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VOL. XVI. NO. 131.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1917.
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2,000 STUDENTS
TO OMAHA MAY 4
SLOGAN ADOPTED FOR HOLIDAY
EXCURSION TO METROPOLIS
Dean Engberg Believes Trip Is a
' profitable One to Make
for all Who Can
Two thousand students to Omaha
May 4 is the slogan from now on.
It is, in substance, the conception
Executive Dean C. C. Engberg has
of what Omaha Day should mean
to University of Nebraska students.
"If two thousand students can turn
out for Omaha Day this year we
will prove to Omaha that the Uni
versity is still on the map," he said
yesterday.
Although the number who made
the excursion last year was disap
pointing, the severe rainstorm of
the evening before 'was largely re
sponsible, In Dean Engberg's opinion,
and he declared that he was pleased
with the attendance under the cir
cumstances. He said he hoped and
expected the size of the excursion
this year to make up for last year's
showing.
The dean expressed the belief that
the trip of a year ago had been
very profitable and said that no one
who can should hesitate to take the
trip this year.
Wants Number Who Will Go
In order to make complete arrange
ments for the trip from the Lincoln
end. Dean Engberg has asked to be
informed, by the early part of next
week, how many will be able to go.
Department heads will soon discuss
with students the matter of arrang
ing itineraries so that the depart
mental groups will know in a short
time the points they will "make"
in the metropolis.
Railroad service to Omaha will
probably be the same as last year.
Trains will leave at 8 o'clock in
the morning end will return about
10 o'clock In the evening.
WAR STRENGTH UNIT
TO DRILL TODAY
CADETS GET PRACTICE IN REG
ULATION SIZE COMPANIES
NO MORE MEN FROM ARMY
Everybody is invited to Nebraska
field at 5 o'clock this afternoon to
ee a full war company in action.
1: will be the first public appearance
of a war company on the field or, in
tact, in this part of the country, In
nionthu.
Captain Samuel Parker, command
ant of the University cadets, took
s;e.g Wednesday to organize the city
'companies Into two companies of
full war strength.- A war strength
unit takes 150 men, besides the of-
More than four companies of peace
strength were taken into the first
I'i? war company.
The war company has sixteen
fjuadn. There are fight men in a
wjuad, including the corporal. In
all. there are seventeen corporals,
eleven sergeants, cooks, buglers and
mechanics.
Some difficulty was encountered
yesterday In drilling the company on
tie field. To form a skirmish line,
''he company had to be stretched
d.azonally across the field.
Instruction Wednesday In the first
ar company work was aided by
Sorgeants Thomas F. Wlrth and
kanfel 8ulllvan.
No Additional Army Officers
Announcement by the war depart
ment that "no more officers of the
rpilar army will be detailed to
"rk at universities and colleges" is
construed at Nebraska to mean mere
') that "additional" officers will not be
"MODERNE DIENSTMADCHEN
PLAYED AT MEETING OF
GERMAN DRAMATIC CLUB
The German Dramatic club gave
a short play, "Moderne Dlenstmad-
chen," at the regular meeting of the
club last evening in Faculty hall,
Temple. Following is the cast of
characters:
Professor Wilder, Walter Raecke,
17.
Luzinde, his wife, Rose Anderson,
'17.
Anna, a maid, Lillian Wirt, '17.
Minna, a servant, Hedwig Bone-
kemper, 18.
Amanda, a maid, Tekla Alexis, '20.
Netta, a maid, Josephine Strode,
19. '
WOULD BUILD
NEW LIBRARY
JOINT SENATE AND HOUSE COM
MITTEE RECOMMENDS BUILD
ING TO HOUSE STATE BOOKS
A Joint h6use and senate commit
tee of the state legislature investi
gating library facilities yesterday
strongly urged In its report the
erection of a new library building
on the University campus which will
be large enough .to hold all of the
libraries owned by the state. The
report recommends that the state
library itself be made exclusively a
law library and that it remain at
the state capitol.
The committee declared that the
present facilities, which were inade
quate and insecure, might be the
cause of a heavy loss to the state.
It also recommended a more sys
tematic purchase of books for the
different libraries which would save
an annual loss in duplications esti
mated at $63,00.
