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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL XXIX NO. 91.
PLAYERS SELECT
MR.' FORM
NEVJPRODUCTION
Futuristic Drama by Karcl
Kapel Will Open on
February 28.
IS CZECH PRESENTATION
Plot Deals With Making of
Mechanical Men, Has
Strong Climax.
R. U. R." by Karel Capek haa
been selected by the University
Player aa the next ply which
tbey will present. Tbe opening per
formance will ba riven Friday
evening. February 28.
R. u. R." l a three act melo
drama containing a. epilogue, and
ta oat of the moat unusual playa
ever presented on the American
stage. It la In fact a Ciech play
Imported from Vienna, and deals
with tha antlca of robota or me
chanical men who dwell on an la
land somewhere on our planet. The
time of tbe play la aome few de
cades hence from the present day,
and the play la symbolic of the
nuthor'i Idea of what will happen
if the present mechanical age con.
tlnues.
Mechanical Men.
The island where the action of
the play takes place is the central
office of the factory of Roesuma
Universal Robot. By that time
man bad become so efficient that
he could turn out mechanical men
to do his work. Already, following
a secret formula, millions of these
manufactured workmen, without
souls, desires, or feelings have
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TRAIN
IS
Girl Reserve Heads Will
Receive Instruction
By Miss Olson.
MEETINGSJ3EGIN FEB. 27
A Oirl Reserve leadership train
ing course under the direction of
Miss Violet Ann Olson, city sec
retary of the Girl Reserves, will
begin Thursday, Feb. 27. and will
continue for six meetings. Atten
tion is called to the change or
meeting place as it will not be
possible to conduct the course in
Ellen Smith ball. The basement
of the University Episcopal church
will be used instead.
The leadership training course
under Miss Olson will consist of
a series of six lectures to be held
every Thursday afternoon be
tween 5 and 6 o'clock, starting
Feb 27. In addition, those who
complete the work required before
the certificate is issued, will have
to make at least two observations
of Girl Reserve clubs in Lincoln
as tbey are at work, and will
have to have one personal con
ference with Mrs. Olson. The cer
tificate is issued by the national
board of the Y.W.C. A. For those
who have time and are interested
there will be an opportunity to do
actual work with some of the
Lincoln clubs.
In the course planned for this
spring Miss Olson will combine
lectures, demonstrations and ex
hibits, and require the girls reg
istered in the course to keep a
notebook. A pageant describing
the history of Girl Reserve will
be presented to the class by a
group of Lincoln Girl Reserves,
and if possible a supper hike to
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LEADERSHIP
NG
COURSE
H. T. Decker Enjoys Reputation for
Being Fine Arts School Handy Man,
Writing Is Also Instructor's Hobby
By MARGAEET TINLEY.
Whenever anything mechanical goes wrong in the depart
,cnt of fine arts, there is a eal! for H. T. Decker, instructor
in the theory and history of music because "fixing things is
one of his hobbies.
A door that will not close prop -y
. . - -i i, v,a will not run.
erly
& clocK mai win
. iru that will not turn-in re
pairing these Mr, Decker finds
recreation. To be familiar with
the inside works and workings of
a phonograph, bas often proved
valuable to him ia bis courses.
"According to a test they gave
our class in college," laughed Mr.
Decker "I should have been a
mechanic instead of a musician.
I bave always claimed that here
( was something wrong with the
" tests but still I have always en
joyed tinkering to make things
right aa a pastime."
Enjoys Writing.
Mr. Decker finds play writing,
too, a decidedly interesting way
to spend the hours outside of
school. This Is a comparatively
new hobby with him but since
hia first play was accepted by
the publishers in 1920. Mr. Decker
haa written four more. Unlike
many who wrote for publication
just as a bobby, every one he has
ubmitted bas been accepted.
