he Daily Nebraskan
VOL. XXIV NO. 87.
VACCINATE 40Q
FOR SMALLPOX
Chancellor Urges Vaccination
to Prevent Epidemic No
New Cases Reported.
FOLLOWS APPEARANCE
OF ONE STUDENT CASE
Four hundred students and faculty
Wcre vaccinated yesterday following
an announcement that a student in
the pharmacy department has con
tracted smallpox. The only case of
the disease reported is of the ordin
ary type and not of the virulent type
that recently caused the death of a
number of students in the University
of Minnesota.
All the students in the pharmacy
department who might have been ex
posed to the disease have been vacci
nated according to Dr. Lyman. Pre
cautions have been taken to disinfect
the seats in the one room in the chem
istry department that the stricken
student may have occupied.
"Unless the disease spreads," said
Chancellor Avery yesterday, "no
drastic measures will be taken; but
all students, faculty and employees
of the university are urged to make
arrangements for vaccination. If an
epedemic threatens we will be com
pelled to require vaccination certifi
cates before all classes. Arrange
ments for daily health examinations
will be made for those who refuse to
be vaccinated, should the occasions
demand it We have gone through
three sessions of smallpox in past
years and are taking every precaution
to prevent another."
Vaccination by private physicians
is recommended as they can care and
guard against the only real danger,
namely, that of secondary infection.
However, the University clinic in the
Pharmacy building or the City Health
office located above the Fire Depart
ment building will vaccinate those
who apply, free of charge, with all
antiseptic precautions.
Certificates of vaccination should
be carefully preserved as they may
become a requisite for entrance te
classes should the disease spread and
such a course become a necessity.
Students who have been exposed and
already contracted the disease, if vac
cinated at once, will suffer only a
mild attack. Also all risk of contract
ing the disease or annoyance incident
to securing of a daily certificate may
be avoided by securing a vaccination
immediately.
HIGHT CLASSES DRAW
HEAVY REGISTRATION
Extension Division Courses At
tract Many; Figures Still
Incomplete.
Night classes offered by the Exten
sion division of the University, which
started last week, have attracted an
unusually heavy registration, al
though no definite report of the
number can yet be given. Usually
all the students are not regularly en
rolled for some time.
A new course in public speaking
attracted a registration of sixty-five.
About forty enrolled for a course
in the abort f story given by
Bowse B. Wilcox of the English de
partment Prof. E. B. Cochran's
class in recent American history was
well attended. Registration for the
second semester courses in French
anil Knaniah m lie-ht owing to a
misunderstanding. These courses are
continuations of similar courses ol
fered last semester. A course in Ne
braska government and politics, of
fered br Prof. L. B. Aylsworth, wmcn
was not listed with the regular night
rliuM wh w1l attended. This
Course is not regularly under the Ex
tension division, but U offered from
T to. 9 Tuesday evening and may be
taken br extension student. The
courses offered by the College of
RniinM Administration have also
been well attended.
TO HOLD AG COLLEGE MIXER
Student Plan Benefit for Block tad
Bridle Club em Friday.
An Ag College mixer will be held
Friday night at the gymnasium on
the College of Agriculture campus.
This mixer will be held for the bene
fit of the Block and Bridle Club, an
organization of men majoring in th
animal husbandry department.
The floor of tke gymnasium has
been improved an is said to be in
best of condition. James M.
Barnes, chairman of the mixer com
mittee, promises good music and spe
cial entertainment. '
BROWN UNIVERSITY By a vote
of 460 to 290, stsdents decided
compulsory cimpei. BY mm
action a custom ertabWd in 1764
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Today's Program For Journalists
9:00 o'clock "Newspapering in Nebraska" by M. A. Brown of
the Kearney Hub.
NEBRASKA WRITERS' GUILD
v 10:00 o'clock Organization meeting.
2:15 o'clock "The Meadowlark" interpreted by Miss Henrietta
Rees at the piano; "Why Write Fiction?" a lecture by Bess Streeter
Aldrich; Brief review of "Manito Masks" by Prof. H. B. Alexander;
"Alas, That My Heart Is a Lute" Bung by Mrs. Myron Learned; and
"Our Torchlight Procession," a lecture by G. C. Shedd.
