The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XXIV-NO. 70.
CALLJSSOED
FOR DEBATERS
Prof. M. M. Fogg, Director of
Seminar, Asks Candidate,
to Sign Up.
PRELIMINARY TRYOUTS
PLANNED IN FEBRUARY
A call was issued yesterday by
Prof. M. M. Fogg for students to
sign up for the preliminary debate
to be held early in February to select
the members of the intercollegiate
teams which will discuss with Iowa
and South Dakota teams the question
"Should Congress be given the pow
er to overrule, by a two-thirds vote
of both houses, Supreme Court deci
sions which hold acts of Congress un
constitutional?" Professor Fogg has
beon in charge of the University's In
tercollegiate Debate Seminary for
many years.
Prospective competitors are re
quested to leave their names with
Professor Fogg, University Hall 112,
to fill out the biographical blank,
which they may secure in his office,
and to get the plan for a systematic
Seminary notebook. The first bibli
ography on the question is ready for
distribution today.
All University students who are in
good standing and who are registered
this semester may enter the competi
tion. Selection to a speaking place
on a team entitles the student to elec
tion to Delta Sigma Rho, national
honorary society for intercollegiate
debaters.
Nebraska will uphold the affirma
tive of the proposition against Iowa
at Lincoln and take the negative
against South Dakota at Vermillion.
Students in the preliminary debate
will probably be allowed eight min
utes in which to present both direct
argument and refutation. Compel
itors are free to choose either side of
the question. The order of speaking
will be decided by lot shortly before
the contest The first speaker on the
affirmative will be allowed one min
ute less than the others, but will be
given two extra minutes at the close
of the speeches for rebuttal.
Prospective members of the Sem
inary are admonished by Professor
Fogg to keep a systematic notebook
and to arrange their work so as to
have consecutive free hours in the
afternoon and evening for work in
the Seminary.
A bulletin giving complete infor
mation regarding the preliminary de
bate has been posted on the Intercol
legiate Debate bulletin board on the
first floor of University Hall.
ALMS MAGAZINE
IS OFF THE PRESS
January Issue Contains Article
on "The Policy of the
Athletic Board."
The January Nebraska Alumnus,
which includes articles on "The Pol
icy of the Athletic Boards "An En
gineer's Notable Record," and "A
New Plan of Class Reunion" is off
the press.
Ideals which underly Cornhusker
athletics are sketched in the athletic
policy article. The engineer whose
"notable record" is discussed is Jo
seph A. Sargent, '03. "The New
Plan of Class Reunion," with a full
page illustrative chart, will be of spe
cial interest to alumni.
"Cornhusker Athletics" features
"Weir on Camp's Ail-American." It
contains a brief survey of Nebraska's
football success and outlines plans
for the trisik, basketball and wrest
ling seasons.
"The Chancellor's Corner" this
month is entitled "Appreciation for
a Retiring Regent"
."Who's Who" and "News of the
Classes" fill their usual pages. The
rest of the magazine is filled with
brief accounts of campus happenings.
DEADLINE SET FOR
RESERVING SPACE
All Organizations Must Have
Agreement with Cornhusk
er by Thursday at 5.
Thursday at 6 o'clock is the dead
line for the reservation of space in
the 1925 Cornhusker. The reserva
tions must be in by this time in order
that the planning of the book will not
be delayed.
Those organizations who have al
ready arranged for the space must
bave their pictures taken at the Cam
pus Studio during this month. A
charge of four dollars is made for
the picture, payable at the time of
the sitting. Appointments should be
made at the studio and not at the
Cornhusker office. A fine of one
dollar will be imposed for failure to
keep an appointment
First Copy of Cadet News is Being
Distributed to Members ofR. O. T. C.
Contains Many Articles of In
terest to Students in Mili
tary Department.
The first copy of The Cadet News
is being handed out to members of
the R. 0. T. C. this week. The paper
is being published by members of the
military department, and contains
news pertaining to the local R. 0. T.
C. unit only. The new publication is
taking the place of the Kornhusker
Kadet, published last year for a time,
and is thought to be a great improve
ment The other paper was mimeo
graphed, while the new paper is
printed.
