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LINCOLN, NKIUIASKA, WKDNKSDAY, OCTOHKR 1!M!
MEMORIAL FUND
jam A BOOST
Btudenta Give Freely in Remem
brance of Great American
Citizen
Today is "Faculty Day" Em
ployes to have an appor
tunity to Give
The Roosevelt Memorial Fund cam
paign At the university will doubtless
ly net a substantial addition to the
national fund. Although only a few
of the list of contributions had been
reported to the Student Activities
Office by Tuesday evening, indications
are that practically every student
will be represented.
Very little difficulty was experienc
ed by solicitors in tagging the stud
ents. Early in the day fewer subscrip
tions in amounts varying from fifty
cents to a dollar or more, were re
ceived, but later when it was found
that smaller sums would buy a tag,
many more students were reached.
A letter from Professor Charles V.
Taylor, endorsed by Chancellor Avery
and directed particularly to members
of faculty, explains fully the cam
paign as follows:
"A nation-wide opportunity tor ull
men of all creeds and political faiths
to join in a free will offering for the
purpose of establishing a permanent
Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt, the
American, will be offered on Monday.
October 27. which Is the 61st anniver
sary of Theodore Roosevelt's birth.
A campaign for five million dollars is
being put on by the National Roose
velt Memorial Association. Every
American is to be given the opportun
ity to make a free will gift.
Theodore Roosevelt is removed
from the field of partisan politics. His
memory is a common heritage of all
Americans. Men and women of all
classes have an equqal right to do him
honor and the Roosevelt Memorial
Association will be conducted in a
manner to permit all to exercise that
right without reservation or embarass
ment "America would honor Roosevelt,
the man in order that his manly quali
ties may be fused into the life and
spirit of American youth. Courage
energy, unselfish service, love of coun
try, honor and square dealing, right
eousness, wisdom, fearless fighting
it is to these qualities which one man
has been able to embody that we seek
to erect a permanent memorial.
"There is no desire that any one
burdec himself needlessly with an
ovc-r-large subscription for this cause
but it is hoped that every one may
fet-1 willing and anxious to make a
contribution even though it may be
small. A large number of individual
subscriptions Is desired. You will
have opportunity during the week to
help this movement along. May we
ask your co-operation."
Today is the "Faculty Day" of the
campaign. A special effort to reach
every member of the faculty will be
made. In order that a full opportunity
may be had to honor the great Ameri
can. MEMBERSHIP DRIVE IN
UNIVERSITY Y. W. C.
The Blue Triangle campaign is now
on.
The blue triangle symbolizes the
Y. W. C. A. It will be given to every
girl who joins.
Campaign workers eager to reach
the 100 per cent membership goal are
scattered about the campus.
The campaign will close Friday
night and all members will be invited
to a "hard time" party in the armory
Saturday afternoon.
Welcome Relief
"Look 'ere I asks yer for the !ast
time for that 'arf -dollar yer owes me."
"Thank 'evins! that's the end of a
silly question." Blighty (London.)
Special Train leave Lincoln, 9 o'
clock, Saturday, October 25th. Re
turns 12:30 p. m.. Get your round
trip ticket at Student Activities
NOW!
ONE THOUSAND MILITARY
SCHOLARSHIPS REQUESTED
Champaign, 111., Oct. IB. One inou
sand applications for military scholar
ships have been presented to tm reg
istrar for approval. The registrar Is
approving application at the rain of
90 a day and has approved 650.
No final date for receiving Applica
tions has been announced by the reg
istrar but all applications should be
handed in aa soon as possible. The
law for military scholarships as writ
ten in the Illinois statutes Is as io
lows: "Any person who has Berved in the
army, navy or marine corps Oi v ie
United States, not including members
of the S. A. T. C. during the World
War who, at the time of entering up
on such service, was a resident of
this state, and who has been honor
ably discharged from such service,
and who shall possess all necessary
entrance requirements shall upon ap
plication and proof, be awarded a uni
versity of Illinois scholarship."
Y. W. C. A. CONFERENCE
EXPERIENCES ARE
TOLD AT VESPERS
Go to Geneva," was the advice of
the girls who attended the Y. W. C. A.
conference at Lake Geneva last sum
mer as they enthusiastically described
their experiences there.
The four phases of life at Geneva,
physical, social, mental and spiritual
were described by Jean Landale, Ruth
Sheldon, Helen Lewis and Mary
Waters. Esther Daily, a delegate,
sang "A Silent Voice." Janet Mait
land let the devotional exercises.
Sports of almost every type that ap
peals to a girl were provided for.
