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mebras KAN oLXXViI, NO. 133. FIFH-FIVE ARE GRANTED SIGMA XI DISTINCTION Honorary Scientific Society Holds Annual Election Of New Members SIX CLASSES ARE CHOSEN Research and Scholarship Are Standards for Selection Of Those Honored Fifty-five persons were elected to various degrees of membership in Sigma Xi, honorary scientific so doty, Monday evening. Annual elec tion of members was held in Bcssey Hall, with choices made for six classes of pe"0118 interested in scientific study. Sifmia Xi, according to one of its faculty members, is, in general, for scientific students what Phi Beta Kappa s to the more classical1' in clined subjects." Research is em phasized in addition to standards of scholarship in selection of Sigma Xi members. Members Are Listed Following is the list of members, according to their various classifi cations elected yesterday evening: Active (from the Faculty) Russell R, Best William Edward Bruner Eldon B. Engle Manuel Grodinsky Active (from the Alumni Promotions) Raymond Henry Lambert (Continued on Page S.) RECENT ARTICLE IS ABOUT DN1YERSITY Description and History of This Institution Is Printed ia School Magarine ''Holding a leading place in the Middle West co-educational circles, the University of Nebraska at Lin conl, is rapidly becoming well known from coast to coast. It ranks thir teenth among the universities of the United States in point of regular full time student enrollment." Thus roads the opening of cn article in the April 12 issue of the magazine "School," edited in New York. The article is description and history of this University written by Mr. Law rence Pike. Steady Growth Is Shown The University of Nebraska has shown a steady growth together with that of the state, and today, less than sixty years after its foundation, it is the largest school in the Mis souri valley," the article continues. "The University now finds itself in the strange position of being embar rassed by it's own success," it goes on. "It has had, roughly, an increase of COO young men and women every year for the last decade, about the (Continued on Page 2.) Novel Tea Room Will Be Operated At Fair College of Agriculture Cafeteria Will Be Transformed Into "The Tulip Inn' ( The Home Economics girls will op erate a novel tea room, "The Tnlip Inn," at the tenth annual Farmers' Fair, May 5. The tea room is al ways a feature at the fair. All the work in the tea room is planned and done by girls from the department. "The whole scheme "ill be based on tulips," says Miss Margaret Richart who is chairman in charge. The room will be decorated with tulips and the costumes worn by the waitresses will also carry out the same general plan, according to Miss Richart. Plan to Serve Many . The tea room is held in the regular cafeteria but cafeteria style is not used on Farmers' Fair day. The members of the committee report that they are planning to serve about 500 people. The tea room opens at a bout 4:30 in the afternoon. Miss ElwelL who is in regular charge of the cafeteria, helps the girls in planning the menu. Miss Helen Suchy is in charg-e of the wai tresses, and Miss iRrenee Young is in charge of the decorations. Big Sister Board Will Sponsor Vesper Service The Big Sister board will spon sor a special Vesper service today at f o'clock in Ellen Smith Hall. Catherine Hill will lead. Helen Day and Dorothy Craig will talk on "Friendship." All girls are urged to attend this !rvice, especially those interested in the work of the Big Sister b&ard. TIIE Prof. N. A. Bengtson 1 1 Prof. N. A. Bengtson, who deliv ered an address on "National Control of Raw Materials" at the Institute o International Relations, Monday evening. BENGTSON GIVES INSTITUTE TALK Control of Raw Materials Discussed by Lecturer At Weekly Meet FORUM FOLLOWS SPEECH Addressing the Institute of Inter national Relations last evening at thft First. Christian church, on the subject "National Control of Raw Materials," Prof. N. A. Bengtson, department of geology and geog raphy, declared that the great, nat ural wealth of the - United States must naturally entail responsibility and jealousy which will provide the future generation with problems far greater in difficulty than any that have ever confronted the solons of the nation. This, in substance, was the keynote of the lecture which was delivered as the regular weekly instructive speech for the discussion and ap proval of institute members. Divid ing his subject into major portions, Professor Bengtson spoke at length on the natural power and wealth producers of this and other coun tries, paying special and