The Daily Nebraskan VOL. XXV. NO. 23. NEIHARDT TO LECTURE AT CONVOCATION poet Laureate of Nebraska. Givea Several Addresses This Week WILL SPEAK WEDNESDAY Uree Students to Attend Meeting at Eleven O'clock in the Temple Theatre John G. Neihardt, the poet laureate of Nebraska, will address the students of the University at a special convo cation Wednesday morning, at eleven o'clock, in the Temple theatre. All who are free at this time are urged to attend, and instructors who are in terested may take their classes to the lecture. Mr. Neihardt will speak again Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock in the Armory. The general subject of these talks will be "Poetic Values and Our Need of Them." The lecture Wed nesday morning will be mainly introductory- Following this on Thurs dny will be "Poetic Values.'" Mr. Neihardt is one of the fore most men who have come from Neb raska, and easily ranks among the greatest living poets. Among his works are "The Song of the Three Friends," "The Song of Hugh Glass," and his latest book, "The Song of the Indian Wars." He has chosen as his subject of his epic poet ry the frontier history of western country which is now Nebraska, and has immortalized the early western pioneers. It Graduate of Way. Normal He is a truly Nebraska man and a graduate of Wayne Normal. He did not stop however, when he was graduated, bu. continued with his education by himself, till now he is versed in the classic literature and languages. He had no backing of newspapers or influential friends, hut solely by his own efforts he forced his way to recognition, and has become a world figure, interna tionally known. By a resolution of the legislature the title of poet laureate was con ferred upon him, and in June of the same year he delivered his inaugural address at the University. As a mem ber of the faculty he holds the po ntics cf prsfcsr cf poetry, fi pure ly honorary position, but he has lec tured here several times during the summer sessions following his ap pointment EXPECT IIAHY AT WOMEN'S DINNER Plan for Five Hundred at Big and Little Sister Affair Thursday Evening Five hundred university women are expected at the Bjg and Little Sister dinner to be held in the Ar mory from 6 to 8 o'clock on Thurs day evening, October 22. Members f the advisory board, fciua Appleby and Miss Heppner will be honor gueU at the dinner. The members of the advisory board are Miss An derson, Mrs. Ames, Mrs. Brownell, Mrs. Virtue and Mrs. Ilinman. The program, in charge of Ruth Parker, is as follows: Reading Peggy McNeiL Solo Dance Barbara Etherton. Vocal Solo Joy Shaeffer. Number Eleanor Verodu. A special number with a cast of three will also form part of the pro gram. The identity of the actors in this number is being withheld. Ticket for the Big and Little Siv ter dinner may be secured at Miss Appleby's office in Ellen Smith hall. University to Baa Boxing Syracuse University. A student was injured in a boxing match and died as a result cf the injury. It if said that boxing will be discontinued as a sport as a result of the acci dent To Reserve Plate For Faculty Men 'iDinner AH those desiring reservations for the Faculty Men's dinner which will be held Wednesday evenirg, October 21, at 0 o'clock should da so before Wednesday noon, nates will be seventy-five cent and reservations can be made by calling phone E2, or through room 207 Chemistry Hall. John G. Neihsrdt, poet laure ate cf Nebraska, will be the guest of honor and will give a short talk. The committee in charge of the dinner are Prof. J. O. Rankin, Prof. A. R. Congdon and Prof. F. V7. Upson. Robbers Get $1,000 Worth of Loot At Gamma Phi Beta House Saturday Thieves Enter by Rear Window; Pick up Bos of Matches and with These to Aid Them, Ransacked The House. The list of robberies of sorority and fraternity houses increases with the robbery of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority house, 1144 J street, on last Saturday night The estimated loss is approximately $1,000. The burglars entered the house by a rear window, picked up a box of matches and with the aid of these, ransacked the house. Burnt matches j showed the path taken by the thieves. , One of the rooms was used as the melting pot, as all the confiscated ar ticles which were not wanted, were thrown into this room. The robbers were evidently very particular about their booty, as they i rifled