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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY,. FEB RtfARY 3, J909.
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CADETS MAY 8UB8TITUTE WORrC
IN UNIVERSITY CHORU8.
REVIVAL OF MUSIC IS PUNNED
0NIVER8ITY 8INGERS,. WILL BE
ASKED-TO CO-OPERATE FULLY.
Regular Vesper Services and a May
Festival .Parts of Program Out- .
lined for Choral Organization
by Mrs. Carrie B. Raymond.
University cadets who havo good
voices and a fair amount of musical
knowledge may bo excused from mil
itary drill .provided that they elect
to take regular work in" tho univer
sity chorus. This reprieve is expect
ed to mako possible an increased do
velopraent of the jchornl organization
and its 'announcement has resulted in
much encouragement for Mrs. Carrie
B. Raymond, director of the' chorus,
and for others interested !'in tho mu
sical activities, oftho university
At present there are ordinarily only
about seventy voicos in the chorus.
It is desired that the society be in
creased to a very much groater num
ber and the co-operation of Captain
Workizer is a' welcomed aid.
Tho chorus Is now being or
ganized for Uio secoiuLasotncster, tho
first practice having boon hold yes
terday at G- p, m. in Music hall of
tho Temple. Registration for the
musical work may be made at any
time during the week at the ofllco of
the registrar, one hour credit being
given each semester. Tho chorus
meets every Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday for regular rehearsal and
this progranjis now bding carried out.
May Have Vespers.
. MrsJ Carrie; Raymond, lrccto
of the chorus, has 'planned a coarse
for the first spmostbf ol! much benefit
to both thogo 'enrolled In tho course
and to theiinivorsity In general. Ono
feature of the work will bo a vesper
service at intorvals of probably one
month. These sorvlces will bo held
either nt 5 p. m. Friday or at somo
hour Sunday afternoon and will take
tho place of tho present abbreviated
religious observance at the Tuesday
morning convocation. At the vespers
tho chorus will render muBic and
other ..exercises may bo Included. Tho
hour will.be entirely devotional.
Th6' vesppr., idea, has mot with. firm
encouragement among members of tho
faculty arid of the student body. Ne
braska at Iho present time has no
jmlversifyrrellgious bour worthyoPthe
name "anil tho chorus will ondeavor to
make ja. iUrt towttrdsfillIng tho,want.t
Jf thOA.schemo is successful. this so
mostjOT it will bo enlarged next year
so atf to include weokly session.
Another activity which is promised
tho singers 'i9 io, Way festival tcrbo'
given durlrfg the month prior t, to-com-i
moncoment. ' 'At "this' '"event it is
planned to ? havo a magnificent pro
gram pf musitf in wichtho chorus
will bo assisted by an, outside orches
tra of note. Negotiations aro ow
being mado with a famous eastern
organization for this date. In' any
case an orchestra such as is rarely
heard in Lincoln will bo secured. ;
Plenty of Material. ' ' .
There is no question but that tho
enlarged opportunities offered ;thls se
mester for musical training in tho
chorus will result In a larger enroll
tnept in the course. , .There Wplenty
of material, in Nbrijaka, for a fine or
ganization, but in tho past thoro has
been somo difficulty in gotting the mu
sically inclined students enrolled In tho
chorus. It is believed -that therp wijl
IJcss of this dimculty with' the nd-
vantages now offered.
Tho ultirhato object of th6 unlvor
slty peoplo hack of the chorus is to
havo an -.organization which nlay com
pare favorably with thOBO already es
tablished At Ann, Arbor and Obcrlln.
At 'both of these schools the chorus
work is ono of tho established Insti
tutions of the school and bears an
important part in tho social activities
of tho institution, Nebraska ihas the
material nocossary for this and nil
that Is now needed is to got the stu
dents Into the" work.
MEETING OF INTER FRAT BOARD.
Fraternity Athletic Council Discusses
Important Matters.
Tho Intcr-Frnt 'Athletic Board met
last evoning in Dr. Clapp's office to
dlscuBs further the plans for the com
ing intor-frnt indoor moot and also
to formulate somo plans Jn regard to
tho other work which the board will
havo to-manage this spring.
