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Annual event will take
PLACE in armory tonight.
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jAII'tho ?gttractlons Haro Arrived
Lrnci. the Fair Will, Open with
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everyxning in nace.
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Tho annual county fair will orion
and close In: iho Armory tonight. 'It
fwill last -from eight to twolvo and
during that timo tho promotors ,ox
pccb to oausof small financial strin
gency to take, .hold of tlio atudonta.
The fair promisoa to bo tho "largost
jovor" In all ways.
J Tho Boarjyof Management has mot
.with Us "first rovoraal. Undo Tom,
Who had promlsod to graco Iho occa
sion iwlth h'lsC proscribo, tolographod
I rjom Sidney, Iowa that thq soyoro Ill
ness of TopV, duo lo ah attack of.
appendicitis' and tho subsequent oporn
tlon on hor will provont his prosonco
unless his slstoi;, Miss Carollno Bag-'gagp-'wlll
bo ablo to Join tlio troupo
, today. Coming nt'thls lato poHod tho
mattor has caused groat dlBBapoIntr
mont to tho managore of, tho Pair who
always aim -to supply their patrons
with tho BEST and that In unlimited
qUantitios.
Howovor a word of choor comes
.with tlio mossago recolvod last ovon
lng from Professor Schonollonhorn of
tho University of Lolpslo Uiat ho will
certainly bchoro. Tho Professor will
place, on oxhlbltlon a rocont discovery
which ho has mado on which ho basos
claim .that thp, ancient Egyptians
understood oloctrlclty. While dig
glng noar the 'Pillars of Thobos in
1005, the Profossor found a curious
monstor. Ho looks llko . man or
rathor like thoso flguros which found
on Egyptian monumonts havo boon
t ;supposod, to roprosont a man. Whon
ho is brought within tho rango of a
ipoworful gonorator, ho gradually be
comes ondu'od with Hfo movos, walks,
makos motions, 'dope ovorythlng but
apeak, Jhen whon the olpctrlc. influ
pneo ceases, ho as gradually closes
his animation. 'Ho has boon exam
ined by Edison,, Wostlnghouso,
Crookes, Hewitt and other, groat olec-
trlclans and nonp of thorn can dotoct
tho 'method of oloctrlcal oxcltomont
profosaor, Schnollonhorn will exhibit
una cnigmaroie as it is cauoa at me
Fair this evening,
,Much, questioning Is bolng.Jndulgod
la as to just what that Bachelor's
Christmas dinner Is. It's something
at which tho youngest freehrimn and
the gravest professor may feel a. kin
dred, thrill, which will appeal to the
personal experience of.eyeryone.
At a recent meeting of the 6,dpho
more ' claas It was unanimously de
cided not to hold an Informal on-De-
cemberthe iith, the night of the-Oorn-husker
banquet, as had been contem
plated. Thisv action, , fn, giving .their,
support to the success of thQ banquet
shows tho proper spirit.
An informal will be holdrsometime
afterCbriftmas. '-
Hiss Grace Sargent, '05, is princi
pal -of the Syracuse' higk school,
oofaw)ooo6o
Interstate Debate - ' Memorial Hall
10 WA!- NEBRASKA
DECEMBER
Address by WJ. Brf ihl
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Y. M. C. A. OPEflN
New Rooms 8urpass ExpectatV
of
M e m b 6 fst'"' -
Tho now rooms of tho Y. M. O. A.
woro openod most auspiciously Thurs
day oyonlng. Dvoryono was most
agreeably surprised at tholr slzo and
tho flno mnnnor In wrhloh thoy havo
boon fitted up. Tlio mnnnor in which
tho furnlturo harmonlzod with tho
room was especially commontdd upon.
A groat many ponnnts havo boon
placod on tho walls whoro thoy' -show
to flno ndvanfago.
A abort timo was given to a formal
ogram which had boon prepared for
slon. Morlo Burbank sang a
barfwnp solo "Lord of dio Soa" by
Trevolyn. J. Waltor Knodo spoko
for a fow minutes on "A Col I ego
Aran's Social Lifo, Mr. Dor Klndorn
discussod "'A Collogo Man's Rollglon
in Dvory Day LifpU,,Mr.- ntrtlodgo
gavo a short rocitatlon. Profossor
Stuff spotio on "A Collogo Man's
Studios", and 'brought out tlio thought
that a man who becomes known as
a "sluffor" can novor wlold much In
fluonco In tlio Unlvorslty or nnywhoro
olso.
After this an informal Jollification
was hold. All stiff noss4 was soon lost
and ovoryono had a good Umo. Sov
oral pooplo, whllo making an Informal
call on tlio fly family, found to their
sorrow that thoy woro not quite as
harmless as tholr namos would Indi
cate. Spvoral other games ot a simi
lar naturo loft an lmprosslon on soy
oral -unfortunates which will long bo
remomborod. Tho ovonlng closed
with Informal singing around tho
piano.
Miss Hlntorlong was called homo
before' Thanksgiving"' bocauso of the
death of hor fathpr and has not yet
returned.
MrWE..Hou80worth, '10, has been,
appointed ste'go manager for tho Uni
versity Toraplb thoatro.
