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P!Byffv''; g-,t1- 3 TheDaily NebraskariQ VOL. XV. NO. 126. .UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1916. PRICE 5 CENTS. TWENTY-EIGHT OUT FOR FlRjtf PRACTICE COACH RUTHERFORD DIRECTS FOOTBALL CANDIDATES Men Display Prominence Amidships, but Exercise-Will Help Them to Reduce The 1916 spring football season opened yesterday afternoon when As sistant Coach Dick Rutherford put twenty-eight men through their first tins t-winter workouts. The men re ported on the athletic field in track suits and went through a series of strenuous exercises, calisthenics and a HtMo bit of football drill. The majority of the men displayed an overdevelopment in the region of the waist line that told the tale of the winter's relaxation and dieting. The assistant coach hopes to reduce' the abnormal swelling in a short time, so that chests will once more, assume prominence, and wind will be less a stranger fo the lungs. Captain Corey was on hand to help in directing the squad. The men were lined across the field, the quarterback called signals, and the candidates charged down the sod for about a rod. This was repeated several lengths of the field, until the men became, fairly adept at getting away to a quick start. Maloney and Don negan passed the ball to Kelley and Cook in this work. While many of the men-who are coming out for practice failed to don suits last night, the showing made was most encouraging to the captain. Among the old-timers on the field wore Captain Corey, Doyle, Kelley, Kositzky, Cook, Selzer, Shaw, Foutz and Hoadley. There were a number of other men -who worked out on the freshmen and scrub squads last year and a bunch who made their first appearance on Nebraska field. In addition to the footballers working on the field, Coach Reed had his track men sprinting around the track, and a number of men were playing baseball, in a corner. The field presented the livest appearance since the lowa football game last fall. There were a score of bugs in the stands to watch the athletes. The next practice will bo held Wednesday afternoon. Confusion or Organization Which? COMPANY M HIGH . IN MILITARY TEST Company M, with an average ex amination grade of 77, made the high est average in the recent tests given the regiment. Companies D and I re ceived the lowest averages, each mak ing 65. Following is the standing of all tbd companies: Co. A ..-.69 Co. B . '.."..73 Co. C ......66 Co! D. 65 Co. B .66 Co. F 72 Co. G ....... -76 Co. H 68 .Co. I .....65- Co; K ..J.....72 Co. M ...........77. Officers, non-commissioned. officers and private participated in'thia ex amination. Gay Chamberlain spent the week end at the Beta Theta Pi house. A college community is an interest ing study from the standpoint of so cial organization. 'It is a social unit, composed of citizens the most of whom expect to reside in its midst for only four years. The time these citi zens have to devote to matters outside the classroom permits certain social activity and certain forms of organ ized endeavor. These matters take the form of cer tain extra-curriculunr work known as student activities. If properly govern ed, they may be -a force for good; if not, they may become injurious. While the situation at Nebraska is by no means degrading, we are not living up to our possibilities. Student life here is chaotic. There are many organizations each having a narrow, end in view and each limiting its ac tivity to the particular needs of its members. There seems to bo no at tempt at confederation, no desire to unite for the good of Nebraska. When the student graduates he en ters a new social organization. While it is in no sense perfect, or even highly efficient, it is definitely organ ized. There 'is a federal sovereign, and subservient jurisdictions to an swer the needs of the lesser units. He becomes a part of this great whole, and his duties as "such become an im portant part of. his everyday life. But what has the world of educa tion from which he has just emerged taught him in these lines? It has been worse than silent; it has been confusingly active. It has not only not given him a chance to learn to be a part of democracy, but has, by its failure to bring the -various parts of its artificial society into the prop er relation to each other, implied that self-government is too complicated for him to master. In the light of these matters, The Daily Nebraskan announces as its edi torial policy in the future the organi sation and unification of student life. In fact, reviewing our efforts of the past, we believe that we may safely say that such is our policy for the whole semester. We perfer to see an organized social unit, as nearly analo gous as possible to the state, in place of the confusing and wasteful chaos of the past. As a part of this new organization, the Single Tax is very important. It is the first step in this new unifica tion. It provides a means whereby student life may be placed on the proper basis, and a definite govern' ment made possible. As currency is the life-blood of the nation, so the - Single Tax fund is the life-blood of student life. Boost for its adoption, that you may dream of the Greater Nebraska. CHICAGO ALUMNI PLAN REUNION FEAST CHANCELLOR AVERY AND SENA- TOR HITCHCOCK TO SPEAK Planning to Secure Nebraska-Notre Dame Football Game for Chicago FACULTY MEMBERS ORGANIZE A meeting of the local members of the American Association of College Professors was called Saturday morn ing, April 8, for the purpose of ef fecting a local organization. The meeting was held in the political science seminar room in the Law building. Prof. H. B. Alexander was made president, and Miss Louise Pound, secretary. Professors Howard, Davis, Swezey- were named as mem bers of the program committee. It was suggested that Dr. Howard, who has attended the meetings of the na tional organization, be invited to de liver the first address. STEELE HOLCOMBE NEW YJ.C.A. HEAD Junior Law Chosen to Succeed Everts Will Appoint Cabinet CADET INSPECTION TODAY The University of Nebraska Chicago club, composed of about 260 Nebraska yuujuiu, win bivo no milium uuinuci, April 27 at the Hamilton club, Chi cago. Judge Michael