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Vol. 8-29, No. 27.
LINCOLN, MARCH 28, 1000.
Five Cents.
OUTDOOR PENTATHLON.
Date Fixed and Marfy Entries Are
Reported Arrangements for
Swimming Contest.
The outdoor pontathalon, will occur
on. April 14. Tho events to be par
ticipated in are tho 100 yard dash, the
mile run, tho shot put, the running
"high jump, and tho pole vault. P.
O'Mnhoney, -who has been very gener
ous in his offer to university athletics
will present a $20 gold medal to the
man winning the highest number of
points. The man must Win 400 points
or more out of tho possible 500. W.
13. Andreson, "R. D. Andreson, I. P.
Hewitt, May, Mantz, Hoarn, Pearse,
-Plowhead and Wallace will be tho
strong men in tho contest
The first annual championship swim
ming Tuces of the University of Ne
braska will ho held this year at the
sulpho saline bath-house. There will
he a series "of three programs. The
first to dc Thursday April 12, with
these ..events; ..twenty-five yards
straightway for class championship;
long diving vwenty-five yards or more,
for class championship; water polo
or "base-ball, freshmen vs. sophomores;
fancy diving,, free for all open compe
tition, high, deep, long, stand, running
plunge, trapeze and somesault; 100 i
yards two turns, for class champion-1
ship. The remaining two contests will
he held on April 20 and 28 respectively. ,
The programs will be varied, longer
distances will le used and several
events will be open to free competition.
Tho proceeds of these contests will be
used to send the track team to Chicago
to take part in the western intercol
legiate track meet In these contests
'also the state inter-collegiate cham
pionship races will be held. Prizes will
he given as follows: University class
championship, silver cup; water base
ball, souvenir ball; fancy diving, silver
medal. P. O'Mahony formerly of the
New York athletic association has been
'secured as starter. F. B. Barnes of
'Omaha, referee; Dr. "W. W. Hastings,
of the university, clerk of course. At
tention is called to those students who
'wish to enter tne races, that they can
practice any afternoon or evening ex
cept Monday and Wednesday evening.
Chef tickets at the office of the physi
cal director. Class practice will have
a special time, Dr. Hastings will give
starts. Two men are to be chosen for
each event from each class. Entries
-will close Tuesday, April 10. These
contests should receive the support of
every student. It not only being some
thing new and entertaining but the
purpose should appeal to everyone who
is interested in the advancement of
the university. The university this
year has the prospects of a running
track team, many aspirants are at
' worlc nad with the able training of
. Prof. W. E. Allen a strong team is ex
pected. The university has never be
fore 'boon represented at Chicago with
a track team and now that the material
is at hand the Btudents should assist
In 'tho financial part.
the men. Ho intends, from now on, to
give all his 'time to the fifteen men,
who aro tho most promising candi
dates for tho team. Practice in bunt
ing, in base running, in batting, and
in working with a system of signals
will now be given special attention.
TRICK FULL OF FUN.
Ruebe'n Sampson Takes a Trip
Omaha and Students Have
a Turn.
to
T nne lonrnn1 T?rllnv mftrnlnrr tTiut
Mr. O'Connel is certain that ho will! Reuben Sampson a senior in the uni-
nave a very strong team to meet tne . versity had disappeared the night De
Omaha league team hero on April 0. fore in a very mysterious manner.
Ringer, Koehlcr, and Doano have The police had been called in about 1
about equal chances behind tho bat, o'clock in the morning by Hall, the
Tho infield will bo very strong this i roommate of Sampson. Blood was
year. Rhodes will cover first. Second found on the bed, floor and window sill,
base will be held down by Boeder or , together with a quantity of hair on
hv "Stub" Cmnriftll. while Gordon will !ihn ! mpntlnnwl. Samnson's clothes
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play third. When Gordon Is in the were on a chair, hut a blanket was
box, Captain Bliss will probably cover I gone from the bed.
tho third bag. Bolen appears to he a , The" police announced immediately
"find" at short. In tho practice ho has that tho hlood had evidently been put
played brilliantly. Ho is fast on his ( 0n for effect and with a brush. They
feet and gets into tho spirit of the i were tff the opinion that it was a ruse
game. Cuscaden Is doing good work ' 0f some kind and that Sampson wouiu
in left, or the other out field position j turn up in a short time. This theory (
DePutron, Bell, Luckio, Farnsworth, I was supported by the recent troubles l
and Dew are in aavance oi tne otners. i between the juniors ana seniors.
