VOL, XV. NO. 108.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1916.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
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FOURSCORE TEAMS ARE IN THE'
RACE FOR PRIZES
Tw0 Omaha Teams and Lincoln High
Show 8trenflth In the Flrat
Dlvlalon Claas
The Bixth annual state interscholas
tic high school basketball tournament
opened yesterday, with eighty-eight
achools competing. Ther games start
ed on schedule time, both the Ar
mory and the city Y. M..C. A. floors
being used. Large crowds attended
all the games, and enthusiasm was
manifest at all stages. Not a tew
..i. rh Bohnol maidens have Jour
neyed to Lincoln' to root for their
While It Is early in the game to
predict the winners, three teams m
BASKETBALL SCORES
CLASS A, DIVI8ION I
Crete, 18; Fremont, 15.
Plattsmouth, 8; Friend, 7.
Lincoln, 25; Central City, 12.
South Omaha, 16; Sutton, 5.
Hastings, 8; Havelock, 4.
CLASS A, DIVISION II
Omaha, 25; Seward, 1.
University Place, 32; Chadron, 7.
Newman Grove, 12; Gothenburg, 10
West Point, 13; School of Agricul
ture, 12. "
Beatrice, 22; Fairmont, 5.
CLASS B, DIVISION I .
Bethany, 16; Hardy, 6.
Falls City, 23; Rising City, 0.
Pierce, 24; Atkinson, 3.
Stanton, 8; Nebraska City, 6.
Harvard, 19; Steele City, 8.
Arlington, 19; Auburn, 8.
Fullerton, 16; Coxad, 0.
Randolph, 9; Nebraska School for
Deaf, 8. '
CLASS A ARMORY
CRETE, 18; FREMONT, 15
Crete won from- Fremont In the
first Class A game yesterday after
noon. The score was close, ending
18 to 15 in Crete's favor. Eidon, of
Fremont, and L. Trundell are worthy
of mention: . , .
Fremont Crete-
Gardiner ....If L. Trundell
Ellerbock rf . . . . Les Trundell
Dana... c Kacer
Tieeler..: Ellis
Eidon rg C. Trundell
PLATTSMOUTH. 8; FRIEND, 7
Plattsmouth won from Friend In a
close guarding game, when their su
perior teamwork gave them a 7 to 8
victory:
Friend Plattsmouth
Weber c Campbell
Schlet rf Marshall
Henry If Speck
Donoarth rg Larson
Erakainy.. lg White
Jewitt ; rf
PLAY
STARTS
LINCOLN, 25; CENTRAL CITY, 12
Lincoln won from Central lCity In
a fast game, 25 to 12. The first half
ended In an 8 to 8 tie:
Lincoln Central City
Albrecht rf Sayer
Cypreanson If Greene
Brian.... c Lowell
OH
division A stood out at the end of the
first day's play. Omaha, South Oma
ha and Lincoln played true to form
and should go far in the tournament.
The ever present dark horse must
not be forgotten, however, and It is
more than likely that some of the
smaller towns In the Btate will loom
up stronger as the tourney progresses.
The refeerlng of the Corr.husker
men was fine all the way through,
the Nebraskans keeping the high
school teams on the hustle, and not
forgetting to call fouls when neces
sary.
Coach Stewart was an interested
spectator at the contests. He con
fessed that he had never seen any
thing quite like the tournament, and
he was very much pleased by the
Bhowing made by the high school men.
Smith rg Dunonare
Schroeder lg Smith
SOUTH OMAHA, 16; SUTTON, 5
South Omaha won from Sutton, by
a score of 16 to 5. Sutton had hard
luck with her baskets, while South
Omaha made every chance count:
South Omaha Sutton
Cool rf Chambers
Aitkinsou If Sttnehauer
Nixon c Waneu
Bolt rg Nus8
Shamholz lg Schlerger
HASTINGS, 8; HAVELOCK, 4
Havelock lost to Hastings,. 8 to 4.
Both teams, played a close guarding
game, but Havelock's fouls made them
lose:
Hastings Havelock
Balton rf Smith
Sheeley if Krieger
Schlick c Webster
Stromer rg Chriswisser
Baugh lg Jacobs
OMAHA, 23; SEWARD, 1
Omaha won from Seward. In the
first half Omaha ran way with a 12
to 0 score. Maxwell and Patty, Oma
ha's forwards, showed up well:
Omaha Seward
Maxwell rf R. Gillan
Patty If Peterson
Paynter..; c Zellig
Grove.' .. ..rg Evans
Logan.... lg Ludwick
Substitutes Omaha: Yardly, Pow
ell, Underwood.
