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A- THE Tor.. VI. No. 5. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, OCT. 15, 1S97. PiMrK 5 Cents. NEfiRASKAN PLAY TARKIO TOMORROW Varsity to Line Up Against a Mis souri Team. THEY HAVE A SWIFT ELEVEN Men arc all Experienced and Nino of Last Year's Players Back Details ot the Ames Game. The following write-up of the Tarklo team Js special correspondence. From this the strength of the Tarklo team ujTlie seen. They will undoubtedly give tlio varsity a naru struggle anu outside of the league games this will j "" ' hardest team Nebraska will nave o meet. The Tarklo team lines up much the same as during last season. Only two new men are on the team and they will doubtless add strength to those of previous years. Training was com menced early In September and hardly a day has been lost. The average weight Is about 177 pounds. Littell, at half back, Is probably the heavy weight this year. The guards, center, and tackles each weigh about 185. G. L. Wood, who was captain last year, holds that position this year and has the co-operation of his entire team. He has played In the team for four years and Is one of the best tackles ever connected with It. W. H. Mc Nary plays tackle on the left and Is another sure man. This Is Jonasson's fourth year at center for Tarklo and he seldom permits a gain through the center. He Is well guarded by Pld rick and Easton. The Waugh boys are at their old positions, one at either end, and the team puts much eonfl denccJn them.- This, is their, third year in these positions and they are considered among the strongest men on the team. Ochiltree, the new half back, played several years on the high school team In Morning Sun, Iowa, and brings a splendid reputation with him. Littell, right half, played on the team In '94 and made quite a reputation. Since then he has had much experi ence on the gridiron, playing last year with the Quincy Athletic Association. He is a strong man. Finney is back at his position of full back after a years vacation. Tnls is Ms rourtn year. McKIm plays well at quarter, In fact better than in previous years, and is Indispensable to the team. The team is one of wide experience, having Buffered but three defeats in the last four years, and Is better equipped for this year than in former ones. Those who patronize the game to morrow afternoon will get their mon ey's worth. The High School team and second eleven will line up against each other at 2:30 for twenty-minute ha'ves. The Varsity game tflll bo called at 3:30. The grounds, unless weather pre vents, will be In excellent condition. The grand stand will be extended sixty feet The Held will be enclosed with a wire fence and will bo kept abso lutely clear. Ushers will secure and set aside seats for the young ladles and they may be Biiro that they will not have to sit behind a cigarette or to bacco (lend. Every courtesy will bo extended the public. The prico of ad- B mission to both games will be iifty centB The line-up will be: Tarklo, Position. U. of N. waugh 1. o Stringer MtNary 1. t Pcarso Pidrlek , . .1. g Hansen Jonasson c. .Hisey or Herbert Easton r. g Turner Wood (capt.) r. t Hayward waugh r. o WigglnB Ochiltree 1. h Schwartz or Montgomery ,LUUe r .h Williams McKIm quarter CowgUl Honey full.. Shedd (capt.) THE AMES GAME. The first football gamo of tho season wob played on last Friday at Ames with tho State agricultural college of Iowa. Tho boys were beaten, but not so badly as might have been expected, considering tho fact that thoy have wen practicing all summer at Amos while wo wore Juat started in tho race. Tho day was almost a perfect one for football except for a high wind which favored tho Ames team in the first half and died down In tho second half so that it did not help tho Varsity boys a bit. Tho game started with tho kick-off by Cowglll which wont to the ten-yurd lino but was immediatel car ried back to tho center by tho Ames full-back and then by hard rushes through center and tackle the first touch-down was made after about ten minutes play, but goal was not kicked. Tho score now stood 4 to 0 in favor ot Ames and continued so until tho end of tho first half. When tho second half began the wind which would otherwise have fa voied tho University boys, had almost entirely died down and besides the boys had grown cold and did not play so snappy a game by a large majority as they did tho first half. However, only one touch-down was scored against them this half and goal kicked. The game ended with the score 10 to 0 In favor of Ames. The line-up at ames was as follows: Benedict, left end; Pearse, left tackle; Hanson, left guard; Hlsey, center; Stringer, right guard; Hayward, right tackle; Wiggins, right end; Shedd, right half back; Williams, left half back; Montgomery, full back; Cowglll, quarter back; Tukey and Halstead, substitutes. Coach Robinson feels perfectly sat isfied with tho game the team played and feels confident that by the time the league games are played tho Var sity will have a winning team in the field. Tuesday evening there were 31 men out to practice and the hardest work that has been done this season was given to the boyt "REGISTRATION FIGURES Even by this time it Is Impossible to get complete registration figures. The number registered in all departments to date is 1,231. These figures are mado up from the church census and it is possible that there are a few who did not make out the report as to their religious inclinations. Many of the law men have not yet registered. The actual registration is expected to reach 1,300 and even higher by Thanksgiv ing. By November 23, last year, 1,137 had registered. Nearly 100 more than this number Is already registered. Last year, by January 14, 438 had matricu lated. Up to today 488 have matricu lated. From these figures It Is evi dent that the increase if new students will reach twenty-five per cent. The following church census was compiled October 11. Since that date thirty more have registered. This shows what increase the foregoing figures may undergo: .a c 5 ja s o Church. Methodist Episcopal ....187 100 Presbyterian 142 73 Congregational 100 04 Baptist 75 29 Christian CO 13 Episcopal 44 30 Lutheran 31 11 Catholic 28 4 United Presbyteriau .... 