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IT THE : HESPERIAN THE Hespeeia:n; Issued Weekly by the IIksmkian Association of thct'nlvcrnltj of Nebraska. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. One copy, ier college year, in advance One copy, one semester AnvERTiiuxo Katks on ArrucATiov ti.nu ALUMNI AMD EX-STUDENT. Special endeavor will be made to make The nnrEKiAX Inter esting to former tttudents. Please send us your subscriptions 37"4ubscrlpllons on our books will be continued until ordered stopped. Address all communications to The IlEsrcaiAN, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. HOARD OF EDITORS The athletic board is influenced by no 'pull' and dictated to by no faction. It settles questions of difference with no end in view but tho furtherance and elevation of Univer sity athletics. Tho student body has confi dence in the board. Questions of importance are given due time and thorough consideration. There are no unusual delays, nor is there un seemly haste in determining matters of mo ment. "We advise some small boys not to break their cranial 'cavities' against a stone wall 'twill save them much trouble and no little annovance. PERSE NORSE E. B. PERRY J. D. DENISON MARTHA CHAPPEI.L F. E EOGERTOV HARRIET PACKARD RENA ALDERMAN H. O. SU PTON BERTHA PINKERTON J. n. 8AYER L. E. MOMFORD ASSOCIATES! Managing Editou AlSISTAT Editorial Local Athletic Local Lltfrarj Local Alumni ntiidncvH Manager AxKlxtant Who lias not registered for the preliminar ies? "Many are called but few are chosen." Now that the football season is almost to a close it is time you were thinking about that production for the oratorical contest. A University poet sends the Uubpekiax a 'poem' entitled ''Oh, Let Me Die while Young and Innocent." The 'poet' has the permis sion of the Hesperian. The Hesperian is always glad to stop groundless rumors or correct current misap prehensions. The infant which was heard crying, over on the north end of the bleachers Saturday, is not a member of the staff of our contemporary. It is rumored that Kansas is contemplating refusing to debate with Nebraska as a result of Saturday's game. The idea is almost too absurd to be considered. Last year wo ac cepted defeat gracefully. If college men are not able to accept defeat, who is? There is not the slightest reason why Saturday's game should cause a breach between tho two Uni versities. If such is tho effect of inter-colleg-iato contests the sooner they are discontinued the bettor. The cause for the quibbling, delay and dis grace in Saturday's game is not difficult to find. With the Kansas football team came a number of sports and gamblers with some six or seven thousand dollars. They proposed to convert the occasion into a money making project. They offered "all kinds'' of odds in order to get bets. They were so anxious to get bets that they were overbearing and even insulting to Nebraska men. Officials had been selected and everything had been done to in sure Kansas the game. They felt confident they would go home with some Nebraska money. The game had not progressed far until they saw their mistake. Kansas was lcing outplayed. Sport, official, coach, all realized their money was going if not gone. Every decision possible was against Nebraska. Despite their efforts Nebraska was victorious. The result was so surprising to the sports from the Kaw their loss was so great, that they would not acknowledge defeat. The result is all that could be expected under the cir cumstances. Clean athletics is out of the question when gambling flourishes. IVolollew-Oiiv Contemporary. Some small boys are too very small for us to bother about. We cannot spare the space to dignify their violent blustering and slimy slanders. Anybody (that is anybody who is nobody) can sling mud; wo haven't time for such small practice. Let those do that to whom it is a delightful occupation, who revel in it, who think it is evidence of intellectual vigor. They may think it displays acumen. They are simply mistaken. It doesn't dis play anything but littleness, eontomptable littleness. We leave them to their own small thoughts. f m T1 M ,l v 1 4! .T 1
