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0 The Daily Nebraskan WEATHER FORECAST For Lincoln and vicinity: Wedne, J. fair? rlm temperature. Interfraternity basketball games continue today. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1927. PRICE 5 CENTS VARSITY PARTY NIGHTS ARE NOW CLOSED NIGHTS " " . Decision Of Student Urganiza- lions tornm """ Advice of Student wunwi nw . . pa8Sed Prohibiting Use NO" . r 1 i.. . ni Out-state V v . .. By Organization. , . . vowiitw Th0 evenings upon vvhfc . Vmftj dances are i for all fraternity and sorority house dances for the remainder of the " ..rHinirto a decision reached vear, . , . . . bythe committee on student organ,- ion Tuesday afternoon. The step came as a result of the recommenoa- tion sent to the faculty . verities at the University of Ne the Student Councl1 nd VB1 braska has grown considerably in the Dince Committee to the ettecc tnnt these nights be cio . Th. rulintr made by the faculty committce reads as follows: "In view of the agreement made . . tho various fraternities-1 lasi i" , and sororities to the effect that they would be in lavor oi ana wuum - frain from holding social functions in their houses on the nights of var sity dances, the committee on stu dent organizations has passed fav- ,oMV n the recommendation pre tn thorn from the Student SCIItu Council requesting that no house j.-. ho nllnwed scheduled on auiiica that Varsity Dances are held Therefore for the remainder of the school year these evenings may be considered 'closed.' All-university parties were started at Nebraska some fourteen years ago. The purpose of these parties was to sponsor a democratic campus snirit to bridge the social gap be tween the various university organi- tations and the students, so apt to occur in an institution as large as this university. In order to more fully realize this aim, and to give all stu dents an opportunity to attend these nartics the Student Council cooper sting with the Varsity Dance Com mittee, according to members, felt it acixsemry 4W vlatiM o V read a regarding the many social functions. The faculty committee on student organizations passed a motion to the effect that no foreign orchestra out side of Nebraska should be retained by any university organization with out first consulting the committee. A number of other requests re garding the closing of nights for specific events were brought before the committee. According to the faculty members, it "has been the policy of the committee for the past three years not to close a night for in event in which the majority of students are not interested. Varsity dances, they pointe dout, are all-university parties, open to every univer sity student, are non-profit, and should receive the support of both students and faculty. Members of Faeultv An J Cm. n. UK Attend Mate Meeting Dean W. E. Sealock, Prof. R. D. Moritz. Pmf P T? TTAmvlilr null Trrf I - . Wiedmann of Teachers College, will attend the Nebraska State Conven- tmi. t c : . . i i rit i ui ouperinienaems ana scnooi Boards which will be held Wednes- day and Thursday of this week at Hastings. Women of Senior Class Hold Elections Today May Queen and Maid of Honor will be elected by a popular vote of senior women, Wednesday and Thursday from 9 to 5 o'clock in Social Science. At the same time senior women will vote from five to fifteen junior women for pros pective members in Mortar Board, senior womens' honorary organi zation. The identity of the May Queen, Maid of Honor and the members of Mortar Board for 1927-28 will be revealed on Ivy Day, when the May Queen will be crowned and the Mortar Boards will be publicly masked. Iowa State President Believes That College Scalawags Not On Increase A tVna Iowa, Feb. 9. Special: io wa, es. a. Speci Ule proportion of scalawags in 'o'lege isn't any greater today than g was 60 years ago is the belief of ennan Kn-pp, acting president of State College. President Knapp, lifen interview on college student upported this belief by citing whomiubr of "Kood-for-nothings" ol'Hi'x colleeo during his nt!?dent Knapp feels that the pre" iniq'tv" k!le not "8ink of . ut a comparatively whole Student Council Fishing For Opinion kji Kjrectis yjn varsity rarty question Questionnaire Sent to Fraternities? And Sororities Alio Includes a Query at to Whether On "Rep" Party Per Year It Sufficient. In a circular letter gent by the studnfc