At the Western Intercollegiate Meet at Chicago in April, 1914, Gunther took second in the welterweight and Pascale third in the featherweight divisions. A week later our team met the grapplers of the University of Texas at Austin. The thousand mile journey took the spring out of the boys and, as their opponents were seasoned veterans, we lost all three matches, two by falls and one by the summary decision of the referee. In the annual meet with the University of Iowa we succeeded in getting only one out of the five matches, Pascale (featherweight) being the victorious Cornhusker.

     In 1915 a wrestling class was organized. Twenty-five men were enrolled, and under the capable coaching of Professor A. R. Silvester what promised to be a winning team was produced. On March 13, 1915, the team met Doane and won five of the six matches, the sixth being forfeited to Doane.

Mr. A. R. Silvester and His Proteges.