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NEBUASKA, THURSDAY, FERItUARY 5, 1921).
SENIOR GIRLS TO VOTE TODAY
Oti WEARING OF MORTAR-BOARDS
n. w Traditional Senior Caps Will be Worn Last Two Weeks of
whetner gchool wm be Decided by
. . wom Was to Wear Them from Phi Beta Kappa Day Until
Commencement Students Want Compromise.
The Knior girls are voting today
whether to wear tfee mortar-board
caps the last two weeks of school or
lust on commencement day. Votes
will be taken at the entrance to the
library, all lH'-
Senior caps have been a subject of
much discussion. The custom UBe.l to
be to wear them from Phi Beta Kap
pa day till the end of the term. So
great is the distaste for wearing mortar-boards
that in recent years they
have appeared only on commencement
day. As a compromise between these
cuPtoms. some of the senior girls have
devised the plan of wearing the caps
the last two weeks. The old custom
seems to be completely abandoned;
whether to adopt the suggested com
promise or to discard the caps except
at the commencement exercises is the
iBSue of today's balloting.
The two-weeks plan is advocated by
students who feel that so much sig
nificance is attached to the wearing
of the mortar-board caps during the
senior year in the university that the
custom should not be entirely aban
doned. This, in their opinion, should
outweigh the inconvenience of wear
ing the capB. It is thought that the
compromise may appeal to students
SUBSCRIPT!)!!
FAR BELOW K8SUAL
Circulation Must be Materially
Increased to Insure Success
ful Publication.
The Paily Nebraskan subscription
is progressing slowly. Unless a sud
den spurt Is made by the solicitors
who are canvassing the campus indi
cations point to one of the smallest
circulation lists in the history of the
publication.
In order to push the' sales well
above the danger zone every solicitor
must work faithfully and diligently
the remainder of the week. Every
student in the university will be can
vassed before Saturday by co-ed worl'
ers and Viking members with the
hish expectation of extracting $1.25
for a semester's subscription for the
"Rac." The circulation of the paper
last semester was 1200. The cam
paign workers have succeeded In
securinp about four hundred subscrip
tions during registration days and
three days of this week.
The size of the paper has been re
duced by order of the publication
paper together with small number o
subscriptions has necessitated the
board. The members of the board de
clare the high cost of producing the
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TODAY S TROUBLES WILL
BE DISCUSSED AT FORUM
Rev. T. S. Dunn, university pastor
'or the Congregational church of Lin
coln, will lead the discussion at the
"Y" Forum meeting at the Temple,
Thursday at 5 o'clock.
The foreign relations of United
and the means to remedy Internation
al troubles will be taken up. New
remedies to cure today's troubles are
needed. What should be the form for
them to take? Does America know
how to face the conditions that events
have brought forth?? University men
M get a chance to advance a solu
tion to this problem in the discussion.
It will take Rooters
to defeat
Coach Stiehm's Protegees
i
who would object to the old custom
of wearing the caps from Phi Beta
Kappa day till the close of the term.
The mortar-board cap i sa tradition.
Its origin may be traced back to the
monastic schools of the seventh cen
tury. At that time all the teachers
were monks. When a student had
completed a certain course and passed
certain tests, he commenced to teach
and became a monk, taking the gown
and cowl. In the early universities
established' in the twelfth and thir
teenth centuries, degrees were con
ferred only as licenses to teach. The
monk's gown and hood were retained.
At first the hood was attached, but
soon it was madeseparate and has
undergone many modifications. The
conferring of degrees has been ex
tended beyond the teaching profession,
and, in recent years, it has be'oi j
the custom for even under-graduei"?
to wear the cap and gown. The
mortar-board of the present day is
similar in shape to the biretta worn
during the ceremony of receiving a
degree at the University of Paris In
medieval days.
The members of the committee in
charge of the voting are Alfred Hintz..
Ruth Sheldon and Lorene Hendricks.
PROFESSORS TO SERVE ON
CIVIC PLANS COMMITTEE
Professors Alexander, Howard, Pool
and Barbour of the university have
been selected as members of the civic
plans committee of the Lincoln Com
mercial Club. Professor Alexander is
chairman of the committee which will
deal with plans relating to the educa
tional development of the city. Pro
fessor Howard will head the commit
tee on trees and shrubs for the beautl
fleation of parks and streets.
The Commercial Club board and the
committee on civic plans, held a joint
meeting Monday at noon. Mayor
Miller addressed the meeting. About
thirty members were present.
