The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-11-06
Normal Notes and Comments.
Neva Notes.

week.
1t is rumored that Happy Sullivan
took an after dinner plunge in the
creek Oct. %. See the Red Capped
Bachelors for particulars.
Walter and Christopher Huck were
in Hays Sunday.
Ralph Archer had the misfortune to
get his nose broken in the football .
game last Friday.
The classes in F. H. n. have been as
signed the first and third Monday of .
each month to have regular class
meetings.
The Freshman Academs had picnic /
last Thursday night, with Miss Brown !
as chaperon. They took up the line of
march at the Brunswick Hotel and
went south to the creek where a bon
! fire was built and wienies were roasted
A lunch consisting of buns, sandwiches,
pickles, and apples, was enjoyed after
which the class played games A
royal good time is reported.
Miss Stella Clark went to Kansas
/ City on business last week.
Miss Edna Biehler visited her friends
in Lacrosse last week.
The Normal is taking up very ex-
tensively the work of Pageantry- under
the direction of Miss Macintosh.
The Pageant the Normal is beginning
work on at this time is: western
Kansas, - beginning with the period of
the explorations of Coronado, in his
search for great wealth, and continu-
ing through the times to the present
day. This has been divided into eight
Episodes. One Episode given to each
class to work out, and present in the
Auditorium on Student Assembly morn
ing which is Thursday at $50 a. m. of
each week.
Several of the students were absent
from school Friday, because they were
taking the Teachers Examination.
Last Friday Mr.. Birds Biology class
and Mr.. Wooster's Nature Study class
went about twenty-eight miles to visit
the DEVILS Cave and surrounding hills,
which are near the Saline River. The
two classes combined were fifty in
number. They started out about 1:30
o'clock Having arrived and viewed
} the sights, they ate their supper and
then started for town. A good time
was reported.
ATHLETICS.
: Miss Brown took the Physical Train
ing classes on ''hike'' Friday. They
) went around the creek to the railroad
5 bridge and back to the Normal.
T The Normal play Ottawa University
t on the home grounos Friday, Novem-
t Der 5th.
The Normal Scrubs have been
working out the different plays as their
prospects of having game are look
ing brighter.
The Normal Tigers met the Terrible
a Swedes of Betheny on the Betheny
4 gridiron, Friday, October %. The Ii
E gers kicked off to Betheny and in a
= series of line bucks and a successful
: forward pass. Bethany crossed the
Tigers goal for the first touchdown.
i The Tigers came back with rush, US
l ing the open style of play, completely
t bewilderlng the Swedes and on a per-
e feet forward pass. Peterson to Gate
e wood, scored Normals first touchdown.
: The Tigers kicked to Bethany after this
: touchdown, and held for downs, rescu-
y ing the ball and using much the same
: style of play as before. They quickly
d shot a forward pass over Bethany s
n goal line for their second touchdown.
e The first half ended with the ball on
+ Betheny's eighteen yard line, in the
3? Tigers possession. The Tigers again
kicked to Bethany at the beginning OF
the second half, Bethany played straight
football during this half and secured
s two touchdowns. Play was entirely II
e Normals territory during the thirc
quarter. The Tigers showed the never
die spirit, by coming back with terrific
line plunges, in the last quarter; they
/ rushed the ball well into Bethany's ter
e ritory and by beautiful executed for
ward pass secured their third touch
% down. After kicking off to Bethan!
they held for downs and again resumed
,e their line plunging and forward pass
ing, and in short time Felts received
r a forward pass from Carmen, netting
y the Tigers their fourth touchdown
ri With but two more minutes left to pla,
to the Tigers who again kicked to Betha
d ny returned punt after holding TO
three downs, and were marching stead
E. lily down the field to Bethany's goa
y line and victory only to be interrupted
by the time keepers whistle, whIc Oh end
&c ed the game with the ball in Normal
:, possession on Bethany's twenty-fiv
yard line. Both teams made fou
~ touehdowns. Bethany kicked goal at
ter three and the Tigers only one tn
de final result was Bethany 81, Normal p
Leslie Groth visited home folks Sur
&c day.
an Kansas State Teachers Association
an On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday