Daily Nebraskae
VOL. XVI. NO. 58.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
in
TENTH IN STUDENTS
OF JOURNALISM
NEBRASKA RANKS HIGH IN NUM
BER ENROLLED
Cart H. Getx, of Ohio State University
Write Concerning School of
' Journalism
Nebraska University, offering little
in the way of journalistic training as
compared to other universities and
colleges, nevertheless ranks tenth in
the number of students taking the
work. This is one of the points made
in a communication from Carl H. Getz
of Ohio State University to The Daily
Xebraskan. in commenting upon the
agitation for a school of journalism at
this institution.
Professor Getz reviews .the history
of the teaching of Journalism, from the
time, eleven years ago, when it was
not taught at all. to the present time
when 5.000 students are getting jour
nalistic training in 106 colleges and
universities. His letter is printed
below:
To the Daily Nebraskan, Lincoln,
Nebraska : From Nebraska newspaper
friends of mine and as a result of
reading of Nebraska newspapers, I
have learned that the newspaper men
of Nebraska are trying to persuade
the board of regents of the University
of Nebraska to establish a school of
journalism at that institution. As sec
retary of the American Association of
Teachers of Journalism, I personally
and the organization which I repre
sent Is interested in this movement
and for that reason I though: I would
give you some information about in
struction in journalism in our Amer
ican colleges and universities, assum
ing that you are among the newspa
per men of ihe state who desire to
see the proposed school established.
University of Washington First
"Eleven years ago there was not a
college or university in the United
States which had a formally organized
department of journalism in 1 separ
ate college such as liberal arts or
arts and sciences, or a separate school. J
la 1907 the University of Washington
in Seattle established a separate de
partment In a college of liberal arts.
In 1908 the University of Missouri es
tablished a school of journalism. To
day I have record of 106 colleges and
universities offering instruction In
Journalism. To give you what I will
report to the American Association of!
Teachers of Journalism in April at
the time of the seventh annual meet
ing of the association to be held Jn
Chicago in a word, there are today
nearly 200 men and women in 106 col
leges and universities offering instruc
tion to nearly 5.000 students. No
other course of instruction in the his
tory of all education has experienced
such a rapid growth.
"X am enclosing directory of teach-
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PLANNING MERRY TIME
AT ALL-GREEK PARTY
Prepar for Capacity House at Annual
GetTogether Stunt Night on
Friday
Preparations for a capacity crowd
t the AUdreek party Friday evening,
being" made at the Alpha Sigma
Phi bouse. This party last year was
decided success and organizations
have ret ponded to the call for stunts
with rurprtsing alacrity.
It will be necessary to start the pro
gram promptly at 8 o'clock in order
to -erin dancing at 10 o'clock- The
Porpote of the party li to promote
V fellowship among the "Creeks"
of the University and to give them an
cpIKrtimitr to display their talent
Those who attend other parties that
evening are urged to spend at Wft
Prt of their time at the Alpha Sigma
Phi house. Although couples are not
Ubwt It U to be rnlemtood that
des are very welcome.
THREE-LEGGED HEN AT FARM
If hens wore shoes, a member of
the poultry family of the poultry de
partment, college of agriculture, would
be worrying about the high cost of
leather.
A three-legged hen, grown by an
Omaha poultry fancier, has been given
to the department The third leg
grows from the upper thigh. This
hen eats well, sleeps well and en
joys life in general. Poultry experts
at the state farm declare that although
many extra-legged chickens have
been hatched, few have been raised to
maturity.
PHI GAMS AND
KAPPAJIGS WIN
Defeat Phi Kappa Psi and Delta Chi
in Interfraternity Bowling on the
Y. M. C. A. Alleys Last Night
Phi Gamma Delta defeated Phi
Kappa Psi and Kappa Sigma won from
Delta Chi in the first two games of
the fifth week of the interfraternity
bowling tournament on the city T. M.
C. A. bowling alleys last night
The Phi Gam-Phi Psi game did not
bring to light any exceptional bowl
ing on the part of either team. The
Phi Psis won the first game, but fell
down in the last two, while the Phi
Gams increased their accuracy. The
total score of the two teams was Phi
Gamma Delta 2.157. Phi Kappa Psi,
2.014.
The Kappa Sigma-Delta Chi contest
was featured by the individual work
of Erwin, Delta Chi. who after a bad
start rolled 238 In his second game.
Kappa Sigma won the first and the
last games of the three, with the Delta
Chis stepping in for the second by
a good margin of pins. By total pins
scored. Delta Chi led Kappa Sigma
2.309 to 2.306. but the tournament is
being conducted on games won and
not on points. Robertson did the best
bowling for the Kappa Sigs.
