he Daily N VOL. XXVIII NO. 41 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1928 PRICE 5 CENTS. HALF-WAY MARK IS REACHED IN E HUSKER AND PANTHER GRID WARRIORS ARE ON EDGE FOR BIG INTERSECTIONAL CLASH A'fU's Gatherers Will Report to Work Early News assignments will be made to Dally Nebraskan report ers this afternoon at regular of fice hours. Reporters are also requested to report at 10 o'clock Saturday morning for assign ments. This arrangement will enable everyone to attend the Pitt game Saturday afternoon. Football Ushers Will Start Work at Noon Captain Earl C. Flegel of the military science department wants all ushers for the foot ball game to report for duty at 12 o'clock Saturday noon at the stadium. Captain Flegel sug gests that lunch be eaten first, as no one will be allowed to leave until the end of the game. WILL END GIANT STUDENT RALLY 10 PARAD DRIVE FOR BAND Subscriptions to Band Come Slowly in Last Stage Of Canvass E GROUPS GIVE AID Feather Sale May Boost Fund to Necessary Proportions Only about half the amount, needed to Bend the R. O. T. C. band to West Point had been raised yes terday but the campaign is still In progress. Response from fraterni ties has been poor with only nine organizations subscribing up until late yesterday. The fraternities that have sub scribed are Acacia, Alpha Tau Omega. Alpha Gamma Rho, Beta Theta PI, Delta Upsilon, Kappa Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Delta Theta and Zeta Beta Tau. The Innocents Society is urging that other campus organizations make their donations as sopn as possible. A considerable proportion of the amount raised so far has been from the proceeds of the Band Ball and from donations of outsiders. The total amount needed to send the I band is $5,000. Council Approves Plan The Inter-Fraternity Council ap proved the plan of selling script to the fraternities and sororities to the amount of $50 each. The script will be redeemable in admissions to the parties which the band will give this winter. The Corncobs will aid in the campaign, by selling hatband leathers at the Nebraska-Pittsburgh game Saturday. It i.s hoped that the profit from the sale of these together with a quickened re sponse from campus organizations will bring the band fund up to its full quota. Whatever donations are made will have to be received this week because a final checkup will be made Sunday afternoon. castWthreTwise Players Rehearse Play by Van Dyke Which Will Be Presented Sunday Members of the cast for "The Other Wise Man," Dr. Henry Van Dyke's newly dramatized religious drama, which will be presented by Wesley Players, Methodist drama tic organltation, at St. Paul's Meth odist church, Lincoln, Sunday eve ning, November 1$,' nave been re hearsing twice dally during the past week, in finishing their pre paration for th eproduction. Mrs. Harriet Dell Barr, of Chi cago, Is directing the play. Dr. Van Dyke, wishing to keep "The Other Wise Man" from becoming commer cialized, has refused to allow it to be given without personal permis sion from him, and Wesley Players are only able to give the drama be cause of such special arrange ments between the author and Mrs. Barr. Drama Has Four Scenes "The Other Wise Man," is pre sented in four scenes. The play was dramatized by Dr. Van Dyke himself, and in it he has preserved much of the story as it Is told in his book of the same name. It. is a story of Artaban, a Ma gian, who with the three other Wise Men of the East, spoken of In Continued on re S. W.A.A. Invites Women To Sell at Pitt Came W. A. A. again extends invi tation to girls of the Nebraska campus to help sell candy and programs at the football game. If there are new girls desiring to sell candy or programs for admission to the game, they should see Elolse Spencer or call her at L9634 before Friday night, at 10 o'clock. All former saleswomen should be on hand Saturday. Femine Golfers Out to Learn Game And Equal Exploits of Glenna Collett Nebraska does not have a pri vate course for playing of the an cient and honorable game of golf hut that deficiency In our athletic equipment doesn't signify that there arc no co-eds who can sock 'he gutta percha around. To any skeptic of that fact It is recom mended that he spend an afternoon on th field of feminine athletic nrtea.ar east of Social Science building. Although they did not have the fearing apparel which is deemed necessary fer the playing of that indent game the Rl rls were cer tainly swinging some mean drivers and niHshie niblicks. The