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THE NEBRASKAN. Vol.. VII. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, JANUARY 1G, 181)9. Thick 5 Cents HISTORY AND The Annual Meeting of Last Week at J. STERLING HORTON Hunting. Tlany other interesting Addresses Delivered by Promi nent Nehruskans. rin .11111 nit I meeting' for ISO!), of the Sl.iii' Historical Society was held hist TiumI,i, ii ml Wednesday evenings in Ilic ili.ipel before appreciative audl enes. I'hc lliist meeting wn. called to unliT b President Morton. The roll v.is dispensed with on motion. su'i.il interesting papers were read, tin1 most important being t licit of lion. ,1, sterling Morton of Nebraska City. Mi Morton related in detail an nc ctiuir uT his llivt ami hist hiill'alo hunt in Nebraska. It occurred in the nu 1 urn ii nt lsiil when, in eonirpaay with Ins h lends Licutciiiunt .lolm Heath .mil .If li ii Talbot anrl' a ni escort of ti .' soldiers he left Kearney and m.iih-iI for the Indian hunting jfriiuiids in the Kepiililictn alley. At tli.it inne the Cheyenncs, who were a IiIoimi thirst tribe, were In arms nj: niisi the white people ami yettrn- inr nir uucir scaips wnerever lounu. lint t'i ,ioil or mitigate danger. Col em 1 Ucxnwdcr was in charge at Fort ht.une, detailed Lieutenant llusli with twelve enlisted men in go as an i'itut or guard. The course taken was iic.n.v due south from the present tile of Kearney iu ItuiTalo county. "y, tir.st sight of the.se primitive Ix'Misof the plains I shall uvvcr for jri'i." .said Mr. Morton. "'I'hey were t,o distant when we llrst discovered the lit'iii th.it I could not make out their individual forms and I at once jumped ti he conclusion that thvj were only .in itiiiumeiahle lot of cows sitting iiiiiiiit upon the knobs and hillocks of the prairie, Hut iu a few minute.s whin we came nearer, thc.v in.ilerial inl and were, sure enough, real bel lnwng, snorting, wallowing hutVa'locs. t tu t the appealed to gie no heed to mil' iiiittit. hut after we saddled ami :inii nted our hors's and rode into their midst they begun to scatter and Hi Int in into small bauds, single tile. Tin In-ill seperated into long black svv.ivmg .stiings and each string was lie mi I the 'test meat among its ntim Iht riie leading animal was gcneral k i thrce-j ear-old ciw. Kach of tin.--.- firings nin in a general south east litection anil each of t'he hunters K'li-i i.-d a string ami went for the pre mium, ni animal with enthusiasm, cal aiul impulsive foolliardiuess. "1 umII.v, after swaying hither and tlni'er with tJie baud r line as it ssvv.it M op swung, t'he lead animal' was rtii luil .ii. with much exultation was, put i i li .it h b. si nervous shot. My trophs proved to be a buffalo cow of twn ui three ,vcars of age aniil ofter sin- h i I dropped to t'he ground a iiiin-hli-i.iit. about three mouths old began nuking circles around and around the 'lend mother mini bleating pitifulh, en-"I'-'iii.' i lit- circle each time until at lt it went out of sight onto the prai "' .in I alone, all the other paits of 'ji; In nl havintg scattered beyond tttie riihi' lilutVs ankl far away Tli. thrilling experience described 'v i:. Sheldon was wry iirlerewting and ct a Jijjrji oider. (' v Ixilingcr of Oinu'ha also read a iri-t,iiit prepared article upon "Koine '' ii. .ir Feature of the Nebraska (iiiiiiition." which wnts well re- 1 1'IW- In .ccond ami doing neeting of 'k vilnaka state historical society iumu Ut-tlaciMlay eeiung was devoted ' rt-iiiinix.,.,,,.,'.,; f,f t. ,..