Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVII, NO. 27.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Nebraska University Sets $50,000 as Liberty Bond Sale Goal
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CHANCELLOR DEDICATES
NEW MEDICAL HOSPITAL
Gives Address at Omaha Col
lege Yesterday
REGENTS AT EXERCISES
Party Leaves Today to Visit Uni
versity Soldiers Stationed at
Des Moines, Iowa
Chancellor Avery gave the dedica
tion address at the formal opening of
the new hospital of the college of
medicine in Omaha yesterday. Mem
bers of the board of regents and
educational institutions from
over the state and delegates from
the state legislature were present at
the exercises,
In the evening a banquet was held
at the University club. The Chan
cellor in company with Dean O. V,
P. Stout and Prof. L. W. Chase will
leave Omaha today in the latter's
car to visit the soldiers stationed
at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa
There are many University men sta
tloned at this camp and the party is
visiting them with a view of studying
their conditions there.
The Complete Address
Following is a complete text of the
Chancellor's dedicatory address.
"The formal dedication of the splen
did new hospital building of this col
lege represents the culmination, of
dreams, hopes and plans. It is fitting
at the start that credit should be brief
ly given to the most conspicuous work
ere in this cause. In all institutions of
strength and influence, thejbeginnings
of greatness are to be sought in the
past, and while a complete and ade
quate synopsis of work of the men in
this movement is out of the question,
a passing . tribute to - those of whose
labor this edifice is the product, is ln-
dispensible.
First Plans Made
"First I would mention an early
group of Nebraska physicians. Actuat
ed by the ideals of high standards,
sound professional training, state
pride and a desire for state usefulness,
these pioneer doctors many years ago
organized the old Omaha Medical Col
lege. The spirit of these physicians
and surgeons, some of whom still re
main on our faculty, should have the
honor which belongs exclusively to
initiators and founders Into the minds
and hearts of its firBt graduates, these
early promoters inculcated a spirit of
admirable loyalty to the institutions;
a spirit which is not the least generous
of their gifts to the present greatness
of the University of Nebraska, of
which this hospital together with the
Medical College Is a very Important
and useful adjunct. Later In this his
tory stand the labors of Dean Ward,
largely through whose efforts affilia
tion was effected. In this connection
must also be mentioned the broad
minded action of one' of Lincoln's most
distinguished citizens, Senator, now
Regent J. E. Miller, whose character
istic enterpirse was instrumental In se
curing the first appropriation for the
campus; also the achievement of Rep
resentative Grossman in the legisla
ture in securing the first building; the
continuous and consistent support giv
en by Regents Whitmore, Haller, and
Coupland of the University, and the
other members of the Board of Re
gents. Then there is the loyalty of the
present faculty, the scientific attain
ments of our medical teachers, and the
devotion of the student body all or
which have had a great deal to do with
the accomplishment of this great and
justly celebrated result.
Work of Dean Cutter
"As I approach the immediate cir
cumstances which led to the erection
of the present structure, I feel like
Paying a special tribute to the loyalty,
energy, skill, and far-sighted planning
pf Dean Cutter, who presented to the
legislature most forcefully and con
vincingly the state's need for a hospl-
tal.
I would also give special mention
nepresentatlve Hoffmelster, a
splendid American patriot, whose in
fluence was prominent in securing leg
islative support. These men and many
others should be mentioned, but time
would fall me to give the full tribute
of praise where praise is due.
"Having now distributed this brief
measure of gratitude atod appreciation
to those who have helped us in the
fruition ofour plans, I will ask you to
consider with me for a few moments
foe special significance of this build
Jog. First, I wish to present to you
what I would term Its significance to
Medical standards.. President David
Starr Jordan once said to me, "Stan
ford will never educate the major por
tlon of the students on the Pacific
Coast, but I do think we have been
tremendously effective in establishing
good standards for education on the
Pacific Coast." As recently as twenty
years ago, when I was in Europe, I
found that medical education in Amer
ica was everywhere justly regarded as
merging from a disgraceful condition
to one of potential excellence. Raw,
untrained boys without standards of
entrance requirements, were placed in
commercial schools and after a brief
period were turned out with some
practical experience, some theoretical
knowledge, a good deal of pretense,
and without much to go on except na
tive American shrewdness and com
mon sense which seldom deserted the
old-time practitioner. Thers were, of
course, exceptions to schools of the
type that pretended to educate the in
inferior brand of physicians which I
have just described, and there were
also a large number of doctors who
rose to real eminence, and a still great
er number who exercised great-useful
ness, but these were largely self-made
rather than college-made men.
