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HIGH SCHOOL EDITION The Daily Nebraskan fmTxxn-NQ. iQ7. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1923 TOtlM Y OFF THIS MORION HP CAGE SIGMA DELTA CH HOLDING CONTEST FOR HIGH SCHOOLS Thirtv Schools Send in Papers to Be Judged by Profes sional Journalistic Fraternity. AWARD PRIZES FETE DAY Cups to be Presented Editors for Best Weekly and Monthly High School Pub lication. A contest which is new among Ne braska high schools this year is the Better Publications Contest conduct ed by Sigma Delta Chi, Journalistic fraternity, and open to all high schools publishing newspapers. Sep arate competition has been arranged for monthly and weekly papers and silver loving cups will be awarded on High School Fete Day to the school publishing best newspaper in either division. The judges of the contests will bernoon in time to play for the finals members of a committee of Univer sity student journalists. The publi cations are sent to Lincoln regularly and the papers corrected at once. Suggestions for improvement of the papers are made on request from the contesting schools. Thirty schools are entered in the rontest which will be conducted along the lines of similar contest in South Dakota and Kansas. One official del egate will be authorized from each of the schools in the contest at the State High School Press Association meeting. However, most of the schools are planning to send two or three student delegates and possibly one member of the faculty the prin cipal or publication adviser. A program full of interest and in formation about high school journal ism problems Is being arranged foi the Association meeting. A speaker from out of town and prominent news paper men of Lincoln will be secured to speak to the visitors. Discussioi: groups will take up the problems ol special interest to the student editors. Plans for a closer and more effect ive association of state editors wfl. be effected. Arrangements will be made tc house the delegates and visitor. A dinner, probably at the Chamber oi Commerce, will have a place on t'ae program. The loving cups will be awarded to the winning papers at that time and officers of the asso ciation for the ensuing year chosen. ScLooig which have not entered the Better Publications Contest are elig We to htnd students interested in Journalism to the meeting on Hiph School Fete Day. High schools which P'JUihh only a special column in the ton paper are also invited to iend representatives to the meeting. Ur. Paul W. Keiser of Brooking:, 6"ith Dakota, and Neal M. Wherry f Holton, Kansas, have co-operaieii h Sitrna Delta Chi In offering sug Stions for the coming meeting. Thse men have conducted investiga t'otw concerning high school publi cations iu their respective states. S'lioolH entered in the editorial contest are as follows: Alliance, Afckworth, Cambridge. Crete, Don! I'tan. Fremont, Garden County, Ge "eTa. Harvard, Hastings, Holdrege. Kearn'-y, Lincoln, Litchfield, Milford "unlock. Nebraska City, Nelson. Nor- ak'atid. Omaha Central. Omaha South, Omaha Technical, Ord, I'ly- Ponca. Rpt WHlnn- tt.irw.rlr.l- '"oath. Vy, and West Point. Tl ""Han ''tion fr the Bext term at th,.jr etlci Monday, March 5. The follow- S officers were chosen: i.l..r.t. Geneva Wheeler. President. Opal Yoeman. JiUry. Lorln Wn,te Treasurer. Phy. Johnson. -r?eant-at arnrs. Millard Ripley. York High School Hand to Play for Cage Tournament York's high school band has the honor of being appointed the first official band of the high school tour nament. The Board of Control for the Nebraska hipji school basketball tournament gave the York high school band the official stamp of approval as the authorized band to play during the games. This is the first time that any band has been accepted as tiie official band for the tournament. The Rotary club of York is backing the baud and paying all expenses, the only thing the band gets out of it is a block of seats being reserved for them by the Board. The Board made emphatic statements that no prece dent was being set in the appoint ment of this ttand but that the of ficial stamp was only a mark of ap puctation tc the Rotary club. Xew uniforms were just purchased of a khaki color and will be worn .or the first time when the band ap prsrs at Lincoln. There are thirty pieces in the band under the direc tion of A. A. LeRoy. The band arrives 4:30 Saturday af- at the Coliseum. L III DONATE GUPS Winner of Class A