The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, December 09, 1909, Image 1
' C VT ""l' r'ffpysTTFVW ' i. ' aflv . . . j .f VoL IX. No. tg. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1909. Price 5 Cents. y. Iftebrasfean V KNQCKERS,RQASTED BY f 1 SPEAKERS AT BANQUET LQYALTY IN DEFEAT NEEDED AS ' WELL AS IN VICTORY. (ORNMUSKER FEED A BIO SUCCESS Two Hundred Students and Faculty Members Attend Celebration " of Football Campaign of 1909. PlnthtiHitlHUi for Nebraska and her football team was the keynote of the annual Cornhuaker banquet held in j Ule Lincoln hotel last evening. Over two hundred Htudonts and a dozen mcmners oi uie uicuiiy, lugeiuui whu a few nlunmi members, were present. and Mio hall rang with th,o cheers of the students as- they honored the speeches In jn-fclse o'f the 'team. One and all the sentiment of the gathering was unti-knocklng. The hard and conscientious work of the team, its coaches and the faculty and students interested in the manugc metjt of the team in an effort to give Nebraska the best they had in thorn wa& brought out in all of the speeches, and the spirit actuating knocking wna deplored as something that ought to be entirely swept out of the' univer sity , Enthusiasm-RunsyljHlgh.- This sentiment reached high pitch when Professor Caldwell arose a lid as a member of the athletic board sus tained the action of the athletic man agement and the team. He again took the Hour following a speech by Man ager Eager, and appealed to the stu dent body to take his word for the statement that the charges of mis management were unfounded. In par ticular he took up the criticism which has been made of the scheduling of certain games by .Manager EagV dur ing the past season, and stated it as his belief that no other action was possible under the existing circum stances. J. 13. Miller, who presided as toast master. waB Introduced by Professor It. W. Stevens, the composer of "The Cornhuaker." He first Introduced Dr. George ( Parkins of .London, Eng land, trustee or the Rhodes cll61ar ahip. Mr. Parkins, although not on the toast list, happened to be in the city last evening and was called on to respond. Mr. Parkins told of the work of. the Rhodes fund and of the work it is doing for ttio Anglo-Saxon race. He urged upon every Nebraska man the necessity, not only of having the de termination and the ability to do things in the world, but also of having high Ideals. Profqfls.gr Phillips w.asthejijsj. reg ular -Hpoaker, his -topic being -J'The-Worth'of' the Gatno." 'He' 'declared' athletic prowcsB to be as natural anu necessary as montal activity nlont' lines ofscl)ola,rshIp., Ho believed Uiflt, no mature,' man whiq' had playfed the,' ...'..t'i ii i : iti '.i.... i i...'. KUU1U wuiwu lit luiur uiu uuiijr ilb uuh- ell'ts.- Criticism ,of the game ho bo; Moved to ho Tully countered by the facts. VReTom;ing,to 'tljef season Just now pastille declared that the J.eam had worked under sovoro' disadvantage and yot toad done well. Eulogizes Scrubs. Assistant "Coach- J. B. Havvoy, ox captain, spoke of "Nubbins," other wise the scrubs. He' paid a compli ment to the worc of 'the second ,team and showed the Importance of 'their work. He further expressed the hope that Nebraska colleges outside of the state iTnlvorslty might do'velop teams of sucli ability as to give the univor slty team1 practice such' ah' "Kansas gains from the hard conflicts It an nually has with HaslVell; WnBhburn , and'Wmfnttan'. ' "'i ,'- ' Cnphi'ln Boltzor of, this yeur's team toasted "Thrt fTeani." Ho told of, thfe' "W ,Sg?V nAVJWJj ffir'f yviin inauequaio miuenni ni mo stare, pobr brffcticd' floTds, Ufid UI3 advorse cVltlclanriwlloh was edrjy evident. Yot the Nebi,nska,-menJ! wore gut with re mnrkable regularity and displayed n spirit, especially In the few days just before the game "with Kansas, such as the university had seldom seen. He referred particularly to the clean, straightforward character of the sport this year. Football as a Sport. Professor Caldwell spoke both wit tily and- seriously as the representa tive of the athletic board. He thought that football should be looked upon as a sport, not as a battle. Manhood he put first, winning games bccoihI. Ho shuck a thought of Immediate popu larity In Jils deeire for a greater ath letic Held, one which might be con siderably larger than the present ground and which might provide room f'Ali It 1 1 iimtll fP (tllll'tu 4'm rtll CftllflflTlt'U I iJi tin nwi in wi nfwii iwi tin niuuvuui of the university. He believed that not only the people of the state but those of the university itself should be educated to the- need of physical as well as intellectual training. .He fu'1 ther said: "I love victory as well as do you students. I believe in winning, but If that is not pOHBible, let us rejoice in AS8I8TANT COACH HARVEY Who Spoke on "Nubbins" at the Corn husker Banquet. losing. Let us not liave the knocking which has been too prevalent thlB year, some of which has come from the.Bjiulents, buj. most of, jvh,lch. J..,bp; lieve has-had- Its source-out in the city anil stato- apart 'frcftn tlio university Itself.' In the choice of a' captain, for next year's team, let us pick a man of ability, and of .ipuntfood, and then let u& shjiport hint' thoroughly. 'Let us be good enthusiasts, as winners or as losers, and let us bq Joyal throughout, With that .unity of feeling, that power, Ihtft manhood, that strength, which will make us big men big women, jjood citizens, good neighbors, and good friends." Allen Not Present. Regont C. S. Allen wna not present, and Mr. .Miller took his place to make a tribute to the good workof the Lin cola member' of the - board. He fur- thor declared the hope that tho Ira rtredlnto future might see the exten sion of tho university camps north ward and eastward by tho purchase, if possible by thenoxt legislature, of a largo amount of. additional land. Ho. Uiqught.that with prpper.-co-operation prstudqnts and Lincoln citizens 'this might be possible. ' ,." . ' ' .Dean lHchards of the- engineering school, present otiajfjman of the nth lotle, boaVd, related tho stopfeiffnBecur ' Oonftnuod on Pago,-! ' ."" fern OXFORD MAN ADDRESSES NEBRASKA UNI STUDENTS DR. PARKIN OF RHODES SCHOL ARSHIP FUND LINCOLN VISITOR. THINKS AMERICANS ARE PROVINCIAL Englishman Declares United States Universities Give Students a Comparatively Narrow View of Things. Cecil Rhodes and his sciolar.shipe was the subject of an address which Dr. Parkin of Oxford ' University, a trustee of the RhodoB scholarship fund, delivered before tho class In ed ucation yesterday afternoon in 11207. Dr. Parkin discussed tho life of Rl'odes and his great Ideal which he finally put forth to the betterment of the education of the young Anglo Saxon men. Rhodes, when he was In school, was a great student of Oreok and Latin, and especially was Aris totle one of his favorite masters. Ho" studied Aristotlo very Intensely and from this master he took Ills motto from which ho molded his" life. His Motto. Cecil Rhodes followed this Greek motto and translated It as follows: "Groat happiness in life Is to bo do- rived from conscious pursuit of a groat purpose." This motto Rhodes followed earnestly and when ho died his last words were, "So much to do, so little done." Rhodes was a different man than people thought him to be. Dr. Parkin said: "People looked on him as a great diamond man, but they did not know his true character. His great power lay In his ability to command the. expansion- and. civilization of terri tory. He added to tho British em pire a- territory three times tho slzo of Texas, and to further the civiliza tion of this territory ho pushed tho railroad' straight through the copter of this territory. Today this railroad Is neaVlng its completion as the Cape to Cairo railroad.. A Broad View. "Tho great idea of Rhodes wus to hold a world viow 6f nil matters, and bo now In his scholarship fund he has developed this Idea. His controlling thought ntong this line Was to bring them to England and put them, in touch with all of tho world. His idea at first was in regard to England alone, and then he extended it further and gave' to the young men of the .United States the rare chanco of be ing' students at this great college of Oxford, tho equal of which thoro is pone'' in the wcfrld. 1 am'' reminded" of tho greatness of this university .whon I was asked to address the stu dents of Leland Stanford University some time ago, and had a chanco to compare tho students who were mem bers of that young ten-year college with the members of Unit great stu dent body of thq greatest college in the world, founded by King Alfred over a thousand years ago, and to which tho universities and collogcs of the United States should not bo com pared. Americans Provincial. "It has often been asked why should young men be sent to Oxford by the scholarship fund? These peo plo do not realize the greatness of this university in comparison with the American universities. Men from all over tho world are in attendance there. With the great range of in fluence with tho British empire on sea and on the land in comparison with that influence of tho United States, tho men aro afforded a world view, " "People In this country got a provin cial, view and aro prone to believe that only in their, narrow sphere does tho world move. At Oxford' mor are brought there from world-wide points and they pour their influence upon tho students. Those tuon tnko up this Influence and whon thoy re turn to their own localities they spread It about bo that their neigh bors tako It up for tholr own mutual benefit. Thus tho great ldoa of giv ing to all men a world view Is scat tered about. This Is tho reason mon are sent to Oxford. "Rhodes nlso wns a groat promoter of athletic spirit and in this ho. laid great stress on tho Importance of ath letics uh n factor to increase tho mor ality of mankind. The men who par ticipate In athletics In England are trained to use this part of their edu cation as n factor to benefit their mor alB, and this was the idea of Rhodes. He Insisted that men who took advan tage of his scholarship fund ho mon who use tho sportB In a way as a re llgiouB factor. This again Is anothof benollt received from athletics that Is not found in American colleges. All thlngB at Oxford work for tho groat benollt or mankind In educational as well as athletic linos, which thing Is not found In the universities of Amer ica." James ) Coupo, 'OD, 1b muuaKli)g a farm and stock business at Falls 'City. CAPTAIN BELTZER Another 8peaker at Dinner. Last Night's Y. M.