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Published weekly in the interest of the Illinois Wesleyan University and its students. VoL. XII. No. 4. BLOOMINGTON, ILL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS NO ROWDY FOOT BALL Taft, Elliott, and Roosevelt Give Their Opinions on Clean Athletics Other College News Secretary Taft, of the War Department, of the United States made the announcement this week thab'an example would be made of any of the cadets at West Point who played rough or rowdy football and in order to make this stronger said that the dismissal of the cadet would re-sult if necessary. The secretary is a Yale Gradu-ate and said "Football as it is played is a brutal and unsports-manlike game. T''he President has discussed football with me several times lately and there is altogether too much rough play and unnecessary injuring of players and I am in accord with his views.' 'I am not in favor of having the games of the army and navy abolished as long as they are fairly and cleanly played; but if there is any sign of intentionally rough work this fall, I shall do my best to have the game stopped. We must rid the game of its worst features and then we can know if it is worth the candle." President C. W. Elliott of Harvard said referring to Roose-velts talk with men representing the college football, "The presi-dent with his usual vigor has tackled a hard job. It is hard to bring about a reform with the very men who have long known about the existing evils and have been largely responsible for their continuance. His only chance is to convinnce them that the evils have become intoler-able." President Elliott was asked if he had had any conference with the President as regards to cleaner football and he replied that he had talked to him while he was here at the last com-mencement at Cambridge. For many years President Elliott has made objections to football in his annual report and he now hopes that with the co-operation of the President that football will be placed on cleaner basis. Wesley C. Lowrher, a student at the Northwestern Medical Academy was found dead in his room. His death was caused by escaping gas and as there was no reason assigned for his wish-ing to commit suicide the asphyxiation is thought to be accidental. His parents live in Virginia; he was always in good circumstances and was engaged to be married. He is a graduate of Milton College of Milton Wis-consin. Y. M. C. A. CONVENTION Annual State Convention Opens In This City Today-Some Noted Speakers on Program The Annual State Convention of the Y. M. C. A. opens in this city to-day. The sessions will be held at the Coliseum. Gov. Deneen will give the opening address at the Coliseum Thurs-day evening. Some of the principle speakers at the con-ventionwill be S. D. Gordon, E. T. Colton; Fred B. Smith and others of national reputation. The Wesleyan association will take advantage of this oppor-tunity to get better acquainted with the scope and methods of association work and will have about thirty delegates in attend-ance at the convention. They will wear badges of the college colors, "Wesleyan"being printed in white on green ribbon. At the close of the meeting last Sun-day the local association voted to pledge ten dollars at the con-vention for the state work of 1906. Saturuay noon a luncheon will be given to the student dele-gates by the Wesleyan and Normal associations at the Normal gymnasium. About two hundred are expected to be present. The luncheon will be prepared by the ladies of the Congregational church at Normal and served by the Young ladies of the Y. W. C. A's of the insti-tutions. After dinner addresses will be made by C. H. Gaffin of the University of Wisconsin and E. F. Colton of New York on student work. The principal address of the closing day of the convention will be given by Fred. B. Smith to a men's meeting on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. CUMMINS AND GOINS Rev. Cummins who comes to Hudson where he succeeds Rev. C. W. Hamand, '05 comes to us as a new student. He enrolled this week. Rev. Goins of Missouri is going to the LeRoy Circuit for the year. He arrived in the city Thursday and went down to Downs with H. W. McPherson, former pastor of his charge, where they spent Thursday even-ing talking over the goin's and comin's and ups and downs re-garding his work. Verily things are moving in the Wesleyan, Goins and Cummins in one week. The Y. M. C. A. meeting Sunday was well attended. Mr. E. V. Young led the meeting, taking as his subject, "The Shibboleth of Fate." A FEW CLASS ELECTIONS Officers For The Year Are Elected in Various