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NEBRASKAN. Vol.. VII. No. 2(5. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, MARCH 27, 1809. 1'kiok 5 Ckntb THE FOOT BALL MEN MEET. Schedule For Coming Season Arranged. Invitations to Iowa. Dilates icprcsentlng thi! football Intel est In tin1 universities of Kun- t I I V..1 I ... MS. .miwipiiii iiiim Aiuuiiinuu, jiiuu ui tm. Lincoln hotel Saturday, March 18, 1(, i pictc uiruiigeinents for next MnMi. -No material change was made jn ih' iiy-luws, csui-pL Hint a few ml m,r s. , noiih were dropped. This in clmlcil 'In' clause that each institution sliunlil pay mi iiiinuiil assessment to help pinchusc a prize for the winner of iik' pennant. Nebraska was do-cl.in.-d tlie undisputed winner of the tjfllllllli i lor the season of 189b. The inability to Keep Iowa in the league was di-ciissed to considerable extent. All the delegates seemed anxious that she should In- back in her old place, ami as a result the following resolu tion, were agreid upon: "Nheicas, There is a misunder standing as to the exact relation which Iowa now sustains to this league, and, whereas, at this nice ting, duly called by the president of the as sociation, Iowa lias no representative, the other members of the league hav ing arranged a schedule of games, which, according to their judgment, is as much to tin- interest of Iowa as to themselves, do hereby express their unanimous and sincere desire that Iowa renew her former relations with this league, and respectfully request that she approve the following sched ule of games before April 1: October 21, Missouri s. Iowa, at Iowa City; November 4, Kansas vs. Iowa, at Law rence; November 4, Missouri vs. Ne braska, at Lincoln; November IS, Kan sas vs. Nebraska, at Lincoln; Novem ber :i0. Kansas s. Missouri at Kansas Citv: November :i0. Iowa v. Nebras ka, .it Omaha." Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Porter Fones, Liwicuce. Kan., president; William iH-n.cul, Columbia, Mo., vice president; I. I.. Williams, Lincoln, secretary -trciiMirer. It amis moved and carried that each lopresentativo recommend to the association which he icprecn ted Unit one delegate be appointed to attend a meeting in Kaunas City, April II, f i the pin pose of preparing rules ami icgulntioim to govern football and all oilier athletic sports of the univer-sitiei-. The object of this motion is to purify and strengthen western athlet ics, for year they have been on an unsettled baslo and the students are awakening to the fact that other leagues aie very liable to outstrip them in this lespect unless decisive ac tion ih houn taken. lhose prtscut were: C. C. Forroll of Columbia, Mo.; Perl D. Decker of Liwieuee. Kan.; C. K. Williams of this city, tleorge ('. Shedd, president of the Vague, presided during the mcet-iuir. sieu Morgan and Oraco lloynolds. Ail were well received. Annu J'rcy, one of the rounders of the club, was present. Those present remained until a late hour mid all report a most enjoyable session. Delta (lamma gave a very enjoyaible ton-course banquet ut the Lincoln ho tel Saturday evening, March 18, in honor of the twenty-sixth anniversary oi ime sorority ana tlie tenth anniver sary of the local chapter. About for ty active members and alumni were present, Flowers and candy were sent in abundance by the different fra ternities, rrevious to the banquet Mrs. L. A. Sherman was initiated aa an honorary member. Alice Wing acted as toastinlstress and called upon the following: Helen Woods, Helen Ilarwood, Helen Welsh, Helen Greg ory, hdnu Polk, Fannie Cole, lierberta .laynes and Nora llridge. Sigma Uii's gave an informal smo ker i'hursdaj evening at their chap ter house, Seventeenth and O streets, to visiting members of the fraternity and to the city alumni. The evening was- pleasantly spent by talks from many of those present and by music. Cigars and light refreshments were served. Those present were: W. H. Iliiird, Norfolk; E. A. Duff, J. W. Dix on, Nebraska City; W. 11. Wheeler, 11. A. rrnnk, Omaha; U. P. Sheldon, Ne CHICAGO HEARD FROM. Stagg glvos Reasons for His Position. Wisconsin's Idea. hawkn; Prof, llichards, Prof. Ansiey, M. K. Wheeler, .1. II. Mnllolien, W. E. Hardy, Fred Shepherd, W. F. Kellv. 