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SENIORS TO TESTIFY
ADVI80RY COMMITTEE INVE8TI
GATING 8YSTEM.
UNIVERSITY Of NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1914.
Price 6 Cents
EMBABBASSJtia.JVlJQMENTS
LETTERS SENT TO SENIORS "
Committee From Arts and Science
Faculty After Data Concern-
Ing Present Advisory
Plan.
Tho committde appointed to Inves
tigate, tho advisory system Is hard at
work. Thoy aro trying to got tho un
biased opinion of overy student. To
this end a circular letter has been sent
out asking n'e senior studohTB t6ah"
swor confidentially certain pertinent
questions. It Is hoped in thiB way to'
get a true idea of what tho students
who have passed through the system
think of it Tho Information will be
treated strlotly in confidence. Tho
sentiment of tho seniors, if at all de
cided one way or tho other, will very
probably carry much woight in tho
making of tho final recommendations
of tho committee.
Tho following is a copy of tho let
ter: To tho Seniors of the College of Lib
oral Arts:
In tho interests of tho University,
whoso bonoflts you have shared, you
aro requested to answer fully and
-frankly thu aubjoined-questionsr Your
replies should bo sealed in tho en-
t closed envelope and returned through
the registrar's office, not later thaaJ
Wednesday, March 4. Your communi
cation will bo treated as confidential
jJbjLfggultyof.thd College of Liberal
Arts to study tho matter of advlcoto
"studonts'r '
H. B. ALEXANDER, Chairman.
MARY C. GRAHAM.
JAS. E. LT3ROSSIGNOL.
T. Has your selection of college
work been, on tho wholo, bettor be
cause of tho tuggostlons given by your
faculty advisors than it would have'
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IFIRST SGHEDULE PUT
THE
HIGH 8CH00L 1A8KETBALL
TEAMS PREPARING?.
TOURNAMENT IS NEXT WEEK
Schcdulo Made Out for First, Series
ki of GamesBegins Wednesday
and Clojes'Saturday-r-Con.
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solatloh Prizes., - ,,
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JUNIOR PLAY WILL
' - BE NOTABLE EVENT
Cast Showing Up Brilliantly at Re
hearsals Advance Seat Sale
Is Good.
Tiio rehearsals of tho Junior Play
indicate that tho cast 1b planning to
do itself proud In its production of
Booth Tarklngton'B famous play "Tho
.Man From Home' To adequately
present a production that haB made
such phenomenal successes In its east
ern run requires n little amount of
skill, and tho cast realizes this fully.
Howovor, Cloyd Stewart, who will bo
remomberod for hjs exceptional work
in "Tho Servant in tho House," "Tho
Romancers," and many other plays
given on tho campus, .promises to glvo
us an intorprotatlon"of tho. character
of Daniel Voorhoos Pike that will rival
-that of "William Hodges. Ho will bo
ably supported by Miss Ella Williams
who, though .unfamiliar to University
audiences, has nevertheless bad a
great deal of experience in this lino
at other universities.
It can truthfully "bo said that these
two leads aro backed by an jill-star
oompany, practically every one having
RESULTS FROM HIGH
SCHOOL DEBATING TEAMS
Seven Contests Decided Last Week
-Universlty-People-Act s-Judges.
In-seven contests ldstr Wok In thd
Nebraska High School Debating
League the judges woro in favor of
York, BelleVuo Academy and High
School, Nebraska City. Weonlnc
AVator, Atkinson McCook, and Oxford.
York (affirmative), arguing for rofeu-
lation as aguinst diBsolutiou of the
trusts, won from OBceolJ at York by
tho unanimous verdict olSProf. L. E.
AyleBworth, Prof. Guornsoy Jones, and
Prof. Edwin, Maxoy. '
Bollovuo (negaltivo) received n
unanimous decision over Fremont at
Bellovuo, February 20. Joseph T. Vo
tava, Law '11, member of Nebraska
Intercolleglato team four years, now
an attorney at Omaha, was a judge.
Prof. Edwin jMaxey, Prof. G. A. Ste
phens, and H. A. Prince, '13, Law '15,
awarded Nebraska City (affirmative)
a unanimous decision at Nebraska
City over Plattsmouth.
Weeping Water (negative) won
from Stella at Stella by u two to ono
vote of C. A. Soronson, '13, Law '16,
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ALPHA PHIS MEET
FOR ANNUAL BANQUET
Toast List Featured by "Circus" Sub
JectslSlxty Members Present.
The Alpho Phl-sororltjr- -held-their
annual -banquet at the Lincoln Hotel
Saturday evening. About "Sixty active
members and alumni were present
MIsb Mary Robblns was toastmistross.
"Tho Circus" included:
Tho Clown Betty Doyle
iiio Brass Band Vlvenno Holland
Tho Trained Animals. ..Edith Robblns
rne steam Calliope.. Madollno Stivers
Tho Concert Wilma Wood
Tho outrof-town guests woro: Mary
Wood, Loulso Stegnor, Helen MasQn,
Graco Ryan, and Roth Parkinson, of
Oiriaha; Helen Laurence, of Fremont:
NEBRASKA SCHOLASTIC
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Howard McMonios, of Lyons; Helen
Drake, of Beatrice; Mary Robblns, of
David City, and Gladys Weaver, of
"Broken Bow.
and Prof. C. A. Beck and Professor
Hull of the J?cru-Stato Normal-Sohoolr
Atkinson taffirmativo) won two
u" "uui j ium at AiKinson. The
judges woro Prof. C. WTaylor, T
ors College High School; President
Clemmons, Fremont College, and Pro
fessor Nichols, Bollovuo College.
