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VOL. XVI. NO. 88.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ML1TARISTS NOW
DROP CHALLENGE
A DEBATE OUT OF ORDER UNDER
PRESENT CONDITIONS
Anti-Drill Organization Declares Thii
a Time for Concerted Prepar
edness, Not for Talk
Believing that the present crisis in
the relations between America and
Germany would make a debate on the
question of military drill unpatriotic,
and asserting that this is a time not
for debating issues but for prepar
ing for any emergency which may
arise, the league to enforce drill,
through its president, L. W. Trester,
'19, has issued a statement declining
to accept the challenge of the pacifists
to debate the issues of the compul
sory drill question.
This action of the pro-drill society
comes after it had once accepted the
challenge, and was made in view of
the developments in the national sit
uation. Anton H. Jensen, '18, president of
the pacifists, in commenting upon the
action of the militarists, said that the
anti-drill organization, also much in
sympathy with the need of common
preparttion for a common danger,
would drop the matter of a debate
temporarily.
The statement issued by Trester
follows:
"In as much as the government of
the United States has seen fit to sever
diplomatic relations with Germany
and conditions are so strained that
at any moment we may be plunged
into war, and since it is now the duty
of every individual to sacrifice his
personal feelings and prepare himself
for any emergency he may be called
upon to meet, we sincerely believe
that it would not only be a mistake
but highly unpatriotic to debate the
question of compulsory drill at the
University at this time.
"LEAGUE TO ENFORCE DRILL.
"Li. W. Trester."
DELTA TAU ONE
STEP NEARER
ELIMINATES DELTA CHI IN INTER
FRATERNITY BASKETBALL
Starts Out With Honors Even But
Champions Draw Away Final
Score Is 22 to 6
Delta Tau Delta, inter-fraternlty
baeketball champions last year, took
one step nearer the same position last
night when they defeated Delta Chi
226 in the first game of the second
round of the tournament.
The Delt forwards, Grant and North,
displayed excellent teamwork and a
distressing fondness for tossing the
ball into the basket. John Riddell,
a former high school star, tried out
at center during the first half and
played a strong game, although un
able to hit the basket consistently.
FrundelL another man who distin
guished himself in high school bas
ketball circles, starred for the Delta
Chls.
The lineup:
Delta Tau Delta 22 Delta Chi 6
Grant If Sullivan
North rf Fruudell
J. Riddell c Beck
Stromer Ig Beardslee
Sthroeder rf Noble
Substitutions Cristopher for Rid
dell; Martin for Sullivan.
A complete equipment for indoor
golf practice has been purchased by
the athletic department of the Uni
versity of California. The game will
be taught to all who are interested
free of charge. Ex.
RUTHERFORD ASKS
FOR FRATERNITY
BASKETBALL LISTS
Assistant Coach Rutherford an
nounces that all fraternities who will
play in the second round of the inter
fraternlty basketball series must turn
In a list of their players at his office
as soon as possible. The list will be
used in looking up the eligibility of
the men.
The fraternities still in the tourna
ment are as follows Delta Tau Delta,
Delta Chi, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta
Upsilon, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, Fhi Kappa Psi and
Sigma Nu.
A list from each of the class teams
must also be handed in by the man
agers as soon as possible.
FOSTER ANNOUNCES
ANNUALJONTRACTS
The Best Quality of Printing and En
graying to Be Used Despite
the H. C. of L.
The Cornhusker business manager,
DeWitt Foster, has closed the con
tracts for the printing and engraving
of what the staff claims to be the
best of all the annuals that have been
produced at Nebraska.
The firm of Jahn & Oilier of Chi
cago has been awarded the engrav
ing contract. This firm has the repu
tation of doing some of the best en
graving work the business knows.
The contract could have been let at
a lower figure, but the staff is spar
ing no expense and will not cut down
the quality of the book.
The printing and binding will be
done by the Hugh Stephens Printing
Company, which specializes in print
ing college annuals. Heavy Dill &
Collins enameled book paper, consid
ered the best paper for books of this
kind that can be bought, will be used.
