Nebraskan VOL. XXVIII NO. VARIED PROGRAM IS PLANNED FOR COSTUME PARTY 'Melody Girls' Head Bill of A. W. S. Entertainment Friday Night PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN Awards Are to Be Based on Funniest, Cleverest and , Prettiest Dress Headed by "The Melody Girls," tlie program for the Cornhusker costume party Riven under the aus pices of the Associated Women Students' board in the Armory, on Friday. December 14, is rapidly Hearing completion. Four skits will be presented. The feature skit of the evening will be given by the Tassels, girls' pep or ganization. Plans for the other three skits have been under con sideration for some time. Large Crowd Predicted Esther Heyne, '29, Wisner, is in charge of arrangements for the party. She predicts a large crowd as the event is an'annual Nebraska tradition and is held in conjunc tion with the Cornhusker banquet for men. Prizes are to be offered for the best costumes, according to Miss Heyne. There will be a prize for the funniest, the cleverest and the prettiest costume. The judges of all contests will be the Missed Lee, Wilson and Hill. Must Be In Costume All those attending the party must be in costume, according to an edict given by the committee in charge. There will be concessions in the building which will be under the management of the Mortar boards. Members of committees are: for prizes, Kdythe Jensen, Evelyn Simpson, Harriet Nesladek. Post ers will be in charge of Margaret Shepard; favors, Gretchen Stande cen: concessions, Madrine Dray ton: skits, Gertrude Hay. Norman Hoff Is making a large poster to be used by the poster committee. A charge of twenty-five cents will be made to all those attending the party. The party will begin promptly at 7 o'clock and will be out at 9 o'clock. ARE OPEN TO CO-EDS Women Students May Get; Y. W. Camp Portfolios i Upon Request ; Summer camp positions at Camp ! Maqua, Poland, Me, and at fa nip : 0!:oboji. .MiKord, la., are being ' opened to women students on this ; impus if they apply immediately 1 ' 'lie offices of the University Y. ! W. C. A. in Klien Smith hall, ac 'aiding to information recejed 1 1 oin that office. Tlie two camps are (sponsored by ; uc national Y W. C. A., and the : I'u.-nions whii:h are open will be! filled by a carefully selected group o: gills from colleges all over the ! tountiy. Exclusively Women's Camp ' amp Maqua. only forty miles iroin Portland, Me., Is used almost ' vlusively as a vacation camp lor, jo'jRg women, tho thiie are Home , conference groups which meet j tlieie. There are few counselor po- Ninons open to girls. '.his ramp, i bit' there are a numbef or well paid openings on the general camp staff. 1 Jimp Okoboji Is used entirely by ; conleren'e groups and has a num bi r of positions similar to those at Maqua waiting to be filled and there are also several swimming coiinsplorsbips open at the Iowa i a nip. 'I lie positions whlcii are open at Camp Maqua are as follows, as set out in folders giving advance infor-1 tuation: Do General Work j 'Workers: Who do such general work as setting tables, wiping I dishes, doing bouse work and as Hs'ing In the store or office. The work averages six hours dally. Girls who apply for these positions must be at least eighteen years old, and art; usually girls who have a gen eral rather than a specialized abil ity, and are physically strong. "Office manager: Kesponslble for o.'fiee organization, general man Continued on I'a Attention of Students is Turned to 'Holiday Hop' as Next Social Event Only "ten more hopping days un til Christmas" might not mean any thias. but associated with the "Holiday Hop," the Christmas edi tion of the Varsity Party, it means 'hat the loyal Nebraskans with In clinations toward rhythmatlc dance music will have their opportunity. Now that the Military Ball Is over, and the identity of the Hono rary Colonel Is known, the next im portant event on the Cornhusker social calendar, besides the appear f1 of Santa Claus. is the "Holi day Hop" with features enough to entertain the most particular. December 15 probably will be Juat Saturday to many people, but Male Lead (SI V. J ft T Zolley Lerner, senior In the School of Fine Arts, who will take role of Ragatzy in "The Outsider." University Players drama. FUN MAGAZINE APPEAR DECEMBER 1 1 Next Issue of Awgwan Is to Be Centered Around .Holiday Motif PICKERING