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1ftBtaBb&ff CiljilTJI , '1 ' t yf yrflW UNIVERSITY O NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, ?08. v Price 5 Cents. tii 1 I .V "-. V ' " i H H - -V T V V V BT H W V r ; (V K v Pto FOOTBALL I WITH MICHIGAN; IEBRA8KA- MAY MEET WOLVER- INES OfS GRIDIRON. f .. .,- ... Michigan Has Withdrawn From Big I Nine and Will Look to Nebraska 1 For a Game for Next Fall. I 1 owoakokoot I - TEMPLE THEAJRE, SAT'Y. EVENING, 8:J5 ..& c? "You Never Can Tell" By Bernard Shaw Presented by Dramatic Club Special Scenery' Stecfclebergfs Orchestra Tickets rescryed.it the Temple Thursday and Friday " r myMOowitOM)o I That Nebraska -will meet Michigan on the gridiron next, fall and that the game will bo played in Lincoln seem probablo.. since .the decision of the Wol verines board .of. control on Monday, to withdraw from the Big Nlue Coufer once. Several weeks ago, when It was known jthat Michigan was seriously considering the withdrawal from'the Conference the Nebraska manage ment': madethe j Wolverines an offer for a game, contingent on Michigan's severing relations with the other Big Nine 'schools. At that time' the Wol verine management looked upon the proposition with much favor and told the Nebraska management that It would bo .accepted in case of Michi gan's withdrawal. Nok Jhat tho Wolvorines have taken final action ondi "cut loose" fiom the conference, the Nebraska manage ment Ib expecting to receive word from Ann-Arbor, that will soon Tesult iu "an "agreement between the Corn buskers and Wolvorlnos for a groat football game. It Is understood 4hafcjthcprono8ltlon-. MR, BRYAN- -offered to Michigan, carried a clause- that In case.it is accepted by tlo Wol verines, will, result in tho game, being played at Lincoln nqxt fall. A game hetween Michigan and Nebraska at Lincoln would bp the biggest athletic event Ihat has been pulled off west of tho Missouri since 1901, when tho Wol- to California for journeyed verines i i" i a game on New Year's day and ( un doubtedly would attract much Inter est. The Conference schools will now be gin to Jook around for some games and it is believed that they will make Nebraska- several good offers. They have not scheduled any games, for tboyrhave?been waiting to see what action Michigan would take. Three or ioxt of JtJjV larger schools had planned on'Becuring agame with tlio Wolvor- In'esand now hey" will have to look'to the West ' ApdVthe biggest and boat thing 6n tha-westertf "horizon ifl No braskaT The Corhhusker manago ment feels sure that some good propo sition wlli.be coming to Lincoln in tho .near future. Wisconsin has been com municatlug with 'Manager Eager 're garding a game which "may -be ar ranged to tko place" at'Madison next fall. Since severing athletic tela tjeaa witH, Ame last week, Iowa has been extensively advertising that Ne braska would be placed on the Hawk eye7schedule In place of the Aggies. The Nebraska management; koaceyer. ' ha8.heard,ixotWng about a game with. Great Commoner Late In Arriving at 8unday Meeting. A)though it seemted for a time tlraf a disappointed crowd would be turned away from the women's meeting -laBt Sunday afternoon, because of the non orrlval of tho speaker, namely W. J. Bryan, yet after all, things turned out beautifully for tho wailing audience was treated to a most delightful im promptu musical program and Mr. Bryan appeared to redeem himself at just tho crucial moment. It seems that through an error ou hlf part, Mr. Bryan was not aware that ho was to address fjve hundred or more women on Sunday afternoon In the Lyric theater. Tho crowd which gathered to hear him was unusually large, consisting also of quite a num ber of men. At tho opening of thp services by Mrs. Hlnman, the speak er had not yet arrived, but a musical program which had been arranged for, was given to AH tho time Until Mr. Bryan should put In his appearance. " AinfyiglTl:omIng late, Mr. Bryan's "address was well worth waiting for. He spoke upon thq subject of "Sug- tajostlons to Those "Who Are Trying to Present Christianity to Others." and proved to bo very helpful as well as a very eloquent address. In mention ing the Darwinian theory, Mr. Bryan said he did no accept that theory Inso far as It did not uphold tho creation of man by a divine being. Although he believed in the theory to a certain extent, himself, he also .believed that many people accepted it without a complete knowledge of facts and were consequently led' into disaster. He onded by paying a high tribute to the Christian religion and showed that cny through acceptance of tho gospel of Uruth aa preached: by ChristHould menand women, and ultimately tho