he Daily Nebraskan
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1928.
"TolTXXVII, NO. 116
PRICE 5 CENTS
PAN-HELLENIC
GROUP PLANS
MAY BANQUET
Announcement of Scholarship
Standings of Sororities
Will Be Made
WILL PRESENT TROPHIES
Organizations Having Highest
Averages Will Receive
Silver Baskets
"May Day" will be the feature car
ried out in the annual Pan-Hellenic
banquet scheduled for May 1 in the
Coliseum. The announcement of
scholarship standings of sororities
will be part of the program.
One of the most colorful formal
banquets of the year will be held
when twenty-one tables for the
twenty-one sororities on the campus
will be laid for both active and alum,
ni members of Greek letter organ
izations. The banquet is usually at
tended one hundred percent by active
members of sororities.
One of the features of the May
Day banquet will be the revealing of
the large tablet bearing the names
of the twenty-one National Pan-Hellenic
sororities arranged in order of
their scholastic standing. The four
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LEADERS MEET
TO CHECK RUST
Convention at Ag College Ends
With Afternoon Session
And Tour of City
PROJECT IS EXTENSIVE
National convention of leaders in
barberry eradication, which has been
in progress all week at the College
of Agriculture, closed yesterday
afternoon with a session in the Plant
Industry building, followed by a tour
of Lincoln and surrounding vicinity.
The program yesterday morning
consisted of talks by E. A. Lungren,
Colorado; Lynn D. Hutton, Washing
ton, D. C, and P. W. Rohrbaugh,
Iowa. In the afternoon Mr. Hutton,
who is the national leader of bar
berry eradication, spoke again and
the closing address was given by
Dr. C. R. Ball, in charge of the of
fice of cereal crops and diseases,
Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. C.
Cooperates With Collefe
Barberry eradication is an exten
sive project under the direction of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
working in cooperation with the
state agricultural colleges and ex
periment stations, state departments
of agriculture.
Stem rust is a fungus disease
which causes tremendous damage to
wheat, oats, barley and rye. In 1916,
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Ad Club Is Accepted
By Alpha Delta Sigma
Local Chapter Will Be In.talled
In Few Week; Ha Handled
Publicity Program
Word has been received by mem
bers of the Ad club, that their peti
tion to Alpha Delta Sigma, national
advertising fraternity, has been ac
cepted. The local chapter will be in
stalled within a few weeks.
The Ad club has been prominent
in handling publicity for University
activities programs, signs, etc., for
Varsity parties and affairs of like
nature.
Three of the seventeen chapters
of Alpha Delta Sigma are found in
the Missouri Valley, all of them ac
tive in advertising work.
In a recent election of officers
James Pickering was re-elected presi
dent. Other officers are: Elton Fee,
vice-president; John Wylie, treasur
er; Lyman Cass, secretary.
'Observance of Lent Gives Fine
Unity to Churches', Says Leland
Editor 'Note: Tfci
third of rie of interview
with the University's student
paator concerning the Lenten
veriity life which will do ph-
HiKed by Tli Daily Neoraakaa.
(By Cliff F. SandaU)
"What impresses one in the grow
ing observance of Lent is thst year
year the churches more and more
etperienc t a f'.&a unity in this witter
t vital religion," said Dr. Dean E.
Leland, Presbyterian student pastor,
an interview Saturday afternoon.
"Eev. Pore and Rv. Erck have ex
plained in recent Issues ol The Daily
Vocational Expert Comes Here
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Mrs. Florence Robnett, managing
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Occupations comes to Lincoln under the auspices of the A. W. b. board.
She will hold a number of conferences with women students, in which she
will give detailed information concerning opportunities in specific voca
tional lines.
MRS. ROBNETT WILL
DISCUSS VOCATIONS
Director of Bureau of Occupation
Will Give Information on
Opportunities
Mrs. Florence Robnett, managing
director of the Chicago Bureau of
Occupations will be in Lincoln, Mon
day and Tuesday, under auspices of
the Associated Women Students
board, to give specific and detailed
information concerning opportunities
and qualifications in vocational lines
of interest to individuals.
