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Vol. VII. No. JO.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, J9i7
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CORNHU8KER8 ARE BEING PUT
THRU STIFF WORK.
Encouraging Additions Made to the
Squad a Shake-up In the Back
Field South Dakota Line-Up.
Pigskin practice In preparation for
clash with South Dakota Coyotes, next
Saturday has been backward this
week due to the unfavorable weather.
Continued rains converted the grid
Iron into more or les of a mud pud
dle, forcing Coach Cole to abandon it
and leaving the state farm lawn as the
only available place for practice.
For the past two nights the Corn
huskers have been going through stiff
ractlce at the farm, and although the
atmospheric conditions have some
what hampered play, the practice has
been quite satisfactory to the coaches.
The work of the 'Varsity players
has ben ragged in spots and Coach
Cole is pushing his pupils at a stiffer
pace than ever in preparation for the
bout with the Coyotes. Evxjry member
of the squad is linding out that loafing
i not permitted for a moment, and
Coach Cole's "hurry up" policy is fast
being infused into the minds of the
players. Special attention is being
given to the strengthening of the 'Var
sity defence. To accomplish this the
second team for the last few days has
been made up chiefly of 'Varsity sub
stitutes, with the result that the teams
have been more evenly matched. This
system put snap and ginger into the
play, for subs were pitted against the
regulars each lighting for a position
on the first team.
Recent additions to the Bquad are
encouraging to the Cornhusker sup
porters. In Beekley and Perrin the
squad has acquired two strong players
and their presence should greatly add
to the strength of the team. The fact
that Beekley is a very fair punter glad
dens Coach Cole as he can substitute
for Captain Weller in case of the' lal
ter's injury.
Perrin, a sub last year, is a husky
candidate for a place in the back fteld.
Johnson, whp previously has faeen
playing as sub in the line has- been
transferred to the backfleld on the
second team and has shown his ability
to plough through the 'Varsity for sub
stantial gains. Beekley and Perrin tip
the beam at 175, while Johnson bal
ances the scale at 180. The addition
of this trio to the squad of back-field
material makes the outlook much
brighter.
The team is still short on endB and
and various men are being tried out
daily in this position, Including Cooke,
Beltzer, Craig, Patton, Bentley and
Burleigh. It is hoped "Mike" Denslow
will return, which would probably
solve the end situation.
The line-up for tomorrow's game has
not been decided upon ds yet, but will
probably be much the same as that of
the Peru game.
Tho South Dakota llno-up for the
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South Dakota vs. Nebraska
SATURDAY, OCTOBER FIVE
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WHITMORE WRITES.
S. D. Coach Tells About Situation at
Vermillion.
Coach Whltmore of tho South Dako
ta football team writes as follows re
garding the. football situation at his
school:
"Tho men all have good spirits and
will light hard Saturday when they
meet the Cornhuskers. They hardly
expect to win but do hope to play
Nebraska as hard a game as last year.
"Our field is wet and heavy after
the bad rain but we have worked out
ot doors every day and the men are in
fine condition.
"We defeated Yankton 39 to 0 Sat
urday. Last year the Bcore against
that" team was 33 to 4 In our favor.
"The make-up for our team is unde
termined for several positions. Kolb,
center; Brisblne, right guard, Latin,
right tackle and Brown left tackle, aro
all old men and will occupy those posi
tions in Saturday's game. Either Cof
fey or Cove both old men will bo at
quarter. Hare and Simpson will play
at full and half back respectively. Both
of these men are old players. All of
the men mentioned above have won
letters at .this University. Cuppoti
will be at left guard. He Is an old
player who was Ineligible last year.
Olivera, a high school man will play
right half, The end positions will be
filled by Thompson, Lynch or Brown.
"Our men average one hundred and
sixty pounds."
Palladian Reception.
The Palladian Literary Society will
be at home to all University students
Friday evening, October 4, in U. 106.
A short musical program will be ren
dered. All Palladlans, including pres
ent members and faculty alumnae,
will bo there to show you a good time.
