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be Hail IRebraskan Vol. XII. No. 146 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, .LINCOLN, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1913 Trice, 5 Cents YES, THEY'RE RIGHT THERE QIRL8 TRACK MEET BIG SUCCESS FROM ATHLETIC AS WELL AS FINANCIAL STANDPOINT. Picnic Included in J. R. C. Hop Friday Afternoon a Holiday Greeks Play Number of Games in Inter Frat Series Recently ASSOCIATIONS ARE NEW --I BUT FEW MEMBERS OF ALUMNI IN UNIVERSITIES PAY DUES TO HOME ORGANIZATION. OVER EIGHT HUNDRED ATTEND Ball Game Arouses Much Enthusiasm From Players as Well as Fans Who Fill Grandstand in Spite of Rain. A crowd or more than 800 people nonlng in1 inmingPHU'tu over Hcvi'iuy dollais thronged Into the grand Htand yesterday alternoon to watch the girls break into athletics For the first time In years, mere man was admitted to the meet and the mass of rooters testi fied to his interest in feminine sports. No track meet since the founding of the University has attracted the crowd that watched and cheered yesterday's capers on the Uni field. A 3pring show er Interfered for a few moments, but did not succeed in dampening the en thusiasm of the co-eds who performed as readily in the sunshine as in rain. Moving pictures were taken of all the events, and the eternal feminine, that likes to pose well, the pictures were pronounced a success 50-yard dash First, Florence Sim mons; second, Edith Brown. Time, 7:01. Basketball throw First, Lottie Sav age; second, Zepha Reed. Distance 70 feet. 40-yard hurdle First, Ruth Sheldon; second, Florence Simmons. Time 7 2-5. Running high Jump First, Marie Clark; second, tie, Margaret Beal, Camille Leyda. Height 3 feet 10 Inches. Pole vault First, Edith Miller; sec ond, Marie Clark. Height, 5 feet 2 Inches. The baseball game between the freshmen and sophomores lasted four Innings and easily proved to be the event of the afternoon. Score: 14 to 8, freshmen. The track meet which followed im mediately was planned after the boys' contest and included the races, hurdles, high jump, polo vault, shot put, basket ball throw, and the relay race. Results: 25 yard dash First, Bessie Phillips; second, Edith Shank. Time, 4.01. 8-pound shot put First, Lottie Sav age; second, Edith Miller. Distance, 25 feet, 9 inches. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be given the winners. The juniors will celebrate then ' The fraternities In the Inter-frat emerging from the slough of despond league hae been the busy boys thd into which their unfortunate debts past few days plaing off some of the have east them by a jollification cele-' games scheduled for last week. The i brat ion and hop at Capital Beach on next Friday, May Ifi In order to en courage this payment or debts and to give an impetus to the project the Uni ersity authorities have granted a hair holiday for the occasion They have 'lFSlIPn"!!'! ' WlltM t 1 1 tit " and others who take advantage of the Phi Kappa I'sis lead the gang in the number of consecutive games played They played on Monday with the Phi Gamma Delta nine, on Tuesday with I lie Slmna Alpha Kpsilon team. The Phi Psl-Slgma Nu game last night was lujal Juniors pampumnt-ou aiTtMittt-of-wH-ft4dr-T4v Delta Tau Delta team also met and de feated the Alpha Tau Omega by a one sided score of 10 to 5 This game prac tically puts the A. T. O.s out of the run ning unless the Delts lose a game to some other team. In the Delta Tau Delta game with the Alpha Tau Omega team errors on the occasion to retrieve the honor of tin class will be granted a half holiday on Friday afternoon. All that is necessary ror a bona fide purchaser of a Junior hop ticket to do in order to be excused from classes is to write his name and that of the fair recipient of his atten tions upon the back of the pasteboard part of the latter fluurod considerably and present it to a member of the com- in the final score although the Delts mlttee- j outplayed the A. T. O.s in almost every In addition to the hop there will be department or the pastime. The Delts numerous other events to be given at- got to Neighbors for a home run, three tention. Arrangements have been three-baggers, four two base hits, be made for a monster picnic and Individ-' sides several slncles SECRETARIES ANSWER QUESTIONS Resume of Answers of Fifty-three Alumni Secretaries Show Strange 8tate of Affairs. uni lunch packages will be supplied for the small sum of five jitneys to those The Phi Psi aggregation met the Phi Cams and defeated them in a slug- who do not wish to be bothered with i ging contest 10 to 5. Racely was on The Komensky club will bo enter tained next Saturday evening at a farewell party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charvat qt 525 North Twenty fifth. Mrs. Charvat, formerly Miss Uldrich, is a graduate of the Univer sity and was a charter member of the Komensky club In Lincoln. She leaves the latter part of this month for a year's travel In EurQpe. a heavy basket of provisions The mem hers of the committee declare that there will be plenty of grub in these boxes and no one need be afraid that he will not have enough to eat. Another event of interest will be a ball game between the "Wets" and the "Drys" if enough of the latter can be obtained to form a team. The man ager of the "Wets" will be Ross Has kell and of the "Drys" the commander will be Bill Kavan. Harvey Hess will occupy the unenviable position of um pire. A real vaudeville entertainment will be given in the Casino by several Kos mot and Dramatic club stars who are too modest at the present time to dis close their names. Warblers, gymnasts, coon-shouters, virtuosos, and manv other varieties of vaudevlllians will ap pear and in the words of the old side show barker it will be "the most scin tillating and gorgeous galaxy of the world's greatest performers ever seen under one stretch of canvas. Many other varieties of entertain ment will be provided such as boating, bathing and Impromptu stunts gotten up on the spur of the moment. The traction company have provided cars to transport the crowds to the Beach and there will be sufficient cars fur nished during the day to accommodate everybody who wishes to celebrate the Juniors solution of their financial problem. the mound for the Phi Gams while Polly Seaman did the twirling act Tor the Phi Psis. The second game played by the Phi Psis was with the Sigma Alpha which was a 3 to 2 score In favor of the Sig Alphs. This contest was bitterly rought from start to finish. SI Bryan officiated on the slab for the Phi Pais and did excellent work In the lino of offerings. The following is the Btanding of the different teams In the lnter-frat league. The Alpha Theta Chi team Is credited with five lost games. These were not lost through playing but by forfeitures to the other teams or the division. Most of the teams are several games behind of the schedule which should be played as soon as possible. First Division. Played Won LoBt 3 3 1 1 1 0 Silver Lynx announces the pledging of William R. Kirk of Tarklo, Missouri. The class in food chemlBtry has made recent observation trips to the mills, Roberts and Young dalrieB, and State Farm dairy. Delta Tau Delta Alpha Tau Omega Beta Theta Pi . Delta Upsilon Kappa Sigma Alpha Theta Chi . Second Division. Sigma Alpha Ep'n 2 2 Sigma Phi Epsilon 2 2 Phi Gamma Delta Phi Kappa Psi . . Sigma Nu Phi Delta Theta . . Sigma Chi 3 4 2 2 2 5 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 1 1 3 2 Av. 1000 .750 .500 .500 .500 .000 1000 1000 .500 .500 .500 .000 .500 James Cotton of South Omaha Is visiting friends at the Delta Chi house. Notice. The Tegner and Scandinavian club will hold their annual picnic Friday, May 16 at Epworth park, take the 4:20 car at Tenth and O streets. Secretary George Kline of the Ne braska Alumni organization has pub lished the following which hnH hpfn compiled from question answered by fifty-three alumni secretaries: "1. If you have an alumni associa tion what are Its dues and what per cent of your graduates and former stu dents pay the dues? Seventeen had no organization but of this number many carried on effec tive work among the nlumnl through boards and secretaries. The dues of the associations whero there were organizations ranged from 50 cents to $5 annually. Two reports gave 50 cents as their dues, fifteen charged $1; 1, $1.25; G, $2; 2, $3; 1, $3 75; and 2, $5. Among these, one included a subscription to the alumni magazine with the dues, and two al lowed the members to subscribe what they wished to the fund of the associa tion. (In the last case the averages were given as the amount of the dues.) Seventeen reported that less than 25 per cent of their alumni were members of the association. Ten had a mem bership of between 25 and 50 per cent while one lone college reported 95 per cent. At Michigan the members pay $1.50 annually or $5 for seven years for a life membership and Nevada had a plan to pay $1 each year for ten years, when a life membership is given. At Idaho the fee is $1 but none of tho members pay the fee. At Wyoming and Virginia the dues were 50 cents at Wyoming 50 per cent were members of tho association while at Virginia there were only 10 per cent members. "2. Do you Include all former stu dents as well aB graduates In your alumni association?" There is a marked tendency In Amer ican colleges and universities to have an association composed of both grad uates and former students not grad uates alone. Many of the secretaries stated that tho change had been mado within the last few months. Twenty-five Institutions, or 47.1 per cent allow former students to become members of their associations. Degrees are required in twenty-two of the colleges 41.5 per cent. Six, or the remaining 11.4 per cent made their former associate members (not allowed to vote). Almost all of the Institutions admit ting former students required attend ance for at least one year. One alumni association put the re strictions of membership upon the local alumni associations and anyone 'Continued on Page 4.) Convocation 11 O'Clock-Glee Club Quartette-Discussion of "The Romancers" : M 4 H - A ,-.,-' '' ' - " ,. -5 .. X. ,-f' r. '. -m4 . 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