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The Daily Nebraskan SaskTto debate child LABOR ISSUE Question for Spring Contest, Announced oy rroiewur Fogg Monday TWO DEBATES SCHEDULED South Dakota Come Her and Hus kers Co to Iowa Candidates Asked to Report The University of Nebraska's in .ronlleiriate debates for 1926 will be with the University of Iowa- at Iowa City, ana tne university 01 South Dakota at Lincoln, on the child labor question, according to an nouncement Monday by Prof. M. M Foee The debates the twenty fourth annual interstate forsenic battles since the "Think Shop" was organized will take place on Mr.rch 24 and 26. The exact phrasing of the propo sition that will be discussed is follows: "Resolved: That the Con stitution of the United States Should be Amended to Give Congress Power to Regulate Child Labor." Nebraska will maintain the affirm ative against South Dakota on Wed nesday, March 24, in the Temple theater, and tne negative at Iowa City on Friday evening, March 26. Candidates To Report Now All students who purpose to enter the preliminary debate for the se lection of the University's eight rep resentatives on the two teams and for the selection of the other mem bers of the Intercollegiate Debate Seminary, are requested to file their names and addresses with Professor Fogg at Administration building 207. This competition is open to all stu dents in regular standing who are registered in the University this se mester. Speaking membership on a team carries with it election to Delta Sigma Rho, national honorary fra ternity for intercollegiate debaters the debaters' Phi Beta Kappa. Detailed annauncements concern ing the preliminary debate, which, it -Mxpccted, will be held late ni Janu ary, will be made later this week. In that debate the contestant may main tain either side he wishes of the in tercollegiate question. Biography Soon Ready The reference librarian of the Uni versity library is at work on a pre liminary bibliography, which will be ready for distribution before the Christmas vacation. , Nebraska's intercollegiate debate honors last spring went to George Johnson, '28, Lincoln; Alexander Mc Kie, '24, Law '26, Omaha; and Volta Torrey, '26, Aurora, who met Iowa at Lincoln; and to Ralph S. Brooks, '25, Law '27, Lincoln; Lloyd J. Mar ti, '27, of Hastings; and David Sher, '28, ' of Omaha, who met South Dakota at Vermilion. The question was "That Congress should be given the right, by a two thirds vote, to overrule decisions of the Supreme Court declaring acts of Congress unconstitutional." LAST NUMERAL MEET THIS WEEK Schulte lime Call for Final Indoor Competition Before Opening Of Varii ty Season The last annual numeral track toeet of the year will be held Wed nesday and Thursday of this week, Coach Schulte announced yesterday. All field and track events will be 'Pen, and because of the large num ber of events and entrants, the meet will have to be stretched over two days instead of one. It will be held from 4 to 6 o'clock on both of the days. The meet will, of course, be held on the indoor track under the east lde of the stadium. Several very good events will be run off it was said. Roberta and Johnson, both star half-milers among the freshmen last year, will prob- b'y run an Interesting race. Jack i' Varsity record holder for the 5n"e, i i trjn, and will be ln- the meet Special Reading Will Be Given at Vespers A 'Pecial Christmas Jhe Other Wise Man," reading will be K'ven by Martha Farrar at the vesper service at 5 o'clock in El len Smith Hall this evening. The services will be led by Elizabeth Tracy; the Vespers cnou-. under the leadership of uth Ann Coddington, will pre Mnt group of Christmas carols d selected mmk, American Numerical System. Usine Dozens Instead An "American" system of num bers, in which dozens would take the place of tens now in use In the Arabic system, is proposed by a Chi cago man who has prepared a pam phlet urging the change. A copy, entitled "The American System of Mathematics" was recent ly received by Dr. A. L. Candy, pro fessor of mathematics, who explained the salient features of the plan at the last meeting of the Mathematics Club. In the foreword the pamphlet states "There is abundant evidence of a desire and a need of a system which can be handled by dozens (twelves) in large or small denomi nations and computed in a manner that is as rapid and accurate as that of the tens (Arabic) system that is STARRELS AT WORLD FORM "Universalism" Is Subject for Discussion at Wednes day Meeting TICKETS ON SALE TODAY The subject "Universalism" will be presented by Rabbi S. Starrels to the World Forum discussion Broun at its regular meeting Wednesday noon at the Grand Hotel. This will be the last meeting be fore the Christmas vacation. Tickets are available at Vespers and at the offices of the two Christian associa tions. Rabbi Starrels has for several years been a favorite of student meetings, according to those who are bringing him to the World Forum. Last year he discussed "The Jewish Point of View" in a series on the various religions. Over 150 