The Daily nebraskan
VOL. XVII, NO. 138.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. THURSDAY. MAY 2. 1918.
TRICE FIVE CENTS
STATE D EBATERS
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High School Representatives
Will Hold Annual Contest
FOURTEEN TO TAKE PART
Order of 8peklnfl for Individual De
bater Determined by. Pre. F. M.
Foqo nl 8ec- H w' cldwe"
The order of speaking by individual
representatives of the ten district?
championship schools of the Nebraska
High School Debating league in the
eleventh annual state debate, which
opens at 10 o'clock rharp .Saturday
morning, May 4 high school fete day
in Memorial hall. University of Ne
braska, was deoided today by lots
drawn by Prof. M. M. Fogg, the pres
ident, and by Prof. II. W. Caldwell.
If it was not yetknown which side
the school's representative would
take, a place was drawn for it on both
the affirmative and the negative.
These schools are Beatrice ' and
Wymore, which hold their final dis
trict debate Friday evening; Edgar
and Red Cloud, which are to decide
the championship of the Southern dis
trict this evening, and Madison and
Wisner, which are to settle the cham
pionship in the North-Central district
this evening at Wisner. The side
which . the : representative of the
Omaha Central High School, cham
pion of the Eastern district, will take
was not known.
Order of Speaking
The order of speaking was decided
as follows :
Affirmative
1. Mlnden
3. Omaha (?)
5. Alliance
7. Beatrice (?)
9. Ravenna.
11. Madison or Wisner .(?)
13. Edgar (?)
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CAMPUS SOLDIERS
IN 1PINAL PREPARATION
Near End of Strenuous. Drilling
Season With Increasing.
Efforts to Win Compet
Displaying a degree of pep never
before exhibited by Nebraska cadets
the members of the University fight
ing corps finished last night's drill
hour with a resolution to win the com
pet glories or die in the attempt. Of
ficers held consultations with their
companies and in the ranks the
heartiest co-operation was evident.
During the week captains and lieutenants-
have held smokers and com
muned with their commands late into
the night to Inspire them with that
fight, characteristic onyl of the veteran
soldier and the only spirit that can
possibly prevail in the keen competi
tion that will take place on Nebraska
field Friday afternoon. Every man
of the cadet regiment la prepared to
the last minute to win the honor of
leading the University m the season's
-frolic, the shirt' tail parade, in the eve
ning .when students headed by the
campus warriors and surrounded by
the home guards will march in all
their dignity through hotels, boule
vards and alleys, giving vent to the
spirit of patriotism.
The men for the Individual compet
were chosen from the companies last
night and final preparations have
been made for the staging of this
eventful contest. Tonight will end a
season of hard work for the Univer
sity soldiers and many will welcome
the com:r-nd that discharges them
from servico here for the remainder
of the school year.
SERGEANT KELLY NOW '
IN DETENTION CAMP
Former Captain of Company E
Now Located at Camp
Funston
Word has been received by the mili
tary department from Sergeant Eric
T. Kelly, captain of Company E of the
0 CLASH 1Y
cadet regiment until railed into the
army two weeks ago. He is at the
detention camp at Camp Funston, and
will be held there for three weeks.
According to his letter, ho is kept
very busy. His address is. Sergeant
Eric T. Kelley, 64 Company, 104
Depot Brigade, Camp Funston.
MYSTERIES AND JOKES
FROM' THE FAR EAST
Dramatic Club Vaudeville Has
Unusual Program
HAVE TRAINED DANCERS
6aravlata, the Veiled Lady, Will Lead
Troop of Orientals In Aesthetic ,
Performances Saturday Night
Saravlata, the veiled lady, whose
identity Is unknown in University
circles except to the management of
the Dramatic club vauleville and her
troop of Oriental aesthetic dancers are
to be featured Saturday night at the
Temple theatre. For the past three
weeks Saravista has been training
under the direction or a native of
Hawaii who came to. America" to intro
duce the famous "Vero" dance which
has of late become the most popular
of all the native dances.
The Samuelson family consisting of
Leonard Wpolen, Elizabeth E;razlni
and Robert Moodie will present their
latest skit entitled "Common Sents."
