he Daily
Nebragl
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOL. XVI. NO. 151.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1917.
UNDERCLASSES TO
HELP ORPHAN FUND
PROCEEDS OF SOPHOMORE HOP
WILL GO TO CAUSE
Both Classes Vote to Sell Jointly $100
In Orphan Benefit
Medals
The sophomore cIsbs will give the
proceeds of the class hop to the sup
fort of French war orphans and the
freshmen will work with the sopho
mores to sell 600 benefit medals for
the orphan fund, members of the two
classes decided at' a mass meeting in
Memorial hall at 11:30 o'clock yes
terday morning. The original plans
had been for separate assemblies, but
it was later decided to hold the two
meetings together.
The committee in charge considers
the meeting very successful. The num
ber present was smaller than had been
expected but those who were there
were very enthusiastic over the work
and pledged themselves to do all In
"their power for the French orphan
fund. The hall was decorated with the
flags of the United States and her
allies.
Two Faculty Speakers
Alice Temple, vice-president of the
freshmen class, presided In the ab
sence of the two presidents. "The
Marseillaise was sung by Margaret
Perry, '20, and the "Star Spangled
Banner," by Gertrude Munger, '18.
Prof. F. M. Fling and Prof. J. E. Le
Rossignol spoke to the members of
the classes. .
Professor Fling emphasized the debt
which this country ows to France for
the service rendered during the war
of the revolution. He pointed out that
this present struggle is the same strug
gle for liberty as the war which we
fought with England. He asked that
Americans learn to feel more deeply
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KANSAS EXPECTS
TRACK VICTORY
TEAM LEAVES FOR ANNUAL MEET
HERE TODAY
Captain Rodkey "Dopes" Score 65-44
In Kansas Favor Concede
Hurdles
Lawrence, Kan., May 17. Al
though the Kansas track team has
been considerably weakened by
the withdrawal from school of some of
the best men, Captain Fred Rodkey
believes that Kansas has the edge on
Nebraska and will take the meet-tomorrow
by a fair margin. The cap
tain predicts that Kansas will defeat
the (ornhuskers as badly as the
Tigers did Kansas in the meet here
last Saturday afternoon.
Nebraska's points will probably be
counted in the dashes, weights, and
hurdles, as the Cornbuskers are strong
In these events. Overman, the Ne
braska mller, is also good In his race
blt it is believed here that Sproull
will have little difficulty In winning
first place In this event. The Corn
huskers are also considered fairly
iron in the two-mile race.
Weak in Hurdles
The hurdles are probably the weak
est places on the Jayhawker squad.
No experienced hurdler Is out for these
events since Casey and Seward with
drew from school. Uhrlaub and Yoek
um have been out practising for these
events since the Tiger meet here and
re showing up fairly well. Uhrlaub
a injured going over the sticks yes
"day afternoon but the Injury was
n"t severe enough to keep him from
continuing the practice.
Capt Rodkey's "Dope"
The "dope" on the Kansas-Nebraska
EXTENSION DEPT. BOOKS
COMMENCEMENT DATES
A number of engagements for com
mencement and pre-commencement
addresses and entertainments have
been arranged through' the extension
department. Dean A. Lyman of the
college of pharmacy gave the com
mencement address at Atlanta and
Prof, Alice Howell of the department
of dramatic art gave a program of
readings at Adams last evening. The.
other "bookings" for this week are:
Friday, May 18. Prof. C. W, Tay
lor, principal of the teachers' college
high school, address at Pilger; Prof
Alice Howell, readings, junior-senior
banquet, Seward; Prof. i. . LeRos
stgnol, director of the school of com
merce, address at Louisville.
Friday, May 19 Dean R. A. Lyman,
commencement address, McDowell,
Kas.
KANSAS MEETS
NEBRASKA TODAY
HUSKERS WILL CLOSE TRACK
SEASON WITH JAYHAWKS
Outcome Apparently a Toss-Up, Al
though Kansas Is Confident
Men In Fair Shape
This afternoon at 2:30 the Jayhawk
ers will deefde the track supremacy
of Nebraska and Kansas on Nebraska
field. The outcome of the meet is as
much in doubt as it has ever been, al
though the optimistic stories from
Lawrence have cast a little gloom over
the Cornhusker camp.
All the men will Be in fair shape.
Some reported sore muscles yesterday,
but the coach hoped to have them all
worked out In the practice yesterday
afternoon.
