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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
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eoclety has this good at least; that
It lessons our @conceit. by teaching us
our tnsignificance: ard making us &C:
quainted with our betters. il you are:
! young person Who read this. depend
upon ait. air or madam. there iss moth
Ing more wholesome for you than to
acknowledge and associate with your
supe1dors. II / could. would not havl
mysson Thomas hrst Greek and Latin
prize. boy, first oar.> and cock Of the
school. Better for his i souls and.
body's welfare that he should have
i good place. not the FIRST a fair set:
ofscompetitors round about him. and
a good z:thrashing now and then. with
4 hearty shake afterwards of the hand
which adnainisteredHthee beating.-.W.
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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
Professors on the Golf ttn,<s1..:'

Professors on}!ne. Golf LINKS -
i There Is one profession Of Whose
golfng member we have made some
special study. being attracted thereto
BY the curious. anomalies they pre-
sent in this matter. and that 10 tho
teaching profession: BY universal con
cent professors of all sorts are The
worst players to be found on the links.
So notorious is this that the follow.
Ing, classification on the various grades
Of golf has been generally accepted ..
correct, and though It has been 70.
peatedly published II has never been
challenged BY any Of the unfortunate
class whom II holds up to public
obloquy. The classification Of golf ls;.
Professional. first class amateur, cad:
dies; ladies', buffers. parlor. infantG'
and professors ~ .. -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04

all men are brothers, the children Of
one just God, and that the highest,
purest, noblest concept one may have
of man is the physically and morally
sound individual, who knows no fear,
and who would rather lose an arm
than to wilfully and knowingly lie
to the injury Of the meanest creature
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
measuring t91rdnesu. :

The different methods hitherto used
for testing the hardness Of metals and
minerals. such as scratching with a
diamond, fling or pressing with steel
ball, do not measure precisely the
same quality. and are therefore open
TO objection. a. simple instrument, the
scleroscope., has recently been invent.
ed which measures hardness BY the
rebound Of! q hammer with q: flne
pointed end. which is allowed to drop
on the tested substance from a little
height. BY this device relative do.
grees Of hardness can be expressed ex.
actly.5 49,.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04

Of q quarter Of . million dollars. Il.
is . model 81 comple teness, of mod
ern construction, of comfort and
convenience. Absolutely flreproof,
perfectly lighted and heated with the
districts own electric light and heat
ing plant; with gymnasium. baths
and toilets Of the latest and best com
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04

the beautiful Mort side school. now
nearing compile Ion, are ali modern.
structures. nre proc. sanitary, Light,
3cleans. and cheerful, Just the Ideal
buildings for chill dren "a grow. in.s
mentally. physically morally. IS
every way.
The Lyceum Course. s..
The schools Of . any community
should Unsupported by all good citi-s
zens. la teyer is OF interest to the:
schools shsuid be#of the liv1iest In
terast to every person In the district.
It should not be thought enough to.
send our children to be taught. We
should become acquainted with the
teachers of our children, and learn
from them Of the progress our: chill:
dren are making. We should feel
that nothing on earth is too good for
the teachers OF our schools, ;provid-s
ing, LOT course, they are competent to
discharge the important duties de-
volving upon them. s r. s. s: Z.
In early days i'm the: Westa man
was apt to spend q great deal more
time and thought In buying a horse
than he could afford in: securing a:
teacher: for his children and any
building that was reasonably COM
Portable in winter, was considered
good enough for school purposes.
These: conditions have all changed, :
and each generation is becoming
more and more efficient. 4 r. III
One of, the features OF, modern
education which should appeal
strongly to us all is the lyceum en-,
tertainment course which Is provided
through the Virginia schools for the
general public, and the seasons first
number: of which Is given this eve
ming in the Roosevelt auditorium:
This course of entertainment is an
expensive one, high class in every
sense of the word. It 'deserves the
patronage of every parent in Vir-
ginia. It is ouch a course for which,
all who value the finer: things in
life, should feel grateful: for the:
opportunity Of attending. Laying
aside all thought of loyalty to home
institutions, a thing which we can
never afford to do. the high school
entertainment course this year
should appeal to us because Of its
intrinsic value. The programme con-
sists Of eight entertainments, either
one of which is we'll worth the price
of admission to the entire course.
But If it. were different. If the
course were not of SO high standard
it should be our pleasure to support
it with our approving presence, be-
cause of the encouragement such sup
port would give to the teachers and
pupils of our school system.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04

days most of the benches were
stacked in one end Of the building;
the others placed around long wide
tables at which the pupils sat. boys
on one side of the room, girls on the
other. One teacher and one room:
Glasses from A. B.. G. stage to the
Fifth readers. Simple fractions was
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04

= In writing of the Virginia schools
some time ago l stated that this city
was advertised more favorably
through her schools. than through
any other agency. Since then I,have
talked with many people who do not
live in Virginia., and have not been
surprised to hear them remark upon
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04
ConereIo water fanl<s.

