Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVII, NO. 21.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PAN-HELL COUNCIL
BANS FORMAL PARTIES
Sorority Representatives Stand
Against Extravagance
ONE DOWNTOWN PARTY
rauncil Representatives Say Co-Eds
Plan to Wear Last Year's Party
Gowns to Help Reduction
Nebraska University co-eds gave
nroof of their willingness to econo
mize for the good of America's cause
in the war when the Pan-Hellenic
council at its meeting yesterday morn
ing unanimously ruled that sororities
would give no formal parties this year
and that only one informal "down
town" party" would be given. The
council also Instructed each represen
tative to discuss with her own fra
ternity ways in which the cost of put
ting on this one party may be reduced,
the council will meet October 22 to
act upon them.
Money for War Work
That the ruling of the council is not
only made as a means of war-time
economy, but also to enable the co
eds to contribute more to war relief
work is shown by the fact that two
sororities have already voted to give
the usual "formal fund" to some
branch of war work.
The action of the council was ex
pected by' those who have been in
close touch with the situation. Senti
ment was Wrongly against useless so
cial expenses. ' ;
The council also made emphatic ap
proval of the recommendation of the
interfraternity council that University
societies withdraw their support from
subscription dances, and representa
tives were instructed to work to that
end in their organizations.
Banquets to Be Given
Banquets, the council decided, will
not be abandoned, and will be given
downtown as usual.
Delegates at the meeing declared
that co-eds will make no new party
gowns for their big dances. Last
year's garment will "be renovated for
the occasion.
Y. W. C. A. CONFEflENCE IS
SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION
Five Co-Eds Describe Different Phases
of Work Covered in Gather
ing at Geneva
Harriet Ramey. '18, led at Vespers
Tuesday evening in the Y. W. C. A.
room at the Temple. Ruth Welsh,
'19,6ahg and five girls, who had at
tended the Geneva conference, told
about different phases of it.
Ruth Sheldon, '20, spoke about the
sports and recreations at the confer
ence. It was not merely meetings but
a series of good times. The lake was
the main attraction. There were ten
nis courts and golf links to be en
joyed. On' Monday afternoon every
one took a trip around the lake, which
was a distance of thirty-three miles.
Sarah Heitter, '19, told about the
new basis for membership in the
Y. W. C. A. This was discussed in
many meetings at the conference. To
be a member one must sign for sup
fort of the purpose of the Y. W. C. A.
She must promise to lead other girls
in the Christian life.
There are two kinds of member
ships, the elector and the associate.
The elector or active member must
be a member of a Protestant Evan
gelical church. There Is a personal
basis for the girls who cannot be an
active member She may be an as
sociate member it she is in sympathy
with the association. There are many
arguments on both sides.
Quendolyn Drayton, 19, spoke of
the spirit of the conference. It ex
pressed itself in a number of forms.
Everybody was very democratic and
college songs were sang in the din
ing room. There were twenty girls
from different schools of Nebraska.
But under this spirit of fun was a
deeper spirit It was the spirit of
service. It filled every girl with a de
sire to try out these new ideas ob
tained at the conference.
The Y. W. C. A. and its work in
the war was discussed by Helen Loft
man, '19. Service was the predomi
nating Idea of the conference. At
the rally on Patriotic night, the dif
ferent branches of the Y. W. C. A.
were discussed. The Y. W. C. A.
war work amon$ the non-English
speaking women is to educate them.
We have forty-six foreign secre
taries on the fields. The new field of
Y. W. C. A. work in France and Eng
land deals with the Red Cross nurses.
It establishes club centers for recrea-
tion for them. The secretaries also
work among the girls in the factories
in France for the social and moral
welfare of those people, effected by
the war so close to them. It is up
to the American women to help them.
There is a crying need for every girl
in the war field.
Valentine Minford, '18, spoke of the
significance of the Geneva conference.
The conference spirit fills life full of
good things. It helps the girls to
solve many problems with which they
meet through life.
-MANY NEW COUNTY AGENTS
During the fiscal year ending last
June, the number of county agents
In 33 northern and western states In
creased from 419 to 542. At the close
of this period (and at this date the
county agent had not been designated
as the government's 'first aid" for
food production in the emergency),
agents were being appointed by the
government at the rate of one a day.
Since this time, county agent or
ganization has been going on at a
very rapid rate, and a half-dozen Ne
braska counties have put themselves
In line to employ an agent. The
movement is gathering impetus, in all
states, and organization is expected to
proceed . very rapidly here. A circular,
"County Agricultural Agent Work in
the Northern and Western States,"
will be sent free upon application to
the Extension Service, University
Farm, Lincoln.
