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he Daily Nebraskan Subscribe for the Nebraskan Subscribe for the Nebraskan YOU XXII. No. 6. LINCOLN, NERRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 21, 1922 "A BARBEQUE PLANS COMPLETED FOR FRIDAY EVENING Several Fraternities Close Tables For Friday Evening For 100 Attendance EXPECT CROWD OF 1503 Good Program and.. Eats Being Arranged by the Iron Sphinx in Charge Every man in the University is in vited to the freshman welcome bar becue to be held on the athletic field Friday evening at S:30. Not fresh men or sophomores alone but juniors and seniors as well may come to the big meeting. i Several fratiernitljes have already closed their tables to allow 100 per cent attendance from their organiza tions. Sigma Alpha Epsilon was the first to take the step, followed closely by Alpha Sigma Phi, Delta Chi and Sigma Chi. Reports from the other fraternities were due this morning and it is expected that most of them will send their men in a group to the feed. Arrangements have been made to accomodate 1,500 at the barbecue Men who do not get their tickets to day may get them at the gate tomor row evening. Arrangements will be made to accomodate a few late com ers but it is hoped that most of the men will get their tickets early to help the committee in arranging the necessary final details. A popular university orchestra, cheerleaders and university speakers are on the program for the barbecu?. Chancellor Samuel Avery, Dean of Men Fred T. Dawson, Captain Hart ley, members of the Innocents and other men will give short addresses. The barbeeuist hired by the Iron Sphinx to have charge of the big feed will stait work Thursday afternocn on the hundreds of pounds of meat. The bakers have arranged to work a spe cial shift to take care of the large order. Tables are to be set up on thf athlet'c field. The men will file past these to secure their sandwiches, doughnuts, coffee and ice cream. Mem bers of the Iron, Sphinx will help in the dishing out of the focd. Lights are being strung over the south side of the athletic field. A platform will be erected from which the speakers will address the men. The barbecue Friday evening is the climax of a week of welcome conduct ed jointly by the Innocen's and the Iron Sphinx. Early in the summer Wilbur Peter?on, S;hinx president sent letters to all of the men urging them to be prepared to wcrk toward a welcome week. A meeting was held last Thursday at which time the plans were endorced and urced to comple tion. This is the first year that S3 extensive a welcome for the freshmen has been arranged. University Receives Valuable Collection Books used by Prof. Amo3 G. War ner while writing his widely-known reference book. 'American Chari ties,55 have been sent to the Univer ity of Nebraska library by Professor Mary Roberts Coolidge of Mills col lege, Cal. Professor Warner was a prominent member of the University faculty and it was while he was at Nebraska that he wrote bis book. A portion of the letter written by Professor Coolidgo is as follows: "When Professor Warner became aeriously ill and gave up bis teach ing at Stanford university, I bought bis sociological library. I am send ing for the university library some of the foreign reports which Pro fessor Warner used in writing 'American Charities' and which I be lieve the quite rare." Registration For Chorus Still Open Those students who intend to reg ister for chorus should do so at once. It is Imperative that all members be at the rehearsal Thursday afternoon at 8 o'clock in Art ball. Registration for this course Is still open. "We are taking up Interesting work and we want to begin together" says Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond, director of the chorus. RECEIVE APPLICATIONS FOR NIGHT EDITOR Appl'aucns for the position of night editor of the Daily Ne braskan, will be received in the Student Activities office until 5 p. m, Tuesday evening, Sep tember 26. Dean of Women Will Entertain Uni Girls Miss Heppner, Dean of Women, is entertaining all TJnlversltl girls at a tea from three-thirty to five-thirty Thursday afternoon in Ellen Smith hall. Miss Heppner wishes to get all girls acquainted and also desires to introduce them to Mrs. Avery, wife of Chancellor Avery and Mrs. Thompson who is the hostesa of Ellen Smith hall. Miss Appleby, Y W. C. A. secretary; Miss Cook, assist ant to Miss Heppner and Miss Sprieter, her secretary, will also be presented to the guests. E T Nebraska Professors Serve on Committees for the Promo tion cf Engineering Professor O. W. Sjorren cf the agri cultural college has been appointed a member of the program committer of the Kansas-Nebraska section of the Society for the Promotion of Engin eering Education. The next semi-an nual meeting is tentatively scheduled or October 2S at Manhattan, Kansas. This is the date of the annual Kansas University-Kansas Aggie football game. It was chosen in order to se cure a larger attendance at the meet ing. A number of the members of tho engineering faculty of Nebraska will nrobab'y be there, according to Dean Ferguson. Professor Clarke E. Mickey has been eelcted to membership on the committee on "Subject Matter of Un de; graduate Course in Highway En gineering Laboratory' of the High way Education Board. This board is sonii-national in scope. Mr. J. J. Ti gert. United States commissioner of e.'uca'ion, is chairman of the board. Mr. Mickey will associate with pr fes.