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"nf"r'piLt-jrriF &,rw -f-m vts.w r ; i - TheDaily Nebraskan KOSMET KLUB MAY 16 KOSMET KLUB MAY 16 Tfl 1 VOL. XIII. NO. 146 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1914. Price 6 Cents V V KOSMET KLUB PUY PROFESSOR SCOTT IS WORKING HARD WITH CAST. OLIVER THEATRE SATURDAY Final Touches Being Given to Round Play Into Shape for Production Miss Bartlett Constant Work er Kosmet Ranks Well. The Inst week of rehearsalB on the Kosmet show is being held iit the Oliver, and the cast Is rounding into fine shape. Chorus girls, fancy dancers and mere actors go flitting hither and thither about the big, baro stage to the strains of the catchy Kosmet tunes, the object of Professor Scott being" to smooth out what llttlo difficulties might arise on an actual stage. Miss Bartlett, seated In the orchestra nit, where she will conduct the orchestra on the night of the per formance, succeeds in bringing order out of the vast chaos of singers and dancers by the mere wave of her baton, while Professor Scott, coatless and breathless, rolgns supreme over the whole galaxy of aspiring ama teurs, the court of last appeal on everything from the complicated steps, of a fancy dance to the pro nunciation of the word "excellency." It's hard work, but the seat sale has been brisk and the cast is looking for ward to playing before a crowded and enthusiastic audience. This Kosmet show is beginning to be a Nebraska institution, ranking In importance wlth-tho productions of the Black -Frrars,-tho-UareJ?OQt,ol.cJ.JLneast1 em universities. Just as In so many other activities, Nebraska University Is way ahead of the neighboring rchools In this matter of producing a musical comedy written entirely by students. But the 'support and appre ciation given the Kosmet shows in the past make it pluin that the student body Is heartily in sympathy with this effort at keeping abreast of the - tlmos - on the part of the members of the Kosmot Klub. 50,000 NEBRASKANS HAVE-SEEN-UNL-FILM! FootballFilms -Attract Most Atten- Hon H igh SchoolEspSclally. Interested. Dr. Condra is quoted as stating) that over 50,000 Nebraska peoplo have seen the University and Conservation Congress film's this past winter and -s pri n gTJ T-he-NobraskaMlnnesotn font: ball film has been tho"moBtpopular and tho audiences are more than ploased to stay for the balanco of tho ..usual program after thoy have seen tho stirring exhibition of physical and mental skill. Tho high school boys show a great deal of intorest In the University pictures and Dr. Condra thinks it Is a most excellent way of letting tho young peoplo throughout the stato know actually what this In stitution is and does. Tho pictures taken last week of the Ivy Day program are some of tho finest taken up to this time and MIsb Graham is endeavoring to arrange an evening on which the students will find it possible to see those films. -:- STUDENT COUNCIL CONVENTION TODAY -:- Senior Play. Statement of the Senior Play, given at the Oliver Theatre May 6, 1914. Oliver-box ofllce saler $839; extra as sessments, $G. Total receipts, $845. Expenditures: Royalty, $51; director, $150; rent of theatre. $100; orchostni, $23; stage expense, $119.09; drayage, $23; makeups and costumes, $8.10; advertising, $82.76; postage and ex: ponso collecting assessments, $15.45; telegrams and express, $3.70; mana ger, $57.50. Total, $G33.GG. Guy C. Klddoo. Business Manager Audited. May 12, 1914. T.A. WILLIAMS, Agent s'tudent Activities. GOOD ATTENDANCE AT TUESDAYS-CONVOCATION Dvorak's "New Spring Symphony" Enjoyed by the Lovers of Classical Music. A largo crowd attended convocation Tuesday morning to hear Dvorak "New Spring Symphony." This- dif-l fers from moBt or the symphonies" in" that the setting is Southern, and the melodies resemble the old plantation airs. The last movement suggests very forcibly 'the negro cake walk, ending with the lowr walling chant of the slave song.. At the close of the hour, Professor Cornell and Mrs. Raymond sold sea son tickets for the Spring Festival, which will be held May 25. Special student season tickets may be ob tained for $1.50. A large number of tickets have been sold to the Matinee Musicale and to out-of-town people, who are coming long distances to hear this production. BUSINESS CLASS LISTENED TO ADVERTISING MAN Puts Truth In Foreground Points Out Essentials Based Upon Psychology. L Henry Westfall, president of the fLlncoln - Adver - tlalngClub and adver Using manager for Miller & Paine, spoke before the class. In Business Or