Concrete hot-water or steamin3
tanks cost more than such tanxs made
e wood, but their durability, freedom
from leAkaGe. and non.conductjys
properties are claimed 70 make sncts
taa1ED sod investment
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-04

Miivsaukseis satisfactory Growth.
Milwaukee II congratulatine herself
on . growth Of 1881 In population
since the federal census Of 1900. 4.
recent directory canvass shows. 40
eording to the Sentinel, that the. city
Of famous beer has 370.146 inhabi.
tants The census Of 1900 gave tho
a9ures4 at. lS6. SIS.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-30
Turning the Tables.

s Little Eva May was only a
I baby girl, but she jibbed when
bedtime came round, as children
will.
= Finally, father offered to lie on
the bed till she fell asleep, and
carried her off, greatly to moth.
GERS delight ~
, The minutes passed-ten, IF
teen, twenty-and at the end of
RI half an hour mother began to
wonder what had happened to
father. She continued with her
9 sewing, but in a few moments
I the silence was broken by the pit
a-pat of naked feet.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-30

=
THE SIX-YEAR TERM
= = 4
In pending BILL Senator Works proposes sxyear term tor
president and provides that he shall be ineligible reelection
is said the regarded with considerable favor
congress- such law would have saved President Taft the humla
ton of getting and fighting for his life and then losing it.
would have saved the country the humiliation of witnessing
Feddys frantic struggle for third and various other terms
But would it benefit the country? Do the people really want to
put the supreme power their hands for longer
period than four years?
If to have longer presidential hadn't we better
take the precaution to reserve the power of recall?
France has long presidential but her president only
fgurehead The real power rests with the ministry and the
ministry packs its baggage and often fails to
command public confidence Even that happens be every three
rnonhS.7 - =.
The English government is also responsive Unpopular sen
the way The tries to lead where the
pie don't go compelled TO submit itself popular refer
endum, when it is voted in out of office
With such power the president of the United
States possesses year without provision for recall is
practically limited monarchy
Turning the Tables Nearer came the steps, and an
Little Eva MAY was only a instant later Eva May stood in
baby girl but she bbed when the doorway finger raised for
bedtime round, children ence
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-30

Nearer came the -steps, and an
instant later Eva May stood in
the doorway, finger raised for 81
lence.
Hush, hush, mummy she
said. Give got daddy Otto sleep
at 1astp'
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-30

The Duluth womanwho tainted
when she found a mouse in her
bonnet had a rat there all the
-O-O--
&** %.*;H *+A = =
Indigestion has reformed :
: more, cannibals than religion. =
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
The Big Change
For the Season.

~ HE changes already discussed are
for the most part wholesome and
will tend to make the game fairer to
both teams by still further eliminating
the element of luck; but for the most
part they are but minor changes after
all
Now however, we have to discuss
change that will be Of first impor-
lance in its effect on the game. | re-
fer to the allowance of four downs to
make a first down.
For over so years the rule had been
that a team could have three trials in
which to advance the ball a distance of
five yards Finally this resulted in
such continual massing on the defen-
sive tackle--frst, through the medium
Of such plays az Pennsylvania 8
guards back play and then by Yale's
tackle over" play-that 1t was seen
something positively had TO be done to
lessen the hammering on the one man.
This was accomplished by the intro
duction of the forward pass and by
lengthening the distance to be gained
in three trials to ten yards. So far
as the defensive tackle is concerned,
his life has indeed been rendered more
endurable by the operation of these
changes, but another bad feature has
cropped out instead. l will explain.
End running, while not so apt as
bucking to result in a positive gain Of
some sort is yet (when it does pull
off successfully much more apt than
bucking to result in a long gain. This
being the case, end running came back
into favor when it was required to gain
ten yards in three trials instead Of
only FIVE; and this, to a considerable
extent, was what eased the tension on
the defensive tackle.
Still, it has been found in the last
couple of years that neither end run
ming nor anything else was able con
sistently to keep up the ia sk Of acauir-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
Kick Off From Your
Own 40-Yard Line.

