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THE REIGN OF THE BOARDING HOUSE
On the student's first arrival at the
tfnlvorslty of Nebraska bo Is Im
pressed with the peculiar and largo
varlet of ways in which the two
thousand students located here obtain
their food. Since the question of satis
fying the "Inner 'man" Js of prime im
portance to all, and especially to thp
student who must practice economy
who has to eat where he can and what
ho finds edible the Nebraskan pre
sents an article on where, what and
how the student oats, arid what he
pays, together lth a brief .comparison
of conditions at Nebraska with those
of eastern institutions.
Student Board at All Kind of Vlacea.
The student boards almost any and
everywhere. Nearly every place in
tended tor his accommodation has &
representation of students. Thero are
the chop-houses for those who find it
inconvenient to get around for meals
before 8 o'clock in the morning, and
for thoBo who Have to tako their meals
irregularly. Other advantages in this
kind of board ftre that the meals can
be so 'gauged as to suit the pocket
book, and -the blllrof-fare to suit the
appetite.
The fraternities have their homes,
where the members have a voice in the
make-up of the bill-of-fare, for board
ing is conducted among thoso organiza
tions oh the club plan of eastern col-,
leges.
Then there 1b a class which does
n6t eat meat, and so boards down at
the Hygienic, where foods of a light
character can be secured.
A large number have no regular
place to board, while a few may be
found who .prefer to cook their own
food and enjoy the comforts connected
with a bachelors or old maldlB hall.
But the large majority of students
board with private families, or at
private' boarding houses -or clubs.where
thoy find more of the conveniences of
home, and have the opportunity of
making a small circle of acquaintances.
The board of course is made to accom
modate every clasB of students and so
varies in price among the different
houses accordingly.
They Kat Anything: and Everything.
Students eat anything and every
thing edible they can get They are
alwayB hungry; they are even greedy.
They are never satisfied. One may see
them get away with soup, meat, tur
nips, potatoes (sweet and IrlBh), beans,
pudding and pie, and then fall to refuse
a box of bon-bons. Never offer a stu-
Pen
Doctor I
Van vca rnnnlr nnnR nnv make. f
Does vour oen blot, flow too free
ly, or not freely enough; is the f
point uneven, or does it scratch, I
or is tnero ony-oiner uuiueui w
which pens are heir? Bring it
In. Very likely it is only a mat
ter of adjustment or some sim
ple defest and wo can remedy
same here. If not, we can have
work, done elsewhere by experts.
Prices reasonable. At
Cbe CoOp
dent anything to eat If you care for It
yourself. That is one occasion when
tho "Gaston" net won't work. But
the question of what students eat may
usually bo reduced to a matter of
purse. Thero may be somo students
who are able to frequent tho cafe a la
modo and Indulge in something more
than the "staff of life." But you may
be sure, even then, thoy get their
money's worth. Nobody can get moro
out of a dollar than a university stu
dent. Then there mny bo others, sad
to relate, who, in counting the poor
littlo pennies, need to patronlzo the
little corner bakery, reducing their
lunch or breakfast to tissue paper rolls
or cookies. It is more often correct,
however, to think of thorn as consum
ing this frosted pastry at the mid
night spread, not as a substitute for
a day'B nourishment.
The first thing we should expect to
occupy the students' consideration
would be the hygienic requirements of
their diet, but it is safe to say this is
the very last idea to enter their heads.
Any noon you can see girls lunching
on peanuts or slabs of candy, when
perhaps the next day will find tho self-
Lsame creatures tho victors over a seven
course dinner and two pink teas. There
was one boarding -house mistress,
though, who said that she had made
students' board a study for yearB, that
she had found that they needed plain
wholesome food, plenty of it and not
too much of a change. She certainly
could not help but feel repaid for her
efforts, since many of her student
boarders had been with hor for years.
All of them were bright, healthy
looking specimens, with good appetites.
Perhaps thlB is the reason the students
arc such romping good follows, always
good-natured and capable of self-preservation
because they eat so much.
In short, tho food that the student
eats depends upon where lie boards.
If he desires a variety he- merely
changes boarding places frequently.
Mealn are Taken on the Fly.
The way the Btudent eats depends
largely on the kind of a boarding
house he patronizes. In .Lincoln there
are so many kinds of eating houses
that It is almost impossible to pick out
any one of them and say, "Here yoit
can see how the average student eats.1'
There are the cafes, restaurants, din
ing halls, private boarding houses and
the fraternity tables. All of them are
as different from each other in their
style of serving meals as they are in
what they serve. The restaurants and
cafeB probably feed tho majority of our
male students. This, Is very likely due
to the fact that students can eat there
at any time and can vary the kind and.
price of their meals. Tho student
rushes Into a chop-house with a pack
of books under his arm, and, without
removing overcoat or hat, 'seats him
self at a counter, glances at the blll-of-fare
and then orders the same old
course pork and beans, wheat bread
and coffee. While the waiter is filling
tho order the student looks over the
headlines .in tho daily papers found
scattered along on the counters. As
soon as his' pork and beans arrives he
drops everything and begins to eat as
if his very life depended on devouring
what was placed before him.
At a private boarding house one finds
a large number of young lady students
and a few gentlemen. They gather
shortly before meal time and wait in
the front room till the'jneal Is served.
Then there is a free tor all race to get
tho best place at the tables. Some of
the boarding holises assign chairs at
tho table for each boarder and thus
avoid tho -froo for all; Conversation is
usually subordinated to the more im
mediately Important task of "doing the
meal." Sometimes, however, there is
a student who is always trying to start
a general conversation by asking others
their opinion on somo debatablo ques
tion in sociology or political economy,
His persistence In arguing soon grows
tiresome and is sometimes met by tho
cutting sarcasm of a disgusted young
lady or tho bold rebuke of a young gen
tleman. Tho fraternity table Is moro home
like. The students know each other
and do not eat In such a hurry. They
carry on a conversation at tho tablo
Just as thoy would In tholr parlor. Tho
reason for this may bo that tho crowd
is always tho same and Is not continu
ally changing as at tho other places.
