ihe' Daily Nebraskan Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska VOL XXIX M). 1 1.1 LINCOLN. NFBKASKA. SI NI)Y. M V II. vmi VHU'A rivi: CUNTS. TION BATTLE LINES DRAWN FAC NEW LOAN FUND Crratm Lund IS CREATED By W. H. FERGUSON Donor Is to Contribute for Fund of $500 Annually According to Plan. WILL BE LARGEST GIFT Resources for Student Aid Now Approximate $8,400 Burnett States. Creation of a atudent loan fun.l to ba krown aa the "W. H. Fer funon atudent loan fund" by Mr. V. H. Ferguson, prominent busi ness man of Lincoln, was an nounced Saturday by Chancellor E A. Burnett. In establishing this loan fund II r. Ferguson baa made an initial donation of $300 and has signified his intention of making an addi tional gift of a like amount an nually. This la the first atudent loan fund to be created where the donor has signified bis intentions of mak ing additional donations each year, according to Chancellor E. A. Bur nett. Several donors of existing loan funds have reserved the right to add to their donations fmm time to time, but none have so in dicated this as has Mr. Fergusoa Will Ba Largest Fund. "Within a few years this stu dent loan fund will be the largest tingle loan fund under university control," stated the chancellor. "Between the annual additional contributions and the Interest earned on the loaned money, the Ferguson fund will make a very rapid growth." . He pointed to the fact that the original donations of $3,500 which inaugurated the student loan fund in 1911 have now reached a total of approximately $8,400, in nine teen years. The largest single do nation now under the controjr of the university for and loanable to students Is $4,600. .' Has Wlda Interests. '.According to the announcement, . the principal of the Ferguson fund will be available to students who "need a little help in order to help themselves to get a college educa tion." Mr. Ferguson came to Lincoln from Hastings in 1906, where he had engaged extensively in the elevator business, continuing the same work after moving to Lin coln. Later be sold his elevator interests and purchased the Yan kees Hill brick yards. He now also holds large inter ests in the Beatrice Creamery company, Capitol beach, Wood lawn dairy, and other Lincoln con cerns. He is a director cf the First National bank and a former president of the board of educa tion. He has extensive land inter ests in the state. At the Wood lawn dairy he has a large herd of purebred Holstein cattle. 1 x 7 7 Blue Shirt Platform MORE THAN W. H. FERGUSON. Lincoln business man who has created $500 student loan f und. According to Chancellor E. A. Tha blue abirt faction aska for tha support of the ntudrnt body to enable it to accomplish a constructive progiam in the interest f the students and the university. lis program la as follow : 1. Proper conflation and Integration of all student organiza tions and activities. 2. Definition and expansion of the powers of the Student council. 3. Promotion of an all-university spirit by rontetiug a mote in timate relationship between affiliated and unaffiliated student., i 4. Exertion of a maximum amount of self-government consm- I tent with tnt practical neceasltie nf univerMiy administration. i ft. Establishment of a center for student activities in a Student j Union building. j The blue shin faction makes its bid for student support, not on the basis of hypothetical propositions, but on the strength of what it hat actually accomplished and fostered during the past year through its preponderant majority members on the Student council, to allow the fullest and fairest expression of student opinion in the council, complete control of all atudent elections, solution of the i ally These accomplishments are well known: proportional representation problem, abolition of minor class offices, recognition of the Barb , constitution, recommendation of 12:30 week end nights for university women, and more positive aertlon of the Ideal of otudent self govern ment. ' AMEND D 48 WILL COMPETE L FOR OFFICE PLUMS PLAY DAY ANNUA Complete Program Under Direction of Bernarr Wilson. r Klrrliomrriiis WIIoh Jurkrl. Hlur Whirls IJ;iili I.mII lt Rrpin Tlii Etrninp; Will Continue I ill Clor of I'ollinu I inn eligimumes 01 candid aies ami; chlckld PENNANTS ARE GIVEN .Majority I u tion I il Ion;; IMalfWni Outlmina Sl;nil on (.aiiiHi liit; I m l ion