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JUNIOR
PLAY
MARCH
19th
VOL. XIV. NO. 112.
UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1915.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
COlHn SALES
LOSS TO MANAGEMENT UNLESS
SALES INCREASE
MUST SELL MORE ANNUALS
Four Hundred Copies Yet to Be Dis
posed Of Book This Year to
Contain Special Feature
Cartoons Excellent
"Four hundred more copies of the
Cornhusker must be sold before
March 25," is the verdict issued from
the Cornhusker office yesterday. In
order to make this year's book pay, it
is absolutely necessary for at least
that number of books to be sold with
in the next week. The cost of put
ting out such a book as has been
worked up this year is enormous.
The cost must be paid, as well as the
advertising, by the returns from the
sale of the books. If only a compara
tively few studemts respond to the
call for subscriptions, some one must
lose or the book will be cheapened.
The Cornhusker is ready to go to
the press, but will be withheld one
week to allow the subscription list to
come up. If the required number is
not then reached, a part of the book
will have to be cut out, decreasing the
value and standard not only of the
edition this year, but in the future as
well.
It -will contain forty-eight pages in
gold, five hundred dollars worth more
of pictures than previously, and a
large number of original cartoons
Better paper, leather and binding than
ever are to be used.
The attempt is being made to raise
the standard this year to a level with
the annuals put out by other Western
universities. The management makes
the appeal, that the students will show
their appreciation of this by increas
ing the sale during the next week.
Subscription will be obtainable either
at the Cornhusker office or the Alumni
Association offices a dollar and a
half paid down, the rest to be paid
when the books arrive.
New Baseball Machine.
Harvard college pitching candidates
were subjected to a test for accuracy
by Dr. Sexton, the baseball coach, Te
cen'tly. The coach had erected a back
stop six feet high and nearly as wide
with an opening corresponding to the
limits within which called strikes
would pass after crossing the plate.
The pitchers delivered the balls at
this hole, and were scored on their
successes and failures in locating it.
Dr. Sexton said he would continue to
use the new device for some time.
FIFTY LOCKERS IN
mmm were cut
Students Were Attempting to Use
Locker Without Paying Regular
Fee Authorities Interfered
Fifty lockers in the University gym
nasium were cut yesterday afternoon.
Every year at this time it becomes
necessary to perform this duty in
order to keep the students from using
the lockers free of charge. The author
ities have requested that the former
oocupans of these lockers call and
take away their clothes.
Remember March 1Cth.
A Student's Prayer
The following prayer was read In the
House of Representatives at the be
ginning of the Sixty-first Congress:
"Oh Lord, now that everything Is
coming our way, purge every Demo
cratic soul of hot air and vain glory
and insert large installments of com
mon sense In every Democratic cran
ium, and oh, remember, Lord, our
proneness to make fools of ourselves
Just when we have the world by the
tall and a down-hill pull, and see that
we don't get In bad this 'time."
With slight modification It applies
to us thus: "Oh Lord, now that the
mid-term exams are over and every
thing is coming our way, purge every
student soul of hot air and vain glory
and Insert large Installment of com
mon sense In every student cranium,
and oh, remember, Ixird, our prone
ness to "make fools of ourselves Just
when we have an A by the tail and a
down-hill pull, and see that we dont
flunk out this term!" Cyn.
Remember March 19th.
SPRING WEATHER
BRINGS OUT CADETS
After Three Months Theoretical Drill
Out Door Work Has Begun
First Drill Yesterday
The first out door drill of the spring
was held yesterday afternoon on the
regiment's accustomed parade grounds,
the citv streets. After three months
of tedious theoretical drill the regi
ment now has the opportunity to put
into practice some of the principles
so carefully learned. The officers who
have attended drill two nights to the
nrivates' one. now have the oppor
tunity to again display their epaulets,
chevrons, and their authority. The
commandant is confident that with the
resumption of practical drill the regi
ment will rapidly develop into credit
able form.
r.OVIKG PICTURES OF
LEGISLATURE TAKEN
Dr. Condra Takes Pictures of Members
of House and Senate Six Hun
dred Feet of Films Taken
Dr. G. E. Condra, director of the Ne
braska Conservation and Public Wel
fare Commission took some six hun
dred feet of motion pictures of the
Nebraska legislature Wednesday morn
ing. This is the first time in the his
tory of the Nebraska legislature tnat
such pictures have heen taken.
Individual pictures were taken of
the prominent leaders in both the
House and Senate, and group pictures
of all of the important committees.
The officers of the Senate and the
House, as well 'as sectional views of
both the House and Senate were also
taken.
Beginning with groups or legislators
who have been in the legislature two
years or more, motion pictures were
taken. The requirement was raised
one year at a time and a new picture
taken. Only one man. Representative
c-o t. Fries, lasted until the fifth
l-round in the House. Representative
Fries has been in five sessions or me
legislature.
i Tinri. of the only two old sol
diers in the Senate was snapped amid
the plaudits of the assembled legis
lators. These will be run for the first
time at the Legislators' Banquet at the
LlndeH Hotel tonight.
GIRLS' DEPARTMENT
UNIQUE FEATURES PLANNED FOR
SATURDAY'S EXHIBITION
EACH CLASS PRESENTS ACT
Normal Girls Will Have Charge of
Two Events Exhibition Will
Start romptly at Two
O'clock
The women's department in Phys
ical Education is planning several
unique features for the exhibition Sat
urday. Each class will stage one
event and the Normal girls two.
The Freshman classes will give an
aesthetic dance, "Allegretto," and will
wear their regulation gymnasium
bloomers and white middies with
green ties.
The Sophomores are to appear in a
wand drill. The Normal girls, besides
a short German lesson, will give "A
Midsummer Night's Dream." The
costumes for this are quite elaborate
white with green trimmings and
daisies. The Maypole dance is out of
the ordinary, as there are to be no
poles. Two of the tallest girls are to
act in that capacity and be wound
with ribbons.
Promptly at 3:30 the "mixer" dance
will start Both floors in the Armory
will be used for this popular Nebras
ka amusement
Twenty-five cents admission will be
charged for the complete entertain'
ment. This money will be used to d&
fray the expenses of the various teams
to the meeting of the Western Inter
collegiate Association which meets
here next month.
The state museum has Just received
a valuable collection of shells gathered
on the island of Cuba. There are three
or four hundred shells in the collection
and from two to six shells representing
each species. The shells were sent to
the University by Dr. Juan Roig. San
tiago de los Vegas, Cuba, at the re
quest of Mrs. Allie B. Wieber. The
task of classifying and listing the
shells will take several days' time, and
the collection will not be ready for
exhibition for at least a week.
PROFESSOR MICKEY WILL
ADDRESS ENGINEERS
Prof. Clark E. Mickey to Give .Illus
trated Lecture Before the En-
gineers' Club
Prof. Clark E. Mickey of the Col
lege of Engineers will speak to the
Engineering Club of Lincoln, Friday
evening in M. E. 206 at 8 o'clock.
His subject is "Bituminous Pave
ments." The lecture will be illustrated by
moving pictures and lantern slides
showing the product from crude oil
to the finished stage. The films and
slides have been furnished by the
Barber Asphalt people. Slides will
also be shown of Lake Trinidad and
the means of getting and shipping the
asphalt. Professor Mickey will dis
cuss both the asphalt concrete and
the sheet asphalt methods of paving.
He is an authority on bituminous
pavement
Sues For Martha's Will
Attorney General Pollard of Virginia
has asked th supreme court of the
United States for leave to file a suit
In behalf of the state against J. P.
Morgan to recover Martha Washing
ton's will.
The will, It is alleged, was taken
from the courthouse of Fairfax county,
Virginia, during the Civil war, and
eventually found its way to the late J.
Pierpont Morgan's collections of his
torical documents. The state of Vir
ginia contends that J. P. Morgan, who
inherited the will from his father, has
no title to it, and that he has refused
to return it. X, Y. Times.
Who Spends Time Rightly?
