The Daily Nebraskan
ZfiL. XXIV-NO. 136.
fETsETNEW
BANQUET DATE
Will Not Be Held Wednes
day Night a Previously
Planned.
EXACT DATE NOT DECIDED
Committee in Charge Expects
to Know Today and Will No
tify Various Fraternities of
Change.
The dote for the Interfraternity
Banquet, which was to be Wednes
day night, has been changed to a
later night this week, Raymond Tot
tenhoff, chairman of the committee,
aid last night. The date was chang
ed because of a conflict with the
DeMolays, who uad made previous
arrangements concerning- the use of
the Scottish Rite Temple tomorrow
night
The exact date had not been de
cided late yesterday, but it will prob
ably be today, and will be announced
in The Daily Nebraskan. Fraterni
ties will be personally notified of
the change.
An excellent program hae been ar
ranged for the banquet this year,
which will last from 6 until 8 o'clock.
Regent Frank W. Judson, Omaha,
has been secured as a speaker, and
the committee may obtain Carlisle
Gray, president of the" Union Paci
fic railroad as another. Prof. ,R. D.
Scott, who has been working on the
committee, will be toastmaster.
Chancellor Avery will make a short
talk.
The presentation of the scholar
ship placques to the fraternities with
the highest standings for last two
semesters will take place at the ban
quet In order to insure a large
number at the event, the committee
is requesting that all fraternities
close their tables. The Kandy Kids
eight-piece orchestra will furnish
music.
The committee in charge is Ray
mond Tottenhoff, chairman, Bennett
Martin, Phil Lewis, and R. D. Scott.
ARTS CONVOCATION
TO BE HELD TODAY
Meeting in Temple at 11
O'clock Held as Part of
National Music Week.
Students from the College of Fine
Arts will give the convocation pro
gram this morning at 1 J o'clock whih
will be held at the Temple. Profes
sor Paul Grummann, head of the Fine
Arts Department, is sponsoring the
convocation as part of National Mu
sic Week- The program will be as
follows:
Poet and Peasant Overture Sup
pe; Robert Bramblette.
In the Boat Grieg; One Summer
Night Grieg; Miss Blanche Martz,
Dr. Marjorie Little, accompanist.
Spanish Dance Granados-Kreis-ler;
Robert Bramblette.
A. D. 1620 (Landing of the Pil
grims) McDowell; Song McDow
ell; Delta Omicron Trio, cello Mary
Creekpaum, violin Mary Ellen Ed
gerton, piano Harriet Criuse.
American Polonaise Carpenter;
Thelma Sexton.
University To
Give Special
Examinations
An intelligence test will be given
by the LTniversity May 9 at eleven
o'clock in Social Science 105 for stu
dents who plan to enter the Univer
sity next year, and who have com
pleted a four-year course in a non
accredited high schooL The test
must be passed with an average
equal to that of the freshman class
of the preceeding year. In some
cases an ordinary examination is
given, but the intelligence test has
been used with success during the
past two or three years.
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Applications for the following
positions on the staff of The Daily
Nebraskan beginning next Sep
tember will be received until noon
Saturday, May 9: editor, contrib
uting editor, managing editor,
news editor, assistant news editor,
business manager, assistant bus
iness manager, circulation manag
er. Application blanks may be got
at the office of the chairman and
of Secretary J. K. Selleck.
M. M. FOGG,
Chairman, Student Publication
Board.
May 4, 1925.
Miss Barger Speaks
At Vespers Today
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Miss Vera Barger, Y. W. C. A.
traveling secretary and missionary in
China, who is in the United states
on a furlough, and is visiting the
University campus will be the speak
er at Vespers tonight which will be
held at Ellen Smith Hall at 5 o'clock.
Carolyn Buck, as a representative of
the Grace Coppock staff, will lead.
Comedy Given
This Week-end
By Two Casts
"The Imaginary Invalid," by Moli
ere, a satirical comedy on the medical
profession of Moliere'sage, will be
given by the University Players May
8 and 9. There will be two casts of
players. One cast will present the
play Friday afternoon and evening,
and the other cast Saturday after
noon and evening. Ray Ramsey and
Darrell Starnes will play the leads.