Dr. G. W. A. Luckey Rfe-Elected.
Dr. G. W. A. Luckey has just been
notified of his re-election to active
membership in the council of the na
tional educational association for the
years 1917-1923.
FIRST "PEP" RALLY
COMES TOMORROW
Nebraskans Will Plot Hawk-
eye's Fate at Big Meeting in
Memorial Hall at 11 O'Clock
The fate of the Iowa 'Hawkeye is
the thing that will bring all Corn-
huskers. both students and tacuity.
both men and coeds, together ror tne
flmt frWhidl rallv of the year. It
will be held in Memorial hall at 11
o'cock tomorrow morning.
Nehraskans are proud of the team.
and this wil be there first chance to
show it in a session all their own.
A member of the faculty, an ardent
fnrthnii fan. and a representative of
Lincoln business-men rooters, will tell
just how Iowa is to be defeated. Dr.
Stewart and Captain Shaw will ex
plain whv it is that Iowa must be
conquered decisively. The University
band will play "U-u-u-in-i, me crou
will give all of the football yens ana
will sing "The Cornhusker."
It is hoped that Thursday's rally,
which will be one of three big "pep"
sessions of the season, will eien sur
pass the one preceding the Notre
Dame game last year. The spirit
which made that rally a success was
ahnvi-n at the Wesleyan game Satur
day and is expected to be in evidence
tomorrow.
One of the most ardent Cornhusker
football fans among the Lincoln busi
ness men Is C. C. Quiggle. of the
Evans laundry. He was a favorite
speaker at Cornhusker banquets of
the past, and is an enthusiastic sup
porter of all ahtletics. He will tell
what he thinks of this year's team
and what it should do with its
schedule.
Dr. Stewart will give some "in
side information" on what Iowa is
planning to do to Nebraska and what
Nebraska, on the other hand, expects
to do to Iowa. Captain Shaw will de
liver the "few appropriate remarks"
that Cornhusker football captains al
ways do before a big game. Other
veterans will be called upon for im
promptu speeches if they can be
coaxed from their seats.
The faculty speaker has not been
announced, but that he is past master
at the art of taking football rallies
by storm with his appeals for the
Cornhusker fighting spirit.
Two important adjuncts of every
successful football rally, the band and
the cheerleaders, will be much In
.runi tomorrow. Rooter s were
brought to their feet last Saturday
when the band first bursts into the old
familiar Cornhusker melody. Tomor
row they will hear that and many
others. Three cheerleaders will be
on hand to direct the cheering during
the session.
Farm Class at Omaha. The animal
husbandry 9 class under Prof. H. B.
pier went to Omaha to attend the
swine show. Friday. The men spent
the afternoon in looking over the
stock, after which they enjoyed a
hearty meal at the home of one of
the students at Council Bluffs.
HARD AT PRACTICE FOR '
IOWA GAME SATURDAY
Injuries to Men Will ; Prove
Serious Handicap Passes
are More Successful
A light scrimmage, practicing for
ward passes and looking over Iowa
plays, followed by a dinner and chalk
talk by the coach, at the Lincoln, were
the main events on the football pro
gram yesterday. The chalk talk will
be a regular institution on Tuesday
evenings throughout the season just
as it was last year. It Is here that
the coach gets the best opportunity
to tell the men what they have to do
on certain plays and what they should
not do on others.
The coach had most of his squad of
cripples out for the practice last night
wearing off the stiffness and getting
rid of the sore spots. There is still
but little hope that all of the men will
be in good shape for the Saturday
battle. Ted Riddell has not reported
for practice yet and will not be put
into scrimmage before next week. Mc
Mahon is still on the sidelines but
may be in shape for the Iowa game.
Otoupalik was kept out of the scrim
mage last night and may not be in
today. It was Otie, who made the
Iowa line look like paper last year,
gaining time after time on smashing
line drives.
Forward Passes Work
Forward passes were working in
good shape last night and the fresh
men were pushed up and down the
field at a fast clip with Rhodes and
Hubka on the receiving end of the
passes and all of the backfield men
taking turns at tossing them.
The scrimmage yesterday was pre
ceded by a long session of sprinting
which has been on the daily program
for sometime. In these races the
whole squad is lind up at the same
time, with the heavier linemen in
front of the backfield men. McMahon,
Schellenberg, Kellogg and Dobson are
generally started at scratch with the
other men of the squad given any
where from one to six yards head
start. It often happens that McMahon
alone has to start from scratch while
all the other men are in front of him.
