Daily Nebraskan
HI
"VOL. XVII, NO. 47.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
15. 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
liPPERCLASS ELEYENS
TO MEET TODAY
First Interclass Football Battle
of Year
GAME SCHEDULED AT 2:00
Freshmen Meet Sophomores Tomer
row Finals Will Be Held One
Week From Saturday
The first buttle of the class foot
ball series Is scheduled to take place
this afternoon on University field at
2 o'clock between the Seniors and
juniors. The game must start prompt
ly as the varsity must have the field at
3 o'clock. The Sophomores and Fresh
men meet tomorrow at the same time.
On the Saturday before Thanksgiving,
the finals will be played off between
the winners of the first two games.
Senior and Junior candidates have
been hard at work on their teams
since the latter part of last week.
Both teams will practice this morning
at 11 o'clock. The Seniors are being
coached by Hugo Otoupalik and the
Juniors by Paul Dobson. Every morn
ing from 10 to 12 o'clock the football
field has been used by the two upper
classes in perfecting the class ma
chines. Sophomore players are being coached
by Lawrence Shaw. Farley Young and
Harold MeMahon. There will be a
practice this morning for all Sopho
mores wishing to play on the class
team at 11 o'clock on University field.
The Sophomores have been late In
setting a start at practicing but have
confidence that they will come out
well in the game tomorrow.
The Freshmen have been practicing
every morning this week, and held a
last tryout yesterday afternoon on
University field. John Ridell has been
serving as coach for the first-year
men.
The winners in the final game on
November 24, will be given sweaters
by the members of the class to which
they belong. The sweaters will be
similar to the regulation "N" sweaters
and will be decorated with the figures
representing the year of the class.
Y. M. C. A. WAR WORK
Josephus Daniels
"More than anything also ex
cept the victory which we will
win, I was personally interested
in the welfare of the more than
200,000 young men who have
come into the navy since war
was declared. Their naval effi
ciency depends upon 'their
strength and vigor and we know
that straight shooting, straight
thinking and straight living go
together. The foremost agency
of the work in promoting the
moral welfare of the young men
is the Y. M. C. A. reaching as it
does all parts of the world and
making its appeal to the physi
cal, the spiritual and the men
tal development of young man
hood. To this organization the
army and navy look chiefly
for providing the wholesome
amusements and recreation In
helpful environments for the
young men who are in the ser
vice. "The campaign of the Nation
al War Work Council of the
Young Men's Christian Associa
tion to secure $35,000,000 for
furthering the physical, social,
intellectual and moral welfare of
the enlisted men of the Ameri
can navy as well as the armies
of our country and of Russia,
"ance and Italy, commands my
whole - hearted endorsement.
Nothing u clearer than the fact .
that all that has to do with the
"orals and the spirit of the men
'hould receive the aame gener
ous and timely attention that we
?7 ,eekin3 to give to the mater
ial factors and in this vital mat
ter the experience of our own
country ,n(1 tnat of Gpellt Brjt
an and Canada shows the Young
Wen s Christian Association con
sent that the American people
one end of the country to
the other will crown this latest
with splendid success.
"Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Mosepheus Daniels."
Many Engineers Enlisted
The department of engineering has
Just completed n list of all graduates
and former students of the denart
ment who are known to have enlisted
in some branch of the army or navy
and their addresses. This list will bo
used in sending Christmas Kfts and
cards and faculty letters to the Uni
versity soldiers and sailors. The
names now number nearly 15ti, and
more are coming in dailv
ILLINOIS SOLDIERS IN
FRANCE TO BE REMEMBERED
One hundred and thirty-live former
members of the University of Illinois
who are now on the firing line in
France will receive Christmas boxes.
due to tne combined efforts of the
IUInl chocolate fund and the Women's
War Fund committee. The necessary
money was raised by 10-cent contribu
tions. The contents of the boxes will
consist of candy, cigarettes, and other
such luxuries.
Harvard Professor Visits
Dr. r. H. Sterns of Harvard uni
versity stopped to visit the museum
Monday afternoon. His and his wife
are returning to Harvard after spend
ing the summer collecting in Wyom
ing, Colorado and Texas. They in
tend to return next summer and spend
a longer period at the same places.
