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The Daily Nebraskan IV VOL XIII. NO. 18 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1913 Price 5 Cents TEPLESS' PRACTICE PALLS SCRIMMAGE YESTERDAY WITH FRP8HIE8 DEVOID OF GOOD RE8ULTS SIXTEEN-MAN SQUAD CHOSEN FOR DEBATES ROSS TO BE IN THE LINE-UP Disappointment Expressed at Small Numbfi- of Rooters Few Co-eds Are Out. H V. HARLAN.) I ! ojy discouraging was tfie prac tice (t the arsity football stalwarts M'tt rdj afternoon on Cornhusker Field Tt " scrimmage that was pulled on vv- ;. ;. 46 ;in, uninteresting The '"'' ' ' .1 in a spiritless manner Tin'- - ..- lonbt due to aftereffects i if.- .--linR practice that Coach Snel.i, ; his proteges through Wedn. sciuy afternoon at tlie fail mounds TLe boys came in dead tired U'edn'-(i,iy riight, jogging to and from the fair grounds, and that, plus a long, racking scrimmage, wore all the ginger out of them Hence, the lack of pep pery playing last night is hardly un expected. Thirty-Minute Scrimmage. For about thirty minutes yesterday attemoon the varsity was lined up against the first-year men The only gilt-edge football to be seen was dur ing the first few minutes of play, when the varsity pushed the freshmen back to their goal lir.e and scored a touch down in ')! n-iinutes From then on tilings wi-i.f froT!i bad to worse Coach Stiehm .-arly s nt Purdy, Towle, and Thompsoi 'o ti.e gymnasium, putting Klwell. !'.) . Irwin in the vacant places fter tl jii-ity had made another market, using -ome good forward passes and -nC runs, the W. W. also sent Mast i n Mid Howard in. replacing them with Gelulck and Hugg Hallus and Crosse w--- also injected in the slow scrap' Chambr'ai: .ind Uasmussen, the I'lcsliiiuui halv - tinally perked up and made -urn-- )(ii gains through the v.nsity "h;V'Merlain ripped off one l u n ol about "irtv yards. Hut the lieshies -(, - .( c unibed to the gen eral letharm. blowing the varsity to make a 'bird .ndiffereiit touchdown M'tei a fw i:,ore half-hearted plavs Coai h StM-hm banished the whole works to the f-"'n with a parting sar castic. "You fellows mean well, but von play rotten ball " But Few Rooters Out. uotlitr discouraging feature was tlie small attendance After the rous ing, enthusiastic football rally of yes terday morning a large number of root ers were expected to be on the side lines Hut where four or five hundred were expectd, only about a liundrd and fifty were among those present. Only forty (actual count) co-eds were there Inasmuch as the scrimmage was staged for their special delectation, Coach Sliehrn was disappointed at the suiallness of their turnout. Next Thurs day and Friday practices are to be open and every student should see to it that last night's miserable showing Is not repeated Pep up and come out. Continued on page S In Preliminary Tryouts Last Evening Nine Contestants Weeded from Field of Debaters. The preliminary debate in which the members of the Intercollegiate Debate Seminary were chosen was held e terday afternoon and evening. Much interest was shown and the contest was keen. Of the twenty-five con testants sixteen were chosen as follows- Donald G Hums, "IT. Albion, John C Heard, 'l.r, Lincoln, Silas M Hryan, -4-Tr-L-i ncol n- Rerrt-H I )awHon, '14, bin coin. Haul Good. 'U'. (Amherst), '10. Lincoln; Homer G Hewitt, 'la, Hrew ster, K K Kirk. '14, Kearney. Haul L Martin, Law '15, Sidney, H. M. Noble, Ml. Law M4. Lincoln; () K Herrin, '14, Sargent; Harold A. Prince. M2. Law Mf). Grand Island, H F Rush, M4. Uushville; H .1 Schwab. '1(5. Mc Cook, C. A Sorenson, Ml, Law '1(5, Loup City. Robert H Waring. '17, Geneva; Maurice (Mark, '17. Omaha. lOach member is requested to call at Professor Fogg's office this morning to arrange for the first meeting of rhet oric 22 tills evening at which every member should be present Dr. Fling Edits Book On Source Studies In The "French Revolution" A new book, einbodjing the prlnci pies of histoiical sonice studv as ap plied to definite problems, has Just been edited by I)r F M Fling of the department of history It is a "Source Hook on the French Revolution," and is to be one of a series ol such books written by authorities on historical studv and criticism, published l the Harper Hros Publishing Company. Dr Fling has a quired a national reputation thiough his method ol ti'iu hing hislorv, and his lesearch on the French revolution, and in lecogni tion of this fait he has been asked to write the book which deals with this subject It will contain live definite problems, with outlines and references The classes in Furopean history now use small books containing only one problem on the revolution, and this volume is an advance over anything of like nature which Dr. Fling has edited recently PURCHASE THOROUGHBRED STOCK FOR VALENTINE STATION LELAND MADE PRESIDENT OF BIG CHURCH CONFERENCE Presbyterian Student Pastor to Had Up 1914 Meeting of Church Work ers Held at Indiana Uni. Rev Dean R I, eland, Presbyterian pa 'tor for the University, has just re turned from a meeting of the United Church Workers at State Universities, held at Madison. Wis. The object of the meeting was to frame a program for the next annual conference which is to he held at the University of In diana. Rev Leland. the Nebraska rep