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VOL. XVI. NO. 124.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GENERAL PERSHING
AT COMMENCEMENT
IS PROBABLE THAT FORMER COM
MANDANT WILL BE SPEAKER
National Situtaion May May Make
Hit Presence With Troops
Necessary
Major General John J. Pershing,
commander of the southern division of
the United States army and former
commandant of cadets at the Univer
Hity of Nebraska, will probably be the
speaker at the commencement exer
cises of the class -of 1917, in June, re
cent developments indicate.
Chancellor Avery said yesterday
that General Pershing would in all
likelihood accept the invitation on the
provision that he be excused in case
his presence were necessary elsewhere
in June. The grave national situation
is supposed to have kept him from a
definite acceptance.
The invitation extended to General
Pershing carries out an opinion often
expressed by the chancellor that more
than academic addresses are appro
priate at the commencements of col
lege graduates. It is his belief that a
talk on any subject of wide appeal, no
matter whether it be scholarly in its
atmosphere or not, is a fitting bene
diction for the mature men and women
who, after completing a four-year col
lege course, are to go out into the
world.
General Pershing is well remem
bered as one of the strongest men the
war department has stationed at the
University for service as commandant
of cadets. He supervised military
science here in the nineties and did
much to raise the efficiency of the sys
tem. The Pershing rifles were named
in his honor.
CAMILLE KOCH IS
A. PRESIDENT
Women's Athletic Association Elects
Officers and Adopts Point System
to Govern Eligibility
('anii)le Koch, '18, of Fullerton, was
elected president of the Nebraska
women's athletic association Thurs
day morning 'at 11:30 o'clock in the
lecture room of the gymnasium. Daisy
Parks, '20, of Ashland, was elected
vice-president; Beatrice Dierks, '18, of
Lincoln, secretary and treasurer; and
Lillian Wirt, '17. of Lincoln, cor
responding secretary.
It was decided that a girl to be
eligiole for membership in the asso
ciation hereafter must have won 100
IKtints. These point awards will be
Riven for various athletic activities.
Membership In the first class hockey,
soccor, basketball, baseball or swim
ming teams will count 100 points, in
the second 25 points. A substitute on
a first team will be given 50 points,
on a second IS points'.
In track work, the winner of first
Mace will receive 20, of second 10,
snd of third 5 points In each event.
The beat all-round athlete In track
ork will be given 100. the second s"0.
'he third 25 points.
Individual Honors
Individual honors will also be re
warded by points. The best swimmer,
I" h!ch six must compete, will re
ceive 50 points. The winner in the
tenuis tournament, in which there
must be twelve contestants, will also
receive 50 points, as will the best shot.
he one who can swing clubs the best,
nd the best dancer.
To win any of these credits a girl
"Hst be carrying successfully twelve
"ours of University woflc. When 600
Pints have been won a sweater with
"N" will be given. Special pro-
Mon9 have been made for npperclass
'"en who obviously -will not have the
opportunity to win points they would
350 ENROLL IN '
WOMAN'S RESERVE
PLEDGE THEMSELVES TO AID GOV
ERNMENT IN CASE OF WAR
League to Furnish Material for Those
Who Wish to Organize Home
Town Branches
About 350 University women gath
ered fn the Armory at 7:30 last even
ing and enthusiastically enrolled in
the College Woman's Naval Reserve
league, pledging themselves to help
their country In time of war in what
ever way they were fitted.
After a short patriotic speech by
Lieutenant Waddell of Omaha, and an
explanation by Leonard Trester, '19,
secretary of the Naval Reserve asso
ciation, of the plan by which women
all over the west are to be given a
chance to help the government, the
three hundred and fifty women en
dorsed the purpose of the league and
solemnly pledged themselves to It.
America Must Fight Alone
Speaking of the need of the navy at
the present time and the vacancies
that would be left If the naval reserv
ists were called into action, Lieutenant
Waddell told a straightforward story
of the Internationa situation as he
saw it, and of the duty every Ameri
can, man or woman, has to perform.
He said that if America goes into war
with Germany, she must prepare to
win on her own strength and not
depend upon aid from others.
Trester briefly explained the plan
for the formation of the league, of the
good it could accomplish, and to what
was to be hoped for it. He said that
it would offer the women of the west
a splendid chance to refute the argu
ment often advanced by easterners
that this section of the country Is not
willing to sacrifice anything for the
good of the nation.
A number of definite things that
members of the league propose to do.
