Dally Nebraskae
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOL. XVI. NO. 133.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1917.
PLAY BIG , PART
IN SEMI-CENTENNIAL
UNIVERSITY WILL HELP CEL
BRATE STATE'S BIRTHDAY
Pr0Br.m. include an Addres. by
Colonel Roosevelt and Annual
Pegeant
The University will take a lead
ing pi"1 in tlre semi-centennial ce,e"
bratlon of Nebraska's statehood
which will be held at commencement
time i" June- according to the com
plete program announced Saturday.
Not only will the class and alumni
exercises be held In connection with
It but students and the institution
itself will have much to do In the
commemorative exercises.
The celebration will bring two
noted Americans to Nebraska, ex
president Theodore Roosevelt will
jive an address on "Americanism" on
National Day, and Major General
John J. Pershing, commander of the
southern division of the United tSates
army, and formerly commandant of
cadets at Nebraska, wilt give the
cemmencement address to members
of the senior class on the campus
on the morning of Statehood Day.
Pageant a Feature
One of the features of the cele
bration will be the third annual
pageant, which will as usual be pro
duced under the auspices of the Unl
rersity and will be enacted by stu
dents. Plans are well under way for
its production, and a call will soon
be made for cast members. It will
he given on the athletic field eve
nings of the celebration.
Besides the part the University
will play In the pageant, it will also
be sponsor of an art exhibit of
famous modern artists In the Uni
versity art gallery.
The celebration Is expected to
bring thousands of people to Lin
coln. Realizing the significant period
in national as well as state history,
the events, especially the speech of
Colonel Roosevelt on "Americanism"
will bear special import. General
Pershing will also deliver a message
which, in view of present events,
will be heard with unusual interest.
The annual alumni oration will also
be particularly timely. It will be
given by Pror. Francis S. Philbrlck,
professor of law in the University of
California, a member of the class of
1897. Professor Fhilbrick is an au
thority on international law, espe
cially on Spanish-American relations,
of which ho has made a deep study,
spending years In Cuba, Spain, and
this country In source work. His
iddress will be along the lines of
International law, and his opinions
on America's present position will
k notable.
Lasts Three Days
Three days will he taken up by
the celebration; beginning with Re
inioa day, Tuesday. June 12. Wednes
day, June 13, is Statehood day, and
Thursday, June 14, is National day.
The alumni oration by Professor
Fhilbrick and the third annual pag
nt will feature Reunion day. June
The address will be given ir
' aiternoon and the pageant at 8
o'clock In the evening. The Uni-
eraity commencement exercises will
1)8 held on the moraine: of Statehood
dv, Wednesday. General Pershing
w"l deliver his address on the
campus, and there will be a parade
of alumni, faculty and students. The
Pageant win again be given In the"
"ening.
v",u" uooseveits address on
Americanism" will be given on the
afternoon of National day. Thurs
day, at the state capitol grounds.
n at night the pageant Is to be
traduced the third time.
Ob. every evening of the celebration
inern ,m v. . . . .
. u nreworitg and band con
certs. Th semi-centennial will also mark
opening of Nebraska's hall of
TWENTY CO-EDS
ATTEND FIRST CLASS
IN MOTOR DRIVING
About twenty co-eds attended the
first class In motor driving at the
Farm last Thursday glveu by Prof.
L. F. Seaton. The date of the
classes has been changed from Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday as first
planned to Tuesday and Thursday at
1 o'clock in order that more of those
interested may attend.
These classes are a part of the
Woman's Naval Reserve program.
Elizabeth Doyle, '17, Is chairman of
the committee in charger All classes
are held in the engineering annex
and all girls interested may take
the work.
FINNEY AND RELAY
PLACEAT DRAKE
ARE NEBRASKA POINT GETTERS
AT DES MOINES GAMES
Simpson Pushes World's Record In
High Hurdles Huskert Meet
Ames Saturday
Des Moines, la., April 21. Finney,
hurdler, and the half-mile relay team,
composed of Finney, Werner, Owen
and Townsend, were the Cornhusker
successful entries in the Drake relay
games here today.
Finney won fourth place in the 120
yard high hurdles. Simpson of Mis
souri won the race in 14:4-5 seconds,
1-5 second slower than the world's
record. Ames of Illinois was sec
ond, and Renick of Missouri was
third, being pushed hard by Finney.
The half-mile relay brought out a
big field of fast men. Northwestern
won in 1:29:2, with Missouri second.
Notre Dame third and Nebraska
fourth. The time was 1 2 5 slower
than the world's record.
