University Missourian., October 14, 1909, Image 1

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UNIVERSITY mSSOURIAN
VOLUME II
SNIPE HUNTING
PAST
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EDS
TVliss Leola C rider Freshman
From Kansas City Held
Sack Well but Vainly
IT WAS A LONESOME JOB
Heard em All Around Her
Hut Couldnt See Them
Moon too Bright
What is a snipe hunt anyway
asked Miss leoia Crider of Kansas
City a rrfpliuan one afternoon last
week Although a crowd of boys and
girls took lii r on one Monday night
she is not i sure that she knows
Over and across hills hollows
stiles ami barbwire fences ttie party
went until tli reached just the ideal
spot Then they lighted a candle
nnd naied it in front of a sack
propped open with sticks which Miss
Crider was left to safeguard while
they went to hhoo the snipes into the
fad
She Held the Sack
Here it comes There it goes
Watch that sack were the cries that
broke the stillness of the night Even
these cries became fainter and fainter
until there was iio sound at all
Soon Miss Crider the lonesome
guard ailed out in choked tones
Girls boys where are you all I
dont want to stay here all by myself
Why dont you come on I can hear
those things all around nie but I
cant see them Do they look any
thing like quails
Those things she heard were rocks
which the crowd had thrown near her
Isnt it a good night she asked
in trembling voice as the hunters
finally approached
Didnt any come into the sack
they asked
Xo was the reply
Moon Blinded Them
The bright light of the moon must
have blinded them and so much rain
has made the ground dry the party
explained
That was not a satisfactory answer
for the victim but she doesnt care to
try snipe hunting again she says
Miss Crider is a daughter of F P
Crider a Kansas City live stock com
mission merchant She has gone to
Kansas City on a visit having left
without knowing she was the victim of
a joke
A snipe hunt is probably one of the
oldest known forms of hazing The
innocent person is taken to a lonely
spot and given a large sack He or she
is told to hold a lighted candle at the
iiouth of the sack while the rest of
the party go out and drive the snipes
into the sack which is propped open
with sticks the inference being that
snipes are attracted by a light and
will walk into the sack After all ar
rangements are made the party leave
the subject of the joke holding the
sack while they either depart for
their homes or retire to a safe distance
and await developments
MISTAKE IN FRESHMAN SLATE
Straight Anti Frat Ticket is Found
to Contain Fraternity Man
The Straight Anti Frat ticket
elected by the freshmen of the College
of Arts and Science at a meeting in
Academic Hall this morning was not
altogether an anti frat ticket As vice
president the freshmen elected W T
Morrow of Carthage Mo a member
of the Sigma Nu fraternity They
didnt discover their mistake until too
late
For the first time in the history of
university class politics a printed
slate was circulated This was
headed Straight Anti Frat Ticket
The slate to a man went through with
a rush
The other officers elected are Pres
ident Frank P Myers of Nevada
secretary Donald D Allison Kansas
City treasurer H R Douglass Kan
sas City sergeant-at-arms Irvin Hen
son of Fredericktown the last named
being the winner of the class rush
W T Morrow explained his election
in this way A committee came to
nie about a week ago and asked me
to run for the vice presidency Noth
ing was said in regard to fraternities
aid I consented When the printed
slate was passed around this morning
I told them I was a Traf man They
were somewhat surprised but said to
let it go
Chemical Society to Meet
The second regular meeting of the
local section of the American Chemi
cal Society will be held at 7 oclock
tomorrow night in the Chemistry
Building C K Francis will report on
the summer meeting of the Chemical
Society The public is invited
LESS SHIVERING FOR TOMORROW
It Will be Partly Cloudy in Columbia
Friday Some Rain Thursday
The weather forecast for today
reads cloudy Thursday and
Friday Warmer tonight The tem
peratures
7 am 30
S am 35
9 am 42
10 am 43
Rainfall 04 inch
11 am 44
12 noon 50
1 pm 55
2 pm 59
TWO MORE CARRIERS NEEDED
Extra Men Could be Used in Distribut
ing Mail in Columbia
The post office department of Co
lumbia is making an effort to obtain
two more city carriers said E A
Hemley Jr assistant post master this
morning We can use one of them
