The Daily Nebraskan
LINCOLN, THURSDAY; MARCH 20, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOL. XVI II. NO. 114.
UNIVERSITY OPENS
ABROAD FOR YANKS
Fifteen Thousand United States
Army Men Will Attend
Foreign Institution.
.Faculty to Be Composed of
.Fifteen Hundred Men Chosen
From Ranks.
Since the University of Nebraska la
a member of the American University
Union It Is of Interest to Cornhuskers
to know the remarkable educational
opportunities now being afforded
members of the American Expedition
ary Forces. Although the educational
-work is being conducted by the army
with assistance of the Y. M. C. A
Army Educational Commission, it has
teen greatly aided by the Union. Of
fleers of the Union originally devel
oped the plans which are now being
carried out. Members of the commls-
sion and the heads of most of its de
partments have lived at the Union
for indefinite periods during the war,
and the Union has been very helpful
in making the arrangements with the
French and British universities for
American college men.
The largest university in the Eng
lish speaking world has been opened
last week in Beaune in the Department
of Cote d'Or, southeast o." Paris. It Is
atended exclusively by officers and en-
listed men of the United States Army
and Is known as the American Army
University. It will accommodate 15,
000 soldier students, who come for
three month courses, and is under the
military command of Colonel Ira I.
Reeves, U. S. A., formerly president of
Norwich University in Vermont.' There
are 500 members of the faculty, most
ly drawn from the army.
The buildings used at Beaune were
formerly an American hospital, while
a farm of 600 acres near by is used as
the main Agricultural School of the A.
E. F., and the former workshops of the
hospital supply quarters for engineer
ing and technical instruction. A
branch of the university for students
of art and architecture has been es
tablished at Bellevue, near Versailles,
with about 1,000 students in attend
ance. This A. E. F. University is one
of the four educational features re
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KOSMET KLUD DECIDES
HOT TO PRODDCE PLAY
Scarcity of time Is Reason Given
For Postponing Musical
Comedy.
The Kosmet Klub will not give a
Play this year. The Kosmet musical
comedy, which is presented annually
as a strictly university production,
written entirely, even the songs and
music, by university students, is too
great an undertaking to attempt this
semester, the committee believes, and
hence they are postponing It until next
fall.
Difficulties have arisen this year
which would make doubtful the suc
cessful production of a musical com
edy gauged by the standard of former
Kosmet Bhows. Scarcity of time is
perhaps the main reason for not at
tempting the work at this time. The
Preparation of a suitable play would
take several weeks at least and even
more time would be required for writ
ing the music and ballads and adapt
ing them to the play. With the fur
ther delay In selecting a cast It would
be barely possible to present the show
by the end of the year.
For this reason the club has Post
poned any decision on the five plays
which were submitted in the recent
contest. The one hundred dollars prize
hlch was offered by the Kosmet Club
ff a play which they considered ac
ceptable may still be won by any per
son connected with the university. The
P!ay which conforms to the type de
Ired by the club will be selected and
Presented as soon as posible next fall.
Growing National Sentiment
In Favor of Mass Athletics
A great flood-tide of athletic reform
is sweeping over the American col
leges. The war has emphasized the
great value of physical preparedness
and the natural result is the desire on
the part of American educators to
bring about a more wholesale partici
pation in athletic games on the part
of the student body. This movement
is better known as mass athletics.
The National Collegiate Athletic As
sociation, which held its annual meet
ing last December, lent the major part
of its energies to the consideration of
reforms in the prevailing system of
athletics. One of the great defects at
the present time Is that compartively
few students participate in this Hue of
college activity. One of the leaders of
physical training at Brown University
said in the course of his address: 'Our
motto should be 'Athletics for every
body and everybody in athletics'."
Dr. E. J. Stewart, head of the Corn
husker athletic department, Is a strong
supporter of the mas system and in a
statement published by the Daily Ne
braskan of February 20, last, he said,
in part: "This far Nebraska has
failed to see the handwriting on the
wall, but in a few years the beneficial
results secured by other states through
compulsory athletics will be so appar
ent that the Cornhusker state will fol
low this lead. Why not now?
Every One Should Indulge in Athletics
"It is true that every student could
not participate In football. Certain
types would not be permitted to par
ticipate in hard, long distance train
ing. But some form of outdoor sports
could be played by the strong and by
tho s eak, by the old and by the young.
It would be a very simple and easy
task to have a physical examination
and where possible permit the stu
dent to choose the branch of sport
which he preferred, but if the medical
examination showed him physically un
fit to participate in the branch of his
choice, he could be assigned to such
FAVORABLE PROGRESS
MADE IN R. 0. T. C. UNIT
Uniforms and Rifles Expected to
Arrive at Military Depart
ment Soon.
Favorable weather of the past has
permitted the R. O. T. C. military pro
gram to be carried out according to
oMrinio ty rtatp the members of the
Bl,m.u'vi
unit have been given the acide test
in the school of the squad ana some
excellent results have been obtained.
