Daily Nebraskae
VOL. XVI. NO. 158.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1917.
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SUMMER STUDENTS
VILU5ET DRILL
CNK WILL CARRY ON SYSTEM OF
MILITARY PREPARATION
Acting Commandant Allen Probably
In Charge One Hour Credit
May Be Given
Plans are about completed for hold
ing regular military drill in connection
with the summer term at the Univer
sity. Prof. C. J. Frankforter of the
department of chemistry, who has
been active in the formation of a defi
nite plan for summer drill, made this
announcement Monday.
As the plans now stand, drill will
be held six days In the week at 7 p.
m under the direction of . Ordnance
Sergeant Allen, acting commandant,
unless be is called into government
service. In this event Professor Frank,
forter, who was colonel of the regiment
at the State farm while in school,
will have charge. Credit for one semes
ter's drill will probably be allowed stu
dents who drill regularly, and students
who will be in Lincoln are urged to
come around and help make it a sac
cess. Students who have had some
drill will probably be commissioned,
at least as corporals, which will give
them both the military training and the
experience in drilling other men.
Professor Frankforter will be glad
to take the names of students in school
now who will turn out for the summer
work. The only uniform will consist
of an olive drab shirt, which, though
not requisite, is considered to be ad
visable. OUTLINE WORK AUD
PURPOSEJF 17. A. A.
MRS. JESSIE BEGHTOL LEE SUM
MARIZES ORGANIZATION
Complete System or Athletic Awards
la Announced by the Physical
Education Department
The newly organized Woman's Ath
letic association of the University, de
signed to systematize some of the co
ed sports, was summarized by
Mrs. Jeggie Beghtol of physical edu
cation in a statement made yesterday.
A complete system of point awards
offered by the association has been
compiled and was announced in con
nection with the statement, which fol
lows: "It is the aim of the newly organ
ized women's athletic association to
interest every girl in the University in
some sport to provide suitable
awards to successful contestants and
to regulate the competitive games and
contests according to the newly made
Plans of the national women's athletic
association. To this end, the athletic
association has adopted a point sys
tem, with the winning of 600 points
s its goal.
About Membership
"The membership is open to all the
girls of the school who will win 100
points and pay within two weeks of
this achievement the entry free of
fifty cents. Any girl who falls thus
to signify her intention is automatical
ly dropped from the roll of prospective
Point winners and loses her first 100
Points. This is done to protect the
girls who Intend to compete seriously
for awards and who must at the same
time take the responsibility of man
aging the association affairs. Awards
of white sweaters, with a red "N" on
the left side, are to be the reward for
the 600 point winners and each year
n additional trophy will be awarded
to the girl In the senior class who has
made the most points during her four
Tears of college life.
"The affairs of the organization are
managed by the customary officers,
nd a recording secretary who keeps a
card catalog of the activities of every
member and prospective mecbers. and
various sport leaders. These sport
leaders interest girls in the particular
sport which they are sponsoring, aid
in selecting teams, arrange for matches
and public appearances, select officials,
and attend to the duties which natural
ly arise in managing any college ac
tivity. Points are awarded, and lead
ers are appointed for baseball, basket
ball, soccer, hocky, track and swim
ming, and the minor sports (in which
competition is entirely for individual
honor), of dancing, tennis, club swing
ing, shooting, hiking, and eventually
skating."
The final meeting of the year will
be held Monday, June 4, at 8 o'clock,
in S 102, Armory. New sport leaders
will then be chosen and the announce
ment of the successful contestants for
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$50 IS LIMIT FOR
SORORITY RUSHING
PAN-HELLENIC COUNCIL PRO
VIDES PENALTY FOR EXCESS
Those Who Go Beyond Amount Set
Forbidden to Pledge at
Mideemester
Sorority rushing expenses for next
summer and fall must not exceed $50
for each sorority, the Pan-Hellenic
coucc.l decided at the last meeting of
the school year last evening in Faculty
hall. Friday from 6 to 6 o'clock was
set as the spring pledge day. Prof.
Louise Pound was elected chairman
of next year's board, the other mem
bers of which as selected are Prof.
Marguerite McPhee, Acting Registrar
Florence McGahey, Miss Edna Perrin
and Mrs. Samuel Avery.
The rushing expenses were limited
as a result of a recent investigation
which showed that the amounts spent
last fall totaled over twice that pre
viously decided upon. Itemized bills
of rushing next fall will be audited at
the office of student activities. Sorori
ties who exceed the $50 will not be
allowed to pledge at mldsemester.