The play h being given as a part of
the Fine Arts program for the sea
son. The story is built on the life of a
hypochondriac, Argan, who wants his
daughter to marry a young doctor so
that he might enjoy his ill-health to
the utmost. His wife wants him to
die so that she might get his money.
Upon these two facts the play
abounds in scenes of hilarious ab
surdity. One scene, the spectacle of
the rotund Argan clambering into his
bed, is a high spot in the play. Also
the young doctor inviting his fiance
to a dissection clinic, is enough to
stir the risibilities of a gargoyle.
"The Imaginary Invalid" has been
given at the Temple theater several
times by the Coffer-Miller Players
and has always been enthusiastically
received. This time the play is un
der the direction of H. Alice Howell.
The costumes for the play are be
ing designed and made by students of
tho dramatic department under the
direction of Rose Borgdanoff, noted
Russian theater lecturer.
Tickets for the play may be pur
chased at the Curtice Music Store,
1240 "O" street Seats for the mat
inee are fifty cents and the evening
seats are one dollar.
DELEGATE ADDRESSES LEAGUE
Junior League of Women Voter.
Hears Ruth Comstock
Ruth Comstock, Nebraska dele
gate to the Women's League conven
tion which was held at West Hamp
ton College, Virginia, spoke on her
experiences there at the meeting of
the Junior League of Women Vot
ers, held Thursday evening at tne
home of Mrs. C. A. Sorenson.
Kohraska was the state farthest
west to send a delegate to this con
ference. There were sixty-tnree
JolsmtPi in attendance, but most of
them represented eastern colleges.
The program included discussions uh
"What the League can do for the
Ynnmr Woman." and "What the Col
lege Girl Can Do For the League."
The Nebraska League is interest
ed in a system tried out by the Uni
versity of Ohio, where the Junior
elections and conducted them on the
-o niBn that the regular elections
are run, deluding uniform printed
! ballots, judges snd clerks.
This was the last general rov
ing of the year, although there will
be a meeting of the council to Pn
next year's program.
W. A. A. Holds Last
Meeting Tomorrow
The last regular meeting of the
Women's Athletic Association for
this year will be held Wednesday at
7:00 in the Social Science auditor
Thia mptinr will be the most
important meeting of the year. Every
member should make an enon w
'present as an attempt will be made
to finish all of the important busi
ness of this semester. Arrangements
will be made for the W. A. A. Ban
quet and committee will be appoint-ed.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,
Regimental Parade
To Be Held Today
A regimental review and purade
will be held toduy; the first call will
be sounded at 5 o'clock, and assembly
at 5:10. Major Sidney Eriekson will
review and inspect the troops. All ca
dets are required to attend as the
purade will be preliminary to the
War Department inspection Friday.
FRANKFORTER
GIVES SPEECH
Reserve Officer Will Present
Case Before World For
um Wednesday Noon.
DEFENDS COMPULSORY
MILITARY TRAINING
Prof. C. J. Frankforter, of the de
partment of chemistry, will present
the case for compulsory military
training in the colleges at the World
Forum .luncheon at the Grand hotel
Wednesday noon.
So that all students who wish to at
tend the luncheon may be accommo
dated, the committee in charge of the
World Forum requests that students
buy their tickets before 6 o'clock this
evening. Tickets, which are twenty
five cents, may be purchased at the
Y. M. C. A. office in the Temple at
the Y. W. C. A. office in Ellen Smith
Hall, or from members of the com
mittee. Professor Frankforter is now a
lieutenant colonel in the infantry of
the reserved corps. He enlisted in
the infantry in August, 1917, and
was commissioned captain in Novem
ber, 1917. Until about July 1, 1918,
he was a company commander in the
!6th division. At that time he was
transferred to the chemical warfare
service and was stationed at the
Edgewood arsenal in Maryland. At
this time he was commissioned major
and was placed in the chlorine sec
tion and was also executive officer of
the fourth battalion in that service.
He remained at that post until
February 1, 1919. At that time he
was transferred to the University of
Nebraska and was commandant here
for about four months. He was dis
charged in June, 1919. He was com
missioned reserve majcr in the chem
ical warfare service. At his own re
quest he was transferred to the in
fantry and later promoted to lieuten
ant colonel, which position he now
holds.
