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X IFtebraeftan Vol. Vfc nAh UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1907. JPr ice 5'CcnJs. Ufoc Hail ' V tt c: if' IV , i K THREE CLASS i U :8?W-4- i a- AOL CLASSENS BUT, ONE CHOOSE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT FOR ENSUING SEMESTER. J .A 4 ' aj f ." 4 rf J v .1 w Weaver' Elected by "Freshmen", Shaw W Juniors and Brown t Jby Seniorsjs-Sophomores Yet to Meet. A tatlng three of the "tour 'classes. was brought to a "close,. Intense interest has b'eelf manifested .for the last month, and some peop'le'B foellngs hurt J pcrchunco, but all the exoltement 'is PRBBJid bygones, jvre. bygones, and uflajrs-haye assumed- their wonted aspect' again: - " ' ' The -IRPsU'meeUqg flnrns that of ,.1C Freshmen, Keld" at 11 &cdfk, ailtl wafc .called to order by President Heskett. dominations for president being called Tor, tf. M. Alexander arose and pro posed the name of Lawrence Weaver of Beatrice. As no other name was )jrou&ht before the class, he received the unanimous vote, and immediately ook the( chair. After making a brief speech, he called for nominations for ,vice-tresldent. But one name was brought up that of Miss Josephine iiuser and she received a unanimous S'ote. George Wallace was then placed In nomination for tho position of sec retary, but because of a disturbance j-alse.by & few oiQmore j yio. W oft tTieVoon".; thVm&jtfngAvas ad journed. A miia 'type -of-scuffle on iue'd JtoU, tke-SopTiomor.QB. were-fl pally ejebted: ''The'othero'nices ,w,lll be' lulled later. The Junior meeting was called o prder, by Miss Rhoades. Here, also, the presldentrAvasoUoseji ) a, ufranl' Jnousl.vote. The'sTnglanu'ldttte" left In tH&rnce wag. 0,jJ. Shaw, 3arl. Jor lgensen WtfW "Mlller'th with Virawiiigwiprevloustotho: time -of meet ing. Mr.. Shaw 4s well known in the- University and- well qualified for the position. The class then elected Miss Alice Rulersdorf as vice-president, And Miss, Ellen True a$ secretary. 1 A good deal of amusement arose out of the electiojitfTfollowlng this. E. A. Froyd' was nominated for treasurer and ,the nomination was seconded Then J, R, Cnlqy, who chanced to be standing alongside of. "Ted". Mills proposed, out of tho exurborance of fraternal spirit, the name of tho other, and immediately the' favor was recip rocated, so placing three candidates In tho fleld,The enthusiasm during the telliugpf,, , voles was intense. Mr. Mills and Mr. Froyd seemed lo have things between them, when alopg about half way thru the vote came straggling" In tho nnmo of Caley. Ex , pttement broke out Into uhrestrnln- able uproary nnd enthusiastic friends wrungr Mr. Caloy's hand Hn heart-felt congratulation. But the 'climax was yet to'come. At tho conclusion, of the counts the votes stood,-G2 for Mr. Froyd 38 for Mr,. Mills, andj alas, 23 for Caley! He4 tried, but the way to the dopr was blocked. Affairs getting thus started, they were .jiptrallovett'Q cool oft at once, Yesterday morning, between ll- and 12 ' o'clock, thfcjollUc4Jfirfeglb agl- and afterte elecJJon of Robbing Bros. a's. classVtorneya, speeches frbinj thorn Jw"ei'S frantically demandedj them 'Were; frantically r ELECTIONS ascended the rostrum, exhibited some 'very pleasing gestures before the en thralled onlookers, and then got down again. The Junior class Is to bo con gratulated upon tho abundance of ma terial within Its ranks for this respon sible position. In tho election of Her- gejint-at-arms, MIsb Rhoados, tho out going vice-president, had, apparently, jn considerable advantage over "dop- uty sheriff" Carpenter. Altogether, It was a meeting 'to go down. In clnss his tory as n landmark, of a certain sort. But the class In which exlstod tho keenest rivalry and In whoso olectlo Interest mainly centered was the Senior. Hero two candidates, W. C. Rtfmsey and T. A. Brown, had been in the field, working hard for some tipie wlljh the result that neither side was over-confident. President McWilliams, after calliir, for order and requesting all other than membors of the class to take seats apart, expressed his hope that all pro ceedings might be square and above board. Messrs. Kiesselbach and Mor gan weie appointed to count the num ber1 of voters present, and that num Iter1 being obtained, nominations were cufletf for. Then C. M. Dunn arose and rnomlnatod Mr. T. A. Brown, tho nomi nation being seconded by B. F. Rush. Following this, Dale Drain in n really excellent speech, put tho name of Mr. WiJIliam C. RamBey before the class. This nomination was seconded by S. M,- Thompson in a speech of consider able length. Another speech was then made in favor of Mr. Brown by II. W. White, and this was followed by talks fidm T. A. Kiesselbach and MIsb Par- meeo in support of tho same candi date. Nominations were declared closed aiid balloting begun with L. C Syford, J. E. Edgerton, and B. L-. Green acting as tellers. The final bal lot, stood I'll to.90.lji ,faxpr Qf. Mr. Brpwn. Tho time set apart for the meeting having elapsed, no-other busi jiess vwas taken uj) and the meeting adjourned. 