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Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVII, NO. 50.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HARD ROAD AHEAD OF
VALLEY CHAMPIONS
Dope Indicates Syracuse Battle
Hardest of Season
EASTERNERSMAKE RECORD
Fioures Show New Yorker. Are Rated
Above Tufts, Dartmouth, Michigan
and Probably Pennsylvania
With the final game and the great
est battle of the season before them,
the Cornhuskers took the field yester
day for the first of a series of work
outs that will point them for the Syra
cuse game on Thanksgiving day. The
p-eat record made by the big Orange
eleven during the year has left no
doubt in any Cornhusker's mind but
that when the New Yorkers and Ne
braska meet on Turkey day. there
will be one big battle from start to
finish.
Practically every man on the squai
was out for the workout yesterday,
though most of them were nursing In
juries of a more or less serious nature.
A few of the veterans who have been
working hard during the season were
given a vacation of one day, but all
will be expected to be on the field this
afternoon for the first scrimmage of
the week.
Hubka, whose natural position ap
peared to be at fullback, by the way
he went through the Kansas line Sat
urday, came out of the game with
hardly a scratch. Day, Dobson, Wil
der and Cook came through in about
the same way. All the rest received
jolts that have bothered them some
since Saturday. It was rumored
around the football camp yesterday
that Riddell, who has been followed
by the hardest kind of hard luck all
year, will not be in the Syracuse game.
The knee which has gone back on him
three times during the season, will
probably not be well enough to allow
him ti get Into the battle.
Coach Takes No Chances
. Coach Stewart is preparing to get
his men ready for any sort and all
sorts of attacks from the New York
team. Press dispatches from the east
ern camp indicate that the Orange
eleven plays a smashing game from
the first whistle, and attempts in this
way to ear down the opposing team
in the rt quarter and then walk over
them during the rest of the battle.
In Brown, Kinsterwald and Malone
the New Yorkers have a trio that
has been tearing holes in all the
eastern line they have been playing
against. Meehan, quarterback, is a
speeder, feared by all opponents and
a dangerous man at all kinds of play
ing.
. In the line the Syracuse bunch have
a number of giants who are noted for
their speed and who have been out
playing all the forwards in the east.
Some of the big teams of the east
have fallen before the Orange men
this year. Pittsburgh has been the
nly team to defeat them and Pitt's
showing in later games has hardly
warranteJ the showing they made
against Syracuse.
(Continued on page four)
PLAN TRINKET FUND TO
HELP IN WAR WORK
Students Asked to Leave Old
Trinkets and Discarded Jew
elry at Y. W. C. A. Booms
A number of University women
nave become interested In the "Treas
ure and Trinket" fund being started in
coln in connection with the local
M tP' A Mra- Haecker and
rB- E. H. Clarke are leading the
"ttvement
The campaign is being undertaken
ll ,vP "liBe the Y- W C
" Ue national hostess house fund.
I? n,m0C or"ization is short about
" J0 of iU original allotment. The
tb. 1 h0BteES hoDBe un Pl"s r
erection of a "Hostess House" in
to IT.1"1"1 aod tralEinK camp,
provide for a social and recreation
Sa,,t,,orttleB- d 18
tioa, vlcorott6ly throughout the na-
it?L'Tl?ll6ure and Trinket". fund
rest ,!1I (lne.,Lad Cerent from the
iV WLr to that doei
Ior cash contribution. It
simply Involves the donnt inn nf oil
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worn out, discarded or broken bets of
Jewelry or gold or silverware that
may be lying about the house, worth
less to their owner, but possessing
real value when collected and sold.
The contributions are sent to the mint
at Washington, where they are melted
down Into silver or gold nuggets, and
the government pays the market price
for them. A large number of contri
butions have already been received
and these show the diversity of arti
cles that are acceptable. In the col
lection are to be found lockets, rings,
cigarette cases, match safes, sterling
silver articles of all kinds, silverware
that has been discarded, and nearly
every kind of Jewelry.
Successful Where Tried
This idea is no fad, but had been
tried and proven a success. It orig
inated in England, where the women
gave nothing but the unused silved
thimbles they had about the houses.
