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FOR SEVEN COLLEGES
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UNIVERSITY TO BE ORGANIZED
ON A NEW BA8I8.
ABOLISH INDSTRJAi: COLLEGE
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Bill of. State Representative Kotouc
Legalizes Degrees Granted, by. Grad-
uate College and .Corrects De-
fects of Loose Arrangement.
Eithor-today or tomorrow tho No
(braslttt houBO of representatives will
m nil probability pass tho bill' intro
duced by Representative .Kotouc of
Richardson county providing for a re
organization of tho university by es
tablishment of seven colleges of equal
rank and the abolition of tho present
industrial college. Tho bill has al
ready -been' recommonded for passago
l)yrlho'c6mmiCimof:tho;wlibl6':arfdit'
will undoubtedly be concurred in by,
the senate as soon as tho house takes
final action, ,. , ., ,,' - '
I JTho 'Kotouc bill is a measuro of
much importance Co tho successful de
velopment of tho. university and Its,
course in "the various legislative prq
oeBBCB haa been watched with consid
erable Interest by alumni and students.
Its passage tyaa threatened fQrqmo.
time by the attitucle"orcortarn mom-,
)ei8 of the law-making body towards
a provision that .departments other
than thostf specified might bo estab
lished. at the discretion of the board
of regents. Heretofore this power has
been held exclusively by 'the legisla
ture itself and .there was evident op
position to .any, attempt, .which, , would;
tend to pjacoi tho matter Jn ottier
lVnta" lfTlio m,niwntnrft"' nf thft bill-
agreed to strike out tho clause in ques
tion and tho housq, members wore then
uhanlmpiiiV in favor 'of Uiemeasuro.
tCreates','New,Co'tleges.
The bill jfereates seyon colleges as
follows: j4) A, graduate. coilegeT (2)
a college V arts and sciences, (3) a
college of agriculture, ($) a college of
engineering, (5) a teachers' college,
(G) a college of law, (7) a college
of medlclno. It ' amounts in fact
to .tho" abolition of the' industrial
college,, tho raising of tho. schools
or agriculture"' and of englneai
iug'tp tho rank of colleges, .and iho
. legalizing,, of tKe graduate' cbllego'.and
tho 'tcabllera, college, (;whlchvhad Jhere
toforo1 existed without legal (authoriza
tion of tne 'legislature'
In abolishing the industrial college
of which T)r. C. E.- Bdssoy Is dean,
It Is upderstopd .fthatrPr,Bc8sqy Jwlll
th, boa jjlvbf deans. This will roliovo
him of much' of tho onerous work, con
nected,. with -the management of ,a .col
lege and will' lend to more nearly
equallzo the burdens'Of-tho various
executive officers.. Tho,i)laclng,ofthp
graduate "college on a legal basis will
provent.any charico of degrees granted
by I that , college' belngdoclared void.
The graduate "co'llogo.neybr .had the
official sanction of tho legislature, and
slncp' only a allege can grant do
grces, it technically did not have that
rlgh This resultod In an opening for
questioning tho validity of the ''ad
vanced degrees, which opportunity is
now closed. Tho Behoof, of agricul
ture and of engineering arb made col
leges in vlew of their size and import
ance. In, this connection Associate
Dean fltfchards aricl Burnett boebmo
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History of Organization,
Thopassage of. the Kotouc bill will
put the university organization on a
proper basis for almost tho first time
since ltsv' Inception in 1865). 'Ever since
UNIVERSITY OF NEBMS,UNCX)LN,r TUESDAY,
it was opened, tho state school has
,becn deficient. In some way or another
from coming up td a standard of offlci
ont organization. Tho charter of 1860
created six colleges, thoy being (l).n
collogcof nnciont and modern lltora
turo, mathematics, and7 tho natural sci
ences, (2) a college of agriculture, (3)
a collego of law, (4) a collego of med
icine, (5) a college of practical sci
ence, civil engineering, and mechanics,
(C) a college of lino arts. The last
named college was nover established,
and tho colleges of agriculture and of
the practical sciences were so lacking
In numbers and strength that a now
organization was found necessary in
1877.
