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fWP ,J i'H".l (,1- j,vp WHBpp 1?r tt: -'. PSIwi rLK ' p J' ebrasfcan -'i VoKiy,o. 59 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, JAN. 5,:Xty' Price 5 Cents tibe 2atb? 1FI 5ft ff b u fl i BOOTH TO RETURN "Bummy" Booth Comes Back to Nebraska. A CootrHct for Anolhrr Vvnr ltus llrrn Klffiiftil. Last Saturday Dr. Clapp. Secretary ".'of the Athletic Board, received a tele gram from Coach Walter C. Booth to the effect that he would accept the of fer mode him oud would coach the ,fcotba!l team of the University ot Ne braska mother season. The term 'of the contract are practically the same as tbo-e neretofoio existing. The con tract, however, is for one vear only. Whether any cffoit was made to have n longer contract signed or aot hi uot .known. At any rat", "Bummy" Booth Vill roach Nobru-ka to victory la 190.".. "which sets at rest a thousand rumors ana a thousand fears. Probably the . ic.otball schedule for 100.r will emoige In Komf tangible form-tin the near fu ture. Big 9 disagreement and differ encop baa made it impossible, po far, for Nebraska to get any definite dates with any of the eonfeienre teania, and i.r.til our conference dates are fixed we cannot complete our schedule of other game. However, a low weeks will U() doubt tell Just what kind of a prono?i t'on the Corahuskers will bo up againat in 1905. Glct Club Concert. The fir.-it appoarauu of the Univcr-.-Ity (Bee club in Lincoln will be Thursday, February Kith, at the Oliver. .Ir. Dierks, who has the home coni-eit in charge, has elabointe plans undr way to make this concert the llnest of the kind over given in -Lincoln. I in coln froeicty will co-operate, a,nd the concert vill be given b the Glee club, but of close interest to I incoln peo ple, as well asuhosc oi the University. The faculty members have lecn Riving the club the benefit of their own col lege experiences and many attractive leatures will bo introduced. After the concert it is planned to hold a recop t'on o dance, and perhaps both. Prof. Cook Visits. lVof. W. W. Cook, formerly profes sor of law at Nebraska, but whom Nebraska unfortunately lost to the University of Missouri last June be caupe Missouri offered bin a good deal - mora salary jQr.lu.UcJi. lCBHwork, wlvlch ;,ave him leisuie for stucly, Ik "In Uffi city for the meeting of the Nebiaska Bar Association today and tomorrow. Professor Cook came to Nebraska in 1901 as Instructor in the department of mcrjean history. In 1901 he was promoted to asslstantship professor of public lav, and in JftOU, when Dr. Ros coc Pound1 became dean of the College of Law, ho was made full professor of f aw. Hi3 wide and thorough scholar ship and' his offectlvencES as teacher made his depaituro for Missouri a matter of great regrot. Year before laft Missouri captured Prof. A. Ross Hill, head- of tjio department of phil- .opophy, and made him deacon of her ied Teachers College at a salary of some $3,000. At noon, -Tuesday, 121 students had registered for fjie winter course in tho school of agriculture and the chances ar that awcral more will come in. Including those in the long course, tho total registration now numbers 249. I ast year thoro were 98 in the short course and )2 in the long course, or a total of 2JO. Tho increase Is very gratifying, aa it reflects the rapidly growing interest in agricultural edu cation, onj. an. increasing. apprcclajJon of the wbrK done at the school among the farmers of Nebraska and adjoin ing states. Frefkh home-made candles at Max well's, 14C O St. and- 13th and N Sts. Pershing Rifled Hop Lincoln Hotel, t EDDIE WALT'S ORCHESTRA --- LEWIS SPEAKS Former University Man Gives a Good Talk. A good :l.otl atidienc" vsns on bnnd vestenlay moining in chapel to listen to the discussion of B. G. I owls '0-1, I nherrity of Nel laska and now fellow In the. K"onomlc Department la the I nlvoislty ol Wisconsin, on the sifb Jet "The Tax Reform System in Wis consin.", .Mr. I cwis gae a Tew words of praise for the sail It NebrasUn had shown in the tcotball contests this year and paid a lofty tribute to the three most couspit uous players oi the cornhusker fc.otl.all team, after v. hich ho gave a ry able discourse on the situation in Wi- omln. YYi-vonsin