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VOL. I, NO. 122.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1902.
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NEBRASKA WINS!
Home Team Successful in the First of the
Inter-Uollegiate Debates. De
cision of tho Judges
Unanimous.
By the unanimous verdict of tho
three judges Nebraska won the first of
the three interstate debates Friday
night The contest was with (lie team
from Colorado college and the ques
tion under discussion was the muni
cipalization of surface transpoi tat ion
facilities in American ities of over
1 no. 1)00. Nebraska had the aflirmative
and the Colorado team argued for the
present system of private ownership
The debate was adjudged by old de
baters to lie one of the best ever lis
tened to at the university
The Nebraska team was lomposed of
Thomas A Maxwell. '(;. ('has A
Kutcher. law. '(:. and Neil M Cronin.
'(: The team sent out by the Moun
tain state ( onsist mI of ("Ik ster I'' llojt,
Kiii J Lake and (' William Weiser.
Owing to a seere Mild Mr Hoyt was
unable to take his pla e on the pro
gram and Mr. Lake was compelled to
read his argument lor him from manu
s( ript. This, without doubt, weakened
the force of the work done by the vis
iting team.
The feature of the (ontrst was the
ability the home team manifested in
rebuttal. Every one of the three'men
who represented Nebraska was a thor
ough master of all the evidence that
could be found relating to the sub
ject. Mr. Cronin's speech was a pow
erful attack on the argument of his
adersaries and in it he succeeded in
overthrowing every important point
brought up by them. Mr Kutcher also
oeseres great credit for the master
ful way he handled the argument of the
first speaker on the negative His pre
sentation of the strong points of the
aflirmative showed perfect mastery of
the question together with a remarka
ble ability to analyze. Mr. Maxwell,
in the opening speech, showed himself
perfectly at home with the subject and
his analysis of the development of the
question and of the evils of private
ownership which Jias lead up to It was
particularly strong.
For the negative both Mr. Lake and
Mr. Weiser showed much skill in
handling the subject, but the thorough
preparation evidenced by the home
team was clearly wanting. The fact
that Mr. Lake was forced to read his
first speech from manuscript was very
much against him.
The enthusiasm shown by the audi
ence was a good criterion of the In
terest which was felt in the outcome.
A body of law students occupied a
part of the central section of seats and
did much to add to the spirit of the
occasion. Tho speeches were liberally
applauded and Mr. Cronin's rebuttal
SOPHOMORE PARTY
1904 Oolebrated Saturday Night.
President DaviB Kidnapped.
Ulass Men Indulge in
Wrangling.
The sophomore party whhh was held
last Saturday night in the armory will
school days of receiving training in ''' one long to be remembered by the
publi. speaking and regn tied that he 'lasses or l!t()U and MM).-, As a class
had not embraced the few nances that ' affair It was pronounced a success In
every particular About seventy
couples were in attendance and they
succeeded In making It one of the
1 pleasantcst functions of the year
' Quick's orchestra furnished the music
I for the occasion. Ices were1 served
, throughout the evening and games
I were in evidence for those who did not
was frequently interrupted by cheers
Mr Fogg and the three men hae
worked almost incessantly for several
weeks in preparation for ttie contest
and the result an without doubt be
traced to this fact.
As presiding officer of the evening,
(lovernor Saage was called upon for
remarks at the (lose of the program
while waiting for the decision of the
judges He spoke of the lack of op
poit unities he had had during his
were open to him. He said he had
frequently been in positions where he
would have given a thousand dollars to
be able to make a speech such as the
young men had just made. He ad-
Ised all students to take every op
portunity to get up before an audience
and speak.
Professor Kimball rendered a solo ' dance and who tired of mere conversa
on the pipe organ which was received Hon
with appreciative applause. I In preparation lor the freshmen and
In rendering their de ision the ' any others who might attempt to in-
Baseball Today.
OMAHA LEAGUE, VS VARSITY,
Campus, 3 O'clock
Lad 1
es
Free, if accompanied by the holder of a paid ticket.
ADMISSION TWENTY-FIVE CENTS.
judges said that while It was unani
mous, it did not show as great a su
periority on the aflirmative as it would
seem to. The sides, they declared,
were very evenly matched.
