The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, May 25, 1924, Image 1

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VOL. XXIII NO. 161
WILL DISTRIBUTE
YEARBOOK TODAY
Distribution Will Start at 10
Q'Clock at Administra
tion Building.
ASK STUDENTS TO
BRING RECEIPTS
At 10 o'clock Monday morning the
Cornhusker of Progress" 'will be
reAly for distribution in the south
west comer room in the basement of
the Administration building.
Students who have made their pay
ments on the yearbook are asked to
bring receipts to the office so that
time will be saved and the amounts
can he easily looked up. The price
of the annual has been reduced to $4
so that students who paid the full
first price will be refunded 50 cents.
Those who made their part payment
will pay $1.50 when they get the
book.
About 150 extra copies have been
ordered by the business manager and
students wishing them should speak
for them as soon as possible. No
more copies T-ill be printed.
Say Standard I High.
The Cornhusker this year is the
best that has ever been published,
according to members of the staff
who have seen advance issues. It is
declared to be on the level with any
annual in the country. Representa
tives of the Bureau of Engraving and
the Warren Paper company who
have seen all the great yearbooks in
the country say that the book is high
above the standard of other annuals.
The book will be entered in com
petition in the yearbook contest con
ducted by the Artcraft Guild, a group
of great engravers. It will compete
with such publications as the Annap
olis 'Lucky Bag." Wisconsin "Bad
er" and Minnesota "Gopher."
It gives a review of the school
year at Nebraska combined with a
complete history of the University
and f every organization in the
school, including the founding, du
ties and activities of each. The rep
resentative Nebraskan section con
taining the pictures of five senior
men' and five senior women elected
by the student body this spring will
be especially interesting. The stu
dent life section will expose short
comings of persons on the campus.
"The book is bigger and better
than ever before," says David G.
Richardson, business manager ol the
publication. "It is a great deal larger
than books of previous years and is
much more beautiful."
Minnesota The University Circus
drew a crowd of 30,000 spectators to
the University of Minnesota cr.mpus
recently held there.
Alumni of Fifty Gtaduation Classes
to Have Varied Program at Roundup
Ivy day, Wednesday, June 4, nshes
is the third Rotmd-TJp, when the
class of 1904 will be hosts to the
visiting alumni of 7S to 23. Organ
ization banquets, luncheons, class re
unions, open-air dancing, and an
alumni track meet in which all let
teMnen are barred will be some of
the features of the four-day festivi
ties. The usual Ivy day ysrograni will be
held Wednesday tapping of the In
nocents, selection of Mortar Boards,
and crowning of the May Queen. In
the evening some of the fraternities
and sororities will have their ban
quet On Thursday, June 4, all alumni
are requested to register at the
alumni bead quarters in the Temple
building. Alumni council meeting at
10:80 at the Temple; and the Law
barbecue at the automobile club are
the main events f the second day's
program.
WiH Breakfast Friday.
The clu of 1904 will have a break
fast at 0 at the Chamber of Com
merce a Friday and at about 11
'clock a pageant "The Forest Prin
cess,' will be given on the city cam
pus. In the afternoon there vl be
a general alumni meeting an at
X o'clock an alumni medal meet wEl
be held in the memorial sti ium.
About 2 o'clock Friday will come
the alumni CTatSon given by Emory
Buckner, class of 1904, at present
a member of the law firm cf Boot,
Clark, Buckner and BowlrTid, cf
Hew York City. In the evening the
Kosmet Klub will give several act
UNIVERSITY
Weather Forecast
Sunday Fair with rising tem
perature. NEBRASKA GOLF TEAM
TAKES SECOND PLAGE
Nebraska placed second in Mis
souri Valley golf tournament held
Saturday afternoon. Kansas with a
team card of 1S80 points captured
first; Drake took third.
Held, Washington, was individual
champion with a card of 810 for 72
holes. f
All Husker tennis men were elim
inated in the first three rounds
played Saturday.
Semi-finals in the tennis singles
were scheduled for 9 o'clock Sunday
when Rogers, Kansas, meets Young,
Ames, and Glaskin, Kansas, plays
Bierman, Washington.
Finals in the doubles will start at
1:30 today. Paige and Young of
Ames, 1923 champions, will play
Rogers and Glaskin, Kansas.
Annual Luncheon of
W.A.A. Comes June 5
The Womens Athletic Association
annual luncheon will be given at the
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce June
5 at 1 o'clock. Any present member
of the organization or any alumnus
may attend. Invitations have been
sent to 200 past members.
V sweaters will be awarded to
those girls who won the coveted
award this year. A silver loving cup
will be eiven the senior who has
the most W. A. A. points in her four
vears here. Those who show the
most promise of winning the cup are
Pearl Saf ford, Lois Shepherd Ifutney
and Marie Snavely.