These thimbles alone netter over
$75,000. The sum was used to pur
chase ambulances for use at the front.
The movement in this country was
first taken up in the east where it
proved to be a complete success and
has gradually spread westward until
its adoption here the past week.
Anyone who has any old gold or sil
ver articles that are worthless to
them and who wishes to contribute
them to this cause may leave them
either at the Y. V. C. A., or at the
J. F. Stowe jewelry store, at 1137 O
street.
JOHN I WHITE SPEAKS
AT CONVOCATION TODAY
Well Known Advocate of the
Single Tax Is Making Tour
of the West
John Z. White of Chicago, the noted
advocate for the establishment of the
single tax, well speak at convocation
at 11 o'clock this morning, in Memor
ial hall. Mr. White has had a very
interesting life. For thirty-four years
he worked at the printing irade. Then
he began to make tours speaking on
different economic questions.
Prof. P. H. Grummann, who has
charge of the convocation programs,
has tried to get Mr. White for sev
eral years. Last year Mr. White plan
ned to speak to Nebraska students,
but at the last minute was prevented
from coming. He is making a western
tour at the present time.
The single tax advocates believe
that land should be taxed instead of
the improvements made on land. It
attempts to do away with the "un
earned increment."
BUSINESS WOMEN TO FORM
WAR-WORK ORGANIZATION
Will Back Sale of Thrift Stamps
and Help in the Sale of Next
Liberty Bonds Issued
All the women in the department of
Economics and Commerce will be en
tertained tomorrow evening by Miss
M. T. England at her home at 1350
North 37th street, at 7:30 o'clock.
The purpose of the meeting is to
organize the women into committees
for war work, in preparation for the
next issue of bonds. A war thrift
committee will be chosen to increase
the sale of the war stamps and thrift
stamps which will go on sale Decem
ber 3. These stamps are to be issued
by the government for the purpose of
giving the poor a chance to turn their
savings into the government's use.
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These stamps will sen ior . eacn
and when a person has accumulated
twenty of them, they are filed away
until the end of five years, at which
time they will be redeemed by the gov
ernment for $100. The plan is slmrly
a different form of sale for Liberty
bonds.
LIFE INSURANCE EXPERT TO
SPEAK BEFORE WOMEN'S
INSURANCE CLASS TONIGHT
Mr. L. M. Palmer of the Aetna Lfie
Insurance Company, will address Miss
M. T. England's Tuesday evening
class of women, on the subject of in
surance, this evening.
Mr. N. Z. SneD will speak on Thurs
day morning to the morning section of
the business women's class In insur
NAME STOCK JUDGERS
FOR CHICAGO SHOW
Eight Men Who Will Represent
Nebraska Announced
TEAM WILL LEAVE FRIDAY
Will Make Side Trips to Ames, Pur
due and Illinois Universities
on Way to Meet
The eight men who will comprise
the University of Nebraska stock Judg
ing team at the International Live
Stock exposition in Chicago, beginning
December 2, have been announced by
Prof. H. J. Gramlich of the depart
ment of animal husbandry. The men
are: A. E. Anderson, Carl C. Dale, Earl
Hogue, Chester Grau, D. P. Moulton,
W. F. Roberts, G. B. Snapp. All of the
men except Moulton are seniors.
The team will meet representatives
of all the larger colleges of the United
States and Canada at the annual Chi
cago show. Purdue was the winner
last year.
An extended trip will be made by
the team on the way to the show. The
men will leave Friday afternoon for
Ames, where they will judge Belgians
at the Irwin stock farm. From there
they will go Monday evening to Chi
cago, and Tuesday they will run over
to Wayne. 111., to Judge at the Dunham
stock farm. Purdue University at
Lafayette, Ind., will be the next place
visited. The men will get there Tues
day morning and will judge Purdue
University stock. They will go also to
the Crouch farm. Wednesday the
team will go to Urbana, 111., where
they will judge Thursday and Friday
morning. Friday afternoon they leave
for Chicago for the international judg
ing contest at the Coliseum.
