The Daily nebraskan
VOL. XIX
miMKilY WILL IIOiSOR GEIIERAL
PERSHING DURING THE HOLIDAYS
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DCEMBEIil8, 1919.
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Vacation Will not Prevent Giving
the General a Great Re
ception. Although General Pershing's visit
toy "in will come in the midst of
he Christmas vacation, the unlversl
v will extend a hearty welcome and
wym honor the general as an alumnus
sometime during his stay in the city.
" He of the fact that nearly all unl
verslty students will be at homo dur
Z h's visit, those in charge of the
urogram believe that a large number
Jill T return for the occasion. Conse
nuently. elaborate preparations hav
Ln made to honor General Persuing.
Definite announcement of the program
and the plans for the reception upon
hlB arrival, will be made public as
soon as complete. .
The local committee at first planned
to use the members of the unlveisity
r 0 T- C. in the reception ceremon
ies on December 24, but after consul
tation with Colonel Morrison it was
abandoned as impracticable because
it comes in the midst of vacation.
"The city should make the biggest
showing it has ever made." said
Mayor Miller Tuesday noon, following
his conference with the governor.
The question of money will not be
considered in the demonstration. The
public will be asked to decorate and
in other ways pay homage to the
great general an3 former command
ant of Nebraska. City and state are
ready to throw open all doors to John
Pershing.
The reception wil be strictly infor
mal, and the public will be admitted j
to the governor's office in a continuous
line, giving everyone a chance to meet
General Pershing. The honored guest
will arrive in Lincoln the day before
Christmas, and the reception will be
held In the state capltol building th
evening of December 26. The general
asked that no functions be planned
for Christmas day. The reception
committee includes Adjutant General
Paul, chairman; Chartes Schwarts, W.
E. Hardy. S. H. Burnham, and Robert
.Joyce. -
General Pershing sent the following
telegram in answer to Mayor Miler's
query: :
"I greatly appreciate your telegram
of December 10 and will be most hap
py to attend public meeting or Infor
mal reception at such time as is con
venient to cltliens after midday De
cember 24 and not on Christmas. I
am looking forward with great pleas
ure to my return to Lincoln."
Pershing.
Plans for the. university's part In
the welcome of General Pershing are
at present in the hands of a committee
of the University senate. A special
university ceremony Is being planned
for some time during his stay.
General Pershing will And alumni of
the University of Nebraska in Lincoln
already busy In honoring him in an
other way when he arrives. The na
tional campaign to deaft the Nebraska
general for the presidential race was
Carted In Lincoln last week and an al
umni Pershlngfor-Presldent club has
been formed. Letters have been sent
to over 10,000 alumni all over the Uni
ted States asking them to Join In the
movement. Telegrams received from
a large number of these men Indicate
that, almost to a man, they will back
General Pershing for the honor.
Cam to Nebraska in 1891
General Pershing came to NebiaBka
In 1891. shortly after he was graduat
ed from fhe West Point Military acad
emy. As a lieutenant at that tlm6. he
was commandant of the university ca
dets. He remained In Nebraska in
this capacity until 1895, and during
Ms time organized the Pershing
Rifles, the crack cadet company
of the university.
While commandant. General Per
ching entered the college of law In
1891, the second vr of its existence.
and was graduated from this college In
1893. During a part of this time, he
as also instructor in mathematics.
CONVOCATION
Mis. Lillian II. Polley will give a
voice recital this morning at 11:30
in the Temple Theater. Miss Mar
guerite Klinker will assist at the pia
no with the following program:
, Care Solve from Atlanta, Handel.
Le Solr, Ambrolse Thomas.
Le Pstpillon, Poudraln.
Mlml Finson from La Boheme,
Leon Vavallo.
Folk Songs.
Migonette, Old French.
No, John, Old English.
The Wintry Wind, Old Russian.
Rachmanloff, O Thou Billowy Har
vest Field, Tolstoi.
UNIVERSITY MEN WILL
DISCUSS WAGE SYSTEM
RED GROSS INSTITUTE
TO TRAIN SECRETARIES
FOR HOME SERVICE
Yhe department of sociology at the
university In co-operation with the
Red Cross has planned an institute
for the training of home service sec.
retaries. which will be given during
the second semester.
In the central division, Institutes
are being given In a similar way at
the Universities of Iowa and Wiscon
sin, and in the Chicago school of Civ
ics and Philanthropy.
The purpose of the institute is to
prepare candidates for paid positions
In home service which, since the close
of the war, has been extended beyon
the caie of soldiers, dependents to
geneial family rehabilitation.
