Dally
ebraskae
VOL. XVI. NO. 68.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4. 1917
PRICE FIVE CENTS
y i f
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WILL HAVE BROADER
JOURNALISM COURSE
BUT UNIVERSITY SENATE IS OP
POSED TO COLLEGE
Adopt Report of Committee Presented
During Vacation More Thorough
Training l Faculty W;sh
Provision for broadening the train
ing in journalism now offered in the
University was made by the seaaie is
a meeting dwing the Christmas recess,
although petitions for a college of
journalism and a college of commerce
m-ere voted down by the senate after
a committee headed by Dean O. V. P.
Stout had handed in an um'worable
report.
Dr. H- K. Wolfe, of the -lepartment
of psychology, introduced the motion
in favor of strengthening the courses
in journalism, after the committee on
the proposed colleges had reported.
The motion was passed and the chan
cellor empowered to appoint a commit
tee to recommend plans for this expan
sion. Committee Report
The report of the senate committee
follows:
Your committee appointed to con
sider the establishment of additional
colleges in the University begs leave
to report as follows:
It is our judgment that colleges in
the University should be established
to cover only well defined types of edu
cation which hae a large body of sub
ject matter available in teachable
form. Rather than many colleges cov
ering technical fields, we favor a few
strong colleges covering distinct fields.
The basis of this distinction, it seems
to os, should rest in a difference In
the fundamental principles underlying
the respective branches of study, as
the biological and physical sciences
underlie the studies in the college of
agriculture; mathematics and the phys
ical sciences, the studies in the col
lege of engineering; the laws and
precedents studies in the college of
law.
We believe that the standing of the
University among educational institu
tions and before the public would be
weakened by the establishment of the
multiplicity of colleges which would
result if the principle above set forth
were lost sight of. The value of a de
gree from the University will be ma
terially lessened if this principle Is
ignored. We believe, moreover, that
funds available to develop the Univer
sity should be expended in other ways
thttn in increased administrative cost,
which necessarily follows the subdivis
ion of administrative machinery.
Where, within a college, there ap
pears justification for a separate group
of courses fundamentally related to
the typical group of course in that
college, but distinct from it In aim and
not conformable 1o it in specific re
quirements, we favor the maintenance
of a school rather than the establish
ment of an additional college.
Where, however, the technical or
prolehsional aim of a proposed group
of courses may be met without depar
ture frotn the specified requirements
'f He typical group of the college, we
believe the establishment of a school
to be unnecessary
Inasmuch as the desire for adminis-
trative freedom seems to be. in gen-1
ernl. the motive behind requests for
the establishment of new colleges, we
recommend that schools be given the
greatest degree of autonomy consist
ent with the integrity of the colleges
in which they exist
In oar opinion the faculty of each
college should have the final authority
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LltlCOLf
HOTEL La
CAN'T FIND PLACE
FOR DR. O'GARA TO
GIVE ADDRESS
Difficulty is being experienced in
securing a suitable lecture room for
Dr. P. J. O'Gara's talk before Sigma I
XI next Monday night. The night)
classes in the engineering college will ;
be in session and a large room is j
not at present available. !
Doctor 0'Garas appearance is be-1
ins awaited with a good deal of in-1
terest because he is an old Nebras-j
ka man and also because he is the
highest paid botanist in the world.
In his investigations for the Amer
ican Smelting & Refining company
he employed a staff of twenty-five
assistants and carried on a very ex
tensive investigation, the results of
whch he will give here.
PRESIDENT MAY SPEAK
IT OnilllTtinrt ITI1T
A I UUIilIilLIlUCOlLni
Legislature Will Endeavor to Secure
Him for Nebraska's Semi
centennial Celebration
Both houses of the state legislature
will co-operate with the University
authorities in endeavoring to secure
President Wilson as the commence
ment speaker for the June graduat
ing exercises.