Tho now system provided for the
union or tho two colleges deficient in
strength under a now dbpnrtmcnt
known ns tho industrial college. The
other collcgos remained as under the
original charter, tho college of line
arts being still dormant and the liter
ary college appearing as the collego
of literature science and art. As tho
university developed It was necessary
to add new departments and under tho
constrictions of tho amended charter,
the organization was not perfect. A
graduate school was Incorporated as
a part of tho college litomture, sci
enco and art. Inconsistently enough
this department had a (loan of Its own
and conferred dpgrees. Schools of ag
riculture and of -engineering wore es
tablished with associate deans as parts
or tho industrial college. Last spring
a teachors' collogo was organized un
der direction of Dcun Fordyce. This
unwieldly mass, directed- .by olght
deans or associate deans, now falls
by the provisions of tho Kotouc bill
into a system of seven colleges each
under the control ,of a single dean,
and each empowered to grant degreoB.
Kotouc a Recent Graduate.
Otto Kotouc, who introduced tho
bill making tho needed changes, ' re
ceived his A. B. degree from the Uni
versity of Nebraska In July, 1908, at
the completion of Mb work In tho Bum-
tnor Besslon. His homo is at DuBoIs,
and ho represents Richardson county
In the state house of representatives.
Kotouc Ib the baby of tho legislature,
having entered politics and secured
an election within only four months
of his leaving school.
LARGE NUMBER ARE REGISTERED
New Scheme Works Is Successful in
Operation.
Tho registration of the last week haa
been brought to a close with about
1,700 registered. Many, however, 'for
one reason and another did not get
registered within the specified time,
and it Ib expected that tho total figures
will ultimately be much larger.
After tho thorough test of registra
tion the now plan seems to' bo a real
success and promises to reduce ton
minimum tho time required for regis
tration and the amount of work in tho
registrar's office. At no time during
the past wepk was tho number of stu
dents greater than could be accommo
dated during any ono hour.
Tho fact that the now scheme was
attomptedswas In a Ia,rgo measure duo
to Regent Anderson, who pxpressed
his dtsapprdval of -the difficulties of,
registration at iho regent's meeting
held in Omaha., Tho present scheme
is the result of a suggestion from
Chancellor Avery worked out In detail
by Mr. HaniBon,
. Harry L. Holllngwortu, '06, is now
one of tho sta'ff of tho psychology de
partment of Columbia university, New
York City, He was recently married
to Miss Leta Stoitor, '06.
' Dr. T. ,H. Bolton, until last year
professor of psychology ln this uni
versity, was a campus visitor for soV
oral days last weolc.
Baked beans, baked on the premises
and BOryed hot with delicious Jttown
bread, 10c; 'at Tho Boston Lunch
TIGER ULINIET WINNER
CLOSELY CONTESTED GAME RE.
8ULT8 IN.-26 to 24 8CORE.
NEBRASKA FIVE WITftOlTWCOD
His Absence Felt by Cornhuskers Who
Strive WitH Great Desperation
to Conquer In Last Few
Minutes.
With tho sting of a recent dofoatr
from Kansas to spur tliom on tho
Coruhusker basket-ball tossers -played
desperately last evening In tho uni
versity armory to conquer the greatest
rivals of the Jayhawkcrs, tho
Missouri "show-mc"-players, but wero
compelled to take the Bmall end of n
26 to 24 score. Wilbur Wood, tho
regular left forward on tho Nebraska
five, was not permittod to takopart In
the contest, and his absence was an
important factor in bringing grltt to
the state university men. August
Schmidt, who took his place, played a
fast gnnio for his experience In
matched game this season, but did
not put up tho kind of an exhibition
that Wood usually glvoB.
Nebraska's play was bolow that of
tho Kansas game, and at times wns
extremely disappointing to tho large
crowd of rooters. Tho ball was lost
repeatedly In both hnlves after tho
guards, by hard work, had advanced
it from their own territory into that
of their opponents. Tho toam work
of the CornhuskerB lacked the ginger
that has characterized it In tho other
homo Inter-collegiate contests of tho
present seasons. Passes wore mado
with Ustness and certain slowness,
which at times proved fatal to tho No
braska men.
Walsh Plays Hard Game.
Captain Walsh played a desperate
game for his team during both .halves,
and especially In the last five minutes
of tho second sosslon when tho Corn
huskers wore rapidly narrowing down
the lend of the visitors. Ho covoreil
much of tho floor in trying to keep
tho "show-mo" men from tossing
goals; was In tho fray at critical mo
ments, and broko up, time after time,
plays' that probably -would havo result
ed in giving the "show-mo" men addi
tional points. Captain Walsh, howovdr;
had not yet struck his gait In the toss
ing of goals and . missed sovoral bas
kets. Ho was guarded closely all tho
time, and mado several successful at-,
tempts at goal thero were secured b'
very spectacular work. Hp made 18
of the total of 24 points credited to
the Cbrnhuskors. ' -" -;"
Dwight Boll, as usua), was in tho
game with both feet arid hands,3 'Hi's
guarding wns again the feature of tho
Cornhusker play, and aided the local
team In securing many of Its chances
for fiaskot.
