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In Society.
The first of the popular band lnfor
mals was given last night In the armory
the commltteo In charge being, L. J.
Pepperberg, Prosldont; C. D. Cornell,
chairman; Ralph Jenne, master of cer
emonies; Alclnous Hayman, E. E.
Sprague and Fred Falrman.
Dr. and Mrs. Clapp were chaperones.
, For the first time slnco the lnformals
began Eddie Walt's orchestra furnlBhed
the music and upheld their reputation
In every respect
These band lnformals should bo, and
perhaps are, the most enjoyable events
of the University social life. They are
functions given by tho band and the
proceeds go to tho band, and not Into
some Individual's pocket who Is using
his school and schoolmates as a means
of private gain. If class hopB were
more of class affairs and tho proceeds
dovoted to tho classes, tho various
functions would bo moro enjoyable for
all concerned and that element of pro
fessionalism, that mercenary spirit,
which has crept Into society would be
entirely eliminated.
Yesterday evening one of the most
elaborate social functions of the sea
son occurred, the occasion being the
reception given by the Episcopal church
club to the church members of the stu
dents and faculty of tho University,
at their headquarters, 1234 S street Be
tween the hours of 8 and 10 p. m. tho
parlors werq thronged with guests.
BlBhop Williams of the diocese of east
ern Nebraska and Bishop Graves of tho
diocese of the Platte, were both pres
ont, bolng tho guests of the club.
Among the faculty members present
were Dr. and Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Brock
and Misses Hay den, Franklsh and Puf
fer. Tho last named young ladles as
sisted in receiving tho guests. Mrs. F.
W. A. King assisted by the other mem
bers of the St. Luke'B young ladles'
guild, served refreshments. The decor
ations woro golden rod and autumn
loaves.
This evening at 7:30 at Fairvlew, the
home of the brldo, will ocur the wed
ding of Miss Ruth Balrd Bryan and Mr.
W. H. Leavltt, of Newport, It. I.
Miss Bryan was one of tho most pop
ular young ladies in the University dur
ing her two-year course hero, bolng
secretary of tho class of '05', her first
year and prominent In literary and ath
letic circles during the remainder of
hor course Tho brldo to be is a mem
ber of Delta Gamma sorority.
President Steen of the Sophomore
class, has appointed tho following
8ophomore hop committee: Chairman,
H. A. DUdine; master of coromonles,
Ralph Jenne; E. M. Shallonberger, E.
F. RoblnBon, Mason Wheeler, Ralph
Smith, R. H. Thompson, Martha Cllno,
Roma Ix)ve, Hellen Dolson.
The exact date of tho Soph, hop has
not yet been set, but It will probably
be durlcg- the first week In November.
A sorority not a tnousand miles dis
tant, whoso initials spell K. A. T., and
whose pledges In consequence of which
(and other whlches) aro called "Kit
tons," wero uniquely congratulated by
some of their fraternity friends the
other evening when a basket contain
ing six little kittens with their sorority
about tholr necks and a card of con
gratulations on tho now pledges, was
left mysteriously at tho door of tho
chapter house. So far nothing Is cer
tain as to tho perpetrators of the fun,
but the girls have tholr suspicions.
Eleven young ladles wero initiated
into thOL mysteries of Delta Gamma
last night Miss Abbio Stuart, another
D. G. pledge, Is at the hospital with
typhoid fever.
Mr. George Thompson, in charge of
tho eastern division of tho Union Pa
cific, paid a flying visit to his son Bob,
at tho Alpha Theta Chi house last Wed
nesday. T. J. Hewitt of South Omaha, visited
his Phi Delt brothers the first of the
week.
Mrs. Wiggenhorn, nee Lansing, of
Ashland, Is visiting at the Delta Gam
ma house.
Alpha Thota Chi has pledged Frank
Brookings of Tekamah.
Don Raymond of Lincoln, Is pledged
to Phi Delta Theta.
Beta Theta Pi enjoyed a visit from
Mr. Price of Falrbury this week.
The Phi Delts will initiate six new
men tonight at tho chapter house.
Miss Mildred Post and Ethel Norvnl
will spend Sunday at their homes.
"Rummy" Hull, of military fame, Is
visiting his Delta Tau brothers.
Miss Mabel Miles of Falls City, Is
visiting at the PI Phi chapter houBe.
Miss Adele Lathrop of New York
City, has beon pledged to Kappa Kappa
Gamma.
81x of the Chi Omega glrlB are now
In their new chapter house at 1227
D Btreet.
The girls of Pi Beta Phi have begun
a series of Friday evening lnformals
at tho chapter house.
Miss Edith Abbott, of Grand Island,
visit her Delta Gamma Bisters on Wed
nesday on her way to Chicago.
