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T D AILY NEBRASKAN HE VOL. XVII, NO. 7. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS NINE HUNDRED CADETS TO DRILL THIS YEAR Department Largest in History Men Take Serious View of Work MORE OPPOINTMENTS MADE The military department thia year is larger than any year at Nebraska, according to the statement made yes terday by Cadet Capt. B. C. Jeffrey, assistant to the commandant. Nine hundred men are listed in th various companies this year. Ten.companies, including the company at the farm are to be formed, one more than has ever been formed before. This in crease may be partially attributed to the fact that since the band is no longer a cadet organization there are a number of first ' and ; second year men in the band who are also drilling. Last night the meS were lined up on the campus and along Twelfth street in squads and drilled on the first fundamental commands under the direction of sergeants and corporals. There is a tendency among the men to take the work more seriously this year and some excellent work expected by the end of the year. Nothing has been heard concerning the time of arrival of Capt. E. L. Gris sel, the new commandant, since the chancellor received notice from Wash ington that he would be sent here. Major S. M. Parker, last year's com mandant is now divisional adjutant at Fort Dodge, Des Moines, la. Following is a list of new appoint ments which have been made in the military department: To be instructor L. L. Kunkel. To be sergeants E. T. Witte, M. E. Havens, H. M. Main, R. E. Bodwell. To be corporals A. P. Reed, Ely Clen, E. G. Kunk, D. Kirsch, E. L. Vogeltantz, - J. D. Gavelman, W. F. McCoy, D. D. Barrett, F. N. Hellner, W. S. Flint, J. A. Flint, J. A. Lucas, A. L. Jensen, I. L. Watson, J. C. D. Wetreiter, A. C. Rathky, L. Basten, A. Janda, C. W. Johnston, R. M. Wat son, J. F. Showalter, L. Palmer, H. E. Fox, H. F. Tisey, F. M. Stone. t UNIVERSITY EFFICIENCY EXPERT LEAVES FOR CAMP AT FORT RILEY A. A. Johnson, who for two years , has been efficiency expert of the Uni versity, left yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock with the draft army from Lin coln, for the training camp at Fort Riley. Mr. Johnson came to Nebraska from the University of Wisconsin and dur ing his time here has been active in increasing the efficiency of various report systems and in accounting de partments. ANNUAL OLYMPICS TO BE HELD NOV. 10 Freshmen Outnumber Sophomores Nearly Two to One Change in Points May Be Made The annual freshman-sophomore Olympics will be held on the morning of the Missouri game, November 10, it was decided last night by the senior committee in charge. This is rela tively the same day as last year. Interest in the Olympics has already sprung up, due probably more to the fact that the freshmen outnumber the sophomores almost two to one than any other reason. The spirit already shown by members of the first-year class, however, seems to indicate that by Olympic time there will.be much enthusiasm on the freshman side. No plans have yet been drawn up for minimizing the advantage the freshmen have in numbers, although something of course will be done to destroy this. It is possible that the number of points given for individual contests will be increased while those on the big push. In which the fresh men are almost certain of victory will be cut dowu. The sophomores have said little so far about the clash, but what they have said seems to show that they have been thinking much. The task they face Is a more difficult one, upper classmen agree, than has faced a second-year class for a number of years. Louise Watkins, Lucile Niche, Eunice Flke and Mildred McFarland will be In Omaha over Sunday. Genevieve Lowry of St Joseph -will stop at the Pi Beta Phi house this week on her way to China, where she goes to take a position as a Y. W. C. A. secretary. PHYSICS DEPARTMENT OF IOWA UNIVERSITY HONORED BY FRENCH SCIENTISTS The physics department of the Uni versity of Iowa was honored this sum mer by two requests from the French scientific mission in this country, for a detailed statement of certain un published researches of men in the physics laboratory at Iowa City. This information was desired for its pos sible bearing on war problems. Such a request made at a time when prob lems of an intensely practical nature are being solved, is evidence of the fundamental value of experimental work in pure science. STUDENT WAITERS AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MUST BE EXAMINED All student helpers, who come in contact with food and dishes in board ing houses and clubs about the cam pus, and all students enrolled