TlheOaMy Nebraska
VOL. XIV. NO. 5G.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1914.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
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GREATEST EVER HELD AT UNI
VERSITV OF NEBRASKA
THREE HUNDRED ATTENDED
Players and' Alumni Respond to
Toasts Pictures of the Team
Are Shown Feed Wat
Immense-
The Comhusker banquet was a pro
nounced success, as each student pres
ent will safely vouch for. It lacked
some of Its usual rough stuff which
has been noted on former occasions
of this sort, and for this reason, If
for no other, this event will be re
corded in the annals of the Univer
sity of Nebraska, and will be long
remembered by all those who took
part in honoring the greatest team
that our school has ever had.
The big ballroom of the Lindell was
well fitted for the occasion. A big
Nebraska banner hung from the west
wall and the spirit of the crowd was
shown in various other ways. Yells
were intermingled with songs and at
no time during the evening w.as the
crowd of three hundred Nebraskans
at a standstill. . The University Quar
tet ably rendered several selections,
which were appreciated, as were the
songs from the Alpha Theta Chi sex
tette. Before beginning with the
speakers, H ought to be appropriate
to say that the "feed was immense."
Leave that to the fellows who re
ceived two or three portions of sev
eral of the courses.
. C. C. Quiggle acted as toastmaster
and handled this position in a master
ful manner. His stories and jokes,
besides his earnest remarks, were
manifestly appreciated.
Chancellor Samuel Avery was the
first speaker of the evening. He
Called at Offices In Engineering Col
lege While on His Way Home
In Randot
P. A. Buol, Engineering '14, who has
t.
Deen employed by a cement manufac
turing company in Kansas, called at
the offices of the Engineering College
wnne on his way through Lincoln for
a visit with the home folks at Ran
dolph, Nebr.
OKI OMEGA SORORITY
OFFERS 6000 PRIZE
Will Be given to Woman Writing Best
Paper on Spclal Betterment To
8e Graded on Points.
kThe basis of award of the "social
betterment" prize, awarded by the Chi
Omega sorority, will be the compara
tive achievements of the competitors
(upperclass women) with respect to
the following points:
First Grade of work done as shown
in class averages and examinations.
. Second Amount of work taken in
the department.
Third General interest manifested
in sociology work.
Fourth To a limited extent, the
character of the work done in other
departments of the University, especi
ally in the departments of history and
economics.
Comparative weight assigned to
each of above points as follows:
First two points, at 75 per cent of im
portance; third point at 15 per cent;
fourth point at 10 per cent.
PARTY ALMOST AS LARGE
CORNHUSKER BANQUET
AS
CAMPUS CELEBRITES ATTEND
Football Players, Jack Best, Many
Professors and Coaches Ap
pear for the Girls'
Amusement.
Now Open to All Students Every
Afternoon Except Friday
Many Are Out.
The rifle range in the basement of
Mechanical Engineering Hall is now
open to all students. Although it Is
not generally known to the student
body, this range is open every after
noon except Friday. The range is
open to any student of the University
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PLANS BEII1G MADE
FORJRIDAY'S MIXER
Committee States That Things Are Be
ginning to "Mix" Larger Crowd
Expected Than at First.
Plans for the second all-University
mixer, which is to be Friday, Decern
ber 11, are beginning to "loom up" as
the one big all-University affair be
fore the holidays.
Stunts and entertainment are being
arranged which will interest and
Please all. The first mixed was a
huge success; so will the second one
be a great success. The first mixer
gives something to base anticipations
on as to the size of the crowd, the
kind of entertainment desired, etc.
There is no reason why these mixers
can not be Improved upon each time
flnd ultimately become a permanent
tradition at Nebraska. At the last
mixer there were approximately 900
present More are expected at the
second one, but regardless of the Bize
of the crowd, they will be well enter
tained. Never . before has a student at Ne
braska had a better opportunity to
become acquainted, with the students
f the school, it ia a mixer, and to
"mix" will be the prime object.
SECRETARY WADE'S
OFFICE NOW OPEN
The Primary Purpose Is to Maintain
Scholarship List of Fraternity
Members Will Be Kept.
