For Lincoln and vicinity: Fair
with not much change in temperature.
Y'NEBRASKAN
1 HE JLPAI
volTxxvii, NO. 7.
VARSITY WINS
21-0 VICTORY
OFF YEARLINGS
Four Thousand Watch First
Full Time Game of Season
Open to Public
HOWELL STARS IN GAME
Husker Back Scores 14 of 21
Points; Presnell Makes
Other Points
Coach Bearg sent his Cornhusker
eleven against the freshmen team
Saturday on Memorial Stadium field
to annex a 21 to 0 victory over the
yearling squad. This was the first
game of the season open to the pub
lic and 4,000 Husker fans took ad
vantage of the open gates and
watched the Nebraska eleven per
form for the first full time game.
"Blue" Howell, smashing Corn
husker back was the sensational
player of the game scoring 14 of the
21 points. The first touchdown
came early in the game after Glenn
Presnell, Howell's running mate had
advanced the ball down to within
striking distance of the goal line. On
a fake play Howell carried the pig
skin over the linef for the initial
touchdown.
Again in the second quarter the
running mate of Howell advanced
the ball with large gains through the
freshmen line and around the wing
until the Varsity eleven was deep
in the freshmen territory. "Blue".
Howell again carried the oval over
and kicked the goal as the first half
ended with a score of 14 to 0.
Good Performance
The Cornhusker four horsemen
were performing in all-American
style and made the hopes of the Ne
braska fans for a Missouri Valley
championship run high. Howell-Presnell-Brown-Oehlrich,
the Husker
four horsemen were taking the ball
through the freshmen line and
around the ends for repeated gains.
Glenn Presnell was responsible for
a great amount of the yardage made
by Bearg's eleven and with "Blue"
Howell as the other half back, no
football coach could wish for a bet
ter pair of backs, - Howell and Pres
nell work together in machine-like
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FRESHMAN Y. H. C. A.
WORK IS STARTED
Large Group Attend First Meeting
Held Thursdays Olson, Hayes
And Hunt Speak
Freshmen Y. M. C. A. work started
Thursday night with the largest
group of men present since the
Freshman Council was organized.
Carl Olson, vice-president of the Y.
M. C, presided and introduced Mr.
Hayes, general secretary of the Uni
versity "Y", who spoke on the gen
eral purpose of his organization, and
the place the Freshman Council has
in carrying out that purpose.
"The highest privilege the Y. M.
C. A. offers is that of doing some
thing for someone else," Mr. Hayes
declared.
President Speaks
Joe Hunt, student president of the
"Y", sketched the national and inter
national scope of th9 work of the
student organization, emphasizing
the value of (discussions planned for
ihe freshman group. The forty-one
freshmen present voted to divide into
four groups, some meeting Wednes
day evenings," others on Thursday
nights. All freshmen interested "are
welcome to attend.
Men who were nresent are as fol
lows: Joe Patterson, Clyde Bailey,
Milo Price, Bob Venner, John Le
Mar, E. L. Mar. K. P. Van Snnt.
Roger Bonner, Buton Bridges, Rob
ert uoleson, Donald Renner, Law
rence Snyder, Ben Cowdery, George
Mickel, Tom McCoy, Coburn Tom
son, Edward Anderson, Robin Snider,
Herbert Senter, Roy Welsh, Philip
Reid, Bob Hall, Don Winegar, Clif
ford Lester, Harold Thorpe, Wayne
Hatcher, Harold Fedley, Harold
Hem, Dudley Thompson, Burnell
Hall, Willard Urban, Walter Graham,
Bill Warren, Alan , Williams, Hamil
ton Hatfield,-Murray Roper, Elmer
Faytinger, James Kleinkauf, Clyde
Yost, Fred Easterday, jr., Wendell
Groth.
Rhode Scholar Visits
Campus Before Sailing
Hugh B. Cox, Rhodes scholar from
ebra8ka chosen last December, was
ln Lincoln Tuesday and Wednesday
n his way frc3California east,
ftre he Will sail for England Octo
ber 1.
