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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1928.
PRICE 5 CENTS
Daily-
OPERA ARTISTS
WILL PERFORM
FOR STUDENTS
Chicago Company Will Appear
In "II Trovatore" at
Lincoln Coliseum
SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 29
Troupe Include Three Hun
dred Person with Orches
tra and Special Chorus
The signing qf the Chicago Civic
Opera company for the presentation
of the opera "II Trovatore", in the
university coliseum March 29, was
announced from the office of John
W. Selleck yesterday. The venture,
which Is being sponsored by the ath
letic department, is considered the
largest single undertaking ever at
tempted by that department. Lincoln
is the smallest city the world famous
company will play in during its three
months tour of the United States.
There are three hundred persons
in the troupe, including such world
famous personages as Mary Garden,
Rca Raisa, Giacomo Rimini and
the conductor, Giorgio Polacco. An
accompanying orchestra of sixty
pieces and a chorus of fifty voices
add color and glamor to the play.
In presenting the opera in Lin
coln, the company uses the same
players, orchestra, scenes and light
ing effects that are now in use in the
Chicago Civic auditorium where "D
Trovatore" is being staged. The
company comes to Lincoln from
Denver, where the opera is being
sponsored by the Arthur M. Ober
felder Co., and will proceed to Min
neapolis where two performances will
close the tour.
Mammoth Production
Some idea of the mammoth size
of the troupe may be gleaned from
the fact that eighteen baggage cars
are necessary to accommodate the
scenery and costumes alone. Added
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HOMEUAKERS ARE
THEMESOF TALKS
Prom i unit Woaei Address Home
Economics Groups During
Present Meetings
The home economics program of
the Nebraska Organized Agriculture
meetings, now being held on the Col
lege of Agriculture campus, started
last Tuesday. Mrs. Ida Wilkens
Berger, president of the department
cf home economics, presided over
the opening program. It consisted
ff talks from prominent woman
workers throughout the United
States, on subjects pertaining to or
ganized agriculture, and their bear
ing upon home economics. The
theme of the entire program was
"The Homemaker at Her Best."
O.M,ar Bennett of Nebraska Wes
leyan University, directed a few
musical selections, after which
Mrs. Berger greeted the women.
Mrs. Howard Gramlich of Lincoln
presented the first talk, which was
followed by community singing Jed
by Miss Muriel Smith cf the univer
sity. Brief talks were next pre
sented by three women, represent
ing magazines, on "The Homemaker
and the Press." Miss Clementine
PadJIeford of Farm and Fireside,
explained the importance of the
connection between homemakers and
the iretiE.
Look to Future
Ming Julia Kiene, representing
Capper's Farmer expressed ber de
sire for new and original ideas for
journalistic work helpful to women.
Miss Florence McEeynolds Williams
f the Nebraska Farmer, concluded
the group of talks concerning the
press with the statement that, with
the help 0f the efficient and sys
tematic farm magazines, homemak-
of tomorrow will be more ade
quately equipped to handle their
..problem! than those cf today.
1'he afternoon session of the pro
.OTub began with a talk by Mrs, L.
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LUTHERAN STUDEHIS EEJ
CU,fc Will Hear Report of Delegates
To Detroit Cenrentioa
The fin meeting f the Lutheran
'Club in 12B will be held in the
temple Building Fridsy night, Jsn-
The rerirrti f the dele
gates who attended Jie Student Vol
irtr Convecf - si. Detroit, during
holidays, w. read.
People in wh. the volunteers
' great interest were repre
ated at the convention by foreign
; tn4enta.
Ltttherra delegates were Miss
7 Unit secretary for Luther
7 Udent. 0B & campus, John
Elotsdbe and Carl Olson,
Champion Coio Produces
23,022 Pounds of Milk
N. P. Topsy Piebe is the name
of the new champion Holstein for
Nebraska in the senior three
year class of cows, in classifica
tion "A" of the yearly test. She
is owned by the University of Ne
braska and her record of 23,022
pounds of milk and 861 pounds of
butterfat places her at the top of
her class in 'the state.
