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The Daily nebraskan
VOL. XIX. NO. 118.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 120.
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
WILL PRESENT
REQUIEM MASS
Famous Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra to Make Three
Apperances Here in June.
TO HONOR SOLDIER DEAD
The Minneapolis Symphony Or
chestra has been engaged by the Uni
versity to make three appearances In
Lincoln, the -week preceding Com
mencement, in memorial services
honoring Nebraska's soldier dead.
These appearances will be made at
the auditorium Friday evening, June
4, Saturday afternoon, June 5 and
Saturday erening. June 5.
Two (symphony concerts will pre
cede the final and most important
vent, the production of Verdi's "Re
quiem Mass." This will be given in
conjunction with the University
Chora of three hundred voices under
Hie direction of Mrs. Carrie B. Ray
mond. Fifty men compose this famous
musical organization under the leader
ship of Emil Oberhoffer. It is rated
afi one of the throe best orchestras in
(he couttry. Four popular soloist
will accompany the orchestra; Emma
Noe, sorrano; Harriet McConnel, con
tralto; George Ralsey. tenor, and Fin
lay Campbell, baritone.
"Combination tickets" will be sold,
for these performances, which will
admit the owner to one of the first
two concerts and also to the "Requiem
Mass." Individual tickets may also be
purchased for the other concert. !
Only those bearing "combination
tickets." however, will be admitted to
the "Reqniem" performance.
Students will be able to purchase
reservations next week on the cam
pus. Calls are coming from all over
the state asking for tickets and the
supply will be exhausted shortly pfter
it is put on sale.
This will be one of the largest, if
not the largest, event of a musical
nature given at Lincoln during the
entire year. The spirit of patriotism
and respect shown to our soldier dead
is at its highest and the student body
is expected to turn out well at the
performances. The Legion memorial
services a few weeks ago was indi
cative of the manner with which Ne
braskans honor their heroes. The
presentations will be well worth at
tending by any one.
KOLCOMBE DESCRIBES
EGYPTIAN CITY LIFE
Writes from Kantara Telling of
Experiences in Metropolis
on the Nile.
Ka idea of the life in Egypt and
'he channels into which the money
recently fubscrlbed for usage in east
ern fields will be turned may be ob
tained from this letter received by
the V. M. C. A. cabinet from C. Steele
Holcombe, '17.
Kantara, Egypt. March .". l!O0.
Iv-ar Friends:
Although we have left Cairo and
re now located at Kantara. which is
tlie principle camp for the British
campaign in the East. I feel that the
most interesting subject to write
about is the city which is the capital
of Egypt and the intellectual center
ol the Mohammedan world.
At flr6t glance upon leaving the
station we felt quite sure that we had
arrived in a very modern city with
paved Htreets, electric cars, parks,
etc. The familiar cries of the bag
gage porters and carriage drivers
greeted us with their customary per
sistence, but finally we were allowed
to select a rather nice looking car
riage and were driven about ten
blocks through a crowded but clean
and orderly street to the V. M. C. A.
The buildings ranged In height from
two to six stories and appeared quite
like those we were accustomed to see.
The one Jilng. however, which
caused ub to realize that we were in
a foreign city was the odd costumes.
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COUNCIL SETS DATE FOR
A SPECIAL ELECTION
Tuesday, May 4th, was set by the
Student Council as the day for the
special election on the revised con
stitution of the Student Council and
also the Honor Spirit At a mass
meeting of the students before the
vacation a majority vote was given to
the proposed amendments to the con
stitution. At that time the Honor
Spirit was also discussed.
In Monday's Issue pf the Daily Ne
braskan will be printed the proposed
Honor Spirit, its provisions, and plan
of procedure. '
PRE-MEDIC DAY TO
COME ON APRIL 23
Embryo Doc's Will Visit Omaha
and Inspect Hospitals in
Near Future.