Three races are conceded to the
Cornhuskcrs at the start and three to
the Jayhawks. The two hurdle races
and the 2-mile are practically certain
for the Nebraskans, while the Kan
sans are thought to be sure winners in
the mile, the half-mile and the mile
relay. The pole vault Is still an un
known quantity. The high and brond
jumps are conceded to the Jayhawks
and the rest of the field events are in
doubt. The 100, 220, 440 will be battles
from the beginning to end.
GDIL'S CLUB WILL
HELP RED CROSS
Three thousand Red Cross buttons
at $1 will be sold to University stu
dents and Lincoln people as the part
the girls' club will play in the Red
Cross campaign next week, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Gertrude Squires is chairman of the
committed in charge of the sale. The
other members are Anne Brundage.
Helen lloltz, Gwendolyn Drayton, and
Helen Relher.
Preliminary plans call for a very
systematic sales campaign, with head
quarters at each downtown block. All
women students who will have time to
help In the sale are asked to see mem
bers of the girl's club committee or
Dean Mary Graham.
meet as viewed by Captain Fred Rod
key Is:
Events ' Ka8-Neb-
lOOyard dash 5
220-yard dash 6 3
Quarter mile 5 3
Half mile 8 0
Mile 5 3
Two mile 5 3
120yard hurdles 3 5
220-yard hurdles 0 8
Shot put 3 5
Discus 5 3
High Jump 8 0
Broad Jump 5 3
Pole vault 6 3
Relay J J
Total 63 44
JUNIORS TAKE
CO-ED JRAGK MEET
THREE UNIVERSITY FIELD MEET
RECORDS BROKEN
Grace Nichols Is Individual Star With
Fifteen Points Helen Hewitt
Second
With Grace Nichols of Lincoln as
the individual star the junior girls
added the annual track meet to their
already long string of athletic vic
tories of the year. In the course of
the afternoon they stopped long
enough to defeat the senior baseball
team for the Interclass championship
by the score of 6 to 4.
Three University records were
broken in the meet. Grace Nichols
reduced the time for the 50-yard dash
from 6 4-5 seconds to 6 2-5. Blanche
Higgins Increased the shot put record
from 29 feet to 30 feet llA inches, and
Eleanor Frampton established a new
record In the high jump, clearing the
bar at 4 feet 2Vfe Inches. All of the
new record holders are Lincoln girls.
Helen Hewitt Second
Helen Hewitt, last year's individual
champion, secured second place this
year with 13 points, two points behind
the winner. Margaret Anderson was
third in individual with 8V2 points.
The juniors won seven out of a pos
sible 11 firsts. Including "the 400-yard
relay. It was the most exciting race
of the day, the result being in doubt
up to the last 50 yards. The juniors
gained tho lead in every Individual
relay, but would lose it In the ex
change of the ring. The last 50 yards
was run by Grace Nichols, who got a
small head start and increased her
lead steadily to the finish.
Two New Events
Two events, the javelin throw and
the broad jump, were Introduced for
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NEED STUDENTS
IN PAGEANT CAST
PROF. R. D. SCOTT ISSUES CALL
FOR PLAYERS
Dearth of Men Makes More Women
and Remaining Men Doubly
Needed
University men and women are
needed to make the pageant, the Uni
versity's contribution to the semi
centennial celebration of Nebraska's
statehood, a success. Prof. R. D.
Scott, in charge of the maque, issued
a call yesterday for every co-ed who
can "carry a tune" and every man who
can give a dozen hours between now
and pageant-time in June, to meet
him today. Girls, are asked to come
to Art hall at 5 o'clock, and men to
the Commercial club at 7:30.
The departure of men for farm and
camp has left the management in need
of volunteers for places in the cast.
Professor Scott emphasized the fact
that the scarcity In men makes It nec
essary for the co eds to be present In
still greater numbers, to overbalance
this. The service of making the
pageant, which will be one of the fea
tures of Nebraska's hitftlory-ruutdng
celebration, successful, calls upou the
patriotism of University students for
their University, state, and nation, be
pointed out.
Want Fifty Men
Fifty men are wanted to take the
part of historical characters, soldiers,
and various parts of the picture. Co
eds are needed badly for the choruses.
