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VOL. XVI. NO. 85.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SUPERIOR TO
Fill VACANCY
WILL REPLACE HASTINGS IN UNI
VERSITY WEEK SCHEDULE
Complete Program Made Out Dra.
matie Club to Preterit "Alias
jimmy Valentine"
A contract has been signed with
Superior to fill the vacancy In the Uni
versity Week schedule lert by the
withdrawal of Hastings, according to
g, J. Saunders, business manager.
The six towns which now make up
the schedule are Superior, Red Cloud.
Oxford, Cambridge, McCook and Hold
rege, all in the southwestern part of
the state.
The complete schedule for the week
has bow been definitely decided upon.
It will consist of five numbers, includ
ing as usual the band, glee club, and
s lecture by a faculty member. The
road show will be revived again this
year, and the dramatic club, always
popular with University Week audi
ences, will present "Alias Jimmle Val
entine,'' one of the strongest comedies
of recent years. Prof. R. D. Scott will
have charge of the road show. The
hand will be under the direction of
Captain Saunders, and the glee club
win be directed by Mrs. Raymond.
Because of the increase in the num
ber of towns on the schedule from
five to six, and the. larger territory
to be covered, the week will be of
longer duration than In former yean,
stretching from March SO to April 6,
Inclusive.
Regarding the prospects for the
third University Week, Manager Saun
ders is confident of a continuation of
the success of the week during its
first two years of existence.
FUN ANNUAL
ALL-GREEK PARTY
Organizations Preparing for Pan-Hell
Stunt Night to Be He4d
February 23
Plans for the all-Greek party to be
held February 23, are well under way
and the majority of organizations have
reported to the committees the general
Plan of their part. The general idea
of an Orpheum bill with short skits,
musical numbers and local hits will
be followed by dancing. Each organi
zation of a social nature in the Uni
Tensity has been invited to take part
and practically all of them will be rep
resented one place or another.
The plan was started last year and
If as euccessful this time a It was
-ast it may become an annual event
for the pan-bel people who have com
paratively few chances for a real all
Greek party of any kind during the
year. The night of the party has been
held as free from other social events
possible and several hundred stu
dents are expected to take prt or be
Present. The party tils year will be
ifla at the Alpha Sigma Phi bouse
tod will probably be passed around in
e future to others interested.
WEBMAIDS MUST
PAY FOR POOL
BY THURSDAY
T Iy for hiring the pool, seventy
's tickets must be Bold to girls who
ii4 to swim thig aemester, and must
ld by Thursday evening. Bare
y one-third enough have been sold
feJ". Tkkets can be purchased
Y Miss lna Gittings la ber office.
1W Armory, at 11 o'clock any
morning.
J"1" croups fa Lincoln want the
at tie hours the physical ednca
firl bavs been using It. and MUs
kgs u tjixiout to get final ar
"ineEtt made wit n Lincoln
AUTHORITY ON
HOME ECONOMICS
AT CONVOCATION
Miss Alice Ravenhill, noted' English
authority on the sociological aspect
of home economics, will be the speak
er at convocation in Memorial ball
tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Her
subject has not been announced.
Miss Ravenhill, who is traveling in
America, making addresses on home
economics, will speak several times in
Lincoln this week, before clubs in
the city and at the state farm. '
CANDIDATES SEE
THE FINISH NOW
Only the Last Lap of the Political
Race Remains New Candidates
Are Announced
Following the announcement just
before examination week that Mar
guerite Kauffman, of Hardy, would
toss her winter hat into the senior
presidency ring came 1 the definite
news that Lad Kubik, of Clarkson,
would also try for the last semester
honor. These two announcements
have clarified the senior political sit
uation and it Is forecasted that the
race will be contested by them.
The race will be an Interesting one
in that Miss Kauffman, a member of
the Black Masques, is the first girl to
run for a class office in five years.
Kubik is reported to have strong back
ing. He baa been prominently identi
fied with dramatic work, in the Uni
versity. The junior race still promises to be
the most exciting, since five of the six
candidates are still In the race and
have their "machines" in good work
ing order. The five candidates are
Ralph Anderson, Genoa; F. T. Cotter
Omaha; Carlisle Jones, Neligh; Max
Miller, Lincoln; and Merle Townsend.
