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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1903)
FW"?r Arsw-jBrsw!i?,rvfr,'7 vr rt-sr ''W f "; wwiwvwi,y!ie,,'i Jtfjflffi W. be 2ail$ flebraefoan til i I r '?"" I f I ? ir v K' .1 ft . BFM ft frr E Gbe atl flebraefuin A oonsolldntlAn of The HcaporUn, Vol. Bl, The tf nbriwkan, Vol. 12, Bearlot nnd Omnia, Vol. 4. Managing Rtlltor C.E PxnsiKaxn BnAlnoiM Manager .1. K. MonniBOX Circulator A. O. SoiiuctiiKii AfWOC'lATK KDITOIIH Nowa .... Wni. Cnwt floclrtT - ' - - Wm. A. Bhok Athletic A.I. Mvoi-b LiU-rnry John D. Illco nkroitTxnfl E. F. Booker, 1. V. Baldwin. J. M. Paul. U, A. Miller, L. C. Hurtz, J. R. OrM-n. Ompo: 200i UnlvorHltjr Hall. Phono A 1280 Pout Offlco: Station A, Box 10, Lincoln Entered at th pofltoffleo at Lincoln, Nebraska, aa Hcoond olaiw mail matter. Staff editorials. It is not dlfllcult to answer Mr. West over's communication, found in an other column of today'B Issue. We are glad to be. able to heartily agree with hie claim that Nebraska athletics are cleaner than those of any other large school in the west, and that wo have not been technically guilty of profes sionalism In recent football elevens. Ay to the Bplrlt of professionalism well, on that wo might say consider able, but are contented to Bay little.' The real question Is: Can wo eradicate professionalism from Intor-colleglate athletics, and If not, how far Is Ne biaska JiiBtifled in maintaining a hlgb ei standard thun do the schools with which It competes? If anyone can aubwer that question, he may have an entire issue of tho Nebraskan if he wants it in which to make his discov ery known. Meanwhile, Buch criticisms as wo may paBs upon Nebraska ath letics are made in no spirit of hoBtllity, and express merely Tho Nebraskan'B opinions as to what Is wise or unwise in tholr conduct. OO No comment Is needed on the over crowded1 condition of tho library. Nevertheless, students could facilitate matters considerably if they were so disposed. Many make a practice of holding a seat down while at class or at meals, by leaning a chair against the table. Somo Beats aro reserved In this manner for two or three hours at a time. It is Impossible for the librar ian to koep track of how long a certain chair has been reserved In this fashion. If a student leaves his seat for only a short time, well and good. But no one should bo so Belflsh as to try to hold a monopoly on a chair while ho Is at class or gone from the library for an hour or two. OO Since the final announcement that James Beltzer, the crack pitcher, will not play ball with the Cornhusker nine this year, and since it has been learned that one or possibly more of the few old base ball men who have returned this year may not bo permitted to play on tho team on account of not having mado twelve hours credit last Bemester, there 1b already a tendency among tho base ball men to feel dis couraged. Ono of tho men when ap proached on tho subject replied: "Wo can't have a good team if they take our best men away from us and I, for my part, don't want to play on a losing team." This Is certainly a very un fortunate btate of uffairs and is deeply regretted by all. Nevertheless, If the professional element Is getting too strong a hold In our athletics, the sooner a halt Is called the better. While everyone appreciates what ath 'etics do for a university, no one will Noy that they should not be carried vh exti emes as to sacrifice schol- nrakln A tklfitut AKs-kit11 vitt n t im n I as a rulo to carry as heavy work oh others during the season, and should then make up all back work ttt the earliest possible moment and keep their work up to a good standard after the season Ib over. Often times they register for seventeen or even more hours and the result Is obviously bad. In most colleges, as at ours, ath letes are required to "pass up" In a certain number of hours at the end of tho pemester, or arc not permitted to try for a team until they have cleared up their record. MoBt colleges at least claim to enforce this measure. If a rule Is worth making It should cer tainly be lived up to, and authorities aro Justified in enforcing It. If It 1b a bad rule, It Bhould be abandoned. At any rate, a word of warning has been sounded, and It would be well for '03 base ball and track men to take heed. OO Tomorrow morning, for the first time in the history of tho Institution, a body! known as the class athletic board will convene. At