We all complain of the shortness of
time, and yet have much more than
we know to do with. Our lives are
spent either in doing nothing at all,
or in doing nothing to the purpose,
or in doing nothing that we ought to
do; we are always complaining that
our days are few, and acting as though
there would be no endi to them. Se-
eca.
university night
fjuucky ones
Large Number of Students Are De
prived of Pleasure of All-University
Entertainment
Seats for University Night enter
tainment went like hot cakes and
many who wanted to go will not have
the privilege, since the theatre is no
larger than it is. In spite of the fact
that many were left out in the cold
from no fault of their own (all could
not be first), no provision has been
made for a matinee performance,
which would give all ample opportun
ity to see this entertainment. 'Tis
time for some one to get busy. Such
an entertainment should be open to
all and not to the choice few who hap
pen to come first
MANY IOWA STUDENTS
ARE SELFJUPPORTIfiG
Thirty-Eight Per Cent Work Their
Way Through School Liberal
Arts More Dependent
Robert N. Rienow, dean of men at
the University of Iowa, has recently
prepared a paper showing the percent
age of men who work their way
through that institution. His investi
gation showed that of the Freshmen,
thirty-eight per cent were wholly self
supporting and thirty-five per cent par
tially, while only twenty-seven per cent
were supported by their parents. Stu
dents in the Liberal Arts College were
found to be more dependent upon their
parents than those in the Engineering
or Dental colleges.
Alpha Theta Chi fraternity defeated
Delta Upsilon fraternity by a score of
19 to 8 in one of the scheduled games
of the interfrat basketball tournament
at the armory last evening. The frat
basketball teams are new on the next
to the last round of games. In the
first division the Phi Kappa Pi team
will play the Phi Delta Theta five
for the championship of the division.
In the second division the Alpha
Theta Chi and Delta Tau Delta teams
will clash. The winners of these two
matches will play for the champion
ship of the school.
Remember Marc i 19th.
SPRING FOOTBALL
FIRST MEETING FOR PRELIMIN
ARY WORK SATURDAY
PROSPECTS ARE VERY BRIGHT
Big Squad of Old and New Men Ex
pected Basketball Letter Men
Will Select 1916 Leader
in Near Future
The first call for spring football was
made by Captain Rutherford today.
Saturday afternoon the old and new
men will gather In the Gymnasium to
get equipment and, if the weather per
mits, to later fare forth on to the ath
letic field for the Initial spring work
out With this call for spring football.
Coach Stiehm and Captain Rutherford
begin active work in building up the
1915 eleven which must uphold Ne
braska's record of two seasons with
out defeat and five years Missouri
Valley champions. Not only do things
look good for "next fall's eleven, but
prospects for successful preliminary
spring work, which is so important in
the development of a consistent foot
ball machine, are very good. Coach
Stiehm is a strong advocate of spring
football and intends to make this sea
son's work fruitful in weldir.g the
nucleus for the evolution of the next
champion Husker eleven.
Practically all of the old men will
be out and the dependables of the
Freshman team one of the most ca
pable first-year squads which ever
bucked a Husker varsity will be
given their first opportunity to ap
pear as full-fledged Huskers. In addi
tion to the old men and Freshmen,
Coach Stiehm is expecting material
from other sources. Several men who
have never tried out for varsity foot
ball will make their debut in football
togs during the spring practice.
Among these is Reese, former track
star. Reese is fast, quick and fairly
heavy and looks good. He should be
the making of an excellent end or
back.
The five letter men in basketball,
Captain Hawkins, Rutherford, Meyers,
Hugg and Shields, will select the 1916
leader within the next few days. Only
two of the men may be considered
eligible: Hugg and Shields, and one
of these two stars of this year's quin
tet will probably be the next captain.
North Carolina It is announced
that Secretary of the Treasury Mc
Adoo has accepted the invitation to
deliver the commencement address at
the University of North Carolina on
June 2.
JUKIOR ROSES WERE
OF SHORT DURATION
Flower Garden Planted for Junior
Play Advertisement Proved to
Be Popular With Students
The roses which the Junior Play
committee plan tod were beautiful and
original. The color scheme was one
seldom nsed in landscape gardening,
but was quite unique. The aesthetic
taste of the student was Dot offended
by profuseness, for the committee was
careful to use only a few. In fact,
the display was so popular that not
a flower survived more than a day to
tell the story of the Junior Play.