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The Daily nebraskan
VOL. XVIII. NO. 51
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER f, 1918
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GIRLS TO MAKE
MERRY
TIT
Annual Co-ed Festival at Armory
to Be Whirl of Fun and
Frolic
ProgTam of Music, Stunts and
Dancing to Entertain the
Quests
,.,.,.( chango. and you niay be what
vou HI. n full-trousered Kgyptlan, a
grinning Topsy. or even a painted
of the plains. The one time
f the vear for a general girls' mixer
will be here tonight with the annual
Clrls Cornhusker party. The party
W he held in the Armory and will
h.in at 7:30 sharp.
The party was originally planned to
w held in the new Woman's build
lR, but because Uie furnace is still
out Of commission, the building could
t be heated. The W. S. G.-A. has
ohciined permission from Captain L.
t;. Drake to hold the party in the j
Armory. Both the gymnasium ami me
diai'cl will be thrown open to .the
merry-makers.
Program of Stunts
.Mystic booths will lure all who take
a pee) within, stunts and dancing will
while away a merry evening. The
committee in charge of the program
lias announced the following stunts
to lie given by the different organiza
tions and sororities in school:
Thcta Sigma Phi "Movie in An S
A. T. IV
Alpha Delta IM "The Alpha Delta
Pi Baby Sings a Song Hack wards and
Forwards."
Delta Gamma -"Reveille at Nebras
ka University."
Achoth "Rainbow Division ('anion
flage.-
Gamma Phi Beta "Circus Side
Shows."
Pi Beta Phi "The Man on the
Magazine Cover."
Kappa Alpha Theta "The Celebrat
ed Artist's Great Reception."
Alpha Xi Delta "International Rag."
Kappa Kappa Gamma "When
Johnny Comes Marching Home."
Alpha Omicron Pi "Looking Back
wards." Alpha Phi "Alpha Phi -Seemfunny
Orchestra."
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H'KELVIE TO SPEAK
AT ORPHEDM SUNDAY
W. C. C. S. Announces Extraordi
nary Program of Speaking,
Movies, Music and Fun
The War Camp Community Service
announces that the Sunday afternoon
entertainment at the Orphean, theatre
this week will be unusually attractive.
Governor elect S. R. MeKelvie and Dr.
I- V. Bailey will each give a fifteen
minute address to the boys In uniform
and other guests. The rest of the
iirogram is made up of interesting and
novel entertainment which, according
to Dr. J. W. Carter, head fthe W. C.
C. S., and J. F. Newens, chairman
f the entertainment committee, will
surpass all those which have gone
before. Thvie will be movies, music
and fun, and the Lincoln public is in
vited to attend. The entertainment
is free to all men in uniform and to
Lincoln people.
The W. C. c. S. also have planned
o make the usual Saturday night
dame at tire Commercial club a strict
ly navy affair this week. The boys
arp still under quarantine, but It is
hoKd that by Saturday evening they
I e allowed to leave the post and
'tend the dance. Mrs. T. J. Doyle,
who has charge of the dances, has in
v"ed a number of charming girls o
dame away the hours with the boys
in blue. aj,,i on unusually attract!?"
affair has been planned. '
HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICES
FOR DR. WOLFE SUNDAY
Memorial services for Dr. II. K.
Wolfe, former member of the uni
versify fnculty, who died last August,
will be held In Memorial hall Sunday
afternoon at three o'clock. N. C. Ab
bott, superintendent or the school for
the blind at Nebraska City, who was
to talk on "Personal Reminiscences
of H. K. Woire," will not be present
because of an attack of the Influenza.
Ills speech will be read by Dr. WinI
fred Hyde. Organ music, selections
by the string quartet and responsive
leadings complete the program. K.
P. Brown, president of the board of
regents, will preside.
Dr. Wolfe was head of the depart
ment of philosophy at the University
of Nebraska for several years before
his death, and one of the nation's
leading psychologists.
FRENCH MISSION WILL
BE HERE NEXT WEEK
Three Eminent Scholars Will Lec
ture Before University Stu
dents Monday
To Make Tour cf Inspection of All
Departments on Following
Day
The 1'nlversit.v of Nebraska is pre
laring to welcome the three eminent
scholars of the French educational
mission who come to Lincoln next
Monday and will lecture before uni
versity students. The members of the
nission are among the foremost rep-'
resentatlves or the French govern
ment and they will bring messages of
vital interest at. this time. They are
Professor Theodore Reinach, editor
anrwr1ter; Dr. Ktinnne Burnet, a sur
;oon in the French army, and Seymour
le Ricci, leading art critic and scholar.
Dr. Burnet will speak at noon next
Monday at the Commercial club on the
"Experiences of a French Surgeon on
Different Fronts." Seymour de Ricci
will lecture before an open meeting of
he L'ncoln Woman's club at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon. His suoject will be
"The Castles of the Loire." At 8
Vclock in the evening Professor Theo
lore Reinach is to talk before the
public. tudents and faculty of the uni
versity -at the Temple theater. He is
scheduled to give an illustrated lec
ture on "Greek Temples and Gothic
Cathedrals."
