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VOL. XV NO. 116.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1916.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
V
WILL COLLECT
UNURADITIONS
PROFS. CALDWELL AND SHELDON
OFFER NEW. COURSE
Student Work to B Accepted at
Undergraduate Theme or
Graduate Thesis
In order to collect In permanent
form a record of the traditions of
Nebrask university, Profs. A. E. Shel
don and H. W. Caldwell will offer a
special course In Nebraska traditions
and accept either as an undergrad
uate theme or a graduate thesis, a
Mstory of the traditions of the Corn
fcusker school. In addition to the ac
ceptance of the work for full univer
sity credits. Professor Sheldon has an
nounced that there will be at least
$25 and possibly more available for
the Btudent who writes the traditions,
as well as other money for his ex
penses In collecting material.
The idea of collecting a book of Ne
braska traditions originated with the
Innocents. The proposition was
broached to Chancellor Avery, who an
nounced his full sympathy and co-op
eration, and suggested that university
professors might be found who would
take charge of the work. Professors
Caldwell and Sheldon are enthusiastic
over the plan and want to co-operate
in every way possible to get the tradi
tions collected.
The collection, when completed, will
probably be published as a tradition
book -for the university, and may be
made a syllabus as a part of the his
tory of the state by Professor Shel
don, who Is director of the legislative
reference bureau. The honorarium of
$25 and the acceptance of the work
as a thesis or theme, is made to In
sure the work being done In a schol
arly manner.
Any student who Is interested may
secure more Information by talking
to either of the professors who have
the matter In charge. It has been
suggested that the work could be
done as a graduation requirement of
someone who will complete his edu
cation In the summer session, or by
someone who will graduate during the
school year 1916-17.
Compelled to Change Colors
Trinity college, of Sioux City, la.,
has been compelled to change its col
ors because of a shortage of German
dyestuffs. Blue and gray will be sub
stituted for purple and yellow.
CONVOCATION
Miss Helen Bennett, of Chicago, will
speak to both men and women at con
vocation,' Memorial ball, 11 a. m., on
"Chicago Collegiate Bureau of Occupations."
The Student Should Know
XI DELTA
XI Delta, the honorary sophomore
sorority, was organized a few years
ago by a group of girls to further the
interests of the girls of the class and
advance school activities among them.
It is composed of one girl from each
sorority and two non-sorority girls,
chosen each spring by the active mem
bers'. v
Previous to this year, the work of
XI Delta has been limited to campus
DEMAND FOR DR. POUND'S
FOLK-SONG SYLLABUS
The Nebraska legislative reference
bureau continues to have calls for
Miss Pound's "Syllabus of Nebraska
Folk-Song, " from sources as varied as
the Sewanee Review, the Boston Mu
sical association, the University of
Chicago and the University of Mis
sissippi. The syllabus contains excerpts from
songs and poems popular In Nebras
ka from the earliest days, collected by
Miss Pound during a period of about
ten years. It was published last fall
by the reference bureau.
UNIVERSITY CADETS,
REGIMENTAL SUPPER
Will Be Held April 13 Officers to
Give Co-Ed Banquet
The officers of the cadet regiment,
meeting yesterday afternoon, decided
to hold a regimental supper April 13,
following a review by overnor More
head. . Every cadet, private and offi
cer will attend in uniform. The com
mittee in charge of the event will be
Major Covert, chairman; Captains
Schwab and Pearce, and Lieutenants
Snyder, Acker, Urbach and Beynon.
The officers have aioO set May 11
as the date for a banquet of the com
missioned officers and their co-ed
friends. During the same month of
May, the individual companlts will
have banquets, dates to be announced
later.
LIBRARY SHOWS
BOOKS FOR WOMEN
Many Subjects of Interest to Girls
Studying Vocations
The university library is repeating
the exhibit of books suggesting var
ious occupations for women this week,
inkeeping with the women's vocation
al conference, which meets today and
tomorrow. Those who are interested
in the conference will be repaid by
an examination of the books on dis
play in the reading room.
The following books may be found
there
Abbott, "The Home Builder."
Abbott, "Women in Industry.
Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, "Vo
cational Training.
Barnes, "Bookselling as a New Pro
fession for Women."
Barnes, "Women in Modern So
ciety. Beard, "Women's Work in "Munici
palities." Bennett, "The Author's Craft."
Bennett, "American Women in Civic
Work."
