Ai
2IJ- ii HE 1JAILY1" InI EBR ASKAN ' sH33-
ynXTNO. 56. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1927. PRICE 5 CENTS
1
TOURNEY PLAY
FEATURED BY
KAPPASIGMAS
Rest Alpha Tau Omega by 59
To! 'Score; McCIay Is
High Point Man
ZIPS WIN CLOSE CAME
Emerge with 18-17 Lead Over
Acacia; Alpha Sigs and
D. U.'t Continue
Sigma Phi Epsilon nosed out Phi
Kappa Psi by an 18-13 score in the
only game of the Tuesday afternoon
play in the annual interfraternity
basketball tournament. With the
score tied 8-8 at half time, the Sig
Eps came back strong in the last
period with five baskets and a vic
tory. The work of Holmes and
Tuesday Result
Alpha Sigma Phi 17, Phi Gam
ma Delta 12.
Kappa Sigma 59, Alpha Tau
Omega 7.
Delta Upsilon 24, Lambda Chi
Alpha 7.
Xi Psi Phi 18, Acacia 17.
Sigma Phi Epsilon 18, Phi Kap
pa Psi 13.
Beta Theta Pi and Delta Sig
ma Phi won by default
Oehlrich at the forward positions for
the Sicrma Phi Epsilon five stood
oat, while Young, former Norfolk
Hi star, shone for the Phi Psi's.
Beta Theta Pi and Delta Sigma
Phi won by forfeit from Alpha Chi
Sigma and Zeta Beta Tau when
neither team put in an appearance
mi the floor.
Alpha Sigma Phi was victorious
(Continued on Page S)
CARTOONS FEATURE
DECEMBER AWGWAN
Next Issue of Humor Magaxine Will
Be Ready for Distribution
on December 10
Two full-page cartoons will fea
ture the December number of the
Awgwan which will be released De
cember 10. One is a striking char
coal sketch half-tone by Margaret
Emery, the other a page of "Silliol
ogy" by James Pickering,
The two-color cover drawn by
Tom McCoy was completed by the
engravers Tuesday evening and is
ready to be printed. The scientific
subject that it treats has not been
guessed as yet by any of those who
have submitted guesses at the Aw-
gwan office. Guesses will be taken
up until noon Thursday. Two free
subscriptions will be given to thr
first person guessing the subject
(Continued on Page 3)
MASONIC CLUB TO MEET
Square and Compass Calls First
of Year Tonight
The Square and Compass Club, an
organization of the University of
Nebraska Masons, will hold its first
meeting this evening in Faculty
Eooom 202, Temple Bldg. The
meeting is called for ssven o'clock,
and all faculty and student Masons
are urged to attend.
Prank Johnson, secretary to Gov
ernor McMullen, Prof. Roy E.
Cochran, and Prof. Robert H. Wcl
cott will give brief talks and the re
mainder .f the time will be devot.d
tu orpnnizati' p f r the ysar.
Twenty-One States Join Forces for
Great Lakes to St. Lawrence Canal
Twenty-one states have banded to
gether to assemble and disseminate
helpful information in regard to the
improvement of the St. Lawrence
riyer to connect the Great Lakes
w'th the ocean. The program which
they are endeavoring to follow form
ed the basis of a talk on "Sectional
ism and the Great Lakes St. Law
"nce Canal," by Albert La Fleur,
professor of Geography, over the
University Radio recently
'The Association baa keyed its
Program to three things," said Pro
lessor La Fleur, "First: A treaty
drawn in 1927 between the United
States and Canada. Second: Dig
Png started in 1928. Third: Opened
lor commerce in 1934. It is at once
jdent that the planks of this
Tidewater platform will need im
mediate rennovation for the year
"27 is about to pass into history.
he basic idea of making Chicago a
Peat seaport will continue to en
afi:e the thoughts of the twenty-one
Member states until something is ac
cmpliah?d. As a student of Economic Geog
nwy," went on Professor La Fleuv,
Plays Lead
-
( hi
i:
Miss H. Alice Howell, who will
have the leading role in the play
"Candida," which will be presented
by the University Players Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday of this week.
