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The Daily Nebraskan lTxxv. no. in- MORE INTEREST IS CREATED IN DRILL PROBLEM Two Legion Posts Make) Reso lution! t Followed by Uni versity Student Ideas D1SCUSSEPAT BANQUET H.rriioP Speaks Petrfotismi Then University Student Malt Remarks A dny' development In the com pulsory military drill discussion on Thursday brought out two more resolutions by American Legion posts, five resolutions by social and professional groups on the campus, nd lively discussion of the whole problem of peace, pacifism, and pre paredness at the annual Interde nominational banquet at the Grand Hotel, where Thomas Q. Harrison, of the Youth Movement .spoke on "Patriotism-Pagan or Christian." Interest in the movement . seemed more lively out in the state than on the campus. That the early church was the first peace society was one of the opening thoughts in Mr. Harrison's talk. He first showed an historic justification for pacifism. The great civilizations which have perished, he said, were those that took up the sword. Those which remained paci fist like China and India, have sur vived through centuries, he said. Changing Foreign Policy "It is not the militarists, but the hard-headed econimc imperialists, who will drive us into war," ho pro phesied in discussing the germs of war in our changing foreign policy, which since the Great War is being more and more influenced by the fact that America is riow a great world investing nation with interests in the foreign lands and especially in the Orient and South America. Greed of private interests, he blamed as one of the most potent forces in starting up conflicts. The East is coming to look upon the United States with suspicion, Mr. Harrison said. One of the greatest factors in their rising distrust, he declared, is the spread of military training In the universities. Ameri can students, he believes, should ex tend a hand of friendship to the youth of other countries. Open Discussion A lively open discussion followed in which speakers for -and against compulsory training took part. At the same time the banquet was in session, resolutions in favor of compulsory military drill were an nounced by Sigma Tan, professional engineering fraternity, Alpha Gam ma Rho, Delta Chi, and Lambda Chi Alpha. Earlier in the day, Farm House fraternity had published a similar resolution in the city papers. Over the news service wires came reports of resolutions In favor of (Continued To Page Four) FIRST PRACTICE DRILL OF SEASON M Sigma and Pi Kappa Alpha, Win ners of Interfraternity Shoot, Awarded SIdns The first practice review of the season was staged on the University drill field last night, the companies assembling at 5 o'clock. A feature of the review was the presentation f 'he skins to the Mu Sigmas and ' Kappa Alpha, Winers of first and econd place respectively in the in terfraternity shoot. A very good review," was the way Lieutenant-Colonel F. F. Jewett, Commandant of the Nebraska R. O. T- C. unit characterized it "Of conrse it took a little more time to night because this was the boy's first "Perience in this sort of thing. e'll get some of the rough edges knocked off, and things will go a lit tle smother next time." CONSULT ABODT LIFE WORK Ml Frances Greenough at Univer ;ly To Advis Student g.1?189 Frances Greenough, women's Odent secretary of the Baptist Edu- Sat rd wiU at the University turday, Sunday, and Monday. Miss enough is a member of the Life ruC0Tnmittee of e Council of S Barda of Eation. ences .ere' 6he wil1 told confer ee lth any who may wish to Point ab0Bt life work- AP- Dr or may be arraned through ce'f. J- pPe. An informal re gion will be held for her at the, StetVn,rnt HUse' 1440 Q dock. turday between 3 and i o' t . , "aptist c-irls end t'ivir nre invited tO Til''- t Paintings of Prominent American Contemporary Artists in Display Twenty-Four Canvasses Comprise Collection in Oils To Be on Ex hibit in Art Gallery Uuntil March 1 Twenty-four oil paintings, circu lated by the American Federation of Arts, will be on exhibition in the University Art Gallery from March 19 to 81. This collection is of in terest, both because of the attract iveness of the paintings, and because it contains the works of the most prominent contemporary American artists. Emil Carlson is represented by "Venice." Carlson is one of our foremost accomplished marine paint ers and probably the foremost paint er of still-life