Classes After Fierce Political Campaigns The past week has been filled with politics, fierce and partisan. On Monday evening the Senior Law class assembled to elect offi-cers. It soon became evident that no factions existed and the fol-lowing slate was elected without a dissenting vote. President, John Sullivan; Vice President, Matz Thompson; Sec-retary, Shelton McGrath; Treas-urer, B. O. Sumner; Banquet Speaker, Geo. Smith. However, in the law class of 1907 harmony was non-existent. Two factions developed and as a result a bitter fight was raged. Harsh words were exchanged. Many confidential talks and per-suasions were indulged in and we fear not the best of spirit pre-vailed. Finally after some clever pulling of the ropes by the boss of the class, who evidently had ambitions set on the honor of the Senior presidency, the election was settled and the prevailing party chose these: President, A. Cochran; Vice- President, C. Kirkpatrick; Secre-tary, W. W. Dameron. The Freshman Law class re-fused to allow any such partisan spirit to rule and after a short conference the officers were billed thus: President, W. G. McCauley; Vice President, C. Heyl; Secre-tary, Paul Pollock. Last Tuesday the Freshman class of the Literary Department gathered together for the sake of the organization. Although there were two tickets in the field the contest was short and decisive. Following are the officers: Presidenl, L. Kuhn; Vice President, Miss E. H. Roe; Sec-retary, B. K. Welch. On Wednesday morning the class of '06 met and observed the time honored custom of re-elect-ing the old officers. But one exception to this rule was ob-served and that was because of the absence of the vice-president of last year. These are the officers: President, D. S. Jeffers; Vice President, S. E. Coss; Secretary, Miss Grace Chapin; Treasurer, J. Austin Burrows. The resignation of Miss Emma Parker came as a surprise to the student body. Miss Parker has been conducting the Greek classes and has shown her ability along this line by most excellent work. Her departure is regretted by all of the Greek students. As we go to press we are authorized to state Prof. Wilbert Ferguson has been unanimously chosen to fill the vacancy. WESLEYAN, 0; U. OF I., 0 Our Boys Put Up a Plucky Game and Succeed in Holding Opponents Down Five Regulars on Team Wesleyan football team played five varsity substitutes and the best of the University of Illinois scrub team Sat. Oct. 14 at Wilder Field and held them to a tie score. The final standing was 0 to 0, neither team being able to carry the ball over for a touchdown. The best eleven that could be picked outside of the varsity team at Ill. was sent here to-gether with five of the varsity men that have played in regular varsity games this season. Three of the men in the game against Wesleyan have been playing ball at Illinois for the past three years. While the Illinois men were heavier than the Wesleyan team, they were held for downs time after time and Wesleyan played with a dash that carried the Illi-nois line off its feet. Kays for Illinois was the surest gainer for the visitors, making his gains by hurdling the line. The Ves-leyan back field attack was vigorous at all times. Kennedy at right half made the best gains for Wesleyan and did splendid work on the defensive several times stopping sure touchdowns and throwing the runner for loss. On the offence he carried the ball for two long gains, the first one was an end run through a broken field for thirty yards. The other was a forty yard run after a fake place kick. McCulloch did good work at left half and finished the game in as good condition as when he started. Baum at full back for Wesleyan was one of the brightest men in the game, but he hit the line for a gain in almost every instance. Powell, one of last season's star players who recently joined the team did fine work in the line. It was impossible for the Illinois team to make any gain through him. Kohl played his usual game many times breaking through the visitors heavy line. Zweng at tackle was pitted against a man that outweighed him twenty-five pounds and played his man well. Doolittle and Denton at ends had little to do as the Illinois backs were unable to circle them. Denton made good gains whenever he carried the ball. O'Connell at guard played hard and was replaced by John-son owing to the fact that he had not been able to practice. The rest of the season he will be out for practice every night. Capt. McCulloch at quarter- Continued on Page 4, Column 2 BRne
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Title | 1905-10-20 The Wesleyan Argus |
