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    The Daily Nebrask an
Watch Your
Spirit!
Watch Your
Spirit!
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VTTxXV. NO. 44. .
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START RAZING
OF "U" HALL
TOWERTODAY
Electrical Circuit Feeding Bea
. con Light in Building Is
Cut Monday
FENCE IS CONSTRUCTED
Espect to Remor. OIJ C.np.1 B.ll
From South Sid of Roof in
Few Days
Actunl demolition of University
Hall upper stories will start today
when workmen begin tearing down
the tower. Monday night was the
first time in years the beacon light
on top of the tower was not shining
over the campus. The electrical cir
cuit had been cut Monday.
The (wrecking of the tower is ex
pected to take but a few days. The
next part to be torn down will be
the east wing roof and attic. A board
protecting fence was put up around
the building yesterday.
Temporary classroom schedules
were put into something f a perma
nent workable form yesterday. The
master bulletin board will be found
on the eeast side of the University
Hall on the wooden fence.
Many of the books and records of
faculty members on the first floor
and in the basement have not been
moved because these floors will be
little effected by the wrecking oper
ations and building of the flat roof.
These rooms are locked up, and pre
cautions have been taken to safe
guard the contents against dust and
debris.
Campus Bell To Bo Kept
The old campus bell resting on the
south side of the roof will be removed
in a few days. A special wooden cage
will be constructed to house it, and
it will be kept as an historical relic,
Operating Superintendent Seaton
said yesterday.
Favorable weather will permit the
rapid wrecking of the outside parts,
thus insuring the use of the ground
sUries after the Christmas holidays.
Wallpaper stripped off in some of
the rooms on the third floor revealed
seven distinct stages in the interior
decorating of the walls. There were
probably more. Dark colors pre
dominated. First was the original
plaster, which was painted red and
brown as shown by the faded parts
where subsequent wallpaper was pull
ed cff.
The first wallpaper attached di
rectly to the plaster seems to have
been a drak blue-green. Not much
of it could be seen at any one place
because the next coating of paper
was applied with very durable paste
which held the two closely together
throughout.
Gren-brown faded leaf designs
were brought to light in the third
layer, followed by what must have
been a solid green paper as the
fourth layer.
A lighter and more cheerful color
design was selected for the fifth coat
ing which shows up now as well as a
yellow-pink flower design. The next
to tiie last layer was a brown-tan
Ppcr, similar to the kind now on the
walls.
Need More Women To
Help Sell at Came
The Women's Athletic Associa
tion needs more women to help
handle concessions for the Notre
Dame' football game Thanksgiv
ing. The lists art posted on the
W. A. A. bulletin board, and any
woman who will sell is urged to
ign up. All W. A. A. members
are expected to help either before
or during the game.
Hall Lined With Elephants Will Be
Striking Feature of Morrill Hall
A hall of elephants will be one of
the striking features in the new Mor
rill Hall to be erected upon the city
campus next year. The hall will be
Part of the museum which will
occupy the lower floors. In it will be
placed a dozen fossil skeletons of
elephants, dug up in their entirety
from the various parts of tho state,
which have been waiting in the cel
lars of the present museum for a
suitable place for exhibition.
One of these skeletons, which were
recently mounted and placed on ex
hibition, is pror.oar.ee? by ert
from the American Museum of Na
tural History in New York City to be
the largest specimen of the prehis
toric elephant in existence.
All of the fossils to be displayed
In the new hall have been dug up in
this itaU. Geologist state that the
tate was entirely covered with wa
ter once or twice. On ths edges of
thi Ptimitive lake roamed a large va
riety of strange animals. Fossil beds
STUDIO MAKING RADIO TESTS
Experimental Readings Are Being
Given Every Tuesday Night
The University studio is making
tests in giving readinsrs over the
radio every Tuesday night. Miss
Howell give readings a week ago, and
Ray Ramsay read last night. The
purpose of these tests is to find the
type of readings which are preferred
by the public, whether or not the ex
pression can bo heard over the radio,
and how far it can be heard. If the
experiment proves successful, read
ings will be given by members of the
dramatic department on University
night, which is every Tuesday night.
Later in the season, radio plays may
be attempted.
Students are always welcome to the
University studio, which is on the see
on floor of tho Administration build
ing, according to Robert Craig.
MISS DRAKE TALKS
AT VESPER SERYICE
Y. W. C. A. Secretary Speaks on the
Necessity of Missionary Work
In South America
"It takes a certain amount of spirit
to be a pioneer," said Miss Frances
Drake, who spoke at Vespers Tues
day evening on her. missionary work
in China where she explained that 'a
woman missionary in South America
is a real pioneer. Miss Drake is the
general secretary of the Y. W. C. A.
in Lincoln and has spent five years as
a Y. W. C. A. secretary in Monte
video, Uraguay, South America. The
leader of the Vesper services was
Rose Faytinger. A special vocal
number was given by Pearl Miller.
Miss Drake explained how many
of the students in the University of
Nebraska are descendants of pioneers
and how therefore Nebraskans
have pioneering blood in their veins
and the need of true pioneers in the
missionary fields in South America.
Speaks of Grace Coppock
"As I have been sitting here I
have been thinking of other girls who
have attended this university and es
pecially of Grace Coppock, who was
so much of a pioneer that she could
build the first Y. W. C. A. in China
and develop the first pioneering spirit
among the women of China," Miss
Drake said.
"South American cities are more
beautiful than most of American
cities, and most people do not see the
necessity of missionary work in South
America, but the place of women in
society shows what great need there
is. It is not considered proper for
girls to attend high school or colleges
in South America and the girls that
do are attending in defiance of the
custom.
"Being a woman in South Ameri
ca, is mostly an indoor sport, lim
ited in its out-look," is the way a
man in South America characterized
the life of a woman" said Miss Drkea.
"Whether in University of Nebraska
or in after years you are out facing
the problems of the world you have
chances to be pioneers and it is your
responsibility to held other girls in
other lands who are pioneers in their
field of activity," she concluded.
Junior League Will
Hold First Meeting
ThS Junior League of Women's
Voters will begin their activities this
year with a meeting Wednesday eve
ning at Ellen Smith Hall at seven
o'clock. Evelyn Schellack, the presi
dent of the organization, will pre
side at the meeting and introduce the
speakers, Miss Annis Robbins and
Miss Aldheit Dettman. A group of
representatives from each sorority
house and from each rooming house
for University women have been ask
ed to attend the meeting.
have revealed skeletons resembling
the rhinocerop hoppopotamous and
the elephant
The hall will be the only one ol its
kind in the world. Although mam
moths liave been found in nearly ev
ery part of the United States, no ef
fort has ben made to collect them
with such thoroughness and in such
numbers as in Nebraska. Although
the fossils, through erosion, have
been exposed in past years, most of
thom were found and gathered up by
eastern scientific expeditions, and it
was not until Nebraska was able to
finance similar expeditions thai it
made its finds of prehistoric ele
phants.
Barboar Is ia Charge
Prof. Edwin H. Barbour, chairman
of the department of geology and
geography, and one of the country's
leading geologist, is in charge of the
plans for the e;w museum. He in-
(Continued on Pag Three.)
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN. NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18,
TO OBSERVE
CHDRCH DAY
Ask Students to Attend De
nomination of Their Choice
On, Sunday
SEND MANY INVITATIONS
Five thousand five hundred in
vitations to students of the Univer
sity of Nebraska, to observe all-University
Church Day, Sunday, Nov.
22, are being mailed this week..
The invitation being sent out is as
follows:
"It Kns been an annual custom for
the students and faculty of the Uni
versity of Nebraska to observe the
Sunday preceding Thanksgivirg as a
day of universal attendance at their
several places of worship.
"Many of the Lincoln congrega
tions, at this time, give the students
ppportunity to unite with the church
as regular or affiliated members.
"Please accept this as an invita
tion to be present at the place of
worship you prefer, Sunday, Novem
ber 22, 1925."
Avery Makes Statement
Regarding this invitation Chancel
lor Avery says: "This invitation
which goes out to the students of all
religious connections has my hearty
approval. I shall be greatly pleased
if the movement results in a marked
I increase attendance at all places of
worship. This is one of the fine cus
toms that has well become an all
University tradition, and every stu
dent is urged to help maks it such."
