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liE h>~ton· of li>otball i~ n·ry young in conm·ction 111th the F.,\, C
SL·n·ml timL.,., in the hi~tory of thL' in~titution te.un~ haYe been organized and
ganiL'S playL·<I among thc ~tudent body, hut neYer yet ha~ there been a game het\lel:ll
our hoy~ and a kam from any other college.
In fact, ne1·er until the p:ht ~e:hon ha~ a team been organized 11 ith the e'q>eclation
of mel:ling an adn:r~ary on the gridiron
The J><hl ~ea~on the Board of Tru~tee~ fi>r the fir~t time in the hi~tory of the college,
L·on~ente<l to the pia) ing of some intercollegiate game~.
IIL-retofore hne, '" it> many othL·r i>htitutions and in a great mtmhcr of comnnmi-
llL·~. football has beL:Il rq,;-anled :b a kind of lcg.llitcd form of fighting, in 11hich the 1nen
of thL' opposing ll'anh eaL·h tried to maim, cripple, blind or kill a~ man1· of his comhatanh
as p<~>osihle.
But in tllis latter <hy of enlightutmL'nl it ha~ come to he rl'CO),YJ>izedthat "all 11·ork
and no play makb Jack a dull hoy,' and the general public i~ coming to sec that for the
he~t dt:\·elopment of the intellect a ecrtain amount of phy~ieal training i~ indispe1:sahle.
,\mong the 1·ast number of sports 11·hicl> are cultintted among the studenh of the
mo~t n:nowned colleg<:s of to·day foot hall occupies a place that 11 ill n<:n:r he occupied hy
any otlu:r gan>e.
It i~ true that many 1nen w<:re injured in the <:arly hist01y of the game, and this is
\\·hat gan· the game the had reputation it hears in some localities. But ad1·ancement has
been madl' in this line just as it has 111 e\'erything- else during the last fe11 years.
The football player of to·day is so w<:ll protected by the modern rules of the game, as well as by his equip
ment, that his chances of being hurt arc no ),>Tealt:r than those of the a1·erage bicycler or horseback rider.
This season our Commandant took charge of the training S<Juad and personally conducted their exercises,
an<lto say this, is a guarantee that the work was done thoroughly.
To show that the training was not clone with intent to kill anybody let us add that, in addition to the work
of Lieutenant Cox, \l'l' 11·ere nry materially aided hy the ad \'ice and coaching of two members of the Faculty,
Professors Blair and \I iller, and of a minister of the Gospel, Re1. \! r. Tims, of the Presbyterian Church of r.~ke City.
Tlu: team entertained 1·ery strong hopes of meeting some other teams during the past season, hnt owing to
circunJStanccs m·er which we had no control we were unable to g-et the games we so desired. hut we are looking
forward eagerly for the next season, and hope for better things in the future.

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