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Daily Nebraskan VOL. XVII, NO. 39. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 5. 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS The nrn TIME SPIRIT ROLES AT PARTY Eight Hundred Make Merry at Hallowe'en Mixer - FRESHMEN SHOW AMBITION First Year Class Wins In All But one of the Contests Staged Armory Packed With Dancers Although it had the disadvantage of coming several days late on the calendar, the big All-University Hal lowe'en party in the Armory Satur day evening had all the other re-quirements-the old-time spirit, good games, plenty to eat, and dancing. About eight hundred students all the Armory could comfortably ac commodatewere in attendance. The attempt of the general commit tee to make the party attractive to everyone and not .to Just thoss who ' dance was carried out in a well-balanced program of old-fashioned games and community singing. The kind of games students used to play in the good old carefree days of grammar school gave the spectators much delight and brought out spirit ed competition among the partici pants. The Hallowe'en touch was further added to the program by the pres ence of a magician who performed all kinds of strange tricks to the delight of the audience. The ma gician was Mr. C. R. Mawe, father of Vesta Mawe, '18. Freshman Show Merit The freshmen, a large number of whom were exclusive enough to get together on the north side of the Armory during the program, had a lot to say about how the games were to be played; at least they suc ceeded in walking away with most at the prizes. The versatility of this f year's freshmen was surprising. Shumway, a cool young gentleman, poised himself on a rickety crock and threaded a needle while the other entrants in the contest were having all sorts of trouble in keep ing the roller' coasters under them.i -Miss Townsend walked up to the line in the paper bag shot put after the other contestants had done their best and nonchalantly tossed the missile past the heap. Florence Wilcox, another freshman, placed the Bible on her head in the book race, and with admirable faith in the good book, walked up and down the room as though out for a morning's airing, while her competitors were having as much trouble with "Aesop's Fables" and "A Short Natural His tory" as does a small boy learning to poise a broom stick on the end of his nose. Freshmen Lose One Event There was gne race which the . freshmen did not win that was the standing broad grin. The first year entries put in a stiff bid. for first Place, however, and it was only such famous smilers as Executive Dean C C. Engberg and Edith Yungblut, '18, who out-grinned them. Edith Yungblut won the contest in the end, although there was much exarainl) ,g 1 tape measures by the Judges to decide between her best smile and that of the executive dean. In a short intermission between the program and the dancing the crowd gathered In the chapel where they gang Cornhusker songs and gave Number One and Number Two. A glass ot cider and a big slice t pumpkin pie were served to every one. , The last hour and a half ot the evening was given to dancing. Two orchestras played for as many couples as the Armory could hold. Ruth Welsh, '19, spent Saturday nd Sunday ln Omaha. Mrs. Jane Holland gave a luncheon honor of her sister, Charlotte Bed Jen, at her home at 1 o'clock Fri- The Pi Beta Phi sorority gave a i -u nor of tbe,r ckaperone, Mrs. Eberly, Saturday atteroon. The rooms were decorated with roses. Palladian Society Holds Open Meeting Friday oiMlar8e number ot students en ter proKram t the open meet- ot Palladian Literary society held Temn? even,nK in Palladian hall, W Following the program an ur s spent with games. School of "Ag" Men to Go Home Sixty students of the school of ag riculture have signified their intention of leaving school to help with farm work during the next few weeks. Sev eral boys left Saturday. Fifteen will go next SaturdaV and other contin gents during the succeeding two weeks will follow. All must return to BChool not later than December 3. Free tutoring will be offered and some extra classes will probably be opened to enable them to make up their work. There are 216 men' students in the school and the number leaving represents more than oue-fourth. Monday the faculty will meet to dis cuss plans for holding a special win ter session for farm boys who cannot attend in the fall or spring. Lolah Neeley, '15, of Nebraska City visited at' the Kappa Kappa Gamma house the latter part of the week. Florence Griswald, '19, was the guest of Doris