Vol X. No. 144
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1911.
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MEN STUDENTS TO
PUT ON COMIC OPERAS
NEW DRAMATIC ORGANIZATION
LAUNCHED LAST NIGHT.
PRIZE FOR OPERAOF10CAL SETTING
Membership Limited to Thirty Upper
Classmen, but Plays Open to
All Men Students.
For some time past It has been
rumored about the campus that a new
dramatic organization was being or
ganized, and. last evening the person
nel of the organization was made pub
lic. -
The now .organization Is tho out
come of several months of planning
and preparation. It does not aim to
conflict In any way with the present
dramatic club, as It will present only
musical comedleB and comic operas.
Such clubs aro no now thing, apd have
already met with great success at
Michigan, Wisconsin, Yale. Harvard
and Princeton. The members of the
new organization will be known as tho
Kosmets. They offer a prize of $75
to any Nebraska student or alumnus
who will compose a comic opera with a
local sotting which can bo presented
under the auspices of tho Kosmets.
The cast, however, will not bo con
fined to tho members, as try-outs will
be hold1 at which all men In the uni
versity will bo eligible.
The Evening News last night report
ed that all men and women In the
university would bo eligible, but this
was a mistake, as all the parts will
be taken by the men, as Is tho custom
in other schools. Plans are already
being made for tho presentation of a
comic opera next year. Membership
-will be-xonflned to tho two upper,
classes, and limited to thirty members.
AdmlsBion will bo by election by the
active members. Tho charter mem
bers are as follows: Joe Pomorene.
David F. Meeker, Wayne T. Carroll, L.
F. Farrell, Glen D. Whltcomb, Ernest
H. Graves, Dale S. Boyles, E. Z.
Hornburger, Henry F. Wnuder, E. M.
Adams, H. M. Potter, Rex Fuller, Bur
ton S. Hill, Thad E. Saunders, Searle
F. HolmeB, It. K. Ammerman, J. F.
Mead, Russell K. Pier.ce, W. L. Bates,
E. T. Robinson, S. B. Starrett, Jr.,
Morton Stelnhart, George H. Seeman,
L. A. Welsh.
MINE AGAIN
8UNBURNED SENIORS RETURN
FROM STOLEN HOLIDAY
AT MILFORD.
Senior snetfk day has pasBed and
gone. Yesterday morning they left us
and -wended their joyful way to tho
open fields., Yesterday -evening they
returned tired in body but revived and
rejuvenated In mind, by one of the
most pleasurable outings that the class
bas over given. That tho affair was
a success could not be doubted by any
one who bad listened to the account
of one "who has taken the Irlp.
With the weather conditions per
fect, one hundred and forty seniors,
clad in the most varied of-plcnlc garb,
assembled yesterday morning; at 7
' o'clock at- the Burlington station. Sev-
eral of .the girls bad been so sore 'op
pressed by envious members "of the
underclasses that It wa nece'ssary for
them to 'come decidedly "en negligee,"
but of course that did ,nqt matter.
Stub Hnscnll was the captive of the
day, firmly Hecured to avoid all pos
sibility of escape. The trip to Mil
ford was uneventful, as no one fell off
the train and there were no alterca
tions with the conductor.
Arrived in Miirord, the motley crow
proceeded through tho stroetsof the
town and reached tho beautiful and
spacious grounds of the Old Soldlors'
Home. A visit was at once paid to
the Shogo Llthia spring, and there
much water and not a little ginger ale
was drunk. An onslaught was then
made upon the famous fire escape of
the Home, and while the most daring
risked life and limb in tho giddy de
scent, the other members of the class
sat on tho grass at tho mouth of the
chute and watched the hurtling bodies
shoot out upon the ground. A base
ball game with Ruby Barnes In the
role of umpire was a feature of the
day.
