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LABOR ISSUE
Question for Spring Contest,
Announced oy rroiewur
Fogg Monday
TWO DEBATES SCHEDULED
South Dakota Come Her and Hus
kers Co to Iowa Candidates
Asked to Report
The University of Nebraska's in
.ronlleiriate debates for 1926 will
be with the University of Iowa- at
Iowa City, ana tne university 01
South Dakota at Lincoln, on the child
labor question, according to an
nouncement Monday by Prof. M. M
Foee The debates the twenty
fourth annual interstate forsenic
battles since the "Think Shop" was
organized will take place on Mr.rch
24 and 26.
The exact phrasing of the propo
sition that will be discussed is
follows: "Resolved: That the Con
stitution of the United States Should
be Amended to Give Congress Power
to Regulate Child Labor."
Nebraska will maintain the affirm
ative against South Dakota on Wed
nesday, March 24, in the Temple
theater, and tne negative at Iowa
City on Friday evening, March 26.
Candidates To Report Now
All students who purpose to enter
the preliminary debate for the se
lection of the University's eight rep
resentatives on the two teams and
for the selection of the other mem
bers of the Intercollegiate Debate
Seminary, are requested to file their
names and addresses with Professor
Fogg at Administration building 207.
This competition is open to all stu
dents in regular standing who are
registered in the University this se
mester.
Speaking membership on a team
carries with it election to Delta
Sigma Rho, national honorary fra
ternity for intercollegiate debaters
the debaters' Phi Beta Kappa.
Detailed annauncements concern
ing the preliminary debate, which, it
-Mxpccted, will be held late ni Janu
ary, will be made later this week. In
that debate the contestant may main
tain either side he wishes of the in
tercollegiate question.
Biography Soon Ready
The reference librarian of the Uni
versity library is at work on a pre
liminary bibliography, which will be
ready for distribution before the
Christmas vacation. ,
Nebraska's intercollegiate debate
honors last spring went to George
Johnson, '28, Lincoln; Alexander Mc
Kie, '24, Law '26, Omaha; and Volta
Torrey, '26, Aurora, who met Iowa
at Lincoln; and to Ralph S. Brooks,
'25, Law '27, Lincoln; Lloyd J. Mar
ti, '27, of Hastings; and David
Sher, '28, ' of Omaha, who
met South Dakota at Vermilion.
The question was "That Congress
should be given the right, by a two
thirds vote, to overrule decisions of
the Supreme Court declaring acts of
Congress unconstitutional."
LAST NUMERAL
MEET THIS WEEK
Schulte lime Call for Final Indoor
Competition Before Opening
Of Varii ty Season
The last annual numeral track
toeet of the year will be held Wed
nesday and Thursday of this week,
Coach Schulte announced yesterday.
All field and track events will be
'Pen, and because of the large num
ber of events and entrants, the
meet will have to be stretched over
two days instead of one. It will be
held from 4 to 6 o'clock on both of
the days.
The meet will, of course, be held
on the indoor track under the east
lde of the stadium.
Several very good events will be
run off it was said. Roberta and
Johnson, both star half-milers among
the freshmen last year, will prob-
b'y run an Interesting race. Jack
i' Varsity record holder for the
5n"e, i i trjn, and will be ln- the
meet
Special Reading Will
Be Given at Vespers
A 'Pecial Christmas
Jhe Other Wise Man,"
reading
will be
K'ven by Martha Farrar at the
vesper service at 5 o'clock in El
len Smith Hall this evening.
The services will be led by
Elizabeth Tracy; the Vespers
cnou-. under the leadership of
uth Ann Coddington, will pre
Mnt group of Christmas carols
d selected mmk,
American Numerical System. Usine
Dozens Instead
An "American" system of num
bers, in which dozens would take
the place of tens now in use In the
Arabic system, is proposed by a Chi
cago man who has prepared a pam
phlet urging the change.
A copy, entitled "The American
System of Mathematics" was recent
ly received by Dr. A. L. Candy, pro
fessor of mathematics, who explained
the salient features of the plan at
the last meeting of the Mathematics
Club.
