The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-30

The weeks events have been pretty
well told. day by day, in the local press.
The president and Dean Shepperd are
at Billings this week, guests Of the
Northern Pacific road. Dean Shepperd
delivered a speech which is reprinted
this week In The Bismarck Tribune, on
Dry Farming In North Dakota, The
fqcultv reception to the students was
III it's kind the best ever held at the
Al. C.. Paste day has passed and gone.
Some Interesting Figures.
To deal in figures, and not with gilt
terinr reneralities. there were in the
institution on Sept. 80, this fall l66
men students, SO of which. under the
twelve weeks rule, are debarred from
football athletics. This is 3S per cent
of the total. 1t may well be questioned
whether a large institution. like for
example the University Of Wisconsin,
would consent to exclude from possible
field material 3S per cent OF its stu
dent body. But, waving that question
aside, an examination Of these figures
shows that the entire second team and
three OF the first team come from the
body of students excluded under the
twelve weeks ruling. 1t is not good
business TO go onto the field under
such a handicap Ten men qualify
under the present eligibility rules. No
team can enter a contest with fair
chance. win or lose unless 1t can draw
ali its strength from eligibles. The A.
C. cannot afford to accept schedule
that puts not only It's subs but part OF
fts main tine in the column of doubtful
acceptance. OF the 1OS students that
can qualify under the twelve weeks
rule, SO have not taken part In football,
and to believe that we can find mater
ial this year, or next, or the next Tor
that matter, within the present eligi-
bilIty rules, is to have optimism that
disregards both figures and normal
growth.
The Gist of the Situation.
The situation in a nutshell is this:
If we play the game this year and win,
we cannot ask nor expect to see the
rule changed. And unless next year
we can secure its suspension, we are
In the same situation as this, with the
further disadvantage that the rule then
is definitely operative. If we lose the
game this year to the u, we cannot
fishing. The whole foundation of sport
is that there be an equality between
the contestants. And until that parity
is established so far as selection of
material for the opposing teams is
concerned, the U. and the A. G. can
hardly hope to meet in continued har-
monious athletic relations.
1t is a plain business proposition.
The two schools want to ger together.
ANY Arrangement that overlools the at
titude of the student body of either
institution is bound TO fall through.
ANY arrangement that substitutes senti-
ment for practical business relations
must fail. But there Is wide margin
of solid business ground on which the
two may meet for continued series
OF years, and on any business PROPOSE
ton where there is equal give and take
the student body of the A. c. as well
as those in direct control of the ath-
letic situation. is more than willing 90
meet with the student body of the u.
Play ball
900
Polytechnic.
The sessions of the Polytechnic are
more interesting this year, II anything,
than they were last. Last Wednes-
day evening the subject of Antitoxins
was UP for discussion. and Professors
zuifie, Van Els and Beckwith spoke TO
a highly interested audience. Profess
sor Zeifle told how the antitoxins of
diphtheria and smallpox were prepared
in the Parke, Davis Co.. laboratories
in Detroit. Mich illustrating by slides
loaned for the occasion by that COM
pany, the method of preparation fol-
lowed throughout. The care taken to
secure only healthy animals in the
preparation Of the serum used for in
lection was shown. the absolute clean
illness of barns, laboratories, attend
ants, emphasized
What Antitoxin IL.
It is the watery part of the blood
OF an animal that has been made i'm
mune to a certain disease, as for ex-
ample, diphtheria. BY giving at first
creasing it from time to time the ply
stefan is able at last to give, let us
say. 1000 times the original dose. This
animal is resistant to a very high de-
gree, to the disease in question. We
say II Is immune. We will now take
the blood of the animal, only little of
which is drawn at any one time, and
q clot quickly forms. The rest is the
blood serum, and in this is the prin-
cipal, or what you please to call it,
that confers immunity This serum,
after being uttered to keep out all
bacteria, is standardized" or in other
words II is made of uniform and known
effect as a medicine. 1t is then put
up for use, and sent out, After
time its strength lie impaired, and it
becomes necessary to secure later
preparations.
What Antitoxin Does.
DIR. Van Els spoke OF the action Of
the serum upon the system What Is
known to the bacteriologist as the
Enrich Theory Is a. working basis,
though il may not explain all the facts
in all cases The cells of the body
have an affinity for the bacteria germs
of certain diseases. When the disease
germ enters the system 1t unites with
the cell, breaking down Its structure
and destroying 1t. If there are enough
OF the invading army Of disease germs
and they multiply In the body with
great rapidity, death results. The an
titexin increases the readiness of the
cell to unite with the disease germ 70
the point where the cell throws on
some sort of principal that flows
freely in the blood, and, meeting the
disease germ, unites with il and makes
1t harmless. AS DIR. Van Els said, Nv
way of illustration, the disease gerAn
was a key, looking for the chance to
unlock the cell, and let out the life