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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ENGINEERS ON
WAY TO CHICAGO
FIFTY-SEVEN LEFT LAST NIGHT
ON INSPECTION TRIP
Will Reach Windy City Tuesday,
March 27, nd Remain Until
Friday, March 30
Fifty-seven engineers left for Chi
cago on the Burlington at 11:30 last
evening on the annual inspection trip
of the college of engineering. The
party is in charge of Prof. C. L. Dean,
chairman of the committee, Prof. J. N.
Bridgman, Prof. L. P. Seaton and
Prof. V. L. Hollister.
Some of the bigger places of inter
est that the party will inspect &te the
Keokuk dam, the nitration plant of the
Chicago Union stock yards, the West
ern Electric Co., anl the right-of-way of
the Illinois Central railroad out of
Chicago.
In Chicago the men will be busy
from 8 o'clock in the morning until
6 in the evening visiting places
mapped out on an itinerary arranged
by Nebraska alumni there. After
6 o'clock the men will be free to
spend the time as they wish.
A brief summary of the high points
of the trip follows:
Leave Lincoln, Sunday, March 25th,
at 11:30 p. m. Arrive Keokuk 1:15 p.
m., Monday; Inspection cf plant.
At Chicago
Tuesday. March 27
7:50 a. m., inspect C. & X. W. sta
tion and interlocking signal system.
10:30 a. m., walk to Wilson Ave.
tunnel connection, Wilson Ave. near
Clarendon. Inspect water Intake tun
nel in rock under Lake Michigan.
2:45 p. m., visit water nitration
plant of the Chicago Union Stock
Yards Co.
3:45 p. m., walk to the Chicago Gar
bage reduction plant, 39th and Iron
streets. Inspect method of handling
and disposing of the city's garbage.
5:30 p. m., inspect Fortieth street
station of the Commonwealth Edison
Co.
Wednesday, March 28
9:00 a.m., walk to Chicago Ave. en
trance of Western Electric Co. In
spect works.
2:00 p. m., walk one block south to
pumping station of the City of Chi
cago. ,
Thursday, March 29
9:09 a. m., inspect Universal Port
land Cement plant.
3:30 p. m., inspect plant of Iroquois
Iron Works.
4:30 p. m., remainder of afternoon
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QUARANTINED SIX
H0URS--N0W FREE
Three "Suspects" Take Mid-Ser.ies-ter
While Brothers Chafe Under
Restraining Bonds
I'hi Delta Theta was quarantined
for diptheria for five hours Friday.
Three of the men had been afraid
of diptheria Thursday and had called
UP a physician to have him come
ou that evening to treat them. He
failed to come and next morning the
men. believing that there was after
H nothing to their fear, came to
the campus to take mis-semesters. '
When the physician arrived and
found the men gone, he was not
sure, and he called the health
department who quarantined the rest
f the men to keep them together
until it could be discovered whether
the three really had the disease ot
nt- A short Inspection re.noved all
fear and the men were set free.
This is the second experience of
he Phi Dei,, .jth ,te quarantlne
Two of the men. DonkM Hoon. 19.
nd Harry Caldwell, '2c. are now
Isolated in one room wi.H scarlet
fever.
PLANS ALREADY
UNDER WAY FOR
PAN-HELLENIC DANCE
Plans are already under way for
the annual Pan-Hellenic dance, which
will be given In the auditorium Sat
urday, May 5. L. R. Doyle, 17, is
chairman of the committee In
charge; H. W. Campbell, 17, will be
master of ceremonies. Richard E.
Baliman, '17, and John B. Stoddart
are the other members of the com
mittee. Some novel features are being ar
ranged for the dance. A sixteen
plece orchestra will furnish the mu
sic. F. C. HOWE TO
SPEAK ON WAR
"After the War What?" To Be Sub
ject of Lecture Before Open
' Forum Friday
Dr. Frederic C. Howe, United
States Commissioner of Immigration,
longtime chief lieutenant of Tom L.
Johnson, and author of international
reputation, will speak under the
auspices of the open forum at All
Soul's church next Friday evening
on "After the War What?"
Mr. Howe is said to probably know
better than any one in America the
diplomatic and financial phases
which lie back of the European war,
and in this connection the lecture
he will give, press notices indicate,
always createst tremendous inter
est.
He will discuss in his address the
relation of finance and diplomacy
to the European war, and which
have been set in motion in this
country by the war. He will dis
cuss what America ought to do in
the way of development of agricul
ture and the cutting down of the
cost of living of the people, and
recites the things that have been
done in Denmark, Germany and
England to promote industrial democ
racy and state efficiency. .
spent on right-of-way of Illinois Cen
tral railway track elevation fVom 95th
street to 115th street.
