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Tlnirsdiiy.Mareh 2, 1!'?2. UNIVERSITY PREPARING map of Missouri river The University is now engaged in preparing a detailed map of ll Miss ouri river, which will show the whole width of the valley bordered by the bluffs on the eastern and western sides. Special accuracy is being taken in showing the positiou of rail roads, townships, h:kes, etc. The map will indicate the conditions as the eist itoday. I'J sonio places, the boundaries have changed more than a mile with the past year. It is im purtant that the map be acurate iu every respect, as the river destroys valuable land and causes many bound ary disputes. CONSERVATION SURVEY PREPARES LARGE MAP The conservational survey division of the university prepared a large scale map for the irigation meeting which was held recently at listings and has received a. great dc;:l el favorable comment concerning the accuracy of the map. Mr. Geo. John son, state engineer, .explained the map in detail. CONDP.A MAY GO TO LEXINGTON MEETING UNI OF WISCONSIN ASKS INFORMATION The University of Wisconsin through the soils department, has re quested Nebraska to forward publica tion covering the service and d'.ities of the Conservation and Survey Divi sion on foreign realities. This in eludes lands and mineral projects. It is generally understood that the de partment of the University has done ar. much of this work as any depart ment in the country. MRS. HINMAN TELLS OF ROBERTS COLLEGE "How a college grew out of a loaf of bread" was the topic of the talk given Dy Airs. Hinman, lhUiSd;:.v evening in Room 101, Social Science. Mrs. Hinman told ho. Aobert College t Constantinople grew from its veiy small beginning to an influential in stitution. Mrs. Hinman told the fas ople. first Christian college in Cons-sntin- cinating history of the growth t.f tuis This is one of a series of lectures on foreign countries given by people who have lived abroad. These lec tures' are' given 'at Sojial Stence, Room 101, every Thursday evening. The next annual meeting of the National Academy of Visual Inst rue tion is to be held in April at Lexing ton, Ky. pr. Condra of the Univei sity, who is vice-president and t member of the executive committee will probably be present at the meet ing. LOT FOUND FOR HOLDING 1924 OLYMPICS (By International News Service.) PARIS, March 1. Despite French bureaucracy and red-tape a ground has at last been found for the 1 02-1 Olympic games to be staged ii: France. The ground chosen, the Pare des Prinres, is situated at the ery sates of Paris in Boologne. It is within easy reach of any part of the city by subway, street cars and autobuses. It is on this ground that all Inter national encounters whether football, foot racing, in which France partie; pates are played. Work to transform the park into a huge stadium capable of holding 100.000 spectators is to be pushed ac tively ahead and even swimming races will be he d there, water being drawn from the River Seine, close at hand. The ground is not marshv and several tracks are even now in gooc' condition. The stands, however, leave much to be desired. There js at present a bill before Parliament requesting a credit of twenty million francs to get ihe ground ready. Of this sum the city of Paris will subscribe half. Most oi the stanrls and enclosures will be built of cement and accommodations for the competitors are to be built special'-, either in the stadium or close at hand. In Years Gone By. Seventeen Years Ago Today. At a meeting of the Board of Regents, the resignation of Dr. Pound, Dean of the Law College, was accepted. Thirteen Years Ago Today. The hrst play of the year, "An American Citizen," was given by the Dramatic Club in the Temple The ater before a large audience of uni versity men and women. men, 17-10. Francis Ncilson, former member of the English parliament and author of "How Diplomats Make War" was asked to come to Lincoln under the auspices of the open Forum. Two Years Ago Today. Plenty of entertainment for the visiting high school teams was planned by the University. A great number of men were expected to be present. Other Worlds Than Our Own. Ten tYears Ago Today. University Night was a : decided success from the standpoint of the performances, but the Temple The ater was much too small to accom modate the crowd. The program con sisted of eight excellent number?. Six Years Ago oday. "Famous Observations" was the subject of an illustrated talk by Prof G. D. Swezey, head of the department oi astronomy, at convocation. Many old and new observatories were pic tured and discussed by Prof. Swezev. Five Years Ago Today. The junior girls walked away with the girls' interclass basketball cham pionship game, defeating the fresh- University of Wisconsin. The con cert which was given by Pablo Casals at the university armory on February 17 was sent to many states by wire less telephone. On Monday and TtVo'sday ninety-five letters of thanks were received from Texas, Alabama West Virginia, Nebraska, New York and numerous stations within a ?00 mile radius. Denison College, Ohio. Ther.j are blue laws even in school circles. No Sunday dates are allowed at Denison College. The students petitioned the faculty to .remove the ban; but the faculty replied with thumbs down. Colorado State Agricultural College The Colorado Aggie debaters will invade the eastern United States as far as Penn State in a three weeks trip, starting the twenty-fifth of March, and will match their oratorical prowess against the best that the nation has to offer. In their trin the team is scheduled forfifteen debates. They will attend the Pi Kappa Delta forensic fraternity fourth biennial convention at Simpson College, In dianola, Iowa. University of California. Straw berry' Canyon has been definitely chosen as tiie site for the California Memorial Stadium. An elliptical bowl with a seating capacity of 70,000 has