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IFlebraekan ftbe Vol. VII. No. 64. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, J908. y Price 5 Cents, wntly LOST NIGHT SHIRT NfeBRA8KA PROFE880R LEFT HIS GOWN AT MADI80N. 0WO0) WHERE JO PLAY MANAGER EAGER IN QUANDARY ABOUT THANK8GIVING GAME. .. 4 W J Janitor of Beta Theta Pi House at Wisconsin Receives Letter Asking Him to. Return the Garment. MADISON, WIS., January 8, (Spe ciul.) "Janitor of Beta Theta PI. Fraternity, Madison, Wis. Dear Sir While In attendance at the educational meetings In your city last week, I occupied the southeast room on the second floor of the Beta house, where I left my pink night shirt when I hurriedly departed for homo Saturday. My night gown bears the trade mark of a Lincoln clothing firm and will be easily recognized. I believe I left the ''gown hanging on the foot of the bed. Enclosed ' find thirty cents In stampB with which to send shirt bo me. Yours truly, OFFICERS' HOP FRATERNITY HALL, JAN. H ABBOT'S ORCHESTRA; TKTS. $1.25 COMMITS 8UICIDE. Lincoln, January 6, 1908." The foregoing communication re ceived at the Beta Theta Pi house this week from a professor at the Univer sity of Nebraska, who attended the meeting of the educators here last week, Is similar to many that have come to Madison this week from pro fessors asking for the return of lost articles and that have led Wisconsin students to believe that college profes sors are absent-minded. Sororities and fraternities opened their houses to the five hundred men of thought dur ing the holidays so that the educators would be at little expense while here. When the Greek- letter people return ed to their homes Monday they found articles o'f all kinds that the educators had forgotten. There always has been a pppular belief In the absentmlnded-ness-of-college professors and the re cent visit of the men of thought Fas only added strength to that belief. The pink night shirt asked for by the Nebraska professor had not been discovered at the Beta house when this article was written. The "janitor' of the Betas, however, declares he will find the garment if It Is In the house and will see that it is returned"to the gentleman from the Cornhusker state. The "Janitor," when asked if ho re .membered the Nebraska professor who occupied the southeast room where the night gown was lost, Bald he could not remember how tho educator looked but felt, sure tha,t ho wore black pants. The-number of forgotten nightcaps, 'razor Btrops, shaving mugs, pajamas, hair tonic bottles, dumb bells, and shoulder braces increases every day. -LetterSf are-being received- dally Irom .members of faculties of universities in all parts of the country .asking lor fnnrotton articles? ( A nrnmVnnnf nnrnrltv on Storllnc TCourt "reports the addition of shaving s soap and a razor strop which were .left by the absent-minded men. Phi Delta Theta .announces that a pair of stockings of groat original value was .left in' the house and' AJpba Tau Ome ga has a night cap and a razor strop. The Betas are prizing two elegant ra zorp which they have added to their assets, A gorgeously frilled nightgown from the domain of Columbia University was found stuffed under a freshman's pillow at the Phi Kappa Psi house, and tho fTaternltywi", receiving numer ous requests for other apparel. JUNIORS MEET. i f Captain of 1908 Kansas Football Team Jumps to Death. Urban Angney, captain of next fall's football team, and an all around star athlete of Kansas University, committed suicide at Lawrence yes terday by jumping from tho dome of Frasqr hall at tho university grounds. Angney left the following note on the window sill from which he jumped: "Dear Jesus: My life Is passed. My pleasure Is gone.' No pleasure for me. You can know the reason. I was called Dor what I owe. If I only had done It sooner. Do not hold mo responsible. Good-bye. May you all live happy." Urban R. Angney was quarterback on the football team the laBt two sea sons and on December 5, 1907, was chosen to captain tho 1908 Jayhawker eleven. He was recognized as the best player KanBas had had since 1897. He weighed 148 pounds and was a clever dodger In an open field. wlng to injuries received the Sat urday before in tho WaBhburn-Kansas game, Angney did not play all of the Nebraska-Kansas game last fall, but was put in during tho last five min utes of play and did good work. The students at Kansas had figured on Angney's leading their eleven to many vIctorIes"next fall andhlB suicide has cast much gloom over the Jayhawker school. Angney was twenty-one years of ago and lived al Wellington, Sumner county, Kansas. Ho was one of the best all