THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
ALUMNI FLUNKED
LAST FRIDAY'S GAME
BOSTON BRAVES ARE AN EXPENSIVE LOT
The College World
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wind. Captain Corey was not only
there on the defense, but he did not
miss a kick for goal. Doyle, Cook,
Gardiner, Moser, Rhodes and Otou-
pallk all showed up well.
There was a big crowd, the south
stands being well filled and many
freshman caps could be seen.
THIRTY VARIETIES OF BIRDS
INHABIT UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
If a bird directory of the univer
sity campus should be prepared, no
less than thirty tribes of the feath
ered Inhabitants could be found. 11.
B. Cross, instructor in zoology, has
prepared a list of thirty birds to be
fouud on the campus at different
times duirng the year. While the
list is not complete, it indicates that
the campus, on account of the trees,
and hospitality extended to the
birds, has resulted in attracting a
large number of them.
Following is the list prepared by
Mr. Cross: 1. Yellow-billed cackoo.
2. Hairy Woodpecker. 3 Downy Wood
pecker. 4. Red shafted flicker. 5.
Night hawks. 6. Scissor-tailed fly
catcher. 7. Kingbird. 8. Horned lark.
9. Blue jay. 10. Cowblrd. 11. Yellow
headed blackbird. 12. Red winged
blackbird. 13. Meadow lark. 14. Or
chard Oriole. 15. Baltimore oriole.
16. Rusty Blackbird. 17. Purple grac
kle. 18. English sparrow. 19. Lark
sparrow. 20. Field sparrow. 21. Car
dinal. 22. Mourning dove. 23. Dick
cls8el. 24. Loggerheaded Shrike. 25.
Yellow warbler. 26. Lawrence warb
ler. 27. .Mockingbird. 28. Brown
thrasher. 29. Black-capped chickadee.
20. Robin. Exchange.
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BASEBALL MEN
WHO RECEIVE BIG MONEY.
The Boston National league club does not exploit the fact in the papers,
but it is true, nevertheless, that the Braves' pay roll Is probably the largest
of any club in either major league.
Percy D. Haughton pulls down a princely salary as president of the club
to represeut the wealthy Boston men who are associated with him In the
ownership of the team. Thou there Is Manager George T. Stallings, who last
spring signed a five-year contract with the present owners at $18,000 per
year. Johnny Evers, captain of the team, Is pulling down $10,000 In addition
to all sorts of bonuses, while First Baseman Konetchy, ranking next, Is good
for $9,000. The entire pay roll for the season Is probably very close to $150,
000, or $12,500 every semimonthly pay day during the six months of the
championship season.
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BYRON'S' QUICK TONGUE
Bill Byron, the National league
umpire, has a quick tongue, lie
was accosted by a fan after a
recent game between the Card
inals and Dodgers, and the fan
remarked :
"Bill, I think you missed a de
cision on Daubert In the second
Inning."
"Well, perhaps"! did," replied
the singing arbiter, "but In the i
course of a year I make about
500,000 decisions In umpiring 154 :
games, and If I miss only one In :
a game Pm a great umpire."
BOOST FOR MANAGER ISBELL
Club Owners in Western League Ex
press Willingness to Make Him
Next President.
It is reported around the local base
ball rlalto that Frank "Izzy" Isbell,
the former White Sox, now head of
the Dea Moines club of the Western
league, has been suggested as the next
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The Dodgers look like real winners
to New York and Brooklyn scribes.
The St. Louis Browns possess a bat
ting punch to help out their pitchers,
Frank Isbell.-
president of the Western league. Ru
mor has It that several of the club
owners of the league have already ex
pressed a willingness to make him the
head of the league.
Isbell has had years of experience
la the game, and Is very popular.
JOHNSON TO TEST SPITBALL
American League Batters Hoping He
Doesn't Employ Moist Delivery
as Regular Thing.
Walter Johnson Is cultivating a spit
ball, according to his catcher, Eddie
Alnsmith.
American league batters are hoping
the speed king doesn't employ the
moist delivery as a regular thing for,
if he ever gains control, there'll not be
an unhinged spine In the league In
three months.
Several scouts are nid to be angling
for Leo Witter, the .Newark outfielder,
The Typographical union ball play
ers make errors, but they are merely
typographical ones.
We don't kunw who the father of
baseball Is, but we bet he was al
ways turned down for world's series
tickets.
Honus Wagner spoke a mouthful
when he said that many a ball player
declines because he doesn't decline
enough.