I or liiiMrn To Make Ciilt EMmliiiin. Alpha Kappa Psi, Win Ball Games Faculty From Delta Sig. Girls. Burnett. Mr. Ferguson plans add each year to the fund. to I BIG SISTERS TO BE IIIWURSDAY Ceremonies Will Take Place On Farm Campus; Dinner Is Arranged. AT MANY AFFAIRS :Most Houses Arrange j Entertainment in ' Observances. for SOME EVENTS MAY 18; Council Will Examine Favtiitn Constitutions All members of the Student council are urged to be present at the meeting Monday at S o'clock in Temple building 205. Constitutions of the three ma jor political factions will be ex amined at that time. Other Important business will probably be taken up according to Ralph Raikes. president of tha group. IS MiSS JOYCE IN Formal initiation for all girls wishing to be big sisters next year will be held Thursday eve ning at 5 o'clock in the Student Activities building on the agri cultural college campus. In charge of the initiation is the Big Sister board with Charlotte Joyce, president, acting as chair man. Mrs. Herbert Gray, sponsor of the organization, will be present at the ceremony. Initiation will hA ir pMtm fnllnurinfl' tvhfeh a dinner will ba served outdoors UWh the weather permits. Tickets are being sold for sixty cents and may be secured from any member of the board, or at either of the book stores or Ellen Smith hall. The price Includes a twenty-five cent Initiation fee and the price of the dinner. . A program to follow, the din ner is to be arranged, but the whole affair will not last later than 8 O'clock. The Big Sister board sponsors the movement to help acquaint girls new to the school with their surroundings and . new routine. To this end. a party for big and little sisters is held during me first week of school to which all big sisters bring the girls with whom' they have corresponded durine: the summer. A go to church Sunday to be attended by both big and little sisters is an other event sponsored by the board in addition to several din ners and vesper services. By ADELE EISLER. Mothers will be honored by j dinners and teas by nearly all of r-HARfiF'tbe sororities and fraternities on i the entertainments have been ' planned for Sunday, May 18, rather than on May 11, the of-1 ficial day declared for Mothers! Site 0? Twenty sororities have planned ! 1520 a special recognition for their I A Inks AmOffD U'tH I IUU111C19. J-VIfllO - va-a$ entertain at a dinner followed 1 ' by a musical program in the j rnejT if. Tn nr e:n nnn afternoon for sixty-five mothers I LUi I lo I U DC today. Parents will be enter-: tained todav at the Alpha Delta ' jPi house With a dibner and pro Structure Is R Street; Will Face Mall. The construction of a new 50,0U0 home fo the Phi Mu so-1 , More than two hundred ttu'lrnt.i and faculty members attended the annual Bizad day frolic held at Antelope park Friday. 1 The tennis playets' were lamed I out at the courts at the park and were forced to retreat to the Coliseum. Due to limited quarters 1 the tourney could not he completed. The final rounds will be played during the firnt putt of the week. All other features of tie day. under the direction of Hernarr , Wilson as chairman, were run joti H2 scheduled. The crowd leathered at the park late in the morning wnen a ba.eDall game was played between the girls of the faculty "included In Phi Chi Theta and Girls' Commercial club and members of the faculty. The anie was won by the faculty by a score , Of 12 tO 8. i Jack Johnson of Rosalie, fresh- 1 man in the college of buainsss ad ministration, caused great amuse ment by 'winning the pie rating 'contest. He competed against a formidable field of contestants. which included two faculty mem bers. After the barbecue lunch served by Henry Strathman and uis com mittee, the annual baseball jjame was played between Alpha Kappa Psi and Delta Sigma Pi. Ihe game was won by Alpha Kappa fst by a score of I to 0. The golf tournament proved to( be one of outstanding events oi the as won by Clif- Karl ion h;i i iii'lcrni. nt ly. un! t luriliilil i ipiijitils for Minl nt imlitirnl oil BY POLITICUS. 'I flu ir in t i . uonn n M ii'h ills i1 In ii rhrrki l , Ii n llr.' tiir vtrt Mllilt I (XirrliM to lir nnr n (In ll '.".'i .