The Stetson Weekly Collegiate

(Sty §>X?X%tm IVwklg Gtoltojiafo THE ONLY STUDENTS' PUBLICATION OF JOHN B. STETSON UNIVERSITY. Vol. XXVI. No. 4. DeLand, Florida, Friday, October 24, 1913. $1.00 per Year- VARSITY CLUB. DRGANIZED LAST WEEK—NEW LIT IN SCHOOL. Despised Males Get Together and Unite for Defense. * Last week the ejected members j of the Eusophian Literary Society met in DeLand Hall and organized r their defense, and incidentally to better their minds with a course in miscellaneous literary work. The work of the Suffragettes was acrim- h ,?iiously discussed and a new club created which is to be known to fame and posterity as the . Varsity Club. The title of the new club is ievoid of any suggestion of fem- inine influence whatsoever and the > nembers mean to keep its affairs ree from the delicate hand of .he female of the species. However; the main purpose of :he new club is to promulgate lebates and general literary work imong its members. A high standard is set for the programs and chey promise to be interesting. Several new features will be found n the general makeup of the society, especially those rules re- 'ating to absences and the initiation of candidates. Another new thing will be the Electoral Board vhich will nominate all candi- lates for office and elect them. r This system will remove a large part of politics in the club, as the board is composed of one man !rom each of the fraternities, one aon-frat man and one faculty mem- 3er. The present board consists of the following: A Frank Milam, Sigma Nu. Stanley Wallbank, Phi Kappa Delta. Ruskin Roseborough, Phi Beta Psi. Alphabet Lawrence, non-frat. J. Archy Smith, member from t ^acuity. An extemporaneous program was endered last Saturday and the lectoral Board announced their loice for officers. The following men were elected to fill the various Dositions. President—R. J. Longstreet. Sec-Treas.—F. Milam. Program Manager—S. B. Jennings. Critic—J, A. Smith. •All men taking college work FIRST GAME OF SEASON BRINGS VICTORY TO STETSON MARYVILLE DEFEATED IN HOTLY CONTESTED STRUGGLE BY SCORE OF 13 TO 2. Green and White in Initial Game Shows Good Form—Line Made Exceptionally Strong Showing. Continued on Page 7 The football season was formally inaugurated on the Stetson Athletic Field Monday when Maryville College of Maryville, Tennessee met Stetson on the local gridiron. The day was ideal for football, and a goodly number of green and white enthusiasts were on hand to watch Stetson down Maryville. The city band was on hand to render music which was greatly appreciated, and served as a royal incentive to the green and white warriors. Maryville appeared on the field at 3:30, and began "some fast signal practice. Stetson followed soon after and commenced to warm up. First Quarter. At 3:35 the game was on, Maryville having won the toss, and chose to defend the west goal. Snedigar kicked off to the twenty- five yard, and Maryville was downed in her tracks. They tried the line twice and Stetson held like a stone wall. This was followed by a forward pass which was broken up by Stetson. Maryville then kicked twenty yards to Sned. Hodgden fails to gain on a buck- off tackle. Snedigar goes fifteen yards around end. Merritt makes five more. Here the ball was fumbled and recovered by Maryville. They try forward passes and each time they are broken up and then punt thirty yards to Snedigar. Liddell hits the line for a yard. Snedigar makes a thriller of ' a run of twenty-five yards, and Merritt fails to make anything on the next down. A place kick is called for and the ball is fumbled. Again the same play is called and the ball is recovered by Maryville, who immediately try the forward pass with no success. Here Lloyd the Maryville quarterback took time out having been injured while tackled. Time was called for the first quarter with ball on Stetson's thirty yard line. Score 0 to 0. Second Quarter. On the first play Maryville was penalized five yards for being off side. The same old forward pass was resorted to and as usual was unsuccessful. Maryville then punted to Merritt who fumbled and Maryville recovered the ball. Ensign then reeled off fifteen yards. Here after trying of the usual number of forward passes Maryville punted to Sned. Ball is carried by short runs down the field for about twenty yards and Maryville then held Stetson for downs. They try forward passes and then use the kick route to Snedigar. Time for the first half is called. Score 0 to 0. Third Quarter. During the intermission Coach Jordan gave the players a little lecture and they came back for the second half resolved to do or die. Maryville kicked to Stetson, and on the play Merritt advanced twenty yards. Liddell adds twenty more off tackle. Here Maryville held, and on one of those shoestring passes, Lloyd to Samp- sell, Maryville makes thirty yards, the longest run they negotiated during the game. On a forward pass to McCall twenty yards more was added. Here Maryville was penalized twenty yards for trying to hurdle the Stetson team. They then punted to Merritt on the ten yard line, and it is Stetson's ball. Here a mistake in signals was made and the ball came to Snedigar back of the goal line, and as he tried to advance a Maryville man threw him back scoring two points for Maryville. Stetson was given the ball on the twenty yard line. Here the Green and White began to get busy and they ran the ball down the field, Hodgden making fifteen yards and Liddell follows with WEEKLY INSPECTION. OF FAIR ONES' BOUDOIRS. Chaudoin Agog Over Military Discipline. Continued on Page 8 Militancy or rather militarism has reached Stetson at last. It is rumored that once a week, Miss Martien pays a visit of inspection to the numerous rooms inhabited by the Chaudoin Fair. The Co-eds are puzzled over the situation and do not know how to take it. One party believes that it is an honor to undergo the training as they will need its stimulating effects when they pass out into the world soliciting votes for women; still another faction thinks that it is an outrage and protest with tears in their pretty eyes against it. However, adorned with spotless white gloves, and with her aides- de-camp, Matron Martien strides weekly up to the doors and demands entrance. Obtaining this the officers enter and the room undergoes an inspection that would do credit to West Point. The beautiful inmates at first were wont to adopt a guilty expression and gaze wildly around, bul they have been trained to stand at attention now while the Commandant runs the gloves over all places that might harbor dust. The penalty for keeping a disordered or dirty room is not very severe—only an official reprimand— but it seems to accomplish its purpose, for the offenders with tears in their pearly eyes promise never again to let it happen. As yet only two or three have ben hauled on the carpet but there are several that will get it if they don't watch out, or at least that is what the little birdies whisper. It is also said that the men's dormitories are to be inspected at an early date, but it is the general consensus of opinion that it will never happen but once. The rooms in Conrad and Stetson Halls are so neatly furnished and well kept that one inspection will convince the officers of the use- lessncss of their work. It is to be greatly deplored that the Co-eds should get the brunt of the discipline but in Continued on Page 7