The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XXV. NO. 130.
THIRTY-SEVEN
ARB ELECTED
TO SIGMA XI
Nebraska Chapter of Science
Honor Society Chooses
New Members
MARVIN NEW PRESIDENT
fhreo Faculty Men Honored; Six Are
Promoted from Associate to
Active Membership
Thirty-seven new members wore
elected to Sluma Xi, national honor
nry scientific resenreh society, at
their annual election held April 20.
The date of the initiation has not
been set. i
Dr. II. H. Marvin was chosen presi
dent and rrof. E. F. Schramm, vice
president at the recent election of
officers. Secretary Emma N. Ander
son, Treasurer M. G. Gaba and
Councillor R. II. Wolcott will retain
their offices.
The elections:
Faculty
Trof. Arthur Anderson, Agron
omy. Dr. Stanford R. Gifford, Anatomy.
Pr. A. James Miller, Pathology
and Bacteriology.
Promotions
John Andrew Cameron, Zoology.
Guerdon D. Nichols, Mathematics.
Irving Rabkin, Chemistry.
Edward II. Stahley, Physiology.
Henry I. Stubblefield, Chemistry.
Henry Joseph Wing, Chemistry.
Associate Graduates
Thnnning Anderson, Zoology.
George W. Beadle, Agronomy.
Lauren F. Busby, Anatomy.
George R. Coatney, Zoology.
Claude Brownley Cross, Agron
omy. Edward Franklin Degeering,
Chemistry.
Nelson Case Hartford, Physiology.
Mary Elizabeth Hartford, Botany.
Arthur E. Holch, Botany.
Henry Margenau, Physics.
Carter Lewis Simpson, Chemistry.
Theodore Linsey Steiger, Botany.
Marcus Dunlap Weldon, Agron
omy. ,
Edward Hamilton Welmarth, Phy
riology. Marion Edward Welmarth, Phy
siology. Bessie Fay Whitney, Chemistry.
Yen-Meei-Lfn, Chemistry.
Associate Seniors
Ernest G. Almy, Chemistry.
Esther E. Edwards, Zoology.
T. A. Filipi, Mechanical Engineer
ing. Ruth L. Glover, Chemistry.
Taul H. Herron, Zoology.
William K. Hackman, Electrical.
Engineering.
Lucille M. Johnson Chemistry.
Henry C. Johnson, Chemistry.
Lonald J. Loder, Chemistry.
Carl J. Madscn, Electrical Engin
eering. Howard M. Parmalee, Chemistry.
Wilfred L. Shaw, Zoology.
William L. Vastine, Applied Me
chanics. Eugene P. Sullivan, Physics.
Fred J. Wehncr, Chemistry.
Owen L. Williams, Zoology.
1 Leonard G. Werley, Zoology.
WILL HOT'BUILD
STUDEHT CHURCH
Student Center, Home For Pastor,
Not Church, To Be Built
By Presbyterians
Press reports from Omaha indicat
ing that the Presbyterians were plan
ning the construction of a student
church near the University campus,
.were laBt night declared by Dr. Dean
R. Leland, Presbyterian student pas
tor, to be incorrect.
The project now nnder way, he
said, is for the construction, at the
site of the house at 335 North 14
street, now occupied by the ancient
languages department, of a student
center and home for the student pas
tor, to be known as Westminister
House. The finished plant will re
present an investment of about $30,
000, and a good portion of this has
already been raised.
"We are hoping to begin construc
tion just as soon as school is out
this spring and to have the house
completed by fall," said Dr. Leland.
Six Will Studyla
Biological Station
Dr. R. H. Wolcott of the depart
ment of roology is recruiting students
to take work next summer in the Bi
ological Station at Puget Sound, Fri
day narbor, Washington. There are
about six students who are certain of
troing, while several others will prob
ably attend.
Pr. Wolcott represents Bcllingstan
State Normal as a member of the
"tuff. He will conduct several
courses in normal and research work.
Engineers Busy Advertising Their
Annual Exhibit and Display Week
Several Broadcasting Stations To Be
Pressed Into Service To Announce
Programs for Meetings and Exhi
bitions May 3 to 8
Engineers Week at the University
of Nebraska promises to be one of
the best advertised events of its
kind ever held here, according to
plans the committee on publicity is
making. The engineers' gala event
this year is to be held May 3 to 8.