DIRECTOR HAS
LEAD IN PLAY
Miss H. Alice Howell Will
Porlray "Candida" in
Performance
PRESENT TWO MATINEES
"Candida," George Bernard
Shaw's notable play, will be presen
ted by the University Players Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday of this
week, with Miss H. Alice Howell in
the leading role, as Candida Morell.
Miss Howell has directed the Univer
sity Players ever since their organi
zation in 1916, and since then has
usually appeared in one production
a year. Last year she appeared in
Molnar's "The Swan."
The cast for "Candida" is small,
and the play itself is short. The story
(Continued on Page 2)
NOTED WRITER
GIVES ADDRESS
Mrs. Bess Streeter Aldrich
Will Talk to Women
At Luncheon
THETA SIGMA PHI GUEST
Tickets for the Bess Streeter Aid
rich luncheon Thursday given for all
university women interested in writ
ing professionally, are selling well,
according to the committee. Women
who still wish to secure tickets should
egt them today from members of
Theta Sigma Phi, at the College Book
Store, or at the School of Journalism
office, U104. Reservations may be
made by calling Dorothy Nott at
L9998.
"If this luncheon is a success, and
we see no reason why it should not
be, the organization will sponsor a
the president of Theta Sigma Phi,
similar one every month," declared
honorary and professional journalis
tic sorority which js sponsoring the
luncheon.
Mrs. Aldrich will talk informally
on "getting started" and on markets.
The luncheon will be followed by an
open forum at which time questions
mav be asked.
Lambda chapter of Theta Sigma
Phi initiated Mrs. Aldrich as an hon
nrarv member last spring. She is
well known as the author of "The
Rim of the Prairie" and for her
"Mother Mason" and "Nell Cutter"
stonies. She has been a contributor
to various magazines for the past
fifteen years.
"I am keenly in favor of the pro
jected waterway, because I feel tha'
it is a transportation plan which
makes itself felt at a time when the
congestion at the other eastern ter
minals is a matter of no little con
cern. Further, I am convinced that
the proposed artery is economicall'
feasible, and that in spite of the rel
atively low canal tonnage in thif
.nnnfnr at nresent. water transpor
tation on our internal drainage sys
tems is destined to assume an im
portance far beyond the most opti
mistic hopes. It appears to me m.i
n.u . T.VunWl features in favor of
kilt? f ",7 -
such a plan out-weigh by a large
margin, those wmcn migm. uo m
shalled against the plan.
"Sectionalism, which makes itself
felt in north-eastern United States
and southeastern Canada, may be
discussed under three heads. First:
The opposition which may be dis-
cerned in Montreal anu x"
m.... .smnrti feel that their
A ucno i,tjj r - - -
dockage facilities would be neglected
liners if it were
possible to proceed direct to Chi-
(Continuea on t s
W.A.A. Meets Tonight
To Flan Annual Party
A meeting of the Women's
Athletic Association will be held
at 7:15 o'clock this evening at
the armory. The annual Christ
mast party will be planned as well
as the gift distribution at the
Home for Dependent Children.
Last year the W. A. A. distrib
uted gifts to fifty beys and girls.
VARSITY TRACK
MEN LOSE MEET
Veterans Score Only 23 Points
To 140 Compiled by Non
Letter Runners
NEXT MEET DECEMBER 13
Due to the scarcity of their rep
resentatives, the varsity track men
were swamped by the non-varsity se
gregation in Tuesday afternoon's
meeVmaking only 23 out of a total
of 140 points tallied. Only six var
sity men entered in the competition,
so the score can not be taken as truly
representative of the merits of the
two sides, though it speaks well for
the hitherto unused material that
the coaches will have to pick this
year's squad from.
