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I c NEBRASKAN Voi. iv. No. 20. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, MAY 8, 1800. Pmck, r Cents. THE NEBRASKA JMICTORIOUS WINS THE DEBATE WITH EA8E Hs Four Points to Spnro-How tho Boyn Tftlkod And What Thoy Said -Tho Marks. Tl,p For..nl annual Joint debate with Kant wk Held nt tn0 Funke 'nf,t Friday V 'nrK crowd was present undmir did woll. V J Hryan noted ns ohnlrmnn. Tho .lladiMlon was oponod hi 8:40 Ity B. 11. MoTnll fi"'" Knnsns, who defined tho initiative mid referendum, and pro posed t" introduce It Into our country tl, overcome fnultH In the present ays tern. The Initiative wns described ns an Institution by mentis of which citi zens wh" wish to see some monsuro placed In the form of law, may propnro a draft and submit It to the legislature to be enacted. The referendum Is n veto vested In tho people. Mr. McCnll s a very pleasant speaker, and won tirt plui in the debate. A J Weaver followed with an argu ment ih.it convinced tho Kansas boys that shev were beoten before thoy hnd icnrcvly lieitun. Ho used n few mo-meiif- In rebutting the argument of hl opponent, and then presented sta tistics to show that tho Swiss system l nnt entirely successful, and that It would not be adapted to our country. Mr McMurruy, the second speaker from Kansas, ihon took tho floor nnd spent the most of his tlmo In try ing to make fun of Weaver's nrgumont. He maintained that our greatest evil was the ignorance of the people In log Iclatlu affairs, and that tho Initiative and referendum would overcome this. Mi MoMurrny Is n pleasing speaker, but lie failed to produce the right kind of argument. Neuhi.tmh took tho Hnmlltonian M.nxl lie held that government should lie (.! he people, hut It must come from th. select men. Mr. Newbranch had KM h1 t hi 'tight and his speech showed care In preparation. I' s Ciiyer did not lose much tlmo with points that hnd boon brought ut K previous speakers, but pr ceeileil to show how, under our present systi m, the minority often ruled. This he ilni w ith good effect, ns lie used No iiraskii i-tiitlstlcs to prove It. Ho also dwelt mi the corruption of our munl- ciphl politics, whloh would be ovoi i urn under the Inlt.atlvo and refer endum yuiiintnnee won applause In the wnv he disnim.,1 of Guyer's nrgumont. Ho propi . . a to give tlio debate a now aspei : n held that there were three uir. - in the development of govern ment rim, government by force; sk.iii i i lie form of tho Swiss system, and I'uhi, the representative govern ment The referendum was shown to lie a i.iilure in Switzerland, nnd, from Mati-n , ho demonstrated that the sym in Lould not bo applied In Amor Ira Mi McCnll, In oloslng for tho af II i nu ,w, mndo tho best of his time, "iid nduded by saying that tho col let!' i 'iiHHors of our country aro la fa i . t th Swiss system, nnd thnt he i..iid that the United States wuui i i.iupt It before many yoars. Mi W'-nver's oloslng speech was xtmiiL' nnd It was without a doubt the hem i ilk of tho evening. Ho polntod "tit iy dourly how tho systom had been u-eti in Switzerland to thwart the will i the people, and showed thut It wnuld in no wise overcome the llllt era. i,f our country. Although Weuwr won first place throughout tlu- d it.iti'H of lust your, nnd hud wo.i list idncc in tho prollmlnurtos thin eui, in vvns awardod sooond place and Quaiiitunce llrst Friday night. WUiilutiinee won the Mundorson prize "f $-' and Weaver, tho Estorbrook, of lu. The Judge, woro Professor I... A Loon of Iowa university, 1'rofossoi Tlumms will of Kansas agricultural college, and Judge. Koysor of Omaha. Tneii markings gave Nebraska the victory by four points. The murks gave the following totals rank: Qualntaince 8, Weaver tl, Ntwinnnoh 11, McCnll 0, Guyer 9, Me Munay 