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The Daily Nebraskan WEATHER FORECAST For Lincoln and vicinity: Friday fair. Wrestling meet tonight In Coll- voLVJTNtTse. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1027. PRICE 5 CENTS PLAYERS GIVE PULITZER 1926 PRIZE PLAY "Craig Wife" Presentation By University Acton Is Weil tteceivea PERFORMANCE REPEATED Student Matinees to be Given Today and lomorrow; Shows Both Evenings "Crate's Wife," 1926 Pulitzer ni-ire rlav presented for tne first r" ' , v tl,. TT. time Thursday cvc-nrns mo uni versity riaycrs, more than fulfilled all expectations held in it with a splendid cast and unusually fine por trayals, before a small, but enthus iastic audience. Eleanor Fogg Whitham, in the role of "Mrs. Craig," the selfish wife who is house crazy, together with Thad Cone, in the role of Mr. Craig, were splendid. Mrs. Whitham scored with her excellent shading and modu lation of her lines. Esther Zinnecker, as Miss Austen "and Cleo Slagel, as the honest and open-minded domestic offered unusually creditable perfor mances. The rest of the cast were capable, and handled their parts with , skill and case. Play U Strong Drama The play, written by George Kelly, author of such dramas as "The Show off" and "The Torch Bearers," is a remarkably strong drama of domes tic life. The fate of a home as in volved in the continued efforts of narrow-minded wife is truthfully and naturally carried out in the plot and lines of the work, which are excep tionally fine. The play will be repeated at stu dent matinees both Friday and Sat urday, with evening performances at 8:30. The Saturday matinee will commence at 2:30, but will start this afternoon at 3:00, Plays Lead V' 1 Tires Games Scheduled For Playing Saturday Intcrfratcrnity basketball will continue play at the Coliseum to morrow morning. A battle be tween league lenders is the fea ture of each gnme. Games scheduled for Saturday are: 10 a. m. Sigma Thl Epsilon vs. Kappa Sigma. 10 a. m. rhi Gamma Delta vs. Acacia. 10:30 a. m. Pi Kappa Alpha vs. Phi Sigma Kappa. JUNIOR-SENIOR PROM TO CLOSE FORMAL SEASON scarded Tradition Will ! Renewed at Nebraska on ISO Senior Women Vote In Election One hundred and fifty senior wom en cast their votes in the election of the May Queen, Maid of Honor, and Discarded Tradition Will Be'0"! nesday and Thursday at the polls in March 18 TICKETS TO BE Social Science. This is very nearly double the number of votes cast in $2.50 the election last year. The identity of the May Queen Mrs. Eleanor Fogg Whitham, who took the leading feminine role in "Craig's Wife," presented at the Temple theater last evening by the University Players. The performance will be continued today and Satur day. Mrs. Whitham is the only daughter of the late Prof. M. M. Fogg. ANNUAL BOWLING TOURNEY OPENS Fourteen Team Enter Tournament) First Round Complete This Afternoon Thursday Results Beta Theta Pi, 1893; Sigma Nu, 1954. Xi Psi Phi, 2247; Zeta Beta Tau, 2061. Kappa Sigma, 2390; Delta Upsilon, 2248. Friday's Games, 4:00 P. M. Sigma Phi Epsilon vs. Theta Chi. Pi Kappa Alpha vs. Mu Sigma. Phi Kappa vs. Phi Sigma Kappa. The annual inter-fraternity bowl ing tourney got under way last eve ning at seven o'clock with the Sigma Nus, the Beta Theta Pis, the Xi Psi Phi, the Zeta Beta Tau, the Delta Upsilon and the Kappa Sigma on the allies. These teams started the first round of the tourney. Being only fourteen teams in the tournament the first round will be completed Fri day afternoon. The two teams to draw byes were the Phi Delta Theta and the Pi Kappa Phis. Games Close Contests All the games Thursday evening were very close contests none being over two hundred in the difference in the scores. The Kappa Sigs took the place for the team having the highest individual score with total of 900 pins. Krall, Kappa Sig, was the high individual scorer of the eve ning with 609 pins and Frease, D. U., was the second high with 548 pins. These were the only two men to make over 500 pins. The games scheduled for the final (Continued on Page Four) VARSITY DANCE PLANS COMPLETE Committee Promises Saturday's Party Will Be Big One Of The Season DECORATIONS ARE READY With the plans for the traditional Varsity party nearing completion, the executive committee promises that this year, as other years, this party will be the big one