Upon the University and Lincoln
has fallen the task of bringing Ne
braska's semi-centennial year to a fit
ting close. Omaha, the metropolis,
opened It last fall with President Wil
son's visit and Tall carnival. Lincoln
will end It with the celebration of
three days. June 12, 13, and 14.
A number of distinguished Ameri
cans including ex-President Theodore
Roosevelt. Gen. John J. Pershing, and
GORNHUSKERS TO
BE ISSUED MONDAY
ENTIRE SHIPMENT EXPECTED TO
REACH HERE TOMORROW
No Extra Copies Ordered, But a Few
May Be Made Available
1,500 Printed .
The 1917 Cornhusker will be Issued
Monday, T. A. Williams, agent of stu
dent activities, who will have the dis
tribution In charge, announced yes
terday. The entire shipment of 1,500
copies is expected to reach Lincoln by
freight tomorrow.
No extra copies of the annual were
published this year, and those who
neglected to order the books during
the sales campaign will have some
difficulty In securing them. It Is pos
sible that some may be made available
by forfeitures of orders, Books will
be held seven days for the purchaser,
according to the contract each buyer
signs,
The days between the time the last
copy Is sent to the printer and the
date of publication are usually marked
by watchful waiting upon the part of
students, anxious to scan the pages
of the record. Although C. M. Frey,
editor-in-chief, will not be one of the
first to see the book, because he has
gone to Fort Snelllng, he has never
theless had the advantage of watching
it made up page by page.
Members of the Cornhusker staff
aren't divulging anything even at this
late date, but they seem to believe
that the book has succeeded In cov
ering the field it attempted an im
partial, complete and interesting his
tory of the year and that the Univer
sity will be well pleased with it.
the governors of twelve neighboring
states, will be present at the celebra
tion. CANNING CLASSES
FOR MEN STUDENTS
SPECIAL COURSE AT FARM NOT
LIMITED TO HALF OF STUDENTS
Demonstration of Wholesale Canning
Requiring Man's Strength
Register Today
The special course of lessons In can
ning to be given at the state farm next
week is open to the men as well as
to the women students. The opinion
that they were solely for the women is
wrong. Miss Mary Graham, the dean of
women, said last night.
Several of the men students at the
college of agriculture have registered
for the classes. Others have held back
because they thought the course was
closed to them, but this is a mistake.
Registration for the canning demon
strations closes today, so the men will
have but little more than twelve hours
to get under the wire. They may regi
ster at the entrance to the library,
at Miss Graham's office In the admini
stration building, or Miss Drake's of
fice in (he Temple, or at the college of
agriculture.
The lessons will be given three days
at the end of the next week. Hours
will be arranged to suit the pleasure
of the student, but it is hoped that all
will register for the three lessons.
They can be taken at different hours
each day. That Is, a man could ar
range to take one of the lessons Thurs
day afternoon, enother Friday night
and still a third Saturday afternoon, if
that suited him best. Or he could ar
range for any other series of lessons.
The canning work will be of espe
cial interest to men, for the demonstra
tions will be of canning on a wholesale
scale. The purpose of the course Is
to teach quick presering of large quan
tities of vegetables. Washboilers and
huge kettles will be used instead of
the usual utensils. Indeed, a man's
strength will almost be required for
many of the operations.
HARRIET ANDERSON IS
ASSISTANT'S CLUB HEAD
Harriet Anderson, '18, was elected
president of the recently organized
student assistant's club for next semes
ter at the last regular meeting of the
club In Faculty hall, Temple, last eve
ning. Other officers elected were: J.
L. Lyne, '18, vice-president; O. N.
Summers, '18, secretary-treasurer.
The election followed a short pro
grad, which included talks by Jose
phine Zrust, '19, Slavonic languages;
Magdalene Craft, '16, rhetoric;. Luclle
Roane, '18, physical education; A. F.
Liebers, 18, agronomy, and a solo
by Martha Leal, '20.
Twenty-five members of the club
were present at the meeting, repre
senting the following deparments:
Slavonic languages, agronomy, phy
sical education, rhetoric, electrical en
gineering, civil engineering, applied
mechanics, political economy, and
pharmacy.
HEAR GOSPEL OF
FOOD CONSERVATION
CO-EDS WILL CARRY IT TO THEIR
HOME TOWNS
Plan Extensive Canning Campaign In
Co-Operation With County Agri
cultural Agents
One hundred University women
heard the gospel of food conservation
at a mass meeting in the Y. W. C. A.
rooms in the Temple last evening,
and after having been themselves con
verted, voted to carry the cause to
their home towns this summer. Mrs.
