The Daily nebraskan
VOL. XVIH. NO. C2
GAPT.L.G. DRAKE
T0HEADR.O.T.C.
Former S. A. T. 0. Commandant
Appointed Professor of Military
Science for U. of N.
Lteut. W. 0. Murphy His Assistant
Orgnnixation Begins Oper
ation Second Semester
Captain Leslie O. Drake, retiring
conimnn.lant of the Nebraska S. A. T.
C. unit,- lias boon appointed professor
of military science and tactics for the
University of Nebraska, according to
orders received from the .war .depart
ment yesterday. First Lieutenant Will
iam C. Murphy, also attached to the
local army organization, has been
named as assistant professor in the
military department.
The appointment of these two ofll
cers to the positions of commandant
and assistant commandant of the R. O.
T. C. unit here promises to make it
a real military organization. They
are both seasoned officers and are well
versed in military tactics.
R. 0. T. C. Second Semester
The It. 0. T. C. will not be organized
until the second semester, at which
time all men will be required to take
military science as a regular university
study. Uniforms will probably be ob
tained in the same manner that they
were last year. Practically all
branches of the work will be on the
same basis with the exception of the
fact that discipline will probably be
more strict than In previous years on
account of the military training that
the men have already undergone.
All military drill has been suspended
for the balance of the semester, and
the men who were members of the S.
A. T. C. unit whose names have been
turned over by Captain Drake to the
school authorities will be given three
hours university credit.
Five S. A. T. C. Men Not Out Yet
The disbanding of the S. A. T. (3.
unit has practically been completed,
with only five enlisted men and six
officers still on duty here. These five
men who are members of fhe medical
department sent here from another
cantonment, will be discharged probab
ly today with the arrival of their pa
pers from Chicago.
Captain Buck, head of the medical
detachment here, Lieutenant Hotch
kiss, quartermaster, Lieutenant Foster,
personnel adjutant and Lieutenant Gig
nilleth are waiting for discharge or
ders from the central department.
Sick Men to Fort Omaha
Enlisted men who are sick in the
hospitals have been placed under com
mand of the Fort Omaha commandant
and are detached here because of not
being able to travel. As soon as they
are convalescent they will be sent to
their post and discharged.
Ensign Webber, In charge of naval
men, ia still on duty awaiting
the arrival of pay for some of the
men. He expects to be out of here
n about a week.
ANNUAL STUNT NIGHT
PLANS BEING SHAPED
Committee Calls for Synopses of
Skits PrcgTam to Surpass
Last Year's
Plans for the annual university night
Performance are rapidly being for
mulated, and the committee In charge
announced that synopses ot the
nous skits will be receded begin
J?g toda'. at the students activities
race. Although the performance will
0j be held until some time In March.
is hoped the organizations that are
"Put on stunts will begin at once to
their plans, and that matters
1 1 not be rushed at the last minute
they e last year.
on v Tear the "fun fe8t" w" 8,ven
"arch 2nd. and was carried out
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY,
with great sueceBa. About Beven dif-1
ferent skits were on the program, and
many clever and original sensntlons
were 6taged. This Is the one night In
the college year when all restrictions
on free speech and freedom of the
press are raised. The Shun makes its
appearance on this occasion, and has
a slam for everyone, particularly for
all members of the faculty. None es
cape the severely critical pens of the
members of Sigma Delta Chi, who ore
responsible for the paper.
Clever Stunts on Progam
"Defoe the Bar," was the stunt, put
on by the law students, who always
can be counted upon to give the sensa
tion of the evening. The mllltury de
partment gave "Before Taps," a
sketch In which singing was the main
thing. Gulnne Fowler and Betty
Drown gave "A Ginger Comedy." The
university players presented "Where
Are Those Papers?" written by Elea
nor Fogg. Other stunts on tlio program
were given by the engineers, by Theta
Sigma Phil and by the Dramatic Club.
CORNHUSKERS ATTEMPT
STUPENDOUS SCHEDULE
1918 Slate Includes Eight Big
Events Five Home Games
Among Number
Oklahoma is Added to List The
Opening Trip Not Yet
Definitely Settled
The iiiost stupendous football
schedule ever attempted by the Corn
buskers as drafted by Director of Ath
letics E. J. Stewart, Is ready now to
be passed upon and receive the "a k."
of the chancellor and the board of re
gents. It is expected to be approved at
the meeting late this week.
The slate calls for eight of the stiff
est kind of battles imaginable. The
first shot out of the box the Huskers
tackle two "Big Ten" aggregations
the Iowa Hawkeyes on October 4 at
Iowa City, and then they journey on to
Minneapolis the following Saturday
and engage the Minnesota Gophers.
The next three games are to be
staged at home with the Notre Dame
Hoosiers. October IS, the Oklahoma
Sooners, October 25, and the Ames
Aggies cn November 1. Oklahoma is
the new opponent which was cleaning
things up so industriously in southern
circles last fall. '
The Missouri game is to be staged
November 8 at Columbia and then the
Huskers unpack their outfits and fin
ish the last two games at Lincoln
against the Kansas Jayhawkers No
vember 15, and the Syracuse universi
ty eleven on Thanksgiving.
