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The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVII, NO. 118.
flclDITES
Nebraska's Prospect! Brighten
With Increased Number
FOOTBALL JSJN SLUMP
'leaders of Gridiron Warrior Not
Optimise Concerning 8prln -practice
Between twenty and thirty men
yere out at the regular evening track
. workout last night. With the drat
meet of the season only two weeks
way, things are commencing to
take on a somewhat orderly appear
ance, and the prospects for a win
ting track team are assuming large
jroportlons. Coach Stewart person
ally supervised the work of the men
last night for the flrBt time and
leemed very well pleased with the
material that was On hand. Nebraska
U still lacking, however, in men for
Borne of the events. So far no
Jumpers or vaulters have put in an
appearance and the candidates for
the mile and for the hurdles are still
few and scattered. With the enroll
ment that Nebraska has there is no
reason why we Bhould not defeat any
of the schools in the Middle West
In track athletics. But it can't be
done with but one or two men out
tor each event and none at all for
ome of the main ones. There is
bo doubt but that there- are some
men in school who In their high
school days were reckoned as stars
tut who have so far failed to don
the spikes here at the University.
These men should by all means get
out and get Into form and scrap for
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DR. C.B. CORNELL TO TALK
BEFORE PSYCHOLOGY CLASS
Will Lecture Tonight on Men
tal Tests On Which He
Wrote Thesis
Dr. C. B. Cornell will talk on mental
tests to students of Psychology in Pal
ladian hall, Tuesday at 7:30 o'clock.
Dr. Cornell wrote his doctor's thesis
on determining mental age of school
children, the material tor which was
collected by actual experiments. A
scale by which pupils could be tested
mentally was formulated. Mental
tests upon a methematica professor at
one time showed that he had a mind
for drawing which corresponded to
that of a child four years old and his
average mental age was seven while
no estimate could be put on his mathe
matical mind as it was so above that
of the average.
COPPOCK CAMPAIGN
WILL END TODAY
$912.75 Has Been Subscribed
1,500 Must Be
Raised
The Nebraska-to-China campaign to
raise $1,500, the salary for Miss
Orace Ccppoek, '05, national secre
tary of the Y. W. C. A. in China,
ends today. $912.75 has been sub
scribed, according to the official re
Port last evening. - The following
captains with their committees have
turned in the recorded amounts:
Helen Kendall 87-50
Carolyn Reed 4600
Ruth Welch 7200
Helen Holts 47 00
Gertrude Munger 5600
Winifred Moran 66 50
Dorothy Wetherald 6250
Ruth Shively 2600
Ruth Hutton 4150
Nellie Bloodgood 5450
Mary Brownell.... 8275
Miscellaneous 259.50
Report From Prominent Engineer
The department ot engineering has
Just received an elaborate report from
Mr. Ralph Modjeskl, the celebrated
bridge engineer, of his bridge across
the Mississippi at Memphis. M. B.
Case, '05, was the resident engineer
during the construction ot the bridge.
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UNIVERSITY OK NEBRASKA, LINCOLN. TUESDAY, MARCH 2G, 1918.
STAGE LAST ROUND
OF DEBATE TODAY
Juniors and Freshmen Engage
In Decisive Contest
BEGINS AT 2;30 O'CLOCK
Change Hour for Debate From 10:00
O'clock Aa In Former Year In Part
of Phi Beta Kappa Program
The final round ot Interclass debates
will take place today at 2:30 o'clock in
Law 101, between the freshmen and
Juniors. The question upon which the
two trios are to debate Is "Resolved,
That the government should own and
I operate the railroads of Hie I'nlted
mates." i ne juniors win laxe me af
firmative and the Freshmen the nega
tive side ot the question.
It has been a custom for the final
class debates to be held on Phi Beta
Kappa day In the morning at 10
o'clock, Just before the hour for convo
cation. All classes were excused so
that students could go to the debates.
This year It has been changed to 2:30
o'clock In the afternoon In order to do
away with the dismissal of 10 o'clock
classes.
The freshman class will be repre
sented by Reuben Claunen, Leo Stur
geon and Lawrence Slater. The Junior
trio will consist of William Maddox,
Walter James and Robert Moodle.
In the previous debates the Juniors
won irom ine Beniura uy utiauu, mm i
the freshmen won a two to one devis-
t 1 .Jk
Ion over the sophomores.
Both ot the teams have been work
ing diligently and a closely contested
debate is assured. The Armory has
been filled in former years for the final
debate, and it is hoped that as large
a number will be present in Law 101
the freshmen' won a two to one decls
this afternoon. The Judges which
have been selected are Prof. J. E.
LeRossignol, head of the commerce
department; J. P. Lenning, of the
political science department, and
Leonard W. Kline, '19.
Reports On China
Campaign At Vespers
Final reports of the "Nebraska In
China" campaign will be given by the
captains at vespers Tuesday evening,
at 5 o'clock, in the Y. V. C. A. rooms
In the Temple.
Prof. J. W. Bridgeman
Returns from Washington
Prof. J. W. Bridgeman, associate pro
fessor of civil engineering, has Just re
turned from Washington, where he has
been in answer to a call from the ora
nano rfenartment. While in Wash
ington he saw Chancellor Avery and
Dean Stout. He reports that. they are
both verv much interested and very
enthusiasMc over their work.