-t Mil I'liwTsitv of .i iraka LMorv i i i t Tii' vhn ll.lr llllj on all , 'i mi lor l n? t li rti'iil, ill Tin- pulls will In- loratnl Kuniiini; for Office Entertain on May 18. Alpha Delta Theta has invited MISS TORGERSON TO GIVE RECITAL Beatrice Torgerson will present her junior vocal recital at the Temple theater, Tuesday morning, May 13, at 11 o'clock. Thursday, May 15, at the same hour, Dr. C. T. Uren of Creighton university will be the principal speaker at a health convocation. . a paixadian has annual banquet Saturday night The annual progressive banquet was given by the Palladian liter ary society girls Saturday night at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Hoptr4529 Holdrege; Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Brackett, 3230 Starr St.; and Mr. and Mrs. Will Russnogle, 1044 South 33. Past Season of University Players Proclaimed As One of Great Success; Eligibility of, Each Actor is Checked BY MOSELLE KLEEMAN With the last performance of "Hamlot" Saturday night, the University Players elosed one of "the most successful seasons f their career. ' , Several changes ' have been inauffurated this year. The opening hour Mas set at 7:30 p. In. to insure early closing plays, thereby allowing students, patrons and actors sui- '".lent nme for rest and study. A o varied schedule of plays ranging rrom light comedies to tragedies, was eiven filirirnr tho uaann Th PWfit making institution staging Profittaaking institution staging Uy the light, popular comedies, ut rather to educate the students Srami PUb'iC in tb trU spoken Actors Are Eligible. For the first time this year the "Udents appearing in the plays v been scholastically eligible, r? cePt for one play each season, "n alumni guest artists are in toiTrti.11 names for play casts it,,? T aPProved jby the dean of ""dent affairs, who determines eligibility of the members. Prumo 1,18 P188 have opened p,tP,Jy at every performance, seal, i" wre requested to take rivM Tf"1' balcoy K Uey ar" on lh Xf eir reservations were nt. i. main floor- were th.1i' ?y 016 "sners at the end of ! .,lrt act. "TUmlS Patrtna who attended fttur, Wer askd fiU in and 0Pioion?Uestionnaire8 "king their th J, on the new changes,, and tiont y favred the innova- "Hamlet- Outstanding. outju?,11"' has proved to be the "oaing success of the Players history. Hart Jenks, guest siar, who has just completed his second season 'with the Fritz Leiber Shakespearean Repertoire com pany and Miss H. Alice Howell, director of the Players lifted the production to the realms of the professional. People have come from all over ihe state to see the play, and so favorably has it been received that it will be produced May 17 at the Omaha Tech high school under the auspices of the Omaha College club. The otber plays given this sea: son have been various in type. "The .Royal Family," a sparkling comedy dealing with the domestic, life of an actor family was the opening bill. This swift comedy was followed by St. John Ervines somber drama of rustic life, John Fergiison." Than came Lady Windermere's Fan," Oscar W tides comedy of wit, revived to suit the spiritfof the modern theater pro duced 'an effect that was heartily ""sNew Year treat. Mr. Ray Ramsay returned in the role of the ..Queens Husband. Enter Madame" was next. It waa fo -lowed by that unusual drama about Robots, and life to come. R. L. r, .. rv i.ittip (lav Cart, was the seventh production furnishing an unusual and beautiful spectacle. the mothers on May 18 for dinner and a musical program. Out of town parents will be entertained with a dinner and an afternoon tea will be given for the parents ! living in town. ' Alpha Phi win commemorate Mothers ' day with a dinner for the parents May 18. Out of town parents will be entertained at a dinner, May 18. at the Alpha Xi Delta house, and an afternoon tea will be given for the parents. Parents will be guests at the Chi Omega house at a dinner held May IS. and a program will be furnished by the freshmen.- Delta Deita Delta will hor.o:' parents at a Sunday afternoon musical tea. Delta Zeta Mother club entertained out of town mothers at a luncheon Saturday, and a tea will be given for the mothers at the house. May 17. A dinner followed by a program has been planned by Gamma Phi Beta for the parents, May -18. Thetas Plan Program. Kappa Alpha Theta will ob serve Mothers day with a dinner and special program. A parents' dinner and a program will be given by Kappa Delta today. Kappa Kappa Gamma has in vited momers to a dinner at the house on the same day. Phi Mu entertained seventy- five parents at a Uinner, Sunday, Mav 4. Fifty parents are ex pected for dinner May 11 at the (Continued on Page 3. 