i VOITXXVH, NO. 149. Railroad Holds I Opportunities Says Carl Gray Executive Believes College Men Have Better Chance For Promotioss MUST RECEIVE EARLY APPRENTICESHIP FIRST Editor's Note: This U the lecond of a erie of article The Daily Ne graskan i publishing in which the problem of the college graduate in the business world is discussed by business executives. Today's article was written for The Nebraskan by Carl R. Cray, president of the Union Pacific railroad system. For many years the railroad busi- rnnsidered only in terms of cars, engines and .rails, and little of the human element was attacnea to it. In recent years, however, the pub lic has become impressed with the rf w. railroads are really vital 1UIU " living organizations of men and are an integral and very necessary part of the very life of our country; that the success of the latter depenas i,.relv uDon the prosperity of the former, and conversely that the rail roads depend wholly upon the in creasing growth and development of the country. TTonce. this industry, which not so long ago was only in the pioneering stage, now embraces neany every field of humant activity. It employs lawyers,' accountants, traffic solicit ors, industrial solicitors, surgeons, medical specialists of various kinds, civil, mechanical ana electrical en gineers, geologists, trainmen, engine- ot,h switchmen, section men, ma chinists, boiler makers, painters, car penters, silversmiths, brass polishers, and many other trades and profes sions. It is a highly specialized neia Cn-ndlnv Large Sums Tn nnW to meet satisfactorily the demands placed upon them, the rail roads have spent, ana sua are spenu in it lnrcre Rums of money in the pur nf locomotives, rolling stock, construction of new lines, second tracking, automatic signaling, and station facilities, and still this mode of transportation is 6hort of per fection. Many improvements in methods can be made and greater efficiency can still be attained. The purpose of the railroads in the expenditure of funds is to secure the most in exchange.and this in turn requires an organization composed of officers and employees who by training and experience are qualified to accomplish the task. In certain de partments, euch as engineering, me chanical, law and medical, it is very essential to have college men, and such men are usually employed as soon as they leave school; in fact, men who are inclined toward rail roading start their work in their sum mer vacations while they are at col lege, and then as soon as they are through college they have establish ed a contact and relationship that helps them along. (Continued on Pag 2.) R.O.T.C. Band Holds '28 Farewell Dinner Cadet Musicians Gather for Final Meeting of Yearj Present Blanket to McConnick The annual farewell dinner of the University R. O. T. C. band was held at the Grand hotel last night, with between thirty-five and forty men at tending. Ray McCormick. retiring captain of the band, acted as master of ceremonies, and short talks were made by Director William T. Quick, and by Charles Calhoun, Myron 01 seen and Willard Barnes, all retiring officers of the organization. Mr. Quick thanked the men for their cooperation during the, year and said that the past season had been a highly successful one for the band. He stated that due to the large number of men who' now play a sem ester in the Fine Arts band before entering the military band the latter group has a better chance to select good musicians than it has had pre (Continned on Page 2.) Educational Societies Lay Plans for Banquet Membt of Phi Delta Kapps and Pi Lambda Theta, national honorary educational societies, will hold a Joint banquet at the Univerwty club, Saturday evening May 19, at 6:15 o'clock. Students la the Lincoln schools under the direction of 0. II. Bim son will furnish the entertainment for the evening. Formerly uni versity students took part in the program, but this year will see a deviation from the old rule. Tic kets may be secured at the office of Prof. . II. Lanti, In Teacl tin college. 