dresser drawers and picked out certain articles and left others of ev en more value. In some of the rooms, money seemed to be the at traction and in other rooms, jewelry proved to be the big draw. The list of lost articles are: white gold wrist watch, gold football, ten dollars in cash, a dress, a sorority pin, belonging to Helen Kinkquist, a jeweled sorority pin belonging to Dorothy Smith, two diamond rings belonging to Adelaide Cash, twenty dollars in cash was lost by a visitor, a muskrat coat and ring belonging to Geraldine Swanick, and other small amounts in money. JEWELER DISPLAYS LOVING CDP AWARDS Prizes to be Given Organizations With Best Decorated Houses Saturday Night The silver loving cups which are tn he riven as nrizes to the Bororitv land fraternity winning the Home I coming decoration contest, are now on display at the Fenton B. Fleming jewelry store. Fleming is the do nor of the cups. These cups will be given to the winning society each year until one organization has re gained it for three years, when it be comes the property of the organiza ', tion. The contest is being held as a part of the Homecoming celebration to be staged Saturday, and the ideas of homecoming and of the Kansas-Nebraska game will be carried out in the decorations. The judging will be done on the night before the game by D. V. Man rose, scenic artist for the local the atres; D. Schaeffer, decorator for Rudge Guenzel Co.; and Dwight Kirsch, of the art department of the University. The car for the trans portation of the judges has been do nated by the Ford Delivery Co. Alumni Register at Association Office Alumn? who visited at the office of the University alumni association during September were: Emma J. Lautzenheiser, ex-'Ol, Lincoln; Har vey G. Strayer, '03, Portland; L. L. Zook, '07, North Platte; Cleia Mum '16, Paw Paw, Mich; Vancil K. Greer '10, Clay Center; Margaret Hannah Atchison, '07, Elgin, 111; Agnes C. Meline, '13, Colon; Anna Luckey Paul, '17, Oakland, Cal; Arnold Eathkey, '20, Ven Moines; and John Riddell, 20, York. Will Award Several Cash Prizes In Literary Contest For Students a .....nnf nf nrizes for es- niiiK'ui'""' says, poetry and plays submitted by regularly enrolled studenU of the University of Nebraska for 1925-20 was made recently by Prof. J. A. Rice of the department oi mchi f the ecner) committee in, charge of the Univer sity literary contests. Member, of the class of 1891 have arranged to offer a first prize of fifty dollar., and an anonymous citizen of Lincoln will give a second pWze of twenty-five dollars, for the best esay. submitted. The Unlver ity Dramatic Club will give a prize of fifty dollar, for the best play, and the class of 1898 and Vestal of the Lamp, an honorary organization of women in the College of Arts and Science will aw d prize for poetry aa in former years. Lincoln alumni have been primar ily responsible f?r the contribution of the essay prize, and it U poss.ble that arrangements will be made to 1.- la .nntl ol award. The mem- mase ii - - ibers of the class of 1831 now living ! in Lincoln who have sponsored the Iplan are TL O. Williams, Charle. B. i Gregory and Mr.. Morri. Dcntsch. Member, of the das. who no,r 1m in other citie. will abv contnhute I . .-J i V a award. lowsru w , , The first prize for poeiry THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1925. SECOND PARTY . IS SATURDAY All-University Event Will Be Given for Returning Grad .ates The Homecoming party, to be giv en in honor of returning Nebraska graduates, will be held next Satur day evening at 8:15 in the Armory.' Everyone is invited. The mixer will conclude a day full of university events to be given in honor of the returning alumni. Spe cial Homecoming numbers will be feature of the evening's special en tertainment. The first all-University party, which was held September 26, was ' a huge success. ' More than 1,200 . students and faculty members filled the Armory floor to capacity. Due j to an increasing popularity of these I mixers a few changes have been con- i lidcrcd by the committee to aid in improving and adding new features for the next party. The co-operation of the students in approving and supporting the first party has enabled the committee to announce a reduction of the admis sion fee to twenty-five cents for the coming party. BROADCAST CLASSICAL MUSIC Students and Faculty Play Selec tions Every Tuesday