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OUR ANNUAL
BENEFIT Y,
HAPPY HOOLIGAN, UNCLE TOM
LEW DOC3CSTAPER
SATJXRDAt, DE5.;7; ARMORY. ADMISSION 10c
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THIRTEEN, '07
Musfc by Cadet Band 1
BILLY WILLIAM8.
Popular Minstrel Will 8peak at Men's
Meeting 8unday.
. Noxt Sunday aftornoon at tho Oli
ver thoatro Mr. Billy Williams, tho
popular mlnstrol and ovangollstowlll
nddross a nion's mooting. FroPhIs
roputatlon it is thought that ho will
mako n very Intorostlng talk.
Fn a-ithor ontliUBlastlc announce
ment bolng handed around by tho Y.
M. C.yA. is found tiho following do-
rlption
'Billy Willlnms.tho popular mlnstrol,
Jolly, lovablo, humorous, laughter
provoking Billy Williams, -who haa
tourod tho country ' fronr ocean to
ocoan and from Cnnada to tho gulf,
always loavlng a trail of laughtor bo
hlnd him, will bo tho apeakor at tho
men's mooting Sunday aftornoon. His
songs aro sung and Wlilstlod in ovory
flflfK tt tllrt Tin If A1 FOntftir nrf tin Viaa
won many morals for his dancing.
His charming porsonallty has endeared
him to tho hparts of thoatro-goors,
Ho is now doing ovangollcal work
wltli markod succoss. Ho haa a
unlquo talk and ono worth going
miles' to hoar."
Philippine Teacher.
Tho authorities of tho Phlllpplno
Oovornmontostlmatb thoro will bo
three hundred vacancies to ,bo filled
tho coming sprkig by tho appointment
of toachdrs. Examinations to fllf thoso
positions will bo hold December 27
and 28. The authorities doslro to se
curo young mon of high charactor and
qualifications.
1- Tho Dramatic Club was entertained
at the homo of Miss Ruth Bally, 1927'
E, on Friday ovonlng. Moat of tfie
recently olocted members were pros-
ont and gavo vuioir "try-out'' selec
tions.
Aftor tho show or party just drop
into tho Boston Lunch for a eandwloh
'and a cup of coffee or an oyster stow,
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TO PUBLISH BOOK
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PICTURE8 AND REPORTS OF DE-
BATES TO BE PRINTED..
Eastern House Will Get Out Book
Containing RwdlfiT$f Central '
Debating Circuit's Contests. ',!
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Tho Nebraska debating board is ox
porionclng a liWlo troublo in securing
Judgds for tho two debates cof tho
Gontral Dobating Circuit in which tho
local dobators will participate noxt
Friday ovonlng. Two mon havo boen
soloctodf to oompoBo oach Jory for the
two contosts but tho third man has
not beon choaon as ypt. Tho two
Judges chosen for tho Nobraska-Iowa
dobato aro Judgo'Qulnn of Fajrmont,
Minn., and Benjamin C. Taylor Esq!',
of iMankato, Minn. For tho Nobraska
Mlnnosotd contest Judgo A. J. Vinje
of Suporior, Wis., "and Judge J. J.
Fruit, of LaCrosso, Wis., havo boon .
secured. Tho local board Is kooplng
tho tolograph wires hofai an offort
to got tho third -Hinn for oach Jury.
Tho local ohaptor of Phi Alpha Ta'u '
Is planning to show tho Iowa dobators
a good timo whon .thoy aro horo noxt
weok and will banquet them at one
of tho loading hotols aftor tho dobato.
,On the same night tho Nobrasku mon
who are at Minneapolis will bo. enter
tained at a rocoptlon tondorod thorn1
by tho Dolta Sigma Rho fraternity of
tho Gopher School, ' - ' (
Tho local dobato between .Nebraska
and .Iowa Is attracting much atton
Uon. among tho students, of toils and
otlhor schools. The various literary
aoclotles and other organizations of
thd University havo, reserved sections
of seats for tho dobato and""wlll post
pone their rogular rioBslon that are
usually hold on .Friday night Both
CJotnor and Bollevuo Colleges 'will
hnvo delegations In attendance at
this content. Theso k schools next
spring will dobato tho samo question
that will bo discussod by Nobraska
and Iowa.
Tickota for tho Nobraska-Iowa' dOv
bate wore placed on salo yesterday at
tho Co-op., Harry Portor's and the
Unlvorslty Book Stores. " The center
of tho lower floor and tho first; of
each balcony . aro reserved. It. A.
Van Orsdcd, Law 1910f is managing
tho local debate.
'Pictures of tho thirty representa
tives oi the flvo schools in the Cen
tral Debating circuit, and verbatim re
ports of Iho various debates to be de
livered the night of Decemher 13, will
be published by a prominent book
hoiise soon after the event. . l
The question which is on "the ex
clusive federal control of transporta
tion companies doing an Interstate
business, 1b of great prominence just
now and has attracted the firm to the
venture, They are now secuxipr pic
tures of 'the debaters and representa
tives of the house will be!n attend
ance at all the contests and take the
speeches verbatim.
'The importance of the question and '
the fact that It will be one of the
leading questions of the next cam)
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