The Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVII. NO. 132.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. TUESDAY, APRIL 23. 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
EOT ILL
Mil SOLDIERS
Expect 350 in Training By
May 15
T0 FURNISH QUARTERS
Conferee with Captain Knight
Maket Camp Practically Certain
May Last Six Month
The University's proposition to the
War department to establish a mili
tary camp at the University for inten
ttre technical training In army me
chanics and engineering for regularly
tnlisted and drafted men has been
Tlewed favorably by Captain Andrew
Knight, representative of the War de
partment, committee on education and
special training, and It is very proba
ble that by May 15 there will be about
150 regular soldiers taking training on
the city campus and perhaps at many
more on the farm campus.
Acting Chancellor Hastings. Captain
Knight, and Dean O. J. Ferguson of the
Engineering college. Inspected the con
ditions on the city campus yesterday
afternoon and conferred upon (he
proposition. Captain Knight expressed
lis approval of the University both as
to the facilities for training the men
and the possibilities for quartering the
men satisfactorily.
Not to Use Fair Ground
The original plan of using the fair
grounds for a camp for the men has
been given up as the War department
requires that the University shall pro
vide quarters and food on the earnr-us
at which they are taking the training.
Thus the 350 that take training at the
farm will be quartered on the farm
campus and the 350 that study lin the
Engineering department here will be
quartered on the city campus.
Nebraska hall has about been decid
ed upon as barracks for the men. The
Temple cafeteria will be utilized to
supply food. Whether this will close
the cafeteria to the civilian students is
not known as yet Dean Lyman will
have his offices In the new Chemistry
hall by that time and the other occu
pants of Nebraska hall will find tem
porary quarters in some other build
ing. The situation for caring for the men
at the farm has not yet been decided
but Dean Burnett believes it can be
arranged satisfactorily today.
May Train Three Contingents
The proposition as it now stands Is
to continue this arrangement for only
two months, which Is the time required
to train one contingent of men. but
Captain Knight and the chancellor be
lieve that if It is once started the
camp will continue for six months,
giving opportunity to train three con
tingents of 700 men each.
Regularly enlisted and drafted sol
diers selected to take this training will
be given instruction in wireless teleg
raphy, telephone and telegraph line
work, signalling, cement work, wood
work, forging, engineering and general
army mechanics. The University is to
furnish the instructors from Its own
resources for which It receives a re
muneration from the government to
cover all expenses.
While It will not be known for cer
tain whether the plan will be accepted
until Captain Knight bears from the
War department, it Is reasonably cer
tain from his report to them at present.
BASE HOSPITAL IS
. DECLARED OFFICIAL
University of Nebraska Unit
Part of Regular Army .
Change Command
The University of Nebraska base
hospital nait has been declared a part
f the regular army and will be offl
cially known In the future as base hos-
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The corps has" been in training at
Camp Dodge emi-o5cia.uy ana
continue to train there for the present
at least.
Major A. C. Stokes, who has been -the
head of the organisation, has been
displaced by Major L. Mitchell under
the change. Major Mitchell U an -Krienced
army oZcer who has seen
urr v. , i mpHnii forces in
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Honolulu; so.the change I" cozzsns-
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u not in the least to tne u.iw
Major Stokes.
STUDENTS TO ATTEND
NEW TRAINING CAMP
Eighteen Students Have Al.
ready Signified Intention
HAVE THREE CLASSES
Men Given Commissions to Be Second
Lieutenants on Reserve
Inactive List
Eighteen students have signified
their wish to attend the fourth of-
fleers training camp at Camp Funs-;
ton which will open May 13 and con-
The men who wish to go are to be
divided Into three rrbuns acroriiine
to their class in the University and
the amount of military training they
have had. Class A is made up of
seniors who at the end of the year w ill
have completed the advance, course In
R. O. T. C. training, class B consists
of Juniors who have had three years
of military training and the course In
R. O. T. C. training. Class C is made
up of graduates.
To Be On Inactive List
The men who are given commis
sions at the end of the camp course
will be second lieutenants of the re
serve officers corps for five years and
will be placed on the inactive list
subject to call if and when their serv
ice is required.
All of the candidates must on May
15 be not less than 20 years and 9
months or over 32 years of age.
The military department of the Uni
versity now has on hand only appli
cation blanks for the third officers'
training camp. It is not yet known
whether these are the same as those
for the fourth camp, but further infor
mation is expected daily. The com
plete list of physical requirements has
not yet been received.
