The Daily Nebraskan
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UNIVERSITY OF XEHKASKA,. LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 191S
PRICE FIVE CENTS
RED CROSS DRIVE
OPENS TOMM
Tw enty-Five Girls Will Sell Mem
bership Buttons to the Uni
versity Students
Committee to Conduct Campaign
Among Faculty Members
Is Organized
Tb greatest mother in the world,
the nel Cross, is calling on her vast
family to come to her assistance once
more. A huge Red Cross drive was
launched at the beginning of the week
all over the United States. Already
in Lincoln, the sales of. the buttons,
which ftmd for membership in the
organization, have been heavy. . The
university, too, is to have its part in
the mut Uiont to help make the drive
a succe?
On the campus there are to be two
committees working in a general can
vass of the university. Prof. O. R.
Martin, chairman of the finance com
mittee of the faculty patriotic league,
has charge of conducting a campaign
among the faculty members. A com
mute under him consists of one rep
resentative in each of the buildings on
the campus, who will canvass mem
bers of the faculty in these build
ings. Prof. Martin wishes aJl faculty
members to see the committeeman in
their building, so that all subscrip
tions will come in together. The com
mittee is as follows:
University Hall Prof. H. V. Cald
well. Library Hall Dr. Winifred Hyde.
Administration and Pharmacy Max
Westerman.
Mechanical Arts Building Prof. W.
C. Brenke.
Mechanical Engineering Prof. L.
F. Seaton.
Bessey Hall Prof. R. J. Pool.
Chemistry Building Prof. Fred W.
Upson.
Temple Prof. Staley.
Electrical Engineering Prof. V. L.
Hollister.
Physics Laboratory Prof. L. B.
Tuckenr.an.
Law Building Prof. John Senning.
Museum Prof. E. H. Barbour.
Armory BT..R. G. Clapp.
Twenty-Five Girl to Solicit
A committee of twenty-five girls will
canvass the student body of the cam
pus, beginning Thursday morning. It
SCHOOL OF COMMERCE '
IS HARD HIT BY WAR
Prof. J. E. Le Rossignol, head of the
school of commerce, reports that the
department has been working under
extreme difficulties during the present
semester. Since the recent illness of
Prof. Bullock, and the dombllization
ot the s. A. T. C. men, who were sta
tioned at the farm, the section of
commercial geography, has been dis
continued there, and students are
orged to tf stpter in one of the classes
on the mi j- campus.
Othrr f,rk in the department of
commerce j3 progressing nicely. Since
Prof. V:rtue has gone to Washington
'o acc;,t a position on the United
States shipping board. Prof. England;
na ha, charge of the work in Eco
nomics l, and Prof. Le Rossignol hira
wlf has taken over the classes In
A anrl 31, courses in public finance.
It la
We. probable that Prof. Virtue
Mil be able to return to hla duties
at the university next year.
Mew Years KH afteeiee aGUsamrS
is I he aim of the committee, ns well'
as iho managers of tho campaign, to!
go over the lop in this drive for hu
inanity. The record of tho unlvcrMty
in other Red Cross campaigns is one
of which she may be very proud. She
has not only subscribed h r quota of
everything, but has more than filled1
It. This canvass Is to last only one!
day, so that all subscriptions may be.
turned in before Thursday night. The
committee will attempt to reach every'
student on the campus some lime
Thursday, so that once more ihe Uni
versity of Nebraska will live up to the
glorious imputation she has made.
The names of .the girls who will have
membership buttons for sale follow:
Carolyn lived
Sadie Finch
Katherine Kohl
Helen Howe
Katherine Newbranch
Helen Dill
Sarah Heitter
Genevieve Loeb
Helen Giltner
Mary Herzing
Alue Sedgwick
Florence Lewis
Lucille Cline
True Jack
Viola Kleinke
Doris Hostetter
Madaline Girard
Betty Riddell
Marion Risser
Mary Brownell
Fae Breese
Frances Whitmore
Marian Henninger
Florence Wilcox
Ruth Lindsay. -
WOMEN GIVEN CHANGE
FOR PATRIOTIC WORK
Reconstruction Aide Courses Will
Open to University Girls
Second Semester
The physical education department
of the university, which will conduct
a new course in reconstruction aide
work next semester, is making an ap
peal for a large enrollment in the
class. The course is conducted by
request of the war department and is
formed in response to one of the
latest calls for patriotic work. Its
aim will be entirely practical and op
portunity for service will undoubtedly
be given those who satisfactorily com
plete the prescribed amount of work.