students heard him at that time. Munt Buy Ticket Today "The Crusifixion of Christ from the Jewish Standpoint" was an nounced as the topic, but the speaker is reserving it for use on a later occasion. It is expected, however, that the subject he has substituted will be of as great interest and signi ficance to his hearers. The address last week on the race question by Miss Julliette Derricotte was attended by nearly 150 students. Because students did not purchase their tickets by Tuesday evening, plates were set for only a hundred The committee has been forced to announce that tickets sold on' the day of the meeting will have ten cents added to the price to cover the extra cost involved. Ag College Men Plan Annual Oyster Dinner The men of Ag College are plan ning an oyster feed Wednesday eve ning at the cafeteria in the Home Economics building. This annual event sponsored by Ag Club affords chance for the freshmen to get acquainted with the others in the college. Good entertainment, with lots of oyster soup and pie is promised by Don Wight, thairman of the com mittee. Admission of thirty-five cents will be charged. One Pledge "Up in the Air" A fraternity prospect at the Uni versity of Washington was pledged three thousand feet above his fra ternity house. The ceremony took place in an aeroplane. Weather Forecast Tuesday: Mostly fair. Field House Will Grinnell Cage With the basketball season near at hand, the new field house is well on its way to completion and there is no dcu'it but that it will be ready for the Huskers second home cage battle of the year with Grinnell on January 16. Most of the roofing has been Jaid and the brick walls are going up rapidly. Only a prolonged spell of extremely cold weather could retard work enough to prevent its being completed in time for the Grinnell game. Prepared For Crowds The field house has been planned so that capacity crowds can be han dled, with a minimum of trouble. Entrances re through a set of dou ble doors, between stone columns. These lead into a wide foyer, where fans will have a chance to get out of the cold, take off their coats, and get their tickets ready. Then they enter another set of doors Into a concourse, which runs across the front and around both sides of the THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 'TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, of Tens, Suggested in use throughout the world today." Historical Evidence Cited The use of the dozen as a unit is justified, the author points out, on account of the greater number of factors by which it is divisable. He also cites historical cases of uses of number twelve in biblical prophesies, history, and customs. There were twelve tribes of Israel and twelve apostles. There were twelve states signers of the United States Consti tution. There are twelve months in the year, and twelve men consti tute a jury. . The essence of the new system consists in the adoption of new sym bols for writing ten and eleven. In stead of writing 10 for ten, the letter "T" would be used. A capital "E" would be used for 11. Twelve would be written ID, the D standing for a cipher, and would be read one doz n. The number twenty, for exam ple, instead of being written 20 as in the Arabic, would be written 18 and called one dozen and eight. Queer Numbers When the numbers reach the third decimal 'place, corresponding to our hundred, as in 129, the unit would be called a "Gross," and 129, in the American" system, would be one gross, two dozen nine. The next higher division corresponding to our present thousand would be called a "Grand" and indicated 1DDD. High er than that the unit corresponding to our million, 1, DDD.DDD, would be called an "AniD-Eric." and still (Continued on Page Three.) ANOTHER ISSUE OFAWGWANOUT December Number of Univer sity's Humor Magazine Distributed Monday ART WORK IS FEATURED The December issue of the Awg- wan just out, contains twenty-four pages of wit and humor. The issue is called the "Formal Number." The cover design is a three color sketch by Phil Fent, Jr. The magazine contains many clever cartoons. The contributors to the December issue were: Jessie Balwin, '26; Pauline Bilon, '29; Katherine Foote, '29; Ruth Harrington, '26; Merritt Lewis, '29; Viola Mercer, '29; Ben Offerle, '29; Virginia Powell, '29; and Blanche Sevens, '26. A pen sketch by Kenneth Thomas is one of the feature drawings of the issue. The drawing may be found on page ten, along with a poem en titled "After." New Column Added "Butch's Bedtime Story," by "Himself," is a very' humorous ar ticle. A full page of cartoons under the heading "Formalities that should be Chucked," will be the cause of quite a bit of mirth. They were drawn by Torgny Knudsen. "A Tub of Tea," by Claire Montesrey, con tains its usual wit and chatter. A new feature has been added to this issue in the form of a column called "The Sling and the Harp". It is conducted by Roman Becker and deals with various matters. Wallace Oklahoma Captain P. A. "Big Polly" Wallace, pow erful center, has been elected to lead the University of Oklahoma's