Mrs. Robnett's program during the
two days that she is here will be as
follows: Monday Convocation, 11
o'clock. Temple: journalism, group
conference, 2 o'clock, Ellen Smith
Hall: library, group conference, 3
o'clock, Ellen Smith Hall; tea room
and cafeteria conference group, 4
o'clock, Ellen Smith Hall. .
Tuesday: laboratory conference
group, 10 o'clock, Ellen Smith Hall;
xpcretarial work conference, 11
o'clock, Ellen Smith Hall; College of
Agriculture Vespers, Student Activ
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WOMEN HOLD PLAY
FESTIVITIES IN GYM
Sixty Physical Education Major
And Faculty Member Are
Sophomore' Cuett
Sixty physical education majors
mnmhorn of the faculty of the
department of physical education for
women attended a play festivity giv-
in t lift women's eymnasium batur-
day afternoon. Sophomores of the
department were hostesses.
a nntrh them was carried out in
favor dances and in refreshments
which included root beer and pret
zels. A tap dance by Miss Dorothy
Babcock was a feature of the after
noon.
r..m;i tnr the affair were:
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general arrangements, Eleanor Dam,
Cornelia Weaver; invitations, ou
Hill, Louise Fugate; refreshments,
Edna Schrick, Delia Hoy.
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cance of Lent, so it is not necessary
foi me to ad a wnw mey po
explained," he continued.
For ft Cfcnrek Diffrjea
Throughout the country, according
to Dr. Leland, during the past few
i. and women, forgetting
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their differences of church, class and
creed have unconsciously united in
cooperative services of worship and
meditation. i y
i. .Ht.l in their litre, a
lng wnat w
simple recognition of Cod in prayer
and worship. . ..
"We are greatly inoeru "
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director of the Chicago Bureau of
PLAYERS OFFER
'OLD ENGLISH'
Galsworthy's Famous Drama
Of English Life Will Be
Given This Week
RAMSAY HAS TITLE ROLE
"Old English," John Galsworthy's
famous drama of English life and
business will be presented by Uni
versity Players Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday of this week, in Tem
ple Theater. The production will be
omitted Thursday evening, the reg
ular opening night, due to a conflict
with "II Trovatore."
The play is generally considered
the greatest of all Galsworthy's
dramas. It offers superb drama in
picturing the last days of one of
London's great men of affairs and
business. After spending all his en
ergy in driving his way to authority
by the strength of his own will, he
suddenly finds himself old, his em
pire crumbling beneath him, enemies
springing up ready to dispossess him
of all he has fought for and won.
The intense action from this point
on furnishes splendid opportunity
for the Players to present forceful
drama. The play is strong all the
way through, and offers some rare
acting opportunities to every mem
ber of the large cast.
"Old English" should mark one of
the high lights of the season for the
Players and their patrons, as they
have been anticipating the? produc
tion for more than a year.
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Scabbard and Blade
Pledges Twenty Men
Rough Initiation Will Bo Held in
Abont Two Weeks) Dinner
Dance I Planned
Scabbard and Blade, national hon
orary fraternity in the military de
nartmcnt. pledged twenty men this
week. Scabbard and Blade has been
established in the University since
1920. Rough initiation will take place
in about two weeks. The organiza
tion contemplates holding a formal
dinner dance Friday, April 13.
The following men were pledged:
Perry Morton. Harold N. Miller, Vir
gil C. Byers, Henry M. Celik, George
P. Davis, Robin A. Spence, Robert
A. Dobson, Clemens Ludden, John P.
McKnight, Bill Fleming, W. C. Ment
rer, Jr., Linn Twinem, John Trout,
Elton Fee, R. C. Miller, Fred Daly,
Aubrey Hurren, Arthur Ziemer, Ar
thur Schroeder, and Harry Partridge.
