Nebraska Newspapers

    The Daily .Nebraskan
TxrX.NO. 64.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1920.
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
UNIVERSITY WILL VOTE
OH TREATY AND LEAGUE
t hrwka Students and Faculty to Participate in Referendum of
American College Opinion to be Taken January 13.
SIX PROPOSITIONS TO BE CONSIDERED
n Hy Nebraskan Will Publish Articles by Prominent Authorities
Covering all Phases of the Question.
The ix propositions to be
voted upon in the referendum
are:
Proportion 1. I favor the rat
ification of the League and
Treaty without amendments or
reservations.
Proportion 2. I am opposed
to the ratification of the League
In any form.
Proposition 3. I anv In favor
of the ratification of the Treaty
and the League, hut only with
tbe specific reservations as voted
by the majority o fthe Senate.
Proposition 4. I favor any
compromise under reservations
which will make posslhle the Im
mediate ratification of the Treaty
and the League.
Proposition 5. 1 favor the
overnment proceeding to make
peace with Germany at once and
leaving the question of a League
of Nations to he settled after
wards. Proposition 6. I favor a com
promise of the reservations of
such a character as will avoid
the danger of defeating ratifica
tion while still making clear
that America can only be In
volved in war hy a declaration
of Congress, that domestic ques
tions and the Monroe Doctrine
are entirely outside of the Juris
diction f the League, that plu
ral votes of any member are all
disqualified in the event of a dis
pute wherein we are disqualified
from voting, and that on decid
ing to withdraw we are to be the
judge of whether our obligations
have been met.
January 13. University of Nebraska
students and fatuity will vote on the
League of Nations and Treaty. On
this day universities and colleges of
the entire country will vote on the
question. The student council is
handling the referendum vote.
The committee has arranged for
two daily articles to today, Monday
and Tuesday, one in favor of the rati
fication and one against are ratiftca-'
t on of the Peace Treaty and the
League of Nations. Today H. H. Wil
son, a prominent Lincoln attorney and
firmer professor, writeB for the rati
fication of the Peace Treaty and the
League of Nations, while Dr. Guern
sey Jones, of the University faculty,
writes against such ratification.
The student council recommends
that students support this referendum
vote for it seems proper that this col
lege community should be thinking
and deciding on this question. The
aim is to make It an educational featl
ure as well as a definite Indication of
hat the people at large think of this
question.
The Senate of the United States is
ncpocted to act upon the Treaty and
League of Nations very soon. The
Inter-Collegiate Association commit
tat, will tabulate the results of this
vote and present them to the Senate
as an indication of how the colleges
of country think this matter should be
decided.
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
Y. M. C. A. HOLDS SUPPER
The members of the School of Agri
culture Y. M. C. A. held a get-to-gtther
supper In the cufeterlii lust
night. About one hundred and ten
men were present and a very pleauunt
time was hud. The banquets will be
held regularly every two weeks. The
Pulludlan quartet furnished excellent
music. Rev. J. V Christe of the War
ren Methodist Church of University
Place was the speaker of the evening.
VALLEY RELATIONS
MAY BE RESUMED
Chancellor Avery and Regent
Brown to Confer With Officials
in Conference Schools.
INTER-FRAT BASKET
TOURNEY BEGINS LAST
WEEK IN FEBRUARY
The annual Inter-fraternity basket
ball tourney will begin February 21
and will end February 27. The state
h school basketball tournament
1 be held March 5. 6 and 7 in the
-nnory,
Cannot Affect 1920 Football
Schedule Now Practically
Completed.
Nebraska nuiy again enter Into
relations with schools in the Missouri
Valley Conference, If the action of
the board of regents at a meeting yes
terday bears results. A delegation of
alumni was present and the matter
was considered carefully with the re
sult that Chancelor Avery and Reg
cat Hrown were directed to personally
visit such colleges of the conference
aa they saw tit. Interviewing the presi
dents and regents of these schools re
garding their attitude towards resum
ing relations with the university.
While such resumption would have
little effect upon the 1920 football
schedule which at present is nearly
complete, the future unfriendly boy
cott in athletics of Nebrasku might
be removed.
