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Jk i -?ma!CTr?Tr' , ? r . 2) a tip , &v VI Vol. IX. No. 106. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN. THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1910. Price 5 Cents. IRebraekatf If r ' M 1 k SUBSCRIPTION FOR 1910 - GOUSKER TAKEN TABLES WILL BE PLACED ON THE CAMPU8 TOMORROW. ONLY A HUNDRED BOOKS THIS YEAR A Depollt of Fifty" CprifiTMust Accom pany Subscription This Year Over 09 Books Have Al ready Been Sold. Tomorrow will bo Cornhusker sub scription day. TIioeo who wish to se- curo copies of this year's annual must subscribe for them tomorrow. It has been the custom, heretofore, for members of tho Cornhusker staff to solicit subscriptions about tho cam pus. This year a different policy will he carried out. Subscriptions will be taken only at regularly appointed places. Tables will bo placed in tho library hall, mechanics arts hall, and in the cornhusker olllce. Each of theso tables -will bo In chargo of a member of tho cornhusker staff, who will take subscriptions and lssuo receipts. Everyone who sub scribe.) for this year's annual should preservo these receipts as they must bo presentod at tho time tho book Is Issued, In order to obtain a copy. Deposit Fifty Cants. Another Innovation this year is tho requirement of a fifty-cent deposit with each subscription. This Is tho first year that such a deposit has been required. This is done so that tho i staff will bo absolutely certain that J every copy ordered will bo taken. As the price of the Cornhusker this yoar is tho same as it was last year, two dollars, one dollar and fifty cents will remain to bo paid on the delivery of tho book. Only ono thousand books will bo printed this year and it Is thought thnt tho wholo edition will bo sold to morrow. Over two hundred subscrip tions havo alroady been taken. Most of theEO-have- been mail ordersand leavo only eight hundred copi03 to bo sold. Immediately after tho book is print ed tho typo will bo thrown In. This will make It Impossible to print any more copies. It is thoroforo imporn tlvo that all those who wish copies cf the 1010 Cornhusker to subscribe to morrow. The books will bo ready for delivery on May 1. TO IMPROVE ORATORY. Quality To Be Tested in "Meet" at Winona Next September. A practical plan to improve tho quality cf oratory In American cpl leges lias been launched by tho inter national lyceum association, which It the clearing houso of all tho interests oftho lyceum and Chautauqua inuve- jiit of America. It is proposed to offer prizes fcr a grand clearing con tost of these who havo been winners in the various leagues, and have this 'meet" In connection with tho annual convention of the association, which is hold this year at Wlncna Lake, In diana, at the famous assembly grounds, September 1-10, inclusive. Some three hundred dollars aro to be offorcd In prizes, and a spirit of co-op-erosion en the part of tho .colleges Is already manifested, The wcrk Is In charge of anTacad emy of the leading critics and educa fors or the I. L. A., of which Dr.Jlich ard C. Hughes, secretary cf tho Pres TEMPERANCE R ALL Y --- bytorian Board of Education for State Universities is chairman. Thoo desiring further particulars must address tho International Lyce um Association, Stolnway Hall, Chicago. ALUMNI PLAY AT OMAHA. Five University Men Take Part In Basketball Game. Tho annual basket ball gamo be tween the alumni of the Omaha and South Omaha high schools which was played last Saturday night In Omaha, resulted in a victory for the Omaha team by a score of 28 to 25. Nebras ka was well represented In the gamo by flvo men, Ben Cherrington, and Sam Carrier on tho Omaha loam, ana Guy Klddoo, Web Jones and Will Krug on tho South Omaha team. Tho game was fast and interesting and the result was in doubt until tho whistlo blew. Jn tho regular high school gamo Omaha was not so suc cessful, and lost to South Omaha by; a score of 14 to 11. A largo crowd ot studonts and alumni from both schools nttended tho games. BENDER WRITE8 LETTER. St. Louis Will Abldo by Rules of Con ferencc Says Former Star. Johnny Bender, tho former Nebras ka fcotball star, who Is now coaching at St. Louis, has Just written to Dr. Clapp asking for a copy of tho Mis souri Valley Conference rules. In the letter ho stated that St. Louis intend ed to conform to tho ruling of tho conferenco in tho future Tho move en tho part of St. Louis has created considerable speculation in Nebraska f 00tba11 clrcles- Tho general reputa- Men of SL Louis in the football world makes such a statement on tho part of her coach ono to croato consider ablo comment. B0Y8 TO BEGIN BATHING. Will Wash Once a Week at tho Uni versity of Wisconsin. Notice was posted on tho bulletin board of, tho Wisconsin university by the faculty in which spot Ma orders am issued to students to bathe at least onco a Week, mnuieuro choir lingers1 often and mako occasional changes or underwear, This notice wns posted for tho jene- flt, it Is said, of tho short-courso stu donts In tho department of agriculture. Those students spend three