'il iiliiLJl THE Journalistic Fraternity Initiates Eight Members Eight university men were ini tiated into Sigma Delta Chi, na tional professional journalistic fraternity, yesterday evening. In itiation was held at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house. Those initiated into Sigma Del ta Chi were: Kenneth Anderson, Lyman Cass, Emil Glaser, Dean Hammond, Maurice Konkel, Paul Nelson, Cliff Sandahl and Charles Wahlquist. NEBRASKA MAY PLAY BASEBALL "Choppy" Rhodes Issues Call For Diamond Candidates; Good Material in Sight NEED OFFICIAL CONSENT After three years absence from the Nebraska athletic program, var sity baseball may again be played next year, according to an announce ment by Coach "Choppy" Rhodes yesterday who issued a call for can didates. The first regular practice will be held on the Ag college dia mond next Monday. Unless the "Big Six" officials re act unfavorably to it at their next meeting, baseball is assured of a place on the conference sports cur riculum, Rhodes said. The purpose of the practice this spring, he declar ed, is to formulate a nine to play against a picked faculty aggregation. From this game he hopes to get some idea of the prospects in the sport for next year. Need Backstops The most apparent weakness will presumably be in the catching posi tion, as no outstanding work behind the bat has been displayed this year. A strong receiving department will practically assure a successful team, as invincible pitching and fielding has been produced in the inter-fraternity ball tourney now in action. John Pickett, Nebraska graduate and an "N" man will hurl for the faculty in the game against the pros pective varsity team. In all prob ability, he will be opposed by his younger brother, a student of the university this year. Several other pitching prospects have been uncov ered, however, and many of these may see service in the game. GLEE CLUB WILL PRESENT CONCERT Annual Home Ente rtainment Is Scheduled for May 23 at Temple Theater University men's glee club will give its annual home concert in Temple theater, Wednesday, May 23, at 8:15 o'clock. It is expected that many university students will take advantage of this opportunity to hear the club. The glee club has been practicing the entire year. In April it made a successful trip out in the state. The same general program as that given then will be put on for the produc tion at the Temple. Quartet Will Sing The varsity quartet, made up of Harold Hollingsworth, Verne Laing, Rosrer Robinson, and Harold Pickett, will assist the glee club In giving this program. In addition to the group numbers by the club, there will be several solo selections. Verne Lalng and Harold Hollingsworth will give individual vo cal numbers. Hermann T. Docker, director of the club, will also give a couple of vocal selections. Mr. Decker will be accompanied by his (Continued on Page 2.) Finals in Co-Ed Tennis Will Be Played Today Girl, Will Conclude Net Singles Soon; All Camas Will Take Place Indoors Finals in the co-ed tennis double tournament will be played off this afternoon in the women's gymnas ium. The tennis singles tournament started Tuesday afternoon and the first round will be finished by Thurs day afternoon. In the doubles division Lois Ray mond and Lela Marshall will play .Cuthrvn Indoe and Gretchen Stand- evan this afternoon and the winning team will meet Sue Hall and Edna Schrick who defeated Helen Gille and Delia Hoy, 6-2, 6-1 Tuesday morning. The tennis singles matches must be. played off as soon as possible owing to the shortness of time. Be cause of bad weather conditions all matches this week will have to be played on the indoor court Entries are asked to arrange for the use of the court at tny t'.ma whon it io not being used by a claas and report the scheduled time to the W. A. A. offico. Daily UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, YEARLING TEAM CAPTURES FIRST IN VALLEY MEET Nebraska Freshmen Total 63 Points to Carry Away First-Year Title MIZZOU MEN ARE SECOND Tigers, Next to Huskers, Have 39 Tallies; Oklahomans Land Third Place University of Nebraska yearling cindermen won the eighth annual Missouri Valley conference freshmen telegraphic track meet by totaling 63 1-2 points in the competition, Sec retary Arthur Eilers of Washington university, St. Louis, announced Tuesday. -The Husker freshmen far outdistanced their competitors in the meet as the Missouri team, their closest rival, tallied only 39 points. Oklahoma freshmen finished third with 27 points; Drake, fourth with 26 1-2; Kansas university, 25 1-2; Washington university, 14; Oklaho ma Aggies, 7 1-2; Kansas Aggies, 7; Grinnell, 4 1-2. The official results of each event could not be obtained for publication at present. However, Coburn Tomson's mark of 23 feet, 9 inches, in the broad jump should give the Husker fresh men a first place in that event. Oth