-ors from Alabama, Michigan and Virginia. Ceo-ge Salter, C. E., '22, is employed as engineer in charge of location and fitrvey of ailMexicn land owned by the International Petroleum company at Ti.mpico, Tamps, Mexico. Wilford C. Wiggins, C. E., '22, is employed at present by the Henningston Engin eering company of Omaha. Baseball Stars Will Appear Here rrea.-i.ne of Eabe Ruth and nob .k'-:.-eI i:i Lincoln, participating in a b:.il gai;:o at Landis field, is as sured by a final exchange of tele grams today bc-tween the booking agency representing the two major .eagi:e stars and the owners of the Nejiiika league park. The date originally suggested for the appear ance of Babe and Bob has been -hanged to Saturday afternoon, Oc tober 14. Officers of the Lincoln Amateur Baseball association will stand as sponsors for the Ruth-Meusel base ball show in the capital city. Two teams of local amateurs will com pete in a diamond encounter. Babe to be in the lineup of one team and Meusel to wear the uniform of the other club. Association officers announced to day that an effort would be made to put cm the unplayed City league game between the American Legion and Lincoln Printers teams on the date in question, the Legion and Printer manager to toss a coin for choice of the two Yankee stars. Manager Stroud of the Printers has approved the plan suggested by the amateur association officers and Manager Dake of the Legion team wiil have the same opportunity. In all events, the local association will provide the two ball clubs for the Ruth-Meusel attraction, sharing witb the park owners In a division of the net receipts. Major league dope today Indicated that the Yankees will get Into the world's series, with the Giants as the opposing team. The series Is sched uled to start Wednesday, October 4, and at the very latest will be con cluded by October 12. This latter date.111 give Ruth and Meusel ample time to come by train from Gotham to Lincoln, arriving here Saturday morning, October 14. Lincoln Is to be the first stop by Babe and Bob on their tonr. In all probability, the Yankee stars will show in Omaha the following day. Many thousands of baseball fans in Lincoln and adjacent Nebraska town undoubtedly will take advant age of the opportunity to ee Ruth apd Meusel display their baseball wares. 500 NEBRASKAN TODAY is the last chance to subscribe to the Daily Nebraskan. At two dollars for the whole year there is not another offer on the campus that can equal in value what the Daily Nebraskan will grive you in a years sub scription. This paper, the only one of its kind on the campus, is the only medium where a student may secure an accurate daily ac count of all the activities connected with the. school. This year the size of the paper has been increased to seven columns in order to TO MAKE FIRST APPEARANCE EARLY NFXT WEEK "Opening Number" of Univer sity Comic Magazine Filled With Live Articles BOOK IS REORGANIZED Cover Design Will be One Many Features of the First Issue of If your're sad 'Your luck is gone, Wear a smile. From AWGWAN. The "Opening Number" cf Awgwan. Nebraska's publication, will appear on the campus some time next week, ac - cording to the announcement of the staff. A hopper full of mirth-producing material has already been put through the channels of comic ma terial in the office of "old man Aw ewan" and the whole collection, pre ceded by a striking three-cclored cover will greet the students of Nebraska not later than Tuesday. September 26. The staff of Awgwan's first number is exceedingly large and a great var iety of material has been incorporat ed in the opening number. Cartoons and material ranging from the ridi culous to the sublime has been pro duced 3d the "oTiclal sifter" of tb" office has allowed only the very best cf the material to pass. Several new features have been offered in the clev erly written articles this year. Th. jokes and satire will come "closj home" to the students of the Univer sity of Nebraska and all of the mirO will be clean and refreshing. A large r.mount of money has beea spent to produce good art work for the "Opening Number." The cover pag" is bein prepared at a high figure wi'.'i the u.e of red, yellow, and blue com binations All of the latest ideas in IIN engraving and comic art have been!;- studied by editors of Awgwan and are being carried out in the pages of th? i comic publication. j University Chess and Checker Club Started Cbsss and checkers enthusiasts will meet Friday In the Temple Y. M. C. A. to organize a club. H. Herbert Howe, of Table Rock, iN'ehr., a fresi. man In the University is the pro moter of the organization. Mr. Howe was winner of the Hardy chess trophy in 1921. The University Y. M. C. A. has agreed to furnish