The Dailv Nebraskan
VOL. XVIII. No. 147.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1919.
WIICE FIVE CENTS
FRESHMEN FIRST IN
GIRLS JACK MEET
First Year Class Takes Honors
in Annual Carnival Held
Saturday.
Marvel Trojan, '22, Individual
Star. Breaks Running Broad
Jump Record.
The girls' annual field meet went
off with a rush Saturday afternoon,
on the university athletic field under
the management of the Women's Ath
letic Association and the leadership
of Mary Stephens. About fifty people
witnessed the events.
The freshmen as a class scored the
highest number of points, the sopho
mores the second highest number,
and the .eniors were third.
Marvel Trojan, '22. won the first
plaoe in individual honors with' sixty-five
points. Helen Hewett, '19,
won second place with sixty points
and Margaret Henderson, '22, won
third place with fifty points. Marvel
Trojan broke the twelve-foot running
broad jump record made by Miss Be
atrice Dierks last year with a jump
of fourteen feet five inches. Mar
jorie Barstow won second place in
this event and Dorothy Wright third.
The class relay race called forth a
great deal of enthusiasm from the
crowd, the freshmen, with Margarfiet
Henderson, Eva Hunt, Marvel Trojan,
Winifred Shackell, Kathryn Heck
art and Dorothy Wright, came in
first; the sophomores, with Mary Shep
herd, Louise Pedrett, Ruby Swenson,
Lillian Storey, Helen Black and Sara
Suber, second ; and the juniors, with
Irene Springer, Martha Hellner, Ruth
Brigham,--Kathleen Hargrove,' Patricia
Maliney and Marguerite 5Iorr'ssey,
third.
Summary of Events
The resufts of the other events
were as follows: 25-yard dash, 3.4,
Louise Pedrett, Margaret Henderson,
Marvel Trojan; 50-yard dash, 7; Mar
vel Trojan, Dorothy Wright, Mary
Kerzing; 60-yard hurdles, 10.5, Sara
Surber, Louise Pedrett, Patricia Ma
loney; pole vault, 5.10, Cora Miller
and Mary Shepherd tied for first,
Ruth DuBois second; javelin throw,
61 ft. 3 inches, Helen Hewett, Sara
Surver. Martha Hellner, basketball
throw, 60 ft 6 inches, Margaret Hen
derson, Ethel Hoagland, Patricia Ma
loney; running high jump, 4 ft. 5 in.,
Helen Hewett, Mary Stephens, Sara
Surber; baseball throw, 174 ft. 5 in.,
Helen Hewett, Cora Miller, Margaret
Henderson; snot put, 28 ft 5 inches,
Marjorie Barstow, Mary Stephens,
Mary Shepherd.
The following were officials of the
meet: Jleferee and Ftarter, Dr. R.
G. Clapp; timers, Dwight Thomas,
Mr. Kostlan; judges. Miss Louise
Pound, Mrs. Cornelia Putney, Miss
Josephine Gordon; announcer, Pa
tricia Maloney; clerk of the course,
Miss Josephine Gordon. Other of
ficials were: Elmer Schellenberg.
Edward Lamphere, C. E. Johnson.
Monte Munn, Hugh Carson, Herbert
Dana, E. Davis, W. Ray.
The patronesses of the m,r. were:
Mrs. E. J. Stewart,,Mrs. Samuel Avery,
Mrs. F. A Williams, Mrs. R. G. Clapp.
Mrs. T. J. Doyle, Mrs. J. N. Glrard,
Mrs. Jessie Beghtol Lee, Miss Eliza
beth Lacey.
ATHLETIC BOARD ELECTION
Inasmuch as only six candidates
for student membership on the Uni
versity Athletic Board have complied
with the requirements of the Consti
tution in filing statements of candi
dacy, and one of these six candidates
(E. H. Schellenberg) has requested
that his name be withdrawn, tht iac
ulty committee in charge of the elec
tion has unanimously decided that no
election will be necessary under these
circumstances, and have agreed to
recommend to the athletic board that
the five remaining eligible candidates
indicated below be declared the stu
dent representatives for the coming
year:
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UNIVERSITY TO TEST
MODELS OF TRACTORS
In compliance with a law passed by
the last state legislature, the univer
sity agricultural engineering depart
ment is preparing to test several hun
dred models of tractors this summer.