For the most part they are
written for amateurs to stage
and because ot tnia they merely
Last Indian Student
Uilt Talk at Vesper
Serviee on Tuesday
M. Kamakabrl Rao, an Eatt
Indian student of the Unlver
aity ef Kansas, will apeak at
the Vesper aervice en Tuesday
afternoon at 5 o'clock In Ellen
Smith h-ll. He will detiribe
the customs of Interest to col
lege students. Marguerite Dan
leiten will lead the meeting and
there will be a program of spe
cial music.
OR. W. VON DEWALL
SPEAKS AT LUNCHEON
Pictures German Conditions
At Joint Meeting
Friday Noon.
250 ATTEND FUNCTION
"You can't expect Idealism to
flourish in a nation, which has
had the experiences which Ger
many has had in the last ten
years", declared Dr. Wolf von
Dew all at the Joint meeting of the
university World Forum, the Lin
coln Rotary club, and students
from Wesleyan university, at the
Lincoln chamber of commerce,
Friday noon.
More than 200 peoplo attended
the luncheon. Dr. von Dewall,
who Is touring this country for the
second time In eighteen months,
was a close friend and adviser to
Stresemann. He was brought to
Lincoln under the auspices of the
university Christian associations.
"Dominating Ideals in Germany
Today", was the subject of his
talk at the World Forum luncheon.
Dr. von Dewall stated that the
unemployment situation was very
grave in Germany. During the
winter months two million have
been without work, he said,
"which leaves ten millions without
the means upon which life de
pends." Not Idealistic.
Dr. von Dew all stated that many
In Germany who were millionaires
before the war. are now poor
people, because of the value which
the German securities lost.
"Idealism can grow in a soil
which is richer, it can not be ex
which bas had the disappoint
ments which Germany has had
since the war," he concluded.
"The Germans are not much
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T
Miss Lemon Gives Talk at
Annex Cafe Program
Held Thursday.
A dinner meeting of the Kappa
Dki mKHiot snrnritv. was held
at the Annex cafe, Thursday eve
ning, from 6 to 8 o'clock.
Tk nmo-ram rnnsistiner of talks
x .iv- I' . v e , f
given by prominent members oi
the Home aiissiod, j
Miss Hallie Lemon, the principal
speaker for the evening, who for
twelve years has taught in a girls
boardtng school situated at Aguas
callentes, Mexico.
Miss Lemon's talk was centered
..n.,ri th r-onpral Mexican cus
toms. Other talks were given by
Mrs. E. G. Gallen and Mrs. Victor
West, both officers of the Method
ist Home, Mission in iNeDrasaa.
Devotionals were conducted by In
geberg Nielson.
The evening's program was con
cluded by the presentation of a
Mexican musical number by Dor
othy Maxson. violinist . and Eth
rnirfwpil at the tambourine,
with Mary Ellen Patterson playing
the piano- accompammeui.
,re simpie stage settings and
?. nniv oiicht dramatic tal-
can -
ent These limitations aemanu in
genuity of plot, and developing
it is not the last interesting part
of this hobby.
Short Stories.
Although Mr. Decker bas had
five full length plays published
he himself has never seen any of
them produced. At one time when
he was with the Glee club on a
tour they arrived in Seward the
morning after one of his plays
had been presented.
"I enjoy writing short stories,
too, and watching the characters
as they change. They often seem
to write the story themselves
without consideration for my orig
inal idea at all." Mr. Decker
chuckled.
"Some events, though," be said,
'when I sit down intending to
write for several hours, something
goes wTong with the typewriter
and I start to fix it then before
it is finished the evening is gone.
But I enjoy both my hobbies, if
you would call them that, and cer
tainly believe that everyone should
have some special Interest outside
his usual work."
LINCOLN.
COLLEGE CLUB,
Hahn Perfects Decoration
Plans for Traditional
Formal Party.
CORN COBS HEAD SALES
Three Acts Professional
Vaudeville Engaged
By Committee.
College Club, popular Omaha
dance orchestra, and Ben Gadd's
Collegians will furni.sh the music
for the Junjor-Senior prom, March
7. according to announcement
made last night by George Mlrkil.
member of the prom committee.
