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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 19.11
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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K1RBY PAGE 10
SPEAK AT WORLD
FORUM
MEETING
Tickets Sell Rapidly
Luncheon Which Will
Be in Annex.
for
SPEAKER TRAVELS MUCH
Must There Be Another
World War?' Is Title
Of Lecture.
' STYrflmra for th World Forum
peetlng this noon at which Kirby
rage wiu speax are selling r&piuiy
$M according to C. D. Hayes, sec
Iwtary of the university Y. M. C.
BL, people wishing to attend the
luncheon should phone their reser-
Ctlons to his office in the Temple
fore 10 o'clock this morning.
The meeting will be held in the
Umex cafe upstairs at 12 o'clock
loam Tickets are selling at fifty
tents each. Page's talk will be in
wo parts so as to avoid the diffi
culty which has been noted in past
toeeungs. Students who have one
fcloclt "daases will be permitted to
leave at the end of the first half
hi the talk.
To Talk on War.
"MtyBl There Be Another World
!vYarr ts the topic upon which the
tKt4 author, educator, and jour
nalist will speak. Page is a noted
pacifist being editor of the "World
Tomorrow," a magazine devoted to
Saclfist interests. He is also the
author of numerous pamphlets
ind books which have all ben pub
lished aa inexpensively as possible
and sold at actual cost so as to
five them a wider distribution.
Perhaps his two best books are
"Jesus or Christianity," and "Dol
hurfl and World Peace." Pamphlets
be has written on the subject of
world peace include, 'IThe Sword
or the Cross;" "Imperialism and
Nationalism" "An American Peace
Policy;" "War Its Causes, Conse
quences and Cure;" "The Monroe
Doctrine and World Peace;" "In
ternational Relations in the Sight
of the Religion of Jesus;" and "Is
Mahatma Gandhi the Greatest Man
tf the Age 7"
Studied In England.
During a leisurely tour of the
World in 1929 and 1930 Page stu
died and wrote on conditions in
England, on the continent, in Rus
sia and in Japan and India. During
his Stay in India he was privileged
o study the conditions there first
hand and was the guest of Gandhi
for three days.
Kirby Page is a graduate of
Drake university, and has done
graduate work in the University of
Chicago, at Columbia and at the
Union Theological Seminary. For
several years he was an active Y.
M. C A. worker in Europe. Re
turning to this country he became
a lecturer and editor of the maga
zine, "World Tomorrow," the posi
tion which he now holds. At pres
ent he is on a lecture tour of this,
country and will be in Lincoln but
one day. He will speak twice here,
once at the World Forum meeting
and once before Wesleyan stu
dents. CKristian Sorority
Initiates New Women
Eleven new members were initi
ated Into Kappa Beta, Christian
women's sorority at a recent meet
ing held at the Tabernacle Chris
tian church.
The initiation service followed
the dinner given by the actives for
the new members. Those taken
into the group: Maxine Colman,
Delores Deadman, Frances Duha
chek, Opal Duhachek, Bell Maree
Hershncr, Helen Lapp, Helen
Lundberg, Juanita McComb, Eula
More, Lavlnla Moss, Marie
Soukup.
ENOUGH MEN ARE ON
SHOOTING SCHEDULE
Men who do not have their
names on the list at the rifle range
I do not need report at -the range,
according to Sergeant McGimsey.
There are more than enough now
to complete the teams. Freshmen
men will have another chance to
fire later in the year.
Dramatics Department Will Offer
Radio Broadcasting Course Under
Theodore Diers; Gives No Credit
BY MARVIN SCHMID.
Jn answer to numerous inquiries of and requests for a radio
broadcast in? course and recognizing its head today, the Univer
sity of Nebraska under tlie auspices o? n.o dramatic depart
ment will oiler sueli a course beginning next semester, accord
ing to Prof. Paul Cirummann. The professor thinks perhaps
Ted Ilusing or Bill Munday may be found in the university.
