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? ATA rHB NEBRASKAN Vol. VII. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, OCTOOER H, ls'.is. Pkiok 5 Cents. LIFE AT HARVARD IUM1YER3ITYSSP.SS J1 The gunies with wlc mul I'euiwyJvn- Some Gossip About the Great Eastern School Its Customs, Fashions and FadsAs Seen By a Nebraskan. EXPECTS DEFEAT ON THE FOOT-BALL FIELD. Special to The Nebraslian Prom Its Regular Staff Correspondent at Cambridge. Tin u- Wax MIPulV SOlllo'tlhlllg peclll- concluded the Students were expected iarh titling to the toa-jt "Alt Ijargo--, to teioss t he hall and outer Hli largo allotted u tin" class of 'OS, nt tho last illiviny hall for the lufonna' i-eeep-alimnii iMiiuuet, A Nebraska student Hon. 1 think, besides President El- -ilinivm iMiinnct. in Harvard university win orten icei that tin- world has lost him, that Hie is is "at largo" in a great unsympathetic conmi'iiutj. It is somewhat niiitsiial for India and Nebraska to unite on any i'H' except silver but a bo ii coiniMiiiniiKliip lia.s grown up between a coram llrnhuian from Bombay, In dia, a person well known to Chicago and to Hiose who attended Hie l'nrlia ment of lleligion, and myself, lnvan.se we ;uv Iwith -studying at this, the CTiMU-i nu-iicaii university. li-odt and a few members of the fncul ty, about Hfty suldonts, graduate rilu deii'ts and tllie unsophisticated law students, entered tlie dining hall. All the others made a rush for tho yard where t'ho Sophniore-Preshniniu rush with tk lake place. Tins is somewhat like our old nine rush only apparently more senseless. There is no resisting the sympathy, Jiowoor, for the prac tice tiliait arises the moment you outer 1-ho old yard and see the thousandth of people that line the walks awaiting tine event. The thing itself is simple all but the pnrl-iuipan s. ... 1 1... . 41.. ti!iiiitVL. lb. 1MIlt2t.lr ,i hk.k jui -'";,; yough to m tn. i.iw M-m, '"-" ;-. ICaehelass, grouped separately in solid thai u.f new su,n .... B. ... ... ,,,inftinses Fushds rapidly towards the KltMrnwrnncrac ra wipe Hi-- ,)tllcir. The appaivnit object is to cnish wins .iiv z !'" j "; ,. VI 'the life out of the forineinost men in W (1ml a room and to watch opening h Tiw miI obi,,n however, even'- The lift day he Is Here, ..c i U Jo sce vJlIcll .. mn ..nlfch., (hc sees vry few t-"- ""'. " Mn ,iher through the yard. It is surpris afovv moiv. Then they begin to cone . quU-Wv one becomes really in rapidly and they stop the. new wtn- jItcri,sUHl B0Jjnff fonr or five ImnH- dcni on every vomer '"'. "..r" .,1 Imcs ranm tamih-r into om. sjlnir- MTI --.- o nla tire the ones that arouse enthusi asm. Harvard expects to be beaten. uinU will hae ready Its characteristic indmereuec vvlien tlie tlufcui comes. Tho green turf of the gridiron om Sol diers' Field is quite different from the hard1 Ixiro Held in Nebraska. The Nebraska colors at llarviml is, well, a thing of tlho future, Mr. Ed nilsiton, '0 instruetor of Greek, lives at 1158 Harvard. George llcnnrod has returned to take graduate work in chemistry anil lias moms in IVrkinn Hall. J)r. Itotsfoixl, 'nstruetor in his tory, lives at 13 Walker. If J dared assume that your clliicf interest weie in Harvard University, 1 Should continue m. infinitum or ail nauseam to tell you of the many "clubs, customs and classes that char acterize college life in Cambridge. Some of these thing you already kfiiovv, oth', one has to be here ami jMy "experience" money to tlnd out. For instance you pay live Honors no Uursor or "Hnrglar," tind you can find out alnnit Focroft club. When my experience has bjcomo a little less vivid I may incntion it. Memorial, the large dining hall tliat will sent over hlx hundred, that, too, is interesting. And lilien, Hananl flins tJit' original Co-op affectionately spoken of as the "i-ocri)", when you own buy a suit of clothes, a eord of wood, a note Ixiok or a ticket to the foot Ixill game. These things and the street oar transfer sy tern by AvQiioili you can, ride free. 1 shall if lMu-mit'tod. seak fat anon.her time. 0KV1M.K 11. MAHTIN. Oct. 10, in Mollen St. Onmbrldgo, AMES GOES DOWN TO DEFEAT The Boys From Iowa's State College Not Equal To the Task They Assigned Themselves. 