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VOL. XVII. NO. 146.
HUSKERS LOOM UP
AS Will CHIPS
Are Doped to Grab Highest
Honors in Meet
MANY OLD STARS ARE GONE
Dual Meet With Kansas Saturday To
Be An Important One for
Nebraska University
At the beginning of the year Coach
Stewart had a veteran team of Mis
souri Valley point winners who made
the Huskers look like certain win
ners of the conference. Reese and
Shaw were easily the class of the
valley in the weights, while RIddell
had a cinch on the discus. "Squirt"
Owen, captain-elect, whose name will
long linger in the memory of Nebras
kans for his sensational race in the
relay at the Kansas dual last spring,
was being counted on to repeat his
former performances. But Nebraska's
chances grew slimmer and thinner as
one by" one the boys left to Join the
nation's colors.
Picked as Dark Horse
It will be recalled that Dr. Stewart
started with practically all green tim
ber this spring. He used good Judg
ment in the picking and his athletes
have made such rapid advancement
that the dopsters throughout the val
ley are picking Nebraska as the dark
horse of the meet. Munn, Hubka and
Shellenberg are at last showing cham
pionship ability. Gerhart Is almost
sure of annexing the pole vault at
the Kansas dual and if he can dupli-.
cate some of his trials when the M. V.
comes off there will probably be a
surprise In store for the conference
vaulters. Captain Townsend is giving
bis best in the broad Jump and last
evening he leaped 21 feet.
The Husker runners are working
hard to hQld down their places on
the squad and also to cinch their trip
to the Western Conference at Chi
cago. At present H. McMahon, Town
send, Grau, Graf and Finney seem to
have the Jump on the squad, and will
probably be Nebraska's entries at
the western classic. Byron, McMahon,
Yort and Kretzler are other probable
starters.
Must Beat Kansas
Missouri easily defeated Kansas 75
to 36 in their recent meet. So it is
up to Nebraska to win from Kansas
by a fairly decisive score in the dual
meet next Saturday In order to com
pare favorably with Missouri, the
favorite of the conference. However,
tie fact that Missouri won on her own
field must be taken into consideration
since Nebraska will have to Invade
foreign' territory. -
DR. F. H. FLING NOW
MAJOR OF REGULARS
Will Report Soon for Work in
the Historical De
partment Professor Fred M. Fling, head of
the department of European history,
has received orders from the war de
partment commissioning him as major
in the regular army.
He Is ordered to report to the chief
of general staff in Washington, where
he will lake up work in the historical
department. He will have no strictly
mn.- AnHaa nurh as commanding
iUUilAi J 4vww
troops, but will assist In the record
ing of the history the united oiaiea
makes in these stirring times.
Professor Fling has been a profound
P!iiMTAnn history for thirty
years, making his dpeartment one of
tne strongest in io uue".
Co-operating with this recognition
of Professor Fling s ability as an His
torian by the government, the Univer
sity has granted bim 'an Indefinite
leave of absence so he will probablv
not be lost permanently to this Institution.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. WEDNESDAY. MAY 15. 1918.
ALUMNI OF '98 WILL
AID WORTHY STUDENTS
Class Will Commemorate Anni
versary by Starting A
Loan Fund
To commemorate their twentieth an
niversary, which will be celebrated
commencement week, the class of 1898
has created a liberty educational fund,
which ultimately will be used' as a
loan fund to help worthy students at
tend the University of Nebraska. But
for the period of the war the money,
as fast as it is accumulated, will be
invested in Liberty Bonds, the inter
est of which is to be donated to the
Red Cross.
The amount that has been raised
will be announced alumni day of com
mencement week. The committee ex
pect to have several thousand dollars
by that time.
