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2 THE CO-NO PRESS THE CONO PRESS Published bi-weekly by the Students of the State Normal School, Cortland,N.Y. EDITORIAL STAFF Managing Editor, Magazine Editor..__Martha Nichols ’ 27 ^ Assistant Magazine Editor, Mary Stiles ’ 27 Editor and Assistant Mildred Toulson ’ 26 Ann Dunn '26 Art Editor ........ Thomas Comerford ’ 27 Edward Reifsteck ’ 27 Editorial Aide ............ Ruth Hawkins, ’ 28 Assistant Managing Editor, Eugenia Wade, ’ 26 News Editor. - ..... ........ Beryl Tennant '26 Assistant News Editor, William Hansen ’ 26 Athletic Editor, BUSINESS STAFF Business Editor ....... George Poster '27 Advertising Manager, Assistant Business Editor, Charles Rooney, ’ 28 Sherman Reed, ’ 27 Assistant Adver. Mgr., Willard Ruland ’ 27 CONTRIBUTORS MARGARET COLLAR, ’ 28 HAZEL FAIRBANKS, ’ 28 EVELYN B. WILMS, ’ 28 GRACE JOHNSON, ’ 28 Participation in Athletics The placing of soccer on the approved list of competitive varsity sports at Cortland Normal was but a definite step in the direction taken by all colleges at the present time. This is to provide a larger opportunity for the students to participate in athletics. The time of passive “ spectatoritis ” has gone, we hope forever. In its place, we find a definite attempt to induce every one in school to select a favorite sport each season and parti cipate in it rather than be content to watch some few specialists monopolize the playing field. There is no ground to the criticism that the colleges are commercializing the popular game of football. To be sure, the receipts of the larger football games are great, but the prices are only commensurate with other enter tainments. To what better end can we turn our football receipts than to the financing of other athletic sports, which in themselves are not self sup porting? By so doing we are attempt ing to provide some form of active, healthful, citizenship-building, and mental-developing, athletic sport in such a way so that every one may and must participate. In the year 1924-25, Football, Bas ketball Bcseball and Track were the four varsity sports on the Normal ath letic schedule. Up to the present time, football and soccer have had successful seasons, and all of the men of the Nor mal have been participating. This statement should be modified for the men who are not taking the physical education course were not partici pants. They, however, are eligible for participation, and should select a sport each season, so as to receive the value of such training. Three varsity teams will be under full swing following the Thanksgiving season — basketball, gymnastics and wrestling. To attempt three varsity teams with a student body of seventy five men may seem folly. Surely it means that each sport must give way to the other, for a man may elect one team and thereby deprive the others of his services. But should our thoughts be only of winning? No! Let us attempt to have one hundred per cent participation and make the winning of games secondary. Our athletics should not stop with competitive and representative var sity sports. A schedule of interclass and intrafraternity athletics is next in order. This will and must be done, but how it can be accomplished with the present facilities is a problem that only time and thought will solve. FRIENDSHIP After the day is over, I love to sit and think Of that wonderful chain of friendship, And the greatness of every link. How oft on the waters of trouble, The great ship of life has been saved, By the strength of that chain of friendship, And the thought of a friend unafraid. Margaret Collar ’ 28. COMMENT The Press this week carries a news item relative to the formation of a new sorority. Welcome Arethusa! The school has grown too large to give the majority of girls a chance to become sorority members, and the formation of a new society meets a real need. Frosh ! ! You should send in ap plication immediately — don ’ t miss the opportunity. Note: Wanted some good “ soap box ” speakers for the next presidential campaign. At any rate, we admire your spirit and enthusiasm. Never mind, Frosh ! ! You ’ ll have a chance next year to make the “ new comers ” wear their green ribbons. Sorry to have spoiled your plans. Miss Meyer is to be commended because of the interest in good singing she is creating in chapel. Certainly the students should be very grateful for being given the op portunity to leave for Thanksgiving earlier than usual. We feel that every one appreciates the convenience. Get before your mirror, people. See if you can be Tagless during the “ Posture Drive. ” “ Pic ” Lynch sees many things. He says, “ I see him without his cap last night. ” Comment says, “ I see Kelly Allen done good in the play. ” The students have been complaining about the manner in which the Ath letic Reception was conducted. They must take into consideration the fact that it takes money to engage an out-of-town orchestra, to furnish dec orations, and to have programs. This is utterly impossible unless each stu dent is taxed. “ The time has come, ” the walrus said, “ to speak of many things: ” Students ! ! Do you know that we have in the library, a few extra copies of books on the subject of “ Etiquette. ” It might be well if these books were put to a practical use. For teachers, etiquette is an essential requisite. has