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which brought them back to the starting point Slater got the ball but was immediately tackled,
but with the ball in Nebraska's position. This Armstrong now struck the line for five yards
encouraged our men and out halves soon carried Illinois lost the ball on four clowns. Hut six
the ball ten yards farther into the opponents minutes remained and there were sixty-five yards
field.' Hut at this point Flippin got a notion into to make, Could we score? Mere is the way we
his head that five yards was not a large enough went at it. Flippiivbucked twice with a gain of
gain so he tucked the ball snugly under his arm eleven yards, then Johnston tried the same and
and trotted five yards down the field at a 2:04 made nine yards. Then little Pace advanced it
gait. This placed our team Wllllin cigiuceu iweive mure; juinihiuu uuu nippiu iujw eacn
yards of the goal line which Captain Johnston
thought we could make, so he sent Flippin
through for six yards then tried his turn at mak
ing a hole through their rush line, and he gained
three yards. Then our boys lined up and gave
Flippin the ball which he laid down over the goal
line. This gave Nebraska 4. Then the ball was
taken to the field and Oliver gave it a light tap
with his toe and sent it spinning between the
goal posts scoring two more. It only took ten
minutes for Nebraska to score after she got pos
session of the ball. Illinois now took the ball to
the centre and made five yards with the wedge.
Slater hit the line for two more then Sweeney
struck the line but rebounded with a loss of two
bucked for six apiece and time was called. At
this rate we would have scored in four minutes
more. When we played past the Illinois team
was powerless.
Illinois took her defeat hard. They had come
to win, "so had we." Nor as some might sup
pose, was it" luck," but at every point our team
work outclassed their's. Their tackling was bet
ter than ours. Hut as one of their men said:
" We had training and beef, you had training,
beef and science."
THlf SIM. BOT.
The botanical survev of Nebraska, recently
yards. Illinois played her guards and tackle for undertaken bv the Sem. Hot., is one of the most
smaii gams. Alter tnree arempis 10 advance tne
ball it was found that only fourteen feet had been
gained, but referee Arms, of Illinois, said that he
had been taught that fourteen feet was the same
as five yards and decided that the ball belonged
ambitious and important of the many schemes
now springing up in the University on every hand.
The Seminar has undertaken to conduct a botan
ical survey of the stale with its own resources,
both as to workers and funds. The survey has
to Illinois. Slowly but surely the ball was ad- aire.Miy becn organized, collections made in two
vanced by Illinois until within two yards of the important localities, and preparations made for a
coveted goal Iwo yards to gain m three min- thorough survey of the whole state, embracing
utes! Could it be done ? hvery one was alert. evcry form 0f plant life ami extending over Sev
ille ball was passed to Sweeney and he bucked cral years, An imporlaiU fealure vv,n be the
iwi 11 gum VII VJIIV. Jtlltl. 1 im IIIUHJ lllUV UlUll
the same thing and found the ball within a foot of
the goal line. The referee gave them another
trial, claiming that he had called time and that
they had no right to put the ball in play the last
time. Again they tried, but in vain. Our rush
line was invincible. The ball was now given to
Nebraska, but as time was now up the ball was
not put into play. Thus ended the first half, 60.
Second half At 4 o'clock Nebraska started the
ball from centie with a gain of five yards, Flip-
survey herbarium, for which distinct cases are to
be provided at once in the herbarium of the Uni
versity, and whichwill be presented to the Uni
versity at the close of the survey.
At the public meeting of the Seminar on Octo
ber 15, the details were made public in the an
nouncement of the L. W. for the coming year.
Another matter of interest announced was that
Gray's Synoptical Flora will be the Sem. Hot.
prize for 18(12-3. This prize is offered for the
best llMlier liv nnv clnrlmif in (1ii rlntvirlriSi-nt nf
pin was then given the ball but fumbled, Need- botany, giving the 'rcsuIts 0f o.minal work. The
uamiaungon it. umpire Arms gave Illinois book offeied this year will be generally rec
five yards for an " off side " pk-y. Nebraska now-
got the ball on four dows ; Johnston made two
yards around the left, and then two through the
center, and Flippin hit the line for lour more. In
the next two trials nothing was gained, so Oliver
made an "out of bounds" punt but Illinois suc
ceeded in falling on the ball. Hall taken in fifteen
yards. Four gains were now made around the
ends and through the centre. Slater was next
IT veil l l(i hn :incl start oil mvimwl (1,, -:..i.. i.'i-
nin foiUl t ,.,.M.. T .. "' , : 1.. . , . ?"V "I1' es?cy. Alter this program, the I.. W.
earn o tnt i a, ' " , , I ' ' " Crwtt !?. le verity a bust of Dar.in,
Yont. lHiR 'h.,,: .i. " "u ": p" m.nar. 1'rot. Hessey spoke briefly
, .., rr: xi.:-...a,B.,u?, Oliver amlT. H. Marsland read a naner
.... (jUl u.v. uan uh ieeunams tumble. After
i" Oliver made a good
After
"punt."
illy recognized
as well worth striving for. Hesides the announce
ments, the folbwing papers were read : " Ob
servations on Cross Fertilization," by Fred Clem
ents; " Notes on the Flora of the Sand HUN," by
Roscoe Pound ; " The Leaf Structure of Reaficldia
flexuora," by J. O. Smith; "The Hlack Cotton
wood," by P. A. Rydberir : " Notes on the Canyon
Flora of Sioux County, by A. F. Woods, and
" The Present Status of Nomenclature," by Prof.
resented(?)
given by the
in response,
on Darwin's
life and work. Several botanists were present
irom abroad, among them Prof. A. S. Hitchcock,
y