The Daily Nebraskan
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HOLD BANQUET
FOR FOOTBALL
TEAMTONIGHT
Hevy Demand
JOYCE IS TOASTMASTER
Crncob. Have B" Working for
Two D.y D.cor.t.on. in
Scottish Rite Temple
" uet tobe held tonight at
50 in the Scottish Bite Temple will
pSs that of any previous banquet
Ce has been a heavy demand for
Sets and it has been necessary to
f.ve additional number of ticket,
minted in, order to supply the Corn
Eers who wish to honor the 1925
football team.
In all probability the name of the
captain-elect will be announced at
the banquet and if his name is given
out tonight. He will be among he
speakers of the evening. Bobbie
Joyce, whose ability as a toastmaster
5 widely known in Cornhusker circle-
will be the toastmaster
.win this year and will introduce
Governor McMullen, Chancellor
Avery. Dean Engberg, Coach Bearg,
Captain Weir and the captain-elect.
The Corncobs have been working
for two days on the decorations and
have worked out a scheme of decor
Mons that promise to be a feature
of the evening.
The program will begin promptly
at 5:30 and every man who desires
to see the official motion pictures
of the Notre Dame-Nebraska game
must be there at that time as there
will be only one showing of the pic
tures. Immediately after being
shown they will be rushed to West
Point
V Following the pictures the ban
quet will begin in the main dining
room of the building. Two orches
tras. The Serenaders and The Has
tonians, have been secured to fur
nish music for the evening. The
committee in charge has promised
that the banquet will begin on time
and will be carried out according
to a schedule that will enable all
men who have other engagements for
the evening to keep them.
WIDE RESPONSE TO
MYERS1TY STDDIO
Broadcasting Station Ha Received
Message From Thirty States,
Cauda and Cuba
University broadcasting station,
broadcasting over station KFAB, has
been heard in many states. In each
state any number of people, have
acknowledged the programs sent out
from this station. Many responses
have come from the various cities
scattered in the United State and
Canada. The following is the num
ber of states and number of towns
responses have been received from.
State Responses
Alabama 1
Arizona
California ,.-
Colorado ... -
Idaho .............
Illinois .... 14
Indiana ... 5
Kansas 4 3
New York 9
Iowa 40
Louisiana - 2
Maryland 1
Massachusetts - 3
Michigan 8
Minnesota 18
Missouri 20
Montana . 4
New Jersey .'. 1
New Mexico 1
North Dakota 5
Ohio 12
Oklahoma 7
Pennsylvania ..... 0
South Dakota 4
Wyoming 2
Tennesee 1
Texas 11
Utah 1
Washington - 1
Wisconsin . 10
Canada 22
Cuba 1
Make Pirns for Annual
Campus Christmas Tree
Plans are being made by the
all-University party committee
for the annual Christmas tree.
In former years Uie large pine
tree between the Administra
tion Boilding and U Hall has
been decorated and a program
rendered there. Whether or not
this custom will be carried out
this year is still undecided, but it
planned to have the tree dec
orated and lighted each evening
of the holidays.
"Gentlemen Bur&lar"
Returns Large Clock
To Fraternity House
The "Gentleman burglar" who on
Tuesday night left some small change
in the trousers pockets of his victims
at one of the fraternity houses, did
an even more gentlemanly deed the
next night, when he visited another
fraternity house, and returned to its
place on the mantelpiece a large
clock which for several weeks had
been reckoned in the house ledger
as among the missing.
Aside from being run down, and
in need of winding, the clock was in
as good condition as ever, and is now
back on duty telling the time of
day. Similar visits would probably
be welcomed by other fraternities
who have been robbed lately.
PLAYERS GIVE
SHORT PLAYS
Present Three One-act Plays
And Three Interludes at
Temple Theater
CHRISTMAS IS FEATURED
An evening of one-act plays was
presented by the University Players
to a well filled house at the Temple
Theater Thursday evening. The
plays will be given again Friday and
Saturday evening and Futurday af
ternoon.