The Red Cross has now more appli
cations for positions as home serv
ice secretaries than it can fill, partic
ularly from semi-rural communities,
where there are few social agencies
functioning.
The course Is open to seniors and
graduate students who have special
ized in sociology, and to mature per-
sous, who havo had experience hi so
cial work.
Applications for Admission
Applications must be made through
the department of sociology at the uni
verslty, for admission to the course
A maximum of fifteen students is sei,
partly because the city offers only
limited facilities for the field work
which comprises an Important part of
tha rormlred schedule. The courses
will carry regular university creuu
and will entitle the student to the Red
Cross certificate.
SUPERVISED STUDY BEING
TESTED IN ENGLISH CLASS
An Interesting experiment to deter
minn the value of supervised study Is
now being conducted In the Teachers'
Colleae under the direct supervision
of Professor Stuff. An English class
has been divided Into two groups. The
students of the class are first tested as
to their mental capacity and powers
of achievement, their literary abl'ity
and their rapacity f.r interpreta
Hon.
One division of the clans is p. iced
imdap ail nrvied study and the other
wnrki in the a. usual unsupervised
manner. At the close of the semester
the students will again be scientlcally
tented.
Thin i th largest project of this
bind ver attempted In America and
the result will no doubt be looked for
ward to with a great deal of Interest
throughout the world of education.
Smarting Words
M.Tinn! "Why. of course. I like
you; haven't I danced with you six
imoa thin afternoon?
He- "But I don't see any proof In
that"
Maxlne: "You would if you knew
how badly you danced."
University men wil get an oppor
tunity to discuss the high cost of liv
ing and the wage and profit quesUon
at the Forum meeting at the universi
tv Y. M. C. A. today from 6 to 0 o'
clock. Under tb.9 leadership of Rev.
Harry Huntington, university pastor
for the Methodist churches of Lin
coln. The questions, "What is a legi
timate profit?" and "What Is a fair
wage?" will be taken up. The meet
ing will be thrown open to discussion
and every man will get a chance to ex
press his opinion. This will be the
second meeting of the Forum ana Irom
the interest shown in the first meeting
it is sure to be Interesting. The ques
tions are of vital interest to everyone
today and are well worth discussion.
UNIVERSITY CLOSES
6 P.M. FRIDAY
PATT AT.T AW flrtnTF.TV
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
At a special business meeting of
the Palladlans held Tuesday noon,
the following officers were elected:
President, Ben Huntington.
Vice-president, Genevieve Freeman.
Secretary, Bertram Ellsworth.
Corresponding secretary, Howard
Holm.
Historian, Ray Cowan.
Critic, Paul Connor.
Reporter, Ned Fisher.
Chairman program committee,
Chester Fisher.
Chairman Social committee, Fran
ces Maynard.
Chairman music committee, Jimmle
Wilson.
Chairman hall committee, Ida Carr.
Hobarl Bancroft.
The meeting this week will be
held at the home of Evelyn Cald
well, at 1919 E streit. It Is to be a
hard-time party and will be the last
meeting before the holidays.
Chancellor Avery Issues Letter
and Extends Holiday Greet
ings to University.
BASKET TOSSERS Will INITIAL ,
GAME OVER MORHIDE MAROONS
TWO NEW CLUBS ARE
GIVEN RECOGNIT1UJN
Two clubs were given recognition,
the Randolph club and the Beaver
City club, according to an announce
ment made Tuesday by Miss Hepp-
nor, dean of women. Margaret Buol
was elected president of the Randolph
club.
The Beaver City club has a member
ship of twenty-five. The officers are: J.
R. Overturf, president; Edith Allls,"
vice-president; Merlin Garey, secre
tary; and Irving Butler, treasurer.
The women's pre-medic society
withdrew its request to become a sep
arate organization from the men's pre
niedlc society.
The university will close for the
ChrlBtmas vacation at 6 o'clock Friday
evening, as prevlou-ly announced, was
the word given out from the Chance-
lor s office Wednesday. With the worst
of the coal situat'on over, and with
plenty of coal on hand to last to the
end of the week, all classes will con
tinue to run on the reduced schedule
until Friday night.
This will be closing two days carll
er than according to the . schedule
given out at the first of the year,
which set ve date for the holidays to
begin the evening of the 23rd of De
cember. These two days lost will b&
made up later In the year when work
will continue on Charter and Omaha
day. It Is the plan to merge Omaha
Day with the football game at Omaha
in Ihi fall.
Chancellor Avery's Letter
Chancellor Avery Bends the follow
Ing letter and extends holiday greet
ings to all connected with the instltu
tlon:
To the Faculty and Students:
As previously announced, the unl
verslty will close for the holidays at
6 p- m. on December 19th. The lab
oratories will be open, however, on
the forenoon of the 20th in order thai
students may have an opportunity to
make up back work.