done, let us not forget the man behind the team — Coach Ashbrook, who deserves no small share of the credit for what the team did and what it is. It is no small credit to the team that it has come off victorious in all but one of its games, and that it has played a quality of football well above the average. But it is worth while too that the team has stood for everything that is commendable in athletics. Not lacking individual stars, it has, nevertheless, demonstrated from the beginning that it had drilled into it the greatest lesson which sport has to teach — that the game is greater than the player of the game. It is a feather in the cap of any coach to turn out a winning team, but it is a bigger feather to turn out the right kind of a winning team, and this is what Coach Ashbrook has done. An Opportunity for the Council It is in just such situations as that which arose in connection with the flag raising ceremonies which engaged the energies and attention of the whole school on Wednesday of last week that the Student Council has opened to it an opportunity to play its proper part in the governing of student af fairs. It is one of those opportuni ties which acted upon wisely will make the Council a real power and earn it genuine respect, and one of those opportunities which, neglected by the Council, makes necessary ad ministrative regulations by the head and faculty of the school in a situation where the Council ought to assume responsibility. If the flag raising is to become a tra dition of the school, it ought to be regulated by definite rules made with respect to the interests involved, and the Student Council should see that those rules are obeyed, and obeyed by upper classmen as well as by the frosh. The Council must be above class spirit; otherwise its decisions will have no force. It ought not to be necessary for members of the faculty to inter fere in such student affairs to see that participants do not overstep resona- ble bounds, to chase students into classrooms, to preserve order, and see that property is respected. This is, or ought to be, the business of the students themselves. There now exist class organizations. The time to pre pare for the ceremonies of next year is now. Rules agreeable to the classes, and the school should be drawn up ; and the Council should supervise the activities and see that the rules are respected. The Man Behind the Team The shouting and the tumult dies; the football season of 1925 is over. Elsewhere in this number there is a re view of the team ’ s accomplishments. It is a season to be proud of. Normal has had the better end of the score in most of the games; has given a good account of itself in all of them, and has demonstrated its ability to put up a good exhibition of football and sports manship in defeat as well as in victory. In our rejoicing over what the team Mr. Brown-Jones — “ I was glad to see you in Chapel yesterday. ” Buck (with recollection of head ache) — “ Oh, was that where I was? ” Bassett — “ Do you like my mus tache? ” M. Raps — “ Between you and me, I don ’ t. ” HMNJPEAKEU Guarantee You ’ ve Never Heard This Liza Grayman Alla Mindus We can make Eliza Blime Andy Parting Lee B. Hindus Foot Prince Johnny Sands O ’ Time. — From The Book Poster. Prof. — “ Order, gentlemen, order! ” Stude (sleepily) — “ Cup a coffee and a egg sandwich. ” Prof. Bowers — “ I ’ ll use my hat to represent the planet. Mercury. Is there any question before I go on? ” Stude — “ Yes! Is Mercury inhab ited? ” An Answer to the Freshmen By a Senior We ARE old, LITTLE freshmen, We ’ ve repeatedly SAID; And yet you must INSIST That we STAND on OUR heads; You insist that WE SHOUT When we are IN-DOORS You INSIST if we don ’ t That we are horrible BORES. We ARE old, Peppy YOUNGSTERS, We shall HAVE to admit. And yet you ’ ll CONCEDE To ALL things there ’ s a LIMIT. WE are at the END of our rope And must stay COOL and CALM. Let me hand you this JOKE — • We must be GOOD examples And STAY WITHIN bounds. Am You It? There was a young man from Fayette Who never had no etiquette, He shouted, “ By Heck! ” And played the rough-neck, And the Normal ain ’ t got him tamed yet. ^'Loudspeaker has no intention of casting aspersions on the village. We took it because it rhymes. Whosedru shan ? Thstagatevadrunkisfil, Wherdancthemoononmonanzril, Andeepismidnitelairadlade, Inloneglenartnezazelshade. Heard During the Cross Country Run : Lesi — “ I ’ m not trying to beat you, Houlihan: I just want to get 98%. ” Eppolito — “ Hello, Bill, been huntin ’ Hanson — “ Yes. ” Sam — “ Shoot anything? ” Bill — “ Shot my dog. ” Sam — “ Was he mad? ” Bill — “ Well, he didn ’ t act any too darned pleased. ” Marge Lane — “ I have the most aw ful headache. My head is simply splitting. ” Benny — “ Well, shut your mouth. ” Arthur Lynch — “ Now listen, frosh. You were a big man in high school and we want you to go out for something. ” Stan Davies (obedient pledge) — \Yes sir, just a minute until I get my coat and hat. ” Houlihan — “ Do you like hamburg balls? ” Madge — “ I don ’ t think that I ever attended one. ” H. Smith — “ Plow do you get so many girls? ” Kelly Allen — “ Oh, I just sprinkle a little gasoline on my handkerchief. ” Heard in Anatomy: First Stude- — “ Moench is in a class by himself ” Second S. — “ Yeah? ” First S. — “ He ’ s ten minutes late. ”
