The Daily nebraskan
"VOL. XVII. NO. 125.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 10. 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
00 PET1T10H
IS OF HO AVAIL
Kegents Accept Resignation of
Mrs. Jessie B. Lee
TO INVESTIGATE FACTS
Board Votes to Look Into Condition,
l Physical Education Department
Crtnt Three New Tenni. Court!
The resignation of Mrs. Jessie D.
instructor In the physical edu
ction department was accepted yes
terday by the board of regents. This
tton as taken over a hurriedly cir
culated petition, signed by 600 Uni
versity women asking that her resig
MUon be refused and that conditions
in the physical education department
be Investigated.
Signers of the petition may console
themselves, however, with the fact
that though they failed In their im
mediate endeavor to retain Mrs. Lee
as instructor, nevertheless the board
of regents authorized and instructed
their executive committee to investi
gate the physical education depart
ment and the condition of Its finances.
Mrs. Lee tendered her resignation
Monday afternoon at the request of
Dr. R. J. Clapp, head of the depart
ment Since this request came after
a discussion between the two concern
ing the treatment of the Women's
Athletic association by the physical
education department the V. A. A.
girls immediately circulated the peti
tion in behalf of Mrs. Lee.
Grant Tennis Courts
The board of regents at this meet
ing voted to order the construction of
three new tennis courts and to re
pair the two courts that now exist,
with funds from the athletic associa
tion. On account of the athletic as
sociation giving all its profits last win- j
. .u., .,, inni .irts
may still seem very doubtful, but the
secretary 01 me lhmiu bmuicu t
that the association has the neces- j
teg for these courts to be constructed
immediately was also circulated and
presented to the regents with about
150 signers.
Increase in Budget
Although the question of the next
year's budget was the occasion of this
annual meeting of the board no final
action was taken yesterday. The
meeting adjourned late in the after
noon subject "to summons by the
chancellor for a continuance probably
within a week. In the meantime it is
necessary for the chancellor to con
fer with several department heads
getting a new estimate oa their needs
lor text year
..::; .'v.
fcS aid has not bn customary in
tie tast.
The chancellor estimates an in-
crease of about 4.400 or about 1
per cent over last years budget for
the city campus apportionment am
an increase of about 75 per cent in
- .
the farm campus fand.v This great!
increase in the farm budget Is cue to
the extensive enlargement of the agri
cultural extension department. The
cce department is the largest one on
the farm and carries an expense of
nearly half a million dollars a year.
Final action on the budget will be
take a at the next meeting.
AMERICAN RESERVES WILL
SECURE LASTING VICTORY
Jndse W. D. Oldham Declares
Sammies Will Win War
for Democracy
la every war ft is the last reserves
win the war," said Judge W. D.
Oldham of Kearney at Convocation
yesterday morning. In this war those
reserves will come from this coun
try and led by General Pershing they
n bring the war to a glorious close.
Eat each of as must do something to
fce'.p, we are the second line of de
fense "This war," said Judge , Oldham,
"waa really begun at Concord and
Lxirgton. We there promu'gated
the doctrines of liberty which the
kaiser BOW f ghtlnjf to efface from
the earth and they spresd from here
to the shores of En rope where they
gladdened the hearts of thousands of
reonl "There Ia im rminrrv n
earth In which the word liberty has
tne same meaning it na in the Eng
lish laneuace." Although Kmnro uont
her sons to aid us In our fight for
freedom it too her nearly a century
to understand what It meant. And
then they became the enemy to
autocracy. Hut England led the way
by giving to her colonies the freedom
which we had fought for. "Every
where the English language is spoken
it teaches liberty and freedom."
All the wars of the Anglo Saxon
race have been for freedom, declared
the spoakti. All of our own wars
have been for freedom either for our
selves or for some oppressed people.
We had no right to stav out of this
struggle because we began It In our
war for liberty. The Germans thought
we would not fight because we loved
peace so and because they had so
thoroughly spread their propaganda.
But the spirit of '76 awoke and we
declared that we were at war with
Germany.
Acting Chancellor Hastings presid
ed. In introducing Judge Oldham he
said that the Judge has a son In the
army who is now on his way to
France.
