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VOL. XVI. NO. 94.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
11 Hue Daily
Mebrasl
AMERICA AND
THEJ70RLD WAR
DR. FLING SPEAKS ON PRESENT
CRISIS AT COMMENCEMENT
Believes That War Must Come In
Timt More Than America Alone
To Fight For
That it is only a question of time
in his opinion until America is drawn
into the world war. and that when
she takes up arms, she will be fighting
for more than the loss of American
lives was the pith of the mes
sage delivered by Dr. F. M. Fling,
head of the department of European
history, to the fifty-one Mid-winter
graduates at the commencement exer
cises in the Temple theatre last night.
It was the largest crowd which ever
attended a similar occasion at Ne
braska University.
Heretofore America has concerned
herself only with those things which
concerned her personality we have
touched only those things which
touched us but now, when we seem
to be on the point of being forced
into the conflict, it is for us to know
what we are going to fight for, if we
have to fight, and to let the world
know also. As a people of a demo
cracy which believes that the small
nation has a right to live out its own
existence, we should throw ourselves,
when we have to fight with the side
that stands for these things.
For the World as a Whole
At the close of his speech, which
lasted well over an hour. Dr. Fling ex
pressed faith in the judgment of the
people of America, and said: "I be
lieve that if America is drawn into
the war, she would go into it dispas
sionately, as though she were going
on a Holy Crusade, not because it
was America first, but because Amer
ica was willing to sacrifice something
for the world as a whole."
The audience followed Dr. Fling's
words with unusual interest, and wel
comed his statement that, whether
America sat at the council table of na
tions after the war as a belligerent or
as a neutral, she would be fair, with
an emphatic burst of applause. A
dramatic silence came when he paused
after he declared that, in his mind, it
would be but a question of time until
America is forced into the struggle.
Although the loss of lives in pre
vious American wars is not to be
passed over lightly, still the sacrifice
of blood was not too great when our
federation of states was threatened
in the war of the Rebellion, and now,
fighting for a federation of nations,
it would be a blessed thing if we
could sit with the powers of Europe
after the war and have something to
say about how the new world system
would be organized, he declared.
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REV, J. H. HOLMES
AT CONVOCATION
Well-known New York Pastor Here
Next Tuesday "The Interna
tional Mind"
Rev. John Haines Holmes, minister
of the Church of the Messiah, of New
Vork city, will speak at Convocation
rext Tuesday on "The International
Mind.' Mr. Holmes Is president of
the free religious asociation of Amer
ica, a society of which Ralph Waldo
Emerson was one of the founders.
Rev. A. L. Weatherly, minister of
'he Unitarian church of Lincoln, Is a
Personal friend of Mr. Holmes, and
it is largely through the efforts of Mr.
Weatherly that the prominent New
lork minister has been secured. Mr.
Weatherly pronounces Mr. Holmes
"one of the most brilliant, forceful
nd virile lecturers of the day."
DR. H. M. PAYNE
IS NEXT SPEAKER
AT SIGMA XI
Dr Henry Mace Payne will address
Sigma XI, February 19, in his capacity
as a mining export. Dr. Payne has
spent several years in Alaska and
Siberia investigating the mineral pos
sibilities in the frozen gravels. The
lecture will be illustrated by numer
ous slides of mining work.
PROF, E. F. SCHRAMM
FACULTUECTURER
Selected at University Week Speaker
Will Lecture on Central Amer
ican Countries
Prof. Frank E. Schramm of the de
partment of geology was chosen as
the faculty lecturer on the University
Week program yesterday. He will
give an illustrated lecture on British
Honduras and Guatemalia, two typi
cal Central American countries.
Professor Schramm, is thoroughly
familiar with the geographical and
geological conditions of these Central
American countries, having spent a
number of years there. He will not
confine his lecture to these matters,
however, but will illustrate the life
there.
Another interesting part of Profes
sor Schramm's lecture, is that he is
thoroughly acquainted with the geolog
ical conditions adjacent to the towns
which will be visited by University
Week and will answer al questions
in regard to these.
The selection of Professor Schramm
completes the University Week pro
gram, which includes five numbers.
They are, in addition to his lecture,
the band, the glee club, the road show
and the University Players.
The program for the road show,
is complete save for the selection of
a male quartet and a celloist.
