Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-28

who aspire to the five vacant positions on
the varsity, and judging from the show
ing made by the men In practice there
will be hard fight for every one OF these
positions, with indications that the sue
cessful candidates will help to make the
team of 1908 even stronger than the crack
nine that wore the blue and gold last
spring. There are about thirty men try
ing out now and more good material
will be added to the squad as the fresh
men ineligibility rule has been abolished.
The team has played three games this
fall--one with the Relays Of San Fran
cisco, which was lost by score of to 4,
and another with the Olympic team,
which resulted in victory for the club
men, 5 to 2. The third was won from
the Elks' team by a score of 6 to 0. In
none of these games did the varsity pre-
sent anything like its full strength.
Documents Found
The discovery of certain papers known
as "the lost Carondelet papers" among
the miscellaneous manuscripts of the
Bancroft library of the University has
aroused great interest among the schol-
ars who are working there. Baron de
Carondelet was the last Spanish COVER
nor of Louisiana, and historians have
long known that there must be in exist
ence somewhere the papers of Baron de
| Carondelet.C At last they have come to
light among the manuscripts Of the Ban
croft library. These manuscripts were
obtained by M. Pinart, who was In the
employ of Mr.. Bancroft as collector in
the West Indies.
They were chiefly written during the
| last twenty years of the eighteenth CEN
tury, and upon them is based the most
! important facts of the early history OF
TTpon learning of the dis
covery of these papers Prof Frederick
J. Turner, one of the best known his
torians in the United States, said: "The
discovery of these papers Will make
necessary the rewriting of the history OF
the southwest" Following Baron de
Carondelet's term as governor he re-
turned to Europe and about that time his
papers disappeared and have not since
been known.
The papers contain reports to the gov
ernor of various expeditions sent out by
him to the west of the Mississippi and
other papers throwing light on the early
history of western exploration. Their
value is inestimable.
Freshmen Eligible
At a special meeting of the academic
council held on September Is the rule
which debarred freshmen from being
scinded. Freshmen are now eligible to
all varsity teams In the university, which
action ends the long controversy which
has followed the establishing OF the rule
In April, 1906. 1t has been felt by the
faculty and undergraduate body alike that
in all intercollegiate contests the two
universities should meet on an equal foot
ing, and it was found that the barring OF
freshmen at the University of California,
and Stanford's allowing them to play,
created a decided inequality between the
universities. Freshmen will be allowed
to compete for places upon all varsity
teams until such time as the two univer-
stiles shall jointly agree to bar them.
Football Games
Last Saturday afternoon on California
field the varsity team met the Barparians
of San Francisco for the second game OF
the season. The style of playing showed
marked Improvement over that seen a
week ago. The fast play and open work
on the field made the game interesting
at all times to the two thousand specta-
tors that were gathered on the bleachers.
The final score was victory Tor the
varsity by score of to 0.
Following the varsity game the fresh
men team played against the second
team of the Barbarians. The freshmen
have taken remarkable hold Of Rugby In
the past six weeks, and are now playing
a highly satisfactory game to Coaches
Taylor and Womble and Trainer Magee.
The score was is to 0 in favor OF the
freshman team
Visit Southern Stations
President Wheeler and Director Wick
son have left for the south to visit the
various agricultural stations OF the uni
versity. as we'll as the San Luis Obispo
Polytechnic school. The purpose OF the
visit to San Luis Obispo is to look over
the new buildings, particularly the DOR
mitory buildings, with regard to learning
what ought to be done in regard TO build.
ings at the Davisville farm. They VIII
inspect the Santa Monica forestry station
and the new pathological laboratory at
whittier This has just been opened, be-
ing laboratory suited for the study OF
diseases of fruits and trees.
Later they go to Riverside to look over
the new buildings at the Riverside citrus
station. AT all of the three last men-
TONED places new buildings have been
erected within the past year, and the
work at Whittier and Riverside Is prac-
tioally lust getting under way IN its full
vigor.
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