1). llnwkswort'li, Paul Clark, A. W. Scott, .1. II. Mockett, O. II. Itisser, Henry Siiarron, C. S. Allen, Cosgrove. Liebmann, Hisohof, Wehn, Home, A. Stratton, F. Stratton, Hansen, F. Hawkswnrth. Fitzgerald, Land is. Swnrtz. Patterson. F. Itainey, Tt. Ttni. ney, Ewart, Stnhr, llitchic. " Nebraska Alpha chapter of Phi Kappa Psi celebrated their fourth birthday by the annual banquet at the chapter house, 1030 (5 street, Thursday evening, March 'Si. The dinner was served at 7 o'elock and then for two hours toasts were given by Charles 11. ImholT. Krnest A. Wiggenhorn, Claude ISecd, Dr. C. F. Ladd. H. C. Sliedd. Fritz Korsineyer, Clark Oberlies. 11. W. Christie. W. D. Heed, Virgil llrvher and It. W. Wilson, and one-minute talks by the freshman members. E. If. Clark was toastmaster. Resides the above the following members and alumni of Hie chapter were in at tendance: fleorge Shedd. Charles En gel. Archibald Ilnecker. Fred Cuscn den. Frank Manchester. Joe lllcknrds. William Heartt. Orlo Drown. rthur Pcarse. Harrv Craudnll. Frank Lch- m r. iisf in Collctf. Paul Week-. Kay. uioiid Tlcncdiet. Fred Demecsc. .Tames Campbell. Lewi Korsmeycr. Clyde IIave and Will Norton. IN SOCIFA'Y. A a-ception was held last Tuesday teiiing Jrom t to 10 at the home of Mr. 1". 11. Hall for the new officers of the i W. '. A. Delta 'J mi DJtu gave an alumni banquet at the Lincoln hotel Saturday eveaii,g. About twenty members be Mdefc the eul chapter were present and enjoy t 1 t'he feast. The marriage of i'rof. T. L. Lyon to Miwi Hertie Clark, formerly of Lin coln, took place in Cliicago Wednes day. Miss Clark was a former student ' the university and a member of Kappa Alpha Tlieta. The university glee and mandolin club, held ii.ir ,rst nmiual hop in waKli'K hall last Saturday evening. It YJS one of the most enjoyable of all tlie informal dances given this winter ' Hie students of Hie university. About forty con pies wero present and were chaperoned by Director and Mrs. "Ward Kimball. Tlie English club met Saturday eve "'"g. March 18, at the home of Miss With Henry. 118 South Twcnty eventh street. The program con sisted of numbers by Clyde Hull. -Tes- The girls of the Union society gave their annual program Friday night. The Creek play. "The Ladies of Ath ens." was presented. The following program was given: Music. Perdita -Statue lJecitation Klsic Mac Hlandin. ".Ladies of Athens." Znnthlppi Wife of Socrates. Lil lian Chase. Asiasia--Wife of Pericles. Amy fihlvelv. Sapolio- Tlie poefss. T?epsie Tl. Ttrown. NScnstrataWife of Sophoclep. Lou ise Van Camp. Daoioohila Wife of Damnphiluc. "M"iiie Wilkinson. Philesia Wife of Xenopbon. Cretn Miiinnn. TMhtiiK- -Wife of Aristotle. Maliel Cole. Clcobnln Sister of Demosthene. Julia McCann. Music. The Y. y. C. A. formally opened tlieir new parlors in Hie main building Saturda" evening. March Ifi. Nearly two In in tired students visltel tlie rooms during tlie reception ami ail sepnied greatly pleased, as well as surprised, at the co.y appearance of the place. I loth rooms have been completely overhauled, and with the addition 'of new furniture, pictures and toilet room. th association may vvfll be proud of its headquarters. Af ter a general good time a short pro gram was given, vvliien eonsisieo oi siiort talks by Cbnncellor MncLcan, Dr. II. L. Paine, Dr. II. J. Ward. Fresi dent llonse of the association and 0. K. Tobcv. Music was furnisiied by the Darling mandolin el lib. A com mittee of young ladies of tlie Y. W. C. A., consisting of Misses Ferrand. Henry. Lowrie. Xeidhnrdt. Tayne and Hufcjilson. served ices across tbe hall in Hie Y. W. C. A. apartmentfi. The assoelntion desires to announce, that the rooms nre open to all young men of tlie university. Willie they nre not Intended for a place of shirty. fhev are nevertheless nt the ftisposai of 'all student for n place of Test. Coucnes and Tending matter nre free to all who may desire to life them. The athletic situation in the univer sities of the middle west grows more and more complicated each day. Charges and counter-charges are hurled hack iuiiI forth with marvelous lapidlty. No one as yet will ventuie an opinion fin the probable outcome fir even prophesy