The Daily Nebraskan
VOLXIII. NO. 21 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15. 1913 Price. 5 Cents
SECRET PRACTICE TUESDAY
LONG AND STRENUOUS AFTER
NOON STRENGTHENS CORN
HUSKER MACHINE
VARSITY SWAMPS NEOPHYTES
Coaches Stiehm and Dudley and Old
time Stars I nstil Pep and Fight
In Men.
(H V. Harlan )
Up to 0 lf o'clock yesterdav attei-
noou, behird lockod gates on Coin
busker Field, Coach Stiehm and an
. i b 1 o corp' rf oldtlmers nut tin- varsity
men thro'in'1 tho hardest practice of
the year. P om 3 o'clock until alter t
i In- HusktTi were at it hammer and
tongs. With Kri'd Huntci, Glenn Ma
sou. Cy Martoii. Rn Kliott, and .lack
Hornburgr, all old "N" men and
Coach Stiehm and assistants Dudley
and Harmon coaching, the arsity stal
wartB Bpent a strenuous and mighty
busy afternoon.
Most of the time was spent in run
ning signals, perfecting interference,
lormations, et cetra Half an hour
was spent in strengthening klckoff for
mations, both on the defensive and
the offensive It was time well spent.
In tho KfiRH Aggie game poor kick
olt toriiiutioii was a noticeable weak
n ess of the Cornhuskors
Snappy Teti Minute Scrimmage.
rho last thing of the day's piactice
was a last, snappy ten minute scrim- J
mage with the freshman eleven With ' home of some man ol wealth
m many coai lies out it was possible Chancellor Aver, as chairman of
to have' a couch for almost eveiv po the committee which is to select the
Mtiou on the team. The way in which s'te for the statue, is unable to pro
the varsity, spurred on by the com- (''('(1 because of the indefiniteness as
bmed effort-, of the oldtimers and the to the location of the campus Im
regular coa lies, waded into the neo mediately after the campus location
phytes was a revelation of football ! 'HK'stion has been settled the site will
heietofore unseen on old Cornhusker be selected and the foundation built
Field this year. It was real football! T1e semi-annual convention of the
The varsity ripped and toie, sweep- Komensky Club will be held in Lin
ing the lads of the green cap before ' ('olri at 'he time of the unveiling of
them us if they were a high school! the, statue and representatives from
eleven Coach Stiehm's star backfleld j ('oh of the twenty four clubs through
w.us irreBisUble Nothing stopped j""1 the United States will be present
them They clipped off ten. llfteen, ' Joseph Kuska, a graduate of our in
twenty vard" at everv nlav Towle
Rutherford,
, Purdy and Hovvaid played !
itv with the freshmen and 1
one old cat
made them like it It was a peppery
practice throughout, and had the fans
been able to witness it, hope would
have run high in their hearts
Coach Stiehm, the wonder worker,
made another change In the line last
night, putting Cameron in at right
tackle Cameron broke his shoulder
bone a couple of week ago, but is now
leady for hard work.
Gophers in Secret Practice.
The Minnesota team will have but
two more rnictlces before leaving tor
Ne.braK.n or; Thursday. The Gophers
have been practicing in becret for the
bust two weeks. Hence little is known
ol the changes in the team since the
Amt'8 game. That the Gophers should
worry in evidenced by tho fact that they
hardly over have a game on the Satur
day procedlng their contest with the
NebrasfcU machine. To the casual ob
server it would look as though they are
not counting on ai easy game. Dr. Wil
liams Vrtth a score of his hopefuls will
KOMENSKY STATUE IS
NEARING COMPLETION
Nebraska Student Sees Model on Re
cent Trip to Bohemia and Thinks
It Beautiful.
The Komonskj statue which, il is
hoped, will adorn our University cam
pus within anothei eai has alieadv
been ( ut in model b (lie Miilptoi.
Joseph Svoboda, in Plague, Hohemla
Whether the statue is to be of gran
ite or of bronze is still a matter of
conjecture, but will be settled at .1
meeting ol the eecutie committee
composed o! Colonel Snuhn piesi
il nt ot the Cnlted Komenskv Clubs.
i I,,,.
-ttrtrt
v St'lllls'ler. ol ChiciL'o.
J J John, giaduate student at the
Univeisltv of Minnesota, Frank 1 1 1 cl .
ol Milhgan. Miss Hrbek. head of Sla
01111 languages Unlveisit ol Ne
biaska. and Cail Janouch. ol Lincoln,
Neb
Just the mention of the fact that a
campaign for funds would be made
brought $1000 from various parties
throughout the United States Ne-
braska. as would naturally be expect
ed, contributed most liberall)
With such a start the necessary
$3000 for the statue and such extnlwill be established.
as will be needed for the foundation
transportation, and duty, will not be
difficult to obtain when the campaign
foi lunds is launi bed e.ul in Decern
her The dut will piobably be great
1 reduced because this piece of ait
ui" he foi purelv educational pur-
poses and not an ornament in the
stitution, spent the pust summer in
N astern Bohemia, and, as a result of
Iin introduction from Chancellor Aver.v
had a pleasant visit with Count Fran
cis Lutzon, a prominent author who
is well known to many Nebraska stu
dents, for the count spoke before a
large audience in Memorial Hall dur
ing his trip through our country. Mr
Kuska was also fortunate in having
an opportunity to see the model of the
Komensky statue
Announce Pledges.
