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About The Nebraskan. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1892-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1898)
ffilje Qzbttc&kan A Weekly Newspaper Issued Every Friday Noon, by the Student of the University of Nebraska. Entered ns Second Class Mall Matter. I - i i .1- A. K. Parmeleo Managing Editor ASSOCIATES. I. S. Cutter Editorial C. I. Spencer News Editor C. E. Mntaon Ass't. Editorial Kate Snow Walker Sororities Olive Chambers.' Local Miss Kathcrlne Hughes Local Edith Schwarz .Ass't Bus. Mgr The Ncbraskan will be sent to any address upon receipt of tlio subscrip tion price, which is one dollar a year, or fifty ccnta a semester. Contributions arc solicited from all. News items Buch as locals, personals, reports of meetings, etc., aro espe cially desired. The Ncbraskan, will bo glad to print any contribution, rcla tivo to a general University subject, but the name must accompany all such. Considerable indignation seems have been aroused by that little brayr IJpcs-odc. to li lt is ncedlcH to urge the students to go to the University tonight. Wo couldn't keep them away if wo tried. If there arc any, however, who have the faintest Idea of not attending, let thcin glance nt the program on anoth er page of this issue and consider it they can afford to miss such a collec tlon of coon songs. iwrar ing. Tho expectations of thoso inter ested have been woefully dlsnpplont ed. Tho students have shown that they have no interest in such, contests and any incentive which might fori nicrly have existed to enter such a contest has disappeared. It is a lamentable fact that in tho only great institution of learning that exists in Nebraska, there seems to be no place for oratorical contests or in terest in oratory. Such is the situation, however, and it must be confronted. A pay telephone in the hall of the main building of the University seems contrary to tho spirit of an in stitution of learning. Ono would just as readily expect to see peanut aud banana men stationed along the halls aa tliis box a vender of flvc-minuto conversations. The University halls arc not tho place for tho private indi vidual or the corporation to carry on business. In spite of the fact that duo (?) warning was given to tho Btudcnts to remove their books there still re mained and now remains the pla card posted in the library inform ing students that "All Btudents' prop erty will be found in the book-room at tno rignt or the uoor. ' Ol course the placard did not mean what it said. Doubtless it was intended to convey the iderf- "that tho students' property would be found in tiie base ment at the foot of tho stairs. How stupid ot the students not to know that the placard posted in the library did not mean what it said. One of the most striking instances of petty meanness which has recently come to light is tho action of certain parties in tearing down the placards advertising tho minstrel show tonight and substituting an advertisement for another entertainment which 1b to be given in the city. Itcalizing that such an excellent performance ns tho ladies minstrels promises to be, will materi ally decrease the attendance nt their entertainment, these persons have stooped to such low means to injure tho minstrel show and at the some time add a few dollars to their own pocket books. It is needless to say this attempt vrlll not bo productive of any great re sult. Such methods never could and never will accomplish their purpose. The University oratorical contest took place in the Chapel last Friday night. Three orations were delivered which wcro exceptionally fine efforts. Be sides the orations ther was a musical program prepared which should have attracted attention anywhere. Tho of ficers of tho association have workeil for days to arouse interest in the con test. The eyeB of the University public have been for days confronted by pla- carus announcing the contest. The business houses down town had been thoroughly canvassed. In fact it is wuuukiui wneiner mere nau ever been as good a program presented, whether any set of offlccro ever worked as hard as the present incum bent and whether any contest had been so thoroughly advertised. And yet, what was tho result? Ono member of the faculty, not over ten fraternity people, perhaps fifty liter ary society members and may be thir ty or forty others. Not over 100 people In all were present; In the face of such facts can it long er be successfully denied that inter est in oratory is dead in the Universi ty of Nebraska? It had been hoped that this year the only thing remain ing to make the contest a great suc- -tho crowdwould not bo lack Perhaps the students of this Uni versity are here merely to furnish amusement for tho "powers that be." Perhaps they have no rights which aro to be respected. Pcrhnps their property is to be treated with no con sideration whatever. It would seem that the authorities nt the library think so at nny rate. The wilful destruction of student property such as occurred yesterday morning is certainly an indication of this fact. It seems that the librarian notified the students in the library reading room, in a short speech, to remove all their property from tho various shelves. Probably not more than one fourth of the students knew anything about, tho order. We know, nt any rate, that the first that a large, majority of the students knew of such a proclamation was on Thursday morning when they found their books, papers, and other prop erty henttcred around in unutterable confusion on the oor of the basement, if it had been the desire of the li brary board to have the student prop erly removed why was not a bulletin posted with such a notification instead of announcing it in a speech which at tracted no attention whatever. It may be amusing to see students mourning the oss of books which they could ill-afford to buy. It may be amusing to see the notes which have cost ho many hours of hard labor scat tered around in such an indiscriminate manner. It may be amusing to ose credit on account of missing note