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' , "' - ' - V - - - - - - -i ' - T ' " I f J "" ' ' '! ' ' fJS - L i ti ,-. - - ', n . v . 'A' TheDaily Nebraskan VOL. XIII. NO. 140 UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY MAY 5, 1914. Price 5 Cents Ivy Day May 6 Ivy Day May 6 i h ft r - CLASSES DISMISSED IVY DAY WILL BE A GRAND HOLl OAY ON CAMPU8 TOMORROW. PLENTY OF TICKETS SOLD Innocents Will Be Tapped Band Con cert In the Evening Boat Race to Be Pulled Off- Class Oration In Morning. By four o'clock Monday over throe hundred and fifty. tlckotB had been sold for the Ivy Day picnic to bo held at Epworth. Lake Park, A large number of students have expressed their in tention of going, providing the weather conditions look favorable. The weather man has predicted good weather for the first part of this week, so prospects for a very successful and well-attended picnic are bright. The committee expects at least six hun dred people to attend. Many frats and sororities have promised the committee to close house Wednesday afternoon and not serve supper. Likewise several or ganizations that planned to have pic nics of their own at different places have agreecTfoliold Ihem aFTJJpwdrtlF Park. At ten o'clock in the morning the class oration will be given by Mr. Basye on the campus, either in front oftho Library or between the Library and the Law Building. After the ora tion the Ivy will bo planted by the senior and junior class presidents. This wlll be at the Law Building. -Jlt-tetuthlrty the May queen will be crowned on the square north of the Administration building. The commit tee in charge of the election has suc cessfully kept the choice a secret. The May-pole dance will follow. This will be accompanied 'by the Band. In the afternoon the entire program will be at Epworth Lake Park. There will be twenty-minute service on the Asylum cars and a number of special cars to the park. The schedule of theae. w.111 be printed, on the programs, which will bo given out Wednesday morning. At two-thirty there will bo a race (Continued from page 3) GERMAN DRAMATIC CLUB SELECTIONS ARE MADE Initiation and Big Meeting Will Be Held May 13 Last Meeting of the Year. The. Gorman Club has announced the Hat-oLstudents who were accepted, in the tryouta for the German Club and the new members are as follows: Alfred Hinzo, Ethel Hills, Franz H. Paustian, Walter It. Raecko, Axel It. Swenson, Will Urbach, Agnes Van Driel, Ida Wilson, Gladys Well and Mr. Reece. The club will hold its last meeting of the year on May 43, at jSKhlch time the new members will bo initiated. This will bo their big meet ing of the year and plans for the next year's work will be talked over and decided upon. Rumor baB it that "Red" Nolan is considering a damage suit against the American Magazine. In the "May issue of this ..publication Mr. Nolan's car 1b referred to as a refined cornsheller. Wo hope -that 'the complainant vindi cates himself fully in this 'matter. LOWER CLASSMEN INTER ESTED IN LATE DANCES Booklet Explaining Various Forms of the Tango, Etc., Being Distributed. Here is your chance, ladies and gen tlemen. All the most difficult stops of the .latest dances explained in de tail. It is the chance of your young lives, people. Why, haven't you heard of them? They are the cutest little booklets, and the Ross P. Curtice com pany 1b giving them away tree. Think of It! Free! The -nicest thing of all is that they are Illustrated in such a manner that even the freshmen can understand" them. These Bald fresh men are also rather quick at times, we must admit. In fact, they seem to have boen the flraf nnnn tn ritarnynr. this new source of higher education. The company reports that they Jhaye been swarming into the store by the dozens. "One poor little innocent, after having approached the store at least ten times, only to lose his nerve' at the laBt moment and pass on, finally, becoming desperate, he stepped nerv ously within. Horror of horrors! A lady stopped forward to wait upon him. Ho tried to call for help, but his voice failed him. His heart immediately started for the outer world, but caught In his throat some way or other. He tried to force it back down, but could not. He tried to spit it out, but was equally unsuccessful. Finally "Is th-th-this- whore they keep chewing gum?" 'Just then a hole (a small one) opened up In the floor and he dropped through. He was then carried, ten derly to his home. This man expected to dance the latest dances, too. IVY DAY TOMORROW. r Tomorrow, friends, on May the sixth, We have a holiday, , So put your books upon the shelves And drive dull care away. 'Tis Ivy Day, a day of fun, The last of all the year. When we can leave our work behind And all get out and cheer. In the morning comes the May Day speech, And planting of tradition's ivy; While crowning the queen and the May pole dance Will help to keep us lively. -Xhe-aftemoon-will-find-usall-At one of Lincoln's parks; The girls will try athletically To set some record marks. The Sphinx and Spikes will then cross bats And play a game of ball; Then, when that's done, there'll be the eats And eats enough for all. The Band, with dreamy melodies, Will keep the spirit moving, And then's the time to get your girl -For one long evening's "spoofing." And so forget the morrow's class;- Let it take care of itself; Just think that it is Ivy Day Forget the books on the shelf. Now, ypu who haven't bought the cards Will feel most awful lost When all the rest go out to play "Now, fellahs, come acrost." RUDD. FAST