TLhe S)ail IRebraekan
VOL. XI. NO. 134.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY APRIL 30, 1912.
Price 5 Cents
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AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
SYSTEM IS ADOPTED
NUMBER OF OFFICES INCLUDED
IN NEW PLAN.
IT WAS DESIGNED TO REMIVE GRAFT
Registrar Will Designate Place of
Each Election and Will An
nounce Time Also.
The AiiBtralian ballot system for
cIuhh elections aH planned by tlie com
mitteo appointed from the four classes
and the registrar. waB considered by
the- UniverBlty Senate last Saturday
and was unanimously agreed upon in
the following form:
Resolved, 'lhat the presidents' of the
four classoB, the Ivy Day orator, and
the editor-ln-chlof, managing editor,
and business manager of the Corn
husker bo elected by the Australian
ballot system as follows.
Article I.
There shall be one general election
by thiB system the third Tuesday of
each semester .exclusive of registra
tion week, at which election the presi
dents of the four classes shall be elect
ed The Ivy Day orator, editor in chief,
managing editor and business manager
of the Cornhusker shall be elected at
the general election of the second be
mester
Article II.
The registrar shall designate the
place of election The polls shall be
open from 8:01) a in to r.00 p in The
polls ahull be in charge of three facul
ty mombers appointed by the univorsi
ty senate. Each candidate may have a
representative at the polls during the
election.
Article III.
Each voter shall check the name of
the candidate or candidates for whom
he wishes to vote on a ballot furnish
ed him by the election oftlclals, whlon
ballot shall then bo deposited by tTie
election odlcials in its respective box
There shall be a separate ballot for
each class At the close of election
the ballots shall be counted by the
election olllcials
Article IV.
No votes shall bo solicited by cards
or otherwise at the polls or in the
building in which the election is being
held during election day
Article V.
Each candidate must Hie his name
with tho proper olllcial not less than
four days prior to tho day of election.
The time of llling shall close at .":00
p. in., the fourth day Tho registrar
shall announce the election in the
columns of the Daily Nebraskan ten
days prior to tho day of election.
The purpose of the new system is
the elimination of "graft" and unde
sirable political methods from class
elections
Tho plan as agreed upon by the Sen
ate is essentially the same as original
ly drawn up by the class committees
and the registrar
The committees wore as follows.
Senior class (' L Clark, J Powers,
It E Haldorson Juniors Jerome
Forbes (ox-otllcio), 10 I Synder, J. A.
Hodman, I) I) McHrion SophomoreB
('has II Epperson, H V Hobs, John
Cutright Freshmen C P Harley
English Writes of English.
In the current issue of "Tho Publfc,"
a Chicago weekly magazine of social
reform, la an article on the "English
Tory Attitude," from tho pen or Hor
ace B. English, ex-'13, but now at Ox
ford, England.
CGRNHUSKERS EASILY
DEFEAT AMES ON TRACK
RACELY IS STAR OF MEET, TAK
ING TWO FIRSTS.
ANDERSIN RUNS A GREAT RACE
Mile and One Mile Relay are Stellar
Features of Afternoon At
tendance is Very Low.
Nebraska won its (Irst track meet of
the season Saturday afternoon from
Ames by tho score of ('! to 4r The
meet was slow, owing to Uio heavy
track and the rather chilly day Ne
braska simply swept the boards in the
races, while Ames secured nearly two
thirds of the pointB in the field events
Ames took both places In the two
weight events, Nebraska in the two
220jard runs, the dash and the
hurdles
Two races gave most of the after
noon sensations As anticipated, they
weie the mile run and the mile relay
Anderson made the only good time of
the afternoon. Ins 1 US 2 f under the
conditions of the race being nearly
equal to the alley record
Kacely, by virtue of taking two
firsts and by his splendid work m the
rela, is entitled to the star's portion
of the credit in the meet
Tlie surprise of the meet was the
failure of McGowan to place m the
half mile "Meany" holds the valle
record in this event, but he was un
placed in the slow time of 2 08 A
bad leg hampered him to some extent
Hecker, who took llrst for Nebraska,
put up a very creditable race.