of the sea son. A few changes have been made in the plans that were announced originally. Definite plans for enter tainment during intermission have not been announced since the pre' liminary plans were given out. The job of decorating the armory will begin Saturday morning, Vinton Lawson, of the decorating committee declared yesterday. Extensive valen tine decorations are the present plans of the committee. A large heart will be placed at the west end of the floor and will be lighted with an elab orate lighting system. Streamers from this hef.rt will reach in all di rections, making this the center of the design. The orchestra stand, and the space reserved for the chaper- ones will be extensively decorated with streamers and hearts. The dec orations will be carried to a much greater extent than has been the custom in the coliseum. The differ ence in size of the two buildings (Continued on Page Three.) I . CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE MUST FILE Few Filings Made Thus Far; Time Closes at Five O'clock Tonight COUNTRYMAN STAFF MEET FOR DINNER New Members Discuss Future Plans; Expect to Hold Regular Bi monthly Dinner Lever Will Read From Chesterton The Rev. John H. Lever of Trinity Episcopal church will read before young men interested in books at the University club Sun day afternoon from 4:30 until 6 o'clock. He will read from G. K. Ches terton. All book lovers are invited. ELECTION TO BE TUESDAY Only one senior, two juniors, and one sophomore have filed as candi dates for class officers thus far. No one has filed for the office of fresh man class president or Ivy Day Ora tor. The four class officers and the Ivy Day Orator will be elected at the regular second semester election to be held on Tuesday, February 15, in the Temple lobby. Today is the last day to file for any of these offices. The filings are made at the Student Activities Of fices in the Coliseum. Any student who is qualified in his respective class has an average of 75 percent for the proceeding semester and no standing delinquencies is eligible to hold the offices. The students having less than 24 hours are qualified as freshmen, and from 24 to "52 hours as sophomores, 53 to 88 as juniors, and all students with 89 semester hours or more so long as he is a candidate for gradua tion is qualified as a senior. 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 registrar's office on Saturday, February 12 will be al lowed to run for election on Tues day regardless of efforts to be rein stated. Scholastic difficulties should be removed by candidates before fil ing for the offices. Luikart Heads Scabbard And Blade For Semester Closing Party of Season Will and the Maid of Honor will be re Be Held at the Coliseum vealed when they are publicly pre Committee Says Rented on Ivy Day. The senior woman jrccciving the highest number of votes March 18 has been set ns the date will be presented as the May Queen for the Junior-Senior Prom, accord- and the one receiving the second ing to an announcement of Oscar highest number will be her Maid of Norling and Kate Goldstein, joint Honor. cnairmen or the committee, after a The 1927-28 members of Black !by the appointment of a committee meeting held yesterday afternoon. Mask chapter of Mortar Board willjto choose a date for the affair. The The Prom, which is to be reinstated be masked also on Ivy Day. These committee consists of Horace Nolnnd, at the University of NeL.aska after members are chosen from the thirty chairman, Leslie Brinkworth, and an absence from the campus for scv-j junior women receiving the highest Watson Foster, cral years, is given for the graduat-j number of votes. , The members and present pledges ing Senior class by the Juniors nnw ' of the organization are ursred to re- tho direction of the Vikings and Sil-i c. p. i, port at the campus studio next Gordon A. Luikart, '27, Riverton, Wyo., was unanimously choeen cap tain of Scabbard and Blade for the second semester at a meeting held in Nebraska Hall yesterday afternoon. The position was mado vacant at this time by the resignation of William Cejnar, who left the office because of the pressure of other activities. The names of twenty-seven second semester juniors enrolled in the ad vanced course in Military Science were proposed for consideration at an election of new members to be held