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Daily n :can VOL. XVII, NO. 40. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTS ebr miSKERS HARD AT WORK FOR MISSOURI CONTEST Long Scrimmage Last Night Starts Week's Grind THREE REGULARS KEPT OUT Coach Stewart Returns From Kansaa Aaale Game With Respect for Power of Jayhawks This Year By DwiQht P. Thomas It the Missouri Tigers defeat the Comhuskers next Saturday it will be because they have a better team and not because they will take the Ne braskans by surprise and unprepared. The practice yesterday ended with a scrimmage more than an hour long that kept the men on the field until long after dark. It is rumored that, although the Missouri coaches have gone to the trouble of looking at the Nebraska plays in a couple of the Cornhusker games, they will meet with a few surprises in the coming battle. One criticism of Coach Stewart's system of teaching football sometimes heard from people who know about as much about football as the average law student does about law. is that not enough plays can be worked fronl his formations. Cold facts, or pos sibly hot ones, show that at the pres ent time the Comhuskers have more than sixty plays in their repertoire. Several new ones are being added this " week and it is probable that the show me boys will have hard work solving some of them. Three Regulars on Sidelines Three regulars were not in the var sity lineup last evening when the first string linecTup against the scrubs. Captain Shaw, Riddell and Otoupalik were the ones who were forced to stand on the sidelines. Just whether all these men will be absent from Saturday's game or not is not yet known. It is practically certain that Riddell will not be in against the Missourians. There Is a chance, how ever, the Shaw and Otoupalik will be-in the lineup. According to latest indications, Sam Kellogg will be used at right end and Hubka will be shifted to the left side of the line at tackle. If Kellogg can get away at the end job as he should with his weight and speed the pres ence of Hubka on the other sld of the line will help the Nebraska stone wall more than ever. Kellogg will lack experience at the wing position but it is probable that with a veteran on his left hand he will be able to stop more of the attempts at gains around his end. The other positions in the line will probably be filled by the same men as were in them during the early games of the year, with the Possible exception of Captain Shaw, whose place will be taken by Young or DuTeau if the leader is forced out of the lineup. The backfleld will be composed of Cook, Dobson, Schellenberg and Mc Mahon, according to the lineup used In practice this week and last. Schel lenberg will probably be used to fill in Otoupalik's place as he Is as good line-smasher as he is an end-runner. Missouri will meet the Comhuskers with three defeats on her list. bt ith a determination to down the Ne oraskans if possible. The last time "e two teams met the Tigers went :ow t0 defeat by the score of 34 to That was several yeats ago, and "nee that time the Missourians have wen an important factor in all the Missouri Valley conference races. Kansas Has Power i,0., Stewart returned from a tlnS trip to Kansas yesterday un stories about the strength of the "ynawks. According to the coach ram. n8tns played the Bame "rt of toiwgtln8t the farmer they did tatrt ebraBk last year. They at th. g8,es do a11 tne work an( throtti Prper moments opened the Je and shoved across enough to of tw-V004 marK'n- As a result weir closed tactics Coach Stewart the kin . get onl a falr 01 lng plays the Jayhawks are DtTlC.po8se88e8 wholesome ttnbeVZ, . Kan8a" coach nd hls 8ttd2i tbe Nebrakans last ed th v?B!eln how ea8ll7 the7 nra h"8 baI1 frm their own eight lln across the Kansas Aggie goal line last Saturday that respect has increased.' There will be no sluf flng in the Cornhusker camp before the Kansas game this year if yie coach is to be taken at his word. FIRST ILLUSTRATED ASTRONOMY LECTURE GIVEN TONIGHT The first of a course of brief popu lar lectures on astronomy, illustrated by lantern slides, will be given at the University observatory tonight. De fore and after the lecture the tele scope will be available for looking at Jupiter and its moons. These lec tures will be given regularly on thu second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month. The topic for this week is "The Field of Astronomy." Dramatic Students Play "Piper" at Penitentiary The French War Orphan benefit play to be given by the Dramatic de partment Friday evening was played