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vnfTxXVII. NO. 136.
INQUEST PLAGES
BLAME ON RYAN
FOR COLLISION
Excessive Speed Is Verdict
Returned in Armstrong
Investigation
WITNESSES GIVE EVIDENCE
Body Is Taken to St. Paul
Yesterday; Service Will
Be Held Sunday
That the collision at the intersec
tion of 17th and K streets, April 25,
between a sedan driven by Patrick
Ryan and a roadster driven by Merle
Jones, resulting in the death of Ed
gar Armstrong, was due to the ex
cessive speed of the car driven by
Ryan, was the verdict brought in by
the jury in the inquest at Wadlow's
Mortuary yesterday morning.
County Attorney Towle Thursday
afternoon drew up a complaint
charging Patrick Ryan with man
slaughter. It was filed in court dur
inp the afternoon.
Ryan, chauffuer for Mrs. George
iutpv. was the first witness called
by the attorney. As he approachea
the stand, the crowd which more than
filled the small chapel hushed into
dead silence. The members ol t.cigar ,
Armstrong's family were present
with Miss Zelma Harris, his fiance.
Merle Jones was present, sitting near
the front, with his left arm in a cast
and sling.
After Ryan was sworn in, he was
asked his name, occupation, address
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'MAY DAY' WILL
MARK BANQUET
Annual Pan-Hellenic Affair
Will Be Held in Coliseum
Tuesday, May 1
PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED
thing they have offered before.
"May Day" will be the feature of The plot revolves in a tense man
the annual Pan-Hellenic banquet ner, with the play of good and evil
which is scheduled for 6 o'clock May j flashing in and out, while the action
1 at the Coliseum. The announcing revolves around the pathetic and
of the Greek organizations scholar-1 beautiful figure of the tortured girl
shin Ktandinirs and the awarding of;wife. Pompilia. The entire cast did
prizes will be part of the program.
One of the most colorful formal
dinners of the year will be when
covers are laid for the
active and
alumni members of the twenty-one
Yiatmru.1 sororities reuresented on
itis campus. It usually the custom onsacchi" will be given tonight and
for the sororities to close their tables j tomorrw night, with a student mat
nd attend the banquet one hundred jinee Friday and one Saturday. The
t play will be offered each evening
jicr IKUL. I
,- ,l. i iV,1f
i ne revealing vi me wc
vh,-h n-ill have the names of the
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SORORITIES EHTER
BASEBALL TODRNEY
Ten Co-Ed Orfaniiations Will PUy
In Intramural Contests
This Week-End
Ten sororities have entered teams
in the intramural baseball tourna
ment which will start this afternoon.
Three games are scheduled for Fri
day and three for Saturday.
Phi Ma, last year's champions,
'ill defend their title against Zeta
Tau Alpha in fame No. 1 to be
played Friday at 4:50 o'clock. At
the same time Delta ZeU will meet
Alpha Xi Delta game No. 2 and Al
pha Delta TheU will be paired with
Alpha Delta Pi in game No. 3.
Saturday afternoon at 1:30 the
following games will be played: Del
ta Gamma vs Phi Omega Pi; Gamma
Phi Beta vs the winners of game No.
1; Kappa Delta vs the winners of
game No. 2.
The co-ed baseball classic is under
ttie direction of physical education
for women and notices concerning
the time and place of all games have
teen sent to each sorority by the
department office.
Joint Y. W. and Y. M. Conference at
Estes Park Will Claim Many Students
Estes Park? A beautiful spot
amorj' the mountains. Tbe best
Place in this part of the country to
8Pend a vacation. But it will mean
this and more to a group of college
od university students who will
rather at tbe ssociation Camp for
thf Y. M. C. A. and the T.W.CA.
Joint Student Conferen?e, June 6 to
16.
14 ill a Student Conference in ev
T sene of the word. Students in
operation with the Eegjonal Secre
are making plans for the -Conference.
