The Daily Nebraskan
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VOL. Xy. NO. 127.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WELNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1916.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
APPEALS FOR HELP
FOR ARAB WOMEN
DR. PAUL HARRISON ADDRESSES
Y. W. C. A. VESPERS
Declares Non-Christian Systems the
World Over Bear Most Heavily
Upon the Women
"Non-Christian systems -the world
over bear most heavily on the wom
en," said Dr. Paul Harrison, '05, medi
cal missionary to Arabia, at Y. W. C.
A. vespers yesterday. "The differ
ence between Arab men and Ameri
can men la very little, for the men
have a certain amount of Tmowledge,
as a whole, but the difference between
Arab women and American wpmevn Is
very great. They have had a hard
time under Mohammedanism.
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"Although the women are fairly
contented, their development is piti
ful. At 10 years jot age they go into
the harem; at 12 they are married,
and spend the rest of their lives try
ing only to please their husbands.
They are weak and anemic; they have
no physical basis for health and hap
piness; they have no mental outlook,
for they have never met an intelli
gent person In their lives; they can
not read nor write. A Mohammedan
woman's husband would not think of
eating with her, and It would be an
insult to ask him the state of his
wife's health. A woman's life is cen
tered jn petty neighborhood gossip,
and the beautiful thingsjn life disap
pear in that environment.
Need Missionary Work
"When I went into Arabia the first
time In Bombay, I saw the need of
missionary work: Among the old
women who were still young, although
there was nothing criminal or vicious,
in their faces, everything seemed to
have been worked out, pounded out
of consciousness?'
Dr. Harrison told of ono time when
he had. been called to help -a daugh;
ter of an Arabian shiek. She" had
been operated upon, and her nurse
was one of the shlek's concubines,
yet she was one of the" most perfect
natural ladles he had ever seen. ,If
she had had half a fair chance she
would have shone in any society.
The Bedouins are too poor to have
more than one wife and more com
panionship is found, said" Di . Har
rison. There 1b only one type of workers
who know of Christ, to put the re
finement, delicacy and beauty into tho
minds of the Mohammedan women
it is the type which can carry Ideas
of art and music and beauty, and
there is no one who Is in a position
to render greater help than the girl
who has had training in art and mu
sic. They need those refinements we
know, those refinements which make
the difference between refined and
unrefined, people.
"I stand' hero as the advocate of
ten million women, with the appeal
of those Tvho have, the least, to those
who have the most," concluded Dr.
Harrison.
MAY QUEEN ELECTION FRIDAY
The election of the May Qv'eea,
who will 'be crowked; at ft&e aaaual
Ivy Day exercise May 10,, will e
held Friday?!Ajprii In the library
Only; senior, glrla. are. eligible, to. vote.,
Little Pascale Big
Meat Eater Nor
Refuses Spuds
"When are we going to eat?"
According to the members of the var
sity wrestling team who made the re
cent trip to Minneapolis, this ques
tion furnished the main topic of con
versation for ."-Heinle" Pascale. Pas
cale is the infant on the team, wres
tling in tho "paperweight" 125- pound
class, but he wants more than Mel
lin's Food in his training.
Pascale can get outside of more
beefsteaks, spuds, breads, and deserts
than Kositzky in the heavy division,
the wrestlers assert.
THE BASEBALL SEASON
- APRIL 17 TO MAY 22
Laws and Engineers to Clash In the
Opening Game
The Inter-departmental baseball
league games will start April 17,
when the Laws- and the Engineers
clash on Nebraska field. Each of the
five teams will meet each of the
other teams twice, and the champion
ship will go to the team making the
highest percentage. The winning, col
lege will be awarded sweaters and a
loving cup.
The schedule is as follovvs:
Laws vs. Engineers, 5:45, April 17
and May 4.
Commerce vs. Academics, 5:45,
April 19 and May 5.
Laws vs. Aggies, 5:45 April 21 and
May 8.
Laws vs. Commerce, 5:45, April 24
and May 9.
Academics vs. Engineers, 5:45,
April 25 and May 10.
Commerce vs. Aggies, 5:45, April 26
and May 11.
Laws vs. Academics, April 27 and
May 15.
Commerce vs. Engineers , 5:45,
April 28 and May 17.
Aggies vs. Engineers, 5:45, May 1
and May 18.
Aggies vs. Academics, 5:45, May 3
and May 22.
Courtesy The Star
LOUISE SCHAVLAND
lading woa la The Man of the.
; Hour" '"'"T-i -; j
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MILITARY DRILL
PLEASES JC f ARLAND
STAFF OFFICER MAKES ANNUAL
CADET INSPECTION
Battalions .Stage Battle North of the
City No Announcement Made
of the Victor
"The maneuvers were most success
fully conducted on both sides. I am
very much pleased with the military
efficiency of the University of Nebras
ka cadets."
This waB the opinion of Major Mon
roe McFarland, of the United States
army general staff, who reviewed the
cadets at annual inspection yesterday
morning. The reviewing officer had
inspected the farm regiment the day
before, and the general impression he
gained of military drill at Nebraska
, was a splendid one.
The cadets answered the first call
at 8 a. m. Tuesday, falling in promptly
for the inspection on Nebraska field.
After inspection there was a review
of the second battalion on the field.
While this was going on, the first bat
talion had marched to the drainage
ditch north of the city, and taken up
a defensive position along the ditch
from Ninth to Fourteenth street, Cap
tain Craig defending the bridge at
the first crossing, and Captain Schel
slnger the second.
The second battalion marched for
ward for the. attack. Under Colonel
Hewitt a frontal attack was made by
five companies, while a flanking move
ment was executed by two companies
under Lieutenant-Colonel Wickstrum
and Captain McMasters. The com
mandant praised the work of both at
tack and defense as brilliant. No an
nouncement was made as to the suc
cessful side.