The law, which takes effect July 15,
.'(quires all models of tractors to
stand an official test of the university
before they are sold In the state.
Permit to sell is given by the state
railway commission after the tractor
has proved to be all it is advertised.
The agricultural engineering depart
ment will make an endurance test
test the official rating of horsepower
for continuous load, and the consump
tion of fuel per hour or per acre of
farm operations. The tests will be
open to the public. The new law also
provides that tractor companies must
maintain service stations where all
parts may be obtained.
DR. STRAYER SPEAKS AT
EDUCATIONAL MEETINGS
Prominent Columbia Educator
Visits City..as Guest of Teach
ers' Organizations.
Dr. George D. Strayer of Columbia
University and president of the na
tional educational association, visited
Lincoln, Friday, May 9, when he talked
to many prominent educational organ
izations and gatherings. At noon he
spoke before an audience of promi
nent school people and citizens at the
Commercial Club, and during the af
ternoon he addressed the teachers of
the Lincoln High School. Friday eve
ning he delivered the annual address
before a joint meeting of the Ne
braska Schoolmaster's Club and the
Woman's "Educationai' Club and' their
guests at the Lincoln Hotel.
At these meetings he told of some
of the peculiar phases of an educator's
life. At the conclusion of the last
session a vote favoring the national
educational bill was passed.
The Schoolmasters' Club held their
annual business session after the gen
eral evening session and Superintend
ent Jesse H. Newton of Lincoln was
elected president, and Professor H.
E. Bradford of this city was re-elect
ed secretary.
The joint dinner of the clubs held
at the Lincoln was attended by more
than two hundred men and women,
prominent in educational circles.
Dr. Strayer answered many ques
tions before his audience, mainly re
lating, to educational organization, on
which subject he has proposed na
tional and state plans of action.
TEMPLE HIGH JUNIORS
EIITERTAH SENIORS
The thirty-two seniors of the Tem
pie High School were entertained at
a reception at Woman's Hall Friday
evening, by the fourteen members of
the junior class. The reception rooms
were decorated with lilacs and ferns,
while small tables scattered through
out the dining halls were centered
with red roses. Kendrick Ott, presi
dent of the Junior class, presided as
toast master, and the keynotte of the
toasts was just "Folks." The follow
ing Responded: "Follies of 1919,"
Vesta McMahon. '19; "On Duty," Mr.
Taylor: "Laugh" Grace Brown. 20;
"Knick Knacks," Robert McCandless,
'19: "Seeing Ahead," Dean Fordyce.
Miss Josephine Cameron, '19, played
several piano selections and the Junior
class sang a parody on the senior
class, with the tune of "Massa s in the
Cold. Cold Ground." Miss Ona Wag
ner, class sponsor for the Juniors, was
in charge of the affair.
Mrs. Lulu Culver Simpson of San
nHf.. has Just written the
alumni headquarters at the universi
ty, that her husband, uryam ti. oiwr
.nn M D.. '10. has Just been made
a major. Major Simpson is now sta
tioned at Mars-la-Tour. trance. r..
Simpson, a well as her husband, was
a former student here, and Is well
known by university people.
FULL PROGRAM FOR
IVY DAHXERCISES
Holiday Will Be Celebrated in
Connection With the Semicentennial.
First Presentation of Pageant
Will Close Festival in the
Evening.
In connection with the pretentious
program which the University of Ne
braska is arranging to celebrate its
fiftieth anniversary. Ivy Day will open
the semicentennial exercises with
significant ceremonies.
The holiday this year will be ob
served on a larger scale than usual.
The regular Ivy Day features will be
combined with Class Day which the
semi-centennial program has desig
nated for Friday, May 23.
Aside from the traditional exercises
of the day, the program includes de
partment exhibits, university moving
pictures, art exhibits, alumni council
meetings and class reunions, dedica
tion of chemical laboratory with an
address by General W. L. Seibert and
the pageant which will be presented
in the evening.
Ivy Day Program
Observance of Ivy Day will be
marked by the usual impressiveness.
Class committees In charge are now
working on a schedule which will pro
vide thorough enjoyment for all stu
dents and the alumni who will be
present for the semi-centennHl.
