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PRESIDENT ELIOT
RECEIVES NOTICE
Ninetieth Birthday of Harvard
Head Occasion for Many
Messages.
iiMVERSltY SENDS
UN LONG TESTIMONIAL
The University sent to' Charles
William Eliot, president-emeritus of
Harvard University and dean of
American educators, a three-page
testimonial composed by Dr. Lucius
A. Sherman, chairman of the depart
ment of English and dean of the
Graduate College and engrossed by
Philip Harrison on the occasion of his
ninetieth birthday. This is part of
the world-wide acclaim of President
Eliot by universities of this coun
try and abroad. The tribute follows:
TO
CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT
THE CHANCELLOR THE SENATE
AND THE BOARD OP REGENTS
OF THE
UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA
OFFER THEIR FELICITATIONS
ON THE OCCASION
OF HIS BIRTHDAY
MARCH TWENTIETH
MCMXXIV
THEY WOULD ALSO MAKE
AVOWAL OP THEIR
OBLIGATION
TO THE LEADER
THROUGH WHOSE INSIGHT
AND COURAGE
HIGHER EDUCATION
HAS BEEN LIBERALIZED
BOTH IN THIS COUNTRY
AND ABROAD
AND , THROUGH
WHOSE INDOCTRINATION
AND EXAMPLE
THE CAUSE OF DEMOCRACY
HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED
THROUGHOUT
THE ACADEMIC WORLD
Harvard clubs from all over the
world are sending appreciative me
morials to Dr. Eliot. The Harvard
elnb of Lincoln has forwarded to Dr.
Eliot a message of congratulation by
Dr. S. Mills Hayes of the University.
M'MULLEN SPEAKS
AT CONVOCATION
G. 0. P. Candidate Addresses
Students on Value of Good
Citizenship.
Adam McMullen, '96, candidate for
the republican nomination for gov
ernor, addressed a lares number of
ttndents at the Temple Theater at
11 o'clock Thursday. He spoke on
the value of good citizenship. The
aweting was under the auspices of
tae University Republican club. Mr.
McMullen was introduced by Frank
M. Johnson, president of the club
who announced that the club does not
endorse any certain candidates but
intends to give all a fair chance to
present their views before the stu
dents of the University.
"The lifn rf a nofinn fonenria nnnn
the character of the men and women-
that compose it. If they are a cour
teous and loyal class of people they
can sustain the nation. The govern
ment in a republic is the most diffi
cult of all to maintain and perpetu
te. Its very existence depends upon
the will of its citizens. Citizenship
hi a republic means the assumption
of individual obligators and duties.
H the government of a nation is un
dependable, its business life and fam
ily are equally unstable and unset
tled. The individual citizen in a re
public is the force and foundation
f all its power.
Public opinion is the dominant
wrce in government. Whoever can
Change TmhUp nninim t, b nTi
- . ua mm -
can change the entire course of that
wion. Pnblic opinion has brought
iUn an the great reforms that have
eme to our nation. It has made
oman suffrage, the prohibition laws,
tto the abolition of child labor a
reality.
14 r
ione of the greatest men that
sacrificed their tLae and busi
ness to take public office are being
oemned under a political coloring
greatest loss a nation' can suf
fo' k te loss of public confidence
the individual who leads the af-
of the government.
nipUtt" LJncoln "Pch Wednesday
wniiam J. Bryan says that the
republican, party should be
"yed before the bar of justice in
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UNIVERSITY OF
r
A spenm from "Andrnr.les and the Lion." one of the classic plays to be
given by the Coffer-Miller Players next week, under contract with
the University Players. Tickets are on sale at the Ross P. Curtice
store for 75 cents. The program
Others are "The Imaginary Invalid," "The Rivals," and '"Taming of
the Shrew."
Nebraskan Staff
V
Meets at Dinner
About forty members of the Daily
Nebraskan staff attended the "Rag
Feed" held last evening at the Grand
hotel. After the dinner humorous
toasts were given.
Hugh Cox, news editor, was toast-
master. Speakers were Gayle Walker
of the University News Service, Paul
Richardson, editor of the Nebraskan,
Wa. Card, news editor, and Lucile
Bliss, exchange editor.
FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE
NAMED FOR CAMPAIGN
A follow-up committee has been or
ganized in connection with the Grace
Coppock campaign under the leader
ship of Marearet Williams. This
committee will solicit every girl who
was missed in the original campaign.