17, making the totals, Ne braska 28, Kansas 34. The total per centages given the Nebrnskn speakers were. Wuuvur 277V4, Qualntaince 277, Newbrnnelj 271. SPECIAL HYGIENE LECTURE. Wednesday morning and afternoon, May 6, a very Interesting lecture wnB given to the young women In tho hy giene course, by Miss Adelo L. Wade, n graduate nurse, whose home 1h In Lincoln. Miss Wade Is In great de mand as a skilful nurse. She was a student In tHe university In '88 and '89. Her course In nursing was taken at the Homeopathic hospital of Pittsburg, Pa. The lecture was a very practical one A small bedstead completely furnished nnd a onc-nrmed doll were used for Il lustration. Tho best method of chang ing clothing, sheets, ndmlnlstorlng baths, the making of hot appliances, etc., were shown before tho oyos of the olnss. Such lectures cannot fall to be of advantage. THE GYM GIRLS. Following Is tho program of tho fifth annual exhibition of the young women of the department of physical training, which takos plnco tomorrow night in tho armory: Music. Dumb bell drill, Lender, Miss Spurck. Indian club drill. Music. Figure marking and circle work. Apparatus work. Music. liar bell drill. Loader, Miss Elliott. Marching. Music. Rag pnsslng contest. Advanced nnd first year classes. Mass drill. Miss Charlotte Clark ac companist. Music furnished by courtesy of Uni versity Cadet band. Advanced clnss, white ties. First year classoss. colored ties. PALLADIAN PROGRAM. Vocal Solo "The Violets" Blumonschrleve Miss Irene Davison. Story "A Tale of tho West" Mr. S. W. Plnkerton. Pnrodj "A .Freshman's Soliloquy." Miss Mnrguerlto O'Connoll. A MUSIC. Recitation "Drifted Out to Sen".. Mbs Marguerite Johnson. Soliloquy 'Mr. Snm R. Slonn Vocal Solo "The Linden Flowers" Rohn "Open Now Thy Blue Eyos"..Mnssnnot Miss Helen Sundonn. Accompanist, Miss Florence Worley. DERATE. Resolved, That college graduates a n class are superior In montnl attain ments nnd culture to self-educated men. Afllrmatlvo, Mr. II. P. Loavltt; negative, Mr. Porry. BEL! AN HOYS' PROGRAM. 1. Music. 2. Poem J. A. Sargent If. A farco Hans Von Smash Dramntls Porsonao: Hans Von Smash. Mr. nutoh. Katlo (Hlbornlan). Suslo Rntch. Mary Ratoh. Henry Dnshor. John Prottynonu. 4, joem P IL Thomson fi. Tablonu A Dellan Roy's Room. DR. CLARK "LOOSENS UP." An order was rend before tho battal ion Monday night tlutt hereafter cadots could not have free use of baths; that no one except thoso connected In some way with athletic work, such as mem bers of the lawn tennis association, could have this prlvllego. It seems that the cramped condition rondered some restrictions necessary, and ufter consultations among regents, tho chan cellor, Stownrd Dales and Dr. Clark. It was left with the Judgment or the direc tor or tho physlcnl department to make the necessary changos. This was fol lowed by the above order, but It raised such discontent among cndols thut U was thought advisable by the director to "loosen up" a little. Accordingly Wednosdny It was announced that by making the proper application for tlckots, thoso taking drill would be nl lowod one bnth per day. The corps surgeon nnd -the endets are yot on speaking terms. Miss Anna Lytic will entertain the PI Reta Phi fraternity next Friday and Saturday at hor home In Greonwood. Saturday tho young ladles will drive over to the Plutte near Ashland and spend the day fishing. GRADUATE CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY ADOPTED Tho Members Porfobtod n Prmnn. ent OrgnnlzUlon-Dr. EiiRron linn Boon Mndo Donn. A meeting of the Graduate club was called to order by J, R. Rocher. with olght members prosont. The purpose of tho mooting wns to net upon tho re port of the committee on constitution, which was as follows! CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE I. 1. It shall be tho object of the Grad uate club of the university of Nebraska to promote good fellowship nnd brond scientific Intorost nmong grnduato stu dents of this Institution. '.'