The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-08-22

shirt tail parade" looks like. it is sufficiently described by its name
Any boy who did not have a nightshfrt to wear pulled his ordinary shirt
o' OF mis- pants and wished it was longer. The shirt tail feature as the
most prominent one. The citizens of starkvile naturally feel friendly
toward the boys; and enjoyed their capes as much as could be x
pected.
| wish to go o n record as in favor of athletics, in favor of a deal of
tomfoolery by college students. They go through college but once, and
deserve 70 diversion. They are boys for the most part, and have the
impu'siveness of boys. the seriousness an the exdtabity of boys for what
strikes them as important when their elders have not enough youthful
ness IN hell systems to see things lin the way boys do. There is nothing
more interesting and more deserving of tolerance than boys. unless it be
girls But the College should be II o developing the mind principal
ly; and. in spite of all that can be said In favor of sports. there should be
a limit beyond which playing should not crowd out studying. Games
should " t take up owe onefo"rh Of the year fr any student A stu.
dent who a absent from classes c.fourth the year could not keep up
with his class a. he ought. Give the students athletics and pleasure to .
wholesome extent. hut let prudence mark the boundary Of such things.
While "Mi work nd ne play makes Jack a dull boy" II play and NJ
work will make him a disappointment for those who hoped he would de-
relop into a man of learning and influence. Let there be athletics also
some studying. 4 college that has military drill to take up the time of
students car lesa afford to take so much time of for athletics than an 4
college that has n o military drill. unless studying is considered useless.
SO. We see that ven the enthusiasm and the faculty OF making mich OF
makeup. lead him into wronE-dong. He cannot keep his balance. Hts
tendency is to lead the student body into excuses. to make much o n
important things. to the detriment Of the best things that a college should
stand for.
The following will interest Governor Noel and Trustee Maer. who
v"'n'y tried to de'ra'.a attention from their Job of ~hite-wa'hins. by maxi
ing a big cry abou. ~ 10. having been IN the State all my life. the head
lines and wha, follows being herein given just Is they appeared in the
Jackson Daily News of Angus, 10th:
"T.Ey FIRE A nRoADsIDE At HARDY.
"rorcmo.. Citizens. of s..rA,ne E.pr~-. Their Confidence In Editor
The following statement, to the people of Mississippi signed by ATTY
eight OF the leading citizens OF Starkvine Is sefexplanatory. and the
Daily News only dcsEes o add that only two Or hree citizens to whom II
was presented declined % sign. explaining their refusal n business o
political grounds:
"Starkvtne. Miss. Aug 5 1908.
TO the People Of Mississippi:
We. the undersigned reiden, citizens of s.arkvine. feel that VI
should make SON statement relative o the College trouble and especially
with reference to the schcarcrs. for. being residents. " e have a better
opportunity of knowing u conditions than those who reside elsewhere.
Some of us heard alt the testimony during the recent investigation.
others OF us heard partso Of the evidence n others of us only had 1t fresh
from tho lips OF o r nciIhbors and friends In whom " Q have the utmost
confidence.
MIR. Schearer and his wife have resided In our city some years. edit
Ing The southern Farm Gazette. which periodical has grown both as to
circulation and usefulness under their management. They are law
abiding. industrious. and honorable people: and from their characters
and conduct tin u midst. We have seen no just cause or excuse for either
Mr.. Noel. Governor. or Mr.. Macr. trustee and editor of the Columbus Dis
patch. abusing them so thoroughly as they have done in their recent
newspaper correspondence.
I'VE will add further that " have read Mr.. schcarcrs articles In
The Gazette styled 1.-THE Foremost Mississippi, Trouble" and do not know
II n single nstanc in which Il misaatcd facts.
we will say further that We welcome in II midst all such people as