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Tine Dally Nelbraskae
VOL. XVI. NO. 79.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA; LINCOLN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19. 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SPONSORS CHOSEN
FOR REGIMENT
MILITARY MAIDS TO BE INTRO
DUCED AT PROM
Formal Dinner and Dance at Commer
cial Club Tonight Chaperonea
Named
Sponsors for the different divisions
of the cadet regiment will appear to
night at the military prom at the com
mercial club. The girls who will lead
the companies and other units will
be as follows:
Regimental sponsor, Blanche Busk,
17, of Omaha. A. J. Covert, lieutenant-colonel.
Sponsor supply corps, Lillian Gnam,
18, of Carroll, la. J. B. Stoddart, cap
tain. Sponsor rifle company. Marguerite
Woodruff of Lincoln. I. F. Smith, cap
tain. Sponsor band, Helen Saunders, '19,
of Red Cloud. R. J. Saunders, captain.
First battalion sponsor, Myra Buoz,
19, of Shanandoah, la. Howard Had
ley, major.
Company A, Gladys Enyeart. A.
Blunk, captain.
Company B, Alice Wessel, '18, of
Lincoln. A. W. Ackennan, captain.
Company C, Vina Kohler, '17, of
Flandreau, S. Dak. H. F. Holtz, cap
tain. Company D, Margaret Bukart L. A.
Wolfanger, captain.
Second battalion, C. S. Holcombe,
major.
Company E, Susie Scott, '20, of
Kearney. B. F. Rohrbough, captain.
Company F, Anna Luckey, '18, of
Lincoln. C. M. Frey, captain.
Company G, Milrae Judkins, 'IS, of
Upland. H. B. Whitfield, captain.
Company H, Octavla Beck, of Lin
coln. C. E. Campbell, captain.
Farm company, Winifred Williams,
'19, of Lincoln. Harold Morgan, cap
tain. The sponsors' names appear on the
program for the ball. Howard Hadley
is chairman of the committee. The
party will be a dinner-dance, to com
mence at 6:30.
Chaperones for the evening are
Chancellor and Mrs. Samuel Avery.
Professor and Mrs. P. M. Buck, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Harpham, Brigadier
General Phil Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Max
Westermann, Dr. and Mrs. R. O. Clapp
and Captain and Mrs. S. M. Parker.
KANSAS AGGIES DID
NOT BACK OUT OF
BASKETBALL FRAY
The statement, appearing in yester
days Daily Nebraskan that the Kansas
Aggies had backed out of a pair of
basketball games that had been sched
uled with Nebraska on the latter's
floor, was a mistake in view of the
facts of the case. There had been no
actual contract made with the Aggies
callling for games on the Nebraska
floor.
An agreement had been made be
tween Manager Reed and Coach Clev
tnger that if possible' the Aggies
would come up here for a couple of
games on the 19th and 20th. The Ag
gie Coach found later, however, that
circumstances would not permit of
their playing on those dates. Having
informed Manager Reed of the facts
Mr. Cleve'nger was perfectly Justified
in calling off the games.
MILITARY MEN
MAY LC3E CREDIT
FOR YEAR'S WORK
The military department announces
that there are about 125 men who will
lese credit for drill, unless the delin
quencies charged against them are
made up. Extra drill is being held
ery Friday afternoon, and the list
f delinquencies is posted on the bulle
tin board.
DR. WEBSTER HONORED
BY ELECTION TO
FRENCH SOCIETY
Prof. Huttou Webster, Ph. D., pro
fessor of social anthropology, has been
honored by election to membership as
an associate of the "Institut Interna
tional de eociologie" of Paris. Dr.
Webster was notified of his election in
a letter received yesterday.
Dr. Webster was recommended by
American members of the society be
cause of his notable work in social an
thropology, and more especially be
cause of one of his books, "Rest lays,"
published a year ago.
Nebraska has had one other man in
the society. Professor Ross, now a
member of the faculty of the Univer
sity of Minnesota, has also received
the honor.
COMPULSORY DRILL
BEFORE OPEN FORUM
TWO SIDES WILL DISCUSS UES
TION SUNDAY EVENING
Jensen and Waring to Oppose Trester
and Gayer at All -Soul's
Church
A formal discussion of '1Co;mpul
sory Military Drill" will be held at 8
o'clock Sunday evening at All Soul's
church, Twelfth and H streets, under
the auspices of the Lincoln Open
Forum.