TENNI8 GAME. Nebraska Champions Will Play at Epworth Park Tomorrow Ex hibition Game. An exhibition game of tennis has been arranged for the Ivy -Day pro gram tomorrow. Guy Williams, the Nebraska .champ, and Miss -Tinkle- paugh will play Meyer and Miss Sav age. All the players are professional and a fast match is expected. The racquet fans will be lured by the new attraction. GREEKS ARE MOVING TO SOUTH LINCOLN DISTRICT Alpha Sigma Phi Move Their Resl- dence to Corner of Eleventh and F Streets. Following the "southern Invasion" on mo part or several other Greeks at the Opening nf nnhnnl Innt fall, Alpha SIgma-PhI-has takeiniir Its' abode south of O street. Its new home is the H. At Ensign place at the corner of Eleventh and F streets. At least one other fraternity and two sororities wore after this place, "but were unable to break the leases on their present quarters. The Alpha Sigs beat them to it by subletting their house at 1437 Q street and- signing- the contract with Ensign before the others had awakened from their slumbers. It is rumored that the Kappa Bigs will iollow suit next fall by moving put to Twelfth and H streets, and that the Chi Omegas will move to -a .house near the corner of Twelfth and E. These three, together with the Phi Taus and Delta Chis, will make quite a colony of Greeks on J3outh Eleventh and Twelfth streets. - ' J TRACK TEAM IS TO 60 TO AMES THIS WEEK Nebraska's Chances Will be Better Goetze and Bates Back for Long Distances. This Saturday the Nebraska track team will go to Ames,-where thoywlll pit themselves against Hubbard's men. Our chances will be much bet ter than they were against Kansas. Goetze will bo back in the harness, which ought to give us a better chance in the distances. It Is possible that Bates will bo able to make tho trip, which would greatly boost Nebraska's chancQB. It is certain that the relay iflamoughttodeliver- ugainst Ames with Bates and Goetze back in the line up. Just what tho strength of the Aggies is this year is hard to figure. Th pnm-j-ty- spicuous by its absence and no fore-east-can-be-drawn- Inter-Department Baseball League. There will bo a meeting of tho man agers or representatives of the follow ing department teams in Coach Stiehm's office Tuesday, May 5th, at 11 a. m.: 1. Froshman Law. 2. Junior and Sentor,Law, 3. Civil Engineer. 4. Mechanical and Architectural En gineer. 5. Electrical Engineer. G. Agriculture. 7. Commerce. 8. Touchers' College.- 9. Froshman Academic. 10. Chemistry ' 11. Sophomore, Junior and Senior Academic. it u KANSAS TEAM WINS NEBRA8KA TRACK TEAM MAKES GOOD SHOWING. DEFEATED NOT DISCOURAGED Irwin Wins Hundred Yard In Ten Sec onds Hazen of Kansas Individual Point Winner Kansas Has an Exceptional Team. The result ot last Friday's encounter with the .Tnyhawkorg.haB-not-dUcour- aged tho CornhUskers by a long ways. The boys report Kansas as having a great track team. Hazon of Kansas was tho individual point winner of tho afternoon with Blxtoon tallies. In tho high hurdles tho elongated Kansas captain ran within a fifth second: of' tho world's record, and lowered the Kansas record. HIb tlmo was 15.2. Hazon also won tho low hurdles, was socond in tho broad jump, whore ho nosed out our own Captain Reavls by half an inch, and second in tho high jump. Rcben of Kansas won tho shot put with a hoavo of over forty-two foot. - , Although tho Jayhawkors copped tho moot, Cornhuskor followers aro elated ovor tho performances of tho No braska men. In the hundrod .yard dash Irwin of Nebraskan ran tho dis tance in ton soconds flat, winning easily. This ties tho University record and equals tho best Nebraska tlmo of tho Cornhuskors'. king of sprinters, Coach Guy E. Rood, Irwin IL only A ilrskyear man, andagreat futuro is boforo "him. In tho two hun drod and twonty yard dash, Irwin won second. Tho four-forty went to Zum winkle in fifty-two three, which stands as his best tlmo for this distance. Id tho half-milo and mile Nebraska was loft out. In the two-mile .event "Kratz won a nice second, doing the stunt in 10:36 45. Thomllo relay wont to Kansas. Scott gave Kublk a lead which Kublk lost. Irwin, who slows down after about J3M yards.. JurihoiL. handicapped Zumwlnklo to such an ex tent that the fleet little Cornhusker could not catch the speedy Edwards. In tho field events Nebraska did the (Continued on pag 2) SENIOR HOP IS CHANGED TO SATURDAY, MAY 9TH Bad Weather of Last Saturday Forces a Postponement Crowds Disappointed. " ; -Buo-tothathrflatenlnigwfifttheptt- last Saturday, tho Senior Hop ' was postponed. The hop waB first post poned until noxt Friday night, but on account ot Engineers' Night it has Binco been changed to Saturday, May 9. Nice weather had prevailed all last week until Saturday morning when It began to rain, which was at exactly tho wrong time. Although the- rain . was not heavy, it .would' h'ayo been sufficient to spoil an otherwise good dance. Not long after this action the rain stopped and the day turned out very well. This was rather disgusting, but not being, weather prophets, the committee was unable to foresee this. ' Yesterday Glen Tunks was notified by Miss Graham that Friday night is En gineers' Nlght. For1 this reason the date of, the dance" must be again post-' poned- and tho date has .been finally set for Saturday night, May- 9, - . ' M iJ V l -tl -i 41 SA .vl 3 I ntfl rl 1 ."H i .'! "31 I J'l 1 1 - i V T 'tj . ..) rvi V k. "... . LLf. ,, " ,js.. 7 && fr xa&. . x iytyr.a k&i ;. -. &&$ i ,Lr M " ' -- " - ' - - II II I !- ' ' ' " "! rr'WiTiM w X i .
