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Non-Arrival of the Necessary Papers Delays Disbanding - When Long-Awaited Certificates Come Demobilization Will Proceed Unrestricted.
R.O.T.C. Plans Underway
Government Asks That Old Units Be Re-established at Colleges Throughout Nation.
Demobilization of the S.A.T.C. units is still help up by the non-arrival of necessary certificates of discharge from washington. All the other blanks to be used in the disbanding have been received, however, and as soon as the long-awaited certificates come demobilization will proceed unrestricted.
"The whole affair depends upon the arrival of the essential papers," stated Lieutenant De Butts to-day. When these papers will come no one here knows. It may be tomorrow and it may be six weeks from now, but we expect them soon. The delay is caused by the gigantic task the government is experiencing in preparing these forms for the cantonments throughout the United States. The soldiers in the S.A.T.C. today are four or five times greater in numbers than the number in the old R.O.T.C. units a year ago.
November Pay Roll Delayed
"Demobilization here cannot start any way until the November pay roll is received. It is also delayed. The men must be paid, under government orders, before they can receive their discharges."
The dispanding of the navy unit will be handled differently from the army units. The men will be discharged under orders from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. The sailors have been given the privilege to request an immediate release from service. Applications for these releases have been sent in, and discharges wil, in all probability, arrive soon.
Plans are underway for the re-establishment of the old R.O.T.C. units at the colleges throughout the nation to take the place of the Student Army Training Corps method of military training. Government instructions, which anticipate a nationwide movement in the establishment of the R.O.T.C. have been received at military headquarters.
The intructions ask that all universities, not having the R.O.T.C. method of military instruction before the war, make application, immediately, to the War Department for the organization of such a unit after present demobilization plans have been completed. Those universities that used the system before the war need not apply to the War Department for the re organization of the units. The establishment of such units at every college or university is not compulsory, however.

Men's Lit. Societies Will Organize Soon
Initiation for I.W.A.A. will be organized as soon as the entire companies of the S.A.T.C. are demo_dlized, according to Professor Merry of the department of public speaking.
The first meeting is planned to be be held on January 3, but if demobilization will not have been completed then the organization will be deloyed. 

I.W.A.A. Initiation Will Be A Circus
Initiation for I.W.A.A. will be in the nature of a circus, with the new members in charge of the ring. The girls may work in groups or alone in getting up their stunts. Rewards are offered for the best stunts and the best costumes.
The girls should begin now to plan their stunts, according to those in charge. Reports are to be handed to Helen Shoesmith.
There is still time to sign up for the organization, since initiation will not be held until next quarter when the women are back in the gymnasium. The list will be kept open until the second quarter.
A new ruling has been made in regard to women's athletics. Only members of the athletic association may play on teams. To date eighty-three girls have taken their five-mile hike.

Red Cross Plans For Christmas Roll Call
Membership Dues Go to Fund for Tuberculosis Relief - No More War Drives
The American Red Cross has established a roll call system this year instead of the yearly tuberculosis seal sale.
Roll call is an old system with a new name. It means that every American will answer roll by paying his Red Cross dues of one dollar. This does not mean that anyone will have to join the organization again; it is merely paying the yearly dues. This system will be permanent, and each December will be roll call month for the Red Cross.
The tuberculosis work of the Red Cross will continue, but the funds for its support will be taken from the dues of the members paid at roll call each December, instead of the annual Christmas sale.
Tuberculosis work in Iowa which normally, would have depended on the proceeds from the Christmas seal sale, is provided for through the 1919 Tuberculosis Fund of $2,500,000, recently appropriated by the War Council of the American Red Cross. A minimum sum of $44,000 is assured for work in Iowa. This sum will be materially increased if Iowa responds to the Red Cross appeals for a sum of nearly $500,000 is to be divided between various states on the basis of response to the roll call.
The Iowa Tuberculosis association will have charge of the administration of this fund.
No more war campaigns will be conducted by the Red Cross, officials declared today.

World Politics Course To Be Given Next Quarter
The course on World Politics, which has been given in the department of political science for about six years, will again be offered next quarter as a regular course open to all students except freshmen.
The courses will deal with the world problems of political reconstruction, covering the following topics: fundamental conceptions of the state and goverrnment; political reconstruction in the colonies; and political reconstruction in international law.
Mr. Shambaugh, Mr. Horack, Mr. Van der Zee, annd Mr. Bose will cooperate in giving the course.