next Thursday evening. Ted Johnson and Judd Crocker were named as a committee to verify their eligibility. Plans for the annual Scabbard and Blade dinner dance were inaugurated Daily Nebraskan Inquiring Reporter Erery day he asks a question from different students picked at random on the campus. Are you in faror of reviving the tradition of a scandal sheet on Uni versity Night. Joe Weir, '27, Superior, Agriculture. "It has always been looked for ward to with anticipation and it would be all right if handled in the right way." Helen Reagor, '29, Grand Island, Journalism. "It creates more enthusiasm" Margaret Dunlap, Twin Falls, Idaho, '27, Teachers. "No, I am not." Wm. Card, '26, Lincoln, Graduate. If you find anyone with any wit to write it; but I don't think you Student Vote Will Decide Ivy Day Orator Question At the class elections next Tuesday the question of keeping the tradition of an Ivy Day orator will be settled by a general student vote, according to a decision reached yesterday after noon by Mortarboard, senior worn- en's honorary society. A separate ballot containing the candidates for Ivy Day orator will be filled out by the voters, as well as the question of keeping the speak er. The latter will be decided first, so that in case the tradition is ruled out, no votes for the position will be counted. This action was taken byMortar- board following the recent discussion of abolishing this part of the Ivy Day program. ' can. Joe Hunt, '29, Scottsbluff, Arts and Science. "I do think it adds spice to tne The new staff of the Comhusker Countryman, official publication of the College of Agriculture, met for dinner and discussion of future Plans Wednesday evening in Home Economics Hall. Emil Glaser '27, editor-in-chief, whole meal of university night. presided. He outlined the policy which will be tollowed for the fol lowing year and introduced the mem Mrs of the staff. rf- R- P. Crawford, chairman of the College of Agriculture student Publication board, gave a short talk n a general nature concerning the future of the Countryman. It is planned to hold such get-to-Sher dinners on th second Wed nesday of each month for the pur Pose of talking over any new plans Ior improvement of the magazine id to listen to short talks of interest to the staff. Lucille PadtfetorU, , m"' Dakota, Agriculture. "It is all right in some phases and in some it isn't I think it would be all right if it didn't go too far." Archibald Storms, '28, Holdrege, Law. , "All right if it doesn't go too far. Robert DuBois, '28, Cheyenne, Wyo. Business Administration. "Sure, it's a good idea." Henry Lucas, '28, Omaha, Business Administration. "A good idea if not csivied to the extreme." FODR DAYS LEFT FOR PICTURES Deadline for Cornhusker Pictures Is Set for February 15; Report to Studios Only four days remain for pictures to be taken for the fraternity and sorority sections of the 1927 Corn husker. All members who have not yet had their picture taken should report to either Hauck's or Town- send's studios immediately. No pic- tares will bo- accepted by the Corn- hvsker later than February 15. All commissioned officers of the R. O. T. C. unit are also requested to have their pictures taken as soon as possible. Plans for the military section of the Cornhusker have been completed and the pictures are needed at once. The officers are re quired to have their picture taken in uniform. Organizations areagain urged to turn in their reports. A full list of members as well as a list of officers, should be sent to the Cornhusker of fice immediately. According to W. F. Jones, Jr., work on the annual is progressing rapidly. All of the page borders have been printed and the , opening sec tion is nearing completion. At pres ent work is being concentrated on the fraternity, sorority and organi zation sections. The offices of the Cornhusker are to be moved from their present loca tion north of the Daily Nebraskan office, to the old dental laboratory on the south ' side of the basement in University Hall. The new quarters will provide much more room for both the Cornhusker and the "Rag" staffs. ver Serpents. Although the name implies that the From is to be an affair for Jun iors and Seniors only, it is to be dif ferent at least for this year, accord ing to the committee. Everyone on the campus will be eligible to attend the