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VOL. XIV. NO. 84.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1915.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
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WORLD POLITY CLIIP
PROMINENT FACULTY MEN AND
STUDENTS ARE MEMBERS
CLUB IS NOT PEACE SOCIETY
Purpose of Existence Is to Better
Understand National Relations
C. A. Sorensen Chosen
President
The organization of the World Polity
Club baa been completed. About ten
days ago the students and the mem
bers of the faculty Interested met with
Mr. 1 A. Sh'eetz of the Carnegie Peace
Foundation. C. A. Sorensen was
chosen president and Earnest Graves
secretary. An executive committee
was elected to consist of the president,
secretary. Dr. Maxey, Dr. Alexander,
and Marcus I Poteet.
The executive committee has ex
tended invitations of membership to
the following:
Faculty
Dr. Fred M. Fling.
Dr. Edwin Maxey.
Dr. H. B. Alexander.
Dr. G. E. Howard.
Dr. Guernsey Jones.
Dean W. G. Hastings.
Dean O. V. P. Stout.
Prof. M. M. Fogg.
Prof. Leon E. Aylesworth.
Prof. H. E. Caldwell.
Prof. C. E. Persinger.
Prof..Philo M. Buck, Jr. ,
Prof. G. R. Chatburn.
Prof. L. E. LeRossignol.
Prof. Lawrence Fossler.
Mr. Guy E. Reed.
Mr. Max Westerman.
Lieut. Sam Parker.
Students
Silas M. Bryan.
Harold J. Schwab.
Marcus L. Poteet.
Earnest R. Graves.
C. A. Sorensen.
Otto K. Perrin.
'Henry I. Kyle.
William Ritchie.
Walter A. Hixenbaugh.
John C. Beard.
Herbert Grummann.
'Kirk Fowler.
Shirley Fossler.
Raymond F. Kirk.
Paul H. Dean.
George Mann.
John H. Riddel.
Theodore Kubik.
David Starr. ;
Charles IT. Epperson.
Hugh Agor.
Membership is limited to the faculty
and upper-classmen. Hereafter mem
bership will be secured by application
to the club.
Dr. John Mez of the University of
Munich, a specialist in international
affairs, will meet with the club the
first week in March.
"This club is not a peace society,'
said C. A. Sorensen on being inter
viewed. "The purpose for its existence
is to get & better understanding of in
ternational relations. We want the
views of pacificists, militarists, and
those holding a middle ground. We
want to make a deep inquiry Into the
causes of war, not the advantages of
peace."
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ALUMNI DIRECTORY
Complete Directory of All University
Graduate to Be Printed
This Month
A new directory of the alumni of
the University of Nebraska is being
sent to press by the alumni office.
This is to be one of the most complete
ever printed by the University and it
is expected that it will be out about
the middle of next month. In it will
be the location of every' graduate of
the University and the year of gradu
ation, as well as other facts of inter
est. TWO FRAT BASKET-
BALLGAMES PLAYED
Both Garnet Were Slow Phi Gams
and Phi Psis Come Off Victorious
After Usual Valiant Struggles
Two rather slow games were played
at the Armory, Wednesday evening.
The one resulted in a victory for the
Phi Gams, the other went to the Phi
Psis. The defeated teams were the
Sig Eps and the Sigma Nus.
The positions were as follows:
Phi Gamma
Forwards Lewis, Chatt.
Center Montgomery, Proctor.
Guards Bell, Spohn.
Sigma Nu
Forwards Morrissey, Walters.
Center Reinecke.
Guards Hayes, Aichberg.
Phi Psi
Forwards Cook, Sulzer.
Center Gardner. "-
Guards Bowman, Porter.
Sig Eps
Forwards Tyson, Clarke.
Center Graff.
Guards Balis, Lowry, Kozitsky. .
Scores Phi Gam 25, Sigma Xu 12;
Phi Psi 17, Sig Ep 11.
