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Daily Nebra PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. XVI. NO. 147. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, MONDAY, MAY 14. 1917. ACADEMY SCIENCES HOLDS MEETING TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL SES SION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY f c. jean, Peru, Graduate Student, Elected Preident to Succeed Prof. R. J- Pool F c. Jean, professor of botany at Peru and at present a graduate stu dent in the University during a leave o( absence, was elected president of the Nebraska academy of sciences at the Friday evening meeting of the twenty seventh annual session here. He succeeds Prof. R. J. Pool, head of the department of botany. Prof. M. H. Swenk, professor of economic ento mology, was elected secretary of the academy. Other officers elected were W. M. Brooking. Inland, vice-president, and A. J. Mercer. Kearney, treasurer. Next Meeting at Peru The session opened with a business meeting Friday morning, at which the invitation extended by the Peru Nor mal for the 1918 meeting was ac cepted. Nominating and auditing com mittees were also appointed. Following the close of the busi ness session, the rest of Friday morn ing, Friday afternoon, and Friday eve ning was occupied by the recitation by Nebraska scientists of progress made in investigations along a multi tude of lines. E. E. Blackman, of the Nebraska historical society, read a paper on the petroglyphs on the Uni versity boulder; W. F. Hoyt, discussed the behavior of proteins hydrolized in the presence of an oxidizing agent; Miry L. Fossler. assistant professor of chemistry, talked on glycerine, its use and properties; Sister Margaret on the fauna and flora of the Hastings region, and A. M. Brooking on bird observations in central and western Nebraska. The Afternoon Program The discussion by Prof. J. E. Weaver of the department of botany on why prairies are treeless, recount ing the results of extensive investiga tions in Minnesota, illustrated by lan tern slides, featured the afternoon pro gram in the Temple theatrefl An in teresting study of traditional games and rhymes of Nebraska children was given by Miss Mary Crawford of Kearney Normal; C. O. Carlson of Bellevue discussed freak biologolcal specimen's he had met in his studies; William f. Rigge talked on the south polar eclipse of December 13. 117; P. M. Gregg on ameliorating the science and psychology of hygiene teaching in Nebraska, and Dean Charles Fordyce of the Teachers col lege on the co-efficient of relation be tween teaching merit and academic and professional achievements. Prof. E. H. Barbour of the depart ment of geology and Prof. G. E. Con tra of the department of conservation wd soil survey, dealt with the potash industry in Nebraska and the relation of motography and geography respec tively. Tbe annual banquet of the acad emy wag held In the evening, followed '7 a short business session and the election of officers. The President's Address The president's address. ''Biology nd Preparedness in War and Peace." Prof. R. j. Pool, was given in the Temple theatre Friday evening. Saturday morning the members di Tlded into two groups, some going on 1 neld geography trip and the rest "Siting a field trip to the woods, lake erion, and prarie wt-nlty of Lin; ln. Belmont. Pen woods, and the' Ukalfe spots west of Lincoln were a few of the points made. . Helen Clark of Omaha was a guest the Kappa Alpha Theta house last week. Elizabeth Sturterant of Omaha M the Alpha Phi house Sat and Sunday, the meat of ber mer Katberine Stnrtevant, II. KIRSCH APPOINTED AWGWAN ART EDITOR FOR NEXT YEAR D. Kirsch, '10, of Lincoln, has been made art editor of Awgwan, the University humorous magazine, for the coming year. Kirsch has been a membvr of the staff both in his freshman and sophomore terms, and has done some notable cartooning. Several of the Awgwan covers for 1916-17 have been his work. GOTHENBURG TAKES H. S. TRACK MEET SHOWS SURPRISING STRENGTH IN FETE DAY CARNIVAL Layton, Gothenburg, Made 21 of Team's 45 Points Omaha Sec ond, Cambridge Third Marvin Layton, of Gothenburg scored 24 points, which with 21 made by his team-mates won the state high school championship in track last Saturday afternoon. Layton won four firsts, a second and a fourth. Kinder of Cambridge with 17 points was sec ond in individual competition and put his team third with IS 13 points. Noble of Omaha was third and with the help of Maxwell put his team sec ond with 36 13 points. The rest of th teams finishes with the following scores: Lincoln and Nebraska City, 10; Hardy, 7; Tecumseh, 5 1-3; Stan ton, 5; Clay Center, Crete and Falls City. 4; Albion, 3; St. Edwards and Norfolk, 1. Tie in Half-Mile Gillilan of Hardy and Wier of Clay Center, ran a dead heat in the half mile, a remarkable happening for that distance. The men ran stride for stride up the stretch tor more than fifty yards. The biggest sensation of the day was the winning of the mile by Nicholas of Lincoln after Nelson of Nebraska City, twice winner of this race, had taken a quarter f a lap lead. The little colored speedster caught the leader on the last turn and out-sprinted him on the home stretch. None of the standing records were seriously endangered. The summary: 100 yard dash Noble, Omaha; Lay ton. Gothenburg; Dewitz, Stanton; Beyette,. Gothenburg. Time 10:2. 