Gets Silver Basketball Other Classes Receive Cuds. Lnvine euns for the winners of class championships in the Nebras ka high school basketball tournament weie donated by the business men ?f Lincoln, as a unit, through the Chamber of Commerce. Their purpose in presenting the cups as a unit i.s expressed as a desire to give a more truly representative trophy lor the greatest basketball tournament in the United States. Prior to this the cups have been the individual gift oi the different Lincoln firms. Another feature of the awarding of the cup for the championships is the fact that the prizes become the per manent property of the team winning them. The award for Class A is a large silver basketball mounted on a ma hogany base. The ball is an imita tion of a basketball and the name of the winning team, year and class along with the place the tournament was held will be engraved on the trophy. An immense loving cup goes to Class B and all the other classes will receive cups of a smaller size. The Lawlor Sporting Goods com pany will give a new official basket ball to the runner up in each class. Awards will be made immediately af ter the final games. MEN MEETALL TRAINS Lincoln Chamber of Commerce Takes Care of Housing of All High School Ba-sketeers. High school tournament players who arrived in Lincoln Wednesday, were met at the station by members of a special committee of the Uni- v, t-v Y. M. C. A. i rains mumuajr will also be met, and the contestants directed to the house where they will stay while the tournament Is In pro gress. The Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, through Jess Randol. has arranged for the bousing of the members of the teams In hotels, residences, and fraternity bouses. The University Y. M. C. A. Is maintaining, during the tournament, a scoreboard and Information bureau, for the convenience of players and followers of the sport- ANNUAL TRACK MEET BOOKED FOR MAY 12 High School Athletes to Gather for Cinder Competition Early This Summer. MANY ENTRIES EXPECTED Coach Schulte Is Building Up Spirit Between University and High Schools of State. Alter the high school basketball championship is decided Saturday night. University of Nebraska stu dents will begin looking toward and planning for the state high school track and field championship meet on May 12, when the University will again have the honor of entertaining the high school athletes of the state. Toward the noble goal of perfect co operation and harmony between the state University and the state high schools an incalculatible amount of work and progress has been made by Track Coach Henry F. "Indian" Schulte. "A greater Nebraska" is Schulte's aim. His first efforts toward this end took active form in 1921, when he in troduced the State High School Penta- theloa. Thie - idea wad hailed with delight in all parts of the state, and hundreds of high school athletes com peted in the first selective pentathe- lon in 1921, which was won by Doug- lr.s Myers of Beatrice, who is now making a name for himself at Ne braska in both football and track. In 1922 Ed Weir of Superior captured the pentathelon honors. He also is at Nebraska, and is playing a stellar role among freshmen athletes. Schulte's second step toward the developing of a greater Nebraska was the Ftate-wide cross country run. A pleasing number of teams entered this competition, and it gives every vidence of becoming a success. Mil ford won the team trophy and Evans of Hastings captured individual bon ers in 1W22.. The 192.1 run will be held in Oc tolx-r 20 to 30 on the home courses, and a large number of schools are expected to compete. The third step in building up close spirit between the high schools and the University was the football of ficials school, which Coach Schulte conducted throughohut the; stal? dur ing the fall of 1922, in the interests of better officiating for high school games. This school of officials cre ated a great deal of favorable com ment throughout the state, and much real progress was made toward better officiating at high school games. Along the same lines as the football officials school was the basketball officials school and conference which Coach Schulte conducted throughout the state during December and Jan uary. This school was responsible for a big improvement in basketball officiating this winter, besides making still stronger the bonds of union be tween the University and the high schools. Welcome to Nebraska Welcome to