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.WA3IJA$IW'tAY.J. .Af .-,. t .'. ' 'j.. ;l.-v- VoL IX. No. 104. .. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1910. Price 5 Ccntp. - if ' ' .,." t v 11 i ir . ' a hmim .m....urrtr t. . A . Baih IFlebraehatt s V PHI BETA KAPPA KEYS ABE JWHRDEO TODAY THIRTY ONE MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR CLASS ARE HONOREO. jittTA kapwu nu mas SIX Delta Sigma Rho Elections Announced Honorary Scholarship Fraterni ties Give Out New Members at Convocation This Morning. Thirty-one seniors received mem-J bershlp In Phi Beta Kappa at the an nual convocation thiB morning. This ia a larger number than which at tained tho scholarship last year, at which time there were only twenty two members of the senior class elect ed to membership in the scholarship fraternity. Tho election Is in accord ance with the constitution of the so ciety that not more than one-sixth and lesB than one-tenth of the mem bers of the graduating class bo grant ed the Phi Beta Kappa key. Three boys and twenty-eight girls compose the honor list for the year IfllO. On the whole the grades of thd newly elected members of tho society were very similar to those of the members of the class Inst year who wero elected to membership in the scholarship fraternity. In several cases students were not elected to membership to the fraternity on ac count of not having completed seven of the eight required lines of work in the college of arts and sciences. The university requirements for graduat ing 1b that the members of the stu dent body shall have completed six of the seven linoB of required work, but the, constitution or Phi Beta Kappa fraternity provides that seven out of olght of the required lines of work must be completed. Election Changed. At the meeUng of the chapter last night It was voted that to bo consld- orod-for-oleotion-to-Phi-Beta-Knppar a member of the class of It) 11 must John Lawrence Rico, Calvin Hill Tay lor. The Theta Kappa Nu fraternity hns had a chapter at Nebraska for four or five yearB. It Is a national organisa tion and corresponds very much to Phi Beta Kappa, having tho same scholar ship requlremontB. An average of 90 or more In all required work 1b neces sary for eligibility. ancLjiot Jess than one-tenth and more than one-sixth of the members of tho senior law class may bo chosen from the graduating class each year. The honor men of the freshman law clnsB wero also nnnounced. In ordor of preference they aro Anthony Z. Do nato, A. J. Luddon and Thos. B. An- "drews. Prizes are given to tho throo honor men each year by Dr. Pound, associate dean of the Chicago law school, formerly dean of tho Nebras ka law school. This year the prizes consist of "Anglo American Legal Es says," Holdworth'B "History of English Law." and Tucker's "Constitution of '.the United States." Announces New Members. While the decision or the Judges or the debate was being awaited Chan cellor Avery announced tho members of tho university student body who were elected to Delta Sigma Rho, the honorary debating fraternity. Three men were elected to thlB organization this year. It 1b a fraternity which has aB Its members men of the differ ent universities who represent that university in intercollegiate debates. The men who were chosen to this honor UiIb year are H. V. Potter. '10; G. N. Foster. Law Ml. and B. M. Cher rlngton. '11. The other men of the debating Bquad who represented the university on the debating teaniB this year Vere elected to Delta -Sigma Rho-lnst-iyearr These threo having been on tho dobat Ing team this year for tho first time. NINE "NT AWARDED TO BASKETBALL MEN ATHLETIC BOARD AWARDS LET TERS TO THREE TENNI8 MEN. D. (. MITCHELL IS GIVEN HfNOR 'T At Regular Meeting of Athletic Board Other Minor Business Transacted and Schedule Meets and Games Approved. Nine men awarded sweaters for their work In basketball and three men awarded sweaters for their work in tennis last year and also the awarding of an honor sweater to one man was the chief work or the ath letic board Inst night at their regular meeting. The men of the university who were awarded sweaters for their work last season wero Perry, Joiigb, Inger soil, Schmidt, Wood, Petrashok, Am berson. Hlltner and Hutchinson. Those sotn at Lincoln May 21 and tho trnck moot with KansaB at Iawronco May. 14. Tho track committee was ufuo In structed to look into tho matter of ar ranging a triangular meet with Mornlngsldc and South Dakota ut olther Vermillion of Sioux City. The committee was given power to a,ct. Trip Approved. Tho eastern baseball trip was also considered by tho mombcrs of the board and the schedule as arranged was approved by tho board. Tho mat ter of arranging for the basketball tournament for the high schools of tho state wns ' discussed and it was decided that the matter would be dropped and not bo hold this year on account or the lateness of tho season. CHANCELLOR AND DEAN ARRIVE AT DECISION TWO LAW STUDENTS INDEFI NITELY 8U8PENDED. CHANCELLOR MAKES STATEMENT Disregard of Instructions and Arrest and Disorderly Charges Are Chief Causes of Punishment Two Suspended Until Easter. have "finished the