"If a few generations of school-
ma ams had not already taught the
public to look on such expressions as
'I seen and 'have went' as badges of
ignorance, the doctor in his Prince
Albert coat and his frequently ponder
ous and impressive manner might pos
sibly have more fully convinced the
public of his attainments. The old
medical education in America had to
go. In fact it has now largely gone,
although a few survivals still exist,
Just as we have in Africa some survi
vals of the age of the cave man.
Task of Medical College
"One of the hardest tasks was to de
commercialize medical education. This
reform demanded that either private
philanthropy or the state must pay the
bills. It also required the establish
ment of a trained laboratory faculty
consisting of scientific experts, not
busy practitioners, who sought diver
sion by giving a small part or tneir
time to medical research.
"In the upward pathway of progress
there developed an Idea that each in
stitution must have its own hospital,
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GIRLS' ANNUAL FOOTBALL .
LUNCHEON SATURDAY
Is Established Tradition
Committee Expects 300
Co-eds Out Before Battle
The annual girls' football luncheon
will be held Saturday at the Temple,
before the Notre Dame game. The
eirls' luncheon gives every co-ed a
chance to show her enthusiasm for
the Cornhusker team, and her loy
alty to the school. It has been a
custom for several years for the
tirls to have a football luncheon be
fore some big gameand now is an4
established tradition.
Tickets sell for 40 cents, and will
be on sale today and tomorrow in
the library, and in University hail
or from girls on the committee.
Tickets must be secured before Fri
day noon, as all reservations must
be made by that time.
Entertainment has been promised.
Toasts will be given by three under
graduates and one alumnus. The
time between courses will be taken
ud with University songs and yells.
Following the luncheon the girls will
ko to the game in a body. The com
mittee, with Dorothy Pettis In charge,
expects 300 girls to attend, and
honed that the University women
will turn out this Saturday with even
more spirit than In previous years,
to help make the luncheon a suc
cess, and demonstrate the loyalty of
Nebraska girls.
Tickets may be secured from any
of the following girls. Evelyn Cald
well, Margaret McDougal, Marlon
Homes, Alice Sedgwick, Lucille Wil
cox, Helen Kendall, Frances Barstow
and Ruth Whitmore.
Alumnus Heads Denver
Philosophy Department
Frank Dickinson, 11, has been
elected head of the department of
philosophy at Uie University of Den
ver.
Professor Dickinson is a graduate
of this University where he began
his specialization in philosophy. Af
ter a year of post-graduate worK at
Cornell he went . to Kingfisher col
lege, in Oklahoma where he has'been
teaching until this year.
Professor Dickinson's new position
Is an Important one because of its
leadership in the instruction of Meth
odist ciergy-
STUDENT PATRIOTIC LEAGUE
PLEDGES AID TO COUNTRY
Two Hundred Students Organ
ize for Liberty Bond Sale
and Red Cross Work
Pledging itself to support the gov
ernment of the United States in
every possible way, particularly in
the present liberty bond campaign,
the student division of the University
of Nebraska Patriotic league was or
ganized last evening when some 200
students gathered in Memorial hall.
John Riddell, 18, was elected presi
dent; Valentine Minford, '18, vice
president; Elizabeth Doyle, '18, sec
retary and L. W. Kline, '18, treasurer.
Prof. F. A. Stuff, professor of Eng
lish literature, presided. Prof. J. E.
Le R'essignol, head of the depart
ment of commerce was temporary
chairman. Prof. M. M. Fogg, head 0
the department of Journalism, was
the speaker.