-Y.-W. SOCIAL. Representation of Christmas Exercises In a County School to Be Feature. A novolty In university entertain ments will be introduced Saturday evening at the Y. M.-Y. W. joint so cial. One of tho most interesting parts of tho program will bo an Imita tion of tho exercises held in a country school nt Christmas time. Those in chargo are planning to make this just as funny as it is possible to make it. All of the "kids" wilt speak ploces and fry their best to plenso tholr parents and other visitors. There will also bo essays and a speech by tho teachor. A Christmas tree, gllstoning with tinsel, lighted with candles, and load ed with presents will also bo in evi dence. Santa Clans will be in charge of tho tree nnd Bee that everyone re ceives a present. Everyone Is invited to come and en joy tho sport. It is also urged that everyone bring a present for someone elso, tho vnluo of tho present not to exceed live cents. , .' The toucher will treat all scholars and visitors. Your car faro would pay f6r a 'nice 'unch at the Boslori Lunch', Wtij. go homo? TEAM STARTS FOB SCEfOF CONFLICT CHERRINQTON, FOSTER AND DOBB8 OFF FOR IOWA CITY. WANT A BIO CROWD AT HOME Local Managers Feel That Lincoln Students and Citizens 8hould Lend Their Aid. Threo representatives of the Uni versity of Nebraska loft last night at G o'clock over tho Burlington road for Iowa City, where on Friday even ing they will debate with tho Iowans in tho third contest between those two schools. Dr. ICdwln Maxoy of tho law college accompanied thorn. Seldom havo three debaters left with more determination to win than tho threo Cornhuskors, Bon ('herring ton. George Foster, and 8. P. Dobbs. A rousing mooting In tho aftomoon be fore a numbor of tho university stu dents, In which a spirited debate was the feature 6f tho occasion, served to Improvo tho spirits of tho dobators, who realize the tremendoiiB handicap thoy must overcome In Friday's con tost. With live months of solid work by Iowa as against live weoks for Ne braska and a home audience, Iowa Is hoping tQ duplicate tho record of laBt year and make a clean sweop. Al ready the Iowans have boasted that the Cornhiiskers will meet, defeat. Work for Nebraska. It is for Nebraskans that the two debating teams aro battling Friday ijight. At the bo.ttom of tho league. It Ib foil tills year that victory Is close at hand; and 'if the Corhh(iHkor uro unnblo to yl$; tjielf chpneas will noVor bo bettor forBUCccjss. Tho team whr(ch Is' to moot MinnoBota is now resting from the heavy work of the last threo weeks. All of tho mon are in the best of physical condition, nnd aro being, carefully guarded to prevent any chance ofslckness. Students of tho university will be culled upon In tho next two days to attend tho debate. Every seat In tho house Is to bo thrown open and pro fessors and students allko are to bo asked to given financial support to the debating Interests at Nobraska. The board is facing a big deficit from last year, and It Is necessary to clenr enough to meot this Friday night. University students will be nskod to postpone all other engagements so, that no other university function will Interfere with tho content. Ashland high school sent a. request Wednes day for the reservation of fourteen tickets. Tho Lincoln Academy' and tho "Military College are to bo cdn vasjio'l yot. A systematic canvas of tho business men, it Is thought, will nlso bo another sourco of revenue. ' ' Good Advance 8ale. Tlie advance sale of tickets ut Por ter's is excellent, and if tho salo Jiolds up as it has earlier in the week, the largest crowd ever attending a debate in Nebraska will hear Friday's con test. Tho rivalry between the Go phers and Nebraska in all lines of col lego activities is being shown by In creased Interest among university students. Tho lower classmen aro purchasing tickets rapidly and a largo delegation of freshmen and , sopho mores will attend. ' l Tho last two days before the debate will ho of unusual activity for tho business management. . Favorable weather will bring a largo "crowd of students at tho door to purchas'o tickets. Tho management' desires to havo almost tho entire lower floor sold out before the salo of gonoral ndnils NEBRASKA slon tickets' takos place. v - " Prnsriilnnt Klnrr nf' niirnllti tiu mnlr. ' - . ..,.r.w..v .....0 w -HW VW lff ihg a tour through Chtha4 Japan 'and Iiidla. Ho will give addresses at1 'tho principal colleges in theJTq countries. !$ - , h - . -,?' " VI - A ' .v K v. tf . .' irf ". - 'lj . I