The Daily nebraskan
'VOL. XVII. NO. 117.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. FRIDAY. MARCH 22. 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
10 MITES
DflDEREDTOREPDRT
practice Starts in Earnest Mon
day Afternoon
STIFF SCHEDULE PLANNED
tgiion Opens May 4 With Amei
Chlcago Meet May 25 l Last
Meet Scheduled
All candidates for track are ordered I
to report on the athletic neia at
o'clock Monday afternoon, to start
yrtctice In earnest for the coming
ttuon. Coach E. J. Stewart will
hire personal charge of the workouts.'
md will endeavor to take the fullest
vantage of the ideal weather con
ditions before the spring rains atari.
Prospects for a winning team are
Tttler good, especially since the per
formance of the squad at the Kansas
City Athletic club indoor meet. Some
ot the men have . been on the sick
M the past week, but these will all
be out for the regular work soon.
The schedule for the seaBon has
leen completed, and will bring two
tut dual meets to Nebraska. The
season will open April 4. with the
Ames squad here. The complete sched
ule is as follows.
April 4 Ames, at Lincoln.
April 18 Minnesota, at Lincoln.
April 26 Kansas, at Lawrence.
May 18 Conference meet at Ames.
May 2.1 Chicago meet. Chicago.
The Chicago meet will probably be
the biggest track event of the coun
try this year, and only the sure point
Tinners will be taken on the trip.
University Commercial
Club Meets for Smoker
The University Commercial club i
held a smoker in the East room of
the city Commercial club Wednesday
night About 30 men were present
and did full justice to several gal
lons of cider and a plentiful supply
of doughnuts and "Little. Bobbies."
Professors to Speak at
Scottish Rite's Reunion
Professors Lees, Condra and Chat
hum are among the University men
who are giving some lecture work at
the Scottish Rite's reunion held in
Lincoln this week
L. L. Leach, '20, has accepted a posi
tion as geologist with a southern oil
company operating in Texas. Mr.
Leach will be in the party directed
hy Leon Pepperburg.
FAMOUS THEOLOGIAN
TO VISIT UNIVERSITY
Dr. Chas. W. Gilkey One of
Best Speakers in the
Country
Jt will be a rare opportunity for
the faculty and students for the third
time to welcome Dr. Chas. W. Gilkey
to the University after the Easter re
wbs. nig visit tnts tlme vui be ex
tended over four days, April 2-5. Dr.
Gilkey left a deep impression upon
the University by his two preceding
visits, not because he came as a part
f a great general movement or or
ganization, but by the power of Tils
own personality and novel method of
presenting truth clearly, and squarely
out of deep experience and conviction.
Lr. Cilkey was released about a
year ago from his church work and
became director of the religious work
at Ft. Sheridan, one of the largest
"military cantonments. He therefore
omes to Nebraska fresh from a new
field of service which gave him an
unusual personal experience and op
Jtortunity to know the minds of men
'ho are face to face with stern reali-Ue-
He knows men, how they feel
ad what thty are saying of the deep
"t things that can touch human life.
Haa Thorough Training
Few men go about the colleges and
onlverRitles who have had the broad
" well as special training which Dr.
Gilkey has h-4. He graduated with
" roiiors Harvard University
"ot many years ago. He Is a Phi
Beta Kappa niku. ll1 received his
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DEMONSTRATES MODERN
IDEAS OF RELIGION
Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman Speaks
at Convocation
RECORD CROWD ATTENDS
It Touring Country Arouaing Patriot
ism and Encouraging
Enlistments
"There is every use of religion.
You might just as well ask what is
the use of life or air. There is all the
use in the world." said Dr. J. Wilbur
Chapman at Convocation yesterday
morning at 11 o'clock in Memorial
hall. Dr. Chapman, who is the modera
tor of the general assembly of the
Presbyterian church, spoke on "What's
the Use of Religion." He was intro
duced by Acting Chancellor Hastings.
