The Stetson Weekly Collegiate

GO TO STEED'S FOR SHOES 31j£ §tete0tt H^kig (Mtegtatr Published by the Students of Johri B. Stetson University. HAVE YOUR SUITS MADE TO ORDER Cleaned and Pressed AT STEED'S VOL. XXVII. DELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1914. NUMBER 7. SORORITIES END RUSHING SEASON TRI-DELTAS AND PI PHIS CLOSE LONG SUCCESSION OF PARTIES AND BALLS Both Organizations Pledge Number of Splendid Young Women. Last year our two sororities indulged in an extenuated rushing season which did not come to a close until the middle of December. The protracted agony worked such dire results in the hearts of the fair ones that they firmly resolved to lessen the suffering this year, and accordingly, the Pan-Hellenic Council met in solemn conclave and ijiued a bull or decree to the effect that rushing should not begin until one month after the opening of school and further, that it should not 'last longer 1han two weeks. Therefore when the new girls came to Stetson this fall, they were met by an astute silence on the part of the "old" girls and were persuaded to wander by themselves and get acquainted as best they could. For it would have been rank heresy for any sorority girl to show any attention to a stranger until rushing should begin. However, we trust that the new ladies soon came to understand circumstances and worried along nicely. STETSON LOSE MERCER. STETSON PUTS UP A PLUCKY FIGHT BUT IS OVERWHELMED BY THE HEAVIER TEAM. TENNIS AGAIN IS IN ORDER Mercer Outweighs Stetson by Twenty Pounds To the Man. "Then on the opening day the two clubs got busy with a vengeance and verily made it hot for the damsels who looked to be of Greek calibre. A procession of balls, parties, picnics, thea- tie parties, dances, and the like were showered upon the rushees for fourteen days. And when that was over with, at the dire hour of noon, the fair ones who had succeeded in safely running the fiery gauntlet of criticism were "bid" and the agony was finished. We shall rest in peace until next fall. O SIDE-LIGHTS ON THE GAME them defeat the strong Georgia eleven by the tidy score of 13—6. of those A. C. L. moguls and par- j Macon warriors againM. ticipated in a gentle journey to' Mercer made her first touch- the metropolis but were destined down in one minute and fifty- to see the Mercer aggregation five seconds and in no more than rise in its wrath and proceed to four plays. Stetson kicked and administer a most uncalled for Cochrane returned fihe ball 32 and thorough trouncing to our yards, Farriss in an attempt to tackle him was hurt and Liddell took his place. Captain Liddell With the advent of the cooler COOL WEATHER BRINGS OUT RACKETS; GIRLS IN EVIDENCE AND COURTS ARE POPULAR. Last year Stetson secured a finger in it. This veritable race Mercer kicked to Carson who special train and followed its foot-' horse got free for |wo-thirds of returned 10 yards. Then our stocky ! "Captains" Appointed for the ball heroes to Jacksonville and had' the gains made by Mercer. When guard received a pass which netted | Eleven School Courts, the supreme satisfaction of seeing; that institution has relegated him 13, but 10 of this was immediately to the limbo of incidents past and lost by a fumble. Hodgden punted forgotten, then perhaps Stetson and then we proceeded to surprise ! days, the students are beginning This year, we captured another; will feel inclined to |pproach the (the crowd and Mercer, too, by J to appear on the tennis courts holding them for downs. ' in larger numbers. There are better Padgett fumbled. Liddell took facilities for the lawn sport than 8 and Haskins 15. Hodgden and ever before, several new courts Haskins made no gains, a pass having been constructed during failed and Stetson punted. Our the summer. Every afternoon finds boys again held Mercer for downs, twenty or thirty young people due to a good tackle back of the engaged in batting the balls about line by Beatty. Then Stetson began and thoroughly enjoying them- to show some strength against selves. the giants from Macon. Hogie Stetson lost two of the best tore off 20, Liddell 12, a pass tennis players that ever were in counted 15, and we were near the the university when Harold Selden line or at least as near as we ever and Edwin Phillips failed to return got which was about 25 yards, to school this fall. These young With 5 seconds left to play in the fellows were the easy champions first half, Merritt tried for a drop- of