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VOL. XI. NO. 122.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, SATURDAY APRIL 13, 1912.
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IIQP CHAIRMAN PLANS
SURPRISE FOR DANCERS
BUT HE REFU8ES TO DIVULGE
DETAIL8 RIGHT NOW.
IS TO IE ENTIRELY NOVEL AEEAIR
Real Moonlight Is Promised and Is
Backed Up by Consent of Uni
versity Authorities.
The chairman of one of the claBS
hops Is preparing a surprise for the
University lovers of the terpischoroan
art. He plans to present a dance un
der absolutely unusual circumstances
and in a place hitherto unthought of
this year, a spot where one may dance
or find other equally congenial and
diverting pastime. Ho is unwilling to
announce the details of his proposi
tion as yet, as the date he has se
lected is a considerable distance In
the future. However, he expects such
a demand for tickets that he has
hastened to establish a limit, which
he says will be faithfully observed.
Chairman Gives Advice.
Complete plans, including date and
place of the hop. will bo announced
within a week or so, but the chair
man in question has advised that the
"fussers" would better be casting
about In search of "fussees" for the
dance promises to be such a novelty
that the demand for dates will almost
equal the demand for tickets
And, by the way, this same chair
man gives assurance, backed up by
the promise of the University author!
ties, that real moonlight danceB will
1)0 allowed, the moonlight being a
foature of every dance
WAR PICTURES CONTINUED.
Captain Lectures on Battle of Mukden
and Siege of Port Arthur.
The lecture to the cadets on the
Hussian-Japaneso war, which was con
tinued laBt night from Wednesday
night, proved even more interesting
and Bpoctacular than the one preced
ing it Many of the pictures were
taken under the Russian fire in the
Japanese trenches, and showed actual
war conditions close up under and
Inside the RusBlan forts.
In a short talk preliminary to the
lantern pictures, Captain Yates Bpoke
of the causeB of the assault and the
morale of the troops and losses on
both sides Brought on by the deBire
for revenge on the part of the Jap
anese, since Port Arthur had been
taken from them by the Russians, the
assault and defense wore carried on
for a year, without the display of any
great generalship on either side. The
soldiers of both armies workod under
great hardships yet the discipline) was
good.
At the battle of Mukden, however,
where 120,000 men were loBt, the Bplrit
and determination of the entire siege
was illustrated. This was tlio great
est battle in the history of the world,
lasting for ten days, with 400,000 men
on each aide fighting over a battle
line of ninety miles. It showed the
great strain on the soldiers in modern
warfare. In which hlgh-exploslvo-power
shells, attacks at all times of
day and night, and the strict discipline
neceBBary, all combined to depict the
horrors of war.
TO ACT ON OIDS SOON
MEETING OF REGENTS COMMIT
TEE WILL BE HELD NEXT
WEEK AT OMAHA.
Chancellor Avery returned yoBter
day from Omaha where he wont to
attond a meeting of the property com
mittee of the Hoard of Regents At
the meeting of the Regents this com
mittee was given power to act on the
bidB for the medical building, and to
see that they were kept well within
the limit of the amount appropriated
The commit too found that most of
the bids exceeded the appropriation,
and accordingly each bidder was re
quested to make an added statement
giving the amount of the bid minus
certain attractive yet unnecessary
features A meeting will be held a
week from today in Omaha, at which
the specific bids will bo acted upon,
and the contract will in all probability
be awarded to the best bidder at that
time.
FACULTY MEN IN DEMAND
ABOUT A DOZEN SERVE AS
JUDGES AT DEBATES IN
THREE STATES.
Nebraska University men are popu
lar aB judges of debates. About a
dozen acted In that capacity last night
in Iowa. Nebraska and South Dakota
Dean W. (J. HaBtings and Prof
Guernsey Jones judged the Peru
Kearney debate at Peru and Prof.
Edwin Maxey was one of the
judges at the Kearney-Peru debate
at Kearney.
Prof. M. M. Fogg and Prof L. E
Aylesworth judged the Drake-South
Dakota debate at Dob Moines, while
Prof. J. E I,o Rosslgnol waa one of
the Judges at Vermillion, S D., at the
South Dakota-Coo debate.
The rest of the assignment of judges
acted in three high school debates
in different parts of the state, which
settled fhe championships in three dis
tricts, as follows Friend-Geneva, In
the Central district; Falls Clty-Au
burn contest, in the Southeastern dis
trict; and Mlnden-McCook, in the
Southwestern district Those who
wont aB judges from Lincoln in the
latter are: ProfB. C E Perslnger,
(J A Stephens. G. O Virtue. E. H.
Wells and E 13 Conant
DELTA GAMMA OFFICERS HERE
Grand Editor and Treasurer Will Re
main Over Sunday.
Delta Gamma is entertaining two
grand officers over Sunday, Miss Ethel
Tukey, grand editor, and Miss Mar
guerite Lake, grand treasurer. Miss
Tukey is a Nebraska graduate, clasB
of 1902, while Miss Lake attended
Goucher Collego at Baltimore. They
will attend the annual formal party
of the Borority Saturday night.
Big Endowment for Brown.
Brown University 1b now entering
on the final lap of a two-year cam
paign for a $1,000,000 Increase In its
endowment. The whole alumni body
under the direction of its president
has been organized in the work and
over half of the amount is on hand.
