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iiki MEERAS ff VOL. XXVIII NO. 63 LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1928 PRICE 5 CENTS GRUMMANN GETS APPOINTMENT AS OF Director of School of Fine Arts Becomes District ' Executive HAS, OVERSEEN CRUISES Kebraskan Has Experience In Educational Foreign Travel Tours Prof. Taul H. Grummann, director , 0J th School of Fine Arts has been i appointed regional director of th American Institute of Educational Travel, which 18 affiliated with ! Thomas Cook and Sons, according to an announcement released from lila office I hursday evening. Part of Professor Grummann's duties In this capacity will be the conducting of a travel party to Europe this summer. Professor Grummann has been connected with touring parties before, but this is the first time that he has linked up with the firm of Cook and Son. Emmons Heads Institute The American Institute of Edu callonal Travel has Its headquar ters at 687 fifth Avenue, New York and Is headed by Dr. Frederick B. Emmons. On the board of Educational Ad- rvisors are Dr. George D. Strayer, ' Teachers College, Columbia univer sity; Dr. Samuel P. Capen, Chan cellor of the University of Buffalo; James Creese, Secretary of the American-Scandinavian society; Dr. John H. Finley, of the Rditorlal de partment of the New York Times Conrad Hoffman, Secretary of I he World's Student Christian associa tion, Dr. William Russell, Dean of Teacher's College, Columbia uni versity; Dr. Lotus D. Coffmann, inivprsity or Minnesota; and A C. Monahan, formerly of U. S Board of Education. The institute Is sponsoring for the summer of 1929 tours to Europe England, Around the World, Spain Germany, France, Italy. Medlter ranean, and a series of university tours, which carry college credit If Buch is reslred. E LELAND AND FAWELL Nebraska Student Pastors Will Attend Sessions After Christmas Dr. Dean Inland, Presbyterian student pastor, and Rev. F. C. Fa well, Methodist student pastor, will go to Chicago for the Central con ference of University pastors to be hld In the Edgewater Deach hotel there, Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. Among other problems that will be taken up at this meeting Is that of religion on the campus. Dr. Gil key, of Chicago University, recog nized as an outstanding man for his religious work among college students, will be one of the prin cipal speakers. Reverend Fawell will probably remain In Chicago for a meeting of tUc National organization of Fes ley Players being planned for Jan uary 2. CHAMBERLIN IS COACH ASPIRANT In a special dispatch to the Omaha World-Herald Wednesday from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Guy Chamberlln, former Nebraska foot ball star announced that be had definitely decided to become a can dldt.e for the position of head foot ball coach at the University of Ne braska. , Chamberlln is contemplating spending the Christmas holidays In Nebraska, and will probably be In Lincoln sometime during his so journ to the Cornhusker state. Dur ing the past year he has been Iden tified with the American Technical society la Chicago, Bearg and Huskers Are Kiwanians' Guests Today Coach Earnest E. Bearg and the Nebraska football team will be guests of the Klwanls club this noon at the chamber of commerce. The Cornhusker girls octette will furnish the music for the program. E. L. Smith will serve in the ca pacity of chairman for the football reception. HEAD REGION Curator Collins Relates Interesting Historical Incidents in Radio Lecture A museum label was the cause t the trouble and misunderstand g that ended in . the "Kitty , awk," the Wright brothers first plane, being sent to a British neum In London rather than be 1 kept at home In the Smlthson 1 1 Institution at 'Washington. D. P. G. Collins, assistant curator e University of Nebraska mu , told the story in his radio Sh from KFAB, the Nebraska i station, Thursday morning. Wldent was recalled by the Otlon of the twenty-firth an- (. VI on 01 me ieuy-"v of the first successful Grace Kiernan Traps Mammals In Spare Time Miss Grace Klernnn rtf iha unl ogy department contributes a novel suggestion to thrill seekers. Her pet excitement is to hunt and trap mammal. Miss Kiernan Is from Ohio and finds mammals of this locality so strange that she gets a "huge wallon out of it." h exprersed it. , "People make fun of me when I start out with my gun and traps," She said. "And when I hrnneht In skunks and civet oats, everyone In uessey nail was ready to move out if I continued." However, her collection in con stantly Increasing and now in eludes species of muskrats nos sum, rabbits, saulrrels. skunks. civet cats, pocket gophers, meadow