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Fhe Daily BRASKAN "It is possible to forgive an enemy everything except being more decent than you are." y,ny - ft parking space. NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1926. TRICE 5 CENTS Ne - .. ni TTIT? TTKTTVI?rOTTi-ir stx ?7nT XXVI, rsU. Ul. " Conservation Division Does Real Service onle Of Nebraska Derive benefit From University Department rvTlRE STATE RECEIVES E EXTENSIVE SOIL SURVEY (By Mtinro Kezer) Like the agricultural experiment t.tinn the conservation and survey Sffi, which we shall discuss to a,v is a service department of the diversity in the fullest sense Its work falls entirely along lines of ser vice to the people of the state, first in investigating and securing infor mation concerning the state, and sec ond in supplying this information to the people of the state. The existence and work of the con servation and survey division is pro vided for in the state statutes which call for the carrying on of soil, geo logical, water and waterpower. for est, road materials, and industrial surveys. The statutes also provide for .rdmcr. compiling, and pub- Mne of material concerning ine.F' faa" i &"- rowurces of the state and give the division police power for the carrying out of the duties assigned. In the soil survey, the division has already completed fifty-five counties in detail. Only three other states have done a larger proportion of their state and they are all smaller states. Land classification has covered .all the rest of the state so that infor mation is on hand concerning all parts of the state. The officers of the conservation and survey division are in a position to talk with any man in the state about his farm from the information collected in these surveys. Government Cooperates The work has been done in co-operation with the United States Bur eau of Soils. The soil survey of the counties, which to date have been covered by land classification only, will be carried on but it will take a few years to complete the state. It generally takes the whole of the open season for two men to complete a county. From four to six counties are done yearly. Nebraska's work in soil survey is among the best in the country. Incidentally, Dr. G. E. Con dra, head of the conservation and survey division here, has recently been elected vice-president of the American Soil Survey Association. In the geological survey, the struc ture of the state is being worked in with great detail. Extensive collec tions of fossils have been made in this work. The geological survey has a definite connection with state de velopment. As a result of the geolo gical surveys it is possible to show the distribution and nature of mater ials for road building, cement, build ing stone etc. The state's geological structure is also related to the oil and gas possi bilities. The division is required to secure and preserve the logs of wells drilled in the state, thus adding to the knowledge of Nebraska's sub surface and protecting the people of the state from unscrupulous operat ors. This knowledge is also important in connection with water supply and coal possibilities. Volumes Published on Surrey There is much yet to be done in the state along the line of geological survey but the southeastern or Car (Continued on Page Two.) National Student Conference Meets To Discuss Present Day Christianity The National, Student Conference to be held at Milwaukee, December 28 to January 1, to which the Uni versity Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. sending a delegation of twenty-one students has been called for the pur Pose of sharing the best convictions and experiences of all students of the United States on the great Chris tian problems of the day. The conference will follow a ser ies of daily cycles of thought. The parting point each day will be a con trast between the kind of life that Jesus intended for the world and the d that the world is actually living. 