NEBRASKA-TO-CHINA EDITION
The Daily Nebraskan
YOU XVII. NO. 115.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. WEDNESDAY. MARCH '20. 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ilEl III MORE
III SUilSill
Theory of Confucius Receives
Reversals in China
Y w. C. A.GAINS GROUND
mplisbes Astonishino Results
nfhn, Lsbora In Orient-Liberation
of Women Greatest Soc
ial Achievement
The raying" of Confucius are that
Women are different from men as
nt& ts from heated; 'Women are
hAeeA human beings but they are of
t tower state than men. They never
ti attain a full equality with men.
t aim of femile education, there
in is perfect submission, not cul
tivation and the development of the
mind"' began Miss Harriet Tayior,
Sr?w.rcl'
its afternoon, -u i w
tare that women snouia oe epi uuue.
ae control of men, and not allowed
ny mill of their own," according to
the ancient Chinese teacher.
Dr. Arthur II. Smith, the famous
missionary statesman, has said that
tie most comprehensive and far-reaching
change of all, greatly transcending
jb importance the spectacular altera
tions, In the form of government. Is
ti nrttent iaL and In Dart, tne
v;- i
tual liberation of the women in China,
-one of the greatest events In the
social history of mankind."
7b 1897 the Emperor was dethroned
tui imprisoned, largely for Introduc
ing and promoting western education,"
said Miss Taylor. "In 191t, western
education was ordered to be adopted
it all the schools of China, with the
aim to make the education of women,
general and compulsory.
"There are 500 foreign women stu
tat. in America, today, and about 100 j
of these are Chinese, As a result of
tMk, it? ere has ben a chat? 3 ot atti
tude in China, toward women, educa
tion, and toward western culture.
Work of Misa Coppock
Here, Miss Taylor gave a brief his
tory f the wonderful work ot Miss
Grace Coppock, the national secretary
for the Y. W. C. A. In China, She said
that Miss Coppock graduated from the
University of Nebraska, In 1905, and
then after preparing for her associa
tion work, sailed for China in 1906.
She studied languages for two years
and then was made general secretary
of Shanghai, where she remained four
years. She was made national secre
tary in 1910.
"The Associations! work In China
Is divided among three groups, the
wives of influential Chinamen, the stu
dents and graduates, and the Indus-
x (Continued on page four)
CHINA TOWNS REPORT
EXCELLENT PROGRESS
Work cf Association Gradually
Exerting Strong Influence
Over Entire Kingdom
The branches of the Young Wom
en's Christian Association are rapidly
pro-ring throughout China and In prac
tically every large city the member
ship is increasing steadily. Reports
from Foot-how, Peking and Tienstiu
are very favorable as to membership
and contain reiorts of Time-la vest
ment debs. Educational Clubs and
Poor Children's classes which have
been formed.
renewing are the reports from Tien
Btiii and Peking:
PEKING
Word comes from Peking that their
mambereliip Is growing; the last re
V'n said 123 enrolled. The organiza
tion of the various committees Is nn
fler way and the encouraging part is
tLtt the members gladly assume re
sponsibility. This lifts a big burden
nfl shows the wiTliL.gnes8 ot the mem
lfTS to carry their share ot the work
Winter Conference
There is always o much that re
ports can xtver tell, fcxd figures even
less
and on the other band, so mucu
we have n ether way of know-
thkt
inc.
So we see as we ook through
StatiU.'-al rfrrrt ,t He conf erect.
several most strr'Sraxt facts: wlere
fcttmAaMe t tf fn coherence ;
'acneo in ri ivt, 1tt mere were
. . a i
kTl 102. exactly doubling the attend
ance. j a t,t fu-st conference we
II W"
roachcd S non mission schools, In this
conference, 12 such schools were rep
tosented and 3 others sent visiting del
egates; in the first conference we se
cured the attendance ot 13 non-Chris-tlan
girls. while this year 34 non
Christiana were registered. Let us
keep In mind as we catch the story
of these figures, all that has been
wild of the difficulties of Interesting
the non mission student In a confer
ence and of securing her attendance.
and ask it all the effort was not
worth while, and let us ask It again
when we learn that 34 of the delegates
signed cards signifying their desire to
continue the study of the Dible and
to enter Bible classes, and that,
within a week after the close of the
. Conference, three of the delegates had
received baptism and Joined the Chris
tian church, and still another had
Joined on probation. These are the
(Continued ou page four.)