14 5 Unlversallst 2 10 Seven Day Adventlst.... 5 1 Evangelical 5 Unitarian 3 Friends 1 1 United Brethren 1 1 Christian Scientist 1 1 Reform Church 2 Dutch Reform 1 Quaker 1 Undenominational 1 203 215 107 104 73 71 42 32 l'J 12 0 5 3 2 2 o 2 1 1 1 701 352 1053 Miscellaneous 29 Not members or adherents 119 Total students registered 1201 Kappa Alpha Theta enjoyed a do llghiful Kensington, Saturday, at the beautiful homo of Miss Jane Macfar land. Soft music accompanied nee dles and tongues in n merry race, but proved too much for feet as well, and all yielded to tho "light fantastic." After dainty refreshments and song I tho party reluctantly broke up. THE BATTALION DISCIPLINE Will be Made as Strict as in Former Years. VERY HARD TO FIND EXCUSES Lloutenant Jackson After tho Men Who Have Heretofore Found it Easy to Escape. The first week of drill finds the af fairs of the bnttallton running smooth lythat Is, smoothly for tho cadets who are attending drill, but the Indi cations are that tho large number who thus far have continually absented themselves from drill, will get Into difficulty if they continue. A list con taining in all about 450 names of the cadets required to drill, has been posted and all whose names appear thereon are warned to appear at drill In the companies assigned to them. The list of absentees is extraordinarily large. For Instance, Company A with 121 men on Its roll has about CO pres ent at drill. Company D with a roll of 104 cadets has an absent list of about 50. The other companies of the battalllon are in like proportion in this regard. Those who flattered themselves that it would be easy to "work" the new commandant, to get out of drill, are rapidly finding out their mistake. Even those who were excused last year are having a hard time to make the same excuse serve the purpose this year. The fact that a man is a senior makes no difference providing he has not finished tho required term of work. It is a sight worth going some dis tance, to see some of the old men in tho .University witAavebeen-comr pelled to drill. Allan Congdon, for In stance has become a bright and shin ing light in the ranks of Company B. For a time it looked as if some of the old companies would be graced by the presence of "Hunk" Mueller and Gil man, both of whom were "shaking in their boots" as a result of the com mnndant's determination to "let no guilty man escape." However, Hunk has become an adebt in the line of ex cuses and Gil put on the dignified look which he has assumed since being a senior, so both got through safely. The unusually large registration will in all probability make the formation of a fifth company necessary. At least such is the present intention of the commandant if there are a sufficient number of men to warrant it, about which It seems there will be no doubt If all those whose names are posted on the bulletin-board are required to drill. In regard to the new cadet uniforms, Lieutenant Jackson said that the bids for furnishing the uniforms would be received no later than October 18, and that the contract would stipulate that all uniforms must be completed by the 18th of the following month. This will give the battalllon a chance to be fully uniformed before the Thanksgiving va cation. Prof. 'Milton Whitney, chief of the Bureau of Soil Culture, In the De partment of Agriculture at Washing ton, gave a short address to the stu dents Tuesday morning during tho chapel hour. Prof. Whitney has been in the west on a two-fold mission. He was sent out by tho agricultural department to study the soils, of which he is recognized to bo the leading au thority in tho country, and to find, If possible, some capable young men In tho western universities to take up work In tho Department of Agricul ture. Tho speaker said that tho depart ments at Washington really consti tuted a great university, in which sci entific men astronomers, navigators, geologists, zoologists, and entomolo gists of tho highest attainments were to bo found. The essential dllteronco between tho university and the govern ment department lies in tho difference of aim, Tho scientific departments of the government concentrate tho ox- porlonco of their men and their ap paratus to tho solution of economic probloms. Economic problems can best bo solvod by thorough, scientific work. In tho department of ngrlculturo scientific men of tho very brightest typo are in demand. Specialists must bo had not men of narrow minds but men whoso field of work Is narrow. The apportionments of research are very wide. Statj lines are not recog nized. Agents are sent out by the de partment to every part of tho country and also to foreign countries. Government service offers young men exceptional advantages. The ex perience in Washington and In tho government employ is of great value, particularly to young men. The de partments ofler great opportunities for volunteer work and young men can supplement a university education by study there it they desire to do so. Prof. Whitney thought that the best men In the scientific department of the government came from western uni versities; at most the experience of his department had proved that such was the case. Consequently the de partment generally looked to the west to find young men for Its employ. A THETA TALLYHO. Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity en joyed a tallyho party last Friday eve ning. Starting from the home of Miss Leola Vancil on Twelfth and J streets, they took a delightful three hours' drive through the city and into the country and then returning to the home of Miss Lida Miller, were served with a dainty luncheon. The evening was brought to a fitting close by dancing and music. The party con sisted of the Misses Leola Vancil, Lida Millar, Edith Schwavtz, MarvJTvne, Selma Wiggenhorn, Frances Cunning ham, Jessie Morgan, Jane Macfarland, Jean Tuttle, Grace MacMillan, Ruth Wilson. Ella Harper. Messrs. Frltzl Korsmeyer, George Shedd, Paul Weeks, Harrison Oury, Joel Stebblns, Karl Randall, Philip Russell, Charles Weeks, Ernest Wiggenhorn, John Kind. Vergil Barber. Dr. and Mrs. Ladd were chaperones. SENIOR GIRLS' INSIGNIA. The senior girls have re-opened the question of caps and gowns. After many trials and tribulations last spring they had decided to wear caps and gowns only during commence ment week, and merely the class-pin throughout the year. It appears now that the majority wish to reconsider the matter. The result of the agita tion thus far has been an Informal gathering of the girls, at which Miss Helen Langer presided. Nothing was accomplished but the appointment of a committee to canvass the class and get an exact statement of the consen sus of opinion. The committee ap pointed are Miss Edith Schwartz, chairman; Misses Sadie Smith, Farn ham, Lucy Green. The petty thieving which occurs an nually In the University has begun again. With the advent of cold weather the sneak thief has begun his harvest of students' wraps which are left In the cloak-rooms. Chancellor MacLean on last Monday morning mentioned tho thieving which Is being carried on, and advised the students to guard themselves against It. While It was disgraceful that sneak-thievlng should occur In a university, It was oven more disgraceful that It should be dono by students, as iB probably the caso this year. The Chancellor advised tho students to form themselves Into vigilance committees and report any well-grounded suspicion Immediately at tho office. Tho Chancellor further suggested that it would be wlso It the students would have their mall sent to their room addresses instead of get ting it at tho University mall boxes, aa the University could not bo held re sponsible for stolen mall. Today Is Kappa Sigma day at Nash ville, Tenn., and tho members of Alpha Psl chapter are wearing a neat little button to celobrato the occasion. MINSTREL SHOW PROGRESS Prospects are That the Coming Show Will Surpass Last Year's. GLEE MEN ARE WORKING HARD The Details are Being Arranged, Jokes Being Reanimated and all Accessories for a First Class Show Obtained. The time has passed when tho stu dent body has to be appealed to for personal subscrlp ions for athletic teams In the University. The pre cedent of giving a minstrel show was established last year and It will doubt less be many years before It is doue away with. In this way there Is not the slightest feeling on the part ot the patrons that thoy are making anything In the shape of a donation. Everyone would see a minstrel show as good as this coming one is going to be under any circumstances and Its worthy motive only acts in a double incentive If there Is anyone who needs such a thing. It Is just a wcpI; now before the football minstrel thow comes off and things arc advancing toward their completion In rapid style. It Is one of the things that no stu dent, new or old, can miss. You won't see anything like It again this year and you don't want to let anything come In Its way. With a special ob ject of accommodating every man and woman In college the price of tickets has been set at a merely nominal fee. If you are a new student and have been waiting for a true college gather ing and distinctly collegian entertain ment you won't miss this. If you are an old student you cnijjdn't Jje hired to miss It. Every song Is new and every gag original. Every faction In the Uni versity represented and every sort of state amusement Included. If you haven't heard the glee club singing this Is your chance. Hear the opening chorus rom "Chinas of Normandy" and "Wizard of the Nile." See the' farce enacted by boys en tirely. It is something new. There are a number of the old boys coming down from other towns to see this performance and It will draw heavily from the town. Given in the University chapel, Sat urday night, October 23. Tickets 25 cents. DIDN'T MEAN TO. The "cold water" thrown by the girls upon the meeting held In the Interests of football lately was entirely uninten tional, as has been proved by the spirit they have since shown In purchasing tickets. One sorority has subscribed for fifteen and others are rapidly fol lowing suit. Inasmuch as our games are to be held on the campus hereafter. "box parties" ought to be the proper thing. The registrar Ferved notice on all tho professors that students who had not registered by Wednesday evening should be dismissed from their classes. This caused several of the dilatory ones to call forthwith at the registrar's olfice. The Nebraskan will give anyone a Waterman ideal fountain pen, who will hand to tho managing" editor a list of ten new subscribers. This is an easy way to get the best pen on the market for nothing. The selection can be made from tho Co-Op. stock. The management will aid anyone who wants to try th's in every possible wny. Tho class teams this year promise to show up better than over. Almost all have organized and are already hard at work pr"-t icing every day. Last year little vn done by tho cIbbs teams and until Immediately before the games in whl"1) they wore to piny. Tho managers of bp earns seem to be fully aware of tl ' furt and have got their men out t work enrly. Tho raco for tho clasp championship prom ises to bo a hot one nnd the class which gains the rovotcd honor will have something wirth bragging about