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I THE NEBRASKAN. Vol. V. No. 16 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, JAN. 29. ,8q7. Price 5 Cents. STOP FOOTBALL PLAYING Nebraska Legislators Consider a Law to Prevent It. A BILL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED 11 the Members of the Committee to Which tho Hill Was Referred are In Favor of Its Passage In terviews With Them. There hns been considerable eummont Ueanl among those Intcrostcil concerning bill recently Introduced In the house which Is entitled, "A Hill for an Act to prevent Football Playing In tho State of jfebraska." providing punishment for the violation of the act, and providing for the rresi of persons In preparation or train Ins to t usage In any football game. The bill was Introduced by Speaker Gaf fln, "In accordance with a popular, de mand" as he puts It. The text of the bill Is as folllows. He It enacted by the legislature of the lUte of Nebraska; Section one That If any person shall en rage as principal In any game of football within the limits of the state of Nebraska, every such person so found shall on con viction k lined In any sum not less than twenty dollars nor more than J100.00, and be imprisoned In the county jail not less than ten days, nor more than three aoath?, and pay the costs of the prosecu tion. Section I If any person be concerned In or attend any such game of football as described in section one. of this act as, bicker, umpire, assistant, reporter or look er on, everj such person so found shall en conviction be fined In any sum not less thin five dollars, nor more than twenty five dollars and pay tho costs of prosecu tion, one half of such fine to go to the In former. Section 3 Be It further enacted that If at-any - time, Uv-herlff.of ;ay .county. constable or marshal or other police of ficer of any city or Incorporated village shall have reason to believe that any per son In his bailiwick Is to engage as prin cipal In any game of football as described la iwtlon one of this net, or Is in ptepar itfcm c training to engage as principal In any said football game, he shall forthwith aire; any such person, and conduct him before any Judge of the district court, or before any county judge, magistrate, or Jostle of the peace In his county, and up on the proper affidavits, prosecute the eempUint. and thereupon the Judge or magistrate shall inquire Into the truth of ih rharre and If he shall llnd It true, he ahall require the accused to enter Into a lecogtuzanc-f. with sufficient sureties to be approved by su-di Judge or magistrate, in a sum 110; less than $100.00 nor more than C0O.MI. i jndiiionod that the accused will not enpai:e in any game of football within the jirrlud of one year on and after the date of mjcIj arrest, and In default of such recognizance, such Judge, Justice or mayor shall commit the parly accused to the Jail of the -jumy to remain until he gives rec ogulzaiii'i with sureties. Provide that after the expiration of one month i he person so confined is unable to enter mto such recognizance, in the same amoun. .,d with the same conditions, on wo' h , mfactory to such Judge, by the af fldavji of the accused and other evidence. that the jieraon confined shall not be con owned or engage in any sueh game of foot Ull Within the time limited In said recog-alxatu-t- Th hill nas passed second reading and has been referred to the committee on mls OGllantvuK subjects. As to hi motive far Introducing the WW. and lta prospects for passage, Speaker Gaf fia. when seen by a Nebraekan reporter said. -Thews is no chanee yl to give a Eueu at. n, ivhat uHll !ib done with the U1L li nig been referred to the committee j lut no action has been taken. I do not in tend to make any great fight for the WW. lui I am strongly In favor of its passage. I simply introduced it because there is a strong public fientlment in favor of such action. Jlore than that, a number of the fflembtn have come to me since I intro duced the bill, taring that they were in favor of such a law. There seems to be aueh more sentiment in favor of Its pas sage than I imagined there would be hen It -was Introduced." Koran of Platte, a member of the com mittee to which the 1U was referred, ex Wessed himself as being strongly In fav or of abolishing the game If It can be law fully done. As to the constitutionality of th& h 11 a- -.,.,. Um. ,aa nrtt RO SUr. There are laws making people who wit ness prize fights subject to a fine and he could suo no reason why It could not be donu In the case of football. Smith of Richardson, also a member of this committee said: "As to what action tho committee will take, I cannot say, but think It likely that they wilt recommend the passage of tho bill. From all reports, 1 have heard, It seems that football Is a dangerous game, and ns such, I do not think It should bo allowed to be played In the state. Lcmar of Saunders, another member of tho sama committee, seemed also to be In favor of abolishing the game. He was not yet acquainted with the details of the hill, but thought It probable that some leg islation concerning the game would be en acted by tho session. It hardly seems probable that the bill as Introduced can be passed, but It need not surprise anyone If some action of this kind Is taken. In general the