"7t man who things he i a The Daily Nebraskan 'in the long run we pay moat for that which we try to get for nothing." little he i when he, fired." THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1926 PRICE 5 CENTS University Of Nebraska Was Opened in 1871 . k 0f Fund and Student did noi - Ideal of Pioneer r-nl k I c FOR FIRST BUILDING HARD TO GET Editor'i Notei This is th .econd of a aeries article which Mr. Kr hat written for The Daily Nebraskan on the his tory, development, aims and ideals of the University. (By Munro Kezer) In the first article in this series discussed the general develop ment of western state universities and their mission. Let us now turn to the establishment and develop ment of our own insuiuuon x.ie TTniversitv of Nebraska. The story of the University of Nebraska is as wonderful a story as any other tale of pioneer days, ine territory of Nebraska became the state on March 1, 1867. -Less than two years after this date, the Univer sity was established. Indians still roamed the plains of the state. Set tlements were few and small. The population of the state was less than 100,000. But somewhere in the breast of the state's sturdy pioneers was a spark that pushed them for ward to the early establishment of a state university. It was on February 15, 1869 that the state legislature passed definite legislation providing for the estab lishment of a state university. The governor, secretary of tate, and auditor were given authority to sell state property in Lincoln with which to secure funds for the erection of a University building. This was done and $100,000 was appropriated for this purpose. Leaders Farsighted The foresightedness of the state's leaders was at that time almost far sightedness. The wealth of the' state was so small that the support of a university was a serious problem. The population was so small that there was only a very limited num ber capable of making use of such an institution. The elementary and secondary school system had not been developed sufficiently to be of much service in supplying students. This fact hampered the development of the University for many years. But, nevertheless, a University was established. The first step toward the development of a higher educat ed citizenry was made. Men with prophetic vision looked eagerly ahead to the benefits the state was to de rive from a flow of men trained for better liring. These early citizens were willing to sacrifice in order that greater advantages 'might be offer ed their successors. They had con fidence in the ultimate value of such an institution and maintained it, often in the face of great hardships. Work Begun In July 1869 Work on the present University Hall was begun about the middle of July 1869. The walls had been com pleted sufficiently by fall that the cornerstone was laid September 23. A band and a party from Omaha drove all the way to Lincoln in car riages to see the laying of the corner stone and to take part in the cele bration afterwards. Such was the interest of the people of the state in their university from its beginning. The difficulties to be overcome in erecting University Hall were amaz ing. Nebraska and lumber were strangers to each other. The lum ber was shipped from Chicago to a point across the Missouri river from the present Nebraska City. It was brought the remaining sixty-five miles in wagons over roads that no county could keep today without pro test. The brick was burned twenty or thirty miles from Lincoln and had to be hauled in. But the building was erected and school was formally opened on September 7, 1871. One building, with rather meager equipment, a faculty of five, and a student body of seventy comprised the material side of the University at its opening. But the spirit of the pioneer which established if was pres ent just as much .as any of the stu dents. It was imbued with a funda mental purpose benefit to the state a purpose from which it has never Wavered. n Development Limited The few high schools in the state limited its development. Neverthe less it grew. In those early years, the University developed a philoso phy of service that persists today. It sought to turn out better students, who would go back into the state equipped to make a better state, on bth the material and the non-ma-terial side. Under the administration of Chan cellor Manatt, the secondary school system of the state was stimulated and improved. It was a most vital (Continued on Page Three.) Prof. Alexis Will Speak Befofe Reserve Officers Professor Joseph Alexis, of the Modern Language Department, will speak before the Reserve Offi cers Association Wednesday