During the last two weeks the under
graduates have also become enthusi
astic to the extent of raising $6,000
for the fund. Ex.
LAST CHANCE FOR SAVING
HEAVY DEMAND FOR CORNHUSK-
ERS TODAY IS EXPECTED
BY MANAGEMENT.
Orders for the Cornhuskor will bo
taken today, but beginning Monday
an extra charge of 2f cents will be
made for all annuals ordered. Since
this Is the last opportunity to take
advantage of the present price, n
heavy demand Is expected and extra
help will bo maintained in the Corn
hiiBker office throughout the day
Something like eight hundred annualB
have thuB far been ordered and the
number Ib expected to roach the 1,500
mark next week
Business Manager Harry Coffee re
portB that many members of the fac
ulty are ordering annuals, the number
doing bo being greater than in former
years More Interest Is being dis
played by the faculty in the book tills
year than formerly
RALLY OPENS CONFERENCES
ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED Y. W. C. A.
DELEGATES ARE IN
ATTENDANCE.
The opening bobbIoii of the Y W
C. A conference wns held Friday
evening in the Temple theatre In
the addresB of welcome, Chancellor
Avory stated that, except for the
University of Chicago, Nebraska has
more women Btudents than any other
American university.
The addreBB of the evening was
given by Rev Frank Newhall White,
of Minneapolis, who spoke on "Spir
ituality." About four hundred delegates, a
much larger number than expected,
are in attendance The chief feature
of today's program will bo the ban
quet to be hold this ovontng
Workers' meetings will be held
throughout the day.
ENGINEERS TO TEST ROADS.
Complete Outfit, Costing $1,300, Is
Ordered for That Purpose.
Tfie engineering ''materials labora
tory lias ordered quite a complete out
fit for road-teBting, at a cost of $1,300.
By September thlB machinery will
probably be In shape for testing roads
throughout the state The Btate main
tains no road materials laboratory,
as moBt Btates do, and this fact will
probably give the University labora
tory plenty to do. The department
will make a complete survey of the
state In connection with the depart
ment of geology to find .out the quality
of nntive materials for road construc
tion. A course In the testing of road ma
terials may be started next year. This
department of engineering is coming
to the front, some universities, includ
ing Columbia and Cornell, having al
ready established departments of high
way engineering.
Household Arts Club Meets.
The Household Arts Club met with
Miss Lee and Miss Johnson at the Chi
Omega house, Tuesday evening. A
number of interesting discussions
were given on the life, work and me
morial of Mrs. Ellen Swallow Rich
ards. The club decided to contribute
to the memorial for Mrs. Richards,
which has recently been established.
DELINQOENCY COMMITTEE
HITS DALL TEAM HARD
ABOUT HALF OF BE8T PLAYER8
DECLARED INELIGIBLE.
HURTS CHANCES AT DOAflE TODAY
Pitching Staff and Outfield 8uffer
Least, But Twlrlers Are Not
In Good Condition.
"Wanted Nine eligible men to rep
resent Nebraska on the baseball
team '"
With about half of the entlro Bquad
declared ineligible by tho delinquency
committee, the Cornhuskor baseball
situation has taken on "a seriouB
aspect. The team was nearly demol
ished and Nebraska will moot Doane
today with only about half of tho men
who were counted on for places on
tho team Most of those Ineligible
however, expect to bo able to make
up their work within a week or so,
but It will handicap Nebraska In Its
first game
Tho catching department lossos
Buol and Pearson, Underwood will bo
abBent from the first Back, Carr will
be missed at Bhort, while the pitching
staff and the outfield are tho only de
partments to escape a serious blow.
Existing conditions put three now
men on the team, Krauso behind the
bat, Schmra pitcher, nnd Groves on
llrBt Flory will bo switched from
second to short and either Towlo or
Purdy will play Becond. Groves will
take Undcrwood'a place at flrsL JuBt
how this combination will work re
mains to bo seen, but it may prove
successful at Crete today.
Men to Make-Trip.
The following men will be takon on
tho trip: Catchers, Towlo and
Krause; pitchers. Rodman, Schmidt
and Schmra; Inflolders, Groves,
Purdy, Hartweli, Flory and Haskell;
outfielders, Oliver, Hyde and E.
Frank.
The coach will perhaps use all
three pitchers, because none of them
is in condition to pitch a whole game.
Next Wednesday the 'varsity will
meet Tarklo College on tho Nebraska
field and this will bo the first chanco
for Nebraska fans to see the team In
real action. Tarklo Is reported to
have as good a team as usual, which
means that It will be a fast one and,
tho game will bo one worth seeing.
By that time it is expected that most
of the delinquents on the team will
have made up their deficiencies by
examinations and Nebraska will have
a chanco to be represented by Its
strongest team.
CHI OMEGA8 GIVE FORMAL.
About Seventy Couples Present at
Sorority Dance.
Kappa chapter of Chi Omega gave
its annual formal party last evening
at the Lincoln, with about seventy
coupleB present. Patronesses of the
affair were Mr and Mrs. T. J. Doyle,
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Steckley, Mr. and
Mrs. H J. Hill, Mr. nnd Mrs. O. D.
Williams, Mrs. Emma F. Baldwin, and
Miss Orda Howell. Visitors to Lin
coln who attended the dance were
Miss Marie Daley and Mrs. George
Smith.