Lbe H)ail IFlebraskan
VOL. XL NO. 156.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1912.
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ANNUAL MAKERS HAVE PICNIC
MISS BRANSON AND MISS WHITE
HORN ENTERTAIN.
DAY IS MOST ENJOYABLY SPENT
Cornhusker Staff Served Strawberries
and Real Cream at Riverside
Place in Pen Woods.
The CornhuHker staff yesterday
celebrated the finishing up ' the ;l"
limit by taking a day off
Bernleo HraiiHon and May W'luie
horn, art editor of the book, gave an
all day picnic to the members of the
staff at the Branson bungalow in
Riverside Place.
Although the Pan-Hellenic dance
had kept most of the staff up until a
late hour the night before, neerthe
less the nine o'clock car carried a
large number of the picnickers to the
"Pen" Some of the more energetic
members even started at an earlier
hour and walked out from town
The morning was spent in play ing
ball and cards At twelve o'clock a
picnic lunch was served on the porch
of the bungalow. Delicacies, such as
olives and real cream, made the stu
dentB, used to frat house board, sit
up and take notice.
One of the saddest events of the
day was "what happened to Sweeley
Ralph Sweeley, accompanied by a lair
co-ed, started from one of the sorority
bouses at ten o'clock At three
o'clock he had not yet arrived at
Mrarison's. On the return of the staff
to Lincoln, it was discovered that the
two, after wandering around in the
woods for a couple of hours lost
had come back to Lincoln for a square
meal at one of the restaurants.
This Is the first Cornhusker staff
at Nebraska which ever had any so
clal "BtuntB" on the side. Besides the
picnic yesterday, the staff gave a
formal party earlier In the season,
and has probably set a precedent for
future contributors to the annual
VAN DUSEN RECEIVES SABER
Banquet Given for Recently Demoted
Officers of Company "K" Much
Spirit in Evidence
Company K tendered a banquet at
the Lincoln hotel last evening to its
recently demoted olllcers, Dana Van
Dusen, Don Wood and Altred Ken
nedy. A great deal of spirit wiib in
evidence and the company (Irmly re
Bolved to do its best in compet, to
offset as far as possible the handicap
under which it will enter this atter
noon. Private Gillnian, representing the
company, presented Captain Van
Dusen with a handsome saber; the
latter responded brielly, expressing
his appreciation of the support given
him and the hope that the company
would bo successful in its efforts for
the cup. The banquet closed with the
signing, by every man present, of a
testimonial vindicating the otllcers in
their actions and expressing their un
Bwerving loyalty.
NOTICE.
All who have Single Tax petitions
are asked to leave them at the "RagM
office at their earliest convenience.
PAN-HELLINIC CLOSES SEASON
FOR UNIVERSITY DANCES
Many Dances and Proms Have Been
Held This Year Which Will Be
come Only a Memory Now.
Pan Hellenic Wcdncsdav night.
closed the social season at Nebraska,
as fai an dances are concerned
From now on the students will turn
their attention to the coining eami
nations, with the exception of the
one night on which the Senior Play
occurs
In all, twelve dances open to the
public have been given tliiH year Of
these, seven have been class hops
Lvory class, except the senior, has
given two hops this year. There
have also been the two proms, junior
and senior, two military balls and the
Pan Hellenic dance There have also
been several basket ball informals
open to all I'niversity students.
Private dances, given by fraterni
tii-s and other organizations, have
been more frequent than ever, aver
aging six a night or more. Such a
high average bears out the accusa
tion, uttered many tunes, that .e
braska is dance mad.
STILL SOME PETITIONS OUT
IS URGED THEY BE IN SOON
All Petitions Will Probably Bear Over
2,000 Names of Students Who
Want,the Tax.
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With a number of petitions still
out, by actual count over thirteen
hundred names are ready to present
to the Regents in favor of the single
tax system When the remaining lists
are turned in, as all having them are
urged to do at the earliest possible
moment, there will probably be a few
over two thousand names, which was
the mark set by the committee. The
petitions are of every degree of com
pleteness, ranging from !l to 114
names each.
An interesting item about the sig
natures is the large number of lower
classmen declaring themselves, not
withstanding the gttgcral idea that
under clasHUHMi do not realize what is
of value to the school The percent
age of upper-classmen is just as large,
however, showing that the proposition
ih also favored by the more mature
minds of the school
The time for presenting these to
the Regents has not yet been definite
ly set but in all probability will bo
June 1st. The petitions can be left
in the ofllce of the Daily Nebraskan
at any time of the day.
Greek Theatre to Go Up.
The I'niversity of Wisconsin is lay
ing plans for the erection of an open
air Creek theatre.
T' n 'T T r ' t p 1
REMAINING BOOKS.
All persons holding orders
for Cornhuskcrs may receive
the books by calling at the
Cornhusker office today and to
morrow from 11 to 12 and from
2 to 3.
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FUSSER AWAKES IN CAR BARN
AT HAVELOCK THE NEXT DAY
Young Man Falls Asleep While on the
Way to See His Lady Friend at
University Place.
