Farmers' Fair
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Farmers' Fair
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THE UNIVEKSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1928.
PKICE S CENTS!
DAILY:
MEBRASKAN
ENGINEERS PLAN
NOVEL DISPLAY
FOROPEKHOOSE
Chemit, Geologists, Physists
Will Assist in Exhibition
At Seven Tonight
AFFAIR IS ANNUAL EVENT
High Voltage Transformer and
-Radio Apparatus Will Be
Demonstrated
AH engineering, chemistry, geol
0ey and physics buildings will be
ooen for public inspection from 7
o'clock to 11 tonight Visitors will
become acquainted with the various
types of work done by the students
u different experiments and displays
we demonstrated.
A novel electrical display, includ
ing such features as a high voltage
transformer, operation of a reversing
motor and interesting radio appar
atus will be shown in the electrical
engineering building. Aside from
this, work with a model manual tele
phone exchange, a voice frequency
filter demonstration and other elec
trical devices will be carried on.
Will Show Picture.
Features of the mechanical side
of the display will include motion
pictures and slides on civil engin
eering projects, displays on survey
ing instruments and drawings of
maps and structural charts. An in
teresting series of experiments will
be demonstrated . in the materials
testing laboratory. Testing of various
materials used in highway construc
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HIGH SCHOOLS SEND
MM CONTESTANTS
Annual Academic Contest Will Be
Held This Week; Scholarship
Will Be Given
High school contestants from all
over the state will match wits, voices
and musical ability in Lincoln this
week-end.
The sixth annual Interscholastic
Academic contest and the first an
nual Academic Pentathlon will be
held in Social Sciences building, Sat
urday. More entries than have tried
out in any of the previous state high
ichool acamedic meets are expected,
according to A. A. Reed, director of
the University Extension depart
ment. Dramatic Content I Friday
The state high school dramatic
contest will be held Friday evening
and Saturday in the Law building.
The Nebraska high school music con
tet will begin with the group com
petitions in , Morrill hall, Friday. In
dividual competition in this contest
will be held Saturday at Lincoln high
ichool.
Preliminary contests have been
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Dental Rtprtstntativ
Will fie Chosm Today
Student council representative
from the College of DentiBtry will
be decided by the flip of a coin
some time today. Votes were
equal for both candidates in
Tuesday's election, and the deci
sion concerning selection was
made by the Student Council,
Wednesday.
The coin will be flipped in the
presence of both candidates, a
faculty member, and James Jen
en, president of the Student
Council.
Mary Ball was declared the sec
ond woman to be elected as sen
ior woman at large when her eligi
bility wag determined by the
council Wednesday.
Call Sent Out for
Publication Applicant
Applications for the following
Positions will be received by the
Student Publication board until
Thursday noon, May 10:
1929 Cornhusker: editor, two
managing editors, business man
ager, two assistant business man
agers. The Daily Nebraakan (first se
mester, 1928-29): editor-in-chief,
contributing editors, managing
editor, two assistant managing ed
itors, four news editors, three as
sistant news editors, business
manager, twe assistant business
managers, circulation managers.
Awgwan (first semester, 1928
29): editor, two associate editors,
business managers, two assistant
business managers.
Applications may be got at the
Student Activities office in the
Coliaeum or at the office of the
School of Journalism, U 104.
C C Engberg, Chairman,
Student Publication board.
Student Activities Building
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Student Activities building at the College of Agriculture, which will
house exhibits of the 1928 Farmers' Fair Saturday, May 5. Saturday after
noon it will be transformed into a dance hall where a "nickel dance" will be
in progress all afternoon and evening.
Fair'o Pageant
Is Picturesque
Costume Show
i
Beautiful, picturesque costumes
will be one of the outstanding .fea
tures of the symbolic pageant, "Mas
ter of Miracles," which will be pre
sented at the Farmers' Fair on the
College of Agriculture campus Sat
urday, May 5. The pageant is given
by a group of about sixty Home Ec
onomics girls on the lawn south of
the Home Economics building. Each
year the girls give a pageant and
this year it is entirely a student pro
duction, having been written bv Miss
Maxine Churchill, a senior in the
department.
The scene is laid in Tourne,
France, in the fifteenth century.
Princess Elesia, daughter of the king
of Tourne, has been stricken lifeless
by the pestilence of ignorance. The
medicine master restores her to life
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FAREWELL AWGWAH
GOES TO PRINTERS
La ( Isu Will Feature Take-off on
Graduating Seniori) Cartoon
Are Still Coming in
All copy for farewell number of
the Awgwan, Nebraska's humorous
publication, has been received by the
editorial staff, has been edited, and
will be taken to the printers Thurs
day, according to announcement
made Wednesday by Alan C. Mcin
tosh, editor.