Ktnripnts wno enroll tor ioc"
course will meet together for one
hour each week in the university
school of music. There, under the
direction of Theodore Diers, an
nouncer of the university station,
tVy will receive instruction not
only in radio announcing, but in
the arrangement of groups for
broadcasting, placement of each
individual, and in the carriage of
various musical instruments.
Formulating Five Years.
The offering of this course is
the realization of a plan which
Mr. Diers has been formulating
ever since the university station
opened five years ago.
The courss 19 to be given with
out credit. This is due." said Mr.
DierE." to the fact that so few
schools have as yet opened their
curricula to "hello everybody." and
such credits would not as yet be
AMES MEN GET
APPOINTMENT ON
OLYMPIC GROUP
AMES, Iowa. Announcement
has been received that T. N. Met
calf and Hugo Otopalik, athletic
director and wrestling coach at
Iowa State, that they have been
appointed by the National Collegl
ate Athletic association as repre
aentatlves on the Olympic selec
tions committee. Mecalf, along
with A. A. Stagg, Chicago; A. c.
Gilbert, Yale; and William Blng
ham, Tarvard, is on the associa
tlon's committee for track and
field. Otopalik will serve on the
wrestling committee.
The selections committee nomin
aes coaches, managers and train
ers, recommends dates and places
lot Uio Olympic tryouts and meth
ods of selection, and finally, nom
lnates the members of the teams.
Final action is taken by the asso
ciation.
T
Chairman Hopes to Submit
Document to Faculty
Committee Soon.
WILL ARRANGE ELECTION
Final consideration of the new
Student council constitution will be
the principal business for the
meeting of the council this after
noon, it was announced yesterday,
Edwin Faulkner, chairman of the
constitution committee, announced
that he hoped to submit the docu
ment to the faculty committee
next week.
Lack of a quorum at the last
meeing before the Christmas noli
days prevented passage of the con
stitution at that time. All members
of the council are urged to be pre
sent at the meeting this afternoon
by Faulkner.
Catherine Williams, chairman of
a committee to investigate the pos
sibilities of a new student union
building, will also make a report
at the meeting this afternoon. The
council will probably make plans
for the second semester election
at which time class officers are
chosen and Prom girl candidates
are nominated. A call for applica
tions for the Junior-Senior Prom
committee will probably be made
next week.
CORNHUSKER STAFF
'Dope Sheet' Announces
Book Can Be Ordered
From Feb. 2-11.
'LAST CHANCE TO BUY'
Studenti who failed to subscribe
for the Cornhusker, Nebraska's
year book, during the campaign
conducted last fall will have an
other chance to order the book be
tween Feb. 2 and 11, the "Dope
Sheet," a publication Issued by the
Cornhusker staff, announced Tues
day.
The price of the book will be $5
for those who wish to pay at this
time, Ed Edmonds, business man
ager, said today. If they prefer,
students can pay $3 down on the
book, and $2.50 on delivery, ac
cording to the present plan.
Last Sale.
Edmonds declared today that the
February sale of the book would
be the last this year, and that no
orders would be taken for it in the
spring. This custom, he declared, is
followed at Kansas, Missouri, and
Kansas State.
""""By knowing exactly how many
books to order, we do not have to
take a chance of losing money by
having some left over, and there
fore can produce a better annual
for the same money, Edmonds
said today. He pointed out that it
costs $10.50 to publish each copy
of the Cornhusker, while the book
jftlls for $5.00, the rent of the cost
being made up by advertising
revenue.
The "Dope Sheet" isHiied yester
day also carried the Information
that juniors and seniors who have
not done so could still have their
pictures taken for this year's book
by reporting to Hauck's or Town-
stnd's studios before Saturday.
accepted In other schools." Iowa
university nas a similar course.
Ear Training Essential."
Realizing that ear training is
essential in preparing an an
nouncer for his work, especial at
tention will be given to it. Also
voice training is quite r.ee-ssary
for the announcer must have a
clear, animated, and cultivated
voice, according to Mr. Diers.
Each student will prepare his
own prgram which he will be
asked to give through the micro
phone. His voice will not go out
over the air, however, but will be
heard only in an adjacent room
where a loud speaker will be con
nected with the microphone by
special hook-up.