They autoed from Harvard to their
various collecting places and are re
turning the same way. Dr. Sterns is
a brother of Clarence Sterns, '19.
MAKE EXCURSION
RESERVATIONS TODAY
Students Asked to Buy Tickets
, Before Noon Thurs
day The Cornhusker limited, making a
direct run from Lincoln to Lawrence,
is assured, and all that is necessary
now is to know as soon as possible
just the number of rooters who will
make the trip, the committee in
charge announced yesterday. It is re
quested that all who plan to take the
special to Lawrence reserve their
tickets at the student activties office
or the city office or the Union Pacific
by 12 o'clock today.
The number of students needed to
insure the special had procured tickets
by last evening but the railroad com
pany must know immediately the ex
act number of travelers in order to
provide the proper facilities for hand
ling them.
It is estimated that 200 Cornhusker
rooters will take the train Friday eve
ning, including the cadet band of thirty-five
pieces. The excursion has been
arranged for the special convenience
of students and will be run as far a-,
practical according to their wishes.
It will leave Lincoln at 10 o'clock Fri
day evening, arriving in Lawrence
early the next morning, and leaving
that evening at any hour the travelers
desire. The train will be chaperoned
by Executive Dean C. C. Engberg and
Dean of Women Amanda Heppner.
Interest in the game is increasing
daily due largely to the reports from
Kansas which are fast convincing
Cornhuskers that the task of avenging
..n.1., ilAfnol n il nrtl 1... c pacv I
as at first supposed. Kansans are not
talking of tie scores and defeats but
are spending all their time planning
for a victory.
The rates for the excursion have
been made as reasonable as possible,
although they have been boosted
ohnt-n ihnco nf fnmipr vears bv the
war tax. Carfare, round trip, is $9.70. j
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pers. Tourist sections are $4.40 for
four.
TO HAVE SEND-OFF RALLY FOR jngNlGHT
The Cornhusker team leaves over the Burlington this evening for
Lawrence via Kansas City. The men will go to the stat ton t 9.1
o'clock and the cadet band and students will meet them . there for a
final sendoff for the game that will decide the Missouri J"'C
pionship. There will be Impromptu speeches by the coaches, the men
and students. The cheerleaders will be on hand MrnnU
It is our last chance to boost the team before it goes on to .McCook
field Saturday. The men will need our support then and they need
ft now for in the Jayhawkers they will meet a team which has panted
Itself at the Nebraska game and has never yet revealed its full powers.
At Lawrence they are happy and expectant, not merely hopeful. It is
XebrtlS against Kansas. It is our chance to wipe out Last year, dis
gcT We can't expect the team to do it alone. Let's outsp irit out
STand outgame Kansas in a way that she will never forget -lets
start out by a rousing send-off tonight
JAYHAWKS DETERMINED
TO DEFEAT HUSKERS
Team Is Rated Best in Years
Coach Perfects New
Formations
(Special to The Daily Nebraskan)
John A. Montgomery, Sports Editor
Daily Kansan
Lawrence, Kans., Nov. 13. Coach
Jay Bond put the Jayhawks through a
secret practice with the freshmen last
night and the varsity players ripped
through the first-year men more con
sistently than any time this season.
The freshmen used Cornhusker forma
tions but could not make any head
way. Heretofore the freshmen went
through the varsity line when they
worked out formations of another
team the first time.
Every player on the Jayhawker
eleven is determined to down the
husky, haughty and boastful Cornhusk
er aggregation. Hopes for a Kansas
victory are becoming greater every
day, as the Jayhawker machine rounds
into better condition. The fact that
Captain Swede Neilson said the team
has been in a slump the last couple
of weeks, despite the Jayhawker vic
tories, is sufficient to convince the
Jayhawker rooters of a favorable out
come of the clash here Saturday.
" Will Spring Surprise
An entire set of new formations and
plays will be sprung on the Cornhusk
ers. Coach Jay Bond has been drill
ing the team in the use of special
plays since he took over the coaching
nosition from Coach Beau Olcott. The
rest of the week will be spent in per
fecting the new formations.