months of tho winter In acquiring tho rudi ments of modern farming science Tho order has aroused considerable discussion, tho students regarding It as a slur on their personal habits, though tho order says it is intended mer&ly to teach cleanliness, tho classes. IT IS-A RED.ONE. .. -. Flashy Junior Class Caps Appear on Campus No 8erous Results. Tho Junior class caps aro at Arm strongs and aro roady for distribu tion. About eighty of theso caps were ordered by tho Juniors and tho committee ordered a few extras bo if thero aro any students who de3lre caps they may call at the above placo nd purchase ono. Tho cap Is similar in shapo to the. sophomore cap, how ever, It has a maroon body with white numerals. Several of these cnips wero seen on tho campus yeslerV day. So far no runaways or other Eorlous accidents havo resulted. r Your car fure would pay for a nice lunch at the Boston Lunch. Wbj fa - home? " 4 TRACK TEAM TRAINING HARD FOR OMAHA MEET RELAY TEAM AFTER WESTERN CHAMPION8HIP HONORS. CORNHUSKER SQUAD IS STRONG Nebraska Men With Band To Go to Omaha Over Rock Island on Fri day Afternoon-Many Stu dents Will Attend. Tho work still continues. Even dur ing vacation and sinco tho regular routine of school work has takon up tho members of tho track squad have been out for dally drill. Tho men havo been working out doors since tho nlco weather has con tinued and Coach Cherrington has urged all of tho men who havo been working cut to train tp the limit. With the Omaha meet, which is to be held tomorrow evening aB tho point to work for the men In tho various events havo been puEhcd to tho utmost. Relay Team 8trong. With tho four men on tho relay team as a nuclous tho rest of tho toam which will represent Nebraska at the meet Friday evening will bo picked to balanco tho mllo quartette. Nebras ka will havo tho samo relay team at tho Omaha moet nssho had at tho Kansas City meet about two weeks ago, with ono exception. Tho Omaha toam will bo Reed, Davis, McGowan and Captain Burke. Of theso four men Reed perhaps has shown himself t6 bo tho fastest man In tho Cornhusker school and "at tho Kansas City meet he stnrtod tho rolay raco for the scarlet and cream and led his man by forty yards when n fourth of tho mllo was covered. Davis Is nearly as fast as Reed If the pre liminaries aro to bo taken as a fair oxamplo. In tho preliminaries a week ago Wednesday, Davis ran Reed a closo rnco and beat Captain Burke who tied tho university record Inst year for the quarter-mile. With theso. Tnreo men and McGowan, who has shown good speed this year, tho Ne braska men will do their beBt to win tho western championship' relny, race. Weight Men. To back up tho runners Nebraska will havo two good weight men. Theso are FunkhauEer and Fleming. Theso men have done somo good work upder tho coaching of Coach Cherrington, and it is hoped that thoy will bo ablo to take a few points in tho shot-put and other weight ovents. Tho team Is handicapped by tho loss of Collins who hold tho Missouri Valley record last -year In (ho shot and hammer events. FunkhauEer has shown up this year ,to a good nd.vantago, having broken tho University record In tho twelve-pound shot put la tho Indoor meet Charter Day and somo good work Is expected of him. With this line-up of men tho team will bo backed up by Llndstrorn and Graham In tho polo vault and Amber son and Anderson in tho long distance runs. Collier, a 'frcEhman, and Flack a sophomore, havo been showing thai they aro able "mon in tho hurdles and they may bo able to win somo points for the Cornhuskers, although in tho high and low-stick events tho Nebras ka team Is handicapped by tho Inabili ty of McDonald to participate, son ac count of.sjckness Graham," Collier and Funkhauser will also be entered In tho, high Jump and In thlB event the Cornhuskers will again bo handicap ped, by the loss of Huhime'l. Hummell has been rate'd the best high Jumper in school for the past year, but he I will bo out of tho meet on nccount ot injuries sustained in tho intor-frater-nlty indoor meet early In February. Train Sorvlce. Tho trnck team, together with tho university cadet band, will IcaVo ove,r tho Rock Island nt 5:05 Friday nf tor noon. As this train 1b mado up -in Lincoln It will positively start on tlmo and wll larrlvo in Omaha nt 5:47 p. m., giving students plenty of tlmo to get their Buppor in Omaha before tho mocL A number of fraternities havo arranged for boxes at this moot and thoy will attond in a body. TEMPERANCE RALLY TODAY Prominent Faculty and 8tudent Mem bers to 8peak at Convocation. Tho convocation program today will consist of a temperance rally. In ad dition to tho chancollor a number of faculty mombors and prominent stu dents will spoak. Chancollor Avory, Dean Richards, Dean Hastings, Dean Bossey, Professor FoBBler, "Bid" Col lins, Annn Rnymond and J. T. Votava will speak. AN INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE. Covers Wide Field of Interest to Foreign-born 8tudent. Tho first lssuo of "Tho Cosmopoli tan Student," a new mngazlno issuod by the Association of Cosmopolitan clubs, has just appeared, as