Evening Programs of classical music are broadcast every Tuesday evening from 8:05 to 8:30 by the University Studio in Administration 202 over KFAB. Musical selections are by students and faculty of the Univer sity School of Music. Two univer sity professors deliver a talk each week on subjects of general inter est. All parts of the United States re ports reception of the Tuesday eve ning programs. During the last fw days cards have been received from Leesburg, Idaho; Flagstaff, Ariz ona; New Orleans, La.; Pitts., Pa.; Westtieid and Dunkirk, N. T; and Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, which reported excellent reception of the University night programs. This evenings's program will begin at 8:05 o'clock. Ferguson Receives Conference Reports Dean O. J. Ferguson of the Col lege of Engineering has received a bound volume of the proceedings of the educational conference on mech anical engineering held in Chicago last June under the auspices or tne Rll ti-lenhone svstem. Represent atives of fifty-one engineering col-: leges attended, and about Jou oiii cials of the Bell system. The conference was held better to acquaint engineering college instruc tors with the type I training ae- manded by the industry. The Uni versity of Nebraska was representee by Dean O. J. Ferguson and Prof. W. L. DeBaufre, chairman or tne De partment of mechanical engineering. 'fifty dollar., offered by the class of jl898, as in preceding years. The se cond prize will be twenty-five dol lars, offered by the Vestals I tne Lamp. May Submit Manuscripts Manuscript, may be submitted a tny time to the chairman of the committee in University JIall Z15. The final date on which plays muj be submitted will be December 1. The final date for entries in the oth er conU-sU ha. not been fixed but will be considerable later. Play, ma;' be of any length and of ovneral tvne. Arrangement, will be made for the University Player, to present those considered worthy .omelime after January 1. The Jud ges will be Prof. IL Alica liowell, department of elocution and dramat ic rt; Pro'. Mrgnr!fc Mcmee, department of English; and Prof. R. D. Scott, department cf English. Two copies, typewritten on one side of the page orly, must be submitted by each contestant J The members of the general com mittee are now editing man unci !pu .ubmitted in the contests lst year, j and preparing for tb publication of a volume of "NtbrasV Verse 1924-, '25" by the Univri!y of Nhrka j pres.. It will be placed on m with 1 in the next two months, j EUROPEAN AID IS SUBJECT OF HOFFMAN TALK Ask That Students Continue To Cooperate in Work Of Relief SPEAKS AT LUNCHEON ells About Plans for Helping For eign Men to Cet a Much Desired Education Two years ago Conrad Hoffman appealed to the University of Neb- raska students to aid in the relief of ; starving European students. The;at Ecn c-m;ttt hBll from 4 to 6 students responded liberally. Yes- terday at a luncheon in the Grand ! Hotel, his appeal was to continue to i The A. W. S. hopes to make this a , ... j i .v:.v'rpiil cnrinl nour when students will; co-operate in wns muvcincut, wim.ii is now called the International Stu dent Servise. Four fraternal or ganizations throughout Europe are now working toward reconciliation. Conrad Hoffman states that in 1 Germany twenty thousand students are working in mines and factories, so that they may secure a university education. Many other students ol so wish to work, but no more can be accemmodated. An arrangement was made where by two hundred German students will be able to come to the United States for one year, and enter some of the Universities here. The idea is to give the German student an oppor tunity to grasp the methods in our universities and take them back to ; their own country. A similar plan 1 is under negotiation for five hun- j died Russian students. ; Difficult to Get Reconciliation ' "The enmity which exists between certain sections of Europe makes it j difficult to secure reconciliation. In I their strife for world-wide fellowship j and reconciliation they have held sev-! eral conferences where each country was represent, me spin anown i 4lv. aw. fnWAw n as ntna 41-ia irAMt ww w .tM OTi..t nmroM being made toward international fel- in both manual of arms and infantry lowship." Mr. Conrad says that this drill. The selections will be made by movement could be greatly helped if jact;ve