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Vol. VI. No. 55.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, J906.
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CAST OF DRAMATIC CLUB
DUCTION ANNOUNCED.
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Be Given in Memorial Hall Soon
After the Holidays An
All-Star Cast.
., The University Dramatic Club will
sobn'glve.ln Memorial Hall a lively.
four-act college play entitled "'"The
Toastmaster."
J 'The Hrst play of the season to be
given by the Dramatic Club will be a
rollicking comedy, displaying much of
Highest talent of the club. The cast!
in an tmiisunlly large one. containing
over a do2en old and new members,
and Judging from the rehearsals,
which are belnc conducted by Miss
Drown, head of the Elocution depart
ment, the play will be an Immense
success.
"The Toastmasler" Is eminently
suited for a University audience, be
ing a-college play, with the chief
events centering about college life.
Ninons those holding leading parts
are Mr Montgomery Miss Adams, Mr.
Morgan, Mr. Bellamy, and Mr. Yates.
Mr. Montgomery, who got his iirsc
experience In dramatic art In Omaha
High School productions, shows excep
tional talent In Impersonation. Miss
Bonnie Adams, playing a leading role,
Is an able assistant. Mr. Morgan has
shown considerable ability In various
courses offered In the Elocution de
partment. Mr. Bellamy and Mr. Yates
have botlivvon reputations before au
diences. In Lincoln, the former In a
Dramatic Club playk In the Oliver
Theater last year, and the. latter In the
Sonlor play, of the Lincoln HlglSchqol
ear.
A CLASS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE
FORTER RELEA8ED.
FRESHMAN CLASS PARTY,
Football Coach to Go' Into Cincinnati
Law Firm.
The Athletic Hoard held a special
meeting yesterday morning for the
purpose of
request to beL'leased from his con
tract at the present time, in order that
he might accept a 'position now open
to him with a Cincinnati law firm.
The matter had been referred to a
committee which reported to the Board
this morning. Acting on the sugges
tion of the committee, the Board de
cided to grant Mr. Foster's release,
withholding $100 of the $1,500 stipu
lated in the contract which bound the
coach until June 1, 1907.
First Year Students Will Hold Unique
Function Next Saturday Evening.
The Freshman class will hold an In
formal party In Memorial Hall uoxt
Ing on' Coach Foster's (Saturday evening, to which all mom-
ALMOST COMPLETED.
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Professor Bruner to Add Volume to
Well Known Work.
Professor Bruner has nearly com
pleted his portion of a great Natural
History work that Is being published
ill London.
Several years ago F. D. Godman. an
English gentleman and patron of
unlf-'imn. furniRhed funds and material
' This Ts the first of several plays toSfQ1. an exhaustive study of the natural
be given by tho-Dramattc Club during
this year. Casts for others are being
made up, and greater success than
ever bofore is expected for the club.
Under the present constitution, which
has been hi use but a few years, the
Dramatic Club is improving rapidly,
and will" soon rival similar clubs In the,
older universities. The system or
competitive try-outs for membership
in a great measure accounts for thltf
Improvement.
REGISTRATION HEAVY.
Big
Large Number of Entries for the
?-' Debates This Season.'
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,? All those who Intend to enter the
preliminary contest for -the selection
of 'Jthe. University; Debating squad
should hand to Professor Fogg by
noon today a slip stating, which- side
ho wishes to debate on In tbe prelim
inary. . r
The program for each evening will
be'" completed by Thursday or Friday.
The places on the program will be de
cided by lot.
Up tp yesterday evening about thir
ty-two debaters had registered for tho
contests. The registration closes to
day vand'a complete list of the entries
KUl. be" PUDl!shed In tomorrow's Ne-braskan,
history of Mexico and Central Amer
ica. The foremost scientists of the
world were each given a certain limit
ed portion of tho work. To Professor
Hrumjr the task of writing up grass
hoppers was given, and the success
with which lie has met Is evidenced by
tho fact that In tho three years that
he has been working he has discovered
more than two hundred whololy new
and hitherto unknown species of grass
hoppers. Already there have been published
over thirty volumes of the "Blologla
Contrail Americana," and many are
yet to follow. Many languages are
represented; most scientists writing
either in their native tongues or In
Latin. ,
bers of the class are Invited. Tho
entertainment Is of a nature suf
ficiently varied to assure every one
who attends a real good time.
