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Vol. X. No. 54
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1910.
Price 10 Cents.
THREE SCHOOLS ARE 00T
COMMITTEE BKES CHANGE
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WASHINGTON, IOWA AND DRAKE
NOT ON THE 8CHEDULE.
fOUR VALLEY TEAMS TO MEET
AMES, KAN8A8 AND MISSOURI TO
PLAY NEBRASKA.
Basketball Schedule of Missouri Val
ley Conference Causes Change
In Scheme of Deciding
. Championship.
Dr. R. G. Clapp of the department
of physical education and O. F. Field,
coach of the University basketball
team, have returned from Des Moines,
where they attended the meeting of
the Missouri Valley oaskctbail
league Saturday. All the schools of
the conference wore represented with
the exception of Washington.
Grlnnell, Des Moines college, and
Highland Park also Bent representa
tives an delegntoB. Ofllcers were elect
ed. Prof. John L. Griffith of Drako
university was chosen president and
Dr. R. G. Clapp of the University of
Nebraska was re-elected secretary.
The larger part of the meeting was
taken up witha discussion of the
rules and their Interpretation. No
-radtc;il-chnngoBwero-4nado,-but.all,the.
schools came to an understanding as
to what each rujo should apply to and
the conditions under which it wub to
bo enforced.
To Arrange Schedule.
The primary purpose of the meeting
was to arrange a basketball schedule
for the teams representing the
schools of the conference and here the
delegates met with some dlfllculty.
Washington, on account of financial
difficulties, will not have a basketball
team this year, and Iowa, which is
also a member of the Chicago confer
once, will bo'kept from playing games
with teams In the Valley conference.
Drako university,- which haB been on
Nebraskas schedule for a number of
years past, will bo out of It this year,
because of a ruling passed at that
school that no games will be allowed
with teams outside of the state.
ociwccn ruur i e.imu. t
These things cut down the compe
tition to four teams, and as a result
the division of the conference as In
the laBt two years into a northern and
southern section will not, bo made this
year. The championship In basket
ball will then t be fought out between
four teams Kansas, Missouri. Ames,
and XcbrasHa. The managers con
ferred about the matter, with Nebras
kn represented by Coach Field InVthe
absence of Manager Eager, and it was
decided that each. team would j)lay
four games, two on each 'floor. Not
until the dateB which were scheduled
for Xebroska have been approved by
Manager Eager will they bo given out.
But the fact that Kansas, Ames and
Missouri will play on the local floor
for two games each Is the basis for
one of the best schedules In basket
ball that Nebraska has over had.
JOBS ARE GOBBLED UP.
Y. M. C. A. Employment Bureau Does
a Rushing Business East Is
Kept ''Going South.'"
"Jobs, Jobs, Jobs." The holiday sea-
-sonHs-nowhere-and-the Y-r-MCr-A.-
employment bureau is busy helping
students get vacation work. All sorts
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OPINION OF THE USE OF GABS
8ENIOR PLAY TO BE GIVEN TWO
WEEKS EARLIER.
This cab business Ib getting to
-iiO-Boincthlng awful. They aro oven
talking It over with tho girls. That
1b, one franternity mnn talked it
over with two girls. He had the
best of the talk. It waB thus:
They were at a dance, this man
and these two girls, and in the
course of weighty conversation the
subject of cabs naturally came up..
This cab subject Is In the habit of
romlng up. When the man finally
hnd a chance to slip in a word on
the subject 'ho sensibly ejected
this:
"I'll tell you what I think about
It- A lot of you girls come to the
university from little dinky towns,
where you would walk a mile and
n half through six Inches of slush
to go to a dance in your opera
house, and now, just becauso you
belong to sororities you expect to
ride in cabs oven if you only have
to go three blocks. Our bunch is
strong for cutting It out."
So are a numbor of bunches. It
is rather a shame that such action
is contemplated, lp view of the fact
that the cab merchants nro so kind
as to. decide not nto rnlao tho prlco,
but It Is mooting with too much
opposition. "Cabs Is cabs." "Street cars Is
street cars." Formala is formais."
Bear that In mind. Thero was
more truth than poetry in that
brave man's roniark. Ho must
havo been a bravo man, becauso a
few remarkB llko that aro enough
to queer a "stand-In" anywhere.
Now, no one denies tho useful
ness of n cab. Its usefulness can
not bo moasured in dollars and
centB, although it usually is. To
deny the usefulness of a cab would
be as scandalous as to deny tho
usefulness of a formal itself. Both
are time-honored Institutions. But
thero are tlmeB when a cab is about
as necessary as an appendix
which is not vory neceBBary.
ThiB is not a criticism. Far be
it from such. It is a plain state
ment of a few bald facts, concern
ing a question which stands a good
chance of coming before the inter
irJite.rnUyjcouiiciL
THAN IN ANY PREVIOUS YEAR
MAY 27 18 THE DATE OF THE
8ENIOR PRODUCTION.
Play to Be Held for the University In
stead of the Alumni and Senior
Proructlon Has Not Been
Selected.
of work will within the next few days
be offered to students for a short pe
riod. So far students have simply
gobbled up every job that has come
to the notice of the employment sec
retary. Arthur M. Bast. Several good
positions were placed on file yester
day, and others can be expected dally
from now until about tho last of tho
week. But the men who got there
llrBt get tho jobs. A great many stu
dents nro seeking vacation employ
ment through the bureau.