books which were ost in tho hetero geneous mass of matter ying at tho foot of the library steps, nut it's a queer kind of humor and a kind not appreciated by tho average tudent. All day yesterday students were searching for missing property, the loss of which will seriously handicap them for the remainder of the year. There Is absolutely no excuse" for the negligence displayed in the lack of proper notification. It is no wonder that the students are arounscd against the constituted au thorities from i.me to time when so little attention is paid to their rights and privileges. Not only was no proper notifica tion given, but no place was provided for tho keeping of the student proper ty, for the few shelves provided were filled before the students knew of the proposed action. it is difficult to understand any rea son whatever for the steps taken, if the person or persons rcsponsibe have any defense to mnke an attentive au- uicncc can oe secured lor any plnuntion that might o given ex- Last Friday night witnessed two University event the first annual hop of company F, and the tenth an nual contest of the oratorical associa tion of the University. The oratorical contest was the only event of like nature during the col lege year. The hop was one of probaby twenty of equal importance. The oratorical contest was held un der the auspices of the oratorical as sociation, an organization embracing al departments and all students In the University. The hop wan given by company F, one of the six compan ies of the regiment, from a depart ment which is only one of many oth ers. Tho oratorical contest was for the purpose of deciding who was to represent the University in ltd strug gle with the other schools of tho state and perhups of deciding who should represent Nebraska at the Interstate contest. The hop was given for the purnoBc of furnishing an evening's amusement to the company and its friends. The cost of tickets to tho oratorical Contest was 25 cents. Tho cost of tickets to the hop was 75 cents. And yet tho attendance nt tho two places was practically the same. There is only one conclusion to bo drawn dancing is on the rise: ora tory is on the decline. Those persons who have spent days and nights in the endeavor to write orations which may win them fame and glory, have made a sad mistake. The time spent in ouch preparation might better have been spent under, tho tutelage of a dancing master, for dancing is on tho rise and oratory ou the decline. Thoso hands 'which were to add vividness and Hfo o their word pic tures are now to clasp my lady's hand or welld her fan to the music of the two-step. Thoso arms with which they had thought to add force to their words by fitting gestures and graceful mo tions have n new and higher mission to fulfill. Jn the future they arc merely used to nclrclo my lady's wnlst during the strains of the waltz. Those feet which they hnd thought might bo useful to emphasize their remarks on the stago arc hencefor ward called to tho new and higher sphere of doing the "glide net" in tho intrieles of the five-step. There's no doubt of it. Tho only Important thing is dancing. There's no question but that tho dancing qualification, will be tho basis on which our future statesmen will be chosen. It is well wo hnvo learned the truth in time. Dancing is tho only thing. Let every one learn to dance, for oratory is on tho decline and tho danco is on the rise. You old hnysceds who thought to get through lifo without this all-Important knowlcdgc,chnngc your course at once. Learn to shako thoso awkward limbs of yours. Thorw away those No 12 plow shoes and incase those deli cate feet of yours in No. 8 patent leathers, Rcplnco that suit of linnrt-me-downs with n swallow tail. Change that iudeuendent ambitious look for the bored expression of tlte society man. There's no uso in talking, we must keep up with tho times . Don't Rack Yottr Brain But go to Paine & Warfel's the v "will tell you what kind of a sprm suit to buy. s W-'PT Disaster In tho Library At nn early hour yesterday morning ing n terruic explosion was heard in the vicinity of the library. Closer In vestigation proved thnt the explosion took place within the library itself. When the doors were opened ut 8 o'clock, a terrible scene of destruction met the students' eyes as they pnssed down the stairs leading to the base ment. The iloor was strewn with books of all sorts, note books, pads, loose sheets of paper and everything else in the stationery line As soon as the disaster occurred a Ncbraskan reporter waa Immediately detailed to ascertain the cause thereof. He immediately set to work and was soon able j state positively that the explosion came from the interior aud no outside agency was a factor in the wreck. The proof that the explosion came from within is that the books and papers were all blown outward and downwnrd out through the door and down into i.ie basement. Further investigation showed the explosion re sulted directly from the fact that somebody in tho vicinity of the li brarian's office was wrought up to a high pressure and got over-heated. Hence the explosion. All day long students gathered in the basement to view the mass of de bris which almost obstructed passage through tho hall. Groping blindly through this pile were students look ing longingly for lost note books which contained all their work in cer tain studies for the whole year. Fresh men, who are registered for European history, were especially conspicuous in exploring the ruins. Silently they waded through the wreckage till, t..cir eyes, suddenly falling on some pages on Thueydidcs, they grasped them eagerly and pressing them fervently to their breasts, continued their sor rowful search It was for them a grand hunt for evidence and their joy at exhuming original manuscripts was Indescribable Later reports received today all go to prove the theory that tho explosion was from some Interior agancy . The shelves on which the books were orlg innliy placed have all dlsapjeared. Doubtless they wercUown into atoms. 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