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VOL. XVII, NO., 85.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. MONDAY, JANUARY 23. 1918.
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JINX MAKES MID
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Six Regular Men Now Out of
Play
SQUAD LOSES THREE MEN
Schroeder, Strohmer and Phillips Not
to Be Counted on for This
Semeiter
After being apparently knocked out
(or good by the Cornhusker basket
ball Bquad, Old Man Jinx staged a
comeback last week that for effec
tiveness and thoroughness could not
bo beaten, and the c Is again un
der the dark clouds of gloom.
The r-eason was started Saturday
before last, with a team from Camp
Funston. Dcfore tho game, hopes of
even beating the soldiers had been en
tertained, but after the first two min
utes of play, tho case was hopeless.
The Funston team was the cleverest
ami most accurate, if not the fastest,
team seen on a Nebraska floor for
some time. They started the game
with an all eastern man, an alUlllnoIs
man, and three all-western men. And
they had a second-string line-up that
was almost as formidable as their reg-
ulars. rne nnai Beore w to u it.
In spite Of this one-sided-defeat, how
'ever, the showing made by the inexpe
rienced Nebraskans' was decidedly en-,
couragihg, and Coach" ' Stewart even
went so far as stating that if the stu
dent body would stand behind the
team, Nebraska would be represented
as well or better than It was last year.
Six Men Out of Play
Tnen came sememer BAauiiuauuuo,
.and a week'B rest. It was impossible
to practice, because the gymnasium
was being used for registration. A
practice 8crimm3e trs-held Satur
day night with Cotner, whop the true
delapidated condition of the squad be
come apparent. Schroeder Is out of
the game for good, because of- a bad
heart. Strohmer is ineligible for the
next semester. Phillips left school
and was unable to take the examina
tions, and so. is ineligible. Hubka is
in the hospital with an injured knee.
Anthes and Adklns are on the hospital
list, and the- former -is probably out
of the game for the -rest of the Beason.
In all there are six regulars some, of
them strong candidates for the first
quintet out of the game for Borne
time, and some of them for the entire
season. '
In spite of these adverse conditions,
however, Coach Stewart is still work
ing hard with the team, and expects
schedule will be continued as was
orginally planned.
For Friday and Saturday nights of
this week, fans have been secured a
real treat. Two games will be played
with the team from Ctnip Dodge,, for
a benefit for the Camp Dodge athletic
fund. As preliminaries to each game,
Doane and Cotner will play the fresh
men, on Friday and Saturday night
respectively. This will be an oppor
tunity to see a team in action that
will be on a par with that from Funs
ton, and to see the whirlwind fresh
men show their worth. Definite plans
for tho games have not been fully com
pleted, but an extensive campaign Is
being arranged for. Coach Griffith,
director of athletics at Camp Dodge,
has sent out Lieut. "Bill" Folsom to
Ret as advance agent, and that fact
alono means that things are going
to happen.
LAST CALL ISSUED FOR
CORNHUSKER PICTURES
Owing to Registration Week
Time Limit Is Postponed
Until February 2
A second call for junior 'and senior
Individual pictures for the Cornhusk
w has been Issued by the manage
ment. Due to the unsettled condition
school this past week caused by
examinations and registration, a few
or the pictures have not yet been
ken. For this reason the time limit
for having the pictures taken has
Ceen extended until Saturday, Feb
f"ary 2, so that all of the pictures may
be taken.
The contract for the engraving aK
'owg only a limited time for all the
Pictures to be gotten in, and since
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DEAN W. C. HASTINGS
Appointed Unlverslty't Acting
Chancellor
some time U necessary for the photog
rapher to developo and mount the
pictures it will be absolutely neces
sary that the pictures all be taken
before this time.
. A majority of the pictures have al
ready been taken but some few are
yet missing. It is the duty -of these
few to have their pictures taken at
once. Pictures can be taken any time
up to 5 o'clock, any day this week.
The management plans to run a
list of ell Juniors and seniors who
have registered as such. This list will
be made up in alphabetical order and
all who' do not have their picture in
will have a blank space left where
their picture should be, as a represen
tative of their school patriotism.
It is, therefor absolutely essential
that these pictures be taken before
February 2 if the Cornhusker is to
come but on time.
NEWSPAPERS TO MAKE US
THINK INTERNATIONALLY
"To make millions of Americans
i think intenationally is - the tremen
dous task imposed , upon the newspa
pers of this country. President Wil
son's wonderful vision of the part that
the United States is to play in world
affairs can not be realized unless it
Is understood and supported by the
American people, Tho weekly and
daily newspapers are practically the
sole mediums through which we can
bo informed and1 guided."
So said Frof.W. G. Bleyer, head of
the Department of Journalism of the
University of Wisconsin, in addressing
the Library chool on Friday.
