XTbe Hatl flebrashan Vol. XII. No. 83 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, FEB. 7, 1913 Price 5 Cents Political Strife Opens by Announcement of Many Candidates With the class elections less than two weeks off and the reports of the first semester examinations being given out political aspirations are be coming' much in evidence over the campus. Heretofore, a peculiar reti cence, possibly because of the uncer tainty as to the examination returns, hab ben noticeable on tho part of those whose ambitions have run along political lines and has made It diffi cult in connrm numerous rumors that have been started. At the present time some six candidates have consented to announce themselves for political faors of their classmates. In the senior class two candllates have entered the Held simultaneously, Arthur Geoige anl W W Wenstrand Georgr is a graduate of Lincoln high school though living in Cumro, and is enrolled in tho college of agriculture. He is a member of the agricultural club, PaUadlan, and of the dairy judg ing team of the present year. He won his class numeral on the Junior foot ball team last year and has played on the interclass team each year while In school. Wenstrand is a graduate of Wahoo high school. He is captain of Com pany F and was appointed chairman of the Senior Olympic committee last semester. He is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Among the Juniors a rumor that four candidates would appear has dwin dled till but one is left in the field. Harvey Hess of Hebron was on the sophomore debating team last year and is this year a member of the var MILITARY BALL HOLDS SWAY TONIGHT IN REGAL MANNER Big Event of Year for Soldier Society Men Occurs This Evening Sponsors Announced. The first social event of note after examination will be the Military ball at the Lincoln tonight. This is a strict ly an evening dress affair, the officers wearing their full regalia of military uniform, sword, and puttees. Thote whom fortune has not fav ored with a military commission must content themselves with the ordinary evening clothes. The success of the dance is as sured as eight live tickets have been sold by the committee 'I lie programs aie claimed to be leal fussv and will be one of the sev-' eial surprising featuns of the even-' mg Dining one of the dances :i ne.iu tiful elfctm.il effect new to unlver sit sociflv will h(. featuied I The h.ill has been decorated after' sity squad, Australian ballot commit tee and is chairman of the interclass debating board. He Is a pledge of Phi Alpha Tau, the honorary debating fra ternity George Raceley of Pendar, who is well known as a prominont track man ,is yet undecided but hae some Intention of asking for the class leadership Franklin gltryker and Harold Miller have refused to assent to the rumor that they were In tho race. Among the second year men, Russell Isreal of Omaha and Arthur Jackson of Lincoln are seeking the head honor. Isreal Is well known as a member of the reserve freshman football team of last year and of the championship sophomore class of this year. Ho is on the glee club and belongs to the Alpha Theta Chi fraternity. Jackson Is In the glee club and tho band, is secretary of the Democratic club, and Is a member of the Sigma Phi Epsllon fraternity. Among the freshman politics have been so quiet that it was only with difllculty that one candidate could be induce to confess his ambitions. Clarence Spier, who halls from SL Joseph, Mo., will undertake to pull down the presidency of the youngsters. Spier was last semester identified with tho Nebraska staff and is a pledge of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. The elections will be held February 18 and ballots will be cast at that time, not only for class presidents, but also for the Ivy Day orator and the Cornhusker positions of next year. STATEMENT OF THE REGISTRAR Announcement is hereby made that the general election for selecting the presidents of the four respective classes, the editor in-chief, the man aging editor and the business man ager of the Cornhusker and the Ivy Day orator will be held on Tuesday, February 18 in Memorial hall. The polls will be open it 00 to 12 00 and 1 30 to 5 30. Regularly classified stu dents In the undergraduate colleges are entitled to vote. Each candidate must make written application to have his name inserted on the ballot and file same In this office at least four clays prior to the flection clay. The time for filing will c lose on Friday, February 1 1 at 5 00 p in No name may be written on the ballot. lach