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VOlTxXVU. NO. 63,
VARSITY CAGE
SQUAD LOSES
INITIALGAMES
Washington Wins From Hus
kers in Close Game Friday,
Score Is 28 to 27
TIGERS
WIN 36 TO 15
Close Guarding By Missouri
Gives Nebraska Severe
Reverse Saturday
Edging in the first two combats
of the season on foreign courts, the
Nebraska Cornhuskers took the small
nd on both occasions. Defeated by
"Washington 28 to 27 Friday even
ing at St Louis, the Varsity men
journeyed to Columbia Saturday and
vere downed by the Missouri Tigers
86 to 15.
The Washington defeat was a hard
break in luck but the Missouri game
was a clean cut reverse for Coach
Black and his basketeers. A superb
guarding game on the part of the
Missouri players held the Nebraska
offense to a field goal apiece by
Holm and Elliott during the first
half. On the long end of the lead,
the Missouri Tigers began to rest
on their laurels at the start of the
second half and Olson proceeded to
ring up his three baskets.
Holm Play Strong Game
Holm played a strong game at
guard and his running mates put up
a good fight against the shifty Missou
forward". Holm's basket was of the
high arch type for which hi3 work
was noted last year. Armstrong,
playing his initial Varsity game per
formed on creditable fashion. He
is noted for his spirit and always
shows a good floor game."
Elliott and Olson played stellar
ball for 'the Husker but close guard
ing on the part of their opponents
kept their point total lower than
usual. Brown and Munn were too
closely watched and were unable to
show much in the way of points.
The veteran Missouri forward
Yunker turned in the individual
high point total of the game . with i
eleven points. His running mate
Welsh ran him a close second and
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TELLS OF EXTENSION WORK
Mr. E. E. Thompson Return From
Southern Surrey Trip
Mrs. E. E. Thompson, secretary of I
the University Extension division,
recently returned from visits at Ok -
lahoma A. and M. college at Still
water, Baker college at Baldwin,
and Kansas State Agricultural col
lege at Manhattan, where she was
interested in sorority and university tryman during the past semester,
extension work. Gordon Hedges has been circulation
At Stillwater, according to Mrs. manager and assistant business man
Thompson, the college has an excep-lager of the paper. Last year he was
tionally fine campus, half as large as
that at Nebraska, although there are
only 2,500 students. Both there and
at Baldwin she was interested to
find an old building, practically use
less, which had been kept standing
for sentimental reasons, like Uni
versity hall here on the University
campus.
One of the new developments at !
the Manhattan college is the new
dormitory for women, which is fur
nished throughout in (interesting
style. Antique furniture, a music j
Toom, reception rooms, and on each
floor a kitchenette suite used by all
the residents, are features of the
building,
Prairie Schooner Stories Achieve
Distinction In
The Prairie Schooner, Nebraska selected by Mr. O'Brien include the
literary magazine established at the foremost in America. "I have con
University a year ago, has just sidered many other magazines with
achievea" distinction in the selection out finding any stories of distinc
f the bist short stories of the" year, tion," the editor writes,
by Edward J. Obrien. I The Prairie Schooner is a quarter-
Every story printed in the first
two issues of the magazine was giv
en o place on the list of distinctive
Work.
A translation from the Czech by
Rose Rosicky of Omaha, which ap
peared in the January issue, a giv
en three stars, a grade of unusual
""wit, and two Prairie Schooner
"cries were marked with two stars.
The latter were "Dispossessed," by
j C. Winmberly, and "The Convict"
by Wrne Loos. Both appeared in
rul AprU issue of the Schooner.
utler stories, all of which were
traded with one star, ae: "A Gen
tleman of Spain," by Carl Linn;
, very Advantage in the World," by
i Hall; and "A Night at Peralta,"
J Roscoe Schaupp. A story, "The
ine," Dy Marie Macumber achieved
junction by being placed on the
011 f honor fo ior7.
CWe. From Be.t Ma,i
The
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riort stories of the year were.Nebr.
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Tom Elliott, forward on this year's
Cornhusker quintet. Elliott plays a
clever game and accounted for num
erous points on the southern trip to
Washington and Missouri. Tom was
slated for the center position this
year but the advent of Glenn Munn
put him back into a forward berth.
BOARD ELECTS
STAFF MEMBERS
Frolik Will Edit Cornhusker
Countryman, Hedges Is.
Business Manager
OTHER PLACES ARE FILLED
Elvin F. Frolik, '30, DeWitt, has
been appointed editor of the Corn
husker Countryman for the next two
semesters. The other appointments
to the staff are as follows: Gordon
Hedges of Indianola, business man
ager: Dwierht Anderson, of Oeallala,
circuiation manager; and Mildred
Hawley of Lincoln, home economics
.editor.
