The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 13, 1912, Image 1
; Qhe Bails IFlebraekan VOL. XI. NO. 84. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY FEB. 13, 1912. Price 5 Cents hf- ft ' ii u v f" - i FARM STUDENTS VISIT OMAHAJTOGK YARDS AGRICULTURAL 8TUDENTS LEAVE EN MA88E FOR INSPEC TION TRIP. WILL BE TENDERED ENTERTAINMENT Committee of Women Will Meet Girls of the Party at Railroad Station. Tho School of Agriculture students left on masso this morning for tho an nual trip through tho stock yards and paoklng houses of Omaha. At the station tho visitors will ho divided Into eight groups and ovor each will ho placed a captain. A commlttoe of Omaha women will meet tho girls of tho school at the Exohango building. Tho groups will spend all day In Omaha and South Omaha. A Complimentary Program. In tho evening a complimentary program will bo tendered tho visitors, as follows: MubIc (during dinner) S. O. H. S. Orhcestra. Welcome Bruco McCulloch. Response Dean Burnett. Music Stock Yards Quartette. Tho Hottontots By permission of King Ak-Sar-Bon. Profossor Huntington. Magician. Professor Ho-Gan-In-Ski At tho command of King Ak-Sar-Bon. REED TO jEMAIN HERE POPULAR TRACK MAN WILL ACT A8 A88I8TANT COACH THI8 SPRING. Guy E. Rood, 1910, who recently de cided to leave very soon for Kansas City, Mo., where ho Intended to go Into training for tho Olympics held at Stockholm, Swodon, has now changed his mind and will remain at tho University of Nebraska. Here ho will train for the Olympic team for his alma mater and act as assistant coach this spring. The roasons that Rood will not train with tho Kansas City Athlotlo Club are because of his relations with tho University, which ho doemod of greater importance than those ho would receive at tho hands of the K. C. A. C. Much pressure was brought to bear by tho Nebraska alumni to get Reed to remain at Ne braska and complete his training here, so that if ho mado tho Olympic team at Chicago in May he will represent the University of Nebraska rather than an outdido interest. Tho popu lar young sprinter also has many friends throughout tho state, .all of whom did not want to see him leave Nebraska. As assistant coach of tho track team he will receive no pay, but will be with the team every day through out tho track season; in this way ho will got his training for tho events in Chicago, which will decide whether or not ho will go to Sweden. & & & sk &. & Mt- & ik. & sk. &. & & y T '? T' "t T T 1 1 sj ? 7f j t 'T THURSDAY IS A HOLIDAY. Thursday will be the annual $ holiday commemorating the founding of the University "Charter Day." All classes will $ be dismissed, and tho campus will be open to the public. 4jt In the afternoon there will I be a competitive drill of the $ Pershing Rifles and an Indoor Inter-class track meet In the $ Armory. The annual oration before the Sigma XI society will be given Wednesday evening In -fc the Temple by Doctor Johann- sen, professor of plant pathol- ogy In the University of Copen- - hagen, Denmark. $ Wednesday the names of those who are to receive de- grees at the mid-winter com- mencement, Thursday at 8:00 p. m., will be made public. $ AWGWAN WILLMAKE SOW NEW UNIVERSITY PUBLICATION WILL ISSUE FIRST NUMBER IN MARCH. Awgwan is the name of tho now bi weekly publication that is to make Its bow to tho studontB and alumni of tho Univorslty of Nebraska. Tho now magazine has tho unquali fied backing of both faculty and stu dent body. It fills a long folt need In tho University, being an absolutely Impartial journal of schools ovonta of all students and all schools. The best talent in tho school Is to bo used for both literary and artistic work. It will bo filled with snappy cartoons and poignant articles and hits on tho life at -Nebraska. Undaunted by tho failures in tho past tho now publication is starting this earthly life with unbounded en orgy and a healthy enthusiasm to live. The promoters are so sanguine of its success that they have already or dered fur overcoats and othor literary materials needed for its well being. Tho first issue will bo put out March 12th and will bring out a now sot of criminal efforts six times within tho prosent semester at a rate of ten cents per copy. Realizing that it will bo worth a million to each person reading It, tho business department of tho Awgwan has decided to mako a rate of fifty cents for tho six Isbuos. Sam R. Buck is tho head of the now print sheet, while Ralph Northrupand Russell P. Clark will take charge of tho editorial department. Tho busi ness end is being handled by E. L. Updograff. Mr. Buck was formerly editor of tho Dally Nebraskan. Gift of Travel Views. Will Hardy, who with his wife spent a part of last year traveling, has presented to the Geography depart ment about seventy-five slides. The slides, part of which are colored, were mado from his porsonal prints and show views from tho Canadian Rockies, California and Europe. GIRLS WILUjELL TAGS FAIR CO-ED8 TO APPEAL TO 8TU DENTS IN BEHALF OF SUB SCRIPTION CAMPAIGN. Tho big campaign