The Daily N
KAN
VOL. XVII, NO. 3.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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DISCONCERTING NEWS
ENTERSJUSKER CAMP
Workouts Continued Yesterday
With Forward Passes, Punts
and Place-kicks
ELEVEN FRESHMEN ARE OUT
The first bit of disconcerting news
sneaked into the Cornhusker football
camp yesterday afternoon when it
became known that Sehellenberg, a
promising backfield prospect from
last year's freshman team, has been
troubled for some time by a
wrenched back, and might not be
able to play at top form this year.
The injury was acquired during the
basketball season last winter, and
has been causing trouble for some
time.
A trip to the hospital with Coach
Stewart failed to give assurance that
it can be easily cured. The only
remedy prescribed by the doctor was
careful work on the football field
until the back was stronger.
The practice yesterday consisted
of work in handling punts and for
ward passes, and kicking. Munn,
the 215-pound husky from the 1916
freshman squad, has practically re
gained his last year's place-kicking
form and was dropping them over
regularly from the vicinity of the
fifty-yard line, with an occasional
boot for sixty yards.
Teeters, a sophomore who showed
the stuff that good varsity men are
made of last year, reported for worn
yesterday and was given a uniform.
He weighs about 190 and is fast for
a man of that weight. Teeters is
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MISS HEPPNER IS
NEW DEAN OF WOMEN
Appointed to Succeed Mrs. Mary
Graham Hiltner
Prof. Amanda Heppner of tp.e de
partment of Germanic languages and
literatures has been appointed by
Chancellor Avery as dean of women
to succeed Mrs. Mary Graham Hilt
ner, who resigned following her mar
riage this summer. The office of the
chancellor announced last evening
that the appointment had been rati
fied by the board of regents.
Arrangements have been made so
that Professor Heppner will gradual
ly be relieved of her duties in the
German department so that she may
in the end give all of her time to
her new work. She will assume her
duties soon after college opens next
week.
Mrs. Mary Graham Hiltner was
dean of women for five years, being
appointed to that position not long
after her graduation from the Uni
versity. She was married to Arthur
Hiltner, formerly assistant registrar,
and now a member of the firm of
Hiltner Eros., florists, last July.
FOUR PECKS SEED
WHEAT PER ACRE
FOR EAST NEBRASKA
If the wheat seed bed is well pre
pared and seed is sown reasonably
early, lees seed can be used than
whn soil is cloddy and dry or when
the seed is sown late. Pour pecks
sown early in a well-prepared seed
bed is a fair rate for eastern Ne
braska. In western Nebraska less
may be used if conditions are favor
able. According to results of a five-year
test at North Platte, a two-peck
seeding yields only 1.3 bushels an
acre less than a five-peck seeding.
This was on summer-tilled land
where conditions are mosi favorable.
The reason for this slight difference
is that under such conditions stool
ing makes up for a thin fctand. For
average farm conditions this thin
seeding would not be practical.
Marjorie Green, '17, is head of the
department of physical education at
Washington state agricultural college,
Pullman, Wash.
Ethel V. Graham, '17, hag accepted
the principalship at Ruskfn, Neb.
Edith Brown. '17. has charge of
the physical education work at Fre
mont. Ora Neff, '17, is teaching at Carson
City, Nevada. '
Loy Goss. '14, and Ethel Stone, '17.
are teaching in the Nelson high
school. . -
Dorothy Anderson, ex-'19. who at
tended school et National Park semi
nary last year, has returned to
school at the University this fall.
AWGWAN MADE FIRST
BOW TO UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS YESTERDAY
The first number of the Awgwan,
the University humorous publication,
made its appearance on the campus
yesterday.
The Awgwan tries, to lighten the
dull cares of the students, to show
that there is cheer as well as gloom
on the campus, comedy as well as
tragedy and smiles as well as tears.
It 13 a picture portrayal of the life
and activities of the campus.
