Dally Nebra
VOL. XVI. NO. 58.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SENIORS CHAMPIONS
IN GLASSTOOTBALL
WON TITLE BY DEFEATING
FRESHMEN 2 to 0
EDGAR HOWARD ON
GOUNTRYJOURNALISM
EDITOR DECLARES JOURNALISM
A NOBLE PROFESSION
CALLS BASKETBALL
MEN TOJHE FRONT
COACH AND CAPTAIN WANT PROS
PECTS TO SHOW METTLE
DR. VINCENT TALKS
ON SIArn MISSIONS
PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARY
GIVES HIS EXPERIENCES
"READY MONEY" AT
THE PEN TONIGHT
DRAMATIC CLUB PLAY TO BE
SHOWN TO SHUT-INS
DR. G. E. HOWARD
RESIGNS POST
HEAD OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND
SOCIOLOGY DEPT. TO QUIT
Coach Kline Again Features "Pitz"
Sr.hmidt of Youngsters Breaks
Hand Bones
The 1916 football season breathed
its last and expired last evening
when the seniors defeated the fresh
men by a score of 12 to 0, and won
the interclass championship.
The only accident of the entire
eries occurred near the end of the
game when "Pitz" Schmidt, freshman
captain and star player, In falling
broke the bones of his hand. The
doctor put the fears of the spectators
at rest when he stated that the injury
would be easily taken care. of.
Features of the game were scarce.
Coach Kline of Wesleyan was the indi
vidual star of the game, making both
the senior's scores, and doing the most
in making them possible.
No Score In First
The first half ended with neither
side having scored. The playing had
been about even with the seniors the
aggressors.
Both sides gained consistently in
the third quarter, but the seniors
gained a big advantage when they,
with the aid of the officials carried the
hall ot the freshmen 5-yard line. Here,
however, they lost it on downs.
At the beginning of the fourth quar
ter the freshmen tried to carry the
hall out from under the shadow of
their own goal. They made a dismal
failure and the ball went over to the
seniors, on their 18-yard line. From
there it was but a small job for Kline
and the rest to push the pigskin over
the line for the first score of the
game.
Lahr Made Run
The seniors went right on after the
Vick-off and, after holding the fresh
men helpless, Lahr, the senior full
back, grabbed a punt and returned It
some forty yards to the freshman fif
teen yards. It was during this run
lhat the accident happened to Schmidt.
Hugg. on a series of end runs, put
the ball on the 1-foot line, from which
point Kline took It over just as the
whisMe blew that ended the game.
Toe line-up:
Seniors Freshmen
Roberts L. E Chapin
Cast L.T Barnes
Riddell ;...L.G Grabill
Baliman C Denning
Landers R.G Cox
Helzer R. T CTBrlen
Watkins R. E Jackson
Kline Q Colton
Hugg L.H Andrews
Dempster R. H Schmidt
Lahr KB McCarl
Referee, Halligan; umpire, Cook,
head linesman, Moser; field Judge,
Rutherford.
Touchdowns Kline 2.
SENIOR FOOTBALL
TEAM CALLS FORTH
SOME ALLEGED WIT
The appearance of the senior foot
ball team on the field yesterday after
noon begot the following piece of
alleged wIL It Is reprinted, not from
disrespect for the seniors, for they
won the ganie, but to please the Junior
who said it and requested that it be
published:
Junior: "The senior team reminds
me of a letter home."
Senior: "Why?"
Junior: "It Is full of poor excus2s."
Why Not Hen?
Something new In the line of or
ganl7ations has been formed at the
University of Illinois. About forty
students got together and are attempt
ing to canvass the Latin quarter for
the purpose of keeping the walks in
better condition during the winter
months. A regular campaign has been
started and has met with unusual cooperation.
Holding Fast to Ideals Does Not Mean
Failure in Newspaper
Business
Edgar Howard, editor of the Colum
bus Telegram, introduced by Prof. M.
M. Fogg as "one whose genial philos
ophy is known to all In this part of
the west," lieutenant governor-elect,
spoke to the students in newswriting
in -Music hall, last night.
His talk was picturesque as the
talker, picturing journalism as a pro
fession second to none, and the
speaker indulged in his love for poetry
to recite some strikingly beautiful pas
sages to his hearers.