mice, ana a specimen of the. small est of mammals, a virions ' T.iftln Short-tailed Shrew, the adult of wnich is only about an Inch and a half In length. Miss Kiernan ex-, pects to write a thesis on "Mam mals of Lancaster County." A part ot her collection has been sent to Dr. Wilfred Osgood at the Field Museum in Chicago. L Students Crowd Busses and Trains as Long Holiday Season Approaches SCHOOL BEGINS J7W. 7 Outgoing trains and busses late yesterday afternoon were begin nlng to show signs ' of the ap proaching vacation with their loads of students bound for their homes out in the state. Today, tomorrow and Sunday there will be a general migration of students leaving for K t 1 I Christmas vacation will start of ficially Saturday noon, December 22, and end Monday- morning, Jan uary 7, at 8 o'clock. The date of (he second semester registration of resident students has been set for the week starting Monday, January 14, and will continue until noon on Saturday, January 19. Messiah Will Not Be Given The annual presentation of Han del's '.'Messiah" by the university horus, -the Nebraska traditional hriBtmar conroeatlon whleh Jert. ofore has been held on the Friday preceding the Christmas vacation has been postponed because of the fact that the influenza epidemic has interfered with the necessary preparation. It will, however, be held after the vacation. No defin ite date has been set as yet. Because of sickness there has been a delay in the printing of the second semester programs. No def inite date has yet been set for the issuance of these programs but an nouncements on the subject- will be made after the Christmas . re- THREE IN PLACE IN NITIAL SWIM TILS Amato, Mockler and Waldo Emerge From Tryouts With Numerals Salvatore Amato, Gregg Waldo, Frank Mockler and Marlon Hest- beck won numerals in the first time trials of the Nebraska varsity swimming squad, held at the Y. M. A. pool Thursday, afternoon. Mockler was high point man, scor ing nine points, six in the 150-yard backstroke and three in the 40- yard free style. Seven points in two events or nine points in three events were required to win nuni- rals. Amato turned in the best time In the 40-yard free style, splashing the distance in 21.2 seconds. (He showed good form, especially on the take-off and the turn, waiao led In the 100-yard free style with time of 1 minute 6.6 seconds. He also held the second best time in the 40'yard swim. Mockler's time of 2 minutes 3.6 seconds in the 150- yard back stroke event looked good. He was the oniy entry in this event. Vogelor Makes Comm'.it Coach Rudoloh Vogeltr said that the varsity swimmers look fairly enod. The "flu" pas preveniea sev- eral members of the squad from at tending practice . recently, dui nearly all of them are now ready for action. Arraneements have Deen maae for swimmers wno will be in 4'ontluurd an v 4. flight made by man after ages of atte mpts, December 17, among the saal dunes of North Carolina, where the first sue sssful flight was made by the Wright brothers. It seems that a flying ship made by Dr. Langley, a former secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, had already been placed on exhibition in WasUngton. On the label at tanheii to it officials of the insti tution had conceded the honor of the first flight to the Wright brothers, but at the same time had endeavored to give a great deal of Oiitlnaed on " 4. THE YULETIDE , "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle, all the while." The light- hearted buoyancy of Chriitmas-time has arrived. The spirit of good cheer, of the universal fellowship of mankind, fills 1 U.HH. . 'J.l'l. llill. Geology GraTs' Send To Nebraska From Alumni Follow Traditions in Sending Christmas Wishes to Alma Mater That Previously Placed Them on Positions x Christmas greeting cards, ad dressed to professors of the geol ogy department, are being received from graduates in all parts of the world. Each year graduates are sent to remote parts of the earth by the University, and every Christmas they show their appreci ation by. sending greeting cards to their former instructors. These cards, usually very orlg- Jnal. are typical of the strange countries from wmcn tney come So far only a few greetings have been received,' but many more are expected during the holicays. Of Darticular interest is a Christ mas poem penned by Adam Breede, former editor of the Hastings vauy Tribune. Mr. Breede is famous for his expeditions Into the wilds of Africa in the interests of geology. Mr. Breede died last March In Kansas City. Poem 8ent to Friends This greeting was written before his death, while the spirit of the previous yuletide was still in the air; In accordance with