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W,TiSwSr ' ""' -A' .' " W--" l' -'.' ;- ' , ;." tv--- mmw r si. m. r . ,". - Al. :-,fe - -.,. f hpx , State Hint. Society j " Ml. Vt i ( MMiaHMBI'M' ebrasftan ttbe 4 Vol. V. No. 6 UNIVERSITY OE NEBRASKA', LINCOLN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9,JL906. Pfice5.Cenfs m 2)aih?m W !' "i ! J - i ? 't - V 1 1 tB t-Wi ). - . ft, i W:J r -" :v L.rT t VICE-ROY SPEAKS CHAPEL CROWDED TO GAZE ORIENTAL VI8ITORS. AT Imperial Cfilnese Commission Inspects tJhe University and Members ' - Address Students. It wa a gront occasion. Long be fore three o'clock all classes became so uneasy that Instructors were forced and not so very unwillingly, it scorned to dismiss"1 tho studonts, who at on.ee crowded Into the chapef, which was filled to Its capacity ten minutes before the visitors werotduo. During the 'wait' the students cheered at In- tcrvals, giving one of tho football yolls ""with "China" on tho end of It, v but there was little heart for this sort of business and all woro craning their necks In order to catch tho first glimpse' of the Chinese" Imperial Com mission, which had inspected tho State Form and tho Penitentiary dur Ingthc forendon and was now due at tho University. Promptly at tho stroke of tho. hour thq Visitors arrived, accompanied .by -Chancellor Andrews. Governor Mickey, and a number of lesser lights. As tho red and blup hats with tho queer fwotfen "knobson" top nppoared in the . .doorway-the atudoritB broke into?loUd cheers, which did' ribt'subsido- untiL Registrar Clark hadt with scrupulous observance- of seniority, seated tho foreigners and Chancellor , Andrews- had called for silence, repeatedly. Ho then made a few introductory remarks concerning tho honor showriHho Uni versity by tho visit of the Commission. Ho Introduced Professor Jcnks .of Cop-' "nelLyrilversity, who "Is accompanying the Commission as the ropresentativo bribe American-government. Pcofes- , sor Jcnk oxplained that tho Commis- iqlon was composed of a numberof tho K-Joremost men bt. the Chinese empire, ' Votwo chief commissioners, bolng a cabinet ofilcial anda vlcoroy of At lof tho .larger provlncos-of China. vtj-, .Iniivnnah rt fho fnmmliRtrtrK In in Vjut t . . itf"T a t A - v nigaio me siato euucajionai anq. vV 3p JUHiiLUUopb, uumrciiuiy ur p institutions fortb Qducatlon of women, wuu a viowoi insuuiung a rT"" .... .- . . .... .. i V number qf reforms In the Chinese ss "tern. After investigating tho institu- . tlons of this country, the Commission. will proceed J to Europe and go through -"- Germany, Austria, Italy, and if .pes- - albl'e, Russia. Another Commission is making similar studies in Japan, England and France, so that tho com bined information and experience of the two Commissions should result in many beneficial, reforms in China, Chancellor Andrews then introduced i Viceroy Quan Fang, ono of tho chief commissioners, who advanced and be- . gan speaking to the students. JEvfery ono leaned forward to catch his broken English, and" not until he had almost finished- did they, finaily understand k that he ws talking in Chinese. Per functory" 'applkuso followed his re marks, The interpreter of tho party, Whp 'spoke very good English, th4 translated his remarks. TyWeas the npc)ii;i( thviewpyi -wfio hadspoken u 1 .T... Aall V.. k. k i r . ' - crt bffrtiXok:.Qty, a-ih,tiie,X 000000000000000XX9qpOCOCOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOQOCXX)boOOOOO Q w -" CONVOCATION PROF. W. N. HAYES Assistant Secretary U. S. Department Agriculture Friday, January 19, 1906 CXOCCOOOOCCKXXOOC0 tho interpreter, speaking much more rapidly, required twice tho timo, and thoso who had. not learned the re markablo conciseness of the Chinese language Iiad tho unjust suspicion that tho vicoroy's few words woro meroly instructions to tho intorprotcr as to which speech to give. As-translated by the interpreter, tho vicoroy's words wero as follows: "Tho vlcoroy appreciates very high ly tho cordial reception givon him and ,his legation by tho students of this college. HePls very glad to havo the opportunity ot mooting 'the studonts andjBQmany prominont citizens of the state of Nebraska. "We aroout for the purposo ot studying political, in dustrial and educational conditions of other countries. Wo expect to visit also tho countrlespf Europo. Wo hoar ut homovtbat you areTthe most progros $lvo people-and sovwp,fcamoJ;o.tho United "States' ilrst From .what wd have already ,seon Qf'y;oiir state 'and of your collego it reflects g'reatcrodi upon you. Education means the. har monious development of. tho body, mincL'and' heart. This is merely tho theoretical part. Wo want to loam also the 'practical part and-we aro out fdrtho purposo of so doing." Chancellor Androws replied in-a-few words, which wero duly translated, and tho Commission then loft for a tour of -all tho University buildings. At four o'clock thoy. cntorod their car riages and wore driven to' tho hotel and thence to'tho depot, whore they boardod their special xar, leaving for Chicago at six o'clock. " f Besides tho two chiefcommisslon ors, there wero twenfy-two other Chi-neso-pJncialB, besides a number" of aides. WithProfessor'45enk8, as the ropresentativo qf this governmnqt won?' lw"o tildes. Tho entire party numborfed sixty-two.