whnt the effect will be on the different institutions in vol veil. Pamphlets have been circulated among the students of the university of Cliicago outlining Chicago's posi tion in the disagreement with the three state universities, Michigan, Wis Cousin and Illinois, in order that the students may be fully informed as to the merits of tlhe case and know the maroons' side of the question. Tlie pamphlet recites tlie ultimatums given out by the fitate universities and then gives Chicago's propositions. The pamphlet says Chicago avouM have been willing to discuss the mat ter with the three state schools and j-ettle the questions by mutual eon Cessions and compromises, but that the methods taken, in that Cliicago was threatened if it did not agree to the terms laid down, made it neces sary to decline. Following are the propositions Chi cago submitted for return games: "A guarantee large enough to off set the loss occasioned by playing out side of Cliicago, or that two games be arranged, and that the same guaran tee, whether large or small, given to Chicago, be accepted by the other uni versities when the return game is played in Chicago. To play with equal division of the net receipts outside of Chicago would be to cause Chicago a large lelative loss. "In cvplanation of this position it -hould lie added that the athletics of I the university of Chicago depend for their hiipKirt entirely upon the gate receipts, and that Chicago has not yet anv ImxIv of alumni to whom apcal can lie mane in niauc up losses. .s a matter of fact, the total income is never sufficient to close the li-eal year without a deficit." It wis reported at Michigan that Minnesota. Northwestern and Purdue would also join against Cliicago, but no verification is obtained from any source. In a recent issue, the Wis consin Cardinal prints a long editorial iion th subject. We take a portion of it to illustrate the sentiment at Madison: "It !. ridiculous to suppose that Stagg vvsio moved to his present stand tt) save a few hundred dollars for an institution as rich as the university of Chicago. Neither is it to be supposed that the present combine b endeavor ing to fore? Stagg into line merely for the purpoM of getting a larger share of Chicago money. For. while none of the allied institutions are in a "oi tion to overlook financial considera tions, lliey do not believe that Chi cago's patronage at athletic contests is entirely dependent upon the partici pation of C. of C. teams. Tt is rather a question of whether or not Wiscon sin, Michigan and Illinois nre to ac knowledge an inequality in tlieir re lations with Chicago whether or not they are to regard themselves in the dependent relation of employes to em ployer and appear at Cliicago on what ever terms Stagg may lie pleased to offer. It is this attempt at dictator ship which Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois arc fighting." That Cliicago is to be treated with no consideration Is shown by the fact that Manager llaird of Michigan, re turned home from Chicago a few day ago and some startling changes in the football schedule for next fall were made. Tn consequence of Mr. Stngg's attitude .as regards gate re. eeipts. Michigan's annual Thanksgiv ing dnv game with Chicago will not tak place. Tnstead Wisconsin and Michigan will meet on that day. the (Rime in be plaved In Chieaero. Miohl tran will meet THinalj on October 1L nt rbnnitiaierii. and Northwestern has nolfed for n (nie for 'November 14. but notliin" 1,a been deeled hk vet in r mirrt to H't mine. TUInols nnd Wis consin w'U nln' at Milwaukee No vember !. ptmr" Jo innt'tntr an effort to keen tn foreo ti vfiml "base 1m!! nerce itiontp ''Mi U'lseo'nsln wMfl WTP made "i Mie ti"V. but U fn, senrce 1v nroloble that he will Buctreed. Pill IIKTA KAPPA M'l'JMHKHS. The following Is from a letter by Alfred U. Hall, president of Phi Hctii ituppa at laic, puuiifcinuU in Hie laiu Auws, in Ucleiiac oi leeetit cnuiitfcs, j vvnicii uieni'Liersuip m 1'ini iotu iviiiiiin is I in. veil not ulioliV on rank. ' diil is to some degree elective: cor one object and one alone does tiie lAhi Jlcta ivappti MieJety exist. This oiijeet is to deepen and strengthen tlie Intellectual life