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VOL. XI. no. no.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY MARCH 28, 1912.
Price 5 Cents
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TRACK MEN WILL BEGIN
SEOffSJORK TODAY
8TIEHM TO CONFER WITH ATH
LETES THI8 MORNING.
HETEEN ARE NOW IN THE SQUAD
Team Faces Hard 8chedule, 8even
Meets Being Scheduled With
Other Schools.
CUPID ACTIVE HERE
UNIVER8ITY 8EEM8 PRETTY SUC
CESSFUL IN LINKING
FONDHEART8.
This morning at 11 o'clock, Conch
Stlohm will meet all track monln a
conference which will start tho real
work for tho clnderpath men.
With flftoon athletes- as a nucleus,
the Bquad will begin work today at
4 o'clock, and from now on will con
dition themselves tor tho seven hard
contests scheduled for this year. Two
other men, Robinson and McGowan,
have decided to leave school, hut it is
thought that McGowan can bo per
suaded 'to Btay and if ho can it will
brighten tho prospects for a winning
team. Eight of tho fifteen are "N"
men and around -those Coach Stlehm
and Captain Anderson expect to build
a good team.
A Hard 8chedule.
Tho athletic board, at a meeting laBt
evening, authorized the sending of
three relay teamB to Des Moines on
April 20, and this will bo tho first
appearance of the Cornhuskors In
contoBt with Btatcr schools. Later
they will meet AmoB, Kansas, Minne
sota and will enter tho Missouri Val
ley meet. This year Nobraska will
also enter men In tho Chicago confer
ence moot and later, if any men show
tho ability, they will be Bent to the
Olympic tryout8 at Evanston, 111.,
Juno 8.
In some of the events tho squad has
plenty of men to compete, but In
others there is a scarcity, but It is
expected that new material will bo de
veloped to All theso places.
In tho 100-yard event, May, Racoly
and Brannon will carry the honors,
andIn this Nobraska will be well rep
resented. In tho 220 tho team will
miss Reed, but it is oxpected that
Racoly, Brannon and Christmas will
hold their own in any of the moots.
Barney, Robinson and McGovern are
ilatod for tho 440, Becker, Robinson,
McGowan and Coptain Anderson in
tho 880, and Konnody, BateB and Cap
tain Anderson in tho mile. Kennedy,
Bates and Boggs will compete for tho
long run, tho two-mile. For tho pole
vault Nobraska has Russell and
Roavls, for the high Jump, Russell and
Black, and for tho broad Jump, Black
and Racoly. RubboII and Roberts will
try for tho 120-yard hurdles and Bar
ney and "WoBsol for tho 220-yard hur
dles. For the weight events tho squad
has Harmon, Pearson and Rosa.
' The Schedule.
Des Moines relay carnival, April 20.
Ames, dual meet, at Lincoln, April
27.
Kansas, dual meet, at Lawrence,
May 8.
Minnesota, dual moot, at Lincoln,
May 11.
Missouri Valley moot, at Dos
Molnos, May 25.
Chicago Conference moot, at Lafay
etto, Ind., June 1.
Olympic tryouts at Evanston, 111.,
Juno 8.
Ib Nebraska University a matri
monial bureau? It would soem so.
In fact, the educators who oppose co
education on tho ground that too
many marriages result from It would
bo justified in their position by tho
results achieved at Nebraska.
Though tho co-eds keep a discreet
sllonco about It, It Is rumored that at
a recent Bororlty banquet bIx engage
ments wpro announced. At another
sorority house, where there are twolvo
glrlB living, seven out of tho twolvo
are engaged. One fair co-ed, not con
tent with merely being engaged, was
married a short time ago," and has
come back to school to tako her do
greo. Any information as to whether the
unusual number of engagements is
duo to tho recent warm weather or
because this is leap year will bo welcomed.
POEM ANDS0NG WANTED
8ENIOR CLA88 OPEN8 COMPETI
TION TO ALL UNI. WRITER8
AND COMP08ER8.
BASEBALL TEAM ASSURED
ATHLETIC BOARD DECIDES TO
CONFORM TO VALLEY CON-
FERENCE RULE8.
Tho senior class wants a poom and
a song. Accordingly tho class has
issued an Invitation to all poets and
composers In school to try their hand
at supplying tho need. Tho poom and
song muBt be appropriate and muBt
bo collogoso In charactor, but a wide
latitude in subject and troatmont will
bo allowed. Both will be rendered
Ivy Day, providing, of course, that
any of tho efforts may bo deemed
suitable by tho committee In charge.
Somo of tho seniors themselves are
laboring on tho desired pieces, but in
order to obtain a greater variety from
which to chooso tho competition has
been made open to tho ontiro school.
GIRLS TO APPEAR IN
GYMNASTIC EXHIBITION
CLA88E8 WORKING OVERTIME IN
PREPARATION FOR EVENT.
WRESTLING BOUT IS SCHEDULED
Bible Class to Meet.
Dr. Poyntor's Blblo class will moet
at 7:00 o'clock, Thursday evening, In
the Y. W. C. A. room.
Tho athletic board, at a meeting
last evening, decided doflnltoly that
Nobraska shall havo a basoball team.
However, it was decided that Nebras
ka should conform to Missouri Valley
rules and Just what effect this will
have on tho prospects lor jl leamlB
hard to say until tho Bquad 1b started
and the men can be looked over. At
a meeting in tho future plans will bo
mado for tho election of a captain.
Tho matter of the football cap
taincy was not brought up and Just
how soon the board will tako caro of
It la not known.
SOPHOMORE APPOINTMENTS
CLA88 MEETING WILL BE HELD
THUR8DAY TO ELECT THE
MINOR OFFICER8.
Eleven Numbers on Program of the
Annual Gym 8how, Which Will
Take Place Tomorrow Night.
TO PLAY TIGER8 NOVEMBER 26
Five Games Already Listed on Ne
braska's Football Schedule.
Old Axiom Revised.
A dato face to face is worth two on
tho 'phone.
Nebraska's football team will meet
tho University of Missouri at Colum
bia, November 2, according to tho an
nouncement made by Coach Stlehm,
when asked concerning tho correct
ness of a schedule given out by Mis
souri which listed Nebraska on that
date. Tho game is played on Mis
souri's campus this year, Nebraska
having had tho garao last soason.
Tho two schools havo not yot signed
contracts, as tho matter of a two-yoar
contract is up in tho air and needs ad
justment before final arrangements
aro completed. It is certain, howovor,
that tho game next fall will bo on tho
dato montioned, although Amos 1b do
slrouB of playing on tho same dato.
Tho schedule, as now outlined, In
cludes tho Kansas Aggies from 'Man
hattan on October 12, Minnesota on
October 19, Ames probably on Octo
ber 2C, Missouri on November 2 and
Kansas on November 16.
The following committee appoint
ments havo been made by President
Wood for the sophomore class:
Hop Committoe F; D. Enfield,
chairman, Shelley White, master of
ceremonloB, Miss Edna Ruth Evans,
Rled Dawson, Carl Nagl, Fred Trum
hhv .
Ivy Day Albert Kennedy, chair
man, Miss Holen Sorenson, Miss
Brldenbaugh, H. AgorrJ. V. Johnson.
Athletics D. D. ReaviB, chairman,
Hugh Mills, Bogga, yJ
A sophomore clasB mooting will bo
held at Memorial Hall, Thursday at
11:30 o'clock to elect minor class officers.
FAMOUS GEOGRAPHER DIE8.
Professor Tarr's Death Keenly Felt at
Nebraska University.
Geography 10.
Class meets in U. 7, Saturday,
March 30, at 8:80 a. m. All who are
working for two hours credit must J)o
present
DONEE GRIFFITH.
Prof. Ralph Stockman Tarr, profes
sor of physical geography at Cornell,
died last week after a very short Ill
ness. Tho death of Professor Tarr
is keenly felt at this institution be
cause of tho close affiliations of tho
departments of geography of Cornell
and Nebraska.
ProfoBBor Tarr was head of tho de
partment at Cornell during tho regu
lar, year ,whilo Professor Condra has
had charge of the summer sessions
during tho past Qvo years and both
Professors Condra and Bengston aro
oxpected to handle tho geography
work there thiB coming summer.
Professor Tarr waa ono of tho best
known geographers of tho world and
tho author of numerous teat books of
physical geography and geology.
Fordyce at Mid-week.
Dean Charles Fordyco will speak at
tho Y. M. C. A. mld-wook tonight on
"Tho 'Most Fundamental Factor in
Life."
Is Is Not 8o?
Somo 'people are born wise, some
achieve wisdom and others are plan
ning for the mid-somoBter examina
tions next week.
All gymnasium floor classes aro
working overtime thlB wook In prep
aration for tho annual gymnastic ex
hibition which will occur In tho Uni
versity Armory, Friday evening.
Those whor havo witnessed those an
nual affairs in past years havo found
them very pleasant ontortalnmonts.
Thoro will bo no ropotltlon of num
bers prosented as in past years and
each ono, it is promised, will bo In
structive ontertainlng and amuBing.
Tho exhibition is attracting unusual
attention this year because of tho fact
that tho girls of tho freshman and
sophomoro classes will appear in an
exhibition for tho first tlmo in about
ten years. Tho froshman class will
present a typical day's order In
Swedish gymnastics which Is univers
ally recognized as tho most beneficial
and scientific of all tho so-called sys
tems of gymnastics. Tho sophomores
will appear in an artistic dumb-bell
drill especially arranged for this ex
hibition. This class will also give, In
native costume, the "Japanese" dance.
Fast Wrestling Bout
Ono of tho most exciting ovonts on
tho program will bo tho wrestling
bout between O. W. Miller and Glen
Ruby. Owing to their well known
ability, their work on "Ffiaoynlght
will give tho fanB a good idea of their
ability to dofond tho University's
honor in their respective classes
against Iowa, which event is also at
tracting much attention.
Tho corrected program for tho ex
hibition follows:
1. Mass 'freehand and gymnastic
drill by the ontiro first yoar men's
class, under the direction of C. C.
Reynolds.
2. An elementary Swedish day's
order by young women of tho fresh
man class, under the direction of Miss
Ina Gittlngs.
To Present Folk Dances.
3. Folk dances, (a) Kasatchak, (b)
Russian Polannaise, by members of
the normal training course In physical
education, under the direction of Miss
Anna Day.
4. Class apparatus work on nlnodlf
foront pieces of heavy apparatus by
ontiro first year men's class, under
tho direction of Mr. Reynolds.
6. A mass obstacle raco by men's
first year class.
G. Dumb-boll drill by young women
of tho sophomoro class, under the di
rection of Miss Day.
7. Men's gymnastic dancing tho
Jumping jacks by members of the
leader's class, under tho direction of
Mr. Roynolds.
8. Wrestling bout between O. W.
Miller and Glen Ruby.
D. Advanced Swedish gymnastics
with apparatus by members of the
normal training course In physical
education, under tho direction of Miss
Gittlngs.
id, The Japanese donco by young
women of the sophomore class, In
charge of Miss Day.
11. An exhibition of elqctrlc club
swinging by Atf. Reynolds.
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