ganization yesterday afternoon. Tho speaker emphasized the fact that all success in the profession of advertis ing depends upon truth. Every state- iutT-hv thft flrm - adveriislngJ must ie substantiated, by that firm A small but honest firm can grow suc cessfully IfTlts advertising Is "on tho bntr-because-a firm ISr-laFgo- is no sign that It will succeed if its advertising has a tlngo of falacy. - Tho newspaper is tho main medium of local advertising and the ossontlals are that It have a large circulation and Influence. A largo paper without Influence will not aid tho advertiser - Ho nearly tho extent that a paper which tho the confidence of the peoplo will. Tho four main points In advertising, according to Mr. Westfall(i are: The attracting of attention through tho use of display, striking cuts, novelty, de sign and strong color effects; tho arousing of Interest; iho creation of desire, and the securing decision. Advertising is based upon psychol ogy and the successful advertising manager Is thoroughly familiar with the public mind. Ho knows with' what kind of material to approach the work ing classes, tho wealthy classes, and all others that demand certain kinds of merchandise. BIG BALL .GAME AT THE PHARMACISTS' PICNIC Man Saved From Drowning at Capital Beach Pun Writer on the Job. The agitation of the war question fcr the -lust month has causod some ,f the Pharmacy boys to think of go ing south to fight for the Greasers. This was still uppermost In their minds who'll thoy docided ubotitrtlrelr annual picnic. They decided to tako a schooner or two, the fleet to be known as "Howard's Marcne." The deck hands were highly Interested in t.i proposition for they had heard of a species of Trautt, without Bone, t h at could bo caught to ttio L,oe-wimi side of the Lake. The first mishap that was to mar tho pleasure of the picnickers occurred when Wlnholtz got a line on a big sucker which pulled him overboard. All on deck were excited except a six-foot Phar macist who quietly stopped over bourd and rescued tho would-be Tonah Aa-thoyictlm revived q Kay of light passed over his -face and he was heard to say': "I will always bo Owen Cono for saving me from a pre mature death." All this excitement put a damper on tho fishing trip, so they put to shore without further Hex or mis haps. Once more back on terra flrma, the seniors challenged the freshmen to a game of tho national pastime. It was in tho sixth inning that the climax of the game was reached. Fat was shaking the big stick in defiance waiting for Doc Thompson to dispense the pill, when Rudolph was heard to utter "You may Guy Thompson, but you don't know what he Is Worth man." However, Doc put tho pill over in good shape nnu irvon gettlng-twtr sack8. " David now came to bat, but he had to Russell to get 'to first. Detrick then took, the club in hand and pre olpitated the pill In the lake, scoring a Homer and bringing in "Adipose, " who was stranded on third baso. Tho score then stood throe to three in favor of tho winners. Tho Prof. now nicked up tho hickory, but ufter Perusseing the missile some threo times he retired, and the pounding fest was over. The Freshies now undertook tc macerate the pill. , Hicks, the first man up, was not a Victor at the bat. - MnMiirrny, who luwi wnrmcd no con slderable. fanned the broezo threo Klmes. Pickering then got two fowls (Continued on page 3) GIRLS' TRACK MEET POSTPONED YESTERDAY Owing to the Illness of Miss Glttings ,J the-Co-ed-TrackRacea Were - , Postponed. Tho girls' track meet has been In definitely postponed on account of tho Illness of Miss Glttings. Tho track meet waB to have been held yesterday on the athletic field. All tho girls who wore to take part In It are urged to keep on with their practice The meet this year will bo a very elabor ate affair and will resemble tho ono given by tho boys as nearly as pos sible. Twonty-flvo or thirty "N's" will be awarded, and tho number of girls tak ing part will be nbout one hundred and twenty-five, Rag Applications, Application for election to tho posi tions of edutor-lu-chlof, muuaglng edi tor, two associate editors, business ger of the Daily Nebraskan for the first semester of tho school year of 1914-1915 will bo received at tho ofllce of the secretary of tho Student Publi cation Hoard, basement Administra tion Building, until 12 o'clock noon, Saturday, May 23. 