The Daily Nebraska
VOL. XVI. NO. 160.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
INTERPRET LAWS
OF REGISTRATION
RULES OF SELECTIVE DRAFT DAY
MADE CLEAR
Men at Fort Snelling Subject to Reg
istration Because Not Yet
in Federal Service
A number of questions which are
Still troubling Unversity men of draft
or near-draft age are answered in in
terpretatlons of 'the registration law
given out by the press yesterday. The
answers cover all questions of exemp
tions and rules of registration.
According to the interpretation every
man must register who is 21 years
of age and who has not reached his
21st birthday on or before June 5, ex
cept officers and enlisted men of the
regular army, navy, marine corps, na
tional guard and militia in the federal
service, and officers in the reserve
corps and enlisted men In the enliBted
reserve corps. This means that those
Nebraskans who received commissions
before their call to Fort Snelling are
not required to register.
The registering privilege will be
open from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. and if a
person is sick or out of town he must
register by agent or by mall. No days
of grace are allowed.
Required to Register
Those who do not register on June
5 will be liable to punishment for mis
demeanor and to imprisonment and in
addition will be registered. Any one
with a medical discharge from the
army who is required to register will
probably be discharged after being
drafted. The particular branch of
Krvice may not be chosen but prefer
ence may be stated and it will receive
consideration.
The registration certificate must be
shown to any member of the local
registration board who demands to
see It at any time after June 5 and
local authorities may inflict penalties
upon those who refuse to do so. An
opportunity will be given to state
claims of exemption from draft later
than on the registration blank but the
exact length of time allowed has not
been announced. Officials belitve that
it is to the best interest of the person
registering that the grounds for ex
emption be stated at the time of regi
stration. The final authority on exemptions
will be a board of civilians in each
locality to be appointed by the presi
dent. The only appeal from the de
cision of the local exemption board
will he to a district board appointed
by the president and the decision of
this board will be final.
The exemptions which are likely to
BOOKS BY ALUMNI
S00NPUBLISHED
NEW YORK COMPANY AN
NOUNCES SCIENTIFIC WORKS
Four books by. University of Ne
braska men are announced for early
publication by the John Wiley & Sons
Publishing C, of New York city.
"Ferrocarrlles," Spanish for "rail
ways," by V. L. R. Havens, ex-'15. Is
among the number. Havens is com
mercial attache of the American em
bassy at Santiago, Chill, and bis book
will be, the publishers announce, "the
first book in Spanish covering the sub
ject of railway construction."
Prof. Bentm Dales, '97, head of the
department of chemistry, has written
a laboratory guide, "Elementary Quan
lative Analysis," which is being adopt
ed as a text in a number of colleges.
Oscar L, Barneby, of the University
of Wisconsin, assisted Professor Dales
with the book.
The two other books are on agri
cultural engineering, and are pub
lished with a series of volumes on the
subject edited by Leon W. Chase, '04,
be noticed are, in the order of their
importance, employment in the gov
ernment service; engagement in pur
suits necessary to the maintenance of
the military establishment, including
mining, agriculture and transporta
tion; employment in sea service; phy
sical or moral deficiency; and member
ship in a religious body disbelieving in
war.
SIGMA XI CHOOSES
24 NEW MEMBERS
HONORARY SCIENTIFIC FRATER
NITY ANNOUNCES SELECTION
Four Faculty Members, Seven Gradu
ates, Thirteen Seniors Elected
Prof. O. J. Ferguson Head
Sigma XI, honorary scientific
society, elected 24 faculty, grad
uates and seniors to membership
at its meeting. Four of the members
were faculty, seven were graduates
and thirteen were students. The an
nual selections are made from those
who have shown especial fitness in
their particular line of work and who
have done prescribed work in the de
partment, nitiation of new members
will be held at Prof. R. A. Lyman's
tomorrow evening.
Following is the list of the new
selections:
From the Faculty
Prof. John R. Cooper.
Prof. Garland E. Lewi3.
Prof. David Day Whitney.
Prof. George A. Dean, of the Kansas
stite agricultural college, head of the
rVpartment of entomology.
Graduates
Emory F. Almy.
Miss Esther S. Anderson.
Robert W. Ellis.
Frank C. Dean.
Albert F. Thlel
Clyde Samuel Thomas.
Alva Wilson.
Seniors
James W. Galloway.