The fee for this course has not
been determined, but will be only
slight, according to Mr. Diers.
TRAIN IS
1,939
FINISH SCHEDULE
Agricultural College Runs
Highest With 480
In Enrollment.
ANTICIPATE DROP TODAY
Students Have Week for
Choosing Second Term
Schedules.
Tuesday's extraordinarily heavy
second day registration on the city
campus boosted the number who
had completed the choice of their
second semester courses at 5
o'clock last night to 1,939, accord
ing to the report from the offices
of the deans of colleges at the
close of yesterday s registration
This total was in addition to the
registration in the law college
where no count of the completed
registrations was kept.
The registration totals reported
by the colleges last night were:
Agriculture, 480.
Arts and sciences, 359.
Business a'dminlstration, 232.
Dental, 75.
Pharmacy, 35.
Teachers, 468.
Engineering, 290.
Registration it Faster.
Registrar Florence I. McGahey
reported that the' registration
Monday and Tuesday was much
greater than that for the first two
days last year. The registration
Tuesday was about the same as
Monday, there being nearly 1,000
students registered each day.
Teachers college, college of arts
and sciences, college of business
administration, and the engineer
ing college reported registration
the first two days much heavier
tban usual. In the teachers col
lege 303 were registered yester
day as compared with 288 on the
second day of second semester
registration last year. Only 17
were registered during the first
two days last year in the college
of business administration as com
pared with 232 for Monday and
Tuesday.
Dents Report Slowly.
The denistry and pharmacy col
lege reported that registration is
about the same as usual. Since all
students in these colleges take a
single prescribed course not open
to other students, there is no ob
ject in registering early.
Registration was expected to
drop today and continue less rap
idly until the close Saturday noon.
Most of those intending to register
as soon as possible had completed
their registration by last night.
SIGMA ETA CHI, CHI
I
Two Teams to Play Finals
Of Intramural Bowling
Tournament.
By VIRGINIA POLLARD.
Sigma Eta Chi and Chi Omega
tonight will meet each other in the
finals of the women's Intramural
bowling tournament.
Sigma Eta Chi last night with
their score of 636 pins trounced
their opponents, Delta Zeta, who
had 476 pins. Chi Omega, who
bad 521 pins, won by a narrow
margin from their opponents, Al
pha Delta Pi, who had 503 pins.
According to the past record or
the two finalists Sigma Eta Chi
has the record for high Individual
score and high team score. Ruth
Amen last night bowled 179 to
pass the former high individual
score of 169 which she and Evelyn
Simpson of the Chi Omega team
both held. Their high team score
is 636, which they bowled last
night. Chi Omega's high score is
560.
Considering the scores of both
teams, Sigma Eta Chi, winners of
last year's tournament, should win
but if "Lady Luck" shines down
on the Chi Omega team they will
have a good chance of winning
the bowling crown. But the dope
bucket is sometimes upset.
The individual bowling scores of
the two teams last night were:
Sigma Eta Chi.
Elizabeth Grone. 96.
Katherine Bauer, 123.
Natalie Stromberger, 110.
Mary Hance, 128.
Ruth Amen, 179.
Total, 630.
Chi Omega.
Cecelia Holling, 111.
Virginia Jonas, 69.
Arlene Thomas, SO.
Virginia Pollard, 146.
Evelyn Simpson, 115.
Total, 521.
4-H CLUB WILL MEET
AT AG HALL TONIGHT
The university 4-H club will
meet in room 306, Ag hall tonight
at 7.15 o'clock.
Plans will be completed to affili
ate the Nebraska club with the
American Country Life association
A speaker and entertainment will
follow the business session. It will
be the last meeting of this semes
ter. A. W. S. Board Calls
Off Meeting Today
There will be n.) meeting of
the A. W. 8. board on Wednes
day noon as It was previously
scheduled, according to Esther
Gaylord, president.
