The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 01, 1928, Image 1

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Mostly fair today and tonight
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1928.
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DEBATERS HAVE
FULL PROGRAM
FORSEHESTER
Professor White Announces
Eleven Scheduled
Spring Meets
TRYOUTS HELD FRIDAY
rndidates' Applications Must
Be in by Wednesdayj
Posted Thursday
Xhe schedule for the spring de
bates has been drawn up and the
subjects for debatei have been chos
en according to word given out by
Professor White, who is in charge of
the debate team. Eleven debates
have been scheduled to date for the
University team.
The three subjects of controversy
and debate center upon business
ethics, government interference and
Secretary Kellog's policy in regard to
Central America. The questions as
they read for debate are: 1. This
house thiinks that the ethics of the
modern business world are incom
patible with sound' morality. 2.
This house deplored the 'tendency of
governments to' interfere in the
rights of individuals. 3. Secretary
Kellogg's policy in regard to Central
America should be discontinued.
Begin at 3:45 O'clock
On Friday, February 3, beginning
at 3:45 o'clock, trials will be held
to choose teams for question 3. The
names of persons trying out should
reach Professor White's office, 106,
Law building, nott later than Wed
nesday evening. The drawing for
trybuts will be posted in Univeristy
hall on Thursday afternoon.
Complete arrangements have not
been completed as to sides to be tak
en on debates and conditions of con
fences of these institutions plan
ning debate trips. The schedule
drawn up to date is as follows:
Nebraska versus Kansas Agricul
tural College, at Beatrice, February
15, question 2.
Kansas Agricultural College ver
sus Nebraska, radio debate at Man
hattan, February 16, question 2.
"University of MissourlrerstJs Ne
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TWO APPOINTED
ON CORNHUSKER
Ruth Palmer and Archibald
Eddy Named Student
Life Editors
GROUP PICTURES WANTED
Archibald Eddy, '28, Lincoln, and
Ruth Palmer, '28, Holdrege, have
been appointed editors of the stu
dent life section of the 1928 Corn
husker, according to Dwight Wallace,
editor of the book. Both are seniors
in the School of Journalism and have
had experience on the staffs of stu
dent publications.
"Novelty and variety" is to be the
slogan for this section of the book.
Some new features are to be intro
duced which, the staff hopes, will fill
this division with a clean-cut tpe of
humor, interesting and representa
tive of Nebraska.
The paper to be used in this div
ision of the book will be entirely dif
ferent than has been previously used
while the amount of space to be given
to this section will probably be pro
portionately the same as in previous
years the type of thing to be worked
ut, as planned, will be so entirely
different in its scope that Cornhus
ker purchasers can well be assured,
the staff members point out, of a
most novel humor section.
Work on other divisions of the
book is well under waj editors re
Port. The senior and junior panels
a being proofed and checked. The
sorority and fraternity panels are
being made up and will soon be ready
to have the Greek group members
check names with the original group
lists.
Frederick Daly, editor of this sec
toon, declared last evening that or
ganizations should report to the cam
Pus studio for reservations before
Thursday February 2. This section is
to be made up within the next month
or so and it is imperative, Mr. Daly
Pointed out, that picture reservations
e made at once. ,
Workers May Sign for
High School Toummy
Men wishing to wp-k during the
h'gh school basket ball tourna
ment to be held here March 8,' 9,
nd 10, are requested to sign at
we athletic office, Herbert Gish
announced yesterday. There will
fie a gegt numDer 0f teams and
U those that are willing to work;
tn games will probably be given
chance.
