Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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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

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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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When Dr. Callen finds the duties of government and sociol- ogy weighing heavily, he finds relaxation in a round or two of roughs, and greens, and fair- ways. Then when warm weather rolls around, he indulges in backyard farming, or finds diver- sion in new scenes and new places. Being the father of youni; boys keeps Dr. Deal pretty well occupied in his leisure moments. But not content with boys (if his own, he acts as cubmasler for the Uni Place Cub scouts. A round or two of .golf occa- sionally gives him fresh air and exercise, and at home he dc- li.ghts in construction and lathe- work. Dr. Gregg is another of those professors to whom a good book (particularly a psvchology book) is a source of hours of enjoy- ment. . t any moment he may be called to distant points to .give one of his lectures (with or without slides). There was something else I was goin.g to say about Dr. Gregg — let me see - - ! N ' o, I gusss I won ' t mention it. Vou couldn ' t very well call grandchildren a hobbv. Dr. Ely is the kind of man that glues in chair legs and re- pairs light sockets. Wouldn ' t that shock you? In short, he is what every housewife dreams of so that she won ' t have to hire carpenters and plumbers. The agricultural instinct is also well developed, and spade, pruning shears, and h oe are always to be found in the Ely tool house. liss Corns often feels t h e wanderlust and travels down many country roads and high- ways in her new blue auto- mobile. lost of the music instructors at Wesleyan are omniverous readers. Miss Mills does littk else in her spare time. Miss Cocklin likes to swim and play pin.g-pong as well as read. Miss Slonecker reads whenever she has any extra time, and Mrs. ] IcCandless also does quite a bit of reading. Autumn, 193 7