Nebraska Newspapers

    The Daily Nebraskan
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VOL. XXV. NO. 132.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, ' SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1926.
LOCKE BREAKS WORLD DASH RECORD
KOSMET KLUB
OFFICIALLY
REHSTATED
After One Year of Suspended
Activity, Group Ha For
mer Standing
HAS EIGHT MEMBERS NOW
Minor Change in Constitution Made;
Future Showt to Hare Men
Caat Entirely
After exactly one year of suspend
ed activity the Kosmet Klub of the
University of Nebraska has been offi
cially reinstated to its former stand
ing through action taken by the Uni
itv Committee on Student Organ
izations this week. It was announced
W the Klub will not attempt to pro
duce a show of any kind this spring
but will devote their energies toward
the preparation of new lines of en
tertainment next fall and spring, bev
eral minor changes in the constitu
tion of the Klub and the outline of its
Tiurnoses have been made. There are
eight active members of the Klub
in school at the present time to re
sume active standing.
Following the annual production of
the Kosmet Klub in 1925 the Klub
was officially suspended from activ
itv hv action of the Student Organi
zation Committee for the use of in
eligible players in the cast of the mu
sical extravagance "Tub-Tut." The
rwnaltv was set at one year by the
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committee although the Klub mem
bers were allowed to sponsor the Inter-Fraternity
Sing and other activi
ties at various times through the ap
proval of the committee.
Will Meet Today
Definite announcement of the
plans of the Kosmet Klub for the fu
.ture will be made following a meet
ing to be held this afternoon at the
Acacia house according to Robert F.
Craie. president. The active mem
bers will probably bring the member
ship up to the standard number of
fifteen; make the rules and plans
of the Inter-Fraternity Sing to be
held on Ivy Day during Round
Up Week this year: and announce the
annual Kosmet Klub play-writing
prize which will probably be award
ed for the best manuscript prepared
and submitted in competition at a
specified date next fall.
According to the changes made in
'the Klub's constitution all shows of
the future will be played entirely by
men talent. The casts will be select
ed in the manner of eastern college
clubs and all female parts as well as
aiala will be played by men students.
In all probability there will be but
one production next year and it is
planned to make an extended tour of
the cities of the middle west with
the accepted show to put on a "Uni
versity of Nebraska Night."
To Have Faculty Advisor
The constitution calls for the selec
tion of a faculty advisor and Alumni
Board of Trustees, to handle the funds
of the Klub. An Alumni Board is
also provided to handle the election
of new members to the Klub.
The active membership of the Kos
met Club as re-instated this year is:
Robert F. Craig, president; Robert
Scoular, secretary; Ralph Ireland,
business manager; Glenn Curtis, Don
Reese, Arthur Whitworth, Marion
Voodard and Clayton Go.r.
SOCIETY WILL TAKE TEN
Alpha Rho Tan, H onorary Scholastic
Society, To Initiate Thursday
The annual banquet and initiation
of newly-elected members of Alpha
Hho Tau, honorary scholastic society
f the School of Fiie Arts, will be
held Thursday evening, April 29, at
the Lincoln Hotel. Ten members
including Tressa Pond Emerson, a
member of the School Faculty, will
be initiated.
The following are the newly-elected
students: Lloyd Tucker, Ben Al
bert Benson, Karen Jensen, Edith
Henry, Helen Hoffman, Frances Mc
Chesney, Gladys Tipton, Mary Ellen
Edgerton, Elizabeth' Tierney.
"Student Activities"
Will Be Forum Topic
"Student Activities" will be the
subject for discussion at the regu
lar World Forum luncheon at the
Crand Hotel next Wednesday
noon. Tickets may be secured at
the ognai pace j th Temple.
Royee West will speak in de
fen of Student Activities and
Douglass Orr will speak on the
"tfative.
Madame Schumann-Heink Answers
Questions Of Voice Students
Famous Contralto, Who Appears
Here May 1, Saya Young; Singers
Must Have Voices, Ability, and
Must Work to Succeed
Madame Schumann-Heink, who
will appear here in her "golden jubi
lee" at the city auditorium May 5,
under the auspices of the American
Legion, has answered the questions,
"Are there any real opportunities for
young American singers today?" and
"What are my favorite songs?" She
has sent her answers in advance in
consideration on the many voice stu
dents in Lincoln.
