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BOAlRD OF EDITORS.
Editor-in-Chief,
Ii. G. Orrmcn..................Eddy Lake
A"ssocfile Editor,
). C. IIEYWAnn.
Athletics BCditors,
F. W. CArm a:As............E'uphradiani
L. K. HAGon...................Clariosophie
Locat b'ditors,
D. C. IIEs-rE.ss...............Clarisophie
G. W. WARINo, Jit............. .uphradian
1'. M. C. A. Editor,
W. 11. JOHNSTON.
Student lody hdilor,
P. K. BOWMAN.
COLUMBIA, S. C., MAnRc 4, 1911.
Sophs 6, Juniors 0.
Juniors 10. Seniors 9.
Some of the material looks good
to us.
The game Tuesday was the best
class game played on Davis Field in
many a day.
T"he material that has been out looks
very promising. anlN we see no reason
why we can't have the best team ever.
()ur only two supposedly weak points
can be well strengthened by some of
the new material. \Ve have a fairly
heavy schedule, and we trust every
stldcnt will (10 his share in getting
out a winning team. Chase balls,
carry water, do anything and every
thing possible to help. Show the men
that you are backing them for all you
are worth. The nine men do not al
ways win the game. It is more often
the "four hundred."
It seems to us that some steps
should be taken by the students to
have all of our holidays except those
of Fair week and Christmas during
the baseball and football season. If
we had petitioned for the holiday last
week to be given while our team was
onl its trip) in the sp)ringL it would have
helped matters considlerab)ly. \Ve
wvould all have enjoyed it more then,
and the team w~ou1ld have had time
to play aniother game, or. else take its
tsime andl enjoy the trip) more thor
oughly.
We have several holidays that
might, wvith advantage, be utilized by
our athletic teams wvhile playing away
from home, and we feel sure that the
rest of the students wvould as soon
have the holidays at one time as an
other.
AN EXCELLENT STEP.
The students Monday morning
made a long stride towards purifying
our athletics when they exprsse
themselves on the subject of profan
ity and drinking on our athletic field.
Even though it be the men who are
not athletes who have committed
these offenses, yet the atmo phere of
the field is more or less afected and
there can be no doubt b'ut what the
effects of the meeting will be felt by
our men working for the team. But
the greatest good of all will be the
effect upon our supporters from the
city, who will now feel that they may
conic -down here to an athletic con
test without having the stimulating
effects of seeing young manhood at
its best marred by actions of a few
thoughtless students, which are dc
cidecdly out of taste with the spirit of
the occasion.
Many of the men have objected to
the action of the students on the
ground that it should not be necessary
to so regulate the actions of gentle
men. The expression, as we uncder
stand it, was not to try and regulate
the gentlemen of the student body,
but simply to call their attention to
the thoughtless and childish actions of
a few who, while being gentlemen, yet
so far forget themselves that the im
pression u1pon outsiders As likely to,
be that they are not. The expres
sion of the students Monday morn
ing does not in any way imply
that there is a single man among us
who is not a gentleman, but it simply
asks that everyone be awake to the
fact that the plblic does not always
see things as the college mianl sees
them. So we must so conduct our
selves that no one can find fault with
ouir actions.
If the student body had passed a
resolution authorizing the manager or
cheer leader to put such men off the
field we think there might have been
some ground for complainlt. At it is.
we think the action of the student body
was very wise, and we congratulate
each and every man therein upon the
stand lie has taken.
WANTED-A NEW BULLETIN
BOARD.
Our present facilities for posting
notices, official and otherwise. are
most ancient. We would not at
teml)t to say how\ long the present
bull-etin board has been in use, suf
lice to say that it is very old.
We should have a new modern
board, e<nipped with a door or
wicker gate so it could be closed and
locked, thus preventing important
notices from being torn down. A
slat,e could also be provided at small
expense for p)ostinug telephone calls.
P rob)aly a hundredicc calls are sent in
to tile Univ'ersity every clay. Some
one takes the niames of the per-son
callinlg andc simp)ly wvrites a small
notice on the corner of sonic large
p)lacardl. The chances arc that the
person dlesiredl will never see the
niumber that wvants him. This
causes much inconvenience to bot,h
p)arties. Frequently relativ.es of col
lege men are in town and call them
up, bunt arc not ab)le to get them.
All this trouble could be very easily
remedied by having a slate for tFele
phone calls, and everybody would
know wvhere to find -their numbers
without having to search over the
whole b)oard.
Furthermore a new board wmu
add to the attractineness of the
marshall's office surroundings. As
it now stands, the present board is
an eyesore, hacked with knives,
tacks and nails driven all over it,
make it most unpleasant to the eye.
