Fife Dally Nelbraskamn
VOL. XV. NO. 111.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1916r
PRICE 5 CENTS.
GENERAL PERSUING
GOES INTO MEXICO
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FORMER UNIVERSITY COMMAND
ANT SENT AFTER VILLA
With Funston In Chief Command,
Pershing Will Have Active
Charge of Invasion
Brigadier General John J. Pershing,
formerly commandant of the cadets of
this university, is to be" in active
command of the troops invading Mex
ico to capture Villa, according to re
ports issued by the War department.
General Frederick Funston is in gen
eral command of the invasion.
General Persuing was commandant
at the University of Nebraska from
1891 to 1895. At that time he was
second lieutenant of the Second U. S.
cavalry. Many notable reforms and
features were instigated by General
Pershing during his commandancy,
Among the most important was the
competitive drill between the com
panies. This has' undoubtedly been
a great stimulus to the companies to
apply themselves to the dull routine
of drill.
Since GeneraT Pershing's departure
from the university, the "Pershing
Rifles" company has been organized
and named In honor of the former
commandant. The Pershing Rifles are
the crack drillers of the university.
LANTERN SLIDE8
PROVE POPULAR
High School Are Demanding More
Subectc
The traveling lantern slides on
"Rome" that Prof. A. A. Reed has
been sending out to the schools for
the past two years have created such
an interest that he has frequently
been called on for another list. Con
sequently a new set has been selected
on "Pompeii," accompanied by a lec
ture by Professor Barber, head of the
Latin department.
The subjects covered are such, as
maps, Vesuvius in action, Pompeii as
it is today, streets, temples, theatres,
forum, bakery, ' bread, wineshops,
houses, mosaics, wall decorations,
statuary, casts of bodies. Particular
attention is paid to articles that throw
light on the domestic life of the Pom
peians, such as pottery, glass, and
silverware, lamps, various household
articles, kitchen utensils lools, house
hold ornaments, toilet articles, per
sonal ornaments, etc. These subjects
will be of Interest to the general
public as well as to students.
It's the Bells,
Edgar Allen Poe wrote a, poem of
much merit, entitled "The Bens, dui
it is a lad-pipe cinch that he never
attended the law college of NebrasKa
university and listened to the bells
that dinned into the ears of the future
bar luminaries yesterday morning. If
he had his poem would have con
tained more forceful expletives, and
less musical alliteration, onomatop
oeia and assonance.
"The Bells" "passed the law college
about 11 o'clock, playing "Down in
Bom-Bom Bay." Dean Hastings was
explaining the rudiments of some deep
stuff, when the commotion rounded
the corner and started past the
building. The dean pathetically but
patiently took off his glasses and wait
A. ta Virtu AM not wait, however.
further up the street, whoaed t? his
HENRY CHUNG ADDRESSES
COSMOPOLITAN CLUB
The Cosmopolitan club met at the
home of T. F. A. Williams Saturday
night A short program, of which
a cornet solo by Louis Vlasak and a
vocal solo by Miss Louise Miajfo, of
the Komensky Klub, and an address
by Henry Chung, of the Korean club,
were features, was followed by a
short business meeting. It was de
cided to hold a Cosmopolitan banquet
later on, and a committee was ap
pointed to arrange for it. Prominent
outside people will be invited.
I The Cosmopolitan club Is made up
of members of the different foreign
language clubs of the university and
its purpose is to bring about a bet
ter understanding between the dif
ferent foreign factions here. C. H.
Parks, of the Korean club, is It pres
ident, and Prof. Sarka B. Hrbkova,
of the Komensy Klub, its vice presi
dent.
AGAINST STUDY ABROAD
The only-woman scene painter in
the world, Miss Grace Olmstead
Clark, designer and painter of all the
scenery used by Miss Annie Russell,
has never studied in Europe. She
declares that there is better techni
cal training In art to be had in New
York than abroad. It is more to the
point, she says, and more practical
Exchange.
89 CADETS ENROLL
FORJERSHIUGS
Crack Company Benefited Jhy War
Time Spirit
An effect of the preparedness agi
tation and the crisis in Mexico may
found in the unusually large enroll
ment this year of the Pershing Rifles,
the crack military company of the
city campus. Lieut.-Col. Hewitt an
nounced yesterday that his call for
volunteers had been responded to by
eighty-nine men, almost as many as
a full war-time company in the regu
lar army. Formerly the enrollment
was about thirty men.
