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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1909)
. , . . - - ' - - -,--- "-flWtfniirfiallHHMlllIUIJl.lLlll. -JL I 'I....'-,- U.- ,. 1..T... "ll'lUl'll I lll'IH "1 Tl ' "" ' ' MM , n, ,, I,,,,,. ,.,,,. .urn., .in i i . i ,, i ...t i. . .a- i l- ' . " ',"-!? rtlk IJatrg mebraefcan - ! . i 1 ) V I. ' v . . '.'1 L J v.. ' j VoL.VniNo, 128. ACT IN SECURING LOTS I : t JEG6NT8 HAVE COMMENCED PUR- f CNA8E OF NEW FIELD. SEVERAL PUNS ARE DISCUSSED r GRIDIRON WILL PROBABLY RUN EAST AND WEST. The Nety Ground May Include Football Field, Running Track, Baseball Diamond, Tennis Courts . and Two 8tands. Tho board of regonts have reached an unofficial decision to secure the ground requisite for the now athlotic Held aid drill ground. Tho ground to .be secured is the west blocks of the two immediately north of tho campus, and tho lotB In tho east blocks which adjoin Eleventh street. This, with the subsequent closing of Eleventh street will sufflco for the p.urposo. -. Immediate action has bpen taken to "ward gottlng tho proporty and Regent Coupland has already secured options on many of tho lots in the west blocks. No BorloiiB difficulty 1b anticipated in ' securing tho remainder. Several Plans. As to exactly what will be done, In the woy of nrranglng the field and truck after the property 1b Becured, scvoralittanB have been diBCUBBed. The only feasible plan at present ap pears to bo. to locate the football field running east "and vest. TIjIb field will bo Burroun'ded by a cinder track which i each end will be fifty-two feet from Up item, as mo west diock is ,juu feet in width, Eleventh street is 120 feet and tho lot on the caBt block is 50 feotj It will make a total of 470 feot In length for the entlro flold or tho dlB- ' tance from, end to end of the track. This is tho least possible space Into Which the track Including within it the football field can be put as tho football Held Itself la 330 feet long. iJTho track on either side will ap proach within ten feet of tho gridiron. Directly north of tho Hold and track a permanent grandstand will bo placed and in the northwest corner of tho gridiron boforo tho stand, the base ball diamond will bo located. On tho right of the stand, in the northeast corner of tho entlro field, Ihore will be ample room for tennis courts. On tho south, opposite the grand stand, inov ablp bleachers, will be located. Owing to the slight lack of room it will bo necessary to placo tho bleachers over the cinder path. In the southwest and southeast corners of tho Held on trances with pdrmanont houses and " good turn stiles will bo provided. Little Grading Required. Some grading down of tho northeast corner of, tho field "will be necessary. Tho northwest corner is tho only low part of tho flold, but as this is not re quired for any purpose, a retaining wall will probably bo placed the length of tho field north of tho (rack, behind which the grandstand can be located without any special grading Another plan which has boon dis cussed but discarded aB Impracticable, was' to run (he flold north and, south. Th"ls of course would only necessitate ttio securing of tho west block., Jt was Pannod to run the field from this hlock across "T" strept to the, noth orn edge of tho present, campus, which . could be accomplished by closing "T" street between the present campus and tho new block, t Project Not' Feasible. It was discovered that it would be practically .impossible, however, to close "T" street between these blocks as objections would arlBo from per sons occupying the east block, but, by k, but,:by UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1909. securing the west block and .property facing Elovcnth on the kiaBt block, Eleventh can be closed wlthbut In conveniencing anyone, nB "T" stroet will still admit of a frco (passagcby residents on the cast byoclr. Another objection to this plan was the fact that "T" street is only 100, feet wide and, aB tho new engineering building runs nearly to the ndrthern edgo of the campus, sufficient room would not be obtained for the cinder path to surround the gridiron, whereas Eleventh street 1b 120 feet wide which makes possible such a track. The plan as as present, drawn up, will give Nebraska a field such, as she has never had boforo, and will placo athletics at. Nebraska on a par with those at some of the other schools. She will at least not be hampered by lack of training facilities as has been the case In the past. Tho only ques tion remaining In connection with the new field 1b one of finances. Manager Eager has several planB for raising tho money which he believes Bhouid meet with approval. One is to have the students show their loyalty to Ne- braska by donations and also to "se- ' cure subscriptions from various busi ness houses of the city. SENIORS GIVE ANNUAL PROGRAM. Musical Numbers. Arouse a Great Deal of Applause. Yesterday morning at 11 o'clock tho senior class gave its annual convoca tion program .in Momorinl hall. Tho program was exclusively musical In its nature and was .intended to show the talent thnt the class has among Its members. Mr. Hugh Robertson, chairman of the senior convocation committee pre sided. One of tho largest crowds of' tho year was preaent and by their ap plause showed that they appreciated tho different numbers. Tho program which was given was as follows: Tenor boIo John Ketrldge. Trombone solo S. S. Davis. Piano solo Miss Hilda Chowlns. Soprano solo Miss Lorraine Hem pel. Violin solo Miss Genevieve Fod rea ontralta.Bolo Jdi8s. Doyo. Tho Junior program wlH be given May 11, in Memorial hall and will con sist 'of a musical program similar to' the one given by the seniors. At the request of the convocation committee both the juniors and sen iors have decided to do aWay with the freak stunts that have characterized tho annual convocation in the past, and havo decided to make them ser ious in their nature and an oppor tunity for the best musical talent in the class to bo displayed. tennis Entries by Saturday. .Arrangements Being Made for the Spring Tournament. Announcement has been made thnt all thoso who expect to enter the uni versity tennis tournament must make their qntry notlater than Saturday noon, April 2, as drawings will tako place upon that date. All university students who are members of tho ten nis .association are eligible for the tournament, but an ontrnnco fee of twonty-flye cents will bo charged. The purpoBo of thla fee 1b to provide a fund for the purpose of purchasing a suitable prize for the winner of the unlvqrslty singles championship. Tho squad from which the tennis team will bp chosen will consist of twelye. men who will be selected as the players do(ng the jjept work in the tournament, 'When ohosen, tha squad will be formed Into six teams, and each team, will play tlip other five, tho team winning .the highest percen tage' being tho doubles, champions. The tennis manager will uo on tho courts west of Library hall, Saturday morning for the purpose of receiving Ithcnentries p 5; fK riRST HOME CONTEST CORNHU8KER8 AND MANHATTAN CLASH TODAY. HIGH SCHOOL MEET ON MAY 14 Annual Track Games Will Be Held at the State Fair Grounds Com mercial. Club Comes in With Assistance. For tho first time within two soaBoiiB tho Cornhuskcr baseball team will UiIb afternoon meet a forolgn foe in Lin coln, being scheduled for a nlnc-in- ning go with tho Kansas Aggies of .Manhattan, at 4 o'clock at Antelope park. The southern nine Is making a trip in this Btnte and Iowa and Is due to reach here this morning. Yes terday thoy played at Ames. Monday the met Highland Park at Dos Moines, suffering tho first defeat of sixteen games, tho score being i to 2. The Aggies have one of the fastest .baseball aggregations in the west and are doped to put up a hot game against tho pupils of Coach Fox this afternoon. Ail studentB holding sea Bon athletic tickets will be admitted to the game free. Aqnouncement of Election. Tho nnnual election of Btudent mem bers of the Nebraska athletic board will be held on May 10. Candidates for places on the board must file ap plications with Dr. Olapp berore May 3. Alpha Theta Chi and Delta Upsllon will play baseball at tho Vine street lot at 12:30 this afternoon. This Is one of tho regular .games on tho schedulo of tho west division tonms. High School Meet In Lincoln. The committed of tho Nebraska Teachers association having in charge the locating of the annual Nobraska interscholastlc meet, decided this week on Lincoln as the place for holding this big contest, again and set May 14 as the date for it. Owing to. the fail ure of the university board of regents to appropriate money to make up tUo deficit of last spring, Lincoln and tho university nearly lost the meet for this season. Tho Lincoln commercial club came to tho rescue of Dr. Clapp at tho right time, offering a good guar antee for the contest, and saved tho big meet for this city. Tho action of the local commercial club assures Lin coln the meeting as a permanent an nual Institution. For many years the interscholastlc meet has been held in Lincoln under the supervision .of the university' au thorities and tho oxponsos of advertis ing it have been paid by the board of regents. Last spring, however, upon the recommendation of Chancellor An drews, the regents refused to appro priate $G0 that had been spent in ad vertising tho meet. So this year tho committee In control of the' contest considered taking it away from Lin coln bocauso It felt that the'unlversl ty did not desire to havo tho meet held here any more. Kearney made a good offer -for It and tho committee was thinking of locating It there, when Dr. Clapp, and , several other University men became busy and aroused, tho commercial club to tako" tho action .that resulted in securing tho meet for this city, Games at Falf Grounds. As In past years, tho local arrange ments 'for tho meeting .this spring will bq In charge of Dr.: Clapp, physical di rector at tho university, Ho plans to havo tho. same list of events that were run off last season and to hold' the' games at the state fair grounds, Thoso events will be' as follows; One hundred-yard dash, half-mile run, 120-yard Lhurdlos, 220-yard hurdles, -0-yard run, one-mile run, 220-yard dash,, half- mile relay race, polo vault, twelve1 pound shot put, running high jump, twelve-pound hammer . throw, discus thrdw, running high Jump nnd running broad. Jump, Dr. Clapp believes tho meet this year will bo another record breaker, surpassing oven InBt spring's banner gomes in the number of entries and in attendnnco. Inst spring twonty-Blx I schools with 130 different athletes took part In tho moot. This waB tho largest number of schools that had ever placed men in tho gamoB. The at tendance exceeded 1.200 which was vastly greater than on any former oc casion. This year each school will bo per mitted to enter ton. men in tho 'games, only two men from .each schobl be ing allowed to enter oach event. The same arrangements for awarding med als that wore adopted last snrlng will obtain this year. Silver and bronzo medals will bo presented to winners of first and second placos in each event and a silk badgo will be glvon to the winner or third plnco. A gold medal will be awarded to tho winner or the greatest number or Individual points. 8ENIOR8 TO HOLD BARBEQUE. Fourth Year Class to Have Early Morning Breakfast. Next Saturday morning tho last sen ior breakrast of tho year will be given at Epworth Park. Tho committee In chnrgo of tho matter has been quietly working It up for sonio time and de clares that the breakrast is going to be the most enjoynble affair of the kind that the class has ever given. A number or unusual stunts havo been prepared, but the ono that will t ho the most spectacular will be a boat race between the different colleges represented in the senior class. Cap tains will bo appointed for each col lege and the different tennis will then bo chosen. A big roast pig will bo tho feature or breakrast if the plans of HIB VUIIIUIIUVU UIU UUIT1UU Oil I. I Tho party will tako special carB at Tonth and O streots at seven o'clock and will return shortly boforo noon. As this will bo the last break fast of tho cla8s,-arrangoments havo been mado to tako care of a largo crowd. . Tickets wore placed on sale yester-. day morning at thlrty-flvo cents apiece. These nfny be obtained at the Corn huskcr office or from any or tho mem bers of tho committee. The commit tee is composed of the following atu donts: It. Harrison, George Humpiel, H. Weller, Vera Fink, Margaret Burke, Ituth Castor, Fanchion Hooper, Cam Hie Evans, Amos Thomas, S. B. Coons, and G. W. Peters, WILL HAVE TALLY RACK PARTY. "Handsome Conductors" ' and nlng Guides"- foV Trip. 