These two games are the first of the
fifth and last week of the tournament
Delta Upsilon still retains the lead;
-
ithout having lost a single game
The score in detail for the
games follows:
Phi Kappa Psi
lwo
3 Totals
Players 1 2
Branch 144 163
Seeman 166 H
Augustine 118 144
Walking 137 ...
Lahr 14
Van Brandt . 142 155
136
109
126
100
130
443
415
388
137
204
427
707 706
Phi Gamma Delta
601 2014
Players 1
Caddis m
Hughes 171
O'Brien 156
NeIon 129
Hadley 92
Bodwell
2
171
173
118
167
3 Totals
14
136
157
164
476
480
431
450
92
228
123 105
6S9 752 716
2157
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HIS OLD COLONEL
INSPECTS GUARD
Commandant Parker Served Under
Col. E. A. Root. Here Inspecting
Fourth Regiment N. N. G.
CoL E. A. Root U. S. A . stationed at
Springfield. I1L. for inspection work in
the national guard in Illinois and
Indiana, who has been ordered to Lin
coln to Inspect the Fourth regiment
Nebraska national guard, is an old
officer of Captain Sam M. Parker, com
mandant of cadets.
Captain Parker served In the Thir
tieth regiment in Alaska, when Col
onel Root commanded this regiment
He met Colonel Root again on the
Mexican border last summer.
Colonel Root will work In Nebraska
IOT
trill depend how much support the gov
ernment will give for the maintenance
of the Fourth Nebraska regiment
. MAM1 wAAba I .Don Ills itwii.Uii
BASEBALL TO GOME
INTO ITS OWN
First Meeting of Varsity Prospects
Called for This Noon in
S 102, Armory
Baseball, long dead at Nebraska as
an intercillegiate sport, will be re
vived this year.
The great national game will come
to life as the result of the new con
ference ruling that the authorities of
the colleges do not have to vouch for
the amateur standing of the athletes
competing.
Several years ago the game was dis
continued at Nebraska because of
certain trouble arising from the fact
that some of the men played baseball
in the summer to get the necessary
"wherewithal" to carry them through
the year. According to a Missouri val
ley ruling at that time the athletic
authorities of the Valley schools were
forced to swear that all the men were
strictly amateurs. This could not be
done truthfully and as a result the
sport was dropped.
Nebraska should have a great team
this year, as there are a number of
men of star calibre in school. The
greatest trouble facing the coach this
year will be to find pitchers. Just at
present it is hard to line up the ma
terial in any sort of form.
' A meeting has been called for this
! noon in S 102 in the west end of the
1 a t .i m I I n r(TA
Armory. Minmura m m lu..6c
and get the men lined up as far as
nnssible so that an early start can be
made as soon as the weather becomes
settled.
RECEIVES CALL TO
CONSERVATION CONGRESS
Chancellor Avery to Attend Session
New Orleans April 3, 4,
and S
r'hanrnllnr Samuel Avprv. who Is
head of thft department of the conser-
!., , hnmnn ,nrrM of the Na -
nwnwvu
jtionai conservation congress, received
his official call yesterday to
the
seventh meeting of the congress
in
.New Orleans, April 3. 4. and 5.
This year's session has been sum
nHmiriU In formulate a defi
nite national policy in regard to flood
control and drainage, which in its
'scope Is expected to be more far - reach -
. ,, -r,utr .TPr attemoted
111 luuu J o i
" previously.
Leslie Parker and George Mong. of
, Parkerton. Wyo . have been visiting
! friends at the University.
University Folks Will Play For
Children At Mad Tea Party
(By Ruth Beecher).
It' all the fault of the Door mouse!
! Up with your heels old man:" and Paul
Dobsom. as the March bare, and Earl
Jeffrey, the Hatter, unceremoniously
dump the offending Door mouse into
the tea pot In the play. "Alice ! Won
derland." which the department of
dramatic art will present especially for
children in the Temple theatre Satur
day morning and afternoon.
You see. the Door mouse bad been
snoring right when the excitement of
the Mad Tea party was at its highest
Something had gone wrong, surely, for
Alice, as so many little girls some
times are. was "Just mad." and wasn't
at all pleased with the party.
Deyo Crane, the Door mouse. Is
naturally a little excited over this
portion of the act He can't see why
the Door mouse gets the blame, and to
be put in a tea pot is altogether a new
experience to him. But the embarrass
ment of the Door mouse couldn't pos
sibly equal the chagrin of the Turtle,
for the Turtle slipped, in the midst of
dance and turned right ovr on
I . . . - u J i.xv tn
bis back: - ri - uowu y"""-
make a
Turtle.
very realistic and active
PHI DELTA GHI
COUNCIL CLOSES
National Conclave of Pharmaceutical
Fraternity Ended Yesterday
Grand Officers Are Elected
The grand council of Phi Delta Chi.
pharmaceutical fraternity, in session
here since Sunday, closed yesterday
afternoon with the election of grand
officers. Azar Thurston, of Columbus,
Ohio, worthy grand councillor; C. F.
