Stetson Weekly Collegiate
OFFICIAL STUDENTS' PUBLICATION OF STETSON UNIVERSITY.
Yol. XVIII
DeLand, Florida, Wednesday, November 22,1905.
No. 7
TECH. BOYS-
RESORT TO ARMS
Shooting Affair Between
Two Students.
LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS INJURED
For it Was Only a Harmless, Though
Interesting', Physics Experiment.
On the afternoon of November
ninth two ferocious looking students of the Sophomore class
in the School of Technology, their
faces set with a grim look of determination, might have been
seen descending the back stairs
of Science Hall. In the hands of
one was a large black-leather holster from the open end of which
protruded the butt of a huge pistol. The other carried under one
arm a suspicious-looking roll, and
in the other hand a gleaming revolver. The various pockets of
each bulged ominously with bristling weapons as though no effort
was being made at concealment.
Out into the engine house they
went, where came presently the
sound of discharging fire arms.
No, this was not a duel. There
was no sullied honor or tender
maiden's wrongs being avenged
in the fateful seclusion of the engine room. It was only an innocent experiment in Physics being
carried on under the supervision
of the dean of Technology.
From the roof of the coal room
in the engine house, suspended
by a fine wire twelve feet in
length, hung a small block of
Wuod. Behind this, fastened securely to the wall was a long-
sheet of paper on which was
traced an arc of 15 ° drawn with
twelve-foot radius and graduated
in tenths of degrees. Into this
block one of the Techs fired shot
after shot, while the other, stationed behind the jutting chimney so as to be out of range, carefully observed the arc through
which the block appeared to
swing when struck by the bullet
—as occasionally it was. By
means of this observed value,
having known by previous determination the respective
weights of both block and bullet,
it was possible by mathematical
calculation to compute the velocity of the bullet before it struck
the block. This velocity was the
desired result of the experiment.
The method of computing this
value was rather complicated,
but was founded essentially on
the following chain of reasoning:
First, it is a well known fact that
if a ball or stone be thrown
against the side of a house it will
rebound a certain amount proportional to the force with which
it was thrown. It is also a fact
known to everyone that the force
necessary to throw a ball depends
upon the weight of the ball and
the speed with which it is thrown.
Therefore it can be seen at once
that the distance the ball rebounds is proportional to its
weight and the speed with wmich
it is thrown. If, therefore, the
weight of the ball and the force
with which it is thrown are
known the velocity can easily be
reckoned. If now we substitute
for the side of the house a block
of wood free to move without appreciable friction, and if by making the ball very small and giving it a relatively high velocity
we cause the latter to penetrate
the wood and remain fixed as a
part with it, one does not need
to be a philosopher to know that
the block will do the rebounding.
Then as before the recoil is proportional to the weight moved
and the speed with which it is
moved, the weight in the case being that of the block plus that of
vhe ball. If, therefore, we could
rind s )me means of measuring the
speed with which the block is
made to recoil, we could very
easily determine the force reqired
to produce this motion. From
this value, having known the
weight of the ball, the velocity
(Continned Jn Page !"; )
RESERVES, 10;
RIVERSIDE, 5
Most Interesting Game of
the Season.
RESERVES' END-RUXS WON DAY
Palatka Game Has Been Called off-
Other Athletic News.
The game of football which was
played Saturday between the Riverside Athletic Club of Jacksonville and the Stetson Reserves was
a (dose, hard game, and more interesting to watch from the side
lines than the Stetson-J. L. I.
game two weeks ago, because the
two teams were more evenly
matched.
The game began shortly after 3
o'clock. Riverside chose to defend the west goal, and Clark
kicked off for the Reserves to
Riverside's thirty yd. line. Riverside fumbled and Stetson got
the ball.
The ball exchanged hands several times, yet Stetson slowly forced
her way to the goal line, and
Leitner went over for the first
touchdown. Clark failed to kick
goal, which was a difficult one.
Riverside then kicked to Stetson, who advanced the ball by
pretty line bucks and tackle plays
until they were held for downs.
Riverside also lost the ball on
downs and the whistle blew with
the ball in Riverside's territory.
Score 5 to 0.
In the second half Riverside
played a much faster game than
in the first, and in spite of all
Stetson could do, forced her back
to her 15 yard line, where Stetson
held them for downs.
Clark gave Stenstrom the ball
and he, with splendid interfer-
