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Vol. X. No. 64
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1911.
Price 5 Cents.
STUDENTS ARE GLOOMY
Withdrawal from confer
ence favored by many.
All trouble oyer baseball
OUTDOOR GAME AT NEBRASKA
MAY BE DROPPED.
No Thanksgiving Game Rule Is Ap
proved Also Rule Prohibiting
Games on Other Than
College Grounds.
Succeeding thePapproval of the rule
for the prohibition of turkey day foot
ball by the Missouri Valley conference
at the regular convention recently held
at Des Moines, and attendant with the
highly probable prohibition of baseball
"at the University of Nebraska Borne
time In the immediate future, a more
or less tacit movement has been in
stalled by conspicuous members of the
university student body which' has for
its ultimate purpose the withdrawal of
the University of Nebraska from the
Missouri Valley conference. Although
the movement has not as yet attained
the extremely progressive stage, Its
presence Is evident and noteworthy.
Facts of Case.
A resume of the facts which have
been most prominent in affecting the
agitation may be briefly given. Al-
though the trouble has been brewing
,Jor a longer period, its actual exist
ence took form a year ago when the
Nebraska athletic board refused to is
sue certificates proving the amateur
standing of their baseball varsity team
members. Since It is manifest to
every one that baseball players will
engage in professional baseball during
the summer months If given an oppor
tunity, and that an attempt to restrain
them from doing so would be almost
futile, and probablly culminate In the
nourishment of "innocent liars," the
university authorities took tho stand
mentioned above a position both fair
to the Btudents and logical. In' accord
ance with this policy, then, Dr. Clap),
the Nebraska official representative to
the Missouri Valley conference, made
a motion to allow a modified form of
summer baseball. This was defeated.
He then followed with a motion to
abolish college brtseball, which was
also defeated, but by a smaller vote.
Hence it appears to the university that
baseball as a college sport will prob
ably be eliminated from tho athletic
curriculum.
No 'Turkey Day Game.
In addition to this action of the con
ference at Des Moines, the regents
and. delegates legislated against
Thanksgiving day football games. The
motive for so doing as conjectured by
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many was to prohibit a so-called an -
nual "snree" tliat the students or Kan -
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sas and Missouri were wont to indulge
In after the November Thursday
game. The Tnanicsgmng aay gumo
Ib Nebraska's greatest source of funds
whereby to support the university ath
letlcs, which are the only moans with
which to equip the now athletic field
according to the announced plans, un
less the legislature should appropriate
money for this purpose. The staging
of games at large sltles outside of col
lege grounds has already been forbid
ben the Valley conference. The ques-
tion which has arisen then is, "What
twill Nebraska do?" .
Extent of Movement.
That- the movement towithdraw
'from the Missouri Valley conference
nuns
POLITICS
UN
RS
The political situation In the
senior clasB has assumed a definite
form. With the announcement of
A. B. 'Ainberson that he was a can
didate for the senior presidency,
H. C. Hathaway announced that
he was in the race.
Hathaway is a senior in tho col
lege of arts and sciences nnd a
freshman law student. He has
been prominent in class affairs. He
was chairman of the junior prom
enade last year. He 1b captain of
company A and a member of Phi
Alpha Tau. Hathaway Is a frater
nity man, being a member of
Delta Upsllon. It Is expected that
he will receive a large number of
fraternity and sorority votes, as
well as a number of the senior
"barbs."
H. W. Plasters, whose "candidacy
has been suggested, announced
Monday that he Is not In tho race.
This leaves the contest between
Amberson and Hathaway. Amber
son Is a "barb," a member of tho
Union Literary Boclety and an- en
-y - - - -t '" - ' "
gineer. He Is a mombor of the In
nocents and has been prominent
In athletics since he has been In
school.
has gained some foothold and will
soon be heard In no uncertain tones Is
shown by observation of such head
ings ns the following, recently present
ed in Lincoln publications: "Tho molly
coddles nnd the enemies of college
athletics In Missouri Valley conference
circles are still in the saddle," and
"College bnsoball at Nebraska Is a
dead bird." The question bearB a close
analogy to ninny others that have
arisen at university centers, In that a
question of personal honor Is combined
with the university student's Intense
desire to participate in college ath
letics If possible. That- the same
members of the valley conference who
voted against Thanksgiving day foot
ball games, because of Its tendency to
foBter licentiousness, Bhould immedi
ately thereafter endorse a plan which
so Interweaves personal honor with
students aspirations to "make good,"
and which will probably corrupt the
former In actual operation, Is an In
consistency few are able to explain.
Character of Movement. -
flin fivnot character of tho move-
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lment under discussion has not been
i iim.a itin i- -- ttior t-
i maue Known.
Who will bo tho first to
take the Initiative has not been an
nounced. That some of the progres
sive can not bo classed as "radicals"
Is denoted by the fact That they advo
cate a temporary withdrawal from tho
conference, and put tho entire matter
in an experimental light. They claim
that Nebraska could be slated with
many much larger schools than exist
In 'the Valley conference is a fact at
tested by her ability to obtain such
big games as Minnesota and Illinois.
That such matches are preferable from
the standpoint of student interest can
not be denied, unless Kansas be taken
as the possible exception. The action
of the athletic .board and faculty menu
bers in this behalf is awaited with no
POLITICS
ND
SENIORS
BUS
Juniors Active.
Politics In tho junior class took
on a definite form Monday with the
.announcement of H, D. Pearse of
Genoa and 1). M. Rogors of Ran
dolph iiH candidates for tho third '
year ofllce.
