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Vol. III. No. 24.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINC6liN, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1805.
Prick Fivk Cents.
VARSITY RIFLES DRILL
LAST EVENINQ'S EXHIBITION
HIQHLY APPRECIATED.
X. r. Qnge carries off the honor In the
inatvidnal competition 0. X. 3Pull
second OOO people present.
Tho exhibition drill by the
Varsity Rifles which hns boen
promised for some time waB held
in tho Armory last evening. It
was enjoyed by an audience of
about 500 which bestowed liberal
applause updu tho boys whenever
they executed a movement in a
mannor deserving it. Tho hard
drill they have been doing for the
paBt three weoka was quite notico
able and showed a decided im
provement since their appearance
last Ohartor-day
The program was started by
the appearance of an awkward
squad. The men wore drilled in
all the preliminary movements in
cluding the setting up exercises.
Tho audience did not see anything
particular in their movements, to
applaud, but wheneuer "uncon
Biously" a cadet turned in the
wrong direotion, it seemed for
some reason or other, very amus
ing to tho spectators.
This was followed by a squad
iwhich drilled in the extended or
der, by commands sounded by the
bugler. The cadets showed their
knowledge of tho various signals
by executing the commands with
promptness and precision.
It was then but a few miuuteB
until the Varsity Rifles appeared,
four sets of fours, arrayed in
their spotless duok trousers: It
was their first appearance (the
duck trousers), and gave a natty
and neat look to tho men, which
is lacking in the regulation uni
form. The small available space in tho
Armory greatly hampered the
movements, and did not allow the
boys to do themselves justice.
There was hardly enough room to
got an oblique movement started.
But despite this, the drill was tho
best that has been put up by the
cadets since the crack company
which won the qup at Omaha, dis
banded. Some of the movements'
were extra well executed, with a
machine like preoision which
showed what was possible in the
men.
The company was commanded
by its regular captain, 0. A. Ell
iott. His commands, with hardly
an exception, wore given in a
steady, clear voice, and in a cool
and unostentatious maimer. Cap
tain Elliott has a strong voioe and
an- ease in utterance which ap
pears to very good advantage in
his position.
The final was a spell down in
which all the members of the
company took part. It was quite
interesting- to- tho spectators, al
though in many instances they
could not hbo wliv nortnin men
woro requostod to "fall out,"
MoBt of them stood up for quito a
whilo. until caucrht bv some tech
nicality. In ooming from the
ngnt snoiuaer to trail arms " by
tho numbers" about a dozon suc
cumbed to tho orror of oxeouting
this movement by two distinct
cadonced motions. Oharlov Pulis
and Harry F. Gage woro the two
last men to stand up. Tho tormor
was counted out on a very slight
mistake, and tho honor of winner
of tho spell down was awarded to
H. F. Gage. When this was an
nounced his fellow cadets lost no
time in tossing him, whioh was
done with a will.
THE GLEE CLUB
Will Appear In Lincoln About
the First Week In May.
Evor since the Dramatic club
made its debut and the people in
tho halls have become tired of
discussing Farmer Breed's whis
kers, every one has been looking
forward to the annual Glee club
concert. Tho club is slow in gel
ting out this year on account of
the poor direotion they received
during the first of the year, but
now ib working hard every night
in the week under the direotion
of Mr. Harry Reese and Mr.
Tuoker, and in a week or two will
be prepared to show tho Michi
gan club and the Princetons what
Binging is. They have a vory
fine program prepared for this
year, and in company with the
banjo club will give a concert that
will oven excoll the one of last
year. The two clubs will go to
two or three towns in the state
before the concert here, and will
make a short tour immediately
after.
Foot Ball Manager Elected.
At a meeting of tho board of
directors of the Athletic associa
tion, Monday forenoon, consider
able business which came up was
disposed of. The proceeds of
the wrestling and boxing contest,
amounting to 27.45, was voted
to the base ball team. Eleotions
of managers for tho foot ball and
base ball teams wero thon held.
Bert Wilson waB elected assistant
manager of the base ball team,
Mike Sheldon manogor of tho
foot ball team, with 0. G.Whipple
assistant. All tho eleotions woro
unanimous, and, as far as can bo
learned, entirely satisfactory.
Gollege Society.
