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The Daily Nebraskan
VOLl'Xm. NO. 69
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1914
Price, 5 Cents
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ANNUAL DEBATE LETTER
PROF. FOGG PREPARES FOURTH
LETTER TO 125 PAST MEM
BERS OF SEMESTER.
SCATTERED-MAINE TO JAPAN
Reviews Years Debating Successes and
Gives News Items for Men Who
Have Worked for Nebraska's
inter-Collegiate Debating
Reputation.
During the holidays the fourth an
nual news letter of the university de
bating hoard wa sent to the 125 inein
hers of Nebraska's inter-collegiate de
bate teams and seminaries. Prof. M.
M. Fogg, as secretary of the hoard,
prepared and mailed the letter, which
is in typewritten form, eight pages,
containing news of interest to the for
mer members of the teams.
The following extracts are taken
from the letter:
"University of Nebraska debaters on
December 12 were awarded another
double victory duplicating that of
1910 and of 11H2 when they won from
Illinois and Wisconsin twenty of the
twenty-four judges in the eight debates
of the last four years voting for Ne
braska's representatives. . . ."
".... Fuller knowledge of the sub
ject, more careful use of evidence,
greater clarity, concentrated 'fire and
skill in refutation and rebuttal these
were the considerations that won the
votes of the judges lawyers, and pro
fessors of law, political science, and
classics."
". . The work of this year pre
sented' the job of training many new
men. Only four former team and
seminary members were in the group
of sixteen. Against Iowa and Minne
sota they met the teams which have
caused Nebraska more trouble in the
matter of judges' decisions since she
pulled into bigger company in 1901-02."
In further pages, news notes of in
terest were gien. It was especially
mentioned that three of Nebraska's
Rhodes scholars have been connected
with the seminary in debate: Samuel
M. Itiniker, ex-'()9 (Wisconsin '07) Ox
ford '10, Harard '13; Horace It. Eng
lish, ex-'12. Oxford '14; Paul F Good,
Amherst '1'5, law '15, Scholar-elect.
The plan of holding debates be
tween Nebraska's two teams In several
cities in the state, to demonstrate a
further extension of the benefits of
inter-collegiate debating was men
tioned. Short biographical sketches of forty
nine former members of tho seminary
and teams following, including the fol
lowing names: W. L. Bates, Emory
R. Buckner, H. J. Burtis. M. L. Corey,
J. R. Forbes, B. Harrison, II. C. Hath
away, Arthur Jorgenson, C. A. Kutch
er, B. G. Lewis, A. M. Oberfelder, A.
Ramond. G. M. Tunison, J. T. Votava,
R. A. VanOrsdel, G. W. White.
R. A. Phillips of Deadwood, S. D.,
was a campue visitor this week.
Everybody Is Talking About It
SPHARO STYX ANNOUNCES CAST
OF FUN FESTIVAL SAT. JAN. 17
Long Anticipated Disclosure Made
Preparations Continue With
out Cessation.
The cast for the big Spharo Styx
Fun Festival Saturday January 17, was
announced yesterday by John T
Prince, Director. It Includes a mini
her of people prominent in school
dramatics and numbers forty-odd.
Sixty-six characters apeared during
the process of the show but a small
number of parts are so eonncctud as
to make it possible for this number
to present the affair. The cast:
Esther Wheeler, Kate Denman, Isabel
Toons, Tamzon Munker, Gladys Low
enberg, Essie Jones, Marguerite Rustln,
Cordelia Condra, Mary Collins, Win
nie Dalzell, Neil Kirkwood, Wanda
Kiininel, Cloyd Stewart, Rockie Am
merman, L. O. C-liatt, T. Erie Keefer,
A. Emley, Paul Griswold, Lloyd A.
Barnes, Merwin S. Swaynie. William
Aldrlch, Leon Samuelson, Russell
Israel, George A. Spooner, Joseph Al
drlch, William Aldrlch, Fred L. Bab
cock, L. A. Barnes, Rex Blxby, Clar
ence Clark, Dana Cole, B. Westover,
A. Emley, Robert Finley, Virgil Hag
gart, Julius Harpham, C. Mickel, A. P.
Miller, W. H . Paver. L. Scott, Louis
Wettling.
Tomorrow morning blocks of seats
may be reserved for the organizations
of the school, to be held till six o'clock
Wednesday night at six o'clock. The
general sale will commence Monday
morning and indicated by the inquir
ies pouring into the managers ears,
expected to be filled with Vfussers"
early in the week. Tho dowstalrs is
reserved seats will be at a premium
Rehearsals go merrily along each
with a less wealthy tribe of Btudents.
with the balcony and "coop" filled
afternoon and evening. An absolutely
finished product is the promise of the
club and It is determined that such a
"Fun Festicval" shall be presented as
is seldom seen at eastern schools and
lias never been produced at Nebraska.
Nothing in expense or work is to be
spared in the staging and a number
of elaborate mechanical devices have
been invented and prepared for this
occasion.