rooms for meetings and chess and checker boards. Mr. Howe feels that enough students are interested in the two games to make the club a success. Athletic Exhibit in Front of "IT Hall Draws Much Attention "What kind of a Cornhusker are youT' That challenge rang out from the athletic exhibit between the Armory and University hall Wednesday, to induce further sale of season ath letic tickets. Pictures of sixteen of Nebraska's championship football teams stood out from the background of rtJ "N" blankets, arranged over tables In booth effect. Crldsters of 1891, the very ;lrst football team of the Uni versity held the place of honor at one end, above three cups that are trophies of the school. At the other end was shown Jack Best, Nebraska's grand old man, and a photograph of the hurdles in which a Nebraska run ner came In ahead of the Kansas man who ran In the Olympics. Grouped along the aides of the ex hibit were photographa of the teams from 1891 to 1921-22. All the teams In that Interval of time were not shown, however. Mncn interest ana SUBSCRIPTIONS MUST STAFF MEETING Tonight at seven o'clock the first staff meeting of the year will be held In the Daily Ne braskan office. The meeting is compulsory and all applicants who wish to hold staff positions must be present. The roll will be taken. Plans will be dis cussed and policies outlined. Special attention is called to the date and time. Nebraskan Arranges For Broadcasting of Grid Games byjiadio Radio broadcasts, play by play, of football games at Nebraska field, have been arranged by the Daily Nebraskan through the station in the Electrical Engineering building. Bertram Ells worth, the operator, promises that he will be able to get reports from the 1 Kansas game at Lawrence. Since the apparatus will send only a few hund red miles, he is unable to obtain re ports of the Oklahoma and Syracuse games. Even the cheering and the voices of the cheer leaders will be audible to those who tune in. The play-by-play reports will come directly from the reporter at the field, through a direct telephone line, to the radio set on the eampus. Mr. Ellsworth and Mr. Myer afe at present remodeling and rebuild ing the set. They are sure the instru ments will be ready for use the first gane, October 7. The aerial, too, is out of use, but the support on the power house stack will be repaired in a few days. Various lecturers will be broadcasted this winter, according to Mr. Ellsworth. Missouri School of Journalism Has First Chinese Girl Miss Eva Chang, the first Chinese woman to enter the Missouri school of journalism, arrived in Columbia eptember 15 Miss Chang came to " u., country a year ago on a scnoiar- ship of China's Indemnity fund. Her . I. : . . . .. home is in Shanghai, and she went to school at St. Mary's Hall, a board- ,t ctwi f. 1 Cl ing school for Chinese girls. She was one of ten to pass the rigid ex- 6 aminations for the scholarships off - ered every other year to girls from all over China for a four years' course in the American college or univer sity of their choice. Her first year was spent at Oberlin college, Ober lin, Ohio, but her interest In Jour nalism moved her to change to Mis souri to complete her course. Many of the leading newspaper men in China are graduates of the Univer sity of Missouri, Miss Chang said, and it was upon advice of an Ameri can editor of one of the largest pa pers in Shanghai that Miss Chang came here. speculation centered about tho de cided contract between the early and the modern teams. In appearance at least. Hair parted in the middle must have be?n all the rage at one period, though ft was minus all the bandoline and other producer J of sleekness. A dog was curled up nonchalantly In the foreground of one early group. In another, enormous "N's" almost obscured the sweaters. The three cups on display lent a realistic touch to the championship idea. A large gold-hued vessel In the center of the table was the sprint cup pre sented in 1920 for the championship in the 100-yard daah in the Missouri Valley conference. The silver cup won by the Univer sity in 1921 In the first annual Mis souri Valley conference freshman telegraphic track and field meet, and the cap won In the relays in 1919 In the Intercollegiate conference athletic association were alao exhibited. BE RAISED TODAY cover the school news more thoroly and this has been done without an increase in the subscription price. The staff in undertaking this depended upon an increased circulation to cover the cost of a larger paper but to date the list is far below that of last year de spite the fact that the school has a greater enrollment. THE PAPER CAN BE NO BET TER THAN THE STUDENTS WISH IT TO HE AND THEIR INTEREST IS INDICATED. SELLECK THANKS HELP III DRIVE Agent For Student Activities Of fice Show Appreciation For Service Rendered CAMPAIGN BIG SUCCESS Students Requested to Check in Unsold Tickets Exact Count Announced Later Thanks to the students who have given their time and energy to make the athletic ticket drive a success is expressed in a letter by John K. Sel leck, agent of student