-irly days in tin- sitiic. The president. Hon. .7. t-i liutr Morton, annoiiiiced that ex ii.itor T. W. Tipton, who is nwv ill J"" ' ' (.' I itv -second year had completed " HiiiiiiscriptK niid that tliey would "ii In- published by the society. The '"si .iper read wan by Clyde 15. Ailch M'"i of Conm'il Mull's, atid related to On Mormon SetMenicnt; in the Mis " "" alley," W. W. (iox of Sewtird Jfiw- a iii,'i descriition of one of the "'"""-i i-onvenUon for t.lie noiniiiniion if "nirivsineii, held at Omaliu in li P.... ....... l;..;.,, ..t 1i. Ilniii l-r, IKll '... MJ till, M NIK ' ""' far fivim the pretienit ite of TJn "hi 'ind wiil im ii li.lurifit. lie en- ';t!..,i ,u. iPIM,Vf ",rv Firft Trip Fr"" ualt I Win to Oiniiliii." The city "M.nuoi,, had not then beuir -tlioiiL'lit ''. iiiwl TincaHter county contained ,"11 weut-oiH families 'llolli tlie re. HORTICULTURE These Two Societies Held the University. SPEAKS ON BUFFALO Iiubliean and doinooratie eouventioals met in Omaha at t.ho stiine date, anil .ni exciting tunc eiiKiiud. tiieat anta-gi-nit'iu existed tit Ulna time liutwoen me reeidenks n'orth and .south of the i latte, wnicli iuiK.lv it tlUlleult foi tlio icpuo.ieaiik, to ayroe oiv a eaiKlidate. i ne (leiuocraLs had' a leader, Sum Utiilej, who, .Mr. Cox smld wa& .sull'ie leut ol a suitcaiunii to leaii.e that Me liraska I113 on both sides of the l'latte riser. 'I he lepubiieans wrestled thiee tl.ivs with the problem, lint needles 10 sa., their eaiulidate was defeated iu flic election. Mr. Cox wnis a dele gate to the republican convention, and nun. ,1. tilcrlnrg Morton wai jncsent in the deinociatie rank.s. A number of papers relating to the early hiNtoiw ol Nebraska were read by the assistant seeietar, .1. A. IJar- I rett. .Mrs. t. Irvine of Oregon. Mo hail sent her earliest recollections, of .Nebraska. .Mrs. Irvine was a daughter tif Hon. Henry K. .lohnson of Council IV'.iilVs, and recalled the 11 ret Fourth ot .liil, ceivhration iu Omaha, which w-.is held iu 1 b 5 1 , on which occa.sioa her father gae the addre.s. Ot'her papers iu charge of the secre tary weie the "Chilcott Dairy" and "(J 'lliwre Heininisceuce.s." .Mr. Gil more came to Nchru-skm a.s a black sin it'll to the Otoe Indians aukl settled with his family at Kellevue iu lh:i:t. The treasurer's reort. a read and tthe olViceiv, ic-elected by unaniinous ot', as follow: President, J Sterling Morton. Nebraska City; first vice pres ident. Uobert V. Furnas, HrovuiIIe; second vice president. (1. M. katnbert son; treasurer, C. 11. (!ere; jjei-retury, II. W. Caldwell. iioisTici'iri'UK mi:i:tix(;s. The annual meeting of the Xebrask i State llortleiiltunil association con vened last week. The members brought with them do ling the morning specimen of llo-v-er.s, plants, ami fruit.. Spicy red and golden apples were piletl among rose. carnations ami palms. The meetings opened Tuesday afternoon with Presi dent 0. A. Marshall of Arlington iu the chair. The llrst paper was given by L. I. Chapin on "N'ebra.skn Floriculture ar the Trans-Mississippi Imposition," and was a complete report of the success fill methods employed iu the beauli fving of the giouuds at Omaha last summer. Several papers were omitted 011 ac count of the non-arrival of the writ ers, and Louis Henderson of Oman . net delivcied an original poem on "Flowers." The verses embodied t'l. idea of the universally understood lan guage of flowers, whose "each petal is la couplet, each leaf a test." I William Kllsvvorth gave classified .lis'ts of "Plants of F.as.v Cultinc,' with descriptions of their proper ticatincnt I and use. Peonies, Perennial phlose-.. I paiihics, petunias and geraniums were .among those advised for various pur. ! poses. 1 Several others oaiiers, all of whicM were cMreinely iiitcrsting, were read. The meeting cloned to meet Wednes tlav morning. WKOXKSDAY. The morning session opened with a paper by .1. II. Iladkinsoii of Omaha 011 "Landscape (middling as Developed at the Trans-Mississippi Imposition." .1. P. Dunlap spoke of the "ProjKiga tion of the Apple Tree," and described the three methods, grafting, piece root and double rooting. Planting the Apple Orchard." by the president of the society, (. A. Marshall, con tained the results of his investigation concerning the methods emplo.vcd 111 the state. The scretary's ami treasurer's i port were icad ami accepted. The c. peuditiires of the society last ycf.r were $1.0S. The SI. 01)0 porvided by the stale Is required to be paid out 111 j premium, leaving tne asbociation nothing for running e.vpemfOM. The ko ciiiv lias iisiiall.v iccclvetl a coiibhler ablc sum for lioldinir Hu- exhibitions in 1011 