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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOL. XVI. NO. 111.
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FEVER EPIDEMIC
SPENT ITSELF?
HEALTH OFFICE EXPECTS FEW
EXPOSURES AFTER THIS WEEK
There are Now 110 Case Under
Quarantine Preventative In
noculation Continues
With 110 cases of scarlet fever un
der quarantine yesterday afternoon,
the health bureau has reported that,
unless unforseen developments should
come, the danger of exposure should
be practically over by the end of the
present week.
A pronounced lull occurred in the
activities of the disease over Satur
day and Sunday, and it was thought
at first no more of those exposed were
to be taken down. But with the com
ing of inclement weather Sunday
night another increase in the num
ber of cases came, bringing the total
up to 110. It is thought that the
moderate snow may have lessened the
danger of exposure by its cleansing
effect upon Lincoln atmosphere.
Students Innoculated
The stream of students who have
taken advantage of the offer of Im
munizing treatment, at cost at the
health office continued last week, and
the department was kept open over
Sunday to accommodate all those who
desired innoculation. The treatment
stretrhes over a period of six days,
and is seldom accompanied by ill ef
fects. Although no exact check has been
made upon the number of University
students under quarantine, it is known
to be large, and city health officers
have taken pains to impress upon
students the fact that great care
should be taken to stamp out the dis
ease among them, for they form a
so-called "hot -bed." Sore throats,
nausea and vomiting are strong
symptoms, and when any of these are
experienced those afflicted should take
proper precautions to shield those
around them and to have themselves
cared for.
SIGMA DELTA CHI
ANNOUNCES TWO
ADDITIONAL PLEDGES
Sicma Delta Chi, journalistic fra
ternity, announces the pledging of the
following men:
Robert S. Wenper. '19, Lincoln.
John ('. Wright. '19, Lincoln.
BIGGER PLAY IF
PLAN CARRIES
SIZE OF SENIOR PRODUCTION
DEPENDS UPON CLASS'S
DECISION TODAY
The decision of the senior class at
Us meeting in Law 101 at 11:30 today
ith rppard to a ticket assessment for
the class play, according to John
Stoddard, business manager, will de
cide the selection of the play to be
riven, if the assessment plan car
ries h enabie (he committee to
stage If j Were Rjng a co8tume play
f large, cast If not. it must neces
sarily be a play of less expensive
"aging and in this case "The Witch
tog Hour" has been chosen.
This assessment means that every
u"or will be required to pay 2, for
- hich he will receive two tickets to
tn Play. The money will be used to
defny all play expenses and the pro
should pay the class debt and
Purchase a class gift. The alterna-
onY thi" Plan 18 pla7 Produced
u own resources, and later-the
Jent of $l by every member of
the to W the debt and buy
LAST TOUCHES TO
1917 CORN HUSKER
FORMS WILL SOON CLOSE ON
UNIVERSITY YEARBOOK
Little Left to do to What Staff Says
Is the Best Book In
Years
Save for a few straggling photo
graphs that are yet to be sent to the
engraver, and the last batch or two of
the editorial matter, the 1917 Corn
husker is ready for the printer. There
remains then the reading of proof,
the assembling of material, and the
printing and binding. The manage
ment expects that unless unlooked for
circumstances arise, the book will
meet its publication day, May 1.
With more pages devoted to student
life, individual snapshots, and mili
tary activities, and with several inno
vations, including a summer section
and a rejuvenated faculty section, the
annual is expected by those who have
tenderly watched it in the process of
formation, to be the best-liked in the
recollection of the present under
graduate body. Up in the Cornhusker
office, on the fourth floor of Univer
sity hall, the staff has been working
most of the days and parts of the
nights the last month in carefully pre
paring the contents of the book.
Truly Representative
One of the things which the 1917
Cornhusker will try to be is "truly
representative of the student body,"
a phrase which is as threadworn In
Cornhusker publication advertising as
"quality and service" is with the
grocery stores back home. But it is
the belief of the staff that it really
has succeeded in catching a birds-eye
view of the year's college life, and not
a narrow, disproportionate one of cer
tain of its phases. It was in accord
ance with this policy that the summer
section was added, the faculty section
practically made over, and the class
and military departments expanded.