Anton H. Jensen, '17, of Blair, and
R. B. Waring, '17, of Geneva, will tell
why the University should not have
compulsory military drill, and Leon
ard W. Trester, '19, of Lincoln, and
Harry Gayer, '17, of Lincoln, will up
hold the present system. Each speak
er will be allowed 10 minutes in which
to present his argument. A general
discussion by the house will follow.
This promises to be an exciting
meeting, as each side is trying to get
all their loyal followers to be present
and support their cause.
JUNIOR DEBATERS
PICKED FOR COMING
INTERCLASS CONTEST
Earl C. Jeffrey or Lincoln, Henry
Pascale of Omaha, and G. V. Lund
mark of Omaha, were chosen as mem
bers of the Junior class debating team
yesterday. They will clash with the
seniors in the preliminary debate. The
senior team will be chosen next week.
FRENCH STUDENTS
COULD ENJOY
VAUDEVILLE ACT
Students of the French language at
the University were among the few
persona who attended a local vaude
ville theater early this week who knew
what one of the twin actresses who
took nart in the "disappearance"
scene, meant when, upon appearing at
the rear of an aisle, she said:
"Je suis echappee."
The other twin had been placed be
hind a screen, but a few moments
after her partner appeared from the
rear of the theater, the former came
from hiding, making the farce com
plete.
Mademoiselle's speech, iransiaieu.
means, "I have, escaped." The man
upcn the sketch, hearing this, said to
onrtlence. "Vou'see. she does not
epet k a word of English." Then the
trio sang. "I'm In Love wun me nr
enly Twins."
ia Because of a recent
... 4- w.t,in4 ih scenes In one of
the university plays, when several of
the participants became am" u
v - f drunkenness of several
UUt UV va,
of the' members of the teams that
have represented the university, m.
daily paper of Pennsylvania unlver
i. -.fine a policy by means
of whlrh anyone that drink, will not
ho allowed to represent voe univer
sity Ex.
"HUMAN INTEREST"
STORIES NEXT
JOURNALISM STUDENTS PREPARE
FOR SECOND SEMESTER'S WORK
"Women in Journalism" to Be Con
sidered Special Attention to
Style City Work ,
"Human interest" - stories, organic
writing, character of newspapers and
general topics dealing with the pro
fession of journalism, are to be taken
up in the course in news writing,
Rhetoric 44, during the coming sem
ester. Prof. M. M. Fogg, in charge of
the instruction, hopes to accomplish
a great deal throughout the semester
by holding conferences with individual
students. There probably will be few
er lectures than during the semester,
with more outside work.
"W.omen in journalism" will be one
of the general topics of journalism con
sidered. How "yellow," "conserva
tive" and "midway" editors make up
their papers will be observed.
Professor Fogg expects to sen the
students of news writing anout the
city to gather "human interest"
stories.
Plans are under way to extend the
course in news editing from one to two
semesters.beginning next September.
OR DANN TO
INTERPRET FIFTH
SYMPHONY SATURDAY
Dr. W. F. Dann will give an inter
pretation of the Fifth Beethoven sym
phony, Saturday at 2 o'clock, in Art
hall. This symphony will be played
at an early convocation by the string
quartet..
URGES HASTE FOR
HUSKER PHOTOS
Junior and Seniors Must Get Pictures
for Annual Taken at Once,
Staff Says
The Cornhusker staff wishes to em
phasize the fact that the time limit
for junior and senior individual pic
tures for the Cornhusker is February
3, and that none of these photos will
be. accepted after that date.
Business Manager DeWitt Foster
urges that everyone who has not had
bis picture taken as yet make every
effort to do so before the end of next
week in order that the deck may be
cleared for the organization pictures.
The Cornhusker staff wishes to put
out as complete a book as possible
and that can only be done by having
each student do his or her part, they
say.
A course called "How to Study"
open only to college freshmen and
giving regular college credit, is of
fered this year at De Pauw univer
sity. It is said that the scholastic
standing of the class has undergone
a marked improvement since the in
stallation of the course. Ex.
Marguerite Kauffman May Enter
Race For Senior Presidency
Marguerite Kauffman, of Hardy,
Neb.; a senior in the arts and sciences
college, is being groomed to enter the
race for the senior class presidency,
second lemester. by the co-eds. and
not a few of the masculine members
of the near-grads.
