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bc Dail fltebraeRan . ! Vol X. No. 146 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, SATURDAY MAY 20, 1911. Price 5 Cents. r CLA88 SONG. (By Mr. Eugene Barker.) Today wo plant the Ivy 'Neath Nebraska's sheltering wall, Where tho summer suns shall strike it And the rain of spring shall (all, Though tho snows of winter blight it, And its leaves be brown and sere, It shall live again' In beauty With tho waking of each year. As tho tendrils of the ivy To the well-loved building cling, And higher lift its branches With each recurring spring, Shall our hearts still cling, in mcm'ry bound our alma mater dear, As we dream of days long vanished, When wo were students here. Nebraska, alma mater, Wo are leaving little here In exchange for all thou gavest, For the memories so dear; Yet tho green leaves of the ivy, When today has long gone by, Every spring Bhall tell a story Of a love that cannot die. Other years shall bring their classes, Other ivy plants shall grow, Our affection still shall linger As tho swift years come and go; And when these old walls have crumbled By the weight of Time's decay. We shall love thee, old Nebraska, With a love that lasts alway. OMAHA TAKESFIRST IN ' IKTERSGHOLASTIC MEET RELAY RECORD 18 ONLY HIGH MARK TO 8UFFER. WILEY. -MAKES INDIVIDUAL SCORE f- Wood Has Easy Time In Sprints and Rector Gets Pole Vault Collins .Wins 440. Omaha won first place in the Ne braska intorscholastlc meet held on the atihlotic field yeBterday afternoon. While the meet was comparatively fast, only one record was broken, that of the relay which was lowered from 1. minute, 37 seconds to 1 minute 3C 2-5 seconds. Wfloy or York made tho highest individual score of 15 points and Wood of Omaha was second with 13. Wood won tho 100-yard dash and 220. with comparative ease and Rector was riot crowded in the polo vault. One of tho real surprises came when Army Collins, tho Lincoln weight man, load off in the 440 and maintained first place until ho crossed the tape. It was generally believed that this event would go to Millard of Omaha, but the latter allowed tho Lincoln man to got too far ahead. Wiley made no new records, but was seriously handicapped by Btone bruises on his heel and it required the third rial for him to clear the bamboo in tho high jump at 5 feet, 7 incheB. Tho mile was undoubtedly one of tho most exciting events, Ludwlg of Omaha led off at a rapid pace rind was only passed on the laBt lap. Wright and Hugg coyered the last 220 yards with a fast sprint, Wright keeping just ahead by a' narrpw margin and only succeeded in beating Hugg by a few inches? In. the relay Omaha-heat her nearest competitor, Kearney Mili tary 'Academy fdur seconds. Follow ing' is the summary: Continued on Page 4 (j .Mii x Xtutt bunch ) I VgroH fie j a wvS :y )) JT v!2?,itVW1CV. STArrMAKBS 6IT-AWAY - fc-ZT --v in Disaoisr AVrrfBOPOLOCICAL ' STUDENTS LOOIflVb Up oMe OfTHE J10HCS With weather conditions ideal a throng of students gathered on tho campus this morning to hoar tho Ivy day exercises. .Shortly after 9 o'clock Chairman Lord called for order. He made a few . Introductory remarks. The clasB p6emT)y"Eugeno Barkor7 which appears in another column was read. The poem created much favor able comment, it boing an excellent literary production as well as a good Indication of class sentiment. Joseph T. Votava then delivered the Ivy day oration for tho clasB. Mr. Votava is one of tho university's best orators, and has spoken often before univer sity audiences, but this was his best effort. Ho could bo clearly hoard by all the crowd. His address was one of tho best that has ever been delivered on Ivy day iir tho history of tho school. The Oration. Mr. Votava took for his subject "Duty." He dlBcuBBed the purposes for which the class came to tho uni versity four years ago. Tho first pur poso of course was Intellectual devel opment along with physical develop ment. Wo must not only acquire nbil- ity for accomplishment is what tho world justly demands. Knowledge it self is valueless. Only from its ubg do wo derive value. Wo must use it, however, in honorable ways or it Ib worse than wasted. "Do you recall the sentry of Pom peii? Do you recall that proud, beau tiful city of white marblo, flashing in the sunshine of Italy? Tho city where laughter only resounded in its streets, where joy was the thought, the pas time, the occupation? How