er fast marks turned in by the Ne braskans for the meet were Becker's 22.2 second 220-yard dash, and a mark of 1 minute, 30.2 seconds reg istered in the half mile relay. SOONERS ARE PICKED TO WIN Valley Meet Entry Lists Are Finished; Huskers Work Out Dope Sheet NEBRASKA ENROLLS 42 With all of the entry lists returned from the ten Valley schools for the twenty-first annual Missouri Valley conference track and field champion shiD meet which will be held at Ne braska Memorial stadium, Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19, directors of the eames predict one of the most interesting races for the Valley out door track title. Nebraska with forty-two men lead the schools in the number of entries. The entry lists indicate that over one-half of the place-winners of the 1927 meet will be in Lincoln for the 1928 championship battle. Many outstanding sophomore stars will ap pear for the first time in a Valley championship meet and promise to uDset some of the favorites. Coach Henry F. Schulte, Husker mentor, and his varsity track men have drawn up a dope sheet showing how they believe the Valley meet should come up if dope were to be the decisive factor. According to (Continued on Page 4) Records Fall On Cinders of Hasher Track A survey of Missouri Valley con ference track and field records.which will be under fire at the University of Nebraska Memorial stadium, May 18 and 19, show that eight of the sixteen conference marks were estab lished at the Nebraska stadium. The Cornhusker cinder track and runways, which are among the best in the country, and a fast field of Valley competitors have combined to establish eight of the sixteen records during the three years the meet has been staged in Lincoln. Records Are Revised Valley marks made at the Nebras ka stadium are the 100-yard dash, 220- ard dash, 880-yard relay, shot put, pole vault, discus throw, broad jump, and javelin throw. The conference records were re vised a short time ago to include only those records " held by member schools, the Valley championships several years back being open to out side competitors. The record sheet: Valley Record List 100-yard dash 9 6-10 seconds by R. Locke, Nebraska, '28, by R. Locke (with wind) '25, by u L Grady, Kansas (with wind) '27. 220-yard dash 20 7-10 seconds by R. Locke, Nebraska, '26. 440-yard dash 48 8-10 seconds by A. Wolters, Iowa State, '22. 880-yard run 1 minute B6 sec onds by O. Higgins, Iowa State, '21, and B. Webb, Iowa State, '21. Mile run 4 minutes 22 4 10 sec onds by R. Farquhar, Iowa State ,'12, and R. Watson, Kansas State, '21. Two-mile run 9 minutes 42 1-10 seconds by L. M. Rathbun. Iowa State. f22. , 20-yard high hurdles 14 6-10 (Continued on Pag 2.) LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1928. "Jug" Brown's Condition Is Reported Improved "Jug" Brown, captain of the 1927 Cornhusker football ma chine, who has been confined for the last two weeks with a slight attack of small pox, is reported to be greatly improved and will in all probability be back to school in time to take his final examina tions. "Jug" was taken sick while he was attending classes. TEACHERS AIR PARKING VIEWS Cochran and Yenne Agree That New Traffic Rules Do Not Satisfy WILL SUPPORT STUDENTS Further faculty sentiment against parallel parking on R and Sixteenth streets was indicated in two more in- terviews granted The Daily Nebras kan yesterday. Prof. Roy E. Cochran when asked his opinion a" regards the present ordinance says, "The present system is of no use whatsoever. A solution might be found in placing stop but tons at all corners ajacent to the university and by restoring the old system of parking. "I think it is up to the students to inform the Commercial club that the university deserves some considera tion from the city. Speaking as sec retary of the Faculty Mens' club, Mr. Cochran went ..on to say that the club will stand behind the students as far as possible in demanding that the city give the school due consid eration. If we all stick together something ought to be accom plished." Calls Street Speedway In givrrg his opinion Herb Yenne states that R street has developed into a splendid speedway. Conlinu ing, Mr. Yenne says, "I am roally afraid to cross to the north side of the street, therefore I try to trans act all my business on the south side of R. In fact, I am even getting so car shy 'hat I fear to go over to get my piy t-reck at the protr time. If it were possible to fly I wo-.;! 