The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVII, NO. 71.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. TUESDAY. JANUARY 1. 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
niM VACCINATION
CAOSB OF DEATH
Dr. Lyman Issues Statement on
Death of Mabelle Vernier, '20
FALSE REPORT IN PRESS
goth Phylclana Attendlna Co-Ed
Quoted ao Attrlbutl.no Death, to
Blood Poisoning .
The statement in Lincoln papers
that Mabelle Venner, '20, of Eagle,
0 died at a local hospital Sunday
morning, lost her life as an indirect
result of vaccination has boon strenu
ott3ly denied by University authori
ties, and by Dr. F. L. Wilmeth of
Lincoln and Dr. W. O. Bridges of
Omaha, the physicians' attending Miss
Venner. In, a statement to The Ne
braskan .Dr. R. A. Lyman, of the col
lege of pharmacy, in charge of the
recent vaccination in the University,
declares that both doctors give blood
poisoning as the cause of death and
that they found no evidence whatever
to Indicate that the infection had any
connection with her vaccination.
Miss Venner was vaccinated at her
home in Eagle during Thanksgiving
recess. When taken ill at Christmas
time her wound was practically
healed.
Dr. Wilmeth, the Lincoln physician
attending Miss Venner, was credited
In one Lincoln paper as having said
that Miss Venner died from secondary
infection following vaccination. Ac
cording to Dr. Lyman, Dr. Wilmeth
gives blood poisoning as the cause
of death and authorizes his name in
connection with the statement to that
effect. Tho same paper, refers to the
order for vaccination given by Uni
versity authorities as compulsory. Of
ficers of tho institution have pointed
out the falsity of this statement. Tho
order urged vaccination in order to
prevent the Bpread of the smallpox
epjdemic, and required that all those
rmnected with tho University be
either vaccinated or examined daily.
The ruling was in no way compulsory,
University officials point out, arrfl re
quired no one who had scruples
against vaccination to take tho treat
ment. MIbb Venner was a member of Alpha
Chi Omega sorority and was one of
the most popular co-eds in the sopho
more class. She received her grade
school education in Lincoln, and at
tended the Temple high school, con
nected with the University, before
matriculating.
Dr. Lyman's statement follows:
"To The Daily Nebraskan:
"The statement with reference to
the death of Miss Mabelle Venner as
it appeared in the daily papers of a
few days ago was misleading. I have
taken the matter up with Dr. P. L.
Wilmeth of this city who attended her
at the time of her death and also
with Dr. W. O. Bridges of Omaha who
was called in consultation upon the
case. Both of these physicians have
stated to mo personally that Miss
Venner died of a general septicemia,
commonly known as blood poisoning
and that there was no evidence what
ever that the infection which resulted
in her death, had any connection with
the vaccination. Furthermore- the
above named physicians .have author
ized mo to use their names in con
nection with this statement in the
dally papers.
"Dlt. RUFUS A. LVMAN."
PROFESSOR GRANT TO
DISCUSS ART EXHIBIT
To Explain Illustrative Pictures
at Convocation in Memorial
Hall at 11 O'dlock Today
Professor Blanche C. Grant will dis
cuss the annual January art exhibi
tion now in the art gallery at 11
o'clock Convocation this morning in
Memorial hall. Professor Grant will
nave several illustrative pictures in
Memorial hall this morning from the
exhibition.
Ninety-two nictures all extremely in
teresting make up the collection. Fifty
of tho pictures wera collected by Mrs,
Melville Johnson, the chief art lec
turer at tho Panama exhibition. Some
of the members of the Art association,
who have seen the exhibition year
after year, say that it Is the best ono
"lat has ever been here.
The stronsrest individual picture
and Urn one which is noticed the first
by most since it directly facea tho
door, is tho large painting "La.
Pareeso," by Lawton Parker.
Among the most striking pictures
used as the centers of their rospectlvo
walls are "La Paresso," "Tho Irri
discern Pool," by William Ritscholl,
"Youth," by Gardner Symous, who
painted "Winter Glow," which was
here laBt ' year, and Honeycomb of
Light," by Jonas Lie, a large picture
of Now York's lighted skyline in the
latter part of the afternoon. T. Luis
Mora has a picture "Tho Fortune Tel
ler," which is a very unusual ono only
appoallng to a few people.
The 38 pictures on the east wall
are all by Jonas Lie; most of them
were painted at time of the .building
of the Panama Canal and represent
the huge cuts, cranes and locks used
in the construction. One especially
Is interesting, "Heavenly Hosts,"
showing the cranes in action.
There are pictures by Prof. Blanche
Grant, Mrs. Dean It. Leland and Mrs.
Edminston.