The mission will conduct a visit of
inspection of the university Tuesday.
An Official Organization
The mission comes to the univer
sity under the auspices of the Ameri
can council on education. It has the
official patronage of the French gov
ernment and the encouragement or
the government of the United Stales
The organization was arranged and
brought to th's country in response to
specific and repeated requests from
reveral American institutions of learn
ing to have representative French
scholars interpret to them the domi
nant elements of Fren.h culture as a
means of binding France and America
more closely together intellectually.
The members are on a tour of th?
United States at the present time a. d
will visit the leading universities and
colleges of ihe country.
Members of the Mission
Professor Theodore Reinach. editor
of the "Gazette des Beaux-Arts,"
Lt-Colonel of the French army, has
contributed several important stud.es
of the history of Greece and other
subjects, and is editor cf the most
important French review dealing ,.itl
the Mudv of ancient and modern art.
and a member of the "Institui de
France. Academic des Inscription et
Uelles Lettres."
Dr Etienne Burnet of the Pasteur
institute tParis) is a surgeon In the
French army. Af-er having made ex
tensive reseanh in the field of PW,
tnsool.v. Dr. Burnet took the M. D.
degree and became a member of the
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University, in Special Convoca
tion, Honors Chancellor Upon
Return From Washington
Large Attendance at the Exercises
Avery Tells of War
Work
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A large number of students and fac- j
uP y were present at convocation yes
terday morning at 11 o'clock in the
Temple to welcome home Chancellor
Avery, who has Just returned from a
year's leave of absence spent In Wash
ington in the' chemical warfare divis
ion or the army. Acting-Chancellor
Hastings, Professor E. H. Barbour, In
behalf or the faculty, and Regent J. E.
Miller, in behalf of the board of re
gents, made welcome addresses, and
Chancelor Avery responded with a
talk telling of his work during the
past year. The university orchestra
played.
Acting-Chancellor Hastings express
ed his appreciation or the honor or
filling the role of chancellor. ; He
said that peace, production and edu
cation are needed, and the latter is
needed to insure the former two. He
paid a tribute to the loyalty of the
younger men of the faculty, to whom,
in the absence of the chancellor and
of the heads of several departments
of the university, fell the work' of ed
ucating the 1,000 soldiers here, and
who refused offers of larger salaries
elsewhere". He rejoiced that the chan
cellor had not been called from his
work here to other fields.
Speaks of Former Chancellors
Dr. Harbour gav-pi-wial rmiu
Isences of the inaugurals of former
chancellors. He said that the present
! chancellor had no inaugural, but that
he had held office longer than any for
mer faculty member. He spoke of
the inspiration to students of the
presence of Chancellor Avery.
Regent Miller said the board or re
gents had been fortunate in .their
choice of a man to fill the chancellor
ship. In addition to his work as act
ing chancellor, Dean Hastings retain
ed his position as head of the Law
college... Regent Miller said that the
work of the university is to train
wholesome-minded, cultured men who
can see both sides of a problem at
once.
Chancellor Avery's Work
Chancellor Avery said he would
rather hold the office or chancellor
or the university than any other posi
tion the president or the people could
give him. Although Major Avery has
the right to wear the uniform and in
signia or his rank ror a period or three
months, he does not wish to do so.
The chancellor gave an account or
how he spent his time in Washington.
He was a member or the committee
on national research, which served as
a clearing house for transmitting
scientific information from one branch
of military service to another.
One phase of the chancellor's work
was to see that there were enough in
structors to keep up the supply of
chemists for the army as long as the
war might last. In order that he might
come back, his work was coalesced
with another branch and the work
taken over by a brother officer.
In conclusion. Chancellor Avery
said that although he Would retain
very pleasing memories or Washing
ton, and he was glad or them, he was
equally glad to get back. "I am a
mlddle-westemer through and through
and I could never be happy in any
other environment."
Pasteur Institute as a specialist in
microbiology.
Mr Sevmour de Ricci is art critic
arid former editor ot "Art in Europe,"
a distinguished scholar known to
every "amateur." whose contributions
to the history or art are greatly ap
preciated throughout the world.
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DATE IS SET FOR BIG
CORNHUSKER PARTY
The first Cornhusker party will be
held Saturday evening, December 14
in the Armory. Dancing and many
oilier forms or amusement will occupy
the evening. All students in the uni
verslty are urged to be present at the
party. The price of admission will be
twenty-five cents per person.
It has always been the custom t
stage several all-university mixers dur
'ng the year at which times an effort
is made to have the students get ac
qualnted. A committee of faculty
members will ee that men and wo
men get partners for the dance.
