Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11
Tuesday is the Date Set for Hearing
Of Petition.
CoRNHUsKERs ARE TO PRACTICE

LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 10.-(Specisl)-
Compulsory support of athletics will be dis
cussed Tuesday morning at the regular
meeting of the Board of Regents OF the
University OF Nebraska.
Already a measure providing for the col
lection of IS fee from every student regis
tering in any department OF the university
has been submitted TO the chancellor and
will be taken before the regents. Not only
is II planned TO make the fee cover athletics
at the university, but to provide support
for debate, the Daily Nebraskan, the Glee
club and the Dramatic club. During the
last week the athletic board has been con-
sidering the plan and the members have
arrived at the conclusion that II Is the only
manner to replentish the treasury.
The new foot ball field. ball diamond and
cinder path left the board with a debt of
over $1,000. With the approach OF the foot
ball season, It was found that additional
funds would be required to start the full
training. Thus another loan will be nego-
tiated until the foot ball receipts are suf-
ficient to tide the management over the
financial difficulties.
Nor have the university students sup
ported athletics in the last three years. Big
games have failed to attract the crowds
and as a result the management was COM
PEELED to schedule games with professional
teams which would prove a drawing card.
Heretofore the Omaha games has always
been gold mine" for the manager, but
there will be no Omaha game this year.
OF the 1000 students attending the univer-
sity last year only about a fourth took adj
vantage of the So rate offered for season
tickets to all athletic events at the Corn
husker institution, including foot ball, base
ball. basket ball and track. Under such
| conditions the athletic board believes the
time is ripe to inaugurate a system Of
compulsory support.
Board Members Favor II. ~
President Richards OF the board and other
prominent members cling to the idea that
students should petition the board Of
regents to pass measure providing for a
compulsory fee. With this end in view the
Innocents were asked to assist, but nothing
has been done and the fall term is now at
hand
4 The action of the board will be binding
for 1910. If the regents decide to adopt
fee system in athletics, It will practically
insure the financial success of the season
for approximately $4,000 will be realized
from the fees. While the exact proportion
of the fee to be devoted to athletics has
not been fixed, II will probably be So The
VIII NC uiNAuNQ pClWttn the Qe-
batting, the glee club and the Nebraskan
funds. The only student activity left out is
the Cornhusler, and as that has been we'll
supported, the authorities thought that
there was no call for a change.
Other branches of university activities as
we'll as athletics will welcome the COM
pulsory fee system. For years the debating
board has been drawing on it's credit at
the bank and In the end the university had
to make good the deficit. Lack of support
put the giee club out of college life for two
years although an unsuccessful attempt
was made last spring to revive it. The
dramatic club has suffered equally from
lack OF financial support and only large
attendances at the annual plays keep the
organization impact. Even the college
; paper. the Daily Nebraskan, is suffering
severely from the lethargy of college spirit
, among the students at Nebraska. Two
Exceptionally able business managers en-
abled the paper to accumulate a surplus,
but this has been eaten up and the man
agement was compelled to cut down the
, size Of the sheet.
Final Decision Tuesday.
! In the light OF this situation, Il is not
strange that the board should consider a
system OF compulsory support While the
attitude OF SOME OF the board is not known
Il is recognized that some of the members
, are staunch believers In the system. The
matter will have to be finally disposed OF
Tuesday as a week later registration opens
at the university and the fee must be in.
cuded with the regular matriculation and
library fees.
. Manager Earl o. Eager received 4
! dozen new foot ball suits Friday for tn.
q use OF the squad this fall The suit Ii
0 the regulation make. OF heavy yellow can
9 vas and with but little padding. Tn,
4 jerseys are much the same as last yea
0 with the exception OF the stripe. Through
l a mistake the stripe in the jerseys wa
a but a quarter OF an inch In width Tn,
manager ordered wide stripes this fall
= requesting that they be an inch and I
! half or three-quarters in width.
0 Along with the suits he received sewers
new headgears, new 'pigskin." shoes
3 socks and nose guards. The suits will b,
. unpacked and issued to the players mex
9 week
q With less than ten days to prepare 10
= the arrival Of the squad. Eager is workinl
l on the foot ball field Next Monday car
= penters will begin the erection OF tn
!, south bleachers and by the time rezistra
i ton opens the work Will be coInplete
During the summer the field has over
h grown with watergrass and weeds. Thi
s. Will be moved. but no attempt win b
. made 70 remove the stubble. as the fiei
n is 80 hard as 20 result in frequent m
n juries during the practice.
Remember Johnny Bender
Neither King" Cole. Assistant Coac
Ewing or Manager Eager will talk OF IN
:, cornhusker's foot ball team for Dll
n Cole cannot help but feel embittered b.
5. the stand that the alumni have take
since the Thanksgiving game OF 1863. whe
g. Johnny. Bender's Haskell Indians adminI