around athletes in the Jay hawker school. Ho carried three foot ball "K'b" and one "K" In. each base ball, lacrosse ' and basket-ball. Ho would haye received his A. B. at Kan sas in June, but was intending to re turn to school next fall to captain the Jayhawkere. Alter the show or "party Just drop intp, the Boston Lunch for a sandwich and a cup of coffee or an oyster steft. Hold Important Business Meeting in Memorial Hall. Yesterday the Junior class held a short meeting to Jecldo the question of wearing class hats. Sentiment seemed to favor tho wearing of hats rather than caps, but strong objection was made to tho gaudy colors that tho class had adopted for tho caps of last year.ConBoquontly, on tho recommen dation of tho hat committee, the claBB decided to change their colors to tho more quiet and Btyllsh combination of brown and old gold. It was thought that In making this change In the class colors many Juniors would wear hats who would not be seen with a bright red hat on their heads. The matter of the Indebtedness of tho class was discussed and a com mittee appointed to investigate all bills against the class and make a definite report regarding class finances at the next meeting. The Junior Prom Committee report ed to tho class that arrangements had been made to hold the Prom February 21 at tho Lincoln Hotel, and that ow ing to Increased expenses of music, etc., the price of tickets would bo 3.00 Instead of $2.60, which has been the price in previous years. Astronomy. There will be two courses open for beginners the second semester. Course 5 consisting of lectures and readings, gives two hours credit; 4a, primarily for beginners, Is a ono hour course. By special request Dr. Lowry, presi dent of the Nebraska Art Association, will give a talk on the pictures of this oxhlmUonaTlne exhibit room in the Library building, Friday evening, Jan uary 10. The observatory will be open Mon day and Tuesday from 1:30 to 2:30 for a view of the sun's spectrum. otoiKywiiaiw SATURDAY Q - O V .. Basket Ball Informal Nebrtlys. Muscatine L JANUARY 11 oooooao Several Schools, Including Wabash, Colorado and Crelghton Want to Play the Strong Cornhuskers. gv yw 3 Shall Nebraska schedule a game- for next Thanksgiving with Wabash, Col orado or Croigliton, or shall some other school bo taken? Shall the next Thanksgiving game bo played In Lincoln, or In somo othr city? These are the questions that are perplexing Manager Eagor in arrang ing a Oornhusker football schodufo for next fall. Several schools havo written Mr. Eager, asking for a game on Turkey day, but ho cannot decide what school to play or to havo tho next game here or some other place. Her hastwo - or three goodoff erain other cities, 1)ut tho demand from some Lincoln people Dor a homo game next year makos him hesitate about accepting. Manager Eagor Is pretty well con vinced that any of the several games be can arrange In other cities for Thanksgiving would be a better prop osition financially for Nebraska than a contest here. Students have not been turning out well at tho "Lincoln -games 'during the last few years and this taken with tho fact that tho ath etotic treasury of Nebraska needs money makes Mr. Eager look with considerable favor upon offers for an out-of-town game next Thanksgiving, Three of the propositions for a Thanksgiving game with Nebraska that are receiving Manager Eo'ger's attention are from Wabash, Colorado, and Crelghton universities. The Wabash eleven would be will ing by next fall to come to Lincoln, and the foot that they defeated St ' Louis this year would, make them a drawing card for Thanksgiving. Tho Indlanas 'look good' to the Corn huskers and are a possibility for Thanksgiving. From Colorado conies an offer for a game at Denver on Thanksgiving day. The mountalnore are clamoring to get the Cornhuskers out there on that day and will give Manager Eager a good proposition. The metropolis of Colorado Is recognized as a live cltyjjfnd Eager would Hko to send Ne braska's stars there next fall. Several people have been surprised when Mr. Eager' has Informed them that Nebraska.. might , play ,.Cralghtoa at Omaha Thanksgiving. But the lit tlo manager of the Cornhusker ath letics lias always showed them why It would be a good thing. " 'Crelghton," he says, 'will giv us & big guarantee and Omaha will turn out a large crowd so that it will bo" a good thing for us financially. Then, it will help pacify thoscTOmaha new,Sv ipapers (that always are attacking us "for not giving the Metropolis ar big game. Crelghton would not give us a hard game, but after a stiff row of games such as we had this year an (Continued on page 3.) 4 -y n