in America. All of his works are distinguished by their finish and are infused with an emo tional quality firmly held in check. His landscapes and marines present nature usually in a serene mood, but full of power. Ben Foster's "In the Pine Woods" is low in key and poetic in feeling, as are all of his landscapes. He is one of the thirty-five American art ists represented in the Luxemburg, Paris, which is the highest honor a living pain r can receive from an other nation. Gaspard In Display "Tiensten," by Leon Gaspard, dis play all of his powers as a colorist. He delights in portraying the vivid hfled life of China, Mongolia, and Russia, and of our American In dians. While Mr. Gaspard was on one of his trips to the Orient, he was seized by some Chinese out laws, the notorious Hunghutzes, and was obliged to pay tribute in the form of a portrait painted of their chief, which speaks well for the art istic sense of this tribe. Gaspard's subjects are usually landscapes with many figures. Childe Hassam is the foremost exponent of Impressionism in this country. He paints in both oil and water colors, and his etchings alone would insure his lasting fame. He is represented by two canvasses, "Mouth of Connecticut River," and "Georgian Chair." ; - Levy Has Works Shown t Hayley Levy has one of his most favorite subjects, a harbor scene, "St. Ives." River scenes, the fishing schooners of Gloucester, docked at the picturesque boat landing, and the quaint street scenes of that summer art colony are the subjects most gen erally associated with his name. One of his paintings, "The Crabbers," hangs in the University Art Gallery. It was purchased by the Nebraska Art Association from their annual exhi bition two years ago. Robert Spencer has a painting "The River March," in this collection, He was represented in the Modern Art Exhibition which was on display here in December. The everyday life of ordinary people may be said to interest him most, judging from his paintings. Spencer is of special interest to us because he was born in Nebraska. The Art Gallery will be open to the public on week days from 9 to 5 o'clock and on Sundays from 3 to 6 o'clock. IOWA DEAN VISITS CAMPOS C. A. Phillips Inspects College of Business Administration Dean C. A. Phillips, of the College of Commerce, Iowa State University, paid a visit to the Nebraska College of Business Administration, while on his way to the coast Thursday morn ing. March 18. Dean Phillips, author of the well- known study of economics entitled "Bank Credit," as well as many other works on similar subjects, spent part of the morning inspecting Ne braska's College of Business Admini stration. He took lunch, just before leaving, witH members of the Eco nomics and Business Organization faculty at the University club. WEATHER FORECAST Friday: Unsettled; probably rain; not much change in temper ature. Weather Conditions Maximum temperatures of 70 or above occurred yesterday throughout Nebraska and Kansas and. in the western parts of Mis souri and Iowa, and temperatures are above freezing this morning throughout the' Missouri valley, attended by considerable cloudi ness but no rainfall as yet except North Dakota and Montana. arm and cloudy weather prevails 1 1 the southwest ana rain has iau in Texas and Louisana. Tem- npmtnres have risen rapidly in the Mississippi valley and the Lake region. THOMAS A. ELAIR, I.Ieteorolocist THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, Muslo Students Go on Week-End Concert Tour The A Cappclla choir, consist ing of forty-five students of the University School of Music, under the direction of Dean John M. Rosborough, left Thursday noon for a week-end tour 'to Kansas City, where they will sing Sunday afternoon and evening. Their program also includes concerts at Falls City Thursday evening, and at St. Jocsph, Mo., Friday and Saturday evenings. They will re turn Monday. LOVING CUP IS SENT MU SIGMA National Engineering Fraferni ty Receives Token from Graduates SERVICES ARE WEDNESDAY A silver loving cup will be present ed by seven graduates of '25, in hon or of the whole class Wednesday eve ning by Prof. Clark E. Mickey to Mu Sigma, National Engineering fraternity. The idea expressed by the doners of the cup is that every year the per son with the highest scholastic aver age shall have his name engraved up on it They also wished that the person with the highest scholastic attainment for the year 1925-26 