The Daily Nebraskan
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
LINCOLN. NF.mUSKA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1929.
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K-AGGIES SCORE
HUSKER INVADERS
Manhattan Paper "alU Nebraska Sliidenta Poor Sports
For Tearing Welcome l'laga From Poles in Day
Of ;ril Contest With K. S. A. C.
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CHANCELLOR BURNETT REPLIES TO CIIARCES
Hooter on Special Train (Jet Additional Hlume for
Pilfering of Silverware in IMarynville Depot
During Brief Stop on Way Home.
Regret (lint .YIrn.ska sttiilrnt who iitlrnuYil t lie K-Ajtk''
game Nov. 'J:i cxliiliilptl acls of dVprrtJiitioii and rowdyism i
expressed by L'liiiii:rllr H. A. Itnrnett in a Idler sent to tlio
.Morning Chroiiielo of Manhattan lifter two -litori:ils appeared
in its columns cliHipiiif? a iiiiihIht of 1 1 nskrr rooters with ioot'
fportsniHiiship in trarinK down nnd cjirrviiig nwny wcioiuni!
flags from poles In the buslnesso -
section of Manhattan.
Nebraska boonters on I he Corn
husker special train are marks for
further criticism. They are blamed
for looting the ITnion Pacific depot
at Maryavllle, Km., of silverware
and sugar bow In during: a brief
atop on the five hour Journey back
to Lincoln.
When railway officials Informed
V. C. Harprr, assistant dean of
aludrnt affairs, that the depot
lunch counter had been stripped of
ita table service, he urged all stu
dents on the special to leave their
booty and plunder on the train. A
large number did aa requested but
the Marysville depot Is still Incom
pletely stocked with knives, forks,
spoons and sugar bowls.
Chronicle Is Indignant.
The Morning Chronicle became
indignaul In Us editorial and news
columns on Nov. 26, because of
the acts of alleged depredation
committed by certain members of
the group of rooters that followed
the Nebraska football team to the
Kansas Agin stadium, on Nov. 23.
The Cornhusker rooters were ac
cused of "poor sportsmanship."
and were accused of adding "in
' suit to Injury." ,
' "Some of the Nebraska rooters
who attended the football game
here Saturday did not play fair,"
said the Chronicle In Its news col
umns. "They added insult to in
jury." Victory Not Enough.
The Nebraska delegation was
accused of not being satisfied with
a victory on the football field,
thereby clinching the Big Six
championship, but that they "tore
some of the street banners from
the poles in the business district
and carried them back to the Com
husker lair as souvenirs."
But the next time the Cornhusk
era come to Manhattan for a foot
ball game, the rooters and team
will not be greeted and welcomed
with banners and decorations, ac
cording to front page comment in
the Manhattan Chronicle.
In the editorial columns of the
Chronicle, the Nebraskans were
accused of being poor sports. "It
takes a lot to satisfy some people."
commented the newspaper. Be
sides carrying away the champlon
ahlp of the Big Six football race,
the Comhusker rooters "took
along a half dozen of the street
flags belonging to Manhattan
merchants, as souvenirs."
"If the Comhusker backers bad
taken their souvenirs from the
college there might have been a
certain amount of excuse for it,"
said the editor. "Such things are
done between colleges, it is re
gretted. But it appears to us that
the Nebraska fans showed mighty
poor sportsmanship in tearing the
flags off the poles on downtown
streets."
It was granted, however, in the
editorial columns of the Chronicle,
that the Nebraska delegation, as a
wbole, displayed only the best of
sportsmanship. As far as the edi
tor knew, the same friendliness
still exists between the two col
leges as before the game.
University Freshmen
Continue V Meetings
Freshmen in the University of
Nebraska will resume their Y. M.
C. A. council meetings this week.
frr-hmen In the downtown school
'Vwlll meet Wednesdny night at 7
o'clock at the Temple under the
leadership of C. D. Hayes, univer
sity Y. M. C. A. secretary. Agri
cultural college freshmen will meet
Thursday night at 7 o'clock at the
agricultural college.
'INSULT TO
' th, inlloiLina article appeared
front w - Tc 7t.oT.tory in the
A'M'""emonhe Nebraska rooters who attended the football game
tha football game, thus ruining the Kansas JP ?L 'e?.
of the street banners from tha poles in the business district ano i car
(ril them back o the Comhusker lair aa souvenirs. Those banners
weVth pn of Manhattan merchants and were ; ut up by these
mth.nt? a .re for the purpose of welcoming tne Nebraskans.