Her reply to the first question is
"I could name a half dozen young
Americans who are coming rapidly to
the front right now, but I'm not go
ing to do it. I am a peaceable per
son. This I will say, let a voice of
real merit appear, with musical sense
and determination to back it up, and
watch the managers scramble to get
it. The trouble is that young singers
are too eager to get there. Too
many of them have good voices, but
no talent. Others have the voices,
and the ability, but they simply will
not work. The three together are
absolutely necessary.
Have Critics Make Certain of Voice
"First, let competent critics and
when I say 'critics' I do not mean vo
cal teachers make certain that you
have the voice. It will quickly ap
pear whether or not you have mu
sicianly instincts. If you are lucky
enough to have these, too, and if you
are patient and not afraid of years
of hard work, you ought to be suc
cessful. Above all, you must deny
yourself luxury, must content your
self with simple living and must not
permit yourself to be beaten by dis
appointment. "Of course, I am speaking only
of those who contemplate a profes
sional career. There are plenty of
good instructors for those who desire
only to sing for the pleasure of them
selves and their friends and the
more people there are singing in the
homes and in local concerts the bet
ter. "In brief, the answer is: Be sure
you have the goods before you at
tempt to deliver them; then pound
away until you do.
"My favorite songs are like my
children I love them alL If I said
that I loved my eldest child the best,
or the youngest was my favorite, that
would not be right and I am not that
kind of mother. I couldn't enumer
ate my favorite songs, because I
couldn't decide where to stop."
Graduates Visit Alumni Office
(University News Service)
Among recent visitors at the alum
ni office were Dr. David A. Doty, '25,
Denver: Mr. and Mrs. Leslie H. No
ble, '25, Beatrice; Carl H. Swanson,
20. Culbcrtson; Herold P. Miller,
'16, Shanghai, China; and Edgar E
Streiter, Muscatine, Iowa.
Cornfield Follies Will Appear
Again At Annual Farmers' Fair
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The above picture shows the Cornfield Follies of 1925,
of the feature events of last year's Farmers' Fair.
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The Follies will appear for the
fourth consecutive year at Farmers'
Fair next Saturday, May l. iney
will nresent the Cow Girl Chorus, a
musical and dancing skit with a west
ern setting. The girls that make up
thi. chorus are all Ax stud-nts in the
Home Ecpnomics department.
The Follies have always been one
r.f tho hif attractions at Farmers'
Fair, drawing crowds that consistent
ly over-filled the canvas cover in
it win tnven. A much larger
tent has been engaged for the 1926
Follies so that no one will have to De
turned away as happened last year.
Tbe costumes which the Cow Girl
r-v,nr,. will wear are typically west
ern. The stage setting will also be
built around a western scene.
Helen Aach, a student in the Wa
matics. department, is coaching the
Follies. She promises something cn
nsual and attractive with each dance
and each song. The Cow Girl Chor
us should be a big drawing card next
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MADAME SCHUMANN-HEINK
W. A. A. HOLD
CONFERENCE
Were Hostesses At Meeting
For Planning Women's
Athletic Groups
DISCUSS ORGANIZATION
The Women's Athletic Association
at Nebraska were hostesses at a state
conference of state colleges and nor
mal school representatives, meeting
Friday evening, and all day Saturday.
The purpose of the conference was to
interest all the colleges throughout
the state and the state normal schools
in organizing on their campuses, W.
A. A. groups, with a view of making
them members of the national organi
zation. In this way it would be pos
sible to hold state conferences each
year, instead of profiting only by the
semi-annual conferences sponsored
by A. C. A. C .W.
The collegeo . represented at tlas
meeting were Hastings, York, Wayne
Normal, Grand Island, Kearney Nor
mal, University of Omaha, Wesleyan
and Cotner. There were one or two
representatives sent from each
schooL While these women were
here they were the guests of the local
chapter of W. A. A.
Open Meeting With Banquet
Friday evening the conference was
opened by a banquet at the Wood'
burn, after which all the women at
tended the Co-ed follies. The busi
ness meeting of the conference op
ened Saturday morning at nine o'
clock at Ellen Smith HalL Marie
Hermanek, president of the local
chapter, presided as chairman of the
conference, and gave the opening ad
dress. Miss Wheeler, the official ad
visor of this organization, gave a
talk on "How to organize a W. A,
A., and how to become a member of
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Saturday.
Activities for Farmers' Fair began
Saturday morning on Ag Campus re
gardless of the strong wind w'oich
swept over the open space. Elmer
Huckfelt, manager of construction
had a crew of twenty men working
on the large fence which surrounds
tbe fair grounds. Materials for the
construction of the midway were also
appearing. Everything was taking
on the aspects of familiar scenes
seen in 1925.
