The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVII, NO. 23.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
RffiENTS DEFER ACTIOS
OH VACATION QUESTION
May Have Educational Confer,
cnce to Discuss Course
CENSUS IS COMPLETED
Show. Only One-Fourth, StudW.
Want Vacation, While One-Half
Would Help If 6iven
No definite action was taken by
the board of regents at its meeting
last evening toward dismissing the
University for the three weeks'
PeitwaB decided that Chancellor
Avery should confer with the state
superintendent of public instruction
in regard to an educational confer
ence of all state schools to discuss
the question.. Such a . meeting may
be held within the next, week, and
further action by the regents ( will
probably be deferred until that time.
The census taken yesterday reached
practically every man on both the
farm and city campuses; 1,000 re
ports were turned in at the office of
the executive dean.
Census Results
There are a number of discrep
ancies in the figures, as some stu
dents did not answer all of the ques
tions, but in general they give the
desired data. It is shown that 497
students would use the vacation for
cornhusking if it were granted, while
there are 398 who would not. Stu
dents who feel they would be able
to be of substantial service as corn
huskers number 663, those who do
not, 402. Exactly half of the total
number have had husking experi
ence. Student sentiment with regard to
the vacation is very clearly shown.
Three-fourth of all the men state
that they would prefer school to go
on as usual and aid be given by
the University in helping them make
up lost work if they were to miss.
The spirit of patriotism is shown by
the fact that although only 280 wish
for the vacation nearly 500 would
use it for cornhusking were it to
be given.
Train Telegraphers
In New Free Course
A echool of telegraphy, to train
Rome of the 25,000 telegraphers
needed by the United States army,
has just been established by the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, as a part of its
special war work. The course has
been undertaken at the request of the
signal corps of the army.
Any person, whether regularly en
rolled in the university or not, may
enter the school of telegraphy and
there will be no tuition charge. The
training is intended for both wire
less and wire operators. Applications
should be made to Prof. E. M. Terry,
Physics building.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany is o-operat!ng with the uni
versity in supplying an instructor,
and apparatus for the coursa is be
ing furnished by the telegraph com
pany and the signal corps. Classes
will b conducted throughout the day
and in the evening, to accommodate
students who have regular positions,
and the work will continue through
out the fall and winter. Women, as
well as men, will be admitted, be
cause it lg expected that women will
replace operators called to war.
Two typea of students wil be
trained: Some will be preparing di
rectly for army service; those who
are to be drafted soon will thus have
a choice of service when the call
comes. Frequent reports on these stu
dents will be made' and their names
will be sent to the signal corps as
soon as they have attained a speed
of twenty words a minute. Others
will enter the course to train them
selves so that they may replace com
mercial operators who are called into
"my service.
Registration in Music
Doubled This Year
The registration in the department
music of the college of fine arts,
has more than doubled thia year, the
inn reg,8tr&Uoi bIng approximately
J00. This is the second year of this
course in the University.
uepartment of theory and harmony,
u e5y flve o the department of ap
P"ed music. Students in music are
required to pass an examination in
e field In which they wish to work
nerore they are allowed to register.
A number of students who applied
for entrance were unable to pass the
examinations.
Students from this department
come , not only from parts of Ne
braska but also from neighboring
states including Missouri, Iowa,
Kansas, South Dakota, Colorado, Wy
oming. The class in public school art has
more than doubled which has necessi
tated the engagement of Miss Louise
Mundy as assistant.
FORM 18 COMPANIES
Eighteen student military com
panies, seven of them sophomore and
eleven freshmen, have been organized
for the compulsory training of men in
the two lower classes at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin this year. All
of these men have enrolled in the
Reserve Officers' Training corps and
will receive their uniforms from the
government this year.
COMMERCIAL CLUB WANTS
STUDENT PATRIOTIC LEAGUE
Passes Resolutions at Meeting
Last Night to Aid in
Liberty Bond Sale
The University commercial club
at a meeting held last evening at
the Lincoln Commercial club rooms
passed a resolution to aid the Pa
triotic league of the faculty in or
ganizing a similar league among the
students.