PLANS ALTERED
BY CENTURIONS
Affair Planned by Arts and
Science College Society
Is Postponed.
DEFINITE DATE WILL
BE ANNOUNCED LATER
The Centurion smoker scheduled
for Thursday evening, February 19,
at the University Club, has been in
definitely postponed, according to
announcement made by members of
the committee in charge of the af
fair. The action was taken in com
pliance with advice from Executive
Dean Carl C. Engberg.
"I feel that in view of the fact
that the Centurion smoker was sched
uled for a week night and would in
terfere with the studies of those at
tending, it is best to postpone the
event until a later date," said Dean
Engberg. The Centurions in com
plying with Dean Engberg"s request
have decided to hold the smoker at
a later date on a week-end night in
order to present the full program,
with possibly some added features.
It was originally decided to make the
smoker last only until 8 o'clock. This
would hurry the program to be com
pleted by that hour.
All those having already purchased
tickets may turn them in Thursday
afternoon at the Nebraskan office to
Charles Warren between 1 and 2
o'clock.
HAY TRY OUT
FOR COMEDY
Kosmet Klub Will Judge Skits
February 23, 24, and 25
in Dramatic HalL
STUDENTS MUST SIGN
UP BEFORE SATURDAY
Tryouts for the 1925 Kosmet Klub
production, "Tut-Tut," wiU be held
in Dramatic Hall of the Temple next
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
evenings irom iwd so iw ociom.
Students wishing to try for the show
should sign at the Student Activities
office before Saturday.
The cast for the play demands
nearly fifty. Of this number sixteen
are principal parts. Two choruses,
one of sixteen men and women and
a pony chorus of ten girls will be in
cluded. All players must be able to
sing and dance.
Members of Kosmet Klub will ne
judges of the tryouts. The rules lor
the trials will be the same as useo
last year.
1. Stndents of the three upper
classes are eligible to tryout for the
principal parts and the chorus.
2, Applicant will be given live
minutes for a tryot and can take
any time in one of the three evenings
by signing up on the list in tne stu
dent Activities office belore Satur
day. 3. More than one person can try
out at one time. They may appear
in groups if desired and if so more,
time will be given by judges for the
skits.
4. Applicants may try out by pre
senting a song, dance or acting skit
Some of the principal parta in we
Dlav are: Lucifer, blacK-iacea come
dian; Professor Wherishe, eccentric
comedy part; Mrs. Wherishe and Pru
nella Wherishe the daughter; two
juvenile leads, Mary Ann and Lieu
tenant Oeden of the U. . r.avy,
Judge De Cision, eccentric comedian;
Ahav and Mahav, Arabian nusinra.
men; Enarb, an Arabian sheik, and
his lady friend, Esneba; Tut-ank-hamen
himself.
Rehearsals for the show will begin
jvmi fter the selection of the cast
The comedy will be presented at tne
Orpheum in Lincoln April Z. ana in
Omaha, at the Brandeis, April 25.
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Representatives from 18 sororities
met and chose men as captains to
nrM.nt them in the sorority relay
race, an annual feature of the In
tramural FeitivaL The captains wui
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choo three more to complete their
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THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,
Luedke Takes Position
. With Manufacturers
George L. Luedke '25, Spencer,
has been appointed assistant commis
sioner of the Nebraska Manufactur
ers' Association. He assumed his
duties February 1 and will work part
time until his graduation next June
from the College of Business Admin
istration. K. U. QUINTET
IS VICTORIOUS
Wins From Cornhuskers
Hard-fought Battle at
Lawrence, 28 to 20.
in
JAYHAWKERS MAINTAIN
LEAD DURING CONTEST
The Husker quintet went down to
defeat before the Jayhawkers at the
game at Lawrence last evening by a
score of 28 to 20. The Kansans
played the Xebraskans off their feet
during the first part of the game and
the Huskers could only make momen
tary rallies. The victory will prob
ably give Kansas the championship.