The attendance was very poor
The events showed that Nebraska
was Btrong in the races, weak in the
weights, but fair in the jumps al
though Cromwell, with practice, mav
develop into a good man and fairly
stiong in the pole vault
The Results.
KM) yard dash First, Racely (N),
second, Keeney (A) Time, 10 2 ."
seconds.
1 mile run First, Anderson (N),
second, Faniuhar (A) Timo, f mln
ules 28 2 7 seconds
120 yard hurdle First Russel (N),
second, Hyer (A) Time, 10 ; .". sec
onds tlOjard dash First, Heaver (N);
second, Wessel (A) Time, ." 1 .'!." sec
onds.
220 yard hurdle First, Harney (N);
second, Wessel, (A) Time, 2'J 2-f sec
onds 8880-yard run First, Hecker (N);
second, Manning (A) Time, 2 mm
utes, 8 seconds
220-yard dash First, Racely (N);
second, Christmas (N) Time, 23 1-fi
seconds.
1 mile relay First, Nebraska; sec
ond, Ames (Nebraska team Racely,
Hiannon, Anderson, Heaver; Ames
I .and, Wessel, Nordstrum, Crawford )
Time, 3 minutes, 11 seconds
2 milo run First, Hates (N); sec
ond Clarkson (A). Time, 10 minutes,
28 1 ,r seconds
One half mile relay Nebraska wins
on forfeit, Ames entering no team.
Hole vault First, Sloss (A); sec
ond. Reavis (N). Height, 11 feet, 3
Inches
Discus throw First, Vincent (A);
Becond, Hoper (A). Distance, 111 feet,
! inches.
High jump First, IlaBtings (NO;
second, Coray (A) and Crawford (A),
tied HoigUt, 5 feet, 8 inches.
Shot put First, Hoper (A); second,
(Continued on page 2.)
BOOSTING THE BARBECUE
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE WORKING
TO AROUSE ENTHUSIASM
IN EVENT
In order to arouse enthusiasm In
the forthcoming Held day and barbe
cue of the Ijiw college the committee
in charge Is sending out the following
letter to alumni and students
"The second annual Held day and
big barbecue of the College of law will
be held at Capital Reach on Wednes
day, May 3 This is the day on which
the students, faculty and alumni get
together and meet the judges of the
courts "in the open" and spend the
day in feasting, relaxation and sport
Every former student of the College
of Liw ought to be present on this oc
casion Special caiB will leave the
I'nlversity campus at il o'clock in tlie
forenoon, and later cars will be run
from the corner of Ninth and O streets
after the arrival of all the morning
trains. The price of tickets is sixty
cents
' Please notify V C Hascall, Station
A, Lincoln as early as possible of your
intention to be present, and COME
"Committee- Dean W O Hastings,
I'rof Edwin Maxey, I'rof 10 H Con
ant, Prof John J Udwith, V C Has
call. '12; R I) Havvley, '12, A C
Schmidt. '12; J A I-ivvler "13, E S
Schiefelbem. '13, H P. Slade, '13; W
I. Hates, 'II; C E Reed. '11, O H
Williams, M 1 "
HOLD JOINT MEETING
UNION AND PALLADIAN SOCIETIES
RENDER PROGRAM TOGETHER
AT UNION HALL.
The Palladian and Union literary
societies held a joint meeting last Fri
day evening About one hundred and
twenty live were in attendance
The program was held in Union hall
It consisted of three numbers given
by each society and a quartet which
was made up of two Palladians and
two Unions
Mixed quartet . . . . Mr Wiebe,
Miss Moore, Miss Lchmur. Mr Frost
Cornet solo Iewis Pierce
Vocal solo Lloyd Hall
Reading Miss Myra Jones
Vocal solo Harold Slater
Piano solo Miss Gladys Wiel
Male Quartet Messrs
Guidinger, Grant, Hall and Colbeit
After tho program the meeting ad
journed to the Palladian hall for the
social hour A spirit of cheer and
good will prevailed showing the friend
ly attitude of tho two societies toward
each other.