The club also decided to take ac
tion in urging the subscription to
the new liberty bonds among the stu
dents and a committee was appoint
ed to co-operate with Dean O. V. P.
Stout in the work. They expect to
do every thing in their power to
get a large number of bonds taken
by students.
The meeting was well attended, a
large number of freshmen being
present in addition to the old mem
bers. Twenty-five life memberships
and a number for the semester were
taken out.
Professors LeRosslgnol and Free
man gave short talks. They spoke
especially of the relations between
the school of commerce and the
Commercial club, and emphasized
the fact that the two were supple
mentary. The Resolution
Following is the resolution passed
by the club with regard to the pa
triotic league:
"We, the undersigned, members of
the University of Nebraska Commer
cial club, desire to express our ap
proval of the proposal to establish
a students' division of the Patriotic
league of the University of Nebraska,
and wish to do all that we can to
further the movement."
The chief object of the league is
to aid, In every possible way, the
winning of the war, and it is hoped
that the student organization will
be completed within a short time.
Dean Lyman to Give Address.
Dean It. A. Lyman will take a trip
to Omaha Sunday where he will ad
dress a mass meeting at the Y. M.
C. A. His subject will be "A Dis
cussion of the Sex Problem."
Drua Plants to Michigan. Dean
R. A. Lyman has received a request
from the college of pharmacy in the
University of Michigan to supply
them with green and cured drug
plants for laboratory study. They
would also like to be supplied with
seeds for a drug plant garden they
expect to establish in the spring.
NINETEEN ELECTED TO
GERMAN NATIONAL CLUB
Large Number of Members Fail to
Return to School Hold special
Meeting
Nineteen students were elected to
membership in the Deutsche Gesellige
Vereln at a special meeting ot tne
norifitv held Thursday afternoon in
Faculty hall, Temple. The role of
th Vereln has been greatly reaueea
this year through the failure of many
at it members to return to school.
The addition of the new members
brings the number up to normal
tnnrtJnB-. Those elected were: Emll
Anderson, C. Baumgartner, Katharine
Gles. George Haslam, U. w. Huisnmn,
F. W. Jensen. Elsie Johnson, Mabelle
Holz. Minnie Lawson, Leo Lionberger,
Carl Liebers, Euphcnia Marty, Ruth
Miller, Gayle Pickell. EllzaDetn uaoe
Arthur Schmidt and David Sell.
Tha honorr members chosen are:
Caroline Nlelson and Juanita Camp
bell.
NEW COMMANDANT NOW
IN CHARGE OF CADETS
Col. Roberts, Retired, Head of
University Military Depart
'ment Arrived Last Evening
Col. Harris L. Roberts, IT. S. in
fantry, retired, the new University
commandant, arrived last evening.
It had been planned to have the
cadet officers as well as Chancellor
Avery and Acting Commandant O.
V. P. Stout meet him, but his late
arrival made this impossible.
The military department has been
without a government commandant
since school started, changes in
appointments to the position two
different times delaying actual gov
ernment supervision. Dean Stout of
the college of engineering, major in
the U. S. reserves, has been acting
commandant since the beginning of
school this fall, but his other duties
have made It impossible to spend
full time in the military department.
With the arrival of Col. Roberts,
it is expected that the work in drill
will be carried on with increased
vigor. Nebraska can feel very for
tunate in securing a man of as high
a rank as the new commandant, for
never before has an officer of the
rank of colonel been in charge of
he military work. Colonel Roberts
was in active service in the army on
the Mexican border, and it was only
a few months ago that he was re
tired.
PHOTOS OF UNIVERSITY TO BE
8HOWN AT SYNOD MEETING
OF PRESBYTERIANS
Photos of student activities at the
University of Nebraska, especially in
connection with church and social
movements will be exhibited at a
meeting of the Nebraska Synod of
the Presbyterian church, at Omaha
October 17-21.
Dr. Dean R. Leland, Presbyterian
student pastor and Dr. L. D. Young,
will be the Lincoln representatives
at this meeting.
