The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XXVIII NO. 99
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1929.
PKICK ." CENTS
PIGSKIN MEN GET
CALL TO PREPARE
EOR PRACTICES
Spring Football Training
1$ Scheduled to Begin
Within Fortnight
COACH BIBLE SOON DUE
Bunny' Oakes Has Charge
Squad Until New Mentor
Arrives on Deck
Sprintc football practice will get
miller way within the next two
week according to Coach "Bunny"
Onkes. who will handle the spring
practice until D. X. Bible arrives,
roach Oakes stated last evening
Hint the date had not been den
nitclv decided but it would be
niiliiu Hie next fifteen days.
roach V. X. Bible, tha new Corn
husker football mentor will not be
able to get to Lincoln in time for
the opening drill but will arrive
noon after the practice sessions
open. The spring practice this year
will determine the 1929 CornhuRker
eleven for next fall as the Huskers
lost many valuable men with the
closing of last season.
List of Misting Grows
The report has Increased since
the final whistle on Thanksgiving
day and the number of men who
wiil not return to the Husker camp
mt fall has been increased by
Kcb" Russell, stellar Nebraska
quarterback, and perhaps "Bud"
Mt-nridn. halfback who Is now in
California. The remainder of the
list of graduating players includes
f'ii ('8Ptain Blue howcii anu qcui
Holm Tea James, Merle Zuver, Bill
Gallaway, Cliff Asbburn, Leroy
(ontinnrd on Pure 3.
Y.W.C.A. GROUPS MAKE
LECTION SCHEDULES
University Women Members
Joining Before March 1
May Cast Ballots -
Election of officers for the Y. W.
C. A will take place Wednesday
and Thursday, March 6 and 7 in
the main corridor of Social Science
hall, and for the College of Agricul
ture organization in the Home
Kconomlcs building. All university
women who have signed member
ship cards In the association prior
to March 1 are eligible to vote, and
members of the College of Agricul
ture are eligible to vote both for
the officers of their own organiza
tion and for the officers of the city
campus association.
Candidates for office In the Col
lege of Agriculture organization
are: for president, Charlotte Joyce
and Georgia Wilcox, the losing con
testant automatically becoming
vice-president; for secretary, Kve
lyn Krote and Helen Weed.
Aspirants at City Campus
Candidates In the main organiza
tion are: president, Marian Wilker
Bon and Sue Hall; vice-president,
Edna Sehrick and Helen Day; sec
retary, Lucile Ledwith and Minnie
Nemechek; treasurer, Julia Rider
and Leona lwis.
The polls will be kept by senior
members of the present Y. W. C.
A. cabinet who were members of
the nominating committee. No
identification cards will be neces
sary for voting. The members of
the cabinet who are not elected by
a vote of all the members of the
association are appointed by the
president-elect
Y. W. C. A. Plans Tea
For Winifred Wygal
University Y. W. C. A. will en
tertain all girls of the Nebraska
campus at a tea In Ellen Smith hall
In honor of Winifred Wygal who is
a national secretary of the Y. W.
C. A. Members of the staff will
serve between the hours of 4 and
6 o'clock.
Many Students Enjoy Benefits of
Silent Classes in Lip-Reading
"What are the campus politicians
sying about you? Why not become
mind-reader and make jour ene
mies blush with embarassment
'hpn you can tell what they are
saying by simply watching them
"cross the room even if you can't
"ear them. Why not become a col
legiate Houdinl. a 'watcher' of
rafter, both idle and useful? It's
sound proposition."
Aside from the entertainment
vlue of telling friends what they
saying the subject of lip read
lnS. recently added to the curri
culum of the University, Is "on the
tongue" of the campus. Every
Body's talking about learning the
erstwhile mysterious art of reading
"P- Some one discovered that the
' ont once used only Tor deaf and
"ltd people i.as its applications to
'errbody, especially the college
"mleut, who sets the world's rec
ord for note taking in his daily
The course was opened to stu
dents and ihe public last Novein-er-
Since then, enrollment for the
"rk has risen steadily. Miss Em-
B. Kessler, A. B.. teaches the
of "using the eyes to hear."
ileli was Introduced principally
M l aid to students-who were
Nebraska Alumni Fill Big Places As
'Regulars' in State Administration
Nebraska t;railuaie and former
student! are playing a role In the
state administration equally Iru
portent to the part they are per
forming in the stale legislature.
