Nebraska
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VOL. XVI. NO. 22.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1916.
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FlliST FOOTBALL RALLY
BORIAL HALL 11
DR. E. J. STEWART, NEW COACH,
WILL 8PEAK
Rutherford, Corey and Other Grid Men
to Talk Enthusiasm at a
Premium
The first football rally of -the pres
ent season will be held In Memorial
hall at convocation hour, 11 o'clock,
this morning.
The rally will be held for. the big
purpose Of filling the students with a
little more pepe In anticipation of the
coming of the Kansas Aggies, Satur
day. . Nebraska University students
who eat through the game of last Sat
urday and saw the team pile up score
after score, resumed the attitude of
"you can't beat us," which is going to
get a rude jolting some day, in the
opinion of the coaches.
Lest the jolting should come this
coming Saturday, the athletic manage
ment and the rooters asked that this'
Thursday be given over to the football
rally. The plans for the affair would
seem to insure that it will be marked
by a display of all of the pep in the
world.
Dr. Stewart to Talk
Dr. E. J. Stewart, the new coach,
will make his first appearance on the
public platform at Nebraska when he
delivers a speech this morning. The
coach will probably tell Just how vital
the support of the rooters is to the
success of the team. He will no doubt
dilate on the prowess of the Kansas
Aggies, oil the necessity of Nebraska
working every minute of the game,
and on the prime importance of the
rooters doing their share.
Coach Stewart will probably dwell
on theBe points, because these are the
very things that are going to be need
ed to be said to keep the team up to
snuff.
The doctor's first appearance at a
rally will be unusually interesting.
FRESHMEN TO MIX;
COMMITTEE SPENT
WONT DIVULGE PLANS FOR THE
FIR8T YEAR PARTY
No Upperclassmen Will Be Admitted
to Party on Saturday
Night
Just because the freshman mixer
next Saturday is going to be barred to
members of all the other classes, the
committee in charge has refused to go
into the details of the stunts that are
-going to bo pulled off for the better
glory of the first year men and co-eds.
Rawson White of the Vikings, is the
general chairman of the mixer committee.-
He and his cohorts have been
on the Job since the night of the big
general mixer, and they have planned
an all-freshman affair that annot help
but result in better friendship and
good feeling among the underclass
men. But White has not gotten down
to a definite outline of the program.
Dance and Refreshment
He has admitted that the freshmen
will have a dance and will have re
freshmentsan admission that was
highly superfluous, since the under
classmen have been counting upon Just
those things. But the other details of
the party he will not divulge, nor will
the other members of the committee
nor the freshman officers.
One thing that it la planned to do
is to raise enough money at the mixer
to bear the expense of tLo coming
Olympics battle with the sophomores.
The class scrap will be held at the
state farm on the morning of Novem
ber 18. The freshmen are planning on
grabbing off the victory.
And so, it might be added, are the
sophomores.
Rooters feel that he is developing a
team out there on Nebraska field that
will again carry away the . valley
championship honors. Many have
nfer had the chance to see Dr. Stew
art to know who he is, and they, es
pecially the co-eds, will be eager for
a glimpse of him.
Then the new assistant coach of
athletics, who used to be known
around these parts as just plain Dick
Rutherford, the greatest athlete that
Nebraska ever produced, will speak.
Since Dick has had the hardihood to
join both the ranks of the faculty and
of the marrler men, he has not been
seen much on the rostrum.
Listen to Dick
The students will listen to Dick
with the greatest Interest to learn
whether he has improved any as a
public speaker. At that Dick used to
give the truth straight from the shoul
der at rallies laBt year, and he will
hand out the same line today.
No football rally would be complete
without the captain of. the team, blush
ing and stammering when he thinks of
all the eyes focused upon him, and all
the ears attuned to catch the words
that fall from his lips. So when Tim
Corey mounts the platform this morn
ing there will be one of those pro
longed and spontaneous and enthus
iastic outbursts of applause that are
often read of in connection with a po
litical gathering, but only actually
found at celebrations in anticipation
of a football victory.
' The other members of the team will
be at the rally, and some of them have
already agreed to get up and say a
few words to the populace. Lum Doyi'j
and Lorin Caley are the two who are
assured, and other will be roped in.
