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VOI, XVIII. NO. 98
LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1919.
PRICK FIVE CENTS
The Daily Nebraskan
UNIVERSITY BILL
. GETS GOOD START
House Members Look With
Tiivor Upon General Ap
propriation. Eervesentatives Soe Need For
Increasing Salaries of Uni
versity Professors.
The general appropriation bill for
the rniversity of Nebraska and Its
various branches and activities re
ceived the approval of the house In
the committee of the whole Tuesday
afternoon and was advanced to the
third reading. The bill includes a
ley of 2 mills which will yield from
$2.S0.000 to f3.000.000 during the
next two years.
A majority of the members of the
house are very enthusiastic over the
projects for a greater Nebraska
university. There Is little opposition
to tlie appropriation bill although r
few criticisms have arisen on the
ground that a part of the money
should he used for increased salaries.
Representative Fries maintained that
a proviso should be introduced In
regard to the Increase in salaries.
Mr. Miller also stated that It was
necessary to raise the salaries of the
university professors In ordr to keep
them at this Institution. . He called
attention to the fact that a number
of prominent professors at Nebraska
have answered the call to other
schools where higher rates of pay
are made.
Bill Receives Support
Representative Gerhart Is an ar
dent advocate of a larger university.
"Every dollar spent for the state
university is a good investment." he
declared. "I will be willing to pay
$50 more taxes myself If the money
went to support It. Let's build up our
university and put It on par with
those of other states."
Tliis news Is very encouraging to
the students and to the faculty. It
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BIG PRIZE OFFERED FOR
BEST INDUSTIAL ESSAY
Mr. Mangus V Alexander, man
iiRiiiK director of the National Indus
trial Conference Board, has ui
iinini i d by special bulletin that a prize
essay contest in industrial economics
will he offered by the National Indus
trjul Conference Board. A prize f
$l,Ouo will be given for the best mon
piiiph on any one of the following
t-ulij.-cts:
1. A practical plan for the repre
sentation of workers In the determina
tion of conditions of work, and for the
pit vi iition of industrial disputes.
1'. The major causes of unemploy
ment and how to minimize them.
I How can efficiency of workers
- so increased as to make high wage
latfs economically practicable?
4. Should stales interfere In the de-i-'i
iiiinaiion of wage rates?
Should rates of wages be defi
nitely based on the cost of living?
6. w can present systems of
wage payments be so perfected and
supplemented as to be most conducive
to individual efficiency and to the con
tentment of workers?
7. The closed shop versus the open
fliop; their social and economic value
(ompared.
Should trade unions and employ
ers' associations be made legally re
sponsible? These subjects are all of vital inter
est at this time, and would also be ex
cellent subjects for debates and open
discussion. The contest is open to all
Ptrsui-.s except those who are mem
bers or, are identified with the Nation
al Industrial Conference Board. No
imlt is placed on the length of the
manuscripts, but unduly expanded
theses will be discouraged and re
jected. Correct Enitlish and skill In
composition and exposition will be lm
Tnnllnupd on rage Thrw)
SPANISH COMEDY MAKES
HIT AT CONVOCATION
"A Bright Morning," a one-act com
edy translated from the Spanish, was
presented by four of the university
players at convocation yesterday
morning in the Temple. Melba Brad
shaw and Brooks Harding, who took
the principal parts, gave skillful inter
pretations of an old lady and an old
man.
Marguerite Mulvihlll and Elijah Fo
gelson were the other characters. The
comedy was bright and peasing and
the large audience was appreciative.
DEAN BURNETT GUEST
AT FAREWELL BANQUET
Hundred Fifty Faculty Honor
Professor Who Leaves For 6
Months' Work in France.
Dean E. A. Burnett, who is to leave
soon to spend six months in special
instruction among the soldiers in
France, was entertained at a fare
well dinner at the Commercial club
Monday evening by one hundred fifty
members of the faculty of the college
of agriculture of the University of
Nebraska with their wives and a few
specially invited friends.
An informal reception preceded
the dinner which was held in the
main dining room, with the guests
nearly filling the rest of the appart-
ment. During the dinner the dean
was frequently praised In song by
his friends and admirers as they
san? to a familiar tune the following
word 8:
B Is for the best man in the college,
IT is for his unassuming ways;
R is for the right he always stands
for.
N. his nature good that always pays.
E Is for his eyes with kindness
Rhining,
Double T, his trust so plainly seen.
Put them all together they spell
Burnett.
Our worthy, worthy College Dean.
E. P. Brown, president of the board
of regents, as toustmaster. slated the
object of the evening to be a general
rejoicing over the coming departure
of head of the college of agriculture,
and gave many reasons for this feel
ing. Other speaker' expressing their
gratitude and satisfaction for Dean
Burnett's twenty years of splendid
service in the university, sis well as
their pleasure at his appointment,
were Chancellor Avery, Regent J. E.
