The Daily Nebraskan
YOU XVII. NO. 185.
KIM HOPE TO
DEFEAT GYCLOHES:
Team Is Primed for First Val
ley Meet Saturday
AMES'1 SQUAD IS STRONG
Coach Stewart Pick. Nebraskan. to
Enter Each Event Field
Prospects Brighter
Omch Stewart put tho finishing
,,)11(.bes on the squad in lant night's
,( ice and the Cornhuskers are
,.,., for their buttle with the Amos
"Kples" Saturday. Every cog of the
new machine has been thoroughly
over hauled and cinder path followers
re reiving on the Nebraskan's to
avenge last year's defeat at the hands
of the cyclones.
The Husker's chances in the weights
look on a brighter aspect when Hiibka,
Munn and Dobson, the three football
stars displayed their ability yesterday
in the shot and discuss. Stewart has
uncovered a broad Jumper in Captain
Townsend. who has been jumping 20
feet in his first attempts from the
take-off. Flood in the high jump,
Davis and Gerhart in the pole vault
are being counted on for points 'and
hS dope now stands Ames has no
( inch on the field events.
Ames Entries Unknown
Ames entry list has not turned up
at the office of the Nebraska athletic
director, but It is assured that the
Iowa school will send a team that is
fully up to the Ames standard of
former vears and strong in almost
every department oi irac bjji..
Ames distance runners made a glit
tering showing at last Saturday's
Drake relay meet, and If the Corn
huskers make good on their plans to
down the Iowans, they must do it by
making a clean sweep of the dashes
and hurdles.
The Probable Lineup
All the men have been shifted from
even to event during the past week
In orde- to decide where each man
can best display his ability. After the
final tryouts, Stewart decided last eve
ing that the following athletes would
probably be matched against the
"Aggies:"
100-yard dash II. McMahon, Town
send. Bryans.
220-yard dash H. McMahon, Fin
ney, Townsend.
440-yard dah B. McMahon. Town
send, Yort.
880 run Grau. Ellerbrock.
Mile run Kretzler, Davis.
Low hurdles Finney, H. McMahon,
Bryans.
High hurdles Finney. Flood.
High jump Finney, Flood.
Broad Jump Townsend, Flood.
Pole vault Gerhart, Davis.
Shot put Shaw, Hubka. Munn.
Discus Dobson, Munn, Hubka.
Half mile relay H. McMahon,
Townsend, Finney, Bryans.
Mile relay B. McMahon, Yort,
Townsend, Grau.
ALL IS InIeaIIeSS
FOR SWIMMING MEET
Team Captains Have Been
Chosen Remarkable Ability
- Displayed So Far
Everything Is ready for the girls
swimming meet to be held Saturday.
April 27, from 4:30 to 6 o'clock at
the Lincoln high school pool.
Captains of the teams have been
elected as follows: Senior. Eleanor
Frampton; Junior. Josephine Strode;
sophomore, Harriet Holley. and fresh
man, Harriett MunneTce.
This year the meet promises to be
as good as ever. The ability displayed
by some girls is remarkable. I-st
vear some exceptionally good diving
was exhibited, as well as other water
stunts.
Rolling Canteents Added
The American Red Cross has re
cently added a new branch to its ac
tivities in Italy by sending two roll
ing canteents to the front. A rolling
canteen Is a kitchen on wheels which
furnishes hot food to soldiers in the
first line trenches.
UNIVERSITY OF
REGENTS VOTE TO
CUT DOWN BUDGET
Reduces Size of Germanic Lan
guage Instructive Staff
RIGID ECONOMY NECESSARY
Move to Eliminate All Needless Ex
penses to Extend Th ough Every
Department
Replying to the urgent need for
cutting down expenses wherever pos
sible, brought on by the enormously
Increased cost of upkeep for tho Uni
versity while the appropriation Is no
larger, the hoard of regents. In its an
nual budget meeting Is vigorously en
forcing the principle of eliminating all
but those expenditures which are
deemed absolutely necessary.
The most Important step mude so
far by the board Is the decision to
cut down the size of the teaching
stac in the department of Germanic
languages. They are now. besides
Prof. Iaurance Fossler, head of the
department, five assistant Instructors.