C. A. Sorensen, a Lincoln attorney,
spoke against compulsory military
training at the meeting last week
The discussion this week will close
the Forum's activities for this year.
METHODISTS PLAN PICNIC
All Methodist Student. looted to
Attend Gathering;
A nirnif for all Methodist stu
dents will be given by the Metho
dist Student Council at Epworth Lake
park next Friday, May 8. All Meth
nHiKt ntudents are invited. Tickets
may be secured from members of the
rmmril before Wednesday. Those
who plan to attend will meet in the
Y. M. C. A. room of the Temple at
5:30 Friday and cars will take them
out to the park.
The entertainment committee, ol
which Merritt Collins is chairman has
arranged for indoor baseball, races,
and other games of a picnic nature.
Picnic refreshments will be served
according to the committee of which
Lillian Hale is chairman.
t: nirnie is the last of a series
of five gatherings planned by the
Methodist Student Council for the
nnrnose of eetting Methodists stu
dents at the University better ac
quainted.
Reed Expected Home
From Meeting Today
Prof. A. A. Reed, of the Exten
sion Department, who has been at
tending a convention ol tne rxien
sion Association at Charlottesville,
Va.. since last Tuesday, is expected
to return to Lincoln today. The mat
ter of combining radio lectures .with
extension work, which has been thor
oughly tried at Nebraska, was dis
cussed in detail at the meeting.
May-Day Breakfast
Planned Saturday
The secord all-University May
Day breakfast and inter-sorority
sing will be held next Saturday
morning. May 9- All sororities,
fraternities and dormitories have
been atked to close their tables
und attend the breakfast in
groups. No tickets will be sold.
The breakfast will be served caf
eteria style for 25 cents a plate.
W. S.-G. A. is sponsoring the affair.
ACADEMY MEETS
FOR THREE DAYS
Nebraska Academy of Science
to Hold Joint Meetings with
Other Societies.
REGISTRATION STARTS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
The Nebraska Academy of Science,
held Jointly with the Nebraska sec
tion of the American Chemical So
ciety, Nebraska section of the Mathe
matics Association of America and
Sigma Xi, will hold its thirty-fifth
annual meeting at the University of
Nebraska, Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday, May 7, 8, 9. The public is in
vited to all meetings, especially
Thursday and Saturday evening lec
tures. The officers of the Nebraska of
Science are: president, Dr. Paul B.
Sears, University of Nebraska; vice-
president, Professor W. S. Huxford,
Doane College j secretary-custodian-
Profcssor Virginia Zimmer, Univer
sity of Nebraska; treasurer, Profes
sor P. K. Slaymaker, University of
Nebraska ; councillors, Professor
Leva B. Walker, Professor M. G.
Gaba, and Professor J. A. Moss.
The Academy will open at 1:15
Thursday afternoon, Muy 7, with the
registration of members and guests
at the desk in the lobby of the Temple
Building. At 2 o'clock the section
meetings will be held. The biology
and medical section will meet in Bes
sey Hall, the chemistry section will
meet in Chemistry Hall, and the
earth science section will meet in Ne
braska Hall.
Professor Doby to Sceak
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock
sharp, Professor Geza Doby, Univer
sity of Budapest, Hungary, will give
a lecture on "Enzymes and Plant
Diseases." Chancellor Avery will in
troduce the speaker and will welcome
the Academy.
Friday morning at 8:30 a business
meeting will be held at Brace Hall.
(Continued on Page Three.)
PEP MEETING IS
OPENER FOR WEEK
Engineers Rally at Temple at
Beginning; of Ninth Annu
al Celebration.
University of Nebraska Engineers
met yesterday morning at 11 o'clock
at the Temple theater for a pep
meeting which opened the ninth an-
nual Engineers' Week.
The engineers' orchestra started
the meeting. The first speaker on
the program was Coach Bearg who
spoke on the subject "SticVem." He
emphasized the value of "adhesive
ness" on the athletic field and in
school.
The next speech was given by
Professor Mickey, chairman of the
Civil Engineering department who
discussed the question of rivalry be
tween the "Laws" and the Engi
neers." He also told of various
pranks and ftunts that had occurred
during previous Engineers' Week
and the consequences resulting from
them.
