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l'nder these circumstances we refu~ul to drill in Jacbon,·ill at the Con\·~ntion , atul quite Jlbll)·, too. a~
will be clearly se~n by any fair-minded per.;on who b willing- to look ,tl a quc,tton from two sidt:s.
X ow tt ~o happ~ns that one of our young lady students is in correspondence wtth a ~tudeul of John B
Stetson t'ni\·ersity a \·ery large sounding name, isn't it? and by the way, John B. nnkl·s a Yery good hat, too)
This young hopeful writes to the said young lady tints · "I had thought de.nest Beatrice, that I would
see you some time next month · that I would once more gaze into those beautiful b: own eyes and bask .tgain in
the sunshine of your smile \\'e thought the Stale College was going to gin~ us a game of football: hut since
they haYe backed out, and I cannot gel permission to \is it Lake City on any other pretext, I sh:tll han~ to get
along as best I can without seeing you untilt·ommencement. ''
Just a simple statement of facts is all that is required hue to explain matters to am· reasonable person
\\'e organized a football team <tuite early in tht! season, hut did not practice to any considerable extent,
because we did not think our Board of Trustees would con~cnt to onr playing any inter collegiate games.
\\'e recei\'ed a challenge from Stetson, and, as soon as we obtained the consent of the Board, we wrote
accepting the challenge.
Then we recei,·ed a reply, saying- that "it \\:h rather lakin the season: ' that "they had ceased train ·
ing; ·' that ''they were preparing for a field day in ~larch, and could not train for it and the football game at the
same time and do justice to both. "
So, as a matter of course, we did not play them . In the language of this Stetson student we "hacked
out. ·' \\'e replied that we would like to g-et a game, and would play them any Saturda) between the date of the
letter and the end of the football season. Since then we haYe heard nothing from the football team of Stetson
Gniversity.
Xow we will present this problem to our readers: Did Stetson really want to play or were they bluffing)