Council to the raternitios ana porontien regaraing representa- uvo pari'ui, me memDers oi me nt tho Oiku A letter was mailed out w all fraternity and sorority presidents yesterday, tncvt.hor with thrnn mion. r. menu nt thn hntt-nm in ho rllnnnH onH rcturned. The nuestions wore: m Ia one "reP" Party, cither formal or Varsity Dances are held more often? (2) Do yQu M y How cou1j Vftrg. . , ' uuncea ue imi'ruvcui ino ifiier 101- Dcar preflidont: The of fraternities and jlas come a correSp0nding increase . . nnmi,np nt rpn nP Anvm- town parties held each year. The cus- torn seems to be for each organiza- tion to hnlH twn nr three "wn" nar- 1 ties each school year. -ine numDcr oi iraternities ana sororities has increased until two or three "rep" parties ore held every week-end throughout the school year. If each of the 59 organizations listed in the Student Directory holds two "rep" parties each year at the con servative cost of $175 each, the total cost would amount to $20,650. If the number of parties was cut down to one a year for each organization, the result would be a saving of more than $10,000 to fraternity and sor ority members. These figures are worth thinking over. "Varsity Dances might be held more often to take the place of some of the "rep" parties. Students in other universities as large as the University of Nebraska manage to get along with fewer parties of this kind than we have. Practically all in vitations to the various parties are given to the same popular, promin ent or well known students. Couldn't this same crowd have the same en joyment at a Varsity Dance if it be come tho ouetotn for ovoryone to at tend the parties at the Coliseum? "The Student Council desires to have the opinion of your group as to whether or not they favor as many "ren" parties as are being held at the present time. Although the Coun cil has no power to limit the number of parties, they intend to use this in formation in making recommenda tions to the Student Organizations Committee, composed of faculty members." SWEZEY TALKS ON ECLIPSES OF SON Astronomist Declare! That People Of Today Know Little Of Astronomy The attitude of the people of to day toward astronomy does not com- pare favorably with that of the an- CT.ents Xhe average BCh0iariy, intei- ligent person of the present day knows little or nothing of astron ! ) T r 0..ra-a.r iht omy, saiu rxuicaaui - - department of astronomy, last night on thc "Eclipse of the Sun and jfoon. According to Professor Swezey, an eciip8e may be caused by two things; ., inf-vnti0n of some body be- twppn the earth and sun or by the shadow of the moon upon the earth. The total eclipse of 1990 was od- served by Professor Swezey Irom Thomaston, Georgia. This eclipse lasted one and one-half minutes. It began just west of Mexico and ex tended as far north as Northern Africa. The sun has a striking appearance at this time. The disk itself is com pletely dark, surrounded by a red luminous ring and by a larger pale known as the corona. This is similar to the Aurora borealis of the earth. r.MinseB have been observed and recorded as far back as 2000 B. C. The first recorded eclipse is noted in ri,mr annuls. Then the astrono mers who failed to predict the eclipse were beheaded by the Emperor. some institution which is constantly improving as the years go by. "I have associated with college students for over 45 years," Presi dent Knapp said, "and during that time I haven't noticed any marked change toward the bad. In fact, I have never discovered very downright dishouest students. Most of them possess pretty good ideas ox right and wrong. Their religious and social ideas, for tne mosi pw wholesome." Dr. Waldo Westwater Spoke Before Chemitts Dr. Waldo Westwater spoke Tuesday evening to the Nebraska section of the American Chemical Society on tho subject, "Internal Pressure of Liquids and Liquid Mixtures"; the subject on which ho worked for his doctor's degree at the University of California. He is an instructor in chem istry at Nebraska and is well known in local chemical circles. SEMI-FINALS START TODAY Interfraternity Basket ball Competition Procedes To Next To Last Lap CLASS B OPENS ROUND The semi-final lap towards the in terfraternity basketball championship will start Wednesday and Saturday, an unmarred record. Every game with league champions battling for scheduled should prove a hard-fought contest when the best of each league is eliminated or set a bit nearer to their goal. The semi-finals will be run in much the same fashion as the leagues were conducted. Wednesday will find the Class B cagesters en tering into the semi-finals. Today 7:00 Sigma Phi Epsilon vs Phi Gamma Delta. 