Social Service Work
Open to University Girls
The social service committee of
the University Y. W. C. A. desires
to interest University girls in some
field of service here in the city.
During the winter there will be
dubs and various organizations in
connection with either the city cen
ters or night schools, which afford a
chance to develop qualities of leader
ships. Moreover there will be op
portunities to do hospital visiting
or other work' in 'connection with
such organizations as the city char
ity organized society. If those who
desire to do social service will see
Miss Drake, she will be glad to fur
nish further information.
Iowa Students to Get
Report ot Game By Wire
Arrangements are now under way
to report the Iowa-Nebraska game
play by play for the benefit of the
students of the university at the nat
ural science auditorium Saturday af
ternoon. Such was the report given
out yesterday by Homer G. Rol
and, assistant manager of athb'tirs
at Iowa University.
"If present plans mature." said
Roland, "we will engage a special
wire from Nebraska field, and the
game will be given to the students
in detail within a few minutes after
the plays actually take place."
A mimic football field will be pro
vided and a mlnature pigskin will
follow the movements of the Haw
eyes out at Lincoln. Reports will
probably begin coming in about 2:30.
If suffiecient interest is shown by
the students, special Bervice will be
provided for the remaining big games
on the schedule. Wisconsin and
Northwestern. Daily lowan.
Student Honor Roll
Numbers Almost 2,500
Almost 2 500 University of Wiscon
sin students were engaged in some
form of emergen? war service dur
ing the past summer- This number
Includes 448 who were released from
their university work during the last
scuester to engage throughout the
Bunmer in agriculture or industry re
lated to the war. 351 who are record
ed as having entered the army or
navy, and 1.650 who answered the
university's call of May 3 to enter
emergency work during the summer
vacation and returned regular reports
on the employment.
The number of those in military
service will probably be greatly
swelled when the record of those who
enlisted or were drafted during the
latter part of the summer Is com
plete. Of the 284 men who took the
university's intensive military course
for officers last spring, the majority
are now in the army camps or have
received commissions.
Check Room for Bessey Hall. A
petition asking for the installation of
lockers or a check room in Bessey
hall has been signed by nearly all
students taking courses in that build
ing. As wraps are not allowed in
the laboratories students have been
experiencing some difficulty in find
ing a suitable place for them. The
petition will be sent to the Superin
tendent of buildings.
STUDENTS PLEDGE SUPPORT
TO CORNHUSKERS AT RALLY
Successful Convocation Unites
Rooters and Team for Sea
son of Strenuous Work
One the most enthusiastic Con
vocations ever attended by Nebraska
students was held In Memorial hall
Thursday at 11 o'clock.
The room was filled with fans who
came to pledge their support to the
Huskers through one of the biggest
seasons ever scheduled for a Ne
braska eleven. It was a real rally.
There were no evidences of rowdy
ism. The students were all united
for the support of the team.
The laws as usual started the ex
citement from their upper south
side seats and the remaining stu
dents immediately took up the spirit.
The band opened the program with
spirited numbers. Following these
Chancellor Avery was introduced as
the SDeaker. In a short- talk he
showed why the students should
stand back of the team. He showed
how football" had advanced from the
rank of a necessary evil to that of
a very ureent necessity. These as
sertions were based upon the chan
cellor's own observations at Fort
Snelling where, he stated, it could
be seen how athletic training had
given to the" young men there, the
tenacity, the nerve and the fight that
are the essential elements In the
power to command.
Stewart Tells of Prospects
After the chancellor, Coach E. J.
Stewart was called upon to tell of
the chances this year. Coach Stewart
is always straight with his opinion
to the students and did not hesitate
to tell them that we might lose by
over-confidence; but if the team in
the bleachers will enter the season
as whole heartedly as the team on
the field he feels assured that Ne
braska will come out on top. He
reminded the students of the greater
possibilities of dropping a game or
so fills year, compared with former
years, but emphasized the fact that
ft was more honorable to lose one
battle with Syracuse after doing the
best, than to conquer the Coyotes
In a -dozen games with Saturday's
Bcore.
