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The Daily Nebraskan "VOL. XVIII. NO. 17 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, OCTOPKR 10, 1918 PRICE FIVE CENTS IMOII WORK Hi HI H Over Six Hundred More Students Sign Papers and Give Up Civilian Life Mess Line Grows Longer at Every Meal and Men Take to Army Fare About 650 more S. A. T. C. pros pects received notice of their compe tdnt raners Wednesday morn'.ng and l,y evi-nlnn nearly the same number had signed their release paper which practically made them members of the rni-ed States army. Sergeant Webb, in charge of the work, is pleased with the response given by the men. A few failed to report to attend to this duty. These men are urged to report as quickly as possible as clela.' wiil automatically count them cat. All of the men who signed the rc leise papers were mailed greetings vfs'pniav end they will report for final induction as soon as' the paper" are deb'vered to them. Failure to do tl.is will mark them as slackers and they will be sent to cantonments right aay as a punishment. The number attending mess is in creasing right along. Those who got cp too late Tuesday morning to par take of the army breakfast turned up their alarm clocks Tuesday evening as tLey went to bed early In order to be on time Wednesday morning. As a consequence the number fed Wednes day morning was nearly twice as many as that of the previous da The foodstuff fed to the men is very good. All declare that they get enough and more too. In fact the bc7s are getting a lltfltod extrava gant. Orders were Issued Wednes day urging the men to Hooverize. FOUR HUNDRED FOR NEW TRAINING DETACHMENT Volunteers From State Make Up Part of Next Quota For Special Work Four hundred and twenty men of Class 1-A have been called from Ne braska to volunteer for instruction as truck drivers, and repairers, auto me chanics, motorcycle repairers, tractor operators and wagoners. The enlist ment will end after October 12. The men must be white and will be sent to the University of Nebraska for train ing. They will be in Section B of the S- A. T. C. The allotment was made ' at state headquarters at 1:30 p. m. October 7. Volunteers at that time were 453 and consequently offers had to be scaled If a local board has no share in the ca" It is because Acting Provost Marshal Walter L. Anderson had no report it. Captain Anderson says in his notice to local boards: "Referring to paragraph 7 of bulle ,,n 77, I am advised by provost marshal general's telegram E-2678 ,hat September, 1S7.8, registrants be tween the ages of 19 and 36 who have etu clarified and examined and fot"i(i to be In group A may volunteer B this call. We are Issuing calls for 7,000 men from Nebraska, , h ca!ls M ith th's call will take all .e a?&"able men which some boards ve In the regiEtrations prior to Ptember, 19ig Tf. 'V. C. A. MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN OUTLINED f Tte f:fl' tirla who are to be lead rs of the Y. W. C A. membership P e.Tnsday evening ai ta",'ty ,a preparation for the' J 5 Dlfnibership drive to begin' Another Gold Star Gleams, on Uni versity s Service Flag One more star on the university ser vice flag has felt the touch of war's sacrifice and now shines forth In glit tering gold. Frnncls L. DeBrunner was a victim of German gas on Aug ust 28 and died In a French hos pital on September 9. He was a stu dent In commercial law at the univer sity and enlisted In the infantry last year. He was in the 355th infantry, S9th division, and was stationed at Camp Franklin before sailing for the war zone, June 6. Ills home was at Lodge Pole, Nebr. PROF. HRBKOVA RETURNS FROM STATE LOAN TOUR Urged Sale of Liberty Bonds in Ten Counties of Nebraska Trof. Sarka Hrbkova, head of the Department. of Slavonic languages, rc timed Tuesday, after a two weeks' Liberty Loan speaking tour, in con nection with her work as chairman of the women's committee of the state council of defense. She visited ten counties and spoke in seventeen towns mi this tour. She spoke on women's war aetivi ies with special reference to the Lib erty Loan. Miss Hrbkova says that ?hc expects Nebraska to go 'over the op" in this drive in spite of the tact that the quota is double that asked In the last loan. She reports that the state Is in a condition of prosperity nd that everywhere-she met great en husiasm. "I was very glad to see the way in Ahich former university students are costing war activities in their home towns." Miss Hrbkova said. "Every where the women and the men who cmain at home are putting their .houlders to the wheel and taking an u-tive part in war work." COMPLIMENT CHATBURN FOR S. A. T. C. WORK Washington Pleased With Fine Showing of State Director of Training Camps Professor Ct-orge R. Chatburn, head of the department of applied mechan cs and machine designs, has been complimented by the military author ities' at Washington for the great suc :ecs be had in recruiting men for the S. A. T. C. unit at the University of Nebraska. It was through the continual and pa tient efforts of the university