Mr. Frolik is a member of the
journalism department at the Agri
cultural College and has been assist
ant editor of the Cornhusker Coun-
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Morris Gets Transfer
To California Office
Edwin W. Morris, a graduate in
electrical engineering in January of
1925, is being transferred from the
Pittsburg office of the Westinghouse
.Electric company to Los Angeles. He
will be a member of the general en
gineering staff. Mr. Morris has been
in Pittsburg for the past three years.
On his way to Los Angeles, he spent
a few days in Lincoln with his par-
ents. Mr. and Mrs. N. W.
Morris,
710 South Seventeenth.
O'Brien Selections
ly literary magazine whose next
number, the winter issue to be pub
lished early in January, will be the
first in the second year. Among the
contributors to this number is John
G. Neihardt, Nebraska's poet-laureate,
who writes an essay dealing
with contemporary literary criticism.
LeRossignol Is Contributor
Other contributors are James E.
LeRossignol, dean of the Collegei of
Business Administration at the Uni
verHity, whone story of French Can
ada is one of those to be published
in book form next spring. Prof.
John D. Hicks is the author of an
essay on "Our Pioneer Heritage."
Miss Marie Macumber, whose story
was placed on O'Brien's roll of hon
or, will contribute another story to
this issue.
The magazine is published by the
University pre? & Us editors may
be reached at this address: the
Prairie Schooner, Station A, Lincoln
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA,
CHORUS TO GIVE
"THE MESSIAH"
ATCONVOCATION
Wednesday 10 and 11 O'clock
Classes Will Be Excused
For Annual Event
KIRKPATRICK IS DIRECTOR
Handel's Oratorio Being Given
For Thirty-second Time
At This University
The thirty-second annual presen
tation of Handel's "Messiah" by the
University Chorus will be given Wed
nesday morning at 10:30 o'clock at
Memorial Hall. 10 and 11 o'clock
classes will be excused.
The performance is under the di
rection of Howard Kirkpatrick, Act
ing Director of Instrumental En
semble. For thirty-one years, the
late Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond direc
ted the presentation of Handel's
"Messiah" by the University of Ne
braska Chorus. The "Messiah" is now
a traditional part of the last week
of school preceding the Christmas
holidays.
Many Are Included In Chorus
About two hundred and fifty stu
dents are members of the University
Chorus. Soloists foi this year's
"Messiah" will be Vera Uptori, so
prano; Herbert Gray, tenor; Kath-
erine Dean, contralto, Hermann
Decker, bass.
Music for the program will be fur
nished by the following well-known
Lincoln musicians, assisted by the
University String Orchestra; Carl
Steckelberg, first violin; William T.
Quick, viola; Charles Ewing, clarin
et; Don Berry, trumpet, Fleda Zieg-
enbein, piano; Ernest Harrison, sec
ond violin; Lillian Eiche, cello; Ray
Ryerson, bassoon; Mark Pierce, bass;
Edith Burlingim Ross, organ.
The "Messiah" is regarded as one
of the finest traditions in the Uni
versity of Nebraska, and each year
thousands of students attend the pro
gram.
Employment
Shows Growth
In Past 'Month
A great increase in employment
during the past month is shown by
the files of the University Employ
ment bureau. The Employment sec
retary found, however, a great num
ber of students still without work.
A number of circular letters have
been sent to Lincoln firms and Lin-
coin organizations requesting that
they telephone any calls for employ
ment to the department. It js hoped
that this may relieve the situation,
somewhat.
inere nave Deem several new
methods used to secure employment
for students, this month. Lincoln
business men have been personally
interviewed and various circular let
ters have been sent to Lincoln resi
dents who have used the service be
fore, urging them to again avail
themselves of this bureau. A great
number of students have been helped
to additional employment as a resu't
of these inquiries. It is now evident
that most of the students actually in
need of money are provided with
sufficient employment to pay their
wnys through schorl.
Statistical Report To Ba Made
Verification of the resulting in
crease will soon be made by statist
ical report. More than 26 applica
tions were filed during November,
bringing the total number to 4X4.
Out of this number 179 students
were directed to 298 jobs showing
that employment is not absolutely
unattainable as some students may
believe. About 77 of th-jsvs 2D8 jobs
were permanent, part time jobs and
221 of them were odd jobs for the
afternoon or for the week-end.
Many students, however, often find
that these odd jobs are converted
nto permanent positions.
