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Daily Nebraskan Buy a Cornhusker Buy a Cornhusker VOL. XXIV NO. 42. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1924 PRICE 5 CENTS PLAN GARAVAtf TO MANHATTAN Nebraska Rooters Will Drive to Kansas for Aggie Game. AUTO AMBULANCE TO BRING UP THE REAR Tickets for the Kansas Aggie football game are now on sale at Latsch Bros, at $2.00 each. All students who intend to buy tick ets should get them as soon as possible so that more can be or dered if necessary. The 400 tick ets on sale now are all in one block, but those bought later In the week may not be in the Ne braska section. The "Cornhusker Caravan" will leave for Manhattan at 5 o'clock Sat urday morning, by way of the Corn husker highway. The caravan will be made up of at least one hundred cars and all of these will be expected to maintain a steady pae and keep their place in line. The roads are good and the distance is only 135 miles, so the caravan is expected to reach Manhattan by 11 o'clock. The caravan will stop in all of the larger towns and the students will give a series of songs and cheers. The cars will be decorated with Nebraska colors and various signs that the owners care to put on them. An auto-ambulance will follow the car avan to repair the broken cars and to keep them going. Everyone wishing to go' in the car avan will be required to register and their place in line will be assigned to them at this time. The place of reg istration will be announced in The Daily Nebraskan Wednesday. The game will probably be one of the best of the season as Kansas Ag gies have only lost two games. They held Drake, the champions of the Valley, to a 7-to-6 score, which is quite an extraordinary performance. Bachman, the Kansas Aggie coach, is a Notre Dame graduate and their style of playing is much the same as that of the Irish. The Aggies always have one of the best teams in the valley and are always feared by any other valley team. Freshmen to Stage Olympic Tryouts Tryouts for the freshman boxing team to represent the class in the Olympics will be held at the Armory Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. The tryouts will be for all classes includ ing any weight The regular tryouts scheduled for last Wednesday were not held because of the rally that evening. Subscribe for the Cornhusker now. Freshmen Have Often Been Victors In Olympic Contests of the Past Much of the interest in the com ing Olympics between the freshmen and sophomores centers around the list of events which has not been announced yet Athletic events throughout the contests have run generally the same but the free-for-ali and special contests have run the gamut from the class scrap and med icine ball to the pole rush, and push ball. The cross country run featured the contest of 1911. In addition to this the regular boxing and wrestl ing contests and a flag rush compos ed the program. In-' the latter a flag was placed at the top of a pole and the ambitious freshmen were told that they now were possessed of the privilege of attempting to get it down. They entered into this new idea with zeal and easily overcame the second yearmen trying feebly to defend the pole. The sophomores always have been handicapped by . small numbers. Their troubles come not in the ath letic events but in the contests where might is right. These scraps or rushes are usually scored with more points than all the contests of iir combined, which naturally puts the smaller side to a disadvantage. Second-year men this year declare that their class is "different" and 11 of their men will be on hand to insure the wearing of the green by the freshmen until long after Christ mas. In 1913, the sixth Olympiad, one of the most interesting scraps in class history was recorded. The freshmen were the winners by rirtue f their victory in the f ree-f ejt-tXL They received thirty-five points out f a possible seventy-five, and this ith their scores won in the athletic nts gve them the right to de clare their superiority. The medicine ball event, a popu kr on tisen was won by the sopho- nores. Twenty men picked from ch class, not because of their ring skin in handling the elusive TO EXHIBIT OIL PAINTINGS Student Can View Work of Pat. tenon at Art Gallery. Howard Ashman Patterson's ex hibition of his oil paintings of the Southwest will open in the Art Gal lery, Library Hall, Friday, Novem ber 21. The exhibit which will be here for two weeks, will be open to the public from 3 to 6 o'clock Sun days, all day Saturdays, and from 9 to 12 o'clock in the morning on other days. These paintings are being exhibit ed now in Chappell House at Denver, Colorado, and are declared to be of the first importance, according to an article in the The Rocky Moun tain News, for Mr. Patterson is win ning fame by his work. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson are expect ed here next week. PRESENT MOLIERE'S PLAY 'THE MISER' Coffer-Miller Company Give Five-Act Comedy at' Temple Theater. Jess Coffer's characterization of "The Miser" last night was the out standing feature of the play of that name presented by the Coffer-Miller players at the Temple theater. Mol iere's five-act comedy deals with the trials of an old skinflint who is try ing to match his son and daughter in marriage in the most economical and profitable manner. Miss Martha Miller's portrayal of Frosine was almost equal to Mr. Cof fer's work. Frosine was an intrigu ing woman bent on extracting a sum from Harpagon, the miser, either by flattery or successful match-making between the old miser and Marianne, who it happens is also loved by Har pagon's son Cleante. Complications develop when it is found that Elsie, daughter of the miser, is loved by Valere, nis aide. Harpagon of course is concerned pri marily with his hoarded money and developments finally force him to choose between his money and mar riage with Marianne. All of the leading parts were said to have been handled well and the re ception of the play probably proves this. Valere, the flattering aide to the miser, was worked out to good advantage by Ulmont Healy. Miner Cobum took the part of the son of the miser. Cleante. His work was good and played in the right manner, Maitre Jacques, cook and coach man to Harpagon was amusing to t certain extent but his characteriza tion may be said to be a little exag gerated. Charles Booth played this ptfrt. Helen Mclntyre as Marianne displayed good work in her sweet gentle air and coquettishness. sphere, but for sheer brute strength, lined un fifteen yeards on either side of a pole, some twenty feet high. The object was to tapture the heavy ball which reposed gently on the top of the pole. The first year men showed a pre arranged organization from the stcrt. They apparently had worked the problem out and come to certain definite conclusions. One ol tnem reached the people and was boosted half way up before the sopnomores reached the scene of action. A com pact group of fighting freshmen was ready and waiting for the second year men and successfully repulsed tbpm until their agent had unfasten ed the ball and had thrown it far into sophomore territory. His efforts, however, proved to be . . . in in vain, lor somehow tne Dan was returned to freshman territory and remained there until the time limit of one hour was called. The free-for-all, according to The Daily Nebraskan of October 14, 1913, "was no less interesting. All the men either side could muster were lined on the ends of the athle tic field. Both sides were to rush towards each other and carry the opposing side or as many as possible to a line fifteen yards from the cen ter of the field. The contest soon resolved itself into a farce, for the freshmen outnumbered the sopho mores two to one." One amusing incident was record- mA vluii three or four iresnmen dragging a lone sophomore by three fingers and one ear gave tne ira oression of a prehistoric monster after a square meaL "The games as a wnoie were great show of spirit on the part of the lower classes," says The Daily Nebraskan. The victorious freab ies paraded the main street for some time after the battle and but for a few altercations with drivers, which were soon stopped by upperelassmen, the celebration was as orderly as eould be considered proper." Missionary Will Speak at Vespers Miss Ethel Hartley, a graduate of this University who is home on furlough from her duties as a Y. W. C. A. missionary in China, will be the speaker at Vespers in El len Smith Hall at 5 o'clock -this evening. In her work in China, Miss Hartley, was closely associat ed with the late Grace Coppock and with Vera Barger, the mis sionary to whom tha University Y. W. C. A. has given financial sup port since the death of Miss Cop pock. The speaker's subject will be "Y. W. C. A. Work in China." The special musical number at the services will be a harp and man dolin duet by Lucille Wright and Janet Mathews. GREEKS PLAN CONFERENCE Fraternity Representatives to Gather in New York Next Week. PROMINENT EDUCATORS APPEAR ON PROGRAM NEW YORK, Nov. 17. The Inter- fraternity Conference, annual