REGIS
HEAVY AS
MISS KRUMBACK
WILL LECTURE TO
UNIVERSITY GROUP
Lyndell Brumback, a senior
majoring In the department of
philosophy, wil speak at the meet
ing of the university class of the
First Baptist church Sunday at 12
o'clock. She will tell something of
ber experiences In the Chicago in
dustrial experiment last summer.
This will be the first of a series of
lectures dealing with unemploy
ment. All students interested have
been invited to attend.
At 5 o'clock the inter-racial com
mission of the university Y. M. C.
A. wil) conduct the vesper serv
ices at First Baptist church. The
negro quartet will sing and talks
will be given by several members
of the commision. A social hour
will follow the Baptist service. The
fellowship commission of the B. Y.
P. U. will lead the young peoples
meeting.
BEFORE SIGMA XI'S
Recounts Experiences of
Summer Investigations
In East Nebraska.
SHOWS PICTURE SLIDES
"With adequate space for dis
playing specimens and adequate
funds for publication of research,
Nebraska university should easily
lead all other institutions in in
formation about the civilization of
Indians of the plains," said Dr.
William Duncan Strong in. his
speech before Sigma Xi members
at Morrill hall auditorium last
night.
In explaining why Nebraska is
such a fruitful field for anthropol
ogical research, Dr. Strong re
counted that the culture of the
plains Indians has a certain uni
formity due to the ease of inter
communication. The party with
which he worked last summer ex
cavated at points along the Mis
souri river near the mouth of the
Platte. It continued its work along
the Republican river between Red
Cloud and Alma and in several
places in Custer county. All of
these places were of known arch
eological wealth which can only be
a suggestion, Dr. Strong indicated,
or what remains to be discovered,
especially in the western part of
the state which is virtually unex
plored by research parties.
Typical Culture.
The typical Indian culture of the
state is not that of the roaming,
buffalo hunting tribes, as most
people think, but that of peaceful
river valley dwellers who main
tained permanent villages of earth
lodges. It is the remains of these
villages that has proved so valu
able to the research parties.
In delivering his lecture, Dr.
Strong made use of a number of
picture slides some of which
showed pictures of the remains
found by the party; others of
which were painted by artists who
came into the interior of the coun
try as far back as 1833. Among
the latter group of pictures were
those of villages some of which
were excavated by the party.
The actual photographs of the
digging done last summer showed
pieces of pottery, crude weapons,
separate graves containing human
bones, and many other evidences
of a domestic culture.
The digging, Dr. Strong ex
plained, was done by roping off
plots of ground into squares and
giving each digger a yard at a time
to dig up and examine.
Pawnees Advanced.
That the civilization of the
Pawnees was very advanced is
marked by the complicated system
of priesthood they bad, and their
(Continued on Page 3.)
NORMALS ASK ABILITY
TO GIVEM.SC. DEGREE
Presidents Want Authority
To Confer Postgrad
Sheepskins.
Presidents of the four state nor
mal schools of Nebraska, located
at Peru, Kearney, Wayne and
Chad i on, are engaged in the pre
paration of a bill for introduction
in the legislature which would au
thorize those schools to grant the
degree of master of science in edu
cation. This bill has the tentative sanc
tion of the state normal board,
given in a Monday meeting held in
Lincoln. State superintendent
Taylor, however, U not in sympa
thy with the move, for although he
was made chpirman of a commit
tee to draw up the bill, he de-
(Conttnued on Page 3.)
Campus Calendar
Wednesday, Jan. 14.
Spanish club meeting at 7
o'clock at the Chi Omega house.
Student Council, 5 o'clock, Uni
versity hatt 111.
World Forum. Annex upstairs
cafe. noon. Kirby Page will
speak.
Sophomore commission meet
ing at 5 o'clock, Ellen Smith hall.
W. A. A. sports board meeting,
5 o'clock, women's gymnasium.
Thursday, Jan. 15.
Sigma Delta Chi, Sigma Nu
house, 6 o'clock.
T League- of Women Voters trip,
to state legislature. Meet at El
len Smith hall at S o'clock.
Dramatic club meeting. Temple
club rooms, 7:30 p. m.
