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Neforaskan ' The Daily PRICE FIVE CENTS UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, MARCH 29. 1917. VOL. XVI. NO. 123. FIRST MASS MEETING OF WOMEN TONIGHT COLLEGE WOMAN'S RESERVE LEAGUE TO BE PRESENTED Ll w. Trester and Lieutenant Wad del of Omaha Will Explain Co Operation in Caae of War A mass meeting of all young wom en who are willing to pledge them ,,fve8 to help the government In rase of war will be held at the Armory at 7 o'clock tonight, by the College Woman's Naval Reserve league. Scores of University women have already indicated that they wanted to join in the work of this league, which will be to study means of helping the government, stepping into occupations that may be made vacant by men who enlist in the army or navy, doing Red Cross and other medical work, making band sees, and in every possible way make the nation more efficient for the war. Leonard W. Trester, secretary of the naval reserve league, and Lieu tenant Waddell of Omaha will pre sent the matter to the girls. Mar guerite Kauffman, president of the senior class, w ill preside at the meet ing. Form Organization Officers and general committee for the reserve were elected at a meet ing yesterday afternoon. Alice Proud tit, '16. was made president and Helen Matteson, secretary. The general committee elected includes Marguerite Kauffman, Lulu Shade, Florence Wood, Mary Hughey, Myrtle Beeler, Helen Loftman, Harriet Ramey, Lucile Wilcox, Marion Reeder, Florence Wirt, Gertrude Monger, Valentine Mintord. Vesta Mawe, Elizabeth Doyle, and Edna Ogden. The college woman's reserve will extend from Lincoln to all states west of the Mississippi river, iiAo every city and town in the west. Former college women are asked to organize in their home communities, and to enlist for the Unitel States the services of any other young women who are willing to help. The whole thing is an expression of the patriotism of the American ytung 'timen in a time of national need. . ENGLISH CLUB TO HEAR SPRING POEMS SATURDAY EVENING The question of whether the pres ent siepe of balmy weather is really t-pring or not will be decided Sat urday evening at a meeting of the Eiilifih club, some of its members announced yesterday. The club will devote the evening to the reading of "spring poems." Upon the in spiration and enthrallirent of these depends the answer. L. C. Wimber- ly. '16, Magdeline Craft. '16, and Margaret Wooster, '14, is the com mittee in charge. Older members say that they ex Pert a larger number of contribu tions than usual from student mem hers. Pennsylvania to Save the Nation In order to put at the disposal of the national government, in the event or war, the entire scientific id fiber resources of the University "f Pennsylvania, the committee on national resources' has been called together, and has started to work cataloguing the fields in which the Diversity of Pennsylvania can serve 'be nation. Ex. $3.00 TODAY $U0 DOWN - . ' i . ""ii ' 11 "mini "" 1 3 a . - i i 1 LAST GERMANY MUST BE PUT DOWN FUNG RAIDS OF ATTILA HUMANITAR IAN IN COMPARISON Professional .Pacifist! .Making .In sidious and Dishonest Attacks, Is Asserted in History Lecture That there will be no peace for the world until that central power that Invaded Belgium, crushed Serbia and devastated northern France is put down by force of arms is the belief of Prof. Fred M. Fling, head of the department of European his tory, expressed in a lecture to one of his classes yesterday morning. "This war Is going on until Ger many will make neace In the own. give up what she has gained by j aggression and discuss world organ ization in connection with the peace of Europe," he declared. Declaring that people who say financial Interests and munitions manufacturers are at the bottom of the demand that the United States take part in the war are making a most insidious and most dishonest attack. Fling paid his respects to the "Emergency Peace society" of New York city, whose circulars he had Just received in the morning mail. "It is an example of stupendous egotism for this group to say it is the only group who knows what should be done and that all of the rest of the world Is mad. That's what the man In the asylum says. If tie people of America, informed of what this war means do not want war under these conditions. I would be ashamed to be an Ameri can citizen." Will Fight for Open Peace When President Wilson asked the nations at war to tell what they were fighting for, the allies answered definitely and Germany not at all. When he asked if they were willing, when considering peace terms to help form a permanent peace organ ization that would prevent such a (Continued to Page Two) BALLET FEATURE . OF KOSMET SHOW SIX UNIVERSITY GIRLS WILL AP EPAR IN SPECIAL FEATURE Ticket Sale Starts at Oliver Box Office at 10 O'Clock This Morning The ticket sale for the Kosmet klub play "The Diplomat," which T.ill be given at the Oliver April 1".. starts at 10 o'clock this morning at the Oliver box office. Reservations, whether in block or tingle will be j held up to 5 o'clock Wednesday, April 11. After that date no ticket will be reserved