NEW DAIRY JUDGING
TEAM ELECTED FOR YEAR
Members Will Attend National Show
at Columbus, Ohio, and Visit Dairy
Farms at Iowa and Wisconsin
After a long series of tryouts the
students who are to represent the
University in the dairy judging con
test at the National Dairy show to be
held this year at Columbus. O.. have
Just been picked. They are L. F.
Lindgren, '19, J. D. McKelvey, '18, J.
R. Shepherd, '19, Eli Duncombe, '19.
In final preparation for the Judg
ing contest the team will visit some
of the leading dairy farms in Iowa
and Wisconsin. Advantage will also
be taken of this trip to visit some of
the best milk plants and creameries.
The team will be accompanied by
Professors J. H. Frandsen and L. W.
Thompson.
Zronist Association to
Give Prize for Essay
The Intercollegiate Zronist associa
tion of America, offers a prize of $100
for the best original essay on some
phase of Jewish life and culture, writ
ten by a student in any college in
the United States or Canada.
The donor of this prize is Louis D.
Brandeis.
The judges are: Judge Julian W.
Mack of the United States court of
appeals; Prof. Felix Frankfurter of
Harvard law school; and Prof. Horace
M. Kallen, of the University of Mis
souri. There are twenty-seven sug
gested subjects to be chosen and a
combination of any of these will be
accepted.
Anyone interested may get informa
tion regarding this contest from A. B.
Makover, secretary of the Intercol
legiate Zronist association of Americo,
312 Ahchentoroly Terrace, Baltimore.
Md. All manuscripts must be type
written and the rights of publication
are reserved by the association. The
contest closes March 1, 1918.
Graduate Diploma Stands
First in Requirements
The graduate teachers' diploma.
University of Nebraska, which is at
tracting such favorable mention
throughout the country, stands al
most alone in its definite and scholar
ly academic and professional require
ments based on strictly graduate
study. It has been carefully planned
to meet the needs of the best high
schools, normal schools, and college
teachers, directors of special depart
ments, principals and superintendents.
It is open to all fully equipped gradu
ate students who desire to fit them
selves for the best teaching por
tions. It requires at least one year
of resident graduate study, however,
only the strongest and best qualified
students are able to complete the re
quirements in the minimum period.
In the end the demand for teachers is
based on quality rather than quantity
of preparation.
During the past two years the grad
uate teachers' diploma together with
the doctors' degree has been confered
on Rufus C. Bentley, C. B. Cornell,
Joseph R. Fulk, Bertha M. Luckey,
Grace E. Munson, Rost Yont and upon
more than forty others who received
with it the masters' degree from the
University of Nebraska. Several of
the latter have later received the doc
tors' degree from other first class in
stitutions. This is a fine record for
two years of the graduate school of
education but it might be materially
increased if the graduate students and
profesKors united in making the most
of the excellent opportunity.
Farm Men to Husk. Many of the
men at the farm are planning to take
advantage of the chance offered by
the University to help in the harvest.
A large percent of the men at the
farm are from farms and are needed
at home quite badly to shuck the
corn. There would be many more
men registered in the "Ag" course If
it were not because help was so
scarce on the farms.
DEAN STOUT TELLS OF
UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
Speaks at Convocation Yester
day on War Service and Stu
dents and Faculty Engaged
"Taking into consideration the va
rious universities and colleges of the
country, the University of Nebraska
has been comparatively free from
hysteria- a-nd -all ill-advised move
ments," Dean O. V. P. Stout, dean of
the college of engineering, said yes
terday morning at 11 o'clock Convo
cation in Memorial hall, in his discus
sion of "Military Activities of the
University,"
Dean Stout mentioned the activities
of the agricultural division of the
University as among the most impor
tant. This work includes that of the
aericultural college, experiment sta
tion nil extension work. The dean !
of the college of medicine arranged
that medical students should complete
their courses before they should be
drafted into actual service. He did
this, of course, because he realized
the students would in the end be able
to be of greater service to the country.
"The internal activity of greatest
importance, the one which would have
been the most conspicuous, has not
materialized," Dean Stout said. "We
expected to have a ground school for
aeronautics by the first of October.
The plans have been postponed in
definitely." The University, through the reserve
council, has a set of cards summari
zing the availability of the personnel
and equipment of the various depart
ments, especially those that could do
research work.