Mary Kinney, '28, student
ecutive, Woodbine, Iowa, from the
University 0f Nebraska, Lincoln, Ne
THE
Mary Kinney
Mary Kinney, '28, Woodbine, la.,
student executive of the Y. M. C. A
and Y. V. C. A. regional conference
to be held June 6 to 16 at Estes Park
'GAPONSACCHI'
IS PRESENTED
Laree Audience Views First
Performance; Players
Are Applauded
HART JENKS PLAYS LEAD
"Caponsacchi," final production of
the University Players was presented
for the first time Thursday evening
before a crowded house, with Hart
Jenks in the leading role offering a
remarkab,e performances of the
prjest wno sacrifices all for the sake
Lf a young gjri suffering from her
husband
Zolley Lerner, in the role of the
inhuman Guido, husband of Pomp
ilia, offered a brilliant student of
cruelty and cunning. His perform
ance was a powerful foil to Mr.
Jenks' wonderful interpretation of
the warrior priest. Josephine Logan
Jones, as the innocent wife, Pomp-
ilia, gave a convincing performance,
while small roles by Margaret Mas
terson, as Margherita, Jack Rank as
the drunken Gheraridi, and Herbert
Yenne as Pope Innocent XII, were
noticeable for their excellence.
Epic Drama
Th presentat'on of the epic drama,
as adapted f. .n Browning's poem
"Ring and the Book" is the outstand
ing event in the history of the Uni
versity Players, with a dramatic m
tensity of action that surpasses any-
well, with Mr. Jenks offering an out
standing and brilliant piece of work.
An enthusiastic audience applauded
the cast again and again after the
final curtain.
Additional performances of "Cap
inert wee in oraer luai evcijuuc
it Tickets may be pro
cured at Ross P. Curtice Co., or at
the Temple boxoffice.
UOYING PICTURES
WILL BE FEATDRE
"How Bioloficals Are Made" Is Topic
Of Show to Be Given May 3 on
Pharmacy Nifbt
"How Eiologicals Are Made" is the
subject of a movie to be given at
the College of Pharmacy on Pharma
cy Night, Thursday, May 3, as one
of the ftatures of the eighth annual
Pharmacy Week. Parke Davis & Co.,
national pharmacy concern, is spon
soring the picture.
The movie, consisting of two reels
shown in exactly thirty minutes, is a
precise reproduction of the methods
used by tht Parke Davis & Co. in
their own labroatories for the pro
duction of biological. Some of the
subjects treated in the picture are
the manufacture of Diphtheria anti
toxin, bacterial vaccine, smallpox
vaccine, and a number of other simi
lar prtparations.
The "Pharmaceuticans," College of
Pharmacy orchestra, will furnish
music for the occasion. They will
also feature several other musical
programs during the t tire week.
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braska, will preside at the sessions
of tbe Conference, ibe xneme oi
the ten day meetings, "The Enrich
ment or Denial of Personality" will
be taken from a truly student view?
pviut.
Inspiration aoJ Fellowship
Tb! Conference ten days of in
spiration, feDowship and real think
ingin a camp site shut off from the
rest of the world by the mountain
peaks of the Rockies.
Inspiration from tbe platform ad-dresses-froiu
the scenic currou-injrs-from
contact with other stu-dents-from
contact with students
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p ., !
1 ' ill V
i
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA,
LEROSSIGNOL
GIVES PHI BETA
KAPPA ADDRESS
Seventy-Five Attend Annual
Initiation and Banquet of
Scholastic Society
DR. R. J.. POOL PRESIDES
Archibald Storms and Dorothy
Nott Present Responses
For New Members
Seventy-five people attended the
annual initiation and banquet of Ne
braska Alpha chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa at the Lincoln hotel Thurs
day evening. Dean J. E. LeRossig
nol gave the principal address on the
subject "The Value of Scholastic
Honors."
Dr. R. J. Pool, presided at the ban
quet and gave the address of wel
come to the class of initiates. Pre
ceding the banquet initiation was
conducted by Dr. Winona Perry.
