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VOL. XVI. NO. 92.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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ARE FEW NATIVE
NEBRASKA SONGS
But State Treasures Many Ballads
Which Are Interwoven With Her
History, Dr. Pound Says
With the exception of "The Klnkaid
ii a" Song," and probably "The Little
Old Sod Shanty," the folk-songs of
Nebraska were composed in other
places and brought here by the settl
ers, Dr. Louise round, professor of
English literature, said yesterday
morning at Convocation, in her talk
on "The Traditional Songs of Nebras
ka." "Folk songs are those that have
been learned by singers and not from
the printed page," Professor Pound ex
plained. "The main essential of a
folk song is that people sing it, and
that it has persisted for a fair num
ber of years."
There is a "history of taste" for
folk poetry Just as for book poetry,
Miss Pound declared. "The older folk
songs were composed for the ear rath
er than for the eye. Much in modern
song, however, is unsingable, and un
rememberable; no one can expect it
to make a deep impression on the
popular mind."
Some "rag-time'" songs composed in
our own age which are like to live
Professor Pound prophesized, are,
'There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight" and "Tipperary."
The range of topics of the tradi
tional songs in Nebraska is very wide.
There are old English and Scottish
bailads, Irish songs, pioneer and west
ern songs, elegies and complaints,
war songs, sentimental lyrics, moral
izing and reflective pieces, negro
songs, railroad songs, Indian pieces
and many others.
"The Kinkalders' Song," which is
popular in the Nebraska sand hill
region, where it is sung at picnics, re
unions and the like contains the fol
lowing: (
"You ask what place I like the best,
The sand hills, oh the old sand hills;
The place Klnkaiders make their
home
And prairie chickens freely roam."
"The Little Old Sod Shanty on the
Claim" tells of a man, eastern born,
who is holding down a claim. It goes:
"I am looking rather seedy now,
While holding down my claim,
And my victuals are not always served
the best;
And the mice play slyly 'round me,
As I nestle down to sleep
In my little old sod shanty in the
West."
DRQP CONVOCATION
FOR jjUFFRAGISTS
University Sympathizers Will Combine
With State Workers at Meeting
Luncheon at the Lincoln
The suffragist Convocation sched
uled for tomorrow morning at 11:30
o'clock in Memorial hall has been
dropped because of a similar meeting
at the Lincoln hotel at the same time.
University girls will combine with lo
cal and state workers in a general
meeting, which will be followed by a
suffrage luncheon.
Tomorrow will be a big day for suf
frage, for the state senate will vote
at that time on a bill providing for
partial voting rights for women. The
influence of the agitation has been
markedly felt on the campus, and the
University suffrage sympathizers have
taken a promirent part in it
A number of University women were
entertained at the suffrage tea given
yesterday at the home of Mrs. Frank
Woods, from 3 to 5 o'clock, and co-eds
who have taken an active interest in
the campaign poured.
THE H. C. L. HITS ASHLAND
An agitation to move the University
to Ashlnnd is likely to bo started by
press dispatches from that town tell
ing about "a dainty but substantial
ni?al" of chicken patties, mashed po
tatoes, broad and butter, apple and
banana salad, apricot fluff wafers and
tea, served by the Woman's club of
that place for slightly over seven
cents. The only thing needed to
start the Ashland migration, in the
opinion of University men, is to ad
vertise a laundry which will man
handle a dress shirt for less than a
dollar the smirch.
A. T. O'S DEFEAT
DELTA UPSILON
Win Game in Second Round of Inter
fraternity Basketball Tour
nament, 166
The A. T. O.'s did the expected
last night when they eliminated the
D. U.'s from the inter-frat basketball
tournament, in a hard-fought game by
the score of 16 to 6.
Schellenberg of the A. T. O.'s was
the individual star, gathering four
field goals and four free throws for a
total of twelve points. Schellenberg's
g'oals -were all earned by excellent
floor work by his team mates and
himself.
Frequent flashes of team work were
shown by both teams. The A. T. 0.
guards. Vifquain and Schumacher,
played a fine guarding game, holding
their opponents to two field goals.
Doran and Owen played good games
for the D. U.'s.
The lineup follows:
A. T. O. 16 D. U. 6
Gerhart f Owen
Barnes f Grabill
Schellenberg c Doran
Schumacher g Fuchs
Vifquain g Ellerbroch
Substitutes Shaw for Barnes; Zum
winkel for Gerhart.
