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February 29
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Cornhusker Day
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CornhusKer Day
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, FEBBUARY 15, 1916.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
MUD OF REGENTS
TO MEET TODAY
WILL AWARD DEGREES TO MID
TERM GRADUATES
to Di.cu Work of Efficiency Agent
and Tentative Plant for new Build
,ng, and Campus Layout
The board of regents will meet in
Chancellors Avery's office at 11 o clock
this morning. Regents Whitmore and
Haller will be absent, haying gone
?outn on account of ill health. Both
are suffering from severe , cases of
grippe and it is hoped that southern
climate will prove beneficial.
This is the first regular meeting of
the board since Regent Whitmore re
signed from the presidency of the
Regent Lyford is now president of
that body. Regent Whitmore has now
served as long as any regent has ever
served before and on the conclusion
of his term of office, January 1. 1917,
he will have served the longest of
any regent namely, thirteen years.
The reason for his service being
thirteen years instead of twelve years
1b that the legislature placed the elec
tion of regents over one year to cor
respond with the general state elec
tion. Regent Whitmore declines the
renominatlon, greatly to the regret of
the friends of the university. .
Candidates for degrees need not
feel nervous over the absence of two
members, as the chancellor has noti
fied all others that they must be
present in order to have a quorum. A
minium in necessary to make the de
grees valid.
Aside from -the granting of degrees
there are a number of minor appoint
ments to be made, ad interim acts to
bo passed upon and matters of policy
U be considered.
The work of the efficiency agent will
be discussed and a suggestion of a
modification of the campus plans in
accordance with the tentative sketches
of the plan for the buildings for so
cial science, history, etc., will be con
sidered. In addition to their official
duties and the attendance at the mid
winter Commencement exercises in
the evening, the regents will prob
ably find time to have their pictures
taken for the Cornhusker and perhaps
also to attend the athletic meeting at
the Armory. The actual time in ses
sion will probably not be a great
while.
Chess Club Elects
The University Chess club held a
business meeting in the basement of
the College Book store last night. The
following officers were elected:
W. H. Wilson President.
Felix Newton Vice President.
Roscoe P. Rhodes Secretary.
Charles Lemkuhl Treasurer.
To Give One-Act Plays
A series of one-act detective plays
will be given by the class in dramatic
art next Thursday afternoon. One of
the plays Is an original production by
Maurice Clark, who has written the
Kosmet book this year.
The Principle of the Single Tax
In a few days The Nebraskan will
submit to the students a definitely
outlined Single Tax plan. We do not
expect any opposition to this plan. But
fairness demands that we consider
both sides of the question.
The only objection to the Single
Tax advanced when it was up for
consideration before was that such a
measure is confiscatory. It was urged
that It would force students to buy
something they did not need; that it
would put upon some a burden for
which they would receive nothing in
return.
Governments are organized for the
betterment of the people as a whole.
But upon organization, the first duty
becomes the protection of the man as
an Individual. The fact Is recognized
by the written constitutions of this
.country when they provide that no
citizen shall be deprived of his life,
liberty or property without due pro
cess of law. But where adequate pro
vision is made for the minority, a
measure for tha general good cannot
be impeached because in form it
forces an unwelcome burden on the
individual.
There is no general system of or
ganized government on the campus.
But the situation is analogous to the
above. A vast majority of the stu
dents derive benefit from school ac
tivities. The burden of these activ
ities is not fairly distributed. The
Single Tax will distribute the cost
equally among those profiting from its
expenditure. In possibly a. score of
cases in school, the levying of such a
tax would be a hardship. The new
plan will provide adequate relief for
these cases.
Under these circumstances the
great benefit to the majority, and the
sufficient protection of the minority
what objection can lie against the
Single Tax?
EVERETT SCOTT NEW
SENIORjJLASS HEAD
ELECTION RESULTS SHOW CLOSE
FIGHT FOR SOME JOBS
Guy Chambers' Name Written In tha
Ballot for Ivy Day
Orator
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LOTS OF FOOD
FOR TODAY'S MIXER
Plans have been completed for the
Charter Day meet and mixer in the
Armory thisafternoon. The athletic
events will start promptly at 1 o'clock,
so that dancing may begin at 3:30
and continue until 6 p. m.
The committee has spent more
money on refreshments than for past
mixers, and they believe this feature
-will be immensely popular.
The mixer committees are as fol
lows :
Reception: Guy Chambers, George
Grimes, Helen Schwab, A. R. Swen
son, Phebe Folsom, Virgil Haggart.
Refreshments: Doris Slater, Mabel
Bentley, Camille Leyda, Ethel Klt
tinger, Carolyn Funke, Blanche Busk,
Marguerite Chittenden, Edna Froyd,
Eva Miller, Edith Youngblut.
