Nebraska Newspapers

    fHB NBEJRASKAN.
Vol. V. No, 25
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, iil-NCOLN, APRIL 16. 1807.
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Y, H. 0. A, ANNUAL REPORT
Tho Rotiring Prosltlont Compllos a
Rovlow of tho Yoar'8 Work.
GOOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Tho Report (live u Complete Review of
the Work From tho Beginning to
tho CIomo of tho College Your
Work Aocnmpllnhcd,
President Dnvls of tho V. M. C. A. him
complotod hid ar.miut report, It In comploto
In ovory dotull nnd thoroughly covers tho
ground. Tho full report Is given bolow,
Wo Imvo como to tho cIobo of unothor
nnaoolntlon your. Although wo have had
draw backn, they wore only ho uh to keep
us hum bio und mindful that tho success
of our work wus In Qod'H hands, und that
It wan our duty to bo faithful. Still wc
have (rood cnuso for thankfullncas that
tho nnsoclntlon bun kopt puco with tho
growth of tho Institution, and bun touched
ovory plume of collego life. Tho yoar clos
cn with brlKlu liopoa that tho association
may Increase Uh hclpfullncan to cvary one,
and thus llll tho plnoo It Hhould In our un
Iveidlly llfo.
MEMBKRS1I1P-At tho beginning of
tho association .year, there were 199 mom
born, of whom 1G5 were aotlvo and 31 ns
Boclato, At tho closo of tho collego your
tho resident membership wns 200, 8 mom
born having been added and 1 having loft
oollego. At tho oponlng of tho present col.
logo yoar 147 mombera relumed, of these
12S woro active and 19 associate. Since
September 59 havo Joined thu association,
63 of whom are aotlvo and C associate; C
havo lofi tho university, mnklnK tho pros
out membership 200, of whom 17G aro nc
tlvo and 21 aro associate. Two of tho as
sociates have bocomo aotlvo momberu dur
ing the year.
3KMEUTINGS of thu association From
" - " AMUb. ,
April J, to Juno m; tnpro wereisovon
ance of 43 of young men. Noonday pray
er services were held each collego day
with an attendance of 14. Slnco Septem
ber tho meetings havo been iih follows
Weekly devotional meetings, 19, avorago
attendance C7; Sabbath addresses, C, aver
age attendance KM; noonday prnyor meet
ings 170, average attendance 8; annual
business meeting, attendance 30; mission
ary meetings (Joint) C, average attendance
55. The day of prnyor for colleges was
observed. During thu year thcro has been
tho following nddressos; May 31, 1890, 1'rof.
L. A. Sherman Collego Christianity, this
being the annual Y. M. and Y. W C. A.
address, attendance 700; Hov. Mr. Dun
ning To .he Work; Chancellor MncLean
Father's Advlco; Itov. Mr. Purmeloe
America; Chancellor McDowell Four Men
nnd a Hook; Dr. Rowlands Christmas
Talk; Itov. Mr. Hlndman Spiritual Dis
cernment. UUJblC Study Tho association hus fol
lowed mo pian auopteu ny tno commltteoj
some two years ago. and by a careful
study of tho exporlenco of former classes,
tho committee hopes ;o make these clas
ses more Interesting as well as holpful.
Following Is a list of classes with average I
attendance: St. Paul M. 13. church, Prof.
L. A. Sherman Tho Life of Christ and
the Christ Llfo, hold In city Y. M. C. A.,
average attendance 120. First Buptis., Dr.
Rowlands The Teachings of Christ, 35;
First Congregational, Miss Wilde Liro
and Teaching of Christ, 25; Central church
of Christ, Dr. Johnson Book of Romans,
15; Vino Stroot Congregational, a. D. Sweo
15; Vine St. Congregational, G. D. Sweezoy
Teachings of Christ 25; Second Presby
terlnn, Professor Card Jeremiah, 20. To
tal 200, coun.lng one half ladles makes un
avorago attendance of 130 young men at
theso clnsses.
