Norwich Guidon Issued Bi-Weekly Northfield, Vt., December 7, 1923 Volume II, Number Six

COMPULSORY EXERCISE REQUIRED Of CADErS

Coffim Says Men Cannot Be Allowed To Become " f a t And Lazy" As H e r e t o f o r e — M u s t Be Out O f Barracks After Classes.

With the beginning of the winter period of miliatry of instruction every man at Norwich is now required to be outside of the barracks each day for one hour after the military oi academic classes are finished. During this hour the men must devote themselves to some form of sport— snowshoeing, skiing, hiking, or skating. Lieutenant Macdonald expects to have horses available for use in the riding hall at this time for men who desire to devote the hour to horsemanship. As this pe iod interferes with retreat formation, it is expected that retreat will either be abolish-^Ldur ing ih^w in terror tlieUme of forma-tion set at a later hour

Men going out for any form of organiz-ed sport such as basketball, polo, wrest-ling, or fencing are excused from taking part in these outdoor exercises.

The Commandant feels this way about it '' In the past as soon as snow came many of the men at Norwich have literally holed up for the winter going out of doors only when necessity demanded. When spring came they have been fat and lazy, and it has taken most of the spring training period to get them back into proper condition. This hour of outdoor exercise will not allow this to happen this winter."

THOUGH NORWICH GRiDSTERS WON ONLY TWO GAMES THE SEASON JUST CLOSED IS CONSIDERED A SUCCESS

Coach laird faced Tough Proposition When He Took Up Work At The University And Dnring The Season Injuries Hampered The Team — N e w Mentor Retains Unqualified Support O f Cadet Corps.

PRESIDENT WILL ATTEND N E. TAX CONVENTION

President Plumley has been named by Governor Proctor as a delegate from Ver-mont to attend the New England Tax Commissioners Convention at Hartford, Conn., December 6 and 7 He will accom-pany Col. Fred B.Thomas, '95, State Tax Commissioner to this convention.

The latter succeeded President Plum ley as Tax Commissioner of Vermont when President Plumley came to Norwich as President.

SOPHOMORE POLO TRIP PLANS ARE ABANDONED

Owing to the fact that the stables at the New York Military Academy burned, the contemplated polo games between the Sophomore team and the Military Acad emy team has been cancelled. This game was to be played in December at Corn wall-on-Hudson. Other than class meets no games for the sophomores have been arranged. The Sophomore lineup is as follows:— Bancroft, No. 1 Handy No, 2, and Osgood, back.

With certain qualifications, the 1923 football season may be considered a suc-cess. This conclusion was reached after due consideration had been given to the following points. First, it is practically impossible for a coach to take hold of a team with which he is unfamiliar and develop a consistent winner; second, in-uries played a large part in the season just closed third, though only two out

of nine games were wron, a good football foundation for next year has been establish-ed.

A coach in his first year with a new team has to spend considerable time in experimenting with the material which he has on hand. This is just what Coach Laird had to do this fall when he stepped into the driver's seat of the Norwich grid ma-chine. The changes which Laird made in the Norwich lineup have proven advanta-geous. "Jurn" had a team composed of

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Contest On Snow Covered Sabine Eield Sees Sophs

Downed By Rooks Eleven The football season on Sabine Field

came to a niose when LheXi^ahnieji. de-feated the Sophomores, 12 to 0, in a game that was unusually clean for an inter-class affair. The icy hand of fate gave the first break to the Sophs when the ele-ments from above put the field in poor playing condition. Snow followed by rain made the field a mess of slush and water But the Flander's coached eleven flashed an aerial attack that was surpris-ingly accurate under the existing condi-tions. Under normal conditions, the Rooks might have rolled up a larger score.

As a result of this defeat, the chances of the Sophomore numerals ever appear-ing on Numeral Hill took a decided drop. '26 must win the baseball game next spring or their chances will pass all the way into oblivion Despite the well-earned victory there was no hilarious celebration in honor of this memorable

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SPECTACULAR N. U. PLAY BRINGS POLO VICTORY

Colonel Edward's Malletuien Show Great Team Work In f inal Period O f Sprinff ield G a m e — N i c h o l s Starred.

SMOKER AND DANCE TO BE GIVEN BY "N" CLUB

A football dance will be held in the Armory Saturday December 15, under the auspices of the 'N Club, for the purpose of securing funds to purchase sweaters for the letter men of the recent season The committee in charge is com-posed of M E. Fisher and K. L. Briggs. The Maroon Serenaders will perform for the occasion, and there is no reason why practically all the cadets can't have a good time and contribute something in the way of material recognition for the services the football men rendered Norwich.

Earlier in the week there will be a smoker, under the direction of W B. Con roy, in which recollections of the past season, as well as plans for the coming season will be discussed—something new at Norwich. All cadets should feel it a matter of personal obligation to support the worthy efforts of the "N" Club.

Course In Mounted Pistol Work Planned Eor The

Seniors Next Spring With the coming of spring seniors are

to ride the mounted pistol course if it is possible, according to a recent announce-ment by Capt Hood. This course will probably be the regulation pistol course for qualification if army regulations will allow its being carried out at Norwich. Some mounted pistol work will be done anyway as a recent ruling of tne War Department calls for twelve shots a month to be fired, six dismounted and six mounted.

The mounted pistol course for record consists of four ranges; one to the front, one to the right one to the left and one to the rear All to are be fired at a gallop.

In addition to this course collective practice will be carried on. This will con-sist of squads of eight men firing at a line of overhead targets and targets on the ground. This is also fired at the gallop.

The Norwich Indoor Polo team pluck-ed victory out of what looked like an overwhelming defeat when during the past period of their game at Springfield, Saturday, with the Eastern States Riding Club team, the Norwich trio rallied and played polo that brought hundreds of people to their feet cheering for the cadets, who won, 11 1-2 to 11.

At the end of the first period N U had a lead of 2 goals. In the second period Butler, the team captain, was mounted on "Kitty", a polo pony that has a re-putation of being hard to handle when ridden by a player who does not know her. Butler had a very hectic 7 1-2 minutes and his team went to pieces during that period, while Springfield scored seven goals. The Norwich team recovered slight-ly in the third period even against Spring-

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COMM. SAYS SKATING RINK WILL BE BUILT

Norwich will soon have a skating rink, according to Lieutenant McDonald. The compulsory outdoor activitives that are to be carried out here on the Hill make it necessary that as many fo ms of winte • sports as possible be provided. The need of a skating rink has been felt for some time, and more or less unsuccessful at-tempts have oeen made by the cadets in years past to construct one. The Commandant is now taking the matter up and expects to have a suitable place for skating constructed in the oval be-low the polo field.

In past years Norwich has had a credi-table hockey team. With the construction of the skating rinking it will be possible to revive this sport a t Norwich. All men interested should see Major Potter about plans for a team.

BUNCH o f BADGES MAY DRAIN SUPPLY OF METAL

Qualification badges for the rifle, pistol and saber course are soon to be issued to those having qualified in these courses, it is announced by Captain Hood. T<kese badges will be the same as those issued to the regular army, but owing to the supply of the old style badges on hand it may not be possible to secure the latest regulation badges. Men having qualified in the same grade in two or more courses will receive bars for the extra courses.

SENIOR E E'S TO MAKE TESTS Now that the Seniors taking "Steam-

power Plant Engineering" have begun to understand something of the course, their practical knowledge will be tested by running an actual test at the textile mill down town, at the request of the management. The Nantanna Worsted Mill has recently installed a new system of hand-fired automatic stokers which have increased the efficiency of the plant about thirty percent. The manager has asked that the seniors run a test on the boiler, furnace, ^nd grate efficiency of the plant.

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EDITORIALS BURIED TALENTS

Major Potter's method of thwarting self-interested candidates of Norwich sports by eliminating the Boston trips from the basketball and baseball schedules, although open to criticism certainly derives merit from its effectiveness. The athlete whose great ideal 'Sport for the sport's sake , has been perverted to read 'Sport for the trip's sake must inevitably fail to attain, to the peak of his athletic possibilities.

Too often the question is. 'What are you getting out of college?' Too rarely it is this "What are you giving to your Alma Mater?" To an unpardonably large number of us the mention of college in the dim decades of the future will merely bring recollections of text books, a rifle, females, and a bottle of Cognac. Unheeded is the call to the num-erous athletic, as well as literary and musical activities in which Nor-wich seeks to uphold the honor of her name. We bury our talents in the soil of indifference and indisposition.

The college man wrhose activities are entirely bound up in his text books can only with difficulty render himself in life appreciablv service-able to his community and the nation. Habits of laissez-faire concern ing scholastic activities are an injustice both to the individual and to the institution he attends It is high time that the star half-back who thinks it ' too much like work" the .300 hitter wdio doesn t like the trips the tuneful tenor who 'hasn't been asked , and the expert rifle man who 'hasn t got the time"—all these and others, realize that their debt to Norwich exceeds the price of tuition

The Editor Muses Over seventy different amendments to

the Federal Constitution to be proposed in Congress during the session now at hand! Rather interesting to note, after Professor Flint s recent discourse con-cerning that document. President Plum-ley contends that in practically all cases the thing sought for could be accomplished by mere legislation rather than by a constitution plastered with amendments. It does seem like a case of more butter than bread.

Ever drop into the Library to read something besides Life and Judge? Miss Brown calls our attention to six volumes of the Vocational series, each volume treat-ing of some one outstanding profession and written by one who knows his sub-ject. You'll find all the Vermont state dailies there also.

Feet wet these slushy days? Use Korite on the seams of your soles, and feel the clammy dampness evaporate. Korite has already won the recommendation of the Commandant, though new in the market. Several of our non-coms hope to do the same next June.

Not a bad idea, that of the Command-ant's about recreation for the boys through the winter months. Why not stage a few snow battles between the boiler-makers, and the cake-eaters? Under the experienc-ed generalship of Major Ashton and Captain Nelson, some mighty interesting strategic maneouvers might result.

According to the expressed opinion of the corps, Joe Cadet must belong to Ser-vice Troop, having done absolutely noth-ing since his arrival here.

Our Rooks are somewhat amazed at being treated with such patronizing kind-ness by their former afflicters. Hang on, Rooks! Chinning season comes but once a year

All those who never had a single soli-tary stomach ache over the Thanksgiving holidays say Aye. Why the silence?

Judging from the number of academic deficiencies in the Freshman class for the second month, the explanation given by the Dean for a poor first month, namely the difficulty of accustoming one's self to new surroundings, should give way to one reflecting on the Rook's mental equip-ment.

Cadets with <highly developed senses of acquisition" as J J S. expressed it in Structures, have been known to take read-ing matter away with them from the in-firmary The new infirmary will be well supplied with entertaining literature, so let's give the poor unfortunates who follow us a chance.

How does it feel, Rooks, to walk around the Hill and not act like a bird?

Doubtless a great majority of the cadets, especially the Rooks, will stay in North-field over the Christmas holidays. They usually do.

It has been recommended that classes be held for the professors with the idea of teaching them the proper way to salute.

How many hours, minutes and seconds is it now

WTe hope you're not smoking during study hours.

The Editor

The Editor Goes Visiting We buttonholed "Peanut" Potter the

other morning right after Chapel, and in spite of the fact that the Major was quite busy and in a hurry to get away we managed to eke out of him a few words concerning the sport situation. In effect

"A sad phase of Norwich athletics that seems to be creeping in these days is the fact that men are coming out for sports not for the sport's sake, but for whatever pleasure there is in the trips. For this reason I have eliminated the Boston trips from the basketball and baseball schedules, with the idea of checking those candidates who come out to play and not to work.

"Track teams have suffered much in the past due to this unfortunate attitude Dn the part of possible candidates. Last fall a large squad turned out for fencing, but because we were unable to secure long trips for the them that squad has dwindled down to a mere skeleton of its former self Recently two men who had decided to report for basketball turned to the glee club when they learned of the elimination of the Boston trip. Cases have been known where candidates stayed out for a sport until the first trip was success fully made, and then dropped out.

"This selfish attitude on the part of the Norwich athletes must inevitably act as a barrier to her progress in the field of sport, if permitted to grow into a gen-eral characteristic. The player in whose mind Alma Mater gives precedence to self is not going to do his best for the team, and the average player who strives his level best is of far greater value to Lis team and to his college than the star who doesn't care."

"Rushing" In The *60's Fraternities started at Norwich away

back in the year 1856, and like every thing else it is very interesting to trace certain phases of their development. For a long time, in fact, until about 1900, there were only two fraternities at Norwich and naturally, the early progress of fraternities centered about the actions of these two.

With the beginning of fraternities, we find a much different Norwich than what we have at the present. In those days there was only one building upon the Hill,

namely Jackman Hall, which served for a variety of purposes. On the first floor there were the class rooms, with the second and third floors devoted to barrack-rooms, On the third floor at opposite ends of the corridor (and this was due to an urgent reason) a room was given to each fraternity to act as a meeting place. With the growth of the college and the need of more space, the fraternities were forced to move downtown, where each one hired a room in one of the office buildings. Here they stayed until the fraternity houses were built.

The inter-relations of the fraternities in those days was of a much different character than what we find it to be at the present. That friendly spirit of rivalry which is in vogue at the present, was completely lacking, in place of which a more antagonistic spirit was to be found. The strife between the fraternities hinged to a large extent, no doubt, upon the manner in which men were pledged.

At first, it was the custom on the first day of school, for each fraternity to gather its members at the railroad station and wait for the incoming train carrying the rookies. As soon as these new men alight-ed from the train, they were grabbed up and taken in tow by either group, de-pending upon which group was the quick-est and of the largest numbers. Of course, by employing a small amount of imagina-tion, we can easily visualize the situation. The rook—the center of a mass action. Each group clinging desperately to his clothing, pulling, hauling and shouting with all the gusto of their lungs. It is a wonder that such a large percentage of the rooks lived thru the trying ordeal, as such it usually turned out to be. The victors carried their trophy, in the form of a torn, battered and trembling rook, if he had not already passed out, to their fraternity room. Here all manner of per* suasion and flattery was employed to entice the freshman to sign up and pledge himself It must have been a hard blow to those fraternity men, who emerged from the contest much worse for wear if the rook refused to join them.

It is worthy to note that one year one of the fraternities had a most complete victory by meeting the upcoming train at Randolph, side-tracking the new men whom they picked, and buggying them up to Northfield. In some years matters were even of such a condition, wherein we find men pledged in their own home towns, long before they even had a glimpse of Norwich. There is even a case on record of two men being pledged before they had graduated from high school and then when they did finally come here, it was only to stay for one semester At this point, we find the first rule regulating pledging, which stated that no men were to be pledged outside of the village of Northfield.

With conditions such as they were, the faculty called the two fraternities to-gether with a view to try and lessen the strife and discord then prevalent among the men, and around the year 1880, we find the first set of rushing rules. These rules forbade the pledging of freshmen tho' they could be rushed, until they had been here for eight weeks.

With the passing of time these rules proved inadequate and with the corres-ponding rise of new fraternities, the in-crease in the number of men attending coLege, the development of a better spirit of harmony the rushing rules have been so altered and changed till we have the present set of regulations, sanctioned by all of our five fraternities and now in existence and force.

