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The Daily Nebraskan.
VOL. 2. NO. 7.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, njoa.
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VARISTY WELL COACHED
foot Bali Squads Go Through
Practice Routine More
Life Given by New
Men.
It loaching helps to make a good
tHi)i. Nebraska can expect great
things on the gridiron thin fall The
unlxeisity is hotter supplied in that
line this year than ever before Assist
ants oach Palmer, '98, of Princeton,
made his first appearance at practice
last evening and gave valuable assist
an e in the coaching of the ends
(leorge Shedd was alBO out and helped
the line men. Booth and Drain were
on the field as usual
At the beginning of practice the men
weie lined up in four squads and fur
nished amusement for the spettatois
while falling on the ball The whole
tone then went to the noith end of
the Held and tackled the dummy for a
quarter of nn hour This gentleman
is now equipped with a complete new
suit. m hiding the stuffling. and is so
fastened to the trame that when tac k
led he looses his hold and jolls to
the ground with the ta kler.
The men weie next 'placed in squads
ai Hinged ace 01 ding to the positions
lor which they aie candidates, and a
tew minutes of piivate coaching fol
lowed The two teams then lined up
against each other for"a little harder
woik, and for fifteen minutes struggled
to see which could make the other do
the most running. Most of the time
was taken up in kicking. Hewitt doing
the work for the suubs and Benedict
for the wusity.
Later in the practice. Eager went in
as quarter and Englehart. the new ma.t
from Omaha, played full. The latter
was for two years captain of the fa
mous Omaha team, and is undoubtedly
a good man. He is short in stature,
but possesses plenty of the stuff that
makes good football players The squad
was further increased by the addition of
Marsh an Omaha halfback, and of
Hunter, a heavyweight, who did good.
work in the scrub line. After a little
more work in punting and line bucking,
"Chick" Shedd went over the line for
a touchdown the practice concluding
with a little sprinting around the field.
Eager's work in returning the ball is
worthy of notice, as Is also Bender's
surinting through the line.
Foot Ball With Doane.
The first collegiate game of the sea
son will be played on Saturday, day af
ter tomorrow, on Nebraska field The
A- game will begin at 3 o'clock. An ad
mission of twenty-five cents will be
charged. This will he the last twenty
five cent game. Reserved seats In the
grand stand can be secured at Rector's
or at the university treasurer's office.
Doane expects to bring a large delega
tion of rooters along to apllt the air.
Doane knows how to root, and she will
send a husky eleven. The semaphore
will be in running order at this game.
Kansas Schedule.
Sept 20 Falrmount College Law
lence Oct 1 -Kansas Agricultural Collego
Lawrenc e
Oct 11 Washburn College Law
1 enc e
Oct. 18. Drake University Law
rence Oc t LT Wisconsin Madison.
Oct I'll Knox College Galesburg
Nov S --Nebraska Lincoln
Nov 15 Haskell Indians Law
rence
Nov 2m Kansas State Normal Em
poria No 27 -Missouii Kansas City.
Tennis at Kansas.
Kansas tennis is taking a boom at
present and the candidates are lining
up for final tryouts. If the season will
permit the university and Kansas will
hae the icgular fall tournament. The
following item will explain matters
with 0111 southern neighbor
"Earl Farnsworth, the midget cham
pion of the west, heretofore connected
with Nebraska, has gone to Cornell,
thus removing a formidable contestant,
and materially increasing out chances
for victory Peters, who played here
last year with Nebraska, will represent
that institution again.
"For M S U. Capt Broadhead of
the ball tram, will wield the racket for
singles His presence alone guarantees
an exciting contest Allen Withers will
be associated with him In doublet) a
eiy Htiong combination.
"A local touiney will be held at once
to select our champions. Our cause
will be greatly weakened by the loss
of Sharrard However, Messrs.- Felts
haus, Meyers, Drayer, Edwards nnd
Cliffoicl are getting into excellent
shape." Kansas Weekly.
Will Hold Open House.
The College Settlement association
will have open house for members of
the fac ulty, Btudents and patrons and
friends on Friday evening at 7.30.
There will be short speeches, reports
of woik, music and a social hour.
The new house will be open through
out for Inspection. All are invited.
The College Settlement house is at 200
So 20th
Yesterday's Convocation.
Chancellor Andrews announced that
owing to the sudden Illness of Pres
ident Roosevelt the latter would
not be entertained in Lincoln. He drew
consolation from the fact that since
we could not entertain him no body
else could.
The Chancellor requested that the
men students arriving early at chapel
would seat themselves in the center
row of seats He said It was not nec
essary lo request the ladies to do that
as they were- more orderly than the
men.
