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The Daily Nebrask an VOL. XXIV NO. 59. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1924 PRICE 5 CENTS ORATORIO WILL BE GIVEN FRIDAY "The Messiah" to Be Staged at Temple for Twenty-ninth Time at Nebraska. MRS. RAYMOND HAS CHARGE OF MUSIC "The Messiah, oratorio by Handel, will be given at the University of Nebraska for the twenty-ninth time, Friday night at the Temple theater. The oratorio is to be especially pleas ing this year as the chorus has been Improving steadily in the last few weeks, according to Carrie Belle Raymond, director of music, in charge of the production. Mrs. Raymond first came to Ne braska in 1894, and in 1896 she was at the head of the production of the Messiah. It has been given every Year since then. During the last few years, the University orchestra has played the .pnmnaniment Jt will do so this year under the direction of W. .T, Quick. A stringed quintet, compos ed of E. J. Walt, first violin ; E. Har rison, second violin; W. T. Quick, viola; Lillian Eitch, 'cello and Mr. Hark Pierce, bass; will be used also. The soloists in the production this year are Elsie Neely, soprano; Sylvia Cole, contralto; Hobart Davis, tenor and Deitrich Dirks, base. They were chosen from the chorus. The Messiah was composed in 1741 by George Frederick Handel, and at iti first performance it made a last ing impression upon the audience The impression was so great that after the Hallelujah chorus the en tire assembly arose to its feet spon toneously. Since that time it has been customary for the audience to remain standing during this particu lar part of the oratorio. The Messiah is given all over the civilized world, and in every town of any size. ANNOUNCE PLEDGES - OF DELTA OMICRON Honorary Musical Sorority Members Choose Ten -Women on Founder's Day. Ten pledges of Delta Omicron, honorary musical sorority, were an nounced last night at a founder's day meeting at Ellen Smith Hall. The pledges are Mrs. Fred Nohavec, Blanch Martz, Dorothy Howard, Alice Criss, Ruth Warner, Charlene Cooper, Doris Becker, Gertrude Mumford, Lois Ord, and Dorothy Dienes. ' A short history of the local chap ter as well as of the national sorority was given at the meeting. A musical program, consisting of numbers by a trio composed of Mary Creekpaum, Mary Edgerton and Harriet Cruise and Tocal solos by Elizabeth Cole man and Marian Yoder, was given. DE BAUFRE RETURNS FROM EASTERN TRIP Discusses Apparatus for Pro duction of Helium with Board of Engineers. Prfaf. W. L. DeBaufre of the de partment of mechanical engineering returned last week from a trip East, here he attended a meeting of the Board of Helium Engineers of the Bureau of Mines, Washington, of which he is a member. Discussion chiefly centered on the apparatus for a large production plant which is un der construction at Fort Worth, Tex . according to the process developed by the board. The board inspected some of this apparatus at Hartford, Conn., where it is being built. Professor DeBaufre also was pres ent at some of the sessions of the meeting of the American Society pf Mechanical Engineers in New York, but was unable to make the trip to Lakehurst, N. J.t to inspect the Shen andoah and the Los Angeles, naval irshipg, on display there. The Bureau of Mines has award ed another six-month contract to the University for research on helium, hich makes $ 10,000 given the Uni versity for work in this product Oklahoma Geologists View Oil-well Core S- K. Clark, '16, H. C. Mortlock, and Donald Kelly, '24, geologists jw the Marian Oil Company, Tulsa, ", visited the office of the conser 'hon and survey division last week, J" inquiries regarding the logs . 'P el!s and examining the core ell recently drilled near Ne- Men Wind up ENGINEERS PLAN INSPECTION TRIP Committee Will Plan Itinerary; Faculty Members Will Conduct Studies. REPORT TO BE MADE TO NATIONAL BOARD Three important committees have been announced by the faculty of the College of Engineering. One is that in charge of the annual engineering inspection trip. Under the chairman ship of C. A. Sjogren of the depart ment of mechanical engineering, H. J. Kesner, F. W. Norris, C. M. Duff, and J. D. Parsons will plan the itin erary and details of the annual en gineering inspection trip, required once of all engineers before gradua tion. Last year the group went to Chi cago, but this year a shorter trip is contemplated. Successive years are designated as "long trips" and "short trips" in order to minimize the ex pense for students not able to take the more expensive trip. Participa tion is open to juniors and seniors, many of whom go both years. The following committees (of the Faculty of the College of Engineer ing) have been appointed to under take their respective studies, form ing a part of the program of the Board of Investigation of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education: Committee Aa 1 (Professor