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i it .... THE DAILY NEBRASKA N BENGSTOfl WRITES OF THE WILDERNESS LIFE IN FAR-OFF HONDURAS human abode, are full of malaria in many places and its effecta are pitiable." Yours truly, (Signed) N. A. BENGSTON. Nebraska "U Professor on Leave of Absence in South America Describes Customs of Country. Prof. N. A. llengston, who has been granted a leave of absence to do geological survey work in Honduras, has written the following Interesting letter to Miss Anderson of the Geog raphy Department: "In Camp Near Tutlcalpa, Honduras. March 8, 1920. Hear Miss Anderson: "Just a few lines to let you know that we are safe, even if out in the wilds. I use the term correctly for much of the country is a true wilder ness and of mountainous topography. It is not uncommon to catch glimpses of deer in the underbrush and those inclined to hunting go out with lights on dark nights and get a deer or two within a short time. The woods are said to harbor many monkeys and tigers, but so far I have only seen Ihe hides of dead ones. "We have now completed 192 miles of tnuleback traverse so I feel quite well accustomed to the saddle. In asmuch as we cannot buy any sup plies to speak of in the country we are obliged to carry quite a heavy cargo and hence traveling is slow, for j we cannot go faster than our packs, namely twelve to eighteen miles per day. The party that I have includes two assistants, one a geology student from Missouri and the other a Guatemalan-American who serves as chief steward and interpreter. We have three riding mules and four cargo mules and two natives who care for them and do our rough work, such as getting wood and water. The cooking is done by the assistants, while my camp duties consist of caring for the tent, making beds, etc. This is suffi cient, however, for I have to spend from one to two hours each evening writing up notes and making my map of the day's travels. There are no roads at all in this country and most of the places marked on the maps as towns are only small groups of mud or adobe huts, and many of them do not exist at all unless it is in the mind of the map maker. Now on Two Mouths' Trip "The trip we are now on will take nearly two months to complete, so we do not expect to teach Tegucigalpa again before about the tenth of April. There are some features of this coun try that are quite desirable. For in stance, it is possible to produce some of the finest oranges and bananas in the world, but now lack of transpor tation facilities also Fpells lack of markets. We buy splendid fnilt of the kinds named at from one cent to three cents per dozen. Wouldn't it make the children of Lincoln happy if they could buy for a nickel as many bananas as they could carry? "And then mild winters cause easy cattle raising, grass-fed all the year, and no losses because of snowstorms and blizzards. But these advantages carry with them a bunch of disad vantages that are fully compensating. A climate so warm that vegetation stays green the year round is also favorable for the development of enemies, from microscopic sizes to those large enough to rend and tear. Valleys, (he places best adapted for AVERY EXPLAINS ABOUT DECISION (Continued from Page One) lng of a willingness to live up to the Conference rules is without founda tion in fact. While in the Conference Nebraska has never failed to live up to the rules of the Conference. The game at Omaha was played and the Rutgers contract made while out of the Conference. Nebraska will re main out of the Conference until its single contract not in accordance with present Conference rules is no longer cn the books. "The Conference was most friendly and cordial and both motions were passed unanimously. No discussion whatever took place in regard to past differences between Nebraska and Conference members." Martha Haley, '23, is 111 at the Delta Gamma house. A. V. Kogelson, "16, of Stromsburg. is a guest at the Farm House. F HOT OFF THE BAT The University of Kansas will play all the Missouri Valley Conference teams with the exception of Washing ton and Grinnell. Coach Leon Mc carty reports the prospects as excel lent. Coach Lafitte's team at Swarthmore will play twenty-one games. Dart mouth has sixteen pitchers, the larg est number in years, according to Coach resieau. New Hauiprnire has eight letter men of last year's team back in school. Johnny Miller is again coaching the Missouri team, and has thirty-five men who look good enough for Varsity positions. Missouri will play a sched ule of sixteen conference games. At Tulane there is much sorrowing because the Athletic Council decided to have track rather than baseball this spring. Auburn is facing a stiff schedule, Including games with Georgia Tech, Furman, Clemson, South Carolina, and the University of Michigan. The Ala bama Polytech team is also figuring on a game with the Boston Braves. The University of Colorado an nounces that it has secured a coach "second to none" in Myron E. Witham, all- American quarterback during his Senior year at Dartmouth, where he starred in football, baseball and track. After graduating, Witham coached at Mercersburg and Purdue. He arrived in Boulder on April 1 to take charge of baseball. At Stanford University. California, the board of athletic control dis missed Football Coach Evans. The students resented this action, and 500 members of the 6tudent body formed a parade, headed by the band, to dis play their protest against this action. San Francisco papers are mentioning Dean Walker, former Oregon athlete and assistant to Huga Bezdek, as Evans' probable successor. W Drink DELICIOUS and REFRESHING I;' 1 , Quenches 'ttiirst I pf Jj Touches ,hc S, M f$j&S$ For Our Old "Grad" HUSKERS LEAVE FOR OKLAHOMA Continued From Pae One) by Coach Schissler Monday afternoon. The baseball mentor believes he has a string of slab artists that will turn the tide of battle for four victories. In Tickett the Scarlet and Cream places much confidence. He is a veteran twirler and a heavy slugger. Kline and Williams have yet to make their bow to the collegiate diamond. Each of these men are expected to hurl their wares this week proving that they are of big league caliber. The following men will make the Southern trip: Lynn, Bailey, Bekins, McCrory, Hubka, Graves, Wythers, Crandall, Swanson, Cerny, Kline, Pickett, Williams and Russell. PERSHING Vote today for one of Nebraska Univer sity's most honored Alumni who as a Ne braskan has won the confidence and respect of the world. If you live in Lincoln vote at your accus tomed polling place. If you live out in the State go to any poll and mail your vote home. Stand for Nebraska Vote for PERSHING OF NEBRASKA For Presideni IMPORTANT So that the will of Nebraska will not be de feated at the Convention it is essential that you vote also for the following named candi dates for delegates: For Delejjates-at-Large Vote for 4 Titus Lowe Elmer J. Burkett Charles H. Kelsey George S. Austin For Alternate-at-Large Carl E. Herring First District Delegates Vote for 2 Mark W. Woods Andrew P. Moran First District Alternate Ida Dunbar A Real Nebraska Delegation FACULTY NOTES Prof. F. W. Upson and D. J. Brown have returned from a meeting of the American Chemical Society in St Louis. At the meeting of the council, of which Dr. Upson was a member, it was voted to establish a section of the society in Omaha. The society in general has 15,000 members and is the largest one of the sort in the world. A program was given by the follow ing divisions: Agriculture and Food Chemistry, Biological Chemistry, Fer tilizer Chemistry, Industrial and En gineering Chemistry, Organized Phar maceutical Chemistry and by the sec tion devoted to the chemistry of rub ber and of water and sanitation. A meeting of the Chemistry Section will be held a week from Tuesday in Chemistry Hall when these two men will give a report of the St Louis meeting. LOST In men's locker room, white sweater trimmed with blue. Blue E on breast Finder please return to Student Activities office or call F1594 DANCERS COMING TO ORPHEUM h X. Vt r r t - ' ! e, fi,. 4- The Marion Morgan Dancers will be the extraordinary headline attraction presented by Martin Beck at the Orpheom Theater for the week beginning Wednesday matinee. There are a score of these wonderful dancers in a spectacular dance drama of the time of Attua, and Jt is one of the most artistic offerings of modern vaudeville. n 177 Lfjt at