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Show RAISED ' MONEY FOR BAND. University Students Give Freely for Music for Today's Game. By subscribing $t0 to be spent In hiring a band to play at today's game, tho students stu-dents at tho university mado it plainly apparent to tho football boys that thoy appreciated their good work. This action was taken at a meeting held yesterday morning for tho purposo of perfecting all details for today's game. During the course of tho meeting tho "Preps" sprung a pleasant surprise by presenting tho football foot-ball team with a beautiful silk flag. Prof. Young's Address. ProfcEsor Young mado tho leading nd-drcss nd-drcss at the mooting, and took for his Subject. "Athletics In General Football In Particular." After declaring that ho felt proud to be an alumnus of a university univer-sity with such a team, ho said: "And I want to say to you, Mr. Maddock, Mad-dock, that wo aro with you and will always al-ways bo with you. Even if your team should meet defeat wo will go with and slay with you and turn that defeat into victory." Professor Young complimented the boys on the clean gamo that they put up with Logan, and advised them to mako all athlqtlo contests In which thoy, should ever participate smack of culturo and refinement. re-finement. As the students of tho loading load-ing school In tho Statu ho urged them to mnko a crusade ngaliiHt all that Is mean and coarso In athletics "Make tho moral and mental development develop-ment go hand In hand with the physical I feel that the physical development of this school Is Just beginning, and also that tho moral and mental Is going to go along with it." ' " Unfurled the Flag. At the conclusion of Professor Young's speech Graduate Manager Gcorgn Riser stopped to tho platform and was Immediately Immedi-ately followed by "Prep" Dlx, who unfurled un-furled a largo silver nnd crimson flag With a neat llttlo speech. In which he maintained that tho ''Preps" were Interested Inter-ested In the school and proud of the team, ho presented the fiag to the team In response Manager Riser heartily thanked tho "Preps" for tho loyal support which thoy havo given tho team during the yenr. The applause given by the col-lego col-lego students proved that thoy still have a warm place In their hearts for tho "Preps," although desirous that tho department de-partment would bo done away with. Aggies Are Penitent. Manager Riser then continued his speech and said: "If we pull together there are enough students In this school to see to it that Iheso colors never go down to defeat again. Let us bo careful, however, and treat overyono right, and we will be tho galnei-a In the end. The Aggies appreciated appreci-ated our courteous treatment, and sov-eral sov-eral of them remarked to mo that wo could look for different treatment from them next year." After a short yell practice, tho college women passed the hat nnd collected 10 for hiring a band for todny's game. |