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The Daily Nebraskan IrOlTxX. NO. 6C LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1921. PRICE FIVE CENTS AOS GATHER FOR BIG MEETING to Five Thuosand Will Be in Three Lincoln For Annual Gathering. ProminentMen to Talk joint Session Wednesday Afternoon to Feature Son.9 Important Men. The big event of the annual mnrtincs 'f te state agricultural cSns in Lincoln, January ! t0 7 will be the joint session of U the organizations in the Lin oln city auditorium Wrdncsdaj rrnoon. Governor McKelvie will presi-le at this meeting and among the speakers will be U J. Waters, editor of the Kansas City Weekly Star and an international fieurc in agriculture; and Secre tary Craig of the organization promoting the deep waterway from the T,reat LaLkes to the Atlantic ocean. Mr. Waters was formerly dean of'lhe Missouri Agricultural Ool ite and president of the Kansas Slate Agricultural College. Tie VRg prominently mentioned for sec retnry of agriculture in Presideni Wilson's cabinet and has been men tioned for the same position in Pre3 ident-elect Harding cabinet. The government sent him to the Philippine Islands to investigate agricultural con ditions and he has long been a prom inent figure in agriculture. Henry C. Wallace, mentioned for tne position of secretary of agriculture in President-elect Harding's cabinet, -will addreps the meeting of the Nebraska farm bureau federation Friday, Jan wry 7. Lake to Ocean Project. in bringing the lr..es-to-ocean proj t before the Nebraska farmers R1 the annual meetings, the committee In charge of organized agriculture says the loadinf, of ocean-going ves , gels at Chicago means a Dig m.u to the corn and wheat belt. It woulii place the seaports vrthln a thousand miles of Nebraska rarmers and re sult in a material saving In freigh' charges. The meetings this year will be the twentieth annual gatherings of the state agricultural associations. Be tween 3,000 and 5,000 farmers usualiy, attend. This is the first year the railroads have granted reduced fares, and the committee lu charge believes that this plus Intense Interest of fannes in organization will mean at least normal attendance. Several of the meetings this year are of Tin usual importance. The Ne braska Farm Bureau Federation will meet for the first t(me as an effec tive organization. It now represents between 40,000 and 50,000 farmers and a campaign is under way to in crease the membership. While the majoritv of the speakers on the vaHous programs are Nebras ka men and women, there are a nun ber from without the stste and sev eral with naiiral reputations ta their particular lii.es. The livestock mei will hear seme of ihe noted educators of the day, such as Prof. A. M. Pel Kinon of the Kansas state agricultural oollegc, a snocp authority of consid ersble repute, and Prof. L. A. Weavei of the Missouri agricultural college, a hog authoilty. Philip S. Rose, agricultural engl neerlng edilot of the Country Gentle fan, ip on the program of the Ne braska Fmit: Lquipw!cut association. (Continued on Page Four) SWIMMING TRYOUTS. Swimming team tryouts will be held In th pool of the city Y- M. C. A. today between 10 a"d 11 a. m. and 4 and 5 p. m. Those who cannot make this PPointment call at my office. (SiBned) F. W. LUEHRING. Girls Must Finish Hike Totals Soon Oirla who expect to earn Women's Athletic Association points in hikin,, must complete thirty miles by Janu ary 8. Twenty-five points are givey for hiking forty nines a semester Girls are required to go on rogula'- organized n!kc3 Conducted by a lend er chosen by the W. A. A. Notice of hikes are posted' on the W A. A. bulletin board. Hiking is one of the popuiar ac tivities sponsored by the W. A. A Katherine Wolfe is lender for this year. She will post a list on the W A. A. bulletin board with the number of miles each girl has hiked. If any one thinks she has hiked more mile than she is credited with she should report to Katherine Wolfe or tin women's athletic office Immediately. IS HONORED ONCE MORE Selected for Position on the Roll of Honor on Outing Magazine. Clarence Swanson, captain of tl.f 1921 football team, has been placed on the annual football honor roll presented each January by the Outing Magazine. This lint of men is can fully chosen by the prominent foot ball coaches of the United States Rich man is selected by at least two coaches for his all-round ability. This honor roll lists 156 men. Tlio number is large enough to allow a representation of practically every ma jor college In the United States. Tlus the list is more representative than the various all-Aii"!can teams. The article in the Outing Magazine reads in part as follows: , "It is Interesting to note that out of the 156 player son the list approx imately 25 per cent are claimed by eastern institutions, 34 per cent by conference, 16 per cent by the mid dle west. 14 per cent by mountain and coast, and 12 per cent by the southern colleges. "Wisconsin leads by a safe margin so far as the number of piaeis rt .ceiying honorable mention is con cerned. It boasts of eight In all, wliiie Illinois, Princeton, Ohio State and Georgia Tech are tied for second honors with six each. Harvard anil Washington and