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Vol. V. No. 45.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, J905.
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BY CHANCELLOR E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS
Tho .proportion of collcgo students
directly engaging in athletic sports is
much larger than many critics Beem
to suppose In football your 'varsity
builds up not only Its lusty gang of
scrubs, but,' besides, an eleven, and
perhaps a second eleven, In each of tho
four classes. At least double all this
number Is more or less stirred to prac
tice by tho hope of being needed in
tho play at somo point, so that a little
'loven leavoneth tho whole lump.
Competitive match gomes have their
place. They are lndispensiblo to tho
full and free play of tho zeiTt for play.
And it is logltiraato,pedagoglcally, that
tho competition should bo as fierce as
. it can bo and still bo fair. There aro
certainly several considerations more
important than winning; yet what ap
pears to bo the ideal of somo, a match
whero tho players care llttlo or-nothing
which side wins, would se'om to me
nearly worthless from every point of
view. Stale play like that, far from
whetting tho goneral college appetite
for sane athletic work, would Bhut
your gymnasium In a season.
Tho power of sound physical educa
tion reaches beyond tho body. Many
sports prevalent In collego aro of ex
traordinary intellectual worth. Foot
ball excels in this respect. Good foot
ball proceeds much moro from brain
than from muscle, though as played In
recent years tho gamb is let depend
quit too much on mora weight. Base
"ball, basket-ball, tennis and, in fact,
every game whatever, make largo do
mand on tho intelligence.
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Athletic performance quickens men
tal action In a variety of ways, but per
haps mainly through tho Intense Inter
est it arouses and maintains. It de
velops the will, an all-important sup
plement to the set curriculum, which,
as all pedagogs complain, Is sadly de
ficient In motor and oxecutlvo provi
sion. Tho ability to do a great many '
things, to put forth one's utmost pos
sible strength at moments, lnstantane
ousnc8s of decision, and grit and stead
iness for resolute conation through
long periods, aro alLof tho highest edu
cational value, and they aro powers
which largo classes of students acquire
on track and field very much bettor
than they do in tho class-room.
All earnest sport, properly carried
on, has immense moral weight It de
velops courago, lndopondonco in ac
tion, the senso of individual responsi
bility, and at tho somo titno fits for
Joint activities, co-oporatlon, self-do-nlal,
Htronuousne&s' in pursuing worthy
ends and calmness in defeat. It Yon
der s college discipline oasior. Un
trained onlookers may think football
and boskot-ball brutal, but tho fact is
that both games aro a constant .school
ing. In 'forboaranco and humaneness
doubly offectivo becauso consisting in
ceaseless resistance to strong tompta
tion. Nor is this generalization invali
dated by tho unfortunato fact that a
player once in a whllo gives way to tho
temptation.
Wholly conservative pedagogy there
fore approves, under suitable regula
tions, all ihousual forms of collego
sport, with occasional florco match
trials In each track nthlotlcs, tennis,
baseball, basket-ball, football, 'boxing,
wrestling, foncing and rowing tho
rowing is not to bo so earnestly com
mended as tho Others, partly becauso
few can engage In it, and partly be
cause It is not a very safe sport for
-matchps.
Tho fact that our colleges and uni
versities are now health factories as
wnll nn Rnmlnnrloo of lnnrnlnr luX
among the most promising data in,
American life. Call this "booming' of
tho body a "fad" if you will; a good"
health fad is certainly bettor ,than-Ja
bad-health fad, such, as onceproyalled
when many men, and a, still greater
number of women, actually appeared to
"enjoy" poor health.
THE SCRUBS.
Tho football season fsHearly over,
nd thoro Is thoMjsual amount of com
ment on tho merits and demerits of the
teamNjBvory student realizes what its
mombers have dono for -tho Reputation
of tho university, and for thoincreaso
of Its Influence. IJow many, however,
stop to think what makes tho team
what It is? Whence comog tho tromen-""
do"us efficiency of its play? What has
produced the smoothness of its manip
ulation? In a word, who Is resjonsl
blo? Without question, credit-is duo to
tho scrubs and too much cannot bo.sald
in praise' of their unselfish ddvotion to
thq production qf a team 'creditable to
tho University.
