The Daily Nebraskan XXV. NO. 97. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1926. PRICE 5 CENTS. HOSKERS ARB TROUNCED BY JAYHAWKERS Nebraska Defense Weakens After Nip and Tuck First Half LAWSON STARS AT GUARD Pity Characterised as Bet on Kan ,.i Court, Despite 30 to 17 Score (Special to The Daily Nebraskan) LAWRENCE, Kans., Feb. 27. Despite the fact that the Kansas bas ketball team defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers by a score of SO to 17, the Nebraskans exhibited the best brand of basketball during the first half that a visiting team has shown on the Kansas court this year. The score at the half was 10 to 11, hi favor of the Jayhawkers. Eks trom, Nebraska center, made the first wore with a pretty field goal from the center of the court. Burton, Kansas guard, soon evened up the wore with another long shot. Neither team was ahead of the other by more than three points during the first half. Soon after the start of the sec ond half the Jayhawkers swung into action. A whirlwind attack and an air tight defense soon put them well out in front. The Cornhuskers, in the meantime, could not locate the basket, and it was not until about two minutes before the gun that they scored their only second-half field goal. Smaha played a good floor game for Nebraska, and Eckstrom did well on the offensive. Lawson's work at guard was the best part of Nebraska play. The Kansas stars were Petersen at center, Gordon at forward, and Bur ton at guard. The box score: The box poor 3 : Kansas 30 FG FT F. Schmidt, f 2 . 2 . 2 Gordon f 4 12 Petersen; c 4 0 1 Burton, g 13 1 Belgard, g 10 0 Proudfit, f 0 0 0 Tait, f 0 0 0 Zuber, c 0 0 0 Mullins, g 0 0 1 Livingston g 0 0 1 Totals 12 6 8 Nebraska 17 FG FT F. Smaha, f 2.1 1 Beerkle, f 1.1.0 Ekstrom, c 2 2 0 Lawson, g 0 0 1 Brown, g 0 18 Spague, f 0 0 0 Milenz, f 0 0 1 Gerelich, g 0 0 0 Elliott, g-c 0 0 0 Andreson, g 10 0 Totals 6 6 6 SORORITY HOUSES DAMAGED BY FIRE Alpha Chi Omega and Alpha Dolt. Theta Residences Burn; Much Clothing Ruined Fire partially destroyed the Alpha Wta Theta sorority house, 312 No. fourteenth Street, and some damage done to the adjoining Alpha Chi Omega house, 1410 Q street, early Saturday morning, February 27. The 're broke out between the partitions j the two houses at about four o' el0, and it is thought to have been caused by defective wiring. , One room of the Alpha Delta The- house was entirely destroyed, and we contents of several other room ere lost. The damage to the Alpha u Omega house was not' so great, r there wo considerable loss from tamage to clothing. The Alpha Chi Omega sorority is P'anning to move the latter part of "t week, but hag not definite,y yet ided upon their new location. LeRossignol Prepare Convention Program i on-jr iuwb service; eiTan,J- E- LeRossignol of the Col i ,.f. . Bu'ims Administration is ' TOg the program for the con a rl f the Amen Association vhiM. ", otuooiB 01 JJUMncss Kay I"!' n6 he'd frm APril 28 t0 over m Varthmouth Colless. Han- lirnni llamPsnire. Dean LeRos ItL' president of the association lJ.ntal,Ve rom all the lartrer - ".w miena. n verity News Sen-ice) b p"., IIome Economics spoke ! Home-' i f the Pre8ent Day ; Plat. th8 P- E' - P "ttamouth Friday, February 19. Entertain High School Tournament Basketeers Entertainment for visiting high school basketball players at the tournament to be held here March 11, 12, and 13, will be provided by the Freshman Council of the University Y. M. C. A, Friday evening, March 12. Pictures of the Nebraska-Not-re Dame football game on last Thanksgiving day will be shown and there will be speeches by sev eral prominent students and fac ulty members. D. U., PHI SIG ARB FINALISTS Beat Delta Tau Delta and Kappa Sigma in Inter-fraternity Semi-Finals TO DECIDE CUP TUESDAY Yesterday's Results Phi Sigma Kappa, 21; Kappa Sig ma, 14. Delta Upsilon, 26; Delta Tau Delta 21. Tuesday's Game Final Phi Sigma Kappa vs. Delta Upsi lon, 4 o'clock. The semi-finals of the inter-fraternity basketball tournament were played Saturday. The Phi Sigma Kappa and the Delta Upsilon teams came off victors and will play in the finals on", Tuesday. In the first game the Phi Sigma Kappa five played the Kappa Sigma team off its feet, the score being 21 to 14. This was probably the sur prise game of the tournament, as