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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Tuesday, February 21. ig-jo ' TO ASSURE E T Regional Chairman of National Student Com. for Limitation of Arms to See Pres. The influence of American students in support of sustained efforts of titu United States government for contin ued reduction of armaments will be assured President Harding at a con ference at the white house, Monday, February 20, by the regional chair men of the national ptudent commit tee for the limitation of armaments. Charles Denby, jr., of Princeton, nepsew of Secretary Denby, as chair man, will head the deputation iq the white house. Three hundred thou sand young men and women in two hundred and twenty-five colleges will be represented. American participation at Genoa and ratification of the four power pact will be recommended in man;" of the resolutions, which have been passed independently at the various colleges, and which will be repre sented to the president. This is the first time a united expression in an attempt to influence governmental policies has been given student opin ion in this country. Observers see in next Mondays deputation the be ginning of such, a student movement as has already won recognized power in England, China, Japan, and many of the countries of Europe. The iv.tlcnal student committee for the limitation of armaments origi nated at Princeton at a conference in November of eastern colleges and was developed at Chicago to include the universities and colleges of the entire country. During the confer ence it has sought to educate student opinion upon the issues, and has sup plied to all college publications week ly articles on the conference by recog nized authorities including Frederick J. Palmer and William Hard. The regional chairman of the com mittee now on their way to Washing ton are: Bralnerd Dyer, Pacific Coast; J. C. Mardis, Western; John Welsh, South-Central; H. C. Herring. South-Atlantic; Miss Elizabeth Vin cent of Bryn Mawr, Eastern; Horace Ward, North-Central. There will also take part In the deputation several state chairmen and students who have been particularly active in the movement, including: Miss Eleanor Phelps of Barnard, Eliot E. Overdorf, Penn. State college, J. Fuller Spoerrl of George Washington university, Robert Wormser, president of Harvard student liberal club, Paul R. Rountree, state chairman Wiscon sin, Alvin D. Blieden, state chairman Omio, and John Rothschild, executive chairman. Mr. Rothschild, who grad uated from Hnrvard last year and is giving his entire time to the work of the comojittee, is one of the few person active in the movement who is not an undergraduate. Other Worlds Than Our Own. Columbia University Misconcep tions of the English language by the average American college youth are numerous, according to an instructor in the English department. Some of the "Breaks" that occurred in the recent Al examination are: Pagan, one who worships ideals; charlatan, a man who sells things on a street corner; pedantic, relating to foot movement, something which hangs down; empirical, something pertaining to an empire. A fatherless (person cannot be conceived, a child less person is obhorant; On the Co lumbia Campus are found the big, raw- boned youths like the famous big American oyster; I see good in every thing, the murderers, the thieves, the farmers, and other evils. University of Wisconsin A one hunlded dollar prize for the best psy chological autobiography of a "thought ful, well-educated young woman will be offered through Theta Sigma Phi by Frances Donavan, sociologist and writer. Mrs. Donavan says, "I want the facts of each girl's life In detail; I want her hopes, her dreams, her failures, her illusions and disillusions. I want to know her friends, her rel atives, her lovers. University of California In an effort to better high school football throughout the (stale, Andy Smith, University of California football coach, has definitely started plans for a school for football coaches, which will be carried on during the sum mer. Oklahoma University The geology department is no longer dependent on outside appropriations to secure speci mens of American minerals for the fossil museum and the geological lab oratories, under the new system of Intercollegoate fosil exchange, which is being promoted by Dr. C. E. Dec ker, associate professor of geology. ' George Washington University The Interfraternity