The Daily Nebra
skan
VOL XIX. NO. 32.
OLYMPIC PLANS
MAKE PROGRESS
Freshmen Have Chance to Win
Bight to Discard Oreen
Caps
Sophomore President Names
Committee for Annual
Scrap
A Bboit decisive affair la what the
Innocents. In charge or the annual
freBhman-Bophomore Olympics, have
planned for the morning of Saturday,
November 15. Due to unsettled war
conditions, these games were post
poned for a number of years and 1919
narks the revival of an ancient Ne
braska custom.
The first year man will be given a
repn scntatlve field of competition In
which to assert his right to livt In
the tame university woiid with i.ie
sophomore. rd to cast to the breeze
his little greon cap.
A meeting of all sophomore men Is
scheduled for Thursday morning at
11:30 In Law 101. At this time com
plete plans for the battle will be made
and the different games and track
events will be Incorporated Into a
complete program.
John Lawlor has been selected
chairman of the sophomore Olympics
committee by Dorothy Wolfe, picsl
dent of the class of 1922. and Presi
dent Turner Tefft of the first-class
has named Dan Lynch to head the
Olympics committee for the freshmen.
Other members of the sophomore
Olympics committee are:
Cloyd Clark
Francis Randell
Brooks Harding
Don fJildeiisleeve
Harold Burke
Lyle McBride
The members of the freshman com
mittee have not yet been officially
announced.
Show Class Spirit
In former years the annual scraps
between the Infant class and the sec
ond year men were the occasion of the
outward display of a large amount of
fighting class spirit. This spirit has
already begun to aBsert Itself on the
campus this year with the confident
cry of the haughty sophomore, and
the overconfident attitude of the un
derclassmen. The strength in num
bers is undoubtedly on the side of
the freshmen, but In Individual po'.nls
and honors look out for the sopho
mores. (Continued on Page Three.)
FRESHMEN ENTER
SOCIETY FRIDAY
New Students Have First Party
Planned for weeK
End
The freshman class is eagerly
awaitinsr rh hour set for its first class
party Friday evening. Preparations
are nracticallv comnleted and
the
infants are Impatient to set forth into
the social whirl of the university. All
indications point to a most successful
affair.
The frolK-. will be?ip promtply at
eight. The sportive freshmen will be
properly tagged and labelled at the
door of the Armory by the reception
committee. They will then be divided
into groups and will play drop-the
handkerchief" and other games whlcbJ
the committee may deem suitable for
the young and unsophisticated.
The program will be inaugerated
with a short address by the freshman
president. Turner Tefft. A program
of musical and dancing numbers has
been prepared and will be presented
for the critical approval of the fun
lovers. Following these amusements,
the university orchestra will furnish
the necessary Inducement to dance
while the refreshment committee ad
ministers the hungry, and fortune
tellers help the curious look Into the
future.
Following Is the program prepared
by the committee. The revels will
start promptly at & o'clock.
Group games.
Address by Class President Tefft.
Entertainment:
Dance Donna Gustln
University Quartette.
Dance .....Helen Clark
Vocal Solo Gertrude Miller
Reading and danceHerbert Yenne
The committee wishes to announce
that facilities will be provided for
checking wraps- This arrangement
will be appreciated fcy those who lost
overcoats or hats at the party of three
weeks ago.
PLAN SOCCER EXHIBITION
An exhibit of soccer will be played
on the athletic field at 2 o'clock Fri
day afternoon by picked teams of up
per cliiRB girls, provided the weather
permits. This game Is for the espe
cial benefit of all freshmen and soph
omore girls and they will be permit
ted to attend the game Instead of re
porting at their regular physical edu
cation classes Friday. Many glrU are
not Interested In soccer because they
do not understand the game. Only
girls will be admitted to the field Fri
day.
1920 CORIIHUSHER
PICTURES MUST BE
IN BY THANKSGIVING
Pictures for the 1920 Cornhusker
must be taken much earlier this year
than has formerly been the case. The
feeling of unrest that is present among
labor circles has made the problem of
tftttine sufficient number of cuts of
proper quality a particularly difficult
one, and as a result It will be necessary
to have all pictures that are to be In
the Cornhusker In the hands of the en
gravers within a short time.
