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ER, MARGARET KERR ANDj
L. S. THOMPSON TO
TAKE PART
ough played by amateurs, the
etion of "Les Pattes de Mouche"
Cercle Francais next Thursday
g in Sarah Caswell Angell hall,
y no means appear amateur in
mance, if previous experience of
ayers is a determining factor.
ge Wilner, '17, who takes the
f Thirion, has had an unusual
t of experience in campus pro-
ns. Besides having taken part
Oratorical association play,
Servant in the House," and the
>lay last year, he has also played
is year's .Greek production,
enia in Tauris," and in the Cos-
tan club's "The Magic Carpet."
garet Kerr, '18, who will in-
the character of Suzanne, took
i "Felicia Finesses," the Junior
play of this year, and in last
Cercle Francais play. Leland
ison, '18, Mrs. A. C. Weaver,
and Jacob Braude, '18, who will
he roles of Prosper, Clarisse,
anhove, respectively, will be re-
redl for their work in previous
1 plays. Dorothy Gruss, '19, who
he part of Colomba, was in last
Shakespearean pageant.
errell Speaks Before Medics
John A. Ferrell of New York
epresenting the international
commission, gave a lecture on
rk of the Rockefeller Institute
the medical students at 1:30
yesterday afternoon in the
heater of the University hos-
"Council o Hold
Spring Contests
Decides to Have Annual Affair in
Spite of Confused Situation
Due to War
Followitg a discussion at the Stu-
dent council meeting held Sunday aft-
ernoon it was decided to hold the an-
nual spring contests this year regard-
less of the present unsettled state of
affairs. The class games will take
place May 18 and 19.
An attempt will be made to equalize
the number of men in each class in
the push ball contest in order to les-
sen the danger of injury. Bills have
been sent out to all the classes on
the campus for the new tug-of-war
rope which will take the place of the
one destroyed last year. All of the
money must be collected before the
rope will be purchased. H. A. Taylor,
'17E, and W. H. Hogan, '17, were ap-
pointed chairmen of the push-ball and
tug-of-war committees, respectively.
The council will co-operate with the
Red Cross society in giving the dance
which will be held in Barbour and
Waterman gymnasiums Friday night.
H. S. Hatch, '18, was appointed chair-
man of the ticket committee. Tickets
may be secured about the campus.
Campus Cleopatras Drill in Oklahoma
Norman, Okla., April 23.-Co-eds of
the University of Oklahoma are plan-
ning to take up military drill. A mass
meeting of the women students has
been called for Thursday evening to
formulate plans for the drill. The girls
will form a battalion of their own and
ask for drillmasters from the Sooner
regiment. Promoters of the plan are
anxious to have the work made com-
pulsory.
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AT THE THEATERS
TODAY
Garrick-George Bernard Shaw's
comedy, "Getting Married."
Majestic-John Mason and Anna
Hanlon in "The Libertine."
Arcade-Mary Pickford in "A*
Poor Little Rich Girl."
Orpheum-Constance Talmadge in
"The Girl of the Timber Claims."
Triangle comedy "Won by a'
Foot."
Rae-Alice Brady in "A Woman'
Alone."
* Manuscript submitted in the com-
* petitidn for the two advertising prizes
* of $300 and $200 must be in by May
* 1, and the Tryads' Advertising club,
* which is assisting the rhetoric depart-
* ment to conduct the competition, urge
all contestants to get their material
in as soon as possible in order to make
the handling of the competition as
MANUSCRIPT FOR CONTEST
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easy as possible.
From the unusual amount of inter-
est manifested this year in the event,
it is expected that the number of en-
trants will be larger than in any pre-
vious competition. Much of this in-
terest is attributed to the activities of
the Tryads who have been spending
a night weekly studying advertising
problems.
1Women to Improve Morals of Camps
Starting with a hearty endorsement
of the present W. E. B. campaign, the
league for constructive service out-
lined a definite program for improv-
hig moral conditions in military train-
ing camps at its regular meeting yes-
terday afternoon at Newberry hall.
For the next meeting, to be held
Monday, April 30, a speaker will be
secured to talk on actual conditions in
training camps which are in need of
alleviation.