his annual custom the following verses have Cont'nur-d on Face S. Musical . Comedy by Ireland And Ayres Is Under Concideration "Kosmet Klub's 1929 spring show promises to be one of the best we have produced If the material sub mitted at the present time is any indication," Linn K. Twinem, presi dent of the Kosmet Klub stated last night. Of the productions submitted up until yesterday afternoon the one favored by many of the Klub mem bers was "The Varsity Man," or "O. K. Coach I", written by Ralph Ireland, and the musical score by Joyce Ayres. No decision has been mare by the Kosmet Klub in re gard to the winning production pending several shows which will not be submitted until after the holidays. ' Mr. Twinem expressed the opin ion of the Klub that as soon as the winning production is determined and the one hundred dollar prize awarded, the parts would be picked by tryout and practice would begin In order to Insure perfection by the time the show plays in Lincoln and makes Its out-state trip. No dfticlal extension of the dead line for. submitting of manuscripts has been granted by the Klub al though any shows turned In fol lowing the vacation will .be considered. the crisp December air. University students come nearer joining the rest of the state's citizenry now than at any other time of the year. Song and laughter of student mingles with that of his elders. The student finds himself better understood. He better understands others. The whole com- munity merges its pains and its sorrows, its prob lems and its troubles, its criticisms and its objec tions, into a wholesome attitude of cheer and of friendliness Tdklay the exodus from the campus begins. The unanalyzable beauty of the Christmas spirit thai permeates all is here today. To morrot" ft will add a further element of joy to fathers and mothers throughout the state. Rejoicing in the mystic but vital quality of the Christmas spirit, in the freedom of spirit that it brings, The Daily Nebraskan wishes all fflttty Cljrfetmas HolidSy Greeting All Parts of Earth ISebraskan Will Not Reappear Until 1929 This will be the last Issue of The Daily Nebraskan to be Is sued In 1928, due to Christmas vacation, which starts tomorrow noon. The first issue for next year will appear Tuesday, January 8. Reporters will be needed Mon day, January 7, the first day of school after vacation. SEVERAL NEBRASKANS Members of Faculty Plan To Attend Conventions During Holidays National conventions attract sev eral faculty members and students to the east for Christmas vacation. Doctor E. L. Hlnman of the de partment of philosophy will attend the convention of Corde Fratres Association of International Cos mopolitan Clubs at- Ithaca, N. Y., December 27 to 29, as national vice-president. Nathanael Schmidt, professor of. Hebrew at Cornell university, is the national presi dent of the organization. Dr. Hln man will give the closing address to the general public session on The Future of the Cosmopolitan Movement." The goal of the or ganization Is to promote world peace and to place humanity above racial and national prejudices. Nebraskana Go to Nw York Professor L. F. Llsdgren of the department of bacteriology, vice- president of the fifth district of the association, . and Miss Lela Benedict, '29, Nebraska chapter delegate,' will also be representa tives at the convention. Mr. Llnd gren will then go to New York City to attend a convention of the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science, under the auspices of which a large number Cont'nufi! on Puge t. Students May Apply For Magazine Staff Applications for appointment to the positions of editor, assis tant editor and business man ager of Awgwan for the second semester . will be received by the Student Publication Board Until Saturday noon, Decem ber 22. Application blanks may bs got at the office of the School of Journalism (U 104). Mat terlal previously submitted for consideration by the board need not be duplicated. J. K. seiiecK, secretary. Student rustication Hoard. we"" CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE IS DEVOID OF ESSAYS Students Fail to Enter Prize Competition Sponsored By E. A. Burnett CONTEST CLOSES SOON No essays on "The Obligations and Rewards of the College Stu dent" have been received as yet in the one thousand word essay con test for undergraduate students sponsored by Chancellor E. A. Bur nett. . Three prizes are offered for the best papers on this subject: First prize, twenty-five dollars; second prize, fifteen dollars; third prize, ten dollars. The three winning themes will be printed In a pamphlet, together, together with essays by faculty members on "The Obligations and Rewards of a