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Interclass Mat Meet
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Finals Today.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1924.
PRICE
5 "CENTS
PLAYERS PRESENT
EIIGLISHTRAGEDY
Macbeth, Coached by Garnet
Holme Produced Before
Capacity House.
MISS HOWELL AND HART
JENKS FOREMOST STARS
Shakespeare's Macbeth, one of the
potest tragedies ever written, pre-
anted by the University Players as
the climax of their season, held the
attention of an audience that com
pletely filled the Temple last night.
It is seldom that university students
attempt the production of such a
dnma and still more seldom that they
juie soth a success of it as the Play
ers did.
Shakespeare as classic literature is
interesting to only a few people, but
Shakespeare as a vital, forceful, rap
Mnoving drama, as it was staged
last night, not only interests an audi
ence, but keeps them at a pitch of
excitement rarely equalled. The
pageantry and mystery of the rtay
wen brought out not only by the
acting but also by the settings and
lighting effects.
Real terror was inspired in the
audience in the scenes in which the
Borders were committed. Out of a
black stage lighted only by flaring
torches came the terrified unearthly
screams of a child and the grans of
aa assasinated man. Ghosts and ap-
parations rose with alarming reality.
Miss Alice Howell in the tragic
role to which she is well fitted played
Lady Macbeth. She inflamed her
iusband to murder with ringirg
words.. She fired his courage thruout
Us tragic career. Her mird and spirit
broken the still mutters the words
that fire her husband on to his ambi
tion, dying with the blood of ber
crimes still haunting ber.
HartJenks, as Macbeth, did the
best work of the evening in the ban-;
qast scene where the ghost of an- i
no comes to haunt him. Although,
be had fortified himself his mind,
against terror and remorse he is un
able to control himself and rages
like a madman before bis assenbled
ruests. Jenks lost no chance to make
this difficult scene real and terrible.
Be was the strong man goaded to i he
breaking point.
The work of L C Hawley wbo
played Macduff was also noteworthy.
Every word that he spoke could be
distinctly understood although he
was under the stress of great em
tiim. C. L. CoomLs, as the drunken
porter, contributed an exceptional bit
of comedy acting and 0:rille An
drews as the old man was good.
The atmosphere of the witches
cenes was maintainei in an excel
lent manner. Much of th success of
the drama was due to the work of
Garnet Holme, who was secured by
the Players to direct the production.
The tragedy will be repeated this
afternoon and evening and tomorrow
afternoon and evening. Tickets are
on sale at Rose P. Curtice store.
SALT OF MANY COLORS
ARRIVES AT MUSEUM
Husker Graduate Send Un
gual Sample from Kan
sat Salt Mine.
in exhibit of salt has recetly been
lec-erred at the Museum from Claude
j DaHy. Nebraska graduate, who is
present working with the Pro
wers and Refiners corporation at
5nee, Kan.t Pr0f eBBor Schramm of
e geology department announced
yesterday.
This collection is made up of
cubes of white salt and red
salt inter-ftratified with shales and
f krk colored salt in contact
X wan rock- AU of thet -
5f e at Alliance. Kan. Profes-
i-chramni states that red salt is
both from the standpoint of
7 army cf government civilian
Pr number M4671 the
SAf, 1He ear. been rc
iS089 eince the armistice.
tivat!!-lBSBed nesday by the
er ConmjiBS,oa show. Low-
fcore number still is 106,614
Inquiring Reporter
of Students Against Single Tax
Since the Student Council has
asked for opinions from students on
the proposed single tax system for
the University and none have ap
peared, a reporter took it on him
self yesterday to ask a number of
representative students what they
thought of it. Out of "the-twenty-seven
students who voiced their opin
ions, twenty-four were against the
system and three were for it.
"The proposed system is imprac
tical and unjust," said one student
"If it is made compulsory, there
are many students to whom it would
mean a genuine hardship; if it is
not made compulsory there will not
be enough students who will back
it to make it pay."
