The San Francisco call., 1896-10-23
Decision of the Executive Com.
mittee Causes Great Dis.
satisfaction.
TO KEEP WITHIN Expenses.
New Baseball AMI Track Managers
Eiected-Football Schedule Eay
B. Changed.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL, Oct.
22.-The executive committee made its
decision last evening in regard to the
northern trip of the Glee and Mandolin
Club, and, as heretofore stated in The
CALL, The decision gave little satisfac-
tion to the musical club members. The
decision and proposition made to the
musical club was that they should be
allowed 10 make the trip provided they
pay off in the meantime the deficiency of
some $3.50 incurred in their Southern Cali
Nfornia tour last spring and put up SIS per
man forfeit, to go toward making up any
deficiency they may incur in such pro-
posed trip, the forfeit to be refunded IN
case OF the financial success of the trip.
The ire of the Glee and Mandolin Club
men was aroused and they insisted that
such proposition was unfair; that they
would undertake to pay off all past in
debtedness before leaving but they re-
fused absolutely to put up such forfeit,
claiming that it was more than the stu
dent body demanded of the football men
or other student organizations. They
offered facts and figures of their own 10
show that beyond reasonable doubt
they would make profit for the student
body treasury.
On the other hand, the executive COM
mittee insisted that if they were so sure of
making money, then as their guarantee
would be refunded they should have no
objection to granting the student body
that security; that the student associa-
tion had found the musical club losing
proposition last year and they had no in
~ tot oh I'D = b,f
certain faculty members had given notice
that unless the debt against the associated
students was materially reduced this year,
there would be stringent regulations
against expenses next yearin all branches,
esnec;ally in football
The musical men ard their partisans
argued, and finding it of no use deter
mined TO appeal to the student body, and
a meeting will be called tomorrow to set
tie the matter. As both sides are active
and are buttonholing all student voters
the meeting promises to be most vigor-
Gus. The musical clubs, if they do not
succeed in overturning the executive COM
mittee's ruling, are in favor of withdraw
ing from student body control, but here
again the matter rests with the student
association and Will require constitutional
change. Should they succeed in disen-
tangling themselves from student body
control they still have the faculty COM
NGommittee must be obtained before any
organization of students can give an ex-
hibition as a Stanford organization. One
of the faculty members this afternoon ex-
pressed himself as opposed to risk of any
further Indebtedness, and il favor of any
reasonable proposition for preventing
such risks.
This afternoon Edwin James '9S was
elected by the athletic committee as base
ball manager for the coming season.
James IS popular civil engineering
student here and plays the game himself
He is n big I90-ponnd man and is this
year trying for the Varsity football team,
and making al excellent showing. He is
q resident OF Paso Robles.
The same committee elected Dave
Brown '97 as track manager for the year.
at the present time Brown is football
manager, and the most efficient man who
ever held the position. He has previously
served as track manager, also as track
captain, and is we'll fitted therefore, 10
look out for Stanford's interests. He has
been closely identified with the colleges
athletics ever since his entry here and is
one of the most popular men at Stanford
His major also is civil engineering, and
lie comes from Oakland.
There is possibility that the schedule
OF football games to be played will be
somewhat altered, owing to Relance's
proposed trip. They desire to play Stan
ford October "a instead of November Z. /
This would bring the Olympic vs. Stan
ford game on October 81 and the freshman
game November Z. As it would REQUIRE
some rearrangement of the Berkeley |
schedule 1t Is not yet known whether the !
change will be made.