balls ar tethered thereby protecting t.iose People engaged In cultural pursuits In .Social Science. There may be several future Glenna Colletts In the class but Judging by the amount of terra I Production of Thanksgiving Show Moves Forward With Rapidity TROUT CALLS MEETING Announcement of the revised staffs for King Kosmet's Royal He vue production work and the Klub members in charge of the various acts accepted for the show was made last night by John Trout, the show manager. With but few changes in the various staffs which worked on the Kosmet Klub production, "The Matchmakers," the definite staffs for the Thanksgiving production are: publicity, Bill McGaffln, Flor ence Seward, Ray Murray, Alene Miner, Bill McCleery, George Ken nedy, Don Carlson, Dean Hokan son; general office staff, Loreen Hager, Helen Drummond, Lillian Llpsey, Roberta Christensen. Mar tha Drlnkerhoff, Charles Cooper, Peg Winkler. Advertising, Morris Treat, I,ow ell Davis, Kenneth Allen, Edwin Edmonds, Clark Swanson, Elton Fee, Park Anderson; general busi ness, Leroy Jack, Dean Hokanson, Arthur Bailey, Harrie Shearer, Cy Winkler, S'.anloy Day, Ray Sabata, and production, Ben Cowderey, Continued on rag 3. I Forensic Society Meeting Nebraska Is Competing With Other Schools The Australian debate team which Is scheduled to meet the University of Nebraska team here, November 27, Is continuing its tour of (he mid-wostern states with a series of debates in various Mis souri and Kansas schools. Last night they were at Columbia, Mis souri, and tonight will be at Ful ton, Missouri. On November 19 they meet the team from the Pitts burgh Normal school at Pittsburgh, Kansas. Leaving Kansas they will go to Denver for several Colorado de bates. On the night before their appearance in Lincoln, they will meet the team from Hastings col lege at Hastings. OLDFATHER MADE CORNCOB ADVISOR Dr. C. H. Oldfather, professor of ancient history, was selected fac ulty advisor for the Corncobs at their meeting last night. He will serve as a medium between the Corncob organization and the fac ulty in all problems concerning pep meetings and rallies for athletic events. The Corncobs asked Professor Oldfather because of the keen In terest he always evinced in student extra-curricular affairs according to Jack Elliott, presldont of the or ganization. The Corncobs, the local chapter of Pi Epsilon PI, have long felt a need for a faculty ad visor and have taken this action In their plan of reorganization this year. LIONS CLUB IS HOST TO VARSITY vemhpra nf the Nebraska foot ball squad were guests of the Lions club at luncheon i nursuay ui iuo Chamber of Commerce. They were entertained by a short play "Be tween Halves," showing what goes on in the dressing rooms of the typical college. The play centered arend Coach John Curtiss who was giving the instructions to his team and en couraging them as all coaches do. Coach Bearg gave a chalk talk, il lustrating some of the formations he expects Pittsburgh to use against the Cornhuskers Saturday. flrma which was loosened, ploughed up and otherwise dis placed It Is evident that the dub bers club will never cease ex istence for lack of membership. Balls Are Tethered The balls are attached to cords four or five feet long. The would be swings and ducks hoping that on the rebound she won't be wound up more than three times. There Is no necessity for yelling "fore' but the golfer must look about 300 yards In the distance to see where the pill has gone. This gets one in the proper habit. Miss Clara Rausch, Instructor in physical education, is the instruc tor of this more or less promising group of golfers. While some are taking golf Just to learn the game, others are taking for credit pre ferring it to the more strenuous games of hockey, tennis or what-haveyou. Husker Spirit Is Scheduled To Burst Into Flame in Coliseum Tonight SWANSON WILL SPEAK Team Will Be Represented; Pittsburgh May Send Representative Nebraska's famous Cornhusker spirit is scheduled to burst Into flame this evening with the annual torchlight parade to cheer an un beaten team on to victory in Satur day's biggest intersectlonal game when Nebraska meets Pittsburgh university on the Memorial field. Final arrangements are complete for one of the biggest pep gather ings in Husker history to give an advance proclamation of a Corn husker victory. The rally will open In the Coli seum at 7 o'clock where a short, program has been arranged. From there the entire student body will march through the down-town