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The Daily Iowan The Student Newspaper of the State University of Iowa Vol. XVIII--Nw Series Vol. III Iowa City, Iowa, Tuesday, February 4, 1919 Number 52 IOWA HAS SPLENDID TRACK PROSPECTS FOR 1919 SEASON _________ Twelve Members of Last Year's Championship Team Back to Compete _________ IOWA MEETS AMES HERE _________ Director Jones Has Field Meet with Gophers Practically Assured _________ Iowa is to have another great track team this spring if present indications hold true. About twelve members of last year's championship aggregation are back in school eagerly waiting for the first call to the cinders by Trainer Jack Watson. Jack is highly elated over the prospects of again trimming the Aggies at their own game this season. Last year, the Hawkeyes won the state meet at Des Moines for the first time in a good many seasons, nosing Ames out of the championship in the very last event. Track athletics at Iowa, for the first time, have taken a prominent place in the eyes of the fans and this year elaborate plans are being laid for extensive conquests. Captain Greenwood should have no trouble in maintaining his reputation as the best discus man in the state when he competes with the rival weight men at the state classic. He was never pushed to win in the meets of 1918 and his work was remarkably consistent. Beside the veteran captain the following members of last year's championship team are in the University now: Holiday of Corydon, pole vaulter; Brigham of Iowa City, winner of the high jump in the state meet; Berrien of Iowa City, winner of the broad jump in the Ames-Iowa meet; McDowell of Lamona, dash man; Smith of Iowa City, 440-yard dash man; Stoner of Fort Doge, 440-yard dash man; Mockmore of Wilton Junction, weight man; Richard Young, of Creston, two miler, Justin of Iowa City, dash man, and Page of Ida Grove, hurdler. In addition to these men, there are several likely candidates among the 1918 freshman squad and men returned from service. Wallen of Iowa City, who has been in the army for the last years, has returned to Iowa and will be a valuable man for Jack Watson. The big fellow is a shot putter of no mean ability, with admirable form developed during years of experience. He was formerly a member of the Old Gold squad before he left to enter the service. Slater is also a weight man that will have to be reckoned with. An interesting battle should be fought between the giant football man and Wallen for first honors in their event. Director Howard Jones has secured a meet with Ames to be held on Iowa Field May 3. This annual cinder path battle between the two old rivals has always been held at Ames until this year, but it is the opinion of the athletic director that Iowa fans will be enthusiastic enough this spring to want to see this meet on Hawkeye territory. Other dual meets will be arranged for the team before the state meet is held. While no definite date has been set, a meet with Minnesota at Minneapolis is practically certain now. Preparations for the coming season are being made and it is likely that the mean will begin training in a short time. SONG BOOKS FREE TONIGHT _________ Every Man Formerly in Service is Entitled to Copy _________ The ninety-page army song book which is to be distributed to all former army men at the mass meeting this evening at 7:15 includes a variety of melodies popular with men in camps. In additional to national and patriotic songs and sacred hymns, are good old Dixie tunes, Scottish melodies and songs of Erin. Even Mr. Zip, K-K-Katy, and Goodbye Mule appear with clever illustrations. The army song book is issued by the war department commission on training camp activities. It was compiled with assistance of the national committee on army and navy camp music and is designed for free distribution to all officers and men in the army. Before the signing of the armistice the government had planned to give every man of the S.A.T.C. a copy of the collection, and since the books have been printed they will be given to all men formerly in the service. _________ ENGINEERS LEAD IN BIG Y.M.C.A DRIVE _________ Able Committees of the Several Colleges Are Canvassing for Membership _________ With the clock-face at the central entrance to the campus indicating the progress of the campaign, and one day of the big push gone, the Y.M.C.A. officials are et for greater efforts today. The engineers lead at the present time in the Y.M.C.A drive with a larger per cent of their number signed up than any other college in the University. Although the engineers were still ahead when the latest reports came in, the dents are gaining and running a close second. The college of medicine is third and not far behind. One account of the difficulty of getting the reports from all