The Jayhawkers got an early five-
point lead and increased it to six be-
fore the first Husker scored. Klep
ser tossed in a neat field goal soon
after the Kansas score, making the
tally 6 to 2 in favor of Kansas after
six minutes of play.
The Kansas quintet scored
four
a- i Kt
ediately but
more points almost imm
a field goal by Tipton and a free
throw netted the Cornhuskers three
points, leaving the total little chang
ed. On a double foul, Eckstrom of
Nebraska and Ackerman of Kansas
each gained a point and Captain
Volz added two more points to the
Husker score soon afterward. The
score was then 11 to 8 as near as
the Huskers were able to come to the
Jayhawker total.
Three goals in quick succession for
Kansas raised the total to 17. Ne
braska then took time out and Sma
ha was substituted for Usher. The
Jayhawks tallied two more points be
fore the half, making the score 19 to
8 at the end of the period.
The game was not as fast in the
second half. The Kansans maintained
their lead, adding nine more points
to their total. The Huskers outscored
their opponents in this frame, tally
ing twelve points altogether. The
ability of Goodson, Husker center, to
hit the basket was responsible for the
Nebraska rally to a great extent
WILL DISTRIBUTE
BUSINESS STUDIES
Committee of Business Re
search on Nebraska
Conditions.
Copies of the "Nebraska Business
Studies," prepared under the direc
tion of the Committee on Business
Research, of the College of Business
Administration, will be mailed free
to residents of the state, according
to a recent announcement of the
committee. Investigations of vari
ous phases of business conditions
have been published by the Univer
sity for the past three years. Until
recently a charge was made for these
publications. Non-residents may now
receive them for a nominal sum.
Tn bulletins have appeared to
date:
1. "Stock Turnover in Nebraska
Retail Stores."
2. "Operating Expense in Nebras
ka Retail Stores in 1921."
3. "An Analysis of Financial
Statements in Nebraska Uenerai
Stores."
4. "Ooeratinr Expenses in Retail
Shoe Stores In Nebraska."
5. "Operating Expenses in Retail
Hardware Stores in Nebraska in
1922."
6. "The Control of Retail Credit.'
7. "Trade Practice and Costs of
the Retail Coal Business in Lincoln,
Nebraska, in 1922."
8. "Labor Turnover in Nebraska
Department Stores."
9. "An Analysis of Financial
Statements in Nebraska Hardware,
Drug, Grocery and General Stores in
1922."
10. "Operating Expense in Retail
Grocery Stores in Nebraska."
FEW BALLOTS
CAST TUESDAY
Less Than 10 Per Cent of Stu
dent Body Indicates Pref
erence at Polls.
ELECT JOHN E. KLEVEN
PRESIDENT OF SENIORS
Less than 5000 students or less
than 10 per cent of the entire stu
dent body, voted yesterday in the
general election yesterday in which
John E. Kleven was elected senior
president, Orr Goodson, junior presi
dent, John Boyer, sophomore presi
dent Newell F. Joyner, freshman
president, William Norton, Ivy Day
orator, and Dorothy Peterson and
Marjorie Bell members of the stu
dent council.
There was no marked contest for
any of the offices, and the nearest
approach to a race was in the senior
and sophomore class president ballot
ing where Kleven and Hyde had 55
and 30 votes respectively, and John
Bover and Paul Larsen 44 and 24
respectively.
The student council acted in the
capacity of an election commission,
having supervision over the polls and
the counting of the ballots.
The results were:
Senior class president:
John E. Kleven 55
A. L. Hyde 30
Carl Cain (Written In) 1
Junior class president:
Orr Goodson 40
Claire Montesrey (written in) 5
John Rhodes (written in) 1
R. T. Rogers (written in) 1
W. B. Guardot (written in) 1
Richard Curran (written in) 1
Sophomore president:
John Boyer 44
Paul Larsen 24
Freshman president:
jjewen Joyner
20
D. Wallace (written in) l
Ivy Day orator:
William Norton 84
Charles Caldwell (written in) 1
William Wright (written in) 2
Student Council:
iDorothy PeU-rson
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ERICKSEN TO BE
FORUM SPEAKER
Erickson To Talk on Necessity
of Preparedness in War
and Peace Series.