I The high school team will be played ', Sampson failed to appear Friday and
i Thursday afternoon, and Manager by Saturday morning everybody in the
Howard would like to see a largo num-' university and a large number of res
1 ber spectators out to watch the first idents of the city were stirred up about
! game of the season. This game costs , the affair. Juniors and seniors were
nothing but the effort to arouse a suffi- j brought in to the police station and
cient amount of latent enthusiasm. j one after another given an opportunity
"Virgil Ryan is showing up well as a j to tell what they knew of the matter.
1 third pitcher. He has good speed and . jsj0 satisfactory results were obtained
good curves but is slightly lacKing in atM it was not until late in tne arter
I contual
the quaint old Swedish folk-dances,
which have recently become so popu
lar as recreative work in tho schools
of Sweden and Norway. Tho program
closed with a lively game of basket
ball. This was played by two teams
picked at random from tho various
classes, and was therefore, moro ox-
cltlng perhaps than scientific, though
judging by tho shrieks of the partici
pants and tho applause of tho spec
tators, it proved to be quite as enjoya
ble as thought a more scientific con
test had been on.
The athletic board has determined
noon that word was received from
Sampson's home in Western that he
the time for the election of student i was safe in Omaha.
members orthe board for next year, to
be May 4.
Y. M. C. A. NOTES.
wni E. "Reed, a missionary from
., , -
Ecuador is visiting friends about the a been foully dealt with on account
During the two days, rumors of all
kinds were fiot about his disappear
ance. He was reported to have been
found dead in several different places
at the same time. Some thought he
uTiivnrsSiv this wdfek. Mr. Reed Is a nf ?nn Which it was reDorted had been
1 Nebraska man but a graduate of Dart- jn his possession. The story told by
, mouth college and several years ago , jjall was to the effect that he had gone
1 spent considerable time in the student ( out about 10 o'clock in the evening to
.work in Nebraska. Mr. Reed meets see a student some blocks distant. At
I with the volunteer hand and the sev- j tne same time Sampson said he
eral missionary committees of the unl- thought he would go over to the 11
; versity. brary- When Hall returned nearly
, Thursday night will occur the an- three hours later, he found the room
1 nual election for officers of the asso-, jn the condition above mentioned. No
elation. The nomination committee evidences of a struggle were to he
SUBJECTS FOR ORATORY.
All contestants for the local extern
poraneous oratorical contest should see
R. C. Roper or C. W. Jones at once and
register with them. It is possible that
the number will have to he limited.
The following is a list of subjects for
extemporaneous speeches:
1. The Porto Rican Tariff Bill.
2. William Pitt, the Younger.
3. Lafcadio Hearn.
4. Municipal Reform.
5. The Need for More Freedom in
Religious Thought
6. The Effects of the Invention of
Machinery upon the Workingman.
j 7. The "Trust" Problem. (Its So
lution). i 8. Imperialism.
I 9. The Reformation of Criminals.
' 10. Socialism.
11. Competitive Examinations as an
Aid in Education.
I 12. Does College Education Pay?
13. The Higher-Edncation-of-Women.
14. The Politician. (Is he a Neces
sity?) 15. The Future of China.
16. Joseph Addison.
17. Michael Angelo.
18. The Transvaal.
19. Evils of Adveritsing.
will Tonort the followine names: Pres
ident, L. J. Marsh; vice-president, J.
V. Cortelyou; corresponding secretary,
n. Ci. North: record inc secretary, A
found, and it was later decided that
the hair had probably bee Temoved
from a cat.