The track team will start tuning
up this afternoon for the meet next
Saturday with Ames. The "Aggies"
will put forth a field of " veterans
as they did last year. "Hear dope"
on the track situation e Vmes was
brought back by the baseball team
on their return from Iowa Saturday.
It has been told that Packer and
Paige, two of the "Aggie" stars had
joined the army.
GO-EDS CLERK IN
STORE TOHELP CAUSE
College Woman's Reserve League
Aid Lincoln Women In Prepared
ness Day at Mayer Brother
Nearly forty members of the Col
lege Woman's Reserve league clerked
in Mayer Bros, store Saturday, as
sisting the Lincoln branch of the
Woman's Reserve league in a pre
paredness day benefit. One-tenth of
all the day's sales were given to the
svrvlce league.
Each department was assigned to a
group of Lincoln women and Univer
sity girls who acted as hostesses and
saw that all customers in their depart
ment received special attention. A
large number of the wives of faculty
members were among those who as
sisted in the work. Acting as a recep
tion committee among others, were
Mrs. Samuel Avery, Mrs. H. B. Alex
ander. Mrs. J. E. LeRossingnoll and
Mrs. Philo M. Buck, Jr.
In the other departments were Mrs.
Benton Dales. Agues Bartlett.
fame, were will be gathered portraits
of the men who have been bulwarks
in state history. It is expected to
make the hall permanent, and famous
Nebraska cltliens will be added from
time to time.
SCHOLARSHIP STANDING
First Sem.,
Fraternities Rank Index
Farm House 1 274.8
Acacia 2 244.6
Bushnell Guild 3 236.7
Silver Lynx 4 182.4
Kappa Sigma ........ 5 182.2
Sigma Phi Epsilon .. 6 173.7
Alpha Theta Chi .... 7 173.0
Delta Upsilon 8 166.4
Alpha Tuu Omega .. 9 165.6
Phi Delta Chi 10 158.3
Phi Kappa Psi 11 158.1
Phi Gamma Delta 12 151.7
Phi Delta Theta ....13 150.2
Delta Tau Delta 14 143.0
Pi Kappa Phi 15 142.8
Sigma Nu 16 142.4
Delta Chi 17 141.8
Sigma Alpha Epsilon.. 18 133.5
Alpha Sigma Phi ....19 130.9
Sigma Chi 20 120.0
Beta Theta Pi 21 80.7
Averages 163.9
ft First Sem.,
Sororities w Rank Index
Gamma Phi Beta .. 1 297.5
Alpha Chi Omega .... 2 296.4
Kappa Alpha Theta . . 4 282.5
Achoth 5 271.1
.Delta Delta Delta .. 6 270.1
Alpha Delta Pi 7 267.3
AlDha Amicron Pi . . 8 261.7
Alpha XI Delta ....! 9 253.9
Chi Omega 10 244.4
Pi Beta Phi 11 243.9
Delta Zeta 12 242.7
Kappa Kappa Gamma 13 240.6
Delta Gamma 14 235.4
Averages 266 6
Per Cent Per Cent
1916-17 First Sem., 1915-16
CFD Rank Index CFD
2.8 3 243.3 2.5
3.3 1 257.2 2.7
4.5 2 251.2 3.7
9.5 9 156.6 18.0
9.6 16 98.3 18.1
10.5 14 113.3 14.4
11.6 5 204.4 8.8
10.0 13 121.4 19.9
12.2 8 160.8 11.0
9.9
12.2 6 191.5 7.3
9.8 7 179.5 9.5
12.5 20 77.2 22.5
13.8 12 137.0 10.5
16.1 4 213.4 4.1
16.9 18 90.9 23.0
13.9 17 97.9 19.9
12.8 19 82.6 25.2
14.6 10 145.7 11.5
18.4 11 137.9 11.5
21.1 15 99.5 19.5
11.8 147.7 13.2
PerCent PerCent
1916-17 First Sem., 1915-16
CF D Rank Index CFD
1.2 9 244.9 7.9
.0 11 238.7 3.0
3. 2 271.4 3.4
.0 10 239.7 2.7
6 - 1 277.8 1.3
3.5 7 257.5 2.6
2.9 13 213.2 6.2
2.9 12 223.4 9.1
2.7 14 185.2 7.7
5.5 5 259.3 2.1
3.1 6 258.4 .7
5.6 8 248.7 4.6
2.4 3 271.3 2.3
2.4 249.9 3.9
FIELD DAY FEATURE
OF ENGINEERS1 WEEK
Baseball Games and Athletic Events
Planned Engineers' Number of
Nebrsskan Wednesday
This year engineering field day,
rather than engineers' night, will be
the feature of engineering week.