concentra ted attention to the direct effect the production and consummation of wealth will have on the United States. Petroleum Is Important In the course of the lecture, the speaker divuked the critical position petroleum occupies in world control and power. "The allies floated to victory on a sea of oil," he declared in quoting the speech of Lord Cur zon at the time of the ArrAistice. "Small nations do not inherently love larger ones," he stated, "and the problems for the generation to come is to diplomatically meet the problems which inevitably will be more difficult than those of the pres ent. Our money, competing in for eign fields with that of Japan, Great Britain and France must eventually brfng about the necessity for modi- continued on Page 2.) SCIENTISTS WILL MEET IN FREMONT Many Members of University Faculty Will Speak at Annual State Session This Week Many University of Nebraska pro fessors will be present at the meet 4t, f t.A Nebraska Academy of Sciences annual meeting to be held at Fremont the last of this week, ac cording to the bulletin. The meet ing will be held at Midland College Thursday, Friday and Saturday, ana will deal with questions of biology, chemistry, earth science, engineering science, mathematics, physics, social science, and high school teaching. Many Officers from Nebraska Most of the officers of the aca demy are Univercity men. The ma jority of addresses will be delivered by professors from the University of Nebraska. Dr. Whitney, Prof, Mick ey, Dr. Burr, Dr. Peltier, Dr. Adolph, Dr. Lugn, Dr. Marvin, F. D. Keim, Dr. Weaver, Prof. Pool, Dr. Manter, P. G. Johnson, Dr. Barbour, and sev eral others, will speak. The annual banquet will be held Friday evening. Museum Draws Many Thousand Visitors Visitors at the University Museum over a period of eight months just closed number 11,235. This figure represents only those who vUited with organized groups, since i impossi ble to keep a record of those who attend individually. Of these, 4,000 attended the Sunday museum lectures from December 4 to. April 1. The: number of children attending the lec, turea on Saturday morning and Son day afternoons was H.600. ( UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, C. D. Hayes Leaves To Attend Father's Funeral C. D. Hayes, University Y. M. C. A. secretary, left yesterday for Washington, D. C, where he was called on account of his father's death. He will be gone for the next week. He plans to stop eff at Chicago on the return trip to confer with Nebraska alumni 2 that 'city. LEAD WILL BE TAKEN BY JENKS 'Caponsacchi', Players Next Production, Will Have Nine Day Run SHOW IS POPULAR IN EASTito Eu?ene H- Bach cnan of the general committee. Engineers 'Caponsacchi," final University Players production this season will be presented Thursday, Friday and Sat-! urday of this week, and the entire week beginning April SOth, in the Temple theatre, with Hart Jenks and Josephine Logan-Jones in the leading roles. The dramatization of Browning's epic poem, "Ring and the Book," by Arthur Goodrich, has been presented by Walter Hampden in New York. Special permission was accorded the University Players to give this late success, and they are the only com pany outside the original Hampden group to present it. Takes Role of Priest Hart Jenks has had a year's ex perience in the original cast, and will enact the role of the priest, Caponsacchi, whose story before the Papal court forms the action for the drama. Josephine Logan-Jones, also former player and well-known in Lincoln, will take the part of Pompilia, whom the priest tries to free from the torture of her hus band. The supporting cast is large: Soldiers of Papal Guard: Gioti G. Walter Vogt; Melchior Francis Bishop; Andrea Richard Page. Montini, Captain of Papal Guard Al Smullin. Pope Innocent XII Herbert Yenne. (Continued on Page S.) ADVERTISING GLOB HEARS BIZAD DEAN LeRossignol Discusses Consumer la Relation to Methods of Modern Business "The economic power of advertis ing is very great and may be a power ful good," Dean J. E. LeRossignol of the College of Business Admin istration told the Lincoln Advertising club at a luncheon Monday. The subject of ihs talk was "Resisting Advertising." "Advertising may also be a pow erful evil when harmful things are sold, or even when good articles are sold in too great a quanity," con tinued the dean. "A great responsi bility rests on the advertiser. Ad vertising is an all-salesman, and salesmen should consider the ultimate consumer, for in the last analysis bus iness is carried on for the ultimate consumer rather than for the pro ducers. Consumer's Income Limited "The income of the ultimate con sumer being limited, he cannot buy all he is asked to buy," stated Dr. Le Rossignol. "He is being continually bombarded by advertisements of ev ery kind and is constantly being tempted to spend more than his in? come. Thus he is forced to resist the advertiser. "This is done in various ways. He may become indignant or indif ferent to this perpetual bombard roent of advertising, he may limit his (Continued on Page S.) Friends Plan Dinner In Honor of Dr. Avery Chancellor-Emeritus Will Be Given Collection of Letters from Former Colleagues Dr. Samuel Avery, chancellor-em eritus of the University will be hon ored at a dinner of faculty members and friends at the College of Agri culture Student Activities building lin May 15. Plans for the dinner have been under way for some time. The pnn- it. eipal tribute of the Ijniversity com munity to the man who has served as chancellor for nineteen years until his health forced resigning last year wiil be the rotation of a bound volume of rsinal letters from Lis farmer colleagues. Anoth er gift will be tendered him as a token of tegard from University peo ple. The committee in charge of the memorial dinner is composed of J. E. LeRossignol, E. A. Sherman, II. G. James, Laurence Fossler, and G. H. Chstburn, all faculty member,. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1928. PHARMACISTS PERFECT PLANS FOR GALA WEEK Bach is Chairman of General Committee in Charge of Arrangements DATE SET IS MAY 1 TO 5 Special Entertainment and Exhibitions Will Be Featured May 3 Definite plans for the eighth an nual Pharmacy Week, which is scheduled to be held May 1 to 6. were effected at a recent meeting of the committees in charge, according (Week and Farmers' Fair will also be held at the same time. Thursday evening, May 3, has been j set d the committee in charge as "rm ...,.. ' . tu.re of 5ne weeK A number of ex hibits of the work done by students of the College of Pharmacy during the current year will be viewed by the public that night. Special enter (Continued on Page 2.) MEMBERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED Fine Arts Honorary Will Make Known New Selections At Convocation RECITAL WILL BE GIVEN Election of new members to Alpha Rho Tau, honorary scholastic frater nity of the School of Fine Arts, was held by the organization yesterday at 4 o'clock. The seniors chosen will be announced at a University con - vocation in the Temple theater today at 11 o'clock. Each year Alpha Rho Tau elects a certain number of seniors to mem- bershin on the . basis of scholarship and achievement. Students eligible are those taking the degree of bach elor of fine arts, or the bachelor of arts degree with a major part of work in the School of Fine Arts. Alumni Are Eligible Alumni of the School of Fine Arts are also eligible for election on the basis of outstanding work done since leaving the University. Wilma M. Clyde, pupil of Eliza beth Bonnell-Davis, and Lois Jane Grammar, pupil of Lura Schuler Smith, will present -a junior recital preceding the announcement of the election. HOWE WILL SPEAK TO ENGINEER GROUP 'Science in Industry" Will Be Topic Of Add re by Noted Editor From Washington Dr. Harrison E. Howe, editor of "Industrial and Engineering Chem istry," Washington, D. C, will talk on "Science in Industry" to the Ne braska Engineering society at the Annex cafe, 138 North 11th, Fri day, April 27 at 7:20 o'clock.. Dr. Howe has long been a leader in organizing industrial groups for research- From 1904 to 1916 he was chemist and editor for the Bausch and Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, (Continued on Page S.) KNOW YOUR KAMPUS Do yen knew that? The old pipe-organ in Grant Mem orial hall which is new headquarters for the department of physical ed ucation for women was originally in the "temple of music" at the Trans Mississippi exposition held in Omaha m 189s. xnere was no use lor it at that place following the exposi tion so Willard Kimball the in charge of the affiliated school of music, and other alumni raised $3500 with which they bought the instrument and presented it to the University of Nebraska. The organ was installed Grant Memorial hall when the building was completed in 1902 and rests in a place built especially for The School of Commerce, now the College of Business Administration, was founded irithin the College of Arts in the year 1913- Forty reg- istered in the department for the year 1918-14 and in 1918-19 there travel and .reductions given by cer were 423 students taking the course, tain hotels and museums, is listed in By an act of the state legislature