The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, May 11, 1917, Image 1

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PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOL. XVI. NO. 146.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY MAY 11, 1917.
150 MEN GET
riBSTCAHP CALL
MANY RECRUITS FROM UNIVER
SITY FOR FORT 8NELLING
tx y 'her General Call Today
Examinations Suspended at
10 Last Night
Over 150 students, alumni, and
faculty men were selected In the
first general call of recruits for Tort
Snelling according to an unofficial list
given out in the press yesterday. Half
ss many are expected to be called to
day. With the first call for recruits came
an order to Captain Parker from the
department at Chicago suspending
further examination of candidates
after 10 o'clock last night. N'lneteen
had qualified for camp at 6 o'clock
yesterday, itaaking a total 'of 519
passed and 102 disqualified. Sixty
were yet to be examined.
, Instructors to Go
Among those called yesterday were
Prof. B. M. Buck, of the department of
rhetoric; S. D. Babbitt, an Instruc
tor in the department of rhetoric, and
Sergeants Wirth and Sullivan, assist
ants in the office of the commandant.
Orders to report to camp came by
mail and called for the immediate de
parture of the recruits. Commenting
upon the phrase "at once" employed
in the order Captain Parker pointed
out the fact that recruits were ex
pected to leave as quickly as possible
after they have been notified, by 24
hours at the outside.
All of those who were called yes
terday are said to have been from
among those applicants whose certifi
cates were graded "A" in the classifi
cation "A." "B." and "C." It Is the
belief of Captain Parker that all of
the "A' men from Nebraska nave not
yet been called because the first batch
of certificates was not graded until
after some of the later applications.
Following is the list of the Univer
sity men included In the first call;
Alfred I,. Adams Harry T. Pressly
Donald T. Ayres Thomas A. Rae
Verne Austin Ktovd A. Knilth
R. E. tollman J. B. Stoddard
Ira D. Reynon Ward A. Shores
Frank C. Roehmer Willis K. Joachim
Charlen H. Hromn W. W. Ketzky
Philo M. iHurk Jr. C. F. Kuehnle Jr.
W. E. riennlson Karl F. Ketehara
Edward O. Perley Harold C. Kelly
Carl J. I'etemon Ralph O. La.hr
Fred Philbrick John J. Lyons
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FIRST HUSKER
OFFICER ARRIVES
(Special to The Daily Nebraskan).
Fort Snelling. via St. Paul. Mian.
Lieutenant Henry Pascale was the
first reserve officer from the Univer
sity of Nebraska to arrive at the Fort
Snelling training camp. Lieutenant
Pascale, who has been examined for
commission in the regular United
States army, will attend camp here
hile waiting action on his application
'or a regular commission.
One of the first things the reserve
officers did In camp was to levy a
tax among their members with which
to buy brighter electric light bulbs
'or their study quarters. These of
ficers have been assigned to take
CQarge of training companies and to
special duties in camp.
Some Hot Daya Coming
The routine training probably will
not start before May 15.
lights are chilly In this section of
Minnesota during the early part of
My. The natives hereabouts, bow
ver, say the summer has many very
not days.
MAY
LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS
MUSICAL CONVOCATION
An unusually large Convocation
audience enjoyed the musical program
under the direction of Edith Lucile
Robblns yesterday morning at 11
o'clock in the Temple theatre. Swedish
and Bohemian folk songs in costume
featured the numbers.
The program follows:
Prologue from Paglliacsi, Leon
cavallo R. D. Latsch.
"Farewell to Bohemia, Bomehlan
folk song, Bohemian costume Louise
Misko.
(a) Kristallen, den Una (Thou
Crystal, Thou Finest.)
(b) "The Maiden to the Fountain
Went." Swedish folk songs,
Swedish costumes Edith Schy
tern. "Frithjof at His Father's Tomb,"
Bruch Latsch and chorus.
Members of the chorus Tillie Ep
pens, Cecil Hodam, Anna Leffordink,
Mary Rounds, Edith Schlytern, Esther
Denman, Grace Leffordink, Fayo
Roberts, Grace Bazart, Louise Misko,
Mrs. A. G. Hebb, Lita Firkins.
