THE DAILY NBBRASKAN
One sixth one hundred of the
freshmen at Princeton competed for
positions on the staff ow The Dally
Prtneotonlnn. Wooilrow Wilson, '79,
used to contribute a column entitled.
'Here and There."
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There were only three buildings then
University Hall, the Library and
Nebruska Hull. The Armory was
built the next year.
"I put nine Inches of concrete in
the foundation ot this building," said
Jack rather boastfully. "I Just wanted
to say I 'elped build It."
"You have been staying right with
it, too, haven't you?"
Ho only smiled and went on to ex
plain that when he first camo here,
he was night watchman for University
Hall. There was no fence around the
campus then so he not only watched
the building but also paroled the
campus. When the Armory was com
pleted, ho "took that under his wing".
Then the University authorities de
cided that to watch two buildings was
loo much work for one man so they
put Jack In charge of the Armory.
"Since then, I've been slayin' with
it," ho added, with a wink and a nod.
By this time Jack was warmed up
to spinning old-timo yarns and told
mo of pranks the students used to
play; how one night about 2 o'clock
he heard an awful yelling coming from
Nebraska Hall; how he hurried over
there and found three students on the
top floor, decorated with pop-corn and
molasses and roped so tight they could
not move a muscle.
"And on 'allowe'en," he continued,
"it was awful." I 'ad my 'amis full
then; there was no fence around the
campus, you know."
Jack then related very vividly how
on one Hallowe'en night three students
tried to steal the bell from the roof
of University Hall. They had loosened
the bell and were preparing to get it
down to the ground by means of a long
rope, when Jack crawled through the
trap doer on the roof.
"You got it," he heard one student
say to another.
"1 got you," he informed the culprits.
"And they was so scared they nearly
fell oil" the roof."
"Did you report them?" 1 asked.
"No -they was just boys."
We stopped talking a minute to
watch the sophomore girls, who wore
then in the gymnasium, practicing the
drill they were preparing to give at
the exhibition. It was only a minute
though, for it reminded Jack of an
other student caper that happened at
an exhibition when Mrs. R. G. Clapp,
then Miss Anne Hair, was in charge
of the women's gymnasium. Exhibi
tions then were given only by the wo
men students. Men spectators were
barred absolutely, but of course they
tried all means possible to get in
Jack, anticipating a few masculine on
lookers, locked all of the w indows cave-
fully that night and made a thorough
investigation of the gymnasium before
the program started.
"Is everything fast?" Miss Ban-
asked him.
"Everything," he assured her.
"There's only one place I 'aven't
looked and that's inside the organ
Then just because he hadn't looked
in there, he looked and what did he
find? Six students wedged in be
tween the organ pipes. They had been
there since 5 o'clock that evening.
"They begged me," Jack said, chuck
ling so that I could scarcely under
stand him, "Oh, how they begged not
to be sent out before the .crowd. But
I just told 'em, 'You had the cheek
to come in, now you'll have to have the
cheek to get out! Sneak!"'
As soon as Jack had stopped laugh
ing I suggested that we would have
to hire him as detective for the next
Girls' Cornhusker Party.
"I could always find 'em," he as
sured me. "But the boys don't play
pranks like they used to. They are
all too busy going to parties and
dances now. Then they didn't catch
'em up like Mr. Engberg does now,
either."
"I remember when General reran-
Ing was 'ere I went with the boys on
un encampment, I used to clean guns
for 'em and fix over their belts. You
know, I was a tanner by trade. The
general told me to wake the boys early
one morning, so I got a sponge witli
a little water Jn it, 'an went 'round
and dropped water in nil their faces."
Jack laughed and laughed over this.
Evidently this prank of his was as
clear to him as if it had happened but
yesterday.
"You didn't imagine when you were
with General Pershing that some day
lie would bo leading the American
troops Into Mexico, did you, Jack?"
"No ho was a fine man, though
Awful strict!"
Ilv this time I was more than curi
ous to know where Jack had come
from. The "h" dropped from his
"Hallowe'en", his "luids" and 'haves"
marked him English. Then, he had
just mentioned that he was a tanner.
"Jack," 1 asked, "did you say that
t-,,1, .. i iiinnt.r hv tr.'iile?''
He nodded.
"You are still tanning skins, aren't
you, Jack?" It was rather a poor at
tempt at a pun.
He only chuckled. My impression
of Jack by this time was that he
smiled or chuckled most of the time.
"I was a tanner by trade, and when
1 came to this country "
"Then you are English?" I inter
rupted. "Yes, I came from Ixmdon.' I came
'ere. came to Crete first, thinking I'd
Keep up my trade but 1 couldn't get
enough work so worked in a brick
ard down there."
Then followed a somewhat brief
story of his first few years in America.
I could not catch all of the details
tor Jack does not talk loud and there
was a piano playing and about fifteen
sirls doing steps in the gymnasium
just outside the door.
He told me, though, how one day.
during their first year in Crete, his
son "Bill'' brought home two pigskins.
Jack thought the child had stolen them
so made him take them back. He had
really found them, though, lor Jack
learned later that pigskins were
thrown away in that part of the coun
try. So gathering as many of the skins
as he could he tanned them and made
shoes for his children. He had two
skins drying on a line in front of the
house one day when two men came
along, came into his house and asked
if he was a tanner. They came back
the next day and offered to start a
tannery in Crete giving Jack charge
everything away. That is why Jack
of it. All arrangements were made
and the buildings started when the
spring floods on the Blue River washed
came to Lincoln.
"Where is "Bill" now " I inquired.
"He's livin' in the country. Four of
my girls live here in Lincoln. I have
ten children and one's dead."
"Your wife," I asked, "is she Eng
lish, too?'
"Yes, poor soul, she's gone now. &he
was a good wife I can't talk no more,"
he murmured with tears in his eyes.
I left quietly. I had caught a
glimpse of the real heart of this grand
old man.
CD. WTKEN TO TALK
Pastor of St. Paul's to Giy
Series of Fifteen Sermons
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Aaltken of St. Paul Methodist church
at the evening service for the next
few weeks. The first lecture was
given last Sunday on "Charles Hick
ens, Graduate from tho School of Hard
Knocks." The title for the next talk
is "David Copperfleld."
January 28 "David Copperfleld"
Charles Dickens at his best.
Kebruary 4 "Robert Falconer," l y
George MacDonald (A wonderful ex
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February 11 "Abraham Lincoln"
(Program furnished by patriotic socie
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February 18 "The Great Desire,"
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February 25 "King Arthur Tenny
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Prime."
March 4 "Sir Galahad, and the
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because his heart was pure."
March 11 "The Ancient Mariner,'
by Coleridge (The subtle-smiled psy
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March IS "The Deserted Village,"
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March 2" "John Bunyan and Great
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April S "Mosses from an Old
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April Hi "The Turmoi." by Booth
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April 22 "Quo Vadis," by Henry
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April 2!) "The Victory of Pluck"
An address to young people.
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