Janulewicz, a varsity runner, led
in the one mile run, but was closely
followed by Dexter, a non-varsity
representative. Those placing in
(Continued on Page 4)
Buying Gifts
Is Simplified
By Santa Sale
Hand-made novelties and home
made candy will be among the many
desirable bargains which may be
bought at the Santa's sale being held
today, Thursday and Friday at Ellen
Smith Hall from 10 o'clock in the
morning until 8 in the evening.
Distracted co-ed shoppers are
urged to patronize the sale and save
themselves a multitude of worry for
here may be purchased all the little
things that one will want for family,
friends and relatives. .
The six booths will be in charge of
members of the conference staff of
the Y. W. C. A. which is sponsoring
the sale to raise money to send dele
gates to the joint conference with
the Y. M. C. A. which will be held
the latter part of next summer in
Estes Park.
Eleanor Berge will be at the linen
and handkerchief booth, Lois Haning
at the candy booth, Louise Van Sic
kle at the kitchen booth, Marjorie
Bailey at the Grab Bag, and Mar
jorie Sturdevant at the miscelaneous
and novelty booths.
FOSTER WILL TALK
AT FORM MEETING
Secretary of Baptist Education
Board Will Sneak on Form
of Religion
' RcVgion of a Sei;niiot" v ill be
the subject of the talk to be given
by !r. Allyn K. Foster ucciPtury of
the !osid ti iiu.htion rf In Dap-
Uit tnurch, b to W r. J 1 orum
this noon. Doctor Foster is a noted
authority on science and a lecturer
on religion.
He is being brought here under
the auspices of the United Student
Religious Council, an organization
composed of the Y. M. C. A. and the
Y. W. C. A., supplemented by many
other denominational organizations.
Reports from Manhattan, the last
place he visited before coming to
Lincoln, are vei y favorable and com
ment on his ability to present, his
talks in clear, simple style. Doctor
(Continued on Page 2)
.IPLrf TALKS THURSDAY
Representative of General Electric
Company Gives Free Lecture
C. M. Ripley, representative from
;he General Electric Company, will
give a lecture Thursday evening, at
1:45 o'clock in the Lindell Hotel as
sembly room. This lecture for uni-
versitv students is being sponsored
by the Nebraska Engineers Society.
The lecture, "Romance of Power,"
is illustrated with fore tLn one
hundred slides omparing the differ
ent parts of the world with the
United States. Mr. Ripley, who is
froni Schenectady. New York, is the
guest of the Iowa-Nebraska Light
and Power Company, while in Lin
coln. "I think that it is an excellent
opportunity for student engineers to
come into contact with practicing
engineers," stated Dean Ferguson,
of the College of Engineering, yesterday.
NOVEL ATTIRE
WILL FEATURE
GIRLS' PARTY
Co-Eds Design Costumes for
Annual Affair Planned
Friday Evening
EXPECT SEVEN HUNDRED
Grand March Will Be Main
Event of Program; Prizes
Given for Raiment
Costumes of every hue and every
description will be seen at the Arm
ory Friday night when about seven
hundred girls will gather at 7 o'clock
for the annual Girls' Cornhusker
Costume Party. Three costume prizes
will be given, one for the cleverest,
one for the funniest and one for the
prettiest costume. An admission fee
of twenty-five cents will be collected
at the door.
The feature of the party will be
the grand march, during which the
costumes will be judged. The march
will start at 7:45 o'clock. The judges
are Miss Mable Lee, Miss Clara Wil
son and Miss Margaret McPhee. A
picture will be taken as the girls
assemble for the awarding of prizes.
1 Skits will be presented by the
members of Mystic Fish, Xi Delta,
Silver Serpent and Tassels, womens'
pep organization. The skits will be
of the take-off and variety nature
and will be put on from 8 o'clock to
8:45.
The Merrymakers orchestra made
up of girls, will play for the danc
ing. The Girls' Cornhusker party is
an annual event put on under the
auspices of the Associated Womens'
Student Eoard. Orrel Rose Jack is
chairman of the party with Mable
Heyne in charge of the prizes and
Roma Ridnour in charge of the judg
ing.
