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BY E. A. TBOUBLALE. The baseball diamond will be entirely at Reed College Is as within the track, with the exception ATHLETICS a part of the of the extreme left field. The football than is for goal posts and tennis netting do not i field is now In only fair condition, while and try for a class team it of the student as Instruc- Interfere south end. as they are fe) tea the first games of the season were a student who is already an athlete to in or chemistry. at the played on very rough field. The same make the team without much effort. tion the classics in over 235 feet away and at the north a a placed training is The syf tern is devised to meet not only end the goal posts are 100 feet back r was true of football, while basketball The emphasis in on needs train- of develop- from home plate. had to be played out of doors, and an the student who the the actual needs physical the Oregon Is hardly conducive to ing the most. The success of inter- ment but recreation the value Mr. Howey, caretaker of Uie Mult- Winter for and nomah field, says soil on the athletics in cases where collegiate athletics requires the bulk of group activity. The that the practice needed. Tennis of the time and money to be spent on Reed field is the best he has ever seen constant is men athletic policy of the college is marked for the purpose. The proportion of has been well provided for and has the men who are already the best out in accordance with this ideal. Inter- clay good proved quite popular, while handball physically in the school, and the pres- in the soil makes a binder during months attracted a ence of intercolleaiate athletics over- collegiate athletics are excluded in the and will give a stiff crown, off which the Winter spectac- the water will drain rapidly. good number of players. shadows in the appeal to the Interest of the athletic training of all "Next year with a permanent athletic ular any intra-mur- al system that is the students each An interesting feature of the Reed ex- and student takes College provides games be- field, football, baseball and track will devised to go with it. Thus Reed in or sports. system for in- )art the The tween the faculty and the students. be on a much sounder basis. Basketball cludes intercollegiate sports in the determination of the college to pro- will be played In the new gymnasium. terests of true college athletics and vide The undergraduates have found out, incentive and opportunity for all too, can play, In The athletic department will be better the development of ail the students. engage or that the teachers and students to in tennis and baseball the faculty, with able to handle athletics and also the The ahletic contests are in charge of sanies is shown by the extension of athletic council will be more completely an athletic council, which, subject to college campus in- a little more practice, would be able the which now to class teams. organized and able to arrange for the the approval of the student council, cludes 66 acres. There was probably defeat the President contests. Three classes will make more arranges schedules and settles dis- College Foster is particularly interested in decides at Heed last semester a larger baseball, and can sometimes be found competition.) a condition that has not putes between the teams or proportion of the students taking part watching practice been present In many cases this year. the eligibility of players. There is also or the students and Intra-collegla- te sys- which regularly in games than in making comments about their playing The results of the the constitution of the council any other college in the country. ability. This year the faculty put out tem this year argue well for Its future specifies the conditions under which Athletic facilities tor next year will success." letters and numerals are awarded to a good baseball team, though many of nd e greatly improved and enlarged. them had not played for years. It Is considered far more important athletes. Letters are awarded for There are already two tennis courts for a student who has before neglected ability, rather than specializa- and two basketball and a handball Friendly Relations Established. his physical development to get out tion in any one branch. court. Basketball will be played in the The result of this policy has been a gymnasium which will be built this friendly relation between the students Summer. Several additional tennis and teachers that can rarely exist on courts will also be provided. A boat-hou- a classroom basis. Other factors, how- IRISH POETESS BOOK has been placed on Crystal ever, contribute to this result. Stu- Springs Lake and by the kindness of dent government removes in a large the Ladd Estate Company the lake Is part the ordinary basis for differences OF VERSE SUCCESSFUL for the use of the college for all water between the students and faculty, and ) sports. Two canoes are in use already. the two groups mix in their social life as well as in athletics. The students Peculiar Charm Found in Homely Simplicity of Miss W. M. Letts' Nnr Athletic Field Started. College Grading on the new athletic field is of Keed feel that the teachers Poetry About Soil and People. way. are decidedly human and interested under The field lies Just west primarily in the welfare of the stu- of the dormitory and will be close dents; ' to the gymnasium. Work on the field Aug. J3. (Special.) Miss I'm thinking you'd be glad. Much of the success of the system DUBLIN, poetess, has Though the angels make your bed. will be continued throughout the year been to popu- Letts, an