The following letter which Indicates
the urgency of having Individual, fra
ternity, sorority, and other organiza
tion pictures taken very shortly, was
received by the Editor of the Corn
husker from the Bureau of Engraving,
of Minneapolis, which company Is do
Ing the work for the 1920 Cornhusker:
of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.
Editor "1920 Cornhusker,"
University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, Nebr.
My dear Sir:
You have undoubtedly read of the
unrest that there is among the labor
unions at the present time. You have
had actual demonstrations of what has
occurred by reading of the events
transpiring in the daily papers.
Therefore, I believe that at this time
It is essential that you should look the
facts squarely In the face and see what
we can do to protect your Annual from
a most serious situation. Every en
graving plant, no matter where they
are situated are face to face with the
same condition, the problem of 'un
limited demands for wages and hours
of employment made upon them by
their workmen.
as you know, the engraving craft is
a lii It?r one end there a-e not a gre.v
number of people in this specialty
which makes It doubly hard on the em
ployer, as these people have now rea
lized their power and are going to use
it to the very limit.
Therefore, I am going to ask you to
protect your own Interests by not wait
ing until later on In the year to get
your copy in our hands, but to make a
concentrated, whole-hearted, earnest
effort to get all of your photographs,
that is, the regular detail work un
derway without any further delay.
This is important if you are desirous
f getting all of the work out promptlv
and securing the quality of engraving
th-t you are so anxious to have for
your Annual. There is no reason in
the world why you should not get all
of the class pictures, groups, juniors
and seniors, etc., in our hands within
the next thirty days in order to avert
a most serious situation.
Now, please do not think that this
is a letter that is sent out with the
idea of scaring you Into getting
started earlier. This is absolutely not
the case. It is the first time in the
history of our concern that we have
ever had to send out a letter of this
kind.
We have every reason to believe
that there is going to be an extreme
shortage of skilled men. W7e have
every reason to know that extreme de
mands are going to be made upon all
engravers, in all sections of the coun
try by every man; consequently the
time for action Is now, because all the
work you can get in our hands before
the first of December will be Just tht
much ahead of the game.
May I, therefore, not have the plea
sure of hearing from you by return
mail, writing me In detail every angle
of this proposition? Let me know Just
what I can expect to receive in the
way of copy, and then lose no time tn
getting to work with your photographs,
and by all means make November a
banner month as far as getting copy
in our uands Is concerned.
Yours for a promtp reply.
J. J. SHEB,
Mgr. Educational Division.
Appointments have been made with
the Townsend Studio for practically all
fraternity and sorority pictures .and
many individual appointments have !
(Continued on Page Three)
L1X(X)LN, NKHRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOHKK 'J!, 1!ll.
TRACK AND BASKET
BALL SEASON OPENS
All Aspirants for Two Winter
Sports Will Meet in
Armory
Inter-College Games with Every
Man Eligible, Are
Planned
The basket ball and track meetings
scheduled for the Armory Thursday
night will be of the utmost impor
tance to all men who are In the least
Interested In these sports. Whether
a man has had any experience in
track or basketball does not matter.
Coaches Schulte and SchlsBler are
anxious to see a large crowd of men
In attendance. The basketball meet
ing will be called promptly at 7:30 In
order that any or the students may al
so attend the track conference which
convenes at 7:45.
Coach Schlssler Intends to perfect
a complete system of lnter-college bas
ketball. This is an Idea that has long
been lacking in Cornhusker athletics.
These college teams will be placed
under systematic management and
will be eligible for the team repro
aentlng his college. Inter-college
games will be played all season. The
authorities have not as yet decided
whether it will be better to fosm a
league of colleges and play for the
championship of the league or to wind
up the season with an elimination
tournament. These matters will ufl be
threshed out at the Armory tonight.
Immediately following the meetings
Coach Schulte will give the men a
talk on the subject of "Track' Train
ing." Schulte is a recognized authori
ty on track subjects and this discus
sion will be of benefit to men in all
branches of athletics. Every Corn
husker student who has any athletic
aspirations whatever should not fall
to be at the Armory this evening.