in the courses of household science and (?alry husbandry are required to un dergo an examination under the super intendency of the health advisor to the' students, at the University of Illi nois. This precaution is being taken to prevent students who have had ty phoid fever from spreading the di sease. If passed by the advisor the student is given a healt hcertificate, which is necessary in order to hold a position in a lunch room where students eat. This is the first step of a proposition Under way which ( will require all waiters in uiblic restaurants to pos sess health certificates. Y. M. C. A. HAS MANY PHASES OF ACTIVITY Many Opportunities for Univer sity Men to do Service Local Association The University Y. M. C. A. is doing a particularly large amount of work this year. The association reports that there has never been so great a demand of students for outside work and it is working full time to see that these are supplied. Nearly every one that has applied so far has been given work that will enable him to pay a share of his way this year. Another phase of the association's work will be started in a short time. This is the industrial service. Last year a large number of classes were organized for the teaching of English to foreigners. The men were gath ered in from the sections on the rail roads or from the shops and men from the Y. M. C. A. met with them one or two nights a week and taught them the essentials of our language. Foreigners find that their earning" ca pacity is greatly increased if they can speak English and so take a keen interest in the work and excellent re sults are obtained. The work among the younger boys of Lincoln is another phase of ac tivity. There is a much greater op portunity for University men to enter this work than ever before because a number who would have taken charge have left for war service. Pa trols of boy scouts and other boy organizations are in charge of repre sentatives of the Y. M. C. A. Last year a club was formed of the news boys of Lincoln that met every week. Classes for Mission study will soon be organized and hel during the year. THREE NEBRASKA MEN WITH DRAFT QUOTA Critchfield, Jones and Ensign Left Yesterday Afternoon for Camp Funston Three University men left with the forty per cent of Lancaster county s draft quota yesterday afternoon. They were Carlisle Jones, '18; Max Critch field, 18, and Jas. W. Ensign. '19. Jones was in the arts and science col lege, Critchfield in the engineering college and Ensign in the law college. A dinner was given for all the men who left yesterday at the- Lincoln hotel, following which the men con gregated at the city hall. From there they marched to the station to Join the troops from Omaha and Douglas county. The procession was headed by the University band In uniform. Seventy-four men from Lincoln were included in the list and eighty-eight others living in the county. There were 536 men from Omaha and Doug las county. Red Cross girls were at the depot and handed out oranges and flowers to the men as they arrived. All the people that could crowd on the platform, trucks and railings were there to see the men depart. FOOTBALL PROFITS TO GO TO RED CROSS Plans Being Made for Campaign to Sell $25,000 Worth of Tickets SUCCESS SEEMS ASSURED Plans are being made this week pre paratory to the launching of a tickflt selling campaign that has for its goal the sale of at least $25,000 worth of tickets for the Cornhusker football games this season. When the board of regents voted to continue football this fall, it was with the understanding that tho net profits were to be given to some worthy cause. Accordingly, the proceeds this fall will be donated to the Red Cross movement. The campaign will be handled by the alumni association, the Lincoln Commercial club, and the Lin coln Red Cross chapter. Committees from these organizations have been appointed, who will arrange the details of the plan. The plan consists, in general, of sell ing season tickets that are reserved for the entire season, to those outside of the University, who can not avail themselves of the student athletic tickets. These tickets will sell for $9.00 Purchasers of these tickets will be assured of a good seat at every game, without the bother of reserv ing one before each game. The pro ceeds from the sale of the student athletic tickets and from ih? single admission tickets will go to this cause also. Before the proceeds are turned over to the Red Cross enough will be de ducted to pay the expenses of the football season, and to provide for the other regular athletic activities that come later in the season. The Red Cross chapters in the near-by towns are