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HIGH DEBATERS
COMPETING FOR
KEBRASKATITLE
Twelve District Winners Take
Part In Final Matches
Of Year Friday
DEBATERS ARRIVE TODAY
High School Winners Will Be
Guests of University Over
The Week End
Six high school debates this eve
ing will open the final series of
combats for the 1927 interscholastic
debate championship of Nebraska.
Xh six winners will meet Friday
morning with a semi-final debate Fri
day evening and the finals Saturday
morning.
Drawings for the first round have
been made but will not be announced
nntae o'clock this evening. An
nouncement of the drawing of op
ponents and sides will be posted on
bulletin boards in University Hall,
Lw college, and Social Sciences at
ox o'clock. Drawings for the other
rounds will be made immediately aft
er the debates of the preceding
round.
Teams which will contest for hon
ors are: Aurora, Central champions;
Wesleyan Prep, East Central win
ners; Fremont, Northeast No. 1;
Hartington, Northeast No. 2 ; Omaha
Tech, Omaha champions; Geneva,
South Central No. 1 ; Hastings, South
Central No. 2; Auburn, Southeast No.
1; Wymore, Southeast No. 2; Hold
rege, Southwestern; Bayard, West
ern; Curtis Aggies, West Central.
Team Arrive Today
The twelve teams will arrive to
day. They represent the twelve dis
trict winners, having won their posi
tions in the tournament from among
the eighty-nine Nebraska high schools
whose debate teams competed in the
state league this year.
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II DELTA NAMES MEMBERS
Women' Honorary Society Holds
Banquet on Wednesday
The list of new members of XI
Delta, honorary society for soph
omore girls was announced last Mon
day evening. The new members
were formally initiated last evening
t Ellen Smith Hall. The annual
banquet of the society "for new and
alumnae members was given Wednes
day evening, May 18 at the Univer
sity club. The list of new members
to be honored at this banquet:
(Continued tn Pag Two.)
Athletic Tickets May Be
Used As Part Admission
Fifty cents will be allowed for stu
dents saving their student athletic
tickets for the Missouri Valley track
on May 21 and 22y according to an
announcement from the Student Ac
tivities office.
Students are cautioned to save
their tickets after the Drake track
meet Saturday, although the ticket
is the last in the student ticket book
let. The Missouri Valley meet will
cost $1 and f 1.50, and students pre
senting their athletic ticket booklet
will get in for fifty cents and $1.
AG SCIENTIST
TALKS MONDAY
Sir John Russell, Experiment
Director in England, Will
Lecture on Ag Campus
TO BE GUEST AT DINNER
Sir John Russell, director of the
Rothamsted Experiment station at
Harpenden, England, and one of the
leading agricultural scientists of the
world, has been secured to give two
lectures on May 16 and 17 in the
Student Activities building on the
College of Agriculture campus, ac
cording to Dean E. A. Burnett, acting-chancellor
of the University, and
Prof. W. W. Burr, acting-director of
the College), who are in charge of the
arrangements.
Sir John Kussell is on a visit to the
Agricultural Colleges and Experi
ment stations in this country; he will
attend the Internationl Soil congress.
His first lecture, "Some Investiga
tions in Soil Fertility," will be given
Monday, May 16, at 4 p. m. At a
special convocation at 11 o'clock on
Tuesday morning, May 17, he will
talk on "Systems of Farming in Eng
land." Classes, on the agricultural
campus will be dismissed for both
lectures.
A dinner in honor of Dr. Russell
will be) given at 6:30 Monday evening
in the Student Activities building by
the Gamma Sigma Delta society and
-the Nebraska section of the Amer
ican Chemical society.
According to his present itinerary,
Dr. Russell will arive in Lincoln Mon
day morning and leave the following
afternoon. He is coming here from
Madison, Wisconsin, and is going to
Ames, Iowa.
ANNUAL BIZAD
PICNIC FRIDAY
Students In College of Business
Administration To Be Dis
missed From Classes
Haney- Entertains
Senior Engineers
Fifteen senior mechanical engin
eering students were entertained by
Prof. J. W. Haney, at bis home last
night.
PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED
All Bizad students will be dis
missed from classes tomorrow in
order that all students of the College
of Business Administration may at
tend the annual Bizad Day picnic to
be held at Antelope Park. At first
it was planned to hold 8 and 9 o'clock
classes in order to assure a full at
tendance at the parade that is to be
gin at 10 o'clock but is believed that
all students who are going to take
part in Bizad Day will attend of their
own accord.
