The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XXV. NO. 145.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1926.
PRICE 5 CENTS
EXPECT NEARLY
THOUSAND AT
FRAT BANQUET
Greeks Meet in Annual Dinner
At Scottish Rite Temple
Tonight
FORMER REGENT TO TALK
Scholarship Plaques Will Be Awarded
To Fifteen High National
Fraternities
The fourth annual interfraternity
banquet will be held tonight at the
Scottish Rite Temple. Most frater
nities have voted to close their table?
and an attendance of between
eight hundred and nine hundred is
expected, according to William S.
Trumbull, chairman of the commit
tee. Mr. E. S. Waterbury, general man
ager of the Armour Packing com
pany, of Omaha, will be the princi
pal speaker. He is a former Univer
sity of Nebraska Regent and comes
to address the students most highly
recommended. Mr. Waterbury ha?
traveled extensively and recently re
turned from a European trip on which
he spent several months in Russia.
Avery Toastmaster
Chancellor Avery will act as toast
master and the toast list will be cut
short to three speakers in order to
do away with dragging effect of the
banquet in former years.
Following the banquet the presen
tation of scholarship plaques will be
made by Prof.R. J. Pool, present
chairman of the Interfraternity
Council. These scholarship plaques
are awarded the fifteen national
fraternities having the highest schol
astic averages for the two preceding
semesters. This scholarship idea was
introduced several years ago by Prof.
R. D. Scott, former chairman of the
Council. -
Special music has' been engaged
to play during the serving of the ban
quet and decorations are under way
at the present time.
The invocation will be delivered
by an old Nebraska alumnus, Dr
Francis W. Russell, '90, now pastor
of the First Presbyterian church of
Lincoln.
BOTAHY CODRBB TO
11EET III COLORADO
Summer School Class Starts June 8)
Registration Is Limited
To Fifty
The University of Nebraska Botany
courses for the summer session will
begin in Estes Park, Colorado, June
R, closing July 14. The work will
be under the immediate personal su
pervision of Dr. Raymond J. Pool,
chairman of the department of bo
tany. Dr. Pool has conducted class
es for several summers in the moun
tains and he Is familiar with the con
ditions and materials available for
such work in Colorado.
The courses will be of particular
value to teachers of botany, biology,
and nature study in public schools
and colleges, as well as to college
Btudcnts who wish to supplement
their training and broaden their ac
quaintance with the field. Natural
resources will be utilized with par
ticular reference to flowering, plants,
forests, etc.
Camp Olympus, where the students
stay, ig well equipped and situated in
a beautiful spot. Class rooms and
living quarters are included in the
camp. The registration is limited to
fifty.
Discover Pra-Historie Forest
Geologists from the University of
Texas have discovered a mammoth
petrified pre-historic forest near the
Rio Grande river.
WEATHER FORECAST
. Thursday: Generally fair; not
much change In temperature.
Weather Conditions
Cool and cloudy weather con
tinues in the Missouri Valley, the
southern Plains and the Mountain
states, and additional showers
have fallen in Kansas, Colorado,
New Mexico, and western Texas.
Cool weather also prevails in the
Mississippi valley and eastward,
with scattered showers In the
southern states, and fair weather
elsewhere, with frosts in the up
per Lake regions.
THOMAS A. 3LAIR,
Meteorologist.
Attempts To Stop Production of
'The Red Cockatoo Tonight Futile
Business Manager Erickson of Uni
versity Players Asserts Prime Play
To Be Given Despite Attempts To
Bring Pressure To Suppress It
"All Too True," Says Engberg
Because of rumors regarding
"The Red Cockatoo" The Daily
Nebraskan interviewed Executive
Dean Engberg Wednesday even
ing. He declared: "As it is im
possible for me to attend the pro
duction of 'The Red Cockatoo' to
night because of several previous
engagements, I called for a copy
of the play to see what -the auth
oress had accomplished. I found
that it was unfortunately all too
true. It is an excellent descrip
tion of modern jazz life. Vice,
first seen, is abhorred, then en
dured, and finally embraced. It
might be well for all to see 'The
Red Cockatoo' in order to know
what not to do."