expected to co-operate in this ticket sale, and their share of tho proceeds will be paid into their local Red Cross chapters. The money given the Lancaster county chapters will be applied on next year's allotment of $100,000. Those who are boosting this enter prise have no doubt of its success. They believe that the people will jump at the opportunity to contribute to this cause and at the same time get more than their money's worth of as good football as can be seen any where. Coach Stewart has expressed his entire approval of the plan. He expects the total sale to run over the $25,000 and perhaps near to the $50,000 mark. Cook, Quarter In 35 To 0 Kansas Game John Cook with Ted Riddell, Hugo Otoupalik and Captain Shaw, fills out the quartet of third-year men that will be on the team this year. Johnny has played quarterback both of his former years on the varsity and from the way he is tearing into the prac tices this looks like a sure first string man in spite of all the strong opposi tion that he will have. John made his reputation in a single afternoon at Kansas in 1915, when the Cornhuskers pulled all the Jayhawks feathers, cut off his claws and other wise mangled him by the lop-sided count of 35 to 0. And in spite of the fact that Rutherford and Chamberlain had most to do with the scoring, John Cook must receive most of the praise for the victory. It was Cook who, in the' early stages of the game, when Caley was hurt, took up the quarter back's Job and proceeded to show the Jayhawks how little they really knew about football. He ran around them, through them, over them; he caught forward passes at any height and in any position and returned punts for all distances up to and Including fifty yards. And In ad dition he ran the game like a veteran. 1 11 ' " ') ; : I 1 V ' V ( -. . 7 i H. A. PRINCE, '15, NOW LIEUTENANT, ARRIVES IN FRANCE News has been received from Franpe of the safe arrival of H. A. Prince, '15, who was commissioned second lieutenant at. Fort Snelling and selected as one of the six from his company to go to France on the call volunteers. Lieutenant Prince received Phi Beta Kappa and prder of Coif awards for scholarship. He was a member of three years. CADETS MAY NOW REGISTER FOR CHORUS No. Fee Required and One Hour Credit Given for Each Semester's Work All men who wish to take work in the chorus but who find it impossible at present because of conflict with drill are asked to see Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond, director of music in Art hall, at 7 p. m., Monday. The regular chorus rehearsals will continue to be held at 5 o'clock on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. All students may register for the course at the Registrar's office with out extra fee. One hour's credit will be given for each semester's work. Mrs. Earnest Potarf (Thelma Bur gess, '19), is living on a ranch near Newcastle, Wyo. Margaret Anderson is attending California State University this year. SERBIANS TO GIVE CONVOCATION PROGRAM Will Tell of Wretched Condition in Their Country and Need of Help From America Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yeftish, who are in Lincoln in the interests of the Franco-Serbian field hospital of Amer ica, will speak at Convocation at 71 o'clock in Memorial hall this morn ing on the present condition and needs of the Serbian people. University women will be asked to help in the campaign downtown Saturday. Mr. Yeftish, medical director of the hospitals, is a native Serbian. Mrs. Yeftish is the daughter of an English clergyman. At the opening of the war, she, with many other English nurses, went to Serbia. There in 1915, she worked among the sick when the dreadful typhus disease broke out in the Serbian camps. Over 700,000 died In one year from this disease. Mr. and Mrs. Yeftish were in the hospital when the Austrians invaded the country and drove all the doctors and nurses out of the country at the point of the bayonet. They partici pated in the 77 days' retreat from the hospital to the Adriatic sea. Professor Sarka Hrbkova, head of the department of Slavonic languages, has issued the following statement: "Serbia is suffering untold horro. Sol diers and civilians are dying by the thousands from disease and starva tion. Injured men are left to die un aided and women and children ire liv ing in Inconceivable wretchedness. The army after three years of vaiient resistance is threatened with complete annihilation from sickness and wounds. Americans alone can save their perishing compatriots. Immedi ate relief is imperative if these allies of the United States are to be rescued from utter ruin." The field hospital, represented by Mr. and