According to the report of the
ticket sales committee, a record
crowd will attend; there has already
been over three hundred and sixty
tickets sold and a final drive will be
held today in the Social Science
building. The price of a ticket is
one dollar; this will allow the holder
to bring a date to the evening enter
tainment but not to the barbecue
luncheon.
Program Starts At 10
The program as arranged by the
entertainment committee will begin
at 10 o'clock with a parade of all
Bizad students and will end with a
dance and vaudeville entertainment
at the LindeU Party house. High
lights of the program are the athletic
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PAN-HEL COUNCIL
HAKES NEW RDLES
High School Girl Cannot Be Rushed
By Sororities; New Members of
Council Named
Sororities will not be able to rush
prospective girls until after their
graduation from high school accord
ing to the ruling made at the meet
ing of the Pan-Hellenic Board last
evening. It will go into effect immediately.
The new ruling will no doubt
bring about a more systematic meth
od of rushing and will reduce ex
penses of the Greek letter societies.
New members to the Pan-Hellenic
Board, the advisory and penalizing
board for IPniversity women was
elected at the meeting. The board
consists of eight three faculty
members, two alumnae members, two
active members and the dean of
women, who is an ex officio mem
ber. (Continued on Page Two)
CompanyJ'L" Wins First
In Regimental Review
Company "L" was judged the best
in the R. O. T. C. unit at the last
preliminary review and inspection
held yesterday at 5 o'clock. The
winning platoons were as follows:
"C"-2, first; "H"-l second; and "D"
1, third.
The affair yesterday was both an
inspection and review. The inspect
ting officers first marched on a tour
of inspection of the regiment. Fol
lowing this ,the regiment marched in
review.
"The regiment is much better
equipped in practical and theoretical
instruction than last year. They are
good enough. The outcome Saturday
and Monday depends upon how we
rank in school spirit and loyalty" de
clared Captain Foster of the Military
department when questioned as to
their showing yesterday.
R.O.T.C. Unit
Will Make Try
For Blue Star
Whether the Nebraska R. O. T. C.
unit will win the distinguished Blue
Star rating this year will be deter
mined by the showing that the men
make in the inspection to be held
Saturday and Monday. Last year
this rating was lost.
' Sham battles have been staged the
past week by the companies on "Rus
sia Flats" west of the city. Practice
lias also been held with 37-mm guns,
3 inch Mortar and combat principles.
The Government Inspection board
which is composed of Major R. M.
Danford, Field Artillery, and Major
C. H. Bonesteel, Infantry, will arrive
in Lincoln Saturday morning and will
remain here until Monday at 1:19 p.
m., when they will leave for Ames
University.
(Continued on Page Two)
ANNUAL TO BE
SOLD MONDAY
1927 Issue of The Cornhusker
Will Go on Sale In Office
Next Week
120 0 BOOKS ON HAND
The 1927 issue of the Cornhusker
will be put on sale in the Cornhusker
office, University Hall 2, at 8 o'clock
next Monday morning, May 16. Stu
dents are requested to bring their re
ceipts with them; if receipts are not
presented, books will not be given
out
Orders will be taken for the Corn
husker until the end of school. The
books are being sold for $5.
There is much attractive color
work this year in the Cornhusker.
"The Student Life" section is the
best section in the book, according
to members of the Cornhusker staff.
The books will be on display in down
town store windows.
There are 12 books on hand now.
All of the books will probably be in
circulation the first day they are put
on sale, according to the Cornhusker
staff.
Society Secretaries
Must Appear Before
Point System Leader
The secretaries of Y? W. C. A.,
W. A. A., all honorary and profes
sional women's societies, and chair
men of all Y. W. C. A. committees
must report to Kathryn Douglas,
chairman of the point system com
mittee between 4 and 6 o'clock in
the A. W. S. room in Ellen Smith
Hall today. Each secretary must
submit a list of the members and
officers of her organization for
checking by the point system.
In case the members and officers
for the coming year have not yet
been elected, the present secretary
should report to Miss Douglas.
