THE NEBRASKAN-HESPERIAN. Ill E i 1.1 .t lit Hi LOCALS. Dr. Wente, dont!stv. Gregory the Coal Man. .University Book Store. Try Westerficld's egg shampoo, for dandruff. In tho art department next semester a class will begin drawing from life. Professor Burnett was In attendance at an institute at Crete on Thursday. For up-to-date university hair cut go to Westerfleld, the barber, 117 N. L3th. The graduate club met at the home of Dean Edgren, 144G J street, Satur day evening. Fountain Pens, 14 kt. gold, at 50c, G9c and $1.00 each at book and station ery department, Herpolsheimer & Co. Mrs. Poynter entertained the mem bers of the Dramatic club and Mrs. Manning at the executive mansion last Saturday evening. A number of new students have come in since the holidays, but will not take up regular work until the opening of next semester. Companies B and C have organized basket ball teams and have begun practicing. The other two companies will also organize teams. The weather bureau has just been visited by the inspector from Wash ington, who makes annual personal In vestigation of all of these omces. The fire in the main building last Thursday demonstrated the fact that wood would burn. For a cord of nice cord wood go to Gregory the Coal Man. Tho only thoroughly good place in he city where a student can get any kind of board that he wants is at Cam eron's cafe, 114-118 South 11th street . Mrs. Laura Carver, former in structor in German in the university, leaves next week for Leland Stanford university, where she will continue her studies. Miss "Whiting lectured last Tuesday before the methods class on "English in the Lower Grades" and on Thurs day Dr. Sherman continued the same subject. Mrs. W. G. L. Taylor spoke before the park and forest association on last Wednesday evening. She spoke as a representative of the city improvement association. U. G. Cornell has finished a series of photographs of various university of ficials in their offices. Especially good ones were obtained of Dr. Bessey and Miss Smith. Dr. Wharton will give the first of a series of Friday talks January 19 at ten minutes after 12 in the J. M. C. A. room. These talks are to be of a prac tical nature. All classes in the gymnasium will be put through a thorough floor exam ination during next week. Miss Barr wishes tho girls of her classes to bear this in mind. For history covers, history paper, note books, fountain pens and all other college supplies go to the book and stationery department of Herpol sheimer & Co. Miss Hayden, the Instructor in art, purchased quite a number of new casts and draperies in Chicago during tho Christmas holidays. These are now in the art studio. There will be a course offered In be ginning Greek next semester for which full credit for college work will bo given to those who do not need It fcr preparatory work. The committee on courses of study expect to be ready to make their re port to tho faculty within a month on the proposed changes in entrance re quirements and choice of studies. Somo of tho best talent in' the uni versity school of1 niUsic has recently been levied upon to form a Y. W.,C. A. quartette, which will furnish music at tho regular Sunday afternoon meetings. Henry Longsdorf of Bellevue has sent to the state museum samples of pyroluslte which were found on a farm near Bellevue. Ho reports this to be the largest deposit yet found in the state. Olivia Poind, tho permanent secre tary of the class of '96, is preparing an account of the doings of the mem bers of that class since graduation, which will appear in a class book to be issued in June. M. B. Slocum, an attorney of South Sioux C!ty, Neb., has found consider able deposits of sclenite (sulphate of lime or crystalized gypsum). Ho has sent good samples to the geological museum of the university. Of the $2,500 which the alumni started to raise for the new organ only about $250 remains to be secured. The committee which has the matter in hand will make an effort to have this sum raised by charter day. Professor E. G. Bourne of Vale uni versity has just ordered enough copies of "Some American Legislators," pub lished by H. W. Caldwell, to supply all the students of one of his classes. About fifty copies were sent. Since the debates are over several humorous incidents are related. One of the speakers started to quote the fa mous speech of Patrick Henry. How ever, he uttered the following, "Give me liberty and give mo death." A. J. Weaver, 95, and law '97, spoke on "Democracy's New Year" at- the Jacksonian club banquet at Omaha Monday night. Prominent democrats from all over Nebraska and other states were present and also gave ad dresses. The musical program at the chapel Friday morning consisted of two 'cello solos by Miss Eiche, "Larghetto," by Pap!nl, and "Intermezzo," by Golter mann," and a piano selection, "Etudes Syphonlques," Schumann, played by Edith Shaw. Henry Eames, director of the piano forte at the conservatory of music, will give a