ARMY TAKES ACCOUNT
OF UNIVERSITY CADETS
Government Provides Special
Training for Cadet Officers
That Have Been Drafted
Officers of the senior division of the
R. O. T. C. which includes those of
the University Cadet Regiment, are to
have their ability recognized if drafted
into the army. This information has
been made know n In a recent com
munication from the war department
to Colonel Roberts, commandant of
the cadets, in which names and ad
dresses of cadet officers who have
been drafted are requested. It is
planned that these men. who already
have had considerable military train
ing both at college and summer train-
intr caniDS.
shall be sent to suitable
training camps to further develop
their ability in military matters.
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CIVILIAN RELIEF BRANCH
JlliUUl'l LmAM
HOLDS HEEfffiG AJ SEWARD
Will Instruct District Workers
on Methods of Providing for
Families of Soldiers
The Civilian Relief, a branch of tbe
R-d Cross the purpose of which is to
provide for the families of the men
in the service will hold a meeting at
Seward for the instruction of district
workers of that county and the ad
jacent counties, next Thursday and
ahi 11 and 12. Dr. Hattie
m,,,., William. X. Z. Snell and Miss
Verr.a EUingr wi.l take an active
Part in this meeting. The program to
be given follows;
Thurs da
S-W-The American Red Cross. R-V-
i -lv,y Vi
1 12-Methods of Home Service ms
t Plcir.cr. district or-
ganiz'r.
2 Public Bill No- 50 (relief of
ti-'irO Mrs. N. Z. Snell.
1-
Z- 4 Health Problems. Dr. H. B.
Cummins.
Friday
1011 Home Economics Problems.
Esther Warner.
11-12 Community and State Re
sources. Dr. Hattie Plum Wil
liams. 1- 2 Social Problems of the ar.
Dr. Hattie Fluui imams.
3 3Gei;eraI discussion.
Miss Verna Elslnger of Omaha was
wx..ti- amofntel civilian relief or
gaLizer of Nebraska and five adjacent
states, and she is arranging for these
meetings in all districts of these
tates The work has to do with the
welfare of soldiers' families, the care
of their children and the distribution
of the apportionment of the soldiers
PaThi work is being carried partly
through lhe University extension de
partment, and Mrs. Hattie Plum Wil
liams of the sociology department Is
assisting Miss Elslnger.
Thursday evening the ,Sew"d t.
cial Welfare Society will hold their
annual banquet and meeting at the
Seward Commercial club
H D Landis of Seward, one of the
regents of the University of Ne
braska Is secretary of the society.
era season
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Inter-Frat Matches to Be Run
Off This Week
NEED ELASTIC TWIRLERS
Hope of Victory Will Be Based
Largely on Ability of Pitchers to
Withstand Strenuous Siege
Short and sweot Is the tune to
which intcr-frat baseball will be
ragged on" this year, aroordlng to the
schedule adopted hy tne luter-frat ath
letic board last evening. By this
schedule atl the games will be
played off during this week and the
title-holders will be found by next
Monday.
Some objections were met with to
the plan of reducing the period of
training and other preliminary mat
ters to include everything with in the
space of a mere week. Especial op
position was raised on the ground that
It would be an impossible task for the
pitchers to withstand such a trial
without having had an opportunity to
"warm nn." This argument was met
by a very able rebuttal based on the
i proposition that this would above all
I - xiki a nnmhor nf favfrlprs
l oner an miu -
'whose box average may chance to
assume a rather disproportionate as-1
team therefore will be in a position
to claim leadership not only in bat- j
k ic in th nnwer of en-1
sim id
SWEE
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'durance which Is mustered up in Its pymnasium before about one hundred
! pitching staff. i speeators.
! The w hole proceedings assume more 1 The second place in dancing was
'or less of a leaguearacter by rea-!a tie between Elizabeth Doyle and
I son of the rules Cdown by the j Marjorle Barstow. Gertrude De
board w hich will gtft the staging j Sautelle took second in the club swing
of the diamond contests. The rules ing. First winners were awarded
I I fiftv noints in the V. A. A., while sec-
! ' ' Rules Governing fisy ' !
1 1 Failure of one or both teams to points.
