Attend Convocation
Friday Morning.
TURKEY DAY-GRID
GAME SCHEDULED
Comaker, Will Meet Ore
gon Aggie Here Thanks
giving Day.
unsKER CARD FOR
1923 IS COMPLETED
After bartering unsuccessfully
With the University of Southern Cal
ifornia for several weeks, the ath
letic department, through John K.
Sdleck, apent of student activities,
enounces thit the Oregon Aggies
be here for the Thanksgiving day
nme. Although the Trojans would
,ve ben a better drawing attrac
tion and would probably have put up
abetter game, the Oregon Aggies are
.u Urlers in the Py Mountain
conference and will come out of the
west to present some reai compeu
tion to the Cornhuskers. The con
tnct is for one year only.
According to the . schedule now
drafted, Colgate will be here for the
v,mvmine came. The easterners
re the only team to turn back the
Syracuse squad this seacon. The Ti
gers, who held Nebraska to a tie
.t in the 1923 season, will be
bere for Dad's day.
The schedule. now brings Colgate,
Illinois, Missouri, and the Oregon
Aggies here and takes the Huskers
into foreign fields to play Notre
Dime. Oklahoma, Kansas and the
Kansas Aggies. Although there are
but four games on the home schedule
in comparison with five for the 1923
schedule, there will be four teams
playing in the Memorial Stadium that
will present the best from the east,
west and the Valley.
SGHQOLS DEBATE
IMMIGRATION QUESTION
Seventeenth Year of State
League Contests Opens
in February.
(University News Service.)
"Resolved, That the United States
iould further restrict immigration"
tSl be debated in the 1923-24 con
tests of the Nebraska high school de
biting league, states the first bulle
tin on debate issued by the league
president, Prof. M. M. Fogg of the
University of Nebraska. The sev
etetnth annual debates of the
kague will start early in February.
A bibilography of material and ab
fcacts of authoritative articles and
Prts of books are being prepared by
former intercollegiate debaters and
tber competent students of argu
mentation under the direction of the
President and will be sent in the
'ration to the high schools of the
gue. These abstracts are fur
led through the Debating and
"blic Discussion Bureau of the Ex
nsion Division of the University of
Nebraska, and are supplied at ap
proximate cost. It is planned this
w t0 Pnnt this material under the
npemsion of Prof. A. A. Reed, ex
ktiion director.
rv- . .
1isinct directors are announced
!" A le!ve districts in the state
the 1923-24 season as follows:
Cenfral Supt. J. P. Rigg, Ge
nera. Eastern 1,-a o. Jones, Omaha.
East-central Supt. O. H. Bimson,
Luversity Place.
North-central Supt. H. B. Simon,
Norfolk.
North
heastern Supt. F. E. Bishop,
Oakland.
Northwestern Supt. G. F. Lieben
dorfer, Sidney.
Southern-Supt. J. L. McCom
"ons, Superior.
South
eastern Principal H. Le-
fcnd Cas
well, Auburn.
Southw
estern Supt. J. A. True,
McCook.
dy Gersentral-Supt. B. A. Kenne
dy n X- X Supt. W. J. Bra
North Platte.
FnT5rrn X- 2-SuPt- R- Eton
''"nr. Grant.
ighty.one xebr.sk. schools com-
and tv ,eagUe debates ,ast year'
Pcted T dditional e
ttabi : part in theiWrk-
Pens . j . of convenience, ex-
tmbei - S'Ze f 8tudent body thc
Jorth f m eah district e paired
: lrst series dehntoa rtictnVf
on th' nearly a11 decided
dLstrict rcentae basis, and the
'namPionship teams meet in
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XXnStb- 66 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Tmrm.M mtthp a rtt a tttttpchav nFMnpp on iqoq
The Daily
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Employment Bureau
Still Has Few Jobs
for Vacation Week
The University employment bur
Anil Vi o a n si... Hl
(JiHi-t-s open during
the vacation where students can work
for their board and room. All stu
dents who are working but wish to go
home during the holidays should talk
with Bennett S. Martin, student em
ployment secretary, in order that
their places may be filled.
