The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, December 20, 1922, Image 1

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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, IS 22.
WORK ON
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HAS
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HOLD FIRST INTER
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I S WIN IN
Yearlings Win From Sopho
mores by Unanimous Decision.
Two to One in Junior Victory
OPEN FORUM FINDS FAVOR
Championship Contest Will be
Held in the Middle of January.
Sponsored by Delta Sigma Kho
Juniors and Freshmen put forth
the beat arguments in the prelimin
ary debates held last night. The sen
ior team lost to the Junior aggrega-
gation by a two to one decision of
the Judges. The yearling squad tri
umphed over the second-year men by
a unanimous decision. The upper
class debate was held In Law 101,
while the underclassmen argued In
the Social Science auditorium.
The question for debate: "Resolved
That the United States Government
Should Grant Adjusted Compensation
to the Veterans of the World War,"
was hotly contested by both sides.
Following the argument In the Social
Science auditorium between the
Freshmen and the Sophomores, an
open Forum discussion was held.
Nearly everybody joined In the dis
cussion, which lasted over an hour.
An open Forum discussion was also
held at the Junior-Senior contest, but
diA not wax as warm as that at the
underclass battle.
The teams clashed on the ability
of the government to pay adjusted
compensation, and on the means of
paying it. They also struggled over
the obligation of the country to the
veterans.
It was announced that the final
contest for the Inter-class champion
shipi would take place at about the
middle of January. Inter-class debate
was revived this year by the mem
bers of Delta Sigma Rho, honorary
debating fraternity. One of the pur
poses of the open Forum discussion
was to arouse nterest In class de
bates so that they would be continued
In the future. Another purpose of
the discussion was to give the au
ditors a chance to have answered any
questions which puzzled them. The
discussion was not taken Into account
in the decisions of the judges1.
Members of Delta Sigma Rho spon
sored the debates and acted as coach
es, judges, timekeepers, and presid
ing oficcrs. Wendell Berge presided
at the Freshman-Sophomore debate.
He also acted as timekeeper. The
Judges at this debate were Welch
Pogue, Seymour Smith, and Robert
Van Pelt.
H. M. HInkle presided al the Jun
ior Senior clash. Bryan Genoaways
wa sthe timekeeper. The Judges
were John P. Sennlng, Anton Jensen,
and Edward Dodd, all faculty mem
ben. The direct argument speeches bf
the teams were ten minutes in length,
and the rebuttal speeches five min
utes. The members of the victorious
Junior team are:
Alexander McKle.
Floyd E. Leavett.
Merle Loder.
Coach Bernard Gradwohl.
The Senior team was:
Bryon Barker.
David E. Llndstrom.
E. G. Funke.
Coach Cecil Strimple.
The members of the Freshman team
are as follows:
Orville G. Bosely.
Tyler Buchenau.
Hugh Cox.
Coach Sheldon Teft.
The Sophomore squad was:
Ralph Cole.
Carter R. Rattershell.
John Otley.
Coach Wendell Berge.
Glee Cub Concert
To Be Broadcasted
The University Glee Club appek-ed
In sacred concert at the First Bap
tist Church, Fourteenth and K
If-ets, Sunday evening, December 16.
The numbers given were: "Dron
them" from King Olaf's Christmas
and "Open the Gates of the Temple"
by Mrs. Joseph Knapp.
On Wednesday evening, December
2. t 8:30, the club will give a half
hour concert which will be broad
ted from the radio station in the
university Library building.
FRE5HM
AND
OPENING
ROUND
APPLICATION FOR THE
NEBRASKAN.
Applications for appointment to
positions on the staff of The Daily
Nebraskan for the second semes
ter (1922-1923) will be received
until Tuesday noon, January 9, at
the Student Activities office In
the Armory. Application blanks
may be secured there and at the
office of The Daily Nebraskan.
The positions to be filled are:
editor, managing editor, associate,
editor, three night editors, busi
ness manager, assistant business
manager, and circulation manager.
M. M. FOGG.
Acting chairman, University
Publication Board.
THE BMC. CORPS
Twenty-four Second Lieutenants
Are Placed in the Files of the
First Lieutenants
Upon the recommendation of Major
Erickson, professor of Military Cci
ence and Tactics, and the approval
of Chancellor Avery, the following
promotions in the R. O. T. C. hav
been made. Twenty-four second lieu
tenants have been promoted to first
lieutenants.