7 n my opinion it was always unfair
for the team that had to receive
the kick off to permit the kicking team
to perform their stunt from the mid
die of the field, for the kick even II
caught, yet placed the ball away down
in the receiving teams territory the
first rattle out of the box. Now that
the length of the field has been short
ened ten yards for all but forward pass
purposes, it would be worse still, for
it would mean that most any decent
kick off would go clear to the other
teams goal line, and an unfortunate
tumble right at the outset, when every
body is a bit nervous, might give the
ball at that spot to the kicker's side
and result in the loss of the game then
and there
AS the field is now 100 yards long, the
middle point would be the 5O-yard line ::
but the committee has wisely ordered
that the kick off shall be made from
ten. yards back of the middle, or from
the kicker's 4O-yard line. 3 A good kick
from here will take It about to the
opponents 20-yard line, and if they
gain 10 yards with it before being
doWned the real game Will start with
the ball in possession of the receiv-
ing team on their own 30-yard line.
which is about where it ought. in fair
ness, to be.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
Touchdown Stock Still
Above Par and Going Higher.

w HEN l first began to play football
w quarter of century ago CmOle
or less). the value of a touchdown was
four points, and that of a field goal
five points. SO that one field goal could
win a game even as against a touch
down. provided the try after touch
down was missed. for the try at goal
after touchdown counted two points, if
successful At that time though goals
from the field were of very rare oc-
currence. for the reason that the play
was practiced hardly at all. AS time
went by teams and kickers gradually
became more and more expert with
the play and the result has been
steady diminution in the value assign
ed to field goals and, in the meantime,
the price of q touchdown has twice
been whooped up
This is az it should be. for the spirit
of our American game is rushing mot
kicking) the ball. The goal from field
is one man stunt, nor a team play,
and should by no means be credited
with the merit which attaches to such
team work as is required to shove the
ball across the goal line.
Under the new assignment of values,
the team which kicks even two goals
from the field will not beat team
which makes even one touchdown, but
will merely tie it; and If the latter
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
Will Be No On-Side
Kick This Year.

Asst year an on-side kick was made
by kicking the ball to some for
ward part Of the field that seemed to
be uncovered by any of the opponents.
but which could be covered by some
man of your own by the time the bail
struck the ground. After so striking,
the kicker's own man was entitled to
take it on the spot without first wait
ing till opponents had touched it,
This year this is all done away with
and. in fact there is no such a thing as
an onside kick this year under any
conditions. This change will hurt us
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
Is in Favor of Some of Shifts Made
by Rules Committee; Against Others.
Believes, However, They Should
Not Be Criticised Until Tried Out.

new rule which allows them 10 make a
forward pass across the goal line, it is
expected that the effect will be to keep
the defensive second line back foF a
longer time, and at the same time the
team hammering for admission will
have, in the extra trial, one-third more
time in which to batter down the de-
Tending teams loosened barricades. And
will this result in more scoring? No
doubt of 1t. But as to the particular
way?
Well, everybody is saying that the
change will operate In favor OF the
heavier team. Why? Because, it is
figured, by reducing the average to be
gained in each down from 31-3 yards
to IL yards a heavy rush line with
heavy plunging backs can negotiate
that lower average by steady line
smashing. Then, too, it Is argued that
continued line bucking of this char
acter will tend to wear out the lighter
line until it succumbs altogether, when
the heavy team will rush on snd over
like Johnstown flood sweeping
through the broken Conemaugh dam.
NO doubt this reasoning IL largely cor
rect; and the worst of It is that these
bucking attacks will once more be di-
rected in the main at the poor tackle,
whose troubles, l fear, will be almost'
as great as ever they were.
Some win not assent to tttS, on ths4
strength Of the argument that tho
bucker can no longer be pulled or puah-
ed by his teammates This IL correct
as far as 1T goes; but 1t should be
remembered that neither will the taoa4 a.;
himself get the help and support of,
the half back as formerly. for the rea :
son that the introduction of the for-j
ward pass to help out the offensdvs q.
team compels that defensive half to
stay back and further out 80 as to look
out for those forward passes. Thus,
it is made clear that the heavy team
will again have a big advantage.
But let us give the new code a fair
trial, so that we will know for a GER
tainty at the end OF the season Just
what we are talking about
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04

extra good punt which went so far
that it crossed the other teams goal
line.
In other words, he was penalized for
being a very good punter. OF course
the ball has TO be brought out some
distance to be put in play, but IS
yards was too great a distance. The
result OF the change will be that more
goals from the field will be tried, as
the penalty for failure will not be so
great. Also the defending players will
not let punt roll across their line so
often
Sometimes they will figure that they
can gobble' up the ball and make more
than a distance of 90 yards out from
their own goal line with 1t before being
downed, and by whatever distance
greater than 20 yards they prove their
judgment to have been correct, to just
that extent will they be playing bet
ter ball to take the chance and make
the try rather than to play safe for
a 20 yard recovery, as allowed by the
rule of tOuchback.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
Lowering the Time of
Intermission Between Quarters

