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The Daily Nebraskan
VOL XIII. NO. 77 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1914
Price, 5 Cent9
ELECTION IS HELD TODAY
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL
HOLD ANNUAL ELECTION OF OF
FICERS THIS AFTERNOON.
HEATED CONTEST IS IN SIGHT
Officers of President and Secretary are
Those Most Disputed in Past
Conventions.
The State Historical society will
hold their regular election this after
noon, when they will choose the of
ficers for the coming term. It is the
rumor that there will he some little
difliculty iu settling the question as to
who the li ads of the society will be
There seems to he some dissent to
the re-election of the present set of
otllcers and the work of selecting their
successors will in all probability he
hard fought.
There have been disputes as to the
executive branches of the society for
some yeras past. The present officers
having gained their places after heat
ed content on, and this seems to be
the program for the present election.
Mr. John L. Webster is the president
of the society and ('. S. Payne secre
tary. These positions promise to be
the disputed ones as there has been
some friction between the officers
named. The election will he a fac
tional light and the results are un
known quantities. It is expected that
the society will discuss all contested
points in the management in order to
give to the people of the state the
exact situation that the society finds
itself confronting.
KOSMET CLUB TRYOUTS IN
FIRST WEEK OF SEMESTER
Temple Theater Engaged for February
4 and 5 Musical Entrees Due
Very Soon.
Tryouth for Kosmet club play, "His
Hxcelleno the Governor." are to he
held Wednesday and Thur-day even
ings, of the first week in the second
semester. The Temple theater has
been resered for the use of the con
testants and registration for the try
outs can he made at the information
desk, Temple lobby, Monday-Wednesday,
February '2-4, at 11 o'clock.
Contestants are at liberty to use any
selection they choose, and to try out
for both speaking and singing parts.
Naturally for a musical production it
is desired that contestants give evi
dence of their ability to carry a tune.
There will be a pianist in attendance,
or the contestants may furnish th"ir
own accompanists. The tryouts will
continue from 7 to 9 o'clock.
The club also announces that all
persons who are writing music should
get into touch with Graves and North
rup immediately. The decision on
musical entrees will be made soon
after the second semester Btarts, and
by working with Graves, the author,
and Northrup, who is to write the
lyrics, the contestants will be able to
accomplish more.
There's Something Doing!
Will You Do Your?
EDITOR OF WORLD-HERALD
AT JOURNALISTIC SEMINAR
Harvey Newbranch, '96, Speaks To
night in Nebraskan Office on the
"Ethics of Journalism."
The journalists of the university are
to be the hosts and attendants to Mr
Harvey K. Newbranch, editor of the
Omaha World-Herald, at a meeting of
the Journalistic Seminar tonight. The
meeting is to be held in The Daily Ne
braskan office, U 7, and an invitation
to be present is extended to all stu
dents who are interested in things
Journalistic.
Mr. Newbranch speaks on the' sub
ject. "The Ethics of Journalism." As
present editor of the World-Herald and
a Nebraska graduate, '9G, he plans to
make his topic relative to the practical
as well as theoretical questions of col
lege journalism. He is present at the
invitation of Chancellor Avery.
This is the third of a series of lec
tures which has been given before the
Journalistic Seminar this semester.
Will Owen Jones, editor of the Ne
braska State Journal, spoke November
5 on general topics relative to a study
of the newspaper field and work. On
December 10, J. E. Lawrence, city ed
itor of the Lincoln Star, spoke on the
"Development of a News Story."
Members of The Daily Nebraskan
staff, of Ye Chroniclers, the journalis
tic society, and of other campus publi
cations will be present at the meeting
this evening. It will start at 8 o'clock,
in U 7.
PROFESSOR BUCK TALKS ON
"THE NEW REALISM" TUESDAY
Tells Influence of Novels of Gals
worthy Bennett on Present-day
Life to Small Audience.
"The New Healism" as shown in the
novels of Galsworthy and Bennett was
the subject of Professor Buck's talk
before a very small convocation audi
ence yesterday morning. In order to
provide seats for themselves the audi
ence had to "heave to" and get their
own chairs.
Professor Buck showed in the
course of his talk that the new real
ism was in direct contrast to the older
French school which was considered
revolting and morally unclean. Today
the facts of life are copied in the
newspapers and so It is here that
things persist and move. The novels
of these men appeal to every-day life
and emotions and are consequently
real. Novels that do not do this, said
Professor Buck, are flippiant, irrational
and inhuman.
Harvard's Big Loan Fund.
Nearly $92,000 is given or loaned
annually by Harvard university for
student aid.