members of the legislature know very little about the game, and few of them Indeed have ever seen It played. H. P. GAGE. COMPANY "A" PKBD. On last Saturday, the members of com pany "A" spent n very enjoyable evening at the Invlta'lon of Captain Oury, In Phi Delta Theta hall. The early part of the evening was spent Informally In general conversation, drinking elder and eating apples and nuts. First Sergeant Haggard then called the company to attention and started the speech making. Otis Weeks, captain In "93, gave the boys a spirited talk on com pany enthusiasm and told them how to win the cup. Captain Oury also gave a short address to the company. He ex plained fully concerning the Company "A" captains' medals and urged every mem ber of the company to compete for them. Several others followed with short speech es. Card j and smoking then became the order of the evening and this together with eating up the good things occupied the rest of the time. All were unanimous in declaring they had a good time and they showed their appreciation by toslng all of the officers of tho company from the sergeants to captain. The boys adopted compay colors, scar let and light blue, also a company yell. LAW LOCALS. Dr. Green has begun his lectures on In sanity. So far ho has played to a full house. More than one junior concedes that he fee-Is enlightened in consequence of having mastered all of Will Blackstone. The terror of the general Judgment of which the scriptures speak. Is materially lessened among the senior Isws, since it has become known that most of the class jiaased In common law pleading and equi ty. The following resolutions were pased bv the faculty o: tne university oi juwa i at a recent meeting: Whereas, the existing athletic associa tion has failed to commanu such confi dence from the body of the students as to secure from them proper financial sup port: and Whereas, the spectacle of growing In debtedness incurred by athletle or other organizations bearing the university name tends to discredit the students and the university a: large. Resolved, that the faculty deems It un- j advisable to recognize any athletic team as representative of the university, or to grant any privileges to tho members of j any such team for athletic purjoes. un til the payment of t'ebts already incurred by the athletic association hag been prop erly jirovlded for and until fovne organ ization has been perfected which shall be able to offer reasonable assurance thai nothing resembling the present state of affairs ran occur again. WE DON'T BELIEVE IT. At the close of test term, E. J. Sylves ter, editor-in-chief of the Lantern, the or gan of the students of the state university of Ohk. received a letter from J. H. Can- field of the faculty. Informing him that, on account of an editorial censuring mem bers of the faeulty for non-attandanee at chapel exercises, his relations with the uni versity will be severed. At the first meet ing of the literary societies of the univer sity, by which the editor are elected, held recently, strong resolutions were adopted Indorsing Editor Sylvester, con demning the action of the faculty, and requesting that It be reconsidered. Wis consin Cardinal Professor Fossler rather got the Joke on himself last Wednesday. He gave an ex amination to his German class In Ger man script. About half the class failed to .read It so an extra examination had to held Saturday. GLEE CLUB GOES ABROAD Gives Concerts at Nebraska City and the State Normal at Peru. THEY WERE WELL RECEIVED Tim Hoys Have qultu a Few Adventures With Slow Freight Tralns-Tho Trip Very Sucajjasful but not Financially So. The Glee club left iust Friday aftrnoon for Its first trip out lit thu state. The club made a fine showing but did not better It self much financially. The boys arrived at Nebraska City about 4:30, and the first thing they did was to give tho citizens a sample of their voices In the good old University ycl!. That they had voice and plenty of It was evident. After supper, a rehearsal was held In tho opera house. A fair house larger than was expected greeted the club that even ing. The boys presented a line -appearance. The audience seemed highly pleased and expressed Its appreciation of the con cert In llatterlng terms. The gem of the evening was Mr. Kcngy's solo. At 11 o'clock, the boys took a freight for Peru. Then the fun began. About a mile and a half out of Peru the train stopped while three men unloaded three cars of cin ders. The boys wens not In much of a hurry, however, for none of them offered to help unload the cars. They waited pa tiently for two hours or more, spending the time In raising the roof of the caboose. The weather was quite unfavorable, but In spite of the cold the Normal chapel was well tilled. The Normal students patron ized the club handsomely. While In Peru, the boys saw little of Clint Norton. He was busy making calls. He has more friends there than one could count. More freight train experience was ob tained after the concert that night. They left Peru supposedly .at 2, but In reality 'arl'clock'SUndaYnarning." They reached Nebraska City at C o'clock, and left at 7 for Lincoln. None of the bays went cal ling Sunday night as they were too sleepy. Manager Kimball, who accompanied the club, is well pleased -with the trip. He said