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NOW THE THEME
Efforts are Being Made to Arrange
the Basket Ball Schedule.
The work in basket ball Btlll goes
on and the team Improves dally In a
manner which la very gratifying.
Nothing determinate about tho trip
west Is yet known, but In all proba
bility this will soon be arranged.
Just what the next game here will be
is not yet known, but there are any
number of teams near here which will
bo glad of an opportunity to play.
In tho basket ball squad there are
about twenty men; theBC are divided
Into four teams and each team plays
a short time. By doing this the play Is
kept up to a good pitch and not al
lowed to grow stale, and the men's in
terest Is kept up by tholr not having
to play too long at a stretch.
Tho season has started well and it
Is hoped that tho students will take
hold and push and keep tho ball a roll
ing. Nothing new has happened in regard
to tho football schedule for next year.
Mr. Davis, who was elected manager
last night, for tho coming seaslTn, will
not assume his duties until tho sched
ule Is completed. This work falls to
Mr. Buckner. Ho Is waiting now for
definite news from the large games
as to dates. All has practically been
arranged with Minnesota and Iowa
except tho dates, and in all probability
there will bo no trouble about that.
Baseball season will bo coming di
rectly, and absorbing the attention of
the athletes.
Cark Bell, manager of tho team. Is
working on tho schedule but as yet
;nothlng absolute Is known.
f' The prospects for a good team are
excellent, and Townsond is tho man
to dervolopo those prospects.
Track team men are beginning to
show up and) start to work. There
seems to bo no lack of material, but
tho season is too young to pick any
stars yet.
Negotiations aro under way for four
outsido meets but they aro still unde
cided. Colorado University, Ames, la.,
South Dakota, and Minnesota aro the
four places with which correspondence
Is bolng carried on. No arrangements
for homo meets hawo yet been- made,
or even begun. Just how much ground
will bo loft for a track Is a question
and tho management hardly feels war
ranted In scheduling meets and hold
ing them In tho air, or on grounds
supported by sky hooks.
CUBAN RECIPROCITY.
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Professor Caldwell Continues In
teresting Discussion at Chapel
At convocation Wednesday morning
Professor Caldwell continued tho dis
cussion of tho Cuban Reciprocity Bjll,
which, for lack of time, ho .failed to
complete some weeks ago.
Some of tho most Important points
of his previous lecture wero reviewed,
among them particularly, tho attitude
of President Roosevelt toward tho Cu
ban people, and his persistency In
bringing about tho proper legislation
to relieve Cuba's economic distress and
supply the American consumer with
f1lfiJiner HUCTLT.
. Tho substance of the discussion after
lii VilntnHr. rnnnotlnn ofl tho hill hnri
been brought out was, its constitution
ality, did) not concur With our national
constitution? It was a treaty that
changed tho revenues for tho people,
but It provided!, that it would not go
Into effect until ratified by congress, it
was a treated that required additional
legislation.
The fact was brought out the some
treaties modify statute laws and that
which comes last would be binding.
Tho question of contention seems this:
Was tho change mrtdo by tho treaty or
by statutes In harmony with the trea
ty. Tho opinion in most cases is that
tho statutes and treaty agree, some
holding, however, that the measure
should have had1 its origin among the
peoplo and have been Introduced by
their representatives, since it deals
with matters of revenue, instead of
having its Initiative from tho senate
and president of tho United States,
and to prove that tho bill should have
been introduced by the house a case
to test its constitutionality is much
talked of.
Tho subject was treated in a master
ly way and thoso present were made
to understand some of the technical
ities that wero employed in trying to
defeat the measure.
A LIVING QUESTION
Proposed Cadet Encampment
Since the publication of The Ne
braskan'B article last Tuesday, the
proposed cadet encampment at the St.