streets to give vent to the great Continued on Page 2. FEATHERS TO CROWD Pep Organization Will Help To Raise Band Fund at Pittsburgh Game c SELL FOR 25 CENTS EACH In order to further the cause of sending the band to West Point, Corncobs will sell rod and white hatband feathers at the Nebraska Pittsburgh game Saturday. The fea thers will be white stamped with a red N. This is the second time the Corn cobs have helped the campaign for the band fund. . At the Missouri game, they sold tickets to the crowd for the Band Ball that night. The Band Ball netted about $1,500: Sell for 25 Cents Each The feathers will be sold at twenty-five cents each. Five thous and have beeu ordered and will net a profit of nearly $1,000 if all are sold. The sale will be carried on in both east and west stands with twenty-five Corncobs In each. The idea of selling feathers was suggested by Captain Lehman of the coaching staff. He har. been scouting football games in the East this year in preparation for the Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Army games. These hatband feathers have been very popular In some of the eastern schools. T OF Y. W. C. A. FUND IS SUCCESSFUL Announcements Say $1,400 Has Been Pledged to Organization More than $1,400 has been re ported pledged to the Y. W. C. A. finance fund. The figure was raised about $150 by the late re ports which were turnea In Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday of this week, but a great many of the cards which have bceD distributed for solicitation by workers In the drive have not yet been returned. Officially the drive closed Friday, November 9, but due to the large number of Incomplete reports a complete final check will not be made until Monday, November 19, In Ellen Smith hall, at 5 o'clock. All captains and workers are urged to force their work so that a com plete check can be made, and or ganization of follow-up work on people who were not reached by the main drive, may be started Im mediately. KLINKER WILL GIVE RECITAL Maxmierite Kllnker. dudII of Dor othy G. Prouse, pianist, will appear In her Junior recital Thursday, No vember 22. The program will be given at the Temple theater at 11 o'clock. Miss Kllnker will present Bach's "French Suite In G Major, No. V., consisting of Allemande, Courante, Saraband, Gavotte, Bouriee, Loure, and Glgue. She will also play the Allegro, Andante, Scherzo, and Rondo move ments of the Sonata, Opus 28, by Beethoven. The other two numbers on her program will be "Idyll" by Edward MacDowell, and "Danse Negre" by Cyril Scott. Geology Graduates Visit Department Among recent visitors to the de partment of geology were Earl Col ton, '24, and Henry Needham, '21, both of whom are now geologists at Okmulgee, Oklahor.;.. Clair Smal ley, who graduated last spring and whose home 1b in Iowa, also visited the department during the week. Fourth Congress Will Take Up Discussions About School Problems WILL MEET IN MISSOURI Invitation to attend the fourth annual congress of the National Student Federation of America to be held at the University of Mis souri, December 12, 13, 14, 15, has been received by the Student Coun cil of the University, as announced by Munro Kezer. '29, regional exe cutive of the federation. The National Student Federation held its third annual convention last December In Lincoln as the guest, of the University of Ne braska, at which time it was de cided to hold this year's conclave at Columbia. Last year at the meet ing of the convention, Munro Ke zer and Gordon Hedges represented the University as the official dele gates. Formulate Plan Under the supervision of Frank Knight, head of the student gov ernment, and Guy Green, chairman of arrangements at the University of Missouri, plans are being for mulated with the suggestions of Nebraska's chairmen of last year, Ruth Palmer and Mr. Kezer. The federation is organized with main offices in several eastern Continued on Pwro 8. i League Receives Replies From CO Teams to Which Letters Were Sent Organization of the 1928-29 Ne braska high school debating league is being carried" forward by a se ries of letters being sent out by offices of the league. Sixty schools have already reported, and eighty five or ninety are expected to do so before the end of the season. Prof. H. A. White is president of the league, and C. K. Morse, of the Nebraska School of Agriculture at Curtis, is secretary-treasurer. Under the direction of the league, district debate meets are held late in March. On either April 18-20 