The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-02-25


Some born fools, and others get there
by habit.
Wherefore, having relieved ourselves of tina
pringent bit OF philosophy we proceed again tt
proceed.
In a Salt Lake newspaper of Sunday morning
appeared the following headlines: Police With
Clubs Drawn, Dispense Fans"
Now we have no objection to any man giving
the above as his own personal and private opinion
of the gentle measures best adapted to the uti
mate development OF the college boy. But In this
particular instance the heading was placed not as
dissertion on the part Of contributor, but as the
introduction to choice little bit OF news from 10
gan, to the effect that the billy club method had
been tried out at the game between the A. G. U.
and the d. Y. G. boys last Saturday. All OF which
is true-with notifications.
II is true the college boys started rough
house" at the basketball game Saturday Like
wise It is also true that billy clubs were finally
brought into action in an attempt upon the part OF
the local police (?) to que the disturbance and
thereby hangs a tale-as the washerwoman said
OF the body Of the shirt.
Enter the notifications!
Let us now formulate hypothetical case
Just imagine yourself a healthy, happy. funlovins
college boy out to root for your team in a paske'
ball game with a friendly rival. At the close OF
the first half you Join with the rest Of your fel
lows to exchange ends with the other school AS
you start down the hall the boys from the other
school suddenly challenge your further progress
Now what you going to do?
Whenever two rapidly moving large bodies co
Tide something's going to happen! 1t happened on
Saturday at the B. Y. gymnasium Every college
boy felt It his bounden duty to do all In his power
to remove the opposing body The opposing oooy
moved 1t suddenly disintegrated into several
;p6p down s..
Y. man! Bir! over goes ''farmer!' and so the
melee went morrily on.
Scene changes; red fire, enter more modihca
tions This time in the shape OF Logan's "Sher
lock Holmes" aud his man watson. with the
courage OF spartans they sprang squareiy INTO the
midst Of the fray and began to claw out wildly TOT
divers coat collars and sundry other pieces OF wear
ing apparel inside of which was shouting strug
Cling college boy. Now returning to our hypothe
teal case: suppose you being one OF these lusty
college chaps Sherlock Holmes" suddenly brings
YOU up with his hand doing gymnastc stunt uh'
der your collar Bear in mind Sherlock is
IN DISGUISE That is HE is WITHOUT ANY
UNIFORM and from all the evidence which your
ouick eve can gather he is just one OF those Eel
lows from the other college" and here he is claw
ing al your neck Now what would you do? Soak
him? Surely you would and just to be good Tel
low you'd give him couple Of extra "soaks Tor
good measure.
Now that Is what happened at the game Sat
urday In about two minutes after sherlock
and Watson" entered into the fracas they
looked like the pure and original Anthropoid Abor
ieinios True the gentleman whose toppiece is
fashioned after the order OF Ollie James the chair
man of the last Natl nal Democratic convention
did have some influence with the boys But "Sher
lock- well some little fellow scarcely feet 2
seemed TO feel It to be his solemn obligation to put
the map of Constantinople sQuarely on the mar
shals face and he was just in the act OF throwing
in the suburbs when the billy club beat him into
subsection
All of which is crying shame! crying
shame that the police of Logan City are not com.
PEELED to wear the uniform Of their calling as is
done in every other self respecting city in the
land II these men had been uniformed the uou
BILE would Lave been settled in its ncipency. The
students of the A. c. U. and the b. Y. c. obey
and honor the law Dozens of them testified at
forwards that they did not know the two men
were officers. And yet the impression is sem
broadcast over the state that the college boys OF
Logan are a set of unruly ruflans who have to be
subdued by brute force and billy clubs. Pretty
picture isn't It? After the Salt Lake papers prais
ing the courteous behavior which characterized the
Logan students at the recent U. OF IA. c. u
football game in that city.
And veto, Inconsistency OF Ignorance'-one
OF the estimable gentlemen on the Logan police
force fairly throws gymnastic im-cracks OF ora
torical rhetoric as he loudly declams against the
necessity for the uniform.
All Of which brings us back 10 our starting
place.
Some men are born fools, and others get there
by habit
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