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VOL. XV. NO. 119.
UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1916.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
NEWSPAPER WORK
AN EXCITING LIFE
MISS
BENNETT'S LAST TALK
ON "JOURNALISM"
IS
Advises Girls to Start in Some Small
Town Rather than in a .
Large City
"If you want a life of excitement,
a life where you can' expand every
day and have a hand In the writing
of the daily history of the world, go
into the newspaper business," said
Miss Helen Bennett In an address on
"Journalism," Wednesday morning at
the women's vocational conference.
"For the joy of labor It has a great
reward," added Miss . Bennett, "yet
there Is no profession that demands
so much training and gives so little
remuneration. '
"To be a successful journalist one
must be able to recognize news, ap
preciate the value of news and be
able, to tell whither a story is worth
a column or a page. In short," said
Miss Bennett, "and to use the news
paper term, one must have a "nose
for news. One must have the tem
perament for newspaper .work, too. It,
demands the spirit of adventure, thei
willingness to start out on a clue and
work it oat.
"The best foundation for journalism
is a solid training In English. A girl
must know how to use simple Anglo
Saxon words and write in a style with
'punch' to it.
"A news story" Miss Bennett ex
plained, "must exist in the first para
graph, for many people read only the
headlines and the first paragraph
the newsoaDer stories. Truth and
accuracy are essential when applied
in a newspaper business. There
nothing upon which a good newspaper
places higher value than upon the ac
curacy and truth of Its news articles
Good Woman's Profession
"Journalism Is a good profession
for women," continued Miss Bennett,
"for it offers an experience without
par in value. Many noted magazine
writers of today started their careers
In newspaper work. Newspaper work
trains one to meet emergencies, to
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NO GUESSING ON
CORNIIUSKER GIRLS
Contest Abandoned After Girls Had
Made Protest to Business Men
The proposed guessing contest on
the eight girls who are to make-up
the "Nebraska Girts" section In the
Cornhusker, announced in The Dally
Nebraskan yesterday by the Corn
busker business management, has
been recalled because of the protests
of the girls involved. The scheme
was to place the pictures of the twen
ty girls In a down town office window
and several merchants had - offered
prizes to those who could guess the
chosen ones.
The girls Involved thought that the
advertising scheme was going too far,
and they entered an Immediate pro-'
test. Some of them talked with one ;
ha.
of the business men concerned and
he readily and courteously consented
to give up the proposed contest when
he saw the light In which the girls
looked at It
Y. M. C. A. GOSPEL
TEAM TO NELSON
Six students active in the Univer
sity Y. M. C. A. work will leave Lin
coln next Thursday for Nelson, where
they will conduct a four days' gospel
campaign. The gospel team will -consist
of Glenn Everts, president of the
Y. M. C. A.. S. 0. Holcombe and Verne
Austin of the cabinet, and Paul Con
rad, Ray Cowen and Alfred Reese.
STUDENTS PROTEST
POOR VEIITIIATIOII
Law Students Petition for More
Healthful Conditions In Library
An emphatic protest against the
poorly ventilated condition of the law
library is voiced in a petition circu
lated among the law students yester
day, that will be presented to the
chancellor and superintendent of con
struction, asking that the ventilating
system be Improved even at the sac
riflce of some architectural beauty.
The petition declares in no uncertain
terms that the air in the building is
bad, and requests immediate steps
be taken to Improve the condition
The petition Is copied below:
To the Chancellor and Superin
tendent of Grounds and
- Buildings:
We, the undersigned students of
the College of Law, respectfully
submit that the law library Is
twm-Iv imnronerlv and lnsuffi-
j , I
ciently ventilated; that the air in
said library is at all times, stuf
fy, foul, impure and sickening;
that the air is contaminated and
poisoned with disease germs that
have been breathed over and over
for at least the past six months;
that even the brightest student
when in the best physical condi
tion cannot long continue mental
ly oftlvp in the soDorific atmos-
Dhere of said library. We espe
cially urge that even though we
must tolerate noisy, over heated
class rooms, yet we are entitled
to a place where we can study
with a reasonable degree of effi
ciency.
We submit that the law library
had rather be conducive to good
health, and an assiduous pursuit
'of our tasks that remain unim-
oaired architecturally.
We respectfully request that im
mediate steps be taken to remedy
the evils above set forth.