1 be all right, but since I can't do that, on the south side I will remain." Continuing in a more Kericus vein Yenne fays, "The paraltel parking does improve the looks of th"! streets, tut the heavy traffic caused by it has proven iUtlf a nuisance." Students Will Give Joint Junior Recital Charlotte Fraser and Eleanor Diehl Will Appear at Temple Theater Thursday Morning Charlotte E. Fraser, '29, Lincoln, and Eleanor R. Diehl, '29, Ditler, will give a joint junior recital Thurs day morning at 11 o'clock at the Temple theater. Miss Fraser is a soprano and is a student of Prof. Walter Wheatley. Miss Diehl is a pianist and a student of Edith Burlington Ross. The program is as follows: Due blst die Run Schubert. O Mer, ouvre toi Delibes. Jewel Song (Faust) Gounod. Widmung Schumann. Look Off Dear Love Bumstead. The Eagle Busch. At Night Rachmaninoff. Charlotte Fraser, Aenone Poston, accompanist. Three part Invention No. 11 Bach. Sonata, Theme and Variations Mozart. Valse Op. 2 Levitski. Romance Op. 24, No. 9 Sibelius. Etude Mignonne, Op. 16, No. 1 Schuett. Eleanor Diehl. W.A.A. to Handle All Concessions at Meet Girls Who Volunteer to Sell Candy Friday or Saturday Will Be Admitted Free Concessions at the Missouri Valley track meet Friday and Saturday will be handled by the Women's Athletic association. It has long been the custom for this organization to have charge of coneesniona at the athletic affairs and a special department in W. A. A. is devoted to this activity. This will be the last event of the year at which W. A. A. will function in this capacity and all W. A. A. members art urged to act as candv sellers. All girls who volunteer tc sell candy will be admitted free. Girls whv winh to Dell candy are asktd to sign up on the W. A. A. bulletin board in the east end of the Arm ory, designating their free hours. Glee Club Meets Today All members of the University Men's Glee club are to report at Mor rill Hall at 5 o'clock Wednesday for a short business meeting and election of officers. BRASKAN OFFICER ENDS INSPECTION OF R. 0. T. C. UNIT Major Baird Completes Stay At Nebraska; Satisfied With Regiment COLONEL JEWETT PLEASED Report on General Efficiency Will Be Substituted for Former System Inspection of Nebraska's R. 0. T C. unit was completed yesterday by Major Raymond C. Baird, govern ment inspecting officer. All parts of the inspection schedule were car ried out in spite of adverse weather conditions. Colonel F. F. Jewett expressed deepest satisfaction with the showing of the unit during the two-day pro gram. He stated also that Major Baird had been very well pleased with the unit. No Blue-Star Awards No blue-star ratings will be award ed to R. O. T. C. unit3 this year, ac cording to a statement made by Col onel Jewett. A report will be given as the general efficiency of the va rious units throughout the country, but no distinct grading of the units will be made for this year's activity. inspection of the entire unit was completed Monday afternoon, but the companies that drill regularly on (Continued on Page 2.) BALL TOURNEY NEARS FINALS Deadlocks in Two Leagues As Intramural Preliminary Games Are Played FINALS MAY START FRIDAY Preliminary leagues in the intra mural baseball tournament are swinging through the final rounds of play this week, giving every indica tion that the championship games will start Friday or Saturday. Dead locks in two of the leagues have slowed progress somewhat, but ac cording to James Lewis, director, these contests will be played today or tomorrow, weather permitting. Alpha Sigma Phi made a farce of league one in keeping a clear slate in three games. Little competition was offered the winners,. all of the games being taken with substantial margins. Phi Delta Theta also had an easy time in league two and has cinched its etry in the final round. Sigma Chi was the surprise of (Continued on Page 8.) Former Chancellor Is Honor Guest at Dinner Dr. and Mrs. Avery Receive Tokens Of Esteem at All-University Community Gathering An all-university community din ner was given last evening in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Avery, at the Activities building on the College of Agriculture campus. About throe hundred guests were present. A program consisting of mwie ami several toasts was given. Dr. J. E. LeRosslgnol, dean of the College of Business Administration, was toast master. Among the speakers were Chancellor E. A. Burnett and Ju.!ge Harry Landis, president