"If you have not conceived an esti
mate of the newspaper profession as
professionally as exalted as any other
you name, I beg you abandon your
efforts and proceed no further," Mr.
Howard said.
Then he differentiated between the
metropolitan newspaper field and the
country newspaper realm and told of
the difficulties to be met with in each.
The test of the value of a newspaper
man, he asserted, was whether he was
making his work ennobling to the peo
ple in his community.
Metropolitan Newspapers
"The average metropolitan news
paper of today has no policy which Is
not dictated by the great public ser
vice corporations of the community
in which it lives," Mr. Howard said.
He at once qualified this by saying
that it was not the invariable rule.
A remark of Mr. Howard's that
drew applause in the midst of his
talk, referred to the effort to have a
college of journalism created at the
University. "Whatever legislative in
fluence I may have I will exert it in
the effort to have established in this
great University of ours, a school or
a college of Journalism."
CHRISTMAS SUBJECT
OF VESPER SERVICE
Y .W. C. A. ROOMS LIGHTED BY
CHEERFUL FIRE
Students Give Meaning of Chrjstmas
Cheer Miss Drake Gives
Message
A crackling, cheery fire in the fire
place and light furnished by red and
white candles gave the Y. W. C. A.
room the true aspect of Christmas at
the vesper service Tuesday evening.
Miss Winifred Moran spoke first on
"The First, Christmas Carol." She
told the story of the first Christmas
in the world, when Christ was born
among men. Eleanore Fogg then told
of "The Angel's Message." She spoke
of the war In Europe and the purely
unselfish work of the Red Cross nursea
among enemies and friends alike. She
told of the growth of religious feeling
in Europe os one of the good results
and asked "Can we not believe that
somewhere behind this terrible war
there is a spirit which Is working for
good and will bring about good re
sults?" The last speaker was Miss Fannie
Drake, the Y. W. C. A. secretary, who
spoke on "Christmas in the World."
She told a story of tb" "Palace ot
Christmas." which illustrated how
narrow our Christmas spirit might be
come unless R was governed by the
angels of love, Joy, purity .sympathy
and affection. If our Christmas spirit
might be spread out more throughout
the whole year Instead of being crowd
ed into one week; how much more
good could be accomplished. In all
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Every Man Will be Given a Chance to
Show What he Can
Do
All men who have reported for bas
ketball practice this year and all who
have hopes of making the team are
ordered to report for practice next
Monday night Coach Stewart will
have full charge and every man will be
given careful attention. More men
are needed if Nebraska is to keep the
place she is now holding, as champion
of the Missouri valley conference.
H. R. CAMPBELL, Captain.
"God give us men," was the cry of
the famous poets of old.
Again today the cry is for men:
they are wanted for the basketball
team and the crying is being done by
the coaches.
Every man who has ever played a
game of basketball Is urged to be out
next Monday night. Coach Stewart
will take charge in person and direct
the practice from that time on. The
football men who expect to play bas
ketball will report at that time.
Coach Stewart wants those especial
ly who reported for work at the be
ginning of the practice season, but
who, for some reason or otner, have
dropped out since that time.
Everyone a Chance
The coach has promised faithfully
that everyone who reports will be
given a fair chance to show what he
can do before he is relegated to the
sidelines for good. For the first ten
days or two weeks everyone that re
ports will be given a chance to work
in every practice.
Stewart also emphasizes the fact
that it will do no one any good to
get out if he is not going to be will
ing to go at top speed all the time.
Assistant Coach Rutherford, who
will probably have complete charge
of the freshmen wants to see a large
number of first year men on the floor
and ready for business on Monday
night.
EWING MAKES
GOODJN DAKOTA
Former Cornhusker CoacJies the
State College Team
Successfully
(Special to The Nebraskan.)
BrookTngs, S. ., Dec. 5. Harry W.
Ewlng, coach at the South Dakota
state college, former Nebraska Uni
versity star, is proving to be one of
the best all around directors of ath
letics that state college has ever had.
Not only have his teams been success
ful, but he has done much towards
maintaining a clean standard in ath
letics of all kinds.
