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lTxXIII NO. 151
300 TO SING IN
CONCERT CHORUS
Fifty Trained Voices from Lin
coln Talent to Assist Stu
. dent Group.
SOLOISTS ENGAGED
FOR LEADING ROLES
To the Fraternity Presidents:
I thoroughly appreciate your co
operation in endeavoring to iecure
higT. cholatic record for your
members and feel that reprieves
from such efforts should be spar
ingly granted. However," the com
ing Wednesday evening, May 14,
tke Minneapolis Symphony or
chestra and the University chorus
are appearing at the stadium in a
program of exceptional value, and
I feel that those of your Aembers
that hold tickets for this entertain
ment should be excused for that
meeting. DEAN ENGBERG.
Three hundred voices compose the
chorus which" will appear with the
Minneapolis Symphony orchestra in
the "Elijah" in the Stadium Wednes
day. Fifty trained voices from Lin
coln talent will supplement the 250
voices of the University chorus. Four
prominent soloists have been secured
to take the leading roles in the con
cert. The west side of the stadium will
be used for the concert. A large
platform is to be erected immediately
in front of the boxes and will extend
over some of the track. Large flood
lights will be used which wilf fur
nish sufficient light for the stage
and for the stands. The chorus will
lit in bleachers back of the stage.
The orchestra will probably arrive
Wednesday morning and will hold a
joint rehearsal with the chorus in
the afternoon. The entire produc
tion which is sponsored by the Uni
Tersity is to cost $3000. Tickets are
on sale at Ross P. Curtice company
for 50 cents, 75 cents, $1 and $2 tot
box seats.
The concert will be patterned af
ter the May festivals which are held
every year in the eastern colleges.
This is the first time that anything
of its kind has been attempted at Ne
braska due to the fact that before
the completion of the stadium, there
was no building in the city which
could accommodate a crowd such as
is expected to attend the festival.
Secures Rain Insurance.
The management has secured rain
insurance to cover any loss which
might be caused in that way. In case
of rain, the concert will be held in
the Armory. Just those who have
tickets in advance will be able to get
fa the Armory because more than
enough tickets have already been sold
to fill that bonding.
' Three of the four famous vocalists
who will sing Wednesday are from
other cities. Walter Wheatley, the
tenor, has gained his fame in Lin
coln. Mabel Beddoe, contralto, is
connected with the New York Sym
phony orchestra. Bernard Ferguson,
baritone .is from the Boston Opera
company, and Norris Sparkes, so
prano, from the Metropolitan Opera
company of New. York. 1
The Univp-niitv rfuvrtui. which is to
take part in the concert, is directed
ky Mrs. Carre B. Raymond. The
chorus hna envon svprv vear the
"Messiah." His year it was present
ed for the twenty-eighth time under
the direction of Mrs. Raymond, who
am been a director of music since
1894.
Tennis Team Loses
Meet to Iowa State
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pt Nebraska tennis players were de
feated by Iowa State players in every
n of the six matches in the dual
toeet here today. The courts were
1Sgy from recent rains and play was
"'UlCUlt.
Ag Engineers Make
Hedden President
Of'e Hedden was elected president
the student branch of the An?eri-
" Society of Agricultural Engi
ir for next semester at an elec
n held Thursday at Agricultural
Engineering hall. Nathaniel Foote
elected vice president and Merle
UNIVERSITY
Elias Breeskin, one of the violin
ists and the concert-master with .the
Minneapolis Symphony orchestra
which is to play in the stadium May
14 at 8:30 p. m.
PUBLISH ANTHOLOGY
OF STUDENT POETRY
Janet Pressley and Helen Rum
mons Win Prizes in Verse
Competition.
"Nebraska Verse, 1923-W24," a
sixty-six page anthology of student
poetry, is now on sale at the Regents
and downtown bookstores.
"Apocalypse," by Janet Pressley,
'23, Omaha, is the poem winning the
first prize of $50 offered by alumni
of the class of '98. "To One Un
known." by Helen Rummons, '26,
Lincoln was awarded the $25 second
nriz given by the Vestals of the
Lamp, honorary society for women
of the College of Arts and Sciences.
The book, an octavo volume bound
in blue cloth with the title stamped
in gold, contains about fifty poems,
all written by students of the Uni
versity. A limited edition of three
hundred volumnes has been run off
at the University of Nebraska Press.
Copies are $1 each.
, Will Hold More Contests.
Another contest will be held next
year, and another anthology will be
published, the committee announces.
A contest for essays and plays writ
ten bv students will also be held. The
regulations in these competitions will
be announced later.
