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The members of Delta Tau Delta n
tertained their lady friends at their hall
on Friday evening. The rooms were
very tastefully decorated with the fra
ternal colors, purple, yellow ana white.
The chaperones were Mrs. Guy A. Brown
and Aire. I. S. P. Weoks. Dancing was
the chief amusement of the evening.
Thoso present were Misses Ricketts,
PoIk, Whitney, Morgan, Weeks. Woods,
Maudo Hammond, Clara Hammond,
Cropsey, Winger, Clark, Cunningham,
Lytic, Lansing; Messrs. Riley, Oilman,
Robbins, Clelund, Whipple, Ilsville,
Kind, Yoder, Brown, Weeks, Manley,
Hart. Sheldon, Stewart, Meliza, Case,
Watkins.
Miss Katherino Weston has been
spending the week visiting friends in
Lincoln,
Mrs. Marquette and Miss Olive Lntta
spent Friday in Beatrice attending the
Corn Carnival.
Mr. G. M. Barnes, of Denver.' is re
newing old acquaintances in Lincoln.
Miss Dora is in Beatrice, the guest of
Miss Martha Burks.
Mrs. Edward Sheldon and daughter
Adeline, of Nebraska City, arc the guests
of Mrs. E. P. Hawley for a few day.
They have juet returned from a visit in
Butte, Mont.
Mr. P. W. Smith has returned to Lin
coln permanently.
Mrs. Ross Curtice is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Beraan Dawes, In Newark, O.
Miss Latta entertained again infor
mally on Wednesday evening in favor of
some Lincoln visitors. About twenty
five guests spent the evening with cards
nnd dancing:
The Civil Ecglnecricg club of the uni
versity will give a course uf lectures at
the university by Andrew Rosewater,
M.-Am.Soc. C. PI, city cngineeror Oma
ha. The dates and titles of tho lectures
are as follows: Monday evening, No
vember S, City Surveys and Grade Sye
em?. Monday evening, November 13,
Drainage and Siwerage of Cities. Mon
day evening. November 22, Pavements
and their Maintenance. Monday even
ing, November 20, Water Supply and
Fire Protection. Monday evening, De
cember G, The Engineer as a Factor in
Municipal Government. While ad
dressed primarily to students of civil en
gineering, every ope of the lectures will
contain much of interest to every stu
dent of municipal problems.
The L. A. G. F. Kensington met with
Mrs. II. B. Patrick last Thursday after
noon. The time was spent in social con
versation and bp request Mis. Patrick
read an original poem on the Kensing
ton's outing during the summer season.
The poem was enthusiastically recieved
and in reward for the merit thereof Mrs.
Patrick was made poet of the rousing -ton.
The following ladies were present.
Mesdames Scott, Jonps, Pitcher, Turner
Wilkinson, Campbell. Hindman. McAfee'
Preston, Armstrong, Van Brunt, Patrick
and Humphrey.
Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Tucker returned
Thursday from a brief wedding trip.
They visited Denver. Colorado Springs,
Hastings and Oxford.
Mrs. McDonnell of New York, who has
been visiting Mrs C.E.Yates, left for
the east Friday. Mrs. Yates occompan
ien her as far east as Detroit.
Mrs. Archibald Scott was out Thurs
day fof the tirst time since her return
from Coicjgo and expects to be able to
resume her club duties next week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Lane returned
Tuesday from a brief visit to St. Paul
and other Minnesota points.
Misses Boggs and Caffyn have removed
from their rooms at JJ23 N street and may
now be found at 1516 O street, in the
rooms formerly occupied by Miss Guil-mette.
The members uf Alpha Theta Chi
entertained their friends at dancing
in their hall last night. Light re
freshments were mtvciI. TIhc pres
ent were Richards, Outcalt, Ricketts,
Hulhrnok. Turner. Woodward. Cars
cadden. Andrews. Broady. Dales.
Cutter. I!erlfc. Humplircx, Envin,
T. Ricketts, Rh-kett, Broady. .Smith.
Sigma Alpha Ewihm will given thirty
in Courier Hall on Friday. November
twelfth.
Mr. A IberL Turpi n gave a party on
Thursday evening to the following
friends:
Mesrs
OMenherg, Swart z.
Bart lett. Sawyer.
Sawyer. Miliery.
Teeter, Kenny.
Rixser, Green.
Clapp. Gage,
Barber. Sheriff.
Vandicar.
Misses
McMenemy. Galley.
Hoiitz. galls,
PYclict. Andrews.
Collins. Rector.
WniaN. Mcrril.
Mr. and Mr?. Comack.