DEBATERS BEGIN
' ON NEW ISSDES
Professor White Picks List
Of Men on Teams for
Next Two Meets
OPPOSE KANSAS AGGIES
Nebraska's debaters took the first
steps in preparation of the debate
question, "Resolved, that this house
deplores the tendency of the govern'
ment to interfere in the rights of
individuals," last evening at the reg
ular weekly meeting of the Nebras
ka debate seminar.
Discussion of the question as
stated for debate, and of methods
of developing the topic, occupied the
greater part of the evening. Al
though six men for the two teams
and two alternates have been chosen
in tryouts, the sides which the indi
viduals will uphold are not as yet
determined, announced Professor
II. A. White, debate coach.
At present two debates are sched
uled for each of the Comhusker
squads. The first is with the Kan
sas Aggies and will be held at Bea
trice, Nebraska, on February 15,
The Nebraska affirmative team will
argue the question against the nega
tive team from Kansas Aggies. On
the following night, the Nebraska
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Valley Quints
Settle Into a
Mid-Year Pace
The Missouri Valley basketball
race got under way this week after
the two weeks intermission during
the holidays. Last night Oklahoma
Aggies opened up the 1928 season
at Grinnell while the Sooners were
entertained by Iowa State at Ames.
Washington meets "Phog" Allen's
court crew at Lawrence tonight and
the Stillwater Aggies continue their
northern invasion, meeting the
Drake Bulldogs at Des Moines. The
Sooners and Grinnell tangle on the
Pioneer court for Friday's game.
Nebraska, stopped twice in its
two Valley encounters, is working
hard this week for the opening home
game on the Coliseum floor Satur
day night with Coach Edward's Mis
souri Tigers. The Tigers were vic
torious over Black's quintet at Col
umbia before vacation and are now
rsted by Valley followers as one rf
the strongest fives in the conference.
Pre-season dope had given the
edge to Nebraska in the Valley cage
race this year but at the present the
iwo formidable looking fives are the
Kansas Aggies and the Missouri
quint. The Aggies humbled the Jay
hawkers, 1927 champions in one of
the opening games before the holi
days. Iowa State has not opened its
conference season as yet aid will
meet the Oklahoma Sooners at Ames
for the initial court game.
The Oklahoma Aggies have won
and lost a game in two starts and
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Burglars Enter and
Rob Phi Delta Theta
Fraternity Thursday
During a series of early morning
robberies in Lincoln Thursday, burg
lars entered the Phi Delta Theta
fraternity bouse at 544 South 17th
Street and made away with clothing
and other articles valued at $240.
All the stolen articles were iaen
from the entrance hallway. Failure
of the students to lock the front
door Wednesday night gave the cul
prits easy access to the first floor.
Late yesterday afternoon no trace
of the burglars had been discovered
according to members of the fra
ternity. Water Color Exhibit
Displayed in Gallery A
An exhibit of water colors and
oils done by Mrs. Charles Beach
Allen of Kansas City, Missouri,
will be on display in Gallery A in
Morrill Hall during the month of
January. In Gallery B there is
an exhibit of work done by the
students in Chester Springs Cum
mer School, cf the Pennsylvania
School of Fine Arts. This col
lection will also remain in the gal
lery during this month.
REGISTRATION
FOR NEW YEAR
IS NEXT WEEK
January 9 to 14 Is Time Set
For Present Students to
Make Schedules
PROGRAMS BEING GIVEN
Three New Courses Included in
Curriculum; Credit Books
Must Be Obtained
The regular routine of second
semester registration will begiA at 8
o'clock on January 9 and continue
one week, until noon January 14.
