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, . IFlebraefean jfc Vol. vm. No. 5. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1908. Price 5 Cents. .. i?ii ' XT be it VI 1 1 BRYAN AND KERN CLUB UNIVER8ITY BRYAN MEN ORGAN IZE WITH GREAT ENTHU8IA8M. ADDRESS BY ARTHUR F. MULLEN President of the Nebraska Bryan Vol . unteers Urges University Men to Take Place as Leaders on Right 8lde. Sincere enthusiasm and promises of i earnest endeavor for the success of between republicanism and democracy, W. J. Bryan, J. W. Kern and the between Hamiltonism and Jefferson democratic principles for which these ' ,sm- II lB tho difference between the men stand marked the meeting of ldea of centralization of power in tho eighty thoroughly representative unl-.hands of a fow and tho ,dea of n tho versity men who last evening organ Ized the University of Nebraska Bryan and Kem club. Called to order by Richard Hunter, organized as a democratic club with an initial enrollment of over seventy, with C. G. Adams as president and a full corps of efficient officers, tho club ieached the height of enthusiastic a'p planse in the tribute paid to Mr. Bryan tit the close of an address by Arthur F. Mullen, president of the Nebraska Bryan Volunteers. Includes Republicans. There was some discussion over the character of the club. Former mem bers of the old Jeffersonion club seemed to favor a continuance of the organization under that name. Others declared that there were many repub licans, or former republicans, who would join -a-Bryan-organization who would not join a Joffersonian club. Tho matter was settled by a practically unanimous voto in favor of the Bryan Idea. Nominations for president being called for, four men were placed be fore the club. They were Hunter, Adams, EvanB, and Peterson. The election went to Mr. Adams and ho took the chair after the choice had been made unanimous. Other officers, elected by acclamation, were Vice president B. W. HIIIb, Secretary Hu bert O. Bell, Treasurer Clyde E. El liott. A committee of three was or dered appointed to consider the mat ter of a joint debate with representa tives of the republican university club and to arrange the affair if the members of the latter organization should see fit to enter the lists. Speech By Mullen. ' A. F. Mullen, president of tho Ne braska Bryan Volunteers, was intro duced by President Adams, and gave a most interesting talk. He was fre quently interrupted by applause and the demonstration at times became al most wild in its enthusiasm. Mr. Mul len said in part: "I am Indeed glad to be with you to night It nas been some years since I have been In a university and things have changed somewhat since then. I have seen the time when there were only forty democrats in Michigan uni versity. Now everyone who is run ning for office 1b trying to be a demo crat. "I have, attended, the state conven tions in this state for many years yet yesterday for the", first time I wit nessed the spectacle of a convention which would have liked to run away from the platform of its party if it had only dared a little bit more. This Is indicative of a spirit which I be lieve will within a very few years sweep away the republican party just as the federalist party was swept away years ago. "You are university men. As such, more is expected of you than of the man without such advantages. You are the leaders of affairs. You can be influential in politics as .well as In other things. It is your duty to un derstand public questions and to llvo up on, the righ side. - Hamilton vs.' Jefferson. ' " iess. than six months ago I stood by tho grave of Alexander Hamilton I in Trinity churchyard in New York I city. Alexander Hamilton it was who made a Wall Stroet possible. He did great things in his time, yet now he lies in a grave almoat unmarked, en tlrely devoid of any monument of size. Within a block of his gravd are tho places of business of nearly all the great captains of industry whose suc cess ho made possible. Now they have forgotten him. Hamilton lies In an unmarked grave, a striking contrast to the noble tombs of our truly great men, tho men. who have been great be cause they labored for the people. There is a fundamental difference ' nAAnln Ftnv.fnc- OAmnffhlnc on. rt .ttn ymjyiu uurtug Duiuouiiug iaj octjr lu lug conduct of their affairs. "Jefferson was truly a far-sighted man. He saw a hundred years into the future. It was Jefferson who conceived the idea of tho preservation of lands for the benefit of the public schoola.xf tno nation. Tnese lands were pre served in part it is true. Yet right hero in our own state wo see how they have been frittered aWay and sold at but a fraction of their real worth. No New Issues. "Tho issueB of today are not now Issues. Pharoah had a trust thousands of years ago when he cornered tho corn of Egypt. It was Ideas of tho Hamil- tonlan mould which brought about the French revolution. It Ib the same prin ciples which are bringing about a rev olution today, but this revolution is niiA nt nnncA" Mr. Mullen continued to diBcuss the public questions of today. He de clared that Mr. Bryan had not changed In twelve years, but that the current of public opinion had changed. Con cluding, he said: "Mr Bryan is a man who comes once in a century. Such men have seemed to come in each of tho great crisis of our nation. Wo had such men in tho course oi our revolution. Later we had our Jefferson, with his vast con- structlve work. Then came Jackson and Lincoln. And now It will be just ono hundred years on the fourth of next March since Jefferson stepped down from the high office to which he gave such dignity. And I honestly be lieve that on that anniversary, Just 100 