In the foreword the pamphlet
states "There is abundant evidence
of a desire and a need of a system
which can be handled by dozens
(twelves) in large or small denomi
nations and computed in a manner
that is as rapid and accurate as that
of the tens (Arabic) system that is
STARRELS AT
WORLD FORM
"Universalism" Is Subject for
Discussion at Wednes
day Meeting
TICKETS ON SALE TODAY
The subject "Universalism" will
be presented by Rabbi S. Starrels to
the World Forum discussion Broun
at its regular meeting Wednesday
noon at the Grand Hotel.
This will be the last meeting be
fore the Christmas vacation. Tickets
are available at Vespers and at the
offices of the two Christian associa
tions.
Rabbi Starrels has for several
years been a favorite of student
meetings, according to those who are
bringing him to the World Forum.
Last year he discussed "The Jewish
Point of View" in a series on the
various religions. Over 150 students
heard him at that time.
Munt Buy Ticket Today
"The Crusifixion of Christ from
the Jewish Standpoint" was an
nounced as the topic, but the speaker
is reserving it for use on a later
occasion. It is expected, however,
that the subject he has substituted
will be of as great interest and signi
ficance to his hearers.
The address last week on the race
question by Miss Julliette Derricotte
was attended by nearly 150 students.
Because students did not purchase
their tickets by Tuesday evening,
plates were set for only a hundred
The committee has been forced to
announce that tickets sold on' the
day of the meeting will have ten
cents added to the price to cover
the extra cost involved.
Ag College Men Plan
Annual Oyster Dinner
The men of Ag College are plan
ning an oyster feed Wednesday eve
ning at the cafeteria in the Home
Economics building. This annual
event sponsored by Ag Club affords
chance for the freshmen to get
acquainted with the others in the
college.
Good entertainment, with lots of
oyster soup and pie is promised by
Don Wight, thairman of the com
mittee. Admission of thirty-five
cents will be charged.
One Pledge "Up in the Air"
A fraternity prospect at the Uni
versity of Washington was pledged
three thousand feet above his fra
ternity house. The ceremony took
place in an aeroplane.
Weather Forecast
Tuesday: Mostly fair.
Field House Will
Grinnell Cage
With the basketball season near
at hand, the new field house is well
on its way to completion and there
is no dcu'it but that it will be ready
for the Huskers second home cage
battle of the year with Grinnell on
January 16.
Most of the roofing has been Jaid
and the brick walls are going up
rapidly. Only a prolonged spell of
extremely cold weather could retard
work enough to prevent its being
completed in time for the Grinnell
game.
Prepared For Crowds
The field house has been planned
so that capacity crowds can be han
dled, with a minimum of trouble.
Entrances re through a set of dou
ble doors, between stone columns.
These lead into a wide foyer, where
fans will have a chance to get out
of the cold, take off their coats, and
get their tickets ready. Then they
enter another set of doors Into a
concourse, which runs across the
front and around both sides of the
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 'TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15,
of Tens, Suggested
in use throughout the world today."
Historical Evidence Cited
The use of the dozen as a unit is
justified, the author points out, on
account of the greater number of
factors by which it is divisable. He
also cites historical cases of uses of
number twelve in biblical prophesies,
history, and customs. There were
twelve tribes of Israel and twelve
apostles. There were twelve states
signers of the United States Consti
tution. There are twelve months
in the year, and twelve men consti
tute a jury. .
The essence of the new system
consists in the adoption of new sym
bols for writing ten and eleven. In
stead of writing 10 for ten, the letter
"T" would be used. A capital "E"
would be used for 11. Twelve would
be written ID, the D standing for a
cipher, and would be read one doz
n. The number twenty, for exam
ple, instead of being written 20 as
in the Arabic, would be written 18
and called one dozen and eight.
Queer Numbers
When the numbers reach the third
decimal 'place, corresponding to our
hundred, as in 129, the unit would
be called a "Gross," and 129, in the
American" system, would be one
gross, two dozen nine. The next
higher division corresponding to our
present thousand would be called a
"Grand" and indicated 1DDD. High
er than that the unit corresponding
to our million, 1, DDD.DDD, would
be called an "AniD-Eric." and still
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ANOTHER ISSUE
OFAWGWANOUT
December Number of Univer
sity's Humor Magazine
Distributed Monday
ART WORK IS FEATURED
The December issue of the Awg-
wan just out, contains twenty-four
pages of wit and humor. The issue
is called the "Formal Number." The
cover design is a three color sketch
by Phil Fent, Jr. The magazine
contains many clever cartoons.
