The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 23, 1912, Image 1
-ff-jp -Twwr ,"ws8T",w?r!r ,r Xlbe 2)ail? Iflebraehan VOL. XI. NO. 92. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY FEB. 23, 1912. Price 5 Cents ft- i It .. " 7 JUNIORS WILL PRESENT . THEIR PLAY TONIGHT BAND HA8 BEEN ENGAGED TO TAKE PLACE OF ORCHESTRA. dill CLUB OCTETTE WILL SING Equipment, Furnished at Great Ex pense to Committee, Will Be Feature of Performance. NEBRASKA DEFEATS DRAKE CORNHUSKER8 WILL MEET THEIR OLD FOE8, IOWA AGGIE8, TO NIGHT AND TOMORROW. Tho -final dre'sB rehearsal for "A Royal Family," which tho Juniors will present at tho Oliver this evening, is boing held at tho theatre thlB morn ing. Tho costumes forlio play ar rived from Omaha yesterday, and all arrangomenta hayo boon completed for tho performance. Tho cast has boon resting eaBy All week and as a cdnso quenco will bo in tho best of shape when tho curtain rises at tho Oliver tonight. Every effort has been made by those in charge to make tho production of "A Royal Family" tho beBt that has boon attempted by University stu dents in some time. The committee has gone to great expense to furnish tho necessary equipment, which In this play is considerable. Tho band has been especially engaged to take the place of tho orchestra and an oc tette from tho Glee' Club will furnish somo incidental music behind tho scones. Following Is tho complete cast: King Fred "McConnoll Prlnco Harry Coffee Cardinal Otto Sinkio Father Anselm Thad Saunders Duke Will Ross Baron ' Fred Fielding Count H. A. Prince v( . First Aide H. R. Mulligan Second Aide ; B. R. Carso Third Aide Nod Allison "Mr. Cobb James Rodman Qonoral Cassola J. F. Ebort Lord Chamberlain T. B. Nichols First Footman. 7. Lamor Stanley Second. Footman J. R. Beach Turkish Ambassador. . . .L. A. Bechtor Belgium Ambassador W. B. Haley Minister from Brazil Will Randall Prlnco Charges Perry Coleman Angeia Florence Hostetler Queen Mother Louise Wyman Queon ,MerIam Clark CouDtosso Carina Helen Carns Mrs. Cobb Ruth Lindley Nurse . . , Imo Huntington Ladles In Waiting V . . .Wllla Spiers T. . . .Ethel Sloan Maurlno Hotzlor Secretaries, Soldiers, Etc. Tonight and tomorrow night tho Comhusker qulntotto will meet Its old enemy, Ames, on the tatter's field. Tho squad left Tuesday for tho battle, stopping on Its way to defeat Drake, 30 to 17. This game occurred Wed nesday and was a fast contest, Ne braska having the load throughout. Drake played a rough game, fouls and slight injuries were many and a good portion of the scores were thrown on fouls. " Tho squad taken to Ames was an all-star bunch. Nine men, Nagle, Car rier, Hiltnor, Haskell, Underwood, Hydo, Striker, Hanzllk, accompanied by Coach Stlehm, are making the trip. Hanzllk, the man taking Gibson's place on this trip, has shown up well dur ing the whole season and seems fully able to replace the big star. The Amos team played a strong game In Its recent battles with Drake, and a game even faster than the one played in Lincoln a few weeks ago 1b in prospect. JUN. CONVOCATION A SUCCESS GOODLY SIZED AUDIENCE LISTEN TO NOVEL AND ENTERTAIN ING SELECTIONS. NEBRASKA RANKS THIRD THIS STATE HAS ONE COLLEGE STUDENT FOR EVERY 135 . INHABITANTS. Which has more college studen'fs enrolled per capita, our own Nebraska, scholastic Massachusetts, literary In diana, or plutocratic Now York? Probably most people hereabouts would surmlso that our esteemed com monwealth was trailing the list. Not so. Nebraska ranks third among all tho states In this respect and tops all three of. those mentioned above. In cold, plain figures, Nebraska has one colle'ge student for every 135 persons, being surpassed only by Kansas and Utah. In tho total number of colleges and universities In tho state, ten In all, .617 students are enrolled. MISS O'CONNELL TO TALK. An entertaining and novel program was rendered by the Junior class at Convocation yesterday morning, a goodly sized audience being in at tendance, despite a slight misunder standing among somo of the students as to the location. The Junior quartette, scheduled to sing several selections, failed to ap pear, It bolng announced that no four Juniors with harmonious voices could be found. Instead, W. W. Giddlnger, assisted by Miss Margaret Kunkel, sang one selection. Tho Junior trio, consisting of violin, 'cello and piano playerB, presented the other musical feature. Two readings by Katherine Yates and the Junior play announce ment by Miss Howell were Interesting, Miss Howell Interspersing a number of witty remarkB among her state ments regarding the forthcoming play. An original and