STUDENTS LEAD
BOYS CLASSES
University Men Have Taken Import
ant Part in Leadership of Boys
Take Courses of Study
University students during the past
semester have taken a big part in the
field of student leadership of boys
and have taken charge of a number of
boys clubs and classes in the city.
A club, composed of the poorer
boys in the city as well as newsboys
over twelve years of age, is under the
direction of Ray Cowan, '19, while W.
V. McElhaney, '20, has charge of a
boy's game room in one of the grade
schools of the city. Ray Bigelow, '17,
Dana Harper, '20, Floyd Rogers, 19,
Paul E. Armstrong, '19 and David
Diefenderfer, '19 are serving as scout
masters of troups of various churches
of the city. Three Sunday school
classes of the city are in charge of
George Driver, '19, J. R. Jewell. '20
and Carl Heath. '20.
Besides showing an interest in act
ual teaching, university students have
enrolled in classes concerned w ith boy
life and the methods of working with
boys. Dr. A. R. Waite, formerly of
the International committee on Boys'
Work is teaching a large class In
"Boyology" and. at present is alBO
leading a group in the discussion of
"Boy Life and Problems." Twenty-
five have already enrolled i a scout
masters training class under the di
rection of F. E. King, boys' secretary
at the Y. M. C. A, which will hold its
meeting next Tuesday night. The pur
pose of the class is not only to enable
the men to lead scout classes but to
enable them, with experience, to or
ganize the boys in their home towns
when they return for the summer.
HUSKERS DROP
ANOTHER ONE
Kansas Aggies Take Second Game by
Big Score Nebraska's
Rating Drops
Manhattan, Kas., Feb. 15. The
Kansas Aggies continued their whirl
wind playing against Nebraska again
tonight and took the second game
by the score of 37-10.
The Nebraska five was dead on
its feet, and the large floor, which
bothered them somewhat last night,
was a source of even more worry to
night. The teamwork of the Ne
braska squad suffered from the extent
of the playing space, and the close
guarding game which Nebraska has
been using this year could not be
worked effectively on the "Aggies,"
who were perfectly at home on the
extensive floor.
Almost perfect floorwork and re
markable skill at hitting the basket
made matters easy for the "Aggies"
who took the lead after the first few
minutes and gradually drew away
from the Huskers. Captain Reynolds,
who starred last night, again played a
brilliant game, both at covering the
floor and throwing goals from the
field.
The game was not so fiercely con
tested as that of last night, although
there were a good number of free
throws granted each side. Captain
Campbell, Nelson, Riddell, and Flo
thow played good games for the Corn
huskers. The Nebraska team leaves tomor
row for Lawrence, where it will meet
the Jayhawkers in two games, Fri
day and Saturday nights.
VIOLIN RECITAL
AT CONVOCATION
August Molzer Entertains Convocation
Audience in Temple Theatre
A Varied Program
August Molzer gave a violin recital
at Convocation yesterday morning in
the Temple theatre to a fair-sized audi
ence. Miss La Rue Moore Shire ac
companied him on the piano.
The program follows:
Theme with variations, Corelli-Tar-tini-Kreisler.
Randino, Vieuxtemps.
Minuet Capricieux, Carse.
Conzoletta, Schutt-Molzer.
Caprice, Danela-Molzer.
Reverie, Fibich-Molzer.
Petit Minuet Bohemienne. Molzer.
Serenade, Molzer.
HAVE MADE AN
ENVIABLE RECORD
Portmanteau Players, Here Wednes
day, Distinctive Organization
Will Give Six Plays
Coming from successful engage
ments in New York and Chicago, the
Portmanteau players, who will be in
Lincoln next Wednesday, February 21,
will present six of the plays in which
they have made big hits. The matinee
plays will be "Six Who Pass While
the Lentis Boils," "Nevertheless," by
Stuart Walker, and Oscar Wilde's
"The Birthday of Infanta." In the
evening, "Gammar Gurton's Needle,"
"Voices," and "The Gods of the Moun
tain," will be given.
"The Gods in the Mountains" Is
said to be really a great short play.
It tells the story of seven beggers,
desperate at the parsimony of the city
in which they live, who conceive the
collassal insolence of passing them
selves off as the seven Jade gods that
for centuries have sat mute and Im
mobile in the mountains at Marma
Successful in their gigantic hoax, they
are being courted and feted and fed
when their chatter is stilled by a
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WORK ON KOSMET
PLAYJPROGRESSES
Representative Array of University
Dramatic Talent In Cast of "The
Diplomat" New Music
Under the direction of Prof. R. D.
