XLhc Haih IRebraskan
VOL. XI. NO. 118.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY APRIL 9, 1912.
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MYSTERIOUS IMPRINTS
FOUND ON OLD BOULDER
HAND AND FOOT LEAVE IMPRESS
ON CAMPUS RELIC.
WHAT THE DANCES COST
SOMETHING LIKE $6,000 EVERY
YEAR IS EXPENDED ON
FORMAL PARTIES.
THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IS UNKNOWN
May Have Been Made in Prehistoric
Timet or By Indians In Their
Devotions.
While mnny arc the fussers and
fusserosses who have lingered about
the old boulder that stands Just south
of the sun-dial and fountain In the
center of the campus, perhaps very
few of thorn have over so far diverted
their attention from the traditional
use to which the rock has been do
voted as to have notlcod anything
peculiar In Its nature.
A close Investigation, however,
throws a mystorlous halo of curiosity
about the object. The stone, being of
granite and of glacial origin, has sev
eral of its sides worn and polished by
glacial action, and particularly the
upper Bide, which Is flat and almost
level On this side are numerous
markings and helroglyphicB, among
which are a perfect imprint of a hu
man foot and a less perfect one of a
hand The general design that covers
the upper side la that of two creased
llneB, one of which Is curved Into an
arc and tho other, straight This
marking, resembling tho imprint of a
crow's foot, enn bo found all over the
upper Bldo of tho rock in all sizes and
pointing in all directions.
Foot Almost Perfect.
The markings of most Interest, how
over, aro tho human hand and foot
Tho latter looks aB though some prim!
tlvo near relative of Adam had
stepped on the spot while the rock
waB In a soft Btato and the impres
sion had remained as the material
hardened Tho hand Is not nearly bo
perfect, although it 1b exactly the Im
pression that would be made by a
hand placed on a soft material with
out being pressed vory hard agalnBt
It By close observation the outline
of the foot, with tho toeB, Instep and
heel Intact, and In exact proportions,
may bo plainly Been a few Inches from
the southeast corner of the upper Bur
face The hand, of which tho palm Is
tho most visible portion. Is an Inch or
two nearer tho south edge, and while
not so plain, can yet be soon Tt
might bo added that tho Imprints are
much moro visible 'neath tho slanting
rays of tho moon than In daylight.
Professors Have Theory.
Much aB wo would like to attribute
those mysterious impressions to some
unknown gentleman who lived his al
lotted span on this planet In Its earllor
caroor, Hiobo who aro In a position to
know aro a bit Inclined to forbid this
indulgence. Those professors who aro
acquainted with tho history of tho
boulder Bay that It was brought from
the six or seven hundred miles north
and deposited near tho present site of
Hartlngton, Nobr , by a glaclor Tho
fact that no signs of Indian habitation
wore found In tho immediate vicinity,
but some wero found some distance
off, lead to tho belief lhat tho stone
waa an object of worship amdng the
original Americans. Tho Bo-callod
crowsfoet aro by some interpreted as
signals of direction of travel among
them. What Ib the significance of tho
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Expense Incurred In giving dancoB
at Nobraska compares quite favorably
with tho cost or oven Wisconsin's
vaunted Junior Hop, according to
some figures recently compiled by a
University man Formal (lances run
up tho expanse account about $2,000
for the girls each year and about
$5,000 for the boys every othor year
As there are nine sororitleB, this Is
only a matter of $2Q0 each, which 1b
only the cost of giving a very moder
ate affair, such as the authorities
limit the girls to Ab the fraternities
give only one formal In two yoarB,
much moro expenBQ Ib gono to and
more elaborate dances aro put on At
one recent party the favorB alono cost
over $100. which is very little moro
than tho average Programs and re
freshments run the bill up to some
where near $500
These flguroB take no account of
tho personal expenses of those going
to the dances This matter dlfferB
widely because If cabs and flowerB are
taken the expense Is much higher
Dresses also cost the girls a large
amount of money Recently a $500
silk dress wns seen on the floor, with
several almost matching it The aver
age coBt of tho gowns worn, however,
is much below this figure
Besides the, fraternity formals, the
general University formals, such aB
the junior prom and the senior prom,
add to the total If all thoBo dancos
were given in one year, and personal
expenses, droBses and evorythlng else
figured in. the whole expense would
run up to about $15,000. This does
not seem bo awful small for a western
university like Nobraska after all,
does It?
TO ACT ON ALUMNI PLAN
UNIVERSITY BOARD OF REGENTS
WILL., HOLD IMPORTANT
MEETING TODAY,
DATES FORJEXT YEAR
SEVERAL EVENTS ALREADY ARE
SCHEDULED BY UNIVERSITY
SOCIAL COMMITTEE.
Datos for Boveral events have al
ready been scheduled for next year
on tho books of tho University Bocial
committee
This has been done in order that
these dateB may bo kept free from
bing hampered by other evontB of a
lesser nature, as each event in tho
list below is of interest to every Btu
('.ent in the University.
No definite dates havo been put
down for the Junior Play and tho
Glee Club Concert, owing to tho fact
that the dates for those events had
not boon made for tho opera house
The list aa scheduled Ib as follows:
November 2, "Tho Trail."
November 10, annual Dramatic Club
play.
December C, debate or Cornhuskor
banquet
December 13, debate or Cornhuskor
banquet.
February , Junior Play.
March 8, University Night.
April , Glee Club concert..