Louis exposition has been a topic of
much discussion among the members
of the bnttallon. It Is probable that
a majority of tho cadets had expected
to attend the -Exposition individually
during the summer and the Invitation
of the fair officials seems to have met
with Immediate favor. John Uhl, who
Is perhaps in closer touch with the
members of the battalion than any
other man in the University (with the
exception of Captain Chase), spoke
very enthusiastically to a Nebraskan
reporter last evening concerning the
proposition. While It is too early for
anything definite to be known, he said,
present indications seem to point to
tho sending of a large delegation to
the fair.
Tho pecuniary advantages of the
sehemo are doing much to make It
popular among tho students, as tho
statements contained in the recent
letter received by Captain Chase would
make a month's visit with the bat
talion no more expensive than a
week's stay under other circumstances.
It will be necessary for many of
tho cadets to hear from homo before
tho success of the proposition is as
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Band at Chapel Tomorrow.
Tho Cadet band; will render the fol
lowing program In chapel tomorrow
morning:
March "Dixie Land" Hainea
Overture "Crown Diamonds"
Auber
Waltz Movement "Flirtation". ..Steel
Selections from "King Dodo"
. . Leuders
"Star Spangled Banner."
Tho regular Friday Band Informals
will bo dlBcontlnuedTfntll next semes
ter. The band Is practicing at present
on a concert to be given for the Tem
ple Fund. The dole haB not yet been
decided upon.
A Fine Portrait Received.
A large copy of "the bronze statue
of Frederic the GreaJ, Untor der Lin
den, has been received by tho German
department. This statue of the fa
mous emperor, Is 'recognized1 by tour
ists as a superb piece of work, both In
finish and in tho splendid figures
which stand out in bold relief above
tho Inscriptions. This fine copyof the
statue enables the student to form
some conception of modern German
art.
Professor Fossler has also made ar
rangements to get a similar copy of
the Great Elector from Berlin, which
will be another addition to the col
lection of the department.
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University Students Express
Opinions on Hiring Hacks.
Tho extensive ubo of hacks at in
formal parties UiIb year has given rlBe
to considerable discussion among Uni
versity men. Wo find1 many of them
strongly opposed to the policy of hav
ing to hlro a hack for evory minor
University social event, as seems to
have become the custom this year. As
a rule they aro not backward In stat
ing that tholr objections spring from
financial reasons, as well as from oth
ers. So widespread has tho discussion
occome that wo have endeavored to
obtain as far as possible tho vIcwb of
representative men on the subject, be
lieving that a great deal Is involved,
and that publicity ought to bo given
to tho question.
Tho idea that a student should be
bound by conventionality to hire a
hack for social functions of minor im
portance does not seem to be at all
pleasant to many, and wo found1 few
who wero slow In expressing their
opinions. When we take Into consid
eration tho fact that tho sources of
revenue of most University men are
quite limited, wo can appreciate the
feeling that seems bo popular.
It Is a well known fact that quite
a number of thoso whoso income is
not large feel constrained to follqw
the pace set by those of greater afflu
ence, with the result that they find
themselves entangled in embarrassing
complications and aro obliged to sac
rifice necessities to put up for the
luxuries. For these men especially
tho frequent hiring of a hack involves
a considerable ltem.JUl.thQlc month's
expense account that Is
And oven barring these as an extreme
if they should bo so classed there
a great many others who are loud In
their complaints, which there Is reason
to believe aro of just foundation.
Our reporter Interviewed a number
of prominent University men yesterday
and succeeded in obtaining a number
of representative opinions.
One man said In reply to the ques
tion asked by tho reporter: "I think
that this practice of hiring hacks for
everything that comes along is grow
ing out of all proportion. The prices
that aro charged and tho frequency of
these social events have a telling ef
fect upon one'B financial condition.
I believe that the use of these hacks
ought to be curtailed. It does seem
queer that girls who have never seen
a hack before coming to tho Univer
sity, should bo tho foremost in de
manding one-when Invited to a social
affair. In- fact many of them con
sider It a breach of form and courtesy
if they are 6bliged to walk four blqcks.
