1 HE I
JAILY NEBRASKAN
TxxvnTNO. r43.
V Jf .
DOPE IS UPSET
IK INTRAMURAL
BALL TOURNEY
Unexpected Strength in All
Leagues Stirs Interest
To High Pitch
HEAVY HITTING IS SHOWN
Plans Are Nearly Complete
For Championship Meet
Between Winners
(Br Jck Lowe)
Unexpected strength, flashed in
every league of the interfraternity
bgseball tournament has stirred inte
rest in this sport to high pitch, and
with the third week of competition
noW reached, pre-tourney dope and
prophecys have been thrown sky
ward. Both tremendous hitting and
invincible hurling have been offered
up in the games aireaay pmyea, in
dicating that contests in the cham
poinship league will be hotly contest-
,dAlpha Sigma Phi, present leader in
league 1 has but one more game to
win in order to cinch the title in that
bracket. The leaders have tucked
away three games, all with substan
tial margins, scoring 53 points to the
opponents one, and a victory over
Delta Chi this week will assure a
championship.
League Two Doubtful
Phi Delta Theta is setting the pace
in league two, holding wins over Del
ta Tau Delta and Thcta Chi. With
three more games to be played, how
ever, the winner of this league is still
doubtful. The Phi Delts are a tow
er of strength on the offensive and
have also turned in excellent records
in the field.
A three-cornered struggle, has re
sulted in league three between Farm
House, Sigma Chi and Kappa Sigma.
The situation will be relieved today
when Sigma Chi and Farm House
meet. Kappa Sigma has shown
strength at the plate in its three con
(Continued on Page 2.)
HORSESHOE FINALS
START THIS WEEK
Title Honor. Will Bo Determined
By Round-Robin Meet; Net
CUttie Continue
League winners having been deter
mined in the interfraternity horse
shoe tourney, championship contests
in these events will start this week,
according to James C. Lewis, intra
mural director. The title will be de
termined by a round-robin tourna
ment. League winners of the horseshoe
doubles meet who will vie for honors
are Delta Sigma Phi, Tau Kappa Ep
silon, Delta Upsilon, Kappa Sigma,
and Phi Gamma Delta. In the sto
ries tourney, Kappa Sigma, Delta
Sigma Phi and Tau Kappa Epsilon
will fight it out, winners of the other
leagues failing to report the results
of their games.
Handbell May Start
Handball doubles championship
fames may also be started this week,
authough titles in all the leagues
have not been decided. Alpha Chi
Sigma, Sigma Chi and Sigma Alpha
Mu have cinched their leagues but
the standings of Delta Upsilon and
Tau Kappa Epsilon, the other two
prospective finalists are not yet de
termined. Sigma Alpha Mu is fav
ored to carry off handball honors,
according to followers of the sport.
The tennis tourney is rapidly be
ing run off.
Tennis games scheduled for today
follow: north court, Sigma Phi Sig
ma vs. Pi Kappa Phi, 1 to 2:30;
Lambda Chi Alpha vs. Tau Kappa
Epsilon, 2:30 to 4; Omega Beta Pi
w. Sigma Chi, 4 to 6:30; south
court, Phi Delta Theta vs. Phi Sigma
Kappa, 1 to 2:30; Farm House vs.
Delta Chi, 2:30 to 4.
Andrews Hall Will Be Ready for Use
Vhcn School Opens Next September
Editor' Notei Below is the
fourth of a seri of short ar
ticles concerning various campus
development which have al
ready been started, or are
planned for the future.
(By Maxine Hill)
Andrews Hall will be completed
nd ready for use when school starts
"ext fall. Classes have been sched
uled for the English and classics de
Partments on the first and second
floors. The Dental college and cVmc
U occupy the entire third floor, ac
cording to reports from Dean Robb's
office.
The completion of Andrews hall
"arki another step in the building
Program of the University of Ne
braska. A new location for the clas
hes department has been needed for
owe time. The romance language
THE
I
Speaks in Chicago
Dean J. E. LeRossignol of the Col
lege of Business Administration who
returned Monday from Chicago,
where he represented the University
!of Nebraska at tha tenth anniversarv
of the American association of col
legiate schools of business, held at
Northwestern university.