the State last year and would kick but it failed to go between have defended their titles without the posts. any trouble now. It is hoped that Mercer kicked to Sherman at some latent talent wm develop the opening of the second half and that we may have as success- and he returned 20. Mercer was ful a ^ear as last- ., again offside, a circumstance which Information comes as we go . „„, , -:^^J;hat could | occurred at least six times during to Press that an edict has Sone could. Mercer has several young j be found after that so we punted. | the game, according to the referee, fortri to the effect that no one may rhinoceri and not a few raging and well developed American bison on boys. Incidentally, no one had any idea that we were going to treat Mercer as Snedigar and Buck- nell did last year, but we really were anticipating a respectable scrap with a resulting score of say 20—0, or mayhap, 20—7. To say that we are a disappointed crowd is stating it mildly. It is not, however, to be understood that Stetson is disgusted with the showing of its team. The concensus of opinion is that our boys were simply outclassed and in spite of that put up the best fight that they had not been on the gridiron for three weeks owing to severe blood poisoning in his leg. But there was no one to put in his place when Farriss was taken' out so he went in and for tjie remainder of the game played -the best of any man on the teai^R After touchdown No. 1, Stetson tried carrying the biitl but there was nothing doing just, then along that line. Hogie made a nice return of the kick-off [of 23 yards but Liddell's 3 was The ball was punted back after \ and certainly a dozen more which Pla^ on any of the courts without ™^™^~ w _,two attempts to carry it which I he did not choose to see. Haskins, ^he express permission of sundry. their team in the person of Jailed, jut. 1 Sk-tsun 1 »g:m on her [Hodgden and Padgett failed_ to "Captains''who have been recently college youths, and these battering, rams played sad havoc with the light Stetson line. If Mercer weighs one ounce less than 170 pounds, we are hopelessly in error. The majority of the team which played Mercer will willingly testify that their opponents could nicely tip the scales at 250 and not stretch themselves at all. The aspect of their line was not dissimilar to that presented by a row of respectable mountains looming over the horizon. An observer standing behind the Mercer team would have experienced extreme difficulty in locating the Stetson eleven at all. 31 yard line to show a little form, by Padgett and Hodgden both failing to make any gain. When these two fail there must be some reason therefor. We tried a pass which failed as usual and then gain but. Liddell found 15. Hogie appointed:" This" is wftiiduf con- took 2. Haskins no gain. Then fixation and it seems probable a pass was caught as per custom that some facetious spirit is trying to start something, for the idea of chasing 'way out to Glenwood to ask Austin Conrad if we can and the ball went over. Mercer was penalized for passing the ball after being tackled. , ... . 1 our punt was brought to earth j Out of two passes one was good l^ a ^t of teimrs does not appeal for 15 yards, and then the ball was lost on downs due to a good tackle back of the line by Padgett which made Mr. Cochrane very sore. Liddell opened hostilities by tearing off 10. A pass brought 6 , ,. . „, , . ° ., young ladies ot Chaudoin are to more, and then we were forced ; . A . , , . ' ... „ . ,. , „ be permitted to play tennis with to punt. Cochrane ran the ball .„ i .: . . back 30 yards and then took about at the line of scrimmage. A Stetson man happened to fall on the oval however so we took a new lease on life. Haskins made no gain but Hogie took 8, and then, a penalty was inflicted upon us, of five yards. Another pass failed, Liddell took 5 and then we punted. At this point Mercer used Coch- to us as very practicable. Harry Klinger says he is the monarch of a pile of shell down in the woods somewhere and that if any one desires to use the same they can go ahead! It is further rumored that the the young men of the dormitories and frat houses, under sufficient Stetson tried eleven forward passes of which four were successful. Mercer also made eleven attempts and got five of them. It is curious that Padgett failed to get away for a single gain in the whole game. Probably Mercer recalled some of his stunts of | of years past and was