The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVII, NO. 1..
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
NEBRASKA MEN MAKE
I RECORD AT SNELLING
CORNHUSKER STUDENTS ARE
j GRANTED EIGHTY-SEVEN COM
MISSIONS AT OFFICERS
TRAINING CAMP
LIST INCLUDES FIVE CAPTAINS
j Nebraska's record at the Fort
Snelling training camp was an excel
lent one, equal or better than any
other college in the country accord
ing to the list of appointments which
was given out at the close of the
camp.
Eighty-seven commissions were
granted to Nebraska students, ex
students and Vlumni. Six of these
commissions were for captaincies,
twelve for first lieutenancies and
sixty-five for second lieutenancies.
Captaincies of Infantry were award
ed to four students and two alumni,
H. H. Corey, '17, Lincoln; Garl C.
Brown, '18, Papillion; Mel in M. Gar
rett, '17, Madison; A. L. Burnham,
'17, Stanton; Silas M. Bryan, Lincoln,
and Howard II. Harley, Lincoln.
Arthur A. Emley, Harrison D. Gayer
and George W. Irwin were awarded
first lieutenancies in the Infantry
service; Charles D. Foster of the cav
alry service; Arthur W. Ackerman
and Brian O'Brian of the field ar
tillery service. Prof. Philo M. Buck,
of (he department of rhetoric, was
appointed nrst neuienani in me sia
tistical section of the adjutant gen
eral's department. William F. Joachim
and Leroy D. Williams were awarded
first lieutenancies in the ordnance de
partment.
The 65 Cornhuskers awarded sec
ond lieutenancies are:
Infantry
J. Ned Allison
Alfred L. Adams
Carey E. Campbell
Paul ij. Flothow
Frank Hixenbaugh
Earl F. Ketcham
Earl E Schelledy
Oakley R. Cox
Robert H. Flansburg
Charles M. Frey
Harry K. Grainger
Robert F. Grant
Edwin O. Hugg
Ben Huntington
Henry C. Harper
H. F. M. Hull
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RUSHING SEASON
OPENS WITHOUT
RULE ON SOPHOMORES
The postponement of the sophomore
pledging rule tor fraternities until
next year features the rushing sea
son for mpn and women's Greek letter
societies, which officially opens at
noon today. Executive Dean C. C.
Engberg has announced that the
many withdrawals from school last
spring and the failure of students to
report on their work as required has
made it impossible to determine the
scholarship averages for the second
semester, thus making the applica
tion of the rule impracticable.
The rule, which was adopted last
spring by the board ot regents, will
allow only those fraternities whose
scholarship is above the general aver
age of all fraternities to pledge
freshmen.
AM of the .societies had expected
the postponement of the, ruling be
cause of the unsettled conditions last
spring, and had prepared to rush
freshmen. Although the "open sea
son" does not start until this noon,
fraternity men have been keeping
close watch over out-of-town friends
slated for registration.
Coach E. J. Stewart, who is starting
oa his second season at Nebraska, has
had a hard row to hoe since coming
to Nebraska from the Oregon Agricul
tural College, lat year. Last fall he
stepped into the coaching job Just
after the two greatest footbrll stars
Nebraska has ever turned out. had
finished their playing years, and this
year, owing to the war, be lacks vet
erans for his team. Although he has
unusual new material to work with
a coach always feels more scure if
he has enough vet to nu fn wltn
when the new men have a tendency to
lose their heads.
Although Dr. Stewart realizes the
Cornhuskers have a big task before
them, it is but necessary to ask him
about one or two of the naw men and
he will open up and tell of the great
things' he is expecting "of them.
TASKS OF CO-EDS
LIGHTENED BY
UNI GIRLS' CLUB
Members of the University Girls
club and Y. W. C. A. are meeting all
trains and conducting an information
bureau at the west entrance of the
Armory, to make registration week
less tedious and confusing for the
women who are entering the Univer
sity for the first time.
The purpose of the bureau is not so
much to give the information concern
ing work, rooms, and board, as to tell
where such information may be se
cured. The bureau will not itself
recommend courses or rooming
houses.