According to Martin the office will
be open in the mornings during the
vacation period, and will take care
of part-time jobs for students at that
time.
LIGHTNING CALCULATOR
EXPLAINS HIS SYSTEM
Hundreds Hear Arithmetic
Wizard Condemn Teach
ing Methods.
Several hundred students, faculty
members, and others heard George
B. Wood, mayor of Louisville, Nebr.,
explain his method of arithmetic cal
culation last night in the Social Sci
ence auditorium.
Mr. Wood, who is called the "hu
man adding machine," because of his
wonderful ability to calculate rap
idly, kept the audience spellbound
while he demonstrated addition of
large numbers.
"I make no pretense of being an
expert," he said in beginning. "I am
not a prodigy or a human adding ma
chine, as I am sometimes called. I
am just a common, ordinary individ
ual." He stated that while in school
he had just as much trouble with
mathematics as any student in his
classes. He was no better than any
one else. When he entered the bank
ing business, he was behind in his
work most of the time. One night as
he was working on his books,, he
tnougnt ot now complicated a pro
cess addition and subtraction was,
and began to shorten the method.
Within forty days he had increased
his speed 100 per cent. During his
whole banking career he has not used
an adding machine or calculator.
Mr. Wood now totals figures at
the rate of 300 a minute. He does
all his work by addition and multi
plication. He never subtracts or di
vides. In explaining subtraction, he
termed it as "crawdadding with fig
ures." Mr. Wood believes that the whole
system of mathematics, as taught in
the public schools today, is wrong.
Millions of hours and dollars are
wasted daily in the use of the pres
ent system, and he wishes to bring
his system before the public, believ
ing that the time and energy saved
will be a great help to mankind.
He believes that the great trouble
in present addition is that the pupils
are taught to total figures by adding
to themselves through conversation.
This slows their speed to that of the
ordinary conversation. If this plan
were done was away with and addi
tion performed without conversation,
the speed would be twelve times
faster. He claims that if pupils were
taught this method in the beginning,
everyone of them would be 100 per
cent better, both in speed and accu
racy. Mr. Wood claims that he can take
five pupils .drill with them for thirty
minutes by his method, and he will
improve them 50 per cent.
Throughout his lecture Mr. Wood
worked mathematical problems with
a speed that was amazing.
Will Explain New
Headlight Lens at
Engineers Meeting
A novel automobile headlight lens
which does away with focusing of the
bulbs, a thing which is of great con
cern to automobile owners will be
explained at the next A. S. A. E.
meeting to be held Thursday even
ing at 7:15 in the Ag Engineering
building. Other topics of speakers
deal with the finishing coats of paint
for the body of a car, and brake de
sign.
KANSAS The inter-fraternity
council adopted a resolution asking
the students to co-operate in refrain
ing from the use of taxis except for
formals and inclement weather. The
unrestrained use of taxis for all par
ties. Varsities, and oiner .u....
functions heretofore had piacea aat-
ing- on ioo expensive a plane, was
the sentiment expresed.
STUDENTS LIGHT TREE
ON CAMPUS TONIGHT
Pine South of University Hall
to Be scene of Annual
Program.
Tonight, weather permitting, the
students of the University will gather
mound a Christmas tree the pine
south of University hall for the
annual Christmas program which will
begin at 7:15 and last until 8 4 m.
This is the last University social
event before the close of school for
the holidays. ,
Final arrangements have been
completed by the All-University
party committee, under whose direc
tion the program is given, and indi
cations are that it will be one of the
most interesting Christmas services
given in the years the custom has
been followed.
Word has been received from the
polar regions that Santa - Claus will
be prompt in his scheduled arrival at
the party. He will be forced to
abandon the customary sleigh arid
resort. to more modern methods of
transportation, perhaps gliding gent
ly to earth from an airplane or step
ping out wf a high powered automo
bile. He will carry a bag of candy
and will distribute sacks of it to
the crowd.
Previous to the arrival of Santa
the Glee club will lead in the sing,
ing of Christmas songs and carols.
So as not to interfere with the
banquets which fraternities and so
rorities have scheduled for the eve
ning the program will begin and close
promptly. The tree around which
the program will be, held has been
strung with lights and decorations.