The staff of the new paper is as
follows: editor, Emmett Maun; man
aging editor, Victor Hackler; staff
John Allison, Julius Frandsen, Ray
mond Rawson, Donald Sampson,
Charles Warren and Paul Zimmer
man. The paper is a four-page, four-column
publication, and it has been an
nounced that the next issue will be
Dr. Axling to Speak
Before Convocation
"Japanese-American Relations"
will be the subject of the convo
cation address to be given by Dr.
William Axling, '98, who has been
a missionary in Japan for twenty
five years, in the Temple Theater
at 11 o'clock this morning.
Dr. Axling is said to be well
qualified to discuss such a subject,
for he has been in close contact
with Japanese diplomats for many
years. Under his direction the
Baptist Mission Society has devel
oped an institutional church in
Tokio, which carries on work sim
ilar to that of the social settle
ments in the large cities of the
United States.
ASK SENIORS TO
VISIT STUDIOS
All With Names from "A" to
"J" Must Have Pictures
Taken by January 30.
Another list of seniors who have
not yet been photographed is being
printed today. Those whose names
begin with from "A" to "J" must
have had appointments at the Hauck
or To'wnsend studios by the end of
the week so that the pictures may be
mounted and sent to the engravers
by January 30.
The seniors named below should
see the studio for which they are as
signed for appointments for Friday:
Townsend Studio.
Felton. Harold W.: Felton, Royal
B. : Fenton. Bryan T.: Filter, Herbert
W.; Finley, Cline G.; Fisher, Mesa
H.: Fleminsr. Mvra H.: Fletcher, Isa
bel M.; Folda, Lambert F.; Follmer,
Marcia M.: Foreman, Aurel R.: Fort-
na, Clarence L.; Foster, Gladys M.;
Fountain. Charles F.; Fowler, How
ard H.: Foxwell, Lester C: Freas,
Mildred M.: Freeman, Genevieve E.:
Freidell. Rhea E.; French, Marjorie,
H.: French. Myron M.; Frey, Ida M.;
Friedli, Jacob; Fritz, Ida M.; Frost,
Louis K.; Frost, Luther; Fry, Frank
F.; Funk, Marion H
Hauck Studio.
LeRossismol, Edward; Leslie, Mary
L.; Lewis, Harold F.; Lieneman-
Louise J.: LiLeht. Charles; Lilien-
borg, Burton A.; Lindsay, Dorothy
N.; Litet, Joseph C; Locke, Merrill
M.; Loomus, Edna A.; Lowther,
James H.; Lucado, Mabel L.; Lucas,
Charles S.; Luedke, George L.; Lun
deen, Agnes; Lundy, Mable N.; Lux,
Gladys M.; Lyman, Caroline; Lyncn,
Donald D.: Lvon. Bruce K.; McBride,
Dora A.; McCarthy, James J.; Mc
Connell, Ruth; McCowsky, Donald;
McCusker. Mary E.; Mcuamn,
James; McGlasson, Ross; McHargue,
Chester D.; Mcintosh, Ha H.; jmc-
Kenty, Oren H.
Salaries of Nebraska Professors
Rank Sixth Oat
Interesting Statistics Compiled
Recently by Federal Bu
reau of Education.
t.... lari(. at the Univer
sity of Nebraska rank sixth among
the seven schools of the Miaaie
that were investigated by the Federal
Bureau of Education ounnB
192S-24. according to
a summary carried in the December
issue of the Graduate Magazine, of
ficial alumni publication of the Uni
versity of Kansas.
The same table also shows that as
sociate professors and instructors at
the University of Nebraska are giv
en sixth place in the comparison . ot
salaries, while the sssiswn,.
sor, rank fifth. The
among the seven investigated that
THE UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,
out early in February. Twenty-five
cents is being charged each cadet,
and this amount will not only entitle
him to ' e paper for the rest of the
school year, but will also take care of
the company pictures for the Corn
husker. The first issue contained many
very interesting articles. Complete
statistics of the inter-company rifle
meet were published in a tabulated
form, and the individual . score of
each man in the three high compan
ies was shown.
One of the best articles in the pap
er was the one on tho prospects for
the 1925 rifle team. Another article
told how Nebraska won the marks
manship cup from all the other com
peting schools in the Seventh Corps
Area at Fort Snelling last summer.