7e leaders of the conference have Planned o program that will facili tate free discussion and interchange of whatever ideas the various dele Sates will bring to the conference. A partial survey of the speakers nd leaders who will be at Milwaukee, "1 show the international impor tance of the conference. Nationally Known Speakers A. Bruce Curry, national chair man of the Student Conference Com Tjtee nd will deliver the opening address and direct the discussion groups. Reinhold Niebuhr, pastor of the thel Evangelical Church, at De "01t, and contributing editor to the --".wan Century and The World Tomi orrow, promises to be one of the important speakers at the conferen ce. University Glee Club Is Practicing Hard For The Approaching Season By Gerald Griffin Members of the University of Ne braska Men's Glee Club are getting down to practice in earnest for the rapidly-approaching season. Prac tices are held every Wednesday and Friday of each week. In addition to the regular practice sessions of the Club several of its members took part in "The Dream Pirate," production of the Kosmet Klub. Hans for the coming season are not as yet complete, but the same general outline of previous seasons will be followed this year. The annual spring trip, taken during the spring recess, will probably be to the towns in the southeastern part of Nebraska, with a possible trip into Kansas or Missouri. The definite itinerary will not be completed for some time. In furthering the usual customs the ones in charge of the Club this year expect to appear once in the services of a local church sometime before spring. It is also planned to appear as a part of the program of a Lincoln theater. Program Being Made Out The program of the Club is being made out with an effort to use as much of the highest class music a serving of praise from the best musi cians. This year has been designated as Beethoven year in musical circles MESSIAH TO BE GIVEN TODAi University Chorus Presents Annual Production In Armory at 10 A. M. NO GENERAL DISMISSAL The University chorus and soloists accompanied by a professional quar tet and assisted by the University or chestra, will aid in the thirty-first annual production of Handel's "Mes siah" to be given at 10 o'clock this morning in the Armory. More than three hundred students will take part in the oratio, which is under the di rection of Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond. Although classes will not be ex cused to attend the production, stu dents desiring to attend may be ex cused by their individual instructors. Those taking part are required to be absent, and for this reason in structors have been asked to net schedule examinations at this time. Station K. F. A. B. will broadcast the program by remote control and this enable many people outside the University to enjoy one of Nebras ka's oldest and finest traditions. Manter Will Give Talk On Evolution ' Dr. Harold B. Manter, of the De partment of Zoology, will give a talk, Wednesday evening, at seven thirty, at the open meeting of Phi Sigma in Bessey Hall. He will talk on the evolution controversey in Louisiana. Dr. Manter was in Louisana at the time and is well versed on the sub ject. Everyone is welcome to attend. Omaha Engineer Visits Campus J. A. Bruce B. Sc. '03, visited the campus last week. Mr. Bruce, who is now a consulting engineer in Omaha, has two sons, John and Philip, now enrolled in the Engineering College. Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, a Doctor of Divinity of Harvard, Yale, Prince ton, Columbia and Glasgow and pres ident of the Union Theological Sem inary will also be one of the speak ers. ii. A. Studdert-Kennedy of Eng land who spoke at the Indianapolis Convention and at colleges during the winter of 1924 will be in Amer- ica for the two weeks for the sole purpose of being present at the vention. Dr. Charles W. Gilkcy, pastor of h. HvHp Park Bantist Church at the j University of Chicago and Harrison S. Elliott, professor of Practical The ology in Union Seminary will be among the noted speakers at the con vention. Speaker From Orient As an interpreter of the "new Orient", will be Timothy T. Lew, T"m of the Theological Department of 'he Peking University and one of the best known of the younger lead ers in Education and Church in China. Dr. G. G. Kullman, a German speaking Swiss, now located in Paris and working for the American Y. M. C. A. with Russian refugees, will be the spokesman for the new genera tion in the old world. Robert A. Mil- liken, director of the Normal cnagr Laboratory of Physics and Chemistry (Continued on Page Two.) in memory of the great cpmposer, and it is planned to dedicate one of the Glee Club programs, either the first or the last, to compositions of Beethoven. The University of Nebraska Men's Glee Club, is one of the time-honored organizations that takes a worth while niche in the Cornhusker hall of fame. While a very active organiza tion was in existence before the late war the modern Club was organized as recently as the spring of 1922. At the time of the last organiza tion of