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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1918)
LINCOLN WILL PLAY KANSAS CITY TEAM Tournament Staged for Bene fit of Camp Funston Athletic Fund Couch Rob Hager of the Lincoln high basketball quintet. Nebraska state champion, completed arrange ments yexterday for game at Kan sas City. March 23. with the Central high team of that city, winners of the MlHiourl state tournament. Al though a post-season match, this game will have as much real Inter est attached to It- as any of the year, because of the fact that the Kansas City five has been touted as one of the strongest high school fives In the middle west. In spite of this, bear dope, the local lads are practicing dally, and expect to show the Show Me state tossers that they play real basketball In Nebraska. The game will be staged on the last day of a big tourney being staged v-onooa ritv thft fourth week In March, for the benefit of the athletic fund at Camp Funston. The leading amateur teams of the district will compete for high honors, and there will probably be some colleges repre sented In the meet. It was originally planned to have the high school champs of Kansas and Iowa play for the sectional championship, but. the plan was abandoned as imprac tical. , s the possibility of a contest between Lincoln High and Ravenna, the win ners of Class A and class D cham pionships has been suggested. Al though Lincoln had a comparatively easy time with all her competitors. Ravenna defeated practically all her opponents by very large scores, her final game resulting in 30 to 2 victory over Seward. The Ravenna team cer tainly showed a good brand of ball and may possibly meet the Lincoln aggregation. Nothing has been done so far toward such a contest. GOOD ROADS CONVENTION INSTRUCTIVE TO STUDENTS Important Principles of High way Construction Discnssed IS THE FIRST ATTEMPT Conference Recent Step Toward Im provement of State Roads 150 Dele gates Attend Meetings at Institute The Nebraska Road Institute now in session in the Mechanical Engi neering building under the auspices of the faculty of the engineering college is the first attempt at any thing of this nature in Nebraska, but is proving to be attractive and in structive not only to the delegates from over the state but the students in the engineering college. Last January the Nebraska Engi neering society, of which Prof. C. E. Mickey is president, gained the con sent of the board of regents to hold a road engineer's convention or a road Institute for purposes of Instruc tion. About 150 county surveyors, engi highway engineers have been sent as neers, county supervisors and county delegates from over the state. They are given a registration certificate to take back to their counties identi fying themselves as delegates to the First Nebraska Road Institute. Yesterday morning Chas. J. Mc Namara, C. E. '07, Lincoln county surveyor read a paper "Staking out work' This was a purely technical paper about laying out curbs. This was discussed later by Prof. J. N. Brldgeman and William Biba. a form er engineering student here and now Filmore county commissioner. Alumnus Gives Lecture In the afternoon A. H. Edgren, also a former student in the engineering college gave an illustrated talk on "Maintenance of Earth Roads by Grading and Dragging." Prof, O, R Chatburn gave a talk on "Road Drainage Problems," and laid down as the three principles of road maln teuance: First, drainage; second, drainage, fnd third, drainage. Geo. Leonard. C. E. '12, now bridge en-' gineer of the Westover Structural Steel Works also spoke In the after noon. Trof. G. E. Condra took a moving picture film of the convention as a part of a complete moving pic ture showing the history of Nebras ka's road progress. In-the evening Prof. L. W. Chase delivered a talk touching on automobile accidents and causes. The general theme of the conven tion seems to be for getting away from the old idea of horse dragging the roads by farmer-road bosses to the new Idea of Intensified road work ing by tractors under t-he supervision e! skilled road engineers. ihai t of B - M Values weY( win ime sure- vou V 3h iS, . 4 V':. i a . ' &&&2!s: 1 t X - f 1 t?;'' 1 J7otwithstanding v the many trials doubts and fears that have beset the business world, during the year of 191 7 it is with no small degree of pleasure and satisfaction that The Armstrong Clothing Co. announce to their friends and patrons, the Formal Opening of Spring Apparel for Men and Boys