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THE POINTER
Tuesday, Oct. 9, 1928
Mr. and Mrs. Pointer announce j
the birth of a son. Junior.
Wanted — Publicity, by Sam
Winslow. Anyone able to meet this
demand please apply at The
Pointer office.
Astronomy Professor—Can you j
name me a star with a tale?
Ardnest Student—Sure, Rin-Tin-
Tin.—Exchange.
It takes money to buy a title.
Fifty million dollars made Trinity
a Duke.—Exchange.
Mr. Stookey—If you girls learn
“Indian Love Call” very well I will
let you sing it at my wedding.
Dot Rankin—Our teeth will fall
out by then.
Freshman (at student council
store)—Do you have penny pen
cils?
Storekeeper—Sure.
Fresh—How much are they?
If brevity was wit, “Runt
Ingram would make a great hum
orist.
“SOCKER”
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Somebody as\ed me what \ind of grades
Fm making this year.
Welly Fm trying to do enough not to
be written home about.
MEN ARE FOUR
He who knows not and knows not
he knows not, he is a fool—shun
him;
He who knows not and knows he
knows not, he is simple—teach
him;
He who knows and knows not he
knows, he is asleep—wake him;
He who knows and knows he
knows, he is wise—follow him!
—L.\dy Burton
The quickest and most lasting
remedy for indifference, inertness,
and plain laziness is to read The
Pointer.
To enjoy school life to the fullest
and to readily accomplish the most
one must certainly read The
Pointer.
'Tis education forms the common
mind:
Just as the twig is bent the tree’s
inclined. —P ope.
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Now that I’ve started out on my
round of criticism of the different
sports, I might as well go ahead
and say my complete say. I hope
my last week’s article will not
cause any more disturbance. Profes
sor King called me into his office
and told me that it had caused the
students to stay away from Satur
day’s game with Burlington. I
extenuated by saying that if the
boys had enough encouragement to
beat a team thirty-nine to six, he
ought not to complain. But the
athletic director doesn’t want
people to miss his games.
One other sport included in this
hst of athletic games is socker. To
me, the very name is enough. It
would be a term more suited to the
ring than to the court—or what is
it they play socker on? Yes, socker.
Think of it. I went out the other
day, after screwing my courage to
the sticking plaster, prepared to
see a terrible spectacle. Did the
boys sock the ball? No. They
kicked it, shoved it, butted it,
and in fact, treated it most any
way to get it down the field. While
I did not find it near so brutal as
I had expected, I noticed many
more objections than I actually
thought one game could possess.
Let us consider a few of the many.
My prime objection to socker is
that it is caculated to lower, if pos
sible, the mentality of the students
who participate. It has been a long
time since men first jumped down
out of the tree and butted around
with the lower kingdom. A man
didn’t get far until he quit trying,
with his head, to push the quadrl-
peds around. Well, m this socker
game I saw time and time again
some of the fellows stick their heads
in the way of that inflated horse-
hide, or was it goathlde? Think
of a reversal to type? Why, if such
a game is kept up, the players will
but what little sense they have out.
By the time the Senior examina
tions roll around next spring there
won’t be enough to have a class
meeting.
But despite this objection, I can’t
censor socker for its brutality. In
fact, it seems too tame to attract
the multitudes. Why, they actually
can win points in this game with
out bruising any one. You no doubt
notice that Notre Dame played
some team the other day and got a
big write up because it was called a
“bruiser.” Here they don’t hurt
anything but some one’s feelings.
It never has occurred to me to
oppose such a game as this on
account of its publicity. The world
knows about as much about the
going ons in a socker contest as
they do about making alarm clocks.
Some one always goes who can
write the scores up in the paper,
and that’s how we learn what has
happened. Were it possible to
tell you exactly what happens I
would. It seems to me, in short.
At last! Mystery, like murder,
will out. For weeks the empty
space above has remained as empty
as a moron’s bean. But from this
issue on and throughout the year
it will be occupied. At first it was
thought that a picture of the young
man seen above would be all that is
necessary; but on second thought,
it seems fitting that he should say
something. Everybody does, or
tries to! Hence, for your benefit and
edification, he will, from week to
week, condense as much as wisdom
as possible into the space allotted
to him.
Yet, even wise men, such as he,
occasionally run shy of ideas and
bright sayings. In other words,
one thousand tongues are better
than one. What we want you to do
is to help him by thinking of some
thing wise and pointed. Hand in
your apothem to The Pointer
office, and we shall be glad to carry
it the following week. Of course,
we shall reserve the right to run
the wisest of the wise remarks,
and we shall likewise give your
name with the remarks. Be sure
that your contribution is in the
office by Thursday of each week.
His name? Handsome is as hand
some does in this Instance, and no
person should be handicapped with
an epithet altogether unbecoming
before he is able to give an account
of himself. By next week he should
say something more. Then he will
be christened in all his glory.
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that there aren’t many set rules
for them to go by. They do try to
push the ball down to the place
where they can roll it through two
posts. And then they make a point
for that.
I don’t believe this game will
ever be very popular for the simple
reasons that the colleges do not
have much interest in such pro
ceedings. Whoever heard of
socker scout prying around trying
to see who can play? In pigskin
manipulations there are old fellows
standing around with a long book
taking down the names and weights
of whoever can carry the ball in a
hurry.
Some one said once upon a time
that the way to say something
damaging about anything is to
damn it with faint praise. He said
enough for socker. It is a game
needed to be praised, for if it
isn’t it’ll soon be beyond praise.
I forgot to say that this game was
introduced into England some time
during the pre-flood period. I
suppose we ought to classify him
with Saint Augustine. You know
Saint Augustine introduced Chrsti-
anity into England.
THINGS TO REMEMBER
The value of time.
The success of perseverance.
The dignity of simplicity.
The worth of character.
The influence of example.
The obligation of duty.
The wisdom of economy.
The virtue of patience.
The improvement of talen.
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