There are approximately 150,000
wounded American soldiers overseas
who will shortly be sent back to this
country. Many of them will need reg
ular and systematic massage, active
and passive exercise of Joints and
muscles in 'order to retain their nor
mal function and strength.
The war department has senf out
a call for a large number of young
women to aid them in their attempt
to insure the maximum restoration
and usefulness of the injured parts.
Women acting in this capacity will
be known as reconstruction aides.
It is in order to meet this demand
of the war department that the physi
cal education department will conduct
the complete course in reconstruction i
aide work already outlined for the
second semester of this year. All
credit earned in this course will apply
on requirements for the A. B. degree.
Every patriotic young .woman, who
is over 21 ears old and has at least
a high school education, will render
valuable service to these wounded
soldiers and thereby help her coun
try in helping to return these men as
nearly as possible to the physical con
dition in which they enlisted.
. Assignments to Be Given
For assignments in this country re
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TO START
3 IEK5JIIUER
Basketball Flippers Must Practice
Furiously Until Opening
Tilt with Iowa
Suits and Equipment Arrive
Many Candidates Battle for
Places on Team
The Cornhusker basketball flippers
dig in this afternoon at 3 bells for
the first real practice grind of the
season, in preparation for the opening
invasion of enemy territory, January
i when they take a Jaunt into Iowa
I to tackle the Hawkeyes, and "then
i move on to Evanston, 111., to take
i on the Northwestern quintet the fol-
lowing evening, Jan. 4. The Journey
; will not terminate at the windy city,
: however, for Director Stewart has en
gagements in view with Chicago,
; Michigan and Indiana to round out the
j " ip.
I The long looked for basketball
! equipment has arrived and will .be
i handed out to the men at today's
practice session. New uniforms will
add materially to the spirit of the
men and from now on the practice
in the gym will probably be as furious
as a tornado. In order to round into
condition for the opening numbers,
which come immediately after the hol
idays, the basket flippers will neces
sarily have to stick to their jobs and
grind away every afternoon thruout
vacation.
Tuesday brought a fair-sized crowd
to the armory floor and the men were
put thru a tery satisfactory drill per
iod. Patty, Howarth, Kacir. Gillilan
and Neumann, all ripe from last year's
freshman squad, were out and gave
evidence that there would be a battle
for berths on the varsity quartet;
Munn and Jungmeyer, the Lincoln
high school state champs of last sea
son, were also in their togs, as was
Miller, another first year man. Bailey
had not recovered from his illness
yesterday and did not show up for
practice.
Not to Play Jumbo Stiehm
The proposed football game with
ALL S. N. T. C. MEN PASS
MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
Hat Bands and Leggings Arrive,
but No Uniforms Releases '
on Friday
Naval physicians were here from
Omaha to give physical examinations
to men of the naval company who
were sick at tho time of the previous
examinations. Al.l including two who
are in the hospital, were passed and
recommended for releases.
No more release papers were re
ceived yesterday, but Ensign Wbbber
states that he expects, the remainder
of the papers by Friday or Saturday.
Pay checks must also be given out
to the men before they are released.
Nothing has been heard from re
quests regarding uniforms which were
sent in to Secretary Daniels, and the
commandant of the 9th. 10th and 11th
Naval districts. Naval hat bands and
leggings, which were ordered from a
firm in Chicago and paid for by the
men were received today and given
to the men. The men, however, have
no use for these articles, as they have.
no uniforms.
SEASON
Jumbo Stiehin'a Indiana lloosiors has
been dropped from the books. Tho
Indiana mentor had the Nov. 8 date
open on his schedule and submitted it
to the Husker director. Nebraska had
offered that day to Missouri, and if
the southern school had refused it,
the Cornhuskers probably would have
taken on the lloosiers, but Missouri
took up the offer, thus leaving Jumbo
out in the cold.
Jumbo is living under a shadow, as
a result of some fo his methods and is
experiencing some difficulty in book
ing the games he would like to. Sev
eral of hla own "Big Ten" associates
have turned the cold shoulder to his
proposals, and his 1919 slate does not
contain the names of Chicago. North
western or Purdue.
Returns from Camp Taylor E. L.