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SORORITIES ANNOUNCE
NINETEEN PLEDGES
Alpha Xi Delta Heads Second
Seinester List Pi Beta
Phi Second
cnrnriiv nledzinir for the second
semester this year shows a decrease
in members pledged, as compared to
former pledge weeks. This fact per
haps is due to the fact that the mem
bership in nearly every case has been
maintained about to the normal stand
ing. In this respect sorority ind fra
ternity pledges show marked con
trasts this year owing to the in
creased activity shown in fraternity
pledging on account or memuersnnj
ranks which have been materially de
pleted by the call to tne colors.
No large number of pledges was
made by any of the sororities and in
, inninrM nn nledsres were an-
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nounced. Following are the sororities
and their pledges.
Alpha Delta Pi Frances Thompson,
Clay Center; Marguerite Burton, Lin
coln; Mary Wftherow, Thurman, la.
Alpha Omicron Pi Nina Belle Cook,
Omaha. jt
Delta Delta Delta Vel.ma Scott.
Morton, Kan. (Incomplete.)
Gamma Phi .Beta Marguerite
Smith, Lincoln.
Kappa Kappa Gamma Marguerite
Temple, Lincoln.
Alpha XI Delta Gwendolyn Dray
ton, Orchard; Valeria Downs, Lincoln;
Elsie Summers, Lincoln; Rose Skud
ler, Atkinson; Hazel Miller, Marmon;
Geanne Rankin, Cambridge.
Alpha Phi Marlon Dunn, Tecum
seh Elizabeth Sturdevant, Omaha.
FI BcU rhi Cornice Miller,
Detroit, Mich.; Marlon Thrush,
Spencer, Iowa; Julia Jacobscn, Coun
cil Bluffs. Iowa; Hazel Barr, ork. j
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To Be Replaced by Dean W. Q.
Hastings of College of Law
TO RETURN EARLY IN FALL
Leave of A bsenceG ranted by Boajd
of Regents Terminates In Septem
ber Pay to Continue
Chancellor Samuel Avery at his own
personal request and at the instance
of the government war department
obtained from tho University board of
regents last week permission to take
leave from hia dutlefat the Univer
sity for the present for the purpose of
entering Into olliclal duties at Wash
ington. He will be replaced in his
position here by Dean Wlliam G.
Hastings from the University college
of law.
The term of the chancellor's leave
continues until next September. Dur
ing this time he will remain in the
pay of the University as the duties
at Washington are entirely voluntarly
and without compensation. The work
which the chancellor will take up is
expected to be chiefly in the chemical
department since he maintains a na
tional reputation as an expert in this
field. He will leave for the capitol
within the next week. The work in
the government chemical department
is now under the' control of a com
mittee of the national defense coun
cil .and is headed by Prof. M.. T.
Bogert of the University of Columbia.
It was at the recommendation, of Pro
fessor Bogert that Chancellor Avery
was selected as the man for this posi
tion. . .. '
Dean Hastings Acting' Chancellor
Dean Hastings in taking the posi
tion left vacant by this change will
at the same time continue in charge
of the college of law and , will pre
sumably arry on his instructions in
that department. The' dean has been
connected with the University for a
number of years and has displayed
ability in the execution of his dujies
as dean of the college of law that
merit the award to him of this distinc
tion. No changes in the policy of the
University is expected to follow this
new arrangement.
The University, will have in Chan
cellor Avery the best possible repre
sentation in the war work now being
carried on at Washington and the
selection comes as a national recogni
tion of the character and quality of
officials. heading tho work of instruc
tion in this state.
Whether,. the chancellor returns in
September or not is a matter of specu
lation, and one which will be decided
perhaps by the general issues Of the
war during the coming months. If it
is seen that his presence at the capitol
is necessary he may be allowed per
mission to continue his work there as
long as the government requests.
Dean Hastings meanwhile will take
active charge of University affairs and
carry on the programs already begun
along the construction process and
other lines.
MAY ADOPT FOUR-DAY
PROGRAM FOR HEBRASKAN
Publication Board to Act
Wednesday in Regard to
Future Policy of Paper
Only one after today remains for
students of the University to assure
for themselves and the boys at camp
a five-day-a-week Daily Nebraskan.
Wednesday the publication board will
decide the question whether or not
the school is Justified In putting out
a full-program paper. So far the stu
dent body has responded quite favor
able to the appeal recently made by
the management of The Nebraskan to
support this the only representation
of the University, of Nebraska at
home and among other states and
colleges as well as at the camps and
at the front.
Rut the response has not been suf
ficient to make the desited five-day
issue possible. For such a program at
list seTeii hundred lubscript'.o wH
h necesBarv. At present there are
not over an estimated four hundred
palrt Bubscriptior.s for this BemeBter.
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CHANCELLOR SAMUEL AVERY
Granted Leave of Absence by Board
of Regents
The students must act today if ever
and make up the deficiency in the
support of the paper if they would
have it bring to them daily the news
of the campus and the class room.
During the registration days many
active solicitors were about the va
rious registration halls . taking and
soliciting orderB Trom the students.
Due to the strenuous and sincere ef
forts of these people the present four
hundred . subscriptions have been se
cured. The. first year students and
many of the upperclassmen have not
yet been approached. It is to their
interest and the interest of the paper
if they are not solicited to go to the
Student Activities office at once and
subscribe.