the canvassers, statistics are far from complete and many more members have been secured than have been announced. At the freshman lectures yesterday cards were given out which the men agreed to sign and return to-day. Faculty members are to be canvassed sometime during the day. Fraternities were reached last night but no announcement of pledges secured have been made. An able committee is in charge of the work in the various colleges. Harold Rigler is directing the drive. The four class presidents of the college of medicine are pushing the campaign among the medics. Others in charge are: Paul Dahlen, pharmacy; Ray Wyckoff, homopathic medicine; Horace Touesley, applied science; Edward Rate, law; Jay Stewart dentistry; George Wilcox, graduate college; and Richard Young, liberal arts. Although the drive closes to-night, new members will be taken in at any time during the year. _________ PROM DATE IS MARCH 14 The Junior Prom date has been changed to March 14. The former date set, March 28, fell within the spring recess. The Prom is not to be the first formal of the year. The sophomore cotillon will be held earlier in the season. _________ BREAKFAST COMMITTEE WAS OMITTED IN IOWAN In giving the senior committees in Sunday's issue of The Iowan, the senior breakfast committee was omitted. The following members have been appointed on it: Ward Sperry, chairman. Eleanor Steinberg, Lena Richmond, Beatrice Beam, Dorothy Hull, Marcia de Bey, Lora Cole, Ronald Reed. The senior memorial committee is composed of Fred O. Parrish, chairman, R.J. Phillips, William Hemping, Carl A. Wackerbarth, Marjorie Coast. _________ SECOND LIEUTENANTS FOR R.O.T.C. ARE CHOSEN BY CAPTAIN _________ Believed That Col. Mumma Will Direct All R.O.T.C. Units in Iowa Colleges _________ Expect 800 to Enroll _________ Woolen Uniforms Will Be Furnished By Government to Students Free of Charge _________ Those men who are to serve as second lieutenants in the R.O.T.C. at Iowa were picked yesterday by Captain A.L. Lane, following his selection earlier in the week of the officers of higher rank, the names of whom were previously published. Capt. Lane based his selection upon the military records of the men at headquarters. His final choice of the student "shave-tails" marks the end of a most trying task in picking the men whom he believes most capable of filling the responsible positions as instructors of the military. The students receiving appointments as second lieutenants, are: Robert R. Vogt-Co. A; C.J. Woodruff-Co. B; Charles V. Brown-Co. C; Marquis M. Smith-Co. D; Cloyde Shellady-Co. E; A.K. Walling-Co. F; Leonard C.Dean-Co. G; Alan Rockwood-Co. H. Col. Morton C. Mumma, who will reassume his duties here as commandant of the R.O.T.C. unit, is expected to arrive the early part of the week. Capt. Lane, now acting as commandant pending the arrival of Co. Mumma, and Lieut. R.C. Gore, assistant professor of military science, will undaubtedly remain here to aid Col. Mumma. It is rumored at military headquarters that Iowa's former military head will be placed in charge of all the R.O.T.C. units at colleges throughout the state of Iowa. Such an officer will be appointed by the war department, and Col. Mumma, because of his wide experience and high rank, would be the logical choice for the position. In accordance with the government ruling that one regular army officer be in charge of every two hundred men in the R.O.T.C., there will probably be four such officers at Iowa, as it is expected that the total enrollment of student soldiers here will climb close to the 800 mark, when all have registered. At present, nearly 125 men who have not fulfilled in the requirements of the University in regard to drill credit, have failed thus far to register for the work here. A number of the men are being measured this week for uniforms ________________________ (continued o page four) DIRECTORY IN THE MAKING _________ University Editor Gets Copy From Registrar's Office Today _________ Students directories may be out this week. The material from the office of the registrar will be in the hands of the University editor today. The man who met a pretty girl at the mixer and just can't forget her, but doesn't know where she lives, may step blithely to the phone next week and perhaps, if she remembers him, got the date for which he has been pining. Those who were careless and did not leave their address with the registrar may listen in vain to be called to the phone, for even "Information" doesn't know everyone's number. President of organizations will be able to reach the few faithful who attend meetings when personally notified. Literary societies can inform delinquent members of fines incurred without wasting a stamp and an envelope on them, and efficiency will pick up in all activities. _________ ITALIAN HARPIST TO GIVE CONCERT _________ Is Called the Wizard of the Harp and Has Played for Italian Royal Court _________ Signor Alberto Salvi, Italian harpist, will appear in concert at the natural science auditorium Thursday evening, Feb. 6. Having appeared before the Italian Royal Court and in the leading musical centers of Europe and America, Signor Salvi has been declared the wizard of the harp. In addition to his virtuosity at the harp, Signor Salvi is a skilled pipe-organist, symphony director, and a composer whose works are being used by artists both in America and abroad, and whose grand opera, "Count Verdi," was produced with success by the Milan Opera company. When Salvi appeared at the Chicago Grand Opera auditorium, Herman Devries said in the Chicago American: "The performance gave us another of Mr. Campanini's surprises. Salvi played with extraordinary delicacy of touch and shading and succeeded in awakening the first big enthusiasm of the day. In my eighteen years' residence in this city I have never heard such complete mastery of the harp." Tickets for the Salvi concert are one dollar plus the ten cent war tax. Salvi comes to the University to fill an open date and at the instance of a number of guarantors. The guarantors for the concert are Prof. W.E. Hays, Margaret Hays, Miriam Chase, W.I. Pratt, Mrs. George Albright, Mrs. Walter N. Lewis, Mrs. I.B. Lee; Mary Anderson, Mrs. Helen Winery, Mrs. Preston Coast, Edith Koontz, and Dale E. Carroll. _________ PHI PSI DEFEATS SIGMA CHI Phi Kappa Psi defeated Sigma Chi 8 to 1 in the first of a series of panhellenic basketball games on the armory floor last night. Superior guarding of the Phi Psi team kept the ball in their opponent's territory during most of the game. Baskets by Parker and Reed, and goals from fouls by Captain Corht gave Phi Psi the victory. Meadows and Attaberry displayed the most successful floor work for Sigma Chi. _________ MME. FRANCIS HUARD PROMINENT AUTHOR WILL SPEAK HERE _________ Author of "My Home on Field of Mercy" and Other Books is Versatile Lecturer _________ MME. WILL APPEAR FEB. 19 _________ Best Critics Rank Mme. Huard Leader in War Work and Lecturing _________ "My Home in the Field of Honor," is the subject of the fourth University lecture to be given by Baroness Huard of France, daughter of Francis Wilson, actor, in the natural science auditorium, Wednesday evening, Feb. 19. Madame Huard will illustrate her address by pictures which she had taken while fleeing before the advance of General Von Kluck's army. The author of two narrative books: "My Home in the Field of Mercy," dealing with events of the war as they came under direct observation. La Baronne Huad is well fitted to speak upon the subject she has chosen. American born, but French by education and marriage, the Baroness was living a quiet but luxurious life in her chateau sixty miles northeast of Paris and near Chateau Thierry, when the German army invaded France. Unwilling to believe in the stories of the creed "Kultur," she remained behind the fleeing refugees, ministering in every possible way to their needs as they passed her home. One morning she came to realize that, with the exception of a few young servants, she was absolutely alone in the war zone. At two o'clock she made a haird breath escape before General Von Kluck arrived at 4:00 to make her chateau his headquarters. When the tide of battle turned, the Baroness and her little party returned triumphant across the still smoking battle field, only to find her exquisite chateau looted and defiled, every treasure or defaced. There followed a most glorious rehabilitation of the "Home in the Field of Honor" into the "Home on the Field of Mercy." Turning her home into a military hospital, Mme. Huard in every way aided in the succor of the wounded French. The Baroness has a message of unvarnished heroism full of graphic vital human interest, according o accounts from cities in which she has lectured. She has addressed high schools, clubs, and college audiences, all of which bear testimony to her simple, fluent style, her keen powers of observation and breadth of knowledge, and her magnetic personality. "La Baronne Huard's tale of her varied experiences as a refugee in France after narrowly escaping the clutches of the Germans, as a spectator of the battle of the Marne, and as a nurse in the hospital established in the ruins of her own chateau, held her hearers spell-bound," says the Ottawa Free Press. The Brooklyn (N.Y.) Eagle makes this comment: "No more moving tale of the horrors of the invasion of France by the Termans has been heard since the war began than that which came from the lips of Madame France's Wilson Huard of Villiers, France, in an address before the Brooklyn Institute recently.
