Daily Netoraskaunt
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VOL. XVI. NO. S3.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1916
PRICE FIVE CENTS
EXCUSE GLASSES
TOJIEAR BRYAN
Dean Engberg Announces Rule for
Those Who Wish to Attend
Address Monday
Students who wish to hear William
Jennings Bryan when he speaks to the
University students in the Temple the
ater Monday morning at 9. will be ex
cased to hear "Lincoln's foremost citi
ien." The following statement covering
these points was made by Dean Carl
C Engberg yesterday:
To The Daily N'ebraskan: Mr.
V. J. Bryan having accepted invi
tations from oar student body to
address taem, will do so at 9
o'clock, Monday, November 6, ia
the Temple theater. Students and
instructors may, if they desire, be
excused from attending class at
that hour. This arrangement is
identical with that made when
Reverend W. A. Sunday was with
us last year.
"CARL. C. ENGBERG."
MISS WARNER
REACHES SEWARD
FOR NEW DUTIES
Seward, Neb, Nov. 2. :Iiss Esther
Warner of the home economics de
partment of the University of Nebras
ka, arrived here today to Uke up ber
work as the first woman county home
economics agent in Nebraska.
History in county agent work was
made here last week when 175 Seward
county women met and perfected the
first home-makers' association in this
state and employed Miss Warner as a
borne economics expert whose services
will be placed at the disposal of the
women in the county.
The new venture was organized un
der the auspices of the agricultural ex
tension service of the University of
Nebraska in co-operation with the
United States department of agricul
ture, and C- E. Gunnels, county agent
Money to support the work comes
from membership dues raid by per
sons joining the association and from
government funds provided for this
purpose.
HOME COMING MIXER
AFTER KANSAS GAME
ALUMNI AND STUDENTS TO UNITE
IN BIG PARTY
Faculty Will Be on Hand to Renew
Old Friendship Committee to
Be Named
A home-coming mixer, to be held
November 18. the night of the Kansas
game, wa decided upon by the gen
eral mixer committee, which met yes
terday coon fn Faculty halL The com
mittee In charge w ill consist of t2n
bers of the general mixer committee,
members of vsch of the classes of the
University, and representatives of the
aluiunL
The mixer will be planned to give
the alumni a place to get together
after the game, renew old acquaint
ances with each other, meet again the
faculty members who guided them
through colter-, aiid watch the "young
er generation.
Student Entertainment
The party wfll not neglect the stu
dent body, and there will be special en
tertainment planned, including a
dance. The football team is expected
to be present, and it is hoped that the
iiffair wfll be a celebration in booor
of Nebraska's seventh Missouri valley
football title.
The committee that will have charge
of the home-coming mixer will- be an
BouBced in a few
"Ctinese J" Is a new coarse just
added to the curriculum of the Uni
versity of Washing".
HOME ECONOMICS
CLUB DISCUSSES
ANNUAL PUBLICATION
The Home Economics club held a
meeting in Faculty hall Wednesday
evening. Plans were discussed for
the H. E. Annual, to be published for
the first time this year, Mrs. Mary
Schenke Woolman, chairman of the
women's committee of the National
Society for Promotion of Industrial
Education, will be the guest of the or
ganization next week as she comes
here under the auspices of the club,
and Miss Alice Loomis.
The next regular club meeting will
be the first Wednesday in December.
"BEAUCAIRE" READ
BY LEON SNYDER
TO DRAMATIC STUDENTS
Leon Snyder read the play. "Mon
seuer Beaucaire." to an audience of
about SOO at the meeting of the dra
matic department Wednesday evening,
in the Temple theater.
The play is one in which Mr. Snyder
played the title role two years ago and
his presentation last night was an ar
tistic success.
FINDS JOBS FOR
176STUDENTS
Y. M. C. A. Employment Bureau Busy
Wages Paid This Year Amount
to 1200
The University Y. M. C. A. employ
ment bureau, under the direction of
John RiddelL secured for University
students 176 odd jobs of all sorts with
estimated earnings of I&52.40 during
the month that closed October 31.
These positions include permanent
rough work, clerical work, tending fur
naces for room or cash and other odd
jobs.
Last month 139 people secured work
and it is estimated that since the be
ginning of school 12.230.90 has been
earned by University students who se
cured positions through the employ
ment bureau.