ACTIVITIES TO BE RESUMED
IN INTERNATIONAL CLASS
Activities will be resumed by the
class in international relations at its
next meeting, which will be held at
7 o'clock Thursday evening in room
302 University hall. These meetings
will be held weekly in the future until
the six remaining lectures of the
course have been given. Information;
regarding the "wienie roast" to take
place Saturday afternoon up the river
will be furnished at this time.
Reports on the spring trip of the
Cosmopolitan club are now in the
hands of the judges, Prof. J. A. C.
Hildner of the German department,
and Prof. J. R. Nelson of the English
department. Prizes are offered for
the best reports and the judges hope
to reach decisions in the near future.
Red Cross Exam Certificates Here
All those men who took the final
examination for the American Red
Cross certificates last February under
the direction of Dr. F. R. Town, med-
ical examiner for the National Ameri-
can Red Cross, should report at the
health service to receive their certifi-
cates.
One more examination for Ameri-
can Red Cross certificates will be held
the week beginning May 21 by Dr. F.
R. Town.
SENIORS GET CHANCE TO GO
INTO MAIL ORDER HOUSE
Two representatives of the famous
mail order house of Montgomery Ward
& Co., Chicago, Messrs. E. P. Marum
and F. E. Weakly, will be at Professor
Dowrie's office in the Economics
building today for the purpose of meet-
ing graduating seniors. Their object
is to offer students of the economic de-
partment and engineering school an
opportunity to enter the employ of the
above concern and to explain the broad
fields of work opening up in this line
of endeavor.
Montgomery Ward & Co. have a
training plan for university graduates
which enables them to learn all the
activities of the mail order business
and to qualify for executive positions.
Adeiphi to Discuss Libor Conscription
Conscription of available labor for
farm work will be discussed at to-
night's meeting of the Adelphi house
of representatives.
The measure contemplates forced
service on farms for the country's
benefit of such men as are unqualified
for actual army service and yet cap-
able of taking places on farms for the
period of the war.
The house, dividing itself into a Re-
publican and a Democratic party, will
debate the question. The Republicans
undertake to uphold the plan.
AT THE MAJESTIC
John Mason and Alma Hanlon are
the stars of "The Libertine," the mas-
terpiece film produced by Julius Steger
and Joseph A. Golden which is at the
Majestic today and tomorrow.
Scenes of modeirn society life and
their effect upon an unsophisticated
girl play an important part in the pro-
duction.
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' George Knepper, Veteran "Y"
field Secretary, Tells Army Tales
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v. George Knepper is a true
the turmoil, riot and confusion
rked the mobilization of 1898
i to be enacted once again.
nepper was field secretary for
. C. A. during the Spanish-
n war and had a store of
tions gotten up for the men, of the
however, he said, by many of these
army workers.
He then touched on the work of the
"Y" during the campaigns of 1898 an(
recently upon the Mexican border. He
spoke of the amusements and recrea-
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ling experiences to relate to the
workers gathered at Lane hall
night.
the boys are looking upon a
aign as a pleasant little week-
affair," he said, "they are doom-
0 a sad disappointment. A 20
hike with full accoutrement isn't
's play, and when you've drilled,
r a sweltering sun from
lie to taps, with maybe half
hour to yourself you'll have
nt inkling of what war is, long
e you hear the enemy's guns.
than one man has used that half
with mad abandon. Away from
ties, influenced by companions,
of whom have merely enlisted to
e police persecution, those brief
ants of respite are signalized by
asting aside of army regulations,
y moral laws as well."
th peculiar vividness Mr. Knepper
ibed the trials that beset the
volunteer, "th'e men wanted sym-
'," he said, "and the government
unable to provide them with a
of cold water. Army chaplains?
of them want the captain's pay,
the stripe on the sleeve. Our
.ain in the old 126th Indiana ran a
i's tent, and had never spoken to
idience before."
burst of laughter greeted the
ker when he told how the call
forth to attend the "chaplain's
r meeting next Wednesday'
," and everybody was there but
chaplain. Much good was done,
bushels of letters they were induced
to write to the "folks at home," of
the many money orders that passed
through the hands of the "Y" repre-
sentatives, who were enabled to cross
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obportunity before you," he concluded,
"and I know that you will meet it
with all that there is in you."
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, meeting which is to be held next
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ire of the performance is being
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