PetraBhek showed up Iri lens brill
iant form than In the previous con
tests. Ho still displays a certain
slowness in getting into the fray that
idbtracts from hlB vaiuo ris ,a center.
Until ho has overcome litis fatal defect
In 'misjudging what to do at the right
time' the Cornhuskers wjll not have
a well-balanced quintet. His " in-
experience, of course, keopB hlni from
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uuiu-u uuir juuyur.
Henley a Rough Customer,
Henley, at center,, was probably the
starfor tho Missouri team. Ho played
a rough game and had several fouls
called on him for very openly violat
ing tho fruies. He secured 11 of tho
points scored, by his' 'team. RIstino,
at left guard, also showed up well for
tho visitors. ' -
. Tho Missouri men vero larger ph'ys
ically than thp Cornhuskers, and appar
ently had greater ekdurancb.Theywore
difficult men for tho, local players to
FEBRUARY 2, 1909.
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guard. Tholr team-work was far below
thaVof.tho CornhuskerB, and at times
thoy woro completely outclassed In
this department of tho nlay.
During the first hnlf tho tu-n tonm
.kpiit wpll together ijy t?ie. scoring, tin
BOBBion oiuung with tho polntB being
16 to 13 In favor-btt-MliiHouri. In the
second hnlf tho visitors Increased ihoh
lead over the CornhuskerB to 10 points
A brilliant Bpurt of team work and
goal tossing onabled the. C'drnhuskore
to narrow this lead down to 2 points.
Aidcsppi'alQ'ffloWwas made by tho
Nebraska men in the Inst minute of
play to tlo the score, but an Inaccur
ate throw for a Held gool In tho loBt
half .mlnuto i.of- piny kopt Dr. Olapp'n
men. from o.v.oplng tho scoro up and
probably winning- tho coutest. The
line-up:
Nobrnsku. . 'Missouri.
Walsh , rr Bernet, Stana
Schmidt if Gardner
PotraBhok c Henley
Boll . .., rg. ,. Burruss
Perry, Ingersoll. .If. . . .Ristlne. Cokers
The 8ummary.
Goals from field: Walsh, 5; H.on
ley, 4; Burruss, 2; Ristlne, 2; Schmidt,
Perry, Ingorsoll, Bernet, Gardner
Goals from TouIb: Walsh, 8; Henley,
3; Ristlne, 3. 'Roforop: Clovonger.
Umplro: Plnnco.
GERMAN PLAY FRIDAY. EVENING.
"Alt Heidelberg" a Production of In
terest and Merit.
"Alt-Holdolherg" Is the name of the
ploy to bo 'given by the students of
the German department next week.
Practlco has been -hold for somo time
and a successful performance Is ox
pectcd. "Karl Hclnrich," written by the Ger
man novelist, Moycr-Frostor, was
dramatized In tho autumn of 1001 and
put on tho" stage' nt Berlin as "Alt
Heidelberg." Long, hnrd Btfuggles
mark the offorts of. tho young writer
4o persuado tho stage directors to ac
cept the piece, gravo doubts, being en
tertained as to tho final success. Tho
first performance' dispelled the fears,
for tho play was enthusiastically re
ceived and tho author, Moyer-Frostor,
found himself famous.
Froni Bcrlln,cwhoro thp play had a
great runr It sproad rapidly to other
pans oi uormnny, ijiverywnero meet
ing with buccoss. Favorable reception
from tho German stage Induced Aus
tria, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden,
Denmark and England, to take up the
play and in all those countries it en
joyed great popularity. It wus first
staged In Now York In 1902 and for
sometlmo was In 'the f oportolre of tho
lato Richard Mansfield.
rAlt-HoJdolbprg'' was recently staged
(by thp Gorman students of Cornell
university wlth apparent success,
they worp inY.Itpil by .Columbia univer
sity to give a performance. Tho pop
ularity of tho play Is not due to tho
fact that It possesses classical merit
but because It depicts clearly and real
istically some phases of German stu
dent life, Student songs such as "Gan
diamuB Igltur'.' and ''Alte Burschen
herrllch'kelt," sung by a choir of stu"
dent, glvp zestto the performance.
