The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-08
STANFORD IN THE
HEAT OF POLITICS
Fierce Contest fer the Office
of Football Team
Manager.
A Triangular Struggle, With
John M. Switzsr Apparently
in the Lead.
Glee and Mandolin Clubs Return Out
of Pocket, but With Much
Experience.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. CAL. Jan.
7.-One of the most interesting political
battles that has taken place in university
politics for some time is now in progress
and the outcome will be decided tom or
row. The contest is over the office of
manager of the Varsity football team of
81, and the candidates are John NJ.
Switzer '9S, T. NJ. Storke '98, and F. V.
Keesling 9S. The election OF football
manager is one of the duties Of the a,h-
letic committee, and President Pomeroy,
who is chairman, has called a meeting Of
the committee tomorrow afternoon to
perform this function.
The athletic committee is com posed of
one member from each of the four classes,
four members elected from the student
body at large and in addition the managers
of the Varsity football, baseball and track
teams. Dave Brown '97 holds the offices
of both foot ball manager and track man.
ager and thereby has the right to exercise
two votes. The contest will undou btedly
be very close, probably Ringing upon the
vote of one man.
The candidates are all prominent in
student circles and in student body poll
tics. John M. Switzer. who seems TO be
in the lead, has held several important
offices. Last year he was business mana
ger of the Sequoia, and during the pres
ent year he held the office of manager of
the freshman football team and assIsta Mt
football manager, thereby Becoming ideE.
titled with the football interests OF the
university. Keesling and Storke are the
opponents of SwitZer, and their interests
will probably be ombined by the with
drawal of one or the other before the cleo
ton. Frank V. Keesiipg is one of the
most popular men in the Junior class,
having been president of his class when q
freshman and being at present edltor-in-
chief OF Inc Junior Annual. T. NJ. Storke
is also junior and has ceen prominent in
his-class as manager OF the class's athletic
teams several times. This is his first
entry in student BODY politics.
The giee and mandolin clubs returned
TO the university late this afternoon, hav-
ing given their last concert at Sacramento
before good house last evening. The
boys are much used up, the trip having
been very hard and wearsome one.
Treasurer +. w. Morrison, who accom-
panied the club as manager, stated that
the trip had been made at a loss.
The expenses of the trip" he said,
twill be in excess of $1,000, while the act
udI IecelptS are OHly III tue elSnOO1nOOu
of $3.50, making a loss of 500 or there
abouts."
Before the clubs left the executive COM
mittee OF the student body, foreseeing the
probable result, required each member of
the clubs making the trip 10 deposit with
the treasurer their personal notes for $25
to cover any possible loss on the trip. As
twenty-three men were taken on the trip
these notes amply insure the student
body against any loss. The clubs, how
ever. nave the privilege of giving concerts
in the ne ghboring towns until April Is 10
REIN burse themselves.
The CLUBS had good houses in Sc attic,
Astoria, Portland, Salem, Eugene. Marys-
vile anu Sacramento. The audiences in
Tacoma, Olympia and Vancouver, Wash,
and Oregon City, Or, were small. Ia
coma only gave the clubs as their share
$42. The receipts in none of the towns
reached the estimates of the musical men.
The social part of the trip was very en- Joy
able, the men being everywhere treated
with the greatest consideration. Balls,
parties and hops were frequent. All along
their route they met friends who did their
utmost TO make the trip pleasant one.
In Portlands they were entertained by the
Stanford University Club, under whose
The concert given by the clubs was
praised every where for the merit and high
quality of their music, and in this respect
the trip was an unqualified success The
speciality work of Charles ]. Dillon and f.
b. Riley and the solos of p. f. Abbott re-
ceived especial praise, and added much to
the success of the concerts. The clu bs
are in fine shape now, and will give re-
turn concert on he ampuS on January 15.