Monday work will begin on the
six large tents thai will be needed
to house the various exhibits and
shows. The dance will be held in the
same tent as a year ago, but a new
floor has been purchased. The Saor-
pheums and Follies will occupy two
other largw tents. The exhibits of
three departments who decided to
put theirs under a canvas cover will
appear in two tents combined. An
other large tent will bouse the bar
becue.
CASADY MAKES
ANNUAL PHI BETA
KAPPA ADDRESS
Declares "Learning Is In Dan
ger of Forgetting Indivi
dual For a Theory"
SAYS SELF IS MANIFOLD
Prof. Stenanek Welcomes New Mem
bers Joe R. Starr and Prof.
Reynoldson Also Speak
"Learning is in danger of the mis
take made by state and church, in
forgetting the individual for a theory
or a cause," declared the Reverend
Thomas Casady of All Saints Episco
pal church of Omaha, in an address
at the annual Phi Beta Kappa ban
quet Friday night. "Most intellect
ual collegians of advanced ideas,"
said Mr. Casady, "can easily pick the
holes in the present-day religion, yet
they should remember that those who
follow will soon be able to pick the
same holes in education. Both the
church and the school are being in
stitutionalized and subsidized to their
hurt. Young men and women gradu
ated from our universities are intent
upon improving the world according
to mischievous and erroneous theories
of life suggested to them by the so
cial sciences,
"We Americans have set about to
produce a perfect environment in
stead of a perfect individual, forget
ting that when we once get out per
fect environment we shall have noth
ing but a host of defectives to set
into it; and nothing can spoil a per
fect environment as readily as an im
perfect individual," he declared.
"Young collegians should forget
about improving society and tend to
the improvement of themselves. They
should give themselves over to living
their own lives well, rather than to
"leadership" and the improvement of
other people's lives.
Man Is Meant to be Homekeeper
"The self is not merely a three
fold thing as the categories of St.
Paul or the Y. M. "C. A. would have
it," he asserted. "It is not merely
a soul, as the church would often
have it, concerned merely with some
particular scheme of salvation that
nobody quite understands. The self
is manifold, and all its aspects need
development and exercise. The well
rounded man, not the specialist, lives
life wclL The fundamental aspect is,
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STRING QUARTET
TO GIYE CONCERT
Under Direction of Paul Thomas Will
Present Program Sunday
Evening at St. Paul's
The University of Nebraska String
Orchestra, under the direction of
Paul Thomas, will appear in concert
Sunday evening at 7:45 o'clock at
St. Paul's Methodist Church. Fol
lowing is the program:
Grieg Spring
Grieg In der Heimath
Vivaldi Concerto in A minor
Bach Air from Suite in D major.
Bach Prelude No. 20 in A minor
Beethoven The Glory of God in
Nature.
Wagner Lohengrin Vorspiel
Gillett Passe-Pied
Vivaldi Adagio from G minor
Concerto
Bach Gavotte from Cth English
Suite
Mozart Gloria from 12th Mass
Law College Entrance
Requirements Changed
To Sixty-Five Hours
(University News Service)
Fr.t-ance requirements for the
College of Law are raised from sixty
credit hours to sixty-five in the
1926-27 College of Law bulletin just
out. Among other administrative
changes are included raising of the
requirements for the degree of doc
tor of jurisprudence. Adult special
students must be at least 24 years
old under the new regulations in the
bulletin. The former minimum was
23.
The roster of students in the new
Law bulletin shows an increased pro
portion of those holding degrees be
fore entering the College of Law.
The graduating class and tbe junior
class hove slightly less than 25 per
cent holding degrees, while in the
freshman class over half have de
grees or are candidates this June.
The number of graduates in the ros
ter has been growing steadily each
year since the enactment of the two-
year entrance Tr-juij.'ement in 1922.
Comhusker To Be Ready
For Distribution May 15
The Comhusker is progressing
rapidly and will bo in the print
er's hands by Monday noon. The
books will be finished by May 1
but since it will require about two
weeks to bind them they will not
be ready for distribution until
about May 15.
CO-ED FOLLIES
IS PRESENTED
Phi Omega Pi and W. A. A.
Win Prizes; Thetas Get
Honorable Mention
EIGHT STUNTS ARE GIVEN
' "A Girl in Every Port," presented
by Phi Omega Pi won the first prize
of fifteen dollars, offered by the As
sociated Womens Student Board for
the prize-winning skit of those put
on at the Co-Ed Follies on Friday
evening in the Temple. The second
prize of ten dollars was awarded to
the Women's Athletic Association
who gave the skit "In Howdy-Do
Land." "Penitentiary Blues," by Kap
pa Alpha Theta was given honorable
mention, a decision announced by the
judges later.