The contributors to the December
issue were: Jessie Balwin, '26;
Pauline Bilon, '29; Katherine Foote,
'29; Ruth Harrington, '26; Merritt
Lewis, '29; Viola Mercer, '29; Ben
Offerle, '29; Virginia Powell, '29;
and Blanche Sevens, '26.
A pen sketch by Kenneth Thomas
is one of the feature drawings of the
issue. The drawing may be found
on page ten, along with a poem en
titled "After."
New Column Added
"Butch's Bedtime Story," by
"Himself," is a very' humorous ar
ticle. A full page of cartoons under
the heading "Formalities that should
be Chucked," will be the cause of
quite a bit of mirth. They were
drawn by Torgny Knudsen. "A Tub
of Tea," by Claire Montesrey, con
tains its usual wit and chatter.
A new feature has been added to
this issue in the form of a column
called "The Sling and the Harp". It
is conducted by Roman Becker and
deals with various matters.
Wallace Oklahoma Captain
P. A. "Big Polly" Wallace, pow
erful center, has been elected to lead
the University of Oklahoma's foot
ball team next fall.
Wallace's election comes as a cli
max to the greatest football year he
has experienced. He is the oldest
man on the squad and a major cog
in the Sooner defense machine, as
well as one of the best passing cen
ters in the valley. Next year will be
his last in valley football.
Be Ready for
Battle January 16
basketball court. A series of arch
ed openings allow easy entrance to
the bleachers that will be temporar
ily erected around the floor.
In the center of the floor, which
measures 120 by 208 feet, will be
the Varsity court. The bleacher
to be built even with the lowest ror
jf the balcony, will hold approxi
mately 4,000 people. Together
with the balcony, which will seat the
same number, there are accommo
dations for 8,000 for a basketball
game.
Many Court Possible
When it is used for tournament
play the huge floor will be marked
off into three parallel courts, and
the possibility of another on the
stage, which measures 60 by 120
feet, the size of the entire floor now
used in the Armory.
Men's athletic activities will be
entirely taken out of the Armory
under the new plan, which leaves
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PARIS SCHOLAR
RANKS VIRGINIA
POET AS BEST
Edward Arlington Robinson
United States' Greatest,
Says Dr. Cestre
SPEAKS AT CONVOCATION
University of Paris Professor Makes
Two Addresses Comments on
American Colleges
Dr.. Charles Cestre, professor of
American Literature and Civiliza
tion at the University of Paris, gave
a literary criticism of the Virginia
poet, Edward Arlington Robinson, at
the 11 o'clock convocation in the
Temple theatre Monday morning.
Dr. Cestre is writing a book on the
work of the Virginia poet and in his
lecture characterized him as the
greatest poet of the United States
and a humorist of worth. He dwelt
upon the philosophy, catholic hu
manity, and spirituality of the poet
His humor never approached the
caustic ana pessimistic, out was
delicate, said Dr. Cestre.
Robinson was said to appreciate
the oddity and queerness of life and
to see that these qualities are more
or less reflected in all of us.
Professor Cestre compared Robin
son with Carlyle and Browning. He
said Robinson drew his characters
from life about him while Browning
chose his from history.
Cestre Uses Perfect English
Prof essor . Cestre has a wonderful
command of the English language.
His choice of words is precise,
his poetical prose exact This
fact, pernaps, held the interest of
the audience no less than did the
theme of the lecture.
In introducing the speaker, Pro
fessor F. M. Fling, said that Prof.
Cestre came from the oldest univer
sity in the world, the University of
Paris, founded 900 years ago, to one
of the youngest, the University of
Nebraska, less than 50 years old.
From Old University
The University of Paris is only a
graduate school for students who are
specialists in their field and who
study under the greatest instructors
in France. This University, in 1919
conferred an honorary degree on
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D HALL EDITION OF
ALUMNUS MAILED
December Number of Nebraska
Alumnus, Dedicated to Old
Building, Just Out'
The December issue . of the Ne
braska Alumnus, a special "U Hall
Number", was mailed yesterday.