Class "C" Requirements
The following are the rules so far
received relating to candidates for
admission Into Class C:
Graduates other than those specified
In classes A and B. who are within
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BOARD TO WIND DP
BUDGET WEDNESDAY
Petition of Defense Council
Will Probably Be Taken
Up at That Time
The board of regents will meet
Wednesday evening to finish up the
work on the budget for the new year
which has been in preparation since
thteir first meeting last week. A
number of causes work together in
making this budget larger than in
ordinary years. Among the other
items will be lhat calling for an ap
propriation for tennis- courts which
hare been so earnestly requested by
the students. It Is thought that there
will be little effort made to hold up
the measure at this ime.v
The petition of the state council of
defense concerning faculty loyalty
will be presented at the meeting- No
intimation had been made uptoW
evening as to what action might be
taken.
Three Husky
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ThevForBi .Vied "to'c .service All three of the men were to be Pivot
SfrpUiSlectUiUDedtoftiinitofchooL
FOOTBALL IS HARD
FT
Captain Rhodes, Munn, Hubka
and Doles are Called
LOSS OF RHODES SERIOUS
Was Mainstay of Next Fall's Eleven
other Men May Leave
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doubly hard by the fact that the
Huskers will also lose several other
men In the next week or so through
the same channels. Hubka. one of
last year's letter n:en. Is leaving In
a day or so for the navy, and Fred
Dales, the mainstay of the husky
freshmen aggregation of last fall has
already gone to his home in Hartlng
ton preparatory to leave -for Fort
Logan on the first of May. Wayne
Munn. the powerful center, has re
ceived his call and will leave in a few
days.
Roscoo B. Rhodes, better known as
"Dusty," captain-elect of the 1918
Cornhusker football machine, has been
selected for service in the United
States army, and will leave sometime
this week for his home at Ansley,
Net., to make plans for going with
the draft quota from his district early
in May.
It Serious Blow
The loss of "Dusty" is the most se
rious blow that the football situation
has received at Nebraska since the
war started and one of the most de
pressing in the entire history at the
Cornhusker institution. Not for a de
cade has the captaln-eleet of the foot
ball team failed to return to scnooi,
kn t,a voa oiifrftilp for comnetition
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Rhodes will not be missed alone for,
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that had he remained In school
"Dusty" would have been an all
western end next season as he has
been working hrrd all year, increas
ing his speed.
As a freshman. Rhodes looked like
an almost hopeless candidate for a
backfield position and when Coach
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FACULTY PATRIOTIC
LEAGUE GIYES DINNER
Prof. W. L. Westermann of
Wisconsin University Makes
After-Dinner Address
The Patriotic league of the faculty
of the University of Nebraska gave a
dinner Monday evening at 6:45 o'clock
for members of the league and their
husbands and wives. The dinner was
given in the Home Economics build
ing at the state farm
The speaker of the evening was
Prof. W. L. Westermann oi me di
versity of Wisconsin, who gave an
after-dinner address.
Anti - Germans
Muhlca Wayne wunn
' rat)Uin Rhodes. Munn
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IN DES MOINES MEET
Track Team Gets Only Two
Points at Drake
AMES HERE SATURDAY
Odds About Even Want Big Crowd
Out for Squad'a First Home
Appearance
Earl D. Starboard
Nebraska played with old Dame Fate
last Saturday at the Drake relays and
suffered considerable hard luck at the
hands of the lady, in the face of a
I wet and heavy snow storm, the Corn
husker athletes battled their way
against great odds and against some of
the best athletes of the country for a
total of but two points. The fact of
the matter is, liowever, that the Ne
braskans should have had at least
eight or nine more added to their tally
card. The track was wet and covered
with about two Inches of snow. Not
only this, but the frozen dainties fell
In great gobs all during the progress
of the meet, making the runners look
like animated snow men by the time
they had covered a part of their dis
tance. How ever, the rest of the teams
were at the same disadvantage that
the huskers were, and Dr. Stewart Is
offering no alibis as salve for the lack
of scores. '
Should Have Won Half Mile
Nebraska should have won the halt
mile event hands down. Up until the
last few yards the Cornhuskers were
In the lead kicking up snow In the
fsces of some of the proudest Institu
tions of the west. Everything seemed
cinched for the honors when the unex
pected calamity hppened. Harold Mc
Mahon. the last man on the team, was
running a pretty race when his ankle
suddenly gave way and he nearly
stopped dead in his tracks. However,
he did manage to go on to the finish,
but was unable to prevent Michigan
and Illinois from beating him to the
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tape by a scant foot and a half.
Thic
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WELL KNOWN ALUMNUS -AT
CONVOCATION TODAY
Prof. W. L. Westennan to Give
Patriotic Address Is Well
Posted on Subject
Prof. W. L. Westennan. '94 and
'96. will give a patriotic address at
Convocation this morning in Me
morial hall at 11 o'clock on "Making
the World Safe for Democracy.
