The Daily nebraskan
VOL. XVIII. ' NO. 116.
LINCOLN, TUESDAY, MAKCII 25, 1910.
PKICE FIVE CENTS
UNIVERSITY WEEK
CIRCUIT IS READY
Three Nebraska Towns Will Be
Given Entertainment by
University Talent.
lecturer, Band, Chorus and Uni
versity Players Comprise
Four Day ProgTam.
The program for the annual univer
sity week has been announced by the
management under the direction of D.
V. Stephens, chairman, assisted by
Fred Hellner and John Koehler. On
Wednesday, April 2nd, Captain C. J.
Frankforier will open the program at
Superior with an address on "Chem
ical Warfare." On the same day
judse H. H. Wilson will speak at
Geneva on "The League of Nations"
and Professor Guernsey Jones will lec
ture on the same interesting and time
ly subject at Red Cloud. The remain
der of the programs will be made up
of selections by the university band,
university chorus and a dramatic
presentation by the university players.
These organizations will play inter
changeably at the three towns visited
during the week. Owing to the short
spring vacation granted the students
of the university this year, only three
towns can be covered Superior,
Geneva and Red Cloud.
Plans for the trip are being rapidly
completed and this year's university
week promises to be one of the most
succesful that has been given. A great
deal of interest is being shown by the
towns which are to be visited and
there is keen competition among
them to provide the best houses for
the programs and the best time for
the university entertainers.
The complete itinerary for the trip
follows :
Red Cloud
Wednesday, April 2, Professor
Guernsey Jones will speak on "The
League of Nations."
Thursday, April 3, The Cadet Band
America's Greatest College Band
nas complete charge of the program.
Friday, April 3, The University
Chorus, composed of thirty voices, will
present a varied and interesting pro
gram. Saturday, April 4, The University
Players will give "The Man on the
Box."
Superior
Wednesday, April 2, Captain C. J.
Frankforier on "Chemical Warfare."
Thursday, April 3, The University
Players in "The Man on the Box."
Friday, April 4, The University Ca
det Band.
Saturday, April 5, University
Chorus.
Geneva
Wednesday. April 2. Judge II. H.
"Wilson on "The League of Nations."
Thursday, April 3, University
Chorus.
Friday, April 4, University Players.
Saturday, April 5, University Cadet
Band.
on Nebraska's
'ork on the "Victory Annual" goes
merrily on with the editors and staff
forking early and late to continue the
nPid progress which is being made!
The engraver doing Lis piit H
the engraving will be on It way to
T6 CorahuEker office by the end of
tie ek.
The military section is complete and
Prinw will begin his work on It
" soon it the aaper for the book ar
Erery Nebraskan who desenrfs
Plat u, ,hil sectJon there.
. st of tc group photographs and
kand""1 picture now ln tbe
an of tie management and are be-
' pr?PW'-d for the prtnter. There
a a nurr.ber of societies nd or
MEN BEING SELECTED
FOR PERSHING RIFLES
Although the members of Recruit
Companies 1 and 2 of the It. O. T. C.
unit have had little or no previous
drill before taking up this work at the
university, they will nevertheless be
eligible for the crack university com
pany known na "The Pershing Rifles,"
which has taken part in the competi
tive drill at the end of the school term
for many years.
The most capable men from the en
tire R. O. II. C. unit are at this time
being picked for the "Rifles," and the
officers are keeping watchful eye on
the efforts the men are putting forth.
The fact that the men who have not
had former S. A. T. C. training are In
experienced does not dim their
chances for being chosen, because If
these men do their work conscien
tiously and well, they will be able to
compete very creditably with those
who mave had earlier, and perhaps In
some cases rather uncertain, training.
SILVER SERPENTS PLAN
BIG UNIVERSITY PARTY
Committee in Charge Working on
Very Novel Program for
Entertainment,
c
An afternoon of fun is in store for
all junior and sophomore girls on April
12th, when the Silver Serpents will be
hostesses at one of the largest univer
sity parties of the year.
Complete plans for the entertain
ment have not yet been laid out, but
the committee in charge is at present
working on some very novel and un
usual ideas, which they expect to de
velop into a program such as will be
an entirely new venture at the Uni
versity of Nebraska. Something so
new and different is expected in this
party that its popularity will be very
conspicuous among the girls inter
ested in school activities, and it is
sure to furnish unlimited enjoyment
and fun for the guests.
It is not yet definitely decided
where the party will be held, but it de
pends upon the more definite plans to
be made for the entertainment wheth
er the Armory or the Woman's Hall
will be used. The place will be given
in a later announcement.
