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Vol. VII. No. 9.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, J907.
Price 5 Cents.
THROUGH EUROPE
WITH PROFES80R LEES AND HIS
PARTY ON CONTINENT.
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8ome of the Things Seen In Germany
Government Ownership of Rail
roads In Europe.
The last summer was spent by Pro
fessor Lees In a trip through Europe.
With him were a party of twenty-seven
people, most of them from Lincoln
and Omaha, but Including also teach
ers from other parts of the country.
Sixty days were spent in travelling
through England, France, Italy, Switz
erland, Germany, Belgium and Hol
land. While In Germany, as a student, Pro
fessor Lees had an experience that
peculiarly fitted him for this work.
Ho traveled over Europe for a whole
summer on the Inconceivably small
sum of fifty cents a day. Living as a
peasant, ho became thoroughly ac
quainted with customs and prices on
the continent.
The experience of Doctor Lees In
Europe Indicates pretty clearly that
perhaps, after all, government owner
ship of railroads Is the final solu
tion of the difficulties that are preplex
lng our statesmen. Traveling In all
parts of the continent for several
months not a single late train was en
countered until the party reached
America on the return. European
railroads are invariably doubletrackod
as a precautionary measure against
accidents. While the trains do not
travel quite as rapidly as In America
they are Invariably on time.
Throughout nearly the whole trip
the party had, a private car. Arrange
ments made beforehand made It pos
sible to have carriages at the stations
ready to meet the party, and to have
rooms all assigned before the hotel
was reached.
In England, Chester, Birmingham,
Shakespeare's home at Stratford.Ken
llworth Castle, Oxford, and London
were visited. Six days were spent
In seeing Paris. Rome occupied seven
days, including trips to Naples, and to
Pompeii. Three days were spent In
Venice, "the Bride of tho Adriatic."
Sunday was spent "amid lakes and
snowclad peaks" of Switzerland. Tho
next Sunday was spent In the quiet
town, of Heidelberg, with a visit to the
castle. The art treasurers of Ant
werp were studied and then the party
Went on the Rotterdam, the last place
visited on the continent.
Professor Lees has received several
inquiries regarding another trip of this
kind, but as yet no announcement of
any kind can be made.
New 8tudent Reception.
A reception for all students of tire
University will be given at the First
Presbyterian church, corner Thir
teenth and M streets, next Saturday
evening, 8 p. m. A cordial invitation
Is extended, especially to the new
students.
After the show or party In the even
ing, a nice clean lunch at The Boston
Lunch.
South Dakota vs. Nebraska
SATURDAY, OCTOBER FIVE
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FOOTBALL IN IOWA.
The Game Has a Good Start in the
Hawkeye State.
The campaign for the Iowa foot
ball championship has been fairly
started In the last week. Last year
marked the passing of many old play
ers, veterans In the squad of players
who have contended for Iowa football
honors for three or four years, men
like "Sioux" Jones of AmeB and Jack
Streft of Iowa. It also marked the re
tirement of Albert Rlstlno as head
coach at Ames and John Chalmers
as head coach at Iowa.
Ames opens tho present senson
champions of the state of Iowa by
virtue of tlve 2 to 0 victory over the
HawkeyeB last November. Clyde
Williams, who will coach tho Aggies
this fall, will mako every effort to re
tain the title. Moreover, this will bo
Catlln's first year as the head of any
coaching department and he will bo
anxious to make a reputation for him
self on the showing of his team.
With -the exception of Ames and
Iowa, the coaching staffs of tho vari
ous state schools will remain the Bame
as last year. Professor Bryant will
direct affairs at Coe College In Cedar
Rapids, B. F. Hamilton will have
charge at Iowa College at Grlnnell,
"Doc" Pell will coach the Drake Uni
versity team at Des Moines, Griffith Is
expected to be In charge at Mornlng
Blde and Du Bridge at Cornell. The
cdming season will be a clean one in
every respect. The movement In that
direction last fall met with a hearty
response all over Iowa.