gath ering of Greek-letter fraternity men from American colleges and univer sities, will be held at the Hotel Penn sylvania here November 27 and 28. More than fifty fraternities, a hun dred institutions of learning and 600,000 fraternity men will be rep resented. About 300 delegates will attend. ' A number of prominent educators, including several college presidents, will be present at the conference to confer on college problems with the officials of American fraternities and, as well, with fifty undergradu ates representing as many college councils. Every angle student, alumni .and faculty will be avail able. As the result of the success of an exneriment tried last year, a new fraternity will probably be formed at the conference. The number of college students desirous of fratern ity affiliations is increasing so rapid Iv that they canot be accommodated with the result that the Interfratnity Conference is aiding groups of locals to band together. Nearly a score of locals from all parts of the coun try want to start a new fraternity. The Interfratnity Conference was established at Chicago in 1909 through the efforts of Pres. W. H. P. Faunce of Brown, Hamilton Wright Mabie and others, to make fraternities appreciative of their common ideals and tasks. Through the efforts of the conference jealous ies and rivalries have been dimin ished and a conception fostered of the modern fraternity as an adjunct of self-government at American col leges and universities. A. Bruce Bielaski, a graduate of George Washington University and President of Delta Tau Delta, is chairman of the conference. He is an internationally known lawyer with offices at 120 Broadway. GAMUT CLUB HOLDS BUSINESS MEETING Dr. Lida B. Earhart Speaks At First Gathering of Year. The first meeting of - the Gamut Club was held Thursdsy evening at the Grand Hotel. Following a din ner a program was given and a short business session held with Elsie Frer- iches, the president of the club, pre siding. Dr. X,ida B. Earhart, sponsor of the club, spoke on the purposes and activities of the organization, saying it was a group of upper classwomen infarostixl in elementary education. brought together for social and in tellectual contact She predicted a prosperous year for the club. Mrs. A. L. Burnham spoke briefly on the value -of the organization. Several excellent musical numbers were giv- by Alice Knss and Helen oowen. Katherine Goodson, '27, Raven- wood, Mo., was elected treasurer, Marie Benjamni, '27, Superior, was made chairman of the refreshment committee, and Ester Evans. Kcnesaw, chairman ol tfte puDUcity committee, at the business meeting, fill vacancies. Thirtv new members have been elected and a drive for more is being inaugurated. Go' the Kansas Aggie-Nebraska football gai at Manhattan. DIRECTORY TO GO ON SALE Will Open Booth at Corner of Campus Thursday Morning. 800 CORRECTIONS MADE IN PROOFS The Student Directory will be placed on sale at 8 o'clock Thursday morning at a booth at Twelfth and R streets on the main campus, and in another booth at the campus of the College of Agriculture. The booths will be open until late Friday afternoon. There will be no solicitation of the student body. Only a limited number of the books have been ordered, and those who wish to secure them should do so at their earliest opportunity, according to Bennett S. Martin, '25, Oregon, Mo., in charge of the sale. Fifty cents will be charged for the books the same price that has been asked in former years. A few remaining "N" books will be placed on sale at the same time, for fifty cents each. Constant checking, carried on un til the last possible minute has made this year's directory the most accur ate ever issued. More than eight hundred errors in address, telephone numbers, and names, were corrected by means of the cards turned in during the time the proofs were posted for general inspection. Every name was checked with the original card turned in by the students, in addition to other proof-reading. A list of organizations and their presidents, and of fraternity and so rority addresses and telephone num bers precedes the faculty list Fol lowing the faculty list is the general student section, containing approxi mately nine thousand names. Or ganization lis follow this section, and separate it from the Omaha Medical College division which con tains the Omaha faculty list, the Omaha students by classes, and fra ternity lists. LIST GRADUATES IN BLUE PRINT Distribute Engineering Publi cation fo November This Week. Featured by a directory