TheBailyNelbra
VOL. XV. NO. 65
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1915.
PRICE 5 "5ENTS.
PROMINENT STUDENTS
WRITE SANTA CLAUS
THEIR CHRISTMAS WISHES PUB
LISHED BY NEBRASKAN
, .
A LARGE BUNCH OF LETTERS
Some Doubt as to Authenticity of the
Signatures, However Nebraskan
Hope, that Their Wishes Will
Be Gratified
The NebraBkan all unawares ran on
to a bunch of lettera written to San
to Claus by prominent students in
trt their wants ror cnnuium
J. ,0ntiHtv of these signatures
iaj Bui- .
are not vouched for by tne buu.
these are some of the requests that
we noticed in the list:
A chance to talk Charles Frey.
My lost eyebrow Harvey Hess.
A bungalow for two-Guy Chambers
A workable steam roller W. S. Del
A new "Stiehm Roller" Athletic
Board.
A definite statement on the Felix
Newton matter The Chancellor.
A formal bid or two or so Mike
Potcct.
An interesting lecture Prof. Ben
ton Dales.
A readable notebook in Quasi-Con-
tracts B. C. Hopewell.
Book on Germany's perfidy An
drew D. Schrag.
More scenes to take in "movies
Dr. Geo. E. Condra.
A new "pun" to perpetrate Dr. Ed
win Maxey.
A chance for service considera
tion, some "comps" Burke Taylor.
A bright idea "Bill" Folsom.
A pair of shears and an automatic
broom Daily Nebraskan.
Popularity George DeFord.
Nine round-trips home Nine Girls.
More fields to conquer Miss Lam
mers (librarian).
Chance to show my authority Dean
Mary Graham.
A place in the sun Jake Schwab.
' An editorial with a punch Aw
gwan. Substantial and immediate increase
in armament for preparation, when
these wants are published The
Writer.
KEWSWRITIfiGJUSS PARTY
Prof. Fogg Entertains Journalism
Class at His Home Large
Number Presnt
Prof, and Mrs. M. M. Fogg enter
tained the class In Newswriting at
their home, at 1540 South Twenty-first
street, last "Wednesday evening.
Although the weather was disagree
able, nearly every member of the class
present Prof. Fogg showed the
class his wonderful collection of auto
graphed pictures and books. Among
the collection' were the signatures
and letters of Tennyson, Lord Byron,
Whittier, Dana, Longfellow, Haw
ttorne, Roosevelt, De Quincy, Carlyle
and other great men of letters.
There were also original issues of
different books of the seventeenth
century.
Refreshments were served later.
Miss Doris Cole sang several selec
uns. An enjoyable time was voted
l the class.
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POST MORTEM ON DEBATE
Verbal Conflict Between Kansas and
Nebraska Discussed in Public
Speaking Room Last Night
The members of the two debating
teams discussed the debates informal
ly laBt night, following a custom of
8omeN years' standing, in the public
speaking room of the University hall.
H. J. Schwab gave a brief outline
of the debate at Lawrence. The Kan
sas affirmative team was in many re
spects a strong team. They were eS'
neeially good in their delivery. Their
line of argument was: The United
States has entered a new sphere in
world politics. Conflict with other na
tlons is inevitable. The Monroe doc
trine, our rights as a neutral in the
nrcsent war and the open door poli
cies that are likely at any time to lead
us into war. To meet these conflicts
the United States is at present whol
ly unprepared. Our army was com
pared to a "back yard scrap pile.
The affirmative proposed increasing
our standing army to 30,000 with a
reserve of 600,000. The coast defenses
were to be improved and extended
The navy was to be increased by four
large dreadnaughts a year with a pro
portionate increase in smaller craft.
The Nebraska team began by snow
ing that the affirmative must show an
Immediate probability of war with
some great power. England's readi
ness to arbitrate the questions at is
sue showed that war is not probable
over neutral rignis. n-ui. m
Bushnell Hart and Senator Elihu Root
were quoted as saying that there was
no danger of . war Over the Monroe
doctrine. As to the open door policy,
since Janan began to close the door,
the exports from the United States to
Korea and that part of China dominat
ed by Japan increased from 300 per
cent to 1,000 per cent. Furthermore,
not only is the increase not Justified,
but it would be positively detriment
al. The cost already great would be
come prohibitive. We would enter
into a mad race for armaments which
would result in no change in the rela
Hva noaUion. This competition the
United States could not stand as well
as the European nations. We spend
within a few millions 01 as much as
England and yet our navy does not
with hers. It costs us from
two to five times as much to maintain
our army, man for man, as it does
rm.n nnd France. The omy re
suit of increasing our armament would
h tn make war increasingly prooame
In general, the Nebraska team sur
passed the Kansas men in presenting
evidence to prove their conieiu.o...