Responses for the new members
were given by Archibald Storms and
Dorothy Nott. Miss Nott spoke on
the topic "What Next," discussing
what should be expected of Phi Beta
Kappas in the future. Mr. Storms
spoke on "Phi Beta Kappa and the
Student Attitude," stressing the fact
that the initiates hope they can justi
fy their existence as members of the
honorary society.
Musical numbers were given by
Mary Kinney who played piano selec
tions, and By Grace Modlin who ren
dered cello numbers.
Dean's Address
Dean Le Rossignol's address fol
lows: "This is only a particular phase of
a more general question, namely, the
value of any kind of honor?. Honor
in this sense is the recognition of
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BANQUET PLANS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Inter-Fraternity Dinner Group
Selects William Ramsay
As Main Speaker
CHANCELLOR WILL SPEAK
With the ticket sale progressing
rapidly and plans for entertainment
completed, the committee in charge
of the annual Interfraternity ban
quet, to be held Tuesday evening,
May 1, at the Scottish Bite Temple,
looks for it to be the most success
ful banquet ever held.
William C. Ramsey of Omaha,
president of the Nebraska alumni as-
sociation will be the speaker of the
evening. Mr. Ramsey needs no in
troduction to university students,
having appeared here before. He
graduated from the University of Ne
braska in 1907, receiving his law de
gree at that time.
Presentation of Plaques
Chancellor Burnett wiU give a
short talk, followed by Professor
Schramm who will explain the meth
od of selecting the fraternities to re
ceive the awards and present the
Haioer cup and the fifteen plaques.
All of the fraternities are closing
their table and are adding the price
of the banquet to their house bills.
It is believed that this system will
insure a 100 percent turn out.
It has been the desire of the com
mittee this year to make the banquet
as short as possible. With this idea
in view, plans for only one speaker
have been made.
Mrs. Harriett KruLse Eemmer,
popular soloist, will entertain at the
banquet. Beck's orchestra will fur
nish music during the dinner hour.
BIZAD DAY' PLANS
HEAR (MPLETIOH
Tentative Program Is Announced
And Committees Are Chosen
For Annnal Event
With the selection of committee
heads and committee members and
the adoption of novel plans of en-
tentainment, the "Bizad Day" cele
bration to be held at Antelope park
May 11 promises to be the most suc
cessful affair yet put on by the Col
lege of Business Administration stu
according to Douglas Timmerman,
chairman.
School for Bizad students will be
excused May 11 to enable every
member to attend. Tentative plans
include a popular eight piece dance
orchestra, a baseball game betweent
the College of Business Administra
tion team and a team representing
other colleges, athletic, events, and
faclty skits.
Plans for over four hundred are
being made by committee members.
The committee beads are Marshall
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928.
'Spring Weather Until
Friday,' Says Official
Spring weather will make no
change until Friday, at least, ac
cording to a report given by T.
A. Blair, meteorologist of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau.
The average temperature for
the 1928 cool spring has been
about 45 degrees, 3 degrees below
normal spring weather.
YEAR BOOK COPY
GOES TO PRESS
Color Combination on Cover of
Cornhusker Includes Gray,
Maroon and Gold
ORDERS WILL BE TAKEN
Charles O. Bruce, '30, Lincoln,
Nebr., business manager of the 1928
Cornhusker, stated last night that the
final touch on the year book had
been completed and the last copy had
been turned over to the printer.
The covers for the 1928 year book
have been sent to the printers from
the S. K. Smith Co. at Chicago and
the publishing company has started
work on the final section of the book.
Mr. Bruce also stated that the cov
er on the Cornhusker this year will
be one of the best if not the best
in the history of the book. The cov
er is of dark maroon, gray and gold.
On the front panel is the seal of Ne
braska in gold with a background
patterned in the seme color. The
body of the cover is maroon while
the corners and back are set off in
grey. Pictures of the book are on
display in the Cornhusker office and
critics pronounce it one of the best
seen.
