STETSON WEEKLY COLLEGIATE
Students' Publication of Stetson University
VOL. XXL
DeLAND, FLA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, J908.
NO. 3.
The German Play Moving
in Good Shape.
Prospects for a rousing production
of the German play to be rendered
this fall look bright. The cast has
been rehearsing regularly during the
past week, and have already begun
drill work, with Mr. Suhrie directing.
In giving a play in German, much
more stress has to be laid on action
and movement than in an English
production, because the majority of
the audience gains its understanding
of what is going on only from the
gestures -*and expression.
If anyone has the idea that there
is not a great deal of good, hard
work in memorizing the German
play, let him dispel that insane delusion by asking the opinion of any
one of the present cast, or of last
year's company. The fact that there
is so much time-consuming toil connected with it, however, makes those
taking part all the more anxious to
make it a success.
The comedy, which dramatic critics
would probably term a "screaming
farce," will be given late in November. It will be the first student production of any kind for this year.
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Kent Club.
Mr. Minx came first on the program
at the last meeting. He was on for
Current Events, but after entering a
plea of lack of preparatiort he was allowed to substitute an extempore. The
program manager, thinking him highly
capable of discussing Modern Heroism,
gave him that subject. After a few
minutes' discussion, in which he remarked incidentally that "Jonah swallowed the whale and then felt down
in the mouth," he passed to an oration
in which he thrillingly and touchingly
described the removal of powder from
a burning building. The reporter thinks
he is making a mild statement when
he says that the speaker was well re
ceived. He gave as an encore a dramatic description of the murder of a
potato bug. Prolonged cheers followed
his close.
Mr. Adams came next with an extempore on College Education. Mr.
Adams spoke in a plain, matter-of-fact
way and convinced us more than ever
that college education pays.
Parliamentary practice came next,
wit.' Mr. Carlton in the chair. Mr.
Loudon, formerly editor of The Supplement, was, by unanimous vote,
asked to address the club, which he
did in a few happy and well-chosen
words.
The debate was on this question:
"'Resolved, That education should be
made compulsory in Florida." It was
ably discussed by Mr. Cowles and Mr.
Witt for the affirmative and Mr. Stur-
kin and Mr. Duss for the negative.
Messrs. Carlton, Carson and Worley,
who were chosen as judges, decided
that the affirmative had won. It was
a pleasure to listen to the remarks of
these speakers and the members are
already looking forward to the time
when they will be called upon to discuss another question.
Dean Farrah was present at the
meeting and when called upon by the
President, delivered a pleasant and instructive address on the Kent Club and
its relations with the Law School. He
urged upon us the necessity of the
work we are doing and expressed himself as being pleased with the way in
which it is being carried on. He of-
ered some suggestions for improvement, however, which were appreciated.
We hope the Dean will become a regular attendant at our meetings.
A movement has been inaugurated
looking to negotiating for an inter-department debate. Carlton, Carson and
Dickinson were appointed on a committee to confer with a similar committee from the Lits.
We are gratified at the interest taken
in the club by the students and faculty.
We are in a fair way to make the work
beneficial to us all.
Stetson 24, Metropolitan
Grays 0.
Stetson's Good Work Combined with
the Unexpected Weakness of Her
Opponents Resulted in the
Above Score.
In a rather one-sided game Stetson
defeated the Metropolitan Grays by the
score of 24—o last Saturday afternoon.
Although before the game there was
some doubt as to the result, after the
first few plays it was evident that Stetson was the stronger. At no time
during the game was the Jacksonville
team within striking distance of Stetson's goal; the 25-yard line was the
closest point gained. Although outclassed in every way, the Grays put
up a clean, manly game and took their
defeat gracefully. There was no spirit
of discord on either side, both teams
acting in a sportsmanlike way.
Great credit is due to Coach Colton
for his work in whipping into shape
six new men in the short time of two
weeks. The team as a whole played
excellent ball, and especial mention
should be made of Hendry, Locke and
Willard.
Willard put up a game that stamped
him as a worthy successor of Underhill of last year's team. He is quick,
fast on his feet, heady, and shows exceptional ability in breaking up trick
plays. Hendry, of last year's Reserves,
showed up unusually well. Locke,
who is an entirely new man, deserves
the highest praise for his work in
breaking up interference. Although
McCaskill had the heaviest man of
Jacksonville's team for an opponent,
he handled him to the satisfaction of
the crowd. Botts' kicking was a feature of the game. With comparatively
little practice, and this far from satisfactory, he kicked four straight goals,
one of which was from a rather bad
angle. Out of five kick-offs Botts made
an average of over 40 yards. The most
COOTBALL, SATURDAY
f OLYMPIC ATHLETIC CLUB vs. STETSON
Admission 50c; Children 25c
START THE SEASON RIGHT BY SUPPORTING YOUR TEAM