Associate Professor Haney, of the
Mechanical Engineering department,
read a paper on "The Correct Meth
od of Operating a Slide Rule by
Means of Four Slips." The new
methods of procedure which he des
cribed were easily understood by all
and the discussion was one of the
most intricate given to Nebraska
Engineers this year. He went into
details in describing in describing
the operation of the instrument, a
common one to engineers, and an
nounced that copies of his paper
would ba distributed later in the
week.
His method for' overcoming trouble
in finding the correct position for
the decimal point was especially en
lightening. "If your grandmother
was born in 1852," Professor Hr.ey
said "place the decimal point to tho
right of the second figure from the
left, but if she was born in 1846
place the point to the left of the
fifth figure from the right" He
also gave some valuable bints as to
the sx action of a satisfactory and
efficient slide rule.
Carl Gerber, general chairman of
Engineers' Week announced the pro
gram for the week. The Engineers
then sang the Cornhusker, gave their
yell and closed the meeting for the
day.
Freshmen Will
Hold Wire Meet
Drake University and Nebraska
1. M n will Mamh avpp thtt wired
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graphic meet of the year. The events!
h-re will be rtn off in the Memorial
Stadium and results will be wired to
Des Moines to the Drake institution,
TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1925.
Lectures Are Given
By Professor Fogg
Prof. M. M. Fogg, director of the
School of Journalism, spoke before
tho Freshman Lecture class last night
on "Modern Journalism." He will
repeat his lecture before the Tuesday
division this morning at 9 o'clock.
HOLD ACADEMIC
CONTESTS MAY 9
Every Accredited Secondary
School May Enter Three
Representatives.
t
ARRANGED SO THAT
ALL SCHOOLS EQUAL
Every accredited secondary school
in Nebraska is entitled to enter three
representatives for each event in the
annual Interscholastic Academic Con
tests which will be held here Satur
day, May 9. The awards are so ar
ranged and the work is of such a
nature, that the smallest school en
tering the contest will compete on
the same plane with the largest.
Students entering the contest must
be in good standing in all subjects
and must be taking the equivalent
of three full subjects at the present
time. Each entrant must have been
enrolled for the subject within the
current year and must have complet
ed three full subjects during the pre
ceeding semester.
Awards of gold, silver and bronze
medals will be made for places in
each event, and the school winning
the largest number of events will be
given a suitable trophy. Three places
in each event will count; four for
first place, two for second, and one
for third. A special certificate of
honor will be given the individual
competitor winning the highest num
ber of points.
The examinations at the contest
will be of a general nature, and will
be given so that the average student
may take them. The following sub
jects for academic contests have been
announced: English composition, Eng
lish literature, first year algebra,
third semester algebra, plane geome
try, solid geometry, trigonometry,
American history, European history,
modern European history, civics, La
tin, French, Spanish, chemistry, phy
sics, botany, and spelling. ,
All contests will be held in the
Social Science building.
CUT FARE FOR CONTESTS
Railroads Announce Reduced Rates
for State High School Event
Round trip railroad ticket frm all
points in Nebraska and from Jules
burg, Colorado, will be sold at faro
and one-half rates, May 4 to 9 to
faculty members and students of
secondary schools who wish to at
tend any of the High School con
tests in Lincoln May 9. The tickets
will be validated by local ticket
agents upon the presentation of a
certificate, obtainable from Profes
sor A. A. Reed of the Extension
Department.
The tickets are good unt'l May 14.
and must be used over the same
route of travel both ways. Identifi
cation certificates will be issued to
members of the institution and de
pendent members of their families
only. It will be necessary to keep
a good record of the blanks, as per
sons not connected with the organ i
zation are not entitled to the spe
cial rate.
Successor to Grace
Spend Two Weeks at the University
A person of interest on the Uni
versity campus for the next two
weeks will be Miss Vera Barger, who
has been the Y. W. C . traveling
secretary and missionary in China
for the past three years. The fif
teen hundred dollars raised in the
recent Grace Coppock Memorial
Fund drive is turned over to Miss
Barger for the extension of her work
in China.
Tuesday Miss Barger will speak
at Vespers on the theme of the rela
tion of physical education work to j
the Christian religion. Wednesday!
she will meet with the Grace Cop
pock staff in Ellen Smith Hall and
will explain some points about her
work.
