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Official Student Newspaper of the University of Nebraska
HONORS SESSION
STARTS FESTIVE
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JUDGING EVENTS
FOR STATE BOYS
DR. H. H. WAITE,
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'HIGH AND DRY'
CLOSE SATURDAY
SPRING PROGRAM
Convocation Wednesday Nite
Is First of 'At Home'
Week Events.
PARENTSARE INVITED
Public to Witness Ivy Day,
Farmers Fair, Other
Celebrations.
All traditional University of Ne
braska spring festivities including
Ivv day. Honors convocation, Far
mers Fair, and various college af
fairs this year will be celebrated
from April 29 to Mai 2. instead of
on different occasions thruout the
last month of school, according to
official university announcements
made today.
To mast of these events ,the pub
lic of the state and the parents of
the university students are invited.
A number of alumni also are ex
pected to attend, tho the regular
roundup week program will not be.
held until commencement time the
first week In June.
Begins Wednesday.
The "at home" week program
begins Wednesday evening, April
29, with Honors convocation In the
university coliseum. All students
who have maintained high schol
astic standings will be recognized.
Special Invitations have been is
sued to their parents. Dr. Gordon
J. Laing, dean of the graduate col
lege at the University of Chicago,
will deliver the address of the eve
ning:. On Ivy day, Apill SO, the May
Queen will be crowned, interfra
ternity and intersorority sings will
be held, Innocents will be tapped,
Mortar Boards will be masked, the
Ivy day oration will be delivered,
and the Ivy day poem will be read.
Laboratories To Be Open.
In the evening all college of en
gineering laboratories will be open
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FACE NEBRASKA MEN
Colorado Team Will Meet
Huskers in Return
Engagement.
FREE TRADEJS SUBJECT
University of Denver debating
squad will face the University of
Nebraska debaters in a return en
gagement at Lincoln, April 28, at
the social science auditorium, be
ginning at 1:30 o'clock.
On April 4 the Nebraska team,
composed of Ted R. Feidler and
Alan G. Willian-j upheld the nega
tive side of th free trade question
with the University of Denver at
Denver. In the return debate the
Nebraska squad will take the af
firmative side of the same ques
tion, the Denver team taking the
negative side.
Bernard Ptak and Jack Devoe
will represent Nebraska in this
contest on. "Resolved, that the na
tions should adopt a policy of free
trade." The speakers will be al
lowed eight minutes for the direct
and five minutes each for the re
buttal speeches.
Class Plans Debate.
This debate will also be given
in the debating class, English 104.
on Tuesday. Members of the class
will take part from the floor after
the main debate in the open forum
which usually follows the main
speaking in Nebraska debates. AH
students and the public in general
will be welcome to these debates.
There will be no admission charge.
Frank B. Morrison and Carl J.
Marold will debate for Nebraska
against Creighton university in
Omaha, May 12. This debate will
be held before the Advertising club
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What Dates in History Are Most
Important? Dr. Worcester, Prof.
Walker Answer; Receive Mention
What twelve dates are most im
portant in the world's history?
What twelve occurrences were
most Influential in creating the
modern world as it is today ?
Dr. D. A. Worcester, professor
of educational psychology at the
University of Nebraska, submitted
his idea of the twelve greatest
dates in history to the Forum mag
azine's recent contest on that sub
ject and received honorable men
tion for his list.
Prof. Gayle C. Walker, director
of the university's school of jour
nalism, also won honorable men
tion and was the only other Ne
braskan to place in the competi
tion. Mere than 2,000 lists of dates
were submitted.
Lists Dates
Professor Worcester does not
list all of his dates specifically but
sets forth some of the earlier ones
as periods. They follow:
(1) 347-322 B. C. The produc
tive period of Aristotle, who gave
the world its first great outline of
science.
(2 1 Second century. B. C. In
troduction of zero into the number
system which changed mathemat
ics from the most umvicldly to the
most flexible of tools.