The semi-centennial celebration of
Nebraska's admission to the union
as a state will be held next spring,
at the time of the commencement
exercises. It is hoped that the pres
ident will be able to come to the
state to deliver an address at that
time, and the University will invite
him to address its graduates then.
Members of both houses of the leg
islature have said that they would
introduce resolutions inviting the
president to come to the state.
GOACH STEWART AT
ATHLETIC MEETING
Athletic Authorities of the Nation
Confer on College
Problems
Coach Stewart spent his vacation
in attending the annual meeting ol j
the national intercollegiate athletic
association, which was held in New
York, from December 27 to 19.
The work done at this meeting j
consists for the most part in appoint-1
Ing rules committees and listening to I
reports from the representatives of
each ot the eight districts into which j
the country is divided, athletically, j
Coach Brewer of Missouri the !
representative of the Sistrict that ;
Nebraska is in. He rave a fine re-1
port of the conditions of athletics In
this section. ejecially emphasizing
the fact that there are only two i
schools of any size at all that are i
not bound by the rules of some con J
ference.
The association apointed commit
tees to go over the rules governing
iatercoUc-giate competition in every
line of sport- These committees meH
independently and have full power
la the drafting of the rules for the
coming year.
The officers for the coming year
will be ai follows:
President. Major Pierce, Army;
vice -president Professor Beyers.
Ames; secretary - treasurer. Frank
Nicholson. Massachusetts Weleyan
university.
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UNIVERSITY WEEK
TO WESTERN TOWNS
MANAGER R. J. SAUNDERS SIGNED
CONTRACTS WITH SIX CITIES
"
Hastings, Holdrege, Oxford, Cam-
bridge, McCook and Red Cloud to
Be Visited in Vacation .
The University Week exhibition for
1SI" will visit these six towns: Hast
ings, Holdrege, McCook, Cambridge,
Oxford, Red Cloud.
Manager R. J. Saunders made the
announcement of the 1917 bookings
j yesterday. He spent most of the
'Christmas recess going to the differ
ent towns that were being considered
for the University Week tour, and he
expresses complete satisfaction over
the towns that have signed contracts
; for the week.
i The six towns cn the new circuit are
1 in the southwestern part of the state
i a region not heretofore visited by
the University Week program in its
two years of existence. Securing them
will help realize the purposes of the
Week to take the University to the
people of the slate, get them acquaint
ed with its activities, and best of all.
with its students.
Started Work Early
A number of the towns that secured
he contracts began active work look
ing toward that end early in the sum
mer of 1816. They formed an associa
tion for the express purpose ot con
vincing the University Week associa
tion that the trip should be made
west, and e signing of the contracts
showed how successful they were.
Just what activities will make the
trip has not been definitely decided
upon. The band will go almost of a
certainty. The glee club may. The
University Players will take a play,
but it will mos-t likely be one oerj
than "Ready Money," which was pro
d ! so successfully before Christ-
jmas. The large cast in "Ready
j Money" would be a burden almost loo
great to bear.
A faculty lecturer will be one of the
numbers. What the other two will be
remains an uncertainty now.
Fremont. Schuyler, David City,
North Bend and Seward made up the
towns that aw the bows last year.
DAILY NEBRASKAN
SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN
The campaign for subscrip
tions to The Daily Ntbraskan
for the second semester will be
gin next Monday. January 8.
and will continue until January
1 It is expected that the num
ber of student subscriptions
will be boosted during the cam
paign to a point beyond on
thousand. Announcement fcas
b-en made that The Xebraskan
will continue to appear in its
ii-eolumn form and may be ob
tained for the same price one
dollar for "the beft university
newspaper in the world."
ST. LOUIS
ORCHESTRA SECUBEO
FOB HAY FESTIVAL
The St Louis symphony orchestra
wU?re twTperfLLc" here dur-
rirector of the
after listening to a concert ny I"
in St. Louis.
omwmj -
Mr.
