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VOL. XV. NO. 137.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1916.
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JUNIORS WILL PAY
REGENTS OT CALEY
VOTE OF THANKS FOR THE PLAY
MANAGER AND COMMITTEE
Of the Profitt, $50 Goes to Regents
and the Remainder Into the
Class Treasury
The junior class yesterday decided
not to pay Lorin Caley, manager of
the junior play, for his work, but
to give $50 of the profits of the pro
duction to the board of regents, and
turn the remainder, about $90, into
the class treasury. The play, "The
Man of the Hour," was given at the
Oliver theatre April 14, and was more
successful financially than any other
junior play has been.
A large crowd of third-year stu
dents attended the meeting, attracted
by the promise of possible fireworks
over the proposal to pay Caley fpr
his labors, admittedly good. The
meeting was lively from start to fin
ishprobably the best class meeting
that has been held this year.
Caley Denies Rumors
President Holts took the chair and
called the meeting to order. Caley
arose to give his report on the play.
He denied rumors that have been
floating around the campus that he
was working for pay. He said he
did not want any money unless the
class wanted to pay him for his labor.
Don Marcellus, who was the lead
ing man in the play, moved that $50
of the money be given to the regents,
and the balance turned into the class
treasury, to be used according to its
own discretion. The motion wa3 sec
onded, and Holtz called for remarks.
Several men were on their feet.
Robert Waring was recognized. He
offered a substitute motion, to the
effect that Caley be allowed $25 for
his services as business manager.
The motion was not seconded, but a
few remarks were made upon it.
J. H. Hare declared that to pay the
manager would be to capitalize class
loyalty.
Virgil Haggart said that Caley had
been appointed without any previous
intention that he be paid. It was not
a question, he said, whether or not
the business manager or others had
earned the money. A vote of thanks,
he declared, a record that the class
appreciated the fact that the play was
a success, would be of more value
than pay.
Carry First Motion
President Holtz then put Marcel-
Prof. Benton Dales
of League of
A a charter member in the pro
posed "League of the Second Genera
tion," suggested by The Daily Ne
braskan Monday, Prof. Benton Dales,
head of the department of chemistry,
has been suggested as the most avail
able one on the campus. For not
only unto the Becond generation, but
even also to the third generation can
the Dales family find a place in the
university. - -
The first chancellor of the univer
sity, Chancellor Benton, is the grand
father of the present chemistry pro
fessor. Next in line is the secretary
of the board of regents, Dean James
Stuart Dales, who is a familiar fig
ure to all on the campus. Judge.
UNDERGRADS GET NO
BREAKFAST FOOD
Juniors and- Seniors Determined to
Be Exclusive at Annual Feed
The junior-senior breakfast to be
held at the farm campus at 8 o'clock
next Saturday morning will be an
exclusive affair, at least care is be
ing taken to exclude freshmen and
sophomores. Every junior must buy
ai ticket, and the seniors are re
quired to hold a ticket, which will
be given them by Everett Scott, or
a committee to be appointed.
There is no especial meeting place,
as it is thought that the new car
line will enable the students to get
there without difficulty.
"JEANNE D'ARC" AT
THE OLIVER TONIGHT
UNI. PLAYERS STAGE MOST PRE
TENTIOUS PLAY OF YEAR
Don Marcellus and Miss Alice Howell
Will Take the Leading Parts
In the Drama
- Dress rhearsals of "Jeanne D'Arc"
were held at ths Oliver theatre last
I night and the night before, and the
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DON MARCELLUS
Who plays the lead with Miss Alice
Howell, in "Jeanne D'Arc," tonight.
production, perhaps the largest ever
attempted by university players, is
ready for presentation tonight. Miss
Howell has drilled the cast until it is
ready to give a complete presentation
of Percy Mackaye's version of the
First Member
Second Generation
Dales took the degree of M. Ph., in
1876. His interest in and love for the
university are well known to those
who have witnessed his years of serv
ice, or even a part of them.
