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THE DAILY 1MEBRASKAN GREEN CAPS ON SALE AT FARQUHAR'S VOL. XXV. NO. 6. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 25. 1925. TRICE 5 CENTS VARSITY VS. FRESHMEN SATURDAY, 2 P. M. FRESHMEN ARE INITIATED AT . CONVOCATION Chancellor Avery Welcome New Students To Nebraska. 3000 ATTEND MEETING Members of Class of '29 Formally Given Oath At Big Meeting Thursday Morninjr. Nearly 3000 freshmen packed the Armory at 10 o'clock yesterday morning for the annual freshmnn convocation when the freshmen were formally acquainted with the ideals and 'traditions of the University. Tromiont students and faculty mem bers told the youngest class of the University of Nebraska's standards in an attempt to bring the class to a fuller realization of the functions and purpce of the University. Preceeding the formal opening of the meeting by Robert Lang, presi dent of the Innocents, the Class of '29 was led in University yells and the bari! played a number of Univer sity songs and popular marches. An nouncement was also made of the All-Uni mixer on Saturday night in the Armory. "The purpose of the initiation," said Robert Lang, president of the Innocents in bringing the convoca tion, to order, "is to initiate you into the customs, ideals, and traditions of the University. You come from oil parts of the surrounding country. It is necessary for you to become ac quainted with the customs of your school. In presenting to you the various phases of school life it is fitting that the first speaker be the head of the school. It is more fitting because he was once a student of the University. Chancellor Avery." Chancellor Avery's remarks in brief were: ' "Freshmen and others. I address the freshmen in their convocation each year. I consul with them oc casionally. My duty is to welcome the freshmen. It is a duty which I like better every year. For it seems to be the case that, in the words of your song, the girls become fairer, the boys become squarer each year, (Continued to Pape 3.) CONCERT TICKETS ON SALE Excellent Programs by Famous Musicians To Be Offered In Great Artists Series Course. Season tickets for the Great Artist Scries course, sponsored by Willard Kimball of the University School of Music, are now on sale at the Ross P. Curtice Music Co., 1240 O street, and at the office of the University School of Music. This is the eighth season that the Great Artist Series has been present ed in Lincoln and an especially fine course has been arranged. The first concert of the series will be given on October 21, by Louis Graveurre, world renowned baritone. The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra directed by Rudolph Ganz, Pablo Casals, violin cellist, Claire Dux, Prima. Donna so prano of the Chicago Civi Opera Company, and Harold Baur, the fa mous master pianist, will give pro grams during the season. All five concerts will be given in the city auditorium. Orchestra seats are priced at $8.80 and (6.60 and balcony seats at $8.80, $6.60 and $4.40, according to location. Stu dents who wish to attend the course should secure tickets at their earliest opportunity. The jT . . 1 1 ' -' sv.y 1 1 f- ' -i Tassels Will Give Tea For New Women Saturday Afternoon On Saturday afternoon, September to, the Tassels, pep organization, will entertain at a tea nt Ellon Smith hall, from three to five, in honor of the new freshmen in the University. It has been a .rodilion of the Tassel's to give this tea, which will be follow ed later on by one for all women students in tho University. The Tassels themselves will bo in their customary red sweaters and white skirts, and this color scheme will be carried out in the decorations. The officers will be in the receiving line, and Dean Amanda Heppner and Genevieve Clark will serve. There will bo a program and spe cial muMC during the afternoon. ROOTER'S SEATS SELLING LIVELY All Of Choice Places In Reserved Section Are Tmken By Wed nesday At 8 O'clock. Between twenty-five and thirty seats in the rooters' section remain unsold Thursday afternoon. The total number of student ticket sales had reached 3,602, an increase of 362 over the number sold Wednes day. The figures on the student tickets were about the same that they have been for the last few years, said John K. Selleck, student activities agent. Between thirty-six and thirty-seven hundred are disposed of to the stu dents every year. All of the choice seats in the root ers section were taken at 8 o clock Wednesday, although the sale did not start until 7. The sale t the booths continued all day Wednesday and tickets are now to be had at the Student Activities office in the Ar mory. After the rooters' section is filled student smay purchase tickets at the regular student price but they will be assigned to another section of the stadium. Associated Women Students Take Place of W. S. G. A. At Nebraska W. S. G. A .is no more. This well- known organization, which has been part of the University for years,' has been officially pronounced dead, in its place