The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVIII. SO. 128.
UXCOLX, TlTl'Sl)AY, APKIL 15, 1910.
VIUCE FIVE CENTS
SCHOOL FETE
DAY TO BE MAY 17
Students Will Gather at Universi
ty to Visit All Departments
of Institution.
State Track Meet and Annual De
bate to Be Features of
Occasion.
Professor A. A. Reed, inspector or
high schools, announces that high
school fete day will be held May 17th
Through an error the Nebraskan has
several times published this date as
April l"th. When this annual day
was first instituted its object primar
ily was to have high school students
from all parts of the state visit the
University and note the work that
was being accomplished here. As
this day has grown in importance, this
' idea was subordinated, and now the
students come to the University, not
merely to visit the school, but to
meet other students, become acquaint
ed with them, and to take part in the
other features of the; day.
On this day, May 17th, the winners
of the district high school debating
contests will meet in the Temple, and
will participate in the state high .school
debate. The state track and field
meet will also be held on the athletic
field. Any member of any recognized
high school throughout the state may
take part in this track meet. For the
benefit of the high school students,
specially prepared exhibits will be pre
sented by several of the University
departments.
VICTORY LOAN
TO HELP HEROES
INTO GOOD JOBS
The progress of educational work
among wounded soldiers at army hos
pitals is shown in a report of the
Division of Physical Reconstruction of
the surgeon general's office.
Of 28,023 patients undergoing treat
ment in these hospitals in the United
States during the month of January,
over 8,000, or about 29 per cent, were
enrolled in some form of educational
work, by reason of which 562 men al
ready have resumed their old occupa
tions. In the handcraft classes, 5,622 sol
dier patients were students, 2,413 be
ing engaged on work with textiles,
6uch as knitting and weaving. Nearly
a thousand men were engaged in wood
carving and toy making. In reed,
cane and fiber work there were 897
students. Others were engaged in ap
plied pattern and lettering, metal
work and jewelry, leather, cardboard
and binding, and on pottery and other
plastic materials..
Academic work in the wards, which
is given at the request of the patients,
had an enrollment of 972, headed by
153 students in English, 132 in pen
manship, and 114 in telegraphy. There
were also students taking technical
courses, including electricity and ma
chinery, typewriting and shorthand,
and gardening and crop study.
America's war task will not be over
until all or the wounded men are out
of the hospitals and every man fitted
ty education for some occupation
which will enable him to take his place
among his fellow men as a free and
Independent American citizen. The
Victory Liberty Loan is fb "finish the
Job," and a part of the "job" the
Government now has on its hands is
this splendid work of reconstruction
f Us gallant defenders.
CONVOCATION
Musical Program Thursday
A musical program will" be a feature
of the Thursday morning convocation.
APril l?th. at 11 o'clock is ths Trmplc
A violin recital will be given by Au
S"st Moker. accompanied by La Rue
acre-Shire. This program of song
should have a large and attentive au
d'ice of students, as it will be one of
th very best convocations of the en
t!r school year.
HIGH
MECHANISM OP ma rttmq
SHOWN TO R. O. T. C. MEN
Saturday morning at a special as
sembly, the members of the R. O. T. C.
unit were shown five reels of pictures
at the Temple. These films explained
the inner mechanism and manlpula
flon of two of the larger guns used in
the late -Id war.
Stud ave been busy lately
cleaning and shining up their newly
Issued Springfield rifles and their
bayonets. Belts have also been issued
members of the unit, and uniforms
will be given out sometime this week.
SEMI-CENTENNIAL BOOK
SALES START THURSDAY
Fifty Co-Eds Will Assist in Cam
paign Volume Sells at
Fifty Cents.
Efforts for the big campaign for the
sale of the semi-centennial anniver
sary books will be concentrated next
Thursday. The work has been in
terrupted on account of the Grace Cop
pock campaign but a, large sale is ex
pected for Thursday and the fifty
girls who have been chosen to take the
orders will be busy early and late.
The book is well worth twice what
is being asked for it and students of
the University are as anxious o buy
their copies as those who have at
tended in former years and who look
upon the book as a history and re
minder of their college days. It will
be more and more valuable to the stu
dent as years go by and no such book
will be published again for many pears
to come.
The following girls will take sub
scriptions Thursday:
Mabel Conrad
Doris Cole
Mary Helen Dayton
Patricia Maloney
iMarian Hendee.