A few; fraternities have announced
that every man among them has taken
a subscription. This is the spirit
which should prevail in every school
organization . that has the best inter
ests of the school at heart. Later It
is planned to publish the names of
those organizations who can claim
that mark of loyalty in having every
member a supporter of The Nebras
kan, During tho past, week letters
were ?ent to the various organizations
requesting their, special attention to
the matter and it is supposed that all
fraternities and sororities will take
up the question at tonight's regular
business meeting.
It is hoped that by tomorrow eve
ning the necessary number of sub
scriptions will have been secured to
guarantee to the student and faculty
body the five-day program of The Ne
braskan for the coming semester.
STUDENT REGISTRATION
SHOWS SLIGHT DECREASE
Seventy Per Cent of Last
Year's Number in Attend
ance Thousand at War
Optimism regarding student regis
tration for the second semester of
the school year prevailed in Univer
sity official circles Saturday upon re
viewing the number of registrations
already applied for during the week,
equals at least seventy per cent of the
fears which authorities may have en
tertained over a threatening decrease
in attendance.
v Although no. complete figures are
yet obtainable the belief is expressed
that the number registered to date
equals at least sventy per cent of the
number attending here a year ago.
There- will be at least one hundred
and fifty make application during the
coming week which will raise the
percentage materially.
No little satisfaction is felt among
the officials concerning the facts dis
closed by these reports. Figures show
that the present number of University
students enrolled falls short by eight
hundred the number in attendance at
the same time. last year.
Many Huskers in Service
There are at present at least one
thousand Cornhusker men registered
somewhere in the army of Uncle Sam.
By far the greatest majority of these
are now in active service or prepara
tion and all of them would without
doubt be in school at the present, were
it not for war.
From this it may be een that un
der LCnni! CC2utiGu3 tlio euiuliuieut
would now exceed that of the previous
year by no less than two hundred per
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Ordinance Governing all Social
Functions Now in Effect
FEW EXCEPTIONS ARE MADE
Private Dances In Homes of Indi
viduals Excluded from 10:30
O'Clock Ruling
University of Nebraska students ex
perienced the first effects of the new
itiw governing all social functions,
Friday and Saturday evenings of last
week at a number of dances and
parties given in homes and downtown
halls.
The new ordinance requires that all
dances and University parties on the
campus, at fraternity and corority
houses and in tho city party rooms be
dismissod at 10:30 o'clock. The city
law requiring that all street cars be
stopped at that hour makes it prob
able that the parties will need to
be dismissed at 10 ;15 in order for
the guests to catch the last car going
from the city to their homes.
In a conference with Mayor J. E.
Miller, Dean Amanda Heppner dis
cussed the application of the city rule
to University functions and expressed
the desire of the student body to co
operate with the city in the new con
servation plan. It was agreed at this
interview that private dances given in
the homes of .individuals will be ex
empted from this ruling and will be
permitted to continue until the 12
o'clock hour. This in no way will in
clude the organizations and care will
be taken that no organization will
take advantage of this exception. No
one will be permitted to entertain
their respective organizations in their
home and thus avoid the 10:30 o'clock
rule. . .....
Dean Heppner also announced that
the Pan-Hellenic and University laws
governing the closing hours of social
activities would automatically change
to comply with the new ordinance.
All theatrical performances of what
ever nature are not to be held later
than 10 o'clock in accordance with the
city requirements respecting enter
tainments of that sort. This will in
clude plans or rehearsals either at the
Temple or any other hall and will
apply also to entertainments given by
the dramatic and literary societies.
Sororities will be left to determine
the application of the order to their
respective organizations in regard to
after-party, lunches. Heretofore it has
been generally the custom for the
guests to visit the restaurants after
the parf.es for lunches' which lasted
often until after 12 o'clock. This will
necessari:y be changed by the ruling
that sororlJy women be at their homes
by eleven o'clock.
University Need Not
Suffer Coal Shortage
In the time of adversity, we have
found at least one respect in which
the University is fortunate. Superin
tendent Chowins states that there Is
a supply of coal on hand now that
puts the possibility of a shortage out
of the question for some time to come.
Furthermore, there is a large amount
of coal being received daily to add to
tho huge pile which already blockades
T Btreet from Eleventh to Twelfth.
FIRST ISSOE OF BLUE
PRINT DISTRIBUTED TODAY
Valuable Publication of Engi
neering Magazine Put in
Hands of Students
The first issye of the Blue Print
the engineering publication, will be
out today. Subscribers may obtain
their issues on the first floor of the
A. M.4uilding. Anyone who has not
yet subscribed and wishes to do so
may obtain an Issue.' at the . table
where the papers are given out.
This is the first of two issues to be
oublished during the school year and
contains some very valuable material.
An article by H. II. Wheeler, plant
6uiuc6f it tle Liuuulii Tcleptiuua f
Telegraph company, entitled "An Ap1
plication of the Piece Work Plan,"
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