What will make the Christmas
chimes ring was the theme of Eliza
beth McFadden's "Why the Chimes
Rang?" Representatives from all
walks of life bring valuable gifts to
the cathedral to offer them to the
Christ Child but it is only when the
child brines his few pennies that the
chimes peal forth and the choir car
rols merrily, proving the adage that
it is not what you give but how you
give it that counts.
The play was staged with the
ceremony fitting a Christmas theme.
The lighting effects and the cathe
dral setting are worthy of mention.
Mr. Ramsey does a rare bit of
character work in the old man. Mr.
Felton. who officiates as the priest,
proves himself a very versatile ac
tor. It is a departure from his usual
juvenile leads. Alyce Connel and
Pauline Gellatly as two children add
a touch of youthfuinoss to the play.
"Poor Aubrey." a personification
of bluff, depends for its success upon
Charlotte Beck.
"Op-O'-Me-Thumb," is a clever
presentation of a laundry girls
dream in which the interpretation oi
the "queen" by Frances McChesney
was outstanding.
The remainder of the program con
sisted of three interludes, "The No
ble Lord," "All on a Summer's Day,"
and "Thirt Minutes on the Street"
Will Hold Battalion
Review on Wednesday
A battalion review of the second
battalion, with companies "E" and
"F" participating, will be held Wed
nesday afternoon at 6 o'clock, for the
numose of decorating last year's
members of Company E, the winner
of Compet last spring. All mem
he r who are in school this year
will be decorated by Miss Blossom
Hilton who was sponsor of the com
pany at the time of the compet Har
old Gish who was captain of the
company, will also be present
Proposal Number Four
Against U. S. participation in the World Court.
Three proposals for entrance into .the .World Court have
been outlined in tne preceainK
There is only one basis upon which the United States may stay
i? of the Court and that is to not go in. These are the four
Sfrte of the bot which is to be placed into the students'
hands this morning.
There is no explanation to be made
. v it nnsitinn. It means mere-
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ly that this country does not adhere
to the World Court that it rem....
outside. There are, however, a
number of reasons advanced for
maintaining our present status,
m.- TTifH States has negotiated
a large number of arbitration treat
ies with other countries so vm
case of trouble, arbitration will be
resorted to. Because of these, we
flo not need to go into the World
CIMs against the traditional pol
w of the country to become in
volved in European affairs, politi
cally. Of course there are
connections and diplomatic ties but
the consular and diplomatic services
handle the affairs of these contacts.
If trouble arises, there are the arbi
tration treaties.
This country has assume
ponsibility for peace and T
diet on this side of the A lant. ,
Europe should do the same herself
without involving u- is another ar-
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,
WOMEN HOLD -ANNUAL
PARTY
THIS EVENING
Expect Keen Competition in
Contest for the Three
Costume Prizes
FEATURE GRAND MARCH
Given by Associated Wom'enl Stu
dents) Coincides with Men'
Cornhusker Banquet
Tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the
Armory, is the annual girls' Cornhus
ker party. So, garbed in the most
fantastic costume that a college wo
man's imaginatior. can conjure up,
a motley crew will gather.
The evening will start off with a
series of stunts presented by the
honorary organization of the cam
pus. They) are in (he nature of
vaudeville acts. The honoraries giv
ing skits are Mystic Fish, "Fresh
man Days,"; Xi Delta, "N Co-Ed
Chorus"; Silver Serpents, "Pigmies
in Pantomine"; and Tassels, "Tassels
and Corncobs in Vaudeville."
Directly following the entertain
ment will be the grand march, the
feature part of the evening. Every
person or creature represented will
choose a partner and parade around
the hall in order to display the de-l
tails of his costume to the best ad
vantage. The chaperones Miss
Louise Pound, Miss Marguerite Mc
Phee, and Miss Mabel Lee will act
as judges and after due deliberation
will award prizes. The type of cos
tumes eligible for the competition
are the prettiest, the most unique,
and the funniest.