During the week prominent men
of Lincoln and Nebraska Engineers
will speak at special 'convocations
and gatherings. The week will be'
topped off with the annual banquet,
for which speakers have not been
announced. Engineers' Night, on
Thursday, May 6, will be the annual
"open house" of the College of En
gineering. All of the engineering buildings
will be open to the public and dis
plays will be made by all the de
partments, including the agricultural
engineers and the geology depart
ment. Lincoln business men are
co-operating and will have window
displays advertising the night.
Ferguson To Give Talk
One publicity stunt that will be
usd will be to broadcast a complete
program every day from several of
Nebraska's largest radio stations. A
week before the event announce
ments will be sent into the ether from
at least a hnlf a dozen radio broad
casters, to give people an idea of
what Engineers' Week is. Dean
Ferguson will give a fifteen-minute
talk over KFAB, Nebraska Buick,
the latter part of April, during which
he will outline the purposes of En
gineers' Week.
Last year the event brought 0000
persons to the campus to see the dis
plays and to attend the convocations,
and it is thought that the number
will be greater this year.
ALPHA KAPPA PSI
ELECTS EIGHTEEN
Honorary Fraternity in College of
Business Administration Picks
New Members
Eighteen men in the College of
Business Administration were elect
ed to membership in Alpha Kappa
Psi, honorary professional business
fraternity, Tuesday. Formal an
nouncement of the pledge list was
withheld until the scholastic standing
of those elected could be verified.
The second semester initiation will
be held Thursday, April 29, follow
ing a banquet at the Lincoln hotel.
The election of officers for Alpha
Kappa Psi for next year was also
held at the recent meeting. Judd
Crocker was elected president; Har
old Taylor, vice-president; Harold
Almy, treasurer; Richard Spohn,
secretary; and Merritt Klepser, mas
ter of rituals.
Plans for the annual Bizad Day,
which is to be held the middle of
next month were discussed, and a
committee was appointed to work
with the University Commercial Club
in preparation for the college fun
fest.
The New Members
Howard Ahmanson
Ted Barger
Edward Bing
Irving Changstrom
Walter Cronk
Glen Davis
Vernon Fellman
Paul James
Henry Jorgenson
Charles Meehan
Harry Moore
A. T. Olson
Dick Ross
Ted Schieffen
James Shane
William Stockfelt
Dean Tunberg
Frank Knotek
Convicts' Education
Furthered by Fund
Half a dozen inmates in Wisconsin
prisons have been aided in corres
pondence study through university
extension by a fund collected last
gpring and summer by sociology stu
dents at the state university, accord
ing to Prof. W. H. Lighty, secretary
of correspondence study, University
Extension division of Wisconsin.
Students in Prof. J. L- Gillin's
course in "Criminology and Penol
ogy" contributed nearly f70 to cre
ate the fund after they hud made an
inspection trip to the prisons. Pris
oners have to pay full rate for all
the correspondence - study taken
through the University Extension di
vision and must work overtime in or
der to earn the money.
Small portions of the fund are
therefore loaned to prisoners wno
have .shown that they will continue
courses and will benefit from them
after their release. Prisoners are ex
pected to pay back the money even
tually in order to perpetuate the
fund.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,
A very Reviews Parade
Of R. O. T. C. Regiment
The University R. O. T. C.
regiment was reviewed at 6
o'clock Wednesday by Chancellor
Avery. Pershing Rifles acted as
escort comnny to the colors.
Colonel Jewett was well pleas
ed with the showing last night.
"You can say that the boys march
ed by with a much better- swing,"
he said. "The.e has been a mark
ed improvement since the last pa
rade." The Colonel has written to each
of the sponsors, inviting them to
attend the parade in their honor
next Tuesday.
AG CONTESTS
ATTRACT MANY
Twenty-Eight High Schools in
Competition Today and
Friday
VARIETY OF CONTESTS
Entries for the twelfth annual high
school students' agricultural contests
now include teams from twenty-eight
Nebraska high schools and are almost
complete, although a few late en
tries may be received this afternoon.