Besides tho above, classes taught by
students aro as follows: W. H, Rhodes
History of tho Blb'.o, tittendnnco G; Jos.
H. Bayer Porsonal Workers' Training
Class, 8; Mr. McMIchnel Acts, chapter
study, 4; John II, Boose, 0; W. T. Elmore
Hormony of iho Gospels, 14.
Through request of tho association, tho
following electlves havo been arranged;
Plan and purpose In nature, Dr. Bessoy,
first and second semester; Biblical Inter
urotatlon, Dr. Sherman; Now Testament
Greek, Professor Dann. Theso classes
have been well attended during tho year.
MISSIONARY During tho year seven
missionary Sabbath afternoon meetings
havo been held, tho two of last year wero
along tho line of what tho needs of the
field wore. Since September, four meet
ings havo been held which wero very buc-
crage nUcndince ;ot 'andtwo Joiit fiifs?
oor'"1. These meotlngH woro bottor at
ten I ih'" yonr than formerly, tho aver
age being 55 young men, Tho mlsHlonury
tutorest lias been oxcollont thin year In
many renpeatn. Four of our bent ntudontH
have given their llvon Into tho hands of
their mimter, and Bald, "Clod willing, I
purpono to bo a mhnlonitry." Tho volun
loern havo hold weokly mootlngH, which
have been full of Interest. Tho visit of
Mr. fltudd of London will novor bo for
gotten and consequently IiIh Inltucnca
will go on, A mission study class has
been hold each Saturday for tho atudy of
missions. They have followed tho oourno
outlined by tho educational soorotary of
8. l M. F. M. Tho glftH to missions Is
muoh Iohs thin year than formerly owing
largely however beeauso tho matter wan
not preHsod or an opportunity given for
tho members of tho association to deposit
vho!r gifts. Wo hopo thin will not occur
again. However, Bomo $15.00 havo been
subscribed,
Tho Hold of Intorcollcglato relations Is
oponlng. Tho visit of Mr. Vlekery last
April wan holpful nnd rumlndod us that
wo could help tho woakor associations.
Several visits by delegation hnvo 1ecn
made to other colleges In around Lincoln.
Hut little correspondence hnH boon done.
Tho Gonovu delegation formed through
consent of the statu uollouo inmmlltoo a
ntudont committee composed of a momhpr
from each association. This commlttco
woro to havo meetings monthly or when
convenient, but I; scorns that no conven
ient lime enmo. During tho stato conven
tion which was held In Lincoln, many of
tho workers from othor colleges enmo In
to touch with us. A collego news loiter
wus proposed but llnaneo nnd manage
ment wero lacking. Tho Held Is ripe for
tho now officer, and we are assured thoy
will occupy the ready field. Flvo young
men attended tho summer conforonco nt
Inko Geneva, Messrs, Allen, Sayor, Plnk-
erton. Corey nnd Davis. Tho association
has a copy of "Men" tho ofllclnl organ of
tho Y. M, C. A. In America, In Its room
1 Tho -llbrarlanlrlasikeDKiifteoordtol! nil
"i. iiis' T VK3rf'.y J. iVl
uuuutiuiio vi luujim VijuzjuiuRBBOUiaiiun
uuriiiK me year.
During he year, four socials wero hold
The annual 'awn social was hold last
May at tho Delta Tail Dolta ohnptor houso
at about 100 were present. Tho annual
oponlng roeept'on In conjunction with tho
Y. W. C. A. to students and faculty, was
held the (Irs: Thursday of tho collego year,
Toward tho closo of November on "npplo
social" was given to tho young mon, In
the association room. About 80 woro pres
ent. Tho mld-wlntcr social wns held In
ibo parlors of tho city asoclatlon bind
ing. This was very well attended.
Tho advertising commlt.eo hns been
faithful In Its work. Ilesldo tho ordinary
papor and bulletin announcements which
have been oxcollont nnd ubundnnt, print
ed notices nnd Invitations havo been sent
out. Tho commlttco has dono nearly all
of ;ho printing of tho association during
the past year.