BANDAGE CIRCLE WILL
MEET THIS AFTERNOON
The bandage circle of the College
Women's Reserve league will meet
in the basement of the First Congre
gational church this afternoon from
2 to 6 o'clock.
The first bandages to be made by
University women will be turned out
this afternoon. Tuesday's meeting of
the circle was taken' up in getting
the material in shape and today,
with everything ready, members of
the league will start the real work.
Harriet Ramey. '17, will be In charge.
FT. SNELLING TRAINING
POINT FOR RESERVE MEN
University students whose applica
tions for comiBsions In the Officers'
Reserve corps are accepted will go
Into training at Fort Snelling.. Minn.,
according to advices from Washing
ton. The Minnesota station has
been designated as the point where
members of the reserve from Ne
braska, Iowa, Minnesota, North Da
kota and South .Dakota will mobilize.
The work of training the reserve
officers is expected to commence
soon. All of the men will be trained
In one large group at first, and then
the aivision into the cavalry, In
fantry and artillery will be made
and the training for these separate
branches Introduced Intensively.
Ten thousand reserve officers are
what the government expects ' to
select from the flood of applications
for commissions. The ultimate pur
pose of these ten thousand will be
to train the first half million of
America's new army for service.
assigned to such service ; not that
array officers will be taken away from
schools at which they are now sta
tioned. Many schools have applied
for the services of army officers, but
the war department does not feel
able to place any more men In this
work than are already there.
IVY DAY MAY GO
TO CAPITAL BEACH
ELECTRIC PARK MAY NOT BE
AVAILABLE
Committees Planning Appropriate
Observance of Annual
Holiday May 16
Ivy Day, All-University holiday,
which has been postponed from May
9 until May 16, may be held at
Capital Beach instead of Electric
Park. The general committee is
considering the beach as a substitute
for the usual scene of the afternoon
exercises because the park is being
dismantled.
The special junior and senior com
mittees, meeting with the executive
committee, - have laid plans for a
splendid observance of Nebraska's
traditions on May 16. The morning
exercises, which will as usual be
held on the campus, include the
planting of the historic Ivy by the
junior and senior class presidents,
the reading of the senior class poem,
the delivering of the Ivy Day oration,
and the crowning of the Queen of
the May. Special features will also
be incorporated in the program.
Geneva Seegar is head of the com
mittee in charge of the morning
exercises.
By tradition, the identiy of the
May Queen and the author of the
senior poem will not be known until
Ivy Day. The Ivy Day orator is
Everett E. Carr, who was chosen for
this honor at the regular class elec
tion in February.
In the afternoon comes the picnic,
probably at the beach, and the tap
ping of the Innocents and Black
Masques.
CONVOCATION
The annual glee club Convocation
will be given this morning at 11
o'clock in the Temple theatre under
the direction of Mrs. Carrie B. Ray
mond. Selections from the club's
University week program will be
given.
The program follows:
1. Nebraska Song.
2. "Morning in the Dewy Wood"
Hegar
3. Stringed Sextet Selected
Messrs Baer, Starboard, Dobson,
Rohrbaugh, Wiltse, Allen
4. "Pilgrims Chorus," from Tann-
hauser Wagner
5. Quartet, "Boys of the Old
Brigade" Parks
"In Silent Mead" Emerson
Messrs. Overman, Skillstad, Vander
pool. Lively
6. "Toreador Song," from Carmen
Bizet
Lively and Glee club
7.
