Fhe Daily Neb r ask an Cornhusker Banquet Friday Cornhusker Banquet Friday TmTxxir-NO. 5!) LINCOLN, NKMRASKA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1922. NHOSKE TRAP (Ml COR BANQUET WILL BE FRIDAY MIGHT 1 ARMORY ILL BE SCENE OF ANNUAL GIRLS' COSTUME PARTY ON FRIDAY Eleven Stunts on Program That Wlli be Given by Various Campus Organizations at Gathering of All Cornhusker Girls Mortar Boards Will Sell Ice-cream Sandwiches EXPECT THAT 700 OR 800 GIRLS WILL ATTEND PARTY Doors Will Open at West End of Armory at 7 O'clock Program Will Begin Promptly at 7:30 Silver Serpents Will - Conduct Candy Booth for Hungry Girls The annual girls' Cornhusker party, which will bo given Frtay night by tho W. S. G. A. Board, will be a masquerade in accordance with tho rstnblished tradition of Nebraska. Eleven stunts will be presented by dorrrity groups as the program. Mor tarboards will sell Ice cream sand wiches during the evening, and the Silver Serpents will have charge of a booth to supply candied apples for the guests. The party will be held In the Ar mory and will begin promptly at 7:30 o'clock. The girls are asked to use the west doors, which will be opened at 7 o'clock. The fee of amission Is thirty cents, and each girl is request ed to have the exact change. Mar garet Hager, who is in charge of the affair, expects that seven or eight hundred girls will attend. The date is closed to all other University parlies. The eleven stunts which will be staged have been selected from the manuscripts submitted by girls' or ganizations on the campus. The groups presenting them will be an nounced at the party. The titles of the stunts in the order of their pre sentation are as follows: A Cornhusker game in 1936. Faculty Hop. The Tragedy of the Lighthouse Keeper. On and Off a Pirate Vessel. A Cornhusker Wedding. Sweet Cookie Chorus. Young Lochinvar. In a Pullman Car. The Gumps. A College Highway. Our Co-ed. The costumes will form an attrac tive part of the party. The members of the w. S. G. A. board will appear in costumes of the same design, which will be kept a secret until Fri day night. Every girl is expected to come in holiday regalia. The Cornhusker girls' party has bo come a tradition, and is an event on the calendar of every Cornhusker girl. It is an annual project of the W. S. G. A. The Cornhusker banquet for men will be held the same night. L MAKES GOOD REPORT Finds Plenty of Work for Stu dents Since Opening of School in September One hundred and forty fewer men made application for aid from the Student Employment bureau in No vember than in October. The de crease results from some students se curing work in their own itiative. William G. Altstadt, employment sec retary, states that there arts no stu dents desperately in need of work as was the case at the beginning of the semester. During November, 362 jobs for stu dents were reported, and of these 330 were filled. The total jobs filled since September 1 number 834. Three hun dred and eighty-five students, as against 625 in October, made applica tion for work during November. The total earnings of University stu dents employed through the bureau from September 1 to December 1 are $11,890.70. Of this. $4,185.50 was earned during November and $7,705.20 In previous months. Itemized esti mated earnings for November are: Board, $1,889; room, $275; sales, col lecting and advertising, $816.50; sten ogprahic and clerical help, $140.50; and miscellaneous jobs, $1,064.50. NOTED SINGER WILL BE AT CONVOCATION TOMORROW MORNING Clarence E. Zink of the Robin Hood Opera company win give a eong re cital In a special convocation in the Temple theatre, Monday morning at 11 o'clock, says Professor Paul Grum man, chairman of the committee on convocation. The Robin Hood Opera company is flaying at the Orpheum theatre Mcjday, presenting that comic opera. FUNERAL SERVICES F. Services Held at First Congrega tional Church Friday After noon for Professor BODY INTERRED AT WYUKA Friends and Students Fill Church Was Chairman of Art His tory and Criticism Funeral services for Trofessor William F. Dann, chairman of the Department of Art History and Criti cism, were held Friday afternoon at the First Congregational church. Uni versity faculty member, students, church members, delegations from clubs, and other friends crowded into tho church. Rev. John Andrew Holmes was in charge of the services both at thi church and at