At a luncheon at the Grand Ho
tel, Tuesday noon, a group of church
workers met to give a report of the
activities of their respective churches
in furthering observance of all-University
Day, and to make further
plans for carrying out the movement.
Mr. Harold Fey, University pastor,
presided at the meeting, at which
several of the other University pas
tors as well as student workers were
present.
Student representatives from the
various denominations are making
personal calls to encourage observ
ance of universal attendance at the
churches, November 22. Ma'ny of the
churches are also giving an oppor
tunity to become affiliated members
at this time. The movement is
meeting with marked approval and it
is anticipated that a large number
will observe aH-Universpty Church
Day.
TO HOLD BONFIRE
THANKSGIVING EYE
Will Be One of Features of Rally
Before Last Football Game
Of The Season '
The freshman bonfire, which here
tofore was postponed because of the
disagreeable weather, will be held on
Wednesday, November 25. It will
take place previous to the torchlight
parade. Every freshman in the Uni
versity is to bring a box for that eve
ning, the bigger the better. A sign
will be posted the first of next week
as to where the boxes will be placed.
This is to be a freshman affair and
every freshman should cooperate to
make it a real success.
According to present arrangements
the speaking stand will be in the light
of the bonfire, if the weather per
mits.
Cadet Officers May
Get New Uniforms
Blue gray uniforms for junior ca
dets in the advanced military sci
ence courses arrived Tuesday morn
ing at the Hub Clothing Store. The
measurements will be made each eve
ning at 8 o'clock- A special force of
tailors will be on hand then, and
students are asked not to come dur
ing the day.
The Will To Win
We have the team. We have the spirit. We have
the WILL TO WIN.
Last year Notre Dame defeated Nebraska decisively.
This year they again have an enviable record. The
Notre Dame team is sure that it is going to beat Ne-
Nebraska spirit is a powerful thing. Two years
ago when our team met Notre Dame it was invincible
unconquerable. Walter Eckersall is credited with say
ing that "it was Nebraska's spirit that beat Notre Dame."
Knute Rocktie says, "I can tell whether my team will win
a game or not by the spirit that they show a few days
before the game." We Nebraskans take pride and de
light in the fighting spirit the student body can put into
the team. Can we repeat what Nebraskans did two
vears aro? Nebraska students will rally to the cause
and WE WILL WIN ifiAi UAma vx xt.i.n.ijltl.v-
Let's start that old fight and spirit. Let's sing be
tween classes and keep it up until the night of the rally
and then blow the roof off with our "Will to Win."
If Nebraska students do this we will see another invinc
ible unconquerable team on the field as we did two
years ago. Then we will BEAT NOTRE DAME. Coma
on, let's get started, everyone.
Prospective Teachers
4 Will Meet on Monday
C
All prospective teachers, regis
tered in Teachers College, desir
ing positions for the year 1926
1927 will meet Monday, Novem
ber 23 in Teachers College, room
200 at 5 o'clock. All those regis
tered in colleges other than
Teachers College, will meet Tues
day, November 24, in Teachers
College, room 200, at 5 o'clock.
FORI! WILL
, HEAR WILSON
Speaker Will Undertake Dis
cussion of "The Educa-
tional System"
MEETINGS ARE RESUMED
A discussion of "The Educational
System" will be undertaken at the
meeting of the World Forum today.
After an enforced vacation of two
weeks due to the finance drive of the
two "Y" organizations, and, last week
to Armistice Day, the Forum is re
suming its weekly Wednesday noon
meetings at the Grand Hotel.
The speaker on the educational
question is J. Stitt Wilson, who is
nationally known, as a speaker on
educational, social, and industrial
questions. His interest was aroused
n the educational situation several
vears ago and his attention has been
Centered on it since. His work for
-.wenty-five years has neen in sub
jects of interest to students. Of re
cent years, much of his time has been
spent with undergraduates.