Huskera High in Camps
"At the forts where University men
went for training. Nebraska men
ranked exceptionally high." Dean
Stout said, "un a pe rcenue .
considering the commissions received,
Stout said. "On a percentage basis.
Nebraska ranked as high if not higher
than any university." The audience
applauded when he mentioned
this and when he. alluded to
Trof. P. M. Buck. Jr., formerly pro
fessor of rhetoric now at Fort Deming.
Dean Stout commented upon the
fact that this year a much smaller
per cent of men eligible for drill were
granted reprieves. "It is not because
the military department is stricter."
he emphasized, "but because the men
realize that drill is more important
than it has ever been before.
Among the University men and
women who have been prominent In
war activities. Dean Stout mentioned
Prof. P. H. Buck. Jr- Major Samuel
M. Parker. ProL G. A. Stephens, Prof.
Alice Loomis, Mrs. Emma Reed David
son, Prof. M. M. Fogg. Prof. Sark
Hrbkova, Prof. Malcom G. Wyer. Dr.
F. M. Fling. ex-Regent CopelancL vice
president of state council of defense,
and General Pershing, commander-in-chief
of the United States army in
France.
Dean Stout recommended to the
fraternities, sororities, the classes and
other organizations", that they pur
chase liberty bonds as a sort of en
dowment fund.
IS IT FURLOUGHS
OR FULL VACATION
Chief Subject of Discussion of
All Students
NO DEFINITE DECISION YET
University Carefully Considering by
Which Cours It May Be of Great
est Benefit to Nation
As a result of a conference of farm
representatives, state officials and
educators at the Lincoln hotel Mon
day evening, a movement is on foot
for the closing of the schools of the
state, the University included, for a
period of three weeks, beginning,
probably, October 27 to allow stu
dents to aid in the harvesting of Ne
braska's mammoth corn crop. No
definite decision has been reached as
yet but the course of action to be
taken will probably be known before
he end of the week.
In Monday's Issue of The Ne
braskan, Chancellor Avery gave out
the statement that the University
would grant furloughs to any stu
dent who is willing to leave to en
gage in crop conservation or produc
tion. Such students would be given
a leave of absence duly certified in
advance and they could return with
out prejudice. Study In absentia
would be provided for through the
Extension department during their
absence and upon return during the
holidays coaches would be appointed
free of charge to help with back
work. This help would probably
bring them up to standard.
Chancellor's Statement
The chancellor stated yesterday
ihat he had already gone on record
as favoring furloughs for students
who would husk corn rather than
closing the University, but if there
was a general feeling on the part of
the farmers and state officials that
the closing of the University would
be more beneficial to the nation than
its uninterrupted work he would
cheerfully defer to their judgment
and do everything in his power to
make the patriotic vacation yield the
results desired;. "
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CHARLES DILLON SPEAKS
TO NEWS WRITING CLASS
Former City Editor of Kansas City
Star Discusses "Chances in
Journalism"
"Chances in journalism! Why
there's lots of them," Charles Dillon,
city editor of the Kansas City Star,
told the members of the newswriting
and news editing classes last evening
in Law 101. Prof. M. M. Fogg, head
of the department of journalism,
who made arrangements for the lec
ture, introduced Mr. Dillon.
"The war has had a great effect
on journalism," Mr. Dillon continued.
"It has taken eighty-seven men out
of the Kansas City Star plant The
chances in the newspaper field have
never been so good as they are now.
Salaries are being raised."
".Men trained In journalism, who
can write good, clear English and
who are not afraid to work, need not
stay at the bottom long. The Kansas
City Star pays its new reporters, both
men and women, $20 a week.
"Don't be an average reporter,"
Mr. Dillon emphasized several times.
"Don't be just a 'yes' man, the sort
that covers his own assignments, and
who lacks initiative. And don't get
ft job
rtnrnnliam ihat vml rfln fiton fitudv.
in journalism that you can stop study
ing. You're just beginning to study."
An excellent method of enlarging
one's vocabulary, Mr. Dillon sug
gested, was to pin words on the
window curtains in one's room and
use them.
More Laughter Needed
"What we need in the world today
is more laughter," Mr. Dillon said.
The world is filled with grouches. I
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NEBRASKAN FREE TO
UNIVERSITY SOLDIERS
Believing that Nebraska men
actively engaged in the war are
just as anxious for news from the
campus as their former classmates
are for word from them, the man
agement of The Nebraskan will
send the paper free of charge to
every Cornhusker soldier whose
address is known. You can help
by sending lists of addresses to
The Nebraskan, either mailing
them to Station A or telephoning
them to the business office, B-2597.