ally Nebraskae
VOL. XVI. NO. 106.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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UNEXPECTED FIGHT
ON UNI. FUNDS
APPROPRIATION BILLS HELD UP
IN HOUSE
Medical College Building and Main
tenance Funds the Bone of Con
tention Settle Today
An unexpected fight on appropria
tion bills for the State University
building and maintenance, sprung on a
surprised house of representatives at
the capitol Monday noon, prevented
final passage of the bills, and put off
the vote until today. Representatives
Trumble, Leidigh and Dafoe led the
attack.
After the committee of the whole
had ordered engrossed for third read
ing the University mill levy bill, carry
ing with it appropriations for $220,000
for the Omaha medical college, the
surprise attack was made.
Spring Surpriae
The house took up its fourth appro
priation bill, dealing with the special
University building and campus ex
tension levy, ordered by the voters at
the general election of 1914, when the
removal question was decided. The
three representatives insisted that the
new medical college buildings at Om
aha should be taken care of from this
fund. They also said the medical col
lege should be supported from the
one-mill levy for maintenance, which
is not now being done.
Representative C. Petrus Peterson
of Lancaster showed, by quoting the
ballot on the University extension,
that the building levy was to be used
two thirds for buildings on the Lincoln
city campus and the rest for buildings
on the farm campus, and any other
use would be against the plainly ex
pressed will of the people.
Douglas county representatives
were criticised by Representative W.
J. Taylor of Custer, because they had
voted against his one-mill rural school
bill and yet expected support for the
Omaha college.
The entire matter will come before
the house for final settlement today.
HAGELIN WINS THE
CORNUER PRIZE
Delay in Payment for Cuts the Only
Thing That May Hold Up Book,
Staff Declares
I'aul Hagelin, '17, le the winner of
the Cornhusker contest for the ten
best snapshots of students and cam
pus scenes. He will receive an em
housed copy of the yearbook as a
prize. The contest brought in a large
number of unusual snapshots accord
ing to the editorial staff.
The delay caused by the Hindmarsh
flre is entirely made up now, and
DeAVItt Foster, business manager, said
yesterday that only one thing can hold
UP the book, and that is the payment
'or cuts for organizations and Junior
and senior individual piotures. In
order to get the book to the presses
' time, it is absolutely necessary for
,he payments to be made within the
next day of two.
The editorial staff of the book is
Preparing a real surprise for the Unl
ity public in the student life sec
Jon which, they say. is "in a class by
"8"lf." The staff in charge of this
wpartmcnt has been working over
uma to make It out of the ordinary,
" this It has succeeded to do,
!.,edl,0r8 of the k00 hellcre. The
tion will be bigger than it has been
Past, years, and several original
have been carried ou,t In ar-
ST"1 and atUck en material.
Hbutlons to the student life see
on. and snapshots, will be welcomed
oj the staff.
DELTA SIGMA RHO
TO GIVE BANQUET
THURSDAY NIGHT
Delta Sigma Rho, honorary debating
fraternity, will hold Its annual btftiquet
Thursday evening, March 8, at the
Lincoln hotel, for all those who have
in any way taken part In Intercol
legiate debate work.
Notices have been sent to all of the
old Nebraska debaters in Lincoln and
vicinity and it is probable that about
twenty-five of Nebraska's old debaters
will be present on that evening besides
the squad for this year. Prof. M. M.
Fogg, coach of debate, will be the
guest of honor.
NEBRASKA LOSES
TO WESLEYAN
COYOTES GET REVENGE BY 19 TO
15 SCORE
Machine-Like Play of Wesleyan Wins
the Game Jackson and Rlddell
Star
In a close hard fought game the
Cornhusker basketball team went
down to defeat at the hands of the
Wesleyan five at University Place last
night by the score of 19 to 15.
The feature of the game was the all
round work of Jackson and the close
guarding of Riddell. Jackson's work
at hitting the basket was all that
saved Nebraska from a more serious
beating. Using his speed to the great
est advantage the little forward
sprinted down the floor ahead of his
guard and dropped the ball in the
ring. Riddell was a bulwark on de
fense. Time after time the Wesleyan
forwards ran Into him, only to go
sprawling on the floor like small chil
dren. Wesleyan could show no stars; it
was their machine-like team work that
won the game. A little luck at a criti
cal time also came in very "handy"
for the Methodists.
