Daily
BRASKAN
VOL. XVII, NO. 60.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WAR TAX APPLIES
TO VARSITY BANQUET
Federal Assessment of Ten
Cent sat Door
TICKETS ARE ALMOST GONE
Only Few Scattered One Left for
First Fall Gridiron Dinner In
Honor of Team
A ten per cent war tax assessment
must be made at the first Varsity
banquet, to be held in the Red
room of the city Y. M. C. A. this
evening. T. A. Williams, agent of
student activities announced yester
day. The extra charge of ten cents
will be collected at the door.
Arrangements are all completed
(or the banquet, and almost all of
the tickets have been sold, although
there are a few that have not been
placed. Those who still have not
secured tickets may get them from
Wayne Townsend, Hugo Otoupalik,
Edson Shaw, W. H. Urbach or John
Cook.
One feature of the Varsity ban
quet will be that the frills have
been removed from the menu and
more substantial steak and pota
toes added. For one dollars the
committee has provided a bountiful
dinner, which, at least in these trou
blous times, is considered more prac
tical than a charge of a dollar and
a half or two dollars for embellish
ments. At first it was thought that
music would also be eliminated but
the committee has slnco made ar
rangements for an orchestra.
Unique Proijram Planned
The big departure In the Varsity
banquet, distinguishing it from form
er men's dinners, Is the program
that follows the meal. There will
1 be no formal toast-list no speech
by the retiring captain nor prophecy
by the captain-elect. Instead, one
University representative will honor
the team with a talk from the Ne
braska, rooter's point of view, and
another will give a speech of gen
eral University instead. It is thus
planned to accomplish more than
feast the team; this will be done,
but ways and means of building for
a greater Nebraska will also be
considered. Another departure, one
which should become a permanent
feature is the substitution of grid
Iron "stunts" in place of Imported
entertainment.. The "take-offs" will
have a decidedly local application
and they will be performed by Uni
versity people, making it strictly a
Nebraska affair.
Chancellor Avery and the foot
ball squad, with coaches, will be
guests of honor at the banquet and,
with the two speakers, will slt at
the honor table.
EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY
FOR HEN IN NAVY
Drive Started for Twenty
Thousand Apprentice Seamen
in All Branches
The recent drive for twenty thou
sand apprentice seamen offers an
excellent opportunity to men who
wish to get Into some department of
the navy. The country Is divided
into four divisions for this drive.
The eastern states are to furnish
six thousand men, the central states
six thousand, the western and south
ern states four thousand apiece. Ne
braska's quota is eight hundred.
Men who wish to take radio work
in the reserves are urged to enlist
as first apprentice seamen. When
they have learned the Continental
Morse code, which Is a part of the
training given apprentice seamen,
they will then be given anoppor
tunity to take the radio work.
Men who know telegraphy are
advised to start in the regular navy
as landsmen for electrician radio.
The department has announced that
the men whom they wish to get as
radio men will stand a better chance
they go as apprentice seamen for
after a course of training they will
be sent to the cadet schools to be
trained as officers.
The Official Telegram
The following telegram was re
ceived at the local naval recruiting
tation and is addressed to all uni
versity men between the ages of 18
and 25.
The telegram:
"Start a drive for twenty thousand
apprentice seamen to be obtained by
division quotas as follows: East
ern, six thousand; central, six thou
sand; western, four thousand; south
ern, tour thousand. Your quota ap
prentice seamen, eight hundred.
