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own prospects and cripple his country in the
future by deserting his education at this
time?
Tin: Kansas - Nebraska Debati:. The
students of the Uni and the people of Lincoln
need no urging to become enthusiastic about
the Kansas-Nebraska debate. The mere
mention of that time-honored contest dovol
opes a feeling which shows how strong the
debating spirit is. Never before were the de
bating clubs of the Uni. stronger than now,
and all look forward to this debate with keen
relish. If wo win this contest, our victory
over Kansas for '97-'0S is complete. Already
our doughty warriors have defeated her on
the athletic field and there are many assur
ances of victory in this battle of intellects.
Our debaters are strong and capable men.
They are men who are well and favorably
known in the university. Perry and Matson
have been active members of the P. B. D. C.
for three years and Warner has spent two
years with the Maxwells and one with the D.
B. D. 0. All throe of these men have been
making a special study of economics and
constitutional law, and so the question for
debate, wuich is ''Resolved, That the Eng
lish cabinet system of government should be
established in U. S.," is very appropriate for
them. This debate is deserving of a crowded
house and it is most earnestly hoped that
Lincoln will do her part to render this a
financial success to the Debating Association
and a credit to the university.
The debate will take place at the Funke,
Friday, May (3. E. F. Warner will open and
close the debate for Nebraska; E. B. Perry
will speak second and C. E. Matson, third.
'Jflie 3Tryiiijj Pan.
It was not the intention of the Frying Pan
to involve this great nation in war. Apolo
gies are too late now, but talk can How on.
A certain co-ed remarked: "The boj's
shan't go to war. If they start out there'll
be an insurrection right here on the campus
and it will require their own particular and
individual efforts to quell it. They can just
take somebody else to smoke Havana, so
they can."
Spain may be as much surprised as .she was
$8 Will buy a Fine SJwe at
four hundred years ago if she undertakes this
second discovery of America. There'll bo an
education in it for her. But just incidentally
it may happen, as has been suggested, that
wo shall discover ourselves. Wo shall bo
like a small boy who finds he can lick one
little follow, and then wants to start in and
lick every boy ho sees. A wai for humanity,
is it? We may discover something else about
ourselves if we keep on. Somehow, wo have
come to like the constant, still, small voice of
brotherhood, and tho patriotism which looks
out of eyes never smarting from powder of
battle. Wo thought our destiny was for
peace always. Well, peace sometimes speaks
its lasting message in a brief booming of can
non. Yesterday, we thought our destiny
was sure; to-day, wo are set thinking and
wondering. When tho American people be
gin thinking, tho world is likely to bo am
azed. We, too, do not know ourselves. Let
us go on this voyage of discovery, all of us
who can think. Wo need not carry guns.
Speaking of extermination and annihila
tion, dynamite and nitro glycerine, is there
anything left in South America so absolutely
destructive as the harmlo3s-looking perambu
lating insecticide who once was theirs, but
again treads our campus? Most people think
bugs are killed with powders, potions, traps,
and so on. It is a mistake. They are killed
with tho same thing a famous artist once
said paints were mixed with, "brains, sir."
The value of that commodity is not appreci
ated in the world of learning. Our medium
of exchange goes by degrees, A. B.'s, Ph.
D.'s, and so on. Bat still, lurkiug in that
part of our souls which iB still human, there
is a great admiration for tho man whose
brains are in his head, and not displayed at
tho end of his name in the shape of titles,
whoso ability is shown by something actually
accomplished. If added to this the man may
be recognized by all who know him as one of
nature's uoblemeu well, he is too good to
stay in South America. The Coor.
War maps of Cuba, Key West and West
Indies, etc. 10c each. Tho latest book on the
navy "The American Navy, Cuba and Ha
waii" cloth, fully illustrated $1.50 published
at 84.00. Book Dopt. Herpolsheimer & Co.
The Foot Forpv, 1218,0 Street