The Bat fly Nebraska!!
VOL. XV. NO. 16.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1915.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
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NEW CONVOCATION
STARTED YESTERDAY
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"KNOW THE UNIVERSITY" TO
FOLLOW IN 8ERIE3
TRIP THROUGrt THE MUSEUM
Or. Barbour Had an Audience at 1
O'clock Much Interest Evl
" denced History of Relic "
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The"Know the University" series of
convocations started yesterday morn
ing Nfita 'trip through the Museum,
under the guidance of Dr. Edwin H.
Barbour. , The mere fact that .at 1
' o'clock, ' two' hours after .'convocation
began, Dr. Barbour had an audience,
which displayed an unsatiable desire
to know the why and what of every
thing, is evidence enough of the stu
dents' desire to "know, the Univer
sity." The students listened with intense
Interest while the history of the more
interesting relics was given; Whether
the objects under discussion were the
elephant remains, skulls of fossilised
chiless man, the mummy or trie' huge
tree bull snake, made no difference in
the wrapt attention of the students.
The one outstanding feature was that
while all the other Btates and all of
Europe have exploited Nebraska for
her geological treasures, it is only of
late years that Nebraska, herself, has
come to realise the vaBtness and the
pricetessness of the geological relics
hidden in her sand hills and glacial
drift.- - ' ' . " ' '
Nebraska has been very negligent in
this respect Nothing is more repre
sentative of this thought than -.the; case,
containing the bison remains, crowded
in a corner on the third floor. A pa
thetic sight indeed. But Dr, Barbour
explained that he had made the e
as pathetic as possible as a remon
strance against the extermination of
our great herds. Some forty or fifty
years ago 500,000 head were counted
in one herd. For five days traffic on
the Union Pacific was stopped by a
herd which crossed the tracks near
Kearney. Today the only representa
tive of that race in the- University
Museum is a weather-beaten speci
men from New York.
The story of the giant tree bull
snake, Hear the staircase on the third
floor, was very interesting to the stu
dents. A few years ago this snake
was on exhibition at the state fair.
One hot day while the snake charmer
was giving an exhibition the snake
became over-heated and tried to crush
her. A rope was finally fastened about
the snake and its neck broken. The
. girt was saved.
The elephant remains evoked much
Interest Nebraska has an elephant
.collection unexcelled by any single col
lection In the country. If all tne co'
;plete elephant skeletons were arrang
ted in a continuous procession the line
would extend from the Museum to Ne
braska Hall and back again.
The larger part of the geological
'specimens are not on exhibition. The
major portion is stored away in steam
tunnels, back rooms and in different
places throughout the city. One of
these elephant remains is invoiced at
$50,000, but it cannot be bought for
any price as there is but one other
like specimen in existence and that a
verr noor one. The Museum aiso has
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the bead of a four-horned antelope, the,
COMMERCE STUDENTS' 8MOKER
Commercial CJub Starts the Year's
Activities Publicity Commit-'
tee Appointments j
The University Commercial club
will give a smoker for the students of
the School of Commerce in the 'par
lors of the Lincoln Commercial club
Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. Good
cigars, cider and doughnuts will be
served between short talks by the fac
ulty. The University band will play.
President W. K. Miller says that the
talks will be short and spicy, bring
ing the meeting to a close within an
hour:
The following have been appointed
as members Of the publicity commit
tee. They should report to Mr. Mil
ler at once: ' '
D. G. Bell. .
D.H. .Bowman., t ...... '
. F. T.( Cotter. J
. L. W.' Ellis.
P., A. Hagelin.
Addison Harvey.
C. E. Nelson.
F. S. Pegler.
A. E. Tenhaeff.
R. H. Walker.
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Fine for Skipping 4lGym '
' Freshmen Co-eds, who have missed
their, physical examination appoint-,
ment set by Miss Ina Gittlngs, now
realize what a cruel world we live In,
A fine of $1.00 is levied on all who.
have been earless in meeting their
business engagements. . They, must re
port for new appointments in the gym
nasium Thursday at 11:30 o'clock:
Mistake Corrected'
The statement in Monday's Daily
was, through some carelessness,
written so that it .gave a wrong im
pression concerning the starting of the
Bessey building. It is not started,
only in that the ground has merely
been staked out ..'.'.