at the Penitentiary last night. The cast Is putting the few final touches to the , preparation and Professor Alice Howell, head of the department of .elocution and dramatic art, promises that everything will be in first class shape for the performance Friday. Tickets for the play are on sale at Harry Porter's instead of the col lege Book Store as announced yes terday. Exchange tickets are being sold by members of the Dramatic club and the department of elocu tion. STUDENTS TO HEAR FINAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR CAMPAIGN R. J. Bicham to Speak Tomor row Night at Armory on Y.,M. C. A. War Work Preparatory to one of the biggest tasks that the University has under taken that of raising her apportion ment of $15,000 for Y. M. C. A. war work among our soldiers in France and in prison camps students and faculty will meet tomorrow night-at 7 o'clock in a big mass meeting at the armory to hear the final message before the opening of the campaign Thursday morning. The speaker, It. J. Bickham, has for fifteen years been engaged in Y. M. C. A. secretary work. Since the beginning of the warhe has been in cloEe touch with the Y. M. C. A. war work and is at present head of the work in fifteen training stations. He has talked with a num ber of men who have just returned from the trenches ln regard to con ditions existing there and experiences which they have had and as a result he brings a message which is nearly as direct from the front as if he had been there himself. Twenty-five captains and assistant captains to handle the campus cam paign will be picked tomorrow and these will pick teams of ten students to assist them. The names of the team captains and their assisatnts will be published In tomorrow's Issue of The Daily Nebraskan. At the request of the governments of the United States. France, Russia and Italy .the Y. M. C. A. is their agency conducting welfare work among the enlisted men and sailors. To conduct this work a general commit tee decided $.15,000,000 is necessary at once. Throughout the nation dur ing the week of November 11-19 a drive will be conducted for this amount. Nebraska's quota is $250,000. A state-wide organization is being per fected to gain this goal. Throughout the state, which has been divided into nineteen campaign districts, this week will see scores of district, coun ty and local meetings, organizing and stirring up enthusiasm for the cam paign. Throughout the state some of the biggest men have volunteered to lend their ability and influence in the campaign. Letters from Nebraska boys at Funston and Camp Cody, with others from here and there over the coun try and from France, tell how inter ested ested they are in seeing the drive a success. The Y. M. C. A. building in the camps and at the front everywhere where there are soldier boys fur nishes a place of rest, steady and recreation. "What home Is without a mother Is what the army would be without a Y. M. C. A..M is the way I. Nesbitt of the 6th Nebraska infantry band told why he was Interested. Folks with boys in the service have grown familiar with the red triangle on the letter heads they send home. WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO FORMER CHANCELLOR Memorial Services for E. Ben jamin Andrews at 11 Today ALL WORK LAID ASIDE University World Will Devote An Hour to Memory of a Great Man Memorial services in honor of the late Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews will be held this morning at 11 o'clock in the Armory while the body Is being laid to rest on the campus of Denison college in Ohio. All offices, laboratories and recita tion rooms will be closed during this hour and students and faculty are asked to gather in the Convocation room to pay a last tribute to a man who has done much in the interests of the institution. The following will be the order of the services: Ase's Death Grieg Mrs. Carrie Raymond Prayer Rev. H. R. Chapman The University Executor Chancellor Samuel Avery The Colleague and Comrade Prof. G. E. Barber The Church Leader Rev. H. R. Chapman The Friend Hon. W. G. Whitmore Reading Prof. Paul H. Grumman Largo Handel.. Mrs. Carrie Raymond Benediction Rev. Chapman Mr. Whitmore is an ex-regent of the University and a boyhood friend of Chancellor Andrews and will speak of his character as it appeared to one more intimately associated with him The reading which Professor Grum- mann will give is Browning's poem, "The Prospice" which was a favorite selection of the chancellors and one which he himself often quoted. A character sketch of Chancellor Andrews as It appeared