THE NEBRASKAN.
Vol. VI No. Vi.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1898.
Price 5 Gknts.
SENIUHDH
A Unique Kvonl In University History
Inaugurated by tho CIiinh of MIH,
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OTHER CLASSES TAKE A HAND
Duy Mnrkru ly Mirny AniUHliic uiul I.udl
cruttH ItinlilmitN Story Told from
two HtiuuliiolitU.
Tlu marked absence of clnss spirit
In tin University was emphasized
Wednesday In the breaking forth of a
regular old time "clnss scrap." Tho
Seniors chose Wednesday for 11 "sneak
day" mid Instltiitftl what proved to ho,
and hid fair to become a novel feature
ullli graduating classes. Tho grave
and reverend Seniors shipped all class
es and "Int." periods and devoted thein
m'Uch to ohildhdi occupations kinder
garten plays such as kite llyliif, top
spinning, marhlcs and whistles of var
ious kinds.
The affair began at uhapol time,
vhcii the Seniors marched into chapel
uiul took scuts on the fair" side.
Koine of the paraphernalia, carried was
gorgeous In the extreme. The whist
les were called into requisition and
elmpel became the centre of interest
among the students. Prof. Davis, who
conducted chapel exercises, sought to
impress the Seniors with tho folly of
their escapade by bearing down hard
on the passage which reads: "Hut
now that 1 am become a man, I have
put away childish things," and the cm
phials laid upon these words would
have done credit, to u Cicero. The. ap
plication Intended was readily noted.
After chapel the Seniors marched out
waving their parasols and hats and
blowing the "squeakers."
Then the fun began. Tho Freshmen,
Sophs, and Juniors were evidently not
aware of the. code of class ethics
adopted universally and men of all
three classes attempted to make It in
teresting for the Seniors. A few hats
were grabbed by the lower classmen
luring the exit from cliapel. The line
of inarch was then taken up and a tour
through the library was made, Hur
gcrt capping the climax by spinning
his top on the library iloor. The
whistles, cow bells, etc., kept, up a. con
tinual din. Humphrey helped cele
brate by sending up a couple of rock
els from the front step of the Unlver
xil Hall. An adjournment was taken
to the athletic Held, where the. Seniors
congregated in small groups calmly
discussing- the proper mode of hold
ing a top, the color of dolls shoes, the
dinVrential theory of (rope) skipping
the proper amount of tail for a. certain
brand of kite, the general complexions
of broad straw hats, tied on with red
mid blue tape, and dainty red and blue,
parasols of the III cent, variety. The
forming expeditions made by Juniors,
.Sophs, and Freshmen upon the groups
of Sudors, resulted In the former cap
turing a few of the hats and all of the
pai.isols; most, of one of the latter
was recovered liv the Seniors later in
the iiny..
On the campus green the Seniors ac
companied by Uurlclgh on a. twang
twang, sang till the late popular airs,
"M.v Hrownie," "lied Head Coon,"
"M.. Oh My," 'Porter's Clnss Song,"
"blttle Pumpkin Colored Coon," and
"Cinderella. White," were among the
iiiuubcr.
The scrap for hats, tics, etc., had by
Hiis. time become so hot that all the
Seniors were embroiled. McKay kept
his Senior cap through the entire
conilict, losing only the '1)8 Insignia.
One straw hut caused quiet u pile up
nnd the unlucky senior emerged with
l.v a handful of straw to tell the tale.
IVrhaps the climax of the morning
was in an event which occurred ufter
nearly all the Seniors had left tho
Held. Four stray Seniors, namely
Needy, Kinton, Warren and Morrison
were captured by a horde of under
I'hiss men, thirsting for blood. They
ook the Seniors, after- a fight, and
threw them In the hole -recently exenr
ntcd back of tlie armory and retained
them there, much to the seniors
chagrin, for n half hour or so. Tho
Senior resumed their part of the cele
bration by going to Lincoln Park in
the afternoon, and having a good old
fashioned picnic, They remained at
the Park, unmolested by the lower
elasstncn till B o'clock. A number
went to the home of Miss (lore where
dancing was the feature. Did any one
make a, remark about fours left?
Among the costumes and npurten
anecs the following were noted: MIhh
Cnrscuddcm, one old doll, one- toy enrt,
one cow bell; Miss Lytic, one pop gun,
one toy pistol, one Mpieaklng rubber
baby; Miss Schwartz, one .lack In tho
Pulpit, one whistle, two squeakers and
so they might he Continued. Among
the boys, Martin carried a little red
parasol, a little hatchet, and abutter
nut smile. Hurgcrt carried a blue par
asol, two tops without strings, his
usual smile and a pocket full of candy.
Cutter a red parasol, tt jumping rope
and a straw hat. Humphrey, two sky
rockets. Unrbcr carried himself well.
