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The
Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XVIII. NO. 88
VXIVKllSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1019
PRICK FIVE CENTS
PLAN SIX WEEK'S
LECTURE PROGRAM
rnmrnunity Meetings on Ameri
T,in Becrin Sunday
After-
noon at the Orpheum.
Dr. Condra Spokesman for the
Meetings Everyone Invited
to Attend.
. Beginning February 16th, in the
Orpheiun Theater at three o'clock in
the afternoon, for a period of six
TreekB, every man in Lincoln and
vicinity will be extended a welcome
liand to listen and discuss the prob
lems that are uppermost in our minds
at this time. These community gath
rings will be open to all men of
whatever race, creed or faith, and
whether in business or still in school.
The prime purpose of these meet
ings is to openly face the problems
of this country, and to learn our
privileges and duties. Men from all
walks of life are agreed upon the
need of such free and open discus
sion. The movement is backed by
representative citizens who have
agreed on a program.
Dr. Condra Spokesman
Dr. George E. Condra, of the state
conservation service of the university,
acting as spokesman, asks the hearty
co-operation of every true American
citizen in Lincoln and vicinity in put
ting across a series of meetings that
have the promise of putting Ameri
canism in America. The following,
in detail, is the tentative outline of
subjects to be considered:
1. Lessons from the War. Speaker,
31. W. Folsom.
2. American Citizenship: Its Du
ties and Privileges.
3. The Outlook for Labor in
America.
4. The History and Aims of Bol
shevism. 5. The Influence of Religion in
America's Future Career.
6. Urgent Problems of Lincoln
and Vicinity and Their Solution.
Speakers for the remaining meet
ings are being secured, and will be
the very best authorities on the sub
jects to be discussed. Following their
presentation of the subject, the chair
man Mill throw the meeting open for
questions from the floor. The idea in
asking niestions should be with the
motive t "pump the speaker dry,"
not to "get him cornered."
Motion Pictures and Singing
There will also be thirty minutes
given over to opening features. The
state has offered motion picture films
of subjects of patriotism and true
American spirit to aid in the presen
tation of the problems of today. H.
O- Ferguson wil lalso be there to lead
those present in songs of 'action and
American brotherhood.
The platform f principles drawn
up for these meetings is as follows:
1- The complete development of
democracy in America.
2 A common meeting ground for
all the people in the interest of truth
and mutual understanding, and for
the cultivation of community spirit
(Continued on Page Four)
STEWART APPEALS FOR
MORE TRACK MATERIAL
, Track men who have not turned
ut, do so at once. The real work
has begun and further delay will be a
big handicap. The Cornhusker squad
aeeds every available man. The ab
sence or Harold McMahon will leave
big hole in the sprinting liue of the
Program and all sprinters should be
forking out in earnest by this time.
Bjron McMahon, Flood and Craf
out as strong as ever and Dr.
' tewart has a powerful nucleus
around which to build his track
"opes. However there is room for
Very good man and If any speed king
M Elected his duty he should re
port at once. Longer delay will be
?08t,y t0 "is own chances and per
hPs to the team.
REQUEST STORIES OP
CORNHUSKER AVIATORS
Chancellor Samuel Avery received
a letter Tuesday afternoon from the
War Department requesting his co
operation in assembling the personal
stories of the men who have been
with the Air Service overseas. It
seems likely, that the better part ot
each story is contained in letters to
friends and relatives at home.
Letters from some of our aviators
have already appeared in book form
and in the magazines, and from time
to time college publications have had
occasion to print appreciations of
fliers killed in combat
Such informal records as letters
may supply information of historical
value to be had from no other source.
Communications in reply should be
addressed to Director of Military
Aeronautics, Sixth Street and Mis
souri Avenue, Washington, D. C,
Aeronautuical Information Branch.
TRYOUTS FOR WRESTLING
TEAM TO BE HELD TODAY
Winners of Matches Will Repre
sent Nebraska at Ames Meet
February 21.
Final tryouts for the wrestling
team will be held at four o'clock
Wednesday and Thursday afternoon
The successful candidates will repre
sent Nebraska in the meet with Ames
on February 21. There will be fierce
competition for this honor and the
spectators will be treated to a real
contest.
The Wednesday preliminaries will
be as follows:
175 lb. class Pickwell vs. Hoyt,
Munn vs. Dobson. The winners of
these two matches will compete in
the finals.
135 lb. class Ingham, Weaver, and
Troendly.
125 lb. class Saulter and Troend
ly.
The Thursday tryouts will be be
tween the following men:
Heavyweight Picwell vs. Dobson,
Hoyt vs. Munn. Winners witl meet in
finals for heavyweight.
158 lb. class Fuchs, Sanstedt,
Gibbs, Slater.
145 lb. class Hintze, Burley, Zook,
Weaver.
The Cornhuskers have a strong
bunch of grapplers. Come out and
look them over.
LILLIAN POLLEY WILL
SING AT CONVOCATION
Lillian Tolley, soprano, accompa
nied by Marguerite Klinker, pianist,
will render the songs of the Allies at
a musical convocation Thursday
morning, February 13, at 11 o'clock
the Temple Theater.