Red Cross work, office work, making
of . bandages and supplies, were
enumerated by Trester, who also told
them that there might even be need
for women in the munitions factories.
Plans to carry the reserve out into
this and other states will be definitely
begun today, when all members of the
organization and all those who wish to
become members will take ribbons and
bands to their home towns and start
the league there. This material may
be obtained from anyone on the gen
eral committee, or Alice Proudflt, pres
dent, or Helen Matteson, secretary, at
1548 R street.
TRACK MEN TEST
THEIRJTRENGTH
Long Distance Candidates Show Up
Strong In Tryouts Yesterday
Nebraska Needs More Men
Twenty-five men came out for trials
in track events yesterday afternoon
on the athletic field. Several of the
men showed up well, especially in the
long-distance events. In the mile,
Young, Meyers. Overman, Raecke and
Williams made good time, the latte
winning in 4:50 from a' seventy-five
yard handicap. Hryans took the quar
ter in 2:10 and Townsend won -the
75-yard dash In 7.04.
Dr. Stewart expressed himself as
pleased with the showing of the men
who were out but he wants a great
deal mort material with which to
work. More long distance men were
out than sprinters. More men to try
out for every event are vitally needed
for a successful season, Dr. Stewart
said.
have If they wore entering as fresh
men. That is, the class of '18, will be
riven a sweater if they win 300, the
class of '19. 400, the class of '20 500,
and the class of '21, 600 points.
Chancellor Avery's Foreword To University Week
The activities of University Week have become a fixed tradition
in the state and In the University. The character of the entrtainments
in the past has been high. This year there should be no exception.
Students taking part for the first time should feel that they have a
worthy tradition to maintain. Those who have been active in previous
years will naturally desire to surpass the'.r former efforts.
From the towns and cities where University week has been held,
1 hear nothing but commendations of the character of the performances
and the conduct of the students. The enthusiastic support of the local
committees has been especially gratifying. Mutual good will between
the communities visited and the University has resulted. The Unl
vrsity is glad to have the people of the state become acquainted with
the student body, and the students are benefitted by a more intimate
acquaintance with the people of the different sections of Nebraska.
S. AVERY.
FACULTY SUPPORT
ADMINISTRATION
SIGN RESOLUTION WHICH IS
SENT TO WASHINGTON
Stand for Unqualified Support of Ad
ministration and Defense of
"International Dignity
A resolution setting forth the stand
of the signers as unqualifiedly in sup
port of the administration and for the
defense of international dignity, and
denouncing the new state of mind
characterized as "pacifism" as un
timely and dangerous, was signed yes
terday by forty-two University In
structors and employes. Copies were
wired to Washington this morning.
The paper was circulated by Prof.
W. G. Laugworthy Taylor, professor
emeritus of economics and commerce,
and was addressed to Senator Hitch
cock and Congressmen Reavis and
Shallenberger. It will also be wired
to the president.
The resolution and its signers fol
low: "Hon. Gilbert M. Hitchcock,
"Hon. C. F. Reavis,
"Hon. A. C. Shallenberger.
Washington. D. C,
"We stand for unqualified sup
port of the administration and for
defense of International integrity
and solidarity in all events. Pacif
ism is untimely and dangerous.
"(Signed) W. G. Langworthy
Taylor, J. F. LeRossignol, Minnie
Troop England, Chancellor Sanruel
Avery, Fred M. Fling, J. E. Miller,
George A. Loveland, Charles For-
dyce. H. J. Gramllch, O. V. P.
Stout, Ellery W. Davis, Charles W.
Taylor, William F. Dann, Dana F.
Cole, 'O. R, Martin. J. T. Lees,
Guernsey Jones, Louise Pound,
Marguerite C. McPhee, Max Wes
terman. Fred W. Upson, A. H.
Hiltner, Malcolm G. Wyer, Nellie
Jane Compton, Mabelle Benton
Heatlo, Thomas T. Wirth, P. M.
Buck, Jr.. G. D. Swezey, J. D. Hoff
man. S. M. Parker, Hutton Web
ster, Gertrude Moore, Charles
Fordyce, Guy E. Reed. R. G. Clapp.
M. M. Fogg, R. H. Wolcott.
C. V. Engberg. Sarka 11. Hrbkova,
Joseph H. Powers, Frank H. Shoe
maker, William J. Allen."