Reads at Geneva. Prof. Alice
Howell, head of the department of
dramatic art, gave a number of read
ings at the commencement program
at Geneva last Friday evening.
Art Class Work. The art classes
have been making some interesting
studies in color of portions of the art
gallery. If the weather permits, tne
rest of the term's work will be devoted
to out-door sketching. The art and
design classes under Miss Louise E.
Mundy are designing labels for Jam
Jars as a practical contribution to the
canning courses.
WASHINGTON CAMPUS
- MAY BE CAMP
Westewi Unlveristy Offers Grounds to
Government for Naval
Drill
University of Washington, May 28.
Use of the university campus as an
auxiliary naval training camp this
sumcer has been offered to the fed
eral naval headquarters, following a
suggestion of Captain R. E. Coontz,
commandant of the Brementon navy
yard. Miller Freeman, formerly in
command of the Washington naval
militia, suggested the move because of
the suitable location of the campus.
The offer of the university is in keep
ing w ith its policy to give over any of
its resources to the government.
The establishment of the camp Is
contingent upon the resumption of
naval mllltla recruiting. Brementon
would be unable to handle all the
men that would be added in this way,
and the proximity of the campus to
the navy yard, coupled with the fact
that by June 15 a water route will be
available upon the opening of the Lake
Washington canal, makes the campus
site satisfactory in every way. The
GIVES OUT PLANS
FOR RED MOSS WORK
DIRECTOR REED ANNOUNCES
"SUMMER COURSE IN FIRST AID
Classes in Red Cross will be given
at the University summer school with
full credit for all students attending.
The work will be divided in three
divisions first aid, nursing and
dietetics. Dean Rufus A. Lyman of the
college of pharmacy will give the
courses on instruction in nursing and
a professor from the school of agri
cultural will lecture on dietetics.
A lecture or laboratory demonstra
tion will be given daily during the
eight weeks of the summer school term
according to the course as outlined by
Prof. A. A. Reed, director of the sum
mer school.
Peru normal is intending to offer a
similar course in Red Cross during
the summer session and have con
ferred with Director Reed as to the
best outline for the work.
Dr. R. C. Clapp, of the department
of physical education was named chair
man of a permanent education Red
Cross committee of the local chapter
at a meeting of the Lincoln commer
cial club yesterday.
proposition at present is for the sum
mer only, but Captain Coontz hopes
eventually to have a naval training
camp established here for university
men, lasting through the period of the
war. .
Paul Weiss, a senior who was with
the Great Bear expedition into the
Bering sea last summer, is organizing
a naval militia unit on the campus
and has already the names of over
50 men. This group wrtt train here
provided the government accepts the
university's offer.
J. L. BOUCHAL, M2, PRAGUE
VICE CONSUL, ON HIS
WAY TO AMERICA
A letter has been received by Prof.
Sarka Hrbkova from John L. Bauchal,
'12, who has been vice consul a:
Prague, Bohemia. Bouchal says that
he will report at Washington, D. C,
in June and then come to Nebraska
Nebraska Closes Successful Track
Season With Missouri Valley Meet
With the highest score ever made by
a Nebraska track team in the Mis
souri valley meet, the 1917 season
practically closed last Saturday. Two
men will probably be sent to the west
ern Intercollegiate meet at Chicago,
one week from Saturday, but the work
of the team as a whole has been fin
ished. Too much credit cannot be given
to the men of this year's team and to
Coach Stewart, not only for the ac
complishments of last week but for
the work In the earlier meets. With
a good nucleus from last year's team
and a few sterling performers from
the freshmen squad of last year Coach
Stewart introduced a new schedule of
winter work and developed the ma
chine which proved second only to
Missouri Saturday.
Werner a Mainstay
Suocess of the season's work can be
attributed to every member of the
team, but the greatest bulk of the
praise must go to Charles Werner, the
husky sprinter and Jumper. This man
could have devoted himself to any two
events and would have been a star
of the first magnitude, but he chose
rather to give up personal glory to
score more points for the team. His
crowning performance was at the val
ley meet when he took second In in
dividual to Simpson, with 10 points to
his credit.
