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THE SAIL Y NEBRASKAN THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Chas. II. Epperson.... Editor-in-Chief George E. Grimes.... Managing Editor ir.vft i Miilfr Associate Editor John Cejnar Associate Editor is raised, why not -give the people on the stage a chance to do their best! M. L. Totcet. .Business Manager Offices: Neva, Basement, University Hall. , Business, Basement, Admin istration Building. Telephones: News, L-8862. Business, B-2597. t,,khcv.oi Airent Saturday and A UUHUIIVU Jnrtnir tta frtllfTA Tear. OUUUJ , UUiiiib v o- . Subscription, per semester U-w i7nArai it thA nnstofflce at Lincoln Nebraska, as second-class mail maUer; under the act or congress 01 S, 1879. j THE SINGLE TAX: OUR DELAY In the Forum of Friday's edition was a very able presentation of the "a priori" argument of those wno are opposed to the Single Tax. we re crot that we must postpone the con sideration of Mr. Weber's excellent, but not infallable, arguments until we complete our compilation of fig ures In regard to the matters on which he demands proof. There are many inquiries coming to this office which seek the cause of delay in getting something actually accomplished along these lines. We realize that to the public the move ment seems to be going slowly. But please consider that It takes time to secure a plan which will be as near perfect as possible for Nebraska. We must include a certain number of ac tivities at a certain price. Any less or any more would be a burden. Just where to draw the line is a ques tion of great importance. It takes time to get results from other schools, j it takes time to determine the exact state of affairs at Nebraska at pres ent. But we feel that it is better to take this time and be sure of what we are doing, than it is to act too hastily. We pray your indul gence, therefore, and believe that the results will justify the deliberation. LINCOLN'S COMMERCIAL CLUB The Lincoln Commercial club added another to the long list of favors it has done for the university, Friday, when it referred our anti-noise cam paign to its committee on good roads and promised to do what it could to help. The club has always been a friend of the university, and its fa vorable response to our difficulties was anticipated. Due to the efforts of this club, the last legislature passed a law which provided that in any territory within a certain distance of a public build ing, 30 per cent of the adjacent land owners can determine the paving. This means that all that is necessary for the university to do to obtain the proper improvements in our streets is to submit the proper improvement. It Is hoped that the regents will take the necessary action in the near future. GALLERY EFFECTS It is to be regretted that the Kos met Klub was forced to contend against a gallery of small boys Fri day night. The action of the patrons of the third floor was disgusting to even those who assume the most lib eral attitude toward public etiquette. The audience can excuse a little noise between acts, but when the curtain A FEW 1916 Senior Class Pint and Rings Left .BETTER HURRY HALLETT Unl. Jeweler Etb. 1871 1143 O FORUM To the Editors of the Daily Nebraskan: Let usJiave an end to this, going around in a ring discussion about the Single Tax. One worthy future states man will today say, "it will be helpful," and tomorrow his double will Just as emphatically say, "It will not help." There would be some excuse it we were travelling around in a larger circle, but our circle is very small. The Single Tax is not a new Inven tion and is in practical use among many universities. Let us have an account of the Student Activities in other places where this ruling isp rac ticed. WTe all agree that certain of our Student Activities are a disgrace to our school, not in quality, but for the small npmber of students in at tendance. Let us make those functions representative, truly Student Activi ties. If the Single Tax has any indica tions of having been conducive to this end in other schools the only way to settle the question in our university it to try it. I have faith in the fair-mindedness and broad perspective of our student body. There are not over two stu dents in every hundred who cannot afford the pressure of this tax for I know there Is not a student who is a wage earner but that spends foolishly, more during the semester than this tax ould amount to. I write advisedly. Let us not cross our bridges of injus tices until we come to them. We should not hinder the installation of a system, which would mean growth to our University Activities and to the education of students, at this psycho-1 logical time. J Yours truly, L. G. FEHLMAN. MENDELSSOHN PRO GRAM INTERPRETED (Continued from page 1) UNIVERSITY NOTICES The sophomore football picture will be taken Tuesday at 11 a. m. Meet at the east end of the Armory. There will be. an important meet ing of the "Silver Serpents at 11:30 o'clock Tuesday morning in Faculty hall. Rev. Leon D. Young will speak to the students of the School of Agricul ture at the Tuesday morning convocation. There will be an important meet ing of the Union Literary society In Union hall this evening at 7:15 o'clock. OMAHA CLUB INVITES ENGINEERS The faculty of the enginering col lege, together with senior students in engineering, are invited by the Techni cal Club of Omaha to its monthly din ner Monday, Rebruary 21. Benton Mc Cosnell of the United States Bureau of Standards, will give an address on "Electrolysis, Its Causes and Mitigation." German Lunch and Cafe, R. C. Schelder, manager. 