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Xlbe Bails IFtebrashan , , I W" Vol. X. No. 100 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1911. Price 5 Cents. ) -4 ,4 FIRST CLASHES IN BASKET BALLTOURNEY TODAY FOUR GAMES THIS AFTERNOON AND SIX IN THE EVENING. shall represent nn Institution in each class. 5. Contestants shall be weighed be fore tho contest and any one found over weight shall bo rejected. PREPARE FOR WRESTLING BOUT Iowa and Nebraska Still Trying Arrange Satisfactory Date, Iowa for Ma'rcTi 14. to HOUSEHOLD (LUB FORMED holding the attention of his listeners. Ho will deliver another address at WoBleyan university and will thcil leave for Orriaha. AGRICULTURE LECTURES MEMBER8 OF ECONOMICS DE PARTMENT ORGANIZE FOR INVESTIGATION. Another new club has been 'formed What is to become tho annual inter scholastic basketball meet will com mence at 3 p, m. today on both the Armory and Memorial hall floors. Twenty teams are slated to play the initial round, four games to be played in the afternoon and six in the even ing. The tennis as slated are as fol lows: 1, Wilbur-Cedar Rapids; 2, Gen-evft-Kearney; 3, Omaha-Stromsburg; 4, Aurora-Falls City; 6. Schuyler-Uni-verslty High; 6, South Omaha-Central City; 7, Beatrice-West Point; 7, Lin-coln-Tecumseh; 9, Clarks, Gothenburg; 10, York-University Place. Sidney drew n bye and will not ap pear in the first preliminary round, but will meet one of the Thursday win ners Friday afternoon. The Games Today. The games in tho first set this afternoon are to be ns follows: Tecum seh vs. Lincoln; Gothenburg vs. at the University of -Nebraska which takes in a comparatively new line. It is the Household club and was founded last week. Its object is to further sci entific and economic investigation of tho problems of food, clothing and shelter and to get the members of the economics department better acquaint ed. The charter members aro as fol lows: Irene Dalton, Alice BIrge, -Grace Richards, Jessie Greene, Mary Brown, Ellen Brown, Alta Gooden, Berna Mis kell and Kate Field. The club has an auxiliary of male members as follows: Messrs. Bailey, Guthrie, Bevlns, Scho Held, Downey, Pope, Hallor, Ohlson, Hammond. Leo and Johnson. .The faculty members are Miss Hap per, Miss Hedges and Miss Merrill. The following have been elected hon orary members: Miss Folger, MIsb Uouton and MIsb Davis. DR. C. J. LIPMAN OF NEW JER8EY EXPERIMENT 8TATION TO TALK. SOPHOMORES TAKE FIRST ' DEBATE FROM FRESHMEN JUDGE8 GIVE UNANIMOUS DECI SION FOR SECOND YEAR TEAM. CONVINCED WOMEN SHOULD V01E JUNIORS GET CHAMPIONSHIP Clarks; Stromsburg vs. Omaha.;" Falls City vs. Aurora. In the evening these games will bo played: Cedar Rapids vs. Wllber, University Placo vs. York, Temple of Lincoln vs. Schuyler, Cen tral City vs. South Omaha, West Point vs. Beatrice, Kearney vs. Geneva. The winners today will bo matched Friday afternoon In tho order above stated. Lots will bo drawn to decide which team gives way to Sidney in the second set. ThiB team will enter the semi-finals Friday evening. Wrestling Bout. Preparations are being made for the first annual intercollegiate wrestling to bo held between Nebraska and Iowa. The exact date for the meet has not been set, Iowa Insisting on March 14, and Nebraska a later date. The contest will be hold In Iowa City this year, the schools alternating there after. The try-outs for selecting tho Ne braska representatives will be held In the near future. Tho most likely can didates at the present for the positions In all weights aro Miller, Munson, Ruby and Elliott. New Rules. Dr. R. G. Clapp.hhs submitted a list of rules for tho coming contest be tween universities, tho most important being as follows: 1. 'Flying falls and falls obtained off the mat are not allowed. Tho wrestler must be pinned for three seconds to constitute a fall. 2. A rest of not more than, ton min utes or less than five minutes shall bo allowed between each fall. 3. No striking, kicking, gouging, 'hair, pulling, butting, strangling,, or anything-that endangers life or( limb will be aliowed. -Tho referee will be , allowed to compel tho contestants to "break any hold which ho deems too dangerous. Refusal will mean dis qualification. 4. Not more than one contestant Dr. C. J. Lipman, soil chemist and bacteriologist of tho New Jersey ex periment BtanohThasTbeen" InvirdTFby the board of regents to glvo a Eeries of lectures beginning March 14. Dr. Lipman, who Is an author and teacher of national repute, has accepted. The following lectures will be given In Agricultural hall 305, nt 2 p. m. These are primarily for the university faculty and university students. Tuesday: "Rocks, Soils and Bac teria." . Wednesday: "Bacteria and tho Mi grations of Nitrogen Compounds." Thursday: "Bacteria and Accumula tion of Nitrogen Compounds." (Friday: "Relations of Bacteria to Systems of Farm Management." The following lectures 'will bo given In Agricultural hall 305 rtt 1 p. m. These are primarily for school of agri cultural studentB. Wednesday: "The Essenco of Soil Fertility." Thursday: "The Conservation of Solf Fertility." Friday: "Tho Increase of Soil Fer- Carlson Makes 8trong Plea Against' Suffrage, but Older Men Prove Invincible, DOWN SENIORS 18 TO 6, AND FIRST YEAR MEN WIN FROM SOPHOMORES. By winning from the seniors last night the Juniors won the interclass basketball championship of the univer sity. The final score .was 18 to 0. While the seniors fought hard to ward off defeat, their, more successful op ponents showed up stronger than In the previous contests and maintained the lead from the start. TIiIb makes It unnecessary for the juniors to meet tho sophomores to play off tho game thrown out by the eligibility commit .tee, tho third year men being unde feated. The first game of the evening be tween the freshmen and sophomores, resulted In n score of 23 to 20 In favor of the first year men. Tho sopho mores were abend at the end of the first half, but proved less formidable in the second, when the freBhmen threw several in rapid succession and came out at the finish with three points to the good. Tho sophomores havo failed to win a gahio. The teams stand in the- fol lowing order: Junior, senior, fresh man and sophomore. xmv A free illustrated lecture will be given, Friday evening, March 17, at 8 o'clock. In the Temple theater, en titled, "The 'Decline and Regeneration of 'Cultivated SoIIb." This lecture will be of great Interest to all. Dr. Lip man Is the author of "Bacteria in Re lation to Country Life." EQUAL SUFFRAGE IN COLORADO MRS. GRENFELL WILL ADDRESS THE .UNIVERSITY PUBLIC AT CONVOCATION. LECTURE8 ON BIBLE STUDY. Harrison B. Elliott Gives Interesting Talk at Y. M. C. A. Harrison B. Elliott, a well known Y. M. C, A. speaker, delivered a very Interesting talk last evening In the Temple. A large audience was In at tendance and Mr. Elliott's remarks were enthusiastically received.' His talk was for the most part on Bible. study In schools and colleges, and after the lecturo offered suggestions. to tnose present., mr. j'jiuuu iu mi eiu-, quent speaker and had no trouble in .Mrs. Helen Loring Gronfell, who is the speaker at this morning's convo cation, has been prominent in many lines of state work in Colorado. Ex Governor Thomas says she made the best state official Colorado ever had. She held the office of state superin tendent of public instruction for three consecutive terms. Every year during her term of office she traveled thou sands of miles Inspecting schools and giving addresses on leading questions of the day. Her wo;-k In patriotic and humnno education won notice and commenda tion from the moBt prominent national organizations. She has been a, director of the stato forestry association for ten years. Mrs. Grenfell Is a member of the penitentiary and reformatory board of commissioners of Colorado, and Is actively Interested In tho work of Juvenile courts. She has voted at every state and na tional election In Colorado since 1893, and recently has written a treatise on "Equal Suffrage in -Colorado" which was issued In pamphlet form after ap pearing In one of tho leading Journals of the state. She is most qualified to speak on, her subject. "Equal Suffrage In Colorado," today, Tho sophomore debating team last night won a unanimous decision over tho frcshmnn team in U10G. The ques tion of glvng tho ballot to womon was at the same time decided by the Judges In favor of the women. This was the first of tho InterclasB debates, and a small crowd was in nttendnnco, but tho few who were there heard nn excellent debate. Tho team which won tho debato for the sophomores was composed of C. F, Radcliffe, G. R. Mann and II. B. Eng lish. The freshman team, which put up n formidable front, consisted of II. E. Rush, G. F. Farman and F. C. Carl son. C. L. Rein presided and C. F. Phillips acted ns timekeeper. Tho Judges who gave a unanimous decision in favor of tho Bocond year men wcro Denn Hastings, Prof. M. M. Fogg and Prof. G. A. Stephens. Sophomores the Stronger. The- BophomoroB-hnd-tho-best-of-tho-nrgument from the llrst and put up a fight that was too much for the younger men. A senior after tho "de bate said that the freshmen Were de feated at every turn thoy made. In assailing woman's suffrage, Carlson was by far tho most successful, nnd mado n strong plea against tho ballot for women. Tho senior nnd Junior teams will compote for supremacy this after noon at 4 o'clock. Tho two upper class teams will IIbcubb tho same ques tion. Thoy will reconsider the suf frago question Just as if it hnd never been. debated and decided before. W, T. Wolvington, A. M. Hare and J. E. Lawrence will represent tho seniors, while the Junior class honorB will bo dofended by D. M. Rogers, Jean Har grave and W. L. Bates. It Is likely that there will bo some excitement in room 100 today when the debate comes off. All are looking for a hot contest and there should bo a good crowd. Tho time has been changed to 4 o'clock this afternoon to accommodnte some of the team mem bers who hnd other engagements for the evening. Miss Howell's elocution lecture room will be used as the audi INTERFRAT COUNCIL MEET8. I Discuss Rushing Rules and Appoint 8everai Committees. A meeting of the. Interfratornlty council was held last evening. Mat ters concerning the rushing rules were taken up and discuased. Several Important committees, were also ap pointed. Further than this, nothing could bo learned of what took place, It being the policy of the council to keep Its proceedings, for the most part, a secret. Several members when asked refused to say anything. 4 Basket Ball Tournament Starts Today , .