Scott who has coached five successful
Kosmet Klub productions, rehearsals
for "The Diplomat," first presented
by the Klub in 1912. are well under
way in preparation for the presenta
tion of the play April 13 at the Oliver
theatre.
The lead role, that of the dictator,
which Roy F. Allen made famous,
will be filled this year by Walter C.
Johnson, '18, of Omaha. The cast in
general presents a promising array of
University dramatic talent, including
Ray L. Doyle, '17, who will appear in
his fourth Kosmet production, Robert
Drake, '14, an old Kosmet star taking
post-graduate work in the University;
Natalie Spencer, '20, Marguerite Lon
am, '19, Susie Scott, '18, Norman Cur
tice, '19 and Ellsworth Moser, '18.
The lyrics for the play have been
entirely rewritten by C. Leroy Mei
singer, '17, who won more than Uni
versity recognition by his music for
the 1916 Kosmet play. Critics who
have heard the music declare that it
easily surpasses the original orches
tration which itself started the Uni
versity to humming when it first ap
peared. Although too early to judge accu
rately the reception which will greet
the repetition of "The Diplomat,"
early indications of interest seem to
insure one of the best Kosmet crowds,
according to the business managers,
Ellsworth Moser and Max Miller.
HOWE, FRESHMAN,
TO WEST POINT
Receives Appointment to United States
Military Academy Second Uni
versity Man to go This Year
Burton M. Howe, '20, of Valentine,
has been advised that his application
for appointment to the United States
Military academy at West Point
through Representative Kincaid has
been granted. He intends to finish this
semester's work in the University,
probably going into summer camp next
June.
This is the second University stu
dent who has received appointment to
the academy during the present year.
Harold Holtz, '17, received notice of
his appointment shortly before the
close of the first semester.
SHORT COURSE FOR
MERCHANTS CLOSES
Yesterday Last Day of Session in Mer
chant Methods in Connection
With Retailer's Convention
The Merchant's short course, held in
connection with the annual convention
of the Nebraska Federation of Retail
ers, closed yesterday.
The last day's session was neces
sarily shortened by the fact that
Robert B. Schreffler, president of the
Rcbreffler Stores Efficiency Company
of Chicago, who was to have been one
of the speakers, was unable to be here.
H. G. Larimer of Chariton, Iowa, who
was scheduled to make two speeches
on "Getting Interested In Your Own
Business" and "Selling Forces," com
bined them into one.
Talk Interesting
The talk of Mr. Larimer was in some
ways the most interesting of any given
at the session. Himself a successful
retail merchant in a country town, be
said that he saw a great future for the
small town, not agreeing with those
who would hare us believe that the
small community is dying out
The importance of better business
men was stressed by Mr. Larimer, w ho
DR. MAXEY ON
THE INTERNATIONAL
SITUATION OF TODAY
Dr. Edwin Maxey, professor of inter
national law talked to the members
of the Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity
Wednesday night on "The Interna
tional Situation."
Dr. Maxey gave all the steps which
led up to our break with Germany
and emphasized the legal points that
have arisen in that connection.
IN BESSEY HALL
BY SPRING RECESS
Departments of Biological Sciences
Expect to Move into New Build
ing then Dedication Later
Bessey hall, the first of the build
ings on the program for the extended
city campus, will be occupied during
tpring recess if present plans work
out Formal dedication of the build
ing will not come until next fell, how
ever. Bessey hall, named in honor of Dr.
Charles E. Bessey, will contain the
departments of the biological sciences.
The department of botany is to ocupy
the three floors at the east end, the
zoology department the same tier at
the west end, and the bacteriology de
partment the middle section of the
first floor.
The building is now practically com
plete, save for several pieces of equip
ment which have been held up through
the uncertainty of the market. All
of the equipment is expected within
the next few days.
asserted that the average merchant
does not know his own business. As a
means of becoming more familiar with
your own business he showed the
necessity of having an adequate ac
counting system which will not only
keep your accounts but will show
which lines are paying and which are
not.