After the deadline of January 14, a
late registration fee will be charged
to anyone who wishes to consult their
adviser. Eligible students will have
the privilege of registering for four
new courses which have been in
stalled in the curriculum of the Uni
versity. The registration procedure for stu
dents is about the same as it has
been for several years. New semester
programs, - credit books and cata
logues are now obtainable at the
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CADET TRACK HEBT
GETS UNDER WAY
Company H Far in Lend at End of
putt Two Day of Contests
Held UAder Stadium
The first annual inter-company
track and 5e1d championships for
the R. O. T. C. for 1928 got under
way Wednesday with three compan
ies competing and was continued
Thursday with the same number of
meets. The first period was occupied
with the 50 yard dash, high jump and
shot put. .
At present six companies, D, E,
F, G, H, and L have competed in the
above mentioned events. The results
show company H far in' the lead with
936.67 points average. Company G
is second with S87.36 points while
company I is third feilh an average
of 843.73 points. The other compan
ies in their order are: Company F,
830.80 points, company E, 822.42
points, and company D, 810.70
points.
This event, sponsored by the in
tramurals department, is by far the
largest event ever undertaken. Prac
tically every freshman and sopho
more in the university is competing
in the meet which will take place
from one to three times daily except
Sunday for three weeks.
The purpose of these meets is to
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COMMERCIAL CLUB ELECTS
Co-Eds Name New Officers; Plan for
Thursday Luncheon
Election of officers and discussion
of plans for a luncheon next week
were taken up at a meeting of the
Girls' Commercial Club held in Ellen
Smith Hall yesterday. Bernice
Welch was elected president, Hilma
Anderson vice president, Emma
Grace O'Connor treasurer, Kathryn
Brown secretary, La Verne Marshall
corresponding secretary, and Edna
Barber reporter. Florence Benson
is the retiring president.
At the luncheon, which will be
held at the Lincoln Chamber of
Commerce next Thursday Miss
Towne will speak on the subject of
"Vocations." The club is planning
on making inspection trips through
Lincoln business houses in the near
future, studying methods used in
practical businesses.
Stamp Collection Being
Gathered as teature of
Museum in Morrill Hall
Work on the stamp collection for
the museum in Morrill Hall has been
recently begun. To date about a
third of the stamps have been
. anted on specially constructed
swinging frames. All stamps which
are now in the collection have been
obtained from packages received by
the museum.
The display includes stamps from
twenty -three countries, from every
part of the world- As the collection
is still very incomplete, contribu
tions from private collectors are very
acceptable.
Horse Are Subject
Of Sunday Program
A moving picture entitled "Horse
and Man" will be the feature of the
usual Sunday afternoon program be
ginning at 4 o'clock in Morrill HalL
Preceding the picture a short talk
op fwt!l horses will be given.
Candidates for Degrees
Must Make Applications
Candidates for degrees and cer
tificates in January and June,
who have not made application to
the Registrar for their degrees
must do so at once. Those who
graduate in June must be recom
mended by the faculty in Jan
uary, as well as those who are
completing their work at this
time.
YEARBOOK SETS
PICTURE DATES
Fraternities and Sororities
Must Report to Studios
By January 14
PLAN ON NEW FEATURES
All fraternity and sorority group
pictures must be taken before Jan
uary 14, according to an announce
ment from the Cornhusker staff.
All Greek letter groups members
should report to Townsend's and
Hauk's studios for sittings as soon
as possible. The panels will be
made up January 14 and positively,
no pictures not taken before that
date will appear in the 1928 Corn
husker. Organizations desiring to have
their pictures in the book should re
port to the campus studio at once,
Frederick Daly, organization editor,
declared yesterday. Presidents of
the organizations should report to
Charles Bruce, business manager of
the Cornhusker, after making ar
rangements at the studio in order
that reservations may be made with
the engravers for the page.
The fraternity and sorority sec
tions as well as the organization sec
tion are to be outstanding. Some
special feature designs are being
planned. The color tones and paper
to be used for the picture sections
are to be superior to any ever before
offered to the Cornhusker reading
public, according to staff members.
