Xlbe H)aih IRebraskan
VOL. XI. NO. 147.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1912.
Price 5 Cents
ELEVEN DEBATERS TO SPEAK
SETTLE CHAMPIONSHIP IN HIGH
SCHOOL LEAGUE.
ARGUE CLOSED SHOP QUESTION
Annual Debate of High School De
bating League to Be Held in
Memorial Hall.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP DEBATERS, 1911-1912 NEBRASKA
SCHOOL DEBATING LEAGUE.
HIGH
In the fifth annual state champion
ship (lohatc of the Nebraska High
School Debating league, which will 1m
hold on High School Fete Day this
morning In Memorial Hall, lc en
ropreBentativos of schools In all sec
tions of the state will compete for the
honors. Those contestants will be
mombers of the teams that have now
tho championships In the several dis
tricts Into which the seventy-school
loaguo is divided.
The Order of Speaking.
Affirmative .Mlnden, Hastings,
O'Neill, Merna and Fullerton
Negative South Omaha, Wymore,
lordon, Geneva, Lincoln and Wayne
The question debated will be. "Re
solved, That tho movement of organ
i.ed labor for tho closed shop should
receive the support of public opinion "
The judges will be selected by the
president of the league and the com
petlng schools. Each speaker will
have eight minutes and then four
minutes for rebuttal.
Ackerman Represents Lincoln.
Brief Bketches of the students to
whom has been awarded the honor of
representing their respective schools
and districts follow:
Tho East Central district's repre
sentative will be Arthur Ackerman of
the Lincoln High School, which won
from Ilavelock (winner from Wilber),
from the Teachers College High
School, and from Ashland (winner
from University Place and Cook). He
will graduate this year when ho is
just past Bixteen years of age from
tho classical course. He was born in
Lincoln and attended the Capitol
school. He is one of the leading
scholars in his class, and ho will en
tor the University of Nebraska next
year.
Tho Central district will be repre
sented by Jesse Ertel, a senior in the
Geneva High School. This is his
third year in tho work of tho league.
Two years ago ho won third honors
in the state championship debate. He
has participated in seven debates the
laBt two years and In every instance
ho was awarded first place. As a
scholar ho ranks very high in his
class. He intends to enter the State
University next fall.
Wymore Won Five Years.
Tho Wymore High School, which
has won tho championship of tho
Southeastern district all five years
since tho league was organized, will
bo represented in tho state debate by
Augustus Helmlg. This is his third
year on tho Wymore team. He has at
tended tho Wymore schools from tho
primary gradoB up. Ho has taken tho
science-English course and he ranks
high in all hia studies. He will gradu
ate this year. Mr. Helmlg is an en
thusiastic debater who has attained
unusual skill in constructive thinking
and Jn tho art of debate.
Tho South Omaha High School,
which won the championship of tho
ODD PRANKS PLAYED AT GAMP
CORRESPONDENT GIVES GRAPHIC
ACCOUNT OF CAMP LIFE.
DINSMORE SMUGGLES SMOKES
Dally Program Consists of Long Hikes
and Instructive Evolutions.
JESSE L. ERTEL
Geneva
ARTHUR ACKERMAN LEE E. BROWN
Lincoln Hastings
L. E. BENSON ROGER R. RYAN
Mlnden O'Neill
PHILIP T. KOHL GLENN GEALY
Wayne Gordon
EDGAR KIDDOO
South Omaha
AUG. HELMIG
Wymore
ALBERT BRYSON
Fullerton
A. KELLENBARGER
Merna
COMMENCEMENT ARRANGEMENT
ANNOUNCED BY REGISTRAR
Seniors Receive Instructions as to
Way Ceremonies Will be
Conducted.
Instructions for graduation cere
monies to seniors were issued yeBter
day morning from the registrar's of- members of the Dramatic Club.
DRAMATIC CLUB PRESENTS
JAPANESE PLAY IVYDAY
"The Revenge of Shari Hot Su" Being
Worked up for Closing Feature.
