Dally Nebraskae
VOL. XVI. NO. 96.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GAVE $100,000 TO
WAR SUFFERERS
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
GENEROUS TO WAR PRISONERS
Western Colleges Gave $23,000, of
Which Nebraska Contributed
$1,245.69 Sacrifices Made
American colleges and universities
gave more than $100,000 to the fund
for the relief of prisoners in the war
camps of Europe, during the cam
paign that ended at Christmas time.
Western colleges, including Nebraska,
were generous, although this school
did not come near the mark that
the committee and the workers had
set. i
More than $23,000 was' contributed
ly Minnesota, North Dakota, South
Dakota and Nebraska, and smaller
schools in this district. Nebraska
contribution was $1,245.69. Minne
sota university gave $3,342.94. The
rniversity of South Dakota gave
$500, Yankton college, $600, Huron
College an equal amount and James
town college, 377.
Williams college gave the largest
amount for a single institution, $8,
000. Connecticut Wesleyan contrib
uted $5,300; Dartmouth, $4,000; Ob
erlin, $3,500; Chicago university, $3,
000: Northwestern, $2,000.
Sacrifices Made
Sacrifices by fraternities and soror
ities were numerous. At Ohio State,
one sorority gave up its formal, and.
gave the estimated cost, $200, ta
the fund. At Nebraska one sorority
gave $100 but will give its formal,
too.
The Nebraska campaign was put
on after W. H. Tinker, International
secretary for the Y. M. C. A., had
presented the matter to the students
here. A. J. Covert was chairman
of the Nebraska University student
committee and Prof. F. W. Sanford
of the faculty committee.
The money will be used for med
icine, food, clothing, magazines, mu
sical instruments and other things
to keep the war prisoners, irrespec
tive of nationality, something to
keep them happy the hardest thing
to do.
UTAH CANT ELECT CAPTAIN
The election of a football captain at
Utah has resulted in a tie. On every
ballot Kay anl Warner each received
seven votes. The election of a cap
tain has been deferred until a later
date Ex.
PHI DELTA CHI
GRANTS CHAPTER
Grand Council Meeting Here Vote
to Place Chapter at Kansas
University
I'hi Delta Chi, pharmaceutical fra
ternity, holding its annual grand
council here, granted a chapter to
the Pestle club of the University of
Kansas at its session yesterday.
The petitioning organization is
composed of twenty students in the
college of pharmacy at Kansas. In
stallation will be Immediately follow
ing the close of the grand council
here Wednesday, when the grand of
ficers will go from Lincoln to Law
rence to place the chapter.
Besides the sessions of the council,
the fifty-seven delegates and alumni
in attendance were entertained at
the chapter house, 1426 E, with a
"tag party with cabaret and dinner.
The program for today include
in addition to the meetings of the
council, luncheon at the Commercial
club at 12 o'clock this noon and the
grand banquet at the Lincoln at
:30 this evening.
TEA TODAY IN
FACULTY HALL FOR
MRS. K. W. EDDY
A tea will be given by Dean Mary
Graham for Mrs. Katherine Willard
Eddy of Kansas City, foreign secre
tary of Y. W. C. A., visiting the Uni
versity in connection with the Ne
brasak to China campaign, this after
noon from 3 to 5 o'clock in Faculty
hall. . Mrs. Eddy has a very charm
ing personality. All of the faculty
women and the girls are urged to
come.
CLASS DEBATE
BATTLES AT HAND
FRESHMEN MEET SOPHOMORES
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Junior-Senior Debate Thursday Team
Members Working Hard
for Victory
The first clash in the inter-class
debates comes Wednesday evening
when the freshman team meets the
sophomores and the second combat
will take place when the juniors and
seniors meet Thursday evening. The
question this year is Ahe question
of armed Intervention on the part
of the United States in Mexico to
restore order.
The freshman - sophomore battle
promises to be an interesting con
test as both teams are evenly
matched. They are composed of
men who have had no experience in
University debating but the members
of both teams have had considerable
experience in high school debating.
The sophomore team will be com
posed of Frank Barnett, McCook;
Cecil C. Strimple, Omaha, and E. G.
Perley, Omaha. Barnett and Perley
have been successful in high school
debating while Strimple was a repre
sentative of Baker academy for two
years.