jiinct ion with the state fair, but ! last year there vvaK no fair In order to meet the expenses of secretary Hemllng 0111 leports, etc., for the eoni lllir year, IIOII of nreinluni ,.,,,,.,,. .. ilonaled by (he ineiiibiii-H. Vn .il.,... western state gives so small an appro prlatlon to its horticultural society a Nebraska, and few others societies un do so good work. At Omaha the high est medals for fruit were awanied to Nebraska growers. Five thousand ic ports or the vuirk are circulated each .war, and apnlieatious for them have been iccehcd fiom all parts of this country and even from France. The members of the society feel tuat tnui'li more could be aueompllshcd it the necessary funds were ifuarautced. Iowa sets apart $:.s(io for the purpose and llllnios I,(iiki. Aside from the premiums, about $,;i(m ate required for running expenses of the N'elirask.t society. The olllccrs were elected as follows: President, (I. A. Mat shall, Arlington; llrst vice president, .I. II. Ilndkiusuu Omaha; second vice president, W. , I lesser. Plattsiuouth; secretim, C. .!. Ilarnard. Table Kock: tieasurer. Peter Youngers, jr.. (lencva; directors, K. V. Stephens, Crete; l.ouis Henderson Omaha; .lames P. Dunlop, Ihvlght. The president's address uloseu tic morning session. In the afternoon the following pro grain was carried out: ."Care ami Cul tuie ol Orchards," K. F. Stephens "Ph.vsiolog.v of the Apple Tree. Pro fessor C. K. Itessey; "New Variety or pple," A. .I. Ilrown; "(iatherlng'auu Marketing Apples." (i. S. ( hrist : "Keeping Qualities o( Apples," Peter oiingcrs, jr.; "lusect Kneniics of the Apple," Pioffsxor L. P.ruuer. Thursda.v niornlug the meeting was eontiiiued. Professor Kmcrson was not able to bo present. With that ex ception the program was carried out, which was a.s follows: "TaTk on (i rapes," Uobei't V. Furnas: "The Peach Orchard," .I. M. Kiissell; "rninteresting Small Fruit." .I. M. SteveiiMin; "The Cheny Orchard." W. F. .lenkins: "Show Fruit," C. II. Ilarn ard. After the pmgruin there was a short discussion encouraging the young ex hibitors. Lincoln, Wymote, Xorth llend ami lohnson gave invituUS.i to the soci ety for their summer meeting. It was left to the board of directors.. A resolution was passed asking tin legislatuie to give the apportionment asked for. b.v the regent, for the Cui vcrsit.v. Also another it-solution ask ing the legislatuie to give SI, .'Oil pv ,vear to sustain IIfirtlfiiltur.il Society and work. djotirned till tlate decided by boa.-l lor summer meeting. TIIF ...vlT OF TIIK LAIMICT. It is an open scciet among univer sity student that the much talked of "Larict." which was 10 have been on the market b,v next Saturday as the only fiimn.v ami gieat college paper of Nebraska, is a total wreck stranded on the galle,vis of some dusty print shop. 'Phe paper wa.s to have Come out before ''hristuia.s but in stei-i-'Mg clear of the liuaiiCial dhoals it was de. layed until after. The tinre has nearly come for its nppcanmcc but it is given out t'oU that tin1 paper will not bicathe the breath of life. Many of flu1 uiciversit.v student, are somewhat intliguuut as thev hav worktsl hard to get up the matter for the thing and the artstiidcnt.1iuvf done all the illus trating for it. gratis. Theic are many icgicts fiver tin1 resuM as then1 svcnis to be a Held for tin1 work of the paper. . .vet. however, theic seems to be no one who will step out and take up tlie vvvirk when1 it has fallen. Post PKILSh.Xd KIFI' DHILL. Tin1 Pershing Uillcs, the c'nick eoun iauy choscin fioin the battalion of the university cadet., gave it Jlrst open drill of the scar-on 111 the armory iant Thuidn.v evening. A large crowd gicetcd them, t'he gallery being tilled completely. The drills weiv cleverly executed, altihough iu many reaped they did not reach the slandard which has been set in previous jcars. The marchings were good, but the execu tion of the muiMinl was not perfect, although good. The audience was composed chiefl.v of I'lilversity people and war. of an attentive nature. Applaud- was given liberally at the con-cl'iih-ion of each difficult move. A't tlie close a spirited drill down was en gaged in, which was won by Joel Steb. bins. The officers of the company art1: Charles Weeks, captain; Ta Hue ISrown, llir.st lieutenant; Orlo Brown, second lieutenant. The MIhm's Olisc and Laura Stralton left for Moreuce, Illinois, last Sundav to attcutl flic wednliiHg of a relative, at which ceremony they acted us brides maid. 