League Will Back Country
"I welcome this league," Professor
Fogg said, "because I see many ways
it can back my friends and your
friends, our students and our class
mates who are at the front right
now."
"These are great times calling for
clear thinking and not fuzzy-wuzzy
thinking," Professor Fogg continued.
"I've heard a good many students
says that college is just preparation
for life. Suh an idea! It seems to
me that this league should as an or
ganization set in motion and liberate
student opinion. Student opinion
counts In most countries. It counts
In Russia. Why does it not count
In the United States? You should
make it."
CONVOCATION
The second patriotic convoca
tion, in the campaign to obtain
the support of the students for
the liberty bonds, will be held
at 11 o'clock this morning in
Memorial hall. Prof. J. E. Le
Ressignol, head of the depart
ment of economics and com
merce, and Dr. T. W. Jeffrey,
pastor of the St. Paul Metho
dist church of Lincoln will
speak.
This will be the last oppor
tunity students will have of
hearing Dr. Jeffrey on the cam
pus, as he has been called to
Kansas City, Mo., and expects
to leave soon.
University alumni are buying
bonds through the University.
Mrs. George P. Abel, (Hazel P.
Hempel, '08) of Lincoln, pur
chased a bond through the
alumni office yesterday.
The class of "13, which had a
fund of $200 in the bank, have
used the money for liberty
bonds.
American Chemical Society
To Meet Here Friday
The eighty-fifth regular meeting of
the Nebraska section of the Ameri
can Chmeical society will be held
in the lecture room of Chemistry
hall, University of Nebraska, Friday
evening, October 19th at 8 o'clock.
The following program is to be given:
"The Boston, Meeting of the So
ciety," Dr. Geo. Bcrrowman.
"The Duclaux Method for the Esti
mation of the Volatile Fatty Acids,"
Dr. H. M. Plum.
Rules for Mailing of
Soldiers' Christmas Gifts
To insure the prompt delivery of
Christmas packages sent to Ameri
can soldiers abroad. Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson and Secretaries Baker
and Daniels have lately issued spe
cial instructions.
"All Christmas packages must be
mailed not later than November 15."
The three essential respects in
which Christmas at the front." says
the statement, "are to mail early, ad
dress intelligently, and pack securely.
Every package must bear conspicu
ously the words "Christmas Mall,
the name, rank and organization of
the person for whom it Is Intended,
followed by the words, 'American
Erpeditonary Forces and nothing
else. In the upper left-hand corner,
the name and address of the sender.
"Every parcel must be so packed
and wrapped as to admit of easy in
spection by the postmaster. No par
cel will be dispatched to France
which has not the postmaster's cer
tificate that it contains no prohibited
articles."
The time of sailing of transports
and regular liners, the examination
of parcels op this side so as to
obviate there having to be examined
by censors, and the uncertainty of
land transportation on the other side
must be allowed for. Packages for
Hawiia and the Philippines and other
Pacifiic stations should weigh not
over twenty pounds.
Dean Heppner to Give tea
For University Girls Today
There will be a tea today from
4 o'clock until 6 o'clock, in Art
hall for all University girls. Dean
Amanda Heppner desires that all
girls who can possibly attend do
so, as the purpose of these teas,
which will be held every Thursday
afternoon from now until Thanks
giving, Is to help the girls to be
come better acquainted. The faculty
women of the science departments
will assist today. Dean Heppner
wishes to extend an invitation to all
the faculty women to attend the teas
whenever they can.
Will Address Zoology Society
R. H. Wolcott has been invited by
the .American society of zooligysts to
be one of the speakers at their an
nual meeting of the society which
will be held during Christmas vaca
tion in Minneapolis. An interesting
feature of the program will be a
symposium in which Dr. Wolcott will
address the body.
PLANS FOR BIG PARADE
NEARING COMPLETION
Biggest Rally and Pep Session
in Years Tomorrow Evening
for Notre Dame
Plans for the monster torchlight
parade tomorrow evening are nearly
completed and the committee expects
to have the biggest rallies and pep
session, in years to prepare for Notre
Dame on the eve of the battle.
