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timtmStiim i ix'ifi iiin ipuwii THE NEBRASKAN-HESPERIAN. Vol. 8-29, No. 28. LINCOLN, APRIL 4, 1000. Five Cents;' MIHIWi HWWIWii ire t- i i'AMES FOR NEXT WEEK. University Base Ball Team Will Cross Bats With Leaguers From Omaha. The base ball team has been working hard during the last week, and with one or two possible exceptions the team has been chosen, and will have a chance to show its strength against thq Omaha league team next week. The league will be here for three games and then the Nebraska Indians the -two following days. These games will be interesting and should be well attended. CAUGHT ON THE FL. DePutron Is considered a fixture in center field. He covers a great amount of ground and is a good hitter. Cuscaden has been kept from prat tlce during the past week because of an injury to his eye. Reeder will report the latter part of this week. He will probably cover second. St. Clair, a law school man who played on the University of Iowa team last year will be a candidate for short stop. He is a quick heady player and will add much to the strength of the team. Virgil Ryan showed up well in the Tx in the practice game with the high for g gg of something new. and that people who make such statements don't know what they are talking about; for this would but servo to con vince them more firmly of the truth of their criticisms. And they are made, too, sometimes in all honesty and sincerity by those whose opinion we cannot afford to ignore. "It is right and just that we should think highly of our own university, and our presence here is sufficient In dication that wo do. We certainly have cause to be proud of Virginia's stand ing as compared with other universi ties, and the recognition which she re ceives the world over. But when we carry it to the extent of thinking, as we do sometimes, that there is no uni versity In the country to be compared witn the University of Virginia, and that the ideal of all that is best and desirable in a university is embodied in ours, such complacency and self satisfaction deserves the high censure it has received. Should we not rather honestly examine the methods which have proved efficacious at other insti tutions, and apply such as may seem desirable to our own peculiar condi tions? Not on the one hand adhering to old fashioned and established cus toms merely because they were orig inated and handed down -to us by Jef ferson, nor on the other be completely carried away by the spirit ot the age, with its tendencies to change merely WANTCSAIR OF SOCIOLOGY. faculty will only give credit for three years athletic work including; two years inquired drill and will not let a student register for physical train ing after having. had the two years drill and one year physical training. Here we see a conflict, the athletic board requires registration. The fac ulty will not register you. What is to be done under such circumstances? The question, "how shall we havo better athletics" is nothing more than a huge Joke. The fault does not lie with the physical training department. Dr. Hastings' has vorked hard to get sckeol. Gordon, Bolen, and Rhodes are hlt tiMg the ball hard this ysar. hCartala Bliss thinks that his arm is Student Body Gives Expression to a Long-Felt WantOther Communications. The end sought in a university course may be looked at from may be looked at from many points of view. Our former chancellor was fond of em phasizing It as "culture." Some of the strong professors lay stress on the value of training In habits of applica tion. For others the end is the de- rin ,,, ,, i, , r....it,. v. v. a .. a iu(.u.U(uj fca;st,u UJ vuu luuitj veiopuieut iu iuu au aruuau mau ms i but when presented to the board of regents were turned down. The faculty would haye us develop, get on the team and make a record in one year. The regents would have no athletics whatever. What is their object? Do they wish to keep down expenses In order to secure re-election? If so should we as equal citizens of this great common wealth stand aside and see the interests of the crowning feat ure of the educational system of this moral and physical as well as his in tellectual side. All these ends may be mutually inclusive. Each calls atten tion to the same thing from a different standpoint. Whether one department can con tribute more than another to the do sired end is perhaps a matter of opin ion and dependent more or less on the! inclination and Interest of the student. One very important line of work. however, is not receiving, the attention state menaced by the pecuniary inter- Bell covers the ground well la right Held and is hitting the ball. larnsworth plays a. fast outfield game but is rather light at the bat. He will doubtless make the "Varsity next year. CHALK TALK. The athletic board of the university has secured a notable entertainment for the people of Lincoln. This 1b a chalk talk by the Boston cartoonist. C E. Itosecrans. It will be held In the chapel en Saturday evening, April 14. Mr. Rosecrans gives a splendid -enter tainment .and it Is hoped that he will "be greeted with a, crowded house. Con siderable expense has been .accrued In securing the speaker, -and the Athletic board Is very anxious that ibis univer sity event.be as well attended as the coffers of the board need -to be some what replenished. Reserved seats will l)e placed on sale At ihe University Book Store for .85 eents. give up that which has been found to work well for what is untried and to some extent uncertain. wni. . riWfc i r 4 4 5.' j- --- etwe rrm uai w uw, jwnxens jr talnlng to the walverslty. We do so it deserves. From the standpoint of the state the end sought is good citi- 1 zenship. The state looks upon the uni versity as the center from which in fluences spread which shall tend to make its institutions and its people better. The welfare of the state is de pendent upon the correct interpreta tion of the social process. Such an in- not merely in the spirit of fault-finding, nor with the hope, either, that we may have the