eve ning, at the Grand Hotel. He will discuss economic and political con ditions and facts in Spain and Portugal. Professor Alexis has jpent considerable time abroad ind has much of interest to pre ent. The address will be preceded by 1 dinner, to which all reserve offi cers and their lady friends are in cited. Entertainment will accom pany the dinner, which will begin it 6:15 o'clock. The address will start promptly at 8. PLANS MADE FOR MILITARY BALL Ticket For Opening of Formal Season Will Go On Sale Wednesday Five hundred tickets for the eigh teenth annual Military Ball to be held on the evening of December 3rd at the University Coliseum will be placed on sale Wednesday accord ing to John Boyer of the executive committee for the annual affair. The ticket limit has been raised from three hundred to five hundred this year due to the fact that the party is to be held for the first time in the new Coliseum making accommo dations possible. The tickets will be sold at the price of $3.00 as in form er years, and it is expected that the limited number will be sold long be fore the party takes place. Thirty fraternities have been al lotted fifteen tickets each and fifty tickets are being placed on sale at Latsch Brothers in order that Lincoln alumni may secure tickets while they are available. The fraternity ticket representatives are as follows: Ro bert Hoagland, Watson Foster, Oscar Norling, Merle Jones, John Spear, Gordon Luikart, Carl Smith, Earl Gillette, Henry Chab, Leslie Brin kerhoff, Judd Crocker, Henry Jor genson, Donald Ray, Earl Gibson, Harold Fulscher, William Cejnar, Ralph Hawthorne, Paul Jacobs, Ro bert Ppwell, John Boyer, August Holmquist, Ed Crowley, Horace No- land, Ila Triveley, Victor Brink, Neil Adams, Glen Davis, Keith Miller, John Trout, Clarence Rogers, Edwin Houser, Arthur Wentz, Manuel Ise man, Henry Rosenstein, John Mur- chison, Glen McKinney, William Van Wee, and Edwin Streety. Fraternity representatives will meet this afternoon in Nebraska Hall Room 205 at 5 o'clock to receive their ticket allottments. There will be weekly meetings between now and December third in order that tickets unsold by some representatives may be turned over to those groups de manding additional tickets. Desire Victor Band The executive committee expects to have an announcement by the middle of this week as to the orches tra which will furnish music for the Military Ball. Communications wita the Music Corporation of America at Chicago have been sent in an at tempt to secure an eastern Victor recording band for the annual r.r traction. With the exception of the music, arrangements are nearly com plete at this early date and all points toward a formal opening surpassing those of former years. The coming ball is the first at tempt on Nebraska's campus to com pete with the Junior Proms of east ern colleges and the Carnivals of Big Ten schools. 1926 RIFLE TEAM TO BE ORGANIZED Men Interested in Making 1926 Rifle Team Ar. Requested to Attend Meeting Held Tonight rnt Lewis W. Eenrers. faculty sponsor and coach of Nebraska's rifle teams, has issued notice oi a meeting of all men interested in competition firing or in making the 1926 team The meeting is to be held in room 205, Nebraska Hall, at 7:30 o'clock this evening. It is important that all men working for places on the team be present. The purpose of the meeting tonight t. fn nrmnllfl. and to Blake planS for the rifling season. The Nebraska team will begin firing its intercollegiate matches early in February, perhaps under the rules and regulations oi the proposed Missouri Valley Rifle League. Alumni Visit Pharmacy Department The Pharmacy Department re- fi - m;tl, apvprnl newea acquaintances vm alumni this week. William Simpson, Horton, Kansas; John Kldd, Upland, Nebraska; Albert Behrens, Brock; and Loren Snuts of Plymouth, Ne braska. ARMY OFFICER TO GIVE TALK Captain Forster of Canada to Speak at 11 A. M. Today In Temple Captain Forster of the Department of Interior of Canada will give an ad dress at convocation this morning at 11 o'clock in the Temple Theater. The topic is "The Conservation of Wild Life" and will be illustrated by moving pictures. The information from which Cap tain Forster will lecture is based on twenty-five years of direct experience in the unsettled regions of Canada. As a lecturer, Captain Forster is very well known both in Canada and the United States. He has held the postion of official lecturer of the Dl vision of the Interior and Informa tion, Canadian Natural Parks, De partment of the Interior of Canada. He has addressed many institutions of worth in this country and Canada During the World War, he