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UNIVERSITY MISSOURIAN, Dec. 16, 1907

AS MANY Ms AS Ks, Ns OK Ws Kansas Gare Thirteen Football Let ters, Washington Only Eleven. Although fewer football Ms were awarded this year than usual, the number compares favorably with the number of letters given by other Missouri Valley schools. Thirteen players were considered worthy of the emblem this year in comparison with fifteen last year and eighteen each of the two preceding jcars. Here is the number of letters awarded by other schools in the Missouri Valley: Washington, eleven; Kansas, thirteen, Nebraska, twelve; Ames, fourteen; Drake, fifteen. The number given by Missouri was equal to the number given by most of the other schools and more than some. As to the manner of giving the Varsity letters, Missouri gives them for less actual work than do most of the other Missouri Valley schools. A year ago a committee was appointed to draw up regulations for the awarding of Varsi.ty letters in each sport. The requirement for a football M is that the man play a full quarter in each of three Missouri Valley Conference games, or play a full quarter in the Kansas game. In several of the other Valley schools the requirements call for a full half in each of three games instead of a quarter