Show Historic Battle To Be Waged On Thursday Freshmen and Sophomores To Clash In Bitter Struggle New Rules To Be Adopted On Thursday afternoon the first noteworthy event on the student calendar calendar calendar cal cal- will claim attention This is the time set apart for the annual Fr Sophomore Freshman flag rush Each year this spectacular struggle serves as the opening wedge for all college activity Not until its dust has cleared away a are we really certain that another year has begun Thursdays Thursday's battle promises to be even more fiercely contested than an any of the memorable rushes of the past The present freshman class is the larg largest st in ill Utah's history but opposed to them with fire in their eye eagerly r awaits the well-organized well army army- of husky sophomores nores It will as usual be the battle of unorganized barbarous barbar barbar- ous hordes against seasoned well- well trained veterans The upper classmen will meet on Tuesday to formulate the rules for this years year's contest Every effort will willbe willbe willbe be made to equalize the forces as asfar asfar as far as possible and the sophomores will be given some advantages to offset offset offset off off- set the handicap of numbers Only once in the traditions of the University University University sity have the sophomores won Special Special Special cial attention will also be paid toi towards towards to to- i wards making the rush as interesting and spectacular as possible for the spectators Some novelties may be looked for At this point the Chro Chronicle icle wishes to make a suggestion In many of ot the large universities of the country notably at Wisconsin Minnesota Berkeley Berkele and Stanford the annual rush is in the form of flag a push ill contest Those who have seen these fights say that for excitement strategy strategy strat strat- eg egy and fun for the spectators they are unsurpassed by any college com com- bat The only apparent drawback is the expense of the paraphernalia Now the Salt Lake Commercial club owns a splendid push-ball push which wa was purchased for the recent carnival Merely as a suggestion why not not borrow borrow borrow bor bor- row the ball and make our flag rush this year ear something to attract attention attention attention atten atten- tion from other colleges It is worth thinking about at least Meanwhile the suspense grows among the two lower classes There are rumors of kidnapping and other desperate measures Many a young freshman is already secretly quaking The sophomores have declared they will upset tradition and gain a victory victory victory vic vic- tory this year at any cost The remainder remainder remainder re re- re- re of the school the innocent bystanders await expectantly expectantly- the hour of four o'clock c on Thursday I |