Lansing hall was the scene of a
vory jolly danoiug party given by
the Sigma Alpha Epsilon frater
nity last Friday evening. Purple
and gold, the fraternity colors,
draped the diamond-shaped om
blom at one end of the hall. A
profusion of violets were used in
the floral decorations, this being
the fraternity flower. Icob wore
aerte'd throughout tho ovoning,
and provod moBt aocoptablo to tho
dancers. Tho grand march was
led! by Mr. Haughton, assisted by
Miss Fitzmaurico. Tho partici
pants woro Misses Harley, Burkos,
Bissor, Hoovor, Rickotts, Case,
Noron. Roborts, Lottridgo, Mo
drookon of Omaha, Watkins,
Cochrane, Williamson, Gore,
Heaton, Fitzmaurioo, and Slaugh
ter. Messrs. Howitt, Wooks,
Br'oss, Martin, Stoiner, Harloy,
Everett Sawyer, Johnston, Duu
roy, Tefft, Hadloy, Haughton,
lA'oy Sawyer, Miner, Grupe, Ma
rino, Morrill, Parmelee, and
Steon.
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Miss Ena Rioketts entertained
most delightfully at whist a'her
homo last Saturday evonit?g. Af
ter sovoral hard-fought games re
freshments wore sorvod; then
some one played a two-step, and
danoing was kopt up until tho
ory, "O, we'll misB that last car,"
caused a sudden scramble for
wraps. Those present were
MisBes Charlotte Clark, Lola
Paddock, Mabel Lindley, Stella
Kirker, Dona Loomis, Lena
Deweese, Goorgie Ouse, and
Messrs. Amos, Burnham, McGin-
ityTYoMg, Will Clark, Lau Rick.
WE WIN THE FIRST GAME
OUR
NINE VICTORIOUS OVER
CITY RACKED TEAM.
etts. Charlie
Grupe.
Clark, and Harry
The Electrical Engineers'
"Exhibit."
On Saturday evening, May 4th,
one week from tomorrow, the
Eleotrical Engineers propose to
mako their i'3t annual exhibit of
the principles governing tho use
of oleotrioity in practice. This is
a now departure for tho engineers
and they are working hard to
make an attractive exhibit. Judg
ing from the present outlook they
will succeed in presenting to tho
public a vory interesting array of
working apparatus with whioh
they will be abble to show tho
commercial results obtained from
this wonderful source Electric
ity. The following subjects havo
been ohosen, and these will
be illustrated vory thoroughly by
novel and instructive phenomena:
Electric heating with welding,
electro-plating, and olootrotyping,
and tho telephone.
Tho exhibit will be open from
eight to eleven o'clock in the en
gineering laboratory whioh will
be appropriately illuminated and
otherwise decorated.
Tho society has issued neat in
vitations and no one doubts that
they will have a largo number of
visitors.
Hot Very Xntereotlnff nnd K'ttll of Errors'
Row the Men Show Up Boore 10 to
14 -Ashland To-morrow.
Wodnosday our baso ball toam
crossed bats with tho Wostorn
Normal sohool and easily dofoatod
them, 10 to 14. Tho gamo was
full of orrors, and both nidos did
hard hitting. Tho boys show up
well. King holds down tho
ground bohind the bat in good
Bhapo, but has not got hiB throw
ing eye yet. Heald, on first, is
tho same steady, sure playor ho
has always been and will make an
admirablo oaptain. Friel is a lit
tle wild, but will tone down.
Kindler and Bendedict, last year's
short stop, are both doing good
work. Paco mado- a wild throw,
but otherwise did good work.
Randolph is as steady as over.
Paokard has not had enough
praotice to be safe yet, and fol
lowed Pace's example in throw
ing. Wilson, tho new fielder, is
putting up a good, steady game.
Raymond showed his steady prao
tice and training by putting up
an errorless game with four
chances. The boys hit better
than usual as a general thing, and
it looks like we are going to havo
a strong team this year. Our
opponents were composed of a
few boys from Hawthorne tho rest
being the best amateur players in
tho city. Hollingsworth played
short stop and Friel showod him
what he could do with one of the
best batters in the Western league.
The score by innings was:
U. of N 5 2 12 5 11 119
Normals 0 0dG3020 0-14
The olassos in geology and bot
any will mako an excursion to
some whore along the Missouri
river about next Saturday. It
will bo for tho purpose of collect
ing specimens and oxamining Ne
braska formations,
Future of the Dramatic Club.
Keene Abbott will give up
oigarettes and enter the pulpit.
Ourloy Andrews iB reported to
havo said he wished to drive a
bakery wagon for a living, This
may bo only a rumor, however,
arising from tho fact of his fond
ness for tarts. Bob Manloy is
undecided. Ho will spend tho
next two or three months in hunt
ing for tho whiskerB he lost aftor
tho performance. Carl Tuoker
will immediately go on tho stago.
He intends to fit himself for tho
part of Trilby or Doarost in Lord
Fauntloroy. Miss Harriot Shoars
will confine herself to male im
personation. The white trousers for tho bat
talion, which wero mado by Frauk
E. Gage of this city, are deliv
ered. They will be hung on hooks
provided for that purpose in tho
bowling alloy. Each cadot must
leave them on the hook after being
usod, and from hero they will be
taken to the laundry.
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