in the north and east part of the city
The other one could be placed south of
Broadway where the student service
is very heavy
T
1 1 U
VGTORY
Dean Mumfords Comments
on School of Agricultures
Achievement
The winning of the trophy cup by
the stock judging team in Kansas City
is the greatest event in the history of
the College of Agriculture said F 15
Mumford the dean this morning
The students in the other depart
ments of the university scarcely real
ize its importance For three years
we have worked for this prize in com
petition with Iowa Kansas and Ne
braska three of the strongest states
in this line in America The winning
of the prize will be regarded by the
live stock men of Missouri as the most
important achievement of the year for
the agricultural school
The men composing the stock-judging
team for the University of Mis
souri were C M McWilliams of Knox
County John E Ryland of Kansas
City B P Smoot of Boone County H
A Hackedorn of Galion O and L A
Weaver of Henry County Of these
men four won individual cash prizes
McWilliams first Ryland second
Weaver fifth and Hackedorn seventh
The stock judged was as follows
Horses Percheron Shire German
coach cattle Hereforl Short Horn
Galloway Angus sheep r Oxford Cots
wold Hampshire Shropshire South
down swine Berkshire Duroc Jersey
Chester White mules old mules were
chosen in most cases although a few
2-year-olds were used
The superintendent of the contest
was W L Nelson assistant secretary
of the State Board of Agriculture
The trophy cup won by the Missouri
team will be placed in the main cor
ridor of the Agricultural Building It
is to be kept in a large case together
with the other trophies won by the
College of Agriculture
GRADUATE TO BE LIEUTENANT
Raymond E Lee Former Student
President Joins Coast Artillery
Raymond E Lee an alumnus of the
University of Missouri a member of
the Beta Theta Pi fraternity will re
ceive a commission as second lieuten
ant in the coast artillery service His
appointment came from F C Ains
worth adjutant general of the United
States army in Washington after Mr
Lee had taken the necessary examina
tions last July
Mr Lee is a graduate of the School
of Engineering He yas president of
student body a member of the Glee
club and other student organizations
He is 22 years old
IN THE PREP SCHOOL 446
School of Education Has Sixty Mem
bers in Teaching Force
The enrollment at the School of Ed
ucation high school has reached a
total of 446 There are sixty members
in the teaching force Of these fifty-
two are connected with the University
either as teachers or students in the
School of Education
The steam heating apparatus of the
i high school has been placed in working
order It was the delay in fixing this
that caused a postponement of school
I one day last wsek
I On the Hum Not the Bum
To the Editor of the University Missourian
In my letter to ou ot October
j printed in the October S issue of the
I University Missourian I stated that
I North Missouri was on the hum As
i it is printed in the Missourian it reads
North Missouri is on the bum North
Missouri is indeed humming and
Unionville is doing her share We
have a nrocressive Business Mens
Club of a hundred members with Mr
Bonfoey as president Therefore you
may know that there is nothing on the
bum in this section
Respectfully yours
C W MULLENTX
COLUMBIA MISSOURI THURSDAY OCTOBER 14 1909
OILY ELEVEN
IN
AT TRAINING TABLE
Marvin Doyle Candidate For
Tackle Was Taken Off
in Iast
TIGERS DO BETTER WORK
Ends Made Good Showing in
Practice Yesterday
Bradlev Does Well
Marvin Doyle a candidate for left
tackle on the Varsity football team
was taken off the training table last
night There are only eleven men eat
ing at the table now They are Ris
tine Hall Clair Hackney Pixlee
Deatherage Idler Johnson Alexander
W Roberts and Gove
After the usual signal practice and
other light work last night the Tigers
scrimmaged with the freshmen 45
minutes The Varsity had no trouble
in making gains Long gains around
the ends were made almost at will
The Tigers line held much better than
the night before After several at
tempts the freshmen succeeded in put
ting the ball over the goal from the
25 yard line
About 20 minutes was spent in punt
ing by both sides This was done to
train the men to get down the field on
the kicKs and to coach them on block
ing Bradley showed up well in return
ing punts for the Varsity
MAY STAY A WEEK IN IOWA
Plan is Proposed to Save Tigers Hard
ships of Travel
The Athletic Committee is consider