Wednesday, April 18, the senior and
faculty of the college will stage a
baseball game on the varsity field,
and the interdepartmental games will
be played. The "Mechanicals" play
the "Electrlcals" and the "Clvils"
and "Ags" clash. Other athletic
stunts are being planned for the day.
Wednesday will also be the day
for the Engineering edition of The
Dally Nebraskan.
Engineers' night, usually held on
Friday, when the laboratories and
forges are thrown open to ihe pub
lic, has been abandoned because the
Mechanical Engineering building Is
not available. Nothing is as yet
scheduled for this date.
Saturday evening the big banquet
will be held at the Lincoln hotel.
E. M. Kalecek, '18, chairman of the
banquet committee, has prepared an
Interesting toast list Including faculty,
alumni, and prominent undergraduates.
Mrs. Guy Reed. Mrs. Ellery Davis,
jr., and Mrs. G. E. Barber. Most
of the college league members were
hostesses in the women's ready to
wear department, of which section
Alice Proudflt. '16, was chair
man. Following are the University
girls who took part: Men's cloth
ing and hat department, Henrietta
Gold. Helen Fitzgerald; men's fur
nishings department, Margaret Mc
Coy. Mary Eastham, Florence Bishop,
Marian Hall, Helen Cook, Vivian Mc
Namara. Maurea Hendee; women's
ready to -wear department, Alice
Proudflt, chairman, Vesta Mawe,
RED GROSS WORK
IMPOSSIBLE NOW
Naval Reserve League Says Courses
Planned Cannot Be Arranged
This Semester
POSTPONE RURAL LIFE
CONFERENCE BECAUSE
TIME NEEDED FOR WAR
The agricultural extension service
has announcemed that owing to the
present national emergency, the
annual Rural Life conference, set
for June 5 to 15, would bo post
poned.
"We felt that the Rural Life con
ference, desirable as it is, is second
ary to war problems that require
action," said Prof. C. W. Pugsley,
director of the agricultural exten
sion service, in explaining this de
cision. "We concluded that time and
energy could, for the present, be
spent to better advantage along other
lines."
ALL IS READY FOR
RALLYTOMORROW
THOUSANDS WILL MARCH IN
MAMMOTH LOYALTY PARADE
Committee Publishes Instructions
Governing Formation and
Order of Marching
A series of Red Cross lectures,
given by a registered Red Cross
nurse and leading to an authorized
certificate as a "Volunteer Nurses'
Aid" planned by the College Wom
an's Reserve league, will be an im
possibility because of the short time
left in this semester, according to a
statement from the office of the Naval
Reserve league.
A Red Cross certificate will be ls
suedonly on condition that the lec
turer is a registered Red Cross
nurse, and J.he.t the lectures have
been authorized by the national Red
Cross headquarters. At present the
headquarters have been so flooded
with requests for information con
cerning the training that two weeks
is said to be the usual time for
the receipt of the answer to a tele
gram. As there are only five school weeks
left in the semester, It would be
almost an impossibility to organize
any course of the required fifteen
lectures that would be profitable to,
the young women.
The local headquarters expect to,
have a course in the proper Red
Cross training in readiness for next
fall, if there is a demand for it at
that time.
Helen Loftman, Gertrude Munger,
Helen Matteson, Marguerite Kaufmann,
Myrtle Beeler, Elizabeth Brown, Eva
Parker, Lilian Arnt, Helen Young,
Evelin Wheeler, Lula Shade, Daphne
Sickle, Katherlne Dodge, Mary Helen
Allensworth, Helen Eckles, Mildred
Gillilan, Jeannette Adams, Mary Hughy,
Geraldine Johnson, Marguerite Lonam,
Ruth Wilson, Martha Caret, Vlnta
Harrell, Florence Wood.
There remains but the opening
note of the fife played by a vet
eran of the Civil War to start Ne
braska's demonstration of loyalty
in which several thousand students,
alumni, and faculty of the University
will take part. Tomorrow morning,
after 8 o'clock classes, the Unlversfty
will be locked and everyone will do
his bit in showing Lincoln, the state,
and the country, that Nebraska is
behind America in her fight for the
principles to which she is conse
crated. Complete instructions for the or
ganization of the parade, starting
with the grouping of the different
organizations, colleges, and classes
at 9:30, have been published by the
executive committee.
