The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-05

deie1t or the Central state Normal
team mob OF students pursued tho
team from the grounds TO the buss
with clubs. rocks, clods, etc, threaten.
ing the team with violence If they did
not leave the town in twenty mlnmos,
and kicking and striking the manager
Of the Central State Normal schoo:
After the boys reached the buss they
were then beseiged. missiles were
thrown at the boys, the horses we're
unhitched from the buss by the Uni
versity students and the Central Nor
NAL boys were subjected to all pos
sible taunts, jeers. ard insulting re-
marks.
The surprising part OF the whole
thing is that two very prominent men
Of the territory had sons in the mob
and seood on the side line wanting to
bet upon the results Of the game. s1ad
the mcst disgraceful feature was the
feet that this was carried on in the
presence Of members Of the faculty.
President Boyd laughed The Cen
tral state Normal has always fought
against rowdyism. and It has urged
its students to treat It's competitors
with the utmost courtesy and respect,
particularly a visiting team. Presi-
dent Umholtz. recently in an address
before the students of the Normal
urged the cultivation Of the friendly
spirit now existing between this school
and the University. And to further
the feeling between the two schools
the Central state Normal boys gave
a social reception to the University
ball team after two games played at
Edmond recently
The University has shown this con-
temptible disposition against the Cen
trail State Normal school ever since
the close Of the athletic season last
year, after Edmond carried of three
athletic prizes at the field meet, base
bali and tennis championships, after
which Norman burned the Central
Normars athletic representatives in
effigy. And as a further evidence Of
open hostilitie,s the Central State Nor
nal colors were torn down the night
before the field meet OF 1905, by the
University boys. And a further eyi-
dence of the hatred Of the University
toward the Central State Normal
school was shown by the following
article in the University paper THE
Sooner Sept. 12, 1908:
Yesterday morning there was quite
a little excitement about II o'clock.
1t seems that an infant from DR.. Um-
holtz's little school for boys and girls
began to parade up and down the
street at Norman with streamers of
bronze and blue floating in the wind.
The Sooner force, which happened to
pass, thinking he was probably a
stranger from up Podunk way who
wanted to show college spirit by wear
ing colors, went up to him and inform
ed him that he was either ignorant OF
the colors or else color blind. The
reply that he would wear what he
pleased was sumner But after due
deliberation It was decided To take
them Off which was done as quietly
as possible and the embryo student
hustled up to the farm on the after
noon train without again showing the
bronze and blue"
It is hard to believe that the Uni
versity as an institution believes In
such contemplate INCIDENCE, and base.
ness as was perpetrated against q
team visiting upon invitation. Is Il
possible that the president and mem
bers of the faculty have no control
over the student body2 Surely an in
stitution Of higher learning would not
boast that a visiting team Is not safe
to compete with it on its own grounds
on account OF this barbarism.
GEORGE WILSON.