THE HESPERIAN
University is nlso characteristically western.
Tho "co-od" is hero in considerable num
bers, and sho is in overy way on an equal
footing with her brother of tho sterner sex.
I should like to notice tho affair of Profes
sor Bomis and President Harper a mattor
which has boon receiving so much attention
at tho hands of tho public of late but space
forbids.
Yory naturally athletics are absorbing a
good doal of interest at presont. Students
and faculty turn out in largo numbers to
foot-ball games, and college .spirit on such
occasions is a very conspicious thing. This
intorost and onthusiasm is oxpocted to cul
minate in the game which is to be played
with Michigan hero on Thanksgiving. I
have boon reading of tho good work of our
(TJ. of N.) team with a good doal of interest.
Why can not the team plan an eastern tour'
next year ? It might provo an oye-oponer
to some of tho teams oast of tho Mississippi.
I find some hero whoso facos wero familiar
at tho University of Nebraska. Dr. Hus
soy is hero. Ilo is something of a Greek
scholar. lie still knows something about
tennis too. Tho first day 1 was on tho campus 1
road a tennis bulletin signed "6. IS. Ilnssoy,
president." Miss Brace is here posting in
zoology. Miss Jones, who took an M. A.
at tho U. of N. and taught in tho Lincoln
high school, is working for a Ph. D. in tho
department of romance languages. 0. L.
Anderson, '94, Frank Woods, Chicago, '95,
formerly of tho U. of N., and myself are
studying theology. Mr. Anderson wont
back to Nobraska last summer and commit
ted matrimony. He and Mrs. Anderson
are now living in Chicago. I have mot N.
B. Barr, '03, povoral HmoR. TJo is study
ing theology at McCormick seminary. H.
T. Rickotts, '94, and John Williams, '93,
aro at Chicago Medical College.
I am very much ploasod with tho divinity
school horo. Thoro aro about two hundred
students taking theological work. Thoy aro,
with very fow exceptions, collogo graduates,
and tho courses of study aro arranged ac
cordingly. I find my work interesting,
oven fascinating. Fralornally,
0. R. Welden.
ATHLETICS.
Foot-ball is "off." Whoro "punts" and
"touch-downs'.' used to amuso the crowd,
the cold wind now whirles over tho desert'1
gridiron and swops it baro. Tho husky fol
lows with knee breeches and towsled heads
have again donned the garb of the common
student; retired as it wore to privato life.
From force of habit tho boys still linger for
a few minutes over tho training table, dis
cussing tho various jolts and jabs thoy got
in tho worst brushes, and emphasizing tho
easo or difficulty with which thoy "handled"
thir respectivo mon.
Occasionally thoro is a lengthy discussion
on "intorforonco," "tall punting" or tho
"swift tackling" put up by such and such a
follow in a particular gamo. Tho good
points only aro mentioned; by common
courtesy tho "fumbles" and "beefs" aro
forgotten.
Tho pennant still "swings to tho breeze"
but it isn't our breeze. Tho chiof reason
that wo didn't got tho pennant is that wo
didn't win it. Wo didn't win it you see.
No, our team wasn't hold up to tho right
pitch for pennant winners; wo oarned third
place and got it.
Of course each of tho four teams couldn't
win tho pennant, that is self evident; but it
is equally true that, with tho same amount
of material to draw from, tho toam that got
third place, barring accidents, did not uso
that matorial to best advantage.
Criticism isn't pleasant. Wo won tho
. pennant last year, and aro not kicking be
causo wo have to give it up. Sport of any
kind doesn't always consist in taking first
prize. A "boat" often does as much good
as winning, yet a candid discussion of our
faults in tho past season can do no harm,
and may have somo influonco upon athletics
in tho future.
When foot-ball as a college gamo is assailed
and styled too violent and as detracting
from intellectual pursuits, tho great argu
ments advanced by its dovoteoB, bo thoy of
the faculty .or of student body, is that foot
ball servos not only as a good gamo, and