Solo "Even Bravest Heart Must
Swell," from Faust Gounod
Lively
"Soldiers Chorus," from Faust
Gounod I
"Jimmie" Gardner
On Kaiser
"Jimmie" Gardiner U going to fight
in Uncle Sara's "mosquito" fleet. The
old Cornhusker gridiron, basketball
court and tennis star, who left the
University in February to complete
bis studies at Cornell university, has
gone to Newport. R. I . to train for
a place with the coast defense boats
that plan to chase submarine boats,
protect the harbors, and otherwise
help' wage war upon Kaiser Wil
liam. A letter from Gardiner, written
from Newport, tells of most inter
esting service, working from 8 to
5 every day, listening to lectures by
naval experts, and preparing to roan
the swift coast vessels. Practically
all of the men In the service are
colle? men, many of them from
9 NEBRASKANS TO
COMPETENT DRAKE
RELAY TEAM AND EXTRA SPEED
STERS LEAVE TOMORROW
Tryouts for Places Held Yesterday
Afternoon Personnell Not Defi
nitely Decided Yet
Nine men will make the trip to
Des Moines tomorrow to take part
in the Drake relay games there
the next day.' The exact personnell
of the team has not yet been de
cided but it is probable that the
following men will be the ones
chosen: Captain Overman, quarter
and half mile; Grau, quarter and
half mile; Jackson, half-mile; Graf,
half mile; Owen, 220 and quarter
mile; Werner, 220 and quarter-mile;
Townsend, 220; Finney, hurdles and
220. Another man is yet to be
chosen who will probably enter the
mile relay in place of one of the
quarter-milers named.
Two tryouts were held yesterday
afternoon, one in the 220 and one In
the half. Both races were slowed
up a great deal by the strong wind
blowing directly down the stretch
Townsend. Finney and Bryans fin
ished the 220 in the order named,
Townaend's time being 24 seconds.
Grau had a walkaway in the half
with Graf second and Jackson third
Grau's time was 2:07.
Hope for Good Showing
In going to the Drake relays the
Cornhuskers do not entertain any
false hopes of returning with the
first prizes. They do hope to make
a much better showing than has
been made by Cornhusker teams for
the past several years. There Is a
larger amount of good material on
the teams that will go to Drake than
has been sent out from the Corn
husker camp since Guy Reed and
Louis Anderson were the stars of
the Valley.
The Drake meet is second only
to the Pennsylvania races and some
of the greatest stars In the country
gather there. Chicago and Purdue are
picked by advance "dope" to put
up the strongest bids for the two
mile race. The other events have
so many good teams entered that
no one wants to take the responsi
bility of attempting to pick the win
ner. i CLASS OF 1913
NAMES COMMITTEES
FOR ALUMNI
DAY
The class of 1913 met In the
alumni office last evening and elected
A. H. Hiltner president and Helen
Sawyer, secretary and treasurer.
Kathrine Cruickshank and Frances
Chatburn were elected delegates to
the alumni council. Helen Carnes,
E. H. Graves, and Donald Miller were
appointed as a committee to arrange
lor the alumni day meeting.
To Wage War
William's V -Boats
Cornell with "Jimmie" and the asso
ciations are pleasant.
According to the former half back,
society at Newport Is trying to make
the collegians as comfortable and
happy as possible during their term
of preparation. After a certain period
the men will be put upon old naval
ships, and finally assigned to the
smaller boats, many , of them pri
vate yachts given to the government
for coast service. About half a
dozen men comprise the crew of a
mosquito boat '
After Gardiner had written to his
fraternity brothers in Phi Kappa Psl
of his experiences six of them sent
In their applications to the govern
ment for mosquito boat service, and
will start east if their applications
are accepted by the government.
1917 MAY QUEEN
WILL BE ELECTED
BY SENIORS FRIDAY
The 1917 Queen of the May will
be elected by senior girls tomorow
from the three or four who received
the highest number of votes for the
nomination a week ago. The results
of the election will not be announced.
nor will the chosen one be known
until the morning of Ivy Day when
she starts her march to her throne.
A table will be placed either in the
library corridor or in front of the
building, and when each girl regist
ters to vote she will be told the
names of the nominees.
MEDICAL FACULTY
FAVORS NO RECESS
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS RECOM
MENDING CONTINUOUS SES
SION FOR ALL CLASSES
Omaha, Neb., April 18. Resolu
tions addressed to the board of
regents of the University recommend
ing a continuous session through the
summer for all the classes of the
college of medicine have been sent
by the faculty of the college.
Juniors are said to have expected
fsuch action on the part of Univer
sity authorities and came back from
spring recess prepared to go to
school this summer. The continuous
session would graduate them Feb
ruary 16.
The faculty points out in Its reso
lutions that the need of medical men
at the present time Is very. urgent,
and assures the regents that the
medical college branch of the Uni
versity is willing to do its part in
the effort of the institution as a
whole to serve the country.
