The Stetson Weekly Collegiate

STETSON FIRST LAST AND ALL THE TIME ®hf IMrtamt %_?kU} (Miniate WE BOOST THE UNIVERSITY YOU BOOST THE COLLEGIATE WL'XXX PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF JOHN B. STETSON UNIVERSITY. DELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1917 NUMBER 2 COLLEGE MAN IN THE TRENCHES. VICTORY AND DEFEAT. The thrill of getting into the first line trenches on the French front and taking a peek at the Germans not more than fifty feet from them, has been felt by Walter W J. Gores, '17, who left Stanford with the third ambulance unit. In telling of the transfer of the American field service to the United States Army the men being given the privilege of volunteering for service or withdrawing, Mr. Gores wrote: "I enlisted under the most novel circumstances. In the first place it was on the anniversary of the battle of the Marne, the greatest j administered to an eleven repre Two elevens were eliminated from the category of the season's unbeaten teams in the South last week—Tulane and Louisiana State —while the predictions by many experts in three instances were borne out in the close contest between the University of the South and Alabama, which resulted in a tie; Auburn's easy victory over Florida, and Georgia Tech's triumph over Vanderbilt by twelve touchdowns, says the Metropolis. Under normal conditions, the Georgians' crushing defeat of the Commodore team—the worst ever STETSON LITERARY SOCIETY COLORED SCHOOLS. battle perhaps in history. I have, as sous-chef been recommended as first Sergeant, which recommendation will most likely be sen ting Vanderbilt—probably would be attended by more significance in football circles in the South, but war-time play has apparently plac- favorablv acted upon. Our or-!ed more of a handicap over Coach conization will remain very much j McGugin in putting out a team the same as before. We are to|uP to Vandy's usual standard be an entirely separate unit of,than had been generally believed, the United States Armv to be known I The Commodore players showed as the United States Ambulance,marked lack of team work> and Service of the Medical Corps with'outside of several flashes of mdl" the French armv. We will perhaps ! vidual brilliance they made prac- lose a little of the independence ticall>r n0 headway against the which attached to us as a volun-' Jackets- On the other hand, Coach teer organization, but not enough Heisman's machine has become to interfere with our general welfare ,more seasoned, and has developed and happiness." into one of the most formidable combinations ever put out at Tech. Gores wrote of an inspection ■ of anti-gas apparatus in the trenches, saying: "I went up to our most advanced poste de scour on one of the ambu- , . _ _. . . - , _ . ! year against Sewaaanee. I - to be on duty twentv-four - t - -, .*_.-_ . . , ,. wen- undated until the ic hours. I his officer and about five other officers, lieutenants in the medical department, seeing the sous-chef galon on my sleeve, asked us to lunch first (in a cave abri which' had been a stone quarry) and then invited us to go into the first line trenches with them to inspect the anti-gas apparatus. It was in the afternoon when things are very quiet along the Vanderbilt this week meets Alabama at Birmingham. Alabama Saturday all but repeated its performace of last The Tigers after-part j of the final period when Capt. : Worthman kicked a goal from I the field, the game ending 3 to J 13. Sewanee's schedule this week promises to be a light one in the meeting at Memphis with the 1 University of Mississippi, the only I southern team that has not won i i a game this season. Mississippi A. and M. defeated the Oxford , player yesterday 41 to 14, and front and so we were accepted, I ^^ Kentucky this week at stark- glad of the chance. | ville, Miss. "We went up to the very first line French trench, took a look at No Man's Land and then went out into one of the little advance petites postes which ' extend out j Auburn ran rough shod over jthe light Florida eleven, piling | up six points, and this week meet j Davidson College in Atlanta. The ! plainsmen contest this week prom- from the first line trenches about I .