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VOL. XXII-NO. 98.
COPPOCK FUND
TO BE RAISED
BY Y, W. C. A.
University Girls Start Campaign
to Create Fund to Fur
ther Missionary
Work.
APPOINT TEAM CAPTAINS
Elementary Education in China
Hard to Get Student Move
ment Developed After
Shantung Trouble.
The University Y. VV. C. A. cam
paign for the raising of $1,600 to fur
ther the Vera Barger recreational pro
ject for the women and girls of China
begins Tuesday, February 27. In
years past the University Y. W. C. A.
has supported Grace Coppock in her
work among Chinese women. This
work must be continued more intens
ively than ever since Miss Coppock's
death, say the girls who serve on the
committee.
Aside from the religious purpose
of the Y. W. C. A., the greatest duty
of the association is to help educate
the women of China. It has only been
in rent years that women have been
allowed the privilege of education.
The expense today of even the most
elementary education is beyond the
limited means of the Chinese working
woman. The Y. W. C. A. tries to
reach these girls and women who are
striving for an education.
The most prominent group in China
today is her students. Since the de
velopment of the "student movement"
in connection with the Shantung con
troversy, the young people have come
to be an expression of China's ideal
ism. Only a few of China's girls are
members of her student movement.
The Y. W. C. A. is constantly enlarg
ing its foreign work for Chinese girls.
The University of Nebraska Y. W.
C. A. is one of the basic helping units
in this cause.
Captains of the sixteen teams ap
pointed by Mary Ellen Whelpley,
chairman of the committee conducting
the campaign, are:
Florence McReynolds, Josephine
Schramek, Lila Wyman, Helen Guth
rie, Millicent Jacke, Esther Swanson,
Beatrice Broughton, Eleanor Dunlap,
Ruth Carpenter, Ruth Codington, Mar
garet Hager, Mary Cruikpaum, Mil
dred Daly, Mary Wigton and Margaret
O'Connor.
Bizad Co-eds Hear
Woman Financier
Miss Dugan of the Joint Stockland
Bank spoke to the Girls' Commercial
Club on "Banks and Banking" at the
regular meeting of the club Wednes
day at five o'clock in Social Science
303. ,
To help in raising its stadium plHge
of seven units, the club is givin- a
subscription dance at the Knights of
Columbus hall, Saturday, Febru
ary 24.
A dinner and initiation will be held
at Ellen Smith hall on March 21.
The Notre Dame-Michigan hockey
game, ending in Notre Dame's favor
was one of the best games of the sea
son. Hockey has become quit a fav
orite sport.
The Junior Prom at the Oregon
Agriculture College had Arabian
scenery as its decorations. The
feature dance, refreshments, and light
ing were kept in an Oriental atmos
phere. About 400 couples were pres
ent A Lenten Thought
for Every Day
"When ye pray, say Father" St Luke
I it not true that the supreme
need of the world at this hour Is a
more vivid conception of the Father
hood of God? Is it not true that the
one change that we want to make
in the hearts of men today is that
change which shall enable them to
cease thinking of the world as a
battle ground and to begin thinking
of it as a home? If we couW grasp
this idea aboTe all ideas that God is
our Father and that the brotherhood
of the nations and the brotherhood
of man is the supreme consequence
of this supreme truth, sLauld we not
already have created an entirely dif
ferent atmosphere for this new world
to grown p In? A. Maude Royden.
Methodical Downpour of White
' Slips Promises to Hit Loafers
Quarterly reports the nightmare of
Ihe loafers appear today! It la now
too late for the student to sigh. The
methodical work of the deans, the
professors, and even the mall man
brings the dreaded slip. Great must
be the life of the person who drags
down the nineties and the one who
knows not the color of the paint nor
the style of furniture In the scholar
ship committee's office. "The road
to geometry is not paved with roses"
nor Is the road through the Univer
sity. It is a path filled with gullies
Into which one may tumble, there is
treacherous sand that fills one's
boots and makes the trip uncomfort
able, there are briars and thistles,
alas, as many have often found to be
true this thing of making, grades
ain't no easy job.