Arthur W. Ingersoll.
Edward M. Kadlecek.
Maurice B. Long.
James E. Lynch.
LeRoy Melslnger.
Arthur B. Mickey.
Marshall H. Powers.
Miss Buela R. Rhoden.
Leonard O. Vose.
A. W. Ackerman.
Clark E. Beede.
Miss 'Ada L. Elliott.
Election of officers for the coming
year, resulted as follows:
President, Prof. O. J. Ferguson.
Vice-president. Dr. George Borrow-
man. v
Corresponding secretary, Dr. H. H-
Waite.
Recording secretary, Miss Margaret
Hanna.
Treasurer, Prof. N. A. Bengston.
SENIOR INVITATIONS
ON DISTRIBUTION AT
COLLEGE BOOK STORE
Senior invitations have come and
have been placed in the College Book
Store for distribution. Receipts of or
ders are necessary for the purchase of
the booklets.
Two senior poems and well ar
ranged contents feature the commence
ment booklet. The printing is of ex
cellent quality, a fact which has made
the cost considerably more this year
than last, when materials and labor
were much lower.
professor of agricultural engineering
at Nebraska, and Jay B. Davidson, M.
E. '04. professor of agricultural engi
neering at the University of California.
The books are "A Laboratory Manual
of
varm Machinery." by F. A. win.
C.
E. '13, assistant professor in charge
machinery at the Kansas agri
of
cultural college, and "Rural Highway
twinoorim? " bv Prof. George K. nai-
(burn. head of the department of ap
plied mechanics and maenme uesis".
University of Nebraska.
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR CORNHUSKER
SOLDIERS' BANQUET START TODAY
UNIVERSITY WILL GIVE FAREWELL PARTY FOR FORT' SNELLING
STUDENTS AND ALUMNI
Twin City Alumni Will Have Charge at That End Date Set Forward to Next
Week, Probable Saturday, June 9 Co-Eds Will
Send Box of Candy Tomorrow
Today and tomorrow University men's organizations will collect subscrip
tion! t0 tne fund ' 300 wnicl1 wil1 be U8ed to Sive CornhuBker soldiers at
tort Snelling a farewell banquet. Subscriptions may be left at The Daily
Nebraskau office, at the Y. M. C. A. desk in the Temple, or may be given to
any of the men in the list printed elsewhere in this issue.
A wire yesterday from Minneapolis alumni has caused the postponement
of the banquet until some time next week, probably next Saturday evening.
Nebraskans in the Twin Cities are In the midst of a local campaign in connec
tion with the war which will make it possible to devote their attention to the
uffar-this week-end.
The general sentiment of University
students, of which the plan for a ban
quet is the expression, is that the party
in Minneapolis should be an expres
sion of appreciation from the whole
University, and for this reason every
person connected with the institution
may subscribe to the fund, although
the men and women who have been
classmates and comrades of the sol
diers are expected to be the biggest
subscriber". A list of all who con
tributes to the fund today will be pub
lished in The Nebraskan Friday.
The banquet will be attended by the
two hundred undergraduate and grad
uate soldiers in the training camp and
by probably fifty Twin City alumni.
FORT SNELLING MEN
AWAIHHE DRAFT
NEBRASKANS IN CAMP HAVE
NEARLY ALL REGISTERED
Big Decoration Day Plans Spoiled by
Rain of Yesterday Captain Parker
Instructs Company 5
Fort Snelling. Minn., May 30. Al
though shoulder-deep in intensive
training to prepare them to fill officers'
shoes, the Nebraska men are not ex
empt from registration, and practical
ly all of them have sent their cards
back home. Registration day, June 5.
will not, from appearances, be much
of a holiday here.
a It is planned to take a picture of
Nebraska students ana aiumni Ddiui
day. The men have not gotten to
gether yet but they are fast learning
each others' whereabouts.
Rain Spoils Plans
Preparations had been made for a
parade In Minneapolis today, but rain
set in Tuesday night and spoiled all
plans, it was pouring here this morn
ing. Nothing particular is doing to
day. Captain Parker. University com
mandant, has been assigned to instruc
tipn duty with Company 5. and has a
number or Nebraska soldiers under
him.
