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    The Daily Nebraskan
Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
VOL XXIX NO. 15U
"LINCOLN. NKHKASKA. Till KSDW. MV 22. Ii
I'Kir.r. five cents.
7
SIGMA XI IS TO
STAGE INITIATION
BANQUET TONIGHT
About 200 to Attend Dinner
- Followed by Rites for
New Members.
BENGTSON WILL SPEAK
Philosophy of Geography'
1$ Subject of Talk by
Retiring President.
Approximately 200 members. n.
jtiitri and guests of Nebraska
chapter f Sigma XI, honorary sci
entific fraternity, will assemble to
night for the annual Initiation ban
quet at the Cornhusker hotel, Fol
lowing the 6:30 o'clock dinner, In
iUatioo rltea will be given to the
pew memberi of the fraternity.
Presentation of the three char
ttr members of the organization,
Dr. a. 1 Candy. Dr. E. H. Bar
bour and Dr. G. D. Swerey, will be
nude bv Dr. Samuel Avery, chancellor-emeritus
of the university.
Dr. Candy will respond for the
(tree charter members.
The Philosophy of Geography"
will be the subject of the pi eviden
tial address by Dr. N. A. Beng
ton. retiring president of the Ne
braska chapter. Dr. Bengtson will
preside at the dinner Introducing
the new officers for the coming
year.
Upson to Speak.
Dr. F. W. Upson, dean of the
graduate college, will greet the in
itiates. E. J. Boschult will give the
rtaponse for the graduates, Merrill
21. Flood will respond for the
graduate associates, and Brlggitta
E. Koetring for the senior assoct
sts. Nebraska chapter of Sigma Xi
u granted a charter on June 5,
1897, Dr. Emma N. Anderson, Sec
retary of the fraternity states.
Drs. Candy, Swerey and Barbour
are the only three remaining char
ter members at the university at
the present.
Dr. G. L. Peltier, professor of
plant pathology, is the new incom
ing president for the coming year.
Dr. E. R. Walker, is the vice presi
dent Other officers are held over
from this year.
METHODIST STUDENTS
WILL HONOR SENIORS
Council Makes Plans for
Annual Breakfast to
Be Held May 24.
The Methodist student council
will sponsor its second annual sen
ior breakfast in honor of Method
ist seniors of the university at the
Lincoln hotel Saturday morning.
May 24. Under the direction of the
president, Miss Bereniece Hoffman
and the cabinet, invitations have
been sent out to the 300 Method
ist seniors.
The chief, speaker for the occa
sion is Dr. A. L. Bixby, Nebraska's
own poet and journalist. He will
speak briefly on "Life's High
Spots." There will also be a brief
word from W. C. Fa well, univer
sity pastor, one of the outgoing
seniors, and one of the members
of the faculty at the university.
another feature of the program
will be the introduction of the cab
inets of the four Wesley Founda
tion organizations, namely, the
Mrthodist student council, Kappa
Phi, Phi Tau Theta, and Wesley
Plyrs. These four organizations
are co-operating in this farewell
to Methodist seniors.
Extension Division
Presents Statistics
The total nymber of registra
tions for the different mathematics
wurses offered by the University
extension division is 839. There
are ten college mathematics
courses and seven high school
courses offered to anyone inter
ested. Students In sixteen differ
t states and 143 different cities
and towns in Nebraska are reg
istered for work.
Nebraskan War Chief Gives Five
Minute Course for Interpreting
. Commands of Military Officers
BY THE RAO MAN.
, For the benefit of pseudo military science students who
Jve been unable to attend drill periods for the past semester,
The Daily Nebraskan secretary of war has prepared a five-min-ue
course in the interpretation of commands. The lesson is
Pyen in anticipation of the approaching military compet.
Mil; T7 ii. ai-anutinn nf commands.
unary Xjnglisn, lor me
aunt h ..n. . . ., . .. i
iiiJiy understood dv entu
SOlni. r . .... ... m i
- runowing is a nsi or me
rfe important commands and
weir translations into English: .
rech-hut!: attention. Other vari
'uons are: tench-what, twench-
rSid lMt 8yUable 18 alwavs
Pazint-hurpg?; Pfnt arms,
also as: Pzent-harps. zent
, ks. Final syllable accented.
