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About The Nebraskan. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1892-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1898)
& K'. In the Gym. The proponed Imloor 1iihc bull tpune with Onioliu Iihh been dropped TIiIh notion wnH taken In Uw of the- fact that the management wuh unwilling to take the llnnnclnl riHk, iih no money as madcon. prevotifc indoor buse bull (fumes, and especially because Omaha ha wished to play the iirst pit mo here. nother reiuon for dropping the mat ter mob thnCHho proponed mune would I'oinc ho Into In the seiuon, while the hchboh, properly speaking, Iuih passed. Hereafter the elementary work on the- heavy apparatus will come three times a week nt 4 o'clock for men In the afternoon chum wht are not. training- for the: pentathlon. The. morning gym. closes continue to Increase in members and interest. Next week preparations will be com menced for the annual boys' gym ex hibition. ' "I 'l'rof. Hastings has introduced in the gymnasium classes (lie new game of ruinton. The facnson for this game has just begun and it is proving cry in teresting to the gym classes. V ' SENipttCLAisS MEETING. Trhe lienor class indulged in one of their characteristic "scrappy" elec tions lust Friday nt u called meeting. The cause of the difficulty was the elect Ion of chairman and committee tor the senior prom. The result being thnt Charles llendy was elected chnlr , man by n'good majority. Quite n little wire-pulling was in dulged in for two or three days previ ous to the election by the two factious contending for tho position, so the class had become thoroughly awak ened to the fact that, there was to be an election and 'turned out accord ingly 'j ,q The meeting was called to order by President Martin. Itcports of commit tees bclug called for,' C. L. Spencer, chnirmnn of the committee on pro grams and invitations, made a bhort report and asked for further instruc tion. On motion the. selection of pro grams and imitations was left en tirely with the committee. George llurgert reported that excel lent progress was being made with the , class book, but requested that seniors lie more prompt in having their pic tures takeiiriu order that work on the book could be pushed more rapidly. The committee appointed to look into the matter of the recognition to be given the "senior laws," reported that they wished, representation in the class book. The class, however, did not favor this, and, on motion of Mr. Cooley, refused to give the senior law class any recognition whatever. The committei on class assemblies reported that two had been planned for, one in the near future and one somewhut later in the spring. Their t report was accepted and the commit- ' tee continued. pVc&H4 3ase, ball interests being nejet. .brought tip, J-:, li. Meliu was jinauimously elected manager of the tfani. On motion, George 1'orter was ' adjected to write a class song. Sonic of , Ythe more reckless members proposed that Mr. Porter should sing it before the class, but these radicals were promptly Hhouted down by the peace loving element. No other business coming up, a mo tion was made, seconded and carried that the "senior class do have a senior prominade." Nominations next being in order, the names of Charles llendy and A. A. Bischoff were presented to the class. Before the nominations could be closed, Maurice Hyde, thinking that a dark horse "would stand the best Bhow for election, proposed the name of Mr. Tyler to the unsuspecting class. His hopes came to grief, however, when Mr. Tyler, in a spirited and convinc ing speech, which called forth loud and long-continued applause, stutcdl that it gave him great pleasure to an nounce to the class that upon no con sideration would hu. permit his name to be connected with anything which pertained to dancing. It ivas with evident regret that Mr. Tyler was al lowed to -withdraw his name, for it could plainly be seen that he was de cidedly the favorite for the place. The tote stood 51 for Mr. llendy against 37 for,Mr. HischoiT, On motion the number of the com mittee -was limited to twelve, includ ing ,the chairman and their selection Mat, left to ""President Martin and Chairman Hcndy. LETTISH ROM STANLEY OSRORNE. Tjie-folowing letter from Stanley Osborne discussing the peculiar man ners and custom of the inhabitant of the Samoau islands was -writ tan to hif home paper in Blair, Neb. The letter beam especial interest to Uni versity students as Mr .Osborne was a student at this University two years ago His description of the amusing feu tu i es of the Islands and thou peo ple is told, In un interesting mid hu morous wav: Apia, Samoa, Jan. 14, I Sl7. M 'W itor: There are a few little Items of local custom and munner which have Interested mo In this iimalciir heaven of the South Paeillc. A person Just arrived in Apia is "new to lieie." A