THE HESPERIAN.
motions must be content to be an obscure and uuawardcd
helper. Yet these motions could never be considered, not
even stated by the presiding officer were they not seconded
by some one. Thus we find it in foot ball. While the team
was practicing for the great Thanksgiving game it was neces
sary to have another team oppose. Then was the time for
unselfish men to show their philanthropic spirit. It is very
easy for a man who expects to take part in the great game to
get out and play, but that same man did he know he stood
no chance of playing he would probably never come near the
football grounds. But how was it with those twelve or fifteen
men that came out regularly to be run over, and kicked
around just to dcvelope the fighting fualitics o the first
eleven? Most el them knew they would never be thought of
when the deeds ol the first eleven were on the lips of the mul
titude. The boys that said by their acts, "it is hard on me
but its the making of the first eleven" should not be forgot-
ton when the praises of the first eleven arc being sung.
Lyman is a great coacher and no mistake. The boys
know how to play ball now and it only remains to practice,
to put a team into a field that will be the peer of any team in
the west. In the game played at Crete every man played
for h'tnvslf. Tf another man got the ball the rest stood and
watched him ran. Every game played this fall, even the
Harvard-Yalc-game has brought out the fact more forcibly
than before that if the rush line fails all is lost. Many who
do not understand the game imagine that the men behind the
line do all the playing. They gcnarally receive the ball of
course but can do nothing if their rush line fails to hold, block
or tackcl well. Lyman has taught the men in the line that
they too have responsible positions and must play hard if
they expect success. Hitherto a few men in the rush line
seemed to rather watch the game than take part in it. Others
would stand up unbraced waiting for some one on the other
side to push them over. There are a few yet who work
too little in the game, but this number is constantly decreas
ing.
Victory is again perched upon the banners of '92. The
sophomores, on account of some of their players being
injured, forfeited their game with the seniors. This gives the
seniors three straight games and the pennant. The signifi
cant number '92 will be put upon the pennant which will add
greatly to its beauty and attractiveness as viewed from a sen
ior standpoint.
The senior class can well congratulate herself on her vic
tory. It was won in a fair, open, and honorable contest. Her
competitor were worthy and formidable opponents. We
believe the contest has been productive of many good results.
A greater interest in foot ball has certainly been aroused.
New players were developed in. these class games, that are
now in the university team. Class spirit, which all will agree
is not always to be deplored, has been aroused. Nearly al!
who took part in the games have learned that main force and
arkwardness has no chance against skill and discipline. Each
player has had opportunity to learn the advantage of control
ling hts temper and respecting the rights of others. Many
other advantages have been derived from the games as, no
doubt, everyone will admit. Let the contest go on. The
excitement next year will be far greater than this year. One
apparent obstacle seems to lie in the way of these games, but
we think it Li after 11 not a serious difficulty to surmount.
This .is, .that these games will interfere with the practice and
efficiency of the university.tezm. This is not necessarily the
case. In ..truth the facts goto show the opposite result.
These class games no doubt should be played as early as pos
sible in the fall. There is no better way to get the men out
and try them preparatory to making up the university team
than by getting these fifty men out that will necessarily have
to be rebated to play these games. The captain of the uni
versity team can then, from these fifty men, select eleven
players that will undoubtedly composcthc very best material to
be found in school. Some of the very best material in school
for a foot ball team would never appear on the campus, were
they not induced by the different classes to come out. Some
time in the future it may be advisible to have the players of
these class games selected outside of the university team so
as not to interfere in any way with the practice or success of
this team. But don't let the interest in the pennant die out.
It looks now as though the ficshmcii have a good chance for
victory next year, though the sophomore if they only think
so can put a strong team in the field. Then there is the
unknown quantity the second preparatory class that has
a longing for glory and renown. The junior class, too, as they
will probably be seniors next year, may brace up and surprise
their opponents. At any rite it is pretty certain that the
class that wins the pennant next year will be the class that
shows the most energy and push.
ALUMNI AND FORMER STUDENTS.
'90 The following is from a letter received from L. H.
Stoughton by a member of the class of '91.
Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 31, 1891.
I am getting acclimated very well, so well that I was so
surprised to find a nice sunshiny day and a magnificent day
it has been that I could not resist the temptation to go out
into the open air. Several of us went down to Ml. Auburn
ccmetry, three-fourths of a mile from the college. Here is
where about all the orators, statesmen, poets, and scholars of
Boston and Cambridge arc buried. There are some fine
monuments, but the names carved on these fine monuments
avake no memories. It was the simple gravestones that
attracted my attention most. Nathaniel Bowditch is repre
sented by a bronze statue, but all the graves of other, great
men that I saw were marked by very small and plain pieces
of granite or marble. Asa Gray's grave is marked by a small
marble tablet. Agassiz's by a rough boulder about 1x2x3
feet. A much better monument for him is the great museum
of comparative zoology. I take a stroll through it every
little while. It is just accross the street from the divinity
school buildings. It contains an immense number of magnif
icent stuffed specimens, and also fossils. It makes one
almost wild to go through there. I took Chappell over some
time ago. I guess that the idea that he had previously held
was that zoology was a nice study to take up occasionally,
but animals were too scarce and too small to be very interest
ing. Well you ought to have seen him go through the
museum. He tried to express his astonishment and admira
tion, but either bis powers of expression were too feeble or
his wonder too great for intelligible words. I think that for
a long time to come his dreams of the abode of the blessed
will present to his mind a region full of stuflcd walruses, hip
popotamuses, giraffes, and skeletons of whales, moas, ele
phants, gorillas, and kangaroos. I think the museum is,
comparatively, very deficient in anatomical preparations.
Thereare many skeletons, a good many casts of brains, a
few models of eggs during early embryonic stages, but that is
all. As to embryological specimens and specimens illustrat
ing comparative anatomy, aside from the skelital portions,
there is practically nothing. Nothing even corresponding to
Helvie's lonely mount that was so interesting to state fair