Position Open for
Nebraskan Reporters
Students wishing to report for
The Daily Nebraskan for the sec
ond semester should report to the
Managing Editor in the Nebras
kan office in the north basement
of University Hall afternoons af
ter three o'clock. Several regu
lar "runs" arei still open for appli
cants. GREEK CINDER
GAMES START
Farm House Leads Field at
End of First Period
Of Contests
GOOD MARKS HUNG UP
Farm House amassed 4420
points and holds first place in the
interfraternity indoor track meet
which opened Tuesday afternoon un
der the stadium. The fifty-yard dash,
high jump and mile were run off
during yesterday's competition. The
ta Chi with 4364 points and Alpha
Tau Omega with 4010 points stood
in second and third places respective
ly at the close of the opening day's
events. Individual honors went to
Easter, Kappa Sigma, who stepped
the dash in 5.6 seconds; Gibson, Al
pha Tau Omega, who led the milers
in the time of 4 minutes, 39.5 sec
onds; and "Chief" Elkins, Theta Chi,
who cleared the high-jump bar at 5
feet, 11 1-2 inches.
The remainder of the leading fif
teen organizations finished in the fol
lowing order:
Delta Tau Delta, 4000
Sigma Nu 3830
Phi Delta Theta 3820
Kappa Sigma 3660
Tau Kappa Epsilon 3640
Delta Sigma Lambda 3410
Sigma Chi 3320
Beta Theta Pi 3290
Sigma Phi Epsilon 3220
Phi Kappa 3180
Delta Upsilon 3040
Phi Kappa Psi 2896
Twenty-eight fraternities were
represented in the events. The fifty-
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Plans Finished
For Roosevelt
Visit Thursday
Preparations to receive Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt Jr., upon his
visit to Lincoln have been finished.
His principal address during his stay
in the city will be given in Memorial
Hall jit 11 o'clock Thursday. In ad
dition he will deliver a short speech
at the Chamber of Commerce lunch
eon and also talk to a group of
American Legion members.
Colonel Roosevelt is visiting sev
eral educational institutions in the
middle west and was secured through
the efforts of Colonel John G,
Maher. Colonel Roosevelt received
his degree from Harvard. He took
part in the world war and has ven
tured on hunting trips in search of
big game, which has taken him to
nearly every country in the world
In 1924 he was the Republican candi
date for the governor of the state of
New York, prior to which he held the
office of assistant secretary of the
navv.
Colonel Maher will introduce Col
onel Roosevelt to the Nebraska stu
dents Thursday. The program in
cludes music by the Fine Arts Band
under the direction of Wm. T. Quick.
WORLD FORUM TALK
POSTPONED A WEEK
Unavoidable Circumstances Caiue
Regular Meeting to Be
Dropped Today
rni-. nr-l,l 7Anim liinrlipon and
x no nunu v
meeting, scheduled for this noon, has
been unavoiaaDiy posipoeu umu
next week, according to Dorothy
Nott, in charge. Mr. Palmer, an
nounced as today's speaker, will give
the same address at the meeting next
week. Tickets holders may save
their tickets until the next meeting
of World Forum, when they may be
used.
Adrian Newens Will
Give Reading Friday
i t... w T.wMB irprtor of the
Aarmn ai. ni"'""! , ,
, !i o.tnAl nf Mnnic. Will Cive
university siuv -
a character reading entitled To Him
that Hath," at 8 o'clock Friday eve
ning, February 3, at the Westminster
church. Musical numoer- , -L.
P. Davis, contralto, and Louis II.
Babst flute soloist, will also be a part
of the program.
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Tne program " -- -the
Circle 3 of the church. Mrs. W.
Washington Fraternity
Men Have 'Black Hope'
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 31, (Un
sophisticated fraternity row opened
its heart the other night, and wel
comed into its fold twin African in
fants abondoned in freezing weath
er on the front porch of the Phi
Gamma Delta house.
The twins, nestled each in an old
galosh, tagged with a crimson bow,
slept peacefully through the aband
onment, little realizing their cruel
plight until they were taken into the
house by the University of Washing
ton fraternity men, who' answered
the door after the bell had been
rung.
A single scrawled note, attached
to one of the infants, read, "Treat
them kindly." A thorough search
of th neighborhood, immediately in
stigated, failed to produce any per
sons connected with the little darkies.
