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Vol X. No. 62
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1911.
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FAVORS MOVING THE
RETIRING GOVERNOR SHALLEN
BERGER READ8 HIS MESSAGE.
(ROUND IN THE CITY IS EXPENSIVE
GOVERNOR ALDRICH TOUCHES
THE MATTER BRIEFLY.
He says It Is a Cold-blooded Business
Matter and Should Be Decided
Ouly After a Thorough
Investigation.
Thursday marked the Inauguration
of Chester H. Aldrlch as governor of
Nebraska and the retirement of. Ash
ton C. Shallenborger from that posi
tion. 'In tho message of the retiring gov
ernor and In the address of the newly
Inaugurated governor, the moving of
the University to the site of the State
Farm is mentioned.
Favors Moving.
Ex-Governor Shallenberger favors
moving the Institution and regarding
it said:
"The state of Nebraska has a very
great university in an exceedingly
small situation. It is tightly wedged
in between business blocks, street-car
lines and railroad tracks, until It haB
-been squeezed -into-ll sorts, of-shapes,
both as to the style of the architec
ture of Its buildings and as to their
.places upon the campus. The Uni
versity should expand and spread out
mightily in the near future If It Is to
meet the expectations of Its friends
and the hopes and the wishes of the
people of the state.
"To acquire sufficient ground for an
adequate addition to the present cam
pus will cost from three-quarters of
a million to a round million 'of dollars.
Adjoining the outskirts of the city,
the state has three hundred and
twenty acres of land, which Is Ideally
located for a University campus, and
upon this splendid site a plan of Uni
versity development can be achieved
of unequal beauty and utility. Eighty
acre3 of this land should be devoted
to the purpose of a University cam
pus. "The college of arts and sciences
should be removed to this new cam
pus as rapidly as possible. The law,
medical and engineering colleges can
remain for a time as at present lo
cated. If desired, the present loca
tion could ultimately be disposed of
to tho city of Lincoln, and would,
make a first-class site for a city lngu
school building.
, Great Cost. .
"The cost of maintaining In separ-d
ate situations two great educational
plants as is at present done is greatly
in excess of what it would be if the
two institutions were combined under
one general scheme. We have now
reached a period of growth and de
velopment in Nebraska when we can
look with courage and understanding
into the future, and we should begin
to build lor all time In matters such
as the permanent development of this
our great central educational Institu
tion, the University of Nebraska.
."Competent architects should pre
pare a plan of. such magnitude and
beauty as will make this work when
completed a monument to our devo
tion to education-, "and a source of
pride and continual benefit to future
generations. The legislature from
session to session should with judg
ment and genetoslty provide the
FAT MEN SMASH BEDS AND GET
CAUGHT IN THE CURTAINS
Hotel keepers In western Nebras
ka are not so keen for the return
of the University Glee club If cer
tain corpulent members of the club
continue to bunk together.
Three beds smashed by two
roommnteB, whose combined weight
Is 440 pounds, is tho record which
.Mr. Todd and Mr. McMnstei'B hung
up during the trip. .Mr. Todd haB
an expansive waist line and a
jovial smile, besides weighing about
250 pounds. His bed mate, Mr. Mc
Mastcrs, Is also more or lesB of a
whale and tips the beam at 190
1K and s.
At the first town Todd and Mc
Masters had hardly got settled
when there was a crash like the
wall of a sinking ship, and Todd
was . aBtrndle a board, while his
roommate was precipitated to the
further corner of the room. The
landlord was dubious of risking any
more beds, but finally consented to
rent the front room with the brand
new iron bed therein. At the next
town the experience was repeated
and nlBo at the third town. Todd
funds necessary to carry forward and
finally complete some such a plan of
university development when once It
has been adopted and approved by the
legislature and the board of regents,
"Tho money that would bo needed
to alone buy the necessary land ad
joining the present campus would go
far toward erecting tho buildings de
signed for the farm site. If the state
needs more -ground for experimental
farming, because of the setting aside
of a portion of the present farm for
tho University campus, such land as
would bo needed can bo purchased at
a short . distance from tho present
farm for a mere bagatelle compared
with the price of a single city block
In the heart of Lincoln.
"The University 1b measuring up
to the expectations and desires of the
people as an intellectual center and
Its leadership In all educational mat
ters Is unquestioned, Inspiring ami
effectual. You should provide liber
ally for Its needs and at the same
time with judgment as to the manner
of the expenditure of the funds pro
vided by the' legislature."
Speaka Briefly.
' Regarding this matter, Governor
-Aldrlch. spoke-briefly sayingi-,
"Qne of these 1b our state univer
sity and normal schools. Thqre Is an
Important problem for solution In the
matter of 'providing room for the con
stantly Increasing attendance at our
state university. There 1b but one
thing to be considered and that Is
what Is the best thing for the uni
versity? This is a cold-blooded busi
ness matter and should only be de
cided after a caroful and Impartial in
vestlgatlon. In the long run no cost
Is too great In pushing this mag
nificent seat of learning to the front."
t6 ATTEND MEETING.
Executives to Meet at Des Moines
Today.
