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Vol. X. No. 125
' UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1911.
Price 5 Cents.
PLAGES HOPES FOR PEKOE
- IK-RISING GENERATION
BARON DE CONSTANT SPEAKS TO
LARGE AUDIENCE.
MEDAL FOR CHANCELLOR AVERY
Speaker' Declares Past Is Filled With
Ignorance Which Must Be
Overcome.
Bnron d'Estourneiles le Constant,
member of the French senate and of
The Hague court of arbitration, and
president of tho "Conciliation Inter
nationale," addroBBed a special convo
cation yesterday afternoon, on world
"wide peace. The baron. is making a
tour of 'the United States, requiring
about three months and giving nd
dresses .on peace In many of the large
cities.
Memorial hall was packed to Us
capacity, and tho platform was decor
ated with, plants and flowers, while
flags were in evidence. On the plat
form with the baron were Chancellor
Avery, practically every dean of the
T5 Tniivui'sltyTomo-TJrofessorsr-several-of-the
university regents, Mayor Love of
Lincoln and J. E. Miller. Tho party
was given a great reception when it
appeared. Mrs. Raymond gave an
organ number, after which the chan
cellor Introduced the speaker.
Ignorance In the Past.
Baron de Constant was referred to
by Chancellor Avery as the Napoleon
of peace. The baron said he hoped to
have as many victories for peace as
Napoleon did in war. He said his
hopes lay In youth and the future.
There was much Ignorance In the past
and we had to pay for It. But now
there Is a new era, we should not
make the same mistakes. The speaker
said ho wished he were young again,
there was such a lino chance for work
in this line. Our ancestors had a
splendid .past aB a whole and this
young country has been left a great
legacy of courage and ability from the
old world.
Nothing- can be accomplished for
peace by a nation alons. It must
stand togother with all the other na
tions or the cause is lost. The baron
said no attention should bo paid, to
those who sneered at peace and said It
, would never be posBlblo. He asked if
the whole pf France, which Is support
ing peace, could be "called stupid?' The
useleB&ness of wars whs mentioned
and the story of Napoleon's march to
Moscow, where out of 800,000 men
who marched away only 20,Q00 re
turned, was vividly told.
The Hague Court.
The' work of --The Hague court as
dwelt upon. The baron said that when
a dispute had been settled, of ten it was
discovered that the eases,, were unim
portant. In closing he thanked the au
dience and Invited all to vlBit him In
France.
Immediately after his address he
presented, (Chancellor Avery . with a
peace medql from the Conciliation In
ternationale, In token of the work the
chancellor has done for the cause or
International peace. Baron de Con-granTlalked-exceptlonall
y plain- lor.
one who has not had much occasion to
use the English language, and the au-
dlence seemtfl to understand" every
thing that was said in Bplto of the
strong dialect. He used many ges
tures to assist him In making IiIb
meaning clear.
After tho exercises trio baron wit-
InejBseua imrt of the battalions in mil-
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OYM TEAM LEAVES TONIGHT
WEAVER, TOBI8KA, ELLIOTT AND
RUBY TO REPRE8ENT
NEBRA8KA.
Representatives to the annual Inter
collegiate gymnastic meet, to bo held
at Chicago university Saturday night,
April 22, will leave Tor Chicago this
afternoon at 4 o'cIock. The team at
present consists of tw6 university
gymnasts and two wrestlers, Bince
Trump, the third member of the team,
will be unable to go because of a se
vere attack of the inumpB, and Miller,
the middle-weight wrestling champion,
Ib Ineligible to the Chicago meet.
Handicapped in this fashion, Ne
braska does not enter the gymnastic
meet In pursuit of team honors. With
only two gymnasts, when live or six
are eligible, the prospects of medal
honors have taken a big slump. In all
probability, however, Weaver and To
blska, the other members, will have
ample Individual success and give tho
Kymnnstic department a creditable rep
resentation. Elliott, the Nebraska heavy-weight,
and Ruby. light-weight, will attemnt to
-uphold the CornhuskerjyxeslUniLSlnjitU
aru. Having finished the season, thus
far, undefeated in Intercollegiate con
tests, there is every reason to believe
that those unfortunate to draw V.