TO MEET DECEMBER 19.
Next Meeting of the Athletic .Board
Will Be Held at That Time.
The next meeting of tho athlotlc
board of tho university will bo hold
Monday, December 11). The commit
tee which was appointed Bomo time
-ago to look up men for the .position of
all-year eo.ioh Is still engaged In the
work that .was assigned to them.' A
large number of men have mndo. ap
plication for tho position, and tho com
mittee Is investigating tljg records of
many , others. Tho man who mnv be
selected is to bo an Individual well
qualified for tho,position, and -tho rec
ommendation of the board to tho re
gents will be the man who is thought
by the committee to bo tho best Buit
cd to the position.
COMMITTEE MEETS WEDNESDAY.
Seniors to Discuss Probable Selection
of an Orator.
The meeting of the senior commit
tee appointed t,o- select n commence
ment orator.did not meet Monday af
ternoon as planned. Tho meeting has
been postponed until Wednesday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock. At that tlmo a
list of tho promlnont men of the
prominent men of tho United States
-will-be roviQwedr-and-a-tontatlve-se-
lectlon of two or three' of tho most
prominent men will be made.
MEETING POSTPONED.
Absence of Members Delays Forest
Club Meeting.
Tho meeting of tho members of the
Forest club which was scheduled fo;
Tuesday evening, Decombor 13, Iuib
been postponed until January 17. T'he
postponement of this meeting is due
to tho fact that a largo numbor of tho
members of tho club accompanied
Professor Phillips on Ills recent trip
to Minneapolis to attend tho lumber
men's convention. From there they
went to Wisconsin, whore thoy will
remain until tho first week In Jnnur
nry, to view lumbering operations as
thoy aro actually carried on.
CORNELL GLEE CLUB.
Will Sing in Omaha During the Holi
day Recess.
Tho Cornell .university gleo banjo
and mapdolin clubs will give a con
cert at the Boyd theater In Omaha on
Monday night. December 2G. The con
cert will be follbwed by a ball given
by ... tho Cornell alumni, at. thclloma.
hotel. Boxes for tho concert havo
beon taken by Cornell, Yale, Harvard,
Dartmouth, Amherst, rind Michigan
universities.
J? ho Cornell musical clubs havo a
high reputation, and it is hoped, that
a numbor of students at Nebraska
will bo ablo tof hear them.
The senior play to be given by tho
class of 1910 will be presented this
year two weeks earlier In the year
than over before.
It has been tho custom formerly to
present this production during tho
last of commencement week, and al
though tho play linn alwaye beon n
succcbb, woll attended, and has al
ways paid out financially, it haB never
been produced beforo n university
public. Thfs year tho play will bc
given on May 27, a week before the
beginning of the 'final examinations
in June.
Reasons for Change.
Chairman MarcelliiB announced yes
terday that tho change was not mado
upon tho spur of tno moment. Wit on
JJiejimUirL.yluy-Jvwxsllrat-glvonat-tlto--
Univorsltv..of, .Xclumflka-JtjcijvaaWor--hnir'noBtTbT
tnlfkTng commencement
week a drawing card for tho return
pf alumni. With tho gradual growtlt
of tho Institution, and tho Increase in
various social functions of fraternt
ties and other organizations, tho '
greater proportion of the alumni have
ben vlBltlng their Alma Mntornt least
onco during tho year.
In recent years commencement
week hns failed to bring back tho
number of alumni thnt It did formorly.
Aftor some deliberation on tho part of
thttBe In charge It was thought best
to break this old tradition"' and glvo
tho play to the university, of which" ft
properly is a part, Instead of to tho
regular show-goers of tho city. In
talking over the mattor with Miss En
sign, sho said: "It Is n very excellent
move, and I will do all I can to keep
other events frdm being scheduled on
that date." "It has my unqualified
support," Is tho remark of Chancellor
Avery.
The play will be given at the Oliver,
In two performances, and "it is ex
pected that, having changed tho date,
so that tho university public may at
tend, tho house will bo filled at both
performances.
"Cornhuskcr" to Be Given Out.
NEBRASKA MAN HONORED.
Professor .Baumgartner to Read Paper
Before Modern Language
Association.
Prof. M. D. Baumgartner of tho Ger
man dopartnient Is to read a paper at
tho meeting of tho Modern Language
Association of America, to bo held at
St. Louis during the holidays. His
BubJect-la-The-Relfttlon-of-Dryden's
'Essny on Dramatic Poesy" to Less
Ing's 17 Lltteraturbrief." -
One of the unique "stunts" that will
accompany tho chnngo will bo tho dis
tribution of tho "Cornhuskor" between
acts,. This Is tho plan nt tltb present
time providing tho Cornhusker is
out. Every effort "will bo made to
havo the book finished by this dnto."
Play Not Selected.
The play has not yet beon selected,;
and tho committee will appreciate any
suggestions which will aid in secur
ing manuscripts. '
Miss Alice Howell, head of the de
partment of elocution, will have
charge of the coaching of the, senior
productiop. She has had charge of tho
plays of tho past'few years
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Notice.
A meeting of the members of Phi
-Alpha TaH-wlH-be-held-Tuesday-revcnr-
lng, December J3, at 7 o'clock In tho
Temple.
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