Wednesday evening the Delta Gam
mas were entertained informally at
Miss Ruth Bryan's home at Fairvlew.
Miss Jeanette Post, of York, who has
beon viBiting at the Kappa Alpha Theta
house, returned to her home Wednes
day. Miss Edith Shedd, who has Just re
covered from a severe illness, returned
and began her work at the conserva
tory Monday.
Mrs. Fiske Is visiting her daughter,
Florence, at the Pi Phi house,. Miss
Fiske expects to leave Bhortly for the
east to take up music.
Last night Sigma Alpha Epsllon
opened the post-rushing society season
.with a dance at Walsh hall.
About forty couples enjoyed the
dance and refreshments, which were
served In the Bhape of punch. A rep
resentative of nearly every other frnt
In tho school enjoyed the hospitality
of the Sigma Alphs.
The hall decorations consisted- of
flags, frat and Unl. penants with Sigma
Alpha Epsllon colors of purple and gold
predominating.
FROM THE WEST.
W. F Meier, '03, Writes Letter
To Nebraskan.
South Bend, Wash., Sept. 28, 1903.
Editor Nebraskan:
When 1 received your request for a
sketch of my trip Into the northwest
I hardly knew what to write or what
to omit, for there are bo many things
highly Interesting to me that might
be of but little Interest to others when
set In type. I Bhall try. however, to
"hit the high places" and give only
those things that may be interesting
In themselves.
On tho evening of Juno 11 I boarded
the Denver flyer, my ticket reading
through to Seattle. On tho train was
P. J. Harrison. '05. Neal Wynn, '01,
and several other University students
enough to make a Jolly and Interest
ing crowd. Mr. Harrison was bound
for Salt Lake City and Mr. Wyne for
California. Wo mado slow time In Ne
braska because of the rains so preva
lent at that time, but wo cared little
for that, since our mothers had sup
plied each of us with a large lunch
box and wo hod plenty of literature.
Wo reached Denver several hours be
hind time, which prevented us from
taking a run out over tho city and
still keep our scheduled time. Wo had
twenty minutes for breakfast and at
9:15 left on the D. & R. G. for a day'B
trip through the most wonderful ecen
ery I have ever seen. Having been
born and raised on the plains of Ne
braska, I had always wondered what
tho mountains looked like. We had
not gone west of Denver very for be
fore we could see the dim outline of
tho bluffs which I supposed wero the
real big mountains, but before the
day was over my disappointment at tie
first view of mountains was fully aup
plantcd with wonder occasioned by the
passage through tho Royal Gorge.
The scenery of the Royal OorgoTB
something that cannot bo described.
To sny that the train runs a race along
a narrow winding path, with tho rush
ing, dashing Arkansas, botwen two
nlmost perpendicular Bolld rock walls,
rising In plnces over 2.000 feet, does not
begin to tell of Its granduor, yet what
more can a person say? Perhnps I
can Illustrate tho Impression It pro
duces by telling how It offected one of
our fellow passengers. Wo had been
going deeper and deeper among the
rocks. It was raining, and yo': could
see the large dropB of water sulhe the
Btono walls and spatter Into spray. An
old gentleman stood on tho vestlbulo
with me. where we had gone to make
better observations. Wo turned n
Bharp curve and plunged across the
noted swinging bridge, supported from
beams fastened above on the rock
walls. "My God!" Bald the old man.
"They'll never send mo ovor this road
again." and he went back Into the car
where he could not see what I termed
the beauty of the acenery.
Grand and ImpoBln nB the passage
through the gorge was, the r.t'xt day
our route lay through a co'intry that
went as far to tho other extreme On
entering Utah, you 'cave behlun the
"rocky" mountains of Colorado and
see before you great bluffs and hills
that look like black mud hills. The
land along the railroad track Is black
and dry not a blade of grass can be
seen not a tree can bo found only
the monotony of a desert with an oc
casional shrivelled cactus plant with
Its blood-red blossoms.
At Salt Lake City, whore we arrived
at 5:30 p. m., June 13, wo were met by
Green nnd Reed University Btudonta,
who had been employed by the city
engine-t for the summer. After a good
square supper wo wero shown the sights
of the city tho Mormon temple that
was forty years In building, the taber
nat le. Young's statue, the Bee Hive,
the Salt Palace. Ensign's park. Fort
DouglaB. and others. One thing that a
visitor to Salt Iake City must always
remember Is Its broad, well-kept streets
with cold mountain water running
down either side. The location of the
city, Its plan, the buildings erected,
and the highly productive irrigated
country Burroundinsf "must always re
main a monument to the thrift and
energy of those who composed tho
Mormon following.
At 3 a. m. Sunday morning I left
Salt lake City, and from there on I
traveled alone. It did not seem like
Sunday out In tho dry Idaho sage bush
country. It did not look as though
such a country could bo of any value,
yet at the little stations one could soe
hundreds of sacks of wool piled along
the track, tho evidence of sheep-rals-
lng, although no flocks could be seen.
