The Daily Nebra.
VOL. XIV. NO. 156.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1915.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
CO. BUS VET
RETRIEVES HERSELF FOR LAST
YEAR BY PLACING FIRST
ELLIS IS INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER
Companies G and D Place Second and
-Third Wet Weather Mare the
Cadets' Work Shirt Tail
Parade Last Night
Company B, S. K. Clark, Eng. '16,
Council Bluffs, la., captain, rising from
last place last year, won the annual
competitive company drill yesterday
afternoon on the athletic field. Cally
Ellis, A. S. 17, Beaver City, Company
A, won first, and Philip Warner, A. S.
'17, Lincoln, Company B, won second
in the individual competition.
nOaccount of the muddy field most
of the extended order work had to be
cut out and finally, as the rain in
creased, the regimental review in
charge of the newly appointed officers
had to be abandoned. In the absence
of the Chancellor, Dean O. V. P. Stout
to-aved a brisk shower to present the
prizes. Captain Clark received the
Omaha cup and the first and second
individual winners received silver
cups.
According to one of Nebraska's most
cherished traditions, the winning com
pany led the cadets in their annual
Shirt Tall Parade last night. A large
body of cadets were out and the driz
zling rain only instilled more "pep"
into them. They visited all of the
theaters, many of the drug stores, ice
cream parlors, and hotels. There was
some complaint of roughness and
petty "lifting," but those in charge at
tributed a large part of this to a num
ber of persons who were not students
that joined the line. In one drug store
one man was found with a thermom
eter and another with a box of candy;
neither of these men were students.
The following is a list of the com
panies in the cadet regiment in the
order of their standing in competitive
drill:
Company B S. K. Clark, captain;
G. K. Petring, 1st lieutenant; Anne
Wilson, sponsor.
Company G II. G. Hewitt, captain;
R. C. L. Greer, 1st lieutenant; Sarah
Thurman, sponsor.
Company D P. O. Southwick, cap
tain; II. K. Grainger. 1st lieutenant;
Dorothy Harpham, sponsor.
Company E W. H. Bauman, cap
tain; F. H. Paustlan, 1st lieutenant;
Evelyn Anderson, sponsor.
Company F S. M. Bryan, captain;
J. L. McMasters. 1st lieutenant;
Phoebe Folsbm, sponsor.
Company M L. L. Ewlng, captain;
E. X. Hansen, 1st lieutenant.
Company A H. W. Graham, cap
tain; W. J. Webermeler, 1st lieuten
ant; Jess McDonald, sponsor.
Company il A. J. Covert, captain;
F C. Albert, 1st lieutenant; Edna
Proyd, sponsor.
Company C P. M. Wickstrum, cap
tain; W. C. Fleming, 1st lieutenant;
Julia Bristow, sponsor.
Company K C. A. Harpham, cap
tain; W. A. Biba, 1st lieutenant; Ruth
Hauptman, sponsor.
Company I R. F. Clark, captain;
H. L. Temple, 1st lieutenant; Louise
Brownell, sponsor.
"Don,", said Paul, "How would you
'eel If i set you up?"
"I think." replied Don, "That I'd
feel a little faint at first, but I'd try
to get over it"
CHEMISTRY CLUB
ELECTED OFFICERS
Last Regular Meeting of the Year Was
Held and Geraldine Kauffman
Elected President
The regular meeting of the Students
Chemistry Club was held in the Lec
ture Room Wednesday at seven-thirty
o'clock. Election of officers for the
ensuing semester took place.
President Geraldine E. Kauffman.
Vice-president Melvin Schlessinger.
Secretary treasurer Florence R.
Taylor.
