The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVII, NO. 70.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1917.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FRESHMEN TOSSERS
TRIM VARSITY
Avenge Wednesday's Practice
Drubbing Last Evening
PROSPECTS LOOKING UP
Hopes for Championship Team Slim,
But a Fighting Gang
Assured
The last basketball practice bororo
tho holidays was hold yesterday, with
the varsity showing little improve
ment, while tho freshmen avenged
themselves for Wednesday night's
drubbing by coming back In great
form and playing rings around tho
regulars. The workout was light, and
only lasted about an hour.
. After the men get back from the
holiday vacation, practice will be
started In earnest. The team will be
initiated into tho mysteries of tho
finer points of the game and will be
given their first plays to work on.
Rooters hope that this kind of in
struction will remedy the faults that
have been so glaring In scrimmage,
and will get tho team to working to
gether in a more scientific manner.
Until then this year's team will be
an almost unknown quantity. While
it is not reasonable to expect a team
that will ,-win valley honors, it is
still within tho bounds of possibility
that Coach Stewart can turn out a
five that will show Nebraska is still
on tho basketball map.
The men used on the varsity yes
terday afternoon were JacI:son,
Thomas and Gerhart, forwards, Hub
ka, center, and Adkins and Stromer,
guards. Of these, Jackson is probably
the only man who has a place on the
regular team cinched. More men are
expected out after tho vacation, and
there will doubtless be some hard
fights for regular berths.
The freshmen still continue to put
up real exhibitions of basketball, and
make no little trouble for the varsity.
The first year men will go to Crete
on January 4 to play Doane Academy
for the first game on their schedule.
After this game, they will have a
well-filled schedule with high schools
and academies and with the freshman
teams from other schools.
LAW DEBATERS MEET
KANSAS CITY TONIGHT
Jeffrey, Schaberg and Young
Will.Uphold Government Own
ership of Merchant Marines
The debaters representing the Uni
versity of Nebraska college of law
will appear on the platform tonight
in a debate against the Kansas City
college of law, on the question "Shall
the United States Government Own
and Control During and After the
War the Merchant Marines Now in
Construction."
The Nebraska representatives left
last night for the metropolis where
the contest will bo held. Everything
has been favorable for the men so
far, and although no word had been
received concerning the judges of the
debate late last night, the coach, Dr.
Maxey, expressed opinion that the
management would provide the best
referees available.
The members of the team have been
working hard ever since" they wore
chosen to represent the college of law
in the preliminaries held a week at.o
last Monday. They have been pre
paring their arguments under the
direction of the coach, Dr. Edwin
Maxey, and have been ablo to gain
information through his aid that will
furnish some Btrong competition for
the Kansas City opponents.
The men that will defend Nebras
ka's side of the argument are Earl
Jeffrey, '18, Elmore Schaberg, law
'20, and J. G. Young, law '20. All
have had previous experience on the
platform. Jeffreys was a member of
the junior team last year; Young
chosen a member of the varsity
last season, and Schaberg won honors
In a number of debates In which he
represented Wealeyan "University last
year.
Kansas City has not allowed m,uch
concerning her team to escape from
helr camp, but the few reports reach
ing here go to indicate that a hard
fight may bo expected tonight Dr.
Maxey has primed the Nebraska de
baters, however, with every conceiv
able argumont and expresses confi
dence, that they will bo able to gain
a doclslyo victory over the Missouri
representatives in tonight's forensic
battle.
Will Give Address
Dr. ,G. W. A. Luckey, dean of tho
graduate school of education, has
heqn 'asked to address tho western
association of college teachers In edu
cation on "The Place of tho History
of Education in the Training of a
Teacher," at the meeting in Omaha
December 28 and 29.
Speaks on Carburation
of Low-Grade Fuels
'. ' : i .
, Mr. It. Clark of tho Bennett Carbu
rato'r Company of Minneapolis, spoke
before the .general engineering so
ciety Tuesday evening on tho subject
of carburation of low grade fuels. The
lecture dealt mainly mith the carbu
ration in four-cylinder vertical tractor
machines. Mr. Clark, who is an ox
pert on carburation, answered many
questions concerning the carburators
ur TOtsb for fou
For its readers The Daily Nebraskan wishes a happy,
hopeful Christmas and a New Year of good cheer.
of 'tractor machines. Mr. Clark also
explained the Bennett Carburator Air
Cleaner for tractor engines. He ex
plained that this contrivance was an
absolute necessity on machines used
in the western part of the country.
A short business meeting followed
it..r-o Tho notion of the board
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of control in purchasing liberty bonds
was approveu ny me socibij.
A large crowd of students and en
gineers in the city attended the meet
ing. Anton H. Jensen, ex-'lS, who en
listed in the Omaha ambulance corps I
last June, and who has been at tamp
Taylor, Louisville, Ky., visited the
University yesterday and bade good
bye to his friends. The expectation
is that his company will be moved
soon.
