The Dally Nebra
February 29
February 29
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CornhusKer Day
is
Cornhusker Day
VOL. XV. NO. 87.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, FEBBUARY 9, 1916.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
MISS HOLMQUIST
TELLSOF Y.V.C.A.
PROVIDED CLUB HOUSE AT THE
PANAMA EXPOSITION
Success of Interest to Other Associa
tion Branches Throughout
the United States
(By Eva I. Miller.)
'Terhaps one of the most satisfy
ing pieces of work which the Y. W.
C. A. did at the Panama exposition
was the work at the Club House in
the amusement zone," Bmilingly said
Miss Louise Sommer Holmquist, na
tional executive of the Department of
Method of the Y. W. C. A., yesterday
at the tea given for her in Faculty
hall by Dean Mary Graham. "One
of the greatest problems of the ex
position was the need of friendly co
operative help for the women em
ployes, and in the Club House they
found the comforts of rest rooms,
kitchen and lunch rooms, and bath
tubs with lots of hot water, for you
know," continued Miss Holmquist,
"the housing conditions for the wom
en employes were not good."
The employment bureau cooperated
with employers and as a result po
sitions were found. for from fifty to
seventy-five women every month.
When the exposition closed, positions
were found for nearly all of the wom
en out of work. Through the com
bined efforts of the Travelers' Aid,
the Young Women's Christian Asso
ciation and related -agencies, the girls
employed at the Panama-Pacific inter
national exposition were comparative
ly safe.
As a result of the success of the
Y. W. C. A. lunch room, the three
secretaries in charge have opened a
lunch room for women in New York
city. It will not be run on the com
petitive plan, but merely as a bene
fit for the women. It will also be a
(Continued on page 4.)
PUBLICATION BOARD
Since the integrity and good faith
of the student publication board upon
Mr. Paul's candidacy for editor of
The Xebraskan has been publicly
called in question by a communica
tion by Mr. Paul to the city press;
and since the declination of one of
the members of the board who was
present at the meeting to sign the
board's statement has been publicly
commented upon, it is the sense of
the board that the minutes of the
board meeting in which Mr. Paul's
candidacy was considered, be pub
lished in The Daily Nebraskan.
It seems advisable also to state in
this connection that ttie faculty mem
bers of the board are appointed by the
university senate, and the student
members by the votes of their respec
tive classes.
A record of the meeting in question
I" hereby given:
"Date, Tuesday, January 18; mem
bers present: Faculty, Chairman;
Stut, Alexander. Aylsworth, Buck; j
student, Ralph Sturm, Leon Palmer,
Marguerite Kauffman. Reading of
the recommendation of the nominat
KOSMET gcfeefsjo on Sale 9 O'clock J
NEBRASKAN OFFERS
PRIZES TO WORKERS
The Daily Xebraskan offers an em
bossed Cornhusker to the student who
secures the most subscriptions to The
Xebraskan this week. Subscription
books may be obtained of T. A. Will
iams or M. L. Poteet in the basement
of the Administration building. The
prize of the Cornhusker will be given
in addition to the regular cash com
mission paid on subscriptions.
The race between the fraternities
and sororities is on. The standings
today are published in another part of
the paper. The fraternity or soror
ity which has the greatest percentage
of its members subscribers at the
end of the week will be given a Corn
husker by The Xebraskan.
ACTRESS TO GIVE
$1,000FOR PLAY
Miss Grace George, a prominent
American actress, has recently offered
a prize of ?l,000 and a Broadway
production! for the best play subi
mitted to her by a college student
before June 1, 1916.
It is distinctly to be noted that
undergraduate as well as graduate
students will be admitted to this con
test. Other conditions as announced
by Miss George are that the play
must be original, the subject must
be American and modern; it must
contain three acts, and be suitable
for a full evening's entertainment
Approval of the faculty will be re
quired in each case before students
may become contestants.
Judges will include the dramatic
critic of a New York daily newspa
per, a well-known playwright and a
recognized stage director.
