he Daily Nebrask an
VOL. XXV. NO. 80.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 'THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 192G.
PRICE 5 '"NTS.
NINE MEN TO '
COMPETE IN
UU MEET
Injuries Keep Locke, Weir,
Rhodes, and Hein from
Participating
FEW MEN TO SELECT FROM
Hu.kert Always Show Up Admirably
At Indoor MeeU; 'Schulta to
Conserve Strength
Nebraska is sending but nine men
to compete in the K. C. A. C. indoor
moot which is to be held at Kansns
City Friday. It has always been
Conch Schulte's policy to send all of
his promising men with the idea of
seasoning them.
Besides being handicapped by
numbers, or rather lack of numbers,
Coach Schulte is also bothered by the
fact that several of his outstanding
stars cannot be with him. Roland
Locke winner of the 50-yard dash last
year, in which he tied the world's
record held by Paddock, is suffering
from injuries and will not Be in
shape for the meet. Ed Weir, who
took second in the high hurdles last
year, pushing Riley, of the Olympic
team to a new world's record, is out
on account of sickness and cannot
possibly make the trip. Bill Hein
sprinter, will not make the trip on
account of scholastic reasons, and
Rhodes, pole vaulter and high jump
er, will also be absent.
Those who will represent Nebras
ka at Kansas City are:
Krimmelmeyer Shot put.
Lewis 600-ynrd
Johnson 600-yard
Searle Mile
Ross 1000-yard or 880-yard
Roberts 1000-yard or 880-yard
Wyatt Dashes and hurdles
Wirsig Pole vault
Davenport 4 40-yard
The mile relay race will probably
be run by Lewis, Johnson, Wyatt,
and Davenport. Lewis and Johnson
are both running in the 600-yard
Shannon Douglas cup race.
The Huskers have always made an
admirable showing at this meet al
though they have never had the habit
of winning it It is doubtful what
they will do this year but no doubt
they will do their share of the plac
ing. Coach Schulte doesn't plan to ex
pend much effort in this meet but
will train his men for the Valley in
door competition meets and for the
early outdoor competitions.
STUDENTS RECEIVE
SCHOLASTIC AWARD
Iowa Undregraduates Receive De
grees in Three Yean Through
High Standing
IOWA CITY, la., February 3. A
new ruling on scholarship which went
into effect this semester at the Stat
University of Iowa is responsible for
the graduation cf five students who
have maintained an excellent schol
arship average during their three and
one-half years at the university
The Commitee on Scholarship
ruled that every four hours of "A"
earned by a student should automati
cally receive an extra hour of "A'
toward graduation credit Thus, o
student who maintains an unusually
hitfh average may graduate in three
years.
The five students who profited by
the plan on its initial application are
Oakley Bartlett Lavidson of Sheri
dan, Mo., George Sherman Lane oi
Linn Grove, Use Margaret Smith of
Iowa City, Harold Claus Vedeler of
Clear Lake, and Philip C. Walker of
Alproma. They were given degrees
today at the Commencement exer
cises. The committee believes that the
new plan provides an incentive for
scholarship which will raise the uni
versity average and will reward the
deserving students.
W. A. A. Plans Dinner
Dance to End Season
The Women's Athletic Association
is to bring the soccer season to a fi
nal close with a dinner dance to all
A. A. members and any woman
who was out for soccer this season.
The banquet will be held at Ellen
Smith Hall on Thursday evening
February 6. from 6 to 8. The presi
dent will award all honors to the
members of the organization eligible
for them at this time. . Katherine
McDonald will receive an "N", and
many women will receive their class
numerals. To be entitled to an "N"
a woman must have twelve hundred
A. A. points, and for & numeral
five hundred Doirits. Tia nriee will
be seventy-five cents each, and all
w"o plan to come are to sign on the
Poster on the W. A. A. bulletin
board. ,
Kiener, Lecturing on Skiing,
Recounts Pleasure of Winter Sports
Mr. Walter Kiener spoke on Skiing
and Winter Sports at the Women's
Athletic Association mooting Wed
nesday, and supplemented the lec
ture with his pictures taken in tho
Alps, and some taken near Denver.