Tho gallery opens to the public at
1 o'clock Tuesday and remains open
a month. The proceeds will go to
the Red Cross. There will be a stock
holders' and contributing members'
reception at 8 o'clock Tuesday and
Dr. G. W. Lowrey will give an address
Tuesday evening. Single admission
for University students twenty-five
cents and season tickets fifty cents.
ATHLETICS TO CONTINUE
AS WAR MEASURE
National Collegiate Athletic As
sociation Makes Decision
During Holidays .
ll.llnnn ntVllatfoct will TlOfc be abol-
UUUOBU h.vvm ' '
ished but rather encouraged as a war
....- ...no tVm ilonlnlnn reached bv
IIlUUoUlU nut) 1.1 n i
the National Collegiate Association at
.... 11.- 1 1M
a meeting heiu uuring me nouuuyt m
t irl. All lnmHnp- nthlfitlfi in-
IN U W Xtlin. . ii.v."r
stitutions from over- the country were
represented at this meeting. Dr. E. J.
Stewart was the University of Ne
braska representative.
There has ot lato been mucu criti
cism of the schools for continuing
.i.intis, o.MvJMs nnd it was thought
that there would be a hard fight on
in tho meeting. All opposition was
silenced, however, when letters were
produced from both Secretary Daniels
and Secretary Baker, urging the con
tinuance of atnietics on an
, .i ! iun hnrfifnfore. It WRS
UrUUUCI nwo ""
nointed out that college athletics had
done more tnan any oinur ui
to develop the kind of men needed
by the government now. It was urged
that intra-murai spuria uc vutvw
in particular, and that all students be
Induced to take some part intheso
sports. On the other hand, it is de-
(Continued to rage awu,
University of
The Honor Roll today contains th
Anyone knowing of men who are
.: . ... ...iu mirr Ann s C
eave tneir names ---
the year in the University at the time
Martin, L.. 355th Infantry, Camp
Funston, Kan.
Martin, Oliver H.. sergeant, K com
pany, 5th Nebraska Infantry.
Maryoii, ucium
312 Supply Train, Camp Pike, Ark.
Mason, Jonn uiemi, mot .
505th Engineers, Camp Lee, Va.
Matheson, Earl, second Training
Camp, Fort Snelling. Minn.
Mathews, C. I., in wirless service,
address Is wanted. Ootorv 9
Mathews, Robert JamM, Battery 2,
second R. O. T. C, Fort Snelling, Minn.
Matousek, A., in" Quartermasters Re
serve, address is wanted.
Mead, John Frank, lieutenant, In
fantry, address is wanted.
Ser, Nathaniel H., Aviation Con
centration camp, Garden City, U I..
Veisinger, Leroy. Headquarters De
partment, 5th Nebraska Infantry.
Camp Cody, Deming. N. M.
Melcer. Jos. K., corporal. 355th In
fantry, Headquarters company, Camp
Funston, Kan.
Melvin, Carl Gustaf, U. S. N. A., G
company, 355th Infantry. Camp Funs-
S, Geo., Camp Boone, Great
LMeeanelee, Frederick N., captain U
S R., Ordnance department, Old Land
Office building, Washington, D. U
Mengel, Carl W.. 306th Regiment
Engineers. National Army, Camp Jack
son, Columbia, S. C.
Merchant. T. O.. Supply company.
134th U. S. Infantry. Camp Cody, Dom-
iam, BenJ. F., second lieuten-
NEW YEAR'S EVE
QUIET FOR STUDENTS
General Ruling Bars University
Watch-Night Celebrations
MANY AT THEATRE PARTIES
Work to be In Full Swing Today A
Number of. Students Re
turned Late.
University students saw the old
year out and the new year in last
night with the least demonstration in
many a year. Many indulged in no
celebration whatever, truBted Father
Time to complete the change without
their aid and finished up the year
with a few hours of French or Span
ish. No University parties were permitted
after 8:30 o'clock, under the general
University ruling and those students
who desired to celebrate enjoyed mid
night matinees at the theatres or
danced from one year to the other.
Some organizations held meetings
early in the evening witn year-ena
nrocrams and then adjourned at 8:30
o'clock, the individual members either
to call it good or seek further amuse
ment. Nearly all of the churches held
services and students celebrated with
the Young People's societies.
Practically every class was held
yesterday according to schedule and
work will be in full swing on e first
day of the year for the first time
within the memory of most of those
connected with the UniversityL A
number of students returned late yes
terday afternoon feeling that they
must make the week's vacation as
long as possible. One professor, how
ever, reported that in five classes
which he had during the day not a
member of the class was absent.
With only threo. weeks el school left
before the final examinations near
delinquents and Phi Beta Kappa aspir
ants are all getting down to work
with grim determination for a period
of grinding, and prospects are that
New Year's resolutions will be kept
for a record length of time this year.