About 250 letters were sent to new
girls who had sent their credits to the
registrar by September first. The let
ters, signed by Edith Youngblut, '18,
president of the Girls' club, and Val
entine Minford, '18, president of the
Y. W. C. A., invited the co-eds to use
the Y. W. C. A. for help and welcomed
them to the activities of University
girls.
CAPT. E. L GR1SSEL
CADET COMMANDANT
MttrrrxRY program not KfT-
CAPTAIN PARKER NOW MAJOR
Captain Elbert L. Grlssel, a retired
army officer stationed at San Fran
cisco, is to have charge of the Uni
versity military department this year.
Captain Grissel has not yet arrived
in Lincoln but a telegram was sent
to the adjutant general's office last
week by Chancellor Avery requesting
that he be transferred here at once
to take charge of the work as soon
as school opened and he is expected
within the next few days.
A number of changes will very like
ly be made in the military courses
and supervision but until the new
commandant arrives nothing definite
can be given out.
It was thought for a time that
Major John G. Workizer, U. S. A.
retired, who was commandant from
1905 to 1909, would be obtained but
it was found impossible to have him
stationed here.
Captain Samuel M. Parker, com
mandant of cadets last year, was pro
moted to the rank of major and is
stationed at Fort Snelling in charge
of students in the second officer's
training camp. Sargeant William
Allen, who was assisting in the com
mandant's office last year, has been
promoted to the rank of lieutenant
and has left for government service
at Hoboken. New Jersey.
UNIVERSITY TELEGRAPHY
SCHOOL NOW OPEN
Instruction Fcr Army Service Started
Monday '
The Echool of telegraphy which the
University installed at the request of
the federal govern'merv was opened
Monday motning on th'o fourth floor
ot the Mechanical Engineering build
ing. The request of the government
came after it was found very difficult
to secure the required number of
Morse and radio operators for the
first increment of troops. A number
of other educational institutions have
established training schools for teleg
raphers for the United States army.
Three competent instructors have
been secured for the school and these
will work under the direction of Wal
ter Mahlon Herbert, '17. The room
which they occupy will accommodate
DR. E. J. STEWART
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REGISTRATION WILL
EXCEED ESTIMATE
YEAR'S ENROLLMENT IN FRESH
MEN CLASS WILL BE HIGH
UPPER CLASSMEN ARE SCARCE
Registration, starting this morning,
will probably be . heavier this year
than predicted, it appeared from the
number of new and old students on
the campus yesterday. It is certain,
however, that there will be a marked
falling off from the figures of previous
years.
Senior men were almost a rarity
yesterday and junior men were far
from numerous. There was no appre
ciable decrease in the number of sen
ior and junior girls on the campus.
It is expected unofficially that the
registration in the sophomore class
will be as large as ever, and there
are some who predict that the fresh
men class will be larger than last
year. They base this belief on the
fact that the war has brought an in
creased interest in industrial and
commercial . instruction. The college
of engineering will gain in its fresh
men enrollment, it is thought, al
though it will lose a large percent of
its upperclassmen.
The Pre-Medlc college also appears
to be in line for an increment, brought
about by the desperate need for doc
tors in the army. The college of med
icine at Omaha will lose but very few
of its men, since President Wilson has
decided that all junior and senior
medics are exempt from the draft.
Today and tomorrow morning will
see the heaviest registration of fresh
men with Saturday the next heaviest
period, if this year is like former ones.
Old students register early, with the
big bulk Thursday.
Nearly an hour before the door of
the registrar's office was opened yes
terday, the line of students awaiting
their registration time cards extended
across the campus to the library, and
in a short time had doubled back
again nearly to the administration
building. The run was not finished
before noon.
NEBRASKAN FREE TO
UNIVERSITY SOLDIERS
61167111? that Nebraska men
actively engaged in the war are
just as anxious for news from the
campus as their former classmates
are for word from them, the man
agement of The Nebraskan will
send the paper free of charge to
every Cornhusker soldier whose
address is known. You can help
by sending lists of addresses to
The Nebraskan, either mailing
them to Station A or telephoning
them to the business office, B-2597.
over 100 students and it is hoped that
at least that, number will soon be en
rolled in the course.
