1 THE NEBRASKAN
Vor, IV. No. .
UNLVKRS1TV OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, OCTOBER U, JSOfi.
PlUOR ) Cknts
SUMMER ON A WHEEL
FROM LINCOLN TO PRINCETON
L. H. Robblns Dosorlboa His Two
Month'o Trip on a Blko-ln-
torostlnB Description.
Perhaps everyone who ever owned u
wheel, hiiH at some time or other been
filled with a desire to go somewhere, to
take a long trip on It. When ho was a
school boy he may have gone to Wuvor
ly or Roca. Who can describe tho de
lights of such a trip. What prepara
tions arc made tho night before; his
wheel Is cleaned until It shines; his
riding suit Is carefully placed where he
.an get It on quickly the moment he
artSop; his cold breakfast is spread out
mi tiie table; his little knapsack Is
Idled to the minutest detail with things
which he possibly might need. Nee
dles and thread, buttons, cord and lini
ment all i o lo Hi' I the Knapsack.
When these are ready, he retires early
to rest. Hut thoughts of pleasant an
ticipation interfere with his slumbers,
and It may be after midnight before he
ilnally goes to sleep. In the morning,
lmtf before sunrise, he Is on the road.
Hi does not enjoy it as much as he
thought he would. The air Is cold and
damp, his lingers stiff, and he is so
sleepy. The bread and butter tasted
til ay; he did not wash when he started,
and altogether, he feels like going back
homo again, and finishing his slum
ber. Hut when the sun rises he begins
to warm up. Ills Joints are limbering
the bad taste has left his mouth and he
feels better. He rides all day and re
turns homo dusty, hungry and tired.
II foraot his oil can and his wheel
creaked half the way;, his wheel ran
away down a hill and skinned his knees,
und now he is utterly disgusted with
wheel riding. He does not look at his
wheel for nearly a week; but about Fri
day of the following the "fever"
attacks him again and a country
wheol-rlde looks Just as attractive ah
It ever did. Saturduy dnds him on the
load again and Saturday night llnds
him Just as sick of his wheel as ever.
Mil) bu when ho becomes older he
rides to Omuha, Beatrice or Fremont,
and he lecelves much glory from those
rides.
1 had passed ILii h all of these
elementary stages, and when last June
came and the St. Louis company was
disbanded, I felt ready for a long
mer outing on my wheel. Preparations
were made ns on the Roca trip all
kli.iln of things were purchased, which
would in any way aid to tho comfort(?)
of fcu' ) a ride. FarwcllB were duld
and on June 13, dressed In a pair of
bloomed an old cout and cap, at. 1 a
swiater, I left Lincoln on the Koclc
Island. Iowa was crossed In a night
and tho first streaks of dawn found me
st.imliut, on the Kock Island, III., depot
with my wheel. I picked my way out
oi tho city and by sunrise was on tni
r.md ti C '. into.
'Die ride acioss l'llnols was uiiflv'itt
f til. Illinois loads I'm If - ems
id ruck t'j.d were decidedly the bout -f
any ridden ovor oxcopt Now Jersey
roudw. Thu evening of tho ilrst day
brouc.hr me In sight of the Illinois Uvci.
Fioni P.eureau the road followed this
riur. The rouds were sand.", but tho
bunks oi tho river were very beauti
ful and pleating to tho eyes oi r. Ne
braska boy. The cities of Peru. Ju
huilo and Murls were passod through
the next day, and Jollet ended that
day's rltlo. Tho next day was Sun
day. The road followed the great
Michigan-Illinois canal. This Is a new
dzalnage canal and Is blasted out of
solid rock Its entire length. Hundreds
of mem are employed on It and all along
the road they were seen resting In tho
woods or sitting around a beer keg.
Evory half mile for thirty miles was a
saloon. They were built of lath, bar
rels or anything that happened to bo
nour by, and they followed tho canal.
Tho pioprletors probably made for
tunes, as tho men were mostly for
eigners, drinking men and single, and
tho greater half of their wages went
for drink.
About noon, wheelmen, llrst In par
ties, afterwards alone, were passed,
most of them wore racing costumes,
had sponges In their mouths and rode
very hard and looked, not at the beau
tiful country, on the road sides, but at
their front wheel.
The saloon along tho roadside weie
very noticeable. All of them were filled
with men and women who desecrated
thu Sabbath by their coarse laughter
The last twenty miles Into Chicago
were as level as a Moor and tho roadB
were macadamized. Signs of the city's
nearness, were on every hand. Within
four miles about twenty signs wore
seen saying that exactly ten miles
lay between them and certain sored in
the city, from which it wan Inferred
that the city was four miles broad.
