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VOL. XVII, NO. 61.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
EBR.
ENTIRE STUDENT BODY
VARSITY BANQUET
Authorities Pleased with Spirit
of Men at New Banquet
MAY BECOME TRADITION
Rev. L. D. Young Principal Speaker
Skits and Take-Offs Furnish
Other Entertainment
Two hundred University men gath
ered in the banquet room of the
Y. M. C. A. Friday night for the first
Varsity banquet. The same Nebraska
spirit was in evidence that is always
present when true Cornhuskers gather
to honor a victorious team but, un
like that of the former Cornhusker
banquets, evidenced itself in hearty
applause at good work of the Uni
versity and the fullest enjoyment of
the take-offs on campus luminaries
instead of in rowdyism.
Authorities agree that Nebraska
men have shown themselves deserv
ing of commendation for the manner
in which the whole of the program
was conducted and there seems to
be no doubt but that the varsity
banquet will come to be an estab
lished tradition at the University.
Chancellor Avery Presides
Following the banquet Chancellor
Avery, who was the presiding officer,
told something of the history of the
celebration banquets and described
their rise and fall. He then called
upon E. M. Pollard, president of the
alumni association. Mr. Pollard told
oi the desire of the athletic com
mittee of the association to revive
some all-University banquet for the
men and of the effort made some
time ago to obtain the consent of the
University authorities.
Dr. L. D. Young the second speaker
spoke on athletics and the war. He
likened the fight in the game to the
fifrot at tLc front uod showed that
the qualities by which one won in
the game were the qualities which
would make him winner in the bat
tle. He told of the necessity for
one to be always ready to spring
surprises on the enemy but to never
allow the enemy to spring a
surprise on hini. University spirit
lent itself to the loudest applause
when he said that, although he had
the best teams of the east play
football, he had never in his life
seen any better strategy and spirit
than that of the Nebraska team dur
ing the last few minutes of play in
the Thanksgiving day game with
Syracuse.
Dean Engberg Supports
Executive Dean C. C. Engberg, in
a short talk, told the men that he
had been planning long before the
time mentioned by Mr. Pollard, to
arrange for some sort of a gathering
to take the place of the Cornhusker
party. Ho expressed himself as be
ing well-pleased with the spirit that
was shown at the time of the abolish
ment of the former banquet and said
that he was so much pleased with
the now spirit and attitude that was
luing shown toward the new ban
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COHlTREHffllBOPK
BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Huskers Meet Kansas .and
"Aggies' Here Journey to
St. Louis and Columbia
Nebraska basketball fans will see
hut two valley teams play on their
home floor this year, according to
the schedule adopted at the Missouri
Valley conference at Kansas City
Friday. The first game will bo with
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Washington university at St. Louis.
The two home eames are with Kan
sas and the Kansas "Aggies." The
second foreign game will be with
Missouri university at Columbia.
The schedule is unusually short
this year and it Is possible that
.oach Stewart may be figuring on
numw iw r,mPs with
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'alley teams. No game is scheduled
ith Drake or with Ames.
Coach Rutherford, former all-star
athlete at Nebraska, and now coach
ing the Washington university team,
Dladn iVin itrnnnol at the KaDSSB
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City conference that freshman be
v.intruvw tun v
allowed to play on Missouri Valley
CELEBRATES AT
AND HUSKER PARTY
jOver 500 Co-Eds Attended
run-rest at Armory
COSTUMES ARE FEATURE
Sororitie, and Literary Societies
Present Original Skits-Nebraska
Trounces Syracuse 1000 to 0
Over 500 girls attended the Girls'
Cornhusker party in the Armory
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. iinougn men are
barred from this strictly co-ed affair
they were there in fnii f.,
the chef of the Temple cafeteria to
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me most polished lounge lizard. The
Armory was transformed by the
maze of color and the astounding
costumes. Eskimoes danced with
harem girls, gallant soldiers prome
naded with atthletic co-eds and
haughty society belles, while clowns,
negroes, Buster Browns and Mary
Janes, colonial dames and various
advertisements lined the wall or
glided gracefully over the floor to
the strains of "Over There."
The first part of the evening was
given over to the program which
was even better than that of former
years if such a thing is possible.
