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VOL. I, NO. 117.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1902.
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PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
Professor Ohatburn Speaks of MothodB
and Advantages of thoir Improve
ment. An Interest
ing Talk.
A very Interesting and profitable talk
was given by Professor Chatburn at
convocation Friday morning on the
subject of highways. Professor Chat
burn first discussed the movement for
cood roads, which developed In the
nineties, and spoke at some length of
the exaggerated statistics that were
given out by tho over-zealous advo
cates of the reform. One of the argu
ments advanced at that time was that
if therewere good stone roads through
out the country about one-third of tho
horses then needed could bo dispensed
with, and the absence of these horses
would be a great saving to the farm
ers. The fact of tho matter Is that
tho number of horses used on tho
farm depends upon tho number needed
lo take care of the crops. That land
would Increase materially In value was
then used as an argument. Such would
probably bo the caBe, but tho Increase
would not be so great as was stated.
The main trouble with tho arguments
made by the early advocates of im
proved roads was that they were al
ways overstretched, and thus did In
jury to the movement.
In '95 the government made an at
tempt to determine tho annual cost of
hauling crops to and from market. Tho
exact sum was found to be $946,314,
GG5.54, which, said Professor Chatburn,
is three times too large. It was also
claimed that two-thirds of the total
amount could have been saved if good
roads had prevailed.
Such bulletins have created great
distrust among tho people, but never
theless there aro still many reasons
why our roads should bo improved.
These reasons may bo classified as
financial and social.
Professor Chatburn gave the follow
ing as financial reasons:
1. Decrease in cost of transportation.
2. Wider choice In time of marketing
crops. 3. Wider chance in market
prices. 4. Decrease in cost of mlstrav-
oling. 5. Permit sale of products other
wise going to waste. 6. Equalize rail
road traffic between different seasons
of the year. 7. Tend to equalize pro
duce market between different climatic
conditions. 8. Permit cultivation of
crops otherwise not marketable. 9.
Would tend to promote intensive farming.
The social reasons for tho improve
ment of roads are:
1. Increase of comfort and pleasure
of travel. 2. Better intercourse among
farmers and the urban population. 3.
Facilitate consolidation of rural
schools. 4. Facilitate rural mail de
livery. 6. Improve sanitary conditions.
6. Improve appearance of highways.
Professor Chatburn, in enumerating
hlB reasons, purposely omitted tho rlso
in tho price of farms, which lsJn
reality a measure of these advantages.
Good roads would not increase tho
amount of corn raised, nor would thoy
raise tho price of farms in the gon
eral market, but mon would bo willing
to pay more for farmB approachable by
good roadB.
In Nebraska, Bald ProfesBor Chat
burn, it will bo many years before tho
roads will be macadamized, but the
soil is such that by proper working tho
beBt of dirt roads may bo obtained.
WAS API EASY FOE
ASSOCIATION MEN TO BANQUET.
Tho Y. M. C. A. annual banquet will
be held tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock
in tho armory. A downtown caterer
will provide an excellent feast of good
things. From present Indications, from
one hundred to ono hundred and fifty
men will be present.
A program of toasts and music will
lend life to the occasion.
The toastmaster will be Dr. A. Ross
Hill. Members of the board and cabi
net will speak, also Chancellor An
drews and invited guests from out of
town. The association glee club will
furnish new muBlc.
All young men who have not as yet
made known their intention of attend
ing Bhould report their names at onco
to Secretary Howard Hubbel. As this
is tho most important affair of tho as
sociation during the year, a big time
Is expected.
SENIOR PROM. COMMITTEE MEETS.
Tho members of tho senior prom,
committee met last Friday morning
and held a very interesting session.
The question of the promenade was
taken up In detail and sub-committees
appointed to take charge of these vari
ous details. The meeting of the com
mittee was something of an Innovation
in class doings. Heretofore the junior
and senior prom, committees have
been merely nominal affairs, with the
exception of the chairman and master
of ceremonies who have assumed to
take complete charge of the hops.
Their efforts have often been liberally
rewarded by a snug sum from the pro
ceeds of tho dances.
The members of the senior commit
tee this year flt that In order to make
the senior prom, a strictly university
dance it was necessary that they have
a voice In tho arrangements for that
ovont. Not only are they to do this,
but It is very probable that whatever
srplus may be found to exist after
tho expenses have been paid will be
turned into the class treasury. The
action of the members was taken out
of a belief that inasmuch as this dance
is to bo a class dance, for the Interest
of the class, It was unjust to allow a
few persons to reap the profits, but
that rather it was right that any sur
plus which might reamin after the ex
penses had been paid should be turned
over to tho (ilass, which will have no
small expense during commencement
week.
Topoka Y. M. 0. A. Boakotball Team Suo
onmbs to tho Superior Flaying of
tho ' Varsity. Gamo Nev
er in Doubt.
Tho only basket-ball gamo of tho
season played on tho home floor re
sulted, last Friday evening, In a scoro
of 27 to 13 In favor of tho homo team.