the dope pointed to Kappa' Sigma, if to either team. The Phi Sig de fense was the main factor in the victory. Their guards, Nicholson, Higgins, and Johnson did some stel lar defense work and were ably -aided by the other men. The combination of Paulsen to Othmer of the Kappa Sig offense could not function, as they were held down tightly on the close shots. Both teams started off well, carry ing the ball in a nice manner. The Phi Sigs missed a number of shots, but Grace finally caged one. Holmes, Kappa Sig, came down for a short shot, but missed. Andrews put in another for the Phi Sigs. He follow ed that shortly with -a free throw. King slipped in a free throw. An drews added to his total with an other field goal, which was a neat shot. Kappa Sigs Fail To Score The Kappa Sigma five was work ing together better, but could not connect with the basket They miss ed two free throws, then King count ed up two more for Phi Sigma Kappa with a pretty field goal. Andrews got another field goal. The Kappa Sig guards took a vacation, and An drews took advantage of it and rang in a short shot. Ullstrom missed two more free throws for Kappa Sigma, but Othmer broke the ice for them by slipping in a field goal. Paulsen brought the Kappa Sig's total to four with a beauty from the floor. King slipped in a shot, and Higgins ended the scoring of the half with a free throw. The game was very fast. Andrews was high point man, and King was starring with the Phi figs. King was playing a very pretty floor game. The second half of the game show ed an improvement in the Kappa Sigs, but they could not solve the Phi Sigma Kappa defense. Paulsen opaed the counting with a nice long shot. King missed about three tries, in a row. Nicholson was put out of the game on personal fouls, Johnson taking' his place. Not much (Continued on l'age Four) Annual "Frolic of March 12 Will Close Formal Season The, Pan-Hellonic Ball has been; an annual traditional event on this campus for many years. Because Jt has alwavs been one of the biggest parties of the year, ranking with the Military Ball and the benior rrom it usually ushered in or closed tne formal season. Tinnnir the war this traditional ev ent was not held, but it was revived in 1P.M. Until the war necessi- tateA a stoD to this formal, it was sponsored by the Kosmet Klub, but since 1923, it has been unaer me m rection of the Pan-Hellenic Ball Com mittee, assisted by a representative from each fraternity. The City Auditorium was usually used because it was the largest place in the city. Since 1923 the Scottish Rite Temple has been used. In 1917 the ball was given as a .o,oil nnrtv to those who were leaving for training camps. The proceeds of thig dance were given to French orphans. Because of the Y.M.C.A. PLANS 'SHORT,SNAPPY' FINANCE DRIVE Many Students Volunteer Aid In Raising Money to Make Up Deficit TO CAMPAIGN THURSDAY Canvas Entire Student Body in One Evening; Will Be on Strictly Cash Basis One thousand dollars is the amount which the University Y. M. C. A. expects to raise in a "short and snappy" finance drive Thursday evening, March 4, to make up the deficit In its budget caused by the failure of its student drive last fall. About two hundred and twenty five men have volunteered to help in the campaign, which is being so arranged by Gerald Davis, "Y" fin ance chairman, that the entire stu dent body can be canvassed in one evening. About one-third of these men will work in the fraternity houses and the others will solicit in rooming houses. The Y. M. C. A. budget drafted by the cabinet at the beginning of the school year called for at least two thousand dollars from the student body.. Only one-half of this amount was raised in the four-day campaign. Subsequently the 'Y' officers discuss ed various means of making up the deficit, but came to the conclusion that only by staging another student drive could it be taken care of. Opens With Banquet The drive will open with a banquet at the Grand hotel. Leaders in the 'Y' movement here and prominent students and faculty members will speak. Each man will be given a list of men to see. These lists will be ar ranged so that each man will see a bunch of students in the same house or locality. By this method it is ex pected that the drive can be finish ed in the one evening