of all en gineering alumni and former stu dents of the College of Engineering the November issue of the Nebraska Blue Print, publication of Nebraska Engineering Society, is being distrib uted this week. Over 1,300 names are included in the directory. In most cases the name, department in which he was enrolled, degree, and present address are given. "Every effort has been made to make the directory as accur ate as possible," say the staff. "The directory is the result of a large amount of work and careful com pilation." The magazine this month contains forty-four pages with a light cream cover. Tne cover design snows me construction of the entrance to the state capitol. Several articles by alumni and. staff members, together with editorial comment, make up the magazine. "Listening in on the Bell Lines," by H. S. Kinney, '13, is the feature article. Mr. Kinney graduated from the electrical department in 1913 and from the civil department in 1922. He received the degree of Bachelor of Sciences in each department and is now instructor in mechanical draw ing and electrical engineering in the College of Engineering. His article describes the telephone systems and is illustrated. The "Hall of Fame" a regular de partment conducted for the purpose of telling about Nebraska alumni who have become well-known in en gineering circles, contains a sketch of Bion'J. Arnold, '97, who has gained prominence in the building of Jhe New York, New Haven and Hert ford railroad system. James D. Marshall, '25, Fremont, is general manager of the Blue Print The staff includes H. B. Kinsinger, '26, Milford, editor; Forest R. Hall, '26, Neligh, associate editor; Harold E. Edgerton, '25, Aurora, business manager; and Arthur M. Ekstrom,' '25, Omaha, circulation manager. Eng: ineering Dean to Address Society O. J. Ferguson, dean of the Col lege of Engineering, will speak at an open meeting of the Nebraska chap ter of Sigma XL honorary scientific society Wednesday in Mechanical Engineering Building. Prof. M. I. Evinger will discuss various projects of the electrical engineering depart ment and Prof. W. L. DeBaufre win tell of the work of the United States Bureau of Mines. Aitken to Speak At Forum Meeting Rev. Walter Aitken, pastor of the St Paul M. E. church of Lin coln who recently returned from a three-and-one-half month's' trip in Europe, will speak at the World Forum luncheon at the Grand ho tel Wednesday noon. He will dis cuss some phase of his trip. Tickets for the luncheon are twenty-five cents and may be pur chased at the Y. W. C. A. or Y. M. C. A. offices until 6 o'clock this evening. Tickets at the door Wednesday will be thirty-five cents. Rev. Mr. Aitken was a member of the American Fellowship Group which studied social, economic, ed ucational, and religious conditions in Great Britain, France, Holland, Germany, and Switzerland. SET DATE FOR MILITARY BALL Will Officially Open Winter Formal Season on December S. ANNOUNCE PATRONS AND PATRONESSES The annual Military ball will not be held December 13 but will be held December 5 as is announced in the "N" books. The ball will officially open the winter formal season and will usher in the series of winter par ties with a bit more of the pictur esque array typical of a military function, according to the senior cadet officers who are in charge. But three hundred tickets will be validated so that there will be plenty of room to dance and so that at the same time there will be no financial loss. One hundred' and fifty of the tickets will be reserved for cadet of ficers and the remainder will be" re leased for student sale. Tickets will go on sale November 24. Cadet of ficers will not be able to purchase tickets after December 2 according to plans now drawn up. A list of patrons and patronesses will include Major-General George B Duncan, Gov. and Mrs. Charles Bry an, Major and Mrs. Sidney Erickson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zehrung, Mr, and Mrs. C. J. Frankforter, and Lieut-Col. and Mrs. Kidwell. Cadet Colonels from all of the schools in the Seventh Corps area will be in vited. This will be the first appearance of Miss Dorothy Brown as honorary colonel of the cadet regiment She will appear in the French blue uni form with a cape lined with scarlet silk, an overseas cap bearing the three diamonds and trimmed in silk, a black Sam Brown belt, and black boots. She will lead the grand march with the cadet colonel. Elaborate plans for decoration are being worked out by Harold Gish. Favors for every couple have been ordered and a special