FOUR STUDENTS TO
HIKE TO OMAHA
cf Thlt Even Ina: Hone to Make
Trip In Eighteen Hours
Four university students -will start
nut tnnlcht at 5 o'clock from ine
vw. w i
M C. A. to walk to Omaha. The I
men are Porter Quinby, Phillip G. j
JOneS, C WUliywci I
vx-.n.
"""iv" i
For the last month they have been I
taking training walks to University
Place and West Lincoln. They be
lieve that they are now ia condition
for the sixty-eight mile walk to Oma-
It Is their Intention to follow the!
wagon road to the metropolis. They
.m .ti vmtr at JLnhland and I
jot i
nerhaDS another at Gretna. Tiey
!fl.' ITSl. Ttr eighteen
yiu iw I
hours of walking. J
SOPHOMORES WIN
DEBATE LAURELS
Defeat Juniors, 2 to 1, on Question of
Abandoning Monroe Doctrine
The sophomore debating team, con
tending on the negative side of the
question of abandoning the Mflnroe
Doctrine, won a 2 to 1 victory over
their junior opponents at convocation
yesterday morning, the victory carry
ing with it the interclass champion
ship of the university.
Gilbert Eldrldge of the affirmative
opened the debate. He spoke of the
advance made by the Latin-American
republics and states and contended
that they were now well able to take
care of themselves and that, there
fore, they did not need the protection
of the United States any longer.
Lawrence L. Murphy was the open
ing negative speaker. He quoted var
ious authorities to prove that the Mon
roe Doctrine was as necessary today
as it was ninety-three years ago.
Murphy pointed out the weakness of
the South American countries and
argued that if the Monroe Doctrine
were abandoned this weakness would
invite European aggression.
Cecil F. Laverty took up the next
ten minutes to show that Europe had
no thoughts at present of coloniza
tion in the western hemisphere. He
declared that the Latin-American
states were strong enough to resist
any invasion. Further, he contended,
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SHOWS BEAUTIES
OFJSTES PARK
Frank Byerly Lectures on Association
Conference Camp Several Hun
dred There
Frank Byerly, well known photog
rapher and naturalist, gave his Illus
trated lecture on the beauties of Estes
Park at the Temple last night before
several hundred students. For over an
hour Mr. Byerly held the attention of
the audience with a wonderful set of
natural color slides. Rushing water
falls, gigantic glaciers, snow laden
peaks and mountain ranges were but
few of the scenes presented.
Estes Park is located in Colorado,
L Ul Uie DUUUIOWICIU uicuill u;ow, wu-
about seventy-five miles northwest of,. Wymore and Humboldt
Denver, and is now a national park.)
Made known to the outside
world
largely through the efforts of Enos
Mills. Estes Park is becoming very
popular for camping and outing. In
an open valley In sight of Longs
peak, the Y. M .C. A. conference camp
has been built. In this permanent
camp all during the summer months
coiuereDces w tuue6
meet, me miercouegiaie i .
, it a w (v a
conference Degins me aecona ee m
'
conrerences
. . .
The natural color slides, tasen oy
a new autochrome process were a rev
elation of truth to nature. Mr. Byer
ly, who gave a talk with the siiaes,
made his reputation as a pbotograph-
er of the beauties of the Rockies. As
the official photographer of the Y. M.
C A. and Y. W. C A. conferences. Mr.
Byerly is making lectures dally In the
- .
tte aiereeti oi we Bjcnuis.
Park, the beauty spot of the Rocky
'
mountains. j
NEXT ISSUE OF NEBRASKAN
MONDAY AFTER VACATION
Today's issue of The Daily Nebras
kan will be the last until Monday,
April 3, publication being suspended
during the spring recess. The paper
will be out the first Monday after
vacation, instead of waiting until
Tuesday as was formerly done.
ENGINEERS PLAN
ENGINEERING WEEK
The engineering college students
are laying plans for the annual Engl
neering week, April 15 to 22. Com
mencing with the Engineers' hop on
the first named night, the program
will include a convocation April 18,
a special edition of The Nebraskan
the same day, a smoker April 19, field
day on the 20th, Engineers' night
April 21, ttu banquet April 22. '
M. M: Garrett, will edit The Daily
Nebraskan, P. M. McCullough heads
the hop committee, and F. Leschinsky
will be field day chairman. L. L.