Jerusalem Jokes Just released since
the capture of that famous city by
the civilized forces will be conspicu
ous. Burnt corks in "Camouflage"
will present something new in min
strels. Cable Jackson and Lester Han
sen giving the dance of Shriner min
strel fame. A Pair of Woozly
Wolves Eleanore Fogg and Cable
Jackson will present a clever little
"Skltlette."
Pre-Medics to. Make
Inspection Trip at Omaha
About eighty members of the pre
medic class will go to Omaha Satur
dav mnrninsr tn insnect the Nebraska
medical college. Clinics will be wit
nessed in the morning and' the .new
University hospital and laboratories
will be inspected in the afternoon. A
smoker has been planned for the eve
ning at which time Major Stokes of
the University of . Nebraska Hospital
Unit will tell of his work at Fort Des
Moines. - '
Extensive preparations are being
made for alumni day which will be
celebrated Saturday, May 25. The
executive committee of the class '98,
will meet at the alumni office at 1:30
o'clock Thursday to plan for the
event. All Lincoln members of the
class 1916 will meet Saturday eve
ning at the home -of its president,
Chas. Roberts of 3158 Sheridan Boule
vard. Mr. Roberts is chairman of the
entertainment committee for alumni
day and has charge of the auto tour.
PHI ALPHA TAU HOLDS
ANNUAL INITIATION
Six Members Taken Into Public
Speaking Fraternity at Lin
coln Last' Evening
Phi Alpha Tau. professional public
speaking fraternity, initiated six new
members at the Linco:n last evening
from 6 until 8 o'clock.
The new men are:
Robert Moodie, West Point.
Lawrence Slater, Lincoln..
Herman Thomas, Hebron.
. W. E. Spear, Lincoln.
J. H. Koehler, Geneva.
P. E. Seidol, Lincoln.
Clarence L. Clark, 12, L:iw '14, na
tional president of the fraternity was
"in charge of the initiation and Prof.
G. N. Foster of the college of law
was toastmaster at" the banquet.
"Kulture Versus Culture"
Subject Annual Address
Dr. Henry Kraemer, he&d of the
department of pharmacognosy It the
University of Michigan, will lecture
on "Kulture Versus Culture" in an
annual address before Sigma Epsilon
and Phi Beta Kappa Tuesday evening,
. n - . Tnronln at 8 nVlnrlr
1U A J . . Ufc v - f -
The address is open to the public and
will be of especial Interest to students.
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Advantage Lying With Gophers
in Field Events
INJURY KEEPS FINNEY OUT
Dependable Hurdle Runner Injured In
Ames Meet and May Be Kept Out
of Game Beatrice Prepares
Beatrice will be the center of at
traction for state athletic followers
Saturday afternoon, when the Ne-,
braska track team will again endeavor
to show their superiority over the ath
letes from the Gopher state. The
commercial club as well as the high
school students are behind the event
and ever detail has been carried out
to make their sod truck, the fastest
in the fctate. The students have been
working on the track every evening
(his week, leveling off all depressions
and banking the turns, so that present
Minnesota-Nebraska dual records are
bound to fall, providing the weather
man has scheduled a good day for
May 4th.
Mike Finney Injured
Nebraska will go Into the meet con
ceding the Gophers about 28 points
without competition. The Ames meet
showed that Nebraska Is very weak in
the field events and that Gerhart In
the pole vault is the only man who is
sure of placing. The track team re
ceived a hard set-back last Saturday
when Mike Finney pulled a tendon,
which has kept him off the track dur
ing this week's practice. The coach
is undecided whether Mike will start
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WORLD FAMOUS SCIENTIST
AND INVENTOR COMING
Dr. Frederick Finch Strong to
Explain Wonders of Elec
tricity and Violet Rays
Dr. Frederick Finch Strong of Bos
ton a scientist of note specializing
in the field of electricity, with many
inventions to his credit and the au
thor of numerous scientific textbooks,
comes to Lincoln for a series of lec
tures at Lindell hall beginning May 7.
He is the inventor of the vacuum
electrode, generally known as the vio
let ray; plso of the first apparatus
for "the feeneration of Tesla currents
for X-ray and medical use, and has
patented more than a dozen other
scientific and electrical inventions.