Have Women's Six-Piece Orchestra
A women's six piece orchestra will
furnish the music during the evening
in order that the party he strictly
a women s affair.
Mortar Board will have entire
charge of all the concessions sold.
They will have a decorated booth in
the northwest corner of the gym
where candied apples and ice cream
sandwiches will be for sale.
The party has been given by the
years and it is one ot the most
pleasurable traditions on the camput.
It always coincides with the men s
Cornhusker banquet, ap the girls
show very easily that they can have
a rollicking evening without any of
the gentlemen present
This is the only time during the
entire year when the University
spor jrs a party in the evening en
tirei for ihe girls. It has always
proven most popular, and every one
always takes advantage of the op
portunity of having an evening of
fun.
Costumes Feature ef Evening
The costumes are always the most
enlivening element of the evening.
As there are no limitations to ori
ginality, competition is very keen
and the results are often as differ
ent as they are rediculous. Tramps
are seen very often, undoubtedly
because of the ease in securing an
outfit, but there are also many sol
diers wearing the familiar blue uni
forms. Little girls with their dolls
and colored mammies brush shoul
ders with harem girls, bathing beau
ties, and even a stray Chinaman.
All doors to the Armory will be
locked except the south doors on the
west side. The- admission charge is
twenty-five cents, and because of the
large crowd they are asked to bring
the correct change if possible. The
doors will be open at seven-fifteen
in order that some may complete
their costumes after arriving.
enmpnk.
The world court is too closely
bound up with the League of Nationr
and the Treaty of Versailles. As
uch it is the subject to the politics
of the League and the entanglements
th Treaty. Socialists and com
mnniiits and other opponents of the
capitalistic system see in the court
mother instrument or tne ireaiy oi
vrilles which to them is a docu
ment which means the perpetuation
nf the capitalistic order.
finme persons see in the World
Court an instrument that is, too in
effective. They think it simply will
t work ; it would be useless for us
t wante our time and energy on it,
otV,ora in the Court a change for
strength on the part of the nations
of Europe to dictate to the United
States. They fear British domina
tion or the wiles of the European
diplomats. Some see benefits in the
court, but think that the trouble, the
expense, and the possibilities of any
trrubles for us outweigh the possible
benefits.
Ballot for Student Poll
The following proposals make up the bal
lot to be voted upon in classes today.
1. For U. S. participation in the World Court under the
"Harding-Hughes-Coolidge" terms
(The U. S. not to be connected with the League of
Nations or bound to any obligations under the League
covenant; not to be bound by advisory opinions of the
Court on questions not voluntarily submitted by the
U. S.).
2. For U. S. participation under the "Harmony Plan" of
thirty peace leadera
(The U. S. to join the Court under the "Harding-Hughes-Coolidge"
terms, but to withdraw after five
years unless a code of international law has been adopt
ed outlawing war and the Court given jurisdiction).
3. For U. S. participation under the Borah terms.
(The U. S. not to join the World Court until inter
national law has been codified outlawing war and the
Court given jurisdiction; the U. S. not to be connected
thereby with the League of Nations.
4.. .Against U. S. participation in the World Court.
HOLD MDSIC CONVOCATION
Miss Aenone Poston, Give. Weekly
Program on Thursday
Miss Aenone Poston, pianist, ap
peared in the weekly musical convo
cation held in the Temple Theater
Thursday morning. Her selections
were received with hearty applause
from the audience.
The numbers were:
Ballade in B Minor Liszt.
Standchen Strauss arranged by
Bachaus.
Concert Landler Hans Luber.
Concert Prelude (The Black
smith) Dirk Foch.