Axel Swenson briefly discussed the
merits of the two teams that met in
Lincoln. Here as well as In Law
rence evidence won the day over ora
tory. Prof. Edwin Maxey and Prof.
M M Fogg summed up the work of
the two teams from Nebraska with a
few words of friendly criticism.
Graduate Teachers' Club
The Graduate Teachers' club will
meet this evening at 7 o'clock at the
home of Dr. G. W. A. Luckey .1439
R street Papers will be read by
Dr H B. Alexander on "University
Publications" by Miss Grace Munson
on "School Age" and by Mr. Strickland
of Tecumseh on "Some Rural Phase of
Teaching."
The faculty members of the school
of education, students In the graduate
school of education and all holders of
the graduate teachers' diploma are eli
eiblf to attend. No invitations are
sent other than through the papers.
TORY ADDRESSED THE CLUB
Speaks to the Commerce Students on
Subject of "Common Sense
in Advertising"
Mr. L. K. Murray, general manager
of the Lincoln Pure Butter company,
addressed the Commercial club, Thurs
day afternoon. HiB subject was, "Com
mon Sense in Advertising."
Mr. Murray pointed out the neces
sity of common sense in this line as
well as in every other line. Theories
are essential, as a preparation for the
application of common sense. A suc
cessful alvertiser is the man who ap
plies common sense.
Advertising is merchandising, and
unless it accomplishes the establish
ment of good will and creates sales,
it is a failure. The fundamental pur-
noses of advertising are the creation
of a desire for the commodity and
a memory insurance. To best accom
pish these results, great care must ee
given the selection of media. Place the
ad where it will reach the desired
audience.
In the copy, simplicity and brevity
are necessary as well as truth. There
must also be dignity in the ad, mak
ing your reader feel a respect for you
and your business.
Certain pitfalls of advertisers were
pointed out, such as attempt at humor,
exaggeration and truth which Is hard
to believe. A permanent marKet
should be the object.
In imnressing these fundamentals,
Mr. Murray used many fitting illsutra-
tlons from actual experience.
STUDENTS START HOME TODAY
Baggage Men Scurry Over the City
Helping the Exit of the Home
going Throng
One more day, and well be free,
rvnm this Den of Misery;
No more Latin no more French,
No more study on the bench.
We'll go down to the Lincoln station,
Check our bags for civilization,
Put our trunks upon the track,
It's a long, long time 'til we come
back.
Christmas vacation begins tomor
row and ends January 1. The air is
sparkling with expectancy and plans
for the holidays. Our heads, instead
filled with chemical formu
las and historical data, are swimming
with time tables, baggage men and last
visits to the ten-cent store.
The weather man predicts a White
Christmas, and everyone has imbibed
the Christmas spirit of "Peace on
earth, good-will toward men."
Engineering Societies
Dean O. V. Stout addressed the
joint meeting of the Engineering so
cieties of the University and the Lin
coln Engineers' club on "Water Pow
er Developments," last evening, n
Room 206 M. E. building. The talk
was illustrated by lantern slides fur
nished by the Peltdn Water Wheel
Co This subject is very important
and interesting to Nebraska Engi
neers, because of the large possibili
ties of development in hydraulic pow
er in this state. Joint meetings, such
as that of last night, will be encour
aged in order to bring the student en
gineers in closer touch with those en
gaged in practical work.
FURTHER BUILDING PROGRESS
Bids for Chemistry Building and the
Omaha Hospital Let Last Night
$350,000 Involved
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Bids for the contract for the new J
Chemistry building on the city cam- j
pus and the new Hospital building .
at Omaha were received and the con
tracts let at a meeting of the prop
firtv committee of the Board of Re
gents at the Chancellor's home last
evening. The contracts amounted to
approximately $350,000. It is expect
ed that the names of the successful
bidders will be announced today. .
The awarding of the contract for
the Chemistry building marks the
first step toward the erection of the
second new building on the city cam-
pus. tne uessey nouui.ca uu uc-
ing already under construction. The ,
Chemistry building will occupy the
eround directly east of the Athletic
field. Some of the property has al
ready been cleared. The present cham
ical laboratories are overcrowded and
the new building is much needed.
There were eleven bids for the gen
eral contracting work on the Chem
istry building and included the follow
ing firms:
Gould & Son, Lincoln; B. J. Jobst,
Omaha; Trenton Building Co., Lin
coln; Charles Olson, Lincoln; George
W. Stiles Construction Co., Chicago;
Swenson Construction Co., Kansas
City, Mo.; J. P. Riddle, Creighton,
Nebr.; Walter Peterson, Omaha; Sel
den Breck Co., Omaha; W. J. Hoy, St.
