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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1896)
10 Ml HIE II ESP EKM AN ' It Athletics. Kobinson of Brown, who played full back on the team that tied Yalo last year will coach the learn. Mow suits and new sweaters have ar rived for the team. Team practice every day at 4 o'clock on the campus. Pearse, the new candidate for center rush is showing up well and will give Melford a hard push for his place. Among the new candidates for places are Cowgill, Langworthy, Lowrv, Dou brava, Cook, Birch, Herbert, Phitz, Tur ner, Fitzgerald. Turner has resolved to play and has two tailors at work on a special suit to insure size. He has himself trained down to 223 pounds. Whipple will not play this fall. Slmo has left for homo and will not bo able to play. A quantity of new apparatus for light gymnastics has been received by the de partment. It, consists mostly of barbells dumb belb and Indian clubs. There are also a number of now mats for parallel bar work. Dr. Clark is busy now making physical examinations. Poor-ball men are re quired to, and all others are requested to take an examination. .The hygiene work will be somewhat enangedthis year. Some of the lecture, Avi be omitted and more reference work will bo roqiiired. Cameron and foot-ball combined at- ractecagreatmanyeo-odsto the foo -ball table during registration. As 11Sual at the beginning of the year Several of the old play,rs wil no i. ntitw expected that he will soon arrive. He has boon working in Butte City this summer and is in lino condition for playing. The Athletic Association is in much hauler condition financially than it was last year at this time, but with the aid of students, faculty and business men, the management hopes to get affairs on a. sound basis. It is believed that $200 can bo raised from among the students, and $250 from the faculty. Committees have been appointed from among the stu dents to solicit funds and when you are asked to subscribe and can't give $5.00 give what you can if it isn't more than a dime. The Junior Annual. The .annual board wish to say that they are all on hand and ready for work. The managers are confident of success. The meetings of the board are well attended and full of enthusiasm. This is a great year for the University and for Nebraska. The class oi: ')8 propose to celebrate it by outdoing all past efforts of former classes. In the characteristic phrase of an ex-journalist of the Univer sity, "The Sombrero" for '98 will smoke for years to come. It will be ready for circulation about March 15. University organizations ex pecting to be represented in the Annual will do well to get their material in readiness as soon as possible. The managers wish to repeat their of fer of ten dollars for the best prize story also ten dollars for the best prize poem handed in before a date to be fixed Mer The contest will bo decided by com' potent judges soon to be selected. The poem and story taking second places will be published. It is hoped that many students will compete. Por further particulars see Pierson and Russell. Business Manors.