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Daily Ne 11 m VOL. XVI. NO. 128. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, MONDAY, APRIL 16. 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS PATRIOTIC RALLY TO BE BIG AFFAIR UNIVERSITY WILL HOLD DEMON STRATION NEXT WEEK General Committed of Over 100 Stu dentt Appointed Will Meet Tomorrow Morning Tentative plans for the University patriotic demonstration a week from tomorrow Indicate that It will be d. biggest thing in years. Classes will be excused for the morning, with the possible exception of 8 o'clock, and students and faculty VIU devote their time to the rally. A list of over one hundred Uni versity men and women has been appointed to comprise a general stu dent committee. They will meet at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning In U 207 to discuss plans for the affair. The names of those on the committee may he found below. Will Start With Parade As now sketched, the demonstra tion will begin with a parade which will form at the city campus at 9 o'clock. The students will be divided into sections, headed by the freshman and varsity cadet bands and the cadet regiment in uniform. Other divisions of the students not taken by the band or regiment, will follow. It will be arranged, If pos sible, so that everyone in the parade may have a flag to wave. The parade will start from the campus, according to present plans, about 9 o'clock, and will march through Lincoln streets to the city auditorium at Thirteenth and 'M where the meeting proper will be held. Here there will be music, by tjie band, singing by the entire gathering, possibly music by the University chorus, and speeches by faculty men, students, alumni, and probably by one of the regents. The General Committee The following men have been named for the general committee: Albert Bryson, Ivan Beede. A. C. Deble, W. R. Raecke, Beachy Mus selman, Wayne Townsend, R. J. Saunders, A. J. Covert, V. J. Hag ?art, John Riddell, George Grimes, C. L. Jones. C. M. Frey, B. Nye. M. V. Folsom, C. S. Holcombe, J. L. Barton, Russell Best, II. R. Ander son, J. Flaherty, R."E. Anderson, C. Peterson, J. O. Nelson, A. A. Emley, G. M. Porter, Karl Brown, F. E. Ruerstetta, Ed. Kositsky, M. C. Town send. L. W. Kline, A. C. Krebs. A. W. Tell. C. A. Olson. Roy Deb foid, G. A. Blotz, C. Glasser, Fred Wells, Walter Blunk, T. H. Picssly, Carl Harnsberger, V. T. Johnson. M. C. Dally, Ted Metcalfe, Max Miller, Fred Clarke, Harold Holtz, Roy Harney, H. Neff. II. Camp bell. H. Pascale, T. Reece, D. Thomas, R. .1. Royle, O. Zumw Inkle, C. Laverty, J. Wendstrand, John Cook, Irving Augustine, Edson Shaw, Ralph Thie sen, Harold Gerhart, L. W. Trester, Harry Caldwvll, Ray C"wen. Following is a list of the women members of the committee: Alice Proudfit, M. Kauffman, . E. Fogg, Eva Miller. Marion Kastle. Koris Scroggins, V. Holland, Ethel Stone, Olive Lehmer, K. Newbranch, Bertha Di IfliuHer, Louise Coe. F. Tiitmore, Ruth Whitmore, Marian Rerder. Mary Haller, Jean Burroughs, Edna Ogden, Melba Quigley, Geneva Seegar, Florence Wirt, Fern Noble, F.Jnss Kimball, L. Noble, Carolyn Kimball, Esther Ellinghusen, Edna Coffee, Edna Pegler. Helen Loftman, Elinor Bennett, Carolyn Reed, Velona Pilcher. Harriett Ramey, Otilla Schurman. Marian Hall. Helen Minier, Susie Scott. Jeanette Thornton, Helen Houston, Helen Copsey, Elizabeth Erazim, Mae Youngson. JAPANESE GRADUATE WRITES PROFESSOR OF GOV'T'S. SHIP BUILDING Prof. V. L. Hollister, associate pro fessor or electrical engineering, has TWO FACULTY MEMBERS TO APPEAR BEFORE BOHEMIANS IN OMAHA Dean W. G. Hastings, dean of the college of law, will speak on "The Bohemians in Nebraska," at the gath ering of Nebraska citizens of Slavic blood which will be held In Omaha April 28 and 29. Prof. Sara Hrbkova, head of the department of Slavonic languages, has been asked by the Russian committee to discuss "The Significance of the Russian Revolu tion." This gathering Is the first meeting of the Slavic people of Ne braska that has ever been field. Sunday, April 29, will be devoted to a celebration of the Russian revolu tion. ATHLETES MAY GET DRILLWORK TOO COACH STEWART AND CAPTAIN PARKER HAVE A PLAN Would Lrke to Place Athletes on Equal Preparedness Footing With Cadets Mars may run the young Herculeses on the Cornhusker athletic squads a tight race during the rest of the spring, if plans considered by Coach Stewart and Commandant Parker of the cadet regiment mature, for they are con sidering paralleling the regular track, spring football and baseball workouts with military drill. The head coach is in favor of some plan whereby the