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fair: Not much change in tem
norature. KAN
LEAP YEAR
"Should come every year."
Lee Vance, '28, Fremont, Nebr.
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HAS LEAD ROLE
OFHHTPLAY
University Players' Director
Will Appear in "Sun Up"
This Week End
SETTING IS IN CAROLINA
Plot Centers About Isolated
Regions and Illiterates
Of Mountains
Miss H. Alice Howell, director of
the University Players, will play the
principal role, Widow Cagle, in "Sun
Up", Lula Vollmer's play of the Car
olina mountain region, wihch will be
presented by 'the University Players
this week end. She appeared in one
other play this season, "Candida" in
which she took the part of the hero
ine. Miss Howell usually takes but
one role each season.
Ray Ramsey as Rufe Cagle, the
widow's soon, and Beatrice Hullett
as Emmy, are the leads. The rest
of the cast is:
Pap Todd Robert Reade
Bu(j Elwood Ramay
Sheriff Weeks Thad Cone
Preacher Jack Rank
The Stranger Herbert Yenne
g0b Zolley Lerner
Play Ii Universal
The play is a powerful study of
life among the illiterate and ignorant
people of that mountain region. Al
though the action, settings and dia
lect are local, the plot and appeal of
the play is universal. Eastern cri
tics describe "Sun Up", which ran
for a year in New York, as a play of
strong appeal and character. The
locale is placed in a section where
the people are oblivious of an out
side world, or any civilizing force.
The World War takes Rufe, the
widows son, away to France,
to Rufe, is, "A place about forty
miles 'tother' side of Asheville,"
which illustrates the restricted
knowledge and simplicity of the
mountain folk. From this point on,
the plot deals with the expected re
tarn of Rufe, the usual bitter moun
tain feuds, and moonshine.
The play is a combination of the
humorous and the tragic. It will l.e
portrayed in the dialect of the Car
olina region. Eveniing performanc
es, which start at 8:20 o'clock, are
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. A
student matinee on Friday, and a
Saturday matinee, start at 3 o'clock.
Season tickets will admit. Tickets
for "Sun Up" may be purchased at
Ross P. Curtice Co., or at the Temple
box office.
TOURNEY SCHEDULE
SHIFTED BY LEWIS
Handball and Horseshoe Contests
Will Be Held after High
School Tournament
Competition in the handball and
horseshoe tournaments, on the inter
fraternity athletic program, will not
start until after the state high school
bunketliall tourney, it has been de
cided Ly James C. Lewis, director of
intramural sports. Through some
misunderstanding, many fraternities
were lute in entering their teams
for the games, and their entrance
blanks have necessarily been accept
ed.
The high school cage tourney will
require the unceasing attention of
athletic officials, and it would be en
tirely impossible to conduct the inter
fraternity frames either in the week
preceding the meet or during the
the week when the teams are actually
competing. The pairing of fiaterni
ti in the horseshoe and handball
events, will take place as soon as
Le.h is able to again give his at
tention to the Intra-Mural program.
The courts in the Coliseum are op
en duily fr fraternities that wish to
practice. The delay will serve as an
advantage to the entrants and Lewis
" all entrants to practice during
the u-maininp time so that their form ity to command men. The belt will
"'frht he pei fueled for the actual, be presented by the department
tournament. 'sometime in the spring.
Mercury Rises and Falls as Weather
Pursues Varied Way of Late Winter
(By Maxina h.U)
Wanted: A suggestion as to how
0nt i to know what to wear to
-hool. When Cora Co-ed starts out
" eight in the morning in a trim
g suit and a perky now hat, thf
w streams across the campus and
e nag u '.or4 Af -Win,,- fHno
that
I'ring has cam.".
or emerges from her eleht o'
.1 .
Sn I and " lie dart 0ut in fr0nt f
oci"l Science, jUBt to see who's
ru' ,h" shivers and look for the
thut so gaily accompanied her
clouT001' Notnln but cold, gray,
vj nd llmoke- She casts an en
11 tlance at sotne of her sisters
THE
Directs aijd Acts
Miss H. Alice Howell, director of
the University Players and faculty
member, who will portray the lead
ing role in "Sun Up", next produc
tion to be presented by the Players.
Miss Howell usually appears in only
one of the season's plays, but this
year she has already played in "Can
dida", which was presented some
time ago.
