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JgffWYJIAQ afeat ftmf rau: forto-d&rrc ..y.i.JH, terror y1! I rty t ,- , i.ij,i - ... ''iii"hti ni i rii' iiV ft- - groL Vin. No. 89. , UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASliA, LINCOLNTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1909. Price 5. Cent ll... .J-12 tAGEWORK rOR SENIOR HOLIDAY NEXT WEEK ' ' ' jPf - .?"" "gg " ''W"1 " wwyw-Mwws, yrtyi,, T faj ir-rvw Tva i TT. .l. -. jj! J wj AJi ffiifrg .i-tJ.i..i -.1-?- .'-. viJj1JjM rf.. &&"-' '- r vv. ' iffiWte? HHHtt&' " 'r . , ' "" v.,-.. I 1 1X1 mm f m W Brit i . 'i " ' ; t . -v - 1.-.V)' v HL JK i?' " ") ft ' V I INN0CENT8 TAKE MATTER UP S .... .., S WITH UNI AUTHORITIES. f ? P&N TO ABOLISH SNEAK DAY WOULD SUBSTITUTE A "SNEAK" 'UNDER FACULTY 8ANCTI0N. Exact Date of Senior Holiday Would '' Be Known to Administration But Not to the Members of , the Under Classes, If ncgotlationB now boiug cnrrled on by the faculty of the university nnd the members of tho Innocents society are successful there will be no trouble between the fourth year mon nnd tho university administration over tho an nual custom of "pneak Day." Plans arc now being considered for an auth orlzed "Senlof Day" to tnlto tho placo of the time-honored holiday which will obvlato all danger of a clash bolwecn tho graduating class and tho jmlvor slty authorities. ' Tho prosont attempt at .settlement of the Bneak day question" by peace able arbitration Is th result of the action of Ihb senior , Society of Inno cents In presenting a petition to tho board of regents. fn which thero was embodied a suggestion for a substitute holiday. Thp regentB have referred the matter to Chancellor Avery with full power' to net. Tho chancellor will put tho matter before tho university senate at Us next meeting and it Is believed that tho conference of the urilVerslty authorities will result, In an 'nmicnble solution of tho matter. Avery Is Willing. in tho course of an interview with C. B. Elliott and B. V. Hills, repre senting tho Innocents, Chancellor Av ery" has expressed himself as favoring any action which might bring a settle ment of tho sneak day agitation suit able to the class without compromis ing tho university administration. It is bolieved that this will bo achieved by tho plant proposed by the Inno cents. The petition of tho Innocents asked that a "Senior Day" bo officially estab lished by the university, It to bo a holiday for momberB of tho senior class only. Tho date of this affair, under the conditions of the petition, was to bo kept socret from tho ears of under-classmen but was to bo made Unown In advance to tho members of the faculty. In this way tho class will have the privilege of sneaking away from the- members of the lower class es, while at tho same time the dignity ' of tho faculty will not bo allowed to -suffer. Tho seniors will make use of thp holiday In any manner that they may chooso, probably as has been the custom in tho past with Sneak Day. In case the Innodonts' plan is suc cessful there will bo.no trouble be tween the, clasB and tho school dis ciplinarians. Without some definite nrrangoment of' tho sort rt clash of opinion and authority seemed very likely. Tho seniors at a meeting a few weeks ago expressed thplr de termination to have a holiday this year as usual by,tabllng a letter from Former Chancellor Andrews opposing tho tradition without action. Had the soniors persisted in their course and held a regulation sneak day outing thoy would havo all been subject to oxpulslon tinder tho act of tho hoard of rogents last fall Tho university governing body then decided that par ticipation in such affairs might be -made justlfla.blo for summary suspen sion. ' ""- "- An Old Institution. Senior Sneak Day has boen a .long- established institution In the, uniyer - JL v nr- rtAo J y V. " If V" . "me Idci alty. It has lived through several storms of faculty -criticism and has always maintained a strong hold in tho affections of tho undor-graduato body. Last year there was .consider able opposition manifested ampng tho faculty and an attempt wob made to havo tho seniors nbandon the tradi tion. The class decided to sneak, however, and a commltteo under the chairmanship of C. Q. Johnson ar ranged a most successful outing at Mllford. With tho opening of school this year the regents took a Htand against kid napings, Bneak days and all like affairs. Thoy fixed the penalty for participation in any of them at ex- .pulsiou. Despite this dumper tho sen iors generally expected to havo an out ing anyway and some oxcltoment was fpormlsed. Tho action of tho Inno cents and tho llkllhood of a peaceable settlement now seem to preclude any further trouble. NOT SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST Professor Stuff Says University Not Place forTtiis. Thud tho state university is not tho placo for a working out of llfo on tho principle of tho survival of tho fittest was tho bollof expressed by Professor Stuff, of tho English l'teraluro depart ment, yestorday afternoon in tho course of a class discussion. "The university Is not a placo for the survival of the fittest," said Pro fessor Stuff. "Wo cannot purBUO a system of education calculated to send out only tho best, tho brightest among us. That can porhaps bo dono in Yale, or Harvard, or Chicago. Those are private institutions, But tho Uni versity of Nebraska is a state school, owned and operated by tho tax-payers Wo muBt raise tho lover to every onp who presents himself for education, not only to the few boBt fitted ones." NOTICE, 80PHOMORES. Every sophomore intondlng to par ticipate In tho tryouts Saturdaymorn Ing isurgod by tho committee to get in their names and draw their places Thursday from 2 to 3 o'clock in. N 107. A rnqmbor will bo present to make any arrangements and answer any questions. . With the coming of tho class basket ball games, the management, of tho sophomore team 'has ,been beset with difficulties, Somo- of tho men who were picked for tho class team havo loft school, - and a shifting, of men has resulted, o keop the toanv in tact. Tho team work of tho quintet has' thus boon hindered to a groat extent, but it is hoped that the team will bo able to mako a worthy show- I ing'ngalnat tho freshman flvo Friday, 1 February 26th. X "Zx I k a, A .....lulu ,4 .. txltJsL, Jfi 'I 43 k L! II llA'..'k..l.. ffVMw-V -J I m m m a m m m m..-m. . j UlfLlLliLLJ if I I f ..,-.. . , . 8fl?:ccM Welcome I I 'Wrrrl I TTic Reu (rjurZjtx The "Students" of the University Entertain the DON'T LIKE PENSION w. J. BRYAN ' ATTACK8 CARNE GIE'8 GIFT TO TEACHERS. IS A MOST INSIDIOUS POISON Democratic Party Leader Pleas Higher Salaries for Teachers In Course of Address to Ne braska Legislature. for Tho Carnegie pension for retired college professors came in for a roast at tho hands of William Jennings Bryan in tho course of an, address de livered before tho Nebraska state leg islature yesterday afternoon. Whllo sevorely criticising tho action of tho stato senato In approving tho request of tho university regents for admit tance to the benefits of tho steel king's fund, tho democratic leader spoko a word of pralso for tho school of citizenship as proposed in another bill adopted by that body.' Mr. Bryan addrossed tho legislators at their request. lie spoko -In tho house chamber of the stato house be fore tho Joint assembly of repre sentatives and senators. In opening ho declared that ho camo not as a party leader or defeated candidate for tho presidency, but as a prlvato citizen who had views as to what was right and wjint was wrong. Ho op posed tho- Carnegie pension fund In vigorous terms, branding it as tho most "Insidious poison thnt has ovor entered tho body politic." Ho declared that It would do moro harm to Amer ican ideals than all tho assaults of organized wealth. Like Pay From Japs. Mr. BrVan likened the enso of tho Carneglo pension to that of America and a foreign country hostile to thjs nation. Ho took tho case of Japan as an example and voiced his belief that tho acceptance of the benefits of tho Carneglo fund by American col lego professors would bo no less a. wrong that would be the acceptance, by American army officers of wages from the Japanese government whon war was eminent between tho two powers, Tho teachor with tho 'preacher and tho priest cdmes closest to tho family and to tho teacher is given, tho work of forming character and mentality When individuals are mostimpression ablo, when they are young and whon their minds are plastic. Thq teachers in tho lower grades do not long re main in tho servico but tho toachors higher in tho profession shut them- Legislature selves off from moro remunerative em ployment. Because of this the state should care well for thoso porsons. Then, asking' tljo parllon of his audl- 'onco but stating that ho was going nhoad anyway, Mr. Bryan said that he did not want to sco tho state .hum bled by acting like a mendicant, con fcsslng Its own unwillingness to pro vide for Its professors nnd imploring aid from sucli rich mon. Ho said' he knew ninny wero opposed 't6 him, knowing that tho futuro welfare of many of our teachers dopended upon It. . Good Citizenship. Mr. Bryan dcclarod that tho college men should bo fitted to boar tin) bruJil of tho battlo which is nnd mtmt be waged in tho body polltl: for bettor conditions of national llfo, He be lieved that tho collego mon are tho natural leaders In a morel awakening nnd ho emphasized tho need of proper trulning for them. In this connection ho took occasion to wnunly commond tho stato senate for its action In re questing the university regents to tabllsh u school of citizenship. He bellqved this n thing of greater Impor tance than has yot been realized. Ne braska has always boon to tho fore in this s,ort of work and with a special scliool'Of citizenship sho can tako still moro ndvanced ground. OBJECTION BY MR8. BARKLEY Elmer Hills Finds Hlmsel In Trouble Again. Mr. Elmer Hills, tho newly elected president of tho senior class, has found the trail of glory anything but a path of roses,. Hills counts among his other honors tho presidonoy of tho Pallndlan Literary society and it Is hero that all the trouble llos. Owing to tho fact that on last Friday even ing numerous programs woro being given In honor of Lincoln's and Dar win's birthday It was decided to hold tho regular meptirig'of tho Palladlan society ,6n 'Thursday evening. This was dono and 'Mr. Hlljs as tho official head of tho sbcioty has been brought before Mrs. Barkloy on tho charge of having broken "thp rules of tho uni versity and tho regulations goyerning tho students, . Hljls'was Informed of tho serious na. turo pf tho charges against him yes terday afternoon and up to' a lato4iour had not been able to docldo exactly what his futuro coujrso would bo. Thorp is one, thing cettaln, however, tho Palladfan Literary society will in tho future hold ts meetings on Friday ovonings. ' Daily Nobraskan want ads are the best advertisement for lost and found articles, articles for sale, etc. Cflve then) a trial. Baked beans, baked on the premises and served -hot with delicious brown bread, 10c t The Boston Lunch. fORNHUSKER BASEBALL MEN TO ftBEQIN TRAINING THEN. PREPARE TOR MINNESOTA fIVE RETURN WILL BE PLAYED HERE THIS WEEK. Neb'raska Basket-ball 8hooterc In Prac tice for Two Meetings With " Gophers Friday and Satur day Evenings, Tho trulning season for tho Unlvor slty of Nobraska baBoball candidates will bo oponed noxt Monday aftornoon In tho "cago" in tho gymnasium under tho coaching of Captain "Buck" Bolt zor and Manager Earl O, Eagor. Tho Indoor work will bo continued uqtil tho woathor becomos favornblo for practice out-of-doors. Tho squad of mon who wlll'r'opor for prnctico is expected to oxcood in numbors tho record broaking bunch of last spring. Tho many vacancios on tho nino this year 1b causing sovoral ' mon who last season had onjy aj ' sivo interest in tho gnmo tcTbocomo much concornod about making n ilaco on tho team. Afi'Thoso wTll "bo "on hand nox Wook to work out' with" tho early candidates. Flve "N Men Gone. Of last soason's "N" mon flvo aro not In school, nnd their positions will bo filled from tho ranks of tho now candidates. Tho mon who aro missing this sensou nro Bollamy, Schlouter, ' Don slow, Watson and Jennings. Tho ranks of tho candidates this year will bo well filled by many of tho mon 'who tried out last season. Sov eral of tho freshmen who worked wlth. tho team a year agolind" who probably '- would havo 'mado good had thoy boon ollglblo will bo with tho Cornhuskors again this spring. The entire outfield will havo 'to bo ' filled by now mon, as tliQBo places woro hold last season by Bellamy, Jennings nnd Schlouter, who aro ab sent from tho university this somostor. A now man will also havo to bo se cured for tho position behind tho homo plato. Denslow occupied, that last spring, but ho is in Columbia collego this year. William Fox, who has been engaged to coach tho Cornhuskors, will arrive about March 1 and tako chargo of his .proteges. Ho will rapidly weed out tho best mon at tho timo and start to putting tho nino into shapo to mako tho southern trip during Easter vnca- tion. . ' Basket-Bail Men Busy. Tho Cornhuskor baskot-ball shoot ers aro getting ready for tho Gophers who aro to bo mot in tho" armory in two games on Friday and Saturday ovenings. Practice is being hold dally In tho gymnasium and to tho fans who hVvo been watching tho work of tho Nebraska men- it looks as though tho players aro making rapid strides to ward altainlng an accuracy in goal -tossing that will enable them, to (do feat the northerners, Captain' Walsh who was in very' poor playing condi tion while at Drake, is now in such' shape that ho ought to ,bo ablo to play the best ball of tho 'present season on Friday and Saturday nights. Tho Minnesota flvo is quite strong this winter but it showed somo weak points in tho two" games 'against tho Nebraska players at Minneapolis two weeks ago which tho local five will try to tako advantage of this week, " The Gophers aro poor goal throwers, and practically all tho Cornhuskors will need to do in order to make the (Continued on Page, 4) - ' i v-4 I- ll r 9 T r- T t . -M -'"A" J-