College Anthology Asks
for Students' Poetrv
The colfege anthology has sent out
I - i ..Mm. nil af nrlnnf a who
write poetry to send in their best
work for possible inclusion in the
1917-1918 Anthology. All poems should
be substituted not later than March
5, 191S.
The College Anthology is a publica
tion of noetrv written by college stu-
I dents, issued in the spring of every
Nebraska's Roll of Honor
rmninlna "M" names which are on
not listed here on of whom the University has had no previous record will
haikln, alumni secretary. Be sure to
of the persons withdrawal.
ant, Aviation Section Signal Reserve
corps, Camp Kelly, Kan Aniuiuu,
TcxuSt
Metcalfe, Theodore, commissioned in
Sixth Nebraska Regiment, Division In
structor, lieutenant, Camp Cody, Dem
ing, N. M.
Metz, Ivanhoe Kriebel private, Com
pany 41, U. S. Marine corps, Paris
Island, S. C.
Meyer Carl Augustus, lieutenant,
Medical Division, address is wanted.
Milby, Geo. A., second lieutenant,
firsWR. O. T. C, Fort Snelling, Minn.
Miller Chris J., Naval Aviation De
tachment, care Goodyear, Akron, Ohio.
Miller, Donald Walters, Ambulance
driver in Field service S. S. U. 30,
Convois Automobiles, par B. C. M.,
U. S. Government Army, Paris, France.
Miller, Harold P., first lieutenant,
Signal Corps American Expeditionary
forces France.
Miller, John W., U. S. Naval Train
ing station, HospUal school, Company
6, San Francisco, Cal.
Miller, R. B., B company, Headquar
ters Train and Military Police, Camp
Cody, Deming, N. M.
Mizera, Frank, Fort Snelling, Minn.
Moates, Guy Hort, P. F. C, Fort
Logan, Colo.
Mohrman, Chas. IL, L company, sec
ond R. O. T. C., Fort Snelling, Minn.
Monbeck, Roy R., second lieutenant,
Engineers, U. S. R., Camp Custer, Kal
amazoo, Mich.
Montgomery, Wayne Ashton, second
lieutenant, 8th Field Artillery, U. S. A.,
Fort Sill, Okla.'
Montgomery, Willard Scott, Coast
year. Poems ore received from any
student attending college anywhere
in the country. All students having
any talent at writing poetry are urged
by the editorial department of the
Anthology, to Bend in their best work.
All poetry should be sent to the
following address.
Mr. Henry T. Schnittkind, Ph. D.,
editorial department, the Stafford
company, publishers, 32 Oliver street,
Boston, Mass.
8PECIAL WINTER COURSE AT
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
Forty dollars Is the estimated cost
of taking a special course, including
all expenses, at the School of Agri
culture this winter. From January 21
to February 18 special courses In
nearly all agricultural subjects will be
given. This four weeks' term will bo
especially for men, and boys over
fifteen, who are able to get away
from the farm for only a month at
a time. Among the many subjects
to be taken up will be rural archi
tecture, beef cattle Judging, animal
pathology, all branches of dairying,
entomology, farm management in all
phases, plant pathology, poultry rais
ing, and Nebraska soil conditions.
Further information may be secured
by addressing the Principal, School of
Agriculture, University Farm, Lincoln,
Neb.
PROF. 0. J. FERGUSON HEADS
ENGINEERING COLLEGE
Former Dean, Major O. V. P.
Stout, Enters Active
Military Service
Professor O. J. Ferguson, of the
Electrical Engineering department of
the University, has been made acting
Dean of the Engineering College, be
cause of the entrance of Dean O. V. P.
Stout Into the active service of the
army. Major Stout will be stationed
at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia,
after January 5, 1918.
The new acting Dean is a graduate
of the University of Nebraska of. the
cIubs of 1903. Ho received his mas
ters degree in electrical engineering
at Union College in 1909. Until the
autumn of 1912, Professor Ferguson
was engaged in commercial electrical
work, when he came to the University
as head professor of electrical en
gineering. Professor Ferguson is a member of
the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers, and of the Sigma XI scien
tific fraternity. Ho has written text
books on electrical neglneoring and
electricity, that are used in many
schools of the country.
The withdrawal of Dean Stout leaves
several vacancies in University com
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file at the alumni office.
give ine complete name, aaaress ana
Artillery, Camp Joseph E. Johnson,
Jacksonville, Florida.
Moore, Eugene, U. S. S. Oklahoma,
care postmaster, New York, N. Y.
Moore, Milan S., captain, 5th Ne
braska Infantry, L company, 134th U.
S. Infantry, Camp Cody, Deming, N. M.
Moore, Roy W., D company, 112th
Engineers, 37th Division, Camp Sheri
dan, Montgomery, Ala.