UNIVERSITY ARCHITECT HERE
Mr. Hodgon Will Receive Professors
at the Lindeil Statement Issued
by Chancellor
' The following statement in regard to
the University architect Mt. Charles
Hodgon, was Issued by (he: Chancellor
today:
"Mr. Charles IJodgon, the University
architect, will be at the Lindeil hotel
Thursday and Friday. .He will be
glad to see any professors of the
University interested in any or me
prospective new buildings.
"A conference of those especially
iniAronted In the building for political
science, economics, commerce, history
and other departments of tne Arts col
lege will De held at the Lindeil hotel
at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening.
"Mr. Hodgon will plan to remain
long enough in Lincoln to confer with
all professors who desire to consult
with him in regard to building plans.
"S. AVERY."
only specimen of its kind it existence.
Dr. Barbour was very caustic in
hia remarks about some relic hunters
as well as other people who destroy
priceless remains without giving as
much as a thought to their possible
value. Onei nstance in particular was
cited. One elephant remain was re
duced in value from $375 to $25 when
th relic hunters Insisted on prying
it out with a rail Instead of digging it
out
ELECTION BATTLES
FIIIISHEDYESTERDAY
EXCITING FINISH IN SPITE OF
DULL START
VOTE IS LIGHTER THIS YEAR
Winners Are Georfl. Haggart,. Engle,
and Nolan Total Number of
Votee Cast, 2 Only 30
Senior Votes '
The election yesterday . wound . up
with an exciting finish in spite of the
fact that little interest was exhibited
at first- The voting was. very heay
In all but the Senior class, where the
light vote was due to the lack of op
position. . The total number of, votes
last year was 1,065, while this year it
was only 829. ; v;
Michael; Nolan, the newely elected
Freshman , president, received by. far
a larger majority than any of the other
winners.; Angle won by a larger ma
jority than was. expected from, the
talk about he campus. The race in the
Junior .class was fairly close, although
Haggart finished with Quito a major
ity, Vincent ;George, in. the. Senior
class,; had ;no opposition and for- that
reason ; the. vote was very light-. The
official vote is as follows:
Freshman- Class .
Donald F.: Galllger ... 58
Michael D. Nolan .....v..: 235
Julia' B. Quinby i .. 20
Vaughn Russom ...... v. 21
Sophomore Class
Everett ' Angle . v 156
Frank Boehmer . ... ... . ....... 10
George Allan Milby . .... . . . . . . 49
Ira David Benyon ............... 101
Virgil James Haggart'.... .v.- .159
Seniot Class . :
Vincent George , 30
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Convocation Exercises :
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... In Memory
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CHARLES EDWIN BESSEY
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Memorial Hall
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Thursday, October 7
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Miss Ada Kuhn, '15, assistant prin
cipal in the Steela high school, spent
the week-end at her home in Lincoln.
BREAKFAST COMMITTEE MEET
Twenty Gather In U. 112 to Discuss
Plana Saturday Morning the
Time Tickets, 20 Cents
Twenty of Senior Breakfast commit
tee met in U. '12 yesterday at convo
cation hour, when it was decided to
secure a special car, leaving at 7:30
o'clock, to take the Seniors to Ante
lope park next Saturday morning for
their annual breakfast
The tickets are 20 cents and are
available to Seniors only. Paul Tem
ple has charge of the tickets, which
will be on sale on the campus soon.
Watch the Nebraskan for further announcements.
MISS DODGE Y. W. C. A. SPEAKER
8ubject "The Meaning of Member
ship" Field Secretary of North-
western District
Miss Adelia Dodge, the field secre
tary of the northwestern district of
the Y. W. C. A., spoke at vespers
Tuesday, evening on "The Spirit of
Membership, or the Meaning of Mem
bership." Miss Gillen'sang.
Miss Dodge said that he excuses for
not giving ..ourselves to the Kingdom
of God, . were no .time and no money.
Membership privileges and privileges
of membership are distinct. The so
cial privileges, Miss Dodge continued,
are the association and seeing the
power and worth of , every individual.
Each Individual should work toward
the largest good for every individual
in the association. Our dominant de
sire becomes our prayer, although
perhaps unconsciously. In so far as
we are living up. to the highest privil
ege of the . Kingdom of God, we are
living up to the privilege of member
ship.
Many times the privilege's are used
as toys edged,' knooked and destroy
ed, or they grow sharper as instru
ments when used. , . ... -
Delinquent Cadet Drill
Freshmen cadets are learning early
that the military department is no
respecter of individual opinions. -If a
man wants to watch football scrim
mage from 5 to 6 o'clock he must pay
for his fun by joining Company X on
Friday evenings two hours' . drill fro
one hour fun. Major Chas. Hauptman,
delinquency officer, has posted . the
names of all delinquents . in a promi
nent place in the Armory. This is a
cruel world.