The men that are wanted for this
service mut have no known reasons
for being declared physically unfit for
service. They must agree to be grad
uated when their instructors, say they
are far enough along to go to hto gov
ernment signal corps schools and to
apply for enlistment in the signal
corps of the United States army when
finished.
Application blanks for the course
have been prepared and may be ob
tained from the registrar. Descrip
tions of the signal corps service, to
gether with pay and the chances of
promotion may also be obtained from
the registrar.
Instruction in the school will be free
to students and the daily program
will be such that the students will
have spare time for other studies or
for outside employment to help pay
the expense of board and lodging.
Miss Amy Armstrong, who took her
Master of Arts degree in August, has
an excellent position as teacher of
English in Park City. Utah, just out
side of Salt Lake City.
Miss Marguerite McPhee, of the
rhetoric department, spent her vaca
tion in Montreal, Canada, with rel
atives.
Prof. Alice Howell was in Sedro-
Wooley. Wash., this summer visiting
her sister, Mrs. Kerby. She returned
by way of Glacier Park and was very
enthusiastic about the scenery there.
Prof. Laura B. Pfeiffer has returned
from Ludington, Mich, where she in
terspersed recreation with research
study.
EVENING CLASSES
TO BE HELD IN
COMMERCE DEPT.
Evening classes in the school of
commerce will be held this year in
response to numerous requests on the
part of business man and others who
are unable to attend the day classes.
The courses to be given are special
sections of the regular courses in com
merce hitherto given in the day time
only.
A course in business law will be
given on Monday and Friday evenings
by Mr. Bullock; a business course for
women Tuesday evenings by Mrs.
England and a course in marketing
on Thursday evenings by Mr. Cole.
University credit will be given to
all regular matriculated students-
Other students mho complete the work
in a satisfactory manner will receive
special certificates entitling them to
University credit if they should ma
triculate at a later date. Students will
ye registered in University hall 102
during the week beginning Monday,
Sept. 17 at the scheduled time in
Room 102, University hall, beginning
Monday.
FEW CHANGES IN
FACULTY ROSTER
Six Instructors Are Absent in War
Service ''
MINOR APPOINTMENTS MADE
Few changes were made in the fac
ulty roster by the board of regents
at their last regular meeting and
nearly all of the professors will be
in their regular places when classes
begin Monday.
Professors C. J. Frankforter, of the
department of chemistry, C. W. Tay
lor, principal of teachers college high
school; P. M. Buck, of the department
of rhetoric; John W. Calvin, of the
department of agricultural chemistry,
and Drs. H .H. Eggers and A. A. John
son, of the medical department, were
given leave of absence during the
time they are engaged in military
service for the federal government.
The board accepted the resignations
of Dr. Palmer Findley, of the medical
college, and Ben G. Elliott, of the
engineering department.
The following appointments were
confirmed: Agricultural extension,
L. T. Skinner, associate professor, in
place of P. L. Gaddis; Noel N. Rhodes,
county agricultural agent, of Madison
county in place of Arthur G. George;
Arthur G. George, instructor (assist
ant state leader junior extension
work), in place of C. W. Watson; C. W.
Watson, assistant professor (state
leader junior extension work) in place
of L. T. Skinner; L. T. Gaddis, as
sociate professor of agronomy in
place of H. J. Young; Addie Keynold
son, fellow in American history; Leah
Bowker, assistant instructor in home
economics in Curtis school of agri
culture, in place of Esther Bennett;
B. H. Thompson, instructor in dairy
production; W. B. Nevens, assistant
professor of dairy husbandry, in place
of E. G. Woodward; Ross Carroll,
assistant herdsman in animal hus
bandry; Oscar E. Edison, instructor
in electrical engineering in place of
F. C. Holtz; Edna D. Green, clerical
assistant in entomology; Charlotte
Burgess, superintendent of nurses in
medical hospital; Dr. Maurice I. Smith,
assistant professor of pharmacology.
in place of Dr. J. D. Pilcher; Dr. C. W.
