Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-09-21
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fhousgsus ~ students asdYea iu
Casmna,gn within sat lasi week PIE
pafatofy 10 registering MondaN
II Nslth then coming The no cities
take en new enthusiasm after The
lengthy vacation period. The mi.
VerSitt campus. which has been dc.
+ serted since the close 81 lhe summer
term IS alive with soung people fall
! Of self-eonhdence and determination.
/ Improvements have been made re-.
/ GENTLY In the campus walks. Old his,
tore paths have BEEN oblltetated and
/ new cement walks have been con-
strueted, dneeways have been ahand.
oned, er closed To traffic. new haild.
/ lngs and improvements are practically
completed, and the whole aspect Of the
/ institution indicates progress.
! Within a few weeks crowds viii lam
+ the I've cities for the dedication af the
+ stadium. II Is expected that thiA event
will b. witnessed BY the largest crowd
Champaign ant Ofhana has ever
greeted.
ferty candidates for places on the
/ lllinl football team were tried out
Monday by Rob Xunnke IN his at,
/ tempt 10 whip a winning team into
line Tor the first football game of
/ the season.
Running through signal drills,
catching nunts aud other prelimin.
aries incident 10 the mere strenuous
training that will come later, Is the
order Of the day at Illinois Field.
1t Is too soon 20 predict the GLASS"
lllinl will show when the blk clashes
come, but every minute OF spare time
will be devoted 60 developing a team
that will do honor 10 the University
traditions
viii Dempsey fight Wills ueNt2
The question is urging itself upon
fight fans who would like IL see the
champion In action against = man of
color. That be will give firpo an.
other chance Is the eoncensus Of onin.
ion In sport circles. There are many
who would like TO aeo another match
with Gibbons, bat the champion is
retleent about naming the date of his
next encounter with the man who
went fifteen rounds with honnrs.
At the suggestion Of University
authorities, urging the Chamber Of
Commerce 10 cooperate In getting
the Stadium site annexed 10 the
city of Champaign, President +. G,
Amsbafy authorized the appoint.
ment of the following COMMITTEES
y, h. Hughes, Louis X. keck and
City Attorney W. \. Woods,
The move Is considered praeliea-
BILE in view Of the need of police pro.
lection and special traffic regula'
tions on occasions when large crowds
gather at the Stadium. II Is also
considered practical In view of the
need of public improvements that
may be furihered by city ordinance,
The appointment OF the committee
Is preliminary TO a fequsi for action
by the city commissioners. Nemt.
Gazette.
Work on West Church street pave
ment Is progressing rapidly, owing 10
the dry weather which has favored
the contractors during the past two
weeks. Practically all the old brick
have been lifted. and quite a long
stretch Of curblug Installed II Is
expected that the work will be com
pleted this fall II weather conditions
continue favorable until December
A Michigan City pastor cfiticiscs
modern teachers Of morals for eulog
izing Samson and David and con
demning Dempsey and firpo. what
Is the natter" he says, with mod
ern teachers of morals, that they de-
nOunce feats Of athletic skill and APP
plaud the dough.faeed paelflst ~
In Billy Sunday language the pas.
tor declared he was In favor of men
aud women learning and praetielng
the art Of self-defense. He declared
that every man and women should be
so fit that no one would dare TO kick
them.
Clifford pinehot. governor df Penn.
sylvania, and afbtef In the recent coal
strike, Is likely TO be q candidate for
president on the Republican ticket,
II plans Of Pennsylvania leaders
carry.
Recently a committee Of senators
and Representatives Of Pinchots state
called on President Coolidge 10 dis
cuss the 1924 election. They left |
without assuring the press Of their |
support Of the president before the
Republican convention, They eX-
pressed the wish first 10 see what
Governor Pinchot Is going To do.
Pinchot has made friends by his re
cent settlement Of the coal strike, and
probably great many votes should
he become candidate. President