FRESHMEN PERFORM WELL.
Four Track Men Roll up. Total of 23
Points at Omaha.
University freshmen with three
firsts, one second and a victory by de
fault, won second place in the meet
held under the auspices of the Omaha
Y. M. C. A , Saturday night. Tho
four frcBluiUMi entered rolled up a
total of 23 points Reese was the par
ticular star of the meot, taking the 40
yard dash and the shot-put. Wiley
won tho high jump Morrison took
second in tho 40-yard dash. Omaha
high, having three times tho number of
men entered of any other contestant,
won the meet with 36 points.
'CLOSING WEEKS FAIRLY
CRAMMED WITH EVENTS
PARTIES, PLAYS AND CONCERTS
GALORE ARE SCHEDULED.
THE CiEDS ARE GETTING DATED UP
Some of Them Discovering They Havo
No Available Evenings Left Until
After Commencement.
"iBii't it awful, Mabel9 I discovered
last night that I had a date for every
Friday and Saturday evening for tho
last live weeks of school and almost
every night full, too. I never knew a
time when bo much was going on."
Probably not more than two hundred
of the co eds In tho unlvorslty aro
making this or similar romarks and
well they may, for the closing weeks
of school aro fairly crammed with bo
clal affairs of almoBt every charactor
and tho girl who Isn't dated up for a
half dozen or so eventB In advanco
may well feel slighted
Opera Comes First.
Heglnning with the opera, "Tho
Diplomat," played at the Oliver next
Friday evening by the Kosmet club,
events come thick and fast to tho last
day of school Phi Heta Kappa initia
tion will be held Saturday, May 4.
Friday, May 10 will occur tho Junior
hop, which promises to be ono of tho
best dances of the year On May 11,
the night following, the annual recep
tion given by the chancellor to tho
senior class Is scheduled. Tuosday, tho
1 1th, the soldier boys will go to Croto,
to return homo Saturday, tho 18th.
Friday, the 17(li, is High School Foto
day upon which occasion a largo num
ber of visitors will bo in Lincoln. Sat
urday isthe date of tho annual collogo
field meet and Saturday evening at
least seven fraternities aro planning
to give parties to their viBitlng high
school friends.
May 21, tho following Friday, tho
University Gleo Club will give Its an
nual home concert at tho Oliver
theater ThiB is always ono of tho
big social events of the Bchool year
and will complete the club's work for
this year.
The Final Dance.
Wednesday, May 29 is a date which
will bo remembered many moons by
the student body, for on that oventful
night occutb the sophomoro hop at
Capital Reach Plenty of moonlight 1b
asBiired by tho almanac and tho com
mittee promises the most enjoyable
class danco of tho year. This will bo
tho last dance of the school year.
The annual senior play will bo given
, June 8, the last ofllcial day of school.
j The cast is hard at work now and a
I very creditable production Is prom-
iseu. i no weeK or juiio y IB com
mencement week, which will bo filled
with events centering about tho out
going class and culminating in the for-ty-first,nnual
commencement Thurs
day, June 13.
Two Yet Unscheduled.
Resides all these affairs scheduled
for definite dates, a number of par
ties and other events remain to bo def
initely dated. The Pan-Hellenic danco
aB well as tho Pan-Hellenic banquet
will bo arranged for Bomo near future
timo and a military hop Is yet to bo
announced for any specific date. As
all these events named aro of a gener
al Unlvorslty character; together with
tho many private parties the students
will havo quite an exciting social
career from now to tho end of tho
year.