Rev. Haynea of the First Christian
church delivered a short prayer and
read the scripture lesson. Miss Bur
rus rendered "Blanca." The piece Is
well suited to her voice and the hearty
applause she received expressed tho
appreciation of the audience.
CADETS BEGIN WORK
Companies Line Up On Campus
for Setting-Up Exercises
Battallion Grows
Bigger.
The lampiiR took on an animated ap
pearance last night for the first time
this season The cadets were out In
full force and In larger numbers than
ever before seen In the battalion. Stu
dents and faculty seemed equally In
tel ested In the doings and turned out
in large numbers to look on The reg
istration enrds for the military depart
ment number about 390.
As a matter of fact the extra men
on hand are enough to make another
full company, but this will probably
not be clone. A few of the old men of
the battalion have appeared at drill
and will be with the companies during
the year The new regulations regard
ing drill and graduation hne some
thing to do with the increased regis
tration, as well as the demand made
for all new men to carry the drill In
their first year
The cadets were put through the
setting up exercises yesterday for the
first time under the command of non
commissioned officers and the exper
ienced privntes of last year The band
has not been called out yet and ns to
its strength nothing Is as yet known.
The general opinion Is that this year
the general run of cadets are much bet
ter in general appearance in line than
at previous years. More seem to know
something about drill. More high
schools In the state have cadet Instruc
tion, and this may explain tho in
creased knowledge of soldiery among
the men.
Journalistic Training.
"There Is a strange and persistent
misunderstanding of Journalism at
most of our colleges. A few of them
offer courses that look towards news
paper work, but as a rule they are
shocked at a proposal to train men for
it. For academic life does not regard
the profession seriously. Consider the
case of Yale University, for example.
It has a fund for a lecture oc two on
Journalism, and the last lecturer that
it Invited was Mr. Frank A. Munsey,
the owner of the magazine which bears
hla name. Colleges that have profes
sors of veterinary medicine and of
dentistry and of meqhnnical engineer
ing and of agriculture take offense at
the suggestion of a professor of Jour
nalism. Yet it is surely true that they might
offer such professional post graduate
courses parallel to their courses In law
and in medicine, and so conduct them
that the men they train should be able
to construct with some skill a simple
piece of; writing. Most men who now
go from college Into periodical writing
go at a disadvantage, for they think
that they can write because they have
written academic "themes" and taken
courses in literature; and they are 1m-
patient with the long appientlc cshlp
tnat they must serve.
Many such a man never learns that
writing Is an art They get rough-and-tumble
work for a time on dally papers
or they "review" books and then
frankly accept the fate of hacks, be
como self-conscious, degenerate Into
martyrs, complain that there Is no
chance for "literature" and haunt mag
azine offices with Impracticable pi expo
sitions, all because, In most cases, they
were not taught in the beginning that
the writing of contemporary literature
Is an art and because they undertook
It without training.
Our colleges and univeisities, espe
cially their departments of literature,
have some grave sins to answer for,
because they do not even frankly tell
young men that writing Is a difficult
trade, to Bay nothing of the art of It,
and because they do not adequately
train them for It. They let them go
with a radical false notion of the
whole subject.
A generation of really well-trained
writers on contemporaneous subjects
would be the best practical Investment
that our universities could make for
the building up of good speech and
of clear thinking in our democracy."
The above clipping was taken from
World'B Work. The writer seems to
have been very keen in his analysis
of collegiate training in many Institu
tions where advanced subjects nie
taught. It is good for the average
writer and those contemplating going
into tho profession to consider what is
included In the article.
Lincoln Academy Notes.
The academy is very much incon
venienced by the delay in the comple
tion of the new building which is be
ing erected for Its use on North 12th
street. The contractor has set the
date of completion three times, but
the building 1b not yet ready for use.
Tho management of tho academy
contemplates opening a news-box, with
the view of creating interest in that
line of work and to Increase the cir
culation of the "Dally."
There is an increase of over 100 per
cent of students taking full work in
the academy, and. on the other hand,
there Is a decrease In the number of
conditional students at the university
Tills coincidence Beems to indicate the
growing popularity of the academy.
Miss Laura D. Puffer, the new fellow
In mathematics, who also teaches one
hour In- the academy, brings to her
work unusual preparation and success
ful teaching experience. She obtained
her B. A. degree at Smith college, and
Is a M. A. of Radcllff. For the past Ave
or six years she has been engaged
teaching In Massachusetts and In Kan
sas. Besides these collegiate deirreps
,MIbs Puffer Is an accomplished musi
cian, and music lovers will And In her
an appreciative critic and a delightful
player.
The Y. M. C. A. will hojd a short
prayer meeting at 7 o'clock tonight In
the rooms. This will tajko place of the
noon prayer meeting. Every young
man is welcome.
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