It told how the Cornhuskcrs sent two
men to the national compct, and of
the compliments they received on
several ranges.
A list of the new Pershing Rifles
members was published, as was the
list of the senior cadet officers.
RIDING COURSE
BEING PLANNED
Military Department Will
Train Officers in Equita
tion in Spring.
HOPE TO MOUNT STAFF
OFFICERS IN PARADE
Seniors in the military department
will be given opportunity to receive
instruction in equitation as soon in
the spring as weather will permit ac
cording to announcement made yes
terday by Major Sidney Erickson,
commandant of cadets at the Uni
versity of Nebraska.
The course will be entirely option
al, except that staff officers are es
pecially urged to enter the training,
since in the various parades to be
held in the spring, it is the present
plan to mount the staff officers. The
course will consist often periods of
two hours each. No extra credit will
be given. The fee, if sufficient funds
are not available from the govern
ment to pay all expenses, will be but
nominal.
All instruction will be given by one
of the present officers of the depart
ment who is qualified to impart the
necessary information. The course
of study will include saddling, brid
ling, grooming, posting, carriage and
such other features of riding as are
deemed necessary. All riding will
be done within a ring temporarily de
signed for this instruction.
The horses will not be purchased
by the department, but will be rented
from one of the local riding clubs.
The probable enrollment will there
fore be limited, and it is thought that
it will not exceed twenty.
This course is a new one in the
curriculum of the department It is
not offered by any of the other
schools with infantry training alone
in the entire Seventh Corps Area,
comprising the seven states sur
rounding Nebraska. Similar courses
are offered in connection with the
mounted artillery units of the lows
Agricultural College at Ames, and at
the University of Missouri.
WENDELL BERGE TO SPEAK
Will Talk at Convocation of Agri
culturaJ College.
Wendell Berge will speak on "Law
Enforcement" at a convocation of
the College of Agriculture, at 11
o'clock Thursday morning at Agri
cultural Hall. The Ag College
branches of Y. M.'C. A. and Y. W.
C. A. will have charge of the meet
ing and Jacob Friedli, president of
the Y. M. C. A, will preside. A
vocal solo and several other musical
numbers have been arranged.
ot Seven colleges
pays lower salaries than does the
University of Nebraska is the Univer
sity of Kansas, which is at the bottom
of the list in every respect
The average salaries of various
ranks of faculty members, 1923-24,
in surrounding universities were as
follows:
(From Report of Federal Bureau
of Education.)
Assoc Asst
Uni. Prof. Prof. Prof. Instr'r
111 $5,021 $3,947 $3,050 $1,890
Iowa 4,250 3,650 2,650 1.900
Minn. .. 4,620 3,578 2,772 2,013
Ohio .. 4,257 2,880 2,500 1.893
Okla. .. 3,850 2,950 2,433 1.785
Nebr. 3.83 2,834 2,483 1.727
Kas. .... 3,617 2,720 2,300 1,715
Av. . $4,208 $3,223 $2,594 $1,839
AXLING PLEADS
FOR JAPANESE
Former Nebraska Graduate
and Missionary Says Coun
try Is Misunderstood.
ASK SAME IMMIGRATION
LAWS AS OTHER NATIONS
"The Japanese question is not
one of immigration, but one of ra
cial discrimination," declared Dr.
William Axling, a Nebraska gradu
ate who has been in missionary work
in Japan for more than twenty-five
years, in speaking at the World
Forum luncheon at the Grand hotel
Wednesday on the subject, "Is Ja
pan a menace.
"For the past fifty years Japan
has been regarded as the equal of
all nations and, her standing had
never been challenged until the
Congress of the United States pass
ed the Japanese Exclusion Law,"
continued Dr. Axling.
"That law goes like steel to the
hearts of the Japanese, for in their
minds it labels them before the
world as undesirable, and unfit to
stand equal with the other peoples
of the world.
"They are not asking for the
'open door' nor for a large quota.
All the Japanese want is to be treat
ed in the same manner that we treat
the other nations.