of the uudtrgruduntu world. We attempt to do tills by fleeting lis members the best scholars of each class, by bringing tt) bear on each member all the intellectual stim ii. us of frltiidly intercourse anil mu tual exchange of Ideas. . . . We hope by thus stimulating the Individ ual to react favorably on the general Intellectual life of the college. Upon one thing, moreover, we Insist. Fac ulty marks, except within narrow lim its, do not indicate scholarship. Heal scholarship and high standing arc not synonymous. Many men have in the past crept into l'lii Ueta Kappa h had no in tellectual ability fir enthusiasm, no ambitious for themselves or their col lege, and who not only ceased to study after elected members, but frequently never attended a meetiiiir of the so ciety. Such men have no place In l'lii ISetn Kappa. They defeat the fundamental object of" the society. . . . Now, we believe that a man who stands within the first fifty men of his class and who. though he may be the fiftieth, lias distinguished himself in literary work, in debating, etc., or has won prizes, or in ceneral shown real intellectual vigor, is more worthy of nn election thnn the man whom T have described above, though the latter have a few hundredths higher stnnd. WORK AT STATE FARM. Review of Things Accom plished by Those In Charge. ALUMNI. One of the latent additions to our faculty is itollius Adams Emerson, 'UJ, whose duties as associate professor of horticulture begin with the next school year. Prof. Emerson, is well known to most of us, who have bc?n here more than two years, as one of the bright and 'shining lights of the class of '1)7. He llnisiicd his work and received the degree of 11. Sc. in that year, although he left over a mouth lie fore commencement to take ui an excellent clerkship in the department of agriculture at Washington. This position lie has held since then. When Proft-.-vor Can I resigned the board of regtni.-, in looking for a man to till hi place, could find no better one than ICiucrson. and he was accord ingly elected. Kinersoii was a member of the I)e lian society. When a senior he was mix d up with Hie great '97 class play, which act he probably would not ad mit unless he was cornered and had to do so. lie was one of the first members of his class elected to Phi Itete Kappa and to Sigma Xi. lie married Miss Ilnttic Hardin who wa- aho a student at the university taiifl a Delian. Homer .T. Edmiston. in a recnf let ter to Hie editor, objects to lrcing called adjunct professor of Latin at Harvard. He says he is "James Snv. age. scholar in classical philology. and also that he did not get bis doe f'lrate at Cornell, as was stated in our alumni column. '1 he midget teams under the cap tains Jennie Peutzer and Edith .-.iiiwartz, will play basket ball before the Woman's club, which will nitet in the gymnasium this afternoon. the seniors held a meeting Friday afternoon primarily to consider the promenade. A lively time was antici pated, but the report of the couimit ici was accepted witioiit discussion, .lt.hu Kind being made chairman and Arthur Harmon inas'ter of ceremonies. These, in conjunction with the presi dent, will appoint the rest of the com mittee. The matter of programs ami invitations was also .taken up and the reKirt of the committee accepted. On Friday morning the first basket hall game between the girls i the morning and afternoon classes was played in the gymnasium. After a hard fight the afternoon class won, with a score of 0 to 3. Those playing' on the afternoon team were. Misses Trent, Sedgwick. Winger. Holdbrook and Davenport; on the morning team. Misses Mcllek. Cuile. Cow-gill. Fost and Abbott. The mathematical seminer and pro fessors of electric engineering- meet with the physical colloquium Monday evning. A demonstration was pre sented bv F. . Smith on "Nobllis' Kings." He also treated Llehtenbertr's ai"l TCnndt's fle-iires. E. .T. TJhendt 'lrf treated of Tlrown's tube nnd the dt'"troHtlc break. There was a gen eral dlFf'tiPslon. IWM"f 'l " - I Have the "Evans" do your washing. The principle lines of work of tho Nebraska experiment station ate as follow: The investigation of the problem of .irrigation in Nebraska, in cluding