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THE NE BRASKAN Vol. vi. No, a. UNIVERSITY OK NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, SEPT. 21, 1807. Phiok 5 Cknts. HONOR IN COLLEGE LIFE . It Is t ho Basis of Ethics in n Univer sity State THE CHANCELLOR'S ADDRESS Tin. Himli'iilH mill Faculty form iv llrimt rmiiily Uh lloml of Unity, liu Mircl, HnVl'IVIU'C, OIh'iIIciu'O, utu., Iri "llniior." Tin1 first chnpnl oxorclsoB woro liolil Saturday morning. Tlio ehnpol wuh crowded with both now anil old stwli'iitH, who ltHtonud to thu lunniiil nililri'HH of tho Chnncollor. Tho fol lowing Ih ii Htonogruphlo report of tho C'liniu'i'llor'H address: It Iiiih boon announced that an iin- nmil nddroHH will ho glvon hy mo. bo grout Ih tho ardor of my wolcomo to our ronovatod hallH, to our re freshed and reinforced faculty, on Inrgcd and glorious opportunities for work, I cannot glvo a formal nddroHH. Permit mo, If you demand that of mo, to use a word that you aro novor to iiso uh students unprepared. I como simply with a fow hearty wonlH of greeting and to Indicate to you JiiHt one lino of thought that I hope will bo useful. We liavo talked horotoforo of tho university aa of a groat family. And so It la. Hut that iIoch not cover all tho truth. In tho broadest hoiiho, uh the word Ih usod by St. Paul, "of whom tho whole family In heaven and earth Is niuneil," all Htatcn, all humanity, various liiBtltutloiiB make up families. But while wo ubo the figure of tho ahnu muter, by which tho university Is our "dear," or "chorlHhcd mothor," we know that tho modern university has grown to bo so great an Institu tion that it Ib too complex to bo tully described undor the tltlo of "family." It Is really a microcosm. Wo havo hero not only a state university, but a university state. Wo must have organization; wo must havo laws written and unwritten. Wo must ro memhor that wo aro placed horo In various official positions as citizens &iul rftiMia In a itiil.-crjlty stato. It Is well that tho unlvorsltles havo at last gained tho full recognition of being a microcosm, of bolng mlnlaturo states. Thoy aro centers of lnlluonco for the stato polity and for tho church. Such tho universities havo boon In history. Thoy havo a greater duty than ever In our complicated niodorn civilization. If tho universities in tho centuries past have boon tho contors for germinal thoughts, for tho tIbo of movements that havo swept through civilization, how much more must thoy bo flueh today. Wo havo not tlmo to elaborate, but lot us recall from two or three Instances how tho unlvorsl tles have been centers for thought, for tho dissemination of truth and for tho Inauguration of great movements. We know that liberty has been, main mined in tho universities; that though tho universities of tho old world at times seemed to bo enntured by tho sons of tho nobility and of tho rich, thoy novor became totally untrue to tholr charters and to tholr history. They havo over been places whoro rich and poor mot together upon an equality, whero tho spirit of freedom wns maintained. In tho times of tho founding of Now England, old Cam bridge In England was tho seething center of tho fermenting now truth. New England and American history are forever indobtcd to tho fact that there was a larger percentage of grad uated of tho old unlvorsltles of Eng land In Now England to tho popula tion than has over been known, before or since in any stato. Cromwell know whoro his frionilB wero In tho universities, but particularly in Cam bridge And ngaln wo remembor that England in tho Eighteenth century entered nnow upon a life of roliglous activity and freedom, of genuine thoughtful rationalism that was not conventional, upon a morality that Put to shamo tho rottenness of Eng lish society through a movomont In augurated