Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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partment. Lieutenant Quinlan in working: diligently to have tin- Spring-field ritl.-s replaced by the Krag-Iorgenson carbine, now used by the United Stat.-s cavalry. Kvcry effort is being made to procure a modern machine gun and one 3.2 steel rifle to supersede the obsolete cannon. It is practically assured that the detachment of cavalry will be supplied with saddles during the next year, and instruction will be given in the saddling, bitting and care of the horse. Arrangements an1 being made to have a division of the National Guard hold an annual encampment in the vicinity of Corvallis in order tint the cadets may participate in their maneuvers and thereby gain some knowledge of actual armed warfare.

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O. A. G CADET REGIMENT

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Athletics t o Floyd Williams It i not the standing n student him in hi classes Hint ciiiiwk him to lx remembered ami honored hy hi fellow ; it in. rather, the part In takes in those enterprises which are carries! on bv the students themselves. Of there enterprises, intercollegiate athletic stand first in popularity, in extent, and in the amount of time and iiioiu-v ilevnted to it. Of the different departments of athletic , football stands first and track work second in point of ini|Hiiiaiiee. Tlie man who Im carried off more honor from both gridiron and track ill the history of the Agricultural College is the subject of this sketch, the captain of the champion track team of the Northwest for 1905- Floyd Alexander William . Williams is a Folk county youth, graduating from the agricultural course this year with excellent standing in his classes. He made good on the football team in hi Freshman year, and since that time our team has never lined up for battle but Floyd Williams ha hern in his place, left halfback. Hi career a a ftatthall player has been brilliant; he has carried Hu pigskin l ehind the enemy goal more time than any other player. The credit for thi . however, is largely dm- to the splendid interference put up by hi teammates. Williams' eans-r on the track l»-gan in his second year. Ilefore that time he was ignorant of his own | « ibilitie . That was the year Dad Trine appeared on the scene and William went into training. IIis was the most remarkable instance of what training will do for a man ever olwerved in Mir college. The fact that he was defeated in the local tryout in tin- 100-yard dash in 11 2-5 wcomb, and then before the season was linislcsl had defeated the l -st college sprinter in the state, sjx-ak for itself. In the meet with the U. of O. he defeated the nsloubtuble Payne in four event , thereby winning the appellation of Payne Killer Williams.” The following year his work was still more remarkable, ticing the eoitst record in the 220-ynrd dash, and running the 100 and 440-yard dashes within a shade of the Northwest record . Hi work thi year need i » comment, hi victories and reeord of other year l ing duplicated. As a college athlete Is- stand unique. and hi like will prolahlv not ap| 'ur in many years. W. O. Trine If the question were asked O. A. C. men. Why ha the Agricultural College recently made such rapid strides in athletics’ the answer in most ca w, and which i undoubtedly correct, would he, Dad Trine. This man. who i putting in hi third year a trainer and hi mood year a physical director for our college, i without question the greatest trainer of athletis on tin Pacific coast. Hi success is not due to any wonderful secret or trick , but rather bccaure of hi commou scn -mctla l and hi knowledge a to how to handle each individual man. Hi men are never overtrained, nor lias lie ever injured one by allowing him to compete in a trying rare without mi flic lent preparation. Hi influence over those in hi care is always wholesome; and as he realiigc the necessity of strict temperance and chastity in order that one become a winning athlete, the effect of a season’ training under him i to strengthen one's moral nature ami to eliminate any habit that tend to weaken or harm the InmIv. Mr. Trine's own athletic career was of such an extraordinary character. and Isvause it i practically unknown to the present college generation. we will | -ak briefly of it. He first began to run in the SO , hi first work being with the la-banon hooo team. In 1889 he led the Astoria hose team to two world's records, which are still unbroken. Following his work in Oregon with two years in California, he met and defeated such men as Bathunc, the great Canadian champion; James McLeod,