One of the men who was favorable
to' the plan admitted that, although
he was in favor of it for himself, he
doubted that it would be of general
benefit to others. The other two
men believed that it would be eco
nomical for the student body as a
whole and that it would put all ac
tivities on a sound financial basis.
One of them said "I believe that the
University will be more closely united
and that- University activities will
be backed as they should be if the
single tax is put into effect.
. "The tax would necessarily have
to be higher than the amount that
the average students spends on the
things that it covers," declared one
of the co-eds interviewed. "It would
cover too many activities that are
not of general interest, for example,
I am not willing to pay the expenses
of someone else's college paper when
my own college does not have one."
"What about the men who goes out
for football and does not have to pay
for admission into athletic events?"
asked one man. "Would he be given
a refund in consideration of this
fact? If he would, it seems to me
that there would be a bopeiess
amount of refunding to be granted
and if be would not be given a re
fund it would be unfair."
"The mere fact that the Board of
Regents have vetoed the plan twice
over the vote of the students is
enough to convince me against it."
said another. "The men on this
board are older and more experienced
than we students and their opinion
ought to be considered final."
"I have looked up some of the
schools cited as finding the tax suc
cessful and at least half of them ap
ply the tax only to athletics and rone
of them have a plan that covers as
many things as the one proposed
for this school," a member of the
Daily Nebraskan staff stated. "We
already have a single tax on ath
letics and since none of the systems
in other schools are as broad as the
one that has been planned for us
their success is no proof that ours
would succeed."
"It is a mighty undemocratic
school that compels all of its students
to support all the activities in it or
SMITH IS SPEAKER AT
AG COLLEGE THURSDAY
Professor Defends the Import
ance of Engineering De
partment. Prof- C W. Smith spoke at a con
vocation held for students of the Col
lege of Agriculture under the aus
pices of the American Society of Ag
ricultural Engineers at 11 o'clock
Thursday morning. His subject was
"The Importance of the Agricul
tural Engineering Department."
Prof. Smith outlined the agricul
tural situation in 1809, when there
was practically no farm machinery.
In thai year Cyrus McCormick in
vented the reaper that compares to
the present day type- "In that day,"
said Mr. Smith, "A farmer and his
family could raise wheat enough for
ten people only, in comparison to the
large crops of today." .
The Whitney cottin gin and the
plow are the other most important in
tentions. Mr. Smith stated that ag
ricultural engineering i so dove
tailed with all other farm depart
ments that it is indispensible-
A vocal solo by Miss Agnes Back
strom accompanied by Miss Bessie
Navotny, and a violin solo by
Charles Navotny completed the pro
gram. i ,v;- nftJp "How National
Characters Lock in the Eyes of an
Engineer," was given by a cast of
Finds Majority
else go to some other university,"
was the argument that another -man
gave. "I would not want Nebraska
to become a school where a student
would be compelled to pay a . fee
that he could not afford to pay and
would get little benefit from."
"The single tax plan is thoretically
right," said the last student inter
viewed, "but if four thousand Ne
braska students signed up, the uni
versity would be taking their money
for something that could not be de
livered. There is no place outside of
the stadium where such a crowd
could be accommodated and the hold
ing of the dramatic club plays, wrestl
ing matches and basketball games out
there, to me seems impractical."
GOPPOGK DRIVE QUOTA
FALLS SHORT OF MARK
Report Shows But $650 Col
lected; Margaret William's
Team Heads List.
About $650 had been raised for
the Grace Coppock fund yesterday
noon. The team led by Margaret
Anderson headed the reports with
$80 in subscriptions.
Dr. Goddard, a missionary from
China, told of the condition of girls
there and of how much Y.W.C.A.
was doing to improve it, at the meet
ing Thursday noon. Barbara Wig
genhorn led devotionals.
Margaret Willians, who has charge
of the drive, asked that each team
captain see that her entire team is
present at the luncheon today as it
is the last day of the drive.
