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Ztbe Steils IRebraekan Vol. VIII. No. 58. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1908. Price 5 Cent. r V pcto ill PF nnp I ULlO til LfLIf DKLIIV I NEBRASKA DEFEAT8 ILLINOI8 BUT L08E8 TO WISCONSIN. HOME DEBATE GREAT SUCCESS Decision Here on Contest 2 to 1 for Cornhuskers, But at Madison It Is Unanimous for the Badgers. In the annual triangular debates held last night Nebraska representa- ' lives won and iost.( At Lincoln the contest with Illinois was won by a l 2 to 1 decision for the Cornhuskers, but at Madison the contest with Wis consin went against them by a unani mous vote of the three judges. The question debated was, "Ite Bolved, That American cities uhould adopt a commission form of govern ment." Nebraska had tho negative Bide at Wisconsin and the alllrmativc at Lincoln. By a 2 to 1 decision Nebraska won the debate with Illinois last nignt. Outclassing the Nebraska speakers in delivery with brilliant bursts of ora tory the Illinois debators proved worthy foes and the deptsion was in doubt until trie third ballot of the judges had been recorded. Greeted "by an enthusiastic crowd of Bcarlet and cream supporters, the six representatives oT The Unhoisity of Nebraska and the University of Illi nois dlscusBcd the question of commis sion form of government, Nebraska arguing upon the alllrmatlve. The de bate was held in .Memorial hall and the large room was appropriately dec orated with the orange and black of Illinois and The scarlet nnu cream of Nebraska. Coming at a time as it did, when residents of Lincoln are discussing the adoption or the com mission form ol go eminent, the de bate attracted not only the attention of a majority of the student body but was also attended by a number of prominent buslnebs men and members of the commercial club of this city. Seated in Sections. Prior to the debate a number of selections by the university band served to keep the expectant audience In good "humor. George L. Sheldon, goverpor of Nebraska, presided and while awaiting tho decision of tho Judges delivered a short address. Ab planned by the management, each col lege In the university was seated In a separate section, so that tho laws and the academic stuflents attended the debate in a body. The first few rows were reserved for members of tho faculty. As usual a largo delega tion of students from the Btate farm attended the debate, occupying a sec tion by themselves. Following a twelvo-mlnuto argumen tative speech, each of the six speak ers was given a five-minute rebuttal speech. The judges were Prof. I. H. Loos, professor of political economy and sociology in the University of Iowa; Honorable Parker H. Holbrook, regent of ineowa state school, and Judge H. E. Deemer, justice of tho Iowa supreme court. Tho Nebraska representatives were J. D. Bednar, '08, law '10; Dean Drls- coll, '05, law '11, and Ross W. Bates, ' '09. Tho Illinois debators wore S. N. Thompson, '09; It. B. Frizzle, '10, and J. C. HerbBtman, 01, law '09. Bednar Opens Debate. For Nebraska, J. B. Bednar opened tho debate by defining the issue. Ho thought that tho question was "Tho best method of obtaining an honest and efficient administration of munic ipal affairs.'" Contending that city government In the United States was notoriously corrupt, he could see no nosslblo chance for reform under the mayor and council system. By doing away with the ward politician, and by giving the people greater power in tho administration of the affairs of tho city, the commission plan will afford rollof. In nine cities tho commission plan has been tried with signal suc cess. Sixteen state legislatures have declared In favor of It. Objecting to tho analysis which Ne braska had made of tho question, S. N. (Thompson of Illinois, wanted to know If Nebraska intended all cities In tho country, regardless of size. If not, how many cities wore Included and of what size. Insisting ,that under tho system of mayor and "council, tho ef ficiency was the same as under tho proposed commission plan. Tho evils In city government, ho believed, to bo due to a large foreign population and to the Influence of national politics on municipal affairs. In clear cut language, Dean Drlscoll, Nobruslca'H second speaker, declared that American cities were corrupt to the core, and that for fifty years all efforts to corroct the abuses had been of no avail, instead of the influences which tho Illinois representative thought responsible for Inefficient gov ernment, ho Insisted that three forces were responsible; namely, the saloon, the ward politician and the officials who are now holding office under tho old corrupt system. Asserting that the council did not offer opportunities for the ordinary man, Mr. DriBColl ad vanced the argument that commission government provides for an enlarge ment of municipal activities. Executive not Legislative. H. is. Frlzell of Illinois argued 'that the abolition of ward lines under tho commission plan would be a positive danger. The corruption i In the city life Is not traceable to the mayor and ,.,, HVt, illlt w ,. .oHiilt of outside influences. But