Tho feature card of tne program
will
v. tha onmnlpte uniforms, includ-
ing
overcoats, will be issued gratis by
the
government. Tne ciounng, wnicn
nniprod from a number of supply
n io -
depots over the country six weeks ago,
was
de;
is
expected to arrive wmuu uwi
. Vfl Tck tiaw 1918 armv
two
IWU wccaoi -
cwYirfloiH rifles which the members
of the unit will have the honor to use
will arrive presently rrom me arsenal
at Rock Island.
Captain Frankforter, who is acting
commandant in the absence of Colonel
Morrison, stated yesterday that the
men would be treated with the theoret
ical side of military training during the
remainder of the semester. The puo
lic is looking forward with unusual In
terest to "Compet Day," which prom
ises to be the most succesful review in
the history of the University of Ne
braska. The following appointments have
been made from the office of the com
mandant: ...
First Lieutenant Don W. Lyle is as
signed to Recruit Company No. 2 as
commanding officer.
Fred C. Campbell Is appointed cap
tain In R. O. T. C. reff ment and is as
signed to Recruit Company No. 1 as
commander.
Second Lieutenant wara
to be first lieutenant of Company D.
Richard C Hawn to be sergeant and
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a sport as was best qualified to pro
duce the greatest benefit to him.
"Naturally this would necessitate
baseball fields, tracks, tenis courts,
handball and volley ball courts, soccer
fields, and in fact a well equipped ath
letic plant. Our legislature in the very
near future will be asked to appropri
ate a sufficient amount to give Ne
braska University a much needed gym
nasium and athletic field. In years to
come our legislature will learn that
any thought" which they might now
have to the expenditure of this amount
of money was groundless and that one
of the most valuable pieces of legisla
tion passed by them was that granting
opportunity for the physical and moral
betterment of the young men and
young women, boys and girls of our
public schools and colleges."
Coach Stewart is not alone in his
stand on this question, as many of the
adresses delivered at the New York
convention will bear witness. Dean
S. W. Beyer, Iowa State College, vice
president of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association, said, in part:
"Some years ago the National Collegi
ate Association went on record In
favor of combining athletics and phys
ical education and placing the depart
ment under the control of the college
or university, with the same responsi
bility, and holding it to the same ac
countability, as any other department.
This association has repeatedly em
phasized the importance of encourag
ing larger numbers of students to par
ticipate in athletic activities. Appar
ently progress along this line, as is
evidenced by actual practice, has been
discouragingly slow."
Financial Difficulties
Lack of finances has been perhaps
the greatest handicap to the broaden
ing of the athletic departments' activi
ties. Football, basketball, and baseball
have been regarded as somethingsepa
rate from the regular curricula and
have been forced to stand upon their
CORNHUSKER SANPSHOTS
Do you like Martha Washing
ton chocolates? Do you want
to go to the Junior Prom? Well,
here is opportunity knocking at
your door. Hustle around and
gather together that class bunch
of snap-shots which you have
taken this year, and bring them
to the Cornhusker office by Fri
day noon. If the person bring
ing in the best collection of
snaps is a girl, she will be given
a three-pound box of Martha
Washingtons; if the person is a
fellow, he will be given a ticket
to the Junior Prom.
NEWS EDITORS ELECTED
ON DAILY NEBRASKAN
Clarence Haley, '21, and Le Ross
Hammond, '21, were elected by the stu
dent publication board yesterday to
serve as news editors of the Daily Ne
braskan for the remainder of the se
mester. Both have had previous ex
perience in newspaper work and have
been acting news editors since the be
ginning of the present semester.
CONVOCATION
Madame Laura De Vilmar will give
a program of several songs, at con
vocation Thursday morning at 11
o'clock in the Temple. The program
follows:
"Arlosa" Delibes
"iw.iMrtA rniini" ToEtl
Aria San Tuiza"
Mascagni
Rogers
.MasDowell
Cadmin
Hahn
The Star"
"Thy Beaming Eyes"
At Dawning"
"D'Une Prison"
Si mes vers avalent des ailes"
Hahn
"The Year's at the Spring..
Mrs. Beach
own feet. If the coach was a good
busines manager and turned out win
ning teams, the patch was lined with
velvet, but if not, the thorny road had
to be traveled and the athletic equip
ment of that school worried along as
best it could. A letter from Brown
University suggests a remedy. The
suggestion reads like this:
"What we need is the suport and
financial backing of the college of
ficials to make it possible for the pro
fessors and directors of physical train
ing to carry out their ideas and ideals.
Wte are not given enough time in the
college recitation schedule to make It
possible for all the students to take
part in organized physical training and
play. We are not provided with su
flcient equipment and play rooms and
playgrounds to accommodate all the
students, and we get little, if any
financial backing from the college to
carry on our athletics."
Trend of National Sentiment
Dr. Thomas A. Storey, New York
state inspector of physical training, in
the course of his address, said:
"We of the National Collegiate Ath
letic Association have been concerned
for these many years with the im
provement of college athletics. We
have found fault very profoundly with
a largen umber of conditions that have
grown up and dominated intercollegi
ate sport throughout this country.