Lunch was served at noon. The
committee in charge had seen to It
that no one should go hungry and
oven t;ho moBt pronounced gourmand
was satisfied'. After lunch a swim
ming hole was discovered by one of
the boys and those of the stronger
sex who wero natatorlally Inclined
rallied at the spot to the sign of two
fingers. It Is wmored that tho girls
took advantage of their absence to go
in wading, but this can not be proved.
Lunch was again served at 4:30, fol
lowed By another onslaught on the
Llthia spring and then the return trip
to the station was begun. The special
train carrying, the returning worry-1
maKers lort aillford. at r o'clock and
nrrlvod in Lincoln at fi. Today the
sign of senlorBhlp upon the campus
Is not a black cap. It la a sunburned
and peeling nose.
PLENTY OF SMALLPOX.
Conditions Rather BacP at Missouri
University.
Eighty students of tho University of
Missouri occupying the Y. M. 0. A.
building, wore plnced under quaran
tine In their domicile yesterday when
It was discovered that one of tholr
number had smallpox. Tho Bmallpox
situation at Columbia 1b rathor seri
ous. Sixteen hundred students have
been vaccinated and tho totnl number
of cases among the students. Is twolvo.
Eleven members of the .track team
wero excused from vaccination and
are allowed to attend classes, a privi
lege exaonded to no other students,
all others being forced to undergo
compulsory vaccination.
All senior girls appear In white
dresses to take part In thd daisy chain
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DATE HER NOW
FOR
MAY 27,
LARGE ENTRY LIST
HIGH SGHOO
FOR THE
L FETE DAY MEET
The annual track and field meet of
the' "Nebraska -High School. -Athletic
association will be held on Nebraska
field next Friday, May 19, at 2:30
p. m. With a school entry of eighteen
and an Individual entry of more than
132 men, the 1911 meet promises to
excel all previous events of its kind,
not only in quantity but also in quality
of track material represented.
Every precaution has beon taken
In order that the meet this year may
be pulled off according to schedule.
Having been benefited by previous
blunders, tho committee for this year's
event have Issued a set of most strin
gent Instructions, whereby the en
trants must appear at tho appointed
time or forfeit the events by falling so
to do. A definite time for every event
has been announced, which, by the
way, frequently overlap. This latter
feature Is a guarantee that a continu
ous athletic performance will be tho
program for the afternoon, and one
which all Nebraska, dubious about the
interesting qualities of the meet,
should observe.
List of Events.
Tho list of events is identical with
those of the regular Intercollegiate
events, namely: 100-yard dash, 120
yard hurdles, 880-yard dash , 220-yard
dash, 440-yard run, and one mile run;
also the field events of hammer, dis
cus, sliot put, pole vault; running high
jump, and running broad Jump"; Be
cause of the largo number of entries,
all of the final track events' will have
to be preceded by preliminary heats,
probably two to each race,
An innovation wijl be made this
year in regard to the plan of scoring.
Previously, three places have received
scores, but this year, the first, second,
third, and fourth winners will be ac
corded 5, 3, 2 and 1 points, respect-
lYely. Tljls. feature is aJsoare.flultof.
the rapid growth of the entry list,
there being too many first class men
to warrant such a close discrimination
as that In vogue last year. Tho list
of towns and their respective entries
is recorded as follows:
Ashland Ensminger, Graham,
Hornsberger, McNett, Marcy, and Wel
strone. Auburn Chrestner, Gerlaw,
MaBtin, Quackenbush, Smith, and
Whlttomore. Crete Graham, Maresh,
Mlcklo. DeWItt Klhurtz, Leacock,
Nloholas.Schumachor.Venrlck. Frank
lin Academy Broughton, Eberhart,
McGay, Mong, Piatt, Sawyer. Hast
ings Anderson, Dunlap, Eller, Kline,
Kohl, Rahey, Rlchey, Ryan, Vreoland,
Yager. Kearney High School Ball,
Davis, Harse, Kuntzen, Lambert, Scott,
Smith, 'Swift, Wallace, Wright. Kear
ney Military Academy England, Cor
mene, Lolllch, Mose, Naaon, Nlgro,
Temple, ton, Tym. Lincoln Allen,
Cameron, Collins, Eaton, Goggins, Hoi
dorman, Hugg, Metheny, Quick. Ne
braska Military Academy Aborno,
Hunter, Killen, Laohr, Langworthy,
Meyers, Moser, TompTe, Ward, Grebe.
