THE KENTUCKY KERNEL
The Herald has heard repeatedly recently the commendation that State
University
student body is becoming better every year, both In scholarship and morals, and those qualities that enter Into the personal equations
of correct University life. Whether this is true Tho Herald has no way of
knowing accurately, but It does not heslrtate to say that the conduct of the
student body of the famous old school on the occasion here referred to,
was Buch that no great amount of additional proof will bo necessary to
fix it as a fact in the public mind, that the present student body Is entitled to the compliment

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A Great Victory.
It was a great game and a great victory.

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Saturday's, Kentucky
State accomplished that which no other srvihern team has ever brought
about in the history of football, the defeat of a Western Conference team.
Outweighed by several pound" io the man, with cthe moral handicap of last
year's defeat and the fact that they were expected to lose, the wearers of
the Blue and White decisively proved to a hysterically happy throng of
spirit of former days still courses
spectators that the fighting, wildcat-likthrough their veins; that regardless of the reputed strength of their opponents, Kentucky State teams do not concede defeat until the whistle has
blown and the last chance to score is gone.
As the tumult and. the shouting die, but one regret remains, and that
Is the reputed- unsportsmanlike manner with which Purdue accepted defeat. This impression was caused largely by the apparently surly attitude
of the members of the Purdue team when the students attempted to carry
them from the field after the game; for during the playing of the game
there was po action of either team which could be unfavorably criticized.
Students report that when they attempted to carry the Indiana team on
(heir shoulders from the Held, some of the team were thoughtless enough
to ettempt to strike or kick them. We know that this state of facts is
Correct from our own observation.
However,, let us not too hastily'form the opinion, as we regret many
already have done, that the representatives of the northern school have
no appreciation of Kentucky hospitality and chivalry. Let us rather believe that there is some explanation of their action. Quite possibly the
tired Purdue warriors did not at first realize what were .the intentions of
the students toward them. Quite possibly when the howling mob of some
500 ptudents of a school against whose team they had been fighting, swarmed down upon them, .they thought their purpose was to do them bodily
harm. We doubt if there is a single, northern university where the members of both teams are carried from the field after athletic contests regardless of whether the home team wins or loses. Again, let us consider
that if they did realize that they were to be carried from the field, they
may have thought that it was to be done to make sport of them. We
ould not, without knowing all the facts, impute to the representatives of
Purdue the charge, of intentional unsportsmanlike or ungentlemanly con- By defeating Purdue in such a game as was

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It was a great victory and a great game.

A Contrast.
A striking contrast to newspaper comment of .the past upon The Uni- rsity of Kentucky appears by the following editorial, taken in substance,
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Congratulations to State University.
The victory Saturday over gurdue puts, State University athletics in
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class. It was a green team that Coach Tlgert 'had tio start
ir.ith,i and the game wiith (Mississippi -- was no criterion of the" present
ntrength of the .team. Rarely has any team played together as do the
on the State University team. Assistant Coaches Park and Tuttle
team men, and they played the
were very popular with
kind of ball. So far it is shown that the alumni coaching system 1b
making good at the University.
The athletic field at State is now the best in the South. This year's
team anld the athleticyfield
.demonstrations of accomplishment
by President Barker. ! -- t(e pledged his! own credit for the erection of the
extensive stands and lie. is seeing them paid for by increased attendance.
The crowds attending the games are more than twice the size assembled
on thfse grounds several y ears ago. Games like that played Saturday appublic. It was a clean game, but every play a
peal to the athletic-lovinard fight from start to finish.
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games fry the home teams mean that' the Universities are nioving
Such
owarda" greater, development. 'A dead football team generally goes with
College spirit, athletics on a proper basis
,n uhprogressive institution.
nld a thoroughly live campus make such teams as that which wrested the
ctory from Purdue. The Herald extends congratulations to the Univer-ty- .
It is a splendid advertisement both for the University and for

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the chickens confined until the sun is
up. Lexington Leader.

wife of the Secretary
and daughter of
'President Wilson, carries a cane.
The Kentucky Colonel Says:
The women of this modern day
We are foh woman suffrage, sun, beseem to be able to carry successfully
cause we do not believe the women
almost everything but the elections.
ican do worse than the men have
,done, and we do believe the women
There is nothing wonderful about
can get worse if they don't get what
the fact that the women of the Fiji
,they want, suh.
islands do not wear any clothes. The
wonderful feature is what on earth
The nightshirt parade of Saturday
the women there find to talk about.'
evening was a wonderful revelation of
Luke McLuke.
jwhat State students sleep in.
Easy, Luke. They talk about the
weather, of course.
The general opinion in the battalion
is that "the powers that be" approve of
football because it is such, an excellent opportunity to call out our valiant
STITnF.lVTfi FORITM
army an extra day each week.
Hooray!
of the Treasury,

FIVE YEARS AGO

(From the Files of The Idea.)