Pearse has been prominent In
class affairs since ho has been in
the university. Ho is an engineer
ing Btudent and Is treasurer of tho
Engineering Boclety at the present
time. He Iuib been connected with
athletics, having been on the foot
ball squad for two years and man
ager of the football class of 1912
for two years and Ib second lieu
tenant quartermaster of the first
cadet battalion. Penrse Is a mem
ber of Alpha Theta ('hi fraternity
and of Slgmu Nu.
lingers, who announced Monday
afternoon that he was In tho race,
Is a "barb." a member of tho Pal
Indian Literary society and of Phi
Alpha Tau. He has been a mem
ber of tho debating squad for two
years and of tho class debating
team In 1909 which won the clnss
championship.
Races In both classes' are cIobo,
and friends of all the candidates
are active In seeking support for
their fnvorltes.
little expectancy by
Nebraska university.
tho students of
THREE CLASSES TODAY.
Second Quarter of Y. W. C. A. Classes
Being Held.
Tho classes for tho Y. W. C. A.
Bible study course started this week.
The first Tuesday classes will be held
today. They are as follows:
"Five New Testament Portraits of
Our Lord," Tuesday, 1-2 p. in., Rev.
Dean R. Leland. (A short study of five
lessonB. A comparison is made of the
earliest and the latest literature of the
Now Testament to determine whether
tho portrayal of Jesus is tho same
character In St. Paul, St. Matthew, St.
Mark, St. Luke and St. John.)
Studies in Old Testament Char
acters (second term), Tuesday, 5-G,
MIsb Fannie Drake. (An historical out
line of the Old Testament and a dis
cussion of Biblical sources.)
Christian Fundamentals, Rev. A. J.
-Northrupr-Tuesdav-77r45. (A- Berler
of five lectures. Opportunity for dls
cusBlon.)
First lecture January 17.
NOTICE JUNIORS.
A meeting of the junior class will bo
held In room 106 today at 11 o'clock.
All of those who expect to try out for
the junior play are expected to bo
present that they may know by what
method the tryolits will be held. Mr.
Scott, the coach, is anxious that all
the available material in the class be
present to listen to the explanation.
The tryouts will bo held next Satur
day afternoon. Other Important mat
ters of Interest to the class will bo
brought up, and all are urged to bo
present.
... . , Wr-L. BATES,
President
HERO'S PLANS GO WRONG
"MEN AND MICE" OUTLINE8 80ME
HUMAN CHARACTER.
DRAMATIC CLUB PLAY SATURDAY
MANY HUMOROUS 8ITUATION8 IN
THE COMEDY.
Minor Characters Aid Production
Attractive Scenery and Elaborate
Costumes Tickets on 8ale.
For those who have been bosot with
nn ardent deBlre for tho broad and
butter, tho butter cups nnd daisies of
drama for fresh butter nicely sprond
on new brend . nicely cut, for flold
flowers really a-growlng and a-blowing,
tho play "Men and Mice," to bo glvon
by the Drnmatic club at tho Tomplo
thenlef, Saturday evening, January 14,
Is especially designed:,
Tho scene of the play Is in old Eng
land, tho time 178G. Mark Embury
(Mr. Morehouse), a mlddlo-nged doc
trlnarc who was once crossed In lovo,
and since then has "foreBworn tho
world nnd womonklnd," has at length
decided that It 1b hla duty to marry
and beget an heir.
His Idea is to Belect from tho lower
clasB Borne healthy and very young
girl who after she has been educated
for, a certain number of years, accord-
Ing to his ideal system, will be in a
position to marry him, and ln duo
course supply him with a paragon wor
thy to carry on tho traditions of his
family. In other words, tho scheme 1b
one, aB Ills neighbor and friend, Roger
Goodlako (Mr. McConnell), terms It,
of "training up a child on philosophic
pap, or every gentleman his own wife
ralsor." The Plot Thickens.
Embury has ten girls Bent over from
the foundling hospltnl, and from them
chooses Peggy (Miss Nngl) as his
ward. But "the best laid schemes of
mice nnd men gnng nft agley." Em
bury after a lapso of two years falls
madly In lovo with his ward, but she
in tho meantime has fallen in lovo
with Embury's scapegrace nephew,
Captain Lovoll (Mr. Holland), who re
turns her love with tender devotion.
Tho situation Is further complicated
by the presence of an Intrigue between
Captain Lovell and Joanna Goodlako
(Miss YateB), Roger's young and dash
ing wife, nnd by the attentions which
Sir Harry Tflfflblestone (Mr. Marcel
Iub), the fop and tho man of tho
man of the world, pays to Peggy. The
play ends as tho audience would like
It to, yet not without the mental suf
fering on the part of the disappointed
ones.
The minor characters of the
play are well placed and help bring out
the strong institutions of which there
are mnny.
Attractive Scenery.
Clarence Clark is stage manager,
and he has secured several sets of at
tractive scenery from the Lyrlcthe-
ater. In addition to tnis tuere wm do
elaborate costumes typical of the dress
of the period, which will add to the
finish and the brilliancy of the per
formance. In every sense It Is the
club's greatest effort, and no expense
has been spared to make th.e play a
success. '
Tickets are'novy on sale by members
of tho club and at the University Book
Store. The prices are twenty-five and
thirty-five cents, and reservations, may
-Lbe-had-at-thermpleaheateiuiWday-.-
and Saturday from 10 to 0..
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