Permanent Binding Probable
"It is hoped," stated Mr. Bruce!
wac tms cover win De a permanent
binding for the future Cornhusker
yearbooks of Nebraska. A great
many schools have a standardized
cover which is used each year and it
is thought mat the izs cover will '
serve for a permanent cover.
The book will be completed within
the next -three ec aud the "Staff
hopes to have it ready for sale be
tween May 20 and 25. Two thous
and books will be put into circula
tion, according to the business man
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ENGIHBERS' WEEK
WILL BEGIN MONDAY
Festivities Include Convocation, Rally
Sports, and Inspection of
Engineering College
Festivities for Nebraska's thirty-
fourth annual Engineers' Week April
iU to May a will begin witb a convo
cation and pep rally Wednesday
morning. Field day will be staged
at Antelope park Wednesday after
noon. The program will include
many kinds of sports and awards for
the winners. Lunch will be servtd
at noon.
On Engineers' Night all buildings
in the CoMege of Engineering will be
open to the public for inspection of
the equipment and work of the year.
The department of physics and geolo
gy are cooperating with the engineers
to make the event one of the largest
for the College of Engineering. The
week will end with a banquet to be
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Spanish Club Will Give
Two Plays at Meeting
The Spanish club will meet at 4:30
this afternoon in room 205 of the
Temple. Mr. Banks, assistant in
structor of Romance Languages, will
talk about his trip to France.
Two short plays will be presented
by students of Spanish. "Uno de
ellos debe casarse is to be given by jtheater at 1 1 o'clock. All classes
Harriet Rodgers, Marry Giangrosso, jn the Teachers' College will be ex
John Redd, and Ray Sabata, and 'cused.
En una Joyeria" by Truth Mc-
Man us, Mabel Johnson, Harvey Hill-'gjve
man, and frank bwartz. The meet
ings of the Spanish club are open to
the public
KNOW YOUR
KAMPUS
Do yon know that?
Before thet top floor was torn off
of U hall tbe second and third stor
ies of the north wing of that build
ing used to be tbe University chapeL
The rostrum being at the north end
with a gallery across the south end.
Up til 1886 U hall was the sole edi
fice on the campus. It was built at
a cost of $128,480. The corner
stone of Nebraska hall, the aecoTd
building on the campus, was laid on
commencement day 1888.
o-
The cement bench around the large
tree to the north of the entrance
to tbe library was given to the Uni
versity by the class of 1908.
Harold
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t s I C s ,! :
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Above is seen Harold "Timber" Trumble, crack sophomore hurdler
of the Nebraska track team this season, waiting for the gun to send him
on one of his victorious jaunts over the barriers. Trumble won the junior
A. A. U. high hurdle championship last July, and the Kansas Relays last
week. He will compete in the barrier race at the Drake Relays today and
Saturday.
Politicians Say
Election Bomb
Will Burst Soon
(By the Rag Man)
Lethargy in filing for positions on
the Student Council and Student Pub
lication board which will filled at
the spring election Tuesday, is but
the quiet before the bursting of the
political storm in the opinion of as
tute famous Doliticians interviewed
by xhe Daiiy Nebraskan Thursday.
Remembering the rampant enthus
iasm which broke loose last spring
immediately preceding the election
x. x
and which brought the largest vote
!and which brought the largest vote
since 1921. campus leaders were pre -
uicinig anuiner warm eitvuuu.
Rumors Brewing
Rumors of new developments in
fraternity politics have been brew
ing all week but both factions are
apparently awaiting the closing of
filings this evening before the open
ing of their campaigns. Intensive
campaign efforts over the week-end
and the day preceding the election
as well as the usual all-day spurt
Tuesday are being planned according
to political rumor.
Starting Monday, it will seem that
every "hello" is a policy play, and
fraternity men who are wise will not
be seen conferring privately with
anyone,. Students will express their
opinions when they vote, and if the 1
campaigns are successful a great j
number of votes will be cast
North vs South
The North and the South will be
gathering their forces for a final
demonstration of party power, is the
opinion of all politicians. The Uni
versity of Nebraska Student Council
will oversee the election ad see
that all is fair. Until the polls open
Nebraska students are waiting for
the political bomb to burst.