The returns thus far indicate that
the members of the class are in hearty
sympathy with the movement. Pledges
have come in from all parts of the
country, and the committee hopes to
have every member registered on their
honor roll when their class reunion
is held on May 25th. The committee
consists of M. A. Hyde, Frances Gere,
Lucy Green, and Everett B. Sawyer,
president of the class. Subscriptions
are open to monthly or annual pay
ments, and the early subscriptions in
dicate that the fund will be a per
manent and growing one. The presi
dent in his message to the members
of the class, acknowledges the sub
scriptions already received and urges
still larger ones if possible. His let
te rcloses thus: We want a few for
$100 or more. -Who will be the first?
I will agree to be the second."
Red Cross Seal Sales
Surpass All Records
Wyoming, Minnesota and Wisconsin
are announced by the National Tuber
culosis association as winners of pen
nants in the fourth annual competition
for the sale of Red Cross seals last
Christmas season. Broadview, Mon
tana, leads the cities and towns of the
country with a record sale of 84.76 per
capita, while 789 other towns and cities
reached or exceeded the standard of
six seals per Inhabitant. Wyoming's
record of 7.2 seals per capita triples
any previous state record ever made.
Over 160,000,000 seals were sold in
the entire country, a gain of 50 per
cent, over 1916. .
WOMEN TO DISCUSS
SUMMER WAR WORK
Miss Winifred Wygal, of Camp
Funston, tto Address Con
vocation Thursday
A war vocational convocation to sug
gest different kinds of war work dur
ing the summer months will be held
in Memorial hall Thursday at eleven
o'clock. The meeting, which is under
thn direction of the Universicy Y. w,
C. A., has been called to present to the
elrls the war emergency needs and the
opportunity they may have to meet
those needs during tne summer in
or rtwn towns. All kinds of war
work, such as the organization of
Junior Red Cross, Camp Fire oiris,
Girl Guardian clubs and Eight Week
rinhn will be explained.
Miss Winifred Wygal, one of the'
recreatlon directors at Camp Funston,
Will be the chief speaker. Miss Wygal,
who was general secretary of the Y.
W. C. A. at the University of Nevada
fnr BAVftriLl vears. is one of the direct
ors of the Young Woman's League of
Girls in the vicinity of Camp Funston
and has helped to organize there for
patriotic services. Her headquarters
are the .Y W. C. A. hostess house at
Funston. Anyone who wishes to learn
more in detail about the work can
make an appointment with Miss Wygal
for Thursday through Miss Fannie
Drake at the University Y. W. C. A.
rooms.
EVERYTHING READY
FOR "Mil OFARC"
Cast Holds Final Rehersal To
night in Temple
MANY SPECIAL FEATURES
Cantata To Be Presented Tomorrow
Night Depicts Entire Life of
Maid of France
The University chorus, with soloists'
and orcnestra, win noia me nnai re
hearsal at the Temple tonight for the
cantata "Joan of Arc," which will be
presented tomorrow night. The solo
ists are Miss Margaret Perry, soprano;
Mr. James P. Rekl, baritone, and Mr.
ChaB. Bagley. baritone.
Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond, director
of the orchestra, has planned to make
this interesting story of the Mala
of Orleans as realistic as possible
and has planned several special fea
tures which will increase the effective
ness of the work. The orchestra has
been practicing on the scores with
the chorus for the past week besides
working up several special numbers
in harmony with the spirit 01 me
story.
Opens With May Games
The cantata opens with the young
nfioDle of Doremy making merry with
the May festival and depicts their
games and customs- in Interesting
sones and solos. It follows Joan of
Arc from the time she hears the call
of the mystic "Voices" which tell her
that she is to be the saviour of her
country and calls her to duty, until
through peril and misfortune she final
ly reaches the castle and gives thanks
that she is able to be of service to
her own beloved country.
From the time she appears before
the little army which is struggling in
the defense against the invading foe
there appears a new spirit in the
heart of every man. In her appeal,
sane by Miss Margaret Perry, Is a
note which strikes the heart of every
man and inspired as he is by the new
leader he takes hope again and fights
on to victory. When finally captured
and executed she still lives In the
hearts of the people of France aa she
does to this day, not only in her own
country, but in the thought of .every
nation fighting for the things for
which she stood.
