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VOLTXXV". NO. 77.
SIGMA DELTA
CHI CHOOSES
KEZER'S STORY
Best News Article Appearing
In Daily Nebraskan Was
Written by Kezer
OTHERS RECEIVE MENTION
Winning Story in Contest Is
Account of Mock Trial
Held. Last Spring
A story written by Munro Kezer,
'29, Fort Collins, Colo., was judged
the best news article appearing in
The Daily Nebraskan for the second
semester of last year, according to
an announcement from Sigma Delta
Chi professional journalistic frater
nity, which places the name of the
winning reporter each semester upon
a silver loving cup. This cup is
placed in the Nebraskan office in
the basement of University Hall.
Three students were given honor
able mention for their reportorial
work: Florence Seward, '29, Omaha;
Paul Nelson, '29, North Loup; and
Jack Elliott, '30, Newton, Kansas.
Story Was Account of Mock Trial
Mr. Kezer's story was an account
of n mock trial held last spring. It
appeared in The Daily Nebraskan of
April 20. Not only was the story
well written, full of action, and ac
curate, but is was also written under
a time pressure, which is another re
quirement of a good reporter in the
eyes of the Sigma Delta Chi commit-i
tee which made the award. One of
Miss Seward's dramatic criticisms of
the University Players was judged
worthy of honorable mention. Mr.
Nelson's writeup of the Engineer
Law feud was considered excellent,
and Mr. Elliott's athletic series was
worthy of note.
Sigma Delta Chi sponsors this con
test each semester in the interests of
good journalism. The decision rests
with a committee of three members
consisting of the president, the ad
visor and an alumnus. This selection
was mad by Oayle C. JValker, acting
director of the School of Journalism,
Gregg McBride, of the Lincoln Star,
and Lee Vance, president of the local
chapter.
A. W. S. BOARD
SELECTS SKITS
Committee Chooses Six Acts
For Annual Co-ed Follies
Variety Show
PRIZES TO BE AWARDED
Six skits were selected by the As
sociated Womens' Student Board to
be presented at the Co-Ed Follies on
February 18.
Following are the six women's or
ganizations participating in the skits:
Delta Omicron, Gamma Phi Beta,
Kappa Delta, Phi Mu, W. A. A., and
a skit entered by Hazel Johnson and
LeNette Knox with a group of about
ten girls.
These six acts were selected from
those entered as being the most orig
inal. The judges task was a hard
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FRANKFORTER WILL
TALK TO ENGINEERS
State Highway Department Will
Hear University Professor
At Meeting Tonight
Dr. C. J. Frankforter of the de
partment of Chemistry will speak
before a meeting of the highway de
partment, including all district and
project engineers and draftsmen of
the department, at the Grand hotel
this evening.
The meeting, which is sponsored
by the Nebraska Culvert and Manu
facturing company of Wahoo, will
follow a dinner at 6:30 o'clock.
A film, "Making of Iron and
Steel", put out by the American Roll
ing Mill company, will be shown.
Doctor Frankforter will speak on
The History and Production of
Iron".
Mural In Morrill Hall
WiM Be Completed Soon
The mural wnich is to cover the
outh wall of Elephant Hall in Mor
"11 Hall is about half completed ac
cording to information received from
Miss Elizabeth Dolan, who is doing
m"!ural. work or the museum.
This picture represents a typical
Nobraaka prairie scene, and is thirty
by twenty-six feet, The sky, which
to con-ist of massive clouds at sun
Jet, is to be the center of interest
w the picture, an Miss Ookn will
tart painting it the )ttr part of
this week.
THE
Doctor Wilbur
Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of
Leland Stanford University who will
deliver the commencement address
at the University, June 2.
REGISTRATION
IS INCREASED
THIS SEMESTER
More Than Five Thousand En
roll; This Is Gain of Nearly
Three Hundred
ASSIGNMENT GROUP MEET
Many Student Desire To Change
Registration, or To Enter Other
Clasf Section
Five thousand and twenty-three
students had registered for the sec
ond term of the University, accord
ing to statement made by the regis
trar's office yesterday afternoon.
This was a gain of 285 over the reg
istration of last year for the second
term, the registration for last year
being 4738.
' The work of making class assign
ments is boing continued this week.
About 400 students appeared before
the assignment committee yesterday
to make changes in their registra
tions. The committee is working in
the west end of the main floor of
the Armory.
Committee Meet Until Thuriday
The committee will continue its
work until Thursday and all students
wishing to alter their registrations
should attend to the matter a3 soon
as possible.