Of these. Professor Fossler and one
assistant, who will be chosen later,
will he retained. The war has caused
such a decrease In the number of stu
dents demanding instruction in the
Germanic tongues that it Is consid
ered unnecessary to keep such a large
stac on hand. It is estimated that
(lie enrollment in the department is
now about one third of Its former size.
Extends Throughout School
Other moves were made by the
board, all intended to cut down the
unusual expenses now in existence.
There are still many details of the
plan before the board, which will be
acted upon soon. Representatives of
all the different departments of the
University have been called together
to advise the regents as to where cuts
cm be made without impairing the
efficiency. of the department.
Operations on th" . new buildings
already started will be completed, but
beyond the proposed veterinary build
ing, there will be no further steps
taken in the extension plan that has
been adopted. A mlnmum of $55,000
has been allowed for the veterinary
building. This building will be erected
at the state-farm. Plans for it are
now under way. and the architects
are expected to be ready to report to
the board soon.
summerIewTt?
be held as planned
Army Camp Will Not Interfere
With School Add New
War-Time Courses
The government work to be given
here for drafted men this summer
will make no difference in the plans
for the regular summer school work.
The University will find other quar
ters rooms and laboratories for the
work superceded by government
courses. All courses advertised in
the summer school bulletin will be
given as well as some additional ones.
Three new unscheduled courses are
being planned, the first a telegraphy
course for women. This will be under
the same management as the govern
ment telegraphy classes and will cov
er the whole field of radio and teleg
raphy. Quarters for the women's
classes have been secjured on the
second boor of the Law building. Four
hundred fifty drafted men will be tak
ing the course, in addition to some
n-omen and men taking it as a pri
vate venture. Only twenty-five wom
en will be admitted into the class,
so all interested must apply immedia-
ately. u
Prof F. W. Upson will offer a spe
cial class in elementary organic chemistry-Chemistry
81. This was thought
rdvlsable because of the Importance
of chemistry in relation to industries
and the war. Five hours credit will
be given In the course.
Tn addition, Prof. R. L.- Gaddis Is
planning a class in agronomy 51 be
cause of manv requests for the work.
Many high schools Intende to give
more agricultural work next year and
teachers Bre expected to prepare this
summer.
Hiking Trip
Girls going on the hiking trip Sun
day. April 28. take the 2:20 College
View and Twelfth street car on O
street. Each person 1r take his own
lunch.
NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. FRIDAY, APRIL 2fi. 1918.
NEBRASKA STUDENTS
ANSWER WAR'S CALL
Twenty-Five Men and Women
Go to Help Country
MORE TO FOLLOW
Next Draft Will Take Heavy Toll
Seniors May Get
Degrees
Twenty live University students
have withdrawn from school during
the past week, either to go directly
Into some branch of war service, or
to take the place of some one else who
has gone to the front. This Informa
tion was given out at the registrar's
office Thursday evening. It Is expected
that more will lehve today.
This Is the -closest the war has
come to the University since the
memorable days of last spring, when
over a thousand men and women left
before the semester had closed. It is
expected that the number leading
next week will be far greater than
this week, because of the fact that
many men are to go in the next draft
contingent which will leave May 1.
Among the number leaving this week
Is one co-ed. Yernle MoBeman, who is
needed at home to take the place of
a brother who has enlisted.
Can Get Degrees
Seniors who leave to enter into
war service of any kind, who are with-
in eighteen hours of the credits re-
fiulred for graduation, will be granted
their degree under practically the
?i.Hiinns ns last year. The
e conditions as last year. The
plete list of those leaving since ,
Monday and the cause for their de
parture, follows:
John E. Kyle, draft.
C. O. Weber, war.
Frederick P. Dale, draft.
Harold Peterson, farming.
J.
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c.
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L. Johnson, war.
C. Johnson, war.
C. Colson. draft.
J. Rondeforettry.
L. Dietz. war.
Osc
ar II. Schmocker, aviation.
Miss Vernie Moseman, needed at
home to replace enlisted brother.
