Nebraska Newspapers

    The Daily' Nebraskan
XXV. NO. 100.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 'THURSDAY. MARCH 4, 1926.
PRICE 6 CENTS.
FIRST DAY OF
COPPOCK DRIVE
OBTAINS-$325
Contest Between Team. Close
Winner Given Banquet
After Campaign
ALL MONEY IN BY FRIDAY
Ltt.ch.on. .1 Ellen Smith Hall for
Worker. AH We.k, Different
Speaker. Dally
Three hundred and twenty-five
dollars hnd been ralsod by the work
rs in the Grace Coppock campaign
by noon on Wednesday, which falls
,hort a hundred dollars of the
' .mount raised on the first day of
the drive Inst year. The report was
made at the luncheon of workers In
the drive held on Wednesday at Ellen
Smith Hall.
Conte.t For Flr.t Placo
The team captained by Wilhelmina
Schellack heads the list with $45.60
turned in, and Ruth Barker's team
a ,econd with a total of $24.60. The
Y. W. C. A. cabinet will entertain
the winners in the team contest at
dinner sometime after the drive, and
all the money to count in this con
test must be turned in by Friday ev
ening at 6 o'clock.
Cyrena Smith led the devotlonals
at the luncheon on Wednesday noon
at Ellen Smith Hall which was at
tended by about one hundred and
fifty women. Arvilla Johnson, who
was chairman of the drive last year
was the speaker. STie stressed the
importance of approaching: the wo
men who are being asked for money
in the right way, and she also talked
about Miss Vera Barger and Miss
Grace Coppoek, their lives and their
work.
Remembrance, of Grace Coppock
The devotionals on Thursday
noon will be led by Wilhelmina Schel
lack, who will introduce the speaker,
Mrs, E. L. Hinman, who will tell
something about her remembrances
of Miss Coppock on the campus of the
University of Nebraska.
The speaker at the last luncheon
on Friday noon will be Kingsley
Chen, a Chinese student. The de
votionals will be led by Elsie Gram
lich. The luncheons, which are only
twenty-five cents ieach, are being
served by the social committee of the
Y. W. C. A. and are held to keep up
the enthusiasm in the drive and also
to give the workers an opportunity
to check in their mony.
This year the Grace Coppock com
mittee decided that they should not
ask for any certain amount but would
leave the question to the ability and
interest of the individual. The team
workers are trying to arrange for a
personal interview, and in this way
to explain something about the drive
and answer any questions about Vera
Barker or Grace Coppock that the
person interviewed wishes to ask.
Graduate of Nebra.kn
Grace Coppock, in whose memory
the Grace Coppock Memorial fund
was established, was graduated from
the Univeraityf Nebraska with the
class of 1905, and went to China
soon after her graduation where she
became national secretary of the Y.
W. C. A. in China until after her
death in 1921.
A clipping in one of the papers at
Shanghai, China, the city in which
the Y. W. C. A. has its national
headquarters, says about Miss Cop
pock at the time of her death, "Miss
Coppock's death takes from China
one of her greatest women leaders.
The loss will be felt in every prov
ince and section of the country in
China."
Mis. Barger On Staff
Miss Vera Barger, whose work is
being supported by the Grace Cop
pock fund, was one of the staff work
ers in China under Miss Coppock.
She is not the successor of Miss
Coppock in China but is her success
or in the interest of the Nebraska Y.
W. C. A. She is the national physi
cal education director of the Y. W. C,
A., and uses the money sent her by
the University of Nebraska Y. W. C.
A. to promote physical education
Programs all over China
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Iowa University is trying out a
SVstem tvTiavotx a efi.onfa
ill be graduated in less than four
wrcnout carrying extra worK.
Special classes are provided for
tHnoo n.l. 1 .
w0 gnow unusual aDiiiiy.
Pipe Organ at Colorado
In one of the lament nine ore-ana in
the world, erected at the University
t Colorado, there are 60 pipes con
polled electrically by more than SO,
00 miles of wire.
Debater. Widely Challenged
Denver tin
Jn challenged by 23 different col-
leges and universities in 16 states.