served as chaplain in the Canadian army, and acted as a lecturer in France. With the end of the war he became super intendent of the Soldiers Settlement and later for Quebec. A. T. ROY TO SPEAK AT VESPERS TODAY Theme of x Speaker's Address Will Be "America and Her Responsibilities" Andrew T. Roy, vice chairman of the General Conference committee of the Council of Christian associations will be the speaker of the evening at the Vesper service today. "America and Her Responsibilities" will be the theme of Mr. Roy's address, which will deal with the need for missionary work. There will be one or two important announcements given regarding the Conference at Milwaukee to be held from Dcember 28 to January 1. All girls who are interested in the con ference and who think they will be able to attend should get in touch with Miss Appleby. The Bible reading will be taken from Corinthians 12 and will be pre sented by Winifred Saine who is in charge of the service. The music for the evening will consist of a violin solo by Viola Forsell. ( Kansas Works Hard For Game With Missouri Lawrence, Kan., Nov. 16. With a conference football game safely won, and with the memory of a last min ute victory last year, the University of Kansas team is spending the week in preparation for its match with its rivals of 35 years the University of Missouri next Saturday at Colum bia. The Jayhawk team rallied in its game Armistice day with the Univer sity of Oklahoma, and displayed some creditable football, and some strategy of high order, taking the game 10 to 9, after the visitors had gotten the jump in the scoring. None of the players were injured, and after r rest over the week-end, all the regu lars were again on the field under the direction o Head Coach Franklin C. Cappon. Kansas and Missouri have been meeting on the gridiron since 1892. and in that time Kansas has won 19 and Missouri has won 11 games. Five have resulted in ties. Kansas har. amassed a total of 379 points and Missouri 214. Closeness of the record is shown in the past Ave years, in which each team has won twice, and the 1923 game was a 3-to-3 tie. Alice Edward Visits in Lincoln Miss Alice Edward, executive sec retary of the American Home Econ omics Association visited in Lincoln last week. She appeared on the pro- rram of the Home Economics Section Fridav. was honor guest at the lunch eon at the Cornhusker Hotel, and talked to a group of Deans of women of various colleges of the state. Varied Forms of Word "Alumnus' " Perplexes Most Students on Campus The word "alumnus" in all its forms seems to be one of the most npmlexinor of our campus jargon. It is a term constantly in use, yet sel- om used correctly. We speaK or alumnae coming back to coach the football team", and "sorority alum ni". In fact we use it in every con ceivable way but the right one. Professor Floyd Harwood, of the Classic Department, says that the cor rect use runs: alumnus, one male graduate; alumni, several male grad uates; alumna, one female graduate; and alumnae, several female grad uates. But the complicated side of the question comes in the pronuncia- ion, for in Latin the words are pro Pharmacy Department Prescribes Remedies For Relief From Colds Now is the time that 'colds' are the popular indoor spirt. Coughing, sneezing, blowing, wheezing; every body s doing it. Originality typifies individuality, but the latest modes are dictated by the Student Health Department in the Pharmacy build ing. Many afflicted students are finding relief in the prescriptions of this department whose aim is to keep the health of the student body at the best possible point at all times. Some of the faculty to prove their progres siveness have put their faith in a 'get-well-quick' serum. Others have tried faith alone. However Dean Ly man of the College of Pharmacy re ports that considerable relief has been found by following the advice of the health department. LAST CALL FOR CLASS PICTURES Seniors and Juniors Given until Wednesday Night To Have Pictures Taken Seniors and Juniors may have their pictures taken Tuesday and Wednesday of this week for the class sections of the 1927 Cornhusk er. An extension of the time limit was made by the editor of the year book last Saturday when it was found that a large number of upper classmen who desired their pictures in the book had not yet made their appointments. Wednesday night, November 17, is the final date for pictures, and no photos will be ac cepted after that date. The class section of the 1927 an nual will be more distinctive than ever. A new arrangement of pic tures will be effected, with a back ground of a tint block featuring the