University Making Plans for Com
ing Gilkey Campaign Program
Important Student Program t0 Pen
Immediately After Vacation
Faculty Members, Students and
City Minister On Committee
The University is to be privileged
with a series of the strongest meetings
r
DR. CHARLES W. GILKEY
in her history next week, beginning
Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in
the Temple theatre. Dr. Chas. W.
Gilkey of Chicago, has been secured to
ive four of Ms famous address on the
evnlngs of Apr112-S. and then to hold
SENIOR WOMEN
ELECT MAY QUEEN
Complete Balloting For Most
Popular Co-Ed Today
NOMINATE BLACK MASQUES
Nominations for Thirteen Junior
Girls Made According to New
Plan Vote Not Final
The annual election of the May
Queen by the senior girls is being held
In the Library today. Voting was be
gun yesterday and great Interest was
shown by the girls if one may Judge
by the crowd of voters around the
table most of the day.
The senior co-ed who receives the
most votes for May Queen Is consid
ered elected, no separate voting being
done on the nominees. Her Identity
Is traditionally kept a secret until she
Is crowned on Ivy Day. which will be
held the eleventh of May this year.
A new feature of the voting is that
each votes for the thirteen Junior girls
whom she considers would make the
best Black Masque for the coining year
as well as for the queen.
The nominations for Black Masue
will be considered by an advisory
committee composed of the dean of
women, the executive dean and the
registrar. The final selection will be
made by the acting Black Masques as
usual, but they will probably regard
the wishes ot the voters as far as pos
sible. The popular election held this
. --
'eek ls not flnal as vas Btated m a
Lincoln paper yesterday.
STREET CAR SERVICE
ON OLD SCHEDULE SOON
Traction Company Will Follow
Old Time Card Beginning
March 31
Beginning March 31, the Lincoln
Traction company will resume the pre
conservation schedule and the 12:05
o'clock carsv will again be a reality.
Nearly two months of the short-time
schedules have been completed.
The University went back to the
11:30 o'clock closing rule March 15
and since that time parties and club
meetings have lasted unilV after the
last car left. Some inconvenience was
caused as a result and students will no
doubt aDnreciate the new order ot
things which will greet them after
spring vacation.
Indian School Sends
Request For Teacher
A call for a matron and music teach
er has been, received from the St.
Mary's school for Indian girls at Mis
sion, South Dakota. Anyone desiring
such a position should leave creden
tials at the bureau.
personal conferences during the day
with any who care to talk with him
about almost any subject. Dr. Gilkey
is considered one of the most broadly
educated and cultured men before the
American public today. He has been
temporarily released from his regular
work in Chicago to do work in the can
tonments and colleges of the central
west. His message straight from a
personality alive to the world situation
of today, in all its intricacieis will
prove invaluable to both student and
faculty.
It has seemed very opportune to
have such a man here at this time.
The great student friendship fund of
last fall brought sacrificial offerings
from the co'.le.ge world that were mucn
far-reaching in their effects than had
been anticipated. It afforded students
of the entire nation the opportunity
for fellowship wit hthose to whom the
war has brought' suffering and dis
aster. It created a new consciousness
of the needs ofthe world.
As a result of this feeling, the great
N'orthfleld program for 1918-19 was
-rrke.1 out in January, providing,
among other things, for the enlistment
of 200,000 North American students in
the study and discussion of Christian
principles as they relate to this pres
ent 'world situation. This meant in
the University of Nebraska the organ
ization of more than thirty discussion
groups or classes ot men meeting
weekly and led by. faculty members,
business men or urperclassmen. The
groups have already been considering
for three weeks the social, political
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TH1RTY-N1NESEHI0HSAREAWAHDED
MEMBEnSHIP IH PHI BETA KflPPA
Highest Average of Those Se
lected is 93.40 Per Cent
ONLY FOUR MEN ELECTED
Initiation To Be Held In April Prof.
M. Q. Wyer Speaks on Literary
Work Debate Thle Afternoon
Thirty-nine seniors, four of them
men, were awarded membership in
Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scholarship
fraternity, at- Its regular convocation
meeting in Memorial hall at 11
o'clock this morning. This number
represents about one-eighth ot the
senior class. The highest average this
year was 93.40 per cent, as against an
average of 94.21 per cent last year,
when thlrty-Bix were chosen.
Classics and mathematics are no
longer requisite for eligibility to the
fraternity, according to a ruling made
last year, and since that time the aver
age has been Bomewhat higher than in
former years. The annual initiation ot
the new members will be hold some
time in April, but the exact date has
not been set.
Preceding the announcement of the
election, Prof! Malcom Q. Wyer spoke
of the library work in camps and of
the need which the Boiaiers ieu ior
k,v. nn various subjects-. He told ot
rtm of his experiences in organizing
the library in the Texas training camp
ivMoh he visited some time ago.
