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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.