Hiking was especially popular. Swim
ming races and diving contests were
held. Basketball, baseball and tennis
were among the sports.
A spirit of fellowship pervaded the
social life. Parties and stunts were in
order. . Birthday anniversaries were
celebrated by parties. The cook
made deliciously frosted cakes for
these occasions.
Topics relating especially to cam
pus life were the subjects of discus
sions and lectures. It was agreed
that the campus should be a demo
cratic community and thus serve as
the basis of larger communities.
Mrs. Eddy, the field secretary, took
a part in the program; and Miss
Drake, who was the general secretary
at the University of Nebraska last
year, visited the girls while there.
70RMER NEBRASKAN WILL
SPEAK AT COMERCIAL CLUB
Harry W. White. '07. who organized
the first Red Triangle Hut in Jeru
salem, will speak at the commercial
club Wednesday noon. Mr. White
and Mr. O. E. Pence of the iniei na
tional committee of the Y. M. C. A.
both spoke at the Lincoln hotel Tues
day.
OVERGROWN UNIVERSITIES
New York Herald.
It is stated that the enrollment in
the University of Pennsylvania will
amount to almost 10.000 names. Such
a fact is sufficient in itself to Pirn
the attention to the special advan!ag
es of the small college- which are not
enjoyed by students at the over-grov.-n
universities. Anyhow, the time will
come when Harvard. Yale and the
rest will have to turn themselves into
groups of colleges, or "higher educa
tion" will become a farce.
A man whose books of verse have
been listed with the "best sellers" re
cently received a jolt that might have
discouraged some writers.
Having some curiosity to see how
this latest production was being re
ceived he went into a department
store and inquired of the sales gift.
"Have you Twanglyre's new book ol
poetry?"
"No." the girl replied, "but we nave
lots of others Just as good."
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ENGINEERS WILL
COMPLETE THEIR
ORGANIZATION
The student chapter of the Ameri
can Association of Engineers will
meet at 5 o'clock this afternoon in
room 204 Mechanical Knglneoiing
Laboratory to complete its prelim
Inary organization and to aprotnt
necessary committees to adequately
handle the work to be done. After
the charter is granted by the Nation
al Headquarters at Chicago the per
manent organization of the student
chapter will be effected.
The American Association of En
gineers Is the most rapidly growing na
tional engineering organization In the
country. Although formed less than four
years ago It now has a membership
of over seventy-five thousand, tt
Includes all branches of engineeilng,
civil, mechanical, electrical, mining,
agricultural engineering, etc. Some
one has well said. "A. A. E. Iz tne
cement of the engineering profession.
providing a common meeting ground
for all. regardless of the nature of
their work or rank."
Non-Technical Subjects
It should be noted that although A.
A. E. is an association of technical
engineers it devotes its entire ener
gies to the non-technical Interests of
the engineering body and to the en
gineering interests of the public a a
whole. The purely technical sub
jects are left to be taken care ot oy
the other engineering societies louml-
ed primarily for that purpose.
That the American Association of
Engineers is filling a long felt neee ts
shown by the remarkably rapid accep-
j tance of its principles by thousands
i of engineers, both young and old, all
; over the country. During the past
nine months its membership has more
than tripled. The engineering stu
dents of the University of Nebraska
' realize that more than slide-rule atM
i ity is necessary for them to fill their
; proper places in the civic life and are
eager for the establishment of a
j strong student chapter here. A. A. E.
might well be called "The Engineers
i Chamber of Commerce."
I
The Koiy f error
j Lady "They say Father Hooley
I advanced to the attack with a prayer
I book in one hand and a bomb in the
other."
j Returned Soldier "They're always
thryin' I' belittle a good man, mum.'
! Lady "Why, isn't it true?"
j Soldier "No, lady; he had bombs
i in both hands.' Life.
Reasons are Many and
Varied For Missing Convocation
Failure to Attend Blamed on
Everything from "Eleven
O'clocks" to Lunches
"I just don't know why I never go,
but it seems that I never get there
I have resolved repeatedly to go ju.
once. but that once has never been.
And I'm a senior," she shamefully
confessed.
Well, why don't they go to convo
cation? It's a problem that remains
unsolved from year :o year, and evn
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes can't explain
to Mrs. Dr. Watson why she never
goes to convocation.
An inspired junior girl whispered
gleefully as though she knew the an
swer to the paradox: "It's just be
cause you don't have to. If it were
made compulsory, the girls and fel
lows would go. But as it is purely
optional, nobody goes."
"I used to, but I'm such a busy sen
ior," boasted one energetic senior girl.
T haven't the time," offered a mas
culine fashion-plate on the campus.