CHARLES W. GILKEY,
CHICAGO UNI MAN,
TO SPEAK NOVEMBER 14
Charles V. Gilkey of the University
of Chicago, will give &a invocation
adress. Tuesdav. November 14. Dr.
Gilkey is a native of Massachusetts;
a graduate of Harvard university, and
has received other academic degrees
from the University of Berlin and Ed
inburg. He spent three weeks during
the month of September in Leland
Stanford university, where he was uni
versity preached during that time and
counselor to students, touching their
educational and vocational life. He is
a very popular man also among the
eastern colleges and universities and
has frequently addressed students of
his own university and Yale, Williams. '
Princeton and Cornell- Nebraska men
aim mvujnra uimj iruouimi m ...... .
two year aga. His address at that
time made a favorable impression!
upon both faculty and undergraduates.
PHI ALPHA DELTA
PLEDGES THREE MORE
Phi Alpha Delta, law fraternity, an
nounces the pledging of the follow
ing:
Bert Dressier, 19.
Marvin Holland. 'IS
W. C. Cull, '18.
FEW TICKETS LEFT
FOR FOOTBALL LUNCHEON
FOR GIRLS TOMORROW
A few tickets can still be obtained
for the girls' football luncheon that
will precede the Ames game tomor
row. They may be purchased In the
office of student activities in the base
ment of the Administration building.
SLANG A LAZY
MAN'S DEVICE
PROF. GASS DILATES ON LAN
GUAGE HABIT
Declares It Limits the Range of Mental
Cultivation, and Places Student
in Rut
PROF. GASS ON SLANG
"Slang is a lazy man's device; by its
use one can make one or two words
serve for fifty or more; it limits the
range of mental cultivation, blunts the
student's sense of discrimination and
places him in a rut. It is a habit of
language and any habit of language
is bad." Prof. S. B. Gass.
Although Professor Gass in expound
ing the principle and problem of slang
in language to rhetoric pupils, con
doned its wide and unstinted use; he
pointed out that it has its proper
usages, these generally being deter
mined by the company with which the
.condforprougthh... speaersikemf
speaker is sojourning. He said that
critics of slang often are too severe.
While the word "grub is not incon
gruous in a lumbering camp, it would
not seem in place at a banquet attend
ed by intellectual personages; while
'"pep" is not incongruous when used in
many instances on the campus, it does
not fit in many other places where it
is used, said Professor Gass.
Words and People
"Words are known by the people
who use them and people are judged
often by the words they use. We
must recognize that the outlawed ex
pressions of one generation become
proprieties in another," he added.
"Slang is purely imitative."
It stunts the development of the
mind."
"It limits discrimination."
MISS OUYIA POUND
TALKS ON VOCATIONAL
GUIDANCE TO GIRLS
The qualifications for the position of
vocational director consist of common
sense; tact and good memory for
names and faces, declared Miss Olivia
Pound, vocational guidance director j
for girls in the Lincuiu public schools, j
to the Busines Woman's club, yester-l
day.
Miss Pound said the vocational guid
ance organization was responsible for
the "common sense" idea on which the
work of the Lincoln schools is based.
"Its aim is to prolong the period of
education for girls and so better pre
pare them when thew go out to occu
py positions. It includes keeping in
touch with the girls who have left
school until they are eighteen, to see
if they are interested in their work
and if such does not prove to be the
case In helping them to try to get into
the line of work for which they are
best suited." said Miss Pound.
PHI ALPHA DELTA
INITIATED FOUR MEN
Phi Alpha Delta, the legal fraternity,
held it second initiation of the year
at the chapter house last Sunday
morning.
The four men tiken in are Harry L.
i- -i - iinrviln- Rnbert Holland,
-jm? t: i . j
r-ivrcitr Place: John C. Wright. 17,
Lincoln ;
Coach Kline of Wesleyan.
University Place
DEAN GRAHAM'S TEA
Dean Mary Graham's tea in Art hall
yesterday afternoon was very well at
tended. Esther Ord. Helen Loftman.
Fern Simmons and Helen Tooley were
on the reception committee, ana tea
a poured by Lenora Noble, Helen
Holtx and Marguerite Kaufman. Myra
Sterner. Esther Fetterrnan. Doris Ar
rold. Alice Forbes and Dorothy Teary
served.