Prof. Benton Dales secured his first
degree, that of bachelor of science, in
1897, Two years later he was given
his master's degree. He became head
of the chemistry department after
Samuel Avery had been promoted to
the chancellorship of the university.
In loyalty to Nebraska, and ardent
hopes for her well-being. Judge Dales
and Benton Dales are among the first.
Most fitting It would be that the
League of the Seronti Generation
should gather about such a nucleus.
MEXICO MUST HAVE
STABLE GOVERNMENT
Two Hundred and Fifty Cadets Eat
Together Avery, Parker, Stout,
LeRossignol, Hall and Cham
bers Speakers
"The United States should put a
stable government in Mexico," de
clared Governor J. H. Morehead, the
last speaker at the regimental sup
per Pt the Armory at 6 o'clock y ester
da; evening, when 250 cadets sat
down together. Although I am not in
favor of everybody being a soldier,
1 do believe that everyone should
have the rudiments of military drill
Dean O. V. P. Stout was the first
speaker upon whom the toastmaster,
Prof. J. E. LeRossignol, called. Dean
Stout is the president of the Cadet
Officers' association, and was in the
military department thirty-one years
ago. His talk was mainly reminis
cent. "Everybody admired General
Pershing while he was here and all
his friends predicted that he was
bound io rise," he declared.
Guy C. Chambers, president of the
Innocents, followed with a short talk
on the attitude of the university as a
whole toward the military depart
ment. Cadets Will Be Useful
"The university cadets can be de
pended upon to drill the raw recruits
if ever the sudden occasion should
come that several hundred thousand
would be needed immediately," de
clared Lienteuant Parker, the third
speaker.
Chancellor Samuel Avsry discussed
the Pomerene bill for military serv
ice, and among other things, said:
"I am growing more and more enthus
iastic over the military department.
I am an extreme pacifist, but do be
lieve that this country should be so
strong and prepared that no one would
dare to attack it."
Adjutant General Hall expressed
himself as favoring universal military
service in the high schools and col
leges of the United States. He also
declared that the action of congress
is being balked by the ignorance of
the people in this part of the coun
try of their unprepared condition.
However, he hoped for some legisla
tion at th present session of con
gress. Following Governor Morehead's ad
dress, Colonel H. W. Hewitt thanked
the men in charge of the supper for
their work and complimented them
on their enthusiasm.
CHANCELLOR AVERY
REVIEWS CADETS
Chancellor Avery and Governor
Morehead reviewed the university
cadets on Nebraska field at 5 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. A dress parade
headel by the cadet band followed
this review.
The cadets gathered at the Ar
mory, from where they marched on
the field. Here they lined up, while
Chancellor Avery and Governor More
head inspected them. Several hun
dred students, including a goodly pro
portion of girls, occupied the stands
and bleachers.
Following the review, the cadet
band led the regiment around the
field to the tune of "The Star Span
gled Banner." The spectators ap
plauded heartily when Old Glory was
unfolded on the breeze. At 6 o'clock
the cadets marched to the Armory
whe-e the regimental supper was
served.
M. WEIL ADDRESSES THE
PRACTICAL BANKING CLASS
M. Weil, president of the National
Bank of Commerce, gave a short talk
on "Banking Practice" before Dr. Min
nie T. England's class in practical
banking yesterday. Mr. Weil empha
sized the necessity for personality
among employes of a bank. He also
explained the operation of the fed
eral reserve banking system and the
effect which it has had upon the fi
nancial condition of this country at
the present time.
REFUSE MONOPOLY
ON PAGEANT MOVIES
Commercial Club Extends Honorary
Membership Among Grads Will
Give Seniors Dinner and Dance
No one moving picture company
will have exclusive rights to motion
pictures of the pageant of 1916 "The
Gate City," to be given June 5 and
6, according to action taken by the
directors of the Lincoln Commercial
club yesterday afternoon.
The propasal had been made to the
club to hold a dress rehearsal of the
pageant for the benefit of one com
pany, which would thus have the pro
duction complete from beginning to
end. But the directors decided that
better advertising would accrue in
letting as many motion picture men
as wished take pictures and thus the
show would be spread over a wider
extent of territory.
