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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THUg$0AY, tfOVElt&tK 10, ftofc.
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PUN NEW FEATURES
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE Of FAIR
EXPECTS GOOD CROWD.
All SORORITIES REPRESENTED
Bootha Will Hold Entirely New Feat
ures This Year, With a Larger
Number of Organizations
Represented.
As the dato of the county (air ap
proaches indications are that all pre
vious records in respect to attendance
will bo brokon. Greater interest is
being taken each year and it is ox
pected that on Saturday night the ar
mory -will be thronged with bands of
merry making for the fair is a time
of fun. As a fair this year's exhibi
tion should exceed any of those of
recent times, and both rooms of the
armory will bo required to accommo
date the numerous attractions. Pri
vate parties and other university func
lions have been put .aside In order
that all may attend the county fair
and participate in the fun. Every
sorority will be represented by booths
or other stuntB, while several other
university organizations will also take
part
With total receipts oxcood.lng $368
and with a balance of $17 after all
expenses had been paid, tho fair last
year was a big success. Tho compe
tition between tho different sororities
brought out largo crowds. Pi Phi drew
the largest crowd with tho country
store taking In $28.11 and Alpha Om
lcrori Pi was a close socotuV with
$27.30. Tho Pi Phi's may put on the
country Btoro again this year, but it
Is probable that a musical program
Will be given instead. With all signs
5plntlng for a record breaking at
$hdance, the committee expects to
ctr considerably more than last
year.
Proceeds to Y. W. C. A.
All of tho proceeds goes towards
meeting the expenses of tho Y. W. C.
A., which are quite heavy for tho year.
Rather than ask a personal contribu
tion the association adopts tnis means
of raising the yearly budget, when
every student In school is given a
chance to asBiBt.
Scarcely' any of the stunts which
word pulled off last year, will be dup
licated again Saturday night, ,tho only
aotorlty which mar again give the
same" program is PI Phi. The country
store of tho Pi Phi's proved stich a
succestt last year that (ho committee
requested them td give it again this
year. Alpha Omtcron: PI la-planning
a parody on tlid "Eternal Question."
It Is a clever one and should prove
a splendid, drawing tiard. Kappa Alpha
Taota will haVo a freak show at which
tho fat ladyi tho slim lady and other
freaks will bo exhibited. In addition
to Madame Brown the Chi Omegas
will have a swing just latfifd enough
for two. Tho last attraction should
prove a money-maker. Chlng-Loo, tho
remarkable Chinaman, together with
his two helpers, AnheuBef arid Busch.
will be found at tho booth operated
by the Alpha Chi OmegaB. "'"
Decorative Scheme.
Doth as a decorative scheme and a
money-making proposition, the Union
literary society will operate a "Town
Woll," a lemonade stand, quaintly and
cleverly arranged. The stand will be
covered with vines and should provo
most attractive. One of tho now main
attractions Is Wonderland, whoro
twelve booths will ' contain now and
original jokes. In the Ladies' Home
Journal, the Delta Delta Delta sorority i
will present several pretty tableaus
from pictures in tho hook. Last of all
tho Pike should not he forgotten, and
Miss Watt, who is in charge of that
feature, reports that q largo number
havo promised to appear In picture
esquo costumos.
There will tlot bo a Blow moment at
tno fair, but something doing all of
the (imo. The booths, the Piko, and
Wonderland will all contain now and
clever attractions and no studont
should fail to tako In the county fair
on Saturday night at tho armory.
8HOWN DARWIN TO BE BOTANI8T
Great English Naturalist a Practical
Student.
In his lectures beforo Botany I yos
torday Dr. C. E. Bossoy called atten
tion to tho lack of crodlt given the
great Darwin for his offorts and ac
complishments as a botanist. Ho de
clared that tho world at largo looked
upon Darwin as tho originator of a
theory which cast insults upon our
ancient ancostors by tracing their lin
eal descent to tho monkey family and
that but comparatively few people
understood what a great work tho
English sclontlst did in botany.
