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VOL. XV. NO. 59.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1915.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
BUSINESS STAFF
ISAPP01MTED
VELY CONTEST 8TARTED IN
CORNHUSKER ADVERTISING
MANAGEMENT OFFER PRIZES
Customary Commission Will Alto be
Awarded List of Busiensa Firm -it
Taken at the Staff
Meeting .
The business manager of the 1916
Ornhusker announces the appoint
ment of the following business staff:
Assistant business managers Ed
ward Bauman, Dewltt Foster, Earnest
Linn, Jack Hartman, Ellsworth Moser,
Omaha business manager C. F. Hoi
lenbeck.
" Foreign business manager Walter
Blank.
At a meeting of the staff, Tuesday
vening, a competitive plan for the
securing of advertising was mapped
out by the business manager. Under
this plan the assistants will receive
not only the customary commission for
writing Cornhusker advertising, but
will also be in line for the V, $3, and
tl prizes which the business manage
ment offers to the assistants who sell
the most advertising between now and
February 1. ,p
Lists of business firms were taken
fcy the men and the whole campaign
planned out in such a way as to assure
a thorough covering of the advertising
Held.
COLLEGES TALK PROHIBITION
It is the Subject of Intercollegiate
Debate in Many of the Eastern
Schools
National prohibition is a favorite
topic of intercollegiate debate in the
eastern colleges this season. The
Amherst-Williams-Wesleyan Triangu
lar uses the question "that the sale,
manufacture, importation and exporta
tion of alcoholic beverages, except for
scientific and medicinal purposes,
should be prohibited by an amendment
to the constitution." This is a stronger
statement of National Prohibition than
that of the Hobson bill now before
congress. Williams follows the tri
angular in a dual debate with Union
on the same question.
Student Opinion, a stirring new
weekly t the University of California,
is perhaps the first student publica
tion launched for the distinctive pur
pose of raising the standards of stu
dent activities in a large university.
It came into existence In response to
a large student demand for a medium
of expression on student "politics,''
THURSDAY, 11 A. M.
Beethoven 's Kreutzer Sonata
Pianoforte and Violin
Mr. August Molzer . -Mr.
Alois Kreraer
Temple Theatre
ThU is Beethoven's most famous sonata for pianoforte and
violin. Opportunities for hearing works of this character are
rare and all music lovers should avail themselves of their
chance to hear this program.
cleaner athletics, a more popular and
democratic expression in the student
governing body, and for leadership
against drinking and the sort of in
fluences that go with it both inside
and outside of college life. It is lead
ing the movement at California against
the serving of intoxicants at student
affairs and after the big games.
The Minnesota Dally, one of the
greatest student publications of the
west, came out vigorously in support
of prohibition in the recent Minneapo
lis campaign. The action of the "wets"
In attempting to buy the support of
student politicians the Daily character
ized "as on a plane with the cause
which they represent." "We regard
this as a deliberate attempt to corrupt
the morals of the student voter" it
said.
Professor M. M. Fogg
During the last eight years in which
Nebraska has been represented in
debate, she has enjoyed "an all-victor
ious year" six times. The consistent
ability of Cornhusker teams in verbs!
combats is due in large part to the
coaching of Prof. M. M. Fogg, who has
achieved a record for Nebraska lu
debate which rivals her gridiron sue
cesses. . This year, by mutual agree
ment, a large part of actual coaching
by faculty members has been done
away with, but the "Fogg system" is
still intact, and Its results will be seen
in the Kansas-Nebraska debate on the
subject of Armament.
Financial Statement of Hop
Financial statement of the Sopho
more "Hop" held in the Lincoln Hotel
December 4, is as follows: Receipts,
95 tickets at $1.50 each, $142.50. Ex
penditures: Programs, $22.60; music,
$29; advertising, $6.50; door-keepers,
$3; printing tickets, $1; refreshments,
$16; rental hall, $25; decorations,
$1.50; total $104.60. H. P. Rush, chair
man. Audited December 8, 1915. T.
