The Daily Nebraskan
VOL XIII. NO. 54 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1913
Price, 5 Cents
WEATHER HURTS TAG DAY
BECAUSE OF RAINY ATMOSPHERE
TICKETS FOR BIG BAN
QUET GO SLOWLY.
TICKETS ARE STILL ON SALE
Number Expected to Reach Four Hun
dred Mark Before Friday Night
When Affair Occurs.
HUNGRY STUDENTS FIGHT
FOR FOOD IN CAFETERIA
Reversion to Primeval Seems Ir.dici'..
by Struggle for Subsist
ence Yesterday.
JUDGES SELECTED FOR I WILL TOWLE BE CAPTAIN?
INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATES
Tag Da passed without the euthus
lasiu that was anticipated b the pio
inoteis 'I'lu weathei hud a meat deal
to do with the ii suit as the commit t
was lint aide to do the extensive wotk
that would havi been possible undei
id ,il ( ondii ion
'I he thut laithtul woikeis w ei e at
tlwii task eail and vvoiked late, with
the lesiilt th.it piobablv two hundied
tu kets oi moie weie disposed of The
results aie not definite but the esti
mate is that .theie w ei e about two
hundied of the allied pasteboaids
sold
Although the le-ults weie a little
disappointing to the committee in
(lunge the outcome of the banquet is
not in doubt, as the s;ile toda was
icallv the pitliminaiv one and the
Ciowcling out ol (lass as the ten
minute bell wing out just beloie noon
vesteidav doen- of lningiv students
MoiUcd to the open doois of the tale
teiia It was coin and lainlug. and
s,ioi odois floating out into Twellth
stieet attiactttl m.in who oidinaiilv
-,o home to then dmmis Inside, tin
line of w.uting students im leased b
leaps and bounds It -tiehhed out
into the hall ami in led and twisled
until its beginning was as deai and
dt fi ii it i as a botanv (in Theie weie
at le.ist ten difteitnt points at which
it might have begun
Some had 1 o' lo k c hisses and left
(Minis telt ,1 ceitain einptiiii"-s and
sought less eiowded centeis of 1 ef l esh
ment Fin.'illv tlip multitude nai low ed
tickets will be available up until the o, ,,,,, ,)sl.SSInll nf ,,. shmv ,,,ns
time foi (lie big sptead to begin The ,,,, ,,,,, something to eat The
Neluaska s (wo inteicollegiate de
bates aie scheduled foi the last of
nel week and e ei elloit Is being
put loiwaid to iiisuic Neluaska of a
iiminiuioii- veil lit m itoih contests
I lie Innot ents will he in t hai ge and
ihev will aiiem)i to make the attan a
paving pi oposit ion without the slth
issue oi ;i dame w nit h has been lound
uttessaiv in the last lew eais
The iiidgt s To) the debates hae been
'letted and .iiiiioiiik ed 'Ihev aie
Nebia-ka Minnesota Debate 1'iot I'
II lleiilott (political science), Diake
unleisil, IMol I II Loos (diiectoi
school ol political .ind social science),
Cniveisitv ol Iowa, 1'iot l'linei A
Wilcox (law), rniveisltv of Iowa
low a Neluaska, at Iowa (Mt Stan
into two hues which singed towaidjej llouck. Lsq , Minneapolis,
the food counteis with ecpial lone and lior y a Oldfatlipr (classic-) I'ni
asset tiv eness A the two leadei s i (i sit of Illinois
n.a.ed the t.as the.e was a gene.al xIlllIHsolil Wisconsin Debate. Mn.ne
st iambic foi places that foi a time
tllleafein (1 to become sei lous
lals and c o etls stiugghd togelhei
i ELIGIBILITY RULE COMES UP TO
Preparations Rapidly Coming to a AUSE DOUBT AS TO THE POS
Hcad With Team Working , SIBI LITY OF H IS PLAYING,
at Top Pitch. .
COMMITTEE MEETS NEXT WEEK
ciowu exptcieu win noi oe ciecieuseu ,, as ,lll( (1 ulln hiKMlling speeta
bj the fatt that the titkets did not go ()IS uh)) p,.l( (1(, ,M,S (), ,m, ulmimK
as was expect-d todnv, for the ciowdl ,,,, n,i:iiiv as ,,. stiuggle had
will rai.idh lull m line and the tickets ,,.,.,, s ,.,, ,,, maIiaK,.i ap
will all be gone hefoie tln time to be p(.aie(1 ,,. s, ,,,, .,,, tin oattMiiMl to
gin the show tlnow out the whole line unless thev
The committee expects a ciowd of stopped Thiee or four lniskv lads
at least tlnee or four hundied people . looked ;it the man, and then back at
and the sale toda points to the fact the tempting displaj of food piled high,
that the committee will not he disap and smiling sheeplshh, took then
pointed in their expectations The places in a single line Some one
banquet will be a iccord breaker and hinted that il better accommodations
those who weie unable to pure base . had been piovided for the students,
then tickets todav for various reaons the Incident would never hae oc-
lapolis I'rot J K LeKossignol I'm
jveisitv of Neluaska, I'ioI V ( I,
i'laloi 1'niveisitv of Nebia-ka, 1'iot
I Itenj Shainhough (political s( lenc I
I'niv t i sit ol low a
JUNIOR PLAY TRYOUTS TO
BE HELD MONDAY, DEC. 8
Much
Interest Appears to be Cen
tered in This Competition.
should take advantage of the piolong
ing of the saie and pin chase immecll
afely
Tag Dav for the banquet will no
doubt become a peimanent institution
The Initial expuimeiit was a success
in so far as it gave the introduction
ji good send oil, and it h a certainty
that the Comhuskei bancpiet Tag Da
will not be foi gotten by the students
in ed
"'DR. FLING GOES EAST"
Attends National Historical Associa
tion at New York and Peace An
niversary at Richmond.