^ tQ ghow more dearly their j twenty feet or so closer to thel ^ powe_. as Davidson German trenches. From this pe- j although it has not a string of tite poste the soldiers in the trench I victorigS to its credit, scored on had us remove our helmets and j nayy and Georgia Tech and Stetson Literary Society is pro- j gressing very well this year considering that most of the best and hardest workers left us last year and are now in other societies. But what we need and need badly is more members, ones that are willing to put some "pep" into their work and into/, the society because I believe there are some Academy students who do not come to Stetson Lit, who can do that if they are sufficiently interested and they -can get interested if they have any interest in them for anything. Every Academy student who reads this and does not come to Stetson Literary Society next Friday evening at 6:30 is not showing their interest, in something that will be of help, to them in various ways if they. could only realize it now. The meeting of the Stetson Lit-; erary Society last Friday evening j was the best wc have had yet! this year and I am sure was enjoyed ! by all present. The programme! was as follows: The meeting opened by all singing America. Stetson Star and original jokes— Lita Trunskitt. Foreign and Domestic Events— Clyatt Lewis. Essay, Social Screaming, Dorothy j Peters. • Debate, Resolved that moving pictures shows arc a desirable amusement. Affirmative, Theo. Hon, Edna Ace. Negative, Katherine Leisher, Edgar Frederickson. Judges, Miss Ladd, Mr. Wells and Mr. Goodwin, decided two to one in favor of the affirmative. The debate was then thrown open to the house for discussion. Extempore, Food Conservation, Audbray Scadery. Senior Critic's report. The programs for the next two meetings were read and then the meeting adjourned. o- XXXX XXXXX XXXX XX peek through the sand bag peep hole and the parapet along the trenches. From here we saw a easily defeated Furman University yesterday. Tulane and Alabama before their corresponding German petite poste, , last week were not more than fifty feet from where »P ^^ ^^ whose we were. We could have spoken ^ ^ ^ crossed The loudly and been heard by the Bo-| ^.vc ^ Blu_,_ poor showing| f"1 rt' M I against Texas A. and M. caused I We were, needless to say as j ^ ^ surprise in many foot IXXX XXXXXX XXX XXX quiet as mice. It was at a time,^ ^^ ^ consequent_y has X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X IN MEMORIUM. "The good die first, and they whose hearts are dry as summer's dust, bum to the socket." The Collegiate if grieved to learn of the death of Duke Gordon Haynes, which occurred at Silver City. New Mexico, last Wednesday morning. Those who knew him best will mourn him most. It is a grevious loss indeed. X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X of the day when the Germans and French have a sort of mutual agreement not to fire on each other. They realize that for one side to shoot would simply cause weakened the Louisianian's chances I against Georgia Tech, whom they' meet in New Orleans this week. Louisiana State could not repeat It Happens. ._ „_ o_n_/v._ VV-U1U ___--k_.i. y v-"""^ | - -..-inc. «. • . Ii. * it<! last vear s performance against the other side to return the fire I its iasx yeai & i Arkansas when the Tigers won 17 to 7, and yesterday suffered its second defeat of the season when the Razorbacks won in the feature contest of the southwest at Shreveport. Washington and Lee since its defeat by Georgia Tech has shown marked improvement with interest. The Germans, in fact, had a piece of dirty white rag stuck up on a branch above their trench. In the trenches things were very quiet, but the shells were whistling uncomfortably near •—not dangerously so, however. "It seems as though we have had no summer this year, we have had so little warm weather. The nights are very cold already, and defeating "Why is Ray in the hospital?" "He took a comer on two wheels." "What of it?" "One of 'em was the steering wheel, old top." o Cheering. Public and private schools for negroes in Florida are described in the report on "Negro Education" just issued by the U. S. Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, Washington, and in a special abstract for the State. For each school the following information is given: Location of school; name of principal; character of work; ownership and control; attendance; teachers; financial condition. The descriptive sketch of the more important sch- schools is followed by specificre commendation looking to the future development of the school. The facts for the individual schools were obtained by a field study of Florida and the other Southern States covering a period of nearly three years. Besides listing the private and higher schools for Negroes in Florida and other Southern States the Federal report on colored