Major Sidney Erickson, head of the
University Reserve Officers Training
Corps, will give the second address
of a series on the general s,UDjecs oi
Varying Views of Militarism" at the
World Forum luncheon this noon at
the Grand Hotel.
I will endeavor to speak not as
an army officer but as a citizen,
Maior Erickson said yesterday.
Major Major Erickson will speaa
nn th nartirular subject. ' Neces-
itv of Preoarendness" and will re-
view our early troubles especially in
h. Revolutionary war and the War
of 1812. He will stress the lack of
leadership and the utter worthless
ness of untrained troops combatting
trained troops.
He will also show the authority lor
maintaining a defensive lorce, ana
will try to point out the futility of
endeavoring to promote world peace
by complete disarmament.
The address should prove of espe
cial interest to those who heard the
first lecture of the series, as it will
present the other side of the ques
tion while viewing it from a practi
cal, rather than an idealistic point of
view.
The third lecture on the subject
will be given next Wednesday by the
Rev. E. T. Inglis, pastor of the Vine
Conereeational church. The first
talk was given by Dr. A. Bruce Curry
who spoke on "The New Loyalist,
and in the main presented an anti-
militarism opinion.
Definitely Cancel
University Party
The all-University Party which was
announced for Saturday night, Feb
ruary 21, has been cancelled. The
next alKUniversity Party will be held
on March 28.
OKLAHOMA A. AND M. COL
LEGE Five per cent will be added
to the physical education grade of
anv rirl who will wear corrective
school shoes the spring quarter.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON The author of Taint Perfume," "Miss
substitutes of the football squad have Lulu Betts" and other novels, as ex
organized a club. Membership is lim- pressed to a reporter of the "Harvard
ited only to those members who
warmed the bench the entire season.
UNIVERSITY OF OHIO The
University has a Chinese Glee Club
under the direction of Cheng Me Sun,
a graduate student of Shantung.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18,
Latimer Contributes
To Research Journal
The latest number of the Journal
of Agricultural Research, No. 8, Vol.
29, contains another of the series of
articles on the anatomy and growth
of the chicken, which are being pre
pared by Dr. H. B. Latimer, profes
sor of anatomy of the University.
Many Available For
Graduation Addresses
A list of thirty-five members of
the faculty who will be available for
commencement addresses was sent
out last week by the Nebraska Ex
tension division. Calls have already
been coming in for commencement
speakers and this bulletin saves much
time in their selection.
LEWIS BREAKS
TRACK RECORD
Miler Wins Close Race From
Zimmerman and Lawson
in Fast Time.
WILL HOLD FURTHER
TRY OUTS TOMORROW
Another track record fell Tuesday
afternoon when James Lewis won the
mile run in 4 minutes 36.2 seconds.
The 50-yard dash and the mile run
were the only two events on the
Tuesday schedule for the Varsity.
Thursday several other events will be
run, including the 880-yard run.
The mile run gave the observers a
good thrill when Lewis sprinted from
third place to pass Zimmerman and
Lawson and win. The time was ex
ceptionally fast for so early in the
season. Zimmerman was only three
fifths of a second behind Lewis, with
a time of 4 minutes 36.8 seconds.
Lawson took third place with a time
of 4:38. Four men came in under
the old record. Lewis is now holder
of two Varsity indoor tracji records.
Captain Crites came up from the
longer sprints to show his heels to
several of the 50-yard dash men
Locke was the only man able to pass
Crites yesterday. In the first heat,
Crites beat Dailey in 5.7 seconds.
Locke won the second heat in 5.6 sec
onds, with Crites second and Dailey
third. Wyatt defeated Hultzer in a
special 50-yard dash with 5.8 seconds
for the time.
Coach Schulte will run some other
events for the tryouts Thursday, the
most important being the half-mile
event. From the showing male by
the milers he may enter a 4-mile re
lay team at the Illinois relays. At
present he is expecting to take only
eight men.
NEBRASKA RIFLERS
BEAT OKLAHOMA
Reports From Oregon and Syr
acuse Matches Are Expect
ed Today or Tomorrow.