The committee is composed of:
Dorothy Thomas, Eloise McMonies,
Margaret Hymer, Margaret Dunlap,
Dorothv Thomas, Norma. Carpenter,
Desma Renner, Gertrude Eberspach-
er, Marie Bowden, Alice Beavers, Syl
via Lewis. Florence McReynolds,
Helen Barnard, Mary Doremus, Helen
Tomson, Gladys Rice, Genevieve
Clark, Lila Wyman, Alice Anderson,
Eloise McAdam, Ruth Coddington,
Virginia Argenbright, Dorothy Payne,
Marguerite Forsell, Ershal Freeman,
Gertrude Strong, Alice Stevenson,
Dorothy Carr.
HOME EC DEPARTMENT
HOLDS CONVOCATION
Omicron Nu Announces Pledg
ing of Five Girls to Local
Chapter.
The home economics department
and Omicron Nu sponsored a convo
cation held at the Agricultural col
lege Thursday morning. The follow
ing pledges to Omicron Nu were an
nounced at the meeting: Seniors,
Dorothy Noyes, Waterloo; Ruby
Simpson, Auburn; Julia Street, De
troit, Mich. Juniors, Luella Selover,
Kimball, and Frances Weintz, Sioux
City, la.
Miaa Morten of the home economics
department gave a short talk on the
meaning of Omicron No. It was
started by the dean of the Michigan
Aerieultural College in 1911. Since
that time it has grown until now it
has eighteen chapters, most 01 wnicn
ATP located in the Mississippi valley,
although there is now a chapter in
New York state and one in rlonaa
Girls are chosen on merit of schol
arship, moral character, Bervice; rs
BBnnh and leadership. They are
elected student members of the so
ciety under the direction of the fac
ulty. To be eligible they must be in
the upper fourth of their class, must
be a junior or a senior and only 15
per cent of those eligible can be
..wfflil 4ntn the organization. In
about two weeks the national con
clave of Omicron Na will be caiiea
at ths University.
TT4TJVARD An instructor at Har
vard University says that it is im
possible to do all the assignea ou
.;a rdincr without injuring ine
health of the person who attempt
it and that It should not be aone.
NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1924
is
for the week includes four plays
TO BUILD PRACTICE
FIELD FOR FOOTBALL
Fred T. Dawson Announces
Workouts Will Be Held
South of Stadium.
A practice football field will be
built south of the stadium when the
weather permits and will be used for
spring football practice, according to
announcement by Coach Dawson.
The south fence around the sta
dium will be removed and part of
the erround inside of it will be filled
in order to make a full sized grid
iron. The ground occupied by rail
road tracks during the building of
the stadium will be included in the
field.
Spring football practice will start
as soon after spring vacation as the
new field is completed. Workouts
have been staged in the Armory dur
ing the damp weather.
ENGINEERS ELECT
SOCIETY OFFICERS
Francis Boucher Made Presi
dent; Blue Print Associ
ate Staff Chosen.
Francis Boucher was elected presi
dent of the Nebraska Engineering
Society, college organization, yester
day at 11 o'clock in a meeting in Me
chanical Engineering 206. Other of
ficers elected were:
Everett Crites, vice president.
Judson Meier, secretary-treasurer.
Associate members of the Blue
Print, official quarterly publication
of the College of Engineering, were
also elected. Last years associates
were automatically nominated and
there were no nominations against
them. The Blue Print staff for
1924-25 is:
James Marshall, general manager.
H. B. Kinsinger, editor.
Harold Edgerton, business mana
ger.
A. M. Ekstrom, circulation mana
ger.
The associates elected for 1924-25
who will automatically be nominated
for ths major offices next year, are:
F. Hall, associate editor; John Carr,
associate business manager; Ellis Ek
roth, associate circulation manager.
The choice of vice president and
of associate business and circulation
managers was carried to the second
ballot for a majority. Most of the
races were carried by but eight or
nine votes.
Homer Kinsinger was elected dele
gate to the national meeting of the
Engineering College Magazines, asso
ciated, by members of the Blue Print
staff immediately after the society
meeting. The convention will be held
at Ames, Iowa, April 4 and 6. The
association inclr.dels leading maga
zines of eighteen colleges scattered
from New York to California,
C ALD70 RNT A Lost traits of our
ancestors may be brought back by
studying the most simple forms of
natura according to Prof. Joseph
Grinnel of the University of Califor
nia.
OHIO Sunday, March 80, will
mark the official advent of eastern
time for the University of Ohio. All
University classes and functions will
operate on the new system of time.
10 RESERVATIONS
FOR FETE DANSANT
W. A. A. Members Will Sell
Tickets for Dance Drama
at Theater Door.
Tickets for the third annual Fete
Dansant eiven by the Womens Ath
letic Association tonight at 8:15 at
the Temple Theater will be sold at
the door or can be bought from any
rirl in thfl drama for 50 cents. No
seating reservations are being made.
