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ENGINEERS HOLD
FESTIVITIES ON AG
COLLEGEJAMPOS
parade and Engineers' Night on
Thursday Huge Success
To Have Banquet
Tonight.
BIG PROGRAM ARRANGED
Two Baseball Games and Races
Will Be Features of Jubilee
Gerald Gray Is in
Charge.
Engineers' Day is today. All en
gineer.; have been excused from their
classes and the day will be spent at
the College of Agriculture. The
banquet is to be held in the evening
at the Chamber of Commerce. The
parade of six floats traveled through
the business section of Lincoln yes
terday noon, and people of the city
were entertained at the twenty-eighth
annual Engineers' Night beginning at
7:30 last night.
The Engineers are to meet at the
Mechanical Engineering building at 9
o'clock this morning and go in body
to the campus of the College of Ag
riculture. Gerald Gray is in charge
of the day. Tw o baseball games will
be played in the morning. Fresh
men (Ted Page, captain) vs. juniors
(Cerald Gray, captain); and sopho
mores (Francis Boucher, captain)
vs. seniors (Paul Kreuch, captain).
Lunch is to be taken- at the farm
cafeteria and then the championship
baseball game will be played. Then
come a level race prize, five dollars
in trade to each member of the win
ning party given by Evans Laundry;
a side rule race prize, ten dollars
in trade to the winner, given by the
College Hook Store; a 100 yard, a
three-It gged, and a sack race prize,
a baseball glove biven by Lawlor
Sporting Goods Co.; boxing matches,
tennis and horse shoe games.
0. J. Fee is toastmaster for the
banquet. Joe Wood, general chair
man in charge, is planning to re
titrve about 250 plate. The other
speakers are: Jack Hill, vice-president
of the Lincoln Gas & Electric
Co.; ex-Governor McKelvie, and C.
W. Ilice, national secretary of th
. i-.uii Society of Mechanical Kii
;!. . ;-. The skits will be present";
UMl an Engineers' orchestra will play.
TV- climax of the evnius is ' be
r;ulicil with the release of the
An old Ford on a heap of mud rep
resenting the farmer who voted
df-Mi!:.' t good roads was the civil en
pinTlng float. The mechanical tn-toiiM-t
is utilized a woman's jaw to run
h triad .stone. The electricals carried
a i;.. 'in set with them. The chemicals
vir. using corn cobs for fuel. The
ai'-J.it.M-rnial engineers carried a can
vas pyramid proving that theirs was
eldest profession. The agrieul
Hi!.;, drove two tractors, their con
ion to agriculture. A band pre-
the parade in a truck and stu
! ii! ; and faculty followed in auto-
l'.0bil.-ri.
'!.' mical shows, metal pouring,
!;.;,.) concerts, .moving pictures, ma
testing experiments, electrical
'I. liments displays of instruments
diawingB, miniature oil fields,
and f,c access to all laboratories
va8 tlJ(. program offered the public
llr.iueers' Night.
Deg Your Pardon!
Through an error In ti;e list pub
lished of those initiated into the Vi
king Sodety for next; year, the name
"f Fr.u k Fry of Omaha, member of
liushnell Guild was ommitted.
The University Men's Class of the
St. Paul Methodist Methodist church
to all men of the University a cordial
invitation to attend their class, which
' held Sunday morning at 9:45.
CORNHUSKER
Applications for positions on the
staff of the 1921 Cornhusker will
be received until Miy 8, at the
office of student activities, where
blanks majr be necured. The pota
tions to be filled are: Editor,
junior managing editor, business
manager, and assistant business
manager.
Want More Wrestlers
in Grappling Tourney
More wrestlers must sign up for
the handicap tournament, states It.
G. Clapp, coach. Only six men have
stated their intention of entering the
meet, and considerable number of
others must sign up within a few
days. Those who wish to participate
should leave their names at Dr.
Clapp's office in the Armory immediately.
UNIVERSITY PLAYERS
SCORE SUCCESS Hi
SHAKESPEARE PLAY
'Taming of the Shrew" Is
Staged at TemDle Theater
Thursday Night.
One of the best plays offered by the
University Players this season was
their production of the "Taming of
the Shrew" at the Temple Theater
last evening. The play was nicely
done and a well-mounted production.
