Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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At Play NUETZMAN It doesn ' t seem odd to find th.; English instructors interested in books and reading. Miss Hal- bert specializes in the short story, as well as being absorbed in fancy-work and needlecraft. Miss Booth reads the current literary magazines, and likes to drive a Ford. Miss Hopper likes to travel, to keep house, and to write. His native native state, New York, attracts Dr. Dolson in his travels, and he finds great enjoyment in hiking, climbing, and fishing while there. It ' s nothing unsual to find Dr. Barringer atop a ladder with paint brush waving wildly in the air, or with teeth biting mer- cilessly into a half-dozen nails while his fingers skip nimbly from under the hammer ' s blows. The string bean, the carrot, the potato cast a spell over Dr. Barringer when the warm zephyrs and spring sunshine be- gin to thaw the ground. One might think Mrs. Hatch was a devotee of chicken-raising, but she didn ' t indulge her acti- vities along that line. She has done, however, some work in leather, which might possibly have been inspired by the ac- tions of naughty urchins in the kindergarten. ■When Dean McProud steps up and prepares to swing at the little white ball lying on the ground, the boy carrying his clubs always wonders, Caddy do it? And he generally does — long and high — so that you might almost say that Dean McProud was especially fond of hiking. And when the mallards are flying, he will probably be found among the lakeside grasses — decoy fellow. Hobbies come and go with Professor Rosentrater. . t one time he was deeply interested in mathematics as a hobby — at an- other time he concentrated on the study of languages in his spare moments. He writes poetry, but does not keep it or let anvone else see it. . UTUMN, 1937 IS

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At Home, At School. by DELMAR Have you ever wondered how the professors keep that youth- ful twinkle in their eyes when, (lay after day, they have to lis- ten to moronic wisecracks from our campus wits? Here ' s the miracle in a nutshell— or maybe two nutshells. When Dean Talley wants to find relief from the worries of administration, he takes his trusty paddle and seeks the Y. M. C. A. room and a good pin -pong player. He guards his pinK-poni! paddle as a mother f;uarfls her f;ivorite child, and it has given long and faith- ful service. He also spends a great deal of time reading a magazine — The Parent ' s Maga- zine - - I Could drinking coffee be called a pastime? .A.t least there are no grounds for calling it so. But Professor Miller ' s half-milk, half-coffee, has irked the waiters and waitresses of a dozen dif- ferent states. Next to her coffee she likes to keep house best, bake cakes and tasty meat dishes in pyrex, and to arrange spur-of-the-moment parties at any outlandish time of the day or night. Mrs. Loder likes to bowl, ride horseback, and swim. Her aesthetic appreciation is highly developed and she enjoys organ music and violin, — candles and incense. Miss Klahn fits ino the speech department well, for she delights in picnics and impromptu parties. . direct- ress, she is, having directed In- dian children in creative work, civic theatres and even a circus! 14 Dean . labaster — now I ' m not going to say a word about his tombstone collection. — I mean his collection of epitaphs — pulls a mean trigger, that is to say, is a nimble nimrod with a taste for duck and pheasant. He also plays with bait and tackle- 1 He ' s finny that way! And that epitaph collection, which I wasn ' t going to say anything about, would slay you. PlAINSM.AN

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For years Professor Jensen has been connected with Hoy Scout work. He was scoutmas- ter of the first tr(X)p in the community. Mis professional work affords opportunity for some travel, which he greatly enjoys. He believes he has cele- brated New Year ' s Eve in more different places than most college profe.ssors. 1 )r. .Shirk claims to get a great deal (if enjoyment from trip- ping . That requires a second thought, but the second thought is sure to be a little less start- ling. Dr. Shirk ' s trips are taken to places where he can pursue his absorbing interest of nature study. He never fails to come back from his ventures with specimens and interesting stor- ies. Mrs. Underkofler ' s f avorite pastime is needlework and cook- ing. For complete rela. ation, she likes to listen to symphonic music on the radio. .Although it could not exactly be called play. Dr. Clark ' s book- writing occupies much of her leisure time, and her enjoyment of it almost brands it a hobb}-. Then besides light reading, she likes nothing better than to climb into a car and roam the highways and side-roads when the weather is agreeable and time is not too scanty, and she can figure out the why and wherefore of a given bit of to- pography. Professor Parsons was stopped as he was going to officiate at a basketball game to be asked about his hobbies. Of the sev- eral he enumerated, his interest in impersonating negroes, h i s old-coin collection, and his after-dinner speeches were typi- cal. .Although Miss Lux does paint- ing and art work, we can ' t exactly call that her hobby as we can with the average person. Her claims of washing dishes as a pastime somehow struck a sour note, but when she told about her flower garden, and her horseback-riding, it was easy to see that her life is not all a matter of palette and brush. 16 Plainsman