foot ball team next fall. Wallace's election comes as a cli max to the greatest football year he has experienced. He is the oldest man on the squad and a major cog in the Sooner defense machine, as well as one of the best passing cen ters in the valley. Next year will be his last in valley football. Be Ready for Battle January 16 basketball court. A series of arch ed openings allow easy entrance to the bleachers that will be temporar ily erected around the floor. In the center of the floor, which measures 120 by 208 feet, will be the Varsity court. The bleacher to be built even with the lowest ror jf the balcony, will hold approxi mately 4,000 people. Together with the balcony, which will seat the same number, there are accommo dations for 8,000 for a basketball game. Many Court Possible When it is used for tournament play the huge floor will be marked off into three parallel courts, and the possibility of another on the stage, which measures 60 by 120 feet, the size of the entire floor now used in the Armory. Men's athletic activities will be entirely taken out of the Armory under the new plan, which leaves (Continued on Page Throe.) PARIS SCHOLAR RANKS VIRGINIA POET AS BEST Edward Arlington Robinson United States' Greatest, Says Dr. Cestre SPEAKS AT CONVOCATION University of Paris Professor Makes Two Addresses Comments on American Colleges Dr.. Charles Cestre, professor of American Literature and Civiliza tion at the University of Paris, gave a literary criticism of the Virginia poet, Edward Arlington Robinson, at the 11 o'clock convocation in the Temple theatre Monday morning. Dr. Cestre is writing a book on the work of the Virginia poet and in his lecture characterized him as the greatest poet of the United States and a humorist of worth. He dwelt upon the philosophy, catholic hu manity, and spirituality of the poet His humor never approached the caustic ana pessimistic, out was delicate, said Dr. Cestre. Robinson was said to appreciate the oddity and queerness of life and to see that these qualities are more or less reflected in all of us. Professor Cestre compared Robin son with Carlyle and Browning. He said Robinson drew his characters from life about him while Browning chose his from history. Cestre Uses Perfect English Prof essor . Cestre has a wonderful command of the English language. His choice of words is precise, his poetical prose exact This fact, pernaps, held the interest of the audience no less than did the theme of the lecture. In introducing the speaker, Pro fessor F. M. Fling, said that Prof. Cestre came from the oldest univer sity in the world, the University of Paris, founded 900 years ago, to one of the youngest, the University of Nebraska, less than 50 years old. From Old University The University of Paris is only a graduate school for students who are specialists in their field and who study under the greatest instructors in France. This University, in 1919 conferred an honorary degree on (Continued on Page Two) D HALL EDITION OF ALUMNUS MAILED December Number of Nebraska Alumnus, Dedicated to Old Building, Just Out' The December issue . of the Ne braska Alumnus, a special "U Hall Number", was mailed yesterday. Pictures of the. old building, editor ials about it, and a special article on Why U Hall Was Wrecked" are featured. Claiming the interest of all Ne braska alumni is the wrecking of the old main building, the first on the campus, and long stories of its his tory and discussions of its present condition find much space in the magazine. "U Hall Gives Up Long Fight," "Had Troublous History," "Difficulties of the Seventies," "Why U Hall Was Wrecked," "What Alumni Think of U Hall," "U Hall 'Wreckings'," and "A New Univer sity Hall," by Chancellor Samuel Avery, are some of the featured ar ticles. A survey of the football season, ncluding a short summary of the Huskers games this fall, is included. Other sport articles are: "A Survey of College Football," "Basketball Squad Starts Practice," and "Cali fornia's Husker Eleven," Starrels Speaks at Ag College Today Rabbi S. Starrels of the Jewish Reform church of Lincoln will speak at the College of Agriculture at 12:20 today in the parlors of the Home Economics building. The meeting is under the auspices of the College of Agriculture Y. W. C. A. and all women are- invited to attend. Rabbi Starrr' will speak Wednes day noon at the World Forum lunch eon at the Grand Hotel. Only Shopping Days Ift Until CHRISTMAS Actual Play in Football Game Lasts Only 10 Minutes Says Coach Schulte Is sixty minutes of football sixty minutes? The spectator would say 'No," and add that to his best know ledge he sat in the stands for two hours at the Nebraska-Notre Dame game. Coach "Indian" Schulte could tell you that it lasts only ten minutes. This isn't guess work, but the re sult of an investigation on the part of the Husker track coach. While at Lawrence, the afternoon following the annual Valley cross country run. the coach, with several other mem bers of the cross country team, arm ed with split-second watches, kept an accurate account of the