LEROSSIGNOL IS
DINNER SPEAKER
Nebraska Professor Attends
Meeting of Collegiate
Business Schools
NORTHWESTERN IS HOST
Dean J. E. LeRossignol and Prof
O. R. Martin, of the College of Busi
ness Administration, returned Mon
day from Chicago where they rep
resented the University of Nebraska
at the tenth anniversary of the
American association of collegiate
schools of business, held at Wieboldt
hall, Northwestern University, May
3, 4 and 5.
The American association of col
legiate schools of business was form
ed ten years ago, with the University
of Nebraska as one of the founders.
The first meeting of the association
was held at Harvard University, Cam
bridge, Massachusetts, and one has
been held each year since then at a
different school. The next convention
of the organization will be held at
Chicago. ,
FINE ARTS SENIORS
PREPARE MD8ICALE
Program Will Be Presented Sunday
Afternoon at 2:30 in
Temple Theater
A program of instrumental and vo
cal music will be presented by sen
iors in the School of Fine Arts, at
a musicale in the Temple theater
Sunday afternoon, May 13, at 2:30
o'clock.
It is the plan of those who have
charge of the program to give a mus
icale in which all or nearly all sen
iors of the school may participate,
With this end in view the following
program has been arranged, in which
each of fifteen seniors presents one"
number.
(Continued on Page 8.)
Theta Sigma Phi Holds
Election of Officers
Theta Sigma Phi, national honor
ary and professional fraternity for
women in journalism, held its annual
election of officers Monday evening.
Frances Elliott '29, Omaha was chos
en president. Miss Elliott has been
active in the organization during the
present year, and has worked as re
porter on the Daily Neorasican.
Marjorie Sturdevant '29, Lincoln,
rhosn vice-president. The new
secretary is Harriet Ray '29, Lin
coln. Florence Seward, '29, Omaha,
was elected treasurer. Installation of
officers will be held 1 iday evening.
department will remain in University
hall where more room will ba avail
able to accommodate the classes.
Definite plans or arrangements
for the next building that might be
erected have not been made. It is
expected, however, that the heating
plant will some time be situated at
the extreme north end of the campus,
just south of the railroad tracks. A
new library and an Engineers' build
ing have been proposed.
The model of the campus plan has
tne library placed so that it centers
on Fifteenth street, with the Idea
that that street will be cut through
to the state capital. Mr. Gilbert
Doane, university librarian, ex
pressed the opinion tht plans for a
iibrary are so far In the future, In
.. . xv. tnr a new bu;ld-
??: rhVl it raj 'not coincide with t. I
- y-
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA,
BIZAD STUDENTS
PLAN BIG DANGE
FRIDAY EVENING
Beck's Orchestra Will Provide
Music for Final Event
1 Of Annual Frolic
TICKETS ARE BEING SOLD
Sports Program Will Follow
Barbecue; Faculty Will
Race Seniors
Arrangements for the "Bizad"
dance to be held at the Lindell hotel
Friday May 11, have' been completed,
according to announcement by Wil
bur Mead yesterday afternoon. Leo
Beck's orchestra will play for the
party which will be a feature of the
annual Bizad day.
.Entertainment will be furnished at
the intermission by Harriet Cruise
Kemmer, who will sing a group of
songs. Emerson Smith and Warren
Chiles will present a number of hum
orous selections.
Ticket sales which were begun
Monday morning have been very
good, according to Mr. Mead. Mem
bers of the ticket committee will be
selling the pastboards today and
Wednesday. All students in the Col
lege of Business Administration are
urged to get them as soon as possible.
The first event of the day's pro
gram will be a parade through the
business section of the city. The pro
cession will be headed by a band,
mounted on a large truck.
Sports events will begin at 10:45
o'clock with a baseball game be
(Continued on Page 3)
Profs Offer
Suggestions
On Vacations
"Huh! I don't care how the stu
dents spend their vacations," ans
wered Ray Ramsey of the depart
ment of dramatics when the ques
tion of how University students
shudents should spend their vacations
was put to him.