The members of Mortar Board will
sell popcorn and ice-cream dui.ng
the evening and the Tassels will also
have a' concession.
POLO TOURNEY
ENDS TONIGHT
Betas and Lambda Chis Meet
In Championship Clash
At Y. M. C. A. Pool
GAME IS OPEN TO PUBLIC
Beta Theta Pi and Lambda Chi
Alpha will clash tonight to deter
mine the inter-fraternity polo cham
pionship of the university. These
two teams come to the finals as the
result of their respective wiina over
Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Sigma
Phi last Tuesday evening in the
semi-finals of the first water polo
tournament held at Nebraska.
The doors to the Y. M. C. A. pool
at Thirteenth and P streets will be
open to both men and women, and
the program, which features the
water polo finals will begin at 8
o'clock. Bleachers have been erected
for the accommodation of the crowd
which is expected, and the windows
will be thrown open so that the heat
will not be excessive. Twenty-five
cents admission will be charged, the
proceeds of which will go toward
further promotion of intra-mural
sports in the university.
A forty yard invitation free ttyle
dash will be held as a preliminary to
the game. Eight of the best swim
mers of the university were invited
to compete, tnd have accepted.
(Continued on Page 2)
BIZAD HEWS READY
FOR DISTRIBUTION
Will Be Available at Booths on Third
Floor of Social Sciences; New
Features Contained
The Bizad News, publication bf
the College of Business Administra
tion, will be distributed today and
tomorrow from booths at the north
and south ends of third floor, Social
Sciences building. Regular sub
scribers can obtain their copies by
presenting their subscription cards
at the designated places.
Containing short humorous
sketches on Bizad student life, and
an article naming an all Bir.ad-Ne-braska
football lineup, this number
of the News promises to exceed all
previous issues this year.
Subscriptions can still be obtained
for the rest of this semester and
next from any member of the staff.
Twenty-five cents U the price for
the remainder of the school year.
All present subscribers are urged
to -"jenre tleir copies as early, in the
day as possible owing to the short
time provided for distribution.
Vrestlers Will Meet
Thursday at 5 O'clock
A meeting of all wrestling men
and all men who are going to try
out for the Varsity this season
will be held Thursday afternoon
at 5 o'clock in the N club rooms,
according to an announcement by
John Kellog, wrestling coach.
TEA FOR CO-EDS
HELD THURSDAY
Inter-Racial Meeting for All
University Women Takes
Place at S O'clock
PLAN MUSICAL PROGRAM
The inter-racial tea for all Uni
versity women will be held on Thurs
day afternoon from 5 to 6 o'clock at
Ellen Smith Hall. It was necessary
to change the time to 5 o'clock from
3:30 as previously planned, so as to
avoid interference with the Santa
Bazaar.
The purpose of the tea is to crrate
a better understanding between the
racial groups on the campus. The
program will feature negro spirit
uals and poetry and music. There
will be dancing during intermission
The program is as follows:
Violin Solo Evelyn Battles
Piano Catherine Shultze
Double Quartette.... Cleopatra Ross,
Zanzey Hill, Dorothy Dixon, Joy
Conrad, Alberta Martin, Katherine
Thompson, Florence Reed, Thelma
Hammond.
Readings Maurine Drayton
Vocal Solo Cleopatra Ross
Violin Solo Alberta Martin
Miss Erma Appleby will preside at
the tea table during the first hour.
Miss Dorothy Nott, chairman of the
inter-racial staff, will preside during
:he second hour,
In the receiving line will be Fran'
ces Lederer, Maurine Drayton, Mary
Louise Freeman, Zanzey Hill, Mary
Kinney, Dorothy Nott, and Thelma
Hammond.
Twelve Men
Are Initiated
Into W Club
Twelve men were initiated into
the "N" club last night at a meeting
held in the Coliseum. Eight of the
men were football men, three were
cross country and one was lettered
in baseball.
