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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1903,
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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
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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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Victor Jeepf of Tekamah, and, Will
ch"molTzel, of" Farfs City; aipfddged
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