Foster believes that the binding will
excell that on any previous Cornhusk
er. Silk head and tail bands and
three tapes 'across the back will be
used to insure a firm and attractive
cover. The Hugh Stephens Company
uses a special system of bookbinding
which makes the book stand up under
the heaviest strain.
There will be a full leather cover
and the end sheets will be made of
heavy sunburst stock.
Prices in paper, binding material
and copper for the cuts have gone
almost out of sight during the past
year, Foster said, yet the staff ex
pects to incorporate all the good fea
tures of previous books into the best
Cornhusker of them all.
THE SHORT PLAY
NOW POPULAR
University Players Will Present Two
Brisk. Comedies In Place of
One Performance
Due to the growing popularity of
the short play, the University Play
ers will present. Instead of one three
ad drama, two short plays, "King
Reue's Dtughter" and "The Man Who
Married a Dumb Wife." on Wednes
day evening February 14.
ThP former play is a lyric drama
translated from the Danish, centering
about a beautiful princess who has
been blind from childhood, and whose
vision is restored when she is at the
fanciful age of love and romance.
"The Man Who Married a Dumb
Dife" is a French comedy written by
Anatole France. It was in this play
that Granville Barker displayed such
remarkable ability as producer. The
i,. i. f..n of humorous situations
arising from a husband's desire to
have his dumb wife's tongue loosenea,
and thereby turning upon himself a
flood of words, which nothing but
deafness could withstand.
CHOOSE CAST FOR
THE JUNIOR PLAY
ELIZABETH ERAZIM AND DEWITT
FOSTER GET LEADING ROLES
Cast Appears a "Galaxy of Stars"
Practice for Production Will
Start Saturday
Elizabeth Erazim, of Ravenna, and
D"Vitt Foster, of Kearney, will play
the leading roles in the annual junior
play, "Green Stockings," which will
be given at the Oliver theater March
23. Prof. Alice Howell will coach the
play.
The entire cast, as chosen at the
tryouts, follows:
Admiral Grice F. W. Clark
William Faraday Ralph Anderson
Colonel Smith DeWitt Foster
Robert Traver Carlyle Jones
Henry Steel J. B. Worley
James Raleigh Eugene Moore
Martin .Robert Nesbit
Celia Elizabeth Erazini
Madge Susie Scott
Phyllis Catherine Pierce
Mrs. Faraday Carolyn Kimball
Evelyn Lucile Becker
The judges who selected the cast
were Prof. Alice Howell, Prof. R. D.
Scott, Prof. F. A. Stuff, Prof. Searl
Davis and H. A. Prince. The first
practice will be held next Monday eve
ning at 7 o'clock in U 106. The play
selected by the committee is one of
the best known of the writings of
the popular English playwright, A. E.
W. Mason.
UNIVERSITY MEN
FOR REGIMENT
Formation of Field Artillery Volun
teers Big Campus Talk The
Proposed Regiment
The announcement which fell upon
the preoccupied .campus yesterday
that an attempt would be made to
form from the faculty, alumni, and
undergraduate body of the University,
a volunteer regiment of field artil
lery, for actual service in case of war,
occupied student conversation yester
day and resulted during the day in
inquiries and signatures from the stu
dent body which indicate that the
tentative regiment will be successful
ly formed.
Men who enroll with Captain
S. M. Parker, commandant of the
University regiment of cacets, thus
showing their Interest in the pro
posed regiment, do not bind them
selves to serve in the regiment. Cap
tain Parker believes that there will
be no trouble raising enough men if
the nation actually needs the volun
teers. Regular army and national guard
forces would be called first in event
of war.
Under tentative plans, the regiment
of artillery would include two bat
talions, each containing three bat
teries. The president may direct reg
iments to Include three battalions, if
he chooses, but In this case each bat
talion probably would have but two
batteries.
Under normal conditions:
Each battery would have four three
Inch guns and twelve caissons, three
to a gun, with one store wagon and
one battery wagon; 684 draft horses,
378 riding horses, C8 draft mules, one
riding mule.
The following commissioned officers
would be appointed:
Colonel and lieutenant-colonel.
Two majors.