No Individual Star
Dr. Stewart stated that this year's
team would have no individual star
but that what was done the "team
would do and do it for Nebraska
He assured those present that they
were supporting a team of worthy
calibre, a team that had entered
upon a season of work with a solemn
pledge to do everything on the field
and about the campus that would be
creditable to the school which they
represented.
Prof. R. D. Scott gave the rooters
the customary "pep" injection with a
reference or two to how they did
it at Kansas. This was followed by
a talk by Captain Shaw. Shaw
brought home the fact that Iowa
was true to her slogan "Iowa Fights"
and added that the Hawkeyes never
left the field after' a conflict with
the Huskers, without a pretty stable
impression that "Nebraska Fights,
too.
"Rootin' and Futsin'"
Oliver Frank, assistant coach, who
has been called from the gridiron
3 report to the army,' gave in a few
words his idea of student spirit and
student support remarking incident
ally that "Rootin' and Fussin' won't
go together."
The last speaker was C. C. Quiggle,
a University alumnus .who has been
back of the team ever since he
came to Lincoln a number of years
(Continued on page four)
HAWKEYES AND HUSKERS
PRIMED FOR BATTLE
First of Nebraska's Big Games
Staged Tomorrow
IOWA'S BIG CONTEST
All of First String Men Except Rid
ded Will Probably Be Able
to Enter for a Time
Contrary to all customs Coach
Stewart did not allow his warriors
to scrimmage last evening and as a
result they will go into the Iowa
game with only two light scrim
mage practices to prime them tor
the battle. It was not because the
coach thinks he has the game al
ready won, but because he refused
to run the risk of having any more
of the men put on the hospital list.
The coach is depending on an in
creased physical fitness of all the
men to make up for what will toe
lost by not having the chance to
perfect defenses for Iowa's plays in
scrimmages with the freshmen. Tne
men are In such a condition now
that a few minor Jolts would do a
great deal of damage, while with a
rest until Saturday all the old in
juries will have had time to heal and
the men will be able to go into the
game in fairly good condition.
Iowa's Big Game
Over at Iowa they are regarding
the Nebraska game as one of the
three big games of the season and
Coach Jones is putting forth every
effort to make his team as strong as
possible for the game Saturday. The
weaknesses in the Iowa eleven last
week were noticed mainly in the
line. Many shifts have been made
this week and it is probable that
an entirely different looking team
will face the Cornhuskers than met
Cornell.
The Probable Line-Up
Following are the probable line
ups oi tne two elevens as mey
will appear on the field Saturday.
Nebraska Iowa
Teter, Rhodes... .le Reed
Munn, DuTeau..lt Jewell
Kositzky lg Kelley
Day, DuTeau . . . c . . Block
Wilder rg Hunzelman
Shaw (c) rt Greengood
Hubka re. Bend'r, Ham'ton
Schellenberg ..lhb Nugent
McMahon, Cook.rhb Davis (c)
Dobsan lfb-fb.. Von Lackum
Kello'g, Oto'pa'k.rf-qb Jenkins
Miss Mable A. Dayton, '04, after a
year of post-graduate work in the
University of California has entered
on post-graduate work in the Uni
versity of Nebraska.
Collects Set of
Fossils in Colorado
Miss Carrie A. Barbour spent some
time at Florrisant, Colo., this sum
mer, collecting a remarkable set of
fossil leaves and insects. These deli
cate impressions are due to a pe
culiar process. The region in which
they are found was once a large lake,
many miles In extent. On this lake
successive falls of volcanic ash were
washed shoreward burying the little
creatures of the beach and with
them the drifted leaves of adjacent
trees. As the years went by the Im
pressions were left in the soft ma
terial, becoming more "permanent as
time passed on. Of the insect life of
that time, there remain the Imprints
of bees, saw-flies, ants, wasps, beetles
and spiders. The leaves represent,
amongst others, those of the beech,
elm, sweet gale, soap berry or wild
china tree, and poplar. They are all
from that period known to geologists
as the Miocene. Not far from this
lake is a petrified forest where im
mense trees are now being dug out.
One giant tree measures fifty feet
in length.
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. 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.
