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It Nebraskan. Th Daily ; 0 ". .. -J tA ") . ai ;n a., ' HM ifcv6L- NO. 66. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER i9, 190a. -PRICE THREE CENTS. . t ." Hv an fci ilV M ICKNER THE MANAGER Athletic Board Elects football ) Manager for Next Year j Morrison Will Be As I slstant Manager. At an adjourned meeting of the Ath- , letlc board yesterday morning E. R. V Buckner "was elected football manager lor the season of 1903. John Morrison ) was elected assistant manager. The election of Mr. Buckner was a surprise to. himself and other students. He had not announced his intention of becoming a candidate and was unawaro of the movement In his favor. Ho has never been connected with any athletic team, but has always taken consider able interest in athletics. Mr. Buckner is a married man, and a member of the Junior class. He came here from Guthrie, Okla.," where he resigned a $1,500 position as steno grapher for the supremo court of that territory in order to attend the Uni versity of Nebraska. Ho la twenty five years of ago and has had consid erable business experience. He is sten ographer for the finance committee of tho university. Mr. Morrison, tho assistant manager, is a member of the Phi Kappa Psl fra ternity. He has also had considerable business experience. Besides electing the managers tho board decided to make an offer of $40 to the Sombrero board In consideration of having the Sombrero dedicated to the team of '02. If the business man agement do not see fit to accept this proposition the board will give tho matter no further attention. the high school and tho university sec ond neither aide wnwable to gain an advantage over tho other. Myers and Noyes did good work for tho second team. The half ended In a score of 12 to 12. The varsity and the Y. M. C. A. played during the intermission, tho Lincoln men coming off with a score of 11 to 7 in their favor. In the sec ond half of tho high school gamo the second team proved its superiority and won easily. Score 2G to 19. The var sity came on the floor with tho deter mination to win, and it was soon ap parent by their swift playing that tho Y. M. C. A. men were to be' de feated. Tho visiting team started the work by a free throw and n goal, but Elliot came to the rescure and threw three goals and a freo throw in suc cession. Ferguson followed with three goals, and Hoar and Hewitt also scored, and the game ended with tho score 25 to 18 in favor of the varsity. The line-up: Varsity Hewitt, cen ter; Hiltner, Hoar, guards; Ferguson, Elliot, forwards. Second team Noyes, center; Beers, Newton, guards; Myers, Gilbert, for-VJirda. VENEZUELA'S TROUBLES Professor Caldwell Gives a His tory and Statement of the Problems Confronting the Republic. t' Hat Question at End The Senior boys met yesterday and came to a final agreement as to a class hat, a matter which has engaged the attention of tho boys for some time. A largo variety of styles was presented by the committee. From the numerous Bhapes and styles a majority of the boys favored a naval reserve hat and a small whito cap. After considerable discus sion tho naval reserve hat was adopted. It waa further agreed that black would be tho most appropriate color, as well as the most attractive. The class color, Yale blue, will be used only In tho U. N, monogram, "which will bo placed on tho front of the cap. Tho Senior boya have boon wrangling; over caps' and hats for some weeks, and now It is believed a design haa been found that will not only meet J . thd approval of the entire class, but j , will be purchased and worn by a largo 'i majority of the Senior boys. To Be- cure something odd, attractive and Bervicable has been the object of tho Ifc j committee. These qualities will be sg- 1 ..HAJ tn lit, l.lnilr vtniral vaoarvn lint with a neat monogram, in Yale blue, V The Shedd Benefit The Shedd benefit will be held Fri day evening, January 9, In Memorial hall. The entertainment Is to be given under the auspices of the business mon of Lincoln and the university faculty. Mr. Charles Engel waa choBen to man age the affair. According to all Indications the en tertainment will be a success In every way. A great exertion has been put forth to secure entertainers, as the fol lowing list will show. Dr. Mayhew, who was the physician for the team thiB BeasOh, will render organ selec tions. Tho university Glee club and the university Mandolin club havo been secured for the entertainment. Mr. Robert Cuscaden of Omaha, who re cently returned from Germany, whore he studied music for four years, has consented to render a violin selection. Miss Howells will give readings. Among the others who will appear are Mr. O'Shea, In slolght-of-hand; Messrs. Coats, Unthank and Hagenbuch, in acrobatic work, and Mr. George John ston, vocalist. During tho entertainment Mr.. Cor nell will manipulate tho lantern slides and members of the team and plays taken from, games will be shown. Several fraternities and societies have signified their willingness to at tend in a body, and it 1b hoped thati more wjll do so. Tho artists havo been given plenty of time in which to pre pare and the performance will be first class. I f Lincoln Y. M. G. A. Defeated The university basket ba.ll teams won two victories last evening over the Lincoln Y, M. C, A. team and tho Lin- . 4 "coin high Bchpbl. Pershlnrjs Have Open Drill Tho first open drill and spell down of tho Pershing Rifles took place in tho Armory last evening. Will Ram-' sey won J.ho modal, with Cliff Crooks a elbso second. Lieutenant Weeks of tho regular army, Captain Ringer of tho Lincoln Light Infantry and Cap tain Chase acted as judges, . 