The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVIII. NO. 5
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1918
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ELIGIBLE UPPERWSH
Few Hen Out to Practice Who
Are Available as Varsity
Material
Football Games to Be Played
' Every Saturday For Benefit
of Soldiers
With the Iowa game but It day
V. the prospects Monday evening
a football team of the usual Ne
aka. calibre the kind that whip
re Dame, Michigan, and the other
' follows to a standstill were not
y encouraging. But eleven or
Ive upperclassmen are working out
the squad who are eligible to
y varsity football. Tlenty of fresh
a material is available, but It Is
i yet certain that the first year men
I be allowed to play.
Professor R. D. Scott, director of
iletica, issued a call laBt night for
j upperclassmen in the University
i are of sufficient weight and size,
come out to football practice, and
ake an attempt for a place on the
rst squad. .The opportunity for a ay
inn of sophomore standing or bet
r. to get on the varsity team are
ceilent. There are at present just
out enough eligible men to make
a team. If Injuries are c'ustained in
y of the big games, It will be hard
get men who are even available
r the substitute positions. If there
re any men at all In the upperclasses
.elghlng 165 pounds, even If they are
without much football experience, it
ehoores thenr to get ouvwa. ihj field
nd make a try for the University
3am. Never were the chances for
inning a letter so good as they are
t this time.
ER SIXTY ALREADY
ADIIITTED TO STUDENT
NAYY TRAINING CORPS
.braska Q jjuota of 150 Expected
. to Be Called This
v . Week
111 Not Compete With S. A. T.
C. Can Have Men Sent
From-Other States
jixty men had been examined and
epted in the students navy tfain
; corps up to two o'clock Monday
ernoon. More men may apply to
! the' quota of 150, which has beer.
:ted the University f Nebraska.
:nsign P. O. Condict, navy recruit
officer at Lincoln and acting su
vlsor of the new military unit,
lies to announce that the new or
ization is 'merely a part of the
dents' army training corps. Any
.n who has qualified in the Uni
rsity for the S. A. T. C. will bo ad
tted in the navy section if he can
a the physical examination.
,11 Not Compete With S. A. T. C.
Ensign Condict does not want to
npete with the officers of the S. A.
C. in filling the Nebraska quota
th Nebraska men. He told a Ne
skan reporter that he was not beg
;g for men.. He added that -If the
cessary number of men were not
md lu4ur state, it would be an easy
Uter to get them from other states,
me states such as Iowa were al
ted only 100 men and Ames for In
ince would be more than willing
transfer some of its men to Ne-:
aska. It the number of enlistments
not up to 150 by Wednesday even-,
; the local recruiting officer will j
egraph to Washington asking for
n from other states. j
tna navy recruits of ihia ci!oa i
I go to the University and pursue j
tain course prescribed by a navy
cer ho will arrive la Lincoln soon. :
HAVE Gill CKE TO IN
Syracuse and Virginia Cancelled f
It U now practically assured that all
games on the Nebraska schedule will
be played oft as heretofore planned,
with the exception of the engagaments
with West Virginia and Syracuse.
These dates have not yet been official
ly removed from the schedule, but
Professor U .D.v Scott said yesterday
that It could be accepted as certain
that these two games would not be
played. The expenses at this time
would be prohibitive and it is doubt
ful if the army regulations would per
mit of the, players being away from
the University, tor the length of time
required to go to Morgantown, West
Virginia.
Syracuse University has also dis
continued for the period of the war,
the old policy of adopting the travel
ing schedule that she has followed in
previous years. While the war lasts
it is probable that the greater part
of the inter-sectional games will be
discontinued. In there stead will be
the' games with the army and navy
camps that are situated near the Uni
versity. Nebraska has a game this
year with Camp Funston, and the
University of Iowa plays the Great
Lakes training station on next Sat
urday at Iowa City.
Capti Maclvor in Accord
Capt. E. J. Mfcclvor is heartily in
accord with the spirit of all university
activities, and especially so with foot
ball. During the war period at the
university it is especially to the in
terest of the army authorities to
maintain ,at the university a college
spirit similar to that of past years.
To do this the authorities plan to have
a game for the Midlers -every Satur
day. By doing this the new men will
get the university spirit, and through
this medium the morals of the men
w ill be kept at a high pitch.
The students will be divided into two
classes, the engineers and the other
branches of the navy. All will re
ceive $32.65 per month, subsistence
up to $2 per day and $100 to buy
uniforms for. the duration of the war.
All are enlisted for four years provid
ed they are needed for war or emer
gencies. During peace times ordinar
ily they will not be called upon for
duty. . -
May attend School Two Years .