Mr. Wallace, editor of the book,
when in Minneapolis at the enerav-
ers.this fall made' some very definite
arrangements for these sections
which places them on a high level
rating amongst college annual sec
tions. FELLOWSHIPS ARE
OFFERED STUDENTS
China Foundation for Promotion of
Education and Culture Will
Make Annual Award
Fifteen fellowships and three an
nual prizes are to be awarded by
the China Foundation for the Pro
motion of Education and Culture,
as a means to stimulate the spirit of
research among Chinese scientists
and students, either at home or
abroad. The fellowships are of two
claries.
Class A includes Chinese students
who have already done notable work
in scientific research and wish to
continue it. This class carries from
4,000 to $3,000 a year including al
lowance for equipment.
Class B fellowships carry from
$1,000 to $2,01)0 and are for those
Chinese sta-der.ts who are graduates
of collegiate institutions of recog
nized standing at home or abroad
and wish to do scientific research
work.
From One to Three Year
They must be recommended by
their professors under whom such
work is to be done. There are five
fellowships of the first kind and ten
of the second that are to be awarded
for a period from one to three years.
The three scientific Research
Prizes are $3,000, $2,000, and fl.
000 in silver. The scope of scienti
fic research to be covered includes
Astronomy, Meteorology, Geology,
Physics, Chemistry, and the Biolog
ical Sciences.
A copy of the regulations govern
ing the establishment of scientific
research fellowships and regulations
governing the establishment and
awarding of scientific research
prizes may be had in the United
States from The China Institute in
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READINGS ARE CHANGED
Will B Given Every Suday for
Both Mom mmi Wowi
Beginning Sunday afternoon at
five o'clock the fortnightly readings
for men and the fortnightly readings
for women will be combined c"
weekly readings to be given either
at Westminster House or the Uni
versity Club. This Sunday Mr.
Gilbert IL Doane, university libra
rian, will read at Westminster
House, 223 North 14th street, to all
university students interested in the
poems cf Shelley, Keats, Byron, and
Arnold.
SPORT TICKETS
ARE READY FOR
EXCHANGE NOW
Admittance t o Basketball
Games Will Be Obtained
At Athletic Office
WILL OPEN AT 8 O'CLOCK
Bleachers Are Erected for
Student Section; Large
Crowd Expected
The exchange of the used student
athletic football tickets for student
basketball tickets will begin at 8
o'clock this morning at the athletic
office located in the east corner of
; the Coliseum. The used ticket,
which must include the cover and the
coupon inside must be presented in
order to receive the new ticket, ac
cording to the athletic office.
The new ticket will include the
cover which designates the location
of the seat, tickets for the nine home
games and a ticket for admittance
to track meets in the spring. Any
group or organization wishing to sit
together may present their old tic
kets together and the new tickets
will be issued in a block.
As has been the custom of past
years, bleachers have been erected
in the Coliseum and the student sec-
ition will be seated there. There is
a reserved seat in this section for
every reserved seat in the stadium,
" and although the reservation may be
made at any time, it is suggested
that the exchange be made before
; Saturday when the Cornhuskers
meet Missouri in the first home
game of the season.
Of the S500 available seats in the
Coliseum, more than 3000 have been
reserved for students, and a number
of the remaining seats have been
reserved for the public These
seats will sell for $7.50, and the
single admission tickets will be one
dollar. Due to the increased inter
est taken in basketball- and the en
larged capacity of the Coliseum, the
attendance has constantly increased
at Nebraska basketball games. An
average attendance of 5000 is ex
pected this year, and some games
will probably draw a capacity crowd.
A new addition to the equipment
is a large platform on wheels which
will be rolled to the north end of the
floor, to accomodate the band which
will furnish necessary music
DELEGATES RETDRN
FROM CONVENTION
Nebraskana Report New Phase
Seen in Meetings of Students
Held at Detroit
The breaking down of a deep
rooted Anslo-Saxon superiority com
plex is declared by Nebraska dele
gates to the Tenth Quadrennial
Stuueijl Volunteer convention held
at Detroit December 28-January 1
to be one of the outstanding impres
sions gained fro-n the convention,
according to Mr. C. D. Hayes, Uni
versity Y. M. C. A. secretary, who
aided i the organization of the Ne
braska " representation. Brilliant
speeches by such men as Francis
Wei, Chinese scholar and president
f the Central China Christian Uni
versity at Wuchang, and Akintu Di
peolu, weft African naLive and grad
uate of Tallecega College, Alabama,
are held largely responsible by the
delegates for this change of feeling.