Iowa Books Good Basketball Game For Coming Season -
Schommer Goal is Aodpted at Big Ten Conference - Season Begins Jan. 11 
Team Shows Good Form -
Brown May Return - Berrien, Olson, Pyles, Cotton, and Finlayson Good for Places -
After the faculty committee of the Western Intercollegiate Athletic association had passed on the ruling which will place the Big Ten athletics on a pre-war basis, the coaches of the basketball teams debated over the coming basketball schedule until late Saturday night at their meeting in Chicago.
Every school in the conference was represented by its coach or director so that each member in the conference could have a complete schedule for the year made out.
Referees Are Named
The goal question was taken up after the schedule had been arranged, and the Schommer goal was adopted.
The former Maroon's invention is made of a strong iron hoop minus the side braces. It is strong enough for a player to hang to without loosening, wheras those which have been used often delayed the game because of the breaking of the side braces.
Rules on play were decided upon and a number of officials to referee were named. Most of the schedules are arranged to begin Jan. 11 and will continue until the middle of March.
L.J. Cooke of Minnesota, chairman of the conference basketball association, presided.
Jones Attends Conference
Coach Howard Jones represented the university and succeeded in getting for Iowa one of the best schedules. The schedule calls for eleven major games. Purdue is booked for but one game, the Bollermakers being the only five who do not appear on the local floor. They will be played on the trip taking in the Hoosier game.
Iowa's showing in last year's game was such as to place the Hawkeyes on other lists, for most of the title contenders were downed by Iowa in the local floor.
Indiana Comes First
The Iowa season opens Jan. 11 with the Indiana team here. The two Maroon dates have not been definitely fixed but there is little doubt but that the Maroons will be taken on. The Iowa team will finish the season with Wisconsin and Northwestern playing here March 8 and 11. 
Last week opened the practice for the Hawkeyes and the early season (continued on page 4)

OFFICIAL NOTICE
All men registered in any of the colleges of the University, who have not been inducted into the S.A.T.C. and who have not yet paid their University fees (matriculation or tuition or laboratory, etc.) are requested to call immediately at the Registrar's office to secure aappropriate tuition cards; and then to present these at the office of the Secretary of the University and pay their fees.
H. C. Dorcas, Registrar

YOUNG MEN RETURN HOME FROM RUSSIA
Paul Anderson, a nephew of Dr. and Mrs. Carl E. Seashore, and Paul Penningroth, a co-worker and a former president of the University Y.M.C.A. arrived safely in New York after their voyage from overseas.
These young men spent two years in Russia doing relief work among the prisoners. They did not consider themselves in any danger and kept up their work, but Mr. Anderson was arrested and imprisoned with fifty other relief workers. However, he received his release within a week and he and Mr. Penningroth sailed for home.
The report conditions to be very bad. The food situation is the most critical and the children and the prisoners are suffering seriously.

UNIVERSITY MERITS HIGH RECOGNITION
Administrative Officials Praised for the Conduct of College War Issues Course
Expressing his high appreciation of the efficient way in which the University of Iowa has developed its war issues course, Frank Aydelotte, national director of the war issues course in the colleges and universities of the country, has written the University giving praise for its speedy and thorough adjustment to Students' Army Training corps conditions.
In particular Mr. Aydelotte praised the methods of providing study material for its 2,000 S.A.T.C. men. Instead of requiring each man to provide his own textbook, the University purchased hundreds of copies of suitable texts and other important supplementary material for the use of the men.
Equally strong is Dean A.A. Potter's approval of the spirit of the institution in meeting war conditions in the vocational training unit of the S.A.T.C. Dean Potter is divisional director of this work and holds the position of dean of one of the colleges of the Kansas Agricultural college.
"I am greatly impressed," Dean Potter states, "with the spirit and attitude you have shown during our national emergency in aiding the war department to train men for the purpose of meeting army needs."

OFFER NEW COURSES
The history department will offer the following new and beginning courses for the second term: 
European history for first year students.
History of Greece and Rome, 3 hours.
Recent European history, 2 hours.
Contemporary American history.
Secession and reconstruction, 3 hours.
Problems of peace and reconstruction.

VESPERS ARE POSTPONED
Christmas Vesper services will be postponed. The plans for Dec. 15 had to be given up on account of the influenza. In order to have had the services it would have been necessary to have had a number of rehearsals of the town people and the students. Conditions would not permit this. However, plans are being made for musical vespers, as a substitute for this after the holidays.

