le Daily Nebraskao
VOL. XVI. NO. 45.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FACULTY A FEATURE
OF HOMECOMING MIXER
RECEPTION TO OLD GRADS AND
STUDENTS PLANNED
Special Program for the Non-Dancers;
Dancer Can Enjoy It
Too
A reception by every member of
the faculty, if it is possible to get
every faculty member in line, for
every "old Krad" and for every stu
dent, if they can come, will be one
of the features of the homecoming
mixer in the Armory Saturday night,
at 8:15, after the game with Kansas.
The guides to knowledge, if the
faculty will allow themselves to be so
dubbed just for the sake of this para
graph, will be in the chapel, alias
Memorial hall, alias west end of
the Armory, and wiH meet, with the
greatest of pleasure, every loyal Ne
braskan. The professors, .assistant
professors, instructors and assist
ants, have decided that they will
not wear formal clothes, so the stu
dents and alumni will not have the
slightest difficulty in recognizing
every one of them.
Registrar Greer, whose rules and
regulations are usually the first break
er to the students admission to col
lege, will stand at the head of the
line and will introduce the receiv
ees to the professors. Chancellor
Avery is away on a trip to the east,
and it is probable that e will not
be home in time to attend the mix
er. Very few of the other embers
have made outside dates, and most
all will be at the homecoming party.
Some of Them
Professor Caldwell, not the biggest
157 AT OMAHA
ALUMNI BANQUET
Feast a Part of Gathering of Nebraska
State Teachers' Association
One hundred and firty-seven attend
ed the University of Nebraska lunch
eeon last Friday noon at the Rome
hotel in Omaha. Chancellor Avery
introduced the toastmaster, Frank
H. Woodland, '00.
Regent E. P. Brown, '92, responded
to the toast, "The University That
Is to Be." He spoke of the increas
ing number who register each year,
the greater facilities necessary for
the increased enrollment, and stated
that the University was becoming
every year of greater service to the
people of Nebraska.
Edna L. Marquardt, '05, county
superintendent of Cass county, spoke
of the "University Abroad." . She
suggested more extension work as a
possibility of extending the influence
and activities of the University be
yond the campus.
Other Speakers
Elizabeth M. Shaffer, '10, instruc
tor in the David City high school,
stated that the University was judged
by the people of the state by the at
titude of its students and alumni.
She spoke in appreciation of the
work of which she was familiar.
J. G. Masters, principal of the Oma
ha central hign school, who, a grad
uate of the Chicago university, rep
resented other institutions than Ne
braska, told or the ways a graduate
may help his alma mater. He sug
gested the creation of interest among
those responsible for legislation in
order that means may be secured to
render possible greater things. He
spoke also or the necessity of stu
dents and alumni conducting them
selves in such a way that the people
of the various communities "will have
a favorable opinion of the school.
physical man on the campus, but
who is generally recognized as having
high degrees of loyalty, will be one
of those whom everyone will want
to meet. He has been connected
with the school so long that the
thought of Nebraska brings forth the
thought of Caldwell, and vice versa.
Doctor Wolfe of the psychology
department, who has been here about
as long as Professor Caldwell, can
learnedly explain the association of
thought in "think tanks" that results
in the correlation mentioned above.
About Doctor Wolfe, by the way, it is
said that he was several times caught
sliding down the bannisters in U hall
in the good old days, and that he
can tell a tale or two about students
and their pranks that would make
present college citizens look aghast.
Professor Fling, it is hoped, will
be there too. Not a student has
passed through the University with
out having wished he had taken some
course under Professor Fling, if he
did not. Miss Needham and Miss
Pfeiffer of the European history de
partment, have not been connected
with the school so long, but recent
grads, and present students will be
well enough acquainted with them
to be glad to see them.
One could go on about Professor
Barber, athletic board head; about
Professor Tool, a strictly Nebraska
product; about Dean Stout, foster
daddy to the engineers; about Miss
Graham, the dean of women; Profes
sors Pound and Hyde; Doctor How
ard; Professor Maxey. These are
wanted, and the chances are that
they will be there. Succeeding is
sues of The Rag this week will tell
more about them, and the others.
DEBATING TEAMS
TO BE CHOSEN SOME
TIME WEDNESDAY
The University of Nebraska's repre
sentatives in the two debates with
the University of Kansas, at Lincoln
and at Lawrence, December 14, on
the question of "Submarine Warfare
on Commerce," will be selected Wed
nesday, according to an announce
ment made last evening by i'rof. M.