the Club it was cajled the Cornhusker Glee Club and it was un der that name that it applied for of ficial recognition from the Univer sity authorities. Quoting from the or iginal application: "The purpose of this organization is to encourage de velopment of musical talent of the student body of the University, to develop song spirit in the University, and to advertise the University be fore the citizens of the state." Membership Unlimited Although it was originally pro posed to limit the membership to only those students who had thirty or more hours of University credit, &e organization is now open to first year men. The only qualification to freshmen is that if they are regis tered for Glee Club credit they must also take Chorus. Registration, how continued on Page Three.) Alexander To Discuss "The Student as a Critic" "The Student As A Critic" is the topic to be presented by Pro fessor Hartley Burr Alexander, chairman of the philosophy de partment, before World Forum this noon at the Grand Hotel. Professor Alexander's talk is designed to follow up Douglas Orr's discussion of student criti cism of the arts college presented before World Forum last week. FRESHMEN CHOSEN FOR DEBATE TEAM Four First Year Students Selected For Freshman-Sophomore Debates Six freshmen tried out for places on the freshman team for the freshman-sophomore debates in U Hall 106 yesterday afternoon. No sopho mores tried out but Professor White, varsity debate coach, expressed the hope that students interested in de bate could get enough interested sophomores out to form a team to meet the freshmen. The freshmen selected for the first year team are : Cleo. I. Lechliter, Au burn ; George F. Gant, Lincoln ; Lloyd L. Speer, Superior; J. W. Terry, At chison, Kansas. Terry is alternate. The judges for the try-outs yes terday evening were Charles U. Clark, '12, Law, '14; John D. Brady, ex-'07 and Professor White. BREN DESCRIBES RESEARCH WORK Chemistry Professor Tells Chemical Society of His Study on Ben sene Reduction Products Dr. B. C. Bren of the Department of Chemistry described his research work on the Reduction Products of 2-5 di-bromo-nitro-benzene to the Ne braska section of the American Chemical Society last night in Chem istry Hall. Dr. Bren received his Bachelor de cree from Chicago in 1916 and his Doctor's degree from Iowa in 1926. He also was Research Chem'st for the Vanity Fair Silk Mill. His sub ject, reduction and oxidation reac tions in Organic chemistry, is an es pecially lively subject at the present , . nR:i,iijtiea and nrob abutjes jn this field are most varied n-jand promising. ' ; M , W;1i ATArlfl -c vc. " Lutheran Conference The Lutheran Club of the Univer sity will be well represented at the International Conference of the Lu theran Student Association of Ameri ca, which will meet this year at Madi son, Wisconsin, from Dec. 30-Jan. 2. 1927. The Nebraska delegation will include Herbert L. Glynn, Student Secretary, Reinhold Hofferber, Ellen Honett, Dorothy Brown, and Kather ine Dean. Several others have signi fied their intention of attending. Optometry Course Offered One floor of the new physics build ing at Columbia has been turned over to the department of optometry. A four-year course is offered in the department. Rhodes Scholar V V, Hugh Cox, '26, Lincoln, arts and science, school of journalism, was elected Rhodes scholar from Nebras ka, according to an announcement made at Swarthmore, Pennsylvania by the national Rhodes scholarship committee. Mr. Cox will begin his studies at Oxford next fall. He is now attending the Harvard Law school. OPERA PLEASES LARGE AUDIENCE The Cricket On The Hearth" First of Series To Be Presented GIVEN BY LOCAL TALENT "The Cricket on the Hearth," the first of a series of operas to be given by well known Lincoln singers and musicians was presented at the Tem ple, Tuesday evening, to a capacity crowd. The company was directed by Mrs. Maude Fender Gutzmer and assisted by Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond and Donna Gustin. The plot, which is centered around an English village at the beginning of the nineteenth century is interest ing and appealing and was well pre sented by the company. The cast, which was composed entirely of Lin coln singers, was well balanced and was well fitted to the parts. Following is the cast of the lead ing characters, chorus and dancers. v Characters Dot, John's Wife Bernice Reed Mallat May, Dot's friend .... Frances Jacques John, Carrier Oscar Bennet (Student with Parvin Witte) Edward Plummer, a