ing the advisability of keeping the foot
ball team in Iowa during the week
after the Ames game which will be
played at Ames Iowa October 23
This would save the extra travel which
would be necessary if the team should
return to Columbia and then go to
Iowa City Iowa where the next game
is to be played
If the team is allowed to stay the
members will be required to keep
lar study hours and practice regularly
Nothing definite regarding the plan
has been decided
l
JAYHAWKERS OVERCONFIDENT
Former Captain Says Defeat Would
Help Them
LAWRENCE Kas Oct 14 I am
not at all satisfied with the playing
of my team in the Oklahoma game on
Saturday said Coach Kennedy yes
terday I will start the game against
Manhattan next Saturday with several
shifts in the line If we expect to
take the big games of the schedule our
line must be vastly improved
The dopesters at Lawrence were
surprised at the result of the Manhattan-Missouri
game The Aggie
team was known to be strong but the
contest it put up in Columbia was not
expected Coach Kennedy is worried
about the game next Saturday
The Kansas team si over confident
former Captain Donald said today
The men refuse to get down and play
the game for they feel that victory
for them is a matter of course The
best thing that could happen to our
team would be a good drubbing at the
hands of Manhattan Then you would
see some playing in the other games
on the schedule Of course I do not
want Manhattan to defeat us but a
defeat would take the over confidence
out of the men and that would be a
good thing
Frank Burress Condition Unchanged
The condition of Frank Burress who
is ill with pneumonia in -the Parker
Memorial Hospital is reported un
changed today Mr Burress has been
in the hospital five days His right
lung is affected but Dr Woodson Moss
said this morning that unless his left
becomes affected his condition would
continue to be favorable
TALBOT BARRED FROM CORNELL
Kansas City Athlete Who Made Record
Here Has Condition
Lee 1 Talbot of Kansas City who
made a record in the weight events
here on High School Day 1S96 has
been refused permission to re enter
Cornell A dispatch says he failed to
pass in one subject in which he was
conditioned in his freshman year
Talbot left three records at the inter-scholastic
meet here They are
Hammer 16S feet 5 inches discus
113 feet 8 inches shot put 46 feet 6
inches
Homer Croy An Editor
Homer Croy formerly a student here
is now on the editorial staff of the De
lineator in New York and is assistant
editor of the Designer
0 OFI PUBLISHES
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A Penalty Will Be Imposed
for Cutting Before or
After Holidays
DEANS MUST APPROVE
Stunt Days Will Not Be
Allowed Unless Permis
sion Is Given
The University of Missouri purposes
to end the practice of students leaving
school before holidays A recent rule
just published by the university and
circulated among the students provides
a penalty from one to six hours to be
deducted from the students credit if
he or she leaves the university on
either of the two days preceding on
the two days following holidays
This is the first time that the uni
versity has circulated rules for the
guidance of students among the stu
dent body The rules cover all stu
dent activities
One rule pertains to department holi
days or stunts Before any can be
given the permission of the dean must
be obtained The rule states Anyi
student who absents himself on a day
which without being an authorized
holiday has been declared a holiday
by any group of students shall be
reported by the teacher to the dean
The penalty in this case is the same
as leaving the university before holi
days This rule is not intended to
abolish stunts They will be per
mitted as before but the permission
of the dean must first be obtained
One rule covers the organization of
societies and clubs among the students
Each society is required to file with
the registrar of the university at the
beginning of each session the names
and addresses of its officers This re
fers to fraternities as well as other
student organizations
ANOTHER SMALLEST STUDENT
Frank R Eversole Takes the Palm
From Lyndon B Phifer
Lyndon B Phifer the sophomore
journalist who last year had the repu
tation of being the smallest student
in the University can no longer claim
that honor Frank Rutledge Eversole
a freshman in the College of Arts
and Science is even smaller than
Phifer Last fall Phifer as 16 years
old weighed 105 pounds and was 5