Field goals Schellenberg 4, Vif
quain, Zumwinkel, Fuchs, Doran.
Free throws Schellenberg 4, Owen
2.
Referee Thiesen.
MORE MALE VOICES
NEEDED FOR CHORUS
SAYS MRS. RAYMOND
More male voices are still needed
for the University chorus, Mrs. Car
rie B. Raymond, the director of music,
announced yesterday. Registration is
still open for membership in the
musical organization. The class meets
at 5 o'clock Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, and from 7 to 8 p. m. Mon
day and 5 o'clock Friday for men who
drill.
Chorus students are especially en
Joying this semester the work that
they are studying, "Hiawatha." This
was given three or four years ago, and
proved most popular. The chorus will
FRESHMEN TURN
OUT WOODWORK
Value of One Semester's Laboratory
In Mechanical Engineering Esti
mated at $500
That freshman students in mechan
ical engineering turned out more than
$500 worth of woodworK in laoora
tnr classes during the first semester
of the present term, is the estimate of
Albert E. Bunting, assistant proiesau.
of practical mechanics.
Profesor Bunting told the iresnman
engineers that this estimate does not
include the smaller lathe work, such
as gavels, rosettes, tool handles, pic
ture frames and the like, which the
students were permitted to keep for
their own use. The larger woodwork
Included window frames, doors, tables,
drawing boards, T-squares and other
large pieces.
The estimate was based on market
values of such work.
TO TEST DESIRE
FOR CHARTER DAY
Faculty May Consider Renewal of An
nual Holiday if Students Large
ly Attend Commencement
If the students attend the mid-winter
graduation exercises in large
numbers, the faculty may consider
that sufficient interest in Charter Day
to justify the renewal of the holiday
next year, according to a committee
of Innocents who interviewed the
chancellor yesterday.
Harold Holtz, Ralph Thiesen and
Otto Zumwinkel told the chancellor
that there was a general feeling
among the students that the holiday
ought to. be observed.
The chancellor said, it is reported,
that the faculty thought that the cus
tom of so many students going home,
or not coming to the Charter Day cele
bration at all, justified the discontin
uance of the day. If the students show
Interest in the commencement exer
cises and Professor Fling's address to
morrow night, the faculty may change
its mind.
GERMAN BLOCKADE
MAKES ENGLISH
SOURCE BOOK SCARE
Because of the difficulty in securing
books from England on account of the
German blockade, Prof. Guernsey
Jones has asked the Regents' Book
store to secure second- hand copies of
Bell's "PuritauNm and Liberty 1603
1660." a source book used in English.
The department would appreciate
it if students who care to would sell
their books and thus place them at
the disposal of this year's class.
sing this as a part of the May music
festival.
Membership in the chorus will mean
free admission to the May music fes
tival, including the concerts of the St.
Louis Symphony orchestra, one of the
best musical organizations of the
country.
HOLTZ-ANNOUNCES
STUNT PROGRAM
Five Organizations Picked by Com
Mittee for This Night Will
Be March 3, in the Auditorium
The complete program for Univer
sity Night, the annual stunt night, to
be held at the Auditorium March 3,
was announced last night by Harold
Holtz, chairman, after a meeting of
the committee on selection.
The four organizations which will be
represented on the program as decided
by the comniitee, are the Engineers;
the Commercial club; the Vikings,
junior society; Phi Delta Phi, law fra
ternity; and either one or both of the
journalistic organizations, Sigma Del
ta Chi, journalistic fraternity, and
Theta Sigma Phi. journalistic soror
ity. The stunts already chosen, which,
with the five to be presented by the
organizations previously mentioned,
will make up the evenings' fun, are
the band, the glee club, a sketch by
two talented University comedians
whose names are withheld for the
present, and a curtain sketch in which
will be presented a new Nebraska
song, which, critics declare, will be
of lasting popularity. The presenta
tion' sketch will include, besides the
singing of the song, some exhibitions
of skilful dancing. The author's name
will also be disclosed at that time.
The Evening Shun, the annual "ex
tra" Issued by Sigma Delta Chi on
every University Night, will again be
distributed, and will, if advance re
ports from the editorial office can be
believed, disclose some scoops that
truly deserve the publication of an
"extra."
