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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1920)
-after class- slip over to our SODA FOUNTAIN Our Ice Creams, Drinks, and Candies are Delicious. We Serve The Best. Golle p ountain Facing Campus TO LECTURE ON ASTRONOMY AT TEMPLE FRIDAY (Continued from Page One.) reduced the variation between succes sive shots that a given number of shells will fall into one-eighth the area formerly covered by their dis persion." In the field of astronomy Professor Moulton is the author of several well known books and of numerous articles in scientific journals. The public is cordially invited to hear this lecture, which will be illus trated Ly long-exposure photograpns taken with the world's largest tele scopes. There will be no charge for admission. ly grace the Husker schedule. South Dakota and Iowa will also probably be met and if the Misouri Valley boyco-.t is removed soon enough, a ?ame may be arranged with the Kansas Jay hawkers. At any rate, a good stiff schedule will face the Husker diamond jitists. STUDENTS CHOSEN FOR INCOME TAX SERVICE IN STATE TO HOLD MATINEE DANCE FOR EDUCATIONAL FUND (Continued from Page One.) need of funds for the building of dormi tories and increases in salary. Smith College students and alumnae all over the country are rallying to the sup port of their alma mater. The goal set for the fund is $4,000,000 of which sum Nebraska alumnae will contri bute $25,000. Members of the Smith College club in Onvaha will come to Lincoln to attend the matinee dance given here. Several university students are former Smith College students and are managing a good part of this affair. Miss Dorothy Pierce has charge of the posters and Miss Eleanor Fogg In nianaging the publicity work. MAY ORGANIZE BASEBALL TEAM (Continued from Page One) oping a very creditable team. As soon as the game is officially assured, the athletic department will at once start the task of scheduling games. The University of California nine is mak ing an extended trip throughout the east this year, playing Syracuse, Pitts burg, Yale, and Princeton, as well as several leading middle-western schools. The California authorities have wired the Nebraska department asking for a game with the Cornhuskers and a Nebraska-California game will probib- (Continued from Page One.) Clarence E. Hinds, who has charge of the course in money and banking, is a graduate of the college of busi ness administration and is employed by the First National Banu. On the resignation of Mrs. Minnie 1". England, he was chosen to take charge of this class and this is an example of the practical work which has been taken up in this class. Although there Is a very liberal com pensation allowed for this work the main purpose in sending these men out over the state is that the income service is a very practical application of the work of last semester. PROFESSOR BRUNER TO TAKE VACATION . (Continued from page 1) activities, by the time he was in his early 'teens he had gathered together a number of interesting speciments. One day his mother hired an asistant to help her clean house and during the absence of young Burner, the lady cleaned his room, cleaned it and did a most complete cleaning. Every speclman in his entire lot was thrown into the scrap heap and destroyed en tirely. Speciments which he has never bee nable to replace were thrown away as worthless. The misconception of values had cost him dearly but un daunted he .patiently began the re organization of bis collection. That is the secret of his success, intense interest In his subject and perserver ence. (Professor Bruner has been honored by the university and placed on half time. Not only is he recognized here but specialists in his chosen profes sion in every land bow to 'Bruner of Lincoln' as 'the man' when an exceed ingly hard proposition is in need of solution. FACULTY AND ALUMNI NOTES Dean J. E. LeRossignol of the col lege of business administration has a review of the book entitled, "Ger many's New War Against America," written by A. Michell Palmer, attor ney general o fthe United States, in a recent issue of the Review which is published in New York City. The re view traces clearly Mr. Palmer's pre sentation of the part Germany is now trying to play in the industrial world. Prof. Rufus Bentley of philosophy and educational psychology In the University of Nebraska has resigned his position in the university and will return to his ranch in Callforna. The courses which he has been offering will be dropped for this semester. Doctor Alexander, chairman of the de partment, announces