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VOL. XVI. NO. 139.
UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
The
REGENTS LET MEW
BUILDIII6G0IITRAGT
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING IS
NEXT ON PROGRAM
Sin0 Tax Measure Passes, But It
Not to Go Into Effect
Until After War
The contract for the Agricultural
Engineering building waa let by the
flenta at their meeting in the Chan
cellor'i office yesterday to the Olson
Construction company of Lincoln for
$132,450. U will be the first of a
new' wing of the building program,
nd will be followed by the erection
ot the teachers college and social
icience buildings.
The single tax, for many yeara
agitated by students, was accepted by
the board, but it deferred putting
the tax into effect until after the
wr, believing that athletics would
not be an important enough feature
of University life to Justify this tax
daring war time.
No Money for Athletics
The athletic board was notified by
the regents that no money raised by
tuition would be paid for athletics
after September 15, 1917, because It
vis found that funds available for
salaries and maintenance are inade
quate. The ruling made by the University
senate to grant credit to students
leaving for work in the war cause
was approved by the board a further
provision was made that the posi
tions of all University officials and
members of the faculty who request
absence for federal, military, or naval
service will be filled temporarily and
that they will be reinstated on their
return. It was also provided that
they would be paid their salaries
for the remainder of the year If they
make arrangements to leave before
the closing of the present term.
Beside the Awarding of the gen
eral contract for the agricultural en
gineering building to the Olson Con
struction company of Lincoln for
1122,450, the contract for the heat
ing and ventilating was awarded to
the L. W. Pomerene company of Lin-
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0. W. MEIER, 98, IS
CANDIDATE AT THE
CITY ELECTION TODAY
0. W. Meier, '98, who is a candi
date for city commissioner in Lin
coln, is one of a family of seven who
have all graduated from the Unlver
Ity. Mr. Meier has been very active
to democratic circles in Lancaster
county for some time.
SILVER SERPEIIT
AIIHOUIICES PLEDGES
JUNIOR GIRLS' SOCIETY NAMES
SUCCESSORS FOR NEXT YEAR
Silver Serpent, the honorary Junior
Arts' society, has announced the fol
ding members of the sophomore
tlaas to be its successors for the
cnool year of 1917-18:
Dorothy Pettis.
Helen Loftmaa,
Katharine Newbranch.
Kathertne Howey.
"eli Freeman.
G1adys Whltford.
'&nth Welch.
h Helter.
Gwendolyn Drayton.
Katherine Kohl.
Genevieve Bechter.
A!aa Brainard.
pfn Simmons.
ces Whitmore.
Rwl Sneethen.
Kildred Bowers.
aabeth Cheney.
LAWS TO GIVE SMOKER
INSTEAD OF BARBECUE
The law barbecue has been given
up and as a substitute a smoker will
be held at the Lincoln hotel Thurs
day evening, according to the plans
ot the committee headed by Ralph
Lahr. A prominent attorney will give
a short talk and then the evening
will be spent in general discussion
of the present situation.
The tickets originally printed for
the barbecue will be used as admis
sion to the smoker and tickets may
still be obtained from the committee
composed of Ralph Lahr, chairman;
H. T. Pressley, Everrett Carr, August
Krebs and M. K. Holland.
BLACK MASQUE
NAMES SUCCESSORS
SENIOR GIRLS' SOCIETY TAPS
THIRTEEN JUNIORS
Selection Follows Innocents Ceremony
Members are Chosen
Alphabetically
The Black Masque, honorary senior
girls society, tapped the thirteen
Juniors who are to succeed it fol
lowing the selection of the Innocents
and closing the afternoon program.
The girls chosen have all been
prominent in University life, especial
ly in the Girls' club and the Y. W.
C. A.
Following is the list of new Black
Masques:
Dorothy Adam son, Lincoln.
Florence Bishop, Central City.
Jean Burroughts, Lafayette, Ind.
Kate Helzer, Valentine.
Vesta Mawe, Lincoln.
Eva Miller, Fremont.
Valentine Minford, Elmwood.
Winifred Moran, Hyannis.
Harriet Ramey, Lincoln.
Marion Reeder, Columbus.
Ruth Shively, Lincoln.
Lucile Wilcox, North Platte.
Edith Yungblut, Lincoln.
AMES MEET RAISES
NEBRASKA'S HOPES
SHOWING NOT DISCOURAGING
WHEN ALL IS CONSIDERED
Members of the track team re
turned yesterday with harsh words
for the kind of weather they en
countered at Ames last Saturday and
still harsher words for their luck in
losing the meet. The Inexperience
of the men in competing in a river
Instead of on a track and some cost
ly errors of Judgment were both re
sponsible for the loss by the score of
63 to SI.
