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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1916.
VOL. XVI. . NO. 36.
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HAVE CHARACTER
HENRY J. ALLEN, WICHITA EDI
TOR, SO TELLS STUDENTS
Asserts Hit Belief in College Training
for Journalism, in Talk Last
Night
"You must keep in mind the fact
that your paper must have character,"
was the parting enjoinder of Henry J.
Allen, editor and proprietor of the
Wichita, Kas., Beacon, as he concluded
a half hour talk on "Journalism" to
the members of Prof. M. M. Fogg's
newswriting class in Law 101 last
night
Mr. Allen had come to Lincoln to de
liver a political address at the city
auditorium in the evening. Professor
Fogg had telegraphed him the invita
tion to speak to the student journalists
and he had accepted. In addition to
the hundred or more students of Rhet
oric 45, however, there were at least
ball si hundred people interested in
journalism or in actual newspaper
work.
The dignity and responsibility of
newspaper work, the importance of
training In preparation for it, the
great value of journalistic training in
the universities of the country, and
the remuneration that the newspaper
man or womap might expect, formed
the high spots in Mr. Allen's talk.
friend of Journalistic Schools
"I am a very great friend of the
proposition of college journalistic
schools because in my experience as a
publisher I have found nothing so bad
ly needed as intelligence," declared
Mr. Allen.
The Kansas editor then told of the
"pure and hopeless ignorance" he had
discovered among those who applied
to him for jobs on his newspaper.
"The more ignorant the applicant Is,
the larger the job he has set before
his vision." he said.
"I had seen my managing editor
wasting his time for years training
his cub reporters how to spell, how to
write, how to; distinguish what was
English from what was noi English,"
Mr. Allen recalled. In telling why he
had helped establish the school of
journalism at Kansas university.
Brains are Convenient
"After all, there is no place in the
world where brains are so convenient
as around a newspaper office." In the
old days when a man failed In every
thing else, he started a newspaper,
but now In Kansas, at least, accord
ing to the speaker, they are getting to
the stage where they regard the news
paper as an Intelligent source of com
munication. The country editors of Kansas are
makinc from $2,000 to $4,000 a year
and those who run the village dallies
in towns of from 5.000 to 10,000 are
making from $4,000 to $8,000 a year,
xvnrAinr to Mr. Allen.
Reverting again to the attitude the I
a a a 1mwI Via I
newspaperman snouia nave m""
profession. Mr. Allen said he would
stress two things, the one a high re
gard for the business of the newspaper
and the other a high regard for his
mission on the part of the newspaper
man.
The high light I put before you to
night is the light of eagerness to be
worthy of this great job. You are
more important to the community than
the Methodist preacher because youH
talk to more people every day than he
wilL You- are of as much Importance
as any teacher. Thus Mr. Allen spoke
to those who hoped one day to become
editors.
lowa-Commercial club secretaries
riii iar moon.
University rep-
"reseatatlves will speak at meeting of
the club secretaries. President Jessup
t... . wr week- He goes to Indlan-
ola, back to Des Moines, and from
m tn Ann Harbor and returns to
Des Moines before Saturday night
RUSTED PLANTS
WATER YASTERS
Dr. J. E.
Yields
Weaver Proves Low Cereal
Due to Non-Economy of
the Plant
In a recent number of "Minnesota
Plant Studies," Dr. J. E. Weaver of
the department of botany has contrib
uted a paper on the results of his in
vestigation regarding theVater rela
tion of rusted plants.
Repeated determinations of the
amount of water transpired by rust-
Infected wheat, rye, barley, oats and
corn show invariably an increase in
water loss when compared with health
ful plants. In some cases the increased
loss was three or four times as great
as from healthy plants of the same
size and age.
a lnoA agreement was found be
tween the amount of increased water
loss and the extent of the infection.
It has long been assumed that the de
creased sire and yield of rusted cer
eals is due in part to the non-economic
use of water by the plant, but this
investigation Is the first to prove the
fact conclusively.
OLIVIA POUND TO
ADDRESS BUSINESS
WOMEN'S CLUB MEETING
The regular meeting of the Business
Woman's club will be hei li U-102,
vititvAv. November 2. at 5 o'clocfc.