"In order to comply with the
above each station mill concentrate
on apprentice seamen and firemen
About 90 per cent of the men Bent
by substations as radio men are
unable to pass the mental test re
quired. Those who apply .for en
rollments for radio in the reserves
will be instructed that they should
enlist as apprentice seamen and be
given an opportunity to take radio
work after they memorize the Con
tinental Morse code while In train
ing. If a man knows telegraphy he
can start in the regular navy as
landsmen for electrician radio and
in exceptional cases as electrician
first class in the reserve. Do not
encourage reserves. Send them in
as apprentice seamen. The great
class that can choose any special
branch. As a matter of fact, the
men whom the department wishes to
get as radio men will stand a bet
ter chance to go as apprentice sea
men and after a course of training
be sent to the cadet schools to be
trained as officers. Men who are
sent in as radio men in the re
serves should be informed that they
must enlist in some other branch of
the service if they pass the physi
cal examination and are not men
tally qualified for radio service.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
FOR CHRISTMAS PARTY
Plan Christmas Tree and Sing
ing of Carols for Annual
Program
Committees which are to have
charge of the plans for the All-Uni
versity Christmas party which is to
be given Saturday evening, Decem
ber 15, in the Armory, were an
nounced yesterday by Dean Amanda
Heppner.. Walter Blunk is again
chairman of the finance committee.
Paul Dobson will have charge of
the arrangements for the dancing
which will take place after the pro
gram. Merrill Vanderpool, recently elected
business manager of the 1918 Corn
husker, is chairman of the adver
tising committee. D. V. Stephens
has charge of the outdoor progrom
and Helen Bjorkman of the indoor
prgoram. Alfred Hinze is chairmah
of the decoration committee, Eva
Miller of the committee of the re
freshments. Theda Waterman and
Russel Best will appoint the recep
tion committee.
The outdoor exercises will begin
promptly at 8 o'clock. There will
be an illuminated Christmas tree.
Carols will be sung outdoors and in
the Armory other exercises will be
given. The admission is to be thirty
cents because of the war tax.
The committees as announced are:
Finance Walter Blunk.
Dancing Paul Dobson.
Advertising Merrill Vanderpool.
Ruth Snyder.
Outdoor Celebration D. V. Steph
ens. Gwendolyn Drayton.
Indoor Program Helen Bjorkman,
Paul Conner.
Decoration Alfred Hinze, Gene
vieve Free!L,in.
Refreshments Eva Miller, Robert
Wenger.
Reception Theda Waterman, Rus
set Best.
SOLDIER ALUMNI AT
DRAMATIC MEETING
Former Students Attend Reg
ular Monthly Gathering
of Club
Three University men now serving
In the army and who are visiting
the University on a furlough were
present at the regular December
meeting held by the Dramatic club
Thursday evening. They were Irwin
Clarke, Neil Brown and Paul Raver.
There was also a large number of
other former students of the Univer
sity present at this meeting.
A stunt for the entertainment of
the visitors was given by the fresh
men. Glenheim Foe and Josephine
Strode played a clever skit.
After the program the cast which
will prodnce the Dramatic club's
play for this year was announced.
Refreshments consisting of hot
chocolate and wafers were served.
STOCK JUDGING TEAM
RETURNS FROM CHICAGO
Bring Home Championship
Kansas Places Second
ROBERT'S SCORE HIGHEST
Leads Other Contestants From Mis
sissippi Valley Schools by Big
Margin at International Show
The Nebraska Judging team has
Just returned from Chicago where it
won high honors at the" International
Live Stock show. This is a big
addition to a long list of victories
which the team have in their favor.
Nebraska competed against eleven
other teams from various Universi
ties in the Mississippi valley and
won by a large margin, showing the
efficiency of the work done at the
ayricultural . school. Prof. H. J.
Gramlich accompanied the team on
the trip.
The team went through a long
period of thorough training and
were carefully coached upon every
point that would possibly help in
scoring. Premiums of a high rank
were brought home by each one of
the Nebraska representatives. On
Monday which was. one of the big
days the team won thirty ribbons,
took three championships and five
firsts. The team won easily in many
phases of the contest, while in ethers
there was keen competition. Ne
braska's closest competitors were
Kansas, Texas and Minnesota who
finished second, third and fourth re
spectively. The team making the trip to Chi
cago was practically the same as the
one which carried off high honors
at the recent show at Columbus, O.
