The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 01, 1904, Image 1
tw , " f'-Lf V "";, - '-'- '"-WJ.idBiiaUWJ ! vi i TTK'-i 4 i ii ftbemls Bebraeha'n LVi-SM VOL. DX NO. 96 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, MARCH J, J904. PRICE 3 CETJTS" y- l iV J Wt BOARD FIXES IT UP Building Committee Decides on Sitefor Physics Building. The difficulties that arose thioug'i the decision of the Hoard of Regents to place the physics building on the athletic field hae been settled In a manner that will permit athletics to io taln its present abiding place on the University campus, although a num ber of limitations enter in. The build ing committee held a session Satur day afternoon and after a conference with the athletic authorities it arrived at agreeable conclusions. The perplex ity of the chief complication that had entered In was solved by the conven or five feet was available for the use of the athletic authorities, bringing the total of extra space up to twenty feet. which by virtue of the ground rules that may be adopted and by a general adaptation to circumstances will bo suffb ient. The building will be placed a little to the eastward from the originally in tended site, and will thus leae more free space on the athletic field. The distance between it and the main hall will be lessened, but that space can be easily spared. The "L" shaped wing of (otirse is the only part that will Intrude upon the athletic field so far as taking up necessary space is con cerned. But it is situated in such a way as to necessitate a transformation In the gridiron, diamond and the track. The west end of the main part of the struiture will be well away from the grandstand, thus leave a free space of which the greatest advantage will 1 taken. Dr. Clapp explained the future lav out of the field to a Nebraskan report er yesterday. The layout of the base ball diamond will be an Interesting af fair, and it shows admirable Ingenuity in figuring on the utilization and eon (ervatlon of space. The home plate will be situated bade in the open space weft of the main body of the building. The first base line will be laid out so us to run clear of the building by as good a distance ns possible, but not so fat ns to necessitate the running of the leftfield foul line into the grand stand. The boiler house-will mark deep center Held, and right field will be the shortest field. One disadvantage that may .present itself is that the pait of the diamond in the vicinity of first base may be In the shade of the building In the after noon. Of course a variety of condi tions enter in, such as the angle, of the sun. etc.", but these may prove oL no consequence. But If the-shade Is very deep a ball thrown by the first base mal might be hard to see- and difficult to handle. This is, however, only a possible contingency, and It may not r.roe a factor at all. The leftfield foul line will run almost flush with, the north end of the grand stand, and the man who knocks the ball over the left field fence can have a year's subscrip tion to The Nebraskan free. There are no great, Insurmountable disadvant ages In the layout of the diamond, al though It is quite certain th'at foul balls will be bouncing off the walls of the physios building with cheerful reg ularity. The gridiron will be something of a study. It is aB It were, packed In tight ' with a few spare feet at each end to brace It. The, field will extend to the limit toward the T street curb, and tho iron fence.will be, moved back to within -a- very short distance from the Voofle'rf one. Qt course the' five extra feet that vere brought to .light will be Utilized .at the ends, and our authorl- tles hn,ve figured that the apace at each ehd-wlll he just largd enough to pre vent any team. from bracing itself .be fore Its goal, and thus making progress on the part of its opynents well nigh impossible. A description of the measurements and dimensions that will have to be figured in in establishing the locus of our athletic field is enough to make a person's head whirl, when he tries to grasp them and keep in mind the rclatho positions. Only a frontage of L'O feet of the wing will be on what is now the athletic field, yet It is this piece of a wing that has caused al! the disturbance. Five feet will intervene between the north wall of this wing and the parallel line of the gridiron. Ii,:t as on! twenty-nine feet of thih wall runs along the giidlron, the great er pait of the south end will bo free from obstruction. However, the south goal post will be on a direct line west ward from the northwest corner of the wing The south end of the grandstand will bt- torn out and tacked onto the north end. It is quite likely that there will he. only ono main entrance to the grandstand from the side of