Appropriate Clothing
In full mood with the attempt of the
editorial staff to make the contents of
the book memorable, the business
management has contracted for paper,
engraving, binding and printing which
will give it an outward appearance
fully as attractive as its inward con
tents. A really high-grade, heavy-weight
print paper will be used throughout,
and the printing will be done by a
firm which Is expert in handling col
logo annuals. The engraving is at
6nce a source of pride and of worry
to the business management, for it is
the best college annuals get these
days, and the best in engraving dur
ing war-time, with "kited" copper, is
an expensive item.
Details will not be neglected, as is
shown by the division sheets, over
which a great deal of exultation has
been expressed. These will be truly
"original and individual," and will
without doubt be appreciated by all
students who have an eye for the ar
tistically appropriate.
D RE WING IS v
UNI GYMNAST
Wins Saturday Contest He With
Weaver, Adkins, and Giffen Will
Enter Western Meet
Clyde Drewing, '17, was winner of
the gymnastic contest Saturday morn
ing with a total of 254.5 points. Frank
Adkins. "19. with 238 points, was sec
ond. Drewing won first place on the
side horse, flying rings and in tum
bling, and will become university
gymnast for the year.
Drewing. Weaver. Adkins. and Gif
fen,, the four eligible men who placed
highest, will represent the University
at the western Intercollegiate gym
nastic meet.
The contestants and their standing
follows: Drewing, 254.5; Adkins.
238; Giffen. 210.5; Noh, 186.5; Weaver,
179.
First Robin Of Season Views
Sleet Storm With Reproach
The first robin harbinger of spring
appeared on the campus yesterday
morning. Students in Dr. Wolfe's
psychology class saw htm outside the
south window of the library, rather
woefully shielding himself from the
snow in the branches of a tree.
EQUIPMENT ARRIVES
FOR RESSEY HALL
WORK OF INSTALLING FIXTURES
TO COMMENCE SOON
Excessive Humidity in Building
Causes Delay Six Carloads of
Furniture on the Way
With most of the desks and seats
for tho lecture rooms and smaller
class recitation rooms of Bessey hall
in Lincoln and ready to be Installed,
and six carloads of supplies and
equipment on the way, work of fur
nishing the new botany and zoology
building will be commenced soon, Su
perintendent of Construction Chowins
announced yesterday.
With the new equipment it may yet
be possible for the botany department
to move into the new building just
after the spring vacation. It was
planned to install the equipment during
the Easter recess, which is the first
week in April, and to start the final
semester with all classes in the new
hall one of the finest buildings for
the study of the natural sciences in
the United States.
Evaporation Slow
The slowness with which the tons
of mortar and cement and plaster in
the building are drying out is the
reason for the construction depart
ment putting off the installation of
equipment, Mr. Chowins said. The
humidity in the rooms has been so
great that it -was feared the desks
would shrink and warp. The labora
tory desks and other equipment have
been especially designed by the botany
department, and the heads are reluct
ant to have the new furniture spoiled
so soon.
Two and possibly moie years will
elapse before all of the water is evapo
rated from the walls and floors of the
building, it was said at the construc
tion department. It w ill not be neces
sary, however, to wait much longer
before "the rooms are in such condi
tion that it will be safe to install the
wooden furnishings.
Mr. Chowins received notice yester
day or the shipment from Sioux City
mills of six carloads of equipment.
JUNIOR TICKETS,
ONSALE TODAY
DELAY IN OPENING SALE FOR
"GREEN STOCKINGS" MEETING
OF COMMITTEE TODAY
Reserved seats for the junior class
play. "Green Stockings," were not
placed in the .College Book store yes
terday, but will be on reserve late
this afterncon after a meeting of the
play committee.
All green tickets in the hands of
student ticket sellers will be sold for
a quarter, and are good for just that
amount in exchange for a reserved
seat Any who wish a seat costing
more than 25 cents will make up the
difference when they exchange their
student tickets.
The lower floor will be reserved for
50 and 75 cents. The balcony seats
will be reserved st 25. 35 and 50 cents.