their first meeting the members of this body will take action upon some business which concerns every student. They are to decide the Junior-freshman basket ball contro versy, which concerns these classes di rectly and the other classes Indirectly. The board Is composed of three men fr5m each class. Ordinarily it is the duty of eery loyal classman to stand up for his own class and stand by his fellow classmen through thick and thin. On this occasion, however, every member of this board Bhould entirely forget, for the time being, his class af filiations and sit as an honest, un prejudiced juror and attempt with all' possible zeal to conscientiously render a fair and unbiased decision. This is a time when all personal ill feeling or jealousies of any sort should be laid aside and whoever is concerned be given his Just dues. Convocation 12oks Program for the Week: Thursday Rev. H. C. Swearlngen Friday Musical program. Chaplain for the week Rev. H. Rowlands. O. Yesterday's Exercises: James Manahan addressed the stu dents yesterday at convocation on "The Irish Question." Though he was limited to ten minutes' time, lie cov ered a great deal of ground in a very pointed and Instructive talk, giving a very vivid description of the wrongs inflicted upon the Irish people by the English government. A long time ago, he said, the king of England sent an army Into Ireland for the purpose of conquest. It was successful, and ac cording to the English law the land thus conquered became the property or the king, who parceled It out among his military officers and court favorites, making them landlords of Ireland. This condition of affairs, followed by continued oppression, became so un bearable that the Irish people have banished themsehes to the four cor ners of the world in order to find re lief. And everywhere the Iiishman ap peals to be at home, while Ireland seems to be away in the unknown. He Is like the solitaiy Indian upon the plain, who, when asked if he was lost, grunted and said, "Umph! No, mrno lost; tcee lost." And yet there Is in eery Iiish heart a deep love tor his native land. During the last yeai. a law has been introduced Into parliament for the pur pose of aiding the tenants to buy their homes. ThiB law provides an appro priation for that purpose, which will be given as a loan to the tenants who can, by paying about seventy-five per cent of what they pay for rent, clear the debt In fifty years. It also provides for a bonus for the landlord, who, If ho were compelled to give up his claim J without compensation, might, while his land was covered with mortgages, be left destitute. This move on the part of England should not be consid ered as a gift to Ii eland, but merely a mode of restoring what is rightfully hers; for Ireland has paid more than five hundred million dollars more than her just taxes. The law is to be looked upon as a hopeful sign of the times, and as marking the advance of civiliza tion. It is a move which will restore to Great Britain one of the most courageous peoples In the world. C. E. Brown, Dentist. Burr block. Fiegcnbaum's Pharmpcy, 13th and O Dr. Bentz, Dentist, Eleventh and 0. Have C. A. Tucker, Jeweler, 1123 O, fix it. The first year class in domestic sci ence islted tho state farm Monday and inspected the dairy room and its equipment. The second year class vis ited the farm on Tuesaay. See line of 25c inkwells in Porter's window. HairdresBing and manicuring at the Famous. Lincoln Shining Parlor.cor. 11th & O. Ladies and gentlemen. Lincoln Local Express transfers any old thing. 'Phone 787. "Yes, poor Jones is stark crazy " 'Poor fellow! What'B the cause of it "Trying to find tho maximum con summation in a twentieth century novel." Dr. Ketchum, OculiBt, Richards blk. Glasses fitted and guaranteed. $3.00 commutation ticket for $2.70 at the Merchants' Cafe. 117 No. 18th St, Students arc cordially invited. CRESCENT BOWLING ALLEYS I 1134 N STREET Equipped with Brunsivick Continuous cAlleys Perfected after 23 years THE c lCeuMCe?itai CALI GRAPH It is direct in action, faultless sausiaciory m operation- j made on it. AMERICAN WRITING MACHINE CO. 415 So. 15th St., OMAHA, NEBR. We can save you money and give you a hand some shoe. jongr" rt3 o srfifrr. Capital Novelty Works Bicycles and repairing of all kinds. Key fitting. Tel. F 592 23J So. llfh Remem ber Sidles has the largest Base Ball and Tennis line west of Chicago. 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