The first report of intercollegiate
match firing last week was received
yesterday from Oklahoma A. and M.
and resulted in a decisive victory for
the Nebraska shooters, who bad a
total score 154 points higher than the
Oklahomans. The Oklahoma score
was 3,414, Nebraska score, 3,568.
The reports from the other two
schools, Oregon and Syracuse, will
probably arrive today or tomorrow.
Some good scores are being turned
in again mis weex oy captain rig
ger s riflemen, c. L.. nosseK is me
latest to enter the 99 class m the
prone position. He made this mark
yesterday.
The scores made so far in the
prone position are not as good as
last week 'and the week before for
some reason or other. However the
marks in the more difficult positions
are somewhat higher and this may
bring the total score to a figure high
er than last week, when some of the
men fell low in the standing and
kneeling positions.
"The Whole Examination System is
Wrong," Says
"The whole examination system is
wrong. It depends too much on luck
and a certain kind of cleverness. It
is just another addition to the use
less drudgery which holds education
back," was the opinion of Zona Gale,
Crimson," during the recent exami
nation week at Harvard.
"Complete freedom," said Miss
Gale,' is the goal of education as it
is of everything else. Every branch
of human activity, is undergoing an
extension of freedom today. Beli
1925.
President of Guild
Here for Meeting
The acting president of the Ne
braska Writers' Guild, which is to
have its organization meeting and
three literary programs Wednesday
and Thursday, February 19 and 20,
as part of the new Journalism Week,
is Keene Abbott, Omaha newspaper
man for twenty-two years, dramatic
critic of the Omaha World-Herald
for nearly that long, and novelist
and short-story writer.
Mr. Abbott's first book, "A Melo
dy in Silver," was brought out by
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston; his
second book, "Wine o the Winds,"
a Nebraska story of the pioneer peri
od before the building of the first
railroad, was issued by Doubleday-
Page Co., New York. A second fron
tier romance just completed is called
"Beyond Smoky Water." Mr. Abbott
has contributed short stories to near-
t ,;"f 1 1
ly all of the magazines, ranging from proceed straight to the core of a sub
the Atlantic and Harper's to wo- ject and utter measured thoughts
men's periodicals and the Saturday
Evening Post.
NEED OFFICIALS
AT TOURNAMENT
Gish Calls for Students to Help
With Games in High
School Meet.
BASKETBALL FINALS
TO BE PLAYED HERE
Student who desire work during
the high school basketball tourna
raent, March 12, 12 and 14, as scor -
ers, timers, clerks or referees, should
report to H. D. Gish, general man
ager of the tournament, in the Ar
mory net later than Friday.
The finals of the Nebraska high
school basketball tournament will be
held in Lincoln, March 12, 13 and
14. according to an announcement
made by manager Gish of the ath
letic department The winners and
th nnr-un in M-h nf the classes
in the sixteen districts will enter the
tournment here,
entry list down
This will cut the
to approximately
ninety-six teams. When the cc
plete tournament was held in Lincoln
last year there were 250 teams and
over two thousand athletes partici
pating.
There will be an average of three
classes in each district. Some will
have as hitch as four, while others
may have only one or two classes,
The teams must go to the final tour
nament in their districts in order to
be eligible to enter the state meet
at Lincoln. This plan has been adopt
ed in order to cut down the expenses
to the high schools.
The district tournaments will be
held March 5, 6, and 7, or if only two
days are needed, they will be held
only on Friday and Saturday of that .
m i. tv.Aeod manager
HCt,. & lie una luiivwiug, nicov
winners will meet at Lincoln. The
upper class games will be held at the
Coliseum, and the others at the Ar
mary, Whittier high school, and Y.
M. C. A. courts.
Zona Gale, Author
gion, art, government, education,
they are all changing their form, out-
growing them and advancing to
higher plane.
I do not see any immediate rem
edy for the situation. But the ulti
mate solution is the abolition oi an t "Wi who have caught and . regis
examinations and the substitution of Itered something of the vision of high
class discussions as the only method
of testing a student's knowledge. This
of course will necessitate smaller
classes, or more teachers, or both,
and that seems hard to realize with I session of the Journalism Week pro
the ever increasing growth of our I gram, "are expecting of this School
universities. Perhaps the rise of
junior college may help to solve
problem."
