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T If Vi DAM N IS H U SKA N STEELE HOLCOMBE HIES jp EGYPT Nebraska Grad Tells of Y. M. C. A. Work in Egypt And Of Conditions There. Secretary Hill Utiy received a let tor yesterday from C. Steele llokomlu: 1C, who la dolus Y. M. C. A. work In Kpypt. Mr. llolionibo was very liroininent la school affairs whilj he was In school ami many students will be glad to hoar from him. The letter follows: Cairo, Ks.vi't. November LM, l!'2l I"ear I'ni. Friends: To Rivo yon some idea of the prob lem 'ins a Christian organization in y' .. am enclosins a copy of Or. Zweiner's article publishe.l in "The Moslem World." which give sone il hmiinating lads about this great city. V.'e a: e now deep in plans for open injr work amoni; Kn.vti;i:is. Hitherto tlu.ro li.iss lieen onlv work for Am; ri- cans and KiislisMinon. Thk". "bcKinniny; prooesii" promises to take some '.hue, and foundations must 1).' laid for eve rythingcommittees, membership an.' basis, finance, bniMies and eiinipmcnt, cte. Yon will be clad to know that the .secretarial staff for the Cai.o asso-! ciation now includes t!i:vo Ameri' ms. j Messrs. I). H. Atwell. C. S. Nolcombe. and V. It. Smith: and .Messrs. Mac Queen. Richmond and Const r-y-lino J from Croat Britain. j The crisis anticipated in the politi cal conditio, 1 has com:. N'e.uotia'.ions between the Kjryptian and British PICTURE OF C. R. GRAY IN EXECUTIVE 0FFICE3 A largo picture of President C. H. Grniy, of tho Union Pacific Railway company has been received by the I nivevsl? of Nebraska asrKiltiml college anl now ltaiiga in on: oi executive vl i es President dray sponsored the plan whereby boys- in many Nebraska counties can by their achievement in the. corn, wheat and potato projects of the agricultural college'.' Junioi (dub work win $75 scholarships to as sist in imvinir their expenses in any of tho various corusos in the agricul tural eollnire nnd school of agriiul- turo at Lincoln. It is expeCed that 15 to 20 boys will be able to take advantage of these scholarships aft er the first of the year, 10-2. The agricultural college pe:.p!e in the University of Nebraska appre ciate the efforts of such education al supporters as! President Jiay. This contest among the boy 3 Cuius "ill enable the rcricultura! l-icc a. id the school of agriculture i" widen tin ir fields of educational u" ui :ice aii.torially during the next C p years. SEARSON TALKS ON OKLAHOMA CONTEST Talks to' Community Problems Class cf Better Cities Con test in South Last Year. i'.il. J. W. Soar on oi the Unhorsi ty extension depart. lo ut spoke tj Dr. ilatl.e l'ilim Williams' (lass in "Cum l.iniiiiy 1'ioi.l ms'' locoiitiy on the "Btitir Cities Contest" carried on in Oklahoma iasi yea. The contest or lgnate.; when the Shawnee Oklahoma Kotiiry cltib onered a Jl'.iiOi) jiri;:e to tiie city showing the most improie lii tin in one ;.r. In tins contest in which .i i . Sea.. -an was one of tin. governments have broken down. No- j judgt s, two: v.- cities v re competing bodv can foretell what tho u!t i:na:.-! ''h lalm u 11:0 -';'"' v-' ; " tI"' s; ttU hu nr. will ho. The country is di- r two K.-yjiti.ui Iead( n.o:e or less uni ed ui! tiling like fere: i basis of :ci i).ii....s ouJinod by j William A. .MiKcee.- as a rcoiv s'n.'i her eiti.-s. Tho tea po.Dts a.e: I'iay. ! ire.usti y. sciuiois, iieaiih, scoiitcraft. ;iu).;.l saieuaru, socialibility, ro'.g: oi. s .vice and lion: ing. It i.- ihtt icsl.n.4 t,t nu'.ice .- issue of the e:'f , ;s tiie "Bet,., r Cities (Viresl" has had aon u'.i o! tho (itios in tiio contest. Newspapers. A!ti.,:t'.gh the armistice confer1 nco was i.i si ss:on, tin; ! tier dies urn t st was given 'op liners and entire page head;, in every city visited. The local publicity givi n by ;!io ws j'aj.ers to the better cities contest a.ied in amoniiiit fioin Rio columns to 517 (Piling the year. In every town j w her i the newspapers were aiving j .his publicity practically every citizen i was a subscriber to the local news- VideJ b iweel but eudciitly n.o:e or less imi;od m oppov.tion to iu;j tiling like ler.vcn control. The chief (lifi'icui'.y in the nogo'la tiens sic::i to have In n the malte. ot adequat"!y safeguarding the Suez ca nal. I believe the i:- also a vil.il dii le.enee in point of view rega "din'.' control of finance and justice within the country. One's sympathy is naturally with tho Kgpytians. but at the same tim one has to face the fads in a country liim.ty per cent illiterate, where poli tical power is centered in a smah group of Moslem laiid-owne. s. Tin nathr- Christian community numb'-; only about .Mw.inm. whi'e the foreign ers of va;-ieU3 nationalities probably ai.v. do not exet-e i ."ua.ooe. The commercial j Churches and Sunday Schools, fiiterp: iso of the country is preitvj Church and Sunday school atteiid ni'.ich in the hands of Creeks. Ii aii'ins. ' :! I;,(" "i' cities was increased from Kngl.sh and French. It would seem!"'" to 10'J per c.-nt. A large number n'ce.-sary therefore, that a!on with fooms we. e provided and many n w seUgovernmeiit, ther eshould be -ome ! modern churebis wire built or phi'in- of advice and heip from out-1 pa. J no cinu clies generally aUojited practical problem s e-.s toltlifJ policy of ri guiarly advertising in the oewspap.r. ft b( nieasu . Tli to combine freedom with a reallv nsponsiblt: government, and devi'dnr measures whereby advice and assist NEB FOLK anco may not become dom ination and pat( rnalif m. If you aie specially interested in the political problem here you ".'ill find Sir Valentine Chirol's recent hook "The Egyptian Problem" (Mac.M ilhui i a fair criticism of both B. iiish admin istration and the national weaknesses and women's clubs, Recreation. In all cities tho need to provide 'ars or play centers, better playground equipment, and finer indoor and out door recreations -wn? clearly recog nized. Safeguarding public dances, 'ton- troling motion picture theaters, and organizing true merrymaker's (dubs wero activities generally espoused by tho better cities movements. Business men's clubs openly condemn ed tho use of cigarettes and the mem- bois refused to set bad examples for children. Tho baedfl-to-the-home movement was clearly evident everywhere Homes were mado modern, more pleasant for children, and parents began to show a willingness to as sume completer responsibility for the control of their children. Home tasks and home recreations were more de finitely provided. Every city in the contest improved materially in appearance. Housewives painted, lavvns neatly trimmed, park ings cared for, streets paved or curb ed, and back yards an dalleys cleared Tices were planted, parks were im proved, new city buildings wero erect ed with due regard to architectural beauty, and a beginning of city plan ning was everywhere in evidence. Community Co-Operation. Through the i tstablishment. of com munity council?, representative of all the city organizations, a finer type of com mil n it. v building was made pos sible. Luncheon conferences made bus NEB SIX . iiu ss men and women acquainted wiih each other and set all to work for the common good of the commun ity, These community councils stim ulated tho efforts to build new school buildings, to encourage newspapers, to clean jails, to care for juvenile de linquents, to provido better public li braries, to open rest rooms and day nurseries, to make church going fash ionab'e, an 1 Sunday school attend ance as reputable, and in a thousand other ways to stimulate every that had for its aim true community budd ing. Tiie v. hole slate of Oklahoma is iieie fiti , by ib contest. Its revival for better cities is little short of a tni" crusade pointing the way to a deiiuite moans- whereby our cities can be niadj safe places in which to tear chihir n. husbandry, thero are twenty-nine nir n registered. They sharo in all tho work on tho poultry farm such as trap nesting, caring for grounds, aiv' chick on houses, mixing rations and fending, incubating and brooding chicks, gel In" poultry and eggs