Miss Olivia Pound, initruc'or in the
Lincoln high school, will f peak on the
subject of "Vocational Work for uiris
in Lincoln." Miss Pound is the super
visor of the department of girls' voca
tional guidance in the Civic league in
the city, and has had a great deal ot
experience in this line ot work. All
instructors and girls are urged to
come and bring a friend.
MRS. VOOLMAII TO
COMEJIEXT WEEK
INDUSTRIAL WORKER TO SPEND
FOUR DAYS AT UNIVERSITY
Will Speak at Convocation Thursday
Guet of Miss Loomis and Home
Economics Club
Mrs. Mary Schenke Woolman,
chairman of the women's committee of
the National Society for the Promotion
of Industrial Education, is to be the
guest of honor at a number of affairs
given next week.
Mrs. Woolman will arrive Monday
evening from Indianapolis, Ind., where
she has been assisting in some import
ant investigations. She will be the
guest ot Miss Loomis, home economics
professor, while in the city. Tuesday
evening she will be the honor guest at
a dinner given for the teachers intend
ing the conference for the home eco
nomics teachers of the normal schools
of the state.
Guest at Tea
Wednesday afternoon, from 4 until
5:20. Miss Graham will give a tea to
the faculty and students in Mrs. Wool-
man's honor. Wednesday evening, the
University Home Economics club will
five a dinner in her honor at the state
farm. All Interested persons are in
vited and are asked to report to Mary
Haller, chairman of the committee In
rhart-e of the dinner.
Thursday morning. Mrs. Woolman
will speak at convocation, and then
will lunch with Mrs. Williams and
Miss Loomis. She leaves Thursday
afternoon for Omaha, where she la one
of the three honor guests at a dinner
given by the Nebraska Woman's Edu
tiAnal dnb. at the Fontenelle hotel.
Ehe Is one of the two speakers of the
home economics section of the state
iMz-fcera association, and Is also on
one of the main programs. She goes
from Omaha to Grand Rapids, Mien-
where she is to lecture December z
and 3. " '
Dr. Wolcott's Reptile
Don't be too meddlesome it you visit
the office of Dr. Robert Henry Wol
cott head of the department of zool
ogy, for: The rattler'll get you if you
don't watch out Dr. Wolcott's rep
tile colony, now ocupying screened
cages in his office, includes:
One Nebraska rattlesnake, wearing
6ix rattles and a button, captured near
Havelock last spring by Dr. Wolcott's
son, Allen.
One Nebraska milk snake, about six
inches long, captured at Sprague, Neb.,
during the summer by Dr. Wolcott.
Dr. Wolcott said that he finds the
rattlesnake an interesting office com
nanion. It is easy to study a snake
when he stays nearby and sings to
you all day. The snake shed his skin
in Mav and August despite the com
mon belief that rattlesnakes shed skin
but once a year. Each time the snake
shed skin he grew one more rattle.
NEW ROOM FOR
LIT. CLASSES
DR.
STUFF HELPS WORKMEN
UNIVERSITY HALL
IN
Room 5 Prepared for Use of English
Department for Supervised
Study
Dr. Frederick Ames Stuff, professor
in English languages and literatures.
Saturday helped workman to move
chairs into a new room to be used by
Enelish literature students in his
classes and otherwise assisted in pre
paring the room, which is on the north
ground floor of University halL for oc
cupation by the students on Monday.
This room, which is to be known as
Room 5, University halL will be used
for supervised study purposes. The
room which has been used for this
purpose is on the third floor of the
k5nie Arta building. It was too
small to acommodate the classes and
Dr. Stuff also wished to arrange mat
ters so that the students would not
be compelled to climb so many stairs
for each study period. Congested con
ditions of the buildings made it neces
sary to use the Mechanic Arts build
ing room until better facilities coum
be obtained.
Thirty Years Ago
When Dr. Stuff first knew the Uni
versity thirty years ago, univeranj
hall was the greatest building it had,
and there were not as many students
in the school as Dr. Stuff now has in
his classes.
Ttr Staff was not enthusiastic re
garding the steps leading Into the
new study room. The "rise" In the
steps varies with each one.
OT.th vour step In coming in, irar
room may seem a little warm during
the fall, but we will appreciate
when winter comes on. It is the warm
est room in the building." Dr. Stuff
told his clssses.
