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I HE AILY BRASKAN Official Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL XXIV NO. 3- LINCOLN. NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, SLITLMRER 22. 1920. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NE NNOCENTSMAK E F ROSHI NITIATION III THURSDAY Senior Group Sets Program For 11 O'clock; Clas Work Postponed. BAND TO LEAD PARADE alls Will Acquaint New Students With Spirit Of Cornhuskers. K?limn Initiation sponsored Tv th Innocents society, will b feld in thi University coliseum Thursday morning. Sept. 28 at 11 f clock. All freshmen will be used from 11 o'clock rliswi to attend Speeches by Chancellor K A. Burnett. Dr. T. J. Thompson. iean of student affair, and Miti ,iAmanda Heppner. dean of women. mill be feature! or me initiator' ! j-rofrram t 4 Publications Staff Positions ttpen for More .l'iiVnfioni Five o'clock Wednesday, Stpt. 74. hat been set a th final deadline lor all application for th offices of buinM manager Of th Awgwan, unlvaraity hu mor publication, and assistant buln( manager of Th Only Nebratkan. Application may b wittered until hi tim in th acheol of Journalism offle. University ball 104. Necessity for th call for ap plication for thei two office wa cauted by th fact thit John Llndbock, newly ap pointed butlne manager of th Awgwan, did not return to school thl fall and Nathan S. Levy resigned from hi pott of altant business managtr of th Nebratkan. Application blank are available In th jour nalim office. IUNIVERSITY ADDS ! FIFTY FOUR NEW I STAFF MEMBERS Burnett Announces Names Of Newcomers After Regents Confer 'T Hall Is Sixty Years Old Monday; Structure Much Altered Since 1S6S Bran Band Imported from Omaha for Cornet-atone Laying; Dance Latting to Foot In Morning; Held. (By MARGARET TINLKV) University hall will eelebrat It sixtieth birthday Monday. On 8ept. 22. 169. th corner aton n laid for tbla. th flrt build ing of th University of Nebratka. No formal birthday exercises are t A tA sSl4 lAmAMUi Ki it Ika i TWO MADE PROFESSORS buying been given a coat of paint throughout the Irtld thl I Others of the unlveraUy staff ho will be present at the Initia on are Coach Henry T. "Indian" Krhu!te. Dr. O. K. Condra, father f Nebraska tradition, who will minister th Comhusker oath to he new students. Coach Dana X. 'b'e. and George Farley, captain f the 1929 Comhusker football am Memoers or Mortar Hoard. nicr women's honorary organize on, will also be present. Purpose of th Initiation, accord- "g to Eldred Larson, president of i Continued on Pag A. MR BAND ADMITS Grade Ratings of Campus Groups Made Public; M?ny Upsets. WOMEN SURPASS MEN Twenty-Eight Substitutions Approved at Advisory Board Meetings The names of fifty-four new member of th Instructional staff of the University of Nebraska for the commit achool year were an nounced Saturday ' by Chancellor K. A. Burnett following a meeting of th board of regents of th In stitution. Borne or those an aummer. A bras band was Imported from Omaha for th laying of th cornerton and ther were merry niBKing at a Banquet and dance. According to a history of th event by Professor Caldwell, th exercises were In charg of the Masonic order. Tradition baa It that th dance lasted from 10 p. m. to 4 a. m. "U." hall baa gone through many cnange since It wta com nounced wer confirmed at the P"5f.d ?n J,n- mi- nl opened to the twenty atudenta of th unl veraity In September of th same year. It was then a four atory huick Lists Appointments; Says Some May Be Omitted Later Twenty-eight new members have en appointed to the university O. T. C. band, it was announced Saturday by Prof. W. T. Quick, dt- ctor or the organisation, who onducted tryouts last week for all 'udent musicians wishing to ea r the band. "Thee appointments are tents 'e ' stated Mr. Quick, "and are ubiect ot the approval of the mili ary department. Due to the fact hat the band's membership la lim- ed to 80, and that more veterans ban are expected back may return his year, some of the appoint ments may, of necessity, be can elled. "If. however, a