It was decided to leave the manage
ment of tho meet in tho hands of the
samo committco which was appointed
some time ago for tho purposo. of con
ferring with a committee from the
non-fraternity men upon tho matter of
events, scoring; dates, etc., of both the
Inter-frnt and tho non-frnt meets. As
has beon already announced the
dates chosen for these meets arc as
follows: Tho non-fraternity meet on
Saturday evening, February 6; tho"
intor-fraternity meet ou Friday even
ing, February 12. Tho three winners
of each ovent in each of theso meets
will then qualify for the finals which
will take tho place of the annual
Charter Day meet. This year this
will take place on Monday afternoon,
February 15. This committee Is com
pbscd of the following men: Russell,
Davis, GreonslitrEwing and Campbell.
A committee of two, Davis and Rus
soll, was appointed to look into the
advisability of having an Informal
danco after tho lntor-frat meet on-tfYI-
day, February 12.
"it is probable that tho tickets for
all -three of tho meets will be put on
snlfe either tbday or tomorrow. Tho
plan is to Is8uo a ticket with three cou
pons attached. Such a ticket .will be
good for tho same seat at each of tho
three meets and will bo .sold for 35
cents. Admission to any one of the
mcots will, bo twenty-five cents. Ac
cording to this plan it will bo almost
as cheap to attend all threo of the
meets as it will any ono of them.
The question of tho management of
tho intor-fraternity baseball was also
brought up and the matter of arrang-'
ing a schedule and rules was referred
to a commltteo composed of Beltzer
and Campbell.
CAPTAIN
CONDUCTS CLASSES.
Officers of Battalion Being Taught
., Military Strategy.
Captain Workizer Is holding tf series
of classes for tlio commissioned and
non-commissioned officers .this week
in tho'basemorit of thenar mory Tho
wbrk taken up Is military strategy,
The class is divided, up in,tqfjtwo
sides, tho members of each side being
given one-half of a map on which
they are to work. Each' side , has
two companies and a platoon of men
to. dispose of, tho problem being to
placo them in such a manner that,4
when the other side's , position is re-.
vealodT(by uniting tho two halves -of
the map, thoy will hold tho strategic
positions. , ' ,
Seniors to Meet.
All seniors who aro interested in the
coming Intbr-clasB debate, whether In
tending to participate or not, will meet
at 11:30" Thursday in U. IOC to dls
cuss plans for., tho inter-ctass debate.
The exact date for the tryouts will be
set. The "tryouts must be held boforo
February "22 ' r (
POSSIBLY GAME HERE
MINNESOTA WILL BE ASKED TO
COME TO LINCOLN IN FALL.
WOULD BE GREAT ATTRACTION
First Garne WlthvGonhers In This City
8lnce Famous Battle of 1900,
When Northern Men Trl-
umphed 20 to 12.
Accompanying tho. Nebraska has-kot-ball
team to Minneapolis Thurs
day night for two games with tho
faqt quintet of the Unlvorslty of Min
nesofa will bo Manager Bngor who
will try to makb arrangements with
Coach Williams of tho gophers for
the annual football ganio botweon No-
orasna ami Minnesota. Tins year
Manager Eager will make a great
effort to got tho gophers to consent
to come to Lincoln next fall for a
game. Already ho has had somo en
couragement from Coach Wllllajhs
who has been considering the propo
sition of coming here, and tho mnttor
will likely ,bo doflnitoly sottled nt a
conference between tho Minnesota
coach arid Murtagor Eager at Minne
apolis this week.
In enso tho Minnesota athletic men
tors consent to send tholr football
team to Lincoln for a clash with the
cornluiBkers it will mean Uie firiH
meeting In Lincoln botweon tho two
olevonta since tho historic battle of
1900 when tho visitors took tho long
end of a 20 to 12 scoro but were given
tho short end of all the honors. Since
that year with one exqoption, 1902,
the cornhuskors and, gophers havo
played a game of football and it has
always beon on Northrup field In Min
nesota. Tho Nebraska management
bolicves it is abddt time tho northorn
stars consent to play in Lincoln, and
will use ovory effort to got them bore.
Other Good Games, Too.
In addition to Minnesota, Nebraska
will .play three or. four other big
teants. Martngor Eager at tho present
time Is busily engaged in making out
his schedule, and b suro of mooting
Iowa, Ames, and Kansas. Iowa is
under a two-year contract with Ne
braska and next fall will come to Lin
coln. Ames, and Kansas also are
under two year contracts with tho
coruhuskers. ' Last season's game with
tho lbwn aggies was considered to be
a home game for Nebraska and next
fall tho cornhuskors will either have
to play Amos in Iowa or at Omaha.
It is probablo that another meeting
will bo arranged for Omaha noxt fall
with tho aggies. Kansas will bo played
at Lawrence noxtyfallj tho Jayhawk
erB having journeyed "to Lincoln last
November.
Besides tho games with Minnesota,
Iowa, AmeB, and' Kansas, Nebraska
will have four other contests on its
schedule for 1908. This will make
eight gameB in all, lhat being .the
number allowed; by the Missouri vailoy
conference rules. Peru, Haskell,
Bellovue and Washburn may. fill out
the Nebraska schedule. As yet,
though, these last four games are un
certain, a,nd Manager Eager will not
be able to gWo out a definite sched
ule until, perhaps, the middle of
March, - , x - i j
Manager EagoriB still engaged in
making out his schedule for the spring
sports andoxpects to have them com
pleted within a week "or two. At
the prfesent ho has arranged nil ot
the track dates an,d tho Nebraska
cinder path athletes will meet Mlnno
sotn and Kansas in dual meetB. They
will also contest In thq annual Mis
souri valley rack .games' at Des
1 Moines Juno 5, Minnesota? will be
met at Minneapolis, May' 1G. and Kan j
sas will como.hofo Mtty 22,
Plan Two Baseball Trips.
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Plans' aro boing -laid for two base
ball trips. ' Ono ,of theso will extend
Into tho north, and -will begin May; 1.
Tho other will bo a southern tour,
taking pla.ee probably during tho
caster vacation. This latter trip will
probably lncludo games with Kansas,
Missouri,1. WnBhtnglou, St. Louis and
WaBhburn. Tho dates havo npt befin
settled yet, however. Tho schedule
for the northern trip is as follows:
May 1 Highland Park at Des
Moines,
Mny 3 Drako at Dos MolneH.
May 4 -.Ames at Ames.
May C Open,
May C Luther College at Decorah.
May 7- Minnesota at Minneapolis.
May 8 Minnesota at Minneapolis.
Basket-ball Trip Dates,
BesldoB tho two games with Minne
sota on Frldny and Saturday nights
tho cornhuBltora will ploy four othor
games while away from homo during
tho next week. Amos will bo mot at
Ames Monday and Tuesday, February
S and 9. Drake will hao tho Ne
braska players as Visitors Wednesday
and Thursday' nlgfit's, Fobruary 10 nnd
11.
Professor Phillips Resigns.
ProresBor Frank J. Phillips of tho
forestry department has Jendored his
resignation as a mombor of the Uni
versity of Nebraska athlotlc board and
it haB boon accoptcd by Chancellor
Avery. A successor to Professor
Phillips will probably bo olocted at
tho next meeting of (tlwuniverslty
senate.
Professor Phillips was elected to
the "athlotlc board last spring after
tho reform wavo had swoptsomo of
tho membors of that body out of tholr
chairs. Ho has BtOod for- tho pro
gressive things In university nthlotlcs
and IiIh loss to tho board will bo
deeply felt by tho students who wnnt
a liberal attitude toward clean ath
letes and athletics.
CARNEGIE PEN8ION 18 FAVOREp
Committee of State Senate Reports
Favorably on Bill.
Tho bill Introduced early in tho leg
islativo session authorizing tho re
gents of tho 'unlvorslty to apply for
tho boneiits of tho Carnegie fund for
pensioning retired professors was yes
terday reported by tho committee In
charge of it for passage by the -Bon-
ate. It is qiilto probable that tho bill
will bo contested when it comes to a
final "vote' before tho senate, but tho
backers of tho bill feel much grati
fied at tho action of tho committee
in chargo In showing It favor,
k The Carnegie blllj' it passed, will
allow University of Nobraskn profess
ors to be placed on the pension list of
the Carnegie fund. This will enable
them .to draw a certain porcentago of
their salary after retirement from the
fund left in trust by Andrew Cqrnogie.