Newton for Legislature
Felix Xewton, '06, author and trans
lator, filed his candidacy yesterday
for the state legislature. Newton has
become prominent among Slavic circles
in the past ten years through his many
writings and stories.
MAKES STATEMENT
ing committee by the secretary, as
follows:
"Editor-in-chief, C. H. Epperson;
Managing Editor, George E. Grimes;
Associate Editor. J. A. Cejnar; Wom
an Associate, Eva Irene Miller; Busi
ness Manager, M. L. Poteet; Assist
ant Business Manager, Roy A. Har
ney.
"Xomination of the name of Charles
Paul placed in opposition to Mr. Ep
person by Trofessor Aylsworth.
Moved by Alexander and seconded by
Rurlc that Mr. Paul's name be con
sidered first as to fitness and ability.
Parried. It was ordered by the board
to ballot on the name of Mr. Epper-
ni Mr. Paul. Result: Epper
son, 4; Paul, 0.. Professor Buck
asked that his name go on record as
not voting. The balance of the recom-
or, i ot inn of the board was ac
cepted with the exception of the busi
ness staff, which is to be acted on
t the adiourned meeting. Adjourned
to meet Thursday, January 20.
"O. V. P. STOUT, Chairman.
T. A. WILLIAMS, Secretary."
WHY NOT A SINGLE TAX?
Four years ago there was a move
ment to secure the adoption of the
Single Tax for the University of Ne
braska. It took place too late in the
year to accomplish its purpose, and
for some unknown reason the sub
ject has never been brought up since.
The time is now ripe for the adop
tion of this measure.
The Single Tax will consist of an
assessment of five dollars a year
three the first semester and two iht
second. Of the fund thus collected
twenty-five per cent will go to The
Daily Nebraskan, fifteen to debate and
the remainder to athletics.
The Single Tax will mean more in
terest in school affairs; it will mean
a more equitable distribution of the
burden of school activities; it will
mean a Greater Nebraska.
Let's get together and secure its
adoption.
ONE KNOCK, ONE DOLLAR
We will pay one dollar cash,
either in silver or paper money,
for the hardest knock on the
Daily Xebraskan of the second
semester, either written or told
to us by a paid-up subscriber be
fore Wednesday, February 16.
The knock must be a criticism
of the news material and make
up and the editorials presented
in the issues of the Daily Ne
braskan for the first two weeks
of this semester. . We want a
knock that will be so hard that
the recoil will boost the Daily
Nebraskan and make it better.
Chas. E. Epperson, Editor-in-Chief.
George Grimes, Managing Edi
tor. Mistake in Date
The girls' basketball tournament Is
scheduled for February 19, instead of
February 13, as stated in yesterday's
edition of the Daily Nebraskan.
PAN-HEL BOARD
REPEATS CABS"
The Pan-Hellenic board has called
to the attention of the university or
ganizations the rule against taking
hired conveyances to formal parties,
with a warning as to the penalty for
infringement of the rule no party for
four months. The opening of the for
mal season, and the tendency exhib
ited at some of the proms to take
cabs, called forth the announcement
of the rule. At parties where cabs
have been used up to date, the
weather could have been classified as
inclement.
The rule stated by the board, Ar
ticle Ml of the Pan-Hellenic rules,
is as follows:
"Hired conveyances, as taxicabs.
rArriaees. and the like, may not be
employed exceyt in case of inclement
eather. at formal fraternity parties.
Organizations which infringe this rule
may give no parties for four school
months."
BOARD ELECTS
POTEET MANAGER
The student publication board Tues
day appointed Marcus L. Poteet of
Pawnee City, freshman law student,
a'.id business manager of the 1915
Cornhusker, business manager of The
Daily Xebraskan, succeeding U. S.
Harkson, resigned. The board did
not appoint an assistant business man
ager. Poteet has had a great deal of ex
perience in the advertising game and
is well known to local business men.
His appointment should prove a good
one for The Xebraskan.