Tecumseh. Indications are that all
five of the candidates will finish the
race. In which case It will be one of
the most unique In years.
Fay Pollock, Omaha, and William
Johnson, Pawnee, both have machines
in the sophomore field, and according
to reports from both sides, the class
is fairly evenly divided between the
two candidates.
The hesitation shown by freshmen
to announce themselves as candidates
for the second-semester presidency
still seems to keep the situation a
a puzzle, although friends of Michael
Dalley, Omaha, and Vaughn Gaddls,
Hastings, are aald to be pushing them
for the office.
REED GOES TO
CQLUMSU AS
tt ASSISTANT
Merril Reed, '14. who has been an
assistant In the department of botany,
left yesterday morning for New York
city, where be will become an assist
ant in the botanical department of
Columbia university during the second
semester of this year and all of next
year. He holds a scholarship which
entitles him to work during the sum
mer vacation as an assistant to the
bead of the department of plant breed
ing in the New Tork botanical gar
dens. Reed graduated from the University
in 1914. and received a B. Sc. in 1815.
He spent a year la New Tork prev
iously as an assistant in the botanical
gardens. He was prominent in the
University, serving as an Innocent
in 1914. He editor-in-chief of
The Nebraskan during the second ae
mester of that year.
The authorities of the University
of Pennsvlvania law school have re
cently ruled tiat so man shall receive
Us degree in law unless bis moral
standing Is approved by the faculty
regardless of bis scholastic standing.
Ex.
FEW PLEDGED
BHORORITIES
Twenty-one Taken Into Membership
During Semester Rushing Season
Which Closed Friday
The fourteen sororities of the Uni
versity announced the pledging of
twenty-one girls to membership last
Friday evening at o'clock, after a
brief rushing season. The . number
is comparatively small, although it
lacks but one of being as large as the
list of a year ago. Kappa Alpha Theta
Alpha Phi, and Achotb did not pledge
at this time.
The list:
Achoth Not pledging.
Alpha Chi Omega Doris Cole, Oma
ha; Doris Arnold. Excelsior Springs,
Mo.; Fae Bresse, Lincoln; Phyllis
Carr, Springview.
Alpha Delta Pi Mildred Pope, Lin
coln; Ethylne Druse, Cambridge.
Alpha Phi Not pledging.
Alpha XI Delta Ruth Pierce, Lin
coln; Lucile Keith, Hastings; Lena
Cummings, Hot Springs, Ark.
Chi Omega Florence O'Shea, Lin
coln; Neda Kramer, Hampton.
Delta Delta Delta Helen Howard,
Columbus; Helen Hompes, Lincoln.
Delta ' Gamma Ruth Anderson.
Kearney.
Delta Zeta Grace White, Gering;
Pearl Taylor, Lincoln; Hazel Stew
art, Meadow Grove.
Gamma Phi Beta Gladys Apple
man, Alvo.
Kappa Alpha Theta Not pledging.
Kappa Kappa Gamma Elfreda
Stokes, Monmouth, I1L
PI Beta Phi Vera Menagh, Denlson,
la.; Margaret Winn. Lexington, Mo.
REGISTRATION
SHOWS INCREASE
Corresponding Figures for Last Fall
and a Year Ago Reveal Con
sistent Growth
Registration figures up to Saturday
night showed an increase of 400 over
the corresponding figures of a year
ago, and some 200 increase over those
of last September. The number of
students who had registered at 5
o'clock Saturday was 2,619; the num
ber at the same time one year ago
was 2.21L At the corresponding time
last fall, 2,424 students bad registered.
Assistant Registrar A H. Hiltner,
in commenting on the big increase
over the same day of the first semes
ter said that the seeming jump was
due to heavier early registration at
the present time, and that the final
figures of the first and second semes
ters of the year would not show a
large gain. Second semester registra
tions usually fall below those of the
first semester.
"Chemical Reds'9 Last To Aspire
To Order Of The Golden Fleece
The "eligibility" committee for the
projected dinner of the i-ed-haired.