AGS" ELECT OFFICERS
FOR SECOND SEMESTER
The Agricultural Club held a busi
ness meeting last Thursday evening,
at which officers of the club for the
present semester were elected and
plans for the balance of the year were
outlined. The officers are as follows:
Fred R. Kelly. '19, President.
D. E. Walrath, '19, Vice-President.
R. A. Fortna, Secretary.
C. E. Atkinson, Treasurer.
P. p. Moulton, Sergeant-at-Arms.
C. J. Killian. Sergeant-at'Arms.
President Kelly announced the fol
lowing committees:
Ag. Club Hop
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Reintr Made
"Victory Annual"
ganizations that have not paid for
their pictures. These axe requested to
settle for them at once, as they can
not be turned over to the printer until
they are paid for.
Snapshots for tne student life see
tion may still be turned in this week.
A great number of pictures of stu
dents are pouring Into the Cornhusker
office and this section will prove to be
one of tbe best of Us kind eyer pub
Ushed in an annual A still larger
-uir.ber of snapshots could be run in
the book if the students would coop
erate. The management desire that
,1, person, baring such picture, con
tribute them to the book. They can
be returned to the owners after being
ued.
CIIATBURH FINISHES
BOOK ON HIGHWAYS
Book to be One of Most Complete
Volumes of Its Kind in
United States.
Much Interest Being Manifested
in Publication of Texts on
Road-Making.
Professor George R. Chatburn of
the engineering department at the
university has completed his new
textbook entitled, "Highway Engineer
ing," and it has already been sent to
John Wiley & Sons, scientific Pub
lishers of New York for publication.
This book will be one of the most
complete volumes of its kind in the
United States, and is a valuable ad
dition to the five or six textbooks on
road-building. Professor Chatburn
nakes special reference in his work
to rural roads and pavements. The
publishers write that a large amount
of interest is being manifested
throughout the country in the pub
lication of books on road making, be
cause the doctrine of "good roads,
better upkeep and more roads," has
swept the United States. The text
will probably be fresh from the pub
lishers in the fall, and will be used
extensively in universities throughout
the country and also as a reference
book on roads. The University of
Nebraska will make use of the book
in the engineering department
The textbook in its revised and
completed form will contain approx
imately four hundred pages, and will
Vave man diagrams and illustrations
to explain the subject matter. It will
be divided into fifteen chapters: (1)
Good Roads as a Business Proposi
tion ;(2) Road Location; (3) Types
and Adaptation of Roads; (4) Drain-
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AKIi ARBOR ASKS FOR
LARGER APPROBATION
Chamber of Commerce Takes
Steps to Secure Higher Wages
for Faculty.
"Ann Arbor's new Chamber of Com
merce has taken every step p&ssible
to aid in securing the appropriation
now needed to raise the salaries of
the members of the university facul
ty, whose yearly income has been In
sufficient to meet the high cost of
living." was the statement of Secre
tary Roscoe O. Bonisteel yesterday.
At a meeting of the board of direc
tors of the Chamber of Commerce
held yesterday a committee was ap
pointed to draft resolutions to be pre
sented to the state ways and means
committee in Lansing tonight "The
resolutions that win be drawn up will
be of vital importance and interest to
every citizen." was the opinion of Mr.
Bonisteel.
"The question, at the present time,
is one of the biggest problems that
has yet been taken up by the new
Chamber of Commerce. The situa
tion has been studied thoroughly, and
we are heartily in favor of seeing a
bill passed in the state senate grant
ing this added appropriation to the
pesent allotment made on the uni
versitv." Exchange.
CONVOCATION
Miss Lucy Page Gaston of Chicago.
founder of the Anti-Cigarette League.
will speak at Convocation this mora
le She will give a "Smoke talk
n which she will expose the adultera
tion of cigarettes which are largely
responsible for their Injurious ef-
,,, Miss Gaston has been active
m orwwitfe the repeal of the state
cigarette piohibiiory law. and Is now
engaged in organizing a Liean LJie
Ijf-airue in the city.
GEOGRAPHY CLASSES TO
STUDY SOIL CONDITIONS
The students of the classes in field
geography of the department of geog
raphy and conservation at the univer
sity, will spend their entire spring va
cation along the valley of the lower
Platte, and ln the viclntty of the Mis
souri River. They will study the
geographical conditions of that part of
the state, particularly emphasizing the
study of the soil.
The trip will be made by cars
through the regions to be studied, and
headquarters will probably be made
in towns near the regions traversed, or
it is possible that the party may camp.