"The delegates with whom I have
talked," said Mr. Hayes, "report that
much emphasis was laid in the con
vention upon a new missionary at
titude in which the disappearance of
the old idea of a hand-out towards
inferior peoples, replaced by a sense
of fellowship in a common world
task, is dominant. Knowledge gained
of changing conditions in the mis
sion field, principally in the growth
of national churches and the ten
dency towards doing away with de
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Mrs. Dietrich Presents
Historical Society with
Group of Foreign Relics
Mrs.-C. H. Dietrich, wife of the
late Senator Dietrich, has presented
the Nebraska State Historical Soci
ety with a group of relics from Al
aska and the PhiUipines. The col
lection arrived during the summer
and will be officially presented by
Mrs. Dietrich during the annual
meeting of the society on January
10.
While Senator Dietrich w alive
!he was interested in collecting curios
from the aborigines of Alaska and
the Phillipine. Although the col
lection has no historical bearing on
Nebraska history it contains many
interesting objects. The entire col
lection is on display in one of the
cases in the museum of the State
Historical Society.
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Charles B. Robbins, Nebraska
graduate and former Lincoln resi
dent, who has been nominated by
President Coolidge as assistant sec
retary of war to take the place left
by the resignation of Hanford Mac
Nider. ROBBINS GETS
HIGH POSITION
President Coolidge Nominates
University Graduate for
War Department
FORMER LINCOLN MAN
Charles Burton Robbins, '98, has
been nominated by President Cool-
!idge for appointment as assistant
j secretary of war to succeed Han
. ford MacXider. Mr. Robbins was a
I resident of Lincoln, Nebraska from
1S93 until the beginning of the
! Spanish-American war, according to
his sister, Miss Ida Bobbins, 1941 B
street.
He served in the Spanish-American
war and was given an honorable
discharge with the ranking of a
lieutenant. At the close of the war,
he took a law course at Columbia
land later became judge of the su
perior court at Cedar Rapids, la
Mr. Bobbins served in France ds?r-
ing the World War and upon leaving
the service returned to Cedar Rapids
.where he became president of a life
insurance company. He is also a
; member of boards of directors in
other firms.
Coaches Vote
To Revert To
1926 Rulings
The American football coaches
association met in New York during
the holidays to debate on the grid
iron rules for collegiate football in
1928. After a short discussion they
approved the recommendation to
eliminate the alterations affecting
xse of the lateral pass and the re
covery of fumbled punts. The
coaches voted in favor of returning
to the VJ25 rules affecting these
features.
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GEOLOGY GRADUATES VISIT
Many Alumni Call at Offices During
Christmas Holidays
Visitors in the department of ge
ology of the University were num
erous during the holidays. The ma
jority of the visitors were graduates
f tne geology department who are
now engaged in this kind of work
throughout the country. Among the
visitors were: G. R. Chatburn, '24,
geologist with the T. C. Johnson Oil
Company of Wichita, Kansas; Ar
thur Holland, '26, also with the
Johnson Company; Guy ScholL '25,
geologist for the Manhattan Oil
Company of Abilene, Texas; Charles
Rankin, '21, geologist for the Hum
ble Oil and and Refining Company
of Shreveport, La.; Homer Noble,
'16, geologist for the Roxana Petrol
eum Company of Houston, Texas; A.
X. Huddleston, geologist for the Rio
Bravo Oil Company, of Houston,
Texas; and B. A. Lilienborg, '26,
chief geologist for the M. T. C. Oil
Company and the Elkbuckan Oil
Company of Coffeyville, Kans.
Firm Destroys Garage
and car of Dean Lyman
Fire completely destroyed a
three-stall frame garage and a
Ford touring car at the home of
Dean E- A. Lyman of the College
of Pharmacy, 149 South Twenty
first street, shortly after noon
Thursday.