'VARSITY SCORES 23 POINTS TO 10 FOR AMES. Some of the Off Side Playing and Fouling Proves Very Costly to Nebraska. The game last Saturday wn of a much more lii'teiestlng character than Hie one the week befoie. The teams were much more evenly matched anil the men used more hoienco, the two being the chief items in an' exciting line up. When the Ames men trot tod on the Hold at 3:30 they were greeted with a goodly shout and a se lection by the ningaphone double quar tet, which had boon organized for the given to the Ames lor an eye-openci. i he ball at the end of the preceding play, had been left on the end of the Held. The 2sebrnskn boys, who had previously fallen in at their proper places, started the ball in. play, and Williams was sent around the left end and was half way down the Held be fore the Ames fellows knew that the Imll was in play. The triek netted thirty -live yards. At the next play, coini.nng poiiienoss .in u .isu, "i"y,w,t Hirhting heap is Dune lln.lV .l lirsi you ico. iim ,i.iiir4. ,-,11,... is in Qnnbridsrv. pie lteally. before lo cated here you might le in Harvard TClvoimng the student, old and . , ,,.; this because many peo tot i I- only for a day. In a ory Hj.rv., ,i0 not tnow it, mm shori iiiiM- the new student dlsl'ny- ljh(), ,, ,f vou (1M not nww heS, ?h hims f." that is becomes nWcj u that ITnrtiffo was !.. 1.1 .,T.,i fliVim lltuP IMflV'T i iiv Kit. . .. .-..- lln t one li is interesting to iittlt TJie nr riv.i f the student body. Every eaT frtmi '5isiton brings a doon or more san i.iirned. robuM young friHowa. Tlii v wear golf suits ami cap ntl carrv the eoinentlloiml suit enwe, WHioti not ii Ulie caiv tliey ai-e distlniguirili ah'. mo. bv t.he peculiarly Harviurd m. 11 noiu'ing vneir iin-. ruw" is an explicable jmnidox in the so itil,. I llarvsml eHiaTBicterlstties. ho fl-muost Toi-i-o in Hils umivursity com linin'in tends to create Individuality ami vet you can tell a Harvard man win ivor you see him. ( i in bridge i a biMiutnful pkice. You we i in- tree- and fool the asswdatluiiK. At nines one is impelled 'to ask if Hien is not too much boldnoa in tllie eugi-sitiioiis of t'hese a.ssViuiatiioms. liv en building, old ami new inuservvs some tradition. Most of the buildings are ery old, but even the mew onus are imi.t upon the nne severely plain -tyle. It 5, indeed refrenflnlng to om Win) Inn nQvvays lived in tUie we-t io s-e this reverenee for the old, not bt-K-ause it is the old, but because it iv .iwvocjated with the early life of tlie nation. A Uosrton man was tell ing i'io oiiiIa iisteixlay how irrational thus iNvereiiee was in lOngland wheit; at l.ton tQie stuiden'ts sit on tSie name nUi iiimiiiwij,ii iiih1ics tTiiit their faihii- amd gniudfathors uswl'. Har vard Hall was buiU in 17Gr and 1 am not vi-t Hy)invigetl in my uet to find on itUie benohe of that buWding tlie mark of some very early olnws. There is one tilling that a western stl denit mm view wih a panlwnably sm pi'nor air. That in tUie prdtenee of Ihmii'l' in alnirry. It is not natmral for tl' in uple to hurry and H U amusing to - them trvriiiiir to niipcnr buwy. Tin piiojde of IJoHiton stootl for hre hons v-ateh'ing the Odd TVdlo-WK -M-rvid- last monUi mirtl tflie.n witOi jrw vnl iny lisuro viHnit tihnt mamy imw lui is, ring to tlielr lioimas. Brnfiniess v I- MiwjM-iideil; all the cars stopped running: the jieople without tllie Ooasi mipnt'iniee resigned thonipelvc to tins enforeoil holiday and wniled pa '"'iit until the cars TKUinil their work 1'. one wsipiM-t, nt leaslt. the woleome to new Ktiiiomi'tK seenied real to a KW bnl-in rnfvwisltv sitiident, Bev. Ed v nxl Everett Ha'le ga-ro tUie first ad ilrow m pploton ehtipel Irnt Suivdlay .- Tiimg Tt wan IndpHl, a ploasiire to h.t-n again to this friend of TCebna-- ka The real reeoMion came Inst :Mon dn evonliig '"l)loodv Monultiv." n Rome mar kntow. The etudenti5! assom. bll in Sanders theatre, ia remorlial h'all arid tHiteo sbort addresses were triven by President Elliott. Pwfeswor Rhaler and' Professor -ToimeiH. TQiese wldnf"u, fhotiKfo, were endured ratn r than IWetipid to the injinnitlen't freslnnen fter these exei-eiw were for a long time in blissful ignorance of tQie fact. Did 1 say blissful ignor anoo? That is the Hananl student's attitude. They scoff nt oo-oduontion. l'.ut )erha)s I rfliall say more of lladi clitTc some other time 1 know some of the Nebraskan naleis would like to hipsir a word about some of tUie pro- TI1E ATHI-ETIC ltOAKI). It is gratifying to