PLAN FOR TRIP
OF INSPECTION
Engineering Students to Take
Annual Tour on April
3 and 4 This Year
WILL GO TO CHICAGO
Plans for the engineering inspec
tion trip made annually by members
of the senior and junior classes in the
College of Engineering, have al
ready begun. A long trip will be
arranged to the Chicago district for
the week of April '3 to April 10,
1926. It has been the custom to
take a so-called long trip every sec
ond trip, alternating with a short
tria in the intervening year.
The attention ?f all engineering
students in the senior and junior
years is called to a statement quoted
from the general catalog of the Uni
versity as follows: "Trips of inspec
tion to points of engineering inter
est are made each year under faculty
supervision, participation in one oi
these trips and a written report upon
the same are required for gradu
ation. The trip should not be taken
earlier than the student's third year
in the college."
Urge Students to take Trip
Though the short trip meets the
requirements for graduation, the de
partment earnestly recommends
that students elect the long trip as
being of greater educational inter
est and value.
The total expense ef the trip will
be about ninety dollars per man.
All the details will be announced
later. Notice is given at this time
in the expectation that some of the
students will wish to make their
decision during the Christmas holi
days as to making the trip. A short
trip will be arranged in the spring
of 1927.
For any further information de
sired, students are requested to apply
to any one of the members of the
Inspection Trip Committee. The
members of this committee are: H.
J. Kesner, chairman, F. W. Norrhv
C. A. Sjogren, J. Smay and H. L.
Wallace.
Will Hold Meeting of
Scandinavian Club
A meetingof the Scandinavian
Club will be held Saturday even
ing at 8 o'clock in the Teachers
College room 21. A speech in Swed
ish will be given by Rev. A. W. Lun
deen on "Swedish Authors in the
United States." Besides this at
traction there wiif be Swedish songs
and games also a general practice
in Swedish dialect. All students
are invited to attend this meeting.
Will Hold Christmas Party
A Christmas party will be held
Friday evening by the Lutheran Bible
League in the parish hall of the
Trinity Lutheran church on 13th and
H. The program will start at 8:30.
Weather Forecast
Friday: Mostly fair; not much
change in temperature. ,
'FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11,
SUGGEST GUARD
AGAINST THEFT
Patrolling by Volunter Watch
men is Advocated by De
tective Chief
MAKE REGULAR ROUNDS
Patrolling of fraternity and soror
ity houses by volunteer fraternity
watchmen every night for a period
of thirty days or more was suggested
yesterday by Detective Chief Ander
son of the Lincoln Police Depart
ment, as a drastic measure against
the wave of fraternity house burg
laries which resulted Tuesday night
in robbing of five houses, and enter
ing of another Wednesday night.
The detective Chief's plan would
be to have a different fraternity
member patrol the houses each r.ight,
making regular rounds as do night
watchmen. The plan would be used
during those periods of khfi year
when police records show fraternity
robberies are most numerous. These
times in the past have been in the
spring and fall, around Christmas
vacation, and at the beginning of
the second semester.
The shotgun squad patrolled soror
ity houses last spring and summer
when several robberies were report
ed in a few weeks time. A similar
drastic precaution may be taken this
winter.
Burglars find the houses especially
easy victims because students go in
and out at nearly all hours, and a
burglar might very easily be mis
taken for a late returning house
member. Oftentimes doors are not
locked. In many of the houses all
the members sleep on porches, and
that leaves the remainder of the
house unoccupied and a happy hunt
ing grcjnd for the burglar.
UNIVERSITY CHORDS
PRESENTS MESSIAH
Annual Christmas Prof ram Will Be
Presented Next Friday at
Ten O'clock
Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond, director
of music, announced yesterday that
the annual Christmas program, the
presentation of the Messiah by the
University Chorus, will be given on
next Friday at 10 o'clock. The Uni
versity orchestra will play the ac
companiment. The complete pro
gram will be announced Tuesday.
The world famous Messiah was
composed by George Frederick Han
del in 1741 and has since been pro
duced throughout the entire world.
