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The Daily Nebraskan VOL. XVII. NO. 86. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. TUESDAY. JANUARY 29. 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS PLUCKY THICK CAPTAIN REUS "Squirt" Owen, Famous Sprin ter, Called to Training Camp JOINS AERIAL SERVICE Example of Vlue of Athlotlc Train ing In Military Service British Authorities Demand Athletes Griffith "Squirt" Owen has Just sub mitted to Dr. Stewart his resignation as captain of the 1918 Cornhusker track team. Squirt was elected cap tain immediately following Missouri Valley meet at Ames last May. He is now in the aviation camp at San An tonio and there is no doubt in the minds of those who knew this won derful sprinter, that he will bring honor to his alma mater through suc cess in this branch of the service. Owen had expected to be able to re turn for the second Bemester, but was disappointed in this, and so sent in his resignation. "Squirt" was one of the smallest men ever to wear a Cornhusker varsity uniform. He weighed but 115 pounds but his natural ability and never-glve-up spirit won him many a race from Missouri Valley and Western confer ence stars. No one who saw the Kansas-Nebraska dual track meet last spring in which the Cornhu3kers badly defeated the Jayhawkers will ever for get the wonderful performance of Owen when he ran 300 wards of the quarter-mile race after having thrown his track shoe, the cinders cutting and lacerating the sole of his foot at every step and yet this remarkable little performer defeated two of the best quarter-milers in the middle west through sheer nerve and determina tion, after which he was carried to .his tent where his bleeding foot was treated and he was sent to the hos pital for four or five days. Inspiring to Team Mates No one who saw this performance doubts that his wonderful example In spired his teammates to such a degree that they performed much better than their normal standard and therefore that his feat was responsible for a decisive victory over Kansas. This is the type of men Uncle Sam is demanding for- the big aviation army which will shortly see service in France and it is only natural to presume that men of Owen's calibre will do their share in these battles of the air. The following article printed In the Kansas City Star corroborates a state ment made by the director of ath letics at Nebraska to the effect that the athlete has proven himself more desirable in practically every branch of the United States military" service than the non-athlete and vindicates the Judgment of those students who are taking up athletics in order to improve their physical and mental con dition preparatory to enlistment or draft into the military department. Dr. Stewart's plea for more men to train for the varsity athletic teams has only been partially successful in (Continued on page two) MAKE EXTENSIVE PLANS FOR UNIVERSITY CHORUS Big Feature to Be "Joan of Arc" Registration Open This Week Plans for the University chorus for this semester, announced yesterday by Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond, director, are more elaborate and extensive than ever before in the' history of the organization. The chorus completed nearly all the work required of it, during the past semester, and this term will be able to turn its atten tion to whatever work it chooses. The two principal features of the term will be the singing of "Joan of Arc," in the spring., and of a collection of Afro-American songs. "Joan of Arc" is at present time more widely in demand than any other work of its kind, and Mrs.- Raymond was for tunate in even being able to secure the necessary copies frcil the pub lishers. The Afro-American songs are "lave songs of the south. They are Quaint and ordinal, and this will be their first appearance in local musi cal circles. Registration for the chorus is being held open through all this week. En rollment is open to everyone who sings, and no try-outs are necessary. Men are especially in demand now, both tenors and basses. One hour's credit is offered for each semester's work. The girls' chorus meets Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 o'clock, and the men at 7 o'clock on Tuesdays and Thursdays.. Ordinarily practices are held in Art hall, in the Library building, but because of the art exhibit there, will be held in Music hall in the Temple, for the remainder of the month. , Fire Destroys Building of Agricultural Service The agricultural extension service of the state University suffered its first loss by . fire early Wednesday morning when the building in which a farmers' short course was .being held at Nysted, an inland town about ten miles from Dannebrog in Howard county, burned to the ground. Miss Ada Johnson, Miss Esther Ord, Prof. I. D. Wood and Prof. R. .R. Spafford, who were conducting the institute, re turned to Lincoln Thursday. The short course was being conduct ed in an old hotel building. It is be lieved that the structure took fire from an over-heated stove. The total loss to the extension service and to the workers will run between $700 and $1,000. Practically all of the short course exhibits and material belong ing to the service were lost in the fire. Scores of charts which it has taken weeks to prepare went up in smoke. An expensive clothing exhibit and a large supply of automobile equipment, used in the course, were also lost. TWO THOUSAND HAVE COMPLETED REGISTRATION Only Eight Hundred Less Than Year Ago One Thousand in Service' Up to Saturday evening, 1939 stu dents had registered in the Univer sity. This is a little more than 800 less than registered the second se mester last year. The decrease is not surprising however when it is consid ered that over one, thousand Univer sity men have Joined the colors since last June. Very few men, however, who com pleted the first semester this year have failed to register this semester. More than two hundred men have withdrawn from school during the last semester to enter some branch of the service. It is probable that before the next semester is completed a large num ber of men will be called in the draft. The majority of University men in the draft age are being placed in class 1-A. Besides this number, a number of men who have already en listed and are waiting their calls will soon be taken from school. The figures for each day's registra tion are Wednesday, 382; Thursday, 389; Friday. 