The Daily Nebra
VOL. XIV. NO. 41.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1914.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
ILLUSTRATED TALK
PERSINGER LECTURES AT YES-
TERDAY'S CONVOCATION.
LECTURE ON SOUTH AMERICA
Gives Many Interesting Experiences
and Pictures of Southern Life
Football Rally at Convoca
tion Thursday.
Professor C. E. Perslnger of the
American History department gave an
illustrated lecture on South America
at Convocation yesterday. He has re
cently been there twice on commis
sions and brings back many interest
ing pictures and stories.
Contrary to the general idea, the
profesor tells us, there are several
large cities in South America with
street cars, pavements and all the
other modern improvements. iA re
markable fact about the conditions
there is the equality of races, for in
stance one official may be a white
man, one an Indian and one a Mexican
yet all work together on an equal foot
ing. One of these large cities which is
especially noted is Rio de Janeiro. It
is a great tourist resort and much
money is spent each year In keeping
up the streets, and parks and beauti
fying thJei whole city. The expenditures
however, far exceed the income and It
has been said that the city should be
called Rio the beautiful, the extrava
gant, the bankrupt.
The scenes showed th'e coffee coun
try to be rolling and covered with
shrubs where it had not been cleared.
The laborers were chiefly Italians. The
great coffee" exporting city of South
America is San Tos.
Professor Perslnger tells us, how
ever, that "the bottom has been
knocked out of the coffee Industry by
the present European war."
In spite of th'e advanced civilization
in the cities very primitive conditions
exist in the country districts. "The
ranches," he says, "are slowly giving
way to wheat fields while the labor
problems are just as great as those in
our own country."
It was announced at convocation
that a big football rally will be h'eld
in the Armory on Thursday in antici
pation of the Kansas game. Mr. El
more who has just recently returned
from Europe, and also the two sen
ators will probably speak at some
convocation in the near future.
BIG FOOTBALL RALLY
TOMORROW MORNING
Every Effort Will be Exerted to En
gender Such "Pep" as Will
Defeat Kansas.
Announcements have been made to
the effect that there will be "the big
Rest" football rally held in Memorial
ITall at 11 o'clock Thursday morning.
Fred Hunter of the Uncoln schools
will have charge of the meeting. Th-;
band will be present .with its music.
Various speakers of fame will be pres
ent and efforts will be made to at
least have the football men take seats
on the platform. '
The essential feature of the rally is
of course to work up such enthusiasm
among the students that the Kansas
force will have to whip the people in
the bleachers as well as the Nebraska
players In order to win.
DR. PAYNE GIVES TALK.
Addresses Geology Class on Subject of
"Efficiency and Its Application to
Industrial Depressions."
Dr. Henry M. Payne of New York
City, formerly Professor of Geology in
the University of Virginia, addressed
the class in Geology I Monday morn
ing, his subject being "Efficiency and
Its Application to Industrial Depres
sions." Dr. Payne Is an expert on
geologic and mining engineering sub
jects.
MORE GRADUATES ARE
ELECTED THIS YEAR
Many Alumni in Senate and House
Both Branches of Legislature
Democratic.
A few more Nebraska grads have
been honored by the people in the state
and have been elected state represen
tative from their respective districts
R. C Hunter, received his A. B. In
1909, and comes from Omaha.
Calafls L. E. Blauser graduated from
the Law College in 1896, represents
the 32nd district of the state.
John N. Norton received his degree
from the -Arts and Science College in
1903 and is now residing in Polk
Twelve old members have returned to
the Senate and twenty-eight old mem
bers returned to the Housie.
The Senate will be composed of
eighteen democrats and fifteen repub
licans. The House is decidedly demo
cratic, as th'ere will be sixty-six demo
crats and only thirty-nina republicans
when the roll is called.
THE GERMAN DRAMATIC .
CLUB MEETS TONIGHT
Little Comedy Will be Given by Mem
bers Important Business Is to
Come Before the Club.