Basketball Trip Next
The opening games of the basketball J
season will be taken in on a trip to
eastern territory starting the last of
this week. Some changes are being
made and it can not be definitely an
nounced until further arrangements
are completed. However, it is almost
certain that the Dusker flippers will
play one game with Iowa, one with
Northwestern, two with Illinois and
two with Grinnell College at Grlnnell,
Iowa. Director Stewart Is working on
the order in which he will have his
warriors gobble these opponents.
JUNIOR HOP PLANNED
FOR SATURDAY NIGHT
Arrangements have been completed
for the junior class hop. which will-be
held at the Lincoln hotel. Saturday
evening. January 4. The tickets will
be validated today.and as the commit
tee has decided to validate but sixty,
it will be necessary for those wish
ing tickets to get theirs as soon as
they are jut on saie.
The tickets may be obtained from
anv of the members of the committee
Wednesday morning. The committee in
charge of the dance is as follows:
Caylord Davis. . chairman, Flojd
Stone. M. C Fae Breese Dorothy
Wetherald. George Farnum, Genevieve
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WATCH PARTIES
SEE NEW YEAR IN
Students Divert From Studies to
Enjoy Dances and Other
- Amusements
Classes to Meet as Usual on New
Year's Day Parties Are
Being Planned
Students will spend their second new
year's day at school this year because
of the holiday vacation being short
ened to one week. Although this
evening is really a closed night many
are planning diversion of one sort
and another that will not Interfere
radically with their study.
Dancing parties and dinner parties
which are being held at downtown
halls will probably be patronized ex
tensively by university students. The
affairs will be turned Into watch par
ties with lots of noisy favors and
everything that makes a real time.
Private Watch Parties.
Students are planning to have pri
vate watch parties after they have fin
ished their study. Festivities of var
ious sorts are expected with practical
ly everyone participating in some man
ner of diversion.
University men and women will
have one long good time before vow
ing to study during the new year.
Candy pulls and pie parties are listed
by some of the men and women. Every
one is set for a good time with all due
respect for their eight o'clock classes
on the morrow.
New Year's day also promises to
have its thrills with fraternities and
sororities having a little more elabor
ate dinners and many other organiza
tions diverting to social meetings. Sev
eral subscription dauces are to be
staged. Classes will meet as usual,
however.
HIGH TRIBUTE IS PAID
TO RALPH HALLDERSON
University Professor Commends
Life and Work of Former Stu
dent Killed in France
A tribute to Ralph Hallderson, ex-'12,
the first member of the intercollegiate
debate seminary at the University of
Nebraska to lose his life upon the
battle-field, has lately been prepared
by Prof. M. M. Fogg, and is contained
in his ninth annual news latter to the
137 members of the seminary. Prof.
Fogg is now on his way to France and
exuresses the nope tnai ne ma wmi
the grave of his former student.
IN MEMORIAM:
Ralph E. Hallderson, ex-'12
DEAD IN FRANCE
The first break, I believe, in our
band of 138 has come. Ralph E. Hall
derson, member of the seminary in
1910 and 1911, one or w hose thorough,
clean-cut, Intelligent committee re
ports lies before me now, on Septem
ber 18, gave up his life for his coun
try. He died of pneumonia a few days
after reaching France.
"I rather hate to see the good old
II. S. A. slip away, but hope it will
not be for long," he wrote home to
his brother, Paul J. Hallderson. 1772
Wilson avenue. Chicago. His last let
r hnwft him eaeer to be in the
fray, and ended with
"Don't worrv about he.
that should worry."
Hallderson left his
these words.
It's the Huns
photographic
work at Rochester. N. Y.. to enter the
service. Had he returned, he expected
to have charge of a studio on Fifth
avenue. New York. In his last letter
to me, November 14. 1917. he wrote, In
answer to the seventh annual news
letter: "I was certainly gald to get
it for I know that every one of the
138 members who is not dying for his
country Is dying to know what the
other 137 are doing . . . I am
DECEMBER 31, 1918
hoping to qualify for the photographic
branch of the aviation If the opticians
are successful In correcting a defect
in my eyesight . . . If I cross the
I waters, I shall send you the first bird's
eye view of Berlin I have a chance to
take."
So passes from us a line mind, a
beautiful spirit. I never heard Ralph
Hallderson say anything nor heard of
his doing anything that was not
grounded on the highest sense of
honor. If It is at all possible tor me
to do so, I shall visit his grave In
France.
Class in newswriting will meet Ht
regular hours, 7:15 Tuesday. U. inc.
M. W. Folsom, who recently re
turned from France, will speak before
the military geography class. Tuesday,
at 1 p. m., in Bessey hall. Mr. Folsom
will tell of his experiences in France.
Visitors are Invited.