Evidence the next day, hrought out
W. Gilbert Dr. H. B. Ward and B. L. ' the fact that certain persons had at
Paine will be elected as directors. ' tempted to purchase a live chicken at
The last effort is now being made on a restaurant the night before, but
fhfi financial canvass of the Y. M. C. A.
budget All are helping hut consider
able money is still needed before the
bills for the year can all be paid. The
work this year has beon of such a na
ture as to merit the support of all who
are interested in the university.
AN AGREEABLE SURPRISE.
Miss Adelloyd Whiting has recently
received from Chautauqua, New York,
a certificate from the normal course In
the school of physical training. Miss
Whiting entered the junior course last
July oxpecting to return the coming
summer to complete the work for the
senior certificate. She was agreeably
were unable to find one
Sampson returned home Sunday
evening. He Btated that he had been
called to Omaha 'on business and knew
nothing of the notoriety which his de
parture had played upon him. He
claimed to have left a note for his
room mate, pinned on the door when
he -went away, but did not attempt to
explain why it had not been received.
Chancellor Bessey expresses him
self as very much opposed to affairs
of this kind. Attempts are being 'made
to locate ring leaders and (harsh meas
ures may be taken if any are ifound.
1 BETA PARTY.
Beta Theta Pi gave a dancing partjr
1 Friday night at Walsh hall, which had
"been decorated for the occasion with
j palms and roses. A cooling punch "was
provided all evening for the dancers
' and at 10 o'clock a supper was served.
1 Mr. and Mrs. Adams, Mr. and Mrs.
Hershey and Mr. and Mrs. Cornell
chaperoned the following: Misses
Hammond, Holbrook, Bennett, Rick-
letts, Gabon, Whiting, Jenkins, Rich
ards, Honeywell, Post, Wirt, Morgan,
'McFarland, Bonnell, Robinson, Mc-
'Pheely, Woodward, Andrews, Thomas,
Burrus, Haskell. Nance, Wilklns of
Omaha; Messrs. Broady, Williams,
1 Paine, Price, McKillup, Anderson,.
Rlcketts, Blackman, Sims, Selick, Mub-
,6er. Rehlaender, Buckstaff, Wobster,
FolBom, Adams, Everett, Barker,
I Groff, Roth, B3ll, Ames, and Dr. White.
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BASE BALL NOTES.
Base ball at the university is being
(pushed (forward with much energy.
.HaclC 'O'Connel, the captain and second
liasoinan of the Omalia league team is
-doing 'fine work as coach. He 1b a
igerilemarily ife'llow, plays his (position
exceedingly .we'll ;anfl Is -much Weed by
work which she had done In the Uni
versity of Nebraska entitled her to
such credit as "would enable her to com
plete the course In one session. This
speaks -well for the 'work which Ib bp
ing done in our mniverslty 'by Miss
Barr, and the standing Which the de-
ipartment (has 'elsewhere.
ft exceedlnEly.well ;and Is -much uuceu uy
C. A.
The entertainment for the oity Y.
W. C. A. given by Miss iBarr and her
assistants at the armory, on last Fri
day evening, was in every way an en
Joyahle success. A number of gym
nastic 'exunJlseB wore ipeiuormed by a
ntrge dlaBS 'of girls, iff tor waldh night
girls In coBtumewent 'through Bomeo'f
PHI PSI BANQUET.
On Saturday evening at their chapter
house at 1C30 G street Nebraska Alpha
chapter of the Phi Kappa PsI 'fraternity
held their fifth annual banquet In
commemoration of the establishment
of the ohupter in the University of
Nebraska. Besides the membors of
the active chapter a number of alumni
wore presont. Toasts were responded
to after a Bumptuous dinner. The
alumni present wore Goo. Shedd, Ern
eBt Wlgr unborn, Ashland; William D.
"Reed, Burton U. Christie, 'Charles V.
Enge'l, Fritz KorBmeyor, -Omaha; Carl
iFrliike. iPlattsmoufh.; 'Clark IN. Obor-
ilies, and Dr. C. 'F. "Ladd, (Lincoln.
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