Russell Isreal read a report of . a
law case Thursday, September 30. It
is noised about the campus that the
report was his own. At least the class
took it for an original piece of work
and gave the merited applause. '
OBSERVATORYJPEIi FRIDAY
Course In Popular ' Lectures to Be
Given by Prof. Swezey List
of Topics
The observatory . will be open on
Friday evenings,..as announced, when a
course of popular lectures will be
given by Prof. Goodwin Swezey. The
following is the list of topics:
1. . Starry Heavens. .
2. Cyclones in the Sun.
3. Jupiter, the Giant Among Planets.
4. Saturn and His Swarm of Moons.
5. Mars, the Twin of the Earth.
6. Do th Planets Control the Weath
er?
7. The Next Total Eclipse in Ne
braska.
S.Whence Come the Comets?
9. The November Shower of Me
teors.
10. The Greatest Telescope in the
World.
11. Algol, the Demon Star.
12. Do the Stars Grow Old?
Mastadon Jaw Received
The great jaw of the new Cherry
county mastadon, Tetrabelodon lulli,
has been placed in its case on the
second floor of the Museum. It was
necessary to saw out one side of the
case to admit the jaw. Naturalists
count this the largest Jaw of any land
mammal that has ever been found.
It Is six feet in length and propor
tionally, heavy, and belongs to the
iriv or lone-Jawed mastadons. i
POOR AGGIES ARE!
CHRONIC CRIPPLES
MANHATTAN REPORTS MANY
CATASTROPHES
BESIDES THE TEAM IS LIGHT
Johnny Bender Is Covering Kansas
with Gloom Invalids Play Remrak
able Game Reminds Husker Root
ers of Indian Game Long Past
Not so many years ago that Husker
rooters have" forgotten, the Haskell
Indians, under the efficient direction of
one Johnny Bender, former Cornhusk
er luminary, limped to Lincoln to en
gage the Nebraska footballers in a
heap big fight From the Redskins'
standpoint the fight was heap 'big as
was the bebre, which1 was preponder
antly in their favor. Next' Saturday,
the Kansas Aggies under the. same and
even mpre efficient Bender, .wi,ll ,come
to Lincoln as the second valley op
ponent of Nebraska's.
The peculiar 'thing which' charac
terized the Haskell' Indian game of
several years ago, was the remarkable
flght the Redskins put up for the con
dition they were reported to have been
In. It was said that' the 'captain
chief was ready for the happy": hunt
ing ground as the had result iof too
much white man's play; that, . the
swiftest braves were hobbling around
the. wigwams with charley-hprses, and
it was feared that the youthful' bucks
who must fill their places could not
do justice in the battle with the' white
men. - :
Things just as peculiar might, hap
pen next Saturday if it weren't for
the fact that Coach Jumbo ' Stiehm
takes all the dope cooked up in John
ny Bender's camp with a copious
amount of seasoning. For deep black
gloom is issuing from Manhattan, and
is covering the Kansas prairies, with
darkness. The football camp, instead
of preparing for the approaching con
test has turned to, and is nursing a
hospital list of appaling length.! And
the men, when a sardonic fate allows
them to be out of the hospital long
enough to be weighed and thumped
by the gloomy Johnny, are woefully
light, and a dlscouragingly large num
.ber of them are green at the . game.
Tow of the ill-fated farmer stars ap
peared in the game with Southwestern
last Saturday, and their work was
surprising for men in need of medical
aid. And although the farmers did not
uncover anything especially compli
cated, their play somehow lacked the
stamp of inexperience. . (
Fearing that the farmer athletes may
become more accomplished with evpry
additional summons to the hospital,
and realizing that at . the present rate
of attendance, the whole team will
have been on the list two or three
times by next Saturday, Coach Stiehm
is actively at work in preparing the
uskers to successfully meet the in
valids. The main problem which pre
sents itself is closing up several gaps
in the Husker wall which were in evi
dence in the game with the Bulldogs.
The coach isn't worrying about the
backfleld. for his second string men
proved last Saturday that they were
just as able to handle the positions
as those who got the calL The work
of Shaw at tackle and Proctor at half
was especially noteworthy, and may
alter the mentor's plans for the fu
ture. ..