"Before starting on this visit to
the United States I talked to the
prime minister, the minister of for
eign affairs, and several other high
officials of the Japanese govern
ment Without exception they ask
ed me to try to make it plain to the
American people that they don't
want the 'open door.' They recog'
nize that it is a bad policy for many
Japanese to be allowed to enter the
United States, but they do feel that
they should not be discriminated
against when the other nations are
not.
Want Same Laws as Others.
"If the same law had been applied
to Japan that applies to the other
nations, which allows two per cent
of the total immigration in 1890 to
enter this country each year, only
146 Japanese would have been al
lowed to entferthia country each
year. Furthermore, the responsibi
lity would have been on the Japa
nese government to see that no more
came. Under the present law, it is
certain that more than this number
will be smuggled in and the Japa
nese government will feel no respon
sibility." Dr. Axling explained that during
the past sixty years the Japanese
have made a steady march to know
ledge and that they have taken their
place with the other nations -of the
world. They have a passion for
knowledge. Illiteracy among the ris
ing generation in' Japan is less than
in any other country in the world.
"The seas are no longer the bar
riers between the nations that they
used to be, but rather are they the
bonds that unite them. The racial
problem is the most difficult moral
question facing the world today.
"The engineering developments of
the nineteenth century made the
world a neighborhood, the task of
the twentieth century is to make it
(Continued on Page Three.)
SIEGBAUM WILL
TALK ON X-RAY
Noted Scientist from Sweden
to Give Two Lectures to
Physics Students.
IS NATIONALLY KNOWN
AUTHORITY ON SUBJECT
Professor Manne Siegbaum of the
University of Upsala, Sweden, will
be in Lincoln January 21 and 22 to
give two lectures on the subject of
X-Ray before the Physics depart
ment at Brace Hall.
Professor Siegbaum, who is a na
tionally known authority on all X
Ray matters will give his first lec
ture on the subject of "Spectra and
Atomic Structure" in the general lec
ture room at Brace Hall at 4 o'clock
on January 21.
His second lecture will be given on
January 2 at 4 o'clock in the same
place on the subject of "Exact De
terminations of Wave Lengths in the
X-Ray Spectra." All science students
are urged to attend the first lecture
which will be of a more general char
acter than the second.
The professor, who is making a lec
ture tour of. the larger universities of
the United States under the auspices
of the International Education Board
and The National Research Council,
is at present lecturing at the Univer
sity of Iowa. He will be entertained
by Professor Smith during his two
day stay here. A luncheon at the
University Club is being planned by
jthe Physics department in his honor.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1925.
Dean I. S. Cutter May
Get Northwestern Post
Irving Samuel Cutter, Dean of the
College of Medicine at Omaha, who
has been recommended for ap
pointment as dean of the college
of medicine of Northwestern Uni
versity. VALLEY TANK
MEET PLANNED
Championship Swimming Com
petition Will Be March 21
at Washington U.
HUSKER SQUAD SHOWS
UP WELL IN PRACTICE
Missouri Valley swimmers will
paddle in the championship swim
ming meet for the Valley titl i at
Washington University March 21,
according to a letter received by Dr.
R. G. Clapp here from Vincent B.
Johnson, director of athletics at the
St Louis school.
A new feature was added to the
tournament this year when it was de
cided to hold the preliminary con
tests the same day as the finals.
Previously the first matches were
held the evening before the finals so
as to give contestants ample rest.
"It is possible by holding both
classes of matches on Saturday to
save visiting teams from $150 to
$200," said Mr. Johnson. "It is true
that the swimmers will not have a
night's rest between matches now,
but by holding the first contests at
" 0 o'clock in the morning and the
f .ials -at 8 o'clock in the evening we
believe there will be plenty of rest"
Nebraska's first swimming meet
will be with the Omaha Athletic Club
at the Omaha pool. The swimmers
are working out every day at the Y.
M. C. A. pool and have several dual
meets scheduled with Valley schools
The team will probably enter the
championship meet at St Louis if a
good showing is made at the other
meets. Norman Plate, '26', Omaha, is
captain of the team and Frank Hun-
ton is coaching the squad.
Dr. Sealock Addresses
Parent-teachers' Club
Dr. W. E. Sealock, Dean of the
Teachers College, addressed the Parent-teachers'
Association of Everett
School last Tuesday. His subject
was "The Schools of Yesterday and
Today."
