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0 HE AIEY1 iEBRASKAN VOL. XXVII, NO. 141. THE UNIVEESITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1928. PRICE 5 CENTO D PUBLIC ATTENDS ANNUAL DISPLAY OF ENGINEERING Large Crowd Fills Various Buildings to Capacity At Open House DEMONSTRATIONS MADE Week of Festivities Will Be Concluded by Banquet At Lincoln Hotel In spite of a heavy rain that came out of the dark clouds, between 3000 and 5000 people passed through the doors of the various .. engineering buildings. The doors were opened at 7 o'clock and in the midst of a down pour people could be seen hurrying to the various buildings located on the northern portion of the campus. The Engineers' banquet which will be held today and which will climax the big week will be held in the Ven etian room of the1 Lincoln hotel at 6:15 o'clock: The expected attend ance to this affair is around one hun dred and seventy-five. Mayor la Toastmaster The toastmaster for the. evening is Mayor Verne Hedge who will be in troduced by Edward Jolley, last year's Engineers' Week chairman. Mavor Hedge is a graduate of the department of electrical engineering. Other events of the banquet are the presentation of the civil engin eering award which is presented an nually by Prof. C. E. Mickey; the (Continued on Page 2.) Dean Ferguson '"'" miii V ; i i fry O. J. Ferguson, dean of College of Engineering, which is holding its an nual Engineers' Week. He is a na tionally known figure in electrical engineering. In February he attend ed a meeting of the American Insti tute of Electrical Engineers in New York city. Dyer Makes Lucky Guess, Cits Council Pas Mian Eugene Dyer is to be the rep resentative from the College of Dentistry on the Student Council for the coming year, as the result of settling the tie for the position between Dyer and Donald H. Por ter. Both candidates for the position met in the lobby of the Temple with James Jensen, chairman of the council and Professor Lantz, lulty adviser. A coin was flipped to decide the question, Dyer mak ing the lucky guess. Both men received 42 votes in the election, and that would have been the deciding votes was given to a third party. Dyer is a mem ber of Alpha Sigma Phi and Delta Sigma Delta. OPEN NIGHT OF PHARMACISTS DRAWS CROWD 3500 On-Lookers View Eighth Annual Demonstrations And Exhibits NEW FEATURES SHOWN Experiments Are Performed - In Laboratories of Departments Farmers' Fair Scene CHEMISTS SHOW MANY EXHIBITS Professors Direct Displays And Give Demonstrations To 10OO People PRE-MEDS MEET IN OMAHA TODAY Large Number of Students Will Be Entertained on Annual Inspection Tour PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED Official program of events for "pre-med" day at Omaha today has been issued by Dr. H. W. Mantner, pre-medic adviser to all students ex pecting to attend. According to Dr. Mantner, "at least 150 men and a small number of girls in the nursing course will atend." The program is as follows: 9:00 InsDection of College of Medicine laboratories and hospital. 10:15 Clinics, University hospital amphitheaters. 12:30 Luncheon, University hos pital dining room. 1:00 Address of welcome, Dr. J. Jay Keegan, dean (dining room.) 1:45 Baseball,. Elmwood park. A. O. A. vs. S. O. L. Pre-meds vs. Freshmen Medics.- Dr. Mantner stated that all pre medics who intend to make the trip are" to register at the college office. Admission to clinics and entertain ment will be by badge only. Badges (Continued on Page S.) Chorus Will Appear At Convocation Today University Musical Organisation Will Present 'Hiawatha's Wedding Feast' at 11 O'clock University chorus, under the direc tion of Howard Kirkpatrick, will sing "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" this morning at 11 o'clock' in Memorial hall. The tenor parts of this selec tion, which was written by Coleridge Taylor, will be sung by Walter Wheatley. The chorus will be accompanied by an orchestra of seventeen local mu sicians. "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" is a musical setting of the well known poem by Longfellow. EXPERIMENTS ARE MADE Professors in the department of chemistry directed displays in the Chemistry building