The men wno have been promoted
to first lieutenants follow:
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Robert F. Craig,
to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Howard H. Turne.
to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Monroe D. Glea
son, to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. George H. L. De
ford, to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. C. Henry Johnson
to fill orilginal vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Addleon R. Sutton.
to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Kenneth J. Cozier
to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Howard J. Hunter
to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Charles H. Spencer
to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Carl C. Kruger
to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. John D. Wester
man, to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. A. O. Stenger, to
fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Erwin R. Green
to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Edward M. Buck
to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Charles M. Hortta
to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Blanchard Ander
son, to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Ernest A. Mul
Hean. to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Jay W. Anderson,
to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. John D. Cameron,
tn fill orlelnal vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Marlon L. Wood-
ard, to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Earl C. Rohr
baugh, to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Newell E. Free
man, to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Elmer M. Swengel,
to fill original vacancy.
Cadet 2nd Lieut. Alexander McKle,
ti. fo fill orlelnal vacancy.
Other men In the department have
earned promotions but are down iu
nf their hours and will receive
them when they have raised their
grades.
THE FOWLl MEET
FOR DISCUSSION TODAY
To Take Up the Subject of Single
Tax in Financing Univer
sity Activities
The Forum, the new organization
of freshmen in the College of Law,
will hold the second open meeting at
Social Science auditorium tonight.
The question discussed will be the
single tax in school. Athletics have
such a tax and now the Forum is go
ing to discuss the advisability of a
single tat for all events, publica
tions, and other strictly University
activities.
The meetings are open to the pub
lic and those who wish to add any
thlnk or ask any Questions will be
given the floor after the speakers
have presented their views on the
argument. No one can have the floor
for longer than three minutes but
everyone is encouraged to talk and
ask questions.
(Continued on Page Four).
- CLASS DEBATES TUESDAY
"IRE fi
TO
BE
THE
ENIED IN
Annual Musical Concert of the
Chorus to be the Feature of
Wednesday Morning
CLASSES ARE DISMISSED
Memorial Hall Being Arranged to
Accommodate Twelve Hun
dred Students
"The Messiah" will be presented
this morning from 10 to 12 o'clock in
Memorial hall by the University
chorus of two hundred and fifty
voices, under the direction of Mrs.
Carrie B. Raymond. Miss Margaret
Perry, Miss Sylvia qole, Francis Diers
and Oscar Bennett will sing the solor
parts. The University orchestra will
assist with the production, in addi
tion to an ' orchestra of Lincoln
musicians.
Twelve hundred seats have been
placed in the Armory and it is hoped
that they will accommodate all the
crowd. This is the largest space
that has been available for "The
Messiah," and is made possible by
the removal of the partitions in the
Armory. This is the first program
to be given in the enlarged room,
and will be dedicated to it.
All 10 and 11 o'clock classes this
morning are dismissed for "The
Messiah."
"The Messiah is a tradition at the
University and has been given an
nually every since 1895, at the last
convocation before the holidays.
GOMES OUT TODAY
Beulah Butler Draws Cover De
sign for Smackers' Issue
Work During Holidays
The Smackers are out on the cam
pus today.
These "Smackers" are the Decem
ber issue of the Awgwan, which is
distributed from Station A today. It
is the snappiest number of the month
ly comic this year, say the members
of its staff.
It smacks of snappy stories from
cover to cover, and the cartoons bris-
:le with the spirit of the book. Every
thing about this issue of the Awgwan
lives up to its name.
Beulah Butler is the artist for
Awgwan's cover this month. It is
done in black and white, and Is ap
propriate to the Smackers' number.
Orvin Gaston, editor of the Awgwan,
announces that the entire staff will
be In Lincoln during the holidays to
complete the work on the January Is
sue, which is already started.
The January number will be the
New Year's edition, and will be the
feature issue of the year. The cover
will be especially novel, and Is worked
out in four colors.
Excavation Unearths
Remnants of Peat Bog
Remnants of an ancient peat bog
estimated to be more than 50,000 years
old have been discovered In the ex
cavation for the new literary bulld-
lne. None of the fragments discov
ered are large, while most of them
are exceedingly small. Nevertheless,
they are enough to indicate clearly
the former existence of a bog in the
near vicinity of the campus.
When the discovery was made in
the literary building excavation,
search was made in the hole for the
,.h-vina hull ill no- which resulted in
the discovery there of similar evi
dence.
Prof. H. H. Bartlett of the botany
department has made a number of
photographs of the places where tne
seat was found. Prof. I. D. bcou oi
.he geology department has also been
?nsaged in photographing the loca
tions for more intensive study.