1 iiority was begun Friday morning. Tne We w. rne nouse js nemg c-.ecu u. ford Jensen nfter a naiJ bat me university campus F'i ;tle against Russell Peterson' frty at 1520 R street, but it w 1 tne ninet($ntn noe linal j face the Fifteenth street mall, j round" Tne battle w93 tied I which leads to the proposed newilnree s at tne ,0,,, university library building, when : of tne sevnteentn hoi, jcn-! opened through from- R street Een Peterson and P. A.I north . Walter all being square. Walter j The house, according to Mrs. Ld droppecj out ot the race on the Weir, president or tne ni wj i seventecnth because of a par 6 on building association, a three story ; a par 4 nolv, jensen and Peterson brick structure with the chapter halved the eighteenth hole and room and dining room in the base- were f0rcej tu p;av the nineteenth raent, will be completed by tUe t0 decide the match. The two! first weelc in September so leaders tied with 77 for IS holes, that it will be ready for occupancy i an(j tne v,-innsr took the 19th in a ! when school opens next fall. par five. i la of English Design The dav was climaxed wilh a. The. structure which is to be at the Antelope park payil- .lh.ii,. firm nf Ro.-rv Mr. I Hon beginning at 9 oolock in the i a,";:; 'h7. . hmTw the ; evening, at which time the prizes plans for the building which will be ""P t0 the wluners of , the events. I The winners of the i events were awarded respective Nebraska of English design. The building op erations will 'be supervised by r- rt 1 . ....U : iVn?u D,urneu' K?" . j pennants with inscriptions which The house will be on the north ,hB fh,t raf.h sido of R street and east of the ! ntH proposed mall. The entrance will 'AI, tn award3 were givcn ex be on the mall signed to hjuse and their house mother, will have The bouse, de-i anf (h. u,wh ui I thirty-two girls ' t h . - u til the f'tnaI ruundS are played off. it is hoped that the i bedrooms on the second floor and I ,,,., .. ill drv suffirientlv study rooms and a dormitory on by lM Jlrst of the wcek s0 tnat ti,'e ! tho third. innrnnment can be finished. Other- Mrs. Ed Weir, president; Miss Ruth Nicholson, vice president; Mrs. R. F. Mallory, treasurer, ami Mrs. Karl Ebner. secretary are the officers of the Phi Mu building as sociation who have handled prelim inary arrangements for erection of the house. wise, the remainder or me inaicne3 wil b3 played in the Coliseum. EARLY REGISTRATION IS Fee of Three Dollars Will Be Assessed for Late Enrollments. Early registration- for the first semester of 1930-31 closed Satur day noon. No figures were avail able Saturday afternoon concern ing the number of students regis tering but reports earlier in the week indicated that the advance enrollment would be slightly higher than for the first semester of the current year. Registration is not complete until payment of fees is made next summer. The finance office will mail a statement not later than August 20 and all fees must be mailed in to the finance office not later than SepL 3. Otherwise a late registration fee of three dot lars will be charged. Students who were unable to see their advisers during the past week will have to pay the late registration fee of three dollars. They need not register, however, until next fall in the regular fresh man registration. Registration last week was in terrupted only by Bizad day Fri day and Journalism day Thursday. Students in those departments had one less day in which to work out registration. Offices of all deans were busy Saturday riorning with students getting in their schedules just before the Uea&fie which was at 12 , m. . T CORN COB DINNER , DANCE FOLLOWS j INITIATION RITES j 10 Corn Cobs held ther initiation of pledges Saturday afternoon in the Lincoln hotel ballroom. One pledge from each fraternity was initiated, besides representatives of the non-fraternity group. Fol lowing initiation a dinner was given for the new initiates, fol lowed by a dance. Forty couples attended. Economics Instructor Will j Study Government I Finance. 