activities. No definite count has yet oeen made of the number of tickets sold as the ath letic department is waiting for ticket sellers to check in unsold tickets. Students desiring to purchase tickets may secure them at the athletic of fice at the top of the stairs in the east end of the Armory. Selleck's letter to the solicitors fol lows: "la bringing the student athletic ticket drive to a successful cloe we are assured that the student body is i squarely back of the Nebraska ath- letics as never before. The students have shown their loyalty and pride in Nebraska's teams. "The wonderful spirit shown on the campus this week will refllect to the good of all the activities throughout the entire year. Freshmen have caught tne spirit of their school an.l started out in a fine way. I take this opportunity to express my appreciation of the effort put forth on the campus to bring 1 about this success. I thank the ccl- ,Pges' oraniza,'ons' an'l committees I for their rrwir.erflMr.n V.mv fmlivid- J , . . ,. , . , lulls li ac a wxn rt a -n nrxt 1 ieiaH t n h a rffk.e have Flven flvoIy of thejr lime :and effort. The result of their work is a great satisfaction to all. The real 5UCCss of this campaign lies directly with the student body. Theirs was the mcst important part of the campaign, t .,. . .and all of them have done their bit to ; niake it a success. (Signed) JOHN K. SELLECK. Alpha Zeta Members Hold First Meeting At the first regular meeting of Alpha Zeta, honorary agricultural fra ternity, Tuesday evening, plans wire discussed for the coming year. Con siderable work will N dm.? firout the year to stimulate interest in tho fraternity which represents the ideal and goal In scholastic excellence. Election of new candidates will be held twice during the year at the earliest possible time in each semes ter. Semester banquets and open houses will be staged at the discre tion of the officers of the active chap ter. One active member and on alumnus will explain the objects and Ideals of the fraternity at the initial meeting of agricultural men to be held Wednesday evening In the dairy auditorium. DRAMATIC CLUB TRYOUTS The University Dramatic Club announce that the annual try outs for membership wilt bi held at the Temple Theatre Thursday, September 28, at 7 o'clock. Membership in the dramatic club ia not confined to the stu dents of the department of dra matics, but Is open to any stu dent In the University who de sires to try out. Any student wishing to try out Is requested to leave his name at Miss Howell's offtcs In Temple building 101 before Tuesday, September 26th. day, September 26th. STUDENTS Palladian Society Holds Open Meeting Talladian Literary society is plan ning an especially good open meet ing for Saturday evening. A talk by AA. D. Rlxby, wellknown Nebraska poet will be the feature of the pro gram which will bgln promptly at 8:30. A get-acquainted period, lx gln ning at 8 o'clock, will precede the program. Names and other entertain ment will follow during the rest of the evening. All university students are V.ways welcomed at the open nietinf:s of Palladian, held in Pn'.lndia-i lm!l c.n the third floor of the Temple. UNIVERSITY BAND TO HAVE NEW UNIFORMS Members of Band Will Sponsor Mixers to Raise Funds For Suits A sixty-piece band directed by Wil lian T. Quick will soon be organ izen. I The members of the band are to wear nanciscme umiorms pauerneu auerson ,irppd the freshmen to be gare tQ these worn by the cadet officers of gPt tUeir Ereen cans h . -n,nTA.w the R. O. T. C. Half the cost of these uniforms will be defrayed by the university and the other half will be raised by the band, under the direction of B. B. Gage. In order to raise the remain- ing $S40, two mixers will be staged. The tentative date for the first of! these is October 7. Thanksgiving has been fixed as the date of the other party. Both affairs will be held in the Armory. In two or three weeks, after suffic ient practice time has been spent, the band expects to come out with a ser ies of concerts, the dates of which wiil , be announced later by the band man- agement. Although the military department has limited band membership to s - ixt;. - there is still on openir.3 for musical instruments in the orcht.va. Ce'loes and string bass are needed especially. .Anyone interested may try out Thurs day, September 21. Football Officials Hold r irst Meeting good team again this year; as good as the team of last year. But to do A large group of meu officiating at ;!,at, Dawscn said every student must football games throughout the state 'back the team by wearing a red but met last night in the Armory and ! ton. started what is expected to be ptrmaiint organization. The meeting was for the orgatiiza tion of the football officials and men who wish to officiate at games. Coach Schulte has been working on the idea -ome lime now, and plans to com-1-lete a permanent organization hurt this week. The work of the grout, will be manifold, study of the rules. decisions and rulings are to be cu;i sidered. The purpose of twofold to oigan ize clubs for discussion of