by a fow students in Ox ford, of whom tho Wesloys wero two. In modern times wo know that when tho civil war camo to America it was the young men in tho colleges which stopped forth, thoy and tho alumni. Our older colleges have monumonts, Hko tho groat Momorlal hall at Har vard, or tho Soldiers' monument at Williams, to toll that tho young men of the country in tho colleges woro of the people and wero for progress and Iberty. And oven in old England tnoro is a modorn movomont that goes out from tho unlvorsltles. To bo Buro, BtudontB Hko Herbert Spencer started speculations that looked toward so ciological reforms, but whonco camo the application? tho real movomont? Prom tho unlvorsltles of Oxford and Cambridge and particularly from Ox ford Wo havo as a world-wide name the name of Toynbeo, who wont from Oxford to apply his sociological spoculatloiiH and to loarn by practlco which In ovor hotter than specula tion what iioolologlcal roforniH Bhould bo. TIiIh university uh a university Htato HtauilH truo to groat traditions, and must do ho. It Ih perhaps only a matter of tho sumtnor's oxcltomont and of nowHpapor llfo that wo hoar In all nowHpapoi'H theso duyH something about "acttdomlo freedom." It Ih an old talo to every unlvorslty man. Of courso wo havo academic froodom. Of courso tho unlverHltloH liavo main tained It. Tho thing to bo thankful for Ih that tho American pcoplo sus tnln uh In maintaining acadomlo froo dom, but wo would havo to maintain it or tho university would bo criiHhod. If what 1 havo mild Ih truo, that wo havo something comnllciitod. a milvor Hlty Htato, and that It haH hucIi groat responHiiillltloH and opportunities, It Ih all-Important that wo know what Ih tho bond of unity in tho unlvorslty. Is It Htatuto passed by regont and fac ulty? Ih it tho Iron ubo of authority upon tho part of any olllclal? What Ih tho bond of unity In tho Utoplnn Btato that wo havo? Honor, honor, honor that is our law and gOHpol. That Is our bond for Horvlco, for obedi ence, for loyalty, for progress. It Is tho bond that develops manhood and without which manhood cannot bo. Honor embraces respect, rovoronco. Honor In its highest typo is indobtod as wo know as wo study Christian history and tho ago of chivalry to Christianity. Great pagans, great) philosophers, In all nations havo rec ognized honor, respect and rovoronco as ossontlnl In tho last resort oven in, tho stato polity. Hut history Bhows uh that when tho philosophers were aided by tho phropliots of Christianity and hy tho llfo of tho gontlomnn of history, Jesus Christ, then for tho llrst time honor descended from the clouds and from tho ranks of phil osophy and becamo tho ovoryday bond among humble men. Tho identification of honor with duty, it hns boon pointed out by a ro cont writer In Men and Lottors, Is es pecially to bo noted' In tho ago of Elizabeth finys this writer: "It was, tho peculiarity of tho Elizabethan ago porhaps ono should say of tho ago of chivalry that any high and (lllriul.it "cottlSo or cululuet lii'eseiuoif Itsolf to tho mind of tho actor, to tho actor In tho theater, not meroly as a mattor of duty, but as a matter of honor. This Identification of duty with honor gavo to conduct nn artistic and a moral olomont, and invested human speech nnd act witli an Ideal dignity. Morcutlo, Tybalt, Paris, Romeo and Juliet, all young and vig orous persons with tho world before them, preferred truo honor to llfo. That placo I glvo to honor In our stato Is correct and that tho giving of It Is n,o now thing, will appear from what Charles Dudley Warner says of a re union, the forty-sixth reunion of a col lego clas3 this summer. SayB Mr. Warner: "As theso peoplo who had been out of collcgo forty-six years gathered, it happened that while tho recordB woro spotted with defeats and failures, on