Emma Read Davisson of the depart
ment of extension, who has recently re
turned from a trip In the east and
south, which she spent In Investigat
ing food conditions, told of the vital
importance of the work.
Those present at the meeting volun
teered to put in all the time they could
this summer in canning foodstuffs and
In encouraging every family to do the
same. No limit will be placed on the
amount put up, for arrangements -have
been made with county agricultural
agents, who have agreed to buy and
sell all of the surplus.
The doctrine of can all you can, to
which co-eds have become converts,
will be restricted to exclude the use
of tin cans because of the official or
der to conserve the scant supply of
tin in the country. Eastern canners
have been forbidden to use it except
for foodstuff that can be kept feasibly
in no other way, and for products
which must be sent to feed the allied
armies.
Purple Carnations
One of the professors at the State
agriculture college of New Jersey has
developed purple carnations as a re-
suit of artificial hybridization. The
cuttings from this plant are valued
at $100 each. The first one grown
was sent to the Governor of New Jer
sey. It Is hoped that a ."..."Sclent sup
ply can be obtained to distribute
plants among the florists of the state,
Ex.
SPECIAL ELECTION
STUDENT COUNCIL
CONSTITUTION
Notice is hereby given that a
special election Is called for the
adoption of the constitution for
the student council Friday May
25, in Memorial hall, west en
trance. Polls will be open from
9 to 12 and 2 to 5. All students
are eligible to vote.
FLORENCE I. M'GAHEY.
Acting Registrar.
HARD WORK STARTS
AT TRAINING CAMP
NEBRASKANS ARE LEARNING
FUNDAMENTALS OF WAR
Cornhusker Recruits Scattered Cap
tain Parker Reports for
Instruction Duty
Fort Snelllng. Minn., May 17. Regi
stration days are over at the Fort
Snelling training school and the two
thousand odd recruits in camp are
now hard at work.
The Nebraska men are rapidly learn
ing how to sight rifles, makts packs,
make up their cots, keep barrack quar
ters clean, and most important of all,
how to get up early.
There was no general arrival of Ne
braska University men, nor Is there a
special group in which they may be
found; they are scattered among the
score of companies into which the
camp has been divided for the first
month of training. Later the men
will be sorted in accordance with the
branches of service they entered, and
the rest of the time will be devoted to
Intensive training for that work.
Captain Parker Arrives
Captain Parker, commandant of Ne
braska cadets, reported at the admini
stration building this noon, for in
struction duty.
The Fort Snelling school day is
divided mostly Into work periods, with
few leisure hours. Early reveille and
early taps are two iron-bound rules of
the camp.
Ralph Lahr, '17, Lincoln, and Neil
Brown, '14, Lincoln, are in the second
company. Archer Burnham, formerly
colonel of the cadet regiment, is In the
first, and so Is Harold Landeryou, '20,
of Omaha.
MEDICS TO FORM
BASE HOSPITAL
NATIONAL DEFENSE COUNCIL
FORWARDING PLANS TO OMAHA
Italian System, Allowing for Three
Months Intermittent Service
Will Be Used
Omaha, Neb., May 17. The Univer
sity college of medicine will organize
a base hospital unit for service in the
war immediately, along the lines of
the Italian system. Dr. I. S. Cutter,
dean of the college, announced last
night.
The Italian plan, details for which
are now on the way from Washing
ton, provides for the enlistment of a
limited number of men in the base
hospital to serve three months, to re
turn to their scholastic duties at the
end of that time and be replaced by
another unit which will go through the
same procedure. In this way there Is
no interruption of the college course,
and the classes are kept insofar as
possible.
Will Avoid Allies' Error
Dean Cutter's announcement last
night contradicts the understanding
which has prevailed here that medical
students would be swallowed up for
service in the regular army medical
and hospital corps. In a statement he
said:
"We learn from the council of de
fense that by no means are the under
graduate classes of the medical schools
of this" country to be stripped for Im
mediate service In the medical corps
of the army and navy. My corre
spondence from the council and from
the surgeons of the army and navy
says that they do not Intend to make
the mistake of Great Britain and
France In that respect."
The national council for defense,
which Is making provision for tbe for
mation of the unit, will not accept
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