Strong men from college faculties,
north, south, east and west, have point
ed out the need for change, and have
made impressive recommendations
which would lead to better, finer,
cleaner athletic relations inside and
outside of our American institutions.
"This is the strongest force and the
most powerful body related to athlet
ics in America. There is every reason
to suppose that a united, vigorous, and
determined policy on the part of this
body will build up, on the wreck of
conditions that have been, a future
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HUSKER ANNUAL COVER
ARTISTIC IN DESIGN
Work on Nebraska's "Victory'
Year Book Is Nearing
Completion.
A sample of the cover of the "Vic
tory Annual" has just been received at
the Cornhusker office. It is the most
artistic and unusual cover that has
been used on and of the university an
nuals and fulfills1 the highest expecta
tions of the staff.
The material used and the color
scheme are particularly effective. The
design is the work of Dwight Kirsch
and is executed in embossed leather in
such a manner as to throw in relief a
silhouetted portion of University Hall
The background is dark, adding to the
effectiveness of the design.
The cover is well chosen for this
year's book, which is to bring out
some of the biggest and best features
that have been developed In any Ne
braska annual. Most of the material
for the book is complete and many of
the proofs of cuts have been received
from the engraver. The printer will
soon begin work on that portion of the
volume and the staff has announced
that the books will be ready for dis
tribution about May first.
SOPHOMORE CLASS ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR SEMESTER
Dorothy Hippie was elected vice
president of the sophomore class for
the second semester at a short meet
ing of the ClaaS held Tuesday ia La
107. The other students to be hon
ored with minor offices were: .Sam
Brownell, treasurer; Elmer Hinkle,
secretary; John Gibbs, sergeant-at-anns.
Thin w th flint iiHRpmblr" of the
class this semester. Jess Patty, newly
elected president, presided at the
meeting.
AGGIE GRAPPLERS
WESTERN CHAMPS
Ames Wrestling Team Defeats
Wisconsin Mat Artists,
42 to 7.
Nebraska Representatives Make
Better Showing Against the
Iowans than Badgers.
The strength of the Ames wrestling
team which handed the Cornhusker
grapplers a 33 to 7 defeat last month
was proved again Saturday when the
wrestling representatives of Wiscon
sin University went down to a 42 to 7
defeat before the Iowans. Dr. Clapp,
Nebraska wrestling coach, refereed
the match and says the Wisconsin
meet was a much easier walkaway for
the Aggies than the Cornhusker con
test. The ease with which Ames cleaned
up is witnessed by the speed with
which the Badgers rolled over. In all
the fourteen rounds only two were
won by decision, and with the excep
tion of a 6:41 bout in the heavies, the
winning points were annexed in two or
three minutes. The showing made by
Dr. Clapp's team is a marked contrast
to the fight put up by the Badgers.
Troendly, the only Cornhusker who
brought any hogmeat back with him,
flopped his man in jig time; but when
pitted against Thomson, the most ex
perienced man on the Aggie squad, the
Nebraska captain lost on decision
after both rounds had gone the limit
and the fast Iowan, who had ten
pounds in his favor, had failed to pin
him.
Fuchs in the 15S and. Dobson in the
175 both lost their matches by ref
erees decision. Ruddy Fuchs downed
his man in one round, while Dobbie
fought Schalk the full seven minutes.
Schalk,- by the way, is the man who
has not been defeated In two years and
is the only Missouri Valey mat artist
who held Autopalik to a draw. An ac
cident sustained shortly after his grind
with "Dob" kept him out of the Wis
consin melee, and the man who substi
tuted for him surrendered the only
counters which the Badgers carried
back to Madison.
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CREDIT TO DE GIVEN
FOR SERVICE III ARMY
The Reserve Officers' Training,
Corps required for admission to the
advanced course in the senior division
of the corps, two academic years of
service in the R. O. T. C. with the rec
ommendation of the president of the
institution, and the professor of mili
tary science. The candidate for the
advanced course is required to agree
to continue the R. O. T. C. training
for the remainder of the course and
to attend such summer camps as are
prescribed by the Secretary of War.
During he present war emergency
many men have received excellent
training In the regular army of the
United States and other military units,
and it is hoped that the following
schedule of credit will be adopted.
Equivalent to two years preliminary
course:
1. Service as a commissioned offi
cer of the United States army.
2. Three months service as an en
listed man with combatant troops in
France or Italy.
3. Four months In the service of
supply, in training camps or schools in
Europe.
4. Six months in cantonments in
the United States. Special cases, as
service in the navy, marine corps,
coast guard, etc., will be submitted to
the committee on education and spe
cial training, for special ruling.
Those serving less than six months
may also receive some credit. The
months spent in the army being con
sidered pqnal.. month for month, to the
service in the two years' R, O. T. C.
course, required for admission to the
advance course.