A picture of Olaus Mairus on skis.
taken in 15:1!) points out the nge of
the sport. It was used for all of
tho mountain travel during the win
ter by . most of tho people of that
time. During tho late war it came
into use in carrying messages from
one part of Switzerland to another.
The original use of skiins: was to
scale tho mountains in the winter and
the Alpine Club used skis only for
this purpose. But it is also popu
lar as a sport, and Mr. Kiener illus
trated this by many pictures of the
trails, and ski jumping.
While skiing in tho mountains, one
Seats Unreserved For
Field House Opening
The new Field House will be
open to the public for the first
time February 6, for the Nebraska-Kansas
basketball game.
Because the contractor has not
finished work on the permanent
balcony, reserved seats as desig
nated on the season students
athletic tickets will not be avail
able. A block of 3,000 seats will
be reserved for the students and
faculty members holding season
tickets.
To reach the Field House go
north on Fourteenth street to
Vine. Temporary walks to the
building have been constructed
from there.
The University cadet band will
give a half-hour's concert before
the game whioh is scheduled for
7:30 o'clock.
PHI BETA KAP'PA
ANSWERS CRITIC
Student Who Refused Key
Does Not Worry Organiza
tion; 6,000 Accepted
AWARD NOT ON GRADES
(New Student News Service)
In reply to The New Student's
query, Phi Beta Kappa has revealed
its attitude toward the refusal of
Floyd Simonton, University of Kan
sas, to accept a key. Oscar Voor
hees, secretary of the honorary so
ciety, writes that the key award is
not based entirely upon grades, that
few students have refused the key in
recent years, that Phi Beta Kappa
will not miss them."
Simonton refused membership in
Phi Beta Kappa because he consider
ed the prevalent system of grading
a "false criterion of scholarship
dangerous foundation for intellectual
idealism and achievement" He de
clared that he could not see how, un
der the present educational system, it
is possible for a student to be a
'straight A man' without wasting
much of his energies on the forms
and husks which are inevitable in
courses which are taught, not to in
dividuals, but to classes of 30, 90,
100 and 150. The New Student
wrote to Mr. Voorhees asking how
many such refusals have been re
ceived in the past year, also whether
the organization is taking any steps
to meet the criticisms of those who
decline.
The following is the main text of
Secretary Voorhee's reply:
"Your letter of January 11 is be
fore me and in answer I would say
that in the last three years, so far
as I am aware, only three students
have declined to acept membership in
Phi Beta Kappa Two of these were
women. The last one, Mr. Simonton,
(Continued on Page Three.)
"WEATHER FORECAST
Thursday: Generally fair with
rising temperature.
Weather Conditions
A storm area now over South
Carolina has fused general rain
in the lower Mississippi valley and
the southeastern States and snow
in the upper Mississippi valley
and the lake region. Light
snow has also fallen in North
Dakota and adjacent portions
of Canada. Fair weather pre
vails in the Missouri valley, the
Plains region, and the Mountain
states. Good rains have again
fallen in California, and lighter
rains on the north Pacific coast.
Temperatures are moderate
throughout the country.
THOMAS A. BLAIR,
Meteorologist.
must not only watch tho trail, but
must also be alert for weather signs
or any sounds indicating snow ava
lancho or glacier slide. Tho clouds
in the mountains seem to come up
from tho valleys, and as they us
ually fortell a storm, a mountain
climber always watches for them.
At a short business meeting pro
ceeding Mr. Kiener's speech, Doro
thy Howe was initiated into the as
sociation. Candidates for the soc
cer election to be hold Thursday,
February 11, are Helen Morehead,
Joy Schaeffor, Margaret Piatt, and
Hazel Snavely. All are members of
W. A. A., and have been actively en
gaged in soccer in "the past season.
The members chosen will bo initiated
at the mid-year banquet, Thursday
evening, February 1, at Ellen Smith
Hall.
