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Another UNL student dies of typhoid fever

Jan. 13, 1912

Charles H. Kuebler, a first-year pharmacy student of the University of Nebraska, died Wednesday morning of typhoid fever at his home at Milford, Nebraska. The death of Mr. Kuebler is the second mortality from the typhoid fever epidemic which is prevalent among a portion of the students of the University.

More than 30 cases of typhoid fever and other sicknesses were reported to the Nebraska office Friday, and the majority of the cases were diagnosed as typhoid. Grippe, pneumonia and bronchitis made up the list of causes for other students out of school.

Alumni seeking more active part in frats

March 26, 1912

At a meeting of fraternity alumni, held at The Lincoln Hotel Saturday night, the reorganization of the present interfraternity council in such manner as to give the alumni a larger share in the determination of questions relating to fraternities was taken up and discussed.

As a result of a statement made at the meeting by Professor J.T. Lees, who is chairman of the interfraternity council, relating to the need for a revision in the scholastic requirements and pledging regulation and to the apparent inability of the present interfraternity council to handle, a committee of five alumni were appointed to draw up recommendations and to present them to the Board of Regents.

Ivy day for seniors

May 10, 1912

Ivy Day, the one day in the year devoted to festivities exclusively in honor of the senior class will be May 22. This day has every year proven a feature of intense interest not only to the senior class, but to the three others as well. The program, the form of which is traditional, contains activities in which a very large number of organizations are represented and in which every student in school may find more or less enjoyment.

Fashions appall mere men

Oct. 1, 1912

The cold, rainy days of early autumn seem to have little effect upon the beautiful finery of the co-ed. Verily Solomon in all his glory is not arrayed like one of these. The gaily bedecked throngs of beautiful maidens passing to and fro from the various buildings help us to forget the austerity of the grim old institution and the dull, monotonous grind of study.

That tall, stately blonde with the beautiful Parisian coiffure is made all the more radiant by the rich warm red of a Norfolk jacket. The brunette just descending the library steps is quite bewitching in a large black picture hat with a "stick-up" on it, and she is robed in a deep blue Mackinaw. A number of fussers seated upon the steps are awe-stricken by the appearance of this goddess from above and fail to recognize in her an old acquaintance. A bluejay in the Linden tree falls to the ground, dead, as she passes, his heart eaten out with jealousy.

Play Chicago Thanksgiving

Nov. 27, 1912

Turkey Day games having been tabooed, the football season of the University officially ended last Saturday, when Oklahoma succumbed to the superior skill of the Huskers. Tomorrow, the Lincoln High team hopes to bring its season to a similar finish with the defeat of the strong Wendell Phillips aggregation from Chicago. Coach Lindley has been training his men steadily towards this end, and asserts that the team is in the pink of condition and a much stronger machine than the one which met Omaha several weeks ago.

— Compiled by mitch mattern, mitchmattern@

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