FOSTER TO ATTEND
LAWYERS' MEETING
Dean of Nebraska College of Lew
Will Represent Nebraska in Wash
ington; Leaves on Friday
Leaving Lincoln Tuesday after
noon, Dean H. H. Foster, of the Col
lege of Law, is expected to arrive in
Washington, D. C, by Thursday as a
representative of the University at
the annual meeting of the American
Law Institute. Representatives of
all of the leading law colleges in the
United States, judges of the Appel
late courts, and the chief justices are
in attendance in an attempt to form
a restatement of the Common Law of
the United States so that it will be
come simpler and more consistent.
Dean Foster plans to return to Lin
coln as soon as the three-day meet
ing is finished. The fifth annual
meeting of the American Law Insti
tute will be held in Washington, May
12, 13, and 14, at the Capital.
It is the aim of this organization
to so construct the common law of
the United States thatit will be easier
to understand and so that the inter
pretation of it will be more consist
ant. When the complicated nature
of the common law is done away with
there will not be so many loop-holes
left; much time will be saved in the
application of it and justice will be
come speedier.
Dean Sealock Sent To ,
Hospital by Physician
Dean W. E. Sealock of Teachers'
college has been ordered to the hos
pital by his physician for the treat
ment of a torn ligament.
It is not known how the trouble
originated. Upon the doctors' exam
ination a ligament in the vertebra
was found to be torn. Dean Sealock
has suffered considerable discomfort
the past two weeks and it considered
likely that he will have to resort to
a plaster cast. He goes to the hos
pital tomorrow for further examina
tion. So far he has been able to
meet his classes.
PUBLICATION
FILINGS MADE
Competition Keen on Student
Publications Appli
cations Show
BOARD WILL MEET SOON
Applications for next year's posi
tions on the Cornhusker, Daily Ne
braskan, and Awgwan are being
checked over for scholarship in prep
aration for the Student Publication
board meeting. The board will prob
ably meet the last of next week to
appointment Cornhusker and Aw
gwan officials; Daily Nebraskan ap
pointments will be made the last of
May.
Close competition is expected for
most of the appointments as indi
cated by the number of applications.
Following are the number of appli
cants. The Cornhusker:
Editor 1
Managing Editor 6
Business Manager 3
Ass't Business Manager 6
The Daily Nebraskan:
Editor-in-Chief 1
Managing Editor 2
Ass't Managing Editor 3
News Editor 11
Ass't News Editor 3
Contributing Editor 2
Business Manager . 2
Ass't Business Manager 2
The Awgwan:
Editor 2
Associate Editor . 1
Business Manager 1
Ass't Business Manager 1
Margaret Nielson Is
President of Players
Wessely Players, National Meth
odists organization of University
students interested in dramatics,
elected the following officers for the
coming year. Margaret Nielson, pres
ident; George M. Hooper, vice pres
ident; Helen Witherspoon, treasurer;
Coral Dubry, business manager.
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COUNCIL MAKES
NEW POLICIES
FOR NEXT YEAR
Student Group Will Give More
Time to Varsity Dances;
Talk of Convention
LANTZ NAMED ADVISOR
Ruth Palmer and Munro Kezer
Named Joint Chairmen
For Meeting In Fall
The policies to be followed in re
gard to varsity dances, student rep
resentation on the athletic board and
tentative preparations for the na
tional conference were the matters
discussed at the first regular busi
ness meeting of the newly elected
Student Council held Wednesday
afternoon in Temple 204.
The question of varsity dances was
discussed at length. The Council
voted to give all possible aid to the
making of these parties a success.
Robert Hoagland, chairman of this
year's dance committee, was present
at the meeting and explained some of
the possible changes outlined by the
committee for the bettering of the
functions. Definite action on the
part of the Council in regard to any
measure they might take was de
ferred until the next meeting. A
special meeting being scheduled for
noxt. Wednesday at 5 o'clock in Tem
ple 204.
A committee is to be appointed to
take action in regard to having a stu
dent' representative on the athletic
board. The committee is to confer
with the members of the board with
in the near future.
Tentative plans for the national
convention to be held here December
1 to 4 were presented. Arrange
ments are being made with the rail
road companies whereby the delegate
will have a considerable reduction in
train fare. Housing and entertain
ment for the delegates is arranged
as well as a variety of other things
Munro Kezer, '29, Fort Collins,
Colo., has been named joint chair
man of the cftnmittee making ar
rangements for the convention. Ruth
Palmer is also chairman.
Prof. E. W. Lantz, last year's
Council sponsor, was unanimously re
chopen to serve in this capacity for
the coming year.