wrought iron design work which will will be used throughout the book. Daily Nebraskan Inquiring Reporter Today's Question: Should a frater nity be allowed to live next door to a sorority house? Place asked: Social Science Hall. Elinor Gustin, '28, Lincoln. "I think they should be across the street from each other, ft would save expenses of renting a Ford, you could get better acquainted, and the bunch could get together after sup per for a little informal meeting." William H. Lamme, '28, Fremont. "The houses should be alternated, then the fellows wouldn't have to go far for an evening's entertainment." Jack Spear, '27, Genoa. "It's not a good idea, because tha undergraduates would waste too much time. Of course that wouldn't apply to upper classmen." Audrey Beales, '29, Blair. "Yes and no. I'm not definite on the subject." Bud Hunt, '28, Lincoln. "Wonderful ! Although it might de tract from' studying, there is nothing like it." John Trout, '29, Omaha. "Nobody would get any sleep." Marjjorie Carr, '30, Lincoln. "It would make things real 'club by", and foster a brother and sister feeling instead of that of fellow and girl which now exists." George Haney, '30, Columbus. "Closer relationship and wider ac quaintanceship would be the result. Then too, it would help save expen ses. Wouldn't need a Rent-a-Ford." Freshmen Tryouts For Olympics Are Tonight Freshmen Olympic tryouts for the 135, 145, and 158 pound classes in wrestling and boxing will be held at seven o'clock to night in the Coliseum. All fresh men who can possibly attend are urged to do so. nounced: alumni, with a double "ee" sound, and alumnae, with a long "i" sound. Yet when these are anglicized, the pronunciation is reversed, and alumnae takes on the final "ee" pnund, and alumni the long "i". More- i' r, alumni may includ" tola uius culine and feminine when they are spoken of collectively, as the "alum ni of Nebraska". All in all, the matter seems to be rather mixed up, and custom appears to agree with the use of the first term that comes tc mind. The simplest way out of the matter seems to be to call them alums that takes in every one, and may be contested by none, for no one can tell what you mean. Band benefit is saturday Coliseum Will Be" Scene of Gay Party; Proceeds Will Send Band to Washington TICKETS NOW ON SALE A Band Benefit party will be held Saturday night in the coliseum, the proceeds to be used in sending the University band to Seattle on Thanksgiving day. The dance will be held to take the place of soliciting for funds which the band has resorted to in previous years to get sufficient funds to make a trip. It was announced by officers of the band Monday that this will be the only chance students will have to support the band on this trip. The ticklet sale opened this morn ing. Band members will canvass the campus before the end of the week in an effort to -wake the party the largest ever held in the city. Those in charge of the dance expect more than twelve hundred couples to at tend the party, and plans are being made to accommodate that many. Admission of one dollar a couple will be charged and a dollar for stags. An extensive entertainment pro gram is being planned. The num bers will be taken almost exclusively from within the band and it is pos sible that the Varsity Quartette will furnish several numbers. The exact nature of the program has not yet been disclosed but it will probably be made up of solo and group num bers by men in the organization not eligible to make the trip. KIRBY PAGE WILL SPEAK ON RDSSIA Noted Traveler Will Make Address On "Present Conditions in Russia" At Convocation Today Mr. Kirby Page, New York lecturer will speak at a convocation sponsored by the University Y. W. C. A. Thurs day at 11 o'clock in the Temple Theater. His topic will be "Present Conditions in Russia". The speaker, during the past sum mer, has been in Russia with Sher wood Eddy studying the conditions there. For years he has been a trav eler, and a writer. He is author of Christianity", "Economic Problems", The Sword and the Cross", and "The Way to Peace". Mr. Page has been contributor to the Atlantic Monthly and a speaker on international and religious prob lems. Just recently he has been ap pointed editor of the "World Tomor row". Thursday noon, Mr. Page will speak to the Knife and Fork club. Thursday night, he will speak at the Methodist Student banquet at the Grand Hotel on the subject "The Meaning of the Cross". UNIVERSITY GIRLS NEEDED BY Y.W.C.A. City Organization Issues Call For Student Help In Reserve Work "A number of University girls are needed in several different phases of the work of the city