Practically all the outstanding play
ers of the Kansas team will feature in
the new plays. Tom Pringle, who is
considered one of the best ground
gainers on the team and who went
through the Illini line, is expected to
play one of the hardest parts. Cap
tain Swede Nielson, Frank Mandeviile
and Stejn Foster will also play im
portant parts, along with Arthur Lom
berg and Scrubby Laslett, Kansas star
ends.
The Jayhawkers will also be pre
pared for any sort of Cornhusker at
tack. The great showing of the Jay
hawkers in breaking up the Sooner
aerial attack last Saturday proved the
strength of the Jayhawker defense in
this sort of an attack. The strength
of the Jayhawker line was brought out
in the Ames and Kansas Aggie
! clashes.
The Cornhuskers have excellent in
terference and have made most of
their yardage on end runs, but they
are going to run up against a stum;,
when they hit the Jayhawker ends.
Nettles, left tackle, will be depended
upon to break up the Cornhusker in
terference and bring down the runner.
In every game this season Nettles has
featured for his brilliant tackling abil
itv. He is one of the fastest men on
the team and is practically certain
to break through the opponent's line.
CONVOCATION
.Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond, director of
... ., r. rn Ital at 11
inUSIC, Will give u "if,"" --
o'clock convocation in Memorial hall
this morning. The audience will sing
these songs.
The program
Prelude B flat Minor
I n t prill eZZO
. .Bach
Rogers
r-v.an ra-
Marche Funebre et Chant .era
Guilmant
phique
Allegretto
Lesson
Supporters Sure of Victory
Enthusiasm is running high here
and Jayhawker rooters are optimistic
over the outcome of the clash. A big
rally will be held Friday to let off
a little steam, which has been accumu
lating after each Jayhawker victory
this season. The Crimson and Blue
eleven is considered the best that has
held camp on McCook field in years
and the student body is backing the
team to the imit.
Although Kansas humbled Nebraska
last year, the Northerners have a little
edge in the number of games won in
past years. Out of twenty-three games
played since 1892, the Cornhuskers
have won fourteen. The two teams
have clashed every year since 1892
with the exception of the yer.rs of 1904
and 1905. The scores indicate that
the teams have been evenly matched
during the entire time.
Dope also indicates a close, hard
game this year. Both teams are
boasting of the best elevens in years.
It is certain that both teams will give
all they have to win, because upon
the outcome of the clash depends the
valley championship.
Museum Has New Specimens
The Museum has just placed on its
shelves the marine specimens collect
ed by Dean C. C. Engberg while at
Puget Sound during the summer. Mr.
Engberg has over 300 specimens in the
Nebraska state museum and the cases
attract all the visitors and especially
interest the children.
AWGWAN CAMPAIGN
CLOSES THIS AFTERNOON
Remaining Issues and Home
Coming Number for Seventy
five Cents
Today is the last day of the Awgwan
subscription campaign and the last
chance the students have of helping
some girl to win a trip to Kansas. The
campaign will be open until 5 o'clock
today instead of as announced before.
Great rivalry has been apparent
among the co-eds who are work
ing for the prize. The girls who
are active participants in the cam
paign are Dorothy Hippie, Ruth
Wilson. Dorothy Doyle, Marion Hu ra
pes, Francis Whitmore, Fae Breese,
Mary Eastham, Lillian Arndt, Carolyn
Reed, Helen Howe, LaRue Gillern and
Emma Neilson.
The business management of the
Awgwan takes this opportunity to em
phasize the fact that the Awgwan
should be better supported by the
student body of the University. And
further, that this is a good chance to
help some girl win a free trip to the
Kansas-Nebraska football game. The
price of the paper for .the rest of the
year including the Home-coming num
ber is only 75 cents.
The results of the contest will be
announced in tomorrow's paper.
EXPERT PSYCHOLOGISTS TO
TEST MEN FOR SERVICE
Hundreds of psychologists are be
ing drawn by the war department
from the colleges and universities of
the country to test the mental capaci
ties of the men in the army. Every
soldier from the majors to the privates
will be examined by experts no as to
determine the intelligence and ability
of each man. In this way men can
be placed in the department of service
for which they are most talented and
the government will not have the ex
pense of training the mentally de-
ficent.