While touring tho world with tho
British scientific expedition, Darwin
investigated plants as well as animals
in all parts of tho oarth and it is to
him wo owe tho germination of tho
idea that all plants are more or less
variations of other plants. In soma
classes the bond of union is much
closer than in others, but It is present
ovorywhero.. This was tho work of
Darwin and it Is tho work of a botan
ical observer and student as much as
his other work is that of a theorist.
The one-hundredth annlvorsary of
the birth of Darwin will bo appro
priately celebrated all ovor the world
oh February 12, 1909. In America
there will be a big observance of the
occasion nt which prominent scien
tists from all ovor tho country will
be present.
A STATE FARM BIBLE CLA83.
Over Seventy-one Members Have Just
Been Enrolled There.
k. A number of men interested in
Bible study went out to the state farm
from the university Monday evening
to assist the stato farm association
in enrolling men for bible-study. A
thorough ennvass was begun and ovor
seventy-ono men wore enrolled.
On the following evening tho party
again went to tho farm and assisted
in tho work. About 100 more students
wore enrolled. In tills rapid canvass
eighty per cent of tho men interviewed
signed for the work.
The classes will be started this
week and the association expects to
havo 200 men taking Bible study bo
fore the end of tho year.
The association at the farm is
growing rapidly. Its members expect
to buy some now furnitUro and pic
tures and to fit their rooms up In
mUch better shape than thoy havo
been In tho past.
TO OB8ERVE GRAY ANNIVERSARY
8em. Bot. Will Hold Special Program
Tonight.
Yestordny was thd- nlnoty-elghth an
niversary of tho birth of Asa Gray,
the greatest of American botanists.
Tho date will bo given' fitting observ
ance this evening when a special pro
gram, will bo rendered before Som.
Bot. Tho program consists of a talk
on Gray's Manuals by Prof. Pool, "The
Gray Herbarium and Harvard Botany"
by Prof. Wilcox and "Personal Re
membrances" by Dr. Bossoy. Both
Dr. Bessoy and Prof. -Wilcox qtudled
at Harvard under Dr. Gray, Prof. Wil
cox taking his doctor's degreo there.
William Bradford, superintendent,
of manufacture for tho Lincoln Gas
and Electric Light company, will ad
dress the englnoering society next
Tuesday evening, November 24, In the
Science hall of tho' Temple on tho
secdnd floor. Evoryono interested in
engineering and especially the fresh
men ongineers aro cordially asked to
ntteiid.
PDAPTlPF K DFIIMFnltlmo ,B cohduclVo to an irrosistablo
THE FOOTBALL SQUAD APPEARS
AGAIN AT ANTELOPE.
MYERS IN 000b CONDITION
After a Rest of Several Days 'Varsity
Squad Assembled at Antelope
Park Again Last Evening
for Practice.
Lust night was tho first timo since tho,
disastrous contest with tho Jayhawk
ors that tho 'varsity squad was out for
practice Several men havo boon out
each evening doyotng their timo pri
marlly to tackling the dummy, but
regular practico of all tho players was
resumed only yesterday afternoon.
Tho listlessness which has como
ovor. tho players since the Ames gatno
Is gradually beginning to disappear
and the actions of tho team last ovon
Ing showed that a revival of llfo and
spirit had taken place in tho Corn
busker camp. Tho effect of tho many
hard games which had to bo played on
cousecutivo Saturdays was oxtromoly
depressing upon the spirit and vitality
of all tho players and it only required
such a game as tho ono with tho Jay
hawkers last Saturday to roveul tho
folly of contlnung nt such a pace.
Realizing tho doplorablo effect of the
long stretch of wearing work to which
the team bus been subjected "King"
Colo called a temporary halt In tho
program and as a consequence tho
players have enjoyed a good rest since
last week. Tho faro at tho training
table has been improved upon this
week anaVifee.mcn arc .now enjoying
tho host that may be had in tho culin
ary lino. ,
Princetori Custom.
Something which will doubtless bo a
very Interesting revelation to a great
many people", In, cohttectloir with, tho
subject of the training of f6otball
playors, was told by Ralph Honglaud
after tho Kansas game. Mr. Hoagland
is an ex-Princeton player of consider
able roputalion and he officiated as ref
eree at the Kansns-Nebrasku game last
Saturduy. He attributed the loss of
tho game by the Cornhuskcrs mainly
to tho fact thut thoy were stale, hav
ing been In top form, for so long that
they had lost their spirit.