Students wishing to make changes
in their classes must consult their
advisers before attempting to make
the change. The assignment commit
tee will take care of all changes in
the sections. If the change is to be
made on account of working, the
student is required to present a
statement given by his employer as
to the hours of the student's employ
ment. GRUMMANN IS TO
DIRECT ART TODR
Intercollegiate Tour Name Faculty
Member To Be Educational Direc
tor In Thi DUtrict
Professor Paul H. Grummann, di
rector of the School of Fine Arts
has been made educational director
of the Intercollegiate Tours in the
Missouri Valley district. This means
that Professor Grummann will spend
many summers touring the art cen
ters of Europe.
The Intercollegiate Tours, which
are conducted by the Temple fours,
Inc., are to acquaint American peo
ple with the art activities of Europe.
Students, teachers and art enthu
siasts are organized into tours in the
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PALMER WILL TALK
AT WORLD FORUM
'Humaniim In Religion" Will Be
Subject Whicn Begin Serie
Of Related Topics
"Wnmanism in Religion" will be
the subject of the talk to be given
w pv. F.dwin C. Palmer, pastor of
the Unitarian church, tomorrow, at
the regular meeting of World rorum.
This talk is the first of a series to
irin hv various speakers on sub
lets concerning the relation of phil
osophy to religion. Mr. Palmer has
spoken every year to tne stuunw ox
World Forum. The speaker for next
ii h Rev. Paul Johnson, pas
tor of the Westminster Presbyterian
church. His subject has not yet
announced. .
World Forum luncneons are new
i. ,v from 12 to 12:50 o'clock
CUI.M T--ve
at the Grand hotel. Tickets are on
,ale tor twenty-five cents at the
Temple in the Y. M. C. A. Office.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA,
'WILBUR WILL
GIVE TALK AT
Commencement Speaker Is
President of Leland Stanford
And Is Noted Educator
EXERCISES TO BE JUNE 2
Rev. Newell of Hastings Will
Deliver Baccalaureate
Address on May 27
Doctor Ray Lyman Wilbur, presi
dent of Leland Stanford University,
and one of America's greatest educa
tors has accepted the invitation to
deliver the Commencement address
to the graduating students, June 2.
Doctor Wilbur has been president
of Leland Stanford university for
twelve years. He acted a3 chief of
the Conservation division, United
States fopd administration at Wash
ington in 1917. Before that he held
many government administrative po
sitions, and distinguished himself as
a physician. Doctor Wilbur was
born in Iowa, but received his educa
tion in schools on the Pacific Coast
and in Europe. He holds degrees
from six American universities.
The invitation to Doctor Wilbur
was made by Acting Chancellor E. A.
Burnett.
George E. Newell, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, of Hast
ings, Nebraska, will deliver the bac
calaureate sermon, May 27, as a part
of the annual University commence
ment week program.
TRACK SQUAD
HOLDS TRYODT
Participants Show Up Strong
In Hurdles and Mile In
First Indoor Meet
MANY ASPIRANTS ENTER
.Nebraska's varsity and freohman
track aspirants performed before
Coach Henry F. Schults and Corn
husker track fans Saturday after
noon, January 28, in the first indoor
track tryouts under the stadium. Be
sides serving as a tryout for the Kan
sas City Athletic Club indoor meet
February 17, participants had the
chance of making points toward
numeral awards.
Two sophomores, Trumble in the
hurdles and Etherton in the mild dis
played marked ability in their events.
The Cornhuskers should show up
strong in these events during the
1928 campaign, during which Coach
Schulte hopes to regain supremacy in
Missouri Valley track circles. The
Cornhuskers fell to third place in the
Valley meet last year, the lowes
they have been during Coach
Schulte's seven years . with Nebras
ka's cinder men. During these seven
years Nebraska has won five cham
pionships, a second, and a third place
in the Missouri Valley.
Wyatt Lead Feature Race
The feature race of Saturday's
events found Captain Perley Wyatt
leading a fast field of quarter-milers
to the tape in unclocked time, since
the Husker coach accidently stopped
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DEAN LEROSSIGNOL
WILL MAKE STUDY
U. S. Federal Bureau of Education
Places Nebraska Professor
On, Advisory Board
i
Dean J. E. LeRossignol of the Col
lege of Business Administration has
been appointed a member of the ad'
visory committee which will assist
the federal bureau of education, of
the United States department of the
interior, to make a survey of land
grant colleges and, universities in the
United States.