last night to ap proximately 1,000 persons. The dis plays were held in conjunction with the exhibits of the College of En gineering and Pharmacy. Prof. C. J. Frankforter gave two demonstrations in the chemistry au ditorium. His first experiment was with thermite, and consisted of the reduction of iron oxide to iron by heating the oxide tcv a temperature of from 4,500 to 5,000 degrees, with aluminum. Processor Frankforter Demonstrates In showing the uses of thermite, Professor Frankforter cut a piece of iron under water, welded a slug of iron on a plate, and cut a hole through a . steel plate. Following this he produced a chemical volcano by reducing ammonium bichromate oxide by heating. The oxide formed . . . - . i i. i a miniature ioumain wnen neaieu, and the residue amounted to seven or eight times the original amount of oxide. Dr. B. C. Bren, in charge of the organic chemistry laboratory, showed those assembled the fundamentals of (Continued on Page 2.) Scholastic Contests Will Be Tomorrow Medals and Scholarships Will Awarded Winners in State Academic Meet Be Approximately 3500 people crowd ed Pharmacy Hall Thursday evening to view the exhibits prepared for the eighth annual pharmacy night ex hibit. Several new features were shown, and music was furnished were shown, and music was furnished by a specially organized orchestra Farmers Fair Pageant comP8e& ' students of the college Professor Taylor Will Stage Horse Show at Fancy riding horse show of Farm' ers' Fair, to be held Saturday, will feature Professor Emeritus W. G, Langworthy Taylor. Professor Tay lor retired from the teaching staff in 1911 after teaching economics in the university from 1893 to 1911. Professor Taylor's avocation dur ing his leisure hours has been his hobby of horsemanship. He is the author of a book on "The Saddle Horse," published two years ago. Rinro Vila Tonicm Atinn Prnfpasnr Taylor has written a book on "Credit Peia that Published in Augsburg, In one laboratory the processes gone through by the pharmacists in preparing his various products were shown. Among the processes demon strated were those of comminuation solution, extraction, infusion, and decoctions. The finished products were shown put up in solutions, mix- tures, powders, syrup, capsules, oint ments, cachets, elixirs, pills, lini merits, petroxolins, oleoresins, mucil ages and glycerites. A synthetic copy of a pharmoco p.m.;:- r' wn wm wm 4 i: Farmers' Fair, annual event of the College of Agriculture, will be Sat urday, May 5. It will feature1 exhibits, present a pageant, offer dancing and many other forms of education and amusement. The above picture shows the crowd at the dance pavillion at last year's Fair. Systems," released in 1916. He has also written numerous magazine ar ticles on horsemanship and in 1925 he wrote a very valuable book entit led "The Saddle Horse," which was published by Henry Holt and com pany. "Shibam" Will Perforin Saturday afternoon Mr. Taylor will give a performance with his purebred Arabian stallion "Shibam." He has spent much time in training "Shibam," who is now recognized as a cultured horse among horsemen. The exhibition that he and his horse will give includes a wide va riety of high school acts: galloping showing right and left lead, galloping sidewise, Spanish walk, cake walk or Spanish trot, traverse and reverse, pirouette, courtesy (bowing) and other things. Germany, in 1564, was exhibited. It was from this copy that all other sim ilar books of its kind have been de veloped. It is a catalog of all formu las used in former times. Practical Application An exhibit showing the very prae tical application of pharmacy was the pharmaceutical testing demonstra tions. How both food and drugs are tested for purity was shown by the demonstrators. The pharmacy dispensary was open for the public's inspection. This department is operated by the Col lege of Pharmacy, and it fills all pre scriptions ordered by the Student Health Office for students, at cost, An exhibit of mcompatibles, or compounds that ,cannot Jje mixed by (Continued on Page 3.) LARGE CROWD GOES TO AG PEP RALLY College of Agriculture Promotes Celebration to Boost Annual Event MAY BREAKFAST WILL BE SUNDAY 