men who go in for athletics will not lose out on the pre paredness training, so that when June comes around, both groups of men will be on an equal footing. He and Captain Parker got their heads to gether last week, and the result may be the installation of military training for the varsity squads. If plans formulating develop, Cap tain Parker may endeavor to secure a special officer from the war depart ment to train the men. Both the coach and the commandant feel that ath letic training is effectual training for national defense, and they hope to be able to combine the two without loss to either. received a letter from Kinju Akagi, C. E., '10, E. E., '11, who is con nected with the Kawasaki Dock Yard Co. at Kohl, Japan. Akagi expected to return recently to the United States but the illness of his mother prevented him, so he took his pres ent position. His letter is dated December 5. He writes: "The company is one of the largest private dock yard companies In the Orient. Its main business is to build steamships and steam railway locomotives. The total number of men employed ex ceeds 15,000. On November 12 a battleship "Ise," tonnage, 32,600, was launched. Four other steamers rang ing from 4,500 to 9,700 tons are in the dock now." PROFESSOR SANFORD TO SPEAK ON "ANELD" Convocation Tomorrow Morning Will Be Devoted to Third Number of Epic Series Prof. F. W. Sanford, assistant pro fessor of Roman history and litera ture, will speak on Virgil's Aneid Tuesday morning at Convocation at 11 o'clock in Memorial hall. Professor Sanford's address Is the third of a series of Convocation ad dresses devoted to the great epic poems of the world, which are being given by University professors. "Para dise Lost," discussed by Prof. F. W. Stuff, at some future time, will conclude the series. BASEBALL STARTS WITHV!GTORIES CORNHUSKERS TAKE BOTH OF WESLEYAN SERIES Second Game, Saturday, a Fourteen Inning Battle, 2-1 First Came Easily, 94 The varsity baseball team started Its season with two victories over Wesleyan last Friday and Saturday afternoons. The first game was won easily by a score of 9 to 4, but the second was grabbed only after a bitter fourteen inning battle, 2 to 1. Errors and poor pitching marked the downfall of the Methodists Fri day. The Cornhuskers started in hard In the first lmg and rolled up a lead of 4. From then until the end the Nebraskans took things easy. In the course of the game Wesleyan slipped over four scores but while they were doing that the Cornhuskers annexed five additional counters. Riddell, Berquist and Rey nolds were the Nebraska pitchers in the first game. Pickett Shines Again Saturday's game was a big league affair in soveral respects. The main one was the pitching of Pickett, who went the full fourteen-inning route, juite an achievement in itself. Djt add to that the fact that he held the Methodists to two singles, one of them "scratchy," and that he struck out an even twenty there is a big league performance com plete. Pickett was by no means alone in the limelight, however. There were many brilliant fielding stunts on both sides with "Doc" Crandall of the Cornhuskers pulling the most sensational performances. The Cornhuskrs lacked the neces sary punch in the pinches or the game would have been won in the early stages. In practically every inning they would get men on the bases and in several they had the bases full, but the pinch hitter failed to develop. In the fourteenth, however, the Nebraskans got the bases full with one out Coach Kline tried to work some strategy and sent in a fresh pitcher, but the substitute could not locate the plate and threw four balls in succession, forcing in the needed run. SHOULD STAND UNITED IN WAR Chancellor Says Faculty Should Forget Past Attitudes and Hopes no Bitterness May Exist That no matter what attitude Uni versity professors may have taken be fore the war toward this nation's en trance, they should all now stand solidly behind the government, was the message delivered to faculty mem bers by Chancellor Avery at the meet ing of the senate Saturday morning. He also said he hoped that in taking this attitude there would be no bitter ness on account of statements made or feelings expressed before the war. The statement, which he made at the close of the meeting, follows: "I wish to speak for a moment per sonally and not officially. The world war has raged for the greatest part of three academic years. During this time members of the faculty have been perfectly free to express their opin ions on the issues involved in any way they saw fit. There have been pro- German and anti-German, militaristic and