H. G.Piper

THE NORWICH GUIDON 3

BULLS AND MISSES

This is the tale of a Hebrew lady who in the usual Hebrew disregard for the English 'W" desired to buy some toilet articles in the drug store

"I vant some talcum powder said she. Mennen's? 'No, vomen's' 'Scented?

"No, take it vid me."

'Now Shandy lesh try er again Thinks ya could shtand two more shtoriesh?'

'Shure, Jock, an I could shtand fufty more if they was good onesh

Dye's Information Bureau Prof Flint—"Mr Dye, tell me about the Department of Agriculture.

Nick—"Whaddya wanta know about it?'

The Rook's girl—"You know Jimmie. I think it's wonderful how popular you are! Why you are on saluting terms with every one of the officers!"—American Legion Weekly

The color blooms on woman's cheeks, For less than fifteen cents a week But for a man, as price now goes, It costs a lot to paint a nose.

Free Verse—Very Free Little drops of whiskey Little drops of brew Forbidden fruit for me But I will drink with you

Tobacco is a filthy weed No thanks, I do not chew I do not put it in my mouth, Except to smoke with you.

Nor do I like the women I'm bashful as can be, I hate them, every single one Unless she is with me.

Song by mouth is blasphemous When Nature sings right here, But wfth you boys I will except The song—"One Keg of Beer

Each evil I do abhor To sing or drink or smoke. Rut light up, men,to-morrow You may be dead or broke.

Appreciation—An Essay The stout gentleman was picking his

fastidious way down the dingy alley A banana peel was resting in peace on the hot brick side-walk, the foot of the 'portly gentleman arose in its fastidious stepping, lovingly approached the banana peel, and caressed it, only to find its ardor returned by swift repulsions and the gentleman sat heavily upon his index expurgatorious.

It was gracefullyr done, well done, marvelouslv done, but appreciated only by a small kid leaning out of a window The kid showed honest appreciation and yelled his praise

'Mister will ya please do it again? Ma didn't see ya do it.

Prof Flint—Now Mr Rosenthal, what is meant by the "Gerrymander?

Rosie—"It's a lower form of animal, like you drew on the board.

True Love Never Runs Smooth I lov- her in the morning And I loved her in th<„ night I loved her when I was sober And I loved her when I was tight, Her love was of a different sort, And her I could not win For every time that I saw her She loved me with the rolling-pin

In the A. E. F A sayoir faire mam selle*

Who was known as the Marseillaise belle,

Was asked for a kiss By a soldier named Bliss,

And she told him to gaux straight teaux helle.

Stars and Stripes.

WHO ARE THESE CADETS? Make sense in the following anecdote

by filling in the blank spaces with the names of Seniors:

My who is quite an out-door man, a great, and besides being fond of the. asked to have the day off so I decided to. him his request and accompany him. Our hike took us over a big.. covered with trees. 'How much is fhe. he asked? "Not a great deal, I said, for there's too much

Anwers to the last puzzle ADLARD ANDREWS, GARRITY KELLEY LO-KER, and MANLEY

Intercollegiate Notes Students at B. U are offered a new

course, a course on the slide-rule. A dollar and an ordinary slide-rule will admit any member of the student body to this new course given by the accounting depart-ment. Credits do not accompany this course and registration is not required. The object of this study is to teach the proper use of the slide-rule. Sale of water-cooled slipsticks is said to be tremendous.

Some imaginative undergraduate of Kansas University suggested the follow-ing idea for testing the relative strength of the two lower classes: Thanksgiving-morning a few chosen members of the Freshman and Sophomore classes got together and had a furious hand car race The handcars and tracks were furnished by a local street railway company

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THE STORY OF THE HORSE" Attention is called to an article entitled

'Tne Story of the Horse" which appears in the November issue of the National Geographic Magazine, accessible in the reading room of the Miller Library The article is well illustrated, and should be of practical interest to Norwich men.

Boze—You got a hair-cut? You don't call that a hair-cut, do you?

Broze—No, idiot, I hung a scythe upon the wall, and jumped at it.

"Shandy we've gone up fivie flightshe of shtairs now we'd shtop and resht Howsh you shtummick?"

'Top nosh, ock, she shettled down now for a little bish. She's reshting easy as an eel in a shkillet

MORE GILT FOR THOSE WHO SIMPLY LOVE IT

Highly polished collar ornaments and buttons is the latest regulation for officers as laid down by a memorandum from the War Department. The collar ornaments will be of brass or brightly burnished copper while brass buttons are quite O K for the blouse.

'Movies with right man better than grand opera with a yap, vote Univer-sity of Chicago co-eds. The co-eds of this university/ at a meeting recently to discuss men, dances and parties decided that "all men are talkers some of them serious and dull, some frothy and dull, and others trivial and dull. " A movie with the right man is more desirable than a grand opera with a "yap" is their opinion They ex-pressed themselves in favor of three dates

week, preferably theatre dates. Two show s were regarded as better than one theatre and supper date

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Radio serves many purposes at present, a new use being found the other day when the Forensic Union of Dartmouth received a challenge to debate from L a f a y e t t e College by wireless.

Many girls, sixty-five in number turn-ed out for the Woman's Rifle team at the University of Vermont this year The team is planning to shoot about fifteen matches this winter Out of these sixty-five there are eleven who were on the crack varsity team of last year which had only three defeats.

Carnegie Tech's fame in putting out popular dance orchestras is upheld as usual this year with the formation of a new orchestra composed entirely of active Carnegie students. It is made up of six pieces and is known as "The Tartans."

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POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB TO DISCUSS BONUS BILL

Nest Monday evening the Political Science Club will hold its third meeting at Professor Flint's house. The subject will be the Bonus and the Proposed Tax reduction Lieutenant Whitcomb and Sergeant Marsden are to be the leaders in the discussion. Refershments wall be served after the meeting

During the war Uncle Sam made every effort to see that soldiers and sailors were insured for $10,000 each, and today many wives, mothers, or sisters, deprived of their loved ones, are receiving their monthly check from the government as an aid to their support.

This was an emergency measure that will be of untold benefit to the families of the brave boys who did not return

The next time you visit Montpelier call at the Home One of the National Life Insurance Company and allow us to show you the equipment for rendering you and y ours similar service.

President Harry A. Garfield of Williams was hanged in effigy during a recent chapel period at Williams College. This act was a result of the discord which followed the suspension of seven sophomores for at-tempting to kidnap three freshmen The figure, as suspended, bore a notice over the forged signature of Dean Hawes, ordering 'Hands off until 8:30."

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CHENEY AND SPARRELL NEW VARSITY MANAGERS

The Athletic Council at a recent meet ing elected the managers of two varsity sports J D. Cheney '25, of Lyndonville is manager of baseball and L. S. Sparrell, '25, of Worcester Mass. is manager of basketball.

Sparrell and Cheney have been acting as managers this fall although not de-finitely elected to their respective offices. Last year I C. Schaefer '25 of Middle-town, Conn., was elected manager of basketball. Schaefer transferred to Syra-cuse leaving only Sparrell in line for the position No manager of baseball was elect-ed last spring but as Cheney was the only one of the two assistant managers to re-turn to college this fall, the job became his.

