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VOL. XVI. NO. 30.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1916.
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SECOND 1XER HALLOWE'EN
AGGIE CELEBRATION PARTY
FRIDAY NIGHT THE TIME
ARMORY THE PLACE
Hallowe'en Games and Food Students
Will Show Joy Because of
Saturday's Victory
The second great all-University
mixer of the present school year will
be held at the Armory this coining
Friday night. It will be notable for
two reasons It will be a Hallowe'en
mixer, and it will be a joy festival
over the victory over the Oregon Ag
gies last Saturday.
All summer the cornstalks at the
state farm campus have been growing
eo that a part of the decorations for
Friday night would not be lacking. All
summer the pumpkins in the fields
have been ripening, in hopes that they
might be used for pies for the Hal
lowe'en mixer.
And so the apples on the trees have
Wn huddinir for the cider that
might be served, and the lemons in
the citrus groves have been develop
ing so that they, too. might aid. And
the flour In the sack in the pantry has
been hoping that it might do its share
in doughnuts.
Committee Mum on Food
Not that the mixer committee has
decided that this kind of refreshments
will be served. Far from it, they have
said not a word, but they have an
nounced that this will be a Hallowe'en
Dartv. and it is a good guess that
some, at least, of these edibles will
answer the roll call Friday night.
The mixer will be the first gathering
of the entire student body since the
FORTY TONS STEEL
FOR UNIVERSITY HALL
Building Needs that Much Reinforce
ment to Stand Up
Forty tons of steel have been or
dered to reinforce the walls of Uni
versity hall, found to be slowly sink
ing. It will take this much backbone, ac
cording to the estimates of the archi
tect, to make University hall good for
fifty more years of service.
Scarcity of steel will delay for a
6hort time the work of reinforcing the
hall. Three-quarter-inch braces will
be run through the building, probably
a little above th floor and below the
ceiling of each landing. They will be
fastened by channel Iron, shaped semi
circularly and placed in the walls.
To make sure that there would be
no danger during the delay ensing
Faculty Women, Too, Can
Have Their Good Times
If the men of the University faculty
have interesting times at their din
ners, with learned programs to enter
tain them afterwards, the women of
the faculty have no less interesting
times at theirs. At least the notices
recently sent out by the committee
sound as though things would not be
"slow" when the women of the faculty
get together for their first annual
meeting, Wednesday night
The notices sent out, one of which
fell under the eye of a reporter, read
as follows:
"Every woman on the faculty is not
only urged, but requested to appear
at fmiUt halL October 25, at 6
o'clock, to partake of one of "Miller's
Call at Student
Activities Office
for Lost articles
rally the night the foot bull team left
to meet the Oregon Aggies on Mult
nomah field. Then the greatest en
thsuiusm ever displayed before a
game was shown by the thousands of
students who packed the chapel, and
then marched to the depot to bid the
team farewell. It is a safe guess that
with the victory safely tucked away,
the students will not let the occasion
go by to give vent to their, exultation
over the victory, and to show it by an
other great enthusiastic outburst at
Friday's mixer.
Never before has a mixer been held
near the great holiday so dear to the
hearts of young America Hallowe'en.
It is a known fact that at least 500 of
the most bewitching witches on the
campus will be at the party, and they
will tell fortunes, too, as witches
ever do.
Armory Floor Slicked
' The Armory floor will be slicked up
again for the benefit of the dancers,
who must have their swing around
the circle. Dancing, however, will not
be the principal means of entertain
ment:in fact the committee is plot
ting a group of Hallowe'en stunts that
will nut the tango into the discard,
relatively speaking.
The mixe- will precede the game
with Wesleyan university. Now Wes
leyan is rather figuring on beating
Nebraska this trip, realizing that the
long coast jaunt, with absence of real
hard scrimmage work, is bound to
make itself felt in the condition of
the men. So the mixer will endeavor
tn show the team that while the Uni
verstty is happy because the Aggies
were downed, there are other worlds
yet to conquer, and even the Metho
dists must be reckoned among them.
