The Daily . Nebraskan
VOL. XVIII. NO. 61
UNIVERSITY OF NKHRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1919
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BUILDING PROGRAM
BEGUN IN EARNEST
Work on Social Science and
Teacher's College Buildings
Will Be Resumed
Carpenter Shop Nears Completion
Begin Construction of New
Laboratory at Farm-
'he severe cold spoil of the past!
f,.w davs has greatly hampered con
struction work nt the university. But
little work has been (lone on the so
cial science building; since October
lMb, the date on which the S. A. T.
C. men went into barracks. The head
(,f the department of construction re
ports, however, that work will be re
sume! almost immediately on both
the social science and teachers col
cr,v buildings. It will be difficult,
however, to pet organized again to
the degree of efficiency attained at
rirtit. The laying of the heating pipes
from the city campus to these build
ings wns completed a short time be
fore Christmas, but many of the fix
tures which were installed in the so
cial science building before the S. A.
T. C. men went into barracks, will
have to be taken out to open the way
for the plastering work, which will be
commenced at once. The temporary
plumbing which was installed before
the use of the building for military
purposes, must also be removed. As
soon as the workmen can begin again,
the interior of the two buildings will
be transformed completely and will
represent the most advanced form of
eiluc.'itional architecture.
Construction on the carpenter's
shop, the new building north of U
Hall, which will be for university use
only, is under way. It will contain
carpenters' tools and will also be used
to a limited extent as a carpenters'
store-room. The building will be
brick-veneered, but work is being held
up until milder weather.
The new laboratory for animal
pathology and hygiene at the state
farm campus will be constructed as
soon a' possible. The excavation has
already been started. If the weather
perrni:. a very short space of time
wouM fee great building activity on
the university campus.
Reconstruction Aide
All young women interested in the
proposal reconstruction aide course
must confer with Dr. or Mrs. Clapp
imnif -IMatelv.
Gym Courses
All i&en interested in courses in
gymnastics, wrestling, boxing, fencing
or swiniininE, report at G 209 imme-
diat!v
Delian Literary Society
Tht Delian Literary Society will
meet Friday evenine at 8 o'clock in
Music Hall (Room 201) Temple build- j
mp Everybody is welcome.
3,347 BADGERS IN WAR ;
75 HAVE GIVEN LIVES
Seventy-five gold stars now shine
anion? the 3,347 names on the war
service record of the University of
Wisconsin. j
Of the 3,347 students and alumni,,
now listed as in military service in the ,
official honor roll which the university !
's preparing, 75 have given their lives i
in service, according to official war de-1
partment reports. Twenty-six werej
killed in action in mvo Atx of dis
ease, 4 of wounds, and 5 were killed in
airplane accidents. Of the 75, 4 were
captains, and 19 were lieutenants.
The Croix de Guerre has been
awarded to six men from the uni
versity. The honor record is not complete, it
is thought, and an earnest effort is
'ng made to secure the names of all
'muni end 'former students now in
nice, and ulamni 'throughout the
country have been asked to assist by
ending information.
NEW PROBLEMS WILL BE
STUDIED IN ECONOMICS
Professor T. T. Pullock Is hack at
his post as Instructor of economics at I
the university after a prolonged Illness
with pneumonia. In announcing plans
Tor tho Kocond semester he stated that
tho course In economics 2 would be
continued under the name of econom
ics 4, and would deal chit fly with In
duMilnl problems of economics. He
will on.U a Kreat amount of tin mate
rial found In tho text, and will empha
size such topics as International bank
Ing and Its relation to the woik in
economics, and some of the more Im
portant social and industrial prob
lems. NEBRASKA LEADS THE
UNION IN WAR WORK
Prof.
Fogg Receives Praise for
His Part in Placing
the State First
Thos. J. Meek, associate director of
the committee on public education in
a letter to Professor M. M. Fogg, pays
a great compliment to the Ftate of
Nebraska in war work, and to Pro
fessor Fogg as director of the four
minute men for the state. He states
that Nebraska is undoubtedly and
above all, first of the states in the
union.
He puts Nebraska first in results of
the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign,
first in the number of commissions
granted and insignia given to the four
minute men.
The letter follows:
" December 9, 1918.
Professor M. M. Fogg,
University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
My Dear Mr. Fogg: Replying to
your letter of December 2nd making
three inquiries for comparison sta
tistics, let me say:
1. With 98.6 per cent, efficiency
record on the Fourth Liberty Loan,
Nebraska stands the unquestioned
first among the states of the Union.
2. With regard to your second in
quiry, regarding the comparative
number of commissions granted, Ne
braska stands first among the states
of the Union, Nebraska having 216
as of November 25, 1918, and Penn
sylvania 211.
3. Nebraska has 1373 insignia
awards, which places it number one
among the list of states as of Decem
ber 1, 1918.
Hereafter, Mr. Fogg, when you
want information as to relative rank,
don't bother to write, just put yourself
down first, and let it go at that.