A WORD FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS

We are please to print the following communication jrom U. M J The Guidon is a student publication, and all cadets should consider themselves free to submit articles of interest to the corps. Herein are possibilities J or a potent forum of student opinion. We hope that others will follow U M J s example. The Editor

Once in the far distant past there was an organization at Norwich known as the student branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, but for some un known reason without doubt a lack of interest it died a natural death. Now it is the belief of the writer that this was a great mistake, and that at present, -with large sections in both the Senior and Junior

classes in the E. E. course, there is no good reason why this branch should not be revived and made an organization that Norwich might be proud to recognize. Wre are particularly fortune in having two professors in the electrica depart-ment who have had more or less intimate contact with the Senior branch of this organization and who have also had much practical experience along electrical lines, as well as research work, who could assist us greatly

However it must be remembered that this is an organization mainly for the student body and that in order to be a success, it must have the undivided sup-port of at least the two upper classes in the E. E. course. This would mean the preparation of short talks on some techni-cal subject, or possibly papers written on some subject of interest to be handed in for discussion at the meetings. There is also a possibility^ that one or two talks might be given by men who "do things" from outside the college

It seems that there is no need of going into detail in regard to the benefits that would be realized from such an organiza-tion as this, because any wide-awake em-bryo engineer should see that it would mean a broader view of these subjects that we expect to come into daily contact with later on as well as giving us a certain prestige that should be of great value after we graduate. Think it over men and then., lets act!

U M J

THE COMM SAYS Troop Commanders report to the Com

mandant's office. The Rules and Regulations say that,

there will be no smoking during study hours. That rule will be enforced in the

future. No father or mother of a cadet should

come to Norwich without calling on the President taking his father or mother to see the President is an obligation a cadet owes his parents.

No half dress is acceptable in the barracks. Be conventional. Be present-able. While in quarters or visiting clad in pajamas and bathrobe is one thing, but going around half dressed is something not done by a gentleman.

Troop Commanders are authorized to give punishment for infringements of rules and regulations, but the medium through which such punishment is given should not be called summary court or troop court either. The Troop Commander keeps a Troop punishment book, but no record is made in this book of cases where no action is taken.

In everything you do you must act as officers—with dignity and bearing. Be careful in you talk, and be careful of your dress and the things you do. You men are officers because you have demonstrated qualities of leadership, and unless you show that you still possess the ability to lead you are not worthy/ of the trust imposed on you by reason of your position

Courtesy I have .seen at least four in stances in which a cadet officer placed himself on the proper side of his junior in rank on meeting him. Remember that the junior puts himself in place—not his senior It s high time you stood on youi two feet and demand the courtesy and respect due you from your inferiors in rank.

During the winter the men have a tendency to crawl into their holes and stay there except for classes and forma-tions. This is wrong from a health point of view, for they get fat, soggy and lazy and in a worthless condition by spring,

academic suffering as a result. Each after-noon after Thamksgiving, and continu-ing through the wintei the barracks will be cleared during a period set to conform with conditions, and men will be out partaking of some recreation or physical exercise. This will be compulsory though men may elect what they wish to do.

Inspections at 7:30. Officers are ap-parently failing to make proper morning inspections. I came to the conclusion from my inspection last Saturday that they confine themselves to dressing up, stroll ing around quarters, looking official, and strolling out again. Conditions on the surface look good, but when you dig down underneath they are not as they should be—and this is true because morn-ing inspections a*e not properly made. Hereafter when conditions in a trccp are not as they should be at inspection action will be taken against troop com-mander Troop commanders will be held responsible.

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field a strongest lineup which was then put in to clinch the victory which they had apparently gained.

Witn Springfield four goals in the lead and with 'Snow" Joslyn and the mighty Herren going in there seemed to be no chance for N. U However the last period was simply a demonstration of what can be done when the members of a team can forget self and work like the parts of a perfect machine.

Nichols played the best game fie has ever played, and Butler redeemed him-self for his unpleasant second period. While the No. 1 position is probably the weakest on our team this, year . a s it has generally been in the past, it should be remembered that it requires several y ears of experience and remarkably good udgment to play r

that position as it should be played. Rich-ard, who is a new player this season did very well in the position and Fisher gives promise of making a real No. 1 by the time he has had another year at the game.

The Norwich team was entertained at the Colony Club for breakfast and lunch and at the Hotel Kimball for dinner

Immediately after the game our team proceeded to the home of Mr H G Waters where Mrs. Waters and her daugh ter served tea to the cadets and several young ladies.

Society was out in force for the polo game and most of the boxes in the Col-osseum of the Eastern States Exposition grounds were filled when the whistle blew for the start of Springfield-Norwich ex-hibition match.

There were only a few of the Norwich Alumni present, but a crowd of Dart-mouth College men were there to root for N U , and no Norwich cheering section could have been more loyal than were our big brothers from Hanover Even during the gloomy second period these Dart-mouth men cheered for Norwich as if they were supporting one of their own teams.

The summary Springfield Norwich No. 1 Clark, H M., Ko. 1 Fisher Waters, H G Richard No. 2. Wallace/A B. No.2. Nichols oslyn J W

Back, Clark S. Back, Butler Herren T W

Goals for Springfield—By Clark, H M 2 Waters 1, Wallace 6, Clark, S., 1, Herren . Pony goal 1. Total 12. Goals for N U —By Fisher z, Richard

1, Nichols 4, Butler 5. Total 12 Fouls cost Springfield one goal and N. U half a gqal.

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HERE AND THERE IN SPORTS AT OLD N. U. By E. B. FITZGERALD, Sporting Editor

BASKETBALL FIVE TO PLAY GREEN TOSSERS

AT HANOVER, DEC. 13TH Captain Pencheon s basketball tossers

will face Coach Zahn s crack Dartmouth five on December 13 at Hanover, and on the following night, they will play the Williams college five at Williainstown. The Dartmouth coach has had his men practising for the past month, and the Big Green will have an aggregation of tossers that will make a decided bid for topnotch honors in the eastern intercolle-giate basketball league this winter

Tiny Cullen, the high scoring forward on last year's Dartmouth five, and Don Moore have graduated. Captain-elect, A1 Goldstein, left college last spring and did not return this fall. Hovever Coach Zahn has some excellent material left from last year's freshman five. The chances of Norwich holding the Big Green in check are rather doubtful at the present writing Rosenthal and Pencheon re-gulars on last year's five, are on the in-jured list and probably will not wear the suctions until after the Christmas recess.

The Williams College tossers have also been practising for the past month, and the Maroon and Gold basketeers will have to display exceptional form in order to defeat the wearers of the Purple.

At the present time, nothing definite can be said as to how the cadet five will lineup in their opening game. The team has been practicing-each afternoon for the past week, and there appears to be some promising material among the freshmen candidates. The following men have re-ported to practice O'Brien, Marsh, Clark, F S., White, Moulton Ball, Boardman, Field, Burgess, McCormick, Choate, Coh-en Fitzgerald, Chase, Holton, Loker Lawrence, Phelps, Philbrook, Woodard and Hamilton.

SUCCESS OF 1923 SEASON Continued from page 1

light backs; hence, he began to develop a team that depended largely on open playing for its gains. The showing which the Maroon and Gold eleven made a-gainst Dartmouth was all that could be expected. The defensive play of the team in this game was good. Against New Hamp-shire, however the team cracked. Three things wrecked the chances of a victory in that struggle. First, the team lacked a real quarterback; second, the team was over-confident because of the showing made against Dartmouth; third, Norwich did not get the breaks in this game and the team was also penalized half the distance to the goal for an infringement of the rules.