Ivy Day Poems Must Be
Before Judges Friday
All poems for the Ivy Day Poem
contest must be in the hands of the
committee by noon Friday, instead of
May 15, as previously announced.
The change is necessary in order that
Ivy Day programs can be printed.
The faculty committee which i to
judge the poems is composed of Miss
Louise Pound, Prof. J. A. Rice, and
Prof. Sherlock B. Gass.
CourtMy TTha Lincoln Star.
'. .... a:. . n teams of the Nebraska High School Debate League who will open their struggle for the state champ-
Above are the forty-eight hign scnooi aeoaters reFrjHnui wj w:vav """"
ionship in Bix debates on the University campus this evening.
1 Wesleyan Prep (East Central District) Left to right; Amas CofTman, Dorothy DeTar, Clifton Conaway. .
2- Geneva-(South Central District)-Left to right; Lucille Eaton, Cloyd Probst, Ann Taborsky Ben Fussel (rnmte) ,
30maha Tech (Omaha District) Left to right: Anne Rothenberg, John Emerick, Donald Becker, Morton Richards (alternate j
4-Fremont (Northeastern District No. 1) Left to right: Carl Barz, Marjorie Peterson, Francis Koyen.
5- Auburn (Southeast District No. 1) Left to right: G. S. Karges (coach), John Pierson, Nina Burdette, Burke Ellis.
6- Curtis Aggies (West Central District) -Left to right: Joy Wymore, Milo Price, Dudley Dobbs.
7- Bayard-(Northwestern District) -Top, left to right: Howard Osborne Paul Lathrop. Bot om: John JZ Coffey, Elaine Hadsell, Eleanor Clements.
8- Wymore(Southeastern District K. 2)-Ift te rfcht: Jack Fisher, Celesta Bates, Donala Owens Ruth Burrus (coach), KODert wney,
-!Io!drege-(Southeastern District)-!! ttf right: Clwance Edncy, Kthar VireA, Raymond Cad.valdev, Eva
10- Hartington (Northeast District No. 2)Left to right: Joseph O'Furey, Goldie Olsen, Julia Brown, Leslie Roddewig. , . .
11- Aurora (Central District) Left to right: Cecil Adams, Cecil Hageman, John Gropvenor. Mrlntire Nathan S. Levy.
12- Hastings-(South Central District No. 2)-Left to right: James R. Shlvely (alternate), Lester R. Stiner, Walter R. Mclntire, Nathan y
IRON SPHINX INITIATES
Men's Sophomore Honorary Organi
sation Take in New Members
Sixty-five freshmen were initiated
into the Iron Sphinx, honorary soph
omore organization, last night at
Robbers' Cave.
The newly initiated men are:
Acacia: Royal E. Heacock.
Alpha Chi Sigma: Ralph Philipps
and Edward Boyd.
Alpha Gamma Rho: Harold Mar.
cotte and Fred Sundder.
Alpha Sigma Phi: Gordon Larson
and Ralph Jeffries.
Alpha Tau Omega: Harry Hansen
and Edwin Brandes.
Alpha Theta Chi: Otto Jacobson
and Bernard Wilson.
Delta Chi: Miles Lambert.
Delta Sigma Delta: Nels Allard
and Ralph Freese.
Delta Sigma Phi: James Mason
and Curtis Poet.
Delta Tau Delta: Dean Hokanson
and Clayton Moravec
Delta Sigma Lambda: J. Merle
Wright and Paul N. Wray.
Delta Upsilon: Erwin Hansen and
Arthur Bai'ey.
Farm House : Dwight ' Anderson
and Murk White.
Kappa Psi: Lawrence Broch and
Robert Jackson.
Kappa "Sigma: Earl . Wyatt and
John Hedge.
Lambda Chi Alpha: George Carl
berg and Henry Erion.
Mu Sigma: Linn Herring and Ar
thur Ritter.
Omega Beta Pi: Raymond Wyrens
and Lyman H. He'ne.
Phi Deli Theta: Walter C. Elosa
and Elmer Rsfshauge.
Phi Gamma Del: Elmer Coafces
and Harry Fulbrook.
Phi Kappa: Bernard Haley.
Phi Kappa Psi: J. Marshall Pitzcr
and Keith Walker.
Phi Sigma Kappa: George Holt and
P-alph Esrcbner.
Phi. Kpiia Alplm: It:yiB&d Lea
der and Frank Mockler.
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