the grid iron. This may be near the center or at ono of the ends. It Is quite prob able, however, that there will be two entiances to the grandstand from Tenth street. The noble structure It self may have to be shaved off a little in front, even, to such an extent ns re quiring the sacrifice of the lower seats. The track must also undergo modifi cations. It may be confined to the inner area of the field, or it may bo In tho form of a more extended ellipse. Including within tho area that it clr eumscilbes the physics building Itself. In tho former contingency one of the, obiter limits will be very close to the north fence, but an embankment can be fixed up so as to allow the outer edge ot the track to come within a fow inches of the fence. This is the solution of all three parts of the pioblem that has been confront ing the athletic board and the athletic authorUifs. We are glad indeed to see all difficulties adjusted without tho In terests of anyone suffering any very material Injury. It Is certalntly the best solution that could have been ac complished, and now everything Is set tled until new contingencies arise, which time. howeer, 'an not bo in the near future. DOWN TO BUSINESS. Interstate Debating Squad Starts Its Hard Grind. The interstate debate squad Is now quietly getting down to business. The steady grind of Investigation has begun In earnest. The next time the Univer sity hears from its members lionored with appointment to do this Interstate work will be when one of them rises In Memorial hall to cut loose against the Kansans, who -a month ago began to load up for the annual battle. With no loom available In Library hall this year for the use of the squad, the "work will necessarily be conducted somewhat at a disadvantage. So Tar the squad has met In the Trophy room, U. 311. Minnesota thrashed Io'wa unanimous ly nt Minneapolis last Friday night. Tho "question was: "ResoJLved, That the United States, should now abandon the protective tariff policy." The judges were all from Wisconsin. One of them was Professor Richard B. Ely. Minne eota had the affirmative. At the debate last year at Iowa Oity between these two universities, Iowa won. Sam's Cafe. The only place in the city to get the famous "Little Gem Hot Waffles." Special service for la dies. Special rates to students washing typewriting done. B12 Richards block. Wright Drug Co., 117 'No. 11th, pbphe 31S. , j,-. -i it Don Cameron's good service. lunch counter for nfl A MASS MEETING Demonstration in Chapel Thurs day for Pushing Wisconsin Game The basket ball management Is push ing tho Wisconsin gamp next i-'rida with the utmost vigor. There will be a big mass meeting at chap 1 Thuisday moinlng for tho purpose of stitring up a littlo enthusiasm in the student body. Already there are Indications of an ex tra largo attendance, due to tho fact that there will bo a dance after the game. For Ihe past year the Hand Informals have been the most popular of University dances, and this dance will be practically the same thing. ,The game will begin nt 8 o'clock", and 20 minutes will be tho length of " the halves, with ten minutes intermission, so that dancing will begin at tho regu lar time, enabling a. complete pro gram and not a short one of ten or twelve dances. Between halves Man ager Hewitt will make his debut as a boxing director, and has arranged for a sparring bout which will add greatly to the evening's entertainment. Wisconsin left home last night. To night they play nt Grinnell. tomorrow at Hig" land Park, and Thursday night will become ietims of the Sioux City Christians, with their eight foot center. Tho Wisconsin team looks for a hard game hero and they will got it The boys are practicing goal throwing at every spare minute, nnd Dr. Clapp says they already have as good team woik as any team In the west. Tho Wisconsin Daily said last Wed nesday: "Two games will bo played at Lin coln. Neb., the ultimate purpose of the trip being to defeat Nebraska's 'Varsi ty on Saturday evening." All should come out and do their part in keeping them from accomplish ing their iuuvobc. The silver cup offered as flrs't and second prizes In the gymnastic contest last December have arrived, and to gether with the other athletic trophies are on exhibition in the Armory. The cups are silver, of a ery handsome de sign, and engraved with the date and contest. There are six cups, two each for tumbling, parallel bars, and hori zontal bar, and second on tho parallel bars. Reed gets the first cups in tumbling and parallel bars. Buck was second on the horizontal bars, and Bender In tumbling. Tho next contest will occur March 23, when the title of University gymnast will be awarded. The baseball men are delighted with the weather, and are rapidly rounding Into form. The