The caBt is holding nightly rehearsals.
Loretta Lord, '16. and Hester
Daniels, of De Maries, la., are visit
ing at the Delta Delta Delta house.
The robin Bang not. He surveyed
the wintry landscape, and evidently
found it hard to reconcile with the
advance notices of spring that
had come down to his southern abode.
Possibly he enjoyed his distinction but
his demeanor was not very blithe. '
COLONEL BURNHAM'
MAY REPR0M0TE0
HEAD OF CADET REGIMENT IN
LINE FOR MAJORSHIP IN GUARD
Election Today Is now Captain of
Company E of Wayne Excel
lent Record on Border
Archer L. Burnham, colonel of the
University cadet regiment, is con
sidered in Nebraska national guard
circles as among the officers who will
receive considerable support in the
election to be held today for majors
for the First and Second battalions
of the Fourth Nebraska regiment.
Burnham is captain of E company,
Wayne, of the Fourth, and took his
company to the Mexican border last
summer when the president called for
the national guardsmen. He made an
excellent record on the border.
Canvassed This Noon
The two positions of major in the
Fourth are made vacant by the pro
motion of Major H. F. Elsasser,
Omaha, to lieutenant-colonel, and the
expiration of the commission of Major
Iver S. Johnson, Stanton. The bal
loting Is done by mail, each line of
ficer of the regiment having a vote.
Captains L. B. Harris, A company,
Omaha; G. H. Ilolderman, M company,
York; F. Yates, D company,'' Omaha;
are also considered candidates for
major. The vote is to be canvassed
at. noon today at the headquarters of
the adjutant-general in Lincoln.
GOVT. PATHOLOGIST
ASKS FOR BOTANISTS
Dr. Hedgecock, Former Student,
Writes for Nebraska Young
Men for Pine Rust Work
Dr. R. .1. Pool of the department
of botany has received a letter from
Dr. George D. Hedgcock, formerly a
studci.t at Nebraska, now in the of
fice of forest pathology of the United
States department of agriculture, ask
ing for a number of young men for
work In plant pathology.
The work for which these men are
desired is in connection with a study
of the white pine 'jlister rust, a dis
ease which threatens to eradicate all
the white pines in North America.
The disease was brought to America
in some young trees from Europe, and
the Unite! States government and
several states have appropriated sev
eral hundred thousand dollars for the
investigation of this disease. It is
difficult to find men with the proper
botanical training in this kind of
ork. Nebraska men have been un
usually successful in its study.
CONVOCATION
Dean L. A. Sherman, dean of the
graduate college, and head of the de
partment of English literature, will
speak on "Hindu Epics," at convoca
tion this morning. This is the first
of a series of lectures that will be
given at Tuesday convocations by Uni
versity professors.
Thursday Rex E. Fair, instructor
of the flute at the University school
of music, will give a flute recitaL
Eunice Watt of Minden and Corinne
Hanaford and Florence Etting of
Grand Island, who have been visiting
at the Kappa Alpha Theta house re
turned to their homes Monday.
NEBRASKA NEEDS
MORE TRACK MEN
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COACHES FACE PROBLEM OF
MAKING CREDITABLE TEAM
Missouri, With Smaller Enrollment,
Has Ten Times as Many Candi
dates Competition Needed.
With the call for track, baseball and
football men comes the old problem of
the coaches that of securing a large
enough number of 'candidates to make
the competition for places on the va
rious teams keen.
This problem is not as great in base
ball and football as it is in track. At
present there are just flftee n men
doing track work. This number will
not be greatly swelled as the season
approaches unless something unusual
happens.
Nebraska has taken a place with
Drake and Washington in Valley track
DR. E. J. STEWART, Head Coach
Who will take active charge of the
1917 varsity track squad. He enjoyed
unusual success in coaching track at
Oregon agricultural college.
meets the last few years when she
should have been as good as Missouri,
Kansas or Ames. This poor showing
has been the result of lack of co
operation on the part of the student
body. Track coaches have worried
themselves sick over the situation,
have made the best use of what ma
terial they have had and have seen
that material go down to disgraceful
defeat.