Early reports indicating that Graf
bad won the 2-mile were wrong. Wil
liams of Ames won this event, edg
ing out Graf by less than a yard.
Trsck a Sheet of Water
The track had three inches of
water the entire length of the home
stretch, the men said. When the
runners struck this part of the track
water was thrown in every direction,
mainly into the face of the man in
the rear. It was almost impossible
for the rear man to pass anyone in
front of him and to this fact is
due the loss , of both, the 220 and
440.
In contrast to the pessimism that
might be felt after a defeat the men
are more confident than ever of their
ability to produce the" goods. The
brightest prospects for a good show
ing in tire other meets of the sea
.n .r aeon in the performance of
the long distance men. Cornhusker
sprinters have been known and learea
in Valley circles for several years
and this year Is no exception. But
not since tie days of Louis Anderson
have the Cornhuskers been danger
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OLIVE LEHMER OF OMAHA
Who Was Crowned May Queen This Morning.
OUTLINES DUTIES OF
UNIVERSITY MEN
E. EVERRETT CARR DELIVERS
IVY DAY ORATION
Every Students Owes His Best to
His University, to His Country
and to Humanity
"Give as men who will face re
sponsibility; the University needs
them; the country needs them; hu-
E. EVERETT CARR
Of Beaver City, Ivy Day Orator.
manity needs them. That responsibil
ity is exactly proportioned to each
man's capacity to his education, to
his experience in life, to bis ability
to lead. You have drawn the lucky
hand. Be careful how you play it
Our University spirit, the progress
of our country, the welfare of hu
manity depend upon the game you
play. The fussy clothing, the mys
terious hand-grip, the scars of so
cial racclnatlon will be of no assist
ance. Intellectual development, char
acter, courage, and the heaven-born
ftf? ff h I ;
1 00 STUDENTS NOV
. AWAIT EXAMINATION
EIGHTY-ONE ALREADY QUALIFIED
FOR FORT SNELLING
Captain Parker Asks That Successful
Applicants Return Circulars
of Information
Military service continues to take
men from the University. At least
a hundred are either enlisted in the
national guard, army or navy, or have
qualified to attend the officers' train
ing camp at Fort Snelling, Minn.
Eighty-one men, the greater part
students, had qualified in Lincoln at
4 p. m. Monday to go to the train
ing camp. Captain S. M. Parker of
the examining board announced that
none are to go to camp unless spe
cifically ordered to do so. More
than 2,500 have applied for admis
sion to the camp and a more care
ful selection of candidates is neces
sary. One hundred and three men whose
applications have teen approved at
Chicago had not yet appeared at the
commandant's office for assignment to
physical examination Monday eve
ning. Out of Circulars
The commandan't office has given
out all the circulars received for the
information of applicants who desire
to attend the training camps. It
is announced that, if anybody has one
of these circulars and has finished
reading it, the commandant will be
very pleased to have it returned for
the benefit of others. There are many
calls for this information. The sup
ply of blank applications is ex
hausted, but a new supply is ex
pected within a few days.
Boks that may furnish a candi
date for a commission valuable in
formation, all of which are on sale
at the Regent's Book Store, are:
"An Officer's Notes," Captain Park
er, U. S. Cavalry.
SEWING CLASSES MAKE
"KITS" FOR SOLDIERS
The girls in the sewing classes are
putting aside the spring dresses they
make each year and are working on
"kits" for the soldiers. They expect
to have at least 200 completed for
the University soldiers when they
leave for the training camps next
week.
These "kits" are made of khaki
bound with red, white or blue tape
and contain needles, pins, thread,
buttons, small scissors and even ad
hesive tape. The girls themselves are
contributing the money to buy the
supplies.
INNOCENTS CHOOSE
NEXT JEAR'S MEN
THIRTEEN JUNIORS ELECTED TO
HONORARY SOCIETY
No Officers Named by Active Mem
bers Tapping Takes Place
on Campus -
Thirteen junior men were tapped
late this afternoon by the present
active members of the Innocents,
senior honorary society, to compose
the body next year. The ceremony,
which is one of the best established
traditions of Ivy Day, took place on
the campus, where the first Innocents
were chosen.
O. J. Fee, a member of the charter
Innocents society, gave the annual
oration and message which Innocents
of the past leave to the Innocents of
the future.
