Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-20
State Uni News


was elected president of the athletic
council. Basket ball viii be the first sport
taken up and the frats viii be assigned
days for practice IN the gymnasium. The
frats unanimously voted TO enforce inter
collegiate basket ball rules and eliminate
the roughness that has msrred many OF
the tournaments OF the past The track
meet will be held in February In the large
gymnasium and will he followed by a
Pan-Helenic dance. Bowling win prob
ably be taken up In March and will be
followed in the spring by base ball.
The girls are making ready for their
athletic carnival. $50 reporting last week
for the class basket ball teams. Ice
hockey teams viii also be organized
when the ice on the athletic field IL ready.
Miss Ina Cuttings OF the physical edu-
cation department called a meeting OF
faculty women Wednesday, at which II
was decided to organize recreation classes
among the women instructors. Folk and
aesthetic dances and games win be taken
up by the women,
intercollegiate debating having been
disposed OF with a double victory over
Kansas December 10. the orators are
turning their attention TO the interclAss
debates. The debating board decided to
have the question OF the government 70.
scinding the Monroe doctrine debated by
the class teams. Preliminary try outs
will be held January Il and Is. The fresh-
men will debate the sophomores ana the
Juniors the seniors in February. and on
Phi Beta Kappa day in March following
the annual custom the Championship de-
bate will be held.
The class Of 1917. who have already
been victorious twice. are considered the
most likely victors again. Axel Swenson
is ineligible for the team on account OF
making the university team, but the
other members of last year will be out.
The freshmen have unusually strong ma
terial and prophecies are being made that
they will defeat the sophomores.
The movement begun by the fraterni-
ties last week to secure a secretary for
Dean Engberg who would take care OF
compiling the fraternity scholarship rec
ords has called forth the following opin
ion on fraternities by Prof. c. e. Per-
singer OF the history department; II am
still unreconciled to the recognition OF
fraternities and sororlties by any Of our
public educational institutions, and
wish TO do nothing that may in any way
be construed as recognizing. endorsing or
approving such organizations"
The cooperative spirit was mani
tested a week ago when the regents In
vited the alumni directors to attend n
meeting and discuss campus planning
The courtesy was returned Friday even
ing by the Seward County Alumni asso-
lola hn fNa ola
a number of faculty men to their fourth
annual reunion and banquet.
The Cosmopolitan club. composed OF
members from many different nAtionali-
ties in the university. which has been
dormant for two years. was reorganiEcd
last week. C. II. Park was made rresi-
dent; Prof. sarka Hrbkova, first vice
president; Paul Kies. second vice presl-
dent; Harry Msgnussen, secretary. and
X r.. Carlson.
Hastings College.
Superintendent Leger Of Axtell and Mr..
u. g. Taylor of Loup city spent Sunday
Rev. Ferguson of Cedar Rapids. IN,
father Of Prof Ferguson, gave talk at
chapel last Friday.
The Deutscher verein. held a we'll at
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Pratt last Monday.
The Glee club Is planning to give this
year musical opera They hope 20 make
a ten-day trip in April.
Leroy Cook is the new captain OF the
basket ball team. Mr.. Scott, being unable
to play, resigned the eaptainoy recently.
Among the visitors 70 the college last
week were Superintendent Whitehead Of
Till.
The boys of the dormitory entertained
the, girls Of Alexander hall at Ringland
hall. Lunch was served In the college
dining hall.
President Crone has received some
shells COLLECTED in the Bahama islands by
w. A. Wolfe OF Beatrice, end donated by
him TO our museum.
Curtis Gait, now pae,dent Of ;hs local
Young Mems Christian association, IL
vice president of the conference which
will convene next year at Kearney.
The college museum has now addi-
ton to the Brooking COLLECTION. Three
large timber wolves. spiepdidly mounted
exhibition in the south room.
r. II Hager. Ihysical director Of the
city Young Meas Christian association,
this season ana will also have charge Of
the mems gymnnsium nlneses
Hon: ". e, Andrews, g former profess
Of yea Se s saGEor the er mi s a s
treasury. has been engaged to give the
address at the college on Washington's
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The officers of the German club re-
Gently elected ID. G.. Gnetzinger, president
Curtis Gait. vice president and Miss Ber-
nice Newbecker. Becretary-treasurer. This
Is a club having a membership OF about
fifty or sixty.
Fifty students have already entered the
! debating contest as "try-outs." The coll
llege has triangular debating league with
. Kearney and Grand Island and hopes 10
have two teams OF good material. A prize
: Of S25 IL offered 20 the winners OF the
homo contest.
Among the students from the college
who attended the students religious COM
ference at Fremont were Miss liida
Longstaff of ONenl. Miss Mabel Fair
head OF Gordon. Mis- Ililla Eherick Il
Inland Miss Louise Tinker Of Lexington,
Miss Rose Waldron of Hastings and Miss
Julia Phllbrick o. Woli r Ver. MisH ri IL
brick was pre- lent Of rhe conf renee.
Frank Prince. who played with Hastings
college for the last four Years. never
missing a game and never being out Of
any intercollegiate gains at sny time,
has been given by n unanimous consent
A OF all the coaches the coptaincy Of the
AII-State team. Recently the college gave
Q banquet to its foot ball team, at which
r the election OF the new captain Curtis
, Gait, was announced.
: Fremont College.
Prescent clemmons was called % An
e rora by Superintendent Fisher last Tues