The Daily Nebraskan
XVII, NO. 13G.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. LINCOLN. TUESDAY, APRIL 30. 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VOK
MATES SET FOR
ANNUAL FETE W
Hifh Schoolers to Speak Sat
urday Morning
TEAM DEBATES POSTPONED
wiil Discuss Question of Compulsory
High School Military
Training
The eleventh annual state debate ot
tl Nebraska High School Debating
league will be held In Memorial hail
text Saturday mornln. May 4, high
tcbool fete day. The question which
. will be discussed by representatives
of ten schools that haTe won district
championships will be the following
league question for the year: Re-
solTed. That Compulsory Military
Training Should Be Established In the
Public High Schoola of the United
States."
That the state debate this year
U ! Ml
. would be between teams rather than
between indlvidlial repk-esentatlves
was the plan of the league, but a
late start on the work, the putting
forward ot high school fete day two
weks, and the expense In war times
f hrinHnr teams from distant parts
ot the state, has made the league de
cide to postpone the team debating in
the state contest until next year.
There may be some Inter-district
debates, howeTer, on Friday and Sat
urday. This matter had not been defi
nitely decided yesterday, said Prof.
M. M. Fogg. the. president of the
league.
The -district championship honors,
as far as they had been decided yes
terday, were as follows:
Eastern district, Omaha Central
High School.
Northwestern District, Alliance.
Southwestern District, McCook,
Western District, MInden.
West-Central District. Ravenna.
The championship ot the East-Cen-(
Continued on page three)
MANY KEBRASXAN'S GET
FUHSTON (AMISSIONS
28 " Successfully Complete
Course -in Third Officers'
Training Camp
The twenty-eight Nebraska men who
qualified for commissions as second
lieutenants in the third officers' train
ing camp at Camp Funston which Just
recently closed, according to the an
nouncement by Colonel Roberts, com
mandant of the cadet battalion of the
University, are as follows:
James II. Barker, headquarters com
pany, field artillery.
Roy S. Bradley, supply company,
40th field artillery.
Dana F. Cole, Battery A, 340th field
artillery.
Carl C. Dale. Battery A, 340th field
artillery.
Henry W. Foute Battery E, 340th
field artillery. . . .
Owen A. Frank, Battery F. 340th
field artillery.
Ralph W. Garrett. Battery F, 340th
field artillery.
Harry D. GUdersleeve, Battery B,
341st field artillery.
Clear C. Golden, Battery B, 341st
field artillery.
Virgil J. Haggart, Battery F, 341st
field artillery.
Paul O. Harding, headquarters com
pany, 341st field artillery.
Edwin J. Ohlsen. Battery F, 341 field
artillery. '
Warren T. Roberts, Battery A, 342d
field artillery.
Carl Rohwer, Battery B, 342d field
artillery.
Selleck, John K, Battery C, 34;d
field artillery.
John W. Webb. Battery E, 342d
field artillery.
Clarence G. Bergman, Company C
353d infantry.
Clarence R. Bigelow, Company D,
353d infantry.
Emmett H Dunaway, headquarters
company, 354th infantry.
U4t.na he4iiianers
company, 354th infantry.
Alfred F. HInze, headquarters com
pany, 354th Infantry.
(Continued on .page two)
DRAMATIC CLUB PLANS
REAL VAUDEVILLE SHOW
To Present "Orpheum" Bill In
Temple Saturday
WILL BE IN EIGHT ACTS
Proceeds of Entertainment Go to Red
Triangle Seats at Twenty
flva Cents
The 1'nlversity Dramatic club wishes
to announce a particularly good bill tor
their "Orpheum" bill, which will be
liven Saturday evening at 8 o'clock In
the Temple theater. All seats will sell
tor 25 cents.
The Program
The bill follows:
A. Muscles Without Brains
x Fowler and Dobson
B. The Samuelson Family In "Com
mon Cents"
Woolen. Ereilm and Moodie
C. Gloria, the Girl with the Bonfire
Head
C. "Madam Butterfly"
(A Japanese playlet based on the
story of the opera.)