Shakespeare, as everyone knows,
has swept into New York on a great
wave of revived interest. And so it
has in Lincoln judging from the splen
did audience that greeted the initial
performance of Shakespeare at the
Temple last evening. Every point is
carried out to the most minute de
tail. The theater has been filled dur
ing the past few years with "repres
sion" which was thought to be "high
art" Actors have been taught to use
drawing-room style in the delivery of
lines, to speak rapidly and confiden
tially to each other, even at the ex
pense of concealing from the audience
a part of the plot. Climaxes were
played in whispers and tense panto
mine rather than in violent action and
outburst of speech. But in the Play
ers' production Shakespeare in the
true light lives again. When Shake
speare's actors reach a critical mo
ment they do not shrivel into silence
they give voice to passions that
wrack their souls. 1 hey donot sit still
for thirty minutes twiddlin g their
thumbs. They are busy every min
ute thev are on the stage. And so it
is in the "Taming of the Shrew," there
is something doing all of the time
and the Players have brought Shake
speare to live before your eyes in a
delightful manner.
The part of Katherina the Shrew is
beautifully done by Miss Irma Mc-
Gowan. Miss McGowan has been seen
for several seasons with the Players
and this is one of the happiest char
acters she has given the Players' aud
iences. Her work is smooth and sne
shows a goodly knowledge of stage
technique. Mr. Walter Herbert makes
his bow to the patrons again. He
was with the Players last season and
will be remembered for some of the
splendid things he did at that time.
But in the part of Petruchio he docs
some of the best work of his stage
career. His brings life, spirit, and
enthusiasm to the whole production.
As the blustering, boistering lover,
vhn has set about to "tame" a wife.
ho U t-ood. His lines are read very
wf,.n'v and thoughtfully. He hope
to see Mr. Herbert with the Players
again. -
The play is chuch full of comedy.
The audience was in a roar of laugh
ter from the very first curtain to the
very last. Orville Andrews as the
servant Grumio is a scream. He has
a great deal of freedom ami plays
with a keen sense of humor, -me
Players are fortunate to have Mr.
Andrews with them. We hope to see
u:m ,nin The other outstanding
comely part was done by Ralph Ire-
land as the servant Biomleiio. ire.a....
had a clever makeup and was most
enthusiastically received.
The cast of characters is as fol
lows: Baptista, Neil Brown. -Vincentio,
Arnim West.
Lucentio, Richard Day.
Petruchio, Walter Herbert.
Gremio. Harris Poley.
Hortensio, Edward Taylor.
Tranio, Harold Felton.
Bion.lello, Ralph Ireland
Grumio, Orville Anderson.
Curtis. Marian Richardson.
Katharina, Irma McGowan.
Bianca, Katherine Matchett.
Widow, Sinnia Billups.
Toilor, Kenneth Anderson.
Nathaniel, Charles Adams.
Peter, Jess Randall.
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THOUSAND ATTEND
GROUND BREAKING
DAY CELEBRATION
Many Students, Standing in
Mud, Watch Chancellor
Avery Turn First
Furrow.
UNIVERSITY BAND PLAYS
President Webster of Board of
Regents and Governor
Bryan Introduced by
Guy Chambers.
Standing in soft, clinging mud in
the center of the old athletic field,
about a thousand Nebraska students
watched Chancellor Avery plow a
straight furrow in true Nebraska
style, breaking the first ground for
the Memorial Stadium yesterday at
11 o'clock. The Hon. John R. Web
ster, president of the Board of Re
gents, and Governor Charles .
Bryan, were introduced by Guy C.
Chambers, of the Alumni Association,
after the ground breaking, and spoke
to the dripping assemblage from a
lnnting-draped platform a short dist
ance from the roped-in space about
the first furrow.
The Cadet band, mired at the west
end of the enclosure where a husky
team hitched to a plow stamped,
played a march while movie men on
a raised platform at the east end of
the clear space took pictures of
everything in sight.
Then the Chancellor appeared,
took the reins, knotted them together
and threw the loop over his head
and right shoulder, grasped the
handles of the plow firmly, and start
ed out down the center of the "N"
of letter men and women in red and
white sweaters. The furrow was
straight; ' he walked boldly in the
little ditch in the sticky clay that
he was turning.
"In the late war more than twenty
three hundred faculty, students, and
alumni entered the service of their
country," affirmed Mr. Chambers in
introducing Mr. Webster. -Final
taps were sounded over the graves of
forty four of them. No more rutins
memorial could be eretAed to those
of the' University of Nebiaska who
have served their country than a
stadium where students, athletes, the
;-cldi-rs of the future if need be
nay be trained." Mr. Chambers cred
ited Regent Webster with being tli
(Continued on Rase Two.)
Czecho-SIovakian Student Tells
Interesting Facts About Europe
"In America they say 'Yaap' for
'yes' and 'nope' for 'no,'" declared
Josef Prasek of Czeeho Slovakia, who
is in this country to acquire a know
ledge of the language, customs, and
traditions of the people, and to study
industrial conditions here. "I was
tau'-'ht English by a Rritisher." h"
went on. "but when I came to this
country I had a little difficulty in
understanding what P' .'iple were Fay
ing." Young Prasek, who is a hand
some young man, dressed In well
fitting clothes that obviously were
not tailored in this country, conies
from Paris for some time he ha
been studying conditions in France.