should have his name on the cup. A high individual standing means a fraternity of high standing. The graduates believe the cup would be an incentive towards higher scholas tic average. Edward R. Bickord, employed by the Empire Company of Oklahoma, sent the cup to the Engineering De partment. ENGINEERS HEAD KAVAHADCH TALE "More Real One and Less Politicians Are Needed," Declares Pennsylvanian "More engineers and less politi cians are needed in the engineering problems of today," declared Prof. W. H. Kavanaugh, of the University of Pennsylvania, in an after-dinner talk to the members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at the Grand Hotel Thursday evening. Prof. Kavanaugh is a member of the committee of A. S. M. E. that looks after the branches in different parts of the cojjntry. - Thirty members of the local sec tion attended the dinner. The speak er was introduced by Prof. J. W. Haney, of the Engineering depart ment. Discusses History Prof. Kavanaugh discussed the his tory and purpose of the A. S. M. E. The society was organized in 1880. At first it was only, for graduate en gineers but after several years stu dent branches were started. At present there's eighty-eight branch es throughout the country. The to tal membership of the society is be- twen sixteen and seventeen thousand. "There are three advantages of having student branches," stated Prcf .Kavanaugh in speaking of how the student branches of this society cam eto be started. "There is an ad vantage to the society, an advantage to the school, and An advantage to the student." According to the speaker, student branches keep up .the membership of the society, promote more interest in the school in which they are, and probably attract more people to the institution. Teaches Men Speaking Ability "One advantage of having student organizations is that it teaches men to talk before a group of men. This training is very important in the business life of an engineer," con tinued Mr. Kavanaugh. in discussing the engineering pro fession, the speaker expressed his hope that engineers would take more interest in public affairs, particularly politics, since most of the public im- 'provements are engineering prob- lems. Mr. Kavanaugh urged the en gineering students to think of the i large problems that face the modern ! engineers, to broaden their point of ! view as much as possible, i The A. S. M. E. is offering a prize !of $150 for the best essay on "The Effect of the Cotton-gin on the His tory of America foi the Tirst Seven ty Years." Two other prizes of ?25 each are offered for thabest papers ' on any mechar.ic-al engineering sub- ' ject POOL STATES REASONS FOR LATE PLEDGING It Would Bring Up Standards Of Fraternities and of The University MEN PICKED WITH CARE Raise Scholastic Standing! Do Away With Frictioni and Cat Select Croup of Men "I am in favor of second semester pledging, in fact, of sophomore pled ging," declared Dr. R. J. Pool, chair man of Interfraternity Council, Wed nesday, in an interview with a repre sentative of The Daily Nebraskan. According to Dr. Pool, such a sys tem would give the fraternities time to pick the men they wanted more deliberately and carefully, thus en abling them to get a really select group of men; would raise scholas tic standing of the fraternity; would enable the fraternity to be run with less friction J and would eliminate some of the class of men coming to school merely to get a pin. "Undoubtedly this would be a benefit to the University," stated Dr Pool. "It would raise the entire standard of fraternities. Fraternity men are naturally university students as are other men. Their activities good or bad, reflect on the Univer sity as a whole. Thi3 system ought to help raise the general standing of fraternities in the matter of schol arship and the other ideals that they are supposed to stand for. In schol arship, records of the man's work in his first year of school could be ex amined, and a better knowledge of his ability and character could be obtained." Better Than Present System "I am not ready to say that the University ought to adopt it at once," he continued, "but I do think it would be a better system than the one we have at present. It would mean a good deal of confusion until the scheme had been put into work ing orderit would take two or three years posibly. But that does not mean much when we think of the permanence of the University and the future