The Kosmot Club will bo given a
date if It puts on a production.
Sigma Taus Dance.
Sigma Tau, the honorary engineer
ing fraternity, entertained at a danc
ing party at the Sigma Phi Epsllon
house, Saturday evening.
At a mooting of the Hoard of Ro
gonts to bo held today tho proposed
plans of the alumni fraternity men
for the changing of tho present per
sonnel of tho Inter-fraternity council
will bo acted upon This suggestod
change would involve tho placing of
two alumni members and one active
member from each fraternity on tho
Intor-fratornlty board, tho selection of
a general supervisor of accounts or
treasurer for all tho fraternities and
the installation of a fraternity mothor
In each house
The proposals have met with no lit
tle opposition from tho actlvo mom
bora of Bomo of tho fraternities, who
prefer to retain the balanco of control
in the hands of tho actlvo chapter. It
Ib llkoly that expressions from tho
active chapters will bo hoard aB well
as tho proposals of tho alumni mem
bers. In many reBpectB tho mooting of tho
board today will bo ono of the most
important of the year Tho budget
for next year will bo allowed and tho
matters of leaves-of absence, salaries,
etc , will be threshed out The con
tract for tho erection of the new
medical school building Ib also ex
pected to be allowed at this meeting
COACH GETTING LINE
ON BASEBALL PLAYERS
ABOUT TWENTY OF BIG SQUAD
LOOK LIKELY.
THERE IS ONLY ONE HAS J CINCHED
Cam So Fast at 8hort He Probably
Will Encounter Little Opposition.
Barber Goes to Meeting.
Professor narber of tho Latin de
partment leavGB today for Cincinnati.
Ohio, whoro he will attend tho annual
meeting of tho Classical Association
of the Middle West and South. About
thirty states will bo represented on
the program and 2,000 educators will
attend Professor Barber had an Im
portant part In the organization of
this association
EASTER ATTRACTS MANY
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ATTEND
CHURCH SERVICES FOR VARI
OUS PURPOSES SUNDAY.
"Easter Sunday drow toN church a
large number of University students
Many co-eds wore present, all in now
sultB and hats, though, of courBO, they
scorned the assertion that they went
to "show them off "
Tho men, too, wore not lacking.
Several fraternities sent largo dele
gations, often as many aB three or
four
I3esldes tho men who wore "stag
glng it," a large number wero soon in
tho company of co-eds. All of those
looked quite embarrassed, though the
co-eda perhaps because they wero
more used to church, seemed cool and
collected Ono brother and Blator
wero even seen together.
The co-edB wore qulto enthusiastic
In their praises of the sorvlcos.
"Wasn't tho music lovely!" exclaimed
one "And I got my now hat all
planned out."
Tho men, however, wero moro crit
ical "I don't care at all for that min
ister," said ono. "Why, I didn't Hkg
him the other time I heard him,
either '
Peru Club to Meet.
Tho Peru Club will meet Saturday
evening, April 13, at the home of Pro
foBBor and Mrs Brownell, 2627 P
street.
DaBeball at Nebraska Ib beginning
to materialize Prospective candi
dates for tho various positions aro
looming up and within a short tlmo
the permanent JobB will bo awarded
by Coach Stlohm After a wooK of
gonoral workout the, largo squad that
reported at tho beginning of practlco
has boon overhauled and about twonty
of tho men are now being closely
watched in order that twolvo or four
teen of tho best may be picked for
tho team
Starting this wook, tho coach has
boon putting the men through a moro
detailed practlco, consisting of Infield
work, batting and tho working out of
pltchors Yesterday tho men Wero
tried in several positions, some going
I from the Infield to the outflold, catch
ers going to tho fields and pitchers
oven working at tho various stations
In order that tho coach might get a
better lino on tho mon
Three Good Backstops.
Pearson. Towlo and Buol aro the
three most llkoly mon for tho back
stop position Pearson and Towlo
can play othor positions than bohlnd
the bat, Pearson bolng a fair first
Backer, while Towlo can play either
In tho infield or In the outflftld. Buol
Is perhaps tho host fielding catcher of
the three.
At tho first station Underwood
seems to have everything his own
way. Ho Is a good Holding first base
man and is a fairly good hlttor. Poar
son is second choice for tho position.
At socond there aro throe or four men
who look alike at present, and it is
hard to say just which ono will land
tho Job Flory, Hartwoll and Clino
aro the most promising Flory is
perhaps tho best of the three, yet
Cllno has a record at Peru that is
hard to heat and Hartwoll is a per
former of groat promise
Carr a Great Player.
At short there is only one man, and
that Ib Carr. In Carr tho team will
have ono of tho best fielding short
stops that Nebraska over had and in
addition he is a good hlttor. Ho is
fast, a cloan fielder and has a whip
that Is almost perfect. Carr is also
perhaps tho host pitcher on tho squad.
At third Haskell and Lofgren will
fight it out. Haskell is a demon at
tho bat and a fast little Holder. Lof
gren Is a splendid fielder, but his bat
ting ability is In doubt. Tho race Ib
cIobo and both mon are so good that
either will fit nicely in the lineup.
What tho coach Ib most worried
about Ib his pitching staff. JuBt now
ho has Rodman, Carr, Purdy, Wake,
Schmidt and Armstrong. Only ono of
those, Schmidt, is a left bander. It
Is certain that somo good men must
bo developed out of theso In order to
balance with the rest of tho team.
Oliver Look Good.
For the outfield the team has four
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