time lost between plays, and the duration of the plays during the Missouri-Kan sas battle. Make Careful Timing From the time the ball was de- lared dead by the official, until it was snapped back from center, two watches caught the waste time. Then two other watches timed the plays from the snapped ball until the play was stopped. The results of this interested the coach to the extent that he had members of his coaching class take the same data of the game here on Thanksgiving. Of the actual playing time in the Husker-Irish conflict, which totaled sixty minutes, only 10 minutes, 20.3 seconds, were used in advancing the ball by the two teams. In this time 143 plays were executed by the two teams. Notre Dame lost an average of 23 seconds of official time be tween each play. The Husker play- WRESTLING MEET-OPENS First Bouts in Interfraternity Contest Scheduled This Afternoon ENTRANTS WILL WEIGH IN Fraternity wrestlers will have a chance to test their skill this after noon in the first interfraternity wrestling meet, which will be held at 4 o'clock in the Armory. Each fra ternity will be allowed to enter one man in each event, but a full team of eight men is not necessary. The meet will hp conducted under Missouri Valley ruiei. The eight classes are: 108 lb.. 115 lb., 125 lb., 135 lb., 145 lb., 158 lb., 175 lb., and heavyweight. A two pound allowance is made in each of the classes. - i Because of the inexperience of I most of the contestants the bouts will only be six minutes long, instead of the regulation eight minutjs. The finals will be eighi minute bouts. Trophies at Stake The N Club will present trophies to the winning teams. Fraternities having men entered in the contests must see that they are weighed in by 4 o'clock this af ternoon. Wrestling will start at 4 o'clock and will go on until 6 o'clock. If enough men are entered the meet will be continued tomorrow. In any case, the preliminaries will be fin ished up by Thursday, when the fi nals will be held, if present plans work out. Any fraternity man who is satis factorily carrying at least twelve hours, is eligible to compete. For Delta Chi fraternity DeFord, 135, and Brainard, 175, will probably wrestle. Weber, 125, Lang, 145, Garrer, 115, Rehller, 158, Blessing, 175, and Pospisil, heavyweight, will be in the meet for Theta Chi. For Pi Kappa Alpha there will be Kel low, Lee, Randels, and Negus. Pioneer Nebraska Indian Warfare in On the way to attack an Indian camp the thought brought a real thrill to the pioneer soldier. Such an experience is described in "Nebraska History and Record of Pioneer Days" by C. S. Munhall, of Callaway, Nebraska, when the sev enth U. S. cavalry marched to the battle of Washita. The cavalry left their camp near Fort Hayes, Kansas, October 6. 1869, marching in a' southwestward ly direction, arrived at F' rt Dodge. At Camp Besver Creek, they were Joined by General Sheridan and his staff with two companies of Kansas volunteers. Both crossed the Canadian river through floating ice and snow, and continued southwest toward the Washita mountains, supplied only with one hundred rounds of ammu nition. The trail was now taken up by the scouts with three Osagea ln the lead. At their signal, on Nov ember 23,1868, the column .halted and saw the villages of the Black 1925. ers lost 31.5 seconds per play. In the Kansas-Missoci grfd bat tle there were 140 plays executed in 10 minutes, 51.5 seconds. Kansas lost on an average of 27 seconds per down, with Missouri slightly slower than the Jayhawkers and somewhat faster than the Huskers in the dis patch of plays with an everage of 30.3 seconds. Notre Dame holds the speed record. End Runs Take Time The investigation pointed out that the average line play of no gain, or perhaps a yard or two,, took only about three seconds of playing time. A sweeping end run, or a completed forward pass competed for honors with punts, in consuming the great est amount of time. STORM WAVE HITS LINCOLN Biting Wind and Stinging Snow Make Students Seek Shelter FAIR WEATHER AHEAD A sharp wind and gusts of sting ing snow swept into the faces af the students as they scurried from build ing to building Monday. There wasn't much loitering on the walks. Even the Social Science porch was deserted. Radiators were the popu lar places. The storm began in Lincoln at 4 o'clock Monday morning. By Mon day night the estimated snow fall was over an inch. Temperature Falls Steadily The temperature fell gradually all morning and reached twenty degrees above zero at noon. At 5 o'clock the weather bureau in Brace labor atory estimated the temperature at nineteen degrees, with the mercury still moving lower. They predict ed a minimum temperature of fif teen degrees for Tuesday morning. Snow was still falling. The storm covered the entire state. Snowfall was heaviest in the northwestern part, ranging from four to six inches. It reached a depth of fourteen inches in Chey enne. Tuesday would be slightly, colder and fair, it was predicted. Knew It Was Coming Since the three-inch fall in Oct ober, practically no snow has fallen: and, according