Oc itcbvitslunt
WtiM Ni-WMimjifi Issued I'.vcrv,
I'rldu. Noon, li. tin- students (if
tlic I nlvcrslt of Nebraska.
Cutct'Kit in- Second Cities M nil Matter.
A. I). I'liriuolco MuiiiikI'iu" IMItor
ASSOCIATKS.
I. . Culler Ildllnrtnl
( I.. Spencer News Kill tor
i. K. Mulson Wt KiHtor
Kale Snow Wulkor Sororities
II. C. Iturr Ubieties
Olive Chambers Local
I'dith Kohvvniv Wt Huh. Mgr
Tlic Nebritskan will lit' will to any
address upon receipt of tin sulci'lp
tlon price, which is one dollar a year,
or llftv cents a semester.
( ontrlbiitlons 11 re solicited from till.
News items such as locals, personals,
reports or meetings, etc., arc ospo
clallv desired. The Nobrnskan will he
Kind' to print any contribution rela
tive lo a general I'dlverslty subject.
Iiul the naiiii' must iiccompuux all
Mich.
Tin entertainment to he given In
In the chapel tonioriovv evening de
mtii". the heart., support of every
student of the I'nlversll v . The pro
en ih l the enterliilnmcni are to he
tiiriM'.l oxer to the college settlement.
This o'-gimiutltiu Is one of the most
wori.'o In the I idverslt.v and hereto
foie has asked lint little from the
students, while It has done an Im
mense nmonnt of good. The students
tinned out In n very satlsfiu'lory initn
iier to the minstrel shows for the bou
ellt of the foot ball tennis, mid now
that the college scttleinciH is lu need
of fi.iuKthcy should support it. just us
gneroily. The eiitertalninent itself
is well worth the ." cents admission,
and this coupled with the fact that
the. proeeeds pi to further u noble
work, sliould (ill the cliupcl to over
Jlowing on Snturdy evening.
Tlu Xebrnsknn is open in its con
demnation of the insulting article di
rected against Tan Delta Oinieron,
which appeared in last week's Hesper
ian. No fellow, or set of fellows,
with any regard whatever for the
truth, or even common decency. would
write, much less publish such an arti
cle. Such notion is ovidciu'e.of a spir
it of petty meanness, and is beneath
the common scoundrel. Although the
oxecutiu department of our rnlvor-
fcitv does not attempt to oxereiso unv
ft
censorship oor the 'press, yet a re
quest was made of the management
of the Hesperian not to send the issue
to the high schools of the state. The
article conveyed maliciously false in
hiuuations, and as such deserves to be
Mipprossed. The rodents of the I'ni
crsity would bo entirely justilied in
taking up the case, as an attempt to
falsify eisting conditions.
It would seem thai out of our sev
ciitun hundred students t lie re should
bo no diflloulty for the otlicers of the
Oratorical association to secure con
testants enough to nssiire a success
ful contest this spring. Vet what is
the case? The president of the asso
ciation sn,s that it is more dillleulty
to procure entries than ecr before.
It seems strange that with an in
creased number of students it sliould
be harder to work up such a contest.
( ertainly the I'uiwrsity can boast of
as ;rod material as in tin past. Then
why is it that such a state of alVuirs
exists a to be found in the local Ora
torical association'.' It is a disgrace
to our students that such a beneficial
M'juiiiutiun sliould be allowed to
sink into insignificance. It is the duty
of eci loyal student to use their ut
most endeavors to change this con
dition of alVuirs and to put such new
IHi into oratorical mutters as to place,
orator, lu the position it deserves in
the luiversity of Nebraska.
k .
Last Friday the senior elass took a
stand which commends itself to every
fair-minded student. A few follows,
live or six, who set'in to be at outs
with almost every thing and everybody
except themselves, have, always, from
time immemorial, haunted the halls
of the l 'diversity. They come ami
the., fro. and wry little attention is
paid to their runtlngs. ltut even the
unpleasantness caused thereby ought
not to exist, hence, the resolution
which should forever prevent person
alities from creeping into organia
tions. Tin stand of disapproval has
Ik cu strongly placed upon any at
tempt to stir up sedition. This "an
arch,.," if it might lie called such, Is
not of new birth. Home inny remem
ber tlic article written by one I'lke
Chapman, which in the Hesperian set
forth 1 lie weakness and degeneracy of
our law school. "Fornlnst the gov
ernment" seemed the only explana
tion for tlic articles and it serai" tin'
oul, explanation for the conduct f
few febovvf mentioned. The action
of the senior class Is a gronr triumph
of law and order, and coiuinciuN H'lt
to all organlnllons, hnvlng such inul
contents, nud wishing to sit dcivvn
upon them.
