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THE NEBRASKAN
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UNIVERSITY OF NBHKASKA, LINCOLN, MAY 2L, ISOil.
Puiok, fi Oknts.
THE COMPETITIVE DRILL
THE 1UVALRY IS INTENSE
Doyi WorKliiK Hl -r tno Oup-1'ropar-nttonn
for Onmp-HUtory of
tho Unttnlion.
8rtturi1.v will t)o competitive drill
day. Avetnbly will bo sounded at 1
o'clock nl Captnln Gullfoylo will
march the battalion to tho fnlr
ground. Inspection will begin
at 2 o'clock. Then .tho four companies
comprising i" Iwttalllon will, In order
to be determined by lot compete for
the possesion of tho Omaha cup and
colors. These .trophies are held for
one year by tho one company which
receive the highest mark In an an
nual competitive drill.
Captnln W. D. Heed and the ex-cnp-tnln
of the company have offered two
handsome medals -to tho two best
Jrlllcd members of the company. This
lias been a powerful Inducement to the
in.iivitlu.il members of tho company
to work hard for the past two mouths
ami these aro the conditions which
bring out i woll drilled company. This
year Hi- programs will not be given
the ipt"m ""til they march upon the
drill ground and tho manner In which
the eapuins Interpret the comnmnds
may decide the winner. At 3 o'clock
in the morning the artillery battery,
composiM of n dotall from each com
iwny. will drill. Blnnk cartridges
will lo used throughout. Two medals,
one gold nd one silver, will be award
ed to the two best artillerymen. Cadet
Lieutenant W. 12. Benjamin will be In
command The gunners are: Detach
ment A, It. W. Emerson; detachment
H. i' c I'uivi-r. detachment C, 12. 11.
Kiln, ilrta.-hnient D, W. Grant.
:ivn, ili.t-l following, the cavalry
;i .... will bo insHctcd and give an
exhibition drill. This part of the de
luitiiifin h.i- teeelved more attention
thiin lu'i.ioioro, having been Instruct
ed throughout- the -ycar' -Cadt
Li. ut. nam O. 15. Adams. A gold med
,il w ill I.,- awarded to .the host drilled
m.tii with th- wlter.
Su;: ii .Sr Hollowbush will give a
th.-i .'1111.1 box of candy to the wln
noii.' i. -tummy, also a two-iound box
to thi winner f the Individual drill.
r.ii'i.iin Gerard, Ninth cavalry, U.
S. A . mid Lieutenants Hlnos and
Well- Second Infantry, will act as
Ju.lp. -
!'', .?Y OP THK BATTALION.
Th department was organlzod
twi. years ago, yet It Is only within
the .t r.-w years that Its dimensions
ha. i i n so great. It was In 187C that
Li. u i..nt 12. S. Dudley was appointed
nn i . .It him as commandant the
nrlr o department of the state unl-V'l-i'v
was Its beginning and a very
hum' .. begining It was. After a great
(1. ii ..I labor on the part of the com
m.iMi.int a company of nearly fifty was
ore iriz.-d. Pending the arrival of
rill. - from Washington, the compny
di ii I without arms of any descrip
tion Drill like any Innovation was
qu.- popular, especially as Lieutenant
Uu j made It easy on the boys and
let M-ipiine run rather low. 1 tho
spi of '77 the arms and nccoutre
mf arrived and uniforms were
ad. .'ed.
I.- utenant Dudley decided that St
wa-- time for the company to be set
up ii. :i proper military fashion and ho
bep.!-, to enforce rules which had hlth
ert. ii,.t.n neglected. It was about this
Un.. that the battalion was torn by
dl- mlons. The novelty of drill has
surf 1 1 1 d considerably from wear and
tho cadets when the department was
not run In accordance with their own
ldoas decided that It was not properly
conducted. The discipline also came
to be forcibly resented by a great num
ber At this time any general order
which was especially dictatorial was
sure to be hotly taken up and magni
fied. An order that they ahould wear a
certain kind of garment seemed to them
In their present state of mind to bo little
hort of tyranny and then accumulated
"I feeling found here an outlet. The
chancellor, who had the power to ex
cuse from drill, was besieged on every
side by those who were dissatisfied with
the present condition of affairs nd ho
was by fi,r too obliging. Naturally
ho Hi will of the students fell on the
new commandant.