He took special work at Cornell uni
versity In chemistry and biology, and
also studied in the University of Ber
lin and in Paris and Vienna. Among
his Dublished works is the first large
Jook on "High Frequency Currents,"
containing descriptions or many origi
nal experiments.
In dealing ; with the subject of
"Force and ' Matter in the Unseen,"
Dr. Strong lays particular stress on
the subject of electrical vibration, the
occult effect it has on life, and its
intrinsic value. By means of various
low and high frequency transformers
and resonators, florescent tubes and
other apparatus, he proves the exis
tence of forty-six octaves of vibration
which none of the senses can cognize.
Several startliug experiments are per
formed with the Tesla transformer,
producing high voltage, low amper
age vibration . The scientist has re
ceived 100,000 volts into his body
without seeming to feel an effect.
Illustrations of the violet ray, which
he Introduced Into the medical pro
fession 22 years ago, will be shown
and explained.
One of the most remarkable dis
plays at this lecture will be that of the
million-volt, high-frequency resonator
in action, discharging great flaming
branches of vibratory energy four feet
into the air.
Hitting The Dmt
on The Last Lapse
With the race nearly won and -the
last' lapse to go University students
are hitting the dust with renewed ef
forts for the remaining few weeks
of this school year, to cinch the
rMrttA rrertits for wnlch they have
been striving-Tor the past eight and
a half months.
"Cons," "incompletes" and "flunks"
have teuded to demoralize the hopes
cf more than one eager campus
I
habitant durlnir. the nast season, but
scholarship results hare been so fa
well beyond the expected.
Professors and assistants are ap
plying the luth with jcientless fervor!
in their attempts to speed up sum
clently to enable them to slip In un
der the ropes with tnelr schedules
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CHARACTERISTIC SONGS
AT TODAY'S CONVOCATION
Chorus to Sing Afro-American
.Folk Songs
SOLOISTS TAKE A PART
Will Give Incidental Solos In Musical
Program at Chapel Chorus Mem
ber Excused From Classes
Afro-American folk songs will be
sung at Convocation in Memorial hall
this morning. Most of the numbers
will bo given by the chorus with inci
dental solos by some of the members.
Negro songs are the nearest ap
proach we have to the folk songs of
Europe. When Stephen Foster
caught the strain of sadness running
through most of them he got the most
characteristic thing about them. Most
of them are religious in theme and
are composed of words taken or im
provised from the scriptures mingled
with personal pronouns and phrases
that have no meaning.
The Program
"Suwanee River."
Nobody Knows the Trouble I See."
"Go Down Moses." 1
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot."
"Sinner, Please Doan Let Dis Har
vest Pass."
"O, Brethren-a, My Way's Cloudy."
"Deep River."
"Old Black Joe.'
All members of the chorus who are
present at this Convocation will be
excused by order of Dean C. C. Eng-
berg.
PRODUCE AND SAVE
For the first time iin the history of
our country, we are engaged in a war
in which every citizen, regardless of
sex, age, or geographical location, has
a patriotic duty to perform. In all
prior wars, the number of men en
gaged In actual fighting, as compared
with the entire number of people in
the civilized world, was very small,
and all that was needed In the way
of food, clothing, and munitions, could
easily be supplied by those not en
gaged in active service but now prac
tically the whole civilized world is at
war. More than twenty-five millions
of men have been drawn from the
army of producers and have become
not only consumers, but members of
ft mighty srniy engaged in destroying
not only human life, but food and prop
erty of aftll kinds. This means a
world-wide shortage of food and all
kind sof supplies necessary not only
for the fightiing man. but for the very
exisitence of human life. Those of us
who do not go to the front therefore,
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PROF. SARKA HRBKOVA
TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
Head Woman's Division State
Council of Defense Will
Attend Conference
Prof. Sarka Hrbkova of the depart
ment of Slavonic languages and. litera
tures will attend tne convention of
the league to enforce peace of which
she is a member. The convention will
take place at the Bellevue-Stratford
hotel in Philadelphia, May 16 to 18
The tentative program of the "Win
the War for Permanent Peace" gath
ering contains the names of world
famous statesmen, economists and
leaders, assuring all who attend a
most profitable session. William
Howard Taft, president of the leagr" e,
will speak, on "America Seeing it
Through," W. Mcrgan Shuster, "An
Efficiency Without Soul;" John
Spargo "A 'Made in Germany' So
cialism;" Dr. Anna Howard Shaw,
"The Degradation, of Childhood and
Womanhood;" Henry VanDyke
"Fighting for Peace;" Charles Evans
Hughes, "A Lawless -World;" Oscar
S. Straus, "A War Basis for Business
and Labor," and numerous others.