- Forbes' Stables, Hy.ory, cab-and bag gage service, 1125-31 P SL BelL phono 550, Auto 1550. jiCi j 3C I Band Informal I O Jniverity CHapel January 20 V Jr, i ' i ? X . ' Tickets 5Q Qenta : . -S Lakl! WAiW 'L w im.lLA V w-.-.k 1 -X J ' iiyi f i ;n ..I .... , . Vl .. ,.,,. ,.,,, , ,. ,.,j;. -,-T ., :.. ,, . Art Exhibit Closes. Tho nrt exhibit which .closed last Wednesfjay evening -has been ono of tho mos,t successful Insevoral years, both in point "of 'thq excellence of tho oxhibit and on.'tho question of finan cial results. Tho total receipts this year wero about $1,400. Tho total ex penditures aro estimated at f 1,100. It has been tho custom to ubo tho pro ceeds of tho exhibit to purchaso somo work of art to add to the regular col lection owned by tho association. Tho 300 nottod by tho oxhibit this year will be devoted to tho purchaso of Bar nard's "Land Mark." Ths amount Is not quite ns largo as it Id thought will bo necessary, but tho remainder will bo raised by somo othor means. A number of ladles In the city who aro Interested in. art havo purchased ono of NVIlss Hayden's pictures' and donated it to lh.b association. Tho receipta frpm' tho public school of thls'oity war.gbod this year The total attendance Is estimated "at about 2,000. It is Thought that the. number ot University students who attended is about 25Q, making a total atlon; uanco jrom tho educational institu tlons of tho city of about 2.250. Until tho last to -years-It has been' customary ror tho assqclatlontcrmako somo arrangement wlthxth.cf,udchors, Association bf-thd -stato' whereby the teachers wercfor alump sun) ad mitted to the exhibition Ihelr badges. Tho teachers meeting watf hot hold Jn thU'eTty last year and tho two associations- failed togot together on, any, arrangf'rhent this year. 'However, -a Bpeciaf rato of fifty cents forthe three days of tho assoclaljon mooting .was made to the teachers-and this proved ralrly satisfactory ' , V, M C. A. iundayervlcs. Tho raeotlng Sunday afternoon will bo-addressed by Dr. S, Z. Batten. His subject will be "Tho Divinity of Christ." Miss Kendall will slog and the Y.W.- C. A. quartet will give a aa; lection. tAH girls aro invited to at tend. In Memorial Hall. , TO CONSOLIDATE THE 8ENI0R8 ADOPT RE80LU TJON8 IN REGARD TO BOOKS. All Student Publications to Be Com bined Into Ono Yearly Publication. , i The aonlors met In tho ChcmlBtry Lecturo room yesterday at chapel time. Tho real objecrsf tho nfootlng was tho consideration of plons for tho consolidation of all-studoni pub lications. Mason Wheeler ' presented resolutions which were passed 'with but ono nmendriient. Mr. Whoolor, being odltor-ln-chlof or the' Sombrero of last year, Is tho'roughly'adqualntod with tho existing condition of Unlvor-, slty publications. His resolutloris cov er tho ground thoroughly and ff car ried out will counteract any existing -evil of tho present systoin.-The' sec-. retary of tho class was Instructed to send copies to tho presidents of tho other three classes, and Messrs. Wheeler and Lundln woro appointed as a commlttcoto present tho matter at thoso class meetings. Tho roBOlu tlonsns adopted are as .follows: t Whereas, Tho following is the" opin- Ion of tho senior cluss of tho Unlver slty of Nobraskavconcerning tho state. of affairs now 'existent In' tho Univer sity In rqgard (o scholastic publico tlons:' fc It seems absurd to us that fourvpub jiffonrjp llcations. oach demanding. school sun port as representative Jot the Unfyer slty, shouldbfbnnially compete, witli each other for school talent and bust nesaadvortlslng: Co-oporatlon be tween the .Sombrero and tho Senior Book "bno year and. between the Senior Book and tho Law Annual the next seems to us a cpndlt)bn preferable to , the existing competition. There Is no reason for tho heterogeneous system. v of publications in Nebraska We put u up with It because our predecessors hav No jtime seems better .than theK present to "substitute a rational plan for tho present irrational one. Tho advantages of consolidating 1119, -Sombrero, tho Law Annual and the Senior Book, into an annual publica tion are -apparent. By Increasing tho opportunities for improving thoscopo and technique of such an annual by doubling tho field for scholastic sup-. port, contributions and advertising It will be practical to produce such a book as' tho University may wbli be proud of; therefere, be It "" ''' Resolved, By the Senior class of the University of Nebraska' that it recom mends that the-existent annual pubV llcations of tho University ot .Nebras ka, ndmely the Sombrero, ihe Law Ap nual and the Senior Bdbk' be consoli dated into' an annual publication to. be designated the "Cornhusker," -the first publication to occur In "the spring of. 1907; the editorial anil business man agement of 'the book to be in, accord' aace with 'the following plati? ' I, Bdlterial Staff. v "r'" ' One editoivfn-chlef. who will Aavo general charge of the editorial nan agememtr of Atbe.enterpi'lee,, lntyJAjmgM eelctloa-of oojjty, Ant.wi iinoitniit'tt'ilyH4K iSi v p 1- ,Kjt . xj ."TAiwMgt-.; 'AIMBSV . 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