Mr. Cox intended to spend a few
y in Cambridge, Mass., where he
a a student last year at Harvard
York"8'' before saUinff from New
THE
First Football Rally of Season h
Plannedfor
Meeting Proceding Game With Ames
First this Year; Other to Be Held
Before Each Home Game; Stu
dents Urged to Attend.
The first rally of the 1927 Corn
husker football season will be held
in the Coliseum next Friday night.
This rally, which precedes Saturday's
clash with Ames, is only one of the
rallies which will accompany each
home game this year. Students are
urged to turn out en masse, and to
greet the team with a burst of the
old Nebraska spirit, which has been
of so great an aid to past teams,
and, in view of the wonderful pros
pects which this season offers, would
undoubtedly be a factor in making
the coming season perhaps Nebras
ka's banner year in gridiron history.
Definite plans for the rally will
not be announced for a few days,
but it is probable that it will follow
the same form which was prevalent
last year. The entire football squad
will be present and the team will be
introduced to the student body.
Speeches will probably be given by
the coaches. The band and the new
cheer-leader will, no doubt, be on
hand to instill the pep.
Later in the year an outdoor bon
fire rally will be staged at which the
freshmen will furnish fuel in the
form of old boxes. Torch-light pa
rades will also be held during the
season. Freshmen especially should
attend, in order to familiarize them
selves with Nebraska's famous ral
lies. The rally will be over with in
time to allow students to meet other
engagements.
LITERARY MAGAZINE
SOON TO BE ISSUED
Fourth Number of Prairie Schooner
Will be off Press in
Early October
The Prairie Schooner, Nebraska's
literary magazine, will be off the
press early in October with its fourth
number, Prof. L. C. Wimberly of the
English department, announces to
day. .,.
A number of University students
and former students will be contrib
utors to the October issue.' Among
them is K. Kwei Chen, formerly a
student in the philosophy depart
ment, who has published poems in
the Century, Dial, and similar types
of literary magazines. Other contrib
utors are Helen Rummons, C. S.
Yuan, Edward L. Fraker, Loren C.
Eiseley, Frances Waggoner, Ivan
Hall, Robert Lasch, Victoria Samuels,
Thelma W. Sealock, G. O. Kelley,
Harold C. Sandall, and Katherine R.
Shankland.
The magazine is sponsored by the
Wordswmith chapter of Sigma Upsi
lon, a national literary fraternity,
and is published "as an outlet for the
literary work in the University of
Nebraska and medium for the pub
lication of the finest writing of the
prairie country." It is being used in
the English department this year as
specimen material, the July issue
having included the Freshman Scrap
book, a collection of notable work
done in first year English courses
last year.
With the October number of the
Schooner, the magazine will be one
year old, the first issue having ap
peared January 1. It is published
every three months. During the year
the Cchooner has numbered among
its contributors Bess Streeter Aid
rich, well-known fiction writer of
Ashland, Dr. L. A. Sherman, head of
the English department and rank
ing dean, and Dr. H. B. Alexander,
formerly head of the Philosophy de
partment and an author of note.
, The board of editors is composed
of Prof. L. C. Wimberly, chairman,
Martin S. Peterson, instructor in
English; Gayle C. Walker, acting di
rector of the School of Journalism;
Gilbert H. Doane, University libra
rian, and members of the Wordsmiih
chapter of Sigma Upsilon.
Alumnus Practicing Law In Chicago
Miss Margaret Gettys, a graduate
of the university who is now practic
ing law in Chicago, was in Lincoln
this weak and visited old friends on
the campus. She is the daughter of
J. R. Gettys, 524 East Nineteenth,
University Place.
Assistant News Editor
Applications Requested
Application for the position of
assistant news editor of The Daily
Nebraskan (first semester 1927
28) will be received by the Stu
dent Publication Board until
Wednesday noon, September 28.
