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VOL. XIV. NO. 125.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1915.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
ORGANIZED INSANITY
SUBJECT OF PEACE LECTURE BY
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MAN
COLLEGE DRILL CONDEMNED
Mr. Leon Fraser Will Lecture on the
Subject of "Organized Insanity,
or Military Training for
College Men"
Mr. Leon Fraser, representative of
the Carnegie Endowment for Inter
aatlonal Peace, will address a public
meeting in the Lav Building-Auditorium
at 8 o'clock Friday. April 16,
on the subject, "Organized Insanity,
or Military Training for College Men."
Mr. Fraser is a lawyer, former
newspaper man, now in the faculty of
political science at Columbia Univer
sity, and has been in Germany, Eng
land, and France since the war broke
out.
In a circular sent out from Colum
bia University, Mr. Fraser is quoted
as follows:
"The next time anyone tells you
that a cannon is made to keep peace,
you tell him that a cannon is made
to kill men. The agitator's argument
that our security lies in being
stronger than any other country will
hold equally true for every country
besides us. The creation of 'national
security leagues' in this country will
mean the creation of 'national secur
ity leagues' in Japan. If today all
had four guns and tomorrow eight, we
would be relatively in the same posi
tion, tut the increased burden would
lead eventually to bankruptcy or an
explosion."
Thirty-five students won Phi Beta
Kappa honors at the University of
Illinois this year. Thirty" were se
lected from the Senior class and five
from the Junior.
PROFESSOR DEVOTED .
HOURTO STATESMAN
Doctor Fling Gave an Exposition of
Abraham Lincoln's Character
and Place in History
In commemoration of the fiftieth
anniversary of the death of Abraham
Lincoln, Dr. F. M. Fling devoted his
lecture hour yesterday morning to an
exposition of Lincoln's character and
his place in history.
Doctor Fling told of the manner in
which Lincoln's character is pre
served in art and literature. He dis
cussed especially the Lincoln statue
oa the capitol grounds, which he de
scribed as a masterful reproduction
of the sympathetic Lincoln.
The statue by St. Gordon in Lincoln
Park. Chicago, shows the Lincoln
whose power held the country to
gether, and a recent painting by Doug
las Fulk, a copy of which is in the
Review of Reviews this month, is a
Kreat picture of the great man.
Walt Whitman's poem. "When
Lilacs Last in the Door Yard Bloom."
doctor Fling ' kaid, "shows a fine, ap
preciation of Lincoln and is one of
the great things in English literatu
re" The reading of this poem ended
the lecture.
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FORMER STUDENT AT
WORK IN RUSSIA
Representative of Parsons Ditcher
Works In Charge of Ditches to Be
Used for War Purposes
A cable reached Newton, "Iowa, to
the effect that the Parsons Ditcher
Works had an order for twelve ditch
ers to be used by the Russian govern
ment for war purposes. This order
amounts to over $75,000 and was pro
moted by A. E. Miller who went to
England and France three months
ago to demonstrate the machines.
The Russian government had repre
sentatives at the demonstration, the
result of which brought forth the
cablegram order.
Mr. Miller will be remembered by
the College of "Engineering faculty
and some of the 6tudents as the stu
dent who went to South America one
year representing a large threshing
machine company.
In 1905 he assisted in the Farm
Mechanics department at the Univer
sity Farm, graduating that same year
The following year he was connected
with Iowa State College. Upon leav
ing this institution, he accepted work
witn me present cuwyauy.
At the time of Mr. Miller's gradua
tion, the Senior Annual, in a cartoon,
made considerable sport of his ability
to climb poles. Possibly there is no
connection between climbing poles
and climbing the commercial ladder.
However, if Mr. Miller couldn't climb
the former, he has been able to" climb
the latter.
FRATERNITY BASE
BALL ORGANIZED
Fraternities Getting Their Men in
Shape for Annual Tournament
Keen Interest Being Shown
The fraternity baseball tournament
held each spring is now being organ
ized. The fraternities have held vari
ous contests throughout the year, the
Phi Psis won the basketball tourna
ment Tuesday night and the Sigma
Nus won the Pan-Hel meet Friday
night. Now, with the opening of
spring, baseball, in its turn, now
comes to the front.