Kvor slnci Its scurrilous allack on
leorgo Kllpplu sonic mouths ago. otic
ciititeinporaiy litis conllned Itsell to
sii, nil and petty roasts on mutters of
110 inipititaiice to anybody, but In Inst
week's Issue It ovcrleapt the bounds
of decency In a personal nud spiteful
attack on Tit it Delta Omicron, the so
culled "preachers' rrat," The articles
referred to appeared lu that depart
ment, of the paper known as "lllxby's
I'd n at," that general receptacle for
vituperative attacks, the responsibili
ty of which tlie editors are ashamed
lo assume, anil therefore place them
lu lids anonymous "Itetrcat," Not only
do the attempted witticisms of the
ant hoc bespeak the vast amount of ig
norance on the subject of Ills theme,
but Ihe suerllogoiis character of the
apology for a poem, entitled. "If
( lirlsl Came to the 1'nl," would shock
mnu, who have sunk to a far ureal or
depth of moral degeneracy than tin
members of the "proitohers' frat."
The Hesperian pats Itself on lie
back because it made the awful dis
covery over a your ago that there was
a direful conspiracy on foot to form
a fraternity, and now that its predic
tions seem to have been realized, It
vents its spleen in tin following per
sonal al tack:
"Will they say grace every time thy
sil down for a game of poker'.' W!ll all
ulter a fervent. "Anion" as nil lie Ax
ling or Tommy l,unn rakes lu the jack
pot'.' Will they all utter fervent thanks
as the servant passes around the beer
lu good-sied glasses'.' What a gym
nast Ollie Chambers will bo in ids Hr.
wait. (Alas' the poor body!) Will
gentle I'etle Thompson murmur his
love ditties in the ear of some pretty
but proud "frat" girl'.'
"All of these legitimate questions
come to us in mir meditations and we
find no answer. All of which bring to
our mind the celebrated saying of a
certain mini named Christ, 'Ye cannot
serve tiod and niaininon.' "
While the members of tin t'nivcr
sity will pay but little attention to
vaporings of tliis irresponsible sheet,
what an impression of I'liiverslty life
would have been cheated throughout
the high schools of the state where
Hint paper is sent, had not Chancellor
Mad. can immediately asked that its
high school circulation be not allowed
to go through the state, carrying with
It as iiiany falsehoods as was possible
to put in that small space.
If the statements in the article
above quoted represented one-half the
truth ot fraternity life, the I'liiverslty
of Nebraska would bo little better
than mi asylum for inebriates or a re
sort of eanl sharpers.
As far as Tan Delta Oinieron is con
cerned, it has not been injured in the
slightest degree by this unprovoked
attack, ami the only elVeet has been
to sink our ooutomporary lower than
before, if such a thing be possible, in
the esteem of all University students.
There ate times when the Knglish
language fails to adequately convey
an accurate idea of the feelings.
Those students of the I'niversity of
Xohraska who hnve rend the lending
editorial lu the S. I". I. Quill of the
issue of .laiiuary SU. have probably ex
perienced the sensation above refer
red lo.
Here are some extracts therefrom:
"During Ihe football season of last
rail we olten. with a feeling of pride,
noticed tlie many excellent qualities
exhibited on tlie part of our team; yet
we were always under an impression
thai our boys were contending
against wrongly chosen rivals. Our
proposition, then, is that our athletic
contests be henceforth conducted
with schools to the east of us with
schools of more nearly our calibre.
ltut recently a challenge from tlie
University of Nebraska to a joint de
bate received no consideration what
soever, because as was alleged, we had
nothing to gala and perhaps some
thing to lose.
Victory over .schools Inferior to our
own adds nothing to the honor of H.