Zach will bring the rail orcn-
iah (Pd iir
M Irl .3 3 n 1
GRID SQUAD HAS
HEAVYJCHEOULE
BIG TEAMS OF NATION TO BE MET
BY M7 HUSKERS
Syracuse, Notre Dame, Michigan Ag
gies, and Strongest Valley Teams
on List
The Nebraska 1917 football schedule
took on definite shape during vacation
and is now almost completed. With
only the games that have been defi
nitely decided upon, it will be the
greatest schedule ever attempted by a
valley school and will be one of the
best schedules in the west next year.
Kansas, Missouri, Syracuse and
Iowa are absolute certainties, and
Notre Dame and the Michigan Aggies
are almost the same.
So far in the history of Nebraska,
one game the size of Notre Dame, Sy
racuse or the Michigan Aggies was
considered enough when Kansas,
Ames and Iowa were on the schedule.
However. Coach Stewart saw fit to
sign up all three of these teams for
next year. It will mean real work
for the coach and the men if such a
schedule is to be played out without
one or more defeats, but with the ma
terial available and Coach Stewart to
do the directing, a most successful tea
son is expected.
Small School to Start
Wesleyaa. or some other small
school of the state, will probably start
the season.
The probable schedule with dates is
as follows:
Oclober 6 Wesleyan
October 13 Io
October LO Notre Dame
October 27 Michigan Aggies
November 3 Open
Vovember Id Missouri
OTembw 17 ' Kansas
....Svracuse
All the games mill be at home ex
cept those with Kansas and the Mich
igan Aggies.
BIG SPEAKERS FOR
COMMERCE FEAST
Omaha Men. Faculty and Publishers
to Talk at Commercial Club
Bancuet Tomorrow
The annual University Commercial
club banquet is to be held at the
Lincoln hotel Friday evening, Jnn-.
i 5' j
I The following is the toastlUt: 5
I C. C. Quiggle. president Nebraska
Manufacturers' association, toast ma-
ter.
! Prof J. E. LeKossignoL head of the .
school of commerce. "The University
Commercial Club and the School flfU nnWTnfil
Commerce.
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estra of fifty pieces and also four
vocal soloists.
These performances will be given
about the last of May. The same
week, the chorus, directed by Mrs.
Raymond, will give a complete pro
gram. They pro bob! y will give the
cantata "Hiawatha." If plans now con-
jsidered are carried out. two of the
soloist. wiO. the SL Louis orchestra
j will have the solo parts in the can-
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favorably with the Damrosch orches-
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TRACK MEN MEET
IN REED'S OFFICE
THIS MORNING
All track men of the University,
and all interested in track, are asked
to meet in the office of Guy E. Reed,
manager of athletics, this morning
at 11 o'clock. Reed's office is in the
east end of the Armory, hnempnt.
Coach Stewart, Manager Reed and
Captain Overman of the track team j
will talk. They will outline the plan
for the year, tell of the track sched
ule, and of the plans for winter
training.
FIRST CALL FOR
HUSKER PHOTOS
BUSINESS MANAGER EMPHASIZES
PROMPTNESS
Juniors to Have Individual Pictures
Again A Big Book on Time
Aim of Staff
The first call for individual and
organization pictures for the 1917
Cornhusker has been issued by Busi
ness Manager Dewitt Foster. He em
phasizes the fact that these pictures
must be taken right away in order
to put out the book on time.
Now that the holiday rush is over,
Townsend's studio has -practically
been turned over to the student body
for their Cornhusker photographs. At
the present time there will be no
difficulty in arranging dates for sit
tings. Business Manager Foster pointed
out that this individual section is one
part of the book over which the
staff has no control, so it is up io
the student body to take the respon-1 er. M. Munson. Helen Minor, Valen
sibility upon themselves and see that tine Minford. Bob Miller. Katherine
the r.roeress of the book is not hamo- Newbranch. W. E. Nelson, Emma
ered on their account.
This year's pictures will follow the
plan of last year individual photo
graphs for all the Junlrs, seniors and
j sororities, and group pictures for She
i fraternities and other organizations.