Beaded Pink and
Actually a Deadly Gila Monster
An unsuspecting passerby would j
probably marvel at the artistically
beaded pink and black mat which the
botany department keeps in one of its
laboratories in Bessey Hall. But the
mat moves 1 It is a gila monster,
the only poisonous lizard known in
the world. Its body covering is like
covering of pink asd black beads.
The body itself is about eighteen
inches long.
The creature has been in the la
boratory only about two years. It
replaced one kept there before, that
died from old age. The latter was
also a poisonons lizard, and at one
time contrary to its usual mode of
movement, it shot out its head and bit
Dr. Wolcott who was handling it.
Dr. Wolcott says that since that he
has handled the pink and black crea
tures with considerably more care.
Since it has been in Bessey Hall
its diet has consisted entirely of raw
eggs. In a state of nature, it eats
1925.
Engineering Students
Will Sponsor "Boot
Dance on Saturday
Checkered shirts, leather jackets,
and high boots these will mark the
engineers at the "Boot Dance" which
is to be held in the Knights of Col
umbus Hall, Saturday night, Decem
ber 12. This uniaue affair is being
sponsored by students in the College
of Engineering. All students are in
vited to the dance.
The Venetian orchestra will fur
nish the music. Tickets, which are
one dollar, are being sold in all of
the engineering buildings.
The chaperones for the "Boot
Dance" will be the members of the
Colleee of Engineering faculty.
They are: George Chapman, Hiles
Haney, and August Lueb.
TO HOLD MIXER
NEXT SATURDAY
Christmas Atmosphere Is Be
ing Fostered by Decora
tions and Program
GIFTS TO BE PRESENTED
The all-University Christmas party
to he held in the Armory Saturday
evening at 8:15, will include several
events featuring the Christmas spirit.
Plans were perfected at a meeting
kU voetorHnv at. F.llen Smith Hall
to make this the best party of the!
year. Gifts will be presented from a
Christmas tree, and the distributor
will be none other than Santa Claus
himself.
Santa is being assisted in creating
a Yule-tide atmosphere by the com
mittee on decorations and he has
planned to place 'the tree in the cen
ter of the floor, with tinsel, colored
lights, and streamers running from
the tree to the walls.
Another feature of the intermis
sion will be several carols rendered
by the Vesper choir. The plans are
to have the choir on the stage or
in the balcony. During the singing
the tree will be illuminated by spot
lights. Novel Christmas refreshments will
be served throughout the evening.
Music for the dance will be furnish
ed by the Hastonian eight-piece or
chestra. Everyone is invited to be
present and help make this a real
partv. The usual admission of
twenty-five cents will be charged
Y.W.C.A. STAFF IS
HOSTESS AT TEA
Grace Coppock Staff Entertains
About Two Hundred Women
Thursday Afternoon
The Grace Coppock staff of the
Y. W. C- A. entertained "about two
hundred University women at a tea
at Ellen Smith Hall, Thursday after
noon from 4 to 6 o'clock. Miss
Ethel Hartley and Mrs. Harvey
Heath presided at the tea table dur
ing the two hours.
A Chinese play, a fantasy in verse
"A Flower of Veddo" by Victor
Mapes, was presented by four mem
bers of the University Players,
Eloise MacAhan, Arvella Hanson,
Mary Tidball, and Cleo Slagel
Richard Low, acompanied by Miss
Marjorie Little of the School of
Music sang four vocal solos.
Members of the Grace Coppock
committee who assisted in serving
were: Eloise McMonles, chairman;
Geraldine Fleming, Agnes Hentzen,
Caroline Buck, Frances Waterman,
Dorothy Thomas, Eloise Keefer and
Eloise MacAhan.
Black Mat Is
the insects and animals it can find
on the desert, its native habitat. It
is found principally in Arizona,
southern California, and New Mexi
co. With its two pointed tongue,
it laps up the raw eggs, much like
a cat.