comes A. W. S., or the As sociated Women Students. This new organization is merely a continuation of the work which the W. S. G. A. started, but it is nationally known, and consequently has a broader field. At the convention of Women Stu dent Governments, which was held last spring at Eugene, Oregon, the Nebraska delegates, Barbara Wig genhorn, last year's president, and Ruth Wells, the president for this year, decided that Nebraska's student government would be much more ef ficient if run along these lines, and accordingly, at the first meeting fol lowing the convention, passed a reso lution to the effect that this group be railed the Associated Women Students. This is the name given to similar student governing bodies in nearly all other schools, especially along the western coast. A few eastern schools have a "Woman's League" and in the middle west there are still several organizations of W. S. G. A., but in all the progressive schools there is a trend toward student gov ernment, as represented by A. W. S. The name W. S. G. A. often was Class of '29 - - V " ; 0 'J - -. - t j v . 'i VARSITY SET FOR FRESHMEN Annual Tilt With Yearlings Will Be First Appearance Of Cornhuslcers. RESERVES MAY GET IN Tho first opportunity for football fans to see the 1925 Varsity squad in action will come tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, when the regulars play the freshmen in the annual tilt in the stadium. The first public appearance of the team comes just ono week before the opening game, with Illinois at Ur bana. So far practices have been closed to everyone except newspaper men, and the closed gate idea will probably be continued throughout the season. The first homo game on the slate is with Washington Univer sity, October 17. The Varsity lineup will probably include Sprague and Joe Weir, ends; Stiner and Ed Weir, tackles; Wostau pal and Raish, guards; and Hutchin son, center. In the backfield will be Roland Locke, Jug Brown, Bob Ste phens and Choppy Rhodes. Coach Newman intends to use two teams against the Varsity. Team number one will probably line up with Holm and Ashburne at ends; Lucas and Durisch at tackles; Hall and McMullcn at guards; Reeves at center. Team number two will com prise Schoenman and Ryan at ends; Craig and Richards at tackles ; Gates and Sofer at guards; Holmes at center. The backs include Zust, Greenslit and MacNichol for the quarterback position. Marrow, Howell, Voris, Beck, Wostoupal, Wyatt, Easter, Cof fey, Roberts, for the halves and full back position. j Unless freshmen press hard most of the Varsity squad will get into action, according to Coach E. E. Bearg. A number of reserve-linemen have been making themselves con spicuous, and three or four backs will probably get into the game. misleading, as though its main pur pose had been to install and enforce rules, while this is only of secondary importance. Activities are primary, and the new A. W. S. plans to make this year the most successful along those lines. There is already a very large program planned in order to create a more democratic spirit and bring sorority and non-sorority girls closer together. In addition the old rules of W. S. G. A. are going to be changed and revised according to those of A. W. S., and from now on will be known as standards. "Besides the twelve members elected annually, the president of the Big Sister Board automatically becomes a member, and works with them at all times. The A. W. S. is one of the most democratic campus organizations. At a meeting of the seniors of the old board, four girls are nominated from each class, and two are added by nomination at large at a mass meet ing, mere are iour sopnomore members, four junior, four senior, and the president, and they are elect ed the last of March by a vote at large . Following the election the convention is held. This year's con vention will be at Bloomington, In diana, the third week in April. As It Appeared Immediately After Initiation Yesterday Few File For Jobs On 1926 Year Book Staff Applications for positions on the 1926 Cornhuskor stafT are coming in rather slowly for the senior class and fraternity sec tions. There have been no appli cation, blanks for positions on tho fraternity section handed in up to this time. Very few blanks for positions on the senior class sec tion havo been turned in to the editor. It is very important that those blknks bo turned in by tho end of this week as tho editor would like to make all positions for these sec tions of tho Cornhusker" public the first of the week. TO ENTERTAIN AT CHURCHES Effort Is Made To Acquaint Students With Religious Life Of Lincoln. WILL OFFER PROGRAMS All-Univer,sity Church night, an annual affair given to welcome the students into the religious life of the city, will be held in the various churches of Lincoln tonight . This function is recognized by the Uni versity authorities and all fraternity and sorority affairs as well as other social gatherings are banned. Students are asked on this night to go to the nearest church of their