North Plrttts Alden, Oak, Greeson,
Halligan. Omaha Conn, Dow, Ells
worth, Lavidgo, Ludwig, Millard,
Mumehe, Rector, Rowley, Wood. Paw
nee Cltyi-Burnham, Flory, Gabby,
Liebendorfer. Sidney Nelson, Shoe
maker. Tecumseh Evans, Graf, Jones,
Mattox,' Stewart, Wagner. University
Place Amos, Embree, Eyestone,
Flotz, Glsquain, Keefer, Pope, Wright.
York 'Foster, Medlar, Wiley, Hannis,
Slzer, Zumwlnkel, Mappa, Warner.
University High School Bailey, Hum
mel, Pettis, 'White, Brown, Kimball,
Pierce, .Harper, Perrln, Uhlv Falls
City Reavis.
STATE HIGH SCHOOLS
OEOATE FRIDAY EVENING
MEMORIAL HALL SCENE of THE
FOURTH ANNUAL CONTE8T.
TEN SELECTED EROM TWO HUNDRED
District Contests Have Boon Going on
for Three Months Question Is
as to U. 8. Navy.
Friday evening nt 8 o'clock In '
Memorial hall will take place tho -fourth
unnual state championship do
bato of tho Nebraska High School De
bating leaguo of sixty-six of tho
state's principal schools, tho largest
organization of its kind In tho United
'States. Ton selected debaters, tho
nick of about 200 members of teams
who have been training theniBolvos
in tho league's district contests the
last three months, will compete for
the championship, which was wop.
three yenrs ago, when thero wero
thirty BchoolB in tho race, by Arthur
Anderson of Wahoo; two years ago,
wlien thore wore forty-bight schools,
by Clayton S. Radcllffo of Sidney, now
In tho university, and last year ,whon
tho membership was flfty-olght. by
MIbs Marie Douglass of Plattsmouth,
a member of tho class of 1914.
The representatives of tho schools
which have won the championships of
ten districts will bo as follows:
Eastern district, Clarenco Eldam,
Fremont.
East central district. W. P. Acker
man, Havelock.
Northern district, J. T. O'Connell,
Atkinson.
North-central district, E. W. Moehn
ort, Madison.
Northwestern district, E. K. Nel
son, Sidney.
Southern -distrlctrHarrlson-blrio,
Dlller.
Southeastern district, Victor Coul
ter, Wymoro.
Southwestern district, W. W. Wentz,
Trenton. . -
Western district, Jannis G. Oldham,
Kearney.
West-central district, Lucy Jeffords,
Broken Bow.
Whether or not tho United States
Continued on Pago 4
MU8T BE IN WRITING.
Chancellor Avery Denies Investiga
tion Without Prosecution.
Chancellor Avery has told the mem
bers of tho faculty who save him the
Information which they possessed re
garding payment of money to Sidney
Collins that he would conduct an In-
vestigation If a written charge were
filed against Collins. Students are
commending ho stand wh'lch Chancel
lor Avery Is taking In refusing to. in
vestigate rumors. Rumors ore so often
foundationless that unless some re
sponsible parties can be found who
aro willing to espouse tho cause of
prosecution, no investigation will be
held. Students at largo are express
ing the belief that Collins is not guilty
of a misdemeanor. - - -
OB8ERVATORY OPEN.
Public May View Jupiter and jts
Moons Fnjday Night
, 'Professor Swezey has announced
that .the observatory will be open to
vlpltoro Friday,-May 19, from 8:jjpjto
11 p. m., if the skies are clear, for a
view of Jupiter and its moons.
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