Executive Committee R. E. Kirk,
H. B. Magnuson.
CHI OMEGA SORORITY
OFFERANNUAL PRIZE
Twenty-Five Dollars Offered to En
courage Women in Undertaking
Social Betterment Work
The Chi Omega sorority offers an
annual prize of twenty-five dollars for
the purpose of encouraging women
students to prepare themselves for
usefulness in Bocial betterment activi
ties. In awarding the prize considera
tion is given to the number of courses
taken in sociology, political science,
and economics, the scholarship record,
and the ability displayed in the in
vestigation of social questions. This
year the prize was awarded to Miss
Norma Carson, who has made an ex
cellent record in many social science
courses and has also completed two
pieces of research work, one dealing
with "The Enforcement of the Nebras
ka Mother's Pension Law" and the
other with "The Welfare Activities of
Police Courts." The prize was pre
sented at a meeting of the sorority
held on Thursday evening. Miss Car
son explained briefly the scope of her
studies and told of some of the inter
esting results of her original investi
gations. REGENT SPOKE TO
THEJANKING CLASS
Dr. P. L. Hall, President of the Central
- National Bank, Spoke Concern
ing "Practical Banking"
Dr. P. L. Hall, one of the University
Regents, and the president of the Cen
tral National Bank of Lincoln, spoke
Thursday morning to Mrs. England's
class in Practical Banking, his subject
being "Banking Practice." Doctor
Hall at one time practiced medicine,
but was forced to give up this profes
sion on account of his health. He then
went into the banking business, first
into a country bank for fourteen
years, and then into the Lincoln bank,
where he has been for the past six
teen years. He wa9 a member of the
committee which recently organized
the Kansas City Federal Reserve
Bank.
Doctor Hall explained the various
departments of a bank and the duties
of the employees, emphasizing particu
larly the responsibility and nervous
strain under which the paying teller
works. This teller must immediately
size up the numerous strangers who
.nn.9f with checks in order to de
termine whether payment shall be
made or identification required.
Doctor Hall spoke of the soundness
of the Nebraska Stat Banking Law.
onH ad that the strength developed
under the National Banking System
t ha hort nerlod of fifty years naa
been the astonishment of Europe. He
Y.W.C.A.COHFERENCE
WESTERN STUDENT Y. W. C. A.
CONFERENCE
DELEGATES AT ESTES PARK
Three Hundred Members Will Camp
for Ten Days In the Park
the Latter Part of
August
The Western Student Conference of
the Young Women's Christian Associa
tion will be held in Estes Park, Colo
rado, August 24th to September 3rd.
The conference this year is exceed
ingly important because of the pres
ent war abroad, for during the period
of reconstruction there will be many
great opportunities for the Y. W. C. A.
women.
The Western Student Conference is
under the auspices of the National
Board of the. Young Women's Chris
tian Association of the United States,
and for ten days over three hundred
students will work and plan together
toward the days when these very stu
dents will be leaders Jn the world out
side the college. The college days
are full of appeals and presentations
of so many kinds of work, and this is
especially true this year, that college
women will welcome a chance to go
away for a few days and take time to
think through some of these problems,
that they may be able in a better way
to face many of the issues that are
before them today.
The Western district includes Colo
rado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico,
Kansas, South Dakota, Nebraska, Ok
lahoma and Texas.
Many good speakers are scheduled
to take part. Prof. Wm. J. Hutchins
of Oberlln, Ohio, will deliver a series
of addresses. Other speakers will be
Bishop Theodore Payne Thurston,
Miss Oolooah Burner, Miss Edith M.
Dabb, and Rev. W. W. Ranney.
Students Protest
The students of the Wesleyan Uni
versity at Mitchell. South Dakota,
adopted resolutions protesting against
saloons in that city, and state that the
attendance of the institution would
be greatly increased if there were no
saloons. They feel that many parents
object to sending their children to a
wet town. It Is estimated that fifteen
new Btudents would bring to Mitchell
as much money as is now received
from saloon licenses, and this would
be new money, not simply that taken
from her citizens and turned over by
the saloons.
Last Issue Monday
The last issue of the Daily Nebras
kan for the school year will be issued
Monday. Any news or notices for that
issue must be in by Saturday at two
o'clock.
Baid that although it is too early to
pass upon the success of the new
Federal Reserve System, it is hoped
that it will aid materially in building
up in this country the strongest bank
ing system in the world. Western
bankers are strongly opposing the en
tire abolition of exchange charges on
out-of town checks because they feel
it is a Just charge for services ren
dered, particularly when the exchange
takes place between this section of
the country and the seaboard district.
SENIOR MEMBER OF
PUBLICATION BOARD
Leon Palmer Was Elected by the
Junior Class to Be a Student Mem
ber of the Board Next Year
At the Junior class meeting Thurs
day morning, Leon Palmer was elected
as the Senior student member of the
Publication Board for next year. Mr.
Burstette and Mr. Palmer were the
two men nominated and the final vote
was nine to seven.
Miss Cora B. Hill of the Mathe
matics department will spend the sum
mer at Pagosa Springs, Colo.
GERMAN DBAMATIC
CLUB HAVE PICNIC
Indoor Picnic Was Held. in Place of
the One Planned for the Beach
Year's Work Reviewed
The German Dramatic Club held
their meeting Wednesday evening at
Faculty Hall, instead of at Capital
Beach, because of the rain.