of the board of regents. Prof. Laurence Fossler, chairman of the department of Germanic lan guages, presented Dr. Avery, former chancellor of the university, with a leather bound book of letters of ap preciation. A gift was also presented Mrs. Avery in behalf of the guests present by Mrs. L. A. Shermdn. Pharmacy Building Installs New System Supply Store Is Constructed to Substitute for Old Method Of Dispensary Store "C" of the university stores department is being installed in the Pharmacy building. The store sys tem is the same as recently ere ted in the Chemistry building whereby all supplies are kept in the store and are checked out on account when they are needed. This system will take the place of the old dispensary method and will be in use next fall. An old vacant room In the middle of the ground floor is being recon structed and remodeled to fit the needs of the new store. The space was formerly used to store and re pair broken desks and chairs and had never ben of any practical use. The new system has been very successful in other university buildings and it is hoped to solve the difficulties now experienced in the Pharmacy building. A Imy Receive Whiting Fellowship in Physics Gerald Almy, graduate of tlie University of Nebraska, will re ceive the Whiting fellowship in physics at Cambridge for the year '58 and 1929. Mr. Almy graduated from the Jniversity of Nebraska in 1924 ind took his masters work here in 1926. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is now in his second year of work at Harvard university. FOUR FILE FOR CHAIRMANSHIP Applicants for Varsity Party Committee Head Are to Be Interviewed COUNCIL CONFERS TODAY Applications for general chairman and eeneral secretary of the Varsity Party committee will be considered tonight at the meeting of the Stu dent Council. Four men filed appli cations for the position of general chairmen and two women filed for general secretary. Several students, misunderstand ing the positions that are to be filled at this time, filed for chairmanship of the sub-committees. Applications for these positions will be called for next fall. ' Will Interview Applicants Applicants for the position of gen eral chairman are asked to appear before the Student Council at 5 o'clock this evening in Temple 204 to be interviewed by it. Applicants for general secretary need not ap pear before the council in person. This is the second year that the po sitions have been filled entirely through the action of the Student Council. The outgoing officials co operate with the council in drawing up general plans for the coming year but the applications for these posi tions are considered by the council alone. LIBRARY RECEIVES MANY LATE BOOKS Histories, Ballads, Criticisms, Biographies, Fiction Are Among New Arrivals A number of new books have been recently received by the Library, ac cording to Miss Jessie J. Glass, head of the circulation department. These include more than twenty-five refer ence books along various line.s Following is a list of the new books and their authors: "Twelve Great Modernists" by Abbott; "Cax ton-Mirrour of Fifteenth Century Letters" by Aurncr; "Social Life in the Animnl World" by Alverdes; "The Younger Brothers," and "The Notorious Outlaws" by Buel; "Col leges in America" by Barker. "Ten Tales" by Blercej "The Myr tie Bough a Vale" by Benson; "Balzac" by Benjamin; "History of Yaballaha III, Nestorian Patriarch and of his Vicar Bar Sauma;" "A Short History of Art" by Blum; (Continued on Page 3.) Architects Will Tour Capitol on Inspection Professors Will Conduct Classes On Trip to Study Nebraska Capitol Architecture This afternoon the members of the architectural history class and the class in architectural designing will make an inspection tour of the state capitol. The classes will be conduct' ed through the building by Profes sors Smay ar 1 Hill and Supervising Architect Youngkin. The trip will occupy the entire af ternoon and will include a thorough examination of the interior and ex terior of the 'uilding. The capitol is one of the greatest buildings in the country from the point of archi tectural merit and in the opinion of Prof. Hill the trip will be of great practical value to the students. Inspect Stuart Residence Monday afternoon the class in ar chitectural designing inspected the Stuart residence which is in the pro cess of construction in Piedmont park. A tour of south Lincoln witL stops at several new homes had been