DRAWS COVER "Holiday" number of the Aw gwan will be released to subscrib ers and news-stands Tuesday, De cember 11, Charles V. Wahlquist, business manager of the Univer sity of Nebraska humorous publi cation, announced Saturday. Announcement of a contest con ducted by ihe Awgwan with over a hundred prizes offered will ap pear in the December issue, ac cording to Kenneth G. Anderson, editor. Anderson expects some ... ,.. ...... t, . iiign interest in me corneal wmen U a novel one and gives the stu dents a chance lo get an extra Christmas Present of value this year. Feature Is Added With Christmas and New Years close at hand and tlie Military Ball a recent event, tlie themes of tlie "Holiday" number will cen ter around these subjects. James Pickering, whose decorations for the Military Hall met with high praise, liBdratt n. the cover for the Christinas Issue. Clever car toons and art work centering around the Yuletide motif will ap pear in the magazine. "In Santa's Claws," a short story by Bill T. McCleery. will be one of the feature articles this month. Cliff V. Sandalil and Douglas Tim merman are the authors of a new feature column entitled, "KamptiB Kurios." Virginia Faulkner's book review page iUl again be Included In the magazine. Arthur Schroeder anil Maurice Konkel also contrib uted feature material. wifiiilWcup Fifty Students Vie for Honor As Champion Showman At Ag College Silver cup offered to the cham pion showman of tlie Baby Inter national was won by Cy Winkler of Lexington. There were fifty contestant from tlie College of Agriculture "ho took pf." In this contest sponsored by the Block and Bridle club Saturday evening in the judging pavilion. About 2i people witnessed the contest which included the show ing of cattle, horses, hogs, and sheep. Four ribbons were warded to the four hipli tii"ti in each of the nine different classes, and then i lie winner of eat h class com peted for the silver loving cup which was won by Winkler on a Hampshire burrow. Winkler Leads All Mvrle White of Albion won first In the shorthorn heifer class. Pale IIiikIi of Lewlston was second; John McClain of Fremont, third; and Richard I'och of Milligan, fourth. Cy Winkler of Lexington led all showmen In tlie Hampshire barrow class. Clifford Jorgenson of Mlndeii was second; Iiernlce Wlschmelr of Burchard, third; and Joe King of Albion, fourth. Howard Means of Red Cloud was the best showman of hanipshlre ewes. Howard Johnson of Kasota, Minn., was second in this class; Wallace FnHand of Chappcll, third; and Walter Spllker of Blue Hill fourth. The results of the i.ntlniiixl on Vagr f. to Nebraska men and co-etls, it will mean the "Holiday Hop." Speaking of bargain entertainments, three hours' dancin to the Monohan Post orchestra of Omaha Is not to be overlooked. According to the price of admission of the Military Ball, all persons attending the "Holiday Hop" will have f.n extra two bucks to make whoopee with, or buy the best glrL a present. And think of the comfortable dress. Men will no doubt take ad vantage of the opportunity by not wearing the coup and fish, and have an enjoyable' evening, far away from shiny shoes and Iron Continued on l'l 1. l- AMA . . LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SLNDAY, DECEMBER WEEKLY DANCES ARE TO BE HELD 'Kabarets' Will Be in Vogue Saturday Afternoons at Cornhusker Hotel HOURS 3 TO 5 O'CLOCK Local Band, Supplemented By Several Acts, Will Fill Program Introducing to Nebraska stu dents a new kind of entertainment, Kosmet 'IClub will sponsor Satur day afternoon dances, to be known as the "Kabaret Kosmet. From 3 to a o'clock each Saturday after noon, the Kabnret Kosmet will be in vogue at the Cornhusker hotel in the new Georgian room. Leo J. Beck's orchestra will en tertain at each dance, and, supple mented by several musical, danc ing, and dramatic acts, will offer a two-hour diversified program. Admission to the Kabaret Kosmet has been fixed at twenty-five cents per person, cover charge, and ac cording to an agreement between the Kosmet Klub and the Univer sity band, band script will be re deemable in its full value at the door. Band Script Is Accepted According to the committee there has been a demand for entertain ment of this nature, due to the fact that the football season is over and no University activities are held on Saturday afternoons. Band script will be