Headquarters for the campaign will be maintained in either the 'Y' rooms in The Temple or at the Grand hotel and each worker will re port that evening on the men he has seen (Continued on Page Three.) FACULTY MEMBERS ATTEND MEETING Dra. Grether and Robb and Prof. Martin Art Present At Nebras ka Retailors' Convention Prof. O. R. Martin, chairman of the department of business organi zation and management, Prof. T. Bruce Robb, chairman of the com mittee on business research, and Dr. E. T. Grether, associate professor of advertising, went to Grand Island, this week to attend the annual con vention of the Nebraska Retailers' Association. Dr. Grether gave a paper, Wed nesday, on "Retail Advertising," and, Professor Martin, on Thursday, spoke to the convention on the "Import ance of Statistical Data in the Man agement of Retail Stores." Dr. Robb attended the meeting in the interest of the Bureau of Busi ness Research with a view to mak ing plans and preparations for com piling data of the costs and expenses of operating general merchandise stores in Nebraska. Collins Lectures Bird Club "Some Recent Bird Literature"" was the subject of a talk by F. G. Collins, assistant curator of the mu seum, Thursday evening at a meet ing of the Bruner Bird Club. the Greeks" On charitable cause the City Auditorium, fnr the first year since the tradition was held, was not decorated. Fra ternity crests have, in previous years, been used to decorate. Each frater nity which bought its quota of tickets was rewarded by having its crest as part of the fraternity display of In 1923 there were 250 couples present at the first Pre-Hollenic Ball since the war. A ten-piece orches tra composed of the Louisiana Raga dors and the Serenadors played. This year the " Pan-Hellenic Ball will be held Friday evening, March 12. This annual formal is being sponsored by representatives of each fraternity under the supervision of the Pan-Hellenic Ball committee. Ralph Ireland is chairman. The slo gan of this years "Frolic of the Greeks" is "Something new and dif ferent every minute," an atttempt is being mat e to make this the most el aborate Pan-Hellenic Ball ever held. Grapplers Have Easy Time at Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 27. The University of Nebraska wrestling team defeated the University of Min nesota grapplers in dual meet here tonight by a score of 13 to 1. The Husker matmen were clearly superi or and it was apparent from almost the start that they would be easy victors. DUTEAU TO BB FORUM SPEAKER Arts and Science Junior to Dis cuss Evils of Our Univer sity Social EXPECT BIG DISCUSSION Ellsworth DuTeau, junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, will discuss "Some Evils of Our Present University Social System" at the reg ular weekly World Forum luncheon at the Grand hotel Wednesday noon. The topic is felt to be especially timely because of the general dis cussion of social life in the Univer sity which has been aroused by the recent agitation against the use of rent-a-Fords. Mr. DuTeau was one of the leaders in the original cam paign against the increase in rent-a-Ford rates and the one who in sisted, in his letters in The Daily Ne braskan, on the students realizing that the rent-a-Ford question was only one reflection of the evils of the social system at Nebraska. Tickets for the luncheon are twenty-five cents and are on sale at the Y. M. C. A. office in The Temple and at Ellen Smith Hall. It is also possible that tickets may be distribu ted to the various fraternity houses for sale, as the subject is one, it is thought, in which fraternity men, most particularly, will be interested. It is expected that a most lively discussion of student life and student problems will follow Mr. DuTeau's talk. DuTeau, who is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, comes from Merrill, Wisconsin. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The series on "Progress" has been temporarily dropped by the Forum, but will be resumed in about a month. Wednesday, March 10, Mr. J. R. Isaac, a secretary of the Y. M. C. A. of India, will discuss some phase of the life and problems of India. The next week Thomas Q. Harrison, of the Fellowship of Youth for Peace will speak. The following Wednes day Dr. Gerald Biorney Smith of the University of Chicago, who is com ing to the University to deliver a series of six addresses on "Religion and Modern Life," will speak. The series on "Progress" will be resumed early in April, with ad dresses by Mrs. Hattie 'Plum Wil liams of the department of sociology on "Social Reform and Progress" and an address on "Progress and the Individual" by Prof. J. A. Rice, Jr., chairman of the department of ancient languages. SET DEADLINE OF CADET PICTORES March 6 is the Last Day For Senior Officer Appointments at the Studio This is the last week for senior ca det officers to have their individual military pictures taken for the 1926 CornhuHker. Saturday, March 6 Iibb been set as the deadline for appoint ments at the studio. Early printing of the year book will make necess ary a rigid enforcement of the limit. " Officers who must have their pic tures taken are all regimental execu tive officers, including all captains on the regimental staff; all batallion majors and adjutants; all company commanders and seconds in com mand. Sponsors muBt also have their pictures this week. WEATHER FORECAST Sunday: Fair; no decided change in temperature. Weather Conditions Light snow has again fallen in Illinois, the Ohio valley, the Low er Lake region and the north At lantic Btates. Fair weather pre vails in all the rest of the country. The Missouri valley continues ab normally warm for the season Elsewhere temperatures are near the seasonal normal except in up per Michigan and northern Wis consin, where they are close to zero. THOMAS A. BLAIR, Meteorologist UNIVERSITY NIGHT DRAWS LARGE CROWD Sixteenth Annual Program Presented; Vein of Humor Prevails TEA FOR TWO' MAKES HIT Clever Entertainers Make Acts En joyable; Seven Skits Put on By Students The sixteenth annual University Night program was presented to the students of Nebraska and the citizens of Lincoln Saturday evening at the Orpheum theater. A capacity house witnessed the seven skits put on by students. A light vein of humor was carried out though the entire program and "wise cracks" were scattered hither and thither with reckless abandon. Between acts jokes were thrown upon the screen much to the delight of the audience or part of it. The opening number by the Tas sels, depicted a court scene with the king (Dean Engberg) and the queen (Dean Heppner) played by Margaret Long and Ruth Clendenin respect ively. Harriet Cruise took the part of the court jester and was ably sup ported by a chorus of girls. Songs and witty jokes made up the ma jority of the act. Robert Barr presented "Campus Chalk Talk" and his sketches of events that have happened on the campus brought many laughs. All of the drawings were very clever and were well received. "Going Up" was the name of a skit presented by the Corn Cobs. The scene was laid in a hotel lobby with a large majority of the Corn Cobs playing the part of co-eds. Promi nent students who came to register at the hotel offered the merriment for the act. A bell-boy quartet that sang several clever songs was per haps the best scene of this number. The scene of the Dramatic club skit was laid in the Silver Moon. A group -of students had congregated there and were followed by the Dean of Men and Dean of Women. Dance and song numbers played a promi nent part in making this act a sue cess, which was brought to a close by a speech by Dean Engberg himself. The prize-winning skit, entitled "Bigger and Better," and written by Sigma Delta Chi, national profession al journalistic fraternity, was pro duced by Pi Epsilon' Delta, organiza tion of intercollegiate players, and was adjudged by most of the audi ence as being worthy of first prize, as it was cleverly written. This was the only act on the program in which any attempt was made really to sat irize campus personages and tradi tions. It should provide a warning to all students inclined to spend much time "thinking." The scene of the skit was "At the Switch" in Prof. M. M. Fogg's office and the time "The Deadline Hour." "Hold Everything" was a comedy skit put on by Judd Crocker and Wallace Weeks and consisted of songs, dances, and clever jokes. They were assisted at the piano and banjo by Allan Gardner. "Tea for Two" featuring Harriett Cruisp and Ed Ellingson as vocalists with Russel Townsend and Ed Walt, Jr., at the pianos was good for