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VOL. XV. NO. 100.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1916.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
MAKING PLANS FOR
FARMER'S FAIR
"BETTER BABIES," BALLOON AS
CENSION, FEATURES
Ag Club and the Home Economics
Girls Are Planning for a
Big Day April 7
A "Better Babies" show, a stock
judging contest, a balloon ascension,
these are some of -the attractions def
initely scheduled for the first Farm
ers' Fair, to be given by the agricul
tural college April 7. The Agricul
tural club, with the Home Economics
club, held a rousing meeting at the
Temple Thursday night, in which the
announcements were made of the
plans for the Fair. The meeting room
Music hall was filled to overflow
ing by the students, who are so en
thusiastically planning the event.
The Parade
One of the features of the Fair will
be a parade that will leave the farm,
come down to the city, past the city
campus, and wind up in Lincoln's
business district. Different colleges
and university organizations will have
floats in the parade, the band will
probably be out, the latest farm ma
chinery, as used at the farm college,
will have a section, the prize stock of
the agriculture college will appear.
Other features, promised by the Home
Economics girls, will form a promi
nent part of the parade.
The morning at the farm will be
devoted to an inspection of the cam
pus and equipment. The afternoon
will be filled by av aried and interest
ing program. Among, the principal
features of this will be a band con
cert, a balloon ascension, a greased,
pig race, foot races for the young-
MUSSELMAN CUTS
SOPHOMORE PIE
Champ Heads the Hop Committee;
Jones, Ivy Day
Beachey Musselman, newly elected
president for the sophomore class, has
announced the committee appoint
ments for the second semester. John
L. Champ, is made chairman of the
hop committee, with Harold Kelly
master of ceremonies, and Carlisle
Jones is appointed head of the sopho
more Ivy Day committee.
The appointments are:
Hop
John L. Champ, chairman; Harold
Kelly, master of ceremonies; Webster
Sage, Rawson Sturm, Gladys Holland,
Edna Coffee, Helen Young, Herman
B. Thompson, William Mills.
Ivy Day
Carlisle Jones, chairman; Blanche
Randall, Lolah Neely, Florence Bish
op, Lawrence L. Murphy, Fred Cotter
(Continued on page 2)
UNI. NIGHT TICKETS
ON SALE TOMORROW
Tickets for University Night will go
on sale tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock in the lobby of the Temple
building.
Two simple directions must be ob
served: 1. Every student must appear in
person for his ticket. The only ex
ception to this rule is: If John Doe
wants to take Sue Jones, then John
Doe will be sold two tickets and his
initials placed after the name of Sue
Jones. Sue Jones will then not be
able to get a ticket.
2. This ticket upon being presented
at the -Oliver box office will entitle
the holder to a reserved seat. Re
servations can be made immediately
after purchasing the ticket.
SIGMA XI OPEN
MEETING TONIGHT
Dr. Edward P. Hyde, of the Nela
Park research laboratory of Cleve
land, Ohio, comes to Lincoln today
under the auspices of Sigma XI to
give an address on "The Modern At
tack of the Lighting Problem," at
the February open meeting of Sigma
XI tonight at 8 o'clock in the gen
eral lecture room of the Physics
building. A general invitation is ex
tended to all who are Interested.
Dr. Hyde is prominent in the scien
tific world and is especially distin
guished in this country and abroad as
an authority on research problems
having to do with the production and
application of light. As director of
Nela research laboratory, National
Lamp Works of General Electric Co.,
DR. EDWARD P. HYDE
Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio, he is at
the head of an institution reputed
among the leading scientific institu
tions of the world. Although main
tained by a commercial institution, the
work of Nela research laboratory is
" (Continued on page 4.)
GERMAN DRAMATICS
PLAYED FOR CHARITY
Benefits of Performances to Go to
German and Austrian Sufferers
The German Dramatic club gave
two short plays in the Temple theatre
for the benefit of the Deutsche Frau
enbunil of Nebraska Friday nlghl, be
fore a large and appreciative audi
ence. About four hundred tickets
were sold, yielding a profit of $140
to be sent to the widows and orphans
of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
The first play, entitled "Die Schul
reiterin," was played by Magdaline
Craft, Prof. Albert Wedeklng, Gerhart
Naber, Alfred Hinze and Friederich
Rabe. The parts in the second, "Die
Jugend Liebe," were taken by Ida
Wilson ( Clara Schulte, Gerhart Naber,
Friederich Rabe, Robert Nesbitt and
Lena Williams. Music was furnished
by Mrs. William Grelck, Mrs. August
Cchroer, Miss Alma Wagner and an
orchestra.
The two casts and Prof. Amanda
Heppner were entertained by the
Frauenbund at a banquet at the Lin
dell hotel Saturday night.
HODGDON DELAYED;
NO CONFERENCE
The conference between Architect
Charles Hodgdon of Chicago and the
university regents over the proposed
social science building of the univer
sity will not be held this evening as
planned, because Mr. Hodgdon has
been called to Boston by the serious
illness of his mother.
. The regents will meet today in spite
of Mr. Hodgdon's inability to be pres
ent, and will probably authorize Sec
retary Dales to advertise for bids on
the new agricultural engineering
building.