The various fraternities have se
lected their managers and are getting
their teams together. Old equipment
is being dug out of the closets and
ne warticles bought. Most any even
ing a bunch of fellows can be found
in front of a fraternity house playing
catch, getting into shape and form.
The testing out of new men and the
phenomenal pitchers finding their old
pet swing and curve.
The enthusiasm is keen between
the frats realizing good teamwork is
necessary to win the tournament.
Last year the D. U.'s won the cham
pionship. The schedule of games has not been
made out yet, but will be soon, as the
first games are to be played in the
near future. The games will last for
four or five weeks, the finals being
played off about the middle of May.
The frats will be divided into two
divisions as in the basketball tourna
ment. The division is as follows:
First" Division:
Alpha Sigma Phi.
Alpha Theta Chi.
Beta Theta Pi.
Alpha Tau Omega.
Delta Upsilon.
Delta Chi
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REDS WIN BATTLE
TOWN REGIMENT OUT-MANEUVER
FARM TROOPS
TAKES PLACE NEAR BELMONT
Red Victory Won by Quick Deployment
and Weil-Timed Flank Attacks
Annual Parade and Inspection
Before Commandant Today
The town regiment of University
cadets out-maneuvered the Farm regi
ment in the annual battle between
the tTO forces held in the vicinity of
Belmont yesterday afternoon, and
were given the judges' decision after
some three hours of fighting:. The
judges declared the Farm regiment's
or Blue's, advance guard to be too
small and not near enough to the
main body of troops, and ruled out
two Blue companies because they
were overwhelmed by the fire of the
Red town troops. The only crit
icism offered by the judges of the
Reda was the too early deployment
of one battalion so far from the skir
mish line that it was compelled to re
assemble and deploy a second time.
One Red company Company D was
ruled out, not because of a mis-
maneuver, but because the elimination
of two Blue companies made the Red
force too large to afford the remain
der of the Blue army a chance to save
Itself
Three hundred cadets, comprising
the Blues, occupied a. defensive posi
tion northeast of Belmont, being de
ployed along a hill extending south
east from a point on Fourteenth street,
The Reds, six hundred strong, ad
vanced in three battalions, with the
First battalion, under Major Harley,
leading. This battalion marched up
Tenth street and continued around
the enemy's righ flank, taking advan
tage of the rough country to the west
of the Blue's main position. The
Third battalion, under Major Allison,
made an attack on the enemy s left
flank and center. The Second bat
talion, under Acting Major Hewitt,
was thrown on the Blue center, exe
cuting a cross-fire in support of the
Third battalion. The enemy, whose
fire was drawn by the flank attack of
the First battalion, did not discover
the presence of the Second battalion
until it had advanced to its position.
Activities began with the First bat
talion's attack upon the enemy's right
flank. The skirmish lines of the
Blue's eft flank and the Third bat
talion next opened fire upon each
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SOPHOMORE HOP A
MID-WEEK DANCE
Class Dance to Be Given at Capital
Beach the Evening Before
Ivy Day
The Sophomore "Hop" will be given
Mar 11 at Capital Beach, was the de
cision of the committee. This will be
a novel affair, since it is the only mid
week event of the season.
The sale of tickets will be limited to
seventy-five, thus insuring plenty of
room on the floor. Tickets may be
had from Leo Fehlman. A. J. Covert,
John Deerlng. or any member of the
committee.
S EiOUGil i ISIOGtl M tl QiiipiQ IttQtWG
MANY GIRLS OUT FOR
BASEBALL PRACTICE
Tournament Will Be Held May12th
Class Teams Will Compete
for Championship
The- girls are turning out in large
numbers for baseball practice. In
fact, they have already worn out the
present supply of balls and bats and
are waiting for new ones.
The baseball tournament will be
held May 12 at the Girls' Annual
Track Meet on the Athletic Field, at
which time the Sophomore and Fresh
man teams will compete.
Charlotte Bedwell, '18, Omaha, who
plays any position well; Roxie Lewis,
'17, Superior, the Sophomore's chief
shortstop; Ermine' Carmean, '17,
Chadron, who played stellar basket
ball last winter; Edna Olson, '18,
Stromsburg, and Mildred Chapin, '18,
Lincoln.