Alpha Xi Delta announces the pledg
ing of Eva McNamara, Nebraska City;
Minnie Bath. Auburn; Moria Lacy,
Lincoln
Grace Holman. May Barbwell of
Beatrice, Isabelle McCorklndale of
Odebolt, Iowa, Ruth Walter and Re
banis Sisler of Geneva, Dale Pugh
of Topeka spent the week-end at the
Alpha Chi Omega house.
loavo Thursday, arriving here some
time Friday. More dope on the Go
phers will follow.
"TKS;T PRIFESS0I!
Makes Speech at Convocation Yester
day Before Fair Sized
Crowd.
I he spe.ikn at convocation cster'
lax morning was I), Maxey. who gave
the good sized audience assembled one
ol his customing talks on foreign af
falis U(. discussed in length the pies
ent lei( an situation
Dr Mnxej's talks ui)on Mexico have
become v ei j j)opular among the stu
dents and this morning's talk pioved
no exception
He showed ci lrailv th:n tlie
piihcnt administiatioiVs pollc was
I lie wisest couise to pursue The
Tinted States, he said does not de
siie mi) territoi ial acquisition, but
that peace be established if possible
befoie resorting to force Hut Mexi
can people should deal with the only
wise opening and establish peace
However, it remains to be seen wheth
ei thev have this capacity
The great difficulty of the Mexican
people is the lack of education, and
'without this it can not be hoped that
.1 model constitutional
government
'A constitutional election," said Dr !11' ''fionting the educators In Ja
Mae, "undei present conditions I""1 The., have tho lower normals
I would be a mere sham a mere mock
ii and liuvcstv upon political nisti
Itutions'
1 Di Maxej believes that theie was
tine unfortunate incident in Piesldent
Wilson's policy, and that was the send -
ing of a special representative in theiHH'nt two hours noting the work done
person of Mr Lind The Spanish are ' ln the training school at the Temple
a people of diplomatic etiquette, and'an(1 then made brier visits to various
one who has not had diplomatic ser-1 iMartmentB on the campus He was
vice should not have been sent ltiW(" Pleased with the stress placed on
could have brought the United States ' the teachers' college of Nebraska, espe-
111 an awkward predicament
ENGINEERS WILL DEBATE
ON "LICENSE" QUESTION
Much Time Has Been Expended on
Production and Large Crowd
Is Desired.
"Resolved. That no person shall
piactice engineeting In responsible
charge of public woi k unless regis
tered and legally authorized by li
cense from the State Board or Kngi
neering examiners," will be the sub
ject to be discussed before the Engi
neering Society meeting this evening
The alllrmative will be defended bv
H M. Fish wood, P. J. Cannel, R F.
Lyman and P A Buol, while the neg
ative will be taken by Charles Wohl
ford, D. Shink, T. E. Wood and W L
Hart.
Considerable time and effort has
been spent on the program for this
evening and it is greatly desired by
the Boclety that all engineers shall be
present to take advantage of the op
portunities. Make It a point to be
there on time, as Uie meeting is to bo
called promptly at 7:30, room 206 of
the M. E. building.
College Tea Thursday.
Miss Graham, assisted by the fresh
man girls, will have charge of the col
lege tea in Art Hall Thursday from
3 to 5. All University women are
j asked to come.
DR. K. Y08HIDA, CHAIR OF PEDA
GOGY IN IMPERIAL UNIVER
8ITY OF JAPAN, VI8IT8
--.... ..
IS MAKING TOUR OF COUNTRY
Says that Problems to Be Met in This
Country Are Essentially 8ame
as in His.
er K Yoshida, who occupies the
chair of pedagogy In the Imperial Unl
eihitj ol Toklo, Japan, spent Mon
dnv and Tuesday lin.pafnlntf thti TimHi
i'is' College or the University
In the University of Japan he ha
taught methods of teaching, hut the
bae no practical training and It Is
for the purpose of making a study of
the teachers' training that he is mak
ing this tour He camo to the western
coast two weeks ago and visited the
teachers' training colleges of Leland
Stanford and California and Colorado
! universities After his visit here he
j KOlH ,0 the Univeisity of Chicago and
thence to Columbia.
,)r Yoshida stated that the same
pioblems which are In dlHcussion here
'l,ul higher normals where preparation
,nl 'condaiv t. aching is given, but
I neither Is connected with the unlver
Hlty work
'" I'ompanj with the Dean ot the
! Teachers' College, Professor Yoshida
cially the special study of two or three
subjects to be made the subjects of
the candidates' tuture practice. Here
a study of a group of three subjects
is made rather than of one as is the
custom in many places
He was further pleased with the
bioad pedagogical foundation given in
the psychology, child-study and his
tory of education departments, and
with the plan of requiring every stu-
ldent to spend sufficient time In actual
teaching to learn the art of Instruction.
Finally, he expressed his admiration
of the thoroughness with which the
work is pursued here
Dr Yoshida is a refined and cul
tured gentleman, especially keen and
w ide awake to all opportunities for
the advancement and progress of hiB
nation. He left early ln the afternoon
tor Chicago, where he will spend two
days before going on to the eastern
universities.
Rally Not Thursday.
Through an error the big football
raly Friday night was stated yester
day to be planned for Thursday night,
which is contrary to the orders and
ruleB of the committee on student ac
tivities and of Dean Engberg.
Cornell Students Leave.
Many Cornell students have left the
college and gone to other schools be
cause of tho faculty ruling prohibiting
fiaternlties and sororities. Five mem
bers of the Cornell foobtall team of
'ast year are enrolled ln Ames.
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