In tho Southeastern district, McCook
(negative) won from Trenton, two to
one, at McCook and Oxford (negative)
from Cambridge, two to one, nt Oxford.
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been seen before in prominent parts
of University productions.
Tho play itself lis notable for being
tho only play on tho road which is
played exactly as it -was written', never
having had a line changed.
JUNIOR HOP IS THE
RENDEZVOUS OF MANY
;ClassyDairceTPul
rhTrS
TWO CHAMP TEAMS ARE
TO CLASH THURSDAY
Wesleyan and Nebraska to Play Off
Rubber Wfnner 8tate Champion.
After several weeks of consideration
and consultation,"" a final basketball
gamo has boon arrangod between tho
.Wesloyan Coyotes and Nebraska. It
will bo played in tho auditorium next
Thursday 'night. Nobraska has ono
victory to her credit and Wesleyan
has one, which leaves the standing
equal. The third gamo will docldo tho
POtatO interscholafltlc ehnmnlnnnliln
Both teams aro working hard tor, tho
closing gamo and ono of tho fewest
contests of tho season is expected.
Tho Wesloyan Coyotes have mot all
Year-Students Small-Credit
' Balance.
enjoyed themselves.
Chairman Siiydor announces a -email
credit balan.ee for tho junior class.
The music was furnished by tho
Thornburg orchestra.' Tho refresh
ments were served in a very wsty
manner and proved to be very refresh
ing between the steps. , '
twj uiuuy uuibiuers, ana are sujl un
vanqulsned. Thoy have an exception
ally strong flvo and Coach KIIne their
mentor, is confident of victory.
After their vigorous Beason tho No
braska team Is a little stale, but Coach
Stlohm expects to round them Into
shape with a couplo of days of hard
work. Stlohm rocognizos tho strength
of tho Wesleyan machine and knows
-full-well-that-there-lBna-hard-gamo-onr
"Tho biggest thing of'Rsk'ind in
tho United Statos'today." Thoao were
tho words of Manager Guy Reed when
ho gavo tho roportor his idea of tho
.EomlngNebraaka-HigbSchool-Baaket 1
uall Tournament In past years it has
been a decided success and has pro-
duced favorable rosults. This tourney
this Beason, however, is going to far
surpass any of Its predecessors. Tho
long list of ontrles is slowly creeping
upward and it is expected thW thero
will still boa few tardy ones who will '
sign up at tho last minute. Tho tour
namont will bo hold 'next week, be-
g(nnlng Wednesday evening and cloa- X
Jng Saturday ManagorJloed, .wltuhi
committee, has completed the schedule
for tho first round, which appears be- - '
low. '
Over sixty schools have ontored and
all aro eager for the fray. Enthusi
astic letters come Into the1 Athlotln iin. N
-partment ovorydayT-telllng-of hoy
inoy aro going to carry off the laurels.
Vigorous tralnlniz nrocticoA hnva imwi
on the program Tn all the high school
gyms and flne display of athlotla ma
torial Is expected. '
Tho games will be played in tho
Armorjr and thoChap5L "TSaflBrarir
non, sporting editor or the 'Lincoln
Dally Star; Ross Haskell, cantafn nt.
tho Husker team, and "Skinny" Hilt.
nor, center on tho Nobraska teamfor
three years, have been appointed by
ManagorTleed .as tho official board of
referees for tho contest.. The thlrtyt
two losing teams" In the first round
will play off the consolation champion
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Dean Engberg Reports a Smaller Nuifli
ber of FlffnkjjTnd Condition.', ,
This Year. "
Tho Delinquency Commlttop'ls sUf-
forlng from ennui Incidental to the
small' amount of failure the la ali
Lahostor and Dean Engberg is consld--
leudltoriumsrbelngxpaiiirtg
accommodate a banner crowd. Wes
leyan Is expected en'inasso and all tho
.Nebraska fants aro planning on going.
Lovers of tho dancing art have
placed tho Junior Hop, which was held
at tho Llndell lasjt Saturday night, to
rest with tho many other successful
functions of a like nature. Although
thero was a large crowd present and
tho proper exhibition of tho modem Gift to Unlvritv.
dances was somewhat ha'ndicappedf aJlL Mr. C. N. Diet of Omaha has pre-
Senior Notice.
Senior class meeting today, Me
morial Hall, 11 :30. Election of officers.
sonted thfc library of the. University
with a set, of. "Records of tho Past."
Tho set consists of twelve volumes
and deals with archeologlcal oxnedr-
tlons. Tho editor. Frederic WHtrhf
will visit ho University and deliver
an address at convocation somo time
In thenear future,
orlng taking a Vacation, elncaTTE
'-o
joIQco, Is , Bn.aeldoin visited, "W!wm-
formerly at this time of year a (steady
stream or students?) were paeelng
through that ominous portaf, nowonlr
an occasional urifprtunato ' is seen' to
enter.
Tho first semester of last year sixty
nine students failed InTialf their wor)c,
while last semester only fortvAiur
woro In that class. This year an even
dozen have sought other eoenee of
endeavor", in contrast to-a.much la.rr
delegation formerly. '
la this mere, accident? Doee i$v
mean that the ejecting machine islera ""
vigilant than of yore, or can the schol
astic standing at Nebraska he improv
ing? So far no satisfactory explana
tion has been offrrt ana i . A.i
cause can only be Wt to conjecture, fc
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