three curtain calls. All of this group are talented musicians and their songs and music finished the evening of en tcrtuinment. Plate of Tooth Sent to Museum (University News Service) A plate of a mammoth tooth was sent to the museum recently by C. E. Rennolds, superintendent of schools at Shelton. Mr. Rennolds has several more speciments found in the gravel pits near Shelton. Bulletin Gives Interesting Reports On Teaching Conditions In Nebraska (University News Service) To serve as a "clearing house in Nebraska for educational research and the best of theory and practices in the field," the "first Educational Research Bulletin of Teachers Col lege of the University of Nebraska was published last week. The bulle tin contains three theses submitted in the Graduate College. The first thesis is on the "Relation Between the Subjects Taught and the Teachers' Preparation," by Agnes Undeland, Omaha. It is based on a study of the reports of 402 high schools in Nebraska. Miss Undeland finds that about seven-tenths of the teachers are in Btnull schools having less than ten teachers. As a result the majority of people planning to teach will have to content themselves with small schools for the first years at least. The teachers in these smaller schoolr,have to teach on an average of ut least three difforent and un Frederick Collins Is Weekly Museum Speaker "What an American Started in London" will be tne subject of an address which is to be given by Frederick G. Collins, curator of the Museum, Sunday afternoon, at 3 and again at 4 o'clock. The ad dress will be given in the Labor atory on the third floor of the Museum. This is one of a series of lec tures, many of which are illustra ted with slides and films, being given at the Museum every Sun day afternoon. An illustrated lecture will be given March 6 on "Lost Rocks." GRACE COPPOGK DRIVE TO START Begins Tuesday and Ends Sat urday; Slogan is "Nebras ka in China" GOAL IS SET AT $1700 The Grace Coppock Memorial drive to be used for the further develop ment of physical education work in China by Vera Barker will be laun ched on Tuesday evening at a mass meeting of team captains and mem bers at Ellen Smith Hall at 7 o'clock. The goal has been set for $1700 and the drive will continue from Tues day evening to Saturday noon. Luncheons will be held at Ellen Smith Hall on Wednesday, Thurs day, and Friday noons to give the members a chance to check in their money and to gather together to hear more of "Nebraska in China," the slogan of the drive. Speakers for the luncheons will be announced on T'- iday. The luncheons will be 25 cencs and will be served by the so cial staff under the direction of Muriel Flynn. This is the twentieth year that the Grace Coppock drive has been held. Before the death of Miss Coppock, '05, in 1921, the fund raised by the Nebraska Y. W. C. A. paid Miss Cop pock's salary. She was the first national Y. W. C. A. executive in China. Grace Coppock Memorial Fund was established the following year after her death and the money then went to support the work of Vera Barger, '11. It has been used by her to establish playgrounds, summer camps and to support pop ular lieal ih education campaigns for women and girls in China. Miss Barger Carries On Work The idea of physical education for girls and women in China is compar atively new. In many places in China Miss Barger has been the first one to introduce the idea of active games (Continued on Page Four) Forestry Expert Here For Week' Conference Jay Higgins, superintendent of the forestry nursery at Halsey, was at the University last week for a conference on forestration with Dr. G. E. Condra, director of the con servation and survey division, and William H. Brokaw, director of the Agricultural Extension service. The government has 200,000 acreB in forest reserve, on which several thousand seedlings are being planted yearly. Beltzer Visits Survey Division (University News Service) Orcn A. (Buck) Beltzer, ex '10, Grand Island, called at the conser vation and survey division Monday to get soil survey reports on western Nebraska where he is interested in the real estate business. Mr. Belt zer was prominent in athletics in the University and was captain of one of the teams. related subjects. The smaller the school, the more subjects a teacher