Contrary to custom the finals ot the
annual interclass debate battle were
To Choose Delegates For
W. A. A. at Meeting Today
An important meeting of the Wo
men's Athletic association will bw held
Tuesday, March 27. at 7.15 o'clock, at
which basketball and hike leaders will
be chosen and delegates will be select
ed for the national convention of the
W. A. A. to be held ai nicagu,
12-13. This is the second convention
of this nature ever held in America.
The following nominations have Deen
made. Marjory Barstow, naaeune
Girard, Fae Breese and Helen uoia.
TEACHERS' BUREAU GETS
CALLS FROM MANY STATES
In One Day 125 Recommenda
tions Were Sent Out 40
Regrets Mailed
rn for teachers have been re
ceived by the Teachers' Bureau in the
last few days from nearly every suue
in the union. Schools in Minnesota.
Oregon, Texas, Idaho and Montana
have written tor instructors in every
department from manual training to
philosophy, and the bureau is doing
everything that it can to supply these
needs.
In one. day of the regular routine
work in the teachers' office last week,
endations were sent out-
north, east, south and west, and 40 re
grets were mailed.
Students who wish to teach next
- ,v.ii lAnve their names and cre
dentials at the office in the Adminis
tration building.
DR. FRED M. FLING TO
DISCUSS WAR TOMORROW
Lecture at Temple at 11
O'clock Open to All Students
and City People
Dr. F. M. Fling, head of the depart
ment of European history, will discuss
situation tomorrow
morning at the 11 o'clock meeting ot
European history 1 class In the Tem
ple. Visitors will be allowed to at
tend the lecture.
Dr. Fling is well known to Lniver
uir ..indents and faculty as perhaps
the most eloquent speaker on war sub
jects on the campus. He receives re
quests instantly to speak In the vari
ous training camps.
Tk fmnt seats down stairs will be
reserved tor members ot his class-
all otters open to public
PRICE FIVE CENTS
not held at 10 o'clock, but the freshm-
man and iunlora are schoduled to meet
at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon in Law
101, to decide the championship.
ltallnw-tnr is the alphabetical list of
the eenlora awarded Phi Deta Kappa
membership:
Kvetyn M. Anderson, Wausa
Jessie J. Baum,
Jean Burroughs, Lincoln
Ermine Carmean, Chadron
Mildred M. Chapln, Lincoln
Sara Cole.
Inet M. Cook.
Cornelia Crittenden, Lincoln
Mary A. Davey, Davey
Catherine E. Dodge, Fremont
Bernlce Downing, Lincoln
Estella M. Ellison, University Place
Alma C. FrltchofT.
Chester H. Grau, Washington
Mary E. Guthrie. Lincoln
Christine H. Hanson, Upland
-Edna M. Hathway, St. Joseph, Mo.
Ruth M. Horrum. Auburn
Gladys Hughes, Lincoln
Wahlfred Jacobaon, Omaha
Elsie L. Johnson, Broadwater
Gladys M. Kloke, Lincoln ,
Minnie L. Lawson, Genoa
Margaret Macauley, Clearwater
.Gertrude M. Munger, Spencer, la.
"Harriet L. Ramey, Lincoln
Marian Iteeder, Columbus
Grace I. Ross, Blair
Clara B. Schulte, Elgin
Josefa Seely, Syracuse
Ruth Sheldon, Omaha
Bess M. Sherman, Rlverton, la.
-Ruth M. Snively, Sheridan
Susie P. Souther, Crawford
Wayne L. Townsend, Cook
Ira L. Watson, University Place
Martha B. Winter,
Louia A. Wolfanger,
Edith M. Yungblut, Lincoln
STUDENTS PETITION FOR
BETTER TENNIS COURTS
Many Sign Appeal to Athletic
Board for More Respectable
Equipment on Field
A petition was started yesterday
and was left in the College Boole
Store for signatures, the purpose ot
which ls to get some action on the
matter of University tennis courts.
While it is true that there will be
nothing done in the way ot develop
ing a Varsity tennis team, still It
seems to some of the students that
there should be some courts which
possess at least aome semblance ot
respectability, upon which the stu
dents of the University can Indulge
m the game. As things stand at the
present time there are only two
courts and so far this year nothing
has been done in the way ot putting
them into shape so that anyone can
play on them. According to the pe
tition, the originators of which have
not made themselves known, they
are going to appeal to the Athletic
Board to erect and maintain eix new
courts on the vacant ground Just to
the north of the new Chemistry
building. This ground la adjoining
the site of the present courts and
if the Idea goes through Nebraska
will have a very respectable set ot
eight tennis courts and an athletic
asset of which she can well he
proud.
WHISKBROOM SUBSCRIBERS
MUST CALL FOR COPIES
Books Not Taken Before Vaca
tion Forfeited Have Been
Out Nine bays
All subscribers 'of the Whiskbroom
who do not call for their copies at the
student activities' office before vaca
tion, Wednesday evening, will forfeit
them, the business manager announces
yesterday. The books were Issued last
Tuesday, giving subscribers nine days
in which to call for tbem.
Since only a limited number were
printed and the subscription list small
and the number ot books on sale smalL
many people who wished Whisk
brooms were not able to get them.
A small number will be on sale at the
student activities' office after vacation,
at 5a cents.