THE • OCTOBER • 1939 ALUMNI • MAGAZINE October 31 Days I The morning after Homecominl!; 16" 17" 18 Paeking a wallop and the Sunday mornll1g quar­ OCTOBER 1939 right off the bat, the University terbacks get together over a second Tu We Th Fr Sa Theatre will present "You Can't Take cup of coffee, which isn't as good as ~ Mo it With You" at the 1939-40 opening th e first, and replay verbally, be­ 1 2 3 4 5 6 night. unless campus-lurking film tw een sips, the opening game of In­ rn scouts take the cast with 'em before diana's 1939 football season_ :10 11 11? 141 8 9 13 the curtain goes up_ The results 15 16 1 17 ~ 18 19 20 2f should not be too catacl ysmic if this 2 An A.WS banquet for fresh- 22 23 24 ~5 26 27 28 happens, as many students could be man women at which the new co-eds drafted to fill in; most of them will be formall y introduced to the 29 30 31 I have had years of experience at ad University_ libbing in class anyhow_ 5 The initial Union Open Forum will draw stu­ 21 Indiana's (join the team and see the country) dents into a discussion of how the war in Europe football squad is determined to whip the Illini iT! will ultimately affect the United States_ (And, per­ Champaign and become the toast (perhaps lIot cham­ haps, how the United States will ultimately affect paign) of Bloomington_ the war in Europe_) The Hoosier harriers match lengthy strides with Purdue in the second dual meet of the year and the 7 Toting their collective slingshots, Bo McMillin first home run (no relation to baseball term)_ and his "pore little boys" will invade the land of the giants and tall corn to play David and Goliath 25 The Powell Foundation lecture opens on the on the Iowa gridiron_ In his day David was vic­ campus with the other lectures sc heduled for Oct. 26, torious, but Goliath didn't have the cleverness of 27, and 29_ the present-day Iowa stalwarts_ The reasons for the extreme height of the I owa clan is said to lie in the excessive tallness of the corn_ The inhabitants grew 26" 27 Indiana University alumni luncheon in tall of necessity to enable them to peer over the corn­ connection with the State Teachers meeting, at noon stalks, all of which has little to do with footbalL ill the Claypool Hotel in I ndianapolis_ 10" II The freshman men students will be wel­ 27 Michigan State's famed cross-country team comed and fed when the Indiana Union holds its invades the land of Billy Hayes' track-champion annual banquet. There will be a goodly exchange troupe to seek an end to Indiana's dominance in the of salutations as the men are formally introduced te hill-and-dale sport. It's like trying to end the Dr. the University, their home for the next four years_ Townsend movement. 14 Weiss-less Wisconsin plays host 28 Road-worn J.U. gridders tak~ ~ to Indiana in Madison and Harry a "breather" by runlling through a , Stuhldreher wishes he had his ace stiff scrimmage session to prepare for ~p~~ fullback (Wel'ss) \"ho. adml'nl'sterec] the crucial battle with the Buckeyes B a 6-0 trouncing to the Hoosiers last of Ohio State a week later. Something ~ ~ pumpkin season. like the lull before the storm. i·t~", !~ In Indianapolis a more thinly-clad ~ Indiana athletic aoo-reo-ation will 31 Emma Otero, bcautiful Cuban 'L' stride and strut in o,~ c;oss.country soprallo, opens the 1939-40 Music· meet with Butler. Lecture series with a concert. i , :~ '", =- ~~~~~~~~)~~n~~~~iE~~~ifr~~-u~~~ V oice of the Alumni Finds Magazine Ex-Hoosier Sta,. Part of Interesting Gives Coach Credit I don't do any Lrack work to spea k \\'hen th e indiana Aillmni iVlagazine of; how ever, I did have invit.alions to reaches me it usually is in a mail when run over East again last winter. I'm othe r magazin e.s and mail mal erials are rea lly pl eased with il, e news of Camp· delivered al the sa me lime. The besl the game... bell Kane's performances. He will recomm endation I can give for il i.s Ih aL probably be on Ihe Olympic boal for I usually take il in hand and look aL LU. I was cerlainly pl eased La hear il ahead of anYlhing else, on