Westermann. who is professor of
ancient history in the University of
Wisconsin, took both his A. B. and
M. A. degrees at Nebraska in the de
parment of Greek and Latin. He also
studied under Dr. F. M. Fling in the
department of European History.
After teaching for several years he
went to Berlin where he took his Ph.
D. degree, which qualified him to
leach inT branch of Greek and Roman
culture. He studied under some of
i tne most noted German historians of
the present time
Soon after his return Professor
Westermann went to the University
of Missouri where he taught Greek
and Roman history. Later he went
to the University of Wisconsin where
he gives his whole time to ancient
history.
Professor Westermann is one of the
most distinguished of the young
scholars in this country. Soon after
the war broke out he took a very
strong stand in favor of the allies and
since we have entered the war he has
been aiding the cause in every way
possible. Living in Berlin as- he has
done he in a position to interpret
many things which seem incompre
hensible to us.
Dr. Wm- E. Bohn to Speak
for Ten Days in Nebraska
nr WT.Iiam E. Bohn of New York,
formerly professor of rhetoric In the
University of Michigan, now secretary march through the downtown dla
of the Friends of German democracy, i trictl not in the military form shown
Is speaking ten days la Nebraska un- j Ae Liberty parade, but In hilarious
der the auspices of the bureau of j g- fle througb. eTery theater, and
speakers and publicity of the state L e a genen good time. The -pr-council
of defense, of which Pror, m. . bg ed by the tuning com
M. Fogg Is director. Doctor Bohn, followed la order In rthe places
who Is the son of a German revolu- by Uje regt of the companies
tionist of 1S4S. and who speaks from j jme Indlcaes, the costumes
first hand knowledge of what has , rather unusuaL
been roing on in Germany in recent
began his Nebraska itinerary
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years.
GREEK STAB
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Fraternity Records Show Drop
From Last Year Rating
SORORITIES UNAFFECTED
Kappa Alpha Theta Leads Sororltles
Bushnell Guild All Fraternities, and
Slpma Chi the National Greeks
Kappa Alpha Theta took first place
among the sororities in scholarship
standing, and Bushnell Guild took first
among the fraternities for the first
semester of the year, according to the
report given out yesterday by Execu
tive Dean C. C. Engberg. Alpha Theta
Chi ranked first among the local
Greek fraternities with an index of
183.2, and Sigma Chi among the na
tional Greeks with 180.7. Kappa Alpha
Theta had an index of 304.4 and Bush
nell Guild of 264.1.
The average of the fraternities is
13.3 lower for the first semester of
this year than for the same semester
last vear. or 16S.0. but is above the
average of two years ago when it stood
at 147.1. Dean Engberg said In com
menting unon this year's drop, that ho
believed it was due to the tact that
the fraternities had given their older
and stronger men to war service.
Sororities Average High
Kappa Alpha Theta and Alphi Chi
Omega both came through the Cm
semester with Indexes of OTer 300.0, a
very unusual happening. The first
semester of last year the highest index
was 297.5 made by Gamma Phi Beta,
and there has been no other time when
two sororities went over the 300 mark.
The average of all sororities has been"
practically the same for the first se
mester of the past three years. For
the first semester of 1915-16 it 'was
262.0; for the first semester of 1916-17.
267.8, and for the past semester. 262.6.
Some very remarkable Jumps In
standing have been made, especially
among the fraternities. Sigma Chi
whicht ranks first among the national
Greeks the past semester with an in
dex of 1S0.7, ranked In 20th place last
year with 120.0. Delta Tau Delta
Jumped from 14th place to second for
the past semester and Sigma Nu from
16th to third. The sororities ranked
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FIX DATE FOR ANNUAL
COMPETITIVE DRILL
Military Department Sets May
3d Much Interest Already
Manifested
The annual competitive drill will
take place on May 3rd. This was the
announcement made Monday by the
Military department One special fea
ture of this year's compet Is that It
will not mark the close of the activi
ties of the department of Military
Science and Tactics, for drill will
continue until the close of school. In
terest in the event Is becoming greater
every day, and already company spirit
and a feeling of keen competition be
tween companies is appearing.
Last year compet was not held, on
account of unsettled conditions ia the
Military department, when Captain
Parker, then commandant, was called
as instructor at Fort Snel'Jng. For
this reason, as well as because of the
conditions due to the war. it is ex
pected that a great deal of pep wl11
manifest itself during the contests.
t- .ronimr fallowing comoet.
I.. .,, cvfrf..aH natade will take
an aux v .uuAt -
. Ja wbjch the regiment will
i rnmTOt was won
i. ioi mmMt was won by Com
pany C commanded by Captain M. IL
Schlesinger. Sergent Earl B. Douglas
won Erst place in Individual drilL
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