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-
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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.
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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
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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.
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