If the weather prevents the enter
tainment from being held outside it
may be presented in the Armory.
FILIPINO CLUB PLANS
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
The Nebraska Filipino club will
give a program in the Temple theater
December 29 at 7:30 p. m., in honor
of the late Jose Rizal, Filipino
martyr.
The program will include stunts
depicting native customs, ways, and
life. The life, ideals, government
and hope of this country are to be
discussed. Dr. A. P. Fitzsimmons of
Tecumseh, Neb., for eighteen years
prominently connected with Philip
pine affairs and formerly Insular
treasurer of the Philippines, will
speak at the meeting. No admission
will be charged.
OFFERS CLASSES IN
LEADERSHIP OF GIRLS
Kansas University Y. W. C. A.
Worker to Teach Course
Week of Jan. 2.
Classes for University women in
girl reserve leadership will be con
ducted for a week begining January
2, by Miss Van Sant Jenkins, Y. W.
C. A. worker. Fourteen girls are
now leaders of groups and any other
who wishes may work for the certi
ficate to which the regular attend
ance at classes will entitle them.
The department of education of
the Kansas University where Miss
Jenkins is now working is coopera
ing with her and helping arrange her
schedule so that many girls can at
tend. Collateral reading in girl
psychology makes this course especi
ally effective. Sixty-live women are
enrolled in htr classes there.
Miss Jenkins was formerly an in
structor in the Omaha high school
Her former students whfl are now in
University aided in secaring her.
CHICAGO A gift of three mil
lion dollars was made to Northwest
em by Mrs. Montgomery Ward. This
is the largest single donation
ever received by the school. The
University will create a large medi
cal center, and will name it the
Montgomery Ward Memorial. The
medical center will house both the
University's medical and dental
schools, and will specialize not only
in training students, but will serve
the Chicago community in welfare
work.
Nebraskan
JUNIORS AND FROSH
WIN CLASS DEBATES
First-year Trio Defeats Soph'
omores; Seniors Lose by ,
Unanimous Decision
The junior and the freshman teams
won in the first round of the inter
class debate tournament Wednesday
evening. "Should Nebraska Adopt
the Unicameral Legislature?" was
the question for discussion. The
freshman-sophomore debate was held
in Social Science 107, the junior
senior debate in Law 101.
The freshman team, defending the
negative of the question, defeated
the sophomores by a 2 to 1 decision.
The judges were Professor G. O.
Virtue of the College of Business Ad
ministration, Prof. John Owen Ran
kin of the department of rural eco
nomics and Louis B. Finklestein (Ne
braska against Iowa in 1921).
The junfcrs, upholding the nega
tive, defeated the senior trio by an
unanimous decision. Bernard Grad-
wohl (Nebraska against Iowa 1923),
Professor E. M. Dood of the College
of Law and Prof. M. H. Wessen of
the English department, were the
judges.
The interclass championship will
be decided January 15 when the jun
iors and the freshmen clash in the
final debate.
DELEGATES TO INDIANA
HOLD FINAL MEETING
Forty-five Students From Ne
braska to Leave by Spe
cial Train Dec. 26.
At 7 o'clock this morning the forty-five
University of Nebraska dele
gates to the Student Volunteer con
vention, which will take place at In-
jdianapolis December 28 to January
1, held their final meeting to receive
final instructions and important an
nouncements, according to a bulle
tin to delegates issued yesterday by
Paul McCaffree, secretary in charge
of the delegation for the entire state,
Wendell Berge, one of the delegates
addressed the meeting on "National
and International Problems from the
Standpoint of the Student Volunteer
Movement."
The forty-five U. of N. dele
gates, led by Roy Youngman and in
cluding the presidents and many of
the officers of the local Y. M. and
Y. W. cabinets, expect to leave De
cember 26 by special train from
Omaha. Arriving at Omaha at 3:30
the delegates will tour the city as
guests of the Omaha delegates and
at 5:30 there will be a dinner at the
First Congregational church.
