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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.
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