According to Professor Bartlett, the
movements of the glaciers that at one
time covered the spot, are responsible
or the formation. In the sweeping
backward and forward small pieces
of peat were washed into the gravel
fnrmine the bed of the glacier, where
they remained for thousands of years
until the steam shovel again brought
them to light. The Michigan Dally.
IESSIAH
RES
ARM TODAY
Lees' Casses Arc
Definitely Changed
Prof. J. T. Lees' classes for nexi
semester have been assigned definite
ly until he recovers from his present
illness.
Dr. S. Mills Hayes will take one of
Professor Lees' classes, and Prof. J.
A. Rice will take two. Prof. F. W.
Sanford is to teach one of Professor
Rice's classes, and Miss A. C. Boge, a
graduate of the College of Arts and
Sciences, will have two of Professor
Sanford's classes. Miss Josephine
Gund, a senior in the College of Arts
end Sciences, will have charge of Pro
fessor Lees' class, "Greek in English."
FRESHMAN LEGTORE
Tells First-Year Students They
Should be Well Versed in Fun
damental of Government
Declaring that "the conditions of
our existence are largely determined
by the form that government takes,"
and tracing the development of mod
ern states. Prof. John P. Sennlng of
the Department of Political Science
lectured to the freshmen of the Arts
and Science college, Monday evening
and Tuesday morning on "The Rise
of the Social Order."
Frofessor Senning emphasized the
reason why students should have some
knowledge of government, pointing
out that there is nothing quite so
universal as government, that all of
us live under some government and
are regulated by it, and that the gov
ernment can be no better than the
people who make it up.
"Your whole lire is regulated by law
and the government makes and en
forces the laws," Professor Senning
declared in describing the relation of
government to every-day life. "The
kind of life you live," the professor
continued, "depends upon the kind of
government."
Professor Senning characterized the
government as "the one great agency
hrough which one's whole life is reg
ulated," and pointed out that, "as
participants in the government we
should realize our rights and obliga
tions under the government."
In taking up the origin of modern
states, Professor Senning defined the
term "state" and explained the dif
ference between a state and a na
tion. The professor also declared that
the fact that governments have de
veloped Is one of the most wonderful
facts in all history.
. Professor Senning pointed out that
the history of any modern state
started with a group of small states
or principalities that were usually
fighting among themselves. How these
small principalities came to be formed
is explained by a number of theories.
All of these theories start with
condition of nature when every one
was his own law-maker and law-en
forcer. In this state of nature every
man was supposed to have certain na
tural rights, such as the rights to
life, liberty, happiness and property
According to one school of thought
people decided that this state of na
ture was Inconvenient, and realizing
that their interests were common,
they formed an organized society,
which later developed into a govern
ment. Professor Sennlng pointed out
that the "divine rights" theory of gov
ernment held that princes received
their right to govern from God. Pro
fessor Sennlng then explained the
evolutionary theory of the develop
ment of the state, saying that this
theory was the one most generally ac
cepted. According to this theory, the
states developed little by little through
natural processes and natural forces.
Force In the form of conqquest played
an Important part in the development
of the state.
In concluding. Professor Sennlng
pointed out that the purpose of every
state was. to promote the interests of
the people living under it.
Twenty-eight Twins
Given Party Monday
Twenty-eight members of the Twins'
Club were entertained at dinner at
the Kaffenberger home, 1955 A street,
Monday at 6 o'clock. Two long tables
were set through the dining room,
which was decorated in red and white
and the library, which was done in
red and green.
All the filling station man knows
about Sunday is that It's the day he
sella the most gasoline.
SELL CANDLES I
THE CAMPUS FOR
STUDENT RELIEF
No Price Set on Tapers but Stu
dents Urged to Remember
European Conditions
ESTABLISH "WHITE XMAS'
Choir to Sing Carols in Front of
Homes Where the Lighted
Candles Are in Windows
"To the students and faculty In
connection with drives on the
campus:
"My attention has been called
in a letter from Regent Webster
to the fact that another drive for
Wednesday and Thursday for
starving Russian students. . Mr.
Webster says in part: The stu
dents at our University are there
mostly because their parents are
making great sacrifices to give
them an education. If they give,
it is not their own money, nor
their own donations, nor their
own sacrifices, but that of their
parents who may be unable to af
ford the gift.
"An investigation shows that a
free-will offering only is to be
taken and that a drive has not
been endorsed by the Student
Council. Tk ;. efore I especially
request that there be no personal
solicitation other than to explain
the purpose of the offering to
those who express interest in the
matter.