BEATRICE, 22; FAIRMONT, 5
Beatrice Fairmont
Kellenberg rf Elchsteadt
Stevens If ........ .L. Moul
Cosford '. c... C. Moul
Burroughs ..rg Miller
Hulka..... ...lg... Hateey
Substitutes - Beatrice: Smith,
Ward. Fairmont: Bittenbaugh.
Field goals Kellenberg. 3; Stevens,
Cosford, 3; Burroughs, Ward, 2; C.
Moul, 2.
Foul goals Cosford, Ward.
Referee Nelson.
WEST POINT, 13;
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE, 12
West Point School of Aflrl.
Stahl ...rf Root
Krause If B." Sling
Howarth....v. c Osborne
Rich rg Oheiser
Nelson... jonnBun
TO CONFER ON
NEW BUILDINGS
Architect Hodgdon Arrives from Chi
cagoRegents to Meet
After being delayed more than a
week by the illness of his mother,
Architect Charles Hodgdon of Chi
cago, has been able to come to Lin
coln for conferences over the univer
sity's new buildings. Mr. Hodgdon
arrived this morning. He will spend
the day in talking over the plans for
the social science building that will
Borne day be built at Twelfth and R
Btreets, and will probably meet wilri
the board of regents tonight.
The progress on the city campus
buildings BeBsey and Chemistry
halls, will interest Mr. Hodgdon, who
has not been in the city since these
were started. The architect has been
able to note the progress on the farm
buildings, and he is well satisfied
with the way things have been going
at the agricultural college.
SENIOR CLASS NEEDS POETS
A poet or poetess, who can rhyme
about twelve lines that will please the
senior class, taking that organization
as a subject, is urgently needed.
President Scott has asked all who as
plre to the place of class poet to
write a suitable stanza that can be
used on the senior class Invitations,
and he has asked that the aspiring
ones give their productions to Lulu
Mae Coe.
CONVOCATION
Mrs. Mitchner, president of the
Kansas W. C. T. U., and Mrs.
La Manco, of Missouri, who have been
engaged by the local committee to
speak for the dry campaign in Lin
coln, will speak to the students at
convocation today at the Temple.
TODAY'S SCHEDULE
AT THE ARMORY
Crete vs. Shelton 9:00 a. m.
Plattsmouth vs. Hebron.. 9:15 a. m.
Lincoln vs. Osceola 10:00 a. m.
South Omaha vs. Hastings 10:15 a. m.
Omaha vs. Uni. Place. .. .11:00 a. m.
Columbus vs. Newman
Grove 11:15 a. m,
West Point vs. Wilber 1:00 p. m.
Geneva vs. Beatrice 1:15 p. m
The third round in the above divl
sion will commence play at 7:30 p. m,
in the Armory.
Bethany vs. Falls City.... 2:00 p. m
Pierce vs. Stanton 2:15 p. m.
Harvard vs. Arlington 3:00 p. m,
Fullerton vs. Randolph... 3:15 p. m,
IN THE.CHAPEL
Wahoo vs. Nelson 1
Murdock vs. Tilden 1
Bancroft vs. Cedar Bluffs. 2
Temple High vs. Ravenna. 2
Craig vs. Humboldt 3
:00 p. m
:15 p. m.
:15 p. m
:15 p. m.
:00 p. m
TalmaKe vs. Nebraska Mil
itary Academy 3
Sunertor vs. Wausa ..... 4
:15 p. m
:00 p. m.
;15 p. m.
:00 p. m
30 p. m,
43 p. m.
30 p. m
45 p. m.
30 p. m.
Lynch vs. Battle Creek... 4
Indlanola vs. Louisville... 5
Khickley vs. Genoa 7
Dunbar vs. Arnold i 7
Pallisade vs. Ansley 8:
Omaha School of Commerce
vs. Alnsworth ." 8:
Osmond vs. A'ma ........ 9 :
CORNHU8KERS ON 8ALE
TODAY FOR LA8T TIME
CornhuBkers may be bought today
In the student activities office In the
Administration building, but today is
(he laBt day they may be ordered at
the purchase price of $3, according
to Business Manager Paul Babson.
Babson makes this announcement so
that those who have delayed buying
the year book, while still Intending
to do so, may be warned In time.
