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The Daily Nebraskan
VQL XIH N0- 19 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1913
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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
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Season tickets will be on sale
-fc Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- -
day of next week, from 1 to 6 - '
if o'clock. '
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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
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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
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'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.
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