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The Daily nebraskan VOL XVIII. N. 133. MN't'OLN, XKBUASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 191!. VIUL'K FIVK CENTS ITINERARY FOR BIG OMAHA TRIP FORMED fifteen Groups Outlined by Com. mittee to Be Visited While in Metropolis. Over 800 Students Will Be Quests of Gate -City .3.56 for Riilroad F.ve. The members of the committee rep resenting the faculty and student for the Omaha educational ex cuifion which will be made May 2d. pet with Mr. Arthur Thomas, pu Hetty manager of the Omaha Cham ber of Commerce Wednesday evening ,t 5 o'clock In Professor Chatburn's office. Fifteen groups of trips were outlined by those present and sub mitted to the committee. These groups are only tentative and are jubject to change or revision. Places of Interest may be added to certain groups or points of. lesser interest tubstracted. This matter of revision g largely left to those who expect to visit Omaha on that day. Robert Wenger and Walter Blunk, represented the student body at the meeting and announced that the stu dents should formulate new groups and hand them In to the student ac tivities' office some time Thursday, April 24th. These groups must be definitely revised as soon as possible so that student leaders can be elected for those wishing to take certain groups. The fifteen experimental groups as outlined by the committee vas as follows: Group 1 (Whole Day Spent at South Omaha) "Mve Stock Exchange. - Stock Yards. (Noon.) The four immense packing houses. Group 2 Stuck Yprds. Grain Exchange. Banks. Art Oal'ery. Ft. Omaha. Group 3 Grain Exchange. Live Stock Exchange. -Stock Yards. (Noon.) Packing houses. Group 4 (Chemical) Smelter. Art Glass. Engraving Manufac'iutng Chemists. Group 5 (Chemical) Water Works. Beverages. Fertilizers and Glycerine. Ice Machines. Union Pacific Laboratories. (Continued on Posre Four) So it Has Come to This Girls Advise Chancellor! Chancellor Avery received the fol lowing letter from some students who wished to advise him how to manage the university. He is carefully con sidering the matter and also the mis spelled words used by the authors of the epistle. Dear Chancellor We are a bunch of students and we read a piece In the newspape last eek saying that you were likelp to "Me departments that belong to gether, if you do, why not unite . . . rnd . . But under .... He's the toan, is modern In ... . and we like Mm He's square and accomodating. Tta girls would like it too. They say here's nothing modern or pleasant Ieft in physical education department and never will be. Now think about tois and If you do unite the depart- ments it will pleae all the students, Allows and girls both. We'd sign our names, excep that we 1 scrared of getting into trouble. 4e least thing gets into trouble ith your faculty these days things Hk taking an Interest in the faculty To" give ns, mostly a bum facylty ince the war. Saturday. STUDENTS' AEROPLANE IS DESTROYED BY FIRE I'pon Its first trial flight Tuesday evening, the aeroplane recently pur chased by A. D. Zook and Brooks Harding was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $10,000 and Is not covered by insurance. Lieutenant Ball was piloting the machine at the time of the accident. While the plane was still coasting preparatory to leaving the ground, he glanced back and saw Are com ing from the cock-pit. He stopped the motor but before any efforts could be made to save it, the ma chine was enveloped in flames. A- leakage in the gasoline system Is said to have been the cause of the fire. SEHNING AND BROADY GIVEN IMPORTANT WORK University Professors Are Select ed to Investigate Political Conditions of State. Prof. J. P. Senning of the Political Science Department and Prof. J. H. Broady of the Law College have been appointed by the Supreme Court of Nebraska to act on the board of five commissioners which will investigate the political conditions of the state which need remedying and be pre pared to make recommendations to the Constitutional Convention which convenes in Lincoln next December. Other members of this commission are: Victor Rosewater, editor of the Omaha Bee; Ashton C. Shallenberger, ex-governor of Nebraska, 1909-11; and Chas. E. Sandall, senator from York, aesioa-of -1917-18, - During the sum mer the commission will travel over the country to study the progress which other states have made in con stitution making. The present con stitution of Nebraska was made in 1875 and has not kept abreast of the times and the convention next Decem ber will attempt to bring it up to date. The election last November decided that there would be a constitutional convention but it remained to the legislature to frame the machinery which would set the wheels in motion. The session which recently adjourned passed a bill giving the Supreme Court the power to appoint the investigative (Continued on Vnee Two) UNIVERSITY PLAYERS SCORE BIG SUCCESS Present "She Stoops to Conquer" to Large Audience Last Evening. The university players presented sho stnnns to Conauer." by "Oliver Goldsmith, their second public pro duction of the year, Wednesday even ing in teh Temple theatre to a large and attentive audience. nm-r Hushnell as Young Marlow vw. plaped the leading role with fine un derstanding and originality. iwar o.orit Mulvihill who played the part of Miss Hardcastle and Margaret Howes who was in the role of her mother both did excellent work. The part of Mr. Hardcastle which wa niavArf hv Rudolph Sandstedt was nmhflhlv the best sustained part of any and Elija Fogelson in his well executed role of Tony LumpKin, me spoiled son, supplied the numorous note to the play. .... Miss Neville, uaoie as Sir Charles Mariow p.-,- -supporting parts and the rest oMth cast was splendidly filled by Albert Jonda, Helen Holtz. Alvin Sandstedt. G" Je Hearn.Louis FInkels.ein. Rich- Johnson and Ralph The play was given " Hon of Miss Maryott and Miss Ethel Hartley- The action throughout was "ood and the atmosphere was lost Liv in a couple of instances. Th pta ers are .t a advantage on account of the nadequ.cy of the scenery and proper. SATURDAY IS GALA DAY FOR SPEED MEN Greatest All University Track Tournament Ever Held on Cornhucker Field. Entries Must Be In by 6 O'clock This Evening Medals to Winners. Preparations for the combination inter-class, interfraternlty, and all-university track meet Saturday are now complete, and it will be by far the largest event of its kind ever held in this part of the country. All entries must be turned in at Coach Stewart's office by six o'clock this evening. The ruling made by the Interfraternlty Athletic Association that each Greek organization must have at least ten entries or stand a penalty will be rigidly enforced and all contestants will be checked off at the beginning of the race. Gold medals will be given for first place in each event and bronze for second, third and fourth. Each man's score will count for himself Individual y, for his class, and for his fraternity. The "N" Club has taken charge of the meet in the absence of Coach Stewart and will direct the entire iffair. The time schedule of events as they will be run off is listed below. Look it over, choose your events and be sure and have the entries in by six o'clock. lOG-yd. dash 2:00 p. m. sharp 440-yd. dash 2:10 100-yd. dash, semi-final 2:20 1 mile 2:30 .20 high hurdles .,,..2:40 (Continued on rnjje Four) , FRESHMEN CONSCRIPTION FOR PARTY STARTS TODAY Every First Year Student Will Be Expected to Purchase Tickets. Every student in the Freshmen class will be drafted within the next ten days to participate in the big Get-to-Gether which will be held in the Armory, Saturday night, May 3, opera tions start this morning. A drag net will be thrown over the campus by a corps of ticket sellers who are expect ing to get every person in the class of '22. Thirty-five cents will buy a icense for admittance to the party. The Freshmen mixer is a well estab ished tradition in the university and is responsible for promoting more spirit among the first year students than any other event. Plans were made last semester for a party, but owing to the rigid censorship of the military regime on social activities, were cancelled. The normal circum stances of this semester have made It possible to stage the party. The fore part of the evening will De devoted to a very novel entertainment which has never before been pre sented in Lincoln. The remainder of thP nroCTam will be topped off with dancing and eats. The Get-to-Gether will undoubtedly be the biggest social event of the year for the class of '22. CAMPAIGN FOR HUSKER YELL RENEWED ...... been offered to the person vyho has song or yell Nebraska is sadly deficient In goo yell, and songs. Kansas and ther Missouri Valley schools are noted for theirs. Nebraska has been for years the acknowledged leader In valley football and at present her track team is winning national laurel.. Student enthusiasm among Nebraska students is now at Its hlgh , Tkia was evldned hy the fact, that In a last-minute spurt, stu dent, raised 800 dollar, to tend the track team to the Penn.ylv.nla rt'a A rousing new yell or song at thi. time would do much to Increase and perpetuate this growing spirit. The N" club ha. asked for offering, within two weeks. Nebraska want, a new yell th!. year. SIX R. O. T. C. COMPANIES REORGANIZED WEDNESDAY The R. O. T. C. at the university was completely reorganized Wednes day evening at the usual drill hour. Companies were formed according to height, and new instructions were given the cadets by the commanding officers. Each man has a permanent place in the ranks now and he should remember this and fall in as he did Wednesday evening from now on until the end