The Daily Nebraskan
U-JLL.
ate
VOL XIII. NO. 31
UMIVERSITT OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1913
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TALIS 0N WATERLOO
PROFE88OR FLING EMINENT AU
THORITY ON FRENCH AND EU
ROPEAN HISTORY 8PEAK8.
ALUMNI GIRLS WILL PLAY
BASKETBALL THIS WINTER
YESTERDAY A CENTURY AGO
Worid'a Most Decisive Battle a Char
actor Sketch of Napoleon
In Itself.
Undor Efforts of Miss Gittlngs, Physi
cat Director, Plans Rapidly
Developing.
Convocation. Tuesday morning con
sisted of a talk by Professor F. M.
Fling of tho department of Europoiui
history' on the event of a century past
tho battle of Waterloo, which was
fought October 28, 1813. Fascinated
by tho thrilling tale of this great man's
liiBtory'tlJrVftu'dlonco sat the 'whole
hour completely enthralled.
Intertwined with tho story oC the
iIbo and fall of Napoleon, tho scores
if hnhtion in which he figured. hlB
marvolouo victories, gigantic schemeB.
was told tho story of Napoleon, the
man, ; of the development of his am
bitions into overpowering passion,
which in the end defeated hie own
orula
"Napoleon was not only a man with
out a country," said Professor Fling,
"but he was a man without a boy
hood Wuoa but a boy he was ob
sessed with his ambition, and one of
his early papers, wrltton when he was
but a boy in military school, reads as
If written by a man of 35. Through
out hia liteNouoleon stopped at noth
ing to gain uLa own ends."
Tho piap of Napoleon to force Eng
land Off the continent was the most
gigantic scheme ever attompted In the
world, according to Professor Fling.
Ho vividly outlined Napoleon's con
quests up- to that time, tho attaining
of Europe-wide power and his trip to
Wgypt, whore he won all the battles
lie wont into; his return to Franco on
hearing that trouble was brewiug
thore. and "in 1799 really starting the
great revolution- to fermenting, by be
ing appointed the first of three con
suls. Tho appointment was at that
time only for ton years, but the other
consult wore more figureheads, and
in 1802 he was giveu the consulship
An alumni basketball team h being
organlzod by Miss Olttlngs, with tin
Idea of playing the winning class team
All who will bo on the team are splen
did players and oven if some are
slightly out of practice there is no
doubt that they will give the class
team a hard run for the honors.
MIhh Louise Pound, who will be a
-i.mmht.r nf llin Innm fill nll-arQUIld
FINANCIAL CAMPAIGN IS
- PROCEEDING WITH GREAT VIM
University Y. M. C. A. Making Qooc
Hoadway for Early Part of Week.
Better Results Expected.
athlets, having earned two "Ns"
is a member of the arslty bas
ketball team,-'-and the men's, as fur
iiicr unlvorsit champion, and univer
sity representative in intercollegiate
singles and doubles. She also carried
off the women's western champion
ship iu tennis at Chicago
Miss Ina Oltting. now physical di
rector, played on the varsity basket
ball team for throe jears, winning first
honors. Miss Jessie Beghtol was a
winning player on the team and won
an "N," but that year the team was not;
allowed to play intercollegiate games.
Celia Davis, who was on a class team
every year while in college coached
tho high school basketball toam last
year and is now in school working for
a master's degree and taking special
gmnaslum work It is not entiroly
decided who the fifth player will be.
i-btit ilo doubt she will be a good one.
With such a lineup as this the class
teams will need to work up an espe
cially fast toam if they retain the
honors of the year
The finacial campaign of tho Uni
versify Y. M. C. A. is now on in full
.one Many are working, many art
subscribing and the rosult Is that sc
iral huudrod dollars are In sight. A
though a good Btart has been mad
support Is needed In ordor to get the
necessary fifteen hundred.
Rt.inenilter thiit through n Httle n
naiuial aid and by becoming a mem
ber of the association, tho work that
Secretary Ewing and his helpers are
doing can be greatly Improved. Got
in lux
STRAIGHT BOSTON BUT NO
W IS CU.MITTEE RULING
WEA1 HtR HURTSF001 BALL
NOTHING P088IBLE FIR8T TWO
DAYS OF WEEK BUT 8IGNAL
PRACTICE.
SCOUTS RETURN BOUYANT
Say That Neither Ames nor Kansas
Will Present Insoluble Problem
to Cornhusker Forces
This Season.
(HY II. V. HARLAN.)
Everything Is at sixes and sovenn
just at tho present In the football
world of Nebraska. Humors and ru
mors are flitting over tho campus con
corning tho situation.
Pudy is out of tho gamo for at least
throo woeks aB tho result of a badly
wrenched knee received In the midst
of tho HaBkell Indian gamo. ' Ho Is
i under a physician's care and- Is un
able to bo about. Tho phyalclnn is of
the oplntlon that his kneo will be
strong enough in throo wpelcH to en
Wrong Impression Out Over Campus, able him to ply in tho liueup against
As to Removal of Restrictions on j Kansas.