GET INSTRUCTIONS FOR
SECOND TRAINING CAMP
Men who have been selected from
the University for the Officers' Train
states that the training school will be
ordered to report at Fort Riley, Kan
sas, January f. This information was
received Monday at the commandant's
office in a notice from the War depart
ment. The communication further
states tha tthe expenses of the jour
ney to the training school will be
paid by those who go to the camp,
but will be reimbursed at the first
payroll at the rate of three and a half
cents a mile for the trip. Men will
be permitted to provide their own uni
forms before leaving, but this will be
entirely at their own expense, as the
government will not reimburse them
for these.
Co-Eds Show Interest
In Swimming Classes
The girls' swimming classes which
meet Thursday evening and Saturday
mornings at the Lincoln High, have
been very large. Both beginning and
advanced swimming is being taught
by competent teachers. The great de
sire of the girls to learn has been
shown by their large and regular at
tendance to the classes already organ
ized. Arrangements have been made
whereby it will be possible for all girls
to make points in W. A. A. as teams
will be chosen from all the classes.
FUEL CONSERVATION
To the Faculty and Other Em
ployees: In accordance with the request
of the federal government
through Dr. Garfield, fuel com
missioner, efforts will be made
to economize as much as possi
ble in the matter of fuel and
lights at the University. Pro
fessor Bridgman of the College
of Engineering, will assist Su
perintendent Chowina and my
' self in this matter. He will
welcome sugBestions in regard
to possible economies.
It is hoped especially that pro
fessors will plan to do as much
of their work as possible out
side of teaching and business
hours at their , homes in order
that coal for heating purposes
may be saved.
S. AVERY.
War Courses at University
This is probably the most important
announcement that the State Univer
sity will make to the people of the
state this year. For the first time the
institution will hold a special term of
school in the winter. While it will
be especially for the farm boys and
eirls who have remained at home to
help with the crops, everyone will be
welcome. The session will beglnDe
cember 3 and will dismiss early in the
spring before planting operations be
gin. Every student completing the
term will receive credit for one se
mester, or one-halt of an entire year's
work. The College of Agriculture and
the School of Agriculture, as well as
the College of Engineering on the
down-town campus, will offer practi
cally all first-year courses as well as
such other courses as are in demand.
Young men interested in agriculture
who "have completed a four-year high
school course will register in the Col
lege of Agriculture and boys past fif
teen years of age and who have com
pleted the eighth grade will register
In the School of Agriculture. There
will also be general courses offered in
various University departments.
Special preparations are being made
by the School of Agriculture to enlist
scores of young men from the farm
who have remained at home to help
wit hthe crops this winter and who
will find it necessary to leave school
very early in the spring. The special
term of the School of Agriculture will
close early in March and of the Col
lege of Agriculture and other Univer
sity departments early in April.
UNDERCLASSES DECIDE
FOOTBALL HONORS TODAY
Showing of Both Teams Prom
ises Fast Game Play Begins
at 2 O'clock
The freshmen and sophomores will
meet this afternoon in the second bat
tle of the annual interclass series. The
game must be called at 2 o'clock sharp
since the varsity must have the field
at 3 o'clock, whether the game is fin
ished or not.
Those who have been watching the
two teams say that there will be a
real game this afternoon. Both sides
have unearthed some real football ma
terial and have been practicing for
nearly two weeks. The freshmen team
is heavy, and will probably outweigh
their opponents, but the Sophs have
some fast backs, and are expecting to
emerge victorious. The sophomores
are being coached by Lawrence Shaw,
Farley Young and Harold McMahon.
and the freshmen by John Riddell.
In the practice yesterday the sopho
mores worked a series of plays suc
cessfully that will call for real foot
ball on the part of the freshmen aggre
gation. At line plunges the first year
men will be at an advantage with their
unusual amount of beef, but the upper
classmen will be able to offset this
with their more thoroughly developed
tactics combined with a force of men
that are able to develop speed when
the need comes.
The sophomores figure that they are
blessed with a special turn of fortune
in their favor this year. They have
taken the Olympics which is quite con
trary to class custom and chances are
by no means against them in their ef
forts to reverse tbe score of last year
when the freshmen were victors to
13 to 0.
The freshmen see in this game a
chance to in part avenge themselves
for their Olympic defeat of two weeks
ago, and will be out In force to root
for their team.