possibilities of fraternities." There is some feeling among the fraternities now, Dr. Pool believes, that it would be a good thing to adopt this system, although by a fraternity vote it would probably be defeated now. In his opinion local fraterni ties are coming to take the interfra ternity point of view, seeing that it is necessary to deal with the frater nity problem as a broad interfra ternity matter. "When there is a feeling," he asserted, "that fraterni ties ought all to get together and face their common problems as a unit, they will see the wisdom of sec ond semester and sophomore pledg ing." Avoid Popular Criticism He stressed the point that there is a good deal of popular criticism of fraternities based on the feeling that as these organizations are selective groups, they should accomplish the most worthwhile things in school. Since they don't, there is a feeling against them, for the public thinks they are not living up to their oppor tunities and obligations. He pointed out that if the fraternities had a semester or year in which to look over the freshmen they would be (Continued To Page Three) Attempt to Mark Historical Spots Of Nebraska Is Sponsored by D.A.R. An interesting and unusual ac count of an effort to mark the his torical spots of Nebraska is given in the "Nebraska History and Record of Pioneer Days." A movement for the purpose of keeing alive the love of country through the reservation of historical spots has been started by the Daugh ters of the American Revolution. Ni-ku-mi chapter of Blair, Nebraska, is gathering data as to the exact loca tions and dates of historical spots of Nebraska with the idea of erecting suitable markers. Local history becomes the original source material from which not only the annals, but the drama, novel, and poetry of a future community will be written. These markers will stand as a monument to the ambi tious, perseversnt, and sterling qualities cf our pioneers and will be an incentive to the present and future generations to think a little more deeply and seriously of the things really worth while. In 1803 President Jefferson start ed an expedition to explore the United States' newly acquired posses sion, "The Louisiana Purchase," which was then a vast region of I country reaching from the Red river of the South to the Bntish posses sions, and .from the MiVKis:ppi to 'the Pacific His pr: ..,:, ycret.-.rr, ' FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1926. Information Concerning Compulsory Military Drill Issued by Chancellor Dergsten and Norling Receive Appointment Two assistant business mana gers for the 1926 Cornhusker staff were chosen at a meeting of the Student Publication Board on Thursday afternoon. The men chosen were Ralph Bergsten, '28, Omaha, and Oscar Norling, '28, Litchfield. HOSKERS ARGUE SOUTH DAKOTA Debate Wednesday Evening; Fifth Time Two Have Met NO DECISION TO BE MADE When Nebraska debaters meet South Dakota next Wednesday eve ning, it will be the fifth time that the two schools have met in interscholas tic -debating competition. The Ne braska spokesmen have met the South Dakota debate representatives annu ally since 1922, and although no decisions have been made as to the winner, the contests have been hotly argued with the decisions being awarded only in the minds of the audience. The no-decision debate has met with much approval in interscholastic debate circles, in that it allows the audience to partake in the discussion of the subject at the close of the formal argument in the form of open-forum discussions, conducted by the presiding officer.' With the timely question, "Should Congress Be Given Power to Regulate Child Labor," being debated upon next Wednesday evening, it is expected that the open-forum feature .of the contest will again be quite lengthy. - Nebraska Has Affirmatire Nebraska will uphold the affirma tive, team being composed of Lin coln Frost, '27 Lincoln; Edward G. Jennings, '26, Lincoln; David Sher, '28, Omaha; and Reginald Miller, '29, Lincoln. Tickets are on sale at the College Book Store, Latsch Brothers, the University Y .M. C. A., and the Stu dent Activities office, besides being available from members of the ticket committee on the campus. Group reservations may be made through the business manager or sales repre sentatives. The tickets are fifty cents each. Mbmbers of the ticket committee follow: Edith Sadler, Ruth MacLeron, Elizabeth Ortman, Oral Rose