tho official publication of tho 2,000 and moro stu dents in tho International clubs In American universities, and of Corda Fratros, tho European international students' organization, with which tho American clubs havo federated. In its ilfty pages tho now magazine covers tho wido Jlold of Interests of tho foreign born students, with special emphasis on tho object of forwarding a world-poaco through tho establish ment of a closo bond of fellowship between nil civilized countries through tho men in tho colleges and universi ties. Ono of tho principal articles Is on "Tho Scholar and tho United World," by Edwin D. Mead, director of tho In ternational School of Peace. Tho Is- .sue also contains a, xeport of.tha Iiu. ternatlonal Congress of Corda Frnlres at Tho Hoguo Inst year, at which Wis consin had two representatives, Albert Oschner of Chicago and L. P. Loch nor of Milwaukee, who, as general sec crotary of tho board of directors of tho Association of Cosmopolitan clubs, was chosen editor-in-chief of tho now magazine, as ho had previously been of tho Cosmopolitan AnnuaL Tho well odlted departments for news of tho cosmopolitan chnpters, of the spread of tho movement here and abroad, and of various international Interests, together with tho numerous illustrations, mako this an attractive as well as an unusual addition to tho Intercollegiate publications.- Nine Requested to Withdraw. Nino students have been recently re quested to withdraw from school. The' roquest comes from tho delinquency committee and in seven of tho nine cases the roquest was due to students falling to respond to tho summons of tho committee, -They will bo given a chance noxt Saturday to explain their failure to appear, otherwiso expulsion will bo final. Not the Correct 8ta.tem.ent. Tho statement published In tho Ne braskan sometime ago purported to bo tho creation, of tho athletic board end signed by Dean Richards or Dr. Clapp, has turned out to ho amlstake. An article similar in nature setting forth tho exact' details of- tho election of tho track coach was sent out, how over, over Dr. Clapp's signature. CON VOCATION FRATERNITY BANQUET TO REJELO APRIL 13 GREEKS ' TO GATHER AROUND THE FE8TIVE BOARD. IN H3N0R OF THE CHANCELLOR Hoped to Make This Banquet An An nual Event of the Fraternity Men of tho University of Nebraska. Tho hip ovont will bo hold April 13th. At this dnto tho first annual banquet of tho fraternity mon .of tho University of Nebraska will be held. , Tho banquet as planned Will bo ono of tho blggcBt events of tho school year. ' Tho banquet was originally planned to bo held at tho Auditorium. Tnrough recent arrangements this plan has been changed and tho batquot will bo held at tho Llndoll hotol. At this tlmo all tho mombors of tho twclvo fraternities in school will gather to gether and celebrato an event v!ilch it is hoped will outshine anything of a similar naturo that ins ever boon held in .the history cf (h. university. In Honor of Chancellor Tho arrangement which have boon only partially completed aro mainly to tho fact that tho banquet wilt bo in honor of Chancellor Avery. This is the first banquet of this naturo ovor held at tho univorslty and it Is plan ned to mako It an annual affair. In making arrangements It was planned that tho banquet should bo In honor of tho chancellor and In this way tho fraternity men of tho university would bo ablo to show tholr appreciation of tho hoad of tho university. - Another factor in the development of this idea of a unlversl'y fraternity banquet wns to dovolep tho best of feeling between tho different fratornl- ties. In the past tho men of tho unl3 . vorsity who wero Greek letter mon havo felt that they wero not well jJHflughacqualnteiLwithcach-othor-It Is hoped that In this way tho men of tho university who belong to tho twclvo dlfforont "fraternities may bo como hotter acquainted and thnt a spirit of fellowship may bo cultivated. Tho men of tho univorfiity will aleo bo brought into closer touch with each other and in this way they will como to know each ether better. To Be Made Annual. Tho plan of the. men at tho head of this' banquet Is to mako It an annual affair at which tho members of tho a?' tlvo chapters and also tho alumni members of tho different organizations' will bo In attendance. Tlio alumni members of tho different fraternities' will ln this wny bo brought In closer touch with tho mep of-tho univcraliyr-r-and .the work of tho school, aB wll as with tho men of tho other fratc'rnP " ties. t ,' Better Than Harvard or Princeton. According to a Jotter received , re cently from Dean Drlscoll, 1904, Ne braska has Harvard or Princeton out classed in the argumentative side of iPr- , debating. He said that-in a debato , between Harvard and Princeton whjch . ho attended recently, the" easterner had far better delivery than Nebras ka, bu far less argumentation.,, . Sophomore Meeting.-; ' Tho Sophomore class will meet In tho chapel at 11:30 this morning: , Tho Olympics will be' discussed and the cIreb will decide whether it wants to enter such contests this year or not. m n l .'- i. u I