Dr. Fling went eabt last week to at
tend the executive boaid meeting of
the National Historical Association In
New York city From the meeting
there he will go to Richmond, Va.,
where lie will repiesent both the Uni
versity of Nebraska and the Peace
Society of Nebraska at the celebration
of the one hundredth anniversary of
the peace between the United States
and England.
Dr. Fling will return to conduct
claQses .next Monday.
JackBest Can Not
Attend Big Banquet
Friday For His "Boys"
Jack Best cannot he piesent at the
Coinhusker bancpiet Much as he
would enjoj being theie with the bovs
his iheuinatism foi bids him the pleas
ure The damp weather of the last
tew diijs has been "plaving Old Nick"
with him, not een allowing hits a
night's rest.
Several of the boys wished to take
him to the teed in a cab but Jack fears
it would be too much for him Along
with his iheumatism the smoke of the
banquet would "get" him He wishes
the boh a merry time but tells them
not to expect him unless the weather
model ntes
In the last two months his rheuma
tism has been troubling him consider
ably, lie plans to spend several weeks
next summer with friends in Seattle
He believes the water will prove beneficial.
The great demand foi copies of
"The Man From Home," the play
which the junior play committee has
selected foi Kb annual pioduction. In
dicates a large amount of lnteiest
TijoutB will be held Monday even
ing December 8, at the Temple thea
tei. Each contestant for pints must
hand in their names to the committee
in the elec ution looms on Thuisda
1 1 oin 11 to 11 :?0 and Monday, 1 to
1 .10 o'clock
, Cr H W Wolfe, Chairman, Says Meet
I mg Will be Called as Soon as
I Dr Clapp is Recovered.
W hen tin t ligilulit t otnniittee of
I he athletic bo, ml mm ets, as It w ill
p'tibahh do next week, It will -ettlo
iIh momentous question as. to whether
'M not Max 'lowle will be the next
c.ipinn or the Cornhusker football
l' am nd on the late ol It It ap
pt.n that the committee will have to
ilt c ule against the doughtv little quar
lt i back
t an inloimal meeting ol the team
last week Towle was unanimously
elected to lead the Huskeis dining
the season of I'm Although the elec
tion had not been olllclallv continued,
theie was no doubt as to the final
lesult until it was discoveied that
Towle's pai lie i)ation in athletics In
thespilngol 1'tlL' might disqualilv him
I oi next s( a son on ac t omit of the tin ee
vtai eligihilitv Mile
Di II K Wolle chnii man ol the
eligihilitv committee, said last night
that he would call a meeting as soon
a- Di Clapp, secietaiv of the athletic
boaiu has lecoveied horn the illness
which has kept him away fiom his of
fice lor seveial davs As Di Clapp's
condition is Impioving, it is piobable
that the question will be settled before
the end of ne.xt week Chairman Wolfe
Is anxious to have the matter cleaied
ui) hefoie the football men leave for
their Christmas vacation
"I have not gone Into the matter
carefully," said Dr Wolfe, "and until
I do I have nothing to saj A question
of this kind comes up before the com
mittee so rarely that we have been
caught totally unprepared During the
last five ears we have had only two
meetings, and have not attempted to
keep oin selves posted on all the
changes in the rules and bylaws of
the Mlssouil valley confluence. The
committee will do all in its power to
NEBRASKA TAKES PRIZES
Galloway Steer, "Donald," Captures
Blue Ribbon at Chicago
Show.
(Continued on Page Four)
PERSHINGS ATTENTION.
Drill tonight. Important. Every
body out.
It A. Graham, '11, of Superior, Neb.,
was a campus visitor yesterday.
In the cattle division at the Inter
national Live Stock Exhibition at Chi
cago, the Univeisity of Neluaska was
successful in seeming main pi l.es
fiom among the twelve steeis sent to
the show
In the Galloway division Nebraska's
"Donald," a pure hied two-year-old,
took first place over a Missouri sec
ond This same animal took the cham
pionship last year at the Chicago show.
Se eral other prizes were awarded
Nebraska entries In the Galloway and
Angus classes.
The members of the judging team
will probably return today, and the
professors of the animal husbandry
department the latter part of the week.
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FROSH WILL DANCE AT
LINCOLN SATURDAY NIGHT
The freshman hop, as was announced
yesterday, will be held this, coming
Saturday This affair Is considered to
be one of the popular dances of the
season and ought to have a large at
tendance The tickets have been lim
ited to one hundred, this making It
lust about the right size crowd on the
floor This dance Is to bo held at
the Lincoln hotel where mobt of these
affairs are held.
Get your tickets early if you want
to be sure of procuring one.
Girl's Club Council meeting to be
held in Y. W. C. A. room of the Tem
ple at 5 o'clock today. Very Import
ant. Every one come.
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