Hlschoff held a ladies pug dog and
watched the show, loss only nominal.
Cooley was not. to be seen, llecdy
Pearson, Sutton, linger, et. al., wore
straw hats and enrried girls' lunch
baskets. In general the girls wore
pink luoussehilre de-sols over blue. The
elfcct was stunning. The boys were
mostly dressed in jeans of tho jay-eye-sec-
variety. Tlie following is a par
tial list, of the trophies lost, and
gained: Sawyer, lost, hat, gained two
caps; linger lost one yard of skin,
Kccdy lost, two bunches of hair, gained
three caps; McKay lost two figures,
gained a lock of hair; Cutter lost, one
parasol, one cap; Hurgcrt lost one par
asol, one top, gained two new swear
words.
The Seniors felt amply aide to care
for themselves and needed no police,
although the .Juniors had the impu
dence to hint that they did. The day
closed peacefully and the Seniors
dreamed of pieces of straw, cap, a
light and "Doth not be have itself un
seemly." HOW A SOPH. SAW IT.
At a meeting, of -lhc,,,senlor.,..elns
Tuesday afternon it. was decided to
proclaim Wednesday a legal sneak day
for the class. The idea was certainly
nn unique one, and seniors were con
spicuous by their absence Wednesday
morning. The first real demonstration
was started in chapel most
of the girls' seats being re
set ved for girls in blask gowns
and boys with 5 cent hats. Fach sen
ior had a toy of some sort. The spec
tacle made one think that the class
bad been turned loose in a tit! Cent
store. Tlie straw hats were too much
for the under chussincn, and a junior
grabbed one and started for the door.
Immediately several seniors started
i.. mtrunlt. hut Turner blocked their
way. Incitement, was at a. high pitch
and a pitched battle seemed Imminent
when Professor Davis appeared on the
scene and calm was rcstorde. '-..e
scripture lesson was taken from Corin-thlansl-i:t,
which was very appropriate
Tor the dignillcd seniors.
Afte cliapel the seniors most, march
ed through the halls of the different,
buildings in search of seniors. Hiseh
otV, with his tin born, trotted along
with as much pride uf if he were
playing the leading cornet, in some
country town band. Hyde had a cow
bell tied around bis neck for fear of
being lost, and judging from the way
it. rang, he had strayed far from the
fold. Sawyer and Pearson each car
ried a pistol. Misses Wilkinson and
Wheeler were nourishing whistles try
ing to break Hurlcigh's band. Many of
the -other seniors carried Instruments
and toys, that wold be. bard to name.
After the parade ended, the seniors
had succeeded in drawing a large
crowd from the other olnssess who
were out for a good time us well. As
the intruders were grouped around on
the campus the stealing of '08 caps
bee-nii. A lower classman would grab
a cap and start off. Then four or live
seniors would jump on him, if they
could get him before he started to
run. If ho got a start, every man.not
of the graduating class, woudd hnppen
to lie, right In the way of the pursuer.
J several rounds the heavy seniors
proved themcsclvcs to be good wrest
lers, tfushmun nnd Kindler made
their records as heavy weight men.
Needy and Moore tire good runners
and good on the tackle, but their wind
gave out when they tried to run with
Boplimorc foot racers. Will McKay,
(Continued on Pago Four.)
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BROKEN
Tho Annual Field Day Meet Finds tho
Athletes In (Irent Form.
EVERYBODY ENTHUSIASTIC
Androgen, llnnodlqt, IMUIntry, lliumm unit
Tumor Lower University
Itccord.
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Die annual Held day. heal on the
campus last Saturday, was a day that
will go down In tlie history of athlet
ics In the University of Nebraska us
a record breaker. Tlie records in tlie
running and jumping were placed
along wllli leading eastern colleges.
Tlie University need not stand hack
and take second place when it comes
to athletics. The program opened by
the 100 yard dash which was badly
broken. Andrescn won 1lrst place in
10 seconds, which is a. half second fas
ter than any previous University rec
ord. Troyer, (Jcrrnrd and Tefft made
the previous record in 'OS nnd not un
til this year was It. touched. La Salle
won second plncoj making it in 10 1-5
seconds, llcartt. third, time 10 2-5 sec
onds. Even Hcartt's place as third
was better than the previous record.
The second event, the. running
jump, was also a record breaker, Hene-
diet jumping 20 feet, 3 1-Sinches, Pc
poon second, 18 ;feet 1 inch, and La
Mar third, 10 feet :t inches. This
broke Inst year's record almost, a foot.
The 220 yard daslt was made in tlie
same time as last year. Andrescn run
ning in 2:t 2-5 seconds, La Salle sec
ond, in 23 4-5 seconds.
The running high jump- also smash
ed a record. Pllsbury jumping 5 feet
5 1-S inches. The former record was
feet 4 3-4 inches. La Salle second,
5 feet 3 inches and Waterman third,
li feef 2 inches.
