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THE NEBRASKA
Vol. VI. No. 20
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN," FRIDAY, FEB.Ts," 1898?
Puicis 5 Cents.
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CHARTER
CELEBRATION
Twentyoiintli AnnivoriMry
Observed
Is Fitly
ADDRESS BY PRES. DRAPER
Wiihiui Kloquoiit AdilrrMt ami n l'lttlng
Close tu tlin Festivities of tlio Occu
Moil Kxhllilt of DrpiirttiiiMitH
Tlio University of Nebraska cele
brated ilio twenty-ninth anniversary
of lin birth In roynl stylo. It wus om
grand round of festivities from the
electrical display Monday evening tip
to the. close of President Draper's ad
dress Tuesday evening. IS, cry depart
ment in the University lmtl an oxhl
blt aiul tin University kept upon
limine. Thousands of visitors, both
from in and out. of town, visltod t lit
University, and saw the wonderful
work and progress which is going on
here. Tin electrical exhibit, tlio ox
hiblts in tin lahratorii's and tlio mili
tary exercises were all viewed witli
grout interest by the many who won
prt'sont. Kverythlng posslbli was
done for lh uccnthmodutioii of tin
vlsitors.and tin University was shown
off to the best advantage.
TUB DltAI.VAOi: CANAI.
lihnm Itnniliilph Tell or tlio Mr C'hlcngo
Eiitorprlso
. Mr, Ishani Itaudolph, chief engineer
to tin stuiitary district, of tin city of
Chicago, delivered an interesting loe
tttro in tin chupd Monday evening,
tinder tin auspices of the society of
Klcctricul Engineers. Jle was intro
duced by Mrs. K. 11. Sawyer, ircsident
of tlio society, ami proceeded immedi
ately to his subject. "The Chicago
Drainage Canal." 'I his canal is n syfi-.JtmJ'qrll'airtliig.tlttiKe,wagiKpfGhli-ongo
into the Illinois river to prevent
its contniiiinntiug Luke Michigan, from
which the city derives her water sup
ply. It begins at the south bend of
the Chicago river and extends to Joll
ct, a distance of over 40 miles.
This work assumes international iin-J
portance, for with the deepening of
the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, sea
faring vessels may load in Chicago and
discharge their cargoes in any part
of the world. (Ireat plants will in
built where it is necessary to change
the. level of the canal and power trans
mitted electrically to Chicago mid
other points. Its capacity is to be
000,000 cubic feet of water a minute.
It is-constructed through fifteen miles
of solid rock and several miles of gla
cial drift. About 8,000 men are em
ployed on the work. The width of
Hie canal will be L'OO feet except
through the roc!., where it is contract
ed to lfi.'i. The estimated cost is
$30,000,000.
Numerous views of portions of the
gigantic work were illustrated by
luemiK of stcrcopticon views. The vu
rioiis methods of excavating pursued
by tlio ditrerent contractors was pre
sented, the most recent scientific ma
chinery being contrasted with tlio old
fashioned device of team and scraper.
Each side of the channel will be walled
up with stone deeply laid in solid mor
tar. These- walls, Mr. Itandolph pre
dicted, will stand as monuments or
ninny coming generations. The speak
er' paid an eloquent tribute to Mr.
Cooley, "the fnther of the enterprise
and promoter of the largest artificial
channel for sanitary purposes ever
constructed.
TIIK KliKCTlUC'AI. 1ISI'I-AY
Kxhlbllof Elentrlo Apparatus wns Novel
mill Interesting;
Immediately after tlio lecture the
midlence went over to the armory in
n body. The searchlight on tlio tower
of the main building brilliantly light
ed the campus as they went over. On
reaching" the armory a reception line
was formed by Messrs. Weeks, Saw
yer and ilitchinnu of the society of
olectrical engineers, Mr. Ilundolph,
Prof. Owens, the chancellor and re
gents. After a short period of hand
shaking the people spent an hour see
iiiffr the display and visiting tho 4re
freslimont room.