Miss Kauffman has oeen very v'
nent in student activities during her
four years at the University. This
year she Is one of the Black Masques,
the senior girls' honorary society. She
has served on the student publication
TO TAKE "READY
MONET ON TRIP
UNIVERSITY PLAYERS GO TO
DAVID CITY TODAY
Will Produce Comedy Under the Aus
pices of the Green Frog
Club
The cast of "Ready Money," com
posed of sixteen people, will leave for
David City at 2:30 this afternoon,
where they will produce this popular
comedy under the direction of Miss
Alice Howell.
The first two years of University
Week, David City was on the circuit
and received the show with great en
thusiasm. Since then the circuit has
been changed in order to visit other
places in the state. David City is
very fond of University productions
and it is expected that "Ready Money"
will make a decided hit.
The play will be produced under the
auspices of the "Green Frog Club," a
young men's club of David City.
The company will return Saturday
morning.
The Cast
Neil Louis F. Meier
Sam Welsh Lad Kubik
Sumner Holbrook Maurice Clark
Mrs. John Tyler Jean Lipsey
Hon. John H. Tyler. .Virgil E. Skipton
Miss Grace Tyler Lucile M. Becker
Miss Ida Tylor Catherine Pierce
Miss Margaret Elliot. Carolyn Kimball
Sidney Rosenthal DeWitt Foster
William Stewart Gwynne Fowler
James R. Morgan. . .Howard S. Wilson
Jackson Ives...- Spray Gardner
Captain West Paul Hagelin
Hammond Clarence Hagelin
Quinn Harry Gayer
Reddy Herbert Brownell, Jr.
FRESHMAN DERATE
. TEAM PICKED
Estes, Landeryou, Hildreth and Smith
Comprise Squad for Inter-Class
Contest
Forest Estes, Lincoln; Harold Lan
deryou, Omaha; C. M. Hildreth, Lin
coln; Seymour Smith. Bellevue, won
the first four places on the freshman
class debating team in tryouts held
Thursday in Law 101.
Each candidate spoke for three min
utes on the question, "Resolved, That
the United States should restore order
in Mexico by armed intervention."
Two minutes was then granted each
man for refutation argument
Pref. Searl Davis was in charge of
the tryouts and will coach the squad,
cne man to act as alternate.
Other candidates were: Howard
Teterson. Arthur Finstrom, S. A- Jer
man, John J. O'Brian and Fred Hell
ner. '
Iowa The science department used
a novel way to stimulate interest in
scientific knowledge recently. An
eclipse of the moon was predicted,
and a party was held, at which those
interested in astronomy observed the
eclipse. Ex.
toard, has been a reporter on the staff
of The Daily Nebraskan, and last year
was chairman of the junior play com
mittee. Talk of other candidates has not
yet developed a man for the race. Al
bert Bryson, of Fullertonr has been
mentioned, but he stated yesterday
that he would not enter the race. Oth
er names have been proposd, but with
ro eager response. Henry Cacpbell,
who was mentioned, was quote"d Dy one
of his close friends yesterday as be
ing sure he would not try for the Job.
FIVE NEBRASKANS
RECOMMENDED FOR
STATE HALL OF FAME
Robert W. Furnas, J. Sterling Mor
ton, Isaac Pollard, Charles E. Bessey,
and Richard H. Daniels, five men
whose names have been connected
with the history of Nebraska and its
agricultural development, were recom
mended for the Nebraska hall of fame
by the Nebraska hall of agricultural
achievement yesterday morning.
These men are the first to be placed
en. the honor roll. Regulations were
adopted by the Nebraska hall of agri
cultural achievement which provide
for yearly recommendation of men
now dead for places In the hall of
fame.
TWO SENIORS DIDO
NOT MAKE QUINTET
SO INTERCLASS BASKETBALL
GAME WAS NOT PLAYED
Varsity Meets Brandeis Team of
Omaha Tonight Two of Regulars
Are Crippled
The promised junior-senior basket
ball game did not develop last night,
due to the lack of material from which
to make a senior team.
The game will be forfeited to the
juniors by the score of 2 to 0.
Messrs. Kenner and Selzer were the
only fourth year men to put in an ap
pearance, and they did not feel equal
to taking on five juniors.
The basketball fans of the-University
will have the privilege of seeing
two Nebraska teams in action against
each other tonight when the varsity
and the Brandeis team of Omaha mix.
