University Missourian., March 28, 1916, Page Page Three, Image 3

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University Women's Baseball
Teams Arc Rounding
Into Shape.
ONE IS 1000 BATTER
Sophomores' Portside Slab
Arrist Is Expected to
Dazzle League.
UMVeKSIIT JPSSOPMAS; TCESBAT, XJLBCS $, IMC
-Batter tip'' Av, stand over the
plate; there 's nothing to "be afraid on
Hold the bat np the other 'way. Now
when the ball comes over tie plate,
swing at jt ' '" And swing she did.
It was rather a wiae swing, but she
didnl care she was Irarniag now.
Such arc the sounds to he heard echo
ing Iron the Women's Gymnasium amy
day this wetk. The girls are playing
indoor baseball. True, some of them
are A. B. C students, wiile others
might he ranted as graduates, but
they it all getting initiated into the
ways rl tie game before practice be
gins in the field.
:t is mostly the freshmen "who are
bf g ta-rht tie rudiments of baseball
and the art of playing it. Such ques
tions as What is a base? What is a
foul? Do 1 strike at all of them? and
so on, are answered by lie patient
gym teacher 'until these new girls are
made familiar "with th came. Tet
there are some who know more about
the game than upperclassmea may
th.ak Havcnt they witnessed the
games -n the pood old snmmer time
played between ""Prairie Flower" and
"Saxon Heights" when their heroes of
the diamond wielded tie bat as only a
professional can?
Sophomores, juniors and seniors
hare already had their introduction
when each were freshmen, for woman's
baseball has become an established
sport at tie Tniversiiy of Missouri.
These need no preliminary training
before oct-door practice begins, but
some of them, feeling the spirit of it,
are there with the freshmen putting
the ball where they want it and conse
quently putting themselves -up as an
id-al before their aspiring juniors.
Others stand by, watching the fresh
man mistakes, siring knowing smiles,
and seemingly sympathetic nods when
the poor freshman dodges tie ball or
st-.kes at tie first one that is put over.
But she do:rnt setm to care, as she
feels tiat she will get even with this
older, wiser, sister ere long.
Just two weeks of this indoor
baseball and then out go tie gu-ls,
clad ia middies and bJoomers. to try
their skill on the field. Then wien
the umpire calls "Batter up," the en
thusiast will no longer tremble to take
her place but fesl confident enough
in her ability to put tie ball wiero s
wants it to go sometimes over lie
fence.
Time was when baseball as a ret.
reation for women was scoffed at, at
the Lmversity. Such a modified form
of tie national sport was too simple to
be tolerated. Not so, now. Tie wom
an's baseball game is played almost
the same as the men's. Perhaps the bat
isn't quite so heavy, tie ball isnt quit
so large, or the diamond is a few feet
smaller; the same methods of play art
used, the mask is donned in the same
way, tie balls are pitched wili as
many fancy curves, tie bat is swung
with as muci ease, and as many homt
runs are made. Tie only difference is
in the number of players, the girls
using ten, five In the infield instead
of four.
Enthusiasm runs high, when class
games begin. The juniors and seniors
especially are rivals. Each team has
its particular players which are
cherished witi care. For example,
there is a famous first baseman with
the seniors, a left-handed one, too,
who has held ier position since her
freshman days. The juniors have an
all-star batter who makes good in any
play she attempts, knd can always put
the ball In a place where it will score
one for her team. The sophomores
boast of a southpaw pitcher whose
arm Is handled with care, and the
freshmen well, it remains to be seen
what they will develop. .
rather than eee the flowers destroyed.
Some of tb pupils want to Vnow If
"ie psyenojogj- department or the?
j poultry department of lie University
1 cannot devise. some way to train chick
ens to appreciate -flowers in the rigit j
1 way, ana so put an end to the school-
i going propensities of Mr. Chanticleer
and Mrs, Biddy, which, so far, have
proved more baffling than those of
Mary's 3amb. Tie pupils of the cook
ing department say that if the woblem
1 is turned over to them, they will solve i
it and furnish a treat of chicken sand-
wicics all round. The Mothers' Club
has enough Jo do in hovering the
jBcnton School, without attending to all
tie chickens of the neighborhood. The
members iave advised the principal to
swear out warrants for tie arrest of
the offenders.
EVEN MISSOURI MAY
LEARN, HE DECLARES
World War Will Teach Effi
ciency to All Nations,
Says S. D. Gromen
1 reasonably careful, investigation
places ns about thirty-second. 3n this
'LEADERS ARE FEW"
WILL M10YI rEErAttEIttESS PLAY
Walnut Street Theater U Exhibit
-Battle Cry f TtaetT Friday,
A picture that toot seven
to produce and tiat is 18,000 feet long
will be seen in Columbia next Friday
and Saturday. It is the "Battle Cry or
Peace," which will be shown at the
Walnut street Theater.
