Sandspur, Vol. 21 No. 16, Feb. 28, 1920.

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The Rollins Sandspur
Published by Students of Rollins College
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WINTER PARK, FLORIDA, FEBRUARY 28, 1920.
NO. 16
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WATER    MEET    A    PROMINENT
FEATURE   OF   FOUNDER'S
WEEK
Byrd Wins Men's Cup With Total of
14 Points—Mary  Salisbury Wins
Women's  Trophy  With  a
Total of 8 Points
(Stanley Fosgate)
Over 300 spectators crowded the
shore of Lake Virginia, near the
men's swimming dock, to witness the
annual Founder's Week Regatta of
Rollins College, held Thursday afternoon, February 19.
This, the greatest feature of the 35th
anniversary of the college, was a decided success in every respect, from
start to finish. The weather was
ideal and the lake gently rippled,
facts which contributed greatly towards the success of the meet.
Wallace Byrd, was the hero of the
day, capturing first place in all the
men's events except the tilting contest and the 25 yard dash. Byrd accumulated a score of 14 points against
Stevens who came second with six
points, followed by H. Vincent with
five.
The women's cup was awarded to
Mary Salisbury, who won out over
Margaret Sutherland by the close
margin of one point, receiving a
total of eight points. Pauline Phelps
and Sara Wight tied for 3rd place
with six points each.
Canoe Races
Great skill and ability was shown
in all the canoe races, both men's and
women's, and especially in the war
canoe race between the college and
academy girl's crews. This latter
event was by far the most exciting
as both crews had practiced individually for several weeks in preparation for this race; consequently it
was a fight to a finish. Shortly after
the starter's pistol, the college crew
sprang ahead and under the command
of Harold Hill, gained continually
until it passed the finishing line, fully three lengths in advance of the
academy crew. The team work of the
former was splendid.
The men's  doubles, was    won    by
Byrd and Holiday, only after a hard
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Frank N. Doubleday Addresses Sandspur Banquet
SANDSPUR CELEBRATES
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
COLLEGE   DINING   HALL   SCENE
OF BRILLIANT BANQUET AT
WHICH REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE COLLEGE PRESS
OF FLORIDA ARE
GUESTS
Noted  Publisher, Describes His Ideal
of the Publishing  House That
Shall   Mold   True  Americans
FISK JUBILEE SINGERS COMING
ING
The Fisk Jubilee Singers will give
a recital at Knowles Hall, on March
1st. All who have heard these singers in previous years need not be told
the worth of this splendid organization. They are members of the famous Fisk University, which is doing
such an important work in the train-
in? and education of the colored race.
All who heard them last year, were
impressed with t^e splendid work of
this group of singers.
The Quarter-Centennial Banquet of
the Rollins Sandspur, commemorating the twenty-fifth year of its founding was held in the college dining hall
Friday evening, February 20. The
hall was brilliantly lighted and artistically decorated, giving prominence
to a large table in the form of an
"S" in the center of the room where
the staff of the Sandspur together
with their guests and the speakers of
the evening were seated. The Sandspur was fortunate in having as prin.
ciple speaker at the banquet, Mr.
Frank N. Doubleday, president of
the well-known publishing firm of
Doubleday, Page & Co. Mr. Double-
day is spending the winter in Winter
Park, having taken the "Alabama"
estate for the season.
The atmosphere of this gathering
of journalists and aspiring journalists was pervaded with enthusiasm,
especially on account of the presence
of the editors of other college papers
of the state, who had been invited to
attend for the purpose of furthering
the mutual interests of collegiate journalism in Florida. Miss Marie Bryan, Editor of "The Florida Flambeau" at the Florida State College for
Women, and Mr. Henry W. Blackburn, Editor of "The Southern" at
Southern College, were present to represent their respective papers and
their schools. Mr. Dewey A. Dye,
Editor of "The Alligator" at the University of Florida, was unable to be
present.
The Speeches
J. Harold Hill, Editor of the Sandspur, acting as toastmaster, made a
short introductory speech in which he
welcomed the visiting editors and the
other speakers and touched upon the
growth of the Sandspur from its original form as a yearly, through its
publication as a monthly, to the present form of a weekly newspaper reflecting as accurately as may be, the
life and activities of the students of
Florida's oldest institution of higher
learning.
Mr. Hill mentioned the receipt of a
letter from Myron A. Munson, a professor at Rollins in the early days of
its existence, in which Mr. Munson
tells of the existence of a Winter
Park Journal, in those days, edited
(Continued on page 8)
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
ENDED [
(Hoivard Vincent.)