4 Many Co-Eds and Mothers Are Expected to Attend Morning Fete What was undoubtedly the pep- SPONSORED BY Y. W. C. A Social Sciences building will be tli acme of activities in the sixth annual Nebraska Interscholastic con test all day Saturday, when high school students representing every part of the state will take competi t.ivo examinations for models and scholarship awards. Interest centers about the new academic pentathlon, the contest cor responding to all-around competi tions of athletes. The five highest students in the pentathlon will be nwnrded freshman scholarships in the Univetsity. The results will be announced and th medals awarded in the Social Sciences auditorium at 3:45 o'clock, The program of events, with room numbers where examinations will be held: 8 o'clock English composition mi; Fnirlish literature. 101: 9:30 Alcebra I. Ill, and TV, 302; Geom etry, 801; Trigonometry, 301. Amer- (Continued on Page 2.) Eneincsrn Till Have Aeroplane to Experiment on, Bat Not to Play in Editor' Note! Below the second of a series of short ar ticles concerning; various campus developments which have al ready been started, or are planned for the future. (By Maxim Hill) A new single-seater aeroplane will be in use for students of mechanical engineering next year, although the men will not be allowed to take a merry gpir, when they desire to be free from classes. The machine will be used only ,'or testing in laboratory Work, and -will remain upon the ground accoiding to acting Dean J. W. Haney oi.' the department of me chanical engineering. The aeroplane is a part of the equipment used !n the new labora tory to he built up in the basement of the Mechanical Engineering build ln8 whin the military department, h'ch now occupies this space, is toved Into Andrews hall. ' Seven aeroplane engines have been re ceived from the government and new altitude meters and air speed meters will be used in aeronautic tests. Give Practical Tests "We are sure to keep our car and the boys at home by giving practical tests in ,vtomotive engineering, within the laboratory," declared Mr. TTnnpV. A complete car will be used in this department and students will get a working knowledge in testing in? eii transmission and thu assembled car separately, all done on a testing block with no danger cx a spin, or an arrest for speeding. By second semester -ext year me new laboratory will be .eady for use, although it takes some time to secure equipment and to build up such a de partment Increased facilities of such a laboratory make it possib.e to add new optional courses of practical training in steam power, automotive and aeronautical engineering. piest meeting held at the College of Agriculture this year took place at the Ag hall last night Over 300 people were present. The College of Agriculture band played as the crowd was gathering. Harold Marcott lead the group m several agriculture yells. After this Anton Frolik, treasurer of the board of managers, who was in charge, in troduced Gladys Renfro, who ex pressed the opinion that an unusually large crowd would attend the fair as it has been very well advertised. Prof. H. J. Gramlich, chairman of the animal husbandry department, said that all indications point tow ards an unusually good fair this year. Snorpheum Orchestra Plays Among the several skits which f ol- One hundred and fifty girls and their mothers are expected to be pre sent at the "May Morning Break fast" which is to be held at Ellen Smith hall, Sunday morning, May 6 at 8 o'clock. The breakfast is an annual affair when former Y. W. C. A. staff mem. bers get together with the present staff members. The mothers of all the girls are cordially invited so that they, too, can become better ac quainted wit hthe work and the spirit of the association. Honor Advisory Board Not only staff members but all girls interested in the Y. W. C. A. are urged to attend. The members of the advisory board of the associa tion who may be in town, will be hon lowed, the eight-piece Snorpheum or- orei guests at the breakfast. cnestra piayea several very gooa se- Songa wm be led by Catherine lections. The Danielson twins and Beekman, and members of the Ves- irea orau, aiso oi tne