Y. W. C. A.," stated Mrs. Paul Campbell, Acting Girl Reserve Secretary of the city Y. W. in a recent interview. At present, one girl is needed to lead a Girl Reserve group at Hay ward school Thursday afternoon from three to five o'clock. She will be thoroughly trained before being placed on her own initiative. "We also need university girls," continued Mrs. Campblel, "to assist in making dolls which are to be sent to the Indians and to foreign lands for Christmas." A new type of doll is to be made this year, the Friendship Doll, so called because it will be dressed as nearly as possible like the average American girl in order to give these foreign recipients some conception of the American girls whom they are to consider friends. Girls interested in either of these kinds of service are requested to telephone Mrs. Campbell at the city Y. W., while any girl desiring a spe cial sort of service, is asked to call on and talk with Mrs. Campbell per sonally. Hand Woven Textiles Will Be Sold At Szlt The Home Economics will offer a sale of hand woven textiles from Berea, Kentucky starting December The exhibit consists of handwov- en runners, towels, pillow taps, scarfs colonial coverlets, luncheon sets and bridge stts. The articles will be on sale from 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. and from 5 to 7 p. m. Home Ec Department Will Advise on Dress The Department of Home Eco nomics plans a Costume Advisory Bureau to offer aid to problems con cerning dress, materials and colors. It will be operated much as a clinic. The department will be open on Fridays from 2 to 4:30 o'clock in room 304, Home Economics build ing on the Agriculture Campus. The first meeting will be Friday Novem ber 19. PLAYERS SHOW THIS WEEK END "The Auctioneer" To Be Pre sented At the Temple Thurs day, Friday and Saturday The second of the series of seven plays to be presented by the Univer sity Players during the school year, 1925-26, will be "The Auctioneer", Ernie Lundgren, assistant business manager of the Players announced yesterday. The play will be presented the last three days of this week in the Temple treuter. There will be evening performances all three days, with matinees on Friday and Satur day. "The Auctioneer'' was written by Lee Arthur and Charles Kkin and was produced by David Bclasco with marked success. It was made famous by the part in i played by D.nvid Warfield. Many times, it has been acclaimed the greatest comedy ever written by .in American. The play has nver before been re leased for stock :omp.',.r.ie3, and was secured by the University Players only after making special arrange ments with David Belasco, personally. Made Famous by Warfield "The Auctioneer" is the play which made David Warfield famous as the foremost American character actor. Mr. Warfield Haysd the lend in the company which toured tha country under the direction of David Belasco. The leading character in the play is the Jewish pawn broker and auctioneer who conducts a shop in downtown New York, an I around him the entire theme of the rvoductiori is woven. This part is carried by Ray Ramsey, who has gained fame as one of the best character actors in the cast of the University Tlayers. Other leading characters in the play are Harold Felton, thp leading exponent among the Players of ju venile roles, who will take the part of Richard Eagen, the young stock salesman. Harold Sumption, another of the popular members of the Uni versity Players, will take the role of brother-in-law of Simon Levy, the pawn broker. Other leading characters in the play are Helen Aach as the adopted daughter of Simon Levy and fiance of Richard Eagen; Ruth Schrank as Mrs. Eagen, mother of Richard and life-long friend of the Levy's; Kate Goldstein as Mrs. Levy; Zolley Ler- ner as the stage-struck clerk in Levy's pawnshop; and Joyce Adair as the clerk's sweetheart. Matinee for Students The Friday afternoon matinee is for the special benefit of the stu dents of the University, owing to the football game which will be played Saturday. It was impossible to get the play for any date other than No vember 18, 19, and 20, and rather than give up the play entirely, the Players decided to present it on the one week-end for which it could be secured. PROF. RICE WILL DISCDSS GREEKS Society System Will Be Attacked in Forum Addressi Tickets Must Be Purchased Today Arguments against the present fraternity-sorority system will be presented at World Forum tomorrow noon at the Grand Hotel by Profes sor J. A. Rice of the classics depart ment. The committee is making arrange ments to take care of an unusually large crowd. Last week, many people failed to