CONGRESSMAN REAVIS
AT CONVOCATION TODAY
Coneressman C. F. Reavis, repre
sentative in the house from this dis
trict, will address the student body at
convocation this morning, speaking of
the work of congress and in favor of
his re-election, for which he is a can
didate on November 7. Later John A.
Maguire, democratic candidate, will be
given an opportunity to speaK.
Tho speech of Mr. Reavis will be
interesting not only in the light of his
work in" Washington, but more so be
cause he has been intimately connect;
ed with the University. Tv.o o. ii.s
sons, Frank and David, were students
here taking an active part in atretics.
David was captain of the varsity
irSPk (Pirn in 1914. Frank represent
ed Nebraska in the pole vault in all
her valley meets in 1915, but entered
Cornell this fall.
before the steel arrives, measure
ments were taken of the building
again Saturday. It was found that
there had been no further sinking.
delicious picnic suppers.
"All those remaining away win ue
lnnosome. It is rumored that a "Dar-
; ninhnliml Drama" will be depict
ed-the same designated "The Secret
Sin." This will be preceded by other
interesting numbers, poetic and terp
wwxm nnlv ran be lur-
nshed by the committee after 6 p. m
ESTHER WARNER,
MARGARET HANNAH,
ETHEL BEATTY,
ETHEL. RUNGE,
MARIE CLARK.
Committee.
LOST
POLICE WERE NOT
ASKED TO LOOK FOR
STUDENTS ENGBERG
Dean Carl Christian Engberg yes
terday said that he does not wish to
be placed in the light of asking police
authorities to assist the University
In locating students who, at the be
ginning Of the semester, have dropped
from classes without notifying the
University.
Dean Engberg objected to the state
ment in The Nebraskan last week
that he had asked police aid in locat
ing one such student. He said:'
"It is the usual thing at the begin
ning of each semester for a number of
students to drop from classes with
out notifying us. I was asked whether
or not I had asked aid in locating one
such student and said that there were
not extraordinary cases."
THIEVES AT WORK
IN UNIVERSITY
ISABELLE DERBY LOSES
SUSIE SCOTT $10
$20 ;
All Found Articles Should be Returned
to the Stuoent Activities
Office
Two nocketbooks belonging to Uni
versity students, containing over $30,
have been ked up in University
hall and so far not returned to their
owners in the past few days.
Yesterday Isabelle Derby, '19, left
a black handbag containing a $20 bill
and some small change hanging over
thfi arm of a desk chair in U-lll, a
German recitation room, at 10 o'clock,
and went to a class in another part of
the building. Noticing that she had
lost her bag, and remembering where
she had left it, she returned after
class to find it gone. The newly es
tablished lost and found bureau in
the office of student activities was
notified, but up to 6 o'clock last night,
the bag had not been turned in.
$10 Bill Gone
Susie Scott, '20, left a small purse
containing over $10 on a radiator in
Miss Alice Howell's office during reci
tation hour. The purse was gone
when she came to look for it.
T. A. Williams, agent of student ac
tivities, said yesterday that there hatL
been no decrease in the proportion or
lost and found articles reported to
the bureau. Broken fountain pens are
found and turned in; good pens are
more often lost than found. "It is a
deplorable situation," he said.
CONVOCATION
Congressman C. F. Reavis, candi-
date for re-election on the republican
ticket, will address the students m
Memorial hall at 11 a. m. today.
FAVORS LITERACY
TESTJFOR VOTERS
Prof. Ayliworth Believes in Restricted
Right of Suffrage, He Tells Class
Prof. Leon Emmons Aylswortn, lec
turing , the students in political sci
exDressed the belief that
only' persons who can read and write
should be given the rigm ol suui-6
in a nation governed by a republican
form of government. Professor Ayls
wortn said:
"I do not say that every person who
does not read or write is ignorant, not
by any means. I know one man who
Is illiterate, but by conversation and
observation he has a knowledge of
current affairs that is remarkable. He
is qualified. I believe, to vote on ques
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OR
MORE STITCHES
MIGHT HAVE MADE
MORE YARDS GAINED
Crowds who watched the progress
of the Nebraska-Oregon Aggie football
game at The Daily Star bulletin board
Saturday, were told by the announcer
during the second quarter that fifteen
stitches had to be taken to mend
Johnny Cook's uniform, torn when the
Nebraska back was tackled while mak
ing a line plunge.
