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VOL. XI, NO. 100.
UNIVRRSFPY-OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY MARCH 6, 1912.
Price 5 Cents
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NO MORE "GRAFTING"
FROMJEAR OLD DAD
UNIVER8ITY INFORMING PARENTS
AMOUNT OF 8TUDENT8' FEES.
TEXT BOOKS ARE fW INCLUDED
Effort Will Be Made to Stop Practice
Believed to Exist in the
Institution.
In order to acquaint the parents of
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students attending the Unlvorsity with
the exact amounts of the fees -charged
their young hopefuls, Registrar E. M.
Rutledgo Is sending out the following
notice: "The University of Nebraska,
Lincoln: I am directed to adviBe you
for your personal information, that
the total amount or foes paid by the
student named below for the current
semector of the Unlvorsity Is .
This covers all regular fees required
by the University, but does not in
clude text books, etc. Respectfully.
E. M. Rutlodge, Registrar."
Helped Defray Other Expenses.
There has been a prevailing impres
sion that not infrequently the amounts
of the fees were slightly exaggerated
by students in order to defray sundry
little expenses, such as formals, Or
pheum tickets, smokers, etc.
When father and mother foregather
over the oxponse accounts of their
dutiful offspring this semester, they
will lay out beside son's letter the
official notice of the amount of feeB
paid. 'Perhaps there will be a vari
ance, and perhaps not. Only the Uni
versity authorities intend that in the
future thero shall be none.
No warning of the notice was givon
to the studonts and it 1b more than
likely that some very ingenious ex
planations will be in order shortly.
One student, who lives in Lincoln,
according to roports, told his father
that he was registered in the law col
lege Father bolloved his son im
plicitly and does yet, for the young
man was lucky enough to forestall the
notice in his father's mall. The no
tice that his father didn't receive was
to the effect that his son's registra
tion fees were $4. He turned over $21
to his son, $17 of which, was clear
profit for "son," who was registered
in the academic college and not the
college of law.
Received in Lincoln.
Parents in Lincoln have already re
ceived the notices. ThoBe out in the
state will be heard from shortly.
Xhoro is one avenue still loft open
to students who wish to "graft" from
dad. As pointed out specifically in
the registrar's notice, text books are
not included in the total amount of
foes sot out.
It is to bo assumed by some that
there will bo at once a phenomenal
rise in the -price of books, one which
v. ill make that of the cost of living
look small and insignificant.
SIGMA NU CONVENTION HERE.
Delegates From Four Chapters Ex
pected April 5 and 6.
The Sixth district convention of
the Sigma Nu fraternity will bo hold
here April 5 and C. Delegates from
four chapters, AmoB, Iowa, Minnesota,
and Cornell, with a number of other
visiting alumni, aro expected. A
formal party will be givon the night
of April 5 and a banquet the follow
ing evening.
ENGINEERS TO HOLD RALLY.
All engineers are asked to be
out to the rally at 8:00 o'clock
tonight In M. E. 106. This
meeting is planned to be an
enthusiasm breeder. Professors
Brldgman, Holllster and 8clplo
will describe the three great
- periods In the life of. an en-
glneer, and It is safe to say
their remarks wotv't constitute
a funeral sermon.
"T rfi n T T r" r- Ti n n r T
ENGINEERS JOJDIT PAPER
TOMORROWS ISSUE OF DAILY
NEBRASKAN TO BE PRODUCT
OF THEIR EFFORTS.
Tomorrow's issue of the Dally Ne
braskan will bo a product of the mem
bers of the engineering school. They
will have complete charge of the pa
per, the present staff interesting itself
only to such extent that the paper
may not be scooped on some item of
general Interest.
The personnel of the engineers'
staff has not been announced and will
remain secret until after the publlca
tion of their issue. A number of sur
prises are being planned and subscrib
ers to the "Rag" are promised some
thing novel and original Thursday
morning.
TEN SCHOOL DEBATES HELD.
Attendance at Wymore Breaks All
Interscholastlc Records.
In ten contests of the Nebraska
High School Debating league laBt
week, nine of them Friday night, the
honors were awarded to Wymore over
Beatrice, Auburn over Nebraska City.
South Omaha over Fremont, Diller
over Hardy. St. Paul over Ord, Mc
t'ook over Trenton, Sidney over Alli
ance, Chadron over Crawford. Gordon
over Rushvllle. and Scotts Bluff over
Minatare
The contest between Beatrice and
Wymore broke all r.ecords for attend
ance at an interscholastlc debate In
eastern Nebraska. Beatrice took one
hundred and fifty on a special train
and the opera house was packed with
five hundred and fifty cheering par
tisans The judges. Professors Cofiant,
Porslnger and Virtue of the Univer
sity, report that It was about the most
enthusiastic high school assemblage
they ever attended and bat the dis
cussion was close and of unusual
merit.
The Nebraska City-Auburn debato,
judged by Professors Hinman and
Jones and Judge A. S. Tlbbets, was
very spirited.
ACHOTH CONVENTION MEETS.
Representatives Are Expected From
Four States.
The national convention of Achoth
will be hold in Lincoln this week with
the local chapter, i Representatives are
expected from Iowa, Illinois, Kansas
and Oklahoma. The entertainment
includes the annual banquet at the
Lincoln hotel, a reception at the gov
ernor's mansion Saturday afternoon
and a dance at St. George's studio,
Saturday evening.