Poe of the University of Colorado,
Boulder, grand vice-councillor; and N.
P. Hansen of Lincoln, grand treasurer,
were all re-elected. Emory Thurston,
of San Francisco, Calif., is the new
grand secretary, and F. F. Ingram, of
Detroit, Mich., is grand traveling dele
gate.
Following the last session, members
of the local chapter entertained the
visiting officers, delegates and alumni
at a theatre party.
The four grand officers and ten of
the delegates to the council left this
morning for Lawrence, Kas., to install
the Upsilon chapter of the fraternity
at the University of Kansas. E. Han
sen, '17, went from Nebraska chapter.
The other members of the fraternity,
besides the grand officers, who went to
install the chapter, are C. L. Johnson,
of Norman, Okla.; R. Ball, of Los
Angeles, Calif.; J. L. Moonley, of Pitts
burg, Pa,; R. F. Clemmons, of New
York City; C. L. Coble, of Phila-
delphia. Pa.; K. W. Lloyd. K. M.
Loomis. E. L. Scott of Boulder. Colo.;
and L. H. Stinson, of San Francisco,
:cam.
FRESHMEN DEBATE
J SOPHOMORES TONIGHT
Interclass Debating Board Decides
Against Postponement Winner
Meets Upperclassmen
The freshmen-sophomore interclass
'debate will be held tonight in Law 202
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aCCOrUlUK IU lUC UCV I OIVU Va V. mvvi
i class debating board at its meeting
! yesterday morning in Law 107
I Both of the teams have been hard at
work during the past week and are
rrimed for the battle tonight. Both
teams are confident that they will be
; victorious and both are certain that
j whichever team wins out will be able
to defeat the upperclassmen when the
Itime arrives.
Mrs. Glen T. Babson. '98. of Seward.
i mother of Paul T. Babson. '17. visited
alumni headquarters yesterday.
The Mad Tea party throughout Is
the scene of most unheard of acts.
The minister's son. you know, like all
minister's sons, cuts loose at last and
dances the Sailor's Hornpipe! The
Lobster quadrille is danced by the
Griffen and the Mock-Turtle, in a
moment of Joy. But most unheard of.
of all that's unheard of concerns the
Cheshire Cat The executloneer had
designs on the Cat and tried to cut off
his head. The little girls and boys
know what happened and they would
cay the same thing that Alice did:
"Well I've -seen a cat without
grin before, but a grin without a cat
what's that!"
Prof. Alice Howell in speaking of
the production, said:
"This is the first attempt of the de
partment in presenting a children's
play. If this is successful, I hope to
establish a 'Junior Department' to
devote Itself especially to the produc
tion of children's plays."
Fred M. Hunter, superintendent of
Lincoln schools, has been asked to
notify the grade school children of the
Saturday performances.
The costumes for the play have been
rented from Leben, Omaha
TWINS CLUB TO HAVE DANCE
As long as there are no square
dances scheduled and partners remain
with one another, there may be no
particular danger in the dance
scheduled by the Twins' club for Sat
urday evening at Jean and Janet Mc
Rae's, to which all University twins
are invited.
It is gaspingly exciting, however, to
contemplate the results should some
thing happen to cause a general
scramble. Think, for Instance, of insist
ing upon Anna's sister dancing with
you while she starts out on the floor
with your brother, whom she recog
nizes as you by your necktie which he
happens to be wearing!
HUSKER TEAMS ON
FOREIGN FLOORS
Basketball and Wrestling Teams I
vade Iowa to Meet Ames, Drake,
and Iowa State
Nebraska will be represented in two
foreign fields this week when her bas
ketball team Is entertained at Ames
and Drake, and her wrestling team
goes to Iowa City.
The basketball squad left yesterday
afternoon for Ames where they will
play a two game series. The pros
pects for victory are not exceptionally
bright as the men are still disorgan
ized by their three defeats of last
week. The large floor at Ames will
I be a great handicap to the Cornhusk
; era who are used to the "pill-box" ef
fect of the home, floor.
The Aggies have a fine record for
the season, having defeated such
teams as Missouri, Iowa and Grinnell.
FYom Ames the team goes to Des
Moines for a game with Drake on Sat
urday night. The Bulldogs ought not
to present very stiff competition but
J accidents are always likely to happen.