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE Benjamin Franklin started
the Saturday Evening Post in 1898
and the Civil War was in progress at
the same time, according to one of
the answers recently turned in to the
professor of industrial journalism.
That an "obituary"' was "an unusual
or sad expression," and that "eligi
bility" was the first and only essen
tial of good copy, were two other
items of interest to the professor.
Texas University Offers Prire of
One Hundred Dollars for Best Poem
Southern Methodist College
Starts Contest for All
Undergraduates.
One hundred dollars is the prize
for original poems offered by the
Southern Methodist University of
Dallas, Texas, in a national contest
that is open to all undergraduates
in American universities and col
leges. This prize is being offered
through the generosity of Mr. Wil
liam RuBsell Clark, editor of The
Buccaneer.
Each contestant is limited to
one poem, or group of poems, not
exceeding two hundred lines in
length. Each contestant must send
three typewritten copies of his poem;
if he is eligible for more than one
prize, he must send six copies. The
manuscripts will be returned and no
subject or poetic form is prescribed.
A copy of a pamphlet containing
the ten best poems submHted will
be sent to each of the contestants.
Each entry must be accompanied by
a statement certifying that the con
testant is a bona fide resident under
MUST NAME SPONSORS SOON
Cadet Officers to Submit Name of
University women
The names of the University wo
men desired by the R. O. T. C.
lieutenant-colonel, majors and cap
tains as the sponsors of their organi
zations should be left at the military
department before Tuesday, January
20. according to a recent order.
Proposed sponsors must all be Uni
vorsity women, and approved by
Major Sidney Erickson.
Photographs of the sponsors will
appear in the Cornhusker on the
same page as that of the organiza
tion. The sponsors will also be ac
tive in the annual "Compet" day of
the R. O. T. C.
USE EMBLEMS
TO DECORATE
Organizations May Have Pins
and Crests on Display
at Pan-Hellenic.
WILL BE IN LOUNGE
ROOM SATURDAY NIGHT
Fraternities and sororities desir
ing their pins, crests and skins
among the decorations at the Pan
Hellenic formal Saturday evening at
Scottish! Ritje temple), should have
them ready when the committee
calls sometime Friday or Saturday.
Every Greek organization will be
represented if they wish.
The annual ball will be a truly
beautiful affair. The Greek badges
along with skins, "N" blankets and
skins will occupy all the available
wall space in the lounge room, ad
joining the main ball room. Dec
orations in the dance room will be
very elaborate and some surprises
are promised by the Kosmet Klub.
The Nebraskans, augmented, will
furnish the muisc. A novelty act
will entertain during intermission.
Several songs from the Kosmet pro
duction to be given in April will be
played as a special number. The
winner of the. competitiori for writ
ing the Kosmet play for this year
will be announced at the party by
the Klub.
WILL ORGANIZE
WRITER'S GUILD
Plans Made to Form Organiza
tion of Nebraska's Writ
ers in February.
Plans for the complete organiza
tion of a Nebraska Writers' Guild,
to which Nebraskans whr have had
books, plays, or magazine articles
printed will be eligible, will be made
during tbe convention of the Ne
braska Press association which will
be held in Lincoln the middle of Feb
ruary. The meeting of the guild will be
held at the University in the fore
noon of February 18. The officers
of the temporary organization,
Kenne Abbot, president, and W. B.
Kerr, secretary, elected at the first
meeting of the organization in Oma
ha at the time of the last convention
of the Nebraska State press associa
tion, will preside.
Dr. Hartley B. Alexander, chair
man of the department of philos
ophy has been an active member of
the committee drawing up the con
stitution which will be offered for
adoption at this meeting.
graduate at some time during the
session of 1924-25. All poems sub
mitted must reach Dallas not later
than March 15, 1925, and should be
sent to Jay B. Hub bell, care of the
Southern Methodist University, Dal
las, Texas.
The national prize will be awarded
by a committee composed of John
Farrar, editor of The Bookman; Du
bose Heyward, author of "Skylines
and Horizons;" and John C. Ran
som, author of "Chills and Fever"
and associate professor of English
at Vanderbilt University.
