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Vol.. VII.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, SEPTEMBER 23, 1898.
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A Few Words in Regard
Who Will Not Be
IMAiNY NOT1 CABLE CHANGES THIS YEAR.
A Now Sot of Men Will Ilorouftcr Rule the Affairs of tho
Societies.
ti-r befoe in 'he brlistory of tlh'e
I'liiuT-iit'y have so ankinyi fmitetniili'ty
mo" 't prominence leflt swliool im amy
ortc V'V. The into wtvr, vnifiinr iipon
lis jnv before tilie spring term oltased,
rolled nwny iivainy of those, who were
of tv roving nature. Other causes, al
so had a hand In luring 'them away
The school seems to be entering upon
a new cpoe.li in this respect, amkl 'here
after, a difTetroiit set. of mew wiill mine
fortUi to inaimige KnKlem't afTn5,rN. Not
even Bob Manlcy will be back to man
ni,'e in'in.otcl shows a.iiid organize quar
tets for inOdlmight prfowiK Ahwl who
will take Phil Russell's place to set the
soc-ft-il example for nstpirtimig Fresh
mciii? Wlirnt will become of the glee
clul) witihouit Jud Cooley to black
boots and gather in stray notes c All
these (jiicstlnnuK ironist be left far a tiime
and Fmsh'inen. to settle,
nwng the Phii Detftn Thetirs a great
ekvn'ge hiois tnlooir place, lloinry Oury,
Phil Russell, Burt Wheelon and E. 0.
Weber have jusH .gone to tihe I'.htiMp
pines wWih the Flrat Nebraska. At
prrtsen't the outlook h;iiis to justify
the stintcimcu'i (Hint l.hk will be .Lioav
for .sonic time to come. Of the men
in tJie Second regiment., BUI Hhfywairid
will return to Nebraska City to re
Slime luis practice of law ns oin ns
the regimenlt is mustered out. T. F.
Itotlrij wti.ll re.tnrln to tllie '"Vamsilt.y to
studj law. Ralph Haggard isatprcscnt
in the city recuperating from an at
tack of malarial fever and stiR' un
decided ais to whnit Hie will db ilui tHie
future. Lou Wewtomiitann wiM lA-uii u
work sooni am Decatur, IM.
Of tllie othes memllH'r whin wiM iio't
return, 13. R. Davenport, will continue
his- work in South Oinnihla, white Pimil
(um wiil Ik at hits houm ini EiulGloo'tt,
this state Meuller, Stone and Prue,
will return to jiost in the Electrical
Engineering department, Arthur Ray
mond, a man pledged last spring, left
for I nion college, N. Y., where he will
spend the coming winter.
In spite of this heavy losses the
Phis have rented the Westerniann
house on S street and will be found
there nt present keeping Dean liessoy
"ml I'rof. Caldwell eomjKiny. Having
pledged several new men they are tip
to their former standard in scholar
ship as well as society.
Ht'ta Theta Pi will be founu in their
old rooms in the State block. Every
thing lias been renovated and' mode
better than new. The letters of the
fraternity are in gold leaf on the front
windows to welcome nil stray broth
ers to their abode. The old Betas in
school this failure: Blckotte, Cramb,
Schick, Gillespie, White, Beghtol,
MeKilUj), Sims, Horshey and Black-!
"iK-KstafT, Lau, Adams, Willliams,
man. This leaves them a strong and
flourishing chapter to maintain their
wn in G reeled om. nowever, they
have lost several old men who will
ot easily be replaced. Judge Cooley
is in the employment of the Beatrice
dreamery company of this city, wlier
la has a very excellent position. Ohns.
Ileiidy, Jr.. Is at. borne In North !
I'lmtte, trying to get the Spanish out!
f his system. Georcc Wilber 4s dolncr !
l,i same In Wayne and if successful
will be back in school We second Bern-
ester for the annual Glee club concert, tired of 'Varsity life uniPbecoine Mor
N'll Lehman" is resting in CoUwnbus 'man, havingHcl'tled in Salt Lake City.
ftr the severe trials of bis college J WilMnm Halstead will" return to Jnd
wnirse, Mnurice Hyde is in the em-,!""" this fall with his fattier where he
Ployinent of an electrical company of will niiike Ills future home. ' lB. D.
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to Those Fraternity Hen
in the University.
Chicago. Erncit Amos is In the law
business with his fntlior in this city,
mid nlso nding the follows through
bankruptcy on the side. Hoy Carter
will attend niedicnl school in Chicago
and Fred Tullos Is posting on his
father's farm, licit Robinson is at
present at the exposition in Omaha,
but expects to to in school the second
semester.