College Professor," about a month after the names of the prize winners have been an nounced. All contestants wishing to com pete must deliver their contribu tions to the Chancellor's office, room 101 in Administration hall, not later than Thursday evening, January 8. Professor R. P. Craw ford, assistant to the Chancellor, expressed the desire that several hundred students would take part In the contest. CONSIDERABLE COPY - Awgwan 'Exchange' Number Will Also Accept Any Local Material Numerous replies to letters sent out to exchange magazines of the Awgwan, Nebraska's comic maga zine, requesting the use of illustra tions for the Jokes In the next num ber of the local periodical, have been received by K. G. Anderson, editor. Material for the January number will be obtained from other college humorous magazines received at the local office. However, contri butions from students will also be received, according to the editors. This copy should be In the office by Tuesday, January 8, as the mag azine is scheduled to appear, Jan uary 11. Magazines selected by tne edi tors to suppi the material for the 'Exchange" issue are Alabama Rammer-Jammer, Notre Dame Jug gler. Yale Record, California Peli can, Carnegie Tech Puppet, Stan ford Chaparral, Minnesota ski-u-Man. Bucknell Belle Hop, Virginia Reel, Lehigh Burr, Dartmouth Jack O'Lantern. Kansas Sour Owl, An napolis Log, Oklahoma Whirlwind, and the West Point Pointer. Good Weather Is Promised Us For This Week Students planning to leave Lin coln this week-end for the Christ mas holidays are predicted fair weather as far as can be definitely ascertained at this time. No severe storms or decided changes in tem perature are forcasted,. according to the U. S. weather bureau. Although predictions for 1928 cannot be made therefrom, it is Interesting to note from a survey ma-'e of the past four years that In 1924 and 1925 the weather man was not so kind. On December 91- 1Q91 tho iharmAmatoi foil tA four degrees below zero. On De cember 23 six Inches of snow fell, making a white Christmas. In 1925, despite the cold weather, there was no snow. On December 22, 1926, rain fell practically all day and was followed on the 23rd by two and one-half Inches of snow. It was cold enough, how ever, to prevent the snow from melting and to assure a white Christmas. In 1927 the weather was about average with no snow, Students Redeem Football Pasteboards as Cage Season Dawns TOTAL MOUNTS TO 2,400 More than 2,400 basketball cou pon books had been issued by the student activities office previous to the game with - South Dakota State last night. Exchanges of the football coupon books for the new books were made at the game also, Students who hold football tick ets and failed to secure the new books may do so after the Christ mas recess, it was announced. The books include tickets for all bas ketball, baseball, wrestling and track meets. More than fourteen of the bleacher sections on the main floor were sold out before the game. Each section seats 150 peo ple. Has Ample Accommodations Ample facility for the accom modation of the basketball crowds are offered for the first time this year. With the Coliseum seating 7,500 spectators, and the recently completed Memorial Hall making it easy to reach the building, a rec ord season is expected. Previous to last year the use of the Armory limited crowds to 1,100, while last year two crowds of about 4,000 each attended the Missouri and Kansas games. , Members of the N club, varsity squad, and those on the freshmen squad, may also obtain their books at the office. These may also be secured after the vacation. TWO DAYS REMAIN 10 APPLY FOR DEGREES All Students Urged to Make Applications Before The Holidays Degree applicants should take ad vantage of the remaining days be fore vacation to register for their degrees. . Miss Emma Hewitt, as sistant registrar, stated that the of fice will be open until noon, Satur day. All students who expect to grad uate In February should make a special effort to reach the office, B-9, Administration building. Miss Hewitt handles the applica tions for degrees from the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Pharmacy, Dentistry and Medicine and Is also in charge of graduate applications. Miss Nelson takes care of applicants from Teachers college and colleges of Business Administration, Agriculture and Law. Girls' Octette Appears In Christmas Program The following girls compose the girls' octette from the chorus of the Coltege Agriculture; Clarice Mof fltt, Margaret Hallstrom, Esther Wenzel, Zola Avery, Vonda McKlf fen .Margaret Osboin, Julia Hunter, and Dorothy Dewttt. These girls presented a program of Christmas carols