tho wholo tho men had succeeded, and tho Individual testi mony was that tho llfo had boon a happy ono. There was not much talk nbout money or position. Theso scorned incidental In tho presence of theso boys, theso old college boys. Tho curiosity of tho group was to seo what sort of mon thoy had been, ratnor than to learn whothor thoy had acquired monoy or notoriety. Any mean or dishonest notion or sharp practlco rovealed to this llttlo tribunal would havo seemed very offensive. I do not know that this standard of suc cess Is gonorally accepted, but keeping tho good name of boyhood through all tho alluremonts of life, and traveling in tho middle path of unostontatlous duty, is our main rollanco In Amer ican society." What Mr. Warner says of ono group of old graduates Is truo iih memborB of this faculty could tes tifyof many groups. When wo moot it Is: Havo wo been honorable? Havo wo avoided sharp practice? Tills Is fundamental for success. Not to muko this talk too long be lieving that tho traditions horo pro sontcd you all accept lot mo point out two or three applications. Wo talk about Introducing the honor syBtom. That means that wo aro go ing to conduct examinations porhaps without having Instructors present. Wo havo had tho honor system. Tho presence of a professor should not make something dishonorable honor able. Wo aro upon our honor In this Unlvorslty. It may bo well to havo a llttlo honor system with reference to examinations, but it is a more in cidental. Wo have a general honor system, and It is as high in Nebraska, if not higher, than In any other insti tution I know. But we must carry tho thought with us to seo that wo scrupu lously apply our spirit of honor in certain details. Honor forbids a man to plagiarize. Honor forbids a man to attempt to retail an old themo. (Continued on Fourth Pago.) UNIVERSITY FRATERNITIES Nearly All Havo Secured Comfortablo Headquarters. THEIR INFLUENCE 18 GROWING InemiiHo of Memliurrihlp and LMinptorH Kv- I IrlliSIl Of llioll' llHTUIIHlllg Hlri'llKtll Nuiiii'H of IJiilviuHliy Knit iTiilly People. Tho frut peoplo aro back at tho Unl vorslty In foreo th',H your and frater nity lnlluonco soonis to ho on tho In crease, Several of tho fratornltlos havo alroady got down to work and added a number or men to tho ranks or tho Uroeks, which aro considerably greater than hint your. Phi Doltu Thota, after thlrteon years of llfo In a block, Iiiih moved into a chapter houso at 743 South Thirteenth street. Flvo mon woro graduated last spring, two or whom will return for work. A. U. LlndQtioBt will enter tho Omaha Medical collcgo In preparation for a Chicago school of medicine. Thomas Crolgh 1b practicing law In Omaha. H. C. Parmoloo acceptod a position In tho Hoatrlco High School, but will probably bo back to post horo next yenr. Harry Oury will ontor tho law school and W. II. Hnyward will take graduato work In American his tory. On tho 18th or Soptoniuor tho chapter Initiated Karl C. Handal, Ar thur C. Welshans, Horaco Sherman nnd Harry A. Ttikoy. Twolvo mem bers of hiBt year's chapter roturned for work, not including thoso who In tend to post. They aro: P. W. Rus soll, E. II. Davenport, 11. W. Haggard, 0. H. Truo, II. S. Mueller, 13. O. Wobor, E. A. McCrcory, D. D. Wliedon, J. T. Summer, Jool StobbliiB, Hoy Stono and C. II, Mansfohlo. Tho Sigma Chi boys start tho year with fourteen actlvo members. At presont thoy aro located In the Mont gomery block, but in tho courso or n. fow days will again bo Installed In a chapter houso. Of last spring's grad uates two aro back taking work in tho graduato school. ,,Tho others aro lo cated Kb rolluwsrHlto C. Suxtou la In "business with father" at Edgar, Nob., H. W. Doubrava Is following much the sumo business nt North Bond, Nob., D. W. Hawksworth is with tho U. & M. at