Those Who expect to attend the
luncheon are asked to sign on the
W. A. A. bulletin board. The price
is $1.50 a plate.
Johnson Is President of
Square and Compass
The Sauare and Compass Club
elected Frank M. Johnson president,
Fred Kamm vice president, Donald
Blankenship secretary-treasurer, and
Dr. R. E. Wolcott and Prof. R. E.
Cochran faculty advisers at a re
cent meeting.
About 250 feeders and stockmen
attended the annual feeders day at
the Agricultural. College Friday,
Demonstrations of feeding experi
ments for different ages and kinds
of feed were shown. Prominent cat
tlemen from the state addressed tie
crowd at the meetings.
of their show on the city campus and
afterwards there wfill ,,'be petn-air
dancing.
Co i nenoemeat Is Satarday.
For the first time, this year Com
mencement will come on Saturday in
stead of Monday as in the past. The
baccalaureate address will be given
Sunday, June 1. Gleen Franks, edi
tor of the Century magazine, who' is
to be the speaker of the morning,
has appeared n the lecture plat
form many times both in this coun
try and in Canada and bis lectures
are always in demand. Mr. Franks u
a graduate f Northwestern univer
sity.
Headquarters for the Round4Jp u
in Hhe Temple building and there w 1
be an information desk there for the
convenience of the alumni.
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OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN,
IVY DAY PROGRAM
TO BE WEDNESDAY
Mortar Boards and Innocents
to Be Picked; May Queen
Crowned in Morning.
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INTERFRAT SING TO
COME AT 2 O'CLOCK
IVY DAY PROGRAM.
10 o'clock City campus, 12th and
R street. Grand entree: Daisy chain
junior, sophomore and freshman
girls; ivy chair senior girls; Mor
tar Board; class attendants (wo
girls from each class; maid of honor
and attendants; crown bearer; May
Queen and trainbearers; crowning of
the queen; Maypole dance; dance to
the queen; finale.
2 o'clock City campus. Interfra
ternity sing; reading, senior class
poem; planting of the ivy; ivy day
oration.
3 o'clock Selection of Mortar
Boards.
4 o'clock Tapping of Innocents.
Organisation banquets.
8:45 City campus Open air
dancing.
Ivy day, on of Nehraskas oldest
traditions, is to he held June 4 on
the city campus. The crowning of
the May Queen who is elected by
the senior class makes up the pro
gram in the morning, beginning at
10 o'clock.
A new feature of the program is
the open air dancing announced for
the evening. Though a student af
fair, Ivy dayopens the four-day
Round-Up of all Nebraska graduates
and former students.
The daisy-chain girls, members of
the junior, sophomore and freshman
classes will lead the procession f ol-
lowed by the queen s attendants, two
vy uiuca . urn cwvu vioon
Queen and her maid of honor, her
crown bearer and trainbearers are
followed by the active members of
Mortar Board. After the crowning
of the queen a group of dances will
be presented before her throne by
underclass girls of the W. A. A.
The iaterfraternity song-fest, un
der the direction of the Kosmet Klub,
will be held at 2 o'clock. Every fra
ternity in the University will be al
lowed to compete. Each nevwiH
sing two songs without musical in
strument. A piano may be used to
obtain ti e pitch. Three judges not
yet selected will decide the winners.
A silver loving cup will be awarded
the winner by Kosmet Klub.
After the reading of the senior
class poem and the planting of the
ivy by Roland Estabrook, president
of the junior class, Harris Poley will
give the Ivy day oration on TJni
versity Citizenship."'
TV Distribute Senior
Invitations Monday
Senior invitations and announce
ments will be ready for distribution
Monday afternoon at the College
Book store, announced Audley N.
Sullivan, chairman of the invitation
committee, yesterday afternoon.
Initiate Sixteen New
Members Into Ag Frat
Gamma Sigma Delta recently im
itated sixteen new members. They
are: Faculty, W. W. Derrick, W. E.
Luness; graduate students, G. A.
Spidel, W. F. Dickson; juniors, E. L.
Currier; seniors, Paul Bancroft, Al
len Cook, Roland Drishause, Thomas
Lee Koontz, Clayde Walker William
Henderson Myers, Carl Rosen quist.
George Sprague, Glen Stingfield, D.
Lindstrom, Robert Weir.
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NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, MAY
Summary
(First counts 5; second 3; third 2;
and fourth 1.) 1
TRACK EVENTS.
120-yard high hurdles Taylor,
Grinnell; Blanchard, Washington;
Weir, Nebraska; Green, Grinnell.
Time 15 4-10.
100-yard dash Locke, Nebraska;
Erwin, Kansas Aggies; Anderwart,
Washington; Fishfer, Kansas. Time
10 2-10.