One of the most popular numbers
was a minstrel stunt by the Alpha
Zi Deltas. Mr. Loftus' jigging proved
a source of much amusement as did
several of the songs. Delta Gamma
u a laae-ou oi tne smallpox
cinuuiiuc wnerein the germs carried
off Dean Engberg and nearly sue-
lueuuu in ueuing miss Found and
Miss Conklin. Kappa Alpha Theta
and Chi Omega featured the soldiers
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Italian Street Scene
An Italian utrpt
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by Delta Delta Delta, Union Literary
society gave a skit called "The
Woman of 1917," in which donned
in useful unionalls, they ran a fac
tory and husked corn. Palladian
reDresented in nanlnminm tho atmo-.
gle of Mrs. Ruggles to get her rather
numerous xamiiy reaay ror a Christ
mas dinner at the Bird's.
The Valweries gave a kid stunt en
titled A. B. C., and the Delta Zeta's
gave a musical stunt called the
"Merrv Milkmaids." Karma Karma
Gamma gave a clever stunt featuring
various advertisements. Alpha Chi
Omega presented "The Story Book
Ball, in which all of our favorite
child characters came to life. The
Aehoth skit was a taffe-off of the
"Rag" the girls being dressed in
old numbers of the "Rag."
Following the program a Nebraska
Syracuse football game was staged.
The team attended by Dr. Stewart
and Jack Best was wildly applauded
as it trotted on the field. Japs,
Hulu girls, "bums," Uncle Sam,
Columbia, rink pajama girls, small
girls and boys and Red Cross nurses
Joined in a vociferous U-U-U-N-I as
Nebraska scored her first touch
down. Call for a doctor in the sec
ond half brought forth a quack
with a hatchet who quickly resus
citated the patient. Between halves
die band paraded around the field
and formed a circle in the center
while the darky mascot Jigged till
he was breathless. The final score
was 1000 to 0, for Nebraska..
Following the game refreshments
or apples and doughnuts were served.
The Silver Serpents sold loe cones,
the proceeds from which are to be
used for a Christmas dinner for
the poor children of Lincoln. The i
admission price of twenty five cents ,
was larger than formerly, but the ,
profits are to bo given to the Red
a . 4 10 vtoa I
Triangle iuna. auuul
taken in not including the war tax
which amounted to J1-.
,
ronfcrence football teams aunn i..
ma
1119 man km "
however, as it wa sthought better
to stay by the old rule barring
freshman from valley games.
Following is the schedule adopted:
Nebraska University Basketball
. Washington at St. Louis
non-.February 6 Wasningion ai
pvhmarv 7-8-Missouri at Columbia.
February 15-16-Kansas at Lincoln.
March 8 9-MAggles" at Lincoln.
jt s villars. K. E. '10, now mayor
of Tocumseh. visited the University
Friday.
Stock Judging Teams
Not of Same Personnel
The team which represented the
University of Nebraska College of
Agriculture at the stock judging con
test held at Chicago last week was
not of the Bame personnel as the
team which participated in the show
at Columbus, O., as was announced
in Friday's issue of The Nebraskan.
The two teams were trained in
entirely different departments of the
University, the Chicago contestants
having competed in the judging of
the merits of meat producing ani
mals, while the men who entered the
contest at Columbus, Judged dairy
cattle. The team that won the re
cent victory at Chicago receiver"
their training in the animal hu-
bandry department.
The only man that has ever com
peted in the National Dairy Judg
ing contest is W. F. Roberts, who
won the highest individual honors
in judging Holsteins at the show in
Springfield, Mass., last year. At
this event Roberts won the
Holstein-Friesian scholarship.
$400
RED CROSS SENDS CALL
TO UNIVERSITY WOMEN
Demand Double Time of Co-
Eds for Week
MUST HAVE BANDAGES
Cablegram From Head Commission
at Front Says Dressings are
Needed by Millions
All Red Cross chapters have been
notified of the pressing need for
surgical dressings, f ollowing is me
cablegram received from Major
Grayson, M. P. Muruhy, head of the
Red Cross Commission in France:
"Red Cross standard surgical dres
sings in millions must be sent over
(to France) with all possible speed."
This is a call which should receive
the earnest co-operation of every
University girl who has expressed
the desire to do her "bit."
In order that the desired appor
tionment be sent from Nebraska, it
is necessary that girls who have
been attending: regularly give double
or triple the time to work for the
next ten days, and those who have
never attended which are many, are
urged to help share the responsibil
ity of turning Lincoln's required
quota on time.