The committee wishes to call the
attention of all students to the com
ing of Mr. Raymond Fosdick on Dec
ember 2. While it will be impossible
to bring him to the World Forum,
students, will have several opportuni
ties to hear Mr. Fosdick. He is a
world figure known not only as the
brother of Harry Emerson Fosdick
but as former under-secretary of the
World Court of which he will speak.
Miss Julia Deuricott, national Y.
W. C. A. secretary for colored women
is expected to speak at the Forum on
December 8. Her talk is expected to
include some discussion of the work
being carried on among the colored
students of the country and of race
relationship which she has had special
opportunity to observe.
HOLD VESPER CHOIR DINNER
Thirty Members Attend First of the
Series of Monthly Affairs
The first Vesper Choir dinner of
the year was held at 6 o'clock on
Tuesday evening at Ellen Smith Hall.
Thirty members were present with
Miss Erma Appleby, Y. W. C. A. sec
retary, as guest of honor. After the
dinner of which Blanche Stevens had
charge, a musical program was pre
sented including a vocal solo by Con
stance Stevens and a piano solo by
Georgia Sitzer.
The members of the choir plan to
have monthly dinners throughout the
year to promote friendship among
the members.
FRESHMEN MEET THURSDAY
Final Arrangements Are to Be Made
For Cominf Olympic
A meeting of the freshmen class
class has been called for 3 o'clock on
Thursday afternoon by Don Miller,
president of the class. It is hoped
that a large number of the first year
students will attend as final arrange
ments are to be made for the annual
Olympics which will be ' held next
Saturday.
The freshmen plan to add one more
victory this year to the already long
list of victories over the sophomore
class and thus be able to discard the
green caps early in the year.
ASK STUDENTS
NOT TO HAZE
Olympic Committee Issues Let
ter to Fraternities Asking
Cooperation
SCHEDULE IS ANNOUNCED
Announcement made by the Inno
cents yesterday of the order of the
events for the Olympics Saturday and
the issuance of an open letter by the
Olympics committee to all fraterni
ties urging the suppression of hazing
brought the annual battle for su
premacy between the freshmen and
sophomores nearer achievement.
When the Olympics w" started
it was agreed by all students tnat no
hazing would be practiced. Occa
sionally the agreement was forgot
ten and small groups violate the spirit
of the Olympics by hazing practice.
The Olympics committee is making
every effort to make the Olympics
the struggle between the classes in
stead of having various unregulated
occurrences which always promote
ill feeling between the two classes.
The fraternities were requested to
be responsible for preventing any of
their members or pledges from taking
part in hazing as the Olympics ap
proach. It has also been arranged
to forfeit the contest if any class is
found guilty of violating the rules
against hazing.
Contests Start at 2 O'clock
Leo Black, chairman of the com
mittee arranging the events for the
Innocents for the Olympics, an
nounced that the contests would be
gin promptly at 2 o'clock in the sta
dium Saturday afternoon. The box
ing and wrestling matches, relay
race, and tug-of-war will be held in
the stadium after which the contest
ants will proceed to the drill field for
the mass games.
The schedule of events is: In the
stadium starting at 2 o'clock:
135 lb. wrestling.
145 lb. wrestling.
158 lb. wrestling.
135 lb. boxing.
145 lb. boxing.
158 lb. boxing.
Tug-of-war.
440 yard relay race. ,
Immediately afterward on the drill
field will follow in the order given
Bull pen.
Shoe rush.
The number of women and their
cheering will be judged throughout
the contests and not at any one par
ticular time. Special judges will have
charge of this innovation and the re
sult will be announced near the close
of the contests.
Sophomores are Confident
Walter Cronk, sophomore presi
dent, is confident that the freshmen
are in for the fiercest Olympic en
counter in years. "The sophomores,"
he says, "are learning from their ex
periences last year will refrain from
any attempts to haze or harass the
freshmen on the eve of the Olympics"
Likewise he warns the freshmen to
put their efforts into the Olympcis
rather than into violating both the
rules and the spirit of the contests
by doing and hazing.
Sophomore stock took a rise when
Coach Bearg announced that the
football men could participate in the
Olympics. Previously it had been
thought that the men out for Varsity
football would be kept out of the con
test to assure them being in shape
for the Notre Dame game Thanks
giving but Coach Bearg's declaration
yesterday assured their participation
along with the other members of the
sophomore , class.
