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rSbe Balff Iftefcraeftan ? . r- yol.VU.'No. JOf. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN, TUESDAY, MARCH JO, 1908. Price 5 Cents. LAST BASKET BALL BASKET-BALL TEAM RETURNS , ,- , .; FROM TRIP. Interest of University Fans now Cen- tered In the Inter-Fraternity Indoor' Track Meet. ' The University baskot-ball Bquad re ,, turned Sunday from their minimi trip to the norm and east. The success . which the Cornhusker five enjoyed r earlier In the season aroused strong hopes' among the supporters of the team for a successful trip, but, con- , trary to 'expectations the trip resulted r.v.ery disastrously. . Of the eight games , -played the Cornhuskers were able to win only one. Although most of the defeats were decisive, y t there are many things to j be said In extenuation of the poor showing, which Jessen considerably the sting of dofeat, . First the joam began the trip in a weakened condition. Burr.us; who has been one o'f the mainstays of the team, i did not leave with tne team nor did he" find it possible to join them at Iowa I City, for the last two games as It was hoped he might. Dwlght Bell had beon 111 for several days before leaving with the team and doubtless his weakened condition made It Impossible for him . .to put up hlB usual fast game. Captain tPaul Bell "did not participate in either of the Minnesota games on account of being ineligible according to the con tract, for the ganies. This string of misfortunes doubtless tended to dls "i courage the other members of the team and may account for the poor basket shooting arid the llfeloss play ing displayed on the trip. Walsh, whose work at center Is usually bril liant, made such a poor showing that after the Wisconsin ganle he was shift . ed.to forward arid "J A. SpUmidt put In at, center, j , ' , ... , . Dr. Clapp says that. In addition to the general atmosphere of misfortune and discouragement which accompan ' , led the team, they wore continually J ehcbifnterlng uarfl luck. Jn the Wis consin gamp for instance, the Cornhus--- kcrs played an .excellent game at pass ing and guarding, but,, were unlucky -at.basket throwing; , out of about forty opportunities for floll goals In this game, (at least. teri0bf which would haye been regarded as certain scores ' 'umier ordinary, circumstances) Nebfas- vjikajgot only' one field goal. J, . The games of theMtrlp wore as fol lows: Nebraska, 12; Minnesota;. ,43. .h Nebraska, 10; Minne'soti, 22. Nebraska, 16; Portage, Wis-. 30. ' -Nebraska, 4; ' Wisconsin., 39. . Nebraska, 26; Depaul, 17. , -v Nebraska, 19; Morrison, 111., 23. 1j Nebraska, 28; Iowa, 39. Nebraska, 14; Grinnoll, 37. f " Interest is now centering in the In ' torfraternlty Indoor meet which takes . plrico next Saturday afternoon In the gymnasium, The nature of the ob J pstacles In the obstacle relay race has i been decided upon. ' x - . ' Bach .man is to run, two complete "'laps around the' relay boxes which ' , will be sixty 'feet apart. Gqlng' dqwn Mhero will bo a side 'horse to be vaulted . ; and a forward race done on, a. .two .inch ' matt. Coming back there will, bo only one obstacle, a gymnasium buqk tftych mus'be -Vaulted. MHA . HJFIm, ' s THETHIRD LECTURE , r PROF. POWERS FINI8HE8 SERIES LAST 8ATURDAY NIGHT. Discusses Tomb of Pope Julian, the 8aoristy in Florence and the Last Judgment. HON. W Peace Program at Chapel Today. Chancellor Androws will preside. Addresses by Prof. Geo. E. Howard J. BRYAN Mr and Hon. W. J. Bryan. Professor Ed win Mnxey and J. AL Swenson to speak on special topics. NEXT Y. M. C. A. SUPPER. To Be Held at St. Paul's Church Next Saturday Night. Tickets are out for the Y. Al. CV A. supper next Saturday at St. Paul's Al. E, church. They can be obtained 6t Secretary Dor Klnderen, "Stew" El liott, or Ben Cherrington. The price has been raised to twenty cents. The supper has neyor been a money mak ing scheme and tho price has been raised in the hope of making