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wlJI S "-. TW r beS)aflp IFlebraekan I ftV X t ' . fe A. fSS Vol. VI. No. 33. A RECENT FIND UNIVERSITY OWNS BONES OLDEST AMERICAN. OF Unearthed Near Omaha Pronounced Genuine by Professor Osborne of Columbia University. - The lecently found bones of what is thought to be the oldest known man In America are now the property of the University of Nebraska. Professor Barbour and assistants have been working steadily for the past few days as they pieced together the bones of a man who lived In America .before the Pyramids were built, probablyiongor ago than any other known man on this continent. This man with ape-like characteristics is attracting the attention of scientists far and wide. Recently Robert F. Gilder, an artist and journalist of Omaha, had his at tention attracted to a peculiar mound which he found north of Omaha. Upon opening the mound it was discovered to be an ancient sepulchor, with two layers of bones. The upper layer Is evidently remains from a later tribe that had intruded. The bones of the bottom layer, which are burled four feet beneath the surface, constitute .the important discovery. Immediately above the bones was a layer of hard ened burnt clay one foot or more In thickness, to which Is duoJiifilr pres ervation from the wasting of running water. The skulls showed a type of man very low Intellectually but of great muscular strength. The forehead is sadly lacking; while Jthe eyebrows are of the heavy, -protruding sort seen In the man-ape. The lower jaw differs from that of the modern human fa that the bone Is much thicker, and the teeth are ground down In the opposite direction to which the present-day person grinds them. The last tooth is most worn, showing that they were used to masti cate very coarse, hard food. 'Several flint Implements of very crude design were found with fhe skeletons. Professor Osborne of Columbia Uni versity has visited the collection and views the skulls as being very prim!--tilro. -Altho this Improbably the oldeBt man found In America, yet the-Nean-" derthal man found In German and the man-Tipe found In Java are older. College Settlement Board Meets. The College Settlement Board met.k yesterday noon in the City Y. M. C. a. 'building. An Informal luncheon-was given by the new president, Prof. H. R. Smith, in honor of the retiring president, Dr. Bolton. Dr. Bolton and Mr. Willlsford gave short talks on Settlement wqrk to give the new members an idea of their duties. A committee, consisting of, Dr. Tuttle, Professor Fossler, and Pro fessor Dann, was 'appointed to Inves tigate conditions prevailing In Lincoln and to consider what part of the city vould be mofjt benefitted by the loca tion of a Settlement House there. The fluances of the Settlement were re ported to be in excellent condition. Chnpin Bros.', Florists, 127 So. 12th. UNIVERSITY, OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN; WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER fSSir-.- Oi.0A IILm - V V ,C. fc... -rr- r.rZVs17j.V i y Lr'l. 11 -" - "Z..KPfl S-59if H -" " e-JLG?d25 s:fnsr-F-' . v.. -Ml A RELIC OF HALLOWE'EN. - (With apologies td James Whltcomb Riley.) Many years there's been a cuBtom, an' I guess It's here to stay, That o' tearln up o' sidewalks, an' a takln' things away. Course these things is done at night when most people. are asleep, 'Ceptln' Bome, who'd like to catch us, make us earn our board an' keep; But all us younger fellers who, by Nature b gift, can run, Wo wnnder 'round the city an' have 'the mostest fun, Yet llst'non for the first sound that'll tell they're about For the copa'll get you Ef you Don't Watch Out: ' So wo hoofed It klnda careful, an' wo run 'bout all the way To where, we knew, they was a cow that 'ud eaten lots o' hay. Some wished to lead 'er off tie her up till she got Bllm, Other said to keep 'er fat we could put 'er In a "gym" Where she'd use the bars and dumb-bells 'twas her privilege at leaBt But I don't think I'll tell you-where we went with that old beast. Now ef you'd found her first left 'er in or took 'er ouL2. ' For the cops'll get you Ef you Don't Watch Out! t An' then they was some little pigs 'at had a cozy nest But when they wont to bed at night, they wouldn't try to rest. Some men they Jieerd 'em squeaj, so they run with all their might, But when they turn't the flash light on not a llvln' thing In light! Ait' they seeked 'om In the stable-room Oh! 