The Dickinson press., 1913-10-18

CIOBER IL, 1913.
at this schools What good had 1t done
himf Two years Of good hard work end
nothing more. And he had looked for
ward to college with such growing in
tefest and enthusiasm.
Warren Doudlas could look at his own
faults from the point Of view of others.
but as he reviewed his experiences
during bis short career at college he
failed to see why he had not taken
better with the fellows. Arriving at no
decision in his reverie he arose with
some effort, looked at his watch and
noticed how the shade had deepened. It
was nearly supper time so he prepared
and went down.
Several of the professors nodded a
erecting as be passed down the long
table and took his old seat. Supper
passed, with very few words from
Douglas and as days wore on his in
terest in his books and his letters home
took up most of his time.
On the tenth day after his advent,
however, Porter applied for admission
and told Douglas that there would be
an athletic meeting tonight and that
they wanted everybody that would, to
vote for Greene for football captain.
Porter did not put much inspiration into
Douglas, but having very little work to
do that evening, he decided to 60 and
see what they would do. When he
reached the door and heard the excited
discussion he was forced to admit to
himself that football did have some
fascination. Everybody there was talk
ing and two or three small groups were
wildly arguing about Greene. ''Yes,
Greene was the only man in that COL
leee that wou Id make successful cap
tain. Whyl this was Greene's third
year on the team and if he didn't
know more about football than anyone
else. there wasn't the ghost of show
for Claymount in the big game"
In the midst of the din the coach
and several Of the instructors came in
and the excitement hushed to a whis-
per. The coach took charge and after q
short speech and some parleying, NOM
nations were on for electing officers.
When the coach announced nominations
for the captaincy Greene was the first
to'be nominated. two other nominations
followed and the coach hesitated.
3 Finally Professor Souires got up, ad-
dessed the coach, nodded and smiled
|and began aashort speech. He spoke Of
football and lite purpose. its value in
cultivating qualities which could be
acquired only in test of this sort, and
concluded with the statement that ''ii
it is against the rules of past athletic
meets and may never be included in
the constitution of an association. let
me trangress the rules just once. There
seems to be one among us whom we
have overlooked but who is undoubtedly
deserving of great credit. Him I now
nominate-Warren Douglas
ATHLETIC SPIRIT
Dorothy Ayers)
Webster defines spirit as a super.
natural being. commonly known as q
ghost; but it is not my purpose today
to resurrect the ghost of last year g
Glendive game or to faunt the phantom
of q Mandan defeat before your eyes.
My intention is rather to speak o1
athletic spirit.
Athletics has been defined as the de.
velopment Of our physical natures by
various games or sports; and I take il
that athletic spirit is enthusiasm and
the readiness to do all in our power t.
make our school the winners.
Athletic spirit is useful in that II
binds the school together, because al
the students are working for common
cause. Some pupils who have neveI
shown any interest before wake u.
when they become interested in ath,
letics. Others study hard so that they
will >be allowed TO- play. g !,
Sometimes the spirit is harmful as in
schools where studies are neglected and
athletics come first but, fortunately this
is not often the case. !. sg as7
Without the enthusiasm Of the ath.
Ietic spirit match game. would be
practically impossible. Imagine =
basketball Dame where the players walk
into the held. looking almost sure oi
defeat. The cheers Of the audience
are only half hearted, the team loses
all interest in raising the score. and
the game Is a dismal failure, st9f:
Is Imagine the, contrast at q Dickinson
game when all Is enthusiasm. The