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The Daily Nebraskan VOL XVII, NO. 137. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. WEDNESDAY. MAY 1. 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS SffiBS TOP OFF MEMS Crack Men are Being: Whipped Into Shape MINNESOTA SATURDAY Kansas Dual Meet, Missouri Valley Confe'rence and Western Conference Remain on Sport Schedule The Cornhusker track squad has a hard Bchcdule before them, -which in clude! the Minnesota Gophers, booked for next Saturday at Beatrice. The dual meet with Kansas is slated for Law rence, after which the Huskers will square off for the Missouri Valley Conference meet at Columbia. Ne braska will wind up its track activities with the western conference meet at Chicago on June 1. The superb form which the Husker runners displayed in their dual meet with the Ames "Cyclones" has con Tinced Dr. Stewart that his athletes can hold their own against the West em stars in the conference meet on Stagg Field. The director of athletics said today that he "would probably send eight Cornhusker athletes to par ticipate In the Chicago meet." Captain Townsend and Harold McMahon will be entered in the 100-yard, 220-yard, and 440-yard dashes; Grau will run the half mile, Byron McMahon will participate in the 440-yard dash, while Mike Finney will face the gun in both hurdles. Kretzler will be available for the mile, and Graf will be called upon to run the two-mile. Graf, winner of the two-mile in last year's valley con ference meet, has a large number of supporters who are backing him to win his race at Chicago. Gerhart has been steadily improving in the pole vault and last week he cleared the bar at 11 feet 4 inches, and if he adds a few more inches to this mark he will also make the trip to Chicago with the Nebraska squad. WRIGHT LEAVES TODAY FOR PATROL SERVICE Receives Call Monday Which Ends Furlough Beginning Last September John Charles Wright, '19, leaves today for Detroit, Mich., preparatory to re-entering the patrol boat service at the Great Lakes Naval Training .Station. Wright entered the patrol service early last spring and was at the lakes during the summer returning to Lin coln on an extended furlough after the University had opened. He re ceived his call Monday to report for duty. The business managership of the Awgwan which Wright has been hand ling will probably be handled by the assistant manager until bis successor is elected. WOMEN CALLED UPON FOR GREAT SACRIFICES Miss Sarah Snell Talks on "Col lege Girls' Opportunities" 4it T-iesday Vespers "This year we are viewing things with a better spirit than a year ago," said Miss Sarah Snell, traveling secre tary of the Student Volunteer, at ves pers Tuesday in the Y. W. C. A. rooms in the Temple. Her subject was "Col lege Girls' Opportunities." Theda Wa terman presided and Ruth Welch gave a solo. "We now have a great outlook upon the world," Miss Snell remarked. "We realize that we are citizens of the whole United States and must up held Us ideals. We are not "simply facing the question of winning the war, hut of reconstructing the world. "The men are showing great heroism nl self sacrifice. The world is there fore calling upon the women for Just as big things. The women's part is tremendous in, reconstruction. It is ery real and vital because it will help to make the work safe for democracy." The missionary boards are going forward with new programs. Women are needed In all departments. At the close of tho war It will not only be tho remaking of our country, but a world program of reconstruction. Campus Will Be Scene of Anti-Barberry Campaign Three hundred barberry bushes will be dug up on tho University farm campus and probably double that num ber on the main campus of the Uni versity of Nebraska and the campus of the medical college at Omaha, ac cording to special agents of the United States department of agricul ture, who are conducting an anti-bar-berry campaign in Nebraska. The leaves of the barberry bush are the hatching places of wheat rust. In ad dition to eradicating the bushes from the campuses of state schools, state officials will see to it that the bush will go from the campuses of state buildings, parks over the state, lawns of private residences, and public play grounds. SKILLFUL PLAYERS TO COMPETE IN CO-ED MEET University Women Open Base ball Season on Field Today TEAMS ALREADY CHOSEN Large List of Sportswomen Will Par ticipate in Big Series of Class Games Ending Next Tuesday Much intensive practice has pro duced some very skillful players who will compete in the co-ed baseball series which will begin today with the Junior-freshmen game at 6:30 o'clock on the athletic field. The Becond game will be the sophomore-senior game to be played Thurs day, May 2. at 6.30 and the final will be played Tuesday, May 7, at 6:30 o'clock. Captains have been elected as fol lows: Senior, Mildred Chapin; Junior, Orpha Carmean; sophomore, Ruth Brigham, and freshman, Mary Stephens. First team players will receive 100 points in the W. A. A. and members of the winning first team will receive 150 points. Fifty points go to mem bers of the second teams and substi tutes of the first teams. Mrs. Jessie Beghtol Lee will umpire the games. List of Class Teams Class baseball teams have been chosen as follows: Seniors: Mildred Phapi'n, catcher; Blanche Higgins, catcher; Grace Nichols, first base; Camilla Koch, second base; Valentine Minford, third base; Lillian Wirt, shortstop; Bertha Bates, shortstop; Nellie Bloodgood, Ipftfipld: Georeia Bokks, centerfleld Beatrice Dierks. rlghtfleld; Christine Hansen, outfield. Substitutes Lulu Mann. Kate Helzer, Mary Alice Davey. Juniors: Josephine Strode, catcher; Helen Hewitt, pitcher; Orpha Car mean, first