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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1928.
PRICE 5 CENTS
RABBI STARRELS
WILL BE WORLD
FORUM SPEAKER
'Americanization and Common
Sense' Is Subject of
Rabbi's Address .
MEETING IS WEDNESDAY
Speaker Has Appeared Before
World Forum and Other
Groups Many Times
Solomon E. Starrels, rabbi of the
Jewish Congregational church, B'Nai
jesurun, will address World Forum
Wednesday noon on the subject of
"Amerizanization and Common
Sense".
Rabbi Starrels is a graduate stu
dent at the University, taking work
in the Divinity school. Since Mr.
Starrels arrival in Lincoln, in 1923,
he has appeared many times oefore
World Forum, speaking on a variety
of subjects. In 1925 he addressed
the World Forum and held a discus
sion group on the subject of "Uni
versalism". He has preesnted before
this luncheon group a survey of the
Jewish religion as one of a series
of discussions of the various reli
gions of the world.
At his many appearances before
World Forum,, Rabbi Starrels has
met with success, according to the
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TRI COLOR SERIES
CONTINUE TODAY
Third Meet of Season WiU
Ran Off Under Stadium;
Blue Team Lea4s
Be
The third tri-color meet of the
season will be staged under the east
stadium this afternoon, according to
Coach "Indian" Schulte, track men
tor. The Blue team leads the senior
division in the first series of tri-color
competition which will include four
meets.
The Red team holds second place
and the Black team the third posi
tion in the senior class. The Blues
practically have the senior competi
tion cinched as they now hold a 69
point lead over their nearest rival,
the Reds. However, there are two
more meets to be run off in the first
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DEBATE WINNERS REWARDED
Certificates and Bulletin Are Sent
To High School Debater
A certificate is being sent by the
Nebraska High School Debating
League to each winning school and
to each individual member of the j students or members of the Uni
DLstrict championship teams of last vers;ty faculty who submit songs will
year. The certificates are provided j,e given an opportunity to present
by the league and are suitable for j tnese numbers over radio KFAB dur
framinj. ! ing the dinner program on February
Special bulletins are also being 5, 26 and 27. The numbers will also
sent to high school debate teachers, i broadcast over the Program Serv
Professor H. A. White, varsity de-Jjceg telephone radio. A number of
bate coach, is president of the selections have been submitted, but
League and announces that many of , Kosmet Klub has given song writers
their bulletins have failed to reach , untji next Saturday to turn in their
the proper instructors in the past.
They are very valuable to the high
school teachers and care will be
taken in the future to see that each
bulletin and extension news reaches
the proper instructor.
Convocation Will Be
Held Tuesday Morning
A University convocation will be credit men at Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
presented on Tuesday, February 21, February 15 and 16. Dean LeRos
t the Temple Theatre, beginning at'gjoi is a member of the Lincoln
11 o'clock. The nroirram will ber giv-! Wholesale Credit Men's association
en by Lenore Burkett Van Kirk, so- j which is a section of the national or
prsno, assisted by Hilda Chowins, ac- ganization. The conference at Ce
eompanist Professor Grummann of dar Rapids represented Iowa, South
the School of Fine Arts is in charge. Dakota, and Nebraska.
'Science Develops Tolerance'
Is Statement of Dr. Wolcott
(Editor. Notes Tba following
the second of a series of inter
views with Unirersity of Nebras
ka scientist concerning cientif-
dogmatism, which will b
Published in The Daily Nebras
ka.) (By Panl Nelson)
"Dogmatism is a thing that ought
never to characterize an educated
was the statement cl Dr. B.
H. Wolcott, chairman of the depart
of zoology at the University,
ben asked for his opinion regarding
the more or less prevalent idea that
ence is becoming as dogmatic in
its assertiong as religion on , ! ws.
M education meant anything, it
otfit to develop a tolerant attitude,
; -'rdiug to Itoeior Wolcott He
Pointed out that La didn't wean thai
educated man should not have
Forum Speaker
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Rabbi Starrels, who will address
the World Forum group at their reg
ular weekly meeting Wednesday
noon at the Grand hotel.
MURAL NEARS
COMPLETION
Large Display in Morrill Hall
Will Be Finished Within
Next Two Weeks
MISS DOLAN IS ARTIST
Miss Elizabeth Dolan, the artist
who is painting the murals for the
habitat displays in Morrill hall, an
nounces that the large mural which
she is painting on the south wall of
"Elephant Hall" will be completed
within two weeks.