Part of the students consented to buy
uniforms and another part absolutely
''used. It was finally necessary to
form two companies. One to drill with
uniforms this company to bo called
company A, tho other, company D, to
dress as they pleased. Just as matters
wore being eased up a trllle by this
means, Lieutenant Dudley was recalled.
Lieutenant I, T, Webster was tho next
commandant. Ho camo whon the mili
tary department was In a very bad con
dition, but his first step showed clearly
that ho understood how to take matters
In charge In the proper manner. He
mndo friends In the battalion nnd be.
lleved In the boys having a good time.
The Idea of finding pleasure In drill had
hitherto been little thought of, but It
was certainly tho thing to do when tho
companies were In their shaky condi
tion. Under him tho band was first or
ganised and tho two companies formed
Into n battalion. During his adminis
tration swords were procured for the
olllcers as well na a flag for the battal
ion. Lieut. II, H. Townley followed Lieu
tenant Webster, although he ren.ulncd
but two years, ho was a great favorite
among the cadets and accomplished
much for the department. At his re
call, Lieutenant Dudley was reap
pointed. This seemed a rather risky
undertaking. Lieutenant Dudley's rep
utation had come down from the for
mer college generations nnd there was
considerable foreboding and grumbling
among certain cadets. When he came
the whole battalion was more or less
prepared to bestow upon him their fer
vent hatred as soon as occasion should
offer. As tho weeks went by and things
continued to run smoothly the Idea
died out and the lieutenant became n
great favorite.
The battalion mndo rapid strides. The
united companies had u to this time
never counted over seventy-live cadets.
The commissioned olllcers had not been
restricted to tho senior class, but even
more often freshmen or sophomore. It
was supposed that each captain should
drill, but one term In his olllclal ca
pacity, yet this understanding was
often ignored by some ambitious olll
cers and It was no uncommon occur
rence to see a captain holding his olllcc
even throe times as long aa ho vn ex
pected to. It was through Lieutenant
Dudley that appointments come to be
based on excellence in drill and that
captains should be appointed from the
senior class. It was largely through his
personal efforts that tho appropriation
was obtained for the Grant Memorial
hall. It was also under his administra
tion competitive drills and prizes were
established, nnd before he loft tho bat
talion had seen Its first encampment.
Drill wns becoming so popular that the
girls decided that they should form a
company themselves. Tho plan seemed
to strike the popular chord and with
the aid of Lieutenant Dudley a good
sized company wns formed. It wasn't
a broom brigade. It was a real com
pany that carried guns and drilled to
the same tactics as the boys. During
the administration of Lieutenant Grlf
flth tho company went to pieces lg
nomlnlously. It was found that loo
many girls wanted to be ofllcors and
of course the defeated candidates
would not drill In the ranks under their
successful rivals.
The Grant memorial hall started
while Lieutenant Dudley was com
mandant, but was not completed until
after Lieutenant Griffith had been In
charge for some time. He was followed
In turn by Lieutenant Pershing, who
has done much to bring the battalion
to Its present excellence. It was while
Lieutenant Pershing was In charge
that company A carried off the maiden
prize at the national competitive drill
at Omaha. Too much credit cannot be
given him for the part he played. The
company, besides winning the prizes
they did, came close to taking the grand
national prize. Such examples as these
serve to show In some degree the work
that has been done In the department.
Captain Gullfoyle has already displayed
his ability to keep up the battalion at
the high standard established by his
predecessors.