WEATHER FORECAST
Thursday: Cloudy and unset
tled. Weather Condition
Fair weather prevails through
out the country except for light
rain in New Mexico and light snow
in northern Minnesota and in the
lower Lake region and Pennsyl
vania. Temperatures are below
normal from the Mississippi and
lower Missouri valleys eastward
to the Atlantic const, and some
what above normal in thr western
half of the country. The south
western storm area is extonding
northeastward from New Mexico
to the middle Missouri Valley and
is expected to cause cluody ar.d
unsettled weather In Nebraska to
night and Thursday.
THOMAS A. BLAIR,
' Meteorologist.
CONDRA HEADS
NEW COMMITTEE
Governor McMulIen Organizes
Forestry Division to Make
State Beautiful
MANY INQUIRIES BY MAIL
To' bring together the various for
estry activities in the state, Gover
nor Adam McMulIen today announc
ed the appointment of a state fore
station committee, of which Dr. G. E.
Condra, director of the conservation
and survey division of the Univer
sity of Nebraska, is chairman. The
governor, is deeply interested in tree
planting for wind breaks and for
beautifying farms, ranches, and state
institutions. He believes the state
should have pines and broadleaf
tree to be supplied free by the feder
al government
Plan Sy.tem For Ftre.tation
The problem of the committee will
be to devise a plan of systematic
forestation and to coordinate the
present activities. Every day's mail
brings a number of inquiries about
tree planting.
E. A. Nieschnitt, a graduate of a
leading European university, who has
studied in one of the best forestry
schools there, has been engaged as
state forester. His office is in the
state conservatory and soil division
at the University of Nebraska.
Encourage Tree Planting
The federal government has plant
ed to-date over 10,000 acres of seed
lings in the sandhills. The nursery
at Halsey which was named after
Dr. Bessey of the University of Ne
braska department of botany, raises
millions of seedlings every year for
distributun in the sixth congressional
district. The state in cooperation,
it is contemplated, will produce seed
lings for general distribution. This
will encourage tree planting, and it
is believed will create a larger mar
ket for private nurseries.
The members of the committee
besides the chairman are Director V.
H. Brokaw of the Agricultural Col
lege extension division; Prof. W. W.
Burr, assistant director of the agri
cultural extension division; George
Marshall of Arlington; Jay Higgins,
superintendent of the federal nur
sery at Halsey; and state secretary of
agriculture McLaughlin.
Future Football Player Arrire.
A future Comhusker football play
er was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
E. Swanson. 2936 Sewell Street, on
Monday afternoon. Clarence Jr.
may not have tried out his magic toe
yet, but he is likely to follow in the
footsteps of his father, who was the
captain of the 1921 Cornhuskers, one
of the great grid teams of Nebraska.
Never Too Much Education
"There is no such thing as too
much education," said President Cof-
man of the University of Minnesota,
at the annual observance of Charter
day of that institution.
Summer Courses at
Her tin jpen jnu
for Foreien-
ers at the University of Berlin offers
to Americans summer school courses
the American plan,
from July 15 to August 25. These
courses include German language uu
literature, German political and so
cial history, German art, ana ht
ization, political economy, and sociol
ogy. The courses ere arranged for
four classes of students.
1. Undergraduates who are pre
paring at college for their B. A.
2. Postgraduates who are work
ing for their M. A. or Ph. D.
3. Teachers who desire to con
tinue their professional studies.
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4. Civilians wno merei
take cultural courses.
Courses will be conducted by uni
DDTEAU TELLS
OF EVILS OF
PRESENT LIFE
World Forum Discussion Is of
Phases and Faults of
Social System
NO SOLUTION
OFFERED
Law College I. Only Campu. Group
With Unityi Need Greater
Community of Feeling
Declaring that the University of
Nebraska should remain not only a
vital part of our youth but also of
our personality, Ellsworth F. Du
Teau, junior in the arts and science
college, and leader in the movement
to overcome the car renting evil, in
his address yesterday noon to the
World Forum, on the subject, "Some
Evils of Present University Llfo,"
said that to remove present evils,
community of interest among the
student body must be fostered.