. All students registered for gradu ate worK nhall bo Ipso facto, and at their option, members of tho Graduate olub. Aifo tho chancellor nnd nil teach ora giving actual grnduato Instruction In tiro gratluato department shnll, by courtesy, be members of tho Grnduato club. ARTICLI2 II. 1. Tho ollloors shnll ho a prosldont. n vice-prosldent, n secretary, a treasurer, and a historian. 2. There shall be nn executive com mltteo of four members and the presi dent or tho Graduate plub. .1. An ofllcer shall be elected at the llrst meeting of the Graduate club. ARTICLE III. 1. The club shall moot regularly twice a year, viz., on tho first Saturday of October and February, for tho purpose: a. Of electing officers, ns stated above; b. Of transacting suoh other business ns may come up for consideration; o. Of listening t IBTpons on scientific subjects. 2. It shall bo the object of tho papers road at tho meotlngs of tho Graduate club to prosont In comparatively un technlcnl form a brief resume of the mnln advances made during the yor pnst. In the science treated, and thus jalntl- to aid In kooplng studonts In touch with general scientific progress, nnd In promoting n brond community of scientific Interest. 3. In accordance with this aim, not less than three such papers shall be rend at each meeting. ARTICLE IV. Amendments to this constitution may bo made by a vote of two-thirds of those present at the second (February) mooting of tho year. Rut notice of such amendmont must bo Incorporated In the call for the meeting to be made at least two weeks In advance. Your commltte would further recom mend that nn effort be made at the first n eetlng of the Graduate club to provide for the organization of as many spoolnl scientific clubs as may seem advisable, by selecting members willing to take Into their hands this Interest. Ry way of experiment, your committee would suggest that, with due regard to Hlmllar organizations already ex isting, an attempt he made to organize now the following spoclnl scientific clubs, viz., of 1. Rlologlcal Sclonces (Rot. Lore). 2. Mathom. and Phys. Sciences. 3. Philological Sciences. 1. Historian and Philosophy ScloncM: these clubs to be farther subdivided Jn to sections ns conditions and future de voloptnonts may warrant. On moIon tho constitution wns read through by sections and finally adopted as a whole. Professor Edgron explained that In section 2 of article III. the idea was that no teohnloal papers be read for the reason that they would not be In taste and could not bo understood by the greater number of the club. In accordance with the recommenda tion of the committee those prosont were Instructed to take stops towards organizing clubs In the departments In whloh they were studying. It was voted that tho executive com mittee see to arranging the program for the October meeting. On motion of Professor Edgron, It was vowd that the constitution be published In the university papers. The club then adjourned. A. C. FLING OBJECTS. To the Editor of the Nobraskan: An article has Just appeared In tho Hesperian, under the bond of "P. H. K.," In whloh the author nttempted to place fifteen of the thirty-five chapters on tho roll of p. u. k. on a level with or just below the plane of our little Doano. Tho comparisons which ho de clares ho made "with considerable as sistance," strike me as being so nbsurd that I would like to correct any wrong Impression tho article may have loft. As an ox-student of one of those "puny P. H. K. colleges" nnd nn alumnus of the university of Nebrnskn, It shall be my endeavor to mnke n fnlr compari son. I do not Intend to