to the bureau, move ments of the high and low pressure areas indiated that the storm was to ibe expected. Just a year ago, the country was in the grip of a severe cold snap. The mercury hovered near the zero point rather consistently. December 16 the temperature was two degrees above zero; December 18 it fell to six below, reaching a low point of eight degrees December 19, after which it rose again. Eight and one half inches of snow fell last Decem ber. COLLINS TALKS IN MUSEUM Curator Gives Lecture on "English Scenery" Sunday F. C. Collins, assistant curator of the museum, gave an interesting lec ture in the museum last Sunday af ternoon. The subject of the lecture was "English Scenery." A good number of people attended. Next Sunday afternoon, Miss Shanafelt will give a talk on "Ne braska Birds, Animals, and Flowers." This talk will be illustrated by col ored lantern slides. These lectures are open to students. Soldier Writes of State's Early Days Kettle tribe. Their own Ctoud or ganization consisted of four com mands, one of which was sent miles below. Attacked at Day Break "All were to attack at the first dawn of day, when the bua-Ie charge would be sounded and Custer's mounted band would play "Garry Owen" ae it always did in going into battle," writes Mr. Mundall In his account. "We caught them napping," he adds with a decisive note. The In dian warriors, with considerable con fusion but with determined resist ance, rushed for trees and ravines. Ten minutes after the charge, the lodges and all their contents were in the possession of the cavalry and volunteers. Indians Hard Tc Dislodge "But the real fightbic. rarelv. t ever, equalled In Indian warfare, be gan when we attempted to dislodge (Continue on Pag-e Three.) PRICE 5 CENTS. CHORUS SINGS 'THE MESSIAH' ON THURSDAY Date for Annual Christmas Production of Oratorio Is Changed CLASSES NOT DISMISSED But Students Wishing to Attend Will Be "Excused from Conflict ing Classes" The thirteenth annual Christmas production of Handel's "Messiah" will be given by the University chor us, under the direction of Mrs. Car rie B. Raymond, on Thursday, Dec ember 17, at 10 o'clock, instead of on Friday, as has always been the custom. Although it was originally an nounced that the oratorio would be sung on Friday, it has definitely been decided to give the production on Thursday. Orchestra To Assist The University orchestra, direct ed by William T. Quick, will assist in the production. Classes will not be dismissed, as they have in years gone by. How ever, all students wishing to attend The Messiah" will be allowed to do so, and they will be "excused from conflicting classes." Soloists who will have parts in the oratorio are: Harriet Cruise, soprano. Edward Ellingson, tenor. Katherine Dean, contralto. Herman Decker, bass. Soloists with the orchestra will be: Edward Walt, first violin. Ernest Harrison, second violin. William T. Quick, viola. Lillian Eiche, violincello. Mark Pierce, bass. Don Berry, trumpet. Fleda Graham, piano. Edith Burlington, organ. . "The Messiah" was written' in 1741 by the famed composer, George Handel. It is a portrayal of the com ing of the Savior and is annually produced at many places a Christ-, mas time. The program: "The Prophesy" Tenor: "Comfort Ye, My People," "Every Valley Shall Be Exatled." Chorus: "And the Glory of the Lord" Bass: "Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts", "But Who' May Abide the Day of His Coming". "The Nativit" Soprano: "There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Fields". Chorus: "Glory to God in the High est." Contralto: "He Shall Feed His Flock." Soprano: "Come into Him." "The Passion" Chorus: "Behold the Lamb of God." Contralto: "He Was Despised." Chorus: "Surely He has Borne Our Griefs.' Tenor: "Thy Rebuke Has Broken His Heart, But Thou Didst Not Leave His' Heart." Chorus: "Lift Up Your Heads O Ye Gates." "The Resurrection" Soprano: "I Know That My Re deemer Liveth." Quartet and Chorus: "Since By Man Came Death." Bass: "The Trumpet Shall Sound." (Trumpet obligato by Don Berry). Chorus: "Hallilujah, The Lord God Omnipotent Reignith." FERGUSON ISSUES PERSOHELL SURVEY Report of National Society Distribut ed to Engineering Faculty By Dean Dean Ferguson is distributing to the members of the Engineering col lege faculty, in pamphlet form, the report of the committee of the So ciety for the Promotion of Engi neering Education on "Teaching Personnel." The report contains data relative to the sources from which engineer ing teachers are drawn, such ar rangements as may be made for the permitting of younger ten ders to advance in their profession, the sal. aries paid to various grades of in structors, the tendency of Instruct ors to leave the profession and entor the industry, and the degrees held by teachers. The actual annual loss of tairhera to professions, as disclond by the pamphlet, is 6.75 per cent The per centage of teachers changing posi tions in institutions is ten per cent. In both these esses the largest per centage is applicable to Inst ships rather than professorships. 1