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There seems to be too general a misunder
standing in regard to the mission of the local
debating association and the manner of con
ducting the preliminary debates. Iirthe first
place any University student may become a
monitor of the local association by paying
twenty-five cents to the secretary-treasurer.
Any student, who is a incmtor of the associ
ation, may enter the first preliminaries. In
the first preliminaries those registered are di
vided into sections with not more that eight
in any one section. From all the contestants
in the first preliminaries, eight deleters are
chosen. These eight men contest in what is
known as the final preliminary dclwite'
when three are chosen to represent the Uni
versity in the Kansas-Nebraska contest.
The first preliminaries arc held atout the
middle of next month: the final preliminary
March 15; the Kansas-Nebraska debate the
first week in May. Every one desiring to
try for a place must register before Monday.
Nov. 15. If we are to have strong represen
tatives in this interstate coutest there must
to a large numtor register for the preliminar
ies. Upon the number of contcstauts.and the
interest in the preliminaries. dcjends the
character of the men who will represent the
THE : HESPERIAN '.
1'i-cliiiiinxirie. versitv friends last Friday and Saturday. She
took in" the l'alladian party.
I f von want a hair cut jo to Wcsterlields.
If you want anything in the line of Tonsorial
work. Wcsterficld's is the place to find it.
117 North 13 St.
(i. I. Raleoek. an old alumnus who
graduated from the law school last year, is
puracticing law in Omaha. He visited in
Lincoln over Sunday.
Mr. Porners. who has been janitor in Ne
braska hall, will act as night watch, taking
the place of Capt. Shear. Mr. Porter has toeii
transferred to Nebraska hall.
Dr. Ketchum. Oculist and Aurist. Richards
Ulock treats diseases of the eye. car. nose
and throat, and is fully equiped with instru
ments for fitting glasses without mydriatics.
All fees reasonable.
The Chase and Wheeler oratorical contest
will occur atout the middle of January. The
committee having it in charge are making a
personal canvas.- of the memtors of the l'al
ladian society to enter this contest.
The names of Miss Nellie Dcnisou and Mr.
Clyde Mastiu were promised for uiciiitorship
in the I Mian Society Friday evening.
Miss Anna Clisto of Weeping Water scut
ter! See to it that your friends, who have
aspirations along forensic lines, register!!
Be sure that such is done before Nov. 15!!!
University. M no student who has any pre- Friday evening with the Delians. She gave
tcntions of being a public speaker fail to en- " very pleasing selection.
The l'alladian Roys delating club will do
bate the question, resolved, the "The annex
ation of Hawaii should to ratified by the U.
S. government" at their next meeting Satur
day evening.
The Palladians held a business meeting last
Friday night which is unprecedented for
length. It was all on account of "Capt-
Shear's last night a night watch. He told
them tliey could stay as long as they chose.
They did. They gave him a ringing ''Pall
yell as they left the hall at 11:30.
Next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock the Y.
M. C. A. intends to have the torst meeting it
has had thus far this year. Representatives
Tin Fresh-Soph, meet will to held on the
campus tomorrow afternoon. The Junior
Senior football game, a iart of the program,
will commence at 1 :-'0. Rosco Pound is clerk
of the course and this means that events will
follow each other with the greatest exjiediency.
An admission of ten cents will to charged for
the benefit of the campus grading fund. The
winning class receive for one year a silver
Water Set to to inscriled with name and
date. There will to a prize for each event.
The tot all round man receives a ten dollar
running suit from the Athletic Hoard. The
markings will to 5 points for first, Z for sec
ond and 1 for third place. Class rooting will fr 5" ihv cohW associations in the city
be a feature of the meet; the seniors for the and ossib!y from the association at Drone
sophomores and the juniors for the freshmen, will to present. Mr. W. J. Hunting will
Miss Elizatoth Thomson who m now a lid the meeting and his subject will be -The.
teachor in the ifcCook schools, visited Uni- Central Motive in Our College Life."