"Hereafter no canvass for funds
involving students will be permit
ted until expressly endorsed by
the Student Council and approved
by the Executive Dean. In de
tached plants like the Medical
College, the Agricultural College
and the school at Curtis, drives
must be approved by the Dean of
the College before being put into
effect.
S. AVERY, Chancellor.
Today the candles go on sale on the
University campus, the proceeds to go
to help the students in Europe, par
ticularly in Russia. There will be no
set price for the tapers, but students
are asked to give all that they can,
so thnt to the practically starving stu
dents in across the seas, there may
ho the feeling of the Christmas spirit,
which may last throughout the year.
After the community singing around
the campus Christmas tree, which will
be decorated and managed by the
members of the All-University party
committee, those students who have
purchased candles are asked to place
them lighted In the windows of
their homes. Later, the members of
the Vesper Choir of the University
Y. W. C. A. will Ping carols In front
of the houses where the candles are
lighted.
The students in Europe are studying
under untold difficulties. Russia
where there Is no really stable gov
ernment, presents the wiedst field for
the aid of the future statesmen of
the new Russia. The Russian gov
ernment has promised to help all
medical and technical students, but
this will only be about forty per cent
of the students there.
It costs one dollar and fifty cents
to give a student In Russia one meal
a day. Fifteen dollars will feed him
throughout the University year. A
Russian professor's salary is equiva
lent to about $10.00 per year plus a
scanty and frequently tardy food ra
tion, which, though meant for one per
son, often has to be shared by other
memebrs of the family.
Russia is in a pitiful condition with
disease raging at many places and
practically no doctors to check it.
The minimum estimate is that over
two million people have died in' Rus
sia from starvation. A concentrated
section of the country as large as Chi
cago has perhaps one physician to
look after its needs. Only a frac
tional per cent of the educated lead
ership destroyed by the world war
has been replaced, and Russia cannot
recover without this, leadership.
Today when Nebraska establishes
her new tradition of the White Christ
mas, she will be doing her share to
ward laying firm foundations of friend
ship which will exist between the two
nations. Such bonds as will result
from this Student Friendship Fund
will make International relations
stronger for the Intellectual life In the
old countries must not die.
WORKMEN HAVE STARTED 10 MOVE
NQHTH
BLEACHERS
Contract for the Actual Building of the New Memorial Structure
Will be Let Within thte Next Two Months and Work
Will be Continued on the Ground
EXCAVATION TO BEGIN WHEN OLD STANDS ARE DOWN
Only Forty Thousand Dollars cf the Stadium Fund Remains Still
to be Raised Alumni and Omaha Merchants Will be .
Asked to Make vp the Full Amcunt
Actual work on Nebraska's Memorial Stadium lias hcjruii.
This announcement, which has been eaprerly awaited for years at
(he Oornhusker institution, was made yesterday afternoon when it
became known that ('hanccllor Avery had issued orders asking that
the work of tearinsi down the Mand and of excavation be started.
The contract for the stadium will be let within the next two
months during which time the f'nal plans will he drawn up by the
architects. No move will be mrde to remove the houses which
stand on the north end of the grounds to he used, until after the
exact plans have been approved.
PRICE OF GORHHUSKER
WILL NOTJE GHANGED
Additional Pages and Beautiful
Art Work Will be Given This
Year at the Regular Price
At no Increase in price "Your
Cornhusker" w-ill he published with
thirty-two more pages, more colorful
art work, a larger student life sec
tion, and an Improved cover.
The University Publication Board
with Professor M. M. Fogg as acting
chairman, in the absence of Profes
sor J. T. Lees, met Tuesday afternoon
in University hall 100 and fixed the
price of the 1923 book at $4.50, the
same as that of last year. Mr. M.
G. Wyer, University Librarian, was
present, having been appointed to the
hoard for the duration of the illness
of Professor Lees- Adolph Wenke
editor-in-chief, and Audley Sullivan,
business manager of the annual, were
present to explain to the board their
plans for the new annual. They plan
to make the volume truly representa
tive of Nebraska.
Individual and group pictures are
to be taken, starting immediately af
ter the holidays. The sales campaign
has been set for January 8 to 11.
Audley Sullivan announced Tuesday
that a meeting of the business staff
would be held in the Awgwan office
at 2 p. m., Thursday.