Mr. Ramsey then munched on an
other salted almond from the bag in
his hand and continued: "I think
that most of them had better spend
the time recovering from their vaca
tion." "For the benefit of that one over
there," said Mr. Schramm of the de
partment of geology, pointing to a
lad who was busy making up his
back work, "I would say that the stu
dents should spend their vacations at
hard work."
Mr. Schramm then continued,
(Continued on Page 2.)
"I
BIG SISTERS PLAN
TO HOLD INITIATION
Rites Will Be Performed at College
Of Agriculture Thursday
Following Supper
Big sister board initiation for the
five hundred big sisters who were re
cently selected will be held at the
College of Agriculture campus
Thursday, May 10, at 5 o'clock. Any
other girls who are interested in the
work of the bisr sister board are
urged to become big sisters and at
tend the service.
Dorothy Norris, president of the
big sister board wlil preside at the
initiation service and will be assisted
tv the members of the board. A
picnic supper will be served at 6
o'clock.
Tickets for the affair are fifty
cents and may be obtained from Miss
Appleby in Ellen Smith hall or from
Dorothy Norris in the Home Econom
ics building at the College of Agri
culture campus. They should be se
cured by Tuesday night.
The following committees are in
charge:
Picnic, Geraldine Heikes and Dor
othy Norris.
Tickets, Charlottes Joyce and Ma-
linda Keller.
Ribbons, Blanche Farrens and
Catherine Hill.
'Bunch You Mavericks9
Cries Bulletin Sent Out
To University Alumni
"Bunch, you Mavericks!" cries a
bulletin being sent to university
graduates announcing the annual
round-up being held May 24, 25, and
26 by the Alumni association. Most
of the bulletin is written in the lan
guage uf tho raugo tri-stfir.g the
Cornhusker "yearlin' steers, horny
old bulls and mooin' calves" back to
their home corral. A detailed ac
count of the round-up program is
also included. Illustrations by Oz
Black and a couple of cows branded
with a large U. N. dicmia tha 1
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1928.
1 1 441'
ypCHCAGO HA6
HIGH SCHOOLS WILL
DEBATE THURSDAY
Twelve Teams, Winners of District
Tournaments, Will Meet to
Decide Championship
Twelve Nebraska high school de
bate teams, ten representing out-
state schools, one from Creighton
Prep, and one from Jackson high
school, formerly University Place,
will gather in Lincoln this week-end
to decide the championship high
school debating team of Nebraska.
District winners this season are:
Sidney, Hastings, Beatrice, Fremont,
Friend, Cozad, Geneva, Norfolk,
Hartington, Jackson (University
Place), Creighton Prep, and Grand
Island. These twelve teams will
bring approximately fifty debaters to
the twenty-first tournament of the
Nebraska Debating league, of which
Prof. H. A. White is president and
Prof. C. K. Morse of the Nebraska
School of Agriculture at Curtis, secretary-treasurer.
Hastings, contender for the title
this year, carried off the honors last
year, winning from Fremont in the
final contest. Fremont is also rep
resenting its district in the tourna
ment. First-round contests will be staged
Thursday evening with six contests,
three debates will take place Friday
morning, semi-finals Friday evening,
and the finals Saturday morning at
9:80 o'clock in Morrill hall audito-
. . ii - rr.i .1
num. JJeDaters win meet inursuny
afternoon for a group picture.
Professors, professional men o
the city, and intercollegiate debaters
will act as judges of the contests, an
effort being made to provide one of
each classification for each debate
of the tournament.
Miss Connell Receives
Appointment in College
Miss Jessie F. Connell who re
ceived her master's degree in econ
omics at the January commencement
has been elected as assistant profes
sor of economics in Marshall college,
West Virginia for the coming year.
Miss Connell's home is in Newport,
Nebr. She has continued with her
studies in the economics department
the last semester.
