refused “barbarians” citizenship for
many centuries. History gives you
more examples.
A dam has been placed in the pro
gress of the black race of these United
States, by the successful attempt of eith
er prohibiting him from voting, or by
having his vote only partially counted.
Now a stream may pass a dam in
three ways : It may run around the dam;
it may run over the dam; or it may un
dermine the dam.
The black race is going to do one of
these three in a few years, Which shall
it be? Shall a ditch be cut around the
dam by legislation and let this human
stream flow quietly on to political liber
ty ? or shall we keep building our dam
higher, until the race becomes numerous
enough to either run over the dam and
and hold it down, or until it murderous
ly digs at its foundations, and suddenly
carries it to destruction ?
Thoughtful men in Congress have
tried to avert the two latter evils by dig
ging on the ditch ; bold and reckless
men are working on the dam ; thought
less men are standing idly by and cheer
ing them on. We all dwell in the val
ley below the dam. Let those of us
who are not working on the dam, be
digging in the ditch.
IT is late, yet in justice to ourselves,
we cannot altogether pass by un
noticed an article published in the Octo
ber number of the University Mirror
THE FREE LANCE.
purporting to be an explanation of why
the game of Foot Ball scheduled for the
27th ult., did not come off. It is not
our intention to answer in a spirit of
controversy nor do we hold our columns
open for such perverted purposes. We
will state fairly our side of the question;
We were scheduled to play Bucknell
University on their own grounds Sept
27. -At the appointed time our team
which had been training hard and which
was never in better condition, appeared
upon the field—not made up of men
who had no connection with the college,
but of college men. We say in all truth
and can prove that the statement that
Manager Yocum “brought down in his
team three men who had no connection
with the school,” is entirely wrong and
unfounded. We had our own team ;
we had men upon it whom we thought
could represent our college to the best
advantage. They objected to some of
our strongest players, and fearing,
as they acknowelge that to play “meant
sure defeat for the home team,’’they sim
ply refused to play at all. Our team was
anxious to play, both teams needed the
practice of such a game as this to better
prepare them for their intended trip
among the eastern colleges. They had
the right to play the game under protest;
and if their accusations were well found
ed by future investigation the credit
would have been theirs even if they
were defeated. But the result was a
stubborn refusal to play the game un-