INTER-COLLEGE BASKETBALL MEETING
Thursday evening at 7:30 the Armory will be the scene of a
mass meeting of all men Interested in inter-college basketball. This
is the first year any project of this kind has been attempted at Ne
braska. The plan has been tried and found successful in other schools
and Coach Paul Schissler is confident it will prove satisfactory at
Nebraska. A large delegation is desired from every college in the
University as definite plans for the coming season will be discussed
and managers appointed for the different college teams. As many
representatives as possible from each college should be In attend
ance. Coach Schulte announces a mass meeting at 7:45 p. m. Thursday
St the Armory for all men who are interested in track work. This
will not hinder any from attending the basketball meeting which is
slated for 7:30. It will be an important gathering and all track as
pirants should not fail to be present.
Treasury Department Urges
College Students to Save
The national economic crisis through
which we, are now going, has teaa
thoughtful advisers of the Treasury
Department's Savings Division to urge
that the present opportunity for regu
lar saving and investment in govern
ment securities be put before the col
lege students of the country.
The Treasury department is offer
ing the twenty-five cent Thrift Stamp,
$5 War Savings Stamp and the $100
and $1000 Treasury Savings Certifi
cates, as a means of popular saving.
It is also urging the continued pur
chase of Liberty Bonds now held by
banks as a means of, reducing the ex
panded credit which is partly respon
sible for constantly increasing prices.
College students are urged to par
ticipate in Government Savings pri
marily because the country neede a ra
pid increase in its savings fund and
because the practice of regular sav
ing carries personal economic bene
flts so fundamental and lasting tnat
college students as future leaders will
wish to share in this movement.
Many a college student has eemed
and saved money before going to col
lege and during his four years or more
of academic and professional training
has got entirely out of his habits of
thrift and so starts his business or
professional carper heavily handi
capped by the weight of unthrift:
str-ndards taken on during college life.
The college student who practices
thrift gets a self-discipline that like
faith will move mountains.
The Treasury Department proposes
the following program:
That students, as a matter of na
tional service as well as personal ad
vantage, work during term time when
opportunity ffor(,s' and during Prt at
least of vacations.
That every college student should j
SOPHOMORE PRESIDENT
NAMES COMMITTEES
Epps Has Charge of Class Dance
and Lawlor Chairman of
Olympics
The Becond class appointments for
the first semester have been an
nounced by Dorothy Wolfe, Bopho-
more president. The Olympics com
mittee has work waiting for It im
mediately and the other committees
named are expected to meet and de
cide on their semester's activity In
the near future.
Active work Is beginning at once
and Friday morning Chairman John
Lawlor, of the Olympic committee,
starts preparations of an organiza
tion to make the sophomore class suc
cessful on November 15.
The commute chairmen and mem
bers are:
Hop: Thad Epps, chairman; Sid
ney Stewart, master of ceremonies;
Rosavere Menaugh, William McBride,
Florence Wolfe. Marjorle Colwell,
Irma Felwock, and Jock Fike.
Athletics: Hugh Carson, chairman;
John Dobbs, and Asa Hepperly.
Olympics: John Lawlor, chairman;
Cloyd Clark, Francis Randell, Brooks
Harding, Donald Gildersleeve, Harold
Burke, and Lyle McBride.
Debate: , Herbert Cushman, chair
man, and Katherine Brenke.
Girls Athletics: Eleanor Snell, Mar
garet Henderson, Esther Possum and
Martha Krogmann.
Mollie, the Irish domestic, was one
afternoon doing certain odd bits or
work about the place, when her mis
tress found occasion to rebuke her
for one piece of carelessness. "You
haven't wound the clock," Mollie." she
said. "I watched you closely, and you
gave it only a wind or two. "Why
didn't you complete the job?" ' Sure,
mum, ye haven't forgot that I'm
leavin' tomorrow, have ye?" asked
Mollie. "I aint goln to be dolnn1 an
ny- of the new gyurl's work."
save a minimum of a dollar a week
' ing his entire college course.
That these savings should be fund
ed as the nucleus for the start-in life
fund for use after graduation.