Frank Gilhooley has discarded his
crutches and is now able to use the
foot which he Injured at Washington
on July 3.
When Rariden is through with base
ball he ought to make a good waiter.
He gets more free passes than any
other player.
McGraw denies the report that he
proposes to quit the Giants at the
close of the 1917 season. The Giants
quit McGraw last year.
"Remember that umpires are hu
man," advises the New York Evening
Sun. So are burglars, highway rob
bers and other malefactors.
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"Miller Huggins," we read, "has done
well with the Cardinals under the cir
cumstances." The circumstances are
that they are the Cardinals.
An expert steps to bat with the
statement that a player wears out his
effectiveness If retained too long on
one club. For Instance, there's Hans
Wagner.
Silk O'Loughlln says he got his nick
name when he was a kid and wore
silky ringlets on his dome. Always
thought it was because all the players
say his decisions are as fine as silk.
MUST PLAY TO WIN PENNANT
Many People Outside of Washington
Would Like to See Championship
Team In That .City.
A good many people outside ot
Washington would be glad to see the
baseball team from that city win a
pennant Washington Is one of the
oldest baseball tovrns In the United
States. It has had a team for time
immemorial and It has never yet
shown In front. It would seem that
the time spent In the national pastime
and the loyalty of the people back of
the team ought almost to be enough
to warrant a pennant for that city,
says Milwaukee SentineL Unfor
tunately, perhaps, pennants have to
be won In other ways.
DOES THE AMERICAN
COLLEGE PAY DIVIDENDS
ON THE INVESTMENT
Assuming that a billion dollars Is
invosted in the system of American
colleges do the results tJuatlfy ton
outlay?
Taking for grunted all that can be
said of the value of higher education
to tlio individual in personal satisfac
tion and in professional efficiency, is
there, besides those, a corresponding
gain to society and the state? In brief,
does our college system pay dividends
on the investment; and, for the same
outlay, can it be made to pay bettor?
To both these questions I answer
'Yes." the college system does Justify
itself, hut, it could be made more ef
fective for the same money. In the
United States as in other civilized na
lions, advanced education is a prime
necessity. . . . The most precious
possession of the state lies in the in
dividual talents of its children. There
can bo no greater national loss than
a failure to develop these talents. "A
boy is better unborn than untaught."
The superiority of the American
school system throughout, lies if we
may use a paradox in the fact that it
is not superior. It makes no claim
to finality. It is open in every part to
revision and improvement. It is not
a complete system, the device of a
convention of educated experts. . . .
As is the republic it serves, the Amer
ican university is a "going concern,"
no part having reached final comple
tion. In its flexibility and its free
dom, the American school system can
register a merit greater than perfec
tion. . .
In the American system, the sci
ences fundamental to industrial and
commercial advancement have not
been divorced from the pure sciences
and arts. In most states, the poly
technic school is a recognized part of
the system, and with this goes indus
trial training in the schools which
lead to the university. This is a wise
adjustment, All applied science rests
on a foundation of knowledge.
Moreover, each type of student gains
from association with those of other
groups. The engineering student
gains from the literary touch, while
the student in pure science or lan
guage profits equally from association
with the fierce earnestness of those
who realize that future success is
conditioned on academic thorough
ness.
The vital relation of the American
university to recent American politics
has never been fully- appreciated . .
Each year, thousands of men trained
in economics and civics, graduate from
the universities, and take their place
in American citizenship. Tq know
right from wrong in public affairs is to
be a power on the side of right , To
think straight is the first requisite to
a righteous vote.
As the center of democratic wisdom.
the American university pays the full
est interest on the billion dollars it
costs. . . .
Can the American un'versity system
be reduced in cost or at the same
cost can it be increased in effective
ness? Most assuredly this is possible.
The very virtue of incompleteness
points the way toward improvement
. We have far too many institu
tions of higher education. There are
in the United States some 400 institu
tions calling themselves university or
college, and granting under the law
the degree of bachelor of arts. . , .
Higher education in America is not
controlled by any central bureau, nor
is it desirable that it should be thus
controlled. A power which can stand
ardize university administration
checks its Improvement To standard
ize men is to eliminate initiative and
originality. ...
In almost all of our Institutions, a
certain number of cheap or inexper
ienced teachers are chosen every year
because there is not money enough to
pay for better teaching. . . . From '
these facts arise two evils character-'
istic of the American system, the con-1
stant need of asking for money, and
the disposition to rate success by the
number of students enrolled. To the
average public, the university presi
dent is a licensed beggar, the agent
of a game In which Vhe winner each
year Is the one who gets most names
in his catalogues. In tLe public mind,
the "relative rank" of universities is
mostly determined In this way. What
is the number of students?