in 1919 the School of Commerce was transformed into the College of Busi ness Administration, a separate pro fessional school. It has at present an enrollment of about 855 with Dean J. E. LejicRsifiiol os its director. A "Bair" PARALLEL PARKING AS COhMI&SlofrE lv 1&A)R DREADED I hS .... Ab (T stms TO u& Bureau Finds Student Jobs Are Plentiful An announcement coming from the University employment bureau states that there are more positions avail able for students than there are per sons to fill them. "We have opportunities to place students in employment everyday," stated Sherman Welpton, secretary of the bureau. Part Time Jobs Are Offered Students desiring to work at odd jobs by the day or half day may also lfind these positions available at the jbureau. A Friday afternoon job is open at the present time for a stu- jent employment seeker, PeoP1e looking for part-time em- : Payment are assea 10 see jvir. eip ton in h1-s office on the first floor of the Temple. HISTORIANS DIFFER ON LINDBERGH TRIP Syracuse Department Is Divided Over Importance of "Lone Eagle's" Flight to Paris Whether or not Colonel Lindbergh's epic flight across the Atlantic ocean will be remembered by posterity be cause of the good will which it creat ed is a widely discussed topic. Even the members of the Syracuse univer- agree on this question. Raymond Carey, an instructor ir this department, was in England at the time Lindbergh landed. Accord ing to Mr. Carey, the good will was onmrprt Ihat. thfe Knp-lishmpn I prided themselves with the fact that they spoke the same language as did the flyer. "After the war, there was a feel ing in Europe that the Americans were of the opinion that they them selves were responsible for the de feat of the central powers. This an- (Continued on Page S.) Students May Secure International Cards Confederation Will Issue Slips to Those Expecting To Travel Abroad An International Student Identity card which serves as an introduction for American students to European tfnilpTit and thpvr orpanizfitions. and also as a proof of identity in obtain ing reduced prices for passport visas. railroad anfi air travel and for cer- .nti and TTinspnmK. is Kpi'ikt is- sued by the International Confeder- iStudent" appears an article entitled ation of Students to the National Hartley Alexander, Intellectual Pol Student Federation of America. written by Miss Rutth Moore, The card is available to any stu- f26- Th brief biography dent who is registered in an accred-j01 it.pH WW institution on the list cf the American Council of Education, and may be secured by an applica tion which has been signed by a faculty member, and is accompan ied by two photographs and one dol lar. Card Good for One Year . The card is good for one year and may be renewed as many as four times, whether the holder is still in the accredited university or not. Information about other reduc tions, ?uch'S for railroad and fir a handbook of student travel. The handbook gives full information re garding centers of higher education in Europe, as well as much general information about European coun tries, and a Bradshaw railway map cf Europe. Suggestion HOW FILINGS WILL BE DUE FRIDAY Applications of Candidates For Council Positions Must Be in Soon ELIGIBILITY RULES LISTED No filings had been made by five o'clock Monday evening for positions on the Student Council or Student Publication board for next year, ac cording to information from the Stu dent Activities office. Only four more days remain for the filing of these applications, as all must be in by five o'clock, Friday evening. The special attention of prospec tive candidates is invited to the list of requirements given below. Pre vioasly there have usually been a (Continued on Page S.) CAMPUS ENGINEERS WILL VISIT OMAHA University Students, Faculty South Dakota Group Will Be Entertained Little Strikes Keynote The Nebraska section of the A-1 ln reviewing the facts of the con merican Institute of Electrical En-jvention Miss McGahey stated that c-incers. including University students "the keynote of the convention was and faculty members in the College I of Engineering, will be the guests !of the Omaha branch there Thurs- day, O. F. Edison of the College of Engineering announces. The South Dakota branch of the organ- ization from Vermillion will also at- tend. 1 D " ' l" S The day's program for the visiting. jenffineers includes inspection of the,5even Debate Teams Florence Water Works, the Over land Trail Rubber company factory, and the Omaha Steel Works. Dinner Will Be Held Lunch will be served at the first factory visited. A dinner will be held at the University