TWENTY NIGHT
COURSES GIVEN
Classes Count as Regular Work
Or May Be Taken With
out Credit
COMMENCE FEBRUARY 8
About twenty night courses, with
classes beginning February 8, 9, 10,
and 11, will be offered by the Uni
versity of Nebraska during the sec-
jond semester, according to a recent
announcement of the University Ex
tension Division. Instruction for
those unable to attend during the
day will be available in accounting.
American history, American writers,
art, business English, business law.
camp fire work, dramatic art, edu
cational psychology, French, har
mony, mechanical drawing, modern
short story writing, musical inter
pretation, office organization, pub
lic speaking, short story writing,
Spanish, trigonometry, and working
drawings..
All of the above courses give resi
dence credit, but some may be car
ried without credit. A registration
of one dollar is charged each student
who is not already registered for
University work this semester. The
tuition fee, unless otherwise stated,
is two dollars a credit hour for a
course given without credit, or three
dollars an hour with credit. A reg
istration of twenty students will be
required to form a class.
The night courses to be given are
scheduled as follows:
American History, 146, Recon
struction Period, 2 or 3 hours credit,
Niondays, commencing February 8,
730-9:10 p. m., S. S. 201, Mr. Coch
ran. Business Administration Advan
ced Accounting, Mondays, beginning
February 8, 7-30-9:00, S. S. 202,
Mr. Cole.
....Business Law, 2 hours credit,
Tuesday evenings, 7:30, S. S. 105,
Mr. Bullock.
Office Organization, 2 hours cred
it, Thursdays, beginning February
11, 7:30 to 9:30, S. S. 202, Mr. Dar
lington. Camp Fire Guardians Training
Course Wednesdays, beginning on
February 10, 7 to 8, S. S. 107, 1 hour
credit, Esther Blankenship.
Advanced Educational Psychology
2 hours credit, Mondays 7 to 9, be
ginning February 8, S. S. 107, Mr.
Henzlik.
(Continued on Page Three.)
Wisconsin University
Convention Quarters
University and commercial chem
ists from seven states will attend a
regional meeting of the American
Chemical society at the University of
Wisconsin, May 2'8-29. Nearly 3,000
chemists have been invited.
The meeting will be national in
"haracter if two national sections of
the society accept invitations to hold
their meeting in conjunction with the
regional meeting. The president of
the American Chemical society will
deliver one of the principal address
es. I The first day of the meeting will
I include inspections of the various
university chemical laboratories ana
the general addresses. Division
meetings in the character of sympos
iums will consume most of the second
day. A large program of entertain
ment is being planned by the local
committee.
Adopt Point System
The University of Illinois has
adopted point system for women's
activities in order to encourage all
women to take part and to give each
one an equal chance. This pirn lias
been in use at the University of
Kansas for several years.
FIRST TERM OF
SUMMERSCHOOL
STARTS JUNE 7
Special Courses Are Offered
By Three Instructors of
Columbia University
WORK IN ALL COLLEGES
Extra Session Enables Teachers and
Special Students to Obtain
Degree in Shorter Time
The preliminary announcement of
the 1926 Summer Session at the Uni
versity of Nebraska was made in the
University Extension News issued on
February 3. The first term of this
session will begin June 7 and end on
July 14, and the second term begin
ning July 15 and ending August 20.
Among the outstanding educators
who have been secured to offer spe
cial courses are Dr. W. H. Kilpatrick,
Dr. G. D. Strayer, and Dr..N. L. En
gelhardt, all of Columbia University.
Dr. Strayer and Dr. Engelhardt will
offer several courses in school ad
ministration. Summer courses will be offered by
the University in all colleges includ
ing the colleges of Law, Dentistry,
and Pharmacy.
The object of the Summer Session
is to give under-graduates and the
graduates an opportunity to continue
their studies along cither profession
al or educational lines during the
summer months with a minimum loss
of time to the students.
Teachers are especially aided by
the summer work in that it enables
them to meet new certification re
quirements and to qualify for higher
certificates. In addition to this they
can make extra credits toward their
college degre.
Students who find it necessary to
shorten the time spent in obtain
ing a degree are aided in obtaining
a degree in a much shorter time. It
is of gre,at value in earning profes
sional degrees.