years after Jeffersbn stepped out, the second Jefferson will step in." MAJORITY ARE FIR8T YEAR MEN. All But Five Cadets In New Company Freshmen. Practically allpf the cadets have or dered their uniforms, and the different companies are" out drilling every night It Is the practice to divide the com panies into Bquads composed of partly second year men and havo them drill this year's recruits. But this cannot be done in Company I where out of a total of fifty men all but five aro freshmen. This 1b caused by the na tural tendency of the old cadets to re main in the company they belonged to last year. Consequently, Company I being the new cqmpany organized this fall, received nearly all' freshmen. Captain Coupe says his men are al ready getting o'n to the fine points of drill and that they will give the other companies the hardest kind of competi tion for the cup next spring. W. E. Byerts is first lieutenant and D. D. Plumb, first sergeant of the company. The band has not yet fully organized. There were a great number v& men who tried out and, applications for ad mission are still belng"made to .Dlrec; tor Hagenow. Adjutant Kremer has the office force buBlly at work and says that by next week .everything will bo running smoothly. Baked beans; baked on the premises ana served hot' ivlth delicious brown bread, 10c, at The Boston Lunch. PREPARING fOR PERU LAST SCRIMMAGE OF THE WEEK UNTIL NORMALS COME. TEAM IS ROUNDING INTO SHAPE Scrubs Give the 'Varsity Stiff Practice Harry Minor, Star Half, Is In eligible On Account of Delinquency. The annual football game between Peru and tho Cornhuskers takes placo at Antelope Park, Saturday, and for the last time until the Peruvians come Coach Cole lined up his. regulars and scrubs for scrimmage last evening. The scrimmage was both longer and fiercer than that engaged in tho night before, and tho enthusiasts who crowd ed about the side lines were given a general idea of what may be expected on Saturday. Tho scrubs were evidently troubled somewhat by stage fright, as well they might be In facing a team which with the exception of tho quartor and full back was made up entirely of "N" men. At the beginning of tho scrimmage work, tho 'varsity lino was virtually Impregnable and the back field did some consistent ground gaining. Judg ing from tho present circumstances It would seem that tho team's greatest weaknoBB lies in the back flold and that with tno Improvement in this de partment which is sure to take place Rponi-the-teamrwill-developHnto-the' strongest which has represented Ne braska in many years. 8crubs Are 8trong. Notwithstanding the strength of the 'varsity line, however, tho scrubs put up a mighty plucky exhibition of ball and made first down on tho 'varsity several times, a feat which before the season is over may take the best ef forts of some of the larger teams on Nebraska's schedule. In ono instance the scrubs made first down on three line smashes which the veterans Boomed powerless to stop, and on sev eral occasions the scrubs secured the ball on fumbles by tho regulars or on misdirected forward passes. Frum and Ewlng did some effective work for the 'varsity in breaking up the plays of the scrubs. The scrubs being up against an Im penetrable line were unable to accom plished a grdat deal on the offense, and their defensive work is not yet up to standard, so that last evening they came in for few spectacular plays. Hascall at quarter plays a heady game, and Sturtznegger at left half made, considerable ground for the scrubs. During the latter part of the scrim mage a great many changes were made In the line-ups of both bides. John son lost a shoe and was replaced by Temple, who played well on ihe de fense: Slaughter replaced Captain Har,vey at right end and managed to ge away with a forward pass for a good gain. Captain Harvey's ankle is getting into shape again and he took an active part in scrimmage work again last night Minor Ineligible. ft Is feared that Harrjr Minor may not be able to participate in any more football this season. It has recently developed that he is delinquent in rhetoric, and that he nees this credit to make up the necessury twelve hours. To lose him would' be a serious blow to the team. Last season he played a hard fast and. heady game at half back all season and -he could be used to. advantage now nt quarter were he eligible. It is pqsslble that he may be given a Ibance to retrieve his fortunes by a special examination and in case he iSj jt Is to bo hoped that he makes good in the examination as he dld-last. year In football. Neither Cooke nor Bentley have materialized yet and with Minor out too, the quar- tor back problom is Btlll unsettled. Rathbono is working hard but would probably make a better half or end than ho would a quartor. Dwlght Boll, who played quartor last year for tho Junior clasB team appeared in a suit last evening and will try for quartor. ' Wisconsin. Cunningham, tho little quartor; Boyle, husky tackle; and Osthooff, Becond all western full back, returned to tho Wisconsin squad Wednesday and with twenty other candidates took a stiff workout on tho lower campus. Coach Barry announced that with only two weeks until tho Lawronco gamo future practice would bo more sorlous and ho started light formations Wed nesday. Other now men were Verl Ruth, a Wisconsin crow man, who was out last year; Prohn of tho lDOG Lawronco team; Busor, full back on tho 1D07 Madison team; and Hartloy, a junior, who Is out. for end. Tho coaches are well pleased with tho material which has registered Uiub far. Wiled, full back, has developed 182 poundB with summer work, and Boyle is huskier than over. Tho back field is stronger than tho line, but next week