The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-18
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hsse sss Inaugural meeting last week IL
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Was 4 success srcM every point Of view.
tie GArsresas College entertainments net-
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DAY vas uzzx-et. however. By . se<sous
accident 20 cns % the football players.
car. AID who was sxu~cte6 ~ one time
% dis from rio sn5u-.es- Al present
kopes are entertained Of his complete
resos<-r-
In spite OF AZ predictions The freshman
team MAS defeated by - n tAs inter-
Class cszwS.s1sh.p games The defeat
Lis re more rerarkalsie IN that 4, " the
en-. senior class either La the rusa or
football. Tae Fresases we're crippled BY
rns absence o. three Of the regular play
ers, ore Of them being Murphy. quarter
back ard captain
There has been some dsnscElry regarding
the Sophomore-Fresaman reception. CO..
Ing 10 the acton q tire faculty N re-
faxlng 20 allow dancing. contrary 70
president. The reception Eay Be- given
9s on this account
The Stanford chapter Of the Phi Gam
ma Delta sa= become Sigma Rho Eta TIE
reason for tie change was . dissatissac-
ten with the old regime TIE giving
Up OF q charter o. a trznsfsrkncs OK
allegiance 70 another CHAPTER ID rare
occurrence In thu fraternity world. bat
sz by no means Gnknowu, having oc-
CURED about fifteen times since the
formation Of the FIRST OK the Greek letter
SoclefsG
Interest In track athletes has taken .
sudden boom CT account OF the first meet
lGg o. track candidates Many new men
appeared. and the hest records In the new
material are a. follows: lg-yard hurdle
dash. 10 lis seconds. Ias-yard hurdle. II
seconds. 21ryard dash. . 3-s seconds; 80
yards. s. seconds: SO yards, 1.isza: mile
rED. s@1: bread jump. 10 feet ) inches:
high jump. feet inch: pole vault.
sees 10 inches. ard shot-put. 81 feet
Walk
But 70 Offset this enthusiasm in track
events there has been = noticeable falling
CT n the football spirit. manifested by
hardness TO practice and a general lack
OF enthusiasm. Coach Cross has CON-
plained again and again OF this. and with
reason There cannot De any glory for
Stanford tais year IL the University Of
California Is allowed even to lie II again.
Stanford University. Oct E.-Massc
lovers a. Stanford we're treated TO q ane
musical programme when Herr Anton
Sehotr sang last week at the chapel for
the beaeft of the Hsiiebrand library.
Herr 6ehctt Is probably TIE tenor OF the
widest range In America. and his sesec-
tons from German opera were much en-
toyed- The musical clubs Of tha univer-
s4ty have received additional stimulus
from the renewed interest In music. The
Gee Club is pgscticsng several Few songs
ard has called for contributions OF stan
ford songs. The orchestra Is also prae-
tielng earnestly and viii play at the en-
;ertAinrnent 10 Be given the evening OF
the stAnsordACaltforusa football game,
November s.
some excitement came into the unIver-
sity life at the time Of the railroad smash
up near Palo Alto when the engineer and
fireman were killed. Kodak nends and
curio-seekers accked 20 the wreck from
tbs university ana surrounding toE Is,
ard on Sunday. The lith there was q regu
lar excursion 20 the place.
The football interests are booming now.
and two games have lately been played
one In San Francisco between the varsity
and the oiymrics resulted in tie, neither
side scoring. The freshman team was de-
feated By the Belmont school. score 1e TO
L. last Tuesday on the campus.
Political interests too are booming
Hon- Ben But:erworth. ex-congressman
Of Ohio. now sometimes known as the
father OF CALIFORNIA; coach. addressed the
Palo Alto and University Republican
clubs Ia a FIRE speech. The occasion was
Was made more en;oyabie by the playing
OF ths University and Palo Alto bands.
consolidated under the leadership of wills.
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Dr.. Jordan delivered last Tuesday his
FIRST lecture since his return 20 the uni
vcrstty, 'M2tkA and Mo:tk" a romance
a the Mist islsnds. The lecture was
surprise IN certain sense. IN that II was
no. human story. but the interesting life
tale % pair Of seas