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THE RED AND BLACKS
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OF GtORGli
VOLUME XIII
ATHENS, GA., SEPTEMBER 22, t<?06
NUMBER l
The Squad is on the Jump
And the Prospects Seem Fine Baseball
TOMMY STOUCH AS
FOOTBALL TRAINER
Practice began Monday with Fifty Husky
Candidates on the Field. Coach Whit
ney is in Charge and is Satisfied
with our Prospects
Coach is Interested in
Georgia and Gives His Time
and Attention to Coach
Whltnev’s New
Squad
Professor Alfred Akerman
Gives an Interesting Interview.
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Foot»>all practice began last
Wednesday with much enthusi
asm and is now well under "ay.
Owing to the warm weather and
the fact that the men are neces
sarily soft at the beginning of
(.lie season only very light work
is being done, hut the snap and
vim displayed by the men in
punting, catching and falling on
the hall gives much promise of
great things to come.
The tifty candidates on the
tield form a husky looking crew,
and it does one good to look at
them. Captain Lowndes is back
Grown as a herrv, tit as a fiddle,
and hard as a nail, after a sum
mer spent in surveying in the
country. Of last year's squad*
Hatcher, ltaoul, Smith, Ransom,
McOa.v and Battey have rep<^| d,
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and are now working tht^T
out and getting in trim for the
fr»y. Everybody is as busy as a
btltr,. >*. d * / -
„<w men there are many who
live promise of big league work.
By far the most notable candi
dates are Normal School Scott
und •Cleveland, of Griffin, who
tower above the surrounding
countryside. Cleveland weighs
o(J5 pounds und extends six feet
two into the cerulean.
Couch Whitney came in the
early part of the week and ut
once took charge. Much time is
being devoted to the new rules
which work quite a change in the
style of play
The schedule this year isu very
hard one from start to finish.
L’jvidson will furnish the tirst
amusement for the faithful in
the early part of October and
Auburn will ring down the cur-
tainnii Thanksgiving.
Any prediction us to the out
come of the season would he un
timely and of little value as the
game under the new rules is an
unknown quantity. The men
who are on the Held, however,
hsik extremely good to us ami
incline us to the opinion that, no
matter what the new game may
prove, when the gong is sounded
old Georgia will lie right there,
and it will not lie second money
that she draws, either. So
Line up, ye loyal rooters,
Around the football Held,
And ring the message to
world
That Georgia'II never yield.
Though Georgia may lie lieaten
At times (as may -Mothers),
Undaunted cheering in her ranks
Disaster never smothers.
Her football page of history,
turned,
Reveals a talc of glory
O’ershudowing in its mighty
course
Defeats in frequent story.
And now today her star is bright,
And now her hopes are high,
Rend ye the heavens with your
shouts
And shake the mighty sky.
Hy all that we've already done
Let’s hack the team today,
Let’s make the deeds of yester
years,
Compared to ours, play. .
Let’s baclt the team for all we’re
worth »*v
And sure a team let’s for 1
Will put the others on the hum
And tak«-tli4^*tate by storm.
Yes, the Imselmll season is long
ended, the hounding rubber
sphere bus given place to the
oval pigskin, hut Tommy Slouch
is still with us, and in his old
role us u team maker, lie has
the full cootidence and esteem of
the student body, and besides is
thoroughly up on all forms and
departments of Athletics. These
two qualities make h ... a valua
ble assistant to Couch Whitney,
and as trainer and sub-couch, he
will udd to the team, and to
Georgia’s football prospects dur
iirg the coming season.
The Head ot the School of Forestry has Ar
rived and is Organizing the Department.
The Campus Extention will be
Utilized.
Recognizing the importance of a
for the benefit of those who do not
Lost in the Fresh Soph, scrap
Wednesday morning, a U.l’.L
Club pin set with Sopphires and
Opols. Finder please return to
E- M. Oliver.
knowledge ol Forestry in this day of| CiUe *° **l t0 U P forestry in a protes
Subscribe for The Red and Black
scarcity of timber, Dr. George Fos
ter Peabody, of New York, endowed
a chair of F. estry in the University
of Georgia last spring. This is an
other instance ol the interest of this
great and good man in our institu
lion, and his gift was accepted grate
fully and a head for the department
elected. This gentleman is Prof.
Alfred Akerman, Head Forester of
Massac fattens, a graduate oi Geor
gia. lA 8 interests are therefore with
us in thd new work, as well as in the
other branches of college life.
Mr. Akerman has arrived and is
getting his department organized,
and it wa^hought proper to ask hint
for an interview, so that the student
the
New Uniforms for the Footballlsts.
Our football warriors will soon
look as oeat and dainty as popu
lar young bellroom maidens.
Their old travel stained and bat
tle scarred garments will lie cast
aside for cleaner ones of more
recent manufacture.
Tins is the decision arrived at
by coach Whitney,Capt. Lowndes
land Prof. Sandford last Wedncs-
body might become familiar with the
work of the new department.
Prof. Akcrman’s very interesting
words follow:
day. An order has Ireen placed
with Spalding for enough of the
new wearing apparel to clothe
the team and the substitutes.
While it is not stated what the WHAT is THE CHARACTER OF THE
designs of the garments w ill he INSTRUCTION TO BE GIVEN IN
it may he safely said that when THE SCHOOL of FORESTY?
Captain Lowndes leads his team
on the Held they will put up an “The instruction in Forestry «
appearance that will do credit to l>e of two kinds—general and tcchni
the highest society. ' caL The general courses are offered
ill
sionul way, hut who desire some
knowledge of the subject as a matter
of general information. The tech
nical courses will he offered for the
benefit of those who are thinking of
Forestry as a profession, and who
wislt to begin their training while
undergraduates.
“This year only general courses
arc offered. One of these is in the
F’.conomics of Forestry. It will he
given in sonnection with the Senior
course in Political Economy. The
other is in Practical Forestry, and it
is to hr given to the Seniors in Agri
culture.
•^Phe course in Flcunumics is de
signed to bring out the importance
of Forestry^)"the State and the na-
tiotft It will deal with the direct and
indi&tl utilities of the forest, such as
the production of lumber an t naval
stores and the regulation of stream-
flow, and the influence which forests
exert on climate. The saw mills of
(leorgia turn out yearly products
worth #14,000,000, and the water
power's along our numerous streams
are of immense value; so the forests
of the State are of gieut importance
from the economic poin* of view.
“The course in practical F’orostry
has been designed to give the agri
cultural students such a working
knowledge of planting, thinning, pro
feeling, and harvesting the forest
crop as will he of use to them in the
management of the timbered pnt-
tioes of their farms. Nearly every
farm lias some land mat is or ought
I to lie in timber, because it is not
good farm land and is often cultiva
ted at the expense of the more pro
ductive |H>rtions of the farm. Such
lands ought to be in limber."
When will the technical courses
spoken of be offered?
“Next year, probably."
How is the Urge tract of Und re
cently added to the Campus to be
used?
"A forest map and working plan
will be made for the tract this fall.
The greater part of it will be man
aged in such a way as to afford an
object lesson in Practical F’orestry.
A small portion of it will be laid out
as an arboretum, into which will be
gradually collected for purposes of
study specimens of all the native
Georgia trees. Arrangements have
already been made for starting a
(Cumfimu*d on fourth /"f#.)