1 Vernon G. Morrison. Lincoln, in structor in economics, has been ap pointed research assistant in gov ernment finance at the University of Chicago for a term of one year beginning this summer, Dr. J. E. LeRossignol of the college of bus- This meeting concluded the pro-1 am r,r h. nroo n i 73 1 inn fnr the I oacuraaj . The research work will be in me field of income tax, property taxes or financial administration, under Dr. Simeon E. Leland. Mr. Morri son will work for his Ph. D. de gree at the University of Chicago. Mr. Morrison received his bach elor of science decree from Ne braska in 1925, was appointed the Miller & Paine scholar in business gram of the organization for the year, but' next week a meeting will be held at which time new pledges will be selected and tha work of next year will be out lined. Election of new officers will be held next fall. The present officers are: Stan ley Day, president; George Cook, vice president; Fred Grau, treas urer; and Don Carlson, secretary. TWO ALUMNI VISIT ENGINEERS COLLEGE Visitors at the college of en gineering during- the past week in clude George Bianigan, '27, who is an instructor, in engineering drawing at th'j Kansas State agri cultural college, and Edward G. Lantz, '24, assistant manager. Ce ment Products bureau. Portland Cement company, in Chicago. TWO GEOLOGISTS FIND POSITIOAS Former student geologists who have been permanently located re cently are John Regan. "30, who will be with the Continental Oil research for the year 1925-26 and took his master's degree in 1926. He has been part time instructor in economics and full time instruc tor. In 1926, he made a study, "The Influence of Automobiles and Good Roads on. Retail Trade Centers." SIGMA LAMBDA TO HOLD INITIATION TUESDAY EVENING Sigma Lambda, honorary art sorority, will hold its formal ini tiation and banquet next Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock at the Lincoln hotel. The following girls will be initiated: Alice Jean McDonald, '33. Om aha; Marianne Roe. '31. Beatrice; Irroa Randall. '33. Omaha: Adljn STUDENT COUNCIL. SENIORSATLARGE. (Men Two E'ected.i Homer Deadman, barb. Kenneth Cammill, blue sNrt. Kred Grau, blue shirt. Carl Hahn, yellow jacket. Don Maclay, yellow jacket. Alan G. Wil'iams, barb. (Women Two Elected.) Esther Gaylord, Independent. Lucille Ledwith, barb. Miriam Wiggenhorn, independ ent. ARTS AND SCIENCES. (Men One Elected.) Edwin Faulkner, yellow jacket. Robert Kinkead, blue shirt. (Women One Elected.) Marie Broad, barb. Mildred Dole,' independent. Gretchen Fee, independent. Virginia Guthrie, independent. Ruth Schill, independent. Evelyn Simpson, independent. TEACHERS COLLEGE. (One Elected.) Magdalene Lebsack, barb. Julia F. Simanek, Independent. PHARMACY COLLEGE. Dale Parker, blue shirt. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. (One Elected.) Ruth Jenkins, barb. Delphian Nash, barb. Gordon Nuernberger, independ ent. Kenneth Ueliling, yel'ow jacket. Boyd Von Seggern, blue shirt. ENGINEERING COLLEGE. (One Elected.) James Ludwickson, barb. j Robert Reynolds, yellow jacket. ' Marvin Von Seggern, blue shirt. SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS. Paula P. Eastwood, independent. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COLLEGE. (One Elected.) Loren Miller, b'ue shirt. Tyler Ryan, yellow jacket. LAW COLLEGE. (One Elected.) Carl Harold, yellow jacket. Walter Huber, blue shirt. GRADUATE COLLEGE. (One Elected.) Joe Hunt, yellow jacket. Albert Lightbody, independent. Gene S. Robb, blue shirt. SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM. (One Elected.) William McGaffin, yellow jacket ' Art Wolf, blue shirt. DENTAL COLLEGE. (One Elected.) , F!orenz Hopfer, blue shirt. PUBLICATION BOARD. SENIOR MEMBER. ' Neal S. Gomon, yellow jacket. Stanley Mengler, barb. Cy Winkler, blue shirt. JUNIOR MEMBER. Edwin Brewster, blue shirt. William Comstock, yellow jacket Howard Paine, barb. SOPHOMORE MEMBER. Don Easterday, yelJow jacket. Carl Humphrey, blue shirt. Duane Lyon, barb. ill til'' T lllplr illl'l ill t'" II ill 'i j o'clc.cU nnd cloj. at 5 o'cloi k. ftrr th' most impuilant Jib f .ill had been completed Saturda-. , that of ibecking hi the candidate as to then eligibility, it was found that four were eliminated from ;th rirg but thBt forty-eight weie still able to lert their streuglb at the ballot box. Members nf next jcar s Student nuncil nnd student publication board will be selected by the uni versity electorate Tuesday. A If . students from th; lowliest fresli 'rnan to the migaliest