His father, who is a large land
holder, is minister of agriculture un
der the Czecho-SIovakian senate.
"As far as pursuit of knowledge, of
Hcience and of pure art Is concerned,
I think that European students are
more serious than American stu
dents," Prasek smiled. "In Europe,"
he explained "a University Is n pure
ly a place to acquire knowledge in
Bdence and the arts. A student goes
to class, gets his lessons and ti
is done with the school."
The sturent clubs in the Czecho
Slovaklan Universities, according to
Prasek. are restricted to certain
groups and to certain people. They
are found In small groups that cor
respond to our colleges. The only
time that an espirit de corpfc of all
the colleges is Renerated Is when the
University takes part in athletics.
"Soccer Is the natlona 1 sport of
C7o, ho Slovakia," he declared. "We
J play it all the year round summer
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CAPTAIN FRANK CARMEN
Who will lead the Husker nine in
its two game series with Oklahoma at
Rock Island ball park Friday and
Saturday. Carmen has occupied the
mound in several games this season.
NEW OFFICERS ARE
ELECTED BTf GlhLS
Miss Josephine Schramek Is
Chosen President 'of Bizad
Organization.
Election of officers for the Girls'
Commercial Club was held Wednes
day. The following were elected:
President, Josephine Shramek.
Vice-president, Grace Dobish.
Secretary, Myrtle Otshoff.
Treasurer, Mildred Marlow.
Reporter, Mildred Jensen.
The outgoing officers are: Ruth
Small, Janet McClellan, Josephine
Shramek, Myrtle Osthoff, and Mildred
Othmer.
A lemonade and ice cream cone
sale will be held at Social Science
building on May S to help raise the
funds for the club's stadium pledge.
Committees appointed by the new
president are: Myrtle Osthoff, Mil
dred Jensen, Earlyne Harriett, and
Hope Hanson, lor the sale, and for
the annual banquet on May 12 at
Miller & Raines: Mildred Marlow,
Mildred Othmer, Rose Faytinger, ami
Lutile Poyell.
and winter both." He described the
Sokol, an athletic organization to
which practically every Czecho-SIovakian
student belongs. This organ
Ization, which has a total membership
of over 7,000,000, includes 400,00"
trained gymnasts who are playing on
some sport team. Prasek smiled as
he pointed out that for three years
In succession the Czecho-SIovakian
hockey team has won the European
championship. One year Czecho-SIo-vakians
won the international soccer
championship.
"Tiack Is the most important sport
in our schools," Prasek said, and then
explained that fencing and tennis are
also popular. "Raseball and basket
ball, which the Y. M. C. A. introduced
during the war, didn't stay," he stat
ed.
"The thing that impresses me most
about American schools is the fact
that the physical well being of the
student Is a matter of concern to tbi
schools. Physical education is in
eluded on the curriculum. In om
country athletics are largely extra
mural; they are a matter oTThoIce.
the, school has nothing to do with it."
"The Student Youth Movement,
representatives of which visited the
University this winter, has no par
allel in Czecho slovakia, according to
Prasek. There is, he explained, a
Student Union which is nonpolitlcal
and has for Us purpose the bettering
of the condition of students as stu
dents. It has accomplished concrete
results in the building og "'
dormitories and mess halls and the
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CLUB WEDNESDAY
NEBRASKA BASEBALL TEAM TO OPEN
HOME SFASONWITH SOONER GAME
Big Parade Will March Through Downtown Streets This After-
noon Will Be Headed by Nebi aska and Oklahoma
Diamond Teams in Cars Band and
Corncobs Will Turn Out.
BUSKER NINE IS PLANNING TO REVENGE TWO DEFEATS
Southerners Handed Scarlet and Cream Crew a Pair of Trimmings
in Early Season Contests at Norman Game Will
Begin at Four O'clock at Rock Island
Park Many Expected.
Previous to the Nebraska-Oklahoma baseball game this
afternoon Cornhusker followers will honor the team by a
parade through the business district, leaving the Armory at
3 p. m.
The parade will be completed in plenty of time for the
participants to attend the game at Rock Island ball park at
4 p. m
Organizations which will take part will include the Uni
versity R. O. T. C. band, the Corncobs, and the two teams. All
ether students who can are urged to take part.
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AT MEETINGS TUESDAY
Fifteen 3Iembers to Be Selected
Elections to Be Held
May 8.
Nominations for positions on the
Student Council for 1923-4 will be
made at mass meeting to be held in
each college Tuesday, May 1, for that
purpose. Definite time and place for
these meetings will be announced in
Sunday's Nebraskan.