the sup per pay out. - The sale of tickets has been limited to 200, the capacity of St. Paul's dining room. In talking about the supper, Socror tary Joe Dor Kinderen said: "Sev eral of tho men who were at thxjL last supper have inquired of .me lately when wo would give our next one. They seemed to want one 'so budly' (Continued on page four.) m- PALLADIAN PLAY. Aladdin, Or The Wonderful Lamp Was Given. Friday evening long bofore time for the curtain to rise .tho Palladian hall was filled with membors and .visitors The occasion-was an-codenta.lclasslc drama entitled "Aladdin and the Won derful Lamp," presented by the girls of the Palladian Literary Society. Tho play was a dramatic story of Arabian Nights. More than thirty poople par tlclpatedi each -lady acting her part In so natural and effective a way that encores were frequently calledior1 by the, audience. The stage scenery was very appropriate and quickly changed to suit the' sceno. The costumes used were very beautiful, tholr value being over $1,000. Tho electric light arranger ment added much to the play, egpeilal , ' (Continued on page 3.) A large audience listened to tho last lecture of ProfoBBor Powers in tho Tomplo thoater Saturday oyening. HIb final lecture dealt mainly with tho tomb of Popo Julian, tho sacristy In Florence and tho Last Judgment. Tho following Is a brief summary of tho lecturo: The tomb of Popo Julian was, tho dream of Michaolangelo's life and un doubtedly would havo been tho mas torploco of tho world had ho been nblo to finish it according to his. original designs. When Popo Julian gave him the commission ho wont feverishly to work and In eight months hud oight or ton statues finished, ulthough any one of them would bo an ordinary yoar'B work. It was found that St. Poter's was too small for tho tomb, so it was torn down and tho present edi fice was started, but tho enemies, of Mlchaolangolo persuuded Pope Jullnn to discontinue tho work on account of lack of funds. Tho work. was. never resumed by Mlchnelangelo and we can obtain only a faint Idea of tho work as ho intended it to be. Of tho eight or ten.Btntues that have beon finished, the most striking 1b that of Alosea, on tho tomb of Julian. This statue has beon very severely criticized on, ac count of its technique, the head la' en tirely too small for tho body and the draperies are arranged very awkward ly, but these criticisms como from studio critics. The teacher mmjt drub into tho Btudent that all things must bo drawn in proportion and that ho must learn to mak6 the hand tho slave oj Jthooyo so that it w(lljproducp abso lutely what the eye sees. You must .. , i i.. . '.' .. -' " ' . 00OK0.CqWK3JK C - c MARCH 14 60XL0CK a. St. Pad's ChUrch it it fO)j(CiCpl90qsfiOw v'0KpJKKO0jrPQjQ(PpPj learn tq do'thlB.'but, If you are an. art ist you must never do it. This statue is a portrait of Popo Julian and suggests incipient action and, oven bettor than Jhe-Greok statues, it sag gesta the God of Thunder by tho pow erand fire of tho features and eyes. HIb statte of tho Bound Slaye, which was to bo placod on tho lower base,-' has been" characterized by Grimm as ''the moat beautiful statue I know," The expression 1b profound ly pathetic and is prophetic of what WftB to follow In tho. life- of IMlchael angelo. Popo Julian died and ws succeeded by Pope 1x50 X and he by Pope Clement VII. Clement VII or dered Michaelangelo to build a tomb, which took tlio form of a sacristy, in the cqthedral at Florence. He worked vqry slowly and accorapllshqd but llt- lie, as nis ueari was not, m uiq vuvk. Wheipythp lPlo died, ho .left tbo uri completed vfork and nover returned. This work has been characterized as a . magnificent failure by .crUicsV who do not understand tho wqrjc, Ho ylpjatea all the laws of stability and repose, Jjut t,heBQ. vory yi.platipna vfro tho ex prosBiont)f his own spirit at, this time. His statues are not portraiya oniep, (Continued on page, tec.). V i i I jj' '"Ml "y 4 V, a!;