The break with Conference schools
came last year when, at a meeting of
the valley conference, the question
was put up squarely as to whether
ilir:mkn University- could play one
game each year at Omaha. When the
other schools refused their permis
sion. Nebraska authorities announced
that Nebraska would withdraw from
the Missouri Valley conterence.
Sporting writers in the larger western
newspapers were pracucauy unani
mous In their support of this move,
and It was welcomed by the student
body last fall as a step ahead athleti
cally. There was a feeling among
many that Nebraska University had
outgrown the conference, although de
sirous of games with some of the
larger valley schools.
Kansas university was the first con
ference school to officially break all
athletic relations with Nebraska after
the Cornhusker school had withdrawn.
This move by the Jayhawk authorities
was not popular, however, as the an
nual Kansas-Nebraska game bad be
come almost a tradition, and after the
southern school lost what was to be
the final game, it was decided by Kan
sas authorities to play out their eon
tract which would not expire until
1P20. Ames and Missouri, however,
definitely cancelled their agreements
with Nebraska, and at the Missouri
Valley Conference meeting this last
vear valley schools voted to boycott
Nebraska in all athletic relations.
Although It Is the opinion of many
Cornhusker boosters that the with
drawal from the valley conference will
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FORUM DISCUSSES
LEAGUE OF NATIONS,
Seventy-five men took pn'rt in the
discussion of the League of Nations
at the weekly meeting or the 'Y"
Forum at the Temple theater Thurs
day afternoon. The application of the
League to the Monioo Doctrine, the
advisability of allowing Great Hritain
six votes, the dangers of Article 10,
and the objections to the Sluinlung
clause were discussed under the lead
ership of Professor R. E. Cochran
of the American history department.
The "V" Forum meetings are held
every Thursday in the reading room
of the university Y. M. C. A. at the
Temple. A topic of present (lay inter
i:,t is chosen for discussion and the
meeting thrown open to everyone who
wishes to talk.
HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
TO BE JANUARY 31
W.
A. A. Plan Co-ed Meet for
Saturday After Semester
Examinations.
The girls' hockey tournament will
lie played the Saturday following ex
aminations. This date was decided
upon at the W. A. A. meeting Thurs
day. Liasketbiill practices will not
start until after the hockey 'ourna
ment. There are two weeks before exam
inations begin in which the girls
may get in the required ten practices.
Many girls already have the neces
sary number but they are urged to
practice as many more times as pos
sible. Practices will be held out of
doors if the weather permits. Play
ers can wear their regular street
clothes and heavy shoes out of doors.
It is especially necessary that the sen
iors come out to practices immediate
ly. Hockey has not been played at Ne
braska during the last four years.
This year it was introduced as a
major sport. The unsettled weather
conditions have been rather adverse
in working it up but if the girls will
practice hard in the remaining time
i good tournament will be assured.
TEA FOR MISS CLARK
Mary Eliza Clark, national student
secietary of the Presbyterian church,
will be a week-end visitor at the
university.
Her purpose In coming Is to present
to the urlversity girls some of the at
tractive opportunities for young wo
men in church work.
"Youthful and attractive," Just the
type of person that will appeal to the
girls," Is the way Miss McKlnnon
described her.
In order that as many girls as pos
sible may meet Miss Clark, the church
Affiliation committee of the university
Y. W. C. A. will give a tea for all the
university girls, jn Faculty Hall, from
4 to 6 o'clock this afternoon.
UNIVERSITY tilGHT
IS SET FOR MARCH 16
Evening of Campus Impersonation
Promises to Surpass All
Other Years.
Skits and Shun as Usual Will
Feature Program at
Auditorium.
SALE OF BASKETBALL SEASON
TICKETS FALLS SHORT OF GOAL
Only Three Hundred Pasteboards Distributed up to Thursday
Evening With but Two Days Left in Campaign.
1920 SCHEDULE GREATEST EVER ATTEMPTED
Students Can Now Save Five Dollars Over Individual Admissions
at Big Games With a Three-Dollar Outlay,
CADET OFFICERS MEET
A meeting of the Cadet Officers'
Association was held Thursday eve
ning in the Armory. Leonard Cowley,
Cadet-Lieutenant, was elected a mem
ber of the board of directors of the
Hsoclation to replace , Cadet-Cap la In
Herbert Negele, who was transferred
to the University of Pennsylvania.