Miller, Regent P. L. Hall, Speaker
Dalby. Dr. John Andrew Holmes and
Prof. W. F. Dann. A letter of ap
preciation was read by Mrs. Gram
lich from S. C. Bassett of Gibbon.
In a concluding speech of deeply
felt appreciation Dean Burnett Tn
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CAPTAINS CHOSEN FOR
GIRL'S CLASS TOURNEY
The girls' basketball teams have
chosen their captains for the coming
class tournament to be played next
Saturday afternoon.
Gertrude Desautelle of the vlctorl
ous Delta Zeta team will lead the
senior team. She is one of the best
women athletes in the university and
the seniors have an excellent team.
Irene Cullen, who played for the soph
omores last year, will lead the Juniors,
who are well organized and confident
of victory. Mary Stephens, one of Ne
braska's coming champion athletes,
will captain the sophomore team, one
of the fastest teams entering the
meet, and Martha Krogman will lead
the freshmen, who are for the most
part Lincoln high school players, ex
perienced, and used to playing to
gether. The games will be the fastest ever
nlftved by Nebraska girls" and the
scores will be close with the results
uncertain. The team that wins the
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basketball and showing superior skill..
MILITARY PROGRAM
IS WORKING WELL
Competition For Non-Commis-sioned
Offices Is Unusually
Strong This Year.
Uniforms and Equipment For
Men Will Arrive Within a
Short Time.
The R. O. T. C. unit at the Uni
versity of Nebraska is now working
harmoniously. Six companies have
been formed and the commissioned
officers have been appointed. The
men in each company are showing
an appreciative interest in their work
and competition for non-commissioned
officers promises to be unusually
keen. The lucky contestants will
receive their appointments in the
near future.
Requisition for supplies, including
uniforms and rifles, have been sent
from the Commandant's office to the
district headquarters. The equip
ment will probably arrive In a short
time from the Rock Island arsenal
and from the supply depot at Oma
ha. With the arrival of equipment the
university campus will be permeated
with military atmosphere recalling
the stormy days of the S. A. T. . C.
regime. The men may wear their
uniforms during the school week
following the precedent established
last year.
New Officers Appointed
More commissioned officers were
announced last evening by Com
mandant C. J. Frankforter.
Donald W. Lyle was appointed first
lieutenant, Ward C. Betzer, second
lieutenant and William C. Wehr, reg-
Wilsoh Bryans, who has been serv
imental supply sergeant,
ing as captain of Company B, has
tendered his resignation. Bryans will
devote a large portion of his time
on the cinder track and consequently
his withdrawal from the unit. His
successor will be announced later.
STRING TRIO PROVIDES
MUSIC AT CONVOCATION
Schutt's Opus 27 to Be Presented
at Weekly Musical Program
in the Temple.
A string trio will provide music for
the regular weekly musical convoca
tion which will be held at 11 o'clock
Thursday morning in the Temple the
ater. The players wil be Jessie Wil
kins, violin;; Lillian Eiche, cello, and
La Rue M. Shire, piano.
The following numbers will be pre
sented: Trio Opus 27 Schutt
Allegro maestro.
Andante tranquillo.
Scherzo.
The trio by Schutt is a refined type
of chamber music, one which produces
increasing enjoyment the more fre
quently It Is played. Its presentation
tomorrow will mark one of the inter
esting musical programs of the year.
The attendance at convocation this
semester has boen very satisfactory,
athough class schedules have inter
fered to some degree. Unusual inter
est is being manifested in the musical
programs which are given under the
direction of Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond
every Thursday morning at 11 o'cock.
A new grand piano has been installed
in the Temple theater for use In the
musical convocations.
RUTH HUTTON TO REPORT
Oil CHICAGO CONFERENCE
A very important business meeting
will be held Wednesday evening at 7
o'clock for all associate members of
the Y. W. C. A. A very interesting re
port on the "ChicRr conference will
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MISS POUND LEAVES FOR
CONVENTION IN CHICAGO
MIhb LoulHe Pound of the depart
ment of English literature, went to
Chicago Tuesday, where she expects
to attend a meeting of ths National
Council of English teachers, of which
Bhe Is a member of the board of di
rectors and was last year national
treasurer.
Miss Pound joins her sister, Miss
Olivia Pound, in Chicago, who leit
Monday to attend a conference of
advisers of women and girls. Both
meetings are held In connection with
the convention of the National Educa
tional Association.
ANNUAL TO HAVE FINE
UNIVERSITY SECTION
All Organizations to Be Repre
sented Subscription Cam
paign Starts Tuesday.
The 1919 Cornhusker will have a
remarkably good university section, in
spite of the many difficult 'situations
that the staff has had to meet. The
junior and senior sections will be well
filled and the sophomores will also
have an exxcellent representation. Or
ganizations and student clubs will be
included in this section with complete
reports of their activities and pur
poses. Nebraska heroes who have won dis
tinction in the late war will have a
special section with their histories
and photographs. Such men as Gen
eral Pershing and Colonel Hayward,
who have done much to make Ne
braska one of the foremost states In
the war, will be duly honored. The
Nebraska men who are talking part
In the peace conference will also be
well written up and a. record of their
work given.