Ten captains, thirten first lieuten
ants and thirteen second lieutenants.
One captain, as regimental adju
tant; one captain, supply officer; one
captain, adjutant. First battalion; one
captain, adjutant. Second battalion;
one first lieutenant and one second
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INVESTIGATES
OIL PROSPECTS
AT TABLE ROCK
Dr. G. E. Condra of the conser
vation department returned yesterday
from Table Rock, where he, with F.
J. Sur, a well-known oil geologist,
has been looking over the oil and
gas prospects in that vicinity.
The Hurst-Kohl Co. of Wyoming
are finishing their "mile high" der
rick and the drilling will soon com
mence. The oil and gas possibilities
are bringing in many out-of-the-state
inquiries to the department this week.
ENGINEERS WILL
GO TO CHICAGO
Windy City Will Be Seat of Annual
Inspection Tour- Plans Are
Announced
Chicago will be the city visited by
the Junior and senior engineers on
their annual inspection trip this year.
Information to that effect was an
nounced yesterday by Prof. C. L.
Dean, chairman of the committee in
charge of the inspection trip, who
also stated that thirty-nine men had
signed up already for the excursion.
The engineers will leave here
March 26, during the week after mid
semester examinations and immediate
ly preceding spring vacation. Four
days will be spent in Chicago, during
which time many of the most impor
tant engineering plants in the city
will be visited.
The Chicago trip will be the second
long trip to be undertaken by the
engineers. The first one was made
last year when Kansas City was vis
ited. Previous to that time two or
three shorter trips had been made to
Omaha and to local plants. Several
local trips will be made this year by
those who do not go to Chicago.
The purpose of these trips is to
give engineering students first-hand
information about engineering plants
which they cannot get by reading.
The effect has been very satisfactory,
according to professors" of engineer
ing. BIG ENROLLMENT
UNDER HOWARD
Students Flock to His Courses Their
Last Opportunity for
Two Years
Availing themselves of the last op
portunity to get work under Dr.
George E. Howard, head of the depart
ment of political science and soci
ology, for two years to come, students,
especially juniors, have flocked to his
classes in record-breaking numbers,
the registration for the second se
mester shows.
His course on the family and mar
riage, political science 26, already has
an enrollment of 150, with most of
the graduate students yet to register.
Social psychology, political science
16, with an enrollment of 133, was
forced to adjourn yesterday for lack
of room. It will move from Its old
class rcom, Law 107, to Law 101.
There is always a heavy enrollment
of seniors in Dr. Howard's courses,
and the fact that he will take the
entire year of 1917-1918 on a leave of
absence, makes this semester the last
chance Juniors will have of getting
work under him. All students who
planned to register for his courses
next year were forced to take them
this semester.
SET. DATES FOR
THE ANNUAL
FARMERS FAIR
The date of the Farmers' Fair has
been set for April 15. The committee
is already working on the plans and
hope to make It one of the big events
of the college year.
CHANCELLOR NAMES COMMITTEE
TO PLAN FOR STUDENT COUNCIL
FOUR FACULTY AND FOUR STUDENTS WILL DRAW UP
THE CHARTER
Ratification by Student Body and Sen
ate Will Mean Realization of
Student Sclf-Government
Chancellor Avery yesterday appoint
ed a committee of four faculty and
four students to act as a charter com
mission to draw up a plan for a Stu
dent Council, to be submitted to the
students and the University Senate
for ratification.
He named Dean Mary Graham chair
man; Dean Engberg, representing the
Senate committee on student affairs;
Professor Buck, representing the in
terfraternlty council; Miss Runge, rep
resenting the intersorority council; a
representative of the Innocents, a rep
resentative of the Black Masques, a
young man to represent the senior
class, and a young woman, to repre
sent the junior class.
The action by the chancellor ad
vances the agitation for the Student
Council through the preliminary stage,
tnd practically means that within the
present semester, the council will be
a working body.
The Student Representatives
The Innocents and the Black
Masques will choose their representa
tives. The class representatives may
be appointed by the class president
or selected by the class at large.