Nebraska Slow at Start
Nebraska was slow in getting
started at hitting the basket. Two
easy chances were misstd at the very
start and for a time the Cornhuskers
seemed to have lost their fight. Then,
after Wesleyan bad started to score,
they came back and In a short spurt
brought the score to 8 to 9, at which
point it remained to the end of the
half.
At the start of the second half, the
Cornhuskers nailed two goals and
spurted into the lead, which they held
for some time. Wesleyan sent In a
substitute at this point and that
proved the undoing of the Nebraska
five. The Methodists started a spurt
and dropped in two long shots and
followed those with a short one. Ne
braska came back quickly and with
two substitutions held the Wesleyan-
ites even for some time. The subur
banites were not to be denied how
ever and they rolled two more.
At this point Nebraska threatened to
come back when Campbell got a free
throw and Wertz snared a much
needed long one. This ended the
scoring for both sides.
The game was exceedingly rough,
with a great deal of dirty play by
both sides, one man from each team
being removed from the floor for un
necessary roughness. The refereelng.
In direct contrast to the work of Allen,
who refereed the first game between
the two schools, was loose and ineffec
tlve.
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CONVOCATION
Governor Keith Neville will speak
in Memorial hall this morning at 11
o'clock. This will be the first time
the governor will have addressed a
University audience as such, and stu
dents who have heard him Individual
ly will be given an opportunity to
listen to a talk addressed straight to
them,
Flutter," Pet Y. W. Butterfly
Ends Career In Zo-ology Dept.
Scarlet fever germs are not the
only animals that are causing talk
on the campus. For instance, there's
the new Y. v. C. A. mascot, "Flut
ter." Before Christmas, Miss Fannie
Drake, secretary of the Y. W. C. A.
found two cocoons as big as a man's
thumb on a tree in front of the Ad
ministration building. She broke off
the twigs bearing the cocoons and put
them on the book-case in the associa
tion room in the Temple. A week ago
the first moth came out, and after be
ing duly admired, was presented to
the department of zoology.
ADDRESS NATIONAL
EDUCATIONAL MEETING
Dean Charles Fordyce and Superin
tendent Fred Hunter, "05, on
Program at Kansas City
- Dean Charles Fordyce, of the teach
er's college, and Fred M. Hunter, '05,
superintendent of Lincoln city schools,
were on the program at the meeting
of the department of superintendence
of the National Educational associa
tion at Kansas City last week.
Dean Fordyce addressed the meet
ing on "Fundamental Problems of Edu
cational Research." Superlntenndent
Hunter discussed "Earmarks of an
Efficient School System," "Are School
Facilities and School Progress Keep
ing Pace With Our Restrictive Laws?"
and "English for Vocations."
MAY FORM A
HAWKEYE CLUB
Students From Iowa Towns Planning
Organization Over 100 From
Sister State
A "Hawkeye" or "Iowa" club may
make its debut at Nebraska this week
as the result of a movement which
has been under way for some time
among men and women who are at
tending the University from Iowa
towns. Students active in the organi
zation work are: Lester Dunn, At
lantic; Miss Gertrude Munger, Spen
cer; Miss Mabel Piatt, Algona; Miss
Erna Driftmler, Clarlnda; Ralph O.
Leech. Red Oak; Miss Gertrude
Stange, Ralph Ellsworth, Council
Bluffs.
A meeting will be held this week,
possibly Wednesday evening. Chan
cellor Samuel Avery and Executive
Dean C. C. Engberg have sanctioned
the organization, which will aim to
booat Nebraska spirit rather than pro
mote partisan feeling.
It is pointed out that there are more
than 100 Iowa students In the Univer
sity and that Cornhusker clubs are
maintained by Nebraska students at
Iowa University and Iowa State col
lege. The Iowa students feel that
they should know each other better
even as the Kansas Bnd Dakota people
on the campus have come to know
each other better by fornjlng Kansas
and Dakota clubs.
Iowa students who are interested in
the movement may leave their names
with Miss Munger, Mr. Dunn, Miss
Piatt, Miss Driftmler, Mr. Leech, Miss
Stanage, Mr. Ellsworth, or Richard
Cook.
It Is proposed that Governors Hard
ing of Iowa and Neville of Nebraska
be mad) honorary members of the
club.
Iowa cities and towns represented
In the University directory are:
Algona, Atlantic, Carroll, Clarlnda,
College Springs, Council Bluffs, El
kader, Olenwood, Grlswold, Harlan,
Inwood, Knoxvllle, Logan, Manning,
Morningslde, Missouri Valley, Moville,
Nevada. Northboro, Odebolt, Pacific
Junction. Pilot Mound, Primghar, Red
Oak, RIverton, Sac. City, Shenandoah,
Sidney. Sioux City, Sloan, Spencer,
Wall Lake, Whiting, Wlnfleld.