Nebraska Students Get
Journey Home
As is always the case when the
long-awaited Christmas recess ap
proaches, students in large numbers
Hphmtp.l the official opening
hour, and trains yesterday and early
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this morning carnea many siuucm
passengers and many pieces of stu
dent luggage bound "home for the
holidays."
Classes yesterday afternoon were
remarkably sparse, indicating that
the annual desertion had come. It is
expected that still greater depletion
in the student ranks will be noticeable
Tiiia pvfinintr. however, at C
o'clock, when recess really begins ac
cording to the University caiemuu, ie
when the stampede starts. Train of
ficials on the main roads leading out
t lnnn1n hnva rinnfi SOlUO talking Of
sending special trains westward and
northward, but it is expecieu mm, uc-
In enrollment
cuuau
this winter, only additional cars will
be added to the regular trains to ac
commodate the students.
The shortening or roe reu num
week has had some
effect in hastening the departure of
those who live tar irom umtuiu, iu.
t...in, nrA nntlnus to spend as
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many days as possible with the home
folks. , it
A Chance for Vaccination
mi.. .nnminnAmoiit University au-
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thorltles have made that the institu
a. in m-nvtrin free medical ex-
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aminatlon after the holidays is calcu
lated to encourage sraaenis u un
vote part of their recess to nursing
FIFTEEN PLEDGES
NAMED FOR KOSMET
Club for Promotion of Drama
tic Art Announces New
Members
For tho first time since It was estab
lished tho Kosmot Klub has elected
more than two freshmen to member
ship, according to the list of pledges
announced yesterday. This has been
done, tho president of tho Klub has
announced, because it is realized that
in the next few years most or tho
burden of University activities will
fall upon underclassmen.
Following is a list of tho pledges:
Charles L. Gillilan, '21, Hardy.
Herman G. Schroeder, '21, Lincoln.
Paul A. Dobson, '19, Ulysses.
Elmer H. Schellenberg, "20, John
son. Irving C. Chapin, 20, Lincoln.
Raymond Jobes, '21, Tecumseh.
Galloway Van Decar, '21, York.
Russel Peterson, '20, Aurora.
George H. Harvey, '20, Logan, la.
William I. Titken, 18, Lincoln.
Dave Barrett, '20, Omaha.
Don Pettis, '21, Lincoln.
Lawrence Shaw, '19, Osceola.
Burks Harley, '21, Lincoln.
Lau Junge, 21, Lincoln.
The Klub has made a radical de
parture in its policy also in regard
to the size of the Klub, and during
the war it has been increased from
fifteen to twenty.
Edson Shaw has been elected pres
ident of the Klub for the year in place
of Norman B. Curtis, ex-'19, who was
elected to tho position last spring,
but who is now in France. John C.
Wright is the new vice-president;
Roscoe B. Rhodes is secretary, and
Walter Johnson, treasurer.
Because of the war the Klub will
Early Start On
for Christmas Holidays
a sore left arm. The smallpox epi
demic, though under partial control, is
bv no means completely checked, and
this provision, it is hoped, will have
a salutary effect.
One feature of the 191S recess
which distinguishes it from previous
ones is that a relatively large number
of students will remain in Lincoln.
Some plan to help with the Red Cross
drive for the rest of this week, and
next week if it is continued. Others
will devote their time to making up
back work, and not a few will secure
employment to earn money for war
relief.
While the action of the University
senate in cutting the holiday vaca
tion from two weeks to one has met
with little grumbling anions students,
the fact that they are expected to be
in Lincoln New Year's day has caused
some hardships. Those especially
who live- far away regret the fact
that they will be unable to spend the
additional day it would give them at
home, while others profess a religious
aversion to going to college on a legal
hnHrinv of such importance. It I? ex
pected, however, that the first day of
the year will find almost an oi ae
Pomhuskers back ready for the hard
est and tho most exciting semester of
their college life.
The staff of Tho Daily Nebraskan
will spend the full vacation time, and
today's Issue will be the last lor tne
year of 1917. The next paper will be
published Tuesday morning, Janu
ary 1.
not givo its annual. muBlcal comedy
this winter, but an entortalnmont of
some kind may bo given in Its plnco.
Special Course for Farmers
The school of ngrlcultnro has ar
ranged to hold a special course for
farmera from January 21 to February
18. It will be especially for tho men
and farm boys who are ablo to get
away from the farm for only a few
weeks at a time. Practically overy
department at the state farm will of
fer special courses which can, bo given
to good advantage during tho four
weeks' period.
Hartman Writes of
Former Nebraskans
A letter to The Nebraskan from L. C.
"Jack" Hartman, ex-'19, now a mem
ber of the staff of t,he Alliance, Neb.,
Herald and formerly on tho varsity
basketball squad, contains some in
teresting nuws of former Nebraskans.
"Harold Jake Schwab," writes Hart
man, "has been employed at Bayard,
near Alliance, In the lumber business.