Fellows who cannot make grades
are rather unfortunate for it is cer
tain that no professor or dean wastes
any time on one who doesn't show
signs of caring whether the Univer
sity goes broke buying slipn and
stamps or not. It is a hard life ex
perience tells. Sleep is a precious
GIRLS PLAY FINALS
Ifl COLOR TOURNEY
Co-eds Display Fine Brand of
Basketball in Annual
Group. ,
Dark Green won from Gray, 22 to
17, and Old Rose won from Light Blue,
32 to 23, in the semi-finals of the girls
color basketball tournament played
in the Armory Thursday noon. The
final game between the Old Rose and
the Dark Green teams will be played
today at noon in the Armory.
The semi-finals were fast, each
girl playing up to her limit. The finals
today promise to be close, judging by
comparative scores. "
Semi-finals lineups:
Gray Dark Green
Stiff is jc (C) Neurenberger
Dobish g Quinn
Kusch g Ginn
McDonald, (C) f Krunce
Kellenbarger, H. f Ulry
Old Rose Light Blue
Flatermersch jc (C) Gramlich
McClelland sc Erickson
Broadhal g Chapman
Airy g Zust
Tangman (C) -f Gramlich
Janike f Ballance
GO-ED RED TOPS TO
BATTLE FOR PRIZES
Golden Fleece to Make Annual
Awards Saturday for Most
Distinctive Hair.
All reds, ranging in shades from
squash to shrimp and pink, and from
Vermillion to carnation with the in
termediate shades, will gather at Ellen
Smith Hall. Saturday, at their annual
l meet All girls in the University who
have tendencies in this direction are
admitted, with the exception of all
those who are red only through chemi
cal means. Tickets may be secured
from Betty Kennedy, B-3580, Carolyn
Airy, B3477; Dorothy Teal, F4747;
Lorna Plimpton, B1885; Gwendolen
Dammorell, B3587; Frances Carothers,
L70C3; Margaret Gettys, S. S. 106;
Marjorie Brown, F5151, and Louise
Pound, Law 102.
Six prizes are offered. Those who
are out of the race for the "most fac
inating scintillating golden glow" may
be spotted by the judges on account of
their freckles. For the last two years
Marie McGeer has turned her spotted
nose to the judges and carried the
prize off with very little effort Betty
Kennedy, of Omaha, has twice blinded
the judges with her brilliant locks, but
since she has trimmed ht'e scarlet
tendrils, perhaps there is a chance for
a dark horse to carry the prize away.
Those that shade away into insipid
brown have the chance to take the
prize away from Vivian Quinn, last
year's winner. Other prizes are for
the most solid masses, and a consola
tion prize for those near lemon or
ginger.
. "Spirit Week" is being held at Penn J
:at to revive old customs and tra
ditions of the University. Talks bjH
members of the Student Council are
to be held in each class and peppy
mass meetings each day.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1923
thing and the lack of It Is an evil.
The hours along about three or rour
In the morning are not very enter
taining and .it is certainly a crime
to make anyone keep some poor mor
tal thinking about whether he will
still be allowed to call a classroom
his home or not.
However, the little white slips that
say so little and mean so much are
prodders, they are a sort of a stimu
lant that pushes from behind and
pulls from In front you know 'hat
even the devil has his merits, that
Sunday dinners are anticipated with
Joy and cursed a few hours after
ward, that this is a pretty good
school after all. and that if this were
Utopia we would swear because the
nectftr was red instead of violet.
What's a condition in our young
lives, what's a flunk when you all
know well that the course will be of
fered aRain next semester? There
is lots of company for those who are
receiving the weUknown missives
lei's forgive the perpetrators of the
self-earned letters, and resolve hence
forth to live to work and to work
to live.
TO
BIG PARTY
Formal Put on by Kosmet Klub
to Be Last of Year "Yel
low Lantern" Song
to Feature.
The Pan-Hellenic formal will be the
main feature of campus activities this
evening. More than two hundred
couples from the world of Greek or
ganizations on the campus will at
tend the last big formal party of the
season at the Auditorium.