Bostwick, "The American Public Li
brary." Davis, "The Field of Social Serv
ice." -
Eaton & "Stevens, "Commercial
Work and Training for Girls."
interests, but- this Christmas gifts
were gathered from all sophomore
girls and sent to the Tabltha Home
for orprhans.
. The active chapter is as follows:
Edith Yungblut, Jean Burroughs,
Marie Rowley, Marjorie Cobb, Esther
Ellinghusen, Ella Hansen, Doris Deyo,
Orena Ohlsen, Ruth Sinclair, Gene
vieve Chesley, Georgia Boggs. Ber
nice Nelson, Heln Hurape, Esther Lit
tle, Catherine Pierce, and Doris
Clarke.
FOSTER CAMPAIGNS
FORJROHIBITION
Winner of W. C. T. U. Prize Engages
. Actively In "Dry" Work
Lloyd Foster, who won the first
prize In the recent prohibition orator
ical contest held by the University
Prohibition association, has entered
actively into the campaign to make
Nebraska dry in 1916. Foster has
been engaged by the W. C. T. U. in
assisting in the organizations of tem
perance associations in the various
towns in Lancaster county.
Tonight Foster will fill the first of
his engagements, when he will deliver
his prize-winning oration at district
school house -No. 4. Friday evening
he will again be called upon to speak,
when he and H. F. Carson, superin
tendent of the Anti-Saloon league, will
lecture at Wesley chapel.
It is possible that Foster will spend
the summer stumping the state for
prohibition, under the auspices of the
Nebraska Dry Federation. The sug
gestion that he do this was made by
Mayor Bryan at the contest Saturday
night, and met with marked approval.
FLOTHOW MAKES
FROSII APPOINTMENTS
Fills Two Committees Bennett, Shu
, bert and Amlck Get Plums
President Paul Flothow of the fresh
man class, has announced the com
mittee appointments for the second
semester. The plums are few at this
time of the year, hop and Ivy Day com
mittees being all at the disposal of
the new class head. A. E. Bennett
heads the hop committee, with Carl
Amlck as master of ceremonies, and
H. C. Shubert is chairman of the
freshman Ivy Day committee.
The committees in full are as fol
lows: Hop
A. E. Bennett, chairman; Carl
Amlck, master of ceremonies; Chester
Barnes, Ernest Burns, Hiram Hues
ton, Catherine Newbranch. Guy Combs
and Ted Lonam.
Ivy Day
H. C. Shubert, chairman; William
Johnson, Frldolf Engstrom, Jean Nel
son, Hugo Flynn, Wilford Nelson,
Marguerite Lonam.
WESLEYAN TO FORM
GIRLS' CLUB, TOO
As a result of a talk Dy Dean Mary
Graham at Wesleyan university .on
"Rooming Houses and the Girls' Club
Council," the Woman's Wesleyan Edu
cational council has appointed a com
mittee to investigate the Girls' club
at Nebraska with the view of organ
izing a similar society.
PERSONAL CONFERENCES
WITH VOCATION SPEAKERS
Personal conferences with the
different speakers at the Girls'
Vocational Conference may be
had after each lecture. Infor
mation as to the times of the
conferences, and appointment
for them may be made at the
Information detk In the Y. W.
C. A. room at the Temple.
DR. POWERS DISCOVERS NEW
PLANT OF GREEN ALGAE
Besseyosphaera Powers!1 is the
name of a new plant discovered by
Prof. P. H. Powers of the department
of zoology in a fresh water pond
near Lincoln. The flrs't name is in
honor of Dean C. E. Bessey, who died
a year ago, while the latter is in
honor of Dr. Powers. The plant Is
a member of the green Algae and
has many animal characteristics.
BYERLY TO SHOW
ESTESPARK VIEWS
Lecturer, Sponsored by A. A. Hyde, to
Give Glimpse of Western
Mountains
F. W. Byerly, of Denver, Colo., well
known lecturer, will give an illustrat
ed lecture at the Temple theatre on
Thursday night, of striking views of
the Colorad Rockies, especially the
Estes Park region. Byerly comes to
the university sponsored by A. A.
Hyde, of Wichita, Kan., the wealthy
manufacturer, who . has engaged in
Christian service work and is especial
ly interested in the Estes Park con
ference. Byerly has a special machine with
slides to match. His pictures were
taken with the special autochrome
procees, which reveals the mouutalns
in all the splendors of their natural
coloring without artificial coloring.