purchase their tickets Tues day and wanted admission at the door Wednesday noon. Many were accomodated but at great inconven ience. All intending to attend the luncheon tomorrow must purchase their tickets today either in Social Science, from members of the World Forum committee or at the Y. M. C. A. or Y. W. C. A. offices. The arguments in favor of frater nities and sororities were presented last week by Professor Rosborough of the University School of Music Children's Theater Presents Play The Children's Theater of the Uni versity of Nebraska presented the well known fairy tale "Snow White", Saturday afternoon and evening, No vember 13, in the Temple Theater. DIRECTORY OF UNIVERSITY IS PUT ON SALE Much Interesting Information Is Contained In Edition Just Off Pre SELL AT FIFTY CENTS Great Demand Is Made For Books. Over 1700 Copies Sold Monday The 1926-1927 Directory of Fac ulty and Students of the University of Nebraska, which appeared Monday morning contains primarily certain facts and information which make it almost indispensfble to students and faculty members, but it also reveals some very striking and interesting statistics. There are about 437 faculty mem bers and between 5500 and 6000 stu dents listed in the directory. Of this number of students 733 represent 30 other states, and 39 students are from 15 foreign countries. There are students from 462 Nebraska towns and cities. Lincoln has the largest number of students in the University, a total of 1412, of these 1286 are listed from Lincoln, 35 from Bethany, and 91 from University Place, suburbs which have recently been incorporated into the city of Lincoln. Omaha, with 367 students, has the next largest num ber of representatives, with Fremont third with 42 students. There are 40 students from Hastings, and York and Beatrice each have 39 students, Grand Island has 36, Havelock 33 and College View 31. Eleven other Ne braska towns have more than twenty representatives each. Iowa Leads Iowa leads in the number of out- of-state students, with 186. Sioux City and Council Bluffs have the largest delegations. Kansas comes second with It 9 students in the Uni versity. Colorado has 63; Suth Da kota has 61; Wyoming 59; Missouri 53; and Illinois 27, with 14 of these being from Chicago. There are 15 students from California, and ten each from New York, Texas, and Oklahoma. - Of the fifteen foreign countries represented, the Phillipine Islands are in the lead with 16 students. There are 5 from China, 4 from Ger many, 2 from Panama, 2 from Can ada, and one each from Ancon, Canal Zone, England, France, Greece, Hawaii, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Russia. Besides the list of faculty mem bers, students, home towns, out of state and foreign countries, the direc tory contains a list of the class presi dents, organization presidents, frater nity and sorority houses and mem bers, fraternity and sorority presi dents, literary societies, and student pastors and secretaries. Joe Hunt Is Editor Joe Hunt was Editor and Business Manager of the directory, Geraldine Fleming was Associate Editor, and Wilbur Mead was Associate Business Manager. The directory is published by the University Christian Associa tions. It is bound in regular book fashion this year and is printed on smooth magazine paper. The directories are going jfast, 1700 copies having been sold Mon day, so students desiring directories should get them within the next two days. The price is 50 cents. Members of Faculty Write for Magazine The November issue of American Speech contains several articles by members of the faculty of the Uni versity of Nebraska. Its contents are: "Scientific Terms in American Sneech" by P. B. McDonald; "En glish English" by Claude de Crespig- ny,; "Maine Dialect" by E. K. Max field; "Group Genitives" by Jose phine Burnham; "The Lingo of the Mining Camp" by Helen L. Moore; "From 'Quo' to 'Razzberries'" by Calvin T. Ryan ; "Library Language" by Nellie J. Compton; "Psychoneuro tic Sapphics" by Edna Heidbreder; "On Commercial Correspondence" by F. Walter Pollock, and book notices by Hartley Alexander, L. C. Wim berly and Louise Pound. Use- of Cadet Uniforms Prohibited for Olympics Lieut. CoL F. F. Jewett, com mandant of the University cadets, has issued the announcement to all organizations under his super vision that no part of the cadet uniform will be worn in the Fresh man and Sophomore Olympics which take pia:e on Saturday morning of this week. The excessive wear and tear that the military uniforms would be subject to in such a University affair as the- Olympics prohibits their use according to U. S. Gov ernment regulations. t