The students during the Summer
Session are brought into contact with
the foremost educators in America,
and especially in the fields of school
supervision and administration.
In the College of Law the Summer
Session is one term beginning June 8
and closing July 28. "The regular
faculty of the Law College gives the
courses in most cases. It is possible
to obtain six hours credit during the
term and this is equal to one-half of
one semester of law. The require
ments for admission are sixty hours
of work, either in the College of Arts
and Sciences or in a similar college,
in addition to four years of high
school work.
A complete Summer Session Bulle
tin or any other information de
sired may be obtained by writing tq
the Director of the Summer Session,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
Nebraska.
PAYING SPECIALIST
WILL SPEAK HERE
J. M. Egan of Chicago To Address
Civil Engineering Students
Friday Morning
The American Society of Civil En
gineers will be honored by the pres
ence of Mr. J. M. Egan, chief en
gineer of the Midwest Paving Brick
Manufacturing Association of Chi
cago, 111., Friday morning at 10
o'clock.
Mr. Egan will speak on the uses
of brick as paving material. This
lecture should be of interest to all
the students in the College of En
gineering. The lecture will be given
in Mechanical Arts 206.
FOUR JOIN COMMERCIAL CLUB
Bizad Women Initiate New Members'
Wednesday Evening
The Girl's Commercial Club ini
tiated four new members at their
dinner Wednesday evening at Ellen
Smith Hall from five to eight Those
initiated were Evelyn Overbeck, Mar
guerite Comfort, Elenora Paul, and
Jean Livinghouse.
Edna Barber and Marie Van Es
gave a message of welcome to the
new girls. Ella Thompson was chair
man of the initiation. A color
scheme of pink and white was carried
out in the decorations.
All Round Students Needed
"The college of today is in need of
more 'all around students' and fewer
specialists," says the president of
Northwestern University.
Engineering Students to Build
Forming Press in Laboratories
A Toledo Forming Press to be used
to stamp out metal parts, is being
built in tho Mechnnical Engineering
laboratories. With the exception of
the blue prints, which were furnished
by the Toledo Forming Press Com
pany, Toledo, Ohio, the work is being
done entirely by students in the En
gineering College under tho super
vision of the instructors in the pat
tern making, foundry, and machine
shop departments. This project is
the most intricate and one of the
largest ever attempted at the Univer
sity of Nebraska.
Patterns and core boxes for he
various parts were made in the Uni
versity pattern making laboratory.
Tho largest single pattern wa3 for
the mnin frame of the machine, and
is a striking example of the art of
patternmaking. Students in Mr.
BANQUET DATE
IS ADVANCED
Pan-Hellenic Gathering Will
Be Held February 18 For
Actives and Alumni
PLAN FOR ONE THOUSAND
The date of the Pan-Hellenic ban
quet has been changed from Wed
nesday, February 17, to Thursday,
February 18, it was announced at
the meeting of Pan-Hellenic council
Wednesday afternoon. The banquet
will be the first one of its kind ever
held at the University of Nebraska
and will be held at the Scottish Rite
Temple.
The Pan-Hellenic association of
Lincoln, which is sponsoring the ban
quet, asked the undergraduate associ
ation to decide whether or not they
would dress formally or informally.
The decision was to make it formal,
About one thousand women are ex
pected, including alumni and active
sorority women in Lincoln. It is
hoped that the banquet will be held
evry year, corresponding to the
men's inter-fraternity banquet which
is held each year.
During the evening a program will
be given by the active chapters of
some of the sororities. Silver loving
cups will be awarded to the four sor
orities having the highest scholar
ship averages. The cup for the high
est scholarship will become the
property of the sorority which re
ceives it. The other three cups will
rotate from year to year to the sor
orities with the second, third, and
fourth highest averages.