Dispensary Cares for
Many Influenza Cmses
From sixty to seventy cases of
influenza and grippe have been
cared for daily by the student
health department during the past
two w?ck. Nor tut the cases was
serious. Tho dispensary normal
ly cares for about thirty persons
dally.
'Artful Dress' Will Be
Museum Meeting Topic
The museum's weekly program
at 4 o'clock Sunday in Morrill
hall will be a chalk talk by Miss
Lavada Zutter and Miss Marjorie
Shanafelt, both of the museum
staff. "Artful Dress" is the title
of the program. The modes of
dress and their development to
the present day will be explained.
TOMAN LEADS
1929 MATMEN
Wrestlers Choose 158-Pound
Artist to Captain Team
Next Year
HAS TWO HUSKER LETTERS
Joe Toman, 158 pound wrestler
on the Nebraska varsity grappling
" squad was chosen
captain of the 1929
contingent last
week, according to
announcement yes
terday by Herbert
D. Gish, acting ath
letic director.
Toman, who hails from St. Paul
Nebraska, earned his second wrest
ling letter this year, by virtue of
steady performance in the Missouri
Valley matches. He has been one of
the mainstays on the team, meeting
defeat but twice during the past sea
son. Barring mishap, Coach Kellogg
is counting strongly on Toman to
uphold Nebraska's honors in the Val
ley championship matches next year,
which annually settle supremacy in
the conference. Toman is a junior
and a member of Delta Sigma Phi
fraternity.
Knickera Bring
Stocking Evils
To Husker Men
(By Bill McCleery)
"The black box just got a runner
in!" exclaimed an Alpha Sig. No
we're not talking about baseball, but
sine spring has started the knicker
(the k is silent like a Kappa in an 8
o'clock) fad the men are beginning
to have difficulties with the long-
stockings.
Nebraska has always looked with
disfavor upon knickers. It looks
now as if they had gained a foothold,
however, for we noticed somebody
besides the Phi Psis wearing them
yesterday. In fact everyone blos
somed out in them Saturday. It re
mains to be seen whether the nerve
will keep up and they will be worn to
classes Monday morning.
There are good features about
knickers (we just couldn't refrain
from putting a parenthisis here even
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BAND CONCERT WILL
HAVE TWO SOLOISTS
Soprano and Trumpet Solo Feature
Second Appearance Today in
University Armory
The University of Nebraska R. 0.
T. C. band, under the direction of
Prof. William T. Quick, will appear
in its second concert of the season
at the University Coliseum Sunday
at 3 o'clock, featuring Miss Vera
Upton, soprano soloist, and Mr. Ray
mond McCormack, cornet soloist.
The program:
1. Cornation March From "The
Prophet" Meyerbeer.
2. Valse Lento Sphinx Francis
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Stem Rust
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turo all lart wek. The project is under the direction of the U. 8. Department of Agriculture working in co
operation with state departments and sectional associations. The men whose pictures sppea- ebove are prom
inent in this work. They are: Dr. E. C. Stakman, black- stem rust expert, university oi minnwoia, tymm v.
Button, National leader of barberry eradication, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and Dr. C. R. Eail, in charge
of office of Cereal Crops and Diseases, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
KOSfflET KLUB
SELECTS MEN
TO MAKE TOUR
First Announcement Is Made
Of 'Love Hater' Cast; All
Are Declared Eligible
REHEARSALS OPEN TODAY
Entire Group Will Practice
Monday; Ten- Piece Band
Accompanies Troup
Final selection of the all-male
cast for "The Love Hater" was made
by the Kosmet Klub Friday. All
men whose names appear on the lists
which follow have been found schol
astically eligible to make the Kosmet
Klub tour during spring vacation.