Th nrniWtinri this vear is being
handled on a much larger scale than
any of the previous offerings. Eighty
girls have parts in the dances.
The chief features of the Pete
Dansant are its originality and the
mastery of difficult steps. William
T. Quick, director of the University
orchestra, will furnish the opening
numbers. Special lighting effects
have been arranged for, and the cos
tumes have been designed especially
for this fete.
A distinct stage setting has been
arranged for each of the three parts.
The girls in the basketball game will
be dressed in scarlet sweaters and
black bloomers. In "Ths Greek Revel"
each group of characters will wear
entirely different costumes which will
represent their dances. The last
dance of this part of the drama is a
rainbow dance in which the girls in
the various colored costumes repre
sent a rainbow.
ERICKSON TO COMPETE
IN ORATORICAL MEET
Chosen to Represent Dramatic
Department in Missouri
Valley Contest.
Albert L. Erickson has been chosen
the representative of the Dramatic
Art and Public Speaking department
to the Missouri Valley Oratorical con
test which is being held today. He
is delivering his original 1700 word
oration, "The Spirit of Woodrow
Wilson." Mr. Erickson is a member
of Law College. '25. Phi Delta Phi,
president of Senate Club, and a mem
ber of the University Players of
which he is student business manager.
The representatives of the Mis
souri Valley schools and those of
South Dakota will gather taiay it
St. Louis for one of the largest con
tests in years. The purpose of these
contests is to foster and promote a
greater interest in oratory and to
brine the departments of oratory of
the various schools into closer con
tact. Eddy Committees to
Meet Monday at 5:00
To draw up more specific and com
plete plans for the Sherwood Eddy
meetings April 9, 10 and 11, both
the large and executive committees
will meet in Social Science 101 Mon
day at 5 o'clock. Monroe D. Glea-
son, general chairman, urges all com
mitteemen to be there to receive final
instructions before spring vacation
and to train an exact knowledge of
the work that is to be expected of
them.
Reports from Sherwood Eddy indi
cate that he is anticipating his meet
ings at Nebraska and sincerely hopes
that Nebraska student will turn out
to meet him again as they did two
years ago.
Plans for All-University Spring
Party Point to
Final plans for the All-University
spring party which will be held Sat
urday nicht in the Armory were com
pleted at a meeting of the All-Uni
versity party committee Thursday
afternoon. The party -which in the
last affair of its kind this year, will
begin at .8:15 p. m.
Entertainment will consist of danc
ing and a jTogram of games and spe
cial features. Among the numbers
are selections by the girls octette,
dances by cirls who will take part
in the Fete Lunsant earlier in the
evening, and a get-acquainted stunt
for all present.
The seasonal idea will be carried
out in the decorations as well as the
entertainment, and pastel colors will
predominate. Colored streamers will
be used to divide the Armory into
Weather Forecast
Friday Partly cloudy, probably
light snow. Not much change in tem
perature.
NOTED EDITOR WILL
ADDRESS SENIORS
Glenn Frank Accepts Invita
tion to Be Commencement
Day Speaker.
Glenn Frank, editor-in-chief of the
Century magazine, will ba speaker
at the commencement exercises on
Jtitia 7. Oiancellor S. Avery re
ceived his acceptance Thursday mom
ing. Mr. Frank is an author as well
as an editor, and has been lecturing
in North America for a number of
years.
Mr. Frank .was a member of the
eroup headed by ex-President Taft
that drafted the League of Nations
covenant in 1918-19 that was con
sidered at the Versailles peace con
ference. He was associate editor of
the Century for two years and be
came editor-in-chief in 1921.
Association with E. A. Filene of
Boston in industrial research and
organization, secretary of the Inter
national Lyceum association m 1914
and executive committee member ol
the league to enforce peace
are
other activities of Mr. Frank.
"The Politics of Industry" and
various articles in the Century mag
azine are the work of Mr. Frank. He
is also co-author of "The Stakes of
the War," and "The League of Na
tions The Principle and the Prac
tice."
For four years before entering the
work of industrial research Mr.
Frank was assistant to the president
of Northwestern University, the insti
tution from which he was graduated.
HAYES WILL SPEAK
TO MUSIC TEACHERS
Has Part in Convention Pro
gram at Grand Island
Next Week.
S.' Mills Hayes, professor of Eng
lish history and art at the Univer
sity, has been selected as one of the
principal speakers at the annual Ne
braska Music Teachers Association
convention which is to be held at
Grand Island next Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday. The program will
include such speakers as Charles E.
Watt of Chicago.
Harold Bauer, nationally known
pianis't, will appear in a recitaL This
will be the musician's only stop in
Nebraska this season.