Now, don't you get It Into your head
that I'm blaming tho girls; because
I'm riot. It is natural for them to
expect what others have and therein
lies tho evil. Of course there are fol
lows who can afford to take their
girls In style, and they set a pace
hard for tho rest to follow. But the
rest feel that they are being left be
hind If thoy don't follow suit This
accounts Cor 'a great many unpaid
laundry and board bills. Now that's
true. I've had experience and I cer
tainly know."
There Is a great deal of truth in
this statement and we don't believe
there Is any oxageratlon. We are sure
that most of tho girls would not object-to
walking a reasonable distance
to one of the minor events, or taking a
street car Is possible, were It not for
tho fact that others go in carriages,
and they are ashamed to go in a less
pretentious manner. It is a question
of conventionality with them, and
from their standpoint of view Uiey
aro essentially right.
In fact conventional Ity Instead of
Judgment or oven good sonso seems
to rulo In this matter, and has ruled
until many University men havo boon
driven to outspoken condemnation of
tho whole practice. And tho Item of
oxponso to thoso who havo to stand
It can not bo lightly passed over. Most
of tho boys como from small towns
and havo to bo odueated up to tho
pacq that Is sot here. They havo nover
been accustomed to such outlays, but
when they aro brought to face tho sit-'
nation they feel that thoy must do
their part and travol In as much stylo
as thoso whose Incomes aro larger
and do not feol tho strain so heavily.
Another well posted' Btudent said:
"You can count on me as being op
posed to this order of things. Twd
years ago I was a members of the
Wlntor club, of Omnha. one of uie
swellest Boclal clubs In that city, and
during all that tlmo nolther myself nor
any of tho other members wore obliged
to hire a hack for functions. Thoro was
nothing demanding it, as I never heard
of a case of any of tho ladles object
ing to walking. Tho first tlmo I over
found it necossary to uso a hack In
connection with social affairs, was
when I camfe to tho University and at
tended one of the class functions. I
hired ono because tho other fellows
did. I do so now for tho samo reason.
I can't explain it in any othor way."
A somewhat similar statement was
made by another man who said In ad
dition: "At many other Universities
hacks aro seldom used, and I think
tho fellows hero aro fooliBh In tho way
that they go after them for evory second-class
affair that bobs up. Some
one who doesn't feol It so much leads
out and they follow along after Just
because thoy think they have to. Now
down at Kansas our "FraL" Is much
sweller than tho one here, and yet they
never uso hacks unless upon some very
unusual formal occasion. I would be
Borry to see the girls put to any un
bearable Inconvenlenve, bin i bellevo
rTously feltrrthat1" a majority of men In school
would rather cut out tho hocks.
One man spoke In rather strong
terms, and we believe that his princi
ple is right, though his opinion waff
graphically expressed. Ho said: "Now
what's the uso of hiring a hack for
every ordinary affair that comes,,
along? Why don't you know that be
fore coming to the University, lots of
tho girls went to dances In a lumber
wagon who aro now most Insistent
upon having hacks? Yes, put that In
tho paper, and tell 'em I said It If you
want to. It makes the rest of us feel
cheap to pass up tho hacks when so
many others use them, and I think
something oughtto bo done to call a
halt." -
This opinion Is certainly true in
part, although we would not like to
back up tho statement in regard to
previous conditions of the girls in go
ing to dances that he mentions.
All of these men and many others
agreed that the trouble lies in tho ex
ample set by those of opulence, and
expressed a desire to see something
done to curtail tho entenslvoand un
necessary uso of -hacks. For formal
affairs a hack is all right and oyon
necesary. But these Informal affairs
do not call for as much.
This Is a living public question hero
in the University, and!" ono that has
caused much concern. Hence wo aro
willing to open our columns to com
munications from those having views
to express on one side or tho other.
Wo want representative opinions ex
pressed and all aro welcome to con
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