Captain Overman and "Squirt" Owen
are two others to whom much of the
success Is due. A more conscientious
worker and careful trainer has seldom
captained a Comhusker team than this
year's leader has been. Owen ran the
best race of his career last Saturday
and pulled a close second to the best
SENIORS TO DECIDE
SWEATERJUESTIONS
PRESIDENT KAUFFMAN CALLS
MEETING FOR THURSDAY AT 11
Marguerite Kauffman, president of
the senior class, has called a meeting
for Thursday at 11 o'clock in Law 101,
to take action on the senior football
sweaters. It was made known yester
day that the class faced a deficit if
it paid a bill of $100 for sweaters given
members of the senior eleven, this
year's interclass champion.
The trouble came about through the
fact that the award was voted to mem
bers of the team at what is claimed to
have been an unauthorized meeting
of the class, in which football men
took a prominent part.
The statement has been made un
officially that the athletic board will
pay the part due on the sweaters over
the amount in the class treasury,
which falls considerably short.
CONVOCATION
Dean O. V. P. Stout, dean of the col
lege of engineering. Dean Charles
Fordyce, of the teachers' college and
Dean E. A. Burnett, dean of the agri
cultural college, will speak on the war
and Its relation to the University at
the last Convocation of the year in
Memorial hall at 11 o'clock this morn
ing. The speakers will summarize the
war and its relation to the University
and tell of the ways in which it af
fects their departments and summarize
the work that may be expected of
them, to help in carrying the war to
a successful conclusion.
This will be the last time the under
graduates will gather together before
they leave for home and it is expected
that a large audience will hear the
addresses which have been arranged.
to visit his parents at Wilber. Mr.
Bouchal received his passports some
time ago but has only succeeded in
getting to France as yet. Mr.
Bouchal received an A. B. and an LI.
B. degree here and left for Prague
shortly after graduation.
quarter-mller in this section of the
country. His work through the' sea
son has been of the highest and his
running In the relay teams has been
the chief point of success for the team
in more than one instance.
Some Dependable Point Winners
Finney,- Graf, Reese and Grau have
all been dependable as point winners,
all of them having won at least two
firsts In dual meets. Graf and Reese
have had little trouble in winning in
all starts, but one, and developments
Saturday showed that the Ames team
was very lucky to get away with wins
over these men. Graf ran an easy
race Saturday in the 2-mile, and con
trary to early reports, had a lead of
more than 100 yards at the finish.
Riddell. Shaw, Bryans. Fuchs, Town
send and Jackson, men who have been
on the team for most of the season
have proved invaluable in point get
ting and it was due as much to the
work of the first four named, as to any
of the members of the team that the
Ames team was crowded out Saturday.
Foot New Records Made
Four new records have been hung
up by the team this year their holders
are: Werner, Finney, Graf and Rid
dell. Werner broke the broad Jump
record in the Kansas meet when he
made a leap of 23 feet, the former rec
ord being 22 feet 7 inches. Finney
did the high hurdles In 15 3-5 seconds
in the "Minnesota meet and again In
the Kansas meet This Is 15 of a
second faster than the former record.
Graf ran the two mile in 9 minutes and
52 second in the Minnesota meet which
loweres the records made in 1909 by
17 seconds. Riddell broke the record
for the Jarelin throw, made last year,
by 12 feet when he hurled it 157 feet
3 inches in the Minnesota meet.
Records that Don't Count
One other record was broken and
one tied Saturday but they will not
stand, as they were made by men who
took second place. Grau ran the helf
mile in 1:59:2 which is more than one
second better than the present record,
and "Squirt" Owen ran the quarter In
50 seconds, equalling Guy Reed's rec
ord. Werner is the only men that is at
present sure of not being in school
next year. Some of the men may be
taken in the draft but all are planning
to be back. There are several valu
able freshmen coming up. Close fol
lowers of track at Nebraska are pre
dicting the best season in track the
Cornhuskers have ever had.
BEGIN WORK ON
NEW BUILDING
EXCAVATION STARTED FOR AGRI
CULTURAL ENGINEER LAB.
Expect Structure to Be Completed by
Middle of February Will Be One
of Largest in West
Excavation has begun for the new
$135,000 agricultural angineering build
ing on the farm campus, and the first
shipment of material is expected to
day. Most of the material to be used
in the construction of the building will
be on hand by June 1 and work will
be caried on rapidly throughout the
summer. The building will probably
be ready for occupancy by the middle
of February.