DR. H. B. ALEXANDER
TO TALK ON "PAUL" AT
BIBLE STUDY MEETING
Dr. H. B. Alexander, of the philoso
will soealc on "The
Times of Paul" at the joint Bible study
class meeting which will he neia .
the Y. W. C. A. rooms Thursday .even
ing at 7:15. Not only those who have
enrolled for the class are asked to be
present but all who are Interested In
Biblical history are Invited.
There are 135 enrolled In this class
Cecil Baldwin, 1. is chairman of the
BHle study committee.
GIMME A MASSAGE
The oo-eds at Northwestern univer
sity have opened a barber shop on the
main street The shop contains four
chairs, but several more chairs will be
necessary to hands the trade accord
ing to an exchange. Exchange.
Colony is rlourisning
increasing the number worn from four
to six.
Milk snake are rare in Nebraska.
Dr. Wolcott's specimen is bright in
color, its skin being blotched and
beautiful. The milk snake is not poi
sonous. Neither does he want as
much at meal time as his neighbor.
The rattlesnake will eat a mouse every
few days and Dr. Wolcott and others
in the zoology department are sept
busy catching live mice for him.
"I mieht have tried teaching the
rattler a few tricks during the sum
mer, but I had little time up to August
and during that month was in Colo
rado for some time," said Dr. Wol
cott "Perhaps I am in better condi
tion than I would have ben had & made
advances to him.'
A garter snake held forth for sev
eral weeks in the snake colony, but
he failed to live the summer through.
He balked on eating mice.
MAGUIRE AVOIDS
POLITICS III TALK
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
CONGRESS AT CONVOCATION
Laments Salaries Paid Professors Are
Small Too Much Luxury Mars
Efficiency
John A. Maguire, former congress
man and democratic candidate for re
election from this district carefully
avoided political issues in his talk at
convocation yesterday morning in
Memorial hall, but dwelt on the
change In the University since his
graduation in 1898.
"When I left eighteen yars ago as
a graduate, there were only four
buildings on the campus and about
1,700 students in attendance. Com
pare this with our fine buildings and
our upwards of 5,000 students now
and you will see the marvelous prog
ress that the University has made,
said the speaker.
Mr. Maguire spoke of the difference
in the social life then and now and
emphasized the fact that an element
of sacrifice should enter the life of
every student, saying that much of
the present lack of efficiency is dae
to luxury. He also deplored the rapid
changes in the faculty and gave his
opinion that the people of Nebraska
should look more to the salaries of its
professors.
"The ereat issue now is peace," Mr.
u.min declared, "and it will ulti
mately become the Issue of all human-
itr. I think we should at least lend
our moral support to those who are
trying to keep us out of war.
CHORUS TO SIIIG
"ST. JOHN'S EVE"
HALLOWE'EN CANTATA FOR CON
VOCATION THURSDAY
Students to Be Heard In Solos En
larged Orchestra to Play First
Appearance of Chorus
The Hallowe'en cantata, "St John's
Eve," Ty Frederick Cowen, will be
given In Memorial hall Thursday
morning at 11 o'clock. This will be
the first appearance of the University
chorus this season. Several members
of the cadet band will assist In the
orchestra.
The following students will be heard
in solos:
Nancy (a Tillage maiden) Florence
Wood burn.
Robert (a young villager) Charles
E. Lively.
Margaret (an ancient dame) Ger
trude Monger.
The Young Equtre Roy Young.
AG. COLLEGE TO
HAVEJYMIIASIUM
Second Floor of Horse Barn, to Be
Used for Gym by Ag College and
School of Agriculture
The second floor of the new horse
barn at the state farm will be made
into a gymnasium for the agricultural
college students, according to Dean
E. A. Burnett of the college of agri
culture. He declares that the work
of preparing the new gym will com
mence at once.
The students of the school of agri
culture, as well as those in the Uni
versity will have the use of the gym.
The home games of the Ag school
KocirothaU tnm will nrobably be
played at the farm in the future in
stead of on the city campus or in the
Y. M. C. A
TAMZON MANKER, ONCE
UNIVERSITY STUDENT.
STARS AS "POLLYANNA"
Miss Tamzon Manker, a prominent
member of the dramatic department
in 1913-14, is starring In a New York
production of "Pollyanna."
Miss Manker left Belaseo tor an en
gagement with the Famous Players
Film company, and has now advanced
to the legitimate 6tage in the title roll
Jot Pollyanna.
