WOMAN'S EDITION
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VOL. XV. NO. 144. ;
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1916.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
GIRLS BREAK LOCAL
UNIVERSITY RECORDS
HELEN HEWITT 8ETS NEW
MARKS IN THROWING
She l Also Individual Point Winner,
with Grace Nichols Second, and
Julia Quinby Third
University girls records fa the bas
ketball and baseball throw were
hroken by Helen Hewitt, '19, of Al
liance, Neb., at the fifth annual girls'
track meet held on Nebraska field
yesterday afternoon. The sophomores
won over the freshmen In a baseball
game by a score of 22 to 9.
Helen Hewitt, '19, all-round win
ner, won the gold medal, making 16
points; Grace Nichols," '18, won the
silver medal with 10 points; Julia
Quinby, '18, with 9 points, won the
bronze medal, and Rose McCarthy,
18, and Blanche Higglns, 18, tied for
fourth place with 8 points each.
A strong Nebraska breeze handi
capped the girls somewhat In, the
baseball throw, otherwise the weath
er was ideal for a track meet. The
girls in their "middles" and bloomers
wearing ties and headbands of their
class colors (made a. gala picture on
the field. The university cadet band
played and the grandstand was filled
with about 400 enthusiastic onlookers.
Baseball .Game
The sophomores walked away with
the freshmen in the baseball game,
although the freshmen played a good
game. A five-inning game was play
ed, according to indoor baseball rules.
Richard Rutherford acted as umpire.
Home runs were knocked by Blanche
Higgins and May Means for the
sophomores, and Ruth Morgan and
Helen Hewitt for the freshmen. The
final score was 22 to 9 in favor of the
sophomores, who will receive trophies.
DELEGATES NOW
"TOTAL TWENTY-EIGHT
Twenty-eight delegates representing
seventeen colleges are here attend
ing the Girl's club conference. The
following is a list of the visitors:
Colorado Agricultural College
Gladys Fan. '
Colorado College Helen Garnett.
Cornell Dorothy Winner, Amy
Luce.
DePauw Alice Frost.
- Grlnnell Lois St. John.
Illinois Irene Liggett, Marion
Mauley.
Indiana Mary Callahan.
Kansas Mona Clare Huffman.
Miami Elsie Hudson.
Michigan Helen Humphreys.
Minnesota Margaret Reynolds,
Pearle Knight.
Missouri Ingred Nissen, Margaret
Drew, Gladys Udell.
Northwestern Alberta Thorn
burgh, Florelle Gore.
Ohio Mary Albaugh, Olga Elfrltz.
South Dakota Genevieve Kelley,
Mary Hundemer.
Washington Katherine Brooks.
Wisconsin Charlotte Bodman, Inez
Noll, Helen Zillmer, Leslie Blanch
ard. WEATHER FORECAST
Tonight: Fair and slightly cooler.
Robert Young, Convict, Cartoons Junior Class Play
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Robert Young, No. 6712 in the Ne
braska state penitentiary, who drew
the cartoon of the junior play, "The
Man of the Hour," that was given at
the penitentiary before its public
presentation in Lincoln, is serving a
sentence of one to seven years for
grand larceny, the alleged crime hav
AWARD IVY DAY
CONCESSIONS
Four Still Open to Bids Bowling Al
ley, Pool Hall, Doll Rack and
Shooting Gallery
The senior Ivy Day committee in
charge of the concessions at Electric
park yesterday awarded the conces
sions to the students as noted below.
The bowling alley," pool hall, doll
rack and Bhootlng gallery concessions
were not awarded, but notice is given
that they will go to DeWitt Foster If
higher bids are- not received before
Monday. They should be bid upon
separately.
Other concessions will be managed
as follows:
Boats DeWitt Foster.
Refreshments J. R. Kenner.
Confetti Ralph Thorpe.
Candy. Wheel DeWitt Foster.
Check Stand James Glffen, John
Cejnar.
Fortune Telling James Giffen, John
Cejnar.
Miss Leslie Blanchard, national sec
retary of the college Y. M. C. A.,
is a special delegate to the confer
ence.
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Young has served but two months of
his sentence. With good behavior,
and favorable action by the state par
don board, he can secure his release
in ten months.