The judges were Miss Alice Howell,
Miss Clara Wilson, Dr. Winifred
Hyde, assisted by Miss Pauline Gel
latly, and their decision was announc
ed immediately after the last act. Mu
sic was furnished between the acts
by a trio including Cornelia Rankin,
Merle Mason, Mabel Ludlam accom
panied by Gladys Tipton.
"A Girl In Every Port" Wins Prize
The Phi Omega Pi skit, a short
musical comedy centered around the
sailor chorus including the following
girls; Ruth Barker, Helen Cowan,
Marguerite Shrum, Dorothy Leigh,
Eleanor Leigh, Irma Pflug, Edith
Grau, Julia Drath, Eulalia Drath,
Jean England, Julia Gerber, Jennie
Gait and Ardath Srb. The first port
was Spain, with a dance by the
Spanish couple impersonated by Mar
garet Piatt and Clara Wood. In the
port at Holland, Wilma Bell and
Ruth Duff, the Dutch couple gave aj
solo dance. At an island port was
"Ukelele Lady," played by Maurine
Champe and Helen Cowan who sang
"Always." The French Maidens
were played by Esther Wright and
Helen Edwards and the skit closed
with the sailor chorus "Just Around
the Corner."
Dancing Stunt Takes Second
A dancirg stunt presented by the
W. A. A. "In Howdy Do Land." w:th
Florence Sturdevant as the main '
character won the second prize. The j
play was written about a small child 1
playing in the garden, when all hc-r
toys come to life and dance for her. 1
The characters were impersonated by;!
jack in the box, Alice Pfeiffer; jug-,
gler, Hazel Snavely; rag dolls, Madge!
Zorbaugh, and Helen Morehead;!
French doll, Barbara Etherton; and
the tin soldiers, Leora Chapman,!
Gladys Soukup, Marie Hermanek, j
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Complete Plans for
Experiments for Engineers Night
Plans are being completed for En
gineer's Night, Thursday, May 6.
Engineer's Night, or Open House, will
be a part of the annual Engineer's
Week. Its purpose is primarily to
get the public and students of other
colleges interested in the Engineer-
ng College and to show them the
methods of instruction and the type
of work done in that department.
Over six thousand people attended
Engineer's Night last year and it is
expected - that a larger number of
visitors than ever will witness the
demonstration this year. All of the
departments will be open on that
evening. Programs will be distribu
ted to the visitors to enable them to
find the various exhibitions.
Probably the largest display will
be held in the Mechanical Engineer
ing building. The machine shop will
be open and all the machines run
ning, planing metals, turning them
round and finishing machinery with
great accuracy. The wood-working
laboratory where patterns are made
will be in operation. In the metalo
graphy laboratory, where the struct
ures of metals are examined, the
power Laboratory where different
types of gas and steam engines are
tested, the department in which the
fuels and lubricants are examined,
experiments will be performed and
actual tests will be made. Castings
will be made in the foundry.
Tbe Electrical Engineers will nave
a display in Electrical Engineering
NEBRASKA ACE SPRINTS
CENTDRY IN 9.5 SECONDS
Running on Muddy Drake Track, But With Wind at His Back,
Husker Star Covers Hundred Yards in Fastest
Time Ever Recorded
HUSKERS SCORE TWO FIRSTS AND FOUR SECONDS
Wirsig Again Ties for First in Pole-Vault; Stephens Second
In Broad Jump; Illinois Cheats Huskers
Out of Firsts in Short Relays
(By Paul Zimmerman)
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 24 (Special to The Daily
Nebraskan) Roland Locke, Husker star sprinter, set a new
world mark in the century dash at the seventh annual Drake
Relays held here today, when he negotiated the distance, with
the wind at his back, but on a track of mud, in 9.5 seconds
the fastest time ever recorded for that distance.
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roland LOCKE nois team in the other sec
tions were a trifle better and won the events. Nebraska scor
ed second in both on the final check-up. Roberts gained a few
yards headway on the field in the 2-mile relay but the finish
was too much for Johnson, Husker anchor man, and Conger of
Ames nosed him out for first. Ross also ran a beautiful race
but Lewis was off form.
Stephens repeated his Kansas Relay performance, placing
second in the broad jump, just three inches behind the winner.
Weir also gained honors when he was able to place fourth
against a crack field of hurdlers in the 120-yard high hurdles.