PROFESSOR GRANT TO
TALK ON ART EXHIBIT
Will be Speaker at First Convocation
Following Spring Recess Can
vases Will be Shown
Prof. Blanche C. Grant, associate
professor of drawing and painting, will
speak on the annual art exhibit, Tues
day morning. April 10, at 11 o'clock
In Memorial hall, the first Convocation
after spring vacation. Several pic
tures of the exhibition will be shown
at that time.
It Is customary to have this exhibi
tion about Christmas time, but it was
postponed this year on account of the
national association meeting of draw
ing and manual training supervisors
which will be in Lincoln the first week
of April.
STUDENTS OFF FOR
JEST TODAY
SPRING RECESS BEGINS AT 6
O'CLOCK TONIGHT
Various Things Will Interest Under
graduates, Including Sleep and
Home Cooking
After a continuous grind of academic
and scholastic duties since the Christ
mas holidays, students will leave Lin
coln at all hours today for home and
spring recess.
The week promises to be one of the
happiest of the whole school year. The
weather man has obligingly decreed
"fair and warmer" at least half of the
time, and the folks at home are said
not to have lost any of their reckless
ness at serving potatoes regardless.
Not a few students will find most of
their recess taken up by the Univer
sity week shows, which will go out
into the state beginning today. None
of the attractions will bring students
back to their home towns without tak
ing at least half of the vacation. The
experience to be gained, and the
diversion offered by the trips, however,
are greeted as enthusiastically by the
casts as a vacation spent only at home.
Campus mathematicians have esti
mated that city and village sporting
dealers will have occasion during the
next week to sell nine hundred base
ball bats, five hundred Reach's official
baseballs, and an undecided number
of mitts. There will probably be some
greasing of the municipal machinery
in several towns to expedite red tape
in the matter of getting the baseball
diamond scraped and ready for the
season.
Nebraskan to Take Vacation
The staff of The" Daily Nebraskan,
carrying out thoroughly the spirit of
spring recess, will not return to work
until Tuesday, and the first issue of
the paper after recess will be Wed
nesday morning.
Thoso students who have taken their
vacations on the Installment plan dur
ing the first half of the semester will
probably spend most of the recess In
Lincoln getting their courses by the
concentration method. Other unfortu
nate ones who have been kept from
their work by unforseen circum
stances, as for Instance the epidemic
of scarlet fever, may also spend a dili
gertt although necessarily tranquil
week In Lincoln.
ONLY 2 PLEDGED BY
SORORITIES YESTERDAY
Mid-Semester Pledging Sets Low
Record Alpha Delta Pi and
Alpha Omicrom Pi Pledge
Only two sororities, Alpha Delta PI
and Alpha Omicrom PI, announced
new members at 6 o'clock last eve
ning, closing the annual mid-semester
pledging for the second semester.
Although pledging Is always very
light at this time, the mark of two,
probably sets a record.
The new pledge of Alpha Delta Pi
Is Lila Drolllnger. '18. of Lincoln;
of Alpha Omicrom PI. Greta Nune-
maker, '18, Tobias.
FIRST UNI. WEEK NUMBER
STARTS OUT-STATE THIS NOON
CADET BAND WILL OPEN 1917 PROGRAM AT' SUPERIOR AT
8:00 O'CLOCK TONIGHT
University Players, Glee Club, Road Show, and Faculty Lecturer
Will Follow in That Order Visiting Six Towns .
The Chancellor's Foreword
At 12:30 today the cadet band of
fifty pieces will leave for Superior,
where it will open University
week for 1917 this evening. Tomor
row at noon the University players,
presenting "Alias Jimmy Valentine,"
will leave for the same place, and
the glee club, road show, and Pro
fessor Schramm, faculty lecturer, will
follow in that order. From Su
perior the attractions will go to Red
Cloud, Oxford, Cambridge, McCook,
and Holdrege.
Following are the members of the
band who leave for Superior this
noon :
Dr. C. B. Cornell, Major D. T.
Lane, Captain R. J. Saunders, First
Lieutenants R. L. Theisen, Fred Gar
rison, A. V. Hlava, W. A. Schu
macher; Second Lieutenants C. L.
Meisinger, H. N. Aldrich; "Drum
Major, First Sergeant L. W. Ellis;
Sergeants I). P. Thomas. F. J.
Creutz; Corporals H. G. Huffman, R.
E. Miller, B. Neumann, L. H. Neu
mann, B. ,F. Pitman. E. F. Young,
A. Zuhlke; Privates O. R. Anderson,
H. M. Crllly, B. H. French, A. L.
Hagerman, L. W. Kline. C. J.