Vallery at her home in Plattsmouth for the end of the week. MEMBERS OF GIRLS' CLUB COUNCIL ANNOUNCED Select Representative Girls to Supervise Activities for Year The Girls' Club council, for 1917 1918, has been announced by the Girls' Club board. The council con sists of one member fo each soror ity; one girl from each rooming house, where there are four girls or more; one representative of each of the three literary societies; the president of class organization, and the president of the Y. M. C. A. The president of Mystic Fish, fresh men girls' society, has not yet been elected, but upon her election she will become a member of the coun cil. Following is the list of names of those who have been chosen to serve on the council: Vernie Moseman, Olive Higgins, Hannah McCorkindale, Jane Beechler, Jeanette Adams, Mable McAdams, Jeanette ThDrnton, Genevieve Addleman, Helen Dill, Daisy Parks, Alice Sedgwick, Mary Rahn. Helen Giltner, Alice Welch, Lucile Erazim, Vernie Powers, Janet McQuiston, Marjory Haycock, Ruth Snyder, May Moritz. LaVerne Boyd, Rstella Warner. Teresa Maguire, Floa Cottrell, Dorothy Rhode, Alvina Myer, Jean Landale, Florence Lewis, Edna Rohrs, Doris Hostetter, Evange iika Ttoltnn. Helena Allen, Lillian Jelinck, Irene Garrison, Cora Stock ton, Marie Elliot, Grace Styer. uer nice Mitchell, Rose Wilson, Lucile Wilcox, Heien Loftman, Theda Wat erman, Valentine Minford, Josephine Strode. Gwendolyn Drayton and Vida Reckmeyer. Union Literary Society Initiates New Members Union Literary society held initia tion nf new members at its regular weekly meeting Friday evening in Union hall, Temple. The inuiaxion ceremonies occupied the larger part of the evening after which a short .vMoi hrmr wan enloved and refresh ment were served. The society will hold a home-coming meeting Satur day evening. SFDLAK TO LEAVE WITH BOHEMIAN CONTINGENT tv ci.v whn has assisted Dr. WUUU " - Clapp In the physical education de partment since September, Is now . - with tVlp in New xorK waning iu s " - Hnront Which will fight DUUCUliau vv fco with the allies under the Bohemian national flag. T a Iama stswm (tiff in this country, Mr. v.vo Sedlak organized a company or t UiaIti Tnfl Bohemian voiunieero m """- company was not immediately ac cepted by the British because ot the fact that the Bohemians are under n Rut later the army was accepted and it is now ready .o leave for the German front. At present there are 60,000 Bo hernial prisoners In Italy. 260.00O in Russia, and many more scattered over England and France. - The plan now under way Is to unite all these thousands of Bohem ian prisoners with the Bohemians of the- United States, and to torn one great national army h, fight under the Bohemian national flag. This movement U of the great est importance to the cause of the allies and great things are to be ex pected ot this intensely patriotic little amy. WORK OF FOUR-MINUTE-MEN FAR-REACHING IN EFFECTS One -Third Million Reached by One Thousand Addresses dur ing Liberty Loan Campaign Jo audiences aggregating one-third of a million a quarter otv the pop ulation of the state nearly 1,000 ad dresses were made during the sec ond Liberty loan campaign by Ne braska Four-Minute-Men, official rep resentatives of the government. This is the gist of a report issued Satuiday by Prof. M. M. Fogg, state head of the division of Four-Minute- Men of the United States committee on public information, which is now organized in 104 Nebraska cities and towns. "Nearly 1,000 Four-Minute etaoin "Nearly 1,000 four-minute addresses by our official spokesmen of the government were made in the second Libe'rty loan campaign to at least 300,000 people a number equaling one-fourth the population of the state," says Professor Fogg. "Re ports to Washington and to this of five now in hand from half forty- one of the eighty cities and towns where the work was organized in time for the Liberty loan campaign show that 736 addresses were made to theatre audiences aggregating 256,- 000." Lincoln four-minute speakers made 101 addresses in the nine theaters to approximately 35,000. In Omaha there were 276 addresses in thirty-four theatres to about 120,000 people. Other reports received from large centers include: Hastings John R. Corey, chair man, twenty-five addresses, 12,000. Beatrice Gen. L. W. Colby, chair man, seventeen addresses, 10,800. Nebraska City, John W. Steinhart, chairman, twenty-one addresses, 9,000. Plattsmouth D. C. Morgan, chair man, twenty-four addresses, 7,600. Scottsbluff C. M. Hatheny, chair man, ten addresses, 4,900. " Seward Harry D. Landis, '99, Law '01, sixteen addresses, 4,700. "Much unofficial speaking outside of theatres was done by the Four-Minute-Men in churches, in school houses and at miscellaneous pa triotic meetings." One hundred and four local chair, men have been appointed. The branches organized since the last report: Arlington H. L. Andrews. Bancroft Allen G. Burke, '02, law 02. Beaver City Edward J. Lambe, law '04. Havelock W. C. Israel. Ord Horace M. Davis. WAR WILL BRING BACK SPIRIT OF NATIONALITY rhanrnr Averv Tells Graduate Teachers' Club of Benefits to Re sult From World's Struggle That America is strong and cap able of defending herself and that this war will develop a strong spirit of nationality was the opinion ex pressed by Chancellor Samuel Avery before the Graduate Teachers' club Friday evening. Dr. Avery spoke on "The Opportunities and Possibili ties of Graduate Work in Chemistry. After the war w will be in a re latively superior position and should lead the world In investigation of all kinds. When we get the same re search pressure here that they have in Germany we shall turn out re sults equal to the best German uni versities before the war. "We will never feel the pressure of the war as those near it do." It is our duty not to be remiss in any pa triotic work, and there are peculiar opportunities during the war to work along our own lines. We should lwep open all lines of investigation in order that we shall not stagnate as did the Roman empire, after the reign of Trajan. Methods of German Study Chancellor Avery said that al though the German , people in this country are our friends it would be foolish to ignore the methods by which Germany has become Intelli gent and capable, and probably dan gerous. In Germany the research work is carried on by students work ing under the direction ot the pro fessor. Each student is given a section ot the work, outlined by the master and this work when finished la published jointly. The relation ship between the professor and the student is stimulating to both. (Continued on ) Publishers Scientific Article Dr. D. D. Whitney, the professor of zoology, is publishing two articles on the reproduction of rotifers. The first article, "The Functional and Rudi mentary Spermatozoa in Rotifers," will appear in the biological bulletin for November. This article deals with the different ways in which rotifers reproduce. The second article, "The Relative Influence of Food and Oxygen in Controling Sex in Roti fers," will appear in the Journal of Experimental Zoology. It deals with the indirect influence of oxygen in determining the sex of the rotifer by controling the food supply. The rotifer is a transparent worm which lives in water. For these rea sons the movements and develop ments may be easily watched. Gladys Wild, '16, of Wilber, Neb., visited at the Alpha Delta Pi house Saturday and Sunday. Alice Temple, '20, and Florence Jenks, '19, attended a house party in Omaha Saturday and Sunday. R. J. BICKAM 10 SPEAK TO STUDENTS WEDNESDAY Y. M. C. A. Worker in Naval Training Stations Will Tell of Need for Student Help Students will be given the oppor tunity of hearing one of the most prominent Y. M. C. A. workers in the country tell of the experiences of men in the European trenches Wednesday night at a big mass meet ing to be held in the Temple thea tre at 7 o'clock. M. R.- J. Bickam, who is at the head of the Y. M. C. A. work in fifteen of the great naval training stations as been in close touch with the men who have just returned from' the trenches and those who have heard him speak say that he pictures an entirely new side of the life of the men actually on the battle line. Mr. Bickam speaks chiefly in the interest of the Y. M. C. A. Red Tri angle campaign, the purpose of which is to raise $15,000 for Y. M. C. A. War work in the European trenches. This is the amount which Nebraska University has been appor tioned of the $25,000 which will be raised by all Nebraska colleges. Nearly 300 students were present at a meeting held last week for the purposing of organizing for the cam paign on the campus. Prof. C. W. Pugsley, Dean C. C. Engberg and Mrs. Mary Graham-Hiltner spoke at that time on the need of such student help. The meeting Wednes day will be for the purpose of fur ther showing students the need of their support. Ralph Sturm, chairman of the University committee handling the campaign will preside at the meet ing. The University band will play. 21 LEAVE SCHOOL TO ENTER WAR SERVICE Eighty-Five Is Total Number of With drawals Since Beginning of Term Three are Drafted The official report of the registrar