WILES SECURED
FOR PARTY ACT
Xylophone Artist Will Appear
With New Instrument at
Annual Prom
SOLO WILL BE FEATURE
"Chuck" Wiles, prominent xylo
phone artist, will play his new won
der xylophone as one of the special
acts of entertainment for the annual
traditional Junior-Senior Prom, Fri
day, March 2, at the Scottish Rite
Temple. Mr. Wiles has just received
a new $1500 instrument, to be used
in solo work, and will make his in
itial appearance with it Friday eve
ning.
Mr. Wiles, who formerly appeared
with Vincent Lopez and his orches
tra and on vaudeville circuit is con
sidered one of the leading xylophone
players in the country today. He
will play several novel numbers dur
ing intermission. One other feature
act of entertainment is being ar
ranged for and will be announced
Thursday.
Randall's Furniah Muaic
Randall's Royal Fontenelle orches
tra, prominent W.O.W. artists from
Omaha, will furnish music for the
party. Randall's orchestra is noted
for their novel features and rhythmic
dance melodies. Students who have
heard this orchestra in Omaha have
given their enthusiastic approval to
the selection of this band for the
evening. Prior to the Prom, they will
play at a dinner dance at the Hotel
Lincoln from 6:15 until 8:15 o'clock.
The Prom will mark the closing of
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OFFICER'S BELT IS
OFFERED TO CADETS
Be.t Qualified Senior of Adranced
R. O. T. C. Course Will Receive
Award in Spring
An officer's Sam Brown belt will
be presented to the best qualified
R. O. T. C. student who complete
th snrnnd vcar advanced course
during the school year, according to
announcement made today by Lt
C.n. F. F. Jewett. This is the first
year that such an award has been
given. The belt was donated by the
Otoe-Cass County chapter of the Of
ficers' Reserve corps.
The award will bo made on the
basis of work in the military depart
ment, considering his scholastic
standing in the department, his apti
tude on the drill field and his abii
in their warm winter coats, and won
ders if perhaps she shouldn't have
saved her new suit for a better day.
Back into "Soch." and her nine o'
clock. During the hour she occa
sionally looks out of the window.
The sun is now shining brightly and
Cora rejoices. She wonders if she
could possibly cut her two o'clock
class this afjtermoon. Why go to
school on day like this?
Outside again, she starts for her
class at Bf-wcy Hall, n whcwl,
she is nearly blown off her feet by
a strong gust of wind from the
north. Now Cora knows she should
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA,
Students Will
Report Games
Of Tournament
Students of the School of Journal
ism will cover the state high school
Basketball tournament to be held
Mach 8, 9, 10. Copy for newspapers
of towns represented in the tourney
is the plan of the department.
The custom of supplying the state
newspapers with information on the
tournament has been followed for
several years. This year each stu
dent will cover his home town team
as far as this is possible. In case
that this is impossible a student of
the same vicinity will be assigned
to the team. In addition to writing
up the home town team games'copy
will be furnished on other teams
that the paper wishes.
In 1927 the Correspondence Bur
eau organized to cover the tourna
ment utilized the services of more
than 100 students and sent out a-
bout 225 columns of copy.
CO-ED ELECTION
GOES ON TODAY
Y.W.C.A. Balloting for Officers
Carried On in Corridor of
Social Sciences
MEMBERS' LIST POSTED
Voting for Y. W. C. A. officers
will take place today in Social
Sciences corridor between the hours
of nine and five. A list of Y. W. C
A. members will be posted on the
bulletin board in Ellen Smith Hall
All girls wishing to vote should be
sure to consult this list and make
certain that their names are there.
The nominees are:
President Audrey Beales, Ruth
Davis.
Vice i president Catherine Beek
man, Marjorie Sturdevant.
Secretary Lois Haning, Helen
Day.
Treasurer Mary Ball, Inez Bolin
THOMPSON SPEARS
ON UNIVERSITY LIFE
Dean of Student Affairs Diacuaaea
Solving of Campua Problem!
At Tueaday Veapera
Create a university conscious
ness," urged Dean T. J. Thompson
speaking on btudent Problems in
Campus Life," at the regular Ves
pers service held Tuesday evening in
Ellen Smith Hall.
"Such a consciousness is necessary
for the proper inspiration in univer
sity life. Not only develop your
scholastic abilities and appreciations.
your intellectual attitudes, but devel
op your soul, and form associations
which will increase your strength of
character " '
Sportsmanship I Necessary
The necessity of cportsmanship,
taken in a broad sense as it regards
any form of courtesy, and the great
value of deep and lasting friendships
were "tressed by Dean Thompson.
"Yor should create a sentiment
against the things which tend to de
tract from ths university, its system
and its students. Such a sentiment
is moro effective than any other
means for combatting the anti-unl
vcrsity attitude among people who
are beyond its direct influence."
