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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASliA, LINCOLNTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1909.
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INN0CENT8 TAKE MATTER UP
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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 -
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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.
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The "Students" of the University Entertain the
DON'T LIKE PENSION
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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
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