Westling will have charge of the
night, W. Hall heads the banquet
committee, while F. H. Paustian is
chairman of the senior picture com
mittee. The appoinments complete are be
low: Engineers' Hop, April 15 P. M. Mc
Cullough, chairman; V. C. George,
master of ceremonies; Paul Raver.
Engineers' Convocation, April 18
H. Holtz, chairman; A. H. Stubbs, R.
A. Fulton, Mr. Wilcox.
Engineers' Rag, April 18 M. M.
Garrett, chairman; J. W. Galloway, U.
S. Harkson, R. C. L. Greer, E. F.
Ketcham.
Engineers' Smoker, April 19 G. C.
Hancock, chairman; R. F. Cameron,
Chas. Dickerson, H. F. Weatherbee.
Engineers' Field Day, April 20 F.
Leschinsky, chairman; J. L. Lyne, Roy
Wagner.
Engineers' Night, April 21 L. L-i
Westling, chairman; W. Hall, H. F.
Weatherbee, J. P. Fairbank.
Engineers' Senior Picture Commit
tee F. H. Paustian, chairman; R. F.
Cameron, J. P. Fairbank, H. F. Nel
son.
Engineers' Banquet, April 22 W.
HalL chairman; A. Blunk, J. M. Root,
F. Leschinsky, G. C. Thatcher.
Director A. E. Sheldon, of the legis
lative reference bureau, goes to t Wy-
more this morning to act as judge
CADETS SAVE LINCOLN
IN THRILLING FIGHT
(Somewhere on Salt Creek, March
23.) Lincoln, the capital of Nebras
ka, was again saved from the humili
ation of capture when the university
cadet regiment successfully repelled
the attacks of an enemy who wa ap
proaching it from the north. At i
o'clock yesterday the cadets were or
dered out and marched toward the
scene of the battle.
A- general engagement took place,
In which the cadets overcame all op
position. Although there were none
killed or wounded, official records
show a large number of men missing.'
These no doubt will be found and
will .-eport to the ranks after spring
vacation. Lincoln should fell secure
now from Zeppelins and Villa raid
- 1 , . .
era. as the university troop, show
willfarr effir nrr. . :
FRATERNITIES SCORE
JN P. I U. AWARDS
ALMOST FIFTY PER CENT OF STU
DENTS GREEK MEMBERS
Thirty-Eight Seniors and Two Alumni
- Were Chosen More than
Ever Before
Although but a small percentage of
the senior class are members of fra
ternities or sororities, almost 50 per
cent of the students elected to mem
bership In Phi Beta Kappa, the schol
arship fraternity, are Greek letter peo
ple. This fact Is the outstanding fea
ture of the Phi Beta Kappa annouuee-
unents for 1916; made at convocation
yesterday morning. Never before
have the Greek letter societies scored
such a xictory in the field of scholar
ship. Five of the fourteen men and
eleven of the twenty-two women stu
dents, are members of fraternities
and sororities.
The proportion of men is much
greater this year than ever before,
more than one-third of the total of
thirty-eight students being men. The
announcement of this fact gave Miss
Louife Pound, president of the Ne
braska chapter, the greatest pleasure,
she said.
Two alumni were elected to mem
bership, Prof. H. B. Alexander, '97,
of the Nebraska university faculty,
and Prof. Margaret Lynn, '08, of the
Kansas university faculty. Miss Lynn
has won distinction in the literary
fze'd as well as a professor and a
teacher.
The thirty-eight students elected
are numbered among the June, 1916,
class, the mid-winter graduates, and
last year's summer school graduates.
They represent one-eighth of the grad
uating class, as compared with one
seventh last year. The highest grade
this year was 92.43, slightly below the
Ugh grade of 93-32 of last year.
Miss Pound announced that the an
nual initiation and banquet in honor
of the members would be held April
20. At that time President A Ross
HilL of the University of Missouri,
and Prof. Margaret Lynn will come to
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ASSERT CONFERENCE
MOSTSUGCESSFUL
Prominent Women of Campus Express
Pleasure In the Gathering
The vocational conference was one
of the most successful and beneficial
conferences of its kind ever held In a
co-educational school. It proved help
ful to the women who had not decided
upon their life work, and brought
them to a keener realization of a
thorough preparation for a vocation.
The following statements were made
bysome of the well known people on
the campus:
"A great many girls have realized
that any professional work requires
a certain amount of specialization la
addition to a college degree.
Fannie Drake.
The vocational guidance confer
ence has brought us Into personal con
tact with women of every profession
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