twelve-piece orchestra under the supervision of the Kandy Kids will play special mus ic for the occasion. Following is the list of cadet offi cers in charge of the ball: Decorations. J. Raymond Tottenhoff, chairman, Willard Dover, Ben Greenberg, C. Henry Johnson, Harold W. Koehler, Edward C. Richardson, I. R. Ross, Morris M. Shapiro, Paul B. Zimmer man, Beryl Hgen, Raymond Hall, Forrest Hall, Jack Whalen, Lloyd Wagner, George M. Hill, John Shel don, R. N. Serr, John Gemmell. Muiic. David G. Richardson, chairman, Allen W. Tillotson, Ray Swallow, Kenneth McGregor, Leo Black, Orr Goodson. Refreshment. Harold E. Warren, chairman, John Kellogg, Robert Stephens, Cleo Rumsey, Vic Hackler, Oscar Keuhn, Loren W. Nelson. , Invitation. Roland L. Eastabrooks, chairman, John Ricker, Mark Fair, Walter Key. Plans. James D. Marshall, chairman, Glen Dunkle, Ray Randolph, Milton Tap pan, Harold Stebbina, Robert Scou lar, R. D. Tutty. Checking. Nathaniel Foote, chairman, Mathi as Volz, J. W. Ross, Charles Hrdlicka, E. A. Raun, Monte Kiffin. Barker Speaks to Staff of Hospital Dr. F. D. Barker, ''professor of Medical Zoology and Parasitology, was the principal speaker at a dinner Monday night for the staff of St Elisabeth's Hospita. He discussed the relation of parasites to disease. Go' the Kansas Aggie-Nebraska jfootban game at Manhattan. WILL STAGE THIRD PART? Spirit of Thanksgiving To Prevail at All-Univenity' Party. The third All-University party of the year will be held Saturday night at 8:15 in the armory. The last All-University party was held Octo ber 18, Homecoming day, as a part of the entertainment for the old grads. The spirit of Thanksgiving will prevail during the party Saturday evening. Cornstalks, pumpkins, and other Thanksgiving decorations will help put the proper spirit into the party. Music will be furnished by the Candy Kids eight-piece orchestra, starting promptly at 8:15. Refresh ments consisting of pumpkin pie and apple cider will be served. ANNOUNCE CAST FOR PLAY SOON Assert "Whispering Wires" Is One of Greatest Mystery Shows. The cast for "Whispering Wires' which the University Players will present at the Temple theater on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights of this week, with a matinee on Saturday, will be announced in The Daily Nebraskan Wednesday morning. , "Whispering Wires" is an intense mystery play said to exceed "The Bat" and "The Cat and the Canary" in thrills and action. It was adapted by Kate McLaurin from the Saturday Eevening Post story of the same name by Henry Leverage. One of the most baffling problems ever presented in a play is said to be the basis of the plot A million aire is warned that he is going to be killed. He 6huts himself in his room; the doors and windows are locked and barred. Yet he is killed by a re volver bullet,- f ired from within the room. BASKETBALL HEN START PRACTICE Six Veterans Report for Sea son's First Workout Mon day Evening. Six veterans reported at the first basketball practice of the season at the Armory Monday evening. Cap tain Volz, Usher, Goodson, Black, Tipton, and Eckstrom were the reg ulars who were on the floor. Prac tice will be held from 4 to 6 o'clock every day except Wednesday when it will be from 7:45 to 9:30. The real work of the season will not begin until the close of the foot ball season when Coach Kline will be able to give his full attention to the cage work. Nebraska opens the season with a road trip, playing the first game with the Kansas Aggies at Manhattan January 11. Go the Kansas Aggie-Nebraska football game at Manhattan. Truth Finally Brought to Bear On Kansas Mystery of 1899 The mystery surrounding the de feat of Nebraska's football team by Kansas in 1899 has been solved. How Coach Fielding H. Yost, now coach at the University of Michigan and coach of the Jayhawkers in 1839 worked a hoax on Nebraska which resulted in a victory for Kansas is told in the November issue of The Nebraska Alumnus. It is the storv of how a tall, raw youth stepped out of the timbers into a football suit and with only a few days' practice was started in the eame with the Cornhuskers. Ac cording to The Alumnus he "knock ed the Nebraska Cornhuskers silly by smashing the line like a veteran, tearing, great gnps in the defense and practically winning the game single handed." The mystery part of the tale was developed when the hero of the game, instead of returning to tne campus with his team to receive the praise he justly deserved mysteri ously disappeared. An account ap pearing in the Wheeling (W. Va.) Telegraph