With the Phi Kappa Psi boys things
arc flourishing. Nearly nll'old men
are bach and many new ones nrc be
ing admitted to ranks. They hnvc re
tained their house on G street which
they occupied all last year. Their
nbscntecs arc, S. A. White, Sergeant
major of the Second Ncbraska.at pres
ent in Manila, reports that he has not
yet been on the sick list and is get
ting along finely. A. S. Pcarsc is still
in Chickamaugh and is very sick with
the fever. Ills mother is with hm ond
under her excellent care t is hoped
that he will be able to return to school
by the second semester. Bert Christie
is in Omaha. lie is very weak, hav
ing just recovered from a continued
A remnant of the
aittack of typhoid and miliaria fev
ers,. As far ns known he will return
the Hecond semester to graduate with
his class. Dick Rjcd is in Lincoln and
is also just recovering from the fever,
lie went to Camp Thomas in the mid
dle of the summer and stayed there
long enough to get sick. He will
spend the coming year teaching. J3arl
Wiilllanis of York will prolibly not
Ik back as soon as he is in business
there.
The STgiim Chis have also lost heav
ily this year, ten of their men, having
secured positions elsewhere. In spite
of this the remaining members are
lookng for 11 house and as soon as they
can get one will again start up house
keeping. George Burgert, Jr., will oe at tho
head of the science department of tin
MeCook High school. B. J. Belnap Is
with an electrical firm in St. Louis'
where 'L' I'11 ll excellent position
V. P. Sheldon can not return on ac
count of tho rusli of business in his
father's store. F. G.Gustln has grown
Montgomery is still h Mnniln, while
A - w",,s is wim-angi-. vongi,
riders. ,i
13. Fechct is with the Sixth
cavalry, U. S. A, He was wounded
during the summer In a skirmish in
Cuba but has since recovered. 13. V.
foster, also enlisted, but will be mus
tered out in time to attend the Croigh
ton .Medical College of Omaha. 0. 0.
Young ilnds Nebraska too small for
his aspirations so he will spread out
on the sand hills of Callfarnin and In
cidentally attend the l.elnnd Stanford
lniversit.y.
Mgiiin .ipiui j'.psiion nave taken a
house at 2525 I' street, which is ncwlv
furnished and of very neat appear
ance. They lost Inst spring only one
mail, 13. B. Sawyer, by grndtlimtion.
He is at present assaying for a com
pany in Salt Lake City. 1). Ostenberg
will work in Omaiia this winter. Sid
Corby and John Kenny arc still in the
army and both are holding the posi
tiions of lieutenants. The active mem
bers remaining in schoo. are Tcctcr,
Clapp, Sawyer, Bolben, Lartictt, Bar
man, Davidson, Stopher, Siphcrd,
Milieux, l)u Krone and Seldom
Alpha Theta Chi also reports a few
absent ones. 0. II. Mnrtln, president
of the class of 'OS, will enter the law
school at Harvard the first of October.
Ollie Randolph returns to West Point
where he is principal of the High
school, Irving Cnttler is principal of
the Beatrice High school and is prov
ing himself capable of the position
Martin Hultner s ncad chemist tor a
large mining company near ''i ellow
stone Parle. Cooper and Imler nrc
compelled to reniain.-away on account
of other engagements.
'98 Class Book.
The Alhpn Theta lioyw have keipt up
with the times and greatly .Improved
tlu-iir moms on Twvlfnh anil ,s w uiUt
they are now among the most eommo
(I ins of amy in the city.
Delta Tan Delta has taken a house
nt 240 North 17th street, whoh gives
them much better quarters than they
have enjoyed for some time past. Of
the graduates of last spring, Charles
Weeks Is the only one to return. He
has accepted the position of com
mandant of the University battalion
and promisee to be very popular with
the students. Bert Bobbins is in Man
ila as a volunteer. A. A. (Mlnrnn holds
11 fellowship with the New York Theo
logical seminary; John Saville is elec-
trical engineer for Swift's T'acldnir
house in South Omnha while Prank
(KlffJ Hey , m te lt busI
m.KS , KlI1H1H qj, jf(, MyH Je flid
it more satisfactory, financially, than
rustling "ad!" foi -Hie Nebniskan.
I3lcven members have returned for
work. Whipple, Kind, Brow.n, King,
Donne, Weeks, Woodlnwn, Ybuer, Cle
land, Barnes and Weaver.
The. Kappa Slgnias are eomfortablv
situated in the Harris' block on I3lev-i
1 nth and N streets. Nnlne of last
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THE OPENING OFTHE UNIVERSITY
The First Chapel Exercise Last Saturday Horning
and the Introduction of the New Hem
bers of the Faculty.
THE CHANCELLOR'S ADDRESS TO THE STUDENTS
Tho Higher Spiritual Lifo and What It Moans to tho Students and
tho Stato
The formal opening of the Univer
sity for the jenr 1S08-99 occurred in
the Chapel on Saturday, September
17th. The exercises were begun nt 11
o'clock and lasted a little over an hour.
The Chapel wis full to overflowing of
enthusiastic freshmen and other class
men, who grcttcd with clapping, hur
rahing, and whistling each member of
the faculty, both old and new, as each
made his appearance on the platform.
The Chancellor received the greatest
ovation, for in addition to all the
above manifestations of good feeling,
the University yell was raised and
given with n will. It was a typical
college gathering and must have
shown the freshmen present the "es
prit de corps" of the University.
The regular chapel exercises were
first gone through with and then the
new members of the fnculty were in
troduced in turn hy the Chancellor.