The Freshman Team
The freshman team has also three
men who have been prominent in
high school forensics. Harold Lan
deryou of Omaha represented that
city for two years; Miles Hlldreth de
bated one year in Lincoln high and
Seymour Smith has been active In de
bating at Bellevue academy.
Things are more quiet in the upper
class circles but several of the
militarists and pacifists appear in
the personnel of the teams and there
will no doubt be an interesting con
test when the time arrives. The
junior class will be represented by.
V. Lundmark, Earl C. Jeffrey and
Henry Pascale. The seniors who
will defend the honor of their class,
are Walter Raecke, Walter Hixen
baugh and Raymond Parry.
The judges have not been secured
yet but several of the faculty mem
bers are in danger of being drafted
for this task.
UNUSUAL INTEREST
IN EXHIBITION
Sixty-seven Attend Sunday Afternoon
Exhibition of Original
Charcoals
Sixty-seven people attended the ex
hibition of original Illustrations In
the art gallery Sunday afternoon, the
largest number present on a similar
occasion for some time. The unusual
attendance is considered to be an
indication of the unusual interest
which is being shown in this par
ticular exhibit, which is the only
osa of its kind that has been at
the art gallery this year.
Local art enthusiasts declare that
It represents some of the best work
which has been done in the last
twenty-five years. Special Interest
has been manifested in the one of
the nun kneeling at the shrine of the
medaeval cathedraL
ARRANGES WORK FOR
TRAINING CORPS
Military Department Taking Over
New System for Reserve In'
Force by June
By the close of this semester the
department of military science will
be arranged to work under the pro
visions of the act creating the re
serve officers' training corps, accord
ing to Captain S. M. Parker, comman
dant. The new regulations provide that
all first and second year men, ex
cept students taking law, dentistry
and pharmacy, will be required to
attend three hours of training per
week in order that they may gradu
ate. Such students are to receive
from the government the full uni
form. Those students who have complet
ed the two years of required drill
may, with the sanction of the chan
cellor and the commandant, be select
ed as non-commissioned officers.
Those who are selected for non-commissioned
officers are required five
hours per week in the training and
are required to attend two summer
training camps of one month each.
The men who attend these camps
are to receive free from the govern
ment their full amount of transpor
tation, rations and a uniform.
Those third-year men who agree
to attend the two summer training
camps, and to continue the training
during their third and fourth years
receive the full government uniform
and commutation for ratians, amount
ing to about $9 per month. All first
and second year men who attend
these training camps during their
first two years are given credit for
this attendance and in their third
and fourth years receive the uniform
and pay without having to attend
the camps.
All of those men who have success-
OUTDOOR DRILL
RESUMED MARCH 12
If Weather Permits, Hikes and Sham
Battles Will Replace the
Theoretical Work
Announcement was made Monday
that outdoor drill for the University
cadet regiment will be resumed March
12, weather permitting. Outdoor drill
was suspended for the winter about
Thanksgiving. Since then, the cadets
have been studying tactics, special in
fantry problems, shooting at the in
door range, or doing other indoor
work.
Captain Samuel M. Parker, com
mandant of cadets, has called upon
all cadets to have uniforms ready for
the opening of outdoor work.
Although the indoor classes are less
strenuous than the outdoor drilling,
the cadets generally will be glad to
break the monotony of theoretical
work.
The commandant has announced
that there will be no classes in the
department of military science on
Thursday of this week, the birthday of
George Washington, following a cus
tom of long standing.
DR. STIEGLITZ IS
NEXT AT 8IGMA XI
Noted Authority on Organic Chem
istry Will Give Address Just
Before Spring Recess
Dr. Stleglltz, head of the depart
ment of chemistry of the University
of Chicago, .has been secured to ad
dress Sigma XI, honorary scientific
fraternity, at their meeting preced
ing spring vacation, on his experi
mental work in chemistry.
Dr. Stieglitx Is a noted authority
on organic chemistry and will be an
Interesting number on the list of
notable lecturers who have appeared
before the society.
TOURNEY REACHES
BIG PROPORTIONS
High School Basketball Event Breaks
Its Own Record 14S Inquiries
Received so. Far
With 148 prospective entries, the
1917 interscholastic basketball tour
nament held under the University
athletic department, starting March
7, will be the largest thing of its
kind ever attempted.