MRS. BARKLEY TO SPEAK
TO SUFFRAGE CLUB
Former Dean of Women Will Empha
size Importance of Exercising
Partial Suffrage
Mrs. W. E. Berkley of Lincoln, form
erly dean of women at the Uni
versity, will speak at a meeting of the
University Equal Suffrage club at 5
o'clock (his evening in U 106.
Mrs. Barkley is president of the
state suffrage association. In last
fall's campaign she was among the
most active, tireless workers for suf
rage. 13 a very entertaining
speaker.
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It is planned that telegrams and let
ters from faculty members and stu
dents be read, and arrangenunts are
under way for an original contribution
from the students alone which will
not be divulged until the time arrives.
Will Send Candy
University women are sponsors for
a plan to send a big box of candy to
Fort Snelling by express tomorrow aft
ernoon. Boxes of home-made candy,
appropriately tied in scarlet and cream
ribbon, may be placed in the big box,
which will be open in the Y. W. C. A.
rooms of the Temple until noon Fri
day. The candy contribution is in
charge of the Girls' club and the Y.
W. C. A.
SENIOR GLASS
MEETS TODAY
MEMBERS WILL DECIDE ON CLASS
FOOTBALL SWEATERS
There Wi.ll Be no Convocation This
Morning Meeting Arouses
Interest
With nothing definite having de
veloped in the senior football sweater
situation except the fact that the class
faces a red balance if it pays a bill cf
$100 for football sweaters for members
of the class team, the last business
meeting of the senior class will be
held in Law 101 this morning at 11
o'clock to decide the question.
For the members of the class at
least, the meeting will take the place
of Convocation which" ha been
omitted today.
Marguerite Kauffman, president,
said yesterday that the action this
morning would settle the proposition
as far as the senior class was con
cerned. No official offer upon the part
of the athletic board to help out on
the deficit has been made, she said.
Interest in the situation insures
large attendance and representative
action, it is thought. The meeting at
which the sweaters were voted to the
football men was not called by the
president, and was largely attended
by football men.
DR. MAXEY WRITES
ON WAR QUESTIONS
Hat Contributed Nine Articles to Maga
zines During Year on Points
of International Law
Dr. Edwin Maxey, professor of in
ternational law, has contributed nine
comprehensive treatments of current
international law questions to leading
magazines during the present year.
Practically all of the articles deal with
questions arising out of the European
conflict, principally those of warfare
on the high seas.
Dr. Maxey's writings appearing in
the Canadian Law Times are. "The
Case of the Arabic," "Rights of Mer
chant Vessels," "The Case of the
Appam," "The Execution of Captain
Fryatt" and "Sale of Munitions of
War by Neutrals." The articles in the
American Law Review are "Case of tho
William P. Frye," "Our Relations With
Austria," "Retaliation by Belligerents
as Affecting Neutrals" and "Protection
of American Citizens Abroad."
SEMESTER FINALS
BEGHUATURDAY
EXAMINATIONS SCHEDULED FROM
JUNE 2 TO JUNE 8
Each Class to Meet in Regular Recita
tion Rooms Except Rhetoric 2,
All Sections
Final examinations for the second
semester will officially begin with
French and Spanish classes Saturday
morning at 8 o'clock, according to the
schedule given out by the registrar
yesterday. The last examination will
close at noon next Friday.
Each class meets for examination
where it regularly recites except that
the examinations in rhetoric 2, all sec
tions, will be held Saturday at 1:45
o'clock in the rooms indicated below.
Romance languages t (French) and
32 (Spanish), all sections, will be held
on Saturday, as indicated below, but
in the rooms in which they regularly
recite. Examinations in all 11 o'clock
classes are scheduled on Saturday.
Following is the complete schedule
as given out yesterday:
Saturday June 2
8:00 a. m. to 10.00 a. m. French 2,
all sections.
10:15 a. m. to 12:15 p. m. Spanish
32, all sections.
1:15 p. m. to 3:15 p. m. Rhetoric 2,
sections 1, 3, 4, 9, Music hall; section
2. 7, 15, Brace hall 211; sections 5, 6,
8, 12, Law 101; sections 10, 11, Univer
sity hall 207.
3:30 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. Classes
meeting at 11:00 a. m. Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, or any one of
two of these days.
Monday, June 4
8:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m. JClasses
meeting at 8:00 a. m., five or four days,
or Monday, Wednesday, Friday, or any
one of two of these days.
10:15 a. m. to 12:15 p. m. Classes
meeting at 8:00 a. m., Tuesday, Thurs
day, Saturday, or any one or two of
these days.