DR. BUCKINGHAM :
WILL GIVE TALKS
Educational Research Worker
Author Will Present Three
Lectures Today
and
Dr. B. R. Buckingham, interna-
itnoally known educational research
worker a:id writer, will eive a series
of three lectures to tbe student body
and the general public today. His
first lecture will be "Individualising
Instruction," which will be held at a
special convocation in the Temple
At 4 o'clock Dr. Buckingham will
another ulk on "Language Dif-
ficulties," in th Social Science aud
itorium. Mr. I ef lcr, superintendent
of public schools, will preside. The
student body and all persons enter-
ested in elementary educational work jof the department of physical ed
are invited to attend. location for women. Miss Lee sent
The third appearance of Dr. Buck-'out a call Wednesday for volunteers
ingham will be at a joint dinner of I to act as umpires in the co-ed intra
Phi Lambda Theta, honorary educa-! mural bastball tournament which be-
tional organization for women, and
Phi Delta Kappa, honorary educa
tional fraternity for men, to be held
at the Y. M. C. A. The dinner will
begin at 6 o'clock p. m.
This meeting is being sponsored
by tbe two organizations, and is op
en trt tri central public Deaa Sea
lock, of the T teachers' College, will
preside. The topic of the speaker for
his last appearance will be the "Great
Experiment,"
The speaker is at present director
of the bureau of educational re
search at Ohio State University, Co
lumbus. On July 1, Dr. Buckingham
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Trumble
TRACKSTERS GO
TO DES MOINES
Nineteen Athletes Entered in
Annual Interscholastic
Cinder Path Meet
SCHULTE WILL REFEREE
Nineteen Cornhusker track men
depart -d last night and this morning
for Des Moines, Iowa, where they
will compete in the Drake Relays to
be held there today and Saturday,
, . , . r,,
;The men accompanied by Coach
U. P s,hn1t, on1 trn;nPr rw
,McLean - let Lincoln night by
tram.
The varsity track men vho will
represent Nebraska at the Drake Re
lays are: Captain Perly Wyatt, E.
Wyatt, Campbell, and Davenport,
quarter-milers; Easter, sprinter;
Trumble, Thompson, and Argan
bright, hurdlers; Johnson, Chadder
don, Janulewicz, Griffin, Dexter, and
Etherton, d.stance men; Ashburn
and Hurd, we:ght men; Ossian, pole
j vaulter; Fleming and Andrews, high
i and broad jumpers.
j Coach Schulte will serve as ref-
eree 0f the Drake games. He an-
i nounced tha't the Huskers would run
! in tne 880-yard, mile, two-mile, and
: f0ur-mile relays. Captain P. Wyatt,
Wyatt, Campbell and Davenport
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i'POOR NUT' TICKET
SALES ARE URGED
Kosmet KJub Members Interview
, House Mothers for Approval
j of Late Permission
j
I Housemothers of sororities on the
Nebraska campus are being inter
viewed, personally, by members of
the KoFmet Klub who hope to have
sorority girls given the permission to
remain out until after the 10:30
limit to see "The Poor Nut" Kos
met Klub is in charge of ticket sale
for "The Poor Nut," which plays at
jthe Liberty theater next week.
1 "Tickets are coiner exceptionally
well," reported Austin Sturtevant,
assistant business manager of tbe
Klub. The sale of tickets is being
carried on by members of the Kos-
ment Klub, assisted by a picked staff
of helpers. The Klub will receive a
certain commission from the sale, to
apply on the Playhouse fire debt.
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Physical Education
Department Sends Out
Call tor Male Umpires
Boys are wanted and wanted badly
by no less a person than the director
gins Friday.
Innate modesty or ignorance of the
whereabouts of Miss Lee's office has
kept the campus baseball experts
from voicing their eagerness to act
in this capacity.