Mr. Hoagland said that during his
football days at Princeton this par
ticular featuro, staloness, was guarded
far more carefully -and more precau
tions were taken to provent it than
almost any othor ovll which Is liable
to confront the trainer of a team. Ho
said that, notwithstanding tho .careful
arrangement of their schedule, stale
noss had often conic upon the team
about tho time of the annual Yale
Princeton game, which wrts usually
played about two weeks bofore
Thanksgiving day. In seeking to rem
edy this the coach devised tho schema
of giving the players a chapipalgnq
dinner on the night of tho -Yale game.
They were allowed to drink all thoy
cared for, in some cases even to ox
cess, and then after n day or two of
rest and recuperation they would be
in as good shnjie as ever.
Nebraska Table.
Although this was presented par
tially In tho form of a recommenda
tion yet Nebraska coaches and train
ers have failed to seo that tho advant
ages of such a course would offset its
disadvantages. However, thoy have.
adopted' a coUrso which is a compro
mise between tho rigid diet and strict
training doctrine which s practiced
by some coaches,, and tho opposite
system as recommended by Mr. Hoag
land. Alo is now, served, to all of tho
players , at tho table In moderate quart
titles, and its Inviboratlng effects are
found to be extremely beneficial. The
monotony of the strict training diet
I when kept up for a long period c of
vigoratbr is almost an absoluto nH
cesslty.
Tho Important fata at tho tabid and
tho rost which has boon allowed thd
players has put (horn back In first
class condition and It is believed that
tho CornhuBkors will bo In their eld
form again when they meet Wabash
and Carlisle.
WOUJLD
STOP LIQUOR SALES.
Other Universities Protected by State
Law.
The matter of ridding tho university
of the 111 effects occasioned by tho
near presence of saloons and othor
liqUbr dlsponsarlos has boon called to
the attention of soVcral monitors of
tho faculty' and an investigation Is
being madcctd seo what could bo ac
complished in this lino. In many othor
states tho sale of intoxicating liquors
within a certain dlBtanco of tho campus
is prohibited by stato law. At Penn
sylvania there Is n two-mllo prohibi
tion limit. At Ames tho distance is
three miles; at Iowa City It is two
milos, and at Borkloy, Cal., there Is a
similar statute In operation.
Tho stato constitution of Nebraska
Is somewhat peculiar in Its provisions
rognrdlng tho jnaking of special laws
and thlB might ftffoct tho university
prohibition question. It is pointed out,
hbwever, that a prohibition law might
be onforcod for n certain distance
about all schools having an enroll
ment of ovor 2,500, which would obey
tho letter of tho law and still make
tho desired restriction. Supporters
of the measure say that if thoy had
supposed thut local option would have
failed at tho last election thoy would
surely have prevailed upon tho last
.legislature to pass some such law as
other states hayo for the protection
of their Institutions of higher educa
tion. PROF. HOWARD 18 8ELECTEO,
He. Will Re&d Paper at Atlantic City
Meeting.
Dr. Howard has been Invited to
read the principal paper on divorce
at tho Christmas, meeting of the Amer
ican Sociological society in Atlantic
City. Tho subject assigned is as fol
lows: "Has tho Freer Granting of
Divorce Proved nn Evil?" Tho papor
win do discussed oy liov. Samuel W.
Dike, Rabbi Joseph Krntiskopf, Phila
delphia; J. P. Lichtonborger, Now
York School of Philanthropy; Mrs.
Ida Hoisted Harper, tho biographer of
Susan B. Anthony; Walter George
Smith, Philadelphia; Rev. Wilbur P.
Crafts, Washington; Professor E. A.
Ross, University of Wisconsin; Prank
A. Fetter Cornell university.
Dr. fl. N. D. North, director of tho
U. S. census, is sending Dr. Howard
proof sheets of his .twp-volumo forth
coming 4'Iteport on Marrlago and pi
vdrce,'' Which has been in preparation
for three years. .
LAW FRAT INITIATE8 FIFTEEN.
Phi Delta Phi Takes In Members at
Delta Upsllon House.