Plnttsmouth and L. R. Pnckard goes to Northwestern to Btudy medicine. C. C. Pulls Is assistant principal of the Kearney High School. Tho active, members aro A. A. Bls chor, Georgo Burgort, Jr., V. P. Shel don, 0. B. Cosgrovo. L. J. Bolnan. iltalph and Frank Ralnoy, F. J. Gus- tin, Paul Fitzgerald, J. E. Fechot, R. D. Montgomory, C. C. Young, C. R. Tlsliue, L. R. Ewart and Mr. Hnlstoad from Bloomlngton, Ind., who enters this year as a Bonlor. Beta Thota PI has fourteen mon in the University this year as follows: E. C. Ames, L. A. Rlckotts, Thomas Hyde, Will H. Lehman, Chns. Hondy, Edgar M. Cramb, Frank L. Rnln, Roy II. Schick, Fred Tullns, Clarence Whlto, Bort Robinson, GeorgoWhaloy, Frank Buckstaif and Abraham L. Houghtelln. Sovoral or last year's Botas will not bo back again. James Burks Is assisting his father in the lmplomont nnd hardware business in Beatrice. Davo Burks Is occupying hlniBoir in a similar manner In his fnthor's storo at Falrbury. Carl Burnlinm Is attending tho University or California, whoro ho expects to graduate this year. MIko Hnrtigan Is in business in Chlcngo and is said to bo turning tho heads or tho ralr sex in thnt windy burg. Peter Lau will assist in managing his fathor's busi ness. "Doc" Everett announces that ho will not bo In collego this yenr, but will bo cdltor-in-chlcf, Illustrator and "dovll" or a comic weekly in tho Klon- dyko. Georgo Whnloy, ho of tho Ger man silver volco, has a fellowship In child-study and his smiling counten ance will still bo seen perambulating tho classic halls of tho library build ing. A. L. Houghtelln Is nt presont engaged in manufacturing brick at Falrbury, but expects to bo on hnnd shortly after Judge Reeso opens his resort for "young legal students." Lowo Rickotts, '97, will also attend the aforemontloned resort. Freddy Tu lass, "the cherub" who left tho Unlvor slty In tho spring of 0G, 1b back again and will tako up his abode in Profes sor Caldwoll's room In tho Library building. Botn Thota Pit. has abandoned , tho chapter house for tho presont and Is now located in tho rooms In tho Stato block formerly occupied by Phi Dolta Thota. Tho now quarters havo been given a thorough renovation and all friends of the Botas aro cordially In vited to "drop In." Sigma Alpha Epsllon fraternity starts tho now college year with tho following old members back: Geo. Bartlott, Everett Sawyor, Willard Clapp, John Konny, Arthur Harmon, Roy Sawyer, Fred Du Frono, Ilnnoy, Ilolbon, (Ireon, Htophor, Davidson, Corby and Tenter. For tho proHont thoy will keep tholr rooniH In tho Harris block, 1132 N stroot, which havo boon vory doHlrablo and ploasant for club rooms and social entertain monts during tho last two youm that thoy havo occupied thorn. Tho four graduates or Sigma Alpha EpHllon last your havo boon vory suc coHHfut In securing good positions. 0. C. Griggs Ih chief iiHsayor for tho Hlg Honauza and Ashland mines in Terry, S. I). A. S. Whlto Ih practicing law In South Omahn, and reports success, 11. E, Reagan lias a position in Chicago with tho Westorn Electrical Company, M. F. Manvlllo will teach In nn Indian fcIiooI In tho South, Edgar Morrill will continue to ship butter from tho dairy at Stromsburg, which ho Iiiih boon managing during tho summer, Tho boys also Iobo ono or tholr alumni, John II, Farwoll, who has Just recolvod an nppolntmont iih secretary to United States Consul Mctlill at Tampico, Moxlco. Dolta Tan Dolta fratornlty occupies tho Hamo rooms as last year at 1318 O street. Tho following nro tho actlvo mombors: Ray P. Teolo, Frank T. Rlloy, Will McKay, Alfred A. Oilman, ChiiB. Weoks, John Savlllo, Burt Rob bliiB, Otis Whipple, John Kind, La Run Hi-own. Josso P. Clolnnd. 