1 1 1 yf r- Chancellor Andrews lectured in Den ver laat evening at tho initiation of In the flrart half, of. ttio game bptween tho pHilosophca I 'society V tht city. The attendance at convocation yes terday waB the largest In the past two weeks. Professor Caldwell spoko on Venezuela. He said In part: Possibly Venezuela's troubles are no greater than mine have been In finding material bearing on this question. In 1814 Columbia freed itself from France. It was divided In 1830, Into Venezuela, Columbia and Ecuador. Venezuela has had troubles Internally and externally, nearly all the tlmo since then. It la said to havo 104 different governments after It became Independent. One or twu ruvutuuons are now under way. These Beom to be contests between tho Liberal and Clerical parties, similar to tho agitation Mexico wont through be tween 1850 and 1870. Close observers think that tho Liberals will triumph, and in time Venezuela may have as goou a government as Mexico has. Their form of government la mod elled after our own. The president is elected for four years. The legislative branch consists of a senate of twenty four members, three chosen by tho leg islature of each of the eight provinces, and a house, the members of which aro chosen by a direct vote for four years. Venezuela contains 593,000 square miles, being about eight times tho size of Nebraska. Its population Is 2,323, 000, twice that of Nebraska. Caracas, the capital, has about 72,000 people. Its debt Is estimated at about $13,000,000 Inherited from tho past, about $9,000, 000 railroad guarantee bondB ,and $1, 000,000 Interest. This Is about six times tho total debt of Nebraska. It is a serious burden on a country where Industry is not very highly developed. $5,000,000 is admitted to bo owed to the citizens of Germany. The Germans claim an additional sum of $1,700,000, which Venezuela does not acknowledge. Then there is the Interest on this $5, 000,000, which has not been paid for flvo years. Italy's claim is $565,000, EnglandB $500,000, and Belgium, Spain and Holland claim smaller sums. As to resources, her imports amount to about $8,000,000i and exports $15,- 000,000 yearly. There were only 529 miles of .railroad threo years ago. It has 4,000 miles of telegraph lines, owned by an English company. The present crisis began years ago, when Germany tried to force her claim. They planned to act alone, but before doing so they asked the consent of the United States. No answer was made. During tlQ summer pf 1902 they suc ceeded; in uniting all Of Europe in mak ing demands. On December 7th tho foreign, ministers withdrew from. Ven ezuela, and, it was agreed that tho Gorman., "navy should blockadV the porta and. take ho 'revenue. ' A we,eK ago yvpunoJuyji inup nausea Bhlp. An apology was demanded. To Uhls Presjdont Castro consorted, but it waa not delivered within tho time set by tho powers. Tho result was that last Monday tho English and German fleets bombarded the Venezuelan fort. Apparently tho marlneB treated tho country as if they owned it. This at tack precipitated the present crisis. Thoro aro several, important ques tions at Issue. First, as to a peaceful blockade Tho United States takes tho position that this means a block ade for the Venezuelan ships, but not for those of a neutral power. Second ly tho Monroe Doctrlno, which Is now construed to mean that a temporary occupation Is permlslble, but anything beyond this Is not Moloney Entertains Mr. J. R, Molonoy, a formor member ot tho football team, entertained the coaches, physician and members of tho footbal team with a "smoker" Wednes day night at his homo, 1820 M Street. Mr. Molonoy proved himself a royal entertainer. Tho decorations In uni versity colors wore very artistic. "Tommy" presided at tho punch bowl, and refreshments consisting of a great variety of good things were passjbd around. Dr. Mayhow rendered several piano selections, and the guests amused themselves with cards and gossip. On tho whole tho entertainment was a great success, and those who wore for tunate enough to iFiiSSh Will long remember the very plensaat affair. t Railroad Certificates Railroad certificates will bo issued Friday noon afrttho registrar's office. They must bo signed by tho student at the office and afterwards taken to 1039 O street to bo signed by tho aoc rotary of the local passenger associa tion before being presented at tho depot. Fogg Addressed High School Professor Fogg addressed the stu dents of tho Lincoln high school yes terday morning on "What Debate Is, and Its Value." The convocation was a mass meeting In tho Interest of tho Inter-scholastic debate, tobo held here December 30th, and' the Lincoln-Colorado Springs debate to be held in Jan uary. Interest in serious debate is being stimulated at the high school this year by the teaching of Charles M. Bracelen, '01. down the EngUslrag m an English f.tidn English 13 Delate Prof. W. Q. Lapgworthy TaylQr was associated with Professor Fogg yesfor- ' day afternoon In citciatng ho debate., in Engllah 13,' on tho restriction of Im migration by a literary eat and a cap itat'ion tax. The. debate wa8 consid ered to be a very goofl onp. The afflrmatiYO "Was represented by Doubt and Hunter, and tho negative was upheld by Tobln and Mellck. Mr. A. T Wlancko, Inatructor fn ag- rlpulturo in tho unlvejfaity and assist ant agriculturist in tho station, leaves thp 1st of January to become. a member of the faculty of Purdue 'University, and'wiU'have. charge of the field '6xper- lments, in mo inaiana expenmemwi U& " it .'vSS , 1 l ( VH & 1 'd 1 , MAX V, . mi i" . c ."3 fc''j V M . ,:v ....? 1 x n , u' '" ."'W ii rm VvJ i I vM . . - "v " ?' -- n-. ' V yii c? j &t .? t,1 KSVS.? " " l- ...1 ' i. j.'? 'f'V