The program will consist of songs
the allied nations and win ena
ith the United States national an-
thom The list of numDers ronows.
Italy The Garibaldi Hymn
Serbia (folk song). ...Come, My Dearest
nroepe (folk song) The Musician
Japan (folk song) Cherry-Bloom
Spring snowers
China
The Odalisque (Yu-hsi A. D. 772
g42) To a Young Man (from Na
tional Odes of China, collected by
Confucius, B. C. 55-479).
Russia
..O Thou Billowy Harvest Field
(Tolstoy)
France (folk song) Cresses Green
Portugal (folk song) A Moaman
Belgium (folk song).. To Araby
Fnirlish (folk song).. ..Harry the Tailor
Bohemia National Hymn
My Homeland
United States....Star Spangled Banner
There is no royal road to reconstruc-
.t Thfl war is aiong me iiiu yam
of duties daily done without covetous-
ness or greea, ana luat-.
understanding of moral values, will
lead to a truer conception oi me.
He that urges gratitude pleads the
cause both of God and men. for with-
out it we can u c
religious. Seneca-
Uril NIGHT BILL TO
BE ONEJIG SCREAM
Skits Promise to Foreclose the
"Private Skeleton"' of Ev
eryone on the Campus.
Mar. 8 to Be Evening of Uncon
flned Gayety More Musical
Skits Are Still Wanted.
University night, the one uncen
sored evening of Jest and fun, Is be
ginning to gleam forth with great
possibilities. According to the com
mittee in charge of skits, the idiosyn
cracles of everyone on the campus is
bound to come out The skits thus
far submitted look like they would
all be headliner events.
The ninth annual university night
will be held at the auditorium Satur
day, March 8, under the direction of
the University Y. M. C. A. and in
charge of Walter Blunk, who is ar
ranging a rather more novel and in
teresting program than usual for the
amusement of the faculty and stu
dents whose charms and virtues will
be cleverly depicted in several skits
now in preparation before the public
eye. These will make for the eve
ning a more entertaining and repre
sentative performance than ever be
fore presented on such an occasion.
Musical Skits Wanted
There is still an opportunity, how
ever, for a few more good skits to be
accepted if they are turned in by the
end of the week at the student activ
ities office. Musical numbers are
especially needed to complete the pro
gram, as very few such numbers
have been submitted, and students
are urged to hand in all skits of this
kind as soon as possible.
One of the attractions of the eve
ning will be the Evening Shun, which
comes out ot that time, full of the
spirit of the night's frolic.
VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIP
HANGS IN A BALANCE
Games with Missouri of Big Im
portance Nebraska Has
Eight More Games.
The Cornhusker chance for the
Missouri Valley championship this
season hinges entirely on the two
games with Missouri Friday and Sat
urday. Victory over the Tigers will
be a sure omen of a successful inva
sion of foreign soil by the Cornhusk
ers, while if Missouri wins she will
have a firm hold on the title.
It is up to the Stewart quintet' to
stop the victorious march of the men
from Columbia. So far they have not
been headed. With Vogt, Ruby, and
two other veterans of last year they
have what looks like the strongest
combination in the valley, and their
clean record thus far seems to bear
out the appearance.
Piker Defeat Encouraging
Washington, however, had the same
idea about Piker prowess, only to
show up like a bunch of amateurs
when they bucked the Huskers. The
decisive way in which the Cornhusk
ers whipped Dick Rutherford's bunch
of basket tossers places them on a
par with the Tigers.
Furthermore, every loyal support
er of the scarlet and cream should
sink this fact deep in his heart, there
is one thing and one thing only which
will swing the victory for the Corn
huskers, that is the mighty, whole
hearted support of the campus. It
need not be said that "Jack" and his
men will fight to the bitter end to de
throne the mighty Tiger, but the sup
porting fighting spirit of every true
blue Cornhusker is needed to put the
thing across. Coach Stewart is firm
in his belief that the support of the
tide lines was the one Item which
saved his men from defeat in last Fri
day night's battle.
Eight More Garnet
The Missouri five and the Nebraska
quintet both have eight more games
to play.
(ContlmifHl on Tatrp Tbreo)
THORNE BROWN SPEAKS TO
STUDENTS OF JOURNALISM
Thorne Brown, secretary of the
State Railway Commission, who has
been closely associated with the po
litical situation in Nebraska for a
long period of years, addressed mem
bers of the news writing class last
evening.
Mr. Brown delivered the first of a
series of special lectures which have
been arranged by the instructor of
Journalism, Mr. J. E. Lawrence. He
told the prospective news gatherers a
few of the essential erquirements of
a news peporter and also related the
best mehods by which news may be
obtained.
The last few minutes of his talk
were devoted to a discussion of the
right of the federal government to ex
ercise the right of eminent domain in
taking over the railway lines, the tel
egraph and other public utilities.
R. 0. T. C. MEN WILL BE
GIVEN FULL EQUIPMENT
Commandant Receives Orders to
Issue Uniforms and Rifles to
Uni Soldiers.