Tb aspect of the survey in which
Dean LeRossignol will be interested
is the study of instruction in com
merce and business in these colleges.
The bureau of education' is con
ducting the survey under the invita
tion of the Association of Land-Grant
Colleges and Universities and under
the authority of a Congressional ap
propriation .
Awgwan Issues Call
For Short Contributions
Contributions in the form of
short bits of prose and verse,
jokes, and cartoons for the Val
entines number of the Awgwan,
to be issued about February 10,
a.'e1 requested by Al Mcintosh, ed
itor. Office hours, 8:30 to 4:80
P. M. everyday in basemont of U
Hall, joining Daily Nebraskan office.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1928.
StudentVaccination
Is Again Advocated
The attention of University stu
dents is again called to the neces
sity for vaccination against small
pox by those persons who are not
already thoroughly protected by
previous vaccination. One Univer
sity student is now ill and it is
probable that others were exposed
during the period of registration.
It is imperative that we protect
the health of the student body by
the vaccination of all persons sus
ceptible. The Student Health Of
fice is open throughout the entire
day for this purpose.
(Signed)
E. A. Burnett, Acting
Chancellor.
Car Proposal
Might Cause
New Situation
"No person shall operate a motor
vehicle while more than two persons
over twelve years old are in the front
seat with the driver " reads
traffic amendment proponed before
the Lincoln city council yesterday
afternoon. The amendment, if passed,
will constitute a severe blow to Uni
versity students here who are in the
habit of "double-dating" in coupes
and roadsters; especially those over
twelve years oldl
If the city council of Lincoln
passes the traffic amendment it will
probably cause an increase in :he
popularity of rumble seats and
young-looking couples. As the amend
ment sets no limit to the occuoants
of the back seat, and no limit to the
number of twelve-year-olds in the
front seat it may bring about some
unusual combinations.
"I have a young brother," remark
ed one university student, "and I
believe it impossible to drive with
more than two children under twelve
in the front seat, even if the law
permits." It is, of course, the size
of the persons sitting in the front
seat which interferes with careful
and safe driving, so special permits
will probably be issued to small peo
pie who fare uast the twelve year
limit.
KOSMET KLOB
ASKS FOR PLAY
Manuscripts for Comedy Show
Must Be Submitted By
February S
PLOT MUST BE ORIGINAL
Manuscripts for the Kosmet Klub's
spring musical comedy must be hand
ed in to any member of the organiza
tion before their meeting Sunday af
ternoon, February 5, at 2:80 o'clock
According to a statement made by
a member of Kosmet Klub the man
uscripts are not required to be in
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GREGG ADDS TO
ART COLLECTION
Former Student Gives Four
Etchings To School Of
Fine Arts
EXHIBIT TO APPEAR SOON
Four fine etchings, one of them
a National Arts club prize winner,
have been added by Will C. Gregg,
prominent Hackensack, N. J., man
ufacturer who was a student at the
University of Nebraska in the
"eighties," to the growing collection
which he is building up for the
School of Fine Arts.
In December of 1924 Mr. Gregg
presented to the school an etching,
"Lace," which critics had acclaimed
exceptionally fine, and since then he
has been addin" to the collection un
til there are now 23 etchings. They
will be exhibited for the first time
when the Nebraska Art association
holds Its annual exhibition in Morrill
hall beginning February 15.
Mr. Gregg is an internationally
known manufacturer, and is also
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Study of Mineralogy
And Fetrography is
Offered To Students
Optical Mineralogy and Petrog
raphy is a new course being offered
this semester by the gology depart
ment. The course takes up the study
of minerals and rocks by means of
polarized lights with petrographic
microscopes. Such work is of great
est valus to oil geologists in inter
preting sub-surface materials, and in
the Intimate stud' and interpreta
tion of rocks In goaoral.
MANY DEGREES
ARE RECIEVED
AT MID-YEAR
University Grants 127 Special
Certificates and Degrees
To Graduates Now
NO EXERCISES TO BE HELD
First Semester Graduates May
Attend Regular Commence
ment in June
127 decrees and n number of sne-
Vial certificates were granted by the
University at the end of the first
semester. There will be no com
mencement exercises for the mid
year graduates at present but they
may take part in the commencement
with the seniors who complete their
work at the end of the year, if they
so desire.