also Investigations fit water supply, water in streams, water In wells, methods of seeming water, of getting it upon tlie soil, etc., ami also the soil moisture at different depths and at different times fn the year ami under different conditions, conserva tion fif soil moisture, etc., the Investi gation of the diseases of animals, es pecially of swine; the investigation and study of the insects of the tatc which arc injurious to crops, fruits, animals, etc.; sugar beets, and the weeds of the state. Some of ithe sel entiflc and practical discoveries by the station are the new water meas uring gate, invented by Prof. (). V. P. Stout, and the discovery by for mer investigator of aiilm'ul diseases, Dr. F. S. Hilling, of the germs which. In ills opinion, produce hog cholera. nnd also the discovery liy the present investigator or animal diseases. Dr. . T. Pctcis, of the serum thernpy meth od of treatment of this disease. Prof, limner's work in the stamping cut of grasshoppers and chinchbug.s might also be mentioned. A few years ago an active interest was ttikeu by the station in the- effort to cfinnlw't the Russian thistle, which was spreading over the state. The bulletins of the station have been in grent demand, ami have proved of value in many ways. The first bulletin mrblished bv the station excited much comment. Tt uen .a vvitn tlie protileni of irrigation in Nebraska, and nt that time the peo ple of the state had not yet awakened to the fact that irrigation was neces sary in many portions. The edition wns exhausted absolutely, so that even the station officers themselves have no copies left. One or two copies alone were preserved by binding in Iflie station library. jwt, "-.-Other bulle tins, suCh ub those issued by Dr. Hil lings as investigator of animal dis eases, nnd the bulletins in regard to tlie sugar licet, have been much in de mand. Tn the line of sugar 'beet cul ture the station lias introduced the manufacture of sugar from beets info the state, a demonstration of the fact that as far as questions of soil and climate are concerned the state is wonderfully well adapted for the growing of beets rich in sugar. The results obtained by- the station have been published in a series of eight bulletins, which set forth in detail the lines of work ami reniilta rendu tl. These bulletins have caused a great ileal of inquiry at the station from capital seeking investment in beet sugar production, not only through out this country, but from many por tions of the old world. The Cerimiu government was led to send a special commissioner here to investigate the conditions, agricultural and otherwise, within the state. His reiiort to his own government was so favorable that it was translated and re-pub. is-heil hen nnd issued from the station as a document bearing on the beet sugar question. As an offshoot from the general question of beet sugar pro duction the station has for some years been developing a rational scientific procedure for the production of a high grade licet seed, based in general on the practice of beet seed producers in Germany and France. This is ap parently tlie only attempt in tlie United States to produce a high grade licet seed through a scientific process of selection. STANDI NO OF COLLIttiKS. The stventli annual number of Mi nerva, Tru liner's standard catalogue of the universities of the world, pub lished at Strasburg, ha just appeared in this country. Tlie present number comprises 1,130 pages of information of the leading colleges or tins country ami universities of the worm, those relutimr to the colletres of this Country are of especial importance and signifi cance at this tune. Hie following- ta ble shows the relative positions of t)he ten leading universities in America for tlie five years previous to 18'JS: lh'J2-'U:j. "j:i-'9L '0t-').i. '95-90. '90-'97. l..Harv. lltirv. Ilarv. llarv. Harv. 'J.. Mich. Mich. Midi. Mich. X. F. 3.. Yale. Yale. Penn. Penn. Mich. -L.l'enn. Penn. Yale. Minn. Penn. .r...Corn. Col. Minn. Ynle. Minn. O..O0I. Corn. Col. Oil. Yale. 7..N Y. Wise. Oil. Col. Oil. 8.. Minn. Minn. Corn. Chic. Chi. 9.. Wise. Cal. Chic. Oirn. Col. 10.. Col. Host. Wise. Wise. Corn. TTnve the "Evans" do your washing.