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The Daily Nebraskan VOL. XVII, NO. 78. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. THURSDAY. JANUARY 10. 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS SORORITIES TO HAVE BASKETBALL TOURNEY Sleet Will Be Made Permanent Event FOURTEEN TEAMS ENTERED Blanche Hlgglns and Camilla Koch Head Committee Trophy to Winners of Contest Plana and schedule for an inter-sorority basketball tournament to be held soon were arranged at a meet ing of the physical education depart ment together with other representa tives in the Armory yesterday. The date for the. contests although not de cided definitely will probably be set for three weeks from the following Sat urday. Other decisions regarding the time of play and intermissions be tween halfs were reached. The halfs will be for ten minutes with a five minute reBt thus allowing no one to be overtaxed In the play. All games will be played In the one afternoon. A trophy will be awarded the win ners of the tournament. This reward will possibly b3 In the form of a pen ant or banner. Blanche Higgins and Camilla Koch will have charge of the meet. They will be assisted by a com mittee consisting of a representative from each of the sororities. First Meet at Nebraska This is the first attempt of this na ture In the history of women's ath letics at the University and the Inter est shown by the members in charge as well as the repsesentatives of the various organizations indicates that the affair will be a complete success so as to assure undertakings of a simi lar nature in the following years. The schedule as arranged by the meeting is as follows: Delta Zeta vs. Delta Gamma. Alpha Phi vs. Alpha Omjcron Pi. Kappa Alpha Theta vs. Alpha Chi Omega. Achoth vs. Alpha XI Delta. Gamma Phi Beta vs. Phi Beta Phi. Alpha Delta Pi vs. Delta Delta Delta. Chi Omega vs. Kappa Kappa Gamma. CIVIL SERVICE OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE Specialists and Assistants May Secure Government Employ In Coming Examination At this time when everyone is so anxious to do something for Us coun try, the announcement of some new civil service examinations for govern ment positions offers a splendid op portunlty for service. Positions are open for a copyist-, topographic draftsman in the geologi cal survey, an oil and gas inspector for mapping wells and a Junior physi cist (male), both positions in the bureau of mines; an assistant marine constructing engineer under the quar termaster general of the army; an au tomobile draftsman and an assistant in marketing (grain, hay or seed), both open competitive examinations; a specialist in foreign educational systems in the bureau of education, department of the interior; and an assistant in poisonous plant investiga tions (male) in the bureau of animal Industry. Applications for examinations must be properly executed and filed before January 22, 1918. These are all positions for which University students are preferred, and are a requisite in several cases. The specialist In foreign education systems must be a graduate with post-graduate work in an accepted college or uni versity and the assistant In poisonous plant investigations must be a grad uate of a recognized college or uni versity. The other positions require high school education and experience, or two years of university work In stead of experience. Details of the positions and require ment can be obtained from Prof. A. A. Reed, state high school inspector. Ap plicants should meet all preparatory requirements as soon as possible. Post Views and Map of State Potash Industries The state conservation of survey has Placed a number of large views and a map la Nebraska hall showing the pot sh plants of western Nebraska and the location of the lakes from which the potash is taken. There are four large plants and many small ones in operation. The four large ones are the Hord Alkalai plant at Lakeside, The Nebraska Potash Works Co. at Antloch, the American Potash works at Antloch and the Pot ash Reduction plant at Hoffland. There has been an enormouB demand for potash in the last few years and especially since the war these plants have greatly Increased their size. The potash Industry of Nebraska was de veloped largely by former students and graduates among whom are John Show, Carl Modesitt, Carl Denny and Mr. Jlpp. SPECIAL COURSES FOR WOMEN IN RED CROSS University to Give Credits for Instruction Offered by Col lege of Pharmacy Beginning with the second semester the College of Pharmacy will offer spe cial instruction in all courses given by the Red Cross society. The course in first aid which have been given since last summer will be continued as usual and the new courses which will be given are as follows: Nursing and home care of sick, surgical dressings, dietetics and care of food for sick. Mrs. Max Westerman and Miss Helene Bedford, both of whom are Red Cross nurses, will give the Instruction in home nursing while Miss Redford will give the course in surgical dress ing. The course in dietetics will be given by Miss Vance, head of the Home Economic's department at the State Farm. Both University and Red Cross credit will be given for the work done. All classes except those in first aid will be limited to twenty students. Both day and night classes will be offered. Room 201 of Nebraska hall is being specially equipped with several hun dred dollars worth of apparatus which will be needed in giving the various courses. The equipment includes a hospital bed, a life-sized doll, many smaller dolls and all other necessary accesories. Nebraska hall 205 Is be ing equipped for the work in surgical (Continued on page two) Jack Best, Grand Old As the reporter for The Nebraskan went into the den of Jack Best she had to pass through groups of middy and bloomer-clad gym girls. The thud of the basketball and shrill whistle of the instructor furnished music, for the interview. Jack