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VOL. XVII, NO. 8.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 21, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SERBIAN CONDITIONS
TOLD AT CONVOCATION
Mrs Paul Yef tish Says We do Not
yet Realize What War
Really Means
AMERICA MUST HELP
"You do not know in this country
of wealth and beauty what war
means," Mrs. Paul Yeftlsh, who with
her husband Is touring the United
States In the interest of the Franco
Serbian field hospital, located on the
Macedonian border, told a large num
ber of University students at convoca
tion yesterday morning at 11 o'clock
in Memorial hall.
"I learned my first lesson of unself
ishness from the Serbian people," and
she told of Borne of the sacrifices these
people have made for their country,
how four Bohemian regiments in Aus
tria were completely annihilated at
the order of the Austrian generals, be
cause they refused to fire upon other
Bohemian regiments.
Mrs. Yeftlsh emphasized the Im
portance of the Serbian people in the
war. "I want you to realize what the
smaller nations have done to help
your freedom and mine," she said.
She described briefly some of her
experiences while In the hospital. The
dum dum bullets used by the Germans
f made terrible wounds. The German
and Austrian soldiers, she stated,
would take their bayonets and malic
iously gouge out the eyes of the
wounded soldiers who lay helpless on
the ground.
"When the Austrian invasion oc
curred we received fifteen minutes
notice to fly from the hospital and
leave the wounded, helpless patients.
We had no food, absolutely nothing to
leave with them. I can never forget
th screams that went up from these
poor men when they found that they
were to be left to the niercy of the
Germans."
"We walked for seventy-seven days
over the mountains of Montenegra
and on to the coast. Men and women
dropped dead as they walked along.
1 cannot begin to describe what hap
pened in that retreat." She told of a
Serbian mother who came up to the
nurses one evening crying pitifully.
She wore no shoes and carried her
small child strapped to her back. The
nurses unstrapped the child and
found it frozen to death on its moth
er's back.
"When the refugees arrived in
Italy there was no one to caro for
them. They had no place to go until
after some delay, the English counsel
came to their rescue."
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UNIVERSITY GIRLS'
PARTY TOMORROW
Upperclassmen to Take Freshmen
to Temple as Special Guests
Names at Library
The annual Girls club party for all
University girls will be hel dat 2:30
o'clock, Saturday, at the Temple. The
program will be a pageant of Univer
sity girls' life, which will be present
ed in the Temple theatre." After the
pageant the girls will be entertained
with dancing and refreshments in
Faculty hall. -
The name of the pageant is "What
Pershing Left Behind," or, "Nebras
ka's Second Line of Defense." All
the parts are being taken by Univer
sity girls, who are coached by Ruth
Henninger. Each girl represents
some school organization which con
tributes to campus and school life.
Upperclassmen are urged to choose
names of freshmen girls from the ta
ble in the Library, or from the Y. W.
0. A. office on Friday, and to take the
freshmen whose names they have
chosen to the. party as their special
guests. The party is given in honor
of the freshmen girls and it is hoped
that a's many as possible will be pres
ent. Ruth Welch, '19, is chairman of the
committee in charge.
History Enrollment Prof. H. W.
Caldwell, of the American history de
partment, finds that the enrollment
in his classes is exactly the same this
year as last fall.
Chairman of Relief Committee
Bess Fitl, ex-20, has been appointed
chairman of the Women's Relief com
mittee of Saline county. Miss Fitl
organized Saline county so thoroughly
that oyer fifteen hundred .women reg
istered on registration day. Miss Fitl
will not be in school this year, but
will devote her entire time to this
work at home.
"THE ESSENTIALS OF
CHILD STUDY" PUBLISHED
BY PROF. G. W. A. LUCKEY
. The appearance of the new publica
tion, "The Essentials of Child Study,"
by G. W. A. Luckey, reminds one of
the fact that the course in Child Study
as offered in the University of Ne
braska Is the oldest consecutive
course on that subject now offered in
any institution. The course has been
expanded and enriched since its be
ginning in 1896, but the nucleus re
mains the same. During these years
1895-1917 over two thousand stu
dents have registered for the course.