These dressings must be sent at
the earliest possible date as word
came that the demand is so great
that many hospitals are entirely, out
of dressings and that surgeons are
obliged to resort to the use of news
papers or other substitutes to care
for the wounded.
Work Begins at Once
Work must begin immediately with
double enthusiasm and double the
number of workers. The Red Cross
work rooms will be open as usual on
Monday afternoon and beginning
Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, the
rooms will be open to workers every
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PROFESSOR SHIMEK'S
ADDRESS
To the Students, Faculty, and
General Public:
The declaration by the United
States that a state of war exists
with Austro-Hungary makes
the appearance of Professor
Shimek at Convocation next
Tuesday exceedingly timely
Professor Shlmek's parents
were subjects of the emperor
of Austria. They were the type
of people who meant what they
said when they renounced their
allegiance and accepted Ameri
can citizenship. Professor
Shimek himself was exchange
professor at Prague the year
before the war. He has first
hand Information relating to the
intrigues in the Austrian empire
that lead up to the war. Fur
ther than this, he is a brilliant
speaker. No patriotic American
can hear him without being
charmed, thrilled and inspired.
I am speaking of Professor
Shimek and his address from
personal knowledge, having
been on the platform with him
when he addressed several thou
sand people at Crete last sum
mer. S, AVERY.
UNIVERSITY PLAYING
IN COUNTRY'S
Fifty Student Officers Here
Awaiting Transfer
COMMISSIONED AT CAMPS
Will Be Sent to Various Concentra
tion Points to Be Assigned
to Regular Companies
A large number of Nebraska's stu
1ent officers, now in the service of
the United States have been visit
ing their friends here during the
past week, while on furlough from
the different training camps. A
number are from the second officers'
training camp that has just ended at
Fort Snelling, and others are from
camps Dodge, Funston, Deming, and
Sheridan. At this time many of the
men are being transferred from one
canin to the other and are on fur
loughs of from five days to two
weeks.
Fraternity houses of the Univer
sity have entertained 45 commis
sioned and non-commissioned of
ficers of the United States army
within the past week. The houses
have been turned over to the sol
diers, and they have been wel
comed to enjoy the hospitality of
the members as long as they may be
on leave of absence.
The List of Officers
Cantain Harold Corey and First
Lieutenant Ronald Wachtcr. both of
Fort Snelling, and Victor Jouvenaut,
who has just recently returned from
the ambulance service in France,
have been at the Sigma Alpha Kpsi
lon house during the past week.
Second Lieutenant Albert Bryson, '17,
First Lieutenant C. G. Perry, First
Lieutenant Henry Knutzen, '17, First
Lieutenant W. B. McDonald, Second
Lieutenant Leland Champ, ex-19, and
First Lieutenant William Hamilton,
have been at the Phi Gamma Delta
house.
Captain Silas M. Bryan, '15, Cap
tain E. M. Kline, '13, First Lieuten
ant George E. Grimes, and Second
Lieutenant Paul Temple, all of Fort
Snelling are now at the Phi Kappa
Psi house. Second Lieutenant Henry
Hathaway, First Lieutenant Dick
Russel. First Lieutenant Lewis
Weaver, and Sergeant Rudolph Fuchs
are stopping at the Delta Upsilon
fraternity house. First Lieutenant
iGeorge Gilligan, First Lieutenant A.
M. Thurber, First Lieutenant O. A.
Ralston, Second Lieutenant E. W.
Moehnt, and Second Lieutenant Cal
vin Webster have been at the Phi
Delta Theta house recently.
First Lieutenant Roy Imbody, First
Lieutenant Joseph Wishert, Second
Lieutenant Henry Thleson, and Sec
ond Lieutenant Fred Delano, are
guests at the Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity house. Lieutenant John
O'Brien, Lieutenant Verne Austin,
and Lieutenant Loren Caley have
been visiting the Alpha Theta Chi
house. Second Lieutenant. Glenn
Ross, First Lieutenant C. W. Helzer.
aiui Second Lieutenant Worth
'Minlck. are guests of Delta Tan
i Delta. Lieutenants Lloyd D. Wal
ter, C E. Paul and C. Neil Brown
lhave been guests at the Acacia
!house during the past week. Ser
'goant Krward Morehead, and Liou
Itcnant Clifton Monahan, have been
at the Beta Theta Pi house.