"Mt-heeai; stand at ease. No
j"U0M here, but the last syl
ti, flrst.800UteCl more loudly than
wadah-hiii-r,.t. r.A Th,
th.Jbring the piece down on
IT-harch
Forward march
fiwr?1 ith
-puicn
"hest
utch. Means to take off.
Parade rest. This
FOR MIUTMCOMPET
Entire Ccdet Force Is to
Drill in Thirty-Sixth
Annual May 28.
NO EXCUSES ALLOWED
Captains of the University of
Nebraska R. O. T. C. companies
are giving their cadet unit r pedal
attention ami drills this week In
preparation for the season's mili
tary finale, the thirty-sixth an
nual competitive drill to be held
In Memorial stadium on May 2S.
On that day. the thirteen univers
ity com pun if comprising almost
all of the freshman and sophomore
men of the university and a num
ber of Junior and senior officers.
will compete to determine which Is
best, and for the various prizes of
fered for excellence in drill.
In describing preparations for
the 'compet' Colonel Jewett said
"Cadet drill has been much better
than usual this year and there Is
every reason to believe that the
compet will be better also." No
excuses from the exercises will be
Issued to any of the cadets, he de
clared. Schedule of Events.
The schedule of events for the
competition: 1. Company Inspec
tion, 2.- Manual of arms, 3. Com
pany close order drill, 4. Platoon
close order drill, 5. Individual com
petitive drill, 6. Presentation of
sponsors, 7. Decoration of the win
ning company and awarding of
prizes and 8. Regimental parade in
line of battalions in close columns.
The program is to begin at 1
o'clock.
A great number of awards are
being offered this year. To the
winning company will go the Om
aha cup and blue ribbons. The
Lincoln theater cup and ribbons
will be given to the winning pla
toon.. Red ribbons will be awarded
the company placing second and
the third will be decorated with
white ribbons. In addition medals
will be given to the commanders of
the winning company and platoons,
and loving cups are to be pre
sented to the winners of the first,
second and third places in the in
dividual competition. As a part
of the exercises the 525 award for
the best basic student will be made.
It is given each -year to the best
student cadet by the American
Legion auxiliary. The winner of
the D. A. R. essay contest will also
be pronounced.
No information as to Nebraska's
showing in the inspection last Fri
day has been received yet by the
military department. University
cadet units are now placed in three
categories by the inspection offic
ers. They are graded as excellent,
satisfactory and unsatisfactory.
Those schools which are judged
excellent are entitled to wear the
blue star Insignia. Nebraska was
placed in this class last year and
expects the same rating this year.
150 Examples of Work Done
In Beginning Classes
Are Shown.
Students' art work in the school
of fire arts is now on exhibit in
pAllerv B and in the third floor
corridor in Morrill hall. The dis
play will continue until after com
mencement week.
Rnnroenntattvp work has been
chosen from each department, and
about lou drawings ana paiuiiugs
am hunt B. A. Benson, in
structor in drawing and painting.
explained that most, or me cnar
cnui wnrir trom still life was done
in the beginning classes, fine arts
I and 2.
"To enroll in. the classes, a stu
dent noKri nnt have a special artis
tic talent, but rather a liking for
the work and a great aeai oi pa
tience," be declared. The ad
classes in drawing often
use live models, and during the
semester athletes from me auueuc
department are borrowed to pose.
At one time an Indian posed for
the class.
Th. frp.hman class in drawing:
k.H ahnnt seventy enrolled, while
the advanced classes have fewer in
number.
luuoci
command is somewhat misleading,
because it dosen't mean that the
cadet is allowed to rest. Quiet the
COSywho, heep. haw!: One. two.
three four. This count is used in
order ti.-t the boys who are out
of step will know about it. The lat
ter will probably feel badly about
it, too.
Spexion-hurps!: Inspection arms.
At this point the dressy cadets go
through the motion of tearing
their rifles apart. If they are un
able to do so. the rifles are con
sidered o. k.
Several other commands are
riven, but most of them have been
hld down so that they may be In
terpreted by the intelligent mili
tary men.
MISS VIOLA BUTT
WILL r.lVK SKMOR
Ml SICA1L RECITAL
Viola M Butt, atudcrt with
Howard Klrkpatntk, will present
her senior recital, at the Temple!
theater, Sunday. Miy 25. at 2 p ra '
Her program will consist of the
following cumbers:
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LARSElWSlO
Nebraska Senior Will Use
Fund to Study Law at
Palo Alto.
