mii I..IN i-:i'mi.i) isu v inwu-imi&mmmsmmmmm r .THE NEBRASKAN -HESPERIAN Vol. 8-29, No. 22. LINCOLN, FEBRUARY 2u. 1000. Five Cunts. -GOVERNOR STANLEY TALKS. Discusses I-'onllmll in Chapel mid Finds Warm Spot in Hearts of Ne braska Students. At chapel Tuesday morning there were a number of distinguished visit ors, including Governor Stanley and wife of Kansas, Governor and Mrs. Poynter, Adjutant General Barry and ' Senator Tnft. After the scripture road-' ing and song Dr. Bessey called upon Governor Poynter to speak a few words to the studonts. The governor respond- ed as follows ... . . . 11 Idling Indies and UOntlOmen: 1 UO not come before you this morning with ' any intention of talking u you at all. I but am very glad wo havo w.th us a near neighbor. Some of our foot ball I boys at lep.st realize that in Kansas there are some pretty good fellows. We have with us this morning Governor Stanley of Kansas." Upon being introduced Governor Stanley spoke as follows: "When I look on a crowd of young follows such as I see before me this "morning I always feel that I ought to talk about base ball or foot ball. When I look upon n lot of bright young girls I feel I ought to say something about music, but Paderewskl was here last night. I am going to say something about foot ball, any way. Our boys are feeling pretty good this year. You boys felt good last year. 1 saw some of the young men in my town practlc ingfor that game of foot ball last year and I became exceedingly interested Jfi it. I knew nothing about the game, but I boramo Interested day by day as i I saw those splendid examples of young manhood going through a sys tem of discipline, self-sacrifice and de nial. When the game came off it did not last long there were great crowds of people with the colors of 'their re spective clubs. Thoro were the young men belonging to thoso teams strain ing every nerve, bonding every energy for the satisfaction of a victory, and I asked myself after the game was over: Is it worth tho trouble? Is tho game whon won worth all tho training, solf saorifleo and denial? Then I saw a broader moaning in it, because by all thoso days of struggle, discipline aid devotion to an idea it was not for the victory of an hour; they were training for all tho conflicts that would come throughout thoir future lifo. The dis cipline that comes through exorcise takes more than a few montns. "Ilore you are disciplining mind and licart and soul for tho Btipromo moment much moro than any of tho victories wpn on tho fields of rout oat. That was ,vhat thoso uoy wore doing during all those months. This a great world. I lint 1 Is ho full or olinucQ.for acliiovc ' . .: . TOOiit and diHtinction, and tno mon mm . women who will win thorn In tho fu- turo nro those who in our schools aud collogos nro go'tlng ready. How Impor-, taut It is that ovory faculty of tho mind, and evory iacnuy oi mo mmri, ; anil every faculty of tho soul, ln these , happy, Joyous college daya, Bhall be ( trulnnd and disciplined. Find your place in lifo and fill It. If 1 could Hpoajc.to tho .young men and young -women tiu'l'soinotiiiieH speak to tho young men nnd young women of Kan Biia, I would Hay proparo youraeh'eH when It comes. I do not know when it ' "', "a""l " Vhn w in iummco '"liotoiy. Alter an ins.si Avlll come in your lives younr men ' ' )0 " f M,nneso n ' ho mitm1 h"B "t uncoro by the audience she played aiu tonic, in youi mm,, yonnj, men, H0 , t t llrt,ireHB n popmiir aud once ,,, .. , ,.it.M,ioiin but thoro Is a tlnie coning to all whon ,..,, hn,, ,u ,,, ,. ,,., , "10 Mvan' "J fcl"u--,l0,1H- ... . nml his book Is notably fro? from tno r)nrmni. wni.,i i.mifni'rmi nu rniinwH thoro s a moment w h oh means much . . ... ' ,...,. . wogiooa weie tonioueu iib ioiiowb. er professions, for life if you will, but train your souls, your minds, for the supreme moment of lifo. The greatest work 1 know of in this world is the making of a man. I know nothing i greater unless it is the making of a' womanly woman, strong in all those j qualities of heart, tense in all those finer affections, which direct, shapo ind fashion, and always will shape and fashion, this world for humanity and God." STIUj A DRAW. The second round of the sophomore contest was pulled off