The Daily Nebraskan
LINCOLN', NEBRASKA. WKDXKSDAY. May 7. 1!1!.
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VOL. XVIII. No. 141.
OWEN WILL BE BACK
111 TRACKNEXT YEAR
Stewart Receives Word That Fa
mous Athlete Will Return
to School in Fall.
Coach Now Has Nucleus for One
of the Greatest Teams in
History of Nebraska.
Cornhusker 1920 track Btock look a
decided Jump yesterday when Coach
Stewart received a letter from Griffith
r Owen, alias "Sqirt" which an
nounced his Intention of coming back
to the old campus next year. Owen
was the last veteran to come round,
Werner, Finney and Curley McMahon
already having made the decision.
Although Owen Is not the all-round
athlete that Werner proved himself
to be is just as fast a man as ever
dug a Nebraska spike. "Squirt" fin
ished out the. track season in the
memorable year of 1917 and then
donned the khaki. He got into the
aviation service, won his commission
at Kelly Field where he stayed aa
instructor till released. His present
residence is In Johnstown, Pa.
Hi Famous Race
The dual meet with K. U. on May
17. 1917. gave "Squirt" the oppor
tunity which has burned his name
deep into Cornhusker track annals.
All through the meet up to the relay
the Jayhawks had failed to capture
an event and the home quartet were
determined that they would not cap
ture this one. K. U. took the lead in
the first three laps and had a fifteen
yard handicap on Owen who ran the
anchor position. "Squirt" sailed out
after "his ' man and had barely got
started when one shoe came oft. Did
"Tie stop? not a bit, hut finished' that
race barefooted and beat his man to
the tape. He was then taken to the
hospital and cinders picked from the
foot which had been cut to ribbons.
In his last Missouri Valley meet
"Squirt" hung up the following rec
ords: Did the hundred In 10-1 and
the two twenty in 22-2. Past perform
ances are not always to be relied upon
but "Squirt." Werner, and the two
McMahons should be able to pick up
a few points around the Missouri Val
ley next year and perhaps in the na
tional meets.
INTELLIGENCE TESTS
WILL BE GIVEN AGALM
The intelligence tests which will be
given Thursday. May 8. in M. E. 206,
by Dr. Winifred Hyde, of the philoso
phy department at the university, will
be especially for engineering students
and will be approximately the same
as those offered by the United States
army.
All freshmen in the engineering col
lege are particularly asked to submit
themselves to these tests, and al
though it will not be compulsory, the
educational value of the tests should
be realized by the men to such an ex
tent that they will make It a point to
be present Thursday.
These tests will also be similar to
the ones given some two weeks ago,
when many students from every de
partment in the university availed
themselves of the opportunity to test
their agility of mind and thought.
A record will be kept by members
of the engineering faculty of the
grades made by all students who take
the test, and if tests are given from
year to year, these grades will be
compared. Professor O. J. Fergufon
has taken a special interest in this
work.
Tests that have already been taken
will not influence the results of this
test which will be given Thursday,
because the students are not allowed
to carry away with them copies of
the questions asked. So many ques
tions are propounded in such a short
space of time that it would be ex
tremely difficult for the most remark
able student to remember the large
number of questions asked.
SIX CANDIDATES FOR
UNI ATHLETIC BOARD
The following men have filed as
candidates for the University Athletic
Hoard for the year 1919-20: E. H.
Schellenberg, John Pickett. Richard
Newman, Charles Glllilan, Paul Dob
son, and Byron McMahon.
"Schelly" has made letters In foot
hall, basketball and track, and will
pilot the basketball team next year.
John Pickett Is a basketball man, and
has also made a letter in baseball.
"DU-k" Newman has made letters In
both football and basketball. Charles
Gillllan Is a basketball player and
also a track man. Paul Dobson is a
football man of some note, and will
be captain of the team next year.
Byron McMahon is a track man of
considerable experience, and is cap
tain of the team this year.
LETTERS PRAISES WORK
OF BASE HOSPITAL 49
Regents Receive Thanks for Work
of Unit Accredited to Ne
braska University.
The Board of Regents have received
several letters from the national head
quarters of the American Red Cross
recommending the work of the Base
Hospital No. 49. The following is an
extract from a letter from M. W. Ire
land, surgeon general of the United
States army.
Red Cross Base Hospital No. 49, ac
credited to the University of Ne
braska, having been returned to this
country for demobilization, I take this
opportunity to express my appreciation
of the invaluable services rendered
the nation by this splendid organiza
tion. Jt (!! -plways be remembered that
the first organizations of the Amer
ican army to be sent overseas were six
Red Cross base hospitals and, at the
time of the great Allied offensive, be
ginning July 18, 1918, thirty-nine of
the forty-five base hospitals on duty
in France and England were Red
Cross hospitals.
