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'r. ..' f Jf ' '? j:c f-i,' f-rfktlFwf' T ki t -i 4 I - t V ' Vol. V. No. 48. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, J905. Price 5 Cents . -L - V x ' U . : - : t L K l-" .X INTERCLASS X GAME ENIOR8 AND' Jt)N'ltitt8 TO MEgf '..4 .(( ' ' ,, I IN FIRST) QONTET. . Cfame Postponed SveraVTIrrieVbri AV ,' count of RaTn lo Be Played Tfili Afternoon Contest Close "'.This afternoon the first of tHO year's Iferles of class foo.tball games for Bio class championship o(.4tie, .Tj niyecBty will be played on the Nebraska flold, when the Seniors and Juniors don the moleskins to decide" tfho will meet the victors in, tho SopTiomoro-Freshman contestVneXt Yreek. The game will bo called, at-'i-ip. m'' The Sophomores and FrertTmW wl$'prpbably j)lay the last orthi;w0tettordor that the flnal baitiCjnay.be'-pulled off next week arid'4hefchamplpnahlp decided .before Christmas,' The. contest between the two-uppor claBsekibls year should be unusually Interesting. " Both of these classes have profited' by the new rule of the interclass athletic board and a num pe of law students appear in the line up of either teatm The weight of the two teams is about equal, with a pos- , $lble advantage in favor of the Seniors. Tho coaching has been much above (Uo average and in spite of the poor weather, which has seriously handi capped football In jfeneraJ, the practice has been quite rogular. Probably the man on whom the Seniors Btake most of their 'hopes and who is most feared fey the Juniors, is Fenlon'. Though Fenlori "played In none of the Confer ence games last year and dia -not ''make his 'NV' ho was considered to be a strong man in the-back field, where his speed makes, him especially valuable. " Tho line-nip of thd two teamsVlll bo as follows: - -. Seniors, . Juniors., VanOrsdel...:,.l. o Cramer Peterson.-.-. . v . , 1. t;- ...... . .Meier Wellenslek- Taylor 1. g .Preen "Frazlor c. ... JKIossolbaeh Jonnings.Horinyr. g. .'.Campbell-Rush Gibson r. t-.. . . . o . . . .Dort Laird- ' Butler- Winchester, r. e ..Conklln KImmol.. '. Q.' Standqven qibbs. , . '. r. h ..Howard Fenlon . . . .- h. h. ". . .Runner-Smith Smith (Capt.) . . f. b. '. -..MyflrB' GRADUATE GLUB MEETING V i PROFi HOWARD WILL TALK Friday, Dec. 8 1339 So. J9th st. II WILL GIVE SMOKER ENGINEERING CLUB ENTERTAINS 8ATURDAY NlQHT. Annual 8moker to Be Given at the Phi Gamma Delta House Al I Mem bors of the Club to Come. MAY TOUR THE STATE. Dramatic Club Would Like to. Make a Trip With a Play. It is rumored that tho executive committeo of the Dramatic 'Club has under consideration the advisability of a tour of the state, producing some well-knovn play one of Shakespeare's in all probability. As yet no definite plana havo been made ,and deepest secrecy surrounds the entire subject, but if it is found to be practicable some such trip will undoubtedly be made, performances being given in a number of the smaller towns in south eastern Nebraska. If it is deoided to have such a trip it will be a wonderful incentive for all who have any lean ings toward tho draamtlc art to join the club In order to be placed on the caste. V Drill" atUhe Farm. -- ;ia8t year, military' driU was lnst 'tuted,vat the Farm. The .sudden ap pearance of the god of w.ar among the unsuspecting plow-chasers produced much the same effect as may be ob tained by giving a good healthy hor nets' nest a vigorous poke. This year drill "began with tho opening of school and is now under full headway, yet not a murmur tit dissent hag boon heard.' the' J&cod bat'talidti niiiiiliers nearly oao hundred And fifty men. A surprisingly large number of! old men .are. Jr .school ,and.riot one , failed .to take the examination last Tuesday for proftfttlfo. Thl is a riiOcH fc&ler shoeing than We first Oattallon TtLiAk tind jn"ontldcrati6n ol.ttie largo lack dt interest in military work" afidwi iUi year; is nothing shortpf ' phenomenal. Officers' Club Organized. Tho commissioned officers of the cadet battalion met after drill last evening and perfected an organization for tho year. Major Crites was elected president and Lieutenant Jackson, socrotary. -The principal business of the meeting was to eolect the master of ceremonies and the chairman for the officers' hop, which occurs annual ly. Just before Lent begins. Q. IV. Cheney, first lieutenant of Company B, was elected chairman) arid II. H. Thompson, adjutant, was elected mas- tor of ceremonies. Tho date for tho hop has riot been settled as yet. Basket-Ball League Formed. Representatives of the leudlng uni versities of tho middle west met in Chicago tho day aftor Thanksgiving and formed an intorcolloglato baxket ball leaguovto be known as tho West ern Intercollegiate Basket-Bail Asso ciatlpn. It will bo composed of teams repre senting