This night will be closed to all oth
er social events. It is expected that
a large majority, or the students will
be present and every effort, will be
put forth by the committee In charge
to show vveryone a lively time.
A committee expects to have a pro
gram of novel acts which will consume
the first part of the evening. Com
petitive contests will probably b
staged.
WORK OF DISBANDING
DELAYED FOR A TIME
Telegram From Washington Con
cerning Equipment Holds Up
Demobilization
Drill Starts Again R. 0. T. C,
Unit May Be Established
Here Soon
Demobilization or the students'
army training corps was suspended in
definitely yesterday following the re
ceipt, .of a telegram from Washington
regarding the distribution- of equip
ment at Nebraska University.
Although the complete text or the
telegram was not given for publica
tion. Captain Drake admitted last
evening that it concerned the uniform
situation, asking why the men had not
been provided with equipment. An
Immediate explanation was sent by
the commandant, stating that it would
be an impossibility to complete the
discharge work within the scheduler
time, if the uniforms were to be
Issued.
Everything was in readiness yester
day morning to discharge Section B
but following "the receipt of the ad
vice from S. A. T. C. headquarters, a!'
work was suspended. Discharges have
been made out and signed, and will br
distributed Just as soon as definite
announcement concerning the equip
ment is received.
Drill Starts Again
Announcement was made last even
ing that all companies would drill a
usual, and the Influenza situatloi
would have no effect on the dril
schedule.
R. O. T. C. to Be Organized
Vice-Chancellor Hastings is making
a vigorous effort to organize another
reserve officers' training corps at Nc
braska University. This-unit would
be established, or course, by govern
inent sanction and consent, and
should the unit be organized, ft will
succeed the present S. A. T. C
Chancellor Hastings announced last
evening that the organization or such
a unit would be very difficult, should
there be no equipment Issued at the
present time for the university sol
diers.
AWGWAN NOTICE
Applications will be received
at the students activities'
office until two o'clock today,
for the following positions on
the staff of the Awgwan:
Assistant business manager.
Soliciting agent.
Circulation manager.
TO
AGAIN TAKE REINS
Cornhusker Athletic Director in
Army Work Returning to
Nebraska
To Attend Western Conference
Meeting at Chicago Before
Reaching Lincoln
Granted a leave of absence from his
duties as director of athletics ut Ne
braska University to engage in army
athletic training In Italy, Dr. K. J.
Stewart is to return to the Cornhusk
ers next week and grab the basket
ball reins before the race Is started.
Doctor Stewart enlisted with the ex
pectation of being sent directly over
seas to instruct Italian troops in Am
erican sports, but as he was about to
sail he was held up in -New York
pending a settlement of the age-limit
question of Y. M. C. A. workers abroad.
Instead or sailing for Europe he was
planted down in Camp McClelland,
Alabama, and before he had things
fairly underway, he was transferred
to Camp Gordon, Ga., where he re
mained throughout the season.
The Camp Gordon soldiers are
scheduled to play Tulane university
tomorrow at New Orleans but Stewart
will be at the western conference
meeting at Chicago while his pupils
are engaging the southerners. From
the windy city "Doc" will head di
rectly for Lincoln and will pull in
about Sunday, December 15.
The first news or Doctor Stewart's
return came in a telegram to his wife
yesterday morning, but he did not
state definitely what he would do or
when he would be back in Lincoln.
He hated to leave his boys, he stated,
but he considered his presence at tho
Chicago conference of much more im
portance than at the New Orleans
game, so he hied himself hence and
will come back to Nebraska with thy
situation for the coining year woll in
hand. .
Shocked at Death of "Dusty"
The news that "Dusty" Rhodes was
killed in France came as a severe shock
to his former coach, and the doctor
was sorely grieved about it in his let
ters to Lincoln friends. No notice of
the loss has appeared in the American
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UNIVERSITY PLANNING
FOR SEMICENTENNIAL
Will Set Aside February 12, 1S10,
to Commemorate Founding of
of the School
The University of Nebraska wi'l
hold a semi-centennial celebration on
February 12, 1919. to commemorate
the founding of the university. This
will be one cf the biggest events that
ha happeixd at the university for
many years. There will be an elab
orate program, and the different com
mittees are already busy at work on
the plans for the occasion.
The exhibition committee held a
meeting at five o'clock Thursday after
noon, at which time a preliminary re
port from each department chairman
was made. Professor G. R. Chatburn.
general chairman, stated that" plans
are well under way for the exhibits to
he held in each department.
The celebration is to be in the na
ture of an open house on a big scale,
and each department will have an ex
hibition of the work actually being
done in the department.' In the labo
ratories the work of the students will
be open to the inspection of the visit
ors. There will be wall exhibits a!.;o.
in many of the departments. Th; out
side of the buildings all over ihe
campus, both in the city and at the
state farm, will be appropriately dec
orated afid lighted.
STEWART