This Is the first time that such a
plan has been used for one of the
major university parties during
the last four years.
According to the plan formu
lated by the committee, the tradi
tional party will be held at the
Lincoln hotel, using both the main
ballroom and the Venetian room.
A specially built runway will con
nect the two ballrooma. Presenta
tion of the prom girl will be held
in the main ballroom at a pre
scribed time, to be announced
later.
OeMoss to Entertain.
The Collegians, augmented to
twelve pieces, and Lyle DeMoss as
entertainer and director., will fea
ture a number of arrangements
especially prepared for the prom.
The College Club of Omaha Is
planning novelty numbers to "ini
tiate" Nebraska students In their
new style of dance presentation.
Three acts of vaudeville have
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IVERSITY DE
SLATE TWO CONTESTS
Affirmative Speakers Will
Meet Iowa State on
Disarmament.
University of Nebraska debaters
will meet Iowa State college in
two successive debates this week
on the disarmament question. The
first debate will be held at Platts
mouth, on Tuesday, Feb. 25;
the second at Omaha, Friday,
Feb. 28, before Central high school
students. For both debates the
question is: "Resolved, that the
nations should adopt a plan of
complete disarmament, except
such forces as are needed for po
lice protection."
On Tuesday. Christian Larsen
and Lloyd Pospishil will take the
affirmative side for Nebraska, and
on Friday a third man, Ted Feid
ler, will also support the team on
the affirmative.
The last debate staged by the
Nebraska team took place last
fall when Oxford university of
England met Nebraska on the sub
ject of the superiority of the types
of government used by the two na
tions. At that time the audience
gave the decision to the English.
4-HCllCTf
County Extension Agent
Aid in Transaction
For Chicks.
to
The offer of exchanging one
hundred baby chicks for the
promise to return a dozen cock
erels next fall, which the Nebras
kan credited the extension depart
ment of making to 4-H club mem
bers was not made by the ex
tension department but by tbe
commercial hatcheries, at the sug
gestion of the extension agents. .
The college of agriculture bas
no hatchery, but only a small
number of incubators in which it
batches just enough chicks to
maintain the college poultry flocks
and to do experimental work.
The project amounts to a con
tract between a commercial hatch
ery operator, a boy or girl of 4-H
club age and ability, and a county
extension agent in his advisory ca
pacity. In the contract the hatch
ery operator agrees to furnish 100
or more chicks to a well qualified
4-H club member, providing the
member will bring back twelve
cockerels per 100 chicks about the
first of October. .
Tbe project will be effective,
Mr. Redditt pointed out, only
where the hatchery operator is
willing to encourage the boys and
girls to the extent just mentioned
above, and where tbe county ex
tension agent will find and ap
prove of the poultry club mem
bership. POLITICAL SCIENCE
PROFESSOR WRITES
ON BRITISH VIEWS
The February issue of Interna
tional Conciliation, published by
the Carnegie tnaowmem ior in
ternational Peace, is eiven over to
an article by Dr. Norman L. Hill
of the department or pouiicm
science, on tsriiisn Amuniuou
Policies." Nicholas Murray But
ler, director of the division under
the foundation, calls attention in
th. nnftrc to the timeliness of the
article aa related to the naval con
ference now going on in London.
COLLEGIANS TO
PLAY FOR PROM
MJJKASKA. SUNDAY, I LIJRUAKY 23. 1930
W ASHINGTON MAN
IIKI.PS NLRRASKA
AG PROGRAMISTS
G. W. Klfcr of the bureau of
agricultural econonitca In Wash
ington. D. C. arrived la Lincoln
Wat week end and is now taking
ttit in the agricultural uuliooH
program of southern and western
Nebranka. II. G. Gould and Ralph
Cole of the agricultural college are
on the same programs. R. E. Hol
land and Harold Hedges of tbe
college are taking tbe eastern and
northern Nebraska meetings.