There is one lusser in the driver
Hit y who Is apparently not much per
turbed by the prospect of calling upon
his feminine admirer This unusual
being had an experience the other
evening which will undoubtedly go
far towards curing him of indiffer
ence As nearly as can be ascer
tained, he was iir the act ol making
a call in the neighborhood ol driver
sity Place, but unfortunately fell
asleep orr the car, and awoke to find
himself in the dark recesses of the
car barn in I lavelock
The young man, or rather- the young
woman, who divulged the secret has
refused to give the name of the hero,
but vouches for the truth of the story
We do not atterrrpt to solve the
mystery, but believe that the young
man was fortunate in falling asleep
before he reached his destnrat ion. arrd
not in the presence of his talkative
hostess, who would have probably
done his feelings more injury than
they received at the hands of the car
barn COMPETITIVE DRILL TODAY ON
NEBRASKA ATHLETIC FIELD
University Companies Will Compete
for Flag and Omaha Cup in
Annual Military Drill.
The annual competitive drill will
he held this afternoon at 2 o'clock
on the athletic held First call will
be sounded at 1 . !." and the first com
pany, B, will appear before the Judges.
They will compete both for the flag
arrd the Omaha cup, appearing in the
following order. B, K, C, D, I, M, F,
F and A.
Following this, four men from each
company will compete for individual
horrors, for which two prizes of Bilver
cups will be given The program will
close with a parade of the entire regl
rrrerrt and the presentation of prizes
The young women sponsors of each
company will present the sword to
the captain.
This is the eighteenth annual com
petitive drill of Nebraska cadets. The
tlrst one took place Irr 1 SIK!, Company
I) winning under Capt. F. I). Fager
Company U has taken honorB eight
times. Company B four, Company A
and Company C three times each.
The Judges who have been chosen
are Capt A. S. Cowan, V. S. Signal
Corps, and First Lieutenant C H
Farnham, Ninth II. S Infantry.
It is useless to try to give airy pro
dictions as to the outcome, for ex
perience of former years has shown
that companies are very uncertain
organizations, and that the slightest
mistake can throw the deciding point
one way or another.
Marriage Announced.
The marriage of Mary Bowlby, for
merly of Crete, and Arthur John Elu
of Seattle, has been announced. .Miss
Bowlby graduated' from Nebraska in
1107 and was a member of Kappa
Alphu Theta.
SENIOR PLAY IS BIG EVENT
DANCING CHORUS OF UNIVER
SITY GIRLS.
MRS. IRENE FLEMING IS TO SING
Many Preparations Being Made for
Presentation of Shakespeare's
Well Known Comedy.
.lust one week fioin today one of
the big annual events of (lie I'niver
sity will be held The senior play,
heralded each year as the clowning
social activity of the school year, will
be presented at the Oliver on Friday,
June 7th, witli matinee and evening
performances
The play this year will be Shake
speare's "A Mid Summer Night's
Dream,'' a play in live acts, which Ib
distinctive iir the' fact that It con
tains three separate and Individual
setu of characters that blend to
gether to build up the play
Miss Howell and the committee in
charge have endeavored to present
not only a dramatic interpretation of
Shakespeare's verse, but they have
gone further and enriched the play
with a dancing chorus of twenty-live
I'niversity girls This chorus has
been under the training of Mrs.
Thomas (iieen of Philadelphia and
Miss Day of the I'niversity for sev
eral months, and with the assistance
of Prof Carl Steckelberg arrd his or
chestra of forty pieces will render
several sorrgs arrd some very new and
novel dances .Mrs. I rem- Fleming
Thurn will sing the solo selections of
the score accompanied by the chorus,
and in the second, fourth and fifth
acts the fairies will present a series
of danceB never before attempted by
a I'niversity cast
.MIsb .Mildred Bevlrrs, one of the
I'nlversity's best known dramatic
stars, will appear as Ilermia, orre of
the lovers, with .Miss Marjorle Kirn
kel. Ouy O Kiddoo arrd Ward Ruben-
tCoiuTnuedonpago?!)
MEMORIAL DAY QUIETLY SPENT
Many Students Spend Day on Picnics
or Enjoy Themselves by Taking
a Well-earned Rest.
.Memorial Day was quietly cele
brated by I'niversity Btudents yester
day No special exerclBes of any kind
were given by the I'niversity.
The library was closed all day, to
allow the assistants to attend a libra
rians' picnic, held in the "Pen" woodB.
A few of the upper law classes
spent the day in taking examinations
which were scheduled by hard-hearted
"profs "
- Picnics were numerous. The Corn
husker staff pichTc, given by Bornlco
Branson, was probably the largest.
Co-edB were at u high premium, as
two prominent seniors can witness.
These two young men called up eight
different glrlB trying to get a date
and then gave it up in disgust.
Tire campus presented a deserted
appearance and the majority of tho
students were taking a well-oarued
and much-needed rest.
Honor System.
The honor system Is the all import
ant question before tho students of
the University of Chicago.
COMPET---THIS AFTERNOON 2:00 P.
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