Previous Nebraska interscholastic
tournaments have set a record in
athletic circles, but this year's tour
ney promises to tax the resources
of the authorities who have learned
in the past to stage this unique ath
letic event. Allowing 20 per cent of
tho inquiries to be resultless, that
will leave some 120 teams remain
ing in the race. Last year there
were ninety.
Beginning five years ago, the tour
nament has grown from an entry list
of eighteen to Its present size, re
quiring additional preparations each
year. Last year it was necessary
to use the city auditorium for the
semi-finals and finals and It Is prob
able that it will have to be used all
the time this year to handle the in
creased number of games.
fully completed the four years of
training are then eligible for com
missions in the officers' reserve
I corps with the rank of second lieu-
v tenant. If the student at this time
elects to become a member of ' the
corps, the regulations require that
he take a six months' course of train
ing with the regular army as a tem
porary second lieutenant with pay of
$100 per month, somewhat less than
the pay of the regular second lieu
tenants. Having had this six months'
training with the regular army, the
student becomes a reserve officer in
the regular army for a period of five
years.
MUST SELL 2,000
1917 CORNHUSKERS
H. C. L. Makes Bigger Output Neces
sary Books Must Be Or
dered in Advance
It will be necessary for the Corn-
husker staff to sell more Cornhuskers
l this year than ever before because of
the Increased cost of the book due to
the high prices of paper, book-binding
ana copper lor iuc vum.
The staff plans to sell at least
2,000 books, which Is 400 more than
was sold last year. Manager DeWitt
Foster announced yesterday that no
books can be obtained except those
ordered at the advance sale.
The student life section will be
one of the biggest sections of this
kind that has been shown in prev
ious Cornhuskers. Ralph Sturm, Viv
ienne Holland and Harry Gayer are
in charge of this department. Any
contributions from the students for
this section will be greatly appre
ciated. The staff feels that each stu
dent should take an interest In this
department of the book and should
co-operate with them in making It
a big success.
HERBARIUM MOVED
TO BESSEY BUILDING
After Six Years In Crowded Base
ment, Will Be Placed in Spe
cial Quarters
The herbarium of the department of
botany, consisting of a collection of
250,000 dried plants, after laying six
years In the crowded basement work
shop of the Museum, was removed
Saturday to the new Bessey building.
The herbarium is made up of two
collections. Thirty thousand speci
mens are Nebraska plant forms be
longing to the botanical surrey. The
other 220,000 come from all climates
and countries and constitute the Uni
versity herbarium.
The specimens will soon be talren
REV. HOLMES SPEAKS
BEFORE OPEN FORUM
THIS EVENING AT 8
Rev. John Haynes Holmes, who
speaks at Convocation this morning,
will talk on "The Challenge of In
dustrial Democracy" at a meeting
under the auspices of the Lincoln
Open Forum at All Souls church,
Twelfth and II streets, this evening
at 8 o'clock.
The regular Sunday evening meet
ing of the Lincoln Open Forum will
not be held this week.
BEGIN NEBRASKA TO
CHINA CAMPAIGN
Start This Morning to Raise $1,500 to
Support Miss Coppock, '05,
in Her Field
The "Take Nebraska to China" cam
paign begins today. Assisted by Mrs.
Katherine Willard Eddy, who arrives
some time this morning from Kansas
City, and Miss Adelia Dodge, of Min
neapolis, who came yesterday, the
University Y. W. C. A. expects to
raise $1,500 this week.
A committee of fifty girls with
Florence Wirt as chairman, is plan
ning the campaign. The large commit
tee is divided into ten smaller groups,
whose leaders are Doris Scroggin, '17,
Kate Helzer, '18. Ura Ellison, '17, Car
rie Moodie, '18, Ruth Sheldon, '18,'
Edla Collins, '18, Held Lauftman, '19,
Frances Ballard, '19 and Luclle Wil
cox, '17.
At 5:00 o'clock this afternoon Mrs.
Eddy will speak at Vespers on "Is It
Nothing to You?" Mrs. Eddy was
formerly dean of the Baptist training
school at St. Louis, and is now con
nected with the foreign department of
the national Y. W. C. A. She is well
acquainted with the needs of China.
Florence Wirt will preside at Vespers
this afternoon and .Eliza Gamble will
sing.