event which is to be held in the Field House. The Prom was delayed until after the basketball season to insure a good floor in the Coliseum and will close the 1926-1927 formal season. Event has Prominence Although the Junior-Senior prom has been absent from the Nebraska campus for a number of years, old timers still look back upon previous Proms as events of great prominence If the affair is a success this year, and the committee has every reason to think that it will be, the custom will be made a permanent one here; next year a definite date will be set aside on the University calendar for it and it will take its place along with the Military Ball and the Pan-Hellenic formal. A definite date for the ticket sale to be opened has not yet been decid ed upon, according to Louis Turner, who will be in active charge with the Silver Serpents and Vikings. It will probably begin sometime next week however. A price of $2.50 will be charged for each couple, price lower than that of previous f ormals this year. Arrangements Not Complete Full arrangements have not been made for the music and entertain ment as yet, although several Lincoln and out of the city orchestras are being considered by the committee. Other entertainment will be provided also, according to' the announcement made yesterday. The committee in charge is: Gen eral chairmen, Oscar Norling, Kate Goldstein ; Entertainment, Harvey Whitaker, Edith May Johnson; Deco. rations, Robert Davenport, Francis Tait; Refreshments, Henry Jorgen- son, Elva Erickson. Reception, Merle Jones, Orrel Ro3)e Jack. Favorsi, Sam St. John, Helen Anderson. Pub licity, Arthur Sweet, Ruth Palmer. Ticket sales, Louise Turner. Check ing, Don Samuelson. Sigma Delta Chi Elects Members Sigma Delta Chi, national pro fessional journalistic fraternity, elected new members at a meet ing last evening in University Hall 105. Following are the new mem bers: Edward Dickson, '29, Doug las, Wyo.; Frederick Daly, '29, Cambridge; Jack Elliott, '29, New ton, Kan.; Archibald Eddy, '28, Lincoln; Dwight McCormick, '27, Claytona; and Munro Kezer, '29, Fort Collins, Colo. j Tuesday at 12:00 o'clock sharp to sit for the Cornhusker picture. The next regular meeting of Scabbard and Blade will be held in Nebraska Hall at 7:15 Thursday evening, February '17. NEBRASKA FIVE TO SET RATING IN KANSAS TILT Nebraska Will Go Into Third Place in Valley Cage Race If They Defeat Aggies SQUAD LEAVES TONIGHT Ten Members Accompanied By Coach Black Will Go to Manhattan KIRSHMAN SPEAKS TO RETAILERS Director Asks For More Men Chorus Members Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond, director of the University Chorus, issued a call late yesterday afternoon for fifty more men for chorus members. afternoon in 220 Morrill Hall for members of chorus. "Large posters to interest men in this work," she added, "will appear in a few days in prominent places on the campus. No charge will be made," she emphasized, "for late registration in this course which gives one hour credit." All men in terested are asked to meet Mrs. Ray mond next Tuesday afternoon before the rehearsal at 5 o'clock. Oratorios and grand opera in con cert form compose the work of this class which meets twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 o'clock in Morrill Hall. Announcement will be made soon of the work for this semester which Mrs. Raymond hinted may be Japanese in character. Year's Enrollment Grows At Oklahoma Norman, Feb. 10. (Special) To tal enrollment for the year at the University of Oklahoma stands at 4966. Later enrollments are expected to bring this total up to 5,00 before the end of the week. This year's rejfistration shows a gain of 252 over last year when the resident enrollment for the regular year was 4714. The resident enrollment for the regular term does not count the sum- Finance Professor Discusses Price Stabilization Before State Meeting "Price stabilization means the steadying of average commodity prices," declared Prof. J. E. Kirsh man, professor of finance in an ad dress before the Nebraska Federation of Retailers Thursday afternoon. "Therefore," continued Professor Kirshman, "the end of stabilization can not go beyond average condi tions. Individual prices may continue to fluctuate but if changes in oppo site directions offset one another, the end of stabilization as the term is