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LINCOLN, NKHRASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1920.
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FIGHT THOUSAND STUDENTS
HEAR CHRISTIAN CHALLENGE
Opportunities for World Service
P$sented at Gathering in Des
Moines-Forty Countries
Represented.
The Eighth International Student
volunteer Convention has passed in
o history. On December 31st 8.000
delegates representing 300,000 stud-
Pnt8 in frt' untie8 and from 1,00
colleges and universities from United
States and Canada, gathered at Des
Moines, Iowa, to learn of the oppor
tunities for service in the "new"
woi Id. For five days this great body
was in sen Ion over seven hours each
day likening to the greatest speakers
0( ihe world send out their inspir
ing message and challenge "The
Evangelization of the World in this
Generation.".. This was the motto,
die watchword of the convention, and
the background of every address; the
atmosphere of the conference was per
vaded by the spirit of this declaration
of purpose.
Delegations to the convention began
to arrive in Des Moines on Monday,
December 30th and continued to
stream in unUl Wednesday evening.
The Nebraska delegation of 125 stu
dents, 47 from the State University,
arrived Tuesday evening. After reg
istering at convention headquarters
the delegates were assigned places of
lodging, for the most part in private
homes of the city.
The opening session was held Wed
nesday afternoon in the Coliseum The
moDBter building was decorated for
the occasion with the flags of all na
tions and high above the stage was
hung a huge banner' bearing the mot
to of the Student Volunteer Move
ment: "The Evangelization of the
World in This Generation." A com
mon thought as the eye gazed over
the assemblage was "Where will one
ever find such a cosmopolitan gath
ering with such a .amnion bond of
interest?" Here were students from
every state in the Union, from Cana
da, from Mexico, South America, Eng
land, France, Russia, Japan, China.
Australia, Czecho-Slovakla. Korea. Si
beria, in all forty countries.
Dr. Mott Chairman
Dr. John It. Mott, chairman of the
Student Volunteer Movement, deliv
ered the opening address in which he
sounded the keynote of the convention
the call to leadership.
In part Dr. Mott said: "We have
come here to get a commanding vision
of the new world. What a different
world it is from th:.t upon Ihe dele
gate? gazed at the last convention.
What an old world that was. How
absolutely different Is the world which
we view today. It is a shaken world.
It is an impoverished and overbur
dened world. It is an exhausted and
overwrought world. The world is al
so still sorrowing an I suffering. The
world is confused and bewildered.
"We may, on ihe other hand thank
God that the world is plasltc to a de
cree hitherto unknown. It may be
cast in new moulds. It Is a humbled
world. The new world Is a teachable
world.
"As we confer he -e with the stud
ents of every race and people the Im
pression will become overwhelming
that old" things are literally passing
away and that all things may become
new.
"We have assembled here to receive
a new challenge, a Irtish commission.
God never has spoken with greater
clearness and power than to this gen
eration. What is God's call to Ihe col
leges and universities of this particu
lar day? It may be summed up in Ihe
one word, the call lor leadership.
Ther comes to the students of our
day a demand for a reat and uupar
alleled offering of lives dedicated to
he service of God and Man."
In the sessions t:iat follow e-' the
student-delegates listened to address
after address by the great men of the
missionary movement, who opened up
the vision of Christian service to the
full- Missionaries to non Christian
countries told of the pressing need for
more workers; Christian natives of
"on Christian countries pleaded for
a'd for their home-lands; all demon
crated lhat Christianity was the only
olution to the problems of these
countries and of the rest of the world.
Perhaps one of the most stirring ad
dresses of the convention was deliv
ered by Dr. Sherwood Eddy who said
In part;
"America today stands on trial be-
or Ihe ban of humanity and the
conscience of the world. An ovei-
helmjnjr Ude of lne WOTid'a dlsfs
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MR. FOLSOM TO ADDRESS
COMMERCE CLUB MEETING
Mr. M. V. Folsom of the Nebras
ka Building & Loan Association will
speak to the University Commercial
Club Thursday evening at 7:30
o'clock in S. S. 101. He will discuss
banking and the growth of organiza
tions such as the one with which he
Is connected.
