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VoL Vni. No. 63.
? 1908 A MONEY LOSER
THE ANNUAL ATHLETIC REPORT
8HOW3 DEFICIT OF $324.82.
BIG RECEIPTS FROM AMES GAME
Nets Nebraska More Money Than
Kansas, Carlisle and Wabash
Contests Combined Base
ball and Basket-ball,
The annual financial report of tho
Nebraska athletic board for the year i
ending December 31, 1908, shows a
deficit in the Cornhusker athletics of
$324.82. The previous year there was
a balance of $5,326.16 on the credit
side of 1907 athletics.
The deficit lnathletleB foi the last
year due to the failure of foot
ball was $6,006.18 and in 1908 It was
only $1,725.05. Tho total rocolptB for
the two seasons were not bo divergent
as the credit balances, being $16,736.85
In 1907 and $18,502.45 in 1908, and the
Btriklng variance in the net gains was
ilno for tho last vear. which woro $6.-
046.73, or $4,281.13 more than the gain
In tho total foot ball receipts of 190g
over those for the season of 1907.
A purvey of the report for last sea
son shows that some Increase was
made in every line of foot ball expen
ditures and a great increase in five
divisions advertising, coaches and
trainers, officials, guarantees and per
centums, and use of field. For ad
vertising loot ball in 1908 $5i0.20 moro
was paid out than in 1907.
Guarantees to Elevens.
The guarantees and per centums for
islting elevens last season amounted
to $6,454.47, which waB $2,98G.75 more
than was given to visiting teams in
the previous season. The expenses
of hiring officials for the games In 1908
wero more than double those of 1907,
amounting to $1,06G.60. The lncreaso
for the service of officials was duo to
tho higher salaries demanded by the
competent referees and umpires lust
fall and to tho heavy railway fare
that was paid In bringing some of the
officials long distances to tho games.
The coaching and tialnlhg of tho
1908 Cornhusker foot ball eleven cost
tho athletic board $2,17G. In the
previous year this expense was $2,
161.60, or $554.10 less than in 1908.
A third coach for 1908 and a larger
salary for "King" Cole than he re
ceived In 1907 made the Increased ex
pcndltuies for the coaching last sea
son. Tho expenditure for the use of an
athletic field was one that Nebraska
never had before and was due last
season to the fact that the unlvorslty
had no field of Its own and had to
play on a rented field. Guy Greenj-e-celved
10 per cent of tho receipts of
tho games ' played on his grounds at
Antelope park, and was paid $1,552.62
as his share last fall. This was an ex
pense that the university athletic
board would not have Incurred had tho
legislature provided for a Nebraska
drill and play grounds two years ago.
Cost, of Antelope Park.
The playing of the games at Anto
lopo park cost, the board $66.60 for
putting up a grandstand, wnicn was
placed under tho head of miscellane
ous expenses In tho annual report, and
which would not have been Incurred
had the university had "ft field of its
own.
The Ames game played at Omaha,
Novombor 7, netted tho Nebraska ath
lotlc board more money than tho com1
blned proceeds from the Kansas, Car
lisle and Wab&Ah games which were
played in Lincoln. Tho receipts from
Ames game -.wero $0,02Z.bB. Tiio
received from tho combined re-
,of tho' Carlisle, Kansas and'Wa-
contests was $5,552.50. -The
s 'game, in fact,, netted the-atli-'board?
more than any other amglo
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UNIVERSITY OF jNEBRSKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY,
contcBt played in either 1007 or 1908,
the St. Louis gamo ojf 1907 not ex
cepted. The receipts for tliQ ten football
games of 1908 were as follows:
Peru 45.2G
Donno J60.50
Grlnnell 461.75
Minnesota (at Minneapolis) . 3,593.79
Haskell 200.00
Iowa (at Iowa City) 1.128.08
Ames (at Omaha) 0,022.65
Kansas 2,054.00
Wabash . 1,755.50
Carlisle 1,743.00
Total $17,1G4.52
Other Branches of Sport.
During 1908 baseball and basketball
each made money for' the athletic
board, and track nthletlcs and cross
country teams each loBt money. The
receipts for baseball wore $1,222.30!
and the expenditures wore $1,153.42,
leaving a credit balance of $68.88.