The weather was bad, rain falling off and on all through
the meet, and the Huskers were a bit eratic in passing the baton
in the relays. A strong wind hindered the field events and
distance races. Hein pulled a muscle in the quarter-mile relay,
which undoubtedly cost the Huskers a first. He was unable
to run in the half-mile event.
HOLD SPECIAL
CONVOCATION
Dr. H. S. Quigley To Speak
Friday In Connection With
Joint Teachers' Meeting
WILL GIVE TWO TALKS
A special convocation will be held
Friday, April 30, at the Temple The
ater in connection with the joint
meeting of the Nebraska State His
tory Teachers Association, the Social
Science Section of the Nebraska
Academy of Science, and the Nebras
ka Chapter of the National Council
of Geography Teachers, to be held,
Friday and Saturday, April 30 and
May 1.
Dr. Harold Scott Quigley, Profes
sor of Political Science at the Uni-
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Displays and
building. Motors, dynamos, and in
sulators will be tested. Several mys
tifying experiments will be perform
ed. The display of the Civil En
gineering and Applied Mechanics de
partments will be combined in the
Mechanic Arts building. In these la
boratories, experiments in testing the
strength of building road materials
will be shown. This laboratory is
very practical and is used by the state
in finding the strength and durabil
ity of materials for road-making and
other' purposes. Models of bridges,
surveying displays, drawings and
plans of cities are in charge of the!
civil engineers. Drawings and art i
work will be contributed by the ar
chitectural engineering department.!
They will also have models of several
important buildings. I
The laboratories 'in Chemistry Hall
will be open and students will demon
strate Various experiments, notably
that of welding with thermite. This
department will also place phosphor
cent signs about the campus to direct
vinitors to the different exhibitions.
The Agricultural Engineers and the
Geology departments will also have
displays in the various buildings
about the campus.
The engineers are attempting to
make Open House this year a great
success. The buildings will be open
at 7:30 and will close about 11 o'
clock. Engineer's Night js the main
event during the week. Gilbert Fish
has charge of the frangements.
By taking two first places
and a quartet of seconds, the
Scarlet and Cream athletes
of Nebraska flashed in great
style against the field of the
greatest athletes in America.
Captain Locke gave an indi
cation of what he would do
in the preliminaries Friday
.by running with his sweat
jersey on in 10 seconds flat.
Frank Wirsig again shar
ed the polevault in a tie
with six others of the nations
best at 12 feet 6 inches. Ne
braska took first in their
heat in both the quarter and
half-mile relays in spite of
poor touch offs but the Illi-
TEA GIYEN BY XI DELTA
Sophomore Organization Entertained
Freshman Women
Xi Delta organization of a
Xi Delta, spohomore women's or
ganization, entertained freshmen
girls at a tea Saturday afternoon
from 4:00 to 6:00 o'clock at Ellen
Smith Hall.
The color scheme was carried out
in yellow and white. Flowers fur
nished the decorations.
Besides dancirg, the entertainment
consisted of a short musical pro
gram composed of a violin solo by
Dorothy Diamond and a vocal solo
by Catherine Coston.
PRESENT MUSICAL PROGRAM
Edith Lucille Robbins and Floyd
Robbing Give Concert Sunday
(University News Service.)
A group of soprano solos by Edith
Lucille Robbins, and piano selections
by Floyd Robbins, will be given in
the Sunday concert of the School of
Fine Arts this afternoon at 4 in the
Art gallery. The vocal solos will in
clude one song from Bishop, and four
from Brahms. The program:
Edith Lucille Robbins:
Lo, Here the Gentle Lark Bishop;
(Flute obligato, Louis Babst)
Meine Liebe is Gruen Brahm.
In Waldcinsamkeit Brahms.
yergebliches Staendchen Brahms
(Folk song of the lower Rhine)
Der Schmied Brahms.
Floyd Robbins:
Sonata Appasgionata, Opus. 57
Beethoven.
Allegro assai; Andante Con Mo to;
Allegro ma non troppe.
WEATHER FORECAST
Sunday: Fair; rising temper
ature Sunday afternoon.
Weather Conditions
The storm area which caused
light ruin over Nebraska and
weite.-n 1 wa yesterday has devel
oped tc onsiderable intensity over
Lake Michigan and moderately
heavy rain has fallen in eastern
Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin, and
the lower Mississippi valley. It is
closely followed by high pressure
over the Mountain and Plains
states with moderate to high
northwest winds and considerably
colder weather with freezing tem
perature in Montana and Wyom
ing. THOMAS A- BLAIR,
Meteorologist.
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