our University, high school men and women of Nebraska. May each moment of your visit to the world's greatest high school basketball tournament be pleasurable and profitable. Each year sees the University and the high schools come into closer contact with each other. Little by little, the false impressions alnwt the state's greatest educational institution are being corrected over the state. Steadily, more Nebraska high school students are choosing the U. of N. for their Uni versity, realizing the splendid opportunities and advantages which our state provides for its young people. May your stay in Lincoln this week open these advantages to you in such a way that you will want to return to our campus. Today, Friday, and Saturday, the University buildings are open to your inspection and the students are eager to help you in every way. In this issue of the Nebraskan (which you may obtain free at Station A in University Hall) we have tried to present some of the many ways in which the high schools and the University are co-operating. To all of you is extended a cordial invitation to return, not only as high school students but later on, as Comhusker students under the banner of Scarlet and Cream. The Editor. Extra copies of today's edition of The Daily Nebraskan are de livered to the fraternity houses this morning, in order that the men may distribute them to the players in the high school basket ball tournament. May we ask the co-operation of the college men? To the high school students, we present this issue. Our advertisers are showing their interest in you by their advertisements in this paper. ..Visit their shops while you are in the city. They are anxious to meet you, and will do whatever they can for you during your stay in Lincoln. THE BUSINESS STAFF. L BROADCAST RESULTS Winners and Scores Will be An nounced in Afternoon and Evening of Each Day. Winners in the high school basket ball tournament will be broadcasted from the University radio station in the Electrical Engineering building, according to announcement made by F. J. Moles, who is in charge of the station. The following information Lwill be sent over the radio: Thursday. 5:30 Winners, no scores. 10:30 Complete list of winners, no scores. Friday. 5:30 Thursday list repeated. Fri day's winners, no scores. 10:30 All winners for Friday only. Scores of semi-finals played. Saturday. 5:30 and 10:30 Scores of all games played. STATE HIGH SCHOOLS CONTRIBUTE TO FUND Much Interest Is Shown Students in Memorial Sta dium to Be Built This Summer. by Hieh schools over the state hav.. Ix-en very free in their contributions to the University Memorial Stadium. judging from the figures in the alun ni office. According to the Univer sity Journal, no solicitation foi pledges from high schools was made. All pledges were raised by high school students as expressions ot their interest In the new stadium. Cathedral high school of Lincoln led the list with five hundred dollars. Those schools which have contributed twenty-five dollars or more are: Lin coln, Beatrice, Edger, Ciltner, Nelson, Hardy, Nebraska City, Stromsbnrg, Beaver Crossing, North Platte, Curtis Agricultural High School, York, Fair-bury. TWO THOUSAND HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL EN INVADE CITY FOR EVENT Greatest Tournament of Its Kind in the World Will Get Flying Start This Morning at Eight O'clock When Whistles Blow on Seven Playing Floors Throughout Lincoln. UNIVERSITY "N" CLUB IS Picture of All Contestants Will Be Taken in Front of the Armory at 1 :M0 P. M. Today Pathe News to Take Special Pictures and Distribute Them Out Over the State. TIME-TEAM-PLACE FOR GAMES TODAY CLASS A. Coliseum 2:20 p.m. Sutherland vs. Ravenna. 2:40 p. m. Creighton Prep. vs. Uni versity place. 3:40 p. m. Beatrice vs. Wahoo. 4:00 p. m. North Platte vs.jOmaha Tech. 8:00 p. m. Hastings vs. Alliance. 5:20 p. m Sidney vs. Omaha Cen tral. 9:20 p. m. York vs. Sutton. 9:40 p. m. Geneva vs. Lincoln. CLASS B. Coliseum 8:00 a. m. Plattsmouth vs. Norfolk. 8:20 a. m. Columbus vs. South Omaha. 9:20 a. m. Chappell vs. Syracuse. 9:40 a. m. Gothenburg vs. Nebras ka City. 10:40 a. m. Ansley vs. Fremont. 11:00 a. m. Peru Prep. vs. Grand Island. 12:00 (noon) Wayne vs. Seward. 12:20 p. m. Clay Center vs. Farnam. CLASS C. Armory 2:20 p. m. Randolph vs. Kenesaw. 2:40 p. m. Central City vs. Superior 3:40 p. m Aurora vs. Valentine. 4:00 n. m. Gering vs. Indianola. Coliseum 5:00 p. m. Auburn vs. DeWitt. 