few more cadet miKiclans are needed, further ap- 'nAintmanli nll h ma4 1 t r " Owing to the limited membership of the R. O. T. C. band, much good material was turned down this 'ear. Director Quick said. He " J'.J (7VJ Lliab BUVUUC W oncert band work may aee him In bis office at Morrill hall in regard to obtaining entrance in the fine arts band, which la also under Mr. Quick's direction. Fifty-three ot last year a K. O. '. C. band members answered roll all at the first meeting of the year ist week. The bandsmen will start tilling next Tueaday In prepara- lon for the football season. The new member and their home towns: Tmtrpfii: Wnlrr Huenefld. Aurora: H. is Rrr,cer, Lincoln: William Crn. Cen- ( Continued on Page 6.) Relative acholastlc rating of undergraduate group for the aec end semester of last year wer an nounced yesterday by T. J. Thomp' son. dean of student affairs. Rank lngs of professional and aoclal fra ternltles, literary societies and women's dormitories are Included In the tabulations Sigma Delta Tail led the social sororities, taking the position held in rirsi semester by Alpha Chi Omega, with Alpha Delta Theta second. Zeta Beta Tau took first place among social fraternities with Acacia second. Sigma Alpha mu held first rank the first se mester and Beta Theta PI second Sigma Delta Chi. professional Journalistic fraternity, retained Its first place among professional fra ternltles, with Delta Sigma ri sec ond. Delian, Pauadian and Union retained their same order. Phi Upsllon OnJoron led professional sororities, having the highest aver age graae point or an unaergraau ate groups. The dormitory at 410 North Thlrtenth street took the first place among dormitories, held the first semester by 1232 R street. which placed second. In the general classifications, all sorority women retained first, with all women second, and non-sorority women third, the same order as that of the first semester. Among men, however, the rank was changed, with non-fraternity men leading, all men second, and fra ternity men lowest. A.F. Regents Accept Resignation From Department of Surgery Head. U'POINTMENTS IN R. O. T. C. MADE IN ABOUT,. 2 WEEKS Appointments of commissions in i he department of military science for the R. O. T. C. "inlt at the Unl v;rstty of Nebraska will not be made for two weeks, Lieut. Col. F. P. Jewett said Saturday. This is due largely to the fact a hat students takine- advanced drill are still changing their regis tration. Others who did register Jfor the advanced course are not returning to school. So that no ad ditions or changea In appointments will be necessary. Colonel Jewett is deferring announcing the com missions, he said. Registration Falls 32 Below Record for h'irnt of Last Term Total registration at the uni versity for the first semester of the 1929-30 term, according to the registrar's office, reached 5,442 Thursday night, 32 atu rts shcrt of the record made for the flrat semester of the 1928-29 term. Thursday, not regularly scheduled as a registration day for new stu dents, netted 794 atudenta pay ing fees, at aaainct 630 for the third day of registration laat year. While tha enrollment for the first semester this year has fallen short by thirty-two atu oent from the enrollment fig ure set last year, additional VeQistrationt in n-lH ta Bring the total enrollment fig urea for this year above that of last year. Graduate tturtont registration, lata aturionta and few stragglers remaining from ie rusn of this week will net mre than th 5,442 reglstranta of Thursday night. Colleg of medicine and achool of nursina enrollment arc tint InrluoVrf In the figure that hav been released. Dr.. August Frederick Jonas. chairman of the department of surgery of the University of Ne braska at the college of medicine in Omaha, was retired from active service, at his own request, at the meeting of the board of regents held Saturday morning at the uni versity, according to an announce ment made by Chancellor E. A. Burnett. Dr. Jonas, who has been on a leave of absence, waa given the title of professor emeritus of