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VOL. XVII, NO. 19.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN. MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
first ALL-UNIVERSITY
PARTY COMPLETE SUCCESS
Nearly l,5o7"students and
Faculty are Present
COMMITTEEWELL PLEASED
Armory Is Overcrowded-May Hold
Next Party at th. City
Auditorium
Nearly 1.500 students and faculty
attended the first all-University party
I the year at the Armory Saturday
e enin. the 08t,jBU1c
cessful mixer that has been held in
vpnro Tnrouglioui
ihusiasm was at its height and there
was not a dull moment from the time
the first few began arriving at 7:30
o'clock until shorty after 11:30 Crock
when the last departed.
A number of faculty and their wives
stood in the receiving line as the stu
dents arrived and welcomed them to
the University's fun-festival. At about
$ o'clock , the entertainment in the
PymnaMum began. Sophomores and
Juniors, seated on the south side of
the room, engaged in a cheering con
test with the freshmen and seniors
on the north side that (staged on the
football field), would enable, the team
to win against Yale or Harvard or
both in the same day. and then feel
able to take on the Coyotes.
A hobble race, a thirty foot dash,
a relay race, and a tug of war which
would never have been recognized as
such on the field made up. the events
of a track. meet between the north and
south sides and furnished more amuse
ment to the spectators than the real
article could possibly have done. The
sophomores and juniors finished with
a comfortable lead over the freshmen
and seniors, although the . freshmen
felt that the thirty feet, stepped by
Professor Caldwell, should be meas
ured again.
Program Given
At a little after 9 the scene of the
party was shifted to the Convocation-
room for the program.. Both bal
conies aadiae-downsiajrs. werecom
pletcly .filled and a. number, were
forced to stand in the back of the
room. Nearly one thousand students
rose to their feet and sang "The Corn
husker" with violins and piano ac
companiment under the direction of
Mrs. Carie B. Raymond and then. ran
through the varsity yells with D wight
Thomas leading.
Professor EI H. Barbour, presiding
at the program. . welcomed the stu
dent and thanked them for the sup-
t Continued to Page Four)
Palladian Literary Society
Entertains Many Students
Pal adian Literary society held an
open meeting Friday evening for a
large number of students. Several
mask a! numbers, instrumental and
vocal made up the program. - An hour
was ppent with games after the pro
gram. Palladian society announces
its weekly meetings in the bulletin
board in University hall and in The
N'ebraskan. . Students are always In
vited to attend the weekly meetings.
Prof. Babbitt at Minneapolis
Prof. Shirley D. Babbitt, of the de
partment of rhetoric, went to Min
neapolis Saturday to attend the fun
eral of his uncle.
Sadie, Rothholz. '20, went to Om
aha Friday to attend the Ak-Sar-ben.
Helen Harrington, '21. went to
Omaha Friday to be maid of honor
at the Ak-sar-ben ball. '
Marie Shrylock, '19. and Mary
Haller, '17. visited the Alpha Phi
house Saturday and Sunday. Marie
Shrylock teaches at Table Bock this
ear and Mary Haller, at David
City.
FRENCH ADOPTIONS NOW
TWO HUNDRED THIRTY
United States Has Agreed to Care
for One Hundred Fifty Thou
sand Orphans
The bi-monthly report of the
fatherless children of France fund
shows an increase of ten new adop
tions, bringing the total up to two
hundred and thirty. Many organiza
tions of the University have pledged
themselves to the support of a
Pnini-a war orphan, and it Is hoped
that the rest of the various clubs,
fraternities, and sororities will fol
low the good example et by thpwt
beginning volunteers. The Un!ed
States has agreed to take care of
ne hundred and fifty thousand of
"ee orphans during the year. A
pledge of support has a duration of
two years.
Following Is the report up to
October 5, 1917:
Previously reported $12,561.15
Received from sale of med
als and applied on adop
tion of orphans 79.65
Contributions and pledges.. 402.50
Total to Oct. 5. 1917.... $13,043.30
Additional adoptions:
F. B. Tipton, Seward, Neb. (2).
Hans Hansen, Hastings, Neb. (2).
Mrs. C. J. Mortensen, Ord, Neb.
A. E. and Melvin Brugger, Tshi
kapa Kasai. Congo Beige, West
Africa, for Florence Brugger, Ober
lin, O.
Prof. Laura B. PfeifTer, Lincoln.