This mural, wh'ch is thirty feet
by twenty-six feet, shows a wide
stretch of uncultivated Nebraska
prairie. At present Miss Dolan is
working on the sky of the picture
which consists of dark purple clouds
across the top and huge sun-pierced
white clouds on the lower part. To
paint the picture it has been neces
sary to construct a two-storied scaf
folding, the top story being about
twenty feet high-
KOSMET CONDUCTS
KFAB SONG CONTEST
Deadline of Sons for The Love
Hater la Saturday; Prize
I Offered Winner
University song writers wishing to
compete in Kosmet Klub's radio con
test for "The Love Hater" are re
quested to turn in songs to Herbert
Yenne, director of the show, to Har
old Turner or Paul Morrow. Fifty
dollars will be given In prizes for
tne gongs chosen.
pieces.
The composers may play their own
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LeRossignol Attends
Tri-State Conference
Dean J. E. LeRossignol of the Col
lege of Business Administration, at
'tended the tri-tate conference of
convictions, but that he ought to be
willing to let other people have
convictions and should be willing to
exchange ideas with others.
"All science is an interpretation,"
he continued. "We make observa
tions and secure a certain number of I
facts, and then we endeavor to reach
certain conclusions on the basis of
those facts. We test out those con
clusions by experiment and further
observations snd then try to formu
late what we call laws."
Science 1 Interpretation
Doctor Wolctot was careful to em
phasize the fact that, after all, the
whole thing ie in interpretation of
facta snd must be subject, to modifi
cation as
knowledge incrrag-s and
Mo change. It is b opinion that.
no mar. oaght vo iet in
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SPRING IS MOTIF
IN DECORATIONS
FOR PROM BALL
Plan Submitted by Decorator
Accepted by Committee ;
Work Is Started
TICKETS SELLING NOW
Ballroom at Scottish Rite
Will Be Transformed
Into Garden
Novel spring decorations have
been designed for the Junior-Senior
Prom, to be held in the Scottish Rite
Temple, Friday, March 2, according
to announcement made by John Mc
Knight, chairman of the decorating
committee, Monday. Plans submitted
by Smiley Boyd, local professional
decorator have been accepted and
work has already started.
The ball room will be in the form
of a garden. Lattice work, interwov
en with smilax and spring bowers
will surround each pillar. Low hang
ing lights, held from the ceiling by
minature dancing girls will be over
the entrance to the dance floor and
over the orchestra. A garden wall,
covered with flowers and ferns will
be in back of the orchestra platform
which will be covered with grass
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Klub Tryouts
Continue Fair
And Warmer
"Bring on another one, Steve!"
one member or another of Kosmet
Klub (see directory) would shout at
"Doc" Twinem, and "Steve" -vould
dash madly out of the door and come
back with a vounc Phi Gam nn each
arm. Th A T. n w. nntyWoH
in Kosmet Klub tryouts last night
by those Phi Gam boys. They were
all over the Temple like a coat of
tan.
A medley of clever hoofers and a
couple of nasty stringed-instrument
operators performed for Kosmet
Klub and (bet you thought we'd for
get) Rerb Yenne last evening. Try
outs were going strong last night at
12 o'clock with the hall full of ap
plicants and John Trout still awake.
On account of the unexpected num
ber of applicants Kosmet Klub was
unable to announce the cast for
"The Love Hater".
Presnell Score
Glenn Presnell tried out for the
part of a sweet young thing. If he
were sweeter and younger he would
have done welL According to sched
ule another dark horse appeared but
evening in the person of Philip
Scoular. Told by friend Yenne to
read a part from "The Great Amer
ican Tragedy" (otherwise known as
"Bluebeard and His Nine Wives")
he waxed melodramatic. "Go!" or
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UNION SOCIETY WILL
GIVE UNIQUE PARTY
Literary Croup Will Present Firt
Of Series of Constellation
Entertainment
"A Carnival on Mars" will be giv
en by the union Literary society,
Friday night, February 24, accord
ing to Miss Belle Dunn, program
chairman. This novel entertainment
will be held in Union Hall, on the
third floor of the Temple building.
The affair will begin at 8:45 o'clock,
and an invitation is extended to the
entire campus.
Booths, concessions, specialty acts,
and other attractions of the "ordin
ary earth show' will be found at the
carnival, but plans now being made
include the addition of several biz
arre touches which will give the ef
fect of life on Mars as it may be pre
sumed to exist.
The carnival is a part of Union's
regular program for this semester.
Some phase of the heavens is being
taken as a central theme for each
week's 'entertainment Programs
linked with the moon and with the
sun and its planets have already
been given. The Milky Way and "the
shooting star" are to be correlated
with programs to be presented at an
early date.