1:15 p. m. to 3:15 p. m. Classes
meeting at 1:00 p. m., five or four days,
or Monday, Wednesday, Friday, or any
one or two of these days.
3:30 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. Classes
meeting at 1:00 p. m., Tuesday, Thurs
day, Saturday, or any one or two of
these days.
Tuesday, June 5
8:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m. Classes
meeting at 9:00 a. m., five or four days,
or Monday, Wednesday, Friday, or any
one or two of these days.
10:15 a. m. to 12:15 p. m. Classes
meeting at 9:00 a. m., Tuesday, Thurs
day, Saturday, or any one or two of
these days.
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MEN WHO MAY ASK YOU TO
DAY FOR YOUR SUBSCRIP
TION TO CORNHUSKER
BANQUET
Ernest Lundeen.
Bernard Thomas.
Walter Judd.
Ted Riddell.
Wayne Townsend.
Dwight Thomas.
George Grimes.
Ivan Beede.
Leonard Kline.
Walter Blunk.
Harry E. Reed.
Wallace Overman.
Merrill Vanderpool.
John Wensyand.
SEMI-CENTENNIAL
FOLLOWS EXAMS
CELEBRATION OF STATE'S FIF-
t
TIETH BIRTHDAY JUNE 12-15
Commencement Exercises and Annual
Pageant are Part of
Program
With the date of Nebraska semi-centennial
celebration less than two
weeks distant plans for the pageant,
the annual commencement and the
celebration of the state's entrance into
statehood are being rapidly completed.
The costumes for the pageant have
been ordered and practice is going
rapidly forward. Dean Roscoe Pound
of the Harvard law school has ac
cepted the invitation to speak at the
annual commencement and under the
direction of Guy Reed the complete
plans for the three days' celebration
are being rounded Into shape.
Other States Represented
Delegations from other states have
written that they intend to be here
and help Nebraska celebrate her fif
tieth birthday. Indications are that
the gathering here at that time will
be one of the largest ever entertained
in Lincoln. The interest shown at
this early date practically assures a
record-breaking crowd.
The pageant, "Nebraska," written
by H. B. Alexander, of the department
of philosophy, will be given all three
days of the celebration on the ath
letic field. The costumes have been
ordered and dances and special fea
tures are being drilled full time. The
oxen to be used in the pageant came
Tuesday from Winnipeg, Canada. The
committee found it necessary to send
there for oxen which' were sufficient
ly trained to use.
Alumni Reunion Tuesday
Tuesday, June 12, will be the open
ing day of the semi-centennial celebra
tion. The feature of this day of espe
cial University interest will be the
alumni reunion. Cornhuskers of earlier
years will be the guests of the Univer
sity and will gather with their classes
in a big University picnic at Capital
Beach. Stunts for the different classes
have been planned.
On Tuesday there will also be the
meetings of pioneers, historical ex
hibits at the auditorium, band con-
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GO-ED TENNIS
HEARING FINALS
SEMI-FINALS WILL BE PLAYED
NEXT MONDAY
The girls' tennis semi-finals which
were to have been played yesterday
were postponed because of the rain.
Those who play in the semi-finals are
Ruth Welch, Martha Hellner, Mar
garet Anderson and Ermine Carmeau.
They will play for two games out of
three for the finals.
The preliminary games leading up to
che semi-finals. In which the play was
for four games out of seven, resulted
as follows:
First Round
Knapp, Bennett Knapp (default).
Brown. Lonam Lonam (default).
Gibbons, De Lautelle DeLautell
(default).
Welch, L. Noble Welch, 4-2.
Birerton, Hellner Hellner (default).
Walker, Jefferds Walker, 4-2.
Second Round
Knapp, Lonam Knapp (default). ..
DeSautelle. Welch Welch, 4-2.
Hellner, Walker Hellner, 4-3.
Hewitt. Dierks Hewitt, 5-2.
Paper. F. Noble Paper, 4-0.
Anderson, Girard Anderson, 4-0.
Carmean, Hostetter Carmean, 6 k
Higgins, Minford Minford, 4-3.
Third Round
Neff. Welch Welch, 5-2.
Hellner, Hewitt Hellner, 4-0.,
Paper, Anderson Anderson, 4-3.
Carmean. Minford Carmean. 4-0. j
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