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ANNUAL STUNT
NIGHT POSTPONED
wrorch 13 Date Now Set for
ironing of Merriment.
MAY BE AT HIGH SCHOOL
Committee Handicapped by Diffl
cutties in Securing Stage
Facilities.
Id spite of the fact that the City
Auditorium has been refused school
...thorities for University Night and
that the Orpheum and other play
houses are not available, me commit
tee in charge of the "stunt" night
hopes to present this activity to uni
versity students and friends in the
auditorium of the Lincoln High school,
March 13. 1920.
The Lincoln Auditorium has, until
his yer. been tne scene ' ihe an'
nual University Night frolic.. With
the city now In charge of the build
ing, an ordinance hitherto unenforced
prevents the use of the building. Ac
cording to this ordinance, when a per
formance of any kind is to be pre
sented to the public, there must be a
fireproof wal in the shape of an as
bestos curtain available to be
dropped between the actors and the
audience In case of fire.
The Armory is In use at the time
the entertainment has been scheduled,
for the state high school basketball
tournament will then be in progress.
The Orpheum theater would be avail
able Monday and Tuesday nights of
the week In which the event is to be
given but school authorities will not
permit its presentation on a school
tight.
At present the committee In charge
is trying to get permission to use the
Lincoln High school auditorium for
the evening of March 13th, and it Is
pobable that it can be obtained for
ttt date, particularly because of the
jftire co-operation shown by the
siite university in permitting the
high school to play their football
nmee and basketball games on uni
versity property. The capacity of the
auditorium is only 1,200 people. This
win be 400 less than the number see
in? the production last year.
Extentlon in time to those who are
going to present skits has been made
by the committee In charge until
January 28th. This postponement is
made possible by the changing of the
date of University Night from March
6th to March 13th.
MBS. RAYMOND URGED TO
RXPEAT NEGRO SPntlTUALS
Mre. Oarrie B. Raymond has been
urgently requested to have the cho
rus repeat the concert of negro spirit
uals which was given some time ago.
She says that many think our only
hope for national ' music is in the
"Plritualc. At least one folk song
recital of the university chorus Is
Promised during the second semester.
I' is planned to give the chorus work
,n preparation for concerts in the
fonk Mnirs of different nations, as
'Ullan, French, Belgian, Japanese,
Chinese Dr. Louise Pound has col
'ected a number of Nebraska songs
and then may be presented at con
Txtlo next semester.
THEIFTOGRAMS
Economy makes happy homes and
nd unions. Instill It deep.
Gfrge. Washington.
Teat economy. That Is one of the
firt and highest virtues. It begins
wlt saving money. Abraham Lln
ln. Extravagance rots character; train
away fron it. On the other
d. tie habit of saving money,
:fle H "tin-ens the will also bright
Ue energies. If you would be
J Uttt you are beginning right,
Si to aave.-Theodore Roosevelt.
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FRIDAY
I SATURDAY NIGHTS
January 23
Game called
CO-ED HOCKEY TEAMS
WILL BE PICKED FOR
TOURNEY NEXT WEEK
The girls hockey tournament is
scheduled for 10 o'clock Saturday
morning, January 31. The teams will
be chosen next week. Special nrac
tices for the teams will be arranged.
AH players must have practices in
oy lomgni. ineir engiDlllty for a
team will then be ascertained.
Temporary captains for the girls'
hockey teams are the following:
Freshmen captain Margaret Ulry;
Sophomore captain Grace Dobesh;
Junior captain Mary Stephens; Sen
ior captain Kathleen Hargrove. The
captains will assist In choosing the
teams. Margaret Henderson is the
hockey sports leader.
REGISTRATION WILL
START WEDNESDAY
Schedules for Next Semester to
be Arranged, Following Mid
Year Examinations.
First Year Students Will Receive
Applications Through the
Mails.
Registration begins at 9 o'clock
Wednesday morning, January 28 and
holds until 4 o'clock, Saturday, Janu
ary 31. It will be wmcructed at the
Armory.
All students who were freshmen
last fall will receive their applications
through the mail. This Is binding for
their registration unless changed by
the dean (or registration board If in
the College of Arts and Sciences). If
no change Is to be made they should
present themselves for paymen' of
fees at this office at the second hour
named on the tickets.
In order to register, all students
are required to, in advance of the reg
ular registration days, to secure a
numbered ticket to meet the commit
tee on assignment to classes, and to
egister.