shows that 85 students have left the University since the beginning of the year. Of this number 21 have entered the service of the govern ment for some kind of war work. Up to last Friday just one student had left to aid the farmers in husk ing their corn. Following is the list of those students who have gone into war work: The three following men have en listed in the aviation section: H. S. Delano, J. B. Bittner, Roy Smith. The drafted men who have left school are : Henry Founts Albert Keech, Stanley Henry The two men who enlisted are: R. T. Gere Lawrence Hewitt The following men are at Forts Riley and Logan. Fred Shields Joseph Boyce Forset Hall Joseph Elwell Herbert Devrles is at Deming, N. M.; Paul Seidel Is at West. Point; Fred Walreth Is doing war work in France, and C. I. Mathews is ln the wireless service. James L. G Iff en, Herman Kurth and Ralph Anderson have gone into services unknown to the office. OLYMPIC PREPARATIONS ON IN FULL SWAY Freshman Try-Outs Tonight Sophomores Wednesday WILL HAVE PUSHBALL Complete List of Events and Points Accredited Published Tomorrow Emphasis on Individual Events With the annual Olympic battle less than a week away, freshman and sophomore camps are the scenes of busy preparation. Freshmen are laying their hopes of victory in the large amount of material from which they may pick while the second year class is counting on an unusually careful selection of representatives for the individual events and su perior organization in the group con tests to carry them through. Since the first announcement of somewhat definite plans on Friday, committee chairmen have N asked for increased activity on the part of their staffs and preparations are well un der way. The tryouts for the in dividual freshman candidates will be held tonight in the Armory and those of the sophomores will be held Wednesday night at the same place at 7 o'clock. Both classes have a number of men to pick from for each event and some interesting contests are expected to develop before the representatives are picked. List of Events Tomorrow As yet the complete list of events has not been decided. There is little doubt however that there will be the wrestling and boxing contests as usual with three weights in each contest. After some little doubt that it would be possible to obtain the push ball, arrangements have been made and it will be on hand the day of the scrimmage. The push ball event is one of the biggest attrac tions of the Olympics each year. The complete list of events and the num ber of points to be counted for each will probably be announced to morrow. It will be necessary this year In awarding the points to give more credit for victories in the individual events than in the class events be cause the freshmen outnumber the sophomores nearly two to one. The tug-of-war contest will be limited to three minutes instead of five as last year as .a number believe that the first amount is sufficient to give a real test of the comparative strength. TO DEDICATE STADIUM DURING "HOMECOMING" A military dedication of the new football field and stadium at Camp Randall was chief event of the 1917 "Homecoming" which was held at the University of Wiscon sin on the occasion of the Minnesota football game on November 3. Martial music and salutes fired by a oquad of university cadets fired by a squad of university cadets constituted the formal dedication of the new field, which occupies the site of Wis consin's famous civil war camp. The "Homecoming" was convert ed into a patriotic celebration in honor of the many former students, alumni, and members of the football squad who are now in military serv ice. A mass meeting on Friday night, a bonfire and fireworks on the lower campus, combinations ot the national emblem and the uni versity's colors combined the spirit of patriotism with loyalty for the Ama Mater. University cadets gave a mili tary exhibition as part of the enter tainment at the homecoming balL Receptions, council meetings, lunch eons and dinners were given to alumni. The regimental rand will give a concert on Sunday afternoon. About 220 alumni who subscribed funds for the building of the new stadium were honored by reserved seats in a body in a special part ot the stand. Vivian Virgin. 21, spent the end of the week at her home in Utica. Delian Society Gives Hallowe'en Program . The Delian Literary society held their regular meeting last Friday evening ln the banquet room. Temple. A large number were present. A Hallowe'en program was given after which a social hour was held. Games were played and refreshments served.