Applications may be got-at the
School of Journalism office, Uni
versity hall 104, or at the office
of J. K. Selleck in the Coliseum.
John K. Selleck, Secretary,
Student Publication Board.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1927
Friday in Coliseum
Men May Try out for .
Glee Club Tuesday
There will be another tryout for
the men's glee club Tuesday after
noon from 5 to 6 o'clock in Mor
rill hall, room 219. About thirty
five men are expected to tryout.
NIGHT CLASSES
BEGIN OCTOBER 3
Courses in Twenty-Six Subjects To
Be Offered; Regular
Credit Is Given
The wheels of a "little University
of Nebraska," a university that meets
in the evening after the regular stu
dents have vacated the buildings,
will be set in motionOctober 3 when
night classes of the university exten
sion division begin.
Courses in twenty-six subjects will
be offered by the university this year
almost everything from algebra to
Boy Scout management, from retail
selling to magazine writing, will be
available to the person who is un
able to attend the university's reg
ular classes during the day. Reg
ular university credit is given for
the work, but some may be carried
without credit. A registration fee
of $1 and a tuition fee of $3 a credit
hour is charged.
A complete list of the subjects of
fered in night classes with the in
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Home Ecs Will
Have Two New
Silk Displays
Two exhibits of more than usual
interest have been promised to the
Home Economics department at thelreceived at the ColleSe of Agricul-
College of Agriculture by the educa
tional department of the Wiscose Co.,
New York City, N. Y., manufacturers
of rayon silk and undergarments. The
undergarment exhibit will arrive this
week and the silk material will be
ready in about two weeks.
The silk exhibit, which is called
the "Permanent Rayon Exhibit," will
show each step in the manufacturing
process, starting with wood as the
basic material, and ending with the
finished product, Rayon Charts, ex
plaining each step in the manufac
ture of Rayon, will accompany the
exhibit.
The undergarment exhibit, is ex
pected to arrive by the middle of
next week. Charts are also being
sent with the exhibits which will ex
plain in every detail each step in the
process ef manufacture.
All students in the university are
invited to see these exhibits which
will be shown in the Home Economics
building. Students in chemistry will
be especially interested since the
manufacturing process of both the
silk and undergarments embody the
use of chemicals.
New Shipment of Green
Caps Expected Monday
A shipment of green caps is ex
pected Monday morning at Speier's
Clothing company. The shortage is
the result of the unexpected large
demand for the caps by the fresh
men. ,
The time limit for the purchasing
of the caps has been changed from
Monday evening 'to Wednesday eve
ning. Of the 800 green tickets sold
about 600 have been exchanged for
caps. Tickets may still be purchased
from the Iron Sphinx at the Univer
sity Activities office.
THE
if
Coach "Choppy" Rhodes' freshman team who battled the Varsity to a 21 to 0 game on Memorial Stadium
field Saturday afternoon. They are as follows:
Top row, left to right. Van Dyke, Smullin, Johnson, Brown, Long, Park, Bittner, Boyer, Simmons, Regier,
Goodwin, Hockman. Second row, Folger, Prucha, Bauer, Curkan, Sweger, Tobin, Blake, Suttej, Nrban, Roland,
Bradford, Foster, Homey. Third row, Powell, Day, Maasdam, Gilbert, Broadstine, Yaeger, Jackson, Smith, Men
denhall. Fourth row, Leaham, Keim, Frahm, Phillips, Reid, Elliott, Paull, Campbell, Sharpe, Wonderlich, Ker
stine, Eisenhart, Chaloupka, Rhodes (Coach), Peterson. Fifth row, Erch, Russell, Burgeson, Smith, Anderson,
Woods, Greenberg, Witwer, Eno, Burton, Blazek, Fisher, McCord. Bottom row, Galloway, Scherzinger, Egan,
Gratton, Rathbmn, Murray, Brown, Rogers, Bolton, Duncan, Avis, Gross, Jensen.