Publication title | The Wesleyan Argus |
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Full Text | Published weekly in the interest of the Illinois Wesleyan University and its students. VoL. XII. No. 4. BLOOMINGTON, ILL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS NO ROWDY FOOT BALL Taft, Elliott, and Roosevelt Give Their Opinions on Clean Athletics Other College News Secretary Taft, of the War Department, of the United States made the announcement this week thab'an example would be made of any of the cadets at West Point who played rough or rowdy football and in order to make this stronger said that the dismissal of the cadet would re-sult if necessary. The secretary is a Yale Gradu-ate and said "Football as it is played is a brutal and unsports-manlike game. T''he President has discussed football with me several times lately and there is altogether too much rough play and unnecessary injuring of players and I am in accord with his views.' 'I am not in favor of having the games of the army and navy abolished as long as they are fairly and cleanly played; but if there is any sign of intentionally rough work this fall, I shall do my best to have the game stopped. We must rid the game of its worst features and then we can know if it is worth the candle." President C. W. Elliott of Harvard said referring to Roose-velts talk with men representing the college football, "The presi-dent with his usual vigor has tackled a hard job. It is hard to bring about a reform with the very men who have long known about the existing evils and have been largely responsible for their continuance. His only chance is to convinnce them that the evils have become intoler-able." President Elliott was asked if he had had any conference with the President as regards to cleaner football and he replied that he had talked to him while he was here at the last com-mencement at Cambridge. For many years President Elliott has made objections to football in his annual report and he now hopes that with the co-operation of the President that football will be placed on cleaner basis. Wesley C. Lowrher, a student at the Northwestern Medical Academy was found dead in his room. His death was caused by escaping gas and as there was no reason assigned for his wish-ing to commit suicide the asphyxiation is thought to be accidental. His parents live in Virginia; he was always in good circumstances and was engaged to be married. He is a graduate of Milton College of Milton Wis-consin. Y. M. C. A. CONVENTION Annual State Convention Opens In This City Today-Some Noted Speakers on Program The Annual State Convention of the Y. M. C. A. opens in this city to-day. The sessions will be held at the Coliseum. Gov. Deneen will give the opening address at the Coliseum Thurs-day evening. Some of the principle speakers at the con-ventionwill be S. D. Gordon, E. T. Colton; Fred B. Smith and others of national reputation. The Wesleyan association will take advantage of this oppor-tunity to get better acquainted with the scope and methods of association work and will have about thirty delegates in attend-ance at the convention. They will wear badges of the college colors, "Wesleyan"being printed in white on green ribbon. At the close of the meeting last Sun-day the local association voted to pledge ten dollars at the con-vention for the state work of 1906. Saturuay noon a luncheon will be given to the student dele-gates by the Wesleyan and Normal associations at the Normal gymnasium. About two hundred are expected to be present. The luncheon will be prepared by the ladies of the Congregational church at Normal and served by the Young ladies of the Y. W. C. A's of the insti-tutions. After dinner addresses will be made by C. H. Gaffin of the University of Wisconsin and E. F. Colton of New York on student work. The principal address of the closing day of the convention will be given by Fred. B. Smith to a men's meeting on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. CUMMINS AND GOINS Rev. Cummins who comes to Hudson where he succeeds Rev. C. W. Hamand, '05 comes to us as a new student. He enrolled this week. Rev. Goins of Missouri is going to the LeRoy Circuit for the year. He arrived in the city Thursday and went down to Downs with H. W. McPherson, former pastor of his charge, where they spent Thursday even-ing talking over the goin's and comin's and ups and downs re-garding his work. Verily things are moving in the Wesleyan, Goins and Cummins in one week. The Y. M. C. A. meeting Sunday was well attended. Mr. E. V. Young led the meeting, taking as his subject, "The Shibboleth of Fate." A FEW CLASS ELECTIONS