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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY t J908.
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VaHey Championship at 8take
ikeup of Teams Next Trip.
KANSAS "NEXT. That is our has-
Ikotball nrocrrami Nebraska will close
'her home 'schedules with" the two
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, guinea with Kansas Friday and Sat-
7urday Right. These game are going
sVto be hard fought The Cornhuskers
hYe.jy ready taken the measure of
Ihn Jn'i-li'ii srtrnro in ivi'n rrnniAR nt T..nW.
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rencc butjhe reports are that Kan
Baa baa Improved fifty per cent alnce
, our team met them. They havb de
feated the fast team of the Kan8aa
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Capt. George A. JVIcCune.
JCity Athletic Club and have taken
Missouri Intocam,p for three games.
k, These games were all won by a good.
rfitrge margin, one of them belngon
Ussourl'jj floor., Nebraska will have
j' t. slight advantage in being at home,
but if the Jayhawkers Improvement
p.ils as much, aa ; tho reports would indi-
"'". ica'te' 'Nebraska --wlIL do well to break
feven in -th8 series.
,-, These' games will . decide the Mis-
sourli yalj(py phampjonahip .and it will
be necessary for. tte, Cornhuskers to
; win one of the games in order to have
; the first honors.,'
'tv Captain' McCurie of Iho 'Kansas
team Is iiernaps. their star player chut
; "Billy" Miller Is also making a strong
claim for the stellar position. Miller
ft is short and heavy set. He will ho
pppoaed by Dwlghr fiejl tlje midget
t Cornhusker -guarld -wo s also play-.
,. jng a raat, scrappy game. vaisn wm
JUNIOR
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BASEBALL TALK.
Daily Practice Held in Gymnasium
Mirny1 Men Out.
The' spring practfcV sqund has been
"out regularly for work in the gym
nasium tbia week. The number has
increased, much to the pleasure of
Captain Bellamy, who is himself on
hand to superintend the early train
ing of the youngsters who form a largo
per cent of those who are trying out
for positions on the team.
Some of the members of last year's
squad, notably Ward, Hrubesky and
Dugeon have pot reported as yet but
duubtleBB they will put in an appear
ance at a sufficiently early date to give
themselves the training which they
will need for this season's schedule.
The number of candidates has made
it necessary for Manager Eager to al
lot periods of a half hour to certain
squads, at which time and no other
they have exclusive right to the floor.
Bob Hyde, formerly a. Cornhusker
catcher will play with Burlington,
Iowa, in the Three "I" league this
year. He and "Sadie QuHlfn have
been working out in the gym with
the candidates to get their arms in
shape. Quillin will join the White
Sox at Kansas City for the trip .to
Los Angeles and Lower California,
where they take thoir spring practice.
To Coach Indians.
Maurice A. Kent, one of the most
prominent athlotes of tho University
of Iowa, will coach the Haskell Indi
ans In football next fall. Ho will
graduate in the sprlngr
Prof. A. E. Blum, now recognized as
the pioneer of ,plant breeding" in pie
I'uited States, wasoffered iho position
of professor of agricultrue in the Uni
versity of Nebraska in-1884 at lie
same time that Dean Beasoy was of-.
I'ered a position here; Both refused
fit that time. Professor Blunt is now
seventy-live years of age and la livjng
in Massachusetts. , 1
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INFORMAL SATURDAY, FEB. 22
'HELP THE TEAm BY YOGR PRESENCE
Friday arid Satttfqay, Fcbriuaty ZU22
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TICKETS 3 DOLLARS
TOPOGRAPHICAL 8URVEY.
A New Survey to Be Made by the
'" Sophomore Class.
For Boyoral years it has been cut-
tomary for the Sophomore class In
surveying to make a topographical sur
vey and map of the Stato Fair
grounds. In view of this fact, the
department in charge is thinking of
selecting a plat of rough ground be
tween Lincoln nd College View,
which will be surveyed and mapped
by the present class. This change will
give the students experience in tak
ing the topography of natural sur
faces, and tney will also bo able to
"cover more ground, on account of tho
absence of buildings on the plot.
XGerman Comedy.
"Miller uhd Mueller," in three acta,
will be prespnted by the German Club
Friday evening, February . 28, at the
Templo theater. ThoMollowIng is tho.
cast: v
Herr Forstbfich, a cpuntry gentle
man F. H. Reinsch
Friederlke, his daughter
' . Wllhelmine Horold'
Ilannchen, her companion
Amanda H. Heppnor
Emanuel Miller, a young clergy
man Fritz Karl Kruegor
Emil Mueller, a young lawyer...
Albert W. Aron
Madam Schraube, a washerwoman
Elizabeth Wlftmahn
Servant, Messenger Boy.
-Reserved seats are now on sale, U.
J08. Prices, 25 and 35 ceata.
Important!
The, Dramatic Cluh will hold a meet
ing Tuesday, February 25, at il:30
o'clock in room 106, University Hall.
Every member fsrequested and ex;
prcted to attend this meeting ob there
are some matters of very great lm-,
IKtrtance to be considered.
After the .show or party just drop
into the Boston' Lunch for a sandwich
and "a cup of coffee or' an oyster stew.
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NEBRASKA
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Three Candidates Were Presented
Other Officers Not Elected :
Report of Committees.
Thp Freshman clasB held .a class
meeting yesterday at 11:30. in Me
morial hall to elect their officers for
tbe .ensuing semester. There has
been little" excitement in Freshman
politics this somester, nnd thore was
not a largo attendance at the .meet
ing. VIco President Cain presided.
Several days ago LowIb Wallace of
Ltxington announced himself a candi-
dvto for president, but later withdrew.
Mr. John Knony presented tho name
of W. B. Sadollk of Wilbur for presi
dent. Ho made a short speeph p
which ho said that Mr. Sadollk was
president of his high school class in
his senior year and would make, a
good president of tho University
Freshmen.
Mr. Wallace nominated M. E. Bar
ker of David' City for tho office. Mr.
Barkor'B friends have been" making' a
thorough campaign for him for sev
eral weeks.
A surprise was Bprung when Mr
Keith Powell nominated' Merrill Bur
bank of Omaha. Mr. Burbank him-ut-lf'
knew nothing about, his can)! 1
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The vote, stood as follows: Ihirker
111, Sadelik 30, Burbank 32.
Mr. Barker then took charge of tho
Ineeting. Reports of committees were
called for and the report-, of thecolqr
committee was presented. Two com
binations wero offered. A motion wan
then made and carried that tho com
mittee be given power to make the
final selection."
The class decided to-be fully repre
sented in the Cornhusker. "ft was
decided that the committee should
take Jive .pages. Tho committee In
charge aro Valter Weiss, Albert Bro
grn, Arthur Oberfehlor and. VJctbr
Smithv "" '':,'.'
tOn account of iadk of time no mow
business was transacted and the meot-" -
ng a,dJourned.. ' .... ' ''
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An, nrtfcle on 'Insects and Blseasos"
appeared In the Havana Telegraph f
January 11, 1008, written by Professor
Horn, a former, student of thlar uni
versity, now cliief of tho Department
o? Vegetable Pathology In Cuba, Ho
graduated from tho University In
1S98 and was later a teacher in the
School of Agriculture, Later, he be
came prpf essbr of botany in the Wes-,
leyan University. He spent two years '
In Alaska and then received a. fellow
ship from Columbia -University, -from
which institution he was appointed
to his present position.
Pr, Peters-and;,JCij Gains, teachrs
In animal pathology,Tiaye baen called
out of .town thfc week ad the stu
dents In; . their classes are t spending
.their tlme reading asalgnied library
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