. Metzger

Paterson C. Morgan

Garrels R.G. C. Brown

Pontius R.T. T. Brown

Wells R.E. E. Brown

McMillan Q. R. Morrison (Capt.)

Craig L.H. Hardage

Carpel R.H. {Collins
{Curlin

Thomson F.B. Sikes

_Officials_--Referee, Bradley Walker, Virginia; Umpire,
Eckersall, Chicago; Field Judge, Lieut. Nelly, West Point; Head
Linesman, Heston, Michigan.

G. E. ELDERIDGE.
_Michigan Alumnus, November, 1911._

V. Queries and Topics for Oral Composition

1. What knowledge is necessary in order to report a football game?

2. How old is the game of football?

3. Wherein do Rugby, soccer, Canadian, and American football
differ?

4. Describe the field on which American football is played.

5. Describe the shoes, costumes, headgear, and ball used in the
game.

6. What is a stadium?

7. Describe the functions of each player on a team.

8. Explain the following terms: "kickoff," "tackling," "end run,"
"line buck," "interference," "blocking," "holding," "off side,"
"punt," "drop kick," "forward pass," "fair catch," "downs,"
"scrimmage," "touchdown," "touchback," "safety," "goal from
touchdown," and "goal from field."

9. How many yards must a team carry the ball in four downs in order
to keep it?

10. How much does a touchdown count? A safety? A field goal? A goal
from touchdown?

11. How would you go to work to find out the past history of a team
and the character of its personnel?

12. What method of taking notes is recommended?

13. How long should the report of a game be?

14. In what style should it be written?

15. How many words does each model contain?

16. Observe how the writer seizes on the one or two salient points
of each game, omitting what is unessential. This requires
judgment and the effort to do it is a good training in judgment.

17. Tell whether each sentence is simple, complex, or compound.

18. Explain why each mark of punctuation is used.

19. Find a metaphor in the models.

VI. Exercise

Write a report of Saturday's game.

VII. Suggested Time Schedule

_Week I_