Since the writer has been in college, the Maroon and Gold elevens have lacked a good field general. After the New Hamp-shire Norwich game, Coach Cowell stated in effect that, had Norwich resorted to the open style of play after the opening kick-off it would have upset his team. Walsh ran the opening kickoff back 30 yards to New Hampshire's 40 y-ard line. Here, Norwich sent three plays into the Blue and White line. These were stopped and consequently had a good psychological effect on the invaders. But mind this, Norwich is not the only team that has suffered because it needed a good quarter-back. Take Yale for instance. For the past few years, the Blue has been the betting favorite over Harvard. Yet, it

WEST POINT, M. A. C , ST. LAWRENCE ARE NEW-COMERS ON NORWICH GRIDIRON PROGRAM TOR NEXT AUTUMN

Athletic Director R. D Potter has announced the 1924 football schedule which will contain nine games when com-peted. Massachusetts Agricultural Col-lege replaces Bowdoin and West Point supplants Canisius. St. Lawrence fills the November 1st date in place of Clark-son Tech, but it is possible that Norwich may play Clarkson on October 18. Should Clarkson accept this date, the game will probably be played on Sabine Field, thus giving the Corps four home games for 1924. Major Potter tried to arrange a game with either Tufts or Boston Univer-

\ sity but was unable to do so because of conflicting dates.

St. Lawrence makes its first appearance on a Norwich football schedule, the Empire State aggregation appearing on Sabine Field a week before the start of the Ver-mont state series. The New York Staters are coached by Eddie Kaw all-American halfback, and captain of the undefeated 1922 Cornell football eleven. Under Kaw St. Lawrence has started to climb the grade in the football world. This year St Lawrence defeated Clarkson Tech 3 to 0. Clarkson and St. Lawrence are bitter rivals on the gridiron, and when Norwich defeated Clarkson at Potsdam this fall, the Maroon and Gold eleven was loudly cheered by the St. Lawrence delegation which attended the game.

Norwich meets a tarter in West Point. The 1924 cadet eleven is captioned by Garbisch, who has been selected for Ail-American center for the past two years. Garbisch played four years of football at

Washington and Jefferson before entering West Point, being captain of the 1919 W & eleven. Tiny Hewitt, who played full-back and captained Glen Warner's .1922 Pittsburgh machine, has also entered the Military Academy. Hewitt has played a strong game for the soldiers this fall and has been given honorable mention by Walter Camp. West Point completely outclasses Norwich on the gridiron but the Military Harem of Vermont should receive considerable publicity as a result of the game.

In facing Coach Gore's M A. C. eleven next fall, Norwich will met a team of its own class. This fall, Norwich lost to Williams 14 to 7 whereas, the Purple de feated the Farmers, 25 to 0. Norwich meets M A C. on a two year basis, the cadets playing the Aggie eleven at Amherest in 1925 The schedule follows.

September 29th Dartmouth at Han-over

October 4th, New Hampshire Univer-sity at Durham.

October 11th M A. C. at Northfield. October 18th, open October 25th, Connecticut Aggies at

Storrs. ^Noveinber 1st, St. Lawrence at North-

field. November 8th Middleburv at Middle-

bury November 15th, Vermont at Burling-

ton. November 22nd, West Point at West

Point.

was not until this season that Tad Jones charges came through. From facts pre-sented by different sport critics, the writer deduces that Yale's football teams had been superior man for man in most posi-tions, but lacked a brainy quarterback. This year however Yale came through because in Richeson, the Blue had a quarter who used excellent judgment in his choice of plays. But Yale had to im-port Richeson, as he played for Tulane College before he came to New Haven. The quarterback problem will face Coach Laird again next fall. The enterting class may produce the man, or Jum' may develop a man for the position from the present squad.

With Laird, nearly every position on the cadet team has been one of experi-ment He has learned the possibilities of the men on the present squad and knows better than anyone else, the elements which Norwich lacks on the gridiron Next sea-son, he can start with a knowledge of what the men who remain are capable of doing. Some may argue that Jess Hawley and Tom Keady had a successful season in their first year at Dartmouth and Ver-mont respectively But first take this into consideration: Hawley was on the Advis-ory Football Council at Dartmouth pre-vious to his taking up the reins as Coach. He also assisted Jackson Cannell before the Big Green met its formidable rival, Cornell in 1922. Hence, Hawley had a knowledge of the men with whom he had to work and he probably had his own ideas as to their individual possibilities.

As to Keady at Vermont. Any team with an aggregation of transplanted stars should make an impressive showing. Both Keady and Leo Douglass, the Vermont fullback, come from Wakefield, Mass. Keady coached at Lehigh and Douglass attended Lehigh. Keady came to Ver-mont and Douglass transfered to Ver-mont On the other hand, Percy Haugh ton, who is considered to be one of the greatest football coaches in the country has not had a successful season at Col umbia where he worked with players unfamiliar to him. Consequently, since Laird was not acquainted with the mater ial with which he had to work, he has done all that could be expected of him under the circumstances.

It must be acknowledged that injuries during the fall greatly impaired the sea-son s success. In the second game against New Hampshire, Norwich lost Walsh, Marsh, and Rice. The latter is a speedy backfielder who would have been a real scoring factor from the spread formation Against Bowdoin, both Bradley and Whit-comb were injured in the first few minutes of play However against Williams, the team put up a wonderful game and should have at least tied the score had not Radi-gan and Marsden slipped up on two scor-ing plays. From the viewpoint of the writer who saw the team play six of its nine games, Laird's charges were at their best against Purple. The Williams game was one struggle in which the injuries did hot handicap the eleven. The team had

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NORWICH DEFEATED BY LUKE URBAN S STAR

CANISIUS FOOTBALLERS The Norwich football eleven went down

to defeat before Luke Urban's crack Can isius grid machine at Buffalo 28 to 0 in a game that was featured by the work of the Norwich ends and the Blue and Gold Backs.

Captain Bill Bradley played the full game for Norwich but as he has not fullv recovered from the injuries received in the Vermont game, he was not called upon to do any offensive work. However it was Bradley 's long boots that kept the op-position from running up a higher score. Bill's kicks were well covered and both Rosenthal and Andrews were down under the ball in time to spill the'receiver in his tracks. As the game progressed, the Canis-ius quarter signalled regularly for a fair catch.

During the first period of play Canisius found the Norwich line impregnable and both teams resorted to a punting duel with honors about even However the heavier Canisius line began to work with telling effect in the second period of play

After receiving receiving one of Brad-ley's boots on the 30 yard line, the Blue and Gold backs started a 70 yard march that resulted in the first score of the game. The Canisius backs reeled off five first downs in succession that brought the ball to Norwich's 14 yard line. On the next play Short raced around end for the touchdown. The half ended shortly after with the score 7 to 0 in favor of Urban's eleven.

In the third period, the Blue and Gold backs started another offensive march from midfield that resulted in the second score. With Short, Manguso and Captain Burt gaining consistently the ball was brought to the Maroon and Gold 8 yard line. Burt took the ball off tackle for the touchdown.

In the final cession, Urban's charges uncorked a clever passing game from spread formation that netted the Jesuit College two more touchdowns.

Although the Buffalo eleven showed a more powerful and varied offensive at-tack, the Norwich defense checked the Canisius eleven on several occasions. Once, Bradley intercepted a pass on his own 40 yard line that checked the offensive march of the Urbanites. Eacker played the best game of his career and smashed through several times to stop the oppo-ing backs before they got under way Bauckman at tackle played a strong game and Laird can count on him as a valuable man for next year The Canisius team averaged 190 pounds, and this additional weight had a telling effect as the game progressed. The Norwich offensive did not function consistently although the backs made several first downs against their much heavier opponents.