OPEN SOCCOR SEASON MONDAY
Athletic Association Asks That Many
, Report for Practice Monday
The Women's Athletic. Association
announced today the opening of the
soccer season Monday, November 23.
Dorothy Peterson, the soccer mana
ger,-urges all women to come out.
New women who do not know the
game are invited to come out and
learn.
All classes must be represented in
order to have keen competition, and
material to play a good tournament
Senior women are especially urged to
make provisions to come out for this
sport
All who are interested sign up im
mediately on the W. A. A. bulletin
board in west Armory, and come out
for practices beginning next Monday.
Will Hold Meeting For Engineers
An Ionique meeting will be held
for all members in the department I
architectural engineering, Friday,
November 20, in Mechanics Arts 403.
There will be several speakers on
the program.
Weather Forecast
Wednesday: Generally fair; con.
tinned, moderate temperature.
1925.
GIVE CUP IN R.O.T.C. CONTEST
Award in Meet Presented for Merit
In Freshman Firing
The Commandant's Cup which is
annually awarded to the winning
company in the intercompany rifle
tournament, will this year be award
ed on the basis of prescribed firing
by freshmen cadets .instead of by a
selected team picked from each com
pany as has heretofore been the cus
tom. The change was made by Col
onel Jewett in order to arouse more
interest in the required freshman
range laboratory shooting.
The scores fired by the freshmen!
will be totalled up and divided by the
number required to fire. Cadets
failing to fire by the time limit of
December 31 will lower their com
pany standing just that much.
SILVER SERPENT
HOSTESS AT TEA
Weekly Affair Will Be Held from
3 to 5 O'clock Instead of from
4 to 6
The regular Thursday afternoon
tea at Ellen Smith Hall for all Uni
versity women will be held this week
from 3 to 5 o'clock instead of from
4 to 6 o'clock, in order that it will
not conflict with the Kindergarten
Club party which will begin at 5:30
Silver Serpent will have charge of
the tea, and will decorate in green
and white. Helen Aach is chairman
of the entertainment committee, and
Wilma Searson is chairman of the re
freshment committee. Elinor Pickard
will serve and there will be a musical
program. ,
Dorothy Strubbel, Waitie Thur
low and Neva Robbins will give solos;
Elsie Neeley and Joy Schaeffer will
sing; Ruth Ann Coddington will give
a harp solo; Rowena Royer will play
the violin and Grace Modlin the cello;
and Alice Olmstead will read.
HOLD ANNUAL KID
PARTY THESDAY
Students ..in ..Kindergarten-Primary
Department Will Sponsor Affair
In Ellen Smith Hall
The annual kid party for students
in the kinderparten-primary depart
ment of the University will be held
Thursday evening at Ellen Smith Hall
from 5:30 to 8 o'clock. Tickets are
thirty-five cents and may be pur
chased from Miss Clara O. Wilson or
students in the department.
Dinner will be served after which
the time will be spent in stunts and
games. Ten dollars is offered as
a prize for the best stunt put on by
any group of girls in the department.
There will also be two other prizes
given for the best child's costume
and for the cleverest character cos-
jtume.
Mrs. O. Chittendon, kindergarten
: supervisor of the Omaha schools, and
Miss Merle Beattie, kindergarten
supervisor of the Lincoln schools, are
to be the special guests for the eve
ning. The party is given under the aus
pices of the Kindergarten-Primary
Club of which Lucille George is the
president. The chairmen of the
committee in charge of the party are;
Nellie McReynolds, dinner; Melba
Burke, kitchen; Mary Lou Barker,
entertainment; and Priscilla Towle,
publicity.
Fordyce Addresses Banquets
Prof. Charles Fordyce of the de
partment of educational psychology
and measurements addressed a Fath-er-and-Son
banquet at Columbus on
Tuesday evening, and a Father-and-
Son banquet in Lincoln at the First
Baptist church on Friday evening.
