The Gavelyte, October 1907

lG~ I Pr 1 ofessor Fox. l College Spirit. ft i:- in onlPr for all those who intend , 1 · This number might be called the t,o takP ('loc.ulin~ leRsons, thi~ winter, "~ollege Spi~·it" 0 nt1mber.. Ce:'tainly to pn,pare for 1t. Last yPar there , tl11s theme 1s of wonderful 1mpor– seernecl an indifference to t.his work, tan~e to us not only as a college but but its great practical valuL~ forbids al o as individual students. A man such neglect. No better, nor rnur gen rally gets out of a thing in pro– practieal, teacher of elocution is !iv- I portion to the amount he puts in i11g tll-day than Prof. l 1 "rank 8. [i'ox, ' therefore it b !Doves us to arouse prnl'essor of elocution in Wittenb rg ourselve::; to the proper attitude to– and Ceclarvil le colleges. Ilis im- ward all our college interests, no mense success in training the mem- man, no business, no school can hupe hers of our co ll ege debating teums, fur cJ vigorous and . uccessful life tl1t-> s,,cit>ty representatives i11 the which does not put into its every s,1l'it\Ly ·,intests ha bPen so gr at, I task the greatest µirit. One reason his ht·lp to the general ,tuc!Pnt liudy ~~l~y we ~cl a eoll~ge ar~ s~ch. rank th,1L his jlresence here tlwse winter failures ~n athletics, while it is du~ . , . to a marned degree to the lack of and ~pnng terms of 08 icl ailsolutely material, may Lie traced finally to our 1.eel-'ssary for the debates in_ sight I indifferen·ce toward our teams. A this y,._.ar. Prof. Fox is a bu 'Y man, different spit it would bring out the it, is illlpossible for him to sacrifice men. It has been remt1rked by sever– so rnueh of hi' time. time which aJ niembers of thicl year's team, that . ' . It hey 11evn heard as much as a cheer might be used to remunerate hnn- 1 from their fellows on the iue lines. :st"lf much lit>tler, in coming weekly The tl'arn plays a home game, aoout to our collegP, unleE's he· has suf- half pf the students attend the game, ficient students to completely fill his I undt>r these c-irc: .um.sl ;:lncl"S how can - · , , . . h' · · d l , we expect a wr nnrng team. One time. Let::; bear L 1s m mrn , stul -1 h. . d. l I t I . . . t ing 1n JSpensa, e o a µroper co - ents, and get rn !me for lessons this le.(J'e spirit is the singing uf songs of coming winter. Pruf. B'ox i · an es ou~· nlrna mater. It would bP a gre,1t sential requisite to make oratorical thing if some part of C t '. - students _ ~ork and debating a success this pr alumni, should "' rile a col!Pge · song Let us gt>t busy on this mat.- yt>ar. There is general r~gret ex- ter and write some "red hoL" song.:; pressed that he is unable to be pres- that will warm the heart of any man Pnt with us for tht> prelimin:1ry ora- 1 playing in a C:. C. team or rrpresent– t,,rieal <'ontPsl. Jing her in 'hf'r eqnally import:rnt •