surgery. Dr. B. B. Davis, who has been acting chairman of the de partment for the past year, was named chairman of the depart ment in place of Dr. Jonas. Dr. Jonas has been active In the development of the college of medicine for many years, serving as professor of surgery with the college since 1892. He received his medical education in Chicago, Munich, Vienna, Berlin, and Paris, and has 'been engaged in the prac tice of medicine since 1877. He has also served as surgeon to the Ne braska Methodist and Douglas county hospitals at Omaha; chief surgeon of the Union Pacific sys tern; division surgeon or tne C. & N. W.: and assistant surgeon of the C, St. P. M. & O. railway He is a member of various medi cal and surgical societies. Regents' Resolution. Following is the resolution passed by the bo-rd of regents of the university In appreciation of the services of Dr. Jonas. "Whereas, the board of regents regrets that continued indlsposi tion has caused Dr. August Fred erick Jonaa to feel that he must be relieved of all active duties In connection with the college of medicine of the University of Ne braska; and '"Whereas, the regents recognize not only his long aad valued serv ices to the college of mediciss as teacher and clinician, but also his wise l counsel la making mora ef fectfv th efforts of th university toward the Improvement of health conditions for the people of the state of Nebraska; therefore "Resolved, that th request of Dr. August Frederick Jonaa be grarted and that he be given the title of professor emeritu In the department of surgery of the col lege of medicine." i THURSDAY StT FOR GREEN CAP DEADLINE Freshmen Men Must Buy a a . . a a a uass rieaagear by Initiation Day. Saturday meeting of th board and others had been confirmed at pre vious meetings. Dr. C. S. Hamilton, professor of I cueniisiry, ana ur. -i. u. birong. proressor or antnropoiogy, were the two newcomer given the rank of full professor. Four more were given th rank of assistant profes sors, twenty-seven wer named in structors, sixteen were named as sistant Instructors, snd five re ceived other titles. Ther were no associate professors named. Dr. C. S. Hamilton waa formerly associated with the University of iveoraaka chemistry department university where be was associate UlKLb TO BUY BUTTONS proressor or chemistry. Pr. Strong, who takes the nlace of rr Mutton Freshman Initiation next Thurs Webster who is on an extended d''- SePl- 28- h" et aa th leave of sbsence. comes from Chi- deadl,ne for freshmen not yet cago. where he was assistant cura- green caps to purchase tor at the Field museum. sucn ornamental neaogeer. accord Following is the complete list of ms w Glared -Bub" Larson, ores! new members of the Instructional ant or the Innocents society starr. their title, and the name of wmcn sponsored the sale of the the person whom they replace: caps. All freshmen should be Agricultural botany T. L. I wearing the cars bv this time Steiger. Instructor In place of Carl however, stated Larson, since they rtosenquisi on leave. wer piacea on sale during reg' Applied mecnanics Cj. nam- uirauon, ine rirst or tne week. men, assistant inairucior in to-1 r ranman gins Will S1SO Wear glneering drawing; E. J. Marmo, green buttons this year as they assistant Instructor in engineering hav in the past, according to v. An drawing. Schrick, vice president of Mortar Botany Arthur E. Hoich, in- Board society which anonanr tha Birucior vivo .vt iiiiora e crantf. I wearing ot th button bV flTsh Chemistry Mary Louis Morl, I rnaa rirla. imifr.rmi .k. r instructor vice a. oren; jobb i. id Tassels, girls pen orranlaatlon building with a tower surroun11 by a bug fence A picture of It labeled 'Th University of Ne braska" I shown oa a map of Lincoln a It wa in 18T2 whlcn la In th basement of th city norary. Originally In building roat 1140,000. It was built to what waa supposed to b Franco-Ital ian" styl of architecture. Th whit ton trimming of th old red brick building I natlv sand stone. Even In 1871. Its first year of txlstenc. there waa quit a bit of discussion aa to t!. safety