Country School Days Are Recalled
By Name Carved in "U" Hall Tower
When lighting fixtures in the old I
tower of University Hall were taken
out yesterday, one of the electricians
discovered on one of the beams the
engraved name of an old boyhood
friend with whom he went to country
school forty-one years ago. The
electrician is K. F. McMillin of Lin
coln, and the boyhood friend of forty-
one years ago is D. N. Lehmer, a
graduate of the University it Ne
braska in 1893, and now professor of
mathematics at the University of Cal
ifornia.
The name of D. N. Lehmer with the
izt of 1887 stands out plainly on
one of the six by six beams that sup
port the bricK masonry oi wie w'iT.
It vas nunched deep into the wood.
The letters which are two inches
high stand out almost as clear as
they did decades ago, although dust,
water and air have made the wood as
dull and gray as the surrounding part
of the beam.
Vivid recollection of the old school
PRICE 5 CENTS
DIRECTORIES
ARE PUTr0N
SALE TODAY
Students May Purchase Copies
From Booths and Tables
On Campus
PRICE TO BE FIFTY CENTS
About 6,000 Names With Detailed
Informations About Each Are
Included in Lists
The officiul Student Directory is
on sale. Copies will be sold at vari
ous booths and tables on the cam
pus. The price will be fifty cents as
in past years.
Tables at which directories may be
purchased will be maintained today
and Thursday from 9 to 3 o'clock in
Social Science, Teachers College,
Law, Mechanic Arts and Temple
buildings. Booths at the northwest
corner of Twelfth and R streets will
be open from eight to five o'clock to
day and Thursday.
At the Agricultural College, s tabu
will be placed in Agricultural Hall
both Wednesday and Thursday. Gle i
Buck is in charge of distribution at
that campus.
V. Royce West, '27, Elmwood, was
editor of the! book; Marion Wood
ard, '26, Shenandoah, la., business
manager, and Genevieve Clark, '26,
associate editor. The editorial staff
included Blanche Allen, Geraldine
Heikes, Katherine McWhinnie and
Charles Johnson. The business staff
was Kate Goldstein, Betty Webster,
Glen Buck, Harold Douthit, George
Gesman, Merle Jones and Oscar Nor
ling. In addition to the regular student
list f one hundred ten pages are the
faculty, home town and social or
ganization lists making a total of two
hundred.
Includes About 6000 Names
Approximately 6000 names are in
cluded in the main section, with de
tailed information as to college and
year, home town, Lincoln address,
social organization affiliations and
telephone number. These names are
repeated under alphabetical group
ings according to home address.
Sorority, fraternity and literary
society members and pledges are list
ed together alphabetically by groups.
A directory of sorority and fraternity
house addresses precedes this section.
Organization, class, fraternity and
sorority presidents are listed alpha
betically by the name of the organi
zation in its respective field division.
The cover is in scarlet with a block
letter "N" in cream.
Delay was occasioned in issuing the
directory by the impossibility of the
gaining access to a list of the stu
dents early in the semester. Last
year's experience in omission of
names proved the impracticability of
distributing cards in classes from
which lists were to be made.
Checking in every way possible was
effected to insure absolute accuracy.
More than a thousand mistakes were
rectified. It is judged by those who
have inspected it to be the most ac
curate directory to have been pub
lished. Give Out Avrgwans at
Post Office in Long's
Those who were late in receiv
ing their copies of tho Awgwan
may get them at the post office
in Long's Book Store. Extra
copies are available at the post
office or at the Awgwan office
under the west side of the Sta
dium. days in a little country school house
two miles south of Rokeby which in
turn is several miles south of Lincoln
on the Rock Island railroad, were
brought back to Mr. McMillin when
he found the name of his old school
companion. He remembers that Leh
mer was the brightest student in the
class, and that he used to entertain
the pupils with his whistling and his
violin playing. The two boys sop-'
arated long years ago and have not
seen each other for years.
Professor Lehmer went to college,
and received his masters' degree at
the University of Nebraska, where he
was for several years an assistant
protestor in tnauinu&i.ivm. IIC "T.C
most distinguished mathematician
from the University of Nebraska, ac
cording to Dr. T. A. Tierce, of the
mathematic faculty vho received his
doctor's degree under Professor Leh
mer at ths University of Calif omia.
(Continued on Pce Three.)