Pre-Medlc day will be April 23 this
year, Dr. Lyman bas announced. The
Pre-Medic students will visit the Col
lege of Medicine in Omaha as they
have clone for the last six or seven
years.
The program has not been definite
ly arranged, but will probably be
similar to the programs of previous
years. Usually the morning is spent
watching operations at the University
hospital. Lunch is taken at the Col
lege of Medicine. The afternoon is
taken up with inspecting the labora
tories until four o'clock when the stu
dents are Tree. In the evening the
University Club usually entertains the
Pre-Medics.
Pre-Medic day has been an annual
event since the four-year course of
medicine was established in the
school at Omaha. Before that just
the clinical work, which is the last
two years of the course, was given at
Omaha. Now, only the two years of
pre-medlcal work is given at Lincoln.
The two years of laboratory and the
two years of clinics are given at
Omaha.
One of the main purposes of Pro
Medic day is to maintain a spirit of
unity between the Pre-Medics in Lin
coln and the medical students at Om
aha. This was held in connection
with Omaha day the first year that
the University observed Omaha day.
but since thin the two days have
been separate. This plan is found
more satisfactory.
ENGINEERS' EMPLOYMENT
BUREAU IS ESTABLISHED
Prof. It. E. Davis, of the College of
Engineering, has been appointed by
the national headquarters as employ
ment representative of the local stu
dent chapter of the American Associa
tion of Engineers. The national head
quarters has arranged to supply him
witii an up to date list of the vacan
cies existing in all branches of en
gineering. He will also be in touch
vith the larger employers of engineers
in Nebraska.
All student members of the organ
ization who desire employment should
register at Professor Davis' office in
Room 104. Mechanic Arts Hall.
SLIDES TO ILLUSTRATE
ESTES PARK CONFERENCE
The real beauty of Esten Park and
the work of the College Y. M. C. A.
Conference, which will be held there
June 11-21, will be presented by slides
to he shown Wednesday evening.
April I?, by the University Y. M. C. A.
The place at which those oictures will
be shown has not been decided upon
Men who have gone to the Park are
enthusiastic in their praise of the con
ference and a number of men have
signed to go this year. It is hoped
that the delegation from Nebraska
will number half a hundred this year.
The slides will give an accurate pie-
turization of the ten days pent at the !
conference last summer.
Tbe study of some foreig . language
is compulsory in all government
schools of China." In most of them.'
English is the foreign language taught.
INSTALL KAPPA
DELTA SATURDAY
New National Sorority at Univer
sity Welcomed by Greek
Letter Folk.
Visiting Members and Chapter
Officials Here to Assist
in Initiation.
Twenty-flve active members of the
Delta Omega sorority will be formally
initiated into the Kappa Delta sorority
Saturday morning at the homo of
Miss Helen Tuttle in Lincoln. Miss
Sarah Blue or Union Springs. Ala
bama, national chapterian of the
Kanna Delta sorority. Miss Grace
Saberson. Des Moines, national officer, I
and Miss Mildred Schaafke, Wiscon
sin, province president, and a num-
j ber of Kappa Delta members and
alumni from nearby chapters are in
the city to assist in the installation
ceremonies.
The first degree of the installation
took place Thursday afternoon.
The
second degree will be held Friday : Cf the legitimate stage. Obuck's "Re
evening at the home of Mrs. Richard- j tribution" will be the initial offering
son and the third at the home of j'this evening at 8:30. and at a 3:00
Miss Helen Tuttle, Saturday alter-,
noon.
A number of parties nave Deen ar- The Company will close its engngf
ranged for the new members and j ment Wjtn "The Thief," Saturday eve
visitors. Thursday evening Lucile ; nn This latter play is the produc
Cline entertained the active members j ton which Dorothy Donnelly made
of the local chapter at her home. A , famous on the stage and screen.
luncheon will be held at the Lincoln
hotel Friday noon for all members.