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The Daily Iowan The Student Newspaper of the State University of Iowa Vol. XVIII--Nw Series Vol. III Iowa City, Iowa, Tuesday, February 4, 1919 Number 52 IOWA HAS SPLENDID TRACK PROSPECTS FOR 1919 SEASON _________ Twelve Members of Last Year's Championship Team Back to Compete _________ IOWA MEETS AMES HERE _________ Director Jones Has Field Meet with Gophers Practically Assured _________ Iowa is to have another great track team this spring if present indications hold true. About twelve members of last year's championship aggregation are back in school eagerly waiting for the first call to the cinders by Trainer Jack Watson. Jack is highly elated over the prospects of again trimming the Aggies at their own game this season. Last year, the Hawkeyes won the state meet at Des Moines for the first time in a good many seasons, nosing Ames out of the championship in the very last event. Track athletics at Iowa, for the first time, have taken a prominent place in the eyes of the fans and this year elaborate plans are being laid for extensive conquests. Captain Greenwood should have no trouble in maintaining his reputation as the best discus man in the state when he competes with the rival weight men at the state classic. He was never pushed to win in the meets of 1918 and his work was remarkably consistent. Beside the veteran captain the following members of last year's championship team are in the University now: Holiday of Corydon, pole vaulter; Brigham of Iowa City, winner of the high jump in the state meet; Berrien of Iowa City, winner of the broad jump in the Ames-Iowa meet; McDowell of Lamona, dash man; Smith of Iowa City, 440-yard dash man; Stoner of Fort Doge, 440-yard dash man; Mockmore of Wilton Junction, weight man; Richard Young, of Creston, two miler, Justin of Iowa City, dash man, and Page of Ida Grove, hurdler. In addition to these men, there are several likely candidates among the 1918 freshman squad and men returned from service. Wallen of Iowa City, who has been in the army for the last years, has returned to Iowa and will be a valuable man for Jack Watson. The big fellow is a shot putter of no mean ability, with admirable form developed during years of experience. He was formerly a member of the Old Gold squad before he left to enter the service. Slater is also a weight man that will have to be reckoned with. An interesting battle should be fought between the giant football man and Wallen for first honors in their event. Director Howard Jones has secured a meet with Ames to be held on Iowa Field May 3. This annual cinder path battle between the two old rivals has always been held at Ames until this year, but it is the opinion of the athletic director that Iowa fans will be enthusiastic enough this spring to want to see this meet on Hawkeye territory. Other dual meets will be arranged for the team before the state meet is held. While no definite date has been set, a meet with Minnesota at Minneapolis is practically certain now. Preparations for the coming season are being made and it is likely that the mean will begin training in a short time. SONG BOOKS FREE TONIGHT _________ Every Man Formerly in Service is Entitled to Copy _________ The ninety-page army song book which is to be distributed to all former army men at the mass meeting this evening at 7:15 includes a variety of melodies popular with men in camps. In additional to national and patriotic songs and sacred hymns, are good old Dixie tunes, Scottish melodies and songs of Erin. Even Mr. Zip, K-K-Katy, and Goodbye Mule appear with clever illustrations. The army song book is issued by the war department commission on training camp activities. It was compiled with assistance of the national committee on army and navy camp music and is designed for free distribution to all officers and men in the army. Before the signing of the armistice the government had planned to give every man of the S.A.T.C. a copy of the collection, and since the books have been printed they will be given to all men formerly in the service. _________ ENGINEERS LEAD IN BIG Y.M.C.A DRIVE _________ Able Committees of the Several Colleges Are Canvassing for Membership _________ With the clock-face at the central entrance to the campus indicating the progress of the campaign, and one day of the big push gone, the Y.M.C.A. officials are et for greater efforts today. The engineers lead at the present time in the Y.M.C.A drive with a larger per cent of their number signed up than any other college in the University. Although the engineers were still ahead when the latest reports came in, the dents are gaining and running a close second. The college of medicine is third and not far behind. One account of the difficulty of getting the reports from all the canvassers, statistics