The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-09


The Y. W. C. A. sextette rendered
some pleasing selections, and the
''Wish Bone was toasted by Coach
Woodward He told of what he has
in store for the football squad for
the coming season.
81 have never enjoyed three months
more, in my life, than I have the past
three that have spent with the foot
ball men of the Hays Normal. Our
season did not turn out as well as I
expected, but we were beaten each
time by a better and more exper-
fenced team. They were teams that
did not lose a man from their last
years lineup, and also teams that fin
ished at the top, in the conference
race, this fall.
To me, the season has been a sue
cess, in a great many ways. The team
has returned from all trips with praise
by their opponents as being clean,
hard players, and visitors have said
the same thing even in defeat. The
men, each one of them, has given q
great deal to make the year what it
was, and when we think that 33 out
of 81 of this years squad will return,
we cannot help but think that next
year will see great things for the
Tigers. The second squad has been
very fine, this fall, and have furnished
the first team all the competition
they cared for, besides a great many
games and making a good showing.
It has been their willingness to work
that has made the first team as good
as it was, for without their scrimmage
we would have been in very poor
shape to play our scheduled games.
Looking to next year, believe that
we will be at the top of the ladder.
With almost veteran team return
ing, we should be in the same class as
those teams that defeated US this fall.
The schedule consisting of six
games, is complete and it is very
probable that one or two more will
be added.
As 1 said before, have never
worked with a finer bunch of boys
than I have had this fall, and only
hope that they will all return next
! year"
Mr.. Lee then responded to Turkey
in the Straw" in the following
toast:
''This subject indicates that we
should scratch around and discover
what we are doing. We find an ex-
ceedingly large field for the work of
/ the Fort Hays Kansas Normal School
situated, as we are, in the heart of a
great empire.
'"There are over 5000 boys and girls
who are high school graduates in
Western Kansas. A large number of
these should be in college making pre-
paration for larger social service.
Last summer our enrolment at the
! Normal School was over 600. This
clearly indicates that the Normal
School is building up a fine student
body, but the demands for teachers
called a great many of those from
school who would otherwise be en-
rolled.
''While if we view only the student
body in actual attendance we might
feel that there were reasons for dis
enlargement, but tonight there are
over 1900 members of our student
body who are not on the campus
These students are enrolled II
Correspondence courses and are
regularly part of our stu
dent body. Such vast mum
Der would make more than -four
times as many students as we have al
our banquet tables here tonight.
s'The Normal School has organized
itself to take care of the influx OF
/ students which must occur when de
mands for teachers get back to nor
NAL. The Commercial Department
offers every facility for bushes:
training, the Agriculture Department
is preparing to train teachers fol
Smith Hughes high schools. Th'
Music Department offers as good con
servatory courses as are to be founC
in the state and also prepares super
visors of music for public school posi-
tions. The college is maintaining I
high standard of work and is mem
Der of the North Central Association
of Colleges and Universities. A grad
l uate of the Fort Hays Kansas Nor
t NAL School can enter any reputable
college or university foH graduate
l work. The prospects for this institu
= ton are fattering, and it is only
! matter OF time until we shall capital
ize the broad foundation which j
l now being laid"
= The toast, 'Big Turkeys was give
by Mrs. Ed Davis, president of tn
/ Alumni Association
seWhen the committee asked m