ally Nebrask
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOL. XVI. NO. 134.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1917.
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FARMS WILL HEED
STUDENUABORERS
PROFESSOR PUGSLEY TALKS ON
CROP CONDITIONS
Cannot Increase Army of Worker.
From "Ao" Student, for They
are Already Member
That American farmers are going
10 feel the lack of sufficient labor
kfenly this year is the opinion of
prof. C. W. Pugsley, director of the
agricultural extension service of the
University, who has received large
numbers of Inquiries from farmers
asking whether or not student labor
will be available for work on farms
this summer.
"Besides the drains our own mili
tary needs will make on the pro
ducers of the country, Canada is
making a strong bid for farm labor
ers, according to Information re
ceived here," he said. "High wages
and free transportation offered has
resulted in workers leaving the
United States by the carload. One
of the worst features of this situa
tion is that laborers are being re
cruited in the northern states where
the only hopes of increasing the
wheat area are now centered.
Retired Farmers May Go Back
" To meet this shortage, it might
be possible to recruit laborers from
other industries less important in
the nation's welfare, but to do so
effectively the government should
take charge of the recruiting. Re
tired farmers who are still physi
cally fit may return to the farm.
Where women can take the place
of able bodied men, workers may be
released for agricultural production.
Professional men may be able to
spend a portion of their time In -work
that will permit them to produce at
least a part of what they consume.
But by far the greatest resource is
the 2.000.000 city and town boys,
between the ages of fifteen and nine
ty years who now contribute little
toward their living. These boys are
too young for military service, but
they are not too young to have a
share in production."
A proposal to increase the amount
of labor for agricultural purposes by
using agricultural college students
ai found to be a myth, because
st such students are already mem
bers of the agricultural army of the
fate as tne are sons of fanners and
ill return to their homes as soon j
school is out. he nald. I
DEAN GRAHAM TO TALK
TO STUDENT ASSISTANTS
In Mary Graham, present dean
women, and former assistant in
ft department of caemlstry, is one
those who will give short talks at
firt get together meeting of the
Student Assistant's club in Faculty
kll Thursday evening. Other de
partments will be represented, and
brfc-f program of games will be en
joyed. Toe meeting Thursday night will
the first since the club was
"Wnized jU8t before spring recess.
Purpose of the organization is
bring the undergraduate assist
" of the University together for
mutual benefit
The constitution adopted at the
meeting makes all students Tegl
red in the University up to and
luding those workinr for a mot
1 Rree who are employed as
Uutnts in educational work in any
mett in the University or the
xl of agriculture eligible for
r-fcbership in the club. This means
r uKratory assistants, theme
ers, recitation instructors and
Jfrtor. lon planners, and
fclrtmental assistants come
the ruiei 0f eligibility. All
K. E. CARLSON WILL TALK
AT MIDWEEK DEVOTIONAL
OF Y. M. C. A. WEDNESDAY
i
K. E. Carlson of the department
of political science will talk at the
V. M. C. A. midweek devotional
meeting Wednesday evening on the
subject "Drifting."
The meeting will be held in the
Y. M. C. A. room at 7 o'clock and
all students interested are invited to
attend.
PAN-HEL COUNCIL
ADVISESECOfiOMY
CO-EDS RECOMMEND TRIMMING
DANCE AND RUSHING EXPENSES
Pass Resolution Calling for No More
Than Necessary Expense for
Remaining Parties
Recommendations for careful econ
omy in the social affairs of sororitres
during the remainder of this term
and for next year were made by the
Pan-Hellenic council, meeting yester
day afternoon. The council passed
resolutions urging sororitres to go to
no expense for scheduled parties ex
cept for renting the floor and con
tracting for the music.
The council officially advised chair
men of class hops that the inter
sorority sentiment was in favor of
economy in these affairs also. It was
suggested that there be no refresh
ments at such parties and that ex
penses also be cut by eliminating
the printing of programs.
Plans for limiting the rushing ex
penses next fall were discussed,
&n1 definite measures are expected
to be reached soon. A conference
tmong members of the council will
probably result in the naming of a
sum beyond which a sorority may
not go.
