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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1913)
"W- -- r . ) ' X - The Daily Nebraskan VQL XIH N0- 19 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1913 Price. 5 Cents ' -. BIG FIGHT COMES TODAY I CAREFUL SCHEMING AND TRAIN ING WILL BE TESTED IN OLYM PIC MELTING POT. COMMENCES AT NINE O'CLOCK 5o Far the Sophs Have One Victory Over Freshles Chancr for Tie In Total Score. Today rivalry between the lower clashes reaches its climax in the fifth Olympiad of the Univeisitj of Ne btaslui So tar the sophomores are -thu wlnr.nrs nf a majority Of the bat ties, o' whitli there have been fle The li'H two were won bv the sophs, tlie htcond pair by the freshmen, and List year the sophs ueie a pa in victor! ous by carrying the big insh as against all the other eents that were captured by the freshles By the fresh men winning today, therefore, the two elapses will have tied the total of vic tories, while by their losing thej will be doubly defeated. Interest in the big fight of the cur lent year has boon widespread, not only in the participating classes but in the school as a whole It Is ex pec tod that the audience will be a big one, and, if it may be judged from p.ist audiences at the bloody games, an audifnce unruh b reason of its enthuF.asrn over the mishaps and vie tories of the joungsters The "ontestants themselves have been working their heads oertime since the cla.ss elections in devising plans and schemes wherebv to de leat their wilv opponents At their mass meetings Thursdaj eening both clans showed a very spirited attitude toward today's melee, and if their spir its are not broken by big losses in the preliminary events the final free toi all will be a deadlv affair Th- preliminarj boxing and wiest ling -ijts are to commence at 9 o'clock "-harp, the two classes to meet ai the Armory before hand at 8 30 The freshmen will be decorated ap propriately with green paint, while the sophomores will also be bedecked with distinguishing markings Absolutely no hcavy or solid footwear will be al lowed, stocking feet being the mode prescribed by the dictates of the un dignified fashion of the day After the games are over the victors will parade with laudatory rites and unconfined exhileration, while the defeated tribe will be allowed to Ignominiously lead its bedraggled cohorts to the waiting sanctuary of soap and bath A list of Continued on Page Three) Season tickets will be on sale -fc Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- - day of next week, from 1 to 6 - ' if o'clock. ' , GIRLS PLEDGE THIS NOON THREE WEEKS RUSHING SEASON CLOSES TODAY BIDS MAILED LAST NIGHT GOOD FEELING AMONG CO-EDS Good Material to Choose From and Short Rushing Season Puts Girls in Good Humor. 1'ledging todav marks the climax ol one of the most .successful sotoiitN lushing seasons foi scei.il eais- i hough the difleient soiontles ol the oiiik II did not keep the niles eactlv o the lettei, the lacult membeis ol the counc ll stated theinsehes as high I pleased with the lesult Seveial ol Hie soioiilles, howevei, expressed slight dissatisfaction at the rules as made tins .ear, but all agieed that thev were much better than those ol last year Imitations weie sent out so thai the rushees might receive them this morning and pledge themsehes to the sororlt.N ol then desiie Iin noon So il Mill should be passing a soiomIn house this noon and see a gill rush out and enibiace. the little lieshman ahead of ou in a heai hug don't think that thej .ire going to Niolate Miss Graham's tules and tango, foi IIicn ie not The wee one is nieieh slgmtNlllg hei cle siie to be an lpha Giomigon Oldie To most ol the gills nnIio receive bids then receipt will not be a sui prise, as most of (hem hue been spiked" for the last week, and some even longei However, Miss Graham when interviewed last night, denied tins and said that the gills had been Ner.N good this e.u and even bet let than when she heiselt was in school The girls aie consideied foi lunate in having an abundance ol excellent material to pick Mom Indications are "enerallj ol a much bettei feeling be Inn cell the soioiilles than at pledge daN last Near SPHARO STYX TRYOUTS INJTEMPLE THIS MORNING Many to Try Out for Places In New Play Will Rival Dramatic Club. Spharo Styx tryouts, as previously announced, will be held in the Temple this morning at 10 o'clock. A large number have signified their intention ol trying out Dramatic ability Is of special importance in this Instance, and it is hoped that some new talent will be discovered In the freshman clabs The number of feminine parts needed has induced many young Billy Murkes to try their luck before the i judges this morning. Announcements of the results will be made in the Rag during the early part of next week A definite announcement of the nature and time of the play will also be made at that time. FRESHMEN Churches Offer Sundav Bible Study Classes- Variety