the grave in Wyuka His sermon was eulogy of one who, ho said, had been active in his church as in other interests so that his death has been a loss to the Univer sity, to the community, and to the church of God. Flowers, the gifts of those who loved Professor Dann in life, covered the casket and the choir space. The music for the service was in charge nf Mrs Carrie B. Raymond. The quartet o the Congregational church sang three numbers. Classe were excused from 3 to 4 o'clock so that the students and fac- nltv could attend the funeral. Prof. Dannis classes met in the Sunday sr.hnnl room and occupied a reserved section of the church. Members of the faculty also sat in a section of the church reserved for them. Paul Schissler Has Unusually Big Year At Lombard College Paul Schissler, former Nebraska hnahall and basketball coach, is now at Lombard college where he turned out a team this year that took the championship of the "little ten foot ball conference. This Is the second consecutive year that his team has walked away with the honors. They nlnv a eood brand of football in the little conference according to Coach Schissler and provide interesting com petition for the bigger schools that venture into their territory. They de feated Kalamazoo on Thanksgiving day, giving them the undisputed cham pionship. They alos tied with Detroit who defeated Washington and Jeffer ton by a decisive score. Lombard has a game scheduled with Notr Dame for next fall. Sigma Xi Will Hold Initial Meeting of Year Monday Night Nebraska chapter of Sigma XI, hon orary scientific fraternity, will hold its first regular meeting of the year Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the general lecture room in Bessey Hall. Dr. H. H. Waite. head of the depart ment of bacteriology is to be the speaker of the evening. His subject is "Disease Prevention, Past and Pres ent" The meeting will be open to the public non-members being wel come. Colonel C. H. Muller Visits Univfc &ity on An Inspection Tour Colonel a H. Muller, in charge of the Seventh corps area of the R. O. T. C visited the University Friday and Satarday as the guest ol Major ?!dney Erickson. cammanda"t ?f this section. He was at the training camp for a thort time last summer ta in spect ihe camp. The publicai on. The Blue Torch, was dedicated to him. He visited classes in the military depart ment Friday, and was a guest at the military ball Friday evening. FO ANN twrtei. - uiWt MISS PEARL L. SWANS ON Mi:s Pearl Swnnson, '2:?, of S'uux Ci1y, la., was presented as hon oriiry colonel of Hie University cadit re?mient at the annual military half at the city auditorium Friday nipht. Miss S'.vanson was chosen by popular vote of the students some time apn, but no announcement was made until the ceremonies at the ball, which marked the opening of the formal season for the University .tnd was one of the most brilliant affairs ever put on by Ihe Military department. The honorary colonel is a member of Alpha Phi and sprjisor of the Pershing Rifles. HAVE SKATING RINK Present Plan is to Utilize Tennis Courts in Affording Plenty t. Skating for Students Four acres of skating rinks this possibility has been suggested to the athletic office and will be acted on this week. The plan is to turn the tennis courts south of Bessey hall in to a vast rink for student ice-skaters. John K. Selleck, agent of student activities, when asked as to the pos sibility of the proposed change, stat ed that the plan will be carried through if it la found that the flood ing of the courts will not Injure them for playing next spring. If student sentiment strongly favors the flood ing of the courts, and the effects will not be injurious, hundreds of skaters will be accommodated each day with in the next few weeks. Several years ago, the present ath letic field was turned into a skating rink when University authorities flooded it A small charge to students and towspeople who wanted to UBe the field for the ice sport more thaa covered the cost of flooding and maintenence. Backers of the plan to flood the tennis courts aasert that no harm would be done. The chief engineer of the Univer sity will be consulted b-.fare any steps are taken by the athletic o- ( Continued on Page 4) j Honorary Cadet Colonel V-.