or April 25-27 the annual tournament will be held in Lincoln, with the winning teams In each of the dis trict tournaments competing. Bulletins Sent to School. Director A. A. Reed of the Ex tension Division has been mailing mimeographed packages of mate rial to the various schools. Bulle tins, answers to questions, and other material Is sent out to mem bers from the secretary's office. If questions received indicate the need, two or three radio talks may be given. Because of the yearly change In the number of schools entering, no permanent arrangement of dis tricts Is made. Recently the s'ate has been divided into twelve dis tricts, but if enough schools join the league the number will be In creased to fourteen or fifteen. Dis tricting will not be announced until after all entries have been re ceived. Earl Cline Receives Word of Father's Death Earl Cline, a member of the board of regents of the University of Nebraska and also of the law firm of Hall, Cline & Williams, at Lincoln, has received word of the death of his father. Prof. W. T. Cline, late Tuesday evening, at Cameron, Mo. The deceased was a member of the faculty of the Nebraska Wes leyan university for a number of years. For the past several years he has been an Instructor in the department of history at Wesleyan university, Cameron, Mo. Sophomores Apologize For Use of Tear Gas The following statement was Issued Thursday by Wendell Groth, president of the sopho more class: "In the Olympics between the Freshman and the Sophomore classes, Saturday, Nov. 10, in the pole rush an unfair advan tage was taken by the Sopho mores in the use of tear gas. We wish to say that the use of this gas was not deliberately planntd In advance. "In the heat of the conflict, without due thought as to the fairness of Its use, and realiz ing only the difference of num bers In this event, tht tear gas was used. After due thought and consideration of the matter we wish to say that we are sorry for this thoughtless ac tion and unsportsmanlike con duct In use of it. (Signed) WENDELL GROTH, President Sophomore Class. ALAN G. WILLIAMS." Sutherland Won't Expose Men to Cornhuskers' Rousing Welcome WILL LAY FOR HOWELL Nebraska Captain Will Face Greatest Line Crusher 'Pug' Parkinson (By J, Leonard Solomon.) PITTSBURGH, Pa.. Nov. 16. (Special to The Daily Nebraskan.) Coach Sutherland will suarter his Panther football team In Omaha tonight before their great est game of the season Saturday afternoon when they give Coach Bearg's Cornhuskers a chance to make up for the 21 to 13 defeat they got from the Panthers in Pittsburgh last year. Sutherland does not wish to ex pose his men to the rousing hos pitable welcome the Nebraska fans annually give invading eastern teams the night before the battle. He hopes to have his men in peak condition for tomorrow's tussle and Continued en Face 3. Iowa Dean of Women Will Discuss Dormitories At Universities CLOSES WITH A DINNER Nebraska alumni will meet in the Temple Friday afternoon ' at 2 o'clock for a general discussion of alumni affairs. Although the exact number who will attend the meet ing Is not known, it Is estimated by Secretary Harold Holtz that from forty to sixty will be present. Members of the executive com mittee and the board of directors of the alumni association will all be present, as well as a number of other alumni. Arthur A. Dobson, '11, a Lincoln contractor, is presi dent of the association. The program for the afternoon meeting follows: "The Budget and the Program for the Blennlum" will be discussed by Chancellor E. A. Burnett. Ned Brown, superinten dent of the state school for the blind at Nebraska City will discuss "Ways and Means." Discuss Dormitories Mrs. Madge McGlade, assistant! dean of women at Iowa State col lege at Ames, is scheduled to speak on "Dormitories and Their Relation to the Social Life of a University." Continued on Tare 4. TOTALliSMlON E Enrollment of 6,490 Is Largest in History of University Total registration figures of the University Indicates an Increase of 150 students over last year, accord ing to a report Issued recently by Florence I. MdGahey, registrar. The present registration Is the largest in the history of the Uni versity. In all thirteen colleges of the University there are 6,490 students enrolled, compared wlh 6,340 a year ago, and 6.124 in 1926. The report indicates that In all these colleges the men outnumber the women, I he present total being 3,784 male students and 2,706 women. The largest increase Is noted in the graduate