'Stun- On May flrst, tho Y. V. C. A. is to tako a "Tally Rack" excursion to tho homo of 'MIbb Qraco Hartley (at Grand VIow Park. Tho party will bo mado up or all tho membors of the association, the plan bolng that all of tho old members who can shall Invito a new member nnd furnish refreshments for tho two. If going unaccompanied, .each momber Will furnish her own refreshment. The party will leayo the. Temple in hay-racks for Grand Ylow Park, re main there for lunch and return to tho Temple by evening. A glorious frolic has bepn planned with, all sorts of istunts" during the ridd out and back. ' At the park a mystery called ".Malta's sister Jenny," will bo dis closed. Various attractions such as "handsome conductors," "beautiful scenery," "stunning guides," and "scrumptous eats," are hilled for the occasion. A slight charge, of. fifteen conts will be mado -to defray expenses. Your car far womli nay for & siu luBok at Tae .Botto Lica. Way I io aoaia? . - Price 5 Cent. DON'T LIKE THE DATE UNIVER8ITY STUDENTS DISLIKE TO CAMP IN JUNE. ACKNOWLEDGED ADVANTAGES THINK BETTER AFTER EXAMINAv TION8 THAN BEFORE. Highly Improbable That Any Further Change Will Be Made by Unl . verslty Senate Location at Ashland Satisfactory. - Tho announcement In yoBtorday's Dally Nobraskan that tho annual cadet oncampmont would be hold nt Ashland the week nftor examinations was the cause or considerable discussion oh the campus yesterday. Studonts wore hl moBt univorsnlly gratified' at tho nows that tho camp would not bo hold near Lincoln nnd that they would conse quently have four days outing entire-' ly unhothercd with studies. The prop osition that the camp be held after the closo of tho finnl semester toBtB did not moot with so warm a welcome-, however, nnd the concensus of opinion seemed to bo Btrongly ngalnst this change In the customary arrange ments. By the action of tho sennto Monday, camp will bo hold at tho govornmont rifle rnngo on the PIntto river three miles from ABhland, Tho camping ground Is located about ono mllo from tho rnllroud and three miles from tho town. There Is no communication with tho town Bnvo by rond. Tho alto to bo used by tho cadots Is the samo one usod by various other military do- tachmentB during tho year. A section of reglarH , t,ncami)(J(1 t,Joro ftt tho ,., ,. I ... it. 1, state militia will be thofo and other detachments of the regular army will probably spend some timo In tho field. As to the Date. Although pleased with the site tho , students generally, do not like- the dates. The senate decided .Monday ' that ,camp should begin on Iho Friday ' following examinations and .conlln'uo until tho' next Friday, this belngTtho usdal length of time, spoilt in ream l i each yoar. This arrangement will pro vont seniors who drill' from attending: baccalaureate or class day exercises Thoy will bo back In tlrao for com mencement. Although -few seniors drill, those who do arojafgely promi nent In class affairs aridHno camping proposition will Inconvenience 'theni considerably. " ''', '.i'' Tho greatest objection arises, how- .' ever, from studentB who havo planned to work during the summer., A num- ber of thoso claim to havo entered Into contract' to go to work the flrst week In Juno. Others have planned to do so, If they have not made definite arrangements to that effect. On these mon the camping expedition will'mil '. doubtedly work a hardship in tho opinio 4 Ion of many of the-student ,hpdy. ' W ' Good In It, Too. , ... 'A Many of tho kickers are, however, objecting merely because they do not want to spend the extra four days in. work,, although they may not have ar-r ranged to begin their summer work at that time, Thoso men see that the new regulation moans a pracltal ad dition of Ave days to the university; school year and they don't like it. There are a number of students wher declare, that the recognized advan tages of having encampment aftor ox- anilnatlons make up for tho inconveh- -lences. These men say that they had rather stay in Lincoln a week later v and have less chance of failure on ex-' (Catim4 em Ff i) rl )! 1. 1 o. n j t j n y, sfc.f 'W?fc A