FORM LUNCHEONS
mil BE RESUMED
Lloyd Marti to Address Group on
"Activities" at Meeting
Wednesday Noon
World Forum luncheons will be
resumed Wednesday ' noon, when
Lloyd Marti will address the group on
the subject of "Activities." Mr.
Marti graduated from the University
College of Law in 1927 and was the
Ivy Day orator at the commencement
exercises last spring. Mr. Marti is
a forceful and Interesting speaker
well-known to university students.
The Worll Forum luncheons are
held at the Grand hotel at noon, each
Wednesday. They are sponsored by
the University Y. M. C, A. and Y. W.
C. A., and all students, especially
freshmen are welcome to attend.
Program Outlined
Throughout the year, the commit
tees in charge plan to present out
standing speakers and worthwhile
subjects. It is their aim to have ad
dresses on subjects of especial in
terest to students, on campus prob
lems as well as national and interna
tional questions. Following the talks,
those who do 'not have 1 o'clock
classes are urged to stay to ask ques
tions of thespeaker and for general
discussion of the topic.
Lee Rankin and Dorothy Nott who
are the) joint-chairmen of the commit
tee in charge of the luncheons, wel
come, any suggestions as to either
speakers or subjects.
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MAGAZINE ARTICLE
CLASS IS OFFERED
Evening Course in Story Write Civen
On Ag College Campus
Full Credit Given
A number of requests have been
ture for an evening course in writ
ing the magazine article. Such a
course was offered four years ago
and was received with considerable
enthusiasm. In co-operation with
the University Extension division,
the College of Agriculture has ar
ranged for the first semester of the
school year 1927-23 an evening
course, meeting each Monday eve
ning at 7:30 in room 304, Agricul
tural hall, and carrying two hours
of university credit. This class will
begin Monday evening October 3.
The course will be of practical
benefit to those who aspire to pro
fessional work along this line. The
course will be under the direct charge
of Prof. R. P. Crawford, who has had
several years experience in writing
for leading magazines.
The; fee for the course will be $6,
plus a registration fee of $1 for stu
dents who are not registered for
other courses in the university. There
will be no expense for text books.
Big Sister Board Will
Have Charge of Vesper
Service on Tuesday
The Big Sister Board will have
charge of the Vesper service for next
Tuesday at 5 o'clock at Ellen Smith
halL
All new freshmen women are es
pecially invited so that they may
learn of the helpful work which is
being done by this board in establish
ing a friendly spirit between fresh
men and upperclassmen.
Miss Mable Lee, head of the Phys
ical Education department, and an
advisor of the Big Sister Board, will
speak at this service. Ruth Barker
will lead the meeting. Special mu
sic is being arranged by Geraldine
Heikes.
FRESHMAN SQUAD
'O
Places Are Now Open on
Varsity Dance Committee
Applications for positions on
the Varsity Dance committer will
be received in the Student Activ
ities office until noon Tuesday,
September 27.
The positions are: chairman,
secretary, and two joint chairmen
for each of the following: decora
tion, entertainment, refreshment,
publicity, reception, and checking.
The Student Council will act on
the applications.
AWGWAN READY
OCTOBER 10
First Issue of Nebraska's Stu
dent Humor Magazine Soon
To Be Distributed
CALLED THE 'EYE-OPENER'
Awgwan, Nebraska's student hu
mor magazine, is rapidly taking
shape for the 1927-28 year with the
announcement Saturday of its open
ing issue, "The Eye-Opener," to be
released October 10, and the begin
ning of the annual subscriptionxkive
Wednesday of this week.
A snappy two-color cover for the
Eye-Opener, drawn by J. Alan Klein,
'30, Beatrice, is already in the hands
of the engravers. Munro Kezer, ed
itor of the Awgwan, when inter
viewed Saturday stated that the col
lection of cartoons submitted for
"The Eye-Opener" contained some of
the best work submitted for the com
ic monthly in recent years.