of Subjects i 'CHURCHES OFFER SUNDAY BIBLE STUDY CLASSES VARIETY OF SUBJECTS SunclaN llihle sluclN schedule loi Ihe Noung men students of the Uni Nei sit n ol Nebiaska lias been foi mu Mated and Is, bilefly stated, as follows 'Ihe I-'iist liaptisl Church has three (lasses at noon on the 'International Sei ies in Old Testament Hlstoiv " the Last Lincoln llaptlst Church has thiee lasses rn ii Ami; nvn dealing wtrtr Giowth ol Religious Ideas in the () T ." and one on "N'oimal Studv , ' the First Chiistian Chinch has I'oui classes at 10 a in . one on the "Life or Cluist," 'The Chinch and lliual Lite," the "In Modiu tion to Life of Clnlst," and "A Man's Lite W'oi k . the Fiist Congre gational Chinch has three classes at J noon, the fiisi ol which deals with the Life and Teaching of Jesus," the nee loud ultd "C ini ilm.u if nihil. .(.i iiiciini and Litei aline," and the thlicl with "Social Significance of Teaching of Cluist .' the I'nited Piesbvtc Man Chini li has Inno classes, one at (i a in on ' Intel national S S Lessons, Ihe othei at (J J.". ) in on "Noini.il Oiilline Slndles ' t noon the I'M mouth Congiega tion.il Chinch has one class which deals NNith the subject "The Will of Cod and a .Man's Life Work." at the same houi the Vine Street Congiega iion.il Chinch has a class with the subject "Intei national S S Lessons" loi si tidy At 10 a m the Emmanuel M E Church deals with the "Llle of Cluist." the Grace M E Church with "Intel national Series of () T History" M !i if. a in the St Paul's M E Chinch has a (lass in "Teachings ol lesus and the V post les " At noon houi ( lass at the Eiist Prcsbv tei Ian Chinch studies the "Expansion of Chi 1st ianit n in the Eighteenth CentuiN " noon (lass at the Second I'l esl.N tei ian Chinili lakes up the topic-, "1'iepara Hon loi ("in istianilN " in then woik The I'niNeisitN Y M C A woiks in- connection with these Nations chinch and offers this infoi ination loi the good of the students DELEGATES KEPT BUSY. The wheels of debate weie set in motion last night at a meeting of the debating squad In U hall Piolessor Eogg outlined the plans for the jear and gave a few words of advice to the new members of the squad He an nounced that the debates with Ionnii at loNva and Minnesota at home would take place either December 12 oi 10, and that the selection of the two teams would be made in a few weeks An oilier meeting will be held this morn ing. Sig Eps Pledge. Arthur Balis, 191G. of Valentine, has been pledged to Sigma Phi Epsllon CAPS HERE KANSAS AGGIES ARE NEXT GAME TODAY IS FIRST LAP IN CHAMPION8HIP RACE. HUSKERS OUTWEIGH FARMERS Gruelling Practices of This Week Have Put Varsity Machine In Fight ing Trim. Today at 3 o'clock Nebraska's race for the football championship of Hie Missouri Vnlle Conlcrenco will be in auguiated when the Cornhuskers line up on Cornhusker Field to do battle with the Kansas Aggies This will be Nebraska's first game of the seanon with a confeience team since the weie admitted to the conference It' will be a hard fought game The Aggies aie natuiall peeved at theli defeat last Saturday at the hands ol the south western" college football team and aie deshous of acquitting them selves in a much better manner toda The tact that thev were defeated b ihe little college ol W'lnfleld, Kan. has perhaps loweied their chances in the cncs ol the lans The Aggies la tli n deleai to the absence ol Prathei, stai fullback. Mom the lineup He will be m the game today Conse quent! the budding tiumeis of the Sunflowei Stale- aie expec ting to do big things Little is known o! the strength ol the Aggies machine Yet they have piacticall the Hame lineup that faced the Coinhuhkeih last season Judging Mom the stiff fight they put up last Near, and the lac t that the scored against the Nebiaskans, the game to clay is going to be a Nvhirhvind The Coi nhuskeis unci age some 12 pounds heavier than the newcomeis in the Missoun ValleN Confeience Coach Sllehin is optimistic of the result. Lineup Uncertain. The- personnel of the Cornhusker ma chine is not at all definite "Jumbo" himself is lathei m the dark Both tackles aie botheiing him He says "that right tackle is a conundrum " The backfleld Is, ol course, a settled fac t A feu positions in the line are all that are worrying the tall Wolver ine The piobablc lineup ol the two teams lo strut the game Is as follows Towle, 147 Q 135, Slderfsky Rutherford, 1G5 LHB l84,Burkholder Purd.v, (C ), 170 KHII 150, Agnew Howard, 165 FB 175, Prather Thompson, 175 C 175, Perkins Ross, 220... LG . . 168, Cusic Abbott, 220 . . ..RG 190, Marble Halligan, 190. LT . . 170, Wehile Griswold, 195 . RT. 170, Loomis(C ) Beck, 155 LE. 155. Shafer Matsin, 170 RE . . 157, Mosb Total Nveight Cornhuskers, 1,952; Aggies, 1,829. If the varsity roll up a safe score and do not find the Kansas aggrega tion dangerous, Coach Stiehm will run In his second string men, thereby sav ing the big guns for the Qopher game. Continued on page 3