The close of the story pictures the
vouth of Doremy again making merry
on their May day as they are stopped
by the peasants who come to tell them
of the death of their former playmate
who has sriven up her life but in so
doing has saved their France.
Tickets have been selling rapidly,
but a few more may be obtained from
members of the chorus or at the Col
lege Book Store and may be reserved
there without charge.
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
TELLS HOW TO HELP WIN
Issues Suggestions Urging College Stu
dents to Help in All con
servation Work
The United States food administra
tion issues the following suggestions
to college people who wish to help win
the war indirectly:
"To College Men and Women :
"if vou can not get into the ranics
you can yet fight with your fellows
who have gone. Will you?
"The battlefield is here. i ne paiue
is now.
"The struggle for democracy is wltn-
in you.
"It is as important for you to ao
your duty at home as It is for the boys
to do theirs 'over there.'
"It is as neceasary to provide rood
for or armies, and for the armies and
families of the Allies, as it is to face
the enemy.
"1. Be intelligent; inform yourself
about food.
"2. Create more food if you can.
"3. Do not waste any.
"4. Do not allow others to waste
nr.
"5. Obey the food regulations tney
are the careful and honest work of
those who know what they are doing.
"6. By every legal means prevent
thpir violation by others.
"7. Help everyone who is trying to
sprvA in the cause of food.
"8. Be aggresive agents of the food
administration wherever you go.
ANNOUNCE SCHEDULE
FOR EXAMINATIONS
Final Tests Start Will Saturday
Morning
A FEW CONFLICTS RESULT
All Those Except Rhetoric II Will Be
Given In Regular Class Rooms
Eleven O'clocks Saturday
Final examinations is now the most
popular subject for campus gossip
or scandal as the case may be, and
when this one will be and that one is
a very important subject. In spite of
the excellent theory of the schedule
some few of the students have conflicts
which are, of course, inevitable.
The Schedule
Following is a scehule of the exam
inations: Each class meets for examination
where it regularly recites except that
examinations in Rhetoric 2, all sec
tions, will be held on Saturday at 1:15
p. m., in the rooms indicated below.
Romance languages 2 (French) and
32 (Spanish), all sections, will be held
on Saturday, as indicated below, but in
the rooms In which they regularly re
cite. Chemistry 2 and" B will meet
Saturday from 8 to 10 a. m. or 10 to
12 a. m., as arranged with the de
partment. Note: Examinations in all 11:00
classes are scheduled on Saturday.
Saturday, May 18
8:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m French 2,
all sections.
Chemistry B and Chemistry 2, both
sections.
10:15 a. m. to 12:15 p. m. Spanish 32,
all sections.
Chemistry B and Chemistry 2, both
sections.
1:15 p. m. to 3:15 p. m. Rhetoric 2,
sections 1, 2, 3, Music Hall.
Sections 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, Law 101.
Sections 10, 11, Mechanical Engineer
ing 206.
3:30 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. -Classes meet
ing at 11:00 a. m., Mon., Wed., rn.,
or any one or two of these days.
Monday. May 20
8:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m. Classes
meeting at 8:00 a. m., five or four
days, or Mon., Wed., FrI., or any
one or two of these days.
10:15 a. m. to 12:15 p. m. Classes
meeting at 8:00 a. m., Tues.,
Thurs., Sat., or any one or two
'of these days.
1:15 p. m. to 3:15 p. m. Classes meet
ing at 1:00 p. m., 5 or 4 days, or
Mon., Wed., Fri., or any one or
two of these days.