Saturday.
Social dancing class from 7
until 8:30 o'clock in Armory.
INTERFRATERNITY
COUNCIL RAISES
NOTATION RULE
Greek Group Accepts New
Constitution At Tuesday
Meeting.
REQUIRE AVERAGE OF 72
Committee Plans Broadcast
Of Fraternity Parties
From Cornhusker.
i a complete set ji Miles raising
the initiation requirements of fra
ternities, the first draft of a new
constit ition embodying rushing
rules, iottiatiou requirements and
powers oi thij council, and plans
for fraternity radio programs and
broadcasts of fraternity downtown
parties were accepted at a meeting
of the Interfraternity ouncil last
night.
The initiation requirements, the
outcome of a move for better scho
larship for fraternity men begun
by the council last fall, will set the
minimum average requirement for
initiation at a 72 percent average
for all hours carried. The rule will
be enforced through the office of
the dean of student, affairs who
must pass on all candidates for
fraternity initiation. Marvin Von
Seggern heads the scholarship
committee which drew up the new
scholarship rules.
Initiation Requirements.
The initiation requiren ents,
which will apply to al) fraternity
initiations in the future, as passed
by the council are:
1. Any person, regardless of
class standing, in order to be eligi
ble for initiation into any frater
nity which is a member of the In
terfraternity council at the Univer
sity of Nebraska, must have a 72
as an average grade of all his
hours for the semester immediately
preceding his initiation.
Must Carry 12 Hours.
2. He must have carried 12
hours the semester immediately
preceding initiation and be success
fully carrying on all of his hours
with a minimum of 12 in the se
mester in which he is initiated.
3. He shall have been and be
registered for these hours at the
University of Nebraska.
4. Should he receive an Incom
plete or a condition in any of these
hours he may still be eligible for
initiation if he succeeds in making
up the incomplete or having the
condition removed from his initia
tion, and still maintain an aver
age of 72 as prescribed above.
Eligible on Return.
5. Should he meet the above re
quirements and not return to
school the following semester, he
is eligible for initiation during the
(Continued on Page 3.)
TO VESPERS GROUP
The Wholeness of Life' Is
Subject of Address
Tuesday.
The general feeling of unrest,
hpfrnn Dr. Charles Patterson, of
the philosophy department of the
TTnlversitv nl' Nebraska, in his
speech on the "Wholenes sof Life"
at Vespers, Tuesday, Jan. is, at
Ellen Smith hall, at 5 o'clock, is
rnnsinp- the intellectual standards
of the college students of today to
go down. And wnen tne intellec
tual standards go down, according
to Dr. i'atierson, tne moral anu
religious standards go down, also.
The cause of this situation is
that too many aims ai.d purposes
are in the minds of the students.
The student, said Dr. Patterson,
should acquire during his college
life, a development of the mind,
good character, and a mind for
good citizenship. One should stick
to one special standard, added D'.
Patterson.
In the University of Nebraska,
continued Dr. Patterson, the board
of control, the board of adminis
tration, the faculty, and the stu
dent body are four distinct groups.
Each group has a different view,
and unless these four views are
put together, unity will not be de
veloped and their purposes will
not be accompished.
Dr. Patterson gave two radical
conceptions of why people go to
college. The first is that of going
through a certain routine because
it is the usual thing or, secondly,
where the studemts apply their
education to every day facts, and
have faith in .the worth of a thing,
until finally, they do enjoy it.
We neglect religion in life, added
Dr. Patterson, and try to add It at
the tside, but we fail. Religion ex
presses itself partly, by the way
we do our work, and spend our lei
sure time.
Dr. Patterson drew his remarks
from Dr. Coe's opening speech at
the students' faculty conference,
which was held at Detroit during
Christmas vacation.
Second Payment on
Annual Must Come In
AM students who are not up
to data In their Cornhusker In
Itaflmant payments ware
warned today to make them at
once. Payments can be made In
ths basement of University hall,
or by mail, addressing them to
E. C. Edmonds, business mins
ger, 1931 Cornhusker, Station A
Lincoln, Neb.
