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Daily VOL. XVI. NO. 97. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS I lie Nebras MRS. EDDY OPENS Y.W.C.UJAMPAIGN Speak at Vespera Yesterday After noon on "l It Nothing to You?" "Is it nothing to you that there are girls by the thousands who are long ing to have what you and I have? That they think of our time speitt In the University in the friendships of those about us and actually long for our opportunities?" Mrs. Catherine Willard Eddy of Kansas City who has come to assist in the Nebraska to China campaign which began yesterday, asked this question of the University women at Vespers last evening at 5:00 o'clock. "Is it nothing to you tnat there are thousands of girls who are lonely from one Monday morning to the next Monday morning?" There are lots of girls in these, towns in Nebraska and some right here with us who would give most anything to have our good friends. These conditions are not confined to Nebraska, or to New York or to the United States, but to all of the world, and especially to India. "In India, many of the men have left their homes and are fighting in this terrible war; and the women are beginning to think of the world in a different way." Mrs. Eddy told of a missionary who was passing down the street one day and heard crying. Upon going in side of the little hut, all that was dis tinguishable was Just a little bundle of clothes in a corner and if it had not been for the sobbing that came from It one would have never believed that there was anything alive. The missionary asked ' the little Indian woman why Bhe was crying, and for answer she showed her a worn-out newspaper that had in it the "list of Hie missing." Her husband's name was on the list. Xot long ago a. priest from the BramaSamaj, the reformed religion of India went to one of the mission aries and asked her to deliver lec tures in the temple to a group of Indian wmen who were leaders and thinkers. And the missionary gasped when he told her what the subject was to be, for it was "The' Social Teachings of Christ" And then the priest ex plained that the people were anxious to know all they could about such things because they realized in the new sense of freedom they will enjoy, they will be swept away If they have nothing to which to anchor.' "And then, there Is China, wonder ful old China, keeping her civilization alone through all the years," said Mrs. Eddy. And from that has come a womanhood to which' we are tremen dously responsible. They hold us as an example. They are clamoring to be like Americans. They get Just a taste and then want more." "And then there is the old city of Chup. Chow, surounded by high walls. Soron time ago when an American missionary went there, one of the Chlnrae women told her not to speak of a Y. W. C. A. because they had been promised one three years before and sill had none. "This missionary gathered together some of the educated and wealthy women of the city and as a result of the efforts of these women established four milk stations, eight playgrounds and a tuberculosis hospital." "It It nothing to you, that the coun try is looking to you, that the Chinese men say 'we want our women to bo at their best?' "One of the greatest things that has ever come into my life," declared Mrs. Eddy, "has come from a Hindu oman. A "doctor was on big way to ee a boy who was ill in a hospital, nd he met a little woman, holding her small son by one band and her Ule daughter, a hunchback, by the other. The doctor got off his horse nd told the woman about his God, because he knew that she was going to make a religious sacrifice. (Continued to Page Three) HOLCOMBE TO REPORT ON CHICAGO MEETING Will Tell of Committee of Counsel at Mid-week Devotional Steele Holcombe, '17, president of the Y. M. u. A., will report on the convention of tlie committee of coun sel in Chicago last week, which he at tended as the representative of the Western and Rocky Mountain states, at the mid-week devotional meeting of the Y. M. C. A. in the Y. M. C. A. rooms of the Temple at 7 o'clock this evening. PHI PSIS TAKE SIGJP. GAME Win Sensational Contest in Inter fraternity Basketball Tournament 22 to 6 To Meet A. T. O's. Displaying a sensational basket shooting game and at the same time an exceptional system of close guard ing, the Phi Psis defeated the Sig Sps last night by the score of 22 to 6. The