members of the organization, the United States would enter into! ,. . , the League of Nations and other in ternational affairs. "The German students have re turned a part of the 4 00,000 which was appropriated to them, to the In ternational Student Service and it is their intention to do this annually. It j is hoped that a permanent fund fori International Student Service may be j established." Conrad Hoffman has worked in this field for the past ten years. During the war he was in charge of the Y. M. C. A. work, dealing with allied prisoners in Germany. At the close of the war, Mr. Hoffman re mained in Central Europe as head of the student relief work which is now known as the International Student Service. Robert Shields presided at the luncheon. Mr. Jorgenson, secre- tary of the University Y. M. C. A., was one of those present. RECEIVES EFFICIENCY AWARD Chi Delta Pki Cats Cap for Having Don Best Work Last Yaar Gamma Chapter of Chi Delta Phi, at the University of Nebraska, re ceives a silver loving cup as a perma nent possession from national head quarters at Knoxville, Tennessee, for being the best chapter'in the United States for the year 1924-25. Dr. Louise Pound i. the sponsor of the local organization. The chapter merit, this reward partly because cf the large number of prize, and awards won by it. members. Mildred Burcham won first in poetry in the Omaha Wo men. Press club contest Helen Rum rnons won 1st and Marie Mengcrs 2nd in the University of Nebraska poetry contest in 1925. Ruth Moore re ceived first and Alice Dougan sec ond, in the essay contest held here last year. In addition, many other prizes were awarded to alumnae members. Fifty More Ushen Are Needed at Ball Games Fifty more ushers are needed for NcbraBka'. next football game Saturday with the University of Kansas. A request was made for 100 men, but as yet only fifty 1 ive signed up at the effics cf John K. Stlleck, manager of stu dent activitiea. At the Nebraska-Washington game last Saturday there wa an ushering force of only 200 men, which was inadequate. Men are grmd to sign up for tha remain ing game.. Provision, will ba made for those that do to be either admitted to the basketball games in the new Field House thi. spring, or to uhr again. J Kirby Page Will Speak at World Forum Luncheon Wednesday Noon TEA HOSTESSES ARE ANNOUNCED , Z '. ,.,.,,! Women. Organization Will , rresiae ai aeries or Entertainments HAVE ONE EACH Associated Women Students have ! completed ine nsi oi organizations who will act as hostesses at the teas, to be given every Thursday afternoon - - - - --- feel free to some and make them selves at home, and become better ac quainted with the other students at well as with the women's organiza- tions on the campus. October 22 Y. W. C. A. October 29 W. A. A. November 5 Silver Serpents. December 8 Delta. December 10 Mystic Fish. December 17 Valkyrie. January 7 Tassels. January 14 Freshman Commis sion. January 21 Theta Sigma Phi. PERSHING RIFLES TO HOLD TRY-ODT New Members Will be Chosen from Competition of Sophomores And Treshmen First Pershing Rifle try-out for the J win be led tght at 5 o'clock , ut 1 i be n the nature of a competitive drill t I t'l B II 1 1 1 AUKS la ait uuuwiai i military organization for basis course if ers of cadet officers were announ ! men. The trv-out today will be open ced in an order if ued by Lieut Col to both freshmen and sophomores, i F. F. Jemett, commandant. Leo and selection of the pledges will be j Rosenberg is promoted from second made from both classes. The new lieutenant to first lieutenant of corn men will be announced a week after J pany D, and first lieutenant Edward the trials. JL. Ellineston of company E is pro- Pershing Rifles, until last year was!motd adjutant of the second ba a local organization, but a chapter j tal.on. to take the place of George n ln11 J laaf anrinfl. an . was lllsuaiitru in viuu or. i .... several others will be instituted soon. Examples of Good Printing Exhibited A few of the "Fifty Books of 1925" selected by a jury of the Am erican Institute of Graphic Arts as I outstanding representatives of print- ' ing craftmanship have been placed on display in the main entrance tc the University library. The objects of the organization. sponsoring tne selection are m niran- Hate those engaged in graphic art works, to form a center for inter course and for exchange of views of