Seh"ofth. banaTwe"., WJS
ara considerably peeved over the action of the Netanarita fans, severs
Manhattan merchants vow that the next time twT'"
fan. come to thla city there will be no banners of welcome along the
Manhattan streets."
Xvhratkan l.it Big
Six Star for 1929
The Dally Nebrasksn,
through its iportt editor. Jack
Elliott, today announces its All
Big Six team (elections. Four
Nebraska men place on the
first team and three on the sec
ond. Listing of the Big Six
team as chosen by Elliott and
an accompanying story may be
found In the sports section of
this issue.
RRE COSTS ALPHA
THETA CHI $15,000
Saturday Morning's Blaze
Almost Traps Two
Of Members.
Fire starting on the second floor
of the Alpha Tbeta Chi house,
1806 D street, early Saturday
morning, did damage estimated at
$15,000 and forced two members
of the fraternity to do the human
fly stunt to get out of the con
flngration. Gerald rhillippe and Howard
Johnston were the ones trapped
on the third floor of the house in
the sleeping quarters. The stair
way was afire and they climbed
down the outside of the house to
safety.
The fire was discovered at 8
o'clock in the morning by Bernarr
Wilson who woke up when he
smelied smoke. It started in the
study rooms on the second floor.
Firemen confined the flie to the
back part of the house.
Considerable damage was done
by fire and smoke on the first
floor. Members of the fraternity
resumed occupancy of their home
Monday.
B.8F.
Downtown Clothiers Will
Continue Business
In Dugout.
Announcsment of the sale of
the stock and fixtures of Bennett
and Flugstead, clothiers, to Ma
gee'e ' Inc., was made Monday
morning by Elmer Magee. The
formal transfer of title was made
Monday although negotiations
have been going on for some time
according to Mr. Magee.
Magee's will continue to operate
the store under the name of Ma
gee's Campus shop and the store
will sell clothing for college men
exclusively according to plans
made known Monday. The shop is
between Eleventh and Twelfth on
R street directly across from the
university administration building.
Frank Rowland of the Magee
firm will be manager of the
campus store. Bob Bennet of the
old firm of Bennett and Flugstead,
will continue to work in the store.
Harry Shearrer will also work in
the shop.
Bennett and Flugstead opened
featuring clothes for university
their establishment two years ago,
men.
INJURY'
under the above caption on the
Mornina Chronicle of Manhattan,
MILITARY PARTY
OPENS
WINTER
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Orchestra and Decoration
Announcements Aid in
Ticket Sale.
DUCATS JELL RAPIDLY
Students May Dance Until
12; All of Coliseum
To Be Used.
'With most of the laoo tickets
issued for the Mllitarw Ball. Dec.
6. already sold, a capacity at
tendance is assured for the open
ing scclal event of the J92fl-l:i0
foimal season,' according to Al
fred Wadlelgh, chairman of ticket
sales.
I Wadlirgh states that sales car
ried on by senior officers In tne
reRimcnt have been boosted re
cently with the announcement of
the orchestra and plan of decora
tion. Although o" definite check
can be made until each cadet of
ficer checks in nt the military de
partment office, 'present indica
tions, the ticket manager stated,
are that the tickets will lie hard to
get by Friday evening.
As "the plan of decoration to be
used will allow the use of the en
tire coliseum floor for dancing,
more tickets have been Issued, and
fraternities are buying them in
lots for distribution among their
members. Traditional as the first
formal event of the school year,
the Military Ball will be chaper
oned by Col and Mrs F. F. Jew
ett. Capt. and Mrs. R. G. Lehman,
and Capt. and Mrs. K. C. Flegel.
Cadet officers who have checked
out tickets to sell are to remit all
cash to the military department
oftice as soon as the tickets are
sold, so as to afford a definite
check on" the ftumber or tickets
sold.
According to the plan already
announced, dancing will be allowed
until 12 o'clock, the music to be
furnished by Leo Beck and his
orchestra, augmented to thirteen
pieces. Adequate checking facili
ties will he instituted to prevent
loss of time nnd clothing, accord
ding to the military department,
the plan of which will be an
nounced later.
EXTENSION DIVISION'
PUBLISHES REVIEWS
The first issue of volume two of
the Education Research Record
has been issued by the university
extension division. Articles per
taining to education in its many
phases are reviewed by William
Young; Vesta M. Torngate, gradu
ate student in education at the
university; Rena Clingman; H.
R. Best, and Rollin M. Falk. Book
reviews are made by B. C. Hen
dricks, associate professor of
chemistry; and Dr. Harlan C.
Koch, professor of secondary edu
cation in the university.
PRINCESS
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KSt&Z&rSZ Ruth H Uton oT Uncoln "JTcU honor last
Gamma sorority.