by opening up new avenues the commission plan would mean the opportunity for great er frauds and deceptions In the man agement ot the municipal affairs. He claimed that the affairs of the city could best be administered by two sep arate bodies, one with executive pow ers and the other with legislative powi rs. Ross Hates of Nebraska took issue with the preceding speaker upon the question of executlvo and legislative departments being separated. lie thought that the management of city government was largely an executlvo duty and fiiat Hie "board should have an 'executive function rather than leg islative. Those legislative details could be taken care of by tho exec utive ofllclals. Mr. Herbstman of llljnols insisted that the city had need or legislative relorms, and that It would be Impos sible to secure these reforms unless the executive and legislative depart ments were separate. Quoting Mr. Woodiuff, president of the League of Municipal affairs, to the effect that municipal government was impioving, he contended that the present system was adequate. Population, accoidlng to Mr. Herbs stman. played an Important part, and while the commission plan may have proved a success In many of tho small er cities, yet it would not work in a densel populated region, where tho affairs were complicated. Ho was a brilliant speaker and was enthusias tically applauded at the conclusion of hi sspeech. Rebuttal Speeches. At the closo of tho argumentative speeches, each contestant was allowed five minutes for reTmttal, the debators speaking In the following order: Thompson, Bednar, Flzzell, Bates, Herbstman and Drlscoll. Tho rebuttal speeches centered upon a discussion as to whether municipal government had been corrupt and as to tho separ ation ot the legislative and legal de partments. While waiting Tor the decision or the judges, Governor George Sheldon dollvorod a short addross in which ho urged the students of the university to support debating, as they had ath letics. "Postpone all social events," de clared the governor, "which come upon that evening and support tho men who spent six months of their time in preparing upon tho question." At the announcement of tho decision tho friends of tho debators rushed to tho platform to congratulate tho Bpeakors upon the high quality of work which was displayed. Wisconsin Wins. At the University of Wisconsin a unanimous decision was given in fa vor of tho University or Wisconsin. The judges complimented the work of the NobraBka men ' In the highest terms and declared that It was of a very high quality. Tho Wisconsin team consisted of M. F. Appel, G. W. Blanchard and G. Mushen. The Ne braska team was composed of J. T. Votava, J. L. Rice and S. P. Dobbs. NEBRASKANS JUDGE DEBATE. Six Men From Lincoln Officiate in Inter-collegiate Debate. Six residents of Lincoln, four of whom are professors in the univer sity, were Judges last night on the intor-colleglato debating circuit. Strangely enough all of these judged contests In which Iowa was one of the contestants. Professors Howard, and Taylor, and Albert Watklns ofllcl atpd at the Minnesota-Iowa debate. Tho Wlsconsln-Iowa contest was judged by Professor H. H. Wilson, Dean Ward and Judge Sedwlck of tho state supreme court. Tho Dally Iowan, In commenting on the judges, calls attention to the fact tVinf nil oa ftrfcYt WVin also hrtf At. presses satisfaction and strongly com mends the Individuals. .- LISTEN TO APPEALS REGENTS REFSR ATHLETIC CON TROL SCHEME TO COMMITTEE. ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TODAY Avery, Abbott and Allen Have Full Power to Decide Matter Dis senting Btudents Propose Some New1 Resolutions. The Nebraska board of regents at a meeting held at the Paxton hotel In Omaha yesterday morning took up tho matter of creating the ofllco of a uni versity athletic director and levying a Bemesteral gymnasium fee of $1 and referred it to a special committee composed of (Tiancellor-olect Samuel Avery, Regents Charles Allen and Fred Abbott. The committee was given full power to Investigate the nd vlsabllity or adopting tho proposed plan and to accept or reject It. Tho action or this committee will be taken today. The contentions or tho students who oppose tho scheme will bo inves tigated and a fair hearing given to both sides. ... , Petition Before Board. The tietltlons requesting the re gents to delay action on tho recom mendations were laid before tho board while it was in session yostorday morning. These petitions bore tho names of several hundred students and had the effect of keeping the reso lutions of the athletic bonrd from be ing rushed through to final action before the regents had been advised ot all the condition! surrounding tho proposed scheme. Regent Charles Allen was one of the first members or the board of regents to seo the Injustice of making such a radical chango In the control of ath letics without giving due consideration to the needs of the university games. He said before the meeting that the petitions of the students should re celve his strict attention and that ho believed It advisable to defer action until a later time. When tho matter went