Aa outlined at the atart of the
meetings, the programs are to in
clude discuusluna of the following
questions: How Is the outlook
material prepared? What Is the
value of the report? What la the
outlook In the dairy Industry? Are
good prlcea encouraging beef cat
tle production? Will growing de
mand take care of Increased sheep
production? How can we know
the consumer demand? How does
the outlook material fit in with
the organization of a farm busi
ness? MEETS FOR SPEECHES
Von Dewall and Miss Read
Give Main Addresses
For Program.
LEAGUE IS DISCUSSED
As a feature of the V. M.-Y. W.
institute, being conducted this
week in the interests ot the World
Christian Student confederation,
three internationally known mem
bers spoke at a meeting at Ellen
Smith hall which lasted from 9
until 3 o'clock Saturday. Miss
Margaret Read, secretary of the
World Student confederation In
Great Britain, explained the work
done by the federation, and what
it meant to foreign students.
Heir Vou Dewall, well known
German journalist, and editor of
the Frankfort Zcltung, spoke on
the League of Nations, and the
conditions in the famine districts
of China. Frank Wilson, one of
the national secretaries of the V.
M. C. A., spoke briefly on the
question of racial prejudices, and
led the group of about fifty stu
dents and faculty members at
tending the meeting in several
negro spirituals.
Deaths by starvation, according
to Herr Von Dewall, are mount
ing to the millions in a single pro
vince in China, and are due to
tlouble by June if relief is not sent
to tbe stricken areas soon. Tbe Red
Cross, in a statement made public
recently, announced that its rea
son for stnying out of China at
this time was that an attempt was
being made to bring pressure on
the Chinese from within. In an ef
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Groups Selected After Try
Outs Are Working to
Prepare Acts.
REHEARSE Bl - WEEKLY
"All the material we need and
every bit of It exceptionally good."
is the statement Fred Grau, man
ager of the college of agriculture
vaudeville productions to be held
in the activities building Feb. 28,
made concerning the prospects for
the 19C0 presentation of Coll-Agri-Fun.
Following tbe final tryouts for
the program last Wednesday night,
in which all the groups aspiring
for a place on the program pre
sented their acts for the commit
tee's appraisal, the groups selected
for the show have been working
diligently in preparation for the
rehearsals to be held Tuesday and
Thursday evenings of this week.
Tne Thursday evening rehearsal
will be a full dress rehearsal with
the orchestra and all lighting ef
fects in use and the committee is
urging all those that bave a part
in the show to have all costumes in
readiness.
Tuesday night's rehearsal will
be for the purpose of arranging
tho nrnp-ram in the order that the
acts will appear and to make any
final changes tne commiu.ee sees
necessary for the betterment of
the show.
The entire managing committee
expressed the opinion that the
show would be better than that of
last year, which was successfully
stAcpfl as the first attempt at such
an activity in the college of agri
culture.
The committee has limited the
time of the acts to a maximum of
ten minutes and has arranged the
program so as to have a continu
ous presentation o: me longer
acts, with curtain acta and humor
ous takeoffs interspersed.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
Sunday, Feb. 23.
Book lovers' hour, Westminster
bouse, 5 p. m.
Monday, Feb. 24.
Faculty Men's club dinner, Uni
versity club, 6 p. m.
Tuesday, Feb. 25.
Gamma Alpha Chi luucucm,
Lincoln hotel.
Piano recital. Temple.
Wednesday, Feb. 26.
May Queen and Mortar Bof d
primaries. Social Sciences corrl'jor,
9 to 5; at Ag college, Home Eco
nomics parlors, 12 to 1 p. m.
GOOD SHOW MATERIAL
THOMPSON
WILL SPEAK AT
President-Emeritus o? Ohio
State Comes for Series
of Lectures.
TO ADDRESS FACULTY
Speaker Has Long Record as
Missionary, Minister,
And Educator.
Dr. William Oxley Thompson,
president-emeritus of Ohio State
university, will speak at convoca
tion Thursday. Feb. 27. and will
be the ruest at tbe Faculty Mena
club dinner Monday evening, Feb.