Tho llnuncle.l part of the nsslocatlon
work shows a wonderful record. After
April 1, 1S9G. tho now treasurer collected
nbout $00.00 on tho Marshall fund. Also
through his ofllclent management nbout
$115.00 was subscribed In advertisements
for tho yonr book, something over $100.00
of It being collected. $90.00 was paid out
to tho publishers of tho hand book. Tho
expenses of the dolegat'on to Gonovn,
which was met lnrgoly by delegates going,
amounted to $1C0. The association paid
$30 to state comml.tco and Incldontal lec
tures, socials and missions tho sum of
$70, making a total expenditure of over
$100 for tho year. Tho year closes with only
one pledge unfullfllled $15.00 to tho Inter
national work The music commlt.ee has
dono especially good work, the Y. M. C.
A. gloo club having been organized.
The usunl holpful work was dono for
now students at tho opening of the col
lege year.. The calling and relief com
mittee hns dono good work. Tho work of
tho city m'sslons has been continued with
success,
Tho roport concludes with tho following
recommendations:
1 That tho graded course of Bible study
aheaiJy begun bo extended, enlarged and
made c strong feature of tho association
work.
2 That tho Intor-colleglato news letter
bo made a reality.
3 That the members of tho association
take more time to bo holy as well as Intel,
leotual, and more personal, devotional Bi
ble study bo urged upon oach member.
4 That tho excellent work begun by the
calling and relief committee be enlarged
and made a groated reality.
G That tho association tako stops In se
curing a secretary for the university asso
ciation
H UTama mnUtM hk 1.IJI '
u ilium umiiiiaBio uu tain on reacn.ng men
for tho Mnstor,
PERSHING RIP
,ES DRILL
Audlonco as Largo-at a Girls' Gym.
Exhibition.
NEW MOVEMENTsflNTRODUOED
After Several
Iloyn Put
Weeks' Ward Work, tho
Themselves In Good
Shape Program und Details
of tho lCxTilblttoii.
Tho exhibition drill for whloh tho Per
shing Rllles have been 'working hard for
tho last throo weeks was given Thursday
evening In tho nrmqry Tho drill was
nn Immense hucoosh nrd greatly pleased
the largo crowd In attendance. About
:ttt) tlckots of ndmloslon wero given out
and It Is safe to any that every one wan
used. Tho gallery was nllod and It was
necessary to place seats at both ends and
around tho Hides of tho "armory.
Tho cadet band was Htatloned In tho
west end of tho nrmory and rendered sev
eral excellent numbers during tho Inter
missions In tho drill. Tho ilrst event on
thu program was a drill showing tho evol
ution of a squad from 'a crowd of green
fnvthlos to a body of well drilled cadets.
When tho bugle for tho drill was sounded
the members of tho company woru stand
ing about tho room some attired In citi
zens' dress, some In cadet uniforms, nnd
still others In a mixture of each. They
were Immediately arranged according to
weight, formed Into a company and divid
ed up Into squads. Xheso squads wero
under tho command of iilio corporals, who
Instructed them In tho simple marching
movements nnd setting tup exorcises. After
a live minutes drill In' this manner dur
ing which there woroj many laiigiiabio
mistakes, such as only) a freshman could
commit whon drilling, his best, tho
cadets wero taken outfjiof'tho awkward
squads and formed Intoni: company. Thoy
were then quickly mar-
cd off tho lloor
to prcparo for tho drll
fellow.
, During tho Intermit
band played
again marched on the lloor and wero re
ceived with great applause. They wero
attired In bluo blouses nnd whlto duck
trousers. Captain SeliWartz then put the
company through n regular company drill.
Tho movements wero executed In an ex
cellent manner and several tlmos the
crowd showed Its appreciation by vigor
ous applause.