Dr. Chpp Will Teach cf
Cornell Daring Summer
i
For the second consecutive
year, Dr. P.. G. Clapp of tho x.ni
versity physical education depart
ment, will teach in the summer
session at Cornell university,
Ithaca, New York. Dr. Clapp is
weii-known in the field of gym
nastics, and will teach both theory
practSro in the eastern school.
a'MUWStlSaWMW
Coming "R" Way
ITS) ;
TRUCKMEN
Remains Will
Be Offered At
Fire Auction
Purported remains of Kosmet
Klub's 1928 musical show supposedly
gathered by sorority girls will be auc
tioned off at the co-ed Kosmet Klub
bridge benefit Saturday afternoon.
Proceeds from the bridge benefit and
auction sale will go to the Klub's
fire debt fund. At 2:30 the bridge
benefit will start, Venetian room,
ballroom and mezzanine of the Lin
coln hotel having been secured for
the affair.
"Rare relics, such as lace from
Kappa formals and corners from Pi
Phi wardrobe trunks will be auc
tioned off to the highest bidders,"
announced a committee member.
Sororities on the Nebraska campus
are cooperating in this bridge bene
fit to aid Kosmet Klub in the pay
ment of their Playhouse fire debt.
Co-eds of Greek-letter standing will
search amid the ashes of a once-fam
ous Playhouse for articles of interest,
and present them to patrons of the
bridge benefit.
A meeting of sorority committees
and delegates is scheduled for this
evening at 8 o'clock. Co-eds work
ing on various bridge benefit com
mittees will convene at the Delta
Gamma sorority house to make ar
rangements for special features of
the benefit. All tickets must be
turned in at that time, according to
Blanche Farrens and Lucille Ref
( Continued on Page 2.)
Elizabeth Wright Will
Give Recital Tuesday
Student With Gertrude Kmscella
Will Present Program in
Temple Theater
The junior recital of Elizabeth
Wright, student with Hazel Gertrude
Kinscella will be given at a Univer
sity convocation in Temple theater
Tuesday, May 8, at 11 o'clock.
The program will be composed of
the following numbers:
Beethoven Sonata Op 31, No. 1
First Movement
Bach Bourree in G Minor
Chopin ....Mocturne B Op. 32, No. 1
Chopin Military Polonaise in A
' " Op 40, No. 1
Debussy Golliwogg's Cake Walk
Schumann Romance Op. 28
Grainger Country Gardens
Sigmc Delta Chi Will
Hold Meeting Tonight
James E. Lawrence, managing ed
itor of the Lincoln Star, will speak
at a regular meeting of Sigma Delta
Chi, this evening. The society will
have dinner at the Delta Tan Delta
house, 9nd th wetting will fe'low.
lilSP
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK
MEN GATHER HERE
Entries Indicate Largest Tourney
Ever Held; Smaller Schools
Are Favorites
All eyes of ardent high school ath
letic followers will be turned towards
Lincoln and Memorial stadium Fri
day and Saturday of this week when
prep school track and field men
gather for the twenty-sixth annual
interscholastic track and field cham
pionships. Present entries indicate
that this year's meet will far surpass
previous meets in the number of par
ticipants. Meets held throughout the state
the past two weeks give promise of
some new records as several high
school stars have already broken pre
sent standing marks in early season
participation. Several present record
holders will return for their particu
lar events and with the added amount
of material predominate throughout
the state several new marks will no
doubt be placed on the records after
the last event has been run off.
Record Books Are Revised
The record . books have been re
vised somewhat after practically
every previous meet and this year's
event looms as another record-shattering
classic. Attempts to better ex
isting records will share the spot
light with the battles for team cham
pionships in the three sections of the
high school meet.
Competition will be keen in all
classes with last year's winners and
runners-up returning with strong ag
gregations. Smaller schools will prob
ably share the largest part of the
(Continued on Page 2.)