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Notice to 8ophomores.
The sophomore preliminary debate
for choosing tho team that will rep
resent the class In tho coming lnter-
class debate against tpe freshmen will
take placo Saturday, February 20,
1909. Tho question to bo used In this
preliminary will bo tho samd as the
one to bo used in the class debate:
"Should congress a,dopt a parcels post
system?" Each speaker will bo al
lowed seven minutes for the presenta
tion of the argument and three min
utes for rebuttal. The place and time
has not yet been chosen, but will be
announced later,
Verne Gittings of .Superior' has re
turned to school vto finish his course
this year. Ho has .been working for
the Northwestern Railroad, company.
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Your car fare would pay for a nice;
lunch at The Boston Lunch.. Wny
gqf home? '
SIGMA XI LECTURES
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annoal' report to be deui
ered Next week.
MOF. A. C. WEISTER TO TALK
TOPICS OF ADDRESSES WILLIE
OF INTEREST TO PUBLIC.
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Well-known Physicist and Inventor of
Clark University Will Speak
Thursday and Friday1-Before
Unl. Audiences.
At a meotlng of tho oxecutivo coun
cil of tho Nobrnska chapter of Sigma
Xi hold last evoning, tho -details of
tho program for tho annual scientific
addresses given undor tho auspices of
tho society wero arranged
The speaker this year is Professor
A. a. Wobstor of Clark university,
vary wldoly known as a physicist and
inventor. ProfcBaor WobBter'a, re;
searches on sound nro famllior to all
studonts, but he Is perhaps most com
monly thought" of in connootlon with
experiments and writings on tho
Gryoscopo, ospoclally in its applica
tion to stability of motion. An inter- ,
OBting nrtlclo from hhf pon in-tho Ro
view of Reviews last fall discussed the
mono-rail Bystom for railroad trans
portation nnd tho uso of tho gyroscope
in preventing tho rolling of boats nt
sea.
"Pror. WobBter will dellvoV a" series "
of throe addresses 'beforo tho Sigma
X) society. Tho first will bo given,
on Thursday, February 11, at 5-p. m
In tho Physics Lccturo Room, Brace
Laboratory; on tho subject, "Somo
Great Problems In Physics, of Yostor-
day, Today and Forever." This la In
tended to glvo a spmowhat historical
and orienting vlow of the science, to
indlcnto what moBt Interests physi
cists at the present day, and in a
measure to forecast tho futuro. It is
of interest to physicists and to other
scientists who wish to inform thorn
solves, being couched in plain terms,
but it Is not intended. tobo , popular.
The Scientists', Creed. "
O Friday", Fobruary 12, at Kpm.J
in tho Temple theater,, Prof. WobBter
will speak jonj "Tho Creed of a.Sclonj
tist." Thfs Is a discussion of J tho
purpose and methods, of! science, and
whether It' Is worth while," .It Is In
tended to appeal to tho general public
and pro:supposo no special knowledge.
On Saturday, Fobruary 13, "at 8 p.
ni in tho Physics Lccturo Room,
Bruce Laboratory, "Tlio Measurement
of Sound" will bo Prof. Webster's
topic. This Is ah account of his own
researches, and is illustrated with a
number of experiments and with lan
tern slide's. It is given without manu
script and can bo understood by the
general public, It being intended to bo
popular. The experiments and lan
tern illustrations are very unique and
attractive and the Sigma XI society
feels fortunato in being ablo to offer
an opportunity of this type to its
members and their friends. All meet
ings are open to tho genoral public
without special invitation. . ,',
Other Meetln. " . ,
Professor Wqbstei4 will bo tne re
cipiqnt of a numbor of hospitalities
during tho tlmo of his stay in tho
city. Tho Nebraska acadomy of sci
ences will hold its aesglon on Friday
afternoon and Saturday. Tho acad-.
emy plans to adjourn, its program' in
order to hoar Professor Webster's ad
dress on Friday afternoon, and follow
ing this, to entertain him ag its guest
at the annual banquet which Is Intend
ed for the members of the academy.
Tlio annual banquet of the 'Sigma XI
society Is to be hold1 In oo'naectlon
with the initiation of new members
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