Officers For The Year Are Elected in Various Classes After Fierce Political Campaigns The past week has been filled with politics, fierce and partisan. On Monday evening the Senior Law class assembled to elect offi-cers. It soon became evident that no factions existed and the fol-lowing slate was elected without a dissenting vote. President, John Sullivan; Vice President, Matz Thompson; Sec-retary, Shelton McGrath; Treas-urer, B. O. Sumner; Banquet Speaker, Geo. Smith. However, in the law class of 1907 harmony was non-existent. Two factions developed and as a result a bitter fight was raged. Harsh words were exchanged. Many confidential talks and per-suasions were indulged in and we fear not the best of spirit pre-vailed. Finally after some clever pulling of the ropes by the boss of the class, who evidently had ambitions set on the honor of the Senior presidency, the election was settled and the prevailing party chose these: President, A. Cochran; Vice- President, C. Kirkpatrick; Secre-tary, W. W. Dameron. The Freshman Law class re-fused to allow any such partisan spirit to rule and after a short conference the officers were billed thus: President, W. G. McCauley; Vice President, C. Heyl; Secre-tary, Paul Pollock. Last Tuesday the Freshman class of the Literary Department gathered together for the sake of the organization. Although there were two tickets in the field the contest was short and decisive. Following are the officers: Presidenl, L. Kuhn; Vice President, Miss E. H. Roe; Sec-retary, B. K. Welch. On Wednesday morning the class of '06 met and observed the time honored custom of re-elect-ing the old officers. But one exception to this rule was ob-served and that was because of the absence of the vice-president of last year. These are the officers: President, D. S. Jeffers; Vice President, S. E. Coss; Secretary, Miss Grace Chapin; Treasurer, J. Austin Burrows. The resignation of Miss Emma Parker came as a surprise to the student body. Miss Parker has been conducting the Greek classes and has shown her ability along this line by most excellent work. Her departure is regretted by all of the Greek students. As we go to press we are authorized to state Prof. Wilbert Ferguson has been unanimously chosen to fill the vacancy. WESLEYAN, 0; U. OF I., 0 Our Boys Put Up a Plucky Game and Succeed in Holding Opponents Down Five Regulars on Team Wesleyan football team played five varsity substitutes and the best of the University of Illinois scrub team Sat. Oct. 14 at Wilder Field and held them to a tie score. The final standing was 0 to 0, neither team being able to carry the ball over for a touchdown. The best eleven that could be picked outside of the varsity team at Ill. was sent here to-gether with five of the varsity men that have played in regular varsity games this season. Three of the men in the game against Wesleyan have been playing ball at Illinois for the past three years. While the Illinois men were heavier than the Wesleyan team, they were held for downs time after time and Wesleyan played with a dash that carried the Illi-nois line off its feet. Kays for Illinois was the surest gainer for the visitors, making his gains by hurdling the line. The Ves-leyan back field attack was vigorous at all times. Kennedy at right half made the best gains for Wesleyan and did splendid work on the defensive several times stopping sure touchdowns and throwing the runner for loss. On the offence he carried the ball for two long gains, the first one was an end run through a broken field for thirty yards. The other was a forty yard run after a fake place kick. McCulloch did good work at left half and finished the game in as good condition as when he started. Baum at full back for Wesleyan was one of the brightest men in the game, but he hit the line for a gain in almost every instance. Powell, one of last season's star players who recently joined the team did fine work in the line. It was impossible for the Illinois team to make any gain through him. Kohl played his usual game many times breaking through the visitors heavy line. Zweng at tackle was pitted against a man that outweighed him twenty-five pounds and played his man well. Doolittle and Denton at ends had little to do as the Illinois backs were unable to circle them. Denton made good gains whenever he carried the ball. O'Connell at guard played hard and was replaced by John-son owing to the fact that he had not been able to practice. The rest of the season he will be out for practice every night. Capt. McCulloch at quarter- Continued on Page 4, Column 2 BRne |
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