The winninir poems were selected
by Christopher Morley, former col
umnist and writer of essays and light
verse, Percy MacKaye, well-known
for his noems. masques and plays,
and John G. Neihardt, professor of
poetry at the University, author ol
several volumes of poems.
Twenty noems were selected by a
committee of four Prof. Louise
Pound, Miss Constance M. Syford,
and Prof. Sherlock B. Gass of the
English department, and Dr. Hartley
B. Alexander of the department ol
philosophy and sent to the three
outside judges.
Jndges Use Rankin System.
The iudires numbered the poems
in accordance with their estimate of
the worth of each, and the poem hav
ing the lowest sum of ranking num
bers was to have been given first
prize. It was agreed, however, that
if two judges agreed on giving a
noem first or second, that poem
should be awarded first prize re
gardless of ihfi total points.
The noems which received iirst
and second prizes received two votes
each for their places.
The title-oaee Was designed by
r.Av Lux '25. University Place,
student in the School of Fine Arts.
A comDlete anthology of the
host noems. essays and plays writ
ten for the contests next year may
be published, according to Prof. J. A.
Rice, Jr., chairman oi tne comran
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Weather Forecast
Sunday and Monday Fair with
rising temperture.
MANY ATTEND FIRST
MAY-DAY BREAKFAST
Gamma Phi Beta Wins Cup in
Song Contest; Phi Mu
Takes Second.
Approximately 800 men and wom
en attended the first all-University
May-day breakfast and intersorority
sing at the Armory Saturday morn
ing. Gamma Phi Beta won the sil
ver loving cup presented to the win
ner of the song contest by W.S.G.A.
Phi Mu won second place.
"We judged the contest on the
originality of the song, the distinct
ness of the words, and the manner of
performance," said H. I. Kirkpafc-
rick who was on the judging com
mittee with Madame Gilderoy Scott,
and Mrs. Lillian-Helms Polley.
The W.S.G.A. council and the
Tassels, girls pep organization, served
the cafeteria breakfast. Many of ihe
fraternities and sororities closed their
tables and attended in a body.
The cup winners sang "The Cres
cent Moon," and "Hurrah for a
Song." Phi Mu sang "Beta Gamma
of Phi Mu" and "I've Got a Little
Phi Mu Girl."
W.S-G.A. intends to make the
May-day breakfast an anual affair.
If the loving cup is won by the same
sorority three successive times it be
comes the permanent property of
that group.
BETA GAMMA SIGMA
INSTALLS CHAPTER
Honorary Society for Sizad
Seniors Gives Charter to
Petitioning Group.
A 'chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma
honorary scholastic organization for
seniors in the College of Business
Administration, was installed at the
University Saturday afternoon, by
Prof. H. T. Scovill, head of the De
partment of Business Organization
at the University of Illinois and
grand-president of the national or
ganization.
The petitioning group from the
University consisted of five members
of the faculty including Dean J. E
LeRossignol, three graduate mem
bers and seven seniors who will
eraduate this year. The Chapter
will k be known as Alpha Chapter .of
the University of Nebraska.
The society was organized at the
University of Wisconsin in 1907
Nebraska is the twentieth chapter
to be installed.' The purpose of the
fraternity is to promote a higher
scholastic standing. Members are
elected from the highest 10 per cent
in scholarship of the seniors
in the College of Business Admin
istration. .
The charter members of the Ne
braska chapter follow:
Faculty Dean J. E. LeRossignol,
Prof. O. R. Martin, Prof. J. E. Kirsh
man, Prof. Q. O. Virtue, and Prof.
F. E. Wolf a.
Graduates Harry Amende, Syra
cuse; Arthur Nelson, Sidney Ja., and
Robert Maxwell. Lincoln.
Seniors Blanchard Anderson
Omaha: Harold Avery, Edgar; Ken
neth Cozier, Omaha; Raymond Eller,
Clay Center; Hoyt Hawke, Nebraska
City; Harvey Heath, Lincoln and
Lyir.au Ujicnua, Hal i tan.
COLORADO The preachers' sons
at the University of Colorado have
found-ad a campus organization.
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NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, MAY
OMAHA CENTRAL
TAKES HONORS
Wins High School Track Meet
by Margin of Six
Points.
HASTINGS TEAM IS
SECOND IN CONTEST
Omaha Central won the twenty-
first annual Btate high-school track
and field meet Saturday afternoon
on stadium field scoring a total of
29 Doints and placing four men in
the gold medal individual event cham
pionships. H. Welch, Gothenburg
distance runner, broke the only rec
ord in the meet in the mile run which
he ran in 4:35 9-10, one and three
tenths seconds lower than the old
record of 4:37 1-5.