First Lieutenant E. F. Reed and j
'Second Lieutenant B. F. Merriam are
I at the Bushnell Guild house, Captain
Archer Burnham, at the Sigma ( hi
house. Captain C. J. Frankforter at
the Alpha Tan Omega house, and
Lieutenants Irvin Clark and 11. F.
Brown at the Alpha Sigma Phi house.
John C. Pickett, '19,
Enters War Service
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freshman law class and a Junior in
the University, has withdrawn from
school and enlisted in the service,
Pickett has been active especially in
athletics and was a varsity basketball
man last year. He was also on the
varsity football squad of this season
and played in the junior class team
that defeated the seniors.
Convicts Knit Sweaters
College co-eds are not the only ones
who are knitting socks and sweaters
tor soldiers. The convicts of the Cali
fornia state prison are turning out
large boxes of these articles daily.
ACTIVE PART
PRESENT WAR PLANS
Forty-Nine Men Enter Base
Hospital Corps
BEARS UNIVERSITY'S NAME
Organized Under Direction of Medi
cal College and Will Be School's
Only Representative at Front
Forty-nine students passed the ex
amination board of the Nebraska
Base Hospital corps Saturday and
were enlisted in the reserve corps
of hospital number 49. These men
may be called within the next 60
days but it is probable that they
will not be ordered until next May
or June when they will he given a
short course in training and then
sent abroad.
The corps is organized by W. A.
Stokes of the faculty of the medical
school at Omaha who is working
with the government officials at
Washington and will be the only
body of men on the firing line which
will be truly representative of the
school. The quota for the base hos
pital is 25 doctors, fi5 Red Cross
graduate nurses and 152 enlisted
men.
Trtie fact that all the men enlist
ing in this branch of the work will
be kept together in service ap
pealed strongly to students and the
examining office was kept busy all
day. The first chance for enlist
ment was given to students of phar
macology and pre-medlcs but at the
last other students were admitted.
Twenty-five were rejected account
physical disability. The army ex
aminers for the government were
Captain Potts and Lieutenant Green
berg of the medical - reserve corps
and Lieutenant J. D. Cohen of the
aviation corps. Dr. E. W. Rowe
and Dr. Geo. W. Covey of Lincoln
assisted.
Following is the list of those
sworn in and enlisted in the medical
reserve corps:
f!. S. Wayloo Carl Webber
Walter Herbert Jesse P. Brown
George Driver Leon Kuebler
Louis Harrington M. V. Johnson
Anton Vasina Harlow Wetherbee
William Simpson Paul Talik
Everett Garrison P. F. Anderson
Thos. Brennman Laird Potter
Lammert Redelfs Searl Hrbeck
John W. Redelfs Alfred Reese
Harold McMullen Martin Drake
Paul Conner
Frank Cove
Mike Daley
George Pollings
Lesley Sauer
Han Arendt
F. R. Dana
James Colton
Charles Lesh
Philip Burnham
Harold Craybill
D. B. Rant on
Carl Alivquit
E. Bullock
J. II. Worley
C. B. Morey
Christy F. May
Julius M. Johnson
Hugo M. Otoupalik
G. O. Fuchs
W. H. Weitman
W. B. Hasselquist
Paul Conrad
Lee Prouty
Martin Lundholm
P. II. Hoffman
II. Fanton
Oscar B. Anderson
NOTED LECTURE HERE
FOR CONVOCATION
Prof. B. Shimek Famed Scien
tist, in Prague Shortly Be
fore War's Outbreak
Professor B. Shimek, head of the
department of Botany, University of
Iowa, will speak of "The Friends or
Our Enemy," at 11 o'clock Convoca
tion tomorrow morning In Memorial
hall. Professor Shimek is in Lin
coln to give the annual Sigma XI
address. He Is one of the most
prominent Bohemians in America.
Professor Shimek has received
mention in no nuu iu mui .
He was born In Iowa and took
bachelor of arts and bacherlor or
science degrees at the University of
jlowa. He taught sciences at the
lowa state academy for a number
of years. From 1SS8 to 1890 he was
instructor of zoology at the uni
versity of Nebraska. In 1913 and
1914 he took work at the l niversity
of Trague.
Aside from the training rroressor
Shimek has had in botany and such
sciences, he has taken a course in
civil engineering. In 1908 to 1911
he was a special assistant wun me
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