of the building. In 1877 th board or regent deeded to do away with th building but later reconsidered and It waa only repaired. Th foundation waa changed, th north wing remodeled, and th super structure reinforced with steel anchors to keep th wall In place. it was in iv ia teat in tower and three top stories wer re moved and th lower floor a Ion remains to celebrat Ita sixtieth anniversary now. Tbla waa left in order to provld needed class room and office apace. Whan th old building does hav to b torn down th university plans to erect a memorial on th spot DEATH COMES TO ENG6ERG AFTER SH0RTILLNES5 Former Executive Dean Has Suffered III Health for Three Years. Drm Enp1rrg I)if URGED TO LEAVE WORK He Will Be Greatly Missed! In University Life,' Says Burnett. Funeral of Or. Carl C. Enabera will b held at th Vine Congrega tional church, In charg of th Rv. Ervln Ingti. Burial I to be at Exeter, Neb N I NEAR THOUSAND STUDENTS WEAR GREEK BUTTONS Fraternities Get 606 Men And Sororities Take 354 Women. Dr. Carl C. Engberg. who has been connected with the Univer sity of Nebrsska for th past thirty-seven years, died la his Meiler, instructor vie H. M. Har- sbaw; C. S. Hamilton, professor. will be present at freshman initia tion Thuradav moratns- an1 fa-Mi Classics-Jamaa W . Pugsley. in- 1v. freshman girls green ud structor vice Mr. Reinmuth and white cards that may bl redeemed Mlas Ogden, Dairy husbandry Crawford W. Nibler, Instructor vice E. N. Hansen. Electrical engineering Lloyd A. Bingham, instructor vice R. A. ror outtons at Rudge and Guen' eel's. The Tassels will also present copies or ine ivenraaka girl's creed to the new women atudents. Mem bers of the Tassels will be ata- Elementary and rural education n. .,..!?" "Lorl Ethel Mitsaimmons. Instruc- fte"'.t dy "d tor vice Iola Garrison. - , Ll. I.Drton"; English-Ray W. Frants. In- """uuo ,w" " " structor; Clark Edward Boyd. In- '..:"' , ume structor vice ConsUnce Syford. , S'iliM'81" effort Farm operator's coursei-Harold ?Jfn.m8di t0 r V rwthit .m.rvlonr- ' fharltta " lUOUSana OUUOUS E. Brunlg, 'instructor in English. K!-1TS "S'T4 "d 06 d1,8 n .-.fc..ii- u eiTi.... trlbuted by Rudge and Guenzel'a instructor vice Esther S. Anderson 1' . ,1 ; i f J on leave. bershlp of forty-five girls will help Germanic languages Elizabeth wearing or ine miuons. Wlttmann, instructor: John Hilt- conunenimg on in wearing ner. assistant Instructor. t. rreen caps' JLr80B "Uted Hixtnrvnh.rloa t.lnrlv aa- MM it WBS HOI meant. tO M Pen- sistant instructor. lv DUC wner a tradition aung Home economics May Orlesta oacK. many y. FTeahmea Mackintosh, instructor of foods. nouia oe proua to wear . their vice Mrs. Marjorie Hlller; Louise Leaton, instructor vice Ruby Simpson. Law Lester B. orfieid, assist ant professor vice Sheldon Tefft caps, he stated. The Olympics have been abol ished this year but freshmen will probably continue to wear their caps until Thaskagiving. Tha Mechanical enslneerina: Irwin Olympics, formerly an annual con- Merle Hember, assistant instruc- flict between freshmen and sopho- tor. Medicine Herbert H. Davis, in structor in anatomy, vice R. R. Best; Maine C. Anderson, instruc tor in physiology and Pharmacol- (Continued on Page S.) Miriam Wagner Returns After Study in Denmark Miriam Warner, instructor in the department of physical educa tion for women at the University of Nebraska, attended a six weeks i course at Ollerup, Denmark. She worked under Niels rfuKB, known as one of the "three kings of Denmark," and distinguished for his work in gymnastics. MANY STUDENTS fWATVCF SOIF.nill F. ... . . : Scholastic ranking of university SAI3 KLuIo 1 II All fraternities, sororities, both social ana professional, literary societies A great many students changed and dormitories for the second semester ivio-m iouow: Rack Nm Avera. Orada Point! Oeneral ClawiflcatloBt All aororlty 2.74 All women 2 87 Notuoronty 2.607 All atwlrat 3 310 Nonfratmttty 2.106 mores occuring about a week be fore Thanksgiving, hav always here-to-fore determined how long freshmen should wear their caps. NEBRASKA GRADUATE . RETURNS TO TEACH Clarice McDonald of Sioux City, la., and graduate of th University of Nebraska in the class of '29. has returned as av faculty adviser of intramural sports for women: Miss Mary Olesen of Northfleld, Minn., who was the adviser last year married early In the summer. BOOKLET ON SPORTS All Girls Urged to Take Part in Intramural Sports Program. A new booklet on girl's sports has been issued this year by the Women's Athletic association. It la printed in an attractive form, and may be obtained at the gym nasium free of charge. Instruction on how to enter sports is given. Every university woman is eligible to enter any of the Intramural tournaments of w. A. A. This... may be . done through an Intramural represents tivo, or by heading irt the nam to tne intramural wire, room 200 in the women's gymnasium. From novice to expert, freshman to senior, all are included in the In tramural sports program. The sports calendar for this year mora xteniiva than u ever has been before, la the -fail, from September to December, spe3ball, tennis, hiking, Nebraska ball, rifle marksmanship, hockey and horse back riding will be offered. Bowl lng, basketball, Indoor golf, and dancing will take place during the winter months. Events in base ball, deck tennis, golf, archery, swimming, and dancing will be held from March to June. A short description of each sport is given m the sports booklet. Names of the W. A. A. officers, and members of. the intramural council, which is comprised of rep resentatives of sorority houses and dormitories, are Included. The sport board for this, year is also included. The new W. A. A. point system may be found at the back of the book. A Nebraska "N" may be won through the earning of these points. Intramural of W. A. A. extend an invitation to every woman on the campus, and especially to the new freshman, according to the faculty advisers. Miss Mabel Lee. Miss Miriam Wagner and Miss Clarice McDonald. Margaret Ward was editor of th booklet, assisted by Virginia Faulkner, associate editor; Mar garet . Day, ' business manager; Mail Havlicek, art: and Miss Mary Olesen, faculty adviser. Th regents of th University of Nebraska In evien 8ttur day hav learned with deep re gret of the passing of Dean Engberg, and wish to express to bis family their appreelstl't of th solendld services for th university during the many years and his lnf'"nc a a dynamic ferce in university llf. home at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon. He had been ill for about ten days and alnre Sunday his condition waa considered critical. Since 1926. the year In which he was relieved of his duties aa executive dean in the university and given an extended trip, Dr. Engberg had been in ill health Physicians are reported to have advised him to give up his work in the university several times. Long Nebraska Service. Dr. Engberg sr-ed as professor of applied mathematics during in past year. He cam to the univer sity in 1892 and three years later received his B. 5. degree. Follow ing his graduation he was given an assistantship in the department of mathematics. In 189? he waa given his master's degre and two years later received nis rn. v. at- jra."V PHILLIPS PETROLEUM Cowrtnv ot Xfi Linrom Journal DR. CARL C. ENGBERG. University instructor in applied mechanics, chairman of th publi cation board and former executive den who died at his home Satur day afternoon Death resulted from heart trouble. BARB COUNCIL PUTS OFF VARSITY PARTY Clerical Error Causes Mix Up; Coliseum Engaged On Parly Date PARTY IS FIRST OF SIX Twenty-Two Letter Men Attend Gala Opening Of Oil Concern uppet Shows Entertain Inmates of Hospital Puppet shows, part of a model county fair display made at teachers' colleg during summer school ,are entertaining children at the Orthopedic hospital. The snows wer a portion or model county fair, an con structed in miniature. Included in the fair scene were "hot dog stands, school exhibits, agricul tural displays and the puppet show. The miniature fair was constructed as on of the projects in the kindergarten-primary dis