onorpneum, pers choiri Each member of the Y. A A. ! ill. A 1 I enieriainea me crowa wim a iumo- W. c. a gtudent cabinet will intro- Iing act. following victor bander's duca thfl membePg of heP Rtaff finH jig", the follies girls presented a briefIv .xnlain tha work nf w part of their coming show. This P'trt of the program received an es pecially large applause. Anton Frolik stressed the fact that everyone would have t be at work by 7 o'clock Friday morning and that - Saturday meant work for all Ags and Home Ecs. He said that ail classes on the College of Agricul ture campus would be excused Fri day and Saturday. Arthur Hauke, president of tha (Continued on Page 8.) group. The breakfast will be over in time so that any girls who have early Sunday school classes will be through in time to meet them. For convenience, all girls who ex (Continued on Page 3) MAY 10 IS DEADLINE FOR IVY DAY POEMS Graduate Finds Iridium Worth $300 an Ounce (By Harl Andersen) Results from four year's work, a tiny bit of silvery metal about the size of a tomato seed, was displayed by Mr. A. S. Carlson, down in Prof. C. J. Frankforter's laboratory in the basement of Chemistry hall Wed nesday. "That's a sample of pure iridium, worth three hundred dollars an ounce on the commercial market," stated Mr. Carlson, as he carefully refolded the speck of gray in its tissue paper wrapper. "Thi3 piece here is worth probably between fifty and seventy five cents." Is Nebraska Graduate Mr. Carlson is a graduate of the University of Nebraska, receiving his degree in 1910, majoring in chemistry and geology. Much of his time since graduation has been spent in re search work upon the platinum met als of the "rare earths" group. Since 1924, he has devoted his efforts to an attempt to ascertain the presence of these metals in the gravel beds near Newark, Arkansas. For years renowned chemists and industrial companies throughout the United States have worked to get this valuable metal from the Newark sands. One company, according to Mr. Carlson, spent over two hundred thousand dollars in this work, finally becoming insolvent, but failing to learn anything concerning the pres ence of the metal. "The difficulties are many and va ried," Mr. Carlson commented. "Fin ally a man by the name of Emerson from Massachusetts succeeded in get- (Continued on Page 3.) J 'CAPONSACCHI HAS LONG RUN Players Will Give Browning's Epic 11 Times in Lincoln; Go to Omaha May: 12 FINAL TOUCHES ARE PLACED ON FARMERS' FAIR All Committees Work Today In Preparation for Annual Event ALL DAY ENTERTAINMENT VESTAL GROUP HAS INITIATION SERVICE Thompson Will Attend Meeting a Advisers Dean T. J. Thompson will leave Wednesday, May 9, for Boulder, Colo., where he wil lattond the Colo., where he will attend the sociation of Deans and Advisers of Men, from May 10 to 12. The meeting will be a combined ses sion of the western and central sections of the organization. A discussion on the topic "Methods for Creating (Special Opportunities for Gifted Stu dents" will be led by Dean Thompson. The discussion will be concerned with the Various methods of creating and awarding of scholarships and honors to ex ceptional students. Mortar Board Sponsors Traditional Contest) Winning; Author Will Bo! Crowned Ivy Day poems must be submitted by May 10, according to Mary Kin ney, chairman of the Mortar Board committee. No limit has been set for the length of the poems. All university jsenioi's are eligible to compete ar.d the winning poem will apear on the Ivy Day programs. A tradition of long standing, the Ivy Day poem contest is an annual affair although it did not appear on the 1927 Ivy Day program. The win ning author is crowned by the May Queen and the winning poem is printed on the programs for the dsy. The poems will be Judged this year by Dr. L. C. Wimberly, Dr. Louise Pound, and Dr. F. A. Stuff, all of the English department. ! Honorary Arts and Science Society Admits Eleven; Symbolic Ceremony Is Held A beautiful symbolism wa3 por trayed in the Vestal initiation ser vice last night at n,uen bmitn nan, when eleven new girls were chosen as next year's members to this hon orary Arts and Science society. Dr. Hartley Burr Alexander, former head