For, BoVprM 'years irujthg. past,., the
German department has been giving
short 'plays, but tho undertaklngsof
ever i.been, attempted bpfore. Tho
chorus consists" of twenty-five" mem
bers As tho cast was selected with
great carp and from the whole student
body in the German department the
play promises to bP unusually Inter
esting this year. It will, be given on
February 13 at tho Temple theater.
' NOTICE.
Therp will bo no rogular formation
in drill this vfeok.. Officers school will
be held Feb, 1, to, 4th inclusive. Com
pany. C will report at tho locker room
Monday, Fob. 8, and receive equip
ment. Companies A,,Br D and E will
report; .tp'tH$r. rospectWo class-rooms.
Lessons will be annminiU-on tljp
bulletin" board in tho armory!
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JUNIOR PROM FRIDAY
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ANNUAL AFFAIR TAKES
PLACE
'AT LINCOLN ANNEX;'
TO BE GREAT SOCIAL FUNCTION
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INVITATIONS SENT TO MANY
PROMINENT ALUMNI. '
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The Committee In Charge Is Exerting
Every Possible Effort to .Make -the
Occasion a Most Sue- .. -V.
cessful One.
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Tho oyos of the university society
pcoplo nro now turned to tho Junior
prom which takes place at tho Lincoln
Hotol annex noxt Friday ovonlng.. At
NobrnBka, as at moat of tho othoi' groat
universities of tho middlo-wost, tho
Junior prom Ib tlio crowning social
event of tho year and ovory posslblo
offort Is put forth to mako it a most
delightful nnd satisfactory function.
For years this annual dnnco has been
hold at tho Lincoln hotol and Has
bPcn porhnps fho 'grontost occaaron;'
with tho excoptlon of tho cornnioncc-'
ment oxorclsos In .tho spring, for thP
alumni, of tho unlyorslty to return rind
ronow tholr collogo friendships and to
tnsto again of tho social Joys of tholrr
collogo dayri.
This year promlsos to bo an excep
tion to tho innumerable Junior proms
or former yearsan oxcoption In' tho
sense that tho danco this tlmo will
undoubtedly bo a flnor ono than has
over boon glvon before at Nobrnaka,'
a Btatomont wliloh moans a good deal.
In tho first plnco It will be tho first
Junior prom to bo glvon In tho now
nnnox hall. This will bo an addition
nl attraction especially to jtbp alumni
who contemplate coming 'back for tho
occasion, for many of thorn havo never
had tho ploasuro of dancing in this,
placo, which is Bald o bp.pno of tho
most beautifully decorated ball rooms
In this section of tho country,
'Special Invitations havo booh Beiitj
out to tho promlnc-nt alumni .ojtatho )
university, .arid ialrcady many havofslg-r
nifled tholr Int'ontlon df being present1!
, . Committee Working Hard. i
. The committee -In charge,, of, tho
dance, under the "direction of dhalrman5
Xioxander, is working hard' in propar-
ation for the. event nnd'thej; arpt on
thuslastlc over tho triumph thpV ex
pect to achieve In the knowledge of
having been responsible for the finest
function of the kind over1 "pulled; off
In Lincoln, They expect to' ao't' ';&
precedent which 'it -wiir'bp hard' for
tho future junior classes to exceed.
Among tho innovations which will bo
introduced this year will lie an olab
orato luncheon to bo served In the
private dining room. This has"hovor
boon 4bnb before and tho cbnSmltteo
expects "thlsaddition to tho usualv list
of attractions' to meet with the eh
thusla8tfc approval of thoso who at
tend. . -'' . ,t
Tho committee Is also arranging for
a considerable amount of. decoration
,whlch will be done in tho hotel' corri
dors and In addition they have mado.
arrangementswltti somo local electric
ians to install tho necessary wiring', for
somo now lighting effects which tho
committee has plannod; Ono objection'
which has. been offored to the manage
ment of the dances which have been
hold at tho oppex 'this year Is" that the,
ppople who are in tho parlors and the
corridors during the intermission have
no way of knowing when the next
danco is to begin. Th'P "committee has
arranged (to havo a; trumpeter sta
tioned in tho, hall to announce the be
ginning otimch 'dance. V ' -'l-The
programs, whf eh have-been. sa-1
iecieu,aru vpry eiauorum ana ario
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