clever feature of tho class history by W. L. Rosb was a poem. The hlBtory told of the deeds and glories of the class of 1913. No little credit for the success of the program is due to tho efforts of Je rome Forbes, the chairman. ENGINEERS PLAN WEEK OF VARIED ACTIVITIES TO HOLD 8PECIAL CONVOCATION AND I88UE COPY OF "RAG." BANQUET TO IE THE (L0SINC EVENT Each Student In Department Will Be Required to Wear Badge Dur ing Specified Time. ENGINEERS INSPECT PLANTS PROFE880R STOUT'8 PUPIL8 MAK ING TOURS TO NEIGHBORING TOWNS FOR PRACTICAL WORK. She Will Take Place of Dean Burnett at Y. W, C A. Meeting. Miss Morris to Talk Taday. Miss Eva Morris, territorial secre tary of tho Y. W. C. A., will speak in tho Y. W. C. A. rooms at 12:30 o'clook today, All girls who eat their lunches in the association rooms aro cordially welcome. If' others do nqt find it convenient to bring their lunches, they "may procure sandwiches by leaving their names at the office. On account of being called out of towa suddenly, Dean Burnett will be unable o deliver the first of a series of talks oh' practical plans for Y. W. C. A. work in smaller communities. His place will bo filled by Miss Mar garet O'Connell. Miss O'Connell Is the territorial secretary for county work. She organizes associations in towns of 8,000 or less, and is at pres ent organizing an association in Hall county, Nebraska. In consequence she is well informed on rural conditions. Hon. H. Mockett at Farm. Hon. H. F. Mockett speaks at Con vocation at the State Farm this morning, The members of Professor Stout's class in Engineering Economics aro turning their knowledge into practical channels by conducting tours of in spection to include a few of tho neigh boring towns. Tho, purpose of these trips is the valuation of the various electric light and water plants. They have already visited tho plants at Seward and Intend to extend their schedule to include Wahoo, Fremont, Ashland and several other towns whose plants will warrant investigation. The engineers of Nebraska have de cided to remain In tho background no longer. At a meeting of their socloty, held Wednesday evening, plans woro mado for the Installation of what Is to bo called "Engineers' Week." Dur ing this special week, which is to bo gin March 4, tho engineers expect to be tho most Important part of tho University. Among tho numerous things they Intend to do during their rolgn aro tho following: Hold a special con vocation, publish an issue of tho Daily Nebraskan, and give some un announced performance on Friday evening of that week. Tho week will bo appropriately ended by tho En gineering Society's annual banquet, which will be held at tho Llndoll Hotel, Saturday, March 9. All during tho week the engineers are ro be distinguished from tho othor students by a badge, which each will be required to wear. Not only will tho purpose of all this activity be to arouse more engineering enthusiasm, but also to let outsiders know what that department of tho University is doing. ANCIENT ANIMALS MOUNTED. Expert Student Assistants Complete Work In Museum. FRESHMAN LAWS I83UE DEFI. Legal Gauntlet Is Thrown Down to Basketball Teams In General, To Whom Is May Concern: Tho members of the Freshman law class basketball" foam,, by Its attorney, John Outright, do hereby and herein issue to the world a dofl. At any time or any place hereafter agreed upon they will meet the legal representatives of any organization in'a wager of bat tle known as basketball and limited to tho rules compiled by one Marquis of QueenBberry. hls challenge is espe cially issued' to secure such above mentioned and described conflict with the winners of the inter-class tournament. Tho expert student assistants In tho museum have just completed mount ing some of the pro-historic animals found in Nebraska. One striking piece is, the head of a tremendous vertebrate mounted in such a manner that a carved cement background shows how tho animal appeared as it swam In tho semi-tropical ocean of Nebraska. This method of preparing a skeleton Is an original one dovised by Professor Barbour. RIFLE TEAM SCORES 840. Shoot With Wisconsin University Will Be Held Today. In tho shoot with Purdue, February 17, the Yates Riflo Club rolled up a score of 840. Tho Individual scores were: Graham 172, Guntlior 171, Feemster 167, Pier 166, White 164. Tho club will shoot this afternoon against Wisconsin University. Mom 'bors are expected to. report by five o'clock. Copies of the pictures of the team, taken last Saturday, may be secured from G. A. Graham. TT JUNIOR PLAY--"THE ROYAL FAMILY "--OLIVER TONIGHT I dm i. ,. mv " T