The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVIII. NO. 75
STEWART PLANS
SPRINGTOURNEY
High School Basketball Players
Manifesting Interest in Ninth
Annual Classic
Indications Point to Large Entry
List Tourney Opens
March 12
Twenty-five eager replies within two
,! after the first notices regarding
he Mate high school basketball tour
nament were sent out indicated that
,he ninth annual basketball classic
WHI h conducted on a larger, scale
than ever before.
in- K J. Stewart, director of nth
vti. s at the University of Nebraska.
begun work in preparation for
,he big basketball meet which will be
,ta-ed vmder tne usP,ce8 of the uni"
;T1vity March 12. 13. 14 and 15. More
than 3,0 statements announcing plans
for applications, entries and classifi
cation of teams have been mailed to
,, various high school coaches and
superintendents show that the high
,1hk)1 lads this year are manifesting
unusual Interest in the big spring ath
letic carnival toward which they look
with fo much anticipation.
Large Entry List Expected
l.ast years' entry list numbered 11S
teams. This year plans will be laid
to accommodate an even greater num
ber of teams, although Nebraska s j
meager athletic facilities will be taxed
to the limit. War conditions appear to j
haw bettered rather than hindered ,
interest in the lending high school i
fl'ort. according to reports received, j
From now on until the second week j
in March the office force w ill be bus- j
ily engaged in sending out data on
regulations, answering inquiries and
making arrangeniets for the etertain
met of the 1.300 high school visitors.
"N" Club to Assist
The athletic department has turned
the matter of entertaining the play
ers over to the "N" club. Members of
the c lub will take complete charge dur
ing the week of the tournament, meet
ing the boys at the trains, helping
them to register, and showing them
a'mut school.
The athletic authorities at the uni
versity will operate the tournament
in much the same manner employed
asi vear. The board of control of j
... '
the st.tp hiirh school athletic asso
ciation will act in an advisory capa
city and may assist in preliminary ar
rangements but the supervision of the
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FORDYCE EXPLAINS NEW
NORMAL TRAINING PLAN
l-au Fordyce has written the fol
lowing explanation of a new plan for
normal training in Nebraska, which
be presented to the graduate
seminar Friday evening at seven-
thirty in room 202 of the Temple, by j
Suiierintendent Duncan, inspector of
normal training in the high schools of
Nebraska. Mr. Duncan is recognized
as a leader in the country in this new
d'-parture, the plan being a modifka
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FRIDAY
Jan. 17
7:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY,
SORTA OUTGROWN, EH?
f IWttVER 11 THEY i
EXPECT MF Tn DlAV
A IN THIS LITTLE.
TOURNAMENT PLANS SHOW j
NEED FOR NEW GYMNASIUM '
University Athletic Facilities Will
Be Overtaxed in Handling
Basketball Meet
When fourteen or fifteen hundred
high school basketball players flock to j
incoln this spring for their annual
ournament. the university athletic de
triment will be confronted with the
erions problem of providing adequate
acilities for the largest athletic af
air of its kind in the United States.
The present university gymnasium
s so small that it cannot even accom
nodate properly its own basketball
earn and other indoor sports. Limit
id floor space in the armory and chapel
ombined will permit two teams to
lay at one time with the addition
f perhaps a few hundred spectators.
The improvised seats which are plac
ed along the outside walls have prov
3d inadequate for taking care of a
rowd at a large game and the over
low attendance with the spectators
mcroaculng upon the floor of the
basketball court seriously interferes
with the players.
Y. M. C. A. and Auditorium Used
Through the courtesy of the V. M.
C V and the autnoriues
f he (.ily auditorium these floors
- . U ! 1 tA
have !en available for use while the
tournament is in progress. To accom
modate the large crowds it has al
ways been necessary to play the finals
at the citv auditorium. With the
teams scattered this way in different
parts of the city, officials are serious
ly hannered in conducting their work
and the players find it inconvenient to
change from one place to the other.
The Nebraska management is at
present concerned with the unsani
tarv conditions in the dressing rooms
of the "gym." The number of slower
baths is not sufficient to supply the
lieods of those who must use them and
thev are installed on a plan that is
far "from modern. The few lockers
which the place boasts of. fail to pro
vide for ordinary needs and anything
like a tournament crowd overtaxes
(1)e basement cubby-holes until they
are seriously congested.
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Camp Dodge vs. Nebraska
Dancing Each Night 8:45. 50c Admits to Whole Eve.
COOPjJ
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HUBKA WITHDRAWS FROM
THE BASKETBALL SOUAD
Serious Illness of Mother Neces
sitates Retirement From
Winter Athletics
The very day before they opened
hostilities with the Camp Dodge
doughboys, the Cornhusker basket
jugglers lost one of the mainstays of
the varsity squad when Ernie Hubka,
substitute center and guard, turned
in his basketball togs and announced
u ho rr,t irvr im the dribbling
nastime for the present. The captain
of last season's gridiron eleven is wor
rying over the serious illness of his
mother, who is now in a critical condi
tion at a Kansas City sanitarium.
His withdrawal comes at an inop
portune time, just on the eve of the
Dodger engagements, which leaves
Coach Stewart with only eight regular
players. There is a chance that Ted
Riddell, captain-elect of last year's
basketball team, may return from the
naval aviation school at Pensacola,
Florida, in time to twirl the ball a lit
tle before the final gong clangs.
Fact and Fancy Mingle In The
Production of "Victory Annual'9
The 1919 Cornhusker will be known
a the "Victory Annual" and will have
many novel features of both war and
peace as well as the fruits of victory
and the joys of returning to the girl
with a "bungalow smile."