The English club met last Saturday
evening with the Ablwtt boys at the
asylum. The attendance was the ful
lest of the year. The program was
given entirely by new members of the
club and Included sketches by Miss
Dean and Mr. Sargent, a story by Miss
Henry, a poem by Miss Green and a
paper by L. J. Abbott. Miss Nelly
Griggs favored tho club with a vocal
solo and encore, which, It Is needless
to say, were much appreciated by the
club, A short business meeting and
the ample refreshments, for which the
hostB are woll famed, completed the
serious business of tho club's meeting.
ANARCHY IN THE CURRICULA
PROFESSOR FLING'S ADDRESS
A Qanornl Oourno Should bo tho Founda
tion for a OollogoZlduofttlon -Unity
tho HimUoflt.
Professor Fling addressed tho stu
dents In chapel Wednesday on "An
nrohy In the College Curriculum." Ho
began by a few humtirous remarks and
was loudly applauded before taking
up his subject. He Raid In substance:
This anarchy Is tht chaos and lock of
unity that exists In all college curri
cula. It Is not restricted to this uni
versity. "Our catalogue shows a good deal of
orler, but only on the surface. The
order Is only apparent . Tho college
curricula Is made up of departments.
There Is no general course. Unity Is
lacking In the curriculum and Instruc
tion. The Instruction should bo given
In such a way that tho student should
know Just what Its rotation Is to every
thing. This lack of unity Is due to
a natural growth. There wns a certain
nucleus In the olasulon among eastern
colleges, then electlves crept In, until
they demanded a pl.ire In the curricula.
They crowded In, but still this nucleus
was required, until It was finally dis
rupted. This has left us pretty nearly
chaos, as an endless number of subjects
Is left for the student to choose from.
There was reason for the Introduc
tion of these new subjects. The world
has progressed since Grecian suprem
acy Is more complex and advanced since
Plato and Aristotle. -
We do not want to go back to the old
nucleus, but to make a broader field.
The old way now simply has Its place.
'in the programs of teachers' associa
tions and educatlonnl publications ,you
will find much said about correlation.
They are trying to make a new nucleus
making a relation on one subject to
another. These bearj me out In this
idea of anarchy.
The danger of making too much re
qulruu work 3Cor!ltHV!"tt,fr nmon
the faculty. This Is nothing to lie
afraid of. If it can be supported by
sound argument I do not care how much
be required If It should form a sure
foundation.
As a general thing the new student
Is untrained, green, and wants to spe
cialize. He Is absolutely alone. It Is
hard for a member of the faculty to
Imagine a boy from a country school
looking at that catalogue. He cannot
tell what he wants; he bus no concep
tion of what he even needs. The In
structors and graduates should put
their experience at his disposal. We
might as well let him work out his own
salvation when he Is first born. Hy the
end of live years in acollego he will
know what we could have told him in
live minutes. We can't expect any
thing else. Hut we lot him take what
he likes It's a question what he does
like, if he strikes something he likes,
or If he specialize In language, science,
what Is the result'.' It Is a one-sided
development.
livery student should have three ob
jects upon enteilng college. First he
should know his position In the un
iverse. Ho should be In sympathy with
all humanity. Can a man who speci
alizes on a narrow basis give his atten
tion to humanity? This does not set
one subject against another.
The citizen 1s the second thing. The
citizen and man are not the same thing.
The state does not have in mind to
fit you to make a living, but to make
citizens llrst. I do not mean that the
state does not need specialists.
It is ingratitude to go out and neg
lect the state, after what it has given
you. You must be more than a spe
cialist to be a llrst class one. You must
lay the foundation for the specialty
first. This Js the third thing to con
siderthe Individual' specialist. Hu
manity, citizenship and the individual.
What shall the course bo? What
kind of training will bring these results.
The ulsclpllne and contents of tho sub
ject count first. Discipline means men
tal and intellectual power. The
reason Greek and Latin are empha
sized is because there is something else
there besides discipline. Greek un
locks a great treasure to you. The con
tents of the subject should have a little
emphasis. But we are losing sight of
tho content, In paying too much atten
tion to discipline.