The meeting was in the nature of
an indoor picnic. A regular picnic
lunch was served.
The evening was spent in a review
of the year's work. Each play that
was presented during the year, was re
presented in a medley in which the
different casts presented various
scenes from various plays. A prize
was awarded for the best presentation.
This was won by the cast of "Der
Neffe als Onkel" and was left with
the club to be contested fos in the
years to come.
The installation of the new officers
for next year was conducted by Pro
fessor Alexis.
A feature of the evening was a pre
sentation by Mr. Stanley in. behalf of
the Seniors of the club. A beautiful
Japanese bronze vase was presented
to the coach, Miss Heppner, as a token
of the club's appreciation and esteem.
PHARMACY SOCIETY
OFFICERS ELECTED
..Nebraska Pharmaceutical Society
Has Received Much Commenda.
tion by Different Magazines
The election of the officers of the
Nebraska Pharmaceutical Society was
held yesterday. The following officers
were elected:
President M. B. Chlttick.
Vice-president Charles W. Sesh.
Secretary Miss Townsend.
Treasurer G. A Brostrom.
Corresponding Secretary Miss Han
son. The Nebraska society has received
much notoriety through their National
Pharmaceutical Society magazines.
Pharmaceutical Society Week was a
financial success this year and plans
for a greater success is being planned
next week.
Notice
Applications for positions on the
reportorial staff of the Dally . Nebras
kan for the first semester next year
will be received at the Daily Nebras
kan office from 11 to 12 o'clock today.
R. V. KOUPAL,
Editor-in-Chief-elect
C. E. PAUL,
Managing Editor-elect
The Tegner breakfast scheduled for
Saturday morning at the State Farm
grove has been cancelled due to the
examinations and bad weather.
"THE SUNKEN BELL"
GERMAN PLAY BY GERHART
HAUPTMANN
GRUMMANN REVIEWED PLAY
Senior Play Friday Night Professor
Grummann Spoke of the Moral of
the Play and the Character of
the Hero Which is a Key
to the Play
Prof. P. H. Grummann Bpoke at
Convocation yesterday on "The
Sunken Bell," by the renowned Ger
man writer, Gerhart Hauptmann,
which Is to be presented by the Senior
class June 4.
In the first part of his address Pro
fessor Grummann reviewed and ex
plained the scenes of the story. The
latter part was confined to an inter
pretation of the character of Heinrich,
which is in reality an interpretation
of the moral of the play. This analysis
will enable those who attend the play
to better understand and appreciate
it. Professor Grummann said in part:
'.'The analysis of Heinrich's charac
ter is not an easy task. Possibly the
safest approach to this problem is to
review the main interpretations that
have been made.
The most childish interpretation is
the one that attacks Heinrich on moral
grounds. Remember, that the real
Heinrich never forsakes Magda, for
the play Is the dying vision of Hein
rich. Not even In his dream does
Heinrich forsake Magda for another
woman.' He leaves her and his chil
dren to pursue his ideal, the Ideal of
his profession. It must be remem
bered that he has such an exalted view
of his profession that he believes that
his great work will free man and na
ture from the curse that rests upon
them. This Is in full harmony with
our plainest conceptions of duty. Ir
a man is justified In leaving his family
to save his country, he would find
some justification in leaving it to save
all mankind.
It must also be remembered that
Heinrich's relation to Rautendeleln Is
absolutely pure. Hauptmann exhausts
all of his powers in emphasizing this.
The water sprite and the faun pursue
Rautedenlein with evil purposes. They
accuse Heinrich of an improper atti
tude, but both Heinrich and Rauten
deleln resent the imputation.
This problem is as old as art itself.
The really great artist as a rule is
not a moral degenerate. When he
studies the nude, it is with a purpose
not altogether unlike that of the zool
ogist. The people about him frequent
ly think that he has a base interest,
but this only stamps the people and
not the artist. The baseness of the
water sprite and the wood sprite by
contrast 6how the Innate purity of
Heinrich. Even in his dream he pur
sues Rautendeleln only as a means
toward perfection in his art.
From .this interpretation many
turned to the opposite mistake of mak
ing Heinrich a hero and excusing and
glorifying all that he did. This is
fully as bad as the other extreme and
is certainly not the intention of the
poet
It is perfectly clear that Heinrich
was not a great man; if he had been.
he could not have had a dying vision
that revealed so much weakness.
There Is no truer index of our char
acter than our dreams. "While it is
true that we do not perpetrate all that
TooUnueToTagTtr