HEWITT SPEAKS TO RHET '13.
The class in argumentation (rheto
ric '13) was addressed the latter half
of the hour yesterday afternoon in U
100 by Homer G. Hewitt, '14, who
opened Nebraska's winning case
against Minnesota in the December 12
debate on immigration.
On invitation of Professor Fogg, Mr.
Hewitt spoke, his work Illustrating
several matters of logical and rheto
rical structure which the class is at
work on in the uniting of an argu
ment due next week.
W. J. Bryan visited Kansas Univer
sity recently and addresses the stud
ent body. Ex.
OFFICERS GIVE ANNUAL
MILITARY BALL TONIGHT
Few Ttickets May be Obtained This
Morning Officers in Uniform Will
Have First Places In Grand March.
Owing to the recent ruling affecting
dancing, and permitting the tango and
other dances, the tickets for the mil
itary hall have sold like the proverbial
hot-cakes for the last two days. How
ever, there may be some left this
morning, in which case they may be
obtained at the Nebraska otllce, U-7,
from 12 to 12:15 and from 1:45 to 2:00.
The dance will begin, according to
the committee, at 8:45 o. t. OdlcerB
especially are notified to he in the
Lincoln lobby by that time, since first
places in the grand march will be re
served for men in uniform. There are
sixteen dances on the program.
The grand march will be lead by
Joe Johnson, major of the First bat
talion and master of ceremonies, and
Miss Agnes Partridge; Kirk Fowler,
Captain of company C and chairman
of the hall, and MIbs Dorothy M. Hrap
ham. Lifting the Ban
Comes as a Surprise
To Many Students
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Although a number of students felt
that the authoritative atmosphere was
J becoming more favorable to the Intro
Iduction of the newer dances, the an
i nouncement that the ban had been re
moved, came as a surprise to the ma
jority. Knowledge of the new ruling
furnished the topic for much conversa
tion and discussion about school. The
impression gathered from Btudent com
ment is that they receive the long
desired liberties favorably and with
appreciation.
Student sentiment seems to bo to
live up to the standard now desired
in conformity to the rules, but owing
to the many varities of tango and
other new dances that have been in
troduced here, many seem at a loss
to know just what varities will be ap
proved. NOON GETS GOOD APPOINTMENT
Congressman J. H. Maguire Selects
Law Student for Private
Secretary.
Joe Noon received the appointment
today of private secretary to Congress
man J. H. Maguire. He leaves tonight
for Chicago where he will assume his
new duties immediately. Noon is a
member of Delta Chi fraternity.
THE BAND CONCERT.
By special dispensation of the com
mittee on student organizations the
band concert will bo given the flrat
night of the second semester, Monday,
February 2, In the Oliver.
BASKETBALL SEASON OPEN
FIRST GAME OF 8EASON WILL BE
PLAYED ON GYMNA
SIUM FLOOR.
EX-UNI'S COME BACK FOR BLOOD
Last Year's Defeat Does not Daunt,
Are Said to be 8trong
This Year.
Basketball fans will get their first
glimpse of this year's Comliuskers
next Saturday evening, when the
season will be officially opened with a
game between tho "would-boB" and the
"has-beens." In other words, it will
Huskers, now striving for the Missouri
Valley championship, and a band of
ex-hunkers, who havo left tho Nebras
ka floor for their homes in Omaha,
but who are coming back to show the
younger men how the game Ib played.
Tho Omaha team Is to bo composed,
of Carl Nagl, "Stub" Haskell, "Anmiy"
Amberson, Paul Anthes and Guy
Hutchinson. All wore well known bas
ket shooters in days gone by, and the
last named, Hutchison, was oiico
captain of the Cornhuskers.
The first regular game will be
played on the local floor January 23
and 24., with Wesloyan as tho oppon
ent. The remainder of the schedule
that is , that part that has so far been
arranged Is as follows:
February 4 Highland Park at Des
Moines.
February 5 St. Joseph College at
Dubuque.
February G-7 Minnesota at Minne
apolis. February 9 Company "K" at Ft.
Dodge.
February 20-21 Ames at Ames.
February 27-28 Ames at Lincoln.
Organization Pictures
Must Be Taken By
February 15 Is Ruling
The Cornhusker office Ib the scene
of great activity at the present time
and will be for the ensuing four
months. Business managor Swift Is
busy with the details that he declares
will make the 1914 book the best ever.
The desire of the staff is to have tho
book a typical student publication,
more stress being put upon all Btudent
activities both on and off the campus,
than in former publications.
The business manager has Bent let
ters to the various student organiza
tions advising them that the time limit
for tho organization pictures is Feb
ruary 15. All pictures not in by that
date will appear in the book. A
new feature in the organization picture
department will be shown by having
all pictures being taken in groups, this
feature never having bean, thoroughly
adopted heretofore. With hi pictures
taken in groups the display will bo at
tractive and uniform. Snapshots of all
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