That these savings be invested safe
ly in government savings securities.
That the student on receiving an
allowance from home set asld as a
first charge on this allowance, his
weekly savings.
That the student who is working his
way through college and paying his
own expenses in whole or in part
hould set aside regularly a sum for
savings even if it be so little as 25c
a week, the cost of a U. S. Turift
Stamp.
That students plan their personal
expenditures with a personal budget
now recognized as the most practical
instrument for promoting wise expen
diture in government, in business and
in personal finance.
That students discuss in debating
clubs, fraternity clubs and other or
ganizations, the relation of personal
thrift to business efficiency and suc
cess In life, and the relation of individ
ual savings to the countrys capital
fund, and to present economical prob
lems. That student organizations should
as a national after-war service organ
ize a public discussion of the econom
ic problems related to thrift, savings
and investment, seeking particularyy
a statement of their practical beailng
on the reconstruction problem and
of the personal responsibility which
the college student has during college
nd afterwards, for personal thrift
and for its promotion In the communi
ty, to the end that colleges . and all
" tgher Institutions which in the work
and" save program for the bigger and
better America.
DIRECTORY WILL BE
OUT NOVEMBER IB
Work on the university directory Is
progressing steadily and the Y. M. C.
A. hope to have It ready for distribu
tion by the middle of November. It
Is estimated that It will be one fourth
larger than last year. Extra help has
been employed to ,work on it. Alfred
Hlntz Is managing the book for the
Y. M. C. A.
AMERICA DOES NOT
K1XW IT'S NEIGHBORS
United States Not Awake to Cul
ture in the South
Countries
Opportunities Await Those Who
Study the Latin
Americas
As a nation we have the wrong idea
of South America and its peoples. The
conception held by most of us Is that
they are an Illiterate, conglomerate,
aggregation of half civilized Spanish
Indian dependents. If the truth be
known, they are anything but unedu
rated or uncultured according to a
letter written by Charles W. Brown
president of the Puttsburg Plate Glass
company, an authority on South Amer
ica, especially in a business way.
"We have never had the same in
centive to cultivate foreign commerce
that the English and Germans have
had. In the main we have a genuine
contempt for the so-called "Dagoes"
and South Americans generally. An
Englishman may feel as we do, but he
has learned to conceal his feelings and
is not as frank in his expressions. In
my opinion we will never have satis
factory relations with the South Amer
icans until we change what the Chris'
tlan Scientists call our mental attitude
toward them.
It will be a surprise to a great num
ber to find that the average South
American is far more conversant in
his daily speech.than the average
American. The knowledge of one
other language besides English places
an American far above the common
in the eyes of his fellow men. Quot
Ing Mr. Brown:
"Our superiority to the educated Ar
gentinos is more manifest in our own
egotistical opinion than In actual prac
tice. Most prominent and influential
Argentinos speak at least three lan
guages well. The average American
who visits South America is very fort
unate if he speaks one language well
"The Argentinos have the Latin
admiration for art and music. I have
in mind some of your traveled citi
zens of Omaha, whose knowledge, art
music, literature and science would not
entitle them to receive great consider
ation from the Argentinos or from the
cultured Chileans."
To overcome the Idea that the in
habitants of the Latin countries are
descendents from the aborigines we
must remember that In the period of
discovery, conquest and colonization of
the western hemisphere that the best
blood of Europe came to the New
World. That Spaniards, Freshmen,
Englishmen and Portugese of nobility
led these movements and in great
numbers settled in the South American
countries. An Idea of the people now
to be found In South America, since
the recent German immigrations, may
be drawn from studying Mr. Brown's
letter farther:
"We have absorbed the prejudices
of the English against Latin morals
and methods. Morals, manners and
methods are largely dependent upon
longtltude, which is the substance of
Kipling's statement. We are insular
rather than broad in our consideration
of foreigners. When in Rio I was
quite amused at the account an edu
cated Brazilian gave of a visit of a rep
resentative of a leading American con
cern. He said he was told all about
the wealth and progress of the home
company, how many men they em
ployed, the size of their buildings, the
Importance of the business and the
general superiority of American pro
ducts and methods. He concluded by
saying 'He made me sleepy' which I
told him was a slight modification of a
good American slang phrase,
- "Mt brother's firm has the most
competent representative I know of.