Their readiness for service and the
patriotic devotion to duty, as well as
the professional excellence of the per
sonnel of these organizations, have
made them the chief reliance of the
medical service of the forces in
France, while those on duty with the
British have rendered equally valu
able and appreciated aid to the Brit
ish army.
It is earnestly recommended that
effective measures be taken by you to
keep the organization of your unit in
tact, and that every effort be made to
imbue its future personnel with the
fine spirit to be expected In the pos
sessors of the glorious heritage of
splendid achievement handed down
from the Great War by the original
personnel of Base Hospital No. 49.
In this connection, I desire to invite
your attention to the excellent work
done by Major A. C. Stokes, M. C, as
director of Base Hospital No. 49, and
to ask that you convey to him my
sincere appreciation of the value of
the service he gave to our country in
Its time of need.
C. H. Connor, colonel of the medical
corps of the United States army also
writes about Base Hospital No. 49.
The American Red Cross is pleased
to forward you the enclosed letter
from surgeon general, in which he
commends the work of Base Hospital
No. 49.
It is a great satisfaction to the
American Red Cross to have been
able, through the patriotic assistance
of your institution, to render such ser
vice to our government. The Amer
ican Red Cross extends its thanks and
congratulations to every member of
Base Hospital No. 49 and to the Uni
versity of Nebraska, which was able
to put such an excellent unit into the
service of this cuuutry.
The American Red Cross earnestly
seconds the wish of the surgeon gen
eral that you will keep this organiza
tion Intact for any future emergency
that may arise and It is believed that
(CooiiuurJ on rage Tor)
Y.M.C.A. LAUNCHES
FINANCIAUAMPAIGN
Start Drive for $3,600 for Big
Expansion Program of
Next Year.
Force of Two Hundred Workers
Is Mustered to Carry Through
the Project.
The annual spring drive of the Uni
versity Y. M. C. A. will be launched
today noon to raise from university
men and faculty $3,500. This money
is to be spent on a large expansion
program which Includes an experi
enced full-time secretary, an addi
tional room in the Temple, and new
equipment. The campaign closes Fri
day night.
While the University Y. M. C. A.
has done a great piece of work In the
past, It has only touched the edges
of a field that is now being opened.
With the proposed program that is
now made a possibility, the University
of Nebraska can take her place along
with other universities in association
work.
Force of Two Hundred
To raise the $3,500 a promotion
force of two hundred men has been
mobilized. The workers are divided
into two divisions, ten teams on a
side, and ten members on a team.
The division leaders and captains are
as follows:
Seth Taylor, leader of division A.
Team
1. Dwight Slater.
2. Paul Cook.
3. Dick Chatburn.
4. Merlin Springer.
5. Allen Anderson.
6. Paul Seidell.
7. Clyde Johnson.
8. Sam Brownell.
9. Burks Harley.
10. Myron Towers.
Ray Cowen, leader division B.
Team
1. W. K. McCandless.
2. R. W. Newman.
3. Elbert Potter.
4. Harold Huling.
5. Francis Flood.
6. Laurence Slater.
7. Vincent Kauffman.
8. Reuben Clausen.
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LAST MEETING OF THE
FACULTY MEN'S CLUB
The last meeting or the Faculty
Men's Dinner Club ror the academic
year will occur Saturday evening. May
10, at the Commercial Club. Plates
are $1 each. Dinner will be served
at 6:30.
Capt. 1'. M. Buck will give an ai'ter
dinner address on his war service.
All members of the faculties and of
the administrative force, both men
and women, together with wives and
husbands, are invited to attend. Reser
vations of plates must be made by
Friday, May 9, 5:00 p. m.,- with the
city finance office or at the farm
campus with Mr. Beach.
Engineering Students
On Thursday, May 8, at 3:00
p. m., in M. E. 206. Dr. Winifred
Hyde, of the department of
philosophy, will offer an oppor
tunity for engineering students
to submit themselves to the in
telligence teste which were used
by the army.
The students attention Is
directed to the fact that the
period from 3:00 to 5:00 p. m. on
Thursdays, was set aside for
society meetings and other ac
tivities and interests of the en
gineering students. It is most
earnestly urged that all students
of the college of engineering
avail themselves of the oppor
tunity above noted.
O. V. P. STOUT.
Dean. College of Engineering.
STUDENTS CAST LARGEST VOTE IN
MANY YEARS FOR STUDENT COUNCIL
Student Council Election
Senior Members
C. I.. Christenson 623
Francis Flood 501
Harold Long 557
Byron McMahon 630
Elmer Schellenberg 650
Elmer Witte 601
Fae Breese 610
Verna Buchta 552
Martha Helner 556
Genevieve Loeb 602
Carolyn Reed 601
Ruth Sheldon 621
Junior Members
School of Fine Arts
Melba Bradshaw 9
Donna Gustin 16
Esther McKennon 8
Law College
Dana Harper 27
Lawrence Shaw 26
Engineering College
Seth Taylor 57
College of Business
Administration
John Burley 41
Carl Howard U
College of Pharmacy
Hans Jensen 6
College of Agriculture
Paul Cook 123
Gertrude McHale 65
Irene Philpot
Arts and Science
Marjorie Barstow 240
Olive Hartley 129
Ruth Lindsay 162
Lawrence Slater 347
Florence Wilcox 187
Teachers College
Janet Maltland 8
Margaret Ratcliffe 0
Elected.