accepted by the Kosmet Klub in an effort to Continued on g 3. INYlMlTARE ILL WITH INFLUENZA Health Authorities Report Over Six Hundred Cases In University DISEASE IS CONTAGIOUS Mure than GOO students, or nearly a tenth of those enrolled In the University, are out of school with the influenza, Dr. Earl N. Depnen. university physician, announced yesterday. The number of those who are ill has remained about the same for the past few days. In nearly all cases the student carries a fever for about twelve hours, and recovers in about two ', days. None of the cases are seri- j ous. The disease is very contagi ous, and It is possible that the higii , mark has not yet been reached. Rumor Is Denied 1 A report that school was to be dismissed a week early on account 1 of the epidemic was denied yester- : day by Chancellor K. A. Burnett, w ho said that no such plans were ; being made. ! A warning regarding the care of those who are ill was Issued some, time pgo by iJr. R. A. Lyman, head I of the student health department, I who urged that the patient be given the best of care. Plenty of rent in bed. a light diet, and the use of laxatives, were recom-; mended. TEACHERS MAY APPLY FOR JOBS Department of educational serv ice of the university vlll receive registration blanks from students desiring teaching positions next year lor four days beginning Mon day. December in. A meeting was held Wednesday evening for persons wanting col lege, administrative, or high school posiilons. and a meeting Thursday evening for those wishing grade school pnxl'lons. At these meet ings Director R. D. Morltz ex plained the method of filling out the registration blanks. Tlie hlunba will lie filed In the department and the names entered on the list of candidates for teach ing positions. TICKET SALES CLOSJEjMONDAY Tickets for the Big and Little Sister dinner to be given In the Armory at 6 o'clock Tuesday eve ning, must be purchased before Monday noon. The tickets are on sale at Col lege book store, Co-op book store and at Ellen Smith hall. The price is fifty cents each and at least 250 girls are expected. The program will consist of music during dinner and after din ner lively games will be the diver sion. DENVER MUSEUM DONATES CASTS Casts of a deer skull and horn cores, found near Glltner, Nebr., have been sent to the university museum by J. D. Flggins, director of the Colorado museum of natural history In Denver. The bones-were found In the pleistocene gravel near Glltner, and the deer was named for Theodore Roosevelt Cervalces Rosseveltl. The specimen was found six teen years ago and tips of the horns were lost by exposure by the time the Colorado museum ob tained it to make the casts, so the cast sent lo the university lias the tips of the horns lacking. BYKOSMETKLUB Honorary Colonel 4 Ruth Baker, of Lincoln, whose election as Honorary Colonel of R. O. T. C. regiment was announced Friday evening at the Military Ball. L IS Over Seven Hundred Couples Attend Military Ball At Coliseum RUTH BAKERJS COLONEL Ruth Baker of Lincoln, was pre sented as the new Honorary Colonel of the R. O. T. C. regiment Friday evening at the twentieth annual Military Ball which was given In the Coliseum. Miss Baker was se lected to the honor position by pop ular vote on tlie campus during tlie fall election and her identity was kept secret until the presentation ceremonies Friday evening. The Military Ball marked the opening of the,,, formal . season on the university campus and was at tended by more than seven hundred couples. Shields bearing American flags were placed on ten foot columns around tlie dance floor while the ceiling decorations con sisted of six box lights suspended from the top of the Coliseum. Voice Announces Colonel Pmilax and greens were strung from the center of the bail room to the nide of the columns and the I'iince lloor was lighted by colored lights. Mispended from the celling. At 10 o'clock the ballroom was thrown into darkness and a voice announced that the new colonel was on her way from the planet Mars. Planes were heard and seen circling in the air on tlie siage be fore the plane made its appearance with Miss Baker. She was met at i he foot of tlie stage by John Trout, cadet colonel of the H. O. T. C. regiment. The new colonel was escorted across the Coliseum floor to lead the grand march which was formed by the cadet officers and