for more than twenty-four hours from the time of plac ing the order. One of the features of the play will he the ballet of fix University girls trained by Miss Charlotte Whedon. aesthetic dancing teacher. The dances which have all been j arranged by Miss Whedon are set to Egyptian music written and or chestrated by C Lcrcy Mtismger, 17. The six girls in the Danei are. Katharine Xewbranch. '!?. Elizabeth novlr-. '17, Winifred Williams, iv. Call Patriotic Mass Meeting Auditorium Saturday Night A patriotic mass meeting of all citizens of Lincoln has been called for Saturday night at the city auditorium, by a committee of citizens who met yesterday at noon. A number of University faculty men, In cluding Professors Duck and Fling, Dean Stout and Regent Miller, signed the call. All University students who are In Lincoln over the weed-end, and who will not be called out of town by the spring vacation, are urged to take part in this patriotic demonstration. This is a time to show Americanism, in a time of great national peril. The call that was Issued by the Lincoln committee is given below: We. the undersigned citizens of Lincoln, feeling deeply the necessity for a public expression on the part of all patriotic citizens in support of the president of the United States and this government In this time of stress and danger, extend a call to patriotic citizens of Lincoln in every walk of life to meet on Saturday evening at the Auditorium for the purpose of holding" a meeting to express the true spirit of Lincoln citizens and their patriotism. We believe that the time has come for the city of Lincoln to speak on the national crisis that confronts us and to that end we have Joined In appointing a committee to make com plete arrangements for this meeting at the Auditorium and to arrang for overflow meetings with speakers at all of them. And further, to arrange for appropriate resolutions that may be passed at the time. (Signed) F. M. Hall, R. M. Joyce, J. C. Harpham, P. M. Buck. Jr., C. F. Ladd. W. R. Mellor, L. J. Dunn, W. E. Sharp, C. D. Traphagen, L. W. Trester, Will Owen Jones, C. C. Quiggle, John M. Stewart. Fletcher L. Wharton, John G. Maher, C. B. Towle. H. K. Burket, Henry T. Clarke, Jr., H. M. Bushnell, S. Mills Hayes, S. H. Burnham, W. A. Bullock,- L. B. Tobin. J. W. Cutright, J. M. Bramlette, Fred Morrow Fling, O. V. P. Stout, John E. Miller, Frank H. Woods. TRACK MEN WILL COMPETE TODAY MEET WILL BE RUN OFF ON NEBRASKA FIELD Are Eager to 'Test Their Strength Coaches Face Scarcity of Men in Several Events Track athletes will receive their first competitive work this after noon in a meet to be held on Ne braska field, beginning at 4 o'clock. It may not be a complete meet in every respect, but as many of the events as possible will be run off. The men are getting into fair shape and are eager to test their strength and speed. Coach Stewart has had his watch out for the last few nights and has timed some fast heats for this early in the season. Need Men in Some Events Jumpers, pole-vaulters and weight men are still scarce, although Reese and Shaw in the weights, and Hint and Werner in the jumps give promise of developing inlo good men before the season starts. In the distances the most promis ing varsity material is to be found in such men as Captain Overman. Graf and RaecVe. In the middle distances are Overman, Grau and Stevens. Own. Townsend and Bryans are the leading quarter milers while Werner i showing good form in the sprints. Finney has the field almost to himself a a first class hurdler, this department having lost a good man in Beckord. who was called to join ihe fourth regiment. Ruth Whitmore. '17. Frances Whit more. -19, and Jean Preece, '20. n, .to rro coMinps imod in "The 1 lit r V ' - Diplomat" will all be made espe cially for it. as well as the cos tumes. Both will be made in Lin coln under the supervision of the director of the play. CORNHU SUBSCRIBE TODAY AND SALES CAMPAIGN CLOSES TODAY AFTER 5 TONIGHT 1917 CORN HUSKER WILL COST S3.50 Close Race for Prizes, With Bertha Fox, Helen Young, and Irene Johnson Leading Last Evening Today will be the last opportunity to buy one of the 1917 Cornhuskers for $3. After 5 o'clock tonight the sales campaign will come to a close and the price of the book will be advanced fifty cents. The busfness management has em phasized the fact that the book will cost $2,000 more to publish than last year, due to the enormous ad vances in printing materials and that in order to meet these extra ex penses it will be necessary to sell 2,009 Cornhuskers. The staff announces that several of the girls are running neck and neck for the twenty, ten and five dollar gold pieces offered as prizes in the salt's campaign. The thrre girls who were in the lead Wednes day night were: Bertha Fox, Helen Young, and Irene Johnson. Some interesting incidents have turned up vin connection with the campaign. One oo-ed paid all of Nv.a AnA rtllaT oti half rAmiirwl to order the yearbook in "buffola nickels. Another one paid a dol lar and fifteen cents of the amount in pennies. ' REP. J. N. NORTON TALKS ON LEGISLATION TO PHI ALPHA TAU Representative J. N. Nortoa spoke to Phi Alpha