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Vol. VII. No. t6.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER J2, 1907.
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l0 PRACTISE GAME
CONTEST TODAY EXPECTED TO
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Grinnell
Eleven Arrived Last Night
1 and Look as Tho They Wilt Be
Able to Stand Hard Game.
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IMPORTANT GAME8 TODAY.
Nebraska vs. Grinned.
Minnesota vs. Ames.
Chicago vs. Indiana.
Kansas .vs. St. Mary's.
Colorado vs. Pan-Hellenic.
Purdue vs. Wabash.
'Michigan vs. Michigan Aggies.
Penn. vs. Swarthmore.
Harvard vs. Williams.
Yale vs. Holy Cross.
Score of the Nebraska-Grin--noil
games in ojher years:
Nebraska Grinnell
1902 17 0
1904 ... '. 46 0
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The Grinnell football team arrived
lastvnight' at eight o'clock over the
Burlington and are putting up at the
Windsor hotel. The squad is In charge
of Coach C. B Hamilton. The men
on the Grinnell team average 166 1-3
pounds and look as tho they will be
able, to put up a hard fight and stand
a severe gruelling.
Coach Cole expects the game to be
close 'today and looks for Grinnell to
p'uBhtae Cornhuskers hard.
; According to a communication re
ceived from the manager, of the Grin
nell team, the Iowa bunch Is coming,
not. with the expectation of Winning,
tiut nevertheless hoping to put up a
good strong fight ngainst the Corn
huskers. r Several weaknesses and hard luck
stories are out, but these are not
given much consideration by Cole and
his men. '
The Cornhuskers are ready for the
fpy, .after.,aHght.Blgnal .practise -last
evening." Trick plays and forward
passes are to a bet eliminated and
straight line bucks and end runs are
the program 'for the afternoon game.
Weller is playing defensive end and
offensive half back. Minor is alternat
Ig.with, Burnett at right half. Cooke
la playing at. the quarter position.
Many changes will be made in the
line up at different stages In the
game, In order to. give all the first
squad a work-out. The line up:
Nebraska. ' Grinnell.
Johnson le. ...,.. Flanaagn
Matters ........ .It.. , , Zlegler
Collins ,c Sparks
Harvey . . , vlg , . Pierce
Frum, .rg.. . ,-. ..... Hartson
Chaloupka-. , . f.rty. . Mcllrath
Cooke '.. . ...... '. .qb. ..."... Brundago
Beltzer .re.. .,,.... McCarty
Weller ...., lh. Balr
Kroger .fb. , Turner
Minor ,.,..:....rh...... Bloamaster
"Grinnell' has the following substi
tutes: Marshall,
McMurray, Carver,
Hurd and Wilson.
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A FIRE CI8TERN.
Mystery of the R. 8treet Evcavatlon
Explained.
In response to Inquiries from nu
merous patrons of this paper aB to
the meaning of the huge hole immedi
ately south of the Library for the paBt
two months, tho Nebraskan Is inform
ed that this Is a new fire cistern. The
reservoir has heen built by the Unlvor
clty and the city of Lincoln jointly, to
hold a supplly of water sufficient to
guard against a possible conflagration
in the neighborhood of the open air
smoking parlors outside the Eleventh
and R streets entrance to the campus.
The reservoir is 100 by 20 feet, by 12
feet deep, lined with reinforced con
crete, and Is connected with the city
water mains. Its cost is about $4,300.
Prof. Richards has arranged piping
from this reservoir to the the hydraullo
laboratory of the now Engineering
building, "which will add materially to
tho facilities of that laboratory at
small cost. The roof was put on tho
new cistern yesterday.
LAW BOOK.
The Cornhusker Editors and Laws
Agreeing.
The question of a senior law book
for members of the law cIobb has been
agitated again and. negotiations have
been opened with the .Cornhusker
staff la regard to the consolidation of
tho two books into one . This 1b prac
tically the same question that was
raised last year, diBCUbaed for nearly a
semester and finally resulted In the
publication of two distinct books. A
committee from the law school which
was composed of C. C. McWhlnney,
Charles Allen and W. M. Whelan con
ferred with thre of the Cornhusker
Staff yesterday morning. Those on
the Cornhusker staff were the editor-in-chief,
Arthur Jorgensen, tho busi
ness manager, Hubert Bell, and one- of
the associate editors, Stuart p. Dobbs.
The laws aBked for separate space but
the Cornhusker editors took practical
ly the same stand that their tfredes
sors did last year. They are willing to
grant separate pace for the- Jokes that
the law students may, submit but will
not permit them to hdrfiseparate por
tions of the, book for the pictures of
the various classes. The decision of
the Cornhusker staff is to be sub
mitted to the law classes at a mass
meeting to be held before long.
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Mrs. Dr. Henry-BWard is very sick
at the St. Elizabeth's hospital. Her
condition Is critical.