slightest effect directly upon the "Powers that Be,'" but rather that among the student body, even If they should not agree with us in every rase, we may have some little influ ence in creating a spirit, which will not let us rest until Virginia Is not In name merely but In fact, the greatest Institution In America." SOLID CRITICISM. We clip the following from the Uni versity of Virginia topics. It might he very applicable to the University of Nebraska: "The remark is not infrequently made that one of the great -drawbacks to .the progress and 'development of the university and indeed of the .south in general, is Ihelr self-conceit. It is maintained, and probably" with some justice, that we are so well satisfied with ourselves, that we are -content to remain where we are;; not being im pressed with our 'deficiencies, nor rec ognizing the need or even possibility of improvement. In a word that Virginia Is where sue was forty years ago. Such criticism is an overstated and -exagger ated form oontains, we believe, some .element of truth A HARD FIGHT. From the Associated Press reports to the State Journal Is the following: "Students of the state university, Co lumbia, Missouri, engaged in a furious pitched battle in the auditorium of the institution of the evening of the 24th. There was intense rivalry between the -classes over the preliminary contest to .select representatives of the Mis souri university to appear in debate with Nebraska. "While waiting the decision of the judges, when the dobatt was over, members of the academic classes and the law students tame together In est of a few men. Or if they hold the interest of the state so at heart as to keep down expenses In such a way why don't they shut up shop altogether and let the institution of the neigh boring states educate the young men and women of Nebraska? Not saying anything against the other depart ments In the university but a college terpretation can be made if at all only the size of the University of Nebraska by profound study of society a study and not having gsod athletics, seme- atimntlc, thors-ach a fre frwpt vs-itUa ia.TUME asi mem a the business of the state to encourage : food athletics are maintained. Again such investigation. Its instrument is perhaps the regents are not aware of the university. 'the fact that good athletics keep up At present a smattering of sociology the interests of the institution, if so is offered In each of the departments of i is It not our duty to raise up and de political economy, philosophy, and fend the Interest of the alma mater American history. This is not sufll-1 of the public school system of the state cient. The authorities should at once against the Ignorance of a few, would take steps to establish a chair in sod- be politician. Student. ology and place in it a thoroughly trained, broad-minded man who shall Inspire students to Investigate social problems with the sole aim of arriving at truth. A large and growing number I "EDITOR NEBRASKAN-HtS 3PER- IAN." Remember that there will be two in terstate debates held In Lincoln this . . . . . ' , , ' year. The first contest will take place of those who seek university training ., , . .,. , , i ni J A-nt-ll "? In i linivprcltv rfianrf. Col- desire such a course. The need is be- . , . .. . . , orauo college win iueei u uu uuu uaic ing felt and met In other universities. To hold her place among the Institu tions tt the country the University of Nebraska must make this forward step. CHAS W. JONES. COMMUNICATIONS. "How can we have better athletics." That -question is sprung on the stu dents about twice every semester. This is the first time that a debating team has been sent from the Rocky Mountain states to meet a Nebraska team in Lincoln. Colorado college an nounces that she has a sirons team. She has but one team. The professors and students are devoting their ener gies to the preparation and support of this team. That college won over Ne braska in Colorado SprlngB last year. The Nebraska representatives are Our professors have always told us, even when we first entered the high workers. They are full of energy and school that to succeed we must begin " enthusiasm, but they need the assur at the bottom. When we enter the ance of a large house full of Nebraska front of the rostrum and fought. The university the same advice Is presented rooters on the evening of the 13th. lights were turned out and the struggle , for 'When we went xo register we were work nrst under went on in the dark, doors being broken down and furniture smashed, Six of the students had their .clothing torn into ribbons, but none were Tbadly hurt, mot do if or ms to cast it aside, and aay The senior olass at Yale purposes raising a fund of LS00, the income of which 1b to be used to publish the class records aB long as the -clans exists, after-'whlcfc the fund goes to the uni versity. This plan was successfully It certainly will il adopted toy the passes of M and 39 at Tale. kindly told, "Prep1 sity work afterwards." Laboring un der this thoroughly learned lesson, we look at athletics of the University of Nebraska. Where shall we begin to make them better? We have all kinds of fellows ready to take part We have a good track man to train ub and a .good physical director. What do we lack? It 1b merely the oooperaiion of the faculty and regents. The athletic The oi'estion "Resolved. that Great Britaln-s policy toward the Transvaal is justifiable" 16 one of the liveliest Issues now "before the people. The debating association Is now In good .condition. The executive commit tee Is active in preparing a splendid entertainment for ibobe who enjoy an argumentative battle. Colorado wJJl bring a crowd of en lhublatlic supporters. The Denver News is now heralding ihe powers of board re-quires that any person to have , their orators. It remains for ihe old a place on any athletic team must h& registered for phs-slcal training which is alright. On the other hand the university supporters to &how her ap preciation of her team Vy universal support Student. v j9. zr