packed and ready for market, keeping records, etc. In addition, each man is build ing himself a poultry hotiHe and equip, ing it in lino with tho most up-to-data methods. Tho work is necessarily Individual and each man is given ac tual practice in all phases of tho work. In the auto mechanics, tho second largest trade group, there are nine- men undor the direction of Profes sor Smith nnd Mr. Laub. The pro jects are assigned to tits men. vary ing in difficulty with the amount of previous training they ha?" hV- novice is given some practice in the laboratory until ho Is skilled enough j to start on tho actual repair work. , All tvpos of corburetors. ignition' timers, valves, etc., are studied and operated until a man Is thoroughly j familiar with all makes of cars and under the direction of skilled nm- banics is able to do "trouble shoot ing" and repair work on them. A number of the men operated army trucks during tho war and a'c now eetting tho theoretical as we1' as the nraetical side of the work, so that! they may be able to take charge ef repair shops of their own. In addition to these two groups, fou," j men are registered in the carpentry section, making a total of fory--eight men who are taking this wort; on the college of agriculture eampnp COMMERCIAL CLUB WOMEN MEET TODAY Miss Mario Wiesnor, advertising manager cf Miller & Paine, will give a tr.lk on "Advertising as a Service to a Community" at 5 p. m. Wednesday, January 4, Social Science 30,r., to the incmbors of tho women's division of tho commercial club. - Miss Wiesner has served as advertising manager f'Ji" Millerr & Paine for tho past six years nnd is considered an authority on the subject. The plans of the division is to have soino prominent business man cr wo man to speak at each mooting, in or der to familiarize tho students of the business administration college with really practical problems. This is the socend meeting of tlm ii..i..i. every member is urged to be pre8enl ALPHA KAPPA PSI HEARS PROF, WOLpj Alpha Kappa PsI held its reRU, monthly dinner at tho Llncolns club Friday December 1G. Plaice laid for forty members. 6rft After tho dinner several 0f th members gavo talks on various. lme' of business they were experienced I Prof. Wolfe also Kavo a talk on "Op" portunitles for the use of Statictics" In business and other lines. Tho decorations were suggestive of yuletide. Forost Estes and J. C. Bancroft two of the fraternity alumni, were present. TRADES MEN PREFER POULTRY HUSBANDRY Twenty-nine Take That Training While Nineteen Train as Au to Mechanics. Three of the seven lines ot train ing offered in the University of Ne braska trades school are offered a I the agricultural colh pe campus. Thcso are auto mechanics, carpentry an 1 poultry husbandry. In the largest group, that of poult'y 1ENUS Vpencils Tj) the etuJent or prof., iho Fl.lierb VENUS out- tds a'.l fur perfect pencil rk. 17 Mack degrees aud riv wo I 3 co tj-is.-;. American Load Pencil C,t. I'-O Fifth Ave. i".cv, Yuri- . - :Jf n... "i Th, forgrit s filing I m Iht vjurld Tucker-S n ie:r service Public Movements. The (onte.-t l .ealed a general con dition of poorly organized and inef ficient public charities with a defin iu; desiro to .eniedy the condition. Nowhere was a finer awakening shown nor better results exhibited than in the public schools. The public j 'ii every ca: e was quick to vote the maximum school levy to provi 'e ?.op : (j'.iate equipment and to vote bonds of Kgypt. and gen rally a bro:i i-m;nd- for new biddings. Parent-ioach r as sedations were everywhere orsa;z"d DANCE We guarantee to teach you to dance in six pri vate lessons. Phone for ap pointment. WILLIAM'S PRIVATE STUDIO Mrs. T. E. Williams in charge. 