GIILS URGED TO BUY
SWItSMIHG TICKETS
Fifty More University Mermaids
Must Enter Class to Insure
Use of High School Pooh
Fifty more tickets must be sold in
order to have the high school pool for
the university girls' swimming classes
Ihia semester. So far only about
thirty-five girls have registered for
swimming and secured their tickets.
Those who are enrolled In the regular
swimming classes receive one hour
credit. Girls other than freshmen
may take swimming Instead of the
required gymnasium floor work. Any
girls who wish are allowed to Join the
swimming classes without receiving
credit for It, provided they have had a
physical examination and pay the fee
which is $3 a semester.
Now is the time for those who In
tend to enter the swimming tourna
ment In the spring to secure tickets.
Arrangements are being made so that
two girls may buy a ticket together.
Those who are interested in this plan
should see Mrs. Clapp or Miss Clark.
Ten practices are required before one
can enter the swimming tournament.
Tentative plana have been made for
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AMERICAN LEGION BALL
TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 13
The first military ball of the univer
sity post of the American Legion will
be held at the Commercial Club, Frl
day, February 13, beginning at eight
o'clock. All members of the Univer
sity post or those who are members
of some other post, all of whom must
be in good standing, may attend. There
are about three hundred members In
school.
Tickets may be purchased from any
of the following men at room 208, Law
building between eleven and twelve
o'clock daily; Cobbey, Bedford, Sehla
bltz, O'Brien, Ralston and Huntington.
Only' 150 tickets will be validated.
Those Invited as chaperons are:
Chancellor Avery, Dean Buck, Dean
Stout, Professor Wilson and Professor
Foster.
152 TEAMS TO
COME IN MARCH
World's Largest High School
Basketball Tourney Will Take
Place Next Month.
Entries for 1920 Total 33 More
Than Those of Last Year's
Record Classic.
The greatest basketball classic tho
world has ever seen will be staged in
Lincoln March 4, 5, and 6, when the
high schools of Nebraska battle for
the honors of the state. One hundred
and fifty-three applications have all
ready been received by the athletic
department and this high number
smashes all previous records. Last
year the total number of entries was
one hundred and twenty and then it
was thought the highest possible num
ber had been reached. But the 1920
tournament will be the greatest basket
ball tourney ever held any place in
the world.
The high school event is In charge
of the "N" Club and at a meeting last
night the following officers and coni
mittlees were appointed:
Director of Tournament: Paul J.
Schissler.
Superintendent of Tournament: Elm
er H. Schellenberg.
Floor Managers: Armory, John Pic
kett; Chapel, Byron McMahon; Y. M.
C. A., Mr. Fuhrer; Auditorium, Clar
ence Swan son.
Clerks: William Day, Glen Graff,
Francis Flood, Farley Young, Harold
McClasson.
Reception Committee: H. P. Troend
ly, chairman, Farley A. Young, Jack
Egan, Floyd Wright, Harold Gerhart,
Harold McGlasson.
Information Committee: Varsity
Basketball Squad.
Scorers: E. E. Lamphere, chairman,
John GIbbs, Bryan Stromer, Edward
Smith, H. P. Troondley.
Referee: John Riddell, chairman,
Harry Howarth, Herbert Dana.
Timer: Charles Gillilan, chairman,
Floyd Wright, Herbert Dana, Jack
Egan, Ed Hoyt.
Police: Wade Munn, John Pucelik.
Entertainment: Al Reese, chairman,
Joe Reavls.
STUDENT DIRECTORIES
MAY STILL BE OBTAINED
New students can still secure stud
ent directories at the offices of the
university Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.
These books contain the students'
names,. addresses, society affiliations.
home town and telephone number. It
also contains the list of students in
the fraternities and the sororities, the
officers of the campus organizations.
the numbers of the faculty, and cam
pus telephone numbers. The books
cost forty cents.
CORNHUSKERS
vs.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
HERS AND IIOOSIERS WILL
' GRAPPLE TONIGHT AT ARMORY
Stiehm's Warriers Will Have Plenty of Steam for Initial Clash With
Schissler 's Victorious Basket Tossers.
Both Teams Have Had a Successful Season and are Contending for
High Honors in Basketball Circles.
The shrill blast of the referee's
whistle will send the Cornhuskers and
the Hoosiers into a battle royal at
7:30 tonight in the Armory. Both
teams have excellent records to tlif.ir
credit so far this season. They have
each loBt but one game; Indiana to
Purdue and Nebraska to Colorado Col
lege. Indiana Is looming up as the
championship team of the Big Ten
conference by reason of her victories
over Michigan, Ohio State and North
western. Nebraska has defeated
Morningslde, Omaha Athletic Club,
Colorado College, University of Colo
rado and South Dakota, and Is well on
the road to the most successful
basketball season In the history of the
school.