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GEORGE GILLESPIE.
University of Nebraska senior
anil member of Sigma Nu frater
nity who died In a Hastings hospi
tal' lale Monday afternoon as a
result of Injuries sustained in an
automobile accident near Hastings
Sunday night.
pm ci ii initiates
i;k;iitki;n Monday
following dinner
At an initiation of new members
Into rl Chi. national psychology
fraternity, hold Monday evening,
the following were taken into the
organisation:
Charles Pearson, graduate stu
dent: Miss Mary Hem man: Gor
don Barclay, assis'snt instructor
In psychology; T. H. Miller;
Charles Sines. '30. Omaha; Ruth
Savin, '30; Nora and .Toe Hunt,
graduate students of Scottshluff;
H. D. Epp, graduate stmiont from
Henderson: Ethel Fitssimmons:
Philip Scott, "I0. Lincoln: Ruth
Otley, '30, Wavcrly; Dorothy
Weaver, '32. Falls City; Grace Mc
Mahon, graduate student. Lincoln;
Emma Nelson, special student,
Bartlesville, Okl.; Mrs. Hsttie
Hampshire, gradua'.e student, Lin
coln; Mable Neale, '31, Fort Cal
houn, and Miss Helen J-leJl. ,
Following the initiation banquet
was held at the University club.
Chancellor Writes Manhattan Paper
Regarding Rowdyism of Husker Fans
Editor's note: The following
letter was mailed to the editor of
the Morning Chronicle of Manhat
tan by Chancellor E. A. Burnett
after he had read its comments on
the attitude displayed by some Ne
braska students in Manhattan the
day of the K-Aggte game, Nov. 3:
"I am in receipt of the Morning
-n.niii nnripr 'late of Nov. 26
containing two articles which in
iiiof rootprs from Nebraska
attending the Kcnsas Agqie-Ne-
braska football gime uesirojcu
and carried away property from
Manhattan which had been used
in the decoration of the streets to
welcome the Nebraska group.
i uarir mnr-h rnprpt. anv acts
of rowdyism whirh were exhibited
ry Nebraska supporters who were
In nllnnrlanrp St the EamO. If foot-
be.ll cannot be carried on between
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KOSMET'S REVUE
PACKS THEATER
OM THANKSGIVING
Kappa Alpha Theta Entry Is
Nebraska Sweetheart
For 1929-30.
GROUPS PRESENT SKITS
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Five Acts and Six Curtain
Numbers Feature Live
Entertainment.
kosmet Klub's Thanksgiving
morning revtio was presented to a
well-filled house at the Liberty
theater last Thursday morning.
Sealing capacity of the theater Is
about 1,200 and only a .'ew vacant
seals, most of those bring in the
gallery, could be discovered. Lu
cille 'Carrothers. a member of
Kappa Alpha Theta. was presented
and crowned as Nebraska's sweet
heart and princess of King Kos
met's royal court. Five acts and
six curtain skits were piesented by
different organisation snd Indivld
! uals. Some of the trading talent
j of Lincoln was represented In the
show.
The acts were presented by Al
oha Omicror, PI. Sterna Nu and
Kappa Alpha Theta. Sigma Alpha
Epsilon and Kappa Ksppa Gamma.
Delta Tan Delta and Delta Del'a
Delta, and Beta Thsta Pi and Al
pha Tan Omega. Cvrtain skits
were staged by the university
Dramatic club. Phi Mu, Alpha
Theta Chi Rhythm Boys, Lyle De
Moss, Marjotie Whiiney. nnd Dan
lelson and Danielson.
A lively color scheme featuring
the heart theme was used in the
grand finale of the fchow. The Al
pha O chorus was used as a sweet
heart chorus and assisted In pre
senting the Nebraska sweetheart.
Roger Robinson, king of Kosmet's
court sang "If I Were Your King
Forever." Maxine Mathers and
Grace Kalhan sang a number of
songs.
I different colleges with courtesy
and good sportsmanship on tne
part of both sides, then it would
be better to discontinue intercol
legiate footbnll altogether.
"Our students and Nebraska
supporters as a rule have, we be
lieve, been courteous and respected
the property rights of the cities in
which they were guests. I cannot
understand why on this occasion
they seem to have violated these
traditions.
"Will you say lor the faculty of
the University of Nebraska and
the athletic staff that we disap
prove of all such demonstrations
and will do our best to see that
they re not repeated.
I am,
Very sincerely yours,
"E. A. BURNETT,
"Chancellor."
