Jack Best

No history of Nebraska athletics would be half com-
plete without some tribute to the service of our beloved
trainer. Jack Best. For almost forty years, he has been
rubbing the sore spots out of stiff muscles, giving solace
to discouraged candidates for athletic honors, and putting
fight and the spirit of fair play into our athletes. His pleas-
ant smile, whole-hearted sympathy, and unswerving loyalty
have been the inspiration of the wearers of the Scarlet and
tke Cream. Jack will live in our hearts as long as there is
life within us. The following couplets which are often sung
on the campus nowadays will be sung by our great grand-
children.
Old Jack Best from England came
Best in heart. Best in name.
Always there with a hearty laugh
"Don't forget to turn oft the bath."

Inter-collegiate athletics have justified themselves at
Nebraska. The critics say that competitive athletics de-
velop only the few, while a proper system should develop
the many. Around the Comhusker athletes has grown that
academic patriotism known as "college spirit" without which
no large university can have an attractive college life. Isn't
it true that a Comhusker becomes the hero of every Ne-
braska boy as soon as he begins to read the sporting page,
and that he becomes zealous to develop his physique in order
to emulate the deeds of his hero ?

Guy E. Reed.