The cast:
Madam Butterfly Susie Scott
Sharpless Rev Dow
Lieut. Piokerton Webb Richards
Gamadori Leonard Woolen
Nakodo Peterson
Kate Josephine Burkett
Suzuki Katherine Pierce
E. "Jus. I."
Appleman
F. Burnt Corks In "Camouflage"
Jackson. Dobson. Hansen, Fow
ler. Claussen. Lynn, Schroeder,
Lucas
G. A Pair of Wooxly Wolves
H. Saravista, the Veiled Lady, with
her troup of Oriental dancers.
For Red Triangle
The bill will not be so essentially dif
ferent from that of the regular Or
pheum. except that the performers will
be University students instead oi pro
fessionals, and the price of all seats
25 cents.
ThA rtmmatic club Is giving this
vaudeville instead of their annual play
and expect to raise $100 for their Kea
Triangle pledge.
Union Hold Initiation
for Twelve New M embers
rnion initiation at the Caves Union
r.itomrv uooietv in'tlated twelve new
members at the Caves Friday night,
April 26th. The following were in
itiated: .
Poland Scott Earl Lennlnger
Harold O. Peterson Ruth Dalley
Mae Moritx Dewey Dye
Doretha Ferris Harry Diamond
Anna NIssen Nellie Bloodgood
aivin Koka Beatrice Scbenck
The annual picnic will be held at
Crete May 3 and 4. Unions meet at
Burlington station to take 5:5a oclocK
train next Friday.
BAND DANCE GIVEN
TO AID WAR WORK
Shembeck's "Phiends" are
Coming Fewer Tickets
Validated Than Last Year
Arrangements have nractlcally been
completed for the second annual band
dance which Is to be given at the city
auditorium Saturday evening. May 4.
The proceeds from the dance this year
will be turned over to war wora, ana u
is hoped to make the gift one ot the
largest of the year.
fnntrarv to the common supposition
the band will not furnish the music
for the dance. Shembeck and his
'Phienda" have been hired for that
evening and will be on the Job with
their usual well-selected and popular
program.
The large crowd, wnicn nas oeen a
disagreeable feature at former band
dances, will not be in evidence thia
year, as only enough tickets have been
validated to comfortably fill the danc
ing floor. Reports from members of
the band are that the tickets are sell
ing rapidly and It is probable that the
supply will be exhausted by the middle
of the week. Anyone wishing to secure
a ticket should see some member ot
the band as soon as possible and have
one reserved.
Anyone attending the dance can feel
that his dollar Is practically donated to
war work, as the expene of the music
have nearly been met by the band It
self, while the use of the auditorium
was given by the Commercial club.
Will FIRST I!
nun
Husker Track Artists Walk
Away From Cyclones
FINAL SCORE 79 TO 35
Ames Strong in Field Events Meet
Meld in Driving Rainstorm.
That Prevents Speed
Nebraska comple'e'y swamped the
Ames Cyclones in their first Missouri
Valley dual Saturday afternoon by
wading through a muddy track for a
79 to 35 victory. A cold, driving rain
from the north interfered with the
athletes, making lite almost unbear
able for runners and spectators alike,
and prevented fast time, with the ex
ception of the 101-yard dash. The
time In the high hi'rdles and the two
mile run was also remarkable, consid
ering the conditions of the track and
the atmosphere.
Cornhusker runners excelled by a
wide margin in the track events, mak
ing an almost clean sweep ot the runs
by taking first In every event and sec
ond place In four races, while Ames
counted the bulk of Its points in the
field events. Harold 1 McMahon and
Mike Finney were the outstanding per
formers of the afternoon. McMahon
finishing first in both the 100- and 440-
yard dashes, while Finney walked
away with the high and low hurdles
In easy fashion and ran a close second
to Captain Townsend In the 220-yard
dash.
Huskers Score Rapidly
From the moment McMahon and
Townsend had tucked away eight
points for the Huskers in the century
dash. It was evident that Nebraska
had the "Aggies" outclassed. Kretx
ler and Graf continued the scoring by
cleaning up in the mile. In the first
three events Anderson was the only
Cyclone to place, end by the time the
fourth event had been run oft Nebras
ka had a 30 to 3 lead over their oppo
nents. The 440 proved to be the fea
ture race. In which B. McMahon out
footed Fish on the home stretch for
second place.