Tis picture is not a dramatization
of any book; It is a plea for national
preparedness. Aeroplanes, Zeppelins,
submarines, battleships and armed
says Prof. S. D. Gromcr of the depart
ment of economics, who recently stir
red St. Louis by a speech on Missouri
and Mlssourians.
"The truth is that maybe one Mis
sourian out of a thousand because of
his efficiency places Missouri first In
some line of production, and the rest
of the thousand, through inefScicn-
, motor cars, all have their place In?'. rlace her average fifteenth, tiir-
State Has Resources but
Lacks Directors, Opinion
of M. U. Professor.
"The time has come for would-be
leaders and politicians in Missouri to
io,uit making it their prime business
to siout from tie housetops tiat Mis
souri is tie first state in tie Union in
montis practically every line of endeavor,"
reSUeiCt. W Tn1- t Tfinct ft Vn-nVfnl 4m. --n . . -
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that some former slave states havel
1 beaten -us to the lowest place. 1
"What we meed in Missouri is more ""
efficiency, and that means a better 4
school system, better roads, better ,
farming, a more equitable distribution-
of wealth through co-operation and
other means and a rejuvenation of tie
country church. Wc need a new con- ,
stirutlon along modern lines and rural
and state leadership tiat realises
these great needs of Missouri and tiat
will really and efficiently lead. ,
"We have the scriptural statement
tiat "If the blind lead tie blind, tiey ,
will all fall into the ditch.' There is i
too muci of tils sort of leadership Ini
Missouri at the present time." j
drpidting the defense of the country.
Instead of tie ordinary "supe" 1,600
national guardsmen were used for the
I army and the equipment nsed had
been In real action.
( Eight hundred members of tie G. A.
iB. were brought from over tie United
'States to make tie scenes realistic Be
i sides the trained soldiers and the lead
ing actors, 5,000 horses were nsed.
1 Several of the iorses were tilled and
I several soldiers iurt while the picture
' was in tie making.
I Tie cost of tie production was
! ?1 00.000. The greater part of this was
j expended in "rebuilding" New York,
; around wbici tie action mostly takes
' place.
I Tie music for the "Battle Cry of
Peace" was arrangrd for tie picture.
and a sympiony orchestra of forty
men "play tie picture."
M. U. Graduate Brings Better Job.
D. C Wood, B. S. in Agr. '15. now
ueth or fortieth, as the case may
be. As an example, Missouri took first
on plate apples at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition, It was at once heralded
over tie state that this was lie great
est apple state in tie Union; as a mat
ter of fact, Missouri ranks In efficiency
of production of apples about forty
second. Probably more tian SO per
cent of ier orchards are nnsprayed,
and this spells, on Its face, failure.
"TVar Pemon.trates Inefficiency."
"The present war is demonstrating
the great inefficiency of many lines of
activity, said Professor Gromer.
"Witi the Allies, especially, old politi
cal and industrial methods are being
swept away for something more effi-1
cient. The close of the war will not
leave thewarring nations nearly so
weak industrially as we think, and it
will leave them strengthened enor-
mously as to efficiency. j
"To return to Missouri. We have the
soil, climate and population which. If
rp Tkree
TisiH Operate Ob.
Mrs. Ella W. Goldthwalte of Galves-
Ing at Parker Memorial Hospital. Mrs.
Goldthwalte has been visiting Mrs. W.
H. Willis.
ROSE BUSHES, VINES, HEDGES-PLANT THEM NOW.
We have all tie lardy shrubbery, such as Hydrangea, IeBtx3jL
Splrea, SnoirbalL W?ela, etc.
TLXES Clematis, HoBeysnctle, WMeru, Boston and EnclKh Ivy.
Hedges Trivet, Spire Yaa Honttrf, Barberry. plantingtoo large
er too swan for ns. We can do the pUntinc for yon. Call ns np and
talk over yonr lOwiting proposition. Ask about onr cuarante on
shrubbery.
COLUMBIA FLORAL COMPANY
Telephone ttfl. j. yy. BEEXARB, Manaciia: Florkt
AOTHER C0S0L1PATEI SCHOOL
Xcw Building Dedicated in Holt Coun
ty JKt Sim in Mij4urL
A. B. Evans, instructor in farm
crops, returned Saturday from Holt
County where he was present at the
dedication of a new consolidated
school. The school is in charge of
Lloyd Thatcher, a graduate of tie
University and a former assistant In
biology.
This is the fourth consolidated
school for Holt County and was built
by popular subscription. The question
cf another consolidated district will be
voted upon next month. There are now
ninety consolidated schools in Mis
souri. On the same trip, Mr. Evans or
ganized boys' corn clubs at Btgelbw
and Fortescue.
Ready Reference Ads
We WOl Repair It
All work guaran
teed. We special
ize on Watches,
Clocks and Jewelry
GOETZ & LlNDSEY
918 Broadway
COAL
Bt Itltirit mat Mmi - CmL
Kxclnklrr arret fr
iani.Es coal
H. R. Jackson, Prop.
rhmmt 47 til X. Mfc
Miss Anna G. Frizzell
Expert Manicurist
At the Unhersirr Barber Shop
Phone 3S2-W hi:e No. 1 1 S. Ninth
w Poultry Circular Issued.