C. W. Smith, chairman, F. W. Norris, D. J. Young, A. A. Luebs, E. A. Gronc) will make a study of entering stu dents and their preparation for the study of engineering. Committee Aa 2 (Prof. W. L. De Baufre, chairman, G. R. Chatburn, C. E. Mickey, O. E. Edison, and J. Smay) will make a study of the basis of admissions and eliminations of stu dents. Both of these studies involve a con siderable amount of investigation and contemplate going very fully into the fields. The results will be reported to the central committee in New York City and there coordinated with sim ilar reports from other engineering schools. It is proposed also to make a study of the faculty personnel for the purpose of supplying statistics to the central committee. This will be done directly by Dean work O. J Ferguson. Christmas reciss will begin at noon Saturday, December 20, and end Monday, January 5. Schenectady Alumni of University Sing Cornhusker Fifteen Nebraska Grads Hold - - a Second Session Since Re cent Organization. Fifteen members of the Schenec- tady-Nebraska University Alumni Club met Friday, December 5, at the home of W. K. Fowler, 100 Glen wood Boulevard, for their second meeting since organizing recently. A short business session was held, following which a social evening was enjoyed. Games were played and after a lunch the meeting was con cluded with songs of Nebraska U. The Schenectady Club is composed of an enthusiastic group or lormer Cornhuskers and it is expected that the local organization will soon em- Football Season at Banquet ' ft : "... ' -rT .s- ? h r.t nyep:: o w. j id Jk :t , . . . . Reports for Thrid Quarter Are Filed The third quarterly reports on the scholarship standing of stu dents in the University of Nebras ka were filed at the office of the executive dean Saturday the names of students whose work to date is "Fail," "Condition," or "Incomplete." The scholarship committee will meet this week. SCABBARD AND BLADE ELECTS SIXTEEN MEN Honorary Military Oganiza tion Will Give Formal Pledge Service. Sixteen men have been elected to Scabbard and Blade, honorary mili tary organization. The new men were elected at a meeting neia in Nebraska Hall, at 7 o'clock Thurs day, and will be pledged formally Tuesday noon, December IS. The pledges are: Stan Rieff, '27. Omaha. Gerald Davis, '26, Norfolk. John Welpton, '26, Omaha. Ralph Bartling, 'Z7, Omaha. Charles Hrdlicka, '26, Omaha. Bill Hein, '26, Wilber. Mark Fare, '26, Lincoln. Walter Key, '27, Omaha. Floyd Wagner, '28, Omaha. Paul Treadwell, '26, Lincoln Raymond Tottenhoff, '26, North Platte. Bruce Clark, '27, Columbus. Don Sampson, '26, Central City, Bob Scoular, '26, Superior. Allen Gould, '26, Central City. Victor Hackler, '27, Omaha. RABBI TO ADDRESS STUDENTS Will Speak at Convocation Tuesday and Wednesday. Rabbi Mannheimer of Des Moines, Iowa, will speak at University con vocations in the Temple Tuesday and Wednesday at 11 o clock, under the director of the Jewish Chautau qua Society. "Do We Need a Bible?" will be Rabbi Mannheimer's topic Tuesday morning. On Wednesday morning he will speak on "The Social Mes sage of the Prophets." The Jewish Chautauqua Society has sent a number of summer-ses sion speakers to the University. Songs at Meeting brace every graduate of the Univer sity in Schenectady. The appointment of H. R. Mann as secretary by President H. E. Brook ings was confirmed by the members of the club at the meeting. Any Ne braska graduates who wish to join the club should communicate with either the secretary or the president. Those present included : L. A. Shel don, 1905; A. R. Rich, 19iS; W. L. Wright and W. .K Fowler, 1916; F. H. Doremus, 1922; R. W. Maxwell, G S. Hyatt, R. D. Mc Arthur and S. J. Kester, 1923; W. M. McDermott, L. P. Shildneck, R. O. Trcmp, H. R. Mann, F. J. Moles and H. E. Brook ings 1924. The next meeting of the club will be held January 6, the place to be announced later. POULTRY JUDGERS CAPTURE SEVENTH Ag College Team Places in Fifth Annual Contest at Chicago Coliseum. A, poultry-judging team, consisting of three men from the College of Ag riculture, placed seventh at the fifth annual intercollegiate poultry-judging contest, which is held in connec tion with the Chicago Coliseum poul try show. E. C. Woodrick, Valley Falls, Kansas, was the high man on the Nebraska team. Michigan Agricultural College won the first honors, with Iowa State Col lege, second ; Purdue was third an 1 Illinois, fourth. After the- contest, the students were taken through the poultry mar ket and a large cold-storage plant at Chicago. ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY DRAWS 400 Harriet Cruise and Orville An drews Sing; Yuletide Spirit Prevails. Four hundred attended the annual all-University party held Saturday evening in the Armory. The Armory was decorated for the occasion with a twenty-foot Christmas tree, glittering with tinsel and various colored lights, arising from the center of the floor. From it were draped streamers of scarlet and cream to the corners of the room. A dance by four pupils of the Don na Gustin dancing studio and songs by Harriet Cruise and Orville An drews constituted the entertainment of the evening. Lattimer Hubka was general chairman of the party. Wil- hemine Schelleck and Robert Hoag land were responsible for the enter tainment and Mary Gillan and Oliver Sautter for the decorations. Women Gather V' ft- t FOUR TEAMS GO TO SEMIFINALS Delt, A. T. O., Acacia, and D. U. Teams Win Third-round Cage Tilts. TWO GAMES MONDAY; FINALS WEDNESDAY YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Delta Tau Delta, 10; Phi Gamma Delta, 9. Alpha Tau Omega, 20; Alpha Gamma Rho, 15. Delta Upsilon, 14; Sigma Phi Ep- silon, 11. Acacia 18; Kappa Sigma, 11. MONDAY'S GAMES. Delta Tau Delta Alpha Tau Omega, 4 o'clock. Delta Upsilon, Acacia, 4:20. Four fast and close games charac terized the third round of play in the interfraternity basketball tourn ament yesterday. From the eight Greek quintets entering the last round before the semifinals, Delta Tau Delta, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Upsilon, and Acacia emerged victori ous. The semifinals will be held in the Armory tomorrow afternoon begin ning at 4 o'clock. The Delta and A. T. O. men will clash in the first bat tle. At the end of the first half Delta Upsilon and Acacia will take the floor for one half of their game, and will play the second half after the last period of the Delta-A. T. O. contest. The winners will meet in the final game Wednesday for the championship and the silver basket ball trophy now held by Delta Upsi lon. More basketball was shown in yes terday's contests than ever before. The first game between the Delts and Phi Gamma Delta was fast and thrilling, the score see-sawing back and forth throughout the entire game. Close guarding on both sides kept the score down to 10-9. Mielena and Holland Lead. It was a clean game all the way, with Mielenz and Holland topping the scoring with two field goals apiece. Holland of the Delts cap tured the first score and followed, a second later, with another basket The first half was almost half played before the Phi Gamma scored. Then three goals following each other put the score at 8-6 at the end of the half, with the Delts in the lead. (Continued on Page Four.) FRESHMEN WOMEN ARE ENTERTAINED Valkyrie Members Give Tea for First-year Students at Ellen Smith Hall. Members of Valkyrie, organiza tion for senior and junior women, entertained the freshman women at a tea in Ellen Smith Hall from 4 un til 6 o'clock Friday afternoon. Mies Louise Pound, Miss Marguerite Mc Phee, Miss Amanda Heppncr, Mrs. Marguerite Lonam Scott, Miss Doro thy Pierce and Miss Mary Towle, who is president of the organization, were in the receiving line. Valkyrie colors, purple and white, were used in the decorations. A bowl of sweetpeas, and candles tied with purple ribbons were on the serving table. at Annual Cornhusker Party Vespers Will Depict Spirit of Christmas The Christmas vesper services will be held in Ellen Smith Hall at 5 o'clock Tuesday evening. A huge red candle, the flame of which is symbolical of the Christ mas spirit, will be lighted. A spe cial musical and devotional pro gram will be given, with every thing in keeping with the holiday spirit. The vesper choir and a girls' quartet will sing Christmas carols. There will be no regular address, but a Christmas story will be read by Neva Jones. Helen Tomson will be leader. The choir will wear surplices, and all others taking part in the program will wear white dresses. This is one of the prettiest vesper services of the year, and all Uni versity women arc invited to attend. WOMEN STAGE ANNUAL PARTY Coeds Choose Curious Outfits in Colorful Costume Affair in Armory. PLAYS AND SKITS GIVEN BY GROUP History, Main Street, and Mother Goose were all thrown together in the riotously colorful costumes of the more than one thousand girls who frolicked at the annual Cornhusker party in the Armory Friday evening from 7 until 10:30. Dancing to the music of thp Pol- lyannas' orchestra was in order while the crowd, arrived. It came from all the corners of the earth, and from across the alley; from the days of ShakesDeare and from the lifetime of Andy Gump. Everyone was rep resented from the hoariest of grand parents to the lustiest of twins in a wobbly perambulator. There were Indians, Martha Washingtoms, gyp sies, football men, fairies, hobos, freckled "hicks" and supercilious "sheiks," snowflakes, pirates, bathing eirls. boot-leggers. Sambos, Cinder- ellas, Chinese, and senoritas. Players Present Skit. The first stunt to be announced by Barbara Wiggenhorn, president of the Women's Self-Government Asso ciation, was "The Wrong Number," a clever little play by members of the University Players. Out of large, gaily decked boxes arose the participants in ine song-and-dance skit presented by Silver