The following high schools have
entered the contest and will compete
Thursday and Friday: Albion, Beat
rice, Broken Bow, Callaway, Chap
pell, Eagle, Falls City, Friend, Gen
eva, Hebron, Mead, Milford, Milli
gan, Minden, Nehawka, Perkins
County high school at Grant, Ran
dolph, Rock County high school at
Bassett, Stromsburg, Sunflower high
school at Mitchell, Tecumseh, York,
Cowles, Hooper, Columbus, Fair
bury, Holmesville, and Waverly.
175 Contestants
The number of individuals entered
in the contest now totals over 175,
more than was expected by the fa
culty of the College of Agriculture
who are arranging the contest. Min
den high school will be represented
by a team of tewnty-five. James
Adams, a graduate of the College of
Agriculture is the Smith-Hughes in
structor in the Minden high school,
and is coaching the team.
The Sunflower 'high school at
Mitchell will help to represent the
western part of the state with a team
of sixteen boys. Allan Cook, a
graduate of the College of Agricul
ture in 1924, is coaching the Sun
flower boys.
Mostly Smith-Hughes Schools
The Chappell high school, another
representative of western Nebraska,
is bringing a team coached by Clyde
Walker, their Smith-Hughes instruc
tor and also a graduate of the Col
lege of Agriculture. In 1920 Walk
er competed in the high school con
tests as a representative of Waverly
and carried off the individual honors
of the contest.
All of the high schools entered in
the contest except one are Smith
Hughes schools in which vocational
agricultural instruction is given. The
Cowles high school is the only one
that is not Smith-Hughes but agri
cultural instruction is included in its
curricula.
Agricultural instruction in Ne
braska high schools is increasing, ac
cording to Professor H. E. Bradford
of the College of Agriculture, and
the interest in the annual agricul
tural contests is growing according
ly. Schedule of Contests
The schedule for Thursday includes
the following contests: Babcack milk
tests, egg grading, poultry produc
tion judging and woodwork construc
tion. The Friday program consists
of livestock judging, grain grading
and identification. In the livestock
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Although It Kept Time Only a Few
Monthsy Old Library Clock Remains
If you had been a student in the
University of Nebraska some thirty
years ago you might have been a
member of a very dignified and justice-seeking
committee which pre
sented itself the office of the li
brarian one day in the hopio of se
curing for the good of fellow stu
dents a much needed "luxury." That
luxury, as pointed out by this re
presentative committee, was a clock,
the location of which should be in
the main library.
Now, this all happened so many
years ago that even the purchasing
committee has lost record of the cost
or definite date of the purchase. At
any rate the clocc was placed in the
east end of the library, close to the
ceiling. It was far from an ordi
nsr y clock, and was the result of
CHANCE SEEN
FOR ANOTHER
WORLD RECORD
Schulte Gives Crack Quarter
Mile Team Drill in
Passing Baton
LEAVE TODAY FOR DRAKE
Huskers Compete Friday and Satur
day at Des Moines; Tri
color Meet Today
Coach Schulte called a halt to any
hard work for the track team and
devoted his attention to perfecting
the baton passing of the quarter-mile
relay team yesterday. The chances
for another world record arc very
good, coaches say, providing a light
ning touch-off can be executed.
A new combination composed of
IIein, Wyatt, Weir, and Locke were
doing the passing last evening and
there is a possibility of this combi
nation running the relay at the Drake
meet.
Wirsig and Rhodes both cleared
12 feet in the pole vault and were
content to let that stand as their
mark for the aftei-noon. Rhodes
then went down and took a few tries
at the high jump along with Joe
Weir and was successful in clearing
5 feet, 4 inches.
Wind Bothers Distance Men
The try-outs Tuesday were spoiled
by the wind and the results cannot
be taken as the usual time. In the
sprints very fast time was frnade, but
in the middle and distance runs the
wind on the back stretch made fast
time impossible.
The squad will leave for Des
Moines Thursday night in order to be
on hand for the preliminaries Friday.
The finals will be run Saturday.
The tri-color meet which was
scheduled for Wednesday was post
poned until today. The events will
start at 4 :30 o'clock and run on the
usual schedule. A new feature of
the tri-color meets is the awarding
of gold, silver, and bronze medals to
the individual who scores the most
points in any one event. A place in
the Missouri Valley telegraphic meet
also entitles one to the medal. There
are three meets' left and the awards
will be made at the end of the last
meet.
GEOLOGISTS STUDY
BENNET FOSSILS
Advanced Paleontology Class Makes
Extended Field Trip
Wednesday
Prof. E. D. McEwan's class in ad
vanced paleontology took a field trip
to Bennett Wednesday for the pur
pose of collecting fossils and identi
fying the age of fossils beds. The
class was given the experience of a
practical application of its laboratory
work and of the work expected of
a geologist employed to do economic
work for a large oil company.
The laboratory work in this course
has been centering on forms of ex
tinct life and the determination of
the forms existing from the earliest
times, fossils of which are found
in the layer or strata farthest down.
The geologist, with the knowledge of
what ages produced the life whose
fossils are of economic value today,
can ascertain merely by testing the
rock, whether or not valuable pro
ducts will be found in that region.
Working under actual conditions,
the students were much better able
to understand these things than in
the laboratory. These field trips arc
in line with the policy of the geo
logy department which has (more
graduates in the large companies
than any other university, to send
out geologists practically, not mere
ly theoretically, fitted for their jobs.
the latest of clock inventions; it
could run eight days without a wind
ing, and when its hands reached the
fifty minute mark it would inform
all the hour. For a time it seemed
evident that all trouble was at an
end, but such was not the case long,
for after a few months its hands re
fused to move. Many mechanical de
vice were applied but nothing would
make that clock tick."
Suspicion ran that mischievious
students who enjoyed the worij out
alibi of "the library clock has made
me late" had tampered with its work
ings, at any rate it was stubborn in
its yield. So today it .stands the
same clock grown old, after giving
but a month of service.
Other clocks, many of them, have
been placed beneath it, but it remains
undisturbed.
'THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1926.
Five Hundred Ag Students Join in
Enthusiastic Farmers' Fair Rally
WEATHER FORECAST
Thursday: Generally fair.
Weather Conditions
The trough of low pressure
now extends from New Mexico to
Minnesota. It has resulted in a
few light scattered showers in
central Nebraska and in heavier
showers in eastern Colorado, New
Mexico, and western Texas. It
is followed by rising pressure and
fair and cooler weather in Mon
tanna, western Canada, and the
western portion of the Dakotns.
Temperatures are well above nor
mal in the Missouri and upper
Mississippi valleys nnd are rising
throughout the eastern half of the
country.
THOMAS A. BLAIR,
Meteorologist.
HIGH SCHOOLS
SET RECORDS
Three New Marks by Nebraska
Teams in Home Course
Relay Races
TECUMSEH WINS PRIZE
Three records were lowered and a
fourth equalled by Nebraska high
school athletes in the home course
relays which were completed last
week.
The Tecumseh quarter-mile team
lowered by half a second the record
set by Kearney last year. The time
was 43.9 seconds. The Johnson coun
ty half-mile team also equalled the
record of 1 minute, 32.4 seconds set
by Norfolk last year.
The Hastings mile and two-mile
teams both set records. They cut
six-tenths of a second off the mile
record and 10.6 seconds off the two
mile record. Hastings had estab
lished former records in 1925.
Tecumseh won the "Red" Long
prize of a free trip to the Drake Re
lays, to be held at Des Moines, April
23 and 24.
The results:
Quarter-Mile Relay
Tecumseh 43.9
Fremont 45.2
Columbus 45.4
Hastings 45.6
Cambridge 46.2
Norfolk 46.4
Albion 46.7
Beatrice 48.3
Callaway CO
Half-Mile Relay
Tecumseh 1:32.4
Columbus 1:33.2
Cambridge 1:33.6
Wilber 1:34
Fremont 1:35.6
Hastings 1:35.8
Norfolk 1:36.2
Beatrice 1:37.4
Albion 1:38.6
Neligh 1:42
Callaway 1:44.8
Mile Relay
Hastings 3:33.2
Norfolk 3:43.5
Fremont 3:45
Columbus 3:49
Neligh 3:50.2
Beatrice 3:51
Two-Mile Relay
Hastings 8:17.6
Beatrice 9:00.6
Columbus 9:01.1
Over Ten Thousand
School Newspapers
Scholastic journalism is rapidly be
coming a vital and important force in
American journalism, Prof. Edward
Marion Johnson, of the University of
Wisconsin and Editor of The Scholas
tic Editor, told the Ohio State Edu
cational conference at Columbus. Fri
day. Professor Johnson estimated the
number of school newspapers in the
United States at 10,400, the num
ber of school yearbooks at 12,200.