see tho manner in whiuli the new athletic b anl is get tiling to work. Dr. Ward was elected president of the new organiz ation, which fact insures us that bus iness will lie aliened to in the most iniproA od style. Every member of the board is thoroughly alive to his duties and all are making rapid strides towards putting the finances imon a firm basis. The board has appointed a niiaiicliireet'oTflry,,inHl are fortunate in securing Max- West ternian to act in that csiiacity. A standing financial committee has been apiKiinted which is to have charge of all moneys of athletics. The linnnces will bo placed upon a Arm lxiis and the strlotost economy will bo prac ticed in all branches of athletics. invasion. The idea of greeting the 1'illsbury was pushed across the line for another touch down. Mclford kept up his record by kicking an extremely dillleult goal. Score, 120. Ames kicked oil" to C'owgill vho re turned the ball in the same manner, 'this, gave it to Ames, but they lost it at once on downs. Benedict started n rolling for us, but it was immediately given back to the Ames boys on a foul, i hey sent a man around the end whom .Nebraska was unable to stop. He went down the Hold at u groat rate but was stopped just lief ore he I reached the goal. They mished the twill along after this, and in spite of anything that Nebraska could do, they made a touch down. Thev failed in that they had a stone wall to run up i their attempt to kick goal. This made against. 'Ihey then lot the bad on "ie score 1L' 5, in favor of our boys. -0-w.iw. Our Amys yjwle live .ynirdu lil,-J-la AlBJjr5 -iJiU? --fiT0 jrelt.ng,, visiting team in this manner origin ated last year at the Kansas game when Dob Manlev and three sturdy followers, sprang a parody of ..ot I Time on tlie unsuspecting public, It was so favorably received that it I was though". lest to repeat the per-' forniauco this time. The result shows that none of the old time popularity has been lost. 4 ne yanic opened u .m.iohisu.i ias-iiig- u ic urn -or i mi Kieiv olt. Xney seim .i duvvn uie imo lor lorty-nvc yauls lor a starter. Ames quickly 'atlioied it up and then yiu us an ex muatiuu ot tnclr rapid nne-up. Tlus vvoi-Kod admirably until they found ready to TT-fy "Tbr" gosif, Cowgiir imag ineil that, he saw the Ames man touch tho lill to the ground and made a run for it. The point was not allowed bv Iho referee, and tho attempt was made just the same. Nebraska kicked oil. TJie km a 1 a. I aroinid Uie end and trough the center, mid then Stringer lost this much on an unfortunate piny. This was coun terbalanced by a punt which Ames fumbled and by so doing allowed us io rutin n the boil. Krwin made live vnrds Ihrouuh the center. 1'illsbury . . .. '......... ... :,..i ... .. . enrriod it on, bin it was given to tne .--b wuhvi urn mia imek, ju-, .is Iowa bovs on a foul Tin made live ,111t'h,Vrt! " ixrii u yUi t'ia at vnrds bv end .lavs and th.-n funi- I ;,M- -'.- unoUier of the .Nebraska bled the ball, llenedicl had boon " "' l "V Vheni but io no , ....-.... ,.. i avail. . the tunc thev hail le.uOied nangi ng aro. ... .u . . . ........ v ; tllc. ,,,,, of tJ0 - , J,.,. ,llllIMM1. en o tiuiiK, and vvcjilt after t'in like thih to distinguish hinisell, so he ponied hih jirecoding iiorformnnce and promptly fell upon it. ErwQn re made five yards more. 1'illsbury made some and then wo wore forced to give up the ball on account of a foal. Ames tried to make an end play, but Stringer took after them and downed the man, with a loss to the Hawkeycs. The later then punted forty yards and Cowgill was hurt in trying to re turn the ball. This caused a few min utes delay, but no serious couse nuences from it. He soon returned to man and succeeded in sHorniing Oiim. It Wt. u good niclwo Inn a long time in I coming and the rooters along the side 31nc fairly groaned at the poor attempt,. Ames iinediailely lost the ball on downs. After a fumble of an end play Cowgill punted. Ames punt ed Iwick to Cowgill, w-ho nin off tJlie ilelil in hi-- attempt to dodge tQie taeklersi. When Hie refeiee earned tihe 'ball in, our boy-, tried their quick line up pin, again, this time around the opposilte end. The Ames Ojovs had lot forgotten the tlurtv-iive yards I SEEN ON THE CAMI'US THHEE WEEKS AGO i)gS)S)(SStS f-M)ik those who vvriteour textbook 'Hills wubjeet, too, 1 reserve, except