Club. Following the dinner members of the two student branches will pre sent a program of musical numbers and technical discussions. Prof. F. W. Norris is in charge of the tech' jnical program, Prof R. A. Cush Identity ,man the music, and Prof. G. S. Lie- i'Ko'lf thft trnTicnnrf ntinTl t n flTnfilift- Ruth Moore Writes of Dr. Hartley Alexander i'Tns New Student' Publishes Article Akout Former Member of -University Faculty In a recent issue of the ftew Aiexanaer, wno nas Deen a .member of the Nebraska faculty for the last twenty years. Miss Moore's 'The Red Cockatoo" won the prize offered by the Uni versity Players' in the spring of 1926 for the best original play submit ted to that organization- The work was a biting satirization of the tend ency toward standardization in sor orities. The drama has since been given at a number of other institu tions. Edmonds Is Injured At Baseball Practice. Edwins, 30, Omaha, slipped and broke his leg while praticing with the Delta Upsilon baseball team Sun day morning, at Twenty-second and J Streets. He is under the care of Dr. J. E, M. Thompson at the Gen eral Hospital. PRICE 5 CENTS KOSMET KLUB BEGINS PAYING OFF FIRE DEBT 'Midnight Revue' Enables Men To Return One Third of Amount Owed PLAN TO PRORATE CLAIMS Members Will Sell Tickets for "The Poor Nut" in Order To Gain Funds One-third of each individual debt incurred by the Kosmet Klub in the Playhouse fire will be paid this weekj according to a decision made by the Klub yesterday afternoon. Claims will be pro-rated and paid by Wen dell Cameron, business manager of the Klub. The one-third payment is made possible by the proceeds from the "Midnight Revue" fire benefit show held in the Lincoln theatre Fri day night. More than $1,100 profit was re ported by members of the Klub from their first fire benefit. Kosmet KluB plans to take over the sale of tickets for "The Poor Nut" at Liberty thea tre next week as additional fire bene fit Klub members have stated their intention of paying back in cash ev ery cent of their debt from the Play house fire. College Students Are In Cast "The Poor Nut"' is a college play and will include fifteen University mfn nnd thirtv-five co-eds as "ei- tras" in addition to the regular cast. Kosmet Klub will sponsor sale of, the tickets, at regular prices, on the University campus. "If we are giv en luilf the support in the s-co:id f:re benefit that we received in ocr 'Midnight "evue we wiil oe able to (Continued on Page 3.) HC GAHEY ATTENDS REGISTRARS 1IEET Cleveland Convention Delegates Hear Addresses by Many Noted Educators Miss Florence I. McGahey, univer sity registrar, returned last week end I from the American Association of I Collegiate Registrars convention, iheld at Cleveland, Ohio, April 17, 18, and 19. I There were 264 delegates at the ,convention, according to Miss Mc and Gahey. Forty-one states were repre sented, five delegates attended from Canda, and one from Switzerland. struck bv Dr. Little, president of the University f Michigan, in his 'address in the opening session. The kevnote adopted bv the convention was 'Humanizing Education.' I "One of the other speakers whom I enjoyed," said Miss McGahey, "was j (Continued on Page 3.) Enter Final Tourney High School District Winners Will Meet For State Finals in May Seven winners in the district con test of the Nebraska High School Debating league have been reported to H- A- White of the University de partment of English, president of the ; league, and will compete in the final tournament to be held at the Univer sity during high school week May 10, 11, and 12. The winners of district contests are: Beatrice, southeast; Grand Island, west Central; Hartington, northeast; Hastings, south central No. 1; Creighton Prep, Omaha; Fre mont, northeast No. 1 ; Geneva, south central No. 1. Five districts are yet to be heard from . Eighty-five Nebraska high schools have participated in league debates this year on the child labor amend ment question. There are twelve dis tricts, the winner of which is some times determined by an elimination tournament, sometimes by percent ages. Cadets Will Stage Regiment&l ParaJr. Cadets of the University cf Ne braska will stage a regimental pa rade Wednesday at 5 o'clock p. m.t April 25. Chancellor E. A. Burnett will review the troops, in whose honor the parade is held. Pershing Rifles, honorary military organization, will form as the right company of the t irat battal ion. First call for the review will be sounded at 4:50 o'clock p. m. As sembly will be at 5 o'clock p. m. All cadets will attend nnless pro perly excused is the order issued by Lient Col F. F. Jcwett.