CROWDED HALL FOR
"ST JOHN'S EVE"
University Chorus Makes First Ap
pearance of Year in Hallowe'en
Cantata
Memorial hall was crowded yester
day morning to hear the Hallowe'en
cantata, "SL John's Eve," given by
members of the University chorus un
der the direction of Mrs. Carrie B.
Raymond.
The soloists were Florence Wood-
burn, 16. Charles E. Lively. '17, Ger
trude Munger, '17, and Roy Young, '16.
The chorus took the part of the vil
lagers. The story of this cantata is based
upon an old legend. If a girl plucks
a rose at midnight on Hallowe'en eve
and pats this rose away until Christ
mas, ar.d it glows when she takes it
out again, then her lover is supposed
to come thrt day. The entire cantata
was too long to be given wholly, but
the Hallowe'en scene and enough of
the Christmas one was given to make
the story complete.
SEPERATE BALLOT
BOXES FOR MEN AND
WOMEN TUESDAY
Separate ballot boxes for men and
women students will be used for the
J straw vote to be taken by The Daily
N'ebraskan next Monday. The results
of the vote in toto, and separately for
the co-eds and the men will be an
nounced in Tuesday's paper.
The ballots will be counted by two
members of the staff of The N'ebras
kan and a faculty representative. The
students will be asked only to state
their preference for president and for
one or the other side of the prohibi
tion question that will be voted upon
Tuesday.
THE DAYS GONE BY
Five Years Ago Today
A Mandolin club was being organ
ized at Nebraska.
The Cornhusker squad left for Ames.
The result of the game was a tie.
The Olympic victory gave the fresh-
ruen the right to wear their caps,
Two Years Ago Today
The Latin club elected twelve new
members. Lorena Bixby was elected
president of the organization.
The total registration of the Univer
sity showed an increase of fifty-five
ever the proceeding year.
Seventy-even girls had registered
for swimming class. This year the
number will reach cne hundred and
fifty.
W. J. Bryan spoke at convocation
on "The Relation of Man to the Gov
ernment, to Society tnd to God."
Professor Cornell was making an
effort to organize a second band.
One Year Ago Today
The first of the folk song programs
of
as given at convocation in charge
Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond.
An "announcement scavenger" was
appointed to remove jrom me ouueun
boards signs that naa ouuivea ineir
usefulness.
A prize of five dollars was offered
for the best poster advertising Home
Coming mixer.
There Is an organization at Okla
homa that calls Itself The Rufneks,"
whose excuse for existing la the fact
that it has a pep meeting weekly, at
which It plans some new feature to
be sprung on the roters between
halves of football games. Ex.
METROPOLITAN PAPERS
WITH ELECTION NEWS
AT PROF. FOGG'S OFFICE
Students of the University who are
interested in seeing how the election
news of the country is handled by roet
ropvliian dailies, will find the papers
on file in Professor Fogg's office. Uni
versity hall 206, of interest. Among
the papers to be found" there are the
New York Sun. the New York World,
the New York Herald, the New York
Tost and the New York Times, and
the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago
Herald.
HARRY MINOR
REJOICES AT HUSKER
VICTORY ON COAST
Praise for the 1915 Cornhuskers and
their; western victory came with an
order for The Daily Nebraskan by
Harry Minor, manager of the Los An
geles, Cal., office of the Redpath Ly
ceum bureau, an old Nebraska foot
ball star, received at the office yes
terday.
Three hundred alumni and seven
or eight ex-Cornhuskers. writes Minor,
were so pleased with the showing
made by Nebraska that an attempt
will be made in the near future to
schedule a game between Nebraska
and a California eleven. He says that
the American game of football is fast
superseding rugby in the land of Cow
ers and movies.
Minor will have the pleasure of be
ing in Lincoln on Home-Coming day to
see the annual Kansas-Nebraska game.
SUPERVISED MAPS
FOR LIT. CLASSES
Dr. Stuff Offers New Plan to His
Students in Supervised Labora
tory Work
A supervised sleeping policy for his
supervised study classes in English
literature has been announced by Dr.
Frederick A. Stuff, professor in Eng
lish languages and literatures, but no
students have thus far accepted the
proposition made.