I'. I. or to the excellence of her ath
letics, and a possible defeat can only
tend to jeopardize her position in tlie
athletic world."
This editorial is so absolutely rhlle
uloiis as to uiiike one feel sorry for
the writer ratlier tlinii angry at the
insinuations cast on the neighboring
western schools.. We will admit.liow
ever, that there is some truth in the
statement that the Iowa team con
tended against wrongly chosen rivals.
Kspoclall. did thl. seem true when
Kansas ran up a score of 5 to o with
(went, minutes ,vil to pin,. It real
ly seemed lo a Nebraska student at
Council HluIVs last Thanksgiving flint
lowii should choose schools of mote
nearly her own calibre when she saw
our weakened and crippled team beat
them 0 to () and out-paiy them al ev
ery l(lllltT
We have thought for Severn I years
past lovvn should mil play ugalusl
such it wrongly chosen team as Ne
braska. Truly. III! to ( against Iowa
ami an additional record of four
games won by Nebraska to one won
by Iowa conclusively proves that Iowa
sliould seek schools of more nearly
her own calibre.
So it seemed to us when our base
hall team went over to town City last
spring mid beat them t lo 7 on' their
own grounds.
Yes, we admit when Iowa has been
healcn about nine out of every ten
(lines she contests wit li Nebraska that
she Is playing against u wrongly
ohosoii rival and a school way beyond
her ovv n eallbii.
Il Is easy lo see the point lu the re
mark. "We have nothing to gain."
Past records plainly show that Iowa
has nothing to gala by entering con
tests with Nebraska or Kansas, she lu
Miriulily Is beiiten. We do not Illume
lovvn for wanting to gel with schools
of her own elass. If Nebraska had
such a protracted list of defeats as
stare Iowa lu the lace we loo, would
be In ravnr of withdrawing from con
tests with such superior Institutions.
We might be brave enough to form
a league with the various Normal
schools of I lie stale, and perhaps once
in it while might beat such schools.
Iowa is by all means advised to form
such an alliance at once, to withdraw
from font est s with "such wrongly
chosen rivals." to seek schools of
"more nearly her calibre," and to con
test with some Institutions where she
has something besides defeat to gain.
LI I'M-: IN T1IK C0-01
It is a well-known fact that, children
must have something to amuse them,
and as they soon tiro of one form of
uu'iiseincnt something new lias to be
luu'iitcil. This fact is true in the Uni
versity, as well as elsewhere, mid no
where is it shown to better advantage
than in tlie Co-op. The time-honored
gang which has loafed on the counters
of the Co-op. so long that the wood is
worn uwny to such mi extent that the
protruding nails now compel them to
stand, or sit on a box or waste basket,
have been seeking a now diversion to
help pass away the weary hours while
skipping elass ami at last, one has
been found which bids fair to become
one of the sports of the University.
.loo Hooiner is the inventor of this
new amusement, ami to him belongs
the credit of having worked out all
the details of the scheme, while spend
ing his spare time in the Co-op. The
game is nothing more or loss thtin
this. From the i oiling of the Co-op.
bungs a white slipper, a relic of tlie
Pershing hop of some years ago. and
now one of the landmarks of the Uni
versity, as well as the trade mark of
the Co-op.
I'liomer conceived the idea of stand
ing oil' si few feet from the slipper mid
tossing a key or a coin into it. It Is
rather a difllcult feat to perform, bur
after several hours' steady practice, he
became quite proliciont In Ids now
game. Then he waited until the usual
hour for the gathering of the gang
and sprung bis scheme, lie offered to
give anyone a pie for every time In-
could throw a key into the slipper il
liiai person would inauo tlie same of
fer to him. The proposition was noth
ing less than a hct, but of course
lloomer doesn't believe in betting.
I'.esides he had olten heard il said
that betting on a sure thing was no
bet, and as he roll tolerable certain
that he had a sure thing, he relieved
his conscience with the idea that lie
was not belting. His proposition was
readily accepted, but of course lloom
er won and the next day he was seen
in the Co-op. with his face covered
with smiles, and apple pie al the ex
pease of Hunk .Mueller. Tukey. Oury,
ami llayward were also ilooeed out of
a pie ami Itoomer doesn't count on
paying- any hoard for the next two
weeks.
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