Association, in a meet ing held recently, passed a resolution to the effect that It wished to go on record as advocating the Institution of an honor system In George Wash lngton University and favoring the honor constitution as adopted by the Law School Senate. University of Wisconsin The dis covery of a compound that will run automobiles thirty miles to the gallon has been, made here by Prof. Victor Ler.her, of the chemistry department. By the use of this substance the speel of airplanes will be increased to 300 miles an hour. University of Minnesota Military training in universities and colleges does the student no particular good and often tends to encourage class spirit in a virulent form, according to David F. Swenson, professor of phil osophy in the University, an avowed opponent of military training in high schools, when approached recently on the advisability of military drill in higher institutions of le. ing. Pro fessor Swenson bell'1 iat the obedience derived from military train ing is not genuine respect for authority. In Years Gone By. IN YEARS GONE BY Nineteen Years Ago Today Miss Ellen Smith, who spent the larger part of her active life in the University of Nebraska, died at her home on U street. Miss Smith taught Latin and Mathematics and later be came the first registrar of the Univers ity. Eleven Yeans Ago Today The fifth student's recital of the University school of music was given in the Temple theatre. About four teen students took part and a good audience attended. Two cases of smallpox were dis covered among the students of the University. As they were the first two in the city no one seemed to know the origin of the disease. Ten Years Ago Today The Husker basketball team stopped at Des Moines on its way to Ames and defeated the Drake yuintette 3017. Six Years Ago Today Excavation .wqrkj was biegun for the new Chemistry building. The work of the great steam shovel was watched with interest by students and professors. Mendelssohn's overtures! to "Fln gal's Cave" and "Midsummer Night's Dream", were played at convocation under the direction of Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond. Five Years Ago Today Mrs. Catherine Willard Eddy of Kansas City arrived to open the cam paign for $1500 for the support of Miss Grace Cappock, formerly Nr tional secretary of the Y. W. C. A. in China. Mrs. Eddy spoke at Vespers of the need of the girls in China. boys on the Jump. Twenty years ago, so Papa de clared, he started his to be famous sketching career drawing a bunch of Nebraska lawyers on the University of Nebraska campus. Then he went east, and for the last twenty years, the "man with the golden hand", has been making the rounds of Prlncelon, Harvard, Yale, Cornell and Ann Ar bor sketching all of the men in all of the clubs and fraternities. On his way west, Pape has stopped at all the big colleges. He sojourned for a week at the University of Iowa where the famous Devine sat for his sketching. Devine, Pape said, re ferred him to Nebraska as a fine bunch of fellows. From the Cornhusker school, Pape Is going out west to sketch some of the famous Califorrtfans especially those residing in Hollywood. And the best part of it all is that one gets a chance to sit for such a famous artist only once in a lifetime. Pape says he will never come back to Nebraska. He has too many other places to visit. And then too he la the only artist In the world doing wholesale sketching such as he does. OFFER CASH PRIZES FOR BEST ESSAYS (Continued from page 1) whose, membership is made up of com merce students In the university's col lege of commerce, offlers three cash prizes out of its treasury to be given to the undergraduate students of American colleges and universities of the best essays submitted on any one of the three following subjects: 1 The effect of increased freight rates on retail prices. 2 The effect of the income tax on retail prices. 