The heavy track didn't affect Graf,
the Nebraska mudder, who plodded
through the long two-mile grind and
finished a full lap in front of Sharp,
the Ames enry. Ames defaulted in the
half-mile relay. bu in the mile relay
the Nebraska quarter Tort, Grau. B.
McMahon. and H. McMahon finished
thirty yards In front of the "Aggies."
Ames Wins Field Events
Ames made 26 of their total 35
point by capturing first honors In
every field event except the discus,
which Hubka won by heaving the slip
pery platter 110 feet. Dimmick hit the
takeoff for 19 feet 5 inches in the
broad Jump, a mighty good leap, con
sidering the uncertain footing.
"The freshman team, consisting of
Gillilan. Hanxlick Danforth, and
smith tte-t the nare for the half-mile
relay and worsted the high school
(Continued on page three.)
MEDIC DPPERCLASSES
TO GET NO VACATION
Change Usual Schedule to Rush
Drafted Men to Aid
of Country
There will be no vacation for the
Junior and senior medics this year.
WnrH m-a received from Dr. I. S.
rni r Fridav that the fall term would
begin on June 3 Instead of In Septem
ber as usual.
rnnor classmen who are subject to
itA Hrrt nd were placed in the
medical reserve will be graduated
early and hurried out to take care of
the wounded.
sinrn most of the men In the drart
are In the uppercla5ses it was not
nnotABrvA nAoessarv to make this
change In the treshman and sopho
more classes. Although the war ae-
Mrtment h-J requested that the
change be made on'y for the drafted
men. It was thought unadvisable to
divide the classes.
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
WILL DECIDE COURSE
Meets to Discuss University
Employees' Loyalty
OPPOSE PUBLIC HEARING
Will Determine Steps in Handling
Reply of Boad of Regents
on Friday
Whatever step the Slate Council ot
Defense wishes to take in handling the
reply of the Board of Regents asking
for a public hearing on disloyalty
charges against University employees
will be decided upon at a meeting next
Friday afternoon, at which all of the
members of the counctl are to be pres
ent. The council will also prepare at this
time a statement of their general posi
tion on all such matters as well as In
the case of the University, and this
statement will probably , be given to
the public Saturday. That the council
will not take favorably to the Idea of a
public hearing Is thought very likely
from what has been hoard of the indi
vidual opinions ot some ot the mem
bers. It Is not known for rure whether the
council will have anything definite to
present to the regents in the way of
proof of disloyalty, but it Is known
that several persons who were on the
complaining list before have again vis
ited the office ot the board Bince the
regents decision was made public.
The regents will meet tonight to
finish the work on the budget which
was left over from last time and what
ever communication the council has
made will be taken up then.
Dr. A. L. Bixby to Speak
to Journalism Students
"Newspaper Humor" will be the
subject of the lecture this evening by
Dr. A. 1 Bixby ot the Dally Drift
column of the Nebraska State Journal
to the Journalism students of the Uni
versity. The lecture will be open to
the public. Dr. Bixby will speak In
the Music hall, the Temple.
This lecture by Dr. Bixby Is one
ot the series during the year by Ne
braska and other Journalists on va
rious aspects of Journalistic work.
Will Conduct Series of
Scientific Investigations
Dr. Raymond J. Pool, head of the
botany department, will conduct an
Investigation during the summer
months for the International Nickel
mmiunT to determine the relation of
smelter gases to crops and other
vegetation. The International xstcaei
company supplies the government
with a large per cent, of the nickel
used In making "brdinance materials,
but has encountered trouble In Its
work because of the injury done to
crops by the smelter gases. The
direct effect of these gases upon the
crops and a way sought to eliminate
the harmful properties from the gas.
Dr. Pool will leave the first of June
for the Salt Lake City region and
after two weeks will transfer his
work to New York City and Ontario.