candidate is permitted to have mil' representative at the pollH There shall be no soliciting of votes l means ot cauls or otherwise at the polls or in the building in which Hie lection is being held dining flection (lav. E M RHTLEDCE. Registrar ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT READY FOR RECEPTION Considerable Interest Arousea by Open House to Be Held Sat urday Night. Great Interest is being manifested in engineer's night This is a new cus tom but it will probably becone an annual fin ctlou There are but few occasions when vlsi.ers can nee the labcratoiies of the engineering colli ge in lull oper ation, as on regular days the Instruc tors and students are too busy to en tertain visitors, but Saturday night the Bhop men will throw open their doors to the public and stand ready to answer all questions which tho wide eyed layman, may put. The afTalr has been well advertised, the big posters drawn and blue print ed by the cqmmlttee appearing in the shop windows abou town, and on the campus. Patrons of the "movies" are even confronted b the announcement be tween films Members of the Com mercial club, legislators, and high school students will form a consider able part of the crowd on the cam pus Several alumni have signified their Intention of returning for the open house The shop men have blossomed forth In the new corduroys and these signB of their profession will be much In evidence Saturday night. All the or ders are not In yet, however, and there will be many more of theBO trousers about the campus when- the rest o( the engineers get their orders in. The time has been extended and orders are still being taken at Magee & Deemer's. SPECIAL LITERARY PROGRAMS The program of the Palladlan Lit erary society Friday night will be given by the new membets. it s as follows: Piano solo Ida Craig. Male Quartette Young, Kunkle, Samuelson, Ward. Little Things Lulu Neal. Play "Lend Me Five Shillings" Characters' Captain Phobbs . . Robert Simmons Mr Moreland Orville Ward Captain Spruce Leslie Kunkle Sam Franz Paustlan Mrs. Major Phobbs. .. .Florence Dunn Mrs Captain Phobbs. .. .Mary Rokahr The Union Literary Boclety gives an officer's program Duet, C E Mills, II. S Kinney. Instrumental solo Doris Slater. Play, "A Bunch of Roses " Characters Mi Pet love . . .CO Ley da Mis PetUne .. .Villa Vail Geoige Hargrove .Ford Pates Herbert Mason . H R Kinney 1( lvlna Pilkinton Alvina Illomenkamp Hilda Cleaves .. Doris Slater Hi. )n. the butler C K Miller Ilif.gs, tin maid . Norma Kldd WANTED-AT HOME NINE ER8TWHILE STUDENTS TO CRIB BUT FAIL TO GET AWAY WITH IT. ARE NOW GOOD FARM HANDS Not Only Are Papers Identical but In Each the Answer la Wrong, Are Not to Made Public for Obvloua Reasons. Rumor has It that nine Btudents have left the university. Some say theso students are tho victims of troubles at homo. Others surmise that their supply of tho wherewithal has given out And still others contend that an urgent demand for early spring help on the farm 1b the reason for their sudden departure. The rumor, however, steadily In sists that the men were dismissed from the university The cause of their dismissal we can trace no far ther back than the recent examina tion It id said that when a certain pro feBHor read certain examination papers of certain students in his course, lie discovered that nine of the said papers were not substan tially but ielentlcall the same Ho found that each paper contained tho same answers figure for figure, pro cess for process, word for word. Tho answers began In the same way. They were developed In tho same way. And they concluded with tho same answer. which was a wrong answer. While It has not been learned whether the professor actually saw anybody cheat, ho did conclude that in the work of theso students there was both error and wickedness. Further facts, Including tho names of tho select nine are not made pub lic. It Ib probably considered thai their dismissal Is sufficient punish ment without the Infliction of the se verer penalty, public announcement of the culprits. Barely an examina tion occurs but what some student un der the pressure of a brlBk demand Tor learning, will sacrifice reputation, honor and opportunity to get for his Immediate use the coveted fact. Not until the facts about "cribbing" and the facts about "crlbbers" are made fully known to the university public, can this pernicious evil be Burpressed. Whence, the publication of theso meagre facts here COMPETITION tAt Open to all for -fa INTER CLASS DEBATING TEAMS A- -A- ic SATURDAY 9 A. M. j (Continued on Page -1 ) vn