FRESHMEN DROP FIRST
SERIES GAME TO "AGGIES"
Southerner. Take Short Lead
m Monday mgnt uontesi
MADE A STRONG COMEBACK
Nebraskans do Admirable Work
Second Half of Play by Scoring
Long Shots.
in
The freshman basketball five were
i ritcannotnted Mondav niaht in their
quest for revenge on the Kansas
Aggies, when they lost the first series
game by the margin of 17 to IS. The
Aggies walked away with the Hnskers
In the first ha'.f and piled up a 15 to
5 lead. But in the second half the
Nebraska men sprung a surprise on
their onnonents by slipping In five
f goals from the middle of the floor be
fore the Farmers could effect a check.
After that they held their own against
the Southerners In the matter of bas
shooting and it was on y through
the dropping in of a couple of free
throws in the last few minutes of thi
play that the Aggies were able to
score the necessary winning points
These were acquired through the work
of Youngmeyer, the Kansas crack
player. It will be remembered that he
is the man who made such a record
for scoring free throws when the
Aggies were here a couple of weeks
ago.
The final same of the series was
played last night at Manhattan, and
the reports are expected to indicate
that the first year men were able to
redeem themselves against the Kansas
representatives.
Announcement was made yesterday
of the marriage of Alice Proudfit. 17,
to Lieut. William P. Noble, '16, at
Jacksonville. Fla. Mrs. Noble is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Proud
fit and a member of Kappa Alpha
Theta. Mr. Noble was a member of
the Ford Peace expedition to Europe
two years ago. He is a member of Phi
Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Kappa and was an
Innocent of the year '16.
As" We See a Chinese Wedding Feast
Eperienoed by Miss Ward and Miss
Coppock Written by Miss Ward..
You should have been here yester
day in go to a weiring feast with us.
1 wish I could make a clear i'ictnre
of it. Throe of us, Mrs. Gamewcll.
Miss Copwk and myself, went. The
house in which the bride lived opens
on a narrow, rather poor looking
street. Like other Chinese bonsc-s, at
is built around a court, with the win
dows and doors opening there, and
tne large front gate. Jost inside the
gate, at a table, sat an "orchestra"
ihree rather shabby joo'tung tuea, ba
fifed and cymbled as "we came in.
Then w -faced the big court. In at
-as another band; this time in a sort
of uniform. The whole court was
bong wi;b puffed silk decorations, and
bright banners. The great. guest room
that 4s entirely open to the court on
ore-f ide, was all hung with red satin
banners, decorated with gold char
acters of "rood meaning." All the
chairs and tables were covered wiih
red satin covers, l.anfallr embroja
rrod with r haded gold patterns
dragons, phoenixes, conventional tuns
and seas. Such covers are used only
for wedding and old folks' birthdays,
and kept on Just for the feast days. .
n-.. -r met bv tie sisters-in-law
n r '
- 5n f-ir boe.
At ur- urn -
..
iitiipwiiiiifl
!i,ve their bead dress. Thy
PRINTERS
BEGIN
I
Preliminary Material to Go to
Press Thursday
WANT CAMPUS PHOTOS
Management of Cornhutker Desires to
Have Pictures of Student Life
Few Payments Yet Due
Word comes from the Cornhusker
office that nearly all copy is In. and
that the material will start to be sent
to the printers some time this week.
Work will commence on the first part
of the book Immediately, and will pro
gress steadily from now until all the
book is printed. Most group photo
graphs, and individual pictures, are
now in the hands of the management,
and after Thursday, they will be sent
to the engravers.
There are still a number of societies
and sophomores who have not paid
for their pictures. They are given
until Thursday to settle for them.
These organizations must settle by
Thursday night at o'clock:
Phi Gamma Delta
Phi Delta Kappa
Pharmaceutical Society
Saddle and Sirloin Club
Kosmet Klub
Commercial Club
These sophomores must settle
Thursday night at 6 o'clock:
Harriet Ashbrook
Stella Baker
Bernlce Bell
Irving Chapin
Myrtle Creamer
Ethel De Young
.John Eldridge
Claribel Hager
May Kiefer
J H Koehler
Leonard Leech
Alfreda Mackprang
Olive Meads
Vernie Moseman
Elizabeth Stem-art
Rachel Trester
Margaret Winn
Considerable misapprehension
by
ex.
j si s, says the management, concerning
pictures of phases of student life and
also of University soldiers which will
be run in the book. Pictures and
snaps may still be turned" In. Num
bers of pictures of former students,
now in the army, are pouring Into
the Cornhusker office. A still larger
number of snaps of soldiers could be
nan in the book if students would
but co-operate. The management de
sires that all persons having snch
pictures contribute them to the book.
They can be returned to the owners
after being rased.
