JU , ..Mj, J t.- The Daily Nebraskan VOL XIII. NO. 68 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1914 Price, 5 Cents yWIBMW' "v- ! '' w'i ' ' ' ' 1. i't.,.,., .r. ,,, ,- .. '.-.! i.,i.ibi , ,i yi r""l '.'"!. If !':'1"".! THEIR HEALTH IN DANGER MEMBERS OF SPHARO STYX FUN FROLIC CAST ARE WOR RIED BY OVERWORK. TEN HOURS A DAY IN REHERSAL One O'Clock to ten p. m. the Limits of Time Demanded by John T. Prince, Director. According to the statement made by a prominent member of the cast yes terday, Sphuro Styx will exhibit a lot of skeletons Saturday night January 17, when they produce their annual Fun-Follc at the Oliver theatre. Asked for the reason for his state ment, he gave the incessant demand for rehearsal time made by John T. Prince jr. director of the show. Ten hours a day Is the average time which is occupied by work on this show and Prince admits that several features are even giving more time than that to the affair. The minstrel circle has been putting the finishing touches on the tuneful musical numbers which will form a strong part of their section of the Fun J?rollc. Several features are In pre paration said to be distinctly novel and exciting. Exchange tickets are on sale now. These may be reserved at the Oliver theatre Monday morning Jan. 13. Or ganizations should reserve blocks of seats Saturday morning at ten o'clock, these reservations holding till Wed nesday Jan. 15. at six o'clock. Committee Appointed to Investigate the Need of a Student Body In accordance with the plans pro posed by the Girls' club last night, a committee of five, three men and two women was appointed today by the presidents of the three representative student organizations. Chan Trimble, William Kavan and Sam Griffin were appointed from the innocents, the Sen ior society, and Hess Rogers and Elizabeth Hyde from the Black Mas ques and Girls club respectively. Tills committee Is purely executive In its purpose and will ascertain as much as possible concerning the prac tibillty and workings of the student upon council. Correspondence will be started with other schools and their systems of organization and manage ment. They will also endeavor to find out whether or not there is a def inite need for the council, und just how much authority they will need to assume to become most effective. ELLIOT SPEAKS AT THE TEMPLE Deputy State Sup't Will Discuss M. C. A. Questions Before lnlverslty Men. It. I. Elliott, Deputy State Superin tendent will speak before the young (Continued on Page Three CONGRATULATIONS AROUND AMONG MILITARY BALL GOERS Will be First Dance Given Under "Open" Auspices, and Limited Num ber of Tickets Sold. Terpslchorean fanatics who have al ready secured an "Open Sesame" to on evening's delight at the Military ball at the Lincoln tomorrow eve. are con gratulating one another upon It. And why? Well, "Old Terp" himself in all his glpry and with all his retinue will be there at the express invitation of the authorities who yesterday struck the ban from that fascinating tango. While the hop is now financially safe a limited number of passes are on hand "First there, first served" will still to be obtained. While these are be inorder. The few remaining tick ets may be had of Kirk Fowler, Joe Johnson or may be obtained in the office of the commandant. SEND BILL TO THE WRONG PARTY Taxi-cab Company Plays Crude Joke on Ardent Fusser Girl Couldn't Appreciate Joke. The joke concerning the supreme audacity of the taxicab companies is as old as the time-honored chestnut about mother-in-laws, but to at least one Nebraska student It is no longer a joking matter. Tills particular young man was yesterday exhibiting a face which would do credit to the most woe begone melodramatic heroine who ever allowed her eye juice to streak down her painted and powdered cheeks. His tale of woe ran thusly: On the night of the freshman hop ho hired a taxi-cab in which to con duct Emmeline and self to and from the ball room. Emmeline was much Impressed by this show of extrava gance. Everything was lovely until yesterday, when the young man in cfuestlon wus notified by the fair lady that the taxicab company had present ed its bill to her. She thought it mlghtly strange that she should be required to pay this part of the ex penses. The young man thought so too, and ho told the company so, but that didn't relieve him of the respon sibility of explaining things to Em meline. LECTURES ON FARM PROBLEMS Two Ag. Professors Leave Next Week to Speak at Oklahoma College and Springfield. Two of the professors at the Uni versity State farm will leave the city next week to speak before Agricultural associations of neighboring states. Professor L. W. Chase Is scheduled to give a lecture on pit silos at the Win ter Short course of the Oklahoma Agricultural college at Stillwater on Thursday, January 15th. Dean Bur nett Is scheduled to speak before the Illinois Live Stock Breeders' associa tion at Springfield, 111., on Wednesday, I January 14th. PICTURES TAKEN BY CONDRA FOR BEST BABIES SHOW Movies Figure in Preparation for An nual Better Babies show Next Fall. Dr. Condra and