The spectacle of a big, fat Chinaman,
richly clad in flowing Oriental robes,
scorching along the asphalted streets of
Washington is one that has become
familiar. The flying figure is that of
Wu Ting-fang, the Chinese Minister.
He contracted the bicycle habit very
shortly after coming here last spring
and is row a confirmed wheelman. He
rides a ladie's wheel, it being impossible
for him to mount an other on account
of the cut of his clothc3. The Minister's
little son accompanies him on his trips,
and it is not unusal for the queer pair to
be followed by a mixed train of boys
and girls of all nationalities. The di
plomat is apparently unmindful of theeo
attentions, and if he is annoyed thereby
dof s not show it. Wu Ting-fang is the
most democratic o the long list of Chi
nese ministers who have been in Wash
ington. He and his wife frequently
drive out together, and move about the
shops and streets with the air of trained
people of the world who go quietly
about their business without the slight
est regard to what the common herd
may think or say about them.
A Washington friend tells me that
Associate Justico Field would have re
tired from the bench long ago but for
the protestations of Mrs. Field, who i3
very fond of tho social distinction which
attaches to the establishment of' an
active member of the Supreme Court.
She felt, so my informant sajs, that if
Justice Field should retire she would be
in 601HO way surrendering a point of
vantage in the social world and bo
placed where she might be catalogued as
aback number.
Mrs. Potter Palmer sends word from
Newport that she will be in Chicago for
the Horsh Show acd will gladly assist
in the social features. It is going to be
nip and tuck between "soeiety" and tho
horses. The innings or the winnings in
one will not etlect favoritism in the other.
It has been most emphatically given out
on the breezy Lake Michigan shore that
horses must go on their own merits.
Eastern prestige or social grooming will
not avail an exhibitor an iota. It is
horse to horsr, or otherwise exhibitors
from the prairie wilderness will not come
in. The great influx of entries from
eastern visitors alarmed some of the
Chicago and western exhibitors, their
alarm taking the form of a complaint
that mooneyed men of tho East make a
practice of keeping their hor.ss especial
ly prepared for horse shows. Hence the
edict that animals and not owners must
receive the attention of tho judges.
GRIDIRON
The result of tho Nebraska-Missouri
game was most gratifying to the univer
sity nnd to tho public generally. After
the exhibition of ball which hnd taken
place a week previous with Wesloyan all
kinds of dire scores nnd results were
predicted for tho Nebraska team. The
hard work of the week previous to tho
game and the deteimination of the team
themselvcH was what won. Tho players
were it. doubt, and almost frigbtaned,
ono might say, at what was going to
happen, eo they put in every minute to
the beet advantage.
The 'varsity eleven outweighed tho
Missouri Tigers nnd the heavy players
massed on the tackles and ends were
too much for the visitors, and the tirst
twenty minutes of the game discouraged
them. During this period tho home
team played fast and tierce ball and car
ried tho, pig-skin along at ten, fifteen
and twent'y yard gains. In six minutes
there was a touch down and the Etudents
and spectators began to realize that
something unusual was going to happen.
To say that forty one to nothing was
beyond the most sanguine hope is put
ting it mild. At the end of the tirst halt
tho result showed that Missouri had had
the ball tar ice, but had failed to make
her downs and it had gone to the home
team at once.
After the first twenty minutes the
game and (lay became slower, for the
'varsity team began to evince signs of
weariness. This was no doubt due to
playing on the offensive almost the en
tire time: but this is not a satisfactory
reason. It is the placeof the team to bo
in such condition that it can play upon
oflenso both of tho thirty ti)e minute
halves if necessary.
The same slow game was carried on in
the second half that hau been plajed
during the latter portion of the tirst half.
Those on the bleachers thought that this
was due to the Missouri team "taking a
brace," but this was not tho fact. It
was caused by the homo team playing a
slow, easy game- which means a losing
game if it is not at once remedied.
Tho score at the end o! the tirst half
was twenty-three, while at the end of
the second it was only eighteen, This
is only teo clear an indication that the
plaxers were not iu condition to main
tain tho quick, snappy play with which
they began. This is the main criticism
of the homo team. Thjir defenso ap
peared better than ever before and they
scarcely ever failed to gain.
Nebraska got caught once or twice on
fake plays. Ih:s is due to individual
carelessness and resulted, no doubt, from
tho easy manner in which Nebraska had
previously broken Missouri's offensive
tactics. But the most deplorable exhibit
ion of individual carelessness or weakness
or whatever it chanced to be, was in the
miss nz of four points. No other cause
can ba assigned to this than that the
catcher lost his nei ve just at this point.