Thursday evening the Kosmet Klub
announced that all arrangements for
the party had been perfected and that,
with the placing of the fraternity
crests and decorations around the hall,
everything would be ready for the
party. Refreshments will be served
in the southwest corner of the hall.
A diffused lighting system will pre
vail in the setting of the party.
The feature musical umber of the
evening will be the playing of "Under
neath the Chinese Moon," written by
C. L. Coombs. This song number is
one of the various hits of the "Yellow
Lantern" to be given this year at the
annual Kosmet Klub show.
Several letters, endorsing the re
vival of the annual Pan-Hellenic for
mal, have been received by the Kosmet
Klub. Several of them recall the tra
ditional dances which were not always
formal. In the early part of 1900, the
Pan-Hellenic party was held in the
late spring. The men were dressed in
white flannels and blue serge coats
and the affair was in the nature of a
spring festival. The Kosmet Klub
thought that this year the party would
be much more appropriate if it were
staged during the formal season. This
will be the last of the large formals
which have been put on this year with
great success, including the Cadet Of
ficers' ball and the Junior-Senior
prom.
Kansas Aggies Will
Have Banquet
The Gridiron banquet, now an es
tablished event in practically all of
the larger schools of the country, is
to be introduced at K. S. A. C. Sig
ma Delta Chi, professional journal
istic fraternity, .of which it is a dis
tinctive production, has christened
the local affair, the "Branding Iron."
The date has been set for the Satur
day night preceding April Fool's day.
The "Branding Banquet" will be the
first event of its kind ever held at
K. S. A. C. Gridiron banquets at other
schools have come to be the most
looked for affairs of the school year.
At Ames the Sigma Delta Chis have
to limit their invitation list and are
forced to turn down many requests
The nature of the banquet is just
what its name implies. Everyone
attends at the risk of being "brand
ed," the only consolation being the
pleasure of seeing fellow sufferers
get roasted also. No one is exempt
The King Kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan
would be treated in the same manner
as the freshman who flunked out in
15 hours last semester. It is the one
truly democratic event of the year
a time when the aforesaid freshman
can feel on equal terms with Prexy
and his dean and perhaps just a little
above them. Kansas State Collegian.
A. A.E. CHAPTER
ELECTS SARGENT
1923 PRESIDENT
J. D. Marshall to Be Editor of
Blue Print Klentschy in
Charge of Annual
Festival.
PLAN ENGINEERS' WEEK
Patent Attorney Lectures to
Group on Filing Pate -
and Legal Connection
Involved.
Officers of the student chapter of
American Association of Engineers
on the Blue Print filled at the meet
ing Wednesday at 7:30 in M. E. 206.
II. M. Klentschy, chairman of Engi
neers' Week, outlined plans for the
celebration. Mr. Emil Lange, patent
attorney of Lincoln, discussed patents
and patent laws. About 150 student
were present.
H. A. Sargent, junior, was elected
president; F. D. Ellermeir, junior,
vice-president, and J. M. Meir, sopho
more, secretary-treasurer.
J. D. Marshall, sophomore, will be
editor of the Blue Print; Noel Smith,
junior, business manager; and Roy
Randolph, sophomore, circulation
manager. These positions are filled
each year by assistants elected by the
A. A. E. chapter the preceding year.
The staff of the magazine elects the
editor or business manager of the
preceding year to be general man
ager. The choice will be made be
tween Knox Burnett, editor, and Noel
Smith, assistant business manager,
this year.
Blue Print elections were: H. B.
Kinsinger, freshman, assistant editor;
H. E. Edgerton, sophomore, assistant
business manager; A. M. Ekstrom,
sophomore, assistant circulation man
ager.
April 23 to 28 is the week chosen
for the celebration of Engineers'
Week. Plans were outlined in gen
eral by Klentschy, general chairman,
as follows: Parade and window dis
plays during the first of the week;
open night Thursday; field day no
classes for engineers Friday: dance
Friday, and banquet Saturday. Chair
men of sub-committee are to be
chosen this week. Klentschy an
nounced that a five-dollar prize is
available for the best suggestion
furthering Engineers' Week, such
suggestions to be in 4ns hands by
March 30.