Nate Levy.
Who takes the part of a sailor
in Kosmct's musical, comedy which
will be presented at the Liberty
theatre next week end.
AG COLLEGE FAIR
Students Prepare Finishing
Touches as Date for
Event Nears.
With the 1931 Farmers Fair less
than a week away, final prepara
tions are rapidly being made at the
agricultural college for the event.
Over 10.000 persons are expected
to pass thru the gates to the fair
this year that will stress educa
tional exhibits more than ever be
fore. Practically every committee has
worked out definite plans for the
fair. During the coming week they
will meet often and take care of
all minor details of presenting
their part of the fair in a success
ful manner. Tho no official word
has been given out by Dean Burr,
it is expected that there will be no
school in the college of agriculture
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APPEAR NEXT WEEK
Sales Campaign of Faculty
Number Planned as
Previously.
The May issue of the Awgwan,
University of Nebraska humor
publication, will be put on the
news stands next week, according
to word released by Edgar Backus,
business manager of the Awgwan
yesterday.
The May issue will be the fac
ulty number. In this issue a great
deal of space will be devoted to
the teaching staff of the univer
sity. Several articles and some
art work will be used in carrying
out the theme of this number of
the Awgwan, the fourth one of
this year. The cover, which is be
ing drawn by Marvin Robinson, is
an entirely new idea, and has
never been used by the Awgwan in
past issues.
The sales campaign of the May
issue will be conducted as in the
past. Booths will be set up at
various places on the campus and
will be sold by members of the
Awgwan staff. Altho no addi
tional copies will be printed over
last month s sale, an entire sell out
is expected by the staff.
(3) 1024 Invention of the mu
sic scale bv Guidio Aretimo, the
high spot in the history of music
which has perhaps contributed
most to the aesthetic side of life.
(4t 1150 First paper mill at
Fabriano. Italy, which made paper
in sizeable quantities available and
gave impetus to the making of
books, invention of printing, and
to the spread of learning generally.
(5 Thirteenth century first
use of spectacles, permitting near
sighted to work at an earlier age
and the far sighted to extend their
productive period of work.
(6 1 1265 First representative
parliament in England, a major
event in the history of democratic
government.
(7) 1302 Invention of marin
er's compass by Flavia Gioja, giv
ing the mariner security and as
surance when he ventured out of
sight of land.
(8 1 1616 Galileo's demonstra
tion of the Copernican system es
tablishing man's place in the uni
verse and reinterpreting his rela
tion to it.
Mentions Faraday
(9) 1 821-1 S31-Work of Fara
dav on induct'nn rnrrenls, which
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FINAL PLANS FOR
NEAR COMPLETION
Monday Night Performance
In Hastings Praised by
Professors.
TRAVEL INSPECIAL CAR
Troupe of Fifty Makes Trip
To Play Before Crowd
Of 1,200 People.
rw T T Thnmnaon. dean of stu
dent affairs, and Prof. E. F.
Schramm, faculty advisor tr. trie
h vesteidav declared
thst "High and Dry," Kosmet Klub
spring musical comedy which they
saw produced at Hastings Monday
night, is the best show the Klub
has ever produced.
u.ith rnmmeniled the lines of the
play and the acting of the all-mn.lc
cast. Dr. Thompson praised the
show as "just a lot oi g"u
Prof. Schramm said that every
thinfr -nt nff fine the show was
good, there was a good crowd and
the audience HKe ine snow.
Tribune Lauds Play.
Th Hastings Tribune com
mented that the play "scored well."
It lauded the third successive Kos
met production by William T. Mc
Cleery, a home-town boy, and the
work of "Nate" Levy, also of Hast
ings, who played ine comeay pan
of Orville, the sailor.
The Tribune cited the work of
rn Carlson as Tom in the male
lead, "Bud" Bailey as Jane in the
female lead, Stanley Kiger as Mrs.