One-mile run Davis. Oklahoma A.
and M.; Kimport, Kansas Aggies;
Bierbaum, Iowa State; Jack Ross,
Nebraska. Time 4:29 3-10.
440-yard dash Bier, Washington;
Firebaugh, Kansas; Crites, Nebras
ka; Whipperman, Nebraska. Time
50 4-10.
220-yard low hurdles Taylor,
Grinnell; Blanchard, Washington;
Weir, Nebraska; Green, Grinnel.
Time 24 3-10.
220-yard dash Locke, Nebraska;
Erwin, Kansas; Hein, Nebraska; An
derwert, Washington. Time 22 1-10.
S80-yard run Hammerly, Iowa
State; Gardner, Nebraska; Mellrath
Grinnell; Williman, Washington.
Time 1:58 3-10.
One-mile relay Nebraska, Grin
nell, Kansas, Pittsburgh Normal.
Time 3:23 8-10. Nebraska relay
team: Hein, Whipperman, Layton,
Crites.
Two-mile run Poag, Missouri;
Wood, Tarkio; Slemmons, Nebraska;
Rutherford, Oklahoma. Time 9:49
8-10.
Half-mile relay Nebraska, Grin
nell, Washington, Oklahoma. Time
1:29 6-10. Nebiaska team: Hatch,
Beerkle. Hein. Locke.
FIELD EVENTS.
(Five Valley records broken.)
Shotpwt (new Valley record)
Richardson, Missouri, 43 ft. 7 in.;
Hartman, Nebraska, 43 ft. 4 1-2 in.;
KttsblBgll Normal, 4l ft. u
in.; Ettv-r, Missouri, 41 ft- 10 in.
Javelia throw (new Valley record)
Cox, Oklahoma, 191 t. 3 3-4 in.;
Skelton, Pittsburgh Normal, 175 ft
4 3-4 in.; Lingenfelter, Drake, 166
ft. 6 3-4 in.; Lowry, Chadron. 156
ft. 6 1-3 in.
Discas threw (new Valley record) j
Richardson, Missouri, 136 ft 4 1-2
in.; Boady, Kansas, 132 ft. 4 1-4 in.;
Gartner, Kansas Aggies, 128 ft. 7 in.;
Parma, Pitt- Normal, 127 ft 6 in.'
Risk jasmp (new Valley record)
Poor, Kansas, 6 ft 3 1-8 in.; Turner,
Nebraska; Fowler, Pitt. Normal, 6 ft
11 in., tied for second and third: Dris-
haus, Nebraska. Skelton, Pitt, Nor
mal, Tims, Oklahoma, Graham, Kan
sas, tied for fourth, 6 feet
Pole aalt (new Valley record)
McKowan, Emporia Normal, 12 ft
8 5-16 in.; Gleason, Nebraska, 12 ft;
Owen, Iowa State, Mitchell, Wash
ington, tied for fourth.
Broad jasap Hatch, Nebraska, 22
ft 11 in.; Graham. Kansas, 22 ft 9.5
in.; Mitchell, 22 ft 1-2 in.; Blanch
ard, 21 ft 9 1-2 in.
SPECIAL EVENTS.
Special ile race Watson, Illi
nois Athletic club, 4:25 3-10; Joie
Ray, Illinois Athletic club.
Sbm-Ia! 400-4ct Li(k bardie race
(equalled world record) Ivan Riley,
Illinois Athletic club, 54 second;
Weir, Nebraska, pacer.
E&kiUtioa shot pat Kuck, Wil
son, Kansas high school, 47 feet
Last Regular Edition
of Nebraskan Is Today
This issue of the Daily-Nebraskan
will be the last one published until
Thursday, June 5, when a special
Ivy day and Roundup edition will be
cut out It is possible that there
will be a second special edition Fri-I
day of Roundup week.
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25, 1924
HUSKERS CAPTURE VALLEY TRACK
TITLE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TIME
Friday Morning Rain Softens Cinders and Prevents Breaking
of Track Marks; Riley, Former Kansas Aggie Ath
lete, Equals World Record in Hurdles.
FIVE VALLEY RECORDS IN FIELD EVENTS BROKEN
Amassing a total of 43 3-4 points against a field of 264 picked athletes
of the Missouri Valley, Husker men yesterday won the Missouri Valley con
ference track and field championship for the fourth consecutive time. Wash
ington second with 21 1-2 points; Grinnell was third with 20; Kansas was
fourth with 17 1-4 points.
Five Missouri Valley conference field event records were broken. A
heavy rain Friday morning made the track soft and the expected breaking
of track records was not realized. Riley, running a special exhibition 400
meter hurdle race, equalled the world record in this Olympic event.
' The feature races of the meet
SUMMARY.
School
Nebraska Washing too .
GrianeU
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas Aggies
Pittsburgh State Tch. Col.
Iowa State
Oklahoma ..