A. Williams, Agent Student Activities.
I'iliOGEHTS REPROVE DE FORD
He and His Accomplices Are Removed
From School Until After the
Holidays ,
As the result of the unfortunate inci
dent Friday evening, one young man
and nine voune ladies have been sus
pended from the University until Jan-
narv 1st. uion the approval oi me
Girls' Club Board, The Black Masque,
and the Inaocents. A landlady, who
Imnlleated in the affair, was also
censured by the University authorities.
The Girls' Club Board and memDers
' The Black Masque at a meeting
Tuesday at 11 o'clock, voiced the fol
lowing sentiment:
"We do heartily disapprove and
the action of the
ladylady, of the girls implicated, and
of George DeFord last Friday evening."
The Innocents at a meeting yester
day noon expressed the same disap
proval of the performance.
BOARD OF. REGENTS
HOLDS MEETING
RECEIVE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
OF SECRETARY DALES
HEAR ARCHITECT HODGSON
Felix Newton's Grievance Heard
Hiltner is Appointed Coach
Miss Schulte Made Botany
Scholar
At a meeting of the Board of
Regents Tuesday afternoon, the follow
ing appointments were approved:
Mary Schulte, scholar in agricultural
botany, six months, beginning Decem
ber 1; A. H. Hiltner, basketball coach,
school of agriculture, for season ; Mrs.
Esther Burritt-Foster, temporary In
structor in English, school of agricul
ture, substituting for Miss Flora Bul
lock who is sick; Helen Dore, steno
grapher in registrar's office from No
vember 1; Miss Annis Chaikin, alumni
secretary from December 1.
The communication of Felix Newton
in criticism of Professor Grummann
was referred to the chancellor for re
ply. The president of the board was
authorized to sign a petition to the
council of Omaha for the vacation of a
portion of streets adjacent to the
medical college campus in Omaha. In
connection with this the purchase of
two lots in McCormick's addition, Om
aha, was authorized. These lots are
adjacent to the present medical col
lege grounds, and the streets proposed
to be vacated are to become an addi
tion to the campus.
The matter of consolidating the two
departments of experimental and In
structional agronomy is referred to the
committee on industrial education with
power to act.
The board spent some time In con
ference with Architect Hodgson, and
a committee of University alumni in
the matter of proposed modifications
of the layout of the city campus in
Lincoln, and proposed plans for a new
building for the College of Arts and
Sciences. Adjournment was had be
fore any conclusion was reached in the
matter.
The property committee was given
nower to act on consideration of bids
and awarding contracts for construc
tion of the new chemistry building on
city campus and the new hospital
building on medical campus in Omana.
Th aemi-annual report of Secretary
Dales was received and directed to
be transmitted as the regents semi
annual report to the governor.
The receipts and disbursements of
the University, for the six months
ended November 30, 1915, were $152,
033.04. The following financial sum
mary was given:
Balances avail
able . June I.
115
$1,321,938.21
Net additional
resources per
a t a t ements
above: tempo
rary untver
Kftv fund; spe
cial university
building fund;
university cash
fund; United
States funds
and special
rimtim exten
sion fund (city
of Lincoln . . .
Total expendi
tures from all
funds for the
m i x months
ended Novem
ber SO, IMS...
Total available
balance . .
611.S51.32
$ C75.45S.88
1,258.430. CS
$1,933.889 63 $1,933,8893
The following statement shows the
condition of the trust fund placed at
the disposal of the board of regents
by private Individuals for aid to stu
dents, at the close of the six' months
period ended November 30, 1915.
Total principal of do
nations received to
November 30, 1913. .$3,300.00
Interest on Investments
to same date, $630.82,
)ts premiums and
accrued Interest paid
on purchase of bonds
$70 net proceeds 560.82
Securities (bonds), held
November SO, 1915.. $1,000.00
Notes of beneficiaries
(loans to students)
same to date 2,580.10
installments paid on
Cash for current use
on loans 280.71
$3,860.82 $3,860.82
Foster at Tuesday's Convocation
Geo. N. Foster, L.L. B. '11, Profes
sor of Law, spoke at Convocation
Tuesday on "Debating." Professor
Foster was a member of the Nebraska
Debating Team which met the North
western University Debating team in
1912, and is indeed well qualified to do
his subject justice, as was shown by
the manner in which he told of debat
ing in former years at Nebraska and
the place it 6hould occupy in a uni
versity. Professor Dean Addresses A. S. M. E
The regular meeting of the student
branch of the A. S. M. E. was held
Tuesday, December 7. After a short
businses meeting Prof. C. L. Dean was
introduced and the meeting turned
over to him. He gave an interesting
talk on the improvements being made
on the modern locomotive.