During the holiday season most of
the buildings will be drained to pre
vent the bursting of pipes and will re
main entirely unheated. This will cause
some Inconvenience to professors and
others, but Is regarded as desirable on
account of the fuel situation:
Every effort will be made during
the holidays to secure such supplies
of coal and to make such arrange
ments for future deliveries as to per
mit the university to run on full time
schedule and with ample heat when
the university resumes its session.
The shortening of the "school year
by two days, which would result
through not holding sessions on the
22d and 23d will be made good by
continuing regular work on Charter
Day and Omaha Day. Our Omaha
friends have already suggested that
this day be merged with the football
game at Omaha held in the fall. Ac
cording to this program the university
will teach the same number of days as
the schedule requires and end accord
ing to schedule on June 7th.
During the trying conditions in the
past two or three weeks the attitude
of an overwhelming majority of the
student body has been most gratify
ing. The young men and young wo
men of Nebraska, even when tempo
rarily put to unavoidable physlca' dis
comfort, have shown that they are no
weaklings.
Wishing the compliments of the
season to all In any way connected
with the institution, I remain
, Sincerely yours,"
S. Avery, Chancellor.
NEBRASKA MAY HAVE
DORMITORY SYSTEM
Chancellor and Regents Propose
Buildings to uost $iuu,uw
Each.
ALUMNI SUPPORTING
GENERAL PERSHING
FOR NEXT PRESIDENT
Nebraska will be provided with a
dormitory system In the near future If
tentative plans made by Chancellor
Avery and the board of regents can
be carried out. The plan calls for a
system of dormitories to cost $100,000
apiece. The dormitories will be close
to the university campus and will ac
commodate 100 persons In each build
Ing. Girl's dormitories will be built
first.
The regents are not depending on
an appropriation from the legislature
to carrv out this plan. Financial
backing from private sources is ex
nected to make the system possible.
Later, when the dormitories are in op
eration, the money will be repaid from
a sinking fund.
The dormitory system will fill a long
felt need at Nebraska. With the num
ber of Btudents Increasing every year,
rnniitttpa for carlne for them have
been Inadequate to meet the demands
Without the erection of a system of
dormitories it will soon be necessary
to turn away students because of lack
of accommodations. At Chicago Uni
versity this fall it was necessary to
turn away 2,000 students because of
the crowded conditions. Wisconsin
University was so pressed for room
this year that it was forced to turn
the gymnasium Into sleeping quarters
Nebraska will soon be In the same
nnnrHtinn unless dormitories can be
provided.
Building plans for the dormitory call
for a structure similar to Bessey hall,
which can be extended as conditlonc
may require. Each room will be built
to accommodate two persons. On the
prnnnH floor of the building there will
be a cafeteria or some other eating ar
rangement. A requirement may be
made that all first and second year
Rtiirients live In dormitories. This
would lead to better discipline and en
rouraee the growth of a democratic
spirit, it is thought. Fraternity hous
es would be then only used by the
men of the two upper classes. Fresh
men and sophomore pledges would be
lodged In the dormitories.
BENGSTON WILL SPEAK
ABOUT SWEDEN BEFORE
SIGMA GAMMA EPSILOK
Professor N. A. Bengston of the ge
ography department will give a talk
before Sigma Gamma EpsUon, geologi
cal fraternity, the first week after
vacation, on "Economic Resources of
Sweden."
Professor Bengston has a carefully
selected collection of colored lantern
slides which he has Just completed.
His talk will be of Interest to the gen
eral public, and the fraternity extends
a cordial Invitation to all.
The meeting will probably be held
In the chemistry lecture room. An
nouncement will be made later
The movement to back General
John J. Pershing for president has
been approved by alumni of the Uni
versity of Nebraska in all parts of the
country, according to reports received
at the city headquarters here, one
hundied telegrams were sent out Sun
day by - the Alumni ''Pershing for
President" club to Nebraska Alumni,
and already twenty-five replies have
been received from former university
men who have promised their hearty
support in the campaign.
George L. Sheldon, republican gov
ernor of Nebraska from 1906 to 1908
and now living In Greenville, Miss.,
was among the first to reply. Ex-gov
ernor Sheldon wired the state com
mittee, "Count on me with you for
Pershing."
Paul Pizey, secretary of the Alumni
Club of Idaho, for Boise, wrote that
the club will give its entire support
He also believed that Idaho as a state
will sunDorf Pershing if an Idaho
man is not put in the race. Edwin
Caniack of Kansas City Alumni Club
wired that the Pershing organization
here may count on every Kansas City
Alumni almost to a man.