"So-Called" Modern Dances. From Kansas emlnates the old story
of protesting Ross, with contradictions
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WHtTIS ARTHUR? ARE
0U WATCHING FOR HIM?
What is the Idea of Advertising
Scheme Attracting so Much At
tention Over Campus?
A talse report that restrictions on
dancing had been removed, and tree
dom tor all the extreme dances grant
ed l) Miss Graham, has gone out over
the state nnd been printed in several
of the large clt news papers.
The facts are that no change in
rules were made, as tho meeting was
merely to discuss sorority house rules
and get the opinion of the girls upon
the dance situation and rules as they
now stand. The girls did ask that
DIP CITV TITM IQMCADIV tlu' rul,,rf sllOU,(1 Ilot iemam so rls,d
Dlb iM bUPI ntARLI d AIIbH Graham said that the
READY FOR BUSINESS I straight Uoston. as a modified form of
- I the waltz, will be permissible, but not
Is Laraest Machine Ever Turned Out j tho dip while it is to bo strictly un-
By Engineering Department of
University of Nebraska.
derstood that the tang, bunny hug and
and suppositious until the whole affair
Is a muddle. More in tomorrow's
"Rag" about this matter.
To oup the climax tho weather man
has been handing us wretched weathei
for football practice. Monday and
Tuesday- Coach Stlohm put hla disci
pies through signal practice, but that
was all. The weather woh auch that
he could not hold a scrimmage. Part
of the practice was hold In tbo gym
Scouts Are Back.
Assistant Dudley and Harmon wore
in tho camps of the enemies last Sat
urday and returned yostorday with a
lot of good dope concerning thoir
weaknesses and strength. Harmon
was at Manhattan and saw tho Kan
sas University trim tho Kansas A
other extreme dances are not in the Ris by the score of 26 to 0. Ho re
The largest muchlne ever turned out , catalogue for university affairs
in the mechanical engineering labora The matter of proper dancing will
be largely left to the good judgment
ot those dancing, and the chaperones
who are to be faculty members or
prominent people approved by the
Dean of Women.
According to Miss Graham matters
will stand as they are until after
Thanksgiving and the committee will
not likely meet soon, unless rules ar"
iolnted
"Watch for Arthur." This sign dis
played for the last three or four days
atibut the campus has set the student
body to wondering what is coming
rfoxt. la it that old gag of "Arthur
Who?" "Oh Arthermometer," or is It
some good show that is coming?
Whatever it is, the studonts are anx
iously awaiting the .solving of the
mystery.
It anyone has a suggestion to make
aa to the anawer they will be doing
the school a great benefit if they will
write out tjioir solution and hand it to
the editor of this shoet
tory is nearlng completion in the
metal work department of the lab
oratory This machine is the large
telescope that will be used by the
Astronomy Department and installed
ta the State Farm An appropriation
'of $15,000 dollars has been made to
: provide a special building in which to
I install tho instrument.
All the engineering work on the in
strument has been done here and
nearly all material used made here by
students. -One student, six years ago,
worked out the drawings as his thesis.
Tho work on the instrument has cov
ered five years and it is hoped by
those in charge to have the work
completed this year
These figures show what a big
thing the construction ot the tele
scope Is: The barrel is 20 ft. long,
with 12-inch lenses, from the floor to
the center of instrument is 11 feet.
In all thoro are 1,200 pieces that go to
make tho machine complete
Dr. Condra spent the week-end In
Richardson county making apple pick
ing records for the Nebraska conserva
tion survev .
A joint reception will be given by
the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. O. A. to
the Uni. students in Music Hall of the
Temple, Saturday at 8:. '10 p. m This
reception is usually given the firBt
week of the bchool year, but has been
postponed till now. An excellent pro
gram has boon prepared and all will
have an enjoyable time Refresh
ments will be served
Sittings for individual Corn-
fr busker pictures must be by -fc
busker pictures must be ar-
ranged by tho upper classmen -fr
fr men at Townsend's before -fa
fr Thanksgiving
.
ports- that Kansas is relying mainly
on the Mlnnesosta shift. Concldoring
what the Cornhuskors did to this fa
mous but now common play whon used
by its originators leave but little doubt
as to what they will do to it when uaed
by imitators. He is decldodly of the
opinion that Nebraska cun dofeat the
Juwhawkors but will have to play their
best game In order to do It.
Dudley witnessed tho defeat of
Ames at the hands of Missouri by the
score of 21 to 13. In Bplto of Amos'
defeat he thinks thoy have a strong
toam. They are fast rdundlng' into
shape and will probably be in thoii
season's best form at the timo they
play Nebraska next Saturday. The
Iowa Aggies are going to hold their
annual home coming at tho time of
their gamo with Nebraska. All the
Nebraska grads now living in Iowa
are being invitod to be present. Be
fore all this aggregation tho teams
will put up a great game,. Nebraska
has tho shado over Ames, taking as a
comparison the games the two teams
put up against Minnesota. Tho Goph
ors dofoated Ames 23 to 0 while they
in turno were defeated by the Com
! ItuolfAi-u 7 in ft
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