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Vol. VII. No. 147.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, J908.
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NEW POLICY ADOPTED
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BY ATHLETIC BOARD
IHevV Board Organizes Season Tickets,. Will
Be Sold At Extremely Low Price.
Letters Awarded.
The Interest which was stirred up
recently over, the election of the stu
dent 'members of the Athletic Board
bids fair1 to be 'exceeded now by the
action which , the new board tooK at
its first meeting. s -
-The newly"" elecfeci members of the
board" metMonday evening for the
purpose of organizing.
Dr. Benton Dales was elected presi
dent of the board; Jim Harvey, vice
president, and Dr. Clapp, secretary.
After v the election of" officers, the
board proceeded to the consideration
of now business. The most important
business it acted on was the question
ot an. athletic association to bo organ
ized among, the Btudents of the Uni
versity, membership in which should
entitle the student to admission to all
football, baseball and basket-ball
games', trackmeets and any other Uni
versity athletic contest.
After a long discussion of the propo
sition pro and con, during which
statements of the condition, manner
of organization, ;and success of similar
brganizations In other schools, wore
read, the boardvoted to authorize the
. Issuance of a seasonathletIc ticket to
students for '.the price of three dollars.
This- ticket ,.will i entitle the holder
to , adniission to all football games,
baseball games, basket-ball games,
track meetej gymnatsic exhibitions, or
any other- athletlo contests hold under
the auspices, of theUhiverslty Athletic
Board'.
-This is certainly nwinnovationjn the
policy ofcathletlc boards, either at Ne
brasktror at other-schools in this lo
cality. Similar organizations are in
vogue at' other schools, but at no other
school have so many-privileges been
granted forBUch a .ridiculously low
price. ' '
When 'one stops to realize what this
really means, ho can appreciate how
"daring a move it is on the part of the
new board. During the, year there are
something like 'twenty or-twenty-five
athletic events of 'some 'description or
other, which vary in price of admis
sion 'from twenty-live cents to, a dol
lar; perhaps a, fair estimate of the
averag,, price olj, admission would be"
forty cents. r It 'would rfurely not be
less, than this,. because ..the 'raft ball
games to .which the admission Js fifty
cents and over outnumber the basket
ball games to which, there is a smaller
admission price. At this low average
the prlceof aseas'on ticket 'to all
games would be ten 'dollars. An ad
ditional attraction 'next year will be
the WestqnTntercolleglate Gymnas
tic M'eet. "V "" '
Even ten dollars would not' be an
unfair amount to demand for this
privilege, judging from the policies of
other schools. At Wisconsin the year
is divided into two seasons, a ticket
being Issued for each season. The fall
ticket costs five dollars and the spring
ticket three dollars. At the Colorado
School of Mines every student Is com
pelled to pay a fee of five dollars per
semester for the support of athletics.
At other schools of equal rank with
Nebraska the price of such tickets
ranges from five to ten dollars.
In plain figures, the average price
of admission to football games and
other athletic contests at Nebraska
will be less than fifteen cents per
game. This Is an opportunity which
everyone in school who has the slight
est Interest in athletics and who can
by any means scrape three dollars t6
gether, should take advantage of. The
girls as well as the boys should make
the most of the chance.
The fairer sex has not been liberal
In its support and patronage of ath
letics hero In the past, but tfils should
not be the case in the future.
These tickets will be Issued only to
bona fide students of the University,
and they will be ready next fall by the
time registration begins. The. tickets
will be absolutely -non-transferable and
the Athletic Board hopes that no
moasures will have to bo taken to
prevent their being used by anyone
else than their rightful owner.
The number of students In school
who spend in the course of the year
more than three dollars for admission
to athletic games Is doubtless- In ox
cess of a thousanrrand the board an
ticipates a sale of these tickets next
fall which will be unprecedented in
the history of like movements here
abouts. Every one comes to school In
the fall flush" and next year girls
and boys alike should prepare fofr'an
extra three dollars when thoy register
and at the same time prepare fpr,a
season's enjoyment in the attendance
of all athletic games.
The president of the board appoint
ed the standing committees and they
are as follows, the chairman in each
caBe being the first one named:
Finance.
Dales, Phillips, Cherrlngton, Walsh
and Frum.
Football.
, Maxey, Walte and Collins. ""
Baseball. ,
Wolcott, Maxey and Cherrlngton.
Track Athletics.
Phillips, Clapp and Collins.
Basket-ball.
Phillips, Wolcott and Walsh.
Eligibility.