Hastings was second in group three
with 23 1-5 points, Beatrice was third
with 21 points, and Lincoln was
fourth with 19 1-5. Grand Island
placed fifth with 18 and Omaha Tech
was sixth with 10 points.
Gothenburg made 39 points for
the championship in group two. Wil-
ber was second with 31 points, and
Cambridge was third with 17. Crete
was fourth with 13, and Ashland
with 9 was sixth. Holdrege made 8
points.
The wet weather of the past few
days and the cold yesterday slowed
down the events, and prevented
breaking of more Tecords.
Central Hieh of Omaha had the
largest number of individual eve'ht
winners. Four out of twelve indi
vidual champions were Central men.
Thomas, nusky Central negro, lead
with two first places, one in the shot-
put in which he heaved the weight
41 feet, 11 1-4 inches, and another
in the 120 high hurdles which he
cleared in 16 4-5 seconds. Marrow
was the winner of the broad jump
with a distance of 20 feet 2 3-4 in.,
and Solomon was the other Central
High man who won the 100-yard
dash in a time of 10 7-10. .
Welch Breaks Record.
Welch. Gotherburg miler, the only
record breaker of the meet, also
placed in four other events. Be
sides winning 'the half mile run in a
time of 2:04 4-5. he was second in
the broad jump, third in the shotput,
and was anchor man on the winning
Gothenburg 880 relay team.
Hrabak won three firsts in the
dasbes of group one, making fif-
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Y.W.C.A. Will Hold
Annual Breakfast
The annual May-morning breakfast
of the Y.W.C.A. cabinet and staff
'will be given this morning at 8 o'clock
at Ellen Smith hall. About 120 girls
are expected to attend.
Four past presidents will speak
and Agnes Kessler, the new presi-
Aa-nt will intrnAnre her new cabinet
members, who will in turn introduce
the members of their staffs.
The Vesper choir will give several
selections, and the Freshman Com
mission will serve at the breakfast.
All members of the old and new cabi
nets and staffs are expected t" at
tend.
University Glee Club
Will Present Concert
The University Glee club will give
a sacred concert at the Grace Metho
dist church this evening at 7:30. The
program will include numbers from
Handel and Dvorak and will be sung
by an augmented club of forty voices.
A group of sacred songs will be
sung by Prof. Parvin Witte, who is
the director of the club. Other solos
will be sung by Wyatt Hunter and
Dietrich Dirks.
AUD UOlAXg. AfclFJL
A&CHJT TrtlS VALUM TRACK. M&fcT
FO- TMAVU Bto tAc CROUP
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11, 1924.
Pre-Medics Faint
in Operating Room
OMAHA, May 10. Six students,
members of the party of over 200
nre-medical students from Lincoln,
who were the guests of the University
of Nebraska medical college here to
day, fainted when given a "look in"
on some major surgical operations
which were being performed during
the morning clinic.
The men were entertained at a
smoke at the University Club Fri
day night and the girls of the party
were the guests at a tea at $he
Nurse's home at the University hos
pital in the afternoon. The party
returned yesterday evening.
GENEVA WINS IN
DEBATETOURNEY
Captures High School Cham
pionship by Defeating
Curtis.
TAKES FINAL CONTEST
BY, UNANIMOUS VOTE
Geneva won the 1924 state, cham
pionship of the Nebraska high school
debating league by defeating the Ne
braska School of Agriculture at Cur
tis by a unanimous decision baturday
morning in the final debate ol tne
vear on the immigration question,
with the president, Prof. M. M. Fogg,
organizer of the league in 1908, pre
Howard Hamilton's final re
buttal speech for Geneva turned the
scale definitely in favor of his team.
Geneva won from Omaha Central
by a 2-to-l decision in the second
round of the state tournament Jvri-
day morning. Curtis' defeated Lin
coln and Superior won over Albion
by unanimous decisions in tfie other
second round contests. Superior and
Geneva clashed Friday night in the
semi-final. debate and Geneva was
awarded a unanimous decision. Ge
neva met Curtis in the final contest
Saturday and once more received the
decision of al Ithree judges. Geneva
maintained the affirmative of the
question in every debate at the tour
nament while Curtis upheld the neg
ative in al Ithree debates here.
Judges of the championship battle
Saturday were Guy C. Chambers,
Law '16 (Nebraska against Kansas
in 1916). attorney, Lincoln; Prof.
H. H. Foster of the College of Law;
and Samuel C. Zimmerman, Law '16
(Nebraska against Kansas in 1916),
attorney, Lincoln. Chancellor S.