After the formal initiation Saturday
afternoon a reception will be held at
the home of Miss Elsie Grainger. All
women faculty members and wives of
the Deans and representatives of '.liejii Devereux was one of the chief
campus sororities have been Invited members of the Sothern and Marlowe
to be present.
Miss Blue expects to remain in Lin
coln to assist the chapter develop
ment. GEOLOGY STUDENTS PLAT
WEEPING WATER VALLEY
j Mr. Devereux-is producing drama in
. , ! a competent, refined and dignified
Limestone Outcroppings of Special manneri rehy encouraRinB and de
Interest Since Indicative ! veloping higher standards of educa
of Oil in State. tion and enlightenment and awaken-
' I ing a broader interest in the stage
The members of the Geology class an institution of thought as well as
that took the trip to Weeping Water , r..r,ation
during spring vacation report that a .
fairly successful trip was made. They
arrived at their destination on Wed
nesday evening and proceeded to take
charge of the hotel at that place.
They had their own cook and from
all reports the "eats" were certainly
excellent It was said that one
of the members, one morning at break
fast, came back for the fourth help
ing of "pancakes." From this it
would seem that the trip va? a failure
from the standpoint of the commis
sary department.
Heal work was begun early Thurs
day morning. Thursday and Friday
were both good days and a good por-1
tion of the country was covered. Sat
urday proved their undoing, however,
as it was snowing so hard that one
i could not see beyond two hundred
i yards. No work was done on gatur
; day. Sunday it had stopped snowing
i and a hike was made to a stone
quarry about thirteen miles distant.
No mapping was done on Sunday, and
some were in favor of calling the trip
off and coming home. They finally de
cided to stay and work was resumed
Monday morning. A great deal was
accomplished in spite of the snow, but
not as imu-h s if It had been clear,
although ueven or eight sections wtre
covered.
This work under the conditions that
prevailed during the present trip will
be good for the fellows because it
will give them an idea of what they
might have to go through when they
start working for an oil companv.
About two days work in the labora-
it I r-,A nut tia finicltn?
j touches to the maps, however, all of
the practical work is completed.
There is a possibility of returning for
a couple of days in the near future to
complete the maps, but nothing
oVfinite is known as to this.
MISS HEPPNER TO GIVE
TEA FOR KAPPA DELTAS
Miss Heppner will give a tea on Fri
day afternoon, at which the members
of Kappa Delta, the new sorority, will
be guests of honor. PI Chapter of
Kappa Delta is being installed at Ne
braska this week, and it is Miss
i Heppner's desire to present both the
new members, and the national rep
resentatives who are here, to the Uni
versity at this tea. All University
students and the members of the
faculty are invited. The tea takes
place from three-thirty to five-thirty
in Woman's Hall.
DEVEREUX PLAYERS
TO API E iR TODAY
Famous New York Company Will
Present Series of Classic
Dramas at Temple.
The University Players present the
Devereux Player of New York City
today and Saturday at the Temple
. Theater in a series of famous dramas
o'clock Saturday matinee. "Romanc j
ers," by Rostand, will be presented. :
The University Players, under the
direction of Prof. H. Alice Howell,
and managed by W. M. Herbert, pre-1
sents these plays to keep alive the
spoken drama in Lincoln. These play
ers are reputed to be of unusual merit.
Company for several years. For the
rast seven years he has, under his
direction, produced a large number of
plays cf note. He brings with him a
company of artists of national repu
tation, including Zinita Graf.
Mis Graf possesses extreme youth,
classic beauty, great charm and rare
intelligence.
I TICKET SALE FOR UNI
j NIGHT NEXT TUESDAY 1
i
j lieginning April 13, tickets for the
; University Night to be-held April 17
1 at the High School auditorium will
be on sale at the University V. M.
j C. A., Temple Building. The faculty
I will be allowed to make their reserva
tions before the student body and may
purchase iheir tickets from eight to I
eleven o'clock Tuesday, April 13.