Mr. Du Teau stated that he had no
tangible solution to offer but he
hoped he could point out a few of
the things that needed remedying.
Quoted Philo.opher
The Greek philosophers, Mr. Du
Teau pointed out, early formulated
the expression "Know thyself."
"This is a matter of contact and so
cial environment. It is necessary to
develop in a suitable social environ
ment. Students coming here have
two aims, development of the mind
and development of the personality.
We form our habits before the age
of twenty-one. It is desirable to
make our habits our friends rather
than our enemies.
"Superfluous social customs are
so interwoven that it takes as great
a fight to overcome them as for an
individual to overcome his habits."
Mr. Du Teau then proceeded to
call attention to social defects now
existing. He stated that most of his
material was taken from questions
asked him by students.
Old Unity I. Lacking
"Where is the old unity that used
to characterize the students of the
University? One student asked me
if congeniality and friendship hadn't
become matters of cliques only. This
view point may be exaggerated but
it indicates the problem.'
- "We students in the University
lead a two-fold life. The campus is
our place of business. There is
nothing on the campus to bring the
student body together. We have
dissociated into small groups. The
library is not a place where students
can gather socially. It is repressive
and of necessity so since its purpose
could not be fulfilled otherwise.
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ASSOCIATIONS PLAN
SECOND JOINT PARTY
Univer.ity Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C.
A. Arrange Novel Entertain
Ment for ISO Couple.
The University Y. W. C. A. and Y.
M. C. A. will entertain the students
of the University at a joint party to
be hed at Ellen Smith Hall this Sat
urday evening, March 6th, starting at
8:30 o'clock. This will be the sec
ond joint party given by the two as
sociations this year, the first being
held during the first semester. Plans
are being made for one hundred and
fifty couples.
Elsa Kerkow and Judd Crocker,
the "Y" social committee chairmen,
are planning a bit of novel entertain
ment for the party which includes
several musical numbers throughout
the evening. Refreshments will be
served and numerous games have
been arranged for entertainment
during the program.
" The chaperones include Miss Erma
Appleby, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jor
genson, and Rev. and Mrs. Dean R.
Leland.
University of
iihcuuumi
versity professors, directors, and the
teachers in secondary schools. In
addition to the regular classes, lect
ures, discussions, and obesrvationi,
there will be excursions and social
gatherings. Saturdays are free for
excursions; the language courses will
meet daily on the other five days
from 10 to 12 a. m.; the other cour
ses from 4 to 6 p. m.
Requirements of American educ
tional institutions are met by these
courses. The tuition amounts to
about $30, and entitles the applicant
to atend sixty hours of language
courses and thirty hours from other
courses. Other groupings of the
courses are possible. Students are
entitled to all special activities by
the tuition.
Engineer's Week Will
Be Topic at Meeting
The American Society of Civil
Engineers will hold a business
meeting on Friday at 10:00 o'
clock in the Mechanic Arts build
ing, room 210.
The purpose of the meeting will
be to discuss Engineers' Week.
Exhibits and how and whore to
exhibit them, will bo discussed,
as well hs the prizes that are to
be given.
INDOOR TRACK
TRYOUTS TODAY
Coach Schulte Undecided How
To Enjer Men in Meet
Under New Rules
FRESHMAN EVENTS FIRST
Try-outs for the Missouri Valley
indoor meet to be held at Ames on
March 12 and 13 wil be run this af
ternoon at the Stadium. Coach II. F.,
Schulte invites all track fans out to
witness the events and promises them
some real races. They will start
promptly at 4 o'clock and will be run
off in the usual order. ,
Coach Schulte is in some perplex
ity as to how to enter the men in the
indoor meet, for the new rules are
that not more than two men may en
ter an event. This makes it necessT
ary to change the rvn around some
what so as to bring out the best pos
sible scoring team and still keep the
men to their usual events. It is
possible that Lewis and Roberts will
run in the half mile, while Johnson
and Ross will compete in the mile.
In the other events the entries are
undetermined.