Basket-ball 'made a net gain of $276.98,
the receipts being $1,464.82 and the
expenditures $1,187.64. In 1907 there
was a baseball deficit of $67.44. In
the same year basket ball had a credit
balance of $4.58.
Last year the deficit In track nth-
(etlcs was $681.09, the receipts being
but 4fl8-50 and tho expenditures
i, iiv.ua. in iwi uiu irncK games in-
curred a deficit of $254.86. Tho ex-
ponso ,of the cross country team In
1907 Was greater than that of last
year. Li 1907 It was $206.31 and in
1908 it was $188.45.
Tho total athletic receipts for the
year ending December 31, 1908, wero
$21,962.69 and the expenditures were
$22,287.51. Of the receipts the foot
ball team earned $18,602.45, Its share
of the expenditures was $16,077.40. In
1907 the total receipts for tho athletic
year were $20,354.42 and the expendi
tures were $15,026.26. During that,
year foot ball's Bhare of the receipts
was $16,736.85. . Its share of tho ex
penditures was $10,730.67.
Last year the receipts from the sale
of student tickets were $1,629. This
sum was divided among the four
branches of university sport. Foot
ball received $1,080, basket-ball was
given 21.50, nnd base bal land track
athletics were each apportioned
$137.75.
CONVENTION IN MEMORIAL HALL
Good Roads Promoters Hold a Session
Here.
Yesterday afternoon the Lincoln
Commercial club hold tho first meeting
In the interosts of good roads at the
university In Memorial hall. The meet
ing was for tho purpose of making it
possible for all thoso interested in the
maintenance of good roads to hear ex
perts speak on the subject. Most of
the road overseers of Lancaster coun
ty Were present, as well as many from
out in the state.
Hon. George L. Cooloy) representing
the department of agriculture at
Washington, spoke on tho subject
"Ways and means of improving the
highways, and the typo of roads .best
suited to Nebraska conditions.' Mr.
Cooloy Is recognized as one of the
most prncitcal road engineers In tho
United States. Congressman Pollard
alBO addressed tho convention on the
subject, ''Needed legislation to securo
good roads, and how samo may be
j obtained.
An Invitation was extended to all au
tomobile dealers and individual own
ers of machines to attend the "meet
ings, and tho large attendance Bhowed
tho interest which tho meeting
aroused.
- NOTICE;
All men interested in tennis, meet
in Brace hall, room 202, Thursday at
11:00 a. m., January 7.
Mtb. Earl McCroery, neo Miss Mabel
Johnson, of Holdrege, a graduate of
the university, died Sunday afternoon
at her home,, after a tjro, ,yepr8'- ill.
ness oftuberculOBls, Tho'funoral was
held ,ln Holdrege yesterday; ' ;
ELtCT CAPFAIN TODAY
PLAYERS WILL HAVE ONE MORE
BALLOT FOR LEADER.
NON-f RAT MEN MEEF IN CHAPEL
Purpose of the Non-Frat Meeting la
to Determine Upon the Advis
ability of Molding an
Indoor Meet,
Probably the topic of greatest Inter
est to university Btudonts in genera)
Is the election of n captain for next
Benson's Cornhusker football team.
This matter has been dragging along
for about a month" now and as a con
sequence tho ordinary Interost which
the student body usually manifests in
the choice of a captain has grown into
a treifiendouB curloBlty.
According to the rules of the Uni
versity Athletic board the captain of
any athletic team is to be elected by
the members of that team who have
won their letters during tho currant
Beason, the election to .tako place as
early a8 possible after tho closing of
tho Bonnnn Tn tho prbo nf fnntlifill t.hln
Vonr. howovor. tho election was de.
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layed flrBt because tho letters woro
not awarded until tho fifteenth of De
cember, two weeks nfter tho closing
of tho season. Tho delay In awarding
the letters was caused by the fact
that some of the players wero slow
In paying their training tablo board
bills, which payment Ib required be
fore a man may receive a letter.
Results in Deadlock.
After the letters were awarded, how
ever, the fourteen "N" men met In Dr.
Clapp's office on Friday, December
18th, for the purpose of choosing a
captaip. The first ballot showed a tie
vote, sevep for each of the candidates,
Frum and Collins. Talks both pro and
con were made by the supporters of
the respective candidates, but four
moro ballots wero taken nnd the re
sult romalned the same a deadlock.