Chicago, Northwestern, Illi nois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and pos sibly Iowa. Tho schodule for the sea .son, which' will start immediately aftorChrl8tmas and will bo ton woeks in etxent, is to include two games for each team with every other team, to be played at alternate gymnasiums. Conference eligibility rules will gov ern the league, but Freshmen will not be barred, as the season does not com mence until after the end of tho first semester. Professor Angell of Wis consin was selected as chairman of the association and F. E. Reed of Min nesota as secretary. Heretofore basket-ball has had no intercollegiate standing, tho different institutions making their own eligi bility rules'- and matches being ar ranged between the colleges them selves without reference to an Inter collegiate body. The formation of tho league will place basket-ball on a par wflh other forms of athletics. The Engineering Society will glyo a smokor to all onglneoririg studonts noxt Saturday evoning at tho Phi Gamma Delta houso, 1232 R street, This smoker Is an annual function and' Is always attonded by a largo number of engineers, who take this opportunity to become better acquainted with each' othor and to cnlargo tho membership" of tho society. No invitations aro be ing sent out, but ovory engineering student Is oxpected to attond and havo a good tlmo. Cards and other games, will furnish amusement for thoso who do not wish 'to smoko, and light re frcshraonts will Tie sorved during, the evening. Team Has Picture Taken. rv All football men who had first team signals reported at tho gymnasium yesterday' to havo their picture taken. "The men put on their suits and' went to Townsend's studio, whore the picture was taken. This ls in keeping with the cu'Btom that all "N" m'on -have their -picture takon in a grotlp each-year. While tho men who are 'eligible tQ wear the .University insignia liavo 'not " been officially' passed upon, yet It is .pretty clear to every one who they will bo. The pic ture of the rrion will be In Townsond's window In a few-days. Meeting of the Class of 1005. As announced yesterday, thoro will bo a mooting of the class of 1D05 dur ing the convocation period this morn ing, and if it is found that thoro aro enough of tho members of that class to make a class organitatlon success ful that movo will bq raado.v Hereto- fore the ony reunions of the differont classos aitor graduation is uponino date of the annuaT"Xlumnl Day, which occurs during the commencomont week each year, but the members of last year's senior class feel that there Is no reason why alumni of-Nobrasic should not keep up class organ! tions after graduation Just as do alumni of tho older eastern Wtltu- tions. Professor Barber at Convocation. Professor Barber gave tho second of his series of illustrated lectures on Rome at Convocation yesterday morn ing. He started' with a view of the Bay of Naples and followed with illus trations of tho excavated ruins of tho burled cities of Pompeii and Hercu laneum.' The chief characteristics of tho cities, as shown by the views, woro ndrrow streets, arrangement of the water system designs pf tho houses, and therlchnes9 and taste of their wall paintings and decorations. he ' The bleachers and fence on tho nth letlc field have been pulled down. Walkover 'shoes for college men. Rogers IfiTPerklns Co., ,1129" O SL if ENGINEERING SOCIETY SMOKER All-Engineering Students Invited "7 Saturday Dcj 9 1232 R Strctf .. . JL . t 4.f Yesterday tho freshmen stood about- with wide-opened eyes arid gaping mouths vaguely wondering what at traction drew so many upper classmen tremulously, and as lf against thoir will, toward the attio or tho main build ing. Tho fact was that yesterday was tho last day whenjunior theme sub- ' Jects would ha officially received. A stream of serious-faced, determined juniors slowlywound up to U. 311 to reappear in a'fow minutes walking as .' If on air, tlen with a rush, todisap- pear dowtho stairway All sorts of subjects were presented, from 'the broad, Spacious-ones' pre- ; sented'by tho iriore -brainy students to suchsubjects as ''The Beauties of Spring," or "Lincoln on an Autumn Morning," presented by the beljevetfJ in the simple life. Now and then an individual with a -hang-dog air sidled meekly up to th. door of, tho sanctum and made, known his subject for his second Junior.' theme. tThen, as the surprise at the magnanimous treatment received at the desk gradually possessed him, he stiffened again with the dignity of a Senior, strode majestically out of the offlce and down the hall. , Thus the procession continued uatil late in the afternoon, wjMKT'ttie few stragglers Jndlca$wi tbg. all the Juniors and several seniors' had at last ' come up to the requirements. X 1iP H ' iV- - ;a k - -tf . ti ?,i