BIG TEN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT CHICAGO
Freshman Barred for Remainder of Season - Coach Jones Cards Strong Games
SCHEDULE WITH BIG TEAMS
Huskers, Hoosiers and Possibly Purple Elevens Will Play on Iowa Field Next Year.
At the meeting of the faculty committee of Western College Athletic association in Chicago Friday and Saturday and in connection with the session of athletic coaches and directors tof Big 10 schools it was agreed upon to disregard all rules of eligibility pertaining to the past football year. The resolution will make it possible for those who played on varsity elevens in their first year to play four years of football.
Resolved that in determining further questions of eligibility under conference rules no account shall be taken of athletic or scholastic records during or by reason of military service. Resolved further that, absence from the universities on account of military service shall not render students ineligible."
Freshmen Barred
The last clause of the resolution applies to the one year residence rule that and to the number of stipulated credits which a freshman or other student must obtain to be eligible for athletic competition during the following year from now on through the rest of this year.
Although the committee voted to ignore eligibility rules for football players the freshmen rule will now go into effect and no freshmen will be allowed to take part in athletic contests for the rest of the year.
This will be a reverse to Iowa hopes for the loss of the services of such stars as Belding, McConnell and Parker in track alone is a heard blow not counting the freshmen who could land substitute places on the basketball team.
Iowa to the Front
Every school was represented by its directors and coaches for the purpose of arranging football schedules and determining who should get the field and indoor meets. The Maroons were given the outdoor meet while the Purple school was given the swimming and indoor meets. Chicago also landed the tennis meet.
Coaches of the various schools had but little trouble in arranging schedules suitable for their universities which fact was somewhat of a contrast to the way in which matters have been carried. The fact that Iowa must be recognized as a leading member and especially to the Big 10, due to her advance in the last two years, aided the Hawkeyes in obtaining the football card.
It is a certainty that other schools will not be seen placing the Hawkeyes on the front end of their schedule in the hope of securing a practice game; if they do some of their practice contests will prove ruinous to their championship hopes.
Iowa Meets Six Aces
The schedule which Coach Jones secured for the football team looks to be the stiffest one drawn at the meeting for the Hawks are billed to face Northwestern, Chicago, Illinois, Minnesota and Nebraska all with 
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Non-Arrival of the Necessary Papers Delays Disbanding - When Long-Awaited Certificates Come Demobilization Will Proceed Unrestricted. R.O.T.C. Plans Underway Government Asks That Old Units Be Re-established at Colleges Throughout Nation. Demobilization of the S.A.T.C. units is still help up by the non-arrival of necessary certificates of discharge from washington. All the other blanks to be used in the disbanding have been received, however, and as soon as the long-awaited certificates come demobilization will proceed unrestricted. "The whole affair depends upon the arrival of the essential papers," stated Lieutenant De Butts to-day. When these papers will come no one here knows. It may be tomorrow and it may be six weeks from now, but we expect them soon. The delay is caused by the gigantic task the government is experiencing in preparing these forms for the cantonments throughout the United States. The soldiers in the S.A.T.C. today are four or five times greater in numbers than the number in the old R.O.T.C. units a year ago. November Pay Roll Delayed "Demobilization here cannot start any way until the November pay roll is received. It is also delayed. The men must be paid, under government orders, before they can receive their discharges." The dispanding of the navy unit will be handled differently from the army units. The men will be discharged under orders from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. The sailors have been given the privilege to request an immediate release from service. Applications for these releases have been sent in, and discharges wil, in all probability, arrive soon. Plans are underway for the re-establishment of the old R.O.T.C. units at the colleges throughout the nation to take the place of the Student Army Training Corps method of military training. Government instructions, which anticipate a nationwide movement in the establishment of the R.O.T.C. have been received at military headquarters. The intructions ask that all universities, not having the R.O.T.C. method of military instruction before the war, make application, immediately, to the War Department for the organization of such a unit after present demobilization plans have been completed. Those universities that used the system before the war need not apply to the War Department for the re organization of the units. The establishment of such units at every college or university is not compulsory, however. Men's Lit. Societies Will Organize Soon Initiation for I.W.A.A. will be organized as soon as the entire companies of the S.A.T.C. are demo_dlized, according to Professor Merry of the department of public