Nebra.ka May Be Favorite
No outstanding team can yet be
picked in the valley but Nebraska is
probably the closest to a favorite be
cause of her victory last year. The
outstanding races of the meet will
undoubtedly be in the sprints. Cap
tain Locke is the heavy favorite in
these, for he has held the title for the
last two years. Farley of Missouri,
and Wongwai of Kansas are capable
of stepping the distance in record
time and will press Locke to win.
Wyatt should be able to place well
to the front if Coach Schulte sees fit
to enter him in the sprints, for Far
ley was the only Valley man to place
ahead of Wyatt at the Illinois relays.
Team Re.ted Since Relay
The team has been taking it easy
since their return from the relays and
tonight should find them in fine form
to put forth their best effort A
freshman numeral meet will be run
in connection with the try-outs, but
their events will be run off one hour
earlier than the same event for the
varsity. Coach Schulte is anxious to
see every possible candidate for the
track team out in suit, for he is bent
on winning the indoor title again this
year, and wishes more men out com
peting in the try-outs.
A. 1 S. HOSTESSES
AT THURSDAY TEA
Motif of "Mad March Hare" Taken
From "Alice in Wonderland"
Typifie. Sea.on
Members of the Associated Wo
men's Student board will be the hos
tesses at the weekly tea on Thursday
from 4 to 6 o'clock in Ellen Smith
Hall. The tea, which will typify the
season, will have for its motf "The
Mad March Hare," adapted from
"Alice in Wonderland."
The decorations, refreshments and
program have been worked out along
the motif of the tea. The program
is: dance, Jean Tucker; reading from
"Alice in Wonderland," Joyce Adair;
and music for dancing by Olive
Fletcher.
FERGUSON RECEIVES BOOKLET
Chicago In.titute Pamphlet Describe
Salaried Engineering Court
An interesting booklet from the
Chicago Central Station Institute
has been received by Dean Ferguson
of the Engineering College. The
booklet describes their college gradu
ate course to which they admit el
ectrical engineering graduates. The
course is a combination of experi
mental and class-room' work lasting
about a year. A salary is paid dur
ing the course.
The institution is supported by sev
eral Public Utility companies in and
about Chicago.
Nebraska has in former years sent
several men in to this course. . Sever
al of them are now on the engineer
ing staff of th esupporting compan
ies. The booklet may be seen at
Dean Ferguson s office, Mechanical
Arts 204.
COACH BEARO
STARTS SPRING
GRID PRACTICE
Candidates Begin Checking
Out Lockers and Suits
On March Eighth
FIFTEENTH IS FIRST DAY
Important Thi. Year . i.e Many
Game. Schedule ' r I rly
Fall Drake I. Fir.t
Spring football practice will start
on March 15, according to Coach E.
E. Bearg. There will be practice at
3:30 every school day including Sat
urday. Tho candidates should begin
checking out their suits and obtain
ing locker March 8.
This year spring football will be
very important, according to Coach
Bearg. Every man who is interested
at all in playing football next fall
should be out for practice. Owing
to the early games that are sched
uled for next season, the team will
not be able to get much drill before
the first eame with Drake. For this
reason ii is desired that every candi
date participate in spring football in
order that the coaches will be able
to get an idea of next years' varsity
eleven. Coach Bearg issues a call
for all varsity men, and freshman
players, and any other candidates,
whether they have had any experi
ence or not.
Four Regular. Graduate
Four regulars of last years' eleven
will graduate, so that positions left
vacant by them will have to be filled,
and these places will be pretty well
decided during spring practice.
Another point which adds Import
ance to spring football is the ten
dency to limit practice time. Steps
have already been taken in the Big
Ten Conference to lim.t practice to a
certain number of hours per day.
If such action should be taken by
the Missouri Valley authorities, it
would place additional premium on
spring football.
Same Line. a. Fall Practice
The spring practice will be con
ducted on identical lines of the fall
work. All the men will work to
gether, as freshmen will be eligible
for competition next fall. It is
planned to have three or four games,
between teams selected, with full
time and usual officials. The first
game is scheduled for the third week
of practice. Everything will be as
much like fall practice as possible,
and Coach Bearg emphasizes the
fact that work this spring will be
very important, probably more than
ever before.