Room For Staff Members
Short sketches, jokes, verse, and
other tid-bits of humor have been
drifting slowly into the hands of the
editor. He reported Saturday that
there was still room on the staff for
contributors, however, with final
copy going into the hand3 of the
printers early this week.
Plans for the subscription cam
paign are going forward under the
direction of Hal F. Childs, business
manager. Increased popularity of
the Awgwan on the campus during
the past year and its prospects for
the present year in the opinion of the
business manager warrant him to expect-
an - increase of at least one
third in the circulation on the camp
us. The Awgwan has long been
known off the campus as one of the
cleverest of college comics. On the
campus, however, it has been slow
in gaining popularity, the bulk of
the student body failing to ap
preciate its position until late
year.
last
Monocle Club
Will Become
Active Again
Announcement of the re-organization
of the Monocle club after two
years of inactivity ia made today by
Wilbur Gaffney, president.
The Monocle club is an organiza
tion for university men whowrite
verse. It was organized in the colle
giate year 1924-5, but after that
year, on account of the dispersion of
some of its members, became inac
tive. The club has contained several
members who have attained some
importance in the literary world
since, especially K. Kwei Chen, who
has published in the Century maga
zine, "The Dial", and others. The
club also has a chapter at Marseilles
headed by Raoul Ganteaume, a rising
young French poet. I
A get-together dinner will be held
at the Cornhusker hotel in tho near
future, according to the president.
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A.
SIX VALLEY SCHOOLS TO
FORM NEW CONFERENCE
Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas State
Iowa State Withdraw from Valley Taking Effect
At the End of This Scholastic Year
ORGANIZATION WILL BE
New Conference Not to Interfere with Contracts Made
Missouri Valley for This Year; Scheduled
Games to Be Played in All Sports
The Missouri Valley conference will be no more.
The withdrawal of Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklaho
ma, Kansas State and Iowa State from the Valley to take effect
at the end of the scholastic year was announced last evening
by Herbert tiish, acting director of athletics at Nebraska. The
Missouri Valley has existed for 20 years and is one of the best
known conferences in the country.
The six institutions that withdrew will form & conference
of their own, the officials meeting in December to draw up
plans for the coming year in the new formed conference
The embryo conference will not in anyway interfere with any
of the contracts made by the Missouri Valley for this year All
games scheduled will be played and all contracts fulfilled until
June 1, 1928. The basketball schedule in the Valley has been
drawn up since last spring and every game will be plaved and
all jeontracts in minor sports fulfilled.
Chairman
w
Herbert Gish, who has been largely
instrumental in bringing about the
organization of the new conference.
In recognition of his work, Mr, Gish
has been appointed temporary chair
man of the group. - -
MANY TRY ODT FOR
MEN'S GLEE CLUB
Two
Trips Scheduled for Club
Cover Southeastern Iowa
And Nebraska
To
More than seventy candidates
stood in line when tryouts for the
men's glee club were held Friday
afternoon in Morrill hall. Between
thirty and thirty-five are expected to
tryout Tuesday between 5 and 6 p.
m. when aspirants will be eiven an
other chance to demonstrate their vo
cal abilitie sin room 219.
Last year ninety tried out for glee
club and forty-six were admitted.
This year the organization will be
cut down to thirty-two members.
Herman Decker is the club's director.
Two trips are already on schedule
for the club. One will be taken the
week before Christmas and will cover
four days. The tour will take in
southwestern Iowa. The other tour
is to be during spring vacation and
eight days will be spent travelling
over Nebraska. The exact itinerary
of the two trips has not yet been ar
ranged. Twenty-two men are usu
ally taken on the tours.
One hour credit is given for glee
club. Freshmen who are accepted
must also enroll for chorus if they
expect to get credit for glee club.
The names of those who passed the
trials will be announced the latter
part of next week.
All University Church
Sunday Is Fostered By
Inter-Religious Group
The Inter-religious Campus Coun
cil, made up of student representa
tives of all denominations and re
ligious groups represented on the
campus, the student pastors, and the
Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. secre
taries, met in regular session Satur
day afternoon. It is the plan of this
council to cooperate in bringing cut
standing speakr.-s to the campus,
and to promote such affairs as All
University Church Sunday.