The Armory was filled almost to
overflowing last Friday night at the
Cornhusker party. Nearly every girl
present was attired in some wierd
costume, some being disguised al
most beyond recognition. There were
about three hundred girls present and
everyone had a fine time and voted
the party a great success and a cus
tom well worth preserving.
Several campus celebrities were in
evidence and seemed to enjoy them
selves as much as possible. Profes
sors Caldwell and Barbour both pre
ferred the society of the co-eds to that
of the banqueters. Cornell was there,
as well as the Commandant, who
must have Induced at least one full
company to forfeit their pleasures at
the Lindell and accompany him to the'
entertainment of the girls. As usual
representatives of every age and na-
KRIPPLE'S KLUB IS
BORN AT REHEARSAL
New Organization Born at Kosmet
Rehearsal Officers Already
Elected.
A new club came Into existence at
a recent rehearsal of the Kosmet Klub
play. The name of the newcomer is
"Kripples' Klub," and among its char
ter members the names of many prom
inent students may be found.
The first by-law passed by the new
club provides that no ablebodied man
can become a member. Meetings are
held Tuesday and Thursday evenings
at 7:30.
The following men were chosen as
officers:
"Fractured Wrist" Kerney, president.
"Poisoned Foot" Warner, vice-presi-
CONFERENCE BOARD ADOPTS
TWENTL-EIGHT HOUR RULE
THIRTY HOUR LAW REPEALED
Cornhuskers Will Meet Jayhawks in
Two Basketball Games This Win
ter Also Play Ames, Drake
and Kansas Aggies.
tion were present; even children and dent.
Inter-fraternity Secretary Merle
Wade has already started the duties
as outlined for the office, and in a
short time some tangible results are
expected to be shown. Some disap
pointment has resulted over the buy
ing proposition, which was expected
to prove profitable enough to alone
support the office. The plans have
gone awry by the refusal of the whole
sale houses to deal directly with the
representative of the inter-fraternity.
council. Some results have been ob
tained, however, by favorable arrange
ments with the Lincoln merchants.
The primary purpose of the office
is to maintain fraternity scholarships
and to this end Secretary Wade has
already sent out to the men's and
women's fraternity houses a number
of blanks which are to contain the
names of the members of the organlza
tion who have classes under the vari
ous instructors. From these lists,
which will be kept on file in the secre
tary's office, Professor Buck, chair
man of the Inter-fraternity Council,
hopes to be able to check the num
ber of delinquencies.
a large number of boys were admitted.
Several clever stunts were in evi
dence at different times during the
evening. The ribbon dance, an old
English folk dance, was given by the
aesthetic dancing class. The girls of
the Gamma Phi Beta sorority, who
were dressed as cooks, sang a song
which was quite in keeping with their
costume. A school room scene was
shown by a few members of the Dra
matic Club, with the usual school
room conduct and spectacled teacher.
Burke Taylor and Irving Oberfelder
may have thought that they were at
the Lindell Hotel Friday night, but
there is ample proof to the contrary.
In fact, they led the yells in the liveli-
"Bum Knee" Elliott, secretary and
treasurer.
"All Crip" Doyle, sergeant-at-arms.
FOREIGN TRANSLATION
OFJEBRASKA TEXT
Japan Requests the Privilege of Trans-
lating Book to Japanese Is a
Standard Text Book.
Prof. J. D. Hoffman, head of the
School of Mechanical Engineering at
Nebraska, was recently in receipt of
a letter from Mr. Katsu Yasui, of No.
est football game of the season at 2 Chome 6, Kobikicho, Kyobashiku,
the Armorv. For Miss Graham aa a aokio, asKing ior a contract allowing
By H. I. Kyle.
The big high academic moguls of
the Missouri Valley Conference met
at the Lincoln Hotel, Thursday and
Friday of last week, and settled some
of the vexing questions within their
province. One of the principal prob
lems, however, that known as the
thirty-hour rule, was, for all practical
purposes, left unsettled. At the last
meeting, at Ames, a rule was adopted
requiring the already overworked ath
letes to have at least thirty hours of
school work in the school he was at
tending to his credit before he was
eligible for the varsity team. The
athletes were also required to carry
at least thirty hours a year if they
wished to compete in college athletics.
