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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1909)
i r't'wi i ir ir.iMihmM.nmiH ptar WWM1 rtT'r-l-iV-.'nn j f.m t 1 1 ill i imnn,iimuuitifciHi sftatefexju'MflgiUgiM THE DAILY NEBRASKAN I -1 '-'.ejt- '',! vh'dLV 'j? fcbeH)ail$ ttlemaeftan THE PROPERTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OP NEBRASKA. Lincoln'. Nebraska. V PIIUIHEI EVERY BAT EXCEPT SHRBAY AND MBNDAY ' BY THE STUDENT PUB. BOARD. fUfclftS 91d 121 N. 14th It. - ! ' EDITORIAL STAFF. Editor Herbert W. Potter Marift0(n0 Editor Victor B. Smith Associate Editor Philip Fredericks BUSINESS STAFF. Manager W. A. Jones filfotJlater T. A. Jams Assistant Circulator Leslie HydO ' Editorial and Business Office: BASEMENT, ADMINISTRATION BLDQ. Postofflce, Station A, Lincoln. Neb. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2.00 PER YEAR Payable In Advance . 81pale Copies. S Cents Each. Telephone: Auto 1888. INDIVIDUAL NOTICES will bo charged (or lit tho rato of 10 conts por lnsortlon for ovory fifteen words or fraction thoroof. Faculty notlcoB and University bullotlnu will gladly bo published free. Entered at tho postofllco at Lincoln, N,obraBka, as Bccond-claas mall matter under tho Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 19P9. V ,U J .kt. id. Jssl L. d. Id. Ji. Sid. id. lid, idd. it. T 7yT t T' T T M T f T T '( Ab tboro will bo no school Monday, there will bo no Ibbuo of tho Dally Nebraskan Tues day morning. Tho first Ibbuo of (ho paper noxt wook will therefore be Wednesday, .Fob- ruary 17th. T T ! p P R r P n P "F n " " 'It would not bo a bad plan for Managor Eagbr to schedulo all his basket-ball ganiCB al homo noxt year. 1 If the rdaullB .or tho last trip aro to bo taken as any idlcation, Nobraska does not ehlno away from homo. 888888888888888888888888888888' ' IbBBBBBBBBBBH BBBBBBBBBBBBM BBBBBBBBBBBBBb! BBBBBBBBBBBBM IbBBBBBBBBBBBBbI BBBBBBBBBBBBBbW MK'b Two Stokes I4I$0. The Inqocentii and Dlack Masks havd united in presenting to tho denng a petition, asking that . com mencement exercises bo hold during tho week of examinations, instead of d.urlng tho Una week of school. "With Innocents, and Black Masks united on any Bubject, what may we expect to happen noxt.. Thoro has been a great deal of com ment on the campus ovor tho fact that ithe tickets for tho interfratornlty ' meet last ovonlng woro not sold ac- 'cording' to tho terms advertised on al thd posters and printed on the tickets themselves. It would not bo ' out of place and It certainly seems tq be owing to students of tho univer sity, that somo explanation bo' mado ' of the cause for such actions. Thd talk to bo given by Profossor. Webster, in th$ Physics lecture room this ovonlng is desorving of tho sup pprt of the students of tho university, .whether or not they aro taking tech nical engineering, work. Whilo tho subject of tho lecture will bo tho ( measurement of sound, It Is announced .tfiat the subject will, bo treated in a .. popular manner Professor Webster 'iVcV'i 1b, a man of broad learning and is J! . .commended as a fine speaker. .rfC Armory Basketball Minnesota vs. Nebraska Friday and Saturday, Feb. 19th and 0th. m Informal Dance after s 14 m THE UNDESIRABLE ADVERTI8ER. Thoro Booms to bo an impression prevailing with a largo number of people that tho Dally Nebraskan Is a froo ndyortislng medium for all thoBO who havo any announcement to make to tho students or havo anything which they wish to oxplolt upon tho university public. This Is most em phatically not the caso. Tho Dally Nobraskan Ib tho official unlvorslty nows gatherer and will strlvo to tho best of Its ability to maintain thin position and net degonorato into tho mouthpiece of tiioao who aro Interest ed In tho university merely through their prlvato interests. Ab tho ofllcial paper of tho unlvor slty It Is. of course, tho duty of tho pnpor to tako duo notice of all uni versity functions. Its duty is oven moro than this; it is perfectly fitting and proper that tho Dally Nobraskan should booBt through ovory meanB In Its power university enterprises that need support. Tho Dally Nebraskau is only too glad to tako duo notice of ontorprlsos in which university men aro engaged. Thoro 1b, howovor, a different claBB of peoplo who como to tho ofllco In groat numbers and whoBO letters form a largo part of Iho Nobraskan's daily ma(l- Often neat little articles, all reorcoctly headed, aro sent through tho mail with the polite request that tho articles bo run In tho Nebraskan. Sometimes It Ic a letter from Bomo enterprising book agent who tellB confidentially that if the Daily No braskan sees fit to wrlto a glowing account of somo now book ho will bo glad to mall n cdpy. Sometimes It is somo rival collego that thinks that It would, bo a vory clover idea to havo Budd's New 50c Sox. 29c 25c Sox, 15c $1.00 Shirts, 55c. All lands of stuff at pick prices. Look me up this next Saturday. articles, appear in tho Dally Nobra kau telling of tho advantages of tho pthor school. Such articles as these tho Pally NebraBkan very promptly conslgnB. to the wasto. basket. Tho Daily Nobraskan occupies a vory peculiar place In tho framework of university society. If it serve'd no function except to mako known tho "nows" of tho university It would not bo worth tho effort involved In its publication. It has, however, a much I wider range of influence. Through Ub columns it is ablo to help boost uni versity activities that nee.d boosting; it is able to oxnoBe practices that are not proper; It i,abo to glvo a full expression to student opinion; it is ablo to. keep beforo tho student body high ideals. In tho exercise of these functions, aside from thb mere pub lishing of news, it is always necessary to distinguish with tho greutest of care what is propor boosting of col lego functions and activities and what is a use of tho paper as a moro adver tising medium. EVEN IN ILL1NOI8. The announcement in tho Dally Ne brnnBkari a fey, days ago that chorus work might bo siinstituted for unlvei slty drill has had a mighty and far reaching effect. It was seen by the &. 8KK) P. M. the Game Saturday ',?'' ' editor of tho dally paper of tho Uni versity of Illinois and ho waB imme diately struck oy its great possibili ties. The following effusion 1b tho result: "Unlveralty cadets who havo good voices and a fair amount of muBlcal knowledge may bo oxcused from mili tary drill provided that thoy elect to tako regular work in tho university chorus." , Like an instructor') indulgent smile foretelling tho announcement of a passing grado, comes tho above quoted statement from tho Daily Ne braskan. Colonel Fechot's weary con scripts muy once more ralBO their eyes to tho star of hope. The Corn huskeru have boI an epoch-making precedent. A wave of reform In tho collego military main has been sot in motion and it will soon, no doubt, reach Illinois. Tho time will soon come when those youthful Illinl who can carry a tuno will no longer bo forced to enrry n Krag-Jorgcson. Tho .freshmen of tomorrow. Instead of buy ing a second-hand uniform, pressing it into temporary respectability, and then marching to the military ofllco to ondure the critical eyo of Colonol Fechot and- his aids-de-camp, will first appear boforo Professor MlllB to dis play his knowledge of the vocal art. inspired to do hie utmost in order to escape tho trndltlonary woes of mili tary servitude. Thb power of Mars will wano, tho star of Polyphlmla will shino In the highest. Out on Illinois Flold on sunny afternoons a Httlo ag gregation of the absolutely unmusical will wearily perform tho monotonous military maneuvers; down at tho auditorium on Choral socipty evenings thousands of studont voices will ha Store Saturday rass tho spltofui ocho with tho rising swolls of harmony. A peace like that of a hermit's cell will then pervade Colonel Fechot's ofllco. Tho colonql may sit quietly in his ofllco chair dreaming of tho strenuous days gone by when his regiment was fifteen hun dred strong, and trembling under classmen daily throngod his ofllco In answer to "A. W. O. L." notices. To those of ub who havo endured the ordeal of military servitude tho move mado at Nebraska seems an Ideal one; in behalf of tho under classmen who. aro yet to come, wo soy: "Let the reform spread to Illi nois." v Prof. T. A. Clark, dean of tho under graduates of tho University of Illinois, has resigned. The resignation will take place at tho close of this collego year. "Tommy," as the dean was af fectlonatoly called, is understood to have had a misunderstanding with President James. Last' fall Dean Clark denied tho rumor that ho had then resigned, but reports wore cur rent of friction between tho president and the dean. Dean Clark is a gradt uato of Illinois. He also studied at Harvard unlveralty and, for ovor ten years has occupied bis . present posi tion. Student sentiment is stirred up considerably otver tho resignations of Dr. Kemp, Prof. h. P. Brepkenridgo and Dean Clark5, threo "old guards." A LINCOLN PICTURE fROM DAGUERREOTYPE TAKEN EFORE INAUGURATION. ' IS GIVEN TO THE UNIVERSITY An Extraordinary Likeness of First Martyred President Presented on Occasion of Hundredth An niversary of His Birth. A remarkably fine likeness of Abra ham Lincoln waB yesterday presented to tho unlvorsllv by former United StateB Senator Manderson or Omaha. Tho picture is an enlarged reproduc tion from a daguerreotype in the pos session of General Mandorson. It por trays the martyred president as ho ap peared just befoio his entrance upon hiB oxecutivo duties at tho head of tho nation and it is pronounced to be absolutely accurate by General Man derson himself, he having been with Lincoln nt that time. Tho picture waB received by Chan cellor Avery yesterday and was ex hibited at tho Lincoln commemoration last evening. Tostefully set in a black oak frame, it ic a beautiful souvenir for tho university. General Mander son also gave a similar picture to the Omaha high school, theso copies being the only ones of tho sort In existence. Accompanying Letter. In the letter vhich accompanies tho pictures, 'General Manderson says: "Omaha, Nebr., Feb. 12th, 1909. "To tho Chancellor of tho State Uni versity, Lincoln, Neb.: "Dear Sir: I ask that I may pre sent to the University of Nebraska, located at tho attractlvo city that bears hla name, a picture of Abraham Lincoln, showing him as ho lookod during his great debate with Douglas, during his trip to Washington, late in Fobruary, 1861, and aB ho stood on tho east porch of the nation's capitol when he delivered his llrst Inaugural address. Ab corporal of the Canton Zouaves, I fornied n part of his escort as ho pnsBed through Ohio, Bhook hands with him at Alliance and was bo impressed by his personality that I wont to Washington and stood In front of tho cr.pitol and heard that persuasively winning address that should havo won all hearts and cap tured all brains, but did not prevent that great war that, dreadful bb it was, was worth all Rb expenditure of treasure, comfoic and lifo. "This picture 1b an enlarged photo graph of a daguerreotype taken at tho time and 1b positively accurate, as I can vouch. "J hope it may prove acceptable to the great institution, the growth of which I have watched with much in terest and pleasure. "Truly yours, "CHARLEP F. MANDERSON." Tho University of Colorado wants a college song and wants it bad. A 200 prize has been offered by the faculty and student body combined, each subscribing one-half. Want Ads Adyertisemenfa for the want ad column should be left at the business office, basement Administration Bldg., between 10 a. m. and 12 m., or be tween 2 p. m. and, 5 p. m. Cash must accompany all orders for want ads, at the rate of 10 cents per Insertion for every fifteen words or fraction, thereof for the first Inser tion; three insertions 2tf cenU; five Insertions 40 cents. FOR, SALE. " Due bill for sale "on an up-to-date tailor, at 25 per cent discount. See Nobraskan manager. 68dh-tf FOUND. LOST A Kenfel & Esser slide rule in leather caso on R between 12th and 25th sts. Finder please return to Ne braskari office. R. L. Cochran. 80-101-tf WANTED A lady roommate, 445 North' 13th St. 3t-84-45 University Bulletin February. Saturday, 13 Profossor Webster, "Tho Measurement of Sound." 8:00 p. m. Lecture room, Brace Hall. StudentB' Debating club. 8:00 p. m. U. 106. Saturday 13 Komonsky club concert. Temple theater, 8 p. m. Saturday, 13 Gorman play. "Old Hei delberg." Templo theatre. Monday, 15 Charter day. Barb-frat indoor meet, 3:00 p. m. Commencement exercises in Templo. Address to graduating class by Dean pavls. Tuesday, 16 J. W. Crabtree on "Tact full and Tactless Punishmont in Publlo Schools. "Tho Vikings," by University Chorus. Convocation, 11 a. m. Francis Morley in Bach recital. Temple theater, 3:30 p. m. Tuesday, 16 Junior ClaSB Election. Memorial Hall 11:30. Tuesday, 16 Senior play tryouts 7 to 10 p. m. In N. 106. Thursday, 18 Regular School of Music concert. Temple thoater. Friday, 19 Dr. H. M. McClanahan of Omaha. "Tho Economic Import ance of the Child to tho State." Convocation, 5 p, m. Friday, 19 Minnesota baskotbaJ game 8 p. m. Saturday, 20 Minnesota basketball, game. Informal dance 8 p. m. Tuesday, 23 Annual Peace Program. Convocation 11. Judge Lincoln Frost of Lincoln. Hon. J. L. Webater of Omaha. March. Friday, 5 Pershing1 Rifles' Hop. Fra ternity Hall. Happenings of the Past Seven Years Ago. Electrical engineering students gave a display of their work in tho Armory. Six Years Ago. Summer school was groatly enlarged and many new courses were added. s Five Years Ago. Troublo over tho management of tho Sombrero enmo to a head and a meeting of tho sophomore class was called to tako action. Four Years Ago. Bill wbb Introduced into the legisla ture providing for tho appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars for a . historical society building. One Year Ago. Sophomores had an exciting elec tion which resulted in the Soloctlon of Harry Ingles. NOTICE. All Beats to the Charter Day meet will bo reserved. Tickets admitting one to tho meet will also' be good for the band concert and Pershing Rifle drill. This Is the first t'lmo that ad mlBsion will bo charged for tho com petitive drill. Tickets may bb pro cured at Harry Porter's, the Co-op or tho Uril. Bbok Store. ' WI.LHAMS DANCING ACADEMt Successor to Pitts Social Evening - - Friday Advanced Class - Saturday Eve. Glass Evenings - Monday& Wednesday Private LeggortK HiVn if Desired' 1124 N STREET Auto 4019 BeJI A-262I