"Cook makes eighteen yards around
left end," was the next announcement.
"Take some more stitches," shout
ed football fans in the crowd.
Whether or not more stitches were
taken was not announced, but Johnny
continued to gain.
SOUNDS WARNING TO
HIGH SCHOOL MEN
PROF. BUCK RECALLS THE RULE
AGAINST SECONDARY FRATS
No High School Fraternity Men May
Become Members of University
Societies
A statement in the nature of a warn
ing to high school men has been is
sued by Prof. Philo M. Buck, chairman
of the interfraternity council, calling
attention to the ruling made by the
council last year that after September,
1919 no men who had been initiated
into a secondary high school greey let
ter society would be eligible for mem
bership in fraternities at the Univer
sity of Nebraska.
The statement was made alter me
reDorted activity of fraternities In Lin
coin high school, despite the fact that
a law enacted by the legislature sev
eral vears ago forbids their existence.
Professor Buck said that he did not
know personally whether the frater
nities were active or not, but merely
called the ruling of the council, to
mind.
N. Z. Snell, president of the board of
education in Lincoln, would not dis
cuss the situation. That there are
seven active chapters in the Lincoln
high school is the statement made by
several students, who also say that
the seventh chapter, Phi Sigma Chi,
was installed only a year ago. The
other chapters which are said to be
active aie: Beta Thi Sigma, Phi
Lamda Epsilon, Delta Sigma, Kappa
Alpha Pi, Theta Sigma, Delta Phi
Omega, and T. F. A. (local).
No Philanthropy
In discussing the situation, Profes
sor Buck emphasized the fact that the
ruling of the councib was not prompt
0a hv a nhilanthroDic motive. "We
cu tJJ "
are not trying to help the secondary
schools enforce a state law," said Pro
fessor Buck. "That is out of our prov
ince.
"The reason why the ruling was
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JESSIE WELLS HAS
REACHED HER HOME
INGERIN6 SAFELY
Miss Jessie Wells, the University
girl whose disappearance a week ago
caused her family and the Lincoln po
lice to set out upon a fruitless search,
has reached her home in Gering, Neb.,
safely, Police Captain Hall declared
yesterday.
Miss Wells left a note at her hoard
ing house a week ago yesterday, say-
ine she was going home. When she
did not appear at her house, the local
police started a search that continued
until Saturday night without result.
Word has come to the police, how
ever, that the missing co-ed is home.
It Is presumed that she stopped on the
way to visit relatives.
FOUND
CORNHUSKERS
FACES TOWARD NEBRASKA
UNIVERSITY SPECIAL TRAIN IS
NEARING NEBRASKA LINE
All Are Happy on Board Crowds
Meet Team at Stations Ready
for Wesleyan
The Nebraska University Cornhusk-
ers, the laurels still encircling tneir
brows as a result of the clean victory
over the Oregon Aggies at Portland
last Saturday, have turned their face3
toward Nebraska. The team and band
are coming home.
With some misgivings in the hearts
of the coaches, some doubts as to
whether the team could emerge from
the Saturday game victorious, the out
going trip had an air of seriousness
that is pleasantly lacking on the re
turn. For Nebraska the team won,
and the men are looking forward to
the rest of the season with more assur
ance.
No Bad Injuries
Saturday's game was a hard one,
TREASURERS OF ALL
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
TO MEET THIS MORNING
All treasurers and business man-
. , its
agers of student organizations win
meet this morning at 11:30 in S-102.
The meeting has been called by T. A.
Williams, agent of student activities,
who will explain the relation of his
office to the student organizations.