senior w;il ; be given a chance to voice their political pentirr.rnls at that time. Intense Campaigning. I Intensive campaigns have been planned hy all three of the factioi.a j in the field blue shirts, yellow jackets and bar'oj. Some of the fireworks will undoubtedly begin ! this evening and extend until late Tuesday afternoon when the fin ; ishing touches op the drive for voter; ill be put r-n Because of the Student council s rule cf long standing that n .campaigning -bfi allowed within I foily fxet of the polls it is ex pected th.it most of the "politick , ing" will be done prior to th? dawning of election day. The ni-Ii of having an election throw u out. with consequent evils attached to their records is probably th strongest reason for this feeling among the factions to abide by : Uic regulations. I Protection is to be piovidfJ fer each of the parties m order that there w ill be no misconstruction on the ultimate outcome of the I ballotmgs. As was the case in tht; last election, representatives from all camps v.nl ne present at ail times at the rolb and at the place where the votes are enumerated No Slush Funds. Another thing which muot be j Etnclly adhered to by all seeking 'place? in the election is the 'council's ruling that no campaign muney can be spe:it. The facl'ons ; have been fortunate in this respect, receiving assistance in their sere 1 nades and other modes of cam 1 paicning througn gratuitous serv ice;; of their affiliates. Candidates have filed for all fif teen of thf places open. Three of 'the positions entail two niemberj ! each senior men al large and s?mor women at large for the Slu , dent council sud junior arts and sciences representatives, one man ' ami ono woman. I More are in the rice fur sora. positions than others due to chgi bility reiiuiicments. The b!u shirts had candidate.-, in all port folios open to men while the yellow jackets bad in all except oae. be fore some were ejiminated from competiton through university re- I quiiements. Hahn Makes Statement. j The one place in which the mi nority fraternity group failed to place a man was in the represents- I live to be selected from pharmacy ! college. I "We felt that it waa imDosbible for us to get a representative man from this college," declared Carl Hahn. president of the yellow jackets, when questioned concern ing this Saturday. "Instead of putting up a man for political rea sons only we decided that it would be best for us not file any at all." For the first time in the past de cade, platforms for the variou3 (Continued on Page 3.1 company in Mexico, and John Moeller. 33. Luicom: &ara oreene. WKtt. who is in ths government j '33. Beatrice: Jane Rehlander. '3.1. engineering service and stationed j Lincoln: Constance Kizer, '33, Tip at Washington, Mo. I ton. Kansas. MANY UNIVERSITY . FUNCTIONS SHOWN IN NEW S PICTURE j Motion pictures of Ivy day, j Farmers fair and the dedication ! of the new Veterans hospital, were shown at the Stuart theater last ; week. The pictures of Ivy day in- j eluded those taken of the interfra-, ternity and intersorority sings; i carrying of both, the daisy chain i and the ivy chain; the procession leading up to the crowning of the May Queen, Miss Julia Rider of ' Lincoln; the planting of the ivy I by John Brown, senior president i and Robert Kelly, junior president ; and the presenting of Miss Elaine ' Haverf ield, writer of the ivy day poem. I The parade by the agricultural: college students that opened the j Farmers fair was shown. Pictures ' were also taken of the polo game and the may pole dance ant aesthetic dancing given by agri cultural students. Pictures of the new Veterans' hiripital were taken from an air plfcae. I Publication Board Seeks Applicants lor Staff Places Application for appointment to the following positions on student publications will be re ceived hy the Student Publica tion board until Thursday, at 5 o'clock. May 15. The Daily Nebraskan. Editor-in-chief. Two managing editor. Five new editor. Sports editor. Business manager. Three assistant business man ager. Th Cornhusker. Editor. Two managing editors. Business manager. Two assistant buiin-t man ager. Application blank may ba obtained at the office of the school of journaliam. Univer sity hall 104. Material already on file need not b .duplicated. John K. Selleck. secretary. Student Publication Board. i.