"The Revenge of Shari Hot Su," a
two-act play, will be given as one of
the special features of Ivy Day by
flee. Tho students will assemble on
the campus at 9:30 and, in cap and
gown, will march to the city auditor
ium. At tho beginning of the march
a check of the number will be taken
and this will again bo repeated as the
candidates file into the auditorium.
An "in absentia" fee of $10 will be as
sessed of all who fail to appear.
It is agreed that when the great
number of graduates Hbo to pass over
the stage to receive their diplomas,
there is all so much bustle and confu
sion that the solemnity of tho occa
sion Is, to a large degree, lost sight of.
It is also hoped under the new plan
to bring tho exercises to a cIobo be
fore the noon hour. In former years
tho program on several occasions has
The scene of the play Is laid in
Japan. Cherry Blossom, a young Jap
anese girl, and her lover, Kioto, have
both been educated In America. On
their return her hard-hearted father
objects to their marriage. He wishea
Cherry Blossom to marry her uncle,
a learned scholar. Through tho Inter
vention of Cherry Blossom's American
chaperone. Mrs. Beaconstreet, tho
uncle is persuaded that the best re
venge which he can get for IiIb hated
rival will bo the marriage of Kfoto
and Cherry Blossom, and bo they live
happily every afterward.
Tho members of the cast are as fol
lows: Tho uncle, Shari Hot Su Earl Sage.
' Kioto Ralph Northrup.
The war correspondent for tho Dally
Nebraskan wired In a largo amount
of news this morning from Camp
Avery, which tells us that the war Is
coming as nicely as can be expected,
and that most of tho soldiers have
hore feet from the long marches.
However, everyone seems to be In a
good humor, and the usual number of
odd pranks are being played. Tho
following Is from our correspondent:
"The first and second days of camp
passed without any serious hitch.
There was a ten mile hike tho first
morning and a five-mile hike Tuesday
afternoon. This has caused tho Blck
tent to become overflowed with appli
cants for a long, long rest Wednes
day morning the number that went on
tho hike was diminished because of
so many of the troopB having soro
feet
"Chancellor Avery, Coach Stielim
and Principal Hunter visited the en
campment Tuesday. The chancellor
was game to take the hike in the after
noon. However, because of his pres
ence, the hike was made less severo
than the one the day before.
"The location of the camp is In a
beautiful park about a half a mile out
of Crete The tents, In a long regi
mental street, grace the slope of a
hill, while at the foot there is plenty
of acreage for battalion and regiment
al drill. A wire fenco and tho Blue
river aid the guards In catching 'strag
glers' running tho lines."
Tho following meBBage camo sizzl
ing over tho busy wires shortly bo
fore we went to preBB. It Is of sur
prising importance, and we feel that
it cannot be left without mention:
"Lieutenant A. H. DiiiBinoro was
caught taking a package of cigarette
paperB from the tent of Sergoaait Mor
rison last night. He is now being caro
fully watched to see that he does not
smuggle hi any matches."
Visitors who have returned from
Camp Avery Bay that many field
events are being held on the drill
grounds, also many baseball games.
Of the latter, we learn that tho most
famous was a game that -waB to como
off between Co. "D" and the band, but
because of the strict discipline it had
to be postponed, after everything was
made ready, in order that a court mar
tial could bo held. It Booms that somo
of the players wore alleged to havo
been guilty of criminal offences, to
which charges they had to answer.
Wo also learn that several battles
have been fought. The most famous
of thoBo battles will go down in his
tory aB the "Battle of the Blue River."
Each year there is always a famouB
battle fought, but according to all re
ports, this one was the most stirring
thathas yet taken place. When one
takes into consideration tho wonderful
bombardment of Camp Worklzer last
summer, when some unknown parties
tried to blow up the camp, It can well
be Been that anything to beat that
siege would have to be a good one.
Tho final word is a message from
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