The editorial staff of the Awgwan
consists of Wayne L. Townsend, editor-in-chief;
Carlisle Jones, managing
editor, and Dwight Kirsch, art edi
tor. George Driver, Eleanore Fogg,
M. Noble, Harold J. Weeth, Wendall
K. Moore, Lyman Thomas, George
Bushnell and W. S. Nelson make up
the reportorial staff.
TRYOUTS FOR BAND
MEN HELD TONIGHT
Prospects Bright To Have One
of Best Bands In History
of School
MANY OLD MEN ARE BACK
Band tryouts will be held in the
Temple theatre tonight at 5 o'clock.
This announcement was made by Dr.
Cornell yesterday evening when he
found that, because of business en
gagements, he could not meet the
new men. The tryouts will be staged
whether Dr. Cornell can take care
of them or not tonight
Ten ambitious first year men ap
peared with their instruments at five
last night and were registered.
These men will be given the first
chance tonight, if they appear at
the appointed time.
Prospects for one of the best bands
in the history of the school are
bright Members of last year's band
are appearing upon the campus in
large numbers and only a few of
those who would naturally be here
have been kept away by the war.
Clarinets are the instruments most
needed in the band this year. New
men playing this instrument will
have a fine chance of making the
band.
It has not been definitely determ
ined as yet how many trips will be
made by the band this year. In for
mer years the custom has been to
take the band on football trips, and
the same program will probably be
followed this year.
PROF. MARION YOUNG
NEW WOMEN'S DIRECTOR
Athletics for Co-eds To Begin
Next Week
Professor Marion Young, formerly
professor of physical education at
Holyoke college, Massachusetts, has
been elected director of the women's
gymnasium at Nebraska University,
succeeding Professor Ina Gittings.
whose resignation was accepted last
spring.
Professor Young is a graduate of
the New Haven Normal school. As
soon as fbe examinations of the
freshmen are finished and classes
organized, practice of soccor ball and
other sports for women will be be
gun. Since the organization of the Ne
braska Women's Athletic association
more Interest in athletics has been
shown by the co-eds, and the in
structors expect large numbers out
for class teams.
Six Years Ago Today
The 1911 schedule of the Nebraska
team was announced. It included
games with Kearney, Kansas Aggies.
Minnesota, Missouri. Ames, Doane,
Kansas and Michigan.
Two Years Ago Today
The football schedule for 1915 in
cluded games with Drake university,
Kansas Aggies. Washburn college,
Notre Dame, Iowa college. Wesleyan
university and Kansas university.
Dorothy Davies, ex-'17. is at the
Delta Gamma house during rush
week. ,
Mrs. Rolfe Halligan, '12. will be In
Lincoln visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. Doyle, for a few days.
Later Mrs. Halligan will go to Dem
ing. N. M., where her husband. Cap
tain Halligan, '12, is stationed.
GREEKS TO FINISH
PLEDGINGTOMORROW
Sororities Will Pledge New Mem
bers From 5 O'clock to 6
O'clock Tomorrow
RUSHING SHOWS ECONOMY
Fraternity pledging closes Satur
day, September 15, at midnight. All
pledges must be reported to J. T.
Lees, chairman of the interfraternity
council, by Monday, September 17,
at 6 p. m. Most of the fraternities
have put forth their strongest ecorts
nn Wortnpsrtnv nnH Thursday. The
fraternity rushing has been thorough
ly in earnest this year, since a larg
er number of freshmen than usual
will be needed by many of the fra
ternities to fill the places of the
UDnerclassmen who have been un
able to return. With an increase in
the number of freshmen taken, a
large percentage of the "Greeks" will
be able to hold their own and make
a success of a year that looked
gloomy last spring.
The sororities will have their
pledging from five to six on Satur
day of this week, which will termi
nate the four days of "closed rush
ing." All invitations for freshmen
girls to join organizations must be
handed in to Miss Pound, chairman
of intersorority council by 9 o'clock
Saturday morning. At a pan-hellenic
meeting on Tuesday, Miss Pound
urged all sororities to exercise care
.in keeping rushing rules, and asked
that the various organizations show
a friendly spirit toward each other in
this regard. All freshmen girls who
are prospective candidates for soror
ities must have completed their reg
istration by 5 o'clock today.