Two prizes of fifty dollars and
twenty-five dollars are to be offer
ed. The fifty dollar prize, known
as the Texas Prize, is open to all
undergraduates in Texas universi
ties and colleges. The prize for
twenty-five dollars, to be known as
the Local Prize, is open only to un
dergraduates in Southern Methodist
University.
Judges in these contests will be
W. R. Clark, E. A. Bount, and S. E.
Babb, literary editor of The Galves-
iton News.
PRICE 5 CENTS
CUTTER MAY BE
OFFERED POST
Northwestern University To
Consider Nebraska Dean
for Medical College.
AVERY DENIES REPORT
APPOINTMENT RECEIVED
Irving S. Cutter of the University
of Nebraska has not been appointed
dean of the College of Medicine of
Northwestern University, but will be
recommended for appointment when '
the board of trustees meets on Janu
ary 27, according to a telegram from
the authorities of Northwestern Uni
versity received by Chancellor Avery
late Wednesday afternoon.
Contrary to announcement made
Wednesday afternoon, Dean Cutter
has not been appointed to this posi
tion, although it is generally expect
ed that the board of trustees will of
fer him the position.
Irving Samuel Cutter has been
dean of the College of Medicine in
the University of Nebraska at Omaha
since September, 1915. He was grad
uated from the University with a de
gree of bachelor of science in 1898.
He received his degree of doctor of
medicine in 1.910. Previous to his
graduation from the University, he
was instructor in the Humboldt high
school in 1896.
He was principal of the Beatrice
high school from 1898 to 1900. He
became instructor in physiological
chemistry in the University of Ne
braska in 1910, and held this posi
tion, in addition to a private practice,
until 1912. In June, 1913 he was
made professor of biology and di
rector of laboratories.
He was editor of the Nebraska
State Medical Journal from 1916 to
1918. During the war he was with
the Medical Corps of the United
States Army, receiving a commission
in the grade of Captain.
He is a fellow of the A. A. A. S.
and the A. M. A.; a member of the
Chemical Association of American
Medical Colleges, the Nebraska
Academy of Science, the Nebraska
Educational Association, S. A. R,,
and the Alpha Omega Alpha medical
fraternity. He was author of a lab
oratory manual for use in high
school courses in botany, in collabor
ation with a colleague, and has pub
lished a number of papers upon ed
ucational and medical problems.
ILLINOIS MAN TO
LECTDRE ON CLAY
Secretary of Eastern Associa
tion Will Be Brought to
Nebraska Soon.
Arrangements for an illustrated
lecture on "The Romance of Clay,"
by George C. D. Lenth, secretary of
the Clay Products Association of Ill
inois, are being made by Professor
Clark E. Mickey, chairman of the de
partment of civil engineering.
The illustrations of "The Romance
of Clay" comprise about 2,000 feet
of film, depicting the creation of the
earth and the subsequent formation
of clay, as the geologist views it,
down to its final stage of finished
ware.
An additional 1,000 feet of film
set forth the advantages of a sewer
system for the promotion of public
health, under the title of "That Mat
ter of Health."
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY LITERARY CLUB
Lucy Weir, '25, Omaha, Named
President in Election
Tuesday Evening.
At a regular business meeting of
the Union Literary Society Tuesday
evening, the following officers were
elected for the second semestery
Lucy Weir, "25, Omaha, president;
Frank Starr, 26, Genoa, vice-president;
Selma VahL 27, Seward, sec
retary; Eva Church, 25, University
Place, historian; George Bowers, 26,
Filley, critic; Opal Bowers, 28, Ffl-
Iey, editor; and Fay Starr, '26, Over
ton, sergeant-at-arms.
The new officers will be installed
January 20, and new committees will
be appointed at the same time.
Professor DeBaufre
To Talk on Patents
Patents will be the subject of Pro
fessor W. L. DeBaufre, chairman of
the department of mechanical engin
eering, at the next two engineering
convocation periods.
"Inventions and Patents" wiTI be
the title of his January 23 address
which will be delivered at 10 o'clock
at Social Science auditorium. The
date for his second talk, on "Patent
Rights," will be arraEged later.