those interested in such arts, and to promote all things which will raise the standard and aid in extension and development toward perfection jmond G. Lewis; second in command. ,.t the oranhic art. in the United! first lieutenant James R. Salsbury; States. Illini Man Devises Numerical Rating System to Figure Football Champions F'gure. don't lie. respective conferences. That is the assumption on which j With this done in each section a Frank G. Dickinson of Illinois works ! football index number is calculated when he figures the national and j for each team. But these numbers sectional football champion, each ' are purely relative and give inf orma year. Mr. Dickinson has gone to , tion about only the respective the trouble of devising a rating sys-' strength of teams in individual con tem which will give accurately the ,ferences. national and sectional standings of ! Usas I nd Nambars every important college football team This leaves one other problem to in the country. be worked out the rating of one The device, a mechanical one, does conference in relation to other. For awav with the prejudice naturally instance, to find the Missouri Valley present whenever a .port, writer'! oninion is the final count for deter- mining the vslo of a team. Under this new system a team receives 2t points for defeating a strong team and only twenty for defeating a weak one. "Strong" teams are those wihch win more games than they lose ia the conference. The value of the system over the percentage rating lie. in the fact that a schedule with weak team, ordinar ily brings no higher rating than one f it i. ih.t ti. e-ame. are taken into iaccount whereas formerly they were di-arded entirely. 1 These calculations for 1924 have 'taken considerably more time than the selection of the all-American ! team. It ha. been necessary to as- semble the records of 150 teams, and by this means rate the teams Ir. th?irt Nationally Known Lecturer and Au thor Will Probably Discuss World Problems at Weekly Meeting of Students Kirbv ratre. nationally known author and lecturer, will speak at h w w Forum at 12 O.clock Bt, the Grand Hotel. Tickets are on sale at the University Y. M. C. A. of-1 fice in the Temple at the University1 WEEK!Y- w- c- A- and E1Ien Smilh IIal,,i for twenty-five cents. j Students are urged to get their ! tickets bv 8 o'clock Tuesday night, as the price wiU be thirty-five cents Wednesday morning. Mr. Page is known as a free-lance sneaker, snendine much of his time i ' t the con,,eeg and universities of the country. He arrives this afternoon1 the ju, y Ber. I . . . - .. . . 1 iviccs in his honor. Although no; ! subject has been announced for his lecture, it will concern the World Court problem. j Having been around the world twice, Mr. Page will hftve something to say about foreirni problems. He 'studied in China, Japan, and India, I extensively during his trips. His jhome is in New York City where he now gives about ten months to writ jing and lecturing. The remainder I is spent in traveling here and abroad, j His next stop will be at the Univer sity of Kansas. j A list of his books was given at !the Inter-Denominational club meet ings last week, where he also spoke last Friday nights at St. Paul church on the same topic. He has also ', published a large number of pam i phlets on various social and econom ic themes. CADET OFFICERS ARE TRANSFERRED ; Col. Jewett Announces Promo-i tions and Transfer of Officers Two promotions and nine trans- Martin, honorably discharged be cause he has already graduated from another TL O. T. C. unit The transfers include Captain Orr Goodson from company L to com pany A; Victor Hackler from adju tant of the third battalion to adju tant of the firt battalion; Lloyd I. Tucker from adjutant first battalion to adjutant third battalion; first lieutenant W. Dean Douglass from, company F to company D. Other line transfers are: Second lieutenant Elton N. Baker from com pany E to K; second lieutenant Wil liam Parke O'Brien from company H to G; second lieutenant Leonard K. Ekwall from company L to K; second lieutenant Oscar IL Keehn from company M to K; second lieu tenant Arthur G. Coulson from company K to L Band assignments confirmed were commanding officer. Captain Ray- first litutvriant James T. Davis. equivalent to the Pacific coast con ference is far from easy. Missouri had a conference index number of 21.e7 but lost to Southrn California (also rated 21.67.) Again, Nebraska rated at 20.00 defeated the Oregon Aggies with an index of 12.0. "Hence," says Professor Dickin son, "we know that the best brand of football played in the Missouri Val ley is equal in quality to that played by the teams ranking from fourth to seventh in the Pacific Coast confer- 'enre in 1924. Therefore, range 20.