Besides recommending a continu
ous session, a committee was ap
pointed by the faculty to look into
the matter of placing the medical
college hospitals and laboratories on
a "war footing."
PHI
BETA KAPPA
INITIATION-BANQUET
AT LINCOLN MAY
The Phi Beta Kappa initiation and
banquet will be held Tuesday eve
ning, May 1, at the Lincoln hotel.
The speakers of the evening will
be H. H. Wilson. '78, Catherine Ap
person, 16, and Prof. H. B. Alexander,
'97. Their subjects have not been
decided.
YEARBOOK WILL BE
OUT MAY 10
CHARLES
LEAVES
M. FREY, EDITOR,
TO SUPERINTEND
MAKE-UP
Charles M. Frey, editor-in-chief of
the Cornhusker, left for Jefferson
City. Mo., last evening to superin
tend the make-up and put the finish
ing touches on the yearbook. He
will remain for about ten days, care
fully editing the material and cor
recting the copy at the offices of the
Hugh Stevens Printing company.
In spite of the material burned
In the fire some time ago and the
delay caused by the engravers, the
Cornhusker management believes
that the book will be out about May
10. Several new sections have been
added and a number of the others
enlarged, especially the student life
department to which much attention
has been devoted. Campus life Is
shown in all Its aspects and an ef
fort hag been made to show fairly
every school activity and Interest in
both serious and light, moments.
Student Enlistments
Cecil Horst, '20, Madison, has been
accepted for the aviation section of
the regular army.
VETERANS OF '61
TO LEAD PARADE
PATRIOTIC MARCH WILL BE
HEADED BY FIFE AND DRUM
Executive Committee to Hold an
Important Meeting In Nebraskan
Office This Morning
"How We Did it in 61," a picture
of Civil War recruiting methods, will
be offered by three veterans who
have consented to lead the Univer
sity patriotic demonstration next
Tuesday morning. Students and
faculty will march from the campus
to the auditorium to the tune of
the fife and drum played by these
old-time musicians, who, in the days
past, stirred the patriotic emotions
of their comrades. To enow that
their fervor has not diminished,
these veterans from the fife and
drum corps of the local G. A. R. post
will take an active part in the exer
cises.
"Dixie." "The Star Spangled Ban
ner." "The Battle Cry of Freedom.
and many other patriotic airs, will
be part of the cadet band's contrib
ution to the music of the day. The
band will have a prominent place in
the procession and will give a spe
cial concert.
Executive Committee to Meet
An important meeting of the exec
tive committee appointed at Tues
day's meeting of the general com
mittee is called for 11 o'clock this
morning in The Daily Nebraskan
office. Discussion of important plans
will be the program and numerous
details must still be worked out.
The members of the committee who
will meet this morning are: Albert
Bryson, George Grimes, Adolf Blunk,
Ralph Anderson, Will T. Johnson,
M. H. Dally, Ivan Beede, Alice Proud
fit, Eva Miller, Louise Coe, Olive
Lehmer and Marguerite Kauffmann.
MANY COME FROM
RURALDISTRICTS
LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE FUR
NISHES ONE HALF OF STU
DENTS IN THE UNIVERSITY
Over onehalf of the students la
the University of Nebraska got their
start in the pursuit of education, or
at least part of thiir early training,
in a little red country school house,
figures compiled this week by the
registrar's office show.
Someone said that universities do
not draw students of rural schools,
and a questlonaire was sent out to
see If the statement applied to Ne
braska University. It does not.
Interesting Sidelights
Some Interesting sidelights were
cast by the census besides those
aimed at. The results show that not
many more than half of students at
Nebraska who were raised on the farm
"grew up to be farmers," for there
are more agricultural students who
never attended a country school than
there are from the rural districts.
More students from country schools
are taking graduate work than from
village and city schools, which might
indicate that ambitions for learning
got in the one-room country school
house are the more enduring.
Following are the figures:
Did you get all or part of your
preliminary training In a rural
school?
College f . Yes No
Arts and Science 417 860
Agriculture 135 175
Engineering 31 52
Law 2 69
Pharmacy 1 I8
Graduate . 20 14
Unclassified 8 21
Total 687 1179
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