NEBRASKAN COMING OUT
IN FIVE-COLUMN FORM
Next Tuesday's Issue Will be a Sample
of What Will be Published If
More Students Subscribe.
Next Tnesdav ! No, it's not the
Crack of Doom, but something equally
as important. The "Hag" will appear
in a new form, a beautiful, snappy edi
Hon of five-columns Instead of the cus
toniary four. Tuesday's edition is to
be a premature glimpse into that prom
ised land a mere taste of what could
he done regularly if the student body
would come across with the "filthy
lucre of the realm."
During registration week a lively
campaign for subscriptions to The
Daily Nebraskan will be made. Tables
are to he placed about the campus
and presided over by "victims of Hag
enthusiitis," who will inoculate you
with the disease. If the results Justify
the change The Daily Nebraskan will
no longer be a four-column sheet hut
a five-column paper casting greater in
fluence, carrying greater prestige, and
thus more faithfully representing our
university.
In addition to this, Tuesday's edition
will contain the results of the election
of a new "Hag" staff. The posit ions to
be filled are editor-in-chief, managing
editor, two associate editors, business
manager, and assistant business man
ager. Several applications have al
ready been received by r. Williams,
secretary of the student publication
hoard, but it is not yet too late to
apply. He will receive applications
until noon on Friday, January 2.'5rd.
Here's a chance for a rapid rise to a
position of influence and esteem in
the university. Previous connection
with the staff is not necessary to ap
ply for any of these positions
ENGAGED IN A PECULIAR WORK
Former Nebraska Man Plants Many
Trees in New National Forest
Near Washington.
G. N Lamb, U. of N. ')!!, of the gov
ernment forest service, is in charge
of the planting of a national forest 'n
the District of Columbia. The forest,
showing practically every kind of tree
in the United States and how it grows
under real forest conditions, will cover
about thirty-five acres in a local park.
Nearly a thousand specimens of seven
ty species are already planted. This
arboretum is declared to be unique in
this country if not in the world. There
are others but in them only one tree
of each species is grown. In this ex
periment the trees a,re planted' in
groups, each group made up of a single
species. It is the belief of forest serv
ice officials that this plan will show
the behavior of the trees under forest
conditions rather than their behavior
as individual park trees, each one by
Itself.
UNIVERSITY MEN FEAST
FIRST ALL-MEN'S BANQUET HELD
FRIDAY NIGHT AT
LINDELL.
AVERY ACTS AS TOASTMASTER
All-University Subjects to be Touched
Upon in Two Hours of Banquet
Starts at Six Pfomptly.
The University Men's banquet to he
heb.1 In the New Llndell banquet hall
next Friday evening will be one of the
new and promising events of this year,
as far as university activities are con
cerned. It Is new and for a purpose,
high and mighty. The toast list is
select and only topics of vital import
ance to the student body of the Uni
versity of Nebraska will be discussed.
Chancellor Avery will act as toast
master on this occasion and four prom
inent men will respond to toasts. The
first speaker will be Prof. H. B. Alex
ander, whose subject is, ' "University
Social Consciousness." H. I. Elliott,
deputy state superintendent, will fol
low, on the subject, "University
Morale." Guy E. Heed will speak on
"Student Self-Government," and the
Hev. T. M. Shlperd. the last speaker,
will deal with "Intellectual Faith."
Those In charge of this new uni
versity function state that the banquet
will commence Immediately at (! o'clock
and last only two hours, so thoBe In
tending to attend any other university
activity will have ample time to do so.
Tickets are now on Bale by commit
teemen and in the lobby of the Uni
versity Temple.
CHANCELLOR ANDREWS WRITES
Former Leader Sends Greetings In
Answer to Congratulations of
Arts Faculty.
At a meeting of the faculty of the
Arts college January 10, a message
was sent to Chancellor-emeritus E.
Benj. Andrews, congratulating him on
passing his seventieth brithday. The
following card from the former chan
cellor at his summer home in Inter
lachen, Florida, testifies to his de
votion to the university which honors
his name:
Interlachen, Fla., Jan. 15, 1914.
My Dear Dean Davis:
The first chance you have, thank the
Arts faculty for me In the heartiest
manner for the kind message they sent
me on my birthday.
The longer I am on the retired list,
the more I prize the privilege I have
of serving our glorious university in
association with yourself and other
choice spirits, men and women of
genius, scholarship, and devotion to
the public Ideal.
I congratulate you all upon the good
fortune you have In continuing at ser
vice In so good a cause.
Reciprocating all of your kind
wishes for me. Yours with affection
ate regard, E. Benj. Andrews.
Sigma Nu Pledges.
Sigma Nu announces the pledge of
Joseph Walters of Wahoo, Neb.