Judge C. M. Skiles, who played on
the University of Nebraska's first
two football teams in 1890, gave a
short talk to the club. Dean Thomp
son and George Holmes were also on
the speakers list.
All the initiates agreed that
"Blue" Howell packs a terrible wal
lop, while Clair Sloan goes so far as
to say that the popular statement
that they don't hurt after the first
fifty is all bunk.
The initiates in football are
Clair Sloan, Clark McBride, Willard
Witte, Harold Peaker, Glenn Munn,
George Farley, Raymond Richards,
Jake Imig, manager.
Cross country Carrol Griffin,
Clarence Kibble, Emerie Cummings.
Baseball Thomas Thompson.
EDITOR ISSUES CALL
FOR GROUP PANELS
Fraternities and Sororities Asked
To Get Pictures Soon to
Avoid Late Rush
Fraternity and sorority members
desiring to have their pictures ap
pear in the 1928 Cornhusker must
report to the studios as Boon as pos
sible. The usual Christmas rush will
make it necessary for students to
have their pictures taken at once.
The fraternity and sorority panels
of this year's annual are to be espe
cially attractive. Some special art
features will be included in the de
signs and title pages of this section
and the editor and his staff are par
ticularly desirable to have the pic
tures for this section ready to go to
the engraver at an early date.
"W?are spending a great deal of
time and putting some extra ex
pense on this section and we are de
sirious of having all groups report
to the strdios for their Bitting before
the Christmas holidays," Mr. Wall
ace, editor of the year book stated
yesterday.
This division of the book is one of
the most prominent ones and should
include photographs of all fraternity
and sorority members. Those in
charge of this section are urging all
fraternity and sorority groups to set
a particular day as a deadline for
the photographic sittings at that par
ticular house.
Coast Delegate
HP' v
PV 'VI;
'
x - '
, v - !slf
wy -MM:!
STANLEY WEIGEL.
Who will represent Leland Stan
ford university of Palo Alto, Calif,
at the convention of the National
Student Federation in Lincoln next
week. He will talk: on "Interna
tional Relations" at the meeting
next Friday morning.
VISITORS WANT
TO SEE CAPITOL
Delegates to Student Council
Meeting Ask to Visit
New Building
TOUR ROUTE IS PLANNED
Delegates coming to the third an
nual meeting of the National Student
Federation of America December 15,
16 and 17 will be given an oppor
tundty to visit Nebraska's new state
capitol on Thursday afternoon.
Eldred Larson, in charge of the
reception committee for the con
gress, conferred with the city cham
ber of commerce yesterday after
noon and complete details of the
tour will be arranged within the next
few days.
Delegates will be directed from
Ellen Smith hall where the central
registration office of the congress
will be established for the three day
period.
Tentative plans for an entertain'
ment to be given by the Publix Thea
tres company have been spoken of.
Thursday afternoon a large number
of delegates will be in the city and
the general conference meetings will
not begin until Thursday evening
with the opening session. Therefore
(Continued on Page 3)
Miss McPhee Talks on
Short Story in Radio
Address on Literature
The short story from a literary
standpoint was considered by Miss
M. C. McPhee in a radio talk called
"The Short Story as a Literary
Form." Miss McPhee's talk dealt
with the short story frm the time
of Irving to the present day, and
clearly distinguished the difference
between popular short stories and
the literary short story. There are
many stories .however, that would
come under both constructions.
"The peak of the short story from
a literary point of view came in the
late nineteenth century," said Miss
McPhee "but that does not mean
that there are no good stories of to
day. Short stories are experimental
today and are not to be judged by
the same standards as the short
stories of a few decades ago."
Most stories today are of a more
popular type and this is perhaps to
attract a larger number of readers
that do not have the time and oppor
tunity to read a longer story or a
novel.
Fun and Recreation
Gtrls Intra-Mural Sports Program
By Florence Seward
"We want every girl in the Uni
versity who wants to play to have a
chance to play," stated Miss Mabel
Lee, Director of the Department of
Physical Education for Women,
when questioned concerning the new
Intra-mural Sports program recently
formulated for University women.
