The Daily Nebraskan.
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VOL 2. NO. 47.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1902.
PRICE THREE CENTS.
VARSITY SCORES EASY
Scrubs Liable tt.Break Up Rushes
-Northwestern to e De'
feated Team Practice
Last Night.
The 'varsity put up the ' best prac
tice game of the season last evening,
and In exactly half an hour ran up a
v score of thirty-two points against the
scrubs. Hard, fast football was what
did It, and the scrubs, who were un
able to withstand the terrible rushes
of the 'varsity, were unable to make
many gains against their opponents.
Coach Booth Is using the open forma
tion on his men, with the Idea of run
ning up as large a scoro as possible
against Northwestern. The close for
mation used by the Cornhuskers In the
other games is a security against the
other team's scoring, but does not ad
mit of as large a score as the open
formation.
Northwestern's defeat miiBt be made
as crushing as possible and it is with
that end in view that the men are
Jfc working as they never worked before.
THE GAME.
Tobln kicked off to the 'varsity, and
a fifteen-yard return followed. On the
first play Bell tore through the lino
and ran seventy yards for a touch
down. Ringer kicked goal. The scrubs
kicked outside and were given another
trial. This time tho ball went out of
bounds and Benedict kicked out from
the twenty-yard line. Bender got down
the field too quickly for a return to be
made. The scrubs punted on the third
down with five yards to gain, and
Benedict fumbled. Bender made five
yards through the line, and on the
next play the ball was fumbled, but
regained in time by Cortelyou. Punts
were exchanged, and Bender made
fifty yards, resulting in a touchdown.
Tobin kicked to Bender, who returned
twenty yards. Benedict punted, and
the scrubs failed to return. Bender
returned Newton's punt five yards.
Bell made twenty, and Bender finished
it by going over the line for the sec
ond time. Mickel made a forty-yard
return on the next klckoff. Bender
kicked, the scrubs Jumbled, and Nason
fell on the ball. Bell made a good
gain and Mickel went over the line.
Captain Newton. jok Cortelyou
place and the old set of backs were
relieved by Thorpe, Engelhart, Brlggs
and Blmodymus.
The scrubs failed to return the 'var
sity's kick-off, and lost the ball on a
fubble. Brlggs and Engelhart made
large gains and Brlggs ended the busi
ness with another touchdown. The
'vnrsltv took the ball on their own
fifteen-yard line, and Blmodymus made
a spectacular run around the end for
a touchdown. The hall was brought
.i. a ma onn palled too soon for
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another score to be made. The jrac
tlce ended with a run around the'fleld.
Captain Westover did not appear for
practice last evening. His place was
taken by Wilson, who played a good
game. Johnson and Eager were not
In the scrimmage.
Academy football Revived.
It has been reported that the Acad
emy football team got tired of defeat
and disbanded. Such Is not the case.
The team will show its assiduity by
playing up until Thanksgiving day.
This afternoon the Academy warriors
will attempt to trounce the Juniors
of the university. An enthusiastic
game is expected. Professor Hodg
man aroused some football enthusiasm
during convocation Tuesday, with tho
result that football has been placed
on a new basis. A good practice was
held Tuesday night. Arthur Edgren
has been appointed manager and Dud
geon is now captaTn. The boys are
anxious for more games with univer
sity class teams. Tho second team of
Doane has challenged them for a re
turn game and they expect to contest
for honors with Union College soon.
Texas has the heaviest team in the
south. The lightest man weighs 172
pounds, the heaviest 264. The average
is 203 pounds.
Football on Saturday
Omaha Mcdicsjsecond Team
Nebraska Field - Admission 25c
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On November 12th Cornell was de
feated by Pennsylvania in a cross
country race. The contest was close,
the final score standing 17 to 19.
Tomorrow's Concert.
At the Baptist church tomorrow
night will occur an entertainment of
unusual Interest to students and city
people. Miss Mabelle Crawford Is one
of -the greatest of American contralto
singers and n oartlst deserves more
praise for individual work in that spe
cial line. The entertainment will be
given under tho auspices of the . M.
C. A. and the receipts, above expenses,
will be used to improve tho apart
ments of the organisation at the uni
versity. Ti lolld More Roof.