The morning festivities which will
be held on the campus Include the
crowning of the May Queen, the Ivy
Day creation, reading of the senior
poem and planting of the ivy which
for the second time has been sent
from the fields of France by alumni
who are in the service.
Capital Beach has been selected
for the scene of the afternoon's mer
rymaking. Here varied forms of
entertainment will be provided un
til mid-afternoon when the Black
Masques and Innocents for next year
will be tapped.
The Pageant
Closing the Ivy Day ceremonies,
the initial presentation of "The Pag
eant of Freedom" will take place on
the university campus in the eve
ning. This production will be intro
duced on Ivy Day for the first time.
The pageant written by Dr. H. B,
Alexander is in charge of the Uni
veraity Players and the Knumet Klub
who are working under the direction
of Prof. R. D. Scott. The complete
cast in which nearly one hundred urfi
versity students take part will be an
nounced in the Daily Nebraskan next
Thursday.
Contrary to an announcement in the
Friday issue of the Daily Nebraskan
Lea Lipsey. '18. will play the part of
'.'Sibyl of History" in the first scene
of the pageant in place of Gertrude
Munger, '18.
Omaha Boy is Cook at
Hostess House Abroaa
At least one establishment in the
world is exempt from servant prob
lem; they are not afraid of losing
their cook, or of having her strike for
higher wages and a parlor to enter
tain her beau in; and that place is
the Y. W. C. A. Hostess House which
has recently been established in Co
blenz, Germany, for the women in
the army of occupation. The U. S.
army has. assigned to this Hostess
House as cook. Sergeant Albert Spen
cer of Omaha, Nebr.
The Y. W. C. A. Hostess House in
Coblenz is one of the busiest spots
in this busy German town. It feeds
1,000 people for regular meals every
day and 500 for tea. every afternoon
and evening. This takes a great deal
of food and the only way to get it
is to go to the rail head and haul it
home.
Two of the secretaries have been
detailed as mess sergeants to take
care of this Job. Julia Chpain of
Holyoke. Mass.. and Zilla Mills of
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SIGMA GAMMA EPSILON
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Sigma Gamma Epsilon, honorary
geological fraternity, has elected the
following officers for next year: presi
dent. Richard Hawn; vice-president,
John Vet tier; secretary and treasurer,
J.'B. Souther; historian, Ralph Cum
mins; corresponding secretary, Eric
T Kelley.
At a recent meeting Professor Dem-
ing of the department of chemistry
gave an illustrated lecture on the
"Phllliplnes" and Prof. E. F. Schramm
gave a short talk on the "Burk Bur
nett Oil Field." At the previous
meeting the following men were ini
tiated into the fraternity: Martin
Matson, William Newton, George Sal
ter, Jack Egan, Jesse Patty and Ralph
Cummins.
KAPPA'SIGMA MEETS SIG
EPS IN BASEBALL FINALS
Two Teams Will Play for Fra
ternity Pennant at 2:30
This Afternoon.
Kappa Sigma and Sigma Phi Ep
silon will battle for the interfraternity
baseball championship on the Athletic
field this afternoon at 2:30. The
game will be unusually fast if the
strength of the two teams as disclosed
during the tournament is any indica
tion. The contest will go the full
nine innings. The probable lineup
will be:
Kappa Sigma Sig Ep
Walter :. lb Grub
Slonnlger ..............2b....... Russell
Albrecht 3b Harper
Brown c Johnson
Samuelson p Pickett or Zlnk
Linn ss Isham
McKinley If Gardner
Tool cf Harris
Harvey rf Bell
The folowing list gives the complete
scores for the tournament up to the
finals:
First Round
Phi Delta Theta, 8; Sigma Nu, 5.
Sigma Phi Epsilon, 16; Acacia, 1.
Alpha Tau Omega, 13; Sigma Chi, 3.
Delta Tau Delta, 7; Farm House, 6
Kappa Sigma, 2; Pi Phi Chi, 0.
Phi Kappa Psi, 6; Phi Gamma
Delta, 0.
Second Round
Sigma Phi Epsilon, 21; Phi Kappa
Psi, 0.
Phi Delta Theta, 7; Delta Tau
Delta, 4.