24 at the University club. Men
from the faculties of Nebraska
Wesleyan. Cotner and Union col
leges will be invited to attend thta
dinner.
Dr. Thompson was born on a
farm In southeastern Ohio where
be attended the one room rural
school In his community. He pre
pared for college in Muskingum
academy, New Concord, O., and
later gradated from Muskingum
college. Ordained a minister in
the Presbyterian church, be en.
tered missionary work at Long
mont in the pioneer days of Colo
rado. Wat at Miami.
He was elected president of
Longmont college but resigned to
accept the presidency of Miami
university, Oxford, Ohio, later be
coming president of Ohio State
university at Columbus, O., in
1899. Dr. Thompson served this
institution utnl 1925. 'when he re
tired at the age of seventy with
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GRAIICH SPEAKS AT
MEETING OF FARMERS
Instructor Explains Need
Of Co-Operation With
Agriculturists.
Prof. Howard Gramlich of the
department of animal husbandry,
addressed the chamber of com
merce dinner In honor of the farm
ers at Grand Island last night. The
dinner was accompanied by a mu
sical prog i am.
Mr. Gramlich pointed out the
value of euch meetings, since they
bring the city business man and
the farmer business man together,
and aid in establlshir better rela
tions and better understanding be
tween these two essential factors
in tbe welfare o. tbe community.
In the past, according to Mr..
Gramlich, there has been too much
misunderstanding. The city man
antagonized the farmer, and the
farmer was overly suspicious of
the city mat). Neither realized tbe
facts that the success and pros
perity of the one is directly de
pendent upon the success and
prosperity of the other.
One necessity, he said, confronts
the producer. He must meet the
demands of modern commerce.
People are not living as they were
twenty years ago, and demands
are very different today than they
have been in the past. The farmer
of today must meet the conditions
of today in the raising and mar
keting of his products.
Gamma Alpha Chi to Hold
Luncheon Tuesday for
Miss Goldstein.
Initiation ceremonies were held
for five pledges by Gamma Alpha
Chi, national professional sorority,
Thursday night in Ellen Smith
ball.
Those initiated were: Uretta
Klein, '31, Lincoln; Tobie Gold
stein, '32, Omaha; Elaine Haver
field,, '31, Scottsbluff; Miriam
Greenncrger, '31, Grand Island, and
Virginia Randall, '30, Omaha.
Next Tuesday, members of Gam
ma Alpha Chi will have a lunch
eon at the Lincoln hotel. As their
guest of honor they will have Kate
Goldstein, now an employment di
rector or the national organization
at Pitt3burg. Miss Goldstein was
one of the first members of the
Nebraska chapter of Gamma
Alpha Chi.
TEACHERS LEAVE
FOR CONFERENCE
IN ATLANTIC CITY
Members of the teachers college
faculty who will attend the meet
ings of the Natirma'. Education as
sociation in Atlantic City, N. J.,
this week include Dean W. E. Sea
lock, Miss Clara Wilson, Dr. D. A.
Worcester, Dr. C C. Weidemann
and Dr. F. E. Henzlik. Dean Sea
lock will speak before a section of
tbe meeting. Miss Wilson is an
officer of tbe kindergarten and
primary section of the N. E. A.
and the other three faculty men
will participate in section meet
ings. "Should the Essay Form
Be Discarded Aa An Examination
Question?" ia the title of a paper
to be given by Dr. Weidemann be
fore the American educational re
search association.
THURSDAY MEET
Eligibility lifts
lu tunu d, (last to He
Annoumed Soon
Eligibility litis for the ma
jority ot principal parti of the
Kotmet Klub spring shew, "Sob
Sitter," have been returned, ac
cording to a ttrnrnt Uurt
by tha Klub Saturday, and th
cast will be announced aome
tim ntt week. Tha chorua
eligibility lit net back yet
and (O final selection of Chorut
members will be delayed until
lata neat week.