"The Essentials of Child Study," in
cluding class outlines, brief discus
sions, topical references, and a com
plete bibliography, has been published
to meet the need of a suitable text or
student handbaak for the course in
child study in this and other institu
tions Interested in the training of
teachers.
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RUIE.J TTLLLU1HL
STUDENTS TONIGHT
Plans Made for Royal Entertain
ment Large Number Attend
Annual Gathering
Nearly all of the churches In Lin
coln are planning big receptions for
University students tonight. Every
year on the first Friday night of the
school year these receptions are sched
uled and some of the biggest gather
ings of students, both men and women
are to be found enjoying the pro
grams. Especial efforts are made to please
students and there is very little doubt
that they succeed in their purpose. An
effort Is made to get all present ac
quainted with each other and a num
ber of interesting methods are de
vised for this purpose. Excellent pro
grams are prepared and the new stu
dents usually express the opinion that
they have had the best time since
they have left home.
First Congregational church at 13th
and L streets, will entertain all stu
dents and faculty tonight at 8 o'clock.
The First Christian church will en
tertain at 14th and M; the First Pres
byterian at 13th and M; Plymouth
Congregational church at 17th and A,
and Second Presbyterian church at
26th and P. Four Methodist churches
hold receptions for students and fac
ulty. St. Paul church, the central
church at 12th and M, is always the
host to hundreds of people on this oc
casion. Emmanuel church at 15th and
U, Grace church at 27th and R ,and
Trinity church at 16th and A will all
demonstrate a real welcome to stu
dents. CLASS TO BE GIVEN
BY DEAN. R. A. LYMAN
IN FIRST AID WORK
For the benefit of teachers and Uni
versity students who are unable to
attend the morning course In Red
Cross first aid work, Dean R. A. Ly
man has completed arrangements for
the meeting of a section Wednesday
evenings at 5 o'clock in Nebraska
hall, room 3.
The first meeting will be held next
Wednesday. Credit will be given
those who take the course both by the
University and by the Red Cross.
Those who wish to take the course
should get in touch with Dean Lyman
at once, as the number who may -en
roll is limited to twenty-five.
UNIVERSITY FACULTY
WILL LECTURE FOR RED
CROSS THIS WINTER
The extension department is prepar
ing a list of members of the Univer
sity faculty who will go out in the
state this winter and give lectures for
the benefit of the Red Cross.
The lectures will be on various sub
jects, not necessarily patriotic, but of
general interest.
Only the traveling expenses of the
lecturers will be furnished, the'entire
proceeds going to the Red Cross.
These lectures are very much in de
mand out in the state and it is ex
pected that the people will quickly
take advantage of these opportunities
to help the cause of the Red Cross.
Stuart P. Dobbs, '09, law '11, district
ntinrnpv nt Ortsen. Utah. Visited the
camnus yesterday afternoon. Mr. !
Dobbs, whose home was in Beatrice,
was formerly on the Salt Lake City
Republican. He was In the Nebraska
debating teams against Wisconsin in
1908 and Iowa In 1909. He was a
member of the Innocents and was
graduated with Phi Beta Kappa
honors.
OFFICIAL FRATERNITY
PLEDGE LIST MONDAY
Names Not Passed by Chairman
of the Interfraternity Council
Before That time
WILL NUMBER CLOSE TO 135
The official .list of fraternity
pledges for this year will be an
nounced In Monday's Issue of
The Daily Nebraskan. An
nouncement was made last night
by Prof. J. T. Lees, chairman of
the Interfraternity council, that
It would be impossible for all
names to be checked over be
fore that time. All list pub
lished before Monday will be
unofficial and published without
his sanction.
It was reported last night that the
number of pledges this year will run
close to 135. This is 29 more than the
number last year when 106 pledges
were reported. This increase was not
unexpected as it was well known that
an unusually large number of men
would be needed to fill the ranks left
vacant by the men taken In war serv
ice. The number of freshmen to pick
from this year was also larger than
usual.