throws some light on the question. In the Kansaa camp that fall ap peared a backward recruit who had been induced by a Doctor "Nainsmith, now head of the physical education department, to don a uniform and try out for the squad. Coach Yost hardly noticed the youth and almost lauehed out loud when the idea of taking him to Nebraska was men tioned. Presumably under urging on the part of Doctor Nainsmith Yost took tfee recruit, named Krebs, to Lincoln "to see the game." CORNHUSKER DRIVE STARTS Six Sororitiea Tied For First Place in Race for Subscriptions. WINNER TO GET $50 WORTH OF FURNITURE Six sororities are leading in the race for subscriptions to the 1925 Cornhusker at the end of the first day. The leading organizations are Alpha Omicron Pi; Delta Delta Del ta; Kappa Alpha Theta; Gamma Phi Beta; Alpha Phi; and Kappa Kappa Gamma. The organization that sells tha most subscriptions will receive fifty dollars worth of furniture now on display in Rudge & Guenzcl's win dow. Second prize will be a special leather bound book with the organi zation's name lettered in gold on the cover. The highest individuals at the end of the first day were: Joyce Adair, Merle Danielson, Dorothy O'Shea, Verona Hall, Irene Lavely, Adeline Howland, Blanche Strader, Ines Lempke, Jo Bishop, Fern Staats, Alyer Wiecr, Barbara Morris. The six highest individuals at the end of the drive will receive a free copy of the Cornhusker with their name stenciled in gold on the cover. The management of the Cornhusk er is asking the students to notice that this is the week set aside for all subscriptions to be-made. There must be so many Cornhuskers sold and if the quota is not reached it may mean a raise in price on the Cornhusker, so it behooves everyone to subscribe this week. All organizations must check in their books each day from four till six or they will be penalized. Mr. Lang wished to emphasize that the 1925 Cornhusker will be filled with "human interest" photographs and sketches. The style will be less rigid than in former years and there will be more informal pictures of everyday happenings on the campus. The student life section this year will be entitled "Mirrors of Nebras ka" and the staff promises an unus ually spicy section of campus satire and humor. Work on this section was started last summer and many writeups have been submitted now. The editors are working on the the ory that a successful student life sec tion must be commenced early. The section will be much larger than last year. A large autographed picture of President Coolidge will appear at the front of the Military section and also a personal greeting from the Presi dent to the students of the Univer sity of Nebraska. This will appear in the military section because the President is the Comander-in-Chief of the American army. There will probably be a picture and greeting from the Secretary of War and the Chief of Staff. ' J. J. Sher, manager of the College Annual Division of the Bureau of Engraving, made the prediction re cently that "the 1925 'Cornhusker of Service' will be the biggest and most striking annual ever featured at the University of Nebraska." Consequently when the Kansas coach announced Krebs as a starter in the backfield fans began to won der whether Yost was crazy or whether he had found the eighth wonder of the world. Their wonder ment did nut cease when the young ster tore through Nebraska on every play and hung up a victory for the . Jayhawkers. After Kreb's disappearance Kansas men commented long and loud and though Yost joined them to a cer tain extent he did not elaborate on any theories he may have had. The mystery remained unsolved until a letter from C. E. Krebs, brother of G. R. Krebs the mystery man cams to light It said: "In regard to playing footbaU at the University of Kansas I want to advise that my brother, G. R. Krebs, was graduated from West Virginia University in 1899. During bis col lege course he was a member of the West Virginia football team and played for five years with that team, two years of which he spent with Coach Fielding H. Yost, playing side by side with him before he became famous. "During the faU term of 1899 briber entered university as a law student and acted in the capacity, as I was informed he did, as be was a personal friend of Ycst before Z? ing to Kansas." That Krebs was a "ringer" brought to Kansas by his friend, Yost, for the specific purpose of de feating Nebraska had never been thought of by either side. Tct certainly playsd hit rart well," tn? the letter from Krb' brotr.rr.