Friday, March 30
8:00 a. m.. International Harvester
Co. Lunch at plant.
2:30 p. m., inspect Municipal Plant,
followed by trip on South Branch of
Chicago River in City tug for inspec
tion of movable bridge, municipal pier
and bridge.
Military Training
A petition for optional military
training was circulated about a week
ago at. the University of Oklahoma,
and obtained fifty Sooner signers in
thirty-five minutes. The Oklahoma
Daily is preparing to have a straw
vote taken on the issue. Ex.
BUNNY DAILY NIBBLES
STRYCHNINE; THEN EATS
ANOTHER DEADLY POISON
Every day in the department of
pharmacy a white rabbit nibbles
strychnine.
This bunny would Just as soon eat
strychnine as not as long as there's
something else to eat which m ill take
away the sting of death.
So far hydro-chlorate has done the
work. The results are carefully re
corded by Elsie Day, assistant profes
sor of pharmacology, w ho is writing a
thesis on the counteracting force of
hvdro-chlorate against strychnine.
of strychnine on the system.
"The reverse is not true, however.
so far as we have been able to learn,"
said Dr. R. A. Lyman, dean of the
mile of nharmacy. One poison often
will counteract another, and vice
versa. But strychnine does not seem
to count-ract a previous taste ot
hydro-chlorate, although hydro-cblorate
will deaden strychnine.
The rabbit is one of the few ani
mals in the world who can eat strych
nine and get away with it.
NEBRASKA SECOND
ATJOWA CITY
WRESTLERS TIE WITH INDIANA
IN WESTERN MEET
Illinois, With Four Men Entering
Finals, Takes First Place
Otoupalik and Barnes Win
Iowa City, la., March 24 The Ne
braska wrestling team showed up
strong in the western intercol
legiate wrestling meet here, tie
ing with Indiana for second place
with fourteen points. Illinois, with
four men entering the finals, took
first place, with 21 points, and Iowa,
with 13, third.
Otoupalik, Nebraska, in the light
heavyweight division, is intercol
legiate champion, winning his bout
from If. Wiley, of Indiana, in quick
time. Barnes, in the featherweight
division, won from Parrot, veteran
Iowa man, thus getting the cham
pionship in his class. Fuchs, Ne
braska middleweight, lost a hard
tussle to Moore of Indiana on deci
sion in the semi-finals.
The finals brought some fine
wrestling, but found no closer strug
gles than the semi-finals Friday. The
quickest decision in the meet came
in the semi-finals when Otoupalik,
of Nebraska, downed Ross, of Chi
cago, in less than two minutes and
a half.
CLASS DEBATE
ON Mi. K, DAY
Interest Increase in Coming Contest
For Championship Sophomores
and Seniors to Decide It
With the sophomore and senior
class debate teams meeting on Phi
Beta Kappa day next Thursday in
Memorial hall for the championship.
interest in the Interclass debates Is
fast reaching a climax. Both teams
are debating on the same sides of
the Mexican intervention question
that they upheld in the first round of
debates and since that time have been
perfecting their cases so that each
team declares its argument will with
stand any attack of the opponents.
The senior team, upholding the in
tervention end of the argument are
R. P. Parry, E. L. Randall, and Walter
R. Raecke. The members of the
junior team who will oppose the Mex
ican intervention are Frank Barnett,
E. G. Perley and C. C. Strimple. The
Judges for the contest have not as yet
been secured.
John W. Miller, '05. assistant pro
fessor of civil enginering at the
...
University of Washington, nas re
cently taken a number of photo
graphs of the harbor lines in Seattle
from an aeroplane.
Alwavs A Job Open For "Con"
Wilson,
Whatever else may happen, though
fortune strike them low in the paths
they chose to pursue, at least one
vocation will always be open to
"Con" Wilson, '17, of Lincoln, Fred
Cotter and George Grimes, both '18,
of Omaha, and E. L. Coldsmith, as
sistant to the superintendent of con
struction. That profession Is piano
moving.