The summary Canisius Norwich Guarnieni re le Andrews Feiest rt lg Bauckman Collins rg lg Worcester Brennan rg Knauff c c Radigan Glastetter c c Whit comb E. Burt c Currier lg rg Eacker Shea lg

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MORE CHANGES MADE IN RUSHING RULES

Because other Inter fraternity Council Rushing Rules have undergone certain corrections and changes since their publi-cation in the last issue of the Guidon, these change as they stand are published below for future reference and guidance of all Norwich men. A specific change was made in paragraph eight by deleting the word "alumnus" for the reason that the various fraternities are in no position to dictate to their alumni regarding who they may or may not invite to their homes. By the addition of paragraph nine, the same object as that originally intended by the former wording of paragraph eight is arrived at by the more logical method of restricting members of the entering class and providing specific penalty on freshmen for failure to observe the rule in question. In effect:

8. It is understood that there is a gentleman's agreement that no Freshman shall enter a Fraternity house oefore rush-ing season, or be entertained by an upper classman in or out of town at any time before or during rushing season, or over a week end, nor shall an upper classman place a Freshman under obligations to him in any way

9. (a) No Freshman shall accompany or accept an invitation to accompany oi be entertained by an upper classman or alumnus at any time prior to rushing season.

(b) Any freshman failing to ob-serve section "a" of this paragraph will by-such failure make himself ineligible to join any Norwich fraternity for the period of one year from the date of such failure.

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for Ford. He was recently heard to remark that if Ford became President he would undoubtedly make another Lincoln.

Moulton is a deliberate chap. He may-believe in signs, but his belief seems to to have a peculiar faculty for reversing itself. He was coming down from Mont-pelier the other night via the Central Vermont when the spirit of unrest seems to have moved him. At any rate he non-chalantly left his seat, sauntered up to one end of the car and turned to the left when he should have sauntered down to the other end of the car and turned to the right. 'Pu t t " may have been a bit reversed in his translation of signs but his liking for the women got him some where at that.

McDowell was giving an impassioned oration on broken stone roads. He was a trifle nervous and was supporting him-self by means of that ancient method of driving his hands into his pockets to a depth sufficient to supi>ort the weight of his shoulders. "Mac" reaching the climax of his speech, informed the class that thr next thing in order was the spreading of it. About that time, Professor Carlton, sitting complacently in the back of the room and taking note of "Mac's" method of support, was inspired to ask a question, —"Spreading it, did you sayr McDowell? Which hand do you use?"

The "All Montpelier Team" captained by "Tink" Fish, lost a hard fought game in the insurance city Thanksgiving night.

freshman concerned will state his case in writing, giving full particulars, and address his communication in a sealed evelope to the Interfraternity Council. Such instances will be considered special cases, and will be given immediate at-tention by the Interfraternity Council. The Council will decide whether or not the Freshman concerned may accept the invitation tendered him, and will give its decision to him in writing.

10. For violation of these rules, re-presentatives of the offending Fraternity shall be suinn oned before a Rules Com-mittee which shall pass judgment on the evidence presented, and inflict punish-ment accordingly

We, the undersigned, on behalf of our respective Fraternities, agree to the above rules: WM. H. SHURTLEFF JR. President, Theta Chi. G. A. NELSON, President, Alpha Sigma Pi. NELSON A. BUTLER President, Sigma Phi Epsilon L. A. PEABODY President, Phi Kappa Delta H .W DAVISON President, Delta Sigma Tau.

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The whole squad comprising of some fifty men, had an opjHjrtunity to test their mettle. Sullivan, the team's black horse, starred consistently throughout the game. Murray a dependable right half, was injured and force to stay in Montpelier over night. Several of the boys sustained minor injuries while John Chase received a serious internal injury in the left side of his chest. Chase is one of the teams crack ends and it is hoped he will recover Coach Bamford was well pleased with the showing his team made and thinks they will be in crack condition for the game next Saturday The opposing team had their eccentricities and insisted on passing a heart on the football. They did not care about publicity so we have been forced to omit the lineup.

Crowley makes no mean figure under a trainsman's hat. If it wasn't Thanksgiving night we are sure all the girls would have bought candy from him on the way from Montpelier to Northfield.

Pope was so worn out by Northfield night life that he decided to spend Thanks-giving day in Boston to get a rest.

Lieutenant Preston with, the aid of his cane, has succeeded in cultivating a genuine English air He admits that the cane and a few yards of baby ribbon would make a very pretty tie tack but claims that he must have the cane to lend color to his i>ersonality

Chinning season is now the chief topic of discussion on the Hill. The bids will be given out December 17 It is rumor-ed that the Mikes will extend bids to Professors Howes and Spencer

A new I>ook will be published shortly by "Sally" Chase. It will be entitled, "Up and down the state of Vermont by midnight, or the story of the three cakes." The book will go on sale at the College Store on December 15, Price 10 cents.

C. V stock dropped 10 points last Sat-urday night. Fitzgerald and Chase got a free ride to Randolph. Chase, accompanied by two tempting cakes, and "Fi tz" ac-companied by a sleepy disposition, board-ed the train at the Junction. It was agreed that Chase would awaken "Fitz", when, they arrived at Northfield. Chase had good intentions but his sympathetic dis-position ran away with them. He couldn't bear to gaze upon "Fritz" in the throes of slumber The conductor awakened them and demanded a ticket, explaining for their enlightment that the next stop was Randolph. Both of the lads were financial-ly incapacitated and unloaded in Ran-dolph in something of a hurry While they were admiring the architectural beauty of the railroad station the train departed and Chase discovered that his cakes were destined to be food for some other angel. For economic reasons the wayfarers de-cided to come back blind baggage. They arrived in Northfield at 4 A. M.

Monahan is a man with a dual person -ality It seems that his other personalitv all unknown to "Mony" went up to Barre Thanksgiving night and made a date for Saturday evening with a fair young lady The young lady called up "Mony" a short time later and was very much chagrined to find that the j>ersonality of the man she knew had entirely disap-peared.

Whittier's "Barefoot Boy" hasn't a thing on "Bill" Radigan. "Bill" may not have had the cheek of tan but the manager of a Montreal Hotel tanned him $15 for making a barefooted entrance into a room on the last football trip. "Bill" hasn't a bit of confidence in the strength of Canadian timber and states that he' is oft the kick stuff for life.

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AINSWORTH AID GIVES CADETS EINE SERVICE

Organization O f Northfield Women Supplies Reading Material And Accessories That Makes Life More Pleasent for Men III At Infirmary

In order that members of the corps may have some appreciation of the interest taken in their welfare by those with whom they do not cone in immediate contact, it may be well to mention the work undertaken b^ wives of members of the facultv as w ell as in-terested townsp ople, through the medium of an organization known as the Ains-worth Aid which came into being as a direct lesult of the Ainsworth Infirmary Though men may become members of the society its active membership is limited to women Mrs. Frederick A. Spencer is president cf the organization, Mrs. Heber C.'Cady treasurer and Mrs. William T MacCreadie secretary

The object of the Ainsworth Aid is to provide for the welfare of cadets who may be confined to the Infirmary by supply-ing reading material and articles of equip-ment that will add to their comfort, and also to maintain certain standards and necessary articles of common use in hospi-tals. Where cases require special food or a special diet, the society intends to see that it is provided. Reading material in the past, save for a few ancient and moss grown volumes, had not a been avail-able at the Infirmary and with a realization of this fact the society has made a start this fall in building a library of interesting and worth while books and magazines. As an aid to the college, the organization will also find its place in supplying small materials whose aggra-gate, however comes to a considerable amount—an amount that would ordinarily have to be borne by the university itself In this connection dishes have been provided, as well as trays, towels, sheets, blankets, screens, lights, hot water bottles, ice caps, etc., and such articks will be replaced by the society as they become unserviceaole. The ecent forget me-not drive inauguaited by the organization netted about $90 as a working fund

At the beginning of the pnsmt college year Mrs. F T Clark of Nort hfield accep-ted a position as matron of the Infirm ary and with her endeavors, and the co operation of the Ainsworth Aid, the Infirmary should take on a home-like atmosphere that may make the entry Infirmary" a welcome word on the dail^

sick report.