Railroads came In sight, all -seeming to
be radii with one common center. And
poon the city Itself came In sight with
ltrf tall spires and elevators.
Chicago was taking her weekly vstt.
Tno streets were crowded with all
sorts of people In their Sunday clothes
On. ups of cyclers whirled by; dwell
cairlages drawn b proud honcis spun
smrothly over the asphalt pavement.
The parks were full; the benches were
all occupied by men and women en
Joying their only holiday; little chlldien
with happy faces and clean white
dresses romped on the grass despite the
bin black-browed policeman who watch
ed them.
uuwn by the lakeside wan another
kind of humanity. Here on tho bioken
. wii benches of the lake fior.t p r
were poor outcasts, tramps and men
out of work. All had that dull, fixed,
hopeless look on their faces as they
guzed far out over the lake to where
the returning yachts and pleasure
steamers showed dimly, and a few feet
away, along that grand street, Mich
igan avenue, went scores of elegant
equipages, as luxurious as money
could make them; and in them sat
women and proud, handsome men.
They, too, were looking out on the
shining surface of the lake, but they
did not see their poor fellow-men, who
were nearer them. The grand build
ings gazed out over the lake and they
saw It all, the splendor, the suffering,
tho pride, the degradation.
These were my llrst thoughts, and
I wandered what the thoughts of
those two extremes of society might be.
Hut it was six o'clock and I was
hungry, so I hunted up a hotel and soon
was cleaned up and had eaten a hearty
supper.
Chicago Is so near that there Is no
need of describing It. 1 spent four days
In the city and took a steamer one
morning across Lake Michigan. At
St. Joseph my ride really began. 1
left that town late one afternoon. I
had been unable to obtain a map and
so had to trust to luck and farmers'
directions. It Is strange that the aver
ago farmer Is so little posted on the
geography of his own locullty. 1 often
was obliged to depend on their di
rections and very often found myself
several miles out of the way by so
doing. I asked two farmers within a
mile of each other how fur It was to
a town. Tho llrst one said "three miles
straight ahead;" tho other, "go back,
turn to your loft, go blx miles." An
other farmer In New York was asked
which way it was to Freeport. Ho said,
"Illghl straight till you comu to "Wid
ow Patton's, then turn up and you'll
bo there." Hut I am ramifying.
There are a few occasions In a per
son's life when he feels utterly depend
ent. Ho feels heavily the fuct that ho
alono Is reBponBlblo for what may hap
pen to him and that there Is absolutely
no one near on whom he can call In
need. This was one of them. I struck
out up tho Michigan bluffs and stopped
a moment and looked buck. Tho lake
glistened In tho light of tho sotting sun.
A white mist wus arising from tho wa
ter und enveloping tho low lands be
fore mo. The lake seemed to mo a groat
(CoiitluuoJ on 4 tli pagu.)
THEY LEAYE TO-DAY
FOOTBALL TEAM'S FIRST TRIP
Sioux City, Salt Lnko, Buttoand Don.
vor Will bo Vlaltod-How They
Will Lino Up.
The foot ball boys are busy today,
making preparation for their long trip
west. They leave this evening at 0:05
for Umaha via the 11. As M. whence they
will go lo Sioux City over tho Union
Paclllc. Fourteen players, the coach
and manager will make up the party.
Sandy Grlswold, the well known sport
ing editor of The Hoe, will Join them
at Omaha. The game at Sioux City will
be played Suturduj afternoon with the
Athletic association team of that city.
From there they go over the Union Pa
clllc to Salt Lake. They have no game
scheduled here so the boys will Just look
over the city. Wednesday, Oct. 10, they
will meet the Butte team on their own
grounds. This game the boys think
will be hotly contested, as the Butte
team has been In practice all summer.
In that burg the cool weather permits
this. It will be remembered that they
defeated the University club team of
Omaha last July, notwithstanding that
Thomas coached and captained them,
but even three of our own men, Oury,
Whipple and Hayward were with them.
From Butte the team returns to Den
ver where they meet the Athletic asso
ciation club of that city Saturday.
They expect to reach Lincoln Monday
with the scalps of the three teams
dangling at their belts. The men who
will go werv selected utter practice
Thursday evening. They are: Whip
ple, left end; Shedd, lett tackle; Wil
son, captain, l.eftaiidijveliur.center;
Hud Jones, right guard; Hayward,
right tackle; Shue, right end; King,
left half; II. Jones, right half; Thorp,
quarter; Fulr, full back. Substitutes;
Packurd, quarter or end; Wiggins, half
or end; Dungnn, tackle or guard.