to suy thai' rrofewwor James gave uio on'ly dieoring welcome to tllie new stu dent, speaking oi wie wui " -diirerent wleonie which tQie new stu dent received, he wild, "If you should die during the year," and he paused wfhlle all a waited anxiously the con elusion, "vou have now t'ho satisfac tion of knowing that your obituary will be printed in the Harvard Orim aoii, and It will say that you were known nn'd loved by evoryome in your das,. A man more familiar to you tfl.'aw any Harvard professor is Albert Vornr Dicey. Vinerian professor of law nit Oxford, England. Professor Dicey is at present here in Cambridge and un der the ausipcees of Harvard law school will give a course of eight lec tures on the "Development of English Daw During Hie Nineteen Hi Century." Tucxdiiy the junior clas held thoir Jlrst meeting oi the your. Mr. l'lovv heml was elected sorgeunt-at-arms; .Miss llushton, liistorian, and Mr. x'ills bury manager of the football team. As tJicre are four and possibly five va cancies on the annual board, tlie editors-in-chief, Messrs. itoper and Wood land were constituted a committee to make nominations for new members. The class will meet again next Tues day to decide upon the matter. play as if nothing hat! happened. Ben- t:hat Williams made around the end edict made live yards, lovvgiu iuckcu foiiy-llve and 1'illsbury downed the lovvn quarterback, who had the ball, within live yards of their goal. Now it, when the Nebraska brace became the mo.st apparent feature of the game. The boys realized that they had a good thing, feo they held Amos and caused Uicni to lose the Imll on downs. Ervvin was then given a ehtuioe to go through the center, but little came of it. An end play was also niiido with no lietter resultis. Flniilly Pillsbtuy was wnt aeixiss the 1'wie for the firat touch down of the game. Molford kicked goal. Score, fl0. Tliik time Ames had a chance at the kick oil'. The ball was sent spinning down the field to Cowgill. Benedict then kicked back and Ame. fumbled. Ill lio tit happened along just in time to fall on the ball. He succeeded in get ing his hands on it in some unknown manner and started for the enemy's '1 he faculty made Wednesday a holiday in order to allow the students to go to Omaha for President's Day at the exposition. Thor will be no lack of althlotic enlthnslasm in football this year if the number who attend the practice games h a true barometer. it a preceding play. The lesult v-ns that tUie entire Ames team were wntU-hing like hawks, but at the wrong enld. consoqiientOy we made a good gain. Time was called a few minutes 'liter without anything more of im P'o'i'tniiioe happening. At the beginning of the second half Am tv took Hie baill for th kick on. 15i'vvln got the beill, but being unable to run vvfth it on account of the near juvsf-. of the other side, he passed tQie Iwiil'l Jo Cowyill. vvlho returned it by a klfk. Amies made a few attempts at endi center playv and made live yards. Itefoie they could make five more, however, tihey lobt the ball on downs. Them Hnnie tOie prettiest play of the game. Cowgill called Turner back. Hciid!u-t was given Hie lialll and followed Turner throughi een'tior, broke away from thv- interefrenee, and vvenit acrosc the Hold from the center of the field to the Ames goal for another touch dovvm. Tt was a sHIar play, irnd the crowd went wild over "Benmy." Mel ford failed1 for goal, the fiivst one Hint he missed in goal. There is not a great deal of doubt but that he would have made K1 'li's .vr. it, had he not happened to run into i Ames looked oil' again Walker, a little fellow plnyhig quar ter for Anics and one of whom they can be justly proud. This confused Elliott and he dropped the ball and lost it. For the next few minute, the Iowa loys put up v fast article of ball. They made five yards around the end. then loal half a yard. An attempt io punt followed, but it was blocked by Tleasoner and Elliott, who fell on the ball again. A new deal was now After a series of see saw plays up and down the field, ClnwgiTl trifVl for goal bv s place kick. The ball won't squarely over the center of the har, but the play was not allowed on nCcount of an oil' side play by Nebraska. Our boys ooii' made another fourth down, by sending Williams around the right end. Tho rest of the game wa merely a (Continued on paife 4i