Mrs. Dean It. Leland, Lincoln.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Walsh,
Omaha, Neb.
Hutton Webster, Jr., Lincoln.
Total number of adoptions to date,
230.
FIRE IN BOILER HOUSE
DOES $500 DAMAGE
Quick Discovery Prevented the
Flames Reaching Lower Part
of Building and Engines
A fire that might have proven very
disastrous broke out in the Univer
sity boiler house Saturday forenoon
about eleven o'clock. It was dis
covered however before it had
reached a serious stage and the fire
department .succeeded in reducing
the flames before material damage
was done. The origin of the fire
cannot be directly traced but it Is
thought that either a piece of red
hot metal falling from the smoke
stack or a live coal out of the forge
was the cause.
The root on the engine room suf
fered the greatest damage but that
above the engine room was also par
tially destroyed. Fortunately however-
the flames did not reach - the
lower parts of the building and were
prevented from doing any harm
whatever to the engines or boilers.
The heaTY frame work of. the roofs
withstood the' heaT, "only" "Ihe sheet
ing and slate being materially af
fected.
The loss estimated at between $500
and $600 and the reconstruction work
which is now being done in that
department will be slightly hin
dered as a result.
Prof. Fling Speaks to
Camp Cody Soldiers
Prof. F. M. Fling spent four days
of last week at Camp Cody. Deal
ing, New Mexico, where under the
auspices of the Y. M. C. A., he lec
tured to the soldiers on "Significance
of this World War."
The Y. M. C. A. has undertaken
an educational work at all the
camps. They are providing build
ings where he men may read and
study, and where they may hear
some of the prominent men in the
country who come to lecture to them.
At Camp Cody there are five of
these buildings, each one accommo
dating five to six hundred men.
Professor Fling lectured at four of
these buildings. He explained to the
men Just what this war really means
"a struggle between two ideals.
democracy against autocracy and im
perialism."
Professor Fling visited the entire
camp and says that he found every
thine in snlendid condition. The
per cent of illness is very low, only
three per cent of the men being
afflicted with any kind of sickness
Ina Gittings visited Wilma Woods
the end of last week.
Daphne .Stickle. 20, Josephine
Lane, '20, Alice Sedwick. '20, Eunice
FIke, '20. and Louise Watkins, '20,
spent Saturday and Sunday in Om
aha. Ruth Enyeart. '17, visited the
Delta Zeta house Saturday and Sun
day. She is teaching in the Os
ceola high school this year.
Henrietta Dorland, ex-'18, is teach
ing in Lincoln this year. She drove
to her home in Aurora Sunday morn
ing. Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Bell, from St.
Paul. Nebr., visited their daughter.
Dernice. at the Alph Chi Omega
house the end of the .week.
Mrs. Henry Johnson from Omaha,
visited her daughter. Beatrice, at the
Delta Gamma house the latter part
of the week.
Mildred Bowers. '19. of Verdon,
and Alice Sedgwick, '20. of New
castle. Wye., were In Omaha for the
Ak-sar ben hall.
MEASURES TAKEN TO MEET
YEAR'S HARVEST PROBLEM
Chancellor States That Stu
dents May Withdraw to
Help Free Coaching
Owing ot the deereuse in the labor
supply in the country, thero are many
demands every day for young men
to help in industrial work. Espe
cially during the harvest time thero
cially during the harvest time there
is a greater need than ever. It is
very probable that there nre a num
ber of students at present who would
be willing to drop out of school for
a few weks to render patriotic serv
ice in food conservation and inci
dentally to secure funds for contin
uing their education during the ret
of the year. Good wages are given
in almost every case and satisfac
tory living conditions maintained.
One of the recent requests for help
is that of Hon. E. M. rollard, '93.
Mr. Pollard is one of the largest
fruit growers in the country and
needs 15 able bodied fruit gatherers
for about four weeks to harvest his
apple crop. He will be in the Alum
ni office, basement of the Adminis
tration building, this evening at 7
o'clock.
In order to meet this problem and
to allow those who wish to go a
means, Chancellor Avery has decided
to give leave of absence to students
on industrial service and to give
them free coaching with assistants
upon their return.
The complete statement as given
out by the Chancellor, Saturday fol
lows: The Chancellor's Statement
"The University officials desiring
to serve the country in every pos
sible way during war times have
been not a little puzzled in regard to
the subject of student labor and
how it can be used most effectively.