HAS HIGH SCHOLARSHIP
Christian Larsen has betn
awarded a graduate scholarship
from Iceland Stanford university at
Palo Alto. Calif. The value of the
scholarship is $200 an1 may be
applied as the recipient sees fit
Larsen expects to enter the law
college.
Larsen graduates I his soring
from the arts and sciences college,
where be has majored in political
science. He has been an assistant
for the past year in the political
science and philosophy depart
ments. During the past ssason he hat
been on the varsity debate squad,
sppearlng in several intercollegiate
debates. He was recently initiated
into Delta Sigma Rho, honorarv
debate society. He is a member
of Alpha Theta Chi and Phi Beta
Kappa, and was listed among the
high three percent of the senior
class at the recent honors convo
cation. PHI TAU THETA HAS
T
Methodist Fraternal Group
Elects New Officers
For Next Year.
MEN PLAN FESTIVITIES
Phi Tau Theta. Methodist men's
religious fraternity on the campus,
held its regular meeting at Em
manuel Methodist church Tuesday
from 7 to 8 p. m. The following
men tvr initiated Into full mem
bership: Lawrence Bakewell. Roy
V. Hinze, George J. Klok, Lloyd
Miller and Albert Seeck.
At the close of the Initiatory
service the new officers for 1930-31
were installed. They are as fol
lows: president, J. Henry Rinker,
vice president, Bernard Malcolm;
chaplain, Lloyd Watt; treasurer,
Norman Peters; corresponding
secretary, Harold Bates; recording
secretary, Bertrand Shultz.
The ani.ual banquet of Phi Tau
Theta will be held at Epworth M.
F.. rhurch Friday at 6:30 P. m.
About eighty reservations have
been made for the banquet. A del
egation of six representing Phi
Tau Theta and Kappa Phi at the
University of South Dakota will be
present to bring greetings from
their respective chapters and to
share in this annual occasion of
tho local chapter.
AG CLlSTALLS
Cole, Peterson, Siefer and
Bilyeu Are Heads for
New Year.
New officers of Ag club were
installed at a regular meeting
Wednesday night in the Dairy In
dustry building on the college of
agriculture campus. Dick Cole,
'31, Shelby, took over the duties
of president. Cyril Winkler was
the retiring president.
Verdon Peterson, '31, Is the new
vice president of the club: Fred
Siefer, '32, is secretary; and Jesse
Bilyeu is treasurer. Ag club offi
cers wera chosen during the re
cent campus elections.
Plans for the picnic to be staged
on Saturday evening by both Ag
club and Home Economics club
were discussed. The picnic will be
gin at 5 o'clock and will be staged
on the lawns west of Ag hall.
Wednesday night's session was
the last meeting of the year. Ag
club is a men's organization and
takes an active interest in all
campus affairs. Scholarship, so
cial life, Judging work and other
interests are encouraged by the
club.
LAW STUDENTS
PLAN BARBEOUE
ON FINAL WEEK
Saturday, June 6, the opening
day of Round Up week, has been
set as the date for the annual law
college barbecue which this year
will be held at the Lincoln Auto
club, according to Russell Mattion,
A get together for students, fac
ulty, and graduates of the law col
lege and members of the Lincoln
Bar association is being planned.
Judges of the supreme and district
courts in Lincoln will be guests at
the barbecue. Eating and playing
baseball will be the occupations of
the day. Don Campbell heads the
committee making tb prepara
tions for the gathering
IS
OF
T
McClccry Is Selected for
Secretary. Pry Is New
Business Manager.
ASSOCIATES ARE NAMED
Chiles, Vogt and Young on
List Released by Group
Wednesday Night.
Carl Hahn. '31. Twin Falls. Ida.
as elected president of Kotmet
Klub for the coming year at a
busine meeting of the organiza
tion held Wednesday evening. Wil
liam McCleery. '31. Hasting, was
aelected aa secretary, and Stanley
Day. '31. 0hkosh. was chosen
business manager.