13. L Mollza and Albert E. Parmoloo. R. H.W Manloy will tako post work In tho Unlvorslty this year. Geo. II. Thomas Is teaching school nt McCook, Nob. T. K. Burrows Is at tho Worrall Hall Military Academy, N. Y Orry Kollogg Is at Sidney, N. Y with his mothor, on account of whoso Illness It will be necessary ,l"r him 10 remain out of tho University this BomoBter. Larry caver is in Oklahoma hut will prob fibly bo bacu next fcouustcr. (ii Phi Knppa Psl bega.i tho year with fourteen men In thoir commodious chapter houso at 1C30 G street. With tho now culinary department in nctlve operation, tho change from homo llfo to college life is scarcely noticeable Tho chapter considers Its prospects thlB year unusually bright, with olghteon active mombors and flvo pledged men. Harry Sliedd will teach iihauiy In tho L. II. S. F. Korsmoyor will poBt in English nnd English literature, whllo Jessie Rowo will contlnuo his work In geology. Tho actlvo mombors nro Messrs. Haeckor, Collett, L. Kors moyor, Hltchman, Christie, Barber, Brown, Clarke, G. Sliedd, White, Wlg gonhorn, Rowo, II. Sliedd, F. Kors moyer, Ladd, Wilson, Imhoff nnd Dick Reed, who is now in tho city. Jules Sedgwick of Rush Medical College, Chicago, has paid tho chapter a most onjoynblo visit of a week. Ho returns to Chicago to mnnngo tho Rush foot ball team this fall. Kappa Sigma Is comfortably sottlod In Its chapter houso at 1801 N Btroot. Nino mombors havo roturned to begin the now year. C. A. Turroll will spend a fow weoks In Cloburn, Texas, boforo coming back to tako his A. M. C. C. Culver wns obliged to seek higher al titudes owing to throat troublo and will spend tho winter in Denver. C. A. Fisher traveled all summer on tho United States geological survey. Tho Alpha Tail Omega chapter be gins tho collego yenr with tho follow ing nctlvo members: Brown Rlggs, Mumau, Covoll, Nunomnker, Erb, Humphrey nnd Morrisoy. Tho Elliott cottage at tho corner or Fourteenth and M has beon engaged by tho boys as a chapter house. Thoy oxpect to assume possession by October 1. R. II. Graham Is principal of tho High School at Arapahoe this year. II. E. Covoll, whllo acting as principal of tho Elmwood High School, will carry graduato work In tho Unlvorslty nnd will retain nctlvo connection with the Alpha Tans. Alpha Inota Chi begins tho year with oloven active members. Tho rooms hold last year in tho Zohrung block hnvo beon retained for the on suing year. Of tho mombors of '97, J. V. Cortel you is teaching nt Humbolt, Benton Dales will assist in chemistry and tako wont leading to tho master's degree. O. S. Erwln is in business In tho city. Alllo Randolph has accepted a posi tion in York College for the ensuing year. G. S. Town, '95, is principal of tho high school at Junction City, Kan. C. II. Kolsoy, '95 L., Is county attorney of Antolopo county and Is locatou at Noligh. R. S. Hlltnor, '94, Is assist ant chemist of tho oxperlment station. Do Alton Snunders is at tho head of tho department of botany In tho South Dakota Agricultural collego at Brook ings. H. W. Orr is attending Ann Arbor Medical School, where ho will tako o degree of M. D. with tho class of '98. Ho is assistant ..o tho professor of embryology. The undergraduate members aro: W. R. Mansfield, C. K. Cooper, D. S. Loofbourrow, M. E. Hlltnor, this (Continued on Third Page.) THE GRIDIRON IS ANIMATED Now Matorial Showing Up Bettor Than Expected. TRAINING MODES DIFFERENT Doctor lluHtltwx Putting Men Through Huvoru Hutting tip lixurulMim Pro KI'uhh of tliu I'rirtpuctlVK l'Ymt. hall Ten in. Football matters dully nsHunio a more dollnlto Hluipo. Now mon aro turning out dally for practlco and con sequently more Interest Ih being ovincod by all. But it is not moroly among tho plnyors that tho manage ment Is anxious to seo Interest, but also among tho rest of tho college, which tho mnungemont think ought to turn out In largo numbers and hIiow tho plnyors that though thoy don't on gago