The original plan made over a year
ago will be followed out with the ex
ception of the framework which will
be of concrete instead of steel. The
building, which will be situated at the
north end of the west quadrangle, will
be when completed one of the largest
laboratories of its kind and the only
one west of the Mississippi devoted
exclusively to work in agricultural en
gineering. It will be equipped with a
number of appliances for conducting
practical tests of farm machinery
which will enable Nebraska students
to carry on Investigations possible In
but few other college laboratories.
One of the features of the new build
ing will be a plot in the basement over
one hundred feet long for tne conduc
tion of practical tests of farm ma
chinery. The building will be of the same
general design as Bessey and Chem
istry halls on the city campus. It
will be finished in brick and stone
conforming to the general plan to be
carried out in campus extension.
WRITES ARTICLE ON
STATECOMMERCE
BLACKSTONE INSTITUTE PUB
LISHES ARTICLE BY DR. MAXEY
"The Police Power of the States and
Interstate Commerce," by Dr. Edwin
Moxey, professor of International law,
has been accepted and published by
the Blackstone Institute, one of the
foremost compilers of legal references.
In his article Dr. Maxey gives a
clear-cut analysis of the intricate and
Involved ' questions of the powers of
the state and interstate commerce
commission and traces the develop
ment of the question by citation of
prominent cases.
Dr. Maxey Is the author of "Interna
tional Law," "Triumph of American
Diplomacy," and "Conflict of Laws,"
and also prepared the article on "Pub
lic Laws and Elections," in the Mod
ern American Law.
BOTANY DEPT. MOVING
INTO BESSEY HALL
ed to move Into Its new quarters in
I the Bessey building, and the other de-
OWEN ELECTED
TRACK CAPTAIN
GRITTY LITTLE QUARTER-MILER
TO PILOT 1918 TEAM
New Captain Has Made a Wonderful
Record and Is Expected to Sur
pass it Next year
Griffith ("Squirt") Owen of Johns
town, Pa., was given the greatest
honor in "the power of the members of
the track team to bestow when he was
unanimously elected to captain next
year's team. The election took place
following the Saturday meet at Ames.
For the past two years Owen has
been the Cornhusker's one hope in the
quarter-mile and has been the most
useful man in the relays. This year
he has added the 100-yard dash to
the list of his performances.
The most notable performance of
"Squirt's" University career was in
the meet with Kansas when he ran
more than an eighth of a mile without
a shoe on his left foot. Not only did
he run the last lap of the relay in this
way but he won it after starting sev
eral yards behind the Kansas man.
In this meet Nebraska took an early
lead and held it throughout. It was
decided toward the end of the meet
that Kansas might as well be given
the mile relay by default as Nebraska
didn't need the points and probably
couldn't win it anyway. Then Coach
Stewart conceived the Idea that to
win the mile relay from the Jayhawks
would be the surest way of all to
show them how helpless they were.
The race was run and "Squirt" put
the final straw on the Kansas' camel
back when he ran past their fourth
man at the finish.
"Squirt," who weighs in the neigh
borhood of 120 pounds was singally
honored by an Ames sport writer be
fore the meet by being doped to win
fourth place In the discus throw.
MEN 111 CAMP TRY
BATTLERJRMATION
NEBRASKANS AT FT. SNELLING
THRIVE ON ARMY LIFE
Fort Snelllng, Minn., May 28. The
parade ground here now every day
resembles a scene from Pathe's week
ly, with hundreds of men in various
formations. There are long "firing
lines" having 160 men strung out .over
the plain. The further you are from
a big company, the more spectacular -appears
its drill.
Semaphore signaling takes up regu
lar daily periods.
The semaphore code is simple, and
easily learned, but you have to learn
it thoroughly.
The Nebraska men are thriving on
the military life. Ralph Wagner and
Ed. Shoemaker like it better all the
time. Herb Reese is happy. Alfred
Adams, one of the tallest men in his
company, is going fine. K. M. Snyder,
16, Council Bluffs, la., has Joined the
camp.
partments of biological science will
begin their abandonment of Nebraska
hall as soon asexamlnatlons are over.
The work of the department of botany
will of course be completed for the
semester in Nebraska hall.
Tho date for the formal opening of
Bessey hall has not been announced.
it win he the first of the new buildings
of the city campus to be completed
from the campus extension appropria
tion. The building is dedicated to Dean
Charles E. Bessey, late head of the
botany deartment
Chemistry hall, following closely
Bessey hall in point of time of erec
tlon, will probably also be occupied
when college opens next fall.