that he did not expect It to be espec ially remunerative, but that It would aid the club for the future. This first trip olnted out many things which can be remedied, and which will aid the club to do better work. He expects to take the club over the state to the larger cities. The next trip will be made sometime In March or April. What the club lacks is financial backing, he says. He will stand by them and do all In his power but if they had ome influen tial friends out over the state, they could do much good for the club. If our univer sity had a more extensive alumni. It would be a great aid to the club In their trips. In his opinion, a glee club thus traveling over the state, does more good for the uni versity than any other college organiza tion. They are a fine set of fellows, he iay. and deserve the very best of success. HLISS WILL LECTURE. Hev. W. D. P. Bliss will address the Political economy club In the university chapel next Thursday evening. February 4. Reverend Illlss is a well known expon ent of Christian socialism, lie Is return ing from a trip to the Pacific coast and on his return, is delivering lectures in the larger cities. It ever end Kllss believes that the co-operation between emjrioyer and employed cannot be effected In a purely economic way, but must be done with the- assist ance or prompting of ethioal and Chris tian duty. I'tom exierienoe he is con vinced that civilization demand a new aocial order. He wants the new social or der based on a Christian spirit of frat- miUy and co-operation. Reverend Wis has something worth hearing. He is one of the country's clos est student! of labor and social move ments, as well as one of the closest and mo it effective lecturers. The Political economy club is fortunate In securing sueh a man to address the students of the university and the people of Lincoln. DAY OF PRAYER. Thursday of the week war observed as the day of prayer In all the college and uni versities of the United Slate. Owing to the fact that this has been examination week. It was Impossible to observe the day as It has been customarily observed In the university. Chapel exercises were held at 10 o'clock, after which a general mass meeting took place. Dean Sherman was to have ben chair man of the meeting, but was detained at home by an attack of grip. In his ab sence, the chancellor directed tho meeting and gavo ono of his crisp, pointed address es, defining religion and pointing out the relation between It and modern sclccc. Ho was followed by short talks and prayers from ministers of tho city, present and sev eral of tho students. Tho meeting was a decidedly Interesting ono and all who heard tho soul-lnsplrlng addresses given must have had tholr faith strengthened. ORATORICAL CONTEST. The Senter Lohmcr Qualntanco orator ical contest will bo held In tho chapel this evening. The program Is as fallows. Piano solo. Miss Howard. Oration, "Resolved that Capital Punish ment Should bo Abolished." J. P. Cameron. Vocal solo, Miss Amber Harnaby. Oration, "Municipal Reform," G. E. Ha gcr. Vocal solo, II. S. Evans. Oration, "Fun," W. G. Klnton. Whistling solo, D. M. Lehmer. The first prize Is fifteen dollars, tho sec ond, ten dollars. Admission Is free, every body Invited. STUDENTS' RECITAL. The regular monthly public recital was given by the students of the university school of music In the chapel Wednesday evening. The attendance was of quite a respectable size, and they seemed to ap preciate the efforts of the performers. As it whole, the program showed that the school of music was keeping up to the standard of the other departments of the university. There was noticeable Improve ment since the last recital. The following Is 'he program rendered. Piano o'o Meditation, Adele Lewlng, Kate Joyce. Haratone solo Easter song, Faure. Ralph Hrothers. Soprano solo A Norwegian Song, Henri Loge, Lydla Andrews. Piano solo Prelude op. 2S No. 20, Chopin; What Tells the Linden Tree? Doppler; Spring Song op. 2S No. S. KJerulf. Mary Kettering. Tenor-solo Because .-IrLovo-You Dear, C. H. Hawleg, John Martin. Trio, piano, violin and 'cello Rondo G Major, Haydn, May Belle Hagenow, Willie Mudra, George Kimball. Tenor solos Serenade. Ncldllnger. and Good Night Beloved, E. Nevln, Fritz Kors meyer. Soprano solos Mother. O Sing Me to Rest Eugen Hlldach. and The First Song, Gum ben. Lillian Titus. Piano solo Eclogue. LUzt. Ethel Galley. Soprano solo The Star of Bethlehem, Stephen Adams. Gertrude. Wright. GRAHAM TAYLOR HOUSE. For the first time this name appears In the Nebraskan. Unquestionably, there Is something In a name; in this case there Is a great deal. To those Interested In help ing men and women of the great unprivi leged class, 10 help themselves, the name Graham Taylor Is most significant. Indeed it Is an Inspiration, for the man who bears It. has proved that the work which he has undertaken, U practical and not merely theoretical. What is the Graham Taylor house for? It Is tho same college settlement house plus a neat sign and plus an Indefinable tomethlng that comes with a name so full af noble meaning. For months the question of a name has been before iue board of control. It was no eay matter to decide even after it was thought desirable to chooi-e the na.nw of Kime worker . At last a decision was reached. Why Graham