The legislature, arter all, Is only
In session for a short time every
two years and during the remainder
of the time people are governed by
the set of administrative officers
they have elected or whom the gov
ernor has appointed.
Chief anions theee officers Is
Oovernor Arthur J. Weaver who
received his A. B. degree In 1S93
and his L. L. 1). In 1896. Governor
Weaver was also prominent in
school activities. His work at
tackle on ihe football team re
ceived a great deal of commenda
tion. Oovernor Weaver's predcecs
sor, Adam McMullen Is also a Ne
braska graduate.
Attorney General Ranks
Probably the second most Im
portant elective office in the state
government Is the office of attorney-general.
The man holding
that position now Is C. A. Sorensen
who graduated from the University
of Nebraska With an A. B. degree.
His assistants are, for the most
part, Nebraska's former students.
Mr. Sorensen's predecessor, O. S.
E
House Advances Bill Which
Would Provide Joint
Service Plant
PLAN MEETS OPPOSITION
Tlans for a joint heating plant
for the university buildings and for
the capitol received part of the
necessary appropriations Tuesday
when the house advanced the bill
making a .22 mill levy for the next
blennium for the capitol. The
standing committee tacked on an
amendment providing that a por
tion of this levy shall be used for
the construction of a Joint heating
plant
The appropriation bill advanced
to third reading yesterday only
pays for the capitol'8 share of the
heating plant. The legislature will
have to appropriate money for the
University's share In the regular
budget "
Consider Plan Full Day
The house spent the great por
tion of Tuesday considering the
bill in the committee of the whole.
Opposition to It was based on the
Continued on Tag 3.
L
H.
T Organizations Sponsor
Talks by Christian
Council Worker
Charles H. Corbett, of New York,
secretary of tbe council of Chris
linn associations, will be in Lin
coln Thursday afternoon and Fri
day of this week, and will speak
before university classes on social
and economic conditions in China.
Mr, Corbett is scheduled to talk
on Chinese poetry Friday morning,
before the 9 o'clock and 11 o'clock
literature classes or Prof. F. A.
Stufl. He will Rive readings from
noted Chinese poets. At 10 o'clock
Mr. Corbett will discuss labor con
ditions in China before Dean J. E.
Lcliossignol's class in labor prob
lems. Other talks may be arranged
through the University Y. M. C. A.
office In the Temple.
The Council of Christian associa
tions, of which Mr. corDett is sec
retary, is an administrative body
appointed jointly by the Y. M. C A.
and the Y. W. C. A. to deal with
those aspects of student work
which can best be handled through
cooperation. One of the council't
functions is to represent the United
Slates in thu World Christian Stu
dent federation. It is this aspec
of the work that the council has
Raked Mr. Corbett to supervise.
hard of hearing. Many students,
possessing average intelligence,
have found the college grade too
stiff a test, with the handicap of
impaired hearing. Other students,
possessing brilliant minds, have
found themselves hampered seri
ously by Inability to hear class
room lectures and directions.
It was for this group of worthy
students that the lip reading course
wi added, according to A. A. Reed,
director of the University Exten
sion division, 'an addition to these
special students, there are many
others who. though not actually
deaf, are unable to keep pace wltn
class lectures, because of slowness
to translate what they hear into
written words." he said. 'Large
classes force this handicap on both
afflicted and ordinary students, so
that it Is only the student who
act quickly and hears clearly who
benefits fully from class work.
The Jtn-reaiiing course conducted
hv Miss Kessler has become so
popular that It appears to have
taken Ihe laurels from other popu
lar courses. Students In Miss Resa
le's class wouldn't cut a class If
thev could; "It's too much fun to
watch her (Miss Kessler) tal
rontlnurtt an Tuw
Spillman was iormerly a Nebraska
law college siuilenl.