Oklahoma A. aad M.
Emporia State Tch. Col
Tarkio
Drake
Chadroa
Points
48 3-4
21 1-2
20
17 1-4
16
11
9 3-4
8 1-2
7 1-4
5
S
3
2
1
0
O
Pens State Tch. Col.
Creightoa
COMPANY E WINS
FIRST IN COMPET
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George Holdrege, Company I,
Takes First in Manual of
Arms Spell-down.
B PLACES SECOND;
C CAPTURES THIRD
Company E with Captain Millson
commanding, and George Holdrege,
Company I, carried off the honors in
the thirtieth annual competive drill
yesterday morning. Companies B
and C took second and third places in
the company compet
The individual compet was one of
the big features of the day with over
one hundred entries from the vari
ous companies. Charles E. Grif
fith of Company E won second and
Karl Smith of Company C won third
in this spell-down.
V The first thing in the morning was
a review by Major Sidney Erickson
after whkh the companies marched
to the field south of the stadium
where they waited their turn to go
on the drill field for the company
compet The companies were first
inspected and then went through
their infantry drilL The order of
companies was M, Headquarters, I,
K. L. E, F, H, G, C, D, A. B.
Earl C Rohrbaugh was captain
of Company B, the coming which
won second place, while Captain De
Ford's Company C took the third
place. All members cf Company E,
the winning company, were given
blue ribbons by the sponsor. Miss
Florence Tyler.
The presentation of sponsors, and
following it, the presentation of
prizes by the sponsors, preceded the
final parade with all of the seniors
and sponsors in the reviewing stand.
Missouri Steps are now being
taken to perfect plans for construc
tion of a permanent stadium at the
University of Missouri. It is to be
3 built in three units, to cost $300,000.
PRICE 5 CENTS
were
the 100-yard and 220-yard
dashes both won by Roland Locke of
Nebraska who finished each time only
a few inches ahead of "Red" Erwin
of Kansas Aggies. In three previous
races of the two this year, Erwin was
winner every time.
The Husker mile relay team which
won first place ia this event low
ered the old Nebraska varsity record
one second. The time made in the
meet was 3:23 4-5.
The new Valley javelin-throw
mark established in the meet by Cox
of Oklahoma was the greatest record
breaker of the five field events in
which new conference marks were set
up. The new distance of 191 feet
3 3-4 inches set by Cox is 12 feet
longer than the old record.
Poor Sets New Height.
Poor of Kansas bettered his Val
ley record mark of last year in the
high jump when he cleared the bar
at 6 feet 3 1-8 inches. Hobb Turner,
Nebraska, tied for second in this
event at a height of 6 feet 1 inch.
Richardson of Missouri broke two
Valley records, one in the shotput
where he set up a new record Val
ley heave of 43 feet 7 inches, and
the other in the discus which he
irirled 136 , feet 4 1-2 inches. Hart
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MANY SEE MILITARY
SHOW DESPITE GOLD
Spectators Fill Grandstand to
View Artillery and Cav-
3 airy Exhibitions.
A3 though the weather was disa
greeably cold and the field was damp
and soggy, the military events staged
at the Fair grounds Friday drew a
crowd that packed the large grand
stand and filled the parcade in front
On account of the muddy condition
of the track some of the events were
not staged.
Every military unit in the city and
the visiting units of cavalry and field
artillery took part in the large mili
tary demonstration which pasred in
review before Brigadier General Do
ray, Mayor Zehrung, and representa
tives of the military organizations of
the state in the noon parade.
At 2:30 the three bands the York
National Guard, Crete and the R. O.
T. C gave concerts in the grand
stand at the Fair grounds. This was
followed by a short drill by tie Per
shing Rifles, demonstrating the Lent
cadence system and giving an exhi
bition of closs-order drilL The men
were handicapped by the muddy
race track.
Display Faster Ridiag.
The field artillery, coming on the
field beaded by the standard bearer
gave demonstration! of fast driving
with six-team carriages and an ex
hibition of procedure when in action.
The three-inch howitzers blazed
forth with blank ammunition. The
cavalry followed the field artillery
with exhibits of fancy riding, hurdl
ing, charging, and formations. This
display attracted some of the most
favorable comment of the exhibit
the captain, J. White, adding that
most of the men were tout rookies in
the cavalry service.
Before the program was com
pleted, the grandstand proved to
be too cold for the majority of the
people aad they were forced to leave.
Company L of the cadet regiment,
coi manded by John Westenaann,
gave a demonstration of two infan
try pUioo&s ia attack with the aid
of the special weapons.
The squadroa of plans, headed by
Major Tik er, were forced to abas
don their part of the prcgr m oa ac
count of the weather. They gave
some exhibits of baUle forsuti was
Saturday aad will give other dmc v
stratioBs at the Hying field todry.
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