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THE RED AND l-l LACK.
{riu-ltcb lUlb llllU'U. l, r, t 1*11i\• T-ity at largt "f Prof. Morris and those stu-
Witli Mich co-operation, wc fed dents who *o unselfishly aided
SI.'iO I-KM ANNUM 1 . 1 , ’ , , . J ,
„ l i sure that our term of office can 1 linn in canvassing our alumni
I'iiIiIUImmI by the Athletic Association l>e made a success. in the interest of our athletics.
of the l'Diversity of Georgia. i I lie del it of till* Association last
We wish 10 take this oppor- June was about $1040.0(1, and
fiiAin.K- \v. Davis Koitok-in-ciiikk. tuuity of expressing, on behalf before wo could put out a foot-
Ki mkh Dksmaiik .iichinkhs Manaokh of the college,the sincere thanks ball team this fall it was iieces-
Mkhuitt Tin iiman Atiii.ktu Ki.itoii that are due the retiring board sarv to pay one-half of the debt.
Wm. I.. Woottkn i xciiasio Ki.itoii ,,f <<d itors in return for tlicir un- Prof. Morris’ report shows that
selfish labors for the Ateletic about $75.00 over the necessary
Association, and the University amount has been collected,
as a whole, during the past six This is not the time to stop,
months. Their position has though; for before our 'Dll base-
been a hard one to till, but they ball team can
W. K. W ATKIN"
I.OI AI. Editor.
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Our sincere thanks are due to
Mr. Will lllun for his indispeu-
siIile aid to us in getting out
this issue of Titk Kki> and
It I, AI K .
file I onihrliilt IIiihIIit sees a
favorable omen for foot-ball in
the defeat of many of the lar
ger teams in the North hv those
who heretofore have not taken
so prominent a stand in athlet
ics. The fact shows tlm imposs
ibility of any one team obtain
ing the championship of the en
tire country, and hence will
tend to rid foot-ball of those
base means to which many
take tin* field,
have discharged their duties one-half of the remaining debt
well. Mr. Blun as editor-in- must be paid and this money
chief needs no commendation at must come from somewhere,
our hands. Ilis work speaks $75.0(1 of the amount has been
for itself. To the retiring busi- collected, but there is still if LTo
ness managers, is due the publi- lacking. Let the Thalians ar-
cation of Tuk Ki d and Black range for a performance for the
this year. At the opening of the benefit of the Association,
college, the paper was laboring There i; plenty of musical and
under a debt of if.SH.ou, one-half dramatic talent in the club, and
of which, in accordance with the with proper management an en-
faculty's ruling, must be paid tertainment would net a neat
before the publication could be sum.
resumed. The business mana
ger-'. ably assisted by Mr. Will There seems to be something
1 >avis and T. N. Denmark raised radically wrong with our system
the iiocosmii'v $-10.00. Mr. oi electing athletic officers. For
Thurman and Mr. W. L.
Wootten have faithfully filled
the positions of athletic editor
ami exchange editor, respec
tively. Th
each of tin
two months the Advisory Com
mittee have been trying in vain
to fill four offices from names
submitted to them by the Ath-
: Diversity owes to letic Association. In the mean-
retiring board a time the Association has been
teams will
race for I In-
sloop in
pennant.
spirited nest efforts in our behalf.
The November (li in'iiiini is out
in a new and attractive cover,
and it is needless to say is a
highly creditable issue. The
editors have labored under a
serious disadvantage in the con
tinued illness of the business
manager, Mr. Merritt Thur
man, but it is hoped that he will
soon be able to resume his work
for the magazine. We are in
debted to Mr. Will Hoyt for the
review of the issue as found in
another part of this paper.
•fit of gratitude for their ear- without a President or Vice Pres
ident, and it has been necessary
to appoint temporary managers
Now that the foot-ball season fur tin* DO baseball and track
is over, let the managers of tlm teams.
Certainly something can la-
done to correct such a situation.
Under the present regulations,
which were adopted last spring,
the Advisory Committee must
elect from a list of names which
have received twenty-five en
dorsements in open session of
the Athletic Association, eight
ir’s team from such of the ten votes in tin- Coniniit-
F.leven limn from tee being imces-ai'v for election.
class teams arrange some inter
class games and get their men
out on the field to practice. The
interest taken in the “scrub”
game several weeks ago proves
that these contests can lx-made
as exciting as inter-collegiate
foot-ball. Besides this fact, in
calculable good would result to
our next y<
a measure.
W ith this issue, the newlv
elected board of editors take
charge of Tin; Kkd vndBi ack.;
It i- with great hesitation that
we present this, our first effort,
to the student-body. The hesi
tation is greater from the fact
that our labor will In- compared
each class means fifty-live men Such an arrangement has suc-
interested in foot-ball, and liftv- cceded in its primary object of
five men w ho will practice for! obtaining more members for the
next year's'Varsity. Auburn’s i Athletic Association, but it
success on tlm foot-ball field has seems to have greatly increased
been due in large measure to tlm the evil effects of politics. It
interest taken by her student- has proved practically difficult,
body in their class games. The <>■> account of political factions,
great need of the University to obtain eight votes for any one
along this line is the fact that 1 name submitted. Therefore a
we have so few men trained remedy might be found in de-
" >th tlie efficient work of tin- re- from their freshman vear up for creasing the number of votes
tiring editors. Nevertheless we mir teams. Such men plav bar- necessary for election in the Ad-
are sincerely grateful that they der ball, and have that college visory Committee,
set us a high ideal which we spirit which will accomplish The task would prove well-
may strive to reach. We realize more than muscle in a game nigh impossible to attempt to
the difficulties of the work we when'the honor of their loved do aw ay entirely with politics
undertake, and understand Uuiversitv is at stake. L-t the in the University, but certainly
that we must fail, unless we managers and tin* captains of the necessary evils are not re-
have the hearty co-operation of the class teams -ee to it that duced to a minimum under ex-
the whole student-lkxly. Tin-: their offices are not sinecures I isting regulations. Last spring,
Kkd and Bi h k U the publica- this vear as tliev have been for because of the harm resulting
t ion of the entire University, several years past, aud they will to our teams from politics, the
and as such it should have the render an untold service to our right of election of captain was
Uuiversitv. taken awav from the members
of the team and given to a com-
The report l>v Prof. John mittee of five, consisting of two
support of evory student. We
shall always gladly receive anv
suggestions as to our work, and
shall take pleasure in publish
ing contributions in tin- shape
report
Morris of the amount collected faculty members and resident
since last June on the debt of alumnus member of the Atlilet-
of poems, notices of meeting of tin- Athletic Association shows ic Council, retiring captain and
college clubs, or anything of in- most earnest work on the part coach. Unless some remedy is
provided for a complication like
the present, it will be necessary
for such a committee to be ap
pointed to select men for all the
offices in the gift of the Asso
ciation. Let the Athletic Coun
cil devise some means of over
coming this difficulty and avoid
ing any repetition in the future.
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