"We are thoroughly astounded,"
one of the fraternity brothers said
in an exclusive interview, "as it is
rather a stupendous task for 40 fra
ternity men to undertake the rear
ing of two abandoned black infants.
But we will do our best"
And so, Phi Gamma Delta has in
its possession twin persian kittens,
which it is willing to offer for Tolo
dates, new ideas for fraternity rush
ing, or what-have-you.
GROUPS DISCUSS
CAMPUS ISSUES
Freshmen and Upperclassmen
Turn to New Subjects
For Meetings
CHANGES BEGIN MONDAY
Students and campus problem!!
will be stressed by the Freshmen
and Upperclis?mei Commission
Groups this svmester, instead of the
intensive Bibie study which was car
ned on 'asl semester.
A complete reorganization of
membership in the groups will be
started Monady. Any girl interest
ed in becoming a number of one of
the groups may sign up for it in
Ellen Smith Hall. Membership in
the Y. M. C. A. is not necessary to
affiliation with the groups.
The only group for upperclass
men will be held on Wednesday at
4 o'clock and will be led by Mary
Ball.
The leaders and the hour for meet
ing of the Freshmen Groups are as
follows:
Monday at 4 Catherine Beekman.
Tuesday at 2 Edna Schrick.
Tuesday at 4 Jane Glennon.
Thursday at 11 Margaret Adams.
Thursday at 3 Irene Davies
Thursday at 7 Helen Wither-
spoon.
Friday at 11 Maunne Drayton.
Ruth Barker, chairman of mem
bership in the Y. W. C. A. and
Helen Clarke, chairman of groups,
have general charge of the reorgan
ization of these groups.
School Agent
Has Charge of
' 145 Buildings
L. F. Seaton. purchasing agent for
the Universitty of Nebraska, is one
of the busiest housekeepers in the
state.
His "house" consists of 145 build
ings SDread over 6,236 acres of
land. Something like 15,000 tons of
coal are required each year to heat
the buildings, and there are 400 tele
phones. The magnitude of the state
university's physical plant is revealed
in a few more figures:
870,000 square feet of floor
(20 acres).
250 laboratories.
200 class rooms.
1 mile of steam tunnels, all
large enough for a man to walk
upright in them.
100,000 feet additional un
derground steam mains.
3,000 miles of telephone wire.
16 miles of un d e r g r o u n d
cable.
SEACRIST GIVES TALK
J. I. Case Representatiro Will Give
Tractor Demonstration
Mr. Seacriat will appear before the
Auto and tractor class at 2 o'clock,
Wednesday, Feb. 1, in Koora 108,
Agricultural Engineering building.
Mr. Seacrist is from the J. I. Case
Plow Works of Omaha, Nebraska.
He w'll rive a tractor demonstration
and ' U students who are interested
are invited to attend.
Mr. Seacrist. gave a demonstration
about a month ago to the last semes
ter auto and tractor class. It is by
request that he presents this one.
BALL TICKETS
GO ON SALE ON
CAMPUS TODAY
Only Fifty More Admittances
To Interfraternity
Party Remain
PLAN VARIED PROGRAM
Kosmet Klub Promises Action
And Entertainment for
Full Evening
Fifty tickets for the Interfrater
nity Ball, scheduled for this coming
Saturday evening in the Scottish Rite
Temple, will be put on sale in the
entrance to Social Sciences this mor
ning from 9 until 12 o'clock. Of the
300 tickets put on sale originally in
fraternity houses, only these fifty re
main, and will be sold for three dol
lars each to those who have not had
an opportunity to buy through the
fraternity rtpresentatives.
An elaborate decorative theme
promised to excell anything ever at
tempted in the University is being
worked out by James Pickering. The
entire interior of the Scottish Rite
Temple will be lavishly disguised to'
present a spectacle of unusual beauty
and originality. The theme of decor
ation will be kept secret until Satur
day evening.