denomination where they will have an opportunity to meet hte clergy, the church heads and the student leaders, as well as each other. Arthur Jorgensen, University Y. M. C. A. secretary, who is a member of the committee for All-University Church night, announced that all students with no affiliations would be welcome to any church they might care to attend. "The occasion offers an unusual opportunity for students to meet each other as well as the ministers and other leaders of the religious life of Lincoln," he said. "No student makes a mistake in identifying him self with the life and activities of the church. On the contrary, it is a privilege, that will contribute much to his life as a student in the Uni versity of Nebraska. All-University Church night will be primarily a socil function with the intent of getting the students acquainted with each other and the church members. Programs will be given at the various churches and short addresses made by both the church members and the students. Refreshments will be served as an aid to the social side and all students are cordially urged by the ministers to attend. The committee comprising the oc casion consists of Dean R. Leland, Presbyterian, Henry, Erck, Lutheran, Harold E. Fey, Christian, Frederick Leavitt, oCngregational, and Arthur Jorgensen, University Y. M. C. A. secretary. Postpone Tryouts For Cheerleader The tryouts for cheerleaders sched uled for 4 o'clock yesterday at the Armory were not held on account of unforeseen circumstances. Notice will be given in the Daily Nebraskan at some future date when the tryouts will be held. i T- Z i -; ' 4 FRESHMEN GET CAPS RAPIDLY First Year Class Making Splendid Response To University Custom. 691 SOLD YESTERDAY During the first half hour 400 green caps wero sold to freshmen at Farquhnr's yesterday. Tho sale started immediately after freshman convocation. Reports made at 6 o'clock yesterday evening showed a total of 69 1 green enps sold. Sen iors aided in selling tickots to the freshmen as they entered tho store. "The freshmen responded splcn-. didly," remarked Otto Skold, chair man of tho Green Cap Committee, glancing over the sales report of the day," if the remainder follow the pace set by tho class yesterday we shall have the entire class fitted with green caps by Saturday night. An additional ten dozen of caps will be on iand to takes.re ibp extra demand. All freshmen who have not already purchased their green caps are urged to do so as soon as possible. Monday the Iron Sphinx will begin the en forcement of the green cap custom. They will supervise and check up on the wearing of the caps by freshmen throughout tho required length of, time. Violaters of the rule will be dealt with according to custom. The caps are being sold at Farqu- har's clothing store. Seniors will be in the store during the sale and are selling tickets to freshmen as they enter the store. The tickets are then exchanged for the caps at the rear of the store. All trouble that has been experienced in former yearrs through organizations selling the tickets has been eliminated by this system. The cap this year is the same shape and color as the one last year, but is made of a better material. The price remained the same seventy five cents. The length of time that the fresh men will be required to wear the green caps has not been decided upon. In former years the caps were worn until the Olympic contest be tween the freshmen and sophomores, Then if the freshmen win the Olym- Pile Drivers Hurry On New University Field House Pile drivers busily engaged in sink ing timbers deep into the ground, derricks hoisting huge girders high up into the air, riveting hammers and air drills filling the air with -a con tinual no'-e and men hurrying hither and thither, are some of the sights that greet those students interested enough in the construction of the new field house and auditorium, to walk over to Thirteenth and Vine and 1 cast a casual eye over the work. Very few of the students of the University are availing themselves of the opportunity to witness a real constructional job. The engineers, especially have a chance to grasp this opportunity of seeing a huge bit of constructural engineering. Stu dents are welcome at all times to watch the work. The new field house, the basket ball floor and seating arrangement of which is to be completed by Janu ary 15, 1926, is to be, one of the largest of its kind in the middle west. When used as an auditorium the seating capacity will be 11,000 peo ple and when used for basketball games and other indoor sports the capacity will be 8,500. The cost of jj .--... v - :'.r-, x, .i.