Charles W. Tlor, superinten
dent of public Instruction, received
his college education at the Uni
versity of Nebraska, graduating
with the class or 1898. He later
did some post-graduate work here
and was also on the. faculty as
superintendent of the Teacher's
College high school.
Curtis l Graduate
John E. Curt Us, railway commis
sioner, graduated from the Uni
versity of Nebraska. John K. Miller,
another member of that commis
sion of three, took some extension
work at the University.
There are a group of officers who
are important in administration of
the government of the state but are
not elected by the people. These
code secretaries are appointed by
the governor. Two of these officers
are graduates of the University.
R. B. Cochran, secretary of the
department of public works, is a
graduate of the College of Engine
ering at the University. Ernest I.
Pollard, newly appointed head of
the combined departments of publlo
welfare and labor, Is likewise grad
uate of the University. Mr. Pol
lard was formerly United States
congressman.
METHODIST PRAT
INITIATES 17 MEN
Phi Tau Theta Announces
Initiation at Meeting
Tuesday Night
Till Tau Theta, Methodist men's
fraternity, at regular meeting Tues
day evening announced the names
of seventeen men recently initiated
into the organization. The meeting
Tuesday night was devoted to the
life and work of E. Stanley Jones,
who will come to Lincoln soon for
a scries of addresses.
Names of the new members are:
Raymond T. Abernethy, Delmar E.
Bailer, Ray Englehorn, Edward I
Hahn, Myron Kelley, John S. Le
Klar, Donald M. Ioye, Bernard L.
Malcolm, Thomas J. Mason, Charles
B. Talne, Charles J. Probasco,
Robert E. Ray, John Relmers,
Claude M. Roe, Charles B. Schultz,
John Stenvall, and H. Ellis Thomas.
BOARD SELECTS HEAD
OF ENGINEERS' WEEK
Ted Blaschke Receives Place
As Committee Chairman
Of Annual Affair
Ted Blaschke, '29 Hickman, was
elected chairman of Engineers'
Week last night by the Engineering
Executive board. The Engineering
Executive board which is one of the
recent organizations on the campus,
is composed of the presidents and
secretaries of the various depart
mental socitles of the College of
Engineering, the general manager
and business manager of the Blue
Print and the College of Engine
ering representative of the Student
Council.
Election of officers of the organ
ization took place before the elec
tion of the chairman for Engineers'
Week. The officers consisted of
Lewis Imm, chairman, Carl Olson,
vice chairman, and Lynn Anderson,
secretary.
Affair Is Annual
Engineers' Week is an activity
put on each year by the Engine
ering College. Each of the depart
ments of the college contribute
stunts and exhibitions for the
selected week. A special show
"Engineers' Night is given as the
last event of the week. The event
is one in which all the buildings of
the engineering college are opened
to the public.
The exact date for the event will
be sat by a future meeting or tne
Executive board, and will be
In the latter part of April.
held
T
IS
Selleck Announces That Fee
For Tickets Will Be
Same This Year
John K. Selleck, business maim
ger of athletics and student activi
ties, who is in charge of tbe ticket
sales for the state high school tour
nament to be held in the Coliseum
this week end, said yesterday tnat
admission prices to the games will
be the same as last year.
There will be no season tickets
for the tournament, nor will there
be any reserved seats, Mr. Selleck
said. The plan of selling reserved
seats was tried last rear with but
little success. Genoi.il admission
tickets will be on sal - only at the
box office in the ColL .'i.in.
The prtce of admission to the
Coliseum during the firr- and sec
ond round games, which will be
played all day Thursday iu on Fri
day morning, will be fifty cents.
Pasteboards to the semifinals will
cost seventy-five cents, and admis
sion to tho finals will be one dol
lar. Arrangements are rapidly being
completed for the entertainment of
the basketball teams that will
gather here Wednesday and Thurs
day. Registration of teams Is ached
uled to start this afternoon at 1
o'clock. I
YEARBOOK PLANS
AND
IRK
MOVE
STEADILY AHEAD
Editorial, Business Heads
Of Cornhusker Get Book
Ready to Bind
MENTZER HEADS STAFF
Editor States That Several
Sections Have Already
Been Completed
Nebraska's 1929 Cornhusker is
progressing satisfactorily, accord
ing to the heads of Its editorial
and business departments. The
yearbook will be ready for distribu
tion later in the spring, containing
new as well aa tradltonal features
between Its covers.