American Flag Floats
Ooef German Fortress
Not a few of the students who pass
between the Library and University
ball stopped and took a second look
at the. unusual but welcome decora-.
were embroidered in patterns with
masses of pearls. Pearl decorations
bung from their nocks. On their
wrists were pearl and Jade decorated
bracelets, and Jeweled earrings were
in. their ears. These are all dignified
and in good taste, so nbat in spit of
there being so much it dw not look
barbaric.
They led us back to a women's guest
room which was also decorated an red.
k J .-a Tlfl -31,f3 SCOT tllDe
The mother, unmarried -sifter and two
i.T-Hr-fc-msids were there and a few jtla-
for ibis was a tnuu jh-jt?.
of the daughters-in-law is a friend of
Miss Coppock, a girl educated ia a
Christian school, and really a Chris
tian at beart, though she was never
al'cweS to be baptized. Except for
her it i totalis a non-Christian house
hold aal ail ffrm and ceremony
was old time Chinese.
Presently as we sat ibere we beard
v Tfo-dJe-too from the "band,"" and
they said the groom bad come. So
we went to We stood inside tbe
doorway and it was most interesting
to be nold all about what the cere
monies meant. Firrt bone cei s arrived,
brought by one of ihnri5f die rxten"
one for the bride itfl ere or each of
the bridet maids. Presently the groom
came a tall tic faced lad. very cor
re.f-tlv iressed In foreign clones.
Tfv coax ana
JCortlruel on page l wo
MM
EAMOK
tions hlch adorned the Schiller Lin
den yesterday and which In all prob
ability will adorn It "tor a long, long
time" unless some tool ot the Kaiser
slips out after dark and removes It.
Pleasing rather to one's patriotic
sense than to his artistic, is the red.
white and blue mottled card which
completely covers the dedication ot the
German tree to the honor of the Ger
man poet. On the same card, almost
obscured by our national colors, Is a
life-like image ot the German national
dog and a print of a new-model Ger
man helmet. The whole placard Is
appropriately draped in black.
From the topmost branch of the
newly dedicated Linden, having taken
its place as a result ot the steadily
moving program to make everything
In America "American," a little Amer
ican flag waves continuously and re
lentlessly. ANNOUNCE COMMITTEES '
FOR Y. W. C. A. CAMPAIGN
University Women Will Have
Charge of Nebraska-to-China
Program
The following University women are
on the committees for the Nebraska-to-Chlna
campaign which starts Thurs
day morning:
1. Helen Kendall, chairman. Bess
Sherman, Susie Souther. Helen Gilt
ner. and Fae Breese.
2. Carolyn Reed, chairman; Elea
nore Fogg, Margaret Roehbling. True
Jack, and Dorothy Davis.
3. Ruth Welch, chairman; Ruth
Sheldon, Kate Helzer. Evelyn Black
and Esther Ellinghusen.
4. Helen Hoitz, chairman; Grace
Nichols, Hannah McCorklndale, Ruth
Jorgenson and Betty Brown
5. Gertrude Munger, chairman;
Valentine Minford. Marian Reeder.
Mary Hedrick and Virginia Gallen
ttne. 6. Winifred Moran. chairman:
Helen Minor, Mary Waters, Dorothy
Pettis, and Vesta Mawe.
7. Dorothy Wetherald. chairman;
Alfreda Mackprang, Mary Guthrie and
Louise Bailey.
8. Ruth Shively. chairman; Helen
Humpe, Alice Sedgwick, and Gertrude
JUdd.
S. Ruth Hutton. chairman; Helen
Kendall. Genevieve Addleman, Lesa
Richards and TLeda Waterman.
10. Nellie Bloodgood, chairman:
Genevieve Bechter, Dorothy Adam son.
Lulu Mann, and Jean Landale.
The officers for the campaign are
Lucile Wilcox, catalogues; Eva Miller,
pjublicity; Margaret McFarland, post
ers; Marian Wyman, secretary; Theda
Waterman, meetings; Helen Kendall,
songs; Mary Brownell, president of
freshman commission.
ONE HUNDRED ENJOY
ORIENTAL TEA FOR
V. W. C. A. WORKERS
Scarlet, deep purple, cold, pale blue
many were the colors that flashed
and shone at the Chinese tea given
by Miss Heppner in honor of Miss
Harriett Taylor Tuesday afternooi
from 3:5 to 5 in Faculty HalL
A terrifying dra.gon, black as night,
writhed in the center of a huge, golden
flae, -splashed at the edge with blood
red. This dazzling, national emblem,
entirely band -made, was bung In one
corner of the room.