The men were then Informed that if
they did not succeed In choosing a
captain in two moro ballots tho mat
ter would bo referred to tho Univer
sity Athletic Board for settlement. It
was expected by the members of the
board that when confronted with this
situation tho players would either de
cide upon one of these two candidates
or would compromise on a third man,
rather than to allow tho selection to be
made by the board. This did not prove
to he the case, however, and the other
two ballots wero taken without any
choice being made.
Tho players then requested the
board to allow them to consider tho
matter during tho Christmas recess,
and to decide it at another meeting
to bo held immediately after tho re
opening of school. This request was
granted by the board with tho pro
vision that if, at this second meeting,
a choice is not made on tho first ballot
tho matter will pass into tho hands of
the Athletic Board, who will elect the
captain themselves.
Meet This Afternoon.
This second meeting is scheduled
to take place this afternoon at 5
o'clock and at that time either tho
players themselves or tho board will
delect the man who is to pilot tho
Cornhusker team through the season
of 1909.
Just what will be done at that meet
ing tonight is not known. Various re
ports are being passed around and it
is freely said that net even the play
ers themselves know what tho out
come will be. It is quite generally
b'elieved that 'this ballot will result
In the same manner that tho former
ones did and that tho board will then
elect a man who is pot now a .candi
date. Ano'thor report which 1b gaining
credence Is that tho team will talto -a
str$w vote before casting this ba!16t
JANUARY 5, 1909.
nnd will try to compromlso upon a
third man rather than allow tho cholco
to be mado by tho board. On tho other
hand, tho supporters of nolther of tho
present candidates will admit that
they expect anything eluo than the
election of tho man to whom their
votes nro pledged.
Tho Interest of tho entire school Ib
aroused ovor tho matter and tho out
come of tonight's mooting Is awaited
with eager anticipation.
Another Important Meeting.
Another meeting of importance Ih
slated to tako placo In tho chapel this
morning at 11 o'clock. This Is tho
meeting of tho representative non
fraternity mon of tho Bchool who aro
interested in tho matter of holding a
non-fraternity Indoor track meot.
Such n meeting was hold Just prior
to the Christmas roceBB and commit
tees were appointed to Investigate the
advisability of holding such a meot,
which .committees wero to report to
tho meeting this morning.
It Ib not known what nctlon will bo
taken at this morning's meeting, but
It Is believed that tho prevailing sentl
mont among tho non-fraternity men Ib
in favor of holding tho meet. Slight
objections havo boon mado to tho ad
visability of having such a meet on
the ground that it might tond to In
crease a certain ill feeling between the
Greeks nnd tho non-frat men which Jb
alleged to exist at present.
Some of tho older men who wore
present at tho former mooting, how
ever, believe that all such feeling has
disappeared within, tho laBt fow years
and that the proposed plan of having
two meets, nn inter-frnt and a non
frat meot with tho winners In each
moot to qualify for tho finals to bo
held on Charter Day, would tend to
strengthen tho bond of good feeling
between the Greeks and the non-fraternity
mon (since, tho ultimato pur
pose of the whole Idea Is to bonoflt
Nebraska athletics) rather than to re
new any animosity botweon them.
RETRENCHMENT 18 NOTICABLE.
Nebraska Alumnus Writes of Cuban
Conditions.
Professor Richards of the engineer
ing department has recently recolved
a letter from Arthur G. Scliroiber, '07,
who Is now engaged In .engineering
work In Cuba. Mr. Scliroiber declares
that he Is longing for tho United
Stntes and especially for the old unl
vorslty. His comments on tho conditions in
Cuba aro interesting and uro given
below: "It hi sboen n case of retrench
ment in the public workB of Cuba over
since last July. Just a .couple of
weeks ago a large reduction In force
took place again. The Cuboft govern
ment scorns to have gone "broke" and
money is as scarce as hen's teeth, so
they aro only continuing such "works
as aro let out to contractors, which
they aro bound to contlnuo. On the
Manzanlllo-Baygano highway construc
tion wo have been limited to an ex
penditure of only $20,000.00 per month,
as compared to ilfty or sixty thousand
dollars as it used to bo in tho days
whan tGov. Magoon could loosen up
his purse strings.'-''
A meeting of tho junior class will be
held today In Memorial hall nt 11:30
o'clpck. Now class colorp, new caps,
and class parties aro among the
business to ha discussed. The elec
tion of an assistant business manager'
of tho Cornhuskers will alsp take
place.