their sponsors. cornIskeraits Representatives of Campus Organizations Are Asked To Come to Office ( irganizations wishing to have pictures In the l!2!l Cornhusker are requested to report to the of- i fire in the basement of University ' hall Immediately, according to ' Bruce Thomas, business manager. ! It is necessary that the Corn husker staff know the number of organizniign pages and pictures that, the book will contain In order to continue Its work. The call was Issued for presidents of organiza tions to report some time ago, but representatives of only a few of the clubs have appeared at, the Cornhusker office. The business staff of the 1929 Cornhusker is in the office every afternoon, and is anxious to see those who have been delegated by their organizations to contract for pictures and write-ups. POOL WILL GIVE SUNDAY LECTURE Dr. R. J. Pool, chairman of the department of botany, will speak at the regular Sunday program in Morrill hall. Ills talk, on "A Trip over the High Peaks of tho Rock ies," will be Illustrated by colored slides. A film on Yellowstone national park will also be shown at the pro gram, which begins at four o'clock. Former Nehruskans Are Honored at Minnesota Prof. T. T. Smith of the depart ments of physics attended the meeting of the American Physical society at Minneapolis, Minn. He learned that tho University of Min nesota is dedicating laboratories to Professors John T. Tate and J. W. Buchta, both of w horn at one time had graduate work here. Professor Tate was also an instructor at the University of Nebraska for a time. 9, 1928 PLAYERS BEGIN , WEEK'S RUN OF r nnini ntmiif 1 x i w 11 ii n niiiiKiii n u MA IYIUNUMI I k First Performance of 'The Outsider' Will Be Given Tomorrow Night WOMAN IS PLAYWRIGHT Blind Englishwoman Raises Question of Value of College Degree Tomorrow evening at 8:13 o'clock University Players presents "The Outsider," the three act comedy drama by Dorothy Brandon In the first performance of a week's run. During Die past three weeks, members of the cast have been re hearsing for the production. The New York oompany presenting "The Outsider" played for a solid year on Broadway with box-office success, and Ray Ramsay, business manager of the University Players, has succeeded in obtaining the manuscripts for this show. Ayres-Lerner Take Leads Cornelia Ayres and Zolley Lerner, Beniors in the School of Fine Arts, will assume the leading roles In "The Outsider." No faculty members will take part in the pro duction, excepting one minor part. Miss Ayres will play the part of Lalage, a crippled daughter of a British surgeon, who is unable to cure her affliction. Zolley Lerner, as Ragatzy, the practising physi ciarT w ithout a degree, undertakes the Job or curing Lalage, with the Continued on race t. OlHWlALKlVER Alumni Hold Assembly Ascertain Opinions On Matter to DESIRE INVESTIGATION Omaha alumni of the University of Nebraska met Friday at a round table discussion of the athletic situation at the University. Accord ing to a report taken from the Omaha World-Herald, the meeting was held iu the University Clpb rooms to discuss and determine opinions of the local body. The members are seeking only to determine the facts concerning this situation. No declaration of opinion will be given until a thor ough investigation of the athletic stuation lias been made. In the near future a committee of three to five men will be sent to Lincoln to act as a board of Inquiry. They will interview members of the a.th letic board, the chancellor and sev eral others, lo find out what action has been taken. Will Interview Chancellor They also decided to In fit e Chan cellor E. A. Burnett to address the Omaha association In the future on the general problems of the univer sity, including the condition of ath letic control. After the report of the inquiry committee and the chancellor's point of view the Omaha alumni will make their decision and pre sent it to the University authori ties. Although there was no official statement, the alumni are evi dently in favor of naming the di rector of athletics with the power to select coaches, make schedules and be responsible only to the chancellor ami the board of re gents. No lormal discussion of coaches was made, but there was a general discussion of who should succeed Krnest Bearg as football mentor. Warren Howard, chairman of the committee, will