Unlvotsil.v, according to Air. I owl". Is a sour-e in which the iiuch abated tax lcforms of that state have found their oiigin. The secret of Governor I.nfollett's sue ceFS is a re sult laigejy of his thorough training in the ICconomie Detartment of the I nhersity of Wisconsin and of the solid support that he receives from the University now. Mr. I cwis went on in a detailed way dev i ibing the advantage of the Wis consin tax laws, and how they were 1 rnught Into effect. In many Instances he demonstrated dearly that they were superior to the Nebraska Revenue Law and urged that some enthusiasm be created in this University to start such a rofoun movement In Nebraska. The talk throughout was a clear con nivcing piece of exposition, which t. bowed very plainly that he has spent some time in studying the economic problems of that state. Mr. Lewis was warmly applaud d by the audience, among whom were many of his fellow A.qLlege friends and classmates. Air. N. C. Abbott will give an illus trated lecture on "Japan and the Phil j points" at the High School Auditor ium, Fridav evenlug. Januaiy C, at 8 p. in. Admission b cnts. Tickets ray be procured at the Registratrar's office. Mr. Abbott, at present instructor in lb'- Lincoln High School, taught In th Philippines for thoe-years, part ot the time serving as principal of a Noimitl school. This lecture wil be Illustrated by inniv, interesting views of scones In the is-lands as well as by vaijous cur lor from aJian and the Philippines. Mr. Abbott is an alumnus of the Ur.lv frsity ot Nebraska aud his many trends will be glad of an opportunity t- hear this lecture. The Senior caps have put in an ap pearance. They are the same shaped cloth hat which has been used by the Seniors for the past two years, of a brown color, with the '05 uumorals In white. Those ordered can bo had at the Univorsity Book Store, and should be taken away promptly. An other order will be sont In ns soon as enough orders are received to wairunt. Any man on the hat committee will receive orders. Or. Condra's sou, George, aged six yeaiH. ified very suddenly December aist. The burial-occurred Monday. - January 1 3 TICKETS, $2.50 ------ --4 ART EXHIBIT Some Rare Pictures are on hibition. Ex- rl b' lvcnth annual exhibition of i he Nebraska Art Association npened In .i Monday and will continue until Satuida.v, January 14th. The collec tion thH year consists of about 1.15 piuturc-', including thone owned by the AiL A. -relation. The bulk rf the paintings were selected by Miss Cora Parker of New York, a farmer IiiHtrue tor lu ait in the Univeisity. The col let tion includes quite a number of the jMomlncnt paintings exhibited at the St. Louis exposition. Seven of the iitiiws, painted by the renowned ar tist, Sousa-Pinto, have been procured clii.' l trom Parli- specially for this ex hibition. The value of the pictures is estimated at $7r.,O0O. The general average of the- pictures is pronounced by coiupete.it judges to be higher than that of previous yeais. The callectlon of water colors is far supciior to aay former exhibit. As to the oil paintings while Individual I lcrures ol higher value have been shown, the average is above the usual exhibitions. The public and students do not fully anreciate the opportunities which such an nrt exhibit affords. No other clt In the west of the size of Lin coln, nor many much laiRcr, would attempt to hold an exhibition of this character. The great expense of Mich an undertaking is not the only obstacle. Famous artists will only send valuable) pictures where they ran be assured that their paintings will be well taken care of. Further, artists don't care to send their pictures to elites whore pcoole will not understand and appreciate them, nnd lastly there must be prospects of them being sold, Treforc- irrrtstR wlirrnnscnt to exhibit them. The aim of the Ait Association Is to advance ml in all of its various blanches; to disseminate Information in regard to art through lectures, on tertaiuments and exhibitions; to pur chase from time to time for a perma nent art gallerj original works of art and ultimately to establish and main tain a state college of fine arts. In accordance with the purposes fori which the association was organized n trustee or officor receives