Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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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

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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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CR Dl RON by BOB DwiGHT Thomas Athletic Director . llhiiUL;li llu ' v (lid not coiuiiier all the fofs m hv f(iiilli:ill i;riilii(iii this fall they were not conquered by any means. More spirit has been seen this fall, thouijh they were on the losinj;; end many times, than has been seen in a number of years. .As C ' nach Thomas so aptly said at the football banquet held in honor of the 1937 football team, A team With a new coach at the wheel, the 1937 grid machine swung into action for an eight-game schedule that included the three conference schools, Peru, York, Augustana, So. Dak., Simpson, la., and Tarkio, Mo. But it wasn ' t long before this part and that part fell by the w-ayside and Coach Dwight Thomas was forced to adopt new methods and insert new- parts in the motor so his machine would continue over rough roads. Smiling Coach Thomas had a nice sized squad to start with and he had three two-hundred pounders whom he planned on heavily, but before the game arrived every one of these men was put on the ineligible list. In- juries came next with withdrawals from school follow ' ing closely behind. But this failed to dampen the spirit of the coach or the team as they squared off for the opening game with the Vikings of Augustana. The invaders had just showed their heels to Hastings to the tune of 19 to 13. That inspired team of ' esleyan fought like Trojans and only a late rally downed the fighting Plainsmen 26 to 10. The Yellow and Brown tallied tw ' ice, with Dell Hedges escorting the ball, anrl one on a pass to LaVaun Price. Then w-ith the pass combination of Sheley to Plowman starting to click, the Vikings count- ered twice in the final two minutes. .A. bitter loss ; vet the Plainsmen proved they were a good team and to be feared in conference competition. It was raining — a slight mist fall- ing continually during the entire game — but few- present noticed this for the Plainsmen had rallied in the last few- minutes to defeat Simpson, la. 12 to 7. Again it was LaVaun Price who slipped through the lowans ' defense to pull in those passes from Johnnie Staten for the Plainsmen ' s two scores. The invaders -were far outplayed and only scored on a blocked punt which was recovered in the end zone for a touchdown. The bell in Old lain pealed out in vir- torv — Weslevan ' s first of the season. emerged from the mud a victor by the narrow margin of one point. Time after time Wesleyan had runners in the clear only to have Old Man Mud spill them. The Bobcats score cart-ie early when Shields and Platenburg worked the ball to the Wesleyan five from which point the former carried it over. Staten to Price passes twice put the ball on Peru ' s five for Wes- leyan but only once were they able to crash through. Little Don Otto did the chore this time. Wesleyan could beat Peru, but not old man Weather. First rain, then mud, as the Plains- men traveled to Peru for their first ganie w-ith a N ' ebraska College eleven. Mr. Mud decided he liked Peru, and so he aided the Bobcats to an un- earned 7 to 6 victory. Outplayed, outgained and outfought, but yet Peru Then Wesleyan lost their second game since 1929 to Midland as our Homecoming foes, led by Jerry Green and Larry Vosseler, scalped their way to a stinging 24 to 7 victory. This time the weather man decided to make it cold — and cold it was. Frozen feet and frozen fingers were the re- w-ards of a few in attendance. Things got off on the wrong foot in the 18 Plainsman