JUBILEE RALLY
HELD AT TEMPLE
Miss Louise Holmquist Speaks to
Girls of Five Schools
The second meeting of the Jubilee
Month of the Young Women's Chris
tian Association held yesterday was a
decided success. The vesper service.
which was a rally of girls from Wes
leyan, Cotner, Lincoln high school,
Temple high school and the state uni
versity, was held in the Temple
theatre. Miss Louise Holmquist, of
the Department of Method of the na
tional Y. W. C. A spoke.
She brought out especially her idea
of the challenge that was offered to
this generation. It was that every
Christian girl should spread the news
of Christianity to everyone on the
face of the earth and that ever?
girl should say, "I will go where you
want me to go."
The lower floor of the theatre was
filled, and many girls finally sought
the balcony. Xinety persons stayed
for supper. Afterwards Miss Holm
quist told of the different methods by
which the Y. W. C. A. could best
meet the problems of the different
classes of girls and how we could
best further the work of the associa
tion as a whole.
Tea for Miss Holmquist
Faculty hall, decorated in all its
glory with palms and ferns, was the
scene of a tea yesterday, given in
honor of Miss Louise Holmquist by
Dean Mary Graham. Miss Elizabeth
Bonnell sang several selections. Tea
and wafers were served by Miss Mar
garet McPhee.
HIGH WHITE SHOES
(By Vivienne
From all appearances, the predie
tion that there will be a scarcity of
white leather before spring and a
high death rate in young calves,
should not fall very far 6hort of the
truth. In contrast to the three or
four pairs of high white shoes seen
earlier in the season, the number has
increased surprisingly within the last
three weeks. Just take a glance
along the floor when you go to that
next dance and see if this isn't true.
Have you ever stopped to think
how many different kinds and colors
of shoes have been worn this year?
CHANCELLOR HOPES
. FOR OREGON GAME
PRES. KERR SAYS PORTLAND
AGGIE HOME CAMPUS
Dr. Avery Writes Missouri Valley
Conference Heads Proposing
New Definition
President Kerr of the Oregon Agri
cultural college has sent a telegram
to Chancellor Avery, advising him
that while the main part of the school
is located at Corvallis, Ore., all of
the home football games are played
at Portland, and that some of the
college branches are also maintained
at that city. The western school,
therefore, considers Portland a part
of its campus, and President Kerr
believes that the Missouri valley rul
ing against football gams at any
other place than the campus of one
of the contracting schools, will not
prevent the Xebraska-Oregon Aggie
game scheduled for next fall.
Chancellor Avery has written to the
heads of the other Missouri valley
conference schools, expressing the
hope that they will take no action that
will prohibit the intersectional game.
He has explained the attitude of the
Oregon school and does not anticipate
any difficulty over the scheduling of
the game.
The chancellor has also advised the
Missouri valley schools that at the
coming meeting in St. Louis March
S, be will propose the adoption of a
rule defining college grounds as
grounds located within the corporate
limits or immediate environments of
the city in which the principal offices
of the institution acting as host are
located.
In his letter Chancellor Avery calls
attention to the fact that almost every
institution in the country now has
some part of its work, extension or
otherwise, located in some large city.
Many institutions, as Xebraska, have
professional schools away from the
seat of the main institution. For
these reasons it seems highly desir
able to the chancellor, who is the
head of the conference, that an ac
curate definition be formulated as to
what is meant by the college grounds.
Should the proposed definition, or
one similar, be adopted, it would set
at rest all agitation for the schedul
ing of a Cornhusker game at Omaha,
or of the Kansas-Missouri annual
battle at Kansas City.
HARD ON CALVES
Holland.)
Xever before have the 6tyles been
so variable. Shoe dealers have been
complaining of this unsettled condi
tion and say they do not know what
to buy. If they load up heavily on
a certain stock, in two weeks an
other kind of shoe comes out and no
one will buy the previous variety. As
no explanation has been offered yet.
this situation as well as the other
freaks of fashion can probably be
blamed to the mar.
Meanwhile the slaughter of the
would-be cows that supply the white
leather continues.
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