enter Into any discussion ns to the desirability of P. R. K. Every unprejudiced, fair-minded student with tho Interest of the univer sity nt heart will see tho advnntage to bo derived from this cultured, scholarly fraternity. Chancellor Cnnfield. though by no means a fraternity enthusiast, was an earnest promoter of It. Tho comparisons the writer makes In his article on P. 11. K. Is on the prin ciple of the small boy who gives his sister a quarter of his orango nnd then positively doclnres he hns done the "equitable thing." Ho continues: "Sev en of these r. R. IC. colleges rank lower than Donne; eight rank with Doano; twelve more are bettor than Donne." In other words he sets twenty-seven satellites revolving around Donne; How mightily doth Donne loom up! Tho twenty-seven colleges he thus humbles nre: Kenyon. Mnrlettn. Will Inm nnd Mnry, Lehigh. Lafayette, Rutgers, Dickenson. Hobnrt, Colgate, Hnmllton, Union, Trinity, Tufts, Mld dloburg, University of Vermont, Row doln, Dartmouth, Williams, Amherst, Rochester, Wesleynn, Western Re.seive, University of New York, Brown. Do Pauw, Evnnston, College of City of Now York. These colleges haven't the number of studonts and In- many de partments can't do the work of our university. They do not pretend to do It. They are colleges In every sense ol tho word. Nebraska, however, will never suffer from such companionship. I would llko to compare Bowdoln, one of tho score of "puny schools," with Doano. Bowdoln wns Incorporated In 1794, nnd consequently Is the 11th cen tenarian In the United States. (Will iams was tho 10th). The college was named after Jnmes Rowdoln. n gov ernor of Mnssnchusetts and valued friend of Benjamin Franklin. Its nlumnl list contains nearly 3,000 names. It has twelve substantial buildings spread over a grand old campus shaded by aged elm trees. A glance at the catnlogue will reveal tho fact that In the classics Doane would just about admit to the junior class. Bowdoln sent forth such men ns Long fellow, Hawthorne. Cheever, Gen. Oliver Howard, Chlof Justice Fuller and cvon big Tom Reed before Doane took its first stops. Yes. such talont ns this wns "shut up in college wnlki for four yonrs," we nre told. Pootn nnscitur, non fit, nevertheless Longrellow shows his college training on every page of his works. He Is Just full of classic loro. If one doubts I,ongfollov's debt to his college, he hns but to rend .JMorlturl Salutamus nnd Imbibe n little of the feeling there ex pressed. It Is not nocessnry to carry our eompnrlson farthor. What Is true of Bowdoln applies as well to Williams. Dartmouth, Amhorst. Union. Rochester and others. Nebraska is In the choicest company. A. C. FLING. '91. Nobraskn City. Not all who pre Interested In nth lotlos and bicycling know what an ably conduoted department on thoBo linos Is tto 1)0 found from week to week In the Young Men's Era of Chicago. The ed itor of this department U C. E. Pat terson of New York City. A brief ac count ns well ns n portrait of him can be seen In the Issue of April 10, whloh by the way. Is tho bicycle and outing number. Mr. Pattorson has beon tile odltor of the amateur athletic dopart mont of the Era since August, 1893. Since 1879, however, he has attended all the leading atnletlc meets in the oast, and haB become vory familiar with tho names and records of all the principal nthlotes, ns well ns with the porflonnol of nil the lending towns. Evory one wishing to keop traok of eastorn athletics should look this over from week to week. A full line of itypewrlter supplies at the Smith Premier office, 135 South Eleventh Btreot. Tel. 143. C."W. Ecker itnan, agent. OUR HEROES FALL AGAIN WERE DEFEATED AT OMABA Rut Thoy Qavo Thorn a Hard Tusslo- Lot by a Closo Scoro Tho Summary. Tho university of Nebraska basoball team wns defeated by