442; Saturday, 72G. The total number for the first three days of registration was 1,213 as compared with 1,868 for the second semester last year. The registration Saturday proved to be much heavier than that of the other days. It is expected thst several more men who have been holding off on ac count of an expected call, may still register. When complete reports are in, the number registered will easily come up to the comparative number in most, other schools. Miss Fannie Drake to Speak at Vespers Miss Fannie Drake; secretary of the University Y.W.C.A.. will Bpeak at Vespers this afternoon at 5 o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. rooms in the Temple. "Duty Second" will be her subject. Marion Reeder will preside. University to Have Official Orchestra A University orchestra la being or ganized with Mr. William Quick as director. One hour credit win dj given and rehearsals will be held three times a week at 1 o'clock. All stu , ,, tn tnkA advantage of this opportunity will leave their names with rror. r. n. uiuu.. 504. JUDGING TEAM S HOT Wins National Western Show Contest MOULTON PLACES FIRST Victory Adds Another to the Long List Which Shows Nebraska's Superi ority In Agricultural Training The stock judging team of the Uni versity again proved its superiority over the teams of other schools, when it ran away with all honors in the National Live Stock show, held at Denver, Colo., last week. Colorado was the only other contestant in the meet. Nebraska's victory was as complete as could be hoped for. The Corn husker team led the Colorado team by a total of 589 points. Nebraska won $565 in prizes of cattle and $145 in prizes on hogs, and was awarded the four first places, while Colorado barely placed fifth. The members of the team who made the trip were DeLoss Moulton, Lin coln; A. E. Anderson, Lincoln; Chester H. Grau, Hastings; Merle Townsend, Tecumseh, and Glenn Snapp, Belle ville, Kan. Moulton won highest honors at the meet, Anderson was sec ond, and Grau placed third. The team was coached by Prof. H. J. Gramlich and Prof. E. L. Jenkins, who both ac companied the team on its trip. Only One of Many Victories This is only one of a long Btring of first places that the Nebraska stock Judging team has already carried off. The highest honors ever won by the team was the winning of the "Inter national" at Chicago. Every agricul tural school of note is represented in this meet, and to win It proves that the team is the best to be found in the country. Besides winning this meet, the team has cairied off highest honors at nearly every sectional ex hibition in which It has been entered. The team for 1917-18 has established a record that eclipses all previous ones, and which will be a hard one for later teams to beat. This is the second contest that Ne braska has won at Denver, taking the honors last year at the same show. Nebraska also stood first at the swine Bhow held at Omaha and at the In ternatianal Live Stock exposition at Chicago, probably making a record unequaled by any university judging team in the entire country. The boys composing the team were awarded $220 in prizes at Denver which goes to them personally. Of eighteen steers that the Univer sity exhibited at the show all were in the money classes except two. The University won the championship on an Aberdeen-Angus, the championship and a reserve championship on a Gal lowoway, the championship on pure bred Shorthorns, and the, champion ship and a reserve championship on grade Shorthorns. Among the prizes (Continued on page two) WOMEN OF FACULTY TO HANDLE RED CROSS WORK Chairman W. E. Hardy Ap points Committee to Take Charge of Campaign Chairman W. E. Hardy of the Lin coln Red Cross organization yesterday appointed a committee consisting of Mrs. Samuel Waugh, Sr., chairman, Dr. Winifred Hyde, Dr. Elda Walker, Miss Amanda Heppner and Miss Red ford to take charge of the Red Cross work on the University campus. Miss Redford will have charge of a class in surgical dressings. Students in her class will maka bandages and dressings and receive laboratory credit for tbe same. Mrs. Waugh will have charge of the Red Cross rooms In Nebraska hall. The rooms will be open for work to the students today, and every Tues day and Thursday, from 2 to 5 o'clock. They will be open all day Friday. They, have been painted and redecorat ed during registration week and the IN 0 5 work will be facilitated as much as possible. It is hoped that a large number of students will respond to do Nebraska's share of the work. Will Deliver Lectures Mrs. T. F. A. Williams left last night for the western part of the state where she will deliver six lectures on the re-education and re-adjustment of the disabled, Americanism, and the racial problem. Mrs. Williams is one of a board of four representing the civilian service division of the Red Cross. They will hold day institutes in Scotts Bluff, North Platte, Kearney, Grand Island, Hastings. Tekla Alexis Chosen Head of Tegner Society At the last meeting of the Tegner society, the following officers were elected: President, Tekla Alexis; vice-president, Oscar Nelson; sec retary, Edna Stowell; treasurer, Paul II age 1 in; corresponding secretary, Helen Sohlberg. The following program was given: Reading Ethel Hoaglund. Instrumental Solo Esther Toren. Swedish Paper Helen Sohlberg. Will Give Engineers Illustrated Lecture Col. P. A. Peck of New York City will give a special illustrated talk on lubrication. at special meeting for en gineers to . be held Tuesday at 7:30 o'clock in M. E. 206. This talk will deal with the lubrication of motors used in army practice. Colonel Peck has recently made a tour of several of the eastern