The three days of the meeting will
be filled with conferences, concerts,
business sessions and addresses.There
will also be a number of social af
fairs for members present at the an
nual convention.
Seniors Must Order
Gowns Immediately
Measurements for senior caps and
gowns will be made Friday after
noon from 1 to 6 o'clock and all day
Saturday at the Collece Book Store.
The rental charge of $2.50 only, is
to be paid down when the gown is
ordered.
Seniors of all colleges must secure
their caps and gowns at this time.
Elaborate Program
several sections. Music for the dance
will be furnished by the Louisiana
Ragadors orchestra. The' refresh
ments will be more elaborate than
usual and will be served in the same
manner used at the annual Christ
mas party.
It is expected by Chairman Ken
neth Cozier that the attendance will
exceed that recorded at, any of pre
vious prograris held by the All-University
party committee. The num
ber present has shown an increase
each time, with an average of about
600 attending each of the five pro
grama. At least 800 students are
being prepared for at the spring
party. Members of the committee
are urging that both fraternity and
non-fraternity men and women be
present.
PRICE 5 CENTS
RIFLERS CLOSE
REG0RDSEAS0fl
Husker Team Defeats Forty-
nine Schools; Lose to
Five.
WIN NINE SHOOTS
IN FINAL MATCH
The 1924 rifle season! was the
most successful in the history of the
sport at Nebraska. Husker marks
men completed the last week of in
ter-collegiate matches by defeating
nine colleges on the west coast, com
pleting a season of 49 victories
airainst only 5 defeats. The Nebras
ka score of 3809 for the final week
was the highest ever made by a Ne
braska rifle team and was 14 prints
hieher than the highest mark scored
by opponents in the whole season.
Last vear there were S3 schools
on the schedule and Nebraska suc
ceeded in defeating only three of
them.
Lewis was high man on the Husker
team for the week. He made a total
score of 393, including a 100 per
cent card in tie prone position. Dale
Skinner was runner-up with a prone
score of 100 and a total of 389.
Lammli made a 100 in the sitting
position, and was third with a total
of 387. Dover and Currier were
tied for fourth place with 384 apiece.
The other five men who qualified
were Roberts 382, Kossek 379, Horth
372, Hunt 370, Ross 369.
I Decisive Victory Over Montana.
Nebraska scored the most decisive
victory of the year over Montana.
The Husker total was 998 points more
than the Montana record and the
lowest man on the Nebraska team
made 21 points more than the high
est man on the Montana team.
Other schools that fell before the
Huskers were Oregon Aggies, Mon
tana State, 3368; Utah Aggies 3125;
Boston, 3500; Pomona 3617; Oregon
university 2144 (7-man team);
Washington university 3694; Wash
ington state 3355.
The high man for the season on
the Husker rifle team was Dale Skin
ner who made an average of 382
points in all nine weeks of shooting.
D. P. Roberts was second with 376,
and Lewis and Lammli were tied for
third place with 373 each, Currier
made an average of 371, Dover 366,
Hunt 857, DeFord, captain, made an
average of 348 in seven weeks firing,
Horth made 370 in six weeks firing,
Ross made 360. Huddleston, firing
four weeks, made an average of
354. Learning made 338 in two
matches, and Kossek and Carpenter
fired one week each with scores of
379 and 378.
Roberts Elected 1925 Captain.
D. P. Roberts was elected captain
of the 1925 team by letter men last
week.
Durine the ten weeks of intercol
legiate shooting over 10,000 rounds
of 22-short ammunition were fired
every week, and over 100,000 rounds
were used in all. The Nebraska al-
lotmjnt for the year from the war
department is about 200,000 rounds,
part of which was used last fall in
freshman shooting, and the remainder
of which will be used this spring in
Hearst matches and pistol shooting.
The team was coached the last
six weeks of matches by Capt. L .W.
Eggers, director of marksmanship in
the University R.O.T.C. Before that
Captain Huskea had charge of the
rifle team and drafted the sched
ule last falL Sergeant Richardson
has been assistant coach for two
vears.
Install Members of
New Big Sister Board
Members of the Big Sister board
for the coming year, formerly the
Senior Advistory board were in
stalled at a dinner at Ellen Smith
hall last evening.
Miss Amanda Heppner, dean of
women, Julia Sheldon, and Marian
Madigan, were speakers at the din
ner. The name of the organization
was changed because its work is al
most entirely advisory in character
and the chief activity is the big and
little sister movement.
Wisconsin Three bandied and
thirty-eigLt students were dropped
from the College of Letters and Sci
ence from the University of Wiscon
sin at the end of the first semester.
This is about 6 per cent cf the stu
dents enrolled in the college.