play at the teachers' college. Undergraduate Scholastic Ratings For Last Semester Are Announced their registration Friday. .nd Sat urday morning, according to re ports from the office of the regis trar. To change registration . a atudent must get a drop ' and add slip from the registrar. All the changes must be approved by the student's adviser and the dean of his college. A one dollar fee is assessed on every change in registration. Stu dents may drop any course dur ing the month of September and get a refund for the full amount of the course except for the one dollar drop slip. Refunds for the courses dropped later than Sept 30 will be proportionately iesa. University Students Take 867 Hours by Extension A fatal of 867 hours of univer sity extension work was taken by students wbo graduated in 1928-29, a report from the extension de partment shows. This averages about four and one-half hours fori each of th 192 students who re ceived degrees. i All man All rraUrnlty Literary BocteMn Plian . Ptllaaiaa Uotoo . . . .2.030 .1.8 JO ..3.721 - rrofmlowal Fralarafttea I Slfma Dlta CM......... S3S I pelt Slfma Fl farm nnu 4 D'.ta Thta Phi B Phi Dlta Phi 8 Alpha Xapp Pal T E:(mt Oanuna EpalkMl.... 5 Pal Alpha Dtlt ju ri rni 16 p:v ta Sirma Dtlta 11 Kappa P 12 Omtca Beta Pi - U Alpha Chi Sigma 14 -Alpha Oamma JUm Social PtateniltMo 1 Cta Bat. Tau f Aeaeta S I Surma Nu 4 B:cim Alpha Mu S Phi Gamma D!ta.. . D!ta S'tmt Lambda. T Bia Th'a Pi....... S Dtl'S 1'rxiKm Alpha Tlteta Chi 10 Tu Kappa Epaltan.. 11 Pht Kappa Pal Vt Theta XI S21 . ... S4 ...I 62T ...2 1 r.liti .. .2 213 ...J.l5 ...f.lMl ...il5 ...2 0M ...1 88T ...LTU . . .2 .504 ...3.2T .. 312 ...2 Jit ...2 210 ... 1S ... 0117 ... 0 ... 04T ... 041 ...2.0.13 ...l.tHS 13 Lambda Chi Alpha 1 W2 14 Alpha Tau Omeia... .'..1.897 15 Sturna Chi l. 1 Phi Kappa 1.832 17 Phi Delia Theta 1.784 IS Slirma Alpha Epailon 1.TT4 1 Delta Chi 1.773 20 Alpha Sigma Phi... 1.744 21 Delta Tau Delia 1.S84 22 Kappa Sigma 1.669 23 Th'la Chi l.6 24 Slirma Phi Epellon 1.433 25 Delta Sigma Phi..... 1 625 26 PI Kappa Alpha 1 5S3 27 PI Kappa Phi .1.471 28 Phi Sigma Kappa... 1.402 it Sigma Phi Sigma.... 1 210 ' SJadal Sororltlet 1 Sigma Delta Tao 2.986 i Alpha Delta Theta.. , S 3 73 S Kappa Kappa Gamma S Gamma Pht Beta. J Delta Gamma Pi P-ta Phi , , 9 Alpha XI Delta , it Phi Omega PI , 11 V'iha Omleron PI 12 Delta p-lta Delta.-.. 13 A'pha P!u , 14 Delta Zeta 15 Chi Omega 1 Zeta Tau Alpha...'.........:, 17 Kappa Delia IS Slrma KaAca 1 Alpha Delia l 20 Alpha Chi Omega 21 Theta Phi Alpha...!. ' rSvfeaaietial Sjararltlea Phi Uptilon Omleron PM CW Theta...; ....i. .. Kappa Epallon VTarnea' Oarmltarlet 1.410 No 13th St. ......... . 1231 R St S. 41.' No. 13th St. 4. 1220 K St. v.. . S: Oiaema ... 81 .. .2.883 ...2 82 ...1840 ... 834 ... 813 ... T78 ...761 .1.2 743 ... 718 .. . MB ...2.674 .. . 61 ... 658 ...'. 840 . .. 616 ...2.642 ...2.254 ...302 . ..2 870 .. .1.241 .. 000 .. .2 986 .. .2 822 ...72 .,. A football banquet last, night, started the proverbial ball rolling In the gala and novel program be ing staged by the Phillips Petrol eum company in honor of the opening of fifteen oil stations which were purchssed from the Stste Oil company of Lincoln. Twenty-two Comhusker letter men were the guests of the new oil chain at a banquet at the Com husker hotel from 6:30 until 9:30 Friday night. The new company was on the air at KFAB from 9:00 until 9:30. Captain Farley gave a talk after which he introduced the other letter men. This morning the fifteen stations were opened in complete football lineup. The fullback station at 15th and N streets, has Capt. George Farley entertaining the customers. Clair Sloan and Wally Marrow are at halfback station at 27th and South. Red Young has a halfback station at 11th and South while Claude Rowley is stationed at the other halfback station at 33rd and A streets. "Dutch" Witte, Harold Peaker and Bob Russell are stationed at the quarterback station at 13th and F. The end stations at 17th and P, 33rd and Holdredge, and at 22nd and O streets, are honored by Steve Hokuf, Clifford