After tills came tho drill by tho spec
ial squads. Tho tlrat of theso was tho
subre squad composed of seven members
of tho Rllles who went through a series
of sabre exercises to the music of tho pi
ano, In u creditable manner. This was
followed by tho battle exorcises whlnli
wero given by n squad of eight men. This
was a very interesting drill as tho com
mands Instend of being given by tho com-
Willi
leur woro ve
v minutes, th
mander, wero executed to the calls of tho not thoroughly dry, were used to make
bugle. All movements of a skirmish line I tho experiment. This coal retails In Lln
In action were performed ns neatly and , coln ut -C5 I,cr ' nntl ls nuou tho mim
quickly as If tho commands had been by 1'rlco In tho greator part of the stato,
word of mouth. ' With coal at this prlco and worth 1.9
Next came the drill of tho silent man
ual sqund, which executed tho various
movements of the manual of arms and al
so tho marching movements. This drill
showed hard work nnd great care on tho
part of tho members of the squad as thcro
was not a command of any sort given and
yot tho movements wero done In an almost
perfect manner. Tho drilling of tills squad
was llko clock work and tho precision and
accuracy with which they executed tho
movements wns wonderful.
Tho last of tho special drills was given
by tho bayonet squad. Thl.s drill consisted
of bayonet exorcises which wero executed
to music and wero porformed In a highly
artistic mannor. Tho Individual bayonet
fencing was especially good.
First Sergeant Weeks then formed tho
company In slnglo rank for tho spell down.
Tho Judges In the contest wero Captain
Gullfoylo and Captain Campbell, and Lt.
Wilson of tho Lincoln Light Infantry. At
first lt did not take long to thin out tho
ranks, but after a while when only the
moro excellent mon remained, tho weeding
out process became slower, whllo tho In
terest In tho contest Increased. It llnnlly
.narrowed down to onlyftlireo mon, Brown
Stobblns and Snuff. At this point a dis
pute arose as to the way' a certain movo
mont had been executed, After some dis
cussion, all three cadots wero allowed to
remain and tho drill proceeded. After dril
ling for somo time, Stiiiff fell out. Ho
wns soon followed by Brown, and Stob
blns was declared the 'winner. Ho was
Immediately picked up by: his enthusiastic.
comraues ana tossed several times just"
several
t f flIlftUr 4lUT (VAwl M.A.PfAl
-"" . r"y wmj fir';f
This ended the drllla for the evening,
which was one of thu best over glvou by
tlie Rllles. Following Is the program.
PART I.
Ovorluro "Tho Test MuCohIi
Cadet bund.
Instruction of reoriiltH-HhowIng tho Evo
lution of tho company Entire company.
Music .. Selected
Cadet Bond.
COMPANY DRILL.
Saluto to the Governor "flenerars March
Manual of Arms Marchings.
Mimlo Selected
Cndot Hand,
PART II.
BARRIO DRILL.
Lender, F. A, Korsmeyer; Plnnlst, J, L.
Kind; Cadets, Haer, Dnvonport, Gar
Inger, Lyons, Rain, Hoed Weber.
RATTLE EXERCISES.
iA'iulcr, II, C. Pnriuolco; Trilirpetet, A.
H. Wolln; Cndotn, A. L. Hrown, Col
let!, Haggard, llelmrod, Hessler,
A. Pnrnielec, Robinson, Wotr.el,
BILENT MANUAL AND MARCHINGS.
Leader, W. II. Oury; Cndotn, Hegtol,
Hrown. O., Hntle, Hedg Morrison,
BAYONET KXWRC18KS.
Lender, C.F. Soli wart; Pianist J.L. Kind,
Cndotn, Grant. Hendy, Thllbrlck, Sax
ton, Snuff, True, VnnValln, Weeks.
"BPMLL DOWN"....Hy entire company
Mimic Selected
Cadot Hand.
T1IK 8KNIOR PROM.