Suggestions have been made from
time to time that during the corn
busking season the school should be
closed. "This, however, hardly seems
feasible owing to the fact that many
of s the lines of work connected with
the University lead directly to spec-
(Continued on page three)
CONVOCATION
Dean O. V. P. Stout, dean of the
college of engineering, will speuk on
"Military Activities of the Univer
sity," at Convocation tomorrow morn
ing at 11 o'clock in Memorial hall.
Dean Stout has been commissioned
major in the engineer's 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.
The various activities the Univer
sity in the war, through its students
or faculty members who have enlisted
in some phase of war work, the
courses it is offering on the subject,
will be discussed.
Freshman Supervisors
Will Meet Tuesday
A meeting of all the seniors ap
pointed as supervisors of freshmen
will be held in The Daily Nebraskan
office at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning..
The second stage of the system which
incorporates the individual attention
of a senior to several members of the
first year class throughout the year,
will be started at that time.
The first work of the freshman su
pervisors was done during registra
tion week, when a large number of
new students were taken in hand by
seniors, advised as to their course, and
led through the mazes of the registra
tion process.
Geography Department
Studying Road Materials
The department of geography and
conservation Ij now in the midst of
an extensive investigation of the
value of various road building mate
rials to be found in the state. The
work was carried on this summer by
H. F. Wetherbee. 'IS. The depart
ment has completed investigations of
rock materials, and will now turn
its attention to soils and sub-soiles
adaptable to this work.
The work Is being carrteu on in
co-operation with the state and the
eovernment- All tests are maae ac
cording to government standards. All
ledges in the state have been tested,
and different outcrops of the same
ledge have often been studied.
The most important tosts applied
to' the rock ure known .as the tough
ness, hardness, abrasion, absorption,
cementing value and specific gravity
tests. The object of the toughness
test is to go an Indication of the
ability of the sample to withstand
the impact of traffic. The amount of
force necessary to shatter the sample
is taken as an indication of tough
ness. The hardness test shows the
ability of the rock to withstand the
abrasive action of he raffle. The
abrasion test serves the same pur
pose. The absorption test shows
how much water the rock is capable
of absorbing. In the specific gravity
test, the weight of a cubic foot of
the material is found.
The results of all these tests are
tabulated and kept on file by the
department. The tests are conducted
in the materials testing laboratory
under the supervision of Prof. C. E.
Mickey.
NEBRASKA JUDGING TEAM
WINS NATIONAL CONTEST
Defeats Missouri by Two
Points Hepperly Has High-
est Individual Ranking
The Nebraska stock Judging team,
composed of I. W. Hepperly. Nor
folk; Earl Hogue, Crete; A. E. An
derson, Lincoln; Chester H. Grau,
Washington; W. F. Roberts. O'Nell,
and M. A. Townsend, Tecumseh,
alternate, captured first place at the
national swine show contest held in
Omaha October 3. The keeness of
competition between the teams is
indicated by the fact that Nebraska
won by the . narrow margin of two
points, making 2879 out of a possible
3750. Much credit for this splendid
victory is due to the untiring ef
forts of the coaches, Professors
Gramlich and Jenkins.
Ira W. Hepperly won first place
for individuals and received a cash
prize of $50, with a score of 639
points from a possible 750. In this
class Nebraska succeeded In placing
four men among the high ten. . Mr.
Hepperly . has been drafted and it
was. only through the -.efforts of
Governor Keith Neville that he was
enabled to compete in this contest.
The team will be seriously handi
capped In future contests by his
absence.
(Continued on page four)
Dr. Condra Investigates
Blue Sky Land Sales
Dr. G. E. Condra of the Land
division of the Blue Sky department
of Nebraska has of late been re
ceiving several queries from Ne
braskans who "fell for" a land fraud
perpetrated last summer. Certain
persons claimed to be In a position
to buy up large quantities of highly
desirable land at the next govern
ment sales of the Indian land in
Oklahoma. They also led their vic
tims to believe tbat the lands con
tained oil. Dr. Condra has investi
gated the case thoroughly and re
ports that in his opinion the lands in
question are mere remnants and not
at all desirable. In his Judgment
the people who bit on this scheme
simply gave an utter stranger the
legal authority to act as their agent
in the purchase of very poor lands
at public auctions handled by the
government. His advice to all would
be to lose what they already have
invested, and not get in any deeper.
Helen Houston. '19. spent the lat
ter part of the week in Omaha
attending the Ak-sar-ben.