NEW CABINET OF
Y. M.U, NAMED
TWELVE MEN TO GUIDE ASSO
SOCIATION NEXT YEAR
Advisory .Board .Enlarged Associa
tion Ready for Renewed Activity
Employed Force the Same
The University Young Men's Chris
tian association is an organization
composed of men of the University of
Nebraska. Its program of activity in
serving both the students and mem
bers of the University community and
state is outlined and promoted by a
cabinet of twelve men, and they in
turn are supported by a group of com
mitteemen. The cabinet for the year
1917-18 is as follows, though not yet
quite completed: ,
Ray Cowen, '19, president.
Ernest Lundeen, '18, publicity and
rooms, vice-president.
Verne Austin, '19, gospel team, re
corder. George Driver, '19, membership and
finance.
Walter Judd, '20, Bible study and
church affiliation.
Vaughn Russom, '19. mission study
and North American problems.
Will Urbach, '18, social.
H. F. M. Hall, '18, vocational guid
ance. Wallace Overman, '18, new students.
Bernard Thomas, '18, social service.
In the directing of the policy of the
association the cabinet is aided by an
advisory board, which is composed of
representatives from the faculty,
alumni, citizens, ministerial associa
tion and students. During the present
week the board has been reorganized
and enlarged from twelve to fifteen.
The members are as follows:
Advisory Board
Faculty Prof. J. D. Hoffman, Prof.
E. L. Hlnman, Dean C. C. Engberg,
Prof. A. A, Reed. Dean R. A. Lyman,
Prof. O. J. Ferguson.
Alumni L. E. Oberlies, '95, C.
Petrus Peterson. '09.
Citizens Dr. B. L. Paine. W. E.
Gates. E. J. Walt.
Ministerial association Dr. IL R.
Chapman.
Students Ray Cowen. Ernest Lun
deen, Verne Austin.
The officers of the board are ProL
Huffman, chairman; Prof- E. L. Hin-
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FES-Jl
Proposed, Plan For A Student
Council For Nebraska University
THE STUDENT COUNCIL PLAN IN BRIEF
Purpose: Control of extra-curricula activities of the students,
including creation of new expressions of student life. The council
shall also act as a student court on matters of minor discipline.
Membership: Twenty-one members, all students of the Uni
versity. One man or woman from the graduate college, ten juniors,
eight seniors, two sophomores. All colleges represented. Men aud
women both represented.
Elections: In the spring of each year, after the first year. Elec
tions by the preferential ballot.
Nominations: Nominations by mass meetings of colleges, schools
or classes represented.
Amendments: Plan may be amended by majority vote of stu
dents in mass meteing.
The student council commissidh,
composed of Miss Mary Graham, dean
of women, chairman; Executive Dean
Engberg; Prof. P. M. Buck, represent
ing the interfraternity council: Miss
Lulu Runge, representing the inter
sorority council; Albert Bryson, rep
resenting the Innocents; Otto Zum
winkle, representing the senior class;
Ethel Stone, representing the Black
Masques, and Jean Burroughs, repre
senting the junior class, yesterday sub
mitted its report on the proposed Stu
dent Council for Nebraska University,
to Chancellor Avery, who submitted
the report appointed the 'commission
early this semester.
The proposed plan will be voted
upon by the students of the Univer
sity before the close of this semester.
If adopted by the students, it will go
before the faculty senate, and if
adopted by that body, will become a
part of the student life of the Univer
sity. The first election of members
will be held early next fall.
The recommendations follow:
"May 10. 1917. Chancellor S.
Avery, University of Nebraska: The
Student Council Commission recom
mends: That an organization be created
which shall represent all of the stu
denfs of the University of Nebraska.
That the following constitution be
submitted to the students and faculty
for ratification before the close of the
current semester.
That, due to the present unsettled
conditions within the University, if
this constitution is ratified the first
election shall not not be held until the
autumn of 1917, such election to be
called by the Chancellor within the
first three weeks of the semester.
CONSTITUTION
I. The name of this organization
shall be. the Student Council of the
University of Nebraska.
IL The purpose of this organiza
tion shall be the relating of all extra
curricula activities to one another
and to the University as a whole; the
creation of such other expressions of
student life as shall supplement those
already established; the direction of
such other matters of student inter
est as shall be Initiated by or referred
to the Student Council. The council
shall also act as a student court to
Investigate and make recommenda
tions in such cases of minor discipline
as shall be referred to it by the exec
utive'dean and the dean of women.