feet 2 inches tall Today Eversole is
10 years old weighs 93 pounds and
is 5 feet 1 inches tall
Eversole lives at 1302 Kaiser avenue
in this city He was graduated last
year from the Columbia High School
He is taking gymnasium work this
year is a good tennis player and is
interested in all kinds of athletics
NEW SONGS FOR UNIVERSITY
To Be Sung at the Mass Meeting
Tomorrow Night
Two new songs for the University
of Missouri one composed by Dr W G
Bek and the other by Prof B F Hoff
man will be sung at the mass meeting
in the university auditorium tomorrow
night Mid the Hills of Old Missouri
has also been set to band music and
will be played before a university aud
ience for the first time by the Cadet
band tomorrow night A speech will
be made by Dr Bek The meeting will
be held at 715 oclock
GOODMAN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Russian Student Who Learned English
in Three Months Has Fever
Alexander Goodman a Russian was
taken to the Parker Memorial Hospital
last night suffering with fever Dr
Woodson Moss said he did not con
sider his condition alarming Mr
Goodman is a student in the College
of Arts and Science He came from
Wolynien Russia a year and one half
ago He speaks six languages He
learned the English language from a
orrespondence school in three months
Scientific Association to Meet
The Scientific Association of the
University of Missouri will meet at
j 730 oclock Saturday night in the
ology Building Dr A T Olmstead
j will speak on The Recent Revolution
in Turkey
Rothwell Elected Elk Trustee
The Missouri Elks perfected a state
organization at Mexico this week The
first convention will be held in Mexico
in June 1910 W H Rothwell of Co
lumbia was elected trustee for two
years
Leo R Sack formerly a student in
the School of Journalism is now city
editor of the Greenville Morning
Times Mr Sack until recently was
a reporter for the Natchez News
GILCHRIST FORMER
TIGER NOW AT ROLLA
K P Gilchrist
ROLLA A PART OF UNIVERSITY
Dr A Ross Hill Urges Students To
Treat Them as Such at Game
We must remember that the stu
dents at Rolla are part of the Univer
sity of Missouri said Dr A Ross
Hill president of the University of
Missouri at assembly this morning
We ought to give them a kind recep
tion at the game next Saturday
The students at the School of
Mines are very sensitive about being
spoken of as belonging to a separate
school I am sorry that the game is
scheduled as the University of Mis
souri against Rolla
President Hill also spoke regarding
the various meetings called by stu
dents at the assembly hour
The assembly hour was left open
by the Board of Curators so the stu
dents might gather in the auditorium
I have not given my consent to any
meetings at this hour If the majority
of the studen s wish the assembly to
be discontinued I have no doubt that
it will be abolished it is abolished
however it will not be an open hour
but will be used for recitations
STILL THE HAZING GOES ON
Freshmen Had to Submit to a Medical
Examination Last Night
Fake medical examination of several
freshmen was conducted by two medi
cal students and two students in the
department of animal husbandry at
Benton Hall last night
The unsuspecting freshmen were
marched into a room where a careful
diagnosis of the case was made They
were made to lie on a table while the
students conducting the examination
sounded their lungs listened for trem
ors of the heart examined bacilli from
their blood and gave an ink cure for
the lumbar region of their back Some
of the freshmen had trouble with their
internal organs and relief in the form
of harmless pills and lotions was
given The patients history his past
sickness and his present trouble were
taken down by the examiners who
will keep it for future reference
Those men who were hazed were L
C Cond who had had measles mumps
pneumonia and at present has ma
laria J S Matthews chicken pox two
years ago otherwise in good condition
E E Armstrong taking gymnasium
A P Pulkis rapid and infrequent
pulse Y A Kobel in good condition
and taking military J L Bradley
whooping cough and appendicitis D
E Armstrong awaiting treatment
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DETROIT Mich Oct 14 Detroit
made it a tie in the worlds champion
ship series here today by winning the
sixth game score 5 to 4 Each team
now has three games to its credit
Detroit found Willis for ten hits
Pittsburg got eight off Mullin Each
team made one error
A seventh game wiii be necessary