The Kosmet Klub has made ar
rangements for excellent entertain
ment for the entire "evening. The Col
lege Club orchestra will play for the
dance, with "Chuck" Wiles, famous
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WRESTLERS TO
COMPETE SOON
Varsity Squad Vill Enter
Second Meet Saturday
At Coliseum
WILL MEET KANSAS MEN
Nebraska's varsity wrestling squad
will compete in their secend meet of
the season Saturday evening in the
Coliseum against the University of
Kansas. This will be the first home
exhibition of the squad; the first out
of town meet being at A'; Vernon,
la., against Cornell Coiijr whert
Coach Kellogg's proteges were met
.vith a srrout 18 to 0. Cornell also
holds xordicts over Wisx-nsin, Pur
duo, and Northwestern. Nebraska
carried two of the matches into extra
period affairs.
Joe Toman, wrestling in the 175
pound class for Nebraska, showed
real promise in his match against
Apileton, Cornell grappler, who has
not lost a match in his college career.
There may be changes made in the
squad before the meet Saturday eve
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BURNETT SPEAKS
AT ROTARY LUNCH
Acting Chancellor Discusses Vast
Production Versus Quality
From School View
The question of vast production
versus quality was the theme of the
address given by Acting Chancellor
E. A. Burnett, at the Rotary Club
luncheon Tuesday. Education Day
was observed by the Club at the
meeting.
In the last ten years the enroll
ment at' the university has increased
from a little over 4,200 to over 10,
000. The university has had to take
care of an additional 500 students
each year while already engaged to
the limits of its capacity. While
privately endowed colleges are limit
ing their number of students the tax
suported institution cannot do this.
Yale university, the speaker said,
limits its freshmen enrollment each
year to 850 while 2,000 enrolled at
the University of Nebraska last Sep
tember. The responsibility of the teacher
in handling students has increased 38
percent. It was shown that in the
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Coach Oakes Calls
For Basket Players
An urgent call for all freshmen
who desire to play basketball was
made by Coach Bunny Onkos
Tuesday afternoon. Several games
have been scheduled, according to
the yearling coach, and more men
are needea at the daily workouts.
"Recent practice drills have
been attended by only a few
freshmen basketball players,"
Oakes explained. "I'll need more
men out- in order to pick a team
for the scheduled games," he concluded.
Derby Interest Waxes
As Steeds Gnash Bits
Excitement prevails in the "N"
Club "stables" as the time nears for
the Cornhusker Derby, a feature of
the Husker Intramural Carnival Fri
day evening. Captains of University
sport will drive in one of the great-'
est intramural races of all time.
In view of the great number of
steeds who will compete in this epic
of the turf, it has been found diffi
cult to pick any probable winners.
"Gunner Elliot, Rock Luff, and
Horse Holm," announced "Jug"
Brown yesterday, "have been placed
in the pool, while Barn Door goes on
the books as a stable entry only."
Intense interest in the Cornhusker
Derby is felt by university students,
and it will probably be one of the
high-lights of the carnival. The
prize for the race is, appropriately,
a derby. The "Cornhusker Derby"
is now on display in Ben Simon's
store.
W.A.A. LAYS PLANS
FOR '28 ATHLETICS
AM University Co-Eds Are Urged to
Join Organization in Program
For Second Semester
Basketball, rifle marksmanship,
volleyball, baseball, tennis, hiking,
dancing, and clogging.
These are the sports in which the
Women's Athletic Association of the
University of Nebraska invites all
University women to participate this
semester.
The Association is an organization
to promote and sponsor athletic ac
tivities for the university women,
and to create in these activities a
spirit of good sportsmanship. Real
izing the great importance of exer
cise as a positive health factor, the
association gives the advantages of
athletics and the proper guidance in
taking advantage of them.
Open To AH
Every girl in the University is
urged to become a member of the
Women's Athletic Association.