-Jfrom tho first of tho season, wfien
as many as' sixty men reported for
practice, up to tho present tlmo, there
has been moro than a full scrub team
every evening to, go against the first
team in scrimmage. Bvon after the
first squad had been determined almost
boyond tho possibility of a change and
apparently tho last incentive for con
sistent appearance for practice had
vanished, tho scrubs showed up day
after day. They worked out con
scientiously for an hour or more and
'then Hne,d up against the 'varsity with
, a vim and 'determination that com
pelled tho latter to "extend themselves
to tho utmost, both In offense 'and In
-defense. Thoy bore the brunt of the
terrific playa which Booth developed
whllo they were In tho making, and
according as they solved a play easily
or with, dlfllculty, was. It altered and
perfected for first team- use. Without
hope of tho reward of admiration and
prestige which Ib the lot of tho first
squad nfen, 'the scrubs have worked
faithfully and unselfishly, and the uni
versity owes them more than tho aver
age. person realizes.
Aside from the work on the campus,
however, tho scrubs of this year have
gained no little success in what games
tliey have played throughout tho state.
..Games havo been played with many of
tho state teams, and In all but one tho
scrubs woro victorious. This- oxcop
tionyas Pawneo City, and the score
was 0 to 0. The, football reputation of
tho University has been fully sustained
In, all of these games and tho scrubs
have doubtless proved to boa strong
Influence for drawing many studonts
from tho towns where they havo
played. For this as well they deserve
tho hearty tnanks of tho University at
large.
Then here's to tho scrubs. May thoy
receive the appreciation they so richly
deserve, and in reckoning the suc
cesses of tho, season let us not forget
thelr,part in them. Tho merits of the
first team aire tho merits of the team
they' constantly meet in practice, and
when we toast tho 'varsity, let us also
toast THE). SCRUBS;
ALMA MATER.
By J. R. Bender..
No one realizes tbo true worth of his
collego until ho is cast into the world
to taste of tho bitter and sweet. It is
then you realize how good and noble a
school you attended, how; much you
havo missed by neglerting to do this
or that. You- think, "Pshaw! I surely
could havo been moro loyal to my col
lege, to my Instructors, to myself."
You begin to feel that you neglected
overy graduate, should do-hla bost'irf
praising Nebraska. Bo suro and-talk
Nebraska wherever you may bo, and
at all times. Don't let your listener
say, "I know, but at Michigan "
Make hint 'forget Michigan. Just say,
"Yes, of courso; but at Nebraska wo
do this, wo do that, and everything
works so nlcelyland sweetly."
I lcnowl havo talked Nebraska" more
in my few months up, hero than I evQr.
this or that, and wonder why you did -thought I could. And I havo actually
not think of ltwhlle In school. And Induced ono man to say ho .will tako
now you long to tako work-under this up worlcSrith the Scarletand Cream
or that Instructor or in this or that next yean I havo worked harder, for
department, which you pushed aside, this . one ' man than I over havo to
thinking the' professor too strict or pledge a man to my fraternity. Still, 1
viuuivjr ui- -,.iw wuiit uxf uuru. xou urn not sausueu. i ioeuit my auty.io
now see the many things in which
'you could have helped your college
to get behind everything that has tho
spirit .of Nebraska and-push; to cheer
and work for the football team; to
help the debaters, tho tennis club; . to
uphold Nebraska on tho diamond and
on the track. Many a man has gone
away from Nebraska with llttlo moro
than his diploma. He may havo been
a Webster or a Douglas in debate, an
Eckcrsall or a Heston In tho football
realm. Too many of the students sim
ply sit around and smoke the pipe of
fraternity and think, "I can't' do any
thing. I amnjce and comfortablo here.
Why should I oxctte myself in this or
that line?" v
dear old Nebraska to talk for her and
praise her. For sho surely does a vast
amount of good-If ono will on.Jet
her. If-ono would often not be careless,
stubborn, Indifferent and Indolent, v
HE-' remember hon I finished college I
drew a breath of relief, so to speak.
But when fall came around and it grew
timo to como back, I felt lost, and
outcast I wanted to come back so
badly. Nebraska's red light seemed to
beckon; my books longed to be tus
sled with and thrown about; my foot
ball togs almost shed tears as I said
"Well; old pals, you are 'has beens'."
I actually crept into' the entire corpse
and well, just to have that old spirit
come over me once" more. Then with'
Nebraska has as much spirit as any sad heart I laid' all aside, but notjto
college In the country while It lasts forget. It only inspired ma to wqrk
out alter tne conege course n.arops to ior me gooa or my college as snenau
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