Marian Henninger. '19. visited the
Alpha Phi house Saturday and Sun
day. She is teaching in Genoa.
Mrs. Payson I. Treat, Grand Presi
dent of the Delta Gamma, left Lin
coin Sunday evening on her way to
Iowa City.
Hazel Irene Marts, '19, is visiting
the Delta Delta Delta house. She is
teaching at Beatrice this year.
Marearet Tourtelot. '20, spent tne
latter part of the week at her home
In Adams, Neb.
Mystic Fish Elect Sixteen
Members From First uiass
Mvstic Fish, freshmen girls' hon
orary society, has elected, sixteen
girls from the freshman class to
be members for this year. The girls
who have been chosen are Margretta
Rouse. Doris Lichtenstiger. Doris
Nichols. Ruth Begley, Ruth Sprague,
Helen Bovlan. Marguerite Ehlers,
Lucile Baughman, Dorothy Doyle,
Kathleen H&rligau. iniidred oulliey,
Doris Hostetter, Valera Downs, and
Effie Starbach.
NEBRASKA PILES UP BIG
SCORE AGAINST WESLEYAH
Goals Come in Quick Succes
sion From the First
SCHELLENBERG IS STAR
Wealeyan Unable to Make First
Down But Three Times Dur
ing Entire Game
By Dwight P. Thomas
Without a fang left and mlnuj
most of their hair and hide, the Wes
leyan Coyotes crawled whimperingly
back to their lairs in University
Place Saturday evening, with the sad
tale for the home folks, that tbey
had been mercilessly trampled under
foot by the Cornhuskers by a Bcore
of . 100 to 0. It was not a real foot
ball game, it was a track meet with
the Nebraskans carrying off the
honors in the dashes, hurdles md
distance runs with equal ease.
Although the whole Nebraska
team showed up as n Dunch of star.
against the lighter Methodists, to one
man, Schellenberg, must go the palm
for the most brilliant work of the
day. Shellenberg gained on end
runs and offtackle bucks and not
only gained but gained long dis
tances. His most spectacular run,
and the most spectacular of the day,
was early in the first quarter when
he evaded the Wesleyanites by clev
er dodging and. with the aid ot
valuable interference, ran 80 yards
for a touchdown.
Dobson, the only other backfield
man to stick through the whole
game, was but a short ways behind
Schellenberg, with his line bucks and
return of intercepted passes, one of
which he carried across the line
after a forty-five yard run only . to
have the ball called back to the
twenty yard line for a penalty on Ne
braska for holding.
Kellogg, Otoupalik and Cook, the
other members of the backfield, had
an easy time getting through and
around the Methodist line.
Nebraska Line Strong
The Nebraska line was a stone
wall on all occasions, - allowing the
Wesleyan backs to make first down
only three times during the game.
Munn, Rhodes and Hubka, at the
ends, were present when and where
they were needed and repeatedly cut
the Coyote runners down for losses.
Captain Shaw and Wilder at the
tackles did all that could be ex
pected, and more on most occasions.
(Continued on page four)
Freshman Laws Will Elect
New Set of Officers
The freshmen laws are on the
rampage as a result of the recent
election. Last Thursday's vote was
held by some to have been fraudu
lent and on the' next day the
president. J. F. Thomas, persuaded
the other officers to resign their re
spective positions and announced
that a new meeting would be held.
Friday morning's meeting failed to
bring the two parties to any agree
ment and after a failure of the
temporary chairman, E. Potast, to
obtain a vote on the matter the
re-election date was set for today
at 8:50 o'clock when the question will
be settled definitely.
PROFESSOR HUTTON WEBSTER
PUBLISHES BOOK ON MEDIE
VAL AND MODERN HISTORY
Professor Hutton Webster has Just
published "Readings In Medieval and
Modern History," being the fourth in
his series of textbooks for secondary
schools. The volume extends to
about four hundred pages of text
and notes. A final chapter deals
with the "Diplomacy of the Great
WTar" on the basis of the official
documents issued by the contending
powers.
NEBRASKAN FREE TO
UNIVERSITY SOLDIERS
Believing that Nebraska men
ar.tivelv eno-aired in the war are
just as anxious for news from the
campus as their iormer ciassmaws
ftr 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 af addresses to
The NebrasKan, eiiner mailing
.m tr Station A or telephoning
them to the business office, B-2597.
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