in the chapel lflt TlinHflnv nftornnnn nvul nnrlnrl nran. " .... ,..,. , " as ,l & T ie motl , whicli was made at the previous meet-, lS to expunge that part of the min- ntes elating to the junior annual, and """" "" D" . " w"a " " ! adherents of President Kelley, was i nftSsed- The -t!on then arose as to whether the committee still had power t0 ,act hor the expunging of the uuuuieu iruin inu ruuuius ueiinvuii iuu committee of all power and made the president's action null and void. The characteristic two hours of speech making followed. No decision was reached one way or the other and the meeting was compelled to adjourn to meet in the chapel on Saturday after noon. At this latter meeting parliamentary practice was put aside and the respec tive leaders proceeded to tell one an other, in a decidedly personal way, what they thought from their own points. All the plots and political plans of two or three men for a1 ycrfr previous wore aired, much to the amusement of I upper class men in the balcony. At 4 o'clook excitement was at a fever heat, when a note from the chancellor an nounced that the chapel had to be used for other purposes. An adjourn-; mont was taken to the law lecture' room and a fresh start minlo. The finish wns the most exciting of the series, and had It not been for inter ference of several cooler heads blows ! would probably havo followed. As it was, nil damage was confined to the! property of tho room. Tho mooting I was declared adjourned by the prcsi-' dent on account of the dlsordor. i PROFESSOR MACMILLAN'S NEW WORK. Professor Conway MaoMIllau's "Min nesota Plant Life," published by the University or Minnesota, is a work ! ot ox.ci,ancellor Benton, followed with which should have imitators In many , (l vIolJn 9ol()i "Grande Fantalslo." In states. An edition o.' ten thousand ! Dq nt.loti nor rommion wns perfect copies of this valuable book bus boon I unj, Hho BUC(,C0,l01 , (mp;ivntlng tho . unit! lejitrwi fe 1 tut l 1iit l m.ti tr t lin . . ... .. . . . roHiruiiiib or mc ordinary ioai iiuuk. The author hu amod Hlmply to de-j AyloHWorthi ciurom-p Swift Capoll, HiiiMlin tlin illffornnt. kinds of nlants In... .... ...,.... , i.. ,...i.i.. M ' frfl u,0 Qwm 0 , hgh. . . ,... ,... , oxplulnlnK '., ,, .......- . ., 0'0,ont- uoituln plant HtiMicuucB in an o.omoni - ay lnunMOI.i Although many hooks mvo hflen ponHUlto(1 , tho propumtlou of thH vollimai wo nmy wo j)ollcvo tho ,lul0,..B ()tntemont that, far from being t I)r0(luill ()f tll0 HtU(lyf -MlnnoBota , , . ,f .. .., , , ,n01.p tho off ,.. r Uin W00l. tho ,)mlri08. th0 '.,., ,1 II... I.Llrn Tin. ,llt .,.lm. r,(.ora )U)(1 tht. ittUcB, The dlstrlhu- tlon of thlB volume through tho state cannot rail to diffuse- a deeper knowl edge of botanical lifo among Minne sota's population. Prorofisor MnoMIllan Is a grnduatc of tho Unlvorslty or Nebraska and stands In the foromost rank of her alumni. CHAUTEK DAV EXERCISES. ,, ., . , ., . , L, ,, .. , 1,0!f,'ft,n Urr,cd 0,,t ln S,1,c ,,f H,ul W eatlior Ex-Chancellor lien- ton's Address. Tho nnmml chfirtcr dny coicbration occurred Thursday. Owing to the snow and extreme coldness of tho weather the out-of-door program was not at tempted. All Indoor events wore highly successful and from indications pleased the visitors very much. All scientific departments were open to the inspection of the'publlc and an extra display of interesting apparatus, t,nf nml mnnhlnnpv wns mmln Pun. pie came early and stayed late, and mftny left the eftr tQ tQ tho locture at thj f n the even, Ex-Chancellor Benton spoke in the evening upon "Facing the Twentieth Conturyt , many who heard him. He pronounced the university to be the greatest thing ever brought forth by the state, it , has lived in the past, it Uve3 now, and , it will live forever. I We should carry into the new con- i tury the spirit of optimism. The great power in civilizing the world is to be- lievo utterly in perfecting the world. The modern theory of evolution is op timistic to the very core. Man, accord ing to this theory, develops onward to perfection. Passing all argument as to evolution, its spirit is that man is growing to something that is the best of all possible worth. The basic prin ciple of science is nptimlsn. The be lief of mankind