7:00 Kappa Sigma vs Phi Kappa Alpha. 7:&0 Acacia vs Phi Sigma Kappa. Saturday, February 12 10:00 Sigma Phi Epsilon vs Kap pa Sigma. 10:00 Phi Gamma Delta vs Acacia. 10:30 Pi Kappa Alpha vs Phi Sig ma Kappa. Class B Today 7:30 Phi 9igma Kappaj vs Phi Gamma Delta. 8:00 Delta Upsilon vs Sigma Phi Epsilon. 8:00 Tau Kappa Epsilon vs Alpha Sigma Phi. 8:30 Delta Tau Delta vs Kappa Sigma. Charter Day Program To Be Broadcast r. pAk.nKtr IK IRAQ ftnvprnnr David Butler signed a bill passed by I the state legislature granting a char ter to the University of Nebraska. r to tne university ox e-. And so, on February 15 each year th TTnivprsitv has celebrated its "birthday." In the "good old days at.iiifonta. facultv members, and alumni joined in a day of speechmak ine and other activities fitting the occasion. Today, with alumni scat tered from coast to coast, not many could take part in such a festival if it were not for the radio. The program broacast over KFAB fS40.7) Tuesday night, February 15 will be the fifth annual charter day rnHin reunion rrorram. It will start at 8:05 n. m. with a short address by Dean E. A. Burnett, acting chan .niini. nt thn University, and will continue until 2 a. m., for the benefit of alumni on the Pacific coast EsDecially featured on the pro gram will be short addresses of wel come by those who have been on the University faculty for many years. There will also be a variety of musi cal and dramatic entertainment by students. Harold F. Holtz, alumni secretary, is now preparing the de tailed program, which will be an nounced soon. Already many alumni clubs throughout the country have notified Mr. Holtz that they are planning spe cial reunion banquets that evening and will listen m on the program in a group. Lackey Aids In Writing New Text For Geology Elements of Geography, written and prepared jointly by Prof. Earl E. Lackey, of the geology and geo graphy department and Prof. Rich-I ard E. Dodge, geographer of Colum bia University, has just appeared from the press of Rand and Mc-Nal- iy- This new and beautifully illus trated geography is a notable ad dition to works on tne suDject oi geography. Meyer Transferred T C:.1V Pil-v.Oflrirf To bicux City-Uttice ,r , . , Wm. P. Meyer. Electrical Engi- neering '24, visited Dean Ferguson Iltrciiug - . . .1. and the College of Engineering last wAAir- i-4 a ia si 1 1 w luuiicviu w- i -r .A.iwttai w fh tho I Westinghouse E. & M. Co. and is transferring his offiice from Omaha to Sioux City. HUSKERS OPEN TRACK SEAS0N Indoor Meet Saturday Evening Starts Schedule; Face Combination Team FORMER STARS WILL RUN Opening the 1027 track and field seasjn Saturday evening at tho stad ium, tho University of Nebraska track and field squod is rapidly lining up for its contest with the combined strength of tho schools of tho Nebras ka College Conference. Exhibition races, featuring Locke, Hein, Weir, and A. O. Martin, the former North western star, will be intermixed with the regular meet program. Representatives of at least ten of the thirteen schools in the Nebraska College1 Conference will pit their combined strength against Coach Schulte's green aggregation. Point winners from last year's Nebraska College conference meet supplement ed by whatever new stars have ap peared will form the team facing the Huskers in the season's opener. There will be at, least three Huskers and three from the Nebraska colleges in each event. In case the visitors wish to run more men in any event, Coach Schulte will add other entries in order to give as many men as pos sible a chance to run. Former Btars will occupy a place on the program for the meet. Ro land Locke and Bill Hein, erstwhile Cornhusker stars, who are starting to get into shape for independent running in this season's outdoor meets will put on an exhibition dash. Ed Weir, holder of the varsity record in the high hurdles, and winner of the 120 yard highs in the valley meet last year will run an exhibition 50 yard flight of hurdles. Running against him will be the two fresh men aces, Keiss and Trunible, who have been beating the varsity hurdler in early season practice. A. O. Martin, returned from his first eastern invasion of the season, where he last week participated in several indoor meets, will run either a 440 or 880. Martin, running by him self, coasted through a 440 last night on the stadium indoor track in 52.5 seconds. He is rapidly getting into shape. Coach Schulte considers him one of the outstanding middle dis tance runners of the country today. The probable Nebraska entries for the meet will be chosen from the following: , Dash: Stevens, Doty, Davenport, Krause, Dailey. 