INSTEAD Of having two minutes in
PERMISSION between, the first and
second quarters, and between the third
and fourth quarters, the rule this year
will be to allow but one minutes rest.
l can not but feel that the rules COM
mittee is making a mistake here. In
the first place, what reason is there,
anyway, for reducing this short inter
mission? The spectators will not mind
the frightening of their afternoons
outing by so trifing an amount as two
minutes, and, indeed, they would be
glad Of an opportunity to chat a bit
and exchange views as to the games,
plays, players, etc. which they can not
do when there is little or no cessation
to the play
1t may well be that most Of the play
ers would not need more than q min
ute's rest, but some OF them may. and
that was the very thing that brought
about the big trouble that beclouded
the game few years ago. Players were
getting hurt without anyone knowing
it-not even the player himself. and
there was no way Of stopping the game
to take inventory of the condition of
all the players on both sides
At my suggestion, if the reader will
pardon the reference, these automatic
stops were put in the game, though |
recommended a three minute halt The
committee thought the suggestion a
good one, but decided that two minutes
would be sufficient allowance. Now
they cut it to one minute. and next
year we may be back to no intermis-
sion at all again And then we will
have few more startling accidents
and everybody will wonder what can
be done to avoid them. It's great
pity that the committee could not have
left this two-minute rest period I'M
changed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
No Limit to Length
Of the Forward Pass.

a S the 20-yard zone back of the de-
Tending rush line has also been
done away with there is no limit to
the allowable length of q forward pass
and we shall once more, perhaps, see
them going down the field almost as
far as a good kicker can punt a ball.
These long passes, however, while easy
enough to make are apt to fail of sue
cessful completion for the reason that
it's hard to get one of your men down
that far and have him catch it with
out hitch or miss.
Nevertheless, and 'paradoXical as il
may sound this greater latitude still
further simpities the game, for by re-
moving the 20=yard- zone and the on
side kick from the game we are also
enabled to dispense with the services
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
One Official For Each
Team Allowed to Patrol.

= ONE years ago there was no limit
to the number Of coaches, mana
gers, substitutes, etc, who could march
up and down the side lines as the two
teams moved back and forth. To say
the least, this was an unmitigated nui-
sance to spectators, as we'll as to off,
Gals; so they ruled, first, that five men
for each team were plenty to move up
and down. This was later cut to three
men, and now 1t has been still further
reduced till but one man for each team
has the right to patrol the side lines,
all the rest being required to be and
TO remain seated. This will make it
much pleasanter and more enjoyable
for the spectators
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
give it quicker support.

give it quicker support.
The eason they stayed back a con-
siderab BILE distance up to this time was
that they had constantly to be on the
lookout for forward passes and on
side kicks; but when they have been
forced back so close to their own goal
line. they need not SO greatly fear
either the forward pass or the on
side kick, for. as the rules stood last
year and as we have already noted, a
kick or pass that went beyond that
goal line gave the ball to the defensive
team, and, presto changed" they were
at once out of danger
Now, operating so near the defend
ing teams goal, the attacking team was
very apt indeed to see it's forward pass
or its kick 60 right across the goal
line that very way, hence 1t was
dangerous thing to attempt either play.
Such being the case, the defending team
could and dared with impunity to bring
it's secondary defense up to where 1t
so helped out the rush line that the
attackers now found it next to impos-
sible to continue making the required
10 yards in only three trials. Hence so
many tie and scoreless games.
To remedy this state of affairs the
committee has struck a compromise
1t has decided to help out the attacking
team to the extent Of saying that it
shall have not three but four trials in
which to gain the same required dis
lance of 10 yards Coupled with the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
PRINCETON ELEVEN WILL
START TRAINING MONDAY

PRINCETON, NJ j., Sept. Am
nouncement was made today that
football training at Princeton will be-
gin next Monday. Logan Cunningham,
of Washington, D. c., will act as head
coach although the advisory system of
time ago by William Roper will still
be maintained
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
NO TELLING HOW CODE
WILL AFFECT GEORGIA

. At the University Of Georgia
. there appears considerable uncer
. tainty about what the new rules
. are going to do to the Athenian
. eleven. 1t will all depend on the
. new material. For one thing, the
. new rules will give Coach Cum
. ningham's men more chances to
. try their great star, Bob McWhor-
. ter, on end runs. And in the past
Q it has proved that the more times
. they were able to use him the
. more ground they gained.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-04
M Game Means ny Work for Coaches and Field Generals
COACH HElSMAN EXPLAINS CHANGES MADE IN GRIDIRONF
Heisman to Write Football for The GEORGIAN

The Georgian has added Coach eisman its staff of
experts sports and he @ interesting
this His today deals the changes rules He
takes each change, picks pieces and tells opinion
for better Coach Heisman undoubtedly the best
football expert the South and besides knowing the game
he has the happy faculty of turiting corking article