his moving picture machine are In the lime light this week. Mothers are continually carrying their babies to the third fioor of Uni versity hall In order to have the "best baby in the world" snapped for the "Nebraska Better Babies Show," which is to be held sometime in the future. The great interest shown in the baby show at the state fair last fall has encouraged such men as Dr. Condra, who Is intensely interested, to carry the coining show to the helgth of success. He is fre quently put in a very embarrassing position when lie is asked, don't you think this is the prettiest and most perfect baby you have ever seen?" Examination to Fill Philippine Teaching Vacancies on March 1 An examination Is announced for March 11-12, 1!14, in all of the prin cipal cities of the United States, for securing a list of eligibles from which to make selections to fill positions in the Philippine teaching service. The places to which those appointed will be assigned are: For men, supervis ors of school districts, teachers of English, mathematics, history, science, manual training, agriculture; for wo men, teachers of domestsic science and home economy. A distinguished educator from Co lumbia University who recently vis ited the Philippines says, in Bpeaking of the schools: "I have visited many countries and studied the educational systems in all of them, but in no part of the world is there a system so per fectly adapted to social conditions of the people as In this country. The system here might well serve as a model to the rest of the world from the standpoint of adaptation to the needs of a country." This is a field which hrequires the services of young people of superior qualifications, excellent character and good preparation. For the right kind of men there are excellent opportuni ties to take a large part In the solu tion of some of the problems now con fronting this country and at the same time gain an experience and training of great value. Graduates of colleges and normal schools and of polytechnic and agricultural schools are desired. Teachers with successful experience are eligible. The entrance salary of the majority of male appointees is $1,200 per an num and expenses to the islands paid by the government, with eligibility for promotion up to $2,000 as teacher and up to $3,000 as superintendent. This is the last examination of the present school year and those appoint ed will be expected to sail for Manila (Continued on Page 3.) REMOVE BAN FROM DANCES NEW DANCES WILL BE PER MITTED AT UNIVER8ITY PAR TIES IS RULING. EXTREME STYLES STILL BARRED Committee on Organizations Recog nizes Tango and Oother Dances if not Overdone Takes Im mediate Effect. In a meeting of the committee on student organizations yesterday even ing, it was decided that "the restric tions regarding what kind of dances would be permitted at university par ties should be withdrawn." This re moves the ban which has been In ef fect on the new and fancy dunces since the beginning of the semester, and will go into effect Immediately. The first party to bo affeoted by this rul ing or lack of ruling will be tho Military ball, which will be held Fri day night. The kind of dancing that will be per mitted on the fioor will by virtue of tills action depend upon the decision of die committee responsible for the dance. However, with the advent of the new dances Into all classes of soc iety, it is probable that the Tango, Hesitation, One-step, Castle Walk and other forms of the dance will become popular at once. The two week vaca tion permitted ample time for tho In troduction of the Intricacies of the dances to such of the university pleas ure seekers as were not already Initi ated. Extreme dancing frowned down. One restriction yet rests upon the dancing. The restriction as to the kind of dances allowed was removed. But the restriction of the manner of dancing still holds. The old-fashioned but graceful waltz position, together with the modified position assumed in the Boston the girl's right forearm resting on the man's left fore-arm-wlll be the correct positions to assume, no matter what the dance. Furthermore, the general positions of tlto two dan cers must conform to the modified forms of the dance. Thine extreme in any stylo of dance will be a viola tion of the freedom which Is extended under the new ruling. This act(on Is In line witli the policy which Is being followed out by most of the larger universities, acordlng to Miss Graham. At the first, when the new dances were virtually on trial, the faculty and student governing bod ies legislated against them. In the mean time, the student sentiment on the matter was tested out, and gradual ly the dances which seemed to have come to stay were admitted as correct. In all cases, however, there is a feel ing that university dances should be of a high standard, and anything ex treme usually under the ban. Washington Journalistic Institute. Tho Nebraskan Is in receipt of an announcement of the second annual Washington Newspaper Institute to be held at the University of Washington in Seattle the 15th, 16th and 17th of this month. V