today has faith in the supremacy of the good, the ultimate triumph of justice and peace In ""the world. We face the twentieth contui:y sat urated with the democratic sp'rlt. All over the world, and especially In our own nation, this spirit Is manifesting Itsolf in acute ways. Tho question is whether we will join the people or will array ourselves with those favoring class privileges. Domocracy stands above all for culture and for anything that will olovato the citizen. Tho democratic spirit of this country Is disclosed jmrtVularly in Its system of education. Tho privileges and ad vantages are almoin' oly fico to a'l the children of tho commonwealth. No dis tinction is made between tho rich and tho poor or tho noblo and ignoble. MiHH S.lonce Dales, graiuldaughtor , ,?m. imoi10iOI. 0r ,.,.. i UOm EmmoiiB 7;;"j;B " ' ' '?. 0, . ."' ,C ' ' ""U"U11" "' '. ' ,...,,,..,.,, f,,.....,..,,.,. ton .loiiHon ClirlHtoneon. i i. . CONCERT AND DRILL. Tho coui'ort by tho university baud was llio buglnnluK of tho Hpaoial pro gram given by tho military department lint Tlmrwlny. Tho eoneort was given ! ' tll "'' ,lU(l WU' 'ittOllrtOll UJ' II largo audioiipo. Coinnionta woro gon orul concerning the niiiHic''by tho tu dots, and the work of tho!r loador, IUarlo Wohn, was much pralBOd.. Following tho hand eoneort wa an exhibition drill by th Porshlng Rlilos, which ended in a spell-down. Corporal A. K. Barnes of company D woi rirst place and First Lieutenant Pearse of company A second. ATHLETIC EXHIBITION. Following the drill an indoor ath letic exhibition wns given. Below are the results: Standing broad jump W. 12. Andre son 10 feet; McCoomb, 9.G; Bnbson, 9.5 . Running high kick Jewett, 0 feet; Hewitt, 8.11. Three standing broad jumps W. E. Andreson. 29.7 feet; R. R. Andreson, 29.7; McCoomb, 28.8. Shot put Ploughead, 38 feet; Jew ett, 37.5; Mauck, 33.9. Standing hop, step and jump W. E. Andreson, 27.3 feet; McCoomb, 2G.9; DePutron, 25.4. Basket ball University team, 10 points; best five men, 4 points. Running high jump Hewitt, 5.1 Ms feet; DePutron, 5.5; Jewett, 4.11. Horizontal bar vault Jewett , G.9 feet. Relay potato race, two and three heats, won by R. D. Andreson, captain. Standing high jump Jewett, 4.7 feet; DePutron, 4.5. Potato race, ton laps R. D. Andre son, 59 seconds; C. G. May, CO seconds. Jewett and Hewitt both broke the record of nine feet nine inches for tho runnnlg high kick. It was the only record broken. Tho officials were as follows: Referee, F. B. Barnes; clerk of tho course, Elmer Berry; assistant, W. H. H. Moore: starter, W. E. Allen; jucfgeV Tift Afe, E." 13!?laHttiigs,-r M. Story ; mensi' rers, R. S. Hunt, C. TI. Root, Sigurd Anker; scorers, R. 1. Waterman, J. S. Moore. A. H. Clark; timekeepers, S. T. Cortolyou, Joel Steb blns, Professor Swezey; umpires, W. 'E. Allen, E. E. Hastings, C. M. Story; T. J. Hewitt, head usher. CO-EDS AS COOKS. One of tho distinctively novel fea tures in tho unlvorslty exhibition char tor day was the "live exhibit" of tho department of domestic science under tho direction of Miss Rosa Bouton 1u the mechanic nrts building. In their novel kitchen room the young lady stu donts, neatly dressed in white caps and aprons, served dainty desserts to tho si roam of visitors that thronged In this particular spot. Many expressions of surprlso wore heard on every side upon tho quality of the products and tho noatnoss of the kitchen. SIGMA XI ADDRESS. Tho address by Doan Willlstou of tho Kansas unlvorslty before tho Sigma XI socioty was given liiBt Wednosdny night in tho university chapel. A largo number of tho members and frlondB of tho socioty worp present. Doan Willis ton spoke upon the subject "Sigma XI; Its Place In American Universities." The discourse wiib especially lutorost lug to sulout'.iic Htudojiti because of tho geuoral romurUs upon tho breadth of study in tho Bciontiflc course iih com pared with B'udy in the acadom c col logo. Dean WllLston llrst dlscussod the re lations between the Phi Beta Kappa so ciety and ita duplicate In selontlflu lines, the Sigma XI. Ho thought the tondonoy wiib for a ono-Bldod develop uioiit along the more purely lltorary linos, hut he bellovod in a broad foundation. Tlio person who 1b to bo most successful should know all of his