Prof. Keim Offers 13
Day Tour of Nebraska
Agronomy Field Trip Covers Points
Of Interest in Different
Sections of State
Prof. F. D. Keim of the depart
ment of agronomy, University of Ne
braska, is offering a field course
during the second term of summer
school. The class will leave Lincoln,
Monday morning, July 16, and re
turn Saturday, July 28. This course
is listed as Agronomy 103 and is
called "Field Studies in Agricul
ture." ;
Professor Keim plans on covering
about 1700 miles. A southern route
will bo token aewps tha Ftata tc
Kearney, studying climate and its re
lation to vegetation; from Kearney
to Gothenburg, sub-irrigation prob
lems, especially alfalfa, will be the
chief object of study. The canyon
country south of Gothenburg will be
visited and a stop made at tha North
(Conti!iJ on Faff .)
PRICE S CENTS
COUNCIL ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS
FOR NEXT YEAR
Larson Is President; Sturdevant
Dtayton and Kezer Fill
Other Offices
E. W. LANTZ IS ADVISOR
New Body Will Assume Duties
For Rest of Year as-Old
Members Retire
Eldred C. Larson, '29, Oakland,
was elected president of the Student
Council for next year at a meeting
of the newly elected council Wed
nesday afternoon in the Temple.
Other officers selected were Mar
jorie Sturdevant, vice-president;
Maurine Drayton, secretary; and
Munro Kezer, treasurer. Prof. E. W.
Lantz was reelected to serve as fac
ulty advisor for the organization.
All four officers elected were
hold-over members from last year's
Student Council, following the cus
tom of the last several years. Elec
tion of officers was conducted under
the direction of Janies H. Jensen and ,
Ruth Palmer, president and vice-
president, respectively of the retir
ing council. They also pointed out
the duties of the council and possible
avenues for new work.
Meeting Date Is Set
First regular meeting of the new
Student Council was set by Eldred
Larson for Wednesday at 5 o'clock
in the Temple. The new president
sat on the council during the past
year as the representative of the
College of Business Administration.
He was elected at the spring election
a year ago, practically without op
position, no other name appearing on
the ballot against him.
Besides being a member of the
Student Council Larson has also
served as business manager of the
Awgwan during the present semes
ter and as president of the j1' ior
class. He is vice-president of vik
ings, honorary junior men's organi
zation, which goes out of existence
(Continued on Page 2.)
HISTORY TEACHERS
CONVENE MY 11-12
Doctor Isidor Loeb and University
Teachers Will Be Feature of
Annual State Meeting
History teachers from colleges and
universities in the state will gather
at the university next Friday and
Saturday for the annual meeting of
the Nebraska History Teachers asso
ciation.
Dr. Isidor Loeb, dean of the school
of business and public administration
at Washington university, St.
Louis, and one of the organizers of
the American Political Science asso
ciation, will be the principal speaker.
Dr. Loeb's address will open the
meetings at 11 o'clock Friday in a
convocation at the Temple theater.
"Individual Rights and Modern So
cial Needs" will be his subject. He
will speak again on "Supreme Court
and the Constitution" at the annual
dinner Friday evening at the Uni
versity club.
Will Read Papers
Following a business meeting at
9:15 o'clock Saturday morning, the
history teachers will hear papers by
three University professors. They
are "Some Problems of Municipal
Government" by C. M. Kneier; "Ec
onomic Aspects of the Municipal
Subway" by C. E. McNeil; and "La
Chanson de Croisade" by John L.
LaMonte.
The closing program at 11 o'clock
Saturday will be an address, "Fed
eral Aid and State's Rights" by Dr.
Loeb.
Dr. Loeb is one of the prominent
political scientists in the country.
(Continued on Page 2.)
Holbert Will Present
Senior Organ Recital
Bernice Holbert of the class of
Edith B. Ross will give a senior pipe
organ recital Wednesday evening
May 9, at the University School of
Music, at 8:15 o'clock. '
Miss Holbert will be the third per
son this year to give a pipe organ re
cital. Observatory Will Be
Open Tuesday Night
The Observatory will be open to
the public Tuesday night, llay 8
from 8 to 10 o'clock, if the sky is
clear for a view of the triple star
"Mizar." ' n
Lecture on "Sunspots" at 8
p. m.
A fine group of sunfpots ron?
be seen at the observatory, Hay 8,
9, and 10 between 11 a. in. e'-J
2 p. m. if the sky is cau, accord
ing to Professor Svezcy.