Morgan, Frank Prucka, Adolph Lewandow ski and Charles Basbee, respec tively. Marion Broadstone and Ray Richards have the tackle station at 11th and B streets. The guard station at 68th and O boasts of "Dutch" Koster and Ralph Jeffer- tes, while the other guard station at 3rd and P has George Ray and Elmer Grenberg. Felber Maasdam Is at the center station at loth and N while Morris Fisher has the fourth end station at 16th and G streets. Lou Wilke, the special Lincoln representative of the Phillips Pe troleum company was head bas ketball and football coach at Phil lips University of Enid, Okl. After having looked over the Scarlet and Cream footballers he believes that Nebraska has very good prospects for a banner year. He is an ar dent admirer of Coach Dana Bible, wbo, he says, is respected very highly in the East Postponement of the first all university party from Sept. 28 to Oct. 6 baa been announced by Mr edith Nelson, chairman of the Barb council. This action was ne cesssry following a clerical error, aa the result of which the coliseum waa engaged by the American Le gion for the night of Sept. 28. The affair on Oct. 5 will be the first of a series of six university parties to occur throughout the year, according to the official cal endar. These will be sponsored by the Barb council. Committee members for the first party, appointed by the chairman of the council, are as follows: Alan Williams, finances; Violet Lee, program; Grayce Pechous, or chestra; Esther Boyer. Leona Lewis, refreshments; Ernst Klin- ger and Msrie Broad, decorations; Ruth Hatfield, chaperons and re ception; Ford Peterson. Delphra Nash and Ruth Hather,ubl)city; Oltn Reichenbach, door; Lee Clark, check stand. . AG PEOPLE MAKE INSPECTION TRIP DURING SUMMER SOME LISTS ARE LONG Twenty-Nine Go Alpha Sig; Kappas Pledge Group of Twenty-Seven. Approximately wo studo nearly one-third cf the freshman class of the university, tody art wearing pledge buttons cf some Greek-le'.ter organization on th campus. Of this cumber 606 are men and 3d women. The number pledged is about the same as the last two or three years. Lists of pledges which appear cn inside pages of The Nebraskan to day wer aiihTrmted by rh pf th-thirty-eight fraternities and twen ty-one sororities connected wih the university. Lesdtng the fraternities In num ber of pledges is Alpha Sigma Fhi with twenty-nine. Second is Si js Phi Epsilon with twenty-five Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Tau Kappa Epsilon and Kappa Sigma hold third with twenty-four rren each. Yith only five pledges, Sigma Pbi Sigma is at the bottom of the fra ternities in cumber of cew mo second from the lowest is Omega Beta PI with six. In the sororities Kappa Karrs Gamma with twenty-seven pledge, leads Pi Beta Phi and Chi Omega which have twenty-six each. Alpha Phi is next with twenty-three and Delta Gamma follows with twtntv two. Ksppa Alpha Theta aid Alpha Chi Omega each pledged twenty-one girls. Low In the so rority pledging wer Sigma Kappa and Zeta Tau Alpha which hid seven each. Sigma Delta Tau and Theta Phi Alpha were next .with ten. Lists of pledges of fraternities were officially approved and re corded in the office of Dean T. J Thompson Saturday afternoon. Pledges of sororities, however, are unorftelej; surd hav not yet be checked by the Panhellenlc association. Fourteen students of the college of agriculture leaving Lincoln on Monday, July 29, made a two weeks' Inspection trip through the western part of the state. The group was under the supervision of Dr. F. D. Keim, professor of agronomy. The object of the trip was to make a study of the soil and crop conditions. The route of the party included the towns of Aurora, Kearney, Lexington, North Platte, Ogallala, Chappell, Sidney, Kimball, f-cotts-bluff, Allisnce. Chadron, Valen tine, Norfolk and West Point. The group visited the university ex periment station at North Platte and the experiment farm, irriga tion project and sugar factories at Scottsbluff. Two days were spent at Sylvan Lake iu the Black Hills. The group was accompanied by Prof. V. H. Brokaw, of