A great treat is in store for the
members of the R. O. T. C. An army
order recently received at the com
mandant's office states that all men
of the unit will be issued all neces
sary regalia that will equip the indi
vidual for fighting strength.
All men will receive O. D. uniforms,
including a shirt, belt, shoes, and leg
gings. Instead of the army cap, as
was worn by the members of the unit
last year, the regulation army hat
with the red, white and blue hat cord
will be issued.
In addition to the complete uni
form, the men will be privileged to
carry the new 1917 Springfield rifle.
The old Krag-Jorgenson rifles used
for the past few years will be re
turned by the military department
and the new models will arrive pres
ently. Commandant Frankforter has not
gathered all the details from head
quarters, but he is of the opinion that
the military program includes a short
encampment and a number of sham
battles, for the order further states
that ech man will receive one pack
carrier, haversack, first aid pouch,
meat can, and the knife, fork and
spoon. A few hundred rounds of am
munition and a number of targets for
use in rifle practice concludes the list
of articles.
SORORITIES SHOWING
INTEREST IN TOURNEY
The Achoths have added their team
to the list of thos already entered
in the sorority tournament The
members of the team are the follow
ing: Ruth Hutton (captain).
Bernice Bayley.
Myrtle Phillips.
Hazel Muzzy.
Katherine North.
Ethel Curry.
Mildred Johnson.
Just three sororities have not yet
entered a team in the match. They
are:
Pi Beta Phi.
Alpha Chi Omega.
Kappa Kappa Gamma,
The names of the members of these
teams must be in by Wednesday
night at six o'clock to be eligible to
play Saturday afternoon.
Every sorority should show an in
terest in this tournament if It is to
be continued from year to year. Last
year was the first time that an inter-
sorority tournament was held and the
Delta Zetas won the match. The
Woman's Athletic Association award
ed a silver loving cup as a trophy.
The teams this year are better than
usual this year and the games will be
interesting.
The officials for the Rainbow tour
nament which will be held In the
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LAW BUILDING SCENE
OF POLITICAL SCRAP
Combined Junior and Senior Law
Class Hold Spirited Elec
tion Tuesday.
Parry Chosen President Junior
Senior Class Haley Heads
Freshman Class.
Raymond Parry, Law '19, was de
clared president of the combined Jun
ior and Senior Law classes of the
years '19 and '20 in a hotly contest
ed election held in Law 202 Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock. Elmer Witte
'20 was chosen vice president, Vogel
tanz '19 secretary and treasurer and
Fouts '19 was made sergeant-at-arms.
The election was opened by Chair
man Rodman and a motion was made
and passed combining the two classes
for the election of officers and all
other purposes for the remainder of
the year. Nominations for president
were then entertained and Parry was
nominated for that position by L.
Shaw. Following that nomination the
name of Reynolds '19 was proposed
by James. A motion to close the
nominations was then passed and
ballots were taken on the two names
before the meeting. Parry received
a comfortable majority in this elec
tion. Parry then succeeded to the
chair and entertained nominations for
vice president.
Elmer Witte Vice President
Elmer Witte and Edward Carter '19
were nominated for contestants to the
position of vice president, and Carter
was defeated by a slight count in the
vote that followed.
Vogeltanz Secretary-Treasurer
Ed Bush '20 and E. Vogeltanz '19
were proposed for secretary and
treasurer of the combined class and
subsequent to the closing of the nom
inations Bush withdrew as candidate
for the position. Vogeltanz was de
clared unanimously elected.
Fouts Sergeant-at-Arms
The most cried for position on the
ballot was that of sergeant-at-arms.
Doyle, Fouts, Bush, Schroeder, Spear
and Rodman were conspicuous names
among the candidates. On a rising
ballot Fouts '19 was declared the fa
vorite of the session by a narrow ma
jority. Doyle and Schroeder were
close seconds and Spear, the "pet" of
the Junior class of but a season ago,
was tagging tardily behind for this,
the most democratic job on the ticket.
Freshmen Law Officers
In the Freshman class Clarence
Haley '21 was unanimously declared
the choice of the first year Laws for
president. Wade Munn '21 defeated
Glenheim Foe '21 by a fair majority
for the position of vlca president.
Jeanette Regan '21 was made secre
tary an dtreasurer by a unanimous1
vote and Roy Ford '21 was elected
sergeant-at-arms.
NEBRASKA HONOR ROLL
PUBLISHED TOMORROW
The Honor Roll which will contain
the names of the fraternities and so
rorities reporting 100 per cent sub
scriptions to the "Rag" will be pub
lished in the Thursday edition of the
Daily Nebraskan. A number of men's
and women's fraternities have already
completed their allotments and all
others will be given an opportunity .to
do so today in time to get their names
on tomorrow's list
One man or woman can keep a fra
ternity from the Honor Roll by fail
ing to hand in his dollar for the paper
for this semester. The names of all
members will be carefully checked
on the subscription list The opportu
nity to be represented on the Honor
Roll is an opportunity which no fra
ternity can afford to miss.
Our idea of a proper literary person
Is one who collects a library or
thrift stamp books.