, Tho electric flag, inado of re'd,wliito I
and blue incandescent lamps wuh very
attractive. Under the Hag was a
large bank tif palms mid plants pret
tily lighted with units, on which were
colored lights attached to the revol
ving shaft. These were so arranged
that colored circles or llght.wlth vary
ing diameters, produced a striking er
red. Any word of live, letters mid var
ious designs were made by the lights
on tlio electric sign.
Tin main part of tin, display con
sisted of electrical heating and cook
ing apparatus. The electric hair curl
er and wanning pad were neat and
novel. The electric ." o'clock ten mid
dialling dish were very pretty.
1 lie electric heater, small stoves,
griddle and dialling dish were all
used in preparing appetizing toast
and Welsh rarebit. This part of the
display was made an Interesting suo
e'ess by the kind efforts of Misses
WilltaniKon, Hurley and Andrews.who
prepared the refreshments on the
electric cooking apparatus before the
people.
The refreshments were then car
ried into the recitation room which
was used as a serving room by a little
electric railway. This railway was u
pleasing attraction. Two tracks ran
along the south side of the armorv
through the otllee into the recitation
room. A small ear about two feet
long, similar in design to tlio street
car, with all motor and cloctripnl
equipments, ran easily and quickly
back and forth on the. track. The
electrical connection was made from
the rails to the wheels ami thence to
the motor which propelled the car by
means of a small belt connected to the
rear axle.
The serving" room was made very
pretty by liberal .use of bunting,
palms, (lowers and fancy screens. An
electric kettle was used to make, the
cocoa in. Misses Tuttle, uilo, llnn
doll and Miller saw that all the guests
AX'r, wejtlrvujllYjtliJiot.eocQu, autd,
dainty Wek'h rarebit. The creditable
manner in which the young indies
prepared mid served the refreshments
by help of superior electric heat and
railway transportation brought forth
many compliments, and it is hojied
that it. may be repented next year.
Credit is duo the committee, on ar
rangement. C. W. Weeks. K. 11. Saw
yer, M. A. Hyde. II. 11. Noyos and es
pecially the chairman, Mr. Weeks, for
the successful way in waich the recep
tion and display was carried out. As
the paid admissions to the lecture and
display excelled over -100 the engineers
were able to make expenses.
In the spring the society will have
several free lectures and receptions to
which all interested will be invited.
l'HIIIirrAKAl'I'A
Initiation CeremonlcH at tho Conservatory
of MuhIo
The first event of Charter day was
tho Phi Hetu Kuppn initiation cere
monies in the University conserva
tory of music at 0::iO a. in. The exer
cises were attended by about thirty
memebrs of the Nebraska chapter, to
gether with a dozen invited guests.
After the reading of a. poem entitled,
"Columbus," by M. K. W. Piper, tho
oath was administered by Dean Fd
gren to the initiates, W. S. Ueltzman,
Mrs. Edith Henry, 0. II. Martin, Phil
ip llusscll and Mrs. Edith Schwartz.
Following this Dean Sherman deliv
ered tho address of welcome. Phil
Hiisscll made the response on' the part
of the initiates.
A business session was tlieu enter
ed into. Miss Louise Pound was elec
ted corresponding secretary of the
chapter, in which position sho has
been acting for some time. Miss
Pound presented some very interest
ing facts which she had collected to
gether. Sho reported that there are
115 members of the society in Nebras
ka and of these all but ten are mem
bers of tho local shapter.
After hearing other reports and tit
tending to various mutters of busi
ness tho meeting wns ndjou.rned.
MII.ITAIIY KXKKOI'KS
1'ershlng ItUlos Presented With a Finer by
Lieut. Pershing,
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the
University , Cadet regiment marched
out on fho campus in front of ho
niuln building. A largo crowd filled
tho wiiHo' surrounding tho drill
grounds. On the reviewing stand just,
west of tlio chemical laboratory were
(lov. Ilolcoiub, MitJ. I'Vehet, Adj. den.