lecture recital on "Shake speare in Music" in tho chapel next Saturday evening under the auspices of the Palladian society. An admission will be charged. An unusually large numoer of stu dents heard Fred Emerson Brooks at the Oliver Thursday evening. Mr. Brooks recited a number of humorous poems, whicluwere up-to-date, and his rendering of them made them seem al most as real as life. Regulations concerning the national strength test have been received at the physical director's office from Dudley Allen Sargent, M. D., secretary of the national Intercollegiate strength test association. Preparation In that line will begin the first of February. There is to be a meeting of tho Sigma XI on Wednesday evening. Papers will be presented by Professors Brooks, Morltz, Lyon ana Bruner. The society will make final arrangements for an Intercnange of speakers with the Kansas chapter at that time. Senior girls are requested to watch for the notice of arrival of cap frames for getting measurement of caps. Tho notice will oo posted in tho library cloak room. Orders for the same may be placed with Miss Kennedy, Miss Olive Stratton or Miss E. T. Miller. "Good clothes are a kind of good manners tnd few men can afford to disregard them." rrtftalKt ,f u u.d, m m. WINTER COATS EVERYONE has heard of the H.f S. 6 M. overcoats, so -widely ad vertised in all the magazines. We have HART, SCHAFFNER 6 MARX coats in all sizes and styles and at prices to suit every purse. They are good to look at, good to wear and easy to buy. HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX BiEBM TAILOR - MADE CLOTHES. ARMSTRONG CLOTHING CO., 1013-15-17-19 0 STREET. Clement Chase, '93, in an address to the students in the chapel Wednesday morning, gave many interesting facts concerning the early history of the university. He publicly donated to tho university a file of early university catalogues which had been lacking in the university records. Cadets are now given one demerit for each mistake which they make in any official communication. The com munication with the number of mis takes will be returned to the sender. Should five or more erors occur in one such communication an otherwise good excuse will be marked "unsatisfac tory." Beginning this week a thorough strength test will be made with the dynamometer of all the basket ball girls. The dynamometer is an instru ment that tests all the muscles of the body. The object is to get the average strength of the athletic girls of our university. These who desire to participate in any spring athletics should not forget that a semester's training is necessary for all candidates for athletic teams, for which all must register. One-fifth course credit is given for the work. Other requisites and qualifications may be found in the calendar. Music, vocal and instrumental, slightly soiled, at lc to 5c per copy during tho following week. Frames for cabinet size photographs, gilt, with brass corners and' oval mats, 25c each. Tho best line of picture moulding in the city at lowest prices. Posters, un framed pictures and matboard in all colors, music and picture department, Herpolsheimer & Co. Professor Fossler has been giving, a series of six university extension lec tures to tho Cosy club of Tecumseh. The following subjects have been or are to be presented: ""Niebelungen Lied," with stereoptlcon illustrations; "Primitive Germanic Institutions," "Germany in the Middle Ages," "Less- ' ing and His Work," "Goethe tho Man" and "Goethe and Life." Tho addresses have been received very enthusiastic ally by the club. Professor Eames of the university school of music has just returned from an eastern trip, giving his celebrated piano forte lecture recital with mark ed success. Especially in Chicago was this novel recital well received. It is very fortunate for the faculty and stu dents of the university that Professor Eames has consented to give this high grade entertainment in the university chapel. It promises to be ono of the star attractions of the year. The new building given to Leland Stanford university by a brother of its founder was formally opened Thurs day, January 11. The address was de livered by Professor George E. How ard, an alumnus of this Institution and at ono time the head of tho Amer ican history department. Professor Howard's subject was "Tho Social Meaning of the Open Library." The subject was suggested to him by tha open policy of the library in the Uni versity of Nebraska, Treasurer Max Westerman of the ex ecutive office is in receipt of a letter, from his brother, Will Westerman,' who is studying In the University of Berlin, In which there Is mention of several Nebraska alumni who are at present working for degrees in tho German universities. John Aimy, '96, passed his examinations in December for tho degree of Ph. D. in Iho Univer sity of Berlin and will remain in that country for a while longer. Billings Almy, '9G, is studying at Leipsic, Ger many, Miss Julia Karsmeyer, '93, and