State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1904-1911, April 07, 1910, Image 2

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NEW: CLASS
SCRAP SUGGESTED
The Olegian is in Receipt of the
Following Letter Which Contains
a Hint Relative to a New Class
Contest.
To The State Collegian,
Gentlemen :
Rppe off an area -- on Old Beaver
Field (or. better, on the new-field)
equal to the football gridiron. Sta
tion all Freshmen back Of one goal,
all sophomores back of the opposite
goal. • Divide each class into teams
consisting of twenty-five each. Only
two teams, one from leach: class, are
to contend at one time; all others to
keep off the field. A
in
team is to be stationed in a straight
line across the center or the field, as
at the kick-off in tie football game.
The officials should be stationed ) im
mediately back of this line of sopho
mores in order to be near the line of
scrimmage, A freshman learn will
be . stationed along the freshman
goal line awaiting the signal 'to
charge. At a pistol shot the fresh
man team charges down the field
toward the line of sophomores who
advance to meet the in football
,style. No mass plays, slugging or
spiked shoes to be allowed.
The freshmen strive to break
through' the , sophomore ' line and
reach the latter's goal, The sopho
mores strive ,to capture as many
freshmen as possible. :This scrim
mage lasts for three minutes. At
the end of that time, all freshmen
who have been unable to reach the
sophomore goal are prisoners of the
so so
sophomore team. On the other
nd, all sophomores who are
d ged over their own goal line are
p sonets of the freshmen. As
son as time is up, each team leaves
the field taking its prisoners fo some
appointed place where they are to
be fantastically decorated and
placarded by their captors, and later
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