DR. STEWART FOR
THESINGLE TAX
Believes It Will Increase School Spirit
Hopes for Its Adoption
"I am heartily in favor of the Sin
gle Tax," said Dr. E. J. Stewart, our
new coach, last night. "I favor It,
not because of the financial benefit
to athletics alone, but because it In
creases school spirit through assured
attendance."
Dr. "Stewart is well qualified to
speak on the subject. Practically all
of the schools in the northwestern
part of the United States have the
system, he says. The Oregon Agri
cultural college now has a fee of
$2.50 a semester, a large per cent of
which goes to athletics. Free admit
tance is not had under this fee, how
ever. Beginning next fall, the Aggies
will pay $10 a semester, which will
admit them to the games free.
Washington State has a fee of $10,
while Washington college has one of
about the same amount. Oregon uni
versity has a fee of $6, which Is dis
tributed by an auditing board ac
cording to the needs of the various
activities.
In all of these schools the system
has been entirely successful. Each of
these institutions is supported by the
state. His experience with the fee
on the coast leads the Doctor to
hope that he- will find it in use here
when he returns next fall.
The Student Should Know-
THE NEWER UNIVERSITY
In the general election of 1914, the
people of the state of Nebraska vot
ed to extend the city campus of the
state university rather than put all
of the buildings on the firm campus.
At the same time almost $3,000,000
was voted to be expended upon need
ed new buildings, and to buy addi
tional land for the city campus.
Forty acres of land to the north
and east of the present campus have
been bought In pursuance of. this ex
pressed will of the voters. Three
buildings art nearlng completion at
the farm, and two are well on the
wav at the city campus. A state farm
: -
car line to make' rapid connections
between' the college of agriculture
and the other colleges has been put
In service, and the University of Ne
braska is well started upon Its per
lod of expansion.
At the farm, the new dairy hus
bandry building, the steam power
plant and the horse barn are almost
completed, at a cost of approximate
ly $200,000. The final approved plans
toe the agricultural engineering build
ing are ready for the bidders, and
contractors are even now estimating
their bid for this building.
On the city campus, the first build
FIRST COLLEGE MEN'S
WORK WHENCE
Association Secretaryship 8ubject of
Discussion Saturday
The Nebraska college men's voca
tional conference on association sec
retaryship will be held Saturday.
March 11, In Faculty hall. The con
ference will begin at 10 a. m. The
basis upon which the Y. M. C. A.
promotes all vocational guidance meet
ings Is summed up in the following
sentences: "Most men should stay
out of the particular line of life
work In question. Some men should
enter it. But all Christian men should
give it a square look before deciding ,
their vocation." This is especially
true of those branches, which, be
cause they are on the surface less
attractive or less remunerative than
others, cause most men to taboo them.
Below is the program:
10:00 a. m. Devotional Jasper
Mayer, general secre
tary Seward Y. M.
C. A.
10:10 a. m. "Qualifications and Op
portunities of Y. M. C.
Secretary" E. F. Den
ison, general secretary
at Omaha.
11:00 a. m. "Student Secretaryship"
E. J. Slmonds, state
college secretary, Ne
braska. 12:30 p. m. Luncheon.
1:00 p. m. "Boys' Work" R. A.
Walte, former Interna
tional boys' work sec
tary. 1:45 p. m. "Physical Directorship"
O. B. Anderson, phy
sical director Lincoln
Y. M. C. A.
2:00 p. m. "Training Necessary to
Secretaryship" J. S.
Hotton, business man
ager of Chicago Y. M.
C. A. college.
The leaders will be available for
personal conference at any time dur
ing the day.
ing, Bessey ' ball, named in honor of
the great botanist who was one of
Nebraska's most beloved teachers, is
waiting only warm spring weather to
be pushed to completion. The base
ment has been finished, and the forniB
Bet for the concrete that will be
poured when the warm days come.
Excavating has started for the chem
istry building, and the work on this
will be pushed rapidly. Tentative
plans for the social science building
have been received, and this struc
ture will probably be authorized this
week.
The farm buildings will be built
of grey pressed brick of the type of
the latest structures there. On the
city campus the prevailing red brick
will be used, and the buildings will
follow classic designs. Simplicity of
architecture, and that surest element
of worth, utility, will be followed
throughout, so that when completed,
the newer university buildings will
be outranked by none in the country
for genuine serviceableness.
The central structure on the city
campus will be the library building.
This will be surrounded by the other
new buildings and the whole will give
an effect at once pleasing and con
venient
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