MISS FOSTER TELLS
OF SODTH AMERICA
Faculty Member Speaks To Spanish
Club About Experiences in
Chile and Bolivia
Miss Julia Foster, assistant in
structor of romancej languages, told
of her experiences in Chile and Bo
livia before the Spanish club Fri
day afternoon. Twenty-five stu
dents of Spanish attended the meet
ing.
The trip from the United States
to South America was made by way
of Panama Canal, where Miss Foster
spent several days in Colon and Pa-
rana. Miss Foster considers Peru a
very unpleasant country because it
has scanty rainfall. Farther inland
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UNCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1927.
Miss Emerson Will Talk
At Morrill Hall Today
At the second of the series of
gallery talks sponsored by the
School of Fine Arts,'; Miss Trcssa
Emerson, member of the Faculty
of Drawing and Painting, will lec
ture at 3 o'clock Sunday after
noon in Morrill Hall.
TRYOUTS TO BE
HELD MONDAY
Fourteen Men Aspire To Places
On Varsity Forensic Teams
For Coming Season
DEBATES ARE SCHEDULED
Tryouts for varsity debate on the
question; "Resolved that, this house
deplores the tendency of the govern
ment to interfere with the rights of
individuals" will be held Monday
afternoon beginning at 3:30 o'clock
in room 106 U hall, stated Professor
H. A. White, debate coach.
Sides which the speakers will de
fend have been chosen by lot, and
each speaker will have eight jnin-
utes m which to develop both con
structive argument and rebuttal. The
order of speaking will alternate from
affirmative to negative.
Fourteen Sign To Tryout
At present, fourteen men are
signed for the tryouts. From these
men, eight will be chosen for both
the affirmative and negative teams,
The sides upheld in the tryouts will
have no bearing on the sides repres
ented in the teams. The teams will
be chosen later, probably according
to the individual's belief concerning
the subject, or to evenly proportion
the teams.
Two debates are already scheduled
for the Cornhusker squads. The first
with Kansas Aggies, in which the
Nebraska affirmative team will meet
the negative of Kansas Aggies in
Beatrice, February 15. Nebraska's
negative team will meet Kansas Ag
gies on the following night. The sec
ond debate will meet the Missouri
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MISS HINKLEY WILL
TALK AT CONVENTION
Vocational Education Instructor
Attends National Meeting
In California
Miss Jane Hinkley, assistant pro
fessor of vocational education in the
University of Nebraska left Lincoln
on Tuesday, December 13 for Los
Angeles where she will attend the
National Convention of American
Vocational Association to be held
Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, De
cember 17, 19, and 20. Miss Hink
ley will address the home economics
section on the subject, "The Prob
lem Method Applied to Home Econo
mics Instruction." She will present
the objectives of home economics
training, showing that the problem
method of teaching goes farther to
ward the attainment of our present
objectives for home economics train
ing than any other method.
On December 22, Miss Hinkley
will attend the southern section of
the Institute of the California Home
Economics Association.
The remainder of the holiday va
cation she will spend in California,
returning to Lincoln to resume her
duties in the University on January
4.
STUDENTS GIVE DRAMA
Wesley Players Will Present Three
Act Production, "The Rock"
The Wesley Players, a dramatic;
organization of Methodist students
at the University of Nebraska, will
present "The Rock" tonightt at St.
Paul's church. "The Rock" is a re
i gious drama in three acts by Mary
P. Hamlin, and is being given under
the direction of Harriete Dell Barr.
The cast is as follows:
Simon Peter Milo Price
Adina Margaret Neilson
Ucal Harold Woods
Deborah Melinda Keller
Magala Irene Fee
Agur Dudley Dobbs
Pandria Robert Nelson
Tit.n GilWt Riihi.nmn
Servants Charles Swan and Ael-I
een Strubbe.
Kirsch Will Lecture on
'The Artist's Viewpoint
At the usual .Sunday program in
Morrill Hall, Dwight Kirsch, assist
ant professor of dravdng and paint'
ing, will lecture on "The ArtiBt's
Viewpoint" The tak, which will ,
begin at 4 o'clock, is to be illustrated
hr steioptican slides of scenes, in
natural colors, taken in France and
Italy.
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Munro Kezer, '29, Fort Collins,
Colo., was elected representative of
the West Central Region on the exe
cutive council of the National Stu
dent Federation of America, in the
closing session of its third annual
congress, Saturday evening.
Cadet Athletic
Program Will
Replace Drill
Students in the Military Science
department will be given a chance
to compete in inter-company ath
letic events as soon as drilling out
of doors is impossible, according to
Colonel F. F. Jewett, who some time
ago, conceived the idea of the com
petition. It is Colonel Jewett's be
lief that such rivalry between the
companies will instill interest and
loyalty among the men.