The lists of pledges were ordered
handed to Prof. J. T. Lees, chairman
of the Interfraternity council, by 6
o'clock last Monday evening, but
there were a number to be collected
during the week. These are being
checked over in the office of Executive
Dean Carl C. Enberg, and in the reg
istrar's office, and have not yet been
returned to Chairman Lees for his ap
proval. He announced last night that
the official list would not be ready for
publication before Monday and, that
all lists published previously to that
time would be unofficial as a number
of the men announced by the frater
nities will be held up because of en
trance of credits.
One or two of the Greeks are not
keeping a chapter house this year and
have done no pledging. Others have
decided to keep a house and to fill it
with new members, so these large
lists make up for those who do no
pledging at all.
MEN FOR CHORUS WILL
MEET MONDAY TO SET
A PRACTICE HOUR
Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond, director of
the University chorus, has asked that
all men interested in chorus work
meet Monday evening at 7 o'clock in
Art hall, Library, to arrange for a per
manent practice hour. Friday after
noon at 5 had been arranged, but the
present plans for drill causes a con
flict at that hour.
Dobscn May Become
Huskers' Greatest Punter
Paul Dobson showed last year that
that he has the stuff for making one
or the greatest punters Nebraska has
ever had. His punting in the Ames
and Notre Dame games has been sur-
passed only once by a Cornhusker,
that was by Warren Howard in the
famous Mlnnesita game which Ne
braska won, 7 to 0.
Dobbie is one of those men who is
Invaluable to a team, but his value
does not stick out on him. He tin
run with the ball, run interference,
catch forward passes and throw for
ward passes, and kick and can do all
well. He is always in the right place
on the defense and doing the right
thing at the right time on the of
fense. Dobson is one of the three second
year men on the tem and should de
velop into a most valuable man before
the end of his third year. Outside of
his good looks, Dobbie's only draw
back is that he has yet to grow up.
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CLASS IN BUSINESS
COURSE FOR WOMEN
MEETS TUESDAY EVENING
The class In business courses for
women under Miss Minnie T. England,
of the commerce department, met for
the first time Tuesday evening in
U-101, with an enrollment of ten. The
class will be open for further registra
tion during the next two weeks, and
all women interested are urged to en
roll at once. The course has been ar
ranged by Miss England to meet the
needs of those who are interested in
common business transactions, with
which everyone must some time come
in contact. Insurance, banking, prop
erty rights, investments, business law
and the handling of estates are sub
jects with which the course deals. In
connection with the course the Busi
ness Women's club will meet and or
ganize in the near future.
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FOR MANY STUDENTS
Seventy-Six Men, Placed in Posi
tions to Earn Total of $840
Per Month
During the week registration and
the present week the University
Young Men's Christian association
through Its employment bureau in
charge of George Driver, '19, have
handled applications of 98 students
who desired outside work while in
school and the men for whom they
have secured positions will earn a to
tal salary of about $840 a month.
Twenty-nine men have been located
in work in which they can earn their
board; seven men will earn their
rooms; fifty men were placed in odd
jobs during registration week, and
eight men have already been located
In permanent miscellaneous jobs for
the year. Work paying $35 per month
has been found for two men.
Besides the employment work the
association has been of assistance to
students by the list of rooms which
they kept. No check is possible on
the number of men who were located,
but nearly all the new students were
advised. A complete canvass was
made of all available rooms in the
city before registration week and the
list was kept for the use of all who
wished to use it.
The marriage of Miss Lucile Coates,
ex-'18, of Grand Island, to Mr. August
Beck of Chicago, took place in Grand
Island September 17. The couple will
make their home in Chicago.
Vincent Janda, ex-'19, is superinten
dent of schools at Spencer this year.
PROF. R. KENT BEATTIE ON
SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF
GOOSEBERRY DISTRIBUTION
Prof. R. Kent Beattie, '96, a former
graduate of the Unifersity botany de
partment, will be in Lincoln Saturday
on a return trip from Oklahoma. Pro
fessor Beattie is head of the inspec
tion branch of the department of plant
pathology and is now investigating
the distribution of gooseberries, which
are said to be the first alternate to a
similar plant in Oklahoma and south
ern states.
He is looking for two assistants to
fill vacancies in his department occa
sioned by the war. This is supposed
to be the object of his visit to the
University Saturday.