to a number of faculty members and prominent cit izens of Lincoln will be given in to morrows issue of The Nebraskan. NATIONAL WOMAN'S PARTY ORGANIZED IN UNIVERSITY The National Woman's party has organized a local branch of members in the University recently. Miss Wil ma Wood has been chosen as the chairman of this branch. The party has been at work for years in a na tional campaign to create sentiment for the adoption of woman suffrage by constitutional amendment, but is in no way associated with the suffrage association which has been securing the rights for women to vote state by Btftt. Miss Mable Vernon, a prominent na tional person who has been one of the conspicuous characters in recent suf frage agitation about the national cap ital and other official circles was in strumental in getting many to pledge membership to the association. Miss Vernon was among the number of women arrested for "picketing" the capitol, and told of some very Inter esting experiences in connection with this movement and the troubled days at the White House. Life membership In the organiza tion may be had for an entrance fee of twenty-five cents. LEAVES OF ABSENCE FOR CORN HUSKING All students of the Univer sity who can render a service to the country and to the farmers of the state by helping gather the corn crop are urgently re quested to secure a leave of ab sence for this purpose. On your return to the University special coaches will be assigned to you without cost and every opportunity afforded for making up back work. This l a pa triotic duty at a time when there should be no selfishness on the part of any of our people. Consult Pean Engberg in re gard to details- Do not drop your studies until you know exactly where you are to be employed. Dean Engberg will assist you In ecurlntf employ ment s- AVERY. In honor of their members who are in the service of Uncle Sam, the farm house has raised a service flag at the chapter house. The flag con sists of eight blue stars against a central white background surrounded by a red border. Each star repre sents one man in service. Although this is an innovation at Nebraska, the custom has gained great popu larity In some of the leading univer sities where every fraternity dis plays such a flag. Leaves on Collecting Trip Prof. E. H. Barbour, director of the Museum, left Monday afternoon on a collecting trip to the western part of the state. Faculty Patriotic League To Investigate Food Prices A committee of the Faculty Pa triotic league, composed 'of Prof. G. R. Chatburn, Prof. C. W. Pugsley and Prof. H. C. Filley will meet this after noon to investigate the high prices of substitutes for wheat flour, par ticularly of cornmeal. The commit tee will endeavor to determine why cornmeal is selling for a higher price than wheat flour, when the compara tive cost of corn is less than that of wheat. Professor Filley has been making quite extensive investigations along this line, and it is expected that the committee will be able to make a definite report after the meeting to day. SENATE DECIDES FOR ONE WEEK CHRISTMAS VACATION May Omit Spring Recess and Dismiss Early Degrees New Registration Rules Students will be allowed only one week vacation, instead of the usual two weeks at Christmas this year, according to action of the Univer sity Senate at a meeting held Sat urday morning at the Temple. The question of a spring recess is still in doubt but the general impression Is -that it will at least be shortened. The Senate also decided to abol ish as many of the other customary holidays and vacations as possible. The committee on student organiza tions and social functions, acting with the executive dean, will settle the fate of all minor holidays. Prof. G. R. Shatburn, chairman, has called a meeting for this week, when the committee will go over the entire calendar and eliminate all holidays that may expediently be omitted. The Senate, in taking this step, Is is trying to arrange it so that school may be dismissed early, in order to let men get back to the farms to help with the spring work. It is expected that school will be closed at least two weeks earlier than was planned, and if it Is possible, it will be closed early in May. The question of a third mid-year semester was also discussed. This would enable men who leave school to work on farms, and would not get back until after the second semes ter's work had started, to keep their standing in .the school. Nothing def inite was decided, however. War Degrees for Seniors The Senate decided to recommend seniors who leave school to enroll in war work, for