CENTURIONS TO HOLD
ARTS COLLEGE SMOKER
Men's Society Lays Plans for
Get-tojjether Thursday
Before Vacation.
The Centurions are arranging for
an Arts College smoker to be held
Thursday, March 27. Sub-Committees
have been appointed by the commit
tees in charge. The plans for the
smoker will be announced in Nebras
kan later.
The first get-together of the year
for the Arts men was attended by
more than sixty. At that smoker it
was voted by the men present to
have a series of the meetings through
the rest of the year. Speeches and
skits will be on the program, accord
ing to Robert Craig, chairman of the
committee.
Girl Sharpshooters
Meet Seven Schools
The girls rifle team of Nebraska
university is firing this week against
Montana State college, Michigan
state, Nevada university, Washing
ton state college, Oregon university,
Oregon Aggies and Montana univer
sity. Visiting Teachers
Invited to Gallery
The faculty of the School of Fine
Arts and the Teachers College extend
a special invitation to the visiting
teachers of the Teachers Convention
to visit th art gallery from 4 o'clock
to 6 o'clock Friday afternoon.
In addition to the paintings of lo
cal artists, a special collection from
the Fall exhibition of the Chicago
Art Institute is bung in the gallery.
Fair Committeemen
Plan Rally Series
About 100 Ag College students at
tended the Farmers Fair committee
meeting held in the Dairy auditorium
Wednesday evening. A series of ral
lies were planned at the meeting to
create interest in the fair. Commit
tees were announced for the festival.
Prof. C. W. Smith recounted the
history and the purpose of the fair.
He explained that its real purpose is
to advertise the College of Agricul
ture. Tbe first fair was held in 1917.
Since 1920 it has been an annual af
fair. It is the largest college activity
undertaken by the students. The
girls of Ag college were guests of
the Ag club and refreshments were
served after the me?tfee
RADIO PARTY HEARS
DEBATERS AT IOWA
Coach Fogg Heads Group in
Listening in on Hawkeye
Conflict.
A part of the Nebraska-Iowa de
bate that was heard by the local radio
party last night was sufficient to
convince the listeners that an unus
ually fiery intellectual battle was
being waged on the Iowa campus.
The program which was being
broadcast by a Lincoln station so se
riously interfered with the reception
of the debate at the university sta
tion, that it was necessary for the
Nebraska followers to go to the home
of Wendell Berge at 1825 E street
to hear the speeches clearly.
Prof. M. M. Fogg, members of
the affirmative team, students in
English 10, and a ew other inter
ested persons attended the party.
They first assembled at the electrical
engineering building but when the
interference of the local station was
found to be so great as to make the
speeches inaudible, Mr. Berge in
vited them to go to his home and
listen in from there.
They arrived at the Berge home
while the main speeches were being
given and heard Hugh Cox and Ber
nard Gradwohl presenting their share
of Nebraska's case. A part of their
rebuttal speech was heard but the
Iowa station closed down before the
debate was over, to" the disappoint
ment of the local audience.
The applause was plainly heard
over the radioj an dwhen Mr. Grad
wohl was introduced as Nebraska's
third speaker he was greeted with as
hearty applause as was any of the
Iowa debaters. Mr. Gradwohl repre
sented Nebraska at Iowa City two
years ago when the allied debt ques
tion was being debated and the Iowa
crowd remembered his work on that
occasion. At the time of his former
appearance there be was acclaimed
by Iowa professors and others who
heard him as one of the most prom
ising public speakers and brilliant
thinkers ever heard at an Iowa de
bate
Following the debate Professor
Fogg wired the Nebraska men that
their speeches had been heard here
and complimented them on the man
ner in which they were going after
the Iowa team's argument.
HDSKER RIFLEMEN WIN
FOUR MEETS IN YEEK
Colorado, Northwestern, Ok
lahoma and Mines School
Dip Colors.