sailor Edward Ellingson Tackleton, Tag Dealer J. Harry Cantlin The Cricket, a fairy .... Doris Green Villagers: Nelle Daly, Loretta Kel ler, Edna Leiningar, Katherine Ly man, Katherine Mayhew, Ruth May hew, Marjorie Nelsen, Lucille Mat tox, Vivian Porter, Mary Turner, Regina Franklin, Patrice Nichols, Eleanor Douglas, John Culver, Verne Laing, Melvin Perry, Elluf Olsen, Harold Cowan, John Mattox, Albert Fricdli. Elves: Felice Sternberg, Alice Wing, Loretta Keller, Thelma Dea con, Elizabeth Flotree, Mabel Zim merman, Eveline Cerny. Crickets: Betheen Peterson, Ruth Hill, Mary Catherine McCrory, Andra Bftscll, Annestelle Turner, June Pin so, Loraine McCauley. The baby Gita Hill. The Donna Gustin dancers took a leading part in the operatic produc tion and the University chorus, di rected by Mrs. Raymond, played a leading factor. The opera has been given success fully at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, and wa given by the group of Lincoln voca lists as the first attempt to interest Lincoln people in local operatic pro ductions. SWEZEY DELIVERS MONTHLY LECTURE "Our Star, the Sun" Subject Monthly Observatory Open Night Address Of Professor G. D. Swezey of the de partment of astronomy held his usual monthlv observatory night last eve-. ning. He delivered a lecture on "Our Star, the Sun'V Before and after this lecture, those present were permit ted to look at the stars and the moon through the small university teles cope. This lecture and open night is always the second Tuesday of the month. In the lecture Professor Swezey gave a short talk about the origin of the nun but he said that there was nothing definite. He also told that the sun was composed of a gaseous matter or a gas vapor irom the min erals of which it is composed. Greek Societies Founded by Groups With Common By Ruth Palmer (Discussion of fraternities contin ued from yesterday.) Scholarship, unfortunately, is not regarded as an activity.' Most frater nities are extremely anxious for a sufficient display of scholarly activity on the part of their members. Posi tion at the head of the scholarship list is a real joy. Scholarship rank among fraternities, it is true, is gen erally lower than that of the non fraternity men. Fraternities are some 176 years old. They -err dr?t established in 1750 and we iwn as the "Flat Hat Clubs." 11 L early date, as now, whenever a congenial group gathered for the discussion of some matter of common interest, there was likely to follow the formation of a society or a club, fully provided with the usual paraphenalia of officers and dues. After all, these organizations, tak en as a whole, must be reckoned among the great assets of the college. Many of them are the intellectual stimuli for the fraternity man. This fact many fail to note. These organi zations give an outlet to the enthus iasms of youth, and they turn into Clapp Elected Head Of Wrestling Group Dr. R. G. Clapp of the department of physical education and coach of WTestling, was elected president of an informal organization of wrestling coaches formed recently at Dcs Moines in connection with the annual meeting of the Missouri Valley ath letic conference. Hugo Otoupalik, a former Nebraska wrestler, now coach of wrestling at Ames, was elected secretary. Considerations of possible changes in rules were taken up at the meeting. These changes will be sent out to all coaches in the Missouri Valley. ENGINEERS PLAN INSPECTION TRIP Committee Proposes Several Tours That Are to be Taken by Engineering Students The inspection trip committee of engineering students has announced the plans that have been formulated for this year's and next year's trip. The trip this year will be known as the short trip and that of next year as the long trip. All engineering students are re quired to make one of these trips be fore graduation and all juniors and seniors are eligible to make the trips. The short trip this year will probably be from April 2 to 7. The long trip which occurs next year should be considered as offering greater advantages and should be chosen if a student can finance it. The approximate cost will be around $90. A meeting will be called in Jan uary for all engineering students and the students should be prepared to voice their opinion at that time. There are several possibilities for the short trip, namely Omaha, Kan sas City and St. Louis. The approxi mate cost of these trips is as follows: Omaha, $20J;o $30; Kansas City $35 to $45; andSt. Louis $45 to $65. rO CLOSE SECTIONS FOR CORNHUSKER Organizations Desiring Space in 1927 Year Book Must Reserve Same By Thursday time, inree sons, a uauKuicr, u Organizations desiring space in the ; fifteen grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. 