Harry of the Nebraska National
(iuards, Chancellor Macl.ean and the
Hoard or Itogonts. The medals com
peted for last .lune were presented to
the following winners: ,1. I). Hustle,
first Individual prize; Orlo llrown, sec
ond Individual prize; Ocorgo Hurgert,
llrst artillery prize; (leorge Lyon, first,
cavalry prize; Company 11, the winner
or the cup last year, acted as escort
for the medal winners.
As soon as the medals had been
awarded the regiment passed in review
and was dismissed.
Then followed the drill by the
Pershing Hilles under the command of
('apt. Oury. The. rltles were conduct
ed In front or the review stand mid
then cnine the event or tlio tiny. Chan
cellor Macl.ean, lit a short speech, pre
sented to the company on behalf or
l.leut. Pershing u large, handsome
Hag. The gift was an elegant one, be
ing made of silk, and the Hag stalV
surmounted by a golden engle. Fol
lowing the Hag prosontntloh, the
Pcrshlngs gave an exhibition drill.
The mouthers of the company seemed
to catch the inspiration of the occas
ion mid the drill they put up has never
been surpassed on the campus. The
company kept mi almost perfect line,
in spite of tin muddy condition of the
campiiK mid the drill whie followed In
the armory was even better than that
outside.
UV.MNWSIU.Vt KXI1I1UTION
Visitors Treated to (lames of llasolmll,
Ititskeiliall anil Volleyball
The exhibition of the physical train
ing department began at 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning with the game of
basket ball between- tlio "midget"
tennis, Iloth sides -wore composed of
players comparatively unexperienced
-jn.thotgumc, but-tlfy.jnanugodto ere-
i t;ivui iii-iii in iwciicmeiH. jor
themselves and the 300 ladies prcs'ent
The game was very close from begin
ning to end, neither side having any
perceptible advantage over the other,
unless it wns that the team captained
by Miss .lennie Pcntzer played better
together. The game ended with a
score of 1-1 to 11 In favor of Miss
Pcntzer's team.
The following were the players:
The "whites," centers, Jennie Pcnt
zer (captain), Mabel Dempster, guards,
Mabel ICrford, Nettie Henry, forwards
Grace Wheeler, Minnie Smith; the
"reds." centers, Grace Hroudy, llcrthn
DuToil; guards, Uosu Hess, Anna Me
crosky; forwards, Adelloyd Whiting
(captain), Lucy Griffith. Tho ofneinl
score roads: Goals from the field.
Smith -i, W heeler 1; Dempster 1,
Whiting .1, DuToil 2; goals from the
foul line, Griffith 1; fouls, Dempster
:i, Whiting 2, Griffith 1.
At 1 o'clock in the afternoon came
the indoor athletic games and con
tests and the gymnasium was tested
to its (idlest capacity, to accommodate
the crowd, which was desirous of wit
nessing the sports.
A game of indoor baseball between
the Athletics mid the Pershing Itifles
was the first event on the program.
Three close and exciting Innings were
played, ending with u score of 3 to
in favor of the Ittues. The Pershing
team wns composed of the following:
ban, Jhtin, Hull, Oury, Muusfield, Steb
bins, Itoddy, Brown, Ilendy. The Ath
letics temn wns composed of: Water
man, Campbell, Ityun, Swallow, . Mc-
Gi-aehim, Hart, Jihodes, LaSulIe mid
Campbell.
The indoor athletic contest followed
the" baseball game. .Tewett gained
distinction for himself In this event
by breaking two University records
the horizontal bar jump mid the run
ning high kick,
The llrst event wns tho standing
broad jump, which was won by Swal
low by a jump of 0 ft, oy, In. LaMur
wns second, 0 ft. 9'a in.; Moore third,
0 ft, Vt in.
LuSalle won first plnco in the stand
ing high jump, clearing 4 ft. 4 in..
Swallow enmo second, only one-hnlf
inch lower than LnSnlle, mid .Tewett,
third, with 4 ft. 28 in.