the day of Roy Coc hran's National A. A. U. of arrival. It is an aLtraclive and in· I"iclory and his making Ih e Irip Lo Eu· le resting magazine. rope with Ihe America n A. A. U. team FRA NK L. JON~S, '98, Vice· President thi s summ er. II'fore pow er 10 him. Equilable Li fe Assurance Society, Cuac h Hayes is really a greaL coach New York Cily. and teacher as well. I appreciate hi s efforls a lot. He certainly helped Astounded, Pleased llI e into another world by pruviding op· At I.V. Growth portllnilies for me to ga in co nfidence in my 0 \\" abilili es. Upon my arrival home I wa s glad [0 rill now to become an instructor of receive ... th e copy of Ih e i ndiana fly in g here at Randolph Field. I grad· Alu.lI/.ni Maguzine, which I l,ave been ua ted from Ih e Advanced Flying School readin g wit h .-:rea t interesl. I am in May and wa s immediatel}' st.ali oned enclosing my check for membershi p ba ck here. It made me fee l prell), and subsc rip ti on. good. I ha ve al mos t 400 hours of Army As John Slempel lold you, I visil ed fl ying Ufl 10 the presen l. I like it very Ih e campus fur Ihe first lime in many much. yea rs, thi s Sllmmer, and I was astounded SAM M ILLER, '38 and pl eased at Ih e wonderful grow th Randolph Field, Tex. whi ch I noted. I would have enjoyed more lime in Bloomington, bUI we h3d EDITon's NOTE: Sam. lvliller -was one only a short time to stop over on our 0/ th e mcmy " unknowns" wh.o came way from Florid3 to Minnesota. to this campu.s and developed into OlLt· As J oh n told you I publish Ih e Vera stallding track stars. Uke all the rest, Beach Press·Journal here, am post· he has an undyirtg devotion to Coach ma ster, president of the Firsl Federal Hayes to whom he gives most 0/ the Savings and Loa n and raise Ih e famous credit jar his success. Jndian River oranges an d grape fruit as an avoca t ion. Wants to Boost The J. J US TIN SCHUMANN, LLB'21. tV. in Mississippi Vera Beach, F la. Have enjoyed "our" magazine great­ ly. Features fin e. Here's for a bigger pause and beller Indiaua! Wi sh 1 could do '.38 Gradu.ate Tells somelhing here in Mississ ippi for LV. OJ His Work JOHN M. STURDEI'M'IT, '3/i that 11 3H N. Slate SI . I can tell yo u Lhal I am mighty glad Jackson, Miss. wh en I get my copy of thi s magazine refreshes "ael, ,nonil.. Thinks Magazine Is I have been on this job as na ti onal "Vast Improvement" adverli sing represen Lalive fo r Ih e I think the Indiana Aillmni Magn· Shelbyville Democrat.Repu.blican since zine is a vast improvemenl. th e last of F ebruary. I worked at sev­ ALL AN G. WEIll, '37. eral parL·tim e jobs before landing thi s. 2102 W. Jackson S r. , I hope to brea k inlo Ih e national ad· Jndianapolis. verli si ng field with so me agency and Ihi s job furni shes me just th e experi· Greater Dislance Fails ence J need. Afler a lilLi e more lime To Dim His Interest ' here I feel th at J can qualify for:) bel· On Aug;. 1, I wa s made general w· ter flo silion in th e national advertis· perinl endent of Ih e woman's divi sioJl of ing fi eld. Ihe General Shoe Corporation with BEIlNARD M. SLEETH, '38. headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. The Gen· Shelbyvill e. eral Shoe Corporation headquarlers i5 in Nashvill e, Tenn., where I had lived 21 Years Is a Long for one yea r. Time, But. Even Ihou gh J am farther away, I ex pec t 10 return for the 25th anniver· Twenty·o ne years have not dimmed sary of my class next .rune. A re th ere my ent hu siasm for LU., and the Maga· any Indiana graduates Jiving ill At· zinc sati sfies my desires for news abou l lan ta ? I-lope we have a good football B L 0 0 i\1 I N G TON, INDIANA th e University and her alumni com· team. pl elely. CLAUDE M. SW IN NE Y, ']5. PHONE 3541 MAHION KIESS, '18. 397 Glen n Circle Louisvi ll e, Ky. Decatur, Ga. MelHo Story Behind T.M.O.C. Is New The Cover Campus Title Coath Bo McMillin, who has guided Another title has been added to the Indiana University's football destinies already long list of campus titles thi~ since 1934, is a never.ending source of fall.