The most exciting event of the. day
was the 440 yard run by Andresen.Hcn
cdist and Story. The first two were
well matched. Hcncdict. started the
pace hard from the first and at the end
of the tlrst 100 yards was leading An
drescn and Story at least thirty feet,
Hy the time Hcncdict. struck the
stretch he had a good lead, but An
drescn had a spurt in liliu and within
30 yards of tlie string, passed in and
took the lead, finishing first, and re
ducing the previous record of 51 sec
onds to 52 4-5 seconds. Hcncdict was
second lu 53 2-5 seconds and Story
third in ill 2-5 seconds.
The mile run bad four entries, which
made it interesting. While the race
was not as fast as expected it was fair
time. Sawver winning in 5 minutes
(1 and 2-5 seconds. Waterman second
in 5 10 2-5. Sawyer ran the mile 12
seconds faster in a. trial last week,
which is below the previous University
record, if he is pushed in the inter
collegiate, he is confident, of doing it
again.
Turner won the 10 pound shot put
at 32 feet. 1 1-8 Inches, Hansen second,
30 feet 1-2 inches, nnd Stall third,
20 feet 7 1-4 inches. This is the rec
ord for a 10 pound shot.
The half mile- run was run by Saw
yer in 2.20, wlilcli can tie reuuecu u ue
is pushed harder. Clinton won second
place in 2.27 2-5.
Tlie hammer throw was easily tak
en by Hansen ax. ni icei s i-a inuin-n.
Though La Mar Is a smaller man he
threw 82 feet 1-2 lncbe. Turner threw
70 feet 1-2 inch.
Hcncdict won the pole vault easily
at 9 feet 3 inches, which is nine inch
es below his record. Pilsbury vaulted
8 feet 9 inches, Story, who is a very
small man, made 8 feet.
Tlie hurdle races were exciting. A
record on the 120 yards was made by
Heartt in 20 1-5 seconds, ngainst 20
1-2 seconds of last year. La Salle was
second with 20 2-5 seconds. Tills was
practically a dead heat.
Throwing tlie discus was more than
surprising. It was a new event, and
has been practiced but little, Pilsbury
threw 03 feet, which is but 2 feet H
inches less than the record made in
1890 at the Olympic contest. Andre
sen threw it 74 feet 9 inches, Hansen
73 feet 0 inches.
Tlie 220 yard hurdle was a pretty
race. On the start, tlie first liuruie,
Waterman, caught tho hurdle and fell.
This wiis not enough to stop him and
he got- up and ran like tin English
steeple chaser, winning first place in
32 4-5 iceonds, which is tho record In
tho Uilvcrslty.
The Jesuits in Saturday's events lias
mndo t.ll interested In athletics, feel
glorlom ever since. Dr. Hastings stnt
ed thatlie was more than pleased wlt.lt
what, tie boys did in. record breaking.
In comparison with the latest, list
of intercollegiate records available, we
are tihc to see our standing with
eastern colleges. The record held by'
Cary, Princeton, for 100 yards is 10
secondi, the samo as our record. The
Intercollegiate record for the 220 dash
Is 21 4-.1 seconds. Tlie record made by
And resell is 23 3-5 seconds. This rec
ord would have been lowered had It
not bent for the fact, that the races
were run. so idose together last Sat
urday, that the contestants were un
able to get over one l-nee before the
next wis called.
The i40 yard record is held by Har
vard at 47 3-4 seconds. University rec
ord, 52 4-5 seconds. N. C. Halm Of
Princeton holds the 880 yard record
at. 1.57 1-5, Nebraska record, 2.10.
Tho mile run was made lit 4.23 2-5
by Hie University of Pennsylvania,!
Tlie running high jump is held by
Fearing of Harvard, at. 0 feet 1-2 inch.
Nebraska has reached 5 feet 5 1-2 inch
es. Victor Mapes of Columbia balds
the running broad jump record at 22
feet 11 1-4 inches. Hencdlct's record
is 20 feet. 3 1-2 inches.
The hurdle races, shot put and ham
mer throw arc still behind what they
ought to be.
Tlie pole vault record, held by Huck
hol. of Pennsylvania and Hoyt of Hur
wird, Is 11 feet 2 .1-4 Inezes, while
Hencdlct's indoor record is 10 feet.
Hy these comparisons wo find the
University of Nebraska able to turn
out. a track team that could meet any
school In tho country.
-. (WULMIDS-FUOM-THE U-Nfl
There will be no University students
among the Exposition guards. This
lias been finally settled by a letter to
tlie Chancellor. It is Hie same old
story polities and official intlucnce
has proved too much for true merit
and the authorities have thrown over
a company of well drilled cadets who
have passed a strict, physical examina
tion, for the friends and relatives of
the powers Hint be.