Following are next year's Innocents
Ivan G. Beede, David City.
Fred Clark, Stamford.
John B. Cook, Beatrice.
Rudolph Fuchs, Stanton.
Ellsworth Moser, Omaha.
Harvey Nelson, Omaha.
Ted Riddell, Beatrice.
Ed son Shaw, Lincoln.
Ralph Sturm, Nehawka.
Dwight Thomas, Lincoln.
Merle C Townsend. Tecumseh.
Wayne Townsend, Cook.
Wallace Overman, Lincoln.
NO LIKELIHOOD OF
EARLYDISMISSAL
DEAN ENGBERG SAYS UNIVER
SITY WILL NOT BE CLOSED
Executive Dean Carl C. Engberg
declared Monday that the University
term will be completed, notwithstand
ing the many rumors in circulation
to .the effect that an early dismissal
of classes is planned. These rumors
have been many and various as a
result of the excitement caused by
so many students leaving for farm
or army life.
"The University will be in session
next September and the September
following," said Dean Engberg. "I
am flooded with inquiries resulting
from the false reports."
R. G. PIERCE, "07, GOVT.
PATHOLOGIST, INSTRUCTS
STUDENTS IN RUST STUDY
Roy G. Pierce. '07, who is at pres
ent a pathologist in the office of
pathology, bureau of plant industry
of the United States department of
agriculture, is spending a few days
at the University. While here Pierce
is Instructing the advanced students
in the department of botany In ref
erence to their duties in connection
with the study of tire white pine
blister rust, which study they are
undertaking under the direction of
Pierce's office. Fred Welnard will
cover the Mississippi Valley states
in connection with this work, and
Ray Thompson will work In the Rocky
Mountain states.
OBSERVE IVY
DAYJRADITIONS
MORNING PROGRAM HELD IN
AUDITORIUM
Charles Schofleld Reads Senior Poem
and Oliver Lehmer Is Crowned
May Queen
Ivy Day was celebrated today in
a unique but memorable manner.
Hurried by the effect of the war
upon the ranks of the student body
and hampered by bad weather con
ditions, the committees in charge of
the annual holiday nevertheless over
came these obstacles and saw to it
that Nebraska's traditions were fit
tingly observed.
The morning program was held in
the Auditorium, and was attended
by a large body of students and
faculty members. The senior poem
was read by Charles E. Schofleld,
17, of Lincoln, whose identity as
the class poet was a secret until
this morning, and E. Everett Carr,
Ivy Day orator, delivered his ad
dress, 'The Responsibilities of the
University Man."
Throwing of the May Queen
The pleasing ceremony of crown
ing the May Queen was by neces
sity carried out with the rest of the
morning program, within doors. Sev
enty University girls, appropriately
dressed, marched in a procession be
hind the senior girls who was to be
honored by her class. Until the
procession started, few knew who the
May Queen was. It proved to be
Olive Lehmer, president of the Black
Masques.
In the afternoon the spring cotil
lion was held in the Armory, and
toward evening, the Innocents and
Black Masques for next year were
tapped.
Play Tonight
In connection with the Ivy Day
exercises, the dramatic department
will put on the play, "Sunset," by
Jerome K. Jerome, in the Temple
theatre at 8 o'clock this evening.
Elvera Johnson, '18, Lena LIpsey,
'19, Eleanor Fogg, '19, Edward Gee
sen, 19, and Earl Starboard, '19, will
take leading parts in the play.
Will Go to Columbia. T. N.
Jenkins, '15, A. M. '16, assistant in
the psychology laboratory here this
year, will assist In the psychology
laboratories at Columbia University
next year.
ABANDON "COMPET"
BECAUSE OF WAR
CADET RANKS THINNED BY CALL
OF FARM AND ARMY
On account of th6 war there will
be no competitive drill.
This announcement was made Mon
day by Captain Samuel Parker, com
mandant of the Univeralty cadet,
after rain hrd repeatedly caused post
ponement of the drill and many cadets
had left school for farm work or
enlistment in military service.
The drill was to bo held Friday.
It rained. It would have been held
Saturday. Rain continued to fall.
There were hopes that it could be
held Monday. Still more rain. There
was drill Monday, but only about a
third of the regiment was there.
The others either have left school
or have given up drilL
There will be, therefore, no official
presentation of sabers to the cap
tains by sponsors of the company.
The various companies have, however,
obtained sabers for the captains.
Captain Parker held a conference
Monday with such officers of the regi
ment as appeared. It Is probable
that theie will be no more drill this
semester.
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ous in the long distances.