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:iuwiii,'-jn.rmM.'nMi..rtwi.fcfi w.,ynKiiumin on i ui i . , ....! i, iuium. i nm i jiiiimmnimrii mv?ttWHmX25&ZK X THE DAILY NEBRASKAN V V The Daily Nebraskan TUB PnOPBUTY OF1 ' THE DNIVBHSITY OP NBDIIASICA, Lincoln, Nobroaka. Pubfiffficd W . 'l TUB 8TUDMNT I'UHLIOATION HOARD EDITORIAL 8TAFF. Editor K. P. Frederick Manaalno Editor . . . ..Crl J. I Lo rd Attoclatc Editor T. M. Edaecombo Associate Editor H. D. Hawley BUSINESS STAFF. Manager O. C. Klddoo Assistant Manager v. C. Haioall Circulator c. Duohanan Editorial and Business Offlcot BASEMENT, ADMINISTRATION BLDQ. Postofflce, Station A, Lincoln, Nab. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $2.00 PER YEAR Payable In Advance. Single Copies, B Cents Each. - Telephone: Auto. 1888, Night Phones Auto 1888 Auto 3844. INDIVIDUAL NOTICE8 will bo charged for at tho rato of 10 contn tho InBortlon for ovory nftoon words or fraction thoro of. Faculty notlccii and University bul letins will bladly bo published froo. Entered at tho postofllco at Lincoln, Nebraska, ns socond-class mall mattor undor tho Act of Congress of March , 1870. m Advertisements for the want column should be left at the business office, base ment Administration building, between 10 a. m. and 12 m., or between 2 p. m. and 6 p. m. Cash must accompany all orders for ad- tuinn af hn rata of tan cents for each fifteen words or fraction thereof the first Insertion; three Insertions twenty-five cents; five Insertions forty cents. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1010. As there will be no classes on Tuesday of next week, there will bo no further Issue of The Dally Nebraskan until Wednes- day morning. N And still tho baBkotball team wlnB vlctorioB for NobfaBko. Wo havo found him tbo champion inoan man. Dill Nyo described him as tho man who carried a handkorchlof with rod blotchoB which ho "hold to Tils noBO whllo making for tho door of tho church when tho collodion plato BUDD DONT BUDD A SPECIALTY MAN IN FURNISHINGS BUDD A SPECIALTY MAN IN SHOES BUDD THE ONLY LINE HATTER IN LINCOLN was passed. That man was as pure as tho drlvon snow whon compared with tho croaturo wo havo dlscovorod. At tho last consuB yostorday wo dlB .covorod Blx of thorn persons whoso names woro not on tho jmbacrlpllbir list, but who woro calling nt Station A for tho Dally Nobraskan and re ceiving it. OPINION. Do you ovor rise up In mighty wrath? Does an Idea ovor selzo you, gontlo reader, to tho extent that' you fool that It ought to appear In print? Do you, In fact, over feel that it is "up to" you to save tho university? If Buch 1b tho caso, tho Dally Nobras kan oxtonds tho balm for all your trou bles; tho romody for all your woes, namely, "Tho Forum." Tm Forum was established back in tho dim and musty paBt of this publi cation and has boon used frequently and with much effect In allovlntlng tho Ills of tho student body. And it is to bo hoped .that whonovor occasion demands It wllluo used again. Truo freedom ot Qxprossioa Jn tho. collogo dally Is tho. only moans whoro hy tho student body can at tlmos got a hoaring. Tho Daily Nebraskan Is" published for tho student body. As such a publication J.t would bo a fail ure did it not permit tho 'students to oxpross tholr opinion on thq issues of tho day through its columns. Conse quently "Tho Forum" will always bo open to welcome tho arrival of an Idea. Alpha Chi Omega sorority will give a valontino house party on tho even ing" of Fob.-15 Charter Day. Tho classes in physical oducnt.On will bo started on Monday of noxt week. No regular classes havo boon held ttils week, owing, to wprk of talc ing tno measurements oitno new men who ,hjttvo-roglBtere4 for tho work. The Forum 1 To '-the -Editor df-iho-Jfournskan. - Doar Sir: Having hoard that an nrtlclo has boon wrltton In a provlous number of your papor by a follow stu dent concornlng tho mannor of boIoc tlon of tho aonlor piny cast, I wlBh to tako this opportunity of oxprosslng my opinion regarding this subject; as It la tf subject Concornlng whlclrtho students and tho seniors at least should bo Interested. To my mind tho Idea of Btudonts sitting ns JudgCB of tho dramatic abil ity and power of lntorprotatlon of tholr follow students Is ridiculous In tho oxtromo. Judges aro chosen or dlnnrlly and primarily on account of tholr peculiar knowlcdgo of tho sub Joct of which thoy nro to Judge. To say that any studont Is capablo of act ing as a Judgo of a follow student's dramatic ability and powor of lntor protatlon simply bocauso ho is or has boon a mombor of tho dramatic club is a farco. Llkowlso it is a farco to say that ho Is capablo bocauBo ho has been recommondod, or through influ ence ho has been appointed a mombor of tho senior play commlttoo. AIbo It doos not follow that bocauso ho has boon a mombor of tho Dra matic Club for a numbor of years that ho should bo given a proferonco or bd chosen in placo of some ono olso who has not been a mombor of tho Drn matlc Club. A porson should bo judgod by oxperloncod judges, sololy accord ing to tho ability and powor of inter pretation ho displays on tho try-out, rogardloBS of whothor ho bolongs or has belonged to any club or not. A Btudont commlttoo of judgoB may intend to Judgo fairly, but-I)daro say that no commlttoo could bo selected but which unconsciously at lonst would bo ruled by prejudices, friend ships and favorltlsms. Wo