Nebraska sharpshooters triumphed
last week in four rifle matches
against Colorado Aggies, Northwest
ern university, Oklahoma A. and M.,
and Colorado School of Mines, ac
cording to complete reports received
yesterday. The Colorado Aggies shot
3022 for th week, 728 points behind
the Husker mark of 3750. Oklahoma
A. and M. made 3567, 183 less than
Nebraska, and Northwestern was
354 short of the Husker total. Colo
rado School of Mines forfeited the
match.
D. D. Lewis was high man on the
Nebraska squad. He made a score of
387 out ofa possible 400, and made
a 100 in the prone position. Dale
Skinner made a possible in the
prone position. Other men who qual
ified for the team were Currir 383,
Horth 381, Dover 378, Skinner 386,
Roberts 376, Hunt 365, Ross 361,
DeFord (C) 351 and Lamroli 3S2.
Nine schools are on the program
this week which is the last on the
intercolegiate rifle match schedule,
and includes Washington University,
Washington State, Utah Aggies,
Southern division of the University
of California, Montana State, Ore
gon, Montana, Oregon State, and Po
mona college.
The rifle team will start shooting
in the Hearst trophy matches as soon
as the intercollegiate firing is cleaned
up. The registered targets for the
matches have all ready been received
and the shooting will have to be com
pleted by April 15. Nebraska has
entered three teams of seven men
each. Freshmen will be eligible for
the shoot.
The office cynic sari that some
feather their nests quickly and some
never get n portion cf public trust.
Weather Forecast
Friday and Saturday Partly
cloudy with moderate temperature.
CLASSES ELECT
, MINOR OFFICERS
Name Cramb Vice President
Junior Class; Sampson for
Sophomore.
Minor officers in the junior and
sophomore classes were elected at
meetings of the two classes yester
day. The juniors met in the Social
Science auditorium at 10 o'clock and
the sophomores in Social Science 101
at 11 o'clock.
The junior officers chosen were:
Vice president Norman Cramb.
Secretary-treasurer Edward Ste
men. Sergeant-at-arms Don Hollenbeck
The sophomores elected are:
Vice president Donald Sampson.
Secretary Frances McChesney.
Treasurer Dayton Dorn.
Sergeant-at-arms Lloyd Kelly.
FORWARD SPEAKS AT
ENGINEERS MEETING
Gas to Replace Other Fuels
Predicts National Execu
tive Secretary.
"The gas industry is on the eve
of the greatest improvement in its
history. The production of gas is
increasing in quantity every year v d
the time is not far distant when rolid
fuel of all kinds like coal will be
eliminated in large population cen
ters and gas substituted for it," de
clared Major Alexander Forward, na
tional executive secretary of the
American gas association yesterday
in an address before the Engineer
ing college convocation.
"The -substitution of gas for heat
ing in place of coal will remove moke
from cities and raise the health stand
ards of city dwellers. In addition it
will provide a continuous and de
pendable source of heat supply free
from the annual fear of coal shortage
from strikes and railroad -iups,"
Major Forward continued.
One hundred and fifty billion
cubic feet of gas are produced yearly
in the United States by 1000 gas
companies in 4600 cities, and thvre
are nine million- consumers to w'"om
the gas companies sell their pro
duct, Major Forward stated -in cit
ing figures concerning the extent cf
the gas industry in the United States.
As a public utility Major Forward
said the gas industry is the most de
pendable of all public utilities. In
storms when electric lights go out
gas is always on hand to meet the
emergency. In modern cities with
their apartments and crowded space
gas is the only means that people
have of heating and continuous serv
ice is absolutely necessary.
Harvard Engineers
Offer Scholarship
A $1000 competitive scholarship
for the year 1924-25 is being of
fered by the Harvard Engineering
school. Seniors in the College of
Arts and Sciences or graduates are
eligible to compete. Student who
w:sh to try for the scholarship should
see Dean Buck as soon as possible.
The scholarship will be awarded on
the basis of the complete acedemic
record of the candidate and on his
grade in a special three-hour examin
ation. The examination will cover
mathematics through calculus and
general physics. It will be given on
Friday, May 16.
The policy of the Harvard schoc!
is to encourage students to graduate
from a college with a liberal educa
tion before taking up the technical
work. Two years are required to
earn an engineering degree at the
Harvard school if the student has
previously graduated from a college.
To Broadcast Scores
In Girls' Cage Meet
Station WFAV will broadcast
scores from the girls state basketball
tournament which is being held at
Havelock at 12:40 and 5:30 of each
day. Operator F. J. Moles said yester
day. The final results of each days
game wUl he broadcast at 5;3Q.
FAST FALLS OPEN
CLASS MAT MEET
1 1
Twenty Entrants Compete in
First Day Tournament
Matches.
TO AWARD NUMERALS
TO FINAL WINNERS
Six falls featured the preliminary
matches the first day in the annual
interclass mat meet held yesterday
afternoon in the Armory. The final
matches of the class tourney will be
held this afternoon starting at 4
o'clock with the winners of the final
bouts being awarded class wrestling
numerals. Twenty entrants in the
present mat meet with close com
petition in each weight division
stamps the classic among the best in
terclass meets held at Nebraska.
Dunham in the bantam weight di
vision made way of his opponent in
the fastest time of the opening day
when he threw West with a body
scissors and a bar arm lock in the
first minute. Branigan repeated the
fast time when he pinned Hadley in
the 158 pound group in 1 minute and
29 seconds with a bar arm lock and
cross scissors.
The closest matches of the after
noon were in the lightweight classes.
Hudson won from Stepp by a fall
after 9 minutes and 59 seconds of
wrestling with a body chancery and
half nelson. The first round matches
were all ten minute bouts and the
two 117 pounders had exhibited some
class WTestling throughout their bout.
When the fall came the winner held
a time advantage and would have
won had Stepp been able to hold
him off a few seconds longer. Mc-.
Cosky won a time decision over Min
cer in the 135 pound class being be
hind 5 minutes and 3 seconds during
the entire test."
The finals' this afternoon are ex
pected to draw a large gallery of
enthusiasts and the public is in
vited to attend the contests without
charge. Following is the summary
of the meet:
First Round Results.
117 pound class Hudson won
from Stepp by a fall in 9 minutes 59
seconds with a body chancery and
half nelson. Dunham won from West
by a fall in 1 minute 3 seconds with
a body scissors and a bar arm lock.
125 pound class Forrest won
from Eckstrom by a fall in 3 minutes
20 seconds with a double inside re
verse wrist lock. Fredrickson drew
a byel
135 pound class McCosky won
from Mincer with a time advantage
of 5 minutes 3 seconds. Jones drew
a bye.
145 pound class Timm won from
Fowler by a fall in 3 minutes 30 sec
onds with a body chancery and bar
arm lock. Scoville drew a bye.
158 pound class C. F. Fowler
won from Zinc by a fall in 2 minutes
40 seconds with a body scissors and
a bar arm lock. Branigan won from
Hadley by a fall in 1 minute 29 sec
onds. 175 pound class No matches until
finals.
Heavyweight no matches until
finals.
Final Matches.
117 pound class Hudson meets
Dunham.
125 pound class Forrest meets
Frederickson.
135 pound class McCosky meets
Jones.
145 pound class Timm meets Sco
ville. 158 pound class C. F. Fowler
meets Branigan.
175. pound class Grimm meets
Williams.
Heavyweight class Aksamit meets
Lind.
Student Aspires to
Seward County Bench
Stanley A. Matzke. who will grad
uate from the Law College in June
is a candidate for the office of county
judge in Seward county. Since en
tering the Law College Matzke has
done half time work in various ca
pacities, in addition to carrying the
law course. He was awarded schol
arships for the past three semesters.
This year he is secretary f the
Law College as well as doing part
time work in a local law office. Mr.
Matzke was connected with the stu
dent activities office for three years.
He i a member of Arscis.
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