The hour of the Junior play had
come last Friday, the orchestra were
chafing at their instruments, eager
to rehearse, and it was found that
no piano was in the orchestra pit
The four of them heaved a healthy
upright off the stage, rol ed it down
to the back of the fi t floor, re
LEGISLATURE TO
VISITJNIVERSITY
WILL MAKE TRIP TO FARM AND
CITY CAMPUS TUESDAY
Will Precede Legislative Banquet in
Evening Governor to Review
Cadets
Members ot the state senate and
house of representatives will visit the
farm and city campuses ot the Uni
versity, at the Invitation ot Chancellor
Avery and the board ot regents, Tues
day afternoon from 4 until 6.
The annual Inspection of the cadet
regiment by the governor, with both
the city and farm companies maneuver
ing, will be held in connection with
the visit ot the legislators, who will
view the inspection.
The trip to the two campuses will
be made iu automobiles furnished by
Lincoln citizens, meeting the legis
lators at the west entrance of the cap
ttol at 4 o'clock, and ' coming from
there to the city campus, where a brief
inspection of the buildings and points
ot interest will be made. From here
the party will go to the athletic field
for the inspection of the cadet regi
ment. After the Inspection the legislators
will go to the farm campus and see
the points of interest there, and will
return to the city In time for the legis
lative banquet at 6. The letter of invi
tation was sent by Chancellor Avery
to the state senate and house of rep
resentatives Thursday.
NOMINATE OFFICERS
jFOR JO-ED A. A,
Election for First Cabinet of Newly
formed Athletic Association
Next Thursday
The temporary nominating commit
tee of the newly-formed Women's Ath
letic association ot Nebraska has sub
mitted the names of nine girls as can
didates for officers ot this association.
Camilla Koch, '18, Ermine Carmean,
17, and Fern Noble, '19, have been
nominated for president; Olive Means,
'19, Daisy Parks, '20, and Jeanette
Thornton, '20, for vice-president; and
Beatrice Dierks, 18, Jean Burroughs,
'18, and Helen Bloodhart, '19, for sec
retary and treasurer.
The election will be held Thursday
at 11:30 in 9 102, Armory. All girls
who have won a place on either bas
ketball or baReball teams during the
years 1915-16 or 1916-17, or who won
their "N" are entitled to vote at this
election.
Myrtle Fitz Roberts, '03, director
of the association of collegiate
alumnae at Omaha, will attend the
national vocational guidance con
vention at Philadelphia the first
week of May.
Fred Cotter Ei Al
turned it along one of the center
aisles, and lifted it bodily over the
last two rows of seats to the top
of the orchestra railing. Then they
eased it, those four, into the orches
tra pit.
Imagine Fred Cotter, whose phy
sique more closely resembles that
of David than Goliath's, supporting
several hundred pounds of piano.
But he did it, with rare success.
Those four don't care how the
piano is taken out. They are ut
terly indifferent to that. But they
are proud of their achievement in
getting it down.
And the music from tho orches
tra added most sweetly tc the suc
cess of the Junior play.
ART DEPARTMENT
PURCHASES PICTURE
BY FRANK W. TAYLOR
The art department of the University
has recently purchased the illustra
tion, "The Lamp of Poor Souls," by
Frank Walter Taylor. This picture
was one of the number on exhibition
in the art gallery last month, includ
ing some of the original illustrations
for the "Iron Woman" and some Inter
esting construction scenes.
The picture purchased by the de
partment was one of the most popular
of those exhibited and represented
some of the best work of the illus
trator shown here at the time.
NO ELECTION FOR
CORNHUSKER GIRLS
Editor Charles M. Frey Announces
Staff Wall Make Selections
for Annual
The eight girls for the special sec
tion of the Cornhusker ot 1917 will
not be elected by vote of the sub
scribers, as the staff had thought ot
doing, but will be chosen by Charles
M. Frey, the editor-in-chief and his
assistants, Frey announced Saturday.
With this announcement Frey gave
out the following statement of the
position of the Cornhusker staff on
I the matter:
"The editors of the 1917 'Corn
huskers' have planned an annual which
they believe is truly representative of
Nebraska. One of its sections is de
voted to 'Nebraska Girls.' In running
this section the editor has no ulterior
motive than that of paying a compli
ment to Nebraska's womanhood.
"Our proposed method of selecting
the girls for this section has received
unjust criticism. We chose the
method which we believed is fair. We
nominatel twenty-four girls, that In
our Judgment were typical Nebraska
women. We intended to let the sub
scribers to the 'Cornhusker' elect them
by giving each subscriber a ballot
whereby he could vote for eight out of
the twenty-four girls. The eight high
est were to compose our section.