Swallow ugnin came oiit pn top in
tlio three' standing brand jumps, mak-
ing 28 ft. Vain.-; EeMaf- second,' W. T&
AndreaontlIlVu:' '' c
At tills point tho contestants wore
given n breathing spell and ... game
tif volley ball was played ..oiwcon the
faculty and athletic classes. The hit
ter won by a score of 11 to in.
The athletic contest, was then re
sumed. Plllsbury won first place In
the hop, step mid jump, at! ft. 2 In.;
Moore second, 25 ft. 8 In.; owullow
third, 2-1 ft, 10 In.
The 2i"i-yiird dash was one of the
most oveiting or nil the events. In the
first heat It, 1). Andreson and LaSalle
were tie, but the latter won out by a
narrow margin on the second trial.
Time .1 :!-" seconds.
W. K. Andreson won the horizontal
bar jump Tor height, clearing 7 ft. H-y,
in. Swallow was a close second..
It was in the horizontal bar vault
contest that .lewett broke tho record,
making ft. 0a in.; W. K. Andreson
second.
.lewett also established a. new rec
ord for the running high kick, 8 ft.
S in. l.aSallc also went above the old
University record.
This concluded tho contest, which
was followed by a game of basket ball
between the University team and the
best five team. The nmn respited in
n victory for the University team, with
u score of 0 to 4.
Tho officials in the contest were:
Keferee, Dr. Itoscoc Pound; clerk or
the course, Mr. Clements; judges, L.
S. Ityun, C. T. Allen, H. 0. Sutto..;
measurers, A. IS. Wells, M. D. linker,
A. Shniio; timekeepers, C. M. Story, W.
F. Krelle, It. A. Voder; scorer, E. A.
Moore, C. .1. Allen, W. M. Hopewell.
In tho east, end of the. Armory was
the trophy exhibit, which rcllccteft
great credit on the energy of Dr.
Hastings in building tip this valuable
part of our athletics.
Six trophies were either shown or
were represented by a design showing
what they will be. Large placards
WJPjijnJj'jJ.sjLq'g
the various trophies had been pre
sented. The total value, of the trophies thus
far secured aggregated $22fi. They arc
as follows:
An individual prize or a $10 track
suit is to be presented by the mem
bers or the Athletic Hoard to the. best
all around athlete in the. indoor Pen
tathlon, which will be held some time
in March.
For the winner or the outdoor pen
tathlon to bo held in April Mr. P.
O'Mu honey, head or the book depart
ment, at llorpolshcimcr's, has pre
sented u $20 solid gold medal. This
will remain a permanent annual medal
as long us Mr. O'Mnhoney remains in
.the state.
The Armstrong Clothing Co. has of
fered as u permanent c:ass trophy a
$50 solid silver cup to the class win
ning the annual field day. This cup
will huve the mime of the winning
elnss inscribed on it and will remain
in possession of that class during the
yenr in which it was won.
The Fnrmers' & Merchants' Instir
nnee Co. has offered u handsome $75
silver shield to bo contested for at
least three years by Domic, Wesleyan,
University of Nebraska and probably
Hustings college. It becomes the por
mmiciit property of the college win
ning it twice.
A $20 silver water set has been pre
sented by Fleming, tho jeweler, an a
permanent trophy for the sophomore
freshman Held day. This was won
last year by tho class of 1000 by u
score of 03 to 33.
As a prize for tho baseball cham
pionship between the two state univer
sities of Iowa and Nebraska, Herpol
sheimer & Co. have, offered u $50 tro
phy. This completes the list of tro
phies, which it is hoped is only u
sturter in this line.
l'ltlCSIDKNT DUAl'KK'S ADDKICSS
Hpenks on tho Distinguishing Features ot
Stato Universities
Tho Charter day exercises Avero
brought to a fitting close at the Oli
ver theatre Tuesday evening by tlio
customary oration and the conferring
of degrees on a number of candidates.
Tho student body wns out In force
and occupied tbo greater part of tho
theatre: No representation v.cs mndo
by tho fraternities or societies. The'
ry
Continued 'on 'pago'fouf.