Jake couldn't stand the pressure and
last Wednesday came to Alliance and
enlisted in the aviation corps. He
says that some of his old Fort Snelling
cronies would now have an opportunity
to make him do tho dirty work, inas
much as he was a rookie and they
full fledged officers. He also said
that he had no illusions in regard to
army life and expected to take quite
a few hard knocks.
"Mike Selzer has been at Scotts
bluff all fall. He enlisted in the avia
tion corps last summer and hasn't been
called as yet.
"Jack Elliott and Mrs. Elliott, for
merly Camille Leyda, are located at
Minatare, a town about four miles from
Alliance. Jack is learning the bank
ing business in one of the local banks
there.
"Bill Nelson is filling prescriptions
In a drug store at Bayard.
"Ex-Unversity Politician Perc Spen
cer is secretary of the commercial club
at Lander, Wyo., also mixing a little
in the real estate game and oil stock
brokerage.
"Most of these men are yet well
known at the University as all were
quite active in college affairs. This
country is fast losing its young men
as over'140 fellows have enlisted from
these two counties, Box Butte and
SherMan."
University Professors Head
Americanization Committee
An Americanization committee of
which Prof, H. H. Wilson of the col
lege of law was elected chairman and
Prof. M. M. Fogg, of the department
of rhetoric, was elected vice-chairman,
which was recently appointed by the
Lincoln Commercial club, met yester
day. The twenty-one members in
cludes ex-Governor C. H. Aldrich, ex
Senator E. J. Burkett, Chief Justice
A. M. Morrisey, and Judges C. B. Let
ton, C. B. Rose, A. J. Cornish and S.
H. Sedgwick of the supreme court,
and ex-Congressman E. J. Hainer.
"The purpose of the Americaniza
tion committee," the club announces,
"will be to report such methods as in
its judgment will tend to bring into
sympathetic and mutually helpful re
lationship the commonwealth and its
residents of foreign origin, to stimu
late the acquirement oi! the English
language to develop their understand
ing of American government, institu
tions and ideals and generally to pro
mote their assimilation and naturalization."
BOARD MEETS ON
CORNHOSKER TODAY
Will Give Consideration to Stu
dent Wishes for Yearbook
MAJORITY FAVOR ANNUAL
Interfraternlty and Pan Hellenic. Rep
resentatives Report Societies Want
Reduced but Representative Book
A meeting of tho student publication
board has been called for noon today
by Dean O. V. P. Stout, chairman, in
response to tho request made by tho
student members of tho board Wednes
day. The purpose of the meeting is
to discuss the character of tho Corn
husker for 1917-18.
At a previous meeting of the board
it was decided by the faculty mem
bers to have a "War Cornhusker" this
year, instead of the usual yearbook.
Such a book would contain no material
from the campus and would in no way
represent student life. As outlined
the book has not met with tho wishes
of the students. Representatives of
the Pan-Hellenic council yesterday de
cided in favor of "a real Cornhusker,"
somewhat of tho nature of the annuals
recently published, reduced and modi
fied ,and containing a Bpeclal edition
devoted to Nebraska men' who are in
the service.
The Interfraternlty council also met
yesterday morning and expressed it
self strongly for a yearbook rather
than the proposed make-shift. The
representatives took the attitude that
the book could easily be reduced in
size and offered to cut down on the
fraternity section. They were in fa
vor of an honor roll as a feature of the
annual.
All presidents of organizations are
requested to be present at the meeting
at noon, in U-207, in order that a fair
discussion may be held to ascertain
what kind of a yearbook tho students
want and will support.
Miss Florence Dunn, home econom
ics, '16, has been chosen as the emer
gency home demonstration agent in
Saunders county.
TRACK MEN TO HOLD
FIRST MEETING TODAY
Will Discuss Season's Plans in
Coach's Office at 11
O'clock
All prospective candidates for this
year's track team are urged to be out
to a meeting to bo held today at 11
o'clock in Dr. Stewart's office. This
call is meant for everyone, whether
members of last year's squan, men
with no experience, or freshman as
pirants for track honors.
The meeting this morning will be
very important, because plans for the
saeson will be discussed, and arrange
ments will be made for practice hours.
The team has few men from last year's
squad, and it is hoped that there will
bo a large number of candidates out,
ready to begin practice In earnest as
soon as the holidays are over.
Patriotic League to
Give War Dinner
Officers of the Faculty Patriotic
league announce plans for a war din
ner to be given for the faculty divi
sion of the league in the Temple Fri
day evening, January 4, at 6:15
o'clock. The dinner will be followed
by a war time program and discus
sions of interest concerning national
and local problems connected with, tho
present struggle. The announcement
is made by Prof. J. E. LeRossignal
and Prof. F. W. Sanford, who are in
charge of the dinner.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
Chancellor and Mrs. Avery
wish to express in this way to
their friends all good wishes for
the coming holiday season.
More formal greetings and ex
pressions of good-will will not
be sent In war times.