Pictures of the. old building, editor
ials about it, and a special article on
Why U Hall Was Wrecked" are
featured.
Claiming the interest of all Ne
braska alumni is the wrecking of the
old main building, the first on the
campus, and long stories of its his
tory and discussions of its present
condition find much space in the
magazine. "U Hall Gives Up Long
Fight," "Had Troublous History,"
"Difficulties of the Seventies,"
"Why U Hall Was Wrecked," "What
Alumni Think of U Hall," "U Hall
'Wreckings'," and "A New Univer
sity Hall," by Chancellor Samuel
Avery, are some of the featured ar
ticles. A survey of the football season,
ncluding a short summary of the
Huskers games this fall, is included.
Other sport articles are: "A Survey
of College Football," "Basketball
Squad Starts Practice," and "Cali
fornia's Husker Eleven,"
Starrels Speaks at
Ag College Today
Rabbi S. Starrels of the Jewish
Reform church of Lincoln will speak
at the College of Agriculture at
12:20 today in the parlors of the
Home Economics building.
The meeting is under the auspices
of the College of Agriculture Y. W.
C. A. and all women are- invited to
attend.
Rabbi Starrr' will speak Wednes
day noon at the World Forum lunch
eon at the Grand Hotel.
Only
Shopping
Days Ift Until
CHRISTMAS
Actual Play in Football Game Lasts
Only 10 Minutes Says Coach Schulte
Is sixty minutes of football sixty
minutes? The spectator would say
'No," and add that to his best know
ledge he sat in the stands for two
hours at the Nebraska-Notre Dame
game. Coach "Indian" Schulte
could tell you that it lasts only ten
minutes.
This isn't guess work, but the re
sult of an investigation on the part
of the Husker track coach. While
at Lawrence, the afternoon following
the annual Valley cross country run.
the coach, with several other mem
bers of the cross country team, arm
ed with split-second watches, kept
an accurate account of the time lost
between plays, and the duration of
the plays during the Missouri-Kan
sas battle.
Make Careful Timing
From the time the ball was de-
lared dead by the official, until it
was snapped back from center, two
watches caught the waste time. Then
two other watches timed the plays
from the snapped ball until the play
was stopped. The results of this
interested the coach to the extent
that he had members of his coaching
class take the same data of the game
here on Thanksgiving.
Of the actual playing time in the
Husker-Irish conflict, which totaled
sixty minutes, only 10 minutes, 20.3
seconds, were used in advancing the
ball by the two teams. In this time
143 plays were executed by the two
teams. Notre Dame lost an average
of 23 seconds of official time be
tween each play. The Husker play-
WRESTLING
MEET-OPENS
First Bouts in Interfraternity
Contest Scheduled This
Afternoon
ENTRANTS WILL WEIGH IN
Fraternity wrestlers will have a
chance to test their skill this after
noon in the first interfraternity
wrestling meet, which will be held at
4 o'clock in the Armory. Each fra
ternity will be allowed to enter one
man in each event, but a full team of
eight men is not necessary.
The meet will hp conducted under
Missouri Valley ruiei.
The eight classes are: 108 lb.. 115
lb., 125 lb., 135 lb., 145 lb., 158 lb.,
175 lb., and heavyweight. A two
pound allowance is made in each of
the classes. - i
Because of the inexperience of I
most of the contestants the bouts will
only be six minutes long, instead of
the regulation eight minutjs. The
finals will be eighi minute
bouts.
Trophies at Stake
The N Club will present trophies
to the winning teams.
Fraternities having men entered
in the contests must see that they
are weighed in by 4 o'clock this af
ternoon.
Wrestling will start at 4 o'clock
and will go on until 6 o'clock. If
enough men are entered the meet
will be continued tomorrow. In any
case, the preliminaries will be fin
ished up by Thursday, when the fi
nals will be held, if present plans
work out.