Jack, Millicent Ginn, Alex McKie, Robert Hoagland, Dwight Wallace, Wendell Cameron, Laddimer Hubka, Hafrold Zimmer, William Cejnar, Eldred Lar son, Merle Jones, Robert Weller and W. Smith. The Nebraska negative debaters meet the University of Iowa debate team next Thursday evening, March 25 At Iowa City. The team to make the trip will consist of Ralph G. Brooks, '27, Lincoln; George Healey, '28, Lincoln; Lloyd Marti, '27, Lin coln; and Munro Kezer, '29, Fort Collins, Colorado. Captain Lewis, and Captain Clark, both of whom were officers in the army, were detached for this peril ous undertaking. Not until July 30, 1804, did the party reach the place on the Missouri river, now known as Ft. Calhoun, where they held their council with the Indians on August 3. These men were the first white men to be camped on Nebraska soil. At this point the government estab lished Ft Atkinson in 1819. It was later abandoned in 1827. It is the hope of Nt-ku-mi Chapter that in the very near .future the site of old Ft. Atkinson may be preserved for future generations. The D. A. R.'s expect to ask the aid of every chapter in the state and to take the matter up with congress, asking for an appropriation to establish a state or national park at old Ft Atkinson. Ft Calhoun was taken as a claim by John -Goss, in the summer of 1854 and was soon after turned over to a company, but was not laid out in blocks and lots until 1855. In July, 1854 ,a party starting "from Quincy, 111., to colonize Ne braska territory, reached Omaha, which had just been laid out Tiy the Nebraska and Council Bluffs Stenm Ferry Co. It is said that this latter company, becoming alarmed at the Ihiued To Prr? Tc-r) Wisconsin Has Decrease of One Half Since a New Ruling Has Been Enforced) Personnel of Advanced Courses Decreased Attempting to secure accurate In formation on the question of com pulsory military training, the follow ing data has been secured and offer ed for publication by the Chancellor's office: During the school year 1922-23 there were registered at the Uni versity of Wisconsin 7386 college students of whom 1528 took nyli tary training. The law making mili tary training voluntary at the Uni versity of Wisconsin went into ef fect for the school year 1923-34 During this year there were regist tered in the military department 1126. In the school year 1924-25 the registration was 1124. During the present school year the registra tion is 804. If military training had been retained as a required subject for freshmen and sophomores, the registration in the military depart ment at Wisconsin, in view of the growth of the student body would be over 1700 instead of 804 as at pres ent Professor Issues Statement The professor of military science and tactics at the University of Wis consin states positively that he has never made any statement to the ef fect that military training at Wis consin is better since made volun tary. He further states that since this training is no longer a fresh man or sophomore requirement, the personnel from which to select men qualified to pursue the advanced course has dangerously decreased and that the reserve corps product in fu ture years from the University will fall below the quota for replacements desired by the United States War Department. MUSICAL NUDBBRS FEATURE PROGRAU Flute and Piano Selections are Pre sented at Convocation In . Temple Theater The musical convocation given in the Temple Theater, Thursday at 11 o'clock, consisted of a group of se lections by Rex Elton Fair, flutist, and Earnest Harrison, pianist. The program presented was: Sonate Number 3 Handel Adigo , Allegro Andante Bouree Minuett Romance J German Andalouse Passard Minuett (Old Style) Fair Nocturne Op. 2, No. 2 Chopin Characteristic Russian Piece ....Popp This same concert will be repeat ed Sunday afternoon, March 21, in the Art Gallery of the Library, at 4 o'clock, for the benefit of those who were unable to attend the convoca tion. NINETY-TWO ELEMENTS EXIST Swezey Reports on New Scientific Discovery of IHinum Prof. G. D. Swezey reports there are ninety-two elements in the uni verse, and that the latest discov ery of a new element was made p few days ago by a University of Chicago professor, who found the element while analyzing some of the refuse from manufacturing -plants, applying it to tests. The result was the discovery of this new element which now leaves only four elements to be discovered by scientists. The