football problems and to affiliate the organ! zation with other stale officials throughout the state. Similar organ - izations are to be started under Schultes direction next Monday in several of the larger towns of the .Stat. The Lincoln organization will study tootoau rules in a series 01 evening meetings. This is in line with the general scheme of the athletic serv ice of the I'niversity extension work. that has been highly recommended by Chancellor Avery. Under Schulte's direction, this is hoped to be made a statewide organ ization. It is hoped to stimulate in terest In football contests, and have a more uniform officiating staf.V Coaches, men and anyone else Inter ested in the sport, have been invited to attend the Wednesday night meet ing. Book of Autographs Sent to Uni Library Autographs of many famous people are contained in a volume just re ceived by the library. The book will be placed In exhibition in the new display case. Among the signatures contained In the book are those of Henry W. Longfellow, Washington Irving, George Cruikshank, Richard B. Sheridan and Charles Dickens. It is a beautifully bound volume with a vari-colored design on the morocco cover. "Why do they cz. 'am talesmen?" "Every one has a tale ready," ex plained the Judge, "as to why he shouldn't serve." Louisville Courier Journal. Pompous physfclan (to man plas tering defective wall): The trowel covers tip a lot of mistakes what? Workman: Yes,- guvnor and so do the spade. London Bystander. FRES1EI GLASS TURN OUT S TUG FOR GQNVOGATIQN First Year Students Learn About University Traditions and School Spirit CONDRA TAKES PICTURES Impcrtance of the Olympics Im pressed on Minds of First Year Men Morn than 1 KCrfl - . ,.'v iiii-iuuris 01 tne fiehman class attended the first con vocation of the year held in their honor Wednesday morning. Chaun cey Nelson president of the Innocents, conducted the .meeting, which was sponsored by the Innocents and the Iron Sphinx. Cheers and yells for Nebraska open ed the meeting and the members of the first year class demonstrated very - satisfactorily that they will develnn into enthusiastic Cornhuskers. Ia opening the meeting, Chauncey Nel- evening. He promised thera no end of troubIe if they appeared 0 the campug manv more dayg without the Lmerald headgear. He also urged them to unite so as to be prepared to flpnt tlleir hardest in the Olympic ! October 21. He warned the freshmen that to wear the green caps after O'ympies would be much to their dis credit while to wear them now Is an honor. The sophomores, he says. In tend to go the limit to keep the fresh men from discarding their green caps. Cap-ain Hartley asked that every freshman wear an "N" button before Wednesday evening. He tol d of the encouragement members of the team i received from seeing the large nura- jber of buttons about the campug and 1 asked that every first year man buy a season athletic ticket and boost for 'Nebraska. Dean of Men Dawson also urged that every man wear the green cap and the emerald headgear. He told the freshmen that he did not intend to CO back to eastern rnlleepa szaJn 'after once having worked at Nebraska. ir r-; 1 -, ., ,. 1- 1 j 1. . Dr. G. E. Condra, director of the department of conservation and sur vey, made a rousing speech on tradi tions before the freshmen. Dr. Con dra was one of the members of the faculty who were instrumental in .starting the Olympics. He told of how husky freshmen used to fight the i ba!tIes for the weaker freshmen and s for the weaker freshmen and little scraps between the two ,h l, il;:s.f-s finally led to an organized battlo conducted by the Innocents. He old them not to be "do-nothings" but t0 gc.t out an( work for Nebraska, He toJ of the Nebraska color and ;of ,,ow stuilents cf Nebraska had, thru .'work b(.fome among ,he foremost In J lhcIr casses KoIlowlne the ranv. Uie freshmen jpat,1H.d on lhe gouth gide 0f the . w......A Aeln r,;iiira VAffl iirilitM UtriC IIIWHlri l-,U.t ww . f Tryouts Open to All Students for Uni Dramatic Club The annual try-outs for the Uni verslty Dramatic club, should Interest every student who has Inclination to ward this spiendid activity. Tho University Dramatic club it the oldest dramatic organization on the campus and has been noted ta previous years for the quality of Its production. Each year it present musical comedy usually called "Th Follies." The organization U made up fro a: the usce-sful participant of these annual tryouts and I not limited to any set number. Each contestant Is given three min utes to try out using a scene from any show and may try out Individual ly or as a member of a group. The group tryouts are urged a they give the contestants better oportunltle to show what they can do. In case of group tryouts the individual time 1 allowed for each member 01 me group. A register bas been placed in room 101 Temple building where contest ants are expected to register before (Continued on Page 4) STUDENT MANAGER Candidate for rtudent mana ger position and tophomo' candidate for all sports, mutt report to ths Student Activities office today before 2:M p. m.