Rushing for the girls has taken on
a different aspect since the limitation
of all rushing expenses ,to fifty dol
lars. The co-eds say that it takes a
lot of figuring to have several rush
ing parties on that amount, for
twenty or thirty girls, but nearly all
are in favor of cutting expenses in
this way. Extras such as cut flow
ers, orchestras, and expensive favors,
have been entirely eliminated by
many "of the groups. 'Instead the
girls are making their own favors,
providing entertainment from their
own material and in other ways mak
ing the parties more originally at
tractive. "TIM" COREY DISCARDS
MOLESKINS FOR KHAKI
"Tim" Corey, the husky captain of
last year's Cornhusker football team,
is now at Fort Snelling in charge of
a company of men who are learning
the war game in the second officers'
training camp.
When the training camp was
opened last fall. Corey was one of
the first to have his application
sent in. He was called to report,
and left some time before school was
out. "Tim" liked the work in the
camp and went at it with the same
determined spirit for which he was
noted on the football field, and as a
result he received a commission as
captain in the infantry service.
Corey was always a welcome lead
er on the gridiron, and the men en
Joyed doing their best for him. A
number of the men who fought with
him on the football field are now
training with him in the camp, or
are engaged in active service at the
front Every one of them has a
warm place in their heart for Cap
tain "Tim" and would be ready to go
with him wherever he led.
Five Years Ago Today
The . 1912 Cornhusker football
schedule was announced. The games
for that year were to be with Belle
vue college. Kansas Aggies. Minne
sota. Missouri. Doane college, Kansas
university and Oklahoma university.
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SIXTY MEN ATTEND
SECOND Y. M. C. A. OPEN
HOUSE LAST NIGHT
More than sixty men were present
at the second night of the Y. M.
C. A. open house, held in Palladian
hall at the Temple last evening. A
program of games and contests filled
most of the evening.
Dr. E. J. Stewart, coach of the
Cornhusker football team, spoke to
the men, emphasizing their duty to
the University and the responsibility
that rests upon them. Several mem
bers of the upper classes explained
the organizations and societies of
the school.
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
a third meeting especially for fresh
men will be held in Faculty hall on
the second floor of the Temple. Dr.
E. M. Tompkins, pastor of Trinity
Methodist church, who has recently
returned from a trip to Canadian
hospitals, will speak. Several musi
cal numbers will be given.
CHANCELLOR TO GIVE
RECEPTION SATURDAY
Excellent Opportunity For New
Students to Meet Faculty
and Upperclassmen
ANNUAL ADDRESS TUESDAY
Chancellor and Mrs. Avery will
give their annual reception to all stu
dents tomorrow evening in Art hall,
on the second floor of the library.
The chancellor and his wife, the
deans of the colleges, and a large
number of professors will be in the
receiving line to meet all students
as they arrive. A cordial invitation
is made to all students, freshmen
and upperclassmen, to attend the re
ception and became acquamtea witn
the faculty.
A large number of new students
every year find the chancellor's re
ception to be a gathering in which
they become acquainted with more
of the faculty and other students
than in any other place. It is ex
pected that because of the large
number of freshmen this year the
reception will be better attended
than ever before.
The chancellor will give his annual
address to new students Tuesday
morning at 11 o'clock, in Memorial
hall. This annual address brings out
one of the largest gatherings of the
year. The subject of this year's
counsel has not yet been announced
but will probably be known Monday
COURSE IN MOTOGRAPHY
FITS FOR WAR WORK
Demand For Motion Picture Ex
perts in Government Service
A course in photography and mo
tography will be given this year by
the department of geography and
conservation, designed for those who
wish to enter the photographic divis
ion of the war department. This
course will thoroughly train students
in the developing, assembling and
projecting of motion pictures.
