The sun., 1906-02-25

miss their chance Of getting in az early az
possible.
to play their last big game together, and
the teamS of iaps end 1900 were to p lay their
first real INA, ch II doesn't sound - aw-
fully thrilling. But it was
From New ior. hca come grayharei
business men to see my little girl pay;
New England women to see my eldest
For an hour the New York man stood
outside Of those closed doors, suffered h!s
high hat to be knocked galley west, his
tendereet toes to be trod upon and his gen
era insignifcance to be borne in upon hlin
with irresistible conviction.
For the same approximate period ta2
Boston woman also possessed her SOU
with what pat ence and her place with what
were knocked at the same ang e Us the New
York mans hat and her tender traditions
we're trampled even az his toes.
As member Of the faculty had said to
THE sun representative that mornln 4,
for one hlissful afternoon the gym belongs
are generous with It, They let the grown
ups come and sit in the best seats and they
stand on tiptoe in the back rows and ask
one another what's happening down on
the floor and then let out shouts OF triumph
which makes you want to yell too. But
they can't get around the ru les that the
doors shall not be opened until half an hour
before the games begin, And fathers ana
mothers even must walt outside with the
rest.
But it wasn't so bad waiting. There was
one father alone who was worth 1t all lie
was tall and stately and prosperous-and
50 INJURED.
why" said he, "the ianitor tells me that
men aren't allowed to see the games Not
even if they are fathers of the players!
Why, l think it = Il shame to bar out fGhers.
I'm a father of one of the players and I've
come hundreds of miles to see her play,
and now they won't even let fathers in.
The lament in his tone az he said fathers
would nave drawn tears from Ju-Ju bird
Some one tried to reaSsure him.
"Oh. l think the fathers of players can
get in"
to let fathers see their own daughters
oughtn't they"
And so they did. When the senior and
the junior team came on the floor more than
one hoarse bass voice Joined in the roar
that greeted them.
There is stout iron railing around the
running track and it is time honorod
custo ON for the girls to sit on the floor up
there. letting their feet hang over. and
putting their heads and shoulders through
the railing. Behind them the rest of the
crowd banks up solidly. That agitated
fringe of skirts with a hanging border OF
features of the big gamcs.'
The two Rally Day contests were not
ones; a revelation in pluck and ginger to
those who are inclined to think girls games
namby-ramby. When they were over
the so to speak lay mind wondered whether
any girl who had played could move a
muscle, or any girl who had sung and
cheered could sneak above a whisper
The lay mind was promptly informed.
Bedlam broke loose the moment the last
Il Il .,lpea
'07 and 90, took one half the gym; the evens,
90 and 'us, the other. The latter produced
a little chariot belonging to 'oS and gor-
geously got up in purple and white,
One by one they laid violent hands upon
their favorites and treated them to a rousing
imitation of II Roman chariot race. Ten or
fifteen soph omores, some at the pole of the
chariot, others kindly steadying the totteT-
ing occupant, ran the reeling chariot round
and round the hall while the rest of the
sophomores and their senior allies sang
testimonial batteries to the chosen ones.
Meanwhile the junior freshmen crowd
was shouting demands for all of its cherished
idols.
-We-want-M -Morley-Sdnbornl shouted
'o7 and Co. o u,;,.o,,. sho,toa ,os
And 50 on and on. "Wenwant-Emma.
"We-want- Bob-Roberts!' -We-want-
Sophie - Widest we want j can
Welch"
And all the time the chariot rumbled
and raced and the juniors shouted and
the freshmen got hold of their new captain.
Edna True. and carried her on their
shoulders and even the grave and reverend
seniors unbent and made more noise than
they will ever be able to produce again.
1t certainly was the greatest girl tro!ic
that ever happened
Perhaps you will understand that the
white frocks were the worse for wear when
it all was over Anyhow, it was time then
to scurry home and dress for dinner. Every
table at Boyden's was engaged twice over.
And every college house mad its guests
of honor
BY half past o'clock the students build
ing was ablaze with lights and the last
feature Of rally day, a dance, was begin
ming. And it is herewith submitted to
the great apostle Of strenuosity himself
whether that didn't wind up day that
was day.
As for the games, the score of the o6-
o. one was 81 to 10 in favor OF the seniors
Tha. of the 'OS-'O9 game was s. to o in favor
of the sophomores The teams were as
! follows:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..