Although plans are not complete, I'
'.8 probable that the navy section wil
be quartered and schooled with th
S. A. T, C. The engineers, 100 fron
Vebraska, will probably attend schoo
for two years. Although the boys an
not promised commissions, it is un
lerstood that they are considered th
best officer material of the country
"He who works will be rewarded ant"
the loafer who Joina this to be t
Uacker In protection will heave coa"
In some submarine" Is the motto or
which the section will be conducted
3aid Ensign Condict.
All boys resigtered in the S. A. T
C. who wish to apply for the.navj
section may do so until October I
when they will be taken into th
former organization.
Husker Veteran on
Great Lakes Squad
Paul Dobson, who lefj the Uni
versity last spring to enter the navy,
is now on the Great Lakes football
squad. Dobson was prominent in Uni
versity activities while in school, and
was elected to the Innocents Society
before he entered the navy last spring.
He is a member of Alpha Sigma Phi.
The football squad at Great Lakes
this fall is composed of star players
from many of the big universitiea in
the country. Competition is keen and
any man making the team must be of
the highest caliber. Dobson is rivaled
for the full-back position on the team
by Willlson of Ohio State University,
who made a name for himself fn the
m l , - -
tuutiMU nvuu iai . 4Jv.n ,11 c
will be on the squad which goes to
Iowa City next Saturday to play the
University of Iowa.
TWO HUNDRED MORE ARE
REGISTERED" ON MONDAY
Late Numbers Swell Total Beyond
Twenty-live Hundred
Mark
Twenty-one Register For S. A. T,
C. Seven For Navy
Branch
Monday, the first day of school
work, netted 191 new registrants,
which, added to Uie 2,379 who had
completed registration Saturday even
ing, brings the total number of regis
tered up to 2,570. One hundred
thirteen of the late registrant? en
tered the general college courses; 71
registered In the S. A. T. C, making
a total of 1.468 soldiers, and 7 signed
up for the S. N. T. C, making 16 Bail
ors so far out of a possible 150 wlio
may take, that training, if less than
the prescribed quota of 150 apply for
S. N. T. C. training, the necessary
number may be drafted from tho army
corps.
Classes got under way in good
shape the first day but a few men
taking their physical examinations
were compelled to miss their assign
ments. Such confusion will be reg
ulated in a few days and the courses
will then be running smoothly.
Thruout the year, however, units will
be withdrawn from the S. A. T. C. and
transferred to other posts.
IMPORTANT CHANGES IN
LAW COURSE ANNOUNCED
Juniors and Seniors Are Com
binedStill to Be Three
Year Course
Important changes in the law col
lege have been announced by Chan
cellor Hastings. The Junior course
has been combined with the senior
course, and there are only the fresh
man and senior courses offered this
year. Next year the seniors will .take
the junior course with the Juniors.
The small classes in law and the
need of all available-space for the mil
itary instruction has made this com
bination necessary. The law course
still remains a three-year.
NEBRASKA GETS PORTION
OF S. N. T. C. ALLOTMENT
Nebraska ranks very high in the
number of men allotted for the navy
section of the S. A. T. C. Out of
3,760 men picked in the United
States for the section Nebraska gives
150, while our neighbor state, Iowa,
gives 100 only. Twnety-one hundred j
. . i n.nt Ka n in it-i cHnppr- I
OI lucoe men win uc fwv i " r" -
ing colleges.
CONVOCATION
i, i w TTastlnes will
speVk at convocation this morning at
11 o'clock. His theme win oe de
mocracy, War and Education." Chan
cellor Hastings is a very interesting
speaker and has a vast store of infor
mation regarding the subject, which
he has chosen to discuss.
Students of all classes will benefit
themselves by attending this convo
cation. STUDENTS AY AIT ORDERS
FOR WAR AIMS CLASSES
I
Members of the students' army
training corps will not go to war
aims classes until further announce
ments are made concerning the rooms
and Instructors. Prcf. Guernsey
Jones, director of the work, said Mon
day that definite plans will be her
from Washington soon. Until they
come no work will be done in that
line. Profs. Roy E. Cochran and Fred-
Xit .. Ik . - - - .
ing a similar course to the army con
tingent during the summer, will have
chrge of some o fthe divisions.
OVER DUE TMUID PASS
I A. T. C. PHYSICAL EMIIIIIII
Nebraska Cornf eds Show Up Well
in Tests Before Military ,
Specialists
Captain Maclvor Makes State
ment to Men Registered Prior
to September 12, 1018
Over one thousand young men from
all the counties of Nebraska passed
the physical examination at the
Armory yesterday preparatory to en
tering the students army training
corps. The boys' represent nearly one
hundred per cent of our state's youths
who are between the ages of 18 and
21.
Although the examinations were
stiff, the number of physically unfit
would not make one skeleton squad.
It took two to three hours to go
through the testing machine of spe
cialists. Every inch of the body was
well examined by the military auth
orities trying to find defection in our
corn fed youths but they were dis
appointed. The military authorities
were very much pleased with the
excellent showing.