Dean LeRossignol Has
Translated Articles
Dean J. E. LeRossignol of the Col
lege of Business Administration has I
translated from the German of Rein-1
hold Von Plaenckner an article called '
"Lao Tse A Chinese Idealist", 1
which appears in a recent issue of
The Chinese Students' Monthly.
This publication is edited by Kwei
Chen, a Chinese student who attend
ed Ubivsrly ff Nebraska last
year, snd who is now working for his
Ph-D. st the University of Wisconsin.
Dr. Pool Will Lecture
To Lincoln High Club
Dr. Raymond J. Pool, chairman
of the department of botany, will
give an illustrated lecture Wed
nesday afternoon before the Biol
ogy Club at Lincoln high school.
His lecture will be on "Western
Wild Flowers."
BLAZES ATTACK
GREEK HOMES
Alpha Tau Omega and Omega
Beta Pi Houses Suffer
Minor Damage
MEDIC HOME ROOF BURNS
Two fraternity house fires have
been reported within the last few
days. A small blaze broke out in the
Alpha Tau Omega house yesterday
morning when a pile of papers in the
basement became ignited, The fire
' was soon put out by members.
Fire broke out in the Omega Beta
Pi house about 10:30 o'clock Satur
day mon.'ng. The fire started in the
chimney. Several holes were burned
in the roof and members were un
able to estimate the loss yesterday.
The fire department was called to
put down the blaze.
KANSAS WILL BE
HOST TO GROUP
Midwest Student Conference
Will Be Held 24 and 25
Of This Month
SHALLCROSS IS LEADER
Ruth Shallcross will be one of the
discussion group leaders at the Mid
west Student Conference to be held
at Lawrence, Kansas, February 24
and 25. The conference is being
sponsored by the League of Indus
trial Democracy, the Kansas chap
ter acting as host
All tho meetings will be centered
about the general theme: "The Stu
dent and the Economic Order." At
the first session the" discussion will
be on the question: "Is the Present
Economic Order Best Suited for the
Needs of America." The subject will
be discussed from oposing points by
Judge William I. Huggins of Em-
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MORE AWGWAN
COPY IS NEEDED
Contributor Asked by Editor
To Submit Materials
Before Friday
More cony for the Automobile
number of the Awgwan is needed,
although a large number of contribu
tions have been made within the pas
ten days and is of sufficient merit to
insure a successful number, accord
ing Alan C. Mcintosh, editor. Con
tributors who have not yet prepared
their copy must get it in not later
than Friday, February 24, Mr. Mc
intosh states.
Features entirely new to Nebraska
students have been prepared by th
business and editorial staffs but will
not be announced until the day of
issuance.
Ideas for the cover have been sub
mitted by several members of the
art staff. Artists who are preparing
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Norma Clark Tells of
Mexican Conditions at
First Spanish Meeting
"Mexicans are happy very happy
and carefree," stated Miss Norma
Clark, assistant instructor in Ro
mance languages, in her talk or
Mexico at the first meeting of thr
Spanish club this semester. "The
Mexicans take advantage of every
ipportunity offered to celebrate and
feast No occasion is too insignificant
to eccape being honored Dy some
feast and dance."
In her talk Miss Clark told of cus
toms and conditions existing in Mex
ico at the present She explained
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Shallcross Will Talk On
'Industry' at Ag Y.W.CA.
Miss Ruth Shallcross will speak
at the noon meeting of the Agri
cultural College Y. W. C. A. on
Tuesday in the Home Economics
Parlors, on "Industrialism".
Miss Shallcross is chairman of
the Industrial staff of the Y. W.
C. A. and also is the representa
tive of the Nebraska Y. W. C. A.
on the Rocky Mountain Regional
CcMncil.
CAGEMEN WORK
FOR WEEK-END
CONTESTS HERE
Players Ready to Meet Sooners
And Jayhawkers in Tilt
On Coliseum Floor
KRALL RETURNS TO QUINT
i Team in Good Shape; Work on
Defensive Tactics to
Meet Opponents
Taking two defeats from Kansas
quintets last week-end, the Cornhus
kers returned home and put in a two
'hour practice session Monday after
noon preparing for the Kansas tfnd
Oklahoma basketball ' teams this
week-end. The Nebraska cagesters
meet Kansas February 24, and Okla
homa February 25 on the Coliseum
floor.
Strengthened by the return of
Bob Krall, who has been absent on
account of the death cf his mother,
the squad went through a snappy
workout Monday afternoon. All the
squad returned in good shape from
the Kansas tussles and are working
on defensive tactics to cope with the
Jayhawk scoring ace, Thomson, and
the rangy Sooner hoopsters.