To sum up, we hold that the Ameri
can university system does pay good
dividends on all that it costs. It meets
our needs as not another system could
. Its highest merit is that it is con
stantly in a state ot flux. Exchange.
BASEBALL IS PROFITABLE
San Francisco. "College men em
brace baseball as a profession because
it is the only way they can earn
enough to pay the debts contracted
on the campus. Most of them Intend
to stay on the diamond only a short
time, but It is bo fascinating that
many remain, and finally preferring It
to other modes of gaining a liveli
hood." This is among the many statements
made by Eddie Mahan, "legendary
hero" of Harvard gridirons and dia
mond, who arrived to coach the Uni
versity of California recently.
"People talk about going In for bank
ing or something respectable, dull and
unprofitable,," he continued. "But what
Is the use. I would not have paid by
bills for twenty years at bank'ng."
Exchange.
MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
' The Closing Installment of
BILLY BURKE'S GREAT SERIAL
"GLORIA'S ROMANCE "
If you have been following this picture at all, don't fail to see its close.
Monday and Tuesday
The "Peter Pan" Girl
VIVIAN MARTIN
as a mountain beauty in an invigor
ating story of the Kentucky hills
"THE STRONGER LOVE"
and those interesting travel pic
tures the Burton-Holmes Trav
elougues ,
Wednesday and Thursday
The Petite Emotional Actress
RITA JOLIVET
(who recently became the
Countess de Clppico)
in a reat social drama
"AN INTERNATIONAL
MARRIAGE"
Also Paramount Pictographs.
Friday and Saturday, Lasky Presents
The Dainty Film Star
MARIE DORQ IN "COf.MON GROUND"
with a cast of unusual excellence.
AND THE BRAY CARTOONS
ADMISSION Eves., 15c and 10c.
Mats., 10c and 5c. .
COMING Oct 9, 10, 11, 12, Clara Kimball Town In Robert Chambers'
"THE COMMON LAY"
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THE CITY Y. M. C. A.
Entertainment and Lecture Course
SEASON 1916-1917 SEVENTEENTH YEAR
Oliver Theatre . . Lincoln, Nebr.
Three hundred and nine patrons the largest number in any season
pledged themselves for seats for the 1916-1917 Course when the an
nouncement of the Course was made at the close of the 1915-1916 sea
son. That in itself indicates the high class and quality of the Course
for this beason.
The talent and dates are as follows:
MONDAY, OSCOBER 23, 1916.
MERLE ALCOCK, Contralto, and BECHTOL ALCOCK, Tenor
From New York Symphony Orchestra.
MONDAY, OTOBER 30, 1916.
CARL 8TECKELBERG, Violinist and 8IDNEY 8ILBER, Pianist
Two Local Artists Internationally Known.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1916.
THE MELTING POT, By Israel ZangwilL
"The Well Known Play," A Keynote to Americanism. A Broad
way Production.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1916.
DR. RUSSELL C. CONWELL, of Philadelphia, Lecturer.
Subject: "Acres of Diamonds."
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1916.
HOMER B. HULBERT, Diplomat, Traveler, Public Speaker.
Subject: "The Oriental Chess Board."
MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1916.
PROF. MONTR AVI LLE M. WOOD, Scientist
Assisted by his daughter, Allene Wood. Demonstration Lecture on
Gyroscope, Monorail Car, Ultra Violet Ray.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1917.
THE MUSICA LGUARDSMEN.
A Singing Chorus and a Real Orchestra.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1917.
NOAH BEILHARZ, Entertainer, Impersonator, and Monologiat
"The Hoosier School Master."
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1917.
EX-SENATOR ELMER J. BURKETT, Lecturer.
Subject: "The New Woman and the Young Men."
' THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1917.
THE CATHEDRAY CHOIR Return Date.
Thurlow Lieurance, Leader. An Evening of Oratories, Anthems
and Favorite Hymns.
SEASON TICKETS ON SALE AT THE CITY Y. M. C. A. OFFICE
CORNER 13TH AND P.
Price of the general admission for the ten numbers remains the
same, $1.00. Reserved seats are 15, 20 and 25 cents extra per night
or $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 for the season. You save 50 cents on each
season's reserved seats by reserving all on October 19, 1916.
TEN NUMBERS FOR ONLY $1.00 FOR THE SEASON.
The Students' Opportunity to Get the Best at Small Cost
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