speaking. The first meeting is planned to be be held on January 3, but if demobilization will not have been completed then the organization will be deloyed. I.W.A.A. Initiation Will Be A Circus Initiation for I.W.A.A. will be in the nature of a circus, with the new members in charge of the ring. The girls may work in groups or alone in getting up their stunts. Rewards are offered for the best stunts and the best costumes. The girls should begin now to plan their stunts, according to those in charge. Reports are to be handed to Helen Shoesmith. There is still time to sign up for the organization, since initiation will not be held until next quarter when the women are back in the gymnasium. The list will be kept open until the second quarter. A new ruling has been made in regard to women's athletics. Only members of the athletic association may play on teams. To date eighty-three girls have taken their five-mile hike. Red Cross Plans For Christmas Roll Call Membership Dues Go to Fund for Tuberculosis Relief - No More War Drives The American Red Cross has established a roll call system this year instead of the yearly tuberculosis seal sale. Roll call is an old system with a new name. It means that every American will answer roll by paying his Red Cross dues of one dollar. This does not mean that anyone will have to join the organization again; it is merely paying the yearly dues. This system will be permanent, and each December will be roll call month for the Red Cross. The tuberculosis work of the Red Cross will continue, but the funds for its support will be taken from the dues of the members paid at roll call each December, instead of the annual Christmas sale. Tuberculosis work in Iowa which normally, would have depended on the proceeds from the Christmas seal sale, is provided for through the 1919 Tuberculosis Fund of $2,500,000, recently appropriated by the War Council of the American Red Cross. A minimum sum of $44,000 is assured for work in Iowa. This sum will be materially increased if Iowa responds to the Red Cross appeals for a sum of nearly $500,000 is to be divided between various states on the basis of response to the roll call. The Iowa Tuberculosis association will have charge of the administration of this fund. No more war campaigns will be conducted by the Red Cross, officials declared today. World Politics Course To Be Given Next Quarter The course on World Politics, which has been given in the department of political science for about six years, will again be offered next quarter as a regular course open to all students except freshmen. The courses will deal with the world problems of political reconstruction, covering the following topics: fundamental conceptions of the state and goverrnment; political reconstruction in the colonies; and political reconstruction in international law. Mr. Shambaugh, Mr. Horack, Mr. Van der Zee, annd Mr. Bose will cooperate in giving the course. Iowa Books Good Basketball Game For Coming Season - Schommer Goal is Aodpted at Big Ten Conference - Season Begins Jan. 11 Team Shows Good Form - Brown May Return - Berrien, Olson, Pyles, Cotton, and Finlayson Good for Places - After the faculty committee of the Western Intercollegiate Athletic association had passed on the ruling which will place the Big Ten athletics on a pre-war basis, the coaches of the basketball teams debated over the coming basketball schedule until late Saturday night at their meeting in Chicago. Every school in the conference was represented by its coach or director so that each member in the conference could have a complete schedule for the year made out. Referees Are Named The goal question was taken up after the schedule had been arranged, and the Schommer goal was adopted. The former Maroon's invention is made of a strong iron hoop minus the side braces. It is strong enough for a player to hang to without loosening, wheras those which have been used often delayed the game because of the breaking of the side braces. Rules on play were decided upon and a number of officials to referee were named. Most of the schedules are arranged to begin Jan. 11 and will continue until the middle of March. L.J. Cooke of Minnesota, chairman of the conference basketball association, presided. Jones Attends Conference Coach Howard Jones represented the university and succeeded in getting for Iowa one of the best schedules. The schedule calls for eleven major games. Purdue is booked for but one game, the Bollermakers being the only five who do not appear on the local floor. They will be played on the trip taking in the Hoosier game. Iowa's showing in last year's game was such as to place the Hawkeyes on other lists, for most of the title contenders were downed by Iowa in the local floor. Indiana Comes First The Iowa season opens Jan. 11 with the Indiana team here. The two Maroon dates have not been definitely fixed but there is little doubt but that the Maroons will be taken on. The Iowa team will finish the season with Wisconsin and Northwestern playing here March 8 and 11. Last week opened the practice for the Hawkeyes and the early season (continued on page 4) OFFICIAL NOTICE All men registered in any of the colleges of the University, who have not been inducted into the S.A.T.C. and who have not yet paid their University fees (matriculation or tuition or laboratory, etc.) are requested to call immediately at the Registrar's office to secure aappropriate tuition cards; and then to present these at the office of the Secretary of the University and pay their fees. H. C. Dorcas, Registrar