UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1916.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
VOL. XV NO. 148.
PAGEANT POSTER OUT,
BY MiSS BRANSON
CENTRAL FIGURE REPRESENTS
THE EARTH SPIRIT
Navaho AH and Myth Provide. Idea
Symbolize Whole Pageant
The posters for the second annual
pageant, "The Gate City," are now
out The central figure in the poster
thA Earth Spirit, the cos-
tume being a conventionalization or
.w oefcTied for Miss Whedon, who
is to take this part. This costume
will be in pal yellow satin, decor
.x.j ;tt. crroon and srold. On the
j.o.o n cane are conventionalized
representations of the Tree of Life,
about which the myth represented in
Tr t ftf the naeeant centers. The
head dress will be gold, symbolic of
the power of the sun to awaicen we
in field and forest. Miss Bernice
Branson is the designer.
The scene in which Miss Whedon
will appear as the Earth Spirit is one
of the most important in the pageant.
The background will be of greenery,
with the luminous tree in the center.
The Star chorus (that is, the full
chorus of women's and men's voices),
will bo picturesquely arranged in
groups. The costume of the Stars
will be in Nile green, ith star dec
orations, feather head dress and star
wands, which will be fitted with lit
tle electric globes for illumination at
night. Besides the Earth Spirit, in
the costume represented on the pos
ter, the Morning Star in a brilliant
red costume will be a striking fea
ture of the scene. Miss Dorothy Ells
worth is to take this part.
The composer, Henry P. Eames, for
merly of the University School of
Music, now of the Cosmopolitan
school of Chicago, has given wonder
ful opportunities to the chorus in
this scene. Besides the full choi..
with its part singing, there is a duet,
an octet, and other features for ac
complished singers. It is this music
whict, is to be the feature of the Chi-
(Continued on page I)
DECIDE HONORS7!!!
HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE
Twelve District Champions to Talk on
Preparedness Question Tomorrow
The ninth annial state debate of
the Nebraska High School Debating
League will take place tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock sharp in Me
morial hall on the question of pre
paredness. The contestants represent
the twelve high schools that have
won the district championships. Each
speaker will be given seven minutes,
opening speech, and four minutes for
rebuttal. Professor Fogg, president of
the league, will preside.
The formal statement of the ques
tion is: "Resolved, That congresn
should substantially adopt the recom
mendations of the secretaries of war
and navy for increased armament.
Honor winners in former state de
bates who are In the "university will
act as ushers. These are Henry W.
Hess (1908), Hebron; Victor Coulter
(1S11), Wymore; Arthur Ackerman
(1912) , Lincoln; Robert B. Waring
(1913) . Geneva; Leonard W. Troetfter
(1913), Lincoln; Leonard W. Klein
(1915), Blue Spring, and Aaron S.
Speier (1915), Lincoln.
FACULTY CHILDREN
IN MAY POLE DANCE
One of the Most Beautiful Events of
Morning Program on Campus
One of the most beautiful of the
features of the Ivy Day program on
the city campus was the May Pc'.e
dance given after the May Queen was
crowned, by twelve little youngsters,
the sons and daughters of different
members of the faculty. The children
led the procession of the May Queen
to the throne, and one of them, the
daughter of Dean and Mrs. Leland,
was the flower girl for Miss Florence
Angle, who was crowned queen.
' The children who tok part in the
dance were Elpise Bradford, David
Loveland, Winifred Webster, Hutton
Webster, Catharine Grummann. Dor
othy Borrowman, Helen LeRossignol
Margaret Clapp, Catherine Clapp, Ar
thur Hunter. .Theodore Kesselbach
and Frederick Gain.
RUTH BEECHFR TAKES
LEAD JH PAGEANT
"The Wayside Piper" to Be Given at
Farm Tomorrow
The cast for the pageant, "The Way:
side Piper," which will be presented
Saturday, May 13, at 3:30 o'clock at
the farm campus is as follows:
The PiDer Ruth Beecher
Faith Calar McMahon
Hope - Gladys wmtrora
Love Gladys Corrick
Scirit of Service ..Louise Schavaland
Counselor from-the Workshops....
Katharine Piedce
Counselor from the Fields
Elma Reeder
rounselor from the Campus
Elizabeth Erazim
Snirlt of the Twentieth Century...
Leona Mills
Pniipp-A fiirls: Caroline Kimball
l7H.ro TMlrett T.lirv Jeffords.
AlAJba. .v, - 1
Girls from the Fields: Dorothy I
Ellsworth, Lucile Becker, Winnie
Jackson, Lucile Erazim, Ruth Sanford.
Industrial Girls: Eliza Gamble,
Edith Holcomb, Mildred Gillilan, Sel
ma, Alberta Gruver.
Tickets may be reserved for the pic
nic up to 12 o'clock Saturday at the
Y. W. C. A. office.
SELL SENIOR PLAY
TICKETS TODAY
Tickets for the senior play will be
placed on sale on the campus Fri
day for the sale to seniors. The class
voted at its last meeting that every
senior be assessed for one ticket at
$1. This assessment Is the usual
thing about this time of the year and
Its purpose is to put the class on a
sound financial basis. Also this is
the onlv way that has been found to
raise money for the class gift, and!
by assessing the whole school for tins
ticket the class is enabled to buy a
suitable gift to leave the school, and
at the same time enable every sen
ior to attend the play with a mini
mum expense.
The tickets for the play will be
placed on sale on the campus Fri
day and each senior, as he buys his
ticket, will be excused fom the as
sessment. The tickets will then be
taken to the Oliver theatre, where the
seniors will be given preference as
to reservations. The seat sale, open
to all, will then be thrown open.
