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No. 81
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1910,
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FIFTY DELEGATES
GO TO WESLEYAN
NEBRA3KA I8.ALLOWED TO .SEND
: MANY REPRESENTATIVES.
D. C MITCHELL IS THE CHAIRMAN
J. L'Der Klndern G. T. Howser, Dr.
.Howard, Aanew Johnston, W. A. Mc
- KnlQht and Robert Wlendeneall
f . Will Speak at Convention. .
Tho thirtieth annual convention of
tho Nebraska Young Men's Christian
Association will, begin this ovoning at
.Wesloyan Unlvorslty.-J This is tho hrst
time .that the Y. M. C. A. of tho stato
and the' college mdn of Univer
sity' Placo aro determined to mako it
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The coaveatibn will last until Bun
day. everting, and, the thorno of ,
konvontion will be "Tjio Winning of
Mdn." Taerir-wlU be kandreds of del
t'gatos from allaaw "iho state, aad
thiiy wlii al bo qntertainocT in UnlYer
.slty Place. In addition to tna city
associations tho college associations
wilt each send a large number1 of dele
gates. Wesieyan, fcotnor and tho Unl
versltyof Nebraska nBSociations will
ifnoh send fifty delegates. '
Somo of tho most promlnont Y. M.
C. A men"' in America will speak at
tho difforent meetings. Ono of tho
most widely .known of those is Robort
Wiendonsall, who haB chargo of. the
county -Y. M. C. A. work in North
AmerlcaVd,, bar done, jjyeaHworkiii
this Ibto'y Ho was ,at one time !stato
. M. i5iC se'erotary of Nebraska and
its woll "known in this part- of th
"""coiintryr v -" - - "-" trT - -
Another speaker wjll bo Doctor,
Howard Anew Johnston ot Colorado
Surlngs. Dr. Johnston is one of ,tho
moflt prominent r Presbyterian min
isters in America. Ho is jwelL lmown
" to Nebraska lynlvorsity Y. M. C. A.
workers. - rr
Ono of tho best known men who
will appear boforo tho convention Is
Ged.rgersT. vHowier '"of- St Louis,' Mo.
Mr Howwer ras The-flrst general soc
"rotary of Omaha and Is now field sop
retary of , Missouri. Ho, -with Robert
Wiendonsall, called together tho first
stato convention in" Nebraska.
W. AjjMcKnight of Champaign, 111.,
togothoivwIth-H. W. Kondall, will .have
charge of. the, studont 'Work confer
pnecs., ilr.i Mcknight is secretary of
the Y.. M. C. A. at tho University ot
illlnohijHo is an, old, 'football playor
iho student body of the west.
Ono of the most important, lectures
will bq the ono on "Religious Work of
tho University and Collego .Associa
tion," dollvored by J. L. Dor Kinderen
of Lincoln. Dor Kinderen Is general
flMrotarjrof" the' state university asso
ciation and is, of course, well known
in tho university. , .
Entertainment of ueiegaics.
The delegates will bo entertalnea on
ttJ?4riW?platf. They will be, enter
tained for lodglpg and breakfast but
otherwise. will bo expected to provide
for 'themselves.
.'a number of social entertainments
Will bo given, in honor of tho delegates.
.In addition to, thesp an hour Will be
set' aside each evening for' social ac
tivities. All ot the convention meetings will
bo held In the now Methodist church
of University Placo.
R, B, Kenny. Js-chalrman of tho n-
tortalnment cqmilttoo and has every
thjng arranged for the reception and
entertainment of tho visiting dole,
gates.
The second annual stato gymnastic
athletic contest of tho physical depart
ment of tho city associations , will be
held Friday evening.
a toani of flvo men, and a silver cup
will bo given tho winning team. The
man scoring tho highest total points
In gymnastics will be stato gymnast
lor tho year. Last yoar this honor
was won by I. C. Mitchell, who is well
known at Nebraska as a gymnast.
WOMEN WISER THAN THE MEN?
Men
"Flunkers" QMtnumber Wemtn
Five to One.
-Tho university "flunk-llstiUs-a-thing
of gradual growth. All weok long the
workers in tho registrar's office bavo
been busy compiling tho list, andf the
returns from all the schools of the unl
versify are not yet in. Tho total cat'
ualtlef in t)e schools of engineering
and .law are among those not yo re
ported. .