With the delegates of Colorado
and Wyoming, the Nebraska delega
tion will leave Omaha at 8 p. m. De
cember 26 on the special train. All
the delegates will be given an oppor
tunity to see Chicago when the train
arrives there. Arriving at Indian
apolis the next day, delegates will be
given tickets and directions as to the
sessions and meetings.
Special chaperones for the train
load of delegates include Miss Myrtle
Le Compte of Doane, Prof. Shellen-
berger of Cotner, Prof. Huxford of
Doane, Prof. Ashcraft of York, Dr.
and Mrs. Max Gentry of University
Hospital, Mr. and Mrs. Paul McCaf
free and Dr. Hilton of the University
of Nebraska.
Delegates who will attend the
convention are:
Welsh Pogue. Wendell Berge,
Josephine Shramek, Edith Olds, Bar
bara Wiggenhorn, Doris Trott, Wil
liam G. Aldstat, Mary Creekpaum,
Roy Youngman, Robert Shields, Earl
Smith, Agnes Kessler, Keith Tyler,
Gertrude Eberstacker, Marian Mad
digen, Edgar Nichols, Doris Un-
sell Roland Sturm, Jessie Lucas,
Dorothy Thomas, Helen Barnard,
George Barnes, Elsie McCaffree,
Mrs. Lois Shaw, Arthur Jersild, Le-
land Gabel, Edna Anstine, Edward
Antrim, Alice Beaver, Harold Low-
ther, Frederick Lau, Mildred Jensen,
Carl Rosenquist, Judd Crocker, Dr.
J. W. Hilton, K. Yoshimare, Jacob
Friedli, Carl Modson, Esther Miller,
W. Paul McCaffree, Laura Miller.
KANSAS On the second night
for Kansas University radio, speeches
musical numbers and ch3ering were
sent out to the listening alumni. The
students assisted in the cheering and
aongs.
Psychology Students
Hold Christmas Party
The aunual psychology Christmas
party was given in the laboratories
last night. Members o fthe class
presented skits and take-offs on the
instructors, assistants, and other
members of the class as the evening's
entertainment. Santa Claus was
there to present his Christmas gifts
and the quartet sang a carol com
posed by Dr. and Mrs. Alexander.
MEMBERS OF GLASS
RIFLE TEAMS NAMED
Every Division But Senior Has
Requisite Number Signed
Up for Competition.
The men who are to compose the
class rifle teams in tne inter-class
shoot today and tomorrow were
named yesterday by Captain Huskea,
director of marksmanship. The sen
ior and juniors are still incomplete,
and more are urged to come up and
fire today in order that their class
may qualify. There are five juniors
registered, just enough to make the
minimum number on the team, but
the seniors have only two registered
so far, and some additional men will
have to fire today and tomorrow
if the senior team is to be counted at
all in the match. A number of
sophmores and freshmen had to be
turned away as the seven for the
team had already been registered.
The men who are listed on the
class teams, and seniors and juniors
not listed who care to fire for their
class, may come up to the gallery
any time today and tomorrow be
tween 9 and 12 o'clock in the morn
ing, and 1 and 4 o'clock in the after
noon. The shooting will take only
about fifteen minutes as firing in
only two positions is required.
Captain Huskea wil 1 award a
trophy to the winning elass.and plans
to make .it something that can be
handed down from year to year to
the class winning in the annual intra
mural shoots.
The class teams are composed of
the following men: seniors, Willard
Penry and Latell DeFord; juniors,
D. D. Skinner, D. P. Roberts, I. R.
Ross, H. E. Stanley, G. W. Norris;
sophmores, Paul H. Herron,. Fred
Wicklen, S. F. DeVore, Phil II. Bar
tholomew, D. D. Lewis, W. Lammli,
and F. E. Hunt; freshmen, R. B.
Ward, T. E. Hays, W. D. Dover, J. C.
Hunt, Wm. Cjnar, A. Seamen, and
B. F. Kossek.
ORATORIO AROUSES
INTEREST IN CITY
University Chorus Presents
"The Messiah" for the
Twenty-eighth Time.
The presentation of "The Mes
siah" by the Uuivcrsity chorus under
the direction of Mrs. Raymond is of
ten spoken of as one of the outstand
ing events o fthe school year. Uni
versity and Lincoln educational and
musical circles have always mani
fested great interest and appre
ciation of this production which will
be presented for the twenty-eight
time by the University chorus at the
special convocation tomorrow from
10 to 12 o'clock in Memorial hall.