before tho board no attempt was made to niBh the resolutions through nnd they were without much discus sion, referred to a special committee of three, which will act today. New Resolutions Made. Tho student members who voted against the recommendations of tho chancellor In the meeting of the ath letic board Wednesday afternoon have drafted a now set of resolutions which they believe contain all the requests of tho original, which was taken bo roro tho regents yesterday, but at the same time make , every point plain. The main objection or the student members to the present resolutions is that they do not define explicitly juBt what powers tho athletic director 1b to have. They believe that the first set of resolutions will give tho ath lqtlc director too much power over the university sports. This is tho ground they have made their light on. Now thoy have drafted a now sot of resolutions which they claim con tain the samo recommendations that wore made by the chancellor, but state clearly what functions each of the athletic board, tho athletic direc tor and the athlotlc manager shall have. Thoy want tho board anil man ager to retain their present powers and not to any of thoso delegated to the holder o-he proposed office of athlotlc director. Coach for All Year. In their resolutions these students also recommend that, after the season of 1909 a single coach bo hlre(Tfor both football and baseball and that his services bo at the disposal of the university for tho entire school year. Teh student members who drew up the new resolutions will sign them this morning and will then ubIc all the other members of the board to approve them. The recommendations will then be taken before tho regents com mittee and thp request' mado that thoy be substituted for the oglrlnal resolu tions. Tho student members do not be lieve that Dr. Clapp or any of the other faculty member's' who supported, tho first resolutions will oppose the now ones, for these latter contain the very points that these men said they favored. Copy of Resolutions. A copy of the resolutions which the students have draw- up follow: We, the undersigned members of - 1 tho University of Nebraska athletic hoard, nereoy astc tno special com mlttec of the bonrd of rogonts appoint ed to act on the proposed chango In the system of university athletic con trol to consider tho following resolu tions ns substitutes for thoso paBsod by tho athletic bonrd at Is meeting Wednesday: "Bo it resolved: "First Thnt thd ofllco of physical Instructor nnd athletic director bo cro ated with morely advisory powors to the nthletlc bonrd. "Second That the nthletlc board be retained with Its present functions. "Third That after the soason of 1!0!) a single football coach for both football and baseball be hired, and that the sorvlces of said coach bo at tho disposal of the university for tho entire school year. "Fourth That the present systom of management of unlvernlt athletics bo continued. "Fifth That each somester a gym nnsium fee of $f be assessed all stu dents In tho university, and that the disposition of said fee be under the supervision of the athletic board." NEBRA8KAN FOR MINNESOTA. Dr. McLean, Former Chancellor, Rum ored Ab Northrop's Successor. In commenting on the resignation of President Northrop from the presi dency or Minnesota university, tho Minnesota Daily, published by tho stu dents, abates .a rumor that President McLean or Iowa may succeed him. President McLean whb chancellor of Nebraska for several years prior to going to Iowa. Tho Minnesota Daily slates the case thus In a recent Issue: "Vuguely, ludellnlteb and with a constant tendency to dismiss the thought as one not probable and very disagreeable, the university has been expecting and fearing the announce ment or our president's resignation, ror the last year or more us loving eyes have watched 'Our Grand Old Man' grow more weary under the In creasing burden of guiding alum ma ter. Hut the announcement of Sat urday evening camo with startling sur prise. 4 "President Northrop's formal resig nation will bo presented to tho board of rogents today, to go Into offect at the close of tho present college year. At this time he will have completed his twonty-flfth year aB president. "There has been much speculation on tho campus as to tho posslblo suc cessor to President Northrop. Tho name of Dean Jones has been whis pered, and aftor that fancy has stray ed far and wide. Tho fact that Presi dent McLean of Iowa unlvorsity visit ed Proxy during tho Thanksgiving va cation, started rumors as to his aspir ations; and the fact tljat he was onco professor here was adduced as further proof. ProfesBor Angell or Chicago and Woodbridgc or Columbia, old Minnesota men, are also named as more than possibilities." SENIOR LAW REFU8E8 A CHEW. Present Offered by the Friendly Devoe Devoured by Others. Alleging that a certain Benlor law wub continually borrowing chewing tobacco of him, Robert Devoe, with several associates, took up a collection In tho class to buy a quantity of tho aforesaid article to bo given to tho senior as a Christmas present. Yes terday at a class meeting Devoe arose