RARE ORCHIDS
BLOOMING NOW
In the middle greenhouse near Ne
braska hall, two Philippine orchids
are in bloom. , Miss Walker, of the
t-. i ,, onortmpnt. savs these are
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rare flowers. There are also in bloom
several orchids of a more common
type, together with a wild orcnia rrom
Oregort, which has recently blossomed
forth.
Miss Walker says she hates to see
all this beauty going to waste, and
would like to see the greenhouse well
visited. She did not seem to worry
when the reporter suggested that this
might be a dangerous proposition, in
asmuch as it was the formal season,
when orchids are right In style.
Many people do not know the sig
nificance of Charter Day. It is the
birthday of this university. On Feb
ruary 15, 1869, the Nebraska legisla
ture passed a bill which became known
as the university charter. Ever since
that day has been set aside and prop
erly celebrated as the birthday of the
University of Nebraska. Usually an
elaborate program was prepared, but
for the last few years only social and
athletic functions have marked the
day.
BOOKS ON LIBRARY
WORK AVAILABLE
The librarian has had a large num
ber of inquiries concerning library
work, the opportunities it offers, the
best methods of entering it, require
ments of library schools, etc. Libra
rianshlp is a comparatively new call
ing and is often overlooked by those
whose tastes and interests would make
this an attractive field of service,
Some interesting books and pamph
lets are available and these may be
T0mir,Pl durlns: the coming week.
Among them are:
Baldwin, "Library Service"; Bost
wick, "The American Public Library-;
Bostwick, "The Library and School ;
Fletcher, "Public Libraries in Amer
Oarnett. "Essays in Librarian
hin": Green. "The Public Library
MnMmnt": Johnston. "Special LI
HXJ V 9
hrarlfia": Kaiser. "Law, l.egisiawv
ami Municipal Reference Libraries ,
T.ornprt "Rooks. Culture and Charac
ter"; "Librarianship as a Profession ,
"Library Work"; Lord, "The Free
TMln Mbrarv": OlCOtt, ".uiDraiy
ttti, ixmt, rMidren": Roeers. Man-
...i TJiMWmntiv": Savage. "The
Story of Libraries."
BUTCHER CATALOGS
3,000 STATE SCENES
S. D. Butcher of Broken Bow is at
work in the legislative reference bu
reau cataloging a collection of over
three thousand photographic nega
tives, all of them scenes of Nebraska.
These photographs were all taken by
Mr. Butcher, who is a pioneer Nebras-
kan. They portray scenes from as
early as 1886 up to the present and
are mainly from Custer county and
northwest Nebraska. The last legisla
ture provided an appropriation with
which the state purchased the collec
tion of Mr. Butcher.
It is the intention of Director Shel
don to have a print made of each
negative and bind them all into a
laree . volume of early Nebraska
open on The volume will .then be
placed on file and may consulted by
anyone interested.
KOSMET MUSICAL
SCORE COMING
The musical score containing the
"hits" for the 1916 Kosmet Klub pro
duction, "The" Knight of the Nymphs,
has been printed, and copies will be
received on the campus 'inursaay.
The books will be sold Thursday and
Friday night at the theatre.
The seat sale for the production has
exceeded any previous advance sale,
Manv of the fraternities and soror
ino v,ao rpgprved laree blocks of
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seats together, and the best seats are
being rapidly grabbed up. Advance
rumors have it that the twelve songs
In the show are proving among the
most -tuneful that the Kosmet Klub
has ever secured.
The victors of yesterday's
election:
Everett B. Scott
Senior President
Harold F. Holtz
Junior President
Beachey Musselman
Sophomore President
Paul Flothow..
Freshman President
Guy C. Chambers
.Ivy Day Orator
Charles M. Frey
. . . Editor-ln-Chlef Cornhusker
Wayne L. Townsend
Junior Managing Editor, Corn
husker Charles DeWitt Foster
Business Manager, Cornhusker
The vote:
Senior President
Winfield K. Miller 100
Everett B. Scott 112
Junior President
Harold F. Holtz 174
Ralph L. Thiesen .....113
Sophomore President
Warren F. Hart 50
Carlisle L. Jones 16
Norman Beachey Musselman 245
Lawrence F. Pathe 102
Freshman President
Paul G. Flothow 39
Ivy Day Orator
Guy C. Chambers (name written' in)
Editor-in-Chief
Charles M. Frey 185
Edgar D. Kiddoo 104
Junior Managing Editor
Ivan G. Beede 201
Wayne L. Townsend 208
Business Manager -
Charles D. Foster 291
Ellsworth Moser 125
The election yesterday was almost
an exact replica of previous elections.
In spite of the published announce
ment "that there was to be no solicit
ing of votes at or near the polls" every
candidate except Edgar Kiddoo, Har
old Holtz and WInifleld Miller was
present and personally solicited votes.
In a few1 instances they even accom
panied th voter inside and watched
him mark his ballot.
When seen yesterday the registrar
quoted the following university rule
governing elections: "Each candi
date may have a representative at the
polls during the election." He seemed
of the opinion that this might be in-
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