1 appear on the field at the tiir.sehed- j The easy gliding, the willowy niove
' u'ed for the game means the forfeiture s ments. soft touch of step in the danc
iof the game. No mutual agreement ; ig, together w ith the color effects of
shall be made . between the contest-j j,iue. orange, and other bright shaded
i ing teams without the consent of the ; (Continued on page foar )
' athletic committee.
meiic- commulT!. ,J,iimiTTnriTV WAlirU CUATII H
-NO oue V" , 1 ;.-Jto 1
jplay who is not in regular attendance ,
at classes. . . !
i 3 No baseball - men man i-mj j
men
j in tne posuions ai ui-u n-.-
.been awarded their letters.
a nv a vote of the ir.ter-fraternity
.council, on dollar will be assessed (
each fraternity for entrance which)
K ... noH ifhpr to secretary Dob-i
j son or Coach Stewart before the game
is started.
I Thi entrance fee will Le used to
ibuy necessary equipment purchase
tronhvs and pav oth-r inciwinai
pen ... - -
Eighteen teams will participate iu
Ithe bie series. Beginning tms eve-tan(i
I ting the opposing players win iase
the field to determine this season s
Ichampions. The scheauie m rue
idr the teams will rlay follow s.
.
Thursdav, April U. H o'clock- j danger's. New girls w ork w ith people
A!nha Sigma Phi vs. Ti Kappa Phi. often not desirable to meet. The ma
high schL grounds. jority of them have had no trammg of
Sigma Nu vs. Phi Kappa Psi. Ath- any kind and lack self-control,
letic field ' "In the restaurants, ther hours are
5 r-i c Tau I inn? and the rest short," Miss Avery
i 1 Ul 1 . 1 1 V lt ' - - " "
Iomega. Cushman Motor Works field,
Thursday at 5:30 o'clock Delta Tau
Delta vs. Phi Gamma Delta, hlgn
school grounds.
(Continued On page four.)
PROF. M. M- FOGG SPEAKS
BEFORE FOUR-MINUTE MEN
Give Talk to Omaha Organization
Before Launching Third Liberty
Loan Drive
Prcf. M. M. togfi Si'Ke ai the Uni
versity club, Omaha. Thursday eve
cing to the members of the Omaha
Four-Minute Men organization. This
organization includes over 125 of the
best-known lawyers, business men.
clergymen and doctors of the city.
They cpened the division of Four
Minute Men s Tto'.rd Liberty Loan cam
paign in the 33 theatres last Sunday
evening.
As judge of the Nebraska-Kansas-Missouri-Iowa-South-Dakota-North
Da
kota annual contest in public address.
Professor Fogg was at South Dakota
Wesleyan University, Mitchell. South
Dakota. Friday evening.. Nebraska
was represented by a speaker from
Oreighton University. The first
honors were awarded to the represen
tative from North Dakota.
J. L. McMaster to Speak
'Proving Your Case"
on
"Proving Your Case." Is the subject
of an Interesting talk which will be
given by J. L. McMaster, an almnl
of the University, at a men's meeting
to be held at the Y. M. C. A. next
Wednesday night. Theso meetings
are attracting a good attendance from
University men during the recent
months and some very capable men
have been secured to speak for the
benefit of those who care to hear their
messages, Mr. McMaster is a very
entertaining talker and brings an es
pecially vital problem for University
men. Everyone Is welcome to attend
the Wednesday evening meeting.
Delta Tau Take Score
From Kappa Sigma Nine
In yesterday's announcements of
baseball results error was made In
reporting the game between Kappa
Sigma and Delta as resulting in favor
of Kappa Sigma. Attention is brought
to the fact that the Delta Taus were
victors In this match.
CO-EDS DISPLAY ABILITY
IN MINOR SPORTS CONTEST
Eleanor Frampton First in
Dancing and Elizabeth Rose
Leads in Club Swinging
F,eanor Frampton won first place
Rose lead in the Indian club swinging
at tne girls' minor sports contest held
,.rHav nftprnoon at 3 o'clock in the
ond w inners were given twenty-five
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BttUl.MlH.fl FflP.TflP.Y PtIKIS
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Their Conditions Require In
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vestigation Declares Miss
Helen Avery
Miss Helen Avery, industrial secre-
i tarv of the city Y. W. C. A., gave a
j Very interesting talk about "Girls and
( industry, at if'
; noon at o o eioen. m . . -
. .. x-..o c-i -a a sn!r
,n tne lempie.
Eieanore rogg p"""-.