The first word from the East came
from A. F. Wood of Berwyn, Mary
land, president of Maryland Agricultu
ral College, as follows: "General Per
shing Is a man In every way worthy of
the ereat honor and high trust. He
would serve the United States In the
capacity of president with the same
fidelity and success that character
ized his service in helping win the
war." Mr. Wood assured the organl
zation of his hearty support.
The telegram front Edwin Camack
at Kansas City read as follows: "Your
telegram received. You can count on
all the University of Nebraska Alum
ni here almost to a man, regardless
of politics. It is our own loss If we
do not grasp the opportunity to nom
Inate and elect the one great man of
the hour. My services are at your
command."
Harvey Rathbone. chairman of the
executive committee of fhe Alumni
"Pershing for President" Club, an
nounced Tuesday morning that In
structions would be sent to alumni In
all parts of the country asking tneni
to take the lead in forming Pershing
clubs wherever they have not already
been organized.
The alumni feel that although Per
shlng is a native of Missouri, and of
the little town of Laclede, he belongs
to Nebraska and Nebraska university,
for the great services which he ren
dered here.
Awgwans Out Tomorrow
The December number of
A. Single copies may be pur
Awgwan will be ready for dis
tribution tomorrow at Station
chased there or at the College
Huskers Outclassed the Visiting
" iiuujj jjong cna oi
37-14 Score,
Completely outclassing tlm Mnminir.
side Maroon's, Coach SchlRRWa Whr.
ker basket-tossers started the 1919
season with a victory yesterday af
ternoon on the homf floor. The three
clever combinations of Nebraska each
found little difficulty in outplaying the
visiting Iowans. The final count wa
37-14 which Indicates that the Husk
ers had everything their own way.
The Armory was crowded to the limit
with enthusiastic Cornhusker rooters
and the cadet band was out in full
force cheering the speedy. Huskers to
fight to the last.
Schissler chos9 the quintet consist
ing of Patty, Hussey, Munn, Schellen
berg, and Paynter to start the fray and
these artists played throughout the en
tire first half. Mornineside started
the scoring, breaking loose and reg
istering two baskets. The Ice once
broken, however, the Huskers were
not slow in getting their stride and
when the half ended, the count was 16
to 7 In favor of Nebraska. Munn was
the Huskers' chief point getter during
the first period, gathering three field
goals. Hussey, Paynter, and Schel-
lenberg each made cne counter and
Patty chalked up for three throws.
Clapper shone for the Maroons, mak
ing two baskets, each being a long
shot.
When the second half started, an
other Nebraska combination appeared
on the floor to battle the Maroons.
Russel, Smith, Bekins, Newman,
and Bailey were Schlssler's choice
this time and proved themselves to
be the cleverest quint on the entire
field. Smith led in the scoring with
four goals, Russell gleaned two and
Bailey one. The team work of this
crew was of the highest order and
at times the Maroons were complete
ly bewildered by the speedy work of
the Huskers. Near the end of the
game Schissler sent his third bunch
into the game. Collins, Pickett, Jung-
meyer. Howart, and Stromer made
up this five and whihvtlreywerem
the game they held the visitors
scoreless. Collins and Jungmeyer
each registered one basket.
The results of the first game are
very gratifying to the coaches, the
team and the general public. The
Huskers show promise of develop
ing into one of the cleverest teams a
the country. The stiff schedule
ahead of them will afford ample op
portunity for them to exhibit their
Drowess against some of tne very
strongest aggregations In the west.
The Huskers will clash with the Ma
roons again today at 4:30 In the Ai-mory.
Lineups and summary:
Nebraska (37)
Plavers Pos. FG FT fir rr r
Hussey F 1
Patty P 0
Munn C 3
Schelletiberg ..G 1
Paynter G 1
RllRBOll F 2
Smith P
Bekins C
Newman G
Bailey G
Collins P
Pickett F
Jungmeyer C i 1
Howarth C ft
Stromer G 0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total - 16 .
Morning Side (14)
Clapper 2
Balkema F 1
Shafenberg C 0
Wenlg 0 1
Lloyd O 0
Fouke C
orapaugh ..-.-.Q
Evans -P
Mlchelson V 1
6 7 1 37
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
0
6
A
0
0
s
Total
4 6 1
Referee, Jones of York.
Timekeeper. Riddell oi
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Admission
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THURSDAY
4:30 P. M.
Basket Ball
MORNINGSIDE vs. NEBRASKA
Get the
Spirit!
