TLhc Dail IRebraskan
VOL. XI. NO. 128.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, SATURDAY APRIL 20, 1912.
Price 5 Cents
RELAY TEAMS OFF TO
" ENTER MEET AT DRAKE
TRACK MEN IN FAIR CONDITION
FOR CONTESTS.
MAflYS (HOOli ARE TO COMPETE
FRUIT FOR THE STUDENTS
Cornhuskers Stand Best Chance of
Winning in the 220 and 880
Events.
Nebraska's throe relay teamrf left
yoBterday afternoon a. 2 o'clock for
Dob MoIiiob, where they will enter the
Drake relay meet agaitiBt teama from
Drake, Mornlngside, Chicago. Wiscon
sin, Kansas, Ames, Coo, C.rinnell,
South Dakota and others Coach
Stlehm and Assistant Coach Reed ac
companied the men.
Nebraska's toaniB are in fair condi
tion, but by no means as good as they
will be at the middle of the season.
The three events they will enter
are the. 220, 440 and half. Of these
three, odds are for Nebraska in the
220 and half rather than in the 410.
The following are the teams.
220 Christmas, May, Hacely, Bran
non.
440 Captain Anderson, Barnes,
ltacoly, MacGowan, Beaver.
K80 Bates, Becker, Anderson, Mc
(iowan Three Weeks' Notice Required.
Nebraska's track team will not be
broken up thiB year the day bofore a
meet by the delinquency of half Its
momberB The new eligibility rulcB
recently put Into force provide that a
man must have Ills certificate of eligi
bility before ho tries out for a posi
tion on any University team, and this
certificate cannot be revoked without
throe weeks' notice. This will also
provont class presidents being de
clared ineligible the day after they
are elected, as haB happened at vari
ous times in the past.
MORE FLOWERS SENT NOW i FOOTBALL CAPTAINCY
PRIMARY DAY YIELDS JOBS FOR
MANY AND A NEAR ARREST
FOR SEVERAL.
Primary election day was a fruitful
one for students of the University
Probably two score of thorn wore em
ployed by the various candidates to
distribute campaign material and
others secured jobB as clerkH in Uie
polling booths One fortunate young
man, by acting as clerk for both the
city and county in the Fourth A pro
duct, made $9 OtherB pulled down
from $2 to $7 HO
A rather unpleasant experience was
suffered by a number of members of
one of the fraternities. Those young
men wore employed by the Taft camp
to write certain data on the sidewalks
in chalk It happeiiB that this 1b in
violation of a certain city ordinance
anent the marring and defacing of
public property. Ab a result the stu
dents fell Into the hands of tho police,
but were releaBed on their own recog
nizance to appear Friday morning in
police court. Nothing of consequence,
however, came of the affair, the city
attorney ruling that unless the owners
of property along the sidewalks ob
jected to the writing there waa no
direct violation of the ordinance No
such objection was made and the
youths were released.
Much difficulty was encountered by
many In casting their voteB, since a
large Bhare of the men Btudents of
otlng age had failed to register last
registration day In consequence they
were compelled to secure two free
holders from the precinct In which
they rcBidod, go to the city hall and
there fill out a certificate signed and'
sworn to by the freeholders. An un
usually large number of Btudent votes
were cast and, according to Lincoln
politicians, the University vote will bo
felt In the general result in the city.
MEN PAYING GREATER ATTEN
TION TO THIS FEATURE OF
FORMAL PARTY SEASON.
While there has been a great deal
of talk this year about the extravagant
cost of formal parties, little attention
haB been paid to tho Item of flowers.
More flowers have been Bent during
tho proBont formal season than ever
before. Formerly, evon at fraternity
formals, it waB unusual to see more
than two or three co-eds wearing flow
ers. Now, however, at all formal
partieB at least half of the fair sex
como into the dance hall wearing
bunchos of roses or other favorite
flowerB There Is one custom in par
ticular that seemB to have sprung up
only thiB year, the representatives
asked from other fraternltioB very
often send flowers to tho girl they are
Invited with.
"I felt rather guilty at flrBt," said
one co-ed, "when the men would aBk
what color of flowers I wanted It did
seem rather extravagant to let them
buy them. But the more I thought
about It, the more I thought that It
was a whole lot better for the men
themselvoB to spend their money on
flowerB than on pool games and to
bacco So now, every time I get flow
ers I Just think that I am helping the
men and I accept them with thanks "
'S
"N" MEN AGAIN FAIL TO CHOOSE
A LEADER.
SIX VOTES EOR ERNIE FRANK
TEACHERS jRE WANTED
MANUAL TRAINING INSTRUCTORS
ARE IN DEMAND BY NE
BRASKA SCHOOLS.
The demand for inon prepared to
teach manual training in high and
grade schools in tho state is greater
than it has ever been before. Tho
recent action of tho N. E. A. in de
claring itself in favor of such voca
tional education has resulted in many
schools installing an equipment for
bonch and lathe work, and the supply
of toacherB will not fill tho demand.