remun eration for his service. Any surplus above expenses, are Invested in pro curing pictures to onlargc the collec tion owned by the association. Tho general admission fee to the ex hibit Is GOc and season tickets to the. public are $1.00. To enablo every stu dent to visit the exhibition several times and' study tho pictures the price or season tickets to students has been reduced to CQc. Captain Pershing, of Nebraska, now with the Fifteenth cavalry, has been sclecteAl by the war department as military Attache, at Tolilo, Japan, to succeed . Lieutenant-Colonel Wood, Captain Pershing, then lieutenant, was commandant of cadfcts hero in Uac early nineties, and- under his command and at his suggestion, the Pershing Rifles we're organized. Clialn Tiros.. Florists, 127 So. 13th. POUND TO LEAVE Dean of The Law School to Re sume Practice. II (h SnerrMor Una Not 1llM tl. Am Vul lleftti Rumor to the effect that Dean Itos coe Poundi of tho College of law is sooa to leave the University and take up the practlco of law ngaiu seems to I avo good foundation. Dr. Pound has rot decided definitely, ns yet, when he will sever his connections with the University, but It will probably be in the near future. He will become a member of tho law firm of Hall, Woods A Pound. Jutt why Dr. Pound- 1h to have the College ol Law is not hard to determine. No statement!) have boon made, but the greit amount of woik Incident to the ofllce pf dean, with the remuneration almost trivial, all too small for such work as Dr. Pound ban been doing, are undoubtedly the reasons for his deciding to outer the mote profitable field of practice. I I Is rcMrtcd that Professor Wilson, now Instructing in tho Collogo of Law, will succeed Dr. Pound, but this has not yet been decided. Rhodes Scholarships. The next qualifying examination for scholars in the United States nnder I he Rhodes lequcst will bo held on Tuesday and Wednesday, January' 1 Tt It aud 18th, UM", the selection of scholars b to bo completed before the end of .March and' the elected scholars will be gin residence at Oxloid In October, 100.1. .. The examination will bo held lu each state""and territory to which fcchobiidhlps are assigned, at centors to he fixed by the local coinmitteo of se lection. This committee will appoint a sultablo person .to supervise the ex amination and will arrange for Its 1m p:ittlal conduct. It should bo clearly understood that this examination Is not competitive, but simply qualifying, and Is merely Intended to givo assur ance that every oloctctl scholar is able to pass the first examination which the university domauds of all candidates tor the B. A. degree. The Rhodes scholars v. Ill be selected fiom candidates who hnvo successfully passed this examination. One scholar will be chosen for each state and ter ritory to which scholarships aro as signed. Candidates must be unmarried, must be citizens of the United States, and must be not youngor than nineteen nor older than twenty-five ears of ago on October 1st of the year in which they nre elected. It has beu decided that all scholars shall have reached, before going into residence, at least the end of their sophomore or second- year work at some recognized degree-granUng unl-. vcrsity or college of tho United States. An exception to this rulo is made in the case of the state of Massachu setts, where, at the request of tho committee of selection, authority is given to appoint from tho secondary . schools. Candidates may elect whether thoy will apply for the scholarship' of the state or territory ia which they have acquired any largo part of their odu cational qualification, or for that pf tho stato or territory in which thoy have their ordinary prlvato domicile. home or residence. They may pass the qualifying examination at any centre, but they must bo prepared to present t . themselves before election to tho com-' mlttee, in tho state or territory tjjey select, ". No candidate may compote in m?ro thai) one stato or territory $, John Vf. Roberts, .'04, "wiio -is naw " tea'chlng "Latin and German in tho Palls City high school, is a .yjs-ltor tit lirt. AIMhA I'TiAlfl fttl ftAIICA. ' . TT - ' i , I vi I fi c I I ' c ' ' i -i 4 M t? u. - w r - .y ;A -" rr- -' -a '?. ..: v StttZFxZSEffK- .m - WZMA