F. Girten, pres ident of the Notre Dame club of Chi cago, will be present and address the club on the recent plan of having an annual Notre Dame-Nebraska football game in Chicago. At a meeting on April 5 of the Notre Dame club of Chicago, plans for the game were lai and a committee of ten appointed to take care of the arrangements for the gridiron event. Chancellor Avery will attend and speak at the banquet, as will Senator Hitchcock, Bion V. Arnold of Chicago, and Thomas H. Pratt, now of Chi cago, formerly mayor of Lincoln. The hopes of the alumni of Ne braska and Notre Dame to stage the football game between the two schools at Chicago, are probably doomed to disappointment on account of the con ference ruling allowing games to be played only at the home of one of the contesting schools. Clinton Steele Holcombe, of Lara mie, Wyo., junior law student, has been selected as, president of the uni versity Y. M. C. A. for 1816-17. Hol combe has been a member of the cab inet for the past year, being chair man of the Bible study division, and he has been active in association work for the past three years. , Holcombe's selection was made by a nominating committee of fifteen men. He will proceed at once to choose his cabinet for th,e coming year, and will nrobablv be able to announce the' The Junior class "best cast test . the men Defore the week play be there" squad gave a perform-1 Jg oyer anco of "The Man of the Hour" at I . The now presldent succeeds Glenn s. "Rvnrta of Lincoln. Everts has oc- JUNIORS STAGE PLAY AT INSANE HOSPITAL me INeoraBKU SIUU3 xiuayiim wi iuu Insane last night. The play was put on by special invitation of the super intendent of the "nut-house," who as sured Miss Howell that many of his shut-ins were in such a condition that that they could enjoy the piece. All joking aside, tho performance went off very well and indicated that a finished production will be given at the Oliver Friday. The players will stage another private performance Wednesday night, when they will play at the state penitentiary. It is thought that these practices will en able the actors to cope successfully with the university audience Friday. The second annual banquet of the University Commercial club was held at the Lincoln hotel Friday evening. Plutes were laid for soyenty-flye. In his capacity as toastmaster Prof. J. E. LeRossIgnol called for responses from Chancellor Avery, H. K. Burkot; E.E. Smith, O. J. Fje and Regent E. P. Brown. v cupied tho double post of president and student general secretary, taking the administrative work left by R. S. Ewing, when tho latter went to Eng land to work in the prison camps. It Is probable that a full time sec retary, with a paid student assistant, will be with the Y. M. C. A. next year. In that case, Holcombe would have simply the general direction of the student activities and cabinet work of the association. Major Munroe McFarland, of the United States army general staff, will inspect the university cadets from 8 to 12 o'clock this morning on Nebras ka field. The cadets have been drill ing zealously for the last month and hope to make a good showing. NEBRASKANS PLAGE IN MID-WEST MEET jOtoupalik'and Rutherford Win Firsts; Harkson, Drewing and Baehr Make Points " REGENTS MEET TO AWARD CONTRACTS Architect Hcdgdon Here Single Tax Will Also Come Up NOMINATE MAY QUEEN Senior girls voted their preference for May queen yesterday, the election being under the direction of the Black Masques. The vote was light. The three eirls receiving the highest num ber of-votes will be voted upon .later, anr. the one getting the greatest num. be? will be queen. The result is not known unMl Ivy Day, when the queen is crowned. ,, The board of regents will meet this morning to open the bids on the agrl cultural engineering building to be erected on the farm campus. If the bids come under the appropriation of $140,000 it is probable that the con tract will be awarded. Architect Charles Hodgdon of Chi cago will meet with the board In con ference over the new building. Mr. Hodgdon will arrive shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. There will also bo placed before the regents the proposition of Hie single tax that has been agitated by The Dally Nebraskan. The Nebras kan, speaking for the student body, will petition the regents to make the tax a part of the regular university fees. It is not likely that final action will be taken on the single tax today. With Captain Otoupalik and Dick Rutherford winning the western cham pionships in heavyweight and 158- pound wrestling, and Captain Drew ing and U. S. Harkson, of tho gymnas tic team, winning third and second places in the all-around gymnastic events, and Max Baehr winning third in fencing with foils, tho showing made by the Nebraska university rep resentatives at tho annual Western Intercollegiate Gymnastic association meet at Minneapolis, Minn., last Fri day and Saturday nights Is most pleas ing to the Cornhusker rooters. Otoupalik and Rutherford ran through their matches in short order, performing some of tho best wres tling of the meet. Bowman filled in in the lightweight division for Brian, who had thrown his kneo out of Joint. He lost his match to tho man who won the championship of the division, on- decision, although neither man went to the mat during the ten min utes of wrestling. Pascalo lost his first match on decision. Kositzky and Vose fought hard against superior men. MRS. McVEY TO VISIT Mrs. TV D. McVey, president of the south central section of the associa-i tlon of collegiate alumnae, will visit , the .Alpha Phi house in the near fu ture. Mrs. TtfcVey will be entertained at a joint meeting of the Lincoln and Omaha branches of -the Association of Collegiate Alumnae in Omaha Satur day, April 15. CIVIL SERVICE POSITION OPEN The United States civil service com mission will hold an examination on May 3 and 4 for a grazing assistant (male), in "connection with range in vestigations and grazing administra tion in the forest service. The salary is approximately $1,200. Information can be secured from the United States civil service commission, or from the United States civil service examina tion board, Lincoln. 1 it 1 I Hi II I 1 I