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SaSSBSBBWSB 74 . THE H OBART H E R A L D . Now our last college year was remarkably free from intrigue and factional strife, and so far this term our familiar monster “ Combination” has n o t shown his odious head. Everyone must feel that it is better so. Now, i f every individual and every division of the student body, while mindful o f personal and corporate interests, w ill at the same time remember to recognize the claims of the college and the demands of justice, doing the right thing at the right time, putting the right man iu the right place, and sacrificing something for the common good there is no reason why we should not have as particular blessings a successful Eleven, a creditable Glee Club, a Base Ball Team with a pennant to their credit, and in general, a spirit o f unity and fellowship under whose influence this year, which must be for some o f us the last, may be for all the pleasantest of our course. A ND now the first thing is Foot Ball. Hobart must have a team in the field. Foot Ball has become the college game and no college can afford to be unrepresented by some kind of an eleven. The argument that, because we cannot hope for the present to be in foot ball as wonderfully successful as we have been in base ball, therefore we ought to let the former alone for fear of spoiling our reputation in the other field, is an argument that could come only from those who, hoping to defend their own indolence and selfish regard for personal ease and leisure, try to disparage the honest efforts of others whose enthusiasm and activity for the common good are a living condemna tion of the apathy and selfishness o f the opposition. Has the fact that we have beaten Cornell at base ball diminished Cor nell’s rowing reputation ? or because aquatics have been her strong point has there been any less interest in base ball among her students ? More than this, foot ball and base ball interests do not clash as rowing and base ball might, but, instead, foot ball is the best of preparation for the winter work of the nine. Even i f we could not hope to win a single game we ought to keep at it for the sake of keeping foot ball alive until the coming of the favorable season when we can win. W e admire the “ spunk ” and sporting spirit o f such colleges as Hamilton and Syracuse which have kept different teams in the field with no hope of winning and with the sole purpose of being repre sented and keeping up the spirit.