1 The sensational publicity which has
been given "The Red Cockatoo," Ne
braska's prize play, was decried yes
terday by many prominent campus
personages, and investigations were
threatened by various groups.
Al Erickson, business manager of
the University Players, replied with
the statement that : "There have been
threats that because of the nature of
'The Red Cockatoo' pressure will
be brought by certain well meaning
but misguided persons, to prevent
the staging of the play this evening.
Although the authoress of 'The Red
Cockatoo' does call a spade a
spade, she is going to get a hearing.
The theater is booked, the tickets are
sold, the rehearsals are completed,
and any attempt to stop the perform
ance will be met with proper and
effective police protection.'!
Rumors that the play was based on
a personal experience, were discred
ited by the authoress, Miss Ruth
Moore, and the president of Delta
Delta Delta sorority, Miss Frances
McChesncy. Miss Moore is a mem
ber of Delta Delta Delta.
Tri Delts Are Proud
"The Tri Delta have purchased a
whole block of scats for 'The Red
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SECOND GENERATION
STUDENTS SOUGHT
Alumni Association Asks All Whose
Parents Attended This
School To Report
The Nebraska Alumni Association
is very anxious to get in touch with
all second-generation students. By
"second-generation" students is
meant any student whose father or
mother or both had at any time at
tended the University of Nebraska.
Any student whose parents were
never enrolled in the school but
whose grandparents at some time at
tended, are also called second-generation
students. All those falling un
der this class will be invited to at
tend the alumni banquet held Satur
day noon of the Round-up and will
also take part in other events of the
week.
It is believed that there are a large
number of second-generation student?
in "school and the alumni association
urges every one to turn in his name
to the alumni headquarters as soon
as possible.
Huge Granite 'War
Collectors of
A huge "war club" of gray gran
ite. over a foot long and six inches
wide, and weighing sixteen pounds,
is one of the most interesting relics
in the museum of the Nebraska State
Historical Society. A number of
aimilop rolios have been found in
eastern Iowa and somewhat smaller
qnes in Nebraska. The use to which
the primitive Indian put these great
clubs is being made a subject of
scientific inquiry.
that those were used
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as an implement of slaughter is pre-
posterous, for, according to mr.
v Rinrltnnn. curator of the Society
museum, a man who could effective-
lis rinl4 slllrh a club in the heat oi
battle must have been twelve feet
high and must have weighed half a
ton. Since nowhere nave me BKeie-
tal remains of such huge people been
found the theory that these are war
clubs for use in battle must be abon-
doned.
Archeologists are inclined to clas
sify such implements as "ceremon
ials," and offer a plausible reason
for their existence by explaining the
probable ceremony which they were
brute. This parti-
IBBIilUIICU vw - -
cular one, although certainly old and
weather-beaten, shows no nitus or
batter from hard usage, and was
orabably guarded carefully as a sa-
KATHERINE COSTINE
The leading role in "The Red
Cockatoo", prize Nebraska play to
be presented in The Temple this eve
ning, will be taken by Katherine
Costine.
APRIL BLUE
PRINT ISSUED
Articles by Alumni Featured in
Current Number of Engin
eers Publication
REPORT ON INSPECTION
The April number of the Nebras
ka Blue Print was issued Wednesday.
The issue contains many articles of
interest by both alumni and stu
dents. An article by Geo. N. Carter, E. E.
'13, Director of Water Resources,
State of Idaho, describes how the wa
ter of the Snake River has been
made to aid the farm lands in Idaho.
Mr. Carter also tells of the work
which still remains to be accomplish
ed before this river will be made to
yield power and farm products to its
very limit.
"To Chicago and Back Via the
Fords" by H. B. Kinsinger, M. E.,
'26, tells of the narrow escapes and
harrowing experiences of .a party
of eight which drove to Chicago
through the mud and snow for the
engineering inspection trip the first
part of April.