of school. Films will be shown any student who is interested Thursday evening, April 24th, at the Temple. They will deal with machine guns now used by the government. KEEN RIVALRY DISPLAYED BY GREEKS Hi BASEBALL Noyes-Hawklns ..if Long-Cowan Theta 12, Alpha Sig 6; S. A. E. 6, B. G. 5. The preliminary round of the inter fraternity baseball series wound to a close yesterday with the victories of the Phi Psi's and the Alpha Thets over the Phi Gamms and the Alpha Sigs. The first game of the second round was also run off and resulted in a victory for the Sig Alphs. The following contests in the second stage of elimination will be played on the athletic field as follows: Yesterday's Results Sigma Alpha Epsilon defeated Bushnell Guild in a fast game yes terday by the score of 6 to 5. The game was the first in the sec ond round of the inter-fraternity se ries, and was played at M Street park. The score was tied in the last half of the fifth when Swanson opened for the Sig. Alph's with a double, and scored when Hawkins was passed with the bases full. Shaw pitched good ball for the Sig. Alph's striking out eleven men. Swanson was the big factor for the Sig. Alph's, getting three stinging hits in as many times at bat. The lineups: Sig. Alph's 6. Bushnell Guild 5. Shaw p Swanson Swanson c Gravendard Wray lb Nelson Reinhardt 2b Lindley Lear 3b Williams Wythers ss Wilken Nowes-Hawkins ..rf Long-Co -van Howard cf Roberts-Clabuine Hopkins cf Russell Score by innings: 113 4 5 Sigma Alpha Epsilon 1 0 3 1 16 Bushnell Guild 0 0 13 15 Phi Kappa Psi defeated Phi Gam mat Delta in a fast game of baseball on the athletic field yesterday eve ning to the tune of 5 to 0. The Phi Psi's showed superior team work throughout the game, the main feature being the pitching of Wright. Graves, first baseman for the Phi Gam's also did good work. The lineup: Phi Kappa Psi 5. Phi Gammas O. Wright P Smith, M. R. McCreery c Smith, J. Fike lb Graves Branch 2b Johnson Mead 3b Dougherty Crawford ss : Ogier Kenner If Maddox Stone cr iNeiBou HenkleO-'Roke ....rf Hogerson (Continued on Tage Four) k. i intui-!ts of Nebraska submits the best acceptable Husker HUSKER RELAY TEAM SPEEDING EASTWARD McMahon, Fuchs, Smith, Gibbs to Arrive in Philadelphia Sat urday for Meet. School Spirit Shown When $811 Was Realized by Student Canvass. The organizations and individuals who rallied to the call for funds is listed below. The fraternities pledged twenty dollars apiece but also sent men to get contributions from Lincoln, business firms and the list gives them credit for the money they raised from among their own members and from outside contributions. Delta Tau Delta 60.50 Delta Upsilon 53.00 Phi Delta Theta 30.00 Sigma Phi Epsilon 25.00 Pi Kappa Phi 21.00 Phi Gamma Delta. ... 20.00 Farm House 20.00 Alpha Tau Omega 20.00 Beta Theta Pi 20.00 Phi Kappa Psi 20.00 Acacia 20.00 Bushnell Guild - 20.00 Alpha Sigma Phi 20.00 Sigma Alpha Epsilon 20.00 Alpha Theta Chi 20.00 Sigma Nu 20.00 Sigma Chi 20.00 Kappa Sigma 20.00 Delta Chi 20.00 Sororities Alpha Chi Omega 29.77 Alpha XI Delta 10.00 W. A. A 25.00 Other Subscription. Armstrong Clothing Co 25.00 Cy Sherman. 15.00 Piller's Pharmacy 10.00 Speier and Simon 10.00 H. S. Wilson (Bankers Life).... 10.00 Lawlor Cycle Co 10.00 Rudge '& Guenzel 10.00 Miller & Paine 10.00 Sterling Neumeisten 5.00 Ed Walt 5.00 O. A. Beltzer 5.00 H. Herpolsheimer 5.00 Sardeson-Hovland Co 5.00 Hardy Smith 3.00 Graves Printery 3.00 George Bros 2.50 Farquhar 2.00 E. C. Hardy '.. 2.00 BeBn I. Riley 1.50 Tanner & Co 1.50 222.50 Other donations 6.00 Grand total $811.77 Is the athletic spirit dead at N. U.? Coach Stewart answers the question (ContliniPd on Page Two) The Student Should Know The Black Masques is a senior honorary organization among the wo men students corresponding to the Innocents among the men. It is the oldest and most prominent senior girls' society in the university. It was founded in 1904, by 13 senior girls. Alice Towne Dewesse was the first president. Their aim is to form a club of the most active girls of the senior class to take a part in senior affairs. They also encourage a great er school spirit. The senior girls each spring choose thirteen Junior girls for membership the next year. This list is subject to change by the faculty pr by the present Black Masques. Every year they conduct the Fresh men girls' convocation. The presi dents of each of the various girls clubs, give speache at this meeting. The Black Masques along with the Innocents have charge of Ivy Day. They also preside over the election of the May Queen. The active Black Masques this year are: Sarah Heltter, president; Gene vieve Bechter, vice-president; Helen Minor, secretary-treasurer; Eliza Gam bol, Ruth Welch, Katherine w branch. Helen Doty, Hannah McCork Indale, Elinor Bennet, Gwendolyn Drayton, Dorth7 Pettis, Helen Ken dall and Katherine Kohl.