M. Fogg, debating coach. It has not
been decided whether the contest
will take place Wednesday afternoon
or Wednesday evening.
STUDY OF RIFLE
REPLACES TRMPK6
THIS CGLD WEATHER
Monday afternoon the cold weather
drove the cadets from their old bsbits
of charging defenseless buildings on
the campus and wearing out the grass
by continual marching. The plans of
those who had hoped the cold weath
er would stop the proceedings of the
military department were capsized by
notices to "fall in at the usual places,"
and more than one unlucky cadet was
shivering at the thought of spending
a whole hour in the cool fresh air.
But the military department was
not quite so heartless, and immediate
ly after roll call, the various com
panies took possession of vacant
rooms wherever they could be found
in the University buildings. They were
entertained by illustrated lectures on
the mysterious inner workings of the
old army rifles. There are sincere
hopes in the hearts of many a cadet
that either the cold weather, will
cease or that drill is always that -way
before Thanksgiving, for the weather
that prevailed yesterday makes
tramping rather uncomfortable.
Carolyn Funke of Blue Hill, Bertha
Ehlers of Scribner, and Christine
ClausBen of Fremont, spent the week
end at the Alpha Zi Delta house on
their way home from teachers' con
vention in Omaha.
THREE NEW NAMES
GIVEN OUT ON THE
CORNHUSKER STAFF
Three new Cornhusker staff ap
pointments have been made by . the
editor-in-chief, Charles Frey. Lad
Kubik, "17, who was University Week
editor, has left college and William
Jeffries, '17, has been appointed to
fill the vacancy.
Hollis H. Kirsch has been made edi
tor of the school of commerce section
and Wayne Townsend, 'IS, is junior
managing editor.
FRESHMEN START
BALL ROLLING
MASS MEETING AND TRYOUTS
TONIGHT IN ARMORY '
Sophomores Meet Tomorrow Enthus
iasm Bubbling Meeting of Gen
eral Committee This Morning
A mass meeting of freshmen men
to arouse enthusiasm for the annual
Olympics to be held next Saturday,
the morning of the Kansas game, fol
lowed by tryouts for entries in the
different events, wil be held in the
Armory tonight at 7 o'clock.
Freshmen President Riley will
speak along the general lines of pre
paredness, and Olympics Chairman
Augustine will also talk about the
outcome for next Saturday. A mem
ber of the Innocents may be called
upon to give the first-year men a
synopsis of how it was done in the
good old days.
After the pep meeting, which Olym
pics mtnagers hope will be one of
the largest mass meetings the men
of the class will ever have, with the
exception of the pole fight Saturday
morning, tryouts will be held under
the competent supervision of upper
classmen and members of the athletic
department. All men who have so
far not reported to Chairman Augus
tine, but who think they would like
to get into any of the events, may
report to the committee at the try
outs. Sophomores in Chapel
The sophomores will meet in the
chapel tomorrow night for similar
purposes. A big meeting, to be ad
dressed by prominent sophomores,
will be closed by trouts for places
on the sophomore list.
The outlook for one of the most
'bitterly contested Olympics or his
tory is good, according to Ralph
Thiesen, chairman of the general
committee of Innocents and juniors.
Ei thusiasm has been centering on
tre big battle itself; so far it has
?'ot burst out in impromptu demon
srmtions, promising lots of spirit will
be let loose when the hour arrives.
A meeting of the general commit
tee has been called by Chairman
Thiesen to meet in Law 101 this
morning at 11 o'clock. The members
of this committee, besides the chair
man, are: L. R. uoyie, ti. uaiap-
bell, Crove Porter, Harold Neff, Al
, .-
Bryson. N. B. Musselman, Ted Rid-1
, ' , m, , rr
aeii, wayne iuwuacuu, men
send, Ivan Beede, Lloyd Tully, and
Rawson White.
MISS FANNY DRAKE
TO HELP SOLVE PROBLEM
OF RELI3IOUS WORK
Miss Fannie Drake, secretary of the
University V. W. C. A, has been ap
pointed a member of a national com
mission to make recommendations
and study the various problems in
volved in religious work in the univer
sities or the country.