In the study of mathematics certain
laws held its relation with astronomy,
etc. These laws should bind the courses
of the curricula together. Tho nucleus
of the curricula should establish a close
relationship with the departments.
Every student should know Just where
each study stands. He should know
every step of his course. He should
have guldaiv in thn class-room and
should hno i what position that
department holds in Its rolatlon with
others,"
Captain Gullfoylo will tnko tho bat
talion to Nebraska City next Wed
nesday and the cadets will remain In
camp until the following Monday. It
will be arranged that those who wish
may come home Hundny. Those who
went to Iteatrlce two years ngo havo
told of .the good time they had until
the others are as eager to go this year
as they are. If any cadet does not go
It will lower his mark considerably.
In order that no superfluous articles
and all necessary articles may be
taken the following list ds printed,
which comprises everything needed by
one man while In camp:
One pillow, two blankets, one empty
bed tick, at least two suits of under
wear, one knife, one fork, one spoon,
one tin plate, one tin cup to bo pur
chased there, four towels, one bag for
toilet articles, one watorproot gar
ment for each tunt, one tin bucket,
one dipper, one small mirror, two
wash basins, camp stools recommend
ed. The railroad company will not
carry over seventeen cakes for each
man.
M'U. CAUL TUCKER'S IU2C1TAL.
The muslcalc given by Carl Tucker
last Monday night was attended by
an audience that crowded Palladlan
hall. The hall was very tastefully
decorated with palms, with inviting
couches around the windows unci
walls. Mr. Tucker was assisted by
some of the best musical talent In the
city nndtho concert was In every way
truly enjoyable. Mr. Tucker Is n great
favorite in the university as well as
the city, as was evinced by the hearty
applause given him at his appearance.
His voice has greatly Improved dur
ing the past year and has a full, sym
TWihetlC -qunllt5:""-Trh!h In -chnraoter-Istlc
of a fine baritone voice. The se
lections by Miss Agnes Sewell were
especially well rendered. Her last
number had a very famillnr ring nnd
reminded one forcibly of the dramatic
club performances last year. The par
ticipants In the program were iMiss
Maude Hissor, Hagonow string quar
tet Miss Agnes Sewell, Mr. Charles
Hagonow, -Mrs. Cheney and Mr.
Tucker.
"Sam'l of Posen." This successful
comedy will bo given at tho Funke
opera house on Friday and Saturday,
and Saturday matinee, May 22 and 23,
with the original Sam'l. Mr. M. B.
Curtlss, supported by Miss Alblna de
Mer, who has always shared tho hon
ors with Mr. Curtlss In her old role of
Coleste, tho ndventuress. They will be
accompanied by an exceptionally
strong cast. "Sam'l of Posen," "der
most Innocent man on der roadt, Re
becca," to quote Mr. M. II. Curtlss, is
a comedy calculated to display the pe
culiar talents of Mr. Curtlss in imper
sonating the drummer. That Mr. Cur
tlss Is head and shoulders way beyond
other actors of similar character on
the stage, it only requires a few min
utes observation to convince one. His
comical walk across the stage Is half
the battle, while his plausible manner
and audaciously conceived and boldly
carried out explanation, would wean a
man from a twelve months' worry.
Seats on sale at Dunn's drug store.
Regular prices, 25, 50, 75 and 1.
POLITICAL ECONOMY CLUB DE
BATE. The last meeting of the Political
Economy club this year will be held In
Union hall next Wednesday evening.
There will be a debate on the question,
"Granting the efllcacy of bimetallism,
resolved that the United States should
enter upon tho free coinage of silver
at IC to 1." The speakers on the af
firmative will bo Lien and Harding and
on the negative Lamb and Bollenbach.
