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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1910.
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WRESTLING A SPECIAL FEATURE
Maze Run and Dumb-bell Drill Given
by 150 Men Boxing In Charge of
Jack Best and L P. Hewitt
Fast Work Expected.
Tho sixth annual gymnastic exhibi
tion Is to bo held at .tho armory Fri
day pvenlng, March 18, at 8 o'clock.
Tho work Is now rounding Into shape
and tho classes have their drills and
stunts all prepared. Tho exhibition is'
to be given by both tho men and wo
men and will consist primarily of gym
nasium work, although thero aro nu
merous athlotlc events.
Tho events thla year aro all now and
novel, but very few of them, over hav
ing been seen on. a Nebraska floor be
fore. Tho receipts from tho exhibi
tion are used In buying suits and for
traydlingv expenses of tho team sent
to the inter-collegiate meet, held this
year at Minnesota. Last year tho
meet was hold at Nebraska, Chicago
winning. D. C. Mitchell of Nebraska
won tho Individual prize. Thfe year
Nebraska has a strong team, and they
will do a few stunts on Friday night.
Tho exhibition In tho past has al
ways proved a very popular event in
tho university, and all of tho reserved
section should bo sold out soon. Seats
aro now on sale at Hurley's, tho Co-op
and tho University book stores. Ad-
- mission will bo 25 conts, reserve!
seats. 35 conts. Tho university cadet
band Will furnish music.
In the first number, a mazo run
- and dumb-bell drill, will bo partici
pated In by all tho first year gymnas
tic men, numbering 150. This is n
hygonlc drill, dono foV body building.
Tho boxing will bo under tho direc
tion of I. P. Hewitt and Jack Best
MTTTRJwI tfwllrpiCK a numuor oeTIUT
best pupils and will show bo mo fast
and fancy boxing. Thero wljl bo work
on nlno sets of apparatus, all classes
working at tho samo tlmo, something
llko a nlno-rinff circus. Somo fancy
fencing exhibitions will bo given un
der tho direction of Dr. Clapp. It
beneficial.
Tho wrestling will bo especially
good. F. N. DuCray, tho Instructor at
tho university, will wrostlo with somd
'of tho professional men wrestlers "or
tho city. Somo very fancy work' will
,bo dono tiy tho gymnastic toam, who
.will put on some special numbers. Tho
ladles will glvo three numbers on tho
program. .
i" ""Tho. program In fuUls'as follows:
Music by tho university band.
.. 1. Opening mazo run and dumb
boll drll by first year gymnastic class
undor tho. direction of Mr. :C. E.
Hooper. .
. 2. Boxing exhibition. Six two-mln-uto
bouts by picked members of tho
- boxing class under tho direction of Mr:
' I. P. Howltt and JacTc Best.
. 3. Polka Francalso, by young wo-
i mon of the normal training course In
,. physical education under tho direction
a. of. Miss Carter
4. fClasB apparatus work by tho en
tire first year gymnasium class under
tho following leaders:
1 Tumbling, C. E. Hooper.
2 Buck and horso.'A. T, Newman.
3 Low horizontal, G. B. Rood. '
4 Parallel bars, B. D. Trump.
5 Long horse, II. H, Drako.
ft Flying rings, A, E. "Wood.
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Tho melancholy dnys novo comov tho saddest of Tho onorgotlc prof doth drawl the tlrosomo lec-
tho year, turo through,
When Btudonts yawn and gnpo mid "stretch, and And then to rotiBO our dormant mlndB ho springs
wish tho ond was hero: ajul5-OX-lWJJj 1 J-
The time when everybody sloughs nnd scorn tho
.least inspired;
For spring has como, tho days aro long, nnd
everybody's tired.
When onco within those classic halls wo drop
Into a dozo,
And all tho pleasant lecturo hour wo spend in
sweet Teposo,
Tho prof's sonorouB voice rolls ori by wisdom 'tla
inspired;
Wo dozo and nod nnd dozo again, for oVorybody'B
tired.
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7 Side horse, L. ltt Hoggolund.
8 Elephant, F. O. Wheelock.
!) Double parallel bars, W. H. Plas
ters. 5. Fancy foil drlir and.fonplng by
members of tho second year gymnastic
class under tho direction of Dr. Clapp.
. Wrestling exhibition by Frank
N. DuCray.
7. Slnglo stick drill by young wo
men of tho normal training courso In
physical education under tho direction
of Miss Scott.
8. Exhibition of fancy heavy gym
nastics by mombers of tho gymnastic
team.
!). Motor march by Miss Carter.
10. Exhibition of oloctrlc club
BWlnglng by D. C.Mltchell. t
11. Inter-class rolay championship.
EXTENSI0NJ1F CAMPOS
Plana to Be Drawn Up for New
Ground North.