Goldsmith has returned from an Inten
sive training course at Camp Zachary
Taylor, Kentucky, where he has been
stationed the past few months. He
has been recommended for his for
mer position as assistant to the sup
erintendent of construction.
Professor Bullock Recovering T. T.
Bullock, instrucior in the department
of economics, is gradually recovering
from pneumonia, following a severe
attack of the influenza. Ray C. Wenk,
an assistant in the department, has
taken charge of Mr. Bullock's classes
in commercial geography, business
law and economics 1.
Fogg Attends Four-Minitfe Men Meet
ingProf. M. M. Fogg, state director
the Nebraska division of Four-Minute
men, attended a banquet, Wednesday
night at Seward, given by the Four
Minute men of that place.
UNIVERSITY TO HAVE
NEW COMMANDANT SOON
Chancellor Avery Recommends
Four Men to Head New R. O. '
T- C. Organization
Chancellor Avery has nominated
four men for the position of com
mandant of the R. O. T. C as re
quested by the war department. These
nominations are subject to the ap
proval of the national war authorities.
In the opinion of Chancellor Avery,
and officer who has had educational,
as well as military, training is the one
desirable for leadership in the R. O.
T. ('. With this end in view, he has
nominated men who were former in
structors at the university and are
thoroughly familiar with botn tne
military and educational work.
The man who understands the de
tails of the scholastic program could
better cooperate with the university
officials in carrying out the normal
curriculum of the institution. Any one
of the men recommended are cap
able of filling the place. However,
the ruling of the war department will
probably disqualify these men from
holding this position, as they received
their commissions during the emergen
cy, and the military authorities will
favor a man who has had technical
training along military lines.
If the wishes of the chancellor are
granted, Nebraska's future war leader
will be a man who it, well acquainted
with university work, and the Huskers
will indeed be fortunate in securing
a commandant whom they have known
in their class work.
Twins' Club Meeting
The Twins' club will meet at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Davis, 3018
Dudley street, Friday, December 20,
at 7:30 p. in. Every twin is welcome
and urged to be present.
They say the only good Hun Is a
dead one. Even then we don't know
what he is good for.
DO
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LIFE OF S1T1
ilE'iflS ITS CLOSE
Military Organization Will Cease
Existence with Retirement
of Naval Unit
R. 0. T. C. Will Follow Upon De
mobilization of the Present
Training Detachment
With less than one hundred mem
bers of the student army training
corps still In the service and the as
surance that the naval unit will cease
its existence this week, the brief chap
ter of military life at the University
of Nebraska for this year is nearing
Its close.
Since the first discharges were
handed out last week, students have
witnessed the emptying of the Social
Science barracks, which for two
months have quartered members of
the S. A. T. C, and the withdrawal ot
several hundred of these student-soldiers
from school. The naval com
pany alone remains to occupy a part
of the third floor of the Social Science
hall and with their retirement this
week, the building will again revert
to the university. The work of com
pleting it and fitting it for purposes
for whic it was originally intended
will be resumed and rushed to a
speedy conclusion.
R. O. T. C. Will Start Soon
The demoblization of the army and
navy units will be followedby the
re-establishment of the R. O. T. C. A
new commandant is expected soon and
the process of organizing the new
unit will probably begin immediately
after Christmas vacation. It will be
formed and conducted on practically
the same basis as last year's military
organization.
Members of the naval company are
anxiously awaiting the arrival of the
final papers which will release them
from active duty. They will prob
ably be disbanded without receiving
uniforms, although university author
ities are endeavoring to procure them
or make a satisfactory adjustment.
Many of those who have been ill
at the infirmary and hospital are
now recovering and but few will re
main when the last day of demobiliza
tion, December 21, comes.
I rroato examnles. which by their
frightfulness will be a warning to the
whole country Wilhelm II.
WORK BEING RDSHED -
ON NEW BUILDINGS
Reports from the superintendent of
construction show that progress has
been very slow in building construc
tion the past few months, due to the
various handicaps under which the
workmen have been laboring. As
soon as the S.' N. T. C. men receive
their discharges, the interior work in
the social science building will be
rushed to completion. The exterior
work on both this building and the
new teachers' college is practically
finished. The heating ot the two
buildings is the next problem con
fronting the contractors. No definite
date has been set for the completion
of the buildings.
The new laboratory for animal
rathology and hygiene at the stale
farm will cost approximately $60,000.
This building will make an attractive
addition to the group of new buildings
already completed at the farm.
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