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fV. "tf'! - vy . ZEpe S)atl IFlebraekan VOL. IE. NO. 7J UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, JANUARY J9, J904, PRICE 3 GENTS -rrmw-r- -w PLENTYJS DOING Congratulatory Message Receiv ed. Wilson Won't Play Ball. John Bender 1b In receipt of a pos tal card from Dr. Gerlg, formerly a professor In French here, congratu lating him on the success of the foot ball team. Dr. Gerlg has been in France for some time now, but he still keeps In touch with the University, and It pleased Bender very much to lecelve the postal card. Bender went on to say that he spent his holidays In Denver, Colo. He made tlu Georgetown Loup trip and spent a very pleasant two weeks In and n bout Denver. He met some members of the Denver College football team. The Denver men did not come out In their season as well as they had ex pected. The Boulder University won from them In their annual game, also the Haskell Indians defeated them on Thanksgiving day. In speaking of the old football men we are very sorry to state that Wil son7 Billy Wilson, will not be here for the baseball season. He will leave the University soon, but expects to le turn next fall. The conference men of the "Big Nine" met not long ago and decided not to try and manage a schedule of games for the "Big Nine." This leaves a splendid opening for Nebraska to schedule some good games with the large colleges east of us. Always heretofore we have had dif ficulty In securing games because all date's were taken up' by the "Big Nine" FchedojJe. Now that this Is gone out it will make the question of games much eaBler for us. In basket ball circles affairs are still progressing In a very gratifying way. A series of games have been ar ranged for next Friday night, to be played In the gymnasium. The first team of the city Y. M. C. A. will be pitted against our first team, and a team organized from the- business men's class from the Y. M. C. A. will play our faculty. These will bo open games and any one 1b free to come, but about 500 Invitations have been sent to Univer sity people and persons In the city who are Interested In athletics but have never come In contact with basket ball By giving these people Invita tions and requesting them as a favor, to be present, and then giving them a first class exhibition of the game. It Is hoped that a little enthuBiasm may be stirred up among them. People hold ing Invitations will be able to get their seats reserved. Anyone else who cares to come Is thoroughly welcome, but they can not secure reserved seats. NEB FIV TUES There waB a rumor current yester day that arrangements for a girls has" ket-ball game with Minnesota had been perfected. As much as we should like to verify this rumor wo are unable to do so, and affairs sCandi In the same un certain way as they did before. Tho Athletic Board met In regular session last night. All absences to be made up In any department of physical education must be made up by Friday evening of this weea lf.Btudents are to receive credit for their wonc largely to the discussion of the finan cial side of the exhibit. While not as encouraging financially as last year's display, tho association cleared enough this year to purchase one picture. Miss Hayden, Professor Fossler and Superintendent Stephens discoursed on the artistic successof the exhibit, and Air. .uaupln delighted the audience wltti leadings from his own poomB. With u.o announcement of the choice of plctuies the meeting broke up. "A Blue Haw." by Edward H. Barnaul, of Belmont, Mass. was by far the most popular in general favor of the pictures which were understood to be for Rale. Mr. Barnard b painting received 56 votes, while tno next two favorites, "Morning. Cape Henlopen," by Wm. I. Richards of Boston, and "The Waning Day," by E. H. Pott habt, of New York, were tied with 28 votes each. The prices of the first two paintings, weie, however, beyond tho means of the association at the pres ent time, and a telegram was Immedi ately sent to Mr. Potthast In reference to the purchase of "The Waning Day." This painting had been quotil at $700, but the final price agreed upon was less thai. this. It is probable that the other two pictures will be disposed of to private individuate in Lincoln, as both were much admired. Tlic exhibit this year was undoubted ly the mobt biiccpBsful, all things con sidered, ot any In the history of tho association, and met with hGarty ap preciation from all who had the pleas ure of viewing it As a result, the members 'lip ot the association has been considerably inci cased and the prospects for still gi eater results than have already rewarded Its efforts are excellent. ART