Before calling for assignment and
registration ticket each student is
asked to consult the examination
schedule for two one hour periods
in succession, In which he may be
free, without conflict, to meet the
committee on assignment to classes
and for registration.
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RISK INSURANCE
NOW PROVIDES MORE
LIBERAL BENEFITS
Under the new amendment to the
War Risk Insurance Act, which has
been passed by Congress and which
became a law on December 21. 1919,
when it was signed by the President,
war term insurance or United States
Government life (converted) Insur
ance policies may be made payable to
any of the following list of bene
ficiaries: Parent, grandparent, stepparent,
parent through adoption, wife or hus
band, child, grandchild, stepchild,
adopted child, brother, sister, half
brother, half-sister, brother through
adoption, sister through adoption,
stepbrother, stepsister, uncle, aunt,
nephew, niece, brother-in-law. sister-in-law,
a person who has stood In the
relation of a parent to the Insured foi
a pfi lod of one year or more ;i ior 'o
the insured's enlistment or Induction,
the children of such person; parent,
grandparent, stepparent or parent
through adoption of the Insured's wife
or husband.
United States Government life (con
verted) insurance may now be paid at
death in a lump sum or in install
ments for 36 months or more, at the
option of the Insured.
The rate of compensation for dis
ability has been greatly Increased. A
comparison between the amounts for
meiiy granted under the War Risk
Insurance Act with those provided by
the new law follows:
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1920.
REPORTERS WHO
HAVE SERVED
The Daily Nebraskan has had
a large number of xfaithful re
porters this semester. The
editors are glad to acknowledge
that without their earnest work
the paper could not have pro
gressed as successfully as it has.
That the reader may know who
has run down the news from
day to day, the following names
are printed of those who have
served on the reportorlal list:
' ' C. E. Atkinson
Jack AUBtin
Hesper Dell
Leonard Cowley
Cloyd Clark
Dorothy English
Belle Farman
Orvln Gaston
Robert Hall
Lois Hartman
Eva Holloway
Archie Jones
Adam Kohl
Margaret Lang
Gertrude Moran
Hilda Ohde
Thelma Sealock
C. H. Springer
B. L. Stone
Jessie Watson
Jack Virtue
"THE MESSIAH" GIVEN
BY UNIVERSITY CHORUS
THURSDAY MORNING
The University Chorus, under the
direction of Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond,
gave a most successful presentation
of "The Messiah" Thursday morn
ing at convocation. An audience of
about seven hundred, many of whom
were Lincoln people, gathered for
this special convocation which has
come to be a tradition of the Univei--
sity of Nebraska.
This year, however, there were
some marked differences from the
presentations of other years. Many
of the selections usually chosen were
omitted, and others which have been
less frequently used were Bubstiluted.
'"The Messiah" as usually presented
U Christinas time deals with the com
ing of Christ while the selections cho
sen for this presentation treated of
the Resurrection.
Handel wrote "The Messiah" which
is often referred to as the greatest
work of sacred music ever written in
1741 and now aftei more than one
hundred and fifty years its populari
ty is undiminished.
The finished and well balanced
way In which Mrs. Raymond present-
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Dean of Men at Wisconsin
Tells
Over-generous parents who provide
automobiles and luxurious incomes
when they send their sons to college
are to blame in many cases for the
failure of their sons to carry on uni
versity work with success, is the opin
ion of Prof. S. II. Goodnight, dean of
men at the University of Wisconsin.
"Parents who are too generous are
l ('sponsible in many cases for their
sons' failures. Money and automo
biles require more time than the aver
age freshman has a? his disposal for
pleasure. The natural result is an en
croachment on the time wtilcti should
be devoted to study and the Inevitable
dismissal from the university.
"I had one case recently of a young
man who had failed and been dis
missed, but his parents begged for
him to be allowed to reenter and he
was allowed to continue under the
strictest probation. Then bis parents
gave him an automobile as an incen
tive to renewed efforts. Needless to
say, he did not last the semester out.
"Reasons why men fall In the uni
versity are very different, but In nine
CORNHUSKERS
VS.