440: Davenport, Tappan, Camp bell, Lowe, Greenslit. 880: Johnson, Lemly, Ritcher, Beck. 1 mile: . Chadderdon, Hays, Prague, 9 mi m 2 mile: McCartney, Cumings, Frink High Hurdles: Leffler, Krause, Vorig Low Hurdles: Krause, Leffler, Dailey, Marrow, Fleming. Broad jump: Stevens, Doty, An drews. (Continued on Page Three.) APPLICATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIP TAKEN Faculty Women's Club Offers An nual Award of Fifty Dolalrs Open to Junior Women Applications for the scholaiship of fiftv dollars ($50.00) given annually by the Faculty Women's Club, will he received until April 1, 19J7. lhis scholarship is open to all Junior wo men, (1928 Seniors) to be used in the senior year. This scholarship gift will be paid in two installments, twentv-five dollars (525.00) at the beginning of the first semester, and twenty-five dollars (?Z5.00) at the hocinninfl- of the second semester. The successful candidate will be noti fied of her selection at the close of this semester. No money will be available, however, until her regis tration for the first semester of her senior year at the University of Ne braska is completed. This scholar ship is intended for girls wholly or nartiallv self-suppoifcing. . Applica tion blanks may be obtained at Dean Heponer's Office. They should be sent to the "Secretary of the Faculty Women's Club," Dean Heppner's Of fice, Ellen Smith Hall, Lincoln, Coaching Class Assists Schvlte With Yearlings Coach Schulte has made assistants out of members of his advanced coachine class. Each member of the class has ten freshmen , assigned to him for whom he n responsible, and must develop during the season. The ability of the young coach to develop will be Coach Schulte's plan for grading. .,.., By this plan Coacn acnuite nopes V nrtA nova mnrA w ream Trpsnrneri secure uumciaio. . meet for members of the class to display their ability has been set for March 5. LeRossignol Speaha On Capitalists Today Dean J. E. LcRossignol of the College of Business Adminis tration will speak nt World Forum this noon at the Grand Hotel. He will discuss changes in the capitalistic system and their ef fect economically, in his address; "Is the Capitalistic System Pass ing Away?" GRID ASPIRANTS BEGIN CAMPAIGN Coach Bearg Declares Every Candidate Must Report for Spring Grind "If they expect to get on the Var sity next year they must come out for spring football practice," is the way Coach Ernest Bearg stands on the pigskin question to begin this afternoon at the stadium. Practice is to be held each afternoon regardless of weather conditions. Advance reports from Ames, Octo ber first opponent of the Huskers, indicate strong prospects in view for the 1927 team. Along with numerous letter-men, they have a bountiful supply of freshmen luminaries from which to pick their starting lineup. Only twenty men have checked out uniforms so far. Over a hundred re ported last spring, but Coach Bearg is expecting a large attendance at the first turnout. Those who had taken out uniforms Wednesday afternoon were: Asmus, C. H., Sioux City, la.; Bushee, C. A., Guide Rock; Fried, Leo, Omaha; Farley, George, Lin coln; Hurd, C. C, Clarks; Howell, Edward, Omaha; Jeffries, Ralph, Omaha; McBride, Bud, Lincoln; Keiss, Laurence, Grand Island; Lew andowskki, Adolph, Chicago, 111.; Lehmkuhl, W. B., Wahoo; Morgan, Clifford, Denver, Colo.; Nelson, C. C. Garland, Tex.; Prucka, F. H., Omaha; Pospisil, F. J., Lincoln; Ray, George, Grand Island; Sloan, Clair, Verdon; Still, Joe, Lincoln; Walker, Keith, Dunbar. NO MORE SMOKING AT UNIVERSITY PARTIES Faculty Committee Decides Old Rule Against Smoking Must Be Enforced Letters will be sent to all campus organizations reminding them of the fact that smoking is not permitted on the dance or ballroom floors at the University of Nebraska and that reemphasis will be placed on the en forcement of this rule in the