Mathews, H. E. Matousek, E. F.
Moore, L. K. Orr, L. H. Redelfe. H.
R. Reynolds. H. G. Schroeder, B. F.
Sillsbee, G. P. Skilstaad, M. L.
NOTED EDUCATOR IN
STATE DURING RECESS
Ella Flagg Young, Formerly of Chi
cago, to Speak at Nebraska City
Next Thursday
Ella Flagg Young, noted educator,
will visit Nebraska during spring re
cess, and a number of faculty mem
bers and students who are preparing
to be teachers expect to hear her. She
will speak before the southeastern Ne
braska teachers' association at Ne
braska City, next Thursday, April 5.
Mrs. Young is one of the striking
figures In the world of public school
education today, and her addresses
will be followed with great interest.
The subjects she will discuss are "Op
portunity and Education," and "The
Rise of Genius in America."
COTfiER TAKES
IMPROMPTU GAME
Nebraska Baseball Candidates Have
an Exciting Time in Contest
With Bulldogs
In an impromptu practice game, the
Cotner Bulldogs defeated the Ne
braska varsity baseball squad at
Bethany yesterday, 4 to 3.
Trying out a string of twenty candi
dates, Assistant Coach Rutherford
used the game to get a more accurate
line on the material with which Ne
braska will enter Valley baseball com
petition after several years' respite.
The men, Indulging for the first time
this season in a real game, played
raggedly, but showed occasional
flashes of form, which, If developed,
Indicates much.
Pickett and Rlddell. with Shaw and
Taylor were the two batteries used
most of the time, although several
other candidates got a chance to
show what they could do with their
pitching arm. Both preserved a good
strike-out record, but occasional
blngles by the collegians were
disastrous.
Springer, E. E. Watkins, H. Young,
VV. B. Schroeder L. A. Swanson,
C. Kinkaide, R. A. Turnure, M.. L.
Chaffee, W. Kriemelmeyer, A. J.
Sutherland, R. S. Drake, R. J. Ber
quist, D. B. O'Brian, P. B. Polnicky,
M. O. Johnson, E. H. Larson, Noh.
This is the third year for Uni
versity week, and finds the attrac
tions occupying twelve days to visit
six towns in comparison to six days
to visit four towns during the first
year, 1915, when Seward,x David City,
Osceola and Fremont comprised the
circuit.
At the head of the University
week association, in charge of the
custom, is Virgil J. Haggart, '17, of
St. Paul. R. J. Saunders, 18, of
Billings, Mont., is senior manager,
and John B. Cook, '18, of Beatrice
and Fred W. Clark, '18, of Stamford,
are junior assistants.
The territory to be reached by the
program this year is an entirely new
one, and it is expected that the
University week of 1917 will ful
fill Its function of getting people
of the state acquainted with Univer
sity students and what they are
doing better than any previous one
has done because the number of
people to be reached will be much
larger.
REGENTS WILL
MEET APRIL 2
Board to Consider Many Important
Matters While Students Are
Resting From Their Labors
The board of regents of the Univer
sity will hold its regular meeting April
2, and will consider several important
matters in which students are par
ticularly Interested.
The single tax, overwhelming en
dorsed at a vote during the second
semester registration, will be one of
the things to be passed upon by the
board, which is expected to take defi
nite action toward making it official.
The student council, a working plan
for which the student council commis
sion Is at this time preparing, will not
come up before the regents for con
sideration until after it has been pre
sented, discussed, re-arranged, and en
dorsed by the student body at a series
of mass meetings.
The general building program, the
consideration of current maintenance
and expenses, a discussion of the ap
propriations authorized by the legisla
ture, and numerous routine matters
characteristic of every meeting will
also occupy the time oi the board.
FAMOUS ARTISTS TO
HAVE CANVASES IN
ART EXHIBIT IN APRIL
Among the artists whose pictures
will be on exhibit at the art gallery
from April 6 to May 6, are: John F.
Carlson, "Fallow Acres"; Charles C.
Curran. "September Breete"; Jonas
Lie, "The Autumn Fleet"; E. W. Red
field, "Gray Day"; Gardiner Symons,
"Winter Clow"; Mary Fan-child Low,
"The Swift"; and Walter MacEwen,
"Blue and White."
The exhibit will also include eight
pictures representative of the extreme
modernism In art. One of these,
called "The Dance," It Intended to rep
resent the human figure In motion. It
Is an example of futurist painting.