Paul, Minn.; King Lumber Co.; Char
lottesville, Va.
There were also seven bidders on
the heating, ventilation and plumbing
and three on the electrical work.
There were twenty bidders on the
hospital building at Omaha, including
the following:
Gould & Son, Lincoln; B. J. Jobst,
Omaha; Trenton Bldg. Co., Lincoln,
W. J. Hoy & Co., St. Paul, Minn.; Ol
son & Johnson Co., Missoula, Mont.;
Swenson Const. Co., Kansas City, Mo.;
King Lumber Co., Charlottesville, Va.;
J. C. Mardis, Omaha; reter Kiewei
Son, Omaha: Thos. Herd, Omaha:
Grant Parson, Omaha; Andrew Kie
wit, Omaha; McGowan & Jacobberger,
Omaha; W. P. Deverell, Omaha; John
H. Harte, Omaha; Selden Breck Con
struction Co., Omaha; Kiene & Busch,
Omaha; Builders Exchange, Omaha;
Walter Petersen, Omaha; Busk &
Wind, Omaha.
There were six bidders on the heat-
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a oiortrinul work, nans
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0nH anpeiflnations were also sent to a
number of outside firms who figured
on parts of the main Job and wnose
bids were included in those of the
general contractors.
Hopes that this spring will see the
erection of the much needed observa
tory for the astronomical department
are being entertained. The present
plan is to locate the building to the
north of the present structure in front
of the Mechanical Engineering build
ing. The plan of placing it on Four
teenth street was abandoned because
of the proximity of so many big build
ings. Although it might be placed on
the Farm campus this is not consid
ered feasible, because so many city
campus students use the observatory
and because of the division of funds
between the buildings on the two
campuses.
Mrs E. Cornelius. Virginia Mosely.
. ln Lincoln with her little
daughter. Virginia, visiting her par-
ents. one t..t.
after the holidays.
-.!.- .miutt m remain un
LARGE RECEIPTS FOR
TAG DAY CAMPAIGN
NET PROFIT OF ONE HUNDRED
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS
LIST OF THE POOR OBTAINED
Bountiful Christmas Is In Store for
Some of Lincoln's Needy Tags
Sold Up to Seventy-Five
Cents Each
That the Tag Day Campaign, con
ducted by the Silver Serpents, Tues-
Wednesday, was successful
o ...' nt ,a truth.
thc
A net profit of $125 exceeded the
expectation of the most optimistic
Juniors. Tags were sold from 5 cents
to 75 cents; the majority, however,
for 10 cents. The unusual success of
the undertaking was due to a great
extent to the willing assistance of
the men who undertook the task of
canvassing their indivdual colleges.
It is thought that a large number
of students were reached in this way
who would otherwise have been
slighted. The competing colleges and
the men in charge were as follows:
Engineering Harold Holtz, '17.
Law "Ted" Metcalfe, '18.
Agriculture Grove Porter, '17.
Commercial Leslie Kizer, '18.
Dental "Don" Donovan, '18.
Pre-medic Guy Moats, '18.
A list of twenty-five poor families
has been obtained from the Charity
organization and a bountiful Christ
mas has been planned for them with
the use of the tag money.
The toys donated by the Junior
girls during the past few days will
be taken to the children of these fam
ilies the day before Christmas by a
committee of Junior girls and Silver
Serpents who live in Lincoln.
Vote Money for Sweaters
A mass meeting of the Senior class
was held in Law 101 Thursday morn
ing at 11 o'clock. It was decided to
give the champion class football team
two dollars each for part payment on
football sweaters.
There were about seventy-five or
eighty members out for the meeting.
President V. C. George presided.
RIFLE LEAGUjJO COMPETE
Nebraska's Team Will Meet Its First
Opponent Early In the Month
of January
The University of Nebraska's Rifle
Team will meet its first opponent in
the Inter-collegiate Rifle league early
in January. The rifle squad of about
twenty men have been using the rifle
galleries in the basement of the Me
chanical Engineering building for sev
eral hours each day.
The Rifle league is divided into sev
eral sections according to their shoot
ing standard of the previous year. Last
year Nebraska ranked in Class C. This
year, however, it is given a position
in Class B.
In order to make the places on the
team more competitive, the men who
make the highest scores in the first
match will be retained for the see
end match. The . other places will
be open for contest Medals will be
given to those who shoot the three
highest average scores for the season.