future, according to the decision reached by the faculty committee on student or ganizations which met Tuesday afternoon in Dean Chatburn's office. These letters are expected to reach all members of social organizations. Those organizations who do not have copies of the rules governing organ izations and social functions should secure them from Dean Heppner's office in Ellen Smith Hall. - The presidents of the various or ganizations with the floor committee are being made directly responsible for the enforcement of this rule. The rule is as follows: "Smoking on the dance floor or in the ball-room is not permitted. The president of the organization and the floor committee are responsible for the enforcement of this rule." Creighton Alumni To Publish New Oracle Omaha, Nebr., Feb. SL "The Creighton Alumnus," a monthly mag azine of news and views interesting to Creighton alumni and designed to be the official publication of the re organized Creighton University Alumni Association is to be in the mails, with its moiden issue, late in February. James A. Shanahan, Arts '19, who has been engaged in newspaper work for 12 years and for the past two years instructor in the College of Journalism, has been appointed edi tor of the "Alumnus." Mr. Shanahan has been acting as secretary of the Alumni association for the past year and the newly-constituted Alumni Council has moved to combine the duties of secretary, treasurer and editor of the official publication. j Frank P. Fogarty, A. B., '26, now coach of Creighton's debaters and faculty supervisor of "Shadows," the quarterly literary magazine, is to assist in editing the Alumnus. Pellmounter Visits Engineering Seniors Mr. T. Pellmounter, District Sales Manager of the Century Electric Co., was at the College of Engineering Tuesday interviewing seniors of that college. High Point Man 1 , ; - : , ? r ... ' i' ' ' I ; 1 ) V ( -I I I : ' I j l . 1 ; : ' ' ' , i 3 ;..'' .:iv 7 v i i - LONE CANDIDATE FILES FOR OFFICE Four Class Presidents And Ivy Day Orator to be Chosen And Only One Aspirant COUNCIL ADVISES CHECK Only one candidate has filed for any class office thus far this week. Four class pisidents and the Ivy Day Orator are to be elected at the regu lar second semester elections to be held on Tuesday, February 15, in the Temple lobby. Students with less than 24 hours are qualified as freshmen, and from 24 to 52 as sophomores, 53 to 88 as juniors, and any student with 89 semester hours or more so long as he is a candidate for graduation is qualified as a senior. Any student, so long as he is quali fied in his respective class, and has an average of 75 per cent for the preceeding semester and no standing delinquencies is eligible to run for and to hold the offices. Filings can be made at the Stu dent Activities Office in the Coli seum. Candidates have been asked by the Student Council Committee in charge of the election to check with the registrar before filing. No candidate disqualified by the regis trar's office on Saturday February 12 will be allowed to run for election on Tuesday regardless of efforts to be reinstated, in other words, scholas tic difficulties should be removed by candidates before filing for the offices. Nebraska Art Association Exhibition Will Open Thursday In Morrill Hall The first art exhibition to be held in the new Morrill Hall begins to morrow, under the auspices of the Nebraska Art Association. It will end March 13. The exhibit is open to the public, and can be found in the new art gallery on the second floor. The exhibition celebrates the thirty-third anniversary of the founding of the Nebraska Art Association. For this occasion a feature picture "Aca demia" will be shown. A huge can vas reaching from the floor nearly to the ceiling and about one-half as wide as it is long, portrays the spirit of learning by means of female fig ure of heroic size. This work by Ed win Howland Blashfield is done in a classic manner ana snows iuvc u Rennaissance detail. There is nothing to disturb the ideal sentiment nor the onlookers' satisfaction. Blashfield is one of the greatest mural painters in America. His sub jects are allegorical and formal, and his figures always express dignity and propriety. This artist excells in his use of the white pigment, and even under the searching light in an art gallery the beholder may enjoy the luminous tints of this difficult color, from fleecy clouds to warm flesh tints. We do not find in this canvas the sun ioias oi arapery which we so often associate with mural painting. There are many ways in which the gallery visitor may "start" himself at this exhibition. If he is looking for familiar names, he will find a score. If he wishes pictures to enjoy, he will find a generous supply. If he is interested in the moderns, he will find a representative group. 