The usual method of questioning the
speaker after his talk will be In vogue
and all members should come pre
pared to ask questions of Mr. Folsom.
NATION'S COLLEGES
WILL TAKE V1IE ON
THE PEACE TREATY
A nation-wide movement has been
started to promote a referendum of
college sentiment ot the country con
cerning the peace treaty. The Inter
collegiate Association is sponsoring
the undertaking and it has the ap
proval of an advisory committee of
which President Hadley of Yale is
chairman, and on which Presidents
Butler of Columbia, Lowell of Har
vard, and Hibben of Princeton are also
serving.
The matter of a referendum at the
university of Nebraska was referred to
the Student Council, which after care
fully considering its advisability, has
decided to refer the peace treaty to a
vote of students and faculty. The plan
if that on January 13, every college
and university in the country will be
asked to take a vote, in which each
member of the college community will
be asked to vote for one of the follow
ing six propositions:
Proposition 1. I favor the ratifica
tion of the League and Treaty with
out amendments or reservations.
Proposition 2. I am opposed to tha
ratification of the League and the
Treaty in any form.
Proposition 3. 1 am in favor of the
ratification of the Treaty and the
League, but only with the specific res
ervations as voted by the majority of
the Senate.
Proposition 4. I favor any compro
mise under reservations which will
make possible the Immediate ratifica
tion of the Treaty and the League.
Propositions. I favor the Govern
ment proceeding to make peace with
Germany at once and leaving the ques
tion of a League of Nations to be
settled afterwards.
Proposition 6. I favor a compromise
of the reservations of such a character
as will avoid the danger of defeating
ratification while still making clear
that America can only be involved in
war by a declaration of Congress, that
domestic questions and the Monroe
Doctrine are entirely outside of the
Jurisdiction of the U-ague. that plural
votes of any member are all disquali
fied in the event of a dispute wherein
we are disqualified from voting, and
that on deciding to withdraw we are
to he the judge of whether our obliga
tions have been met.
The following committee has been
appointed to arrange for the referen
dum at Nebraska, its details and pub
licity:
V L. Christensen. Marian Henninger,
Gaylord Davis. Kuth Sheldon. Harold
Gerhart, Dana Harper. Frank Patty,
Luther Cobbey.
No propaganda whatever w ill be cir
culated by the Committee and no
point of view advocated. The plan Is
solelv to stimulate discussion in the
academic community and to obtain as
accurate as possible expression of col
lece sentiment. The feeling Is that
the educational results of this effort
will verv great, and that the indi
cation of sentiment thus obtained will
be enlightening to everybody con
cerned. Th committee urges that students
avail themselves of all opportunities
to enlighten themselves as to the facts
of the treaty, its faults, and its worth.
th.f the vote when taken will be an
accurate expression of the student
mind on this, the Issue that all Ameri
cans should be Inierested.
The student body of the Wilming
ton (Del.) Friends School has Issued
la annual magazine, known as the
Whlttler Miscellany.
NEBRASKA'S 1920 SCHEDULE.
Oct. 2 Vtislil)iirn ('ollejre at Lincoln.
Oct. !) Colorado Ajijrios at Lincoln.
Oct. l(i Noire Daiiic at Lincoln.
Oct. 23 Open.
Nov. 2 Kntjrcrs at Polo (Srounds, New York.
Nov. f Pcnn State at State College, Pa.
Nov. LI Kansas at Lawrence.
Nov. 20 Michigan Aggies at Lincoln.
Nov. 25 Washington State at Lincoln.
UNIVERSITY HONORS
GREAT ALUMNUS AND
LEADER OF A. E. F.
General John J. Pershing was
honored at a special convocation De
cember 27, at the university from
which he was graduated and at which
he was at one time commandant. True
academic solemnity marked the re
ception given him by the faculty and
students. Eager admirers gathered to
hear the genenl long before the ap-
nointed hour, and every seat was
taken by the students and faculty, who
were admitted by tickets.