1927 Cornhusker are again reminded Horace M. Almy, who settled on a by the staff that all reservations must f near Llnco,n when thl8 vclty be made before Thursday of this as little more than a village, have week. No requests for space will be attended the University as students, considered after this date as the gen-, the three sons and twelve of the eral makeup of the annual is to be grandchildren having received de planned immediately. 1 8Tees, six of them with Phr Beta Kap Mpmbrs of the staff are making a P nonor8 and five th Sl"a Xl re" final check on all campus organiza tions to ascertain the amount of space they want. But in case they do not reach all before the date Bet for the deadline, the remainder are asked to hand in their reservations to the Cornhusker office. Chancellor Avery Is To Address Officer Chancellor Samuel Avery will be the principal speaker at the monthly dinner of the Lancaster County Reserve officers associa tion at the Hotel Grand this eve ning. The meeting is open to all reserve officers, ex-members and ex-service men. Students desiring to attend should notify Mrs. Hen line in the military department or Prof. Frankforter of the chemis try department. Interests and Ideals really useful channels efforts that might otherwire be wasted. Many of them give training entirely different from that afforded by the college, but equally valuable in the outcome. Leadership, prestige, fellowship, organization, the fraternity represen tatives at the conference agreed, are the continual aims of the fraternity. But why should such aims be con demned the question was asked? Are these not the aims of every worth while organization? The ideal frat ernity, as was said yesterday of the ideal fraternity man, is hard to find. However, it seems logical to con clude, this discussion group pointed out, that certainly some good is de rived from organizations where the fundamental ideals are high. Rushing rules were discussed at length. Systems varied as to colleges, many of the western colleges having systems similar to our own while a few of the more eastern ones had de ferred pledging, that is second sem ester and even second year pledging. The consensus of opinion was in fa vor of the deferred pledging. The main argument for such being that the new student was given an oppor tunity to adjust himself to his sur roundings. ROSCOE POUND TO SPEAK HERE Dean of Harvard Law School To Address Members of Bar Association The Twenty-Seventh Annual Meet ing of the Nebraska State Bar Asso ciation wall be held at Lincoln, Ne braska, on Wednesday and Thursday, December 29th and 30th. Features of the meeting, besides the reports of standing committees, and other offi cial business of the Association, will be the program of addresses, which includes Judge E. E. Good of the Supreme Court of Nebraska, J. C. Shearman of Wichita, Kansas, Clar ence S. Darrow -of Chicago, and Ros- c6e Pound, Dean of the Law School of Harvard University. Dean Pound is a Nebraska rroduct, who was born at Lincoln, and took his bachelor's degree from the Uni versity of Nebraska at the early age of eighteen. He became one of Amer ica's foremost botanists before tak ing up the study of law. From 1901 to 1903 he was a member of the Su preme Court Commission. From 1903 to 1907 he was Dean of the Univer sity of Nebraska College of Law. In 1907 he went to" Northwestern Uni versity, from there to Chicago Uni versity, and from there to Harvard, where he became Dean of the Law School in 1915. In 1925 he was ten dered the presidency of the Univer sity of Wisconsin, but declined on the grounds that his life work is the teaching of law. He is the author -of many books on the science of juris prudence, and of almost innumerable special articles and addresses. The subjects of the addresses of Dean Pound and Mr. Darrow will be announced later. Heat Causes Collapse Due to the excessive heat in over crowded classrooms, several students at the University of Manitoba have collapsed recently during lectures. Almy Family Claim Unique Record In Annals of University of Nebraska For forty-two years ever since 1884 with the exception of 1898 and lg99 f the Horace M. Almy family has been represented at the Uni versity of Nebraska. During that I . . . , j 1.1 i cognition. Four of them have secured master's degrees at Nebraska. The