Oberlin will offer special courses to
Chinese students this summer. For
many years the Ohio school has been
interested in the province of Shansi
in the north of China, where it has
supported a mission for years, and be
cause of its interest in the Chinese
students, it has inaugurated summer
courses in the study of English.
Work in elementary English, inter
mediate and advanced will be given.
The president of the school has sent
out notice to all the universities of
the country, asking them to call at
tention to the courses for Chinese to
be given there.
RELAY CARNIVAL
LARGEST IN HISTORY
Over Three Hundred Teams Have En
tered for the Pennsylvania Relay
Races California Represented
Pennsylvania's relay rates, to be
held on April 23d and 24th. will bring
together this year the largest number
of schools and colleges that have
ever entered any meet in the history
of interrcholastic and intercollegiate
sport. Over 325 teams have entered
to date, ofTwhich more than eighty
are college teams. This means that
the coming relay carnival will be
bigger and better than ever. In one
respect tnis meet outranks all otner
meets held in the United States an
nually. It is the most representative
meet that is held. Colleges represent
ing practically all the different sec
tions of the United States have sent
in their entries. The University of
Southern California will represent the
Pacific slope. The Middle West will
be represented by practically all of
their large colleges, including Chi
cago, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois,
Kansas, and many others. The East
will, of course, be verj generously
represented as usual, as all of the big
colleges and many of the minor col
leges have entered. Because of the
representative character of the meet
the special events and the relay races
are justly regarded by the general
public as the real intercollegiate
championships of America.
The features of this year's meet
will be the college championships as
usual. These events have filled bet
ter than ever before. A very high
standard of performance is sure to be
seen in each of the championship
events, as there are in each event at
least three colleges expecting to make
a new record for the distance. The
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PLftY AT THE OLIVER
FRENCH PRODUCTION BY BOOTH
TARKINGTON
CAST TOO LARGE FOR TEMPLE
"Monsieur Beaucalre" Will Be Pre
sented at the Temple Theatre
April 24th Management
Fortunate
The Dramatic Club play will be pre
sented at the Oliver Theatre, Satur
day evening, April 24. It was origin
ally planned for the Temple, but be
cause the cast is to large it was de
cided that the play could not be
staged at Its best on so small a stage.
The Club was fortunate in being able
to secure the Oliver on a week end
night at this time of the season. This
is only the second Dramatic Club play
ever presented at the Oliver.
"Monsieur Beaucaire" was written
by Booth Tarkington, the author -who
wrote "The Man from Home," which
was given at the Temple last Friday
evening. The cast is composed of
twelve men and seven ladles. Under
the direction of Miss Alice Howell the
cast is concentrating upon the re
hearsals. In support of the movement for less
expensive entertainment for Univer
sity people, the Dramatic Club has
decided to put the prices as low as
possible. As a consequence, the stu
dents will have the opportunity of
seeing a first-class University produc
tion at trie Oliver at a lower price
than ever. The prices will be fifty,
thirty-five, and twenty-five cents.
Tickets can be secured from any of
the members of the Dramatic Club,
while reservations can be made at the
Oliver beginning Monday. Organiza
tions can secure section reservations
any time before Monday from J. C.
Beard.
VESPER ADDRESS ON
COLLEGE RELIGION.
Mrs. L. D. Young Discussed the Large
Field Where College Women May
t
Use Their Religion
Mrs. L. D. Young spoke to the
women at vesper service Tuesday
about the effect of religion upon life.
The substance of her talk was, Christ
is the greatest teacher of compassion.
Religion Bhows itself in individual at
titude toward the less fortunate. The
power and privilege of youth is be
fore students. It Is their duty to use
it. Religion should count in whatever
work undertaken. An education
should not take away the religion, but
rather aid it. The college woman has
a large field in which to put her re
ligion into practical use.
The University of Illinois will send
a miniature prototype of the Univer
sity campus and buildings to the Panama-Pacific
exposition. The entire
work is in color and the buildings are
easily recognized. Even the trees and
flower beds are represented. The base
Is of wood, covered with plaster. Walks
and driveways are represented by
clever relief work.