Show THE DIXIE m stat everybody SAW the ball game but everybody see everybody else as they were watching that ball same if you had turned your attention to the audience you would hive been amused just as much as though you were watching the ball game such an opportunity to study human kiture seldom itself there v as a throng of six hundred people all different and all BO interested in the game that aliey were not conscious of being watched they were all interested in the boys as a team representing the fc chool but some were interested in the boys individually also you could tell by their expressions alio were the fathers who were the mothers who were the sisters who were the brothers and who were the sweethearts of our basket ball heroes the fathers sat in the front ranks when the game played hard they sweat with the team they could hardly keep their seats each kept his byc glued upon his own son these fond fathers were living their lives over in the lives of their boys and what about the mothers eich give a little cry of gladness when her son made a good play but they liked to sit better than the fathera little brotheim bro theis cheered lustily with led hair and caps wadded into their pockets they leaned over the railing and proudly rooted for their hero brothers little sisters were as excited as the brothers but they only jumped and clapped their hands screaming frantically while their ees popped fire and lastly there we re the boys girls they felt very much concerned about the game but tried to appear quite calm through it all Butala sl their eves betrayed them and then there was the band and alie yell bunch and the tivo coaches aca and brother nicholes the band forgot to play the game was going on they have breath enough to play and watch too tint yell bunch 1 how they hooted and jumped and sang and groined and tore their hair all the while alie yell master was frantically and vainly billing out to them thru the megaphone they celled but what they celled nobody knew that beaver coach stood there his inward feelings masked bv an expressionless face you can buesa what those inward were boach gourley showed but little feeling too carefully stroking his chin each time the boys made a basket oh yes and there was brother nicholes his body was certainly there but his mind was surely with the team such a picture as he presented hig eyes banged bunged out from his head his head banged bunged out from his body his body banged bunged out from the crowd and lie watched the game coach gourley Gour lev even had to exclaim well either the team or brother nicholes will hae to go to provo and what is so rare as a sunny february day in dixie As the sap creeps bick into the trees new life creeps into alie students spring fever is making its raid among us there are some very severe cases of it the victims forget school lessons evcic thing and some strike for the awakening hills they seldom go alone however two being alie lucky number others stop at the tennis courts to hive a good social game while they drink in the health giving sunshine ever afternoon you kiy see the little white balls flying and bloomer clad girls flitting around the courts but the one member of the school that loves tennis and the girls is mr ballantyne Ballau tyne each afternoon of the week he takes his turn afternoon no 1 he patters up to miss in his little gym shoes armed with a tennis racket and a winning smile eunice can you have a game with me tins afternoon and miss jacobson goes all smiles afternoon no 2 mi snow is the lucky girl maud ba out at the court for our game af nil and miss banow sweetly smiles assent afternoon no 3 lie calls into Ms tones room while she is giving a lesson the muc stops and misa jonea calls out biily oh youre all ready for tennis all eglit ill be dowal and sure enough she finishes the lesson quickly and makei for the tennis court after nouns 4 and 3 he always playa with lyle tints prearranged J guess by alie way lle runs the meals where mr ballantyne stays afternoon no 6 he plays with miss timothy and when the gime is over he tells he that that rime was the bey of all ask his other partners what he told well we all love the sunshine the fresh air tennis and pleasant plea sint strolls but the faculty females they love ballanti tv ne 1 our work in debiting 13 not yet over next at 7 30 the question resolved that the federal government should be pin mount to that of alie state in conserving the natural resources discussion limited to forest mineral and water power monday morning the students were relieved from theology by a talk from bro osair kirkham even though our theology wo felt that we were more than pud in for it is not often that we luve the opportunity of listening to such an excellent as ia mr kirkham we felt that he was one when he sooke of the attitude students should hold towards a defeat or victory in school activities but ne felt that he was by far our superior alon lie related in such an eloquent manner alie pre of magners wagners Wag ners perceival in germany while we div not see any outward results from such a lecture yet we feel that it has inspired new hopes and adeila in the hearts of boirie that will blossom into a bigger ind better life after a victory at the B A 0 on jan 31 the murdock bh team drove on to st george to meet the dixie sorghum lapport Lap pors 0 o called by tho murdock in the trout for the championship of alie southern league at 7 the gymnasium was filled with a mighty throng of loyal students anxiously waiting for the game to commence the time drew and the boys in blue and white trotted into alie gymnasium there aro o a mighty roar aiom the crowd cheer after cheer went up for the dixie the whistle blew an I 1 tho ball went up one score was made for the murdock then the dixie boys begin to work each said to himself we win and they did they scored bis keff after baskel until the board said dixie ja murdock 5 but at the end of the first half the murdock bivs were doing bett erand the score 28 to 2 in fator of dixie during alie icat joe and his band played the medley chile the students hind nr hand around the hill the boys axin the ccone half with eliat tint il avas makes ahcin win the murdock bos played well but didies booro wis ever ten points ahead until when alie referee billed liine alie score read 09 to 71 in favor of dixie the boys will play their next game at provo at the state meet where it is hoped by every student at the dixie that trev will continuo their good work v t axe at t J i t ft 1 I 1 i |