'Phey Will spcjid a few days viKitling with friends and relatives in 1111VI about Chicago, returning home some time thin week. FOOT BALL MANAGER'S REPORT An Account of the Season's Expenditures, Together with Amount Taken in. CASPER WHITNEY ON He Places Nebraska at the Head for Clean Following is the report us proauut efl by Manager P.laehof and endorsed by Mux Wcstcriunn, treasurer: Season tickets $11)0. US llastln'gs (net receipts,) .viiii1. (.net receipts) Win. .Icwell (net receipts) . Kansas City Medics (net ceipts) Iowa (net receipts.) Vaudeville A Milet ie unsocial ion S.fll re- 110.09 11!!. 17 l'JU.UO ll.SO Total .... LOSSI-3S .$)). 1 AND KXTFXDITIJUIOS. 'larkio game (loss) 70 Drake game (loss) Hqtiipmcut and supplies foot ball team ........ MiseeMtiucoiis epe.inses, ,10 for UU.HG care tif grounds, etinvac ...,":.. 1 57. 4 4 lCxpcii'se of coach, "railroal faie. board, etc 1S5.C5 Services of coach r'vpeivscs )aid in case KiO.OO Crawford 37.42 Total Due to coach for services Amount on lunidi Total indebtedness ,.S0S3.(i7 .$340.00 ,. 15. .10 .$321.. 10 fTT WKSTKk'N FOOT MALL DISCl'SSKD P.V CASPICU WIIITNFV IN IIAIS PFU'S WICKKLV. That tht1 Missouri valle,v colleges n r. no part of the general movement mak ing for the elevation of at lie lit if ideals anil 11 more exact conception of the ethics of amateur sport is explained in two wordsr faculty indilVeience. It is eel tain that there art1 110 pro tests, which fact, together with the equally certain infliction of rules, sug gests either a lack of vigilance 011 the pait of the faculties or oll'cnec shared b.v tin1 colleges ill common. Otlcnce there is. most assuredly, although the transgressions are not so potent that "he who runs may read." Profession alism is not an agitated subject, to any extent, iu this valley. Faculties shy at it; 110 one grapples with it. Hut long familiarity with the field, fre quent visits, ami careful study of its players, convince me of the ' tainte.i condition of tin1 college sport a.tmos phcic in this section. Tht1 statt1 faculties have the actual ami absolute power of controlling sport in their respective universities. At Kansas the Faculty advisory committee dictates to the athletic 11s. .....:...: r .1... . ... ....1.... 1 i 1 r.tt 1,1 1 niiis in uir niiiiii his iiiii.i.t. liii- Mh1 Is ever licsud of faculty inlcrfcr , ence at Missouri. Hut in these I'ni 1 versifies, aiwl iu fact, iu tht1 Missouri jvallc.v foot ball, the real agent for good or lor 111- ine aiuieiic roo-nnn -is tin1 hiied coach. lit Is expected to vvork up interest, to get players out ,vou might sa.v, almost to furnisii plavcrs direct the policy of the team, men the business management, and decide, pnictically, who shall play. With the power not the power, per haps, but the most active inlcrcst--thus centralized, it is easv to see how ethics art1 violated, especially in cases such as tiia4 of tht1 Kansas l'nivcrsit,v coach last ,vcar. whose remuneration was dependent, to an extent, upon the amount of the season's gate, and tlieie forc upon his team's success. This sounds straugs to sprotsmeu's cars, but soothing as compared with the statement going the louuds of the Misoiiri valley press ami not yet con tradicted that the manager of Mis souri, a student, for his second ,v cat received $!!()(). exclusive of expenses, for his services. The football manag ership is an honorable place for which Iv'ansans strove, but the game excited less imtcrcFt at Missouri, which by th way. is not looked upon as an equal to Kansas University iu any respect, the latter having much the better standing. The faculties settle disputes, but if there Is no dispute, or rumored Irregu l.uitv. because of student connivance "i- ficultv complaisance, there nitui illv is no f .u 11 It liitc'-vcntinii Take the ca-i-, for instance, of llatnill, 1 fair ami killlul player, who was only WESTERN FOOT BALL of the Missouri Valley Teams Athletics. nonllnnlly a student. Ho has played In the Kansas 'varsity teams in "J2,''!):), ".)