IIL The council shall be composed
of the folloming representatives:
1. Eleven members apportioned
as folows:
a. Six junior men. one each from the ;
colleges of agriculture, arts and
science, engineering, law, and
pharmacy and one from the
school of commerce.
b. Four Junior women, one each from
the colleges of agriculture and
arts and science, one from the
school of fine arts, and one from
the teachers college.
c. One man or woman from the grad
uate college.
These eleven representatives shall
be nominated from the floor at a
mass meeting of their own college
or school held at a time set by the
Student Council, and shall be voted
upon by the members of their own
college or school at the regular
Student Council election the time of
which shall be set by the Student
Council.
2. Four seniors two men and
two women nominated from the
floor at a mass meeting of the
senior class and elected by the stu
dent body at the regular Student
Council election.
At the first election for members
of the. Student Council this number
shall be increased to eight seniors
four men and four women the ad
ditional tour members to take the
place of those provided for in article
3 following.
3. Four seniors two men and
two women nominated and elected
by the Student Council from the
junior members of that body, to
serve during the following year.
4. The sophomores who shall be
non-voting members.
The highest man and highest wom
an officer of the freshmen class
chosen at the second semester class
election shall serve in this capacity.
IV. Theregular Student Council elec
tion shall be held not earlier than April
1st and not later than May 15th of
the year preceding that In which mem
bers are to serve. Within these limits
the date for election shall be set by
the Student Council. Voting shall be
by preferential ballot. Mass meetings
for nominations shall be held at lea6t
one week before the election.
V. Candidates to be eligible for
election shall be members of the spe
cific school or college and class as
determined by the regular University
rulings in such cases, and shall have
a scholastic average of at least 75 per
cent for the preceding semester.
VI. A meeting of the newly elected
Student Council shall be called by the
outgoing chairman within one week
after the election day.
At the establishment of the Student
Council the first meeting shall be
called by the senior receiving the
highest number of votes.
At this meeting the necessary of
ficers shall be elected and the or
ganization of the council perfected.
A chairman and vice-chairman one
of whom shall be a man and the other
a woman shall be chosen in order to
provide a chairman for separate men's
and women's section at such times as
shall seem expedient
VII. Mass meetings of students
shall be called by the chairman of the
Student Council at the discretion of
the council, or upon the written re
quest of fifty students of the Univer
sity. TII. Amendments to this constitu
tion or revisions of It may be pre
sented to students in mass meeting
VAL
ALFRED HINZE HEADS
GERMAN DRAMATIC CLUB
Alfred Hinze, '18, was elected presi
dent of the German Dramatic club for
the coming year at the meeting
Wednesday evening. Other officers
elected at that time were: L. H.
Redelfs, '19, vice-president; Hedwig
Bonekemper, '18, secretary; Robert
Nesbit, treasurer; Tekla Alexis, '20,
librarian; Prof. Amanda Heppner,
coach; Hermine Hatfield, '18, was
chosen the department scholar for the
coming year and will assist In the
coaching of the plays and in the gen
eral work of the department and club.
Professor Heppner, Alfred Hlnze, Prof.
Laurence Fossler, Hermine Hatfield
and Curtis Grove were chosen as
members of the cast committee.
Dr. Noyes Lectures. Dr. W. A.
Noyes, professor of chemistry at the
University of Illinois, will lecture on
"The Electron Theory" Friday at 2
o'clock in the physics lecture room,
Brace hall. Dr. Noyes is one of the
leaders in this work in the country.
The lecture is open to all those inter
ested. HIGH SCHOOLS ARE
GUESTSJOMORROW
UNIVERSITY WILL BE ANNUAL
FETE DAY HOST
Debate Championship Decided in
Morning and Track Honors
in the Afternoon
Nebraska high schools will be
guests of the University tomorrow in
the annual Fete day exercises. The
championship for the centennial year
of the Nebraska high school debating
league will be decided In the Armory
in the morning, and In the afternoon
on the athletic field the state track
meet will be held.
The twelve winners in the twelve
districts of the debating league will
be represented in the contest tomor
row morning. Nineteen teams are en
tered in the track meet of the after
noon; Omaha's name was added to
the entry list yesterday.