EXHIBIT CLOSES. Reception . Held in' Hall Last Saturday Evening. ' The Art Exhibit was brought to a successful close Saturday night by a meeting of surpassing Interest. A large ' crowd) was in, attendance and was ad dressed by President F. M. Hall, Pro fessor Fling and Fossler, Miss Hayden, W. M. Maupln, and City .School Super intendent Stephens. .Mr. Hall's .and Professor Fling's talks wero devoted Drarriatic Club Plays. Following is the dramatis pcrsonae of the two plays to be given by the Diamatlc club next Saturday evening: "All in a Fog. or Who is Who." (By Thomas J. Williams.) Mr Slmonides Swunhopper (A model young Bachelor) J. W. Hoar l.awienee Lavender (A Valet from Mayfalr) Mr. John L. Clark Mr. Bloomfield Brambleton (A Country Gentleman) Louis Lightner Cicely (Brambleton'b Daughter Miss Vivian Lee Matilda Jane (A Superior House maid Miss Florence Sullivan SUNBONNETTS. Mrs. Butterfleld Miss Scott Charlina Mies Erford Mrs. Du Bols 7 Mis. Lain Mlldren Miss Cooper Miss Tryphena Sanford.Miss Hawksby Mrs. Pheelan Miss Davis Mrs. Martin Miss Hazelwood Mrs. Tlbbetts ." Miss Jphnson Mrs.x Pendleton . . 7 Miss Sargent Miss Malvlna Spinney Miss McCune Mrs. Crannon MIbb Hannah Head Cook. Grace Roper The plays will given In the chapel and no admission will br- charged. Everyone Is Invited. English Club Meets. m ii 'i The English club was pleasantly en tertained by MIbb Dorothy Green at her home, 2501 It street, last Saturday evening. A number of sketches by Miss Ollva Pound, and a story by J. W. Brown made up tho program, after which refreshments were served. J. C. Linburg was elected president of the club, to succeed Miss Abba Bowen, reigned. The following additional of ficers were elected: Vic president, Mies Woodman; second vice president, Miss Koch; custodian of the jug, Mr. Pearson. Chris' Bath Parloro. llth and P Sts. Restaurant Unique, 1228 o St. Wright Drug Co., 117 No. llth. TWO MORE VIEWS Final Communications Regarding The Hack Question. Box of cigars glytn away every day at Ppwell's, Oliver theatre building. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 17. 1004. Editor Nebraskan: An old Etudent may be pardoned should he take part In the proposed "hack discussion," which you invite In your laBt Thursday's is sue. Mark Twain was not joking when he raid, "It co3ts a little more than you have to live In New York City." Our beloved Calendar may Inform one that the semestral expenses are $125. No matter what the average is, nobody will admit he is an "average." And to attend tho University costs just a little more than one's allowance, be cause one everyone In the Unl. Is a "Climber." It Is light that all should bo so. I know that I am safe when I say that there Is no person attending the Unl. who can dazzle his fellow students by his dlsplajr of money. I recall two or .three suc.i intteots, but the swung from sight in several weeks. Absolutely no one Is rich; few are well-to-do; all aie "Cllmbeis," no one has arrived. The evolution of our University so cial woild is working that society slow ly and carefully from its primitve and chaotic state. It Is eald that we. as a Echcol. are greatly divided Into cliques True, but all our social dl visions lack peimanency of leaderslrip. Some day thero will be established relationships and until then the struggle will show Itself In such ways and und'er such con ditions ab J4)e (present "hack" prob lem. The college has been called the woild in miniature. Yet it can never be justly considered In that way aB long as the student receives money from home, and as long as ho Is young. After the Freshman year he becomes more or less blinded by the social whirl. It is more pretentious than anything he has known before. The desire to put the beBt foot forward is a leading one and it is right and eminently right. He may not "know exactly what to do," but generally It's a case of "the boy guesBed right the very first time." Yet some places he runs amuck. He has, sayrten dollars a month over necessary expenses, Let us call that a fair average. No one in Lincoln can make ten dollars do the work of twenty. It's more often a case of five. No man, under such circumstances, can afford a hack for strictly Informal af fairs. It's a mere mathematical prop osition, a business proposition, even. Of course he can do it, but be-can not hold the proper relation between his money and his enjoyment of It. I am etrlctly speaking of Informal affairs. Let him save two hack fares. He can then get two good seats at the Oliver. That Is a Just relation be tween the student's money and his en joyment. Where is tho girl that would not want to see things done the latter way? She simply can't have both. ije may