Alpha Tau Omega, 5; Alpha Theta
Chi, 4.
"Kappa" Sigma, 10; Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, 1.
Semi-Finals
Sigma Phi Epsilon, 9; Phi Delta
Theta, 1.
Kappa Sigma, 11; Alpha Tau
Omega, 0.
EIGHTY-ONE COMPLETE
Q TRACTOR SHORT COURSE
A special short course to train trac
tor operators for road construction
closed at the University Farm Fri
day. Eighty-one men completed the
course, out of eighty-six registering.
Many of them were middle-age men
with some experience with tractors or
gas engines. Prof. C. W. Smith, who
had charge of ttie course, said most
of them will, qualify for tractor op
erating. In addition to tractor op
erators a large number of truck driv
ers and repair men will be required
in the road work. It is estimated
that 200 tractor operators will be
needed this summer. Lack of trained
tractor operators caused the Uni
vrr!ty to offer the special course.
CORHIIUSKERS LOSE
IN GRINNELL MEET
McMahon Makes New Nebraska
Record of 49:4 in Quarter
Mile Run.
Minnesota Next on List, Then
Valley Meet and Perhaps
Harvard.
The Grinnell track squad succeed
ed in taking full measure of the Corn-
huskers last Saturday as the 77tt to
36V4 score indicates. McMahon's per
formance in the 440-yard dash stands
out as the stellar act of the day.
Mac's time of 49:4 set a new mark
for Nebraska and tied the Missouri
Valley record.
It was a splendid day for the meet
and a large crowd was out. The boys
who went to Grinnell are enthusiastic
over the quality of the track they
found there. It is a third mile oval,
well cindered and modern in all re
Bpects. It is fortunate, in a way, that
all of the meets this year are away
from home for the team can make
better time than on their own track.
Grinnell. although young in Mis
souri Valley circles has always been
strong in track and has wonderful
equipment for the size of the school.
Some Fast Races
McMahon, by winning the quarter
mile run in 49:4 now stands undis
puted as the fastest quarter miler who
ever ran for Nebraska. The former
university record of 50:1 was held
jointly by Guy Reed and Harold Mc
Mahon. Byron McMahon is probably
the fastest 440 man in the country
and is coming stronger every day.
The performance of the mile relay
team showed very plainly that this
quartet not only had not lost their
punch but that they are Improving.
Grinnell entertained hopes of beating
Coach Stewart's prize quartet when it
was learned that Ed. Smith was
absent but this illusion was quickly
dispelled when the action started.
Gibbs started off against Crane, their
fastest man, and beat him ten feet at
the finish. Stromer was unable to hold
this lead against his man and Fuchs
took the baton five yards behind the
Grinnell runner. This didn't bother
"Rudy" a particle and1 at the finish
McMahon had a margin to start on
and after that Grinnell didn't have a
look in. The time of 3:26 tied their
previous performance at Drake and
was but 3-5 of a second slower than
the Pennsylvania run.
Dick Newman ran a spectacular
race in the half and lost first by
Inches. On the last lap "Dick" was
headed by two Grinnell men. Coming
up the home stretch, however, "Dick"
began to step. The three leaders
were bunched and it was a toss-up
who would win. Ten feet from the
tape Dick fought into second place
and the three finished with but a few
inches between them.
Huskera Have Hard Luck
Jack Egan drew what is usually
termed a liberal slice of hard luck in
the mile race. Jack and Sechrist
easily led the field throughout the
course and on the last lap the Iowan
had the lead. Coming up the back
stretch Jack began to dig in and drew
past his man. Just at this point how
ever his legs got tangled up and down
he went Before he could scramble
up Sechrist had got away to a good
lead. Jack began to eat up this dis
tance and on the home stretch suc
ceeded Jn coming abreast but the
extra effort was too much and his
opponent hit the tape first
Francis Flood can also claim his
share in the tale of woe. He hit the
third hurdle in an unfortunate fashion
and took a disastrous roll Wright
took second by a bare six Inches in
the low time of 16:3.
Gerhart took the pole vault without
half a try. Eleven feet was enough
to win. Lees and the Grinnell man
stopping at 10 ft 9 in. This Is five
Inches higher than "Tom" has ever
gone before.
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