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THE NEBRASKAN
There is a well defined rumor to the effect
ihat the University is to have a Glee Club.
This is as it should be. There is nothing
which would better advertise the college than
a first cla3s organization of this kind. There
is certainly enough material in the University
for the purpose. The only question will be
whether such material will be available.
The same difficult' which confronts the foot
ball team will be met with here. Owing to
the large amount of regular work required oj
the students, they have little time for extras.
However, the athletic organizations have
been able to accomplish a great deal in spite
of all this, and we hope the Glee Club will
be equally successful. We can all afford to
make some sacrifices for such a worthy cause.
in this issue. These, together with one or
two more, will probably constitute the board
of associates.
We feel that an apology is due to our sub
scribers for the delay in getting out the first
issue. The resignation of the editor in chief
and the absence of his successor from the
city, made it almost unavoidable. Hereafter
we intend to be out on time and up to the
mark.
Where wil the University authorities find
campus room to accommodate all the students
ten years hence? Not within the limits of
the iron stockade which now encloses the
University buildings.
The "library alcove" is a thing of the
past. With it has vanished the time-honored
custom, or perhaps we should say pastime,
formerly indulged in by the students, of as
sembling in the retreats between the abutting
book-shelves and making life miserable for
the librarian. No doubt some difficulty will
be experienced in getting sufficiently accus
tomed to the prevailing quiet to be able to do
any work under the present system. We do
not believe in the too sudden and rapid abol
ishment of tradition-hallowed institutions, but
vy will risk all fatal consequences in this instance.
Cttfjletic.
We pity the instructor whose duty it is to
examine themes, essays and orations the
coming year. Of every thousand productions
four hundred and sixty-two will be about the
"World's Fair at Chicago." The remaining
five hundred and thirty-eight will relate to
that other topic of general interest, the " Co
lumbian Exposition of 1893." Mark our
predictions. The. fair is a godsend to the
student. J
The associate editors have not yet been
fully decided on so the list will not appear
in this issue. We are entitled to Miss Hurks,
Messrs. Cooley, Oberlies, Johnson, IMls
bury and Haggard for matter which appears
Mr. Crawford has been here a week. He
has more than equalled our expectations.
Whatever we may lack this year, it will not
be through training.
Oct. 7, Cotner defeated the Wesleyan
eleven by a score 20 to o. Several of Cot
tiers men are old players. Cotner had two
or three hundred pounds advantage in
weight.
Doane defeated the Ashland eleven Satur
day, Oct. 7, by a score of 18 to o. Doane
has a good team, and will doubtless give us
a Warm game Oct. 21. The score of Satur
day's game, is certainly, a credit to the boys
from Ashland. The only surprising result
of the game is that Doane did not win by
bigger score.
The Y. M. C. A., of Omaha, will put a
good team in the field this year. Their first
game is scheduled for Oct. 16, with the
Doane College eleven. These games will
interest the people of Omaha, and they will
doubtless redeem the reputation of their city
as a foot ball centre. We may expect a large
attendance at the Thanksgiving game. It
will be the final attempt of Nebraska and