Company B was first in number of
men volunteered, with thirteen. Com
pany E with twelve was a close sec
ond, A with eleven third, and F with
ten fourth. The other -companies fol
lowed in this order: G, nine; I, sev
en; D, seven; M, six; H, five; K, four;
C, three, and staff," two.
The men meet every Thursday night
after dinner for an evening's .drill.
Bells; Bells
ing, (perhaps), that he was near the
University School of Music, a block
further up the street, pulled up his
nag and halted. The bells did not
halt. Having got -"Down in Bom-Bom
Bay," the pealed off "Don't You Hear
Me. Caroline?" and switched into "I'm
Simply Crazy Over You."
The aptness of the latter piece
called forth groans from the laws
and the studes in the library. The left
ear of the driver of the bells must
have commenced to burn and Itch
about then, or he heard that some
one was talking about him in some
other way. for he slapped the lines
on the horse's back and went on his
way rejoicing.
Please read arly editlonn of this se
mester's NebvfVan anent the noise
on or near th city campus.
PROGRAM COMPLETE
FOR WHENCE
Girls to Study Various Vocations for
Two Days
The program for the girls' voca
tional conference next Tuesday and
Wednesday has been completed. The
conference, the first of its kind In
Lincoln, will bring here speakers of
national note, chief among them be
ing Miss Helen Bennett, director of
the Collegiate Bureau of Occupations
of Chicago.
All university girls will be dis
missed from their classes for the two
days of the conference.
The complete program is given be
low: Tuesday Morning
11:00 Convocation.
Miss Helen Bennett
Tuesday Afternoon
1:30 "Responsibilities and Oppor
tunities in Extension Work."
Mrs. Emma Reed Davisson
Assistant in Agricultural Exten
sion Service, state farm
2:00 "Woman Suffrage."
Miss Sarah. Muir
2:30 "Salesmanship."
Miss Carrie Barstoy
Rudge & Guenzel
3:00 "Nursing."
Dr. Hallie Ewing
3:30 Round Table.
4:00 to 6:00 Tea in Art hall.
5:00 to 6:00 Vespers. "The Quali
fications Necessary for a
Woman Entering a Voca
. tlon."
Miss Helen Bennett
7:45 "Institutional Management."
Miss Nola Treat
Kansas Agricultural College
Wednesday Morning
9:00 "Medicine."
Dr. Laura Brown
9:30 "Journalism."
Miss Helen Bennett
10:00 "Sociology."
Mrs. T. F. A. Williams
10:30 "Dietetics In Hospitals."
Miss Matilda Truman
Orthopedic Hospital
11:00 "Lyceum Work."
Mrs. Maud Kendall Boileau
11:30 "Library Work."
Miss Lulu Home,
City Librarian
12:00 Round Table.
Wednesday Afternoon
1:00 Luncheon at Commercial club
2:00 "Institutional Management."
Miss Nola Treat
Kansas Agricultural College
2:30 "Art Opportunities."
Mrs. Dean R. Leland
3:00 "Publishing."
Miss Towne
3 : 30 "Playgrounds."
. Miss Ina Glttlngs
4:30 "Clerical Work."
Miss Helen Bennett
FACTORY GIRLS AT SCHOOL
Public school No. 4 of New York
is very nroud of having Just grad
uated sixteen young women factory
yorkers, who have been attending
special classes. Exchange.
AG. COLLEGE BUYS MULES
Tho college of agriculture has re
cency bought a span of mules weigh
ing about 1.400 pounds. A gray raft
roMinr also has been purchased. The
wuVs are to be used for farm work.
CONVOCATION
Dr. George E. Howard will address
convocation today on "The Challenge
of the New Humanism," the chapel
at 11 o'clock.
AVERY TO ATTEND
CHICAGO BANQUET
Alumni Association of the Windy City
to Feast April 27
The Nebraska University club of the
city of Chicago has invited Chancellor
Avery to attend the annual banquet
ofthe organization, to be held April
27. The chancellor has accepted the
invitation. -
Philip J. Maguire, president of the
club, sent the letter of Invitation to
the chancellor. ' In it he promises that
the outpouring of alumni will be the
largest in the history of the Chicago
association. Eighty reservatidns have
already been made for the banquet,
still almost two months away.
-The Chicago alumni have , been
among the most active of the uni
versity graduates, keeping up a live
organization and responding to calls
from the university. The chancellor
was glad to accept the Invitation to
be the guest of honor at the banquet.
Not only former students of the
state university, but any Nebraska
Invited to attend the feast. It has
Invited to attend the banquet. It has
been suggested that students of the
state university who know of former
Nebraskans at Chicago, write to them
and tell them of the banquet.