., 'till and 't)7; yet the president's agieement, iu knee elsewhere In the 1-1.00 .Middle West, obtains also In the Stan 01. -If) iniversitics. It contains. 1 beiicve. the four year rule No other college ob- lectcd to Ilatni I. and In this He-nt it must indeed have been a fearless ex- pouent of honest snort at Kansas. 10 have pioteslcd her favorite nlaver m his announced last season.' when not even a murmur of disapproval was henrd coming from tin- other uiuvci sities. Another non-stiulent was Tipton wlio left the college as soon as be failed to make the team it was bra- 'cnlv announced he did so for "tlnan- euil icasoiis." P.ut people evidently we re not expected to connect his eo- ing with his failure to make the team. neeaie his departure was published "s i' loss to Kansas -of a much needed substitute. Tipton, a native of Kan- -'ty, is a big w ell-formed rellow or aitl pounds, with a little experience, and is just the physical specimen to nttiaut the e.ve of the toot ball re cruiter. He entered Kansas this au tumn, played for the first day on the "''sity, anil, like Ilaniill, "took" mu- - - r ;ui!uia, oe cirmc cont eqnak, i iii-niiiL-tic aiio iiiircsiraining. Surely if was an unkind tate that deprived the artistic world of an as pirant so promisising, and a iclentless o'nc that drove him into the throes or llnaneial embarrassment simultaneous l.v with his failure to secure tackle po silion on the Kansas eleven. he pm.Mil as Hamills substitute ae-ainst Nelmisha- the liist game to reveal his rejection for the 'varsity left Law rence that night, and never returned U) tliversioiKs ut (Kanisas Univeislty life One would have scarcely expected a nature so sensitive in a frame so hulk.v. Nebraska is stanch in its opposition to professionalism. And that it prac tices what it preaches was proven by the faculty taking some ot its best men out of the game for not living tip to the prescribed scholarship standard. Cow gill, the veteran quarter, was tak en oil' early iu the season, and several weeks later the faculty also barred El liott, his clever successor, who played in the Kansas-Nebraska game, so that Nebraska had to rely on Drain, a very mediocre quarter, tlie rest of the sea son. From this evidence, and other information iu my possession, 1 be lieve no one played iu Nebraska iu '98 ugaiiist whom object Ion, could be raised tin ethical grounds. This was especiall.v commendable, since none of t'lic.c men was protested by other col leges. TIIKTA INITIATION. The Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity received Miss .lean (letner and Mls's Anna Kdgrcn into full inembershi, Saturday evening. The initiation eer. inony was held at the home of Miss Frances Cunningham and was follow ed by a banquet at the home ot Mis, Winnlfred Hill. The Tildas were del uged with gifts of lovely flowers from the men's fraternities. The banquet table at which twenty young Indies were seated was beautifully adorned with palms and (lowers. Miss Kdilk Swart presided as toast mistress and the following toast, were responded to: "Welcome." Miss Kdith Douglas; "Ik'sponsc" Miss dean (letner; "Our Christmas Tree," Miss Ruth Wilson; "The Wa. the Thelas Dance," Miss Frances Ciiiiiiliigham: "At a Pre mium." Mis, Jessica Morgan: "Below Par," Miss Kdith Svvartz; "The First State," Miss Mlla Wirt; "The Second State." Miss Kmlly Weeks; "The Third State," Mrs. Ausley. Covers wcie laid for the following: Mrs. Aus ley. Misses Fiances Cunningham, Miss Kdith Swart, draco Mc.Millen, Nell llandall, .lesslea Morgan, Kiln Wirt. Wiiiiiifrled Hill, Itutli Wilson. Kilt lliirpur, .lane M-efiirlaiid. .It-ssi,. Ma. -fit rln lid, Demi Looinis. F.milv Weeks. Selma Wiggenhorn. Leo 1 N.incll 11ne Parr. Nana Kdtrrru, Jem Out lier, Klleu Douglas.