In tho game themselves, Miey do enro a lot how tho team conns out. Especially ought this to bo truo of tho "co-cdB," wIiobo prcBonco always makes tho boyB "grit" tholr tooth and go In a llttlo harder. . Tho practlco now consists in pass ing and kicking tho ball, breaking through tho lino, sotting up exorcises, undor tho leadership of Physical Di rector Hastings, ending with a sharp run and f'",, a cold bath and rub down. This work 1b rapidly tondlng to got tho mon toughened for tho harder work to como when coach Rob inson arrives. Great possibilities Ho in somo of tho now mon, nnd how tho positions will bo tilled cannot bo described until tho llrst gamo of tho season, which Is somo dlstanco in tho futuro. Of tho now mon tho following havo been inter viewed and tholr holglits and weights ascertained: Stringer, who hns played four years with tho Beatrice High School, is 5 fcot 11 Inches and wolghs 185 pounds; Swartz has also played four years with Bentrlco and is 5 fcot 9 Inches tall and wolghs 1G0 pounds; Loofborough, who comes from Knnsas university, Is G feet 11 Inches tnll and wolghs 178 pounds; Hnlstoad comes rrom Indiana unlvorslty nnd Is I) root 1 inch lh Height and wolghb 168 pounds; Hart, who has played on tho York High School team, Is G Toot 9 inches tall and weighs 1G0 pounds; Wood, who comes rrom Logan, Iowa, is G Teet 10 inches In height nnd weighs 175 pounds; Trester, who played for Bevoral years on tho Lin coln High School team, is 0 feet tall and weighs 1G0 pounds; Frasor 1b a. Montana man and is 5 feet 10 Inches in height and weighs 151 pounds; Tukoy hns played tacklo for threo years on tho Omaha High School team nnd is G fcot 9 inches tall and wolghs 145 pounds; Montgomery was hero last year, but did not piny, ho is 5 feet 9 Inches In height and weighs 15G pounds; Hummol was also horo last year, but did not play, he is G feot tall and weighs 170 pounds. Tho above weights, with ono or two oxceptlons, aro with tholr clothes on. Or tho old men out so far Benedict stands 5 fcot 9 inches nnd weighs 148 pounds stripped, Pearso is G fcot 2Vi inches in height and weighs 17G pounds stripped, Wiggins Is 5 feet S Inches In height and weighs 140 pounds stripped, Sliedd Is G root In height nnd weighs 170 pounds stripped, Hanson Is G feot 3 inches in hoight and wolghs 210 pounds stripped, Turner Is G feet 5 inches in height, and weighs 225 pounds stripped, Cowgill 's 5 fcot GVi inches in height and weighs 15G pounds stripped. PROFESSOR SCOTT TALKS. Professor Scott of Princeton, ono of tho most renowned paleontologists of this country, mndo a Bhort address to tho students of tho University at tho conclusion or tho chapel exercises last Wednesday. Professor Scott spoke briefly on tho truo aim of all Amor lcan universities and tho common dnn gors which thoy shared. Ho said that fidelity to duty should bo taught by every university, ns tho greatest clan gor in this country today was a lack of a true sonso or duty. All Amer ican universities should stand to gether to rnco this danger and there should bo no jealousy between them. This danger should be given serious consideration. Truo patriotism does not consist In waving tho flag, making tho cnglo scream and ignoring danger. Tho American peoplo as a rule aro too good natural and put up with abuses which would set an English commun ity into a ilamo or indignation. Cor rupt politics exist today mainly be cause tho peoplo aro too good natured, or perhaps too lazy, to purge thorn. Tho way to orndlcato theso evils is ror every university to mako Its high est aim tho teaching or fidelity to duty. Coach E. N. Robinson or Brown Unl vorslty will ar;;Ivo rrom Rhode Island sometime during tho next week. Mr. Robinson, In a letter recently recolvod, confidently predicted a winning team for Nebraska this fall,