There iB a good chance for engineers
who want to try a few yearB of audi
work at good pay to stop into excep
tionally good positions. Men with
some athletic ability, coupled with
their training in woodwork, should
" have no difficulty in getting positions
as athletic director in some high
school, where they would have charge
of tho manual training department
also. Tho teachers' bureau of tho
University rocolveB calls for teachers
from over tho Btate, and positions are
bolng filled now for next year. Any
men interested should apply ut the
office of the bureau, room 203 Admin
istration building, to look up the proposition.
TWO FRAT GAMES TODAY.
Phi Gams Meet Sigma Nub and Alpha
Thets the Delta Taus.
Sigma Nu meets Phi Gamma Delta
in their annual chiHh this morning at
!l o'clock. Owing to the fact that the
athletic field cannot be secured, the
game 1b to be played at Twenty-second
and J streets.
Both teams are somewhat crippled
by the enforced absence of their star
playerB. Racely, who generally
pitches for tho Phi (lama, Is with the
track team at Drake, and Fisher, tho
Sigma Nu's Btar pitcher, is rendered
unfit by an attack of tho mumps.
Alpha Thota Chi will play Delta
Tau at tho samo field or on tho State
Farm diamond at 10: 150 o'clock.
COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL BLDG.
Final Consideration Will Be Given
Bids Today.
The property committee meets to
day in Omaha for the final considera
tion of the bidB for the medical build
ing in that city Chancellor Avery,
Dean Wolcott and Superintendent
Chowins will go up from tho Univer
sity, to meet with the other members
of the committee, Rogents Whitmore,
Lyford and Coupland, and Dean
Bridges of the Omaha Medical College
But a Majority of the Fifteen Eligible
Is Required to Elect a
Candidate.
At a meeting of the athletic board
yesterday afternoon a voto for tho
1912 football captain was hold by tho
momberB of tho 1911 "N" men proB
ent. Only nine football players woro
ot the meeting, not a sufficient num
ber to decide tho election, Blnco tho
ballot resulted bIx for Ernlo Frank
to three for Harmon. A majority of
the fifteen ollglblea Ib required by
any one candidate for tho captaincy.
It 1b uncertain Just when tho foot
ball election will bo settled, as tho
matter 1b now In the hands of tho
athletic board ThiB latter body, in
stead of the football "N" men, will
choose the captain Not enough of tho
members of the athletic board to con
stitute a quorum were prosont yester
day afternoon and so no voto was
taken A majority of tho eleven mom
bers of the athletic board will bo suf
I flclent to make a choice.
Trip for Baseball Team.
According to a rumor prevalent
among memberB of the baseball team
yoBterday, a trip will soon bo taken by
the club through Missouri and Kan
sas, a number of games bolng
scheduled with college teams, among
which is tho University of MiBBOuri.
Since both Coach Stiehm and Athletic
Manager Eager were out of tho city
last night, thiB report could not bo
confirmed.
IOWA MEETS HARD LUCK.
Teams May Not Be Entered In Drake
Relay Carnival.
Blue Print Gets Exchange.
Fred A. Wirt, business manager of
tho Blue Print, received yesterday a
box containing 150 copies of tho
Michigan Technlc. Tlila is an ex
change magazine and a copy 1b given
to every subscriber of tho Blue Print.
The Minnesota and Colorado engineer
ing annuals are also on the exchange
list of tho Blue Print, but have not ar
rived yet. The second number of the
Blue Print will be out about May 15.
This is the first year that two num
bors have been published.
High waters have seriously hampered !
early spring training at Iowa Tho '
track men have bt'en compelled to do
their training on the roadB around i
Iowa City. It is unlikely that the
teaniB will be entered In tho Drake
relay carnival at Des Moines.
Tho baseball Bquad has fared some
what better, having used Rundoll Park
diamond in East Iowa City, where tho
local semi-pros. play.
GERMAN STUDENT PLAY
BIG AUDIENCE ENJOY8 CLEVER
ACTING IN "MINNA VON
BARNHELM."
EVEN 80.
Mary had a little lamb
'TwaB Persian on nor coat;
She alBo had a mink or two
About a dainty throat;
A bird of paradise, a tern,
And ermine made the hat
That perched at Jaunty anglo
On her coiffure, largely rat.
Her tiny boots were sable topped,
Her gloves wore muakrat, too,
Her muff had heads and tails of
Half tho "critters" in the zoo;
And when she walked abroad I ween
Sho feared no wintry wind.
At keeping warm, 'twas plain to see
She had all nature "skinned."
Orange and White, Tennessee.
The DeutBche Vereln laat night pre
sented "Minna Von Barnholm" at tho
Temple theatre aB their annual play.
Tho large audience which attended
waa highly pleased with tho perform
ance and tho high standard which has
been sot by University dramatic or
ganizations was well maintained by
tho entire cast.
Tho pantomino was bo excellent
that oven thoBe who could understand
but little German woro able to follow
tho details of tho plot with ease.
Professor Amanda Hoppner, who
coached tho play, deserves groat crodlt
for tho histrionic talent which Bhe
brought out in tho players. The work
of Alvlna Zumwinkel in tho character
role was one of tho host features of
the performance
Geology Class on Trip.
Tho members of tho class in Geol
ogy 31, under the supervision of Pro
foBsor Schramm, loft Thursday for
Roca, Nobr., where they will make a
topographical map of the surrounding
country. They oxpeqt to return tho
first part of next week.