Tho visitors were outplayed from the
very first, and at no period of tho
gamo did it seem possible that there
could bo any other outcome. Cortelyou
did tho star playing for Nebraska,
throwing five out of oight goals
that the team had to their credit.
Raymond did fine work at guarding
and every other man played his posi
tion with great ability.
Tho Topoka mon threw two goals
and Beven fouls. Griggs, who played
forward, did the playing for the vis
itors, scoring ten out of tho thirteen
points.
Nebraska's team work was excellent,
and only In ono respect was she ex
celled by tho Kansas men. That was
In the matter of fouling. Perhaps
this Is duo to tho fact that tho Y. M.
C. A. team did not get in tho gamo
as did tho 'varsity boys, but tho fact
remains that Topoka made nine fouls
and tho 'varsity fifteen. It was a clean
gamo all the way through, and no
rough playing was indulged In. Previ
ous to tho big game, picked teams
from the Delians and Palladlans ran
up a score of 19 to 21 in favor of tho
Delians. Line-up:
Topoka.
Griggs
Stoves
May
McCauley
Fleishman. . . .
Fouls Topeka 9, 'Varsity 15
Umpires Hulett, Augustus.
Referee Condra.
'Varsity.
F Cortelyou
F Hagenslck
C Plllsbury
G Raymond
G Koehler
FIRST PRACTICE GAME.
The first practice baseball gamo of
the season was played on the campus
Saturday between the last year's regu
lars and the subs. The gamo lasted
for four innings, and resulted In a
scoro of 14 to 0 in favor of tho 'varsity.
Although a very one-sided affair, tho
gamo furnished an opportunity for the
new men to show their ability, and was
very satisfactory ln'that respect. Mul-
llken and Thomson showed up espe
cially well as battery.
The old men lined up as follows:
Hood, third base. .
Rhodes, shortstop.
Gaines and Townsend, second base.
Raymond, first base.
Bell (captain), left field.
De Putron, center field.
Doano and Bender, catchers.
Bonder and Gaines, right field.
Thomson and Gaines, pitchers.
The positions of the scrubB were sub
ject to considerable change. Stephen
son, Clum, Koehler, Roth, Stringer,
Wright, tariey, Cortelyou, Sholmer,
Davidson, DIerks, Burg, Myers and
Mulllken were all tried.
MR. BRYAN ADDREbSES Y. M. C. A.
Between two and three hundred mon
attended tho meeting of tho Y. M. C. A.
yestorday aftornoon In the old chapol.
Music was furnished by tho Unlvorslty
Y. M. C. A. Gloo club. W. J. Bryan
delivered a short address In which ho
discussed tho student's life according
to his own oxporienco.
"Collogo llfo Is tho period of solf
rellanco," said Mr. Bryan. "It Is tho
tlmo of tho coming Into possession of
personal power and when a man per
ceives his power. It is a tlmo when
students aro apt to stray frdm tholr
homo teaching." Mr. Bryan stated that
ho had onco' written to Ingersoll and
asked him about his belief In God and
eternal llfo.
"I do nbt Bay thero Is no God," re
plied Ingersoll, "I do not know; I do
not say there 1b no eternal life; I do
not know." y'
Mr. Bryan maintained that in tho bo
ginning thero was a Creator, and that
he had never beconio so 'Intelligent as
to desert tho theory, if It was a theory,
of an eternal life. "Immorfalfty Is' as
easily proven," said tie, "an anything
outside of a mathlmatlral demonstra
tion. Tho bellor'ln Immortality carries
a strong Ihfluenco in tho dally llfo. If
It 1b a delusion, can thero bo a dearer
one?" ho asked, "and what satisfac
tion be thero In taking away tho delu
sion, if it be such, and putting nothing
in placo of It."
If tho Father designB to take caro
of smaller things, will Ho not take caro
of man, who has been created in His
own image? If nothing about us can
over bo destroyed, it Is an unanswera
ble reply that tho soul will never por
IbIi. Often tho experiences In llfo
which seem hardest aro looked back to
later with greatest satisfaction. But
many disappointments can bo mado
blessings in disguise, and it is for us
to make the best of things.
Mr. Bryan stated that he was con
tinually convinced that tho man who
has in llfo no higher aim than his own
interests will loso his llfo by making
nothing of it. Tho man who is willing
to lose himself in things considered
more Important than himself gets most
out of life.
Love, he declared, is the great con
trolling force in tho universe, and In
proportion as lovo is in' the heart, so
will thero bo happiness in lifo and
success. Education is all very well,
but the dovolopment of tho heart .is
more important than all.
How few men will ever bo known
after llfo by monuments at their rest
ing places! If tho heart is right and
the man is anxious to' do and give
something to others, he will build for,
himself something greater than monu
ments of marble and granite. There
is no limit to helpfulness. Ono finds
his pay in the doing of things and not
in hope for reward.
Mr. Bryan, in closing, urged that
young men influence the world through.'
love and not fear, by doing good and
not -wishing for reward. Happiness, tie
said, is not found by searching, but
comes as a reward for duty done.
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