Miss R. Louise Fitch, national pres
ident of Delta Delta Delta, spoke to
the council on the history de
velopment of the PanHellenic or
ganizat:on. METCALFE CALLS OFF
SUBSCRIPTION DANCE
The first subscription dance that
has officially given up the ghost since
the recommendations made by the
interfraternity council last week that
fraternity men neither give nor pat
ronize these dances was the annual
May party scheduled by Theodore
Metcalfe, '18, probably the biggest
of the subscription dances planned
for the spring. The action of the
council was taken in view of the
present need for strict economy upon
the part of the University.
Mrs. A. M. White, of York, is visit
ing her daughter, Cecille White, '20.
at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house.
SIGMA DELTA CHI
INITIATES SIX MEN
Sigma Delta Chi. professional journal
istic fraternity, initiated six men at
i's initiation and dinner at the L'r
coin hottl. The following meu were
taken into membership:
Fred W. Clark. '18. Stamford.
Walter C. Johnson. '19, Omaha.
Max A. Miller. '18, Lincoln.
Fred Seacrest, '19. Lincoln.
Rober' V.'eager. '19. Lincoln.
John Charles Wright. '19, Lincoln.
of them are Invited to be present
Thursday evening.
Some of the departments that are
represented in the -club at the pres
ent time are agricultural chemistry,
commerce, English literature, his
tory, geology, military science, mu
seum, physical education. Slavonic
German, French. Spanish, botany,
roology. agricultural botany, agricul
ture, home economics, farm manage
ment, horticulture, rhetoric geog
raphy, fine arts, law, extension, ani
mal and dairy husbandry.
UNIVERSITY WILL SHOW LOYALTY
BY PARADE AUD PROGRAM TODAY
BODIES WILL GATHER AT 9:00 AND PROCESSION, IN
COLUMN OF FOURS, WILL START AT 9:15
Fife and Drum of Civil War Veterans to Lead Parade Regents,
Faculty, and Students Will Have Places on Speaking
Program at Auditorium
Students and professors coming from their 9
o'clock classes this morning will gather at the
"mobilization points" which have been designated,
and at 9:15 will start, in column of fours, headed
by a fife and drum corps of Civil War veterans and
the cadet band, the huge parade which will open
Nebraska University's demonstration of loyalty.
From the campus, the marchers will go down Elev
enth sirppt tr O. un O to Thirteenth, and down
Thirteenth to the Auditorium. Chancellor Avery will preside at me exer
cises there. The long column will file into the building which will be open
at first only to them, and after all are seated, the doors will be thrown open
to the townspeople
There will be patriotic speeches by
Governor Neville, by Regent Miller,
and by representative student, alumni
and faculty members. The band will
play special patriotic music, and the
huge crowd will sing.
Following are the instructions
which have been issued for. the for
mation of the parade and its march
to the auditorium:
Parade will form in columns of
four.
1. Old soldiers, regents, faculty
and alumni will form directly south
of Administration building.
2. Girls will form in park between
Administration building and Library
with the senior girls organizng far
thest south in park, junior girls next,
sophomore girls next and freshmen
girls. To separate the classes the
class societies such as Black
Masques, etc., will lead their classes.
3. University bands will form im
mediately outside campus on terrace
and sidewalk between Eleventh and
Twelfth streets on R Street
4. Boys not marching in colleges
will form in front of U halL
5. Agriculture college will form
east of Administration building and
south of Chemistry building inside
of campus.
6. Engineering college will form
between Brace hall and University
hall.
7. Laws will form in front of the
Law college.
Order of Parade:
Fife and Drum corps.
Old soldiers and veterans.
Regents.
Chancellor and deans.
Faculty.
TRACK MEN GET
READYjOR AMES
Dope" Favors Ames Parker and
Paige, Cyclone Stars, May
Not Compets
"Now for Ames."
This is the slogan that is causing
great activity around the track camp
these days. Cornhusker athletes this
week will add the final touches to
their spring and winter work for the
first real test o( the season when
they meet the Iowa "Aggies" at
Ames next Saturday.