The commission wHl meet in Cleve
land, O.. November 23. 191K. Their
decisions will result in suggestions to
the national boards or all the organi
sations represented In the commis
sion. Fifteen" delegates have been ap
pointed for the Y. W. C. A, fifteen
NEWSWRITING CLASS
TO HAVE PRACTICAL
JOB OF REPORTING
A good sited audience Is assured
for convocation today. Professor
Fogg's newswriting class,' numbering
more than a -hundred, will try their
hand this morning at reporting the
address of Charles W. Gilkey of Chi
cago. It will be a BOO word story, to
practice the rules of newswriting.
The copy is to be submitted in class
this evening. Tables and arm chairs
will be placed in Memorial hall to
accommodate the journalists.
RALLY FOR GAME
AND FORJLYMPICS
STUDENT MASS MEETING THURS
DAY MORNING IN ARMORY
Underclass Presidents to Talk Up
Class Battle Coaches and Team
Members on the Game
I
A big student-rally, held in honor
of the homecoming game with Kan
sas, and the freshmen-sophomore
Olympic battle, both coming Satur
day, will be held in Memorial hall,
Thursday at convocation hour, 11 a, m.
This rally will be guaranteed to
raise the proper amount of pep in
the students to make them do their
share in winning the Kansas game,
and settling beyond peradventure of
a doubt, the championship of the
Missouri valley.
The meeting will also engender in
the freshmen and sophomores the
fight that will be necessary if they
are to uphold the traditions of the
school and the honor of their classes
in the Olympics, which are to be held
Saturday morning. The presidents of
the two underclasses, Riley of the
freshmen and Harnsberger of the
sophomores, will speak.
Freshmen Tryouts
The freshmen tryouts are to be
held tonight in the Armory. All
sophomore men will meet this morn
ing at 11 in Law 101. Both these
meeting will be preliminary to the
pep meeting Thursday morning, when
every freshman and every sophomore
is expected to "be there."
For the football team and the foot
ball game the two coaches, Stewart
and Rutherford, will talk. Two mem
bers of the team will appear on the
program. Their names will be an
nounced later. It is certain that
they will be gifted with silvery elo
quence, if not golden silence.
MATHEMATICAL CLUB
ELECTS W. F. JOACHIM
NEW PRESIDENT
W. F. Joachim was elected pres
ident at the November meeting of
the Mathematical club. Mr. E. Kaa
lfcek was elected vise president, and
Miss Ruth Sinclair was made secretary-treasurer.
Mr. W. Weiland gave
a talk on "Summation of Series," and
Prof. H. Blumberg sketched the his
tory of perspective drawing. The fol-
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Glen S. Reeves. C. W. Smith, Julia
, , , ' .
L. Torrence, Albert Busboon, Oliver
Reed, G. W. Sheldon. G. Forsyth, W.
Wolf. A. Catlin, F. Philbrick, B. F.
Silsbe, R. H. Lambert and O. B.
Eggleston.
MISS FAGUNDUS
TO SPEAK AT Y, W. C A.
VESPERS TONIGHT
Miss Josephine Fagundus, general
secretary of the city Y. W. C. A win
speak at vesper service at E o'clock
this afternoon on "Y. W. C A. work
in China." Miss Fagundus will tell
particularly of iie work of Grace
Coppock, 05, whom the local Y. M.
C. A. is helping to support In China.
from the National T. M. C. A, and fif
teen from the denominational boards
of education, and Miss Drake is to be
the Y. W. C A. representative from
Nebraska.
NEBRASKANS WORK HARD
ON A COLD, SNOWY FIELD
REGULARS IN GOOD SHAPE AND
PREPARING FOR KANSAS
Scouts Bring Back Reports of Hard
Games to Come With Iowa
and Notre Dame
"Hey, bring me my gloves." "For
the love of Mike, give me that stock
in' cap." Let me borrow your sweat
er a minute, old man?" Thes and
many other like exclamations were
mixed with football signals on Ne
braska field yesterday afternoon,
where, in spite of the spow the 'var
sity and freshmen mixed in a prac
tice game.
The scrimmage was held behind
closed gates in order to give the
men some much needed practice in
acquiring signals as they were given.
The practice lasted the regulation
sixty minutes. During the first thir
ty minutes the 'varsity pushed over
two touchdowns, and the freshmen
were cheated out of one by a fumble
as the ball crossed the line.