Tan, the public speak ing fraternity, last night on "Legis lative Procedure and Legislative Re forms" at the regular bi-weekly SAVE 50 CENTS THIRTY-SIX SENIORS GET PHI BETA KAPPA HONORS ABOUT ONE-EIGHTH OF SENIOR CLASS AWARDED MEMBER SHIP IN HONORARY SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY Proportion of Men is One in Six-High Grade is 94.21, Two Points Above Last Year Prof. S. B. Gass New President of Society $ Thirty-six seniors, of whom only of thv seniors who were elected to ' six were men, were awarded mem- the society: bership In Fht Beta Kappa, honorary , Oscar William Aim, Opportunity, scholarship society, at its annual j r0S6 Gustava Anderson, Gothen exerclses in Memorial hall this morn- j j,urg. ing. The list represents a little less j gna Olive Hayles. Seward, than oneeighth of the senior class, j Anna Driver Burkart, Lincoln. The nronortion of men, one in six, is much smaller than last year. when fourteen out of forty were men. It was thought that the new eligibility requirements, which make it unnecessary for the student to have the classics or mathematics, would tend to favor a larger per centage of men students, but all of the six who were elected to the society by virtue of the new rule were women. The high grade this year was 94.21, two points above the mark of 92.43 made last year. New Officers Elected New officers of the Phi Beta Kappa council were elected last evening at the final meeting of the society before the exercises. Prof. S. B. Gass Is the new head of the coun cil; Prof. Margaret Hannah is the vice president, and Prof. Daisy J. Needham. the treasurer. Prof. Ray mond J. Pool, secretary, and Miss Nellie Compton, corresponding sec retary, have another year to serve. Prof. Edward Nims, of the de partment of English at Vanderbilt university, was announced at the exercises as the speaker at the joint meeting of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma XI April 13 in the Temple theatre Following is an alphabetical list ANTI-DRILL BILL APPARENTLY KILLED Failure to Pass the Sifting Commit tee Yesterday strongly Indicates it Will Never Come Up Again The house sifting committee, con sidering the bill introduced into the state legislature to aholish compul sory drill in the University, failed to report it out yesterday. In the face of the fate of more than fifty other bills which have been so elimi nated by the sifting committee, its action is considered a strong indication- that the bill will never come up for consideration again. The function of" the sifting com mittee is to bring before the legis lature, in the rush of the closing days, the most important bills for consideration. It is 'rarely that a bill not reported out by them is brought up before the house, al though such an occurance is of course possible. meeting of the society at the Silver Lvnx house. A general discussion j of some of the bills now before the house and senate and some of the j proposed legislative reforms followed , the talks. The next meeting will be held soon after spring vacation at the I Bushnell Guild house. DAY i e, m. Burr, Aurora. Caroline Catherine Cilek, Hay Springs. Ray Clark, Pawnee City. Louise Coe, Nebraska City. Margaret Isabel Crue, Ttlden. Ada Laura Elliott, Lincoln. Ura Hester Ellison, Superior. Mary Irene Goodrich, Lincoln. Arthur William Ingersoll, Syracuse. Marguerite Olivette Kauffman, Hardy. Lillian Muriel Lani, Plymouth. Olive Lehmer, Omaha. Feme Alice Longacre, Dodge. Ralph Merton Marrs, Bayard. Elizabeth Jewel Perrln, Lincoln. Matilda K. Peters. Lyons. Marschelle Harnly Power, Lincoln. Florence Alva Read, Merna, Beulah R. H. Rhoden, Lincoln. Anne Ingham Russel, Omaha. Charles Edwin Schofield, Lincoln. Floif noe C. Schoenleber, Bethany. Vernon Madeline Storey, Red Cloud. Anna Marie Sturmer, Jamsen. Fay Evelyn Teel, Red Cloud. Dorothy E. Wallace, Lincoln. Beth . Walker, Douglas. Doris Adeline Weaver, Lincoln. Mildred Jennie Weesen, Oakland. Helen Ida White, Lincoln. Mary Edith Wpodburn, Alma. Mary Magdalirie Wupper, Lincoln. SENIORS MAY NOT GIVEJjLASS PLAY Complications Arise Which Make Mat ter Perplexing! Doubtful Man ager Stoddard Leaves School To be or not to be, is the ques tion which must soon be decided concerning the fate of the senior class play, developments yesterday indicated. 1 Three complications have come to make the presentation of -The Witch ing Hour" problematical. First, it is said that not enough seniors re ported for play tryouts to fill up a cast Second, Business Manager John B. Stoddart has left the Uni versity and entered business in Chi cago. And last, Trof. Alice Howell of the department of dramatic art, is planning a month's leave of ab sence following her supervision of "Alias Jimmy Valentine" on the Uni versity week circuit. President Kauffman and members of the play committee will probably put the matter before the class for decision soon. Marian Kastle, '17. Ruth Whitmore '17, Frances Whitmore, 19, Marjorie Heseltine, '19, Vina Kohler, '17. Grace Horner, '17, Hannah McCorkindaie, '18, and Ruth Jorgenson, "18, are going to Omaha Tuesday to attend a luncheon in honor of Blanche Busk. 17. $3.50 TOMORROW S2.00 DOWN V