Congratulations upon the revela
tions which resulted from our investi
gation. We now have definite data on
which to base the judgment which we
have for Jong entertainea, nameiy
that we would have to make you a
Lieutenant-General as an expression
of comparative rank. Will you kindly
consider the commission herewith
granted. As you can readily under
stand there will be no time now for
me to get out another of my reports
from staff headquarters of the Army
of the Inner Line.
With kindest regards' to you, I am,
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) Thos. J. Meek,
Associate Director.
CORNHUSKER PICTURES
MUST BE IN BY JAN 15
All arrangements have been com
pleted for Juniors and Seniors to have
their Pictures taken for the Cornhusk
er at the Townsend studio immediate
ly All these photographs must 6e in
by January 15 and sittings should be
made at once.
Students will be required to deposit
three dollars at the time they have
the Pictures taken. $1.50 for the sit
ting and $1-50 for the cut in the Corn
husker. It is absolutely necessary
that these Pictures be taken at once if
all Juniors' and Seniors are to have
their photographs In the year book.
CHANGE PLANS OF
SEMI-MENIAL
Health Conditions May Necessi
tate Postponement of Main
Features of Celebration
Charter Day Exercise to be Held
February 15th. Central Com
mittee Begins Work
The committee In charge of the semi
centennial celebration met Thursday
morning to discuss the matter of hold
ing the celebration In February as
planned. In accordance with the ad
vice of the state board of health it
wns decided to postPne the main
features of the celebration until later
In the year. The Charter Day exer
cises will be held as usual on Febru
ary 15, and possibly, If the health sit
uation permits, such parts of the cele
bration as can be prepared in a few
days may be given at that time.
The original plan was to have the
celebration of the first half century of
the life of the university come at the
time or Charter Day, the birthday of
the university. The health situation
in Lincoln has been 60 serious this
winter that the advisability of hold
ing certain parts of the program was
questioned. A pageant and a student
carnival which would necessitate the
gathering of crowds would be unwise.
The committee in charge have there
fore considered waiting until condi
tions are bettered, and has suggested
commencement week as a good time
to hold the celebration.
All the committees are continuing
their preparations, in order that, on
very short notice, the exhibitions may
be made ready for the public. If a
short time before Charter Day it is
found that the situation is sufficiently
improved, the celebration may be held
at that time.
Central Committee in Charge
The Committee on exhibition of al
umni records and momentoes is al
ready hard at work gathering mate
rial for the exhibition to be held' in
University Hall. A central commit
tee in chargeof the work consists of
Miss Alice C. Hunter, Mrs. A. G. Warn
er and Mrs. Minnie P. Knotts. Miss
Hunter is a professor of Roman His
tory and Literature in the University
at the present time, and is well ac
quainted with the work the committee
has to do. Mrs. Warner is the wife of
A. G. Warner, an early professor at
the University and a man of great
prominence. Mrs. Knotts, for the past
two years county superintendent of
Lancaster county, was formerly con
nected with the museum. Under this
committee are representatives of all
the classes that have been graduated
from the unifersity.
These members are at work gather
ing photographs of the members of
their classmates, of athletic cham
pions, of children of the members of
the class and campus pictures. Among
these are a group of pictures of the
town of Lincoln when the university
was in its infancy. Programs of school
years, documents and papers are also
being collected. Another feature of
the exhibition which is being prepared
is a list of all the publications of all
those who have taught in University
Hall.
REED ANNOUNCES PLANS
FOR SUMMER SESSIONS
Professor Reed announced today
that the plans for the summer session
have been "completed. They will open
Monday, May 26, 1919, and will fol
low the plan adopted last year. This
was to have a second term of four
weeks, in addition to the first eight
weeks. This was tried last year and
proved very successful, one hundred
and twenty-five registering for it.
The second term will begin July 18,
and close August 15, 1919.
120 TICKETS VALIDATED
FOR JUNIOR HOP JAN. 4
T. A. Williams of the indents' ac
tivities office announces thnt one hun
dren twenty tickets, Including nil com
pllinontarles, have hi on validated for
Uie Junior hop to be held In the Lin
coln Hote l, January 4. 1910.
Comp'lmentai les have been issue. I
'o Orvllle Kllerbrock, Robert Wt nrc r,
I). V. Stevens. Prank Patty. C.hn Hop
kins, Elmer Schcllon1.org, daylnrd
Da via, Floyd Sti'ii", Helen (Jilt hit.
Webb Richards, Kdwnrd Huli. CJeorge
Farnum, Dorothy Wetherald. Gene
vieve Addlenian. Floyd Piiynter and
Arthur Yort.
AWGWAN WILL HAKE ITS
DEBUT EARLY NEXT WEEK
University Comic Will Portray the
Happy Scenes of Campus Life
in First Issue
Nebraska's war-worn campus is in
line for some touches of enlivening
color when old man Awgwan makes
his first appearance early next week.