is called upon to teuch. There is no standardization or logical grouping of combinations of courses which teach ers must prepare for. Over one fourth of the teachers, she found, do not have adequate preparations. Home talent teachers and married women as teachers are considered in the third study rn the "Status of the Grade Teacher in Nebraska," by Claude V. Hobson. Mr. HobBon's reascarch shows that 37 por cent of the teachers are residents of the town where they are teaching. One of the objections offered by super intendents is that they are not as efficient as the out-of-town teachers. Another is that it is more difficult to remove an inefficient home-town teacher. On the other hand, the home-town teacher is more perma nent than the outsider, the study (Continued on Tt Four,) RHODES WINS ALL-AROUND CHAMPIONSHIP Husker Athlete Is Victorious At Annual Illinois Relay Games LOCKE BEATEN AT FINISH Star Nebraska Sprinter Forces Rival To Tie World's Record; Relay Teams Place Third (Special to The Daily Nebraskan) ARMORY, CHAMPAIGN, 111., Feb. 27. The Huskers made an impress ive showing at the ninth annual Illi nois indoor classic here tonight when John Rhodes won the all-around championship by seventy-eight point lead and Captain Roland Locke push ed Alderman of Michigan State to tie a world's record in the 300-yard dash. Locke was the decided favorite and took the lead, but was beaten at the finish, by inches. The time was 31.2 seconds. Rhodes won with a total of 5,355 points. Doherty of the College of Detroit, was second. Wyatt placed fourth in the 75-yard dash in his sec ond varsity race. The Huskers took a close third in the four-mile relay, with Roberts, Johnson, Ross, and Lewis running. The Huskers also gathered a third in the mile relay with Hein, Davenport, Dailey, and Wyatt running. MAKE PLANS FOR JOINT CONFERENCE Local Members of Y. M- C A. and Y. W. C. A. -Arrange For Estes Park Meeting The local members of the Estes Park Conference planning commit tee of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. are in session this week-end to make final plans for the joint con ference that will be held at Estes Park, August 24 to September 8 this year. Ben Cherrington, '11, regional secretary of the Y. M. C. A., -with headquarters in Denver, is meeting with the committee. Arthur Jorgenson, of the local Y. M. and Miss Erma Appleby of the Y. W. C. A. are joint chairman of the conference committee, which includes Elsie Gramlich and Douglas Orr of the University of Nebraska, John Castile of Wesleyan, as well as the students in Kansas and Nebraska cologes that will not be represented at these particlular meetings of the committee. Final plans for the conference program of speakers as well as pro posals for discussion groups, athletic activity and administrative organiza tions will be considered in the meet ings held Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday. CORPS AREA RIFLE MATCH COMPLETED R. O. T. C. Markmen Finish Friday With a Lower Score Than Last Year R. O .T. C. marksmen finished fir ing the Corps Area rifle match Fri day, February 26, with a total score of 7375 by the high ten out of fifteen who were entered. ThiB is slightly less than last year when the score was 7402. The returns were sent to the commanding general of the seventh corps area in Omaha, where the other R. O. T. C. schools of the area will forward theirB for official rating. Bcntly made the highest score of the shoot with 200 in the fourth stage. He shot two perfect targets in the prone position. Eossek was the best shooter in the second stage making 193 in prone and kneeling. Currier with 195 in prone and sitting was the high man in the first stage. In the third sage, prone and standing, which is the hardest position to fire in, Currier again led. Graduates Visit Alumni Offoce (University News Service) Among recent visitors at the alumni office were Dean Krotter, '25, of ralisode; V. D. Clark, '22, Los Angeles; and Maurice B. Long, '17, New York. DistributeFebruary Awgwans at Station A There are many who have not yet called for their February num ber of the Awgwan. They may be had only at the Station A post office in the College Book Store. Thvy will not be distributed from any other source. This is the Bromide number and has several clever features.