Pollard, professor of obesetrics, in
place of Dr. Palmer Findley; Blanche
Lyman, supervisor of American his
tory and civics in teachers college
high school; Walter E. Hager, in
structor in physics in the school of
agriculture, in place of C. W. Smith;
Agnes Gordon, Florence Taylor, in
structors in Romance languages and
Walter Mahlon Herbert, chief instruc
tor in the telegraphers school.
Miss Elsie Cather, M. A. '15, is
teaching English in Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
DEAN O. V. P. STOUT
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COACH CALLS FIRST
FOOTBALL PRACTICE
SHAW, RIDDELL, DOBSON, COOK,
RHODES AND OTOUPALIK BACK
FIRST WORKOUT ON SATURDAY
Coach Stewart will call the candi
dates for the 1918 football team to
gether for the first official workout of
the year, next Saturday.
Captain Ed Shaw has 'had charge
of the men for the past two weeks
and will have charge of them for the
next three days.
When Coach Stewart looks over his
charges Saturday, he will look upon
one of the smallest, most enthusiastic
willing and promising squads of re
cent years, but it will be a squad com
posed of but few veterans. Captain
Shaw, Ted Riddell, Paul Dobson, Ros--coe
Rhodes, Hugo Otoupalik and John
Cook are the only members of last
year's team that will be on hand to
greet the coach.
Material Plentiful
However, the lack of veterans will
cause the coach no worry on the
grounds of needed material. Although
the candidates for the most part will
lack valuable experience, they do not
lack other requirements that go to
make football players and teams. In
the freshmen squad from last year
there is speed, weight and fight
enough to make any coach smile, and
added to it all is the fierce determina
tion on the part of every man out, to
make the team.
Among the last year's freshmen
who will bid for places on the team
are McMahon, Munn, Schellenberg,
Day, Young, L. Shaw, Kellogg and
Henry. McMahon and Henry are the
two speediest men who have been on
the field this year. Schellenberg and
Kellogg are not far behind. Day is
already being compared with Ruther
ford in his defensive ability and many
were the times last year that a varsity
man had a sensation of sudden sick
ness when "Bill" let him feel the full
force of his punishing tackles. Munn,
Young and Shaw are expected to make
valuable men in places in the middle
of the line.
Three Old Men Out
Of the old men, Shaw, Rhodes and
Dobson are the only ones that have
shown up for practice so far. The
other three have been heard from,
however, and should be on hand with
in the next three days. Shaw is in
good condition from a summer's work
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UNIVERSITY Y. M. C. A.
HELPS NEW STUDENTS
FIND WORK AND ROOMS
New students seeking employment,
rooms and board will find the Uni
versity Y. M. C. A. ready and able to
help them in any way possible. A
man has been placed in charge of
the employment bureau in the lobby
of the Temple building to aid all stu
dents w ho desire to earn part of their
way through school. The Y. M. C. A.
each year makes a canvass of the city
for people who wish to hire students
and the employment bureau is able to
furnish nearly any kind of work to
students that they wish to do. Each
year this bureau has obtained work
for students that have enabled them
to earn a large part of their expenses.
A list of practically all the rooming
and boarding houses has been ob
tained, together with the prices and
conveniences. AH students are in
vited to take advantage of this
service.
Wednesday and Thursday evening
there will be stag meetings for all
the men of the University. These will
be held in the association rooms of
the Temple building at 8 p. m. A
get-together program is being planned.
Dean O. V. P. Stout, head of the col
lege of engineering, has been commis
sioned major in the engineers' section
of the officers' reserve corps of the
United States army. He is expecting
a call at any time and has arranged
his work so that he can leave as soon
as he is called. As yet be does not
know what the exact nature ot his
work will be. - '
In the event of his call a leave of
absence will be granted and the col
lege and departmental work and other
University responsibilities will be ap
portioned among the different mem
bers of the faculty.
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