The cartoon contains a note of
pathos in the drawing of the hoop
REGENT MILLER ADDRESSES
UNI. COMMERCIAL CLUB
J. E. Miller, of Miller & Paine,
spoke to the members of the univer
sity Commercial club yesterday after
noon at 4 o'clock in U 102 on the
"Stevens Bill."
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Miss Edna Froyd, of Nebraska univer
" stty, president of the Middle West
ern Intercollegiate Association for
Women's Self-Government.
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skirt," seen for the first time by the
convicts. Young caricatured himself
down in the corner of the drawing.
He sent the cartoon, by devious chan
nels, to Ralph Lahr, who had a part
in the play, and who .gave it to Miss
Howell, professor of dramatics, who
coached the play.
MISS HAYDEN
EXHIBITS PAINTINGS
Miss Sarah Hayden, associate pro
fessor of drawing and painting, is
giving a public exhibition of her paint
ings at Art hall this week. These
paintings consist of a wide variety of
subjects flowers, landscapes, "still
life" pictures and portraits, In oil,
water colors or pastel.
One of the most interesting of Miss
Hayden's paintings is a portrait of
her sister, for which she received a
prize of $50 at an exhibition at Chi
cago. Her paintings, "A Lacemaker,"
and "The Beguinage," were done in
Belgium; "The Vinery," in England;
"A Rural Scene" in France. There
are also scenes from various parts of
America.
SILVER SERPENTS
HOLD INITIATION
The annual initiation of the Silver
Serpents was held at the Gamma Thi
Beta house at 6 o'clock last evening.
Tegner picnic at Epworth park Sat
urday, May 6. Meet at Tenth and O
streets at 4:50 o'clock and take the
Asylum car.
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SELF-GOVERNMENT
AND STUDENT LIFE
STUDENT ASSOCIATION CREATES
AND CONSERVES OPINION
Charlotte Boden Discusses Influence
on Life of University Women
"The Student Self-Government as
sociations wield public opinion which
may under proper guidance influence
every other group in the university,"
said Miss Charlotte Boden, at the
Girl's club convention meeting Thurs
day afternoon. "They are a change
from the traditional manner In which
colleges were handling problems of
student life."
The self-government association is
the creator and conserver of student
public opinion. It creates a general
attitude toward a thing, which says,
"That sort of thing is not done
here." It helps very materially in
bringing freshmen Into a realization
of what is expected of them as univer
sity women. As soon as a Btudent
gets to a college where there is an
effective, self-government association
his false attitude, which he held in
high school, that the teacher is a
natural enemy will not even have a
chance to get a start, because each
student is, as it were, put on his
honor to act In accordance with the
Ideals of the community.
The association teaches young
women the best ways which are avail
able to deal with young women and
children, in social service.
Develops Social Life
Another important reason for the
justification of the self-government as
sociation is the aid it affords in de
veloping the independent social life
and expanding the means of inter
course, among the young women stu
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CONVENTION OPENS
WITH BUSINESS
The delegates of the Middle West
ern Intercollegiate Association for
Women's Self-Government arrived
yesterday morning at 10:10 o'clock on
a special car via the Burlington from
Chicago. The first meeting was open
ed by a short welcome address by
Dean Mary Graham. Edna Froyd. 16,
president of the Girl's club, then took
charge of the meeting. After roll
call and the reading of the constitu
tion, a "motion was passed that all
Girl's club members be admitted to
the meetings, but with no right in the
discussions. The meeting was ad
journed at 11:45 o'clock to meet again
in the afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.
GERMAN DRAMATIC CLUB
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
The last formal meeting of the Ger
man Dramatic club was held in Fac
ulty hall Wednesday evening. A short
German play, "Nur Nicht Heiraten."
was presented by Geneva Seegar,
Ethel Klttinger, Hester Dickinson and
Lena Llpsey.
The election of officers was held,
and Gerhart Naber, '17, was chosen
president; Alfred Hinze, '18, vice
president; Clara Schulte, '17, secre
tary; Fred Rahe, '18, treasurer; An
na Luckey, '17, librarian; Martha Win
ter, '17, student member of the cast
committee, and Trof. A. J. Wedeklng
the faculty member.