been decided upon as the type of structure. Washburn College. The Y. W. C. A. girls here have pledged $1,200 to assist in paying for the furnishings of iheir "new home when it is com pleted next fall. Their ner home is to have three large rooms on the ground floor, rest rood, kitchenettes. and an assembly room. University of Pennsylvania The transplanting of monkey glands into each of last year's players here made a championshiy baseball team, ac cording to Dr. Walter Cariss who made the transfusion. This makes the players young and active and the same operation will be performed again this year, Doctor Cariss announced. NEI3RASKAN Ohio University. With the coming of the four-quarter plan, radio tele phone and telegraph courses will be added to the required curriculum of junior electrical engineers, and will be elective in their senior year, ac cording to an Ohio State engineering profesor. Students in Signal Corps of the R. O. T. C. will be required to take this course also. University of Illinois. Pounding the keys of a special typewriter, electrical students at Illinois wil. have their results recorded a hall mile awav bv wireless. This is one of the features of an electrical en gineering show to be held there fol owing the spring recess. The scheme includes a regular wireless equipment which operated a series Oi relays. These automatically make contact with magnets which drive the keys. Ry special arrangement of the magnets, only the desired key func tions. The wireless typewriter was designed aad installed by the stu dents. Iowa State. Twenty-one events will be rut on in three rings lo be constructed in the armory in the mili tary circus to be given by the mili tary department, March 4. The pro gram will be divided in two parts, a circus proper, and exhibits and com petitive drills showing the character of the R. O. T. C. work. "The fact that students in America and other lands are holding out the hand of friendship to them in a real helpful way is bringing results both spiritual and ectaomic. Through the Student Friendship Fund a contri bution is being made which 1 thor oughly believe will prove permanent. I have come to America to say th;s to the students of bar colcges add uni versities, to rfxprvss to i.i,.r gratitude of their broth-- iln(l Sis'i. students in Czerhnslm.oi,;- J. j. J I tostlfv to niv ronviVtinn .1..., .. '4 . Ulill tj)g should continue. Tim cj. . 0rt . K. iuuenr pj. : , ship Fund is, in my opinion, thc a effective channel through which T Artoon ctilriAnta non aw , ' w .....i rAieiui to F, I irvrcwi Diuuvuia a. nuc IlUUlStl'V Af I will" ' 4 Phone B3355 O. J. FEE 333 No. Twelft Street ARKS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ACTS (Continued from Page 1.) both from the standpoint of the indi vidual need for mental and spiiitual encouragement and from the stand point knitting together many types and many nationalities. 'The student group in Fragile re presents at least 17 vuuntries. Stu dent relief work is ironing out a;e-old racial prejudices among students and is teaching them to work together and to help one another. I i'x;xjx;x xjx'x x xxxx'x ; : rS xxx . x k.k.x 'x 3? x u'!s)s &;kX?(X; 'x THIEF RETURNS WATCH STOLEN YEARS AGO S tudent's (By International News Service.) ELYRlA. Ohio, March 1. A gold watch was stolen from the home of Earl Hunter here. Police failed to find it. Hunter moved to Birming ham, Alabama. That was about seven years ago. Hunter, while here a few days ago displayed the stolen watch. "Several days ago I received a pack age through the mail," Hunter ex plained, "in it was the watch and a note from a nian now living a Newark, Ohio. The main said he had 'hit the sawdust trail' and, now that he 'had religion, bad no further use for the watch he had stolen from me." Miss Evelyn Rlack left Monday for Sheridan, wyo., where she will take up her work in the Wyoming Univer sity extension service as home demonstration agent for Sheridan county. Miss Black is a former stu dent of the University and a member of Alpha Chi Omega. WANT ADS. FOR SALE $85 cornet for t?,h cash; case free. Call Rm. 325, Y. M. Faculty Notes. Elizabeth Marie Rahe writes from Bellevue, Nebr., and reports that she is looking forward to June when she and her brother will visit all the countries of Europe and see the Aberammergan Passion play. She states that she will try to remain in Europe during the winter, "no matter where I shall be I shall never forget the dear old U-U-nni of Nebraska. Francis J. Perusse. '14, is a pre scription clerk at Portland, Ore. oppiies THE CAPITAL PJNDERY CAN ATTEND TO SI'ECI.M, ORDERS AT MODERATE PR ICES The Capital Bindery Rtvirg, Bookbinding, Embossing 31j Sorth lltli Street. Remember Vall's I Barber Shop 131 No. 13th St wmmmmmmmmmmmxt Unusual Position For Vacation Work Opportunity to 1 ravel or hreoino permanently located wit, well known eduealional institution. ALL RAILROAD FARE PAID AND DEFINITE CTAR. ANTEED SALARY FOR THE SUMMER WITH A DRAW. account n r.rsiNEss each week. e Tliis position will pay successful man to 6iHi during vacation. IMPORTANT NOTICE Net man will lie accepted unless lie can pive rood refer fiice and is in pood slandinp witli his university. This position jives you an opportunity to learn lnw to handle men and offers splendid opportunity for a per manent lmsiness cmmec-l ion after you have finished your course. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS POSITION UNLESS YOU ARE A LIVE WIRE. Write T'hf's. II. Neal. Dept. Manairer, National llmne & School Assn.. C,V2 Railway Exch. Pldsr., Kansas Cily. JR x x trss k x s rf' y.'S x jiX'K "' x x Klxx x x'x x JIP7 THE j j NEBRASKA r Publications Catalogs Books 1 lil mml H t The Second Annual Spring tyle Show of Farquhar Clothes Will Be Held Friday and Saturday A demonstration of the new suits, topcoats, and furnishings for college men. See Tomorrow's Nebraskan for detailed announcement. 1325 o