Morehouse, Nye Franklin, captain,
Infantry.
Morris, Lafayette Irwin, lieutenant,
U. S. A., Europe.
Morris, Thurston J., lieutenant and
adjutant, 5 th Battalion, 163rd Depot
Brigade, Camp Dodge, Des Moines, la.
Mortenson, Crawford, Quartermas
ters Corps, Camp Dodge, Des Moines,
la.
Moser. Ellsworth, provisional second
lieutenant, 36th Infantry, Regular
Army, first R. O. T. C, Fort Snelling,
Minn.
Moser, Reuben Allyn, first lieutenant,
Medical Reserve Special T. B. Work,
Fort Beaureguard, Alexandria, La.
Mulac, Jaro, Medical department,
American Expeditionary forces, 8th
Medical Supply Department, D. C. M.,
Paris, France.
Munger, Arbor Day, Company 1, M.
O. I. C. Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.
Munson, C. S.. Brigade Headquar
ters, Division '88, Camp Dodge, la.
Murphy, Lawrence L., second lieu
tenant, first R. O. T. C, Fort Snelling,
Minn.
Murphy, Roland Edison, second R.
O. T. C, Fort Snelling, Minn.
Myers, RoyC Aviation Section Sig
nal corps, address is wanted.
STUDENTS TO HAVE
REAL CORNHUSKER
Is Final Decision of Publication
Board
TO EFFECT ECONOMIES
Plan to Have Military Features and
Yet Give Accurate Picture of
Campus Life.
That the students are to have a rep
resentative Cornhusker, and not a war
book, as had b eon-proposed, was tho
final decision of tho Student Board
of Publication, at a meeting held Fri
day evening.
It is the aim of Wayne Townsend,
editor-ln-chlof, to turn out a year book
that will both reflect the work dono
by Nebraska men at the front, and
the activities of the students who have
made Nebraska's school year. Tho
war material will be specialized bat
not to the exclusion of campus news.
The annual will contain as usual, pic
tures of upper classmen and of or
ganizations, but will omit tho Joke and
other more frivolous sections, which
would be inappropriate under tho pres
ent conditions.
A meeting was held at the request
of the student members of the Board
Friday noon, before vacation, to dis
cuss the character of the Cornhusker.
At a former meeting it had been de
cided to have a "War Cornhusker" this
year Instead of the usual year book.
This plan as adopted met with genoral
disfavor among the students because
such a book would contain no material
from tho campus, and would in no way
represent student life. All presidents
of school organizations were present
at the meeting Friday and expressed
themselves unanimously for a repre
sentative Cornhusker, in tho nature of
the annuals recently published, re
duced and modified, and containing an
especial section devoted to NobraBka
men who are in the service.
At the meeting Friday noon Doan
Stout appointed Prof. L. W. Chase,
Wayne Townsend, and Katharine New
branch, Junior student member of the
board, to act as a committee to out
line a Cornhusker to meet as nearly
as possible with the wishes that had
been expressed by the students. .Fri
day evening the Student Board of
Publication met and accepted the book
as outlined and approximately reduced
by the committee. No fixed price has
been set but there will be a reduc
tion, probably amounting to a dollar
or seventy-five cents.
C. L. REIN SPEAKS AT LOUP CITY
UNIVERSITY CLUB MEETING
a. Li. Rein, of Lincoln, discussed
"The University and the War," at a
meeting of the Loup City University
rf Nnhrnska Club. December 27.
Orpha Marie Outhouse, '10, was elected
president of the club for the coming
year at the meeting; UTeueric escnin
sky, '09, vice-president; Maree Ohlson,
secretary.
Pursuant to the suKsestlons con-
tninnrt In Dr. Rein's remarks, tho club
secretary writes Annis Chalkln, alumni
secretary, that the club declared itself
in favor of a candidate for the state
legislature who would interest himself
in tho real needs of the University la
general.
LAW COLLEGE DEBATERS
LOSE TO KANSAS CITY
Missouri Veterans Take Unani
mous Decision on Merchant
Marine Question
in a hard-foucht contest against
vfitnran debaters representing the
Kansas City college of law, Nebraska
debaters -were defeated by a unani
mous decision at Kansas City Friday,
Dfir.ember 21. The men defending Ne
braska's side of the argument were
Earl Jeffrey, 18, Elmoro SchaDorg.
law '20, and James G. Young, law '20.
The debaters did creditable work
throughout and at no tlmo showed
signs ot surrender. Jeffrey put forth
one of the strongest arguments ot
the whole debate and was highly
credited by some of the officials who
were presiding.
Schaberg and Young showed
strength in their debates and gaTe
their opponents a hard battle In their
respective rebuttals.
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