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Nearly every college went to Cict: with a college son;-.
We regret to say that we weie ;vi exception.
You should have seen the minus eolleg- delegations
wave their flag-; as our bund e 'tortaiued them.
The church folks of f'ictc have concluded that college
people always take a g od appetite whcicver they go.
Mr. Tefft distinguished himself by hcroicaly stopping a
team which was running away from a helpless boy and girl.
The audience called loudly lor the Dclian quartet. Unfor
tunately it was ui.'ahli- to respond as only a part of it was
present.
One of the banucis was stolen fiom the Weslcyan's car.
This caused many uncomplimentary remarks on the part of
the Weslyans.
The sixty-one cent fare was the cause of a good deal of
gambling on the pait of the students. Neaily everybody
were matching pennies.
There was a noticeable scaicity of tin horns. Wc would
advise the Crete mci chants to lay in a full supply the next
lime a college crowd visits thai place.
The Cotner crowd was entertained by the following
"Cotner! Cotner! Cotner! the Cot net's gone to the bottom of
the sea! What's the matter with Harmon? There's no
Ilaim-ii him!
The university baud entertained the uninitiated public
with quite a number of choice selections fuch as, "McCinl,"
'Climbing up the golden stairs," "Where did you get that
hat?" and the like.
Professor Hates attended the contest. He seems to be
the only professor who takes anv interest in such matters. Me
may be osMtieu that the students highly appreciate the cntliti
siasm which he shows.
The following yell was given before the judges' decision
was announced: "Weslcyan! Weslcyan! Wcsleyan! toot!
Weslcyan's fallen in the bottom of the soup!" "C. M.! C.
M.! C. M. Skiles! lie's ahead by many miles!
Doane college was opened up in true Crete style. A few
univcisity students went up to visit it and, after wandering
aimlessly about for a long time trying to find some one to
show them around, they concluded that time thus spent was
wasted and sought more profitable employment.
Pollard and Frank Woods made themselves quite conspic
uous at the opera house by standing up in front of the uni
versity delegation. Although no sound waves i cached our
ears, wc concluded from the agonizing efforts w liicli they
made that they were trying to sing the I'alladian song. They
bravely struggled on amid immense applause until thev j
finished.
Wc regret to sny that a certain part of the audience
was so impolite and disrespectful as to hiss our instru
mental quartette when it started upon the platform. Wc
always supposed that proper respect was due to anyone who
appeared upon the program. That respect has alwajs been
paid by the state university folks. Students of other colleges
who do not know any better than to insult their sister col
leges nu such an occasion had better leave college and return
to the backwoods where they were brought up, until they
learn better. The management of the contest on the part of
Crete wasveiy poor. The hall was nearly one thinl full before
anyone was at the door to take the tickets. The order was
a discredit to any place. While our orator was speaking,
some one was so kind as to keep dropping stones on the top
of the stairs and allowing them o roll to the bottom. Vet,
considering the place, everything went off as well as might
be expected.
A Coming Siiuucor.
As a last resort Poll aril has begun courting his muse.
l'Vom the advance s'tecU of hi? Inst volume of poems soon to
be published, wc have extracted the following "Palladia!!
Song," wiitten while a junior at the University of Nebraska."
It is one of the author's best productions, and was written
doubtless in one of his more lucid iutcivals. From internal
evidence furnished by the poem we infer that it was inspiied
by the approach of an oratorical contest at Crete. With pro
fuse apologies to the gentleman whose good name has been
compromised by the insertion of it in the second stanzi we
place the song before the gaze of the great unorganiid
public.
Tun v. America.
Our orator to thee wc look for victory!
Of thee we sing, who in the old Pall hall
Fiist learned how to spout. From many
College contests your voice is heard.
Our speaker Charlie Skiles on thee our
Fate devolves, whom we all trust, and in
Whom willingly we place our confidence.
High with hope our hearts do thrill, for trust in thee.
Let our song sound lluough Crete, echo fiom all
The wall, hail victory! Let college spirit aivnk ,
Let all that breathe partake, let tongues the
Silence break, the sound prolong.
Palladians' piidc for thee who came fiom
The Univ. For ihce we sing. O may our
Oratoi successful be tonight.
Palladians! victory is thine, let us rejoice.
Athletic.
The athletic association held a meeting Satin day, the fifth,
at which pieparations were begun for the field-day exercises.
Delegate vvetc appointed to icprcscnt the U'dvcrsity at the
annual meeting of the state athletic association which was held
at Crete on Friday. The delegates were Messrs. Tefft, Dark
ley, Chandler, Pace and Stroman.
The association decided to offer medals at the local field-day
exercises, the first prize to be of gold and the second of silver.
There will be about twenty-five contests requiring in all about
fifty medals. If the cost weic to be defrayed by the associa
tion the ball clubs would probably receive but little financial
aid from that source, so a committee was appointed to receive
individual offers of one or more medals from students, profess
ors, and friends of the association.
The report of the committee on the proposed running
course was adopted. It recommends that a hundred yaid
straight track be built permanently, and that a temporary oval
track be rolled. The hundred yard track will have a base
composed of cinders, etc., set one foot deep; and the face on
a level with the ground and composed of a cinder-tar prepara
tion. The course will cost about $100 when complete. It is
under the supervision of Professor Howcn. The athletic asso
ciation hope to secure patronage enough at the gymnasium
entertainment next Saturday evening to defray the greater
part of this debt.
STRAY PICK-UPS,
Miss Iiurks visited IJeatricc on the 4th.
Mr. Mclieathls suffering from an attack of the mcasels.
Professor Menzciidorf recently took part in a concert at
York.
Don't forget the gymnasium exhibition the evening of the
nineteenth,
The chancellor has given notice to the different professors
that be wishes them to indicate to him at once what post
graduate worV they intend to offer next year.