"I forget about it," truthfully ad
mitted a popular athlete.
"I never think of it." said a profes
sor.
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I VS. i
OKLAHOMA UNI
AT
OMAHA, SAT. OCT. 25
MILLIONS OF SPIDERS
ON SALT LAKE SHORES
Some one has said there is no life
on Great Salt Lake. There are myr
iads of gnats, so many In fact tnai
at times trains on the cutoff axe de
layed as the engine wheels slip and
slide on the Insects.
On the north shore of Great Salt
Ijike are spiders which feed on these
gnats that the waves throw up on tne
bench, and the spiders are thetc oy
the millions large, black venomous
spiders.
Out on the lake, a half mile rrom
shore Is a house on piles and the spi
ders have spun a web over the struc
ture. If some Inventive genius finds a
method Tor utilizing the silken threads
these predaceous animals produce, a
fortune is in sight. The threads are
like cords in size and strength nd
they span the grease wood on bore
and hold when brushed against as
though made of heavy material.
j An invasion of the spider colony is
i not attended by a show of resistance.
The double-lunged, eight-legged,
mals flee as the intruder breaks down
i the net work, but when cornered they
turn and fight, and their sting is high
ly poisonous. Elko Free Press.
OLOTARS REPORT
If FOR BASKETBALL
Training Will Commence Immedi
atelySchedule Will Be An
nounced When Completed
Thirty varsity backetball candidates
reported to Coach Schissler at the
Armory last night. Plans for training
were discussed and Schissler ordered
all the men to draw their equipment
and get out on the track at once.
Nebraska has a wealth of good basket
ball material this year and if a cham
pionship team is to be developed,
training must start as early as pos
sible. Former stars who were present at
last night's meeting were: Captain
Schellenberg. Bailey, Gillilan, New
man, Collins. Pickett and Patty. Sev
eral of last year's Freshman team, in
eluding Paynter, Russell. Cypreanson.
Jungmeyer and Costello were also
present. The basketball schedule is
not yet complete but games are being
arranged with teams of the Western
Conference, the Rocky Mountain Con
ference and the Missouri Valley Con
ference. "I have an 11-o'clock," apologized
a meek little sophomore girl.
"Nobody else does, so why should
I?" said a gay junior girl.
"My time is so precious," babbled
a demure bit of freshman femininity.
"I know that I'll not see my pals
there, so I don't . go. Instead. I walk
over to High street and stand around
and talk," answered a social light on
the campus. He grinned, and off he
went to his rendezvous.
A well-meaning sophomore girl of
fered her explanation: "Nobody ever
made me. I went once last year. It
seems that everybody I know goes to
lunch at 11 a. m., and so do I."
But we were phazed a bit when a
brave person said to us: "Well, you
see, the reason I don't go, I know that
I won't see you there."
That was too much for our equqa
nimity. We sadly shook our head.
We guess posterity will have to in
vestigate "Why University Students
and Faculty Don't Go to a Convoca
tion."
The above article is quoted from
the Ohio State Lantern, the news
paper of Ohio University. Conditions
similar to those existing at that Insti
tution seem to be prevalent here at
Nebraska University.
SCRUBS STOP FIRST STRING MEN
WITH OKLAHOMA FORMATIONS
PROF. SENIUM
DISCUSSES CONSTI
TUTIONAL CONVENTION
rrofessor John P. Senning, instruc
tor in the Political Science department
and a member, of the commission ar
ranging for the constitutional conven
tion, discussed the reasons for calling
for convention and the problems be
fore It at convocation Tuesday.
The reasons for a new constitution
were summarized as the shifting of
popular confidence from legislative to
administrative agencies, the complex
ity of governmental functions result
ing from changing conditions and the
position the courts have in interpre
ting the constitution as a grant of
power rather than a limitation of
power.
The convention will have to decide
upon the general plan and philosophy
upon which the constitution is to be
based. Flaws which render parts of
the present constitution inoperative
need correction. Great changes iq
the governmental machinery, perhaps
complete reorganization, are antici
pated. The convention is being called by
the vote of the people In 1917. The
election of delegates will take place
the first week in November. The con
vention will meet December 2.
NO SUBSTITUTE FOR REST
Young persons often say: "I don't
need, much sleep; I can be up late
every night and never feel it." It is
surprising how much abuse of that
sort Mother Nature will stand. But
pay day finally comes.
It is a good deal like the case of the
man who starts out with money in the
bank left him by his father. He spends
freely without thinking whether he is
spending more than his income. Then
one fine day he wakes up to discover
that he has been paying out more than
has been coming in. and his bank bal
ance is gone.
