Stetson Weekly Collegiate

Stetson Meekly Colleaiate Students' Publication of Stetson University. vol. xxn DeLAND, FLA., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1910. No. 21 Close of State Championship Series of Baseball Grows Exciting Southern College Takes Place Beside Stetson on a Final Struggle First Game. When it was announced on the bulletin board that Burleson would pitch for ,Southern College in the first of two games to decide the State championship, the hopes of the loyal fans sank. For the benefit of those who do not know who Burleson is let it be said that he is one of the best pitchers in Florida and it is nothing to the discredit of our boys that they failed to connect very effectively with the ball. Our single tally was made by Garner in the last half of the ninth inning with two men gone. It was a terrific swat almost to the back field fence and well deserved the applause it drew forth from the fair sized crowd present. "Handsome Bill" Page pitched a steady consistent game for Stetson, the hits being well scattered- Some erratic fielding and very careless work on bases netted the visitors several scores, and when the last man went down in the ninth inning the score stood, Stetson i, Southern 6. The contest was marked by an absence of quibbling and an entire lack of contested decisions of the umpire. Second Game. When the bulletin said that Garner would pitch the second game the hope of Stetson rose like that of Mud- ville when Casey went to bat. But the ''Lion failed to do his duty" and DeLand met indeed Mudville Tuesday night. We didn't expect Garner to win when we saw the support that he was to have during the game and'when Garner himself w<*s the only man that could hit the ball. No pitcher can play a game by himself and we do not believe "Babe" Adams could have won for Stetson Tuesday. Let us settle one point of discussion right now. Burleson is not the pitcher that Ed Garner is. This last summer they pitched against each other in the |South Florida League. Burleson for Bartow and Garner for Arcadia. Bartow had a better fielding team than Arcadia but at the close of the season while Bartow won the pennant on that account. Garner led the pitching percentage of the league and Burlie came sec Normal Issue Prof. Suhrie says: " (Dun normal enroll= merit is quite a large one; evert/thing up to the standard. Tramp, tramp, tramp, We hear the Normals coming, Tramp, tramp, tramp, We hear the Regulars running. ond. Garner was then sent for by Bartow to pitch the last game against Tampa although "Wild Bull Clark" from the South Atlantic League had journeyed to the south Florida city just to do that stunt. Stetson lost simply because the boys have been lying down on the coach lately- For the last two weeks the gang out to practice has not exceeded five men. One man preferred to go home I rather than sta^ and play on the i I team. Speck has been obliged to | be away on account of business and ! that is the story of the defeat. I We have beat that same team on their own grounds and' can do it again and will do it and win the ' State championship if the boys will come out and work. (Continued on page 3.) Alpha Kappa Psi Club Grows National. Miss America Pillans of Pensacola, National inspector for the Alpha Kappi Psi Sorority, was busily engaged last week in the installation of a local chapter in ,Stetson University. As a club the Alpha Kappa girls were early recognized as the leaders, not only in social life, but along intellectual lines as well. As a part of a great national sorority too much cannot be expected of them in the future and anyone who will glance over the personnel of the local chapter of fair, young ladies needs no further assurance of the immediate success they will attain in whatsoever projects they may undertake- The members of the Alpha Kappa Psi Sorority at Stetson are: Miss Elsie Douglass, Jacksonville, Fla.; Miss Dorcas Broward, Jacksonville, Fla.; Miss Mamie Ray, Port Tampa, Fla.; Miss Wilma Davis, St. Augustine, Fla.; Miss Elizabeth Yaekel, St. Augustine, Fla.; Miss Minnie Kupper- busch, Palatka, Fla.; Miss Martha King, Osceola, Fla.; Miss Christine Wideman, DeLand, Fla.; Miss Nettie Dunfee, Boston, Mass. Stetson Normal School Opens Fine Crowd of Normal Teachers Enrolled for Spring Term. With the opening of the spring term on last Wednesday morning, came the opening of the Spring Normal school; and with it teachers, and those preparing to teach, from all over the State. Prof. Suhrie, as head of the Normal School, has been very busy the last few months corresponding with these prospective students, and the results of this correspondence are "very gratifying. ,So far about forty have registered for the work, and there will doubtless be more who will come in during the next two weeks, as some of the schools have not as yet closed. While this number is not nearly so large as that of the past year, it must be remembered that other normal schools have been opened through-