Not all of the art work has been
submitted as yet, since quarterly ex
aminations have kept most of the art
'ataff husv. -However, all cartoons
and sketches for the final number of
this school year will bo completed by
Saturday at which time they will be
taken to the entravers, James Pick
ering, art editor, stated.
Feature Take-off
Awirwan farewell number will be
foAfnrnd hv a number of stories of
considerable length, the theme of
which will be take-offs on graduat
ing nlor. "K smet," a drama or
passion, by Laselle Gilman, "Ida
Juanto," by Ray Murray, ana r rnv
men's Farewell," by Anne Rothen
berg are three of the feature stories.
Jokes, verse, and prose have been
submitted by Douglas Tlmmerman,
Peggy Hedges, Ray Murray, aimoni
Waite, Henry Brainerd, Horace Go
mon, and Bill McCIeery.
Margaret Ketring, James Picker
ing, and Thomas Warfield of the art
staff, have turned in cartoons. Gay
wmiam. nf the Lincoln Star, will
also have a number of cartoons in the
farewell number.
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BROWN IS LATEST
SMALLPOX YICTIU
1927 Cornhusker Football Captain
I Quarantined .After
Doctor Examine
John "Jug" Brown provided the
reason for another campus sensation
when he was declared to be suffer
ing from smallpox by the school phy
sician early yesterday morning. .
Brown showed signs of smallpox
Tuesday evening while working at his
regular job in the circulation depart
ment of the Lincoln Star. After
yesterday's examination, he was
quarantined in his home at 860
North Sixteenth.
"Jug" Brown is a well-known ath
lete at Nebraska, serving on the foot
ball and basketball teams since en
tering college. Dr. E. N. Deppen
states that "Jug's" case is not se
rious but that all students who be
lieve they might have been exposed
should be vaccinated at once.
Two Orchestras and
Special Entertainers
Will Feature Dance
The chance of a life time awaits
those who would to venture forth in
the midst of glorious spring and have
one grand time. The time will ar
rive next Saturday when the students
of the' College of Agriculture hold
their annual Farmers' Fair, is the
opinion of the committee.
The big feature of the Fair that
will attract the younger generation
from far and wide is the dancing.
Never before has there been as large
nor as good a dancing program plan
ned for a university function as the
one for the Farmers' Fair. There
will be several thousand square feet
of waxed maple floor for the gay
youths to wear out. One floor forty
by sixty feet will be placed out un
der the skies with the summer
breezes wafting the melodies about.
Will Have Two Band
The floor is not all that makes a
dance. The Collegians and Becks
are playing. In the afternoon the
Collegians will play in the Student
Activities building. In the evening
the outside floor will be opened up
with the Collegians furnishing the
music. Beck's will furnish the msuic
for the floor in the Activities build
ing. Besides this there will be special
features with the orchestras to add
pep and novelty to the program.
These special features are nothing
less than major attractions for an
ordinary party. They are "Muddy"
Warner, violinist, and "Red" Krause
with his accordian. They will alter
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Home Economics Girls Present Outdoor Pageant
An interesting scene ium "The Quest", the Home Economics outdoor ; jigcant of the 1927 Farmers' Fair. A similar production "Master
of Miracles" will be presented at the College of Agriculture rest Saturday. This pageant was written by Maxine ChurcTiill, a senior in the depart
ment of Home Economic end all the girls taking part ari fro&i the df-partroer.t. Charlo!;U Joyce of Weeping Wat?r, frediropn Hi th CelJeg of
Agriculture, takes the part of Princess Elesia," the leading role. The pageant will be presented between Ag Hall and Home Economics building
at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon and again at 7:30 in the evening.
PHARMACISTS
INVITE PUBLIC
TO 1928 SHOW
'Pharmaceutical' Orchestra
Will Play While Public
View Exhibits
MOVIE WILL BE SHOWN
Equipment of a Druggist and
Evolution of a Cork
Will Be Shown
Final arrangements for Pharmacy
Night program, which will be held
tonight in Pharmacy hall, were being
niade yesterday afternoon. Practi
cally all exhibits were in place and
the usually staid laboratories have
been turned into attractive display
rooms.
A short convocation for students
of the College of Pharmacy was held
Wednesday morning in th College
auditorium. Speeches . by faculty
members and students were preceded
by a fifteen-minute musical program
by the "Pharaiaceuticans" orchestra
that will furnish entertainment this
evening at the exhibition. The meet
ing which took form of a pep session
for the coming events included talks
by faculty members, representatives
of classes, and members of the com
mittees in charge.
