STETSON WEEKLY COLLEGIATE
Students' Publication of Stetson University
DeLAND, FLA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, J909.
VOL. XXL
NO. Jjff.
PROF. WEBB HILL
IN JACKSONVILLE
Stetson's Former Instructor In Voice
Many of our students will be pleased
to know that Prof. Hill has sufficiently recovered from his long illness to
return to Florida for the winter. Two
years ago, owing to a nervous breakdown and physical collapse, he was
compelled to leave Stetson and enter
a sanatorium in New York, giving up
all vocal work whatever. After confinement of about a year, Prof. Hill
is well on the way to recovery.
Those who have heard him sing, cannot but wish a visit and an opportunity of hearing him again. From the
Times-Union we quote the following:
Prof. Webb B. Hill is in Jackson
ville, and will probably locate in the
city. Prof. Hill is a gifted musician,
and should he come to Jacksonville
he would be an addition to the musical talent of the city. Mr. Hill sang
at the First Baptist church yesterday
and all who heard him were delighted. He has a fine. voice, and sings
v itli sympathy and tenderness. His
selection, "The Light of the World,"
by Hawley, was particularly appropriate. He was assistant to Dr. Lori-
mer, the celebrated Baptist divine, at
Tremont Temple, Boston. He was at
one time the companion and helper
of Dr. D. W. Whittle in his evangelistic work. Prof. Hill has of late been
teacher of vocal music in Stetson
University at DeLand but on account
of poor health he was compelled to
give up his work there temporarily,
and his physician advises 'that he
take lighter work.
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Chicago's New Delinquent Law.
A. Bennett—To be Mary (ed).
Wiggins—To get Pounds.
Miss Gordon—To train "Kangaroo."
Miss Happersett—To become an
Earl-ess.
"Molly" Miller—To get Wright.
McCaskell—To purchase a Campbell.
Among Other Colleges.
Prof. J. W. White, whose text
books in Greek are used throughout
the country, has recently resigned
from the Harvard faculty.
Chicago is making strenuous efforts
to raise the $200,000 necessary for receiving Mr. Rockefeller's contribution
of $600,000, the entire sum to be devoted to the Harper Memorial Library.
Amherst and Chicago are planning
a joint glee club concert to be held
in March. The Chicago organization
has eighteen concerts scheduled.
Minnesota's earnings for the past
football season totalled $36,325. She
has a clear profit as a football fund
of $26,103.
The Boston Institute of Technology has added Esperanto to their curriculum of languages.
Tf inclined to grumble, get a cheerful spirit and get it bad.
The '09 Annual.
The Senior Class of the College oi
Liberal Arts wish to announce that
definite plans have been made for the
publishing of this year's Annual.
The book will make its appearance
during the spring term, and every
student who wishes to possess a
pleasant reminder of this year at
Stetson should not fail to. subscribe
for one or more copies.
But this is not the only phase of
the question. The student should
realize that the Annual is largely
what he makes it by his literary contribution. Those in charge of this
phase of the year's work will be very
glad to receive support along this
line.
The Annual Board.
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John Rodgers Leaves School.
It was a 'surprise to many, to hear
that Mr. J. B. Rodgers will not finish
his college work at Stetson this year,
hoping to resume it in T909-10. For
the past three months, he has been
doing Freshman work and supplying
at the same time the two pulpits,
Green Cove Springs and Oviedo.
Finding the strain too great, he has
decided to devote all his. time to his
work and return to Stetson next year.
This is to be regretted, for Mr.
Rodgers, especially in our religious
life, will be missed and in the Y. M.
C. A. The Collegiate extends sincere
wishes for every success in his work.
BASE BALL OUTLOOK
ANNOUNCED
By No Means Dark, Several Old Men
in the Ranks, and Good Stuff
Among the Recruits.
The university baseball /season
opened last Monday afternoon with the
first regular practice. The prospects
for a strong team are very brilliant.
We have as good, if not better, material than ever before, from which to
draw. For infielders, seven applicants
have appeared, Bennett,. Gove, Alderman, Haynes, Selden, Willard and
Allen; four men who will make a
strong pull for the outfield are - H.
Jones, Sams, Perkins and C. Jones.
Catchers have always been a scarce
article somehow in Stetson,; but for the
coming season, the position will not
be dependent upon one man, four who
have had more or less experience behind the bat will strive for the honors.
The most difficult vacancy to fill however, and the one looking the darkest
of all, is the pitcher's box,; but with
Hunter, Locke, Page and Alderman all
anxiety has vanished. Of course these
men do not constitute the team for
there is valuable material both from
last year's second team and among the
new men. The positions are open to
the best man.
With this material, hard consistent
practice and the proper support from
the student body, there is no reason
why we should not turn out a winning
team.
For the first week there will be only
the regular squad practice after that
the regular squad will practice Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and
games on Tuesdays and Fridays. The
student body are especially requested
to attend the practice games; not only
will it 'increase your own interest but
will encourage the men who are working for the team.
If a boy 10 years of age gets tired
holding his baby sister, who weighs 10
pounds, in T2 minutes, how many minutes will it take a boy twice that • age
to get tired holding some other fellow's
sister who weighs 120 pounds.—Ex.