The lecture will begin at 7 o'clock.
There will be no admission charged,
as Mr. Hyde has assumed the burden
of the expense of bringing Byerly to
the university.
HOSPITAL TO REPLACE
' "GERTRUDE HALL"
"Gertrude hall," otherwise known as
the Woman's building, is to be turned
into a hospital within sixty days.
Large operating rooms are planned.
About 140 patients are expected to be
accomodated. Many of the girls stay
ing at the hall are already moving
out.
The McGill university medical
school will conduct a summer session
in order to graduate a number of phy
sicians as soon as possible for service
In Europe.
SIDELIGHTS ON CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
MISS SARAH MUIR
Miss Sarah Muir, A.B., '00, A.M.,
06, is a teacher of English literature
In the Lincoln high school. She cam
paigned for suffrage last fall in New
York state and has written several
articles on woman's suffrage. She is
a vivacious and witty speaker and as
she is an authority on woman's suf
frage, her talk at 2 o'clock today
promises to be one of the best of the
conference.
MRS. EMMA REED DAVISSON
Mrs. Emma Reed Davlsson, assis
tant in the agricultural extension serv
ice in charge of women's clubs, will
speak at the vocational conference at
1:30 o'clock today. Miss Davlsson is
also home economics chairman of the
State Federation of Clubs and presi
dent of the Nebraska Home Econom
Prnhnhir nn other
I ICS BBDULiauviii - , ,
I woman In the state has had an equal
opportunity to get acquainted with
the women of Nebraska, both in the
cities and in the rural districts, even
UNIVERSITY WEEK
P LANSC0 MP LETED
MANAGERS APPOINTED AND ITIN
ERARY MADE UP
Lane, Saunders, Carr, Snyder, Young
and Wagner to Manage the
Different Troups.
Business Manager Lane, of the 1916
University Week, has finished the pre
liminary work for the spring vacation
tour by the appointment of managers
for the different organizations that
will make the trip, and by completing
the itinerary for each troup. The
band will be managed by D. T. Lane
and R. J." Saunders, the debating
teams by E. E. Carr, the University
Players, with "Believe Me, Xantippe,"
by Leon Snyder, the Glee club by Roy
M. Young, and the Professor Per
singer lecture by R. P. Wagner.
Thitinerary of the different troups
is iven below:
Band
Friday, March 24 Seward.
Saturday, March 25 David City.
- (Spend Sunday In David City.)
Monday, March 27 North Bend.
Tuesday, March 28 Schuyler.
Wednesday, March 29 Fremont.
Debate
Saturday, March 25 Seward.
(Spend Sunday In Seward.)
Monday, March 27 David City.
Tuesday, March 28 North Bend.
Wednesday, March 29 Schuyler.
Thursday, March 30 Fremont.
University Players
Monday, March 27 Seward.
Tuesday, March 28 David City.
Wednesday, March 29 North Bend.
Thursday, March 30 Schuyler.
Friday, March 31 Fremont.
Glee Club
Tuesday, March 28 Seward.
Wednesday, March 29 David City.
Thursday, March 30 North Bend.
Friday; March 31 Schuyler.
Saturday, April 1 Fremont.
Lecturer
Wednesday, March 29 Seward.
Thursday, March 30 David City.
Friday, March 31 North Bend.
Saturday, April 1 Schuyler.
Monday, April 3 Fremont.
German Dramatic Club
Friday, March 24 Columbus.
Monday, March 27 Grand Island.
Tuesday, March 28 Hastings.
twenty-five miles from railroad. She
will discuss the qualities required for
extension work, its advantages and its
hardships.
DR. HALLIE EVING
Dr. Hallle Ewing, A.M., '13, will
speak on "Nursing" at 3 o'clock this
afternoon. Dr. Ewlng has had sev
eral years' . work in a hospital, at
Morrlstown, Pa., and also at Ingle
slde, Nebr.
he is now head woman physician
at the state hospital.
MISS CARRIE BARSLOW
Miss Carrie Barslow will speak on
"Salesmanship" for girls today at 2:30
o'clock. Miss Barslow Is a graduate
of Wheaton college, Chicago. She
has had. nine years; experience in var
ious departments, and her talk will
be a very Interesting and helpful one,
not only to the girls who expect to
be. saleswomen, but to all girls who
do their own shopping.