An appropriate musical program has
been arranged to supplement the de
bate. The meetings of the club this year
have been very interesting, but they
have not been well attended. There
was plenty of Interest manifested in
the Kansas-Nebraska debate, and why
should not our local debates be encour
aged In tho same way? Let the stu
dents come out next Wednesday even
ing so that Union hall will bo crowded.
Everybody Is Invited to come out and
hear this live question discussed.
NOT A RUSH FOR LADDERS
BUT THEY DREW A CROWD
Tho Hoys' Qymnnaium Exhibition not bo
Attrnotivo as tho Olrla'-But
Thoy do Good Work.
There was no such rush for seats at
tho boys' exhibition Inst Saturday night
as thoro was tho week before. Thoro
were no roof parties, no ladders out
and no guards posted. The young men
were not dressed so attractively as tho
girls; there were not nearly so many
of them. Thoy did not work to tho
Irresistible swing of music and boys
are not girls, anyway. But thoy did
look woll ns they tiled In with their
white pants and ties and their black
shirts, and thoy did some good work,
as those who witnessed will testify.
Tho wand rill was a very dlfllcult one,
but was smoothly done. Tho diving for
height and distance was of a high and
extended order, and In spite Of the ap
parent certainty of broken necks, no
one wns Injured. Tho ability to descend
headfirst from a considerable height
and to roll up onto the feet without
Injury Is Intrinsically worth acquiring.
Edglngton's sail through the air In the
long dive reminds one of the graceful
fight of a frog. Thirty feet six Inches
Is a long distance to dive nnd land head
first , but Edglngton did It.
The tumbling by Stlllson, Wetzel and
Swearlngen excited much Interest and
admiration.
Tho apparatus work this year was
of the athletic type. Kyle Jumped from
a high horse over a stick more than
nine feet from tho floor, and others
followed close on. This calls for con
siderable courage even when the take
on Is from a horse. Some very grace
ful work was done In tho snapping from
the high bar over a stick which came to
be considerable higher than the bar It
self. Sutton, Edglngton and Kors
mcyxr were very proficient here.
recalled to repeat some of the
smoothest club swinging yet scon here.
A new feature In the exhibition was
the "First Aid" work. Two men were
tournlquetted. splinted nnd bandaged
until they were sent out as good ns
new. Another was brought In drowned,
but by skilful treatment and artificial
respiration was resuscitated and carried
away on a litter made of two vaulting
poles, a blanket and some safety pins.
Tho club drill was one made up of
very simple movements, but repre
sented, nevertheless, nn amount of
faithful work, which the spectators
could not appreciate.
Collins' team In bag passing did beau
tiful work, making not nn error till the
llfth game. His team won easily.
Considering the disadvantage under
which the classes have worked the past
year, the exhibition made a very good
showing, many Individuals doing par
ticularly good work. Everybody knew
his work and did It, the band discoursed
sweet music, and the lights were bright.
The department extends thanks to all
who helped to make the evening a suc
cess. RULES GOVERNING MEMBERS OF
THE TENNIS ASSOCIATION.
Rule 1 Persons Entitled to Play:
Only mebers of good standing shall be
entitled to play on these courts.
Rule 2 Conditions of Play: No one
will be allowed to play on these courts
unless they wear tennis shoes.
Rule 3 Time of Play: (a) For
Doubles Persons playing in doubles
shall have a right to hold the court
only until the 'third set has been com
pleted. Note (1). (For the single court
this rule will apply to players in
singles). Note (2) (A player who has
completed his third set shall not be en
titled to enter another set of either
singles or doubles, provided enough
other players are present to complete
such sets.) (b) For Singles: Persons
playing In singles shall have a right to
hold a double court only until the com
pletion of the first set; or, the odd
game In second set if others desiring
to play arrive during the second.
Rule 4 Condition of Grounds: Tho
courts shall not be used for playing
except when in proper condition; I. e.,
shall not be used when muddy, or when
so soft that 'tracks are made by tho
players.
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