"Hall of Fame"
Some inside facts relative to the
use of oil as fuel are told in an arti
cle by Wm. Schneiber, M. E., '26, en
titled "The Truth About Oil Burn
ing." The department called the "Hall
of Fame" has a story of Ray Plamer
Teele, agricultural economist of the
United States Department of Agri
culture. Mr. Teele graduated with
an A. B. degree in 1887 and gained
his M. A. in 1899. Soon after his
graduation he accepted the position
with the United States Department
of Agriculture and was assigned to
the irrigation investigation of that
department with which he has been
connected ever since.
A list of qualities said t" be desir
able in instructors is give i in the
Dean's Corner.
Hopes To Play Notre Dame
The University of Texas has as
pirations of booking a game with
Notre Dame for the 1926 football
schedule.
Club9 Puzzles
Old Indian Relics
In "The Traditions of the Skidi
Pawnees" by George A. Dorsey, are
various legends which the ancient
Skidi told about Tirawa, the god of
the universe who attempted to make
a world where great people like the
Skidi could live. Similar creation
myths are reported to exist among
other tribes and it is not unlikely
that in very ancient days every tribe
had similar myths and legends which
they retold from generation to gen
eration. In the Skidi creation myth it is
said that once the land and the water
were mixed together and that noth
ing but slimy mud exister. There
was no place where man could live so
Tirawa sent four of his greatest
warriors with huge . war clubs to
beat upon the slimy mud. These
four warriors descended from the
heavens in a cloud and beat upon the
earth until the , water ran away in
mighty rivers and the land became
hard and firm. The four great war
riors were able to stand upon it now,
and they still stand there, one at
each of the four corners of the earth,
holding up the heavens.
Mr. Blackman suggests that this
great war -club in an early day may
have been used in some ceremony
symbolizing this phase of the crea
tive myth. His idea is an original
one and will probably be supported
by future research.
REGISTRATION
FOR NEXT YEAR
BEGINS MONDAY
All Students Now Enrolled
Must Complete Process
By May 22
PAY FEES IN SEPTEMBER
Statement of Fees Due Will Be
Sent Out by Finance Office
Before August 25
Registration for the first semester
of the next school year will begin
Monday of next week, and will con
tinue until noon, Saturday, May 22.
Programs of the courses to be offer
ed will be available at the Registrar's
office Monday.
All students enrolled in the Uni
versity this semester are to register
at this time. New students will reg
ister in the fall. A late fee of three
dollars will be charged students who
have not completed their registration
by the prescribed time.
Must See Advisors
Advisors will be at their office at
the hours designated on the pro
grams. After the registration blanks
have been filled out and approved
by the advisor, they will be left, to
gether with information blanks con
cerning the outside activities of the
student, in the office of the dean
of the college in which they are reg
istered. All undergraduate women
must also have their registration ap
plications approved by the office of
the Dean of Women in Ellen Smith
Hall.
The applications will be approved
in the offices of the deans and the
statement of the fees checked. Fees
will not be paid until September, but
the money must be in the hands
of the Bursar of the University be
fore September seventh. Fees may
be sent by mail during the summer.
A statement of fees will be mailed
each student before August 25. Per
sons not receiving a statement be
fore this date should notify the of
fice of the Bursar before September
1, or the late fee will be charged.
Students are urged to register
early next week as there is always a
congestion at .the end of- the regis
tration period.
Definite plans as to classrooms
for some courses have not been as
yet completed but will be announced
before the close of the term.
CORN COBS WILL
INITIATE FRIDAY
Seventeen New Members Will Be
Taken Into Husker Pep
Organization
The second semester initiation of
Corn Cobs will be held at the Uni
versity Club Friday evening. The
initiation ceremony will precede the
annual banquet of the pep organiza
tion, starting at 5:30. Seventeen
members elected to the organization
last 'fall will be taken in at this time
and plans for the coming school year
will be made following the banquet,
which will start at 6 o'clock.
