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COIIIUSKER PLANS
COMPLETION
Management Offlers $5 for
Best Set of Snapshots
WANTS SOLDIER PICTURES
Apathy of Student! Towards 8ub
.crlptlon Campaign Continues
Other Schools Doing Better
A Cornhuuker prize of $5 Is of
fered for the best set of snapshots
turned Into the Cornhusker office
for use In the annual. In It efforts
to portray all phases' of University
life the management has taken this
means ii order that; Interesting
campus scenes, student stunt's and
joke pictures may be added to the
already large number of unique sec
tions of the book.
No Joke section will be run in this
year's annual, but use will be made
of the pictures for which the prize
is offered. In connection with other
sections of the book. Those snap
shots already turned in by students
will be considered in the award of
the prize.
The last day for taking Individual
senior and Junior pictures for the
Cornhusker has passed. Wednesday
was the deadline. Individual Bopho
more pictures may be taken for some
time yet.
One week will be allowed seniors
and Juniors in which to pay for their
Cornhusker cuts if they have not al
ready done so. Many students have
had sittings at Townsend's but have
failed to pay the necessary charges.
They will have until next Tuesday to
do so. The upperclass pictures will
be sent to -the engravers m aoouii
two weeks, thereby necessitating Im
mediate payment. . '
Wants Soldiers Pictures
The Cornhusker editorial manage
ment continues to appeal to students
to contribute snaps and other pic
tures of University men who are now
in the nation's service. While a
large number of these pictures will
appear in the yearbook,' the response
of students to the management's re
quest has not been as ' enthusiastic
as was desired.
rtna asrotn ft ia Honlrfll that the
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fact these pictures can be used and
returned without being injured
should be made known. A great
deal of the success of the annual
of the type ot the Cornhusker de
pends upon the material turned in
by "students. .If a truly representa
tive book is to be issued, featuring
the University's war activities, stu
dent support must ' be behind the
annual.
Subscription Campaign Slow
The apathy of students toward the
Cornhusker subscription campaign
has lessened, but slightly this week,
although a large number of girls are
soliciting for subscriptions. The
management desires t point out that
2,600 subscriptions to the Gopher,
the University of Minnesota yearbook
were taken during their subscription
campaign, and even Kansas has ex
ceeded Nebraska's total of less than
a thouoand. Minnesota although hav
ing a larger registration than - Ne
braska has lost a greater number 01
its men students and the support of
the book has fallen on the women.
FIRST NEBRASKA ROAD
INSTITUTE TO BE HERE
On Campus March 11 to 15,
Under "Auspices of Engi
' neering College
Programs are out' for the first Ne
braska road institute, given under the
aubpices of the engineering college
in co-operation with several Nebraska
road builders and engineers, Marcl
11 to 15, at the downtown camps.
The institute is to be given for high
way superintendents and commis
sioners,, county surveyors and a1!
other persons interested in the im
provement of public roads. (
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Prof. Julia Vance
Speaks at Vespers
Miss Julia Vance, head of the home
economics department, who has Just
returned from Washington, spoke at
Vespers Tuesday in Y. W. C. A. rooms.
Her subject was "A Woman's Patriot
ism." Helen Humpe presided. Leila
Ferguson sang.
"There are many phases of the war
situation, said Miss Vanco. We have
been afraid ot not having enough coal,
wheat, moat and other things. But
when we think of our problem com
pared to the big world problems, it
seems very small.
Last November, the people in Wash
ington were very excited, v Now they
are quiet, self-controlled and deter
mined. The situation regarding food
is no moro serious than the situation
of transportation.
The south has never been self-supporting.
They have raised mostly cot
ton and have been entirely dependent
upon northern states for food, espe
cially cereals. The south must now
raise their own food.
Food is a telling factor. The matter
of substitution Is very serious. It Is
a matter ot saving food to keep our
allies alive. I think there Is no one
who would not send all they could to
Europe."
The program opens with addresses
ot welcome by Governor Keith
Neville, Mayor J. E. Miller, and Mr.
B. A. George, president ot the Lin
coln Commercial club.
Papers and lectures on such sub
jects as "Need of Better Roads."
"Grading and Grading Machinery,"
and "Road Surveys,, Maps and Esti
mates," with discussions by dele
gates, and illustrated lectures make
up the greater part of "the pro
gram. ' There will be inspected trips
Thursday and Friday afternoons.
The institute closes with ' a ban
quet Friday evening.
G. D. Swezey to Lecture
on Coming Eclipse of Sun
"The Coming Total Eclipse ot the
Sun, June 8," will be the address given
before the Sigma XI ly G. D. Swezey,
In the lecture room of Bessey hall at
8 o'clock Friday, March 1. The meet
ing will be open to all who wish to
attend.
JUNIOR CLASS ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR SEMESTER
William Mackey Made Vice
President, Reed and Hadley
Head Committees
. William Mackey was elected vice
president of the junior class at a
meeting yesterday. The other officers
elected were. Helen Dill, treasurer;
Wallace Spear, sergeant-at-arms ;
Katharine Newbranch, secretary.
