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bc'to' develop a more lively interest in athletic snorts among
the students of the universities and colleges of Nebraska.
Ahtici.k III. Sec. I. The association shall consist of the
following institutions: University of Nebraska, Donne College,
Nebraska Wcslcynn, and Christian University, and such
others as may by the consent of the athletic associations of
all the institutions of the association, be hereafter admitted.
Aktici.k IV. Sec. I. The officers shall consist of a board
of directors, one fiom each institution, who shall elect from
their' number a president, vice-president, secretary, and
treasurer, .and in addition, a director ol sports to be chosen
from the institution where the field day" is to be held.
, Sec. 2. .TJic mccfing of the directors lor.thc clcqtiqn.Qf
dffiecrs shall be held' on the second Friday in March ineach
year. y
Sec, 3. The term of office shall be one year.
Aktici.k V. Sec. I. The duties of the officers shall be
those that usually pertain to their offices.
Sec. 2. The board of directors shall have absolute author
ity in all matters pertaining to this association not otherwise
provided for in our constitution.
Aktici.k VI. Sec. I. The annual field day shall be held
at the different institutions in a regular rotation. The order
to be determined by the board of directors.
Akticuk VII. Sec. I. The expenses of each field day
shall be met by an assessment on the institutions of the asso
ciation proportional to the number of male students in attend
ance at each institution at the time of such assessment as
certified to by the registrar ol the insitutions.
Sec. 2. All surplus arising from assessments, gate receipts,
etc., shall be apportioned in flic same manner, provided that
no institution shall, receive of this surplus any amount in
excess of its assessment.
Sec. 3. The treasurer shall give bonds for the amount ol
five hundred dollars (S500 ), the same to be approved by the
board of dircctor.s
Aktici.k VIII. Sec. I. This constitution shall be binding
when accepted by the respective local associations and signed
by their presidents.
Scj. 2. No association shall wilhduiw within sixty days
of a field day without the consent of all the other institutions.
.Sec. 3. An amendment to this constitution shall pass a
majority of the board of directors and be ratified by all the
nssociations of the various institutions.
STRAY PICft-UPS.
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.J.H.Hall, of Stella', was visiting his sister and brothers
last week. '
'' Did Mr Clnson wake up and find himself asleep in Latin
class on the 6th.
Sclicll,. pointing at one of the co-eds in chapel: "There
is an instance of hc(ad)rcdity.
MissNiqhqlson, of Nebraska City, a friend of Miss Wilson,
attended the P, G. D. C's program .
The art history class is floundering at present in a sea of
names of Flemish and Dutch painters.
Miss Gray, of Fremont, sister of Miss Vesta Gray, came
down to attend the P. G. 1) C's program.
Fdgarty has blood in his eye. He is after the man who
mutilated Professor Warner's program of topics.
Railroad Problems in the West" by Professor WarnCr
appears in the March number of the Political Science Quart
erly, , Last week Professor Hunt inspected the schools of Odell
and of Fuirliury, with the view of placing themon the accred
ited list.
Mr Cassel, the Donne orator, was at the university Sat
urday, the 7th. He will be here the 13th also, as the Doane
men 3V0UUI lmvc us realize. , ,.
" FiVd HUndred -analyses by the chemical department of
beets. 'grMV.rtviriNdbilaskft 'last- season are soon tbbe 'put 'in''
bulletih'forrn'iinrt published.
Miss Iligclow' arid Mr Marshall represented the'mission
ary band of the university as delegates to the missionary
conference at Weeping Water.
Professor IJrsscy is preparing a list of the native trees and
shrubs of Nebraska which will be published soon in the
Northwestern journal of Education.
The botanical department has recently ordered through
Saycr & Faurot 3000 niore sheets of herbarium paper upon
which to mount .specimens for preservation in the department.
In lieu of a regular term examination the sophomore
rhetoric class will submit an essay at the end of this term
upon the subject The distinctions between animal and veg
etable life."
A complete set of charts illustrating statistics on such
points as ihe "average value of wheat" in the United States,
has been received lately from the agricultural department of
tht United States.
The State Historical society will soon begin to keep a file
of every newspaper printed in the state. The Kansas His
torical society has been keeping a file of the papers printed in
Kansas for some time.
We tlr'nk that Mr. Newbury struck the key for the solution
of the woman's rights question. The ladies do not care very
much for the right of suffrage. They do most emphatically
demand the right to pop the question.
The evening drawing school conducted by the art depart
ment meets every Tuesday evening, 7:30 to 9:30. The schoo
will continue about two months. Tuition is free to members of
the club. To all others, the fee is one dollar for the term.
The Dclians arc discussing the advisability of starting a
weekly society paper. Last Saturday evening, at a meeting
held for the purpose of considering the advisability of the
project, they decided to postpone final consideration of the
subject one week.
The night of the 6th, some one broke into the gymnasium '
and removed the bulbs of thejneandescent lights. Entrance
was effected by breaking a. corner out of the pane . of glass
next to the lock. There seems to have been no object other
than pure meanness.
The special company recently organized is composed
chiefly of non-commissioned officers. In case of competitive
drills this company will represent the university. The com
pany is drilled by Lieutenant Griffith every Saturday from 9
to 10 A.M. The first drill was Saturday, the 7th.
On account of the storm the audience, which gathered in
the chapel last Saturday evening to hear Professor Hicks lee
turc on "Unci' Sam's Farm," was not veiy lurgc. Those
who were brave enough to face the storm were well paid for
their trouble. At the close of the lecture an informal recep
tion was given in the Union hall.
Some of the works composing the nucleus of the library of1
the agricultural department are: The journal of the royal
agricultural society since 1839; records ol the agricultural
depattment from 1847 to 1887 Inclusive', bulletins from every
state experiment station in the United States; bulletins and
publications from Gjimnny, France, England, Canada, and
Australia.
Professor Nicholson, as head of the agricultural depart
ment of this state, received last week twelve varieties of
wheat from England, and two from Franc;, with therequcst
that lhey.be sown, cultivated, results noted and 'reports be
forwarded to the department1: sending' the-seed) 'Half of
each variety has been sent 'to the western part of ihe'sjate.'
The other half will-be experimented wftli'Oii-thc- state ''faVni.
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