-. The Hat of failures In tho college Is
now complete, and ono fact which the
figures show bas turned tho dean and
the beads of tho dopartmonts Into hit-
mas. question marks. That one fact U'
tbat among the membors of tho frel k
man class who technically severW
their connection with the university
by failing in more thaa ow-talrd ;f.
their work, thor aro .H.HiDajt.M
many men asrrcw, thwgH-tkeekM
is made up about eially of n aa
women.
"What's the iVw'n.tlitcpsf)
Hon?" tho professors ate' jfc Utw?
solves ari4 one aaether. ilUtt Ui
women, naturally brltkk taaa (Ve
men? Are the CQrsjM. aade easier
for womon taa,"fo mnt. - Ajre the
men lazier than the women? Aro out
side attractions stronger for men than
for women t" All these creations and
many othors aro being propounded,
but. so far ta6'"Mrr,hns como forward
with an answer. '' J i
(BALLOT-CL08E8 TOMORROW;
Y. W. C. A. Will Elect Officers for
Term.
Thq-Jnformal ballot forthxTY; W.C.
A. officers of tho coming torm will
contlnuo-through-todayandTrldayTA"
box has boon placed In tho association
room to recelvo tho votes, nnd. each
girl ls;,urged not to allow thot(mo'to
go by without voting.
This pro-oloctlon balloting is an Im
portant, feature of" tho. association
methods,, and is tho result of a convic
tion on iho part of tho oxocutlvos that
since tho association holds a member
ship of nearly six hundred students, jt
Is an important influonco lu university
llfo, and oach unlvorslty momber
should hava a yolco In tho selection of
tho oulcors. This informal ballot af
fords font opportunity. Ytfu voto tor
whomevor you please and from tho
names cast are determined tho nom
inees for tho election proper.
ItMs further held by the joxocutives
that this preliminary vote should not
bo slighted but held as a privilege and
no member should rcqulro urging to
cast, after careful thought, a vote
which will" help docldd things In tho
way sho thinks tkoy should go. The
following Information la given for tho
benefit 'of now or uninformed mem
bors: ,
It Is tho unwritten law of the associ
ation that tho president shall be a
jtihlor. Tho other officers may bo
chosen indiscriminately fr6m iho sev
eral classes. Tho' retiring presldont
and vlce-prorldent are as follows!
President, Alice (Jompton; vice-pros-ident
Paula Jennings.
Miss Vibbard states that In ail her
administration she has never had a
more bfflclent worker thaa Miss Comp
ton In her capacity as president. Not
only has she presided over a cabinet
of twenty-one girls, preserving a most
remarkable harmony aad unity, but
slie has maintained an excellent aal
versitx standing. The oxcelleacy of the
retiringpresldent, should ai&ke ,tha
girls mpre careful In their i
DEBATE TRY-OUTS 10
BEJELQ T0NI6HT
ELEVEN MEN TO THY OUT IN
SOPHOMORE CLAM.
SEAN MED AE MU NT
Quettien en Ceunty Optlen--Interest
Lay In Seme Claeeti Five Aejilr
ants In Junior and Freeh-
man. Clawes.
The try-ouls tor the class debatlag
taems will be held this evening. : The
aumber of men varies in tho various'
classes, but the greatest amount of in
terest Is shown In; tho sophomore
class. In this. class eleven. men have
slgnifed that tkey are. asairants for
class debating honors. In. the junior
class "five "nieh -will try out aad itfa
same number of mett will try bat in
the freshman class, for 'places' on the
team. ' '
: In the settlor cUaalKtfr miWeitrhmf
been showar The-awi-wh-thate de
cded to try 0Mtvter;rtaee; ha,v,t-ot
as yetiStm thtfr paaWte sthf awn
beta o( the debatfag hbart ?rosa. that.
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TaisdeUU'whWti will be heU this
y. tMjKNMi t .tVf ;flM
debates.' Last year t was de
vised to. bol4 iattMUea-.ibatw aad
this plaa proved" very saeceifa)r The
sonlors and tho freshman debate le
tho class championship on Phi Beta
KapM;da.a:and vthe decision .rendered
by ta? judges was m ravor or, tne
froshmen.
.THo strength of tho various class
teams will bo known aftor tho try-outs
this evening. Tho men who will try
out in tho sonior class aro unknown.
r Tho question which will bo" discussed
this evening at nil of tho try-outs Is:
"Resolvod, That -county option Is th
bcstr-mcans-of-T-ogulatlffgthirniquor
traffic in tfobraska."
Tho men who .will try. out follow:
, Freshmen H. B. Engllebjv Lincoln;
Clifford Rein, Loup City; B. P. Sny
der; Lincoln; L. Phillips, Lincoln; O.