Dr. Chapman said that religion was
not bo much what the world could
see but what went on in the inner
man, "We must lay hold on the
eternal things." One may be religious
and be a fanatic or a fool or a hypo
crite or a criminal. One may be a
Bhuddist or a follower of Confucius
but that is not what Dr. Chapman
considers religion. Religion to him is
the work which goes cn in a man's
mind.
This is the day of University people.
They are the first to offer themselves
to the government' for whatever posi
tion they are best fitted. They should
make of this opportunity and remem
ber that God has a plan for everyone's
life and that a dislocated life is just
as bad as a dislocated arm. The best
way to make the most of life is to lift
up your eyes and see God's plan for
ou.
Two Ways of Life
There are two ways of life, one is
the right way, one is the wrong. "God
has endowed every man - with the
power of will and the power of choice
and we may live as we choose." Re
ligion is the great thing that will enme
into your life and it is always ready
for use.
" 'I am going to do my best.' Perhaps
you are, but under whose standard?"
A man may be perfectly sincere in
doing what he considers his best and
yet come to shipwreck. "I like to
think that God is gentle, that he is
loving, that he is patient, like Jesus."
The old law like the law of gravity
pulls down but the law of God like a
magnet pulls one up. So lift your
eyes up for "The law of life in Christ
Jesus has made me free from the law
of sin and death."
Is Touring Country
Dr. Chapman is touring the United
States speaking to the Presbyterian
churches and to some of the students
at- the universities. He is tr'ng to
awaken the loyalty of the people for
their country and to increase the en
thusiasm for enlisting.
One of the largest convocation audi
ences of the year listened apprecia
tively to Dr. Chapman's address, prov
ing "that both students and faculty
are Just as patriotic as those at any
other university in the country.
CAPTAIN FRANKFORTER
TELLS OF CAMP GRANT
Former Professor Sends Re
Gards to Students and
Faculty Members
Captain C. J. Frankfurter, formerly
of the chemistry department, and now
captain with the S41st infantry at
Camp Grant, Tl!Jnoi, ends the fol
lowing word to friends in the Uni
versity: MoBt my experience has to do with
mud. It Is positively "fierce" to say
the least. . As acting battalion com
mander, I have been mounted for a
time, and horseback riding surely
beats wading on foot.
No one grumbles save to "let off
surps "steam."
We are expecting a large number
of new recruits soon.
My work is going nicely and am
even yet correcting quiz papers of the.
regimental officers' schools same old
teaching work. However, there are
other things to do.
Regards to all my friends, students
end faculty alike.
Cordially and fincerely.
C. J. FRANKFORTER.
Captsin 41st Infantry.
mm star in
DIFFICULT ill
Present "Passing of the Third
Floor Back"
PLAY TO A FULL HOUSE
Alfred
Reese and Susie .Scott
Exceptionally Good
Work
do
Remarkable for the sincerity shown
by each and every one of the cast-,
was "The Passing of the Third Floor
Rack" which was presented by the
University players Thursday evening
before a full house in the Temple
theatre.
The quiet, deep personality ot
Alfred Reese, who took the part of
the "Passer-by" and who is leaving
the University soon to enter the army,
seemed to grip his co-workers and to
bring out the most thoughtful work
in them. A very subtle and uplifting
part Reeoe played it as if he had
been preparing for it for many years.
Susie Scott's work was brilliant
throughout and could have won her
audience without a single line.
Leonard Woollen did better work than
much seen in stock company produc
tions, consistently keeping his char
acter through the whole play Walter
Herbert, who also has been called to
the colors, made his part an earnest
and thoughtful one.
Members of the elocution depart
ment are proud of Gladyce Apple-
mans quiet, yet very telling acting;
also of Myrtis Downing's. Georgia
Boggs, Octavia Beck and Elizabeth
Erazim did well, as they usually do,
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BLACK MASOUE PARTY
TO BE HELD SATURDAY
Honorary Organization Will
Entertain Senior and
Junior Girls
The annual party which t'he Black
Masques give to the senior and junfor
girls will be held Saturday afternoon
in Faculty and Music halls from 2:30
until 5.