'brnska opponents In these events will
have no easy time. Miller was de
clared Ineligible in this meet because
of his brief presence at Nebraska. His
success at Iowa, however, would war
rant the statement that his absence
will materially weaken the wrestling
events in which Nebraska will participate.
ing, '12; Clifford Hnrdln, 'V-'; Albert
Hall, '12; Glen Tunka, '12; Walter
Power, '12; Fred Wirt, '12; Vernon An
drews, '13; Doan Me'Brlon, '13; Harry
Cdttoir, TJr GleirRnby, J13r J; Morlo
Dye, '1.; Jesso Qulnn, '13; Paul Bliss,
'13; Lloyd Hardin, '14, and Sam Cham
berlain, '14. A number of plqdges have
been transferred to tho new organiza
tion. Tho now men pledged are: Ern
est Wohlonberg, '12; David Erickson,
'11; .Lowell Gregg, '14; William Krug,
'12, and Benjamin Inhelder, '14.
HUNTER ELETED BY REGENTS
JVIAY SUCCEED PROFESSOR DAVIS
SON A3 HEAD OF AG.
8CHOOL.
Fred M. Hunter, superintendent of
tho Norfolk public schools, has been
elected principal of the state univer
sity school of agriculture. Tho ap
pointment wns'inndo nt n meeting of
the board of regentB on Tuesday, tho
position being offered him without any
solicitation on the part of himself or
any of his friends. It Is not known
whether Mr. Hunter will nccept.
The election was on tho nomination
of the chnncellor, with the approval of
Dean Burnett of tho college or agri
culture. The appointment is to take
effect September 1. In the meantime,
Mrs. A. E. DavlBson Is made acting
principal, succeeding her husband. She
assisted Principal Dnvis&on for many
BECOMES SIGMA PHI EPSILON
NEW FRATERNITY ABANDONS
OLD NAME AND ADOPTS
A SPONSOR.
Our baby fraternity has adopted a
sponsor. Kappa Tau Epsllon as a title
at least Is now dead. The Kappa Tau
men did not go home to spend their
vacation, but remained In the city for
an installation ceremony on last Sat
urday, at which time this nowest ac
quisition to fraternity life of the uni
versity "became 'Nebraska Alpha chap
ter of the national organization of
Sigma Phi Epsllon. The Installation
was followed by4 a. banquet at the Lin
dell hotel.
Kappa Tau Epsllon, It will be re
membered, Is the new fraternity
which after running sub rosa for over
d.4 year, announced its existence a llt
tie over a month ago. At that time it
was rumored that petition had been
made to Sigma Phi Epsllon for a char
ter, but this rumor was, for reasons
best known to the members, strongly,
denied. .
Sigma Phi Epsllon is a young but
growing fraternity. It was founded at
Richmond college, Richmond, Va., in
November, 1901. According to Balrd's
Manual,, there were in 1905 fourteen
chapters. ThjB""number, however, has
been increased until It now equals
twenty-nine. Sigma Phi has six chap
ters west of the 'Mississippi river; at
California. Colorado, Baker, Kansas,
Arkansas and Nebraska. rJ
Tho members of the old organiza
tion who were initiated are as follows:
H. M". Nicholson, '10; Frank E. Rhode.
'11; Walter Lempke, '11; Earl Spauld-,
years prior to Ills death
Hunter is u prominent alumnus of
the university. He graduated with
the class of 1!)0r, at which time ho also
received scholarship recognition
through election to Phi Beta Kappa.
While a student In tho university ho
was a Btar athlete on the track and
football teams. Ho was also a debater
of rank and was prominent in Y. M.
C. A. work.
WOE TO THE DANDELIONS.
REGENT COUPLAND FAVOR8 8UG-
GESTION OF THE DAILY
NEBRA8KAN.