SOUTH C'AJ
LINCOLN HIGH WINS
FROM OMAHA CENTRAL
The Lincoln High School basketball
team won a 21-15 victory over the
quintet from Omaha Central High
School in a fast game at the Armory
Thursday evening. Both teams
showed up well on floor work, and
goals from long shots were not in
frequent. Despite the gloom that had been
around the Lincoln camp during the
past week after the miserable show
ing against University Place and con
tinual drubbings at the hands of the
scrubs, the locals started out with a
brand of basketball that nearly swept
Mulligan's pupils off their feet, the
first half ending with a score or 11-3
favoring the red and black. The Om
aha lads braced up in the second
period, and a spurt brought them to
a tie with the LInx before they could
bo stopped. During the last few min
utes of play the Lincoln five rung up
additional tallies sufficient to safely
tuck the game away.
In addition to the crowd of high
school rooters a large number of uni
versity students, most of them from
one of the two high schools, were
watching the game. Lincoln-Omaha
contests have always received a fair
sized patronage from university stu
dents, a great many having come from
either Lincoln or Omaha.
NOVEL EXAMINATIONS
PLANNED FOR CLASS
IN DRAMATIC ART
Something new In the way of exami
nations is being worked out this year
by Professor Alice Howell in the de
partment of Dramatic Art. The stu
dents are to give 15 minute plays,
MU-ical comedies, songs or any son
of interpretation that they wish. This
allows the individuality of each to be
expressed even though it may not be
along dramatic lines.
The classes chose their leaders and
then each leader was assigned pupils.
There are twenty groups In all and
five or six in each group. Exchanges
can be made "if the leaders are willing
to exchange.
The leaders are: Marjorle Parsons.
Byran Genaway, Mary McKnight, Paul
Hines. Earl Coats. Ruth Llndsey, Mar-
jorie Crew, Francis Colton, Flavia
Walters, Frances Graham, Ore Lee
Webb, Elizabeth Foster, Lucile Tour-
tetot, Oscar Bennett, Kenneth Mc
Candless, Ruth King, Florence Keef,
Ethelyn Barker, Cora Gardner, Helen
Wright.
The examination will be held at the
regular scheduled time of the exami
rations Wednesday morning at the
Temple.
Why Freshmen Fail
'cases out of ten, failure is traceable
to the formation of wrong hablis of
study and life upon entrance.
"Fre6hmen come from high school
life in which they have taken things
easy, have been helped over the hard
places, and have had the benefits of
parental restraint at critical -limes.
They enter here upon an absolutely
new life in which there is no offering
of' crutches and no restraint, but
work in quantities.
"They see other students going to
the theater, to dances, or amusing
themselves and they get the idea that
after all the univershy Is a place for a
good time. They go to classes, ol
course, but they yield to the tempta
tion to squander their time outside
the classroom until they find them
selves hopelessly behind in thir class
work. Then indeed they begin to be
stir themselves but find to their dis
may that the class does not wait for
them to catck up. And then, not hav
ing acquired the method of intensive
application, they flounder on to fail
ure at the end of the semester."
SUGGESTIONS ARE GIVEN
FOR IMPROVEMENT OF
CAMPUS CONDITIONS
Numerous' suggestions to Improve
the present conditions on the campus
were advanced at the meeting of the
"Y" Forum at the Temple Thursday.
A broader acquaintanceship among
students, more attention to the intel
lectual side of university affairs, and
greater stress upon the building of
character were some of the Ideals
brought forth to Improve the spirit on
the campus. Abfiut forty men at
tended the meeting which was under
the leadership of Harold Long.
The next meeting of the Forum will
be held on Thursday of the first week
of the new semester.
PROFESSOR SENIUM
FAVORS CODE BILL
Professor John P. Senning, of the
Political Science department, took
part in the constitutional convention
In an advisory capacity when he ap
peared before the state charter com
mittee on executive department as
favoring the Code Law under which
the state administration of Nebraska
is operating.
He argued in support of the theory
that the people cannot intelligently
select experts to run their government
mental departments, and therefore it
would be better to elect the governor
and let him appoint the other offices.
The plan of keeping the executive,
legislature and judiciary departments
entirely separate from and independ
ent of each other was declared to be
a freak scheme which no other coun
try has. He compared the American
system of government with those of
European nations to the advantage of
the latter.
Members of the committee are giv
ing their attention to the Jackson
Byrum and the Oleson proposals,
which contemplate a board of elected
state officers to have control of the
departments, Instead of putting all of
the power into the governor's hands.
They were not surprised to hear
Prof. Senning n the role of a pleader
for the Code Law. When the con
stitutional convention organized, he
wished to be employed by it in an
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GENERAL ENGINEERING
SOCIETY TRANSFERS
ACTIVITIES TO A. A. E.