The Cast of Character
Sylvia Sylvester, a former follies girl
Al Ernst
Madame La comtesse de Clairenne
Howard Payne
Phillip Cornell, a young college pro
fessor Jack Wheelock
Vernon Ladd, the professor's secre
tary Bud Bailey
Eleanor Harper, a young co-ed
Charles Dox
Mrs. Harper, her mother
Lynn Twinem
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STUDENT POLL
ELECTS HOOVER
Dawes Is Second, Smith Third ;
No Change in Order Is Seen
Since First Returns
INSTRUCTORS COOPERATE
Herbert Hoover increased his lead
in The Daily Nebraskan's presiden
tial preference race with the return
of Saturday's ballots and the close
of the "straw vote". Hoover's total
of votes is 757 as compared with
Charles G. Dawes' 366, and Alfred
E. Smith's 268. These three men,
the first two of whom are Republi
cans, led the University of Nebraska
poll.
Since the return of the first bal
lots no change in the order of the
presidential possibilities has occur
red. More than 3,000 ballots were
sent out by The Daily Nebraskan for
voting in 9 o'clock classes last Wed
nesday. Through the cooperation of
those instructors who had 9 o'clock
classes a vote was taken at the be
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Hoover Wins Student
Poll With 757 Votes
Herbert Hoover 757
Charles G. Dawes 366
Alfred E. Smith 268
Charles E. Hughes 236
George W. Norris 163
Frank Lowden 116
James A. Reed C
Charles E. Borah 42
Thomas J. Walsh 35
Charles Curtis 33
Edwin T. Meredith 16
Albert C. Ritchie 12
Oscar W. Underwood 10
Frank B. Willis 8
Vic Donahey 6
University Represented
At Chicago Convention
H. G. James, dean of the Col
lege of Arts and Sciences, W. H.
Morton, A. A. Reed, and F. E.
Henzlick represented the Univer
sity faculty at the Chicago meet
ing last week of the North Cen
tral Association of Colleges and
Secondary schools.
Experts Hold Convention
Ol DarDerry eramcaiion, nave peen
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SemW Commencement
Invitations Are Available
Commencement invitations will
be available at Long's College
book store and the Co-Op book
store on Monday, according to an
announcement by Ray Randels,
president of the senior class.
OTHMER IS NEW
CAGE CAPTAIN
New Pilot Has Served Two
Years on Varsity; He Took
Part in Most of Games
PLAYS ONE MORE SEASON
Kenneth Othmer, '29, Omaha, was
elected captain of the 1928-1929 bas
ketball team at a meeting of letter-
men held Thursday af
ternoon. Votes were
checked Friday and the
$ result kept secret un-
J til late Saturday after
noon.
The new captain has
been on the basketball
squad for the last two
years at a forward and center posi
tion. He participated in practically
all of the games during the past sea
son. Othmer is especially effective
on follow-in shots.
Played at Omaha
Flaying his rrep school basketball
at Omaha Tech, Othmer made the
team every year during his four
years in school. In addition, he par
ticipated in track and football at the
Omaha school, earning his letter four
times in each sport.
Othmer will play his last year at
Valley competition next year. In
case Munn, elongated center, is un
able to get in the game, Othmer will
probably be groomed to take his
place.
He is enrolled in the College of
Business Administration and belongs
to Kappa Sigma fraternity.
LARUE WINS STOCK
JUDGING CONTEST
Hedlund I Second, Mc Reynold
Third; Winner Have Name
Engraved on Plaque
Clarence LaRue, Curtis, won the
annual students' judging contest
sponsored by the Block and Bridle
club of the College of Agriculture,
Saturday, March 24. Glen Hedlund,
Chappell and Guy McReynolds, Fair
field were second and third, respect
fully.
The contest is composed of sopho
mores and juniors in the College of
Agriculture. They judge ten classes
of breeding and fat stock and reasons
are given on six of the classes.
The two high men of the contest of
all classes will have their names en
graved on a plaque, and tho high man
i of each class has his name engraved
on a separate plaque for that class,
horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs, liic-se
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Pops Win First Round
Game in Extra Period
An extra period was required for
Phi Omega Pi to nose out Alphf Xi
Delta, 29-26, In the first round of
the co-ed intramural volleyball tour
nament played Saturday afternoon.