DELTA GAMMA KISSES
GET 1CHP1ICITY
Omaha Bee Features Story
About N' Carnival
Oscillations.
RETRACTION IS OFFERED
Contrary to a story appearing
In yesterday" Omaha Morning
Bee. ivita Gammas lld not bdl
real ktsxes two for five cents at
their booth at the t'ornhusker
carnival Friday night. They were
candy ones.
"The statement In the Bee as
well as a feature printed in Frt
day'a early Daily Nebraxka were
entirely misleading. saiu neuy
Craft, president of Delta Gamma
when Interviewed yesterday. "The
kisses were only candy.
The Bee's btory was headed
"Capltallrc on Lyman Theory at
Carnival." A picture of Dean R.
A. Lyman of the pharmacy col
lege was printed with a caption
stating that he denied the state
ment each kiss takes three min
utes off the life of the woman be
ing kissed. Following Is part of
the story as it appeared Saturday:
"Kisses chaper than hot dogs.
"That was the slogan for the
Cornhusker carnival, held Friday
night at the Fniversity of Ne
braska. The Delta Gammas were
quick to take advantage of the
pronouncement by Dr. R. A. Ly
man of the college of pharmacy,
that kissing is not harmful.
"The Delta Gammas had a kiss
ing booth as their contribution to
the carnival.
"They put the price at two for
five."
The Daily Nebraskan feature
Friday about the Delta Gamma
kissing booth was headed " Cakes"
Take Notice Delta Gammas Will
Offer Kisses for Sale!"" It was to
the effect that since Dr. Lyman
had stated there was do harm in
kissing, the Delta Gammas would
bave a kissing booth at the Carni
val. That bcth the Bee-News and
The Nebraskan stories were mis
leading is seen in the fact that the
Delta Gammas' did not sell real
kisses, but only candy ones "two
for a nickle."
The Bee in a later edition recti
fied its stcry by saying that the
kisses were candy Instead of real.
MISS HAC'S CLASS
PRESENTS RECITAL
Palladian Society Hears
Program at Friday
Meeting.
Students of the piano class of
Marguerite Hac appeared in a cos
tume recital before the members
and guests of the Palladian liter
ary society, Friday. Tbe program
consisted of piano solos, duets,
songs, readings and dances, which
depicted the music ot twelve dif
ferent natioiiS.
Dorothy McVey. Jack Thomp
son. Gladys Alvord. Leola Husc
moller. Evelyn Bullock. Carol
Clark, Hclin Pauley. Lucile Nel
son and Hughina Lsggc took part
in the recital. Dorothy Keller and
Helen Hopt each gave several
readings. Claude Roe, a Palladian
senior, gave a short talk on 11. O.
T. C. summer camp work.
Ivy Day Adds to Scanty Nebraska
Tradition, Has Been Annual Event
Since 1898, Was for Seniors Only
Ivv I;iv, in tin; sixty odd years ot" Nebraska history, lias
grown "to be the stronghold of trnditioii in a rather tradition
ioss college. With the daisy chain, the crowning of the May
Queen, the planting of tho. ivy, the lapping of the Innocents, the.
masoning of the Mortar Hoards, the interfratoniity sing and
the intersorority sing Ivy day has combined activities of more
general interest to Dom suicicnis, u-
alumni and townspeople, than any
other gala day of the year. Shirt
tail parades, serenades, and Law
Engineer fravs have In the past
held general attention, but with
other reckless student life tradi
tions they too, have faded into the
dim and forgettable past.
Ivy day has this year been set
back to its original position in the
first week in May, for during
Round-Up Week, though it was a
nice courtesy for visiting alumni,
it made an inconvenient break
just before the period of final
exams for students. If it continues
to be staged in the same week
with Farmer's Fair, Engineer's
Night. Honors Convocation,
Pharmacy Night and Bizad Day,
aa it will be this year however.
Ivy day will undoubtedly lose
much of tbe prestige which it has
comxauded in the past.