anti-militaristic expressions in the papers. Those who have belipved tht the United States should take part and those who opposed our taking part have expressed themselves p-obably more freely than any other class of our citizens. We should uow remem ber, however, that our country Is at RECRUITS WILL GETJFULL CREDIT SENATE VOTES TO HELP GOVERN MENT BY FREEING STUDENTS Seniors Enlisting Will be Given Diplomas May Recognize Other Service Students in good standing who leave school to serve the government in the war will be given full credit for the semester's work, and seniors will be given their diplomas without the absentia foe, the University senate decided at a meeting Saturday. To make it as easy as possible for students to serve their country in other ways besides fighting, the senate ap pointed a committee of deans to draw up rules under which University men can get their credit hours It they go into agricultural, engineering, or other industrial work for the government in the war. This Is the first official step of a Uni versity body in the war, and follows a request made by Chancellor Avery at the declaration of hostilities for this and other concessions by the Institution. The senate also appointed a commit tee to confer with Chancellor Avery in recommending to the regents the selection of new officials for the regis trar's office. Recently both Vancil K. Greer and Arthur H. Hiltner, registrar and assistant registrar, resigned to go into private business. OBSERVATORY OPEN FOR VIEW OF MOON AND LECTURE TONIGHT The observatory will be open to the public from 8 to 10 o'clock this evening for a view of the moon. Prof. G. D. Swezey, head of the de partment of astronomy, will lecture at 9 o'clock on "Theories of the Origin of the Moon." Frosh Edition The freshmen of T. C. U. put out a six-page edition of the Skiff, the col lege newspaper, printed in green ink. In all, it was quite a respectable paper, even if the freshmen did put it out. A freshman edition of The Texan is being discussed, and plans will prob ably materialize. Ex. BODWELL HURT IN FALLJATURDAY Phi Gam Freshman Drops Fifteen Feet From Porch Top Un conscious Several Hours Ilea Bod well, a Phi Gamma Delta freshman, fell fifteen feet from the porch of the fraternity house at 1216 H street Saturday afternoon and received severe, although not serious, injuries. He was unconscious sev eral hours. It was Impossible to tell, late Saturday night, whether he had been injured internally. Several of the men were sitting on the iorch-roof rail when the acci dent occurred. Bodwell lost his hold on his perch and dropped to the ground narrowly missing the side walk. His head was badly bruised, with one severe cut across the temple. He was not taken to a hospital. war, and we should, without regard to any previous attitude that we may have taken, now place ourselves In thought, word and deed solidly behind the government of the United States. There In no other course for ua to pursue. In this connection I may fur ther express the hope that in taking this attitude there may be no bitter ness on account of statements made or feelings expressed begore the coun try was at war." GERMAN DRAMATIC CLUB WILL GIVE PLAY "MODERNE DIENSTMADCHEN" The German Dramatic club will present "Moderne Dlenstmadchen," at their regular weekly meeting Wednesday evening in Faculty hall, the Temple. The cast follows: Professor Wilder, Walter Raecke, 17. Luzindv, his wife, Hose Anderson, 17. Anna, a maid, Lillian Wirt, "17. Minna, a servant, Hedwig Bone kemper, '18. Amanda, a maid, Tekla Alexis, '20. Netta, a maid, Josephine Strode, '19. SOPHOMORES WIN INTERCLASS MEET TRACK SEASON OPENS ON NE BRASKA FIELD SATURDAY Races Produce Some Fast Time by Finney Owen and Grau No Records Broken Along willi the baseball game on Nebraska field Saturday afternoon came the interclass track meet, the 53'. to 42 for the juniors, 38 for the freshmen and a single point for the seniors. It was a real meet from the start and although no records were In danger " some very good time was made in the races, for so early in the season. Finney's 13 4-5 seconds in the 120-yard hrudles, Jwen's 52 3-5 seconds in the quarter and Grau's wo minutes and six and four fifths seconds in the half were all star performances. Werner Individual Star Werner with a total of 15 points was the individual star. He won first in the 100 and 220 and the high jump. Andrews with a first in the discus, a second in the javelin and a third in the high hurdles for a total of 9 points was second. The junior relay team composed of Fuchs, Sturm, Townsend and Owen won the half-mile relay in the fast time of one minute and thirty-six seconds. The finish of this race was one of the closest of the day when Finney of the sophomores fin ished but a scant foot behind Owen of the juniors after the latter had come from behind on the stretch. First place was won six times by the juniors and as many by the sophomores while the first year men had to be content with three firsts. The summary follows: Mile Overman, Graf, Williams. Time 4:46:2. 