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violated if Tngdrsoll and or any oilier, man should lie denied
the privilege of practicing or preaching his beliefs;, provided,
in nil cases, that in maintaining such doctrines one docs not
become obnoxious to a community, l'crhaps some may
think that Ignersoll makes himself obnoxious, but if anyone
having that opinion will put himself in Ingcrsoll's place he;
may then think thai the other side of the question is the
olmoxious side. The only proper way to study any question
is to investigate both sides and draw conclusions as to which
side produces the better evidence. After deciding, let one
maintain his views without fear or favor, and no matter
whether there is great opposition or not, one's conscience
will bo clear and the belief maintained entitled to as much
respect as the belief of any other man.
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ATHLETICS.
A FOOT-HAM, PSAI.M.
After Longfellow.)
Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Koot-ball's but an empty dream;
For the soul is dead that slumbers
Without joining a good team.
Football's teal! Knot-ball's earnest!
Each man tries to win a goal;
Ho the empty sneer rcturnclh
Hack unto the si-ornful soul.
Pure enjoyment without sorrow,
Is its destined end and way;
And to practice that each tomorrow '
Kinds us belter up in play.
In the foot-ball's mimic storming,
As in many n noble rnuie,
Coolness wins, where much performing
Only gains a brief applause. .
Trust no forwards, however clever,
l.cst their impulse should betray;
Hut with zeal, be watchful ever,
That no sellish game they play.
Lives of great men all remind us,
How they fought ere fame they won;
We, departing, leave behind us,
Stoiies of some brilliant run.
Stories that perhaps another,
Sailing life with fruitless aim;
Some lacrosse orcrickct brother,
Hearing, joins our manly game.
House ye, then, be up and doing!
Heads all clear and hearts elate;
Knme achieving, goals accruing,
l.earn to "dribble" and to wait. Ex.
Domic does not soem to be satisfied, with the defeat ws
gave her foot!, all team. Wc received a challenge from the
captain of the learn to piny again, March, 13. It is not
likely that the weather will be such as to permit a game, but
if the weather is favorable the game will be played. Our
readers need not fear as to' the result, should the game take
place, Donne will havch'o'put in many hard days of practice
1)0 fore she may hope to gaiii'a victory over the invinciblcs.
We noticed several of our base bal.Hsts on the campus this
week. What wc need most in this line at present is a good bat
tery. As we have suggested befoie candidates for this place
should begin to show their proficiency at once. The foot
ball season will soon be past, and our only hope and joy
will be our base ball team. Do not let us hope in vain.
Whenve tnke our place in the grand stand we-want to feel
as confident as we have in the past when our loot-ball team
held the field. Let every base ball player come back next
term with a determination to play, ball.
A few days ago a glittering challenge to a match game of
foot-ball appcavd on the bulletin board, and was signed by a
committee from Kogarty's boarding club. This boarding
club has been, for some time, attempting to get some other
club to meet it. Becoming impatient at the delay it now
proposes to play any eleven men in the university. The
challenge had scarcely become cold when it was accepted by
eleven unknowns. The unkowns are pretty well known in
athletic circles, however, and wc arc of the opinion that
boarding club mtmhcY two, will meet its Waterloo, when the
game is played. The rallying cry of the boarding club will
be: "rah, rah, rah, sorghum, sauerkraut, sausage raw!"
While our state is so generously contemplating a donation
of a part of its domain for a boulevard it might be well to call
attention to the fact that a few acres of ground for outdoor exer
cise would be very acceptable to a great body of our students
at the prcecnt time. Klve hundred students arc cooped up
here winter and summer on a campus two blocks square.
On this campus are live buildings besides necessary side
walks nnd trees to obstruct our games and attempts at recre
ation. In a few years when other buildings are erected we
will be entirely cut ofT from all outdoor exercises whatever.
This is a matter that is bound to command attention in the
near future. Our attendance is rapidly increasing; our
ground available for outdoor exercise is rapidly diminishing
When our university was founded it is not to be wondered
at that its projectors did not sec the necessity for providing
a campus that should answer for all time. The country was
new; it was probably thought that one building on the cam
pus would answer for the accommodation of students for
ycors. The space around this building looked like a lot of
waste land. Hut our state has grown, our university has
more than kept pace with it, until to-day the campus is not
sufficient for our wants. What is to be done? In a few years
the condition here will simply be deplorable. Many other
colleges have had to grapple with this same question. Some
have settled it, where the land was taken near the campus,
by buying up grounds out a- distance from the college build
ings. This is the only feasible plan for us at present. The
land near our buildings is no longer to be had except at great
cost,' but by going out some distance, a few ncies could be
purchased very reasonably. Hut every year a delay will
necessitate our going farther and farther away in order to find
vacant land. Now this is not a Utopian theory of our own,
but it is a thornghly practical question. We know from talk
ing with others that it is a question that all the students arc
Interested in. As time goes on this interest will increase,
We believe that an appropriation could be expended nowhere
ehe where so much good would result as in this enterprise
mentioned. Other colleges of this city have frop twenty to
forty acres set apart for a campus. It is strange if the uni
versity, with thrice the number" of students, supported by
this great state and aided by the United States, can not afford
to provide for her students ph)sical welfare as well as the
sectaiian schools of this state.
Owing to the fact that there have been many inquiries in
regard to the inter collegiate field day and the duties of the
officers, we will print the constitution as accepted by the
colleges mentioned in article III. It was hastily prepared,
but with a few amenlmcnts it will answer its purpose very
well, Several amendments were proposed last year, but no
definite action was taken upon them. The constitution is as
follows:
Aktici.k I. Sec. I. This organization shall be known as
the NlJURASKA INTKR. COM.KOIATK ATIII.KTIC ASSOCIATION.
Artici.k II. Sec. I. The object of this association shall