Losing a close game to the Kan
sans by a 33 to 27 score, the Hus
kers believe they can take the Jay
hawks into camp on the Nebraska
court. The impressive record com
piled by the Oklahoma Sooners is
not calculated to inspire over-confidence
in any team but the Varsity is
training hard to give the Oklahom
ans a suitable reception.
Sooner Have Valley Title
By pulling out ahead in two games
last week, the Sooners have undis
puted title to the Valley leadership.
The Sooners beat the Kansas quintet
30 to 21 and easily defeated Iowa
State 37 to 17. The Valley leaders
are going on a three-game trip this
week, meeting Oklahoma Aggies,
Kansas Aggies, and Nebraska, Feb.
21, 24, and 25, respectively. They
end the season March 3 at Norman
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Farmers Learn
Real Worth of
Penny Pencils
"A penny pencil has been worth
almost five hundred thdusand times
what it cost a farmer in Cass coun
ty," W. H. Brokaw, director of the
agricultural college extension serv
ice, told the farmers and other busi
ness men at the agricultural outlook
meetings at the college of agricul
ture, Lincoln, Monday afternoon,
February 20.
"The man used the pencil at the
right time. It was the most important
implement on his farm. After he had
set down a few words and a few fig
ures at the proper times in his record
book of 1923, he studied the totals,
concluded there was something
wrong somewhere, made some chang
es, and by 192G had multiplied hi
farm income more than five , times.
Better Livestock
"This man actually had better
crops and farmed more land in 1923
than in 192C. The difference was
that he marketed 91 per cent of Tiir
crops through livestock in 1926 and
only 78 per cent of it in that way
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CHURCH SORORITY
WILL BE INSTALLED
National Congregational Sorority
Will Charter New Chapter on
Nebraska Campus
Sigma Eta Chi, the national Con
gregational sorority, will be repres
ented hereafter by Epsilon chapter
ul the University of Nebraska. This
evening at Pilgrim House, 1504 Q
St, the installation ceremonies will
be conducted and the charter de
liveed by Miss Ruth Isabel Seabury,
of Boston. Miss Seabury is national
sponsor of Sigma Eta Chi. She will
be assisted by Mrs. Frederick W.
Leavitt, the chapter sponsor.
Officers to serve until the regular
election in the spring have been
chosen from among the charter mem
bers in the senior class, as follows:
President, Carolyn Leavitt; vice
president Dorothy Nott; secretary,
Emma Renken; treasurer, Rosalie
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Prof. Hill Will Talk
On 'World Polities'
Prof. Norman L, Hill of the de
partment of ' political science will
speak bef are the monthly meeting of
Phi Lambda Upsilon on February 29.
His subject will be "The Influence of
Science on World Politics.''
The meeting will be open to the
public
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Miss H. Alice Howell, head of the
department of dramatics, lectured on
"Shakespeare and His Contempor
aries" before the Omaha Women's
Club Monday.
HOWELL SPEAKS
TO OMAHA CLUB
Head of Dramatic Department
Addresses Womans' Club
On Shakespeare
READS AND QUOTES LINES
Miss H. Alice Howell of the Dra
matic department of the University,
spoke before the Omaha Womans'
Club Monday morning on "Shake
speare and His Contemporaries."
She read extensively from the plays
of Shakespeare and other contem
porary authors to illustrate points
in her talk, and also quoted from
various passages in the plays.
Miss Howell has been the director
of the University Players since their
inception twelve years ago, and is
the present head of the dramatic
department of the University. In ad
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BOXING ENTRIES FOR
TOURNAMENT NEEDED
Mr. Vogeler, of Physical Education
Department, Will Receive
AH Applicants
Entries for the All-University box
ing tournament are now being re-!
ceived by Rudolph Vogeler of the
department of physical education.
Both fraternity and non-fraternity
men are eligible for competition. I
Medals will be awarded for first '
and second place in each weight
class. The weight divisions are as f ol-'
lows: 115 pound class, 125 pound
class, 135 pound class, 147 pound
class, 160 pound class, 175 pound
class, and heavyweight. A four pound
weight allowance will be made in !
every class. All men who wish to
compete should file their entries with
Mr. Vogeler at the Coliseum at once.
The date has not definitely been
set but will be announced within the;
near future.