UNIVERSITY Y.Y.CA,
OFFICERS ELECTED
MARY HALLER NEW ASSOCIA.
TION HEAD
Annual Luncheon at Llndell Toasts
Taken from Pilgrim's Progress
150 Attend
The Y. W. C. A. officers for
the coming year are:
President Mary Haller, '17,
Vice President Doris Weaver, '17
Secretary Ethel Stone, M7
Treasurer Olive Lehmer,M7
The annual Y. W. C. A. luncheon
at the Lindell Saturday was attended
by about one hundred and fifty mem
bers. Spring flowers were used for
decorations. After the officers were
elected, the following toasts were
given:
"Doubting Castle," Frances Bol
lard, '19.
"The Hill of Difficulty," Eva Mil
ler,. '18.
"Vanity Fair," Marian Kastle, 17.
"Enchanted Ground," Doris Slater,
'16.
"The Wicket Gate," Edna Froyd, '16.
"The Delectable Mountain," Dora
Kidd, '12.
"The Interpreter's House," Mrs. H.
B. Brownell.
"The Palace Beautiful," Dr. Wini
fred Hyde, '00.
Jeanette Finney, '16, presided as
toastmlstress.
Woods' Thesis
At Washington, Frank Woods, a
graduate .student, received a ton of
wood through the mail. It came in
60-pound sacks. It is to be used in
writing a thesis on tounin extraction
from wood.
The Single Tax In Other Universities and Colleges
u.
u.
u.
u.
600
800
651
700
.2,000
Aproximate
University or College Location Enrollment
U. of Pennsylvania Philadelphia 5.389
.... Tin. k nnn
U. of Wisconsin waaison, wis
U. of Virginia Charlottesville 7
U. of Michigan Ann Arbor 6,000
U. of Washington Seattle 2400
U. of Colorado Boulder L300
TT. of Ohio Columbus ....o,v
U. of Oklahoma Normon
TJ. of Oregon Eugene
TT nf Georgia ..Ather .,
y. -
of Vermont Burlington uu"
of Montana Missoula 250
of West Virginia. . . . . . Morgantown
tt Kansas Lawrence ..
... ft CAA
-V. of California Berkeley
U. of Missouri Columbia 2.500
Washington State College . Pullman 1.600
Notre Dame Notre Dame UJ0
Vftt.dM-h.lt Nashvuie
Brown Providence (under-grad.)
Johns Hopkins Baltimore
r-ooo Ann. Rft Cleveland
Stevens Institute ........ Hoboken 400
Rose Polytechnic Terre Haute 200
N. Carolina A. and M.... Raleigh
T.cM.rh South Bethlehem
Alabama Polytechnic Auburn
William Jewel Liberty, Mo. .
Washington and Lee Lexington, Va.
Baker University uaiawiu ,
Knox University Geleeburg,
Bowdoln
Leland Stanford San
111.
650
790
524
816
600
625
650
500
Activities Benefited by Tax and Share
Athletics, 7.00, Students' Cluh, ?J.uu, toiai
Incidental fee proportioned to all
Athletics, $2.00, University paper, $1.00 (four others).
Athletics and Gym
-Distributed by committee, when necessary
Paper, Oratory, Athletics, Debates, Glee
Athletics, $5,00 and Paper (Ohio Union), $2.00
Athletics and all Activities . .... .v.
Francisco 1.60"
Three Literary Societies
Athletics (formerly $7.50)
Athletics and all Activities
Athletics only, at present
Incidental
Gymnasium, Athletics, Hospital
Library, Incidental, Hospital
All Activities
Athletics
Athletics and Paper
Athletics and Debate
Athletics and Gym
Athletics, $2.50, Musical Assn. 75c, Paper, $1. 2 others
Athletics
Athletics (50), Paper (10), (5 others 39)..
Athletics
Athletics $7.00, Students' Club $3.00.....
Athletics
Athletics
Athletics $4.50, Damages 50c
All Activities
Athletics and Oratory
All Activities
Athletics and Club
System
Used Satisfactory
$10.00 21 yrs. Yes
5.00 6 yrs. Yes
7.00 102 yrs. Yes
5.00 4 yrs. Yes
5.00 Yes
5.00 6 yrs. Yes
7.00 - 6 yrs. Yes
5.00 5 yrs. Yes
8.00 14 yrs. Yes
2.00 14 yrs. Yes
10.00 Several yrs. Yes
5.00 5 yrs. Yes
5.00 10 yrs. Yes
10.00 Yes
10.00 Yes
12.00 Yes
5.00 3 yrs. Yes
10.00 Yes
10.00 Several yrs. Partially
9.00 10 yrs. Very
5.00 10 yrs. Very
5.00 7 yrs. Yes
5.00 JO yrs. Yes
15.00 Several yrff. Yes
2.00 11 yrs. Yes
10.00 Yes
3.00 6 yrs. Yes
5.00 9 yrs. Yes
5.00 7 yrs. Yes
5.00 7 yrs. Yes
2.00 12 yrs. Yes
15.00 4 yrs. Yes
3.00 14 yrs. Yes