Yesterday, the second great
Cecropla struggled out. The moth has
a white body with velvety scarlet
stripes, fuzzy red legs, two fern-like
red antennae, and wings beautifully
marked with red lines and purplish
spots. "Flutter" was once an enormous
fleshy, green caterpillar, but when It
"felt In Its bones" the coming of
winter, It spun a silken cradle, fell
asleep, and after months awoke trans
formed, like an enchanted princess
This last cycle of "Flutter's" life will
last only from ten days to two weeks
Its mouth is so modified that while in
the moth state it cannot eat.
OMAHA TO GIVE
PAN-HELENIC CUP
Scholarship Cup to the Sorority With
the Highest Standing, Beginning
This Semester
The Pan-Hellenic association of Om
aha, has voted to present a silver lov
ing cup to the sorority having the
highest scholarship beginning at the
end of the present semester; the cup
to be passed on to the leading society.
It is plannd to engrave the trophy,
with the name of the sorority holding
it each year, together with the date.
The committee appointed by the
association to attend to the giving of
the cup, is headed by Mrs. Vincent
Hascall (Alpha Chi Omega). The other
members of the committee are Mrs.
Anan Raymond (Pi Beta Phi), and
Miss Clara Hermanson (Delta Delta
Delta).
TRACK MEN MAKE
STRONG SHOWING
NOW GOOD PROSPECTS FOR
1917 SEASON
Finney Runs Remarkable Race in
Low Hurdles Owen and Cap
tain Overman Shine
The Nebraska track team returned
from Kansas City Sunday morning a
happy and more or less triumphant
crew, for although they did not come
back with the victory they had a
record that they didn't have to be
ashamed of.
Three men, '.'Mike" Finney, Owen
and Captain Overman, deserve espe
cial mention. Finney won second in
the 50 yard hurdles, Owen won third
in the four-forty, Overman won third
in the mile and Reese, with the ben
efit of handicap, won third in the
shot put.
Finney Runs Remarkable Race
The performance of Finney was
nothing short of marvelous He
finished a close second to .Robert
Simpson, world's champion hurdler,
about two feet being between the
two at the finish, and in front of
Henick, also of Missouri, who won
second at the Western Intercollegiate
meet last spring. Simpson set a now
record for the diotance, 5 4-5 seconds.
Owen, who started behind twenty
four men In the quarter mile, had
a great handicap, as the track
was small and he bad to pass the
men one at a time. His feat of
finishing third was remarkable when
it is considered that the two men
who beat him had the two beBt
places at the start. Following are
the races In which Nebraska placed:
440-yard dash (scratch): Won by
Amos Pierce, Kansas City athletic
club; George Puchta, Columbian ath
letic club, St. Louis, second; G. R.
Owen, University of Nebraska, third.
Time, 55 4 5 seconds.
50-yard low hurdle; Won by Rob
ert Simpson, University of Missouri;
M. Finney, University of Nebraska,
second; E. J. Renlck, University of
Missouri, third. Time, 5 4-5 seconds.
12-pound shot, handicap; Won by
E. A. Sandefur, unattached; Joe
HONORABLE MENTION
TO PROFESSOR GRANT
AT ART EXHIBITION
"Copper Sale in Rome," a postal
exhibited by Prof. Blanche Grant of
the department of fine arts, won hon
orable mention at the third annual ex
hibition of the work of northwestern
artists, held Saturday at St. Paul,
Minn.
Robert F. Gilder, Omaha archaeolo
gist connected with the museum of
the Nebraska State Historical society,
who lives In Omaha, exhibited an oil
painting, "Road to Wake Robin,"
which was much admired.
FEVER THREATENS
SERIOUS RESULTS
EPIDEMIC SPREADING DESPITE
PRECAUTIONS OF AUTHORITIES
One Student Critically III With the
Disease in a Malignant
Form
With one University student criti
cally ill with scarlet fever in a malig
nant form, and with the growth in the
number of cases increasing sinlsterly,
city health authorities yesterday con
fessed that the epidemic, despite all
the precautions that have been taken,
may spread beyond the limits set for
it
Seven new cases were reported Sun
day to the department of health yes
terday and several came in Monday. All
of them have opened up new fields of
"exposures," and from these suspects
a number of new cases are expected.