A. A. Nellson, 'J.0, has. decided td
leave school at tho end of this somes-ter-on
account of trouble which he Is
having with his oyos. His doctor
declares that he must tako a reBt of
at least a year, and It is possible that
ho will never bo able to continue his
studies.
Bakod. bens, baked on the premises
and served hot with delicious brown
broadi 10c at The Boston Lunch.
Price 5 Ccqt
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AVURY Um OfflflE
NEW CHANCELLOR ASSUMES
PONTROL JANUARY 1;
ANDIREWS CHEERED AT PARTING
Two Hundred Members of University
Faculty Assembled at Station to
8tart-Former Executive on
Southern Trip. , .
With the dopnrturo of Formor Chan
cellor E. Benjamin Andrews on Now
Yoar'B day, ProfoBBor Samuol Avory
bocamo acting chancollor of tho Uni
versity of Nobrasku. Chancojlor Ayory
began 1i!b now dutioB at onco nnd was
an occupant of tho oxocutivo office in
tho administration building when tho
students returned to work yostorday.
Former Chnncollor Andrews loft for '
Florida at 4 o'clock Friday aftornoon. -It
is his plan to make an oxtendod
visit in tho south In tho hopos that the
mild winter and the change from tho
NobrnBka climate will bo bonoflcial to
his health, which has boon seriously
undermined by tho continuous strain
of tho paBt nine yenrB. Tho task of
at least partly ralBing tho unlvorslty
to the Btnijdnrd which ho had sot for
It xvfm a. great one nnd Dr. Andrews
cannot help but enjoy tho rest from
tho arduous work.
Nearly two hundred mombors of tho
university faculty who wero in tho city
Frldny asBombled nt tho BurJIngtoh
station to glvo a final send-off (to tho
man whose lend they havo followed for
the past nino yearB. Last words wore
said and tho university yoll' was given
with enthuslnsm by tho profossors
present.
8tudents Return.
Students of tho university returned
I to Lincoln Saturday und Sunday pre
pared after their holiday enjoyment to
tako up the work of tho coming term
with renowed energy. A period of
splendid good cheer during tho two
weeks' vacation seems to havo boon
the unlvorsnl experience of all. Greet
ings on tiio campus yesterday woro
Indlcativo usually of moro or loss re- .
great at having to return to work, and
yet It wiib generally acknowledged
that everyone felt like doing" fhoir
taBks with mora ease than would, havo
been the case hud there boon no vaca
tion. A few students romalned Jn, Lincoln
throughout the vacation period. These
were usually those who lived 'at a
great distance from tho state school, '
but in a few cases students who had
dropped behind in their work took ad
vantage of the chance to mako it up
and start oven with tho now year1.
Numbers who went home took books
with thorn, and a large amount of de
linquent work has been removed in.
all departments. r
Examinations Approaching.
Tho fact Is now being roalizcd thaJL
final semester examinations are only
three, weeks In tho future and 'crafnj
mlng" will 'bo 'tho order of 'tho day
in a vory Bhort while, It has already
started In soino cases. The schedule
of examinations is not yot out, but Jt
will probably bo prepared within a l
shortftimo so that students may know
at just what hour their tests are duo.
Tho ontlro week from January 25 to
January 30 will bo devoted to tho ex
aminations and tho following week the '
second semester work will bo takcn
up. Registration will bo made' during
examination week for tho spring torni.
Returning students found the annual
exhibition ot the Nebraska Art associ
ation" in full sway in north wing of
the library. 'Numbers of tho 'student
body will undoubtedly be attracted by
the-splendhl display of pictures offered
by the, assopiatioa this year. The pic
tures are exhibited vby tho association
at,' a nominal fee,' the proceeds belrag
used to purchase -new-works for the
'art gallery. Last year a beautiful
painting was bought, This year the
quuiu-, uujicb, iu im bums iu iiurnut"-,-1,
lika course. ",. 'u $';,
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