A Faculty Speaker
A member of the faculty will be an
other speaker, but the chairman of
the rally had not received a definite
yes or no from the first man on the
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NATIONAL EDUCATOR
VISITING STATE TO
,STUDY JUNIOR SCHOOLS
Dr. T. H. Briggs, head of the depart
ment of secondary education at Co
lumbia university, is in the state visit-
Ine the schools which have the Junior
high school organization. He visited
Aurora, Monday; Lincoln, Tuesaay
and Wednesday; and will go to &cnuy
ler Thursday. He leaves Thursday
night for Iowa City to visit the Iowa
state university.
Dr. Briees is making a special re
port on the organization of junior high
schools for the General uaucauou
board. He will visit all parte of the
United States within the year.
DPI IS JUNIOR
LAWPRESIDENT
ENTHUSIASM AT FIRST MEETING
OF THE YEAR
Yale, Vice-President; Graff, Secretary
and Treasurer, are other
Results
Tester Dunn, Lincoln, was elected
president of the junior law class at the
first meeting of tne year yesieruajr
morning.
Enthusiasm bubbled over wnen
Monrv Paaeale. president of last year,
took the temporary chair and called
for nominations. Three candidates
were placed upon the ballot: Henry
Fouts A. C. Krebs. and Dunn.
Bursts of applause broke from differ
ent cliques as each candidate was nom
inated. Dunn was chosen by a small
majority. Calls for a speech and coun
ter jeering fr"i the several factions
followed the ballot count
No cessation of .enthusiasm came
with the election of the minor offices,
which were finally decided as follows:
Donald Yale, vice-president; Carl
Graff, secretary and treasurer.
PENCER8 ARE TO
MEET WITH DR. CLAP?
THIS MORNING
Dr. Clapp has issued a call for all
men Interested in fencing to meet ,
with him at his office at 11 o'clock
mis moraine.
Nebraska should have at least two
good fencers to represent her in the
Western Intercollegiate meet this sea
son. Difring the last several years
only one man has represented her, but
Dr. Clapp is hoping that there will be
enough try out for the three fencing
events to select a pair of duelists.
READY TO MAKE
U HALLSTROUGER
ARCHITECT 8ENDS PLANS FOR
REINFORCING THE WALLS
Steel Rods and Channel Iron Stays
Will Be. Put in PJace
at Once
Chancellor Avery has received from
Coolldge & Hodgdon of Chicago, the
University architects, plans for the
reinforcing of University hall with
steel rods and channel iron stays, to
make the building permanently safe.
The plans were at once turned over
to Superintendent of Construction
Chowins, who will begin the work of
placing the rods at once. One and
three-quarters inch iron rods will run
north and south through the building,
being fastened on the outer walls by
the channel iron.
When "the repairing is finished there
will not be the slightest possibility
that the walls, which had sagged
somewhat in the past twenty-five
years, will bulge any more. The rods
will make the building safe so that it
can be used in perfect security indefi
nitely. Mr. Hodgdon came to Lincoln a
week or so ago to go over the plans
for the repairs with the chancellor,
studying the condition of the building
and estimating its needs.
In the meanwhile the University en
gineers, both faculty and students,
have been making tests to determine
whether there was any additional
bulge in the walls. None has taken
place.
LAST NIGHT'S
WAS SHORT BUT FIERCE
RUTHERFORD'S 8CRUBS LEARN
ING KANSAS AGGIE PLAYS
Report from Coast Indicate West
Looks for a Victory Over
Cornhuskers
Scrimmage for the varsity last even
in r hort but fierce. They were
again lined up against Rutherford's
scrub team, which is becoming aimosi
expert in the use of the Kansas Aggie
plays.
n. varsltv last night, as a squad,
looked the best that it has any time
this season. There were eighteen first
string men out, among them Cook,
whn "Charley-horse." which devel
oped in scrimmage last night, Is not
as serious as at first tnougnt.
These eighteen men comprise the
whole squad of first team men. - All
of these men are being given chances
repeatedly at places on the eleven,
and it probable that at least this num
ber will be used all through the sea
son. Getting Into Shape
The team is rounding rapidly into
shape and is learning the new plays
in a way that is warming the hearts
of the coaches. It is probable that
a machine of eleven men the team
vt.h win renresent Nebraska next
I Saturday ! the beet that has ever ap-1
WOMAN'S VOCATIONAL
8PEAKER COMING
' FOR A CONVOCATION
Miss Woolman of the Manhattan
Trade school of New York City, will
addrM8 Btudents at convocation
early in November. Miss Woolman is
a national authority on the vocational
training of women. She has been
scheduled for a number of Important
addresses in the middle west and
comes to the University under the aus
pices of Prof. Alice M. Loom la of the
home economics department.
CADET OFFICERS
BANQUET TONIGHT
CAPTAIN PARKER WILL PRESENT
MILITARY COMMISSIONS
Professor Frankforter, Toastmaster
Toast List of Officers and Former
Officers
The third annual banquet to new
regimental officers will be given by
the cadet officers' association at the
Lincoln hotel this evening.
H In the absence of Col. Archie L.
Burnham, Lltut. Col. A. J. Covert, act
ing colonel, will deliver the address
of welcome. Capt. H. B. Whitfield will
respond. Prof. C. J. Frankforter, '08,
will .act as toastmaster. .
At the conclusion of the banquet
Commandant Parker will present the
new officers with their cadet commis
sions. Following is the toast lisfc in full:
"Welcome to New Officers," Cadet
Lieut. Col. A. J. Covert.
Response, Cadet Capt. H. B. Whit
field. "Military Training Under the Na
tional Defense Act," Capt. Sam M.
Parker, U. S. A.
"Reminiscences," L. E. Hurtz, 03.
"The Cadet Officers' Association,"
Dean O. V. P. Stout, 88.
Presentation of University cadet
commissions. '
Girls at Grinnell college are plan
ning a military ball of their own. The
women students will borrow army uni
forms and .will make themselves the
partners of prominent students. Ex
change.
SCRIMMAGE
peared in the second game of the sea
son for this University.
Every position will be filled by a
man who knows what is expected of
him on every play. What is more, he
will do just what is expected of him.
There will probably be no outstand
ing stars, but they are not necessary
when all work together. .
Halliaan's Assistance
Vic" Halligan gave some valuable
assistance to .the line men, in coach
lng them to charge low and use their
hands.
"Dona" from K. A. C. camp is
scarce, but from Oregon rumbles of
the oncoming battle are already heard.
Out there they are accepting it as
matter of course that the Nebraska
game will be the big game of the year
on the coast.
The Oregon Aggie
Last Saturday the O. A. C. team beat
Idaho. 2-n, without the assistance of
Cantain BissetL The stars were Rear-
don, quarterback; Anderson and Conn,
halves, and Newman, fullbacK. Tne
Oreron papers call Newman a "dark
horse." He scored two touchdowns
and kicked three goals after touch
downs, and in addition played a fine
defensive game.
They look forward with keen hopes
to- a victory over Nebraska, because of
the fact that Stewart Is the coach, and
they want to show their old master
they havent forgotten the game.
FRATERNITIES
CO-OPERATIVE BUYING
PLAN FOR WHOLE8ALE BUYING
RECOMMENDED FOR ACTION
Three Plant Suggested at Last Night's
Meeting at Kappa 8lgma House
Saving of 20 Per Cent Assured
Expressing itself in favor of the idea
of co-operative "buying of commodities,
the lnterfraternity council passed fav
orably on one of three plans suggest
ed at its meeting at the Kappa Sigma
house last night, and moved to recom
mend it to the chairman and other
members of the council for final ac
tion next week.
Although the general opinion of the
council favored the establishment of a
system which would handle all the
items boufcht of the middleman, the
plan suggested calls for wholesale buy
ing of groceries, and a discount on
meat, fruits and fuel. The members of
the council deemed the formation of a
co-operative company or corporation
too big a proposition to handle In the
beginning, but recommended that the
proposed plan be used as a founda
tion upon which a more elaborate and
detailed system could be built.
Ed O'Shea, '19, Sigma Chi, intro
duced the plan favored by the coun
cil. Through him, the fraternities
would order groceries, in case lots, of
a wholesale house, which will deliver
them. Orders could be made once or
twice a week. The prices to the fra
ternities would be wholesale, plus a
margin of profit varying in different
items from one to three per cent The
plan stipulates that all bills must be
paid by the tenth day of every month,
enabling O'Shea to get the advantage
of a cash discount, which will practi
cally amount to his salary. O'Shea
said in regard to his plan that the fra
8OPH0MORE CLASS
MEETING WILL BE
CUT VERY SHORT
The meeting of the sophomore class
in Law 101 at 11 o'clock this morning
will be cut very short in order to give
the second year students an oppor
tunity to attend the football rally In
Memorial hall.