Three games are scheduled at 4:50
Fri'!y aftnn.c-a ni three snore for
1:30 Saturday afternoon. Umpires
may rest assured that disputed de
cisions will not be met with violence,
and their assistance will be appre
ciated by the co-ed athletes.
"Hesitate no longer, boys, for
lack cf volunteers may lead to a
draft," that is the sentiment cf Miss
Lee, at any rate.
PRICE 5 CENTS
FILING DEADLINE
IS PLACED AT 5
THIS AFTERNOON
Publication Board and Student
Council Applications Must
Be Made Today
HEAVY RUSH ANTICIPATED
Twenty Positions Are Open to
Candidates; Eligibility
Will Be Checked
With only twelve candidates for
the Student Council and two for the
Student Publication board on record
in the Student Activities office at
noon Thursday, a heavy rush of fil
ing for positions to be filled in the
spring election Tuesday, May 1, i3
expected today with the deadline set
for 5 o'clock this afternoon.
Seventeen positions on the Stu
dent Council and the three student
places on the publication board are
to be filled at the election Tuesday.
! Although filings opened Monday
morning, few candidates filed the
first two days. A larger number be
gan to dribble in Wednesday and
Thursday although the heavy filing
day is looked for today. No candi
dates will be eligible to have their
names on the ballot who do not file
in the Student Activities office by
5 o'clock thi3 evening.
Eligibility requirements of the can
didates filing will be checked by the
registrar Saturday morning after
which ballots will be prepared for
the election. As many as half a dozen
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HEADS EXPRESS
UNIFORM VIEWS
Traffic Law Affecting Parallel
Parking Causes Unfavorable
Student Opinions
PROBE TO BE CONTINUED
"Crossing 16th street one has a
wonderful opportunity to get run
over," replied Helen Van Gilder,
president of Gamma Phi Beta soror
ity when questioned yesterday in re
gard to the university traffic ques
tion. Miss Van Guilder's remark
represents the opinion of all frater
nity and sorority presidents ques
tioned in regard to the 16th street
as a 'through street,' and parallel
parking on streets in the vicinity of
the campus.
According to the Gamma Phi pres
ident, "there is too much heavy traf
fic on 16tb, and it is entirely too
much of a speedway for a street on
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FACULTY MEMBERS
WILL ATTEND MEET
Manv University People Are To Be
Present at Annnal Sessions
Of Science Men
Faculty members and advanced
students from the departments of
science and mathematics are attend
ing the thirty-eighth annual meeting
of the Nebraska Academy of Sci
ences in joint session with the Ne
braska session of the Mathemati
cal Association of America. The con
vention will met at Midland College
Fremont, April 26, 27, and 28.
Dr. W. C. Brenke of the Univer
sity of Nebraska is vice-president of
the Nebraska Academy of Sciences,
Prof. M. P. Brunig is secretary, and
Dr. P. K. Slaymaker is treasurer.
Prof. Virginia Zimmer and Prof. M.
G. Gaba are councillors, their terms
expiring in 1928 and 1929 respective
ly. Past President to Speak
In addition to the program as an
nounced, Thursday, Dr. Geo. L. Pel
tier, College of Agriculture, Univer
sity of Nebraska, past president of
the organization, will make an ad
dress Friday evening at the banquet
The following additions are made
in the Chemistry section which
meets Friday at 10:30 a. m.
'Improved Methods in Organic
Preparations," Organic Chemistry
Department, University of Nebraska.
'Ethylene and Ethylene Dibro-
mide," Max Karrer.
'Williamson's Synthesis Isopro-
pyl Butyl Ether," Paul R. Shild
neck. "Study of Nitrogen Partition in
Liver Hydrolysis," E. A. Fluevog
and W. H. Adolpk
"An Iodine Survey of KbrasLa,"
F. J. Prochaska and W. 1L AdoJph.
"The Permeability of Metals to
Hydrogen," R. R. Ralston, and B.
Clifford Hendricks.
"Finding and Salvaging Superior
High School Chemifitry Student," i.
G. Johnston and B. Clifford Hendricks.