The meeting was given over almost
entirely to the club and its relation
to the university. President Scott
of the senior class was asked to set
a date for the annual dinner and
dance which the club gives each year
to the graduates. The directors also
voted to extend the honorary mem
berships in the club to graduates of
the state farm, as well as to the men
graduates who have been given the
memberships in the past.
MISS GITTINGS ADDRESSES PUB
LIC PLAYGROUNDS INSTITUTE
Ina Gittings was in Omaha Monday
evening to address the public play
grounds institute now in session. This
institute, of which there are only
three in the United States, was or
ganized by C. H. English, head of
public recreations in Omaha.
The Student Should Know
THE BOTANY SEMINAR
The Botany Seminar, the oldest
departmental club in the University of
Nebraska, was founded in 1886 by a
group of students called "The Origi
nal Seven." Its purpose was to stim
ulate botanical research and bring to
gether the results of botanical study
in Nebraska! It was through the ef
forts of the Botany Seminar that the
botany survey of Nebraska was com
pleted, and several papers were pub
lished which attracted world-wide at
tention. A peculiar feature of this organiza
tion is that there never has been
and never Bhall be any dues; when
money is needed, those who are able
and so inclined contribute as seems
best to them. The early years of
"The Original Seven" were spent In
DEBATE SINGLE TAX
AT CONVOCATION
LARGE AUDIENCE SHOWS INTER
EST IN THE QUESTION
Wahlfred Jacobsen and James G.
Young Hold Opposing Sides
Crowd Favors Affirmative
The Single Tax, now before the
board of regents for consideration,
was ably discussed yesterday morn
ing at convocation by Wahlfred Ja
cobsen, '18, Omaha, and James G.
Young, '18, Lincoln, before a good
sized convocation audieuce, which
showed a deep interest in the ques
tion. Both speakers handled their
material well, but public opinion, as
evinced by the audience, seemed to
favor the affirmative of the question.
Single Tax Needed
That" the Single Tax is needed at
Nebraska, since student support is
not equally divided among the nine
branches of activities, with the result
that only four of them pay; that
the tax is sound in principle, since it
is honest and has sufficient precedent
behind it, and that it will work, be
cause Nebraska is not radically dif
ferent from any of the other twenty
universities that have successfully
adopted it, were the points upheld by
Mr. Jacobsen, affirmative, opening
the argument.
Mr. Young, taking the negative
side of the question, declared that
the Single Tax ran crosswise with the
American ideal of "liberty and the
pursuit of happiness," and held that
the university did not have facilities
to accomodate the increased scope
of activities even were the tax adopt
ed Although it is true that track and
basketball show annual deficits, still
athletics as a whole pay. he said.
There is but one branch of activity
which needs the tax, according to
Mr. Young, and that is The Daily Ne
braskan, which he called on outlet
of the department of journalism. De
claring that other activities had been
able to make both end3 meet in the
past, and reasoning that by the law of
probability they would continue to do
so in the future; that the principle
involved did not comply with the
American notion of personal liberty,
and that the university could not keep
I up its end of the bargain even if the
itax were adopted, he suggested in
I stead of a tax on all activities, a tax
general science study, but "the incom
parable teaching power of Dr. Bes
sey soon drew them all firmly into
botanical study." No new members
were admitted until 1891. but since
that time a new policy has been pur
sued, and the membership has great
ly increased.
The following men of "The Origi
nal Seven" are still active members:
Roscoe Pound, '88, dean of Harvard
law college; Albert Woods, '90. in
Minnesota agricultural college; H. J.
Webber, 89, graduate, school of
tropical agriculture in the University
of California; T. H. Moreland, '90,
secretary of the Lee Broom company
in Boston; J. T. Smith. '88, profes
sor of botany in the Hawaiian univer
sity at Honolulu; L. H. Stoughton,
'88. in the ministry. F. A. Williams,
'89, now deceased.
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