resentative, has been appointed the -president, of thin confurmicu. Tho nuxt meeting will be on the 3rd, 4th, and 'Hi of February, 1 1 4 Some of the prominent speakers who are expected to make addresses at the contereiice are Hon. Churchill King, president of Oberlin; William Hryan, president of the University of Indiana, who will give the keynote speech of conference, Robert Speer, secretary of loreign missions of the Presbyterian Church, and Dr Hurton of Chicago University. Nebraska will be ably represented bv the following men: Rev. Leland, president of the conference; Rev Pope, Haptist student pastor; Rev Howard, Congiegational student pastor, and Rev Shippard of the Congregational Church LARGE UNI PARTY CONDUCTED IN EUROPE LAST SUMMER FROSH AMD SOPHS RALLY TWO CLA88ES HOLD LIVE MEET INGS TO PLAN CAMPAIGN FOR OLYMPIAD. FINAL TRYOUTS HELD TONIGHT Second-Year Men Realize- Necessity of Using Heads to Counteract Num bers of Frosh. Hrlniming over with optimism and enthusiastic in the extreme, the fresh man and sophomore classes held their respective antebellum rallies last eve- Dean Burnett and Professor Frandsen Do Business at Alma Recently. Dean E. A Burnett and Prof. J. H Frandsen made a trip to Alma this week and succeeded in purchasing some high-class Holstein cattle for the experiment station at Valentine, Neb , where a dairy herd Is to he established Plans are also in progress for the build ing of a dairy barn at the experimental station at North Platte, and when this has been completed a dairy herd will be placed upon this farm. Miss Heppner of the German Depart ment In Charge All Graduates. V. large part, conducted hv Miss Heppner, abroad during the summer was entirely a Nebraska university (oinp.iiiv. 10 very lady in the part was a graduate of tins university an 1 with the exception of two, lliev weie teachers of German On account of their being especially up crested in German almost all the tine was spent in Germany and the la-t tlllee Weeks In Herlill wllele all nieiiibeis ol the paitv took daily les nous under a native teacher While on tlit return tup no one allowed to -peak except m German Miss lleppnei as well as other mem beis ol the party speak ol the won de.lul opportunities for good music and nlas which the majority of Ger man people appreciate. Univeisitj students there receive reduction rate to operas am1 phi s by presenting their inaticulation cards Good music in pievalent throughout all Germany, only tlie best of classical music being played in the cafes Miss Heppner has ueen requested by vari ous university students to conduct a Ktneral trip next summer instead of a German trip. Florence Rush of Omaha is visiting friends at the PI Beta Phi house. 1 he faculty of the Illinois Wesleyan University have issued an order pro hibiting dancing. The coeds were or dered not to enter fraternity houses nor may the men call at the sorority houses except at formal receptions. ulng In Memorial Hall, the sophs In the chapel and the freshies In the gymnasium. Kach class turned out in good numbers, and each succeeded before the evening was over In arous ing its canabalist bloodthirstiness to a dangerous pitch The doors between the two divisions of the hall being kept locked, however, the howling tribes were kept from catching sight of each other and no latalitles resulted Freshmen Preparations. The time of each class was devoted to practicing yells, arranging pet schemes and planning team work for the big fight About twice tlie number of freshies made their appearance afl did the sophs, the latter of whom might be estimated at about ISO Kavan and Smith directed the meeting of the freshmen, botli making short addresses full of advice and exhortation. After a speech by President Doyle of the neophytes, yell leaders were tried out for the purpose of choosing the best noise-inducers and practicing class veils A call was made for all who had competed in high school football and a long line ol some half a hundred huskies swarmed into the middle of the room. Twenty-live of such num ber were chosen for the medicine ball fight. The number and size of tho football veterans was enough to weak en the knees of any sophomore had he been able to see them. Sophs Getting Organized. The time of tlie sophomores was taken up in discussing plans and the systematic organization which was planned with Napoleonic carefulness and tact, evidenced the fact that the second year men realize that their chances for victory lie In their head work, as pitted against the superior numbers of the frosh President Gentz ler, Poteet, Cameron, Pascal, Locke, McMasters, and Hixenbaugh made earnest and threatening speeches, while Lyman and Griffin of the seniors in short speeches directed the course of the meeting. With the holding of the sophomore preliminary tryouts last evening and the freshman tryouts thiB evening, the final steps will have been taken toward the final fight-to-the-death Careful ar rangements, which, if carried out, will mean a very pretty fight In both of the big events, were decided upon last night, and bid fair to make this year's Olympls a landmark In interclass war fare. Important Rulings. ' Three very important mutual rul ings are called attention to by ; the Continued on page 3 mmjtritfimmmmMMXim