professor that every county in the state heard of he plan of the government to raise an army of trained men to be kept in reserve as a source of officer material. For about six weeks he did nothing but write and answer letters to all Nebraska men who would be eligible to the S. A. T. C. Captain Maclvor Entertains for Alpha Chi Omega Girls at Woods Country Lodge Captain Maclvor entcrta'ned for the active chapter of Alpha Chi Ome ra and the men of the headquarters company, Tuesday evening at the Woods country lodge, a charming rus tic cabin in a grove near Lincoln. The men went out early In the even ing in an army truck expecting only a stag affair. When Captain Maclvor appeared a li'tle later with three autoraoMies full of girls, singing their the men were taken -.-ori:y songs, completely by NEW HOSPITALS ARE ESTABLISHED Fighting Influenza Epidemic With Every Facility at Hand Two More Deaths Are Reported Among Soldiers of Training Detachment The seventh emergency hospital was opened on the campus Wednesday for the care of influenza patient3. A number of houses near the east end of the campus, on Twelfth street, have been taken over by the military au thorities of the Nebraska training de tachment, fnd those cases which re quire medical treatment are sent to hose temporary infirmaries. The most critical cases at the farm are !oing isolated from the convalescents, in an eighth emergency hospital. Ev ery effort is being made to keep the disease from spreading any further and to stamp out what has already taken a hold. New cases are being reported but on the whole there are not as many as during the first few days of the epidemic. This would seem to Indicate that the epidemic is coming to a halt. Two Soldiers Taken Two more death?, Keuben Larsen of Aurora and Gloudis Wedin of Haxtum Colo., were reported among the sol diers of the training detachment on Tuesday, one on the city campus and other at Hayward military academy The bodies are being sent to their homes for burial. Considering the extreme heavy cas ualties resulting from the epidemic in other places, especially military camps in other part of the country, Lincoln mav be said to be rather fortunate in having so few fatalities. At Camp Grant there have been 525 deaths re ported so far. Hundreds are sick and heavy death tolls have resulted in several eastern camps, but as yet Lin coin has been spared such serious re sults of the spread of the grippe. Must Report Cases Reports of all cases of influenza 'Must be made to the state health de partment through the local boards of health. A circular has been sent put instructing all physicians to re nm-t the cases which they treat. The instructions follow: "To those diseases that are report able, please add Spanish influenza. "It is the request of the surgeon general of the public health service that they be constantly informed re garding conditions in Nebraska. Therefore, rdease report all cases promptly to your local board of health, and kindly see that the local board of health reports promptly to this de partment. "We would ask that you inform your ritv authorities that the laws of the state of Nebraska require every per son to report diseases, and it would be well to insert a notice to this ef fect in your local newspaper. While it is not compulsory that people call a physician, still if no physician is em ployed, it is the duty of the family to (Continued on page 2) A bright fire in the fireplace greeted the girls as they entered the attractive living room of the lodge, and a wonder ful chicken dinner, prepared by the ir.cn was steaming on the table. After the dinner a big bonfire out ?oors tnd good music for dancing in ci.ie furnished a variety of amuse ment for everyone. Doris Cole sang. on:e of the late patriotic songs. s the girls drove away three cheers were sent up for Captain Mclvor and the men of the headquarters company. Mrv T. A. Hanson, the Alpha Chi Influenza Proves Fatal to Ex-Ncbrasa Jvlan at Camp Grant Edward A. Rogers, former xtitdont of Nebraska University and the son of Mrs. Edgar A. Rotors of VA2 K ntreet, Lincoln, died of pneumonia following an r.ttack of Spanish influenza at Camp Grant, III., October 1. Ho wa? 27 years of age and was born in Lin coln. He was a graduate of Lincoln high school and of the university, and had been a member of the Harvard law school for a year. Mr. Roger? applied for admission to the first olnrers' truin'r? cump a' Fort Snelling in May, 1517, but was disqualified on account of a m'nor de fect. He entered the service at Camp Grant September 7. as a member of Conpany 4S erf the 161t depot brl gade. His first assignment was to the ambulance service at the base hos- jital, where he contracted the disease. Y. W. C. A. CAMPAIGN INAUGURATED TODAY University to be Combed for New Members in Four Day Canvass Ten Teams to Work Under the Direction of Marjorie Barstow The annual membership campaign of the Y. W. C. A. opens today and every girl on the campus will be asked to join the association. The campaign will be' conducted Thursday, Friday. Monday and