- 00 U 21.67 in the Missouri Valley in ; comparable to range 12.00 to les than 21.67 in tha Pacific coast Thus the various at ctions of the country are linked Bp." Mr. Dickinson's rating for the na- jtional tiUe, placed iNotr Dme nrri, (Continued on Pjr Four) PRICE 5 CENTS TEN STUDENTS RECEIVE GOLD BIZAD AWARDS Gold and Company Presents Scholarship Prizes to Class of 2S EIGHT MEN GET HONORS Nathan Gold, the Donor, Said Ho Was a Great Calievar in Colle( Training Ten members of the freshmen class in the College of Business Ad ministration during the year 1924 25, who had attained the highest scholarship rank within their group, were presented with the gold key scholarship prize given by William Gold of Gold & Co., at the first con vocation of the College of Business Adiministration in the Temple the atre, Monday, October 19. Students whe received the scholarship prizes were: George E. Sougey, Lincoln. Stanley J. Schrom, Pierceton, In diana. Dean W. Tunbery, Hooper. Louis Smithberger, Stanton. Harriet B. Steele, Lincoln. Roy C. Weber, Baarneston. Frank J. Knotek, Ravenna. Jimmie Hedgpeth, Rock Port, Mis souri. Willie G. Meyer, David City. Clark Weckbath, Crete. The gold keys were presented by Nathan Gold, in the absence of his father, who is on a trip east Need More A((rssiv Yonng Men "You fellows are the kind of ma terial that we are interested in," Mr. Gold said in speaking to the convo cation body at large, "There nev er was a concern that had enough bright aggressive young men associ ated with it" "You men know the business world seems to be shy at theory and you must never forget that when you go in to the busines world you have theory alone. But there is an addi tion to successful business, the phil osophy of business, common 'judge ment Theory is the young man com ing into the business with more or less of an academic training, eager to revolutionize old methods, impa tient to stamp his developing genius on the store. Philosophy is the grey haired man who aits in the president's chair looking back over a long busi enss life and remembering the les sons learned on the way." Combin Philosophy ana Theory Mr. Gold said that he believed in college training for business execu tives but thct the philosophy of busi ness must be combined with the the ory of business if one is to succeed in the greatest measure. "There is no substitute for hard work in business," the speaker said, "and there is no substitute for what I term the philosophy of business, or common judgment It has been said that business consists of about fifty per cent of hard work, twenty-five per cent of methods and twenty-five per cent of horse sense. In business the prize goes to the fellow whr can apply his knowledge in a practical way." ' Dean LeRossignol, of the College of Business Administration, intro duced the speaker and gave a short address of welcome to the freshmen enrolled in the college. The committee on scholarhsip was made up of ProfessTS G. O. Virtue, O. R. Martin, T. Bruce Robb, and J. E. Kirshman. Professor G. O. Vir tue was chairman of the committee. The committee on prite. was Pro fessor Fullbrork and Professor Mc Neill. The gold keys which were present ed, arc of octogan shape, with an "N" on one side bordered by the name of the college. The student's name, the date, and freshmen's schol arship prize are engraved on the back. Coadacts Hora-Maasfmaat Miss Greta Gray, M. A, (Colom bia University) is conducting home management research work this se mester in the department of home economic, of the University. Glee Men Invitation to Hear Page at Vesper t For the first time in the hUtory of the University, men ar e;ivn a special invitation to attend the Vesper services this evening. Kir by Page, who led the discussions on the World Court here last Fri day and Saturday before repre sentatives of ciht Nebraska col leges, and who will speak at the World Forum next Wednesday, will be the principal speaker. Genevieve Clark will conduct the service, asited 1 y Ruth War ner, Wuii selection.