The ' spirit of scholarship" was
strongly advocated; not the grinding
scholarship which takes up hours of
intense study, nor the sort of schol
arship which is content with just
getting by," but the scholarship
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FRATERNITY HOUSE ROBBED
Alpha Tau Omega Men Lose Watches
From Tuesday Invasion
Thieves entered the Alpha Tau
Omega house early Tuesday and
made off with three watches, two val
ued at $20 and the other valued at
$50. The burglars entered the house
through the unlocked front door and
he haul was made from the second
floor dressing rooms.
Dorsey Baldwin, Preston Cder, and
Hubert Leepcr are the men who lost
the watches. Baldwin told police
that he had a billfold containg $70
lying in a drawer nearby which was
not disturbed.
Dr. Hill Will Address
Phi Lambda Upsilon
Dr. Norman Hill will give an ad
dress before an open meeting of
Phi Lambda Upsilon on the topic
of "The Effect of the Develop
ment of Modern Scientific Re-fti--h
on VV'iii'ii.1 Politics". The
meeting will begin at 7:30 In
Chemistry Hall tonight. The pub
lic is invited to attend.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1928.
Final Game
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Tom Elliott, who played the diffi
cult role of captain and substitute
during the past season. The Husker
captain has an honorable record in
Nebraska athletics and the manner in
which he has performed his allotted
tasks is a credit to any one. Nebras
ka fans were glad to see Tom play a
good brand of basketball in his last
appearance on the home floor.
AGGIES SIGN TO
MEET HUSKERS
Manhattan Farmers to Appear
Against Nebraska Track
Team Saturday
PRESENT GOOD HURDLERS
The Kansas Aggie track team will
invade Lincoln Saturday, March 3,
to meet the Cornhuskers in a dual
indoor meet under the east stadium,
Coach Henry F. Snhulte, Husker
mentor, announced Tuesday. This
will be the second home meet for
Coach Schulte's charges and the first
dual meet of the season.
The Wildcats will bring a well bal
anced squad led by Captain Fair
chiM, one of the Valley's leading
hurdlers. Gardner, who placed high
in the low hurdle events in the Mis
souri Valley track meet at Lincoln
last May, will perform in that event
Saturday for the Aggies. Track en
thusiasts are promised some inter
esting hurdle races with those two
Aggie men running against Krausc,
Thompson, and Arganbright of the
Cornhuskers.
Moody, star distance man, will
carry the Aggie colors in tne muo
and half-mile events. Coach Schulte
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HUSKER TEAM MAY
WIN HEARST TROPHY
Prominent Newspaper Man Offers
Prize Coveted by R. O. T. C.
Sharpshootera
Nebraska R. O. T. C. rifle men are
practicing for the William Randolph
Hearst Trophy match in which all
universities having R. O. T. C. units
compete. The team consists of five
members. The targets have arrived
and are marked with arrangements
for five shots on each target. The
firing will be from the positions of
nrone, sitting, kneeling and stand
ing. The scoring is different than on
other targets in that if a strike is
made on a line the score is taken for
the lesser amount. The score for
each individual member is a possible
200. Probable members of the team
as appearing on the roster are: Lum-
ir Otradovsky, Fred Sundeen, Clif-i
ford Webster, Ray Ciiffton, C. Ha-
ger.
After noticing the score made by
the team with rival schools in the
past several weeks predictions are
that Nebraska stands a good chance
in this contcbt. Caplain Lumir Otrai
dovsky last week scored 94 out of j
a possible 100 from standing posi
tion. This equals the record for the
range, st Nebraska, Mr. Otradomky I
stated that this is the fourth time he '
has made such a score. The mem-
bcrs of the team hvae been looking
f orward all season to the Hearst Tro-'
phy match.
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Finish Playing
For Home Fans
"Jug" Brown and Captain Tom
i Elliott made their final appearance
' on the basketball court before home
fans when Nebraska met Grinnell on
the Coliseum floor last night. Brown
and Elliott have played three years
! with the Husker basketeers and will
graduate in the spring.
Brown has been one of the out-
' standing forwards on the Scarlet and
Cream quintet this season and has
been a mainstay in Coach Black's of
fensive plan. "Jug" came to Nebras
ka from Lincoln high where he
I starred on the court for the high
! school quintet. He continued his j
I work as a stellar basketball player at :
I Nebraska.
j Captain Tom Elliott, the second
I man to be lost to the Scarlet quin-'
jtet this year hails from West Point
: and has played three years on the
nates at center and forward. I
It was the final exit for "Jug"
Brown before home fans. His name
has been a familiar sound on the
campus for the past three years.