It Is probable that the University. of
Nebraska Is going to have a Dandelion
day. When the proposition was men
tioned in tho columns of the Nebras
lean It excited considerable comment
among the students and faculty. Many
have expressed themselves as being In
favor of It. From the following letter
written by Regent Coupland it is evi
dent that there will be some action on
the part of the authorities:
"To the Editor of tho Nebraskan:
"The suggestion In your recent edi
torial as to "Dandelion day" Is certain-
ply a good one, and I sincerely hone
that some such method of seeking to
eradicate the troublesome yellow
flower from tho campus will be under
taken. iThe only effective way that Ib
known to got rid of them is to dig
them up, if we can get the students to
follow out what you suggest. I am
sure it would enable us to have a
much more beautiful campus than we
can possibly have with his persistent
Interloper" playing havocr-wjth the
grass and color scheme of ornamenta
tion. "I am very certain the student body
is anxious to co-operate with tho board
of regents In making' tho .university
surroundings aB beautiful andartistic
as we can possibly make them, and I
hope we shall be able this year to have
the help you suggest made available
JTobrlmj-about-ft-condltlon-on-the,cam..
pus .which will give us all pride and
pleasure.
"Sincerely yours, -"GEORGE
COUPLAND."
TRACK TEAM WILL DE
CHOSEN NEXT SATORDAY
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TO REPRE8ENT NEBRA8KA IN ALL
CONFERENCE MEETS.
NOT TO ENTER DRAKE RELAY
Conflicts With Try-outs on theSame
Day No Charge Will Be Made
for Admission.
Tho nnnual track try-outs will bo
held on the athletic field noxt Satur
day afternoon, April 22. This ovont
will undoubtedly bo tho most Inter
esting and exciting of all the nthlotlc
happenings of tho year. It comes at
tho close of the free-for-all offbrts of
Nobraskans to mnke tho unlvorslty
track team one of tho moat highly
sought of unlvorslty honors and Is
predicted to bo moro cloBoly contest
ed than many pf the Intorcolleglato
events.
All tho events which characterize
tho Intercollegiate meets will feature
tho Saturday try-out. Theso Include
the 100-yard dash; 220, 440, 880 and
mile runs; tho hurdle racos, Including
both low and high; polo vault, high
Jump, broad Jump and weight ovontB.
It is already OBBiired that the best material-
thounlverlty.haalQofforwjlL
engage In tho competition. Arrange
ments havo been so made that every
Nobruskan will be afforded an opror-
tunlty to watch tho selection of tho
university team. Not only are tho try
outs to be hold on Saturday, but it is
announced that no admission will bo
charged. TheBo two features alono
should warrant a largo representation
from tho student body to tho meet.
The team to be chosen Saturdoy will
represent Nebraska In nit tho confer
ence conteBta, the fffst of which will
bo at Ames, soon after tho team mem
bers are picked. Although all tho.on
trle8 have not been made to tho try- ,
outs, the following may be officially
announced:
Many Entries.
100-yard Reed, May, Christmas, An
keny and Brannon; 220-yard samo as
100, with the exception of GibBon; 440
yard Gibson, Hlltner, Barney, Ankeny
and Reed; one-half mile Becker, Hllt
ner, AmberBon, Anderson,- Ambersoh,
Wholenborg; mile Bates, Anderson,
Negley, Meleck, Kenedy; two-mile
same as mile, excluding Anderson;
low hurdles Powers, Black, Frost,
Russell; high hurdles Russell, Frost,
Llnstrum; high jump Russell, Christ
mas, Black, Hastings, Graham, Wells;
poloj vault Llnstrum, Rusqell, Gra
ham; broad Jump Munson, Graham;
shot put Harmon, Collins, Ross, Frio
tag; discus same as shot put.
Some of tho above nnmed entrants
are Ineligible for the track team bo
cause of first year standing; neverthe
less it Is considered advisable that all
university students be granted entry
blanks In order that the events might
be closer especially the dashes. This
will make tho meet moro spectacular
from the outside point of view, but,
more than this, it will atlmulate the
first year men to entertain track ambitions-
and increase the entry list .'of the
weekly track handicaps. '
Announcement has been definitely
made that Nebraska will not partici
pate in the intercollegiate relay cham
pionship to bo held at Drake unlver
slty next Saturday, Refusal to enter
this meet Is due entirely to the 'conflict
such would have with tho try-outs to
bo held on that date. '
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