Chancellor Avery departed Thurs
day for Des Moines. Iowa, where he
goes to attend the meeting, of the
and his buuky intend to surplant
the bill introduced in the laBt legis
lature providing for Bheots of prop
e rlength with another calling for
Iron bedsteads.
Todd had another experience
which he does not care to repent.
In the llnal number of the program
the club groups itself on the Btage
and at one town the corpulent basB
was crowded near the curtain and
seated with his back to tho crowd.
II is dress coat tails became entan
gled in the curtnin and before Todd
could make liia misfortune known
the operator had started to ralBe
tho curtain. The tails rolled up
nicely with the aBbeBtos lire pro
tection, then Todd nrose to his feet
to give the curtain more leeway,
hoping that the operator would no
tice IUb plight. But ho did not, and
the curtnin rolled the cont further,
exposing an expansive back to the
crowd. Todd hopped on his toes
and Anally the curtain was stopped.
The unrolling of tho curtain re
leased the basso, but the number
was spoiled by the unexpected
comedy.
presidents and rogents of. the colleges
composing tho Missouri valley confer
ence. Regents Haller, Coupland, and
Lyford announced their intention of
bolng present at this meeting. Dr.
11. G. Clapp; head of tho department
of physlcnl education, is the official
delegate to this meeting from the
University athletic board.
INITIATES GIVE PLAY.
New Members of Dramatic Club En
tertaln in the Temple.
The University Dramatic club held
its monthly meeting last night at the
club rooms in the 'Temple. A short
one-act play, "The Bachelor's Ban
quet," was presented by the lnlatos" of
the club. It was their first appear
ance before the 'members of the or
ganization and the talent exhibited
.was-bottorthan expected, though the
j.Iay was not one which gave great
opportunity for action. After the en
tertainment refreshments were served
by the .committee.
DR. WILCOX TO 8PEAK.
Discussion of Plant Nutrtlon at Meet
ing of Ag. Club.
The Ag. club will meet Saturday
evening, January 7, In the Science
hall of the Temple at 8 p. m. Dr.
Wilcox will address the club on "An
cient and Modern Notions of Plant
Nutrition.' Special music will follow
the "addresB.
Graduate 8tudents Attention.
A reception will be given for the
students of the Graduate college at
the home of Dean Sherman, 1234 J
street, on Friday evening, January 13.
Tho question of reorganizing the
Graduate club on a purely student
basis .will be presented for considera
tion. Any graduate student failing to
receive a personal Invitation is re
qT!eWenouTeWdnhlitoTiotlce as such.
62-2t
SEASON DE6INS SATURDAY
BASKET-BALL PR08PECT8 LOOK
EXCELLENT TO COACH.
S01EEULE IS BEING COMPLETED
MANAGER EAGER HA8 ALL DATE8
FIXED BUT MI880URI.
Cotner, the First Nebraska Basket
ball Opponent, Will Meet the
Varsity Team Saturday Night
on the Armory Floor.
With the opening of tho basket-ball
season at the University of Nebraska
next Saturday, the varsity team will
tacklo iu schedulo which might bo
placed Becond to none evor prepared
for this school. Although the exact
dateB for tho games to be played, as
set forth In the programme, have not
been announced, it is generally un-
dorstood that the two trips to bo
made will Include the best schools in
the conference nnd one or two good
schools without. With the completion
of the Missouri dates the Bchedulo
will bo officially announced. Managor
Eager has stated, however, that tho
Kansns game will not be played until
the latter part of February, and that
Wesleynn will probably be the next
antagonist -following Gotner,
Prospects Bright.
Notwithstanding the unusually stiff
schedulo that the Nebraska varsity"
team will have to completo this year,
the basket-ball situation Is in good
shape and the "dope" on the season's
prospects is far from gloomy. Cap
tain W. C. Hutchinson Is entering tho
year In the highest of spirits nnd de
clares that with the two roturnlng
varsity playerB and the co-oporatlon
of the zealous members of Inst year's,
freshman scrlmmagers, there Is to bo
"something doing when tho machine
gets in operation."
Eliminating the old varsity men
W. C. Hutchinson, A. H. Hlltner and
W. B. Waters the moBt promising
men that have offered themselves for
varsity material are S. Carrier, J. P.
Gibson, O. Frank, O. Kidoo, H. Minor,
and R. Owens. Of these candidates,
the ones showing superior form, as
designated by the coach, are Hutchln
Bon, Carrier, Hlltner. Gibson, and
Owens. Although the line-up for the
Saturday night game has not b'een
picked, in all probability it will be
compose!! of these plnyers.
Cotner Saturday.
The opinion held by the University
student body of Cotner, as an athletic
opponent- has always been - more-or-leBB
"dubious." This conception, both
the coach and captain of the basket
ball team wish to correct. Last year
Cotner emerged from the basket-ball
arena as Inter-collegiate champions of
the state, having won fifteen consecu
tive games, and Nebraska was num
bered among their scalps. Whether
or not the students do display an In
terest in this game, it is evident to
the plnyers and coach that a success
ful outcome will be a great Inspira
tion to tho team, and whatever the
result, the captain will know the situ
ation better and be more able to se
lect and place his men In the suc
ceeding and harder conference games.
The squad members for the coming
season were recently provided with
an entirely new and complete basket
ball outfit, Including standard shoes, .
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