MeJba Quigley. Eva Miller and Eliza
beth Brown, affirm that they are com
pelled to announce still another re
striction. "AH chemical reds." they
say. "will positively not be allowed
to qualify."
-We bad not expected," said one
member of the committee, "to find
it necessary to publish this. But cir
cumstances compel ns to break sil
ence. Beds whose redness does not
antedate February w 3 find ii useless
to apply for admission to the dinner
of the Order of the Golden Fleece."
Said another member. The only way
to head off a threatened epidemic of
FIRST VALLEY .'
GAME FRIDAY
Missouri to Play Nebraska for First
Time in Years "Tigers"
Look Strong
Friday night of this week, the Ne
braska basketball fans will be given
the opportunity of Inspecting basket
ball tossers from the University of
Missouri for the first time in several
years..
Seldom in the history of the two
schools have they met on the basket
ball floor. For this reason if no oth
er the clashes on Friday and Satur
day nights will be of great interest.
The "show-me" boys wil have a
strong lineup when they face the Corn
huskers. Three of last year's five
who have been ineligible during the
first semester, will be back In the
lineup for these games and will add
great strength to the Missouri five.'
Missouri to date has played four val
ley games, winning three and losing
one. Ames managed to slip over a
win when the Missourians traveled
up to the Iowa school.
These games will be the first ones
in the conference for the Cornhusker
five and will furnish a fair means of
comparins the Nebraskans with the
rest of the valley teams.
COLONEL BURNHAM
BACK FROM BORDER
TO TAKE COMMAND
Colonel Archer L. Burnham, who
has been serving with the Nebraska
national guard on the Texas border as
captain of Company E from Wayne,
has returned to the University and
will assume charge of the cadet regi
ment next semester. His coming wOl
materially strengthen the regiment.
GIVE DANCE III
PLACEJF MIXER
Seniors Have Armory Party Saturday
Night Attended by Happy Sur
vivors of Examinations
The informal dance given by the
Seniors In the Armory Saturday night.
in place of the mixer originally
planned, was well attended by a happy
crowd of students who took that
means of celebrating the finish of se
mester examinations. Music for the
dancing was furnished by Clifford
Scott's orchestra.
The seniors, planning the mixer
just before examination week, found
it advisable to change the character
of the party because of the University
ruling which provides that All-University
mixers shall be given only by
a general mixer committee or a com
mittee authorized by the general com
mittee, and that mixers clven by or
ganizations are for the benefit of the
members of the organization solely.
The chaperones at the dance were
treatment likely greatly to Increase
our attendance. Is to give publicity to
our determination to bar the chem
icals." Over thirty have now qualified, one
of the most brilliant "finds- of the
committee being Ruth Enyeart Flor:
ence Sandy passed the committee on
the strength of her name, while Fran
ces CaldweH, aald to be really a
"near." was passed by Melba Quigley
after she bad been mistaken for Miss
Caldwell. "If she's my double, that
ought to settle things." aald this
Judge.
Rumor aays thct among tnose
threatened to become "chemicals"
were Agnes Bartlett. Marjorie Morse,
Zllpha Rlggs and Prof. Blanche Grant.
SUMMER SCHOOL
COURSE BY PROF.
GUERNSEY JONES
Prof. Guernsey Jones, head of the
department of English history, has
been advised that he has been chosen
to give several courses in English
history during the summer session at
the University of Minnesota. Profes
sor Jones has not learned the exact
nature of the courses yet, but they
will probably Include several elective
courses beside the general standard
review of English history.
CLASS WRESTLING
IS NEW FEATURE
INTERCLASSS TOURNAMENT TO
BE STARTED SOON
Loving Cup to Class, Not to Individual
Freshmen Forge Ahead
in Basketball
The inter-class wrestling tourna
ment which was announced last se
mester will be gotten under way as
soon as arrangements can be made.
Assistant Coach Dick Rutherford will
have charge of the meet, and he hopes
to have enough entries to make the
affair a success.
Rutherford has announced that a
silver loving cup will go to the class
that win the largest number of bouts
in the meet This plan of giving the
prize to the class Instead of the indi
vidual winners was adopted because
it will Increase the interest
It is hoped that this meet will be
come an annual affair and that
through the interest aroused In these
meets wrestling may be put on an
equal footing with the other sports of
the school.