It is possible that a delegate will
be elected to represent the local chap
ter of Pi Epsilon Pi at the Missouri
Valley convention, which is to be held
at Kansas University this week-end.
The representative elected will leave
Friday night for Lawrence.
Plans will also be made for several
activities to be conducted by the
Corn Cobs during Alumni Week
which includes a novel stunt pre
sentation at the Field House alumni
night
'University Colosseum
Probable New Name To
Be Given Field House
The University Colosseum will be
the probable name of the Field
House, which is now nearing com
pletion. The new name as yet is
tentative, but has been approved by
Chancellor Avery as the official
name to be submitted for the Uni
versity publications. Final approv
al, however, will be made by the
Board of Regents before the name
becomes official.
The new name was chosen as a
result of a contest held by the Ne
braska Alumni association for rain
ing the new building. Accordingly,
the association offered the alumni an
inducement to help choose a name
a life membership in the alumni as
sociation is to be given the alumnus
who submitted the name, provided it
is accepted by the University auth
orities. The name was chosen with
the fact in mind that the new struct
ure is not a gymnasium, but a stu
dent center, where student and Uni
versity funclions can -be held and
large numbers accommodated.
Carnival in Field
New Feature of
Cadets Commended for
Work During Inspection
The undersigned desires to ex
press to all members of the ca
det regiment his appreciation of
the splendid spirit shown and ef
fort made during the War De
partment inspection, May 7, 1926.
Each one strove to do his best
even under adverse weather con
ditions. It is this determination
on the part of each one that will
bring us success. We hope that
the showing you made will keep
the instiution in the class of dis
tinguished colleges.
F. F. JEWETT,
Lieut Colonel Infantry.
P. M. S. T.
GLEE CLUB IN
OMAHA TONIGHT
Concert at Technical High Is
Last Public Appearance
Of The Year
GIVE VARIED PROGRAM
The University of Nebraska Mens'
Glee Club will go to Omaha tonight
where they will be heard in a con
cert at the Technical high school au
ditorium. The program to be given
wilL include the regular numbers
which were given on the annual
spring trip.
The addition of three new instru
mental numbers to the program will
make the program tonight the most
varied given by the club this year.
Charles Pierpont, pianist with the
club, and Marshall Neely, student di
rector, will play a piano duet group
consisting of The Libeslieder waltn
cs by Brahmis, and Sicileinne by
Bach.
Instrumental Numbers
Anthony Donata will offer a violin
solo, Hebrew Melody, by Achron
Auer. A trio composed of Marshall
Neely, piano, Raymond Hinds, 'cello,
and Anthony Donata, violin, will play
a group of three selections: Moment
Musical by Schubert, Andante' by
Bethoven, and La Cinquantaine, the
Golden Wedding.
The Omaha program will be the
last formal appearance of the club
this year, as far as is now known.
They will go by special bus to Oma
ha, leaving the Union Bus Depot at
5:15 P. M.
The following men will make the
trip: First Tenors: Ivan McCor
mack, Kenneth Cook, . Carl Olson,
Lawrence Smith, John McDaniels.,
Second Tenors: Charles Johnson,
Paul Woolwine, Paul Morrow, James
Bailey, James Shane. Baritones: Ray
Coffey, Reuben Maaske, Wesley Sun
derland, Wendell Dodd, Arnold
Strom. Basses: Aldrich Hanicke,
Irving Changstrom, Frances Obert,
William Damme, Wallace Banta.
M 'Mullen Reviews
Last Cadet Parade
Second platoon, Company F; sec
ond platoon, Company H, and First
platoon, Headquarters Company, car
ried off the honors in Wednesday's
parade, according to Captain Fos
ter. The R. 0. T. C. unit was reviewed
by Governor McMullen. It was the
last review of the year.
