Stetson Weekly Collegiate

STETSON WEEKLY COLLEGIATE Students' Publication of Stetson University VOL. XXL DeLAND, FLA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, J908. NO. 5. Special Edition of the Collegiate. SOMETHING NEW AND ATTRACTIVE FOR THANKSGIVING ISSUE. The co-operation of the students is greatly desired in preparing the special issue for Thanksgiving Day week. The plan agreed upon is to issue a magazine with cuts of the teams, buildings, etc., and with the usual stories and poems. A prize of $1.00 will be given to the one sending in th>i best short story, also for the best poem submitted to the Collegiate offi:e. If you |;hink the reward is not worthy of yout efforts, do your best anyway, out of loyalty to your paper. « ♦ » The Spirit of Halloween. Halloween has again been safely passed. With the masquerade at Chaudoin and the extra force of deputies about the town, but little mischief was attempted. Some regret it exceedingly. For another whole year they must wait before they can show their glorious heroism. They feel that they have been cheated out of something, and were not given a fair chance. What splendid courage it must take to boldly slip up to a house when the inmates are quietly sleeping, steal the chairs and settees from the veranda and hang them up on a telephone pole! In comparison with the charge of the noble Six Hundred is the valiant assault on a front gate, which, before it is given a chance to squeak, is wrenched from its hinges and borne silently away amid the storm of peaceful snores from the windows and the contented purring of the household cat. We glory in the spunk of such manifest heroism which over 'turns woodsheds, carries off wagons, signs, etc., and would recommend brass buttons and green caps for the noble participants. -♦-»-♦ Have your kodak work finished at Reeves' Studio. No extra charge for white margin on prints. The Summerlin Institute. The boys from Summerlin Institute, Bartow, who came here last Saturday to play a game of football with the Stetson Reserves, were a fine body of young fellows and reflected credit upon the High School they represent. Prof. R. B. Huffaker, the principal, accompanied his boys and, as a spectator, took an active interest in the game. He had coached the boys and had taught them to play clean football and to deport themselves as gentlemen. The Professor has been remarkably successful at Bartow in creating enthusiasm among the boys for the completion of their high school course, and an unusually large percentage of the students enrolled in the Summerlin Institute are ooys. Prof. Huffaker has made the work appeal to the boys and h«# done this without lowering the standards. He has sent two good young men from the '08 graduating class to Stetson this year to enter the Freshman class, one in the College of Technology and one in the College of Liberal Arts, and they give evidence of thorough training. It is a source of great gratification to all who are interested in higher education in Florida to note the activity of an increasing number of good high schools in all parts of the State. More than twenty-five of the Florida high schools have sent one or more representatives to Stetson this year. Many of these, to be sure, are not prepared for college, but in raose cases they are serious, hard-working students who have set their aim high and are, therefore, willing to take a place in the academy grades rather than -to enter the College department of some institution which does not maintain recognized college standards. Stmmerlin Institute, 4— Stetson Reserves, 0. PRETTY DROP KICK BY SNEDEGAR THE FEATURE OF THE GAME. Y. W. C. A. Notes. The Y. W. C. A. of last Thursday v/as led by Miss May Gregory, one ot the delegates to the Asheville Conference. Miss Gregory made the "why" of mission study very clear to us, giving some of her experiences in mission study classes at the Conference. The message was most helpful and I trusi will be an inspiration to all who heard it The football game last Saturday between the team from Summerlin Institute and the Reserves was the closest game played so far on the Stetson field. For the greater part of the time the play was in Stetson's territory and the plucky Seconds played hard ball, which is shown by the way in which they kept the score down. Fumbles and off-side plays with the accompanying penalties were characteristics of the game throughout. Raymond Spaulding, thre right-half for the reserves put up a fine game, and his sure tackle's probably saved the goal line from being crossed more than once. Capt. Wright won the toss and chose the kick-off and Capt. Tilha of the Reserves decided to defend the west goal. Bartow kicked off to Huffaker on the 25-yard line and tackled before the ball was returned. Bennett through guard for i yard and Blan- chard round end for 2 yards and Spaulding punted 15 yards. Bartow's first play made 8 yards, but on a fumble the Reserves secured the ball. Spaulding made a pretty run of 30 yards. The next play failed to gain, and Bartow got the ball on a fumble. Bartow made 5 yards through the line and a forward pass gained 16 yards. The next two plays failed to gain and Bartow was penalized 5 yards for being off-side. A forward pass was received by Spaulding, who returned 15 yards. Stetson's ball in middle of field. Bennett gained 3 yards through the line and Tillis lost 7 and again the Reserves punted. Snedegar pulled off a pretty 25-yard run around one end and Wilson around the other end for 15 yards. On a fumble the Reserves got the ball on their 16-yard line. Three line plays made but eight yards and it was Bartow's ball. Bartow was penalized 5 yards for an illegal formation. It was at this point that Snede-