The Juniors decided to have a hop
this semester, and to turn the pro
ceeds over to the class treasury. The
date' for the party has not yet been
set.
D. V. Stephens made the following
committee appointments for this
semester.
Ivy Day. Harry Reed, chairman;
Leonard Kline, Glen Hopkins, Kath.
arine Newbranch, Robert Wenger and
Wilson Bryans.
Junior Hop Stewart Hadley, chair
man, Merrill Williams, William
Mackey, Robert Brown, Roscoe Ander
son, Frances Whitmore and Helen Dill.
E. F. Shea Leaves for -
Oil Work in Oklahoma
E. F. Shea, '20, who has accepted
a position with the U. S. geological
survey, left the University last week.
He will serve under Dean Winches
ter, '07, who has been detailed from
Washington to' Oklahoma to do
geological work in the. oil fiields. It
was Dean Winchester who discovered
and made known the famous oil
sholes of the Utah region.
BULLDOG QUINTET
LOOMS
Nip and Tuck Battles Expected
With Drake Crew
STEWART IS OPTIMISTIC
Management Once More Appeal to
v,. Student Body to Back
Up Team
Trospects for an exciting game of
basketball for this week are assum
ing big proportions as the time for
the advent of the Bulldogs into Corn-"
husker territory draws nearer. From
the advance dope that has been
gleaned concerning the quality of th
Drake aggregation, It Is safe to Bay
that they are putting forth every
ounce of effort that they can to
wards winning, and it Is bound to
be nip and tuck battle if Nebraska
is' to come out of the melee with
the big end of the score. The win
ning of the game last week from the
Kansas Aggies has only tended to
put' an added amount of pep and
fight into the Drake men, and the
fact that the game -was a close one
has only made them work that
much harder in preparing for the
mix with the Huskers this week.
However, Doc Stewart expressed him
self as very well satisfied with the
way things were going, and seemed
to take a very optimistic attitude as
to the outcome of the games. Sev
eral of the men who have been on
the sick list , since the battle with
Wesleyan last week will be able to
be out tonight for practice and will
undoubtedly be Jn the line-up for the
fray on Friday and Saturday.
Want Bio Crowd Out
There is one thing, however, that
is very necessary to, the welfare of
Nebraska's success, and that is the
support of the student " body. Last
week there was only about two-thirds
of a crowd out to witness the scrap
with the Coyotes. This is certainly
out of all proportion with Nebraska
spirit. Student association tickets
will admit to both the games this
week and there is no reason why
we should not have the Armory full
to overflowing. The first game will
be Friday evening at 7:30. The sec
ond game, which was to have been
played Saturday evening, due to the
fact that that is University Night,
will have to be staged at 3- olclock
Saturday afternoon. Let'B all get out
and help show the team to victory.
Do your bit.
CONVOCATION
Convocation this morning will be
a program by the University cadet
band,' under the direction of Prof.
C. B. Cornell. The following pro
gram will be given:
Overture "Martha" Flotow
Egyptian Ballett Luigini
Walse Espana Waldtol
University Ode ..Prof. C. B. Cornell
CO-ED INTER-CLASS
MEET THIS SATURDAY
Picked Stars .From Previous
Tournaments to Play for
Final Championship
The co-ed inter-class basket-ball
tournament which will be "held Sat
urday,. March 2, from 9 to 12 o'clock
in the Armory, . promises to be
even more interesting than either
the inter-sorority or the Rainbow
meet. The fact that competitton for
places on the class teams has never
before been so strong is probably
due to the enthusiasm stirred up
by these two preceding tournaments.
. First, second and possibly third
teams will be picked from the star
players of the preyious meets. Some
very good centers and goal-throwers,
as well as guards and forwards will
take part. More time is being spent
by the girls each day in basketball
practice and even the star players
are daily becoming more expert. The
captain of the purple team recently
UP STRONG
Dr. A. Q. Toole and 0. H.
Gish to Enter for War Work
O. H. Gish and Dr. A. Q. Toole,
of the physics department, will both
leave this week for the east, where
they will enter into war work for
the government. Mr. Gish has re
signed from the University, and will
go into the Westlnghouse electrical
laboratories at Pittsburgh, Penn. Dr.
Toole will go to Washington, where
he will do researth work in the
bureau ot weights and measures.
Oriqinal Comedy Produced N
at Komensky Klub Program
The Komensky Klub. held their
regular meeting in Art hall on Sat
urday night-, February 23. After the
usual business matters were attended
to a short program given by several
members of the Klub furnished the
entertainment for the evening.
One of the features of the pro
gram was an original comedy drama,
presenting the usual difficulties en
countered In" having an organization
Dlcture taken for the Cornhnsker.
The play was written and dram
atized by Miss Stephavia Klepetko
and presented by Miss Josephine
Zrust. Miss Helen Kreycl, MissSylcla
Nike, Miss Stephanvia Klepetko, Miss
Emilie Hromas.
tossed eleven baskets; another girl
made a goal from the center of the
field while others made goals in
BDite of being very closely guarded.