-r 5 , - Traffic Rules To Be Stringently Enforced on University Campus More stringent traffic rules on J 2th and R streets along tho Univer sity rompus will go into effect be ginning next Monday as a result of the congestion of traffic caused by parking on tho yellow lines ,F. S. Seaton, operating superintendent an nounced yesterday. His statement given to the Ncbras kan yesterday, follows: People parking cars on tho yellow lines along Twelfth and It streets, and around the Uni versity are making it difficult for traffic to go through. After this week tho city police will have charge of this matter, and cars parked on the yellow lines in the vicinity of tho University will be subject to a fine, the same as in any other part of tho city. You have the balance of this week only to become accustomed to this fact. , L. F. Seaton, Operating Superintendent pics, they were allowed to burn their green caps, but if they lose they had to wear them until the first snow. The freshmen won the right to burn their caps in the annual Olympics classic last year. SATURDAY IS MIXER NIGHT University Wlil Be Host To Students In Big "Get Ac quainted" Party. HONOR FRESHMEN CLASS The "Welcome Party," the first of the All-University parties, will be held Saturday evening at 8:15 o'clock in the Armory. Everyone is invited. Beck's orchestra will furnish the music for the evening. This seven piece orchestra is composed of popu lar dance artists who have delighted their followers during the summer engagement in Lincoln. Special features will be introduced during the intermission period. Har riet Cruise, whose clever singing has (Continued to Page 3.) Construction the building will be $350000 and construction will follow the general style of architecture of the newer building. The building will be 250 feet !ong and 165 feet wide. The girders that span the width of the building are the longest that have ever been erect ed in the state of Nebraska. These girders will tower sixty-five feet in the a,r- In the years to come the auditor ium will be used for all University social functions. Fifteen hundred couples can be accomodated on the floor at one time. Four full sized basketball courts will be marked off on the main floor and for tournament use additional room will be had on the stage. t The seating capacity is so great that every student will have an op portunity to see all of the basketball games. Heretofore, this has been an impossibility in the old Armory. Full length balconies will be erected on the south, east and west. Double doors will lead from the main en trance to the lobby. Entrance to the balconies will be by ramps as in the stadium. til ifck jr- vi .wik,.) y SPECIAL TO ILLINOIS IS GUARANTEED Burlington Lines Agree To Run Train For Students To See Illini Game. FARE WILL BE $19.46 Will Make Four Hour Lay-Over In Chicago On Return Trip To Let Passengers See City. The Illinois Special" has become a reality, lieiiecked with a huge electric sign, explaining its purpose, a special train equipped with both day coaches and pullmans will pull out of the Burlington station in Lin coln Friday evening, October 2 at 5- o'clock. The destination will be Urbana, Illinois and the object is the Cornhusker-Illini football game to be played in the Illini Stadium, October 3. Nebraska and Illinois are ancient rivals on the gridiron and in the six contests between tho two schools, the Huskers have emerged victorious in four. It has been only in the last two years that Illinois has been able to defeat Nebraska. It was at the request of ' many Nebraska students and alumni that the Burlington de cided to run the special. This train will be one of the finest equipped on the road and will make the best of time. The train will leave Lincoln at 5 p. m. Friday, October 2, and will arrive in Chicago at 7:30 a. m. the following morning. The special will reach its destination, Urbana, at 11:30 a. m. On the return trip stu dents will have nearly four hours layover in Chicago. This is done to give everyone a chance to take in some phase of this great metropolis. The train will leave Urbana at 6 p. m. Saturday, October 3, and will arrive in Chicago early in the eve ning. It will leave there at 12:30 a. m. Sunday and will arrive in Lin coln early Sunday afternoon. The round-trip fare from Lincoln I will be $19.46, and from Omaha $17.48. Anyone wishing to make this trip should sign up immediately and get their ticket. It is of utmost import ance that th .exact number going should be known at an early date. RADIO PROGRAM HEARD OH TRAIN University Broadcasting Service Re ceived By Man On Pullman Sleeper. Of the many responses received by the University of Nebraska broad casting station, broadcasting through station K. F. A. B., perhaps the most remarkable was the message from Mr. P. Y. McFrederick aboard an east bound Burlington. Settled com fortably in lower seven, with his head phones adjusted, Mr. McFred erick picked out of the air the pro gram from K. F. A. B. under the di rection of Professor A. Reed, of the Extension department. A small por table receiving outfit, set up in his. berth, and using the steel car as an aerial, served to keep the pullman passenger in connection with the acti vities of this rapid world. Innumerable responses are being received by Mr. Seaton in the Uni versity broadcasting studio, compli menting the programs. Messages of appreciation from Nebraska and ad- ( Continued to Page 3.) 5 ; -4 r V6: