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TRACK SCHEDULE IS ANNOUNCE D Manager Kline Has M eets A rranged With D enison and St. Marys. THRE E LETTER M EN O U T.
Many Have Signed Up for Track and Are Workin g Out Under Coach Watts. Wit h the comin g of sp r ing it is not urpri in g t h:,t one tir es o f hi lc, n .:; winter's confin emen t, a nd g r ows eag er to give ex pressio n to h:s e n li ve ned pirits in some form -0 f o ut -d oor athleti c . Track, baseball and t e nni s ,,11 have th eir a ppea l, b ut s in ce th e r e will be no baseball sea so n th is ye:i r , :wd the varsity tenni s co ur ts arc sti11 a little U topian , m os t of t he inte r est i, cente red upo n tr ack. At prese nt on ly t wo me e ts hav~ bee n sched uled, o ne w ith De n iso n en pril 20th, and o ne w ith St Mary's on May 25 th , b o th of the• 1 away. Arra nge m en t·s a r e now unrler way to schedul e m eets w it h se vera l other Ohio co 11 eges, w ith one o r t wo of them at ho m e. T here is a lso d possibility of a trip to weste rn P e n n sylvania. o fa r th e w o,rk has o nl y been general, but t hi week o:ich W a tt intends to sta r t t he m en wo r ki ng on the even ts in w hi ch t hey are m ost. interested, and pegi;1 a d efi ni t e co u rs e of training in each event. Only three let te r m en fro m fo r mer years are in c ll ege, Barn ha rt. Love and Hi ge lm ire. Eac h o f th ese men ha ve ma de g o od r eco r d s in fn c past, Barney in r~nnin g a nd hu r d li ng , Love in th e di s ta nce ra n s, a n d Hi i:-.e ! mire in the we ig ht eve nts. la r pc number of stud ents h ave s ig n ed u:1 for track, and a re ou t eve r y afte rn oo n trotting across co unt ry, and g et(Contin ued o n page t wo.)
Thoburn Kelse,r Goes To F rance. Thob urn Ke iser, so n of R ev. and Mrs. Milo G. K e ise r, ex pects to leav e within a few clays fo r ew Yor k to embark for F ra nce wh e re h e w ill en gage in for eign t ran s porta ti o n work of the Red Cross. R ejec t ed from r eg u lar army se rv ice becau se o f his ey es, young Keiser ha s s in ce been t r y ing in eve ry possible w ay t o g e t in so m e other work wher eby h e co uld h e lp hi s country. Th e work wh ich h e wi ll soon take up w ill give h im intima t e knowledge of th e ru in wr o u g ht b y the Huns a s he is a m emb e r o f a motor train t hat g ive s fir s t r e li e f to devastated cities a nd th e v ictims.
WE STER VILLE, O HIO,
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MARCH 18, 1918.
Choir Will Give Easter Cantata Sunday Evening. As a fitt in g cl ose to th e r evi val me e ting s in progr ess at th e U n it ed Bre t h r e n c hu r ch , th e cho ir u nd er P ro pessa1·d wi ll s in g " Th e Tri fesso r ump h o f t h e Cr oss" by H . A lex a n d er M a tth ews, nex t und ay even ing. T he co mp ose r o f thi s w o rk is an organi s t o f un us ua l a bi lity as is s ho w n by th u niqu wa y in w hi ch h e po rtray s th e s to r y o f t h e cru cifi x io n a nd its r e su lt s, in th e canta ta. U n like mos t Easte r ca n tata s, "T he T riu m p h of th e C ross," d we ll s m o re up o n th e won d e r s acco mp lish ed t hr o ug h th e r es ur r ec t io n th a n upo n t h e m e re his tor ica l s igni fica nce o f t h e ev e nt. Th e mu s ica l s t o ry is bo u nd to ge th e r by th e so los o f t he " arrato r", w hi ch pa 1·t is s un g by tvii s s Audr ey N e! o n. Oth e r so lo parts a r e tak e n b y Mr. Ward and M iss eva And e r son. P RIZES F O R UPPER CLASSM E N