Irish you see we've bad mer be ready this has due the an extraordinarily Could the care and it will for football larity and enthusiasm of C. S. Bots-for- d. U B Collese Traelc Mea Left te Klght, Kay Braaloa, Max Lewis Oaear Koealg, Keaaeth Tamllneasw Arthur Uaack. To respect you now yoo're dead. next September. The long way of - the physical director at the college. David Brace, Alexander Lacker. Kcdman. Archie Clark, Elton Loncka and Ulcnn Johnson 2, Fncaitr-ttophomo- re successful book of verses under the Another poem by the same author field will be north and south. An egg-shap- He has succeeded in keeping the men . Baseball Gaaw S, Thn Tennis Coartsrl 4, Sophomore Bnseball Tenna Left to Ktcht), Rnr Braalon, Kverett Tronsdnle, title of "Songs From Leinster." bears the title "Synge's Grave." It track, faced with cinders and interested in their own physical wel- Milton Koayan, Glenn Johnson, Wr Redman, Elton Loncka; Seated, Kenneth Tomllnaon, W illiam Howard of Miss Lett's po- way: laps to mile, Jesse, The peculiar charm begins in this irting four the surrounds fare and has Inspired all of them with Barlow, Donald Lancefield and Robert Sabln 5, Fresh ma a Girls' Basketball Team, Margaret 'Walton, Gertrude Speer, etry its extreme homely sim- My grief! they have laid yon in the it. The track will be 12 feet wide and Lola , Canoeing 1, lies in that his own enthusiasm. "For Reed we Edna Johnston, William. Olive Klneald and Jaanlta Parker on Crystal Springs Lake Faculty Is of soil and of the town. will have four lanes. On the east side were closing Baseball Team (Left to Right), A. E Wood. B. C. Ewer, W. T. plicity. It the thousand wheeil 135-ya- will." the words of a Fred Weber, President Footer. J. J. Stnhl, H. B. Within moldher of its rd instance, could be the of the track will be a straight- stirring talk given by him in assem- Torreyt Seated, Mf. F. Ogbarn, fi. F. Coleman, Keller Keea nnd C. S. Botaford. people. What, for And busy feet that travel up and down. away. 15 yards wide, allowing five lanes bly. These words have been the key- better in its way than the little poem for runners. At the south end of the note of his activities all the year. The games were played last Fall, the sopho- mores are leading, with' four victories athletic under discouraging1 condi- called "Grandeur," which tells of the They had a risht to choose a better bed field and inside of the track will be a success sys- mores winning the championship. Early and no defeats. A tennis tournament tions, we may safely say sys- Mary Byrne? Far off among the hills where silence best evidence of the of the was that the wake of teals double tennis court. 120 feet by 120 feet, tem is fact that year many in the Winter an Interclass Indoor meet finished last week. tem has been- a success. One of the --bringing the this During consid- Poor Mary Byrne is dead In on the soul with comfort tread. and to the north of that witbin the students who in high school never waa held which waa won by the sopho- the Winter there was best results of the system has been to And all the world may see The poem ends with these two larger end of the egg-shap- field will an part in mores. men in each erable interest in boxing and wrestling. draw a large proportion of the stu- Where she lies upon her bed took active athletics have About half the . stanzas: be a regulation field. 150x300 places competed. of Instruction was given in these branches into contests. Many who never Just as fine as quality. . football come out and tried hard for on class A large majority by dents But now among these alien city graves. feet. This field will have a 14 per the class teams. Their progress for the men took part in a handball tour- Fred Weber. considered going out for athletics What way are you without the rough cent grade, and will be rolled hard in one season's work has been remark- nament which. was won by the fresh- while in preparatory school have come wind's breath, Stndenta Well Pleased. free-bor- n will faculty out clasa dormitory , teams wish the dead could see Yoo son of mountains and wild the Fall. It then be covered with able. Since the plan at Reed calls fori men after a hard fight with tjie The feeling for the of I of wake. two inches of sawdust. The sawdust the general development of every stu- - and sophomore teams. Both the sopho- of the students at the and showed up surprisingly well. The splendor the wa'7 present time in regard to the athletic For tt'B proud herself would be will be raked oft in the Spring in time Of course, the final word on the suc- more men and the sophomore women . "Athletics at Reed are meant for Of the keening that they make. Ah: ?o! knows better here you've ne for the baseball season. cess of the system must lie with the were victorious in the basketball situation Is well stated In an editorial everyone and not for a few selected in- abode. three-corner- Och: little Mary Byrne. So long ago jou had the laush at death. The baseball diamond will respect games. baseball in of Quest, which Is These ac- wind-twe- also be at students, and in this a study of In the the last issue the dividuals. results have been You welcome every suest; And rose and took the mountain the north end of the field, with the athletic conditions at the college speaks series between the faculty, the sopho as follows: complished this year in spite of certain Is It now you take your turn road. home plate in the northwest corner. well for the system. Three football mores and the freshmen, the sopho "After, one year of intra-collegia- te unfavorable conditions.. 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