Fifteen members of tho freshman
and junior classes pf the law college
we're initiated into tho Phi Dolta Phi,
the honorary law sqhool fratornlty, at
tho Delta Upsllon house last evening.
Tho now mombers are: S. N. Wollor,
Arthur Jones, Walter Kennor, H...O.
Bell, Dean Drlscoll, C. E. Aylesworth,
Max Beghtol, J. L; Rico, Lesllo Syford,
S. v A. . Peterson, Charles Campbell,
Harry Doll. James Lawrence, StUrt
negger. The University of .Louisiana has
written ono of the University pro
fessors' aanounclng a vacancy iri Its
Staff: It wishes to secure an assistant
In botany arid zoology., Thore aro ex
cellent chahcos" of promotion. Inquiry
should 136 made of Doans Ward or
BeBsoy. ' ,
REPORTS MtE NOW IN
MANY CONDITIONS ANNOUNCED
AT THE OFFICE.
fcfcTORIC CLAIMS VICTIMS
Rushing Rulet foY Fraternities Prove
UniattsfacUry and Inflict Hard
ships an First Ysar .
Msn.
Tho mid-Bomoetor oxatalttidhs,
Just passed, havo caused mora than,
tho usual amount of stir that follows
examinations in the university. The
mld-somestor examinations nraetieally
marked tho cioso of tho long fraternity
pushing season, arid on their fos'uita
dopohdd tho plddgipg Of ir$( yoar
mon. Moro than this tho mld-stimeator
oxaihinatlons 016 tho first Indication
which many first yoar mon havd at to
whether or not tho probloms ot uni
versity ltfo nro boing successfully
met.
Tho reports as sortt to tho regis
trar's office aro noW bblng tabulated
but us yot no figures Can 'bo given
ns to tho number of stUdonts wild havo
failed to successfully carry their irork,
Registrar Harrison doclaros that, so
far as ho can toll, the total dumber
of students whoso work Is not satis
factory will not dlffor materially from
tho numbor at tho same tlmb last yqar,
although there may bo surprlsos In
some places.
Rhetoric Claims Many.
The number of students whoso work
is not satisfactory In tho rhetoric do
pnftmont is always largo, but Pro
fessor Fogg declares that ho knows of
no spoclal roaBon why a larger numbor
'slioUtd-totT(Balteth4rTrtWa-ln--
the past. Nearly all of tho unsatisfac
tory work has been dono-by thq frosh
men, and thld is caused by thoir lack
pf familiarity, with what la required of
IHem. Tho classe's la , advanced!
rhetorlp show a very small, percohtagq
of failure's.
the ofjoct 6f tho rushing rhloa nqw
In'forco among the fratornldesr-iaan'1- '
added factor tending to keep f reakmon
from making as good a showlagrinj
scholarship as might otherwise he bos.
slblo. The. rushing; season is long;
and often results in making rather
heaVy demands upon the time of tho
first year manj In, tho.'cwe of tho
sororities' all rushing is dona bdford
school opens in tho fall.
Dissatisfaction Is Expressed.
Thltf year tho fraternity rUsHlng
rules have been subjected to on unusual-
amount of criticism by fratern
ities as, well as by others. It is con
tended that tho system no only is
hard upon those who are boing rushed
but it makes it necessary for tho-frfti -ternltles
to prepare a large numbor
of stunts for" the freBhmoh. JJlbro
than this, it makes the fraternities
not entirely in tho "dark as it la im
possible to tell what fr&shmen are
going to bd unable, 4Q-JJboW alclear
credit at tho middle of Iho semester
and thus makes it Impossible for the
fraternities to know whom they- can
pledge.
It is contended that there Is a much
larger percentage of unsatlsfatdory
work dbno in the fall semester than
during tho winter. This Is accounted
for largely by tho fact that thero are
many outside interests in the fall,
such as football, and also by the fact
that it is much harder .td study In
warm weather than In cold.
Notice,.
A. meeting of the Men's 'Faculty
club will bo .held at 11:30 today In
room 204 of tho Administration build
ing. It Is desired that thero be a
large attondapco, as important basl
noss'wlli be considered.
The be'sfc oyster slew 1M, the city
Is that' served at TJie Boston Lunohl
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