1914. Application to be made on form which will bo furnished by tho secre tary. T. A. WILLIAMS. BecreTarTStrrdonTI'nbltnnTlDn" Board. LECTURE ON TELEPHONE ANDJTS DEVELOPMENT Lincoln Telephone Man and Professor Hollistcr Addressed the En. neers Tuesday Night. Mr. M. T. Caster of the Lincoln Telophone & Telogruph Company, and Prof. V. L. Holllster spoke Tuesday night. May 12th. at 7:TW o'clogkr'lir tho locture room of tho Mechanical Engineering laboratories before the members and their friends of the local brunch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. The subject was "Tho Telephone, Its Develop ment and Its Future " Phi Delta Phi Pledges. Tho honorary law frateniitj of Phi Delta Phi announces the pledging of WoBtovor, Foe, Newkirk, Eckerson, McDonald, Stewart and Loomis from the class of 1905. and Moehnert, Chambers, Klngsburj, Polk, Smith, Brltton, Koines and Sturgoss from the class bJC 191G. nnrcTOff babber'speakt TO UNIVERSITY CADETS Told of Experiences as an Old Vet States That People Are Better Able to Fight Today. ProfosBor Barber lectured before the cadets last night in the Chapel on his personal- experiences -in tho Civil War. He said that tho bulk of tho Northern army, three-fourths In fact, was made up of boys under tho ago of twenty-one. He gave some of tho good as well as some of tho evil aspects of army life. Ono experience oi mucu interest was to wutotithr3 men break In six hundred raw mules An experience Illustrating tho hard ships was the use of water for a con slderablo 'time from a flluguunt pundr Tho water finally became so low that thoy wore able to discover tho bodies of thirteen dead mules which were lying on tho bottom. He cited the hardships which had to bo ondured in marching through mud, snow and sloot-for -a . ,dl8tanceoftwenlyaiIne; miles with "forty pounds" on tho back- which really weighed seventy-four pounds. Lawyers, ministers, doctors and mon from every pursuit of life wore their officers. Thoy wero good, clean men, but thoy wore lacking In mili tary knowledge. If war were to break out today thoro would ho a hotter supply of men for officers because of tho training In tho military depart ments of tho different universities This Is tho first of a series of two lectures by Professor Barber on this subject. Tho second will be given next "Wednesday at 5 p. m, In tho Chapel. FETE DAHRBGRl HIGH SCHOOL ATHLEXE8 HERE FOR TRACK MEET 8ATURDAY. THREE HUNDRED COMPETE Prospects Bright for Winner of Meet Teams Working Hard Throughout the State Nebraska-Minnc-sota Meet 8ame Day. The Feto Day program promlBoa to be the greatest in tho history of tho I'l'lverslty. Twelve high school rep resontatlvos will competo for tho state championship. About threo hundred high school athletes will bat-' tie for their respective schools for i he possession of the silver IovIijk cup. If the weuther man is willing, sev eral rocords are oxpectod to bo broken. Tho oarly dope would lead one lo think that Kearney- Military Academy will not win this your. Paw nee City, Kearney Military Acadomy and Lincoln are all strong. Gabby of Pawnee City has boon showing great form in the half mile and 440. At tho same tlmo that tho Feto Day program Is holng run off, Nebraska will competo agaiiiHt Minnesota in their annuul dual meet. Senior Hop. Report of Senior Hop. hold at Capi tal Beaoh, May 9, 1914. Total re ceipts, 91 tickets ut $1.25, $113.75. Ex. pondlturos: Music, $32; refresh ments, $10; hall, $25; decorations, $2; programs, $18; tickets, $1.25; ad- TertMggzr&ElC ; d66rKooi)ery $1.50 r JncldcnlaL exponsest XB Total, $95.00. Glen V. Tunks, Chairman of Committee. Audited May 12, 1914. T. A. WILLIAMS, Agent Student Activltlos. May Festival. Tomorrow's Ibbuo of the Nobraskan will be devoted to tho University May FjestLvjiL Be sure to road this Ibbuo for all particulars. GIRLS' EDITION OF RAG TO COME OUT TUESDAY Promises to Be Full of Live Stuff Student Life In General Portrayed. Tho Girls' Edition is coming out without fall Tuesday. It is ono of tho largest special editions put out this year, TJie editors are free lances .and. -have expressed tholr sentiments ptt- -studonLlaffftlcs n no-uncerialti-iQrmaz: Where Words have failed, iho cartoon ist has come to tho rescue to show up tho class grafter and tho unscrupulous promoter. Ono big feature of the edition Is the "Men's Page." Many valuable hints" aro given on tho etiquette 'of tho ncw dances, when to call and how long to stay. Somo of these things will bo real eye-openers for the boys'. An other column will be dovoted to campus Jokes and little stories about prominent men In school. I The editors wish to announce that I they, will not bo at home'-foir a week atfer fho edition Is out. -4f1 4 3 v J fr I 1 $, ,, .," w.y .?-). t .(. ,..'