When he leaves the Cornhusker
school, he will take with him six let
ters won in football and basketball. '
On the football field and the basket
ball court "Jug" has been one of the
foremost.
Elliott has made letters in basket
ball and tennis, captaining the tennis
team in 1927 and the basketball team
this season. Tom and "Jug" made
their final appearance in Scarlet and
Cream basketball togs last night.
PLAN OFFERED
TO HELP FUNDS
Attorney Suggests Revision
Of Inheritance Tax to
Increase Income
WOULD HELP UNIVERSITY
C. A. Sorensen, Lincoln attorney,
has recently written a letter to Act
ing Chancellor Burnett suggesting a
means by which the income of the
University can be materially in
creased without additional taxation
on the citizens of the state. The
means he suggests would come
through the revisions of the present
inheritance tax law.
According to the present federal
law all the inheritance taxes up
to the amount of 80 per cent of the
federal levy may be collected by a
state or territory and the tax thus
paid will be credited to the taxpayer
by the federal government. Mr. Sor
ensen's suggestion is that this clause
should be taken advantage of by the
state and the funds thus derived
should be used for the University
and common schools of the state.
Increase These Rates
Extract's from Mr. Sorensen's let
ter are as follows: "My plan in hrief
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WEEKLY DISCUSSION
TALKS ARE POPULAR
Various Fraternities Have Taken
Up Informal Meetings to
Promote Morals
Five fraternities are holding the
weekly discussion groups being
sponsored by the University Y. M. C.
A., this semester, according to Gen
eral Secretary C. D. Hayes.
Those organizations included in
the movement are Phi Kappa Psi with
Dr. J. O. llertzler as leader; Delta
Upsilon, Dr. C. II. Oldfather, leader;
Delta Tau Delta, Dr. E. C. Palmer,
leader; Delta Theta Phi, Dr. C. II.
Patterson, leader; Delta Sima Lamb
da, Dean J. E. LcRossignol, leader.
Farm House fraternity, which
held discussion groups of this sort
hint year, is following a different
course this year. Instead of having
the same leader throughout the sem
ester, this organization has a diff
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W.A.A. Workers Will
Get Basketball Tickets
The first fifty co-eds to sign
up on the W. A. A. bulletin board
Wednesday morning, get one free
admission ticket for thfl annual
high sehoc! basketball tourna
ment held in the Coliseum, March
8, 9, 10. The only stipulation
made is that they sell candy.
According to the concession mai.a
gcr, as many as 100 to 160 girls
are needed to sell candy during
the games. Women may sign up
for any hour they please, or for
any day they please. The sign
will be taken down Tuesday night
at 6 o'clock and everyone who has
not signed by that time must get
in touch with Marjorie Easta
brooks at the Coliseum.
Last Appearance
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"Jug" Brown, athlete par excell
ence, who performed in the togs of
a Cornhusker at home for the final
time last night on the Coliseum floor.
Brown, with three years of football
and basketball to his credit, with the
honor of having served as football
captain, has a record at Nebraska
which few will equal. Always cool
and resourceful, and taking imper
turbably whatever fate offered,
"Jug" has won an enviable place in
the hearts of Huskers fandom.
LECTURE SERIES
BEGINS TONIGHT
C. Petrus Peterson Will Talk
On "Law" in Auditorium
Of Social Sciences
BEGINS AT 7 O'CLOCK
C. Petrus Peterson, city attorney,
will speak on "Law" this evening at
seven o'clock in the Social Sciences
auditorium. This is the first of a
series of lectures on "Vocations" be
ing sponsored by the Federation of
Church Workers.
Addresses on "Business," "The
Teaching Profession," "Medicine,"
and "The Ministry" by representa
tives of the respecti'-e professions,
will follow on succeeding Wednesday
evenings.
Another session, not included in
the original list of lectures, has been
planned for April 4, according to
F. W. Leavitt, president of the fed
eration. The Fubjcct, "Self-Analysis,"
will be presented at that time by Dr.
Charles Fordyce, Professor W. F.
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WRITE-UPS DUE AT
YEARBOOK OFFICE
Organizations Must Have Material
Ready at Once, Announces
Editor Wallace
Organization write-ups must be
handed into the Cornhusker office
immediately, was the announcement
Tuesday by Dwight Wallace, editor
of the 1928 year book. So far, few
write-ups hnve been handed to the
editorial staff and the presses are be
ing held up for the material.
