XT be SDatlv IFlebraskan
Vol. XII. No. 108
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1913
Price 5 Cents
TORNADO DELAYS MANY
NO UNIVERSITY PEOPLE
INJURED OR KILLED
Classes Only Thinly Attended Monday,
as Many Go to Omaha
N. W. TRAIN BETWEEN TWO TORNADOES
Blair Men Have Exciting Run With
Train Swaying Under Heavy Wind
Come Through Safely
With no deaths 01 injuries reported
:is actually happening to students at
th time of going to press, news was
constantly coining in of damage done
to ioin. ot mi i ersn y people Many'
e lting experiences weie undergone
1 prominent young men and women
who Hjent Sunday afternoon and even
ing in Omaha A large number of those
with interests in the damaged por
tions of the state w ei e attempting all
day Mondav to get into communication
with their homes but many were
forced to actually go by train in order
to get the much desiied information
Mabel McKride, well known among
University c ircles and a frequent visi
tor in Lincoln is on the list of the
dead and her father and mother are
missing Several other relatives or
friends of University people have not
been heard from definitely but this
might be accounted for by the terribly
disorganized condition of the Omaha
rescue work.
A number of university men made
fame for themselves by enlisting in the
work of succoring the many injured
and tailing the bodies of the dead from
the debris If the Lincoln company
of the National Guard is taken to
Omaha as is probable, u much larger
number of students wil have a chance
to show their courage. Many grewsome
tales were brought back by those who
returned yesterday from an all-day
session of rescuing, BOiue being horri
ble in the extreme- others of a heart
breaking chaacter. As one Omaha
student said, "the Bhape things were
in was simply beyond the power of
description."
The worst of the tornado came a
few minutes before the great body of
Omahans started back to Lincoln
and consequently a great many were
saved an unnecessary wotting. The
Burlington train scheduled to start at
7:25 did not leave till after 9 o'clock
being delayed by No. 12 which was loBt
between Ashland and Omaha, taking
over four hours to make this thirty
miles. Although this evening train is
generally very popular with Univer
sity students In the eastern part of the
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University
JUNIOR-SENIOR PICTURES
READY FOR CORNHUSKER
All pictures Have Been Turned In and
are Ready for Press. Graduate
Section More Important
This Year.
Ml Junior and Senior pictuies for
the Cornhusker have been received
and they are now ready to go to press
A giaduate student's section is to be
included again this year and all grad
uates should hand in their photo
graphs at owe to the Cornhusker
staff
Graduates may receive the same
rates at Townsend's that have been
given to the Juniors and Seniors. The
new Cornhusker will devote more
space to this department and a more
complete history of each graduate will
be given this year than in any previ
ous issue. There are almost 160 grad
uate students in the University and
all these are expected to have their
pictures in the annual.
The date for the taking of advance
subscriptions has not yet been decided
upon but this will probably be about
April 10.
TO HOLD WRESTLING CONTESTS
All University Championship Will Be
Determined Tomorrow Evening
Dual Meet 8oon.
The annual all-Bchool wrestling
championship will be held tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock in the Armory.
Entries must be registered with Dr.
Clapp before 6 today and the con
testants may weigh in any time from
10 o'clock Wednesday morning till
the beginning of the meet.
Four divisions will be made accord
ing to weight, 125 pounds, 140 pounds,
165 pounds and over 165 pounds. In
addition to receiving silver medals the
winners in the various divisions will
go to Iowa City to represent Nebraska
in a dual meet with Iowa April 5. As
this contest is under a two year agree
ment the two schools will meet here
next year.
Glee Club Home Concert-Friday Night-Temple
GLEE CLUB SCORES HIT IN
OUT STATE CONCERTS
Home Concert Friday Evening Rad-
cliffe Commended in Paper as
"Popular Entertainer."
The out state concerts given by the
(Jlee and Mandolin clubs of the Uni
versity during the vacation week
scored a winning lilt with the music
lovers ot Aurora. (Irand Island and
Fremont In spite of the blizard and
bad weathei of the last two days, a
fair sized crowd attended the concerts
and by continued applause showed
their thorough aprpeciatlon of Univer
sity talent Clayton Kadcliffe, taking
the place of By rne Marcellus as read
er, was commended by the Fremont
paper and hailed as a corning "popular
entertainer "
The Mandolin tub proved its ability
to charm an audience with music and
alternated with the singers in pre
senting a continual round of entertain
ment through the evening The local
papers are united in praising the
work of the University boys and give
them an excellent sendoff
The annual home concert will be
gien Fiiday evening, March 28th, In
the Temple theater The members
have been carefully trained under the
leadership of F II Mills, weak spots
have been strengthened and with the
week's practice on the road the clubs
are fully prepared to give a well
rounded evening's entertainment The
program next Friday evening will In
clude only ability of the highest class,
amateur work of the kind that will
please the most fastidious lovers of
fun and music
The Clubs.