NEBRASKA FIVE
TOJANHATTAN
Meets Kansas Aggies Tonight and To
morrow, Then Lawrence Valley
Standing at Stake
Tire varsity basketball squad left
this morning for Manhattan, Kansas,
where they will play the Kansas Ag
gies tonight. Nine men made the trip,
Captain Campbell, Flothow, Nelson,
Wertz, Riddell, Jackson, Pickett,
Flynn and Schumacher.
The condition of the men is not all
that could be desired. Nelson, upon
whom much depends along the scoring
line, has been sick for the past few
days and has not yet fully recovered.
The rest of the squad is in fair phy
sical trim.
Following the game tonight there
will be one with the Aggies tomor
row night, and on Friday and Satur
day nights games will be played with
Kansas at Lawrence.
On the outcome of these four games
will depend the standing of Nebraska
in the Conference. If the Cornhusk
ers can come through all these games
victorious they will practically have
second place in the Valley tied up.
It seems almost too much to ex
pect the men to win all of these
games, however, when it is taken into
consideration that they are playing
on foreign floors and before hostile
crowds in every contest.
SET OF BUILDING
STONES ADDED TO
MUSEUM COLLECTION
Thirty polished slabs of famous
building stones, representing choice
material from all parts of the world,
was received by the Museum yester
day from the Campbell-Sutermeister
Co., of St. Louis.
These specimens of polished marble
are each 12x18 inches and will be
placed on exhibition on the third floor
of the Museum. The collection is a
valuable addition as the department is
constantly consulted by builders and
architects concerning building stones.
STEELE HOLCOMBE
WESTERHDELEGATE
Goes to Chicago Today to Represent
Estes Park Conference of Y. M. C. A.
Workers at National Conference
Steele Holcombe, '17, of Maxwell,
president of the Y. M. C. A., who was
recently elected to represent the
western and Rocky Mountain states
conference of the association, leaves
for Chicago this afternoon to attend
the national conference there Thurs
day and Friday. The purpose of the
Chicago conference, at which are del
egates from the five districts into
which the work of the association
divided, is to discuss the general
status of religious work in American
colleges.
There are five general districts in
the association, and each holds a
summer conference. The Dakotas,
Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colora
do, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Nevada,
Idaho, New Mexico and Arizona com
prise the western and Rocky Mountain
states district, which holds its annual
conference at Estes Park, Colo. The
delegateship to the national confer
ence is considered a big honor.
The Chicago conference, which
meets every winter, is held for the
purpose of a general discussion and
investigation, gathered from the re
ports at the summer conferences, on
the religious ideals of the American
college student with a view to their
betterment
Holcombe has been a strong char
acter In Y. M. C. A. work In the Uni
versity, taking an especial interest in
gospel team work.
ENGINEERS TIE LOVE KNOTS
The best fun of the whole year for
the engineers is coming. Every over
ailed, grimy, greasy man cf them is
going to have the chance this week
to tie a "love knot." These knots,
which the students make in materials
testing laboratory are constructed of
cold, brittle steel, and are said to
hold much longer than the ones in
which fickle heartstrings arc em
ployed. All students who have ambi
tions to tie a love knot some day are
invited to the laboratories in the Me
chanic Arts building on Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons, to watch the
delicate, entrancing process.
ALPHA GAMMA RHO
GRANTED AGGUILD
Agricultural Organization Receives
Charter of National Fraternity
Fourteen Charter Members
Alpha Gamma Rho, national agri
cultural fraternity, has formally
granted a chapter to the Agguild, an
agricultural organization of the Uni
versity, with fourteen charter mem
bers. The Nebraska chapter, which
will be known as the Kappa chapter,
will be installed soon.
The men who make up the charter
chapter are W. H. Barber, '17; I. K.
Metz, '18; F. A. Liebers, '18;
D. E. Walrath, '18; J. D. McKel
vey, 18; B. H. French, '18; B. K.
Easterling, '18; W. F. Roberts, '18;
C. L. Lierbers, '19; M. L. Lauritsen,
'19; R. T. Bang, '20; G. E. Olson, 20;
D. W. Spencer, '20.
Alpha Gamma Rho is limited to men
in the college of Agriculture and is
composed of twelve chapters, which
are, Alpha, University of Illinois;
Beta, University of Ohio; Gamma,
Penn. State; Delta, Purdue Univer
sity; Epsilon, North Dakota Univer
sity; Eta, Iowa State College; Zeta,
Cornell University; Theta, Univer
sity of Missouri; Iota, University of
Wisconsin; Kappa, University of Ne
braska; Lambda. University of Minne
sota; Mu, Massachusetts Agricultural
College.
TESTING MACHINE
IS BROKEN IN
MECHANICS LAB
The 100,000-pound Riehle Bros,
universal testing machine in the ma
terials testing laboratory was broken
Monday by the class in Applied Me
chanics. The operator left the ma
chine in gear while attending to other
duties and the drawhead, running
down on the weighing table, bent the
screws of the machine. Thld will ne
cessitate sending the screws and the
draw-heads to Philadelphia for repairs
and possibly the purchase of new
parts for the machine. The damage
is estimated at $200.
HAVE ROAD SHOW
TRYOUTS TONIGHT
Six Places to Be Filled on University
Week Stunt Program Expect
It to Be a Feature
Tryouts for places on the program
for the road show, one of the num
bers of which will go out over the
state with University Week during
the spring recess, will be held in Mu
sic hall of the Temple tonight at
7:30. .
John B. Cook, assistant business
manager of University Week, in
charge of the tryouts, has announced
that there are six places yet to be
filled to complete the program. The
road show will bo made one of the
big nights of University Week this
year, for the management believes
that there is a real field for the dis
play of University talent here. The
numbers wbich are chosen to make op
the program will be coached by Prof.
R. D. Scott, who will have direction
of the shov while it is on the road.
WILL START WORK
ON COUNCIL NOW
With Appointment of Innocents and
Black Masque Representatives,
Committee Is Completed
With the appointment last night of
Albei t Brj-Hon, Fullerton, to represent
the Innocents, and 'Ethel Stone, Lin
coln, to represent the Black Masques,
the Student Council commission is
now complete. Investigation and work
on the formulation of a plan to be
presented to students and faculty for
approval will be begun at once, Dean
Mary Graham, the chairman, an
nounced. The junior and senior class appoint
ments were announced yesterday by
Presidents Tully and Neff. Jean Bur
roughs, Lincoln, and Otto Zumwinkel,
Utica, are the representatives of the
two classes.
Just how long it will be before
the commission will have drafted a
plan to be placed before the students
and University Senate for ratification
is impossible of conjecture, but it is
practically certain that a working plan
will have been both formulated and
approved before the end of the semes
ter. The complete student council com
mission which will have charge of
drawing up Nebraska's Student Coun
cil charter, is as follows-: Dean Mary
Graham, chairman; Dean Engberg,
representing the interfraternlty coun
cil; Miss Lulu Runge, representing
the intersorority council; Albert Bry
son, representing the Innocents; Ethel
Stone, representing the Black
Masques; Otto Zumwinkel, represent
ing the senior class, and Jean Bur
roughs, representing the junior class.
TWO SHORT PLAYS
TO BE GIVEN AT
TEMPLE TONIGHT
Tonight in the Temple theater, the
University Players will present two
short plays, "The Man Who Married
a Dumb Wife" and "King Rene's
Daughter." In giving two short pro
ductions instead of a single lengthy
one, the players are adopting a plan
which Is rapidly gaining favor in the
dramatic world.
University stars will be numerous
in the two productions. Prof. Alice
Howell will have the leading role in
"King Rene's Daughter," and Maurice
Clark. DeWitt Foster, Luclle Becker,
I Elizabeth Erazim, Catherine Pierce,
Lad Kubik, and several more who
have won the recognition of student
critics will be in one or the other
casts.
FACULTY MEN
ON THE PROGRAM
Professor Martin Speaks at Merchants'
Short Course In Session Chan
cellor Avery Speaks Today
Prof. O. R. Martin, teacher of ac
counting and business administration
in the school of commerce, was one of
the principal speakers at the second
day's session of the merchants' short
course held at the Lindell hotel yes
terdayx J. E. LeRossignol, director of
the school of commerce, presided at
the afternoon session. ,
Frank I. Ringer, commissioner of
the Nebraska Manufacturers' associa
tion, spoke in the morning on "The
Retailer and His Community." Arthur
E. Swanson of Northwestern univer
sity, who spoke on the previous day,
was the first speaker at the afternoon
session. His subject was "Lessons
for the Small Retailer from the Chain
Store."
Professor Martin was the second
speaker and his subject was "An Ac
counting System for Small Retailers."
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