Preliminary plans were laid for
the military ball, formrly one of the
leading annual social events, which
was abandoned during the war. This
marks another step in the post-wiv re
vival of university traditions.
The tenth annual University night
will be March 16, at the City Auditor!
urn under the general auspices of the
University Y. M. C. A. and directly
in charge of the following committee:
Eugene C. Dinsmore, chairman.
George L. Stone, Publicity Manager,
Walton Roberts.
Oscar Hansen.
Ruth Lindsay.
Marian Hompes.
Zoe Schalek.
George Driver.
Russell King.
Gerald Maryott.
This is the one uncensored evening
of jest and fun during the entire school
year and is always' looked forward to
with anticipation by Cornhuskers.
The entertainment this year will sur
pass that of all other years, if the ex
tensive plans of the committee are
anv prophesy. According to those in
charge of the skits, the peculiarities
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Peace Tree ty and League
of Nations -Pro and Con
AGAINST
By Dr. Guernsey Jones
I wish eery slutlent of tbe universi
ty could take as the moito of his stud
ies, "No Illustrations." It takes a
strong stomach sometimes to see
things as they are, not sugar-coated
with sentimental idealism or colored
with lovely phrases of doubtful mean
ing. Indulged in over-much, this mot
to might perhaps make us hard, but
that is better than slushy; and it will
save us from much self-deception and
folly.
I have been forced to the conclu
sion, much against my will, that the
League of Nations as now constituted
is largely an imposing illusion It
pretends to be a world parliament, "a
parliament of man," and thereby it
betrays its pacifist origin. But it is
in reality merely continuation of the
victorious alliance with some addi
tions which should net be there, and
which threaten to clog the workings
of the real machinery.
The Hague conference could never
make up its mind whether It was a
parliament or a meeting of ambassa
dors. It had committees ana spcecn
es and It voted and the great powers
quietly settled things among them
selves; to the great and ever growing
irritation of the small nations, who
were encourageci 10 lane intive
seriously and then Ignored.
This unsatisfactory arrangement Is
continued in the assembly of the pro
posed league. The powers assigned
to the aseinbly are so meagre that It
in or.ly be looked upon as a conces
sion Intended to placate the small
powers, a concession too illusory to
succeed in its purpose. In the coun-
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FOR
By Hon. H. H Wilson
The peace treaty, including the
League of Nations, should be prompt
ly ratified. I would not object to its
ratification in its original form, witn
out amendment, reservation or inter
pretation. I, however, would not on
ject to such reservations as would
not impair its efficiency. I would
rather put more teeth into it than
extract those that it has. No log
ical mind, comprehending the terms
of the treaty, could fear for a mo
ment that the League of Nations
could involve us in a war without
the action of the American Congress.
There being no such power In the
treaty originally, I would not at all
object to a reservation expressing
what is necessarily implied. 1 did not
think that the treaty as originally re
ported needed any amendment for the
preservation of the Monroe Doctrine.
I cannot understand how making the
Monroe Doctrine the universal doc
trine, could impair it as a n American
doctrine. I do not think that the
amendment that was put Into th! trea
ty itself concerning the Monroe Doc
trine was happily worded. Here again,
while I do not think that any reser
vation is necessary for the preserva
tion of that doctrine, 1 would not ob
ject to an express reservation In
clearer language. In other words, I
would not object to any reservation or
interpretation that does not destroy
the efficiency of the league as a peace
promoting enterprise. I would not
want to see an amendment adopted
that would tend to weaken an Instru
ment that In my Judgment does not
contain as much power as it ought.
(Continued on Page Four.)
HERS MEET
OMAHA TEAM
Aggregation from Metropolis a
Crack Team Nebraska Ex
pects no Easy Victory.
Ags and Laws Will Clash
First Inter-Mural Game.
in
The Lineups for Tnight
Omaha Athletic
Nebraska pos Club
Pickett f Burkenroad
Russell f Quinn
Jungmeyer c Manske
Schellenberg ... g Richey
Paynter g Coran
The Nebraska basket tosscrs are
roady and WMtirwr for the onor.n--;
clash Witi. tin Omaha Athletic Cluu
aggregation on the home floor tonight.