VARSITY SROWS
PEP; SCRUBS SCORE
RUTHERFORD AND SELZER MAKE
GOOD GAINS
Scrubs Work Ames Plays on Regulars
Injured Ones Still Out of
Practice
The varsity showed more pep in
last night's scrimmage than they have
at any time this week, but the scrubs,
using Ames plays, had little difficulty
In running through them for several
touchdowns.
Shaw, Moser, Gardiner and Rhodes
were still out of scrimmage. Moser
and Rhodes went through signal prac
tice, but Shaw and uarainer aia noi
even appear in uniform.
Tore Through Line
Rutherford, and Selzer, aided by
Kellogg, consistently tore through the
line and worked Ames forward passes
for good gains, and finally made a
touchdown. Halligan was in the
scrubs' line at right end and received
many of the passes.
The men are being drilled hard to
break up the Ames plays and are rap
Idly getting hold of them. By Satur
day they should be quite familiar with
the Aggies' attack and know what to
expect la each play.
HARRY C. BIGGLESTONE
WILL TALK TO STUDENT
VOLUNTEERS SUNOAY
Harrr r. Bleerlestone. secretary of
j the University Y. M. C. A, lll speak
on the association work in the war
stricken countries of Europe, at the
Student volunteer meeting at 6
o'clock, in Faculty hall, the Temple,
Sunday. November 5. All students are
urged to attend this meeting.
The hour of meeting for the Student
volunteer band has been changed
from the former time to 6 o'clock each
Sunday afternoon.
The Orchestra
The orchestra will be:
Edward J. Walt, first violin.
Ernest Harrison, second violin.
William T. Quick, viola.
Lillian Eiche, 'cello.
Edward F. Young, clarinet
Harlow Young, clarinet
Earl Qfison, cornet
Leslie Ellis, trombone.
Harold Lewis, pianist
HADLEY IS HEW
CADET MAJOR
SUCCEEDS NYE, ON BORDER, TO
FIRST BATTALION
Other Appointments Made in Cadet
Regiment Non-Coms are
Named -
Howard Hadley, captain of cadets
last year, has been appointed to suc
ceed Barlow Nye, now serving at the
fS"i y'r'
'A v
I ..-M-.-v.'
MAJOR HOWARD HADLEY
Mexican border, as major of the first
battalion.
Other officers appointed are as fol
lows: Sergeant S. C. Garner, to Com
pany C.
Corporals Company A: N. T.
Bourke, N. F. Joachim, H. M. Hud
speth. Company B: J. F. Thomas, C. A.
Parsons. B. Vance.
Company C: R. C. Woodside, P. E.
Armstrong.
Company D:
R. B. Eldridge. G. D.
Hayes.
R. E. Cook, H. Par
J. C. Pickett, L S.
Bushnell, H. C.
Company E:
menter.
Company F:
Ctaapin.
Company G:
Company H:
F. A Humphrey.
F. B. Walrath.
M. E. Havens, J.
Company I:
Klein, H. C. Patterson.
Company K: W.Thomsen.E.
Miller.
Company M: A R. Krause.
M.
PROF. AND MRS. WALLACE
WILL REACH NEW YORK
CITY NOVEMBER 7
Prof, and Mrs. Charles M. Wallace
will arrive in New York, November 7.
and will come to Nebraska to spend
the holidays. Prof, and Mrs. Wallace
have been doing research work in
England for the last seven years. As
a result of this, some important docu
ments relating to the life of Shake
speare have been unearthed. The dis
covery of old documents, which had
not been touched for 300 years, has
revolutionized thought on the subject
of Shakespeare's life and time. Prof.
Wallace was formerly connected with
the department of English literature
cf the University of Nebraska,
CONGRESSMAN WEAVER
AT WOODROW WILSON
CLUB BANQUET TONIGHT
Congressman Weaver of Oklahoma,
who has been one ot the influential
democrats in the house, will be the
principal speaker at the Wood row Wil
son club banquet at the Lincoln hotel
tonight
The ranks of the University boost
ers of President Wilson will be
swelled by added cohorts from the
Young Men's Democratic club of Lan
caster county. Special music and
other entertainment will be provided
m addition to the speakers. The feast
is expected by the democratic boosters
to be a great event In honor of the
president
Ex.