A new circular, "The Judging of
Chickens," made its first appearance
yesterday. It was written by H. L.
Kempster, professor of poultry, for
the agricultural extension service.
Copies may be had from A. J. Meyer,
secretary of tie service. College of Ag
riculture, Columbia, Mo.
IF YOU RIDE OR DRIVE
You will like our horsei
best. General livery and
Iced stable.
WOO BALLEW
S. Eighth St.
Phon.el
Thompson's
ORCHESTRA
I to 10 pieces
for dance and other entertainments
PHONE 32
ROOFING
Tilr, Slt, Crarrt and CamjtosUlta
SofiBC. Brplrinc promptly done.
J. d. WOODS
rtonc 6G3 GifMi
COS Loecst
TAYLOR MUSIC HOUSE
pianos and Player. VicW-ola nd
Edion" Sheet music. Instructed.
AUTOMOBILES
Virginia BIdg. Sth and Cherry.
assistant professor of farm manage- i properly utilized and trained, could j
meat in tie Montana Agricultural Col- 'make Missouri tie leading common
lege at Boieman, recently refused to wealti in many lines of production. I
accept tie position of state leader of ' Alonj: with these advancements, there i
coun:y agents in New Mexico. The rea
son he gave was that he wanted to
make good at his nrst job bsfore ac
cepting a better one.
Grade Cards lned at C H. S.
Grade cards for the third quarter
were distributed at the Columbia High
School yesterday.
is no reason why Missouri should not
I take equally high rank socially and
I politically.
j JIionrfs Stand in Education.
"Most Missonrians have heard the
statement made boastingly that Mis- ,
souri is the first state in the Cnion
educationally because we had a large (
t permanent school fond, but a recent '
A FULL LINE OF
Conklin
Fountain Pens
The pen that pleases the writer.
CAMPBELL & ALEXANDER
" When xtiisTi Ikink cf iriitinj?'
920 Broanway Phone 356 Black
Dr.PRICE'S
CREAM
Baking powder
Sixty Years the Standard
Adds only healthful
qualifies to the food
CONTAINS NO ALUM
WANTED! APPBECIATITE CHICKS
Benton School Children Object to
Flower Bed Mutilation.
According to Miss L. Cornelia. Crum-
baugh, principal of the Benton School, j
some folks,' ciickens are interfering
"with tie esthetic education of other j
folks' ciildren. At the sides of the
ntrance to tie sciool the pupils have
planted beds of tulips, asters and other
early blooming flowers which the free
roring poultry of tie neighborhood
hare undertaken to tend with disas
trous results.
The pupils think that If their owners
would only keep the fowls at home
long enough to give the flowers a
chance, tie beauty would soon convert
them to such an appreciation that they
"Rould keep the chickens within bounds
BONWIT TELLER. &XO.
? Specialty 5hcp cfQnzinntlcns
FIFTH AVENUE AT 38 STREET
NEW YORK
The Esprit of the Campus.
The esprit ef the campus reflected in
gay littlcblouses for sports and costume
wear: i
In the ".Moquerie" of quaint tarns and
Canotierfeats for sports weat in a new
type of .sports apparel orieinsted by
.Bonwit "Jeller & Co:
In frocVs for class and leisure wear,
coats for' cam pus and evening wear, and
"BonteU" footwear originations.
Distinctive of Bonwit Teller cif Co. this esprit of the
campus in Jeune Fille Fashions Feminine apparel designed
especially for the girl in college.
$5.00 For Five
Church Advertisements
The Baptist, Christian, Methodist and Presbyterian churches of
Columbia are planning a "spring drive" which will take the form of
special services beginning Palm Sunday and lasting one week or un
til Easter morning.
During this period there will be special services at each of the fore
going churches each evening.
These churches in a thoroughly modern and business like manner
are going to advertise these services in the newspapers so that every
citizen of Columbia and vicinity will attend churcrfwhile the "spring
drive" is in progress.
The Missourian has been commissioned to prepare the ad
vertisements that are to be inserted in the newspapers pre
ceding the special religious week.
The Missourian feels that every7 citizen of Columbia should have an
opportunity to write an advertisement for this scries of religious ad
vertisements, so it offers $1 each for the five best advertisements.
Each ad should set forth clear and distinct reasons why every person
in Columbia should attend church during this religious week. The
'ad should not contain more than 200 words. It should be written
plainly or typewritten on one side of the paper and mailed to the
Church Editor of the Missourian not later than Saturday, April S.
The ads that win the prizes will be used with the names of the
writers if derired to open the advertising campaign. This contest is
open to school children, all university high school and college stu
dents as well as anyone else in Columbia or vicinity.
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