The battle ought to be a real one
from start to finish if advance dope
can be believed. The Brandeis five Is
always one of the strongest In the
state, and will undoubtedly make the
Cornhuskers go at their very best clip
if they are to emerge the winners.
It will he a somewhat crippled crew
that will represent Nebraska in this
contest and the one tomorrow night
Collins and Flothow. both first team
men. are laid up. Collins has a brok
en hand and Flothow has spent sev
eral days in bed.
The lineup of the two teams is not
certain, but it will probably be as
follows:
Nebraska Brandeie
Nelson f Burkenroad
Campbell f Ritchie
Flynn c Rector
Wertz g Koran
RIddell g Smith
PHI DELTA CHI
PREPARES FOR
NATIONAL MEETING
A reception at the chapter house
Tuesday, February 19, a banquet at
the Lincoln, Wednesday and an Or
pheum party Thursday evening Is the
schedule that the Nebraska chapter of
Phi Dejta Chi has arranged for the
national convention of the fraternity
to meet here.
The mornings and afternoons of the
three days' session will be given to
business meetings, and a discussion of
the policies for the coming year.
ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT
REARRANGING SCHEDULE
FOR NEW ENROLLMENT
By rearranging nearly the ' entire
schedule of classes in zoology, that de
partment has finally made room for
the heavy enrollment A still further
increase is expected for next semester
and no way is apparent to provide
for it
The department hopes to relieve the
crowded condition by moving into the
new quarters during spring vacation.
GIRLS REPORT ON
HEALTHMERVISION
COMMITTEE PREPARES PETITION
FOR SUBMISSION TO BOARD
Quote Statistics to Show Need of
Regular Fee Levied Each
Semester
The petition given below, asking the
University regents to impose a regular
fee for medical supervision, was read
and adopted by the girls' club last
night to be presented to the regents
at an early meeting. ,
To the Honorable Chancellor and
Members of the Board of Regents,
University of Nebraska:
Dear Sirs:
On October 31, 1916, a mass meeting
of the student body of the University
of Nebraska was called for the pur
pose of ascertaining what the senti
ment was regarding health supervision
at the University of Nebraska. The
women students voiced the need of a
department of health supervision and
expressed their willingness to have
levied upon them a fee such as that
levied in universities of a like charac
ter, to cover the costs of such a de
partment with a resident physician
and nurse in charge. By unanimous
vote is was resolved that a committee
be appointed to make a study of this
subject and to take the necessary,
steps to bring this matter to your at
tention. We, the undersigned members of
this committee, therefore, respectfully
8ubm.it for your careful consideration
this report
In order to ascertain some facts re
garding health conditions among the
women students a questionnaire, a
copy of which is herewith enclosed,
was sent to each member of the Girls'
Club Council, an organization com-
I posed of representatives of each soror
ity and rooming house about the Uni
versity. These members submitted
this questionnaire to each girl by them
represented. '
Absence for Illness
Three hundred replies were thus re
ceived and tabulated. It was found
that these three hundred girls were
absent on an average of four days per
year (the academic year 1915-1918),
on account of illness. Each girl con
sulted a physician on an average of
two times, and paid for such consulta
tion $5.50. Sixty percent of this Ill
ness was of an acute nature, while
40 per cent was of a chronic nature. It
was found that the majority of those
111 remained in their rooms, where
they often lacked adequate care and
nursing and where tbey were sub
jecting their roommates and other
I girls of the house to the lnconven
I iences and dangers present ' in such
cases. Those who went home incurred
still greater expenses and loss of time
From the study made the inference
Is warranted that the same ratio
would apply to those from whom it
was not possible to obtain a report.
If this be true, the 1,988 women stu
dents registered in 1915-1916 paid
$10,934 for medical services and lost
7,952 days of school work. A reduc
tion of this expenditure of time and
money would increase the efficiency of
the student body.
It was further found that many of
the large universities have such a de
partment of health supervision. Among
these are the University of California,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Wellesley, Bryn
Mawr and Columbia. The beneficial
results growing out of such health su
pervision have been found numerous
in these institutions.
Benefits of System
Irregularities In the attendance of
classes where such were due to sick
ness have been greatir reduced. It
. fartntnted the Isolation of cases
J of communicable diseases occurring
in boarding houses, and thereby made
it possible to more easily control such
diseases. Many physical defects' have