William C. Menirer, 'id Chey
enne, Wyoming, Is editor of the
1929 Cornhusker. Bruce H. Thomas.
'29. Mound City, Missouri, is head
ing the business side of the book.
Gordon Larson. '30. Rawlins. Wyo
ming; and Arthur Bailey, '30, Ord;
are managing editors; and George
Kennedy, '31, Omaha; and Clark
Swanson, 30' Omaha are assistants
to the business manager.
Prepare For Binder
Under this staff of department
executives, each of whom handles
special features of the Cornhusker,
the book is being rounded into
shape for binding. Several sections
have been sent to the printer and
Continued n Pmf- t.
VESPERS HEAR TALK
ON LIFE OE JAPANESE
Winifred Wigal Describes
Honesty and Courtesy
Shown by Race
"The Land of the Rising Sun
was the subject of a lecture given
by Miss Winifred Wlgal at Vesper
services at 6 o'clock Tuesday eve:
ning at Ellen "Smith Hall. John El
der, former resident of Persia was
unable to speak at Vesper service
Tuesday aiid Miss Wigal was the
speaker for the evening. She had a
vivid message to deliver on the lire
of the Japanese.
"The Japanese people," according
to Miss Wlgal, "are the most hon
est Deoole In the world. The Japan
ese cannot be dishonest. They are
exquisitely courteous, neat and are
very artistic." They are fond of
beauty and regularly make pilgrim
mages to worship beauty. Regular
ity of life and fineness of ideals are
still high even though Japan Is very
highly overpopulated. The Japanese
have a great mental capacity and
many of the students have excep
tionally brilliant minds,
Leona Lewis led the Vesper serv
ices for the evening. Special music
for the evening was a vocal solo by
Hortense Henderson. Next week at
the Vespers services Professor P.
H. Grummann of the School of Fine
Arts will lecture.
IS'etv Board Walk Lifts
Part of Campus From
Mucky, Muddy Slough
At last the University has been
raised from the sloughs of mud to
an exalted and enviable position
atop a newly constructed walk. The
powers that be took It upon them
selves, (after more or less coax
ing), to order a substantial footpath
built, transverslng the river bottom
between Social Science building
and Teachers College.
Little matter that it consists only
of planks, and not new ones either.
Board walks are recognised in the
best of families, else why is Atlan
tic City so popular? Indeed, It is
amazing what a whale of a differ
ence just a few boards make!
Demon statisticians have it that
If all the planks actually needed on
the campus at this time were
placed end to end, they would make
a string long enough to keep many
a coed's feet dry. Be that as it may,
tbe new walk would seem to add
at least a thousand dollars to the
value of the University.
DEAN H. H. FOSTER
DEBATES IN COURT
Head Law College Opposes
Validity of Amendment
To Constitution
Validity or a constitutional
amendment to transfer control of
certain state institutions from the
Board of Control to the Board of
Regents of the University was de
bated before the Supreme Court re
cently. Dean H. H. Foster, of the
College of Law. and John J. Led
with opposed the validity of the
amendment, which was voted upon
in the recent election.
Originating in a suit brought up
by an Omaha man, the case took
the nature of a friendly debate,
with Albert May of Omaha, gradu
ate of the College of Law in 1915 as
the opposing lawyer. Judgment on
the suit will be rendered tome time
soon. This case is an Important
landmark in Interpretation of the
state constitution as to proper
publication of notice of a proposed
amendment to the constitution.
Mysterious Auto Leaves Tracks on
Campus After Brief Midnight Tour
Drlvetleis automobiles find it
difficult to conform to the el'in
condition of an Eleventh street that
stops on the university campus at
R street In a manner at unconven
tional at might be expected from a
er without a driver, a roadster
toured the campus for a short time
Saturday night.
Track In the toft ground be
tween tbe Library and Administra
tion give evidence to the tacta.
