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Vol. X. No. 91
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1911.
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PLAY OFF RUBBER WITH
. JAYMERS TONIGHT
BASKETBALL TEAM TO MEEY
THEIR OLD ENEMIES.
DIFFICULT TO GUESS THE OUTCOME
Nebraska Line-up Has Been Changed,
and Team Much Stronger Than
BT Last Appearance. --
"Hock chalk, Jayhawk, we'll boat
you." expresses perfectly the feeling
in, basketball circles at the univrcslty
today regarding the games wlth Kan
sas tonight and Saturday.
Rested from their conference tour
and rounded Into shape Ijy weekB of. yesterday's
of securing the Missouri Valley tltlo
according to percentages and will have
it practically cinched If tlie beat the
Cornhuskers In this series.
The Nebraska line-up has not boon
announced, but It is understood that
lliltner. Frank, Carrier, Hutchinson
and Gibson will start the game to
night. For the JuyhawkejfsT Ilolzer
will be nt center; long, left forward;
Dousmau. left guard; Iirson, right
guard, nnd Stuckney.j right forward.
STUDIOUS NOSTRUMS. DESECRATED
HORRIBLE PLAGUE OF AMMONIUM
VALERIATE INFESTS THE
LIBRARY.
Practical demonstrations In t ho art
of avoiding Bmells were the fenturc of
entertnlnment at the
tho heat makeB the results much more
effective and consequently the pcrpu
trntoi'Ei are more highly satlslled with
tho results of tbolr malicioUH "fun.'
No clue hud been found last night
which might in any way lead to the
discovery of the miscreants.
It Is also reported that the ammo
nium compound made Itself known In
University hall. Humor also has It
that a similar phfgue Invaded the cap
itol building.
NECESSARY TO llflDERSTAND MUSIC
OTHERWISE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE-TO
GET FULL VALUE OF
COMPOSITION.
Henij Eames talked on Program
Music yesterday at convocation and
illustrated it by plnj lag several' pleccB
MANY STUDENTS HERE
CONSERVATION SPEECHES
GOVERNOR ALDRICH AND DEAN
BESSEY GIVE ADDRE88E8.
HON. HENRY WALLACE TALKS
Enthusiasm and Attendance Greater
Than Expected Ove Four Hun
dred Delegates.
The Conservation CongrosH con
vened thin morning with a largo at
tendance present for the opening ad
presses. Up to noon -100 delegates
had registered, a number or university
men being among thorn. President
Condrn was agreeably surprised at
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University Glee Club, at Oliver Theater, March 3.
hurd training, the Cornhuskers are
ooniident of an oven break at the
least. As a result of the games played
the weak and strong i olnts of tho
team- hae been discovered A few
shifts in tho line-up which have not
(yet Leen announced will mnke the
team much more formidable than It
((was atU 'lOBt , .exhibition on- the
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armory floor.
"" Dope in Doubt.
'While thoro is littlo upon which to
base a conjecture or what tho outcome
Kvlll.be, theIndlcatlons are that both
gapieB w.UJ. be. close with .the chances
for wluningbqut evenly balanced.
Kansas topic '.two- contests from Ames,
four from Missouri and broko even
wttif Nebraska "on "the Lawrenco floor.
Nebraska lost two and won two from
Ames, allowed Missouri to have two
close games, and bested Kansas In
.onorjou. .oLi'twp. .At .present the, Jays
JhawkWfj P9pm,to hay a good, chance
library. Ever) student who attempted
to work In the libra r), or in fact any
where in the llbrar) buiUUng, iuiowb
just how warm ammonium valeriate
seems to the nostrils. Some vandal
emptied an unknown quantity of the
compound In the library building
eiui , yesterday morning, and before
10 .o'clock tfhe entire building was
filled with Uie disagreeable fumes.
Ammonium valeriate is the com
pound which a few years ago Vhb
dropped on tho radiators at the 01
IverUheater, causing inuph misery dur
ing an evening perforjnnnco. Tlio
odor which Is, generated, in this man
ner is much more dlstusjeful even
thnn that of the proverbial egg, and
Is one of the moBt dlsngreenble of all
known fumes. No one seemed to know
ye&tej'day just, where the fumes came
rrom, but chemistry students were
unanimous in .the belef that it must
have- boon put on lJhe rajdltitpra, aB
as examples. There are, In music,
certain sounds which are almost al
ways used to denote certuln things,
for Instance high notes always mean
light or spirit and the deep notes
stand for strength and compact
Mr. EamcB said It udded much to the
enjoyment of the music if the hearer
understood' the author's viewpoint, in
fact thiB is necessary to get the most
out of the music. Mr. Eames then
played "The Dance of Death." and told
tho story the author had in mind when
he composed the lines. Other pieces
were played and the author's Idea ex
plained. The tnlk and excellent play
ing of Mr. Enmes combined tcmnke a.
very interesting convocation period.
Tho gradunto club dinner tomorrow
evening in tho Temple banquet room
will begin at G:J10 sharp. Chancellor
AvoTy and. other faculty men are on
tho toast list.
the enthusiasm and the large attend
ance. He stated that the meetings
might exceed those of organized ag
riculture In attendnnoe,
President Condra made a few open
ing remarks concerning work of the
congress. He said no political sig
nificance should be attached to any
of the work, the Investigation of truth
and fact alone being the nlm. In
cluded In the morning' audience was a
large class of public school students,
who will discuss these conservation
questions in the clnss room. A num
ber or university students also took
a deep Interest la the meeting,
Dr. C E. BeBsey, who is president
of the American Conservation Con
gress, spoke on phases of conserva
tion impressed upon him during his
rorty years' service ns a botanist and
a college professor. He denounced tho
wanton destruction of natural re
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