The San Francisco call., 1895-11-14
Present Tendency Toward Less
Preparatory Work on
the Campus.
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS MEET.
President Sheldon, DIR. Jordan and
Others Encourage the Students
to Play Ball.

3 oL A-NIO1lD ONI LIekOI SaL., 4NOFs
13.-Camp's lecture last evening was at
tended by such crowd OF students as
only the 'sfather of footbalT' could call out.
The chapel was crowded with students
and faculty members. Not less than 700
listened with closest attention to Camps
discourse. The subject treated by the
coach was college Athletics" but he
devoted himself almost exclusively to his
favorite subject-football.
He was introduced by President Jordan
in neat speech, and Camps appearance
was greeted with the Yale yell. In re-
sponse TO DR.. Jordan final, "This is Mr..
Camps night" the coach instantly re-
piled, "And hope Thanksgiving will be
your day."
The lecturer explained the new rules and
the reason why public opinion demanded
them. He asserted, however, that foot
ball must be played in the proper spirit or
rules could accomplish little, no matter
how ironclad they might be or how zeal
ously they were enforced. He explained
the evils of overtraining and suggested
that possibly public opinion was right in
decrying so much preliminary training for
college games. The present tendency, he
said, is toward less rigid, less extended
training. Camp always enlivens his lec-
lures with witty anecdotes and last even
ing good share of his remarks were de-
voted to amusing tales by way of illustra-
ton.
In conclusion Camp emphasized the fact
that the true sportsman is not the one
W no always wins, but he who can bear his
share of the defeats in a cheerful manner
remembering that he has received infinite
good in the training received, and that
loss is to be expected as often as victory,
or sport loses it's interest.
Immediately after Camps lecture, Presi-
dent Sheldon of the Associated Students
called the mass-meeting to order. In a
short but stirring address, he set forth the
reason of the meeting, that it was to arouse
college enthusiasm and plans to be per-
fected for outdoing Berkeley on Thanks
giving.
He remarked Stanford's S prestige in foot
bail and eXhorted all students to throw
themselves heart and soul into encourag-
ing student enterprise and especially the
varsity eleven. DR.. Jordan was then intro
duced as "the man who is most interested
IN the big game" In response DR.. Jordan
said:
I began to think it was the other fellows
time to win; that we had won every other
time, aud as this was the winter of our diseon-
tent, we could afford to let the other fellows
defeat US. But Professor Camp is with us
again and the banner he carries has never vet
been trailed in the dust. 1t would not be a.
good thing for him to carry defeat back to
Yale with him. So out of consideration for
him have begun TO feel differently
Then there some new men who have
never played in the team before and who have
never won game. 1t would not be fair for
these men to lose their first game. Then, too,
there are also some old players who have never
lost game, and of course they do not want
their records broken.
We have another duty. 1t is one of the func-
tions OF this university to keep the University
of California in the line of its highest IDEAL 1t
would not be just for the University of Cali
fornia to win until it has an ideal team. 1t is
therefore for their own good, as well as for
the good of the great State of California, to
hold back the victory from them again.
Captain Cochran made a few happy re-
marks, and Professor Ross was presented
TO the students as the most enthusiastic
advocate of football on the campus.
Professor Ross Endorsed DIR. Jordan's
position, saying:
L decided that we ought to let the University
OF California win this time but have chan ged
my mind. Next year win be soon enough. and
when that time comes round l shall still be of
mypresent mind
President Sheldon, desiring that the
students should acquire all information
possible on the subject, invited Mr.. Camp
to address the mass-meeting.
Mr. Camp after apologizing for again
appearing before the students, said:
shall be only too happy to state Just what
the members OF the team need from this
studentbody. They need all the cheering YOU
can give them on the field and ali the con-
yersation you can give them off the field.
Every encouragement should be given to bring
out good second eleven. The prime necessity
for football is plenty of material to draw from.
1t means not the victory for one year, but for
many years.
AT the conclusion of these remarks the
following-named students made short
comments: Miller 49, Irwin 49, Palmer
'97. Brown '96, Walton ex-'96, Anfenzer '9e.
J. Reynolds, 49, Frankenheimer '96, Col
ton '9S, Fickert '97, Williams 1917.