havo profossors In this Institu tion csteomod for tholr ability and highly capablo of rondorlng a propor EAT MEAT decision as to who, according sololy to his ability displayed, should roprosont his cIubs in a graduating function of as much lntorost and importance to tho wholo university as tho senior rplay IsV . . - Only a porson of recognized ability, such as a ' professor, is capablo of Judging properly as to tho ability dlB playod by tho Btudont. It 1b to tho lntorost of tho senior class and of tho university that only thoBO of tho highest ability should havo a part If tho play Is to' bo a suc cess. , Tho wrltor of this has bcon n mom bor of ono Bonlor play cast In tho past, which cast was picked by Judges only. Ho' knows from tho years spent as a studont in this Institution that so called student public opinion has been aroused over tho present method of selection of mombors of tho cast. Such public opinion Ib only tho expression of tho students' sonso of justice and efficiency. Until tho present mothod of soloctlon is changed, thero will bo each year about' thlB t!ino a like ex pression of public opinion. . Tho writer has no axo 'to grind, but desires simply to promoto fair play and ofllclency. Ho is not nor does ho intend to bo a candidate for n part in -iho cast. LESTER C. SYFORD, A. B. 1907, Law 1910. To tho Editor of tho Dally Nobras kan: In Justlco to tho commlttoo in charge of tho indoor athletic moots, I Uilnk some reply should bo mado to Mr. Mahood's article in yesterday's NobraBkan. Whon thlB plan of hold ing fraternity and non-fraternity meotB was originated by tho manage ment last year, ithoro seemed to bo some question as to tho wisdom of this plan, and in splto of tho articlo to tho contrary wrltton in tho No braskan by' a prejudiced person, tho moots woro generally considered a groat, success, Tho principal objec- tlon offered to this arrangement as first proposed was that it would ralso a fooling of antagonism and hos tility between- tho fraternity and non fratornlty men, but It Is well known byall who followed thtrinoels closely that no spirit of this kind was raised; In fact, It seemed to havo tho oppo slto effect. Tho only fair criticism that can bo mado regarding tho Char tor Day fraternlty-non-fraternlty con tost of last year Ib that thoro was practically a lack of competition In a fow oyonts, duo to tho unfortunate withdrawal at tho last moment of a numbor of contestants. It was com monly roportod at that tlmo that theso withdrawals woro mado with tho do- llborato Intention of detracting from tho interest in tho moot, but I am not prepared to say whothor or not this report was correct. I can stato very positively from closo observation In all throo of last year's contests and also f rom Incrulry after tho meet from qulto a numbor of roprosentativo fra ternity and non-fratornlty men, that tho moot WAS considered a great suc cess in practically ovory way. R. G. CLAPP. PLAN FOR PRELIMINARY. 8tudents Debating Club to Meet Wcsleyan. Tho Students' Debating Club will moot Saturday ovonlng in N10G at 7:30 o'clock. Business of considerable interest will como boforq tho club and a full attendance is desired. Plans will bo mado for tho preliminary for tho intor-socioty debato, which will bo hold with tho Dialectics of tho Wesloyan Univorslty in March. Com petition promises to bo koon to so euro a placo on this team. Tho do bat o for tho next meeting will bo on tho postal savings bank. TIiIb is a par ticularly timely question and It is bo Hovod will bo of interest to many stu dents of tho univorslty. Tho afllrma tlvo will bo taken by Mr. Mooro and Mr. Dreon, whllo tho negative will be supported by Andrews and Jones. NEVER KNOW if you NEVER TRY When you wnnt to got Cleaning nnd Pressing uono by hand and not by inacblnory bring your clothes to JOE The Tailor who la also a Specialist on altering and ro fitt ing your clotLoa np-tcKlnto. Special attention to Ladle's work and Uniforms. UPSTAIRS, 1328 O ST. LINCOLN University Bulletin February. 12, Saturday, 8 p. m. Catholic Stu dents' Club moots. 137 So. 11th. 12, Saturday, 8 p. m. English Club at Miss E. Morrison's homo. 12, Saturday, 8 p. m. KoCoptlon to university Masons. Acacia house, ' 1220 R. 14, Monday, 8 p. m., Armory Basket ball. Kansas Aggies vs. Nobras kav Informal danco. 15, Chartor Day Classes excused. Missouri. Armory. 15, Tuesday, 2:30 p. m. Fraternity-non-fratornlty moot. Armory. 18-19, Friday and Saturday Nebraska-Minnesota. Baskotball, at Min neapolis. 18, Friday, Tomplo Theater Lecturo by Dr. H. A. Johnston. 7:30 p. m. 19, Friday, Tomplo Graduate Club moots. 21, Friday, 8 p. m., Tomplo Palladlan .Club moots. 21, Friday, 5 p. m. Special convoca tion. Memorial Hall. A. A. GUI man, 21, Friday,- 4 p. ,pu Gqrman 'song Clubmeots. Tomplo. 22, Saturday, 8 p.; m. Swedish Club meets. t2135" K. ' ' M mm m Lm Ami LW L, J-'i.l.lHrWJ'hJ -J FRATERNITIES & SORORITIES Wt Want Your Coal Orders, Give Us a Trial Order, SATISFACTION GUARANTEED WHITEBREAST GOMP'Y 1106 0 STREET ITS QUiTE A TRICK to please everybody but we believe when it comes to put ting up Sandwiches, Ice Credm Ices and Punch you get value received at TYPEWRITERS ALL MAKES -- -- - - SOLD OR RENTED Ront Applies on Purchase Price Fivo Days Froo trial boforo you pay. Two years guarntoo whon you purchase. Easy Terms. Got our list. 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