six out of eight groups of subjects required for gradu ation, complete and without substitu tion, one of tho six being the classics x?r the oxact-sclenco requirement." Those Elected. The full list as elected by the local chapter loatovenlng and as announced this morning is as follows: Solum S. Anderson, Omaha; Lucile M,, ArendB, Syracuse; Mary L. Baker, Lincoln; Eleanor Barbour, Lincoln; Rachel N. Blodgott, Raymond; Alice E. Compton, Lincoln; -Mary Dion, North Bond; Lois dossier, Lincoln; Mary Allco-Frum, Lincoln; Mario von Goetz, North Platte? Fayo M. Hartloy, .Lincoln; Emma E. Hewitt, Friend; Rachel Holmes, Tecumseh; Beulah L. Jennings, Davenport; Venus N. Lea rner, Wakoflold; Katherine Little, Lyons; Walter P. Loomls, Omaha; Bertha Luckoy, Lincoln; Mabelle R. McVeigh, Lincoln; Cornlle H. Meyer, Omaha; Anna Wilson Miller, Culbert son; Bertha Noalo, Fort Calhoun; . Minnie iM.'Nowmun,' Lincoln;' 'Herbert 1 W. Potter, Omaha; .Elsie IC Rokahr, Lcon: Blanche K. Sperling, Chad ron; John 'T. Tate, Vqlentlnb; Mabel V. Van Camp, Lincoln; Margaret G. Wheeler, Lincoln; Ina J. Williams, Lincoln; Edith Wilson, Lincoln. Previous to tho ' announcement of ,f , the newly elected members of tho Phi Beta Kagpa fraternity the announce ment of the menlbers which .were ,-elected to, .The""Kappa Tttu last oven-. college of law announced that six enlars In tho college of law were "'elected to membership in that hon- i orarj fraternity. Tho'ao'eleeted wore' . as itmuwu; nuuiur Jiaimnun Ayis ' V$. &?S Mh W Xa.nk m'V thur Duttonr Franlc August 'Peterson,'? MYSTIC FtH ORGANIZED Freshman Girls' Society Formed at Nebraska. - The f reBlmiaircoe"dB liaTo organ ized a new society. Henceforth tho "Mystic Fish" will take Its place among the girls' class societies of the university. Nino girls of tho freBhman class aro members of the now bociety. Hb qr Ionization is similar to that of the Black Masque, Silver Serpent and XI Delta, thp senior, junior- and sopho more class societies. The members of the new organization are: Lucile Bell, Pi Beta Phi; Alice. Ro man, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Marian Swezey, Kappa Alpha Theta; Mary Glibort, Delta Gamma; Beulah' Bell, Alpha Chi Omega; Stella Butler, Al pha 'Omlcron Pi; Mary Paddock, Delta Delta Delta; Helen Lawrence, Alpha Phi, and Evangeline Long. Two studonts of tlio collogo of law wore indoflnitely suHppnded Friday by Chancellor Avery as a result of iho St. Patrick's day's celebration and Its aftermath. Ono was disciplined bo- cause ho violated the instructions of Dean Hastings In splto of tho lotter of tho chancellor warning him of the consequences. The other suspension was due to an arrest and a disorderly chargo lodged against a student who appears to have visited Havelock the day before, as well aB skipping classes. Two other students woro suspended until after EaBtcr vacation and spine others wero privately reprimanded and warned. Chancellor Makes Statement. Chancellor Avery niado tho follow ing slatemont after the action sus pending tho students hud been decid ed upon: "The chancellor and Doau Hastings, after a thorough Investigation of mut ters connected with the proposed law 'sneak day,' and tho visit' of cortuln students to tho saloons or Havelock In the evening, have arrived at the following- dcclrJon: - "One student whose namo has up poarcd in tho public press in this con nection Is suspended Indefinitely from the university. His case seemed to be somowhat more deserving of severe troatment than that of somo of tho others, owing to tho fact that ho wan ni0?J-ni!-nt-iJiI rctrned to tho city with a bottle of whisky, which ho exhibited on tho car, in his possession. Ono other student, whoso namo has not been montioned in tho public CARD OF THANKS. I wish, through the columns of the Daily Ncbraskan, to express my deep appreciation to all those who havef contributed to the fund to send me on a visit to my old home during the summer. It is a pleasure never ex oected, and I thank you very much for It. My family and I will never forget It. JACK BE3T. ' BLACK MASQUE ELECT Thirteen Members of the Junior Class Chosen to Membership Yesterday. Yesterday the members of tho Black Masque society elected thirteen mem bers of the present Junior class to be come members of that organization. The Black Masque Is an organization of the girls of the senior clasB and tho members are elected from tho junior class following In the sprlsg of the year In which the active members are to graduate. ' Tho list of, tho girls elected to mem bership to this organization includes tho prominent girls of the junior class. ThoBo elected to membership for the coming year are, as follows: Florence Whlttler, Ruth He'acoclc, Kathryn Willis, t Pottle Taylor, Kate 'Field, ' Mjfion ' Whitmore, Dorothy 'MoreheVd, JesBie "Cully, Florence Al- lum, Lucile Miller; Hattle Ogden, labelle Davis, and Breta Bills. men all participated in games to the extent allowed by tho athletic board for tho winning of their letter, The men on this line-up are on tho Whole men who will complete their cdlle'ge work this semester or have comfoloted it last semester. Of the nine men Ave received their degree