name the commit tee, and the club will probably meet next week to finish out their plans and present them to the uni versity. SIGMA XI WILL MEET MONDAY Sigma XI, honorary scientific fraternity, will hold, the third meet ing of tills year in the auditorium at Morrill hall, Monday, December 10, at S o'clock. This is the 217th stated meeting of the chapter. Dr. J. Jay Keegan, dean of the College of Medicine and professor of clinical pathology, will speak on "The Interpretation of The Disease Influenza Based on Exper imental and Clinical Studies." Dr. Serglus Morgulis, chairman of the department of biochemistry, will speak on "The Biochemistry of Calcium." The members on the staff of the College of Medicine will have charge of thU meeting which is open to the public. Lyman Will Represent Pharmacy Association Dr. R. A. Lyman, dean of the College of Pharmacy, has been ap pointed as voting delegate for a three-year term to represent the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy at the American Council on Education, to which It has recently been admitted as a member organization. Notification of his appointment was received by Dean Lyman from A. O. Du Mez, president of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Feminine Lead 1U i Ce'& .JLitvi.lijarJ) ,r,..jfriwi)niriinit Cornelia Ayres, Fine Arts senior, who will play the part of Lalage in the University Players drama, "The Outsider." VARSITY PARTY STAFF Extensive Plans Are Being Made for 'Holiday Hop' Saturday Night OMAHA BAND IS BOOKED With the "Holiday Hop" only a week off, members of the Varsity Party committee are working on the presentation of an elaborate pre-vacation Christmas dance. Meetings of the entire committee have been held during the past week, and reports of the various chairmen Indicate that the Var sity Party scheduled for Saturday evening in the Coliseum, will be an outstanding all-University party. The dance will be Varsity Par ty's third in the 1928 season. Few parties have been scheduled for the evening of December 15. For this reason, and considering that no students will be going out of town on a week-end so near Christ mas vacation, the Varsity Party committee expects a record at tenduance at the "Holiday Hop." Decoration Plan Withheld "Only ten more hopping days un til Christmas," is the slogan that has been adopted for the "Holi day Hop," because of the Decem ber 15 date. Campus publicity is due to appear in the near future, according to the chairman of pub licity. Cards and signs advertis ing the dance will be posted on bulletin boards Tuesday. As was announced in Thursday's issue of the Dally Nebraskan, Mon ohan Post orchestra of Omaha has been booked by the Varsity Party committee for the Christmas dance. Tlie dance band Is made up of ten pieces and Its contract calls for only such intermission as is required by law. "the non-stop Continue)) ml I'nge :. FROLIK IS NATIONAL AG Nebraskan Is Given Post Of Vice-President at Convention Klviu Frolik, junior in the Col lege of Agriculture was elected to tlie office of vice-president of the National Ag council at the annual meeting in Chicago recently. This council Is composed of delegates from student organizations In agri cultural colleges all over the Uni ted States. Frolik and Gordon Hedges at tended the convention as delegates from Nebraska. Hedges, who has served as president, of the Ne braska Ag club, also was secretary of the national organization during the past year. H. Turk of Colum bia, .Missouri, was ciecled secre tary of the council for the coming year. Fred Morrison was elected secretary. It Editor of Countryman Frolik, editor or the Cornhusker Countryman, and Hedges, business manager were also delegates to the convention of the Agricultural Col lege Magazines Associated, which Is an association of fourteen dif ferent student publications at agri cultural colleges. Its purpose is to solicit national advertising, discuss circulation problems, and to strengthen the editoral policies by an exchange of Ideas and sug gestions. During the discussion the Corn husker Countryman was acclaimed as having the outstanding illustra tions on Its cover pages of any of the magazines. The material and advertising of the Countryman were very favorably commented upon by delegates from other schools. Hedges, who is a member of the Innocents society, is well known in university activities and has served twice as a delegate to both conventions. Frolik, who served as Junior delegate to the National Ag Council is a member of the Junior Farmer's Fair board, Alpha eta. Alpha Zeta freshman medal winner, holder of a research schol arship, has served on two univer sity Judging teams, and is a mem ber of Pershing Rifles. Dr. Condra Is Asked to Identify Bryozoa Hocks Both the United States geological survey and the national museum in Washington have asiied permission to send collections of bryozoa fos sils to Dr. Ceorgb E. Condra for Identification. 