Talks were given by Dean R. A
Lyman, Professor J. B. Burt, Pro
feasor F. S. Bukey, Miss Mary Lan
gevin, resident pharmacist, James
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UNIVERSITY BAND
WILL LEAD PARADE
Float Will Go Through Business
District Before Noon; Will
Feature Progress
Farmers' Fair parade consisting of
eighteen floats will travel through
the business section of Lincoln short
ly before noon Saturday. The Uni
versity R. O. T. C. band will lead the
Robin Spenee
procession and the Pershing Rifles
will march in parade drill.
The parade will depict primitive
and the modern phases of Agricul
ture. The first half of the parade
will be made up of floats represent
ing primitive agriculture and the
floats in this section will be on horse
drawn vehicles. The last half of the
parade will consist of floats repre
senting the modern agriculture,
which will be motor-drawn floats.
Show Enthusiasm
Parade committees, under the di
rection of Robin Spence, chairman,
are working to complete the floats
in order that they may have them
ready for the inspection which will
take place Saturday morning. The
theme of this year's parade will be
portrayed by all the floats In coor
dinaion yet each float has a separate,
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Farmers'
The board of managers, largely
Farmers' Fair are:
Top row; left to right, Arthur Hauke, chairman; Pau,l Jenkins; Anton
Frolik, treasurer.
Lower row; Elsie Marsh; Gladys Renfro', secretary; and Lucile Ref-shuage.
PLAYERS ARE HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Ralf Harolde and Maunellr of 'The
Poor Nut' Cast Are Cared for
At Lincoln Sanitarium
Ralf Haroldo and Franklyn Mau
nell, members of the Liberty Thea
ter Players, who were appearing in
important roles in the cast of "The
Poor Nut" were two of the victims
in an automobile accident Wednes
day night on the highway between
Wahoo and Lincoln. The two men to
gether with Mr. Harry Gilbert, an
assistant to the company, are in Lin
coln Sanitarium where their injuries
are being cared for.
Taken to Hospital
Report from the Sanitarium states
that Mr. Harolde's injuries consist
of scalp wounds and body bruises.
Maunell is suffering from a wrenched
back and minor cuts while Mr. Gil
bert has a compound fracture of the
leg.
The accident was reported to have
happened between eight and nine
o'clock and the injured were brought
to Lincoln around eleven o'clock last
night.
Parts in "The Poor Nut", spon
sored by the Kosmet Klub, were re
cast, Jerry Bowman substituting for
Mr. Harolde and William Amsdell,
director of the company, "pinchhit
ting" for Mr. Maunell. The audience
received this supplemented cast en
thusiastically in spite of the fact that
the substitutes read their parts from
manuscript.
Fifteen co-eds and thirty-five Ne
braska men lend their vocal support
to the track men as they dash across
the stage and, supposedly around the
track, but really into a pile of props.
The Poor Nut" leaves the accepted
trend of college plays by featuring
track, rather than football.
Follies, Snorpheum and
Tun and Frolic' Will be
Amusements af Ag Fair
Amusement at the Farmers' Fair
will consist of the Snorpheum, Fol
lies, and Fun and Frolic.
Harvey Jacobsen who is in charge
of Fun and Frolic, has planned for a
variety of games Buch as throwing
rubber horseshoes and throwing at
plates.
The Snorpheum and Follies will
show several times during the after
noon and evening.
Nine home economics girls will be
the entertainers in the Follies. Their
acts will consist largely of skits and
dances.
The Snorpheum includes a cast
of about twenty agricultural stu
dents. Their entertainment will in
clude a series of musical numbers
and humorous acts. -
Fair Board
responsible for putting on the 1928
JsV
'Exhibits and
Lots of Them9
Is Fair Slogan
Exhibits, the heart of the 1928
Farmers' Fair, will show how each
department in the College of Agri
culture makes contributions essential
to the development of an ideal Ne
braska farm. "Exhibits and lots of
them," was the slogan that Clarence
Bartlett, chairman, held before his
co-workers in preparing the exposi
tion for this year's Fair. "No Fair
13 complete without exhibits," in the
opinion of Mr. Bartlett; consequent
ly he has made extensive preparation
to show visitors on the "big day,"
May 5, some of the things that are
new in agriculture.
Will Show New Method
Last season's Fair saw the exhibits
brought together for the first time in
a concentrated arrangement. The
1928 display will not only be entire
ly on the first floor of the Student
Activities building in a convenient
form for the visitors, but it will show
correlation of the work in the Col
lege of Agriculture. The centralized
theme idea is being tried for the first
time this year. Every attempt is be
ing made to show how the thirteen
departments in the Experiment Sta
tion attempt to discover new methods
and to improve old practices that will
help farm people to produce and sell
more effectively.
