THE HESPERIAN
The New England skating contest comes off in Itaslnn dur
ing February.
The St. I-ouix ball club has been ordered to report for
practice, March 15.
The freshmen of Ann Arlxr won the winter cane rush by
n.MTorc of 31 to 2S.
Almut twenty names are recorded as applicants for posi
tions on the ball nine.
Many of the major ball clubs will accept Florida as a lav
orablc ficid for early practice;
The university of Pennsylvania foot ball team closed the
eason vih a clear gain of $3,500.
Harvards foot ball expenses last season were $10,175: this
includes $702 for medical attendance.
.The introduction of a course in gymnastics as an elective
is increasing in popularity in eastern colleges.
The classes from preps to seniors are organizing ball clubs,
all anxious to be represented on the first nine.
P. J. Conway, the old coacher of Ann Arlnir's ball team,
will probably discharge those duties this season.
V. O'Connor, who claims to le the champion oarsman of
the world, has issued a general challenge to a three mile race
for $5,000.
Iowa's university foot ball club seems to le hardly as well
fixed financially as Nebraska's club. They have a team that
certainly deserves support.
The Harvard university athletic association permits no one
.to enter any contest without an examination by the director of
the gymnasium, and his permission to do so.
Students expecting to participate in the field-day sports
should join the athletic association at once. For memlwrship
apply to Fred Itamcs, treasurer of the association.
The result of the recent five mile harc-and-hound races of
Vale and Harvard established the following records'. Yale,
7 minutes pc. mile; Harvard, less than 6 minutes.
The February number of Outing has an unusually sensible
article tin training, by Malcome V. Ford. It is full of prac
tical suggestions, and all men interested in athletics should
riviil it.
Fencing is in the regular course of physical training at
Flowtloin, but U proceeded by two years of gymnasium prac-.-
ticc, including military drill, work with clubs, lclls, wands
and heavy apparatus, and running.
Cooncy, Chicago's s. s. causes Anson much pain by his
familiarity. His pet play in a game is to sneak over to first
base, kick Anson on the shins and remark: "Wake up old
stuff, we'll licat them 'cr duffers yet.
The management of the Hasting's ball club and that of
other minor clubs of the state objects to entering a league with
the Lincoln colored giants. They are anxious to secure Lin
coln in their circuit, if a club composed of other than colored
men can be organized to represent the city.
Lincoln will support a club of hard working players though
they be amatuers, and they will relish the change from the
gang of professional toughs. Strong hopes are entertained
that the university club may represent Lincoln in this league,
and should they they secure this privilege, wc arc comment,
that by their systematic training under the present manage
ment, they will be able to cope with the salaried players of
the other clubs.
The action of the base ball team in beginning a course of
systematic training is highly commendable" from all points of
view. It is commcndabJc as students of the university, whose
first duty is attention to lessons. -Irregular and spasmodic
indulgence in sports and games always detracts from mental
work, but the retiular and business-like use of an hour each
day for lodily training ought to enable any student to keep
up his studies the better. It is commendable in the interest
of each man's health and safety. The practice of severe ath
letics always involves more or less danger of injury, and get
ting into good condilionjreduccs the danger to a minimum.
It is commendable again in the cause of athletics, for, all other
things Iwing equal, systematic work always wins. V. P. 11.
Vale's lull club has accented a challenge from the lioston
league club to play five games at the opening of the ball season.
The Modern Hero.
His head was jammed into the sand.
His arm was broken in twain,
Three ribs were snapped, four teeth were gone,
I Ie ne'er could walk again.
His lips moved slow, I stooped to hear
The whispers they let fall,
His voice was weak; but this I heard:
"Old man, who got the ball?" E.x
ALUMNI AND FORMER STUDENTS.
91 V. J. Taylor was at the university on the 5th inst.
Thrift '92, stopped in Lincoln on his way to Chicago.
'S9. Miss Myra E. Clark was in the city last week visit
ing friends.
91. T. E. Chappcl is keeping himself down to his work
at Harvard.
'go, 'go E, R. Tingley and C. E. Tingley were at the
local contest.
F. A. Rockhold is working for a St. Louis firm and teach
ing shorthand besides.
Mr. Martin Oslcrholm was in the city 011 the 27th ult. He
is still engaged upon his Swedish newspaper.
Ed. r.ryson, '93, slopped in Lincoln on the 29th ult., on
business. He is on the road for a manufacturing establish
ment at Tecuimch.
no'SS-A. F. Woods and Roscoc Pound have been
elected vice president and secretary, respectively, of the
Lincoln microscopical club.
89, 90. -Messrs. T. A. Williams, H. J. Weber, and L. H .
Slaughter don't propose to be read out of the late convoca
tion of the Botanical seminar.
'91 l.Mr. C. D. Schell put in an appearance at the univer
sity on the 29 ult., took in the Palladian contest and returned
to his school at Ashland on the 31st.
'90 E. E. Gillespie has been elected president of a club
10 be known as "Nebraska Sons." It is desired that all
students above eighteen years of age,' born in the state, send
their names to the president for membership.
87. Mr. J. Schofield, is soon to leave the unviersity
again. While here he has been engaged upon a systematic
study of plants and especially those of the salt well at the
iv;t!ofiice. Next summer he will devote himself to a syste
matic study of the Arichhida in general and these of the state
in particular. Besides this, same of his time will be devoted
to the development of Solatium tuberosum.
89 A. F. Woods, assistant botanist at the state univer
sity, told a few of the things that he knew about the fungus
diseases of plants. This is the first time Mr. Wood's has
appeared in public but he was very favorably ieccived.
Indeed he made such an impression that after hts'tplk he was