There were 14 degrees granted by
the Graduate College, 10 receiving
the degree of Master of Arts, 1 re
ceiving the degree of Master of
Science, and 3 receiving the degree
of Doctor of Philosophy. Thirteen
seniors received degrees or certifi
cates from the College of Agricul
ture, 4 degrees of Bachelor of
Science' in Agriculture, 6 degrees in
Bachelor of Home Economics, and 3
certificates for teachers of Voca
tional Home Economics were granted.
From the Arts and Science College
there were 21 graduates receiving
the degree of Bachelor of Arts, 3 re
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GOVERNMENT OF
CITY IS STODIED
Faculty Members Assist Group
In Revising Plan of City
Manager Control
PROPOSAL IS DISCUSSED
A revised form of city manager
government may be introduced into
the city of Lincoln in the near fu
ture, if the proposed plans of an ap
pointed subcommittee meet the de
mands of a body of two hundred Lin
coln business and professional men,
chosen for the purpose of discussing
a change in the form and structure
of the city charter. Included in the
committees are three members of the
University of Nebraska department
of Political Science, Dean H. G.
James, Prof. H. E. Sheldon, ami Pro
fessor A. E. Aylsworth, who have
been actively engaged in drawing up
the proposed changes.
According to George W. Woods,
prominent Lincoln banker and a
member of the sub-committee, the
program approved by the body
would include a drastic bange from
the present form of government. Al
though the basic structure of the
city charter would remain the same,
the form would be shifted to accom
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INDUSTRIAL WORK
IS VESPERS SUBJECT
Member of Y. W. C. A. Experimental
Group To Tell Experiences
At Vespers Meeting
Ruth Shallcross, who went to Chi
cago with the Industrial Experiment
group last summer will tell of some
of her experiences in the worl., at
the regular Vespers meeting this eve
ning at 5 o'clock in Ellen Smith Hall.
Audrey Beales will lead the meeting.
Each summer the Industrial Expe
riment is carried on in Chicago under
the auspices of the Y. W. C. A. Girls
from colleges all over the country
atend the experiment, though the
number in the group is usually limit
ed to less than twenty. The girls
stay at clubs provided for working
girls, where board and room are fur
nished at cost, and they try to live
on the wages which they make as fac
tory girls for the six weeks that the
experiment is carried on.
Journalism Classes To
Be Excused For Funeral
Out of respect for the memory
of Will Owen Jones, late editor
of The Nebraska State Journal
Bnd pioneer instructor in journal
ism at the University, Acting Di
rector Gayle C. Walker announces
that all aJ ternoon classes, in the
School of Journalism will be dis
missed to enable its students at
tend the funeral services. , Stu
dents of the school will be ex
cused from other classes upon ap
plication to tae office of the Dean
of Saideiit Affairs.
Funeral services for Mr. Jones
will be held at the old First Con
gegational church, Thirteenth and
L streets at 2:30 this afternoon.
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Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Jr.,
who will address a University con-i
vocation in Memorial Hall, Thursday
morning.
INTRAMURAL
CARNIVALIS
TO BE FRIDAY
Athletic Department and "N"
Club Sponsor Program of
Sports Events
GIRLS RELAY IS FEATURE
Featuring a snappy program of
sports, to be followed by a dance,
the Husker Intramural Carnival will
be held in the Coliseum Friday eve
ning, February 3. The event is be
ing sponsored by the "N" Club and
the Athletic Department.
"We are planning a program so
full of events that each may follow
the other with no delay," announced
"Jimmy" Lewis, of the Athletic De-
partment. "In all probability we
will be unable to follow out our full
schedule in the limited time." A
special issue of The Daily Nebraskan
will serve as a program for the sports
fest.
Events Take Place at Coliseum
All of the athletic events, as well
as the dance, will take place on the
floor of the Coliseum. One side of
the regular bleachers has been re
placed by a twelve-lap mile track,
and a boxing ring. The basket ball
games will be played on art end
court.
Inter-fraternity relays will be run
on the track, and also a relay cont
test between the companies of the
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JONES, PROMINENT
JOURNALIST, DIES
Noted Nebraska Editor Was Closely
Identified With Journalism
On University Campus
Will Owen Jones, editor-in-chief
of the Nebraska State Journal, and
graduate of the University of Ne
braska, died Sunday morning about
11:00 o'clock while attending serv
ices at the First-Plymouth Congrega
tional church. The funeral will be
held Tuesday afternoon at the old
First Congregational church, with
Rev. B. F. Wyland.
While a student in the University,
from which he was graduated in
1886, he was prominently identified
with campus journalism, serving in
various positions on the old Hespe
rian Student, predecessor of The
Daily Nebraskan. For more than
forty years Mr. Jones was connected
with The Nebraska State Journal
from carrier boy through the ranks
of reporter, city editor, managing
editor, and finally to editor-in-chief.
