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VOL. XVII,
NO. 40.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1917.
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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.