Mr. Emil Lange, pater.t attorney of
Lincoln, discussed patents and patent
laws, before the business meeting. He
emphasized the importance of secur
ing a patent with as broad claims a?
possible. Many patents have ben ut
terly worthless to the inventors be
cause of their narrow claims, he said.
No invention may be patented for
more than seventeen years, he main
tained, although improvements on the
original may be patented for an ad
ditional seventeen years at the expi
ration of the first patent, so making
the manufacture of the article impos
sible by another company.
A patent attorney should be con
sulted for safety In filing for a pat
ent he pointed out for a mistake in
application may deprive the inven
tor of his rights. Inventions are so
often duplicated that a search of the
patent office records is advisable be
fore filing for a patent he empha
sized. The records at the capitol
building in Lincoln are not well
enough classified to make a search
(Continued on Page Four.) j
"The Meanest Man in the World"
Is Story of Small Town Problems
There have been many plays writ
ten about the small town and its prob
lems and prejudices. But there has
never been but one. "The Meanest
Man in the World." And the chances
are, there never will be another play
please all classe? of theater-goers to
day. This George M. Cohen classi, for
it Is a classic, altho it was first pro
duced on Broadway only two years
ago, is a combination of infectious
comedy, a great love-story, touches
of drama, and plenty of good whole
some heart interest It has in the
background a big American Ideal and
tells its story with characters whom
everybody understands It stands as
one of the greatest entertainments
that the American stage hag evei
produced.
Upson Lectures on
Organic Chemistry
Dr. Fred W. Upson, chairman of the
Department of Chemistry, lectured on
"The Field of Organic Chemistry," at
five o'clock Thursday in the general
lecture room in Chemistry hall. Dr.
Upson told in a non-technical manner
of the way in which an organic chem
ist works and of the problems wi h
which he is confronted.
This was the first of a series of
lectures being given under the aus
pices of Alpha Chi Sigma, honorary
chemical fraternity. The lectures will
all be in a popular vein and will be
delivered by authorities on the phases
cf chemistry in which they are pai tic
ularly interested, officers of the fia
ternity said yesterday. The lectures
all close at 5:45. The next one will be
given March 8.
SELLECK SPEAKS TO
COMMERCIAL CLUB
President of Lincoln State Bank
Addresses Bizad Students
Talks on Near East.
W. A. Selleck, president of the Lin
coln State bank, spoke to the mem
bers of the University Commercia''
club Thursday at 11 a'clock. Mr. Sel
leck described the conditions in the
Near East and explained the causes
and results of these conditions.
Turks are in power now more than
ever before, declared Mr. Selleck.
France is willing to let them keep
this power in order to prevent Eng
land's obtaining too much power in
the Mediterranean regions.
France is fearful of the British
j navy, according to Mr. Selleck. Eng
land is pressing her claims that
France drop the idea of German rep
aration. This has only helped to
deepen the somewhat bitter feeling
between the two nations.
France has gone through great phys
ical suffering. She sees herself a
ruined and bankrupt country if she
cannot secure the German debt. Mr.
Selleck pointed out the fact that un
til the Great War, France had been
the natural enemy of England, and
that England had not given up the
idea of subjecting France until Join
of Arc caused the defeat of the
British.
PLANS BEING
FOR
PHARMACY WEEK
Annual Program by Drug Dis
pensers Promises to Eclipse
All Predecessors.
At a convention, held Thursday
morning in Pharmacy Hall, .work was
begun in earnest for Pharmacy Week.
Pharmacy Week is one of the oldest
of college weeks on the campus and is
always looked forward to by the phar
mic students as the big get-to-gethxr
of the year. Three years ago a new
day was included in the regular Phar
macy Week program. This was Phar
macy Night On that night the doors
of the college were thrown open to the
public so that all might see the secrets
of the dispensing of drugs. Everything
from pills to solutions and tablets were
shown in the process of manufacture.
Committees for the week were ai
nounced as follows:
Advisory committee: Prof. J. B.