cantonments and has a very interesting talk for all. All en gineers andother students interested are requested to attend. CHILEAN STATESMAN TO ADDRESS STUDENTS TODAY Dr. Alvarez to Speak on "The American Continent" at Convocation Dr. A. Alvarez, noted Chilean states man and lecturer, will address convo cation today at 11 o'clock, upon the subject of "The American Continent and the Reconstruction of Inter national Law." Dr. Alvarez addressed the law students last Friday, and will address the commerce students this morning before convocation. In his address, Dr. Alvarez will dis cuss the part to be played by the United States and the Latin-American republics in the adjustment of inter national relations after the war. Dr. Alvarez's official capacity aa secretary of the American Institution of Inter National Law, puts him -in a position to be thoroughly acquainted with his subject. The American Institute of International Law is composed of the twenty-one republics in North, Central and South America, banded together to uphold the "American", theory of international law, as opposed to tne "Continental" theory. The American theory is based primarily upon the Monroe Doctrine. After the war, it is the intention of the Institute to try to make this theory universal, and ap plied to all nations, resulting in a world wide democracy and independence nmmiir nations. Three years ago this Institute proclaimed the. five laws nec essary for the Insuring of a world peace nnrl ns the future basis of the society of nations, which wer9 proclaimed by President Wilson, and whicn were aiso proclaimed by the German chancellor. Dr. Alvarez was formeily counsel of the state department of the govern ment of Chile. He is now taking , a trip through the country, addressing students of all the large universities in behalf of the Institute of which he is secretary. The University of Ne braska is the twenty-first university he has visited while on this trip. The meeting this morning should be well attended. Dr. Alvarez has a wlda reputation as a Bpeaker, and is excep tionally well posted on his subject. More than that, it is a subject that he is In close sympathy with," and he is putting forth every effort in his work. At this time, the United States and tfcn T o tin ronnhHra are more closelv b U V mm wu jr...-w - united than ever, and every American Is interested In affairs concerning our neighbors. University authorities feel that they are especially fortunate In securing Dr. Alvarez and urge that every student be out to hear his .address. E TO PLAY HERE Fin Games Scheduled for Both Friday and Saturday Evenings PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHTER Hubka and Adklns Back Again Rid dell and Phillips May Also Enter Game AH interest of Nebraska athletic circles is turned towards the four games staged for Friday and Saturday nights of this week, when the Huskers will meet the strong team from Camp Dodge in two games, and the fresh men will take on first Doane and then Cotner as preliminaries to the two big games. The games promise to be fast and well worth attending. . True to its reputation, Cornhusker stock, after descending till entirely out of sight, has again risen slightly, and is more nearly on a par. Hubka will be back in the game before the end of the week, in spite of a badly Injured knee, and Adkins, who had been out for two weeks, was on the floor last night, although he was still weak. It is pos sible that Phillips will be able to get back into action. It is rumored also that Captain "Ted" Riddell may get out for the game. It was thought that an injured knee would keep him out of the game for the entire season, but he has evinced a growing desire to get back into the game that may yet mean grief for Valley forwards. Dodge AS Fast As Funston The Dodge team will be as good and as fast as the team from Funston. Its list of Individual players is not quite so impressive, but it is said to have better team work and organization. On this team are Nelson, Hugg and Campbell all ex-Corhusker captains, a Wisconsin all-Western man, and a man from Iowa University who was an all Iowa forward. This aggregation was badly beaten by Funston at the first fothe year, but is going at a different clip now, and has been steadily win ning. Complete arrangements for the games this week have not yet been made, but will be announcel soon. The proceeds of the game are to go to the Camp Dodge athletic fund. It is hoped that there will be a bigger crowd out than witnessed the Funston game, and to this end the admission price has been made fifty cents. If the game is played in the Armory, as is now planned, the regular students' athletic tickets will probably be accepted. Scarcity of Butter in Berlin Information recently reached Prof. J. H. Frahdsen of the dairy depart ment, to the effect that butter is now selling at $2.25 per pound in Berlin. This abnormal price, says Prof. Frand sen, is an indication of the scarcity of dairy products in Germany at this time. CADET OFFICERS NOW. WEARING NEW UNIFORMS Two Hundred More Suits at Magee's List Posted at 9 O'clock Today The first indications of a large per centage cf the student body in army uniforms were in evidence Monday, when all of the commissioned cadet officers wore their suits to all classes, as well as to the regular 5 o'clock drill classes. In accordance with the de cision reached at a meeting held some time ago, the officers are to wear their uniforms at all times, whether en gaged in University activities or not. .The uniforms for the cadets, which were ordered some time ago, have been delayed because of the closing down of the mills in the east, accord ing to the Fuel Administrator's order. They have at last arrived in part, however, and the rest of the shipment is expected very soon. The Magee company has so Jar received about two hundred. A list of the students to whom these uniforms belong will be posted at 9 o'clock this morning on the bulletin board of the military de partment. Students may obtain fur the information from this board. 1 DODG r