NEBRASKA ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES MEET
TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION
AT TEMPLE THEATRE
After a Day of Papers and Banquet
Members Will Go to Fontenelle
Forest for Field Study
The twenty-sixth annual meeting of
the Nebraska Academy of Sciences
opened this morning at the Temple
theatre with a short business meet
ing Professor Bruner, the president
of the organization, presided. After
the business session, the general pro
gram began, and will continue Friday
morning, with section programs in
the afternoon. All these meetings are
open to the public.
Tomorrow the scientists will jour
ney to the Fontenelle forest, between
Omaha and Bellevue, and spend the
day in field excursions through this
beautiful woods, which has been ob
tained as a bird, plant and animal res
ervation.
A. W. Tell, '17, has been elected
president of the Comus club for next
year. The other officers are: C. M
Frey, '17, vice president; A. N. Pet-
ring, '18, secretary and treasurer.
High School Debating Champions
VTMUi
f
f
V
: .-- VV
t
A
:V.f::, .: .-:.-
v -' .-.-X
i. .- I -.-. " ' " " . l ,
v h : -: "-' Vvf" -'-
;; ,.;: -;-. : .VVV 1
-.t-v. s r .. :.mA. . ---r : ' .- -'
V- "'Sv', . .": " '"'"X ' -i
. - mm --).. :
"J - ' ' ) n
'-. -' ; f -- v
S . X '
Ton row left to right-Melvln Wilson, Clay Center. Central District;
l!ouis Worth South High. Omaha, Eastern District; Lawrence
Slater, Lincoln. East-Central District. ..Arn ni.
Second row. left to right-Edgar Carlson. Valentine Dis
trict; Marion B. Stahl. West Point, North-Central District; Amelia
Tr. northwestern District;
fllir-ReyloTds T Nelson, Southern District; Gwendolyn Connely.
Auburn. 2tie M Schwab. McCook. Southeastern Dis
Ai, sungl! Western District; Ralph G. Brook,
Sargent, Wst-Central District.
HISTORY TEACHERS'
FOURTH MEETING
Member of University Faculty Ap
pear on the Program
"Pan-Americanism" is the general
theme of the fourth annual spring
meeting of the Nebraska History
Teachers' ar.-ociation, which opens its
sessions with a dinner in the banquet
room of the Temple theatre this eve
ning. After the banquet, Dr. Roland
G. Usher, of Washington university
will deliver an address on tne topic
of the meetings.
Members of the state university fac
ulty will take part in, the program
Those who will speak and their sub
jects ere as follows:
"Canada," Prof. J. E. LeRossignol.
"Mexico." Prof. Edwin Maxey.
"Smith America." Prof. C. E. Per
Binger.
Dr. F. M. Fling.
WOULD FORM ALUMNI CLUB
Mrs. Fred M. Dewesse, '05, (Alice
Towne), who was director of the worn
en's gymnasium in '07, has written
fmm her home at "Hllalre-Farm "
near Dawson, asking if tnere is an
alumni club in her neighborhood and
for suggestions for organizing such a
club If there is none.
.... t v-vrr.xVr V -''H
- . : -.,'
' r
'-. i
VY DAY MORE FUN,
THE STUDENTS SAY
THE SUNNY SUN SHONE DOWN
SO BRIGHTLY
The Candy, the Canines, the Kiddies,
the Cops and the Cotillion
Crushed Cruel Cares
"The most successful and enjoyable
Ivy Day ever held," is the current ex
pression regarding that of this year.
The threatening skies of the day be
fore closed during the night, and
the sunny sun 6hone down, as is al
together fit and proper, upon the coro
nation ceremony, the planting of the
ivy, the May Pole dances, and the tap
ping of the Innocents and Black Mas
ques in the afternoon.
There was a lot of fun all day. Take
the buying of candy from the Y. W.
C. A. girls, for instance. This hum
ble reporter got some, and it must be
said that the girl who made it can't
compare with this h. r.'s sister, or
his mother, or his best girl. But the
girl that sold it was attractive.
The Dogs Were There
Then there were the dogs. The
big brown dog had the best dispo
sition, and the little white one was
the gayest, cheerful'.est little Individ
uality, so that they added a lot to the
fun of the morning. Some there were
who feared that the dogs might take
a notion to take a bite out of the
aesthetic dancers, or the senior girls.
but their fears were dispelled. The
dogs knew something was up, and
they wanted to share the joy of living
through with the crowd.
The fifty policewomen, chosen from
the underclass girls, perhaps on the
basis of physical strength, but more
apparently on the basis of physical
charm, were a lot of cheer. They
marched 80 straight, and didn't no
tice their special friends In the
crowd, and were so serious, that it
was pure pleasure to look upon them.
It was too bad that there were not
a hundred of them.
The Poefa Hat Was Nice
Everyone liked the senior class
poet, too. The wind prevented hear
ing the poem, but Miss Lucile Ley
da's hat was becoming, and the poem
was published in The Daily Nebras
kan. That independent little girl of the
faculty children, who tusged so lus
tily upon her ribbon, and the red
headed youngster, who skipped so
merrily, were "there" as joymakers.
If anything was needed to put the
crowd in the right humor for the day,
the dozen or so kiddies who played
such a prominent part, did the "put
ting." The matinee dance at the park in
the afternoon was certainly circum
stantial evidence that a large portion
of the students enjoy dancing. The
vaudeville was satisfying, too, after
our fears that there would be no ladies
on the program were set at rest.
ALUMNI OFFER
TROPHY TO CLASSES
At a meeting of alumni class offi
cers held at alumni headquarters last
Monday evening, it was decided to
give the class that presents the best
"stunt" on alumni day a bronze tro
phy, rue year of the winning class
will be inscribed upon the trophy,
which is to be hung in the alumn
office, and offered as a prize again
next year.
a meetine of the entertainment
committee has been called for Mon
day evening. May 15.
FT