long-distance basket shooting of the Phi Psis in the first half has been unequaled ,in any game on the Armory flooor this season. Of the eight field goals made by them in this half all but one was made from nearthe center of the floor. Selzer and Cook vied with each other In dropping in the long ones, each getting three of the hair-raising variety. Porter, who missed the bank board by several feet on his first at tempt at a goal, redeemed himself later by caging a pretty one from the center. Seeman added the other score for the first half on a short one from under the basket. In the second half, with the score 16 to 5 In their favor, the Phi Psis con centrated on guarding and held their opponents helpless, not allowing them a field goal while they added to their total by dropping in three more. Throughout the game the Sig Eps were unable to get together, and al though their teamwork went well at times they could not get near enough to the goal to score. The Phi Psis showed a complete re versal of form from what they have been displaying In their earlier games. If they can keep up the pace they set last night, when they meet the A. T. O's. in th finals next Friday, the championship will be decided by a merry battle. The lineup follows: Phi Psl 22 Sig EP 6 Selzer f Townsend Kellogg f Graf Seeman c Albrecht Porter g Graham Cook g Plehn Substitutions Kosltzky for Plehn, Bennett for. Graf, Plehn for Townsend. Field Goals Selzer 4, Cook 3, Port er 2, Seetaan 2, Graham, Townsend. Free Throws Townsend, Plehn. Referee Anderson. UPPERCLASS DEBATE POSTPONED A WEEK Put Off Junior-Senior Battle Until Next Thursday Week Under Class Men Get Fever The Junior and senior debating teams, seeing the scheduled date of their meeting Thursday drawing down upen them, decided that at least an other week was necessary to do full Justice to the task an! accordingly postT)oned the battle unt 1 a week from Thursday. Although still scheduled as origin ally, the freshman-sophomore debate may also be put off a week, according to reports, for It is said that the un derclassmen are also clamoring for a noRtDdnment A meeting of the inter- class debating board has been called lor this morning at 10:30 in Law 107 to definitely decide the dates. Nebraska Girls To Raise $1,500 In Nebraska To China Campaign Beginning this evening, Nebraska University girls will pledge subscrip tions toward the raising of $1,500 for the support of Miss Grace Coppock, '05, national secretary of the Y. V. C. A. in China. The campaign, which has always been known as the Nebraska to China campaign, is being conducted by the University Y. V. C. A., and two dis tinguished representatives of other as sociations, Mrs. Katlierine Willard Eddy, of Kansas City, foreign secre tary and Miss Adelia Dodge of Min neapolis, are here to co-operate with the local organization. Mrs. Eddy spoke at Vespers yesterday afternoon on "Is It Nothing to You?" and Miss Dodge will speak at a mass meeting of all University girls in the Y. W. C. A. rooms in the Temple at 7:00 o'clock this evening. The national secretaryship in China has always been considered Nebraska University's own field, since Miss Coppock is a Nebraska alumna and every girl in the University will be given an opportunity to pledge what ever she feels able to give towards its support. Pledges will be taken at the mass meeting tonight, and during PHI DELTA PHI ANNOUNCES PLEDGES Honorary Legal Fraternity Takes Seven New Men Into Member ship Phi Delta Phi, honorary legal frater nity, announcess the following pledges: H. D. Burgess, law '19, Beatrice. R. S. Hewitt, law, '19, Lincoln. H. M. Johnson, law, 19, Fremont. M. J. Keegan, law, '19, Alliance. Edgar Kiddoo, law, '19, Lincoln. Wallace Spear, law, '19, Geneva. John Stoddard, law, '19, Auburn. PREPARE FOR THREE HUNDRED Expect That Many at Annual All-Greek Party Friday Committee Will Not Divulge Plans The final plans for the All-Greek party to be given by all fraternities and sororities Friday night have been completed and the program Is ready for production but not for discussion. It is said to be filled with stunts of an unusual nature, singing, dancing, skits and snappy vaudeville work but the committee refuses to divulge all the surprises it thinks they will have. Accommodations for three hundred have been made at the Alpha Sig house and all organization people have been' Informally