Colgate Professor Visits
Professor Brigham of Colgate uni
versity visited the geography depart
ment last Saturday. He was taken on
an auto trip to observe the glacial
deposits near Pleasant Dale and the
Loess plains near Milford. He ex
pressed great suprise at the splendid
evidence of glacial invasions seen on
this trip. Professor Brigham is one
of the foremost of American geogra
phers and is the author of many text
books. The Nebraska supplement for
his general geography was written by
Prof. N. A. Bengston.
Last University Girls'
Tea This Afternoon
Dean Amanda Heppner will receive
all University girls, at a tea today
from 4 o'clock until 5:30 o'clock, in
Art hall. The assisting hostesses will
be from the departments of European
history. Mathematics, English Litera
ture and Rhetoric. As this is next
to the last tea of the semester. Dean
Heppner is anxious that there be as
many girls present as possible.
VARSITY ELEVEN HAS LONG
SCRIMMAGE WITH FRESHEN
Every Ounce of Strength Need
ed Saturday
MUST HUMBLE JAYHAWKS
Kansas Has Shown Remarkable
Strength in Recent Games and
Hard Battle Is Expected
Dwight P. Thomas
If Kansas has as much luck going
through the Cornhusker line and
around the ends, as the Freshmen
eleven, with Assistant Coach Frank
at the helm, had last evening things
will look black for Nebraska next Sat
urday. The yearlings advanced the
ball almost at will, using Kansas for
mation, and scored several times from
the twenty-yard line.
On the offense the varsity pushed
the ball up the field with compara
tive ease, but as they approached
the Freshmen goal progress became
harder and harder until they were
finally held several times and forced
to use ten downs to push the ball
the final fifteen yards.
Captain Shaw was missing from the
lineup in" yesterday's scrimmage, but
will probably be back before Saturday.
Rlddell has been holding down his
regular place at right end during the
week and is expected to do a few
things in the game Saturday. Ted
has played a total of about five min
utes of football this year, his last,
and declares that he will put as much
into the coming two games as he usu
ally has into a whole season if he
can play both of them.
Men in Good Condition
Physically the team is In better
shape than it has been prior to any
game this season. The men are, how
ever, becoming confident to an alarm
ing degree that they can win from the
Jayhawks. The coach Is fighting hard
to keep the spirit that was in the
squad last year from cropping out
again. It will, of course be unnces
sary, to warn the men who were on
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Y. M. C. A. WAR WORK
Robert Lansing
"At this time when the Na
tional War Work Council of the
American Y. M. C. A. is about
to appeal for funds to expand
its work, I feel that I should re
cord my sincere hope that the
campaign may meet with a gen
erous response from the Ameri
can people, since the money to
be raised is to be employed in
safeguarding the excellent mor
ale of our soldiers and sailors,
who are giving so much to the
Republic. To preserve the mor
ale of the armed forces of a na
tion is essential, to success, if
we accept Napoleon's declara
tion that morale is to all other
factors in war as three to one.
"But beyond the national serv
ice which is to be made possible
by the collection of adequate
funds, I desire to express my
hearty approval of your plan to
serve as well the forces of
France, Italy and Russia. This
plan of work among our brother-in-arms
will manifest to the gov
ernments, as well as to the Indi
viduals who are benefited, the
broad spirit of fraternity that in
spires the people of this coun
try. "I have seen with Increasing
admiration the excellent work
already done by you among the
millions of prisoners, who physi
cally and mentally have benefit
ed by your efficient service, and
I am convinced that in this
splendid ministry you are lay
ing down foundations which
will render more easy the re
building of the International
structure which, shattered by
this dreadful conflict, must be
raised again upon the principle
of righteousness, humanity, and
universal brotherhood the very
cornerstones of our Christian
civilization.
"For the success of your pres
ent efforts to obtain sufficient
means to render so great a serv
ice to your country and to the
world you have my earnest
wishes.
"Very sincerely yours.
Signed) "Robert Lansing."