Miss Grace MacMlllan, 1889, Is
teaching In tho high school at Poca
tello, Idaho.
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IN THE WEST.
Attendance at the Leading Univer
sities. While Harvard maintains Its posi
tion as the largest American univer
sity, many people will bo surprised,
says the Chicago Journal, to learn that
the second, third, fourth, sixth, sev
enth and ninth largest "re situated In
Chicago territory.
The University of Valparaiso Is
next to Harvard with 5,451 students.
Valparaiso is In Indiana, not far from
this city. The University of Chicago
is third, with 5.079 students. Next
conies the University of Michigan,
with 1,800, and Columbia only Is ahead
ol the University of Illinois, with
1, 300, and the University of Minnesota
with 4,025. Then comes the College
of the City of New York, and directly
after It is Northwestern University,
with 3,803.
Valparaiso University, which Is the
second largest college In tho United
States, Is not much heard of. It Is a
non-secturlan and co-educational insti
tution founded in 1873, has 155 in
structors and a library of 12,000 vol
umes. The other great western uni
versities are well known. They aro
all growing rapidly and the probability
Is that within a few years several of
them will have to paBS Harvard.
These figures will astonish persons
who think that the east 'is still the
center of American education. They
show tho enormous growth of not
merely the population of tho central
west, but also of the desire for knowl
edge that possesses It. When to the
list given above are added the Univer
sity of- Wisconsin, which has 3,166
students, tho University of Nebraska,
which has 3130, and the University
of California, with 3,005, it is seen
that the west Is at the forefront of
the country's educational advance.
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THE "EARTH-MOON CATASTRO
PHE" EXPLAINED.
Professor Swezey TcIIh In Interesting
Manner How the Moon Was
Separated From Earth.
Professor Sweezy, yesterday morn
ing gave a large crow J of students
a picture of the possible formation of
the moon and the relation of this event
to many phonomena obsorved.upon the
earth. With the use of lantorn slides
and careful explanation lie made per
fectly clear a subject which Is usually
considered very difficult.
First explaining Darwin's theory of
the formation of the moon, Professor
Sweezy declared that at tho time
when this event occurred tho moon
would probably be routing at tho rate
of once In every throe or four hours.
The cniBt of the earth, at that time,
was not as thick as It Is today, but
probably existed on tho liquid contor
much as cream Hob on milk. The rapid
rotation might produce a protuberance
on one side which would bocome poar
HhapeJ, then dumbell shaped, and fi
nally leave the earth's surface alto
gether. Tho orbit of this mass at flrdt
would, of course, not be an large as It
is today, and this would result In
much larger tides. Theso would act
as a break on the rotation of tho earth
which would gradually grow slower.
The final result would bo conditions as
we find them today tho orbit of tho
moon Increasing In size' as the rapid
ity of tho rotation of the earth de
creased. Professor Sweezy then considered
the question of a scar remaining upon
the earth's surface as a result of tho
formation of the moon. Ho showed
pictures of the outllnos of both the
moon and Mars, and the showed a
section of the earth's surface. The
"contrast was very striking. The sur
face of the earth was very unoven,
showing a groat depression whore tho
Pacific Ocean is, and great continen
tal plateauB. The surface of tho moon
and Mars were, seen to' be remarkably
level. It has been computed that the
volume of the moon would fill an area
tho size of the Pacific Ocean and thlr-
ty miles deep, while the pacific Ocean
is only a few miles deep. However, If
the Interior of tho earth wore In a
molten state the great hole would
naturally partly fill up.
The formation of the Alantlc ocean
was not discussed, and Professor Swee
zy advanced an Intensely interesting
theory for this. In tho case of a great
disturbance such as tho forming of tho
moon, It would be natural for tho
earth's crust to split aparjt in some
places. By a picture of tho continents
as they exist today tho ProfeBsor show
ed that, when pushed together, they
so nearly fitted that It seems Impos
sible that this could have happened by
chance.
In concluding his talk, Professor
Sweezy declared that If those theories
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