The Stetson Weekly Collegiate

3 lV^> jpiW9 (Sty &X?X&im M^klg Okllajtafc THE ONLY STUDENTS' PUBLICATION OF JOHN B. STETSON UNIVERSITY. Vol. XXVI. No. 1. DeLand, Florida, Friday, October 3, 1913. $1.00 per Year RATS . ADMONISHED BY ZETA CHI Rules and Regulations Prescribed for Guidance—Proclamation By Plato. RECEPTION. OPENING. TENDERED TO STUDENTS Y. FOOTBALL SEASON. — GRID- M—Y. W. FRIDAY. IR0N EXPERTS ASEMBLE. Chaudoin Shows Co-ed Activity. First Social Event of Year. These humble paragraphs are particularly prepared for, and especially recommended to that portion of the student body which is enjoying for the' first time, the blessings and benefits which emanate from this locus of knowledge, Stetson University. It is not the intention of the author and promulgator of these unpremeditated expatiations, to indulge in facetious remarks, caustic insinuations, or puerile statements. It is desired above all things to avoid any superficial sentimental- I ity, to eschew all flatulent verbosity, and to shun the whole of verbal pyrotechnics and polysyllabic profundity. The body of students referred to in our opening sentences will kindly peruse with diligent assi- dity the following rules and regulations, the aim and benefits of j which are patent, palpable and | adscititious, and quite beyond the peccant objections of the captious, individuals who may be in our, midst. Preamble—Young gentlemen, you are fresh; you are fresh unto asinine verdancy. You are young; you are young unto unsophisticated adolescence. It behooves you therefore, to walk circumspect- There is a species of freshman which merits drastic attention. This blooming product of "back home" comes to us possessed of a wholly unnecessary and repulsive idea of • his own importance. This psit- taceous biped indulges in brilliant conversation and refulgent jocose- ness in our very presence. This autoschediastical representative of flamboyant self assurance flaunts his wit and ampuilaceous understanding before our very eyes. This garrulous and coruscated gar- con parades and perambulates about our venerable halls and ancient campus, as a veritable concatenation of the essence of ability, probity, and congratulatory self- esteem. This species of freshman "is vernacularly known as a "rat." On Friday evening, Sept. 26, occurred the annual Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. reception. This social event is always the first on the Stetson calendar and deservedly occupies this place, for no other gathering does so much to cement the student body together by bringing all into closer ties. Here it is that acquaintance ripens into Prospects Good for 1913- Coach Arrives. -New • With the opening of the school year of '13 all eyes have been turned toward the new football material that is entering school, and the prospects for a winning team. Much of our last years material was lost by graduation and failure of some of the players to return, and as a result, we have a very small nucleus of last KMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKJ'KMKM KMKMKMKMKM KMKMKMKMKMKM KMKMKMKMKMKM AAAAAirVAAAAAAAAAAinjAjoorVAA A AAAA AAAAAA AAAAAA 1 A FOREWORD. | x , .. , x jK< This is the first issue of the "Collegiate" for 1913- X X 14- We hope that you will like it and approve of it. If x X you don't, say so, and we will try to remedy the defect. x X X You know that we are but human. We have the ap- X pearance of men and their various emotions, also their X defects and capability of erring. So don't go up in the x air if we don't hit it off at first but exercise that most ^ precious of all virtues, patience, and give us the benefit of your written criticisms. The Collegiate is published by students for students and aims to give them a paper worth while. Your support both in subscriptions and contributions will be heartily welcomed. We publish anything worth publishing and which can be set up with out using asbestos paper. Boost YOUR PAPER and make it the best of its kind. KMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKMKM KMKMKM KMKMKMKM KMKMKMKMKM ' AAAAAAAAA AAAA AAA AAAA AAAAA i Continued on Page 8 A. friendship and sufficient cause is given for Miss Martien to put the length of the dining room hall between loving hearts. The invitations read from 8 o'clock till bell-time and shortly after that hour the parlors were crowded with the beauties of town and'Chaudoin, while hungry looking youths, standing in corners, surveyed with longing eyes the charming forms and faces of the fair sex. The intruders found near the1 Continued on Page 5 years team to begin with. The first athletic meeting was called Friday P. M. by Prof. Colton, who urged the fellows who could play to come out and show their school spirit. He contended that good old Stetson had made winning teams in the past with far less material than we have this year. The first call for candidates was for Saturday and some twenty moleskinned warriors responded. Practice consisted of punting and Continued on Page 2 SOCIETIES. OPEN WITH ECLAT—HUGE AC TIVITY IN SCHOOL. Lit. Circles Busy With Season's Plans—Big things Coming. Saturday night the three literary societies, the Eusophian, Stetson and Kent Club, held forth to those members of the Old Guard who graced their various rooms. The meetings were chiefly of a business nature but the indefatigable lawyers rendered a program. The Stetson Lits. welcomed the Academy rodents, President Perry presiding. The Eusophians at a first glance resembeled a meeting of an Equal Suffrage League but by using field glasses three members in pants were: discovered. The societies have started the work with a vim and every prospect points to a most favorable year. Many important facts will be propounded and solved this season, and many a fledgling will become a second Demosthenes upon the floor, and may, perhaps, gradual e into a Fourth of July Orat< >r The new members of Stetson are urged to make a try-out for these societies. It is an honor to belong to one of them and work conscientiously done in them is of more value than much text- grinding. The qualifications are not rigid, provided a man mean business. The Literary Societies are (1) the Eusophian; this is the College of Liberal Arts Lit. Any college man or woman is eligible. (2) The Kent Club: This organization is manned by the lawyers. Any man pursuing a law coi is eligible. (3) The Stetson Literary Society; the Academy assemblage is open to academy students. (4) The Oratorical Association, which is the publicity department of all the organizations. o "Sehoonie," the boy with the blondine locks and cheerful smile, left Tuesday for Vanderbilt, where he will enter the medical school. Daniel Boone, another Sig of last season's vintage is pursuing the man-killing course at the same institution. s~ A