Invited, singly, by couples or by groups. "Fussing" is neither encouraged nor tabooed. The program is arranged to work quickly and will start promptly at 8 o'clock and end at 10. From 10 o'clock on the debris will be cleared away and the whole enter tainment turned over to the orchestra and the dancers. A regulation stage with all the proper stage effects possi ble has been arranged and the artists will be allowed anything from a spot light to the hook. Comparatively few other social events among the Greeks have been arranged for that night and all of them will be represented at the party in one way or another. Extra details may leak out before the week end but the committee promises to keep the most of the stunts strictly to themselves until the night. Texas. The women at the Univer sity of Texas organized a steam-roller in the recent class elections which was successful In putting a co-ed in every office. Ex. the remainder of the week, a personal campaign will be carried on, during which every girl will be visited. T - - y. ."' - t .v J'. ' "Tfa .MMMMk y " "s MRS. KATHERINE WILLARD EDDY of Kansas City Foreign Secretary of the Y. W. C. A. visiting the University in the in terest of the Nebraska to China cam paign. OPPOSE GRANTING NON-ATHLETIC "N'S" Athletic Board Against Letters for Other Activities Strong opposition to the granting of "N's" or "N" sweaters to any but members of athletic teams developed at the last meeting of the athletic board Monday. The board went on record as being opposed to this sug bestion, believing that the letter is an athletic emblem and should not be awarded to participants in other acti vities. VARSITY SQUAD LEAVESOR IOWA Cornhusker Basketball Team Leaves To Meet Ames and Drake in Conference Series The basketball squad leaves tl.is afternoon for Iowa where they will play two games with the Ames Ag gies and one with Drake. " The Ames games will be played on Thursday and Friday nights at Ames. On Saturday night the Drake Bull dogs will entertain the Cornhuskers. Eight men will be taken on the trip, Captain Campbell, Flothow, Jackson, Wertz, Nelson, Riddell, Pickett and Flynn. DEAN GRAHAM GIVES t TEA FOR MRS. EDDY Entertains for University Girls In Honor of Y. W. C. A. Foreign Secretary . Dean Mary Graham entertained a large number of University girls at tea yesterday afternoon In Faculty hall in honor of Mrs. Katherlne Wil lard Eddy, foreign secretary of the Y. W. C. A. here In the Interests of the Nebraska to China campaign. Miss Ina Gittings of the department of physical education and Mrs. Harry Bigglestone poured. The reception committee included Harriet Ramey, Edla Collins, Melba Qulgley, Con stance Lyford, Doris Scrogginr, and Mary Haller. Wlnnifred Moran, Kate Helz, Faith Dedrlck, Lorene Hen dricks, Carolyn Reod and Ethel Hart ley served. Purdue. Chicago University de feated Purdue University 66 to 20 in the first Indoor track meet of the Beason. Ex. RALPH THIESEN REPLACES COREY Elected to Fill Ex-Captain's Shoes on Athletic Board at Last Meeting Ralph Tliiesen, '17, of West Point, was elected student member of the University athletic board to replace "Tim" Corey, who has left the Univer sity, at the last regular meeting of the board. Thiesen was a member of the var sity basketball squad last year, and has been actively connected with var sity athletics for the past three years. A BROADER SENSE OFJATRIOTISM "The International Mind Teaches One To Love the Whole World," Says Mr. Holmes "The International Mind," teaches me not to love my country less, but to love all countries more," Rev. John Haynes Holmes, pastor of the Church of the Messiah, New York city, and president of the Free religious asso ciation of America, told an unusually large Convocation audience yesterday morning. "This international mind is non-partisan and unprejudiced. It does not believe that the destinies of humanity depend upon the victory of one na tion over another, but upon the accom plishment of international peace. It is not interested in the pride of kings, but in the minds of men," Mr. Holmes declared. Each nation is a pillar to civiliza tion, and if one pillar falls, the whole fabric is likely to be destroyed. Each country needs the other. The only way of salvation is to recognize that all of these nations are our kinsmen, that they belong to us and we to them, the speaker explained. "The war is trivial for all its vast