He also called attention to the fnct
that the schools and colleges in the
country number 17,460.
"The total of school papers is ap
proximately the same as the total of
all country and suburban papers," he
said. "One hears much about the
powers of the country press. Before
long, I firmly believe, we shall also
hear much about the power of the
school press."
Purposes of scholastic journal ihm
were listed by the Wisconsin teacher
as follows: to improve the commun
ity understanding of the school, to
serve the school as an integrating
force, to aid scholarship, to develop
talent for leadership, and to train
for thoughtful citizenship.
Ticket Applications Mailed
The University of Wisconsin ath
letic department mailed out 40,000
application blanks for football tickets
during the last season to former stu
dents and civic clubs.
Few Studant Events in Middle-West
Which Are as Large or Attract
Public Interest of Annual Carnival,
Says Prof. C. W. Smith
The largest and by far the peppi
est Farmers' Fair rally ever held at
the College of Agriculture was held
Tuesday night when over five hun
dred "Ags" swarmed into the Agri
cultural Hall auditorium to give voice
to their enthusiasm over the event
now a little more than a week dis
tant. Professors C. W. Smith and O. B.
Whelan gave two fiery talks on the
Fair.
"There are few student events in
the Middle-west which are as large as
the Farmers' Fair held at the Agri
cultural College. There are few pa
rades which pass through the streets
of Lincoln that draw larger crowds
to view them. Farmers' Fair has
become known throughout the state
of Nebraska, and many a county fair
would be overshadowed by the Fair
you students put on right here on
your campus," declared Professor
Smith.
Advertise the College
Profesor Whelan told the students
that the Farmers' Fair brought all
Ag students together for the com
mon cause of advertising the College
and its activities.
All educational exhibit commit
tees, of which there are nineteen
this year, gave reports indicating
that they' are rapidly putting the
finishing touches on their displays.
The entire educational display will
be known as the educational expo
sition of Farmers' Fair because of
the large number of exhibits and the
more extended preparations to make
them novel and interesting.
Wild West Show
The Wild West show committee in
its report indicated that a fancy ro
per and bucking expert has been
signed.
Cecil Molzen, who is chief of po
lice for Farmers' Fair, was greeted
with a round of hilarious applause
when he said in giving his report of
his committee: "We'll give you plen
ty of police protection on Farmers'
Fair day if you will use discretion."
Molzen hrs a sqnd of over twenty
husky Ag men to keep order May 1.
The R. O. T. C. band will head
the parade down O street this year.
The parade will be nearly a mile
long, according to Amos Gramlich,
chairman of the parade.
An entirely new dance floor will
be constructed under the canvass
cover, Melvin Lewis, chairman of the
dance committee, reported.
STANFORD CAPTAIN
TO BE APPOINTED
Coaches Will Select Field Captafn
Before Each Football Game
Next Fall
Abolition of active football cap
tains was effected at Stanford Univ
ersity by the Executive Committee
of the student body. Hereafter the
position will be honorary and only
awarded at the end of the season.
An active field captain will be ap
pointed for each contest by the
coaches.
Initiative for this move came from
the coaches. They favor the plan be
cause it will give them more freedom
in the selection of men to play in
each particular game.
The innovation receives the sup
port of the Daily Palo Alto.
The method of choosing captains
in advance has not worked out to the
satisfaction of all. After a player is
selected he may go into a slump. As
a result, the team benefits Utile by
his leadership, and in some cases ac
tually suffers, due to the justifiable
hesitation on the part of a coach to
"bench" the captain of his squad.
When the news of the s Stanford
plan reached the neighboring Uni
versity of California, diverse opin
ions were expressed.