to decide the championship
The batteries were
Detroit Mullin and Schmidt
Pittsburg Willis and Gibson
FORBIDS MEETING OF GIRLS
Dr A Ross Hill Refuses Women Privi
lege for Assembly Hour
The university women gathered
for their first mass meeting this morn 1
NUMBER 20
CHARGES CONSPIRACY
OE
LIQUOR
EN
J A Stewart Says Movement
Is Under Way to Dis
credit Local Option
i FINES ARE TOO SMALL
Asserts Jail Sentences Are
Needed to Stop Illegal
Whiskv Sales
While much whisky is sold illegally
by some drug stores of Columbia I
do not think that nearly so much is
sold now as when the saloons were
open three years ago said Judge 1 A
Stewart today It was Judge Stewart
who brought the complaint against Dr
Charles Hume which resulted in the
revocation of Humes license for pre
scribing whisky illegally
I believe there is an organized
movement among the liquor men to
bring local option into disrepute by
making as many men drunk as pos
sible continued Judge Stewart
Then there is always the man who is
after the money whether it can be
obtained honorably or not
Too Many orndil Fines
Twenty good men working together
can put a stop to much of this illegal
sale of liquor One trouble is that
there are too many minimum fines
Vhen a man is caught he should not bo
dismissed with less than a years sen
tence in jail Jail sentence will al
ways have the desired effect It would
be better to have fifty cases go to
trial and have forty nine of them ac
quitted and one get a year in jail
than to have all pay a minimum fine
Officers never should promise the
violator of the local option law clem
ency for a plea of guilty I do not
believe they should be so afraid to get
into court What does it matter if
they lose a few cases if they get a
man in jail for a year That will put
a stop to him for a while at least
Concerted Action Needed
There should be some concerted
action here for law enforcement Men
must not be weak hearted if they hope
to put a stop to this open violation of
the law when it is a disgrace to the
decent people of the community A
300 fine can be made back in the sales
of a few Saturdays by a whisky joint
Nothing but jail sentences will do the
work Officers should not show fav
oritism
While before the State Board of
Health this week its members assured
me they were willing to do their part
in punishing the whisky doctors when
the charges are brought in the proper
form
A G NEWMAN LOSES MUSTACHE
Fire Chief Was Not Singed But Had
Accident With Scissors
A G Newman chief of the lire de
partment found time between fires in
Columbia the other day to trim his
mustache For many years Mr New
man has taken pride in his long white
mustache and has kept it trimmed in
the latest style He was chagrined
when the shears slipped and cut off too
much on one side of his mustache Ho
was trimming it as best he could when
his attention was distracted by one of
his favorite dogs Instead of stopping
his cutting the scissors gave one big
whack that disfigured the beard of his
upper lip
Grieved as Chief Newman was there
was nothing then to do but get a clean
shave and wait until nature can cover
his upper lip with another coat of hair
TWO SOPHOMORES EXPELLED
Four Others Sought at Michigan U
for Hazing
ANN ARBOR Mich Oct 14 Ros
coe Rose of Big Rapids Mich and
Edward Kelley of Mount Morris N Y
two sophomores of the literary depart
ment have been expelled from the Uni
versity of Michigan for hazing first
year men despite the warning of the
faculty Four others are being sought
For the last two years hazing at
j Michigan has been increasing
dent Hutchins said today
I We shall continue to expel those
who wilfully disobey the few ruls we
j have thought best to lay down
COLUMBIA LIGHT SERVICE BAD
Students Get Lessons by Oil Lamps
a Reader Complaii s
To the Editor of the University Mlmurarian
ing When the chairman miss uaryi ian me university Mia
Leitch started to call the meeting to i us why the city is furnishing
order she was told that Dr A Rossi
Hill president had come to the wo
mens bulletin board and taken the
sign down He ordered the assistant
matron to close the doors of the wo
mens parlors so that the girls could
not have a mass meeting It inter
fered with the assembly he said
zens such miserable electric
ice Last night the electr
globes gave out only a dull rr
Many students had to study b
This has happened many l
cently Is it the fault of n
Dwnership bad management
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