Hahn has been active in the klub
this year, having acted as produc
tion manager for all of the organi
sation's presentatlona. McCleery
has been the author of the past
two spring productions offered by
Kosmet Klub. His 1929 rlay was
"Don't Be Silly" and the 1930
revue was the "Sob Stater." Day
has taken character leads In the
Kosmet productions for the past
two years.
Associate members selected at
the meeting were Warren Chiles.
'30. San Diego, Calif.; Walter Vogt
'31. Aurora; and Red Young, "31.
Norfolk. All three of the new
members have taken part In Kos
met shows. Young took the lead
in the "Sob Sister" and both Vogt
and Chiles had parts In the play.
Chiles also bad the comedy lead
in the 1929 show.
Honorary Member.
fWi Hnaman. '30. Omaha, was
chosen as an honorary member
earlier in the year, her member
ship certificate being presented as
a part of the Ivy day ceremonies.
She portrayed the character of the
original sob sister in the 1030 pro
duction. Initiation for the newly elected
members will be held Friday eve
ning st the Cornhusker hotel. The
initiation rltea will be followed by
a banquet for the members and
Prof. E. F. Schramm. Prof.
Schramm Is faculty sponsor for
the organization.
The following will be initiated
u active members of the Komt
Klub: Joe Alter, '31, Alma; Dick
Devereaux, '32, Omaha; Edwin
Faulkner. '32, Lincoln; Wally
Frankfurt. '32, West Point; Lloyd
Jeff cries. '32, Omaha; and Bill
McGaffin. '32, Polk.
CORNHUSKER SALES
KEEP STEADY PACE
Business Office Expects to
Finish Distribution by
End of Week.
That sales are going ahead rap
idly and that it Is hoped that all
the books will be distributed by the
end of the week was the report
from the business office of the
Cornhusker yesterday. About fif
teen hundred copies have been dis
tributed since Monday.
About three-fourths of those
bought during the sales last fall
have been taken. Those who have
not yet taken their copy are re
quested to call for them at the
Cornhusker office before Saturday,
according to the editor. Copies are
still on sale at the Cornhusker of
fice and in Social Sciences to those
who did not buy last fall.
The number of bookj printed
this year is slightly less than last
year. About twenty-three hundred
were printed last year.
CHEMICAL CROLP
CHOOSES OFFICERS
FOR NEXT YEAR
At its last meeting of the cur
rent year Tuesday evening, Phi
Lambda Upsilon, honorary chemi
cal fraternity, elected the follow
ing officers. Howard Bonnett,
president; Albert Lightbody, vice
president; Robert Void, secretary;
William Fitzgtbbon, secretary and
William Maclay, alumni secretary.
Plans for the coming year were
discussed and an extensive pro
gram undertaken.
Summer Camp Students
Must Report Saturday
Students registered for any of
the summer surveying camp
courses are requested to be at the
meeting of the civil engineering
departmental staff in room 206 of
Mechanic Arts hall at 10 a. m.
May 24. At thi . cime tent and
party assignments will be made
and final instructions will be given.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
i.rjrsday, May 22.
Interfraternlty council meet
ing, Morrill hall, room 9, at 7:15
o'clock.
W. A. A. executive council
meeting. 5 o'clock. W. A. A. rooms,
women's gymnasium.
Sunday, May 25.
Kappa Phi initiation, 3 to 5 p
m.. St. Paul M. E. church. At
tendance required .
HAHN
MAD
PRESIDENT
BE
LB
( LAI l)i: CORDON
IS COMIOrOLI TAN
CM B niLMIH.M
Officers rf the l.'"mnplitn
club for h comiig ear cie in.
stalled VW1nUv evening at the
final meeting of the year, held at
the Grand hitl. Reports cf the
I retiring of fin alio pre.
tented.
I The officers installed iere
I Claude 'Jordan, president. William
'Kaplan. m president ; Juan
Palais, tetietarv. and T . J
Trangco. treasurer.
A short program of vocal and
Instrumental miic as gnen at
the clo of the busmeta meeting
TRI DKI.T SENIORS
ARE INITIATED INTO
ALLIANCE TI ESDAV
MlDies Irene Carpenter. Jant
Cleveland. Kleanr Ifamsla. H!-n
Hill. Helen Mcfheney. MlMtea
Ramsey. Constant Vaiie. Irene
Fee, Mildred Orr. Tvernice Ctnad.