The first issue of the university comic
which will probably be ready for dis
tribution Monday promises to live up
to the high standards which has in for
mer years won national recognition
for the magazine.
Attractively designed with the bril
liant hues and fanciful touches of
Awgwan staff artists, and breezy with
campus chatter, clever Jokes and brisk
editorials, the paper will endeavor to
fulfill its mission with a true represen
tation of the brighter side of college
life. Students will gladly welcome the
return of the magazine, although the
unsettled condition of university af
fairs has delayed its publication.
The subscription campaign, through
which students may assure the man
agement of their support, is still in
progress. Byron McMahon, circula
tion manager, who is directing the
drive, announces that it is not too late
to subscribe in order to receive all
six copies of the paper. The book may
be procured for the remainder of the
year for the price of seventy-five cents.
A man knows that a strop properly
used makes a sharp razor, but the lit
tle shaver" knows that when vigorously
applied it makes a dull pain.
Nobody yells louder for mercy when
he is cornered than the bully who has
never shown any mercy.
Every once in a while we get a
chuckle out of hearing some million
aire tell a friend that he is short of
ready cash.
You can't have your cake and eat
it. but what most of us want in this
life is the joy of having a little cake
to eat now and then.
We don't know much about human
nature, tout we've -never met a man
who did much compromising with the
man he had licked.
MAKE UP TESTS IN WAR
AIMS COURSE NEXT WEEK
A make-up examination will be held
in the 'basement of the Pharmacy
Building Tuesday evening January 7
at 7:30 o'clock, covering the first 194
pages of the Schapiro.
A make-up examination will be held
in 212 Uni. Hall Saturday afternoon
(January 11) at 1 o'clock, covering
chapters X,XXrv, and XXX of Scha
piro, and the assignments In McKin
ley from November 17, 1918, to De
cember IS, 1919. This examination
has been postponed a week from the
date first announced in order to ac
commodate men returning from offi
cers' training camps.
Both examinations are open to those
win failed to get a passing grade in
the previous examinations, or yho
were absent from them.
EASTERN TRIP MAY
NOT MATERIALIZE
Grinnell Wants Week-End Game
So HusVers Will Probably
Stay at Home
Stewart Snares Omaha Balloonists
And Wesleyan for Bouts on
Lincoln Floor
The promised invasion of eastern
territory by the Husker basket ball
flippers next week will probably be
wiped off the program, in the light of
recent events. Director Stewart had
it all doped out and the Cornhusker
quintet would probably have picked
up and been off tomorrow if Grinnell
college had been ready to entertain
the Nebraskans on Wednesday and
Thursday of next week. As it is, th
Nebraska director couldn't find an op
ponent for these mid-week days and
the financial strain would have been
too heavy for the tea mto lay off two
whole afternoons and evenings in a
foreign city and be eating and sleep
ing at the university's expense.
So it is very probable that they will
stay at home next week, but the man
agement has snared the Omaha bid
loon school for Wednesday. Friday
and Saturday, and the Wesleyan Coy
otes for Thursday. These bouts will
be in the nature of practice tilts but
will be conducted according to Hoyle
with regular officials, spectators and
other necessary scenery. The follow
ing Friday and Saturday the Camp
Funston basket tossers will come to
the Nebraska institution for a couple
of games.
Regular Trip Planned
The trip was to have been a regular
tour starting at Iowa City against the
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PAN -HELLENIC DECIDES
IN FAVOR OF FORMALS
Pan-Hellenic, in a meeting yester
day evening, decided that formal
parties might be held by fraternities
nnd sororities this year. A vote wns
taken at the meeting after being de
layed for several weeks. This action
on the part of the council is one of
the first steps toward returning the
university social life to its pre-war
basis.
The cost of the formal parties was
limited to $125. This amount was
considered sufficient to stage the
parties in the correct way and at the
same time is little more than many of
the hall dances last year cost.
Most of the Greeks have been
planning on staging formal parties
this spring and plans will now be
continued in full sway.
'LIFE-SIZE CHESS SET
DONATED TO LIBRARY
A set of gigantic chessmen, de
signed for tournament use, a library
of about 1,000 books on the game of
chess, and a number of rare scientific
books, the property of the late Peter
G. Toepfer, of Milwaukee, have been
presented to the library of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin by Mr. Toepfer's
heir, Miss Emilie C. Horn, of Neenah.
The "life-size" chessmen, which
range from 2 to 3 1-2 feet in height,
are made of aluminum, collapsible,
and packed in a special trunk. Mr.
Toepfer designed them for use in pub
lic contests, on large indoor or outdoor
chess boards, with a view to increas
ing popular interest in the game.
The chess library, which is said to
be one of the most extensive in the
country, will be kept intact in the uni
versity library, as the Peter G.
Toepfer Chess library. Among the
miscellaneous books from Mr.
Toepfer's library which Miss Horn
gave to the university are severs? rare
scientific works, one of which the li
brary has lonjr needed. The rcerv i
voted a resolution of gratitu le for tv 3
gift.