Debate at 10 O'Clock
The debate will start in the Armory
at 10 o'clock sharp. Fay Pattison of
Minden, representing the western dis
trict, will be the first speaker of the
debate. The order of the other eleven
speakers, as decided by lot yesterday
morning, follows: Clive Ferebee, Nel
son, southern; John Young, Lyons,
northwestern; Ruby Richert, Clay Cen
ter, central; J. Harold Wilson. Paw
nee City, southeastern; Joseph Thack
rey, Valentine, northern; John Nelson,
Sargent, west central; Laurence
Slater, Lincoln, east central; Oral E.
Harvey, Alliance, western; Mildred
Gollehan. McCook, southwestern; Sol
Rosenblatt. Omaha, eastern; William
Hollindrake, Oakland, north central.
The judges for the debate will be
Dean W. G. Hastings of the college
of law; Prof. Guernsey Jones, of the
department of English history, and
Mr. Albert Watklns, historian of the
Nebraska state historical society.
Dark Horse In Track Meet
Although Omaha and Lincoln are
conceded to be general favorites for
honors in the track meet, strong com
petition from some of the smaller
schools is looked for by those who
have been watching hlgh school dual
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assembled, and upon a majority vote
of those present, shall be submitted
for adoption to the student body at
an election called for that purpose.
ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, SATURDAY MAY 12TH
Prices: Matinee 60c to $1 ; Night 75c to $1.50
"HIAWATHA" with Thos. McGranahan, MONDAY, MAY 14th
Serm ticket good for all concert $2.00, at Walt'
FIGHT BEGUN IN
TRAINING CAMP
Y. M. C. A. UNDERTAKES IMPOR
TANT WORK FOR WAR COUNCIL
President Wilson Writes of Value
Service on Mexican Border
Shown by Statistics
Probably no phase of the war is
more serious, in -ew of the future
of America, than the moral, ethical
and spiritual conditions of the train
ing and mobilization camps. The
Young Men's Christian association is
practically the only power in the field
to meet the opposing forces. Its
place in the national policies is as
sured and its friends are encouraged
by the following letter from President
Wilson:
"The White House, Washington,
D. C, April 25, 1917. My Dear Doc
tor Mott: May I not. In view of
the approaching meeting of the war
work council, express to you the
very high value I have attached to
the work which has been accom
plished by the Young Men's Chris
tian association in behalf of our
own army and navy as well as in
behalf of the prisoners of war and
the men in the training camps of
Europe, and may I not express also
my sincere personal interest in tho
large plans of the war work council
for the work which is still ahead of
the association? Cordially and
faithfully yours,
"WOODROW, WILSON."
The way in which the association
has met the needs of the past and
proven its right to a place in the pres
ent Is shown by the following report
which is still incomplete.
Association Work on Mexican Border
Secretaries employed 169
Attendance at buildings ....7,871,468
Letters written 5,000,000
Attendance at entertainments
and special events 548,992
Attended religious meetings. 681,407
Attendance at Bible class.... 6,847
Copies of the Scripture dis
tributed 45,470
Personal interviews 7,290
Decisions for the Christian
life 13,845
Forward step decisions .... 2,242
I'lsits to the sick 88,606
32 WITHDRAWALS
MADEYESTERDAY
FT. SNELLING ORDERS KEEP UP
NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS
Most of the 32 withdrawal applica
tions yesterday came from University
men who had received their notices
from Fort Snelling. The total number
of withdrawals granted including those
of yesterday is 873.
C. S. Holcombe, '16, law '18, who
withdrew yesterday for Y. M. C. A.
war work, will take part in the cam
paign of the recently organized Y. 31.
C. A. war work council to better con
ditions in training camps.
The complete list of withdrawals
for yesterday follows:
John Jj. Champe
K. K. Reed
John C. Wright
L. W. Reynolds
Hartson U. Gayer
Chas. Reimer
John D. McKelvey
Adlson Adams
C. S. Holcomb
E. F. Kovar Jr.
Glenn G. Geer
W. K. FltsGerald
Ales R. Krause
Roseoe 8. Ward
B. K. Easteriing
I. R. Ken yon
U H. Redelfs
Ben HunUnrton
Edward J. Money
Verne Austin
M. J. Iapidus
1. Vt Thnnuion
W T Tv.r
Harold P. Kerns
W. C. CuU
Kenneth. G. Hecht
Webb L. Russell
E. C. Dinsmore
Kobt. J. Mathews
Uulnh A Rmber
Earl F. Ketcham
R M. Neumann
W. A. Lwts Jr.
Harold H. Lewis
Henry J. Brandt
Euphemia Marty
Glenn W. Hopkins