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Vol. VIII. No. 46.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1908.
Fricc 5 Cent
a.
MANY NEW GREEKS
FRATERNITIES PLEDGE LARGE
NUMBER OF FRESHMEN.
SATURDAY WAS A BUSY DAY
Delinquency in Studies Cut Off a Few
Prospective Pledges but the
New Ruling Admits
Many.
Following alx weeks of the moBt
BtrenuouB rushing, nenrly forty fresh
men were pledged Saturday uy mo
eleven different fraternities In the uni
versity. It was a busy day for the
Greek Jotter men and. In several casos
where tho men were being rushed by
several bunrfieB, he was the object
of the most lavish attention Saturday.
Automobile rldos, dinner parties and
other amusements resulted In many
frcBhmen putting on the ribbons be
fore noon. The UBual routine life of
the fraternity men was thrown asido
and tho chapter houses hummed with
life and anticipation. Doors were
thrown open and sumptuous spreads
prepared with which to gain the favor
of the much rushed first year men.
As waB oxpected, delinquency cut in
seriously upon tho list of now men
pledged. However the number was
largoly augmented by the passago of
tho rule which allowed freshmen who
had succosBfully passed in twelve
hours of work to pledge. In spite of
tho new rule, though there was quite
a number who were unable to put on
i lie ribbons Saturday.
Following Is tho list of men who
m-o pledged Suturday:
Alpha "Tau Omega.
Ben Bowers, '1.0, Lincoln.
Albert Reddish, '11 Lincoln.
Bert A. Jacobson, 'J 2, Louisville.
Guy Reid, '11, Lincoln.
Clayburn Hooper, '12, Now York.
Alpha Theta Chi.
Clark Evans, '11, Wlsner.
John Boul, '12, Randolph.
Ward Rubondall, 12. Madison. u
Russell Smith, '12, Carlton.
fleta Theta PI.
Arthur L. Palmer, '12, Louisville.
Merle Swanson, '12, Aurora.
Ralph Wilson, '12, Croston, la.
Ralph P. Wilson, "12, Lincoln.
John P. Bgan, '12, Nebraska City.
Stewart Bell, '12, York.
Forest Sinns, '12, Hastings.
Delta Tau Delta.
Arthur Homier, '11, Beatrice.
Fred H. Miller, '12, Beatrice.
Brnest O. Kretsingor, '10, Beatrice.
James. Lummax, '12, Broken Bow.
Sheldon Coon, '09, Council Bluffs, la.
Dalo Boyles, '12, Alvo.
Ernest Graves, '12, New York. " "
Delta Upslloiv.
John Sollock, '12, Lincoln.
Jack Collins, 12, Kearney.
Leslie Welsh, '12, Lincoln.
Phi Gamma Delta.
John Brian, '12, Omaha.
Rowland Thomas, '12, Omaha.
Soarlo Holraos, '12, Omaha.
Harry Ceeob, '12, Omaha.
Richard Paddock, '11, Lincoln.,
Harrison Davenport, '12, Valentino.
Dannn Van Duson, '12, So. Omalm.
Phi Delta Theta.
.Mac Woodward, '12, Lincoln.
Ralph Coad, '12, Omaha.
Hubert Mulsh, '12, Falls City.
Phi Kappa Psi.
Earl Reid, '11, Denver.
Lloyd Smith, 112, Omaha.
Morton Stinehart, '12, Nebr. City. ,
Guy Kiddo, '12, So. Omaha.
Sigma Alpha Epsllon.
Clyde Sodorborg, '10, Sutton,
Earl Johnson, '12, University Place,
, George WIdenor, '12, Lincoln:
Leo'Cotterman, '12, Albion,
Donald Castile, '12, $trombi'irg,
Howard Molinezi 12, Wahoo. '
Sigma Chi.
W. J. Bryan, Jr., '11, Lincoln, i,
Glen Fordyce, '10, Lincoln.
Robert Ferguson, '12, Lincoln.
Perry Smith, '12, Fromont.
James Johnson, '12, Omaha.
O. H. Kearney. '12, Stanton.
J. L. Wood, '12, Omaha.
William Prowdflt, '12, Lincoln:
-Dick Ferguson, '12, Lincoln.
Tho sororities wore also allowed to
pledge new members Saturday but
very few have been choson thus far.
Tho new sorority pledges follow:
Chi Omega.
Marie Lee, '12. Sholton.
Alpha Omicron PI.
Helen 'May Webb. '12, Lincoln.
ARRANGING FOR JUNIOR PROM.
Committee Plans Elaborate Features
for February 5.
The junior prom commltteo met last
wool; for the discussion and decision
of matters relating to the "biggest"
dance given by the cIbbs during its
four years. No definite arrangements
have been completed as yet but tho
commltteo in charge are considering
soverar features which if carried out
will make the dance a very worthy
one. Comparisons with junior proms
of other schools uro being made and
it is quite probable that the prom of
this year will have characteristic feat
ures of those given by, tho largo east
ern schools, nt which lunch nnd re
freshments are served during the eve
ning and at which also there Is an
attendance of prominent alumni nnd
faculty members.
The prom will be held In the now
convention hall of the Lincoln hotel
which is said to be one of tho most
artistically finished In the west. Walt's
orchestra has been engaged and the
date has been decided upon for Feb
ruary fi, the week JiiBt after tho se
mester examinations.
Tho junior prom is considered as
one of the more important events' in
university social circles of many
schools. Wisconsin Is said to bo per
hapB tho most elaborate in propara-
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tion for it, and has an average at- m practice, thinking that a more gen
tendance of about six hundred persons C1l Interest in football might thus be
exclusive of faculty members. Col
leges of the eastern states make the
event long looked forward to and the
groat social happening of tho year.
The committee in charge of the prom
this year hope to mako a "favorable
comparison with tho proms held by
other colleges, and will do everything
In its power to make It so.
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
University Senate Will Honor Chan
cellor Andrews.
At a meeting of tho university sen
ate yesterday afternoon a committee
of three was appointed .to draft resolu
tions on tho resignation of Chancellor
B. Benjamin AndrowB. Tho commlt
teo consists of Dean Sherman, Prof.
Dan n and Prof. Davidson. It will re
port at a meeting to be hold ono week
from next Wednesday.
A committee of five was appointed
on tho social relations of tho student
body. This Is a committee which ex
ists in nearly all universities and col
leges but which Nebraska has never
had heretofore. Its duties are Indicat
ed in tho title.
TEAMS GETTING DOWN TO WORK.
8peak!ng Members for Debates An
nounced by 'Judges.
The mombor8 of tho (wo teams
which will meet tlie Universities of.
Illinois and Wisconsin In debate on
Docomber cloventh are now getting
down to tho final work of preparation
for tho big debates. For tho mombors
of tho teaniB tho' 'next tlireo weeks
will bo a period of constant prepar
ation, tho result of tho work done by
tho wholo squad earlier lri the season.
Tho three, mon who will face tho
Wisconsin toam are 'Stuart Dobbs, J.
T. Votova and John Rico. r The three
members of tho team which meets Illi
nois will bo Ross Bated, Dean Drlscol
and Mr. White ,
IN SECRET PRACTICE
CORNHU8KER8 GETTING READY
FOR "LITTLE GIANTS."
SENIORS AND JUNIORS TODAY '
tCoach Cole Orders Secret Practice at
Antelope Park for the Rest of
Season Good Chance to
Defeat Carlisle.
Secret practice Is' now the word at
Antelope park and every afternoon tho
CornhuBkcr squad assembles there to
put in some nard licks In final prep
aration for the game with tho "Little
Giants" from Wabash college on
Thnnksglvlng day. Last Friday for
I he first tlmo UiIb season Coach Colo
had the gates at Antelope park closed
and the Inquisitive public was denied
tho privilege of watching tho Corn
buskers go through their tricks. The
coach has several reasons for adopting
this policy, which he has so recently
put into practice. In tho first place
he doesn't care to tako any chances
on allowing the pet formations, which
he Is teaching his pupils for tho re
maining games of the season, to be
found out by persons who might use
them against the Cornhuskers. Pre
vious to the Knnsns game no secret
practice was held In tno Nebraska
camp, and consequently considerable
significance lias been attached to the
fact that tho Jayhawkers wore so fa
miliar with "King" Cole's formations.
When the access to practice Is free
to all It would be a comparatively
easy matter for anyone with designing
intentions to take noteB on the now
formation which the coach has do
vised and Hfud them to Nebraska's
opponents.