Freshmen and new students will be
especially welcome and will find this
a way to meet other students. Mem
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CARNIVAL PROGRAM
NEARS COMPLETION
Rapid Action Promised from First
To End of Varied Schedule
Of Happenings
"Off-color" dancing will be feat
ured in the Husker Intramural Car
nival in the Coliseum this Friday eve
ning. The College Club orchestra will
play for the dance which starts at 10
o'clock, climaxing the evening of
sport.
"The 'off-color' dance will mix you
or break you," promises "Jimmy"
Lewis, in charge of the program.
"You can dance with her all evening,
but it will be expensive." The tickets,
which may be bought at the door for
fifty cents, come in four colors, and
are to be pinned to the dancers when
the dancing begins. Each man and
each woman will have a colored tag,
and when certain signals are given
from the balcony the colors desig
nated must dance together. "N" Club
men will watch the floor for "off
color" dancers, and they will be fired
five cents. The purpose of the "off
color" dance is to make it a true
mixer.
The Husker Intramural Carnival is
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CHANGING WORLD IS
CONFERENCE THEME
State Adult Guidance Council Will
Meet in Lincoln this Week-End
Under Auspices Y.W-C.A.
"Our Changing World" will be the
theme of the State Adult Guidance
Council conference which will be
held in Lincoln Friday and Saturday,
February 3 and 4, under the auspices
of the local Y. W. U. A.
All secretaries, advisors and spon
sors of Girl Reserve groups, mothers
interested in the work, and especial
ly those university girls who will be
teaching next year and may be spon
sors cf Girl Reserve groups are cor
dially invited to attend as many
meetings during the conference as
they are able.
Miss Adrea Titterington, a nation
al secretary of the Y. W. C. A., will
give a short informal talk at the
dinner which will be held at the Y.
W. C. A., Friday evening at 6 o'clock
to open the convention.
Morning Worship
At 8:45 o'clock Saturday, morning
worship led by Miss Erma Appleby
will open the conference program.
The rest of the Saturday morning
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Portly Visitor
Wilkie Collins, who plays center,
is the heaviest man on the Oklahoma
A. and M. basketball squad that will
visit the Huskers this Saturday. He
weighs 211 pounds and is a letter
man from last year's team.
SKIT DEADLINE
IS FEBRUARY 15
University Night Committee
Receiving Material
For Program
TWO PRIZES OFFERED
The deadline for all University
Night skits is February 15, according
to Emerson Mead, chairman. Skits
will be judged on the basis of humor,
cleverness and originality.
The "Scandal" committee is head
ed by Evert Hunt. Any material
should be handed in to him or placed
in a box which will be placed in So
cial Sciences for that purpose. "Scan
dal" consists of any campus news
which would be suitable for sljdes.
Two prizes will be awarded the
best skits presented that night. A
prize of twenty dollars will be given
the best skit presented by an organi
zation. A colored etching, which the
winner will have the opportunity of
selecting, will be the prize for the
best sorority or fraternity act. The
etching will be donated through the
courtesy of a Lincoln merchant.
Production of the skit will be in
charge of the organization submit
ting it. A maximum time of fifteen
minutes for presentation has been
made by the committee.
Fraternities, sororities, organiza
tions or any "responsible group" may
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NEW RADIO CODRSE
OFFERED TDESDAYS
Professor Grummann Will Deliver
Series of Talks on Musical
Dramas of Wagner
The musical dramas of .Richard
Wagner will be the subject of a ra
dio course offered by the University
of Nebraska extension division over
station KFAB beginning Tuesday,
February 14.
Prof. Paul H. Grummann, director
of the School of Fine Arts, will de
liver a series of eighteen lectures
on Wagner, stressing the elements
of northern mythology and its cul
tural significance, and providing an
intelligent guide to the study of
Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelungs."
Weekly papers will be written by the
radio students, and two hours Uni
versity credit will be given on com
pletion of the course.
The lectures will be broadcast on
Tuesday afternoons, from 2:30 to 3
o'clock. Registration may be made
by writing or in person at the Uni
versity extension division.
