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;
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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
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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
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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
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"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.