Classes are to be excused for two
hours from 10 to 12 o clock, and
many professors urge that their stu
dents do not fail to attend the ser
vice. Wood Wins Political
Science Scholarship
from Northwestern
Raymond D. Wood, a senior of
the College of Arts and Sciences and
recommended as delegate at large
. j, TM l
in case oi a vacancy ior me nnoaes
Scholarship, has accepted a scholar
ship in political science at North
western University. He will leave
for Evanston about February 1.
Wood has specialized in the so
cial sciences, feography, history, and
political science. He expects to re
ceive his degree here at the mid
winter commencement exercises. He
will then go to Northwestern to re
ceive his master's degree in interna
tional law with a view to entry into
the United State diplomatic service.
Wood is a member of Phi Tau Ep-
silon fraternity.
Attend Convocation
Friday Morning.
PRICE 5 CENTS
NOT POSSIBLE TO
GRANT EXTENSION
Dean Says Longer Vacation
Will Shorten Year Be
low Minimum.
BUT FIFTEEN WEEKS
IN PRESENT SEMESTER
The committee appointed by the
Student Council to request Dean C.
C. Engberg to make a satisfactory
answer to the letter sent to him, in
regard to an extension of the vaca
tion, met 'with an explanation that
proved that the present calendar
could not be changed without short
ening the school year below the min-
mum.
As the calendar now stands, there
should be seventeen ami one-half
weeks of school. According to Dean
Engberg's figures, one-half week is
usd for registration, one week is
used for examination, one day was
given for Armistice day, and at least
two days are lost through other in
terruptions, bringing the total weeks
down to but fifteen of actual school
work.
At a meeting Tuesday evening, the
Student Council appointed a com
mittee to interview Dean Engberg.
get his opinion on the matter, and to
express its opinion. Members of the
Council realized that -a move to ask
for an extension of the vacation pe
riod granted was prompted by com
parative figures with other universi
ties having the same standing as Ne
braska. Dean Engberg was of the opinion
that student sentiment would allow
itself to ask for vacations at various
intervals .and that one exception
might prove rather embarrassing.
The Council committee considers the
controversy over and stated that
"there was no doubt about when
school would re-open."
ENGINEERS TO VOTE
ON INSPECTION CITY
Upperclassmen Ballot January
3 to Choose Destination
of Annual Trip.
Final voting on the destination for
the 1924 engineering inspection trip
will be taken Thursday, January 3.
1924. At that time all Engineers
who must take the trip to fulfill
graduation requirements and all
jther upperclassmen who expect to
take the trip must leave their names
and first and second choice of city
for the trip with some member of
the inspection trip committee. All
votes must be cast" before 5 p. m.
The results will be posted Friday af
ternoon, January 4.
Results of the preliminary vote
taken December 10 indicate that Chi
cago is favored as the city of inspec
tion, with Denver running second.
The inspection trip committee is
composed of one member from each
of the engineering departments. They
are: F. W. Norris, electrical engineer
ing; C. M. Duff, applied mechanics;
C. A. Sjogren, mechanical engineer
ing; O. E. Hager, civil engineering;
and J. D. Parsons, agricultural en
gineering. Ag College Magazine
Staff Holds "Feed"
The Cornhusker Countryman staff
held a feed in Home Economics hall
Tuesday evening, followed by short
talks and a business meeting.
Professors H. E. Bradford and F.
E. Mussehl, outlined part of me pub
lication's work already accomplished
and pointed out slight improvements.
Professor Bradford remarked that,
advice was easy to give but hard to
take.
The staff completed plans for the
next issue of the paper to be dis
tributed immediately following the
holidays.
Distribute Third Issue
of Kornhusker Kadet
The third issue of the Kornhusker
Kadet, the semi-monthly publication
of the military department, was
issued yesterday and is now being
distributed among the companies.
The issue contains six pages and
carries a typewritten cartoon on the
front page. It contains news of the
military department and the school
in general.