Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-12-09
~" TEAM GOES
TO SLAYDEN
DR.. Shipman "Kids En-" And Loses
Million Moot Court.

| A "Y" team lead by James Ship
man and composed of G. w. Rogers,
Lee Russell, L. B. Melvin, C. H.
Williams made trip to the Marshall
County Agricultural High School at
Slayden, Miss, during Friday, Satur-
|day, and Sunday Of last week. The
team went at the invitation of the
Principal of the school with the ex-
press purpose of talking to the Boys
Hi-Y Of the school. They left Ok
ford on Friday afternoon and went
to Holly Springs where they were
met and taken in cars to the school
lat Slayden.
A program was given Friday night,
1.-The subjects being general and rang
ing from "Athletics" to "How To
Make Preparation for College" The
program for Saturday morning was
to the boys only and such things as
|"Clean Athletics" Clean Speech"
l"Clean Scholarship" and Clean Sex"
were the topics Of discussion.
Saturday night the team talked to
the boys on such subjects as "The
Value of Making Friendships" and
f"True Friendships" The program
for Sunday afternoon included talks
ION "The Stacker" "The GUTTER" and
1.-THE Deserter."
The interval between the meetings
was taken up with eating (plenty of
!it) sleep (plenty of it), and fun
(plenty of it). The meals are splen-
did, most of the food being produced
on the ground, the sleep, yes, that's
produced on the ground too. And the
fun, there was fun galore, all produc-
ed on the ground. AS Saturday after
noon was too dreary for sports on
the outside they resorted to indoor
sports. And the sport chosen was the
favorite college indoor sport, the
moot court.
The court came to order with Judge
Russell in the chair. The first case
on the docket was the case of Miss
Berkeley, plaintiff VS.. James Shipman,
defendant Re: Breach of Promise!
The jury (of peers and peeresses)
was impaneled, and the trial COM
menced. Both sides were represent
ed by the most distinguished council,
Judge Melvin representing the de-
PENDANT and Judge Williams repres-
enting the plaintiff. Miss Berkeley
was the first witness, stated that she
had met DR.. Shipman, New York
physician, at Biloxi and had listened
to his wales and agreed to marry him.
When the day for the marriage came
Dr.. Shipman did not appear.
The plaintiff also introduced Miss
Badinelli and DR.. Rogers, a far
famed neurologist of Holly Springs,
to prove that the grief caused by the
incident caused a nervous breakdown
that endangered Miss Berkley's posi-
ton.
The defendant brought out several
witnesses to prove that Miss Berkeley
was really in love with Mr. Renfroe,
Y. M. c. A. man of Grenada. 1t
seemed that Mr. Renfroe was "a good
boy, but a poor boy" and for this
reason her parents would not allow
her to marry him. And to compens-
ate HIM in a way she mad transferred
property to him valued at $4,000,
(Which he evidently counted a good
trade)! The jury brought in verdict
nevertheless, and the court gave Miss
Berkeley "a mere million! 1t has
been rumored that DR.. Shipman and
Miss Berkeley have compromised,
agreeing to take the million in part
nership.
This article cannot be closed with
out mention being made of Mr.. Con-
sley, the principal of Marshall county
"Hi". He is a genius at the manage
ment of schools and the handling of
school boys and girls and Christian
gentleman through and through.
The team returned to the campus
Sunday night in the highest spirits.
They had nothing but words of praise
for the school and for the royal way
in which it had entertained them.
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