are far from complete and many more members have been secured than have been announced. At the freshman lectures yesterday cards were given out which the men agreed to sign and return to-day. Faculty members are to be canvassed sometime during the day. Fraternities were reached last night but no announcement of pledges secured have been made. An able committee is in charge of the work in the various colleges. Harold Rigler is directing the drive. The four class presidents of the college of medicine are pushing the campaign among the medics. Others in charge are: Paul Dahlen, pharmacy; Ray Wyckoff, homopathic medicine; Horace Touesley, applied science; Edward Rate, law; Jay Stewart dentistry; George Wilcox, graduate college; and Richard Young, liberal arts. Although the drive closes to-night, new members will be taken in at any time during the year. _________ PROM DATE IS MARCH 14 The Junior Prom date has been changed to March 14. The former date set, March 28, fell within the spring recess. The Prom is not to be the first formal of the year. The sophomore cotillon will be held earlier in the season. _________ BREAKFAST COMMITTEE WAS OMITTED IN IOWAN In giving the senior committees in Sunday's issue of The Iowan, the senior breakfast committee was omitted. The following members have been appointed on it: Ward Sperry, chairman. Eleanor Steinberg, Lena Richmond, Beatrice Beam, Dorothy Hull, Marcia de Bey, Lora Cole, Ronald Reed. The senior memorial committee is composed of Fred O. Parrish, chairman, R.J. Phillips, William Hemping, Carl A. Wackerbarth, Marjorie Coast. _________ SECOND LIEUTENANTS FOR R.O.T.C. ARE CHOSEN BY CAPTAIN _________ Believed That Col. Mumma Will Direct All R.O.T.C. Units in Iowa Colleges _________ Expect 800 to Enroll _________ Woolen Uniforms Will Be Furnished By Government to Students Free of Charge _________ Those men who are to serve as second lieutenants in the R.O.T.C. at Iowa were picked yesterday by Captain A.L. Lane, following his selection earlier in the week of the officers of higher rank, the names of whom were previously published. Capt. Lane based his selection upon the military records of the men at headquarters. His final choice of the student "shave-tails" marks the end of a most trying task in picking the men whom he believes most capable of filling the responsible positions as instructors of the military. The students receiving appointments as second lieutenants, are: Robert R. Vogt-Co. A; C.J. Woodruff-Co. B; Charles V. Brown-Co. C; Marquis M. Smith-Co. D; Cloyde Shellady-Co. E; A.K. Walling-Co. F; Leonard C.Dean-Co. G; Alan Rockwood-Co. H. Col. Morton C. Mumma, who will reassume his duties here as commandant of the R.O.T.C. unit, is expected to arrive the early part of the week. Capt. Lane, now acting as commandant pending the arrival of Co. Mumma, and Lieut. R.C. Gore, assistant professor of military science, will undaubtedly remain here to aid Col. Mumma. It is rumored at military headquarters that Iowa's former military head will be placed in charge of all the R.O.T.C. units at colleges throughout the state of Iowa. Such an officer will be appointed by the war department, and Col. Mumma, because of his wide experience and high rank, would be the logical choice for the position. In accordance with the government ruling that one regular army officer be in charge of every two hundred men in the R.O.T.C., there will probably be four such officers at Iowa, as it is expected that the total enrollment of student soldiers here will climb close to the 800 mark, when all have registered. At present, nearly 125 men who have not fulfilled in the requirements of the University in regard to drill credit, have failed thus far to register for the work here. A number of the men are being measured this week for uniforms ________________________ (continued o page four) DIRECTORY IN THE MAKING _________ University Editor Gets Copy From Registrar's Office Today _________ Students directories may be out this week. The material from the office of the registrar will be in the hands of the University editor today. The man who met a pretty girl at the mixer and just can't forget her, but doesn't know where she lives, may step blithely to the phone next week and perhaps, if she remembers him, got the date for which he has been pining. Those who were careless and did not leave their address with the registrar may listen in vain to be called to the phone, for even "Information" doesn't know everyone's number. President of organizations will be able to reach the few faithful who attend meetings when personally notified. Literary societies can inform delinquent members of fines incurred without wasting a stamp and an envelope on them, and efficiency will pick up in all activities. _________ ITALIAN HARPIST TO GIVE