first of the Almy family to enter the University was F. F. Almy, the oldest son, and Florence Almy, a daughter. They had completed the work in the schools of Lai caster county, and enrolled in the Univer sity Preparatory school in 1884, F, F. Almy receiving the degree of bachelor of science in 1890. He later studied at John Hopkins University, and is now professor of physics at Grinncll College. Florence was mar ried to William A. McReynolds, now living at Ashland. She died a number of years ago, her son and five of her daughters having since been grad uated from the University. B. G. and J. E. Almy, brothers of F. F. and Florence, received bachelor of science degrees with Sigma Xi honors in 1896, J. E. receiving his master's degree the following year, and B. G. receiving bis in 1898. J. E. BEARG ELECTED AS COACH FOR TWO MORE YEARS Huslcer Football Mentor It Voted Increase In Salary LOST BUT FOUR GAMES Teams Made Good Record Un der His Guidance During Past Two Seasons Ernest E. Bearg will continue as head football coach for two more years. A new contract, which is ef fective September 1, 1927 and will continue until September 1, 1929, has been signed, according to the announcement of John K. Sclleck, business manager of athletics. The athletic board re-elected Coach Bearg at a meeting last week and appointed John Selleck and George Holmes as a committee to in form Bearg of his re-election. The contract, which was signed yesterday morning, calls for an increase in salary to $6,500 a year. In the two years since Bearg as sumed his duties at the university he has lost but four games, Missouri and Drake in 1925 and Missouri and the University of Washington this season. On the other hand he has won victories over Illinois, Notre Dame, and New York with squads that consisted largely of green ma terial. Twenty-three lettermen and an abundance of promising material from the freshman class will be ready' for spring practice in preparation for the 1927 season. Bearg began his coaching career at Topeka High School and then at Washburn for three years. While at tending a summer football school at Illinois, he attracted Coach Zuppke's attention and was offered a place on the Illinois staff as an assistant coach. He remained there four seasons and then resigned to accept the offer of head coach at Nebraska. Daily "Nebraskan Inquiring Reporter Question: Are yon in favor of the "all-male" cast of the Kosmet Klub? Asked at various points on the campus. Esther Snethen, T. C, F. A., '27, Hum bolt. ' No. It was very interesting because it was unusual, but I would like to see the co-eds get a chance. Victor Brink, B. A., '27, Granville, Iowa. "It seems to be the trend at other schools. I think it is a very good idea." Ellsworth DuTeau, A. S., '27, Merle, Wisconsin. "Some men are entirely inadequate from the point of view of physique to take the part of women, but al though the appeal may not be so great there is more humor." Don Mattison, A. S., '27, Lincoln. "If the appeal is there, why not?" Vivian Vickery, A. S., '28, Atchison, Kans. "Yes, since it is a club of boys, its plays should be that way. The fact that it is different makes it more in teresting." Almy also was awarded Thi Beta Kappa honors. Missed Two Years The following two years there was no representatives of the Almy fam ily at the University, but in 1900 J. E. Almy returned to the institution as instructor in physics. Since that time he has been made professor of physics, thus maintaining the rep resentation of his family at the Uni versity during the time there were none as students. The so-called second generation of the Almy family to register included seven grandsons and eight grand daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Horace M. Almy. Six of these fifteen grandchildren were the children of Mr. and Mrs. (Florence Almy) William A. McRey- nolds; E. L. Mclteynolds received his bachelor of science in agriculture de gree in 1916, and is now a stockman . at Ashland, Nebr Willa McEeynolds, now Mrs. E. W. Hageman of Ithaca, Nebr., received her bachelor of science in home economics degree in 1917; Gladys McReynolds, now Mrs. H. J. Boydston of Ashland, received her bachelor of arts degree in 1319; Florence McReynolds, now Mrs. M. P. Williams of Lincoln, where she is doing department editorial work for the Nebraska Farmer, received her bachelor of science in home econom ics degree in 1924; Sarah B. McRey nolds, now Mrs. E. T. Estes of Oma ha, received her bachelor or arts lc (ConUnocd oa page three)