Beulah Hudson and Catherine
Allen were initiated into the Delta
Delta Delta alliance at a meeting
held at the home of Mra. Charles
Higgina laxl Tuesday evening.
These young ladles are membeu
of the senior class of th university
and are graduating this June.
BY ALPHA KAPPA PSI
Thirty-Eight Meet at Event
Of Commerce Fraternity
Tuesday Night.
DEIN IS AWARDED CUP
Alpha Kappa PsI. professional
commerce fraternity, held Its an
nual banquet at the Lindell hotel
at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening.
Thirty-eight were present, includ
ing faculty, members, and the
pledges. Prof. V. G. Morrison. In
structor in economics, presided as
toastmaster.
Alpha Kappa PsI Citizenship cup
was awarded to the senior ad
judged by a faculty committee to
have been most outstanding In
both scholarship and activities dur
ing his student career. Raymond
C. Dein, president of Alpha Kappa
Psi, was awarded the cup. The
speech of presentation was given
by Lynn Galloway, vice president
of the fraternity.
Stebblns Speaks.
Mr. W. M. Stebblns, state treas
urer, gav an address on the sub
ject, "Condition and Administra
tion of the Finances of the State."
In his speech he pointed out the
Nebraska plan of "paying as we
go" rather than incurrtng great
indebtedness through bond issues.
The speaker stated this plan is op
posite to that followed by most of
the other states. He amphatically
declared "this plan is '.he outcome
of the forethought oi the founders
of our state constitution in limit
ing bonded indebtedness to no
more than $100,000." He indicated
that Nebraska owns bonds, rather
than owes them.
Mr. Stebbins also spoke of ac
curacy with which the fund3 are
accounted for, and the procedure
In handling warrants. He pointed
out that there wa3 more money in
the treasury on May 20 than there
ever had been before on any single
day in the history of the state.
Mr. Stebbins concluded his
speech by enumerating the many
magnificent opportunities in Ne
braska for the young people who
are graduating from the universi
ties and colleges.
Fifteen New Members Are
Honored at Lincoln Hotel
Wednesday Night.
Fifteen new managers of Alpha
Rho Tau, honorary organization of
th rhonl nf fine arts, were euests
at an initiatory banquet at the
Lincoln hotel Wednesday evening.
Prof. Paul Grummann, director of
the school of fine arts, presided at
the dinner.
About forty-five members at
tended. A color scheme of lavendnr.
gold and green was U3ed in the
aecorations.
Jean Malowney opened the prop-rum
with nia.no selections, fol
lowed by violin numbers by An
tonette Lococo. Zolley Lerner of
the dramatics department gave
some readings.
ENGINEERS INSPECT
CAPITOL BUILDING
W C Hilt and class nf fifteen
architectural engineers were shown
througn tne capital Dy vnanes
Fowler, assistant to Younain, su
pervising architect, Monday after
noon. May 19. Architectural fea
tures were pointed out by the as
sistant architect and the construc
ts nf the tower was inspected.
The 10,000 gallon water supply
tanks in the dome were also in
spected.
Dean Ferguson Receives
Invitations From East
Invitations to be present at the
inauguration of Karl Taylor Comp
ton. Th. D. Gc, as president of the
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology and at the dedication of the
new engineering building at the
University of . Delaware were re
ceived by O. J. Ferguson, dean of
the College of Engineering. Due
to the fact that they both occur
during examination week Dean
Ferguson will not be able to attend
PLANS ARE COMPLETE
: FOR RAGGER BANQUET
Dinner Is to B? Held at
, 6 O'clock in Egyptian
Room. Lincoln.
SCANDAL SHEET READY
Sjih a done hat trn ei
ilncei fr invittnn in tii llc
ger .ni'irl lonicht tht' i' rr.tv
l-e nr ft y In ttin an affi i-n
' iNum er" at the U'nt of the Lin
coln hotel ,i krp out all In! Ihe,
f.iftjntte mv-f vi ttrri nt h
ork on Tn I'aily Nrt'ikn h
been rintiletel ol tulfxietit r'tf.
lanly ! uaiiant the rrt.un of
free "entertainment at th' p-n
of Ihe bunnei! depart nient. it h
Nen annoumed t y Hart Ar'Wm
' general i haiinin
All 14 in reaJinett f"r th p'"
gram fc.h pent proii.ptiy at ii
uilotk in the Kgyptian loom 'lh
speakers of the evening are mak
ing a drain upon th iliroat table!