SIC EPS GO IIITO FINALS BY
WALLOPING PHI DELTS 9-1
In a snappy five-inning game at
the high school ball grounds at Twenty-second
and J streets the Sig Eps
defeated the Phi Delts yesterday aft
ernoon by a score of 9 to 1.
From the first the Phi Delts scarce
ly had a look-in. although they played
a good fielding game. Pickett and
Zink pitching for the Sig Eps could
not be touched and the lone scratch
hit registered by the Phi Delts was
the result of Pickett's and Johnson's
courtesy in allowing each other to
pick up a ball layed down In front
of the plate.
The game blew up In the fourth in
ning when with two men on bases,
Gardner started a batting rally for
the Sig Eps by pounding out a long
fly to center field which Smith al
lowed to pass through his fingers.
This combined with two hits, two
walks, three stolen bases and a man
hit by pitched ball netted the Sig
Eps seven runs.
The Sig Eps meet the winners of
the Kappa Sig-A. T. O. game in the
final round of the Interfiat tourna
ment, which will be played on the
university athletic field Friday after
noon. The score:
Sig Eps ab r h po e
Isham. ss 2 10 0 2
Harper. 3b 3 2 10 0
Pickett, p-c 1 2 0 4 1
Zink. cf-p 2 110 0
Russell. 2b ZT..... 3 112 1
Putman. If 3 110 0
Grubb. lb 2 0 0 0 0
Johnson, c 1 0 0 9 0
Bell, rf 10 10 0
xHairiH. cf 1 0 0 0 0
xxGardner, rf 110 0 0
Totals 20 D 5 15 4
xBatted for Johnson 4th Inning.
xxBatted for Bell 5th inning.
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Eighteen Members Selected for
New Organization at Big
Election Yesterday.
Nearly a Thousand Votes Cast
for Junior Candidates Close
Fight in Law.
More than one thousand students
voted yesterday In the election of
members of the first student council.
This Is the largest vote that has been
cast at any university election in some
years and is evidence of the students'
interest in the welfare and life of the
new student governing body.
Several candidates were elected
ysterday on the second and third
choices where not sufficient votes
were cast for any one person to elect
him. A number of surprises and close
contests made the election an ex
tremely exciting one.
In addition to the eighteen mem
bers chosen yesterday., the presi
dent and vice president of the pres
ent freshman class will act as non
voting members. The success of the
organization is as yet merely a guess.
but it will take up Its functions im
mediately next fall.
Law College Race Close
Perhaps the most exciting race in
the whole election was that in the
law college between Dana Harper and
Lawrence Shaw in which the former
defeated his opponent by the slim ma
jority of one vote. The laws are
noted for their political machinery
and the outcome of the election Tues
day is very interesting.
Elmer Schelleirbergr received the
largest vote cast for any one candi
date yesterday with 650 votes to his
credit. Ruth Sheldon headed the list
of the junior girls, receiving 621 favor
able ballots. The vote in a few of the
smaller colleges was practically negli
gible. Majorie Barstow won a very
interesting race in the Arts and Sci
ence college when she defeated her
nearest opponent by over fifty votes.
R. O. T. C. INSPECTION
A second Inspection of the uni
versity R. O. T. C. will be held
Thursday evening from five until
six by Lieutenant-Colonel C. R.
Lewis of the United States
army. He comes from the dis
trict inspector's office.
This inspection like the one
made by Colonel Miles will in
clude all cadets in the R. O. T. C.
regiment.
LETTER IS REFLECTION
OF NORWEGIAN CUSTOMS
Professor N. A. Bengston Gives
Wonderful Description of
Christiania.
Each letter received from Professor
Bengston Is a mirror which reflects
some quaint pecularity of the Nor
wegian peopile. The most recent let
ter from him is even more interesting
than any of the preceding ones:
Christiania. Norway.
March 30. 1919.
Professor W. A. Rockle,
University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, Nebr.
My Dear Mr. Rockle:
This is Sunday night and-the most
pressing duty I have Is to practice on
this Corona typewriter which the de
partment of commerce kindly inflicted
on me. I suppose they expect me to
use It occasionally after a while whn
I go travelling around without my
clerk, so I am trying to acquire some
tamiliarity with it now as opportunity
offers, and I trust you will pardon' my
practicing on you. So here goes for a
few words of greeting.
"I don't remenibt-r Just what I hav
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