SOPHOMORES WINNERS
IN IMERCLASS MEET
Juniors and Seniors Tie for
Second Place High Honors
to Helen Curtice
The sophomores won by a score of
33 points in the girls' swimming meet
held Saturday afternoon at the Lincoln
high school pool. The Juniors and
seniors tied for second place.
Some very good work in diving and
various strokes and crawls was exhib
ited. As individual Bcorers, Helen Cur
tice of the juniors lead by making 22
points and Harriett Holley followed
with IS points.
Judges of the contest were Mrs. Ross
P. Curtice, Mrs. JesMe Beghtol Lee
and Miss Harriett Spaulding.
Last year the sophomores also won
the Interclass swimming contest. Har
riet Holley was individual star and
Eleanor Frampton came second in
cumber of points gained.
Relay races wee events of last
year's as weii an Vnia year's meet. A
swimming meet promises to be one of
the annual girls events.
STUDENTS TO HEAR
D EFEHSESPEKE R
Dr. Wm. E. Bohn to Talk of
Germany
AT 11 O'CLOCK TODAY
Has First-hand Knowledge of Sub
jectComes Under Govern
ment Auspices
University Convocation at 11 o'clock
this morning will be addressed by Wil
liam E. Bohn. PhD ot New York.
tecretary of the Friends of German
Democracy, a patriotic organization.
Doctor Bohn will speak under the aus
pices of the Patriotic League ot the
University. Acting Chancellor W. G.
Hastings will preside. His subject will
be "German Democracy."
Doctor Bohn. who is being sent turn
out the country by the Committee on
Public Information, and who Is speak
ing ten days In Nebraska under the
ausDices of the B'jrean of Speakers
and Publicity of tae State Council ot
Defense, will sneak from the point of
view of the son of an 1848 German
revolutionist and on the basis of first
hand observation as to what the
Kaiser's government has been doing
to the German people through the
schools and the churches the last
thirty years.
"Doctor Bohn held the audience
spellbound for about one and three- -Quarter
hours." reports the chairman
o fthe Washington County Council of
Defense, D. T. Lund, concerning the
meeting last Monday evening at Blair.
Doctor Bohn spoke at Nebraska City
last evening. His last address In Ne
braska will be at Beatrice tonight.
On account of the demand for Doc
tor Bohn from other cities, the request
ot Lincoln Germans for him to make a
second address here could not be met.
says Professor Fogg
TELEGRAPHY SCHOOL
CONTINUES GROWTH
Offers Special Course for the
Women Sends 19 New
Men Into Service
University women will be given an
opportunity to attend the telegraphy
school this summer. This course will
last six weeks, beginning May 27. The
time of the course will be for three
hours every afternoon, either from 1
to 4 o'clock or from 2 to K o'clock. A
room on the second floor ot the law
building Is being equipped to accom
modate the needs of this course.
Although the soldiers stationed here
will use the equipment In mechanic
arts hall from 8 till 5 o'clock every
day, the department will be open to
those wishing to take the training for
the radio section of the army from 6
to 9 o'clock. It -was stated that en
listments will "be taken all through
the summer.
Nineteen men have been sent into
the service in the last week, they hav
ing completed their course satisfac
torily. Thqy are. Oscar Schomker,
Mark Havens, Leslie Crow, William
Collier, Blaine Graybill, William Aker,
Earl Sharp, Lester Anderson, Allen
Sutherland, Isaac Halverstlck, Stanley
Slamek, Clement Swoboda, Herbert
Chresieory, Ray Kllllon, Frank
O'Brien, William Glen, D. K. Bryant
and Fred Dale.
MOST APPLY AT ONCE
FOR TRAINING CAIIP
New Clause Bars Native Born
Germans Whether Citizens
or Not
Applications for the fourth officers
training camp, to begin May 15th,
must be In by Wednesday. There
wfll be no reglar form of application
blanks for this camp, and selections
will be made from the records of the
University and the military depart
ment in particular. Physical exami
nations will not be ma', at time of ,
application, but will be later arranged
for.
Qualifications for the camps are
(Continued on page three)"