'supplies ol local drug storei (r,
the ttke if Improving their oal
: noucrt
Skov Burnt Candle at Both End.
j Elmer Skov and his taff of
Iworkert on the P.afC'r. annua!
Iarn,1nl ihret have been burninc
the candle at both ends. t'herm
and editing copy which will relate
the misdemeanors and Ihe under- ,
banded practices of siulenti of the
school of journalism. Assisting the '
chief of pftff in this endeavor are
Frances llolyoke. Jean Rathburn
and LaSelle Oilman. i
Deep secrecy has market the
movement of the staff, indicative
that certain individuals may well 1
be fearful of painful epo.nirei of
supposedly completely hidden te
crets. Editor Skov has ordered '
suits of armor plate for the pio
tectioa of his statf members and
requests that ell firearms be
checked at the hotel door.
The program of the evenin? will
interpret various personalities
around whom the news of th day
revolves. Nesl Gomon as The Tele- !
graph Editor, will be toastmaster.
Speakers who will impersonate
notables are: Robert Kelly. Gene
Robb, Edgar Backus. Bill Mc- '
Clcerv. Frances Holyoke. Cliff ,
Sandahl. Helen Day and Marshall
Pitzer. Vocal selections will be i
given by Don Carlson and Audrey
Mustek. I
Surprise Favors. 1
Mary Nichols has been in
charge of dinner arrangements. ;
and has promised something in the I
way of surprise favors for the
girls. I as considered scarcely
proper for the coeds to- smoke I
cigars customarily passed around j
for the two men even at a Ragper i
banquet. Her assistants on this j
committee have been Jark Erick-!
son. Margaret Day and LtR-y ,
Jack.
Edgar Backus headed th group ,
who sent out invitations "This is
really going to be a doggy affair.-'
Ed assures the guests. Co-operation
in these labors was given bim
by Lester Shick and Adele Eisler.
Heading the program committee
is Moselle Kleeman. She has th
help of Eveljn Simpson and Ed
Knight.
Kirknatrick Directs 200 in
Rendition of Annual
Recital.
University Choral union of 200
voices under the direction of How
ard Kirkpatrick presented its an
nual spring concert in Grant. Mem
orial hall Wednesday morning at
11 o'clock.
The chorus sang ' Rosamunde"
by Schubert and "Tb First Wal
purgis Night" by Mendelssohn.
Doris Cole C'lapp, contralto, Her
bert Gray, tenor, and Hermann T.
Decker, baritone, were soloists.
A fourteen piece orchestra of the
school of fine arts sccomp.inied
the chorus. The members of the
orchestra were: violins, Carl Kred-
ric Steckelberg. Valerita Callrn.
and Earnest Harrison: viola. Lee
Memingway; cello. Willa Given:
bass. Mark Pierce: flute. Lawrence
Tyler; clarinets, Harry Warfcl and
VVill Green: horns, Luther An
drews and William T. Quick;
trumpet, Don Eerry: trombone.
Aubrey Bouck: piano. Fleda
Graham Ziegenoein
Another Relieve It
At Nebraska Actually Participated
In Military Drill Thirty Years Ago
BY JACK ERICKS0N.
Yes girls rlo chaupc. Who would 'vc thought that thirty
vears a'"o coeds of this institution donned feminine drill uni
forms and toted riarht pound rifles about on their none too
brawn v shoulders! Well, they did. and for want of verifica
tion ask Miss Louise Pound, of the hnjrlish department, who
in 1888 was second sergeant ot
W.r. nne of the meticuious.cr;
modern coeds of today to be asked
U1UUCI 11 - 1
!,!., i in such a form of exer
cise she would no doubt scream in
very shrill intonances. Possibly It
would do some of them good to
take a look at a picture reposing
on the wall of Captain Spoerry's
room in Nebraska hall. Then they
would see a spectacle which would
fairly make them gasp and physi
cal education would take on a grat
ifying aspect.
Nineteen In Group.