The mass meeting for all girls, con
ducted by Mrs. Eddy, will be held in
the Y. W. C. A. rooms tomorrow eve
ning at 7:00 o'clock instead of at 7:15
so that girls who wish to see the
plays given by the Portmanteau Play
ers will be able to attend. The meet
ing will close promptly at 8:00 o'clock.
Mrs. Samuel Avery will entertain
Mrs. Eddy while she is in Lincoln.
This afternoon from 3:00 to 5:00 Miss
Graham will give a tea for Mrs. Eddy
in Faculty hall.
CONVOCATION
Rev. John Haynes Holmes, of the
Church of the Messiah, New York
city, will speak at Convocation this
morning at 11 o'clock In Memorial
hall, on "The International Mind."
A distinguished speaker and a not
ed thinker, Mr. Holmes and his work
are nationally known. He is pres
ident of Che American free religious,
association of which Ralph Waldo
Emerson was one of the founders,
and is the author of "New Wars for
Old," a book which has gone through
several editions.
NOTED GEOLOGIST
SPEAKS TO SIGMA XI
Dr. Henry Mace Payne on "Mining
Gold From Frozen Gravel,"
Last Night
Dr. Henry Mace Payne, a noted
mining engineer of New York city,
spoke to the Sigma Xi last night on
"Mining Gold from the Frozen Grav
els of Siberia."
Dr. Payne has spent a number of
years in the mining fields of Siberia
and Alaska. He also addressed the
geology students in the morning on
the same subject
from the old wooden filing boxes In
which they are now kept and will be
placed in the permanent steel cases
specially constructed for them In
Bessey hall.
CANDIDATES UP FOB
SELECTION TODAY
Five Positions to Be Decided in An
nual Second Semester Elections
Closes Exciting Campaign
Senior Ballot
President
Ladislaus Kubik.
Marguerite Kauffman.
Ivy Day Orator
E. Everett Carr.
Charles M. Frey.
Junior Ballot
President
Ralph E. Anderson.
Fred T. Cotter.
Carlisle L. Jones.
Max A. Miller.
Merl C. Townsend.
Editor-in-Chief Cornhusker
Wayne L. Townsend.
Sophomore Ballot
President
Will T. Johnson.
Fay H. Pollock.
Junior Managing Editor Cornhusker
Robert S. Wenger.
Roy Bedford.
Business Manager Cornhusker
Charles Edw. Peterson.
Freshman Ballot
President
Henry M. Dally.
Beginning at 9 o'clock this morn
ing, and continuing until 12 noon,
and from 2 o'clock until 5 this after
noon, the student body of the Uni
versity will vote at the city and
farm campuses in the annual second
semester election.
Polls will open today from 9 until
12, instead of until 11 as previously
announced. Voting at the farm com
pus will be limited to those who
registered there as wishing to vote
on that campus rather than making
a trip down town. The polls have
been placed in Dean Burnett's office.
The city campus polls are as usual
in the Armory.
Yesterday and last night saw the
last long inspection of the various
political machines before they were
taken out to the track, and it also
found lone candidates in the field for
the positions of freshman president,
business manager of the Cornhusker
and editor-in-chief of the Cornhusker.
Interest in the fight for the pres
idency in the three remaining classes,
the sophomore, junior and senior,
reached a high pitch last night, es
pecially In the junior class, where
the unusual situation of five candi
dates was found.
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FIRST COMMITTEE
OF COUNSEL MEETS
Holcombe Returns From Chicago
Where Y. M. C. A. Men Dis
cuss Religion in Colleges
Steele Holcombe, '17, president of
the Y. M. C. A., returned last night
from Chicago, w here- he met with
nineteen other Y. M. C. A. represen
tatives and members of college fac
ulties in the first committee of
counsel, called together by the in
ternational committee of the Y. M.
C. A. to discuss the relative religious
conditions in American colleges.
The aim of the committee of coun
sel was to gain the point of view
of the general student public of the
country, and the action taken by the
committee was that of an advisory
body. Ten of the men present at
the meeting of the committee were
student secretaries and nine of them
were professors. The following uni
versities were represented: Yale,
Harvard, California, Oregon, Vander
bilt. Ohio State, Wisconsin, Texas,
Georgia, Virginia, Mississippi and Nebraska.