In the same round Delta Zcta de
feated Alpha Delta Theta, 45-23.
Thi Omega Ti will meet Theta Phi
Alpha in the semi-finals Friday,
March 30, and Delta Zeta will fight
it out on the same date with Phi
Mu. The losing teams will play oft" a
consolation tournament. Finals in the
main tournament are scheduled for
March 31.
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145 STUDENTS
MAKE COVETED
AVERAGE OF 90
Four Undergraduates Maintain
95 Records for First
Semester 1927-28
WOMEN OUTNUMBER MEN
Barbs Lead Greek Members
By Two to One; Juniors
Win Class Race
One hundred forty-five undergrad
uate students of the University main
tained averages of 90 percen. 'or
the first semester of the 1927-28
school year, according to informa
tion announced by Miss Florence L
McGahey, registrar, Saturday morn
ing. Four students had averages of
95 percent or above.
Two men and two girls maintained
the 95 percent standing. They were:
Marjorie Ann Stuff, who carried
twelve hours with an average of
95.58 percent; Myron Otas Johnson,
who carried sixteen hours with an
average of 95.06 percent; Eleanor
Jean Paul, who carried fifteen hours
with an average of 95.0 percent and
Lynn Thomas Anderson, who car
ried twelve hours with an average of
95.0 percent.
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GRUMMANN WILL
EXPLAIN OPERA
Director of School of Fine
Arts Appears on Tuesday
Morning Program
TWO MORE ARE PLANNED
Prof. Paul H. Grummann, director
of the University School of Fine
Arts, will give an interpretation of
"II Trovatore", the opera which will
be presented by the Chicago Civic
Opera company at the Coliseum
Thursday, in a lecture at University
convocation Tuesday morning at 11
o'clock, in the Temple Theater.
Two more convocation programs,
which are open to the public, are
arranged. On April 5, Major-General
Harry A. Smith, commanding gen
eral, seventh corps area, Fort Oma
ha, will speak on "The Profession of
Arms and Leadership."
On March 30 Clayton Hamilton,
one of the most distinguished author
ities on the theater in America, will
deliver two lectures at the Temple
Theater. At 11 o'clock, he will speak
on "Oliver GoldHmith; His Plays and
Place in the Theater", and at 2
o'clock on "The Theater of Yester
day and Today."
Mr. Hamilton was for twenty
years lecturer on dramatic literature
at Columbia University, and has
been successful as a writer. His
"Manual of the Art of Fiction" is
accepted as a standard work and is
studied as a text in more than two
hundred universities and colleges.
BOXERS LAND K.O.
IH FINAL MATCHES
Winner Will Enter Omaha Try-out
For American Olympic Team,
April 13 and 14
Final matches in the all-university
boxing tournament were held yester
day afternoon at the Coliseum, fast
bouts characterizing the champion
ship conflicts. Two knockouts were
scored in the rattles, both coming
in the final round. All the fights
were scheduled to go three rounds.
In the 125-pound class, Dingman
carried off a decision over Toohey in
a rugged match. Both men were
laboring hard at the finish and seem
ed somewhat fatigued after two fast
frames.
Rock, 135-pound finalist, hung a
knockout on Cherry, the other as
pirant for honors. Cherry was down
three times in the final round before
Rock could land the K. O. blow. The
men fought on fairly even terms in
the opening round but Rock wore his
adversary down in the second with
several hard body punches.
In the 147-pound division Foet
kept up his string of easy victories
by kncoking out Freid In the thtrd
round. Freid was helpless before his
rugged opponent, fighting a purely
defensive battle throughout, and
was down several times in each
round.
Redd and Wilson in the 160 pound
bracket fought a lively batUe which
went an extra round, the decision go-
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eeivsd unfavorably by th ih
who thought Wi'son had held the tap
per hand in the deciding rvend. Tl:a
winner fought a cautious ::kt nr.d
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