; "i)o we tninn oi w
dPr which factory girls work when
we ouy saimcm.-. -
: .anr questions Miss Avery placed be -
fro to fir . "There are many morn
' . , . . .
said. "If they make a mistake in the
order, they are held responsible but
t allowed to eat the food, in tne
' evening they walk the street or go to
ja movie. Many have- no homes or
I friends."
-Housemaids are needed most of
all but hard to find. They are looked
down upon and don't have time -off
for lectures and parties like other
girls. Better food and better quar
ters are necessary to keep a good
housemaid."
" The Y. W. C. A. extension depart
ment looks iuto the laws and sees
that they are enforced. Their pur
pose is fourfold, better religion, rec
reation, educational and physical.
Th r U also a Lincoln Federation
of clul. This has four clubs among
the younyer business girls. Each club
has a council, president and vice-president.
They meet once In every two
weeks. Each year they have an an
nual banquet. There are extension
clubs all over -the United States. These
hold a convention at Storm Lake
every year.
PROF. SARKA HRBKOVA
TO LECTURE AT OAKLAND
Prof. Sarka Hrbkova left today for
Oakland where she will address a
women's convention on "Woman's -Op-por'unity
for Patriotism."
UIIITE III EFFORT
TD HELPOUR MEN
Students and Faculty to Join
in Brneflt Celebration
NEED TRINKET DONATIONS
Students Asked to Contribute Various
Articles to Be Used In Auctions.
Fish Pond and Other Games
In a last supreme patriotic endeavor
Nebraska University will rise to mee
the. demands of the hour next Sat
urday night when students and faculty
will Join in the celebration of the
Nebraska University Base Hospital
carnival at the Armory. This carnival
will mark the last of this year's all
Unlverslty parties and will far exceed
in size and importance any that have
preceded It.
The purpose of the carnival is to
aid Nebraska In doing for her boys
what other universities in like posi
tions are doing for their representa
tives at the front to give them proper
equipment. The unit is now stationed
at Ft. Des Moines in training prepara
tory to being transported to the scene
of battle.
The University of N'ehraska Base
Hospital unit is the only Red Cross
unit of any kind sent from Nebraska.
Forty students left school, two weeks
aro. to eo with this unit. Up to the
i present the University has done noth
ing for these men or their
unit, which has a ?95,000 equipment.
The minimum equipment for a base
hospital under the Red Cross is 9.
000. Most hospitals have equipment
amounting to from $200,000 to $250.
000. It is obvious that no hospital can
do the maximum amount of work
with the minimum amount of equip-
merit
To Be "Real Affair"
The benefit carnival Saturday night
will be a "real affair." Added to the
usual entertainment, dancing and re
freshments, there will bo various
forms of amusement to which the stu
dents can contribute their share to-
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ward the fund for raising money for
the men who have left school to loin
Lhe Xeraska unit. There will be a
so, nW. an auction and a lottery
.,i t
wheel. In order that the most money
possible can be raised and to defray
expenditure the committee has to de
pend on donations from the students
for the lottery w heels, fish pond, and
auction.
Five hundred articles donated would
insure the success of the carnival.
Every man, and woman, every fra
ternity and sorority and every campus
organisation Is asked to contribute.
The articles to be placed on the lot
tery wheels or in the "fish" pond need
not be expensive.
Nebraska University has already, in
manv wavs. shown its willingness to
do all kinds of war work, atd to con-
a.. ,.m. - .
j tribute to war funds. Nebraska Uni-
versity must do its share for the Ne
braska University Base Hospital unit.
By donations for the carnival a real
service may be rendered, which will
not only help Nebraska's men but will
also be an expression of the patriot
ism from the student body. The arti
cles may be left at the Student Activi
ties' Office any time before Saturday.
Committees in Charge
The committees for the carnival,
(Continued on page four)
CHANCELLOR AVERY TO
RETURN IN SEPTEMBER
Believes He Can Dispose of
Official Duties at Capitol
by That Time
Chancellor Avery will be back to
take up his former duties at the Uni
versity in September. This word from
the chancellor comes at a time to
quiet considerable campus gossip and
speculation as to his return. His
leave of absence as originally granted
was to expire September first and he
believes he will be able to finish op
his work there at that time.
He reports that he Is getting along
well In interesting and useful work.
The ys' v people in Washington
oiyT number are University
S . no left this year are giv-
k . - reception for the chancellor
I ad Mrs. Avery this evening.