Ac the allied - dinner, Lord Reading,
Viscount IshIL M. Jusserand, General
Guglielmottl, Nicholas Murray Eutler
and Alton B. Parker will speak.
IEPICIG SPIRIT
OF
Patriotic Pageant to Reflect
Past and Present
RETAIN OLD TRADITIONS
Old Ivy Chain Composed of Senior
Girls in Grecian Costumes Will t
Be a Part of the Program
Traditions of the past reflecting the
thought of the University in times of
peace, mingled with the tense spirit
of the present In which is depicited
the fighting will of Nebraska are tne.
guiding elements in the pageant that
will be presented on the campus Ivy
Day. While many of the old customs
of the day are to' be discarded in this
great patriotic feature the main num
ber, the traditional Ivy chain corn
nosed of senior Kirls dressed in
Grecian costumes will play a promi
nent part.
Not less than 150 University wom
en are expected to take part in this
Droduction. but many are neglecting
to begin their preparations for the
event as early as the occasion ae-
mands. With little more than a week
left to hold rehearsals and make other
preparations it is necessary that
everyone lend a hand now if the
naereant would be successful. The
co-operation of the senior girls In
making ready for the Ivy chain num
ber is especially urged by Jean Bur
roughs, chairman of the campus pro
gram.
Every senior girl will play some
part In the pageant and representa
tives from all of the lower classes
will also be assigned some part. .
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JUNIORS TAKE SCORE
FROM FRESHMEN FIRSTS
Gain 24 to 5 Lead in Opening
Game of Co-Ed Baseball
Series
The luniors defeated the freshmen
by a score of 24 to 5 in the preliminary
came of the co-ed baseball series neia
on the athletic field Wednesday, May
1, at 6:30 o clock.
Some whizzing strikes, good catches,
and quick field stops were individual
show-ups.
Helen Hewitt starred for the juniors
making four home runs and at pitch
ing she was without a rival. Mar
guerite Lonam's batting was also one
of the big features of the game.
Juniors Show Superiority
For the freshmen Ida Berquist did
first class catching and made a home
run. Ethel Hoaglan also made ft home
run. As a whole the freshmen did not
show up as well as was expected from
the previous good work done at the
practices; somehow they fumbled the
ball too much. "
The superior swiftness and skill
shown by the Juniors was everywhere
evident and their playing was up to
the pitch of professional players.
The dust blowing straight into the
faces of the catchers, and batters and
other players interf erred with the
quality of the playing.
The line-up 'for today's game fol
lows: Juniors Freshmen
Josephine Strode. c... Ida Berquist
Helen Hewitt p Lillian Story
Orpha Carmean..lb. .Mary Shepherd
Lesa Richards... 2b...... Helen Gold
Mary Spence .. .3b. .Doris Hostetter
Opal Lintz ss...Marg't Cowden
Madeline Girard.ss. . .Ruby Swenson
G. De Sautelle. . .If. .. .Helen MorrlS'
Pansy Reed rf...Ada Witherow
Marg'rite Lonam.xf. .Ethel Hoagland
Bess Chaney of... Mary Stephens
Second teams of the freshmen and
sophomores will play their game Fri
day, May 3, at 11 o clock. T
Senior Women, Notice
Senior women will meet
tonight in Memorial hall
at 8 o'clock for the first
rehearsal for the Ivy
chain which will be a fea
ture number in the patri
otic pageanton Ivy Day.
xiveryone wiii be given a
part in this pageant.
PEACE AND