smiled his friendly smile and offered a seat. Wherever loyal followers of Ne braska athletics gather for good old talks, always, sooner or later, some man will say, "But fellow3, do you re member that day when Kansas was winning and Jack Best came out and stood on the side-lines. That was when they played real football." John Best, lovingly known .s Jack, was born at Yeovil, England, in De cember, 1845. . The seventy-two years have dealt rather harshly with him. Rheumatism has stiffened his Joints. But his arms have kept their supple strength and he is the best "rubber" in the city. At his work and at home he always wears an old black cap and a scarlet Jersey sweater with two white bars on the sleeve. At a ques tion about his boyhood, his brown eyes beamed kindly and his leathery old face was ready to crinkle up into a smile. His black eyebrows contrasted sharply with his snow-white hair. Jack's Early Life When Jack was twelve years old he went to London and began the tanning trade. It was during this time that he took up sports, especially boxing, swimming and running. The older men would put on the gloves with him and give him a ha'penny every time ,om "drive home." He firmly believes that everyone, especially young women. should learn to swim ana dox. oe m iha fin ar.d exercise it Is a safe guard. But Jack does not approve of the swimming pools nice me They are not cleaned often enough. t- (K. nw cniintrv they cleaned them every day and charged only foufpence and tuppence. Tn.an Jnrk was twenty-twahe mar ried Harriet Lanham. They had ten children. The eldest boy was very anxious to come to America and at last he came. "It was through me eiaesi ooy, i nnid the. old tanner in his quaint brogue. "One night arter me boy left, mother creami e Ing a big black 'orse an' fell off. catch- GREEKS CONTINUE ELIMINATION MATCHES Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Chi Victors Last Night FOUR CONTESTS TODAY Sigma Phi Epsilon-Slgma Nu Game Proves Thriller of Evening With Score of 7 to 9 The second division of the first round of preliminaries in the inter frat. basketball championship tourna ment was played off last night, with two fast games between Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Chi, and between Sigma Pnl Epsilon and Sigma Nu. The Slg Alph-Sigma Chi game ended in a score of 19 to 2, in favor of the Sig Alphs, but in spite of the one sided score, the game was fast, and there was plenty of action at all times. The Sig Alphs won mainly through their ability to break up their op ponent's plays before they were within striking distance of the Sig Alpha's goal. Wilder and Swanson did the best work for the winners, and D. G. Jones starred for the losers. The line-up follows: Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Chi Noyes f. D.G.Jones Ludwig ....f C.M.Jones Lyman c Bod well Wilder g Main Swanson g Deutsch Sigma Epsilon-Slgma Nu The Sigma Phi Epsilon-Sigma Nu game was the thriller of the evening, with the Sig Eps victors by 9 to 7. The game was close and hard fought all the way through, and the teams alternated in the lead. The Sig Eps won chiefly through their team work, although they had considerable diffi culty in locating the basket. Town send was the principal point-maker for the winners, while Frye showed up the best on the Sigma Nu team. The line-up was as follows: Sig Epsilon Sigma Nu Hoffman f Hahn Pflug f Frye Man of Cornhusker Football, Tells His Story By Lucille Lees ing 'is foot in the stirrup and dragging. Mother worried and kept a begging for us to come. Exactly one month later, I dreamt the very same thing. So we Just come an' our boy 'e was all right." After working for a year in Crete, he came to Lincoln in 1888 and began his association with the University. At first he was Janitor of the Armory and night watchman three days a week. While on this duty he helped the boys anyway he could, even to sitting up all night to polish the cadets' belts so they would look well for inspection. It was to Jack they came when they wanted football. Football in the Old Days "Such football you never saw! They 'adn't no suits an' Just ,wore what they wanted." The first year they charged 25 cents and contrary to everyone's predictions, they made money. Jack was solo I. i ,.l ,m i. mi i i. i. '- "i j ' : x'- : - . ..' . -. 7 jS ' . 1 ' , i ' i I -v TRAINER JACK BEST trainer and coach for several success ful years and when people finally real ized that football was "'ere to stay, they got a real coach but I'm still use ful," he concluded proudly. When asked which wy of play he liked better, the old rough game or the present, he shook his head guiltily and admitted thus, "Oh, me, h'l liked Dales c Munn Townsend g Rhodes Sanders g Taylor Schedule Slightly Changed Because of the postponement of Monday's games, the schedule has been slightly changed for the re mainder of the preliminaries. At noon today, Phi Kappa Psi will play Pi Kappa Phi. Starting at 6 o'clock to night, the following games will be played. Alpha Sigma Phi vs. Beta Theta PI, Alpha' Tau Omega vs. Alpha Theta Chi, and Delta Chi vs. Delta Tau Delta. Most of the teams doped to win the championship are included in this list of games. THREE HUNDRED FACULTY MEMBERS ATTEND PICNIC Enjoy Banquet and Games at Annual Mid Winter Gathering in Temple Three hundred faculty members and their wives attended the annual Faculty mid-winter picnic at the Tem ple last evening. The Faculty Wom en's club met at 4 o'clock to arrange the tables for the picnic which began at 6 o'clock. The supper was served in the banquet rooms, baked beans, coffee and Ice cream were served to all, and many brought "extras" in large baskets. The guests were not grouped by de partments but by chance. The guests drew numbers and all were divided into four groups. After the picnic each group separated and prepared char ades, which were presented in Music hall. DR. G. E. CONDRA PREPARES BULLETIN