For Seniors Only.
In 1898. the year of the first Ivy
day, only seniors were excused
from classes to take part in the
ceremonies. Underclassmen were
pera'tted no part in the day, and
MORTAR
BOARDS
ANNOUNCE
MAY
QUEEN
POLLING
Junior, Senior Women Will
Vote on Ivy Day Honor
This Wednesday.
TO NAME CANDIDATES
Fourth Year Women Only
Are to Pick Choice
For Society.
Klection of May queen, and ot
candldatea for Mortar Board will
be held in the main corridor of
Social Sciences hall between 9 and
3 o'clock Wednesday. Feb. 29.
Hnd in the home economics par
lorn at the college of agriculture
Ix-tween 12 and t o'clock. All
Junior and senior women are elig
ible to vote for May queen, and
seniors may ballot on candidate
for Mortar Board for next year.
Identification cards mu6t be pre
B? ntel.
Mav queen Is an honor estab
lished In 1912 when Loui.se Barr,
now Mrs. Lewi Anderson, was
rhn.wn bv a popular vote at a
mm nipptinr of all senior women,
I held In Temple theater. Ever since.
by tbe precedent esiaDiisnea l
that time, the May queen has been
chosen by the senior women on
the basis of her contribution in
time and effort to all the activi
ties of the campus.
Seniors Vote.
Recent controversy on the cam
pus and in the columns of the
Daily Nebraskan. has led to con
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PI K A'S TAKE FIRST
L
j Attractive Sorority Booths
j Draw Many Attendants
! At arty.
ALPHA O'S TAKE RELAY
By scoring eleven points in the
events held during the Cornhusker
carnival Friday night. PI Kappa
Alpha placed first. SiRtna Chi and
Tan Kappa Epsilon were second
and third. A crowd estimated at
more than 1.000 attended the pro
gram sponsored Jointly by the N
club and the W. A. A.
Gay colors and attractive signs
dccoiated the sorority booths sur
rounding the maiu floor. Fortune
telling booths drew a good ctowd.
A huge red h earl marked the
Delta Gamma ki?sing booth, and
next to it was the Kappa Delta
house of death. A mysterious and
spooky passage followed on paying
$1,000 bill of wild cat money.
Thetas Draw.
Another bcoth, the Downfall of
Modern Greek, was a takeoff on
the Awgwan by Alpha Omicron
Pi. The artists from the Kappa
Alpha Theta house worked all eve
ning giving charcoal reproductions.
The aw aids for the booths have
not. yet been announced due to the
fact that part of tbe Judging de
pends on tbe ticket receipts.
Alpha O'a Win.
Events and relays were tun olf
at the first part of the program.
Alpha Omicron PI won first place,
Alpha Delta Theta. second, and
Phi Mu third in the thread and
needle relay.
Barrel boxing was won by Tau
Kappa Epsilon. Tbcta Xi, second,
and Farm House third. Soper.
Delta Sigma Phi, won the Indian
wrestle couttst with Lewis, Pr
Knppa Alpha, second. Ph) Kappa
roue in first in tbe horse and rider
contest with Beta Theta Pi a closs
second, and Alpha Sigma Phi com
ing third.
even the resting place of the first
ivy is not known. At that time
the planting of the ivy was the
main event o fthe day.
Two years after the first occa
sion, Ivy day became "senior day."
and the Ivy day oration, the read
ing of the class poem, and the an
nouncement of the class gift were
added to tbe ceremonies. After
the planting of the ivy by the
senior president, he handed the
trowel to the junior president, a
custom which haa been observed
ever since.
The first May pole dance wa
held in 1903. This has now been
supplanted by the dance drama
presented under the direction of
Orchesis and the department of
physical education for women the
night before Ivy day. In 1905 the
Innocents made the tapping of
their successors an added event In
the growing tnvdition. It was in
this year, too, that members of the
Black Masque society, now Mortar
Board, masked their successor! for
the following year.
Innocent, having adopted tbia
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