Paige, Janes motner, comeay
parts playod hy I vy and Boh
Hnli the actine of Jack Thompson,
Pat McDonald, John Milligan and
Carl Beekman, and ine pony
chorus.
The Hastings naner also men
tioned the curtain speeches of Mc-
Cleery, uarl Mann, presiaeni oi
the Klub, and "Jiggs" Miller, who
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OR. HXlLLSPEAKS
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Nebraska Professor Talks
At Annual Banquet
Friday.
DISCUSSES WASHINGTON
Discussing Washington, the new
biographies with their merits, de
fAris nd relationship to history
teaching. Dr. Howard C. Hill, pro
fessor of history at ine univer
sity of Chicago spoke at the nine
tppnth annual banauet of the Ne
braska History Teachers associa
tion at the Cornhusker noiei ti
dav night.
The citizens of America are in
debted to George Washington for
three principal reasons, according
tn rr Hill First for holding the
Continental army together and
bringing about tne success oi ine
War fnr Tnrtprvpndence: second, for
establishing Uie government under
the national constitution oy use vi
his influence as president of the
Constitutional convention, and tak
ing the lead in the fight for rat
ification; and third, by the stand
he took during the French revolu
tionary wars, preserving the neu
trality of the United States ai a
time when it might have been de
stroyed by participation in the con
flict.
Sellers Discusses Book
Following Dr. Hill's talk. Prof.
J. L. Sellers, associate professor of
history, discussed Masters new
book, "The Life of Lincoln." Tf
biography. Sellers said, is of un
doubted value in the classroom, but
its use in the teaching of children
should be tempered with careful
selection.
"Small children should not be
disillusioned in their admiration
for great men, he explained.
"Adults, however, may be pre
sented the truth."
At the close of the two talks,
! lectures were discussed by the at-
i tending teacners, oi wnom mere
I were about 60.
I Mill ftiv Address
Yesterday morning the history
i teachers opened their program for
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Group Asks Volunteers Sign
Lists on Bulletin
. Boards.
Big sisters for next year are to
be chosen within the next two
weeks by the Big Sister Advisory
board. Volunteers are being called
for and any girls interested may
sign one of the lists posted in so
cial sciences, Ellen Smtui n&ii,
Teachers college, the gymnasium,
or the temple, on the bulletin
boards. As soon, as the girls are
selected, there Will be a mass
meeting, at which time the duties
of the girls will be outlined.
The board is making plans for
assisting the Freshmen girls dur
ing the first week of school next
year. It is hoped that they can be
helped with registration and in
getting acquainted more easily
than previously.
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Bob Hall.
Who is also a sailor in the com
edy "High and Dry," presentation
of Kosmet Klub next week.
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Dr. G. J. Laing Will Speak
At Annual Convocation
Wednesday.
Special invitations to attend the
third annual Honors convocation
have been issued to the parents of
all students whose scholastic
record during the past year en
titles them to recognition. The
convocation will be held Wednes
day evening at 8 o'clock in the
coliseum.
The list of students to be honored
at the convocation includes those
in the freshman, sophomore, and
junior classes of each school and
college whose averages place them
in the high ten percent, and those
in the senior class of each school
and college who have maintained
an average sufficient to place
them in the upper three percent.
Winners of various scholarships
and awards and elections to
honorary societies will also be
announced.
Laing Will Speak.
Dr. Gordon Jennings Laing. dean
of the humanities division of the
University of Chicago has been
secured as special speaker for the
occasion. Dr. Laing is a well
known public lecturer in fields of
literature and education. He is a
graduate of the University of
Toronto and of Johns Hopkins uni
versity. Ha has held professorships at
Bryn Mawr college, the University
of California, and the American
Academy at Rome, as well as at
Chicago. He was dean of the
faculty of arts at McGill universi
ty, Montreal, and has been active
as vice president of the American
Institute of Archaeology.
30 ATTEND NATIONAL
Delegates From 6 Chapters
Are Entertained by
Lincoln Group.