ness," Mr. Holmes emphasized. "There are no issues Involved in this war that are worth a man laying down his life." The only issues worth such a sacri fice are those concerning liberty or civilization. "The nations now are fighting to destroy the power of their enemies." "The international mind looks upon the horizons of the world, and sees the world as one great organism of humanity. Every other point of view contains seeds of destruction, selfish ness, love of power and pride." "You and I today are looking upon the most sublime patriotism the world has ever seen," Mr. Holmes concluded. The distinction between the inter national and national minds, he assert ed, is that the latter confines its praise in- recognizing the devotion and brav ery of one people, while the former refuses to distinguish one from the other, and offers equal reverence to all. Discussing the blame for the pres ent war, Mr. Holmes said it could not be placed upon the shoulders of one person, or even upon a group of per sons. All nations together are re sponsible, for they made the interna tional conditions which caused the war. STEELE HOLCOMBE HEADS JUNIOR LAWS Elected President at Meeting Yester day Morning White, Folsom and Wallace Other Officers Steele Holcombe was elected presi dent of the Junior law class at their regular' election held yesterday morn ing in the Junior law room. Other officers named were, H. T. White, vice president; Willard Folsom, secretary treasurer, and A. B. Wallace, Ser-geant-at-Arms. The meeting was held with the us ual amount of hilarity which is a distinctive feature of the law elections. SENIORS ELECT A CO-EDPRESIDERT MARGUERITE KAUFFMAN ONE OF FIRST TO RECEIVE THIS HONOR Anderson is Junior President; Carr, To Be Ivy Day Orator; Wenger and Johnson Also Win ELECTION RESULTS Senior President Marguerite Kauffman 171 Ladislaus Kubik 75 Ivy Day Oratoi E. Everett Carr 17 Charles M. Frey 75 Junior President Ralph Anderson 95 Fred T. Cotter 29 Carlisle Jones 57 Max A. Miller 79 Merl Townsend 94 Editor-in-Chief Cornhusker Wayne L. Townsend 265 Sophomore President William Johnson '. 207 Fay H. Pollock 197 Junior Managing Editor Cornhusker Robert Wenger 244 Ray Bedford 130 Business Manager Cornhusker Charles Peterson 263 Freshman r President Henry M. Dally 23 Marguerite Kauffman of Hardy was elected president of the senior class at the second semester elections yes terday and thereby becomes one of the few co-ed presidents in the his tory of University politics since they advanced beyond the mass meeting stage: She won from her opponent, Ladislaus Kubik, of Clarkson, by a vote of 171 to 75. This victory of senior co-eds in class politics is considered by campus pol iticians to be a precedent which is likely to be followed in the future. Never before, they say, was a suffrage candidate supported by so efficient; a machine as the one which backed Miss Kauffman. Surprises, upsets, and hairbreadth decisions were also frequent enough to make the election results unique in several ways. The closest race of all came In the junior class, as predicted, when Ralph Anderson, of Genoa, won the presidency in a field of five can didates with a single vote between him and his nearest opponent, Merl Townsend, of Tecumseh. The vote here was 95 to 94. Max Miller of Lin coln followed with 79. The race for Ivy day orator, which was more definitely fought during this campaign than for several years, was won by E. Everett Carr of Lin coln with a large majority. He polled 173 votes to 75 for his opponent, Charles M. Frey, also of Lincoln. One of the surprises of the day was the easy victory of Robert Wenger over Roy Bedi'ord in the race for Jun ior managing editor of the Corn husker. "Wenger received 244 votes to 130 for Bedford, although pre-election forecasts Indicated an unusually close brush". The sophomore presidency went to Will T. Johnson of Pawnee City by ten votes, the closest decision of the election, with the exception of that for Junior president. The vote was 207 for Johnson and 197 for Fay H. Pollock of Omaha. Ttaking the election as a whole, the voting yesterday was not much heav ier than that usually polled at second semester elections. It was heavier In the Junior class and lighter In the freshman class than it was a year ago. Michigan. Students at the Univer sity of Michigan may dance until 3 o'clock In the morning at formal parties. Ex.