watching for him. Certain it is that every time our big and reliable tackle was called he was tackled before he could do more than reach the! line of scrimmage. Liddell, in spite of the heavy leather bandage which he wore on his leg to protect it, was our best ground gainer. Hodgden at full-back played his usual steady game getting off his Punts nicely although the line was | holding very poorly at times. He! also with Captain Liddell was one °i our better ground coverers. The yards made by each player and the average is given:— yds play Avg j Litfdell 63 8 7.9 Hodgden 36 9 Haskins 15 6 Padgett 6 Merritt 2 j rane for 30 or 40 yards. Curran j 40 more for Mercer. Tribble was . . Cochrane, Mercer's left half- sprained his ankle and Longstreet' hurt and Edwards took his place J_, U1 ' ' ' back, is the most insatiable ground, took his place at center. Mercer Mercer now made another touch- gainer that it has been our mis- j crossed our line again in three • down. Our team held them for fortune to look upon That in-! or four plays, and the score was' the rest of the quarter, but the domitable speed-king is rarely con-] 12—0. -fourth was one too many and palpably improbable that we refuse to give it credence and refrain from any comment whatever. o Summer Baisden was suddenly called home to Live Oak by the tented with less than a 2G yard The second quarter began om-: Cochrane and his pirates added run and even then is accustomed inously when the entire Stetson three more touchdowns and the to revile his team mates for not backfield indulged in a fumble- ! game was over. Sherman and Car- helping him to more sauce. Take apiece on their 30 yard line. The son were in bad shape at the last very senous illness of his mo- Cochrane away from Mercer and j third fumble went to Mercer and of the game, and Fenno and Hulley r' half their strength is gone. It [ they dashed across our line for j played for them during the last Who will be the next to approach would be like punch without a J a third score. ! six minutes of the session. Why don't we hear any more of Perri's orchestra? It inflicted the quiet air of night last year and we miss those strident tones now. the altar of Hyman? It is becoming the fashionable thing around here to keep a wife in school. Mr. George B. Everson, Law '14, was on the campus visiting friends last Sunday. Miss Kate Freund and Miss Heberta Hathcock spent the weekend on a short trip to Jacksonville and St. Augustine, going by way of the Clyde Line on the 4.0 2.5 The hard and almost unfair playing of Mercer resulted in put- the school and no function in the' Divine was seriously injured on ting six of our men out of the town and there will be no excuse the toe in the last scrimmage game. Farriss was out from the accepted for the absence of an}' and will be unable to be in uni- first play but enteied during the able-bodied man or woman. Show form for several days, last quarter. Curran wrenched his your spirit if you have any and ankle after seven minutes of play follow the team. If you haven't and will probably be out for the any spirit, then go back home, rest of the year. Tribble turned We don't want you on the cam- his ankle and was out for a quar- pus. ter. Sherman's knee was injured. <^> Carson was taken out during the MRS. ALLEN SPEAKS. last of the fourth quarter. Special Train. There will be a special train table in one of the alcoves at week. We of Conrad beg of the including Fred Botts, Walter Lid- going to Tampa on Thanksgiving the library was placed there as a participants to kindly pursue any j dell, Almon Rosenberg, Eddie Smith Day on the occasion of our foot- work tabic and not as a spoon- further vocal atrocities, on the; and Alden Boor, ball game there with Southern holder. No misappropriation of far side of the campus, and spare j Mr Sherman and his friend College. The round trip rate will its use will be permitted. our ears. j Tubby remained in the metropo- be very low and every Stetson • Cutaneous Pattishall attended lis over Sunday to enjoy the sights student should feel it his duty The German Verein will not Social Hour in all his glory at its' neither having been to the city to go. There are no classes in meet again until December 1. ast op:i m22!;iij. 1 before. A quasi-quartette or semi-glee St. Johns river, club essayed to entertain the in-' Old Stetson students were at Notice to Freshmen—The small mates of Chaudoin one night last the game in Jacksonville last week