Student Employment Discussed
by Trumbull
Student employment was discuss
ed in an address given by William
S. Trumbull, employment secretary
of the University Y. M. C. A., through
the University broadcasting studio
Wednesday. He told how the pro
blem of employment was greater for
first year men than for others and
that here the large part of the work
of the employment bureau of the
University came to bear. He re
marked that students must shoulder
responsibility and show some depend
ability before they would be consid
ered for jobs.
His address follows: j
"Many and diverse comments have
gone out through the State concern
ing student employment at the Uni
versity of Nebraska. It has been the
object of much speculation and it is
something that interests probably fif
ty per cent or more of the men stu
dents entering the University, inter
ests them vitally for on it depends
whether some of. them remain in
school or are forced to return home.
The employment situation is of front
rank in any community, ind the uni
versity problem is not unique in this
respect
Situation Good Here
"At Nebraska I believe the employ
ment situation, considering the num
ber of other schools located in Lin
coln, is exceptionally good. To my
House Will Be
Alumni Round-up
Committee of Students and Grad
uates Co-Operating on Affair) Sor
ority and Fraternity Representa
tives To Compete for Prixe
An indoor carnival, to be held at
the Field House tho evening of Fri
day, May 28, is a new feature of the
Cornhusker Round-up to be tried out
this year.
The entire Field House is to be
used for the event Half of the floor
space will be occupied by the "streets
of Cairo". Booths of all sorts, bur
lesques, and stunts galore are being
arranged for entertainment. Proper
ties from the Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha
will be imported for the evening and
will be added to those made especial
ly for the carnival.
A fancy dress competition will be
one of the features of the evening. A
representative of each fraternity and
sorority dressed in unusual and ori
ginal costumes will compete for a
substantial prize. This prize will un
doubtedly be something suitable for
a fraternity or sorority house.
Dancing Too
Good music will be provided for
those who wish to dance. The Uni
versity Band will play from 7:30 un
til 9 o'clock. A popular dance arch-
estra will play the rest of the eve
ning. There will be stunts by faculty,
students, and alumni.
Trophies will be awarded which
will attract the University cadets.
The winners of these trophies will
have a prominent place on the pro
gram. The carnival will open at 7:30
o'clock, following the almuni ban
quets of many organizations. The
choicest entertainment, however, will
be kept until later in the evening
when all alumni and students may at
tend.
Victor Krause is general chairman
of the carnival. The local commit
tee i-i charge includes Miss Thelma
Sealoek, Marie Rathburn, Col. F. F.
Jewett, Carlisle Logan-Jones, Dick
Westover, and George Fawell repre
senting the alumni. This committee
is being assisted by a committee from
the student body which includes Vi
ola Forsell, Walter Wherry, Margar
et Dunlap, Reginald Miller, Gerald
Davis, Stanley Reiff, and Ruth God
frey. DRAUATIG CLUB
PICNIC HAY 20
Exclusive Use of Lincoln Automobile
Club Park For Entire Day
Is Secured
The Dramatic Club will hold its
annual picnic at the Auto Club park
Thursday, May 20. The entire park
has been rented for the affair and
only club members will be admitted
that afternoon and evening.
The committee in charge of the
picnic is: Herbert Morrison, chair
man, Marian Cass, Helen Aach, Al
ice Wiese, and Ruth Clendenin.
This is to be one of the biggest
and best parties of the year accord
ing to Herbert Morrison, chairman
of the committee. There will be
dancing at the auto club pavillion
after the lunch. Music will be fur
nished by a five-piece orchestra.
in Radio Address
knowledge we are the only school
here or in the State that maintains an
employment office for students alone
and I know that more student em
ployment goes through this office
than goes through any other agency
in the city. I do not mean to imply
however, that jobs grow on trees in
Lincoln. This is true nowhere.
"The student planning to work his
way through the University of Ne
braska should not anticipate an easy
task. It means a double burden for
that student, it means that part of
the time he could utilize for study
will be taken for work, yet it is not
necessary to look at it from a self
sacrificing point of view. If a stu
dent is working only a reasonable
amount of time a day he should be
able to look upon that as part of his
diversion. Everyone spends a cer
tain amount of time each day in some
form of diversion or recreation and
surely with a little controlled effort,
the student who works may train
himself to regard the change of occu
pation as a reciprocal relaxation.