Ewing came to sttte college five
years ago when football prospects
were at their lowest ebb and under
adverse conditions has built up a fight
ing machine which last year won the
intercollegiate championship of the
Dakotas, including both the college
and university class. This year's rec
ord has been made by Ewlng In spite
of the fact that eight squad men,
among which were five letter men in
cluding the captain, have been absent
from the squad being with tne national
guards on the Mexican border.
t-m,q,1v the strongest testimonial
of Ewing's ability as a football coach
Is the fact that the state college leam
was able to schedule games this year
with three state universities, the
University of Minnesota, the University
of Wisconsin and the University of
North Dakota. Ewing's team held
Minnesota to a lower score than did
Appeals to University Folks Who In
tend to go Into the Work to
Labor There
The trials and tribulations of a
missionary in the role of a founder of
aa industrial school, together with
interesting facts concerning the penin
sula of Siam, were features of a speech
by Dr. H. S. Vincent, Presbyterian
missionary to Siam spending a brief
vacation in Nebraska, at convocation
yesterday morning in Memorial hall.
The Siamese people occupy a unique
position among the Asiatic races, Dr.
Vincent explained. They are an In
tleligent and cultured people, and form
the oldest nation in the world which
is today under its own rulers. Al
though climatically, superstituously,
and "just naturally" lazy, the Siamese
possess a culture which respects
womankind and prohibits child-marriage
and similar customs character
istic of neighboring races.
Appeal to Students
Dr. Vincent made an earnest appeal
to University men and women receiv
ing technical training to make Siam
the field of their future endeavor, de
claring that from nowhere else in the
world would such a call of opportun
ity come to them. The possibilities
for development are vast. Dr. Vincent
declared. Extensive forests of mahog
any and limitless deposits of coal,
silver, gold, copper, and tin still await
development.
Many interesting (incidents about
the struggle he had in establishing a
technical school, of its uncertain early
years and its later success, kept the
I interest of the audience throughout.
It took a period of eighteen months
to order, receive, and set up a steam
I plant, the only one in the province.
The trade school itself has flourished
after its firm foundation, and last
year it made a profit which assures
that it will Vie self-sustaining.
MAT ARTISTS ARE
TO J1EGIN WORK
Rutherford in Charge of Wrestlers
Two Meets Are Now
Scheduled
Wrestling classes under the instruc
tion of Dick Rutherford, champion in
tercollegiate middleweight wrestler of
the western conference, were started
Monday afternoon in the Armory. The
regular hour will be from 4 to 5 o'clock !
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Two meets have already been
scheduled for this year. One with
Iowa, at Iowa City, and the western
conference meet. There are prospects
of one or two others to come later.
Several places on the team will be
vacant this year and there is a fine
chance for any who has ever done any
wrestling.
UNI PROFESSORS
TO GIVE LECTURE
SERIES AT ASHLAND
Rev. F. D. Reeves, pastor of the
Congregational church at Ashland
called at the Extension office Satur
day and arranged for a series of lec
tures to be given by various profes
eore of the University. These lectures
will extend over a period of about
three months and the topics will be
on subjects of general Interest. The
lectures will be given Sunday even
ings at the Congregational church.
North Dakota, University of South
Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Chicago.
At the present time. Ewlng has good
prospects for scheduling five big games
for the 1917 season.
Theme Said to be One of Especial In
terest to Inmates of State
Institution
"Ready Money" will be given by the
University players under the direction
of Miss Alice Howell at the peniten
tiary tonight as a final practice before
its production at the Temple, Thurs
day evening at 8:15. The comedy will
be of unusual interest to its prisoner
audience since the theme Is built
around a counterfeiter who succeeds
in eluding the police and getting
away with the money.
Spray Gardner will take the part
of Jackson Ives, the counterfeiter and
much sought by the police. Maurice
Clark, who as Stephen Baird has the
leading role, carries the money and
has a hard time keeping out of sight.
Cast of 18 People
The play has a cast of eighteen
people which is unusually large for
a University production.
A novel advertising scheme has been
used. It consists of a large poster
representing a dollar mark with the
pictures of the cast around it. This
poster is on display in the library.
PENSION SCHOELLER,
THE GERMAN PLAY
MISS HEPPNER WILL DIRECT GER
MAN .DRAMATIC PLAYERS
Play Will Also be Produced at Ne
braska City Was Staked During
Summer School
"Pension Schoeller." a three-act
comedy in German, will be given Sat
urday evening, December 9, in the
Temple theatre, by members of the
German dramatic club under the direc
tion of Miss Amanda Heppner. The
play will be taken to Nebraska City
the following Friday night. No ad
mission will be charged. Everyone
is cordially invited.
