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Mf?s6tf'(fsipf; oivtvyij X"fef " te - --:,: a v v j T be2ath IFlebrasfean J-l VOL. m. NO. 3I. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, J904. PRICE 3 CENTS MWwpiiliyw I., i l,J-,-l.S5 & . - l-i w '( li '?1 . FRESHMEN CAPS Three More Communications Regarding Disputed Headgear. The following communication from an alumnus who took a lending part in student affairs while at the Uni versity, may have some weight in shap ing opinion in regard to the Fresh man cap (ontroversy: Dear Nebraska!), Lincoln. Neb : Dear Sir Having seen the recent discussions over the Freshmen cap idea. I thought" it might be-Interesting to know the customs of the natives here in the wilds of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Hero the flowing-haired high school orators and athletic heroes and community somebodies are made to wear Freshmen caps. There isn't any vote on their part about it. There is a recognized Fresh cap, a gray one with a large blacJc-cloth-eovered button. Kaon frat is supposed to see that it& men have them and, in fa t, the cus tom has become so well founded in four years of its existence that one of the first things the new man docs is to procure his Fresh cap. Anyone can see that it is a good thing. Never have I seen an important fellow with one of the gray caps on. No loud talk or rough manners on the street come from one of these Fresh chaps, because the idea that they are fresh is open to the world and above board. On the football field or elsewhere the Fresh is quiet and docile. In face, by spring, when ho has gotfen over his wise streak and smartness, he has be come thoroughly acclimated and don't need his cap. Train your Freshmen right and the. rest will go along smoothly. . There are many other cus toms different than ours, but this one is especially noticeable and I believe a good one. Kindly extend my best regards to my friends, though I would not trouble you to hunt them up. Very truly. GEORGE SHIDLER. 'i3. Ann Arbor, April 19. The following is written In icply to the communication in yesterday's pa per signed by a Sophomore: 'to the Editor of Daily Nebraskan: It was not my intention to challenge our "Sophomore" friend to engage in a wordy combat, but since he assumes that attitude I shall meet his argu ment, which contains many valuable points to substantiate my contention in Wednesday's issue of the Daily Ne braska n. His- first assertion more satiric than plausible, written somewhat; with saintly 'diction, "Consider, alas, the quality," is somewhat amusing, and I presume will be embarrassing to him when a comparison of qualities Is made. He admits that we are the largest organization, but plays dog In the manger by depreciating our qual ltw. Now, when he says we have no quality In athletics, It follows as a log ical conclusion that they have less, be cause in every football and basket-ball game we have been victorious over them. When he resorts to mental power, we point with pride to two rep resentatives on the Interstate debating squad, while they have none. Now, if quality Is the title that fur nishes the head-gear, and unless our friend has a vague meaning of the word quality, I hold, according to his own system of reasoning, we are more worthy to Wear the cap than they. The gentleman further reasons "tlrat the Insignia must be symbolical of something done." By this argument h"e tries to prove that we have dtme nothing to warrant such action. Does the "Sophomore" who bo boldly de fends the strenuous life of his class and 16 so zealous to stifle the spirit of his younger neighbor, wish to place V4W4t4f4t444H(0044f4f444(4(444t4t4-44-444444 GIRLS' BASKET BALL:! Minnesota vs. Nebraska 50 cents I Tonight damo will bo o or by i o'clock lu time for the Co. 15 Dnnco .ll,jjjr.j himself on record as saying the Fresh men have done nothing when they hae shown themselves the superior ot the "Sophs" in every muscular tourna ment and all phases of class competi tion, if that is the course of his logic then it must follow that their accom plishments are a minus quantity. Again, I must conclude from the se quence of his Ideas that if accomplish ments are demanded from those wh" wear caps, we hold the right preml ncntly to them. Ho says tho Sophomores have had years of "strenuous" happenings. In that I heartily concur. It must scorn pressing, indeed, to go down to in glorious defeat on every occasion at the hands of younger classmates; and how much moro strenuous to engage in class factionalism. Sombrero fights and other political intrigues, if those are the key to the headgear that our "Sophomore" friend wears. may our class tling them like a barb of Hie to the four winds of heaven. He tells us that "wo are blind." b.it our eyes are not bedimmed and we really wonder If our friend sees "the signjflcanco of the class insignia as a monument of deeds done." If that be true, our Sophomore friends must have hid the monument away in a nupkin. for very few wear them. Taking the argument of the gentle man then for what it is worth, in no place dojs he produce any reason suf ficiently cogent to draw a conclusion in favor of his stand. We can grant the argument of our friend that acc-oni-pllshmentst deeds of note, quality, or any other, of his requisites are the kej to the insignia and still claim a right equally as valid as that of our Sopho more f i lends. Therefore, Qiir first premises stll! stand undaunted by the bombastic on slaught or the anti-cap exponent. We hold that It Is an existing prejudice thijj would have us remain lu this con ventional tinieworu custom and- we protest and shall override thih precedent, demanding at no time imj thing but justice to all concerned. And I furthermore re-state that it Is no so much a question of eieeds done an of acting aecording to our own voli tion. A FRESHMAN. Editor Nebraskan: It sems, according to yesterday's is sue of the Nebraskan, that there is a sophomore who takes exceptions to the Freshman view of the cap question. The argument which he puts forth is in the mnln rather weak, inasmuch as he states that the Freshmen have