of the philosophy department wrote the manuscript for the service that depicted the spirit of wisdom and the seven muses of arts and sciences. The reigning spirit, Academe, en tered bearing the lamp of wisdom. The seven muses with their symbols grouped themselves in the back ground. The vestals, the guardians of the Lamp, bearing small unlighted lamps received the light at the altar, and were sent forth to select from the audience those who were to have the honor of becoming Vestata for next year. Grecian Dance Miss Sarah Vance played the harp during the candle lighted ceremony, While the ne w keepers of the Lamp were being selected, miss Margaret Dailey gave a Grecian dance, inter preting the ancient worship of Wis dom, and the portraying of the car rying on of the light through the years. The following are the newly init iated girls: Merian Wiggenhorn, France Holyoke, Elaine Haverfield, Margaret West, Helen Blish, Lyn dell Brumbach, Lydia Wagner, Fred rika Wagner, Gretchen Goulding, La verne Keetle, Helen Macftalty. . ACTING IS OUTSTANDING "Caponsacchi," dramatic presen tation of Browning's "Ring and The Book" played for the eighth time last night to another good house. Hart Jenks, member of the original cast and former member of University players, has done brilliant work as Caponsacchi, the priest. Josephine Logan-Jones as Pompilia, the young wife, whom Caponsacchi befriends, has been giving excellent perform ances. "Caponsacchi" will be given eleven times altogether in Lincoln. This is the most performances that any Uni versity play has ever had. The play is the heaviest piece of work from the dramatic standpoint and the longest play that the players have ever produced. Two Shows Today Three more performances will be held in Lincoln. They include a ma tinee Friday and an evening per formances Friday and Saturday. Caponsacchi will be taken to Omaha May 12 for an afternooi. and an eve ning performance. The Omaha pre sentation is being sponsored by the Alumni Club and the College Club. The Players have been asked to (Continued on. Page S.) Net Singles Meet Is Set for Wednesday Chancellor Burnett Talks to Alumni Group Chancellor Burnett addressed a grroup of ahirani of tha University of Nebraska at fecumseh Thursday evening. The banquet at- which Chancellor Burnett spoke was the first meeting of a proposed aiumnl organization to be established at Te cumseh by university alumni resid ing there. Chancellor Eurnett re turned to Lincoln immediately after the meeting. V. Royce West, editor of the Ne braska Alumnus, accompanied Chan cellor Burnett to Tecumseh. Open Tourney Will Be Held for All University Men Except Varsity Squad Members An open tennis singles tournament will be held Wednesday, May 9, ac cording to an announcement by Jimmy" Lewis yesterday. Any man of the University, not a member of the varsity squad, will be eligible for the event. Entries will be received in the athletic office until the day before the meet starts. Tennis games on the interfrater- nity program were postponed yester day because' of the scheduled games between Nebraska and South Dako ta universities; Games for today and tomorrow follow: Interfrat Games Friday south court, Phi Delta Theta vs Delta Sigma Phi, 1 to 2:30; Farm House vs Alpha Gamma Rho 2:30 to 4. North court, Beta Theta Pi vs Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1 to 2:30; Sigma Alpha Mu vs Phi Kap pa, 2:30 to 4; Theta Chi vs Tau Kap pa Epsilon, 4 to 5:30. Saturday Pi Kappa Phi vs Delta Tau Delta; Delta Chi vs Delta Up silon; Sigma Chi vs Pi Kappa Alpha; Lambda Chi Alpha vs'Phi Gamma Delta; Sigma Phi Epsilon vs Phi Sig ma Kappa; Alpha Sigma Phi vs Delta Sigma Lambda; Alpha Tau Omega vs Omega Beta Pi; Phi Kappa vs Sigma Phi Epsilon. Thousands of Spectators Are Expected to .Witness Pageant Tomorrow Tomorrow is the day that Farmers' Fair will take place. Today will see the parade floats completed, the ex hibits set up in the student activities building, the dance floor carefully laid, the stands for the barbeque. yellow dog, hamburger, built, the re maining tents erected, the live stock groomed for exhibition, and the final touches added to miscelleaneous other things. Several of the