The committee in charge of the
banquet is as follows: Mrs. Thelma
Sealock, in charge of the banquet
menu; Miss Blanche Garten, in
charge of the program; Miss Helen
Tuttle, in charge of the plate reser
vations. RARE CHIHTZS TO
BE ON EXHIBITION
Have Display at Home Economics
Building at Agricultural
College
A complete display of original
Toiles de Jouey, French chintz, will
be open for public inspection in the
Home Economics building, Agricul
tural College campus, Friday of this
week. These old prints are of the
eighteenth century, (1760-1800)
and many bear the name of the man
ufacturer. These were printed from
wooden blocks.
The materials of most of these
chintzs were woven by hand, and in
many cases the painting was done
by hand. The dyes used in the de
signs were made by the people from
vegetables. Among the display are
fragments of fine old pieces from
France, England, and Portugal.
There is also a rare Japanese Bctik
shawl of the eighteenth century.
Exceptionally fine bits of work are
found in buff and red, made by the
French after the Chinese design of
the time. These designs are copied
greatly today and are very compli
cated, depicting stories of everyday
life and scenes from historical events.
The display comes to the depart
ment through the courtesy of the
Metropolitan Art Museum of New
York, and includes some of the origi
nal wood blocks which were used in
the printing. All who are interested
in these old prints will have the op
portunity of seeing them Friday.
Presbyterian Club
Will Meet Tonight
The University Presbyterian Club
will hold a banquet at the Grand Ho
tel Thursday evening, from 6 to 8
o'clock. The University Players will
present a skit, and reports will be
heard on the Inter-Denominationl
Conference held nt Evanrton during
Christmas vacation.
Bunting's Mechnnical Engineering 3
classes constructed tho pattern and
worked as accurately as experienced
commercial patternmakers. It was
necessary, to take into consideration
lightness as well as strength in the
building of this pattern, thereby
making the construction doubly dif
ficult. Tho next , roblem in construction
was tho casting of the vuriouB and
complicated parts in the foundry.
This has just recently been done,
under the supervision of Mr. Over
street, by students in his Mechani
cal Engineering 4 and 5 classes. Tho
casting for the frame weighed 12G0
pounds and was practically flawless.
Without doubt it is the most difficult
casting ever poured in the Univer-
( Continued on Page Three.)
1926 CORNIIUSKER
Assist. Business Managers
The Student Publication Board
will receive applications until
noon Monday, February 8, from
upper-classmen for two positions
as assistant business managers of,
the 1926 Cornhusker.
Application blanks may be got
at the office of the Chairman at
University Hall 104 and of Secre
tary J. K. Sclleck.
Applicants are requested to
submit as clearly and as concisely
as may be, evidence as to their
qualifications for discharging the
duties of these positions.
M. M. FOGG, Chairman,
Student Publication Board.
HUSKERS LEAD
WITH SOONERS
North and South Represented
In Race for Valley Cham
pionship NEBRASKA "DARK HORSE"
The MiiwourV Valley basketball
race has become a contest between
two teams, one representing the nor
thern tier of the circuit and the other
the southern. The Oklahoma Soon
ers and the Nebraska Cornhuskers
are setting the pace and both are
rating 1000. The Sooners have won
six games and the Huskers have hung
up five victories without a single de
feat. Nebraska, considered a rank out
sider at the beginning of the season,
is now one of the favorites to cop
the championship, especially since
the three game jaunt into Iowa where
the Huskers wjere victorious over
Grinnell, Ames, and Drake. In these
three games the Nebraska team dis
played an offense that hitherto has
been lacking this season.
The Kansas Jayhawks made a sim
ilar trip through Iowa and emerged
winners over the same teams that
were defeated by Nebraska. Kansas
has a record of six games won and
two lost and is in fourth place in
the conference standings.
Oklahoma A. & M. is in place in
the Valley with four games won and
one lost. Some of the teams were
idle during the past week and as a
result not many cha.iges have taken
place in the percentage column. This
week finds most of the teams in ac
tion again and some change in
leadership may result.
The three Iowa teams, Grinnell,
Ames and Drake are at the foot of
the ladder. Grinnell has not won a
game in seven starts, Drake has won
one out of six and Ames has won one
out of five. Missouri has been de
feated three times in four starts and
the Kansas Aggies and Washington
have broken even in the games they
have played, the former winning one
out of two and the latter two out of
four.