12 JO n. B-4258. n- v e-d t;"i afnent of th.." whole situation. This letter briiiL-s holiday creetiuns from Cairo 10 cur Mends lit home, and public generally w; tho visa that the New Har may be full of those blessings which Cod has or in process of organization and the !! more1 into d l.e.ei ever beTon- i.i the outside school i i tivities of children, and the de.'in- iicroii-!y b stowed upon all mirj;l(J woik of th.; school. brotherhood. Vt ry sii eorely yours, c. s. uoLCoMr.i-:. SHERWOOD EDDIE TO HOLD MEETING HERE A series of im etings will he J. M in honor cf Sherwood Eddie, tie; most j prominent student worker in the world today, who v. i : 1 be at the University of ; Nebraska February S, 'J and Hi. No- , bra ska lias been exceedingly fort'i-1 n;te in securing Eddie for these meet-j ings. I 1 A large committee consisting of a I -member from every organizat.on on ' the campus will be organized to take charge of the meetings. The execu tive committee has been appointed as follows: II. N. Barnard, Heibert Brownell, Harry Hubbard, Clarence Swanson, Floyd Oldt, Asa Ilepperly, Du Mitchell, Betty Sr-rihner, L. Doth' 1 mann, Mary Herzing, Grace. ,;Uff, Margaret Henderson. Faculty mem-1 berg are Deatt Enfeberg, Director Louh ring, Dean Burnett. Mrs. Williams, Dr. Winifred Hyde. Th hairman will be chosen at the firit .aeeting. In every i;y son1 e'Mn.te, int'lli i-et,'. foiward inov' ,i!-"n was u, dor v.iy !..- s;ii'eyi!ard::ig of the health of '!..; ren. 'ill;; school, city and e'uiity tiur.-et wer,- bdiig )oj,hjy,'d; nil 1. baby clinie.-, and well bahy clinic-; w -,-! h ing establish.ed in man" i iace.j: hospitals were being Improved, r. w bosp ta's built. E'':.-rvwh' o ther;' wa- a cjiicerted 'i ovr "ii. nt to in ; :,')Ve preventive h'aHh m r.Mires. A elcani of co-opera' i m wai reveal ( d in th" 1 ( Her cities eonti st. As yet )::o "t Jx dubs are discjsri g art o liters' passing resol ithms cr !p-i:ilin;; tl :r energios in rr n.ipulat ing loam ig Junds for si ii'.ent-. lien; and there ire clubs are beginning to aralei to their fim r lpportunilies f'ii community building. Chambers of commjrce, Rotary, Ki onis, Lions and business women's clubs were everywhere definitely co opf'rating to g t back to the boy sco'U movement, the girlscout movement, the back to school movement, and the movement for the sane recreations. One of the most distinctive features of the better cities contest was the carefully directed and sanely organ ized cooperation of business men's r. Get it at ILLER'S RESCR1PTION HARM ACY ewvi?'W?nf,v"''''SjwfiTt''g'rsfS1H':rii"ra j! JEWELERS Diamonds, Watch- ; as, Fino Jewelry, Clocks, Sterl- Ing Silver, Cut Class, Expert ; Wat oh. Clock and Jewelry Re- pairing and Manufacturing. ! OPTICIANS Eyes eximir.ed ' Free. In our Optical Department ;! you may select just what you ! want in Fye Glasses or Specta- cles. Fine Optical Repairing, j Broken Lenses Duplicated. ! TATIONEP.S Stationery for ; the Office, School and Home. , Waterman's Fountain Pens. Of ! fic-o Equipment and Supplies :! Crane's, Whiting's and Hurd's ; r me Stationery. Complete line I .,: S ipplies for all departments !. ji "ohoolb and Colleges. 123 O Street Phones B-1534. Big Subscription Dance FRIDAY NIGHT LTNDELL HOTEL PARTY HOUSE j Music by I LOUISIANA RAGADORS Admission, $1.00, Plus Tax. Ill .wm 1 1 mwk- c mem mimmmm a Semi -Annual SALE of I Manhattan j: Shirts : I. 1 I I l I .1 ' .1 1 2.' Lincoln, Neb. B-3306. B-3307. IT ' fl-.ter tvery Meal" 2 TEN FIVE CENTS BI30 The Flavor Lasts EVERYTHING FOR THE TABLE Peoples Grocery h n a u H a la Remember Vail': a n r Barber Shop 131 No. 13th St. r. w m m m c " k n n n u : r. :: r. ; Dance Better in 1922 1 PREPARE NOW j; Just Phone LWS ;i CARROLL'S Mcdirn lijnce i S'udiot ' Nebr. St'te Bank 3 B'da. Si Sale Now On! 1 liscriiiiiiiat iirr tnon will wcl'-ontc lliis rooiI ne"v--l"f i nly Iwire a year is i) i.ssi!ili 1( luiy these sliirls in a sale iit less llian reul,ir prices. The various slaii'lar i 'r;i'ii'S are dlYri'l as i'nlluws: 3.00 Shirts now 1.95 3.50 Shirts now 2.35 4.00 Shirts now 2.65 4.50 Shirts now 2.95 5.00 Shirts now 3.35 6.00 Shirts now 3.85 7.00 Shirts now 4.65 While stuks iiro ample to lioin with we. tire early selection. NOTK All men's Furnish in -s, etc.. in Iho January Clearance at special prices. 7, v'i'.'-'J ri I SrllRC PCSIDCNT V 'L