Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-11-30
THE GIRLS
WERE AT
THE GAME
They DID Not Say Much But
They Chartered Like
Snow Birds

this game for anything In the w6rld |
don't YOU know"
Hello Mae, when did you como
down9 No. he didn't come-Kate
wouldn't let him because she couldn't !
come. No. she had cold"
'Poohl he can't play any way"
(Which way do we go. Oh. Is
this the depot carr So Salem has
street carsg"
Didn't you know that Sueg"
No, never been here before"
"Oh. well, you ain't missed any
thing guess. Keep stiil there's
Prof"
"oh girls look at that funny look
ing girl out there. She's a William
ette III bet, see the colors. Gcel |
think Willamette colors don't come
up to o. A. c. do your"
"oh there's the capitol building
isn't it9 Pretty grounds aren't
they9"
MY goodness isn't the university
a bum looker?"
That's the field over there"
"oh here's the hotel. Hope We
get something TO eat today I'm
hungry already Got the suit eases.
Conductor, will you hand me mines
Which oneG Why the dark one,
with big ribbons tied on It."
Edith got your umbrellaG"
"oh Grace dropped my bag, look
out your stepping ON Il, now see
aln't Il a fright. oh. that's all right
dearle. you didn't see IT,"
Mercy. hold up your dress, there
that's all right. I'm out"
, "Oh | forgot my coat"
well-all this, and lot more the
Stranger from strange land heard
on the car coming In from the depot
yesterday morning, when jolly
bunch OF o. A. G. girls got on the
. train and boarded the car, and II
was pleasant lot of girls too, VITA
waving colors and the "l-just-gueHs
o. A. C.-wlll-win" air about them
= The Stranger couldn't resist see
ing the game after this, 80 at 2iS'
he wondod his way out toward tht
j. grounds. Perhaps e was the thought
that he might see the same crowd
again, or perhaps II was because h'
0 wanted to see what the w. u co-ed'
u looked llke-or perhaps u was fo'
r. another roason-to see the game
= anyway he went.
4 AT 2.8O, the boys came on th'
J. field. and a cheer rose up over th'
r grnndstand that made the people "
y the nearby houses who didn't know
a there was game on, ait up an.
}. take notice. The grand stand va
nned with laughing. shoutlnl
p. crowd OF gayly bedecked people
l. The old gold and cardinal predom
e mated. but the orange penants Wer
- haunted on every side Flowers TOO
Il the place OF the ribbons TO grea
q extent. and every whore the CLEAN
Il ing red carnations we're worn py ln
10 willamette rooters, while som
It waved great heavy headed nuns
It Tho stranger found himself In
l. crowd and was borne alone win "
tide. until he found himself up In
- back seat, where he had a good Vie
: Of the proceedings. Then the gan
= was called. and everyone was qui
except a few whispers as the m'
:. came on the nold-and then q
u Stranger got interested~-he unde
stood the game-because away ba'
~ An his school days at Yale. he eou
: remember whoa he too had playe
and Just such charming girls h'
waved his eolors. After n little
began 20 lose a little interest in q
eame-he was In strange lands y
known, and 20 he looked about hil
Hs noticed partielarly the girl si'til
beside him on bis right On" ~
big dark eyes and wore a funny }
tle rod hat. with curly feathers q
carried an o. A. G. pennani. ,
kept eiapplng her hands and wa'i
the pennant frantieaily IN 'hs =
ana every time her companion 4 T,
broad shouldeFed athlete would
up ana yell. she would say Was
r1 that perfectly great. oeorset q
sls give her pennsnt another shake
~ But just then the Stranger hsa
1s lother and more interesting thil
70 in froni of him. He looked ep ~
sae a start. sure enough li VAS the .
y, ~ came crowd OF Eirls he hsa eneo'
,ls. tsred IN the morning. They "
ven AN 10 a row and we're hAyihk
20 time OF their lives. What no hs'
t. E.fuaaa fNa wells OF