All season long the coach has per
mitted everyone who wished to come
out to tho park and watch tho team
aroused among the students. How-
over, this privilege has beon run Into
tho ground during tho past fow weoks
and considerable annoyance has been
caused to the players and coach by
the spectators crowding out on to th'e
field and around tho players. This,
together with the reason previously
mentioned, has forced Coach Cole to
declare secret practice probably for
tho remainder of the season.
Coach at Minnesota.
Coach Cole returned from Minne
apolis Sunday evening where ho wit
nessed tho game between the Gophers
nnd the Carlisle Indians last Satur
day. Ho reports that tho gamo was a
groat -"exhibit but expresses tho belief
that tho Cornhuskers have a lighting
chance of defeating the redskins In
tho great post-season gumo. Tho
coach says that MlnnoBota played a
groat game, a much hotter exhibition
than they put up against the Nebraska
teanr live weoks a"go, and that thoy
won the contest fairly and squaroly.
For tno first tlmo Minnesota depended
largely upon tho open style of piny to
win tho gnme. Never since tho open
stylo of play has comolnto existence
has D"r. Williams used It to any groat
oxtont but his continued failure to de
velop a team of world-beaters which
tho Minneapolis enthusiasts demanded
has created considerable discussion ng
to tho advisabllty of retaining him In
the capacity of coach. As a conse
quence Dr. Williams felt that It was
up to him to win the Carlisle game
Saturday and he had to mako good.
Tho coach says that the Indians
dfd not put up their strongest -front
against tho Gophers. Their star quar
terback, BalentI, who has played such
a spectacular game all season and who'
kicked four field goals for thorn In tho
Annapolis game, took no. part1 In tho
game at all, and . Captain B.' Housor
wob put out of the gamo after tho first
five minutes on account" pf roughing
the referee. This weakened the In
dians considerably and they exhlbltod
, Hashes of their old style game only
i (W'fiiulnniillv.
It Is believed tmit the redskins will
have an easy task of defeating tin?
St. Louis aggregation on Turkey day
"1 Hint thoy will use several substi
tutes in tno gaino. In this ease the
will come to Lfhcoln In first cIuhh phy
slcnl condition and thoy will coiiho
qiuully be able to put up their best
game against tho CornhusTtorH. Concn
Cole believes that If we come out of
the Wnhash gamo next-Thursday with
out any serious InjurloH wo shall stand
a good show of winning from tho reds.
i If those two games could be won tho
sting of the Kansns defont would h.
practically wipod out.
Class Game Today.
This afternoon at 1:30 the seniors
and tno Junior class teams will meet
In the final game of tho Inter-class
football scries. Up to dafe thoro havo
been two games played; tho sopho
mores defeatod tho juniors by a Bcoro
of ( to 5, and tho souiors defoatcd the
Hophonioros by tho scoro of 11 to 0.
IT the seniors win this nftornoon thoy
will have a clear tltlo to tho Inter-
class championship but if thoy roose
the title will probnbly ho decided on
the basis of total numbers of polntB
scored.
The seniors havo all along neon con
fide nt of winning the title but they are
in poor physical condition now nnd
are consequently fearful of tho roBqlt
of today's gamo. Dan JMcCutchoon,
center, Is out of tho game, as Is
Dwlght Bell, tho star quarter. Uar
ratt, whose galiiB last Friday were an
important factor In permitting the sen
iors to win Is In poor shape and will
doubtless be allowed to piny only a
short time.
The Juniors have had lots of time In
which to Improve since their defeat at
the sophomores hands, and conse
quently thoy expect to make a good
showing today. The llue-up of the
teams will be as follows:
Seniors. Juniors:
Waters re Burke
Overman rt Dlttorllno
TIngley rg Grubb
White c Dyor
Cni ney lg Davis
Barratt It Spollmoyer
Harrison le. .Campbell, Bauman
Woods q Burleigh
Wnngorion rh Jones
Hummell lh Schmidt
Campbell : .1 Thomas
POEMS OF PROFE8SOR HRBEK.
Volume of Wprks of Late Instructor in
Press.
A numbor of poems by Joffroy D.
Hrbok, late professor of German and
Bohemian in the university, will be
published soon under the tltlo "Lin
den BlossoniB." Tho pooms have been
collected since Professor Hrbck's
death In the rail of 1907 and they
form an interesting Insight into the
poetic genius of a deep-hearted man.
' Professor Hrbek camo to Nebraska
at the opening of tho first semester of
last year. He' undertook tho headship
of the newly created department of
Slavonic languages and also had some
classes In German. Shortly after the
inld-somestors he was taken 111 and
died after a brief sickness. He was a
man with a strongly .sympathetic na
ture and was a leading spirit In a
movement whoreby 6vor $7,000 was
collected as an aid to needy students.
Professor Hrbek's pooms were writ
ten at odd moments for a period of
several years. Those published In
"Linden Blorisoms" represent his boat
endeavors. ' . , I
U. '( Smith returned frpniGrnpd
Island, 'wiiitner ho accompanied tho
socond tpnm Saturday.
Clyde Moore, a grnduato of tho med
ical college In tho class of ''08, was
a visitor in Lincoln Sunday.
EAIR IS A SUCCESS
CROWD ENJOY8 THE NOVEL
FORM8 OF ENTERTAINMENT.
SORORITIES EACH HAVE SHOWS
County Fair Lives up to Its Reputa
tion of Being the Most Popular
Event In the School
Year.
On last Balurduy evening tho an
nunl county fair becamo a thing of
.tho pnst and again demonstrated Its
right to bo considered as tho most
popular as woll as tho most informal
ovont of tho university year. Tho samo
big crowd wiib thoro and tho snmo
good humor and hearty onjoyment
were noticeable that havo al
ways characterised tho event in the
pnst.
From the Jlmo tho doors woro
opened nt iMO until woll towards mid
night the gymnasium was tho scono
of wild merrymaking nnd thorough
onjoyment. Bvory restraint of ovory
dny eollego life was thrown asido, and
oven tho most dignified upporcInBsman
consented to don highly colored caps "
of tissue papor and throw rubber hallB
at id! their friends.
Wonderful High Dive.
The wonderful high dive for lire
started tho evonlng, and soon the
crowd hnd become so largo that It was
hard to get about. It was a Jolly
crowd and the porson with tho most
loose change was sure to havo an
onriy recognition or his claims to
popularity. In fact his popularity was
likely to become so marked as to bo
almost oppressive.
Ab usual tho slldo ror life was ono
of the most popular dlvorBlons of the
fair, and. would in Itself havo kept ex
citement at a high pitch. It was
almost as oxeltlng to see tho crowd at
tempt to get out of tho way of the
rushing enr as to actually take a' ride
In the car Itsolf. It was part of tho
program of morrymaking to help con
sumo tho popcorn balls and the Ice
croani cones that a considerate man
Rgomont had provided and those dis
appeared, as tho evening wore on, In
incredible quantities.
Sororities Are Represented.
Ah was usual, tho different sororities
of ' the school wore represented on
tho pike and each was liborally pat
ronized by Its friends. Tho amount
of money taken In during tho ovenlng
by the sororities varied from ?20 to
$40, according to the nature of tho
entertainment' and the prices charged
by the different sororities.
Little. Chlng-Loo, of the Alpha Chi
Omegas, proved to be a very popular
attraction, nnd in spItoof his size,
drew largo crowds to near him, at
each performance, Ono of tho busiest
places during the ovenlng was tho tent
of Madame Brown, where tbo fortunes
of all who came were told. '
Tho money which Is made ut tho
county fair goos to aid .in tho work
of tho Y. W. C.. It is used in pay
ipg the rogulaV oxponses of tho asso
ciation nnd thus makos possible a
wider range of work for the assocla-'
tlon than would otherwise bo
sibl'o,
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Leslie Hlgglns, '07, 1b a guest ut
Alpha Thota -Chi house. -Mr. Higglns
is now ono 'of the reporters of tho
Omaha World-Herald. Hj wlu.be-jn
tho city until after Thnnksglvlng. r
Dean; Roscoo Pound; of tNorthwest
orn Jaw, School, former dean o tho
Nebraska law college, addresses tho
state j bar .association -today. On ac
count of .tho meeting of tho lawyers
all law classes after 10 o'clock will bo
dismlBsbdf ,
tYour car faro would, pay for a, nlco
lunch at Tho Boston Lunch. Why
go homo? '
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