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FOOT B A L L,
GRINNELL vs. NEBRASKA
SATURDAY, OCTOBER TWELVE
3:30 p.
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MINNESOTA AND AME8.
Gophers Look for Hard Game With
Iowa Aggies. a
Tho Minnesota-Amos game today
will be watched with groat Interest by
Nebraska studonts for tho reason that
the Cornhuskers will meet each of
those teamB this fall and today's con
test will bring out tho strength of Ne
braska's opponents.
The Minnesota Daily comments on
the Ames-Minnesota game as follows:
It Is a husky bunch that will line
up against Dr. Williams' prodigies
next Saturday aftornoon and they will
bo fully equal to making tho Gopher
contingent show their mottle. With
the somewhat doubtful prospect at the
beginning of the season, supporters of
the maroon and gold have been wait
ing anxiously for tho first game In or
der to determine JuBt what "Doc"
could make of tho bunch of green ma
terial at his disposal. The game Sat
urday will therefore bo. watched with
almost as much Interest thoroughout
the west as will some of Minnesota's
bigger games.
For the first time in years Ames de
feated Iowa University last year. Cap
tain Mellhenny and seven veterans are
back and have been trained this year
so far with the sole end In vlow of
getting tho ball over Minnesota's goal.
But In spite of the fact that Case,
"Schuk," and Bandelln are the only
seasoned men who will be In tho game
Saturday those who have watched the
work of the squad on Northrop Field
during the last two weeks are confi
dent that Dr. Williams' machine is per
fectly able to put a damper on the far
mer boys' ambition.
Astronomy Notes:
The observatory has been complete
jjy overhauled and made more substan
tial. New piers have been constructed
and the building furnished with .heat
ing and lighting apparatus. JDr. Sweez
ey Intends to make more' um of the
building than in former years, throw
,lng It open to the public every clear
evening. Classes In astronomy have
& larger enrollment than any prevlpus
year. Nothing has been done lately on
the largo telescope, hut pattern mak
ing will be resumed next semester.
The Freshman football team left yes
terday for Mankato, Kansas, where
they play tho high school team of that
city today. The team was In charge
of "Chtc" McLaughlin.
The best oyster stew in the city Is
served at The BoBton Lunch. ' Try it.
Admission,. 50c and 75c
ELECTRO PLANT
THE NEW 8Y8TEM IS NEARLY
IN8TALLED AT NEBRASKA.
A Change In the Lighting Plant That
Will ' Allow tho Generation of
Power for the 8tate Farm.
Nebraska University will soon be
possessed of as complete an equip
ment for oleotrlc lighting and power
as any public Institution of similar
slzo In tho country. Changes that,
have been going on all summer on tho
campus are now approaching complo
tlon, and will mark a complete revi
sion of the electric plant of tho Unlvor- '
alty. Tho change from direct current
to alternating current In both light
ing nnd power, and tho generation of
powor for tho University Farm at tho
main plant on tho Campus, are all
steps In lino with the, best modern on
glneerlng Ideas. Tho Improvement will
cost about f5,000, but will result In re
duced expense of operation and In
creased ofllcioncy. The. Immediate
necessity for tho change arose with
the need of lighting Nebraska Hall and
tho new Templo with electrlcty, and
bettering the poor lighting of tho Li
brary. In planning the increase In
tho size of the generating plant, lt
was ascertained that the substitution'
of high-pressure alternating current
for direct would result In such an enor
mous saving In copper wire as to near
ly pay for 'the entire change by tfcat
economy alone. Incidentally, tke
change replaces all the old motor
equipment with new alternating cur
rent motors of the best modern do
sign and gives the University a plant
permitting a 50 per cent enlargement
of capacity at a very small additional
outlay. Superintendent Fee planned'
change last spring, and it'hnsboen car
ried out since June, under the; direc
tion of Campus Electrician Wm. Drum
mond. The work has been done with '
a view to stability 'and efficiency, the1
materials and workmanship have been"
first class, and the new plant' will be iQ
source of credit anil satisfaction to the5
University., ' ' w p
The - generating plant has been
changed"frota 220 volts direct current
to 2300 volts alternating current, three
phase. The new generator Is now be
ing manufactured, and will be deliver
ed and Installed sometime before the
first of the year,, It will be a Western
Electric company, 110-kllowatt, 2300
volt, three-phase machine, direct con
nected to the 160 horse power Chandler-Taylor
engine now used in the pow
er plant. The present generator, a
220-volt direct current Westlnghouso
machine, has been Bold.
The1 whole transmission system will
bearrled through the steam tunnels,
and all potes and surface wiftng wllf
be removed from the campus. Current
wll be transmitted at 2300 volts In the
tu'naels' and to the State Farm,
Five , transformer station .with an
aggregate capacity of 150 kilowatts, or
50 per cent more tham the present de
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