The senior promonado has horeofore
been more of a class ban a general social
function nt tho university, but nn effort
Is being mndo this year to have It tho
Hwollest promenade of 'ne yonr and from
tho present looks of th'ngj, It would seem
that such nn effort Is meeting with suc
cess. The commlttco hnvo been doing
somo oxcollont work. The dnnco Iuib al
ways been held nt the capltol In order to
accomodate mow couples, but this year It
will be held nt the Lincoln hotel, which
although smaller is much the pleasantcr
place for a dance. The tickets this year
are to bo absolutely limited to forty-live
and thus tho lloor will not be so unpleas
antly crowded as nt tho Junior prom. Tho
music will bo of tho very llnest and a
number of new pieces of dance music
that havo not been played before In this
town will be Introduced on tho program.
It Is said that there havo boon nearly
enough tlckots spoken for already, to
reaoh Urn limit, so tho dance Is sure to 1m
'yafaWaWiiiilTririyrB'u1 ih unjoyfrrmr
soelnlly. The date as everyone knows U
April 2.1.
CORN TO BURN.
A series of experiments wero begun at
the university experiment station last
wlntor for the purpose of testing tho rol
atlvo vuluo of fuel and corn as fuel. Ow
ing to a lack of money to carry on tho
work, xperlmentlng has been Impeded but
ns soon ns funds can bo obtained, tho
thorough Investigation of the subject will
be continued. The quurfilong of burning
corn is one that is talked about a great
deal in this state. In tho tost that was
made, one pound of coal produced 1.9
times as much heat us ono pound of corn.
Rock Springs nut coal and a good grndo
of dent ear corn, of the sume year's crop
times as much for fuel us un equal weight
of corn, tho fuel valuo of tho corn would
bo $3.50 per ton, or 12& cents per busholl.
Accordingly, coal musk sell nt $3.40 per
ton to bo ns cheap a fuel as corn at 10
cents a bushel, or at $4.35 to bo as cheap
ns corn nt 8 cents. Corn would bo a much
cleaner commodity.
PROF. FLING LEAVES.
Professor Fling and wife loft for Europe
this afternoon at 2.05. They will sail from
New York for Antwerp on tho 21st of this
month. Professor Fling will go direct to
Paris, remaining there a few days, ani
from tholr ho will mnko a tour of all tho
cities where Mlrabonu was a resldont or
prlsonor. working up his llfo from tho or
iginal sources. It Is In.entlon to finish his
Ilrst volumo on tho llfo of Mlrabeau as
soon ns possible, a work he has had un
derway for some time. Ho went to Eur
ope yenr beforo last and obtained special
permits to examine material that the
Fronoh government keops closely watch
ed. In this way ho has been able to mako
satisfactory Investigation of tho French
Revolution of which ho hns made a spec
ialty. Ho hopes to complete the work on
tho first volumo on this trip. Among tho
prominent points ho will visit are: Orleans
Tours, Poitiers, Bordeaux, Marseilles,
Toulouse, Avignon, NImes, Aries, DIJon.
Professor and Mrs. Fling expect to sail
for America by August 28.
Miss Tremalno will tako Charge of tho
European history department during his
absence.
A party of students will visit Texns this
summer canvassing for stereoscopic views
nnd another party will go lo Montana.
MINSTREL SHOW A SUCCESS
Audience Tested tho Seating Capacity
of tho Chapol.
aUITE A NEAT SUM EAISED
The Iloyn Put up iih Good mi Appcnrnnco
Ah real Live Coonn Could or Prim
rose mid Went Made nn In
orenne In Local Notoriety.
Tho Ilrst annual minstrel show given in
the chapel Saturday night was not only
an uuqtiitllltod success from a laughing
stand point, but It also netted u good sum
for tho baaoball team, something over fif
ty dollars. When tho curtain was drawn
tho seating capacity of tho chnpcl wns
tasted lo Its limit, by nn audlonco which
had waited patiently far somo time, and
which passed the time prnlltnbly, read
ing the program and the ads thereon.