01ELS ILL SPEAK
E
Class in Journalism Will be Given
Reserved Seats in the Temple
Theatre Thursday
For lhe journalism studeuts, a group
of 150 seats will be reserved until
o'clock at lhe University Convocation
in the Temple Theatre Thursday, ad
dietsed by the Hon. Josephtts Daniels
farmer secretary o fthe navy, the edl
tor of the Haleigh, N. C, News and
Observer, who comes to the Univer
sity to speak on journalism. The ex
act. title of his address had not yet
been received Tuesday afternoon
Professor Fogg. Mr. Daniels spoke
Tuesday evening at Wichita, Kas., un
der the auspices of the Knife and
Fork Club. ,
Ushers In charge of the Journalism
reserved section, which will be thrown
cpen to the public at 11 o'clock, will
be from the news writing course
Iowa Poet-Professor
Reads Compositions
Edwin Ford Piper, author of "Bar
bed Wire" and other poems and at
present professor of English at the
University of Iowa, will read some of
his poems Friday afternoon in Agri
cultural assembly.
The poet is a graduate of both the
University of Nebraska and Harvard
His book, "Barbed Wire," has been
placed on reserve in Central library.
Professor Piper is noted for his ac
curate depiction of the life of the pio
neers in the settlement of a new coun
try. In his poems he tries to picture
the commonplace every-day experi
ences of lifn In a new countrv. "The
Grasshopper" and "The Ford bv the
River" show the settlers grappling
wun tne forces of nature.
f Iowa State Student.
Mrs. Nellie B. Pleknn. mhn hum
been confined to her home with a
broken collar-bone alnr.a ThanVarl.
Ing, is again able to asume charge of
the English study-room for a part of
each day.
JOURNALISM
ND
GRANDSTAND
rrogress m me iwi.ivauuu lor mo
stands will depend on the condition
of the weather during the next few
months. All this work as well as the
tearing down of the stands will be
done by the Vniversity under the di
rection of the Operating Superintend
ent, L. F. Seaton. The stadium as
planned will be set at right angles
to the present athletic field and will
occupy much more ground.
The board running track on the
Athletic Field will be moved to the
field east of Social Sciencq hall
withing the next few days and all
track work will be directed there
this spring. Coach Schulte, who has
been making a tour of the state for
the past two weeks, is expected to re
turn befqre vacation begins and to
direct the changes Involved.
What will he done with the pres
ent stands on the field will depend
on the terms of the contract. Sug
gestion has been made that the old
bleachers and grandstand be used as
a frame-work for the concrete seats
of the new stadium.
Although th entire stadium will
not be cornel' u.! n.-.t f:ll. present
plans call for IK- ikying of the 1923
football hchedulH there. The stands
alone will he necessary for the games
during the first yenr.
The stadium campaign fur funds
lias not yet been completed. About
$140,000 remains to be raised before
the quota of $130,000 is secured.
Alumni throughout the state, and
Omahans will have the opportunity to
put the final drive acros and end the
campaign which began about two
months ago on the campus.
Finger Printed
Use Is Favored
Finger prints will in time take the
place of all other forms of identifica
tion, according to James J. Ratti, a
local expert on the subject, who has
been lecturing in the criminology
classes of Prof. Arthur E. Wood.
Mr. Ratti explained the methods
used by those engaged in this sort
. of work. The print left by the crim
inal is photographed by a special cam
era, equipped with miniature electric
lights, which is placed directly over
the finger print. The photograph so
obtained Is compared with any record
which may be on file and the person
is identified. "The trouble is," said
Mr. Ratti, "that only a small propor
tion of the finger rrints of the people
are available through the files."
An attempt Is being made at the
present to pass a law requiring every
person in the United States to have a
print made and filed in central sta
tions throughout the country. Mr.
Ratti said that such a method would
facilitate the capturing" of criminals,
make easier the Identification of dead
bodies, serve to identify unknowns.
lost children, and the like. The lack
of it handicaps the fingerprint men
greatly.
During the lectures Mr. Ratti took
the fingerprints of Professor Wood in
order to show the classes the method
used. At the time he pointed out that
the only way in which the line on the
ftneers can be destroyed is by the
loss of practically the entire finger.
If a record were available of all ten
flneers it would be Impossible to es
cape Identification unless, all of the
fingers had been destroyed. Tne
Michigan Dally
Michigan Professor
Revises History lext
Hi.viBlon of a text book. "Form and
Functions of the American Govern
ment .- has lust been completed by
Prof. Thomas H. Reed of the political
science department The text, on
whirh Prnfpspor Reed has been work-
In since midsummer, was first pub
lished in 1916 and has been brought
completely up to date.