college where 193 men and 163 women, or a total of 364 have registered. Last year there were 169 men and 120 women stu dents, indicating an increase of 67 over last year. STUDENTS WILL GIVE RECITALS Convocation at the Temple the ater at 11 o'clock Tuesday, Novem ber 20 will be for a Junior recital to be given by Margaret E. Ander son, pianist, student with Marguer ite Kllnker. The "English Suite In G Minor" by Bach will be one of the num bers on the program. Allemande, Prelude, Sarabande, Gavotte, and Glgue movements from the suite will be presented. From the Beethoven Sonata, Op. 27, No. 1 Miss Anderson will play the And i.e-.Jlegro, Allegro molto e vivace. Adagio con expresslone, and Allegro vivace movements. "The Nightingale" by Llszt-Ala-bleff and "Oolllwoggs' Cake Walk" by Debussy complete the list of cumbers to be played. Kappa Phi Will Hold Pledging Ceremonies Kappa Phi will hold pledging ser vice at St Paul's church, Sunday afternoon, November 18, at 3:30. All active and prospective pledges are expected to be present. Husker Mentors Respect Ferocity Of PittPanthers "We will be battling the strong est football eleven that we have met this year when we line up against Sutherland's Pitt team Sat urday," said Coach "Bunny" Oakes, coach of the Cornhusker forward wall. Last year when the Huskers journeyed east to Pitt, the Ne braska line met the greatest line it had played against all season and this year Coach Sutherland is bringing that same line out to Ne braska. Only one man graduated from the Pitt line and his place has been filled ably by a reserve." Coach Oakes Is expecting a hard game Saturday against Pitt and states the Husker line will have a powerful Job on hand Saturday aft ernoon. "Montgomery," Coach Oakes states, "Is one of the best centers I have ever seen." Couch Sutherland has developed a team at Pittsburgh that is rated as one of the greatest in the East and al though ho lacks the services of "Gibby" Welsh this year, his place has been filled to perfection by "Pug" Parkinson, smashing Pan ther fullback. Panthers Are Tricky "The Pitt team Is iv tricky team and we are expecting them to cut, loose with a bag of trl:ks Satur day," was the way Couch ICarr.es! E. Bearg, head Cornhusker football coach expressed the coming Pan-ther-Huskcr game scheduled for Memorial Stadium Saturday. The Cornhusker mentor went on to say Continued on Pane 4. Final Drive by Commerce Students Is Set for This Morning "Ticket sales for. the. Biz&d Frolic are progressing slowly," de clared Douglas H. Timmermaii, gen eral chairman, yesterday. The Frolic will take place this evening at the Chamber of Commerce, Elev enth and P streets. "Final drive for the sale of tick ets will be made Friday morning." continued Tlmiuerman, "thus af fording an opportunity to all stu dents who desire to attend the party to obtain tickets." Members of Delta Sigma Pi, na tional professional commerce fra ternity, and Commercial Club, local College of Business Administration organization, are canvassing the campus. Tables have been placed on both the north and the south ends of the hall on the third floor of Social Sciences building, and tickets may be secured at these placeB at any time during the morning. "Varsity Boys" Entertain "The Varsity Boys," consisting of Warren Chiles and Emerson Smith, will entertain at intermission. Other numbers on the program dur ing this period Include selections by Joyce Ayres and Amos Allen. The Ayres' seven-piece band will furnish music for the evening. Although the Bizad Frolic is sponsored by the College of Busi ness Administration, attendance at the dance Is not limited to members of that particular college, and uni versity students in general may at tend. Reports of frolics In the past Indicated that a large number of the student body has been In at tendance. Grunnnann Will Go to New York on Special Prof. Paul H. Grummann, direc tor of the school of fine arts, will go to New York on the special train for the Nebraska-Army game. While in the East, ho will be the guest of William Oregg, of Hack ensack, New Jersey, who gave the Gregg collection of etchings to the department of fine arts of the Uni versity of Nebraska. After the game. Professor Grumman will go to New York to make arrange ments for getting exhibitions for the Morrill Hall galleries. Iron Strips Replace Muscles to Hold Bones of Extinct Animals in Place "You would enjoy a visit to the museum workshop Just now. It Is so full of activity," declared F. G. Collins, assistant