CONCERT _________ Is Called the Wizard of the Harp and Has Played for Italian Royal Court _________ Signor Alberto Salvi, Italian harpist, will appear in concert at the natural science auditorium Thursday evening, Feb. 6. Having appeared before the Italian Royal Court and in the leading musical centers of Europe and America, Signor Salvi has been declared the wizard of the harp. In addition to his virtuosity at the harp, Signor Salvi is a skilled pipe-organist, symphony director, and a composer whose works are being used by artists both in America and abroad, and whose grand opera, "Count Verdi," was produced with success by the Milan Opera company. When Salvi appeared at the Chicago Grand Opera auditorium, Herman Devries said in the Chicago American: "The performance gave us another of Mr. Campanini's surprises. Salvi played with extraordinary delicacy of touch and shading and succeeded in awakening the first big enthusiasm of the day. In my eighteen years' residence in this city I have never heard such complete mastery of the harp." Tickets for the Salvi concert are one dollar plus the ten cent war tax. Salvi comes to the University to fill an open date and at the instance of a number of guarantors. The guarantors for the concert are Prof. W.E. Hays, Margaret Hays, Miriam Chase, W.I. Pratt, Mrs. George Albright, Mrs. Walter N. Lewis, Mrs. I.B. Lee; Mary Anderson, Mrs. Helen Winery, Mrs. Preston Coast, Edith Koontz, and Dale E. Carroll. _________ PHI PSI DEFEATS SIGMA CHI Phi Kappa Psi defeated Sigma Chi 8 to 1 in the first of a series of panhellenic basketball games on the armory floor last night. Superior guarding of the Phi Psi team kept the ball in their opponent's territory during most of the game. Baskets by Parker and Reed, and goals from fouls by Captain Corht gave Phi Psi the victory. Meadows and Attaberry displayed the most successful floor work for Sigma Chi. _________ MME. FRANCIS HUARD PROMINENT AUTHOR WILL SPEAK HERE _________ Author of "My Home on Field of Mercy" and Other Books is Versatile Lecturer _________ MME. WILL APPEAR FEB. 19 _________ Best Critics Rank Mme. Huard Leader in War Work and Lecturing _________ "My Home in the Field of Honor," is the subject of the fourth University lecture to be given by Baroness Huard of France, daughter of Francis Wilson, actor, in the natural science auditorium, Wednesday evening, Feb. 19. Madame Huard will illustrate her address by pictures which she had taken while fleeing before the advance of General Von Kluck's army. The author of two narrative books: "My Home in the Field of Mercy," dealing with events of the war as they came under direct observation. La Baronne Huad is well fitted to speak upon the subject she has chosen. American born, but French by education and marriage, the Baroness was living a quiet but luxurious life in her chateau sixty miles northeast of Paris and near Chateau Thierry, when the German army invaded France. Unwilling to believe in the stories of the creed "Kultur," she remained behind the fleeing refugees, ministering in every possible way to their needs as they passed her home. One morning she came to realize that, with the exception of a few young servants, she was absolutely alone in the war zone. At two o'clock she made a haird breath escape before General Von Kluck arrived at 4:00 to make her chateau his headquarters. When the tide of battle turned, the Baroness and her little party returned triumphant across the still smoking battle field, only to find her exquisite chateau looted and defiled, every treasure or defaced. There followed a most glorious rehabilitation of the "Home in the Field of Honor" into the "Home on the Field of Mercy." Turning her home into a military hospital, Mme. Huard in every way aided in the succor of the wounded French. The Baroness has a message of unvarnished heroism full of graphic vital human interest, according o accounts from cities in which she has lectured. She has addressed high schools, clubs, and college audiences, all of which bear testimony to her simple, fluent style, her keen powers of observation and breadth of knowledge, and her magnetic personality. "La Baronne Huard's tale of her varied experiences as a refugee in France after narrowly escaping the clutches of the Germans, as a spectator of the battle of the Marne, and as a nurse in the hospital established in the ruins of her own chateau, held her hearers spell-bound," says the Ottawa Free Press. The Brooklyn (N.Y.) Eagle makes this comment: "No more moving tale of the horrors of the invasion of France by the Termans has been heard since the war began than that which came from the lips of Madame France's Wilson Huard of Villiers, France, in an address before the Brooklyn Institute recently.
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