CONVENTION ENDS IK A ROW
National Convention is Held but ia
Turned lulu a Hovfliutr Mob
EVEYRBODY TALKS AT ONCE
Hitter Sernp Oyer tho Money IMonk In the
lMatfonii-Meinbem uro Uellljrcrcnt
Details of the, illjr Scrap
All day Sntiirdny prominent poll
ticimis of tho four debuting clubs
were interviewing wavering followers
unci plunnlng with ono another for the
evening's convent ion. F.iTorts had been
made curlier in tho 'proceedings to
keep national issues from playing any
part in the affair, but"'such attempts
proved fruitless, all interest, finally
centering mound the money question.
ly the untl-sllver men it wnu claim
ed that from the very conception of
the idcii of mi open convention there
had boon a deep laid plot to pledge
the meeting to the Hryan cntisc. Spur
red on by this belief tho opponents of
free coinage laid counter-plot deep
and dnrk to thwnrt tho plnnB of the
silver forces. Caucuses, were held, lead
ers chosen and a plan of notion
adopted. ,,
The first perceptible move wna n
call of the P. H. I). C.' in special session
Friduy evening, nt which tho report" of
tho original committee on arrange
ments was reconsidered,- rejected and
a new commit tee appointed. Tho lnt
tor reported immediately nnd so
changed the personnel of tho delega
tions represent ing tbe several. stateB
assigned that club, tlint instead of an
overwhelming silver vote a large re
publican majority was assured. -,
This notion wns clnithed to bo ille
gal, nnd the new .arrangement' of dele
fc'jflff3 was ?onht'ftforVtf':
uvc committee, ot the national com
mittee. No result lihvlng been an
nounced nt 7 o'clock, the time when
the. riiectlng was stippdscd to begin,
the nnti-silvcr forces ntasred them
selves before the chapel door and ex
ecuted u flying wedge with Sacketfc
playing center nnd "Shorty" Turner
in his o'd position nt guard. In v'uln
did the doorkeepers, Hansen, Green
and Smoyer, buck the linc-Ity steady
gnins the whole force wns soon inside.
Dean of the Maxwells immediately
rapped for order. Wnrficfd'i chairman
of the national committee also at
tempted to cnll the meeting,' but Dean
entirely ignoring his presence, asked
for nominations for temporary chair
man. H. II. Stewart 'was nominated
and declared elected. By this time tho
free silver rorces had scented the bat
tle from afar and were' filling the room
at a rapid rate. The platform was
soon crowded with excited, arguing
and angry men. In vilin did Warfield
and Stewnrt rap for order. Neither
recognized the other as having any
right to the chair and neither would
yield, while the crowd, almost evenly
divided, jelled its approval to the ac
tions ol each. What wos to be done?
The night watch was finally given
the chair, but nfter six or eight mo
tions were hurled nt him ho fled in
dismay. Ferry and Lien together then
mounted the platform nnd suggested
that Searson preside until a temporary
organization could bo perfected. Meet
ing with opposition they withdrew- tlio
nomination nnd Warner was unani
mously chosen.
A motion to proceed to the election
of temporary chairman by ballot was
adopted. Lien on behalf of the silver
forces placed .,JfndIer in nomination1
while. Mutson nominated Warner in
the interests of th6 opposition; The
result of the ballot Was 101 votes' for
Kihdler to 90 for Warner; ttiereT being
Jive morb ballots cnt than there' Were'
voters registered by the,1 secretaries. '
The house, demanded nn6ther b'allot,"
but before this could' bo ttfkcfiUho
chancellor appeared rtnrf wifB" unani
mously chosen' to preside, tfy ristnij"
vote Klndler was declafe'dM&?er b'y
something-like 106' to BcV 11116' im-'
mediately took" th'cV cha-W a'ml' from"
that tlmo' on'pa'httcmotfSum" rifto."
Com'mittees 'were" appoTnW- bufc WIY
ono' heard- tlffeirT' nn'notincM.J Lien1
rend tho" majority report' otf'ctecIeS?'
"Continued on pago"f6ur.J " "