TUESDAY CLOSES
UNIQUE CAMPAIGN
Class Elections to Decide Some ln
teresting Races Fesijres
Are Frequent
One of the most interesting political
campaigns in years will close next
Tuesday, which is University election
day.
Not only has the interest in the
various races been marked and sus
tained, but the definiteness of the in
dividual campaigns has made the gen
eral situation in the four classes uni
que. In the junior race, in which there
are said to be five candidates who will
be up before the voters Tuesday, the
situation is particularly interesting.
The class seems to be evenly divided
among the five candidates, each of
whom seems to have a corner of the
ring staked down and held by his ad
herents. F. T. Cotter of Omaha;
Ralph Anderson, of Genoa; Carlisle
Jones, of Neligh; Max Miller, of Lin
coln and Merle Townsend, of Tecum
seh are the five juniors who aspire to
the presidency Job.
The other wing of this race, that
for the position of editor-in-chief of
the CornhuEker, will go to Wayne
Townsend, of Cook, without opposi
tion, it appears. By tradition, the Jun
ior managing editor of the Cornhusker
is elected the editor-in-chief, although
during the last few years there have
been some strong attempts to estab
lish a precedent in this regard.
The presence of Marguerite Kauff
mann, of Hardy, in the race for senior
president complicates thit situation
and contributes to the general unique
ness of the campaign' this semester.
Miss Kauffman, who Is a Black
Masque, was the first to announce ber-
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REGENTS ELLECT
HALLERJRESIDEhT
AGAIN ASK BIDS ON AGRICUL
TURAL ENGINEERING BUILDING
Propose Eclectic Medical Study for
College at Omaha Chancellor to
Investigate Journalism
Regent Frank Haller of Omaha was
elected president of the board of Uni
versity regents at their regular Char
ter day meeting yesterday morning.
Mr. Haller succeeds Mr. Lyford, who
asked the board to be relieved from
the duties of the office.
The new president of the board will
announce the standing committees
within a short time. Regent Landis
will probably succeed to the commit
tee places formerly held by Regent
Whitmore, but there may be some re
adjustments. The regents decided to authorize the
property committee to advertise again
for bids on the agricultural engineer
ing building as soon as amended speci
fications to reduce the cost could be
worked out. This building was twice
under consideration last year, but all
bids had to be rejected then because
of excessive cost. It is hoped that it
can be built this year.
To Study Journalism Courses
The chancellor was instructed to
make a thorough study of courses in
journalism as given in other univer
sities and to be prepared to report to
the regents at the next meeting.
I In the afternoon, with Dean I. S.
i Cutter of the college of medicine at
Omaha, and Dr. Andrus, secretary of
the state eclectic medical society
present, the regents discussed the
teaching of eclectic medicine in the
colege at Omaha. It is hoped to be
able coon to make a report favorable
to commencing this teaching at the
Omaha college.
The board reviewed the building
'.situation, including the present and
probable future cost of material, with
Architect Hodgdon of Chicago. The
1 -Avmvnl AAninneiio nf nnininn wfl B that
gcuciai cuhuduo v. vKv
buildnig material was not likely to be
lower for a very considerable time in
the future.
The resignation of Tell W. Nicolet,
assistant professor of horticulture,
was accepted. Professor Nicolet goes
to the University of Illinois where
work of the exact type for which he
was trained, namely, landscape archi
tecture, is being developed more near
ly in harmony with his training than
at Nebraska. In leaving he expresses
bis good will towards the institution
and goes to another field with the best
w ishes of the regents.
New Appointments Made
The following new appointments
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NEBRASKA TO CHINA
CAMPAIGN TUESDAY
Mrs. Katherine Willard Eddy and
Miss Adelia Dodge Will Help the
University Y. W. C. A.
With Mrs. Katherine Willard Eddy
and Miss Adelia Dodge both here to
help in the work, the Nebraska to
China campaign to support Miss Grace
Cappock, '05, national secretary of the
Y. W. C. A. in China will begin next
Tuesday.
Mrs. Eddy, who is well known all
over America for her missionary work.
will speak at Vespers at 5 o'clock in
the afternoon and Wednesday evening
a mass meeting for all University
women will be held in the Temple,
with Mrs. Eddy and Miss Dodge pres
ent. The campaign will be made s
thorough as possible, and all Univei
sity girls who are not present at the
meetings will be seen personally dur
ing the days following.