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VOL. XI. NO 51.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, SATURDAY DEC. 9, 1911.
Price 5 Cents
M. V. CONFERENCE IN
SESSION ARKANSAS CITY
BIG MIDDLE WESTERN ATHLETIC
ORGANIZATION AT WORK.
BASEBALL RULE TO BE DISCUSSED
No Foundation for Rumor That Ne
braska Will Withdraw at
Prosent.
IOWA DEBATERS WIN
BIG FORENSIC BATTLE
Judges Favor Negative Side
Ship Subsidy Question by
Vote of Two to One
of
Coach E. O. Stlohm, Graduate Man
ager E. O. Eagor, and Dr. It. G. Clapp
have left for KanBaB City, whore the
regular fall meeting of the Missouri
Valley Athletic Conference is now in
Bossion. Soriio talk has boon going
the rounds that Nebraska's delegation
lias framed an ultimatum based upon
the repeal of tho professional rule
now in force in the valley, which pre
vents tho playing of baseball for
money by student athletes durln'g the
summer vacation.
Nebraska's attitude on this rule in
tho past and at present is well known,
and it is authoritatively reported' that
pressure will bo brought to bear by
our representatives to secure its an
nulment, "but it is thought on the
campus that withdrawal from the con
ference at this time might not be ad
visable.
AH Year Coach Stlohm Is known to
be a baseball enthusiast, and the en
tire athlotic board would favor a re
nowal of that branch 'of athletics at
Nebraska under reasonable rulings,
Tjut it is not thought that our other
athletic relations with the Valley
schools would bo severed merely to
onablo us to play basoball.
St. Louis University and tho Un'
verslty of Oklahoma aro said to bo
desirous of entering the Conference.
PRIZE FOR INSURANCE ESSAY
OMAHA CONCERN OFFER8 $100
FOR PAPER ON LIFE
POLICIES.
Messrs. Mann & Junod, of Omaha,
general agents of tho Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Company, liavo
offered a prize of $100 for tho best
essay on "Tho Function of Life Insur
ance In Modern Economic Affairs,"
and tho following rules have been
adopted JLo govern tho contest:
1. Tho contest will bo open to grad
uate and undergraduate students of
tho Unlvorslty. x
2. The essays must not exceed 5,000
wordu In length, must be typewritten,
with a table of contents and a bibliog
raphy, and must bo sent in not later
than May 1, 1912.
3. Tho prlzo will be awarded upon
tho decision of judgcs'solected by tho
By a vote of two to ono, Iowa wan
was awarded tho decision in the 1911
debate between Iowa and Nebraska,
which occurred last night in the Tem
ple theatre Iowa argued against and
Nebraska for, tho wisdom of the adop
tion of a policy of shipping subsidies,
by the United States.
The theatre was well filled early in
the evening and for some tlmo previ
ous to the beginning of the debate tho
endet band gavo a concert.
Governor Presides.
Following the concort. Chancellor
Samuel Avery Introduced to the audi
ence Governor Chester H. Aldrich of
Nebraska, who made a short address
and then presented Joseph Goldstein,
who opened tho debate for Nebraska.
The line of argument presented by
the Nebraska team specialized the
application of such subsidies as It be
lieved necessary to particular lines
which It was affirmed wore badly
nocded between certain American and
tho Asiatic, African, and South Amer
ican countries, wherein our trade is as
yet undeveloped. The affirmative also
arguod tho necessity for American
owned and 'operated bottoms In tlmo
of war, when they could bo used as
colliers and auxiliary vessels, citing
the world cruise of tho fleet, during
which foreign vessels were omployed
to carry coal and supplies, as an example.
Feared Graft.
The argument presented by the
Iowa team was that shipping subsidies
and graVt unnecessary graft had
boon inseparable throughout tho en
tire history of tho subsidy question,
and that for this reason the authoriza
tion of such payments to ship owners
would mean but the augmentation of
the already choking grasp tho great
corporations have talcen upon Amer
ican commerce and industry.'
Tho cases of tho Cunard and other
British mart lines were cited, as also
FACULTY RAISES BAN
ON WEEKLY MEETINGS
COMMITTEE ON STUDENT ORGAN
IZATIONS MODIFY RULING.
WILL REVIVE LATENT INTERESTS
Several Clubs Had Suffered From Old
Ruling One Meeting a Month
Will Do Allowed.
was that of an American line formerly
operated to South America, which was
partially subsidized.