While now an American, he was an
Australian by birth, had a French
mother and was educated at a Ger
man university. He1 has represented
m hmfher'a firm in London and
South Africa, has traveled extensively
and waa entirely "Sympatic" with tbe
Arp'ntino and had a great deal of
(Continued on Pajee Two.)
KIVK CKN'TS KR COl'Y
IIUSKERS WILL "DO
OR DIE" SATURDAY
Game Promises to Be a FVht
T.. XT-U- -1.- m
tmy ncujosiva onouia Cele
brate First Victory
Injuries Keep Howarth and Dale
uut But Lyman is Oood
Promise
When the Ames Cyclones arrive on
the field Saturday afternoon they will
find waiting for them eleven fighting
Cornhuskers determined to rln op Hla
The Nebraska team hag played four
games this seanon and this completes
an even hair of the 1919 schedule.
Not one of these frays has ended
with a victor yfor the Scarlet and
Cream. The Hunkers have been
pitted against the strongest aggrega
tions of the Middle West and have
emerged with only two defeats. But
the Nebraskans are confident they
will break the jinx Saturday and grab
a victory from the visiting Iowans.
The game promises, to be a fight
from start to finish. Ames held the
husky Jayhawklers to a scoreless tie
last week and believes she. can re
peat with the Cornhuskers. The Cy
clone team will average approximate
ly one hundred and seventy-five
pounds so the Huskers will outweigh
their opponents by a fair margin.
While weight is a dominant factor,
it does not necessarily mean victory
and unless Schulte's men exhibit
more fire and speed than was appar
ent in the recent Oklahoma clash, the
Cyclones may return to Ames with a
win over the Huskers.
Coach Schulte is making several
changes in the Cornhusker lineup and
just who will start the game against
the Iowans is now at matter of con
jecture, layman is showing up in
good form at full back and may pos
sibly be given a chance in this posi
tion Saturday. It is generally be
lieved that Hubka will start the
game in the backfield and this is wel
come news to Cornhusker faus. Hub
is a genuine old reliable and is al
ways good for a substantial gain.
Harry Howarth is the newest ad
dition to the injured list. Howarth
is nursing a bady sprained leg and
will probably be out of the running
for at least a week. Dale is still laid
up with a bum shoulder and will not
be able to figure in Saturday's game.
Jone's who was knocked out in Tues
day's practice, was out in the fight
again yesterday and will probably be
In shape for the tilt with the Cy
clones. INFLUENZA MADE
DRIVE A YEAR AGO
Memories of Troublesome Times
in 1918 When University
Closed
Surely you can't forget that about
this time last year we were still in the
power of old man "Flu." Some peo
ple have been so pessimistic and
hard-hearted as to suggest that we may
see a repitition of last year's epi
demic. Scientists have offered a suggestion
that possibly the influenza was a re
sult of great air disturbances, caused
by the terrific explosions of big guns:
and as a proof of their statements
say that this same epidemic raged in
Europe before it made its appearan
ces here, and then it was first seen
In the east, moving in a westward di
rection. During the early part of last year,
when the influenza was first hearu of,
instructions were read in all classes,
as a precautionary measure. But, it
seemed, this advice did little good, for
gradually the epidemic gained a foot
hold here, until in a comparatively
short time there were several hun
dred cases reported. Of these many
cases, only i very small percent were
fatal. Four hospitals on the campus
were established, and' many of the
nearby houses were pressed into ser
vice as infirmaries.
The most of the social aflairs of
the university were cancelled for a
time at least. The doors of the uni
versity officially closed on October 12
and were closed approximately three
weeks. Lincoln was anything but an
enlnrahl nlaee. with
school closeu.
Log-rblr some friends confined with
I the epidemic, no theaters or other
i pUces of entertainment to go to. and
I noLhlnr Dartiralar to do. unless you
were in the S. A. T. C where wey
found plenty for the soldiers to eo
during that time. Tbe studen' 1
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