schools analyzes the provision for education by the States; discusses means and methods of education for Negroes; describes building and equipment for typical schools, and attempts to give specific aid to public and private authorities interested in Negro education. The problem before the colored schools of Florida is indicated by the fact that illiterates are still 25.5 per cent of the colored people 10 years of age and over, and 18 per cent of the colored children 10 to 14 years of age. The Florida section of the rc-pori shows that there are, according to the Census figures, 308,669 colored people in Florida, forming 41 per cent of the total population. It is pointed out that these 308,669 colored people constitute 50.6 per cent of all persons engaged in agricultural pursuits in the State, and that the number of farms cultivated by them increased .8.8 per cent between 1900 and 1910. As farmers renting and owning land, they have charge of more than seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of Florida soil, and, if their work as farm laborers be taken into account, they undoubtedly cultivate a far larger area. The report therefore emphasizes the need of agricultural and industrial education, pointing out that public facilities for this type of education are still practically negligible, and, while a few of the private schools are rendering effective service, they are for the most part unable to meet the State-wide needs. Public provision for colored and white children in Florida is compared on the basis of the amount expended for teachers' salaries and the number of children of school age. "The public school teachers of Florida received $1,190,126 in salaries in 1910-11," says the report, "Of this sum $1,022,745 was for the teachers of 88,908 EUSOPHIAN LITERARY SOCIETY. The Eusophian Literary Society held its regular meeting Friday, Nov. 2. An interesting article by Empey, the author of "Over the Top," was read by Mildred Smith. Beatrice Tanner read several selections from "Rhymes of the Red- Cross Man," by Robert W. Service. It was voted to give the Liberty Bond purchased by the society to the Y. W. C. A. Several new members were admitted. o PI PHI. Miss Mary Hulley entertained her Pi Phi sisters and a few friends with a shower in honor of Miss Evelyn Turnquist, at her home on Minnesota avenue, at four o'clock Saturday afternoon. The girls spent the time in knitting and chatting until every one had arrived, then Miss Turnquist was given the end of a clothes line and pulled in a clothes basket filled with numerous packages of various shapes and sizes. These contained beautiful and useful gifts. After the gifts had been admired a delicious supper was served by the hostess. The remainder of the evening was spent in merriment. o WEARY. (Continued on page three.) first the strong North Carolina A. and M. eleven, and }^esterday (Continued on page three.) Nodd—"Are you sure your wife knows I'm going to dinner with you?" Todd—"Knows! Well, rather! Why, my dear fellow, I argued with her about it this morning for nearly half an hour." I weary of The tiresome friend Who asks me when The war will end. —Detroit Free Press. But sadder, I, To meet the man Who asks we why The war began. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. The man whom we Would like to hit Is he who asks "Who started it?" —Commercial Appeal. The guy that makes Us throw a fit Asks: "What'11 we Get out of it?" —Macon Telegraph. The hardest one Of all to bear Asks: "Why go fight Way over there?" —Florida Record. But this is true, I sure do swear: Few Ed-i-tors Are fighting there. 0 Y. M. C. A. One of the best pieces of work to be done by America during the present world war will be that of the Y. M. C. A. men among white children and $167,381 Was jthe armies of Russia, France, and for the teachers of 63,486 colored children. On a per capita basis this is $11.50 for each white child of school age and $2.64 for each colored child." The inequalities between the figures for white children and those of colored children are greatest in counties where the proportion of Negroes in the total population is largest. The per capita sums for white children (Continued on page two.) Italy. These armies have been bearing the brunt of the fighting since the war began. They have asked for American aid in Y. M. C. A. work and they are going to get it out of the $35,000,000 which is to be raised. ~o "Who stole the Jewels? The "Outsider" knows. Princess Theatre, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1917. —adv.