'twas fun I must confess To watch them fellers huntln' a'moBt evor'wheres I guess. But all they ever found was some tracks roundabout, An' the cops'll -git you -Ef you )on't -Watch tut! But onc't some of the fellers that 'ud Gettln' fun from everything, as one most alluskln, They were standln' close together sovt o' cogltatlnHlke When they thot they heerd some footsteps a comln' down the pike. Just as they kicked their heels, an They was two great big Tall things An' they took 'em by the collar 'fore they knowed-what they's about An the cops'll git you Ef you Don't Watch . Out! An' now .some wise old mother says 'at when the sky Is blue, An' the air Jb full of mischief, an' the wind goes woo-oo! You'd better mind per parents-an' yer Profs so fond an' dear, . An' cherish 'em 'at loves you thruout the whole long year. For the student's place is always at home that time o' night When the goblins air a sneakln' round an' witch fires blazln' bright. Now mark my ,wordthey'll nut It, who go prowlln' roundabout, I For the cops'll'get you "" , Ef you - EXCURSION SATURDAY $1.1Q g CREIGHTON ,,""! i.;.v,;.. v Jtfvifc. I'V i' ' -J' M ?Z.2K r S :izmu u JiwaW- ' -v. alluslaugh and grin, turn't to run an' hide, a standln' by their side. &t. Don't - Watch Out! ' - Philip J. Harrison. TO OMAHA VS, NEBRASKA i 7, 1906. Pmcc 5 Cents. TO BE EXCURSION MANAGER EAGER 8ECURES GOOD RATE TO OMAHA. Creighton Promises Good Game Kansas to Send Delegation . Practise 8hows Up Well. Managor Eager has arranged an ex cursion to Omaha and return on next Saturday. The faro will bo $1.10 for the round trip and a largo number, will no doubt take advantago of the cheap rate to visit tho metropolis. Two hundred rooters have to go In order to got tho rate, but Mr. Eagor expects that a much larger number will report and plans on taking n tialn-load of most enthusiastic Univer sity rooters to wake tho prosaic city' of Omaha with a few good old Ne braska, yells. Tho train will leavo Lincoln Satur day morning, returning Into at night. It is planned to leavo Omaha after the theaters are out, thus enabling the crowd to take advantage of tho fact that Maxlno Elliot will jlny at tho Boyd on that evening. The time of- leaving Lincoln has not yet been set Yon account of the mid-semester exami nation In Rhetoric I, which falls upon that date. Mr. Eager will attempt to got the time for tho examination changed, or falling in that, will hold the train until It Is over. The time will be announced later. Creighton University has an unusu ally strong team this year and expects to give us a stiff fight for tho victory; A good game 1b already assured. A rate of three dollars has been, se cured by tho Kansas manager for" the round trip to Lincoln on November 17. Kansas, remembering the crowd of rooters (hat visited them in 1903, is determined to show as great a splrlU of loyalty as possible, and will visit us by the hundreds. Since last Saturday tho minds of enthusiastic Cornhuskers have not been as uneasy asthey were upon hearing the. result of the Kansas-Colo-rado game, Not only did Nebraska re trieve herself nobly on Saturday last, but Kansas went down to decided de feat before the speedy boys at St. Louis. But we are not resting as a glimpse of the practise field will show. Coach Foster Is working his men harder than ever and trying out the positions with gre.at care.. There is every reason to suppose thatlhe line up will be considerably changed, in the Kansas game, and strengthened over that-of last Saturday Rooters were more than pleased yesterday when Chaloupka was put In the back field against the scrubs. He seeuiB to have found his true place, where his weight and strength show off to the best advantage. Geography Excursion. Professor Condra and twenty of the General Geography class took ah ex cursion Saturday afternoon to '.'Rob--her 'Cave," southwest of the city; Tho Yankee Hill b'rlckyards at Burnham were .also visited and various glacial boulders and clays were examined. ' " 'Alpha Omicron PI entertained at tho LIndoll Saturday evening. fr !?.