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iTl Ibe SDail IFlebraeftan Vol. IV, No. 95 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1905. Price 5 Ceits MORE MEN REPORT oodocoococxooooo TO DISCUSS DRILL Band Informal Att Hall, Saturday, Match 4 Baseball Squad Growing as Out door Work Advances. Both Sides of the System Now in Vogue to Come Up. Another Hpenkcr Added to I.U1. Illg Crowd Kxpcotcil. tr ;) k 4) v ( 1 t I m 1 ' -r TrnU Men AIho Tnlce Adrnu t:icc of the Vino Wen tli er. The bright, sunny days arc too entk li.g to keep men indoors with the bas ketball, so manager Beers has given up the idea of arranging a game with Kansas City, and the seaEon will wind up with a game or two at home with Wesleyan and the high school. The physical education department ic not suffering, however, on account of the acceptable spring veather bo chubc the long distance -men- are, and the entire track team will bo out of doors by the latter part of next week if the weather continues to be warm. Render and his "colts" aro also put tii.jr in a few "licks" so that the dia mond Is already assuming a very cred itable appearance. Between thirty-five and forty "faithfuls" support the cap tain every day and hard work will soon enable the sifting process to begin. riender will probably play an infield petition on the team this spring since he feels confident that catching mate llal enough will develop from the pres ent candidates to fill the position and iffortTbne or two subs. Hyde, Denslow Carroll and Barta are all -working hard foi the place bohind the bat. The moat speculative element of the team to date is the twlrlers" squad which is growing dally. Eight of the most promising men are: Morse, Dort, Dirks, Nilsson, Kurtz, Webb, Mulligan and Prynn. TO STUDY BIBLE Greeks to Perfect Plans for Sys tematic Work. It is commonly recognized by college men that an education which does not include a knowledge of the Bible, is in complete, consequently during the past few years more attention has been giv en than at any previous time to dis covering the best methods of promot ing Bible study among college men. Experience shows that most university students are interested In an honest, scientific study of the Bible and that they enjoy an informal discussion of the subject they are Investigating. Therefore text books have betyi pre pared which enable the student to make a systematic study of the Bible and last year In practically all of the colleges and universities of America, groups of men varying from five to twtmty In number met once a week with a student leader at some fellow's oora or boartflng house to frankly dls cubh the facts most prominent In the week's study. The rapid growth of- this Bible study movement led some fraternity men to ask why they could not take it up as a part of the literary work of the fra ternity, and by having one of their own i.umber net as leader, get together onco ia week In the. Chapter House for dis cussions. So heartily was this sugges tion received by fraternity men gener ally that during this present year groups for auch study have been ov- Dancing Prices: Couple 50c OCOCOOCOCOCOOCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXJC gtc.iized in 89 diffiMent chapters in 23 r.)!:opes and universities, including such institution as Pennsylvania, Brown, Cornell, Amherst, Michigan, Wisconsin, Chicago, Illinois and Kan sas. Many of the most prominent athletes m M.e country a'-e leading in till" en Uipr'.se, Capt. Redden having been chairman of an intor-fraternity Bible i-tu' .' association at Michigan ladr year. The method of procedure iu sane and practical; an lntor-fraternlty Bible study association should be formed a, id i (f.nmlttee consisting of one man frnn each chapter should be respond bl? for organizing classes in the sev-e-al chapters, securing books and lead ers and some prominent member of the fn-uily to act as trainer of the lend tr of the various groups. The following men met last night at ll.c Delta Upsilon House to consider (lie iu .inching of such a movement het i.ext year: Phi Gamma Delta R. A. DeCau. Dolta Tau Delta Dale Drain. TVlta Upsilon A H. Lundln. .Alpha Theta Chi Fred Hunter. Phi Kappa Psl C. R. Burkey. bigma Chi J. L. VanBurg. i-'biua Alpha Epjllon J. R. Bender. AJpha Tau Omrga F. C. Laird. Hi ta Theta PI Ms.rtin H. Dirks. Phi Delta Theta C. M. Matthewson. Mr. Chas. D. Hurrey, a member of S'vna Chi fraternity at the University )l M.chlgan and a graduate of that in stPiKlon in 1900, presented the plan of work which is being so successfully carried on In the fraternity houses all oer '.ho country, and each one present expressed himself favorably on the plan proposed. The consensus of opinion was that such a movement is highly desirable and that it could be luunchful In this institution. Af'ei a thorough discussion of the win la proposition thene representatives took steps towards organizing an "In-ter-f raternlty Bible Study Committee" and t elected as temporary officers: President Martin H. Dirks, Beta Theta Pi. Secretary A. H. Lundln, Delta