The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-11-01

er vas to get up in the pulpit now
and preach one of the sermons / lis
tened to when a boy, many of his
congregation would remark, "Where
does he get that stuff" and the next
Sunday attend the movies. All this
does not signify nor change the eter-
nal laws. If there was a place of
eternal punishment a few years ago,
there is one now. The undermining
of the human race does not change
the laws of the Creator. l eternal
punishment only existed in the minds
Of the superstitious, then the doctrine
of Doyle viii add to the sum total of
human happiness.
There is a deal of talk around
Bozeman about going to Missoula
with the football team on November
IL. The scheme has the approval
Of the business men of the city, of the
football fans, and of the student body
at the college. But with all the talk
one hears the question, "Will the
team fight?" The charge has been
made and reiterated that the Bobcat
team viii not fight. No one would
accuse the individual members of the
team of cowardice in any form, but
as a team they don't fight together.
They don't give their school the full
measure of service due her. What is
the reason for this, and should the
team alone be blamed?
To get at the real root of the mat
ter, we think one must go back fur
Their than the present team, and one
must also include both the faculty
and student body. It has not been 50
long since the faculty of the college,
while not actually d~iscouraging ath-
%letics, did little to help them out. 1t
was only two years or so ago that an
actual count showed but three mem
bers of the faculty present at one
of the seasons games. 1t is only re-
Gently that the faculty have given
the team anything like the support it
deserves, and even today this support
is not unanimous.
The student body likewise fails to
do it's share. They may support ath-
letics, but they don't help their team
win. In a game where the Bobcats
are ahead, there is lots of enthusiasm
and pep. But how about the losing
and the student body do a year ago
this fall when the Missoula team
forged in the lead? Did they keep on
yelling, keep on pulling for the team ?
They did not. In the second half of
that unfortunate game all the roofing
there was reminded one of the chirps
of a bunch OF sparrows, seeking an
Indifferent shelter under the caves
on a cold, drizzling morning. The
charge is made that the team quits
fighting; in doing so they but reject
| the attitude of the roofing section.
Go back to one of the old colleges
in the east, a college with traditions
standards and real school spirit
Watch the Wisconsin team taking
beating and hear the rooteIs sine
varsity until it. sounds like cursing
Hear them sing "Old Missouri" after
that team is beaten and the crowd
file out of the grand-stands. There's
a bit of pathos, even a bit Of tragedy
in the song then, but the fighting
spirit is still there. We can take {
lesson from those colleges, where yor
see the yell leaders and the rooterS
carry on in the face Of discourage
ment, defeat, and sometimes ever
disgrace. The spirit of the schoo
goes on. Let's get a little real schoo
spirit at M. S. c., the spirit thai
fights a game fight even In the fac'
of defeat. We can win at Missouls
if we want to bad enough. And re
member this-it isn't always. th'
score that counts, it's the way W.
play the game.