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r H E RED AXD BLACK.
The Red and Black,
Published by tin- Athletic Association
of till: l llivi'lkltjr of Georgia.
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G. K. Mahihix, llrtixu* Manaokii.
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K. It. Min mil., Ass't Biwini .M'o'ii.
All I'oininunli'iitlonii mimt In* mliln »*-
eil to tin. Ilii.iniHS Manager.
Ii**tx nf officers anil members of all
'V irsity organizations lie handed
them at onoe. All matter must lie
in the hands of the i ditors before
May the first, and everything cred
itable, which would prove of inter
est to college men, is solicited. So
invoke your muse and submit your
contribution* immediately.
THE COLLEGE WORLD.
The Olympic game* were a suc
cessful revival of the ancient festi
val. Especially active were the
Americans, ami also the Greeks,
who camesecond in a number of .the
trophies. A list of the events won
by Americans, is as follows:
1 0 metre dash, liy Thomas E.
Burke, of B. A. A.
High jump, by Ellery II. Clarke,
, If B A. A,
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SHOES OF THE LATEST SHAPES.
*
A Line of
Patent Leather Tans.
Corner College Avenue ami t layton St.
Revenge is sweet, and when Lex
inglon alias Harmony drove went
down before tile triumphant 'Var
oily all the college rejoiced. We
li'i -r got a good team uml must
support it.
If tin* Track TV am expects to be
sent to Nashville, they should begin
to work hard and faithfully. We
cannot ntTnrd to send a set of half
trained men to this important meet.
Our athletics would sulT r ami our
team would In* themselves humilia
ted. None of the men have been
seen training since l ist Field Day.
They should go to work.
Around and About Other Institutions I
of Learning and Athletics.
I asked a poet, onc e, what single word
flis soul did prize all other words
above,
A far-off look came to his dreamy eyes,
As, with a sigh, lie softly answered
"Love.”
! pul the (piestion to a student gay,
lie smiled and said, "In pi mil it »
writ
Alone tin* mucin of some dr* ary pa *.,
It is the goodly little word, * Omit.’"
—AV,.
Basket-ball is still the rage at
Vanderbilt.
\ ale will not play ball with liar
vard or Pennsylvania this year.
Auburn claims to have the fastest
The present hoard of editors vvilj
in the near future give up their
charge and step dow u and out. The ,rio of "'ilfieldi rs among the South-
vtork of editing the Kkd and ‘‘m colleges.
Black has been for the most.part a I s wauee anticipated having Stiil-
pIcHsanl tank, and has given the cd- lings for a coach, hut they failed
itors a chance to find out how easy(V) to procure his services,
it is to "run a paper. The average There are live graduates of Har
man never supposes that the tusk is-vard in the United Stales Senate,
anything but a “bed of roses," but and two graduate* of Vale.
in this lie errs, ns average mull inva
riably do. If wo oould make any
suggestion lo the men who form the
Athletic (’oimeil we would advise
them to add a reporter or associate
editor to the stalT an all-round
utility man who could w rite up any
tiling from a sweep to a dance at
Deupree hall. One more editor
would lie sutlb'ieut, and our expe
rience has led us to think that one
mure himii is tieoessury*
The crowd of student* who, du
ring the game of baseball with
Harmony drove, sat in the win-
During last year 26,000 excuses
were presented at Harvard, repre
senting an absence from college du
ties of ovci 16,000 days.
Tlie world’s record for hammer |
throwing was broken recently by a
student at the University of Cali- !
forma- He threw 1-18 ft. 5 in.
.Mr. J. Edward Blair, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania has been
engaged to coach the football team , f , , , . .
e-at-r < ,, , , , ,, I failed to pass last term. Well,
of % for Sewanee. He plav. d half- ... „ ,, , , .
. . , , look heie, and he shoved the l
back on Hie 1 enusyivaina team last
rear.
Hurdle r ice, by Thomas P. Cur
tis, of B. A. A.
Pole vault, bv \V. \V. Hoyt, of B.
A. A.
Throwing discus, by Hubert Ga-
net, of Princeton.
Hop, step and jump, by Connelly,
of America.
The Payne brothers won the rifle
and pistol contests.
The only wonderful record was
Hindu bv .t Greek peasant who ran
from Marathon to Athens ia a few
minutes less than three hours. The
distance is over thirty miles.
"GOOD-BYE, SWEETHEART."
From tin* it d chalice of her lips I ijuafTed
The nee tar of one long uml Imrning
kiss.
And o'er iny senses like line wine its
sweetness stole
And led me into realms of greatest
bliss.
A.- dreamy Ar il* ’mid his lotus slot ps,
I,mod into slumber by its poisonous
breath,
So I in rapture all the l’ast forgot—
Tin future's parting. To awake was
death.
Tiie Ghost.
THE STUDENT’S CONSOLATION.
A religiously inclined student
was found poring over a Bible one
day and industriously making notes.
After several hours he laid down
his hook with a sigh of relief.
•‘Well, have you found much con
solation! 1 ” asked Ills chum. "Yes,
much,” lie responded. “You know
D. I*. 1IASF.I.TOJI. T. II. DOZIER.
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Patronage of college boys solicited.
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BACKETS,
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across ike table. It
iper
contained the
following:
“You arc a* full of airs as a music) "Thou shall not pass."—Number*
down and on the gutters „f the box '” '* * lli “ » "»»» «»i<l t«> a 20:18.
Moore building should be heartily oun 8 S* r ' * bo refuse! to let him "SufTer not
ashamed of themselves. They not * l ‘ l " ber bomo * 1 hat may lie, was Judge* 3: 28.
only set a bad example to the town tbc r * bllt ^ 1 8'" w ith a "The wicked shall no more pass
“kid*,” who always try lobeat their cra " k '''“ 7 ’ V 1 W ' v -
way in to all games, but they
stamped themselves as renegades to
their college and its athletic*.
They *ee a game without paying,
ami thus roA the association of its
just demands. A person who would
ri»k life and limb and perch himself
on a fragile gutter, in order to save
twenty-five cents, is a hit of a curi
o*ily. I-et us have uo more such
"THE POSTSCRIPT."
lie asked fair Maud to many;
Ity letter siie replied,
lie read it—she refused him;
lie shot himself and died.
He might have been alive now,
And slu* hia happy bride.
It lie had read tile postscript
Upon the other side.
—A>.
At Princeton it is proposed to
man to pass."—
! —Nahum 1: 15.
"Neither doth any son of man
pass.”—Jeremiah 1:43.
“Beware that thou pass not.”—
2 Kings 6: 9.
“None shall pass."—Isaaish
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BO/lFDJtq . PLAGE.
For Student* in Athens.
HANCOCK A VENUE
displays of college spirit in the fu- train batsmen by an artificial pitch-
t”re
:iI bite
rrtfes-
er. It is an institution of Professor
Huston, which fires a hall at great-
l he Sewatise Purple is again oue or speed than auy ordinary pitcher,
of our most welcome aud highly cs- The Professor hones to he able soon
iccmod exchanges.
1 Ur\til 12 O'clock Every Night!
The best the market affords!
• to control the hall so curves can be
— pitched. With this improvement
The editorial board of The Pan- Princeton's batters ought to be the Good Service Guaranteed
dora most earnestly reijuests that I test in the country.
zi. 'WH iSlIiXa,
It will save yon money.
PAYTON & KLEIN,
BAH5EP.3.