According to a. report given out from
dl!iiJ5bftiicjjlbrJaofllcowostcrday-ttvon
lng, plans aro under way for an ex
tension of tho unlvorslty campus. A
plan of tho ground north of tho pres
ent campus to tho railroad tracks two
blocks wide, with tho plan of somo
otlior adjacent property was sent yes
terday to Mr. Rutan of Boston. Mr.
llutan is tho architect and landscape
gardener who visited tho campus dur
lng tho fall.
Tho plans submitted to Mr. Rutan
In
aro to bo used by him In proparlng a
sketch of tho proposed Improvements
with tho placement of a-uiumbor of
now " buildings, ' Regents Hallor and
Allen together with Chancellor Avery
were appointed as a committee by the.
board of regents to Bubinit tho plans
and-aoouro-Mri Rutan's-drawlngs- by
tho meetings 6t tho" regents in, Lin
coln April 12.
MU8ICAL CONVOCATION.
String Quartet to Furnish Music at
Convocation Today.
A musical convocation will bo hold
in Memorial hall this morning at 11
o'clock. A string quartet composed
of, Edward J, Walt, first violin; Ernest
Harrison, second violin; William T.
Quick, viola, and Miss Lillian Elcho,
violoncello. Tho quartet will bo ac
companied' by Irs. Fred .Rohlaender,
pianist, and 'Mrs. Raymond . at tho
organ.
.Following, Is the. .program;. .' "m
String quartet, "Aandanto Canth-bile-,"
Tschalkonsky.
Strings, piano and organ, "Los Pre
tades," Liszt, . ,
"Mid-Boma," roviowB nnd "tostB" galoro aro all bo
frcoly fired '
To stlmulato our intellects, for ovorybody'B tired,
O como yo ancient goddesses, 'O All ub with thy
muse,
With inspiration's goldon gleam wilt thqu our
mlndB lnfuso; (
O help us o'er this great abyss (with mld-scms
now wo'ro mired),
And savo ub from thoso awful "Fa," for every
body's tired.
NOT TO GO HOME FOR
THE SPRING VACATION
STUDENTS MAY BE TIED UP IN
LINCOLN.
A GENERAL STRIKE EMMINEfU
Brotherhood of Firemen May Call
General Strlko at Any Moment
Would Stop Passen
ger Traffic.
Not to go homo JSaator vacation!
TTOWawfrtl! srofauch a Idlo Is awalF
lng university Btudents should tho
gonernl strike o'f focomotfvo firemen"
and engineers culminate in a "walk
out" by the ond of the week. '
That Biich will' ho Jtho casa 1b not
considered at all Improbable at the
present time, although roports of fa
vorable adjustment of the dlfllcultles
woro circualted yesterday. Should
tho flroraon Btrlke by the end of this
week or tho beginning of next, all of
tho passenger trafllc will bo stopped.
This would mean that university stu
dents would bo compelled,, to remain
I In tho city until operations woro again
commencod on tho lines lending out of
Lincoln, or they could walk.
Attempt Agreement.
A report from Washington yester
day states that Chairman Knapp of
tho interstate commerco commission
and Commissioner of Labor Nelll, tho
two mediators under tho Erdmari act,
loft Washington yostorday for Chicago
to try to bring about an "agreement be
tween tho locomotive firemen and tho
forty-nlno railroads running wost of
Chicago. Pending tho outcome of
their efforts, tho threatened strike
which would .Involve 27,000 men di
rectly and perhaps 100,000 In addition,
indirectly, has heen postponed.
According' to dispatched from Chi
cago. if Commissioners Knapp and
tfolll hopo to avort a atrlko of tho
brotherhood of locomotive firemen nnd
engineers employed on forty-nlno west
ern and southern railroads they will
havo to act" quickly when they reach
Chicago today.
That' tho atrlko will como Monday If
arbitration falls' is almost certain.
President Carter of the brotherhood
mado tho statement yesterday that his
organization would, not "stand for any
dilly-dallying."
Probably Monday.
"It will bo pretty dllucnty for tho
firemen to tolls Messrs, Knapp 'and
NeH to hurry things along, but wo
will make it clear to them by our ac-
tlons that that Is what wo want," said
Carter.. "Wo" aro Blmply sitting nround
today waiting for tho mediators to ar
rive Tho rallroada aro probably mak
ing hay while tho sun shines. Ono
thing Ib certain, when Knapp and Noill
got thoro, Wo will riot Btand for d lot
of dilly-dallying, and glvo tho rail
roads a chanco to bolster Mp tholr for
tiflcntionB. Our men on the road aro
getting norvoiiB and want Bomothlng
deflnlto dono soon. They nro wiring
us hourly to 'do Bomothlng quick.1 Tho
firemen -are Just as anxious na any
body to avoid a Btriko, but "wo do not
propoBO to glvo away our rights. Wo
will not concede a slnglo point unless
tho railroads do.'1
- Cartor-waB-askcdJf"ho. could notnn
nounco tho dato when a atrlko would
bo called should arbitration Jfalir and
ho was advised that It had been re
ported that next Monday had been do-'
elded upon.