the agri cultural extension service, Elton Lux, assistant editor, and Miss Norris, state seed analyst. The party returned to Lincoln Aug. 9. E HISTORIC PHOTOPLAYS Extension Division History Credits Picture Course. Gives in Delta Sigma Pi Officer Visits Nebraska Chapter H. G. Wright, national secretary of Delta. Sigma Pi. visited the local chapter Friday. He met with the member of the chapter &ud dis cussed plans for the comisg year and outlined a rushing program. The tour waa the first of severs: which Mr. Wright will make this year inspecting the various local organizations of Delta Sigma PL He will award a scholarship to the chapter at Denver university next week. Bernarr Wilson is president of therjebraska chapter. . . The university extension division is distributing Yale university's Chronicles of America Photo plays this year to high schools, civic and patriotic organizations, and will also show them for the university students during the winter. These films are adapted from the Chronicles of America, a his tory of fifty volumes, distributed by Vale university. They are still in the process of "making and will total thirty-three films when com pleted. At the present time fifteen topics are being shown. They cover the most Important and interest ing incidents In American history from before the Revolutionary war to the Civil war. They have been proclaimed by many authorities on the subject to be one of the best methods of visual teaching of his tory. University credit for one, two or three hours, has been arranged through the extension division for those who desire extra history credit Attendance at the different pictures, some reference work and taking appropriate examinations grants credit, provided registration is made at the office of the exten sion division. These films will be shown in So cial Sciences auditorium every other week on Monday at 7:30 o'clock beginning Sept. 30. The following fifteen episodes will be represented in films: Columbus. Sept. 30; Jamestown, (Continued on Page 3.) APPEAR IN NEW GARB Fresh Paint Brightens up Halls;. New Power Plant Started. During the summer all. univer sity buildings have undergone a thorough painting and cleaning. At the agriculture college th greenhouses have been moved to a new site on the northeast corr.i of the campus. The change was made at thir. time on account cf damage donr by a hail storm. The greenhouses would have had to be moved soon on account of being on the site oi the proposed home economic? building and this seemed to be th' most economical time to movr them. At the downtown campus work has been started on the new powei plant. It is expected to be ready for use some time in April or May The basement of Morrill hall has also been remodeled at a cost of about $9,000. This was done in or der to prepare a better place foi the Pershing exhibits. A new walk has also been added on the eouth and west sides of th campus. FRED CRUTZ VISITS PHARIVUCY COLLEGL Fred Crutz of Wauea, Nebraska member of the state board of pharmacy examiners and graduate of the University oi jvenraaKa, wa.' a visitor in Dr. R. A. Lyman's of flee Wednesday. Crutz waa a phar macist in base hospital 49 1 France during the war. This o' ganization was recruited cf entir ly Nebraska men. Daily Nebraskan Starts Campus Society CoIuhk Beginning next Tuesday so running semi-weekly thereaftr The Daily Nebraskan will run column on campus social events. 1 will be in charge of Mary L. Nicl ols. campus editor. This new department of The Nebraskan will appear on Tues days and Fridays will seek t-. give brief but interesting account: of downtown fraternity and eoror ity functions, barb parties and spe cial events in calendars of non social, religious and literary or ganizations. Agriculture College Receives 'Poor Perm' The college of agriculture has been given a "poor farm." The commissioners of Box Butte County have turned over the site of the abandoned county farm to the college. The atate legislature appropriated $10, D00 last year for the purpose of estsb;shlT an experimental substation there. "