Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-05
At Augustana

Augustana's basket ball quintet ID
oppose Hedding Saturday night was
picked by Coach Conrad last night
aften he had put the squad through
final practice for the initial game OF
the season The men who will con.
st!tute Augustana's first team this
year are: Edgar Anderson, guard :
Marion Andreen, guard; Arthur Swed
berg, center; Walfred Swedberg. for
ward; Flavius Stem, forward.
All OF these with the exception of A,
Swedberg were members of the first
tenn last year, thus giving the col.
lege an unusually strong and exper
fenced team. Moreover, Swedberg AT
| center is considered a strong addition
to the quintet. Standing six feet, two
riches, Swedberg bids fair to ourjump
most of the centers with whom he
will come into contact this season. He
has years of experience in basket
ball, too, having played four seasons
on Rhinelander. Wis, high school and
| also on a state militia team.
H. Berg was also given a suit last
night as substitute. Berg has shown
up strong in practice and may give
some OF the regular players a run for
their places. Three other players who
have starred in practice are Rudelius,
Pearson and Eric Anderson. Although
they have not been given suits, they
VIII be ready to go into the fray Sat.
urday night II needed.
Although Hedding has it's same team
as last year and is touted as a bidder
for state honors, Coach Conrad be.
lieves that Augustana's basket tossers
will take the Methodists into camp
Saturday night. Considerable interest
centers in the game as it will give
! the first opportunity to getting a line
on Augustana's team this season.
Suffragism in new form has enter.
ed Augustana college. Now it's the
goods who want whole evening AL
by themselves" when they will suffer
no men folks-admirers or otherwise
to disturb their femme equanimity
The girls are serious about it, too So
serious are they in fact, that yester-
day afternoon between the hours of
and they had a mass meeting to
discuss the proposed important step to-
ward further emancipation of their
sex.
No men were permitted to be pres
ent, but some of the details of the
meeting leaked out nevertheless, for
h. rirIe Io1I
was proposed, to be known as The
Augustana Good association. Object:
Social meetings one evening each
week, strictly limited to girls.
But what will you do to make It So
cial without the men?" one of the fair
promoters was asked.
why, we'll sew and crochet and en-
broider and eat fudge and"
Gossip" timorously queried the
brazen young man.
THE very Ideal" she snapped. "Wo-
men don't gossip so much as you thHk.
OF course, We'll talk. Haven't we a
right to TALK"
This inherent right of the fair sex
was admitted without further question,
and the girls went to supper greatly
elated over their new scheme. Only
the sanction of the faculty is now nee
essary to obtain due recognition for
the new organization. But the faculty
we'll, the faculty has never been
thawed out of it's frigid attitude toward
innovations in the way of social organ
izations. 1t frowns with discouraging
consistency on everything that detracts
from "cramming" and "boning"
The girls, however, are hopeful. The
men have already spitefully branded
the new organization as the college
ladies' add