base; Katherlne Kohl, second base; Mary Spence, third base; Opal Llntz, shortstop; Madeline Glrard. shortstop; Gertrude DeSau telle, leftfield; Pansy Read, center field; Marguerite Lonam, rlghtfleld; (Continued on page four) DRAMATIC CLUB VETERANS TO GIVE ORIENTAL COMEDY Heroes and Heroines of Former Plays to Appear at Saturday Evening Performance The exquisite little Japanese play let "Madame Butterfly," based on the story of the opera, will be the head liner of the Dramatic club vaudeville which is to be given Saturday eve ning at 8 o'clock in the Temple thea tre. All seats sell for 25 cents, may be bought of any member of the club and are reserved at the College Book Store. - ,. , The cast of "Madame Butterfly" in cludes the very best members of. the club. Susie Scott whose ability to play both comedy and tragedy roles so charmingly, and who made such a hit as "Miss Kite" in "The Passing of the Third Floor Back." .'s especial ly fitted for this part in more ways than one since sho has worked the play up before as a reading Katharine (Continued on page lour.) Ill ATHLETES TO HOP MEET High School Lads in Track Events Saturday 107 ENTRIES FILED 15 High Schools Represented on Ne braska Field Gothenburg, Lincoln and Omaha Show Up Strong A total of 107 athletes, representing , 15 high schools have filed their en tries for the annual state meet classic to be held on Nebraska field Saturday afternoon. This year's entry list ex ceeds last year's cntTies and the pres ent prospects are that It will even eclipse the successful 1917 meet. Four teams sent in their applications after the entries had been closed and con sequently they will not be allowed to participate in the events Saturday. Dr. Clapp, who has charge of the affairs in general, has spent a good part of his time making the final prep arations for a record smashing meet and the complete list of officials will be published tomorrow. The manage ment are counting on Omaha, Gothen berg, and Lincoln to send over large delegations of rooters and every in dications point to a crowded stadium. Many dopesters have made several attempts to pick the probable winner and as dope now stands, Lincoln and Gothenberg seem to be the prime fa forites, with the odds resting with Gothenberg, Mervin Layton, last year's individual point winner, is said to be up to his old tricks this spring, which means that Gothenberg is prac tically sure of thirty points from this star alone. Omaha has a veteran team led by Maxwell and Larson, while Lincoln is expected to make a strong showing. List of Entries The high schools which have en tered and the men they will send fol low: Albion: W. Harris, C. Walters. Callaway: Brega, Dimmitt, Dunn, Frederick, Hall, Smith, YoungL (Continued on page four) REGENTS SLOW TO GRANT ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES Consult Until Midnight Con cerning Departmental Budget in Effort to Conserve . . Work on the budget for 1917-18 was carried forward by the board of regents in tneir meeting last night but atj the time of their adjournment near midnight only a portion of it had been completed. Every effort is beng made this year to conserve in every possible manner and at the same time retain the max imum efficiency and a great deal of work Is required in preparing the new schedule. Reports of heads of various departments have been made concerning possible economics and these are being carefully considered before appropriations are voted. The board may meet today to finish up the work and a complete report will probably be made at the time of their adjournment. Gives Student Fund Insurance Present When Leland M. Towle. '18, with drew from Bchool last week to enter tho service of Uncle Sam he took out $10,000 of soldiers' Insurance, tne maximum amount that the govern ment allows for each soldier and thereby hangs a tale. Mr. Towle, realizing as he said, what the Unvc-rtity has meant to him and what It may yet mean to him both as a soldier and later in civilian life made the Student Loan Fund of the University of Nebraska the benefici ary for 1-10 of the premium, of $1,000. At present there is about $3,500 in this fund and it is used largely though not exclusively by engineering stu dents as short time loans, under the direction of members of the faculty. While the insurance policy itself must be made to only one beneficiary and that to a dependent relative Mr. Towle simply arranged with his regu larly appointed beneficiary, his moth er, to turn over to Dean C. C. Eng berg $1,000 In behalf of this fund in case of the policy maturing. Over Forty Nurses Aids In Service in France About forty-eight nurses aids hiivo boon put in active service in France, according to a statement issued by Miss Jano Delano, director of the Rod Cross department of nursing. These women are not graduate nurses but have had training in first aid. bandaging, and the like. They aro all volunteers and most of them are paying their own expenses. Ir is practically useless for girls who have had first aid courses to consider work In France unless they are prepared to pay their own expenses. It is also necessary to take some preliminary training in a hospital approved by tho Red Cross. Most of the nurses aids now in the service are to help in child welfare in devastated districts. Co-Eds Should Arrange Tennis Schedules at Once All girls who wish to be eligible for the tennis tournament must hand in a schedule of their free time before Thursday noon, May 2. These sched ules should be put in Miss Dorothy Baldwin's mail box, G-202. Ermine Earmean is sports leader for tennis. MILTARY MACHINE LITERALLY HUMMING No Drag in Work of Cadets This Year COMPETITION VERY KEEN With Only Two Drills Before Compet Companies Prepare With