. While satin, midnight blue slashed i
with crimson, orange, black velvet em
broidered with green, pink and blue
flowers, hand; woven Chinese linen,
narrow gold braid all tended lo make
the girls who served tea Jn costume,
look Hike fascinating cters.
Miss Taylor explained to what cast
In society and to what part of China
i belonged abew; mandarin robes.
The
.nuTU worn hx Mrs. Herbert Brow-
Tjell. who jx aired tea. was brought
over from China by Genera! Persh
ing's nephew.
Oriental screens, tables, fiags, and
dishes, along with yellow Jonquils,
helped create atmosphere.
VVirrftie flsra I?m was In I
charge and Alice Sedgwick. Ruth
Snyder. True Jack, Helen Doty. Caro -
Urn Reefl. ii"en UMner.. wary urow
ntll and Dorothy WetheralJ served
tea. Over a hundred members cf the
student body -nd the faculty attended.
Commercial Cb Smcktr
The University Commercial club
t2oker win be held in the east wing
cT the Catv Commercial club roonns at
7:S Wednesday tight. A business
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10 CUE LIBERTY
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Nebraska-to-China Campaign
Has Noble Purpose
TO SUPPORT MISSIONARY
Co-Eds Will Raise Sufficient Funds
to Keep" Grace Coppock, Former
Nebraskan in Oriental Service
The Nebraska to China campaign, to
raise 11500, the salary ot Mlsa Grace
Coppock. '05. national secretary for
the Y. W. C. A. in China, will begin
Thursday morning and last until Sat
urday. Miss Harriet Taylor, executive
for the Foreign department or tne
v W. C. A. and Miss Me Yung Ting,
a Chinese woman who Is studying med
icine at Ann Arbor, will address a
mass meeting of University women In
Memorial hall Wednesday evening at
7 o'clock. Both will tell of the life
ot the women In China and the work
that the Y. W. C. A. Is doing among
these women.
Miss Grace Coppock graduated from
the University ot Nebraska In 1M5.
and after a year's preparation went
to China where she studied languages
for two years. Then she was made
general secretary for Shanghai where
she stayed four years. In 1910 she
was made general secretary for all ot
China and since then has been at the
head ot all the association work In
that country.
To Supply Salary
Nebraska women have been contrib
uting to the support of Miss Coppock
for several rears but this year they
expect to take the responsibility of
tier enure saiary. rour uour
support Miss Coppock for one day. live
dollars for a day and a quarter, and
ten dollars will support her for two
days and a half. In two. days. Miss
Coppock may supervise the organiza
tion of a Woman's Club, a Baby-Saving
campaign, or an Equal-Suffrage
league. She can bring a chance tor
development outside of her traditional
limited sphere, she can bring health
ot mind and body through the Influ
ence of the western civilization of the
Y. W. C. A .
Women contributing a sufficien'
;! amount for the support of Miss Cop
pock for any length of time, one day,
two days or more may feel that her
work during this length of time has
been made possible by them.
It Is very evident that the Y. W.
C. A. In China Is doing what It was
meant to do and that It is meeting the
needs of the women, who so need Its
help. The furore of China In this world
crisis depends upon the Christlai
education and western democracy If U
is to be saved from the Imperialism
of Its near neighbor, Japan.
TAKE PREPARATORY COURSE
FOR SUMMER LECTURE WORK
Faculty Members to Undergo
Instruction in Outlined Pro
gram for Food Campaign
A JbEee days course of Instruction
is being offered, at the farm, for the
members cf the women's committee
of the State Council of Defense mho
will sooa be sent over the state to
lecture on increased food production.
About forty women are enrolled In the
course.
Among the members of the faculty
lecturing 5a this twart-e are Miss Julia
Vance, bead of home economics de
partment. Prof. Sarka Ilrbkova, chair
Hxiii of tae woman's committee of the
Lstate Council of Defense, Miss Mande
Wilson, Instructor In borne economics.
Prof. C. W. Pngsley, director of ex
tension service, 5n the college of a.gri
cnltrre, and Prof. M- 13. Fogg cf the
rhetoric department.
j Saint SaCHS String
Quintet at Convocation
Saltit Faevi String Quintet
played at Convocation yesterday. The
three movements: AlJegro. Adagio,
d Scherzo were given. The payers
Mrs. Lcuise Zsmwizkle Watson,
j liarlrt
Miss Js:e WTkins, second vio'.in.
1 Miss TLT'lin EJvbe. cello.
9
1 Vr r.inrA Wa!t frrt violin.
j Mr. Wi::iam T. Quick, viota.
OCHIHESE
WOMEN