Genevieve Loeb
Carolyn Reed
Marian Hompes
Elizabeth Scribner
Genevieve Addleman
Dorothy Hippie
Miss Louise Pound
True Jack
Florence Wilcox
Grace Stuff
Mary Brownell
Katharine Brenke
Mary Herzing
Elinor Bennett
Melba Bradshaw
Lucile Crapenholt
Ruth Swenson
Florence Lewis
Helen Nieman
Jean Landale
Ruth Sheldon
Sarah Mathews
Lucile Andrews
Elizabeth Riddell
Doris Hostetter
Ruth Snyder
(Continued on Page Three)
FORMER UNI PROFESSOR
WITH TRADE COiftJfflusaiuw
t v a. Benrston, formerly
of the geography and conservation de
partment at the university, and who
U now in the United States depart
ment of commerce, arrived in Bergen,
2nd. according to de-
layed letters which have been received
u,. f.miiv and members of the
university faculty. He left for Chris-
tianla the following oay. wu
be stationed permanently during his
investigations in Europe. Short trips,
however, were made by him to Copen
hagen. Denmark, and Stockholm,
Sweden, where he observed and re
ported on conditions in those c It
Professor Bengston's knowledge of the
Scandanavian languages, along with
understanding of French and Ger,
. will enable him to carry on hte
economic ad commercial research
work in these country more success
fully. Hi. address -He in Europe
WMrbeK A. Boston, U. S. Trade
Commissioner, care of The American
Legation, Christlanla, Norway.
VALUABLE EXPERIENCE
IN R. 0. T. C. TRAINING
Men to be Instructed During Four
Year's Course and in Sum
mer Camps.
Col. H. D. Burdick now stationed at
the University of Kansas says that the
Reserve fficers Training Corps which
will be established at a number of
universities next fall can not be com
pared nor confused with the S. A. T. C.
which was disbanded last December.
"The Reserve Officers Training
Corps is being adopted to train re
serve officers. The course will include
courses which will extend throughout
the four years of college life with two
and perhaps three summer camps of
from four to six weeks' duration.
"The object of the R. O. T. C. is pri
marily to train men as officers. It
was found in this war that most of our
officers came from men of University
timber. The University man had the
advantage over the man who did not
have the University training and
adapted himself quicker to the train
ing as given In the Officers Training
Camps.
Four Years to Trairv an Officer
"Had the University man been
equipped with certain fundamental
military knowledge he could have been
trained for his duties much more
quickly than was taken In getting him
ready for his duties as an officer. It
takes at least four years to make
an officer, where that officer spends
all of his college time on military
subjects. And although the R. O.
T. C. courses do not expect to attain
for the meni who will desire to enroll,
the same standard as developed in our
Government Academies, yet the train
ing in the R. O. T. C. will be of infinite
value to the young man and to the
government in case of need.
"It is now planned to offer courses
in the following departments, infantry,
coast artillery, signal corps, engineers,
ordnance and motor transportation.
These courses will be open to all men
of the University who enter this fall
and to all former service men who
can pass examinations qualifying them
to enter upon second and third year
work.
Students Enroll, Not "Enlist"
"It must be clearly understood that
there is nothing compulsory about
these courses. There Is no such thing
as enlisting. There will be no mili
tary drills held during the school year
unless there are men who request it.
"The uniform will not be worn un
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Y M C. A. FOREIGN
WORK SECRETARY
HERE THIS WEEK
Mr. O. E. Pence, who is Foreign
Work Secretary on the International
Committee of the Y. M. C. A. for the
Near East will be the guest of the
Tjuruv y M. C. A. Tuesday and
UUlf vioiv
Wednesday. Mr. Pence was for sev
eral years the Y. M. C. A. secretary
at Roberts College, Constantinople,
mi,0 ha is well acquainted with
the Near East situation, and an oppor
u,r mnv be made during his stay
here to speak before an audience of
University people. Mr. Pence will be
glad for interviews witn any one in
terested in the Near Eastern questions.
The Student Should Know
THE TEMPLE
t),. TTnivprsitv Temple was built in
1906 at a cost of ?101.000. The
building was built by means of a
, tfififlftO Trom John D.
QOTHlHv1 '
a Dersonal friend
HO( neicn " "
of Chancellor Andrews. The remaind
er of the fund was contributed by the
University faculty, tno i. v. l"
Y M. C. A, citizens of Lincoln and
some women's clubs.
Before the building of the Temple,
jial events were conducted In the
npper stories of University HalL
When Chancellor Andrews toldMr.
Rockefeller of the great need for such
INTER-FRAT BASEBALL
POSTPONED YESTERDAY
1 he interfraternlty baseball tourna
ment will open this afternoon with
games between Farm House vs. Delta
Tau Delta at four o'clock, and Alpha
Tau Omega vs. Delta Chi at six. The
Sigma NuPhl Delta Theta battle was
called off yesterday on account of the
mud and Us date will be announced
later. Beta Theta Pi and Pi Thi Chi
have entered teams and will meet
each other Saturdap. Games will be
forfeited if either team is not ready
to play at the appointed hour.