Enrollment May Reach 2,000
From the present ' available esti
mates given by the registrar and the
military authorities, It looks as though
the total S. A. T. C. enrollment will
reach the 2,000 mark. Nearly 200
young men registered at the Univer
sity Monday, notwithstanding the fact
that registration was supposed to be
over last Saturday afternoon. More
men will come during the week.
The most novel .part of the examina
tion was given by an army captaiu
whose name has been withheld. He
works on the theory of psychological
and ancestral factors as effecting
MAJOR 0. V. P. STOUT NOW
IN CAMP FOREST GEORGIA
Major O. V. P. Stout, Engineers, U.
S. A., was called to service January
5, 1918, and reported to Camp Lee,
Virginia. About two months later he
was sent to Washington and assign
ed to the construction division of the
quartermaster's department. In July
he was ordered to Camp Humphreys,
I Va., and in August was attached to the
! 209th, Engineers.
30-EDS RESORT TO OUT
DOOR SPORTS FOR OCTOBEI
Owing to the need for barracks fo
he S. A. T. C the government ha
een compelled to use both gymnf
lums for the mouth of October. Sport
nd games will take the place c
ndoor work for all the girls whil
he gymnasium is being used fo
ther purposes.
There are men whose independenc
of principle consists in having n
nHnHnla on which to depend whos-
'ree thinking consists not in thinkin
freely, but in being free from thinkinf
ind whose common sense is nothin
more than the sense that Is most con
mon. Dr. M. W. Jacobu.
EXPERTS TO HELP MEN
ANSWER 0OESTI0NNAIRES
H. Broady and W. A. Luke
Arrange to Give Much
Needed Aid
J. H. Broady of the law faculty of
the University and W. A. Luke of the
city Y. M. C. A. have arranged to
assist students in filling out their
draft IJuestionnairea, This assist
ance may be had in room 201. Law
building, beginning Tuesday.
The volume of questions in the
Questionnaire is enough to stagger the
bravest and wisest, and professional
assistance will be found necessary In
most cases.
ones mentality. Several questions
are aaked and from the manner In
which the recruit answers and car
ries himself the wise medical captain
Infers many things.- He emphaslted
the Importance of this newly applied
part of the physical examination.
Most of the boys had a high ;;'
beat, but the physicians attributed
that to excitement due to anxlousness
on the part of the will-be soldier.
Another compliment.
The boys show a sign of relief and
satisfaction when they bid good-bye
to the last of the two dozen examiners.
The strain has been long and Intense
on the part of the boys for the last
six weeks. September 23, has been
anticipated as a great day. The pa
triotism shown by the boys would sure
make the Kaiser say again, "Where
do we go from here"? and we are
afraid the pro Germans might wish
to be Invisible.
The recruits are made to under
stand the seriousness of the organi
zation. They are urged to study hard
and intelligently to avoid K. P., O. H.,
and many other undesirable jobs
which eventually lead to a canton
t v,e organization every man
is treated in the same way. He who
works is rewarded accordingly but
woe be to the slacker and loafer.
Here is the one time when every stu
dent will have to work and work hard.
Can Handle Men By October 1
Captain Maclvor Is confident that
by October 1, he and his assistants
will be ready to put the S. A. T. C.
in working order. Many details, how
ever, are still to be worked out.
It Is rumored that as far as the
military authorities are concerned the
drill will not have to commence "until
October 15. The rumor, while It is
asserted with positiveness on the part
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ONE THOUSAND MARK
IS SET IN CAMPAIGN
FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS
Co-Eds Report Good Progress in
Collecting Orders Paper to
Play Important Part
Monday evening saw the spindle on
the business managers' desk well
filled with subscriptions for The
Daily Nebraskan and he ; was enter
taining high hopes that the subscrip
tion list will climb up and top the
1,000 mark before the. campaign Is
closed. In fact the campaign may not
let up until the 1,000 mark is reached.
The machinery was slow in getting
started owing to the lack of a perma
nent business manager and the work
had to be handled thru the editorial
department Co-eds have been comb
ing the campus since last Wednes
day and many have shown good re
sults. The paper is fulfilling a much larger
function in the school this year on
account of the many official bulletins
for S. A. T. C. men besides official
school notices and social Items. The
manner in which the free copies were
gobbled up the first few days may be
taken as a prediction of the support
the student body is going to give.
Advertising is . much harder to se
cure this year and a large subscription
list is absolutely necessary In making
the paper a bigger success. When
the funds are available the publica
tion can be made much more interest
ing and can please a greater num
ber of students by running more pic
tures, cartoons, and other features of
interest.
The best wish that we can make for
the Germans Is that after we hava.
licked them we trust they will be good
without watching, but we expect to
watch them for some time to come.
They tell a story of a iran wuouL co
body liked, who belonged to no church
or lodge or club.