The first to be presented was Dean
Wilson, the first dt-an of women the
University has had, and she was re
ceived by a hearty hand-clapping.
Miss Ronton was next introduced as
the head of the new "School of Do
mestic Science." She said she hoped
her new duties would not interfere J
with her old.
The Chancellor announced that Mrs.
Tnvlor would not be a member of the
faculty this year, and introduced Miss
lloiTon as her successor.
The new head of the Uleetrlcnl En
gineering ileu'fiiKiint was then
presenite1 in (a luippy NVay
by the Chancellor. The students in
sisted on hearing him say something
and he responded by saying that deeds
count and not words; that it would
be a good deal easier to tell at the end
of the semester whether his adminis
tration had been a success or not.
Mr. J. 1. Wyer, the new librarian,
said he wanted to meet nil the stu
dents ind'ivld'iially and to dio ill 'lie
could in every way to help them.
C u Weeks wnw aiuuoiiiwedi i(s 'Hie
new coiiin andaut of cadets.
I'ryce, an assistant in the physical
tritining department.; Hitchmnn, -in
asslKtant. in the department of
Mecliaiiical Drawing and Machine re
sign, and Mis Davis, of the Mathe
matics department, were then pre
sented. After making a few -euiarks about
the new building and explaining the
efficiency of the new courses of study,
in preference to lectures. This feature
has been vorj favorably commented on
by leading wen of the bar and is at
tracting students from other states.
After making a few reinarus about
the new Ibuild'ing and explnning the
efficiency of ;he new courses of study,
the Chancelbr spoke of the numerous
book stores on an'1 near the Univer
sity campus, and said thnt the Univer
sity Book s-ore had the sanction of
the an thorites as its .airs were
' l"0,c1 1,,U) nt roGlimr Intfi'vals by a
committee of regents, faculty and
students. He then made 11 short open-
ing address, wh.ch was full of good
thoughts ami was heartily received.
He said in part: Since the real open
ing addresR has been given, as you
have seen the old and new members
of the faculty here, ready as never be
fore, for their work, all! slilill attempt
to do will be to tell you what was to
have been the subject of it, nnd point
out Its moral.
University.
The address was to have been upon
"The Higher or Spiritual Life of 'lie
University."
We arc somewhat in uanger, -ith
our womdeirfu'l growMi of pr'M'i'iig- our
selves upon our equipment, npon our
numbers, upon the things that are ma
terial. But if tho University is fo 00
true to the idenl of the pioneers who
founded it to rt.ln? best peri'cil
in its own li'Itsitory if is
to meelD the dlemtiimlls tihtsnt
are made itodety upon .tlhutfe great tltnlte
unversities to whom belongs tho in
heritance of the future in education u
America, we must cultivate and con
serve the spiritual life. Tht first uni
versities were established in the
bosom of the church. The next stage
of cducaton found the denominational
colleges l'eprcscnting the spiritual as
pirations of the church as dirccteu to
education. In this third and greater
stage of education where the state
has become so civilized and Christian
that it carries on education, we must
.-ve to it itih'at tilie immer lifw of inlaw is
kept growing.
As Americans there is especial dan
ger of our living on the surface, but
this unique summer has shown us that
the people are sqund nt'lieart.
Now as 11 university we must be a
leader of the American people. As
scholars there arc special temptations
to draw us away from the cultivation
of the spiritual liTc, that contemp
lation of God which is the deepest
form of prayer.
The inner life must ibe nctiive im tlhia.t
synrpaitWy wlili ch musit issue fin (help
lessness. ITscfuilnvs must, tllie.ii) he. cul
tivated. So 1 beg you by this life of con
templation, by maintaining, accord
ing to your own belief, a communion
with the God yo.i seek, if you l:now
Him not and by unselfish helpfulness
toward your professors, toward one
another and toward all, to keep the
higher life, that the University ns well
as you niciy con'liiiiiic to grow.
The date for the opening of the new
building has not been fixed absolutely
but it will be nbotit the middle of 0c-
toiler, and the Chancellor promises a
great feast day for the University.
President Chaplain, of St. Louis, has
been secured to give an address.
FBESH.-SOril. MEET.
Preparations for tho Freshman
Sophomore track and field meet are
already under way. More than forty
members of these classes mot in the
gymnasium Saturday evening.
The meeting was called to order by
Dr. W. n. Ihisrtilngs, -wlliio explained!
the object of the meet, thai of discov
ering und jireparlng athletes for
sprang events. He also gave statistics
to show the progress made during the
past year because of the Increased in
terest in track athletics,, which dates
from the first dual class meet of this
kind iiist year. A number of the tipper
classmen were present and took part
in the discussion. Football Manager
Blschoft', "W. 13. Andrew, president of
the Athletic Association, and others,
made speeches encouraging the ath
letes in embryo to get out and do or
die. The evemte hi iliiciti tihe coiiltesit
ants will win or loose their elnss honor
will lie: 100 ya,ivl dash.; i!2l yaiWl das-;
440 yard dntUi1; 880 yairtl rum; millie rum
1K0 hurdles; .220 hurdles; running
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