PRICE 5 CENTS
STUDENTS HEAR
STATE EDITORS
Nebraska Newspapermen
Speak at Opening Sessions
of Journalism Week.
KEARNEY MAN WILL
MAKE ADDRESS TODAY
Addresses by six Nebraska editors
to students in the School gf Journal
ism and early arriving members of
the Nebraska Press Association
opened the University of Nebraska's
first Journalism Week, which ends
Saturday. The last of the series of
seven addresses will be given by M.
A. Brown, editor of the Kearney
j Dnily Hub, at 9 o'clock this morning
in Social Science 107. The speakers
were introduced by Prof. M. M.
Fogg, director of the School of Jour
nalism. ""
"That few vocations promise bet
ter financial reward or more pleas
ure than the ownership and editor
ship of a well-located county news
paper, weekly or daily" was the "de
liberate judgment" after more than
thirty years of experience in that
field, of Frank O. Edgecombe, edi
tor and publisher of the Nebraska
Signal, Geneva, in speaking on "The
County Newspaper Editorial Page."
"Your presence here," he stated,
"indicates your appreciation of the
fact that those who engage in jour
nalism need professional training
such as that demanded of the physi
cian and the lawyer." He Wieves
that college training has bred in the
student "an impatience of dullness
and diffuse thinking, a precise sense
of word values, a scorn of priggish-
ness and superciliousness, power to
with vigor and beauty.
No Hope In Small Office.
In the course of an hour s round-
table discussion on his paper Mr.
Edgecombe said: "I want to call the
attention of you students to the won
derful opportunity for training that
you have here. I hope your instruc
tion will make clear that there is no
hope in the one-man or two-man
country printing office. That is
drudgery. We still have too many of
them. It is wrong for a little com
munity of two or three hundred peo
ple to insist on having a newspaper.
I beg of you not to go into that
field."
Ole Buck, author of the "Buck-
Shot" column and field manager of
the Nebraska Press Association, dis
cussed the qualities of "Column
Writing" and ventured some concrete
1 pointers on how to go
about it.
though confessing that he couldn't
tell how to do it effectively, be
cause it is more or less oi a natural
gift" it comes from eternal vigi
lance, from a mind open to sugges
tions from everywhere, from the hab
it of keen observation.
A column should always be clean,
he insisted. "Where you can make
one person laugh with something sug
gestive, you will disgust a dozen.
Good-nature is another essential
quality of a good column, which is
necessarily
a series of snort-arm
jabs at human nature" but which it
is dancerous to make personal. "In
Bj my experience I have never made
but two people really angry. rur-
thermore, never "copy what another
cays without giving credit. It is no
more honest to steal the product of
another's brain than it is to steal his
clothes or his money.'
Cross-word Puzzle Thome.
In the cross-word puzzle enthusi
asm J. r. orurey, editor oi ine
Cedar County News at Hartington,
found title for his address, third on
the morning program, "A Ten-Letter
Word Meaning Success."
Developing this theme he sketched
the "vertical walls of opposition
which confront the news worker
and the horizontal paths of least re
sistance which offer only a smooth
glide into failure." The keyword
to success in journalism is the ten-
letter word "management" and the
is of necessity an
idealist whose "thoughts are on the
horizontal, reaching out in every di
rection, into every walk of life, to
meet there the thoughts of all the
people of his community. At the
same time his ideals must be vertical
looking up.'
A panorama of quick changes
which have increased the financial
independence of the country publish
er was delineated by Mr. OTurey,
who proceeded to analyze the sources
0f a nccessful newspapers strength.
Among these elements he enumerat-
sied freedom of thought, ideals, pcr-
I tonality, substantial circulation, and
- 1 efficient management.
- l j. c. Aldan Spoaks.
I service in a beloved profession," de-
clared J. G. Alden, editor of the
I York Republican, in the introductory
address of the Tuesday afternoon
a of Journalism and its students that
the
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as been abolished. I learns.