"We are criticised for not consult
ing the girls before nominating them
and printing their names on the bal
lot. Should we have approached each
girl with a question of such a personal
nature? The modesty of Nebraska
women forbids them to admit their
eligibility for anything which is so
personal. We are criticised for at
tempting to select the proposed eight
girls by a ballot system in connection
with the sales campaign. Who but the
subscribers to the 'Cornhusker' or the
editors, under the present system
should select these girls? The former
have that right in consequence of their
support of the 'Annual,' the latter have
that right In consequence of their
positions and responsibility hey as
sume In running the 'Cornhusker.
"Notwithstanding criticism the 1917
'Cornhusker' will have a Nebraska
WORK OF ILLUSTRATORS
PLACED ON EXHIBITION
IN THE ART GALLERY
A collection of Illustrations, both
framed and unframed, which have
been used by MacMillan & Co., in the
publication of their books, is now on
exhibition in the art gallery. The char
coal drawings by J. Henry have been
favorably commented upon by local
critics and one or two illustrations by
Emily Benson Knipe are interesting
many. The work of this Illustrator
deals mainly with Colonial subjects,
and there are several sketches in
which George Washington figures.
An illustration by Paul Branson, in
which the subject is a dog, belongs to
a famous series of animal illustrations.
Another sketch worthy of notice is
called "Faces of Immigrants" and is
the work of Wadslaw Benda, a promi
nent New York Illustrator. Still other
men whose work is represented are:
Frances White, M. L. Bower and Wil
liam Von DresseL
AUDIENCE ENJOYS
"GREEN JTOCKINGS"
JUNIOR PLAY SUCCESSFUL IN
MORE WAYS THAN ONE
Cast Shows That it's the Play, and
Not the Place, That Counts
Will Not Lose Money
Playing on the unadorned Temple
theatre stage, and not at the Oliver
theatre, whose star-trod boards sup
posedly inspire the amateur actor,
the cast of the junior play, "Green
Stockings," added another pleasing
success to the list of memorable
junior plays of recent years. The
Temple was well-filled with a rep
resentative student audience, which
appreciated the performance by fre
quent applause.
The work of the cast was smooth
and well done in general and ex
ceptionally notable in particular.
Good work on the part of the sup
ports added to the effectiveness ot
the whole play. The capable coach
ing of Prof. Alice .Howell was re
sponsible In great part for the
smoothness of the presentation.
. A Real Star
Elizabeth Erazlm, of Ravenna, as
Celia Farraday, twice doomed to
wear the green stockings of an un
marriageable older sister, played her
leading role with distinction. She
handled the rather difficult trans
formation of a wall flower into a
sensible butterfly with good art and
exceptional understanding, reaching
the high points of her part with ad
mirable restraint and insight Play
ing opposite her, Ted Metcalfe, of
Omaha, as Colonel Smith, did work
fully in keeping with Miss Erazim's.
Carlisle Jones, of Neligh, as
Bobble Tarvar, bound to win his
election, Catherine Pierce, of Bell
ville, Kas., as the thoughless, pretty
young sister, Carolyn Kimball as
sympathetic Aunt Ida, whose Imagi
nation does not equal her sympathy,
stood out strongly because of clever
handling of difficult passages. Fred
Clarke as Admiral Grice, Walter
Weiland as William Farraday, Robert
Nesbit as Martin, J. B. Worley as
Henry Steele, Eugene Moore as
Hames Rowley, Susie Scott as Mrs.
Rockingham, all made the most ot
their parts, showing a careful study
PROF. DAMN ON
EPICSJF GREECE
Convocation Tomorrow Will be Given
Over to Second Number of Series
on World's Epic Poems
Prof. W. F. Darn, head of the de
partment of history and criticism of
fine arts, will speak on Greek epics at
Convocation tomorrow morning at 11
o'clock in Memorial hall. Professor
Dann's lecture will be the second of
a series of discussions of the world's
greatest epic poets which are being
given at Tuesday morning Convoca
tions. Dr. L. A. Sherman spoke on
"Hindu Epics" two weeks ago. Prof.
F. A. Stuff and Trof. F. W. Sanford
will be later speakers.
Professor Dann is well-known to the
University public. He has written the
Interpretations of the Beethoven sym
phonies which have been given for the
past two years under the direction
OI inrs. tarno u. iwjuiuuu.
Girl's section. The editor, mindful of
the responsibility and the certain criti
cism which he will receive In any
event has decided that the girls who
will be selected for this 6e"ction will
be chosen by himself and his assist
ants. Fearlessly assuming this thank
less task we Will select these girls ac
cording to the merits of womanhood.
"(Signed) CHARLES M. FRET."