Tho studont necessarily eats rapidly
because he sleeps so late In tho morn
ing that he is obliged to take his break
fast on the run to his first class; at
noon ho may have a long ways to go
and only have an hour in which to
eat his dinner and get back to tho
University again. In the evening ho
must hurry back to the library to got
the book he has been looking for all
week. The Irregularity with which the
average student eats Is noticeable, and
to be regretted. He takes bis meals at
all hours, and skips many altogether,
not seeming to realize that Borne day
his system will revolt and demand tho
price of folly.
Prices Vary, bat Vcyr nro High.
Students as a class, are economical.
Even those who aro well to do seem to
prefer modest living. A large number
carry economy too far and eat only two
meals a day, missing usually their
breakfast. A largo number take their
breakfast at down town rostaurants,
ordering up merely a "stack" of cakes
at the phenomlnal price of five cents.
Those who keep boarding houses quite
strenuously oppose the two-meal plan
because those students who insist on
taking breakfast at the chop house or
none at all demand a two-meal-a-day
rate and expect to get threo meals in
two. Boarding house women claim
that a few such students can almost
"eat one out of house and home," but
ten say that they oven then get more
than their money's worth would be su
perfluous. The ten o'clock evening
lunch is another Injurious practice In
dulged in by a large number of stu
dents, and it is a common saying
among waiters who hold tho "dog
watch" that every student must have
his piece of pie and cup of coffee before'
ho can go to sleep. Yet, for a student
to order a "half fry" or smothered
porterhouse is unheard of. Such lux
uries cannot bo enjoyed by the ordi
nary western student In spite of tho
fact that students must practice econ
omy, boarding houses and restaurants
fall to bring down the price of board to
a figure that compares with that of
eastern cities. Board ranges from $2.50
per week to $4.00. The average stu
dent pays not less than $3.00 for what
he eats during the cycle pf a week.
(Continued on page 8.)
BUSINESS pIRECTOKY.
The Nebraak n Advertlaera In thla Hit
dcaorve the trade of nil loyal Univer
sity people
BAKERY Mrs. J. W. Potry.
BANKS First National, Columbia Na
tional, Farmers and Merchants, Lin
coln Safo Deposit and TrUBt Co.
BARBER SHOPS Palaco, Shannon's
Pioneer, R. and O.
BICYCLE8, ATHLETIC GOODS H. E.
Sidles Cycle Co., A. G. Spalding &
BroB., Chicago; Gldard Cycle Co., H.
Wittmann ft Co., Samuol Hall.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY Co-Op..
H. M. Brown Drug and Book Co.,
Harry Porter, Unl. Book Store, Sam
uel Hall.
BOWLING ALLBY-H. C. Thomn
Crescent
CIGARS, ETC. M. D. Clay, L L LJnd
soy, Stevens & Novllle, F. A. Powell,
Wohlenberg.
CLOTHING Mageo ft Dcomer, B. L.
Paine Clothing Co., Cottrelll ft Leon
ard, Alban, N. Y.; Tho Toggery.
COAL P. D. Smith Coal Co., C. B.
-Gregory, Whltobreost Coal Co.
CONFECTIONERY R. W. Maxwell
Co., Lincoln" Candy Kitchen.
DENTISTS C. E. Brown, Bentz.
DRUGGI8T8 Riggs, Rector, Brown,
Flegenbaum, Harloy, Steinor, Weom
pener, Oliver Theatre Pharmacy.
DRY GOODS Mlllor ft- Palno.
ELECTRICAL GOOLJ Ross Electric
Co.
FURNITURE Hardy Furniture Co.,
Rudge ft Guenzel.
GAS Lincoln Gas & Electric Co.
GROCERS Farmers Grocery Co., Key
stono Cash Grocery.
HAIRDRE8SING, ETC. Tho Famous.
HARDWARE Rudge ft Guenzel."
HOTEL Lindell, Grand Windsor.
JEWELERS E. E. Hallett. C. A.
Tucker.
LAUNDRIES Yulo Bros., Evans.
LiyERIES W. O. Forbes.
LUMBER Dierks Lumber & Coal' Co.
MILLINERY Tho Famous.
MUSIC Ross P. Curtice, Matthews Pi
ano Co.
NOVELTIES Capital Novelty Works.
PAINT AND GLASS Westorn Glass
& Paint Co. '
PHOTOGRAPHERS Townsend.
OCULISTS M. B. Ketchum. ;
PHYSICIANS J. R. Haggard, H. B.
Aley. '
POOL AND BILLIARDS Powell ft
Son.
PRINTING Now Century, Ivy Press.
RAILROADS Turlington, Union Pa-
ciuv, xNorinwesiern.
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RESTAURANTS Merchants' -Cafe,
Don Cameron, palace DlnJng Hall,
Restaurant Unique, Francis Bros.,
Hendry.
SADDLBRY-H. Wittmann ft Co,
SHINES Lincoln Shining Parlor. "
SHOES Sanderson, Perkins ft Shel
don, Efcctrlc Bhbo Co.
SUITORIUM Weber Bros., T.. A: Burt
TAILOR 3umsi priland. ..
TRANSFEfr-j3ncofn. Locaf Express,
Lincoln Transfer ' Co.Globe Delivery.
Co.
HIGH GRADE
EHnC0LATE5 BONBONS
Sold only bu Harletj Drug Co.,. 11th 6 ;Sts
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