As usual there will be a short pro
gram followed by dancing and refresh
ments. All of the girls are urged to
come and have a good time, renew old
friendships and establish new ones.
The custom of having an annual party
given by the Black Masque for the
senior girls was started at Nebraska
some years ago and has proved a
success from the start. In this time
of war and hardship it is hoped that
the girls will enjoy getting together
and having a regular pre-war good
time which they cay carry away in
their memories into whatever life
their future shapes itself.
Dr. G. E. Condra on
Oil Inspection Trip
Dr. G. E. Condra of the conserva
tion "and Boils survey spent part of
last week in the vicinity of Pueblo.
Colo., inspecting a land proposition"
and a geological structure in which
a company is to do prospecting for
oil. ThiB inspection is done in con
nection with the State Conservation
and soil survey which under the
statutes of the state passes upon the
validity of foreign land deals and oil
leases sold in Nebraska. Within the
past two weeks several men have
been sent to Missouri, Kansas and
Oklahoma on this work.
SORORITIES TO PLEDGE
ATK00NJ0E0RR0W
Light Rushing Attends Final
Period of the Year for
the Greeks
Midsemester pledging for sororities
will close Saturday at noon, at which
time sororities will be allowed to offer
invitations for membership for the
last lime this semester.
There has been less rushing activity
than normally and It I, predicted that
the pledging will be light.
COPPOCK SUBSCRIPTIONS :
ARE NEARING QUOTA SET;
!
Total Amount Raised on First!
Dav Is $753.84
;
INDIVIDUAL AVERAGE HIGH ,
Campaign Will Cloae Tuesday Night
Workera Leave for Michi
gan Field
Seven hundred fifty-three dollars
and eighty-four cents was the total
subscription reported last evening as
a result of the first day of the cam
paign to raise. $1,000 for the salary
of Miss Grace Coppock. Nebraska's
Y. W. C. A. representative In China.
Individual pledges so far reported
average over four dollars apiece. Of
the eleven teams in charge of the
campaign, the highest was that com
posed of Helen Kendall, captain; Bess
Sherman. Susie Souther. Helen Gilt
ner and Fay Breese. The total raised
by this team was $80.50. The cam
paign will continue until Tuesday eve
ning.
Speakers Leave
Miss Me Yung Ting, the Chinese
girl who spoke at the mass meeting
Wednesday evening, left yesterday aft
ernoon for Ann Arbor, where Ehe is
studying. Her coming to this country
for her education was a result of Y. W.
C. A. influence directed by Miss Cop
pock. Miss Ting is the type of girl
with whom Miss Coppock works.
Miss Harriett Taylor, national sec
retary of the association, will leave
this afternoon for her home In New
York City. She will stop en route at
the University of Michigan, to speak
before a Michigan-to-China campaign
being made there.
ThP "V W. C. A. executive board
lunched at the city Y. W. C. A. yester
day noon. Miss Harriet Taylor, Miss
Mf, Ymie Thin and Miss Berniee Mil
ler spoke to the twenty-five members
present.
Explains Soldiers' and
Sailors' Insurance Law
Dr. Hattie Plum Williams gave the
last of a Beries of lectures on civilian
relief work Monday afternoon. She
briefly outlined the provisions of the
Soldiers' and Sailors' Insurance Law
and explained its application to the
various divisions of the army and
navy. She also told of the re-education
and readjustment plan now under
way, by which disabled soldiers will
be trained for some kind of work so
that they will not be an absolute eco
nomic waste to the country as in form
er wars. This plan of re-education, the
first of Its kind in the history of the
world, is necessitated because of the
fact that the mortality in this war is
low whereas the percentage of in
jured is high. The lectures given by
Dr. Williams were highly instructive
aud dealt with the economic problems
of the war in a practical way.
