Stetson Weekly Collegiate
OFFICIAL STUDENTS' PUBLICATION OF STETSON UNIVERSITY.
Vol. XIX HeLuid, Florida, Wednesday, January % 1907. No. 10
STAY-AT-HOMES
REWARDED
Holiday Glimpses at the;
Social Barometer.
IfT TOWN.
Perhaps those students who wont
home for Christmas and had all
kinds of jjood times awaiting
them there, thought they were
going to have all the fun, and we
who had our homes in town would
have nothing to dp but be lonesome for their company. How
mistaken they were!
Of course the first thing on the
program was the preparation for
Christmas. With shopping, mak
ing Christmas presents and practising for entertainments we were
as busy as bees for a Tittle while.
But after one entertainment on
Monday evening and four on Tues- X
day evening,JChristmas was over,}
and we had plenty of time to visit
our friends and engage in frolics.
Then began the parties; Miss
Lillian Page entertained a few of
her friends one evening during
Christmas week, and Miss Janet
Roseboro followed suit a few evenings later. Several of her guests
had such a delightful time that
they remained all night and)
actually became sick when they
did have to go home.
Thus going from one thing to
another we spent very pleasantly
the two weeks of our vacation.
Many gifts were exchanged, both
on Christmas and New Year's,
but the greatest gift of all was a
New Year's gift from Mr. J. F.
Allen to Mr. Regar, of Tampa.
At high noon New Year's Day he
gave iiis daughter to this young
man in marriage, and a lovely gift
she was.
Although we have enjoyed very
much our vacation, which seemed
all too short, we are glad to see
our friends back and hope they
are glad to be with us once
more.
ABOUT THE CAMPUS.
To be sure when the holidays
had set in with their quiet and
lonel i ness there was a considerable
contrast between them and the
busy, days of the past term. But
let no one suppose that there wa?
nothing to do. On the contrary,
there were the tennis courts, the
dining hall and parlors of Chau
(Join and all the inducements of
the wild woods. In fact these
last furnished material for one of
the most exciting times of the
vacation. But let us have the
tacts,- , ■ ■
One day when Christmas fun
was at its height five doughtT
sportsmen thought they would
a camping go. Accordingly they
set out for the St. Johns river,
armed with a mule and wagon,
tooth-picks, blankets, and many)
similar fearful weapons. That
night it did not rain—it poured—t
and five bedraggled sportsmen
vied with each other for the privilege of sleeping on the lonely dry
spot beneath the wagon.
Further progress was attended
with occasional entertaining incidents, among them being a
lengthy argument with the obstinate mule regarding the advisability of taking ■ he ferry at Crow's
Bluff, Mr. Hill's exciting somersault exhibition, a camp-fire supper and many other experiences.
All returned the next day, none
the worse for wear, and reported
a most interesting time. Those
in the party were Messrs. D. O.
Rogers,Harold Smith,Fred Smith,
Wallace Hill, and Blocker (now
you understand why the sleeping
space ran short).
ATHLETICS FOR
WINTER TERM
Baseball tho Main Centre
of Interest—Field Day.
AT CHAUDOIN.
Tnlike former years Chaudoin
Hall during the Christmas holidays was practically deserted, Miss
Hunsaker and Miss Whiting the
sole survivors, only being there a
part of the time. Such a quiet,
restful, happy time as they had!
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BASEBALL.
The baseball season is here—
the season when the fan dreams
often inning games; the player
pf Ormond Hotel "eating" and,
home runs; and the reporter
sweats over new sporting adjectives.
At a meeting held in room five
Friday, the 4th, Capt. "Speck"
Campbell called the squad out for
the first practice on Monday afternoon.
'.'Every place on the team is
open to the best man," said Capt,
Campbell, and it is evident that
there will be some hard work done
to secure positions. Six of the
'06 nine are still in the University
who will endeavor to hold their
places on the team, while the subs
of last year and men newly registered will strive for an "S" this
season.
The prospects for a strong team
this spring are very bright. Ed
Mickle and Pelot, who have divided the honors of the box for
two seasons, are in the pitcher's
squad again and to them are to
be added Hunter, who is registered
from Charlotte, N. C, and who
has a reputation for strong pitching, and Robinson, who is expected to develop into a new "wizard
of the slab" before the end of the
season.
The other "S" men in the University held the following positions last year: Capt. "Spotty"
behind the bat, Hamlin 1st base,
Kirby 2nd base, and Tilden center
field. Other new men who hare
had previous experience are Gautier, an outfielder, Pete Allen,
who has played second, and Parsons, who will try for short. Rus-
sel King has had experience both