880-yard run Oillilan. Hardy, and Vler. Clay Center, tied for first; Nicholas. Lincoln, third; Nutter, Falls City. Time 2:04:2. 120-yard hurdles Layton, Gothen burg; Maxwell. Omaha Davis. Tecum seh; Smith. Omaha. Time 18:4. 220-yard hurdles Maxwell. Omaha; Kinder. Cambridge; Eells. Gothen burg: Barnes. Tecumseh. Carroll. Cambridge and Downs Omaha, tied for fourth. Time 29:3. Mile run Nicholas, Lincoln; Nel son. Nebraska City; Smith Crete; Baker. St. Edwards. Time 4:48. 220 yard dash Layton. Gothenburg; Dewitz. Stanton; Noble. Omaha; Ken yon. Lincoln. Time 24 flat. 440-yard dash Beyette, Gothen burg; Hahn. Falls City; Maxwell. Omaha, Carrol. Cambridge. Time 55:2. Half mile relay Gothenburg. Omaha. Lincoln. Tecumseh. Time 1:41:4. Hammer throw Layton. Gothen burg; Halm, Gothernburg. Anderson. Nebraska City; Maxwell. Omaha. Dis tance. 95 feet. 7 inches. Discus throw Malm. Gothenburg; Kinder. Cambridge; Anderson. Ne braska City; HiHe. Norfolk. Distance 106 feet 4 inches. Pole vault Kinder. Cambridge; Waters. Albion; Blakeley. Tecumseh. Downs. Omaha- Height-I feet 10 inches. Shot put Kinder. Cambridge; An derson. Nebraaka Oty; Noble, Omaha; Carson. Omaha. Distance-38 feet 11 inches. High Jump Noble. Omaha; Stone, Hardy; Rogers. Omaha; Layto. .Goth enburg. Height-S feet 7 Inches. JUNIOR GIRLS WIN FROM SOPHOMORES SECOND CO-ED BASEBALL GAME PLAYED FRIDAY Winners Will Meet Seniors for Cham pionship Thursday Afternoon at Annual Track Meet The juniors won the second game of the co-ed baseball series when they defeated the sophomores 12 to 6 Fri day morning on the athletic field. The final game to determine the cham pionship will be played Thursday aft ernoon at the annual girls' track meet. The juniors will meet the seniors, who won the first game from the fresh men Thursday morning by the score of 18 to 8. A feature of Friday's game was the strong battery of both teams, for the juniors, Blanche Higginspitcher, and Mildred Chapin, catcher; for the soph omores, Helen Hewitt, pitcher, and Josephine Strode, catcher. The lineup was: Junior Position Sophomore Blanche Higgins.p Helen Hewitt Mildred Chapin. .c. .Josephine Strode Grace Nichols. .lb. .. .Amelia Specht Camilla Koch . .2b. . .Myrtle Peterson Valentine Minfd.3bllelen Halbersleben Bertha Bates . . .ssGertr'd' DeSautelle Ruth Shively ...ss.. Madeline Girard Marg't Anderson.of Bess Chaney Beatrice Dierks. of. Marguerite Lonam Lola Fussel ....of Olive Means Beulah Halle ...of Clara Paper Runs Seniors Mildred Chapin. 1; Camilla Koch, 2; Valentine Minford. 1; Bertha Bates, 2; Ruth Shively. 2; Lola Fussel. 2; Beulah Halle. 1; Mar garet Anderson, 1. Sophomores Helen Hewitt. 1; Josephine Strode, 1; Amelia Specht, 1; Olive Means, 1; Madeline Girard. 1; Marguerite Lonam, 1. Emily Cox. '17, went to York Fri day to visit her parents. Nebraska Says Good-Bye To First Students Off For War More than two hundred athletes, grinds, and just plain college men packed grips and boarded trains Sat urday for Fort Snelling to take up the grim business of war. They are the men the University will send to the reserve officers' training camp, their to be trained so that later they themselves can train and serve with the first army of 500,000. They are the first and big gest single unit that Nebraska Uni versity has offered or can offer for service in the war. In every section of the state Sat urday railway platforms in the old home towns were settings for war time scenes. In Lincoln a crowd of mothers, sisters, chums, and fair and friendly co-edt gathered at the Bur- Broad jump Layton, Gothenburg; Carson. Omaha; Smith, Crete; Kinder, Cambridge. Distance 20 feet 3 inches.. ATHLETIC BOARD ELECTION TODAY Election of five student members of the athletic board will be held today in the gymnasium. All men who have had at least one semester's residence at the University and who have made twelve hours the preceding semester are eligible to vote. There are eight candidates for the five positions. The men to bo voted on are: S. H. Hoadley. J. C Pickett Hugo Otoupalik. Wallace