Charles F. H. MUIb, director, Ned
Allison, E. H. Dunaway, Frank Orant,
P F. Griswold, W. W. Guldlnger, J. A.
Melville, J. E. Allison, J. V. Harpham,
P. M. James, J. F. Mead, B. O. West
over, C. L. Clark, R. M. Frost. It. W.
Israe, Earl Keefer, H. J. Shultz, R. M.
Young, F. J. Colbert, Lee Erb, Orvllle
Ward and Earl Jackson. The mem
bers of the Mandolin club are R. P.
Thomas, C. B. Harris, W. A. Harns
burger, J McLfferty, F. Wells, F. Per
kins, R. E. Smith, G. A. Spooner, J. R.
Wood, L. L. Lynch, L. H. Lehmer, W.
E. Kavan, R. B. Wllaey, M. L. Robin
son, P. K. Romer, T. J. Lehmer, A.
Clnamark and S. S. Griffin.
TAKES SECOND PLACE
Cornhusker Relay Team Meets With
Moderate 8uccess at St. Louis.
The Cornhusker Relay team re
turned home from St. Louis during tho
holidays with second honors of the
big indoor meet held under the au
spices of the Missouri Athletic club.
Missouri won first in the relay, and
Kansas came In third.
Racely, Clark, Zumwlnkle and Beav
er, In the order named ran for the
Cornhuskers. Beaver made a great
finish, sweeping past tho Kansas and
Washington men in the last lap.
SENIORS TO PLAY IBSEN
i
COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES "PIL
LARS OF SOCIETY" FOR AN
NUAL PRODUCTION.
CAST TO BE PICKED APRIL 9
Ibsen Play Selected Ahead of Many
Others on Account of Its Modern
Treatment. Will Bo the
First Performance Given
"Pillars of Society" by Henrik Ibsen
has been selected by the Senior Play
committee for the annual Senior play
which will be given at the Oliver
theater on the afternoon and evening
or June 7th A tentative decision to
play Ibsen was reached by tho commit
tee prior to the beginning of the
spring recess, but formal announce
ment of its plans were deferred until
yesterday pending negotiations with
the publishers regarding the rights
to produce the play in Lincoln "Pll
lais or Society" has never been played
in Lincoln During the season of 1910
it was produced in New York by Mrs.
Fiske and Holbrook Hlinn at the Ly
ceum theater and in their tour or the
states, two performances were given
in Omaha, but none were given here.
The Seniors will consequently have
the distinction of presenting a piece
that has not already become familiar
to local theater goeis
In dlHcussing the action ot the play
committee with a member of the Ne
braskan staff, Fred McConnolI, chair
man of tho committee made the fol
lowing statement "For several months
we have been engrossed in the selec
tion or a play which would merit the
approval of the class and the Univer
sity public in general and which would
also be up to the standards sot for col
lege folk who for several years have
been adding dignity to their dramatic
efforts by playing legitimate drama.
In solecting 'Pillars or Society' we
feel that we have more than fulfilled
our mission It is a play which ranks
among the best of Ibsen's plays and
it is conceded to be theatrically the
most popular or any of them. The
story is essentially modern, the treat
ment, or course, is modern, and the
lesson conveyed signiricantly modem
The characters are strong as well as
numerous and can be handled by the
talent In the clasB.
"Before selecting 'Pillars of Soci
ety,' the committee read and consid
ered n great many plays and authors
ranging all of the way from Shake
speare to Clyde Fitch yet we found
none that In our judgment was better
adopted all things being considered,
for the purpose of the Senior play and
we are frankly optimistic bb to Its
success."
Try-outs for places on the cast will
be held Wednesday night, April 2, In
the Temple theater. Twenty copies
of the play are now on the reserve
shef in the library and bulletins
have been posted announcing the
rules and regulations for tho try-outs.