Jefferson are ttfirrt with five each. Bezdek Praises Game With Husker Eleven Hugo Bezdek, head coach of the Penn State team and director of ali athletics at the Blue and White ifj stitutlon, is authority for the statt ment that football fans in Pennsyl vania declared tke greatest game of the season to have been the Nebraska Penn State clash November 6. "In our game with Nebraska,'' says the crafty old Penn tutor, "thirty foi- ward passes were attempted about half the number of plays and spec tators declared it to be the greatest game that they had witnessed." Bezdek made the above statement in an article which appeared in the New York Times recently, in which Bezdek expressed himself against an changes In football rules with the exception of the abolition of the goal from touchdown. The article credited to Cc-pch Bez dek follows: "I should hate to see any radical changes made in the football rules, particularly with reference to the for ward pass," said Hugo Bezdek, head coach of the Penn State team and director of all athletics at the Blue and White Institution. Bezdek is en joying a well-earned rest over the Christmas holidays, following a lone hard gridiron season and a recent strenuous tour of Bpeech-making at various alumni banquets and gathe:-ings. i i i iluiur raitg Calendar TUESDAY, JANUARY 4. C. O. A. meeting, 7:15 p. m., Ne braska Hall. Vespers, 5 p. m., Ellen Smith Hall. Blackstone Club wneeting, 7:30 p m., Law Hall. Hastings club meeting, 7:30 p. m.. Law Hall. C. E. society meeting. Sigma Delta Chi dinner, 6 p. m Sil ver Lynx house. Committee of Two Hundred ban quet, 6 a m., Grand Hotel. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5. Convocation, 11 p. m., Temple. W. A. A. meeting, 7:30 p. m., Ellen Smith Hall. THURSDAY, JANUARY 6. Roscot Pound Club meeting, 7:30 p. m., Law Hall. FRIDAY, JANUARY . W. A. A. board meeting, 12 'm. Armory. Phi Kappa Psi House aancv. Kappa Alpha Theta House dance. Farm House Informal reception, El en Smith Hall. Green Goblins dance, Roewllde. 1 SATURDAY, JANUARY 8. PI Phi Chi party, Ellen Smith Hal Farm House banquet, Grand Hotel Girta' Hockey tournament, 10 a. m. athletic field. YOUNG VETERAN TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS Miroslav Marek Will Tell of His Ex periences in World War. Miroslav Marek, the world's young est war veteran, arrived In Lincoln today and will tell of some of his experiences at a special convocation in the Temple Wednesday morning at 11 okilcck. Several reels of motion pictures, depicting the great Sokio) tournament at Prague, will be shown in connection with the lecture. Marek enlisted wiih the Russian army at the age of ten, and a few months later ,was a full-fledged spy, determined to take the place of his father, who was killed before his eyes in the defense of Warsaw. For pro curing inlormation that resulted in the capture of two German divisions, Miroslav was decorated by Czar Nich olas himself at Riga with the Golden Cross of St. Georgv Saves President's Life. On the brink of the Russian revo lution, while Professor Masaryk, now president of the Czecho slovak Re public, and representatives of the Al lies were in council at a hall In v saw, deciding what wa6 to bo done In case Russia withdrew from the war, the hall was r.ttacked by the Bolshevik!. The delegates fled to the cellar, and Mlsoslav, with the sole machine gun possessed by the guard, stayed the attack, killing one of the leaders who war apwroa.ching with a bomb. President Masaryk decorated the lad and is defraying his expenses to America where Miroslav hopes to remain long enough to learn the lan guage and to school himself in Amer ican democracy. Joins Czech Army. After the Russian revolution he joined the Czech army and 6pent the rest of the war aa machine gunner dnd spy with the Czecho-Slovak le gionaires in Siberia, rendering serv ice for which he now holds four dec orations. A year ago he returned to Bohemia, spending six months in Japan, and several weeks in India. Egypt and Italy. In the presence of BoheTi'an-American visitors to the Sokol gymnast tournament at Prague last summer, Misoslav asked to be permitted to return with them to America. To this President Masaryk consented, promising to pay all ex penses. The ind is determined to earn hia own expenses, however, and is (Continued on Page Four) Chancellor Invited To Park Conference Chancellor Avery recently received a letter from Governor Harding of Iowa inviting hi mto attend the na tional conference on fiarks to be held January 10, 11 and 12 at Des Moines. In cast the Chancellor is unable t attend it is urgea that he send a dele Ration to '1 meeting. GGovernoi Harding in s-eking of the national jiaiks und their vse says; "I want to t a;- that any stale that' has lands or shorelines oi small money values :or industrial use has there a found u ion for people to i.sc us l ibi,r.''