for subscriptions announced in last Friday's Dally No braskan, actively boglnB' Wednesday. Tho movement was arranged at a meeting last Thursday ovonlng of a representative body of fifty students, one from each student organization. This meeting was called by Chancel lor Avery to devise a means to clear up tho deficit in the financial depart ment of tho Nebraskan. A boosters' central commlttoo was appointed at the mooting and this will moot again at C o'clock, Tuesday, In tho Nebraskan ofilco, for tho purpoBO pf arranging the details of tho pro posed siege of tho purso-strings of tho University public. Tho Chancellor Is behind the now movement and has is sued a proclamation announcing tho campaign and urging every loyal stu dent to help with his subscription. Everyone who pays for a subscrip tion to the Daily Nebraskan will bo tagged with an entirely new and novel .tag. Wednesday will bo Tag Day "Rag" Tag Day. . Those who have already subscribed for this semester may procure tags by applying at tho Nebraskan office any tlmo Wodnosday. Tho Black Masque, as always, will bo in tho thick of tho fight with a tablo In University Hall, Wednesday and Thursday. Other Univorslty or ganizations will probably take up sim ilar positions from which to boost tho cause of tho Dally PLEDGES AREJNOUNCED MID-YEAR RU8HING 8EASON JUST CLOSED LACKED INTEN8ITY IT PROMI8ED. Tho rushing season Just passed lacked the intensity that it promised before Its opening. Many of tho frats did practically no ruBhlng. Tho regis tration 6f new men was very limited. The following pledges are announced: Alpha Tau Omega, Algernon Cole man, of Lincoln; Phi Kappa Psl, Lloyd Dowooso, of Lincoln; Beta Theta PI, Lylo Shlnn, of Lincoln, Clydo Barton, of Pawnee City, and John Byrnes, of Emporia, Kansas; Phi Gamma Delta, C. A. Bridge, of Nor folk; Delta Tau Delta, Leo Anderson, of Harlan, Iowa; Delta Upsllon, Llso Sandy, of Gretna, and Leonard Flnloy, of Wymoro; Sigma Nu, Guy Mastln, of Auburn, and L. R. Sasarik, of Schuyler; Sigma Phi Epsilon, Joe Aldrlch, 1913, of Lincoln, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Victor Jouvonat, of Lincoln. Wax "Models Received. Tho Anatomy department has re cently received a very valuable collec tion of wax models of different re gions of tho body. Dr. Poyntor's de partment has in tho past offered a courso in anatomy which is second to none in tho country, and with this now equipment, coating about fifteen hundred dollars, oven greater things can be expected. FAMOUS SCIENTIST IS NOWAT UNIVERSITY PROF. W. L. JOHANN8EN WILL DELIVER ANNUAL 8IGMA XI ADDRE88. IS AN AUTHORITY ON HEREDITY He Is One of the World's Greatest Botanists and Plant Physiologists. Dr. Prof. W. L. Johannsen, of tho University of Copenhagen, arrived in Lincoln yesterday and will bo tho guost of the University of Nebraska for several days. Professor Johannsen, bosldos bolng one of tho world's greatest botanists and plant physiologists, Is recognized as an authority on tho study of genes ics. Whllo his studios of heredity and evolution have had to do with plants, yet his work is no less well known to Btudents of animal life than to botan ists. Author of Many Works. Dr. Johannsen is author of a com prehensive work In Gorman dealing with heredity as an exact sclonco, and has published numerous papers In German and English, all dealing with some aspect of heredity. Dr. Johannsen is to give tho Sigma XI annual address. Wednesday afternoon tho professor will speak before tho Som. Bot. in room 110 Nebraska Hall, at two o'clock. In tho ovonlng ho will de-, llvor tho Sigma XI address In tho Univorslty Temple. Both of theso meetings will bo open to tho public. INTEREST INjiENIOR PLAY TRYOUT8 WILL BE HELD AT THE TEMPL5 THEATRE NEXT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Much intorcst is being manifested about tho campus In the Senior Play. Tryouts will bo hold In the Templo Theatre at 2:30 next Saturday after noon. Registration for tho tryouts will bo held in room U. 106 from 11 to 12, Tuesday, and from 12 to 1 o'clock, Friday. Shakespeare's "Mid Summer Nights Dream," the play to be presented by the senior class In June, affords a raro opportunity for tho display of cos tumes, scenic efforts and dramatic ability. A larger and more evenly balanced cast Is required for this year's play than for many years previ ous. A now sytem of Judging will bo used, which tho committeo bolieves to bo tho most satisfactory in years. Members of tho faculty who are dra matic critics, such as Dean Sherman, Professors Buck, Stuff and Howell, as well as Dr. J. H. Tyndale of tho Journal, havo been selected Judges. Forestern to Meet. Tho Forestry Club will hofd its meeting at 7 o'olook Tuesday evening In Nebraska Hall. Barnard and Hurtt will give talks on "State Work In Wis consin." Th6se young men spent tho last summer Jr Wisconsin doing .work for tho government, and are well ac quainted with th subject u ! Jyft . ... & UMmLMn))kian3Sm J9favyiiEh v r,. &&&2i&r , m "- tL?ixks&k&aifci A ' -T- ,. f , i- T&wnk j-&et Iflki-