Conflicting Opinions
The following conflicting opinions
were among the many given in the
Daily Calif omian:
Benton W. Holmes, '25, captain of
the 1926 Varsity basketball team
"I think that the Stanford plan is bet
ter. After a man has been elected
captain for a season he is apt to fall
down. People expect a captain to be i
far better than the best of his men.
After a'.l, a captain Is not much more
than a figurehead."
F. L. Kleeberger, chairman of the
physical education department
"The system adopted at Stanford
puts too much power in the hands of
coaches that are not, as a rule, grad
uates of the university at which they
are coaching. They are older than
the players and consequently see
things differently. Team members,
themselves, are the only . ones who
should select their own leaders."
PRICE S CENTS.
DISCUSSIOH OF
ATHLETICS AT
WORLD FORUM
Morrow Charges Too Much
Stress On Football in Col
lege World Today
WORK INSTEAD OF SPORT
Intense Desire To Win Takes AH Joy
Out of Game, Speaker Saysj
Webs ter Defends System
Intercollegiate athletics were de
fended by David II. Webster, '26, at
the World Forum yesterday from the
standpoint of their aid in preventing
a process of degeneration to a race
of anaemic, tailor-made men and
were attacked by Edward Morrow,
'27, as being over-emphasized and be
coming work rather than sports.
The usual arguments in favor of
college athletics were overlooked by
Mr. Webster, who R?.id that they had
been sufficiently hashed over. He
passed to a general discussion of the
value of athletics from the humani
tarian standpoint.
"I am not interested in athletics,"
he said, "because they will sell the
school. I pass by the argument that
they teach cooperation.
Advantages Outweigh Evils
"I can se-e serious evils in our pre
sent athletic system. Some are in
herent in the system. Others are
not and should be removed. We will
have to accept the inherent evils and
we should, since the advantages out
weigh them." '
Mr. Webster then pointed out the
desire of boys for physical suprem
acy, the fact that in past gener
ations war has furnished an outlet
for physical enthusiasm. He showed
the value war had been in the past
in checking the decadence of civili
zations, in putting off senility, and
injecting fresh blood into dying civ
ilizations. An Equivalent for War
"Modern war," he said, "cannot
perform this function." He proceed
ed to point out that scientific de
velopments had made war a mechani
cal rather than a physical process
and that a future war cannot but de
stroy civilization. The prevention
of war was characterized as being
one of the greatest problems facing
the world today.
Athletics Were recommended by
Mr. Webster as a substitute for war
which would permit youth to "let off
steam." Likewise their influence in
preserving a healthy, energetic race
was cited. He pointed out that the
future world might offer greater
comfort, but it would probably des
troy efficiency. In closing his case
for intercollegiate athletics he said,
"let us not become a race of pamp
ered scholars and shop-keepers."
Morrow Attacks System
Edward Morrow in opening his dis
cussion in opposition to present in
tercollegiate athletics stated that he
was not advocating their abolition,
but a return to a more sensible basis.
He pointed out the rapid develop-
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NEW MEXICO H. IN
FIGHT FOR LAUD
Discovery of Oil on University's
Property Brings Long
Legal Battle
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico
(By New Student Service) Because
oil has been discovered on one of its
land grants the University of New
Mexico is obliged to engage in a des
perate battle to preserve the entity
of its revenue. For the encourage
ment of higher learning in the then
territory of New Mexico, Congress
in 1854 set apart two townships of
public land. Since then other grants
were apportioned, some to the Uni
versity and others for different spe
cific purposes, river improvement,
hospitals, prisons. The land thus
granted, while of large extent, some
twelve million acres, was not of
great value. Up to last year it could
be used only for cattle grazing and
sold for less than $5.00 an acre.
On the rentals of these barrens the
university with the aid of strict
economy managed to exist and to
turn out each year its quota of edu
cated New Mexicans. Then came
good fortune. Oil was discovered.
The "covery was confined to the
lands iield by the University, it was
not shared by the land sustaining the
prisons, hospitals, etc. ,and in the
course of ordinary procedure all the
royalties thereof would flow into the
half empty coffers of the University.
But the prisons, hospitals, etc.,
looked upon this sudden wealth with
a jealous eye.
Would Change Distribution
"The situation has arisen," state
the attorneys of the University in
their petition to congress "entirely
through accident, unless the inter-
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