The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1895-12-05
Communication.
(c0RGRuod.)

ANN ARBoR, Mich, New. I, '95.
EDITOR EXPRESS
The Christian associations Of all
kinds are quite active, and for their ac-
commodation tliev have several fine
halls, which have been huilt and ell
dowed for their benefit. | have not
had opportunity to inquire into the
details Of all their affairs and may
touch them at some future date.
Also there are a number Of private
associations and societies among the
students, They have numerous
Greek letter organizations and are
known as the Greek Frats. They have
their fraternity houses and there they
room and board. This class of students
is usually a class which has $1,000 or
$500 year to spend; and with their
associations and numerous luxuries
they manage to spend It. There il
quite an antipathy frequently against
these fraternities. The boys who have
less money to spend aud consequently
more time for hard study and develop.
ment of good sense, do not always feel
like extending all favors and shower
ing honors upon those whose strongest
claims upon them not infrequentlv
come through what they look upon as
their social standing, their diamonds,
their knickerbockers, or their goody
goody appearance with hair parted in
the middle.
/ must not stop without making
mention of the athletic sports, The
Athletic Association has large field
of some twenty acres fitted for foo
ball, base ball, a bicycle and race track
besides the Waterman Gymnasium
which cost $4,000. This gymnasiun
l will give an account Of in future
writing, enough to mention Of 1t here
only. Mentioning athletic sports:
Foot ball we would say is the great
game and all the rage. There are sew
erSl practice foot ball teams, all work.
ing to put the record of the U. Of NJ.
to the front and to keep it there. The
first team of the university has already
played some four or five games with
various colleges and athletic associa-
tions this year and are proud of the
fact that no adversary has yet made a
score against them. Last evening this
team started for Boston where they
will meet the Harvard team. The
readers of this article who are interes-
ted in foot ball sports will know the
outcome of the game, probably before
you read this, if not at any rate before
my next; nevertheless | will say that
the Michigan team has gone with the
highest hopes of winning u victory.
Every man processes to lie in the best
possible health and training and con-
fident of success. The sight at the
Michigan Central railroad depot last
evening when they departed was one of
unusual interest Fully 1000 people
were present to see them depart. The
whole grounds about the depot were
crowded and the roof of the depot
itself was covered with enthusiasts
looking down on those below. The
yells and screeches drowned the
whistle of the locomotive itself and the
vibrations IN the air caused by that
mob made their roar audible for a mile
around.
Now having brought the reader IN
touch with a few Of the side issues, If
mention some incidents along these
lines in the future as I propose doing
you will readily place them, and 1t Is
for this reason that have taken up
the subject of side lines in this writing
and shall probably continue the same
for have not yet touched any of the
students reading circles, literary socie-
ties, dancing clubs or schools, oil OF
which are numerous and active. !.
G, II. WILKES.