Nebraska track followers are try
ing in every way possible to "dope
out" a victory in the meet Saturday.
As yet they have had very little
luck, but it is not the most impos
sible thing in he world that the
Cornhuskers may be returned the
victors. Last year when the "Aggies"
were conceded victory by ft large
margin they barely managed to slit,
over a win by six points, 53 k to
59.
SUrs Join the .ArmyT
If, as latest reports from Ames in
dicate. Packer and Paige, two sure
(Contiaued to Pge Three)
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Cadet band.
Cadets.
Alumni.
Girls by classes.
Second cadet band.
Boys not in college divisions.
Agriculture college.
Engineering college.
Law college.
Artillery with cannon, etc.
Notes
The first cadet band will form in
two single files immediately outside
the City Auditorium with the cadets
in two columns down Thirteenth
Street standing at attention one
column on each side of the street.
The girls' division, headed by a
group of girls carrying a huge Ameri
can flag flat, will march between
the two columns of cadets into the
auditorium.
Everyone should carry an Ameri
can flag. Arrangements hsve been
made whereby Mr. Long of the Col
lege Book Store, facing the campus,
will give free flags to all not having
one Tuesday morning. As the sup
ply is limited, it is urged that all
who can furnish their own flag. The
flags will be given away Tuesday
morning before and not after 8
o'clock.
The parade will organize immedi
ately at 9 o'clock and the procession
will commence at 9:15 from Eleventh
and R street, marching down Elev
enth street to O. thence east on O
street, to Thirteenth, and south on
Thirteenth to the City Auditorium.
No one not a student or partici
pating in the parade will be ad
mitted to the Auditorium until the
entire parade has been seated.
PROF. DAVIS HEADS
VALLEY ORATORS
Is Elected President of Conference
Association Organized Friday
at Des Moines
Prof. Scarl Davis of the depart
ment of rhetoric was elected presi
dent of the Missouri Valley Ora
torical association which was organ
ized at D?s Moines Friday evening.
Pror. R. S. Alexander of the public
speaking department at Ames was
elected secretary.
Faculty representatives were pres
ent from Washington university at
St. Louis, University of Missouri,
K-vncM university, Kansas agricul
tural college, Ames, Drak and the
University of Nebraska; all of the
conference universities. The organ
ization was authorized by action of
the board of governors of the col
leges, the president, aid chancellor-
The contest for net year will be
held at Ames the third Friday in
March. Drake university gave
the faculty representatives at the
conference a reception Thursday evening.
SERVICE IN AND OUT
OF SCHOOL SUBJECT
AT VESPERS TODAY
Vespers this afternoon will be the
same as planned for last week. Mar
guerite Kaufmann, '17, will speak on
"Service After School." Frances
Ballard, '19, on "Service in School."
and Carrie Moodie, 17, "The Right
Kind of Service." There will be
special music. Ruth Snyder, '20,
w ill . preside.
ENGINEERS START ..
FUN TOMORROW
BIG EVENTS PLANNED FOR REST
OF WEEK
Field Day Thursday, With Convoca
tion in Morning Banquet
Saturday Evening
The Wednesday edition of
The Daily Nebraskan will be
in charge of the engineers, and
practically all of its columns
will be devoted to activities of
Engineers' week. The edition
will be in charge of H. B.
Wood, '17, assisted by Earl
Ketcham, '18, and C. E. Demp
ster, '18.
Beginning with the Engineers' edi
tion of The Daily Nebraskan tomor
row, the series of events planned
for the annual week of celebration
will come thick and fast until the
closing banquet Saturday evening at
the Lincoln hotel. The committees
in charge are expecting a large num
ber of out-of-town alumni to come
to Lincoln to take part
Thursday, Field day, is to be the big
gest day. beginning with a special
Convocation in the morning, for
which an appropriate program has
been arranged, and winding up with
the "field day" stunts in the after
noon. Interdepartmental baseball
games between mechanicals, elec
tricals, civils, and agriculturals, and
the most important one of all be
tween the seniors and the faculty
are some of the things planned.
Engineers' night, which usually
comes Friday, has been omitted this
year. .