planned but; weather conditions forced the postponement of the trip with the exception of the inspection of the Stuart home. , Every year these two classes a' e taken on inspection trips for the pur pose of r.tudying houses in various stages of construction. These trips are of practical benefit, linking up closely with the designing of a small house which is paH of the work of the class in design and the study of architectural types developed since early times which Is the work studied by the class in history of architec ture. PRICE S CENTS DISTRIBUTION OF YEARBOOKS BEGINS TODAY Students May Obtain Copies Of 1928 Cornhusker in Room 10 of U Hall CRITICS PRAISE ANNUAL lake-up, Engraving, Color Tones, Class sections Show Originality Distribution of the 1928 Cornhus ker from room 10 of U hall will be gin this morning at 9 o'clock. All students who have subscribed to the bock previously as well as those who wish to secure them at this time may do so, Charles Bruce, business man ager, declared last evening. Extra copies have been printed to give all those students who failed to subscribe early and who still desire to pui chase books an opportunity to own oe of the annuals. Ranks With Best This year's book, according to critics, is one of the most attractive annuals that will be published in the college world this spring. The en giaving, in the hands of the Minne apolis engravers, presents one of the finest pieces, of workmanship that that has ever been offered to Corn husker readers, it is said. The opening pages are done in a dull blue Delia Robbia. The scene section directly following the open ing pages present' views of the Sta dium, Social Sciences and other campus buildings. Senior and junior class sections come next in the book layout follow ed by colleges, students activities and organizations. Division Pages Colored Division pages of the book are ex ceptionally well done, those who have inspected the book declare. With a . plain white background the art work on these pages done in brilliant col or tone gives a variety to the book that excels. "Student Life" closes the annual. Some fifty pages of take-off on Ne braska students, groups and organ izations appears here. Student life editors declare they believe the sec tion will be heartily accepted by the campus. The "seen" section of the student life division the editors de clare, holds something in store for all Cornhusker purchasers. A two page take-off on the Mortar Boards and a one-page one on Daily Nebraskan are presented, as well as revelations about campus celebrity's love affairs in the "College of Matri mony" add a touch of real humor to the book. Editor Is Complimented Dwight Wallace, editor, has re ceived a variety of complimentary letters and telegrams from engrav ers and the like who have had oppor tunity to inspect this annual. "The entire book," one critic de clared in a letter received yesterday, 'is worthy of the highest praise. Its make-up is extraordinary. The col or tones are perfect. Class sections, show an originality and individuality that will not be found in other books this year." Books may be purchased for five dollars from Charles Bruce, business manager, beginning this morning. Prairie Schooner Due To Appear This Week Spring Number of Literary Magaxine Goes to Printeri Financial Campaign Successful Spring number of the Prairie Schooner, literary magazine of the University, will appear shortly, Dr. Lowry C. Wimberly, associate profes sor of English and chairman of the board of editors, announced yester day. The material is now in the hands of the printer so that the mag azine should be out by the end of this week. Prairie Schooner is published quar terly by Wordsmlths chapter of Sig ma Upailon, national literary frater nity. The Spring number will be the second issue this year. A financial campaign was recently launched by members of Sigma Up silon for the support of the' magazine and enough money has been secured to keep it alive next year. The fac ulty of the university especially con tributed heavily to the Schooner. Professor Stepanek Talks to Optimists Prof. Orin Stepanek addressed the Tuesday noon luncheon of the Optim ists club i on conditions ia Russia since the World war. Professor Step anek has spent some time in Ru.uia and spoke on affairs in that country relating to economic, political, ar.d social conditions. Professor Stepanek emphasized tl. interest and importance of Ru -;.- (as a foreign country today.