LAST DAY
LA8T DAY
Organization
Cornhusker
Ticturee
Feb. 19.
Individual Corn
busker Pictures
Feb. 6.
VOL. XV. NO. 84.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, FEBBUARY 4, 1916.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
WEATHER DELAYS .
UNI. BUILDINGS
SUPT. CHOWINS AFRAID THAT
MORTAR WILL FREEZE
Aaricultural Engineer Building
Plant Coming- Court Up
holds Appraisers
All construction work on the newer
buildings has had to be
stopped for the time being on account
of the cold weather, but contractors
will be ready to resume operations as
soon as the first warm day of spring
comes. Superintendent of Construc
tion Chowins will not permit masonry
work as long as the cold gives the
possibility of the mortar freexing.
Architect Hodgdon has assured the
university authorities that the com
pleted plans for the agricultural en
gineering building will be available
within a few days. Bids will be ad
vertised for immediately, and the con
tract let so that work can start In
March. The agricultural engineering
building will probably be placed at
the end of the present quadrangle of
buildings on the farm campus, com
pleting it, although the original plans
called for a new quadrangle to be
started with the engineering structure.
To The City of Lincoln
Across the street from the Univer
sity of Nebraska, opposite the College
of Law, is a business establishment
dealing in traction engines. At all
seasons of the year except possibly
the coldest days of winter the en
gines belonging to this firm are in
operation.
The lines of the Lincoln Traction
company extend along two sides of the
campus, and its cars run about once
each six or seven minutes.
The condition of the pavement on
all sides of the University is such as
to produce the maximum noise from
the heavy traffic that is constantly
passing through that part of the city.
The noise and confusion from these
sources makes work in buildings near
the streets very difficult, and In some
cases almost impossible.
This condition can be remedied.
The firm dealing in traction en
gines can be removed to' a remote
part of the city.
The cars of the Lincoln Traction
company can be run over other lines
without great Inconvenience to anyone
concerned.
Asphalt or similar pavement can be
substituted for that now in use.
The mitigation of these noises is
necessary to efficient work at the uni
versity. Lincoln, what are you going to do
about it?
FRAT BASKETBALL
SCHEDULE DRAFTED
The interfraternity basketball sched
ule has been drafted. The appear
ance or black eyes ana spramea
ankles upon the campus will now
be in vogue. The committee consist
ing of "Tim" Corey, Max Miller and
Edson Shaw, declared it the best
The construction office is drawing ' schedule ever made thirty minutes be-
up plans for the rearrangement of the
university heating plant, that will be
made necessary by the addition of
the Beesey and chemistry' buildings
to the university plant. The old boiler
house will still be the center of heat
for the school, but the pipe lines will
have to be changed to a certain ex
tent
The victory of the board of regents
in the law suit brought by a proper
ty owner dissatisfied with the award
of the board of appraisers will prob
ably mean that a few remaining own
ers will come to terms more readily,
and delays made necessary by con
demnation proceedings will be elimi
tated.
DRILL BECOMING
MORE POPULAR
Two hundred and ninety-nine men
have been reprieved from military
science this semester as against three
hundred and seventy-five men last se
mester, according to figures gien out
by Lieut S. M. Parker yesterday
Whether or not the decrease Is due
to President Wilson's preparedness
program is a matter of conjecture.
The complete statistics 'are: Re
prieved on account of work, first se
mesler, 225; second semester, 189; on
account of physical disability, first.
0; second, 33; botany, second, 4;
track, first, 13; second, 26; football.
ond, 13; miscellaneous, first, 20;
second, 19. Permanent excuses, first
semester, 77; second, 15. These fig
ures are interesting because tbey re
veal the multiplicity of excuses which
"e given to get out of drill.
Tomorrow is the last day for
Individual
CORNHUSKER PICTURES
Will yotrbe there
fore lir?ch. The schedule makes two
divisions of the fraternities, the win
ners of which will meet in the finals,
Wednesday, March 1.
First Division:
Tuesday, February 8 Acacia vs.
Delta Tau Delta.
Wednesday, February 9 Alpha
Theta Chi vs. Delta Upsilon.
Thursday, February 10 Alpha
Tau Omega vs. Alpha Sigma Thi.
Saturday. February 12 Beta
Theta Pi vs. Delta Chi.
Second Division:
Tuesday, February 15 Kappa Sig
ma vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Wednesday, February 16 Sigma
Chi vs. Phi Kappa Psi. -Thursday,
February 18 Phi Delta
Theta vs. Phi Gamma Delta.
Saturday, February 19 Sigma Al
pha Epsilon vs. Sigma Na.
Kappa Sigma announces the pledg
ing of Arthur Doty, Missouri Valley,
Iowa, and Laird Potter, Red Cloud,
Nebr.
LOYAL AMERICANS
MUST EAT MACARONI
Prof. N". A. Bengston, lecturing to
one of his classes yesterday, offered
a new test lor patriotism the number
of miles of macaroni that the citizen
eats. The professor went on to ex
plain that he consumption of macaroni
was one of the vital things affecting a
ready market for the farmers' wheat.
and Justified his observation on those
grounds.
The names of several landladies w no
cater to university students have been
suggested for medals, as they certain
ly have added to the patriotism of na
tions, and do so regulaly every Mon
day noon and Wednesday night. -
Men make their fires on the hearth.
Fach under bis roof tree, r
And the four winds that rule the earth
THIS PRETTY MAIDEN
WAS SOME PERPLEXED
As the approaching formal sea-
son draws near, the perplexed
maiden becomes quite the com-
mon thing at the different soror-
ity houses. In a house not so
many blocks away, a demure lit-
tie miss became so involved just
recently that she all but jumped
from a third story window in a
desperate attempt to shuffle off
this mortal coil.