She will be the truest of honor
at a staff dinner riven Wednesday
pvpninir at Ellen Smith Hall where!
the Y. W. C. A. cabinet will enter-
tain the winning team of the Grace
i CooDock Memorial Fund drive. Dor-
nthv Carr ia chairman of the winnine
- .
team. The other members of her
team are: Alice Sanderson, Ida May!
Flader, Elsa Kerkow, Helen Cock-
rane, Frances McChesney, Cecil Mae J
SIGMA TAU HOLDS ELECTION
Second Part of Ceremonies and Ban
quet Held Saturday.
A banquet and the second part . of
inititory services were held by Sigma
Tau, national honorary engineering
fraternity, In the Chinese Room of
the Lincoln Hotel at 6 o'clock Satur
day evening.
Prof. V. L. Hollister, deperatment
of electrical engineering, officiated as
toastmaster. Greetings were extend
ed by Dean O. J. Ferguson of the
College of Engineering. Prof Clark
E. Mickey, chairman of the depart
ment of civil engineering, spoke on
"Engineering In the Past The Pyr
amid." J. B. Hall of the Lincoln
Gas and Electric compnny gave a
talk on "Modern Engineering prog
ressThe Rail Section." -Response
was made by Carl Madsen, '26, Lin
coln. The following were initiated into
Sigma Tau Thursday evening in the
Mechanical Engineering building:
Eldred 0. Morton, '26, Cook; Paul
Christiansen, '26, Lincoln; D. D.
Lewis, '25; Carl Madsen, '26, Lin
coln; Robert Becker, '26; and Irvin
Reed, '26, Orchard.
Inspect Unit
For Blue Star
Award Friday
The annual Blue Star inspection
by the War Department will be held
on next Friday and Saturday, May
8 and 9. Lieutenant Colonel Doug
las Potts, General Staff, and Major
John C. H. Lee, Engineer Corps, are
the review and inspection oficers.
Colonel Muller, Corps Area R. O.
T. C. Inspector, will inspect the unit
at the same time.
The theory sections of the ad
vanced course will be inspected dur
ing the morning of May 8 and the
review and inspection of the entire
unit will be held that afternoon. The
next day will be spent in an inspec
tion of the regular military science
classes held on that day, and of the
University equipment in the after
noon. If possible, the inspection of
the theory sections of the basic
course may also be included in Fri
day's program, making practically
all the inspection on the one day.
The inspection is held to deter
mine the ratings of the R. O. T. C.
units throughout the country. The
Nebraska unit was awarded the Gold
Star, which is given to the units
securing the highest ratings, last
year. To retain this honor the unit
must again rank among the highest
in the country. The regimental re
view to be held today will be a pre
liminary review for Friday.
GRADUATE YISIIS CAMPUS
C. ?.. Bedell, 'OO, Calls at Dean Fer-
guson's Office.
C. E. Bedell, '00, graduate of the
department of electrical engineering,
was a visitor at the office of Dean O.
J. Ferguson of the College of Engin
eering ye terday. Mr. Bedell is su
perintendent of the electrical departs
ment of the Wheeling Steel Corpora
tion, Wheeling, W. Va , where he has
been for many years. He has become
active in the Association of Iron and
Steel Electrical Engineers.
Mr. BedpU tells of frequent meet
ings with K. C. Randall, E. E., '97,
now with the Westinghouse Company
at Pittsburgh, and with former Prof.
G. A. Morse of the electrical engin
eering department. Mr. Morse is
now associated with Pennsylvania
'state work on the Giant Power Sur
vey-
Coppock Will
Allen, Sarah Towne, Dorothy Peter
son, Jessie Sutter, and Martha Fie
genbaum. The Grace Coppock staff, of which
Eloise McMonies, '26, Lyons, is chair
man, will give a tea Thursday from
4 to 6 o'clock at Ellen Smith Hall in
honor of Miss Barger. AH Univer
sity women are invited to attend
this tea.
Miss Mabel Lee, head of the wo
men's physical training department
at the University, will entertain all
girls majoring in physical education
in honor of Miss Vera Barger, Fri-
dav afternoon at a tea in Ellen
Smith Hall from 3 to 6 o'clock.