'The Senior class enters Its last semester wjhan ofheiont man tit its hehd, The Sophomore class has not-ns yet; held Its election nor has the time been set for It. The meeting will 'bo an nounced, probably, In the near future. Miss Jennie Whltmoro, Pi Beta Phi, will be in school again this semester. oooooi(m'oif0ooO'ooooooQ(yi -TONIGHT AT 7:30 ADDRESS BY Miss Grace - 9 " J ,' r- SPECIAL i-v 1! MISSLUCILELONG, ..GEO, J. IRELAND If PROFE8SOR F083LER ILL. Complications Arising from Attack of La Grippe Results Seriously. Professor Laurence FoBBlor, Head Professor of tho Gorman Department, has been seriously ill for n week. Grippo seemed to bo the original ail ment, but this became complicated with other troubles, resulting in a severe gathoring of tho oar. Prof. Fob has been uunhlo to leave tho house for several days, and will probably not take charge of his classes for a week or more, but during his absence, his classes will be cared for by tho other members of the dopartmont. All students were much concornod at learning of tho Illness of this popu lar professor and every ono Is much re lieved to hear at tho lateBt report ho was much better. DR. BE88EY TALK8. Gives a Graphic Description of His Recent Trip to Florida. The Forest Club 'mot Saturday even ing In room 110, NobraBka Hall, and listened to an exceedingly interesting talk by Dr. C. E. BeBsey, who gave a short account of his trip, through Florida. Tho attondnnco was .unusu ally large. In brief Dr, Bossoy said: "Florida is practically unknown lo most Americans It should bo ro dlBcovered to ub. It 1b in reality a great coral flat, covered by a very few inches of soil. Owing to the slight depth of tho soil wo marvol nt the very denso vegetation found grow ing there, but this is made possible by tho climatic conditions. Thero, mid-winter Is like our May. Rains come In- the summer soason. Fr.qst rarely- occurs, and-snpw, ls ..unknown to natives of Florida. The state Is In tho region of tho-West' India hurri canes, but they are not so sevore nd they are commonly reported In fact, a good, healthy ICansas cyclone would make' ono of those hurricanes seem quite feebloi "Tho Everglades are Immense, areas of flat rock cover.ed by a few Inches of sand, on which thero aro great Bheets of water varying In depth from a very few inches to three or four feet. The water., of t,ho EyergladjsstaVnotfiog water, but is cleVr ali crystal, and' In It are found growing various grosses, Bedges, and a few trees. Tho forests of Florida consists of samo conifers, a few hard woods, a.nd many palms, Tho principal conifers aro tho long' leaf plno, Cuban plno and cyjiress. The principal hard woods are tho man grove, llrlodondrous, live oaks, and wild figs." Tho second semester starts with an unusually-largo boglnlng class in French. , : MEMORIAL HALL Curtis Glenn" " MUSIC-- by EAGER RESIGNS MANAGER HAND8 IN HI8 ,RE8IG- NATION. . ' Special Meeting of the Athletic Board Hoar to Play Basket Ball TripOther Notes. v At a special mooting of tho Athletic Board- yestorday morning Manager of Athletics, Earl O. Eager, asked -to 'bo released fl-om his position' for tlie'"re malndor of tho school year. Mr. Eager wIbIios to graduato this spring, but will bo unable to do so if he remains in his presont position as manager. ' His school work thin semester will bo so heavy that it will bo impbsBlblp for him to continue to direct athletics and at the samo time carry tho studies roqulrod for graduation. Mr. Eager1, howovor, Informed tho Athlotic Board yesterday . that- ho would' retain tho managership for -this semester H .they would give him tho position (for next yean By this arrangement ho would bo able, to carry liglit work this Bomes tor and graduato next year. A commit tee was appointed to consider Mr. Eagor's ' proposition, ', m Mr. Eager has been interested-in university athletics for Beveral years. He was a member of the- football team when Booth was here and last spring was manager of tho basoball team. In the last capacity ho startled tho athletic circles oftbfc university by clearing sovernl dollars on the season. His work at tho head of- of tho. basd ball 4cam JjroughL.him tho. manager ship oF-uU-Nebruska athletics .foiVtUWC 07, andJn this position ho Jins.modcu Velwitatlon for. ofnci6nt,Av6rk that few manngors at this Institution have4, had. ' In addition to attending to Mr, Enger'a resignation tho board decided to allow" William Hoar, the fast guard and .caytaln of last year's, basket-ball team,- to play In noulnter-colleglate contests this 'semester. "Billy" ha)i played for four years on the Nebraska basket-ball five and is not eligible for participation in games with other unl verflities.rrhIfl;rulintVwliioh Is Irfatrlct accordance wltluthe Interpretation of tho Big Nino agreement, does ;iot, how over, proVehT "Billy's" plnyfng lii hoiV unlverslty games, and ho will" be abfo to participate In 'these contests this year. The basket-ball schedule also was approved by the board, and tho'team will start on tho eastern trip' Feb ruary 14. Tho schedule follows:; ' Fort Dodge . . . , Feb. 14 ' University of MihnesotaV.. .Feb. 1G-1G ...i ,r.m AT-S!. liUu ,o niiuuuu miiiuuj nuuumui . . a-wu. o Marshflold ', Fob. 19 Portage .'....'..,'. .'. .F6b. 20 University of Wlnsconsln.. .Feb, 21 University of IoWa......,Fob. 22 " GrlnncfCollege .'Feb.23 Sidney Collins, thef big, fast foo'tbalf center from tho Lincoln high ,school, has entered the university and will bo eligible for tho vatsit'y squad next fall. Colllnp says that his former team mate, Sommerhalder will' soon' enter school. t Sommerhalder weighs, 245 pounds and has a good reqord In foot ball Smith,' a'formor track man alsfr has entered thjTmilvqratiy this semes . ft. It TI .4 V-- ; v i $ooooicccooicHro & Thereupon, No. 1 and No. 2 gracefully ter, V ik,i,-i'Mit ' tjsM 4t jJxw LA it . 1 fc ' 4. -