The drilling schedule for the
course, as outlined at the first of the
school year, is far ahead of estima
tions, the commander said, chiefly
because of the mild wetaher so far
this winter. Drilling will continue
to occupy the curriculum until bad
weather sets in.
Circulars were filled out by the
drill men in October, in which were
listed their athletic achievements in
high school, and these were turned
over to the Athletic deDartment. No
report has been made as to plans or
schedules but Colonel Jewett prom
ises some definite action soon.
ENGINEERING GROUP
SELECTS OFFICERS
Student Branch Of Society Hears
Brackett and Sjoren Talk
At Regular Meeting
The regular meeting of the stu
dent branch of the American Society
of Agricultural Engineers was held
n the Agricultural Engineering
building, Thursday evening.
The officers for next semester
were elected at this time. They are
Eugene White,, president; Donald
Walker, vice-president; Francis D.
Yung, secretary and treasurer; C.
Christiansen, reporter.
The meeting was opened by a talk
from E. B. Lewis, in which he told
something about his work in rural
electrification. Prof. Brackett out
lined the duties of the student
branch of the society. O. W. Sjo
gren gave a very interesting talk on
relations of school activities to em-.
ployment after students leave school.
Many students attended the meeting.
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
MIX FOR HOOP TITLE
nterfraternity Basketball Tourney
Will Be Completed After
Holiday Vacation
All games in the preliminaries of
the annual inter-fraternity basket
ball tournament, excepting those
postponed by mutual agreement,
have been completed. The champion
ships of five leagues are undisputed,
while the league two championship
is hingeing on a post season game.
''Play among the league leaders in
the finals of the tourney will begin
immediately after the close of
Christmas vacation, -stated Jimmy
Lewis, of the athletic office. The
winner in the final league will be
determined by round-robin play as in
the preliminaries.
leaKne leaders vho yriU - to
the finals are
League 1 Sigma Phi Epsilon.
League 3 Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
League 4 Alpha Sigma Phi.
League 5 Kappa Sigma.
League 6 Delta Tau Delta.
The championship of league two
which rests between Phi Sigma Kap
pa an,! Phi Delta Theta will be de
termined in a game immediately af-
ter Christmas vacation.
Kathleen Woodward, once a fac
tory worker, has won fame as a writ
er by her biography of Queen Mary.
'STUDENT FEDERATION ENDS
THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION
National Congress of American Students Elects New Officers,
Adopts Sound Budget, and Improves Method of Handling
Finance, In Closing Session of Conference
MILLER, WASHINGTON AND LEE, IS NEW PRESIDENT
Martha Biehle of Wellesley Is Chosen Vice President; Willard
Rippon, University of Toledo, Is Secretary-Treasurer;
Munro Kezer, Nebraska, Is Regional Representative
Third annual congress of the National Student Federation
of America came to a close Saturday evening after a busy
three-day session. Adoption of a sound budget, limitations on
the expenditures of the federation, provisions for improvements
in the handling of finances ; preparation of a survey of student
government; and the election of new officers were the high
lights of the convention.
President of the N. S. F. A. for the coming year will be
Edward Miller of Washington and Lee University. Mr. Miller
was vice-chairman of the federation's travel committee during
the convention. Martha H. Biehle, president of the student gov
ernment association of Wellesley college, was chosen vice-president
of the federation. She directed a discussion group on
student government in women's colleges during the convention.
J. Willard Rippon of the University of Toledo, a member of the
present executive committee of the federation was elected
secretary-treasurer. He had charge of the work of the speak
ers' bureau during the past year.
MANY ATTEND
'VARSITY DRAG'
Christmas Party Attracts Large
Number of Students and
Delegates Friday
CHORUS IS FEATURE
Nearly 1300 attended the "Var
sity Drag" held at the Coliseum on
Friday night This attendance in
cludes the delegates to the National
Student Federation of America who
were the guests of the Varsity party
committee.
All committees were present to di
rect activities, headed fey Wayne
Gratigny, general chairman. The
.floor was crowded from the first,
and a large number remained
throughout the evening.
The "College Club',' orchestra of
Omaha furnished the music, with the
assistance of "Red" Krause, who
n, -xi t v-
Chorus" was the main feature of the
intermission, in which five girls en
tertained with novelty dancing.