LAWRENCE TO CONDUCT
JOURNALISM COURSES
City Editor of the Lincoln Daily
Star to Take Place of
Prof. M. M. Fogg
Practical Side of Newspaper Work
To Be Given Students Next
Semester
James E. Lawrence, city editor of
the Lincoln Daily Star, and Lincoln
correspondent of the Omaha World
Herald, has been selected by the board
of regents to conduct the journalistic
classes of Prof. M. M. Fogg, who has
been granted a leave of absence until
next September to engage in organiz
ing the army university in France. Mr.
Lawrence will present the practical
side of the newspaper game as he has
been engaged in newspaper work since
his graduation from the law college in
1911.
The news editing class will begin
work on associated press reports im
mediately. The news writing class
will devote one week to each of the
distinct types of news stories, part, of
i - -
the second semester being given to
straight news stories and the re
mainder to the human interest story.
The class will meet as usual this
evening ami a full attendance is de-1
sired. j
Professor Fogg is now in New York j
where he expects to remain until the j
first of January. He goes to France as i
organizing and administrative officer
in the college department of the army
university of more than a million st'i
dents. With this position goes the
title of Lieutenant General hi the
"Army of the Inner Lines of Defense."
CHADDERTON IS BUSINESS
MANAGER OF CORNHUSKER
Work on Year Book Starts
Townsend Studio Ready to
Do Photographic Work
Neil Chadderton, '20, of Curtis, Neb.,
was elected business manager of the
1919 Cornhusker by the student publi
cation board at a meeting held Decem
ber 20. Chadderton fills the vacancy
caused by the withdrawal from school
of the regularly elected business man
ager last year. Robert Wenger, '19,
editor-in-chief of the year book, will
announce his list of appointments for
the editorial staff In the Daily Nebras
kan tomorrow.
Work on this year's book will begin
immediately. The Townsend studio
has been awarded the contract for the
photographic work and will be ready
to receive students after January 1.
The prices this year will be slightly
higher than usual. The charges for
the sitting and the cut will be 11.50
each. Management of the book calls
the attention of students to the better
service which may be procured by hav
ing their pictures taken early.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HUSKERS SHOW
WORLDJF SPEED
Basket Tossers Practice in Earnest
In Preparation for Opening
Contests
Doctor Stewart Well Satisfied
With Early Season Showing
Of the Team
The solid week of dribbling the
pneumatic marble while "the rest of
the university was home wrapping
and unwrapping Christmas bundles,
worked wonders to the Husker basket
tossers and the Monday practice dis
played as much brilliance as the Au
rora Borcalis.
The varsity was popping baskets as
fast as kernels in the old corn popper.
Doc Stewart's smile nearly -buttoned
in the back, as he said he hadn't seen
so many baskets flipped thru the loop
by a Cornhuskers squad since he as
sumed control three years ago.
Jackson, Neumann, Shelly and, in
fact, the whole gang of tossers were
exhibiting a dazzling assortment of
speed and aerial maneuvers. The
varsity annexed at least a couple of
dozen goals and the second stringers
about half that number.
Mont Munn was the tower of
strength of the freshmen, with his
brotiier Wade, Paynter, Lanphere and
Hartley close on his heels. Altho
not yet organized as a regular second
team, as Coach Kline is now building
up, the scrubs put up a nice battle
against the regulars, keeping them go
ing at top-notch speed.
Harry Howarth Is Better
Harry Howarth, quarterback on the
Husker football eleven, has been in
the hospital for the last week or so
with inflammatory rheumatism, re
sulting from the infection of a gash
received in the post season .gridiron
battle against Washington. He is re
covering rapidly and is expected to
kick the covers off in a few days.
Doc Stewart Serves Turkey
Doe Stewart found his way a little
deeper into the hearts of his boys,
by having the seven members of the
varsity who stuck around town during
the Christmas holidays out to his
house for turkey dinner Christmas day.
The city was a pretty lonesome place
during the vacation, and the dinner
helped to break the monotony.
The men gave up their visit with
the home folks in order to round into
condition to meet the "Big Ten"
schools on the trip east that Director
Stewart has outlined for next week.
Union Society
Union Literary society will hold a
short business meeting this evening at
7 o'clock, in Union hall.
TEN NEW MEN BRANDED
WITH HONORABLE T
Members of 1918 Football Team
Who Won Sweaters Initiated
Into NM Club
Writhing under the sizzling and
scorching branding irons, ten new
members were Initiated into the "N"
club last night. The ten men who now
wear the brand were those members of
the 1918 football eleven who were
awarded sweaters by tbe athletic
board a week ago. Some of the initi
ates were not present for the cere
mony last night, but the men on the
list were: Harry Howarth, Edward
Hoyt, Raymond Jobes, Edward Lan
phere, Roy Lyman, Wade Munn, Rich
ard Neumann, Harry Reynolds, Em
met Ross and Clarence Swanson.
The "N" club is composed of mem
bers of Cornhusker athletic teams who
have been awarded letters for tholr
services. Usually the number of lnitl
ates is much larger but on account of
the unnatural conditions caused by the
S. A. T. C. certain players were not
given sweaters this year.