Like most reptiles that hibernate,
loses its appetite during the winter.
Only once in a long while will it
take any nourishment during this
time. It begins its winter fast about
the latter part of September, and
begins eating again sometime in May.
The most interesting feature is yet
to come: The gila monster's store
house of food is in his tail. During
tht summer he gathers up his store
of food and through the winter he
lives upon this supply. In the spring
his tail is considerably shrunken, be
ing hardly two thirds of its ordinary
size. One can tell whether the gila
monster is well prepared for tlie
winter by the size of his tail.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
TAKE VOTE ON
WORLD COURT
ISSUE TODAY
Ballot Contains Three Propos
als and Chance to Re
ject Entrance
INSTRUCTORS IN CHARGE
Hold Poll in Ten and Eleven O'clock
Ctasses and at Booth in
Social Science
Voting on the question of the par
ticipation of the United States in the
World Court will take place in the
classes this morning. T!.e ballot
will contain three proposals for en
trance into the Court as well as a
chance to vote against it Several
thousand ballots have been placed in
the hands of the instructors having
large classes at ten and eleven
o'clock. Additional copies may be
secured from 10 to 1 o'clock at the
table near the west entrance of So-'
cial Science building where the
marked ballots will be turned in.
The poll is being carried on in co
operation with University authorit
ties by a committee from the two
Christian associations and it is
sponsored by the local chapter of
Morterboard, honorary organization
of senior girls. The results are to
be combined with those of many
other colleges and universities so that
the total may be published through
the several press associations as an
expression of national student opin
ion.
Issues Have Been Stated
Statements of the issues involved
in this ballot have been published
in issues of The Daily Nebraskan
this week so that students might un
derstand the facts connected with
the various proposals and some of the
arguments advanced for each.
Results of the voting will be tab
ulated by a special committee work
ing under the direction of the Y. W.
C. A. in Ellen Smith Hall. These
results will be telegraphed to the
central office in New York as well
as to the Princeton Conference of
Students interested in the World
Court. This conference is now in
session at Princeton, N. J., and in
cludes representatives of colleges
and universities from the entire
nation. It is held as a final con
centrated expression of student sen
timent on the Court.
Because the ballots were distri
buted a little early, a vote was taken
in some classes Thursday. The re
sults of the vote in these few cases
are being withheld, however, so that
those voting today will not be in
fluenced. It is expected, according
to some observers not acquainted
with the results already secured, that
there will be considerable division of
opinion. Others hold that the vote
will not be scattered, but will center
on one or two points involved.
Some question has arisen in the
minds of some students as to what
effect the nation-wide poll will have
on public opinion or on Congress.
Advocates of the poll point to the
fact that the press associations are
to use the results as an indication
that some importance is attached to
student opinion. Others state that
it will have little weight of the cam
puses concerned. Still others hold
that there are enough benefits from
the fact that students will have to
read and think about the subject
to make up for the trouble and ex
pense of the poll.
Y.W.G.A. HAS STAFF
DINNER THDRSDAY
Is One of Group of Affairs Planned:
Fifty Women Are in
Attendance
The Y. W. C. A. held one of a
group of staff dinners at Ellen Smith
Hall from 6 to 8 o'clock on Thurs
day evening. The dinner was in
charge of the membership staff and
about fifty women attended.
Miss Erma Appleby led the devo
tionals and Elsay Kerkow, chairman
of the finance staff gave a short
talk on the finance drive. After the
program the time was spent in sing
ing Christmas carols. The members
of the staff in charge of the dinner
are; Mary Ellen Edgerton, chair
man, Marion Eimers, Helen Ander-
son. Pearl Diller, Kathro Kidwell,"
Eva Krough, Helen Howe, Rose Fay
tinger, Irene Lavely, Marcelle Sten
ger, Romaine Dickinson, and Ida
Mae Flader.
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