According to Bartlett, the educa
tional features of the Fair include
demonstrations that show how all
business is dependent upon agricul
ture. "It has been our desire to fo
cus attention on the fact that the
College of Agriculture is a useful
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Chorus Will Present
Convocation Program
'Hiawatha' Wedding Feast' I From
Taylor' Composition of Poem
By Longfellow
"Hiawatha's Wedding Feast", by
Coleridge Taylor, will be presented
by the University chorus under the
direction of Howard Kirkpatrick at
a convocation at 11 o'clock Friday
morning, in Memorial hall. The tenor
solo parts will be sung by Walter
Wheatley, and an orchestra com'
posed of seventeen Lincoln musicians
will accompany the chorus.
Hiawatha s Wedding .b east is a
musical setting of the well-known
poem by Longfellow. In it, Coleridge
Taylor, Haitian negro, one of the
best known composers of today, has
distinctly caught the atmosphere of
the poem, and has carried the Indian
motif through in a most effective
and charming manner.
GOOD PROGRAM
IS PROMISED AT
FARMERS' FAIR
Fence la Erected to Enclose
Activities; Midways Are
Being Laid Out
SHOW OPENS SATURDAY
'Snorpheum' Cast Rehearsesi
Horses Are Groomed for
Riding Exhibitions
"Farmers' Fair will open May 5
with a line of events which will cause
the bappy-go-lucky visitor to wonder
how it ever happened that he missed
so much fun before. It will make
those suffering from the ups and
downs of life realize what a great
relief it is to spsnd a day in a differ
ent atmosphere, abounding with
amusements and yet filled with those
aspects which pay due respect to the
educational turn of things," was the
statement of Arthur Hauke, chair
man of the Farmer ' Fair board, as
he glanced over the long list of
events which are now almost ready
for the annual show.
Fence Is Built
Plans for the show are beginning
to materialize. A fence has been
elected to enclose the activities for
the day. Midways are being laid out
along which the tents, side shows,
and stands are being built The
livestock tent is ready and the "Fol
lies" tent has been guyed from cen
ter poles to the ground.
Committee chairman have been
calling for loads of materials indi
cating extensive building. Floats
for the parade are taking form while
designers hie stretching their imag
inations to the. nth degree. The com
mittee on sijns has been busy for
the past wtfek preparing the signs
for the displays.
Exhibits, which will be displayed
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FOLLIES ACT WILL
BE SHOWII AT RALLY
Short Talk and Pep Will Feature
Convocation at College
of Agriculture
The last Farmers Fair rally will
be held at the Agriculture hall audi
torium at 7:30 o'clock this evening,
according to Anton Frolik, treasurer
of the board of managers, who will
be in charge.
"Short and snappy talks and a
great deal of pep will feature the
meeting," says Mr. Frolik. Miss
Gladys Renfro, secretary of the
board of managers and Prof. H. J.
Gramlich will talk on the Fair.
Will Present Act
Parts of the Snorpheum and Fol
lies acts will be presented. A short
skit by the Junior Fair board will at
tempt to show that it is best for Ags
and Home Ecs to work on the ap
proaching fair. This skit is secret.
The College of Agriculture band will
play several selections and the Home
Economics Tii F club will stage a
short act. Harold Marcott will lead
the group in several yells and songs.
"As the date of the Fair is very
near, we expect one of the largest
crowds at any of the convocations or
rallies held at the College of Agricul
ture this year," was the statement of
Anton Frolik.
I Chancellor Asks That
Students Be Vaccinated
The development of a case of
smallpox today by a university
student makes it again essential
that all university students who
have not been vaccinated recent
ly should be vaccinated immed
iately at the department of stu
dent health in the Pharmacy
building or by some other physi
cian. The university will make
every effort to protect the health
of the students against smallpox,
but its efforts can be rendered
ineffective by carelessness on the
part of the student body. Please
be vaccinated today.
E. A. Burnett
Chancellor.
KNOW YOUR
KAMPUS
Did you know that?
All the fcpeeches, music, whistles,
etc., that made life disagreeable for
professors yesterday morning came
from a? large loud speaker, protrud
ing from a southeast window in the
Electrical Engineer's building. The
speaker, a mammoth Western Elc-
tric, was installed by the cummunl
cations class.'
"I wouldn't blame the lawyers for
tearinir. that thing down," remarWd
fifteen ra!nnt3 ittrlj y5?Hy af
ternoon, "liiey couiou't henr his i'.-c-ture
because of raJIo c-.--rei',t;on.