PROFESSOR GRUMMANN
AT CONVOCATION
Illustrated Lecture Concerning Artistic
Plans, Passed and Rejected gy
Art Censorship Board
The convocation was made especial
ly attractive yesterday morning by
the illustrated lecture of Prof. Grum
mann. He presented many artistic
plans that had passed the censorship
of the -Philadelphia art commission,
and also some models that they had
condemned. The designs with which
we are chiefly concerned were parks,
building, and railroad yards.
Prof. Grummann emphasized the
value of real art to any city, and
pointed out that expense was not al
ways necessary for the best art. .He
said "that a thing can be cheap and
still be beautiful."
But he made another criticism that
is of more importance to us. He said
that people could travel through Lin
coln for years and miss all real beauty
of the city on account of crude railroad
yards.
In spite of the excellence of this
lecture there were but few to hear it
Students, who fail to hear such things
as this really miss the "bigness" of
college life.
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PROFESSORS CALDWELL AND PER
SINGER LECTURES WEEKLY
INTEREST AND APPRECIATION
Professor Caldwell States That Inter
est of Audience Fully Repays For
Extra Energy Expended
by Him
Professors Caldwell and Persinger of
the History Department have lately
opened another phase of University
extension work by giving weekly lec
tures at the State Penitentiary. These
lectures are attended by the inmates
of the Institution who are taking some
of the educational courses offered by
Professor O'Connell.
Professor O'Connell was lately ap
pointed head of the educational in
struction department of the peniten
tiary and is making great progress in
the work. This work Includes courses
in the common branches and it has
lately been thought advisable to add
a course in American History. For
this reason the University professors
were called in and they have made
the course so interesting, by the use
of stereoptican views, that over a hun
dred and twenty-five are now listening
to the lectures. Because of the inter
est in this course it is hoped that oth
ers will take instruction in the com
mon branches, as this is one of the
requirements for admittance to the
history lectures.
These lectures are given Wednes
day evening each week. This schedule
was varied somewhat last Wednesday
Decause or tne poor car service, on
account of the severe storm. Profes
sor Caldwell started in plenty time to
reach the penitentiary if the cars had
been running regularly but the car
took him but a short distance toward
his destination. The remaining mile
and a half the professor walked. This
made him a little late in meeting his
class but he expressed himself as fully
repaid for the exertion by the great in
terest manifested by his new pupils.
The students of Syracuse University
must pay a three dollar class assess
ment at registration. No student is
allowed to register until his class dues
ore paid.
FOURTH SYMPHONY
JIVEN TUESDAY
Date Has Been Changed From Thurs
day to Tuesday Large Audience
Expected
An convocation Tuesady the Fourth
Beethoven Symphony will be given
After the long pause we have had thta
exceedingly bright and happy music
will be gladly welcomed. Beethoven
composed this particular symphony
during the happiest period of his life,
when he was engaged to be married
and the future seemed bright and full
of promise. It was not long that this
joyful period lastedNbut in this music
we find no anticipation of the deep
sorrow that was soon to cloud over his
whole life.
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SIGMA TAU PLEDGES
The Honorary Engineering Fraternity
Announce Pledging of
Five Men
Sigma Tau, the honorary engineer
ing fraternity, announces the pledg
ing of the following men:
L. A. Barnes.
R. B. Gillespie.
W. Hall.
F. W. Norrls.
L. Rhoades.
The Silver Lynx fraternity an
nounces the pledging of Charles R
Gnrdipee of Omaha. Nebr. -
GIRLS CLUB BOARD
ENJOY LUNCHEON
Series of Saturday Afternoon Parties
to Be Given Semester's Work
Planned Ahead
esterday noon luncheon was en
joyed by the members of the Girls
Club Board in the gymnasium class
room, after which several important
matters were discussed. A large num
ber of plans were laid for the work
arid enjoyment of the Girls' Club dur
ing the ensuing semester.