440 Owen, Fuchs, Yort. Time 52:3. 100 Werner, Owen and MacMahon tied for second. Time 10:2. High Hurdles (50 yards) Flint, Foster, Andrews. Time 7:1. 880 Grau, Stevens, Brindebaugh. Time 2:6:4. 220 Werner, MacMahon, Sturm, time 23:4. Low Hurdles (120 yards) Finney, Wright, Flood. Time 13:4. (Continued to Page Two) NOMINATIONS STILL OPEN FOR MAY QUEEN Senior Girla Will Name Preference Again Today Election Comes Tomorrow Becaust many senior girls did not vote their preference for this year's Queen of May Friday, perhaps be cause such short notice was given, the committee has decided to have preliminary voting again Monday. The election will be made from these nominations Tuesday, but the final results will not be announced until Ivy Day, May 16, when the crowning ceremony will take place. "THE DIPLOMAT" SCORES SUCCESS TYPICAL AUDIENCE ENJOYS AN NUAL KOSMET SHOW Gallery Breaks Away From Ill-Timed Boisterousness Features are Many The typical University audience which saw the sixth annual produc tion of the Kosmet Klub, "The Dip lomat," paid tribute by its enthusias tic applause, to an especially notable play. From the boxes, occu pied by the patrons and patronesses, and orchestra seats held by the fa vored few, to the topmost abode of the gallery god, came appropriate recognition of the work on the stage. Some of the townspeople and faculty, and perhaps a few of the students, had seen the play before, for it is the same one the Klub used to introduce itself to the University public in 1912. But new muster new scenery, and a skilled cast working at its best in the knowledge of full sympathy from across the footlights, made the second presentation of the play distinctively better than the first. Silence in the Gallery The performance differed from some in the past because It was marked by the exemplary conduct of the galleries. Past performances have been marred by ill-timed boisterousness, hut although there was the usual hearty greeting of friends whose proud march to orches tra seats was viewed from on high. there was no attempt to help the actors with their lines once the cur tain was raised. The features promised for the pro duction were forthcoming and the audience gave them appropriate recognition. Most notable of these was the Turkish dancing by Kathar ine Newbranch. '19, Elizabeth Doyle, '17, Frances Whitmore, '19, Ruth Whitmore, '17, Jeane Prece, '20, and Winifred Williams. '18. Their two dances, one at the beginning of each act, were marked by the smooth move ment which stamps a professional performance. All of the music was tunefully rewritten by LeRoy Meis- nger, '17, and provided a pleasing setting for the lines. He directed in person the playing of the music by a sixteen-piece orchestra. Cast Does Skillful Work Handling the bulk of the lines were Walter C. Johnson, '19. as the dictator, Natalie Spencer, '20, as hi3 daughter, and Robert Drake, a gradu ate student, as the young American who arrives in time to get himself in love and trouble. All three of them interpreted their parts with skill, and the songs they were called upon to sing were heartily encored. fhe work of Perry Branch. '20, as Lord Twombly, and Brooks Vance. '20, as Freddie Withington. stood out among the supports. Branch did some clever characterization in his inlerpretation of the bedueced Eng lishman, as did Vance in his role of the impulsive youth of the party. Ellsworth Moser as General Paulas and Marguerite Lonam as Mrs. Sylvia Brown also played their part" with distinction. The other members of the cast, although they did not have as much to do. did their portion well. The East Side Trio Probably the best bit of the play was done by the East Side trio, composed of Roscoe B. Rhodes, '19, I.. R. Doyle, '17, and Norman Cur tice, '19. They took the parts of a former heavyweight champion, his official second and press agent, and a fight promoter. Costumed in Bowery togs and displaying a thor ough mastery of typical slrng and gestures, they set the audience how ling. A character song In wblcn each told of his prowess, waa one of the best touches of their work. The plot of the play is laid in a Mediterranean island republic. An American party arrives on the scene