YOUNG MEN RETURN HOME FROM RUSSIA Paul Anderson, a nephew of Dr. and Mrs. Carl E. Seashore, and Paul Penningroth, a co-worker and a former president of the University Y.M.C.A. arrived safely in New York after their voyage from overseas. These young men spent two years in Russia doing relief work among the prisoners. They did not consider themselves in any danger and kept up their work, but Mr. Anderson was arrested and imprisoned with fifty other relief workers. However, he received his release within a week and he and Mr. Penningroth sailed for home. The report conditions to be very bad. The food situation is the most critical and the children and the prisoners are suffering seriously. UNIVERSITY MERITS HIGH RECOGNITION Administrative Officials Praised for the Conduct of College War Issues Course Expressing his high appreciation of the efficient way in which the University of Iowa has developed its war issues course, Frank Aydelotte, national director of the war issues course in the colleges and universities of the country, has written the University giving praise for its speedy and thorough adjustment to Students' Army Training corps conditions. In particular Mr. Aydelotte praised the methods of providing study material for its 2,000 S.A.T.C. men. Instead of requiring each man to provide his own textbook, the University purchased hundreds of copies of suitable texts and other important supplementary material for the use of the men. Equally strong is Dean A.A. Potter's approval of the spirit of the institution in meeting war conditions in the vocational training unit of the S.A.T.C. Dean Potter is divisional director of this work and holds the position of dean of one of the colleges of the Kansas Agricultural college. "I am greatly impressed," Dean Potter states, "with the spirit and attitude you have shown during our national emergency in aiding the war department to train men for the purpose of meeting army needs." OFFER NEW COURSES The history department will offer the following new and beginning courses for the second term: European history for first year students. History of Greece and Rome, 3 hours. Recent European history, 2 hours. Contemporary American history. Secession and reconstruction, 3 hours. Problems of peace and reconstruction. VESPERS ARE POSTPONED Christmas Vesper services will be postponed. The plans for Dec. 15 had to be given up on account of the influenza. In order to have had the services it would have been necessary to have had a number of rehearsals of the town people and the students. Conditions would not permit this. However, plans are being made for musical vespers, as a substitute for this after the holidays. BIG TEN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT CHICAGO Freshman Barred for Remainder of Season - Coach Jones Cards Strong Games SCHEDULE WITH BIG TEAMS Huskers, Hoosiers and Possibly Purple Elevens Will Play on Iowa Field Next Year. At the meeting of the faculty committee of Western College Athletic association in Chicago Friday and Saturday and in connection with the session of athletic coaches and directors tof Big 10 schools it was agreed upon to disregard all rules of eligibility pertaining to the past football year. The resolution will make it possible for those who played on varsity elevens in their first year to play four years of football. Resolved that in determining further questions of eligibility under conference rules no account shall be taken of athletic or scholastic records during or by reason of military service. Resolved further that, absence from the universities on account of military service shall not render students ineligible." Freshmen Barred The last clause of the resolution applies to the one year residence rule that and to the number of stipulated credits which a freshman or other student must obtain to be eligible for athletic competition during the following year from now on through the rest of this year. Although the committee voted to ignore eligibility rules for football players the freshmen rule will now go into effect and no freshmen will be allowed to take part in athletic contests for the rest of the year. This will be a reverse to Iowa hopes for the loss of the services of such stars as Belding, McConnell and Parker in track alone is a heard blow not counting the freshmen who could land substitute places on the basketball team. Iowa to the Front Every school was represented by its directors and coaches for the purpose of arranging football schedules and determining who should get the field and indoor meets. The Maroons were given the outdoor meet while the Purple school was given the swimming and indoor meets. Chicago also landed the tennis meet. Coaches of the various schools had but little trouble in arranging schedules suitable for their universities which fact was somewhat of a contrast to the way in which matters have been carried. The fact that Iowa must be recognized as a leading member and especially to the Big 10, due to her advance in the last two years, aided the Hawkeyes in obtaining the football card. It is a certainty that other schools will not be seen placing the Hawkeyes on the front end of their schedule in the hope of securing a practice game; if they do some of their practice contests will prove ruinous to their championship hopes. Iowa Meets Six Aces The schedule which Coach Jones secured for the football team looks to be the stiffest one drawn at the meeting for the Hawks are billed to face Northwestern, Chicago, Illinois, Minnesota and Nebraska all with (continued on page 4)