November 17, 1910.
St. Louis defeats the Wildcats at
St. Louis by a score of 9 to 0, In a
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game in which the Kentucky team is outweighed several
pounds to the man.
The fat stock and saddle
teams prepare to leave for Chicago
to enter in the national judging contests for the first time in the history
of the school.
Notice is served on the students to
keep their eyes open for wooden boxes,
signs, gates, fences and "anything
that will burn" to be used in the bonfire rally to be held on Stoll Field on
the night before the Thanksgiving
game with Central.
The University Book Store announces a contest in which a large
Kentucky wall banner will be awarded
to the student who can come closest
to guessing the score of the Thanksgiving game.
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The Purdue Lament
FOOTBALL IN STATE
"Where have you been, my little lad,
UNIVERSITY, 1915.
With eyes so black and blue?"
''Kentucky, sir, 'tis very sad,
As President of State University, I
They'd learned' to Do Purdue."
desire to express my appreciation of
the magnificent efforts of the football
The Freshman Journalist's Lead.
team, not only to play successful
"Because he deposited his money In games
and win victories, but to play
the bank only the day before, Sam manly and generous football.
Jones lost nothing but his life when
I think Dr. Tlgert and his assistants
an automobile ran into him and knockdeserve high commendation for the
ed him into the river yesterday, finalway they have coached and managed
ly drowning hlin."
the team and especially for the generous spirit they have built up in the
Tragedy.
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members. I sincerely believe there is
I. Beers.
no team of football In the country
II. Cheers.
made-uof higher class material than
HERE AND THERE
III. Dears.
ours. These young saen, by their courIV. Tears.
age, endurance, patience-- and
have put State University in
Our Answer Department.
the very forefront of football athletReductlq Ad Absurdum.
My poodle la Infested with fleas.
ics in this section' of the country. The
A recent number of the Crimson
I rid him of the pests:
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How can
University owes to them a debt of Rambler (Transylvania), contains in
O. S.
gratitude, which I, as President, now the editorial columns a lament beGet some obliging friend to hold
desire to express.
cause someone had attempted by comhim for a few minutes.
It gives me great pleasure also to parative scores to prove State's suOur neighbor's little girl is tak recall that the conduct of the students periority over T. U.
Lest the Rambler should be troubled
ing piano lessons. Is there' any way has been especially fine and generous
towards the visiting teams audi any- over this "comparative scores" propowe can get relief. Newlyweds.
thing like roughness or ruffianism has sition, which is the least convincing
Move to another town.
passed from State University campus, method of proof, we refer her to dope
My hands are very rough.
What I believe, forever. Our students have published in a local paper by their'
learned' how splendid It Is to act mag- own Professor Monroe, which shows
can I do for them? Beautiful.
Soak them in warm dishwater after nanimously towards visitors. I have that T. U. outclasses Yale, Princeton
said to the students many times and and the rest of the world. Why was
each meal.
I repeat it here, that the reputation
Cornell spared?
How can I prevent my wife from of State University is In their hands
and It will be estimated by their conWhat Every Student Knows.
hiding my cigars? Patient.
Professor:
"What lessons do we
Put them under the broom and she duct Those who love athletics as an
adjunct to building up the institution learn from the attack on the Dar--,
will never find them.
and In developing the physical and danelles?"
Student: "That a strait beats three
My husband is continually saying moral side of the student body, have
Student
I cannot bake potatoes like bis great cause to congratulate them- kings.
that
mother used ot bake. How can I stop selves on the outlook which athletics
presents today, on the campus of
his? Worried.
NOTICE TO STAFF.
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State University.
Owing to the Thanksgiving holiEasy. Fry them.
Is due the stu- days, the Kernel will come out on
, I, think great credit
dent manager and the cheer leaders Wednesday of next week. Members'!
Is it proper for. a girl to go out alone
who, this year, have done their work of the staff are requested to get in
at night? Ignorance.
Only when accompanied, by an es- so splendidly, and who, by their ac- all assignments by noon Tuesday.
tion, have always pointed the way toANITA CRABBE,
cort
wards higher things In the manage
Managing Editor. ;'
Those Rude Robbers I
Frank Rude of Blanchester, Ohio,
was robbed of $25 by pickpockets
Tuesday night In a saloon on Main
Street Cincinnati Times Star.
FOR COLLEGE MEN AND WOMEN.
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While on the subject also, The Herald desires to congratulate the University and President Barker, the faculty and the students upon the order"night Bhirt"
liness and characteristic gentlemanly conduct of the
parade which, followed the big victory of the Wild Cat team.
Jj Tho young men celebrated In true college boy 'fashion, a triumph that
entitled In everysense tp celebration, and did bo with every element
Iras
enthusiasm possible, yet With no (infringement of the rights of
others nor of disturbance of public good order.
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Suaerflflueus Advice.
On these cold, damp mornings keep

Mrs. McAdoo,

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EDITORIAL STAFF.
J. FRANKLIN CORN
Bart N. Peak
Miss Anita Crabbe . . .
William Shinnick
MfaM Rebecca Smith
McClarty Harbison
J. R. Marsh

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ment of the games, the cheers' and
parades of the students. A great deal
depends upon these leaders, and I am
especially proud of the three young
men who have so efficiently performed
their duties in our football exhibitions.
In conclusion, I desire to thank Dr.
Tlgert, his assistants and all the members of the team, the manager and the
cheer leaders and the students for,
perhaps,
the most successful and
glorious season of football which we
'have had on our campus within my
'remembrance.
HENRY S. BARKER,
President.

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