and after making a speech delivered tho present. It was rejected and thrown upon tho floor. Tho recipient asserted that ho never used tobacco in that form except at long Intervals and that at those times ho had bor rowed it of Devoe. Ho rejected the present on the grounds that he could never uso that quantity of tobacco In two years. Devoe then recovered the presont and divided it between himself and several of his friends. Tho members of tho class are now busy instigating proceedings against Devoe and his associates to recover tholr donations. They charge Devoe with knowing that tho presont ' would bo rojocted, and that he Intended to take advantage of this fact and appropriate tho to bacco for his own use, thus virtually supplying himself with tobacco at the expense' of the class. Rehearsal for tho Messiah will be held early next weok. On Monday at 5 p. m. the rehearsal will be hold at the Temple music hall, on Tuesday at 7 p. m. tho rehearsal will be held in Memorial hall, and Wednesday It will be held at 5 p. m. In tho Music hall of the Temple. Pies like mother tried to make. Baked fresh every day by am expert woman pie baker at The Boston Lunch. MAY BE CHANCELLOR IF DR. AVERY MAKES GOOD HE WILL BE PERMANENT HEAD. REGENT C0PELAND AUTHORITY Says Acting Executive Will Be on Trial for Few Months to Test Ability Before Final Action Will Be Taken. ir Dr. Samuel Avory pleases tho ro gonts with his work as tho hoad" of tho Unlvorsity of NobraBka during tho noxt few months he will bo mado tho pormanont chuncollor of tho unl vorsity. Regent Goorgo Copoland made a stntcmont to this offect aftor tho adjournment of tho mooting of tho rogents hold at tho -Paxton hotol in Omaha yesterday morning. Ho said thnt tho acting clmncolloroloct will bo givon a chance to show whothor ho Is capable of making a strong oxoc utive ofllco, and that In caso ho proves to have all the qualities nocossary to give the unlvorsity a good chancollor he will bo mude tho permanent hoad. New Man Experiment. "Wo consldor," oxplnlned Rogont Copoland, ""that conditions- In tho oast and In tho west, and ovon In tho var ious schools in ,tho west dlffor groat ly, and it 'would bo roally an experi ment to bring u now man horo. Wo do not know whothor ho could adapt himself properly to tho conditions, and It would bo more or lesB of an experi ment. "Wo know tho broad mindodneBS of Dr. Avory anO consldor that ho is ono of tho greatost scholars in sclontlflc linos In the country. Ho 1b a product of dur own state and understands con ditions hero vory thoroughly. consequently wo decided to try him, nnd if ho 'makes good,' as wo ox pect ho will, ho will remnln as tho permanent chancellor. Tho board of rogonts was In session for nearly throo hourB In Parlor B on the second floor of tho Paxton hotol. The board passed resolutions in memory of Dr. BIcknoIl, who was ad junct professor In ophthalmology and otology. More Work for Medics. " Dean Ward, and other morabors of the faculty of tho medical college, recommended that tho ontranco re quirements to tho medical collego bo amended so ns to require at least two years of collego work previous to tho medical course. A four-year and a six year modical course aro offered now, and this would do away with the form er, with tho Idea of raising tho stand ard of doctors. It was roforrod to a committee. The dean also recommended that Dr. F. Crolghton Wollman, a noted author on tropicul diseases and author ity on tropical biology, bo secured to lecture to tho Omaha medical stu donts. Dr. Bessoy Informed tho board of a valuable collection of specimens 'for i tho herbarium, received from William Cleburns, formerly of Omaha, con taining 298 specieB from near Cincin nati, and also of' ono consisting of sev eral thousand specimens from Dr. VY. J. Webber, formerly of tho university, now of Cornell. This collection had boon kept for him, but now he has turned It over to tho school. T. A. KlcBBelbach, a graduate of the school, was appointed instructor in field crops at the state farm. Visit Corn Show. Tho rogents In the afternoon visited tho collego of medicine and the corn show. Thoy wore very strong in their expressions in regard to tho groat good to bo derived from the exposi tion, speaking especially of tho high character of tho exhibits from tho colleges, and'what thoso exhibits typi fied. Those present at the meeting wore: Chancellor Andrews, Dr. Avory, chan- tcollor-eleot; W. G, Whltmore of. Val ley, Fred Abbott, of Aurora; Charles Allen, Lincoln; C. B. Andorson, Crete; George Copoland, Elgin. V. G. Lyford of Falls City was the only ono absent. EXCURSION WAS CALLED OFF 8tate Farm Student's Did Not Make Omaha Trip Yesterday. Owing to inability to secure suf ficient numbers to make the excur sion to the National Corn Exposition in Omaha a success, the students of tho State Farm did not make the trip plannod for yesterday. IV had t oeen expeciea mat approximately ono hundred students would take advan tage of the chance 'to see the great corn exhibit So few expressed their intention of going that the trip was officially declared off by the school authorities yesterday morning.