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About The Nebraskan. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1892-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1893)
MMMHNMMwmmm THE NEBRASKAN i3 Shot put J. G. Yont 36 ft. S in. 1-4 mi. run Bross 55 4-5 sec. Run'g high jump j f tie 4 ft. 1 1 in. 1 mi. run Philpott 5 min. 50 sec. 220 yds. dash Bross 24 sec. In the relay race the Freshmen ran against the entire school and were defeated in a close race. If other colleges were to receive the sup port that our base ball team has this spring, they would have no base ball teams. It has alwa3s been the cry of our students when asked for support : "Have some games on the home grounds and then we will support you." Misled by such talk, our manager arranged a game of ball with the Peru Normal College to be played at Nebraska City during the cadet encampment there. The game was begun early in order that the cadets might witness it, and Lieutenant Pershing, with praiseworthy spirit deferred drill for an hour so that the boys could go. Well, they went, but instead of going in at the gate, they went around to the back side and climbed upon the fence, and there they sat, while a few who were either ashamed to do this or felt too small to climb the fence, stood on the outside waiting for the ball to be knocked over the fence, that they might secure it and get in in that manner and thus save a quarter. About twenty of the boys had enough college spirit and honesty to come in like gentlemen. The result was that the boys lost about twenty dollars, and as there was no money in the treasury of the Athletic Association, it had to come out of their own pockets. And now, after that, they say that our manager should have made a greater effort to secure more games. Why should he when he has such backing (?) as this behind him? When college bo's be come so destitute of college spirit that they will sit on the fence and allow their team to lose money, it is time that the base ball team should cease to exist ; and next year, it better support from the students is not obtained, they will have no ball club to advance the glory of the old U. of N. 3)ramattc Hotes. Chicago is the Mecca towards which all good actors and companies arc moving. . The Columbia theatre is blest 03' having an unusualty good booking for the summer season. Lillian Russel in "Grififlc Girolle" is the present attraction. Among the later attractions are Frohman's companies and Julia Marlowe. Frohman's latest play, "The Girl I Left Behind Me", is played at the Schiller thea tre. It is from the pen of Belasco and lylcs. The idea is purloined, as usual, this time from the central idea of the two pla3's, "Vir ginius" and "The Relief of Tucknow." The phi3r utilises the Indian troubles in the far west, and the key note is the brutal aph orism, "The only good Indian, a dead In dian. Mr. Frohman's companies are not as good as they used to be, and the last pla's he has staged are of a very ordina character. When it becomes necessaty to introduce realistic sceneiy such as engines, etc., into a pla3 as in "Lost Paradise", to carry popular favor, something is the matter. Either pla3's so gracefully interpretated and appropriated by Messrs. DeMille and Belasco are not as good as they used to be, or the taste of the peo ple is sadly degenerated. The French pla3r wrights are able to answer this. There is just as much relief to turn from these modern comedies, hissing with the steam of their pile drivers engines, and au diences, to Sheridan's comedies as there is to put away the last novel of Laura Jean Libbey and reading something from Thackery or Dickens. Sheridan's "School for Scandal" was ar tistically played and presented by Marie Wainright and a fair support. Although somewhat out of her line, Miss Wainright made a decided hit as Lad3' Teazle. There is a decided kick coming from those who tried to follow the lines of the "School for Scandal." It seems that modern com panies think it is the proper thing to see how I m