Burt, chairman; Dr. Lyman, Prof.
Lewton, F. S. Buckley, J. G. Noh.
Convocation committee: R. L.
(Continued on Page Four).
"The Meanest Man in the World"
made its apearance on Broadway dur
ing the 1921 season and ran through
until the summer season of 1922. It
bringing such a "brand" new play to
Lincoln audiences, the University
Players feel that they are doing their
share toward keeping the spoken
drama alive in this city. No efforts
are being spared to make this a first
rate production of a first class play.
A capable cast, new and unusual
scenery, and careful direction are be
ing employed to bring this ambitious
result The Players wish to call at
tention to the seat sale beglning Mon
day, February 26, at the Rob" P. Cur
tice Music Co.. and urge that their
many friends who do not hold season
ckets secure their seats promptly to
avoid disappointment
FORTY ENTER
SIGMA DELTA
Clli CONTEST
Thirty Nebraska High Schools
to Send Delegates to Annual
Press Association
Convention.
PRIZES AWARDED IN MAY
"Better Publications Contest"
Meets Favor Among
High Schools
of State.
Between . forty and fifty student
editors of Nebraska high school news
papers will gather In Lincoln on
High School Fete Day in May for the
second annual meeting of the Ne
braska High Sclool Press Associa
tion, according to present returns
from questionnaires sent to the high
schools.
Thirty schools have already sent in
entry blanks to the '"Better Publica
tions Contest" being conducted among
the high schools of the state by
Sigma Delta Chi, under whose aus
pices also the High School Press As
sociation meeting is held each spring.
The journalistic organization of men
is sponsoring the contest as an or
ganization in the same way that its
other activities are carried on.
Two classes are open in the Publica
tion contest. Prizes of loving cups
are being awarded to the schools pub
lishing the best weekly and the best
monthly paper. The prizes will be
awarded, at the Press Association
convention.
High schools which had entered the
contest up to February 20 are listed
below. Only a short time is left lot
further entries. Nelson, Crete, Ply
mouth, Ulysses, Nebraska City, Oma
ha Central, Lincoln, Milford, Kearney,
Alliance, Ponca, Fremont Cambridge,.
Oakland, Omaha Technical, Holdrege,
Oshkosh, Ord, Litchfield. Norfolk,
Doniphan. Ainsworth, Omaha South,
Superior, Murdock, Geneva, Hastings,
West Point.
Judging of the papers by a commit
tee from Sigma Delta Chi is already
in progress. The high schools send
in their papers as they are published.
Questions as to methods of securing
the best results in high school pub
lications with the least expenditure
are answered by the men in charge
cf the contest. J
In the near future, an interesting
pamphlet telling the results of the
investigation of some phases of high
school journalism will be sent to the
high schools entered in the "Better
Publication Contest" This pamphlet
will probably contain results of sim
ilar investigations cf the problems of
school journalism in South Dakota
under the auspices of a professor of
journalism in one of the normal
schools of that state.
The pamphlet will show compari
sons of the rates of advertising, cir
culation size, frequency of publication,
amount bf credit given to student edi
tors, number and length of columns,
and other phases of importance to
student editors and faculty advisors.
On account of the fact that several
high school papers have been discon
tinued during the past year, an effort
will be made to determine the reasons
for such action. In this way it Is
hoped that causes for failure may be
found and remedies suggested to the
schools which would be benefited by
a publication.
Definite plans for the entertainment
of the high school editors in May
have not been made but it is expected
that outside speakers will be secured,
discussion sections will be provided
and the "working" of college journal
Ism will be explained to the visitors.
The number of visitors from each
school is not limited but the number
of delegates who wil be allowed to
vote at the business meetings of the
convention will necessarily be lim
ited. '
High schools which are not repre
sented in the Publications Contest
and those which do not even publish
papers are eligible to attend the May
convention.
Sorority girls at Ohio State Uni
versity have petitioned Pan-Hellenic
that the requisite for initiation into
sororities be changed from 18 to 15
hours, as under the four semester
system, a girl can make only 15 or
16 hours and must then wait another
semester for the additional two or-
three.