Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1920 — MOTTO SHORT AND FITTING [ARTICLE]

MOTTO SHORT AND FITTING

Suggestion Made by Member of Football Club Was Not Complimentary to Team. The secretary of the local football club called a special meeting to discuss the adoption of a motto for the club. 1 “We ought to have one,” he urged. “It would be like a battle cry, you know. What we want is something short and appropriate.” “Well,” suggested one member, what’s wrong with “There’s many a slip ’twlxt the cup and the kick?” While one-half of the meeting roared with laughter the other half wanted to throw him out. Then silence fell as a speaker famed for his cutting humor rose. “You want something appropriate?” he said. “Well, you can’t do better than ‘Nil Desperandum.’ If you think it’s too long, you can drop the ‘desperandum’ and stick to the ‘Nil.’ It’s our usual score.”