this semester. Honor Letter Awarded. Tho .board also awurded un honor letter to u. u. imtcneu lor ms'iong' servlco on th,o basketball team and other work In athletics In the univer sity. Besides granting these sweaters the board granted letters to the. three men who represented the university In, the tennis tournament against Kansas University last year, These men are as. follows: Weaverllng, Smith and Fowler. The -board after granting the letters took ,up other minor .business' and awarded 'the program concessidn for tho football games next fall to A. M. Oberfelder and B. F. Frieden. They also approved the scedullng of three baseball gamqs for he fresh ra base ball team wblclj are to be played at home. THREE DEBATES IN LEAGUE Interdlstrlct Contest and Omana-Des Moines Debates Saturday. Three debates were hold In tho Ne braska High School Debating League Friday night. Beaver City dofonted McCook by a unanimous decision at at Beaver City; Randolph defeated Woyno by a 'I to 1 decision at Ran dolph; Albion defeated St. Edward by a 2 to I decision at lilblon. The BeuverClty McCook contest was very close, The membors of tho Beavor City team woro Clarence DavlB, ISverott Carr and Harry BHIb. .Those on tho McCook team wore Helen Schwof, Adeline K oiler and Ray Scott. Claronco Davis will rep resent Beaver City, who is now cham pion of tho southwestern district, in tho state contest at Lincoln. Tho Judges In this debate were Judge A. S. Tlbbets or Lincoln. Albert Watkins orLincoln- and -Principal--McQormlcV or tho Atwood, Kan., high school. The me.mbers or tho Randolph team in the Rnndolph-Wayne debate wore .Herbert Rccbo. EIbIc Yost and Ellth Light. James Brlttan, Harry Glider- I sleeve and Herbert Welch supported the aulrmntlvo ror Wayne. Tho Judges woro Supt. It. S. Whitley of -the-Sloux-Ci'bv"la7rHchool8TSu"pT. A." H. Dixon of ToknYnuh and Supt. J. E. Marsh of Ponco. Supt. I. G. Wilson of Albion, director or the north cen tral district, is arranging the pairing pross, Is also indefinitely suspended on account or rallure to givo a satis factory oxcuso for not obeying the chancellor's summons to his work on tho proposed sneak day, and also Jor being one of tho party to visit the Havelock saloons. Two students Whoso nanies have appeared in the public press are suspended until after th.o Easter vacation. Two other stu dents whose names havo not been given to the public are given a pri vate reprimand and warning. "Tho investigation discloses the fact that wh)le the six.Htiidents, or nt loust most, of them', were noisy nnd showed eyldcnqcs of intoxication, there was no profano or Improper language used by any of iho students, and TKat the statement made by the police officers to the dean In regard to tho deport 'nient of the young men and their de lation to the employes of the Traction company, wero entirely fair and im partial towards all concertied." - Tho student) body regrets that the chancellor' felt forced to take such a course in this matter. Theso are the only cases which have so far. been before tho faculty' this year. This cannot.be considered a very large per cent anions the 4,000 students, ' It Is known that the' police hare been stricter in their arrests this year than ever before. It Is hoped tkere will be no deed for further suspensions In the future. The board also, approved the sched tiling of the track meet with Minne-,yersity of Nebraska. of Albion, Randolph and Pierce for tho district championship. In the north central district, Albion, In her debate with St.' Edward, wns represented by Almee Wright, Ernest Hess apd Verm 3arten. RobertFlory, Mary Swanson and Minnie Christian boh represented St. Edward. The Judges wero I. H. Brltoll of Columbus, Supt. Julius Gilbert of Newman and Supt. J. Evans of Petersburg. This was St. Edward's llrst debate in the league. In a special debate held between Nebroska GIty and Ashland Saturday night, Nebraska City won a unani mous decision, This was an Interdls trlct debate. Tho Nebraska City de baters wore Nellie Wright, Bert Snoyder and Carl Ganz. Ashland was represented by Miss Wagner, Lloyd Worley and Orvll Pellotz. Prof. yi. M. Fogg of tfio university, Prln, E. W. Gron or tho Omaha high school and JT. 15, House, professor of English at Peru Normal, Judged tho debate. All of these debates were on tho league question. Omaha high school defeater Des 'Moines high school by a 2 to 1 deci sion at Omaha Friday night. Tftfe question was:,"ResolVed, That' govern ment should encourage competition to tke extent of, prohibiting any form of artificial monopoly." Hnrbld 'Moon, .Paul Byers'- and7 Richard Barnes up held the affirmative fqr Omaha, ana Harl Esllck, Miss Boioto McAdow and Robert Dodgo) supported the negative for Des. Molnw. T,bq judges woro Supt.; J, H, Berhlge, Council Bluffc; Supt. N, 3if, Graham, president Ne braska State Teachers'. Association, and Professor 2U. t, Fogg of, the Uni- Try-outs for the track, team which Will represent the university at. the 0aha athletic meet wfl) be; held Wednesday of this week.' 'AH mon who are interested in tke success 0r .tbe ' Nebraska team; are. urgitp be oyt' and -try, for a place pa fee .Uaw.v T n s