There were three suitors
Jack, "Chuck" and Harry. Which
one should have her formal bid?
Jack had taken her to the junior
prom and by just the way he had
acted since that, she was pretty
sure he had a policy game up
his sleeve. "Chuck" is taking
her to the senior prom and she
would really consider him, but
he fusses so many women. Seems
like that man turns up with a
new one every time he turns
around. Almost a sure sign that
a man is out for fruit when you
see him hitting so many trees.
Harry has asked her to sit on
on the front row at the Kosmet
show with him. Somehow she
was impressed. She had heard
the other girls talk of getting a
big block of seats together, and
the Idea of parading by them
down the aisle with that hand-
some Harry seemed to appeal to
her. She knew that Harry was
not playing policy because a Kos-
met date Is not a policy stunt,
and so Harry got the formal bid
the next Monday morning.
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CO-EDS BECOMING
FANCY HIGH DIVERS
Essay Role of Neptune's Daughters at
The Y. M. C. A.
GIRLS TO HOLD
VOCATIONAL MEETING
The vocational conference commit
tee of the Girls' club met yesterday
morning with Dean Mary Graham at
the Y. M. C. A. rooms in the Temple.
It was decided to hold a series of
vocational guidance conferences under
the auspices of the Home Economics
club and the Girls' club.
The meetings will be held on March
21 and 22 on the campus, beginning
with a convocation on March 21.
Prominent speakers in all lines of
women activities will be on the pro
gram and a schedule of individual
conferences will be arranged. At these
conferences the girls can feel free to
discuss their own particular vocational
leanings and will be advised by the
leaders in that particular vocation in
which they are interested.
Dean Mary Graham has announced
that all girls will be excused from
classes on the afternoons of these two
days in order that they may attend
these meetings. Hedvic Provaznik is
chairman of the committee.
Rev. Worthley, Methodist university
pastor, spent two days this week with
the students in the School of Agricul
ture at Curtis, Nebrj
Sw imming seems to be a sport more
easily managed than skating. Iet the
temperature drop to twenty below
zero and severe snow storms come
ilar vet the enthusiasm for
uimmlne does not wane. The water
Jn the city. Y. M. C. A. pool la kept
at a temperature of 80 degrees, and
the, dressing rooms comfortably heat
ed. Before the season closes In May,
EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
FURNISHES DETECTIVE
The lately established employment
bureau has added one more class to
the list of jobs it stands ready to
fill. From coal-heavers to anciently
clad "supes" at Aida is quite a jump.
but even a romantically garbed glad
iator must bow before the superior
cunning of a twentieth century detec
tive, for the latest call upon the re
sourcefulness of the bureau has been
to supply a student, preferrably a(
Tjiu- " to hunt down some Lincoln i
law-breakers.
The employer is a business man;
the employee, as chosen by the bureau,
a prominent senior "Law;" the "Job
one requiring all the courage and
craftiness of a Burns. Already the
crime-hunter has his nose close to the
trail, "and when the transgressor hai
been' brought to Justice, the whole
story of the capture will be told.
AG COLLEGE WILL
GIVE FARMERS' FAIR
CITY FOLKS TO SEE THE FARM
CAMPUS APRIL 7
Two Hundred Dollars in Prizes Danc
ing in Horse Barn Loft
S Confetti
The College of Agriculture is pre
paring to stage its first annual Farm
ers' Fair, April 7. The custom is al
ready in vogue in eastern agricultural
colleges.
The Farmers' Fair offers opportun
ity to all city people to see the farm.
Friday afternoon is set aside for in
specting the campus, while the eve
ning will be devoted to entertainment.
The new barn loft is ready for danc
ing, there being room for six hundred
couples. A fifteen-piece orchestra has
been engaged, while on the ground
floor contests among individuals, fra
ternities and sororities will be carried
on. Two hundred dollars worth of
prizes will be given to the highest
scorers.
The usual line of side shows, with
possibly a few exceptions, will be
present, with an occasional booth to
try one's accuracy and nerve.
200 Home Economics Members
The recent membership campaign
of the Home Economics club, which
was organied a few weeks ago, was
conducted with remarkable success.
About two hundred of the three hun
dred girls registered in the Agricul
tural college have joined the club.
and more are expected as the name
of the club spreads among the students.
Big Nine Race Hot
The race for the basketball cham
pionship in the Big Nine is waxing hot.
Illinois, Wisconsin and Northwestern
are all crowding the top, with the
other schools ranking in order as fol
lows: Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio State,
Perdue, Indiana and Chicago. Ex.
SUBSCRIPTION CAM
PAIGN STARTS NOV
The fight is on. The forces are
marshalled for the coming fray. With
all the equipment the business 6taff
can assemble, The Daily Nebraskan
will center its efforts on the trenches
of the non-subscribers.
The battlement hardest to take is
generally that occupied by the frater
nities and sororities. To meet this
obstacle, the business staff offers to
the fraternity or sorority having the
highest percentage of its membership
as subscribers, a copy of the 1915 Corn
husker, with the name of the winner
in gold on the cover. Any organiza
tion, maintaining a house is eligible
The standing will be posted from day
to day. and the contest will close at
the end of next week.
Subscription books can be obtained
from T. A. Williams, or M. L. Poteet,
at the Students' Activity office.
Girls -Club Prty Postponed
The Girls' club party scheduled
for tomorrow afternoon at the
Temple is postponed Indefinitely.
They blow the smokes to me.
Rudyard Kipling.
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