KING KOSMET'S
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College Humor Civvt
Auguan Firtt Place
In Cartoon Contvtt
The Awgwan, discontinued
humor magaiins of th Univer
sity of Nebraska, ha bun
awardtd first plac for a car
toon appsaring In th October
Issue, In a contest conducted by
College Humor. Th winning
cartoon will be printed In th
February edition of College
Humor, according to a telegram
received Monday.
Th editor of College Humor
congratulated the.Awgwan en
th general excellence of Its
October number. A five hun
dred word history of th Aw
gwan will appear In th Feb
ruary issu of College Humor.
The telegram Indicated that
College Humor had not yet
learned of th discontinuance
of th Nebraska comic .magazine.
Westinghouse Man Plans
Talk for Students of
Electricity.
The American Institute of Elec
tricsl Engineers will hold a meet
ing Wednesday evening, Dec. 4. at
7 p. m. In the electrical engineer
ing building, room 104.
Dr. C. B. Roberts of the educa
tional department of the Wt.-ding-house
Electric and Manufacturing
company. East Pittsburgh. Pa.,
will give a talk on the opportuni
ties of engineering graduatea in
the Westinghouse company. He
will outline the branches of engi
neering that are open to the grad
uate student.
A film, "Hydro-Electric Power
Developments in the New South,"
showing the great hydro-electrical
project in the heart of the great
Smoky mountains of North Caro
lina will be shown at this meeting.
All electrical and mechanical
engineering students are requested
to attend this meeting. ... .
Dr. Roberts will be at the Uni
versity of Nebraska on Dee. 4 and
f at which time nc will interview
Junior and senior engineering stu
dents. All men interested in tak
ing the grariijate student course or
working during the summer with
the Westinghouse company should
see Dr. Roberts on one of the days
that he will be here.
SWKZEY OPENS I I .
OBSERVATORY FOR
STUDENTS TONIGHT
Jupiter will be observed through
the University of Nebraska's tele
scope, pending clear skies, al the
regular observatory open house,
this evening, between the hours of
7 and 10.
Prof. G. D. Swezay will lecture
at 8 o'clock on the subject "Blue
Skies and Red Sunsets," at which
time he will show how the colored
sliies at sunset are caused by the
uorting out of the different colors
in light by dust particles which are
the same size as the light waves
of certain colors.
COURT
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INJURY IS FATAL
TO NEBRASKA MAN
Minding Headlight of Approaching Car (latise Nnuli
Near Hastings; Two Other OrrnnanU of Car
Are Uninjured; Anto la Wreck.
MEN HEUK.MM; TO SCHOOL AFTER HOLIDAY
Student Well Known About Campus, Being Member
Of Many Organizations; Composed Theta
And Sigma Nu Skit in Kosmet Show.
SCENERY LECTURE
FEATURES SUNDAY
MUSEUM PROGRAM
A lecture on "Scenery." followed
by colored lantern slides Illustrat
ing the lecture, was the program
given Sunday at 4 o'clock at Mor
rill hall by F. G. Collins, assistant
curator of the museum. The slides
illustrated various scenes from
countries throughout the world.
Precedin, the lecture was a Ju
venile program at 2:4."i o'clock
with Miss Marjorle Shanafelt giv
inn an illustrated talk on "Indians
of the Plains," nnd showing a film
"Monarch of the Plains," which
told of the buffalo.
THIEVES LOOT HOME
Thanksgiving Robbery Is
Biggest Loss Reported
In Many Months.
Thieves entered the home of W.
W. Burr, deaa of tha college of ag
riculture, during Thanksgiving va
cation and took away rugs, cloth
ing, silverware and linen amount
ing in value to approximately
$1,000. The Burr home is located
at 1300 North Thirty-seventh
street. The ransacking was prob
ably done Wednesday or early on
Thursday morning.
The theft was reported to police
Thursday night by E. H. Burr,
1411 North Thirty-seventh street,
brother of Dean Burr, who discov
ered the break in when he went to
the latter' home to take care of
the furnace.
Dean Burr and his family were
visiting relatives in North Platte
during th Thanksgiving vacation.
They were notified of the robbery
Thursdayevening.
Chief of Police Johnstone said
Thursday night that the robbery
resulted in the largest loss re
ported in many months.
PERSHING RIFLES PLAN
Group Also Sets Time for
New Tryouts for All
Seeking Entry.
The Pershing Rifles will hold a
formal initiation and dinner at 9
o'clock Thursday, Dec. 5. at the
Lincoln hotel. Members of Persh
ing Rifles will be dressed in full
uniform for this dinner.
An important meeting of the
Pershing Rifles will be held in Ne
braska hall, Tuesday, at 5 o'clock.