Arrangements have already been
made to haye Dr. Allyn K. Foster,
noted speaker, come to the campus
Dec. 6, 7, and 8, and other prominent
men are expected to come hero
under the auspices of this group.
All University ,Church Sunday,
Oct. 9, will be especially fostered by
the council, which plans t help in
terest the students in observing this
traditional Sunday.
Women To Be Chosen for
Octette This Wesk
Tryouts for the Women's Octette
will be held in Morrill ball on Monday
and Tuesday of next week.
Each year women - -hosen for
this group and they nnc-r at va
rious university functions.
PRICE 5 CENTS
and
FORMED NEXT DECEMBER
hy
There were three reasons for the
six Missouri Valley schools withdraw
ing. The first was that the athletic
officials of the six larger state in
stitutions thought the present confer
ence too large and unwieldly. Sec
ond it was too difficult to arrange
schedules that were satisfactory to
all concerned and that there was too
much difference in the size of the
schools and their power in athletics.
Third, the present round-robin sched
ule in football and basketball re
quired too much time of the athletes
fmm their classes.
This action in forming a new con
ference was not the result of ambi
tious athletic boards, stated confer
ence officials. It has received the
hearty official approval of the pres
idental boards of the six institutions.
The officials of the new confer
ence will meet in St. Louis on Decem
ber 3 to draw up the football sched
ule for 1928. The football schedule
in the valley has always been made
a year ahead of time and this cus
tom will be followed in the future.
No name has been decided upon for
the new conference but by the time
the officials meet in December, a
name for the emhroyo conference
will probably have been decided
upon. Rules in the conference will
tlmt cacn scnooi piays a
complete round-robin schedule, thus
making each team meet every team
in the conference at least once and
possibly twice in basketball.
Advantage Given
The advantages of the new formed
conference stated the committee are
that all six of the schools are state
institutions and their athletic prow
ess is somewhat equal. Also the en
rollment is large enough to insure
large attendance at all games. An
other advantage is that all six of the
schools have adequate housing ca
pacity for football and basketball
games thus insuring that the largest
crowds will be taken care of.
Next fall on the gridiron Nebraska
will meet every team in the confer
ence, thus making every game a
championship game. This will as
sure a definite means of determin
ing a real champion, thereby doing
wuii me oiu system of only
meeting half the teams in the valley
and trying to hit upon a champion
at the end of the season.
The constitution and bylaws of the
new conference will be modeled
somewhat after the Missouri Valley
and after the Western Collegiate
conference, with such changes nnrf
additions in rules as deemed neces
sary. Cub Acting Chairman
Herbert Gish of Nebraska is tem
porary chairman and M. F. Ahearn,
Kansas State, ia temporary secretary
of the newly formed conference, the
other officers are as follows: The
committee to form the constitution
and bylaws: Dr. W. G. Manley of
Missouri, Dean H. W. Arant of Kan
sas, and Director T. N. Metcalf of
Iowa State. The faculty advfaor.
are: Dean S. W. Beyer of Iowa State.
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Museum Receives Freuk
Root and Tree Growths
A freak root growth peculiarly ap
propriate to Nebraska has been re
ceived at the university museum. It
is in the form of an "N" snd is about
a foot square. It was, found while
excavations were being made on R
street and was donated to the muse
um by Ervin J. Meyer.
Two other freak growths found in
Nebraska are on display at the mu
seum. One is a block of soft maple
wood in which is embedded a horse
shoe which wai placed in the small
tree thirty years ago, the tree grow
ing around the horseshoe until it was
cut down to make room for the new
state capitol. Another freak is a
section of a cherry tree throufh
which a -slender piece of wood was
driven during the Omaha tomH5 in
March, 1918. It was given the mu
seum by U. G. Cornell.