Big Rush in Fall
the fall at the opening of the first
semester of school. The first two
weeks in September last year netted
between seven and eight hundred 'ap
plications by students for work, not
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DRAKE EASY
FOR HUSKER
TRACK TEAM
Nebraska Takes Measure of
Iowans in Wednesday
Meet, 92 to 38
SLOW TRACK BOTHERS
Locke Runs His Slowest Century of
The Year; Wostoupal, Drafted,
Wins Javelin '
The Husker track and field squad
had little difficulty defeating Drake
in the stadium yesterday afternoon,
ruryiing up a score of 92 1-3 to 38
2-3. The track was slow from the
recent rains. Although the meet as
a whole was a walk-away, the Drake
team furnished some keen compe
tition fn several events that brought
the crowd to their feet.
Locke ran his slowest 100 in com
petition of the year, making it in
10.1. He had a light breeze against
him and got away to a poor start.
He pulled out a little better in the
220 but his best performance was
running as anchor man on the relay
team.
Davenport, Wyatt, and Dailey
loafed along behind the Drake run
ners in accordance with instructions
from Schulte. Dailey gave Locke
the stick with an even start, and be
fore the curve was reached the fleet
North Platter had put a good distance
between himself and the Drake an
chor man. Coming into the last
straightaway far ahead, he eased
down and jogged in the last yards,
having slowed almost to a walk at
the finish and then succeeded in run
ning it in fifty and a half seconds.
Drake Sets Record. in 880
Van Lanningham of Drake set a
new 'stadium track record for the
880 when he beat out Roberts by a
scant margin, covering the distance
in 1 minute, 57.6 seconds.
Both the hurdle races were close
enough to keep the crowd on its feet.
In the high hurdles, Ed Weir and the
Drake star, Simpson, came down the
track neck and nek, with Weir win
ning in 15.4 seconds, fast time con
sidering the track and the weather.
In the low hurdles, Simpson fell
on the second one. But another
Drake man, Penquite, ran even with
Weir down the final stretch and beat
him out at the finish. Penquite
collapsed just over the finish line.
Quarter Is Close
As expected the 440 was a good
race. Tolles of Drake who won the
quarter in the Iowa State-Drake dual
meet last week took the lead with
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OFFICERS ELECTED
BY IRON SPHINX
Harold Fulscher of Holyoke Named
President of Sophomore
Honorary Society
The annual election of officers of
Iron Sphinx, sophomore society, was
held last night at the Beta Theta Pi
house. It was also decided that a
pprty will be held May 21 at the Lin-
dell Hotel. The officers who will hold
office for the next year are:
President Harold Fulscher, Kap
pa Sigma, Holyoke, Colorado.
Vice-president George R. Chap
man, Alpha Tau Omega, Omaha.
Secretary Harold A. Kottman,
Delta Sigma Lambda, Falls City.
Treasurer Adrian Wostoupal,
Delta Upsilon, West Point
Sergeants-at-arms George F.
Koehnke, Phi Kappa, Hay Springs,
and Dan E. McMullin, Delta Chi,
Belleville, Kansas.
DAILY NEBRASKAN AND
CORNHUSKER APPLICATIONS
Applications for the following
positions will be received until
Thursday noon, May 13:
1927 Cornhusker Editor, jun
ior managing editor, business man
ager, assistant business managers.
The Daily Nebraskan (first
quarter, 1926-27) Editor, con
tributing editors, managing editor,
news editors, assitant news edi
tors, business manager, assistant
business manager, circulation
managers.
Awgwan (first semester, 1926
27) Editor, associate editor, con
tributing editor, business mana
ger. Applications may be got at the
office of the chairman of the
Board and of Secretary J. E. Sl
leck. M. M. FOGG,
Chairman, Student Publication
Board.
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