Every man who has enlisted in the
Nebraska S. A. T. C. will have his pic
ture in the year-book. There will be
photographs of all of the S. A. T. C.
officers and many snapshots taken
while this unit was in force. The new
bocial Science building, which served
for barracks and which will soon be
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STURM ELECTED HEAD
OF TEGNER SOCIETY
Members of the Tegner Society at
their meeting last week elated the fol
lowing officers: A. T. Sturm, presi
dent; Helen Sohlberg, vice-president;
Thelme. Barney, secretary; Ethel
Hoagland, treasurer; Ida Berquist,
corresponding secretary. The next
meeting will be held Saturday eve
ning at the home of Professor Alexis,
1420 Garfield street.
SECOND ISSUE OF AWGWAN
MAKES APPEARANCE TODAY
The second issue of Awgwan, the
university comic monthly, published
by Sigma Delta Chi, with Herman
Thomas as editor-in-chief, will be
ready for distribution this afternoon.
Those who have their names on the
subscription list should call at Station
A for their copies. Single numbers
can also be bought there, at the regu
lar new stands and at the College
Book Store.
The cover of this issue of the maga
zine, one of the best and most unusual
that has appeared on the publication,
is a wood-cut in four colors, one of the
most effective and difficult to make in
this style of work. Dwight Kirsch, the
art editor of the magazine, has dis
played his talent in this and in many
of the cartoons in the magazine. Os
wald Back, one of the staff artists, has
some good cartoons and other comic
features. There are thirty pages of
good fun and humor together with
some straight thoughts by the editor
in his own column.
The Hand Grenade artist of the
Daily Nebraskan has thrown some
more bombs and there are more of
Gayle Grubb's rollicking rhymes.
TOURNAMENT OPENS
WITH FAST GAMES
Delta Upsilon, Alpha Theta Chi,
and Phi Kappa Psi are
Winners.
D. U's Show Championship Form
Defeat Acacia by Score
of 38 to 0.
The inter-fraternity basketball
tournament got a flying start yester
day when Alpha Theta Chi, Phi Kap
pa Psi and Delta Upsilon, vanquished
PI Kappa Phi. Bushnell Guild nnd
Acacia, respectively. A larre crowd
of supporters lined the old gym,
cheering and jeering the struggling
Greeks. What the game lacked in
scientific basketball was made up for
by the fighting pep displayed by the
opposing fives.
Phi Kappa Psi and Bushnell Guild
staged the scrappiest fight of the
evening, the former dragging off the
heavy end of the ten to two score.
The victors had the ball in their
territory most of the time but every
counter was won after a series of
desperate conflicts which left several
damaged gladiators decorating the
waxen floor. Kenner starred for the
Phi Psis.
The Score:
Phi Kappa Psi 10 Bushnell Guild 2
McCreary f Gravengaard
Kenner f Nelson
Wright .c Metzger-Long
Stone g Wilkins
Crawford g Roberts
Referee Paynter.
Alpha Thets Dispose of Pi Kaps
Alpha Theta Chi and Pi Kappa Phi
went around in a hot match, but the
first team, largely through the prow
ess of "Wally" Spear, plowed up the
opposition for a twelve to one vic
tory. The Pi Kapps suffered from
the lack of a good goal shooter.
Their field shots all went wild and
a free throw. was all that saved them
from the fat, goose egg.
The Lineup:
Alpha Theta Chi 12 Pi Kappa Phi 1
Smith .....f Matson
Watson f Stephens, Rice,
Mingus
Henry - c Banta
Wittie g Cornish
Spear g Muller, Hedge
Referee Russell.
Pile Up Huge Score
The big circus of the evening was
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COMMERCIAL CLUB TO
MAKE PLANS FOR YEAR
Members of the University Com
mercial Club, in their first big get-together
meeting of the year, will hold
a smoker at the City Commercial Club
rooms at 7:30 Wednesday night. The
meeting has been called for the pur
post of getting all members of the
school of commerce interested in their
department. Any student registered
in the school of commerce Is eligible
to membership In the club. Initiation
of new members will take place to
night in the club rooms on the fourtn
floor of the Commercial Club building.
Plans for the work and activities of
the College of Commerce, the estab
lishment of which is practically as
sured for next year, will be discussed.
The expansion of the present school
will arouse greater problems and pre
sent a wider field of activities to com
mercial students.
The University Commercial Club
performs the same function for uni
versity men as the City Commercial
Club does for business men. Business
problems are discussed and men prom
inent in industrial and business lines
are secured to speak at the meetings.
The club has been disorganized the
past year, but with the return of for
mer students new interest has been
awakened.
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