He began instruction in journalism
in the University in 1893 and contin
ued that work until 1898.
COMPANY H SCORES
HIGHEST IN EVENTS
Several Companies Compete in R. O.
T. C. Indoor Cinder Meet Held
Monday At Stadium
Company H scored 35.8 points and
carried off high honors in the R. O.
T. C. indoor track meet staged last
night under the stadium. Individ
ual company champions were to have
competed in the events but several
companies were forced to use alter
nates which slowed up the meet to
some extent. Coach Henry F.
Schulte plans to have a consolation
meet for those champions who could
not attend last nights competition.
The other companies finished as fol
lows: E, 20 1-2; B, 18 1-2; I, 18; M,
15 1-2; K, 12.6; L, 8; F, 7.7; Head
quarters, 7; G, 4 1-2; A, 1.6; D, 1 1-2
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PRICE 6 CENTS
ROOSEVELT IS
TO SPEAK AT
CONVOCATION
University Students yill Hear
Noted Lecturer At Memorial
Hall Thursday
LEGION SPONSORS VISIT
Roosevelt's Itinerary Includes
Educational Institutions
In the West
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Jr.,
will address students of the Univer
sity at Memorial Hall, Thursday at
11 o'clock. Colonel Roosevelt was
secured under the auspices of the
American Legion and will be the
personal guest of Col. John G. Maher
during his visit here. The subject
matter of the address has not been
announced but will be of general in
terest to everyone.
Colonel Roosevelt is lecturing at a
number of educational institutions in
the west and through the efforts of
Colonel John G. Maher, Lincoln was
included in his itinerary. A lunch
eon is being planned in his honor for
Thursday noon at the Chamber of
Commerce.
Roosevelt Is Harvard Alumnus
Colonel Roosevelt is a graduate of
Harvard, and participated in the
world war. His travels in search of
big game have taken him to nearly
every country in the world. In 1924
he was the Republican candidate for
governor of the state of New York,
prior to which he held the office of
assistant secretary of the navy.
In the program Thursday E. A.
Burnett will introduce Colonel Mah
er who will present Colonel Roose
velt. Music will be furnished by the
Fine Arts Band under the direction
of Wm. T. Quick.
BALL DECORATIONS
TO BE ELABORATE
Interfraternity Party Will Have,
Three-Act Entertainment; Ticket
Sale Is Successful
Sale of tickets for the Interfrater
nity Ball, to be held next Friday eve
ning in the Scottish Rite Temple, has
been reported very successful, and
only a few tickets of the 300 limit
remain to be sold.
The Interfraternity Ball which is
being sponsored by the Kosmet Klub
will replace the annual Panhellenic
Ball. A change has been made in the
plan for decorations, and decorating
will be done all week in preparation
for the party Friday evening. The
theme for decorations has been de
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NEXT AWGWAN WILL
BE VALENTINE ISSUE
New Staff Is Working Overtime
To Get February Number
Published Soon
With the appointment of two as
sociate editors, Hal F. Childs, '29,
Lenox, Iowa, and Kenneth G. An
derson, '29, Hastings, the Awgwan
staff is now complete and has started
work on the Valentine number which
will be released about February 10.
Because of the delay brought about
by semester examinations,' members
of the staff are working overtime to
get out the initial number for the
second term. Students in the Univer
sity who have the ability to write
humorous bits of prose and verse, and
those having artistic talent, are asked
to submit their material to Al Mc
intosh within the next few days.
The cover page for the Valentines
number, drawn by Alan Klein, has
already been taken to the printers,
while lively bits of humor written
by Douglas Timmerman, Charles
Walquist, and Alene Miner, have
been received by the editor. James
Pickering is preparing a number of
cartoons for the February number.
Margaret Ketring is preparing a full
page charcoal sketch.
52 Percent of Faculty
Serve For Many Yean
More than 62 percent of the uni
versity faculty members have been
associated with the university for
from five to twenty-five years, ac
cording to statistics recently com
piled at the registrar's office. Only
21 hundredths of one percent have
served mote than forty years, and
almost four percent have been on
the faculty for from thirty to forty
years. Those serving between twenty
five and thirty years number five and
27 hundredths percent, and under
five years, 87 percent Ths ennual
turnover of tlio facuHy h t-rmavl
at eight and 86 hundredths rrrcrr.t.