The wrestling team will mix with
the Iowa University representatives
I at Iowa Citr on Saturdav night They
wm leaye Llncoln tomorrow afternoon
! accompanied by Coach Rutherford.
Dr. R. G. Clapp, head of the pby-
sical Education department, will fol
low the team Saturday. He has been
chosen to referee the bouts.
CONVOCATION
Tschaikowsky's piano concerto in B
flat minor will be played this morning
by Ernest Harrison, first piano, and
Sidney Silber, orchestral parts on sec
ond piano, at 11 o'clock Convocation,
In the Temple theatre.
Mr. Harrison is well-known to the
University public, as he plays the
violin in the string quartet Symphony
programs. Sidney Silber is head of
the piano department of the Univer
sity school of music.
SORENSON RETURNS
FROM PEACE MEETING
Attended Emergency Peace Federa
tion and Spoke for Delegation
Which Visited Wilson
C. A- Sorensen of the legislative ref
erence bureau returned the first of the
week from Washington where he at
tended a meeting of the Emergency
Peace federation.
Sorensen took part In the peace
demonstration and was one of the
three spokesmen for a delegation of
three hundred which visited the White
House and presented resolutions to
President Wilson.
Sorensen says that the opinion pre
vails that President Wilson himself is
a confirmed pacifist and that he looks
with favor on all demonstrations
against the United States going into
the war.
On his return Sorensen stopped In
New York city to attend the peace
conference there.
PLEDGES $562 AT
MASS MEETING
ONE-THIRD OF NEBRASKA TO
CHINA FUND SECURED
Personal Work Will Follow Mrs.
Eddy Tells of China's Need
Officers Elected
Nebraska University girls pledged
$562 of the $1,500 needed to Bupport
Miss Grace Coppock, '05, national sec
retary of the Y. W. C. A. In China, at
a mass meeting of all University girls
In the Temple at 7 o'clock last night
Pledging followed a short talk by
Mrs. Katherine Willard Eddy, of Kan
sas City, foreign secretary of the Y.
W. C. A., who Is here co-operating with
the University association. Of the
$562, $115 was pledged by the alumnae,
some of It before the mass meeting
was called.
During the remaining days of this
week, the Y. W. C. A. will carry on a
personal campaign In which time every
girl In the University will be visited
and given a chance to contribute to
the support of Miss Coppock. It Is
hoped that the $1,500 the Nebraska
association pledged itself to give an
nually may be all secured.
Valentine Minford President
Before Mrs. Eddy spoke in behalf
of the Nebraska to China campaign,
the nominating committee of the Y.
W. C. A. named the candidates from
which the second semester officers of
the association were to be selected,
and the new cabinet was chosen.
Valentine Minford, '18, is the new
president; Marion Reeder, '18, is vice
president ; Harriet Ramey, '19, is secre
tary; and Helen Loftman, 19, is an
nual member. The meeting was opened
with a vocal solo by Gertrude Munger,
18.
The meaning and Importance of the
Nebraska to China campaign were out
lined by Mrs. Eddy in her talk before
pledging began. She pointed out the
fact that the University of Nebraska
association three years ago pledged
$1,500 a year to Miss Coppock, and that
It was entirely responsible for her
support. She then described the con
ditions for the remedy of which the
money went
Dechribes Conditions in China
That it costs to demonstrate Chris
tianity was the thread which ran
through Mrs. Eddy's talk. She pictured
the condition of girls and women in
China; the ignorance of Christianity
and yet the desire to learn and to be
like Americans.
Illustrating the need of a thorough
system of instruction among the
Chinese. Mrs. Eddy told about a little
girl who, badly sick, was "treated"
with red hot needles which were sup
posed to drive the evil spirits away.
Lesson from Japan
The time for work among the Chl-
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DR. WELCH TALKS
TO PRE-MEDICS
Eighty-five Present at Smoker and
Business Meeting Plan Pre.
Medic Week and Trip
Dr. J. Stanley Welch, of Dra. Welch,
Rowe and Lebnhoffff, talked to 85
Pre-medics at their regular smoker
and business meeting at the Sigma
Phi Epsilon house last evening, on the
problems they would meet in the field
of general practice and on methods
of organizing office work. His talk
lasted about an hour and was followed
with keen Interest
At the business meeting which fol
lowed, plans were discussed for the
trips to the Orthopedic hospital and
the State hospital for the insane, and
It was definitely decided to give the
Pre-Medic banquet immediately fol
lowing mid-semester examinations.
Preliminary arrangements for Pre
Medic week, to be held about the same
time, were also made.
The talk by Dr. Welch followed the
nsual smoker and luncheon.
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