Any fraternity man who is satis
factorily carrying at least twelve
hours, is eligible to compete. For
Delta Chi fraternity DeFord, 135,
and Brainard, 175, will probably
wrestle. Weber, 125, Lang, 145,
Garrer, 115, Rehller, 158, Blessing,
175, and Pospisil, heavyweight, will
be in the meet for Theta Chi. For
Pi Kappa Alpha there will be Kel
low, Lee, Randels, and Negus.
Pioneer Nebraska
Indian Warfare in
On the way to attack an Indian
camp the thought brought a real
thrill to the pioneer soldier.
Such an experience is described in
"Nebraska History and Record of
Pioneer Days" by C. S. Munhall, of
Callaway, Nebraska, when the sev
enth U. S. cavalry marched to the
battle of Washita.
The cavalry left their camp near
Fort Hayes, Kansas, October 6.
1869, marching in a' southwestward
ly direction, arrived at F' rt Dodge.
At Camp Besver Creek, they were
Joined by General Sheridan and his
staff with two companies of Kansas
volunteers.
Both crossed the Canadian river
through floating ice and snow, and
continued southwest toward the
Washita mountains, supplied only
with one hundred rounds of ammu
nition. The trail was now taken up
by the scouts with three Osagea ln
the lead. At their signal, on Nov
ember 23,1868, the column .halted
and saw the villages of the Black
1925.
ers lost 31.5 seconds per play.
In the Kansas-Missoci grfd bat
tle there were 140 plays executed in
10 minutes, 51.5 seconds. Kansas
lost on an average of 27 seconds per
down, with Missouri slightly slower
than the Jayhawkers and somewhat
faster than the Huskers in the dis
patch of plays with an everage of
30.3 seconds. Notre Dame holds the
speed record.
End Runs Take Time
The investigation pointed out that
the average line play of no gain, or
perhaps a yard or two,, took only
about three seconds of playing time.
A sweeping end run, or a completed
forward pass competed for honors
with punts, in consuming the great
est amount of time.
STORM WAVE
HITS LINCOLN
Biting Wind and Stinging
Snow Make Students
Seek Shelter
FAIR WEATHER AHEAD
A sharp wind and gusts of sting
ing snow swept into the faces af the
students as they scurried from build
ing to building Monday. There
wasn't much loitering on the walks.
Even the Social Science porch was
deserted. Radiators were the popu
lar places.
The storm began in Lincoln at 4
o'clock Monday morning. By Mon
day night the estimated snow fall
was over an inch.
Temperature Falls Steadily
The temperature fell gradually all
morning and reached twenty degrees
above zero at noon. At 5 o'clock
the weather bureau in Brace labor
atory estimated the temperature at
nineteen degrees, with the mercury
still moving lower. They predict
ed a minimum temperature of fif
teen degrees for Tuesday morning.
Snow was still falling.
The storm covered the entire
state. Snowfall was heaviest in the
northwestern part, ranging from
four to six inches. It reached a
depth of fourteen inches in Chey
enne. Tuesday would be slightly, colder
and fair, it was predicted.
Knew It Was Coming
Since the three-inch fall in Oct
ober, practically no snow has fallen:
and, according to the bureau, move
ments of the high and low pressure
areas indiated that the storm was to
ibe expected.
Just a year ago, the country was
in the grip of a severe cold snap.
The mercury hovered near the zero
point rather consistently. December
16 the temperature was two degrees
above zero; December 18 it fell to
six below, reaching a low point of
eight degrees December 19, after
which it rose again. Eight and one
half inches of snow fell last Decem
ber. COLLINS TALKS IN MUSEUM
Curator Gives Lecture on "English
Scenery" Sunday
F. C. Collins, assistant curator of
the museum, gave an interesting lec
ture in the museum last Sunday af
ternoon. The subject of the lecture
was "English Scenery." A good
number of people attended.
Next Sunday afternoon, Miss
Shanafelt will give a talk on "Ne
braska Birds, Animals, and Flowers."
This talk will be illustrated by col
ored lantern slides. These lectures
are open to students.
Soldier Writes of
State's Early Days
Kettle tribe. Their own Ctoud or
ganization consisted of four com
mands, one of which was sent miles
below.