This trip will aplpy to all classes in
field geography, but although they will
all start out together, there will re
three or four different groups In dif
ferent localities. The places to be
visited will depend greatly on the
weather conditions at that time, be
cause many places which are excellent
examples of certain types of soils and
rock formation are almost Impassable
during the rainy season.
INTERESTING PICTURES
SHOWN TO R.O.T.C. WilT
Films Made by U. S. Government
at Fort Sill Show Methods
of Warfare.
Films put out by the general staff
of the United States government
showing detailed construction of
trenches, and dugouts, and the uses of
liquid fire, gas and gas masks were
shown to the members of the R. O. T.
C. yesterday evening at the Temple
theater. The pictures, taken at Fort
Sill, Okla., gave vivid reproductions of
trench digging, the Intricate system of
trench construction, showing the com
munication trenches and listening
posts, life in the dugouts and the
workings of gas masks, gas shells and
liquid fire fighting. A soldier must al
ways be on the alert for gas alarms
and when one is sounded he must get
his mask on within ten seconds or be
a dead man. Precautions for protect
ing dugouts from gas by means of
blanket doors and methods for eradi
cating the poison fumes from dugouts
and trenches were shown in detail.
OMRICOil HU INITIATES
THIRTEEN NEW MEMBERS
Omricon Nu, the home economics
honorary sorority, held its second
semester initiation Thursday evening,
March 12th, in their rooms at the
Woman's Hall.
The initiation was conducted by
Miss Alice Loomis, national president,
and Miss Evelyn Black, chapter presi
dent. Alumnae present were Miss Mary
Guthrie, Mies Ester Ord, Miss Essie
Johnson, Miss Ester .Warner, Miss
Peters, Miss McMurry and Mrs. Warn
beam. (Continued on Pae Three)
Alumni Visit at American
University Union in Paris
The American University Union Is established in Paris. London and
Rome. The soldiers from the various universities in the United States
register at the office as they pass through one of these centers. The
following boys from Nebraska universities registered from January 16.
1919. to February 26. 1919:
Name
Brooks, Earl B
Class Rank
'01 Major
'141stLt
'17 2d Lt
'18 2dLL
'16 Capt
'07 Major
'17 Capt
'14 2dLt
Broman, M. Robert
Campbell. Henry W
Clark. Fred W
Crrey. Harold H
Drain. Dale D
Burr. Edwin M
Elwell. John A
TRACK MEN TRAIN
FOR KANSAS MEET
Preliminary Tryouts Held Satur
day in Preparation For Big
Indoor Contest.
Material in Demand Few Letter
Men of Last Year Now
in School.
The track season was officially
opened at Nebraska Saturday after
noon when preliminary tryouta were
held in preparation for the big in
door meet at Kansas City next Satur
day. Another series of tryouts will
be run off tomorrow afternoon and
then Dr. Stewart will keep the lid on
his dope bucket until he picks up
some more and gets a new line of
it at Kansas City.
No records . were broken but some
of the men who have been braving
the blizzards and frozen ground all
winter to get in condition showed up
well and promise to prove strong
competition to other valley athletes.
Byron McMahon, acting captain of
the team, ran the quarter in 56 sec
onds and nosed in a little ahead of
Morearty in the 50-yard dash in 5.4
time. Mac is going strong and with
an even break of luck may eclipse
the brilliant work of his brother,
Harold, last year. Glen Graf, last
year's premier distance man of the
conference, did the mile in 5 min
utes in his first trial of the season.
Becker and Flood ran the 60-yard
hurdles in 7 flat in two different
heats. Newman and Davis ran a
hard half mile in 2:25 and 2:29. re
spectively. From these results and from the
dope he will collect tomorrow after
noon Dr. Stewart intends to select
a relay team and other spike me
chanics to enter in the 60-yard dash,
hurdles, high jump, and mile run.
for the coming meet. This is an in
vitational meet conducted under the
auspices of the Kansas City Athletic
club. Missouri. Kansas and other
schools and clubs will have teams
there and with the cinder artists that
sometimes enter unattached the meet
is as a rule a strictly high class
event
Track Material Needed
While track prospects at present
do not look bo rosy as they might,
the showing that the Cornhuskers
make at Kansas City may change the
outlook and cause more candidates to
try for honors than have been out up
to this time. Certainly there has
never been a better opportunity for
track aspirants to make good than
this year; and more important than
that there has rarely ever been a
year that the university needed good
track material more than now.
The only letter men of last year's
team now in school are Byron Mc
Mahon. Graf. Bryans. Flood and
Stevens. Morearty. a freshman, of
Omaha High School track fame, has
shown already that the aviation
wings on his uniform are an appro
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