done nothing this year to deserve wearing class insignia. He undoubtedly has overlooked some of the things which hvae placed the class of 07 in high standing as a class that has done some thing In the University. Of course, it is natural that the cor respondent of yesterday should over look the feats, accomplished by Fresh- (Contlnued on page 3.) GAME TO-NIGHT Minnesota and Nebraska Girls Will Furnish a Great Contest. Has Nebraska n chance of elefeating the visiting team, and winning back Its laurels? This is a question often asked during the past few weeks. It must be admitted that the chances seem bright. The team has worked Bteadily and ratlfylngly the past two weeks, under the eyes of several expcTts, who have posted It in the men's game, since It is practically by the men's rules that the contest is to be played. The practice has been harder and to better purpose than has been necessary or possible on any occasion hitherto, and has proved very valuable. The comment wus made In these columns shortly before the trip north that while the team was in dividually very strong, it was in con cettcel play, team play. in en elurance and activity, that the show ing would undoubtedly be weakest. Special effort has been made to Ira prow, this, and good team organiza tion Is promised for tonight, with no loss of old time proficiency in guarding. If Minnesota repeats its victory it must outdo the showing made at Minneapo lis last month, when the Nebraska tc-im. playing under adverse conditions, still ran up so good a score. The Minnesota party will be enter tained as follows: MIsb Buttner. Miss Frank, at the Kappa Alpha Theta house: Mr. Deerlng with Dr. and Mrs. Clapp; Miss Johnston by Miss Ella Haiper; Miss Cox and MlSs Dunn at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house: Miss Van Bergen. Mrs. Van Bergen. Miss Schuyler, at the Delta Oamma house. In addition to the social features men tioned Wednesday, a breakfast will be given by Delta Gumma to the visiting team Saturday morning, at the Lincoln at ! o'clock. Seats for th. game have gone very ia Idly. One organisation alone has called Tor over fifty reserved seats. If the wealher is at all favorable tonight, a line i mud Ik expected. I eon IV'i-l'frburg. who se efficiently managed' the minstrel chorus at the 'County Fair.' has been obliged, be cause of pressure or work, to decline to aet as btage manager anel chief musician- Tor the "Ladles' Minstrels." With difficulty a substitute was. found to take this important place. Get Into a pair of Sanderson's new ton shoes. They nre beauties. Don Cameron's lunch counter Co good larrlcfl. Chapin Bros., Florlata, 127 So. I3th. Phone 176. Try an "loe cream soda" or a "nut aundae" at Maxwell's. 13th N. Tht Waitebraaat Co.. at HOC O at, la the placa to buy coal. Special rata to itudeati at Haadrjr'a. ,, , . COMPANY B" HOP TONIGHT . Fraternity Hall. 9:15 o'clock Tickets $1. A NEW SYSTEM New Methods Adopted Regard ing P. B. K. Requirements. At its Inst meeting, the Nebraska hapter of Phi Beta Kappa established the following requirement for eligi bility. The new list has the advantage " offe'iing a wider range of subjects. ..nel at the same time requiring a more liberal training. The required sub lets ore arranged In three muln groups. C'nnellelats for election to Phi fVta Kappa must have had at least ten hours In each of these three groups. Members of the class or 190.r, must. In addition, present twenty hours, se lected from any of the nine subjects. The remaining seventy-five hours nec essary lor graduation are at tho stu lent's option, subject to the requlre nents of his course. Members of the e iass or 190ti and of all subsequent e-lusses must present the minimum oT ten hours in each of the three main :roups. and an additional thirty hours from any of the subjects in these .-roups. These thirty hours may be aken from one group, from any two. tir from all tho groups. The remaining uxty-flvo hours necessary for gradua tion may te taken from the list of re quired Hubjects or not, au the student pleases. I. UTERARY ANT) LINGUISTIC GROUP. 1. English and English Lit erature (Including Anglo-Saxon) 10 hours 2. Modern language and Philology (Including Gothic) 10 hours 3. Ancient language: Latin. Greet? and Sanskrit. . .10 hours Exeduding courses in Greek or Ro man History, Art, or Literature. In which English texts or translations t.re made tho basiB of instruction. II HISTORICAL AND PHILO SOPHICAL GROUP. 4. History. American and European 10- hours 5. Philosophy anel Psychol ogy 10 bourn f. Political Economy nnel Sociology 10 hours III. SCIENTIFIC GROUP. 7. Exact Science: Mathe matics 10 hours 8. Physical Sciences; PhyB- le's. Chemistry, Astron omy, excluding courses w i t h o u t laboratory work 10 hours !). Natural Sciences: Bot any. Zoology, Geolpgy. excluding' courses with out laboratory work.. JO hours In accordance with an estaullfihcd rule of the chapter, only those seniors ore eligible who have had' at least sejventy-flve hours of college work in the University of Nebraska. Election a not, as Ib often supposed, based up oi. the recommendations of head pro fessors or of the Phi Beta Kappa mem bers of the faculty. Reports of actual grades are received from all th mem bers of the teaching staff, and the .landings are based upon these alone. The standing Is figured with reference to the number of hours, not the num ber of courses merely. I. e.. o five-hour course Is five times as important for the final average as a one-hour course. From the senior list as determined by final averages, the society Is required to take not less than the highest one tenth nor more than the highest one clxth of the entire class. In practice, it has regularly been tho case that the first sixth of the class have a grade of E, In the present marking system. FTom this, it is evident that only those students are likely to be elected that nave received more Es than G's, while a few M's or P"8 are fatal to election, unless offset by an otherwise complete record of Es. i -! -i r f -"- 1 i i i s .vtl "ftl -U y VI fl W&( K&. k"fi. --' vrtu & y i -" ' ' . . . ...v .? - A v iV "