PROF. SARKO HRBKOVA
APPOINTED MEMBER OF
STATE FOOD BOARD
Professor Sarka Hrbkova, head of
the department of Slavonic languages,
thas been appointed a member of the
state food administration board by
Herbert Hoover, national chairman.
Prof. Hrbkova's appointment has been
signed for the Nebraska state execu
tive committee, which is to assist in
the educational campaign, incident to
the enrolling of families of the state
in the furthering the administration of
the federal food law in Nebraska. Prof.
Hrbkova is chairman of the woman's
committee of the state council of de
fense. Chancellor Samuel Avery and Prof.
W. C. Pugsley are also members of
this committee.
Dr. Condra at Seward Dr. Condra
of the geology and conservation de
partment, is at Seward Thursday and
Friday evenings of this week, where
he will lecture at the Seward county
fair. He will use some of the state
motion picture films from the conser
vation department. These films are
becoming quite popular throughout
the state. Last week they were used
at Nelson at the Nuckolls county fair.
HARD SCRIMMAGE FOR
VARSITY YESTERDAY
Desperate Fight on for First
String Positions Riddell
and Shaw Cinch Places
PLAY FRESHMEN SATURDAY
By Dwlght P. Thomas
A long, hard and steady scrimmage
topped off by a session of calisthenics,
was the main event on the football
program at yesterday's practice. The
varsity using two backfields and two
lines abused the scrubs for over an
hour and a quarter, running through
them, around them, over them and
into them.
Forward Dasses were unsuccessful
usually, some 1 freshman stepping in
at the critical minute and intercept
ing them or knocking them down. End
runs and off-tackle bucks, however,
were much more effective and the
varsity backfitsld had little trouble
in getting away for gains on almost
every play.
High spirits were in evidence
among the varsity men and many
freshmen received severe shocks to
both mind and body when all un
suspected a varsity man would ap
pear from nowhere and smother the
first year man. More enthusiasm has
made its appearance in the first few
nights of practice this year than was
shown on the field during the whole
season last year. One reason for this
is probably because of the keen fights
that are in evidence for regular places
on the eleven.
Only two men on the field can feel
certain of places on the first team at
this stage of the game. They are
Captain Shaw and Ted Riddell.
Every other position is being hotly
contested for although Wilder and
Rhodes, guard and end, have almost
leased their positions for the season.
The greatest doubt is seen in the back
field. There are two full sets of backs
and all of the meen in them are so
good that it is hard to tell which are
the best.
Dummies and charging Machines
received their share of unwilling at
tention during the workout. It is at
this practice that the men are willing
to give their places to someone else.
A substitute in tackling or charging
practice would be very welcome and
no man would object 'to giving his
place up for this kind of work.
Saturday afternoon's practice will
be a hard scrimmage against Coach
Frank's first year men. A week from
Saturday will see the varsity lined
up against the freshmen In an honest
to goodness game with a referee and
all the other ordinary incumberances.
NO STATEMENT YET
ON FORMAL PARTIES
Dean Heppner Has Announced no
Policy Hopes Organizations
Will Cut Expenses
In regard to the rumor on the cam
pus that there would be no formal
parties this year, Miss Amanda Hepp
ner, dean of women, stated that she
ha dnothing for publication. Miss
Heppner has been giving her entire
time to the routine work of her oce
and she has had no school policies an
nounced. She will make her announce
ments later. All that Miss Heppner
wants to say at present is that she
hopes every University organization
will see its way clear to act on the
suggestion of Chancellor Avery to cut
down expenses In every way possible.
ROY COCHRAN, EX-'05,
IS NOW PROFESSOR IN
AMERICAN HISTORY DEPT.
Roy Cochran. ex-'05, is profes
sor in the American History depart
ment this year. After graduating from
this University, Mr. Cochran taught in
Montana. Returning in 1907 he took
advanced work here for two years,
and then went to Kearney, where he
was principal of the high school for
four years and superintendent of the
public schools for three years.
NEBRASKAN FREE TO
UNIVERSITY SOLDIERS
. TiAiiMriTiir 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.
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