largest tents have been up for several days, the fence about the campus has been intact for a week, loads of construction mate rials have been delivered to the fair grounds. Everything points to a bigger and better fair than has ever been held before, according to Arthur Hauke, chairman. Students have been utilizing their spare time for the last week in pre paring for the big event. All classes will be excused today on the Agricul tural campus and the students will begin in early morning to put on an intense campaign of final prepara tion. The old power house on Ag campus, used by Ormand Benedict and Henry . Eeachel as materials headquarters, has been a center of intense activity for several days. Today will see the climax reached and final check taken of the mate rials used. The parade preparations are progressing better than ever be fore, according to Robin Spence, chairman of the parade committees. Eight new International motor trucks have been in the Machinery Storage building since the fore part of the week where carpenters have (Continued on Page 2.) R. 0. T. C. INSPECTION WILL BE MAY 14, 15 Showing Made by All Branches Will Determine Possibility of Blue-Star Rating Inspection of the university R. O. T. C. unit will take place May 14 and 15. All branches of the units will be thoroughly tested by inspec tion officers, and the showing made will determine whether the blue-star rating will be retained by the univer sity for the coming year.' The program for the inspecting of ficers for Monday morning includes a call to the chancellor s onice, in spection of juniors and seniors in theory, an exhibition by seniors in the use of the 37-MM. gun and the trench mortar. Juniors will be In spected in field engineering. Parade Monday Afternoon On Monday afternoon the entire regiment will take part in'a parade, and a selected company will perform in an exhibition in close order drill. Other activities will include extend ed order drill, pitching shelter tent3, calisthenics, guard mounting by the Pershing Rifles, and military sketch ing and machine gun drill by the juniors. Tuesday morning, Company B will engage in tactical exercises. The freshmen of the company will be in spected for scouting and patrolling while the sophomores will be inspect ed in musketry. Seniors will be test ed in combat principles. In the af ternoon Company C will oe inspected in theory, automatic rifle, rifle markmanship, military hygiene and first aid. Hart Jenks Talks Informally About His Role as an Actor in Interview "What do I do with my spare time?" Hart Jenks laughed. Per haps he wasn't expecting such a question. "Well," he continued smiling, "I enjoy reading books, biog raphies, and plays. I used to be in terested in athletics, when I was in school, but now my time is pretty well taken up, you know." HartJenks is known to all follow ers of University drama. Three years ago he played regularly with the University Players taking leads in a number of productions. This week he is back again with the Play ers, playing the leading role in "Cap onsacchi." To one who has never met Jenks, he makes a striking ap pearance; a man whose pleasing smile and voice betray the fact that he is an actor, a dramatist. He sat back in his chair with his arms thrust from cut hi3 slicker, e.s it had been rainy that afternoon. "Golf T" Another lauh. "No, thank goodness, my idea of golf is just to hit a ball around, lose it, and find it again, what's the difference?" Plays Many Parts When questioned in regard to the productions in which he has ap peared, Hart replied, "I played in Hamlet, Caponsacchi, Merchant of Venice, Enemy of the People, and the Immortal Thief. I was a mem ber of Walter Hampden's stock com pany. Hampden played the part of Caponsacchi whilo I played "Tomma ti," the chief Judge, in that produc-. "Hampden operatca a permanent company at hia theater on 62 and Broadway, run fa the same stylo C3 those by Mansfield and Booth. I! attempts to put the best he can h,'. his productions, in an effort to rti drams, and not as a money-n1.;.:-.! scheme." Jcnka coHttotse i chv-m -.-Uonally, UU ta tVu!; ris ers and their production of C..:-. .- sacchi. I think, in ::-..?. rc.-.-ct t.--, it