Overman. Griffith Owen. Roscoe Rhodes. Ted RlddelL Edson Shaw. ' 1 SYMPHONY OPENS MUSIC FESTIVAL FAMOUS ST. LOUIS ORCHESTRA GIVES TWO CONCERTS Hiawatha," by Chorus and Glee Club Closes Festival Tonight at Temple The St. Louis symphony orchestra. Max Zach, conductor, featured the annual May music festival with two concerts in the Auditorium Saturday. The festival will close with the presen tation of "Hiawatha" by the Univer sity chorus and glee club, assisted by three special singers, among them Thomas McGranahan, in the Temple this evening. Prof. C. B. Cornell, head of the com mittee in charge of the festival, heard the orchestra in St. Louis last win ter and signed it forthwith. Nebraska students and Lincoln people in gen eral wiere just as much taken, proven by the fact that a surprising number who heard the matinee were also pres ent at the evening concert. As individual musicians, the mem bers of the orchestra, of every na tionality and training, rank high, but their individuality is lost in the work of the orchestra as a whole, which is dominated by the leader, Max Zach, a unique figure in American music circles. The presentation of "Hiawatha" to night will be the occasion of the ap pearance of two well known Chicago singers, Thomas McGranahan, tenor, and Charles E. Galagher, basso. An nette Abbott, soprona, of Lincoln, will also aid the chorus and glee club in their interpretation. A special practice for the purpose of assigning seats to the members of the two organizations has been called by Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond, musical director, for 4 o'clock this afternoon in the Temple theatre. Chorus and glee club members will be excused from their 4 o'clock classes. liiigloa station to see seventy-five students leave for the camp. Only once before in the University's his tory in 1896, when Nebraska men left for the Spanish war has a similar scene occurred. Although the men were dressed in civilian clothes and carried suit cases instead of rifles, the parting was nevertheless significant The mothers of future officers were no different from other mothers of soldier sons, and waved wet band kerchiefs at the departing train. Co eds, too, although they laughed and chatted before the train began to hove, found the matter food for ser ious thought after they had turned away from waving a last good-bye to the University's first soldiers. HUSKERS TAKE MEET FROMJIIHIIESOTA WINNER IN TRACK AND FIELD SATURDAY, 66 TO 59. Outcome in Doubt Until Mile Relay, Last Event, Is RunWerner Scores 12 Point Minneapolis, .Minn, May 12. Ne braska University won the annual dual track meet with tbe University of Minnesota here this afternoon, 66 to 59, by virtue of its victory In the mile relay, the last event Minnesota led at the start by taking the dashes, but unexpected strength by Nebraska CATHOLIC STUDENTS CLUB ELECTS L. MURPHY FOR NEW PRESIDENT Lawrence Murphy, 'IS, was elected president of the Cathotflc students' club at its last regular meeting. The other officers for next year as decided then are: Clara Schulte, '18, vice-president; Frances Assenmacher, '20, treasurer; Clara Crellin, '20, secretary, and Alice Sheey, 20, sergeant-at-arms. NELSON OF SARGENT IS DEBATE CHAMP TWARDED FIRST HONORS IN HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE Oral E. Harvey, Alliance, Given De cision, But Disqualified Upon Protest After Oral E. Harvey, of Alliance, had been awarded first place -in the tenth state debate of the high school debating league in the armory Satur day morning, a protest was filed against him and he was disqualified by the judges. John Nelson of Sar gent, originally given second place, then was declared winner of the state debate. Sol Rosenblatt, Omaha, was given second instead of third honors, and J. Harold Wjlson of Paw nee City was awarded third. The question discussed was the league question for the year, "Re solved that the United States should abandon the Monroe Doctrine." The floor of the chapel was well filled with students, faculty, parents and friends of the twelve debaters. More than two hours elapsed between the open ing sentence of the first speaker and the announcement of the decision of the judges. Two Girl Debaters Although neither Mildred Gollahon of McCook, nor Ruby Richert of Clay Center, the two girls entered in the contest this year, won places, both did able work and attracted favorable attention. In their arguments, affirmative de baters asserted that the doctrine had been the cause of unfriendly feeling between the United States and the South American countries because of the relationship it Involved, that this nation by continuing its observation of the- doctrine was enforcing some