J. A llison B arnes Offers Three Prizes for Best Short Stories-Contest Ends April Fifth. Thro ug h t he effo r ts of J . A lliso n Barn es t h er e has b ee n es tab li sh ed what is k now n a s th e Wa lt er L o wr ie Barn es S hort Sto r y cho lars h ip open to m e mb e rs of t he Ju nior a nd e ni o r classes w ho have bee n in a tte nd a n ce at t he Co ll ege fo r a p eri o d o f one year previ o us to t h e e ntry in th e contes t, to d e monstrate thei r abi lity as story writers , t he w inn er s to r eceive s ub s tantia l prize s for t h eir e ffor t s. T h e impo r ta n ce of t h is conte s t can no t be e mphas ize d to o strongly. Asid e from t h e exce ll e nt t rain ing that is to b e d er ived fr o m suc h a contes t th er e ar e th r ee very s ub s ta ntia l pri zes g ive n to t he wi nn er s. T h es e prizes a r e mad e poss ib le b y M r. Barn es a nd am o u nt to a tota l of s ev enty d o ll a r s, g ive n to th e s uccess ful writer s in s um s of fo r ty, tw e n ty, a nd t en d o llars ea ch. T he rul es o f th e con test state th at eac h s to ry mus t b e based upon so m e es tab lish ed fa c t in American hi s to r y. Th es e stories must b e origi na l and of s uch a character t hat t h e h is to r ica l fa c t wi ll n o t b e lost ent ir ely . A ls o th ey a r e to contain no t les s than 6000 wo r d s and not m o r e t han 15,000. Un us ua l in t e rest ha s bee n s h o wn in t h e contest th is y ear as is ev id ence d by t h e num b er a nd abi li ty of stud e nts (Co ntinu ed o n page two.) High School W ins Debate. T h e H ig h Scho o l deba t e r s, wh o have bee n coach ed by Roscoe B r e nt linger , m e t th e t eam frp m Canal W in ch es te r F rid a y ni ghl a nd deieat ed th em . Th e questio n was o n th e g o ve rnm ent contro l of r a ilroad s.
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j Ohio State and Otterbein- SOPH FIVE WINS Girls t o Stage D ebate H ereCHAMPIONSHIP Som etim e nea r th e midd le o f Apri l th er e will be s ta ged in t he Co ll eg e of 1920 Takes Inte r Class Chape l a de bate betw ee n th e gi rl s o f Basket Ba ll Championship t he D e lphi c Litera r y Society of O hi o S ta te U ni ve r sity a nd th e gir ls' tea m for Second Time. o f Ott e1·bein Co ll ege, upo n t he q ues YEA RLIN G S ARE O UT C L ASS E D ti o n : R eso lved : Tha t a n internat ional po lice fo rce sho ul d be for m ed aft er the wa r fo r t he p urpose of mai n ta in Girls Put on Exh ibiti on Ga m e A s in g p eac e. T h e g irl s r epresen ting the P reliminary t o B oys' Game Stat e U ni ver sity wi ll argue fo r t he -Blues W in. negativ e sid e of th e qu estion whil e Bas ketba ll fan s a ro und Otte rb ein th e Tan and Ca rdina l g irl s wi ll up witn essed t he la s t ex hibition of ho ld t he affirma tive. T h e tryo uts fo r pla ces on th e ho m e th e seaso n Satur day ev e ni ng w h en t he So p hs and Freshm en p la yed fo r team w ill be held next W edn esda y a t c la ss cha mpi o ns h ip o f t he co ll ege. 2:00 p. m. In o rd e r t u ma ke .thi s a T he ga m e was fa t a nd ful l o f pep and s uccess a nd a n eve nt of whi ch Otte r surp ris ing ly c lean for a cla ss ga m e. bein will be p r o ud eve r y g ir l th a t ca n On ly s eve n fo ul s wer e ca ll ed during must co m e o ut a nd try fo r a place. Class