drug store Is called a chemist's; crackers, cookie, etc., arc biscuit; checkers are draughts; leni nmiili Ik Miunsh and lemon drop, lol lies. lUscults, pretels and llonum striped neckties lune not yv been In troduced. The Sanioan spiders arc enormous but although they are harmless a ml easily shot, this is not often done as It is too much trouble to lune the bodies carted oil', which is, of course uocesMiry in tills warm climate. When n mail in llluir strikes a match especially a safety one -on its box, he draws the mutch towards him. does he not'. Here it Is the ivicrs-e; t lie point is always pushed away from the lighter. A Sanioan never strikes a match on his trousers. Shirts are worn here dike G. A. 11. badges are worn at home; at reunions and such holidays. '1 he lust reunion was in June. There are no toads in this country because the lizards "take their place and do the best they can." Hut they lune not the smiling mouth of the toail so that some of the insects arc too large for them. Notably the cock roaches, which are ns large us canary birds; they sit up at the table ami do other tricks. The tuli fsillie, the man who talks for the village, leans on a slender stalY when ho' speaks and holds a ilyhrush, which is a bunch of horse hair with a handle, over one shoulder. A merry-go-round came in Apia once, but the lirst nigh't" all the horses lost their tails. The native mythology and folklore is very interesting but is being lost as the young men do not Know tlic stories. One must talk to the old men and speak the language to make a study of them. The word Samoa means sacred fowl tlutt an ancient chief worshipped a strange bird. An other legend is thnt when the canoes of tile mil he discoverers approached the land they found the country to be already inhabited, as they "saw a big swell on tlic neucli and a little cove running inland." The coeoanut is the finest tree in the vegetable kingdom. It is very orna mental and it also supplies most of the needs of the Samoau family. Old nuts, such as you get in America, are not lit to cat. They irc cut up, dried and called corpu. This is shipped to the United States and made into oil. A native can make three or four hun dred dollars a year from ten acres and grow everything he wants underneath the trees. The water in the young nuts is the principal drink of the Samoau; it is not at all like the "co eoanut milk," but is slightly acid. At the same age the jelly-like meat of the nut is excellent and wholesome, in fact it is a baby food. The leaves are used in making their houses, mats. baskets and other tilings. "The kingdoum of Samoa is not like unto the kingdom of heave in that moth and rust do corrupt." Every thing molds all the time. There are numerous moths, but, naturally, very little fur or woolen goods, so the poor moths have to learn to eat cotton cloth. Tli i' re is no pier in Apia harbor, so when a steamer arrives she is wel comed by a swarm of small boats and by the ilags of the four nations. It is an interesting scene and full of life und local color. The natives sell their woven work and trinkets to the pass engers, "food passengers," they say, because they pay so much. Every thing is much cheaper just before the ship departs. After exhibiting for two years in Germany and Russia, a party of twenty-live dancing girls returned home on lust month's steamer. There was quite a demonstration, especially in our village, where four of them live. Each girl i:: l.ul.ig a feast given in her honor. 1 iiave attended several. These are plueed a hi picnic under send their share of pigs, taro, bread -fruit.cot'oanuts and other good things. These are placed in a la picnic under a canopy of table cloth, with the pigs in a row down f he center. Then comes the guestn wearing clothes and smiles of anticipation. Then the eating too niucha ki id! After the feasters leave tho table flic remaining food is di vided and eaten later, no matter how the girls who dunce und is curried away by their little brothers to be di vided and eaten later, o matter how much is brought, nothing remains. t these small feasts there are usually about forty or lifty pigs served (on given ( there I were lour hundred. The Siu, mans like their pigs ver. raie -hardly wanned through, in fact. When ou see one carved you half ex pect, to see lb rise and remonstrate with tho carver. For instance, one day two men were coming. to u fenst and leading their pig. Tlioy were very lute in starting, so they walked rapidly and even ran part of the way. Ily tiies? exertions they arrived in time, but when their pig came to be eaten It was found that' ho. had so ov erheated hiinseU on tin way thnt tho people could not cat him. Ho was too done. Also, it was not a very win m day. Yours truly, STANLEY 11. OSHOHNI-.. HUI-rilO-SALINK Bath House and Sanitarium Cor. 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