A military aspect was given the
meeting bv officers of the cadet bat
talion who served as ushers and door
keepers. The platform was decorated
with nalms and ferns. Over the organ
was draped the huge university serv
ice flag with its more than 2500 blue
and gold stars. On either side of the
instrument the musicians were
grouped. Edward J. Walt, first violin;
Ernest Harrison, second; Wm. T.
Quick, viola; Lillian Elche, cello;
Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond, organ; to
gether with Miss Margaret Perry, who
sane the "Battle Hymn of the Repub
lie" added much to the impresslveness
o' the occasion.
The academic procession entered
from the gymnasium, led by General
Pershing and Chancellor Avery. Offi
cers of the university military depart
ment. members of the board of re
gents, deans in formal robes, occu
Pied seats upon the platform.
Chancellor Avery read the address
tendered General Pershing. The ad
dress read as follows:
"The chancellor, the senate and the
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AARON DOUGLAS DRAWS
SKETCH OF PERSHING
Aaron Douglas, Fine Arts Class of
1922 finished a copy of General John
J. Pershing from the original sketch
"Welcome Home." The sketch is
done in charcoal and is on a scale of
three times as large as the original.
The work required 17 hours. Douglas
savs there is not the variation of
more than one-eighth of an inch from
the original lines. The picture has
been used for decoration at the Per
ching headquarters.
Douglas, who Is 21 years old, was
selected by professor Blanche Grant
from a das of 150 students as the
best fitted to sketch the picture. His
home Is In Topeka. Kansas, and it is
his plan to continue the study of art
hi Paris at the completion of his work
here.
All m:i:iigcrs or college bas
ketball teams will meet today at
5:45 p. m. in the Athletic Office.
Coach Sehissler desires to see
every manager present as some
Important plans will be discussed.
Directory Shows Forty-Hve
Students Answer to "Johnson
with a family group of forty six,
the Johnsons and their cousins, the
Johnstons, have the largest represen
tation among students now enrolled
in the university, according to the
directory for this year.
Next in strength come the. Smith
with thirty-three enrolled, and the
Andersons follow closely behind with
thirtv students. Twenty-six Clarks
are registered, outnumbering th.e
answering to the name or Jones ny
seven, the latter having nineteen rep
resentatives. The Millers. Browns,
and Thompsons have eighteen stud
ents each.
Competition for the shortest name
In the directory Ilea among such
names as Aul, Brt. Day. May. Ost, and
PROFESSOR FOGG TO
SHOW WAR PICTURES
CONVOCATION TODAY
Professor M. M. Fogg, of the de
partment of Journalism, who was the
director of the College of Journalism
at the A. E. F. university in France.
will address convocation this mornlnp
on the subject, "Over Nebraskans'
nattlefields of France." Pictures of
his collection that have not heretofor
been shown in Lincoln, will be thrown
on Ihe screen, somu taken on the
world's greatest battlefields, some of
French cemetaries and some unique
snapshots that Professor Fork se
cured. Professor Fogg was given the ti
tle of Lieutenant-CoTonel when he
went abroad. He is a personal friend
of General Pershing who invited him
to visit the great battle fields. Fro
fessor Fogg joined the general at
his offices at Chaumont and then
spent four days visiting Verdon battle
fields. Chateau Thierry, Argonne For
est, Germany, then west to Ve don,
Bolleau Woods, and various French
ceror.eries. He ?w where the Ne
braska boys lourbt and particularly
Ihe S9th divL.'on and Ihe Rainbow
Division.
Tins Illustrated address will be of
especial interest to all Nebraskans.
since it will recall to so many the
scenes that they once saw; and to the
others that were not there it will be
an unusual opportunity to learn of th
great work that was done "over there"
for the boys after tie signing of the
armistice. That Professor Fogg was
recognized all over Uis country and
France as a leading journalist will
assure a packed houv,e at the convo
cation. JANUARY 31 IS THE
FINAL DATE SET FOR
CORNHUSKER PICTURES
Arrangements have been made by
the editor of the 1920 Cornhusker to
have individual and organization pic
tures accepted until January 31. This
day Is set as the final date for accept
ance and all students and organiza
tions which have not had their pic
tures taken must do so at once. All
organizations should make appoint
ments to have their pictures taken
Individuals may have their pictures
taken at any time during the day.