Alumni to Have Place
A place in the parade has been
reserved for the alumni, and all of
them who are in the city tomorrow
are urged to take part. They will
gather In front of the Alumni of
ficen, at the west entrance of the
Administration building.
Captain S. M. Parker will have
complete charge of the formation of
the parade, its conduct in marching,
FRATS JUMP IN
SCHOLARSHIP RANK
BIG IMPROVEMENT IN AVERAGE
WORK OF SOCIETIES
Farm House Leads Fraternities and
Gamma Phi Beta
Sororities
(Continued to Page Three)
M-V CONFERENCE
KEEPSATHLETICS
Intercollegiate Contests Will not Be
Interrupted Except at Instance
of War Department
Des Moines, la., April 21. Mis
rouri Valley universities will retain
Intercollegiate athletics unless the
war department declares that it is
interfering with war preparations,
coaches agreed here tonight, after
the annual Drake relay games. A
plea for the retention of athletics
was made by Coach Alonzo Stagg
of the University of Chicago. Visit
ing coaches and members of varsity
teams were entertained at a banquet
where the declarations in favor of
retaining sports were made.
The next meeting of the Missouri
Valley heads will be at Ames, la,, In
May, when the annual Missouri Val
ley track and field meet will be held.
It is possible then that some action
may be taken regarding athletic con
tests for next fall. The general opin
ion at the Drake dinner was that
present conditions did not warrant
western colleges following the ex
ample of some of the eastern schools
and doing away entirely with athletic
endeavor.
A decided jump in the scholarship
average of both fraternities and so
rorities features the scholarship stand
ing for the first semester of thia
school year as announced Saturday
by Executive Dean C. C. Engberg.
The Farm House, an agricultural
organization, leads the fraternities,
and Gamma Phi Beta, making a
jump from ninth place, leads the
sororities. Acacia, Bushnell Guild,
and Silver Lynx rank next among
the fraternities and Alpha Chi Omega,
Alpha Phi and Kappa Alpha Theta
among the sororities.
Commenting upon the results of
the first semester's work, Dean Eng
berg expressed himself as very well
pleased with the showing as a whole.
"The greek letter fraternities form
erly at the top have taken a decided
drop, but those who have been at
the bottom have come back enough
to more than make up for it," he
said. "There was a noticeable lack
of "E" grades among the fraternities
and soroities, but there was on the
other hand, a big increase in "G"
grades which more than evened mat
ters. Improvement General
The marked improvement made by
both men's and women's societies
was considered pleasing at the execu
tive dean's office because it denoted
a general improvement of all the
organizations through the work of
all the individuals, and not through
exceptional work by a few.
In averaging the standing, the in
dex number is obtained by averag
ing the total number of hours with
a figure obtained by giving certain
points for grades above passing and
deducting for grades below passing.
Gamma Phi Beta, leading the so
rorities, has an edge on the Pan
Hellenic cup, although Alpha Chi
Omega, Alpha Phi and Kappa Alpha
Theta are pushing it hard.
Among the Greek letter fraterni
ties, Kappa Sigma leads with a
jump from sixteenth place to fifth.
There was but a difference of .2 of
a point between Kappa Sigma, fifth,
and Silver Lynx, fourth. Phi Kappa
Psi, which led the Greek letter so
cieties a year ago and which is the
present holder of the Hainer cup
for national Greek letter fraternity
scholarship, dropped from sixth to
eleventh place. Sigma Phi Epsilon
and Alpha Tau Omega, among the
national societies, follow closely upon
Kappa Sigma, and from indications,
these three are favorites for the cup.
Some Big Jumps
Some of the most remarkable jumps
among the sororities were by Alpha
Chi Omega from eleventh place to
second, and Achoth from tenth place
to fourth. Alpha Omlcron Pi also
made some big strides toward the
top. Among the fraternities, Sigma
Phi Epsilon skipped from four
teenth to sixth and Delta Upsilon
from thirteenth to eighth.
The average for the Farm House
was 274.8. as against 243.3 made by
Acacia, highest ranking fraternity
last year. Gamma Phi Beta's average
of 297.5 is almost twenty points
above above that made by Delta
Delta Delta, ranking first among the
sororities a year ago.
The Jump in the general average
of both fraternities, the most remark
able fact in connection with the sta
tistics, was 16.2 points for the fra
ternities, and 16.7 for the sororities.
Prof. Persinger Quarantined. Pro
fessor C. F. Persinger of the depart
ment of American history Is Quaran
tined from his own home on account
of the Illness of his oldest son with,
scarlet fever.