5 GEMS. NEWLY ELECTED REGENT WILL BE Fl M. A. Shaw of David City Is To Give Main Address at Husker Banquet R. JOYCE WILL PRESIDE Local Man States Intention To Be Toastmaster for Third Time M. A. Shaw, attorney of David City, and an "N"' man. who was re cently elected to the Board of Re gents of the University, has been secured to deliver the principal ad dress ut the Cornhusker banquet. Friday, December 14. in the Coli seum, it was announced last eve. ning by Charles Bruce, who is in charge of the arrangements for the banquet. Bruce stressed the fact that the banquet will begin promptly at 5:43 o'clock, and that it will be over not later than 8 o'clock, in order not to interfere with parties that will be held later in the evening. Robert Joyce, of Lincoln, has consented to serve as toastmaster for the banquet, which will be the third he has attended as master of ceremonies. Expect 1,000 Men The banquet will be held in the Coliseum, as that is the only build ing in the city in which a large crowd can be accommodated. Ap proximately 1,000 men are expected to attend, according to the commit tee in charge. The university band will be pres ent at the banquet to furnish mu sic. Definite announcement of other arrangements will be made in The Daily Nebraskan Tuesday morning. Tickets for the banquet will be placed on pale early this week, Bruce stated yesterday. They will be handled by a representative In every fraternity house, and will also be sold at the Co-Op and Col lege book stores. For the conveni ence of alumni who wish to attend, tickets will also be sold at Latsch brothers. The price is one dollar. PLAY WILL BE GIVEN AT ELM PARK CHURCH Religious Drama Is to Be Presented by Wesley Players Tonight "The Other Wise Man," will b given at Kim Park Methodist church this evening, by the Wes ley Players, Methodist dramatic or ganization. This Is the last ap pearance in Lincoln before Chrift mas. "The Other Wise Man." is a religious play in four scenes, written by Dr. Henry Van Dyke, dramatized from his own well known book bearing the same title. This is the third time this sea son that this group has given this play. They pave it in November at St. Paul's Methodist church and at First Methodist, University Place. At. the two previous pre sentations about thirty-five hun dred people witnessed this drama. Play la Appropriate The play is very appropriate for the Christmas season as it is cen tered around the birth of Chriv and tells of the long search of Continued on Vac 2. T IS NATIVE EGYPTIAN John Hanna Fam Will Talk Wednesday on 'Student Life in Egypt' John Hanna Fani, a native Egyp tian from Cairo, Egypt, will speak on the subject, of "Student Life in Egypt," at the World Forum lunch son, Wednesday, December 12, at the Nebraskan hotel. . Mr. Fam has Just completed his graduate work at the University of Chicago. He is associated in the Y. M. C. A. work at Cairo with C. Steele Holcombe, a graduate of the University of Nebraska iu 1916. Mr. Fam will be in Lincoln Tuesday and remain for a short visit before going on to take up 'Y' work. Talks Arranged In Groups The meeting Wednesday is the second of a series dealing with in ternational topics. The series was opened last week, by Dr. F. M. Fling, who spoke on the 'Kellogg Peace Pact." The World Forum committee this year has arranged for' group talks instead of having each topic entire ly independent of the rest. Much interest has been shown and the meetings have been well attended. Thirty-five cents is charged for the luncheon. The program is com pleted or 1 o'clock classes, but usually some students remain for a discussion after the talk. Tickets for the luncheon may be obtained at the "Y" office in the Temple or in Ellen Smith hall, until Tuesday evening. PRICE IDAY SPEAKER n M V