3:30 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. Classes meet
ing at 1:00 p. m., Tues., xnurs.,
(Continued on page four)
UNIVERSITY MEN WILL
TRY FOR COMMISSIONS
15 Students Leave for Fourth
Camp Many Cadet Offi
cers to Go
ntttnan TTnJvrsitv men. nearly all
of them officers in the cadet regiment,
left Tuesday for the Fourth Officers
Training camp, which is scheduled to
open today. Only university men or
graduates of universities are eligible
to the camps, Class a men irom Ne
braska University going to tamp
Grant at Rockford, Illinois, and ciass
B men to Camp Dodge, lowa.
Among those leaving are a number
of the best known men in the Univer
sity and military department. The
departure of Earl C. Jeffrey and Roger
A Jenkins has left the military de
partment without a student neaa. ao
iv a fthnrt time left this
IUCIO f
year in all probability no permanent
... . . J a. . All VaIs
appointments win do maue iu u
places.
Besides the two colonels, Lieutenant
Colonel Fred T. Cotter, and all three
battalion majors, as well as a number
of captains and lieutenants are leav
ing. Heretofore' very high percentage
of men having preliminary work in the
military department at Nebraska have
been commissioned, and the good wil
of the whole school goes with thes
men.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TELL OF
E
Two of Pershing Men Address
Journalism Classes
SURE OF VICTORY IN END
Ask for the Support of Everybody at
Home Will Be Sent Through
out the State to Speak
Sergeant James L. Stephens, U. A.
A. Infantry, of Montana, and Sergeant
Paul A. Haven. Engineers. U. S. A.,
of New Jersey, addressed the Journal
ism classes and visitors in Music hall
of the Temple Tuesday evening.
The two men spoke under govern
ment authority, as representatives of
the group of men sent from the Ameri
can army in France by General Persh
ing to speak throughout the country
and give the people first hand informa
tion of the American soldier's attitude
toward the war. They have both been
in actual first-line fighting and Ser
geant Stephens has been wounded
three times as well as gassed. The
gas burned his lungs so badly that he
was able to talk only a short time and
in a low tone of voice.
After an introduction by Prof. M. M.
Fogg, Sergeant Stephens told briefly
of some of his most interesting experi
ences in France. Stephens is not even
a middle-aged man, but a is a typical
young American soldier, fighting half
because he thinks it is right, and half
for the love of fighting. He was full
of optimism and enthusiaslm, but when
he told of the death of his "pal" at
the hands of a German sniper there
was an unnatural ring In his voice that
showed that he had known more of
sorrow than most gray-haired men.
With significant simplicity he said, "it
took me three days to get that Ger
man." Afterwards Stephens gave a demon
stration of the gas mask drill that is
so necessary when near the battle .
front. He attached his masK in just
five seconds.
Our For Finish Fight
The keynote of Sergeant Haven's
address was reached when he said,
'We are over there to finish the Job,
and we've got to do it. And don't for
get, we are going to do it, too." After
telline of many Interesting experi
ences in France, and attempting to
give some idea of the great scale on
which Uncle Sam is doing things now.
he launched into a straight-from-the-
shoulder appeal for the undivided, un
nupRtionine BUDDort of everyone at
home. He contrasted the conditions
in England and France with those here
and Bhowed where little things could
be done to help. He was particularly
urgent that the soldiers be sent mail
of all kinds, and said that one of the
biggest Joys of the Sammies was news
from home. Although admitting that
the situation was serious, and the end
still far off, he was entertaining no
doubts whatever about the final out
come. Both addresses were as interesting
as any that have been heard here this
yea- and the men held their audience
all the time." The humorous phases
(Continued on page four)
LEADING SENIOR CO-ED
ATHLETE TO BE PICKED
Will Get Silver Loving Cup
"Ns" Will Also Be
Awarded
Who is the best girl athlete la the
senior class?
This question will be answered by
the Women's Athletic association in
a closed meeting Thursday at 7:15
o'clock. For the first time In the
history of Nebraska women's athletics
recognition will be made of the girl
who has gained greatest distinction In
this branch throughout her college
course. The association will award
a silver loving cup to the girl who
has so qualified.
At the same time the association will
award its official N sweaters to the
girls who have won them this year.
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