that he hopes to secure some one to take them next summer and next fall. C. A. Sjogren, instructor in mechan ics at the state university, has made a trip to the east this past week to se lect machine tools for the mechanical engineering department, which the war department Is selling to educa tional institutions at 15 per cent of their cost. Wednesday Professor Sjo gren was in Cleveland, Ohio, and lut er her went to Chicago and Detroit. lope valley, the creation of additional parks, and the publication of an up to date map of the city of Lincoln. Professor Albert Babbitt of the de partment of mathematics has ten dered his resignation to take place at once. He has accepted the position of secretary and actuary with the La mar Life Insurance company of Jack son. Mississippi. Professor Babbitt came to the state university in Sep tember 1916 from the university of Minnesota. He is an asociate of the American institute of actuaries (by examination), a charter member of the mathematical association of Amer ica and a member of the American statistical association and of the Phi Kappa Phi. News of the following alumni was received this week at the alumni headquarters on the city campus of the state university: Vesta Gray, '93. is teaching for the sixth year at Santa Rosa, California, where she is head of the chemistry department both of the high school and the junior college and is known as one of the ablest educators on the Pacific coast. Shirley Dare Babbitt, Instructor in the English department at the state university, has resigned. His place is filled with Paul Pendleton, A. B., of Dennison, Ohio. Mr. Pendleton has had some experience In the army. Dean O .V. P. Stout, Arthur G. Behrig and V. L Holllster of the en gineering college have Ljen selected as members of the city planning com mittee. Professor Gehrig is secretary of the commitee. The committee will take up as Its principle activities such propositions as planning new boule vards, i civic center, a union station, removal of the Rock Island from Ante- Etta Gray Jones, '95, and her hus tyand. E. O. Jones, law '96. have lived continuously for twenty years at Sioux Falls, S. D.. where Mr. Jones has a lucrative law practice. Mrs. Jones is active in history and political science study. They have one child, Enos Gray Jones, who Is a sophomore In the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Jones' law partner is B. C. Matthews who graduated from the law school of the university of Nebraska in '96. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Woodward (nee Lillian Cole, '07) have moved to Chicago where Mr. Woodward will b? metallurgical chemist at Rock Island Arsenal. Wayne F. Dickson who formerly lived at Plattsmouth, and attended the university of Nebraska about '08 or '09, died January 27 in Omaha. He was a member of Sigma Chi and left a wife and small daughter. Hazel Davey who attended the Uni versity of Nebraska. '04 to '06, is em ployed in a bank at Plattsmouth. Rex Leberman, '09, and Gerald Franch, '10, state university, formerly of Fremont, own and operate a quar ter section in Yellowstone county, Montana, with postofflce at PineTiew. They also do some work as civil engineers. F. A. Snocker, '17. is principal and teacher of mathematics in the Chase county high school at Imperial. Marie Robertson Westover, '15. I deputy clerk of the district court at Sioux Falls, S. D. She is also guard Ian of a group of camp fire girls. Her husband. Dr. R. P. Westover, B. Sc., '16. medical college. '18. university of Nebraska, has built up a large practice. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Brown (nee Claire Dovey. '07)) now reside at 1561 War ren Road. Lakewood, a suburb o Cleveland. Ohio. Mrs. A. D. Schrag. nee Harriet Graves. '12, state university, writes the alumni office from Davenport. Ne braska, where Doctor Schrag is presi dent of a bank. Formerly Dr. Schrag was a member of the faculty at the university. They now have a baby boy In addition to their little daughter Gretchen. Harry White, "07, state university Is In charge of foreign work T. M. C. A. with headquarters at the central association in Chicago. He and his wife expect to return to India. Ben Cherrington, '11, is internation al secretary in the student depart ment for the Rocky mountain district Y. M. C. A. Mrs. Robert Bowden, nee Lela Jean Olmstead, '15, Is living at Edgernont. S. D. Mrs. Pauline Ohman. of Vttecr. Ne braska, called at the headquarters of the ' University of Nebraska aMmnl Saturday to confer with the secretary relative to starting a local associa tion of alumni In Stanton county.