The complete program for the rally
to be held in the Armory at
o'clock and the details of the parade
will be published in tomorrow's Ne
braskan.
The band will be out with fifty
pieces to lead the march down "O"
street. Following the band will be
the girls marching In fours, and be
hind them will be the men. Indica
tions are that nearly 1,500 students
will be in line of march. The Black
Masque in charge of the girls' di
vision ask that all wear white skirts,
red or white sweaters and carry pen
nants or colors. The seniors will
lead and the other classes follow in
order.
PROF. BARBER ADRESSES
ENGINEERS LAST NIGHT
Society to Hold Smoker October 26
and Dance November 24 Favor
Bond Purchases
Prof. G. E. Barber, of the depart
ment of Roman history, spoke be
fore the engineering society last eve
ning on the subject: "Ancient Engi
neering in Rome." The lceture was
illustrated with slides of the ruins
of ancient Rome taken by Professor
Barber. Attention was called to the
fact that the main structure of many
of the old buildings were still stand
ing. A short business meeting preceded
the lecture. Reports were made by
the departmental presidents. An en
gineers' smoker was announced for
October 26. The dance committee
reported a dance for November 24.
The question of liberty bonds was
discussed. Many seemed to favor
the idea of purchasing bonds.
The board of control, made up of
the departmental presidents met af
ter the meeting to discuss plans for
the next meeting and arrange com
mittees. President R. L. Saxon presided
over the meeting. ,
YARSITY BEATEN BACK
BY FRESHMAN ATTACK
First-Year Men Gain on Offen
sive and Throw Regulars
for Losses
NOTRE DAME PLAYS USED
Probable That McMahon Will Be in
Saturday for His First Game of
Season
If the Hoosiers from Notre Dame
have as much luck knocking the
Cornhuskers around Nebraska field
and In general treating them rough,
as the Freshmen had last night there
will be a sad tale to tell at the end
of the game next Saturday. Aside
from the fact that the first-year men
shoved the varsity around in front
of them at will and then balked
all the first team's efforts to carry
the ball, often throwing them for
losses, they were fairly easy with
the varsity men.
Starting with the ball on their own
twenty-yard line the Freshmen car
ried it across the varsity goal line
without a stop using Notre Dame
plays. When the ball was on the
ten-yard line the first-year men
showed some real football and on
the final down, Dale the 200-pound
fullback of the scrubs dived Over
the varsity for the touchdown.
Blocked at Every Turn
When the varsity tried to come
back they met with a sad fate. End
runs were spoiled, tackle bucks were
stopped before they were well start
ed and forward passes fell into the
hands of the Freshmen or were
fumbled. The only gains made by
the first team were on long runs by
McMahon who was given good
enough interference a few times to
get a start. Place kicks were a fail
ure, but were excusable errors be
cause of the high wind.
Dobson and Schellenbeng, the two
backfleld men who have done a great
share of the work in the two games
played so far this season were
worked but very little last night.
Both men are suffering from numer
ous bruises and Jolts. McMahon,
who, it Is thought will be ready to
take his place In the game Saturday
was at right half and Kellogg went
in at left fulback.
COMMUTATION OF RATIONS
. GIVEN 21 UNIVERSITY MEN
Checks for Men Filling Re
quirements Received at
Chancellor's Office '
Commutations of rations for twenty-four
University men were received
at the chancellor's office yesterday.
The men are members of Officers'
reserve corps.
The organization of the Reserve
corps was perfected in June of last
year under the directions of the
United States military department.
AllNjuniors and seniors were given
the opportuntity to Join this reserve
corps with the provisions that they
drill during their two years in school
and upon completing the University
course to enter a training camp for
a period of six months at a salary of
$100 a month. It was further re
quired that the men attend camp for
one month during each summer. An
allowance was made for regular mil
itary rations while in school and it is
the payment of these rations that
the quartermaster department of the
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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.