Medical science has arrived at two
important conclusions. One is that
very much ill-health is caused by fa
tigue, the other that rest is one of the
most important of remedies.
It is common experience that we
catch cold more readily when we are
fatigued. So with other germ diseases.
The bacieria are on the watch ready
to make an attack wherever the re
sistance of the body is lowered. One
j of the common ways by which the re
I sistance is lowered is by fatigue,
j Fatigue plays its part in so simple a
! matter a walking. The scarcely per
Uiptible pause between steps gives
i enough rest for a person to walk a
long time at hi? natural gait. If he j
hurries a trifle he loses this rest and
soon pets winded. A person uses about
the same amount of energy in going
upstairs, whether he walks or runs.
But the lack of rest in running up
stairs makes the exercise from it far
more violent. A boat crew in order
to be successful is supposed to rest
between strokes. The crew that gets
in a hurry wears itself out.
When we become tired all sorts cf
things may happen. Sometimes we
may have a sense 'of dizziness or of
nausea, in tnat case tne siomacn is
the weak point and the symptoms are
from wearines of that organ. The
eyesight of some persons Is affected
by fratigue, and they think they are
going blind.
Occasionally our symptoms convince
us we are losing our minds. Every
person is familiar with the little lapses
that are so annoying the inability to
remember a name soon after it has
been heard, the failure to retain the
sense of a page Just read, the sense of
being far away, of general unreality.
(Continued on Page Three.)
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Get your tickets here and be in the
STUDENT SECTION
rrick Plays and Heavy Line cf
Sooners May Trouble Hps!;,
ers Saturday
Game in Omaha Expected
Draw Record At
tendant e
to
Using anticipated Oklahoma pla
and formations, the Freshmen held
the varsity eleven in last night's prac
tice. John Rlddell, of the Nebraska
coaching staff, who scouted the Oklahoma-Texas
game, brousht home a
number of complicated trick play
and passes which the Freshmen used
against the VarMty outfit to good ad
vantage. According to Riddell the Sooners
will not be compelled to relp only on
speed and strategy. While the back
field and end of the Southerner! do
not equal those of the Cornhuskers In
weight, Owen's team lias enough beet
In the center of the line to make th
average weight equal to that of Ne
braska. But there is little doubt but
that the main attack of the Okla
homans will consist of novel plays and
fakta and it is chiefly against these
I hat ('caches! Srhu!t'. and Schissler
are developing the Cornhusker de
fense. Riddell says that Saturday's
contest did not furnish a good com
parison of the Oklahoma and Texas
elevens. The field was muddy and
slippery and this slowed up the
speedy Sooner backs while it did not
materially affect the heavier Texans.
On a dry field the Longhorns would no
doubt have been defeated by a much
larger score.
Prepares for Record Attendance
All reports from Omaha indicate
that a record breaking attendance is
expected for Saturday's big double
header.
The committee in charge is prepar
ing for at least 8000 people and have
men at work at Rourke park building
additional stands to accommodate the
multitude. The preliminary Creigh-ton-Marqquette
game will be an inter
esting scrap. These teams are old
rivals and are both confident of vic
tory. Creighton is claiming the great
est team in the history of the school
and Marquette has already defeated
several of the strong Wisconsin col
leges. Of course the main interest is
centered in the big event of the day.
the Cornhusker-Sooner clash. The
odds favor Nebraska but a team of
the Sooner type can often overcome
the strongest opposition.
MORAL DON'T BARROW
A man who was too stingy to sub
scribe for his school paper sent his
little boy to borrow the copy taken by
a neighbor. In his haste the boy lan
over a $4 stand of bees and in ten
minutes looked like a warty squash.
His father ran to his assistance, rsr.a
failing to notice the barb wire f-noe.
ran into that, cutting a hole in bis an
atomy and ruin:ne a to pair of trous
ers. Th old cow took advantage of
the gap in th fnre and got in-o me
corn field and killed herself eating
green corn. H-aring a racket, the wife
ran out. upset a four-gallon churn ii.
of cream into a basket of little chick
ens, drowning the entire hatch. In her
haste she dropped a 135 set of Mae
leeih. The b;.by. Ung oeen left
alone, crawled throuch the milk into
the parlor, mining brand new .
carpet. During the excitement th old
est daughter ran aw-y with the Jr.red
man. the dog broke up 11 setting hens
and the calves got out and chewed the
tails off four fine shirts on the clothe,
line. Fernley Enterprise.
He Couldn't Cough
The King-'T must have gold, yoa
imbecile! Cough up!"
Prime Minister-"But. your Majes
ty, the coffers are empty." Michi
gan Gargoyle.