Roberts Wins High Honors
W. F. Roberts, the Nebraska man
who carried off high individual
honors is a senior in the college of
agriculture. His home is at Oneil,
Neb. This is the second time that
he has taken high honors at judg
ing contests. Last year he won
the Holstein contest at the national
dairy show at Springfield, Mass.,
and took seventh place in the in
dividual scoring of the whole con
test. This year he won first place
in the animal husbandry contest.
Fourth place of the individual honors
was won by Earl Hogue of Crete.
A. E. Anderson of Lincoln, who is
also a member of the team, tied with
Miss Curtis . of Iowa for the fifth
place.
The Team Scores
The scoring of the various teams
was as follows:
Nebraska ...3972
Kansas 3651
Texas 3644
Minnesota 3618
Iowa 3579
Missouri 3578
Purdue 3542
Pennsylvania 3573
Ohio 3520
Ont 3433
North Dakota 3419
South Dakota 3343
The Individual Scores
The ranking of the ten high men
was as follows:
W. F. Roberts, Nebraska 844
M. A. McCarty, Minnesota 837
J. H. Kalash, Minnesota 818
Earl Hogue, Nebraska 813
Miss Curtis, Iowa 812
A. E. Anderson. Nebraska 812
J. W. Phillips, Texas 787
R. E. Underwood, Pennsylvania. 784
J. H. Mertz, Purdue 771
M. K. Derrick, Purdue 769
University of Texas
Gives Signaling Course
The University of Texas is offer
ing a new course in military signal
ing. All registering for it must be
over eighteen, have a doctor's cer
tificate of physical fitness .ana must
aeree to serve if called. Students
failing to fulfill this requirement will
be penalized by the loss of the three
credits which the course carries.
Illinois Men Send
Home Trophies of War
Due to the efforts of former mem
bers now fighting on the French
front, the University of Illinois has
a collection of war trophies that
Includes every thing from a French
machine gun, band grenades, and
barbed wire cutters to a German
combination fork and spoon. The
collection is at present on exhibition
at the Co-Op where It will remain
for several days. Later it will be
removed to one of the campus build
md It will be adde to where sroig
nigs where it will be added to from
time to time by former llllni who
are in the fighting territory.
Professor Rex Fair Gives
Flute Recital Convocation
Professor Rex Fair, instructor of
the flute, University school of mu
sic, gave a recital at 11 o'clock Con
vocation yesterday morning in the
Temple theatre.
Professor Fair gives these recitals
at Convocations annually. Miss
Minnie Stalder played accompani
ments on the piano.
The program:
Gross Sonata in G Minor
Frederic Kuhlan
Valse Caprice Howe
The Wren (Piccolo solo) . . . .Damare
First Movement (Allegro) from
Concert No. 229 Mozart
Guy Fowle, '16, writes from Mare
Island Electrical Training school at
Vallejo, Calif., that Nebraska day,
was celebrated by over 150 Nebraska
men at Mare Island Just before
Thanksgiving. The day was cele
brated by a banquet at Vallejo.
PREPARATIONS COMPLETE .
FOR ANNUAL GIRLS PARTY
Regular Football Game With
Chicago University Big
Attraction
Preparations have been completed
for the annual girls' Cornhusker
party which will be held in the
Armory tomorrow evening promptly
at 7:30 o'clock. Some unusually
clever stunts are being rehearsed
between classes, the committee in
charge has announced.
When" the stunts are over there
will be dancing. As most all the
girls' organizations in school are
planning to give stunts of some sort,
the program will begin promptly.
Doughnuts and apples will- be
served, the refreshment commltee
decided yesterday.
The regular football game will be
played between Nebraska and the
University of Chicago. Most all the
prominent campus folk will be at
the party, if not in person then in
caricature, possibly both.
At former Cornhusker parties
there have been Dutch girls, Ha
waiians, darkies, "bums," old maids,
police women, nurses. Blue Beards,
Gold Dust Twins and many others.
Illinois University To
Give Novel Doll Show
The Y. W. C. A. of the University
of Illinois is planning a novel philan
thropic Christmas entertainment, the
main features of which will be a
vaudeville performance, a Doll Show,
and an exhibition of heretofore un
published pictures of campus
"celebs." Three prizes are to be
awarded for the three most original
dolls entered in the doll show which
Is to be given for the orphans from
the Cunnungham Home. The admls
sion charge will be ten cents for all
others attending.