Decorations Show Yuletide Note
A large Christmas tree was placed
near the entrance. Red and green
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Morrill Hall Program
For Sunday Afternoon
Has Many Attractions
Morrill Hall, the newest building
on the campus, situated at Four
teenth and University avenue, will be
an attractive place to visitors Sun
day. Besides the museum exhibits
and mural paintings, of which some
new ones have just been completed
by Miss Elizabeth Dolan, there will
be two programs for visitors.
At 3 o'clock Miss Tress Emerson,
assistant professor of drawing and
painting An the School of Fine Arts,
will give a gallery talk on the sec
ond floor, speaking on exhibits now
in the galleries. At 4 o'clock Dwight
Kirsch, also an assistant professor in
the School of Fine Arts, will give an
illustrated lecture, "The Artist'a
Viewpoint," using natural color
slides of scenes in Italy and France.
This is on the regular museum Sun
day program, and will be given in
the auditorium on the lower floor.
Faculty Members Make Varied Plans
For Spending Christmas Hold ays
University of Nebraska faculty
members will scatter far and wide
during the Christmas holidays, many
of them attending professional and
academic conventions and many tak
ing pleasure trips about the coun
try. Nashville, Tenn., and Cincinnati
will draw the largest quotas from the
university faculty. Geographical,
biological, scientific,, mathematical,
and philological societies will meet
in those cities.
Five faculty members will attend
conventions in Nashville. J. E.
Weaver, professor of ecology in the
department of botany, will give par.
peite before the Botanical Society of
America and the Ecological Society
of America, and will sit on the edi
torial board of the magazine, "Eco
logy," at that time. Dr. Weaver
will also represent the Nebraska Ac
ademy of Science at the meeting of
the National Academy, as well as the
Nebraska section of Sigma Xi, scien
tific honorary fraternity, at its na
tional session.
CoadrajGoea to Nashville
Dr. G. E. Condra, director of the
conservation and survey division, is
PRICE 5 CENTS
University of Nebraska received
representation on the executive
council of the National Student Fed
eration of America when Munro
Kezer, Cornhusker delegate, was
elected regional representative from
the West Central region. He will
sit with the five other regional rep
resentatives, two i 3legates-at-large
and the three national officers on
the executive council of the federa
tion. Regional representatives are: New
England: Martha Wentworth, Vas
sar college; Middle Atlantic: Corne
lia Rose, Bryn Mawr; South: Esther
Tyler, Sweet ' Briar college; East
Central: Mary Bake, University of
Cincinnati; West Central: Munro Kc
Zer, University of Nebraska; Far
West: Ursel Narver, Oregon State
college; delegates-at-large : Thomas
M. Wilson, Jr., Tufts college and
John D.'Van Amringe, Leland Stan
ford University.
University of Missouri was select
ed as the location of the next con
vention after a close contest with
Denver, Colo., sponsored by Colora
do State Teachers' college and the
University of Denver. An invita-
t'on to hold the 1929 convention in
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Honolulu was presented by the dele
gate from the Uniersity of Hawaii.
Other schools bidding for the 1928
convention were Columbia Univer
sity, New York; Washington Univer
sity, St. Louis; and the University of
Toledo.
Work of the federation waa put on
a business basis, according to dele
gates, in the Saturday morning ses
sion following the adoption of the
recommendations of the finance com
mittee. Its budget providing for an
executive secretary to the president
was approved, amended by provision
for the establishment of a central of
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Geology Graduate Is
With Tulsa Company
Kent K. Kimball, formerly of Lin
coln and a graduate of the univer
sity in 1918, has become chief geol
ogist with a newly-organized con
cern, the J. Burr Gibbons company
of Tulsa, which will dal in leases,
royalty, and production m oil prop
erties in the mid-continent field.
Mr. Kimball was for more than
five years with the United States
Geological survey, and was associa
ted with another oil concern for four
years. He received his training in
the university geology department.
another of those who will go to
Nashville. He will attend the ses
sions of the Association of National
Geographers, meeting December 28,
29, and 30.
This geographical meeting will at
tract two others. Prof. E. E. Lackey
of the department of geography will
attend and will also read a paper at
the meeting of the National Council
of Geography Teachers. Supt. J. E.
Muhm of Clay Center, Nebr., a for
mer university student who received
his master's degree in 1925, will ac
company Mr. Lackey.
'iss Esther S. Anderson of the
geography department will give a
paper at the nationr.l geographers'
meeting at Nashville. Her subject
is "The Production of Alfalfa in Ne
braska as Related to Geographic En
vironment." Dr. N. A. Bengtson, a member of
the Nebraska faculty now on leave
of absence, will read a paper at this
meeting also. He will return ' to
Lincoln in January to resole ;,Vs
teaching duties at the begmnirj of
the second semester.
Prof. C. C Camp of the depart
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