Since the usifal requirement for the
ordinary hothouse variety of student
is only twenty-four hours a year, it
will be seen at once that the muscular
upholders of our honor on the grid-
iron, the sinder path, the basketball
floor, or the mat, is stuck with just
six hours more than he would be were
he not so unfortunate as to be cursed
with unusual physical development.
Nebraska's representative, Professor
Barber, strenuously opposed the adop
tion of the rule from the moment it
was first suggested, and succeeded in
compassing its repeal Friday, but a
twenty-eight-hour rule was thereupon
adopted, which doesn't help matters a
great deal.
PROFESSOR MAKES ADDRESS.
The Economic League of Omaha Calls
Upon Professor Aylsworth to
Speak Before Their Body.
Recent Professor Aylsworth ad
dressed the Economic League oi
Omaha on the subject, "The Preferen-
special favor, had allowed the team
to pull off an exhibition game where
'Jumbo" paced the side lines, and
even our old trlend Jack Best was
present. Nor was the boy with the
water bottle slighted. After a great
victory, in which only Chamberlain
him to translate into Japanese the
ing Engineers," of which book the Ne
braska professor is author. The book
is used as a standard text for heating
courses in the universities of the
I United States, and its merits are evi-
suffered any serious injury, Professor Gently being appreciated abroad. Mr.
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FARM SHORT COURSE
BULLETINS NOW OUT
Designed for Busy Farmers Who Are
Able to Get Away for Only
- a Few Weeks.
Yasui is a graduate of the University
of Tokio, and now actively engaged
In the heating, ventilating and air-
conditioning business of his country.
An extract from the letter follows:
"There is no book in Japanese which
treats the problem as a special and
independent science. Occasionally a
few statements appear in our maga
zines or in small spaces of other
books. Should your writing be intro
duced here under your permission it
would be a first and unique book that
initiation and Banquet Held at Lincoln will light and clear the chaos in the
Caldwell, in his usual terpsechorean
manner, announced the next all-Uni
versity mixer, our victories were
then celebrated in dancing and the
eating of aples and popcorn balls,
after which the "best party yet"
broke up.
ALPHA KAPPA PS I
BANQUET AT LINCOLN
Hotel Professor Stephens Made
Honorary Member.
The other evening the Alpha Kappa
Psi held an initiation in the Lincoln
Hotel. After the Initiation an excel
lent spread was served in the balcony
banquet room. The newly Initiated
members are: Robert van Boskirk,
R. V. Koupal and Henry Pascale. Pro
fessor Stephens was made an honor-
fiai Rallot or Svstem or voung as
Used in Several Cities of the Coun- ary member of the professional corn-
try"
jmercial fraternity.
field of heating and air-conditioning in
Japan.
"The Introduction of the book would
not only benefit our people greatly,
but also, thereby, more applications
of heating and ventilating apparatus
would follow in our residences, offices,
public buildings, etc."
Professor Hoffman is still consider
ing the desirability and terms of such
a contract, and is finding very few
persons who, from experience, can ad
vise him in his dilemma.
The bulletin of the agricultural
short course for this winter is now
out. This course is designed for busy
farmers who can afford to spend but
a .short time away from their farms.
This "Winter Course," as it Is called,
begins January 5 and ends February
16, 1915. During this time short
courses will be offered on the follow
ing subjects: Agriculturl Engineer
ing, Animal Husbandry and Pathol
ogy, Dairying, Entomology, Farm
Management, Field Crops, Forestry,
Horticulture, Plant Physiology and
Pathology, and Soils.
All the subjects given are of much
value to farmers. Under Agricultural
Engineering, for instance, are treated
such subjects as the location of farm
buildings, 6llo construction, traction
and gasoline engines. Animal Hus
bandry takes up cattle, swine and
horse judging, and live stock feeding
and management.
Anyone interested may obtain de
tails by addressing a communication
to the Registrar, Station A, Univer
sity of Nebraska.