under the di rection of Mrs. Altulas Tullis, for the home economics tea Tuesday afternoon. The College chorus will present a program for the farmers fair feed January 9. Home Economics Professor Writes Story, 'Christmas in Florence, Italy' New Ideas of Christmas might be obtained from "Christmas in Flor ence, Italy" a story written by Evelyn Metzger, which appears in the Bullotin of Home Economics. Miss Metzger is assistant professor in the home economics department. She was studying in Florence at the time she wrote this story. "Here we are in Florence, a town o old It looks as If it had always been. Tlw horse that draws, the old vicotrla in which we are riding has a bright red wool blanket, and he driver cracks the whip not so 'auch to encourage the horse as to E FIRST CONTEST South Dakota State Quintet Are 36 to.25 Victims Of Cornhuskers RABBITS LEAD AT HALF Proteges of Charlie Black Trail First Period But Stage Comeback Displaying a fast, passing com bination that bewildered the Invad ing South Dakota State basketeers, the Nebraska varsity quintet last night opened the season with a 36 to 25 win. South Dakota led at the half 16 to 11. With more fight and teamwork than has been manifest in previous aggregations in recent years. Coach Charles Black's scarlet and cream warriors battled the South Dakota team from the outset only to be trailing 4 points at half-time. How ever the speed shown by the Ne braska team gave promise to the Bpurt that was to be staged by them later in the game. Fisher Lead Scoring Fisher, sophomore forward, who formerly played with championship Lincoln high school teams, led the varsity baskej. tossers with six field goals. Grace, a letter man from the 1927-1928 squad was close behind Fisher with four baskets. Nickel son, forward for the Rabbits, was the shining light In their offense, scoring five field goals and two free tosses to equal the number of points scored by Nebraska's ace. Maclay, starting center for Ne braska, showed up well In his first varsity encounter, making only one Dasket but playing a good floor game. Benefited by thiB experi ence in fast company he should prove one of the main cogs In the scoring machine. Munn, although outjumped by Engleman, Rabbit center, made two nice field goals and played a consistent floor game. Holm, varsity letter man and ret eran guard played the best floor game of the evening, being replaced only in the dying minutes by Stip skl. Hertlg, South Dakota, suaxd. showed brilliantly with his floor Continued on Face 4. Tryouts for Varsity Rifle Team Are Set for Week After Recess Rifle range in Andrews hall was closed for the Christmas recess at 3 o'clock yesterday. Improvements In the lighting arrangements and other minor changes have been started, and will be completed by the resumption of school. Due to the early closing of the range, the period of tryouts for positions on the varsity team has been extended until after the holi days. The final date will be set after the recess, probably within the first week. Up until that time any new men may turn in scores at the range. Sergeant C. F. Mc- Gimsey, who has charge of the range, announced. Positions are open to all except freshmen. More than twenty have turned in scores to Sergeant McGimsey. Will Announce Schedule Schedule of the meet which have been arraigned will be an nounced after the recess. Eight meets have been planned early in the year, and several others have been added since that time. Forty-seven girls have turned In scores to apply in the inter-sorority meet. The final scores for this meet must be turned in by Friday, Jan. 11. The last period of prac tice previous to vacation was held yesterday afternoon from 2 to 3:30 o'clock. DRAMATIC CLUB IS ENTERTAINED The Dramatlo club waa enter tained with original skits by their pledges last night at a party held In the Dramatic club room. These skits were presented by groups consisting or lour, nre, or Biz pledges. One act plays were distributed at this party for consideration by the members during vacation. Tha club plans that each of its members will appear in at least ono of these plays which are to be presented after the holidays. warn the pedestrians, along the narrow street," explains Miss Metz ger. "We are soon on our way to see Grotto's tower, that masterpiece of spacing about which we have read so much." An accompanying sketch of Grotto's tower was done by Kiss M,e t s g e r. "The whole facade, sheathed in varlgated colored mar ble, Inlaid with Florentine mosaic, and crowned by Brunelleschls' marvelous dome. Is quite a be wildering sight. We walk on into ihe square and examine with awe fontlmird on Tf 1. NEBRASKA CAG TEAM ANNEXES ' v. i