San Diego State University - Del Sudoeste Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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14 WHITEANDGOLD approached within the ten yard lihe twice. This half was Normalsl but they failed to score. The score at the end of the game was Russ 6 Normal 5. In this game Normalsl superiority was due to their perfect team work and not to individual effort. This was due first of all to our coach who worked hard the whole season and second, to the active work of Captain Butler; third, the good field generalship of quarter- back Bigham. During the season a number of rallies were held in which songs were sung and yells were yelled. The X. Y. 25 presented the team with ten dollars to go towards getting school sweaters and on Friday evening Dec. 1, gave the boys a banquet at the Normal. So far fall Athletics have been promising and during the ensuing year further activities will be pursued. Exchang'ef It is customary in school periodicals for a page to be devoted to gentle, friendly criticism, expressing the editor's opinions concerning the contents- of similar papers of other institutions. A department of the White and Gold has been established for this purpose but due to the fact that the petition of. the student body for the White and Gold has so recently been sanctioned by the faculty, it has been impossible tosecure in time for this issue, any periodi- cals from other schools or colleges; therefore our student friends will get off easily this time, onlv to catch it all the harder in our next number. llEvolution, quoth the monkey, llMakes all mankind our kin; Therels no chalnce about it; iTails we lose and heads we winfl-Ex. There was a great swell in Japan iWho'se name on Tuesday begane It lasted through Sunday lTill twilight on Monday, And sounded like stones in a caneEx. FO R SALE. Fresh oysters on the half shell in the Zoology Lab. A young man of husky build, dark brown eyes, hair to match, a good voice and worth seventy millions in his dreams. A pair of strong calf-skin boots Cheap. A half box of good apples. Ma-Step-was singing in chorus, HSe, me, ra, def over and over again.

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WHITEANDGOLD 13 r. t., Sharp; 1. e., Lane; r. e., Tarwater; 1. h., Duffy; r. h., C. Smith; q. b., O. Smith; f. b., Gurwell. BefOre we had played any schedule game our quarter-back, Smith, found that he could not play so the team had to be rearranged 1n the following manner. -c., Barker; 1. g., Lusk; r. g., Sharp; 1. t., Butler tcapt l; r.t.Clark;1.e.,La11e and Watkiris; r. e., Tarwater; 1. hi, Duffy and Wight; r. h., C. Smith; q. b., Bigham and f.b.,Gi1rwell. Mr. West acted as manager after Mr. Bigham was put on the team. Another dihiculty was the inexperience of the men. Only three had ever participated in a game before this year. Another dithculty was the lack of a second team to buck up against and all the defensive work was necessarily theoretical and not the real thing. Our method of defensive work was obtained through the coach using explanatory diagrams on the black board. By means of these the squad learned how to meet and stop offensive play. After school the boys would don their suits and proceed to carry out these methods as far as was possible. The showing made was far more satisfactory than was at hrst expected. Situated as we are in the extreme southern part of California it was difficult for us to get games with any northern teams and although Escondido, Hollywood and Redlands negotiated for games, they could not be arranged so that, as a result, only four contests were had dur- ing the season. The first of these was a practice game with the Russ eleven, played on the Russ campns, Sept. 30. This served to show us our weak points and demonstrated the need of hard work if we were to make a satisfactory showing in foot ball. The second contest was a match game with the Y. M. C. A. team on Normal campus Oct. 21. In this game the main thing noticed was the development of defensive work. The offensive work, through fumblirrg, was weak, due to lack of practice in scrimmage. The score 5-0 in Y. M. C. A.,s favor was made in the first half. The third game played was on Normal campus with Y. M. C. A. on Nov. II. In this game the Y. M. C. A. greatly outplayed the Nor- mal in the first half but owing to an improvement in Normalls defen- sive play they were prevented from scoring although they were within the ten yard line once. The Normals in the second half outplayed the Y. M. C. A., but on account of fumbles were not able to score. The final score was 0-0. The game with the Russ on Thanksgiving day was the principal game of the season and both teams worked hard for this event. This game was played on Russ campus. The two teams were evenly matched. The game was won by Russ kicking a goal. The laurels in the first half were about even, while in the second half the Normals kept the ball in Russ territory all but three minutes of play and they

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WHITEANDGOLD :5 The usual Freshman reception was held in the early part of the term and was a decided and successful innovation. The first part of the evening s program took the form of a minsti'el show. It was a clever little affair, the songs being catchy and most of the jokes very keen, although there were one or two in which the points were rather blunt. The Rhine Golds gave a jolly little dance at the University Club House, on November 24th, which proved that the crew knows how to do things. The room was trimmed in holly and presehted a very genial air. The Rhine Golds are good hostesses and they tried their best to make all enjoy them- selves, and by the general good time they seemed to have, succeeded. One olf the most highly appreciated events of the season was the Hallow- eien Dance given by the boys; of the N ormal School on November 3d. A dance of the boys, creation being an entirely new feature of the school, much speculating was done on the part of the girls before the dance. This changed to genuine admiration, however, on the evening itself. The music was of the kind that makes one want more, the refreshments had the same quality, the general management: was perfect, and the finest thing of all was the fact that on this memorable evening HOur Boys made their debut. The White Ducks took advantage of the moon and entertained some of the boys on Nofth Island on the evening of November 11th. Before landing a concert was given 011 the water for the benefit of the U; S; S. Princeton The ship,s crew responded heartily and assisted in the rest of the program. Supper was partaken of on the beach, after which the boys fur-- nished the entertainment. The B. N. Bis intend to have a ttbig time before school closes. in honor of Mr. Charles E. Butler of thesenior class. Not being a member at this society at present, he will be initiated at this time as an honorary mem- ber. Mr. Newton Layne will also share the same fate. Although all of a re-i porterls energy has been used in trying to ttpumlp a B. N. B. boy, nothing can be learned about this; mysterious organization except that Sheriff Duffy is ttchief cook and bottle washexm and rules with a mighty hand. Miss Genevieve Northrup entertained the ttPristis't crew early this