curator of the museum, in his weekly radio talk from the university studio, Thurs day morning. "An extinct friend, the horse like moropus, dominates the mus eum workshlp at this time. Mr. Col bert is working on it and has made several ingenious little scaf folding devices to keep the bones In their places while he works on them. As there are no muscles to hold the bones in place strips of Iron are used. Once the curve of an animal's back bone has been decided upon, down through the vertebrae goes a stout iron rod In the place occupied by the spinal cord when the animal was alive." Mistakes Are Made Co'llns then went on to answer tht question which he said he sup- Nebraska Is Out to Avenge Last Year's Defeat in Pittsburgh Oval TEAM IN TOP CONDITION First Eleven Takes Light Workout as Zero Hour Draws Near By Jack Elliott. Nebraska's mighty Cornhusker football team faces Hie hardest game ou the home schedule Satur day when it lines up against Coach Jock Sutherland's Golden Panther eleven from Pittsburgii l:i the week's foremost intorsectional bat tle. The Pitt-.Venraska game is the last East-West clash of the home season and the scarlet, with an unbroken suing of six victories, will be out to avenge a stinging T to 13 defeat handed them Inst year iu the Pitt oval. Saturday morning, the Pitt sauad arrives in Lincoln ami will work out on Memorial Stadium sod for a short time. Sutherland will not expose his men to the rouslnt? wel come that Nebraska gives to its visiting teams before the crime. He hopes to have the PI 1 1 team la top fCTn for the Nebraska game and is expecting the hardest battle of the Pitt season. Pulls Out of Slump After the return of the. ." braska team from Oklahoma, things didn't look so well for the Cornhusker "Powerhouse" as many minor bumps and bruises were prevalent in the Husker rump. But. the Husker team has pulled out of the iejury slump and is in peak form for the Panther game. Blue Howell and his cohorts In the Husker back field want to send the Pittsburgh team bad., home in exactly the same manner in which the Huskers left Pitt last season defeated. That 21 to 13 defeat is still sting ing in the minds of the scarlet and Saturday they want to show the S0.OO0 football fans who will pack Memorial Stadium that no de- Coutinurd on Ptwce 4. No Exceptions Will Be Made By Yearbook Staff on Student Pictures "Junior and senior pictures fur the 1U29 Cornhusker must be taken by Saturday. November IT. at Townsend's or Hauck'g studio,'' is the final statement from the Cornhusker office. "Saturday Is the deadline," said William C. Mer.tzer, editor or the 1929 Cornhusker, "and no junior or senior pictures will be taken later. We ate trying to make this year s book the most representative pos sible, and in order to give this w must have practically all the jun ior and senior pictures. It was anuouuceJ at the first of the week that three hundred pic tures vould have to be tuken to bring the percent up to that of last year's, but from the number of students who have responded to last-minute calls, Indications show that even a greater percent of the two classes may be represented in the Cornhusker this year. bend Last Notices More effort has been made by the staff this year to get the pic tures taken in the time allowed. "Last chance" notices were sent to Continued on Pane 4. Kosmet Klub Fixes Manuscript Deadline Deadline for all manuscripts for Kosmet Klub spring produc tion is December 15. Libretto, soenlc plot, costuming, and all details and music if possible must, be turned in to the Kos met Klub offices to compete for the J100 and $50 prizes. One hundred dollars for the winning play complete with musical score. Fifty dollars for the winning play without music. l posed many people often askid themselves, the question as to whether mistakes are not some times made. "Of course they are, and the stories of some of such mistakes are most Interesting," stated the curator. "I told you a little whll feo of a tooth found out In the west of Nebraska that had been mistaken for the tooth of an early man, and Is now thought to belong to an animal more like a peccary. That's a mistake In Identification. There are many other kinds. Story of Misplaced Head "One great naturalist described an extinct lizard and by mistake put the head at the end of the ani mal's tail instead of in the usual place. Again, a good many years ago, tiere came from out west the fossil core of an enormous horn that looked for all the world as If Continued on I'n X.