Meikeljohn Discusses Conclusions
About New Experimental College
Filipinos Appoint
New Club Officers
The Filipino Club chose the follow
ing members for officers for the sec
ond semester last Sunday afternoon:
Miguel B. Cajigal, president; Solo-
man, Panaves, vice-president; Benja
min Madamba, recording secretary;
Bernardo Samtag, correspondence
secretary; Luis Trambco, treasurer;
Beato Osiman, sergeant-of-arms.
Arizona University
Appoints Nebraskan
Dr. Thomas Howe, a former Ne
braBkan, will teach plant physiology
and morphology at the University of
Arizona at Tucson. Dr. Howe form
erly taught botany at the James Mil-
likin university, Decatur, 111.
PROBATION FOR
YEARLINGS SET
FOR NEXT WEEK
Informal Initiation Date Moved
Ahead by General Desire
Of Fraternities
OTHER EVENTS INTERFERE
Sports Carnival and Ball for
Weekend Cause the Period
To Be Postponed
Probation week for fraternities
will start Thursday Feb. 9 as a result
of action taken by members of the
Interfraternity Council for its post
ponement. It was discovered late yes
terday afternoon that probation
week, or informal initiation week,
was scheduled to begin at 10 o'clock
tomorrow evening, but with the Hus
ker Intramural Carnival and the In
terfraternity Ball this week-end the
postponement of probation week was
considered advisable by fraternities.
The prompt action of a member of
the Interfraternity Council in calling
Professor E. F. Schramm, faculty
representative on the council, who
started on a trip yesterday evening,
before he left Lincoln, made it pos
sible for probation week to be post
poned after the approval of fraterni
ties had been given. If informal in
itiation week were to 6tart tomorrow
evening it would interfere greatly
with the Husker Intramural Carnival
Friday evening, and the Interfrater
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BOOK EXCHANGE
HAS GOOD YEAR
Business for Two Semesters
Of Existence Totals
Over $2,000
900 STUDENT ACCOUNTS
Slightly more than two thousand
dollars has been taken in by the stu
dent book exchange of the Y. M. C.
A., according to the statistics for the
school year from the beginning of
the second semester last year to the
beginning of the second semester this
year. A statement was received from
C. D. Hayes, secretary of the Uni
versity Y. M. C. A. to the effect that
just short of 900 accounts have been
opened with the exchange during the
last year.
The total saving to students buying
books here last year was nearly one
thousand dollars. Four hundred dol
lars worth was sold during the second
semester last year, four hundred dol
lars worth during the summer per
iod, and twelve hundred dollars worth
during the first semester of this
school year. This is an example of
the prosperity the book exchange is
enjoying and the service it is render
ing to the students.
Fifteen per cent on all sales is
charged by the exchange to help
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RUTH SHALLCROSS
TALKS AT VESPERS
Delegate to Industrial Experiment
At Chicago Describes Life
of Factory Girl
Ruth Shallcross, a delegate from
this campus to the Industrial Exper
iment held in Chicago last summer,
told of some of her experiences and
of the things she learned as a factory
girl, at the Vespers service Tuesday
evening in Ellen Smith Hall Doris
Green, accompanied by Evelyn
Bauer sang a special vocal solo.
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Wisconsin Professor Tells Faculty
Of Result Obtained from New
Innovation Begun at Opening of
Past Semester.
Mdison, Wis. (Intercollegiate
Presit and Wisconsin Cardinal)
Four months after the opening of
the Experimental college at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin some few ten
tative conclusions about the course
of study and methods of teaching a
"liberal education" are beginning to
emerge. But the college is still ex
actly what its name Implies expe
rimental Dr. Alexander Meikle
john, its chairman, told ths faculty
of the college of letters and science.
"My thought in organizing the Ex
perimental college faculty," said Dr.
Meiklejohn, "was, not to get ten or
eleven men to apply a scheme de
vised by someone else. Oar expff-
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H. Brehm is president oi m