The Stetson Weekly Collegiate

(Sty BXtXmn Wwkly (Mtegiafo PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF IOHN B. STETSON UNIVERSITY. Vol. XXVI. No. 21. DeLand, Florida, Friday, March 13, 1914. $1.00 per Year PRIZES OFFERED. FOR SHORT STORIES BY COLLEGIATE BOARD Annual Contest Now Under Way. WiU Close May 1. SOUTHERN DROPS TWO GAMES AND LOOSES SERIES. ANNUAL DEBATE. BETWEEN CLUBS HELD TUESDAY EVENING. The Collegiate Board announces that the annual Short Story Contest is now open to the students and all who think they can run off with one of the prizes are invited to try. The contest will close promptly at noon on the day of May 1. In former years these contests have been very successful, both in the quantity and quality of the stories, and judging from the size of the prizes offered, it is certain that an adequate stimulus will not be lacking this year. Dean Smith has contributed ten dollars which will go to the winner of the first prize, and the Varsity Club has offered a consolation prize of five dollars to. the second best. Besides these sums mentioned, it is likely that the various other organizations of a literary nature will contribute and swell their size. So it's up to the would-be O. Henrys and Poes around Stetson to get busy with their rattling typewriters and grind out some literature. B esides the money there is fame which is said (by doubtful authority) to be sweeter to the hearts of literary aspirants and authors than the vulgar coin. The rules are of the conventional type: 1. The manuscripts must be typewritten. 2. The stories should not exceed three or four thousand words! in length. 3. The stories should be unsigned and should contain no mark of identification whatsoever, other | than the title. 4. A sealed envelope, containing the name of the author and the title of the story should accompany each -manuscript. 5. The stories should be original. 6. The manuscripts are submitted with the understanding that they become the property of the Collegiate. All manuscripts that do not comply with the above rules will not be considered. The judges have not yet been SUTHERLAND TEAM LEAVES AFTER HANDING 'VARSITY THREE OUT OF FOUR. Two Games Won Here and One at Clearwater, Gives Stetson Best of Series and Fattens Percentage. The first game was a pippin, resulting in a close score of 3-2 in favor of the Green and White. There were a little too many errors, and almost too many hits to make the contest as exciting as the one pulled off last week with the Spottswood gang, but withal, there was something doing from the start. The line-up this Stetson Willard, 2nd Swink, 3rd Snedigar, s.s. Brown, r.f. Fisher, lst.b. Jordan, cf. Howell, c. Merritt, l.f. Gross, p. looked about like Southern Arthur, l.f. Cormany, c. A. Kirk, 3rd M. Kirk, s.s McReynolds, cf. Grier, "p. Russell, r.f. Couch, lst.b. King, 2nd.b. Continued on Page 8 Southern first at bat went out in order. Willard took first on an error, and Swink sacrificed Ben to second. The mighty Sned fanned, and Brower singled, sccring Willard. Fisher advanced to the plate and clouted out a two bagger, scoring Brower. "Steve" fanned, and thus ended the first inning. A two run lead is a nice advantage to pitch to, and Gross took it easy, even if Southern did sneak a run over in the second. Grier began to tighten up, and in the next two innings fanned six men. The seventh inning lived up to its reputation and furnished us some thrills. Gross fanned Southern's mighty pitcher, and then proceeded to walk Russell. Couch took fir t on error by Willard. Gross fanned King. Then that famous slugger, Arthur, who heads Southern's batting list, was up. Jimmie was forced to walk him, and the bases were full. At this point our slender twirler began to wabble, and forced the man at third in, by giving four balls to Cormany, and the score was tied. Gross recovered immediately and caused Kirk to beat the air, and the agony was over. To retrieve himself, as it were, Gross singled and was advanced to second by a nice sacrifice hit by our trusty Ben. Swink reached first on an error, and Gross scored amid much tumultous cheering. I Brower got a hit as usual, but ! Swink was out at third, and the game was salted, as Southern failed to come across. Our box score is appended: A.BH.R.E. Willard, 2nd 4 0 12 Swink 3rd 4 0 0 0 Sned, s.s 4 0 0 0 Brower, r.f 4 3 10 Fisher, 1st 4 2 0 0 Jordan, cf, 4 0 0 0 Howell, c 4 10 0 Merritt, l.f 4 0 0 0 Gross, p 3 2 12 Fanned by Gross—14. Fanned by Grier—15. Hits off Gross—2. Hits off Grier—8. Errors by Stetson—4. Errors by Southern—3. 'Varsity Club Loses to Lawyers In Spirited Contest. SECOND GAME. The second game with Southern resulted in an easy victory for our boys to the tune of 8—3. The contest was marked with lots of heavy hitting. The pitchers seemed to each be having an off day. Our line-up was substantially the same as on Friday, with the exception of Brower in the box, and Gardner in his place at right field as held the day before. Southern also selected their right fielder, Bussell, to twirl. Arthur of Southern failed to get a hit off Gross, and therefore he took sweet revenge by swatting the first ball pitched over Fisher's head for a clean single. This brilliant achievement was slightly dimmed a moment later, by Howell pegging him out at second. Willard for our club also received a goose egg in the hitting column on Friday, and so he emulated Arthur, only a little more Continued on Page 7 The Annual Enter-society Debate held last Tuesday evening in the Moot Court Room resulted in a victory for the Kent Chili. The affirmative of the question, "Resolved, That Labor Organizations Have been Beneficial in general to the Country" was upheld by Frank Milam, Mr. Lawrence and Rupert J. LonKsUvi. representing the Varsity Club, and Prank Wide- man, J. P. Simmons and Gus Wilder, of the Kent Club, supporting the negative. The arguments oi both were clear, logical, and convincing. Each speaker evinced thorough preparation and a ready comprehension of the subject. The debate was opened by Mr. Milam who gave an interesting talk on the humanitarian of Labor Unions. His arguments were well founded and interesting. He was followed by Mr. Wideman who spoke on the economic fallieies of Labor Unions' aims. Mr. Wideman, who is always int< ' pola in hi u ual forceful style. When he sat down some of Mr. Milam's argumi were but feebly Sapping their gills. Mr. Lawrence followed with a forceful plea for equality of opportunity pel v.' en employee .'"id em- er. Lawrence is a dramatic compelling speaker with all the magnetism and striking personality of Senator La Follette. If he will remain a good Democrat he will some day talk himself into prominence. Mr. Lawrence was follow d by Mr. Simmons who sang a speech on the failure of organized labor to attain their ends. Mr. Simmons supported his contentions with a number of citations from ourt records and statistics, which rendered his arguments quite ir- reputable. Mr. Loi fol lowed with a very convincing talk on the past attainments of organized labor. His arguments v decisive and Ing, tho his dictation was cha- i by the use of a super-developed poly- Continued on Page 8