They had tlmo to go over It again, to see
that they had skipped nothing. By tho
way, Louie Wostormnn did somo hard
rustling In getting up that program, und
Ih entitled to credit therefore
Tho picture that greeted the eyes of tho
audience, was that of llfteen young mon
lu diuiin cults, wmxw tiv:te wero a dark
ns tho university rumpus, after tho Puri
tanic hour of ten. Tho opening chorus In
cluding tho famous "Ta-ran-ta-ra" song
from Pirates of Penzance was cairlcd oft
smoothly showing thu effect of a rousing
chorus whon given by trained voices. At
tho end of tho song, Clint Norton tho In
terlocutor nroso nnd stated that on no
count of the unaccountnblo tardiness of
tho four end men, tho show would hnvo
to go on without them. Ho was so earn
est and mortified when ho mndo his llttlo
speech that all tho audlonco except his
personal friends believed him. When Fred
Teal sat at tho piano to play a solo tho
four end men entered lu various types of
linen dusters and decayed grip sacks, and
sang tho chorus of "Tell'om Your Baby's
a-Coinln' to Town" whllo thoy pranced
around tho stage. Jess Rowo woro a small
frhM-esirlrataMtidua'nHsirbled Tnatttiroshr
Georgo Porter hnd a bisected straw hat,
and "Hunk" Mueller woro a linen duster
and a Burrow's felt hat that was ono of
tho family holrlooms. Tho Jokes In tho
performance besides bolng of an entirely
local nature, wero all new, (to this gener
ation) nnd pleased tho participants In tho
show hugely. Every time a now gng wns
sprung on a prof, the audlonco would
turn around and look at him to see how
he enjoyed notoriety, and his neighbors
all explained the beauties of tho Joko to
him. Short Lohnhoff sang "I Lovo lou
In the Sumo Old Way" In a very pleas
ing manner, his rich voice coming out well
on tho high tones. Georgo Whitley's, "Llt
tlo Rag Doll" was rondered with much
feeling, Allio Randolph sang "Lucy O
Lu, 1 Lovo You" ns If ho meant every
word of It. Alllo made a lino coon nny
way. Ho wore a Knolly old wig that ho
mndo out of a hnlr mattress. When ho
perched it on tho top of bis head, it looked
like an inverted bird's nest. Ho had a
mouth that was painted nearly to his ears
and a pair of high water duck pants that
lltted him as well as If they were mado
for Profossor Hodgeman. Hunk Muollor's
original song 'Tho Blow that Almost Kill
ed Father" was, loudly applauded and
Hunk was forced to look up tho last four
vorses that he had written on the bosom
of his shirt. Georgo Porter showed tho
audlonco how adept ho was nt stealing
chickens, In his Illustrated song, and
Burt Whedon's "All Coons Look Alike to
Mo" took the house. After tho Y. M. C.
A. gleo club bad been duly and deserved
ly roasted, Stub Burgot and D.ivvy Dav
enport cam In ns the Yeilow Kid and
Liz, and danced nround tho floor to ho
air of "Daughter of Oilleor Porter." D.iv
vy looked like a milk maid In hl.i llttlo
striped tunic and flat straw hat. Ho
worried so much about tho way his frock
looked In front that he kopt his back to
tho people all tho time.
Tho Interlude was given over to musi
cal specialties by Chapman and McCano,
and tho recitation of "Casey nt tho Bat"
that helped to mako DoWolfo Hopper fa
mous. Georgo Porter spelled lt off In a
bnso ball outfit, and did It very effective
ly. The second part wns n play called "An
Untimely Masquerade" but most every
ono In tho audlonco reeognezed It as tho
piny "Chums" which was given at tho
Funke Opera houso two years ago by tho
dramatic club, with a much hotter stage
sotting, and under bettor circumstances
gonorally. Jess Rowe mado a great o:d
farmer, with some gray sluggers that were
lots heavier on ono side than tho other,
(Continued on fourth page.)
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