The closing banquet wi!l come Sat
urday night. In some respects it is
the best thing on the program, be
cause it always brings a big num
ber of former students back to Lin
coln. An interesting toast list, which
will call upon students, alumni, and
faculty men, is being formulated.
A complete program for the week,
and an account of engineering activi
ties, will be published in the Engi
neers' edition of The Nebraskan to
morrow. PASCALE TRIES FOR
REGULAR ARMY PLACE
Henry Pascale, Omaha, '16, law,
'18, went Sunday to Fort Leaven
worth Kan., to take examinations for
a commission as second lieutenant in
the regular United States army.
Pascale is one of the crack light
weight wrestlers that the University
has produced. He won bis letter In
intercollegiate matches and was a
valuable man this year in training
lightweight mat men to succeed him
on the team.
He was an Innocent of 1916, a
member of Phi Alpa Delta., legal
fraternity, has won distinction in
debating and was a lieutenant in
the cadet regiment.
After taking the examinations at
Fort Leavenworth, Pascale expects
to j?o to Fort Snelling, Minn, where
he will train in the reserve camp
during the interim until he hears
from the examination.
Herman F. Kramer, '15, recently
was commissioned a second lieuten
ant in the regular army after taking
the Fort Leavenworth examinations.
ABANDON DRILL
AFTERJHIS WEEK
OFFICERS EXPECT TO BE CALLED
TO TRAINING CAMPS
Annual Company and Individual Com-'
pet Will Be Held Friday After
noon on the Athletic Field
Men of the University cadet regi
ment will drill no more this term
after Friday afternoon of this week.
Competitive drill, advanced several
weeks, will be hvld Friday. Men
who have absences chalked up
against them must attend to ex
cuses this week If they wish to
obtain drill credit for the semester
Captain Samuel Parker, command
ant expecting to be called for duty
jr. training camps within a few
days, made this announcement Mon
day. It is probable that Sergeants
Wirth, Sullivan and Allen may also
be called to instruct in training
camps
Interest in the company competi
tions mounted with the announce
ment that the big drill was only
four days away. Individual honors
also will be hard fought.
About Training Camps
Captain Parker has received scores
of inquiries concerning the training
camp for army officers, opening May
& at Fort Snelling, Minn. Nebraska
men who wish to take the training
are assigned there. All those who
have been examined and those who
have applied for commissions in the
officers' reserve corps will be asked
to take the training at Fort Snell
ing if they wish to hold commissions
in the reserve.
Hildreth Enlists
Miles Hildreth, '20, Lincoln, tas
enlisted in the coast artillery corps
of the regular army and will soon
so. to Foi Logan. Hildreth was a
member of the freshman debating
team this year. He is a corporal
in the University regiment
After taking a poll of the compa
nies Monday, Captain Parker an
nounced that the cadets will carry
sidearms and rifles in the parade
today.
The rifles will be stacked outside
the Auditorium and a guard will be
placed over them.
There will be drill on the athletic
field this afternoon.
R. R. REPRESENTATIVE
TALKS TO MARKETING
CLASS AT STATE FARM
Ballard Dunn, special representa
tive of the association of western
railroads, talked to Prof. H. C. Fll
ley's class in marketing at 1 o'clock
at the State farm yesterday after
noon on "Marketing and Transpor
tation." COMPANY "Q" TO
PARADE FRIDAY
Shirt-Tail March Will Follow Annual
Company "Com pet," it Is
Rumored
Although there has been nothing
definite said about the matter, it is
generally understood that following
the ancient custom, the annual shirt
tail parade of cadets in the Univer
sity regiment will come Friday eve
ning following the company and in
dividual "compet" on Nebraska field
in the afternoon. This means that
the setting ahead of the day for drill
maneuvers will not affect the parade
of mythical Company "Q."
Who will head the flying column
will depend upon which company
wins competitive drill. By tradi--tlon,
to the victor belongs the honor
of leading the procession down the
street and through popular student
stores. The column, after undergoing
several transformations and travers
ing an erratic way, will wind up on
the athletic field, where the last
day of drill will be celebrated by a
big bonfire.