Show U--- &Jtk 'J- - Urn (— d A JUU XJD (p yseasay ngaEsssg I PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY STUDENTS OF VOLUME VIII i4r FRIDAY SEPTEMBER U A pJl C XUMIEIl 17 1909 1 THE OUTLOOK THE PROSPECTS IN ATHLETICS FOR THE YEAR Never in the history of the Institution has the outlook for a successful year been so bright Every department is looking forward with reasonable assurance of greatly increased attendance The first day of with its increase of more than fifty per cent over the first day of last year augurs well for our attendance The throng in the hall waiting for their “turn” to and the continual string passing through the President’s office certainly look like a big attendance this year In this connection it should also be rememle-gist- er bered that we are starting school earlier this year Knowing that the popularity of the Agricultural College is rapidly spreading and that the kind a week o fie red here is being appreciated by the people of the West the college authorities made provision for an increased Even to the casual Registration observer great improvements are very evident In the main building we find the interior of the of education Registrar’s ofiice entirely changed A splendid maple floor covers the main hall Some departments have changed quarters and are now in those parts of the building best adapted to their Most particular requirements prominent among these is the change of the Botany rooms From its old location in the north wing it has been moved to the south' wing in the rooms formerly used for sewing The large sewing room is now used for the laboratory A room better suited is Irani to find From the marry windows sufficient light is obtained for thorough microscopic work The new class room number 178 is close by In connection with the Laboratory is the which is also herbarium room the office of Prof Smith who now has charge of all Botany Prof Smith has been working hard all summer getting specimens of local plants Splendid Imtlr in regular and elec pourses With tive Botany are offered such quarters equipment and arrangements students’ work will also be better The rooms for Bacteriology and Veterinary Science are also in the south wing Zoology and Entomology will hold full sway in the north wing In the basement we find the old kitchen fitted up as a first class cafeteria Quarters' for the physical education of the ladies have also been vastly improved The dressing rooms are now conveniently furnished and that section of the building is also equipped with water for the first time But it is in other parts of the institution where the greatest changes have been made The new Woman’s Building is rapidly nearing completion and as soon as the equipment is installed we shall have a department of which we miy well be proud A sight which will cause every student in Animal Husbandry to throw his hat in the air and shout is the new Stock Judging Pavil-io- n Out near the cattle barns a new building of respectable size looms up It is nicely built and will fill a long felt want for stock judging On the inside it is equipped with three rows of seats on each side and a wide driveway through the middle Evidently the Professor is not expected to furnish the students with any hot air for a number of pipes opening in different parts of the building will convey sufficient quantities of the heated atmosphere to keep the room warm Not only are there now buildings and equipment but in a few days Prof Caine III will return from an extensive trip the great livestock through countries of Europe with the finest assortment of pure bred stock that over came into Utah AVithout going into further detail it is easily seen that our facilities for taking rare of a large number of students arc far better than ever It story: back Those who know say “Yes in abundance” The old players work responsibilities duties are more determined than ever to friends play and the old college win and more willing than ever is the same old to school — which means hack to The same questions are spirit being asked — “ITow about football?’’ — “What are the prospects for a winning team?” etc etc And very often a thoughtlessly confident answer is given without any knowledge whatever of the real conditions y This rear those who arc connected with the game the old players and the Coach those who last year traced results to the proper caures can say with confidence and assurance that the pro'pects for a winning football team at the IT A C this season are very good indeed Have our men ever before had the advantage of the training of two of the best coaches in the count rv? We all know Coach Walker’s record i n football Coach Teetzel h a s achieved marked distinction in manv kinds of athletics not nnlv in Utah hut One has aUo in eastern stales but to glam-- jtt the medals in his ofiice and the pictures of teams and individual players inti-matcl- e to work Such spirits are contagious and the new men will soon catch the same impulse There is plenty of latent ability and a first class eoacli to develop it We must develop belief in this ability a confident firm belief that we can and shall win “As a man thinketh so he is” To illustrate this a story is told of a certain runner who was persuaded by the seconds of his opponent that he was not in condition to win the race Although he was in perfect health and should have won the race by every logical forecast this psychologic condition unnerved him At the race there were men stationed all along the course in groups At last the start was made and they were off with an The groups of men even break as this runner passed would say loud enough to make him hear as if vorv much excited “He’ll never finish” “He’s failing too fast” “He’s about all in” “Tie is done for” and at last the man coached by him to feel that he wax convinced that he was “done both knows and plays “the for” and fell before reaching the game” His standards both of ta pe athletics and scholarship eligibilFinally a great deal depends ity aie high and he is competent on the support and enthusiasm of to maintain them the Student Body What of the players? It isan It depends on us whether we earnest of future success to see as a school win or whether the so many of them players back so team as a body of players wins early in the season Frew Batt Of course we shall win and make Paddock Ifoldcn Nelson Ivan our prospects and our team betEgbert Martineau Dean Peter- ter than thev have ever been be- son Froerer and a score of oth- fore Let us all do our part and ers have come with a deep seated that is all we can do Every man determination to know the taste is wanted on the campus in a suit of victory in the right spirit Get into one “winning” football team and be on the winning side once must have certain prerequisites “Work with a will” for “whatA Chief among these are a determination to win a willingness to work native ability and a belief in that ability good training enthusiasand the whole-hearte- d tic support of the entire school Do wo have these constituents? ever is worth doing is worth doing well” The rest of us can learn the songs by heart and learn to sing them learn the cheers ami get in and cheer— cheer—cheer ! Talk of winning and' work to winand we shall win |