Y W. C. A. TO GIVE
USUAL WEDNESDAY
EVENING PROGRAM
Y. W. C. A. will present its reg
ular Wednesday night program
over radio station K'FOR tonight
at 7:30 o'clock. "Vacations and
How to Spend Them Profitably"
will be the topic featured. This
subjetc Is part of the material be
ing discussed by Miss Hazel Allen,
member of the national board of
Y. W. C A. who is a guest of the
University "Y" this week.
The miislcai part of the program
will be furnished by Margaret
Mackecknie, vcice, and Gwen West
violin. Dolores Deadman will give
a reading.
450 GUESTS THURSDAY
Officials Will Entertain
Legislators at Third
Biennial Dinner.
BRYAN WILL BE PRESENT
Approximately four hundred
and fifty guests will be present at
the third biennial dinner of the
state legislature, including the leg
islators, their wives, the board of
regents, the deans of the univer
sity, a new faculty members, Gov
ernor Charles W. Bryan, and all
state officers.
The dinner will be given Thurs
day night in the activities building
on the college of agriculture cam
pus. Chancellor E. A. Burnett
will presjde at the affair, which
is to be entirely informal.
It will be the purpose of the
officers of the university to dis
cuss the needs of the university
for the coming year with the state
legislators; to demonstrate how
the appropriations recommended
by the board of regents are neces
sary for the successful operation
of the university activities.
Chancellor Burnett will call on
various members of the legislature
to give impromptu speeches. There
will be no formal addresses, but it
is likely that Frank J. Taylor, of
St. Paul, president of the board
of regents, Max Kier, speaker of
the house of representatives, and
Ted Metcalfe, lieutenant governor
will give short addresses at the
banquet.
The deans of the university will
act as hosts aiding Chancellor
Burnett in entertaining the legis
lators and their wives. A prize
steer from the college of agricul
ture will be served at the banquet.
DEBATE REGISTRATION
TO CLOSE THIS NOON
First Debate Scheduled Is
With Northwestern at
Evanston.
SECOND "TRIALS FEB. 5
Registration for the debate tri
als for Thursday evening should
reach Prof. H. A. White at 122 An
drew hall not later than noon To
day. A list will be posted on the
debate bulletin boards late Wed
nesday of those who are assigned
by lot to either side of the ques
tion for debate.
Although the official wording of
the debate at Evanston with
Northwestern on Feb. 27 regard
ing the unemployment insurance
qeustion is "Resolved, that the sev
eral states should enact legisla
tion providing for compulsory un
employment insurance, to which
employers shall be required to
contribute," for the trials Thurs
day evening speakers may use any
wording or any phase Of the sub
ject that they individually desire.
The judges will be chosen from
former members of "The Think
Shop" who live in Lincoln or near
by. Both thought and delivery
will be taken into account.
The second try-outs will be held
on Feb. 5 to choose two or more
teams for the free trade subject,
which will also be debated in Feb
ruary and March. During the
last week in March a four-day
trip will be taken to Wyoming and
Colorado. The men who stand
highest In the trials will be given
the option of taking the trips.
Memorial Stadium, Home of King
Football, Is More Expensive Than
Any Other Building in University
BY ART WOLF.
Antagonists of t lit reigning king of tin1 campus football
will laugh with glee and make the most of the opportunity when
they learn that Memorial stadium. Ihe great horse shoe in which
Nebraska athletes disport, is worth more than any other build
ing on the campus, and the great field house, the coliseum, is
the second in value.
According to a university bulle-O
tin containing a financial ret r
the institution for the year enamt
June 30. 1929, the stadium is
worth $488,000, having depreciated
by $14,000 from Its original cost
In 1924. Four hundred and eighty
six one dollar bills laid end to end
would reach a long way but would
not be left in a prone position for
long if laid any where near the
line of houses known as fraternity
row.
The stadium Is worth more than
two and one half times as much
as Chemistry hall, worth almost
six times as much as the Law col
lege building, and worth more
than thirty-two times as much as
University halL ths oldest build
ing on the campus. It Is worth as
much as Andrews hall, the Temple
and the main library building
added together.