The council is composed of eleven
members elected by colleges from the
present sophomore class, and four
from the present junior class. The
sophomores are chosen from the fol
lowing colleges: Arts and Sciences
and Agriculture, one man and one
girls each, and one member from
each of the following colleges: En
gineering, Law, Pharmacy, Dentistry,
usiness Administration, Fine Arts
and Teachers. Mass meeting will be
in charge of members of the pres
ent council.
In the junior class, two men and
two women are elected at large from
the class.
Election will be held May S. Votes
will be cast at the places announced
at the time of class elections. Pol It
will be open from 10 to 12 and 2 to
4 on May S.
The Council at is meeting Thurs
day at 5 also voted to issue a warn
ing to all organizations planniir;
drives for the next school year, that
they must first receive permission
from the Council, in accordance with
the University ruling governing drives
on the campus, which is in charge of
the Student Council.
At the meeting held yesterday fo'ir
junior members of the present coun
cil were elected to hold over as the
senior members of the council for
next year. Those elected were Heh n
Hummer, Mildred Daly, Reed Reyn
olds, and Clifford M. Hicks.
Dr. Taylor to Address
Y. M. C. A. Luncheon
Dr. Alva C. Taylor, who travels
for the Federal Council of Churches
as a member of the Social Service
Commission, will speak at a luncheon
next Monday at the Y. W. C. A. He
was to have been here about a month
ago but was unable to come. The
subject of his talk will probably be
the Church and Its Industrial Prob
lems. Before becoming a member of
the Federal Council of Churches, Dr.
Taylor was principal of tho Bible
College at Missouri University.
Tho public Is Invited to the lunch
eon to be held at the Y. M. C. A.
Tickets are 35 cents.
Earning every cent of his college
expenses and completing the four
year course in three years, Siong Che
Sung. Tukien, China, has just been
elected to Phi Beta Kappa at the
Ohio Wesleyan University.
Today and tomorrow wien the
Cornhusker baseball team meets the
Oklahoma University nine in the first
home game of the season, the heavy
scores should be on the side of Ne
braska. The Varsity, which was de
feated by Oklahoma in its first two
games of the season, is out for blood
and is prepared to say it with runs.
Baseball officials and followers are
planning a big ovation to open the
home season. Previous to the game
Friday, a parade will be held through
the business district. By this means,
it is hoped to arouse the interest of
people outside of school as well as
the students, bo that a record crowd
will see the team in action for the
first time.
Among the organizations which will
take part in the procession will be
the Corncobs in their symbolic scar
let and cream uniforms, the Univer
sity R. O. T. C. band, and the Okla
homa and Nebraska teams in cars.
All students who can are being urged
to take part in the parade. The
march will begina t 2 p. m. Friday
at the Aimory. From here the line
of march will be south to P street,
west to Tenth, south to O, and east
to Seventeenth street.
If the Huskc-rs win, as their fol
lowers predict, it will be no easy vic
tory. In the two previous games the
Sooners won by the scores of 13 to
4 and T to 5. It has taken several
days oi hard practice for Scotty
Dye's proteges to get in the best of
condition. Monday rain pi evented
the daily outsid" workout so prac
tice was held in th.- Armory. A
striiur.ag i with the iiesman squad
;;i!diT the din-dimi of Coach Joe
Pzer was won Tie sdy evening by
the Varsity.
No announcement has !.. n made
yet on th: line up, i'1'' :'1 is probable
that it will be practically the same
as when the Cornhu.-k. r.s played at
Norman. The line-up th-n wvs Janda,
cl ; Smaha, lb; Collins, li ; Voltz, ss;
liodson, li; Petty, c; Russell, "b;
Mih s, 2b. At pi: eh several im-l. have
been tried out in the di;;- iei.t games
so far, with more or I. ss s'ic -ss.
Because of the parade, the game
v.111 commence at the Hock Inland
park at 4 p. m. Saturday afternoon
play will start at 3 o'clock.
Geographers Choose
Professor Bengston
to De Vice-President
Prof. N"Is Bengtson, professor of
geology and geography at the Uv
versify of Nebraska, has been elect cu
vice president of the Association of
American Ceographers. according to
announcement made yesterday. Ells
worth Huntington, professor of go
ography at Y'ale. and a recognized
authority on the geographical Influ
ence of climate, was elected presi
dent. George B. Koorbach of Har
vard was elected treasurer. ,
Established in 1901. this association
is nationally known as Including In
its membership the best known ge
ographers in America. The election
of Prof. Bengtson to the position of
vice-president is considered a great
honor for him and a fine recognition
frr Nebraska University.