degrees. To obtain a degree in this way, the student must be within 18 hours of gradua tion, and have all his academic work up to requirements. ' After this year, freshmen will reg ister but once ln the' year, and will carry the same courses all through their first year. This measure was adopted by the Senate upon recom mendation of the deans of the vari ous colleges, comprising a special committee on registration. This com mittee also recommended that fifty cents be charged for all changes in registration not made at the direction of one of the faculty. Baseball in Japan In a post card to Prof. Louise Pound from Nagasaki, Japan, Genevieve Lowry, '15, writes that she saw a Japanese ball game recently and "thinks the Nebraska alumnao team well able to give the players pointers." Miss Lowry was a star player last spring when the alumnae, with Miss Pound and Jessie Beghtol Lee as their "battery," defeated the victorious class team by a score of about 45 to 5. In five Innings. OLYMPIC REPRESENTATIVES CHOSEN BY FRESHMEN Sophomore Try-Outs Tonight Instead of Wednesday LOOK FOR REAL BATTLE Koehler; Mackey, Sherman and Lyman Show Up Well In Last Night's Bouts As the day for Olympics approaches both Freshman and Sophomore classes are completing their final arrange ments for what promises to be one of the most interesting and one of the hardest fought contests that has been held in years. The freshmen held their tryouts in the Armory last night and selected representatives for all events except two. No contestants appeared for the light-weight boxing and the men for the relay team will be selected this afternoon on the ath letic field at 4:30 o'clock. Sophomore tryouts will be held tonight at - 7 o'clock in the Armory instead of to morrow night as announced yesterday because of the Y. M. C. A. mass meet ing in the interest of the war work campaign to be held Wednesday even ing. A number of spirited contests for places on the freshman squad devel oped and some real talent was un covered. The sophomores may be as sured that they have some hard paths to travel in order to reach within striking distance of victory. One of the hardest-fought bouts was staged by Ben Koehler and Art Newman in the middle-weight wrestling class. Koehler was finally awarded the de cision after three periods of ten min utes and a final bout of three minutes. Another close decision was awarded A. E. Redmond over Oscar Hahn In the middle-weight boxing after four periods of one minute each and a fiinal period of two minutes. A con test between Tom Mackey and C. V. Mingus looked like a knockout strug gle for a time. Mingus opened by knocking Mackey to the ground and Mackey returned by dropping his op ponent for a count of seven. The de cision was finally awarded Mackey be cause of greater endurance. Huge Otoupalik and'Roscoe Rhodes refereed the matches. Complete List of Results Following is the complete list of re sults of the freshman tryouts: Wrestling lightweight, 130 pounds, W. H. Sherman won from R. W. Wight by fall in three minutes. Mid dleweight, 130 to 158 ' pounds, Art Rodgers won from Art Newman on points ln sixteen minutes. H. H. Howltt won from Art Rodgers on points in ten minutes. Heavyweight, over 158 pounds, W. R. Lyman won from C. Swanson by fall in one minute and fifteen seconds. W. R. Lyman won from W. Munn by fall in two minutes and thirty seconds. Boxing Lightweight, no contes tants appeared. Middleweight, Tom Mackey won from C. U. Mingus by points in three one-minute bouts. E. C. Brown won from D. C. Sherrar by points in four one-minute bouts. Heavyweight, W. R. Lyman won with out contest. The winners of all tryouts who will represent the Freshmen are these: W. H. Sherman,, lightweight wrest ling. W. R. Lyman, heavyweight wrest ling. W. R. Lyman, heavyweight boxing. The final bouts for middleweight wrestling and boxing will be held to morrow evening at 7 o'clock in the Armory. List of Events The events for the Olympics to be staged Saturday morning between the Sophomore and Freshmen are these: Four-man relay, 400 yards to count ten points. Tug of war, fifteen men on a team, to count fifteen points. Wrestling matches to a fall not to exceed ten minutes, three classes, to count five points each. Boxing bouts, three-one minute bouts, three classes, to count five points each. A pole rush and a game of push ball, counting twenty points each will con clude the program of events. The Sophomore tryouts will bo held tomorrow evening in the Armory at 7 o'clock. Freshmen relay tryouts will be held Tuesday afternoon on the Nebraska field at 4:30 o'clock.