NEBRASKA ALUMNI WRITE
ON VARIED SUBJECTS
Articles Covering Broad Field
Found in Prominent
Publications
Among the recent publications by
University of Nebraska faculty and
alumni are "Barbed Wire and Other
Poems," by Prof. Edwin Ford Piper,
'97, now assistant professor of Eng
lish, University of Iowa, and "News
boy Service," written by Mrs. Anna
Y. Reed. '99 (Ph. D. University of
Wisconsin). The latter volume deals
with school efficiency methods. Mrs.
Reed is vocational guidance expert
of the Seattle public schools. Dr.
George Elliot Howard, professor of
political science and sociology at
Nebraska, has written an introduc
tion of the volume.
Clara Wilson, A. B. '12, A. M. '15,
Is the author of "The Problem Meth
(Continued on page four.)
ANOTHER SMALLPOX CASE
DISCOVERED YESTERDAY
Twelve More Suspects Taken
to Isolation Quarters
DISEASE CHECKEu AT FARM
One new case of smallpox In an
advanced stage was discovered Wed
nesday in the Snglneering department
in spite of the precautions taken by
the doctors in charge, who are trying
to prevent a spread of the disease.
Many more students showing early
symptoms have been placed in deten
ion quarters In the past two days to
await further developments.
Dr. R. A. Lyman, dean of the col
lege of pharmacy, who is in charge
of the students who are under super
vision, says that in one or two in
stances persons who were vaccinated
have the smallpox, because they had
been exposed and had caught the dis
ease jbefore they bad the vaccine
treatment.
The doctors who are working with
Dr. Lyman have been very busy ex
amining students for high tempera
tures, which is one of the earliest
symptoms. Six girls and as many boys
were found with high temperatures
yesterday. All such cases are taken
to isolation quarters and are urned
over to the city health department.
All students who have not been fac
cinated and are reporting efery day
for inspection, and who hape been ex
posed, or who have been associating
with persons who are being kept in
detention, are requested by those in
charge to be vaccinated at once.
Disease in Check at Farm
The doctors who are working on the
epidemic at the Farm campus report
that the work out there has been very
successful, as no cases have been
found as yet at the farm.
It is the duty of each person on the
campus to either be vaccinated or re
port for daily inspection to the .Uni
versity doctors. Those who are not
complying with these rules for the
safeguarding of the public health, will
be located as soon as possible and
will be refused admission to the cam
pus until they consent to take the
necessary precautions.
Dr. Lyman and Dr. Clapp feel that
there is no longer any serious danger
of a general epidemic, as the siuatlon
is well in control, in spite of the late
cases reported.
MANY STUDENTS LEAVE
FOR WAR SERVICE
Day and Young Have Left and
Rumor Is That Shaw and
Kellogg May Go
The nearing of the close of the
period for enlistment for drafted
men has been the cause of many
withdrawals during the past week.
Three football men have already
left school and it is rumored about
the campus the several others are
planning to leave soon. After next
Wednesday the withdrawals for en
listment will probably cease because
of the new ruling of the war de
partment to the effect that all men
after that date will be subject to
the selective draft laws, and will not
be received by enlistment. Up to
date 60 Nebraska men have left
school to go into the service of the
United States army or navy.
In the last week, Farley Young,
Bill Day. John Riddell, S. M. Kler.
L. L, Waters, R. O. Newhall and
J. R. Crandall have enlisted In the
service. Day, Riddell and Young
have joined the navy, Kier and
Waters have enlisted in the avia
tion school at Austin Texas, Neu
hall and Crandall enlisted In the
ambulance service of the medical
department.
All these men have been more or
less prominent around school and all
are well known. Riddell Has been
on the coaching staff of the football
team, and has been prominent In
school activities. Waters and Rid
dell are members of Delta Tau Delta
(Continued on rage four.)