flunk. She can, but. she can't. She does not go to the show for the simple reason that slie went to the last informal in a hack. ,, While, the social life of a community or an Institution Is In a comparatively lawless state, no one can do himself or his friends, an injustice by falling to follow some momentary leader, as, for Instance, the present hack fiend. Eastotn schools have their social ways and conduct governed by strict laws. We are now making ours. Before the hack for informal func tions becomes a necessary adjunct to our University life, the student must have more money. The student can pay for it now, but he can not do' so and hold the Just relation between .b money anu tho worth of It, The girl who point blank demands a hack1 for an informal occasion must by all means wear evening dress. And U she wants 10 wear evening gowns lo Informal affairs, why of course the man must get a hack. However, tiie girls understand how things are as well as the boys. It tnkeB courage on both Bide to begin even a spasmodlc reform. But It does not take nenr the courage now that It will shouUP bo al low the custom to becomo fixed. What ever the action taken tho boys and girls will stand by each othpr. 1 have seen enough of llfo to know that that lr true. As I said at first we are living Just beyond our means. 1 am not kicking. I would do the same thing again. But I would got tho best enjoyment I could, and It wouldn't be spent In dollar lumps to ride four blocks. FOXY GRANDPA. It Is conceded that a hack is a nec essity when partleB live a Jong dis tance from the place of the" function, and the weather Is very Inclement; that It Is Indispensable both ways when theie are no convenient street car fa cilities, and one way only when the function ends after the cars have stopped running. WJth these excep tions, the use of a hack Is a "luxury," and what Is said in this artl le applies only to the latter condition. Three polntH of view embrace every phase of the problem. The effect on the boy, on the girl, and on University society. If It be demonstrated that the unrestricted use of hacks. Is In all three cases Inn infill and objectionable, what right-minded, manly young muii. or what right-minded, womanly young woman, will maintain or defontl the custom? What is the effect of the custom upon the boy? The one who can not affuid the luxury has but one alternative, to "rob Peter to pay Paul," by living for some time on two meals, or scujiL lunches a day. This sacrifice of reul necessaries of llfo Is wrong. It Is especially Injurious during college life for It Is a drain upon the working powers of tho student. However the damage Is but partially stated In terms of extravagance. Those who hire a hack for which they know they can not afford to pay are depressed with the consciousness of their extrav agance. TIiobo who have sufficient backbone to bo honest with themselves and go without a hack, onduro 'he stings and smarts of mortification and tho innuendoes of comparison. In both cases tho evening's pleasure Is marred, and the hack cub torn becomes In ef fect a hold-up of social enjoyment. This is not a mere surmise, for a young man expressed himself to this very effect. Ho belonged to the large class who can not afford the hack. At ono function he ordered tho hack, at another ho did not. and on both oc casions ho declared that his . pleasure" was materially diminished and Im paired. There Is a third effect on some young men who try to keep up appoaranccs; thoso who have too much appetite to balance accounts by sacrificing meals, and too little character to be strictly honest.. Therefore laundTy bills and room rents are unpaid, or to mention an extreme case, students' books dis appear and" are later found, at. a sec ond hand book store. Not all results aro so Immediate as those named, but the least noticeable aro sometimes the most serious. Dur ing the period when the habits of llfo are being formed, tho practice of pond ing for luxuries more than one can af ford; of living beyond one's income; of sacrificing independence to ape tho opulent few, Is pernicious and dan gerous. Some weaken thelK working power by sacrificing physical necessities; some hire hacks at the cost of social pleasure; some take an immediate downward course even to the' extent of potty larceny; all form habits of ir extravagance and- dependence. To the young man of ample means, If the expenditure be not extravagant, It at least seta a standard which rnn. duces to extravagance, Furthermore If knowing the effect of example uporf . (Continued on page 3.) l ' oi ! I i f .r v. , . ..'' f ?jj . cjwiMJji: Vfr,Siiu.,'iS fcfcrW-frafc. .. !-lk-&. WHfcJjftfciU .... .'I f i" x r. . j