The German Dramatic Club will
meet in Faculty Hall this evening at
7:30. Important business is before the
club and all members are urged to at
tend. Miss Heppner has prepared a
little comedy. "Unter Vier Augen,"
which will be presented as part of the
program. The cast is as follows:
Dr. Volkart... Mr, Frank
Ilermine Miss Weil
Baron von Berkow Mr. Schlesinger
Lotte Miss Tuthill
Baumann Mr. Snyder
PROFESSOR BUCK MAKES All URGEIIT PLEA
THAT STUDENTS HELP THE BELGUIM'S
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Tells What Other Schools Have Done, and Places Confidence in the
Students of the University of Nebraska.
There are seven milion people, old
men, women and children, today in
Belgium who are entirely dependent
upon the world's charity. To carry
them through the coming winter they
will need at least two million five
hundred thousand dollars a month for
the barest necessities of life. Mule
,he war is in progress it is almost im-
possible to
look to Europe ior m.
UNIVERSITY
EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE PLAN
NING FOR THE EVENT.
ENTERTAINMENT IS FOR ALL
Extensive Arrangements Have Been
Made by Those In Charge to
Please Everyone Every:
body Out.
"Will there be any girls there?
Will the boys come? Is ltv a sure
thing? Will there be a place for
those who don't dance? Will there"
but here the patient listener fainted
and was carried away, and the In
quisitive One pursued his way across
the campus, leaving a trail of gasp
ing, struggling victims. '
To all these questions can be given
one answer, "Yes." For a number of
days committees have been actively
at work on the various duties and
promise that the first "mixer" at the
University will be a success. Many
have thought that there would be an
overwhelming majority of girls pres
ent, and the fairer sex are looking for
more girls in the belief that they will
be outnumbered by the boys. There
is not the least fear that Nebraska's
novel society stunt will be lacking in
attendance.
And then for those who do not trip
the light fantastic. Arrangements
have been made to accommodate all
whose instruction in this line has been
overlooked. As the more popular
steps are being given in the Armory, a
number of good, old-fashioned dances
will be tried in the chapel, and the
committee delegated to look after this
say that thieve will be no end of fun in
their part of the building.
In the event that any tire of the
more or less strenuous exertion, the
opportunity will be given to rest as
long as may be wished in suitable
places, and for the benefit of all dainty
refreshments will be provided.
The two rooms, the Armory and the
chapel, will be decorated and arrange
ments made to accommodate as many
11 .-.V.-n jtnil
as can come. acuuy memueio uu
graduates will have a splendid chance
to meet the student body, and the lat
ter should not ovenooK me uppui-
tunity. The time has been set for 8
o'clock.
Yet England is doing what she can,
and has already over a million of
refugees on her charity list Holland
has nearly as many more. France has
the lives of her own dispossessed peo
ple to take care of; but with that is
doing her share, and has given over
Havre to the Belgians. With all this
help, however, the winter will bring
suffTirg. disease and death" to hun
DEAN WINCHESTER LECTURE8.
Former Nebraskan Gives Talk Now
in the Employ of the United
States Government.
Mr. Dean Winchester, U. of N. 1905,
now a member of the United States
Geological Survey, lectured to the
students In Geology I, November 4th.
Ills talk was on "Western Oil Shales
and the Theories Pertaining to the
Origin of Petroleum."
0. T. SWAN SPEAKS
TWIGEJTO STUDEHTS
Both Talks Given to the Foresters
Showed Their Appreciation by a
Large Attendance.
Mr. O. T. Swan, '04, spoke twice yes
terday to the forestry students. Mr.
Swan !s in the Eastern Division of the
Forestry Service, with headquarters at
Washington.
In the morning at 11 o'clock he
spoke on the experimental investiga
tions being carried on in the field of
forestry. Last night at 7:30 he spoke
on the subject of "Industrial Investi
gations." This is the commercial
branch of forestry and is the work
in, which Mr. Swan is now engaged.