Although the case of the student who
is seriously ill is the only one where
the disease has taken a malignant
form, the authorities look gravely
upon the unexpected developments in
the situation over Sunday.
Students Face Problem
University students, among whom
the fever has reached its greatest pro
portions, are in general enough aware
of the seriousness of the problem to
take the proper precautions in case of
exposure or suspected ailment, but it
is evident that the future events of the
epidemic depend upon the care they
take In the matter. It is easily possi
ble for a suspect to endanger the
health and perhaps the life of the rest
of the University public and the city
population as well.
The epidemic has reached such pro
portions that the health authorities
are feeling keenly the need of an iso
lation hospital to care for fever vic
tims. At the meeting of the city com
mission last night, it was informally
agreed thal'funds should be made
available el once for the building of
sucE a.JioBpUal, although, If the ex
pected official action does come, the
building cannot be erected in time for
use in the present situation. In the
absence of other quarters, those stu
dents who have taken the disease and
have absolutely nowhere elFe to,, go
have been cared for in the "pest
house," used ordinarily for smallpox
victims.
Among the students who have con
tracted the disease is Ralph Anderson,
of Genoa, president of the Junior class,
who was quarantined yesterday morn
ing with a mild attack.
Casey, unattached, second; Albert
Reese, University of Nebraska, third.
Distance, 67 feet, 3 inches.
One mile run (scratch) : Won by
Fred Gableman, Jr., University of Mis
souri; E. K. Groene, University of
Kansas, second; W. Overman, Uni
versity of Nebraska, third. Time
4:40 4-5.
Intercollegiate relay, one mile:
Won by University of Missouri:
Kansas state agriculture, college, sec
ond; University of Nebraska, third.
Time, 3:32 4-5.
TOURNAMENT PLAY
STARTSTOMORROW
OPENING GAMES IN ALL THREE
CLASSES
Officials of the Tournament Announced
Preliminaries in Armory and
Chapel
With one hundred twenty teams
and one thousand seven athletes en
tered, the seventh annual basketball
tournament will start on Its way to
morrow afternoon at 1 o'clock. Games
in all three classes will start at the
same time; Class A in the armory,
class B in the Y. M. C. A. and class C
in the chapel.
All preliminary rounds will be
played on the floors named. The
semi-finals, which it is hoped will be
reached by Friday night, and the
finals, will be played at the city audi
torium. Guy Reed, who has done the bulk
of the work of arranging the tourna
ment so far, will remain in charge of
the general affairs throughout the
tournament. Dick Rutherford, who
has been Reed's right hand man dur
ing the preparations, has charge of all
the officials. In order to prepare the
men who are to do the refereelng, a
meeting will be held this morning In
Rutherford's office at which instruc
tions will be given. The following is
a list of the other officials.
Committee on Adjustment J. M.
Showalter, Norfolk, chairman; Dr. E.
J. Stewart, C. L. Little, Cambridge;
A. R. Congdon, Fremont; A. O. Ander
son, Lincoln; P. F. King, Beatrice;
Henry Campbell, Capt. Varsity basket
ball team; Edson Shaw, Capt. 1917
football team.
Director of Officials Richard R.
Rutherford.
Clerks of the Tournament Class A,
D.P.Thomas; assistant, Griffith Owen.
Class B, Sidney Hoadley; assistant,
Vincent Janda. Class C, Otto Zum
wlnkel; assistant, E. Shellenberg.
Referees of the Tournament G. L.
Rathbun, Beatrice Y. M. C. A.; "Bud"
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JUNIORS MEET
ONJPLAY TODAY
Will Decide Whether "Green Stock
ings" Will be Given in Temple
or at Oliver
The Junior class will meet in Music
hall of the Temple this morning at
11:30 to hold a discussion with the
members of the play committee upon
the place for the presentation of the
play, "Green Stockings." Ex-Presl-dent
Loyd Tully has been asked to
preside in the absence of President
Anderson, who is quarantined with
scarlet fever. Whether or not minor
officers will be elected as originally
planned will probably depend upon the
decision of the class when it meets.
With the date of the play, late this
month, approaching, the necessity for
settling the hall where it Is to be
given is becoming Imperative, and for
this reason the meeting could not be
postponed.
DRAMATIC CLUB
INITIATION NEXT
THURSDAY NIGHT
The University dramatic club will
hold Its annual initiation in the club
rooms at 8 o'clock Thursday evening.
Seveun will be taken Into member
ship. Initiation into the club marks the
high point in the University dramatic
year. An appropriate program has
been arranged.