One thing which has had a great
deal to do with this has been the or
ganization of the "Big Five" in the
Missouri valley last winter. Pat
terned after thfc "Big Eight," the
western organization Is establishing
the Ideals of the parent organization.
Other western schools are to bo In
vited 'to become members of the Mla
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What the Department of Bohemian
Is Doing.
In the department of Bohemian
Language and Literature are offered
at present four single-semester
courses, and, altho primarily gram
matical, offer training In translation
and conversation as well. In con
nection with thiB first-year work the
student of the Bohemian language
may attend a valuable series of week
ly lectures thruout the year, tho se
mesters being devoted to Bohemian
history and literature, respectively.
The two advanced courses are essen
tially literary, but also embrace a
review of grammar and-some work In
composition.
Tho office of the Bohemian depart
ment is located at present In the
German office at U. 108. Quarters are
now being prepared In U. Ill for a
seminar room.
Professor Jeffrey Hrbok, head of
the department, reports: twenty stu
dents regularly enrolled and fifteen
more Btudylng under tho direction of
the Komenian Club and expected to
take regular second semester work
this year. Although things aro'rather
condensed this year, Professor Hrbek
hopes to offer two now courses next
year, relieving the pressure.
The Battalion this year contains
340 men, not Including the Band and
the Hospital Corps, whose member
ship it Is thought will bring the total
number of men taking work In the
Military department up to the 400
mark.
The Nolt Avrats, founded In '97 and
the oldest local frat at Ames was for
mally Installed Saturday evening as
the Alpha Iota chapter of the Phi Gam
ma Delta fraternity at Ames.
The Hawkeye students will meet In
U. 109, Friday at 12 o'clock, for short
business meeting.
-. Tickets 50 Cetns
Northerners Reported to Have Strong
est Team In History and 8ald to
Be Fit for a Hard Struggle.
According to "dope" wafted down
from tho North, South Dakota Is ex
pecting to make tho game with Ne
braska next Saturday another big sur
prise for tho Cornhuskers similar to
to tho one that resulted in a score of
four to nothing last year, when only
a drop kick saved tho Scarlet and
Cream from Ignominious defeat. Coach
Whlttmoro of tho South Dakota team
admitted when ho was hero Saturday
that his pupils are much strongor this
season than they wore at the time of
tho Nebraska game last fall. Addi
tional Information received this week
regarding the Northerners says that
they have one of tho largest squads
In tho history of tho Institution and
that they are doing tho hardest kind of
scrimmago work In preparation for
the game Saturday. The squad is said
to contain a largo amount of new ma
terial that Is available for uso on tho
'Varsity. The Dakota squad has been
at practice two weeks longer than tho
Cornhuskers and are reported to be
in fit condition for tho hardest kind of
a battle Saturday.
Coach Colo, while not fearing or
predicting that South Dakota will boat
Nebraska, Is getting tho Cornhuskers
ready for any little surprise that tho
Divorcons may have in store. The bad
weather tho first two days of this week
spoiled most of "King's" plans and it
was Impossible, for him to do much
with his squad. For these reasons tho
Coach will give tho men plenty of
"stiff scrimmage the rest of the week
In order to fit them for a hard battlo
Saturday.
The practice last night was satis
factory from the point of view of the
spectators and the men seemed to be
getting more speed Into their play
than they exhibited In the 'Peru con
test. Bontley, Patton and Burleigh show
ed up well at end and got down on
punts with surprising alacrity.
In the backfleld Cole worked tho
men In "Hurry Yost" stylo. Johnson,
Kroger and Wellor hit the line hard In
the scrimmage work, Johnson doing
particularly good work.
The end positions are still bother
ing Cole and seem to present a per
plexing problem. In the game Satur
day, Cooke, Craig and Beltzer held
down those positions and did good
work but the coach continues to shift
the men around and last night had Pat- '
ton, Burleigh, Bentley, Cooke and Belt
zer working at end. "King" Cole does
not seem entirely satisfied with any
combination of ends he has yet had
and probably will continue to experi
ment for a while with men for those
positions.
It Is believed that the return of
"Mike" Denslow to the squad would
help clear up the end situation.
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