Taylor7 Because he Is an American. Indeed, a western work er, since he Is a Chicago man. More than this, he Is well known In Nebraska, hav ing delivered lecturei at the Crete Chau tauqua lor several years. Another thing seemed imjtortant. Graham Taylor Is resi dent warden of Chicago commons- This Is a genuine college settlement, not a so cial settlement as Hull house claims to be. Chicago Commons Is far more pretentious at present than Graham Taylor house. No wonder; yearly, the work requires 13.509. while here was not (IV) all that was asked from faculty and students? But the aim and object differs little in the two Institu tions. This from the articles of Incorpor ation of the Chicago Commons association: "The object for which It Is formed Is to provide a centre for a higher civic and so cial life, to initiate and maintain religious educational and philanthropic enterprises, and to investigate and Improve conditions In the Industrial districts of Chicago. The board and college settlement work era are anxious to secure Prof. Graham Taylor for a lecture In the near future. He Is Just the man to present this work to the students of the university. Silas Lyman had his degree conferred on him In the chancellor's office last Monday. CHOOSE THEIR ORATORS Mr. Roper Awarded First Place and Miss Alderman Second. IT WAS A SPIRITED C0NTETS The Fourteenth Annual Chase and Wheel er Contest Held Under Palladlan Auspices With the Uual Amount of Enthusiasm. L'tist Saturday evening occurred tho fourteenth annual Chaso and Wheeler con test of tho Palladlan literary society. The chapel was tastefully decorated with choc olate and cream and the university colors. A largo silk fiag formed tho back ground to tho stage and a bank of palms stood at the right. Tho program was opened by a violin solo by Mr. August Hagenow. Mr. Hagenow was at his best and received a hearty en core. Following this Mr. Roper spoke on tho "Author Hero ot the Revolution." That hero he declared was Thomas Paine; then the muih esteemed friend of Washington; then tho man who turned gloom and des pair Into brightness and hope; and by hU matchless writings glowing with patriot Ism, nerved our fathers on to victory. To day all this Is forgotten and our hero Is known us Tom Paine, the lnlldcl. But In his "Common Sense," his "Crisis of the Age of Reason," Paine still Uvea In history. Theological prejudice may call him an Infidel; history stamps him aa a patriot. To Judge a man by his works was Mr. Roper's argument. His delivery was natural and earnest, lacking perhaps a lit tle in ease and gesture. Mr. Boose spoke next on the subject, "Great Battles." Several decisive battlea In the world's history were cited. But there are many kinds of battles. Battles of mil itary life, battles of Ideas, and of the souL The latter, Mr. Boose considered the great est of all. His delivery was excellent. After a vocal solo by Misses Redford and Smalls, Miss Alderman spoke on the "Red Color." A very pretty legend of a painter was re lated who painted pictures with such rich red color. Many tried to equal him but never succeeded. When he died a wound, which showed signs of frequent probing was found In his left side. Here lay the se cret. Things are not lasting because we build for the present. No work u. an art ist or artisan but has In It a par: of the artist or artisan himself. Society cannot mv f.isier than the Individuals who com pose It. We rise to higher things profiting by the efforts of those gone before. Miss Alderman's delivery was pleasing and she held the close attention of her audience. Mls Kate Joyce favored the audience wiih a piano solo after which Mr. Hunting spoke on "England's Crime Against Chi na." Forcing the opium habit upon China was one of the crimes which reflected dls- naraclncly upon England's civilization. The civilization England took to China was nearly counter-balanced by the de graded habit forced ujon her. Mr. Hunt ing spoke with force, but was a little ner vous. Th Y. M. C. A. glee club entertained the audience while the Judges made up the decision. Mr. Roper secured first place ami Miss Alderman econd. The Judges on manuscript were; Professors Caldwell. Sherman and Wolfe: on deliver". Mrs. W. J. Bryan, Judge M. B. Reese, Professors Ward and Leas. The New York court of appeals has at last decided tho Fayerweather will case, and It eonflrmsvthe decision of the lower court.' The effect of this decision is to distribute the remaining J3.O00.OW Involved among the following colleges: Amherst, Bowdoln, Dartmouth, Williams, Yale, Col umbia, Hamilton, Lafayette, Lincoln, Maryvllle. Marietta, Adelbert, Wabash, Park. Wesleyan university, the universi ties of Rochester. Cornell, Virginia and Hamilton, and the Union Theological: sem inary. Luther C. RoodJ Harvard's latest ath letic wonder, attempted the phenomenal feat of lifting a 205-pound dumb-bell and raising U with one arm from the should er. In the Hemenwey gymnasium. He failed in his effort, hut, It was his first performance, and In the presence of 100 spectators he was a trifle nervous. Rood has lifted a 195-pound bell before several witnesses. He attempted to repeat the latter feat and thus setahllsh a new ama teur world's record the previous tsst mark being 201 pounds 6 ounces, made by Dick Pennell In New York in 1874.