The committee promises that thi-i J
will be the peppiest classiest, and
most original production ever pre-
sented to the University public, fol
lowed by the spiciest, bitingest and
most thrilling sensation of the year
"The Evening Shun."
BARBOUR TO LECTURE ON
"WAR MINERALS" FRIDAY
The fourth number in the series of j
popular lectures to be offered the Uni- j
versity by the Chemistry Club will
occur Friday, April 9, at 5:00 p. m..
v. hen lYof. E. H. Barbour will speak j
on the subject of "War Minerals." j
This will be given in the general lec
ture room of Chemistry Hall. Pro
fessor Barbour was a member of the
National War Minerals Council so
that he can give some first class in
formation. "War Minerals' is a term
applied to those minerals which were
formerly imported but when the war
precluded the use ff ships for this
Importation, these "War Minerals"
hd io b discovered at home.
"We claim that about the busiest
person In the world is a wr man who
has discovered a pimple on her face.
Holcad.
BALL ARTISTS
RESDME WORK
Thirty Huskers Practice on Heavy
M Street Field After
Week's Rest.
TRACK MEN WORK HARD
Owing to a heavy field, the Husker
baseball candidates were not put
through a very strenuous workout
Thursday afternoon at the M street
lot. The infielders and battery men
were permitted to loosen up their pet
wings by tossing the pill around,
while the outfielders limbered up by
running down long drives to the fence.
The men returned from vacation in
good shape and the "charlie horses"
and glass arms developed earlier in
the game have practically vanished
from the squad. The pitching 6taff
has not as yet been permitted to cut
loose in full swing with its assort
ment of twisters. Coach Schlsslertf
hurling staff looks good with Pickett,
Kline. Peterson, Smith. Williams, Mc
Crory and Lamb waxing Into shape.
About thirty men turning out daily
for the team and as yet no one has
his position cinched. The squad
should be larger and some of the
willow swingers who are 6traying
about idle should don a uniform and
trot out to M street and demonstrate
their wares before the mentor.
Track Men Work Hard
Coach Schulte is working hard with
his track men to round them into
mid-season form to down the Indians
who will blow into town In another
week to attempt to add the Corn
busker acalp to their belt Finney
and Wright are counted on to bring
home the bunting in the hurdles, while
Graf is expected to annex premier
honors in the long distances. Mc
Mahon and Owens are hitting their
stride and should throw dust in the
Indians' eyes in the short and middle
distances. The tryouts of this week
end should show up some good calibre
men to back up these stars and help
take the bacon Into the Husker camp.
The recent snappy weather has
been very suitable for the spring
gridiron men and they have been
going through light workouts regu
larly. No scrimmages nor rough
points of the game have been gone
through so as not to run the chance
of maiming the material for next
season.
SILVER SERPENTS WILL
GIVE ANNUAL CIRCUS
Armory to be Scene of "Faker"
Presentations Saturday
Afternoon.
"The Big Circus," the greatest of
its kind, will be given by the Silver
Serpents in the large room of the
Armory, Saturday afternoon, between
the hours of two-thirty and five
o'clock, for all Sophomore and Junior
girls. This amusing fete was first
started last year and it is guaranteed
that this year's production will far
excel that of the past It is promised
that the Junior and Sophomore girls
are excellent performers and will sur
pass any seen at the Circuse In child
hood days.
The big parade will be the first act
staged. Come and see the clowns,
the tame elephants, the laughing
monkeys, the caged lions, and the
famous trick pony, which can count
and many other wonders of the world,
which will be in the parade.
Many unusual and novelty side
shows will also be there. Among
tnem are the "bearded lady." the
"cooties," from Flanders and the
"sword-swollcwer" Don't fail to miss
the Knock-down-negro-dolls and win a
sack cf peanu. The lady who walks
the tight rope, will be there too, and
the snake charmer who plays with
the most poisonous repti'.es. Girls!
come and have your fortune told by
the lady who reads your palm and
gives you a picture of your future
husband.
An admission of ten cents will be
chained to cover evpenses