Up silon. The plan is to set the movement on foot this si-ring and weld it into a per manent organization next fall. Open Meeting, Students' Debating Club Question: "Resolved, That drill as in vogue at Nebraska is Un-American.' ' Room 106, Uni. Hall, 8:30 p. m., Sat., March 4 Everybody Invited. Seats Free oaXXXXXXXXXXDOOGOOOOCOOOOOC at 9 o'clock "Stags" 75c Prie Contest. In order to promote a practical knowledge of legal bibliography among the students of the College of Law, Dean Pound has -offered1 two prizes to be competed for as follows: First Prize: Any two volume stand ard legal treatise, to be elected by the winner. Second Prize: Any one volume standard -legal treatise, to be selected by the winner. These prizes will be awarded upon an examination to be held in tho li brary on Saturday, May 13, 1905. The examination will be both oral and written. The oral examination will re quire finding cases in different reports, identification of cases imperfectly cited and the use of digests. The written ex amination will embrace the principal reports American and English, the standard abbreviations and mode oi citation and the standard texts in the more important departments of law. This competition is open to all Btu dents In the College of Law. A jury trial In the district court of the Law School was scheduled to be held today but was postponed because of an accident to one of the attorneys, J. R. McLaughlin, severely injured his foot while witnessing the fire of Har groaves Bros, recently and is compelled to be out of school. The trial will probably occur next Saturday. Two Dances. The antl T. N. E. and T. N. E. fac tions Iu the fraternities are as far apart as ever and there is no possibility of their coming together. The antls have succeeded In retaining possession of Walt's orchestra and the Auditorium for May 26th and were the first to get an announcement of their dance as the Pan-Hellenic on the bulletin board. The T. N. E party have set their date for May 19th and say they have se cured Walt and the Auditorium for their function. No overtures have been made by either side and from the prep arations both sides are making there will be no overtures. There Is no question but what the two dances wlli occur as announced, the antl May 26th irad the T. N. E. May 19th. :ocxx Tonight will occur a debate which Rhould appeal directly to tho interests of a large proprotlon of tho male stu dents In tho University. Tho Students' Debating Club have decided to mako a University event of this debate and the doors of U 106 will bo thrown open to all who arc interested In an ablo dis cussion of a question of prime Impor tance to the student body. Tho question to bo discussed Is, "Resolved, That mil itary drill as In vogue at the University of Nebraska Is un-American." The highest talent ot the club has been hc cured to clash arms In this battle of logic, several of the speakers being more than locally known for their powers of argumentation and oratory. Messrs. P. F. O'Oara, S. E. Black and D. P. DeYoung will strike for a now system of Military Drill while S. M. Thompson, G. L. Fenlon and W. I. King will defend tho old program of compulsory drill. This problem began as an Insignifi cant matter of complaint among a few shirking students, but of late has as sumed gigantic proportions among tho student body generally and can really be said to be a matter of serious con sideration. It is hoped that this debate will have more significance than a mere academic discussion. First Appearance. A good sized audience was present to hr-ar the play, "My Lord In Livery," given by the Dramatic Club In Memor ial hall Wednesday evening. This was tho Initial appearance of the Dramatic Club this year and the play proved to be a succoss not only from the specta tors point of view but also the point of view of financial returns. The char acters proved that they were worthy of tho honor of tho positions they had been given In the cast and tho play was well received. Special credit should bo given to Miss Eva Coopor for the suc cessful management of the play. Miss Howoll was responsible for much of the work on the actors. An exceptional tieat is promised by tlu- club for one week from this evenji Ing when the plays "Mr. Bob" and "MIsb Civilization" will bo given In the Armory. The money taken In on that evening will be appjled on the Y. W. C. A. pledge to the Temple fund and the students should turn out in even great er numbers to this and aid tho Y. W. C A. girls In their effort to ralso the last of their pledge. Only twenty-flvo cents admission will be charged and the students will be given an oppor- tunlty to have an evening of excellent entertainment and at the same time aid in a good cause. "Bonnet" Hood, one of the speediest lnfloldors that ever played- on a Nebras ka baseball team was on the campus yefcterday and took a few turns at hU old position at third base. Hood Is visiting in town for a couple of days, but will not bo in school. Chanln Bros., Florists, 127 So. IStk. A i 1 'isJI M' "j fir. - . V '., J -.vi 1 J. I .,