There are at present more individual
pictures in than have appeared in the
Cornhusker in former years, but the
editor is desirous of having as full a
representation of the junior and senior
clases as possible.
Byron McMahon, editor of the sports
section of the year book, has an
nounced plans for certain novel ideas
for this year's book. Other depart
ment editors are outlining their sec
tions of the book.
GIRLS' CORNHUSKER PARTY
Friday, January 16th. has been
set as ihe date for the Girls' Corn
husker party and banquet. This will
be a closed night for the university.
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quite a long list of other such time
savers. On the other side of the
fence come many lengthy contribu
tions with names such as Baumgan
ner. Hollingsworth. Stranathan. and
Kaffenberger. adding somewhat to the
size of the book.
The university zoo contains an Aul,
a Bear. Bees, Foxes. Wolves. Kids.
Swans. Swallows, and a Woodcock.
There are three Fords, a Haynes, a
Chandeler, two Pages, eight Whites,
and three Pierces In he garage sec
tion of the directory. Representatives
of various trades are also present.
Shoemaker?. Barbers, Butchers.
Cooks, Dyers. Farmers. Fishers, Gard
ner. Goldsmiths. Hunters. Judges.
Millers. Miners, Parsons .and Shep
herds being found In the list.
DUSKER GRID WARRI08S PLAN
INVASION OF EAST NEXT FALL
FORMAL DEDICATION
FOR TEACHERS COLLEGE
BUILDING IS PLANNED
The Teachers' College building is
nearing completion, and plans for ded
ication are being formed by Dean
Fordyce. The formal dedication will
take place Friday evening, January
lGth.'
The principal address will be de
livered by Dr. James E. Russell, Dean
of the Teachers College of Columbia
University. In conjunction with this
event the mid-year session of the
Teachers and Principals Association
will be held, January 16th and 171 h.
SCIENTISTS HOLD
COMBINED MEETINGS
DURING HOLIDAYS
The scientific societies of America
held a combined convention in St.
Louis from December 29th to January
1st. This meeting was attended by
several members of the university fac
ulty, including Prcfessor Brenke of
the department of Mathematics, Dr.
Wolcott of the department of Zoology
and Dr. R. J. Pool of the Department
of Botany.
Dr. Pool gave a short address on
the subject of "Experimental Stud
ies of the Effects of Known Concen
trations of Sulphur Dioxide upon
Plants in Field Cultures." Dr. Wol
cott gave the report from the commit
tee on the preservation in wild life
preserves, the purpose of which is to
publish an exhaustive list of the
tracts in the Uniled States where wild
life may be studied, and to give a corn
plete description of them with regard
to their value,, and also suggested
trips.
Others who attended this meeting
were Miss E. R. Walker of the Depart
ment of Botany, Professor Swenk of
the Department of Entomology ami
Miss Dworak of the Lincoln High
School faculty.
Dr. Wolcott met several former fac
ulty members of the university.
Among them were Professor Link
who was a professor in the depart
ment of Botany and Agriculture at
the State Farm, and Professor Coop
er who also at the Farm a few years
years ago as a professor of horticul
ture. He is now at the University of
Arkansas as head of the department of
horticulture. Dr. H. B. Ward of the
University of Illinois, a professor here
at one time, was also there. Dr. Wol
cott also met Dr. and Mrs. Clements
formerly or the department of Botany,
now connected with the Desert Lab
oratory in Arizona.
The meeting was not largely at
tended by easterners, due probably to
the fact that St. Louis was somewhat
out of the way for some The next
meeting will be held in Chicago.
JOURNALISM SCHOOL GRADS
GET GOOD POSITIONS
That young women who have re
cently graduated from the course in
tournalism at the University of Wis
ronsin have secured good positions
in the newspaper and advertising
fields is shown by the alumni records
of the school.
Miss Imogene Burch, who complet
ed the course in journalism at Wis
consin in 1918. has recently been ap
pointed associate editor of the Peo
ples Magazine, New York.
Miss Hester Robinson, who was
graduated from the course in Journal
ism last June, is writing special arti
cles for the New York Evening Sun.