Saturday afternoon the winners of
this afternoon's game will meet the
Juniors, who defeated the seniors last
Thursday by a score of 19 to 0. The
winners in this final game will be
awarded sweaters by the members of
their class.
Y. W. C. A. to Hold Bazaar
to Furnish Temple Rooms
The University Y. W. C. A- will hold
a bazaar on December tbe 15th at
Miller L Paine's for the purpose of
raising money to buy new furnishings
for the Y. W. C. A. room in the Tem
ple building. Every Y. W. girl in the
University will contribute some
inexpensive article for this bazaar and
a large number of postcard! have
been sent out to Y. W. C. A- alumnae
asking them to contribute to it.' The
committee in charge is not asking for
expensive gifts, bavins; decided that
15 and 25 cent articles . sell .best.
Everything must be In. Miss Drake's
oce sot later than December 8.
WAR TAX HITS
PARTIES AND PLAYS
Activities' Agent Advised They
Must Be Taxed
FOOTBALL 1T0 BE EXEMPT
Red Cross Qlause Protects It Past
Parties After November 1
Taxed
Admissions to all University social
activities, such as dances, plays and
parties given after November 1, 1917.
will be subject to the ten per cent
war tax as well as public dances, the
atres and amusements generally ac
cording to a letter received Saturday
by T. A. Williams, agent of student
activities, from the internal revenue
office at Omaha. Football admissions
will be expemted from the tax at Ne
braska because all profits are being
given to Red Cross.
The office or student activities will
attend to the collecting of the tar on
all dances handled through that office.
The regulations of the revenue depart
ment state that an account must be
kept of each and all such activities
that come under the tax. In the case
of dances the war tax must be col-
i lected at the rate of one cent on each
ten cents or fraction thereof charged
either for the admission to the hall or
for the privilege of participating in the
dance, and at the end of the month
a verified return must be made to the
collector's office showing the different
entertainments at which such a fee
has been charged, the rate of admis
sion and a draft or money order for
the tax due.
The letter follows:
Treasury Department.
Internal Revenue Office.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 16, 1917.
Mr. TI A. Williams, Agent Student
Activities, University of Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb.
Dear Sir.
. I acknowledge receipt of yours of
the 14th inst, in which you ask "what
are the provisions for taxing dances
at which admission is charged, and
others, according to the new law."
You are advised that tbe holding of
the Revenue department now is that
admission to such dances are subject
to tax the same as to public dances,
theatres, and amusements generally.
In answer to a recent letter from
this office, especially with reference
to college activities, the Commission
er, under date of the 12th inst., writes:
"You are advised that the disposi
tion of the funds, unless it can be con
clusively shown that all of the pro
ceeds inure exclusively to the benefit
of the college itself, and the further
fact that there is a deficit at the end
of the year, is immaterial in determin
ing the liability for the tax. Your at
tention is called to the fact that the
tax paid by the public on the admis
sion charged is in no sense a tax on
the college Itself. College football
games do not come under the exemp
tion mentioned in the statute unless
it be specifically shown that all the
proceeds are used only for the benefit
of an educational institution and the
burden of proof is on the management
of the football game.
(Continued on page four)
ART CLUB TO HOLD
BOHEMIAN FETE
Plan Novel Program and Vaud
eville Acts Profits to
French Orphans
One of the most novel entertain
ments of the school year will be given
by the Art club Saturday evealng at
tbe Bohemian fete which will begin
promptly at 8:30 o'clock in Art halL
The program, which will last for one
and a half hours, will consist of an
original playlet, Such Luck." several
vaudeville acts, including some orig
inal dancing. Tbe proceeds will go to
tbe support of tbe French orphan
adopted by the club.
Special costumes are being designed
by members cf tbe club for the stunts.
Original postcards and posters will be
sold at the close of the evening.
At about 10 o'clock dancing will be
gin. Special music has been secured.
Refreshments will be served from
booths around the halL Just what
these w IU be has not been announced,
but the committee has promised some
thing novel and artistic
Leland White. U. Melrta Van Den
barb. 2L and Rata Sprague, 2L have
the leading parts In the short play.
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