Charles Black, newly appointed
basketball coach, will be here to aid
in coaching the backfield. Candi
dates can check out their suits and
get their lockers at the north end of
the stadium.
ACTS FOR "FOLLIES"
MUST BE IN MARCH 8
Entertainment Spon.ored By A. W
S. Board Offer. Prize, for Be.t
Skit. Submitted
All skits which have been pre
pared for the Co-Ed Follies, to be
given at the Armory the night of
March 26, must be handed in to thq
A. W. S. office, on the second floor
of Ellen Smith Hall, or to some
member of the A. W. S. board by
March 8.
All girls are urged to write a short
act of some sort and submit it, for
there is no definite sort of entertain
ment which is planned.. The prizes
of fifteen and ten dollars would be
well worth the little effort used in
planning the act, not to mention the
fun of giving it
The Co-Ed Follies are for . girls
only, and it is hoped that everyone
will co-operate in making this suc
cessful. i jtji
Colleges Begin Student Projects
As Result of Evanston Conference
Definite student projects are al
ready under way in a good many col
leges all across the country as a re
sult of the Evanston Interdenomina
tional Student Conference which met
during the Christmas holidays. Re
ports of these projects were brought
from every section of the United
States to the fir si, meeting of the
Continuation Cimmittee which re
cently was held in Columbus, Ohio.
' Many of these student-directed un
dertakings related very definitely to
the demand for church unity which
was so persistently expressed at Ev
anston. Thus, at Northwestern Uni
versity the Young People's Societies
in the Evanston churches are moving
more closely together in a common
j use of the project method.
Saturday Is Deadline
For All Group Write-ups
Write-ups of all groups taking
space in the 1026 Cornhuskcr
should be in by this Saturday,
March 6. The articles can be left
with either the editor or managing
editor in the Comhusker office in
tho basement of University Hall.
This ultimatum includes organiza
tions having pictures and those
with only space.
Tho write-ups should be two
hundred words in length, contain
ing a history of the organization,
the purpose and function el the
organization, 'and should, stress
tho future work and plans.
FARMERS' FAIR
PLANS STARTED
All Committees Begin Work on
Event by End of Week;
Held May First
PAGEANT TO BE FEATURE
All the fifty or more Farmers'
Fair committees, published in the
Daily Nebraskan February 22, will
swing into action by the end of the
present week to begin preparations
for the Fair, which will be held this
year on May 1. Ag students who
failed to find out upon which com
mittee they were placed are urged
to attend to the matter at once.
The publicity committee met on
Wednesday, March 3, and drew up
temporary plans for action. There
will be a number of new and novel
features employed to advertise the
fair this year. The committee be
lieves that the Farmers' Fair in it
self, is well enough known, and that,
therefore, publicity that will create a
general spirit of "Good Will" is to
be stressed.
Plan For Pageant
Other 'committees have also dis
cussed their plans for further pro
cedure tentatively. The Pageant
Play, whose plans call for the most
elaborate and gorgeous production
ever attempted in connection with
this feature, is already hard at work.
Reahersals will be begun within a
week, at which time the cast will
have been selected.
The wild west show committee is
beginning to round up the "rough
riders" on Ag campus, so as to get
them in prime condition by May 1.
The show will be run off by a regular
event schedule this year, which will
do away with the long waits between
the various events occsaioned in the
past years.
Stre. Educational Exhibit.
Every educational committee will
have met and discussed plans by the
end of the coming week. As the 1926
fair board will stress Ag College
educational exhibits more than ever
before, committee chairmen are al
ready busy searching for new and
novel ideas to incorporate into their
displays. The various entertain
ments and amusements together with
new ones will also receive attention
on a larger and more elaborate scale
than ever before. The old saying,
"Bigger and better than ever" will
accompany the Ag College students
in their preparations for the fair.
Adopt American Football
The University of British Colum
bia is considering the possibility of
adopting the American style of
football in preference to the British
style of play.
Columbia Student. Radical.
Columbia students are the most
radical in the United States, accord
ing to a Dartmouth professor who
made a nation-wide survey of stu
dent views.