5:20 p. m. Newman Grove vs. Har vard. 6:20 o. m. Valparaiso vs. Scribner 6:41 p. m. Clay Center vs. Farnam CLASS D. -North Bend vs. Nelson Armory 5:00 p. m.- 5:20 p 6:20 p ff:40 p. 8:00 p S:20 p. ney. 9:20 p '9:40 p. m. David City vs. Pawner. m. Arlington vs. Schuyler m. Havelock vs. Litchfield in. Albion vs. Firth. m. Nebraska Deaf vs. Kear m. West Point vs. Ord. m Falls City vs. Friend. CLASS E. Armory 8:00 a. m Stella vs. Aggie High. 8:20 a. m. Clarks vs. Wilbe-r. 9:20 a. in. Broken Bow vs. Winne bago. 9:40 a. m. Holdrege vs. Minden. 10:40 a. m. Benson vs. Gretna. 11:00 a. m. O'Neill vs. Lyons. 12:00 (noon) Yutan vs. Waco. 12:20 p. m. Exeter vs. Hebron. CLASS F. Auditorium 2:20 p. m. Stockton vs. McCool. 2:40 p. m. Cambridge vs. Temple. 3:40 p. Bloom ington vs. Wausa. 4:00 p. m. Deshler vs. Loup City. 8:00 p. m. Bethany vs. Clarkson. 8:20 p. m. Stanton vs. Elgin. 9:20 p. m. Wisner vs. Swanton. 9:40 p. m. Craig vs. Curtis Aggies. CLASS G. Auditorium 8:20 a. m. Milford vs. Franklin. 8:20 a. m. Ainsworth vs. St. Paul. 9:20 a, m. Beaver Crossing vs. Talma ge. 9:40 a. m. Dunbar vs. Pilger. 10:40 a. m. Ashland vs. Pilger. 11:00 a. m. Madison vs. Edgar. 12:00 (noon) Waverly vs. Osceola. 12:20 p. m. Bladen va,Braden. (Continued on Page 3) HANDLING TOURNAMENT Two thousand players representing 234 teams are assembled for the start ing gun of the thirteenth annual Ne braska high school basketball tourney tiia.. gets imder way at S o'clock this morning. The enrollment for the 1923 cage classic shows an increase of 213 teams since the opening year 1911 when 21 squads entered the race It the state titular honors. Last year 237 teams participated in the elin.ination rounds. Drawings and classifications made hy the State High School Athletic Beard of Control, based on the team nsords to February 24, size of the town, and previous tournament ex perience, divided the tourney jnenibers into fifteen classes of sixteen teams each. Classifications range from A to O. Seven floors are being used to stage the contests, classes A and B taking the Coliseum floor straight through with C and D playing the last three rounds on the Fair Grounds court. The University "N" club handling the tourney announces that a group picture of all contestants will be taken Thursday at 1:30 o'clock in front of the Armory. No games will be played while the' picture is being taken. Pathe News is arranging for pictures to be shown over the 6tate in towns represented in the tourney. Dope seems of little value this year with the upsets of the season but yarns being spun on the campus gen erally conceed that the class A re sults will fall to the decision of Lin coln High and Creighton in the finals. The present tourney may prove the meager value of dope as trie 1922 upset when Lincoln toutcI as a sure winner fell in the first round. Sutton champs of last year's cage classic, have failed to make much of an impression this season, but the Sutton squad will enter the tourna ment with the advantage of being a veteran tourney team. Last year Clay Center, touted as the "dark horse," Hayed Sutton twice duing the season and Lincoln along with Geneva turned the same trick, yet the proteges of Coach Knapple came through to cap. ture the coveted cup. South Omaha and Grand Inland, considered conditioners for the better teams, went through to the emi finals. Both quintet t-lipped down to class B this year where they loom as formidable candidates lor the su premacy. Ravenna and f utherlard n,ix in the opening round of the- f.'lahs A group. Ravenna has won two championships the past two years taking the Class S skin in 1921 and Class B pellet in 1I22. Sutherland enter as a ques tionable quantity, never having been seen mis far east, nut tne western quintet is apparently the equal of Ravenna from thp fact it they took both Lincoln and Sutton to a c leaning. The second game will .-ee Cre-igh. ton Prep and University Place in ac tion with the Omaha basket tossers the favorites of dopesters. One fact must Ixi taken Into account, however. and that is that the suburban team always put np the' best work of the season during the state basket classic. I'nl Place also gained in the favor of fans when it dumped the fast W- hoo squad. Beatrice is entering the first round on even terms with Wahoo and may give the Saunders lads a tight squeeze ince the apparent slump of the Wa hoo team. North Platte, victim of three de feats by Sutherland and one by Lin- (Continued on Page Four).