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..I . " ..V.1 J-.J ,,e..,. - '1 i ... 4l ''''M VoLIL UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1903, No. 104. w" iu$ XCbe. 2) at 1$ . H .tt J- irlebraeKan -y-wr Ijss I R&l && A QUEER CASE. Stolen Pockei-book Recovered Under Odd Circumstances In Tuesday's bulletin appeared the following item: NOTICE. Unless the young lady who Saturday afternoon took a pocket book from a light coat hanging In the ladies' cloak room of the library build Ins returns the same to owner or leaves In students' mall box by Wednesday noon, hor name will be exposed to the University authorities. On JWednosday morning, tho young lady whose lost pocket-book was thus called for received through tho stu dents' mail exchange a letter enclosing n five-dollar bill, accompanied by an explanation which laid the blame for the loss upon an anonymous friend whom the writer was endeavoring to shield and make atonement for. Yes terday tho pocket-book itself, mutilated and ruinously soiled, was returned to its owner through the students' ex change, accompanied this time 'by the following note: My Dear Miss B.: You see what this is an awful con fession; but it must be made. My conscience tells me that. You know what 1 havq done, and what a terrible thing it is. I am only going to tell my story. I am not a Lincoln girl, but was In Lincoln visiting a friend. I Will not Bay whom. I was at the JJnU versity on Saturday P. M. and don't know what possessed me to do what I have done. I assure you I was not myself. I was In the oloak-room alone, I tho't, and tried to get it, but soon saw a girl, plainly dresBed, but quite sweet-looking, lingering, evidently to watch me. Soon she disappeared and I got -the pocket-book. I- thought to free myself from suspicion by destroy ing the pocket-book. But my con science hurt me and I Bent you tho five dollars. But that didn't help mat ters any, and at last I have gotten the pocket-book Itself and am going to send It with this confession. When I took the pocket-book I hur ried away and went back after awhile. I saw tho girl who I thought had watched me, and shd still looked rather BusplcioiiBly at me. She had on a red coat and brown hat, and I can never forget hor look as I passed her. I can't ask you to forgive me, but I hope God will. I will be out of Lin coln when you get this. You will hear from mo again with something to partly compensate for "the loss. I can never forgpt this lesson. I think it was meant to make mo lead a different life and I am sure it will. O, pray fdr jne, if you are a praying girl. The Nebraskan has,no desire tp un duly publish the shortcomings of any one; It has. too many qt Its own But the present Instance seems to demand isome consideration of tho question whether the" emanation; W genuine and tho frepentaxsliiceri'e, orwhether the party Is 'achoriidCalterr or pother peo pled property and 'idopfiJ- this nieithdd1 .of" avoiding tho probability of detec tion) . ' As a matter of v factt the young lady, was fcedilu lii the dcpi' appropriating the .pook'et-book In question, and a carof ul.des'cri'ptlph' of W obtained, hut aa slio wis aVBtf anger 'ttf tko'spdctatorv ' heraaniB"Wita noMon"1, jfifl haH'tib yefbeen; ascei?jWinfed. li wad believed thai, if a sfiiuejat, .shir could" fie identi fied If occasion (fcaanded. If her ,ex-planatloa- Is gendinejt there is nd great farther probability of discovering the culprit But if she is again seen on the grounds by tho party who witnessed hor peculation, strict measures Will doubtless be taken to prevent hor again falling victim to such a temptation. There has been this semester an un usually large amount of petty thloving. AH of It cannot by any means be ex plained on the theory of "visiting friends." Some of It must have sources nearer home. But i. is hoped that the incident hero narrated may to some extent dlscourago tendencies which are bad for the students as a whole and a hundred-fold worse for tho porsona directly afflicted by them. The baseball committee has awarded the contract for furnishing supplies for tho season to Edwin E Myers. Mr. Myers is a junior and a business man of considerable experience, having been engaged In the bicycle and sporting goods trade three years before his en trance to tho University. The contract was given the lowest bidder. aAre Uni Students oA Question Put Much has been said regarding work In tho University and- the effect that student work hay upon the life of the individual after he has completed his college course. Whether tho student actually works too hard while In tho University or not is a question that usually calls out very different an swers from different persons, who no doubt are influenced In their opinions by tholr immediate surroundings or their past experience. This diversity of opinion is found, too, among the parents themselves. One youth Is sent to tho University with a kind farewell ringing In his ears and a final warning "not to work too hard," while another Is told to make the best use of his time, to cut out all society functions, games and rollcking good times, and apply himself strictly to his studies. Realiz ing this wide difference of opinion, the NebraBkan has interviewed a number of men, mostly of tho faculty, who have had experience, who have trav eled much and gained a thorough knowledge of student life lnll parts of tho country. They seem to agree, that students, as a rule, do not work too hard, but differ Bomewhat on other points Do They Work Too