A program of chiBS talent will bo
presented which Is sure to make a de
cided hit. All ortho participants are
performers of rare merit and no
Freshman should miss thlB opportunity
to see or hear them. The following is
the program:
Exhibition of legerdemain
Slgnorlta Bontolll j
Historical Sketch of '10.. It. S. Moseb
Piano solo Miss Chapln
None Such Quartet. .Messrs. Wal
lace. Harnley. Hoffman, French
Refreshments will then be served'
and tho evening's entertainment will
be closed with, an informal dance.
Those In charge desire It distinctly
understood that no gentleman is re
stricted as to the number of ladles ho
may bring. However, gentlemen are
urgod to cQine, even IKdellnquont In
this respect.
Tho price of single admission Is
only twenty-five cents and no loyal
Freshman can afford to miss this ex
cellent chance to become better ac
quainted with those whd are to bo
his classmates for tho next four years.
Y. M. C. A.
Green's harbor shops excel all others
in the west. Entirely modern and the
best work assured.
Mombers Like Chicken
Dinner.
Tho recent chicken dinner given by
the Y. M. C. A. proved such a success
that tho s,oclaI committee are now
planning to mako the Y M. C. A. feeds
a monthly stunt. It Is thought that
the nearest way to a man's heart Is
thruetc, and If tho social commit
tee can pluck up courage they will at
tempt to treat the Association every
month to a good old bachelor dinner.
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Why not take your baths at Chris'
Bath House, corner 11th and P Sts.?
Second and Final Banquet Given to
Football Team.
The luHt festivity of the football sea-
son was held Monday night at Sum's
Cafe, and consisted of a very onjoy
able banquet. Tho football team and
a-few ft lends wore tho guests of. Mr.'
WoHtorflold, who, ub on past occasions,
did himself proud. Sam has for a
number of yearn treated the team to a
sumptuous sproutl at the conclusion
of the football season, but this one in
point of. decorations and menu, sur
passed any of Its predecessors. Tlur
boys were all arrayed in their broad v
est smiles and the good old football
songs were sung with that enthusiasm
that has won bo many victories for Ne
braska whon exerted against an oi
posing team.
Dr, Roscoo Pound sal at his usual
place at the head of tile table and, as
he said, "Punctuated the remarks of
the others on tho toast list." Ho man
aged to suppress IiIb string of stories
long onough to Impress upon his hour-
ors tho fact that football was no, aca
demic sport and that all tendencies.,
toward professionalism should be root
cd out.
Dr. Maxey was then called on for
his manuscript, Ho responded in. a
very droll way and when he got down
to" his theme, made a plea for an
earlier interclass football schedule.
He ulso hoped that we could have a
poimanent coach who would be with
tho .Nebraska boys all year.
Coach Foster was then called upon
and after his opening story, thanked
Dr. Maxey and the rest for their co-
operation. He said that tho college
athletes of the country formed a
brotherhood that extended everywhere
and that ho was proud to welcome tho
football men or Nobratfkn into it.
Captain Mason thpn thanked his
team mates for their efforts" and help.
Herald that It was hard indeed to
at last sever the chains that bound
himself and the team togother and
hoped, that tho Nebraska football team
would always lino up to tho high
standards that It has set. Coach
Stewart and Charlie Shoriunn re
sponded In their turn and at tho last
the toastmnBter called upon Manager
Eager.
"MetltUBlla," aB ho was called, did
not resort to stories to Illustrate his
point, but In his enthusiastic way told
how deeply the old men felt for the
succcsb of Nebraska.. Ho urged that
every one should live and talk for old
Nebraska after they graduated and
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that they should try ,1c send new mon
and good men to Nebraska, He closed
with the statement that wo must boat
Kansas next year.
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-ThereV will bo football practise for
the members of the' Senlpr squad tjils
morning at 11 o'clock on the gridiron.
6 Daily HelbimsI&aHft
Rest of tesHnes&efia
50 CENT
GERMAN (iLUEf TO-MEET.
SUBSCRIBE NOW!
Will Hold Regular Meeting With Pro
fessor Fossler Thursday Evening.
Tho Deutsche Geselligo Vereln will
hold Its regular meeting on Thursday
evening at the homo ofProfessor Foss
ler, 1517 South Seventeenth street. ,
' A program of exceptional merit has
been arranged and it is hoped thnt a
full "membership w)ll be present. Tho
work of tho club has prospered thus
far this year and a continuation of In
terest is requested. .
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