Tho nogativo admitted that 'Amer
ican trade on tho high seas was not
at present In tho position it properly
should occupy, but it was denied that
subsidies would remedy the condition,
and in place of tho enactment of sub
sidization legislation, tho partial or
entlro repeal of tUe present laws gov
erning the rogistry of vessels of other
than American build was advocated.
Tho conclusion was that if Amer
ican capital could purchase foreign
built ships and Ball them under the
American flag, all the boneflts of a
subsidy system would be reaped,
while the danger of political grafting
would bo entirely eliminated.
The Teams.
Iowa was represented by R. N.
Beobe, S. H. Erwln, and It. F. Clough,
and Nebraska by Joseph Goldstein,
Ralph W. Garrett, and Anan R. Ray
mond. Professors Cephas D. Allln, David
F. Swenson, and Albert B. Will to of
the University of Minnesota acted as
judgos, according to tho regulations
of the Central Debating league.
At the tlmo of going to presB noth
ing had boon learned of the result at
Minneapolis, whoro Nebraska argued
tho nogativo of tho same question
against the Minnesota team.
The contest yesterday evening was
tho sixth since the organization of tho
Central Debating league, which com
prises tho Universities of Nebraska,
Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Wiscon
sin. Iowa was victorious over Ne
braska in the last debate between the
two. which occurred at Iowa City In
1909.
Following tho debate an Informal
dance was given in the music hall of
the Temple.
The Iowa team was entertained by
Phi Alpha Tau, tho honorary debat
ing frater.nlty, at a banquet.
Departmental clubs of the Univer
sity of Nebraska shall not hold moro
than one meeting a month which lasts
lator In tho evening than eight o'clock,
according to a ruling just mado by tho
University committee on student or
ganizations. The meeting can be held on any night
of the month, but all other meetings
must be concluded bofore the tlmo
limit of eight o'clock. TIiIb now rule '
comes as an amendment to tho for
mer ruling that no departmental club
mootings could bo hold on any nights
oxcopt Friday and Saturday.
Tho attondanco of tho departmontul
clubs has suffered greatly by tho Fri
day and Saturday night ruling and
It is thought that tho now system may
bring up tho deploted numbers.
STUDENT n BUSY
MANY UNIVER8ITY MEN GET JOB8
THROUGH INDU8TRY OF EM
PLOYMENT OFFICE.
Turner at Midweek..
Stnnt Turnor spoko last evening to
a largo number of University men at
the regular midweek meeting of the
student Y. M. C. A. Those services
aro growing In popularity and the at
tendance grows with them.
Germans Have Chrjstmas Meeting.
The Veroln Germanla meets Wed
nesday evening, Decomber 13, at tho
Banquet Hall ortho Temple. AH Gor
man students come out to the Christ
mas program,
One of the best friends of tho work-
ingman in school Is the University
employment bureau. Although Its
work Is not nocossarlly spectacular,
Its effects aro cssontlal to tho welfare
of a goodly number of students whot
must work for all or part of tholr ex
penses. How busy this department
has been this year Is shown by tho re
port to dat , showing a total of 151
permanent positions secured and 172
odd jobs provided.
' A report for tho semester will bo
forthcoming later. This will set
forth tho interesting fact of what per
cent of tho students are taming part
or all of their college expenses. Last
year over forty-nine per cent wero so
doing. '
dopartmont of political economy and
commerce.
1. The donors will have tho right to
publish tho prize essay, If. they wish
t6 do so.
5. The prlzo will be withhold ino
essays of sufficient merit aro pre
sented. Tho members of Professor Ste
phens' class in insurance will bo-par-tlcularly,
Interested In this prlzo, but
all Rtuaopts'aro permitted to try for
it and it is hoped that a largo mini-
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Hagensic!&'s Orchestra
Junior Hop
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f
ILii&colsv Hotel
Tickets, $1.25 .
FIRST VESPERJERVICE HELD
MUSICAL WOR8HIP RENDERED
FRIDAY EVENING IN ME
MORIAL HALL.
Tho first of tho weekly vesper
sor-vIccs-waBglyenlnMoniorlalHajyL
last evening. Tho attendance, though
good,"was not such as the program
merited The muqic was truly mag
nificent. Led by tho University
Chorus, tho organ, and a string quar
tet from the city, it was rendered
with a volume and eloquenco which
.was delightful and Inspiring. Tho
service Vas entertaining 'and highly
profitable, arid every student . should
set asido this hour and regard it as
ono of the bright Bpots in the entire
week.
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