Tryouts or the Pershing Rifles
are to be held the afternoons of
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, Dec. 3-5. on the drill field, at
5 o'clock. Those students unable to
enter the tryouts. held earlier in
the season, due to football prac
tice, or for other reasons requiring
their absence at that tim, have
an opportunity to try out on these
dates.
Hermann T. Decker, baritone,
instructor in the school of fine arts,
will give a recital at the regular
Tuesday morning convocation in
Temple theater, at 11 o'clock. Mrs.
Jean Decker will accompany him
on the piano.
'POOR SPORTSMANSHIP'
ft,- in,nn -,i..,i,nt on' Xebrmka routers at the A-4ptfie uame
is expressed under the above title in the lead editorial of the Morn
ing Chronicle of Manhattan for November 26.
"It takes a lot to satisfy some people. After the Neb-nska foot
ball team had defeated the Aggies Saturday, some of the Cornhusker
rooters, leaving town, took along a half dozen of th street flags be
longing to Manhattan merchants, aa souvenirs.
i "The flags were put on the streets as a welcome to the Nebraska
people. They were the property of local merchants. ... It appears to
us that the Nebraska fans showed mighty poor sportsmanship in
tearing the flags off the poles on downtown streets.
"The Cornhusker team won fairly and squarely from the Aggies.
We hava heard no alibis from Aggie fans. A couple of thousand
people came here from Lincoln and Manhattan was glsd to nt'UhJ
them. Even when two of them were more or less inebriated and fell
into the clutches of the law here the police Judge paroled them from
their fines and from serving Jail sentences. The Nebraska team and
the fans who accompanied it showed for the most part the best
sportsmanship. ..."
o George IT. Gillespie of Omaha.
twenty two year old senior la th
college of engineering of the uni
versity, died tn the Mary Lannlng
hospital at Hastings a few min
utes before 5 o'clock Monday aft
ernoon as the result of an auto
accident Sunday night. His death
was caused by a fractured skull
which he sustained when the Buick
sedan in which he was riding with
James and Robert Stuckey of Lex
ington overturned west of Hast
ings. Neither of the Stuckeys was
hurt. The accident occurred about
7 o'clock Sunday night,
i Gillespie and Robert Stuckey,
who is a freshman in the univer
sity, were returning to Lincoln
after spending Thanksgiving vaca
tion in Lexington. James Stuckey
was driving them as far as Hast
ings where they were to board a
train for Lincoln. About two and
a half miles west of Hastings
where the D. L. D. highway curves
and crosses tha Burlington rail
road, Stuckey ws blinded by the
lights of approaching cars. He
slowed down and turned out to tha
side of the road. In turning out,
however, the back wheels of the
car caught in a shoulder of loose
dirt recently thrown up on the
edge of the road. This drew the
rest of the car tn and rauseii t
roll down' an embankment at the "
side of the road. The rar turned
over once, hit a guy wire to a tele
phone pole and threw all the occu
pants clear.
Skull is Fractured.
Gillespie's skull was fractured
behind the left ear and be also
suffered a bruised chin. The
Stuckeys were only slightly
bruised. Gillespie and his compan
ions were picked up by a passing
car soon after the accident occur
red and rushed to Mary Lamiing
hospital in Hastings, where the
services of two physicians were
employed. The fracture was of
such a nature that it would not
permit operating and be wss given
two hours to live. His death did
not occur until twenty-two hours
later, however.
The Buick sedan in which the
boys were riding was almost a to
tal" wreck, according to James
Stuckey. He said that almost
everything except the. motor was
badly damaged and that a thou
sand dollars would probably be re
quired to repair the car.
Parents Go to Hastings.
George's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
G. H. Gillespie of Omaha, were no
tified of the accident after it hap
pened and immediately left for
Hastings. Claude Gillespie, broth
er of George and a sophomore in
the university, was also notified
and drove to Hastings with a party
of Sigma Nus Sunday night. Both
Gillespie and James and Robert
Stuckey are members of Sigma Nu
fraternity.
Gillespie was a popular and well
known student at the university.
He was formerly a member of sev
eral honorary organizations, in
cluding the Green Goblins society
when it was on the campus. Ha
was a member of the Blue Print
staff, college of engineering publi
cation. His most recent activity
was the writing and directing of a
skit which was produced by mem
bers of Kappa Alpha Theta and
Sigma Nu In the Kosmet Klub
Thankseiivng: morning revue. The
skit, known as "The Dangerous
D. IT." was well received and ac
claimed by all who heard it as a
clever and original piece of work.
George is survived by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Gillespie,
and one brother, Claude. Funeral
arrangements have not been an
nounced yet.
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