FOR PUBLICATION Dr. G. E. Condra, head of the de partment of geography and conserva tion, has just completed two bulletins for publication in the annual report of tho state board of agriculture. The title of the bulletins are "Preliminary Report on Potash Industries of Ne braska" and "Conservation Survey of Nemaha County." the old way better; h'it was 'arder but more sport." ""Wants a New Gym "Oh, say, will you tell folks we want a gym bad. This old . place is a dis grace to us. The room for the men to dress is turrible. The cadets, lock' ers and football men is all Jammed to gether. They ain't room to move. If we can't 'ave one for men and one for girls, why can't we 'ave separate floors and dacent dressing and shower rooms? And don't forget we need a pool." Later when Jack talked of his wife he showed a deep tenderness. His old voice broke several times as he said, "I miss 'er. When I used to go 'ome arter the games, she'd be so in terested. Even the last game afore she died, she sat on the porch an' in spite of 'er terrible pain in 'er breast, when I come up she says, 'Don't tell me who won. I know. I 'eared the cheer ing. Father, your boys 'ave beat again.' About a year afore mother died, the boys got up a benefit to send me for a visit to England. I didn't want to go an' leave 'er but 'er pleading made me. She says, 'Father, you go. Your boys will be so disappointed. I'll be all right.' So I went and took me daughter." Then his eyes became merrier as he told of. his daughter's first Impression of England. "I'll never forget it. - When we come to Liverpool she says, 'H'it don't smell good. What are all them chimney pots for?' She didn't know as 'ow they 'ave a fire in every room and sev eral houses built right along. But when we came out into the country, where the farms were so clean, with their vegetable patches and the grass in the meadows as 'igh as your knee, an' the cows all slick like they'd been curried, I says, "What do you think now?' an' she liked it better." Jack chuckled as he recalled driving her through the manufacturing dis trict, over the cobble-crones of Lon don. "It sure was a smelly place an' 'er so disgusted with the place 'er daddy started working." j When they came home his wife was better but in a few months she died. His eyes were misty as he talked and (Continued on page two) OFFICERS TO ABOLISH THEIR CIVILIAN GARB Vote to Wear Uniforms on Seven-Day Week Schedule CADETS TO DECIDE SOON Colonel Rogers Made President and Lieutenant Bushnell Chosen Sec retary of Organization Officers of the University cadets will wear their uniforms seven days of the week, according to a decision of the organization reached at a meeting held at the Delta Upsilon house last eve ning. This decision although unof ficial will without doubt be accepted by the commandant and the new rule will go into effect soon. The option of wearing the uniforms for all time was with the officers and the com mandant will rely upon this recom mendation in making, his official or ders. The cadets will decide whether or not they wish to follow this example possibly before the end of this week. A canvass of the sentiment among privates and non-commissioned officers , was taken early in the week and over 90 per cent of the men expressed them selves as heartily in favor ot this move. It is therefore generally sup posed that as soon as the suits arrive from the factory the military depart ment will be represented both on the campus and outside of University cir cles as there will be no exceptions to the rule after once officially passed upon. Rogers Heads Association Colonel Roger Jenkins was made pres ident of the organization and Lieut. G. D. Bushnell was chosen secretary at an election of officers held during the meeting. It was decided to give the military ball as in former years and arrangements were made to give an officers' stunt at the all-University night. Report was then made on the Red Triangle fund and other business matters. Interest generally centers about the military department this year due to (Continued on page two) STUDENTS CONTINUE TO ENROLL FOR TELEGRAPHY Average Three Additional Ap plications Daily New Apparatus Arrives A large supply of new instruments have been received by the University telegraph school during the past few days. The new apparatus, which con sists of buzzers and radio equipment, is being installed as rapidly as possi ble. A greater number of students can be accomodated by the school now, than has previously been possible. Several new applications have been received at the school this week, and on the average of three new students are entering the school every day. The course given by the telegraph school is gaining in popularity among students of the University, and also with many young men who are en gaged in business in the city. The course is of a special interest to men who are registered in the draft, and vho are expecting to be called in the near future. Any man enterting the school now can expect to finish the course by about the 25th ot March. The time usually required to prepare a man to qualify as a registered tele grapher Js 250 hours. If a man has had some experience ts an operator, he can presumably finish the course la a shorter length of time. Next semester a class In telegraphy for girls and women will be held in the telegraph school rooms In the Me chanical Arts hall. The classes will run from 5 o'clock in the afternoon until 6:45 o'clock. Girls wishing in formation about the class, may apply at the registrar's office or to Prof. A. A. Reed, on the second floor of the Administration building. Dean M. S. Ketchum to Speak to Sigma Xi At a meetine of the Nebraska chap ter of Sigma XI on Saturday, January 12, at i p. m., in tne lecture rOOiu ui Brace aU. Dean M. S. Ketchum, dean of the college of engineering in the Univer sity of Colorado, win give an aaaress upon the subject, "Education and the War." V