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Vol. X.Tt,Np. 90. ., UNIVERSITY QF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1911.
Price 5 Cents.
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CONSERVATION CONGRESS
HOLDS SESSIONS TODAY
DEAN C. E. BE88EY DELIVERS THE
OPENING ADDRE88. .
OTHER UNIVERSITY MEN SPEAK
Students Admitted Free by Register
ing from Home Town and Are
Urged to-Attend. 7
third, 1: to 158; fourth, 158 to 176;
fifth, over 175. The tournament will
hii hold under the inspires of the
Wrestling club.
Arrangements lire almost complete,
for the Nebraska wrestlers to meet
the mm urtlsts or the University of
Iowa on .March 18 at Iowa Clt. Three
men will be sent to represent the
school, one In eaeh of the three events.
,The try-outs will he held about March
A. ' Ten minutes will be allowed each
contest. In case or no fall another ten
minutes will be added and then live.
Tf flint-., lu nn full liy ,Hilu Hum Mm
The Nebraska S,tate Conservation
CongreEB' holds' Its Opening session
this morning at 9:110 In the city audi
torium. Dean Bessey will deliver the
opening addresB. Two prominent citi
zens of the state will also discuss im
portant questions at thd morning ses
sion. Governor Aldrlch will speak on
"Conservation Problems Jn Nebraska,"
and f'ongresBmnn Sloan will 'deliver
an nddresB on " Back to the Soil."
. In .the afternoon tho meeting will
divide Itself Into departments and
listen to speakers on various subjects
of Interest 'to all citizens of the state.
The programs are from, 2 to &. The
'conservation of people" department
will meet at 'the First Christian
church with Regent Couplund presid
ing. Among the speakers will be
Chancellor Avery, Professor Fling.
Bishop Beecher, Dean Ringer and
others. Tho section on agriculture will
bold" UTTegHloir-ntthc-jPreBby-Leriajj.;
church. D. 'C. Brodle of the lT. S. de
partment of agriculture Is one of the
speakers and F. S. Allen of Ohio
speaks on "Drainage." The third sec
tion, homo manufactures, will hold Us
'session In the auditorium. W. A.
Campbell or the Omaha Commercial
club Is one" of the- principal speakers,
and reports . ujion the manufacturing
Industries of our state and our cities
will be given.
Evening Session.
In the evening a general session will
be held at the city auditorium, com
mencing at 7:45. Speakers, of national
repute have been secured for this oc
casion. Hon. Henry Wallace, presi
dent of the national conservation coni
misslqn. will talk, and C. B. Blanchard
of the U. S. department of the Interior
will also deliver an address.1
Dr. Condra, president or the con
gress, Is especially anxious to have a
large number of studentB avail them
selves or the privilege of hearing these
addresses on subjects which are or na
tional rmjortance. All citizens of the
Btate should feel It their duty to be
come as -much acquainted as possible
with the resources or the Btate, and
conservation Ib one of the greatest
problems that confronts our citizens.
Students can become delegates with
out charge' by registering from their
. home towns. The program will be
continued "Friday.
Nebraska!!? will meet at St. l.ouls
where a special train, In which they
will live while at the convention, will
convey them to .Mobile. Sevorala Bide
trips have been planned, Including a
visit to the Tuskegee Institute.
Prominent among the number who
expect to be in attendance at the con
vention are Dr. Q. W. A. Luekoy, In
spector A. A. Reed. Superintendent W.
L. Stephens of the Lincoln schools,
Anna Tlbbets, principal of the State
high school, and Superintendent Fred
M. Hunter of Norfolk.
winner will be decided by the referee.
E S.' Mivnson, president of the club,
and Dr. Clapp will have charge or the
try-outs.
It Is claimed by those who have
watched tho practice that Nebraska
will send some strong wrestlers with r
the gymnuBlum tenm when It goes to
the Intercollegiate contest to bo held
in Chicago April 22. A new cover
will, be put on the old mat this week
and another Is being made which will
be ready for use in a few days.
GRADUATE CLUB DINNER.
Members Will Dine at the Temple
Saturday Evening..
The (iradnate club, which was re
cently reorganized at the request of
the faculty, will hold lts'Hrst dlnnor
In the Temple at 0:30 Saturday even
ing. Now only graduates are eligible
ror membership, the ruculty being ex
cluded. The committee on rules will
Teporrand there wllH;ef8bort-Uilks-J)y--j;iltrirrc(rtjiVt,
Chancellor Avery Dean Sherman,
Dean Bessej, Representative Ilorton
and others.
SPEAKS TO LEGISLATION CLASS.
Chief Clerk Richmond Gives Hf story
of a. Bill In the House.
Chler Clerk Richmond or the house
or representatives addressed P'rofos
sor Sheldon's class In nructlcnl legis
lation last night at the capltol build
ing. He explained the experiences of
a bill from its introduction In the
house until It was finally killed, died
n natural death or was signed by tho
governor. Assistant Chief Clerk Davis
also spoke for a few minutes.
BIG BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
PREPARE FOR MEETING OF HIGH
SCHOOL TEAMS IN ONE
GRAND EVENT.
CLASS DEBATING TEAMS
SELECTED LAST NIGHT.
BEST- TRY-OUTS IN HISTORY OF
THE INTERCLA88 CONTE8TS. , (
TEN SENIORS MAKE ARGUMENTS
Competition Much Stronger and Wolv
Ington Only Man on Last Year
"Who Mdke Good."
The high schools or the state will
bo given a chance to show their prow
ess in tile basketball line, according
to ilnns formulated foy the university
basketball committee. A grand tour
nament, open to all high schools In
the state, will be held In the univer
sity armory. .March It, 10 and II. En
tries have not been called ror, but It
k xpeelod that rrom twentymo thirty
teams will be on hand to compete ror
the honors. The number or games
placed will, of course, depend upon
the number of teams entered, but ac
cording to Indications there will be
games morning, noon jjiitl illicit during
jr
The trophies for the winning teams
will consist oT cups donated In part by
Lincoln merchants. In addition there
will be individual medals ror those
on the winning squads. The meet. Is
entirely in the hands or the commir
tee and Manager Eager, and every ef
fort Is being put forth to make It a
success.
PHI KAPPA PSI IN CONVENTION.
TO LIVE IN SPECIAL TRAIN.
Large Delegation of Nebraska Edu
cators Off for Mobile.
A large delegation of prominent Ne
braska educators left Lincoln Tuesday
In a special car to attend the meeting
of the National Association of Super
intendents and Principals to he held
at .Mobile. Ala., Fobrunry 23 to 2Gt All
Representatives of National Organiza
tion Are Present.
Phi Kappa Psj, is entertaining dele
gates from .several of the western
colleges that comprise the fifth dis
trict of the fraternity. Besides' at
tending to business sessions the visit
ing delegates are being entertained by
the local chapter. A Binoker was
held at the chapter house Wednesday
evening. The annual banquet will be
held this evening at the Lincoln and
the annual party tomorrow night. In
addition to the delegates ninny alumni
are In town. D. G. Swannell and F. Al.
Buck represent the national organiza
tion at tho convention.
WRESTLING TOURNAMENT PLANNED
'PREPARATIONS ARE BEING MADE
FOR COMING MEET
WITH IOWA.
University wrestlers are planning to
hold a big tournament In t the near
future In order to arouse more Inter
est in. the s,port at Nebraska. There
will be five different contests nccordr
Ing to weight instead jot three as Is
generally the case., The five divisions
cive the lighter men a hotter chance
to win ahd ire as followsr-FjrstTr-un4
dof 135 pounds; second. io to.no;
BasKet Ball
Kansas Fri. and Sat.
. . Feb. 24-25.
Informal Sat.
Missouri Mon. and Tues,
TicRets at Co-Op.
Try-outs ror the third annual lnter
class debates were held In various
class rooms last night. Great Inter
est was shown by members of each
class and an Interested audleneo list
ened to the speakers at each place.
Ten men tried out for the senior
team, a large number as compared
with other years. The following were
chosen as the best by the judges:
A. Al. Hare. W. T. Wolvlngton, J. E.
Lawrence, with O. F. Walter altornnle.
The Judges were Professor Maey,
Pror. tl. A. Stephens and' .1, .M. Swell
son. The Juniors also had u s'nshlng do
bate. The winners wore W. L. BatoH,
D. Al. Rogers and T. J. Hnrgrave, L.
A. Welch alternate. Pror. E. L. Hln
initn, Prof. P. Al. Buck and J. T. Vo
tava acted aB judges.
At the sophomore try-out about a -dozen
men caused trouble for the
Judges by their good debating. Those
-seUiuted-aH-wlnnexa .were 0. R, Alann,
II. II. English and C. S. Radcliffe. The
following acted as judges: Professor
Conant, Professor Virtue and Profes
Bor Caldwell.
Nine men tried ror the fresh man
team. TIiobo who won were Fred Cnrl
Bon, ll. 'E. RubIi and G. F. Farmnn.
John Cutright was selected ns alter
nate. Professor Valgron, Professor
Fogg and S. P. Dobbs were tho judges.
The dates for the Interclass debates
have not been definitely set yet, but
will be announced soon. Tho two
winners In the somt-flnalB will contest
for final honors on High School Fete
dny.
ROCOGNIZE WASIIINCTONS BIRTHDAY
CADETS A8SEMBLE IN ARMORY
AND HEAR DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENC.'J;0'
Whatever may be the criticisms, pn .
the university military department, it
was the only one at Nebraska which
yesterday made official recognition of
tho birth of Georgo Washington. The
following genernl order was read to
tho cadets at assembly:
"Today being the anniversary of tho
birth of Georgo Washington, tho first
and third battalions of tho university
cadets will assemble at recall In tho
armory, when tho Declaration of Inde
pendence will bo rend by- tho com
mandant, followed by tho band- play
ing 'The Star Spangled Banner,' "
Accompanying this genernl -order
was the appointment of w. F. M$y
land, private quartormnster depart
ment, to battalion quartermaster-sergeant,
vice G. F. Walker, resigned.
Tho military department has also
made another Tadlcal reform in the
manner of restricting the number of
granted excuses. Hereafter no ex
cuses will bo accepted by tho com
mandant excopt those signed by tho
dean. In this 'respect tho military
from this dato will be operated on tho
same basis as tho other departments
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