FENCING TEAM TO VISIT NEW YORK THIS WINTER

With one date filled on the schedule plans for a fencing trip are progressing favorably The match definitely arranged is with Columbia University in New York on March 22. Colonel Edwards is now endeavoring to arrange matches with West Point, New York University and New York Military Academy This will make the first long trip the fencing team has even taken. If it is impossible for any reason to meet any of these teams, Coach Edwards will endeavor to arrange matches with either Princeton or Yale in order that the trip may be a success.

Two dates have also been arranged with Dartmouth, one at Hanover and a return meet in Northfield to be held either Junior or Freshman Week.

DRESS UNIFORMS WILL BE WORN AFTER XMAS

Diess uniforms will be worn as pre-scribed in the Rules and Regulations after Christmas vacation. Lieutenant Mac-donald says If there are an ^ men in the corps who do not have the prescribed dress unifoim after January 2nd, they will be forbidden to leave the Hill until such time as they provide themselves with the proper uniform."

NEW STORM ENTRANCE FOR DEWEY AND DODGE

The storm shed that use to grace the front of Dewey Hall will never be the same. The old one is gone but not for-gotten, and a new one will take its place soon, along with a twin for Dodge Hall. The shed was stored in an old hay barn each summer where it rested till the first of "Bill Shaw's snow storms. All went well till this summer when the the old barn caught fire and the old shed was cremated without ceremony It was too bad that the cadets were not here to pay respects and receive the blame for another thing they did not do.

PROF FLINT'S GENERALS ON PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

At the meeting of the political science club held November 26, the question of the present movement for independence of the Phillippine Islands was discussed. Private Bassett discussed the historical background of the question and the effect of the American control of the islands. He also showed that the recent disastrous attempt of the natives to govern them-selves proved that they wrere not fit for self-government at present. Lieutenant Walker, the next speaker, discussed the political and governmental side of the question. He spoke of the Jones Bill which was passed in 1916. This bill gave the natives some self governing power He also discussed in some detail the events leading up to the present disruption be-tween the natives and General Wood.

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triumph Instead, Rooks spent the late afternoon m putting their numerals on the hill. As darkness enshrouded this venerable Vermont hamlet, Rook sentinels took turns throughout the night in guard ing their newly won laurels. And on t£je campus below quiteness reigned supreme in Alumni Hall. Loyal classmates watch-ed over the unconscious form of Faneuf, the injured sophomore quarteback. He was later removed to tne Heaton Hospital, where he will be for about ten days.

To return to the game, Loker's opening kickoff went a little over 10 yards and Fitzgerald recovered for the Rooks at midfic Id. A forward pass, Loker to Garnet^ put the ball on the Sophmore's 30 yard line. Failing to gain, Loker punted to his opponent's 10 yard line. Here, Smith s punt was blocked and Johnson recovered the ball for the Rooks on the 2 yard line. Garrity took the ball off tackle for the touchdown An attempted forward pass for the extra point failed.

In the second period, after Loker had punted to his opponent s 15 yard line Bower fumbled and Lewis, the aggressive Rook center recovered on the 10-yard line. Loker attempted a drop kick which was blocked and recovered by the Sopho-mores on the 0 yard line. But the slip-pery hand of fate again resulted in the Rooks obtaining possession of the ball. Burgess, the Sophomore right halfback, fumbled on the 4-yard line and the Rooks recovered. Failing to gain through the line, Fitzgerald took the ball on the third down and for a moment, he hesitated. Two Sophomores tore in on the diminutive quarterback and Todd all but embraced him. B-iilJuuzie slipped away from Todd and dashed around left end for the final touchdown

During the third period, neither team gained consistently However in the final period of play the Rooks took on a new lease of life after having received the ball on their own 40-yard line. A forward pass, Loker to Fitzgerald netted 25 yards. Another pass, Houghton to Buck, re-sulted in a 9-yard gain Garrity made first down through center Garrity added 5 yards more off left tackle. Fitzgrald went through center for 8 yards and another first down This put the ball on the Sopho-more's 5 yard line. But this brilliant 55-yard offensive march w ent for naught as the Sophomores took the ball on downs. On two plays, Bower made 9 yards and Faneuf took the ball through center for a fLst down. On this play Faneuf was kicked in the head and Toulouse took his place at quarterback. The second year men lost the ball on downs only to gain

possession of it again when Boardman intercepted a pass and ran to midfield when, he wras downed as the game ended.

The playing of Garrity Fitzgerald, Lew-is and Sweetser featured for the Rooks. On the other hand, it was the work of Bardsley and Bower that really fea-tured the game. Bardsley playring his first game of football, showed that he has the makings of a real star Defensively Red's work was peerless. On the offensive, it was Bower's line plunging that netted the Sophs two first downs. In the closing minutes of the first half Bower took the ball on three successive plays that netted 17 yards.

The summary

Freshman Sweetser le Disney le Johnson It Cahalien It Kendall'lg Foley lg

Lewis c Bramhall c Connell rg Barrett rg Galvin rg Locker i t Huss rt Brookes re Lanoue re Fitzgerald qb

Sophomores re Tuxbury

rt Smith, W C.

rg Hall rg Castle

rg Nickerson c Bardsley

lg Stevens lg Todd lg Hall

It Mazuzan

le Todd le Bradley qb Faneuf

qb Toulouse rhb Burgess

rhb Boardman lhb Field

fb Bower

Houghton lhb Cushman lhb Buck rhb Williams rhb Garrity fb Merill fb

Score by periods: 1 2 3 4 Totals Freshmen 6 6 0 0 12

Touchdowns, Garrity, Fitzgerald Re-feree, Marsh of Worcester Tech Umpire, Ashton of Yale. Head linesman, Bradley of Notre Dame. Time, two 8 minute periods, two 10 minute periods.

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THE NORWICH GUIDON

Hill Notes Professor Arthur W Peach gave a

lecture on "Present Day Novels and Novelists' before the Community Club in Wells River Monday evening, Novem-ber 19th.

Professor P D Webster was in Burling-ton Monday evening, where he gave his lecture An Appreciation of Omar Khay-yam" before the Neighborhood Club, which held its meeting; at the home of President Guy W Bailey

Rev W C. Arnold addressed the Cadet Corps at Chapel Wednesday morning, November 21, in observance of Education W7eek, taking for his subject "The Vir-tues of Variance.

Mr John H. Byrd N U '03, President of the Midwest Steel Co., in Oklahoma City, has been appointed as a delegate to represent Norwich at the Inauguration of Eugene Marion Antrim as President of the Oklahoma City College, on Tuesday December 4th 1923.

The regular November meeting of the Board of Trustees of Norwich University in New York City was held at Hotel Collingwood the morning of November 23rd

Professor A. E. Winslow has been retain-ed as Consulting Engineer in a study of the water supply for the village of Water-bury Vermont.

NORWICH DEFEATED Continued from page 5

Faber It rt Ashton Lynch It rt Leahey Leahy le re Rosenthal Nolan le re Marsden M ang wso c| b „ q b Pj^iekeon Dolan qb Flaharity-qb Burt (capt.) rhb Kam lhb A. Guarniei lhb Short fb Franklin fb Score by periods: 1 2 3 Canisius 0 7 7

Touchdowns, made by Short, Burt, Leahy and Guarnieri. Points from try-after touchdown Feist 4. Referee Hugh-itt of Michigan. Umpire, O'Brien of Lock-port Head linesman, Lynch of Canisius.

lhb Bradley rhb Man ley rhb Maher

fb Walsh fb Holden 4 Total

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ONLY SWAGGER STICKS ALLOWED THE MIKES

Canes will be carried by officers only and not by seniors, as was stated in the last issue of the Guidon. Senior non-coms and privates may carry swagger-sticks, however, as is the custom in the British army These sticks will be of wood, about two feet long. This scheme will give some mark of distinction to a senior wnile down town.

