$1200.00 For Athletics

Ia half aa hour ast night the resouroos if the alhleüo issoeiation arose $1200. Yesteiday no raoiiey was In ihe treasury to pay the $1400 itebt but today subscriptions of $1200 leave association only about $200 behind. Pre?. Richards made a brief appeal and v he closod fraternices, Individual stu denW and business men vied with one another, some subscribed as much as $100; somo only small aniounts and ia a very short timu tno $1200 mark was reaohed. This was at the close of the foot ball tnass meeting. Earlier on the program the Glee club and the band furnished excellent music. Profs. Knowlton and Trueblood spoke and were foliowei by llogg and Boonett. These addresses were patriotio in the extreme. When a popular player was mentioned cheers would alvvays follow and when Fecbert was spuken üf the noise was something tremendous. Bennett emphasized tho necessity of giving support to 'Varsity playera. "lts awfully discouraging," said he, "to make a gopd play and never hear n chcer. Clopping hands and faint yells don't do the werk. What we want to hear is the good, old "U. of M. Bah Kah ! Rah Rah !" and that's good for five yards ga In every time." The crowd at the meeting fillpd tho law lecture room and must have numbered 700. They weren't in full dress I by any means and why so many vvoio i sweaters and sloueh hala was hard to 1 understand until the crowd reached tho ground below: then the freshmausophomore rush began, and the prevailiug fashion was understood: tho men were dressed not for the iceeting but for the rush. How the rush came out it would bo liaid to teil. Contosts between classes soon gave way to a rush for hats. Hero it was every man for himself and many a student went home bareheaded, i