tho unlvorslty club of Omaha by a score of 0 to 6. Al though our boys were beaten no ono nood fool tllscourngod at tho result and tho Omaha boys were strong oppononts. Their club is composed of old bnlt play ers from Princeton, Ann Arbor nnd other onstorn colleges and Is acknowl edged to bo ono of tho best amateur teams In tho west. Last year they played Mlohlgnn n closo ganio and do feated the unlvorslty of Chicago with tho famous Stagg In tho box. Orllo Thorpe deserves groat credit for tho superb game ho pitched. Tho Omaha club Is composed of vory honvy battcr.t and It Is certainly somothlng remarkable for such a young pitcher to hold them down ns ho did. The boys all fielded well, but woro a little weak at the bat. This Is a common falling nt the beginning of the season and will no doubt bo remedied as tho season ad vances. Fred Rynns did tho host stick work for the university boys, getting three hits out of five times nt bat. Roodor put up a fine game In loft field, but he still needs practice at batting. Score by Innings: University Club 3 10104000- Unlvorslty of Neb... 2 10000012- Raso hits: Unlvorslty club 12, Ur verslty of Nebraska 5. Ratterles: Jellen and Kayos, Thor and Frlel. liases on balls: Jollon !, Thorpe G. Struck out: Jellen 15, Thorpe 10. Wild pitches: Jellen 1, Thorpo 1. Passed balls: Froll 1. Tlmo of game: Two hours. Umpire: Keith. COLLEGE SOCIETY. Tho Phi Kappa Psl fraternity on tortelned their friends Saturday ovon Ing nt a ploasant dancing party. The chapter house was tastily decorated with colors and flowers. Miss WI1 loughby's orchestra furnished the mu sic. The young people woro chaper oned by Mr. and Mrs. Gero. Those present were: Misses Frances, Ellen nnd Mnrlel Gere, Mao and Adelaide Whiting, Richards, Garten, Polk, By ors, Griggs, Hnrwood, Weeks, Vancll, Randall, Carscudden, Mabel and Gene Tuttle, Hammond, DuRoIs, Korsmoyer, Jessie nnd Mne Lansing nnd the mem bers of the fraternity, Rrown, Rowe, Kimball, Powers, Georgo and Harry Shedd, Wlggonhorn, Clarke, Reed, Thompson, Wilson, Christlo, White, Korsmoyer, Barber, Sedgwick, Spor.cer, Hlldreth, Elliott. Mapes. Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Ladd entertained Kappa Alpha Thcta and tholr friends vory pleasantly at tholr home, 1045 tt street, Friday evening. The house was prettily decorated with the black and gold colors of the fraternity nnd tht fraternity flower, tho Amorlcnn beauty. Those present woro: Prof, and Mi. F. M. Fling, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hardy, Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Burr, MPs Knthorlne Weston of Beatrice Miss ' Olive Latta, Llda Millar, Llola Vane Jessica Morgan, Emily Weeks, Joa.i Tuttle, Nellie Randnll, Dona Looml, Lulu. Bertie and Charlotte Clark, Anna Barr, Saruh Harris, Clura Buokstaff; Messrs. Tom Wing, Russoll Thorpe Jr., Peter Luti, Frod Cooloy, Ralph Hag. gurd, Chorles Weeks, Ed. C. Adams, Karl Randall, J. G. Sedgwick, Sherman White, Dr. John White, Clinton Nor ton, Alox Sheldon, T. L. Lyon, Ward Hlldroth, W. Morton Smith, John C, Jones and J. F. Gullfoyle. The English club met last Saturday evening nt the home of Miss Prey. The program given consisted of stories by Misses Bruner and Smith and a paper by Mr. MoLood. A story by Mr. Bates which hud beon loft In bis dosk was road by Miss Mellok. It 1b ono of the llrst tho club has evor listened to. The Union boys' quartet favorod tho club with a selection and oncoro and Mr. Lehmor played a violin solo, after which loos were served and the business of the club carried through. The newly elooted officers, with Mr. Abbott aa president, wore duly Installed, the first meeting In May bolng the date for tho change. It wan docldod to secure an address from Professor Sherman for the last meeting of the year, If possible,