The news will prove a great disap
pointment to many students who were
anxious to spend the summer in Oma
ha. This has been looked forward to
during the greater part of the year.
Chancellor MnoLean went up to Oma
ha the first of the year and secured an
ordinance from tlie executive commit
tee looking towards accepting a com
pany of sixty cadets nun xne maxxer
was left, lit the hands of Mr. Kirkendnll
of the department of grounds nnd
buildings who gave every assurance
that the students would be taken care
of. On this assurance, Lieutenant
Stotsenberg picked out a number of
cadets who passed a physical examina
tion. Then a Mr. Llewellyn was given
charge of the matter. Pressure from
directors and stock holders increased
with the result mentioned nlmvc. A
final letter was received announcing
that no cadets could be received. Chan
cellor Maclean, Lieutenant Stotsen
berg and later Major True have done
every thing possible but the. odds were
too great.
S1SVIOH HOOK MONDAY.
The Senior Hook baout which there
has been so much talk of late, is to be
out. Monday according to the commit
tee having the matter in hand, 'llie
book will contain pictures of all the
members of the class, with their bio
graphies. The drawings arc said to
be the best, unsurpassed by any Uni
versity publications. Nor have tho
jokes been neglected. No one famous
or infamous hnve been forgotten anil
this department Is packed full of
good things that are guaranteed to
drive away the disappointments of ex
tra work-. As the book is to be put
on sale at only 25 cents it is certain to
go like wild fire. Tlie copies hnve
been strictly limited, so be on hand.
The athletic annual has been given
up. Oury was made business manager
on terms already published in the Ne
brasknn, so that when he left there
wns n " lefti to S0 on w'tn Tno
work
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Chancellor nnd Deans Decide at tho Lust
Moment to Add Thrco Days More.
STUDENTS ARE D18CJU8TED
lly tho Chango Kxnmlnntlonii Run Through
Tito Holldnya and Upiet
All Man.
The. announcement of the chancel
lor In chapel Tuesday that the exam
inations have been postponed until
May 30, stirred up such a tempest as
this school has not experienced in a
long time, Tlie reason for the change
as stated in the nnnounceninct was
the fact that there would be no en
cumpuicnt this year. Tt proved as
much a surprise to many members of
the faculty as to the student, and
with about, the same result. Several
professors were not'louth to express
their dissatisfaction with the change
which will cause a disarrangement
with plans already made. As it is, at
least two professors have announced
that all work in their departments
would cease at the time previously set.
The reason for surprise on tlie part of
some professors is that the matter
was not, brought up at a faculty meet
ing, but seems to have been done by
the chancellor, after consulting with
the deans.
Among the students feeling was
most intense and the greatest indignn
t ion prevailed. Everything has unit
ed luring the last few weeks to make
school work difficult and tiresome. All
have been counting tho days, almost
the hours that still voniain of the- col
lege year, and at tho last minute, to
learn that the agony must bo pro
longed half .w week longer, was well
calculated to produceUllygust.
Another point Hint it is thought
should have been given more consid.
c ration is -the fact that many students
had mode definite arrangements based
on the dates given in the calendar and
will be compelled to go to the great
est Inconvenience, not to say expense,
by renson of the change. Already stu
dents have begun to try to make ar
rangements for special examinations
and under Hie circumstances profes
sors do not feel justified in refusing.
They appreciate what it means to
many students to be compelled to stay
around here spending money -when
they hoped to be earning it, with prac
tically no equivalent for the expense.
Perhaps the general indignation
finds most tangible form among the
Omaha contingent and the large num
ber of other students who have been
counting on attending the celebration
at the opening of the trans-Mississippi
exposition.
June 1st has been declared a. holi
day by the governor, the railroads
have reduced the fare on thnt day to
practically nothing and it is sure to
he a red-letter day in the history of
Nebraska, of which all loyal Nebra-s-
kans will be proud. Thnt on this dny
of days the students of the State Uni
versity will be kept here in the midst
of examinations, will doubtless cause
not a little unfavorable comment.
Hut the matter has not been drop
ped. The students aru circulating a
petition setting forth these facts and
it is hoped that the justice of their
contentions will hi recognized on fur
ther consideration.
COLLEGE NOi'ES.
The editors of all student publica
tions nt Chicago University will be
limited to students who have no con
ditions. The same regulations govern
ing them as now govern athletics will
take effect July 1.
An Easter gift of $320,000 has been
made to Chicago University. The don
or of almost one-half the gift is un
known except to President Harper and
the board of trustees. Miss Kather
inc Hruce has also given $1,500 out
right nnd $15,000 conditionally to the
astronomical department, and other
amounts, ranking a total of $100,000,
have been turned over to the univer
sity. Chnrles Weeks Is now sergeant and
La Ttuo Drown corporal of Company P.
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