SPRING aItoNSHOWS
CONSERVATION STYLES
Cartoons Introducing Proper
Co -Ed Attire Feature Number
Copies at Station "A"
The spring fashion number of Awg
wan. one of the gayest and most in
structive issues of the year is out to
day and may be obtained at SUtiou
A . and at all news stands. The man
agement requests all subscribers to
obtain their copies promptly from Sta
tion A.
Dwlght Kirsch again has the cover
page with a wood cut design of con
servation style for co-ed costumes
worked out with life and breeziness,
characteristic of the entire number.
Stoa, Klrch and Black, a new addi
tion to the art staff, have, a number of
the usual clever cartoons featuring the
latest models of spring styles.
The Joke sections is thoroughly up
to the humorous publication's high
standard and contains an unusually
. ,lf rlrmal ouios as well
- Mchaw.
" .
SPRING FOOTBALL
HOED MONDAY
Coach Stewart Issues Call for
all 1918 Candidates
PRACTICE IS VALUABLE
Offer Advantage! to AH Player
Will Have Actual Scrimmage
This Week
Spring foot-ball practice was put on
the shelf this week, while arrange
ments for the use of the athletic
field were being completed, hut me
Scarlet and Cream gridiron warriors
will start preparations in deadly
earnest Monday. Every candidate Is
odered to report to Coach E. J.
Stewart on the field at 4 o'clock Mon
day. The equipment ordered has been
received, and there is now enough on
hand to satisfy the demand so far.
There are still not enough men out.
This serine practice offers the best
of advantages to all possible candi
dates. The old varsity man is given
a chance to study his style of play,
and will be able to make improve
ments that would be impossible dur
ing the strenuous fight for places on
the team in the fall. The freshman
varsity man from last fall is given a
chance to get a great deal of needed
experience, and to pick Tip many of
the finer points of the game that for
lack of time are not imparted to the
yearling team. The man who Is out
for the squad for the first time will
be given a chance to get Into con
dition and to pick up the rudiments
of. the game, so he will be ready to
be trained In the theory and actual
practice iu the fall without prelimi
nary coaching.
In order to sufficiently harden the
men, and to get their muscles work
ing smoothly, the practice will be very
light for the first two weeks. Then
actual football will be tackled. This
is rather a novel plan for spring prac
tice, but is deemed practical Because
of the inexperience of most of the can
didates. The work will involve an
departments of the game, from tack
ling and blocking to actual scrimmage.
The coaching staff will at first con
sist solely of Coach Stewart, former
Captain Ed. Shaw, and Captain-elect
Dufity Rhodes. Later it is hoped that
some of the "old boys" who used to
wear the moleskins tat ar- -now in
business in Lincoln, will be out to
show them how they used to do it in
the old days.
. L. A. Wolfanger of the department
of geography and conservation is
away from the University for a few
days making tests of potash lakes in
the western part of the sand hills of
Nebraska.
STILL IN NEED OF
RED CROSS WORKERS
Many Co -Eds Who Registered
Fail to Report for
Duty
" 'Make surgical dressings,' is the
cry of the hour," said Mrs. Whitfield at
the Girls' Red Cross mass meeting
held March 14. That call has been
heard by hundreds of patriotic Ne
braska co-eds. but more fir!" are
needed to bring the average up to the
1,000 dressings a day necessary to
complete 50,000 this semester.
The committee In charge of the
Red Cross rooms is well pleased "with
the work turned out. Yesterday 700
dressings were finished by fifty-seven
girls. If the eighty-eight registered
had worked, the quota of 1,000 would
easily have been made.
Friday the rooms are open from 9
to 12 o'clock and from 1 to 6. The
total number registered for Friday s
161 and no doubt, over 1,000 dressings
will be piledup.
Rpventv-five clrls who have never
been in the rooms before have reg
istered and yesterday twenty-five girls
new at the work were initiated into
the worthv toil. Those engaged in the
work really have a most enjoyable
time, whole their busy fingers care
fully fold the compresses. Many of the
girls are now bringing caps, aprons
and scissors.