TEN SOPHOMORES MAKE GRADE AS MARKSMEN

Range work finished last week with only one man above the grade of marks-man. Names of the men who qualified follow:

Expert riflemen, R. W Castle, 307. Marksman K. H. Smith 274; G. N.

Gaffney 266; F B. Haeussler, 261; W. P. Evans, 259 H G. Piper 248; H Riggs, 246- G S. Cole, 245- R. E. Smith, 244; W G. Field 244; M. M. Butterfield, 240.

FOOTBALL MEN GET REAL RECEPTION IN BUFFALO

From the time of arrival of the Nor-wich players in Buffalo, last Friday until their departure Saturday evening, the Norwich men in town extended a royal welcome to the "gang from the Hill ' The team was met at the station and enter-tained by the "old guard from the Hill" An auto ride to points of interest in Buffalo was planned and conducted by Capt. C. K. Mellen, '84, who has been principal of the Lafayette high school for eighteen years. A few of those present at the dinner given Friday night were* O. L. Pease '93; J E. Ross '94; J Clyde Ross, '05; apt . Glen French, '20; Other N. U. men appear-ed aT the game Saturday including, W L. Leet, '23 E. M Whitney ex '25; E. D. O'Hara, ex'26 Joe McGreen '04, F C. Hurlburd, '94; and the Rev. E. C. Downey formally pastor of the Universalist church in Northfield.

$1000 PRIZE FOR PLAY CONDEMNING OUR JAILS

A thousand dollar prize will be given by Cosmopolis Press, Publishers of 'Cruci-bles of Cr ine" byr Joseph F Fishman, for the b st play motion* pi. tun. scenario of short story adaptable into-a play or scen-ario on the American jail as a force in the creation of criminals and the fostering of crime.

The judges of the contest include Lud-wig Lewisohn, author and an editor of tire Nation Minnie Maddern Fiske, well knowrn actress; Carl Van Doren, literary editor of the Century Magazine- Dean George W Kirkwey, formerly of Colum-bia University, and Ida Clyde Clarke, associate editor of Pictorial Review. There also will be a theatrical producer and a motion picture producer on the board whose names will be announced later

The thousand dollar prize will go to the best manuscript, but the five "next best' will be marketed if possible by Cosmopolis Press, and the entire remun-eration given to the author The contest is open to residents of all countries, pro-vided the manuscript is written in Englisn.

It is likely that "Crucibles of Crime" will appear in serial form during the per-iod of the contest, the ^ermina ion date of wrhich has not yet been decided upon Manuscripts should be sent to "Contest Department, Cosmopolis Press, 257 West 71st St., New York." The publishers ad-vise that contestants keep a copy of their manuscripts, and require that return postage accompany manuscripts when the authors wish tnem leturned.

FRESHMEN PLACE '27 WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE

'25 no longer appears on Numeral Hill as it has been replaced by '27 Not a drop of blood nor a broken bone was suffered in placing the numbers. The sophomores planned a brave stand, pro-ceeding to the top of the Hill where they rolled a number of large snow balls.The Rooks suspecting some trickery "esti-mated the situation" Advancing from all sides they made a fine offensive drive, but not a Sophomore was there. Thus the '27 was easily placed.

It appears that the odd-numbered classes are having their run. The Numer-als used to be '22 and then '24, but now the progression changes to '25 and '27.

SUCCESS OF 1923 SEASON Continued from page 5

the plays to win, the backs got away but two breaks cost Norwich a possible victory On the next two weekends, the cadets defeated Connecticut and Clark-son The win over the Nutmeg eleven served to take the sting out of the New-Hampshire defeat as Connecticut play red New Hampshire to a scoreless tie on the previous weekend. Then the Vermont game. The writer maintains that had Bradley escaped injury the invaders could not have scored over two touchdowns The following Saturday it was a badly battered cadet eleven that faced Middle-bury Bradley, Marsh, Worcester, Gerrish Bill Kelley, and Ed. Leahey watched the game from the sidelines. Before the game was over, there were seven Rooks on the Maroon and Gold eleven. In the Canisius 'game, Walsh and Rosenthal were injured. Bradley played the full game and did some beautiful kicking, but his knee was so weak that he did not carry the ball at all. Had Bill been in A-1 condi-tion for the last three games of his college career, the team would have made a far better showing. The Norwich leader flash-ed brilliantly in the Williams, Connecticut and Clarkson games. In these three games, he kicked two field goals and made spectacular gains of 30, 45 and 60 yards. His all around play marked him as the real threat of the team. But his injury in the Vermon game resulted in his passing from the limelight and with him w rent 50 percent of the team's offensive power Therefore, it can be concluded that numerous injuries played an important part in the football season just closed

In discussing the foundation built this fall, the writer intends to stress points that indicate that a great deal has been ac-complished toward to the development of football at Norwich. First, the team will lose Bradley Ashton, Whitcomb, Marsh, Eacker Leahey and Radigan by graduat-tion. Knowing this, Laird has spent con-siderable time with freshmen football candidates who must fill these vacancies. Crowley, Andrews, Kelley Bauckman and Maher have improved 100 percent un-der the tutelage of Coach Laird. The fresh men football squad has some excellent varsity material on it. For next year Laird has a fine pair of ends in Rosenthal and Andrews, two capable guards in Bill Kelley and Worcester; for tackles, John-son, Bauckman Connell, Loker and Griffis - at center, Lewis, Peck, and Dresser, who is expected to return to college next fall. In the backfield, Laird will have a wealth of backs from which to chose. Rice, Crowley, Kelley, Walsh, Holden, Garrity Gerrish, Pencheon, Barstow, Manley, O'Brien and Maher have all done some-good work this fall. With this material and whatever prospects the entering class may bring, the outlook is bright for next season.

Moreover, Laird's eleven has made a far better showing than the 1922 Nor-wich eleven. The team has showed that it has the power to score even against such a strong team as Coach Percy Wendall's Williams Col lege gridsters. Furthermore, Norwich w rith one coach and no assistants has made a better showing than many other colleges. Trinity College, Connecti-cut Aggies, Rhode Island State, Boston University, Springfield College, Mass. Aggies and Columbia have not been any more successful than Norwich in football insofar as games won and lost are con-cerned. And many of the aforementioned colleges have more men to pick from, sev-eral assistant coaches besides the head coach, and many other facitlities that help to make a winning team.

Consequently " Jum" has done all that could be expected under the conditions existing at Norwich. One thing is certain, the Corps and the players are strong for Laird and look forward to a better season next fall.

PRESIDENT PLUMLEY TO BE AT MEETING OF COLLEGE

President Plumley will represent Nor-wich University at the meeting of the Association of Eastern Colleges to be held at Columbia University December 7 and 8. One of the principal speakers of this convention will be Trover Arnett of the General Educational Board of the United States.

MAJOR GOODWIN MAKES INFORMAL INSPECTION

Major W. J. Goodwin, of the office of the Chief of Cavalry, General Staff made an informal inspection last Monday. Major

•Godwin is maxing a short vis&-~to all colleges maintaining a branch of the cavalry branch of the R. O. T C. He is a graduate of Virginia Military Institute.

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FOR FARRELL AND HIS GANG

Several newr fire extinguishers have been added to the Service Troop Fire Depart-ment equipment and distributed among the several buildings. No orders have yet been received by Chief Fire fighter Farrell or his men as to when they are to be used It is wdthout doubt that these were greatly needed, for if a good fire started in Jack-man there is practically no protection.

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