The second battalion put on & close
order drill and an exhibition of Butts'
manual. The companies also went
through bayonet exercise, and close
order drill, returning to the campus
for dismissal at 12 o'clock.
KRAT2 APPPOINTS
BARBECUE COMMITTEE
President Kratz, of the senior law
class, yesterday announced the ap
pointment of the following commitee
on the barbecue:
L. A. Hickman, chairman, Art Balls,
Taylor "Withrow and J. L. McMas-ters.-
A larger barbecue than ever Is be
ing planned. The date has not been
set, but it will probably be some time
In May. A real roast ox will be the
feature of the day. There will be
prominent speakers from the bench
and bar.
AOS AND ACADEMICS
STARS BASEBALL
Following the lead of the school of
commerce, the agricultural college
the arts and sciences college have
called for candidates for their respec
tive baseball, teams. James Gardiner
will manage the agriculture bunch,
and Ed Hugg is In charge of the arts
and sciences team..
Both teams will hold their first
practice Saturday morning on Ne
braska field. The Aggies go on the
diamond at 9 o'clock, the Academics
an hour and a half later. Commercial
students are excluded from the aca
demic team. Candidates, for the two
Muads can, get further, information
FREMONT LIKES UNIVERSITY
PLAYS WANTS MORE,
So big a hit did tho performance
of "Believe Me, Xantippo," by tho
university players during University
Week make with the people at Fer.
mont, that a request has come from
the town for more engagements of
university dramatics. The Fremont
association that backed the Univer
sity Week would like to have the play
ers stage other productions there.
This raises the possibility that
"Jeanne D'Arc," that will be played
the latter part of April, will be put
on at Fremont.
DR. HARRISON TELLS
ABOUT ASIATIC LIFE
ALUMNUS, WHO HAS BEEN MIS
SIONARY, SPEAKER
Arabians Incredibly Filthy, but a More
Hospitable Race Hard to Find,
He Declares
Dr. Paul Harrison described at con
vocation yesterday morning the cus
toms and habits and hospitality of the
Arabians, among whom he worked as
a physician and missionary for the
last six years.
The Arabians, Dr. Harrison de
clared, are incredibly dirty. One can
almost scrape the dirt from them with
a knife. At one time he was called
attend an old Arab who had some
kind of a wound on the top of his
head. When the Arab removed his
turban, just before the examination,
Dr. Harrison was staggered by the
"wriggly" condition of the native's
scalp. The wound had be,en trifling
In itself, but the dirt had inflamed it.
Not only are they dirty, but also
poor. The common Arab will buy the
garment that he wears and wear it
until it simply falls (from him in
shreds. He never washes it, and If
he buys a new one, he just simply
throws the new robe over the old
one.
On one occasion narrated by Dr.
Harrison, he incited a certain Arab
to come to his camp and take advan
tage of the bath accommodations. But
the man would not, on the grounds
that he had taken a bath a month
before and didn't need one yet. Be
sides, he explained he had poured a
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-Courtesy The Star
DON MARCELLUS
, Leading man in "The Man of the
Hour"
DELAY PLANS FOR
SOGIAl SCIENCE BLDG.
WILL MAKE STUDY OF EFFI
CIENCY FIRST
Regents Make New Appointments
and Promotions in Faculty
Bids Are Opened
Delay in the plans for the building
for political and social science until
a study can be made as to the effi
ciency of the proposed plans in con
nection with the use of space, was
ordered by the board of regents yes
terday. Regent Miller, with Chancel
lor Avery and Architect Hodgdon,
was appointed a special committee to
act on the matter. The chancellor
had already appointed a faculty com
mittee consisting of Professors Cald
well, Martin and Aylsworth, to study
"tho same prohlem. The faculty com
mittee will confer with the regents'
committee, and an effort will be made
to apportion the space In the build
ing to the best advantage, taking into
account the growth expected in the
different departments.
' Although the regents opened the
bids on the agricultural engineering
building and turned them over to the
superintendent of grounds and build
ings for tabulation, no announcement
of an award of contract for the struc
ture was made. The board intended
to consider in detail the bids for the
principal and sub-contracts.
New Artillery Company
Commandant Parker, of the cadets,
presented a request for the authoriza
tion of a building to house equipment
supplied by the federal government
for an artillery company. The regents
deferred the request until the chan
cellor could see whether some way
of housing the field artillery could
not be found without expense to the
university.
The petition of The Daily Nebras
kan for the single tax was presented
to the regents, but it is not known
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SOPHOMORES TO MEET
The sophomore class will meet
Thursday- morning at 11 o'clock In
Law 201, for the election of a vice
president to succeed William Schoon
maker, who has left school.
OERMAN DRAMATIC CLUB
OPEN MEETING TO SIGHT
The Gorman Dramatic club meets
tonight in Faculty hall of tho Tem
ple, at 7:30 o'clock. The following
program will be given:
Ida Wilson
Instrumental Trio Clara Schulte
Fred Rabo
Sudermann, the dramatist, a paper by
Miss Kauffmnn.
A one-act comedy, "Dcr Knopf."
with the following cast:
Rudolf David Ilaykin
Gabriele, his wife... Carolyn Kimball
Karl Walter Itaecko
Berta Juanita Campbell
All who are interested in German
drama are Invited to attend the pro
gram of the club.
VOLUNTEERS AT COTNER
The 'intercollegiate volunteer band
will - meet at Cotner tonight. Dr.
Paul. Harrison will s,peak.. The meet
ing. Is open to. anyone wno is inter
ested. ;.