Dug MICHIGA a Goqd Many Years Ago a Man Said to Me, "You Know, John, When I Look
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· HOMECOMING NEWS OCTOBER , , 15Y! dUG MICHIGA A gOQd many years ago a man said to me, "You know, John, when I look ~t you I see four faces. ~€@ I see you as you are ~ow, with a bachelor's gleam in your eye. -Jfj I see you five or six years from now, a little more jJ\~ ' .- ~~-ti-. serious, a picture of a wife and a couple of youngsters on your desk: ~ ~~ . , ~ I see you at forty-five, with a look of slightly pained amusement as you read your son's estimate of what he's going to need for the next month or so in college. ~ And I see you again at sixty, ~6_= looking around for a place where you can hunt ducks for nine months of the year ~ : V :';,';z.:.. " ~-W Now John, every man who hears this little story nods his head, just as you're doing. In his heart, he knows exactly what he should do. But-hegging your pardon-rarely do I meet a man who does anything about it unless he's practically pestered to death. ~~ That's what I'm go. ing to do to you-and some day you're going to thank me for it." He did just that-and for years I have thanked him for it. ~ And thanked him particularly for the thoroughness and care with which he worked out my life insurance plan-a plan which protected my wife and children during the years the youngsters ~ were growing up, provided money for their education, and finally, made it possible for me to look forward to a peaceful, happy old age. The law won't let me hunt ducks nme months out or'the year-but just sitting in the sun isn't the worst sport in the world! Life insurance can be just life insurance-or it can be a ance needs, and knows how to llleet those needs IllOSt rock-bottolll, lifelong financial plan. Today the lllodern life econolllically. He knows, too, that his cOlllpany will ":ot agent not only wants to lllake your life insurance do this grant insurance which, in its opinion, does not rende~. a sort of "whole-life" job, but, just as illlportant, he knows genuine service to the, policyholder. Moreover, he repre how to do it. g Your NWNL agent receives a training which sents an unusually sound cOlllpany - a cOlllpany whose inforllled insurance lllen recognize as one of the finest record of stability and growth is exceptional, even when available anywhere. He is schooled to analyze life in sur- cOlllpared to the fine record of all Alllerican life cOlllpanies. NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY O. J. ARNOLD, President STRONG Minneapolis, Minnesota LIBERAL 4 THE M I NNESOTA H OMECOMING NEWS LOCALLY OWNED NATIONALLY KNOWN • .ALWAYS THE BEST SHOW • 1460 at the top of your dial I NBC BASIC RED NETWORK I ()CTOEER 15, 1938 5 In This Issue Page 25 Homecomings, by Bob Eddy.. 7 Support Your Golden Gophers, by Orris Gran, Sports Editor of the Minnesota Daily 8 Meet the Wolverines, by Bud Benjamin, Sports Editor Homecoming · of the Michigan Daily.. 9 Campus Notes, by Bill Gibson, Editor of the Alumni Weekly ........................10 Buy Homecoming Buttons Frank McCormick and Les Schroeder .... ll -on sale at the game and Starting Lineups and Player Numbers 12, 13 all Homecoming events. Referee's Signals ........... 14 Minnesota Songs .14 A Letter from Fritz Crisler ....... .. .. ... ........... 15 • Homecoming Committees 16, 17 Rooter Squad ................ 18 Alumni Activities .............................. 19 A Display of Minnesota Pow~r, by Bill Gibson ... 20 Events for Homecomers. ..... 22 Persons on the mailing list of this publica tion may get buttons by sending 25c (coin THE COVER or stamps) to the Homecoming Committee, Harold Van Every, Minnesota halfback, posed for the 102 Minnesota Union, U. of M. Kodachrome photograph by Stanton Miller. Color sepa ration process by Lloyd Lowther. FOREMOST IN FRIENDLINESS O'Shea Knitting Mills Makers of Athletic Knitted Wear for Minnesota Sports Staying at the LA SALLE is like having seats on the 50 yard line-in the center of everything-near the theatres, business FOOTBALL JERSEYS and shopping districts. All rooms newly decorated in the modern manner. BASKETBALL SHIRTS Coffee Shop . Cocktail Lounge Blue Fountain Room for dining & dancing HONOR SWEATERS Reasonable Rates James Louis Smith ATHLETIC HOSE General Manager La Salle at Madison 2701 North Pulaski Road CHICAGO ILLINOIS 6 THE MINNESOTA HOMECOMING NEWS 'A 'Double Ask for Sweetheart 5c Candy Bar at all Old Gold's prize crop tobaccos are double mellow, double Minnesota sealed in double Cellophane for true freshness. Athletic Events For Finer, FRESHER Flavor, Smoke Double-Mellow Old Golds Be Foxy. .. Go-Fur The second largest pro ducers of Silver Fox Furs in the· world are lOcated in Minnesota. United Fur Ranches, Inc. Mount Curve and Louisiana Ave. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. OCTOBER 15, 1938 7 ~, 25 HomecQmings By BOB EDDY '39 It was 1914. nois nosed out the Maroon and Cbld i'b to 6 . .Jt was one "Wahoo!" said the First Minnesota Alumnus to The of the fiist of those many games in which the' Gophers Second, "Have you heard about it?" outgained the foe but took the short end on the score. "What-the war or that new swing piece, 'Alexander's "The Year of Disaster"-That's what old-time alumni Ragtime Band'?" whisper in their beards when you mention 1920. Doc "Neither, you dope. Minnesota's going to have a Williams? machine took six ort the chin that year, and Homecoming this year!" the Homecomer ran true to form. Michigan had tough This conversation may not be strictly authentic, but sledding to win, but finally ran off the field with a 3-0 anyhow it's a fact that in 1914 Minnesota's string of decision, All-American Steketee booting the goal. Homecoming games began, a string of games which The disaster continued in 1921, with Minnesota taking shows 15 games in the ledger's win column and 8 writ the worst hammering in Hqmecoming , history: Iowa ten in red figures. And since 1930, seven straight con was the opposition, and a mighty foe she ; prciy~d to be. tests have seen the Golden Gophers on the long end of Devine and Locke scored all 0'£ the Hawkeyes' six touch the score. downs in her 41-7 romp, while Brown snared Martin On ' thaL first blustery Homecoming~-Day. back"in , 19M eau's pass for Minnesota's lone counter. a towering Gopher football team whipped Wisconsin, Earl Martineau demonstrated some high-class end 14-3, mainly through the efforts of a sure-footed back s~eeping and a lot of yards in 1922, but Wisconsin named Hamilton and a sure-handed end named Baston, copped the Great Game 14-0. Captain Rollie Williams first name Bert. Thus was Homecoming day for Minne put the dynamite in the Wisconsin lineup. And thus sota alumni and students successfully inaugurated. ended the 4-years Homecoming victory-drouth for Min In 1915 Wisconsin again it was who took the Home nesota and the Gophers' kiss:ea Northrop F'i~ld farewell coming rap. This time a fleet left halfback by the name on Homecoming darin 19~~ by lustily ;i;, sIn~~klng the of Bernie Bierman (ever hear of him?) ran the Badgers Iowa Hawkeyes 20-7. Coach Bill Spaulding's smackers bowlegged. Two touchdowns he scored, with the famed were 4-3 underdogs at gametime, but spearheaded by Wyman-to-Baston pass combination collaborating on the Earl Martineau and Carl Lidberg, Minnesota reeled off third to spank Wiscom;in 20-3. Some nifty quarterback the yardage down the field. Graham, Eklund, Coz, Gay, ing by Shorty Long and George Hauser's efficient line Gross- you remember the boys that sparkled that day. shredding also played a material part in the victory. Michigan reasserted her jinx in 1924's Big Day But the 1915 win was just a light coat of varnish tussle. It was a case of smart, heads-up football against compared to the shellacking dished out by Captain Bas fumbling, penalties and bad general-ship, and the upshot ton and his crew to Wisconsin was a 13:0 win for the Wolver in 1916's Homecomer. ines. Swede Lidberg showed Baston galloped the ope~ing the fams some beautiful line kickoff back for a goaler and plunging and Ascher displayed Quarterback Long promptly some nice passing but all to no took up where he left off. When avail, for the receivers simply the smoke cleared, the Badgers weren't. Schutte and Abram were making funny f1:\ces at a son kicked in with good games, scoreboard which read, Minne too. sota 54, Wisconsin O. Iowa took the Homecoming The Gophers took picks on jolt the next year from the Chicago for the Homecoming vengeful Gophers. Almquist, battle in 1917. Mr. Hauser Murrel, Arendsee, Peplaw, Mac again had a time for himself kinnon and a fellow named in the line, opening up holes J oesting racked up 400 yards big enough for Ben Hur, to Iowa's 150, and 33 points to chariot and all. A back named none for the Hawks. Iowa's Arntson did the dirty work, and great "Cowboy" Nick Kutsch that Saturday night found the couldn't find his horse. alumni hollering, "Hooray, A lanky Swede called Oster Minnesota 33, Chicago O. baan glommed onto a fumble W otta game!" that popped out of Mally Ny The next real Homecoming dahl's clutching mitts and was in 1919, the previous year's Joped 55 yards for a 7-6 Mich. schedule being more or less a igan win in 1926's Event.