PRINCETON BENEFITS IN WILL
Under the will of William Watson
Lawrence, who died August 29, more
than $750,000 will go to Princeton
university, of which Mr. Lawrence
was an alumnus. The whole estate of
the deceased is valued at $1,000,000,
and will eventually all go to Prince
ton. Exchange.
TAG DAY FUND
NOW SHOWS $280
REPORT INCOMPLETE AS WORK
ERS HAVEN'T CHECKED IN
Frances Bartlett Made the Best Record
for the Men with 64 Dance
Ticket Sold
Two hundred and eighty-one dollars
and seventeen cents is the result so
far of Tag Day Tuesday, and the sale
of tickets for the band dance Friday,
in the campaign to raise money to
send the band with the football team
to Oregon. October 21.
One hundred and fifty-seven dollars
was made by the men on the sale of
ticket for the dance. Francis Bart
lett sold the greatest number, having
enthusiastically persuaded aixty-four
to attend the dance.
The girl made $69.17 by the sale of
ticket andtags among the co-eds of
the school, and $55 had been turned in
previous to Tuesday. The report 1
still incomplete.
PLAN FOR
ternities and sororities, estimated at
thirty-five, could save from twenty to
twenty-five per cent on all staple gro
ceries. Wholesale Prices
To handle commodities outside his
province, such as meat, eggs, and other
perishable goods, O'Shea suggested
that the council appoint a represen
tative to work with him in making ar
rangements for co-operative buying at
discount He cited the practice of
several fraternities at the present
time in purchasing bread and milk,
and pointed out that in this manner
prices approximately wholesale could
be obtained for all of the societies.
Members of the council favored this
plan for a working foundation on
which to build up the idea, providing
that It proved valid. O'Shea vouched
for its practicability.
D. F. Cole, '14, Alpha Sigma PM,
presented a more elaborate plan. The
establishment of a store was advo
cated, in which would be handled all
varieties of groceries and meat. A
general manager would be appointed,
whose salary would be paid in one of
three ways: By an assessment of the
societies pro rata; by an assessment
of the societies in proportion to the
amount of goods purchased, or to be
collected himself from a profit and ex-4
pense margin allowed him of 20 per
cent spread difference added to the
wholesale price. It was estimated
that this salary would be in the neigh
borhood of $70 a month.
Plan Opposed
The plan met opposition en the
grounds that there would be too much ,
work for one man, that the salary. was
inadequate, and that such a store,
handling and delivering too large a
variety of goods, would entail too
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CAMPAIGN CLASH
COMING TONIGHT
HUGHES AND WILSON ADHER
ENTS TO BERATE EACH OTHER
Chief Justice Morrlssey to Preside-
No Decision on the Debate
Starts at 7:45
The debate between the represen
tatives of the Woodrow Wilson clab
and of the Hughes and Fairbanks club
will be held at the Temple theater to
night, commencing promptly at 7:45
o'clock.
Chief Justice Andrew Morrlssey will
preside at the meeting. The republl-
san end of the argument will be up
held by Leonard Trestor and Earl Jef
frey, and the democratic side will be
maintained by Robert Waring and
Charles Schofleld.
All of the men are keen at an argu
ment, and at ease on the public plat
form. It is certain that the debate
will brlnj? forth a good presentation
of the issues of the national campaign,
and will be worth while for the Inde
pendent voter, as well as interesting
for the violent partisan.
No Dselslon
There will be no declsloa on the de
bate, so adherents of either side may
return to their homes as they came,
firmly convinced that truth and Jus
tice are on their side, and the folly on
that of their opponents.
Prominent members of both the
Wilson and the Hughes clubs have
asked that a very special invitation be
extended to the co-eds to come. The
women have figured in thia national
campaign as in no other, and the Uni
versity girl have already taken an
active part in the organisation of the
two political clubs. Their presence
In large numbers tonight will be a
great incentive to the champion of
the two causes to flay their opponent
with redoubled vigor.