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THE STUDENTS JOURNAL.
to mention in this connection. It is, the disappearance of books from the library. The missing books have been taken from the seminary room-the books in the stack are made very safe by the method in use at the delivery desk—and if books continue to disappear it will be necessary to take all books from the seminary room and place them in the stack. Such a change would be a great inconvenience to the students and would materially lessen the usefulness of the library. But of course this argument does not appeal to the person who is base enough to take a book from the building without the librarian's consent. It is expected, however, that it will appeal to the earnest students, who can assist the librarian greatly in preventing the further disappearance of books.
WHEN a college so far forgets its high aim as to make athletics instead of scholarship its end it is well started upon the road which will bring it into contempt with all thoughtful people and will lead to its final ruin. And when a college obtains its athletes by purchase-by hiring them, or by paying a part or all of their expenses-or when it allows itself to be represented by athletes who are kept in school by their athletic ability and not by their scholarship, it has made athletics its aim, to the injury of scholarship. This is just as true when the college allows outside parties to purchase (as defined above) its team for it as when it does the purchasing itself. Some will plead that it is necessary to win games and that to do this often requires stronger men than can be found among the bona fide students. It is not necessary to the athletic interests of a school to win games. It is better to win than to loose; but it is better to play bona fide students, and if necessary, to lose honestly than to win by means of hired or merely tolerated students.
ATHLETI@S.
The Doane eleven defeated the Nebraska University eleven last Saturday. The score was 12 to 0. The Nebraska University team was completely out-played. K. U's eleven plays better ball now than it did when it beat Doane.
The scores of some of the more important games played last Saturday are: Ann Arbor 18. Case School of Science 8. University of
Pennsylvania 12, Naval Academy 0. Princeton 34, Volunteers (of N.Y.) 0, Yale 12, West Point 5, Harvard 22, Cornell 12.
EVENLY MATCHED.
Ottawa University and Kansas University. Each Score Six Points in the Hardest Fought Foot-Ball Contest ever Seen in Kansas.
in Kansas.
Last Saturday's foot-bail game was the fiercest ever played in Kansas.
Ottawa's team consisted of two real Ottawa men and nine of what was once the Baker team. These nine men had not forgotten the long existing rivalry between Baker and K. U., and entered the game with the determination of annihilating the K. U. team.
Our team contained five of last year's players, all of whom remembered the game of a year ago and entered with a determination to avoid its repetition.
Ottawa averaged ten pounds heavier,but the superior coaching of K.U.more than made up for what they lacked in avordupois.
Potter and Ugly Taylor did the star playing for Ottawa, while the phenomenal tackling of Williamson, and the many large gains by Shellenbarger justly entitled them to the same notice for K. U.
The teams lined up as follows:
K. U. OTTAWA.
Wilson...r. h. l. h...Potter
Armour...r. e. l. e...Pearson
Cowan...r. t. l. t...Davidson
Griffith...r. g. l. g...Hamil
Stone...c. c...Austin
Moody, (Simpson).l. g. r. g...Hamil
Pope...l. t. r. t...Farror
Steinberg...l. e. r. e...Bedel
Shellenbarger...l. h. r. h...Faylor
Williamson...q. b. q. b...Allen
Piatt...f. b. f. b...Toomey
Score—K. U, 6; O. U, 6.
Umpire—Thomas Mastin, Kansas City. Referee—George Duval, Kansas City. Lineman—Charles Kleinhaus, Topeka.
THE GAME AS PLAYED.
Ottawa puts the ball in play by Taylor making a place kick for thirty yards. Piatt caught the ball and carried it back five yards. It was then K.U.'s ball and immediately the hard battle began. Cowan bucked line for four yards. Armour went throughline for four yards. Shellen barger went through line for six yards. Cowan again bucked line for five yards. Pope took the ball but was tackled behind the line.
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