SOM E MEASUREMENTS.
Some Interesting measurements have
lately been taken In the olllco of the
physical director, whore fourteen of
the foot ball men have submitted them
selves to scales, tape, calipers, etc.
The method of proceedure Is this: the
age and weight are recorded, then the
total height and the height of various
parts of tho body. The length of upper
arm and forearm, the length of foot
and the total reach of arms are Inter
esting Items. The tape then shows the
girth of head, limbs and trunk, unit
calipers show the breadth and thick
ness of different parts of tho body.
The heart Is examined to see whothor
it Is equal to the strain and the rough-and-tumble
of foot ball, and the lung
capacity In cubic Inches Is obtained by
tho spirometer.
Of the fourteen men thus measured,
Thomas Is tho heaviest, weighing 184.il
lbs., and Whipple tho tallest at ti ft 2
Inches In bare feet. Puce is the short
est and lightest, but makes up for It In
other ways. Whipple, being tho tallest,
has naturally the longest arms, and his
linger tips would Just meet round a
truo-trunk whoso clroumforenco was
77.2 In. Thin by tho way, Is precisely
the hlght of the tallest man In the
University. Largo feet are well repre
sented, there being live pairs that are
pvor eleven luohes long; but, of course
this is essential In a lot of klukers,
Corby hus tho biggest head, Humphrey
the biggest neek,"Fulr leads In a chest
expansion of c IncheB und u chest cu
paclty of 3110 cubic Inches, though Whip
ple crowds hltn for the last honor. Of
tho shortest men, Pace hus a relatively
long trunk,polntIng to large staying
power, and Shuo has the best and larg
est urms. Thomus has a massive
thigh 2.1.S Inches around but Dungan's
shoulders are tho broadest, and he
could probubly carry more men down
tho field than anybody else.
These and all the rest of the separate
items, when plotted on a chart com-
plied by Dr. Seuver from 2300 men,
make some Interesting curves, showing
the relation of the Individual to the stu
dent type and also the degree to which
the Individual departs from his own
standard of symmetry. An Interesting
feature In the different curves Is the
relative size of foot and head. One
man's feet place him In tho 00 por cent
class, which slgnllles that only one out
of a hundred students has largo f foot
than ho; while the girth of his head
shows that L'O out of a hundred havo
bigger bonds than he. Another comes
Into tho 00 por cent clnss with his feet
and tho 25 per cent class with his head.
Still another cannot get on to the chart
at all with his feet while his head places
him In the 10 per cent class. This pe
culiarity Is so marked that In tho av
erage curves representing the whole 14
men, tho feet come In the 00 per cent
class anil the head in the -10 per cent
class. (Question. Is this a character
istic of foot ball men?)
A glance at a man's curve shows his
low points at once. Thomas him a
small neck, Humphrey a small chest
capacity (.making up for It In size of
stomach). Haywurd and Corby have
smull wrists. Shue Is diminutive in
hlght but his girths are line. Whipple
Is low In girth of arms. Fair makes tho
best curve, his measurements grouping
themselves about the 80 per cent line,
1. e. he is a large man and expeptlonally
well proportioned. Thomas Is also large
and well built but his line shows more
vailatlons. Clapp mukes the third
best curve vurylng above and below 85
per cent though his age Is much below
the average.
The object of these measurements Is
with the co-operation of the men con
cerned, to see what the effect of a sea
son's foot ball practice will be and to
compare tho curves made later with
those made now. Probably the girths
will be somewhat smaller as the men
"train down."
Aside from the measurements, pho
tographs were taken of a number of
the men, showing on a single curd a
front, side, and rear view of the sub
ject. THE GLEE CLUB.
The glee club starts In better condi
tion this year than ever before, having
most of tho old men ba !r again, sc mo
splendid new material, and a competent
director. The "xumlnlng committee
put a great many new voices through
the test last Thursday night and re
port very good results. There will be
live and possibly six vucuncles to fill
this year and there arc four or five new
men for euch new place. The men who
sang last year and Intend to sing this
season again are Clements, Farmer,
Randolph, Albers, Tucker, Porter,
Manly, Langworthy, Norton, Jones,
Spooner, and Bancroft. Lenhoff has de
cided not to sing this year.