The finals of the annual Tennis
Tournament of Rollins were played
off Friday and Saturday of last week.
The champion for the boys' singles is
Karl Tompkins and in the men's
doubles, Karl Tompkins and Charles
Roberts were victorious.
Tompkins started out finely, defeating John Noe, 0-0, G-0. He then took
on Charles Roberts, having a little
harder time, winning by the score of
6-2, 6-0. In the finals he met Don
Vincent, and although he won in
three straight sets he was given a
nice run for his money. The scores
were 6-4, 6-0, 7-5.
Don Vincent went to the finals,
winning his first match by default.
He then eliminated "Dud" Wilson with
apparent ease thus coming against
Fred Ward in a hard match.
As the winner of the tournament,
"Tommy" gets an "All American"
racket. The doubles winners were
given little silver "R's." In the
doubles finals Tompkins and Roberts
won in three straight sets, but those
sets contained a lot of work, as Stone
and Ward fought hard.
JUNIOR PROM
(M. Sutherland.)
i
Coming as a brilliant climax to the
social festivities of Founder's Week
was the Junior Prom held in the Lyman Gymnasium Saturday night,
Feb. 21st. The artistic decorations
were composed of myriad-colored butterflies suspending from twining
arches of smilax forming a low ceiling and making the hall look like a
corner of fairyland. Credit for this
artistic effect goes to Miss Elizabeth
Merriweather and her efficient corps
of helpers.
Those receiving were: Miss Winifred Stone for the Junior class, Mr.
Hagerty and Mr. Hill for the Senior
"lass, and Chancellor Brooks, Miss
Barrett, Mrs. Rouse, and Mr. Arthur
Slater,  '09,  of St.  Augustine.
The music was especially fine, furnished by a six-piece orchestra
from Orlando. The number of encores
responded to showed the appreciation
of the dancers. The entire fourteen
numbers were enjoyed to the fullest
extent when "Home Sweet Home"
hrought to a close one of the liveliest
parties in the history of Rollins.
Refreshments, consisting of icecream, cake and punch were served
by the Junior class during the intermission.
ROLLINS FIVE
MILAN   AND   LAIN    WERE   THE
MAIN SUPPORT OF THE
VISITORS
Local   Five Victorious  Over  Birdmen
for  Third   Time—Score   17-15
1
(Stanley Fosgate)
The basket ball game staged Wednesday, February 18, in the Lyman
Gymnasium, was a fitting opening for
the athletic events of the 35th Founder's Week of Rollins College. I
The team from Arcadia traveled up
in the hard downpour, only to be defeated in a fast and thrilling game by
the Rollins boys, after a hard struggle on both sides. From the outstart
Rollins, through its team-work and
consistent passing, had a slight advantage over its heavier opponent,
for despite the terriffic onrush of the
Aviators they constantly worked the
ball back from the danger zone. >
The jinx was clearly in evidence,
running closely beside Capt. Fletcher
and hanging by the Rollins basket.
Time after time Fletcher would shoot,
the ball spinning all about the basket
only to drop on the outside. Vincent
was able to free himself from the
black jinx making all the field goals
save one. Vincent was in splendid
form and showed his best in this contest, causing the opponents much anxiety.
Boyle starred for the Rollins guards
with his usual manner of slipping
around the opponents. However, individual praise would be useless as
the entire team worked in unison.
In the first half most of the playing was about the Rollins basket, the
Aviators having very few chances at
their own goal. In spite of the hard
luck in shooting, Vincent made four
baskets and Fletcher one (and two
foul goals), making a total of twelve
points for Rollins against six for the
visitors. However, the Aviators
strengthened slightly in the second
half, making eight points against the
locals' five. Milan and Lain featured
for the Aviators with their shooting
ability.
On the whole the game was one of
the fastest of  the  season,  save for
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ALL OUT FOR THE GAME
SATURDAY
Let's have everybody out for the
last game of the season—Cathedral
School vs. Rollins girls. Cathedral has
one game to her credit already and
it's up to us to stage a come-back
this Saturday night. The girls are
planning to make this a satisfactory
ending to the whole season but it is
out of the question if they do not have
the proper support from the students.
Cut future engagements, and bring
your ladies to the game—Lyman Gym,
Saturday night, at eight o'clock.
You won't be sorry.
-P. PHELPS.