The fact thit two or three players are
standing about the one who is to catch
the ball, ready to tackle him hard, while
he stands looking straight up into the
air. undefended, might tako away any
one's nerve it may be supposed. But it
should not be so. Ground is won or lost
more rapidly this way than any other,
and one essential in a team is to have a
man wno tan unflinching! catch kicks,
ank ho. if need be, is quick enough to
return the ball.
Tho way in which Nebraska defeated
Missouri was not theoniysurprisein the
Western league. Kansas beat Iowa even
worse. Rnd at the same time destroyed
the theory that Iowa was the strongest
team in the west. Her victory over
Northwestern has ciused many to pro
phecy that she would again carry off th?
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penant But thw idea baa vanished
now. Kcnaaa aimply ran Iowa up nnd
down tho Held at will and when the
game waa finished the score atood tl!ty
six to nothing. It would have been oven
wo'se than thia had not tho referee and
umpire, tir.nl and disgusted, called the
game to a close after only fifteen minutes
of play in the second half.
It is interesting to-consider this gnme.
It wns ono of an entirely different aspect
from that which was plajed upon tho
homo ground! hero in Lincoln. Mis
souri hnd no eastern coach this year nnd
it was, when coolly judged, only to bo
expected that Nebraska should defeat
her. But with Iowa and Kansas we
find both teams coached by eastern men,
and not only eastern men, but men from
the same team, U. of P., and who played
side by side last year. The.r style of
play was identically the same. Iowa
had the heavier men. and the result can
only be accounted for by the fact that
Iowa had not been properly coached.
Kansas and Nebraska come together
here in Lincoln on November 14 and tho
gamo between the two will undoubtedly
bo the finest exhibition of football ever
seen in the west the oaches of both
teams promise this.
It may be true that Nebraska is not
in her best condition, but she has two
weeks in which to work up to the tine
point, while Kansas, if in her best shape
at present, must be handled with the
greatest of care or tho players will "go
stale." This is one of tho most difficult
things with whien a coach has to con
tend. Kansa made all her gains and touch
downs around Iowa's ends. This is not
her style of play, so says Coach Wood
ruff, but they found it effective and used
it. If Nebraska ends can stop these end
plays which undoubtedly will be tried
at tirst. the tactics o! the visiting team
will bo tomts3 hpr guards and backs
U o i Nebraska's tackles. Ir this can al
f o be stopped, Nebraska will win. This
This is essentially the university's man
ner of play -that of massing oa tho
tickles but in tho way of doing it o
find the difference. The home team
use3 the Princeton revolving wedge and
Kansas th Pennsylvania guards right
or left. The weignt or both anil the
noint availed in both cases, is on the
tackles and which will be tue mosc sue
ceasful must be leftts future determina
tion. Wnuiher the home team will be as
fliucessful with Kansas in its end runs
as it was with Missouri, is a question
which is also doubtful. H Nebraska
cm succeed in siiioth-rirg the other
team's ends by its heavy ictsrferenco
there is u chance for Iniix. quid1 trains.
The play, however, requires rapid work,
and if worked up properly nicy succeeu
-or it is not known that Kansas has yet
met that style of end play.
What eoablis Kansas to run her style
of guard back interference so success
fully is due to the fact that she poss ss s
an unusually trood pair of guar. a. 'luey
ar Foster and Mosse. and both are old
at d experienced. Tnese two men ct n
stituta the principal part of the Pennsyl
vania style of play and it is ;houghi by
their superior weight to be able tj drive
through and break any interference.
The men filling these positions c&rrv in
addition to iheir weigh', act.vity ami" in
genuity. It is this which makes them
formidable in ths role whiea thev take.
If Nebraska's line is trained to "t re tk
through and s op this intjrferen e
quickly and severely, the home team is
srtfe upon the defensive. S far as of
fensive pl-y goes, not mucD fear is to be
entertained that ihe 'varsity will not
make gains for when she p.'ays her ro
volving wedge in perfect order ths bet
of teams have not bien able t? stop it.
Ames, wnich two wcek3 ag defeated
MinLesota. and which has one o: the
bjst tea-nsinthe wet, found herself
unable to stop it totally, and at the tine
of the game it was being run in a very
ragged and elementary condition.
In another point Nebraska is 6tront ;
she has shown herself able to make drop
ki. ks quite accurately and reguUrly. If
the borne team ea:ris the ball within
thirty yards of the Kansas line and is
unablft to take it farther she ttmds
qvite a good chancj to s ore by fm
one means.
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