The write-ups are to include a list
of members, the officers, and a 250
word writing containing the objects.
purposes, activities and when and for
what they were established.
These write-ups must be in not lat
er than Wednesday. They can be
turned in during the afternoon at the
Cornhusker office.
Syracuse Fraternities Voluntarily
- e r W . Am
Abandon Outdoor
Syracuse, N. Y., February 28
Comparatively few Hill freshmen
will bo forced to perform this year
the emharrissing i,i.d supposedly
"clever" stunts which have provided
amusement for the campus in previ
ous years during fraternity initiation
periods, a poll of the presidents of
the various Greek chapters yesterday
revealed.
Outdoor rough-house during "Hell
Week" preceding the formal initia
tions is rf.,-5dly Lfcnking tlijk-t it
far as Syracuse fraternities are con
cerned, if the number of chapters
which have abolished the practice this
yes..- is a true indication.
The belief seems to bt fast spring
PRICE 5 CENTS
PIONEERS FALL
BEFORE ATTACK
OF NEBRASKANS
Husker Basketeers Win Last
Game of Home Season
By 35-16 Score
GRACE LEADS IN POINTS
Captain Elliott and Brown Tie
For Second Honors in
Last Appearance
(By Doug Timmerman)
Completing the 1928 home cage
season, the Nebraska basketeers de-
eively won from the Grinnell Pion
eer team 35 to 16 on the Coliseum
court Tuesday evening. Ahead by a
12 to 8 score at the half, the Huskers
started the second half with a basket
barrage that soon doubled the score.
From there on the home cagemen de
voted their energies to defensive
tactics to keep the Pioneer score
comparatively low.
No scoring was made until five
minutes of the initial half had gone
by. Both Brown and Grace missed
several attempts at the basket and
it remained for Krall to furnish the
first marker by counting on a free
toss. .
Lead Changes at First
The lead varied during the first
half and Grinnell was out in front 8
to 7 as the end of the half approach
ed. However, the home team arllied
and added five markers by virtue of
baskets by Gracei and Olson and a
free toss by Brown.
Starting the second period with a
rush, the Huskers forged ahead of
the Iowa opponent and baskets by
Elliott, Brown and Grace gave their
team a lead which the Pioneers tried
in vain to overcome. "Harv" Grace
scored the first three baskets of the
second canto. Toward the end of
the tustle, Brown called a double
foul on Coggeshall and Gohde, both
of the players making good on their
gift toss.
Elliott Plays Well
Tom Elliott turned in an excellent
game at the center and forward po
sition. His efforts garnered 8
points for the Huskers while Grace
contributed 9 points to maintain the
fast pace he has been setting for the
last three home games, and again
lead the Huskers in scoring. "Jug"
Brown also got 8 points and exhib
ited his best floor game of the sea
son in his last home game for the
Nebraska basketeers. Elliott also
donned the Scarlet suit for the last
time in Tuesday's tilt.
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WORLD FORUM WILL
HEAR DR. PFE1FFER
"Can War Be Outlawed" Is Subject
Of Associate Professor of
European History
"Can War be Outlawed" will be
the subject of a talk to be given by
Dr. Laura B. Ffeiffer, associate pro
fessor of European History in the
University, before World Forum this
noon. This talk will be an introduc
tion to the conference to be held at
the Y. M. C. A. next week-end deal
ing with 1he subject "The Outlawry
of War."
Doctor Pfeiffer received her Ph.
D. degree at Isiebraska and first
taught here in 1903. In 1916 she
was chosen associate professor of
the department and since that' time
has occupied that position. "I will
talk about the historical background
and the status of world peace," stat
ed Doctor Tfeiffer Monday after
noon. "I wish to discuss the past
and present situations in regard to
the outlawry of war."
This talk bears relationship to the
one given by Rabbi Solomon .E. Star
rels last week, in that it is in ac
cordance with the move for contin
ued peaoe and prosperity. The talk
by Rabbi Starrels had to do largely
with the proposed League of Nations
while this talk will be on the sub
ject, "Can War be Outlawed?"
rrooation Actions
ing up among the fraternities that to
make the neophytes appear ridiculous
to the outside world serves no pur
pose except possibly to humiliate the
freshmen and to make the individual
chapter seem even more absurd to
the public.
Abolishing the outiidc wrk d(r
not indicate the lessening of th2 in
door iniatioon in the least. Several
fraternities which keep their initia
tion period guarded secret are
?nriwji pam th noFt strcnos
sessions within the chapter houses.
Paddles will swing as freely and as
hard as ever in practically every
housj.
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