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THE HESPERIAN
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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, . .