The next day I reached Portland.
Hero I saw my first largo steamboats,
and I spent some little tlmo at the
dockB noting the methods of loading
and unloading tho vessels. Portland
Is a nice city In Borne respects. Many
buildings are fine hor union depot
especially. Considerable business
seemed to be dono, although I was told
that It was unusual for that time of
the year. One of the things that Im
pressed me here was tho growth of
roses. The florists' roses of Lincoln
would be put to shame by those that
grow In this country in almost every
garden.
On the night of June 16 I reached
Seattle, tho "Queen City" as It is callod.
and hero I spent tho greater part of
the summer. To ono accustomed to
tho level rectangular streets of Lin
coln the streets of Seattle aro awful.
Not only do those running back from
the bay go up up a hundred feet each
block, but they run diagonally, or "any
old way." For Instance, down In tho
business portion of tho city Plko street
is four blocks north of Madison, but
seventeen blocks east of First avenue
the two have intersected each other
and diverge. I was not aware of this
intersection until after I had spent two
months in Seattle, and it caused mo to
spend nearly a half a day In trying to
locate Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Reed, tho
latter of whom will be remembered as
a former Instructor In American his
tory. Mr. Reed Is principal of one of
the city schools.
Seattle is above all else a business
City. Tho streets are always crowded
with teams and wagons and people.
You cannot judge as to business con
ditions, however, from tho numbor of
people on the BtrcetB, because bo largo
a percentage are transient, and yet oven
a transient people produce a certain
class of buBlnosB. Tho dockB and
wharves are usually well lined with
steamerB and Bchoonera either loading
or unloading freight, and tho freight
handled by tho railroads Is not small.
During tho summor I mot a numbor
of Nebraskans In Seattlo besido thoso
permanently located hero. Among tho
latter t fc ind Wilson, law '00; Thor
grlmHon, law '01; Iandon, law '00,
practicing law. Of the formor. C. A.
Bather, law '03, and Jake Shank. law
'03, both spent Borne tlmo hero look
ing over the field. Ralph and Ilufus
Wood, law '03, wero hero a few daya
and are now In Alaska working with a
transportation company. E. H. Jones,
'01, and hlB mother Bpent about a
month In the city and thon returned
to Dunbar, Neb. So, you see, with an
large a number of Unlvorslty peoplo
around them as that, ono did not feel
that he waB altogether a stranger In
Seattle.
Seattle Is connected with Tacoma
by an lnterurbnn line, over which cars
aro run every hour, tho third rail Bys
tem being UBed for propulsion. Instead
of having this rail guarded and tho
shoe making connection with It under
neath, as 1b tho practice In tho castorn
states, It Is left practically free and as a
result Bomo eight or ten peoplo have
been killed by coming In contact with
It. Tho cars often gain a speed of
Blxty-flve miles per hour, ospeclally
thoBO making no stops between tho
two cities. There Is gome talk of ex
tending the line Bouth along tho sound
as far as Olympia.
I came down to South Bond a fow
weeks ago to take charge of tho Eng
lish department In the high Bchool.
TIiIb Is a progressive and growing city,
that Is Just now fully recovering from
the effects of boom days of ten ycare
ago. To show you how cosompolltan
tho entire west is permit mo to give
this as nn example: Of five now teach
ers placed In the schools of South Bond
thlB year, ono comos from Iowa, ono
from Virginia, one from Kentucky, two
from Wisconsin and ono from Nebras
ka. I was surprised to find oven at
South Bend people I knew. John T.
Welsh, and his brother. Martin C,
both graduates of the Nebraska Col
lege of Law, are In practice hero. Tho
formor camo hero some ten years ago
and established himself after having;
been principal of the high school for
a year.
I have had a great many inquiries
from University friends as to the pros
pects for young men In this part of
the northwest. In ono way tho oppor
tunities aro very much greater hero
than they aro further east, but the
young man that comes horo expecting
to fall into a fortune will be Badly die
appointed. There are plenty of chances
but to be successful he must contend
with some of tho keenest intellocts In
the country, for It Is largely an onor
getlc nnd determined peoplo that have
moved hero Into this state. But If he
proves himself valuable to whatever
line ho enters In all probability he will
bo pushed forward and placed In a po
sition of responsibility. It requires the
samo characteristics to rlso here as
elsewhere, although the rise may bo a
bit more rappld here other tilings being
equal. W. F. M., '03.
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We want to impress it on your
minds that vr e carry a big lino of
Foot Balls and all
Kinds of Athlitic Goods.
Ono thing tlmt specially ploasea
is tho pnoo wo moko on ovory .
article in tho sporting goods lino.
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