The Palladf literary society of
which Miss Earner is an alumnae,
will give a luncheon in Her honor
i Saturday noon. She will also be
guest of honor at the May Morning
Breakfast to be held Sunday morn-
j ing under the, auspices of W. S,
A.
Any woman who is interested in
.. , it ti.
missionary work and wishes to talk
with Miss Barger should secure an
Interview by applying to Miss Irma
Appleby- in Ellen Smith Hall.
PRICE 5 CENTS
PLAN EVENTS
OF FIELD DAY
Today Is Second Day of Ninth
Annual Engineers' Week
Athletic Contests Held in
Antelope Park.
START WINDOW DISPLAYS
Unusual Effects Produced in
Downtown Windows In
clude "Transmission of Pow
er by Wireless."
This is Field Day, the second day
of the ninth annual Engineers' Week.
Trucks will leave the Mechanic Arts
building at 9 o'clock for Antelope
Park, where the events will take
place.
The following are the events: 9-10
o'clock level race; prizes, two $5.00
laundry tickets presented by Evans
Company. 9 o'clock golf tourna
ment starts; prizes to be awarded.
10-11 baseball game, juniors versus
freshmen; individual prize of field
ing glove from Lincoln Sporting
Goods company. 10 Horse shoe
tournament starts; Mr. "Red" Long
will present $1.50 to doubles win
ners, $2.00 to singles winner. 11-12
baseball game, seniors versus soph
omores; prize, fielding glove. 12-1
Lunch served by ladies of Grace
M. E. church. 1-2 Miscellaneous
sports; tug of war, chain race, 100
yard dash, wrestling. 2:304:00
ball game between winners of morn
ing games. 2:30 golf tournament
finals.
The thirty-six-foot light-house,
modeled after that on Cape Hatteras,
was erected at the corner of Twelfth
and R streets over the week-end.
Three thousand-watt lights will blink
on and off automatically each eve
ning during Engineers' Week.
Start Window Displays
Window displays of the various de
partments began to appear on O
street yesterday. Latsch Brothers'
window held the electrical engineers'
display, including the ."transmission
uf power by wireless;" "the unac
countably supported collar of Andy
Gump; and the big transmission line
insulators of the Westinghouse com
pany, for voltages between 13,200
and 66,000. The steps in the build
ing of a machine are the theme of
the mechanical engineers' window
display.
Among the "electricals' " displays
on Engineers' Night will be the 150
volt transformer. Break-down tests
on the insulators will be run; the
welding of pennies by means of an
electric welding machine is to be
shown.
The wood-working laboratory on
the second floor 6i the Mechanical
Engineering building will be one of
the chief Engineers Night attrac
tions. One display is the wood lathe
for the making of candlesticks and
similar articles. Souvenirs, Univer
sity of Nebraska emblems made of
wood with the monogram brought
out in different colored woods, will
be distributed.
Other exhibits planned by the me
chanical engineers include experi
ments with liquid air and with the
refrigerating apparatus, such as the
freezing of flowers in ice and the
freezing of a rubber ball to the brit-
tleness of an egg shell.
Among the exhibits of the depart
ment of civil engineering will be the
complete collection of surveying in
struments owned by the department.
These will include nine levels, six
contractors, two water currents, met
ers, tapes and chains, planimeters,
uphnes, level rods, solar attachments,
four plane tables, and twelve tran
sits. Carburetion Expert
Will Talk on Fuels
J. H. Shoemaker, carburetion ex
pert, will speak in Mechanical En-
Gineering 204 Wednesday at 7:30.
His subject will be "The Carbure
tion of Fuels," and should interest
all concerned with fuel distribution
and carburetion as ordinarily applied
to the automobile engine and other
gas engines. Mr. Shoemaker is em
ployed by the Swan Carburetor
Company, Cleveland, Ohio.
1926 CORNHUSKER
APPOINTMENTS
Applications for the following
positions on the staff of the 1926
Cornhusker will be received until
Saturday noon, May 9: Editor,
junior managing editor, business
manager, and two assistant bus
iness managers.
'Application blanks may be got
at the office of the chairman and
of Secretary J. K. Selleck.
M. M. FOGG,
Chairman, Student Publication
Board.
Msy 4, 1925.