ordinarily used is accomplished." The speaker pointed out that busi ness men as well as wage earners de sire steady commodity prices because it reduces the economic risk of their positions. It is his belief that steady prices would eliminate one of the most prolific sources of loss to bus iness men. Explains Wholesale Prices Professor Kirshman explained that wholesale prices of individual com modities are the result of two causes: first where the supply is fixed for in tervals of time the general useful ness to the public control the price, which is true of agricultural pro ducts. But where goods are manufac tured in whatever quantity the pub lic demands the price is controlled by cost of production at the repre sentative plants and mines. "The changes in the average prices of commodities are," said Professor Kirshman, "the result of two causes: the first cause is found in monetary and currency, second reason for price, changes, is found in general changes in the cost of production of manu factured articles." Prices May Fluctuate It is the speaker's opinion that the outlook of prices for the future de pends on the course, of the costs RIFLE TEAMS ARE CHOSEN Membership in Inter-collegiate and Seventh Corps Area Teams Decided rather than on currency conditions. He stated that if volume production continues and technical improve ments also continue the outlook for the continued decrease in costs and prices of manufactured articles. As it is concluded Professor Kirshman prices are likely to fluctuate narrow ly as they have since 1922. Faculty Return From Convention Dean W. E. Sealock, Prof. R. D. Moritz, Prof. F. E. Henzlik, and Prof. C. C. Weidmann of leaehers College faculty arrived last night from Hastings where they attended the Nebraska State Convention of SuDerintendents and School Boards held- Wednesday and Thursday. TEAMS IN COMPETITION The membership of the Nebraska Inter-collegiate Rifle Team and of the Seventh Corps Area Team of Ne braska has been decided by Captain Lewis W. Eggers, coach and sponsor of the teams. Both teams are firing in their initial competition of the year this week, and the members have been very busy on the range, trying for desirable and winning scores. The Missouri Valley Rifle League has formed the schedules of its on- frants much the same as are sched uled the football and basketball games in the Missouri Valley Confer ence. This week the Nebraska Inter collegiate team is firing against the team of Oklahoma University. Oklahoma's score has already been received, and Nebraska's team will have to shoot better than 1411 out of a possible 1500 to win the match. Ten men compose the team, and the five best scores are counted in each match. Each man shoots in the prone, standing, and kneeling positions. Prize Offered to Winners The National Rifle Association, managing and judging organization of the Missouri Valley Shoot, are of fering a prize to the winning school. The teams that Nebraska will fire against in the next four weeks, ex cluding Oklahoma, are Kansas Agri cultural College, Missouri University, Kansas University, and Iowa State College. The ten men chosen to shoot in the (Continued on Page Four.) NEW OFFICERS ISSUE MAGAZINE February Issue of Cornhusker Countryman Is Published By New Staff Engineers Plan for ' Banquet Next Month The student chapter of A. S. C. E. met Thursday evening, February 10, in Mechanical Engineering 206. It was decided to have a banquet some time in March, at which time the de partment chairman for Engineers Week would be elested. A motion picture of the cane sugar mer sessions, extension classes, short j.r.dnstry of Cuba rurnisnea tne edu courses nor correspondence students, cational feature. The new February issue of the Cornhusker Countryman is out un der the management of the new of ficers. Emil Glasier has succeeded Glen Buck as editor-in-chief. On the frontispiece is a picture of Dean Burnett, of the College of Ag riculture, who is now Acting Chancellor. Several features of this issue are: an article "Why Weeds Leave Home" by Burton Kiltz, a former Agricul ture College student, and an article "Ag Campus Beautiful" by W. H. Duman, landscaps gardener of the University. The College of Agriculture con ducts the only tractor testing station of its kind in the world. This is de scribed in the issue. The purpose of