At the time of the announcement
of the loving cup to go to the wrest
lers Rutherford also stated that there
would be a similar cup to go to the
team winning the lnter-class basket
ball tournament
It looks as If the freshmen bad the
basketball cup already won. Unless
the sophomores or juniors take a sud
den brace and hand the first year men
a beating the next time they meet the
cup will go to the first year men.
The standings to date are as fol
lows: Won Lost Pet
Freshmen 2 0 1.000
Juniors 1 1 .500
Sophomores 1 1 .500
Seniors . 2 .000
Prof. Searle Davis. A H. Hiltner, Al
vin Johnson and Walter Campbell
WILL COUNT THE
SINGLE TAX VOTE
AT END OF WEEK
Students who voted on the single
tax proposition, up before the students
during registration week, will cot
know the result of the balloting until
the end of this week, according to
those in charge of the voting. Stu
ednta who will register late are ex
pected to add at least three hundred
ballots.
The voting on the single tax during
registration was handled In the Ad
ministration building. Every student
In the line waiting to pay bis fees
was given a ballot which be placed
in a box in the registrar's office on
bis way out after be bad paid his
fees. Although there was nothing to
indicate bow the students were vot
ing, the general sentiment seemed to
be In favor of the tax, and predic
tions were made that the proposition
would carry by a big majority.
Thomas A. Edison has received the
honorary degree of doctor of laws
from the 'university of the state of
New Tork. He and FIha Boot are
the only men today holding that de
gree from the Institution. Ex.
TAYLOR WOULD
. ABOLISH REGENTS
ANCIENT CRITIC OF UNIVERSITY
WANTS POLITICAL CONTROL
Representative From Custer Intro
duces Bill to Combine University
and Normals Under One Head
Representative W. J. Taylor of Cus
ter, long time critic of the University
has again launched a bill in the house
to cripple the activities of the state's
greatest schooL His measure would
do away with the board of regents as
at present constituted, and substitute
therefor a political board controlling
both the University and the state nor
mal schools.
Mr. Taylor proposes an amendment
to the state constitution, to be voted
upon at the general election in No
vember, 1918, which would place the
University, the normal schools and the
public schools of the state under one
general board of education, a paid
board, of six members, one to bo elect
ed from each congressional district
The measure Is in keeping with Mr.
Taylor's legislative record In reference
to the University, the high spots of
which have been fights against Uni
versity appropriations in 1899 and
1915. and an effort to split the agri
cultural college from the rest of the
University in 1915. The better sense
of the majority of the legislators,
which defeated bis purposes before,
is expected to come again to the de
fense of Nebraska and prevent this
I last attack from becoming successful.
Would Fight for Control
It is urged against the bill that no
greater barm could come to the cause
of education in this state than to pre-
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SNEAK THIEF
GETS MITTENS
Tramp Found Prowling in University
Hall Gets Away Without
Making a Haul
A sneak thief making himself at
home in University hall was fright
ened away by James Westhoff, an as
sistant in the department of English
history. Friday night when the two
met face to face In U'21L
Westioff was not suspicious of the
man, who begged for the price of a
meaL and made no move to stop him.
The man hurried from the building.
Later Westhoff missel a pair of mit
tens. Had he not been surprised
while Investigating, the tramp might
have made bis stay more worth-while.
The Incident is considered by fac
ulty members to be Interesting In the
L'ght of recent petty thieving placed
on the shoulders of the student body.
It Is the opinion of several faculty
members, expressed Saturday, that
students are not alone to be held re
sponsible. THIRTY MEMBERS
OF GRADUATE
TEACHERS MEET
Thirty members were present at the
second meeting of the Graduate Teach
ers' club at Dr. G. W. Lackey's, 1429
R street last Saturday evening. Dr.
R. J. Pool, bead of tie department of
botany, read a paper on "Some
Thought on tie Method of Science
for Graduate Students," and L O. Asa,
a fellow In the graduate school of
education, real another on "Folk
dances as a form of recreation."
The next meeting of the club will
be March I. The club will meet again
with Dr. Lackey. Dr. F. M. Fling.
head of the department of European
history, will read a paper.