The national conclave of Farm
House fraternity closed Saturday
nitrht with the Nebraska chapter
being host to visiting delegates at
a party dance giver at tne n.asi
ridge Country club. Tommy Tomp
kins and his band nlaved.
Thirty delegates were in Lincoln
from six chapters. Schools repre
sented where Farm House chap
ters are located included Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Okla
homa, Minnesota and Kansas.
Fridav nizbt the Nebraska
chapter was host to the visiting
delegates at a bdnquet given at
the Lincoln hotel. Lew Skinner of
Brookings. South Dakota, acted as
toastmaster. Guests who responded
with short talks included visiting
delegates. Dean W. W. Burr, Dean
T. J. Thompson, Prof. Frank E.
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Campus Calendar
Tuesday, April 28.
Pi Lambda Tbeta, 7:30, 610
South Seventeenth.
Grau Sets Tuesday
As Final Date to
Obtain Invitations
Tuesday, April 28, it the last
day seniors may procure their
graduation invitations at the
Co-Op bookstore, according to
an announcement by Fred
Grau, senior class president.
Invitation may be ordered un
til 6 o'clock of that day. Lists
and pictures have been sent in
us that cuts can be made.
HONORS MEETING
INVITATIONS SENT
PARENTS
High School Students End
Two Day Contests at
Ag College.
40 SCHOOLS TAKE PART
Total of 400 Flood Campus
During Agricultural j
Events.
The 19.11 Nebraska high school j
agricultural judging contests held
at the agricultural college Friday
and rsaturoay cioseu insi iniii. ,
inners in tne vnrmus mi:.-n..-
were announced at the banquet
held at the chamber of commerce
Saturday evening.
Newman Grove, Waverly, Albi
on, Fairbury, Ponca, Kagle, Mil
ford, Mead and Beatrice vocational
agriculture boys had the tirst
place awards in the annual judg
ing contests. Nearly forty schools
were represented ai tne contests
with 400 boys on the campus. They
u-ere housed in the student activi
ties building and ate their meals
in the college cateteria.
Aotrrtpr of Seward was
elected president of the Nebraska
association of future farmrs of Am
erica Saturday afternoon at their
annual convention held at the col
lege. Merlin Atwater of Albion is
the new vice president, Richard
.lackson of Wraverlv is the secre
tary, Raymond Cruise of Sidney
the treasurer ano mcnara parson
of Newman Grove the reporter for
the coming year.
Beatrice won tne coniesi among
fuLuie farmer chapters. Waverly
was second and Mind --a third. Nine
as,v,Oc rftinniitflfl Rntriri lakes
home the plaque offered by the
state association but all three of .
the chapters are eligible to enter
their records in national r ompeti
tion for prizes totalling $1,000 next
November.
Richard Jackson of Waverly
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PROrtSSORSATTEND
Nebraskans Take Part in
Convention Friday, j
Saturday.
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NEW OFFICERS ELECTED
The annual state convention of
the Nebraska division of the Mod
ern Language Association of
America was held in the Temple
Friday and Saturday with various
University of Nebraska professors
taking part in the program. The
session ended yesterday noon with
a luncheon at the Chamber of
Commerce.
Miss Margaret Hochdoerfer,, in
structor in German in the univer
sity was chosen president of the
society for next year in the elec
tion of officers held yesterday
morning. Prof. M. A. Howard,
professor of French at Creighton
university was chosen vice presi
dent and Miss Amelia Chard, in
structor of French at Beatrice
high school was chosen secretary.
Students Give Play.
Yesterday morning's meeting
started with the presentation of a
short play by a group of students
from Wayne Normal. Dr. Archi
mede Marni of the university then
addressed the convention in Italian
on the subject "Dovrebbe uno
storia letteraria sapere l'italiana?"
Dr. Wilhelm Pfeiler of the uni
versity German department spoke
next on what German periodicals
teachers should read. The subject
of his address was "Wertvolle
deutsche Zeitschriften." "Al este
de los Andes" was the subject
chosen by Mr. James A. Cuneo
of the French department for the
next speech.