this station is to test all tractors and thereby eliminate the sale of unstable tractors in Nebraska. Any make of tractor that has failed to pass the Nebraska official test may not be sold within the state. Inter ested agricultural agents from many foreign countries have come to the College of Agriculture to observe the experiments. Agricultural agents from Russia and Germany recently inspected the station. These tests are of great value to the farmer. M. B. Posson, state extension agent in animal husbandry, in an ar ticle gives some advice on how to keep the Farmer Boy satisfied on the farm. When the Nebraska cagers meet the Kansas Aggies at Manhattan to morrow night, the rating of the Ne braska five will he decided. Nebraska will go into third place in the Mis souri Valley cage race if they are successful in defeating the Kansas Farmers. Ten members of the Corn husker squad accompanied by Coach Black will leave Lincoln tonight at 7:30 o'clock on the Rock Island for the Aggie camp. Coach Charley Black's warriors of the court have had a reputation an far this year of upsetting the pre dictions and dope in nearly every game they have played. In the Kan sas game they were doped to lose, and again at Norman when the Hus kers met the Sooners, sport criticR placed the southern school as the favorite but in both games the Hus ker five i-sm through with a vic tory. The Aggies were in Lincoln for a tilt with the Nebraska five early in the setson and succeeded in tak ing home the long end of the count 34 to 23. Faces Hard Game Nebraska is facing one of the hardest games on their schedule as the Aggie Wildcats are rated as one of the strongest contenders for hon ors in the Valley. Although the Kan sas State team has received three straight defeats from the hands of Oklahoma Aggies, Oklahoma and Kansas, their early season wins have put them in the 500 percentage col umn with Nebraska. After losinir three games, the Aggies will be keyed lor the best game of the season and the Huskers after winning from two of the teams that took the Kaggie nve into camp will be out to even the old count. Varsity has Workout The Nebraska squad after the slug gish win from the Grinnell Pioneers last Tuesday were going great in practice last night, and the Husker forwards were hitting the rim from all over the court. Last night was the final workout for the boys of Coach Black and the Nebraska coach has his varsity divided into two teams for a fast scrimmage. Ted Page, Othmer, Klcpser, An dreson and Holm were on one team and the second five was made up of Tom Elliott at center, Brown and Captain Smaha at forward, Gerelick and Krall at guard. The two teams were evenly matched and were doing good floor wolrk, Captain Smaha's team winning 14 to 12. The usual free throw practice and basket shoot ing was also on Black's program last night. Short-shots are being stressed more than ever before by the Hus ker coach, as it will be the short shot game that Black will employ against the Aggies at Manhattan. Squad in Good Condition The Nebraska squad is in good con dition with the exception of "Jug" Brown, Husker forward who has been nursing a bad knee for the past week. "Jug" hurt the weak member again in practice last night, but it will not keep hi mout of the Nebraska-Aggie game. Black will take ten men to Man continued on Page Four.) GLEE CLDBS WILL GIVE CONCERTS Men's Club Will Appear at Numerous Programs During This Month; Broadcast Several The University of Nebraska Men's Glee Club will take an active part in musical circles during February when they will be heard in three short concerts. The club will sing three numbers as a part of the Char ter Day program which will be broad cast by the University on February 15. Saturday evening February 19, the Glee Club will be heard over KFAB as a part of the Junior Cham ber of Commerce program. On Sun day February 27, the University Band and the Glee Club will appear in a joint concert, probably at the Coliseum. The Varsity Quartet, which is se lected from members of the Glee Club, will sing Friday night at the Dental College banquet, and will also be heard by various conventions during the next two weeks. The entire club with several spe cial soloists will appear in their an nual home concert at the St. Paul's Methodist church sometime during the latter part of March. I