This need could be filled at small
cost, and would add so much to the
general appearance of things on the
campus. We hope those in author
ity will consider our suggestion.
AT OTHER COLLEGES.
Last week the University of Vir
ginia defeated North Carolina in
basketball by the score of 18 to 15.
* * *
Below is a list of football captains
efected by some of the universities
for the season of 1911, with their
positions:
North Carolina-\Vinston, quarter
and en(l.
Virginia-3owen. end.
Louisiana-Thonas, guard.
A'labama-laumgardner, half.
Auburn-Bonner, guard.
V7at(erbI)ilt-Ioiison, quarter.
Cornell-Munk, tackle.
Pennisylvania-Mercer, full.
Hlarvard-Fisher, tackle.
Yale-Home, quarter.
Princeton-H1fart, full.
Irown-Sprackling, quarter.
Navy-Dalton, half.
Army--Hyatt, quarter.
Carlisl -Ilen(d, guard.
Trinity-lowell, tackle.
Michigan-Conklin, tackle.
In the 22d of last month the V.
.\I. C. A. department at V. 1. 1. got
uIt aI "Y. I. C. A. edition" of 'he,
I Uir-inia Tech. II this number the
history, present standing and purpose
of that department there, was fully\
treate(l.
The "Georgetown .eet" is to he
held in \Vashington today. This is
one of the most important indoor
meets of the year. Colleges from all
aron( that section of the country
and many of the larger Northern ones
always take part in this meet.
The Hodgson Mlemorial Infirmary.
at Sewanee. was a short time ago de
stroyed by fire. Professors and sti
dents worked hard to save it. and we
learn that "hair-breadth escapes and
amusing incidents followed each other
in b)ewil(ering succession."
* * *.
At Virginia b)aseball p)ractice was
suspendled for one afternoon, and the
entire squadl, from captaini dlown, w~as
p)ut at work wvith shovel. hoe andl
wvheelba rrow getting the d iamiond in
shape. They dlid it, too!I
Changes in Rules.
Th le Intercollegiate Rules Commit
tee have made the following chaniges
in the football rules of 1910:
Rule 4, Section 2-There shall be
two minutes intermission between the
third andl fourth periods.
Rule 6, Section 7-If the ball strikes
an official it shall not be considered
dead, but the play shall proceed.
Rule 18-All p)enalties tinder the
rules relati n toeora passes whic
heretofore have been applied upon the
spot from which the pass was made
shall hereafter be applied upon the
spot of the preceding down.
Rule 18, Section 2-Strike out the
words, "and taken more than one step
in any direction." This is the rule
which forbade a player to tackle or
block a player receiving a forward
pass until the latter had caught the
pass and taken more than one step in
any direction.
Rule 19, Section 4--I-f the ball,
having been passed legally and having
been touched legally by a player, shall
strike the ground before being actu
ally caught it shall be considered an
incomplete forward pass.
Rule 25, Section 4--Only three
men shall be permitted to walk up
and down the side of the field.
Rule 30, Section 4-Time shall be
called by the umpire.
A new rule' was added to cover a
defect in the present rt.les as follows:
If a foul is committed followiing a
first or second down behind the goal
line by a player of the side in posses
sion of the ball, while the ball is be
hind the goal line or in flight from a
pass or kick delivered behind the goal
line, the penalty shall he the loss of a
(owNl, the ball to be put in play by the
offending side upon its one-yard line;
if such a foul occur a fter a third down
the referee shall declare a touchdown
in favor of the offending side.
Exquisite in Every Detail.
Mellow lights, perfume of pinks.
smiles, white gloves, marble shoulders,
music, puncl-the great junior-senior
recel)tion at the College was lacking in
none of its particulars that make of
this the time at C. F. V.
The fair ladies nmibered some
thirty-five, and the men, mostly Caro
lina knights, more than twice as many.
The left marlor was decorated in pale
pink and green, the hall in yellow aid
green wilh a (levice 19 11 over the
archway, and the right parlor in two
shales of green. The plnch room
was lit through havender shades, an(d
was perhaps the happiest of all inl
effect.
'The air of the whole was consum
mate. Closing one's eyes to the pres
ent (lay hairdr:essing, it was easy to
see a festive occasion in the days be
fore the war, to hear the fiddlers from
across the river, until a minuet was
almost expectedl next.
L1 H BIRD SEED.
The jailbird has 110 wings.
T[um m (vu.:cocK has no feathers.
Final answer to a persistent ques
tion: "Nobody here has seen Kelly."
"Affectation is dignity making an
ass of itself."
* * *
The studlent got p)ink eyes because
he "redl" too much.
Variations of once p)opular songs:
(1) "Love Me and Your Money's
Mvinet."
(2) "Just Break the Eggs for
Mothwr."