I The engraving charge will be one
J dollar the same as before.
While it is not compulsory to have 'ouns- "naia laie. M mung Mir
the pictures taken at Townsend's the ,an Noting. Cecylle White,
staff greatly desires it in order to j
obtain uniformity and insure a first REGENTS REPORT
class book. Pictures of different TO LEGISLATURE
size or tone will be placed in their j NEAR COMPLETION
proper places with the class, but will j
be put on a separate plate at the
end of the section.
CONVOCATION
STRING QUARTET HAYDN
First violin Carl Steckelberg.
Second violin Ernest Harrison.
Viola William Quick.
Cello Miriam PiUle.
ALUIUNI UUillllUL.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN LANCASTER
Nebraska University alumni will
control the administration of Justice
in Lancaster county to a very large
extent, commencing with today. To
J1U. .-. k- . -
Wtuj u ;
tr Judge who commence their terms
' ' b ,
of office today are all graduates cf
Nebraska.
The county attorney, who makes
all complaints and who prosecutea
the criminals before the bar of Jus
tice Is Frank A- Peterson, '0i. His
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KOSMET CLUB
ANNOUNCES CAST
SELECTIONS MADE FOR ANNUAL
MUSICAL COMEDY
Committee Condones Disappointed
Ones Cast Meets
Tonight
After two weeks of almost daily
meetings the committee in charge
of selecting the cast for the Kosmet
Klub play have made the selection
given below. The committee wishes
to thank those who "tried out" and
to announce to them that a failure
to be selected is not a reflection
either upon one's singing or acting
ability.
The parts were assigned after all
applicants had been considered from
the standpoint of type, that is, nat
uray fitness in temperament and
appearance to the part or parts, and
I the applicant's dramatic and musical
possibilities. With over ISO appli
cants for twenty parts competition
was spirited.
The members of the cast are asked
to meet in Music hall tonight at 7:30.
Kosmet Klub Cast
Harold Aldrich. Gladys Appleman.
Perry Branch, Frances Bollard, Myra
Bunty, Louise Bailey, Carl Brown.
Elting . Bennett, Max Baehr, Ward
Cousins, Norman Curtice. Elizabeth
Crawford, Sarah Cox, Emily Cox.
Ray Doyle. Elizabeth Doyle, Helen
Dill. Le Rue Gillern. Anna Gish.
Margaret Gish. Martha Garrett, Helen
Houston. Walter Johnson, True Jack.
Amy Koupal. Chick Keyes, R. O.
Leech, Margaret Lonam, Helen Loft
man, Florence Lyford. Ellsworth Mos-
Neilsen, Ora OneaL Jean Preece.
Daisy Parks, Dan Prpudfit Laird Pot
ter. Roscoe B. Rhodes, Loy Ream,
Otilla Schurman, Susie Scott. Natalie
Spencer, Alma Seim. Verlin Taylor.
Alice Temple, Ruth Temple, Frances
1 Whitmore, Ruth Whitmore. Winifred
j D- Williams, Vernice Wolfe. Helen
The biennial report of the regents
to the state legislature, delayed be
cause of trouble at the printing of
fice, is almost ready for presentation,
final proofs having been received.
The report will be more complete
and more detailed than ever before.
It will contain an account of the
work done by A. O. Johnson, the effi
ciency agent, appointed on recom
mendation of the legislature, who Is
Just completing bis first year with
the University.
BASKET FLIPPERS
TAKE TRIP TO
OPEN SEASON
The official opening of the basket
ball season will probably be away
from borne if present plans work out.
Manager Reed is working on a possi-
we trip through Iowa and Minnesota
whkh uke pUce next week, be-
I . ... . .
. ginning Tuesday night and ending Sab-
orday night
The schools to be played are. Simp
son. GrinnelL Iowa, St Joseph's col
lege, all in Iowa, and Hamline college
of St Paul. Minn, This schedule Is
not certain yet but it will probably
be carried out as planned.
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6:30 m
FRIDAY