The seniors will play the Juniors
and the sophomores the Iresnmen ,
winners of those games will then
play for the championship. For two
years the senior team has been the
champion, and it is looking forward
to the third successful year.
Dr. C. J. Elmore Writes
for "Botanical Gazette"
Dr. Clarence J. Elmore, professor
of botany in Grand Island college,
has written an article which appears
in the current number of the Botan
ical Gazette on the Changing
Diatoms of Devjls' Lake." This article
is a report of a recent investigation
carried on by him at the United
States biological station at Devils'
Lake, North Dakota.
NEBRASKA SENDS EIGHT
MEN TO INDOOR MEET
Townsend, Grau, Graf, Finney,
Reese, McMahon, Yort, and
Stevens to Be Sent
For the first time in several years
Nebraska will send a team of men
to the indoor track meet at Kansas
City this week-end with a hope of
bringing home a good share of-the
honors. Eieht men will make up
the party 'hat Coach Stewart will
take to the meet.
Captain Townsend, Grau, Graf, Fin
ney, Reese, McMahon, Yort and
Stevens will represent the Cornhusk
ers in the. Missouri city. Of these
Townsend, Grau, Graf, Fmey and
Reese have been through the test
of hard meets and have proven to
be valuable men.
Townsend will be a member of
the relay team and will probably run
in the quarter-mile race aswell. Grau
will run in the relay and also try
for a place in the thousand-yard run.
If he is in good condition Grau
good pace to beat him out. . Stevens
and McMahon will probably compete
should make all competitors go at a
the relay team, with Yort as alter
nate. Finney will be entered In the 50
yard low hurdles, which he even
stands a good chance of copping, in
spite of his lack of condition. Last
year Finney ran a close second to
the mighty Simpson in this event.
Graf, who Js almost unbeatable at
two miles, will try his luck in the
mile, and should pull down a place.
Reese, who won the shot put In the
Missouri Valley conference meet last
year will enter that event at the
Kansas City meet and ( should be
well up among the first four when
the putting has been completed.
' The team will leave Lincoln Frl-
day night, getting into Kansas City
early Saturday morning. The meet
will be held in the Coliseum that
night
TOOMIIEIIT ILL
BE BIGGEST EVER
111 Entries Already Received
for High School Meet
STARTS NEXT WEDNESDAY
"N" Men Will Help In Entertainment
Idea Developed by
Nebraska
The prospects for the success of
the- annual high school basketball
tournament, which will be staged
here next week under the auspices
of the athletic department, are get
ting better every day, and the pres
ent indications are that this year's
tournament will far eclipse any
event of the kind that has ever
been held here before, or for that
matter, anywhere. One hundred and
eleven high schools have sent in
their entries already and as the en
tries will not close until Saturday,
there Is every reason to believe that
the number to participate this year
will be greater than last year, when
there were 110 schools represented.
The games this year promise to
be of much greater interest than
heretofore owing to the new ruling
of the Nebraska High School Ath
letic association, which allows a team
to play but one game each day. This
ruling is bound to keep the boys on
the various teams in better physical
rendition, and thus able to play a
hp.tter brand ot basketball than if
they were forced to play several
games in one day and wear tnem
selves out Also, it will permit the
ninv tn be longer: all the games
excepting the finals, will be played
in fifteen-minute halves. The ball
wHi ntftHi rollin. at 9 o'clock next
Wednesday morning, four floors the
Armory, the Chapel, the Y. M.'C. A.
and the Auditorium will be occupied
during the first day's play, after
which the chapel will be eliminated
and only the larger floors used.
"N" Men to Assist
Since such a large affair will bring
many young men into Lincoln from
the various towns of the state, it
is quite a problem to properly look
after and entertain such a large ag
gregation. Coach-Stewart has suc
cessfully solved this difficulty by en
listing the aid of the MNM club.
This club is composed of all men in
the University who have won their
"N" in any of the athletic contests.
These men are all mere or less well
known about the campus, and when
dolled out in their red sweaters,
sporting on the front a big white
"N", they should prove to be of a
great deal of assistance in taking
care of the high school boys. It Is
planned that they will act in such
capacities as score-keepers, gate
keepers, and various like officials be
sides being a sort of information bu
reau upon which the visitors can call
at any time.
Is a Distinctive . Nebraska Idea
This idea of a high school basket
tournament is one which Nebraska
has worked out and developed from
its infancy. And it is one of which
Nebraska may well be proud, for it
has the. distinction of being the big
gest thing of its kind anywhere to
be found in the world. That it has
a very high standing out in the state
is evidenced by the fact that every
year thus far the number of entries
has Increased, and it is only due to
the war and the consequent tendency
to economize that the entries for this
year have not already far exceeded
those of previous years. But as one
out-state principal expresses it: "I
know of no bigger experience that
can come to a high school boy than
the trip tothe big tournament in
Lincoln."
300 UNIVERSITY NIGHT
TICKETS YET ON SALE
Performance Will Last From
7:15 to 10:15, With Short
Waits Between Acts
Like hot cakes right out of the
griddle, the seats for . University
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