3 The effect of restriction of out put on retail prices. The first prize is $50, the second $25 and the third, $15. Students of the University of Illinois are barred from competition. The maximum length of the essays is 5,000 words and compfete manuscripts must be in the hands of Dr. F. A. Russell, chairman of the committee of judges, University of Illinois, not later than April 15. The other Judglea of the contest are Dean George W. Dowrie of the school of business of the Uni versity of Minnesota, and Archer Wall Douglas, chairman of the com mittee on statistics and standards, chamber of commerce of the United States. "This contest is purely a student movement," said Dean C. M. Thomp son of the Illinois college of com merce. It is their idea and their money provides the prizes." Personals. Prof. Bengston of the Department of Geography at the University will jour ney to Beatrice where he will act as one of the judges in the debating contest between Beatrice and Omaha Central. The "Man With the Golden Hand" Sketch e Fair Frat Men C. M. Pape, the "Man with the Goi den Hand," invaded the University of Nebraska fraternity row Sunday and kept himself busy sketching the fair Greek leter proteges who were will ing to pay the price he asked. More than one fraternity house had its fire place bedecked with the sketcbe3 of their fair members. Pape's first invasion was of the Delta Tau Delta house where he drew handsome masterpieces of the Delte. After a lengthy siege theer he pro ceeded down to the Alpha Sigma Phi house where he sketched the renown ed John Pucelik and a good many of the other boys. From the Alpha Slg house, he invaded the Delta Chi domicile and there he also kept the FRATERNITY and nvuvuii a EMBLEMS Pins, Charms, Rings Special Order Work H A L L E T T Uni Jeweler Est. 1871 1143 O St. to RECOGNIZE TENNIS AS INTER-COLLEGE SPORTS (Continued from page 1) 2 J. B. Fenno, jr., Boston, Mass. Harvard. 3 Fritz Bastian, Indianaolis, ind.-- Indlana university. 4 James Davles, Los Angeles, Cal. Leland-Stanford. 5 Carl Fischer, Philadelphia Teuv. University of Pennsylvania nrrnvTiiiMo FOR THE TABLE Peoples Grocery GET IT AT FILLER'S RESCRIPTION HARM ACY A , Malted Mild A Pecan Perfecto LEARN TO DANCE THE EASY WAY T Private Studio Phone For Appointment Mrs. T. E. Williams B-4258 1220 D If You Like Pleasant Surroundings Good Service Pure Foods Yon will entoy coming here to dine or lunch. Your order mnt be right We do not want your money nnlea It li vat what you think it ahould be. Meet yoor friends here, order yonr favorite disbes from oor .arcs tien a. Central Hotel Cafe 6 Wallace Bates, San Francisco, Cal. University of California. 7 McNeil Drumwrlght, Austin, Texas. University of Texas. 8 Edmund Levy, San Francisco. University of California. 9 L. B. Williams, Chlcugo, Ills. Yale university. 10 J. L. Werner, St. Louis, Mo. Princeton. 11 Clarence W. Sanders, St. Paul, Minn. Dartmouth. 12 A. H. Chapin, Jr., Springi'luU, MaMss. Williams. 13 E. T. Herndon, Cambridge, Mass. Princeton. 14 Morris Duane, Cambridge, Mass. Harvard. 15 W. E. Howe, Watertown, Conn. Dartmouth. Doubles. 1 J. B. Fenno, Jr., and E. V. Fei bleman Harvard. 2 Philip A. Neer and James Davies Leland Stanford. 3 Wallace Bate and Edmund Levy University of California. 4 J. L. Warner and E. T. Herndon Princeton. 5 C. W. Sanders and W. E. Howe, jr. Dartmouth. Profs. Why Embarras Students by Asking for Books They Don't Read (Continued from page 1) Milton, Maculay, and other Chlnere writers that you simply must have in vour collection. You feverishly write down the ' titles to show every one that you are going to turn over a new leaf. What a relief when the bell rings and you can get out of the hor rible class. Now here is where the argument comes In. Professre in the Univer sity of Nebnska know that students V T "i 2V1- i-jlj iDeTuxe, Student Note Books give you better value for your money. they work better and wear longer. all sizes and rulings. ask to see them. WWWk WWW Haven't time to spend many hours on one course plus outside reuding tlMl might pertain as cloau to i" tuu.av ... ,u,wh .lid to the, bulrushes. The -prulB" merely want to make us uembliug "education soeKers tike tinny cents and realize How Li lle we know and at the same time imiiizo how much the "prom uo ........ A"nnn.niharrassmeut" law IVIIUOT. should be put into elloct forbidding university instructors to oiuirf w nun,,. of "abstract" books and inquire of the class how many of them they have read, SCHULTE ISSUES NEW CALL FOR TRACK MEN (Continued From Page One.) Ames, and Coach Schulte expressed himself as being well-satisfled with .i ., v., 'o norfnrmnnon. The indoor LUU ICUi" D 4. v . . - conditions at Ames proved to be a severe handicap to the Cornhuskers. The freshman telegraphic meet with n.,.. a nroll nnrlnr wav. but the Tiger yearlings are far in the lead of fhe Nebraska freshmen, but to the small number of first year men who have reported for track. 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