Floyd Rivet t, farming.
Oscar Nelson, draft.
Nick Hinkle, war.
Archie P. Fenner, farm work.
Morris Zukog, navy.
M. G. Richmond, war.
C. H. Powell, extension work.
Dudley Scott, navy.
Donovan K. Bryant, draft.
H.
AV.
C. Hayes, farm work.
H. Angell. draft.
Bekins. farming.
M.
II. R. Peterson, coast artillery.
Harry Rinderspacher, war
NEED OF HASTE FOR
RED CROSS WUKKEKS
' t tt a
Ouarters Must Be Vacated
"V" ,
Soon-
-Quota Far From
Finished
The number of dressings turned
out bv the University Red Cross has
fQiion" hPhtnii r00 In the last two
days. Not one-third of the girls reg-;
istered have worked for the past three
times. Unless every girl registered
comes to work at her hour it is an
impossibility to complete the quota
of 50,000.
Two weeks ago 2,090 dressings were
turned out In one day when ninety
girls worked. Yesterday only twenty-nine
out of the eighty-eight regi
stered worked, making near 800 dres
sings. Tuesday thirty-three out of
113 fulfilled their duty.
Must Move Soon
The chairman in charge of the
rooms requests that girls who have
signed up to work try their level best
to come every time from now on.
There will be only a few more days
that the girls will be able to work
there as the soldiers will occupy the
entire building and the Red Cross will
be forced to move early In May.
Toward the end of the semester
naturally the work piles up, papers
must ho -written and the frequent In
terference of rubella, scarlet fever
and the like makes it hard for the
girls to come every time. But If a
hundred girls will work today and a
correspondingly large number comes
every time It may yet be possible to
complete the quota.
Nothing Is Wasted
Not one particle of gauze Is wasted
by the Red Cross, the scraps Bnd
(Continued on page three)
REGENTS HEADY TO
nrrprnv C!
ur lvuii u
Ask for Public Hearing of Every.
Suspected Employee
WILL ACT SUMMARILY
Every Instructor Shown to Be Hesi
tating or Backward In His Ameri
canism to Be Dismissed
Every instructor, officer and em
ployee or the University must bo a
loyal, wholehearted and active Ameri
can in the future and every employee
of the institution who can be shown
in a public hearing to be "negative,
halting or hesitating in support of the
government or who has failed to do
his part whenever called upon in the
present struggle will be summarily
dismissed from the employee of the
University and a loyal successor ap
pointed according to the decision
reached by the board of regents yes
terday after the discussion of the
petition of the State Council of De
fense. In the reply addresses to the board
, ..... r th nub
in "Zt .nv one
lie hearing mr r, -
who can be fairly snowu t
id. taught or advised"
ing to have "sa
nroner in the prosecu-
anything not proper
tlon of the war will be the subject of
swift and diligent action.
Ask for Evidence
The board feels that in a matter
wmri? was so vital to the University
nnvrtirB in the. action of I niersu
faulty members or employees wh ch
shoumSler the successful carrying
out of the war, or any failure to take
action which would help to bring the
struggle to a cussessful conclusion.
Thev state their intention to make the
teaching and policy of the University
and all of its instructors, officers and
employees loyal in every respect and
beyond the shadow oi 8uincii
express a wish to co-operate with the
(Nebraska State Council or neiense
I to this end.
I Ti,. romipst for a public bearing
comes as a result of friends of the
University and of those accused ask
ing that since the letter of the de
fense council has been published so
widely the accused one should be al
lowed to speak in their own defense.
Tho ponheil is asked to present any
foaHmni.v -tthieh it Can. 811(1 i. IlBlT-
P. Brown had given assurance
Uhat "the board will act swiftly and
diligence on the showing made."