After giving a few figures on eco
nomical Improvements Professor Dean
showed lantern slides of the standard
and special types of locomotives, both
in freight and passenger service.
Request Dr. Pound's Pamphlet
Numerous requests are being re
ceived by the Legislative Reference
Bureau for copies of Dr. Louise
Pound's pamphlet upon "Nebraska
Folk Songs."
A NEBRASKANSOIARY PAGES
O, W. Meier Tells of Interesting
Experiences Abroad Meets
Nebraskans
O. W. Meier, '98, has handed the
Daily Nebraskan an interesting page
from his diary in which he tells of
meeting some of the present faculty
members as students in the German
universities and other Nebraskans
abroad:
"On leaving Manila at the close of
the war, I applied to the American
consul for passports, telling him that
I intended to travel in foreign coun
tries. The consul there advised me to
obtain them from the consul general
at Shanghai, who had authority to
issue such papers, if I w-ere going
that way, otherwise they would have
to be forwarded to me from washing
ton.
"A fortnight later, at Christmas
time, I landed at Shanghai, having
taken an American transport from
Manila to Nagasaki and then a French
liner from there to the Chinese coast,
after spending a short while in Japan.
I called at once at the office of tne
transportation company to buy passage
to Europe, and ogered American gold
for a ticket, but was informed that pay
ment had to be made in money or tne
realm. The banks were closed, as
holidays, and I had nothing
but United States coin. I remembered
then that it was there that I should
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KANSAS SELECTS
THIRDJPEAKERS
THEIR NAMES WILL BE AN
NOUNCED TOMORROW
TO DEBATE IN FRASER HALL
Kansas Expects an Unusual Audience
Squad Takes Hike to Baldwin
Followed by a Steak
Roast
The names of the last two speakers
on both the negative and affirmative
teams will be announced tomorrow
morning, Just before the negative team
leaves for Lincoln. The third man on
each team is never selected until a
few days prior to the contest, when
they are selected from a squad of
candidates who have been carrying
either the negative or affirmative argu
ments to their conclusions.
Te debate will be held in Fraser
Hall, as usual. Attempts were made
to engage the Bowerock theater when
the interest shown made it evident
that an unusual crowd would attend
the contest, but the management of
the theater had booked an outside at
traction for the date. Fraser Hall
Is sure to be "jammed," Friday night,
when the two ancient rivals meet
again, this time on the platform and
not on the athletic field.
The eight men on the debating
squad, accompanied by Prof. Howard
T. Hill and Hugo "Dutch" Wedell,
"hiked" to Baldwin Saturday for a
tseak roast and a general discussion of
plans for the reception of the enemy.
NEBRASKA JUNIOR AN ORATOR
Church in Stromsburg is Not Largo
Enough to Hold the Big
Crowd
The following communication waa
clipped from the Stromsburg paper
concerning a Nebraska Junior:
"Rowland N. Cloud, of New Jersey,
is lecturing in Nebraska and will
lecture to our townspeople next Fri
day evening at the Eden Baptist
church. Mr. Cloud traces his lineage
back into the French nobility and his
story is unusually interesting. His
lecture is entitled the 'Secrets of a
Great Physician and is a popular lec
ture bristling with thought and filled
with humor. Mr. Cloud has a record
hardly equaled. At eighteen he waa
widely known throughout the Eastern
states as the 'Boy Preacher,' and was
then the youngest pastor in the coun
try. When but a college sophomore
he was invited to give this lecture as
the graduating address for a large
high school. Recently when Mr.
Cloud delivered this lecture at Wahoo
where he had spoken before the opera
house was not large enough to contain
the people who wished to hear him
airaln. Mr. Cloud is one of the best
and most eloquent young lecturera In
the country and Stromsburg Is fortu
nate in having this chance to hear
him."
Girls' Mass Meeting
A mass meeting- of all Sophomore
girls will be held at 11 o'clock today In
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