Should tho strike bo called Monday,
thero Ib Bcarcoly any possibility that
tho lines to and from Lincoln could Do
put In operation iigalnJJ)eforo tho.
EaBter recess, In which caso studonts
would havo to .Bpend tho week away
from homo. Many of tho studonts, on
learning of tho threatened tlo-up last
night declared their J intention of
spending 'tho vacation walking to and
from tholr homes. Tho majority of
theso roBldo In nearby towns.
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TODAY
Juniors and Freshmen to Decide the
Class Championship This Afternoon.
Tho championship basketball gafyo
between the members- of tho junior
and freshman classes will bo played at
1 o'clock this afternoon In tho armory,
Tho Juniors defeated the seniors Tues
day evening, whllo tho freshmen also
administered defeat to tho sopho
mores. Tho winner of tho gamo this
afternoon will bo declared the class
champions in basketball,
Tho last of tho regularly scheduled
games of tho lnterrfratornlty baskets
ball league was played Monday, when
Phi Kappa Psl defeated 'Alpha Theta
Chi by a scoro of 22 to 4. Thqre re
mains ono more gamo to be played in
tho inter-fraternlty league, and this
gamo will jlecldo tho championship of
tho fraternity league. On tho north
side Phi Kappa Psl has won the cham
pionship and op the .south sldo the
laurels go to Delta Tau Delta. These
teams must play ono gamo to deplde
the championship ilmd award1 the first
and second pennants. Theso. games
will close the basketball Season at the
university for 1010.
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CUT ALL CLASStS THIS-TrlORWIJCa-
The Day Will Be Spent In Crete X
Game of Baseball Wilt Be Played
with Doane College Leave on ' ,
Burlington This Morning, "
At a hastily called meeting late last
night action was taken by the low
classes which will result In an attempt
to call off the "sneak day' planned for
today, the action was taken at the
request of the faculty and Chancellor
Avery. A later date will be 'granted
to the college of law for- the ' sneak,
provided that the present movement
can be stopped.
This Is to bo "Sneak Day" 'in tho
law Bchool. No law studont will at
tend' claBBCB today. Tho mernbuYB 'of
tho thrco law cIobbob will Journey to
Crete and spend tho day, 1l solid en
joyment At least those nro, tho plans
that woro formulated in tho law col
logo yoBterd'ay.
Not Blnco tho rogontri paBdcd a rul
ing condemning sneak day's has thero
boon a, real sneak day at Nebraska.
For tho past 'year or two Jt'ha$ beon
tho custom to get tho permission of
tho faculty beforo cutting- clansoB In
a body.
, Tho only annual flnoak day in the
university is that or tho senior class.
Jfear. Jiftdr year tho Jouutu-ycar-stu-donts
havo Journeyed lo somo neigh
boring town and spent a day, bythonv
solves.' Thoso outlnga'havo always
been very successful, and oven under
tho now rulo of tljo .rcgonts,' the
seniors Inst year had a yqry enjoyable
J tlmo.
Held Clans Meeting.
Each of tho classes in tho'law school
lroldTTTircotlnTryostorday morning, and
discussed tho matter of a law 'school
sneak day. They decided that tho
rulo of tho rogents mado sneak' days
too tamo., It was tho general opinion
that half tho fun of a sneak day' was
in tho sneaking; (
- Tho general purpose of tho vacation
today, as expressed by prominent law
students, Is to bring tho law students
In closo touch with each other and to
promoto a general godd feeling. T'hoy
boliovo that tho law studonts will bo
ablo to do raoro efllclent work as a
compact and well organized body than
aB morel ndlvlduajfl, and, they polloYe
that this sneak day Is ono of the very
best means of gaining that organiza
tion. Tho meeting of the junior class was
a very buslnoss-llko affair. Tho mem
bora of that class decided that they
wanted a sneak day and that they
would havo it whether any of the
other law students joined them or not.
The president accordingly appolrited a
commltteo to mako arrangements arid
to confer wjth the other classes. ,
Tho freshman class quickly ap
proved of the plans adopted, by the
juniors. Tho first year la$' men"de
cided that tboy also needed, a day's
vacation and that tnoy were' ih.',favor
of go)ng to'Creto,
Tho senior class was mot quite' so
enthusiastic. They were ,' afraid that
cuttipg classes today would Interfere
wjth their examinations and that in
that case' the day's pleasure would
prove,to he ve,ry expensive. , However,
yesterday afternoon. It was the opinion
of the other classes that the seniors
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