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D. II. 0.\SKTE, Editor
It was decided last fall to substitute intramural for inter- scholastic basket-ball in the school on account of the general incxpedie1~cy of the latter. TnE )fETEOn made a proposi- tion whereb:· a league was to be organized and run under her supervision. and offered a dinner in town to the winner. This plan was adopted : Eight teams were cho,en b;v eight elected captain,, a schedule of tweuty-fonr games was made out, and the fir:;t few games played when a joint attack of measles and "ennui" broke things up. Although the former was unavoidabh, the latter might well be termed "quitting," and he who quit:; is worse than he who hesitate$.
T oo·ether with the first of l\[arch the first baseball practice b
was ushered in. T"·cnty-fi>e candidates reported to Coach Gerould amono- whom were all of last Year's men, with the
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exception of Phillips, \Yho is no longer at school. All haYe
displa~·ctl plent.Y of pep, and se>cral of the new men haYe shown np Ycry well. With their addition, and that o£ ex- perience, the