"The present system of physical ed
ucation for young women is largely
restricted to our credit work depart
ment, while no program has hitherto
been offered in which I1 girls would
be given the chance to indulge in
wholesome play," she added.
Two years' work in the depart
ment is required of all university
women for graduation. This require
ment is usually worked off during
the freshman and sophomore years
leaving the last two years practic
ally empty of any organized physical
work for the girL It is to fill this
gap that the Intra-Mural program
for University women Las been
adopted.
"There is nothing compulsory
BANQUET PLANS'
FEATURE TALKS
BY LEADING MEN
Program Includes Speeches
By Governor McMullen
And E. A. Burnett
CURTIS IS TOASTMASTER
New Football Captain Will
Be Announced During
Evening Events
A program of events and enter
tainment featuring talks by Acting
Chancellor Burnett and Governor
Adam McMullen has been arranged
for the Cornhusker banquet next
Friday evening at 5:45 o'clock. This
banquet is an annual event give ain
honor of the football team.
John Curtis, who as connected with
the State Railway Commission, will
be the toastmaster. Mr. Curtis was
toastmaster at the Cornhusker ban
quet last year.
The captain of the 1928 Nebraska
football team will be' announced dur
ing the evening, and presented with
a football by Captain John Brown.
Head Coach Ernest Bearg will intro
duce all the members of the football
team, and all men who have played
their last game for Nebraska will be
called upon to deliver short talks.
Schulte To Speak
Henry F. Schulte, head track
coach, will give a short address to
the football men. Freshman Coach
"Choppy" Rhodes has been asked to
give his forecast for the 1928 foot
continued on Page 3.)
SPEAKER TALKS ON
BELIEF IN RELIGIOII
Vespers Address Given by Dr. Allen
K. Foster Stresses Importance
of Faith for Certainty
"The Basis of Religious Cer
tainty" was the topic of the talk
which Dr. Allen K. Foster gave at
the weekly Vespers service last eve
ning at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith HalL
Dr. Foster introduced his subject
by describing the absolute uncer
tainty of all things material, all
things scientific. "Science is based
on imaginative hypotheses," he said,
"we may think certain fads are
certainly proven but they are really
only hypotheses, the reactions to
which are almost always the same.
"All of physics is based on the
theory of the atom," he continued,
"and yet, we have never isolated an
atom, and we do not know what it
is. No physiologist or scientist, no
man today can explain to you what
happens when you contract your
muscles, but man would be in a sore
plight if he could not contract his
muscles.
"Science like religion is based on
faith," stated Dr. Foster. "Be loyal
(Continued on Page 3.)
AG COLLEGE HAS QUARTETTE
New Group Appears with Christmas
Carols at Meeting
Elinor Bower, first soprano; Helen
Shepardson, second soprano; Evelyn
Bower, first alto; and Evelyn John
son, second alto, constitute the new
quartette of the College of Agricul
ture. This was announced at the Y. W.
C. A. meeting in the Home Econom
ics parlors last evening. The quar
tette sang Christmas carols and the
spirit of Christmas was carried out
in the meeting.
Are Objects of
about the contests," explained Miss
Lee. "What we want is to urge
every girl to enter them, and get the
fun and recreative work it will give
her. Too many girls stay inside in
the winter, and get almost no exer
cise at alL
"A girl doesn't need to know a
thing about the games in order to
enter," she explained. "The pro
gram is not designed for expert
players or games which will be mar
vels of fine playing." She Bmfled
slightly, as ohe went on, "What if
two teams get together and play a
terrible game of basketball, brrt the
giiis have a great time anyhow?
That's the thing that counts. Girls
who have never touched a basketball
may enter, f ir there will be lots of
girls in that very same class who are
anxious to have some fun in such
contests."
She carefully pointed out that the
program was not designed for or
ganized groups alone. It ia ai:uv:u
to be a medium for bringing f.Il rrd
(Con tinned on Pce 2)