The work for this commission, as
outlined by the chancellor, will be to
investigate the question and hold
hearings at which different organiza
tions will be invited to be heard. The
commission will then draw up a plan
to be submitted to the students for
ratification. If ratified by the stu
dents it will go to the Senate for
adoption or amendment. If amended
by the Senate, it will again be re
ferred to the student body for ap
proval. The charter committee appointed by
the chancellor is along the lines ap
proved by those who have made a
study of the question. It gives equal
representation to the faculty and stu
MOVING PICTURES
OF LEGISLATURE
WILL BE TAKEN
Dr. George E. Condra, of the de
partment of conservation and soil sur
vey, has been asked to make a motion
picture film of the Nebraska legisla
ture. The film will show the House and
Senate in action and the important
committees at work. If the present
weather continues the picture will
probably be taken this week.
SWEATERS TO
FRESHMAN TEAM
First Year Football Squad Will Re
ceive Them at 11 O'clock
Today The List
The 1916 freshman football squad
will be given sweaters this morning.
Nebraska has had the cuHtom for
several years of rewarding her fresh
men teams with sweaters, upon which
are placed the class numerals. The
sweaters this year are by far the
most handsome ones that have ever
been given to the first year men.
The material on the freshmen squad
this year was much more promising
as a whole than has been in evidence
for several years. It would be hard
to find sixteen first year men in any
school in the country that would be
more promising as football men than
the men who will get the sweaters this
morning.
The hour set by Assistant Coach
Rutherford is 11 o'clock, and it ri!l
be worth the while of all the men
whose names appear below to report
at his office at that hour.
dents, and to the University men and
women. It is composed of those stu
dents who might be considered most
closely in touch with student life and
student opinion.
In his communication to the stu
dents the chancellor points out that
there need be no clash between the
council and the senior honorary so
cieties, the Innocents and the Black
Masques.
The chancellor's statement follows:
To the Students of the University:
The society of Innocents by declar
ing itself in favor of the establish
ment of a Student Council has cleared
the way for immediate action in the
matter. This society, which has al
ways shown great loyalty in uphold
ing University traditions and promot
ing good things in the University,
recognizes that the establishment of
a council will add to our organiza
tion of student affairs a body designed
to supplement the present system.
About the only criticism of the Inno
cents that has ever been made is the
failure to control successfully student
corduct, a function which the society
has never wished to ' perform and
which it would now very gladly see
taken over by a Student Council.
The line of demarcation between
the activities of the senior societies
namely, the Innocents and the Black
Masques, and the Student Council will
in my judgment follow naturally in
harmony with the spirit of the organ
izations. The senior societies will
continue to concern themselves large
ly with Nebraska traditions. They
will boost for Ivy Day, University
Week, Olympics, rallies and student
gatherings, parades, trips and ban
quets. They will select cheer leaders,
and endeavor to promote a spirit of
loyalty and unity in the institution.
On the other hand, among the duties
of the Student Council will be the
control of conduct at public functions,
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VIKINGS ENDORSE
STUDENT COUNCIL
Junior Society Pledges Itself to Work
for Student Self-Government
at Nebraska
The Vikings, Junior society, at its
regular meeting at the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon house last night, adopted res
olutions favoring the student council
and pledged the efforts of the society
to do what it could for the installa
tion of the plan at Nebraska.
Recognizing the need of definite ac
tion in the matter, a committee was
appointed to investigate the student
councils of other schools and to for
mulate from these a working plan
which might fit the needs of Nebras
ka University.
The resolution follows:
"Whereas, the Vikings society of
the University recognizes the need of
a Student Council at Nebraska; and
"Whereas, it is the belief of the
society that student organizations
should lend all possible aid in crys
talizing action for the establishment
of a council; be It
"Resolved, that the Vikings society
pledges itself to investigate the stu
dent council in other schools, and
draw up a working plan for student
government at Nebraska.
"THE VIKINGS."
The men are as follows:
IVunn, Janda. Hubka, Kenelmeyer,
Fleming, Doty. Schellenberg, Shaw,
Kellogg, Day, McMahon, H. Smith,
Dlnsmore. Triplett and Kositzky.