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SHONKA TO WED SOON
MARRIAGE LICEN8E ISSUED TO
FOOTBALL STAR AND MI38
CAROLINE HANZLIK.
A marriage license was Issued Mon
day to Sylvester Shonka, captain of
the 1911 Nebraska football team, and
Miss Carollno Hanzllk, of Cedar
Rapids, la. The date of the wedding
Is unknown, as Shonka. who left Mon
day evening for his home at David
City, did not even inform his fratern
ity brothers at tho Delta Chi house.
Mr. Shonka Is practicing law at
David City. The engagement of tho
pnir was announced Beveral weeks
ago.
l MAY RE RIT LATE
ILLNESS OF EDITOR VAN DU8EN
LIKELY TO DELAY 8LIGHTLY
ISSUE OF 1912 CORNHUSKER.
Owing to the fact, that Editor in
Chlef Van Dusen. on account of 111
neHH, has not been able to aid in tho
progress of tho Cornhusker of lajeH
th 1 ook will likely come out a fow
days later in May than was formerly
expected.
However, there is a great deal of
good work coming in all tho time in
the line of cartoons and wrltoupB, and
from that standpoint, a"t least, tho Out
look seems very oncouraglng. The
cartoon work. In which Ado Ander
son and J. B. Blanchard are tho main
participants. Is especially to bo cqtn
mended this year on account of tho
great amount of time and stress being
placed upon that department. Tho
art work, of which department MIbs
Bernice Branson has charge, is also
to 1k of the highest quality in every
respect, and will no doubt surpass
anything yet done in that lino on the
annual in preceding years.
All write-ups and stories will bo of
particular Interest to the students, as
they will all deal with student inter
ests and college life to a greater ex
tent than ever befot
The arrangement tho book this
year will not be In catalogue form
as In prior Issues of e ("ornhuBker;
on the other hand tue arrangement
will be Bitch that something of inter
est on every page can bo found by any
one, no matter what his likes or dis
likes may happon to bo.
Perhaps the greatest thing of in
terest on any collogo annual Is tho
joko section, and tho CornliUakor of
this year will surpass in volumo any
thing yot attempted.
Double tho space given this depart
ment last year will bo allotted to it
in the 1912 book and a largo staff of
joksters is buBlly engaged in the
work.
LAWS PLAN FE8TIVITIE8.
Orpheum Party and Smoker Consid
ered as Entertainment.
At a meeting of the freshman law
class the committee appointed to make
arrangements for a sociable timo pre
sented to the class the proposition of
giving an Orpheum party on the first
TueBday after the close of spring va
cation. This was passed by a unani
mous vote. A smoker was proposed
for later on In tho spring and the
Alpha Thotfl offered their house for
that evening.
FRESHMEN UNABLE TO
HOLDJHEIB ELECTION
BALLOTING DEFERRED BECAUSE
ENGINEER8 HAVE ARMORY.
A DARK HORSE MAY APPEAR
Only One Candidate for Presidency
Out, But Rumors Herald Ap
pearance of Another.
When tho freshman class proparod
to hold its eloctlon for president yes
terday morning it encountorod an
obBtaclo in tho fact that tho cnglnoora
held tho armory for their special con
vocation. Honco tho election was do
ferod until a week from tomorrow.
Thus far thoro is only one candi
date out for president, but thoro aro
now rumorB galore of a dark horso.
Some of Uiobo opposed to or lukowarm
to the candidacy of Phillip McCul
lough, of Omaha, woro hinting last '
night of the appearance of a now
candldato Blnco tho postponomont of.
th6 election has given thorn timo to
shape their plaiiB of campaign.
One 8eeks Vice Presidency.
An effort will bo made to elect all
of tho class ofllcerB at tho ono timo
and thus far ono candldato, Virginia
Mosely, has appeared for tho vice
presidency.
The freshman clasB is tho one re
maining class to elect its chief officer
and considerable interest 1b being
manifested in tho affair since thoro is
usually a plethora instead, of a scarc
ity of freshman candidates.
Elections will probably bo hold next
week for tho minor officers in tho
junior and sophomore classes. As
UBiial, however, thoro is llttlo interest
In theBo contests, tho chief attention
centering on the contests for the
presidency.
ENGINEEBSJ CHARGE
THEIR CONVOCATION PROGRAM
18 ORIGINAL AND 18 WELL
ATTENDED.
Tho program given by tho onglnoorB
at convocation yosterday was" an orlg
inal one and waB well attended. The
feature of tho program waB the Pre
sentation to the engineering college
by Sigma Tau, the honbrary engineer
ing fraternity, of a picture of former
Dean C. R. Richards. F. A. Wirt, in
making the presentation speech, said
that it was hoped to mako this an
annual custom, thUB providing the col
logo with pictures of prominent men
connected with Its history, as is done
in eastern colleges, chancellor Avery,
as acting dean of the college, made
the speech of acceptance, giving some
of his recollections of Dean Richards.
Tho popularity of the dean vln the
student body was attested by tho en
thusiasm manifested when the picture
was presented.
O. K. Leonard, presldont of tho En
gineering society, acted as chairman.
Prof. O. V. P. Stout gave a synopsis
of the history of the college, Includ
ing several interesting notes ofv former
deans and professors. The engineers'
quartet, composed of Slater and Fin
ley, tenors; Noble, baritone, and An
derson, baas, rendered several catchy
little songs.
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