Both talks, which were given in Ne
braska Hall, Room 2,.were full of in
terest and very istructive to those who
were fortunate enough to hear him.
The foresters showed their apprecia
tion of his lectures by turning out in
large numbers, both morning and even
ing, to hear him.
SENIOR FOOTBALL
STARTS TOMORROW
Eighteen Men Have Signed up Sug
gested That Different Class Man
agers Meet at the Armory.
Bob Harley's aggregation met in the
armory yesterday forenoon at 11
o'clock to organize the Senior football
team. The Seniors have eighteen men
on the list and the hope of victory
still reigns high among them.
The first practice will be at 11
o'clock Thursday, to be resumed again
at 1 o'clock in th'e afternoon of the
same day. Chairman Harley, of the
Seniors thinks that the managers of
the different class teams should get
together to make definite arrange
ments. He suggests that they m'eet at
the Armory at 11 o'clock Thursday.
dreds of thousands unless America
comes to the aid at once. And she
has done so already, but the ned is
ftill great. .Can the students of the
University of Nebraska do their part?
Not long ago Yale raised five thou
sand dollars in one day. When the
opportunity is offered the students of
Nebraska, wil not be backward in this
urgency PHILO M. BUCK. JR.
POTTER OUT OF HIE
SAME KNEE WILL PREVENT HIM
FROM PLAYING SATURDAY
HAWKINS TO PLAY QUARTER
Stiehm is Drilling the Men Behind
Closed Gates Largest Crowd on
Record Will Witness Satur
day's Struggle.
By H. I. Kyle.
Stiehm has seen the Jayhaw in
action. He knows what it will take,
to beat them. He knows what material
Is at hand; and right now, behind
closed gates, he is bending every
ounce of his energy to whipping his
team into the desired shape. It 's all
a matter of practice now; keen, intelli
gent, practice, in the things that the
men already know, but haven't yet
learned to do, perfectly.
Cub Potter has not been able to get
out for practice, yet, and it now seems
doubtful if he will be in condition to
play in the Kansas game at all, in
which case the tremendous responsi
bility of running the team, will fall
upon the willing, but inexperienced
shoulders of Hawkins. Howeverj it
is the belief of those who have been
watching Hawkins, in practice, lately,
that his playing, if he is allowed to
play, will he a pleasant surprise, even
to his most ardent admirers.
The regular varsity-freshmen game
will take place this afternoon as usual.
The freshmen have had over a week,
in which to practice the plays, brought
them from Kansas, by Joe Hoeffel,
and it is expected that they will show
the regulars a right merry tussle.
The largest football croWd in the
history of the school, will witness Sat
urday's battle. The alumnae office has
already been swamped with orders for
reserved seats, while Harry Porter
has even received several long-distance
telephone calls, asking that
es-Rta be reserved. Guy Reed is begin
ning to worry over the problem of
seating all the fans, that the Indica
tions show, will be on hand.
Texans Play Chinese Team.
The baseball team of the University
of Hawaii has arranged for three
games to be played with Texas Uni
versity early in April. The games are
expected to be exceptionally interest
ing as the Chinese boys are rated as
very speedy players.
GIRL'S CLUB TO SEND
DELEGATES TO ILLINOIS
Misses Froyd and Seeger Are the For
tunates Luncheon to Be Held
by Girls Saturday.
Girls' Club Council met in the Y. W.
C. A. Room last evening at 7:15. The
girls elected as delegates to the con
vention at Evanston, 111., were Edna
Froyd and Geneva Seeger.
Edna Froyd has been prominent in
school affairs and it is felt that she
will represent with Geneva Seeger the
very best Nebraska spirit Edna is a
member of the Junior class and of tlie
Alpha O sorority. Geneva Seeger is
a Sophomore and a member of Pal
ladian Literary Society, and she is full
of enthusiasm.
The luncheon for the Kansas Home
Coming will be Saturday at 12:15,
served by the cafeteria. Price35 cents.