The big game of this week is the
Kansas-Nebraska tangle on the Lin
coln court Saturday night. It will
be the acid test for the Cornhuskers;
a loss will tumble them from the lead
and a win will mark them as per
haps the strongest team in the con
ference W.A. A. Needs Women
To Sell Concessions
The Women's Athletic Associ
ation has charge of the conces
sions at the opening of the Field
House, Saturday night February
C. All members who are inter
ested and can be present to help
with the concessions, should sign
up on the poster on the W. A. A.
bulletin board in West Armory,
by Friday evening if possible.
SIGMA DELTA
CHI SKIT IS
PRIZE WINNER
Plaque for Best University
Night Skit To Be Awarded
To Journalism Fraternity
REHEARSALS ARE BEGUN
One Twelve Minute Act and One Five
Minute Curtain Skit Needed
To Complete Frogram
Sigmu Delta Chi, men's profes
sionable journalistic fraternity, will
be awarded the plaque offered by
the University Night committee as
a prize for the best skit submitted
for the annual fun-fest. Clayton E.
Goar, chairman, nnnounced yester
day. The skit will be the feature of
the program and will be presented
by Pi Epsilon Delta, National Col
legiate player's organization.
Five full length acts and two cur
tain skits have been approved by the
University Night committee, and the
rehearsals for these features are
already under way.
Vaudeville, campus puns, music,
and songs are combined in the acts
and skits to make an enjoyable eve
ning full of entertainment and col
legiate humor.
One act and another curtain skit
are needed to complete the program.
Anyone wishing to write an act or
skit should see a member of the Uni
versity Night committee as soon as
possible. The time for a full length
act should not exceed twelve min
utes, and the time limit for a curtain
skit is five minutes.
The performance to be held at the
Orpheum Theater will be the only
one given this year because of the
difficulty in avoiding conflictions
when presenting acts at the Orpheum
and the Temple the same night
FIRST HAY GRADING
SCHOOL SUCCESSFUL
Federal Government Cooperate with
Collage of Agriculture ha
Training Producers
Nebraska's first hay grading school
began on January 11, and lasted two
weeks. It was under the direction
of Professor Keim of the department
of agronomy.
The purpose of the school was to
give Nebraska hay producers and the
shippers experience and practice in
applying the standard hay grades, re
cently adopted by the United States
Department of Agriculture.
The United States Department of
Agriculture cooperated in providing
instructors. Mr. H. W. Hasterman
took charge of the prairie hay work
and Mr. Edward C. Parker of the al
walfa work. More than one hun
dred carefully selected bales of
prairie hay and alfalfa were collected
from many sources and served as
laboratory material.
Several prominent hay producers
and handlers of the state attended
the school. It was the opinion of all
who attended that the Federal hay
standards were the most practical
and workable set of standards for
mulated. Because Nebraska ranks arnone
the first, if not the first, in alfalfa
production and hieh in prairie hav
production, it is important that the
rederal standards be formally adopt
ed in this state. As pointed out by
Mr. Parker, this would greatly in
crease Nebraska's prestige as the
largest alfalfa producing state in the
Union, and would do much toward
firmly establishing her reputation as
a producing center of high quality
hay.
VETERINARIANS MEETING
Short Course Being Conducted at the
College of Agriculture
Veterinarians from all over Ne
braska began gathering Tuesday
morning at the College of Agricult
ure for a three day short course.
More than seventy-five had register
ed by noon and one hundred and
fifty were expected by Wednesday
morning.
They are meeting this year to
study with Dr. Van Es of the animal
pathology department all the phases
of poultry diseases. Tuberculosis
and fowl cholera of chickens,, white
diarrhoea and letr weakness of babv
chicks, and black head of turkeys
will be among the most important
disease studied.'
The short course fits in with the
poultry yard sanitation camnhirn.
being encouraged by the agricultural
extension service. Prevention of di
seases and control of their spread cro
the biggest problems cf tV. wi. i
narians deeling with poi: :';..