Tuesday, closing at five o'clock Tuesday. The committee, headed by Majorie Barstow, vice-president of the Y. W. C. A., Is composed of fifty girls who are working In teams of ten each. The captains of these teams are Doro thy Wetherald, Ruth Hutton, Carolyn Reed, Helen Kendell and Grace Stuff The membership this year is ex pected to be very large because this is one year especially when every girl in the university should be a member of the Y. W. C. A. This is the girl s year for real worthwhile aims and ac complishments and the Y. W. C. A. I ready to help the girls do this work. Perhaps the most value receive? from membership in the association is in the acquaintances made through vespers, committee work and Y. W. C. A. parties. Here a girl meets true, sincere girls all working together for the same ends, and ' many lifelong friendships are formed. Then again,- vesper services are held every Tuesday at five o'clock in the Y. W. C. A. room. Some of these meet ings are - conducted wholly by the girls and others by speakers on live, up-to-date topics. This year especially the Y. W. C. A. is active m war work, ine assoc.a tion room in the Temple Is used as a hostess house, and the cabinet has pledged the associaiicn to support all worthy requests for service. Last, but not least, this Y. W. C. A is a part of a great world-wide move ment with hundreds of thousands of members. This association Is a real cog in the great wheel and every girl has the opportunity in this way of sharing in the great world needs. Any girl in the university, without regard to religious preference, can affiliate with the organization and in the- light of the new "war Ideals" every girl will no doubt consider it a privilege to be come a member. BUREAU RECEIVES MANY CALLS FOR TEACHERS j sociation. The bureau of professional service j Mr. Morgan is in charge of the army is receiving many calls for teachers j library at Camp McArthur, Waco, and is unable to supply the demand. ! Texas, and he gave a very interest These calls are principally for science, j Ing talk on the library work with the mathematics and Latin teachers, rer-jarmy. He is now on a tour of the sous interested are asked to call at ! north-central states attending state the bjrCu 3 SGOu aa pOscibie. DEAL CLOSED FOR 1 Kline Completes Arrangements With Notre Dame University Football Men to Be Innoculated Soon Dodge Game Still Undecided Final arrangements have been made with the Notre Dame athletic authori ties and the Hooslers are to Invade Nebraska territory November 2. Head Coach Kl'ne of the Huskers wired his acceptance to the note from Coach Recline Wednesday, and the deal Is closed. The proposed game with the Camp Dodge eleven for October 26 may not materialize as the members of the foot ball team are going to be run through the lnnoculatlon machinery in a few days and Kline is doubtful as to wheth er they will be in a condition to play. The matter will rest for the time be ing at least and no game will be sched uled for either October 19 or 26. Camp Funston Is still on the bill for next Saturday and nothing has come up to block the battle. The varsity is hard at work preparing for the con flict, although six or seven regulars have been caught in the influenza cy clone. Two men, McCoy and Cyprean son, have been lost to the squad by the call for the officers' training camp. The scrubs put up a scrappy exhibi tion against the first stringers yester day afternoon and the coaches do not seem utterly down hearted over the prospects. EVANGELINE PELTON'S FUNERAL TO BE TODAY Funeral services for Evangeline Pelton, who died Tuesday, will be held at the First Presbyterian church on Thursday at 4: SO o'clock. Miss Pelton was an active member of the Y. W. C. A., the W. S. G. A. and other university organizations as well as In the church in the University Student' guild. Her mother will be glad to have all her friends connected with any of these organizations attend the funeral services, as the hour selected is one when most of the university students will be free. The senior ad visers are especially asked to be pres ent. The burial will be at Wyuka. NEBRASKA GRAD TELLS OF LIBRARIAN'S WORK J. E. Morgan, who was graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1917, spoke on "The Seven Parti- ipi ting Organizations from a Camp Li brarian's Experience," and "The Camp Library," at the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Nebraska Li brary association, held at the city li brary, October 7 to 6. Mr. Morgan is librarian at Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas, and he spoke from his personal experience. Leonard Trester, also a former stu dent of the University o'f Nebraska, spoke on the Boys' Working Reserve. PHI DELTA KAPPA HOLDS DINNER FOR J. E. MORGAN Phi Delta Kappa, honorary educa tional fraternity, held a dinner Tues day evening at six o'clock at the city Y. M. C. A. in honor of J. E. Morgan, former superintendent of schools at Cuide Rock and Is now doing war work with the American Library as- inert nigs of ihe "library association.