The course is to be given at the
request of the state conservation and
welfare committee, of which Chan
cellor Avery is a member. Credit of
one or two hours will be given for
work in this course and a registra
tion fee of $5.00 will be charged.
The University and state equip
ment will be used for the field and
laboratory work. This equipment is
owned and controlled by the state
conservation and welfare committee
and is housed in the University un
der the direction of Dr. G. E. Condra,
executive secretary of the committee.
It includes instruments for all of the
work equal to or better than that of
any like department in this part of
the country.
A cumber of men who have taken
this work are now in the east in
government service in charge of the
assembling of war pictures. These
are used espcially in the aero serv
ice in the instruction of student
flyers.
Persons wishing this course should
consult with Dr. Condra, room 105,
Nebraska ball. The instructors hav
ing charge of the work are Dr. Con
dra. Professor Bengston and Mr.
Lindsey.
Three Year Ago Today
The football schedule for 1914 was
announced. The Cornhuskers under
Coach E. O. Stiehm were booked to
meet Washburn college, Kansas Ag
gies, South Dakota university, Michi
gan Aggies. Ames Aggies and Iowa
university.
REGISTRATION FIGURES
TAKE JUMPYESTERDAY
Five Hundred Ten Register on
Second Day Five Hundred
Twenty-three a Year Agt
SUPERVISION OF FRESHMEN
Registration figures took a big
jump yesterday and reached within
13 of the number who registered on
the second day last year. Five hun
dred ten students passed through all
the registration machinery yesterday
and paid their fees before the door3
closed at 5 o'clock last evening. The
corresponding number last year was
523. The total number registered for
the first two days this year is 799.
The registration in the freshman
class yesterday was heavier than
that of last year, the sophomore3
were about the same as a year ago,
while the junior and senior classes
apparently will not be much more
than half as large.
A new feature in this year's regis
tration is the freshmen supervision
in charge o f the senior classes
under the direction of the Innocents,
the men's honorary senior organiza
tion. The plan is to see that every
freshman will have some senior to
help him with his course and other
problems which always confront new
students. A record of the name, age,
home town, address and course of
the students are kept by the super
visors. The one difficulty in the plan
is the large number of freshmen and
the unusually small number of sen
iors. BIG BOOST IN NEBRASKAN
SUBSCRIPTION LIST DALLY
Eight-page Paper Will Be Issued
Monday
The subscription list for The Daily
Nebraskan received a big boost yes
terday. The co-eds who are handling
the subscription books reported that
a larger percentage of the students
were giving their support yesterday
than any other day since the cam
paign began. A number of students
left their subscriptions at the student
activities' office and at the news of
fice in the basement of University
hall.
The increased cost of materials as
well as of labor this year makes It
necessary that the subscription list
be large. The Nebraskan will merit
student support by supplying all Uni
versity news regularly, five days in
the week, notices and reports of all
important meetings, the latest infor
mation on all branches of sports and
many special features.
An eight-page edition of The Ne
braskan will be issued Monday and
a number of special editions will be
out during the year.
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
CALLS ATTENTION
TO WHEAT SHORTAGE
A very serious condition exists
with regard to the winter wheat seed
supply, and the nearness of the time
for planting wheat makes the situa
tion doubly acute. A great many
farmers are reporting to the Nebras
ka State Council of Defense t!iat
they are unable to obtain seed ex
cept at a figure far above that se
by the government for this year's
crop. Owing to this fact, the State
Council of Defense has had to ar
range for shipments of seed wheat
into counties where there is on
abundance of good seed ii. the hands
of farmers, who, if they were willing
to sell at a reasonable price, would
relieve the local situation in their
own county and neazby territory.
The state council makes a very
earnest appeal to holders of seed
wheat that they sell at a figure
based as nearly as possible on the
government price. To make clear
just what the fixed price on wheat
means to those who are holders of
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NEBRASKAN FREE TO
UNIVERSITY SOLDIERS
Believing 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 cf 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 offlce, B-2537.