These tracks atari at the curbing
of R street, facing Eleven' h, eo
tlnue In a straight line to a point
three feet eatt of (he sun dial,
crott tbe sidewalk running eatt
and wett between Administration
building and the Library. Not con
tent with thla extraordinary show
of mechanical Intelligence the car
tracks mist tbe larg. atone anna
tnr fountain a yard and atop, for
evident reatons. at a tree mtdway
between the drinking fountain and
University hall.
Mysterious at the conditions
might appear to the casual ob
server the presence of these tracks
were explained In Sunday editions
of Lincoln papers.
r EGYPT GROUP
SECURES SPEAKER
Committee Sponsoring Work
Of Steele Holcombe Oet
Persian for Talk
John Elder, of Persia, will Rpeak
before the Nebraska in tgypt
group at a dinner at tne urana
hotel Thursday evening from 6 till
?-n ovwic He will talk from his
own experiences In Persia, and re
late his impressions of Moham
medanism.
This subject will be of special in-
,,. m ihu Mnhraska In Egypt
committee, which Is sponsoring the
work of Steele Holcombe. Ne
braska '16, in Egypt. Moham
medan conntrv All university men
are Invited. Reservations may be
obtained at the Y. M. C. A. office
in the Temple.
Mr. Elder will be avanaoie ror
talks before university classes, and
I. .rhprtnle" to sneak to Professor
Hill's class in world politics on con
ditions In the Near East, at 11
o'clock Friday morning.
10NAL
. .. PLANS DISCUSSION
Association Arranges For
Variety of Talks on
Industry Change
"SiinBrhanee in Industry: Does
It Create New Responsibilities With
Vocational Guidance
and Vocational Education?" will be
the general topic of discussion at
the meeting of the Nebraska Vo
cational Guidance association, at
the Grand hotel at 7:30 o'clock,
'rlday, March 8.
The meeting is open to the pub
lic, and "engineers especially will
be glad to hear this subject dis
cussed," according to Dean O. J.
Ferguson of the College of Engin-BoHne-
Dinner will be served in
the dining room of the Grand hotel
at 6:30 o'clock, at fifty cents a
plate. The program will follow the
dinner.
Iowa Man on Program
The general topic will be dis
cussed from several angles. A. L.
Ilrick. state labor commissioner for
Iowa, will have as his subject "In
dustry in General." Prof. Jiles W.
Haney, of the department of me
chanical engineering, will discuss
"The Engineering College and the
Engineering Field." Mark Caster,
plant superintendent of the Lincoln
Telephone and Telegraph company,
will dlBcuss "The Communications
Industry;" and Millard C. Lefler of
Lincoln, "A Superintendent of
Schools."
The meeting will be especially
interesting to. those persons Inter
ested in guidance, employment
management, personnel work, voca
tional education or general educa
tion. Reservations for the dinner
may be made by telephoning or
writing T. V. Goodrich, B-6991,
Board of Education, Lincoln.
COMMERCE CLUB
HEARS MOTTER
Lincoln Man Tells of Work
Of Organizations in
Community Aid
C. W. Motter, publicity manager
for the Lincoln Telephone and
Telegraph Company and former
member of the board of directors
of the Missouri state senior Cham
ber of Commerce, was the princi
pal speuker at the smoker held last
night in tbe Temple Y. M. C. A.
rooms by the University Commer
cial club. Mr. Motter spoke on the
Importance of clubs In the com
munity, emphasising the impor
tance of vision, enthusiasm, and
Intelligent co-operation in the work
of the clubs.
Dean Lerossignol and Mr. Hicks,
of the College of Business Admin
istration, also spoke. Both Dean
LeRosslgnol and Mr. Hicks
stressed the Importance of the
work of the Commercial Club In te
College,
Bert Weber, president, an
nounced that the next meeting of
tbe club would be held at 12 o'clock
next Tuesday, Mcroh 12 at the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce lunch
eon. The charge for the luncheon
Is flff cents. All members of tbe
Commercial Club are urged to at
tend this luncheon at which enter
tainment will be furnished by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
VOCAT
SOCIETY
Harry Talor. negro, mas return
ing to hit parked car at 11 o't lork
Saturday night when he heard tne
motor running and saw that it as
occupied. He ran to it Just in time
to Jump and cling to the spare tire
or his roadster at a thief drove It
away. Hit lusty crlet evidently
frightened the ambitious auto col
lector for at he drove north clown
Eleventn ttreet he jumped from tu
moving car.