t he gam e. T he bo u t was an ea sy wa lk-away fo r t he Sop hs a nd sec ur ed fo r th e m th e in te r-cla ss champio n s h ip for th e eas o n. Thi s s pea ks w ell fo r th e bas ke t-ba ll ab ility o f th e cla ss of 1920 and t hey tand u ndisp u te d champ io ns o f t he s chool, hav in g a lso wo n th e class champ io nsh ip of la st year. Th e r es ult o f th e g am e wa s no di scred it to th e Fres hm e n inas mu chas fo ur of th e Sophom o res w er e varsity m c n. Bo th t ea m s s howed g oo d passing and t eam wo1·k and g av e t he basket-ba ll en th usia st s a g ood ex hibiti o n in th e closin g g am e o f th e season. Fox and M ill e r w er e hig h scar er s fo r th e So ph s. Mi ll er m a d e eig ht bas k et s and Fox secu re d eig h tee n baske ts and two fr ee throws. W ago ne r and W in do m starr e d for th e F res hm en and ea ch sec ur ed thre e bas ke ts. Freshies (15) Sophs (58) R. F. W ago ner Meye r s L. F. M oo re ii Il er C. Ba ncroft Fox R. G. W indo m S m it h L. G. Co rn e tet H ayes ( Contin ue d on page two.) R ed Cross Sends Old Clothing. P r o fesso r Ro sselo t thi s m o rnin g p r ese nt ed a p hase o f th e R ed Cross work that up to thi s ti me has had li tt le emphasis. T he A m eri ca n R ed Cross w ill s end twe nty t ho usa nd t o ns o f o ld clothi ng ov er sea s for th e _r elie f o f Be lg ian s uffe r er s. S t ud ents liv in g amo ng tow nsp eo ple may leave suc h arti cles as th ey see fit t o spare with t h eir la nd lady t ha t t hey may be col lect e d Tu esday or W ed nesda y. Any a r t icle fr o m pajamas to kid g loves w ill be a ccep t ed. Of co ur se, yo u s ho ul d se e to it t ha t t he s ock s yo u s end ar e not so " ho ley" as no t to b e recogni za ble as socks.
FREN CH PLAY T O BE GIV E N .
Third-year Students Under the direc cti on of Prof. Rosselot Will Give Three Plays. O n Saturday eve n ing, March 23 rd 1 P rofesso r a nd M r s. A. P. Ro sselot w ill p rese nt th e st ude nts of th e th ird yea r F re nch class in a gro up of thre e de lightf ul plays by Marg uerit e Du pre s, "Les A mi es d u P etit Cha peron rou ge", th e fam ilia r s to r y of Little Reel R idin g H oo d, "I a uvre Sylvi e", a se rva nt girl wh ose va nity lead s her into se r io us di ffic ulti es, and "La P rin cesse E m era ud e", a b eau t iful princess. fo r wh ose love a w icked and a goo d p rin ce con te nd . T he fo ll owin g cha ra cters co mp o se th e cas te: Les Amies Du Petit Chaperon Rouge. Le Petit Cha pe ro n ro ug e, 9 ans M iss Gra ce A rm entro ut. Mad e leine, 12 a ns- M iss Agn es W ri g ht. J ea nn e, 12 an s-M iss N eva Ande r so n. Marie, 14 an s-Miss H elen Ke ll er. Ma1·guerite, 14 ans, a mi es d e P etit1:i ss Ma r y Ti ns tma n. Lo ui se, 12 a ns, Chapero n ro uge M iss Anna D ew. uzo n, 12 an s-M iss J essi e W eir. Berth e, 12 an s-Miss V ida W ilh elm . L e M er e d u P etit Chap ero n ro uge, (Continued on page two .) Day ton People to Feast. Dayton O tterb ein iti es are enthusi a st ic ab out th e Otter be in ca mpa ig n a nd a re boosting it to t he lim it. D urin g th e Eas ter vacatio n a n O tter bein r eunion and ba nquet is to be he ld. Da yto n s tud ents wh o ar e home at th e tim e wi ll participat ~ in the event.