Before going to New York thi3 fall
Miss Robinson reported for a Rock
Island (111.) daily paper.
Miss Florence E. Collins, another
of last year's graduates in journalism,
went dlretly from the university to
the editorship of the woman's depart
ment of the Orange Judd Farmer,
Chicago.
Miss Loul3e P. Ludlum of last
year's class is covering the commer
cial run of the Sioux City (la.) Jour
nal.
Mips Frances Holmburg. who com
pleted her coursese In Journalism last
summer is editing the Wisconsin
Journal of Education, Madison.
Miss Florence ML Seeder, a grad
uate student In jornalism last year,
is tn charge of the publicity depart
ment of th social servica bureau of
Toledo. Ohio.
Penn State and Rutgers on Ne-
ocneauie Turkey
Day Game at Lincoln.
While all loyal Nebraskans will be
casting their ballots for General John
Pershing for president of the
United States, the Cornhusker grid
ders will be walloping the tar out of
the Rutgers eleven on the Polo
Grounds In New York City. Last Sat
urday evening Director of Athletics
Lees and Assistant Sehissler closed
the negotiations whereby the Huskers
and Rutgers tangle in the great me
tropolis on November 2, 1920, election
day. This is the third important Inter
sectlonal clash which appears on Ne
braska's 1920 schedule. Penn State,
Washington State, and Rutgers are
three leading universities in their re
spective territories and victories over
these schools will give Schulte's team
nation-wide prestige.
Four days after the Rutgers game
the Nebraskans will drop down to
State College, Pennsylvania, and mix
with Hugo Bezdek's Penn State war
riors. This will complete one of the
biggest trips ever taken by any grid
Iron organization. In these two games
Nebraska will meet the cream ot the
East. Both of the schools are famous
for gridiron teams and will each no
doubt give the invading Huskers a
close battle. Py playing both these
games the same week the Nebraska
team will be absent from Lincoln only
two days more than if they made the
trip to State College only. A financial
benefit that will break all records is
assured.
One Date Still Open
The schedule, according to Coach
Schulte, Is not as yet fully complete.
No game has been arranged for Octo
ber 23, that date being still open. Tie
Nebraska officials are in the field for
a game on that date, but in view of
the trip to Kansas and the prolonged
journey to the East, the game will
probably have to be played in Lincoln.
If such a game snould be arranged, it
will be the ninth game on the Corn
husker list, and the sixth to be played
on the home field. As the schedule
now stands three game will be played
abroad and five at home.
Gridiron followers in the East are
no doubt interested in the appearance
of Nebraska In two Important games
on eastern gridirons. The defeat of
Syracuse on last Turkey Day caused
the eastern critics to wake up to the
fact that the Husker football team
was on the map and many New York
writers are giving Schulte's team a
high rating. The games with Rutgers
and Penn State will give the Huskers
amply opportunity to demonstrate
their prowess and it is hoped that both
eastern teams will fall before the at
tack of the Cornhuskers. Only three
men, Dobson, Wilder, and Henry will
be lost to the Nebraska fold, and with
the incoming crop of Freshmen, the
1920 aggrpation should' be the great
est Husker football machine of all
time.
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Basketball Season Tickets on
Sale Today.
The big drive for the sale of
basketball season tickets Is be
ing launched today. Student or
ganizations are co-operating wii:
the athletic department to put
this project across and make tbj
backet ball season a financial suc
cess. This year's schedule is
the heaviest ever attempted at
Nebraska and will cost in the
neighborhood of M.000. Twelve
more games will be played on
the home floor and the season
tickets will be good for all
these games. Some of the
teams w hich will be seen here
are South Dakota, Notre Dame,
Indiana, Michigan Aggies, Oma
ha Athletic Club, and some
other Big Ten Conference team
during the High School tourna
ment. Nebraska will have one
of the greatest teams in years
and will meet the best teams tn
the country. The tickets are
selling for the ridiculously low
price of three dollars, a cost of
only twenty-five cents per game.
Let every loyal Cornhusker get
behind the basketbaU tean and
heli. ft to successful season,
both in the number of games
won and financially. The stud
ent body must put this across.
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