The play was given twice last sum
mer by the club, once at the Temple
theatre, July 21, and again at the Audi
torium the first of September.
The Cast
Axel Swenson, '17, as rhlllp Klapp
roth, has the leading part. The rest
of the cast is as follows;
Ulrike Sprosser Martha Winter, '17
Ida Sprosser Anna Luckey, '17
Franziska Sprosser
Ethel Klttenger '17
Alfred Klapproth. Philip's nephew
Friedrich Rabe, '18
Fritz Bernhardy.. .Gerhard Naber, '17
Amalie Pfeiffer. his sister-in-law..
Hermine Hatfield, 'IS
Friederike, her daughter
Anna Luckey, 17
Josephine Krueger. novelist
Magdalene Craft, '16
Eugene Ruempel Alfred Hinze, '18
Schoeller, head of family hotel.;
Robert Nesbit, '18
Groeger, retired major
William Urbach
Jean, head waiter. .Robert Nesbit, '18
Waiter William Rabe, '18
The play was written by Carl Lauffs.
Philip Lapproth. a wealthy bachelor
from the country, begs his city nephew
to take him to a dinner given by the
patients of a private insane asylum,
to that he will have a story of adven
ture which will forever silence an
arrogant neighbor. Alfred, his nephew,
in this plight, hits upon the idea ot
taking his uncle to a family hotel
known as "Pension Schoeller," the
Inmates of which are sufficiently ec
centric to pass as insane.' The uncle
spends an adventurous and delightful
evening, and departs for the country.
Wants More Time for Writing and
Research May Not be Wholly
Lost
Dr. George E. Howard, head of the
department of political science and
sociology, may be lost to the Univer
sity. His resignation, tendered Mon
day, to take effect August 31, 1917,
was given because he desires more
time to devote to research work, writ
ing and lecturing.
Concerning Dr. Howard's resigna
tion, Chancellor Avery said yesterday
afternoon that he hoped arrangements
could be made whereby Dr. Howard
would not completely lose touch with
the University.
Dr. Howard is one of the best known
men on the Nebraska faculty, and he
is a native son. His work in estab
lishing the present departments of
history and political and social science
was accomplished after he had grad
uated from the University in the class
of '76, receiving the first A. B. degree
given by the University of Nebraska.
Realizing what his loss will mean to
Nebraska, the administration will
make an effort to keep him in con
nection with the University. An ar:
rangement, in which Dr. Howard might
devote at least one semester a year
to the University may be made.
Well Known Writer
Besides his work as a teacher, Dr.
Howard has won prominence by his
writings on political, historical, and
sociological questions. Mis "Matri
monial Institutions" is probably his
best known work.
After graduating from the Univer
sity, Dr. Howard spent two years in
Europe, studying history at the uni
versities of Munich, Vienna, and Paris.
Returning to Nebraska, he became in
structor in history and English, and
later laid the foundations for the var
ious chairs in history, political, eco
nomics, and social science now In
cluded in the curriculum. He resigned
in 1894, to become a member of the
faculty of the newly established
Leland Stanford Junior university. A
decade later, he was welcomed back
tn Nebraska, where he began building
i up the present strong department in
political and social science.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
ARE IN DEMAND, SAYS
DEPARTMENT HEAD
Several requests for electrical en
gineers have been received in that de
partment, three coming in very re
cently and offering good positions to
graduates from the electrical engineer
ing department. Information about
the places offered may be had from
Professor Ferguson.
Mines Spirit
A big crowd of Mines rooters who
went to Colorado Springs on a special
train stayed behind the team to the
last, and never would admit defeat.
After the game the rooters lined up
behind the band and paraded through
the Spring's streets, the same as If
victory had been theirs. This display
of the spirit which has made the
School of Mines famous, was a won
der to the Colorado Springs people,
many of whom gained the Impression
that the Dynamiters had won instead
of being crushed by the Rothgeb ma
chine. Colorado School of Mines
Magazine.
To his consternation, he .receives a
visit a week later, from all the board
ers of the hotel, and to protect his
family, for he believes the guests to
be insane, locks them in Beparate
rooms. Love untangles the mivup and
all ends happily.
Immediately after the play the club
will hold a social and business meet
ing, the latter In Faculty hall.