1121 P street. The Mogul Barber Shop, S. L. Chap lin, proprietor, 127 North Twelfth. Meal tickets, J5.60 for 14.60, 137 North Twelfth. Newbert Cafe. After dinner dances at McCormick's Cafe. Open till 1 p. m. 129 South Twelfth street. foam, is said to be a terrifying spec tacle. The beginning of the overture rep resents the gentler mood. The Inter val of the fifth is itself suggestive of hollowness, and the composer has used it freely in the bass. A meagre outline of a chord in the "upper part, sometimes with the minor third, some times with the major, is repeated again and again. It is the principal and indeed almost the only motive In the composition. Its bareness, and its continued reiteration well simulate the monotony of the watery waste; while the facility with which one note can change' it from the pensive minor to the strong and positive major fitly represents the varied aspect of the inconstant sea. In one passage, the bass, beginning far down, rises chro matically with increasing force to for tissimo, whence it recedes again, its power spent, only to repeat the clim acteric effect, vividlysugge8ting the long fetch of the Atlantic as it beats and breaks on that rocky coast. Throughout the composition, Indeed, the bass is in almost incessant mo tion, in imitation of the restless flood. It is worth while, perhaps, to observe that Mendelssohn has achiev ed these suggestions of nature's ele mental forces, unrestrained and Irra tional, without resorting to the harsh, unmusical methods of some more re cent composers. "The Midsummer Night's Dream" was written when Mendelssohn was but 17 years old, yet in originality and technical mastery it proclaims the ma ture and experienced artist. It was a genuine inspiration, and its freshness and delicacy enables it still to hold an honored place amid the competi tion of more pretentious and caco phonous music. Four rising chords pianissimo call up the picture of a calm and beauti ful summer night with fair Luna in high heaven riding resplendent and serene. The meadows are bathed In mellow light, the groves shrouded In mysterious shadow and stillness. Yet not in utter silence, Nature, not less than in the broader light of day, has her nocturnal voices, but soft and pen sive and intermittent. And so the strings, high-pitched, with light and swift touch suggest the gentle night breeze, the purling brook, the shrill chirp of crickets, the hoarse bass of the tree frog and all the stress and beat of nature's rythm. Suddenly, every sound ceases for an Instant, and solemn stillness is reflected in a weird, uncanny chord, but quickly the woodland concert is resumed as though it would go on forever. AH at once a change. With a fan fare of trumphets a lively march Is heard. We may fancy that King Oberon and Queen Tltanla, with their elfin court, have appeared on the scene, and that the fairy band Is hold ing high revel in the moonlight. There Is also some tender love making go ing on, to judge from the beautiful and plaintive melody interspersed in the general gayety. But presently the merry rout departs, and vocal Night take up again her Interrupted song. Some changes are made in what fol lows, for the sake of variety, some reminiscent fragments of the fairy march are heard, the love-song again appears in another key, but at last, as in the beginning, the quiet hush of night and sleep is over all, and fair Luna in high heaven rides resplen dent and serene. Lost Delta Delta Delta sorority j pin, on Friday, February 11; name on j back. Return to Nebraskan office. Re j ward. 161-93-95 Alumni Notes Miss Cbaikin of the Alumni Associa tion has received a letter from Howard Panneless, '97, western editor of the Metallurgical Chemical Engineering magazine in which he highly compli ments Professor Fossler upon his ad dress given at the opening Alumni banquet held in Denver last Tuesday. mm rl"""" IE, Jl n V' r'-y WHAT we'd call "determina tion" in ourselves, we of en mistake for "bull-headed-ness " in the other fellow. But wc don't ever mistake real, true gen iality in a man or a tobacco. A. 1UZ 21 3C WE WILL GIVE A LITTLE PRESENT with each dollar Purchase this week only. College Book .Store Facing Campus "Den" in Basement.' GRAVES PRINTING CO. SPECIALISTS--UNIVERSITY PRINTING CMAPIF4 BROS. 127 So. 13th x FLOWERS ALL THE TIME The University School of Music Music RELIABLE INSTRUCTION IN ALL BRANCHES OF . 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