R. Mnnn, Ord. ! '
Th'o try-out will bo held In tho4 music
hall oLthoJTomplo.
Sophomores X B. Spaulding,
WahodJ V. L. Bates, Lincoln; T. O:
Anderson, Lincoln;, F.; M. Garrott,
Madison; R. E. Halldorsen, Lincoln;
W. Ji. Powors, Ponca; h J. Monday,
Brlen City;' A. W. Vasby, Beatrice;
Q.,E.De Wolf, VGlb Won; B.B. Johnsons
Lincoln; B. W. Frledon, Osmond.
Judges Dean W. Q. Hastings, Prof,
O. O. Virtue.
Juniors W. T. Wolvlpgton, Chad-
ron; Anan Raymond, Fairmont; A. M,
Oberf elder, Sidney; H, M. Noblo, Lin
coln; G. ,H. RuBbton, Omaha.
Judgos Prof. H, W. Caldwell, Prof,
F. C. Fronch, Prof. Edwin Maxey,
DEBATING . CRITICISED.
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Prefeaeer.
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"Modern college debaUng is the
most; dangerous" tendency In the mqd-,
ern .university' said Professor George
Lofevre of tho University ot Missouri;
Thursday moralng; t .
"Tho practice of university debating
teams 'advocating first oae sale aa'd
then the other of the question Is aoth
ing but Intellectual dlshoaeety.' It
causes students to devote their whole
laoultiea aad abilities' to advqoate sub
jects they do aet believe ln7 It fosters
a state f aalad- that aaythiag eaa be
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NEBRASKA MAY YET 8INQ.
Glee Club May Organized
This
Mernlni.
Tho university may wave a glee club.
This will in al( pobabHity e Ue re
sult of a meeting to be" held at 11:3'
this morning. The meeting; will be
composed of as many of the old club
men as can beiind in Ue university
hbu u oi av men wuo nre inireHicu,
COMPANY 'D". CLUB SMOKER,
Eleeted Officers fer the resenf
- teniester.
The Company p Club met $r .Ho Phi
Kappa Psl fraternity tionse Tuesday
night The occasion was a smoker
give by the club. After the good
time tor the 'evening had been disposed
of the club eiecUdhfoltowing of
ficers: B. ja. JHahne, jroslienl; Cx L.
FJster, vice-president, and R. D. Fair
child, secretary and treasurer. Rob
ert FankbausW was elected nlansgor
of the basketball Iteam'aad R. E.Hall-
dbrspa manager of the baseball team,
CHJCAQQ TEACHERS GET RAISE,:
BeaN ef Edueatlwi Ve4te $240,000 fer
l4raM ef JMIarlee.,
A sweeplag adyaaee la the salaries
of imWio schael teaehers, in Chicago
baa, Ue ye.Wy th lwrd of; 4itoar
tioa. The.istere, wMUk date (nm
Jaaary l,.wlU saeaa the bWarMtaeat
oj ,f f yfur laore fpr salaries
amoaa; tl(a fspk teaehers;
The Uejreaef is. larttft for those
who' have taught awre thaa seven
years. Primary; ' taaclif ft. from the,
rthfrd to- tho seventh' andBabsequont
yoars of service will recolyo an ad
yanco of fromJ25, to G0, beginning
iiiy.Vr?i - v.
mr w - w aa-waw hsbt. .mc wv nr . tuiriri raa
W ;. y.y;.
uoventeen nign scikkh jerAcipaif
will receive an advaao o i0!ATh
present .maximum of 'f 3,200 is Ja
creased to $3,800. The 'lowest salary
is $650, paid to teachers for their first
year's work In the primary grade.
NO SOCCER AT NEBRASKA.
Rumor that Unlvers'ity Would Have
Soccer Squad Next Year Is False.
A rumor hasWToJreulaled recent-,
ly'that tho University r,of Nebraska
would tako up the game of 'soccer foot
ball and play a scedule of flyo or six
games noxt fall. The statements oven
went so far as to affirm that tho fac
ulty members of tho board of control
had sanctioned tho idea and that chal
lenges " had been- rccolyed from' tho
UnlvorsUies of-Chicago and Illinois.
Faculty members o'f the athletic
board, when Interviewed by a Nobras
kan reporter, denh1S.aay.such plan.