old Vesu vius sent lightnings uptowrad the sky, and noon was changed to night How tho entire population was transformed into a pack of "savage blasts, struggling, murdering to be the first (o escape destruction. "Did I say the entire population? No, for there outside the city gate, STUDENTS GATHER ON CAMPUS FDR IVY DAY CELEBRATION rXj gpiTR f)l"A6t L-SipesTr facing that fearful mountain, stood yet one man a simple Roman soldlor, tho sentry at tho gate. Does he forsake Ills post or duty? "Sixteen centuries paBs and Pompeii again sees the light of day. Tho re mains" of a "Roman soldier in full armor aro still found before the sentry booth. Strange peoplo not knowing his name or language or life, pause; .pause in reverent awe before tho Ideal that in: spired the soul of that man; in rev erent awe beforo the remains of a man who did his duty." The Alma Mater. Our alma mater has given the class an Ideal, that -should direct our ener gies, mental and physical, to service for society and self-denial for our selves. If tho last four yoars have done the good they should have, theyj have trained us not only what to do but how and when. ,By what wo do will our lives be judged. Our first duty is to our alma mater. The graduates must see that her shield over shines bright and puro. Evlla that are sure to creep in must be root ed out. In regard to the home, Mr. Votava said: "Speaking of this alma mater, my thoughts also run to nnother alma mater that each of us has. I trust I am not trespassing on grounds forbid dont to strangers simply to mention, that it is to the folks at home; that little 'sis,' whoso girlish laughter ever bids us welcome home; that brother, our first chum; that silently Btern father;, that mother, oyer thinking of our welfare, that it is to these wo owe our most sacred duty. They are best and probably only known to each of us." To the 8tate. Anpther duty we owe is to tho state of Nebraska. It is very appropriate that we repay; he people of'ih.ei state ror tneir assistance in gerang us our UHK UB UUr taffii ' &OH - - 4 Continued on Page 4 THE LONG DUSTY ROAD. (Class Poem by Eugeno Barker.) Tho gatcB of tho campus swing out ward, And they never again shallowing in, For our foeB aro sont down tho long, dusty road, With its joy, and Its grief, and Its sin With Its longing, its namoless ambi tion, And tho victories droamed of and won; , Our faces aro set, and wo can not turn back For tho things that wo wish we had 'done. Our path has not all been of roses, As wo lingered in Learning's bright ways, Dut the Borrows woro few and the shadows soon passed, And sunshine filled most of tho days; Dut the road will begin to got roughor Whon we're out of tho campus for fair, And we'll miss the kind word and the brotherly smile That lightened tho burden of caro. We've built ub a lot 9f fair castles, That wo'll have to givo up boforo , Iqng, But the visions aro goad while we think they aro real, And no one shall grudgo us a song. But this Is tho fate of tho dreamer Tho seer of brightness ahead And it often, turns out that tho dream shall survive Long after the dreamer Ib dead. Tho world will be glad to recolvo us, But only for what wo can do For the moulder can use in the vessels he casts No meal that does not ring true.. Our knowledge shall gain us no laurels For "The Sake of lho Knowledge alone; It is what we shall give that shall win us tho goal, And not what wo keep for our own. Ah, friends, we've been lavish recelv ers, Now let us as lavishly give, That the world may be glad of the things that we do, And someone rejoice that we live. For our fellows have made us their debtors, And the time Is arrived we should - pay; It is well wo should recompense all whom wo owe, Not tarry an hour or a day. Let us hew to tho plumb-lino of virtue, Nor stoop to defraud or deceive, For the things that we get can not count half as much As the things wd are able to leave. Let us prove that amid the corruption There are laborers worthy tfiolr hire; Let us fight tho good fight for tho" things we hold best,' With a purpose that never shall tire. And then never mind what the finish! Never mind what the Master shall ' pay; 'TIs enough that wo know that the Master will give All we've earned in the heat ot the uy. And perhaps Jihqse we thought were. ; x hut failure . SbaH he crowned with success atr all. . . ... .. j -- ;, t,a -' ---" "ff " ww " Nor, tarry till shadows shall falf. I