Avery was introduced by ' Professor
Fogg at the conclusion of the debate
and he announced the decision.
Comes From Central District..
Th Geneva team had previously
won the championship of the central
district of the league and was com
posed of Jonn Gewacke, Roland
Prorjst and Howard Hamilton. Miss
Ellen R. Maunder, who was a member
of the Hastings college debating team
in 1919 and 1920 croached the win
ning team. ,
Curtis was represented by Sheldon
Wingerd, Frank Darner and Howard
Hinton with William Talbot, a Hast
ings college debater in 1921-23, in
charge.
The debate Saturday morning was
the 140th contest held in the Ne
braska league this year. The league
includes ninety-two high schools.
On he affirmative Geneva argued
tnat immigration should be further
restricted because economic, social
and political Conditions are such as
to necessitate a decrease in numbers.
Curtis maintained that present laws
are sufficient if properly enforced
while further restriction is economic
ally undesirable and present types of
immigrants are easily assimiliated.
LOOP
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'Jill
PRICE 5 CENTS
HUSKERS TROUNCE
AGGIE NINE TWICE
Win Both Games of Double-
header; Rhodes and Lang
Pitch.
FRIDAY GAME CALLED
BECAUSE OF WEATHER
MANHATTAN, Kan., May 10.
(Special to The Nebraskfn.) The
Cornhuskers took both ends of a dou
bleheader here today, defeating the
Kansas Aggies 5 to 1 in the first
game and 6 to 3 in the second. Time
ly hitting by the Huskers together
with numerous errors by the Aggies
accounted for both victories.
Both contests were scheduled to go
seven innings. In the first game
the score was knotted at 1 all at the
end of the seventh. Neither team
scored in the eighth, but in the ninth
Nebraska got two hits and scored
four runs on errors by Aggie players.
Nebraska got off to an early lead
in the second game and the Aggies
were never in danger of winning.
Lang pitched the first game and
Rhodes was on the mound in the sec
ond contest. Kansas made but one
hit in each game.
Nebraska was leading 7 to 5 at
the end of the fourth inning of the
game Friday which was called be
causeof rain.
First Game.
R. H. E.
Nebraska 5 3 3
Kansas Aggies 1 14
Second Game.
R. H. E.
Nebraska 6 6 2
Kansas Aggies 3 19
OMAHA WINS FIRST IN
SCHOLASTIC CONTESTS
Rolls Up Total of Seventy
seven Points; Lincoln is
Second.
Omaha Central high school won
the second annual stage high school
scholastic competitions held yester
day in Social Science building. The
Omaha school scored 77 points. Lin
coln was second, making 20 points,
and York third, 14 points. Over 200
contestants representing eighteen
schools took part in the competitions.
Thelna Arnold of York 'who made
nine points was highestin the com
petitions, and Gerald Else of Lincoln
who made eight points was second.
The other schools finished: North
Bend 6, Wilber 6, University Place
5, Boelus 2, Greenwood 2, and Exe
ter 1.
The subjects in which the pupils
were tested were in the liberal arts
and sciences. The first place win
ners and the subjects are listed be
low:
Ninth grade English composition.
Maxine Eoord, Central.
English composition, tenth to
twelfth grade, Olive Williams, Cen
tral.
English literature, Wilfred Web
ster, Lincoln.
Spelling, Thelma Arnold, York.
Algebra ninth grade, Thelma Ar
nold, York.
Algebra tenth and eleventh grade,
Dorothy Deakin, Central.
Plane geometry, Victor Phab, Wil
ber. Solid geometry, Jack Adams, Cen
tral. Trigonometry eleventh and twelfth
grade, Robert Bartos, Central.
American history eleventh and
twelfth grade, Gerald Else, Lincoln.
Ancient history ninth and tenth
grade, Dale Miller, University Place.
' Civics eleventh and twelfth grade,
David Wateman.
Modern European history tenth
to twelfth grade, Ruth Thomas, Cen
tral. Latin tenth grade, Lenora Peterson
Lincoln. i
Latin Cicero, Wilmer McFarland,
Central.
Virgil, Frank Phon, North Bend.
French, Gerald Else, Li jc!n.
PhyBics, Willoby Comrrcr, Central.
Chemistry, George Deal, Central.
Cassius A. Fisher of Denver, '98,
has just published a report on "Pe
troleum Developments in the Rocky
Mountain State Duritjg 1923." For
a time after graduation Mr. Fisher
nerved as assistant in the department
of geology and then became profes
sor of geology of Yale University.
secretary-treasurer.