End Runs Featured
End runs by Caley and line bucks
by Rhodes and Selzer were the fea
tures of the 'varsity's game while
Schellenberg starred for the fresh
men. Every man on the squad reported
in fine shape and got a chance to
UNIVERSITY TO HAVE
GOVERNMENT LICENSED
WIRELESS STATION
The University will have a govern
ment licensed wireless station in
about another month if the present
plans are completed. Professor Fer
guson has received instructions from
Washington and all that is neces
sary now is to file the required pa
pers and secure competent operators.
The proposed station will be large
enough so that no increase in size
will be necessary for some time.
At present the wireless is handled
mostly by the freshmen engineers
who have no license. The sending
radius is necessarily small; in receiv
ing messages the station is in touch
with the larger stations and is in
daily communication with the Univer
sity of Iowa.
Plans for installing the new sta
tion will be completed when Profes
sor Ferguson returns from his trip
to the National Electric Light asso
ciation session In New York.
SELECT ROUTE FOR
CORNHUSKER ROAD
Chance for Uni Students to Repre
sent Their Home Towns, In
Good Roads Meeting
A meeting will be held Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock in the Commer
cial club, of the committee which is
arranging for the road from Marys
ville, Kas, to Sioux City, la, which
may be known as the Cornhusker
route.
The official colors for the road will
be either yellow and white, typical
of the colo" or the corn, or the scar
let and cream, representing the Uni
versity and the Nebraska spiriL
Students of the University who haO
from towns along the proposed route.
Blue Hill, Wymore, Beatrice, Wa
hoo, Lyons, etc, may act as repre
sentatives of their home, if no del
egates are coming by consulting Dr.
George E. Condra, of the state high
way commission, in his office on the
third floor of University h&JL
Richard Rodgers, 18, has returned
from a hunting trip In the western
fart of the state.
sco what lie could do cither on of
fense or defense.
"Dope on Nebraska's opponents for
the rest of the season rolled in thick
and fast yesterday afternoon. A
corps of scouts, that would do credit
to a German army, saw the three
teams, Kansas, Iowa and Notre Dame
in action Saturday.
Caley. Otoupalik and Assistant
Coach Rutherford journeyed to Sioux
Falls, S. D., and saw the Notre Dame
huskies in action'. "Vic" Halligtn saw
Kansas run away from Washburn,
and Coach Stewart was present when
Iowa went down to 20-13 defeat at
the hands of Northwestern.
Hard Battles Coming
All brought back stories of hard
battles to come. But those who saw
the Indiana team had stories to tell
that made Nebraskans wonder what
the Cornhuskers could do with such
a wonderful team as the Catholics
have. Bergman, Bachman and Co fill,
men remembered and feared by all
who saw the Nebraska Notre Dame
game last year, are playing a better
game than ever this year.
Coach Stewart brought back the
news that Northwestern could only
manage to slip over the winning
score after three of Iowa's star men
had been taken out because of in
juries. Down at Lawrence the Jay
Hawks had no trouble in defeating
the Washburn Ichabods by a decisive
score.
UNI STUDENTS
AREJHE ELECT
SO DECLARES DR. C B. M'ALFEE
TO BIBLE CLASS
Says What We Make of Ourselves
Depends Upon Ourselves
Not on Heredity
M'ALFEE TO STUDENTS
"Only one of every hundred boys
and girls entering the kindergarten
room reaches the university. - It is
rightly said that you are the select
ones.
"The books worry a great deal over
heredity, but we know in every day
life that what we make of ourselves
depends upon ourselves, not upon en
vironment, "If you ought to be a merchant,
be one by all means. Men are not
sent to the foreign mission field di-
!rectly by God's will any more than
they become teachers or professional
men by God's wilL The mission field
needs business men and agricultural
ists as well as ministers."
That university students are the
elect or the coming generation, that
what they make or themselves de
pends ujKjn will and energy more
than upon their ancestors and that
each should follow conscience and
judgment in choosing a profession
was declared by Dr. C B. McAlfee,
in addressing the University stndetts'
noon Bible class Sunday at the First
Presbyterian church
Individuals Learning
Doctor McAlfee declared that in
dividuals are learning more and more
self confidence in reacting npon their
environment He pictured the influ
ence which ancestral worship has
on oriental races.
"'Ought we not to bring the Chris
tian spirit to India?" he said. "We
do not ask more churches. If the
spirit is brought, the people wd
mr.ke their cwn churches, it the
great rrheaval of the masses which,
Till to away with carte distinction
ana brand."
Doctor McAlfee was lntrodncea toy
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