BUILDING PROGRAM IS
HAMPERED BY WEATHER
The new university building cam
paign recently inaugurated by the
Board of Regents is practically at a
stand still. The Inability to obtain
certain building materials and the un
favorable weather conditions have
hampered construction, work.
The basement walls and first floor
of the new laboratory for animal path
ology and hygiene at the farm, have
been completed. This work is all of
reinforced concrete. One of the build
ings now "being used to store neces
sary property belonging to the uni
versity. A new gymnasium is now in
view for students at the farm.
The work on the Social Science and
Teachers College buildings has al
most been completed and they are be
ing supplied with tho necessary equip
ment for the housing of the new de
partments next fall. The work of
cleaning up the premises adjoining the
university campus has been suspended
until the board meets later In the
month.
1
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SPORT EXCHANGES
Approximately 400 teams represent
ing 68 colleges, 51 preparatory schools,
107 high schools, and more than 80
other schools are entered in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania Relay Carni
val on April 25 and 26.
Columbia University fencing team
won the Intercollegiate Fencing
League championship tournament,
held in the ballroom of the Hotel
Astor. This is the second successive
year that the Columbia team has won
the title. The victory of M. J. Bloom
er, Jr., Columbia captain over E. R.
Ray, the Harvard leader was the fea
ture match of the tourney.
Varsity nines all over the country
are getting in trim for the season
ahead. Many Intercollegiate games
have already been played and the
diamond game will be in full swing
this week.
College tennis courts are being
cleaned and scraped for the coming
intercollegiate competitions. The Ore
gon Agricultural College at Corvallls
has eleven clay courts to accommo
date the tennis fans. Dartmouth has
announced eight dual tennis matches.
"What does she say?"
"Says her face is her fortune."
"Now I understand what they mean
by involuntary bankruptcy." Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
a building he promised to give a dona
tion. The building was to include
rooms for music, the drama, rest, Y.
W. C. A. aud Y. M. C. A., a kitchen
and theatre. Some of the people ob
jected to using the money saying that
it was tainted. So strong were their
objections that they almost defeated
th undertaking.
The building commit resisted of
Frank Hall, J. E. Miller. E. H. Clark
and E. H. Barbour. They directed the
drawing of plans and had charge of
the erection of the building. The
plans were drawn by John Latenser.
of Omaha, and Louis Jensen, of Lin
coln, was the contractor.
NEBRASKA RUNNERS
ENTER DRAKE RELAYS
McMahon, Gibbs, Ed. Smith,
Chosen to Represent 'Husk
ers in 880 Yard Jaunt.
No Track Meet ' Will Be Staged
on Home Oval This
Season.
The track squad has begun to put
on the final burst of speed for the
Drake Relays Saturday. The Huskers
will enter teams in the 8S0 yard relay
and tn. either the mile, two mile, or
four mile relay depending on the try
outs this afternoon at 5:00 o'clock, and
Thursday. McMahon, Gibbs and Ed.
Smith have been chosen for tho 880
yard team and the fourth man will be
picked from the two tryouts.
The following men will compete in
the tryouts tonight and Thursday:
220-Yard
Gibbs
Lyman
Stephens
Becker
Wright
Bryans
Ed. Smith
McMahon
Henry
440-Yards
Gibbs
Gillilan
Stephens
Fuchs
Lyman
Bryans
McMahon
Lehr
880-Yards
Newman
Campbell
Egan
Ted Smith
McGuire
Gillilan
McCandless
One Mile
Gillilan
Newman
Campbell
Egan
Ted Smith
Troendly '
McCandless
The races will start this afternoon
at five o'clock. The track should be
in prime condition. The workouts
yesterday were slow on account of the
mud but the gang may be depended
upon to rip-er-up this afternoon.
Those who did not see the squad per
form in the tournament last Saturday
will have to be content with sizing
them up in the tryouts. A week from
Saturday the team will go to South
Dakota, and May 3 will find them at
rinnell. Nary a meet will be staged
on the little Husker track this season.
If you want to see the boys step out,
look 'em over in the tryouts.
IN THE COLLEGE WORLD
Texas. Present prospects are mat
the campaign for a permanent endow
ment fund of $1,000,000, launched by
the fex-Students' Association, will be
a success.
The enrollment of the university has
passed the 2800 mark, which is the
largest in the history of the school.
Michigan. Bills amounting to II,-
900,000 for special appropriations for
the university are before the Michigan
State Legislature.
Utah- A University Club for the
promotion of the I-eague of Nations
has been organized. A Journal on this
subject will be published by the club
in the near future.
Kansas. Freshmen minus their caps
while on the campus are running a
risk of being disfranchised for the re
mainder of their days t the univer
sity, according to the ruling of the
Student CounciL