1 1 he is HUSKER QUINT HANGS DEFEAT ON PIONEERS Nebraska Basketball Flippers Win Non-conference Game From Grinnell SMAHA STARTS SCORING High Point Honors Go to Cap tain Smaha Who Collected 12 Out of 30 Counters The Nebraska basketball quintet took a non-conference game from the Grinnell Pioneers last night at the Coliseum 30 to 22. The game lacked the usual speed that the Husk ers have displayed in the past. The first half ended with the Nebraska cagers leading 15 to 12. Captain Clark Smaha started the scoring for the Huskers with a gift shot when he was fouled by Chase. The Nebraska forwards were getting shot after shot only to muffle them in their hurried attempt, and the Grin nell guards were taking the ball off the Nebraska backboard. For five minutes the two quintets raced up and down the floor with the Pioneer five having the edge and taking the lead, but the Nebraskans soon hit their stride and went ahead, never to be headed throughout the rest of the game. The first Husker basket came when Smaha fizzled a free throw and Page, the giant Husker center, tipped the ball through the netting for his only tally from the field during the evening. High scoring honors of the eve ning went to the Cornhusker cap tain who with his running mate, Jug Brown seemed 'to be the only men when were upholding the reputation of the Scarlet and Cream quintet Smaha did some of the most spec tacular one hand shooting that has been seen on the Coliseum floor. Snagging four baskets from the field and counting four times from the free-throw line, the honors for high scorer went to the brilliant Nebras ka forward. Jug Brown was doing some bril liant floor and basket work for the Huskers but was relieved late in the first half by Othmer. Four times the running mate of Smaha counted from the field, by both one handed and high arch shots. With but five minutes left in the first half and the boys of Coach Black having amassed a 15 to 5 lead over the Grinnell five, the Pioneers crawl ed up to a 15 to 11 score on free throws alone before half time ended. At this juncture Holm, Nebraska (Continued on Page Four.) Pledge List of Theta Sigma Phi Announced Ruth Palmer, '28, Holdrege; Dor othy Nott, '28, Elgin; and Eloise Keefer, '28, Lincoln; in the School of Journalism, were pledged to Theta Sigma Phi, honorary journalistic sor ority, Tuesday at 5 o'clock at Ellen Smith Hall. All of these women have had at least two years experience as Daily Nebraskan reporters, while Ruth Palmer is now one of the news edi tors. looking for recent prize winners, his search will be rewarded. Wayman Adams has exhibited here for the past several years, also Robert Henri, Halley Lever, Marie Damforth Page, John Sloan and Frederick Waugh. Among the pleasing pictures may be mentioned "Sycamores", by Orren. White; "Iris with Japanese Back ground" by Emma Fordyce MacRae, and the "Covered Bridge", by John Spelman. Come the modernists with the following canvasses: "Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple" by Anthony Angarola; Parisian Interior" by Waldo Peirce. In the prize winning group will be found a figure painting of a young woman in black resting on a sofa, en titled "Bohemienne", the work of Clifford Addams of New York. Eliza beth Sparhawk-Jones of Philadelphia won for her pictures "The Resting Woodcutters" a prize of two hundred and fifty dollars for the most com mendable picture in the annual ex hibition of American Painting in Chicago. This exhibition is a satisfying and at th same time a thoroughly provok ing one. Unlike the usual American show which is overwhelmingly land scape, this exhibition shows a large number of portrait and figure paint ings. Among them are examples of well executed works which carry on the traditions of the past, as well as those which bear signs of fresh im pulses of another era. Here will be found an assembly of examples of individuality. There are few common place subjects, nearly everyone be ing unique in some particular way. V