Dales, Clapp Frum.
Grounds.
Walte, Clapp and Harvey.
A committee was also appointed to
revise the constitution.
The board voted to award letters to
the eleven baseball men who made
the eastern trip. They are: Denslow,
Cilne, Clark, Dudgeon, Beltzer, Jen
nings, Bellamy, Schleuter, Hetzel,
Stevenson and Ward.
Walsh was elected captain of next
year's basket-ball team. After his
election the board . voted to adopt a
new method of electing the captains of
the various teams. Hereafter the
members of the team, the captain of
which Is to be elected, will be called
together on the night after their last
game and they will elect the captain
at that session. In several instances
heretofore these elections have hung
fire Indefinitely.
DATE SET.
Try-outs for the University Debating
Squad to Be Held Saturday.
The University Debating Board met
in U. 107 yesterday to make further ar
rangements for the preliminary do
bates. It was decided to hold the try
outs Saturday, as this seemed to bo
the most convenient time for the ma
jority of those trying for place's. The
contest will be held In two sessions,
one In the forenoon, and another in
the afternoon. The exact hours for
the debates have not been announced.
The candidates will, be divided into
two groups by lot, or by preference.
The order of speaklng-wlll be deter
mined by lot. It is probable that these
details will be attended to on Thurs
day. Each aspirant is requested to hand
to Professor Fogg, or fllr. Swenson, at
once, his preference as to sides of the
question.
About a dozen men will be selected
Saturday, and the rest of the squad,
'about six, will be chosen next fall. In
the try-out next fall, new men will be
eligible, ub well as any who are now
In school who do not make the -squad
this spring.
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AUpiTORIUM,
MAY ; 22, 1908
Walt's Orchestra Tickets, $2.50
DR. HARW WILEY
COMMENCEMENT EXERCI8E8 OF
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.
Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry at
Washington, D. C., to Give the
Commencement Address.
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The annual Commencement of the
College .of Medicine, The University
of Nebraska, will bo hold Thursday,
May 21, In Omaha. A larger class
than that of last year will graduate.
Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, of
Washington, D. C, delivers the ad
dress. He has Just recently rounded out a
quarter of a century of continuous and
distinguished service for the govern
ment as chief of iho Bureau of Ghem
istry in the Department of Agriculture.
Dr. Wiley was graduated froin Har
vard in 1873, and the next year be
came professor of chemistry In Purdue
University, taking on also, In 1881,
the duties of state chomlst of Indiana.
In 1883 he was called to Washington.
At that time he had four assistants
and a yearly appropriation of $15,000.
The past year the bureau consisted of
350 per sons, having a budget of $800,
000. His experiments have taken a wide
range. It has been said that he has
accomplished more than any other liv
ing mnn In the work of placng agricul
ture on a more scientific basis. But it
waB the recently successful movement
for a national pure-food law that
brought Dr. Wiley most prominently
before the country and as a result ho
is now familiarly known" as ""Pure
Food Wiley."
The program of the day. will be as
follows: . '
8:00 a. m.-12:00 m. Alumni Clinics at
Afflllated Hospitals.
1:15 p. m. The Chesapeake, 1510
Howard street, Annual Alumni
Luncheon and Reception to the
Seniors, followed by Annual Busi
ness Meeting of the Alumni As"so
piatlon. Commencement Exercises.
8:15 p. m. Congregational Church,
Nineteenth and Davenport streets.
Music Allegretto... Wolstenholme ' .
Martin W. Bush, Organist..
Invocation By tho Chaplain -of .
the Evening. , Rev. -
Daniel EdwardB Jenkins, D. D.
Music Intermezzo in D. Flat
......,..' Hollins t
Administratlon of Hippocratlc 1
Oath and Presentation of Can-
dldates v
....Dean Henry Baldwin Ward
The Conferring of Degrees . Chan
color Ellsha Benjamin Andrews
The Commencement Address " " v
"Prophylaxis The Great Work
of tho Physician" , .
.Harvey Wash- t -'
ington Wiley, Ph.D,, -LL.D.,
Director of tho U. S. Bureau
of Chemistry, Washington,' D. C.
, Benediction1: By thej .Chaplain s
Muslc-rPostlude Marche Aux
Flambeaux .v.Gulllmant
Informal, Receptionr for the '
Speaker, Alumni, Graduates,
and Invited Guest in the
Church Parlors.
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Baked beans,' baked on the prem
ises and served, hot with delicious
brown bread, 10c, at The Boston
Lunch, , '