Friday's meeting opened with
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ALUMNI TO GATHER
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Honorary Groups Arrange
Meeting Thursday
Evening.
Several score of alumni from all
over the state will be in Lincoln
Thursday evening to attend the
annual joint meeting of the Phi
Delta Kappa fraternity and Pi
Lambda Theta sorority, honorary
educational societies at the Uni
versity of Nebraska.
The meeting will follow a din
ner at the University club for
which more than 100 reservations
already have been made. Prof. H.
G. Lull, director of teachers train
ing ' at the Kansas state teachers
college at Emporia, will give the
address of th evening on "Social
Orientation of the High School
Cirriculum,"
Professor Lull is recognized na
tionally as a director of teachers
training work and was one of the
first educators to use the project
method in teaching.
The joint meeting of Phi Delta
Kappa and Pi Lambda Theta is
held in the spring of every year
and provides an opportunity for
former teachers college students to
met their classmates again. ,
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Court fi Lincoln Juum&..
Dr. H. H. Waite.
Two University of Nebraska fac
ulty men who have served this in
stitution for many years. Their
death occurred on the same day,
Saturday. April 25.
DR. HILL SPEAKS ON
Explains Reorganization at
Annual Spring History
Convention.
TEACHES AT CHICAGO U
"The Reorganization of the Uni
versity of Chicago" was the sub
ject of a speech by Dr. Howard C.
Hill before a university convoca
tion at the Temple theater Friday
morning. Dr. Hill is professor of
history at the University of Chi
cago and is here in connection with
the annual spring meeting of the
Nebraska History Teachers associ
ation. The speaker explained that the
reorganization at Chicago univer
sity is but another move in the na
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Neihardt to Read From Own
Poetry at Banquet in
Evening.
The spring meeting of the Ne
braska Writers Guild will be held
at the Lincoln hotel. Lincoln, Neb.,
May 2, 1931.
The program of this meet will
begin with registration at 9:30 a.
m. This will be followed by a
roundtable discussion at 10, of
which Prof. L. V. Jacks will be j
leader. Concluding the morning
session will be a fellowship lunch
eon at 12:15, at the Lincoln hotel.
The session will be resumed at
2:30 p. m. with further roundta
ble discussions. In this discussion
Mrs. Martin Harris will be leader
in drama. Mrs. Leslie Dykstra
leader in poetry" Harry T. Dob
bins will lead the discussion on
articles.
A banquet at the Lincoln hotel,
at 6:30 p. m. will close the meet
ing. Prof. J. E. LeRossignol will
preside at the dinner. John G.
Neihardt will read from his "The
Songs of the Indian Wars" and
from his unpublished manuscript
of the "Song of the Messiah." This
banquet will be open to all those
interested in writing.
Each Show Must Have Its Head Man;
Carlson, Old Hand, Takes That Part
By FOREY CORD.
To be a hero is not to have
lived in vain.
Epigrammatic tho the above
statement may sound. William
McCleery. author of the spring
Kosmet Klub musical comedy, has
realized that every play must
have its head man. In the case
of "High and Dry," the musical
show of which we are speaking,
the hero is Tom, which part is
adequately rendered by Don Carl
son. Don is an old hand at just
such a role, having played a com
paratively identical part in "Don't
Be Silly," the Kosmet show of
two years ago.
In reference to Tom, the "High
and Dry" hero, it may be said
that there is certainly no part of
his existence which smacks of
living in vain. To the contrary
our hero's life is one full of trials,
heartaches, and cruel twists of
fate. Not only does the crew on
his yacht turn against hira and
mutiny, but he is constantly con
fronted with the evil leer of a
villain's eyes, the scoundrel being
Carl Beekman. The woman of the
play, the one whom Tom is ready
to die for, is Jane Paige. (Bud
Bailev. ar.d although things look
doicfully dark at times there is a
Chairman of Bacteriology
Department Suffers
Heart Attack.