Never ending Zeal Issue Invitations. Two more drills and then Corapet. That is the thought that will be on the mind of every cadet in the Uni versity regiment tonight when "assem bly" is called for the drill hour. For the past two weeks the drilling has been conducted at a fever heat, the dust-covered suits at the end of drill hour testifying as to the close ac quaintance a large number of students are getting with Mother Earth. The annual competitive drill is to be held Friday afternoon commencing at 1 o'clock. The first announcement as to the definite date of the event was given out one week ago, and it was al most impossible to realize how short the time until compet would be at hand. A few of the companies started immediately drilling extra time, the two hours for "non-com" drill being utilized for company drill, so some of the more wide-awake have secured a slight lead. But from appearances Monday and Tuesday night every man in the regiment has awakened to the fact that time is short, very short. Competition to Be Keen The zeal and "pep" displayed this week give indication that one of the closest compets ever staged on the athletic field wf,ll be seen Friday. Tuesday night nearly every company had a full turnout, and the work had the finish that would be expected of veterans. In skirmish work particu larly the new men and high school men have displayed great ability, and have learned "rushes" and "charge" and arm signals so readily as to make the addition of these men with less than a year's training no cause for worry to officers in charge, for fear that a few men might spoil a year's effort. A feature of Compet this year is tho Invitations which tho military depart ment had engraved and are furnishing to the cadets at cost. They are simple and inexpensive, In harmony with the demand for thrift during the war, and yet serve their purpose as well as could be desired. They have proven popular with the cadets, there being vtsry few men who have not ordered a number. To Have Shirt-Tall Parado The shirt-tall parade, which promises to be one of the big events of the sea son in the military department, will be held Friday night after-Compet, when the winning company will lead the reg iment through the streets, theaters, candy kitchens, finally ending at the Lincoln hotel, where the thirsty will be cared for. The honor of heading this unique procession is one for which every company is striving, and with only two more days for preparation there will be a considerable amount of dust evident during drill hours, while those who drill on the campus will make life a burden for the ground-keeper. DESPOTIC TIEfiTEflS WORLD Germany Has Inflicted Suffer ing on Every Nation A PRODUCT OF BISMARK Early Prussian Leader Is Father of ..Blood and Iron Teaching, 8y Dr. W. E. Bohn at Convocation "All the nations of the world have suffered at the hands of the German imperial government," said Dr. W. E. Bohn at Convocation yesterday morn ing. He went on to say that of all the nations Germany herself had suf fered the most because it has lost its nation character. We see from the great German Bpie, m the Niebelungenlied, that the Ger mans once had a love of freedom equalling our own. Their wonderful music, their fairy tales and love for little children, all attested to this love. "What has so transformed, so tranflgured them?" Dr. Bohn then conducted his audi ence to a German village schoolhouse where the children are very good and the word of the schoolmaster is law. There the Bible lesson was the most important and out of it the teacher brought the meaning of the word Wilhelm which is "the protector" and emphasized the fact that the kaiser was their protector and that his gov ernment was the best in the world. This was so impressed upon them that they re-act upon it automatically when they grow up and that is the matter with them now. Geographical Influences He then sketched briefly the geo graphical position of the various world powers and its influence upon their growth and develpment. In the middle the chief method of. communi cation was by the great waterways of the world and these were lacking to Germany so when Bismark had (Continued on page two) "BE ORIGINAL" SAYS DAILY DRIFT EDITOR Dr. A. L. Bixby Entertains Newswriters With Talk on "Newspaper Humor" Dr. A. L, Bixby, of the Nebraska State Journal, spoke to members of the Journalism classes of the Univer sity and visitors Tuesday evening In Music hall of the Temple. The sub ject of the address was "Newspaper Humor." Dr. Bixby is especially well pre pared to speak on his subject. He is now editor of the "Daily Drift" column of the Journal, which Is held in nation-wide repute. He has been in this particular branch of Journalism longer than any other man in the country. During this time he has also produced two volumes of poetry though Just recovering from a six weeks' stago of sickness, Dr. Bixby gave an unusually interesting address and held the closest attention of the classes. His sudden transitions from a deep grave pathos to a rare quaint humor charmed his listeners and kept the interest from lagging at any mo ment. The gist of all he said might be put "Bo "original." lie particularly emphasized the desirability of having a "sense of humor." In fact, he said, "The person who has no seuse of the ludicrous is no pleasant company for himself or any one else." He dembn strated his meaning with examples drawn from his own life. Near the close of his remarks. Dr. Bixby made a strong plea for cleaner Journalism. He urged every member of the classes who intejided taking up Journalism as a profession, to abstain scrupulously from using any vicious attacks on public or private enemies in the heat of a campaign or quarrel.