Tho rnaf of anv University employee
I -- . . ,., , .... I
who Is under suspicion wi-. ne laivni ,
m or the henrine
a .nmmittee consisting of Chair
man E. P. Brown of the board of ,
regents and Acting Chancellor Hast j
. i nnlnror1 tn nmi fpf With I
IOCS I1UH UCril Qpiunm." - "
the council concerning the time, place
CADET BAND PRESENTS '
CONVOCATION PROGRAM
Last Concert of School Year
, Enthusiastically Received
Thursday
Prof. Cornell and the cadet band ,
gave a concert at Convocation yester-1
day morning at 11 o'clock in Memorial
hall. This was the last band concert ;
of the year except for a few special (
occasions which have been arranged ,
for. , I
Although the war has sadly reduced ;
the personnel in the band those who j
are left have only worked the harder j
to make up for their lack of num-1
bers and the program rendered yes- j
terday was ample testimony of their j
success. m
The selections from the "Minado
and the "Egyptian Ballet" wore e.pe- j
dally well received. "The Joker" and j
the reverie, "The Roses Honeymoon" j
were also enjoyed. J
SENATOR'S PORTRAIT GONE!
A portrait ot Senator Robert M. '
ICDIPIflfJ
Udl IUIUI1
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HID UNIVERSITY
OF
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Tha Letter
Following is the letter of the board
to the state council of defense stating
their desire to co-operate:
Nebraska Stat Council of Defense,
Mr. Robert M. Joyce. Chairman,
Lincoln. Nebraska.
Gentlemen:
Your letter of April 19 addressed
to the hoard of regents has been re
ceived and considered at the meet
ing on this date, all members except
Regent Haller being present.
The statements of your letter have
been carefully considered. In mat
ters which concern so seriously the
reputation and prospects of the Uni
versity as a whole. s well as those
of the individuals accused, this "board
cannot proceed to take definite action
upon anonymous reports and com
plaints. It is. however, the Intention
of the board of regents that the teach
ing and policy of the University and
of all of its instructors, officers, and
employees shall be loyal in every
respect beyond a shadow of suspicion.
The board desire to co-operate with
the Nebraska State Council of De
fense to this end.
The board is in receipt of letters
from officers, teachers and friends of
the University and from some of the
persons accused in your letter of not
being aggressively American, asking
for a hearing In regard to these mat
ters. The general public also is en
titled to be informed and enabled to
reach sound conclusions upon them.
The board, of regents has concluded
that in view of the above and of the
publication of your letter and the wide
circulation given it. a public hearing
should be called and the Nebraska
State Council of Defense asked to
submit any evidence it may have
bearing upon the matters involved.
Any person accused should be given
an opportunity to be heard in his own
defense. Any person who, upon such
a hearing, shall Je shown to have
said, taught, or advised anything
which can fairly be said to interfere
in any way with the carrying on of
the struggle in which the country' lfi
engaged, or to have given aid or com
fort to its enemies at home or abroad,
or whose behavior is negative, halt
ing, or hesitating in support of the
government, shall be summarily dis
missed from the service of the Uni
versity. If it slurfl be shown that any
employee of the institution has failed
to do his part whenever called upon
in the present struggle, whatever posi
tion such employee may fill shall at
once be vacated and a loyal successor
appointed.
If you will have the kindness to
indicate when it will be convenient
for you to proceed in the matter as
above suggested, the board will be
glad, if possible, to arrange time and
place satisfactory to you; or If you
prefer, will appoint a committee of
conference to arrange as to time,
place or method of procedure to be
followed.
I remain,
Yours very truly,
(Signed) E. P. BROWN.
President of the Board of Regents.
LaFollette, which has for some years
hung near the entrance of university
hall at the University of Wisconsin,
mysteriously disappeared last week.
A Third Liberty Loan poster was
found occupying its place.
Misspent Moments
By George CrlmminB
! Did you ever sit with gaze intent
1 Upon a glowing ember,
1 And ponder over iime misspent
j Just since last September?
And as you sit and ponder
Over things that might have been,
I Don't reproach yourself for blunders,
But fill every moment in.
Get out and look things over;
Find something you can do.
Don't be always seeking cover,
Expecting work to look for you.
Don't always feel that you're in
wrong.
Why, can't you understand
That everyone who comes along
Would like to shake your hfnd?
What we all need is spirit.
Keep every moment full.
It's the stay-nt-homes that qne?r !t
Make them all get out and puH!
fJX.
DISLOYALTY
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