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.
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