thing which was unnecessary and that It gave the states of the South proof that the United States does not In tend to sieze territory or "boss" things without permission. Negative speakers, on the other hand, pointed out the influence of the doctrine in bringing not only safety but wealth and prosperity to South America, that these countries had proven their friendship by their stand against Germany and with America. Oral E. Harvery, disqualified winner of first place, and Sol Rosenblatt, sec ond, spoke on the negative. John Nel son. the champion, and J. Harold Wil son, third, took the affirmative side of tbe question. The judges were Dean W. G. Hast ings of the college of law. Prof. Guern sey Jones of the department of Eng lish history; and Albert Watkins. of the Nebraska state historical society, Prof. M. M. Fogg, president and found er of the league, presided. Geraldine Johnson, '19, was In Omaha over Sunday. George W. L-win, 17. was in Lin coln Sunday on his way to the of ficers' reserve training camp at Fort Snelling, Minn. in the javelin throw, the jumps, and hurdles, evened op the count Johnson of Minnesota, winning first in the 100 and 220-yard, dashes and second In the 440, was high man, scoring 13 points. Werner of Ne braska made 12 points by a first In the high Jump, a tie for first with Murray of Minnesota In the broad Jump, and a second In the 220. NEBRASKA MEN ARE AMONG FIRST CALLED UNIVERSITY SENDING HER BEST TO FORT SNELLING All Must Pass Physical Test Upon Arrival Many Applications Held in Abeyance (By Richard Cook.) Fort Snelling. Minn., May 12 (via St. Paul). Among the very first men of the middle west called to attend the officers' training camp at Fort Snelling were some of the big men of the University of Nebraska. The chosen Nebraska men, living farther from the post than those of the other four states of the division, were the first of the 2,500 to be called, to be mailed certificates of authority by Col. William H. Sage, commanding at Fort Snelling. Must Pass Examination Not all those who report at Fort Snelling will be allowed to remain, for each candidate must pass a rigid phy sical examination by army surgeons before he is ordered to get equip ment. The remaining places to com plete the quota for the camp will be completed today from the class "A" list of applicants. Infantry Called First A great many men who qualified are not called at this time. Only candidates for infantry were called first. There were more than 5,000 applications for the 2,500 places at this camp; a great many men were too young to qualify ahead of more experienced material. This was felt especially not only at Nebraska, but at other universities and colleges. The rush of incoming recruits came in full force Friday, and by next Tues day, the camp will be full. Upon Arrival The first thing that a man should do upon arrival at the post is to re port with his duplicate notification card at the quarters of Capt G. W. Rathjens, O. R. C, on the first floor of the administration building. If his credentials are all right, he will be sent to a company commander. The company commander will have him take out his descriptive list tell ing divers and sundry things about himself; then sends him to the sur geons at the hospital, a long gray building to the east. If the surgeons consider him sound, back he goes to the company office. Then he goes for equipment and is assigned to bis cot in the barracks. The rifles issued at Fort Snelling are light and new. They seem more like toys at first. What Uncle Sam Provides Here are a few things Uncle Sam Issues you at Fort Snelling: Bayonet, cartridge belt, bacon can, meat can, condiment can, canteen, pack carrier, oil case and thong, canteen cover, front sight cover, cup, fork, haver sack, first aid packet first aid pouch, scabbard, knife, gun sling, spoon, two blankets, two pillow cases, a cot, mat tress, two matress covers, a pillow, five pins for shelter tent, half shelter tent, breeches, service cotton make, service hat, leggings, shirt, marching shoes. They seem to be cutting sugar out of the coffee at mess and the butter supply seems to be running out but there Is little complaint about this. Company mess funds will bo started as soon as more men arrive. To Live in Barracks All the students coming will live in barracks for some weeks at least Officers say it is harder to get used to living right In barracks than in tents. Nebraska men called for the In fantry division almost half of whom are University students, are: Omaha C. W. Amend. A C Potter A. H. Bemeh J.' H.' Caldwell J- V Beverid V. B. Caldwell E. H. Booth J J. Offut C N. Buryex H. M. Baldridg-e P. A. Burke- M E. Arnold M. Burns (Continued to Page Three)