-" :V -4 f: ; l:- ; V.' I' . - - - :- ' '. - l , I At y; -',.V It ) f; v V Hit r W t " -' . - JKi - The 1923 Cornhusker football schedule is complete and will be found on page 3 of this issue. Nebraska won recognition on the all-western foottball teams chosen by Walter Eckersall of the Chicago Tribune. Fl ANNOUNCES PLEDGES Thirteen Men Pledged to Scab bard and Blade Initiation Dec. 19 and 20 Scabbard and Blade, honorary mili tary fraternity, announces thirteen new pledges. It is a national organisa tion, this chapter having been estab lished in May, 1920. Each year they put on a carnival and promote the military activities about the campus Initiation will be held December 19 and 2L The list of pledges follows: Norris W. Coats. Dwight McVicker. Norris G. Kenny., Robert F. Craig. Kenneth Coiier. Herbert Rathsack. Monroe Gleason. Charles H. Spencer. Carl C. Krueger. Addison E. Sutton. Blanchard Anderson. Howard H. Hunter. Joe B. Wood. SISTERS HOLD ANNUAL KIMS PARTY SATURDAY Biff and Little Sisters Met at Ellen Smith Hall Yesterday for Christmas Party About three hundred girls attended the Christmas party of the Big and Little Sisters Saturday afternoon at Ellen Smith Hall. A short program by University girls, dancing, refresh ments and small lollypop dolls fur nished entertainment for the guests. Pauline Barber, giving a reading in which she took the parts of a little girl and "D'Zimmy," her holder broth er, made quite an impression. Helen Kummer gave a violin solo, and Louise Newby gave a piano selection. The large rooms of Ellen Smith Hall are admirably suited to dancing. A Christmas tree, decorated with myriad lights, held the place of honor in the center of the reception room. Re freshments carrying out the Christmas motive were served. The Big and Little Sisters include all the girls in the University, since every freshman has a "Big Sister' 'from one of the upper classes. The Senior Advisory Board sponsors as signment of "sisters." Prof. Chas. Fordyce, chairman of the department of -educational raeas- nrements, addressed a group of Paw nee City teachers Friday, and G. W. Roeenlof. Instructor In the history of education, spoke to teachers In couj ery schools near there. ALL UNIVERSITY HEN GATHER AT SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE One cf the Many Features at Men's Party Will be Showing of tho Complete Pictures oi weDrasK-a-ioire ojamo uaiue on Thanksgiving Day POSSIBLE TO ACCOMMODATE Tickets May be Secured from Vikings or Student Activities Office- Sale Will Close Thursday Nignt .Entertainment mciuaes Orchestra Music, Quartet and Toasts FACTS ABOUT THE CORNHUSKER BANQUET Dale December 15, 1922 ;.(, Scottish Kite Temple, Fifteenth and L Sts. Time :l-r to S:4j Entertainment Banquet, quartet, toasts, moving pictures of Notre Dame Football Game, two orches v tras. Price of Tickets. $1.00- Student Activties office P ILL ATTENDED Miss Pearl Swanson Presented as Honorary Colonel of Nebras ka Regiment at Big Ball BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED Grand March Follows Present ment Led by Miss Swanson and Colonel Noh Miss Pearl Swanson, honorary cadet colonel, was formally presented to the students at the annual military ball last Friday evening in the City Audi torium, by Colonel J. G. Noh of the cadets. The indentity of the honorary colonel, selected from the junior and senior co-eds of the University, had been kept secret, her first official ap pearance being made at the ball. She was elected by popular vote of the en tire student body this fall, at the regu lar elections. At this, the most brilliant social function of the University year, all events centered about the presentation of the honorary colonel. Three hun dred couples attended. The ball was resplendent with flags and military hunting interspersed with great wicker baskets of flowers swung from the arched trellis work. The blue-grey military uniforms of the eighty cadet officers formed a pleasing background for the formal evening gowns of the co-eds. At a signal, the cadets formed in lines, the curtain rose, and Miss Swanson stepped from an enclosure to be formally presented. She was at tired in a blue-grey uniform patterned after the new uniform adopted this year for the cadet officers. The se vere color of her costume was re lieved by touches nf red on the cap and in the lining of her military cape The uniform was the gift of the mill tary department. Following her presentation. Miss Swanson accompanied Colonel Noh leading the grand march. Only cadet cadet officers and their ladies particl pated in the march. Guests threw a curtain of colorful streamers from the balcony as the march proceeded. Miss Swanson is a senior in the Collepe of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the Alpha Phi sorority She was sponsor of the Pershing Rifles last year. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Swanson of Sioux City. Ag College Offers Four Short Courses In Winter Session Four courses will he offered by the College of Agriculture in the session of the winter short course beginning January 1. This work is offered main ly for farmers and their sons who are busy most of the year but have a little leisure In the winter. Boys IS years old or over may enter. The four-weeks' auto-mechanic course be gins January 1; the geenral agricul tural course opens January 22 and runs for four weeks; a one-week poul try course will start January 6; and a course of one week in ice cream making begins February 6. Registra tion will be with the principal of the School of Agricutlure, Lincoln. Miss Gertrude Lois HanfonL A. M. 15. has a study, "Metaphor and SI mile in American Folk-Speech in the latent comber of Dialect Notes. Thr study I? rne which M3&S Hanford made when a graduate student at the University of Nebraska. M LIT ART ROM EXPECTED TO 1200 MEN AT THE BANQUET As a windup to the 1922 gridiron season and as a celebration of the successful completion of Nebraska's memorial stadium campaign, the an nual Cornhusker banquet will be staped Friday, December 15, at the Scottish Rite Temple. The Univer sity quartet, toasts, motion pictures of the Notre Dame game, and two orchestras will be on the rrogram. It will be possible to serve 1,200 students in the Scottish Rite Temple. Lack of room has somewhat damp ened the spirit of the banquet in past years, but this year the committee ia charge has planned to accommodate a larger number of students. Most of the fraternities are planning to close their tables that night so thai every one may attend the banquet. At $1.00 a piate, the committee jn charge has figured to give the ban quet at nearly cost. It will be neces sary to have sold 1,000 tickets by Thursday noon, in order for the com mittee to buy food on an economical basis. For this reason, the commit tee urges aH students who plan t& attend the banquet to buy their tick ets at the student activities office before noon Thursday. Last year 700 men attended tne Cornhusker banquet. This year the committee plans to have the attend ance hit the 1,200 mark. The banquet will be a windup of this year's suc cessful gridiron season, and will be a celebration of the successful close of the campaign for Nebraskas new $400,000 Memorial Stadium. It will also be in the way of a farewell to the football men who played for the last time on Thanksgiving. The banquet 'will also celebrate the win ning of places on all western teams, by four Nebraska grid stars. Two orchestras an'i the Varsity quartet are expected to add spirit to the occasion. Motion pictures of the battle between the Cornhuskers and the "Fighting Irish" on Turkey Day will be exhibited. These pictures have been shown in South Bend, In diana. Omaha, and other larger cities. Members of the team and of the coaching staff will make speeches. The committer from the Innocents in charge cf the banquet is especially anxious that all students buy their tickets at the Student Activities of fice, Monday or Tuesday, iu ordr that definite arrangements for the. management on the banquet may b made. The annual Cornhusker banquet Is one of Nebraskaa's greatest and most cherished iraditions. It is held every year at the end of the griJiron season. PROF. FRANKFORTER TURHSJOWH OFFER Forced to Decline Appointment for Assisting in Revising Spe cial Regulation No. 43 Because of his University duties. Prof. C J. Frankforter of the Chem istry Department, was forced to de intment to assist a group of Army and Reserve officers in re vising fecial Regulations No. 43. Five regular army officers and nine reserve officers, one from each corps area, will do the work. vroi. w rhnsen to represent the c v rnmi ArpA. which comprises OVCUUI ' ' Nebraska and seven nearby state. The devision will require aooui months. ' n A.At-A and active Interest to v. nrr Reserve Corps are re- i r vnnu olIv officers or outstanding merit were appointed. Prof. Frankforter holds the rank of major in the Reserve Corps.