DISCUSSION CROUPS
ON HOME EC MEET
District Conference Series Ends
With Fiual Meeting Held
Here Saturday
On Friday and Saturday Miss
Birdie Vorhies, state supervisor
of vocational hou.e economics educa
tion, conducted the last of a series
of five district conferences for vo
cational home economics teachers
and others who were interested. At
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Ellen Smith Hall Is Scene of Varied
Activities Throughout Passing Years
Landmark of Lincoln Views Dances,
Receptions, Fraternity Men in
Pillow Fights, and Miss Heppner's
Office.
(By Helen Day)
Merry couples swaying to the
rhythm of lively dac: tunes, digni
fied en and women passing down
pondn ous reception lines, church
members gathered in solemn meet
ings, riotous boys ducking snd shout-
rg in pillow fights Ellen Smith
Hall, a landmark in the history of
Lincoln, has probably been the scene
of more varied activities than any
other building in the town.
When built, in the prosperous days
of the late eighties, it w&s. consid
ered a very 61csmS a:!Jo,i, cw
was freely opened for publM tffain.
by its owner and builder, Mr. Frank
Sheldon, who slso favnoj Uie fctroci
DEBATE SQUAD
CLASHES WITH
MIZZOU TODAY
Team Uphold Negative Side of
Rights Issue in Exchange
Contest Tonight
ADMISSION FEE LOWERED
Entrance Price Is Twenty
Five Cents; Students
Urged to Attend
Nebraska debaters will meet the
University of Missouri debate team
this evening in the Social Sciences
auditorium at 7:45 o'clock. Nebraska
will uphold the negative side of the
question, "Resolved, that this house
deplores the tendency of govern
ments to interfere with the rights of
individuals."
Judge W. W. Wilson, of" the Su
preme Court Commission No. 1, will
preside, at the debate. A vote of the
audience will be taken on the stated
question.
Mr. M. M. Christensen and Hartley
Pollock will debate for Missouri. Mr.
Christensen is a member of Sigma
Nu fraternity and a junior in the
Arts and Science college at Missouri.
He has debated for two years, in
cluding freshman debating. Pollock
is president of the student body at
Missouri, a member of Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity, Delta Sigma Rho,
honorary debate fraternity, Alpha
Pi Delta and is a candidate at Mis
souri for the Rhodes Scholarship in
1928. He represented Missouri at
the National Students Federation of
America meeting held here recently.
Schoene and Hunt at Missouri
Reginald C. Miller and David Fell
man of Nebraska will take the neg
ative side of the debate. Lester P
Schoene and Everett M. Hunt will
debate upon the affirmative side of
the same question against Missouri
at Columbia this evening.
Admission for the debate will be
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BUSKERS WIN RELAY
RACE FROM KANSAS '
Nebraska Relay Team Establishes
Second Best Time Record
In K. C. A. C Meet
The Nebraska mile relay team
composed of Davenport, Campbell,
E. Wyatt, and P. Wyatt, defeated
the Kansas University team in the
Kansas City Athletic club indoor
track meet at Kansas City, Mo., Sat
urday, February 18. The Cornhus
ker quartet covered the distance In
3 minutes, 3.4 seconds. This was the
second best time in this event, the
Oklahoma team establishing a mark
6ne-fifth of a second faster than Ne
braska's time. The Cornhuskers
showed up best in the relay events.
Coach Henry F. Schulte expressed
disappointement in his proteges up
on his return from Kansas City but
stated that hard luck played a big
part in their bad showing.
Other Huskers Place
Hurd placed third in the shot put
event in the K. C. A. C. meet with
a throw of 41 feet ,4 inches. Becker,
freshman star, running unattached,
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Dean Lyman Will Edit
New Pharmacy Book
Dr. R. A. Lyman, dean of the Col
lege of Pharmacy, has been asked
to criticize and proofread a man
uscript on Pharmaceutical Thera
peutics with Pharmacology Posology
and Toxicology by Dr. Eldin V.
Lynn, associate professor of Phar
macology and Chemistry, Univer
sity of Washington.
The manuscript when published
will be used as a tertbook in the
colleges of pharmacy.
railway service in Lincoln. Until
1913 the house was a private resi
dence; from 1913 until 1918 it was
the home of the Alpha Sigma Phi
fraternity; for three months m the
fall of 1918 it stood vacant, and since
November 1918 it has been the cen
ter of the women's activities of the
campus.
Dean of Women Moves in 1918
The universal draft effective in
the fall of 1918 made it nececsry
for the fraternities to move invo the
R. O. T. C. barracks, and the build
ing was vacant for two months and
a half. The Temple building, which
had formerly been used in part by
the Y. W. C. A. snd other women's
organizations, including the dean of
women's cciee, turned Iu' of
f!??rs te&dqssiriers n4
rooms, and the women cn 11 a rv-.-.
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