Good Showing at K. C.
At the recent indoor niwt at Kansas
City the Cornhusker team, such as
it was, made a very creditable show
ing, but there was only one, or at
best two, to enter each event, making
only one place to be reasonably ex
pected. Missouri, with a smaller student
body than Nebraska has, turns out
140 men for track. That is how they
find the Simpsons, the Nicholsons, and
others of world wide renown.
At Nebraska track "N'S" are award
ed for two firsts, a first and two sec
onds, in dual Valley meets, or for a
first, second, third or fourth in the
Missouri Valley conference meet, and
tue Western Intercollegiate meet. Ne
braska has seven meets listed for this
spring and that means that there will
be a large number of chances for a
letter.
It is not too late for Nebraska to
have a victorious track team the com
ing season if the student body will re
spond to the coaches' cry for more
men.
PROFESSOR ROBERTS
CHANGES SUBJECT FOR
HIS ADDRESS HERE
Prof. H. F. Roberts of Kansas agri
cultural college has announced a
change in his subject for the Sigma
XI lecture on March 22; he will talk
on "Science and Internationalism" be
fore both Sigma XI and the University
Men's Dinner club. His former topic
was "The Cardinal Virtue" for the
former society and "The ViUl Thing
in Education" for the latter.
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CAMPAT ASHLAND
ADJUTANT-GENERAL HALL AN
NOUNCE TENTATIVE PLANS
Would Be Camp for Reserve Training
Corps University Cadets Pre
pare for Outdoor Drill
Cadets of the University who are
considering entering the training corps
for reserve officers of the United
States army, haxe been interested in
the announcement of Adjutant Gen
eral Phil Hall of the Nebraska Na
tional guard, that he will attempt to
have a federal summer training camp
established at Asliland on lands which
are considered government military
reservation lands and which are used
by the guard for a rifle range. The
general said, however, that some im
prevement is necessary before the land
at Ashland will be available for use
as a training-camp site. He thought
that it might be used this summer if
steps are taken by the government to
establish a camp in Nebraska.
Cadets who enter the training corps
agree to attend two summer training
camps of a month each. Captain
Samuel M. Parker, commandant of the
regiment, has asked the war depart
ment to rule whether or not these two
camps may be taken during the sum
mer following graduation, although
this practice will not be widely en
couraged even if authorized. It is
considered that cadets will be more
valuable to the University organiza
tion if they take training in camp in
time to utilize the benefits of their
training in work in the regiment.
Cadets Don Uniforms
About half the cadets donned uni
forms and lined up outdoors at "as
sembly" Monday for the first time
j since last November. The others
lined up, but not in uniform. Follow
ing roll call, each company was
marched to a class roonand the ses
sion was in charge of the captain.
Every company from now on is go
ing to prepare for the annual competi
tive drill to be held on the athletic
field in later May. Particular atten
tion will be paid to proficiency in
skirmishing exercises. Tho captains
last night gave "pep" talks, and urged
their men to be ready when the time
comes to win honors in "compet."
HONOR SON OF
FAMOUS RUSSIAN
TEA FOR ILLYA TOLSTOI, SON OF
LEO TOLSTOI, WILL BE
GIVEN TOMORROW
The dramatic department of the
University will give a tea in the club
rooms on the third floor of the Tem
ple tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 5
o'clock, conforming to Russian custom,
for Illya Tolstoi, son of the famous
Leo Tolstoi, Russian writer who exert
ed a profound influence over the com
mon people by his stimulating
philosophy.
The tea was originally planned for
yesterday afternoon, but Mr. Tolstoi
was delayed and will not reach Lin
coln until tomorrow. He is lecturing
in America on the life of his father.
The program of entertainment as first
arranged will be carried out without
any change.
Mr. Tolstoi,, when he appears at the
reception tomorrow, will find things
just as much like it would be if he
were attending a similar function In
his own country as It will be possible
to make them. One of the customs at
Russian teas of honor is a tribute to
the one for whom the reception Is
given, by the offering of a loaf of rye
bread with an abundance of salt
This honor will be raid Mr. Tolstoi.
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