The origin of the blaze is un
known. It gained such rapid need
way that firemen saw no hope of
saving the building, and concen
trated their efforts on an attempt
to keep it from spreading
BLACK DRILLS
HEN HARD FOR
LINCOLN DEBUT
Varsity Meet Yearlings in
Preparing for Missouri
Game Saturday
FRESHMEN TOUGH FOES
Dark Outlook for a Nebraska
Victory; Guard Drill
Scheduled Today
Nebraska's cage quintet will meet
Missouri here next Saturday in the
first home game on the Cornhusker
schedule. This clash uth the Mis
souri Tigers will take place at the
Coliseum, and will start at 8 o'clock
tomorrow evening. Missou is classed
as a formidable foe, and doubly so
since her overwhelming defeat of Ne
braska at Columbia a few weeks ago.
Coach Black has been working dili
gently with his cagesters, and all is
in readiness for the initial battle.
Featured by an exciting practce
game wth Coach Bunny Oakes year
ling quintet, Thursday's drillsession
for the Varsity cagesters took on the
aspects of a real game. After trailing
the freshmen team through most of
the thirty minute grind, the Varsity
J men hit their stride and "Jug" Brown
tossed the winning basket making
the score 14 to 13.
Black Shift Men
Starting Brown and Witte at for
wards, Munn at center, and Holm
and Lewandowski at the guard posi
tions, Coach Charley Black frequent
ly changed the lineup to cope with
the strong attack offered by the
freshmen. The yearling quintet re
mained practically unchanged during
the half hour game with Fisher and
Jenson as forwards, Kimball at cen
ter, and Milhollin and Elliott, v
younger brother of Tom Elliott, at
the guard berths.
Thursday's drill session at the
Coliseum is the next to the last be
fore the Saturday tussle with the
Missouri Tigers, and the perform-
j a nee of the Varsity hoopsters was far
j from being sufficiently good. Ragged
! passing characterized the floor work
! cf the Varsity men and with five
j fighting yearlings using Missouri's
system of man to man guarding, they
found the going rough. "Jug" Brown
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AG COLLEGE FEED
ATTENDED BY 800
Second Annual Program in Student
Actirities Building Meets
Approval of Many
Eight hundred Nebraska people
attended the second annual "Farm
ers' Family Fun Feed" held in the
student activities building at the ag
ricultural college last Wednesday.
The affair was sponsored by those in
charge of the Organized Agriculture
meetings being held here this week.
The banquet of three courses was
prepared in the agricultural college
cafeteria by student of the college,
and served by them under faculty
supervision.
George Jackson had charge of the
evening's entertainment, and pre
sented six numbers, the first being
a take-off on a well-known broad
casting station. The second feature
of the program was musical, being
made up of quartet selections sung
by J. L. Thomas, R. E. Holland, Mas
on Yerkes, and W. D. Bancroft.
The third number on the program
was a farce-fight between Dempsey
and Tunney. Both fighters were
stationed in barrels, the bottom of
each barrel being weighted so that
each wild swing, and each completed
one sent one of the fighters to the
floor. The rounded bases made
them come back in a few seconds,
but the majority of the contestants'
time was speud at an angle. Tunney
ran true to form and emerged vic
torious in the fourth round.
A stunt called "We" followed the
fight It consisted of a skit center
ing ground Lindbergh. The next
feature was musical, and served as
the hit of the evening. Ray Mag
nus n and Jim Metzger presented a
number of banjo duets. Their sing
ing and banjo-playing was enthu
siastically received by the audience.
The program was concluded by a
number of stunts presented by
"Andy's Acrobats." They featured
breath-taking acrobatic achieve-
ments.
Graduate Has Position
With St, Louis Firm
Kenneth A. Simmons, graduate of
the geology department of the uni
versity, has recently accepted a posi
tion with W. C. McBride Inc., of St.
Louir, Mo. Mr. Simmons' work will
take him to Lswrenceville, ni'noie,
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