Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-10-05
Miss Florence Minis Sees TNa
Big Foot Ball Games. &
Dear Advertiser :

| do not believe that the onlS
place of woman is in the home, bls
1 do believe that woman's compfehel:
sion concerns milder things than focs
ball games. 81
l feel like a seasoned fan sincea
have sat through two games in aths
last week, one at Tonkawa, the sothgE
at Saltwater, Oklahoma, and baked
in the sun and yelled on the first soe:.
casion as though the noise made
were important in winning the fight
and expended so much nervous eIler4
gy that one would think I had made
several touch downs without aid.
If / were asked to describe a foot
ball game in a few words, should
say that it is an amicable battle, IN
which the object is not to ;slay, but
only to MAIN for life.
However, it is really great toSbg
a member of the faculty, in a school
where the students are so enthusiast
tic, and where pep for the yells and
songs is a sort of contagious mi
crobe which fills the air. sS'
Days before the game, the school
building seemed to rock with thsgs
yells for the team, and the coach leEi
by a student from Michigan, dressed
in the school colors, red and white
He conducted the yells as a director
would an orchestra and played upon
their school spirit, making such a
harmonious roar of concordant sound;
that it would seem as if the team
would be willing to tackle Harvard
itself with such backing. ss
There is certain abandonment
about school yell that grips one. To-
have yell given for you makes yorss
think that for the time being at least,
that it is the very best thing that cam
happen to you, and the cheer ofSlts
seems to echo in your heart long: az
ter the voices have died away
The West and the North take! !:athsl
tf5 lftIes sSaa SsEqusflH dfH ts5S
gives a boy a certain understanding,
q fairness of decision that he can and
will adapt to his business competi-
tion in later life.
The school closed early in the af-
ternoon, and the students assembled
decorated in their school colors and
such procession as they made!
A fairly disinterested stranger
would have stopped and stared as
they marched from the school through
the main streets of the town.
In the lead was the school band.
Behind that came two boys in bar
rels to their knees with their arms
and heads sticking out. On these bar
rels were cheering words for victory
in red letters. Following them was
large, disconsolate, white mule, COW
cred in a white blanket with more
red lettering and led by a cow boy.
Back of all these came the student
body followed by few men on the
faculty, whose dignity permitted.
1 felt sorry for the mule. He was
only "dumb driven CATTLE" and not
ga hero in the strife" After the
game saw the mule cavorting down
the street blankletless, escaping at
the first opportunity, disdainful OF
footballs, scores, touch downs and
all else, save possible bundle of
fodder at his stall. There might be
some advantage in being mule, for
though he reached no heights of joy,
neither did he drop to any depths,
and the fact that the University Pre-
paratory School did not win, effected
his happiness not at all.
Have you ever seen the team drink
water during the game? That is one
of the things too complicated for my
feminine instincts. A monstrous
sponge is dipped into bucket OF
water and from that sponge, the
team, not in waiting line, but raw
enously and hurriedly inbibes enough
water to last till they are overcome by
thirst again. There are strange
things under the sun and that is one
of them. / shuddered and thought
how I would arrange drinking foun-
tains if / played football. Then / re-
membered that would never play, so
the sponge, perhaps, will ever be the
symbol Of reviving players.
Although 1 do not fully understand
touch down, yet l do thoroughly