SHOWS GROWTH
OFJNIVERSITY
Professor Barbour Compiles Statis
tics of Enrollment
Four thousand seven hnudred and
seventy more students attended the
University of Nebraska -last year than
did in the school year of 1871-72, ac
cording to a compilation of Prof. E.
H. Barbour.
Beginning with the year 1875, the
growth of the university was remark
able. One hundred and thirty stu
dents were registered in 1871. Four
years laterthe number increased to
132. Thereafter the enrollment went
up by leaps and bounds. In 1885, the
students numbered 343, of whom 159
were women and 184 men.
In 1891, the attendance increased to
570. The next year It rose to 883
and a year later it passed the thou
sand mark, 1,086 students registering.
The season of 1894-95 saw it rise to
I, 500, of whom 699 were women.
In 1900, 2,909 students went to the
university. By 1907, the number grew
to 3,237. In 1912, the attendance reach
ed 4.624. Due to the separation of
affiliated schools the enrollment fell
next year to 3,657.
Since 1911. the student body has
Increased by about 320 every year un
til in 1915, it numbered 5,000.
WON'T LET WOMEN PREACH
Miss Gerling, a Holland woman,
has taken the degree of doctor of dl
vinity at the University of Gronin-
gen, but the Netherlands churcn will
not pt her preach, on account of
her sex. But she can work to help
raise money to pay the male preach
er. This Is a privilege always open
to women. Truly. queer world.
Exchange.
AG. COLLEGE HOLDS
SHEEP FEEDERS DAY
LAMB-DRESSING AND SHEEP
SHEARING DEMONSTRATIONS
Te.i Experimental Lots of Fat ca.ibt
Will Be Put On Exhibition
Friday
A sheep feeders' day will be held at
the college of agriculture next Fri
day, March 17. At that time, the ten
experimental lots of fat lambs will be
on exhibition and a program will be
given by members of the faculty and
practical feeders over the state.
At 10 o'clock a lamb-dressing dem
onstration in Sharge of Prof. K. F.
Warner will be given. This will be
followed in turn by a lamb-docking
and shearing demonstration in charge
of Elliot Davis and N. H. Rhodes, re
spectively. Dean E. A. Burnett will preside at
the afternoon meeting, which will be
gin at 1 o'clock. The following in
formal program of talks will be given:
"Methods of Fattening Western
Lambs," LeFlesch Farley, Bancroft,
Nebr.
"Forage Crops for Lambs During
the Fall Months," Will Rapp, Water
loo, Nebr.
"The Value of Oats in Starting
Lambs on Feed," John Frazier, La
Platte, Nebr.
"Growing Hot-house Lambs," W.
Aldrich, South Side station, Omaha,
Nebr.
"Lambs, Yearlings or Ewes Which
Shall We Feed?" discussion led by R.
M. Turner, Lincoln, Nebr.
"Results of Lamb Feeding Experi
ment Just Closed," H: J. Gramlich.
The demonstration lambs have been
fed as follows:
Lot 1. A heavy feed of shelled
corn and alfalfa hay.
Lot 2. Ajnedium feed of corn and
alfalfa hay.
Lot 3. A light feed of com and al
falfa hay.
This lot will probably be given a
heavier ration of corn the closing
weeks of the experiment.)
Lot 4. Shelled" corn, 2 pounds of
corn Bilage and alfalfa hay.
Lot '5. Shelled corn, 1-6 pound oil
meal and alfalfa hay.
Lot 6. Shelled corn, 1-6 pound cot
tonseed meal, pea size, and alfalfa
hay.
Lot 7. Shelled corn, 1-3 pound of
cold pressed cottonseed cake and al
falfa hay.
Lot 8. Oil meal and corn in self
feeder, prairie hay for roughness.
(These lambs were started on a full
feed of oil meal and the corn is being
gradually worked in, the aim being
to increase the corn until we have a
mixture containing in the neighbor
hood of 1 part oil meal to 3 parts
corn. Grain will be kept before the
lambs constantly. This is a system
of feeding followed by a number of
large feeders in the state and is gen
erally known as the Lammer sys
tem." Lot 9. Hominy feed and alfalfa
hay. t - -
Lot 10. Shelled corn, mangel wur
zels and alfalfa hay.
Lot 11. Heavy feed of shelled corn
and alfalfa hay fed in the open.
(This lot has a wind-break, other
wise no protection from the weather.
The plan Is to compare this lot with
Lot 1, which runs in the shed.
These lambs were purchased on the
Otaaha market December 20, weighing
58 pounds and costing $8.35 rr hun
dred.