The games with Indiana are the
most important which have yet ap
peared on the Husker schedule. For
the first time this year the Cornhusk
ers will face an eastern team of high
standing. If Nebraska wins from In
diana and the Hoosiers turn around
and grab the Big Ten pennant.
Schissler's team will rate as one of
the very best in the country.
The strength of the Hoosier five is
well known to Nebraska fans.
Stiehm has a wonderful aggregation
of basket flippers and the Huskers
must play a decidedly better brand of
basketball to defeat them than has
been apparent in the past. The fact
PALLADIANS AND DELIANS
TO CELEBRATE SATURDAY
Mr. Faubel of the conservatory will
present a special program on Satur
day evening before a joint meeting of
the Palladlan and Delian societies.
Since this is the first time this se
mester that the two societies have had
a chance to become really acquainted,
the attendance of every member is
expected.
An interesting musical program has
been arranged in addition to the social
hour for the Palladlan open meeting
Friday evening at eight o'clock. An
invitation is extended to all university
students, particularly new students, to
come out and become acquainted.
GUARD OF ST. PATRICK
TO BE ORGANIZED HERE
New National Society of Engineers
WiU be Voted on by Ne
braska Men.
The recent convention of engineers
at Columbia. Mo., which was attended
by a student delegate from Nebraska,
promises to be the initial movement
toward a national organization of en
gineers. The meeting was an out
growth of a celebration started some
seventeen years ago by Missouri en
gineers, and similar celebrations were
held last year by seven different col
leges in the Missouri Valley.
In 1903, the engineers of Missouri,
feeling the need for a permanent day
each year on which their celebration
might be held, and also for the edifi
cation of the other members of th
student body in regard to engineering
activities, chose to hold their celebra
tion on St. Patrick's Day, as St. Pat
rick was himself a renowned engineer.
The celebration consisted at first in
merely skipping classes and a general
get-together of all engineers In the
afternoon of the celebration day.
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that tonight will mark "Jumbo's"
first, invasion of the Cornhusker
school, where he was formerly all-year
coach, adds considerably to the in
terest In the game. While at Ne
braska Stiehm attained a reputation
for rounding out -winning teams but
up until last year his efforts at In
diana have not been crowned wit!'
any great degree of success. He sur
prised himself, his team, and the
whole state of Indiana, as well as the
Syracuse team and adherents, when
the Hoosiers trampled the Orange In
the dirt on the gridiron last fall.
Stiehm Is bringing his basketball
team to Nebraska determined to show
Nebraskans that he Is still capable of
producing winners and that the stan
dard of athletics at Indiana is fully
as high as at the Cornhusker school.
He is confident that his team will re
turn to Bloomlngton with two vic
tories over the Cornhuskers to its
credit. But Husker fans have not lost
hope and results of the game tonight
may tell a different story.
A short practice was held in the
Armory yesterday from twelve to ont
o'clock. Coach Schissler is slacking
up on the work and wants to ive his
men a good rest just before the
games. Schissler left lajst night for
Omaha to witness the clash between
Indiana and Creighton on the Crelgh
ton floor.
NATIONAL CITY BANK
OFFERS INDUCEMENTS
New York Establishment Trains
College Students to Become
International Bankers.
An opportunity for a group of
American college students to become
International bankers Is given each
year by The National City Bank of
New York, according to particulars
received by Dean LeRossignal of the
College of Business Administration.
The nomination of these men is left
largely to the universities themselves,
although the final selection is reserved
by the Bank. These men are chosen
because of particular qualifications,
and they are developed by Intensive
training in the bank to take their
places in the bank's offices and
branches in foreign countries.
Interest and knowledge concerning
economics and political science will
best fit the applicants for selection for
the class. Only American-born stud
ents are eligible. The rating of each
applicant is based on the following:
Character, personality, scholarship,
practical experience, personal refer-
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CONVOCATION
For Thursday, February 5, 1920
Rex Elton Fair of ten Univer
sity School of Music will give
a flute recital at the Temple
Theater at eleven o'clock this
morning. This program will
consist of the following num
bers: 1. Sonta for Flute and
piano A. Terschac, Op 16
2. Kinlech of Klnlech.....J. Ocoa
3. Nocturne....Fr. Chopin, Op. 89
4. Serenade Russe
W. Repp, Op. 261
Thursday & Friday
at 6:30 P.M.
Preliminary Games Called
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