Fraternitie. Di.cu. Violation.
Prohibition violation on the Michi
gan .campus was discussed at a meet
ing recently of the fraternity presi
dents. Recently a representative com
mittee outlined an experimental
program on the creation, "What is
your aim in life?" Students from
various denominations undertook a
wide survey of student and adult
leaders, from AI Jolson down the line
to discover, if possible, a guide to
their own thinking. The sessions at
which the answers were discussed
were lfVlier and more to the point
than any meetings within the memory
of -these ch-ch groups.
A similar project is under way at
the University of Micmgan. A com
mittee representative of all Young
People's Societies of Ann Arbor has
worked out a common program. The
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CANVASS ONE
NIGHT FOR "Y"
SUBSCRIPTIONS
One Hundred and Fifty Men
Will Go From House to
House Tonight
DINNER TO START DRIVE
Fir.t Campaign Lat Fall Raited
Only One Thouaand Dollar.,
Half of Needed Amount
One hundred and fifty men will
tako part this evening In a canvass
of fraternity and rooming houses
which, it is expected, will bring in
at least one thousand dollars for the
University Y. M. C. A. enough to
enable it to complete its year's work
without going into debt. The drive
will not be drawn out, but will be
completed this evening. All of the
workers are asked to report later in
the evening on their success.
Begin With Dinner
The campaign will start off with
a dinner for all the workers at the
Grand Hotel at 6 o'clock. There
will be a few very brief talks, after
the dinner. Arthur Jorgcnson. iren-
eral secretary of the "Y", and Gerald
Davis, finance chairman, will explain
the method to be used in carrying out
the drive. There will also be short
addresses by Prof. O. R. Martin, the
chairman of the advisory board, and
Ed Weir.
This second finance campaign was
made necessary by the failure of the
regular student drive last fall. The
"Y" hoped to raise at least two
thousand dollars in that drive, but
only about one-half of that amount
was obtained.
Divide Territory Equally
Each of the workers in the drive
will be given, after the banquet, a
list of men living near him to see.
By methodically dividing the terri
tory in this manner, it is expected
that the entire University community
can be thoroughly canvassed in one
evening.
The drive, on which the success of
the "Y's" work for the remainder of
the year depends, has been strongly
commended by Dean Carl C. Eng
berg. GRAPPLERS MEET
IOWA STATE TEAM
Nebraska Matmen Leave Friday For
Ame; May Enter Mid-West
A. A. U. March 19, 20
The wrestling meet with the Iowa
State College at Ames will probably
be the best of the year, Dr. Clapp an
nounced Wednesday afternoon. Both
Nebraska and Ames havo ' about an
equal number of experienced men.
Ames made a little better showing
against Kansas than Nebraska but
Nebraska showed up better than
Ames in their meets with Minnesota.
It all depends upon how the better
men come out, he stated. If they
come through with falls Nebraska
ought to win.
The team will leave Friday after
noon at 1:20 on the Burlington for
Omaha, and will take the Northwest
ern from there, arriving in Ames at
9 o'clock that night.
There is a possibility of sending
some of the best men to the Mid-
West A. A. U. tournament to be held
at Iowa City on March 19 and 20.
Officers of Chorus
Chosen for Semester
At the recent meeting of the Chor
us, officers were elected to serve for
the second semester. They are as
follows: Harold Hollingsworth, pres
ident; Catherine Dean, vice-presi-
d nt; Claude Strickland, treasurer;
head librarians, Franklin Durr and
Helen Talcott; assistants, Edith Hib
bard, Phillip Jorgenson, Theodore
Damme, and Stanley Swanson.
Bobbed Hair on WaX
Barbers in Minneapolis report an
increase in hair bobbing among older
women and a falling off among the
high school and college students.
Vote on Military Training
A vote on compulsory military
training will be taken at the Univer
sity of Ohio. Each student will be
given an opportunity to tell why it
should be retained or abolished.
Women Rank Over Men
According to figures compiled at
Stanford University, women are two
and six-tenths brighter than men, and
fraternity and sorority members do
not rank yery high.