The judges were:
terfere. the sophomores had Installed
immense locomotive headlights at
either end of the hall, which might be
used in case the electric light wires
should be cut and the hall thrown into
as toastmaster. Students from Wes
leyan helped to entertain the unwilling
guest during the evening. About 1L
o'( lock he was brought back to town
on a street car and taken to his room.
The sophomores, In order to retaliate,
caught four freshmen who were too
promiscuous and securely tied them to
chairs and suspended them from the
celling in the armory. Clemency was
shown them and they were soon al
lowed to go.
It was not long before the freshmen
were up In arms and about lf,0 of them
assembled at the armory and carried
off a few of the sophomores as they
were coming to the pnrty. A number
of the fearful sophomores entered the
tin 1 1 through the west door In order
to avoid an encounter.
ILL-SMELLING CHEMICALS USED.
Shortly before the students began to
assemble it wns discovered that some
ill-smelling chemicals had been thrown
into the hall. Not enough was thrown
to have any bad effect at this time.
Later on In the evening, after tho
members of the party had arrived, at
tempts wore made to throw It In again,
but without any great success. As a
consequence of the detention of a num
ber of the sophomores, some of the
young men had to escort more than
one lady to their homes.
On the whole, the sophomores, de
spite the attempts of other classmen
to break up the party, had a very en
joyable time and expressed themselves
as pleased with their party and the
Jokes, though they thought they had
been carried too far in the matter of
the throwing the ill-smelling chemical
in the presence of ladles.
As a special inducement to the draw
ing of a large crowd, Manager Shldler
announces that on Monday all ladles
J. H. Mcintosh, , darkness. There were no decorations accompanied by the holder of a paid
Esq, Omaha, Judge S. H. Sedgwick, I but the large crowd of university class- ticket will be admitted free. Nebraska
York. Albert Watklns, Lincoln. men and ladles presented a very pretty has a ball team this year of which she
After the decision the six contestants
and Mr Fogg were forced to the front
and tossed by the enthusiastic sup
porters of the team
THE HAND AT CONVOCATION.
Professor Wilson and the members
of the university band gave a very
entertaining concert at convocation
last Friday morning. That the stu
dents appreciate good music was very
apparent by the liberal applause that
greeted each selection. Under the di
rectorship of Professor Wilson the
band has developed greatly in the last
six months, and is now an organiza
tion of which tho university may well
bo proud. There are at present about
thirty pieces in the band.
Tho following program was ren
dered: March "University of Nebraska
Cadets" Wilson
Waltz "Invitation to the Dance"
Weber
Overture "Tarco in Italy". .. .Rossini
"Magic Flute" Mozart
March "The Old Vqteran". . .Barnard
scene may justly be proud, and the best
PRESIDENT DAVIS ABDUCTED. I way for the students and faculty to
Animated by a desire for revenge show their appreciation of the men's
because of the kidnaping of the master elTorts Is for everyone to come out and
of ceremonies of the freshman hop cheer the team on to victory. Tho
early lost winter, the lreshmen, with game will be a hard one and the sup
the aid of some Juniors, succeeded In port of everyone Is needed,
laying very complete plans for the The teams will line up as follows:
spiriting away of President Davis. As 1 'Varsity. Omaha League.
a preliminary to this the key to the ' Doane . c Snyder
president's room was abstracted some- Townsend, Leatherby
time Saturday. The loss was Boon I and Thomson... p Cain
discovered by Mr. Davis, but having 1 Raymond lb f Kerr
no fears for any trouble so carry in ' Gaines 2b Willo
the afternoon, he busied himself in 1 Hood 3b Miller
his room. He was soon Interrupted j Rhodes ss Davis
wlilln nl ,ia vunrl at ' n'elnolr in Hin'Bell ' M. SlmW
He Putrnn
afternoon by the rushing In of six men Bender
who, without any warning whatsoever, j
quickly blindfolded and bound him and 1
by the aid of a hack, escorted him to ,
University Place, where he was made
at homo at a certain boarding house.
While at this place he succeeded In get
ting away at one time, but was soon
caught and taken back.
At 7 o'clock an elaborate supper was
served, at which President Davis acted
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F. Shaw
OMAHA LEAGUE TODAY.
The first of a series of games with
the Omaha league team will be played
on the ball grounds Monday afternoon.
The men from Omaha are strong play
ers and the game promises to be one
of great interest. Everybody should
turn out and Bhow by his attendance
that Nebraska intends to support base
hall this year.
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