..oi ...s of science, place of recreation and enjoyment of scenery. As these are brought closer o Un people of modest resources, through goo'l and improving roads, and cheap and cheaper automobiles, sucn grounds ought to be set aside for the Ube and benefit of all." AMERICA MUST LOOK TO FUTURE SAYS PROFESSOR Nebraska Instructor Warns That Country Will Soon Find Keen Competition. A warning that America will have to learn to look ahead or else lose some of the opportunities that should bo hers, was sounded as the keynote of the address by Prof. Ernest Ander son before the jKiwanis Club on "South African Trade Friday. Pro fessor Anderson was for three yea; professor of agriculture chemistry in the University of South Africa a; Pretoria, and Is now professor of gen eral chemistry at the University ol Nebraska. "The American business men as a whole are too egotistical and self-sat isfied and not sufficiently far-seeing," was the conclusion drawn by the speaker. Himself a thoroughgoing American, he commended the Eng lish for their foresight and thought for the future. Professor Anderson said in part "American vessels are sailing for African ports loaded with goods and coming back empty, and unless this condition is remedied, our African trade will be lost, Africa imports manufactured goods almost altogether and most of these from America. A notable exception is threshers which they say are made better in England, and if America is not to lose he- su premacy in manufactures it behooves her to study the products of otner .countries. Exports Are Heavy. "Africa exports principally gold, diamonds, coal, wool, hideB, ostrich plumes, tanbark and a little com, es timated some day to be a much la.ger factor. Meat, sugar, cotton, tobacco, and fruit are also destined to be ex ported In large quantities. To get her share of African trade, America must meet British competition and British prejudice, must make her product for exchange either better or cheaper than BriUsh manufactures, or both, and must spend money to work up trade. British imperialism is based on a desire to increase markets, and I believe the United States 6hould have a similar policy. No one vtio hasn't been there -can realize the strength of the prejudice in favor of British goods r.rd Britain as a mar ket, and American traue must contrive to break down this prejnulce and con vince Africa thiT. she should trade with America." Sargent James Is Warrant Officer Sergeant James James of the De partment of Military Science and Tac tics was discharged Tuesday and ap pointed as warrant officer, to he sta tioned at the University. 'me posi tion of warrant officer is a new one authorized by the national defense act of June 4, 1920. It Is appointive and ranks between first sergeant and sec ond lieutenant. E WIIH ILLINOIS Nebraska Wins First Game, But Loses Second By Close Score. Schissler Five Superior Scarlet and Cream Demonstrate Worth on Floor of lllinl at Urbana. CHAMPAGNE, 111., Jan. 3. (Special to the Nebraskan). Illinois defeated Nebraska here tonight in a fast basketball game by the score of 26 to 24. The Iluskers put up a splendid fight but fell before the onslaught of her opponents. The Illinois men. stung by their defeat Saturday, tore into the Nebraska quintet with a vim and took the game by the mere margin of one field goal. The Iluskers ran the floor time and again for goals but were un able to get a lead over their opponents strong enough to in sure victory. Nebraska led until the last few minutes of the game, when a spurt permitted Illinois to win by a slight margin. Nebraska inaugurated the 1921 bas ketball season with a victory ovei the University of Illinois qumtet o;i New Tear's day. The Huskers displayed their old time form and were never deprived of the lead during the game. Coach Schiss.er used the "pony" team, throughout the entuv game. Illinois is considered as having at gooo. a basketball five as any team in the Big Ten conference and the victoiy over the Indians gives the Corn'iuskers a front seat in basket ball circles. The Huskers play one more game with the Illinois team, one contest with vie. Illinois Wesleyan quintet and a game with the Bloomington Athletic Club before returning to Llnjoln. The win orci the Illinois five makes the other contests appear as almost cer tain victories. Coach Schissler Pleased. Coach Schissler was well pleased with the showing made by the team and offered very little criticism on the manner in which the team showed tip in the contest. Following is an account of the gam, leceivcd by the Omaha World Her aid: l,cd by Midget Siolth, the visitors openc-d up after the first few minutes of oi and o:ied up seven baskets in the first half. Smith made four of the markers. Illinois' scores in the first half were confined to four bas ketB by Reitscb and two free throws. Smith, Berklns and Patty chared honors In the second half though (Continued on Page S) BACK BASKETBALL. The basketball games will be held at the State Coliseum commencing January 14 and 15 Director Fred W. Leuhring has requested that every organiza tion in school get behind the team and lend all the support possible. After the game Saturday eve- ning there will be dancing with music furnished by a large orchestra. Entertainment wiil will be furnished as well as re f rehments. Director Frul Luehring has requested that these two nighta be made closed nights by every organization in school. This will be in the form of a reception to the basketball team after their successful ilnvasition of the east. Additional detaiks v.-ill be In tomorrow's paper. USHERS III