Mrs. Yeftish is located on the Macedonian frontier. It is under the supervision of Dr. Edward Ryan, the Cleveland Red Cross surgeon who has been so prominently identified with the elimination of epidemics from the war zone. The hospital maintains six physicians and twenty-two nurses. They are helplessly Insufficient to care for the thousands of soldiers who are dying wretchedly, many in frightful hovels that are foul with filth. Jane Kingery will visit her home in Tllden Sunday. Invitations were issued Tuesday by Mr. and Mrs. Morris Willard Folsom to the marriage of their daughter, Phebe, to Max Miller, which wilj take place Saturday evening, October 6, at the First Presbyterian church. A re ception will follow at the home of the bride's parents bevween the hours of 7 and 11. The at-home cards, which are enclosed, read, After January 1, at Omaha. The wedding of Miss Fol som and Mr. Miller will be of unusual Interest In Lincoln social circles for they are both well known members of the younger set and prominent in university activities. Mr. Miller Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Miller. FRESHMEN VS. VARSITY IN FIRST SCRIMMAGE Splendid Material for Backfield This Year Forward Passes Furnish Sensations Yesterday TACKLING PRACTICE STARTS With two backfield combinations and an interchangeable line the varsity lined up against the freshmen in the first scrimmage, of the year yes terday afternoon. The workout was not extremely hard, but the men learned much about forward passing and got used to the signals that will be used in the early games of the sea son. In one backfield was Cook at quarterback, Otoupalik, fulback and Day and Dobson, halves. On the other, McMahin was quarter with Kellogg at full and Schellenberg and Henry at the halves. The latter back field, although lacking In experience possesses speed that has seldom been collected in one single quartet on a Cornhusker team in several years. On the line Munn and Shaw, tackles, and Duteau at guard were the only fixtures during the scrimmage. Wilder and L. Shaw exchanged places on one guard; Riddell and Hubka alternated at right end, Rhodes and Young at the other end and Day and Henry at cen ter. All the men got into the practice except Triplett who has not become familiar with the signals and had to take lessons by watching the other men do the work. Forward passing was the only thing worked at seriously in the workout. On those occasional times when one of the varsity men was forced to run with the ball it was a simple matter for them to get into an open field. Some Sensational Work Rhodes and Riddell vied in pulling the most , sensational catches of the evening and McMahon, Cook, Otou palik and Shellenberg showed the most stuff in rounding the ends. The freshnran team this year lacks material with which to .build an eleven that can give the varsity a hard work out. Some of the best men in the squad were not present for the scrim mage against the varsity as Owen Frank had lined up his men for more than an hour's workout earlier in the afternoon. Charging blocking and tackling practice were also put on the first time last evening. The dummies were made to feel the vengeful spirit of all the men and the charging machines re ceived many an ungentle shove to sav nothing of the language they were forced to listen to. This sort of prac tice seems to be designed to take all the spirit out of the men, at least that iswhat it succeeds In doing to a re markable extent. After a few dozn chargs and pushes at the padded planks in the charging machine even the best conditioned man on the square is ready to cry, "enough." FRESHMEN MUST WEAR GREEN CAPS TUESDAY And From That Time on Until Cold Weather Unless they Win Olympics Next Tuesday morning is freshman cap day. In connection with freshman convocation on that morning, every first year man is expected to wear a green skull cap to school, or purchase one in the chapel on his way to convocation-. In the meantime, the wear ing of the caps is optional. A large number of freshmen have shown good class spirit by wearing them. It has been decided that the caps shall at least be worn from next Tues day until the day of the Olympics, when, the freshmen will be allowed to make a bonfire of them if tbey are victorious In their clash with the soph omores. Otherwise they will be asked to wear them until cold weather. Those who wish to buy caps before next Tuesday may get them at the College Book Store. 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 of The Nebraskan will send the paper free of charge to every Cornhusker soldier whose address is known. 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