Taylor Jumped trom his perch
and followed him down the street
at a run. The auto, unmindful of
the things that were going or.
around It, proceeded to climb the
curb, tour the University of Ne
braska campus for a few moments
and stop patiently up against a
tree. It tuffered a badly Injured
front for Its patience.
This occurrence adds a new fac
tor to the unsafety of university
coeds. What assurance does i!ie
board of regents give that students
who walk busily between Adminis
tration and the Library may not be
run down by a Happy Hollow repro
duction In modern machinery?
ARE TOPIC FOR TODAY
Talk by Professor Williams
Is Fourth of Series
On Religions
SPEAKER IS AUTHORITY
"The Religion of a Sociologist"
la the topic of an address to be
given by Prof. Hattie Plumb Wil
liams, chairman of the department
of sociology, at the World Forum
luncheon at the Nebraskan hotel
today noon. This talk will be the
fourth of a series, started this se
mester, discussing religion from va
rious professional viewpoints.
Mrs. Williams obtained her sec
ondary education In Iowa schools
and later went to the Iowa State
University. In 1898 she was mar
ried to T. F. A. Williams after
which she entered the University
of Nebraska. On completing four
years of undergraduate work in
1902 she received her bachelor's de
gree with Phi Beta Kappa honors.
Gets Degree In 1909
In 1909 she received Tier master'a
riADTpe and in 1915 wrote her doc
tor's thesis on the subject, "A So
cial Study of the Kussian uerman.
She made an extensive social stud?
of the Russian Germans in and
around Lincoln as well as carrying
har investigations into other parts
M of the United States. On social and
economic questions Mrs. Williams
Is considered an authority and has
attained prominence as a speaker
and author along those lines.
Attendance at the meetings of
this series has broken all previous
records. Tickets for the World
(..HtiniKxi on rnc a.
AG COLLEGE BOARDS
SCHEDULE JOINT MEET
Robin Spence Is Master of
Ceremonies at Two
Group Affair
Tho 1H"Q Farmers Fair board
will hold a joint Farmers Fair-Col.
Aprl Fun convention at 7:15 Thurs
day night In the Ag hall auditor
ium.
Robin Spence. manager of the
1929 fair will be master of cere
mnnlAB Pnhert Dahlelson. chair
man of the Col Apr! Fun committee
will give a short talk concerning
the fun night and present a few
numbers from the program.
Snence and Professor H. J
Gramllch will give brief talks on
tho general aspects of this year's
fair and the preparation necessary
for the event. The Junior fair
board will add to the program with
a ten minute skit followed by com
mittee reports from the following
chairman: Powell, ClHrke, Janike,
Benchell, Elliott. Dorothy Norrls,
Halls! rom and Bob Danielson.
Huge Staff of Musicians Is Required
For Proper Presentation of 'FausV
The Chicago Civic Opera com
pany, which will give Faust at the
University coliseum, Thttrs day,
March 21, brings to Lincoln a mu
sical staff numbering, exclusive of
artists, over 100 people. Few peo
ple attending a performance of
grand opera realize the tremendous
importance of the conductor, his
assistants, the prompter, and or
chestra, for a successful presenta
tion of an opera.
The conductor is absolute mon
arch of all that he sees when he
takes up his batch at the begin
ning of an opera. Like the work
of a military strategist, which must
be done weeks In advance, before
a battle begins, the perfection of
an opera performance must be as
sured before the curtain rises.
This means complete coordina
tion between the orchestra playing
the score, the artists singing it,
the property men shifting scenes
and the electricians using the
proper lighting.
The long hours of rehearsals for
the orchestra do not nearly com
plete tbe task that the conductor is
called upon to perform. His re
sponsibility is greater than thivt of
any other person engaged In. he
performance.
