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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1892)
s TlHK HKSTKIUAN I f 1 "And doubtless unto her is given A lilc ihnl ben is immortal fruit In such great offices as mil The full grown energies of henven." Miss llriscoc was a charter member of the Haydon Art Clul) and last spring was elected director. The following resolutions of respect to her memory were recently passed by the board. Resolved, That in the death of Miss Florence "Briscoe the Haydon Art Club lias suffered the loss ol a most valued member and at the snme lime a diicctor who cherished warmly the interests and advance of art in our midst, who was herself an unwearied student of the beautiful aspects of God's creation, and whose talent, hnd she been spared to complete her studies, gave promise of unusual success. Resolved, That the secretary be instructed to tender to the parents ol the deceased assurances of sincere sympathies. ATHLETICS. It is now one year ngo that we took up the duties of this department. "With this issue our responsibility ends. This department is but one year old. It was begun partly as an experiment and partly because the growing interest in athletic sports made it necessary that more attention be given to this special feature of student life. The past year has marked a considerable advance in all branches of athletics base ball only excepted. First the campus has been put in such condi tion that athletes may exercise without fear of stepping in post holes or stumbling in climbing over mounds of dirt and brick. A further improvement will be made in the spring bv remov ing all trees in the northwest part of the campus. Secondly the univert-tty now has a well equipped gymnasium and a com petent instructor of physical training. This, of course, is the most importnnt improvement, and is recognized to be such more and more every day. In fact this is the thing we long have sought. As soon as rough weather sets in the student' has a place in which to continue hi . exercise. Hitherto, when for a few days the weather permitted, a great deal of violent exercise was taken and then there was probably a week's relaxation which made 'the work done worse than useless. Regular and con tinuous work has been substituted for irregular and spasmodic work. Now the students have take hold of athletics in a more systematic way than ever before. Organization and unification have characterized the work throughout the year. A new con stitution has been adopted by the athletic association which provides for new nnd better methods of controlling and reg ulating the different athletic organizations. A university bicycle club has been organized and a few rides taken that will be told of by future historians and poets. Foot ball has been ,put upon a scientific footing and nn interstate league formed in wliidh U. of N. is the 'only representative in Nebraska. "More interest has been shown in lawn tennis and the associa tion has increased iu membership. Everthiug is favorable for more courts and renewed interest in the game at the opuning of spring. A successful field day was held at Cushman park, nnd over two-thirds of the prizes at the state tield day were taken by the U. of N. representatives. Last but by no means least a young women's walking club has been organized. The athletic department has tried to keep abreast of the times and give its unbiased support to each and every one of 'these branches of athletics. 'How well we have succeeded let our contemporaries as 'well as,posterity judge. The work, on the whole, has 'been exceedingly ip'lcasant. 'We Hiave invited criticism and at times have had that nrticle in abund ance. Some accounts of foot lall games may have been too long to suit the English departincnt,which requires seven hun dred words only in one article, or on the other hand they may have been too tliort to suit those who participated in them. Hut we lay down our pen with a consciousness of having per formed our duly. Wc sincerely hope ihat to him who takes up this work will be accorded the same encouragement and aid that has been accorded us, and that this department in time will become one of the most interesting departments of the paper. The foot ball season is over. ( )ur team stands where It did at the end of the season last year at the head. At the begin ning of the season there was plenty of good material, but very few knew good foot ball when they saw it. It is true that wc played several games last season nnd were never worsted, but this fact was due more to the lnck of discipline in our oppon ents than to our knowledge. It was not until late this season that a coachcr was secured and anything like team work begun. Many now, who have never kicked the sphere, know more about the game than the best players knew last year. The great game of the season, of course, was played at Omaha in which wc were not only outweighed but also outplayed and slightly dismayed IVismaycd most at the rank decisions of the referee. "We would have been beaten badly enough with fair decisions but Ho'.lcrbrook should join our supreme court where his decisions might once in a while be overruled. "We will meet you again next year, Iowa, but will expect to play against eleven men only. No doubt, a good coachcr will be secured early in the season next year and foot ball will be played as never before. Some of the old players will not be back, of course, and the first month will be spent in selecting and rejecting new material. A person of good judgment must do this work. The captain of the Princeton team found some of his best men playing on the different class teams. Many of them were not thought good enough to play even on the "scrub" eleven. Uut the keen eye of the captain watched them nnd saw that with the proper training they were just the men for the team. Probably the greatest mistake in selecting a team is made in nssigning to players positions forwhichuhey are not fitted. The captain must here also keep his eyes open and make no mistake. A man might be n failure as guard, yet make a good tackle. The captain for next year sliould be selected now so that he may form plans and dream of (foot ball during the summer. I he present captain hits' proven worthy in every respect and it is very probable that he will ibe re-chosen unanimously. We shall not be here next year but we .expect to read in the athletic column of Till-: Mhsi'HIUA.n the following interesting items: Fljppin is a great half back. There are fifty applicants for the eleven positions. lEvery candidate for the clevenis 'training 'two 'hours daily. One thousand students saw the ifirst 'interstate 'game iplayed in Lincoln. Johnston is n great captain. The full back weighs 1190 pounds. When the ball isiput in, piny every Juan follows it. The manager has decided to pluy no more 000 1 ball at Crete. The second eleven has secured brand new suits and are ready to play any other team in 'the state. The U. of N. took revenge on ilowa this year. The foot ball flayers linve ibetsn excused from 'military 'drill. 'Lord plays one ofithe ends tfhis year. Now if or a slutting olub. , , Kef W3BlrWJJ!'Wll'.iMlig'W'l"lll I'MBrii ViVni iffliii' il-Xki'ifll flVaimSSSBKSm'"''SSf 'mm jtwiTi?yiB' SWPHWWE 1 1 I jemmuMmmmmmmfmKmmmMmamMmmmnMmumamai SASSUBBttAKXUitt&SKawHwi
