application is forthcoming, can and will secure for us even a bet ter team than the one which represented us on the grid-iron during the past season. Prom present indications our only hope lies in the acquisition of some good new men to fill the positions left vacant by the departure of so many of our best players. It is the duty of the students to do all in their power to fill these vacancies with players equally as good as those who have until recently filled them. It is not enough for the students to support an athletic team, be it foot ball, base ball, or track,—it is also their duty to procure men for the teams. Do you think that our record in foot ball would have been what it was if the captain, manager, and coach had not used their influence to induce some of the new players to come here ? Why do you not use your influence in a similar manner? We have learned from a reliable source that not one of the new athletes who came here during the past three years was induced to do so by a student who was not himself an athlete. We endeavored to convince the students in our last issue to try to induce students to join our ranks next year. Let as many of you as can try to send at least one recruit who, in addi tion to being a student worthy of the institution, will be a credit to the college in athletic lines. The fact that you are not your self an athlete is all the more reason why you should furnish an able substitute. THE FATHER OP THE STATE COLLEGES. T"late Senator Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, enjoys the unique distinction of a longer continuous service in the Congress of the United States than any other man since the adoption of the Constitution, and for this he will long be re membered and cited by those who are interested in our political history. But this mere 'fact of chronology would have no sig nificance in itself, if it did not point to deeper reasons lying be- EDITORIALS A use JO SENATOR MORRILL.
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