The original cost of the field
AY
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BALLARD COMEDY
AS FEB. OFFERING
'Ladies of Jury' Will Be
Presented Here in
February.
AUTHOR STUDIES HERE
Famous Writer Gets Degree
In 1905; Later Goes
To Harvard.
"Ladies tif the Jury," a rollick
ing comedy written by Fred Bal
lard has been selected' as the Feb
ruary presentation of the Univer
sity flayers. This play will hold
special interest for the Nebraska
audiences, since its famous author
was graduated from the University
of Nebraska in 1905.
Mr. Ballard, whose home was in
Havelock. was a major in drama
tics and English while in the uni
versity and took an active part in
debate while here at Nebraska.
Following his graduation from the
university with the class of 1905,
Mr. Ballard spent a short time on
a ranch In Colorado, and then came
back to the university to work for
his master's degree. He received it
in 1907, and then entered Harvard
university where he was a student
under George Pierce Baker in the
famous Harvard play writing
group known as "Workshop 47."
Writes "Eagles Nest."
While here in the University of
Nebraska English department, he
wrote his first play "Eagles Nest."
This play was never produced, but
was first read to the English de
partment club by Prof. R. D. Scott
who is at present the head of the
modern English drama department
of Nebraska. It was upon the sub
mission of this play, that Mr. Bal
lard gained admittance to Baker's
class in Harvard. In order to better
master the stagecraft art and be
come more familiar with stage life
in its natural setting, Mr. Ballard
spent two years working as a
stage-hand in a Chicago theater.
While at Harvard, Mr. Ballard
achieved his first great success as
a play-writer, when his play "Be
lieve Me, Xantippe" was awarded
the John Craig prize of $500 for
the best play of the year. This play
proved so popular that it was pro
duced in New York with three
great stars appearing in the cast,
including John Barrymore, Mary
Young, and Theodore Roberts. This
piay had such a lasting appeal and
proved so popular that Professor
Scott, a personal friend and co
worker of Balls'd while he was at
Nebraska, believed the play would
soon be produced on the screen.
Before achieving his latest suc
cess with his play "Ladies of the
Jury," Ballard also wrote the stage
hit "Young America." "Ladies of
the Jury" was especially written
for Mrs. Fiske who popularized the
play in its long run on Broadway,
and who with her company is still
playing a run in Chicago in the
same play.
ROUMANIAN WILL
VISIT UNIVERSITY
FOR SIX MONTHS
Prof. G. Bujoreau of the Univer
sity of Cluj, Roumania, is now ar
ranging to spend a six months pe
riod at the University of Nebraska
during 1931. it was announced yes
terday by Dr. J. E. Weaver.
The professor is particularly in
terested in studying methods in
plant ecology in the United States
and the problems involved in the
grasslands, Dr. Weaver stated.
Spanish Club Will
Meet at Chi O. House
There will be a meeting of the
Spanish club Wednesday evening
at 7 o'clock at the Chi Omega
house, 480 North Sixteenth street.
Panhellenic Council
('alls Extra Meeting
A special meeting of the Pan
hellenic council has been called for
5 o'clock Thursday afternoon, in
Ellen Smith hall. The reason for
the meeting was not divulged.
nouse in 1925 was $439,000 and
the depreciation up to the time of
the bulletin was $9,000. placing.
valuation now on the building of
$430,000. If the coliseum were to
be converted Into cash 144 people
could gain a four year college
education from the proceeds. Three
buildings like the Mechanical En
gineering building could be built,
or twenty-four Nebraska halls.
The total estimated present
value of the colUeum and the sta
dium is more than the sum totals
of the values of Andrews hall. So
cial Sciences hall, Morrill hall, and
Pharmacy hall. Andrews ball is
valued at $300,000 and Morrill ball
is valued at $296,500. The next in
line in present worth is Social
Sciences at $282,000. The total of
all buildings on the downtown
campus is $3,067,335. The agricul
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