will produce moro matorial. Northwestern. Three now candidates appeared on Northwestern field Tuesday evening to try out for places on tho football team that will represent tho university this fall. Bowlns, who tips tho scales at 160 pounds, will try ror guard. Ho comes from Lowell, Ind., where ho has had high scnool experience. McDonell, a Btudent in the law department, an-peared4(fly-tfbr-eltherquarte.r or end:, Davles, who weighs 173 pounds will try for guard. Besides his good weight ho has a record as a class star In foot ball at tho North high school of Col umbus, O. Coach Connor put tho lino men through a moro vigorous practice Tues day night than any yet given them, and is pleased at the way tho men are picking up the rudiments of the game. Coaoh Johnson kopt his men busy learn ing signalB and running simple plays to warm up. At the close of prac tice the men were put through a -good run about tho field. Cornell. Heavy clouds of smoke and fog hovered over Percy field yesterday afternoon and It was difficult to distin guish the Cornell players at the nqrth end of tho gridiron. An epidemic of blistered feet, due to tho hard ground causod by the drought, is prevalent, and coaches and players are looking for "rain. Pope, who was so severely hurt In the Chi Psi fire two years ago, when twothirds of his skin was burned off, continues to astonish tho players at half back and his punting is certain ly topnotch. Farrington ,the big west erner, who learned football at Wiscon sin, looms up on the line. Michigan. In the nearest approach to football weather the Michigan football squad put on Jerseys for the flrsttime this afternoon and made the preliminary dives at the dummy man. A great deal of the morning was taken up with the suspended man, and from now on the art of tackling will be added to Coach Yost's repertoire in tho football course. Even with their added clothing on the candidates still look smaller to student rooters than last years. Fitz Patrick will not give out the individual or total weights. Gamble and Greene, ends", 'and freshmen last year, are of the high school buljd and experience. Prlmeau and Benbrook are heavy, but slow. The tackle positions aro de batable, Although Wasmund last year's quarter, has that station prac tically cinched. Greene was given a short trlaj there this afternoon. Joe HOrner, the Grand Rapids, lad and all-round freshman athlete last year, came down yesterday with par ental objections to football. He 'at (Continued on Page 2) TWO MOREJNTER RACE CANDIDATES LINING UP FOR THE SOPHOMORE PRESIDENCY. MALLERY AND LAWRENCE tO RUN Other Booms Have Been Only Meteorlo and With the Two Recent With drawals the Situation Is Clearing Up. Tho ball of sophomore politics ro coivod another pUBh last evening whott it wbb definitely loarnod that Earl Mnl lory and JamoB Lawronco would make tho run tor tho class presidency. A third candidato, Haro, has been in tho flold for sovoral days convassing tho votes of tho class. From now on un til oloctlon tho ball will continuo to roll vigorously, gathering impetus aa from time to time other flames for that honor may bo announced. Up to tho prcsont time sovoral presi dential possibilities have boon talked of and two or throe of those havo been boomed for that placo. Those "boom Ings" have boon rather weak, howover, and resomblod a sky rocket, starting with a flash and a racket, hut after a short spectacular course breaking up into a multitude of sparks and thon dying away entirely, Boomlets Died Out. Tho campaign of William J. Bryan Jr., was being carried on entirely in dependopt of him anl-wlthout -his au thorization or sanction. It Is said that his position in school Is consplcious enough as a result of his father's prom inence and that to him any notrloty of tho Bort created by tho announce ment of his candidacy is extremely dis tasteful. Tho boom started for Ralph Weaver ling, ox-prosidont of tho class a few days ago proved to bo of the same na ture as that of young Bryan's and was branded as such by Weavorllng' the following day. Tho entrance of Mallory and Law rence into the race adds new Interest as it semod that Haro would be tho only candidato. Allied with Mallery is Weavorllng, who was a proposed candidate, for the office. Good Men in Race. Mallory is well known in the class, he having directed Weavorling's cam paign last year. He was chairman of tho freshman "hop" and is a member of the debatlngrsquad. "Mallery is a member of tho Alpha Tau Omega fra ternity. Lawrence, who Seemed to rank high for the place, is aiso well known in the sopaomore class. Ho has many friends who aro, pushing his candidacy with activity and his race promises to be a warm oho. He was chairman of the class constitutional committee and has been in other ways prominent in class affairs. Ho is a 'member of Alpha Theta Chi. - Hare, of Albion, was flrst in.the run ning and has.mado a thorough canvass. He has also many irlnds and is con fident1 of success: He is not a member of any fraternity. i t xi is uoi wougns mat tno fraternity question will enter into the campaign to any considerable extent All of the candidates have a platform Includ ing the ''fair play'' plank, but new de velopments are not unlikely. Within the next few 'days the campaign will take pn a more definite shape and the the "politicians" will pull the wires. William Robertson, editor-in-chief of the 1J)09 "Cornhusker," Elmer Hills; 1909, and Ralph E. Moseley, 1910, bum aging editors are selecting a board of editors and other staff members. This is the initial step preparatory to niak- ing the big, book, the completion ef which will ,requjre strenuous work of the entire staff throughout the sofcoel year. I" t