Serpent, junior women's society. "Fun," "Dancing," "Beautiful Girls," and "Blues," were the labels on the boxes and the inspirations of the mer rymakers who emerged from them. Mystic Fish, freshman women's so ciety, presented two of its number as dashing young men, at whose vocal pleadings there appeared twelve charming girls, each in garb appro priate to one month in the year. Have Drive Stunt. The green cap and awkward form of a freshman appeared first in the stunt given by Xi Delta, sophomore women's society. Upon him, locust like, descended the subscription driv ers. In turn he subscribed for The Daily Nebraskan, the Awgwan, and the Cornhusker, bought season ath letic tickets and University Players seats, contributed to the Y. W. C. A. campaign and helped send the band to Notre Dame. At the end, his pockets were empty, but his chest was (Continued on Page Three.) CORNHUSKERS HOLD BANQUET Traditional Windup of Foot ball Season Is Staged at Scottish Rite Temple. TEAM, BUSINESS MEN, COACHES ARE GUESTS The traditional windup of the 1924 football season was held Fri day night at the Scottish Rite Trmple when hundreds of loyal CormiLskers representing the student body, alum ni, faculty, and dads, attended the an nual Cornhusker banquet. Forty members of the 1924 foot ball squad, together with the coaches and managers, and fifty of Lincoln's most prominent business men were the honored guests of the evening. The banquet hall was decorated with scarlet and cream streamers. Captain Ed Weir, suffering from injuries received during the Oregon Nebraska game, was welcomed into the banquet hall by a rousing cheer of all present. He expressed the spirit of the occasion with his few words, "Now we're absolutely togeth er; let's pull for Nebraska." Show Slides of Players. Slides of former Nebraska teams and captains were shown as a pre banquet feature in the lodge room, under, the supervision of Fred Cor nell, master of ceremonies. Mem bers of the Scottish Rite, through whose courtesy the hall was acquired, were introduced. After a three-course banquet had been served, Wendell Berg, presi dent of the Innocents, introduced Robert Joyce, toastmaster of the eve ning. Mr. Joyce maintained a varied flow of witticisms throughout the evening. In his introductory remarks he told of the assets of a football team such as Nebraska's, and the sup port it could expect from the Lincoln business men. The fifty representa tive dads were in turn introduced, af ter which Nick Amos, '28, Omaha, led rousing yells for the team and dads. Avery Speaks. Chancellor Samuel Avery, having been requested to give something of a serious nature, stressed the fact that coaches and students come and go, but the University of Nebraska goes on forever. "Loyalty is what counts in the upbuilding of the insti tution. Build worthily." Lute Morse, brought the Cornhusk er spirit to an apex with his comic interpretations and jokes. Charles W. Bryan, Governor of Nebraska, told in an interesting toast of the fame Nebraska's football teams have gained. Father O'Con ner, of Havelock, told of the spirit and fight of Cornhusker elevens even in defeat. Will Ryans, cashier of the First National Bank, with a supply of Irish jokes, gave a toast centered about his views of the football sea- n. Coach Reviews Season. Coach Fred Dawson brought the Cornhusker spirit to a climax with a review of the past football season. He also explained just why Nebras ka's schedule for the coming year does not include more large games. "We must be square with the Mis souri Valley teams. If we had not given Drake the home game, they would have had but one. The same applies to' Manhattan. Sportsman ship demanded that the schedule be made as it is." He stressed the point that Nebras ka's gridiron reputation has grown nationwide. "The rise of Nebraska's spirit in the face of defeat," he said, is what makes a coach s life worth while." FIND FEW WOMEN OF "GRADE A" POSTDRE Physical Education Depart- ment Discovers Coeds Have Poor Carriage. Only one-half per cent of the Uni versity women examined last week by the women's physical education department in connection with its correct-posture campaign were found to have postures nearly enough per fect to classify in the "A" division. Among the other interesting facta disclosed by the examinations it was found that 44 per cent have for ward heads, 60 per cent hava for ward shoulders, 22 1-2 per cent have hollow backs, 44 per cent have pro truding abdomens, 24 per cent have forward hips, 48 per cent carry one shoulder high, 45 per cent have one hip more prominent than the other, 54 per cent have weak feet, 22 per cent are overweight, and 28 per cent are underweight. The women who were classified in the "A" posture class are: Evelyn Jack, Gertrude Laper, Martha Far rar, Florence Glazier, Claire Cow man, Dorothy Graham, Helen More bead, Lila Norton, Lncile Sturm, Helen VanGilder, Elizabeth Web ster, and Lucile Wright. f