INNOCENTS PLAN
ENTERTAINMENT
FOR HIGH TEAMS
Program Is Arranged for
124 Cage Squads at
State Tourney
TWO EVENTS SCHEDULED
Theater Party and Track
Meet Are Booked to
Amuse Visitors
Attendants of the niiieiei-ni li an
nual Nebraska hleh srhool basket
ball tournament, scheduled for
March 7. 8 and 9 at the university
coliseum, will be entertained, Fri
day and Saturday, by the Innocents
koclty. senior men's lionorar.
when members of the 114 teams
participating la the three !sy -ileh
of games, gather in the sta
dium snd the Lincoln theater for
an acquaintance with Nebratka's
athletics and her aihletic program.
A program for Friday afternoon
and Saturday morning, when tour
nament play is not on. has been
arranged by the members of the
society to complete the schedule of
events and entertain the several
hundred prep school athletes in at
tendance. Friday afternoon. Coach Henry
F. Schulte's varsity track men will
compete on the stadium indoor
track with an exhibition for the
high school students who will be
on hand for the three clays play.
The program will include all sched
uled indoor events and will be
staged as a regufar track meet.
The Saturday morning program
rails for a sneciailv arranced show
at the Lincoln theater at which
time motion pictures will be sh&wn
of the 1918 Freshmen convocation,
last year's tournament pictures, all
football pictures taken last season
Cnntlmfd nn Tag .H.
KOSMET ASSISTANTS
John Trout Picks Six Staffs
To Arrange for Spring
Show Production
Announcement of the complete
staff for the 1929 Kosmet Kluh
(ipring production, "Don't 13e Silly,"
was made last night by John Trout,
show manager. Six staffs were an
nounced by Trout to assist in build
ing the spring show for Its Lin
coln performances and road trip.
Rehearsals lor the society chorus,
pony chorus, and the principal
roles have been held during the
last. week. As the principal roles
have been cast, rehearsals have
been more of a productive nature,
leelared Lowell Miller, director of
l lie show. Eighteen men still re
main in the pony chorus with a
final choice of ten yet to be mtidc.
Music Is Ready
Music for "Don't Re Silly" has
been finished and will be submitted
to the principals and choruses
sometime this week for rehearsal.
Austin Sturtevanl, biiblness man
ager, left for Denver hist week in
an effort to book several western
towns for the Kosmet Kltib trip.
The staffs as announced b Mr.
Trout, are as follows:
Scenery': meeting every Thurs
day at 5 o'clock: Dean Hokansoii,
Frank C. Mockler. Richard Fitz
gerald, Harrie Shearer.
CoRtume: Leroy .lack.
Properties: meeting on Tuesdays
from 2 to 3 o'clock, on Monday and
Wednesday from 3 to 4 o'clock;
Clark Swnnson, George Mickel.
General Dustiness: meeting every
clay from 3 to A o'clock; Leroy
.Tack, Edwin lOdmonds, Stanley
Day, Clark Swanson.
Advertising; meeting on Thurs
days at 5 o'clock; Robert Klnkead,
RoRbert Young.
Production: meleing every day at
K o'clock; Carl Hahn. Ben Cowderv,
Roger Robinson, Vincent Daniels,
Max Miller.
Assisting the conduclor, but.
placed so that the audience has no
knowledge of their presence, for
they are behind the scenes, are
from, two to six assistant conduc
tors. They are llasion men, and
responsible for the precision of
what goes on behind scenes.
The 'conductor stations them :t
various points on the stage, each
equipped with a score of the C-era
synchronized to the fraction of a
note with his own score. It is the
business of these men to see that
precision is maintained. Their
schedule of operation is aa exact
ing as that of a train dispatcher. A
moment's real tat Ion, a single mis
take, could easily ruin a perform
ance costing thousands of dollars.
Chances like this are not taken in
a first-clans opera company, and as
the modern science of opera leaves
nothing to guesswork, hence the
importance of the assistant con
ductor. Aside from their work during a
performance, the life of an assist
ant conductor is a busy one. There
la the great library of operatic
scores to be kept In condition.
There are piano rehearsals for art
ists, chorus and ballet, and, in ad-
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