wo'fld, reach the highest and truest 'standard of life. ,. . GIRLS' BA8KET BALL. COLLINS GUILTY OfVIOLENCE CADET CORPORAL CONVICTEDOF STRIKING A PRIVATE. Court Martial Finds Cadet Officer Guilty On Two Charges of Violent Conduct Toward Subordinate. The Inter-Class Tournament Will Be Held February 7. It has been definitely decided to hold the girls inter-class basket ball tournament for the possession of the pennant, on Friday, February, 7, fiom 3:30 to 5:30 p. m. An admission fee of ton cents will be charged. No first team will bo organized until aftor the tournament. Not all of the class teams have been selected as yet. The senior team, which Is oxpected to make a strong fight for the pennant Is composed of Mossle Klmmel, Nell Bridenbaugh, forwards; Nell Stevenson, center; Mnry Brown, Colla Foster, guards, and Armanda Anderson, Florence Tlllot son, substitutes. Tho soven players making up tho 'Freshmen team are Eva Barger, Jessie Beghtol, Cora Brown, Janet, Cameron, Beulah Rader? Hattie Rollings, Mabel Wilson. Their positions have not yet been deter mined. Over and above these sovon are enough strong freshmen to make a second team almost as good, bo rich TiTlhTB year's freshmen -olass in-bas ket ball material. Tho pennant Is held at present, by tho JunIors, but three strong junior players will not bo In 'the field this year, namely, Annie Watt, Isabel Wolfe, and Mattio Woodworth. Tho Junior team is reinforced, however, by the presence of Miss Rlngvolt, who plnyed on the first team at Smith College, and several of last year's players will be on hand, notnbly Clara Hej-monson, Eleanor Barbour, and Lor alue Hempel. It Is thought that the Juniors ought to make a good show ing, although up to the present time thoy have done very little practicing. The Sophomore team has been the slowest of all t,o organize and tho per sonel of the team is still very unca tain. It Is tho purpose this year to secure several outside games for tho flrbt team, when tho latter is organized. Jn all probability these will take place in March and April. ' kO00CMCMKOOCHKmO FRATERNITY HALL, JAN. SEVENTEEN, WW 9 t f Y S&PtlOMOEE WOP TlckeU Limited to SO I. ABBOT'S ORCR. , , OW33OPIKOOfQfO0O !- J t 31 u ' o , 1 ... 3 rU . "The sentence, though' inade- $ quate, Is approved. "Corporal Collins Is reminded $ that military authority must be $ exercised with kindness and Just - Ice and that he is forbidden to In $ Jure those under his authority $ by tyrannical or capricious con- $ $ duct or by abusive language. His $ action In attacking a smaller $ man whose power of resistance m $ was lessened by his peculiar post $ tlon in the Battalion must be characterized as mean. By glv- 4t Ing way to an outburst of temper ) unde such conditions, Corporal 4t 4- Collins has shown himself unfit $ to command others." j Captain Worklzer. sf kfc st ifa U. i sC k. k JL is. , fe sl Ji& ii. k. f TfT " Tfv " " fyr ff T v Cadet Corporal C. H. Collins, Com pany "C," of tho University Cadets was found 'guilty by tho court-martial" convened at Lincoln, December, 5, 1007, o7 striking Cadot Private "an Wosterflold and of using abusive "lan guago to him without provocation. Tho finding ofthe court-martial was giv en out for publication yesterday. The hargeagainst-CorporatCOlllns was. '"conduct to tho prejudice of good or der and military discipline," to which he pleaded not guilty. . The offenso of which Collins was found guilty was committed at drill' on Thursday, November 12, 1907. Ca det Wosterflold Is said to havo been obeying orders In rank but Corporal Collins thought ho was too slow and began abusing him with violent Ian guage. Westerfield objected to this, whereupon Collins struck' him with his fists. Thelwo then engaged in a fight until separated. Complaint was filed against Colllps by Privato Wes terfield. To consider the complaint, the commandant convened a court martial for December 5, 1907. On that, date the body of officers met and txjed, the, case of Collins. The findings of tho court-martial and tho comment of the commandant aro "given in the fol lowing orders: - . - . Headquarters University ' Cadetsf Lincoln, Nebraska, Jan. 13, 1908. ORDERS NO. 6. Before a general court-martial which convened at Lincoln, Nebraska, De comber 5, 1907, pursuant to Orders No. 4, Headquarters University Cadets, No vember 13, 1907, was arralnged and tr(ed; Cadef corp9ri C. H.- gotmns, Company "C", University Cadets i ChargfrConduct 'to jhe prejudge .qf 'goo4order'and military discipline. ' Specification 1st In that Cadet Cor poral Collins, Company "C", Univer sity Cadets, did, without provocav tlon, strike Cadet Private Sam Wes terfield. " ' (Catlnued on page four,). A .-- v i