Referring to this so said picture
it shows nineteen coy lassies of
ih. -oirhties" . lined lie In dis
tinctly military formation at
"parsjrie rest" behind a much be
whiskered man by the name of
IS
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Misses Williams. Nemechek,
Wm. McCleery Are Other
Officers Elected.
RAIKES GIVES REPORT
Year's Work Is Summed Up
In Remarks of Outgoing
President.
K..hert Kelly. "31 Nebraska Otv
was rho'en to bead tht Student
council for next vear at a meeting
of the rouneil Uednetdty. Other
nffucrt elected weie Kathtrm
Williams. "SI. Dvinlap. la. MS
prel.ent; Minnie Nemerhek. 31,
H imbolt. ecietary. anl Wo Mr
Oeetv. 'CI. Hastings, treasurer.
The four officers ait lb bold over
member! of th council Both men
ate mmbei of the Innocents so
ciety, and both women ar Mortar
Boards.
Kelly Ti Kappa Alpha. i a
memher of Sigma lelta Chi. Cm
hu.'ker staff, and managing jitfT
of The Nebraskan. Min Williams.
Alpha Omtcmn Pi. is on the B g
Sister board. Vesper chir. Corn
huker tlaff. Vainly pily on '
mittee. nd V. W. C. A. atalf. Mf
Cleery. B"tt Thefa PI. la a mem
her oi Sijma Delta Chi. Kosmet
Klub, Cornhusker staff and man
afing editor of The Nebrakan.
Mi. Nemerhek Phi Mil It on th
Y. V. C. A. cabinet and a member
nf PI Mu Epsilon tn addition to her
ac tivities on the Student council
Raiket Civet Report.
Ralph Raikcs. outgoing presi
dent of the council, presented a re
port summing up the woik of tht
council this year, outlining the
sphere of the council's authority,
and pointing out some of the tatks
and possibilities that face the
council for next year.
"Or.e of the greatest steps the
Student council has taken this
year is tbe adoption of a means of
giving membership on the council
by proportional representation.
Through this plan it has been pos
sible to have a truly representa
tive group, representative of tha
Blue Shut, Yellow Jacket, and
Barb factions, as well as having
(Continued on Page 2. i
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j Candidates for Fall Term
I Offices Enter Field of
Competition.
Nominations of officeri for th
fall semester of the Men s Com
mercial Club, a student organiza
tion In the college of businejs ad
ministration, were held in the club
room in Social Sciences ball Tues
day night.
Those nominated were: for presi
dent. Donald Exlcy and Edwin
Mortensen; for secretary. H. M.
Dcrael and J. Russell Andrews; for
treasurer, Otto Bauman and Vin
rnt Kggleston: for representa
tive on the student executive coun
cil. Frank B. Smith and Earl
Hale; and for membership to the
board of directors. George Go:r
ing. C'a.ssie Baron. Ross Brown.
Sidney Epstein. J. Miller Richie
and Morton Richards.
Election will be held next Wed
nesday at 7:15 p. m. in the Com
mercial club room. The elected
officers will take charge immedi
ately and continue in office next
fall after the summer recess. The
Commercial club is an organiza
tion of all the men of the college
and has for its purpose the promo
tion of astociation of the mem
bers. (;i;rma.n doctor,
i wikl comk hlre
to visit. stloy
I Dr. and Mrs. Helnncb Walter,
of Heidelberg. Germany, have ar
rive! in Lincoln, where they will
spend several months. Dr. Walter
i a professor in the University of
1 Heidelberg. He intends to study
the water relations of the prairie
I vegetation.
or Not Coeds
that crack sguau.
Lieutenant Edgar S. Dudley of the
United States artillery.
Clad in flowing skirts of rather
pretentious dimensions and tight
belted blouses with exactly eigh
teen buttons down the front, the
feminine foot soldiers presented a
fnrmMnhle aooearance with their
long locks sheltered by bats which
resembled an laveneu omner pan
with a brim. Their pharynx
... nrlnn in close fitlinE white
collars of an ecclesiastical nature '
and if facial expression counts xor
snything they were the very pic
ture of fortitude and resoluteness.
The unusual outfit of militaristic
girl students marcited usder tb
color? of company "V," copta-aci
(Continued oa Paj 3.1 .
ROBERT KELLY
CHOSEN
HEAD
STUD
NT COUNCIL