The girls who were in school last
year will be glad to know that at this
time it was decided to begin a series
of Saturday afternoon parties in about
two weeks. All last winter these par
ties were conducted for the entertain
ment of all University girls who
wished to come. There was usually a
short program, after which the girls
danced, played cards or games. These
were continued until spring, the num
bers attending being so large that it
Is not surprising that the custom is to
be brought forth again.
Further announcements concerning
them will be made later.
FRESHMAN MIXER
SATURDAY NIGHT
Girls Will Meet in the Y. W. C.
Rooms Before Mixer Special
Feature on Entertainment
Should Freshman girls have the re
tiring disposition that is such a virtue
in the men of the class, they will be
saved the embarrassment of entering
the mixer Saturday night alone. All
the girls that wish may meet in the
Y. W. C. A. rooms in the Temple from
twenty minutes before the hour to 8 : 00
o'clock. At the exact time of the
opening of the mixer they will enter
the Armory in a body, and from then
on they will proceed to have a good
time. The entertainment committee
have given Miss Parks charge of the
games.
'Special surprises await all those
attending," Is the dark hint of the
refreshment committee.
Ohio Wants Dormitories
Recognizing the need for men's dor
mitories in the modern state univer
sity, a resolution was adopted by the
members of one of the county clubs
at the University of Ohio favoring the
movement and pledging the support of
the club's members and alumni.
Juniors and Seniors
in particular
THE USTSEBHUI
HUSKERS HOLD LAST PRACTICE
BEFORE WESLEYAN GAME
HYLAND CANNOT BE PRESENT
Was to Officiate Tonight Negotiations
in Progress With Lowman of Kan
sas Aggies as Paper Goes to
Press Odds on Wesleyan
Coach Stiehm received a wire from
Mark Hyland, ex-Iowa, fwho was to
have officiated at the Coyote-Corn-husker
contest in University Place to
night, stating that it would be impos
sible for him to be present. Coaches
Stiehm and Kline go: together last
night, with the result that negotia
tions were under way with Coach
Lowman of the Kansas Aggies as the
paper went to press. It was not
known at that time whether he could
come or not, making it Impossible to
state definitely who will preside at
tonight's entertainment.
Yesterday afternoon the Cornhusker
quintet went through the last practice
prior to tonight's game. The re-arranged
and rejuvenated team handled
the inflated sphere with becoming
dexterity and played the' floor in whirl
wind fashion. Team work was sure
and consistent. There has been con
siderable shifting of the lineup during
the last week, and the team which will
meet the village pastors tonight will
be made up quite differently from that
which was defeated by the stalking
Jayhawks two weeks ago. The lineup
even presents a different appearance
than it did earlier in the week. Gard
ner and Miiliken will start at for
wards, Shields at center, and Hugg
and Sheldon at guards. As for the
Wesleyan cast, it is composed of prac
tically the same personnel as that
which enacted the sensational third
night appearance a year ago. Hughes
is at center, with Hussey and Kline at
forwards, and Johnson and Vifquain
at guards. All are old men. Hussey
did not occupy a regular berth last
winter, although he participated in
several of the important games, nota
bly those with our own Huskers. He
has developed into quite some basket
shooter, and is one of the men upon
whom Coach Kline is placing especial
dependence to ruffle the feathers of
our heretics.
There is a certain stealthy rumor to
the effect that in certain places out at
the Peaceful Spot one can leave a
certain amount under certain condi
tions, unbeknownst to a certainly
large majority of the inhabitants of
that puritan place, and that these cer
tain supporters of Cojifh Kline'? tai:i
will cover this certain amount with
another certain amount twice as largf
as the one which you deposited. From
which it may be inferred that Wes
leyan is offering two to one ?nonev
on "our team." Viewing the situation
in the cold, merciless glare from the
lantern of Madame Dope, two to ono
money is a fair bet, and denotes the
relative chances of the two tems.
Coach Stiehm is reticent, saying lit
tle as to Nebraska's chances. He
hopes that the changes in the lineun
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