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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1897)
I) THE : HESPERIAN ami It:ul to got down the olil arithmetic to settle tin matter. When the old mini came into the office on Mon day, the young lawyer looked a little disconcerted, for it was early and ho had not taken time to study up a plausable story. He was too clear headed him self to be able to tell a poor lie without telltale em harassment. So on the spur of the moment he as Mimed the air of a cool business man and gave a concise statement of facts. 1111 sorry but we can't let you have that money just now. The company doesn't want your property. During the boom, you know, we had so much pro perly lolt on our hands, and you see Mr. McDonald, you arc an old man. We are not willing" The old man had risen and with his head erect had opened the dour and closed it behind him. The young lawyer turned to his stenographer with uu uneasy laugh. Sensitive about his age as you are. ainthe?" Anna 1'kev. 1 l IS UMI N A IS V 1) 1 I $ A rr 1CS. The University Debating Association will hold the annual preliminaries on the l?lh, 18th and '..'Oth of December, including Friday, Saturday and Monday night respectively. Tliei u are lifty -eight name, on iiclistfor the coiiU'M. Taking eight debaters in e.K'h divihluii, it make seven divisions. Hy the old plan of retaining the siime judges all through the entire .eric, it would iieecs.-dtatcasiicrilico of seven evening bj tins professor who serve as judges. Tnis joar theie will be nine Judges who shall all be present ami mark upon the work of the lirst division. Hut the markings of but three judges will be handed in for I lie general average. The remaining n Judge will keep their markings for a basis of com parison tor the remaining divisions. Then the judges shall lie divided, by lot, into three divisions of three each, who shall hear the remaining six di visions in two nights. Hut the three judges whose markings shall be taken the lirst night, will be as signed to Mtperatc divisions for the remaining two nights, I hereby giving a cwiitlutiity of marking as fur as possible On Friday Dee. 17th the lirst divi sion will meet in the chapel; the second, third and fourth will debate in sepurute halls on Saturday night, and the fifth, fiixth and seventh divisions on Monday night. The judges are as follows: For divi sions two andJlvo, Profs. Caldwell and Ward turn Judge Reuse, for divisions three and six, l'rofs. Lttukcy, Sherman ami Hill; for divisions four and seven, l'rofs Ansley, Harbour and Wilson. There lire to be sixteen men selected by the first prelimi naries. Then in the second preliminary nine men will be selected from the sixteen, to represent No- brtiska in the Interstate debutes with Kansas and Missouri statu universities and Colorado Springs College The Inst nine debaters will determine 'their respective positions in the Inter-state debates. The speakers ranking highest in the final debates , shall nave lirst choice, both us to the Institutions he hhall debate against and as to the place in the. inter, state debates; the speaker ranking second shall have second choice and so on until all the places are lilleii. In case of a tie for rank in the final debates the order dinll be determined by lot. The following are the questions and debater? of the different sections:-- First Division. Resolved, That President. Tackson was justified in his attitude toward the bank of the United States. Affirmative, Herge, Pearson, Smoyer and Stewart. Negative Deal. Sloan, McNaughton, and Hutchinson. Second Division. Resolved, That the United States should annex Hawaii as a territory. Affirm ative, Taylor, Kemp, linger and Goodw.ll. Nega tive. Denison, Lovvrie. Griffith and Tcllison. Third Division. Resolved, That municipalities should own and control their natural monopolies. Affirmative, Pope, Meier, Maguire and Tucker. Negative, Spencer, Waterman, Davics and Perry. Fouith DivNion. Resolved, That the income tax measure passed by the second session of the Fifty third congress was just and equitable. Affirmative, llalderson, Sackett. Warner and Lee. Negative, Fra.icr, Payne. Wo-wol and Miss Stull. Fifth Division. Resolved, That the radical is of greater importance to society than the conserva tive Affirmative, Allen, Oury, Hawley, Andreson. Negative. Landis. Kdgerton, Kidem and O'Connell. Sixth Division. Kcsolvod, That a permanent na tional board should be established for the compul sory arbitration of difficulties between employers mid employes. Affirmative, Cake, Garber, Matsou and Ayer. Nebative, Kunz. Hurleigh, iiiirch and Hilton, Seventh Division. Resolved, That the United States would be justified in extending belligerent rk-lits to Cubu. Affirmative, Toby, Holcnhach, Dittmar, and Dasseubrock. Negative. Kinton. ISwart, Kindler and Raker. Prof. Hill was unable to meet his classes Wednes day because of sickness. ThcHayden Art Club met in the art rooms of the library Saturday night Mrs, F. M. Hall rend a pa per on "The Religious Element in Art." Among those who spoke were Professors Ward and Fling, A committee, consisting of seven of the faculty, tnvct every Wednesday night to take into consider ation the general organization of the Internal work ings of the University . Prof. Fosslcr Is chairman, Di. Lees secretary. The other members are Pro fessors. Davis. Hraee, Hill, Owens and Caldwell. Inspector Crablroo. president of the Nebraska Stato Teachers Association, extends a cordial invita tion to students of the university to become mem bers of tlie association. He believes it will lie viilu able particularly for those who expect to become teacher in the near future. The meetiup- occurs Deo. 21, 26, aft. HO. The program is the bust over prepared by the association. The outlook Is favor ublo for a very largo attcudanco.