Attacked at Day Break
"All were to attack at the first
dawn of day, when the bua-Ie charge
would be sounded and Custer's
mounted band would play "Garry
Owen" ae it always did in going into
battle," writes Mr. Mundall In his
account.
"We caught them napping," he
adds with a decisive note. The In
dian warriors, with considerable con
fusion but with determined resist
ance, rushed for trees and ravines.
Ten minutes after the charge, the
lodges and all their contents were
in the possession of the cavalry and
volunteers.
Indians Hard Tc Dislodge
"But the real fightbic. rarelv. t
ever, equalled In Indian warfare, be
gan when we attempted to dislodge
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PRICE 5 CENTS.
CHORUS SINGS
'THE MESSIAH'
ON THURSDAY
Date for Annual Christmas
Production of Oratorio
Is Changed
CLASSES NOT DISMISSED
But Students Wishing to Attend Will
Be "Excused from Conflict
ing Classes"
The thirteenth annual Christmas
production of Handel's "Messiah"
will be given by the University chor
us, under the direction of Mrs. Car
rie B. Raymond, on Thursday, Dec
ember 17, at 10 o'clock, instead of
on Friday, as has always been the
custom.
Although it was originally an
nounced that the oratorio would be
sung on Friday, it has definitely been
decided to give the production on
Thursday.
Orchestra To Assist
The University orchestra, direct
ed by William T. Quick, will assist
in the production.
Classes will not be dismissed, as
they have in years gone by. How
ever, all students wishing to attend
The Messiah" will be allowed to do
so, and they will be "excused from
conflicting classes."
Soloists who will have parts in the
oratorio are:
Harriet Cruise, soprano.
Edward Ellingson, tenor.
Katherine Dean, contralto.
Herman Decker, bass.
Soloists with the orchestra will be:
Edward Walt, first violin.
Ernest Harrison, second violin.
William T. Quick, viola.
Lillian Eiche, violincello.
Mark Pierce, bass.
Don Berry, trumpet.
Fleda Graham, piano.
Edith Burlington, organ. .
"The Messiah" was written' in
1741 by the famed composer, George
Handel. It is a portrayal of the com
ing of the Savior and is annually
produced at many places a Christ-,
mas time.
The program:
"The Prophesy"
Tenor: "Comfort Ye, My People,"
"Every Valley Shall Be Exatled."
Chorus: "And the Glory of the Lord"
Bass: "Thus Saith the Lord of
Hosts", "But Who' May Abide the
Day of His Coming".
"The Nativit"
Soprano: "There Were Shepherds
Abiding in the Fields".
Chorus: "Glory to God in the High
est." Contralto: "He Shall Feed His
Flock."
Soprano: "Come into Him."
"The Passion"
Chorus: "Behold the Lamb of God."
Contralto: "He Was Despised."
Chorus: "Surely He has Borne Our
Griefs.'
Tenor: "Thy Rebuke Has Broken His
Heart, But Thou Didst Not Leave
His' Heart."
Chorus: "Lift Up Your Heads O Ye
Gates."
"The Resurrection"
Soprano: "I Know That My Re
deemer Liveth."
Quartet and Chorus: "Since By Man
Came Death."
Bass: "The Trumpet Shall Sound."
(Trumpet obligato by Don Berry).
Chorus: "Hallilujah, The Lord God
Omnipotent Reignith."
FERGUSON ISSUES
PERSOHELL SURVEY
Report of National Society Distribut
ed to Engineering Faculty
By Dean
Dean Ferguson is distributing to
the members of the Engineering col
lege faculty, in pamphlet form, the
report of the committee of the So
ciety for the Promotion of Engi
neering Education on "Teaching
Personnel."
The report contains data relative
to the sources from which engineer
ing teachers are drawn, such ar
rangements as may be made for the
permitting of younger ten ders to
advance in their profession, the sal.
aries paid to various grades of in
structors, the tendency of Instruct
ors to leave the profession and entor
the industry, and the degrees held
by teachers.
The actual annual loss of tairhera
to professions, as disclond by the
pamphlet, is 6.75 per cent The per
centage of teachers changing posi
tions in institutions is ten per cent.
In both these esses the largest per
centage is applicable to Inst
ships rather than professorships.
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