BOTH HA DESERVED LONG
Instructor of Languages
Was With University
For 40 Years.
Two university professors died
vesierday. i ury it
Waite, chairman of the depart
ment of bacteriology and pathol
ogy, and Grover E. Barber, profes
sor of ancient languages with an
emeritus status in the university.
Dr. Wnite, connected with the
university since 1901, died sud
denly at' his home, 2144 B street.
Saturday morning following an
acute attack of heart trouble.
After coming down to his office
in P.essy hall Thursday morning,
the doctor felt somewhat ill. He
went to his home where Dr. Covey
was called. Friday Dr. Covey pro
nounced his cae as very' serious.
Born in Massachusettes .
Dr. Waite was bom at Leverett,
Mass., July 4. 1m. Attending
Amherst he received his A. M. de
gree in 1S92 and later obtained
his M. D. degree from the univer
sity of Michigan in 1901. Joining
the university staff on February
1, 1902 as an instructor in bac
teriology, he Iips remained a fac
ulty member in different capaci
ties out with the same department
until j-ist two days before his
rionth
In September, 1903, he was pro
moted to assistant professor of
bacteriology ani pathology and
two vcars later to associate pro
fessor. He later became full pro
fessor, then chairman of the de
partment in 1907 and 1913. re
spectively. During the World
war he was a contract surgeon
in the U. S. army from 1918 to
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BIZ-ADJCNIC PLANS
Annual Frolic Is Scheduled
For May 1; Pioneers
Park Is Scene.
LUCRE TAKES CHARGE
The college of business adminis
tration will hold the annual Bizad
picnic and fun frolic on May 1 at
Pioneer park. Albert Lucke. chair
man of the day, has announced
many new entertainment features
for the picnic this year.
The chairmen of the various
committees in charge of the event
have worked for weeks to make
this years program a success it
was said. The chairmen of spe
cial committees are: Bob Lau,
sports; Jack Epeneter. food; Will
ard Hedge, transportation: Leon
ard Larson, tickets: Charl es
Sknde, publicity. The chairman of
each committee will select cowork
ers in an effort to make the day
one which will be remembered.
Program Arranged.
A varied program has been ar
ranged. Some of the features will
be a "blind bogey" gulf match, for
which prizes will be given.
Another attraction will be baseball.
Games have been arranged be
tween the Girls Commercial club
and Phi Chi Theta; Delta Sigma
Pi and Tlpha Kappa Psi: men's
commercial club and fatuity.
All Bizad students will be ex
cused from classes after 11 o'clock
on the day of the picnic. Anyone
desiring transportation to the pork
should be in front of social science
at 11:10 where transportation wril
be provided.
Bizad day last year was a great
success, it was said, and Lucke ex
pects a large number to partici
pate in the event again this year.
strong chance that everything
may turn out in neat shape.
There are love scenes in the
show which will stir the coldest
heart. Picture the barren thoughts
of despair which must flit through
the minds of a merry' yachting
crew when cast forcibly upon the
cannibal island of Sht-ela. Ima
gine our hero, Tom, and the hero
ine, Jane, cold and shuddering
upon the sands of the beach, their
bare feet whispering into the
comforting sands.
Pathos, stark tragedy, tidal
waves of loneliness all this
comes to Tom and Jane as tne
Rniil-EtirrinEr eDic of the deep
lives on the Liberty theatre stage
May 1 and 2. Possibly, however,
there is a golden sun behind the
clouds ,a sun wEch means hap
piness ana a ruture to tne peopio
concerned.
After the spurt of melodramatic
fantasy in the above paragraph
there is nothing more to say. If
vou feci like a tear, have a tear,
if you feel like laughing, laugh,
but if you feel like a good eve
ning's entertainment with origi
nal songs, dances, and acting, and
production by University of Ne
braska men. then iee "High and
Dry"