University of Chicago's professor's ,name is not known at this time, as he desired to keep his identity hidden until a la ter date. He named the new ele ment Hlinium, after the state of niinois. Associated Women's Students Stop Teas The weekly teas given every. Thursday at Ellen. Smith Hall by members of the Associated Women's Student Board have been definitely postponed. Arrangements for the teas are made by the general tea committee, of which Catherine Mc Whinney is chcirman. The last tes, hcM March 4, typified the season in its motif, the "Mad March Hare," adapted from "Alice in Wonderland." Oldest Book at McCI'J T.TcGIIl university claims to hsvp ? ol.lest bcx.k in ti'" "f-. It 5 r --e f.r. PRICE 5 CENTS. NINETY GRID MEN PRESENT AT BANQUET Cornhuskers Entertained by Athletic Board ; Bearg Pre sides At Dinner SCOTT TRACES FOOTBALL "Nebraska Spirit" has Been Feared By Other Teams, He Telia Crowd Members of the Husker football squad attended a dinner given by the Athletic Board for them last night at the University Club. Many of the men were unable to attend, but there were about ninety present. Coach E. E. Bearg presided at the dinner, and immediately after the meal was concluded, he introduced all the members of the Athletic Board as the hosts of the evening. Prof. R. D. Scott acted as spokesman for the Board. He spoke, tracing the Nebraska football teams since their beginning, and showed how "Nebras ka spirit" has always been feared by other teams. Ed Weir, captain and all-American tackle of last year's team, thanked the Athletic Board for the dinner, and said that he was sure that the Huskers that will wear Nebraska's colors will keep up the fighting spirit. . Newman Will Not Return Dick Newman, coach of the fresh man squad, was asked to say a few words. It was announced that he would not be here next falL Lonnie Stiner, captain-elect, and Charles Black, the new basketball coach, were introduced. Chancellor Avery spoke a few words, saying that he was very well impressed with the squad. A playlet, written by Owen Frank, was presented. It pointed out the importance of maintaining a good scholastic standing. Owen Frank played the part of Dean Engberg, much to the amusement of the Dean. Gregg McBride, Lincoln Star sports writer, impersonated the various freshmen who were brought before the Dean. ! Leon Spregwo- -did -mM - as an upperciassman. jjoc .Mc Lean, football trainer, was an old- timer. Coach Bearg acted himself. Had Three Purposes The banquet had a three-fold pur pose. First, it was a tribute to tne old team. The importance of keep ing eligible for athletices was stressed throughout. Lastly, it was shown what great value was attached to spring practice. Coach Bearg said that next fall, Nebraska is going to concentrate her efforts toward win ning the Valley Championship, which was the big fault of last season's rec ord. John Curtis, an alumnus of Ne braska, gave a talk to close the eve ning. He showed what an honor it was to wear an "N." He urged the men to keep up their studies. TRACK MEN BEGIN ON OUTSIDE T70R5 Coach Schulte Has Squad Limbering- Up; Berths on Team Can Still Be Had Rumors of Coach Schulte taking Locke, Weir and Rhodes to the Texas relays are nothing more than rumors, and as Coach Schulte said, "We don't know a thing about it" At the first of the season plans were laid to at tend the relays but these never ma tured and the matter was dropped. The squad was enjoying the out side atmosphere and taking it easy in general. There is bo much differ ence from indoor and outdoor track that the men have to begin over again and adjust themsedves to the new conditions. Roberts, Searles, and Zimmerman loosened up in the half mile, and Dailey ran a flight of 110-yard low hurdles in 12.7 sec onds. Rhodes was practicing in the high jump. Stephens and Shaner were both getting over 20 feet in the broad jump. I About 250 men are reporting for track and working out every day. This is not enough, according to Coach Schult-e, for on the outdoor track, there is room to accomodate 500 men. Schulte wishes to impress the men that great openings for the places -on the team will be had and that work must be done now to try to fill them.' Swezey Will Talk at Campus Observatory The observatory on the car-pus will be open to the public from 7 to 10 o'clock next Tuesday even ing. At 8 o'clock a ih-rt tr&Ud. H-rt.re v. IX .e fitin ly T. f. i Fwerr, ft V f- r- : : . f t :'h.