 6 hours 49 minutes 9 seconds. All marathon runners had a strong fin ish. Notre Dame quarter mile relay team, Riley, Elder, ReiUy, Delia Maria tied the worlds record of 41.6 seconds. Haskell two mile college relay team of Roberts, Osif , Walking, and Manual, broke the Kansas relay mark, tin.e of 8:3.3, Galeeburg, Illi nois, bettered the former record by 8 seconds in the two mile high school run, making the time of 8.22. The Illinois squad was composed of Co deroth, Schroeder, Murphy, and Schroeder. Conger Aids in Breaking Record Conger lead Iowa State to another title by breaking their own record of 1925, winning by 7 minutes and 53.9 seconds. Conger followed Hoak, Thornburg, and Canlum. Rinefort throwing the discus 141 feet 4 3-4 inches new record. Result Are Listed Results of University Relays: Medley university relay Won by Iowa, Nebraska (Daiiey, Wyatt, Chadderdon, Johnson) second; time 7:36.3. One mile university relay first section Won by WiWsconsin, Ne braska (Davenport, Campbell, Daiiey, Wyatt), time 3:22.8. Winners time 3:22.4. 440-yard relay Won by Notre Dame. Time, 41.6. Ties world rec ord. Nebraska third in first sec tion 44.3, (Lowe, Wyatt, Daven port, Daiiey). Two mile relay: Iowa State (Hoak, Thornburg, Caulum, Conger), Kansas Aggies, Missouri, Northwest ern. Time: 7:53.9. (New meet rec ord.) Four mile relay: Illinois (Fair field, McElwee, Sitting, Rue), Or egon Aggies, Oklahoma. Time: 18:08.5.. 440-yard relay: Notre Dame (Ri ley, Elder, Reilley, Delmaria), Mis souri, Texas, Kansas. Time: 41.6 (Continued on Page Four.) Fair Board Distributes Guide Book Over State; Has Complete Program Distribution of the 1927 Farmers' Fair guide book has already been started,' according to Gordon Hedges, chairman of the guide book commit tee, and they are being mailed out to high schools, county agents, and the various civic organizations over Che state who are interested in Farm ers' Fair. The book made up of twenty-:!, nr pages, contains a complete program of the Fair, directions for finding the exhibits, a list of the committees at work on the Fair, and a list of the caBt and a b.'ief description of the Pageant. One of the scenes taken from last year's pageant is used as the cover page. Thirty-two local business firms are supporting the book with their sdver tiwing. The members cf tha com mittee reapMisILI) for fulllcs- Indianola; Mo3elle Ac lin, f.' :i, Wyoming; Rath Davis, t'yrncu .-.:; c;t i Howard Farr, Kiii.lalL