The game is scheduled to begin
piomtly at 7: HO and a large attend
ance is expected. This will be first
appearance of the Huskers against a
tea.n of high calibre? as the odds slight
ly favor the Omahans. The games
with Morningslde college were pretv
much one-sided but in the games to
night and tomorrow the Cornhuskers
will by no means have everything
their own way.
While the above lineups are the
ones which will in all probability
start the game, several changes may
possibly be made at the last minute.
Munn may be used at center instead
or Jungmeyer ana mere is a posaiDii-
ity of Collins and Hussey replacing
Pickett and Russell at the forward
positions. Either combination should
work to good advantage against the
experienced visitors, as It Is quite
likely that weight will be an Import
ant element In the game.
Coach Schlssler's pony team will no
doubt be used in the game tonight.
This outfit, consisting of Smith, Patty,
Bekins, Newman and Bailey is the
last word In speed. The speedy floor
work of Smith, Bekins, and Patty Is
sure to gain several counters for the
Huskers. This team will no doubt be
somewhat handicapped hy the superi
ority of the Omaha team in weight but
the speed of the Huskers will go a
long way toward overcoming this ad
vantage.
The first intra-mural clash will be
staged tonight as a preliminary to the
main show, when the teams represent
ing the Colleges of Law and Agricul
ture clash. These college teams have
been practicing hard for the past six
weeks and will no doubt exhibit an
excellent brand of basketball. Both
of these teams are composed of vari
ous stars who are ineligible for the
Today and Saturday win be the last
chance to procure season tickets for
the 1920 basketball season, which in
cludes a schedule unequalled In the
history of Nebraska's athletic pro
gram. Approximately 300 tickets had
been sold up to last evening, toward
the goal of 1000 which the members
of W. A. A. and Vikings are trying to
gain by Saturday evening.
A number of solicitors have com
plained to Coach Schlssler that stud
onts have refused to purchase tickets
because the games are to be played In
the evening, and thus interfering with
the students' social functions. Because
of this fact, after the games this Fri
day and Saturday with the Omaha
Athletic Club, part of the contests will
be staged In the afternoon and part
in the evening. Coach Schlssler ia
planning on playing the Friday games
In the afternoon, and the Saturday
games In the evening. Evening games
will begin promptly at 7:30 o'clock
Students who have not pnrchasea
their season tickets for the nominal
price of J3.00 which is asked for them,
are expecting to be able to buy single
admission to the big games as hereto
fore for 35 and 50 cents. It is an
nounced, however, that the major uni
versity games, including battles with
Indiana, the Michigan Aggies, and
Notre Dame, will cost 75 cents and
J1.00 for single admissions. This only
emphasizes the fact that $3.00 is a
very small price for a season ticket.
Absolutely every ticket must be dis
posed of before Saturday night. No
tickets may be procured after that
time from any source.
The cost of the season tickets may
hs contrasted with the cost of Individ
ual games, should the student pay
single admissions for each one:
2 games with South Dakota,
50c each $1.00
2 games with Omaha Athletic
Club, 50c each $1.00
2 games with Indiana, 75c each 1.50
2 games with Michigan Aggies,
75c each 1.50
? games with Notre Dame,
75c each 1.50
2 big games tournament week,
75c each 1-50
Total 18-00
This illustrates graphically the point
that students will save a five-dollar
bill if they buy season tickets now. An
urgent appeal Is sent out to the stud
ents of Nebraska to "go over the top"
In this drive for the sale of 1,000
basketball tickets before Saturday eve
ning, and It will take the help and co
operation of every Cornhusker to
"put this over."
AGRICULTURE STUDENT
UU-Ui.UJ.iO OUiv-i4J
ft nineteen-year-old
student commits
Ul AgHV-uiiuiw
suicide by shooting himself, early Wed
. . ....
nesday evening. No reason n j
hwn cnrriroctRri for the act. He was
a junior in the school and a very good
student. He had been sunerms i.v.
o mn m which compelled
him to miss some of his school work.
This however was not attributed as
the cause. His home was in Central
City, Nebraska, where his parents are
engaged in farming.
Varsity squad but who are neverthe
less very clever basket flippers. Sever
al of the Freshmen shining light are
playing with the Laws. The different
college teams will stage preliminary
bouts for all of the big game, during
the season.
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