They stated that tho rumor was tho
product of some fertile imagination
and that the board-had taken no ac
tion wbateyer, While theae members
of the athletic board denied that -any
thing bad been done up to this time,
arid that any challenge had been re
ceived, they did not deny that some
such action would be taken,
Thn University, -of California Ena-
llshOlubvwJU.soon present "Nero'
All sophomores who wish t,o try for
the Inter-class Rebating, team, will
meet in U108 Monday at 12:30 tp se
lect thifir places for the try-puit.
Cigarette smoking in; classic, Holden
hall, tho. coeds' dorniitpry ofWqoter
ualversity, may result in the expul
sion of four fair students from the
Presbyterian institution. .
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A- coatjoversy .hasartsea a,t Cam
bridge because someot thecltlsens
do not thlak that Harvard should be
exempt from taxatloa aad elalm that,
the college projerty .la a burden, to
Uia community, ' , t : .
.Your oar fare would paytor a alee
laach at" the Bostba Lanbh." Whj go
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FIRST CALL HAS BEEIT ,:.
ISSUED FOR IASEM11L
TO MEET TONIGHT TO DISCUS
DIAMOND PROSPECTS.
Uf WftftK IS TO IE0HI Wtil
Several Petitions on the Team, Will
- Be Open Pitchers Are to Demand
Series ef Inter-etaee aeefcall
Games Being Arranged.
The first call for baseball ate has
been Issued by Coach Carratl aad Cap
tain Greensllt ' Every ball player In
tlie university, freshawa as well as
upper classmen, are urged fo coaae out
to this, meeting. It '.will-be held, tor
night at the Sigma Alpha Epsllon
house at 8 o'clock. Proteseor Grove
Barber, II. W. Caldwell and Dean 'Rich
ards will bo present These faculty
member, of the athletic board aro
very much interested In the baseball
prospects to,' tho comlasyear.
The prospects are tbat the largest
squad In the history of the university
will be oa hand when practice starts
Cae work will probably be begUa in'
the gym Ftidsy, The gy will be
fitted oat Tlth now Wire aad aetttafc
to allew as many to practloe at oaco
as possible. It is known that1 some,
ane material is In the aalvarslty.
Ceaeh Carroll is cbnfldeat that he. will:
bavo a winning team this season.
Places te Fill.
Boveral new places will have to bo'
flllod this yoar. Knowing this tmany
will bo out for position who Jast year
felt it useloss to try against a team of
vatwaas.Amongthe old men backi-t
2 ri Capwla GreetMillt, wb aafpiay,lrtfr4
finoit any":eitJt. sal'TalSBf "aF1
eatoh; Clark, ftrat mi;: 'Matoalt, '
ahortstop, aad gtartsoaiggir, SeM 'of
last year's team. The 4d rfttefcefk -back
- are Olmstead, aaej- 'Mathers. "
Sleuter," who played field, la '08, is'
.backrJlQroyaamajavjaberoLlhiL-l
team in '05, and Rodney aro old timers -back
this year. . ' i
Just now pitcher appears to be tho
weakest position. New men who will
try for this position are Adams, Frank,
Halllgan, Rodman and Schmidt, and
somo may show unexpected skill. Rad-
cliff, Pattersoir'and Hyde aro, all strong '
men for tho position behind the bat
Altogether tho outlook Is very .encour-, 1
aging for a bettor team, than Nebras
ka has had in years. ,
There will bo inter-class baseball
this spring. Arrangements are being
mado now for a scries to decide the
championship of tho four classes. Each
class president is to appoint two mem
bers, the whole to compose ,a board
of management which wjll make lifo
definite arrangement
OFFICERS' HOP
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Typical Military Ball to Be Given Sat
urday Night, , .
The annual officers' bop will be
glvon Saturday night' a the tmcoln '
hotel. The committee under the lead- v
ership ot Chalrm'aii "Mbde'sltt are do- It;
iifg .everything possible to make this .J
one of the best dances of theVear. : ''
The ballroom is te tye decorated In '
real' military style. Tbd;6Hlcers lu
uniform and the visiting Military' per
sonages will add to this ef set Amoag
the, visitors Rre 'AdJpUat' - Geaeral
Hartlgaa and Lleutenarith Sahjieriiber
ger and McCune'of Fort Crook.' ,
The music will be f uralsbed -by
Eddie Walt's orchestra. t This orches
tra is engaged 'forTe'very evening for
some time aad is aet likely te appear
at another aniversUy daaee Ma the
near future. . - m m. -
The number to be la atteadaaMimNh1
he limited to seyeatr-aVe aaaaliiir&dV
tha tk)ket are.TaWly ' alj, sWjffl.
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