The Nebraska S. A. T. C. will come
in for its share of attention in the
military section. There will be pic
tures of student army life and of some
of the men who lived and learned in
those icy lanes sometimes known as
"barracks corridors." It is rumored
that there will be some splendid repro
ductions of those "devil-may-care-lieutenants
who kept the hearts of
fair co-eds a-flutter for many weeks
and whose mere presence on the
campus made up for all the grief of
locked gates and military police.
The joys of talesthenics, of study
hours and of rising at an hour which
KETBALL
JANUARY 17, 1919
NEBRASKA HALL WILL
BE MODERN STRUCTURE
Exterior and Interior cf Building
to Be Completely Remodeled
and Rearranged
Will Form New Home for Depart
ment of Geography and
Conservation
Activity In all iU forms Is exceed
ingly evident in and around Nibraska
hall these .spring-like days. The de
partment of geography and conserva
tion is moving back to its old quartern.
As previously announced. Nebraska
hall will bo entirely remc leled. The
entire third floor of the building will
be removed and a flat roof construct
ed In its place so that the building
when remodeled will conform' to a
greater degree with the style of archi
tecture employed in the construction
cf the newer buildings on the campus.
Not only will the exterior be entire
ly transformed, but the officials and
instructors of the department are
showing much enthusiasm, regarding
the complete re-arrangement of the in
terior of the building.
On the first floor at the right end
of the main hall, is the read
ing room where students' reports
and manuscripts will be read by the
readers. Near this room the stock
room, general laboratory, and library
are situated. On this floor is also lo
cated the seminar's or graduate's
room. Professor Bengstoa's office
opens onto the main hall, and next
to this room is a small room for the
preservation
of departmental rec-
ords. In the main offices, where Dr.
Condra's desk is located, will also
te a drafting room. Here students of
the field courses will make maps an
diagrams of the various soil conditions
in Nebraska. At this time, a map
showing the location of over 500 sand
hill lakes in the potash fields near
Alliance, Nebraska, is nearly complet
ed, and represents nearly, two days
work.
Display Room Provided
At the left end of the hall will be
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was never before known as a part of
anything but the "night before" will
be done justice. The staff will also
. . . 4 1 A o.n
attempt iu iiuumj reu"u"0 i
a charming coed, one of the multi-
Le to have had in common the sub-
lime experience of seeing a hundred j
and fifty men brought to "company!
fr-r-ront-t!" in her direction as she
passed. While thie can hardly be j
done justice to by anyone yet there
are those on the staff who have been j
in this position and who win write
from the pain of their experiences
what will no doubt be known as mas
terpieces of future years.
There will be pictures of all S. A.
T. C companies and their officers and
as soon as the It. O. T. C. is in action
it will be featured in the annual. There
will be general and interesting sketches
of both these organizations, in which
fact and fancy will mingle.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CAMP DODGE TEAM
WORTHY OPPONENT
Twilight Aggregation Shows
Promise of Giving Huskers
a Real Scrap
Trim Wesleyan By Good Score
Hit Nebraska Camp
Tonight
The Camp Dodgers who mix with
the Cornhusker basket poppers tonight
and Saturday in the match-box stad
ium on the city campus still remain an
unknown quality in spite of the fact
that Doc Stewart and his proteges took
In the Wesleyan-Dodger combat at
University PJace last night in which
the doughboys triumphed by a neat
score of 27 to 19.
The Twilighters' lineup contains
names as unfamiliar in Cornhusker
circles as Palmolive is to an Eskimo,
and yesterdays' engagement was play
ed largely by substitute players until
the latter part of the game so the
Cornhusker scouts could not get a
very definite line on the soldiers' abil
ity.
Even with substitutes on the roll,
the score against Coach Schissler's
quintet would forecast a battle royal
between the regulars and the Husker
varsity five this evening and the prom
ise of such a whirlwind battle should
draw a crowd which would pack the
armory up to the cobwebs seven times
over. Dec Stewart says that his men
have an awful job on their hands and
will have to wade in up to their
Adam's apples In order to emerge wltn
the long end of the argument.
Soldiers Show Speed
The flippers from the Twilight divis
ion are smaller than the Omaha Kal
loonists but bigger than the Huskers
and represent a younger element of
the army than the Observers. A
scrappier aggregation has not been
seen at Nebraska for some time for
they easily outplayed the Wesleyan
Coyotes in all departments. They
handle the ball well and are demons
at passing. Captain Martin, who did
not get into action until the last few
minutes of the fray flashed some real
class. They evidently were withhold
ing their first line men to spring on
Nebraska tonight, as they saw that the
second stringers could handle the
Methodists without difficulty..
Start at 7:30 Tonight
Hostilities commence at 7:30 this
evening and wind up in the wee sma'
fi hours when the toe artists become
, . . . ,!,.
weary of the jazz sw.rl and wend the,
w.y homeward. The dancing wi,l star
at 8:45. immediately after he bell
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jGMA DELTA CHI HULDD
. iun n i tiAIIUT
INITIATION AND DftHUUM
Sigma Delta Chi, professional journ
alistic fraternity, held an intiation and
banquet at the Lincoln hotel Thurs
day evening from six to eight o'clock.
The three new members taken into
the fraternity were:
Gayle Vincent Grubb. 19. Lincoln.
Howard J. Murfin. '20. WabaMi.
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SATURDAY
Jan. 18
7:30 p.m.
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