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8 THE HESPERIAN i! plated with Kansas. "Why shall not the Universities of Nebraska and Kansas bo the first west of the Mississippi to imitate the example set by Yale and Harvard, and Princeton and University of Pennsylvania in this matter of joint debate ? Kansas has not been idle but has been making active preparations for the debate. Now is the time for us to act. But a little more than ten days remains in which those who enter the preliminary debates may reg ister. The following quotations from the by laws of the local organization are self ex planitory: ARTICLE III. Section 1. A series of annual local de bates in which any active member of the association may enter shall be held. There shall be not more than eight debaters in any one contest and the best eight debaters shall be selected to meet in a final contest at which the three best debaters shall be chosen to represent the University in the joint debate with Kansas. Sec. 4. Those who deBire to enter the local debates shall register with the secretary-treasurer of the association before six p. m. on the 10th day of October of each year, unless such date falls upon Sunday, in which case the same conditions shall apply to the following Monday. Owing to the absence from school of Mr. Scarson, the secretary-treasurer of the asso ciation, the names of those wishing to regis ter for th' preliminary debates may be given to the president of the association until the successor to Mr. Searson is elected. 0. 3$. "Welden. A meeting of the debating association of the University is hereby called for Tuesday, October 2, at 5 p. m., in University chapel. A secretary-treasurer is to be elected to fill the vacancy made by the absence of Mr. Searson. Other business of importance is to be transacted. O. It. Welden, J. L. SUHDKAU, Executive Committee. LOCAL. Have you Registrared yet? Mr. Crabtree is at Brainard. Mary Fossler is posting in chem. John W. Dixon, of '94, is at Yale. Mr. Skiles, of '92, takes senior law. A. E. Yont, of '96, goes to Harvard. Jay Burris is back in the Uni. again. Anna Edwards teaches in Sterling, 111. Mr. Ferrot, of '92, is posting in German. Mary Edwards, '94, will be back to post. Maud Hammond will post at Yale this year. Ralf Johnson studies law in New York city. Clements is posting and assisting in Botany. W. M. Cain is practicing law in David City. . Mrs. Scott teaches in a South Dakota college. Hadley, of '95, goes to Ames to analyze beets. Mr. Bulla, of '93, is doing sugar work in Nor folk. F. F. Tucker is 'teaching now in Nebraska City. Mr. Lord will return to the Uni. to study math. Miss Chamberlain teaches in the Lincoln high school. G. I. Babcock is superintendent of the Palmyra schools. MrT Miller is posting in Greek and English Literature. W. L. Ducker of Red Cloud, has returned to finish his course. Mr. Brooks and Albers, of '92, are posting an'd tutoring in math. The Messrs. Johnstons are studying law in offices in the city. Miss Ada Graham, who ivas absent last year, is again in school. . . Frank Graham, a last year's., student, is teach ing in Clay county. Rufus Bentley, of .'94, is taking post work in .philosophy this year. ( , ' (Mr. Str'ohman, of the class of '93, is a senior law student this. year, . .