XXArd? When asked if ho thought that the students work too hard, one answered: 'Nq, I do not think they do. When I see the amount of strenuous work dono b tho average Business man; tho long nemfd of closp Application ho puts in from day to day, the rigorous, effqrts that Kb must put for'th to maintain his Place in ttio biislne'ss world; I'cAfaclude that thecollege student does not work tdd MM) T" He training that fid' 6W receive! however develops a capacity. for m greater duties' tif iatoHlfeY' It was tho opinion of another that "NeDraaK siuaemr aoknoi worts mio hard,' although' they are good at grind ing? Th'dy maintain a" high1 ititodfuM-, Sombrero Notice. The Sombrero board still lacks tho personal sketches of thirty members of the junior class. Those thirty porsona should see to It at once that some friend writes up their sketch and hands it to a member of tho board. Tho sketches should contain hot less than Blxty and not more than seventy-live words. Tho delinquents are Paul An dreson, Roy Caldwell, Margarot Dawo, Joseph Dickinson, Elizabeth Heacock, Emma Hurley, John Kees, Kate Kdm mish, Bertha Kern, Laura McLaughlin, Vera Myers, A. S. Nollson, Victor Pet erson, Katherlno Schwerthy, Heldh Streeter, B. L. Thomas, C. N. Simon, Alice Unthank, Margaret Martin, M. M. Baxter, C. N. Walton, tf. Lane, Patty Matthews. -Manager Spafford wishes to add the name of R. J. Buck to the list of senior basket-ball men. Lincoln LocaL Express transfers any old thing. Phono 787. Worked Too Hard? and Answered. of student life and are as efficient as any students found lu any Institution." Another expressed himself thuBwIse: "The average student does not work too hard, although there is a class of students, mostly girls, who hang over their books too much. Such students do not gain the pleasures from school life that it really contains. A large class of students, however, do not work hard enough. They wasto their time and fail to get from their school life that broader view of things which is tho final aim of a college course. An other class, and this is porhaps the largest, work plenty hard enough, but they do not consider what they study, never systematize and organize their work, never think t out for themselves and mako it their own. This thought ful study Is tho hardest kind of work and probably 1b quite boyond the pow ers of somo immature students." Do Eastern Stadonta "Work ifarderf ay a series or questions it was learned that opinions as to a compari son of the diligence of Nebraska stu dents to that of eastern colleges also differed very much. One thought that "Our students do not work haraer than do those of east ern Institutions, Bingo our standard is no higher," while another was firm in the- boliqf that "Nebraska, students do more good, hard w6rk than, is. done In, any eastern cpllogo."" "Our students," ho continued, "go back to Cornell and Harvard and become leaders. They surpass the eastern student in efficiency - i" . . t ' ana ability. The student in eastern colleges" lives in a, different atmosphere an environment that does not giyb life and vigor to ,the work.. There, t'tief student saunters -out at nlna Vcjbpkj' attends a lecture if ne feeja ij'ke It, and listens to it. It ho cstrea to do so. He has money1 and .knowis Epw to worlc; (Continued' OBpago,2t) . . The Friday Night Games. Something fiko $200 will bo spent by Nebraska for the games with Kansas State University and tho Haskell In dians Friday night. It is not oxpected, howevor, that so big a sum will bo taken in, or that oxponses will bo cov ered. Tb;d ganlds are rattier ari irfvest hient ot funds alroady on hand. Were It not that an unusual degrco of in terest attends tho matches and that they should be unusually well worth seeing, tho management could afford to give them bohlnd closed doors. Eight people will be brought from tho Haskdll Indian Institute, and e!gh,t' from Kansas State University. In ad--dltlon, Miss Flora Ticknor, of the Omaha Y. W. 0. A. team, and Miss , frortrudo Macomb er, of tho Omaha High School team, will bo brought along to serve as officials. Thd third officer will be Mr. U. B. G. Plank, of Lawrence, the only ono to come with either Kansas team who could serve. For onco the University will, waive its preference for only women Official's. Mr. Flank; who har the namo of be ing' a fine officer; will refdreo both games. Tho two teams from Lawrence are expected Friday at 5:85. They will be taken to the Conservatory of Music dining hall for supper, and from there to the armory and rest room. They will bo entertained, over night for the most part at prlvato houses. Saturday noon a luncheon will bo given in honor of the two Kansas "and the two Ne braska teams at tho homo of Mrs. 0. E. Bcssoy. It will bo in charge of Mrs, Bessey and Mrs. E. H. Barbour. Team practice Tuesday night showed great improvement over tho 4torm of tho night bdforo on the part 'ofjtho second team. Their work was swift and accurate, and they ran up a good score. Tho players on this team are: Ethel Ames, Emma Shlnbur, forwards; Ind Olttlngs, Inls Everett, centers; Margaret McCutchcon, Ruth Bryan, Ruth Woodsmall, guards. Miss Shln bur was elected captain Tuesday night. 0. O. Norvall Is out of school "on account of sickness. Miss Lulu Losch has resUmed her work after a siege of tho grip. John Myers goes to his home in Howe today for a few days' vlMit1 Rev. and Mrs. Mughllri, of Dunbar, oris" visiting wftii thdlr" dtJughterMn1 tke University. 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