Dr. Stuff announced to his classes
that he believes the tired feeling so
common among students daring morn
ing classes can be banished by just
five minutes' sleep. He attributes this
tired feeling in some instances to
closeness of the classroom atmos
phere. In his beginning English lit
erature classes the student has three
hours of class attendance and four
hours of supervised study or "labora
tory" work each week. Dr. Stuff said:
"I know that a student cannot do
nearly as good work while feeling
sleepy as he can after taking a brief
nap. And not a one of you will lose
credit if you nod your head and sleep
just five minutes at the opening of
these supervised study periods. HI
wake you up at the end of five tain at es
ajd youll feel like work."
CARLSON SPOKE
FOR DRY CAUSE
V. E. Carlson, graduate assistant of
the political science department, was
invited to speak at the Swedish Mis
sion church of Wahoo, Tuesday even
ing, on "The Dry Issue." Mr. Carlson
discussed both sides of the question
and gave statistics to show what pro
hibition has done for other states.
Sigma Kappa Zeta Banquet
Sigma Kappa Zeta, honorary horti
cultural fraternity, banqueted at Its
first meeting last evening, at the Lin
coln hotel, with thirteen members
present Professor Swenk of the ento
mology department, gave a very inter
esting talk on the "Economic Import
ance of Entomology to Horticulture."
Kansas will have what is called a
"fathers homecoming" later in the
falL Fraternity houses will be turned
over to the fathers of the men and tha
whole student body will attempt to
"bring up" fathers for the occasion.
Ex.
iHUSKERS PREPARE
FOR AMES AGGIES
COACHES NOT FEELING OPTIMIS
TIC OVER BATTLE
Bear Stories from the Aggie Camp Do
Not Convince Rutherford Ends
to Be Feared
A swift signal practice Thursday
afternoon in which the Convhujkers
rehearsed their entire repertoire of
plays, found the team in better shape
for tho game with the Iowa 6tate
"Aggies." which will virtually decide
the Missouri valley championship, than
at any time since its return from the
western invasion.
Despite the fact that the verbal
whips brought into play Wednesday
have awakened the team out of its
lull, nevertheless it is a bandaged foot
that Nebraska will put foremost Sat
urday. Awake to the fact that Ames
is stronger this year than 6he has been
for years, the Huskers will enter the
game fully awake to the strength, of
their opposition, but they will be ham
pered Ly injuries and the shifts these
injuries have made necessary.
Not Much Optimism
Optimism was not running over
among the members of the coaching
staff yesterday. Injuries depriving the
Cornhusker attack, which Is in itself
a combination of elements the absence
of any one part of which works a hard
ship, of several regulars, and the con
sequent shifts, have made another
cause of worry for Dr. Stewart.
The other source of uneasiness is
the strength of the Ames team itself.
Nebraskans are taking little stock in
the "bear dope" preceding the Iowans.
"If it weren't for the fact that our
star end is not up to form," and "if
our star plunger were in first rate con
dition." and "it might be a different
story if So-and-So, the pivot of the
Ames aerial attack, would get into the
game." are samples of the confidence
pills being sent Nebraska. Assistant
Coach Rutherford, who has been the
principal. observer of the Ames team
in action, says that the Huskers will
meet some of their strongest opposi
tion in the Iowa Farmers.
Strong Combination
"They combine a heavy line with a
fast backfield." he said Thursday.
"Coach Mayser has eliminated super
fluous beef in his line, too, and while
his forwards are 190-pound men they
are fast on their feet.
"Ames has one approximate ten
second man who will cause trouble for
every team they meet- His name is
Page. Aldrich. a veteran. Is one of
their strongest backfield men. He
made a seventy-yard run through Ne
braska at the beginning of the game
last year.
"The depend on their ends. Packer
and Jones, to win the game. Nebras
kans know Packer from the past, and
Jones is even a more sensational man.
He is used a great deal on the of
fense. The 'Aggies have the largest
repertoire of plays of any team In the
valley with the possible exception of
Nebraska."
Via Wireless
All of the World's series were re
ported via wireless play by play to
the students at Harvard. The opera
tion of the service was under the
control of the members of the Har
vard Wireless club. The club expects
to have future football scores report
ed In the same manner. The service
was a great "hit" with the student
body. Ex.
A so-called "Committee on Program"
appointed by the Cleveland conference
of religious workers. Invaded Iowa
City last week bent on a searching In
vestigation Into the life of students In
the University of Iowa with special
reference to the moral side of their
college activities, and the facilities of
fered by the Institution for what they
term ""the students' religious enlight
enment" Ex.