The advance demand and sale of
tickets to tho Thanksgiving game has
been so unprecedented and so large
that the athletic board has decided to
roof over the remaining bleachers on
the west side of the field and connect
ing with the original grandstand. The
seats will be marked off and sold as
reserved seats as other grandstand sit
tings. This addition will make a
Bolld grandstand one block In length
and probably as large as any west of
the AHeghenies.
RESOURCES OE COUNTRY
Principal Gordon if City Schools
Addresses Students at Cu
vocatlon in the Corn
try's Prodicts.
Dr. Gordon, principal of tho city
Bchools, addressed the Btudents at con
vocation on "Nature and Development
of National Resources."
The addresB was In effect as follows:
During the past few years political
parties have brought to tho mind of
tho public the idea that silver Is the
mineral of greatest Importance mined
in tho United States. Silver, consid
ered from a commercial standpoint,
holds a position far below other of our
natural resources.
The report of the United States Geo
logical Survey shows the value of min
eral products of tho United States to
be $1,092,224,380 for 1901. Farm pro
ducts amounted to five times afl much
as the sum total of all the mineral
products taken together: The farm
products of Nebraska alone amounted
to 20 per cent more than all the gold
and silver produced by tho whole
United States In that year.
This shows that the products of tho
soil are sixty-one times more valuable
than the output of our silver mines.
In fact, gold occupies only the sixth
and silver the Beventh place among
tho ten principal products of the coun
try. Both are preceded by clays, pig
iron, fuels and soils.
A summary of all commercial arti
cles Bhows that our wealth lies not in
gold and sliver ores, but In farms,
iron and coal deposits, clay banks and
stone quarries.
The two way of discovering natural
-resources- arn, first., by haphazard ex
ploration and, second, by systematic
surveys conducted on systematic basis.
The former is wasteful of money and
effort. The amount of money wasted
by unscientific exploration would prob
ably cover all expenditures for geolog
ical surveys In the United 8tates to
the present time.
The first systematic investigation of
mineral features was undertaken by
New York in 1809 and the work has
been successfully carried on over slnce
The inconsistency of legislatures is
brought prominently to view by the
history of geological surveys. Large
sums have been wasted by the failure
of legislatures to comploto survoys
that had boon begun, thus causing a
comploto loss of all that was accomplished.
Colorado QairtiCeitennlaK
The University of Boulder celobrated
Its quarto-centennial last week. On
Saturday, the last day of tho celebra
tion, President Schurman of Cornell,
delivered the principal address. Mr.
Schurman said in part:
"At first the tendency was to treat
the time-honored professions of medi
cine, law and theology as tho only lib
eral professions. Tho now professions
of engineering, architecture, veterin
ary medicine, agriculture and others
claim equal recognition with law and
medicine. Law and medicine aro good
professions. But they aro no better,
worthier, or more honorable than en
gineering or agriculture.
"It is encouraging to note that whoro
students have an opportunity of pre
senting a modern language instead of
Latin for admission to our universities
comparatively few of them take advan
tage of the opportunity. This means
that Latin has intrinsic merit enough
to hold Its place In the schools. And I
regard it as a very significant phenom
enon that during the last few years
Latin should both relatively and abso
lutly have made decided gains In the
high schools of tho United States. As
to Greek, no man esteems it as a study
more highly than I do. It has sug
gested that the A. B. course should be
reduced from four years to two, so
that students of law and medicine
might at the ond of their sophomore
years as A. Be enter upon the study
of law and medicine in professional
schools, which close their doors to all
but A. B.'s. And the deans of profes
sional schools have suggested that it
was possible to cover the present four
year course In two years. Nothing
very strange that educators themselves
should bo guilty of the capital crime
of supposing that the process of educa
tion could be hastened at railroad
speed."
English 13 Debate
The dobate in English 13 this after
noon will be on the following ques
tion: "Resolved, That compulsory
arbitration would be a just and effec
tive means of settling labor disputes."
Tho speakers will be W. B. Catlin and
C. A. Kutcher for the affirmative and
G. A. Lee and G. M. Peters for the
negative.
Plai New Ofeservattry.
Plans have been submitted to the
superintendent of grounds and build
ings for a new observatory for the
astronomical department The build
ing, according to the plans, would bo
26x36 feet on the ground, one story In
height, with an enclosed hall on tho
deck of the building connecting two
towers. However, nothing definite has
been decided in regard to erecting such
a structure, as the main object of hav
ing the plans drawn Is to ascertain
what such a building would cost.
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