HOME EC, CLUB
COMMITTEES NAMED
May Youngson, President, Makes Ap
pointments for Semester
May Youngson, president of the
Home Economics club, has announced
the committees for the coming semes
ter. Leah Schofield, Ada Johnson
and Olive Loughridge have been given
the important committee in charge of
the programs.
A council meeting of the club will
be held Thursday at 7:15 in Art hall.
The list of committees follows:
Program
Leah Schofield, Ada Johnson, Olive
Loughridge.
Entertainment
Esther Ord, Kate, Helzer, Clarissa
Delano. ,
Finance
Lila Drollinger,, May Shertz, Eunice
Taylor.
Membership
Mabel Webber, Mildred Lufkin,
Clara Cunley.
Publicity
Mabel Thompson, Edith Youngblut,
Hester Dickinson.
Posters
Elizabeth Boch, Louise Enochs, Mar
garet Scherwin.
There Are A Few
Know
E. J. Althouse acts as news dis
penser for the University Commercial
club, and that furnished him an excuse
to enter the Rag office yesterday
afternoon.
Two of the young women on the
staff of the paper were working when
Althouse entered. One of them came
up to the counter to learn the visitor's
business.
Althouse had a little story about the
Commercial club, and he asked the
young woman to give it to ,the news
TURN THIER
but none of the men on the sqfad
were knocked out by the encounter
with the coast bunch. Stewart is
keeping the men in light daily work
outs on the return, and the team will
reach Lincoln in good physical trim.
Wesleyan university is counting upon
an exhausted opponent for next Satur
day, but Wesleyan is likely to be sur
prised.
If the trip out was a success, the re
turn is a triumph. Alumni who met
the outgoing squad with best wishes,
are replaced by old-grads anxious to
congratulate the team. The band,
glowing in hopes of victory before,
has redoubled its wind with the con
sciousness of victory. The rooters
aboard are happy.
The train will pull into the Lincoln
station Wednesday afternoon. . Word
has gone out to the team that it will
be given a hearty welcome by the
home folks. The Innocents will be in
charge of the welcome, and it will ex
ceed even the farewell, if present
plans and the desires of every man on
the campus do not miscarry.
GRASSHOPPERS ARE
EXCELLENT FOOD
Prof.
Bruner's Declaration Seconded
by Prof. Bliss of Ohio
The declaration last summer by
Prof. Lawrence Bruner, entomologist
of the University of Nebraska, that
grasshoppers are excellent food, is
born out in experiment by L. Chester
Bliss, assistant curator of the San
dusky, O., high school museum.
According to the St Louis Post-Dis
patch, Mr. Bliss enjoyed a grasshop
per sandwich the other day. He
caught grasshoppers, removed their
heads and wings, toasted them over a
slow fire, seasoned them with salt ana
pepper and placed them between two
slices of thin bread.
Mr. Bliss said of his sandwich:
The Sandwich
"The grasshoppers turned red like
lobsters. They had a nutty flavor ana
I enioyed them very much. Some day
grasshoppers will be a choice morsel
in leading hotels and restaurants."
' Professor Bruner has pointed out
that several million United States citi
zens live largely on a grasshopper
diet. These citizens live in tne rniup-
pines. He did not predict what effect
the introduction of stewed grasshop
pers, fried grasshoppers, canned grass
hoppers, grasshoppers au gratin or
pickled will have on the cost of liv
ing, but hopes that it will lower it.
The freshman class of Cornell uni
versity, by a vote ot nine to one, de
cided to adopt the custom of wearing
green caps. Exchange.
Yet Who Don't
The Editor-in-Chief
editor. She said she would.
It was . cold day outside, so our
hero tarried. Smiling engagingly at
the young woman, he asked:
"Are you one of the flunkies around
here?"
Answer: "I hope not."
Althouse: "Well, that's what I call
these news gatherers, you know.
Come back: "Well, what would you
call the editor?"
' Althouse mumbled and beat a hasty
and inglorious retreat.
Bringall Found
articles Student
Activities Office