Some excellent new music has been
arranged for the club during the sum
mer, and the program will bo composed
of tho best songs ovor attempted by a
glee club, Concorts around tho state
are already being looked after und the
boys prophesy a bettor time and more
concerts than ovor before.
'07 MEETS.
At a mooting of tho class of '97 Thurs
day afternoon Miuu JIuIho was olootod
president vice A. W. Carpenter, who
has loft school. Tho advlslblllty of
getting out tho Annual was discussed.
It was the sense of the meeting that
nothing but hustling among the stu
dents and faculty would enable them
to got It out. A committee of ton was
appointed to Investigate, and report
upon tho udvlslblllty of Issuing thoSom
broro. Tho Creeks were quite busy Frldey
ovonlng, three of tho fraternities each
lncroaulng their numbers by three.
Phi Delta Theta recelvod Irwin Daven
port. H. D. Whedon and J. T. Sumner;
Beta Theta PI Initiated Ed Crumb,
Frank Rulnund Fred Tullls; Phi Kappa
Psl tried It again and Kd Elliot, F. A.
Korsmoyor and T. A, MapeB ure now
w earing pins.
COLLEGE SOCIETY
DOINGS OF THE FIRST WEEK
Y. M. C, A. Applo Soolnl Knppa-Kap.
pa Camas RgcqIvos Chan
cellor Mno Loan.
College society circles have been quite
active the past week. Tho reception
given at the Conservatory Wednesday
by tho Ladles' Faculty club was quite
an enjoyable affair. The freshman ami
Sophmoro classes promise a Joint so
cial In tho near future. With a couple
of fraternity receptions promised In
the near future tho outlook for noxt
week is for continued activity.
THE KAPPA RECEPTION.
At the residence of Miss Maud Rlsser
tho Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority
gave a reception to Chancellor and Mrs.
MncLean the evening of the 4th from
7 to 10 o'clock. The house was prettily
decorated with smilax and cut Mowers.
The receiving party was composed of
Cliancellor and Mrs. MacLean, Mr. and
Mrs. Rlsser, Misses Broady, Ena Rlck
otts, Richards, Whedon. Tho Beta
Theta PI, Delta Gamma, Sigma Chi,
Tii Delta, PI Beta Phi, Delta Tail Del
ta, Phi Kappa Psl, Sigma Alpha Epsl
lon, Phi Delta Theta fraternities wire
all represented at the reception.
Misses Maggie Whedon, Margie Win
ger and Addle Whiting served refresh
ments. The Kappa Kappa Gamtnu
young ludles huve cause to feel proud of
tho way they welcomed the chancellor
and his wife..
BATTALION NEWS.
There ure several, more appointments
to be made. Wonder if the Hefperi
un expects, itself to be consulted ,
Ike Pace says that the small edition of
Blackstone is like his Bible, hard to
read on account of the small print.
The registration In all departments
amounts to nearly 1100. Before the end
of another week we will huve about
1200.
The old men are Impatiently await
ing drill with the new artillery pieces.
Cuptain Gullfoyle has the reputation
of being one of the best disciplinarians
In the urmy.
The old men ure being drilled In the
squad. The llrst quarter of the hour
with the rltles, the next half In march
ing and the last quarter In the setting
up exercise.
A. 11. Roso Is hunting a private secre
tary to attend to his onion correspond
ence. Mr. Rose has a sample onion
which weighs ten pounds and is eight
inches in diameter.
W. A. Richmond, '04, who ranked as
llut lloutonant of company "B," is
now teacher of science In the Fort Col
lins, Colo., high school, and also com
mandant of the corps of cadets.
Mr. A udvll, the tailor, remarked that
hu could tell every one of the old cadets
who came to bo measured by his full
ehust and square shoulders, erect head
and well developed form In general.
This was expressly noticeable on tho
members of tho Pershing Rifles.
A VALUABLE PRESENT.
Stuto Institutions are very seldom no
ticed by philanthropic individuals look
ing about for worthy Institutions upon
whloh to bestow their wealth, but the
University of Nebraska has been rec
ognized at last. J. R. Webster, a law
yer of Lincoln has donated the library
forty-six very valuable volumes on pri
mitive religion and mythology. Their
value aggregates over $200 and they
make an addition to tho library which
will bo appreciated.
Miss Jones says that they are Just
tho kind of books that aro needed only
two of them are duplicated by volumes
now In the library.
Mr. Webster is a college man und a
mombor of the Phi Delta Theta frater
nity. He has set an example that wo
hopo others will follow,
