Stetson Weekly Collegiate

3TIT52U*WEi^C2m«£Ti STUDENTS' PUBLICATION OF STETSON UNIVERSITY. VOL. XXIII DE LAND, FLA., THURSDAY, JAtfU.V&Y 12, 1911. No. 10 WHAT SHALL WE MAKE OF 1911? t's up to us; or is that slang and should ,1 "cut it out?" Well, good old American slang is pretty expressive sometimes, and it is indeed "up to us." We have entered the one thousand nine hundred and eleventh year of the christian era. What did we make of 1910, something?. Nothing? Perhaps we didn't boost Stetson like we should have during 1910. Perhaps we "knocked" a little bit. Perhaps our athletics might have been better. But 'tis useless to lament now. The past is not ours. We have only the present. And let's make something of phe piesent. Now there are several things we will be able to do in 1911, if we work. Now the thing that interests the Col- legiate's staff right now is that Short Story contest. What have you done *• on this. Already the stories are beginning to come in. Someone's going to get those prizes. Will that somebody be you. There is still time. You have nearly three weeks. And / not only should that $25.00 in prizes interest you, but you should also be interested in the benefit you will be giving the paper and the school. For the benefit of the new students - ; we will reprint the conditions of this congest. It is open to any student of the university. Read these conditions closely and then act. Act immediately. "Conditions of the Collegiate Short Story Contest:. " , 1. No story to "be under 1,590 words nor over 3,000 words in length. 2. Use -any \ subject matter. Re- •member" that local color helps any . college story. -^ ^3. Any student of Stetson is eligible I to the contest except the editors of 7 the Collegiate. - ' > ■ 4. To avoid any chance of partialty all stories - should be handed in signed twith an assumed name, each" being accompanied by a sealed envelope, containing the assumed tiame and the real name of the author. Only the assumed name and the title of the story should appear on the outer side of the envelope. 5. All stories must be legibly written (or typewritten ' preferred) and in the hands of the Collegiate editor before 6:00 P. M., February 1, 1911. All stories become the permanent property of the Stetson Collegiate. 6. First Prize, $15.00. Second Prize, $10.00. And this is not the only thing that should interest us. There are the different organizations-of the students. The literal y societies and the oratorical societies. The Young People's >ft( jftt rfV itx iTk >o« >rV >fV jo« >oc W XV >o« xV wV jOs ten X X X IN MEMORY OF THE OLD YEAR X X Three Things to Remember for 1911X XV xV xV >o< xV x> xx xV jot xV xV xV >rv jftt sot >o! >ot x> xV X X X I- Subscribe for the Collegiate X X at once. X X II. Pay up my subscription if I X X have subscribed, X X HI- Remember to try for that X X Short Story Contest. X X Better results for the New Year. X x> , • rfV xY xV xV xY >fti >rk XV xV xV xY xY xY xY xV xV xY xY Christian Associations should come in for a share of attention. And taiking of New Year resolutions here are some admirable ones. But don't try to follow them out to the letter: Don't subscribe; borrow the paper from your friend. Just be a sponge. Look up the advertisements and trade with the other fellow. Be contrary. Never write anything for the paper and' criticise everything you read. Be a knocker,. Tell your editor you can get. a better paper for less money. Be a squeeze. Don't write anything for the paper and don't let any body else. Be a stumbling block. xxxjolxw vvVsvvw wwv xYxYxYxVxY >ot >rx jot >rV *V >rV >rx >o< >rV iPx x\ ><V X X X THE EUSOPHIANS. X X X >fV)o<>ftt>oc>o( )fttirV>os)0<>o(>rV>rV iTxiTkarte>o«irV On last Saturday night the Eusophian Literary Society held its first meeting of the new year. As usual the meeting was well attended. An extemporaneous program was rendered. We regret to say that several of the members were absent. This was doubtless c .used by the fact that this is our first meeting. But woe to them if hey let it happen again. An extemporaneous debate on "Woman Suffrage" was given, many of the members participating. * As we had many of the fair sex with us we were forced to deal gently with the subject. Rev. Perry Abraham gave us a few of his scientific observations on the point in question. The first meeting of the year was brotight to a pleasant close by some humorous observations on womankind by several of the members. The Eusophian Literary Society is a secret organization of men and women of college rank only. It is an honor to belong to the Eusophians. Not every one can gain admission. If you mean business, if you want to improve your time and help others at the same time. that you help yourself, why then you had better make your application to the society. See one of the members and have them put in your application. We want to have the most select and yet the strongest literary society in the university. And we can't do this if we don't get out and work. Some may inherit a good mind, some may acquire knowledge, but there isn't any one going to thrust learning upon you. You've got to wake up and dig if you are going to be anything. You've got to do like the Florida Razorbacks, you've got to "root hog or die" in this world. There isn't any one around here with "learning" or a golden spoon waiting to feed you. And the finest training that a man