At the meeting of the General En
gineering Society Wednesday night,
at which about sixty were present, the
proposed plan of consolidation with
the University of Nebraska Chaptei
of the American Association of Engi
neers was presented in detail and dis
cussed at considerable length.
H was voted with a large majority
that the General Engineering Society
transfer to the University of Nebras
ka Chapter all of its activities, includ
ing the Departmental Branch Socle
ties anil the "Blue Print"; that the
funds in the treasury (exclusive of
thoe belonging to the "Blue Print"
and to the Branch Societies) remain
ing after the payment of all Just df bts
be used to purchase a fitting Mem
orial Tablet in honor of those mem
bers of the Engineering College who
gave their lives In the Great World
War; and that the General Engineer
ing Society disband In favor of the
A. A. E. Chapter which is now well es
tablished and filling even a larger
field service.
Many of the details of this transi
tion into the larger organization
remain to be worked out. Those In
charge of the organization desie ev
ery engineering student to give ser
ious thought, conscientious effort, and
a reasonable amount of t'me to the
solution of the problems affecting the
general engineering body. With such
co-operative action the organization
will render invaluable service,
say.
Come out and help
beat the Coyotes
vini (jciiool Jnirit
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
NEBRASKA MEETS
COYOTFS TONIGHT
Stiff Scrimmage with Freshmen
' Yesterday to Put Varsity
in Top Form.
HUSKERS TO USE ONE TEAM
South Dakota Hag Formidable
String of Veteran from 1919
Championship Team.
The varsity basket flippers sound
ly trounced the freshmen five in last
night's practice in the Armory. Both
of Coach Schissler'g teams were used
thirty minutes against the yearlings
and completely outclassed the first
year men in all departments. The
purpose of the stiff scrimmage prac
tice was to put the Husker tossers
In top form to meet Coach Stewart's
South Dakota team here tonight and
tomorrow night. The Coyotes are on
hand with a husky gquad ana are con
fident that they will spoil the hopes of
the Cornhuskers.
Coach Schissler will abandon his
two-team- system in tne first same
against the Coyotes. Neither the "big
team' or the "ponies" win be used,
hut a selected combination of (he two
fives will line up against the South
Dakota team. It is quite likely that
Patty and Smith will start at the for
ward positions, Bckins at center, ana
Schellenberg and Newman at the
guards. Possibly Russell will take one
of Hie forwards and Bailey a guard,
as Schissler has not yet announced a
definite lineup. The Cornhuskers are
going to battle with the thoughts of
t lie tie-score gridiron fray with the
Coyotes in 1916 firmly in their minds
are determined to register two decis
ive victories over the South Dakota
hoopsters.
Coach Stewart's Coyote team con
tains four veterans from his team of
last year. The 1919 South Dakota team
was rated as the best basketball ag
gregation developed in that state for
many years. Playing a stiff schedule,
they were defeated by only two
schools, Creighton and the Sout Da
kota Agricultural College, whom they
later defeated by a decisive score.
No word is necessary concerning the
1919 Creighton five. Their record
speaks for itself. They did not clash
with the HuBkers last year, but if
they had there is little doubt but
that the game would have proved dis
astrous for the Scarlet and Cream.
With four former stars around which
to develope his piestil team, the Coy
ote mentor should have a very for
midable machine.
Tonight's game will start prompt
ly at 7:30 and a crowded, house id
expected. When packed to its ut
most capacity, the Armory will accom
modate in the neighborhood of one
thousand spectators, and the athletic
officials are anxious to see the attend
ance tonight approach this mark.
While playing In Colorado, the Husk
ers performed before crowds of eigh
teen hundred and two thousand, and
the Lincoln crowds should at least
come as near this mark as the Ar
mory will permit.
M. F. Jones, of Grinnell, will referee
both games; this insures a clean,
snappy game. Mr. Jones is well
known in university athletic circles
as a competent and impartial official
and Husker fans are always glad to
see the whistle in his hands.
ORGANIZED AGRICULTURE
MEETING CLOSES tODAY
Friday is the final day of Organized
Agriculture meetings at the Ff.rm
Campus. During the day election of
officers will be held and final reports
of committees received.
Some of the features of the days
program are:
Address bv J. R. HowarC. rrrsicent
of the National Farm Bureau Feder
ation. Dairy judging contest
Discussions of national and state
constitutions.
Cattle Breeders' meeting.
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