schedule for the east ern trip was completed last week, and several games have been signed for grounds. The first series" Is with the Omaha league team. Manqger Ball Is going to Omaha tomorrow In the en deavor to arrange a game with Belle vue or Creighton," the game to bo played in Lincoln. Our treatment of Illinois last Thanksgiving is beginning to bear fruit. Manager Bell tried to sign a game with Illinois on our eastern trip, but at that timo Illinois will be on her trip, and so no game could be' ar ranged. A few days ago Director Huff of Illinois wrote saying that to help Nebraska out he would play his sec ond team strengthened by some profes sionals against Nebraska and give the same .guarantee. Since the date.' had meanwhile been filled, the offer was not accepted, but the athletic author!-' tlesare extremely satisfied that Illinois has such a kindly feeling for Nebraska. Box of cigars given away every day at Powell's Oliver theatre building. Earl " ' Woodward, M. D treats dis eases ... the eye, ear and throat. Rooms 207-08 Richards bloclc, Tkon,e LIVELY DISCUSSION. Si Mascn Makes Stirring Speech jn Sophomore Meeting. The Sophomores' held their regular weekly pow-wow yesterday morning in U. 107. nnd Indulged In their accus tomed strenuous proceedings in at tempting to sot tie tho mtich-dlscuBsed Sombrero affair. The meeting was again delayed by the. discovery that the hall wan locked, but tho difficulty wbh at length overcome by pending ono of the more practiced performers over tho transom whereupon the madding crowd at once took up tho business of the meeting. President Smith announced tho result of Inst Monday's balloting for vice president ns was given In these columns at that time, and called for nominations for secretary. Mr. J. C. Moore, however, who has been act ing In that capacity, proposed that the matter of the Sombrero Board be set tled at once, before the remainder of the clnss officers were elected. This motion was carried by an overwhelm ing vote. It wns then proposed that the ap pointments made by tho president bo set aside and tho class proceed to tho election of a new board. This at once evoked a Hjorm of discussion that con tinued with occasional interruptions until tho cIoko of tho love feast. Mr. K. M. Marvin, nnd "Cy" Mason upheld tho appointments ns mndo by tho pres ident, and bitterly fought the motion to have tho board elected. Tho per sonal merits of oi h member of tlint body was fully dilated upon, nnd most satisfying conclusions arrived at. but tho supporters of tho new proposition, While willing to admit the contention made, still Insisted that tho exigencies of the ense dumnndad that the board be the cholco of the clabs Instead of tho president. The latter gentleman do fended his course of ijrocoduro, and created the sensation of tho season by producing the class constitution in support of his stand In the matter. Tho general purport of this hallowed docu ment had already boon known to tho members of the class, and after their surprise had worn away they again began their clamorlngs for a change of custom in the choosing of the board. In substitution of the president'! appointees, the following names woie I resented: Mason Wheeler, I.ela"Sl"ct ter as edtlors, nnd J. D. Pollock as buslnoss manager The upioar con tinued till the close of the hour, when a motion waB mado to adjourn. This was voted down almost unanimously, and the fight began once more. After repeated but unavailing calls for order the president declared the meeting nd journed. In an Interview with a Nebraskan re porter yesterday afternoon Mr. 8mlth appointed next Monday morning as the date of the next meeting, and annouced that the chapel hnd been secured foY. that purpose. Ho expressed himself as believing that tho affair had dragged, along too long already and sincerely hoped that it might be definitely set tled at the next meeting. "This con tinued wrangling and fighting will fin ally result In tho death of tho book altogether," he said. "We must set tle the mater In somo way soon, or next year's Sombrero will be a fail ure." ,,Thls seems to be the general senti ment of tho class, and it is bolievcd that next Monday will see the con clusion of tho famous -Sombrero fight. English Club Meets. The English club bold an enjoyable meetiug Saturday night with Miss Hayden and Miss Alice Towne, 1035 J street. An essay by Misa Louise Miller, which was received with much appre ciation, was a subject of especial Inter ested discussion during tho evening. The next meeting, which is to be an old members' progranij will be held Jn two weeks. ' Chapin Bros., 'Florists, 127 So. 13th, ' M i . 1 i 11 'A ti . -i i - 7 : , V J o t 7l . ,""H eft. l&i Ye' -.ft y - , v 1j .,jfe.rvy & ., . iff &$fak&&KX&k jAi; i ' "sS , i- .'